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The Song of the Poloawalto,
Elute 1 huni1.,I'm pealing, coming
• 1- ' • Mill -von Ikear me, linniming, 'humming
Idke some distant drummer dpunMing, '
HU tired. trOora to 00OP? •
EVrAlartat: and huni-hum-hum, '
• Near, more near; I come,' Come,
•With same to dins, to sup with some', •
• With all a feast. to keep,,
• HurnMiro ! How neat youarel
• • • Hum! hum! Hew sweet you are !
Ifum-ra 1 hum-ni 1 To* aweet by far
- • I'll dally for a bit.
„Try you there, and try you- here ;
Taste your chin, your cheek. your ear
And that line of forehead.near,
0 Ere settlnigdown to it. • -
flurnthuDL en cannot say -
• " I sup and dine; anddonot.pay.
• Behind me.,when lee away.-
Just hererand here, and bre,
• " I'll.leave atiny,round,,bright_Spet:-,
• A brand -nen coin, laid down red -bot
:In full return- for all,' get. . .1, • ' •
I pay most dear, Most dear. •.
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Burnt hum 1 rvesuPP0d; and rarelY;
And you atilt are sleeping fairl3r.. •
Hum-hum-humt. We twain part squarely,
• AU my dues I pay for,
Onemere taste, and one more sip, .•
. • From your eyelid,.from ypur,lip, .
Then away slun-side-skip--• ,• '
There s nothing more to•stay for.
'--G•rice Deist° LAtoltfieia. in St. Nicholog. •
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lanntinaiire •
Burdett, in Brooklyn .
• „The -little -tottering -baby -tett, .
;• . ' With faltering steps and' Blew.
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• • ' intomyteart,theygo,
• They also go, iictfinlY plays,
. • Inninddy pools. and dustyways,
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• Then through. the bonne in trackful. maze.
• Theywander to. and fro. --1 • •
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• • •: The baby hands' that. clasp*Y. neck • .
., With touches dearto,ine
, • ' 'Are the same hands that smash: end wreck
• • The inkstandfoul to see; /••
• •• • • . They pound the mirror With a cane,
•' • ' .They rendttiotaanuseript in twain, •
••, ' Widespread; destruetionthey ordain,. .,
•• • • In wasteful jubilee, • . , . ;
,
•• "The drearey, mnrintring' baby voice •
• .• .'„-.1.-Thate004.ita.little tune. • -;.• ' • .•
• • ••••.' - • That makea my lintening heart tedoice • '
,„.• - Like birds- in leafk June; ' •
•
-•• : Can waireitt.midnieht dark and still,
• the airwitnneWling: fill • •
' T• hat, Olits. tlie ear Withechtics,
” • "Isiluentiittiti Ont. of '• • . •
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idea that he Would been bis vow, 114 would
cherish and leveher, God helping, to his
life's end., , • •
• CHArTgll VL •
• BuoL,41P1,44. •
. Upon her fate them was the tint of grief • •
.mk,ne settled eliadow of an inward strife.,
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70••• # A sorrOw not, a son. • "
"Alfier1100C. SodoblorUo.-
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In one of the, dinigest snlmrbe of 'London
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there is a. small plotof ground' known by
the nameof the 'Elysian Fields ; but how
it had ever acquired dile Singular appellation
is likelY to remain an unsolved problem to
the end of. time. •
Most probably tbosegreat satirists, street
denominators; had branded it with this
title in ••• ridicule, for; anything, larth.er
removed from, the mythological meadows
could not possibly be, conceived, even by
the most sanguine temperament. True,
there was a market garden' or two, and
;odors redolent of decaying vegetables ; but
on the whole, it was rather an' at:Savory
region, and nineh, frequented by the
coatermonger and flehwomini, • •
The Elysian Fields were divided and
snhdiYidecl into streets .rows, and alleys;
soine-isepeetablunthere perai.genteel, but
*most cases to be donned by the. three
degreeeof comparison -dingy, dingier, most
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mgy-tandit-was-under.the_coteparative
'degree that .e certain street, known by the
name of Beulah Mace, must be classed- •
It was along narrow street, not differing
much from the others that ran parallel
with it, 'except in a general air of retirement
and obscurity, �Iflg to. a "• No •Thorough-
fare" plawirded up on the blank wall' of . a
bre-fiery; which had rather a depreseint
etteet en the end 'houses that looked full
on it. ••
There -
was littlethat was noticeable
about the street except its name ---for here
again the satirists had. aliarPened their wits,
•and Beulah Place looked down,in cons:dens
superiority on,Parsdise new. '
,In conscious superiority indeedfor had
not Boulah,Plice this 'llietinction,-that its
tenses Werageridslied withiMposing flights
of :Steps 'and a'AillidAnityl*While`fataise
Row OpellOa— its ideate ditettly` „On ; the.
