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,The.worldhas oatlived'all, Vanden ;
IteMeri AM IMMO and blue; :
Pe *Mee* Mer p4PerS 01....4,0404);
• Life.V.OW is a Com piny,
-.Our Alnilard dglui„ for * seaver4. •
Then yield* with deoorMWetfate;
.Our that** to panne, •
• And toekaAnew Mate; ,
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• . . the hidy-like minds of our mother" •
thetteleolis bad fore ;,
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Our elremin -fithera- bytitheri
Keep easefully out of lifelistorm ;
'Our werehlkiers, now. and our loverv,,
Are calmly devout -with their braine'; • ,
-.Andmulaugh it th0 1119.11 wbo dhieoysra:
r arm blood '
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withthat-4 Mon who, holds such •
belief '?" -
one, at tiny ratefor you who eve it f fee
"Ernest. dam Yetir till is * tine
it seems Pr9hahli that ea We flow so shall
We spiritually imagine se shall
we spiritually inherit, since, causes must in
time .__prodtioe effect*, 'rheao beliefs' ere not
hnVonter in Our hearts for nothing, and
surely in the wide heaven!. there ' is room
for the realiaailon Of them ell. But I 00
Eut von. atwiri souls, passion -mated, '
`Who love aa the. gods loved of Old,.
What 'blundering destiny toted •
Yourlives to becast tut)* mould
Me a lurid Volcanio obearat.
. paaturea iii•Oseio and 'gray
•?Area seem wit,h, your loroFehnalia41
'Alacnirtal tc-de5rt • , •
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"Yon dropped from eionielplanetof Splendor,
, .
' Perhaps; salt circled Mar • ' •
Wild your constancy swerveteae and tinder
.:-You-learneckfrointheAcantha,91t4,r.
L'h
- Flyback to ite berm* I warn you "
dahaok.to the ark Martha dove;
The minions of earth Will. lint soosh'yon
Peeinise,,an (an* 19VO,C • ,
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CHOICE T
have iny beliefs, and one of thein • is, that
in God's great, Hereafter every loving and
desiring soul will .be With the soul thus
loved and desired. For hini or her at any
rate. the Other -will be.there, forming a. part
of his, or her life, though perhaps `it may
elsewhett and.With others aloha Running
its own denim and satisfying its own
aspirations. , Bo you gee, est, your
belhifee will not int,erfere • wit ;:mine, nor
ehall I he afraid of totting you in another
rump, • , . • _
L---ii7ina now. tmest, My heart's love, take
my hind; and let me. im,d you home ; take
my hand, as. youliave taken my *heart, and
neveriet-go-Of-it-egain,tilltatlest,Lth,:e." •
And so hand in hand their wentchorie
together„ through the lights and shadows
.„
gOol4e two thoolonii. 'rex ola Poi' the
onsekeeping *
" iffy dear pude, that -ie fat more t,han
we want." °
% 4.'Neinseinse, Ernest 1 Ulm there and to
spare; and why should you not have it1
instead of it,s piling, up in the bank or in
investments? . There are enough of them
rioter, I ' can tell you. EVerything that • 1
have t,ouched has turned to gold; I believe
it has often been the case with unfortunate
men. Money 1' I have more than I know
what to do with, e,nd there are idiots who
think that to have lots of moneY is to be
NOYEL.
Omit quite understand yOu. What
,do'you Mean ?" she said,. in a taw voice.
•.44'1 140011.that ill that eige I Will Yen
.ff you will take motor a husband."
Toti:d6,Pot hive me, ,Ernest I 'should
weary you:" . „ . . •
•° ',He faith:* her hand, found it, and took
it in his own, .JEtIntreatie he relestanoe.
• •*f.:fearr liaid.e."'fkia4hie".**Y Can
•aievelvtlieyOtr. that tr,essicto I have, given
Eva; booltuie,
.'"•!•••:•;can, Ore'liirkittolithitt sonee bri*,
!,#* „keen sma°v4ii giVe'rmA,a•liusbandis,tendev
klikniWtiiiait'llt,:?ntfa*WiYAhitt*,Etai
eatiarat.' *lrOte- .M*41117-.441to ine, Poll,
'
itt:Telear'.' ; IOWA you Mit; a
- lister; end X think thet•I shotikl make you
good Inieberid: BIC:before' yoeinswer
7.'228,1 want yea to . thoroughly understand
about Eva. Whether' I merry Or,utitEX fear
that 'Shell' never be 'able to shake her out
of my' tawa. At one time' I thought that
, , exithape if ',Made lotto to Otter wornen I
' !night. 'be able to. do so;.4..onthe principle
•• that One nail (trivet'. out another. But it
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was a failure ; for a month or two I got the
Letter of my thoughts, then 'they Waidd get
e better of me !again. Besides, to tell you
the truth, I am not quitesute that '1 wish
tO-dose. . MV trouble about this woman
, has hpeonle la perk olLinyselL It :is. AS I
told yen, ' eViLdestiny,' andgoeti where
go. And iitrairdear -Doll; you 'Will see
Whir I'enkedlon,if you teally„cared for me;
ijef<MS I asked yon to -marry •711-.. you,
do not aerator me, then it wilt clearly . net
be worth rim w,hile to niarry Me, for I.ard
about as poet et catch as 'a Man can well
be; if: you do, well, then it is a matter for
your donsideraticin,"• •
" Shepensed awhile and answered
' ' " Simpotie: that the poidtiona were
traversed,: Ernest; at leest suppose this:
Enppose that you had loved your Eva all,
your life, hutshe had not loved . you except
AS- a biotin*, having given het heart to
*omit otlier man; Who WU. say, 'married to
• soniebody :else; or in some way separated
2 from her... Well, supposing that this nian
died; and thet clay, gva name to you
of the twilight
CHAPTER XLIII,.
• euzoetties
:tfof.
which SO many thousand newly,married thee to the*, and ehltli give thee of MY- •
00aele8 had palmed einring the course of the 'boonty wherewith tolittY 1 littlafood when
last six centuxieti; and signed,' his, name thou cenieet to, thine own land, and e ,fevr '
where they placed his pen upon the parch- oxen, and apiece of gmind,'Or a, Waggen. or
Meat, wondering the, while if he Wile sign:, two, ao that thou ehaltaipt he hungry, nag ,
helEPerd*e:inttcteln atimilii:Notarriite wgeenatnodpo. :V..iiiiio :To:: fere thee WO."
ing Lt. straight, and then went out, and was want for cattle to give lot wivee, Martilgo,
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olmorh4412.6Yali. arCitiancir alloeusgrorent, Ithetmhe- A.. citigen8oinfirgniaraidests", (*idea.", wt.a. a chopping; .
selvesto their new relationship.; 'Indeed, kindling Wood in his Ititohen *few eveniegra
to the outsider at any ._rate, there : Peer4ed age, when a piece Of it. fieW lip and hit, him
to be little difference between it, and the on the nose breaking the, meal bone. Ilse
termer one, for they could not be much 'fell senseless to the floor,. and was weak
more, together now than they had been from the loiai of Weal when found. ,
liefom--.. Yet in Dorothy's .U0 there Was. a w'bile 1..',oms' Gott was hunting neer Pal?,
affferenoe- A great peace, -on'titter. Batia:' -Myra, lb., last Week,' he re0eived'a Tielelit,
faction. 'Which had he'lel• Yailt42g bef°"' blow On the of the, head Which Med* .
came down and brooded Ninon it, ' iha rasp hi.. azzy for a few mome'nte,- :When im.
it beautiful. She both looked and NMI i
ltaPPY woman. „., _,_ • . . • .
, But
to tut, 4oio .ziozooko this
stow of recovered he Paw a Prairie chiekeo.riMFinff
. . • • . .
affairs did not seemto be :satisfactory: . away,
ki abilni, !1' e t"i4u.s: was
the
g'1119?" thill
'marriage, Ernest and Dorothy were walk. Sent her little. daughter •Cliirti outto: Mrs, Gordon, lilting near Maitianna*k. '
One, day; it was three ..,daya' after the
'Mg ., together outside the bongo, . when the cow's. When the Pail was hill the 14 -
jeremycomingin • from a visit to i distant reached over to pick it up, but slipped au a . •
*arra; adianced, and ._30ininohent; .hegan fell headlong • into ' the millt. The vairm
to-05nverse. On agrionitorai platters, for he flnIa almost eheked-heri-endLahe came near
was .already becoming intensely and dYing•before slie could be resuscitated.