pavement? . - •'•
• Therefore Biturah:'-iiliitie tidied itself
eminently respectable, and reit on airs ;•let
have promised to go back for an tour Or
two;
but I have my key with .uzeifI Should,
belate.' '
"
Pear blessuY heart, lire. TraffOrd,"
exelahned Krs. Watbins fussily, as she
Welted at ler leidger'spalertired face, y914
are never going .ont on •Sueh. an everilugi
and all the streets Went as clean as if with
4 new broom ; ,and you with your cough,
and the fog, and -not to mention the rawness
whieh siniksinto your chest like a lozenge ;"
&palm:re-Mrs. Watkins sho9b her heed, 'and
weighed out a quarter of, a pound pf mixed
tea; in a disaPProYinglnaaa"!
Mrs, Trafford smiled. "'Mygood friend,"
,
she Field, in rather an einueed " you
Ought to know inebetter by this time ; have
you ever remembered; that either •frost, • or
rain, or fog have kept, me, indoors] a single
day. when.duty, J4me out ;"and here
she fettled her cloak around her, •end
prepared teleavo: the shcip,
"It'strfintingBtovidenoe, neighbor,"
remarked the other WoMan, Who had ben
Standing silently by and now prit in her
word, for elle was an innocent country. body
With a garrulons, tongue' ill tempting
Providence, for the wind and the ees•Cbe•Y
Him.' I had s Son myself some fourteen
years next Michaelmas,". continued the
iimple creature, "as brave andbonnie a
lad as ever bleseed a mothers • eyea,-- and
'that feared noeght; but the snowdrift that
swept over the, .Cumberland Fells food
him stnnabling 'and wandering; p�oWilli
from -the right way, and froze hisdear heart
dead." -• . • "
The ladyadvanoed a. few steps, and then
stopped .as tliongli • edied hy_a, midden
impulse, and looked Wistfully in the other
woman's face.• •
." God help you," 'slie said,. very eoftly
"and was this bey of yours &good son ?".
Perhaps in the, whole of her simple,
sorrowful life Elsie Deans had, never Seen
anything • more pathetic than that White
face front which thegray hitir waao tightly
.strained, and those anxious' questionings.
"And was this boy of yours," She fund,.
U. a goOd ?" • , :
• "1 A. better never breathed," faltered poor
Elsjp, as she :Anew, her hand' IMMO. hei
elegy •4" he **is • My -"Only "bairn; Was:
"Why do you weep then 1"" returned
31-trTiafford'in ,lier-mact -yokel. "-do you.