linnoYinelY technical. Presently, as they Aunt ' Kitty MaDowell, of Tazewell
talked, they became &were of the sound of County, Ill, 'suffers e great deal from rhea
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naked feet running swiftly overi'the ' Vat*. mations in the feet. and ankles', and to
That sounds like a Zulu dancing," said relieve the affected' parts she bathed them
Ernest, quickly, . . • • . ,. , • . . recently in camphorand black oil. After-
.; ,It was a• Zulu; it was Aftticioka, but wards, while sitting. near the fire, the stuff
Marookii, transformed. . It had been his ignited, .and .her feet were terribly burned.
faiieY to bring a snit of War toggerY, iiiiiih before the dames could be extingaished. .. • - .
'es hp had worn when he. was ono of ' A Getirgia man stood looking at a rapidly :
Cetywayo's seleliers. with him from 'Natal, moving circular saw. in a planing' mill at "
and nevi he had donned it . all, and stood Ocean Pond, and carelessly threw ei0Man '
before them a striking yet alarming figure. bit of wood spinet it. 'In. an instant' the
From hie head there rose a geed' twofeet-stiblr-Vae,imrled back with great tem"
into the sir, a sflig.le.beautiful. gray feather; age.intit him, striking hire fiqnarelY between •
taken from the ,Bell crane; , around his the °Yee and knocking hiaa to the fice0r. He
waist 'hung a 'kilt • of. white ' Ox-talls',. and remained unconscious for several. hours
taineethhie right knee& snitilltiilt Of White' and has a reminderof. the accident in tha
gont'ignif.TFOrthe-rest-he-Weialisked. In _tih,apo of an ugly wound on thefOreliesd.• .
shield; made of ox -hide. and, 'in .his ajghp . ..... . .. . .
Still,se•A,Atiitne hiSlitoOd, before' them, his ' _ ...thiring the .Progresa of a 7;epentlireTln.'--
Chicago-a pipenian wail Standing:0n e.- is..
iiio left. hand he held'a mi/k.,White: fighting.
iiitinie bending
in..thiitteite, and Dorothy,
dm. directing a stream :into the emend- .. .
:get the better of hini, 'Mid thrnedwithAt
hie -great -.a bongwan,", or stabbing , assegai.
loOking with wondering ,eyes,,,intavelled iit -144. winat)*;""l' in '66°3 waY? tliii h°114
lito broad cheat seArred ow oyer w,i,,* the stream struck him in the!chest. The ,
assegai7vroinidti, . and *. the • lieges 1411674 force of the water knocked him tvora this
linibe Suddeplyhe ratted the Spear and tackler again:ire:Sign; . 1:anteing ...him badly ' •
saluted,11., po. Blbroattis„:10. 73s, : ,..:....., ,. : . . . • . . IV liei; rebound, . -'L'Irgttththeest. IgatInas;ranl .
,.. i, I spook, my, hoer i rroome to meet my
• still retained his hpia on the hecie.:-
Edward Herrick, a street -cat c,onductor, .
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father aes, man meets a man. I come,wi living; in Auburn, ILL, wanted to to solder a .
ii ' r and shield, but not in war: With niy 1 his wife's wash -boiler, and used .,
.father I c:ame from the land of the sun into1t'ilitit he Supposed , to be . att old soldering.' .
this cold land, where the tom is. se pale as ' ' that had. lain around the hones for
the •white .facesshines, On. -' Is it not so, ',Years.. 'Re Put. the irMLin the •fire and was
scraping . the ',rust :from the, boiler when
there Was an • expleeicin :that scattered the • *
stove in all 'direotiente and :set fire • to • the
house. ,Herribit has learned since that thee
s potted stildeting.iron• Was'a railroad tor- ,
Ile paused awhile, ••a th•'n went on:
"1 would-give-yoummorev but you are.
both comparatively young, and I do not
wish to encourage habits of extraVagance
in you. The world is full otvicissitudes,
and it is impoesible for anybody to know
how he may be pecuniarily situated' in ten.
years' time. But I wish you, Ernest --to
keep up your ranlimoderately, if you like,.
bet still to keep it rip. Life is all before
you new, and Whatever yOn. choosete go in
for on shall net Want the moneY to heck
yen. ertity-childrenr-A,may as
Weil tell you that when X dio.. you will
inherit nearly all I have got; I have left it
to he divided equally .between You, with
.reversion to the sttrvivoi. I ate* up that
will some Yeexo beck, and I do. not think
that it is worth while altering it now:"
"Forgive Mel" said Ernest, "but how
about jeremY 2" • •
Mr. Queue' face changed a little.He had
never got over his dislike of Jeremy,
though his sense of duty caused 'him to
stifle it.
"I have not forgott;en Jeremy," he said,
in a t,one that ,indicated that he did not
wish' to pinnue the.00nversation.
Ernest and Dorothy thanked the old man
for his goodness,..but he would not listen, so
they went off anctleft him to retiirn to his
letter -Writing., In the riassage7D-Piethy
peeper *tough' ikez -Indf•-:Of the door:
which opened grandfather's town.
'There tiatibie old nitin'veriting;-ine long;
iron -gray hair habging all ',about hia faCe:-
'Presently; he. teemed --to think of 'sonny,'
Dorothy and Ernest got hack to Dum's
Ness just in time to (Areas for dinner, for
since Ernest and Jeremy had come l'iaCk.,
Iihrothy„whose will in that house was law,
had instiintetl late dinner. The dinner
passed; over as usuat, • Dorothy. sitting
between Ernest and. het grandfather,. and
attending to the wents, Of those. two Unfor-
tunates, .hoth al Wheat would have feund it
ratherdiffionItt,o. get through their :meal
without her gentle, imobtriisive help. But
v'rhen dinner Was over and the cloth
and Grim had . pieced the wine
ulien.tIniAehle and withdrawnj. an mina*
t4m0,114RI:32041 - ••
41:fiifeitlif 1111 his glass
With'pork.ant Whorl 'she: had; done SO he
• 4:11Jitcl•
e anti, Jeremy; :tam *going to ask
• ,The 018 5155 *hot
is it,Ernest; .1nY' boYer
An for Dorothy she ...-bintinece a'reelY.s. • Kum?...
&easing what "was coming, and not know-
ing whether tobe Rleased,ot angry.
_ It this, uncleit lathe health of my
future Wife, DortithY." • '
Then came• eiled49 of astonishment.
Cardus , broke , • ' •" ,
" Yeats ego, Ernest, My dear nephew; 1
told you that 'wished this to come
pass; but 'other things happened to thwart
my plans, and sLiierier expected to ,see
it
Now God's good thie it has came, and -I
drink the health with all My heart. My
children, know that I am strange man,:
And my. life ,has .been devoted. to &single
end, whichis now ?drawing neat its final.
development 1,but I have found time in it
to learn to hive you. both,. Dorothy, my
daughter, I :drink -vont- health. May
happiness that was 'denied: to your Mother
fall 'upon your head, her share' and your
share too I Ernest, you' •harire. r• Ratified
through many troubles, and have been pre-.
served alined MiracaloadY to * thie4aY?
f ver -
thing, for she Is a good woman. .
I shall never live to see your Sappiness as
the children of '''yotir happiness, I . do not
think I shall; but May the solemn blessing
I'give you now rest upon your dent heads!
God bless you both, my children, and here
and I thank Rim, that He has brought
this 'food thing to pais. All peace geti with
you, Dorothy and Eri-iirts
"Amen • said Jereiuy, in a• loud voice:
and with a vague Wen' that he :wits in
church. Then„ he 4cit tip and shook
Eineeri hand so hard in his fearful grip
that the latter. was constrained to :hellos
out, as lifted Dolly out -of hercheir:li10.
Plitything,• and kissed •her aiceitteroutly,
knocking the orchid -bloom she woreont of
her limit in the proem*. Then they all Sat
down again arid beamed at one another and
drank. port veine-it te-WV-theineirdid—
and were inanely happy. • , , '
, Indeed, the , only person to whom. the
pewee was not satisfactory was Mazookn,
" Oti !" said, with a grunt, when Jeremy
ebimnunicated it to him. ": So the Ii,osebud
is going to'becoine the Roe% and I 'shen't
even be able to lead ray father to bed now.