not knowftlutt there are mothers inthe
heart of this great City .Who would that
their sons had neverheen born, or that they
nis41.29Wthikif .',a13`Tirlb01-74174Mil:94
" ' • ' • its tient and•baok parlors to single gentle-
_ ' iklx.ixprassikr_esently,, und
rW) vt-Wtidamttsafid
' 'OW/Ad letaiitifIn'IltgXeighttiflmod;
. •, and he joined Fay in her canters throtigh
• • ' the lanes, and fowid fault with. Pairy,,
••. 'much to lier'little mistress' diimay ; but
'Fay blushed Very prettily when one day a,
beautiful little ehestnut mare, with a lady's. and Italian warehouseman -at least, so
sideisaddle, wiia firelight' to the -cottage ran the gilt -lettered inscription, which ,had
' door,. where Fay, Was Waiting. in - her been put over the'dcierin -.the days- of 'her
men or widows.; and looked
Wriggramisilffeth
'1*iri'dergnir"gontegear4.412#40Etthei
Opposite.; . •••••:
Atthe•extterne ocorner Beitlah Place,
'with its own glass eye' peering down High
street Was Mrs. Watkins, tea merchant
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days ; seeiety clairriedhim when his business
was. over, and he was seldom at home.
Sornetirnes Nea, playing in the square garden
etrthe acacias, would look up' and eee a
sombre dark .faee watching her over the
railings, hut he ,would seldom call, her to
him; but, strange to say, the ,QVDI
worshipped him.
When he rode away in the .merninga
beautiful little tam would be peeping at hire
through the geraniums* on • the balcony, a
little dimpledhand.wonld wave confidingly.,
"
Good-bye, papa,"ab would say ,in her
shrill little veioe, but he never heard. her
he knew nettling, and oared little, about the
lonely child -life that was lived est' in• the
spaciens nurseries of Belgravelionee. •
• thenlElEfeavee., childhoOd is seldom
=happy.,
• Nese langlied and played with the other
children. in the square:garden ; -she drove
out with, her governess, m • the grand open
carriage, Where het tiny.: figure seemed.
elmoet lost. Nea remembered driving with
her mother tithed ' same carriage -4 fair
'tired face had looked down on her smiling.
" bleaniria, not Belgrave House the
Palace Beautiful.? look -how its windows
are Shining like -gold," she had said • once.
"it is not the Palace Beautiful to me,
Nem," replied, her . !nether . quietly. Nes.
always-remernbered-thats'adAittlespeeeh,
and the team that had once come into her
mother's eyed. • What did it all mean ?She
mondered ; why-were-thetearago often _in,
her mother's eyes ?, why didnot papa drive
with them Bometimes ? It was all a
mystery to Nea.•
Nea knew teething &brat her Mother's
heart -loneliness and repressed sYmpathies
With a child's beautiful faith she thought
all fathers Were like that. When • Polonel
Hambleton played Withhis little daughters
in the, square garden; Nee watched them
curiously, but •without any -painful
comparison. " My papa is always busy,
Nora," she said, loftily, to one of the little
girls who asked why Mi. Huntingdon never
came too; he tides con hie beautiful horse.
down tothe dig, nurse says., He' has his
shipe to look after4onknoW, and sometimes
" Papa is never too tired, to play' With
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LATEST FEDI/ TEE NOETEWES4
Pespelehes. from the rresbyteriari
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oursion show that the train was delayed by -
broken bridges, but the delegates ,spent
pleasant day .at Banff inspecting
anthracite coal mines and clambering - •
mountains. 'The latest. despatch frola
the, excursion train received t� -day says:
" an: early, hour this morning
the • special train entered the Woking -
Horse rase, and eyeey delegate was astir.
Tbe river leaped and 'sparkled by our
side, and the eun shone on the snew.:clad,
mountains, towering sometimes over 5,000 "
feet above the traoklevel. The. env/catcher
being an excellent point of •observation has
been in great demandall day,as twiny as nine '‘.
venerable delegates b,eing perched on it
during a run oftWenty-six miles.- After a,
short. run acroes the first_ valley_ot• the,
Columbia we the Al:scent of theef- -
kirks; and by noon were enjoying :the •
beauties of the wonderful Rogers pass. At, ;
Glaoier tHh9e7sQe utellene'.0134, grbildeionedWitahnatchere.le-`
rousing 9heere, in her honor. -There, is •
tabbeuPsuamaliniceit91-tsonotwheollbtalieeepulAnt.4•ttabi:'aIrria,4,
charmingly mild." - '
A despatch from Rapid, City says Last
evening, about 9.30, Mins.Ada Armstrong,
-figt-nr1-4;-danghter of---Mv-114-S.-Artristrong,•
iniller, of this place; was. drowned in the , •
mill -dam. • Miss Arnestreng was assisting
iiild-to cross the-foottridge--atthe-nevr
mill when from some cause they, begs fell .