On °1" and from that day :forward
MazOoka's ah,stricted appearance showed
that lie teas Meditating deftly on sonie-
home. ' • •
YOultikarial(eiitealth..s hl,.InllT , , ' • r.1
thing, and it, 'Whiek contorted
Meath made ghastly spread itself over the
pallid countenance: ." Rising, hewent to the
:Corner andaxtracted a long telly-stiak e11.
which were cut notches. Sitting down
again he counted the renteining notches,
over and ever, and thentooka penknife and
out one out. This dime; he put. the stick
hack,: and,, looking at the wall, began to
mutter; for he was diiinb, and to
clasp and ..unclasp his powerful hand:
Dorothy entered the room quickly.: '
" Grandfather, what are you doing ?" she
said, sharply. •
-The old man started and his jaw
dropped. Then the eyes grew dull, and his
usual apathetic look Stole over his face.
Taking up his elate ho wrote, "...Ctitting,ont
my notches."
Dorothy asked "••••fiim some further
(petitions, but could , get nothing more tint
"1of him.
don't at all like the way _grandfather
has', been going On lately,' she Heel to
-#„ille is always muttering and
clinching his as .11hotigh he had soine
one by the throat. Yon know he thinks
1 these
years s time be up shortly,
hi has no
sind said, Emelt, dear,•I cannot love
you es I loved him who. hati .gone, and.
whom Ione day hope to in heaven,
but, if you wish it, and it will make yeti the
happier, 'I Wilt be Your true and tender
Wife and the Mother Of your children.'
What should yati answer her, *nest 1"
" Ammo*? why, I suppose:that I should
tate her it her word, and. bo thankful.
' litrhy, to hear her voico. day by day would
• initself be it happiness.' Yee. I think thus,
• should her at her word." •
‘i And so, dear Ernestedo take you at.
your word; for as it is with you about
Eva, se it is with Me about you.. As a
child I loved you; ever since, I have been a
tvottian I have loved you more and Mom,
even through all these cold • years of '
• ribsetice. And Whin yini mane. back, ab!
In her you will tin a re that he hese been serving the en
alien it waito me as it would be to you if
•••••: you •enaidenly 'once more. sati th,O, light of
day.' 'Ernest; My beloved. yoU ere tilt •*y
. "4' te. me, . and take you at'your ,Word,
" 'MY 'dear,: I, trill be,yont ,
out Mins, *tonna.
"• -4Itew to and kisded onthe
t ,
, t(
-:a 1:1E. ,
)•iend to thok$
hot friendr
loony of tfili
• inake nitib)
t eld6st
5s, Pray
Y time elf h�
e 4
iin.o she ltaS „
JflLH *She 16ittre):.
iittle girld•to neon
dontieel, anti. .
i:Itt*.sympattly of ti
fri , their kiereat
' '1',09#0.v --Ali( ate:west...1
lt is), -,
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whereas you knew, though Regina
cause to love him, he has been very kind
kind
to him: If it had not been for :Reginald
my grandfather would have been sent to
the mad -bonito ; but because he was con-
nected with his loss of ',fortune; lie thinks
he is the devil. Ile forgets how he served
Reginald ; you flee even in madness the
mind only remembers the ininries,inflieted
on itself, and forgets these it inflicted on
others. , I don't at all -like -his way."
"1 should think that he had better be
my father?" * • ..?
"1 hear you." .. • • ••• .
"With. my lather I Came, Did not my
father and I stand together for many it•
day? Did not slay the two Basutus, down
inthe'land chief of the Bapedi;
at my father's bidding? Did I not once While Joseph Ninters, an employee eit
save my father,' froin the jaivs of the Wild one of the Negley's Bun' (Pa.) tefineries;
beast •that :walks by night"; (the lien) was riveting a boiler -a -few days ' ago the y
" Did I not stank by rnifathat at the place head of one of the:Elton rivets flew off -ti-nd
of 'the . -Little,. Hand': (Isandhlwana), tore a hole in his . cheek, causing, a, great.
"when the plain Witfit rectwith blood? deal of blood to A' phytilciaia who. •
Doi dream in the night, or Was it so,, my was summoned probbed for the iron, but
'father I" .2 • waatmable to find it until his attention..
," I hear you. It was so." . was calledto a sinalliump. on the ' injured
Then when. the heavens above smelt rnaii's haat,' between the ,shoulder blade -
out my father, and smote hint With their Surmising that the lupin contained the
fire, did not say, 'Ab, ray father, now art riveChead he cut it Open and extracted the
thou blind, and canst fight no more, oia no substance': . The iron had made itEi :way
Mord play the part .of a man; bettter that down along the. muscles of the neck, a
dia-
thon " hadst died * man's death; .0 my Wince of nearly a foot:
father I But as then art blind; lo, Whither
thou goest; thither will t go also and be nay
father's dog/ • Did I net Bair this; 0 .iny
father '
ei Thou &hit 'sty •. •
so we came across water;
my father, and I and the. great Lion, like
'unto whoiaLtio Man was ever born Of
'woman, •and came hither, and have lived
for Many moons the lives of ' women, have
eaten and drunken, and have not fought Or
hunted, or known the pleasure men: Ice
it not so,' my father?". ' • '
Then speakest truly, Mazooku ; it is
Doll, I don't deiferve that you should
love ma ; it inakes ' me feel ashamed
that I nave not more to give yen in
,asteirei." / • '
' ' "'Ernest, you Will give Me alt you ;
mean to Mike- you grow very fond Of me;
...Perlial!te one day Yen Will give me every -
hesitated a little while heforehe.SpOke
.aga. •
" Doll," he said, " you ate quite sure you
Ao not mind about Eva?"
and make the test of her, knit as /
-* anted to marry a man with a mono -
that he was Henry VIII."
oll, you know I call. her myevil
f id of her ;
'"My dear Ernest., I accept Eva ai fact;
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• The fact -is; L.arn a ra
erpowerei my. reason.. Well, • now,
hat I tun driving at he "thite: Sup -
not that I think elle she
rop up again and take it into- her
ry and ms.ke foal of me 1 She.
„Doll." ' '
t; will you promise me tomettmag
nor?' •
sr."
me, that you will hide from Me,
t pe.osett between pc* and yonr-
iiig ever
should pass, and that
you will always consider me-
t of a wife, but of a trusted
u ask me tti- :ptOninit. that?"
en I Shall, hope; be, able to,
Out of trouble. 'Yon ate not
yoniselves, either of you."
• nd now, Doll,..there itione
is, somehow fixed in, my
re and that Woinati'a are
elieve that what tve are
, is but a single phase
. 'itned ; that * have per.
a through stages,
,••
ter steges and develop -
_Of comae, it May be
r rate r wove it, ;the
Next morning his uncle sent ,for 'Ernest
into the offieg; Dorothy him in.•
"" Oh, hereyou are!" said his uncle.
"'Yes, here we are, Reginald," answered,
Dorothy ; "" wis: it ? Shall I go
shut up."
tvontd never do Conte,
dear, let ne go out"."'-' . • .
It was a month or ssi after ' Mi.. 'envies'
announcement of his Peminiary iutentionti,
thap a little wedding patty stood before tho.
tairin-ll-esterviith church.... It was a vet"
sunall party; emending . indeed . only . of
.tinest, Dorothy, Mr. Ottani Jeremy, and
a few idlers . who, seeing the churctildoor
open, had strolled in to see What Was ping
on. . Indeed, the marriage had been kept a
profoundliecret, for since he had been blind,
Ernest had developed. a great dislike) to
being 'entrant.. Nor indeed had. he • any
liking or the sirestent under:which a Woman
proclaims With loud' , and . unseemly,
rejoicings that she hes found a Mtn 'to
,inarry her, 'arid . the Clan of her relations
celebrate her departure with 'few Outward.
and 'visible' tkars and much inward. Una
,
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away r • . .
"No, don't go away. What I' have to
Say concerns You both....anne; and look at
thlr-brchids, Ernest; they,.: are beautiful.
Ali !" lie Went on, Stammering, a I forgot
you can't see there. Forgive -me:" • ,-
" Never Mind, teen Smell them ;"
and thex; went into the blooniingliouse
appropriated to the temperate ,
At the end of the house was a little table
and some iron chairs' where Mt. Catclus
wield •settietimes come and smoke
cigarette, *, lierethey.sat down. • ,
" Now, yoting people," said Cardus„
wiping his bald head, " yon are going to
get married: May ask What You are going
to get Married on?" , •
." By jove;". said Ernest, " I never
thought, of • that!, I he,Ven't got much,
except i title, a mention with nunriolut
and valuiable' heirlooms, and one hundred
and eighty acres of park,'" lie added;
laughing. , ••
," No, I don't suppose , you •nave but,
luckily for you both, I, am net: So badly off,
and I mean to do soniethingfet you. What
clO you think would be the proper thing?