off. The other child, a • daughter of :Rev. • '
Mr. Aehe, Was rescued. by Mr: John Mc -
Cella% The body of Miss Armstrong has •
not bead recevered. " •
• At the Methodist Conference Brandat
it was decided to establish a Ilethodi ,
Theological Institute in Winnipeg at an
early date. •; _
'Bandmaster Farmer, •of the Mi.:milted'
Police, was &finest killed at Regina bar-
hraoorkelyesterdaY by being trampled on &
It is, prOpoied to give Mt. Watson a
banquet on his return from Ottawa. This . • •
Beata of Trade is takingtho initiative. • • • ' •
Miss Francea • Willard, - the. e,elebrated •
tempetane,e worker from the United States
Bittle agitating for a cheap eitoursion • •
for -Ontario the on to this, • •
want You to try' Ili:Mille ;BOIL". he
' ;„ ' . said,. carelessly, as e put her n. her.
..‘ii
Zaddle. ' ." -You ride perfeetlY, d Fairy is
. not half; good enough ,fer. you .;" . d Fey
was Olihgedto Own that she had. never had
• iiineh a tide before ; and.Hugh' had nolined
: that people had . turned round' to . look k '
. the beautiful little., fignre on the Cheitnut
4" I 441 bring her 'everyday; for you to
,..ride•F-she layout own property, you knoW;IL
,• .Hugh said; as he lifted Fay to the gronnd ;
.. ' but FaY' had 'MAY tried to hide her bliuiliing
. • face from his meaning took, and had ten
• -Hugh: was beginning se.. Mike hie
intentions .very clear. When he Walked
With. Fay in. •the ' little laine , behind.,the:
• :46etittage. he did not say • rauch,°13tit helOoked
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- . very' kindly at her. The innocent
•' bentity7-her •sweet face and :fresh ripple of.
: talk--earne soothingly' -to the jaded man.'
4. •• ' . He began to.feel an.interest in ';iihe gentle
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un• eophisticated little creature. ' She ,was
• very young, Very ignorant; and childish-,
• • • • she:hicl absolutely.- no knowledge - of the
• . World orof • men -but somehow her Very
innocence attracted hint. • • ' • • • ,
• , 'His 'head Was hitter against his old love
-.should he -take--thig4hi1dtuhiniee1f and
• • 'make her his wife? ewas very lonely-
• reatleee, and dissatisfied, and raieerable ;
•• perhaps, - after alt, ysh6 might .rest -and
• • coinfott him. • He was' 'already very' fOnd
•.: of her; by- and by, When he -had learnt
to forget Margaret, • When • he • ceased
.tO 'tementher . her ' with these . sickening
, 'throbs of pain, he might 'evegrow to love,
ppdeeesser, and had remained there. ever
suice.. Nit it was in :reality an albsorte
shop, Wheranearly everythintedible could.
be procured, and," tb betray. ignorance of
.31re, Watkins was to ..betrat ignorance not
only of Beidah Place, but •of the whale 'of.
,the Elysian' Field. ' • , ' ..•,. ' •
•• To be etre • the • long • window aided the
*mention,' and was fitted up solely , With
g ds in the group*, line; but. enter the
dar ow doorway,*and get tin Odorous whiff
from. . ithin, and • one's olfactory, nerves
wind& so e' con.vince one of the contrary.
. • . • .
There was i flayor,Of everything • there;
a hlended fra nee Compounded of strong
gm\ati
cheefie, :'herring and candles, • with a
suspicion of . me es and. tarred .WoOd;
which to the uni, 'eta Was singularly'
unpalatable, andinig sted- to thein to
shake off the &nit of;Mrs. atlunn es seen
-wainIMPril-kliOn44fgliiie•Fmeitheteunitt.