Come; Dorothy, my little housewife, what
'do you reckon you can live On -living here,
I mean, for.I suppose that you do odt. mean
to run away and leave me alone in my, pia
age, do you ?". •. -. • .
Dorothy wrinkled up her forehead as she
used to as a child,. and began to calculate
upon her. fingers,. Presently .she answered,
" Three hundred a year Minfortably,.
quietly on tivo," ;• • .
What !" said, Mt. Carats, " whop., the
babies begin IO time 1" t
'Dorothy btaireit"-ora-gentleuieu are 13o
unpleasantly outspoken, and Ernest
jumped; for the prospect of .unlimited
babies is alarming till One gets used to
," tatter Make it Ave hundred," he Mid.,
" Ob " said Mr, earchis, "that's what
spiritual joY.. "r` " • •
by any of them, quite dose sup -in the
' But amongtitat Small ctOwd, Unobserved'
shadow of line Of the pillars set
veiled woman. She sat quiet. and still, she
might.hatre been Carved in stone; but as
„the_sexvice went :On • she raised her thick
veil and fixed her keen brown oyes upon
the two who stood before the altar.
as she di_d_sO: the, lips of this 'shadowy lady
trembled a little, and a Mist of trouble Mee
from the unhealthy niarshed of .her niind
and clothed her fine-cut feature _Long
and steadily the gazed, then ,Idrokted 'the
veil again and said beneath her breath:
----.44-Was.itLwerlh while for this? Well, I
have peen him:" .. • • '
, Then she retie, did this shadowy, noble -
looking lady, and glided from the chnich,.
bearing away with her the haunting burden
of her sin. • • • ' ' •
And Ernest?. He stood there and said
the. responses,,in his clear, manly voice;
but even sale did so there rose before him
the semblance ' of the little room in far.
away Preteria, and Of the vision' which he
had had of thia very el:flitch, and of a min
standing where' he himself staid now, and
a lovely Women standing where stood
Dorothy his wife. • Well, it was .gone.„ as all
visions go, as ym, who are but.vinone pf
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longer life, go too. It Was gone, gone into
that awful limbo of the past which is "ever
opening Its insatiable maw and swallowing
Jib and our joys and our sorrowe-Making
a meal of the atoms of to.day, that it May,
• suppert itself till the stones of to.morrow„
are for its appetite. • ,
;it 'wee quit, and *fifi 'married. :and,
Dorothy his wife stood there wreathed 'in
etniles and biddies whichhe could not see,
and Mr.. Haltord's now grows weak
and quavering, wai :formulating heart -felt
congratulations, which were being repeated
in the gigentil echti of ' Sereinioo deep
toned, and in his uncle's' WICK, threw jerky utter:
ances, So he took Dorothy, ,his Wife into
a kiesed her, and She, led hint
LVU
Iefi, we came across the black water in
the smoking ship, tame to the land of
wonders, which is full of houses and trees,
so' that a man cannot breathe in it, or
throw out hie arms lest theyshold• strike
a wall; and behold there came an. ancient
one With a shining head wonderful to look
on; , and a girl rosebud, mull but Very
He signalled Olio.
,
sweet, and greeted my father and the Lion,
put thri horses inside them, , and put . them Said a u'illist'ert8
ever look at me while you: are,
1.year-old son: ",-rapts •
and th'em sway in the, carriages , which
in this, place, where they may' look forever "u Ycsu
preaching 9." The father, thinking he' Wail
at the sadness of the sea.
Ittle" hurt by supposed said:
" A. d then behold the Rosebud said a I . neglect.,
" Certainty, My son; I often loon at you
and think of you when I am preaching.
“*But to -day did you notice Inc at alt?"
" Yes, I.,d1d, son, several times," sal lig
father. "Well. papa, did you see me
at yontwo or three times?' "No, my, son.
What did you 'wink arme for When rivaie
preaching?" "1 „winked„ at you,. papa to
get you to stop. :You were spinning it 'too
long."-St..Louis Observer. ,
Versatility. ' - .
An English gentleman not long ago
advertised for a general servant, who • '
must be a good plain cook" and an earnest
deist." And in an English' High Church
paper there recently appeared the adver- •
tisement of a coachman who declared him.:
self to be an i+ advanced Catholic and
skilful in in thermanagement of horses." -N. ,*
Y. Tribune..
The Eccentricities of Fame..
On Oiii-oceasion Lord -Broteghani,Went
to the ' House of Ocimmons in .hie
new 'coach, -which Robinson, the coach-,
builder, had christened atter His Lordship
-Brougham. He Was met in the lobby
by the Duke.: of Wellington, who thue
accosted him: Tc -ray lord! 1 always
thought Your , name wiould be handed deign • .
to posterity as the apcistle of education7--
the teacher and. enlightener Of your folio** ,
countrymen ; but no t Henceforth you,
will be known ad -the inventor of a car-
riage7-11rougharn." HisLordshipanswered„ .
saying Your Greco t I always thonght,.
your name would be handed down to
posterity 88 the hero of a hundred battles;
but 110 I ' Henceforth you will be known' as
inventor of- ti 'pair Of booto-.-Wening- '
ton boots." " Bother it , I had forgotten
the hciots.," exclaiined His Grace:
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What -cloth this black dog here? . shall a
dog lead Blizitnba" (Ernest's Zulu' Mune)
by the hand? Begone; thou block dog; and'
Walk in front or ride behind; 'it is I who
will hold.Maziinba's '. •
" And then My father, sinking deep in
mite and becoming a fat (well-to-do) Man,
Bildt() himself; I will take this Rosebtid
ta wife." And so the Rosebud opened her
petals, and closed them tonna My' father,
and became Rose, and now she sheds het-
fragtenee'rotind him dityby day • and night
by night,. and the black dog stands and
howl d outside the doer. L
And so, My father, it, eame to pass that
Metzookii, thy ex, and. thy, dog,. commUtted
with his heart and said: -Here is no more
any placefor thee. Mazimba thy chief has
no longer any need, of thee, and behold In
the land of women; tliOU too shalt grow like
a woman. SO get up atintgolo, thy father
and say to him "0. my father, years ago
I put , hand ben -thy hand's and
became a loyal man to thee; now. would .1
Withdraw it and return to the inna Nikenen
we cainejor 'here I ant. hot 'wanted, and
here teannot breathe:. I have spoken,'0
ply rather and my.chief,'" A ",
. son of. Inv:qui/tic unfins, ga
answered ..i.nest, adopting the &du'
metaphor, his voice sounding wonderfully
soft as theliquicl tongue he spoke Bo well
came tolling out. "thou haat been good
Man to me, and X have loved thee. But then
shalt go.. Thou art right: now IS ity.life
the' life of a tvenian never again, shall. . I
hettethe.sound .61 the rifle the;ringing of
steel' in Wet.. And se thou goest, MaZeoltii.
It is Well. But at times thon Wilt think of
thy blind master, and Of the wise captain
Who eleeta (Alston), and of the Lion w c" Shock, but of heat, and the o cer rge
threvi the Over his ishoulder. . Go and be 1 of some of:the explosive exPosectneglected
,happy. .Many thir teitres, Many thy to absent the theritionleter, and the tein,.
fhis arms children, and countless thy, cattle! The pers. u benom ng too high, half ,(10
zon
youthink, hilt , Well, I tell you what I-
iattite link yen* life think. I aid going to yoa Psting- aovinvie nfinroa ta6- topity into Lion shell take 'thee by the hand and 100 Itdeil were blown to .
iirnazula" vkchild of " the .2n1u race)
' Prof. Alfred L. White, the famous
grapher, has been missing since Was rig -
ton's birthday. He had -lately become a -
victim to the opium habit, and had .on
several occasions threatened suicide: He '
is -but4.4----years..LOLege. Prtif. White was
the :representative sent 13-y the Amerieart
Atsdoeiation of Stenographers. to Enropein
1884, to compete for the prizes 'offered '
the InteRiational. Congress. In, the con-
tests q cieelon, . Glasgow, Edinburgh and
Paris tt!-• iketeMber and October of that
year lieNtined first prize in each, and has •
spice been esteenied among his craft tut the
Most rapid and generally capable'. short, ,
hand man in the 'World: * • •
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The' recent disastrous explosion of
inelinite lielfort is explained thine
Melinite doett not explode in conietrenoci Of
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