.""•=alisixtrisownneid4O-terrsielf
then aloud, and With a strange flickering
smile that scarcely lighted tip the paleface,
" Good -night to you -happy mother whose
son perished On the Cumberland Fells, for
you will soon Meet him igain..Good-night,
Mrs. Watkins -;" and with this abrupt adieu
she went quickly Mit ofthe sticiP' and was
lost tithe surrounding tog., ' t • •
" A fine figure of a woman," ejatinlated
Elide, shaking her oldhead with a puzzled
.loOkon hei wrinkled face; " a fine,grand.
figure Of a woman, but surelritVinnocentf--
neighbor ? " • . •' •' •
•" :innocent l" repeated Mrs. Watkins
with:n indignant snort; an innocent t
Mts. Deans; why should such an idea enter
your head ? a .shrewder and a brighter
woman than my lodger, Mrs. Trafford,
never breathed, :though follrs do sayshehas
had e deal of trouble in -her life-btit thee,
it is none of MY business ; never rneddlein
the affiire' of my neighbors. I am netof
the sort who let their torignerun away. with
&tan," finished M.....Watkins .with • a
*Mous OSS 'of her head. , . • • , ' •
• • CHAPTER :VII: •
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..‘"Sh is an young -so little will- satiety
:her "le Saidto himself, when a chill doribt
• • , . cniciicroised:his:. inind.-whethet he eetild
ever give her•the love that a: woman bus
righttelemand fromthe man who ;offers
..! himself:tie her hushand ; leut•h'e ;put &Way'.
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the tbeinght from hun He Wage Redmond,
and it .was his duty to marry he hid grown
* • . !very: kona of the shy gentle little creatur• e -T
, 'he could make her happy, for. the child
liked him, he thought ; •and it, wouid be
,• feasant to have her bright. face to Wolcott -10
• re ,when he went home. , . • .
• So one °Veiling; tai they walked up and
'-d9Wn the shrubbery;, while Aunt Griselda.
'knitted in • the •perch,:.• Hugh took Fay's
•liana, and asked her gently if she tlimight.
: .ehe 9onld love him well enough to be • hie,
„vife. Poor simple little chlidl,ehe hardly
• • knew how to "answet him; but Hugh, who
• had caught a glimpse•of the happy Meshing.
-face, was very gentle and patient with bt:g1
he is very tired," . • • • '
Me and Janie," returned Nora with a wise
nod Of her head.; "1 he. sari lt.. tfLS!!!_lM:,..11 so
To be. stire this was only a e. • 9 o
herAustiae • Mrs.' Watkins drove tir very
thriving . trade ,.• the very carter had a'
partiality for the shop, and would 1 eh: in
about twelVe elelock, yvith•th.eir • pipes d
heb-iikiled been', for a, of .tobacce
a. slice of cheese, ' and • creek clitmey jokes
.„aeross the Counter. •.• '
this,‘ Mrs. • Watkins had
another source of profit ;that •was at Once'
lucrative and respectable •, ;She let
lodgings: • • ..
' And very genteel lodgings, they -were;
With ei.private entrance in ,Beulah
and a double door that excluded .draughts
and the heterogeneous .'odemi :troth -the.
• he lodgers of Mrs. Watkins were the
tallinf the neighborheod, and Many a
•pesser,hy7tioked parionsly. up at thebright
windows and clean White curtains, between
Which- in theolimmer time Miaowed . ttin
loveliest floweru.and the, earliest' stuiVidy4s
and crocuses inSpring, thehoPe Of seeing
two fair faces which had rather/aunted
their meinory eVer since they ly first seen
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shyness 'and presently won from he , e
• -. , answe'r he. wanted. • She i like •so
. ,; • .• much he understood her to say -,h Waif se
, • • ' , kind, and had given her so mut pleaeure.
Yes --after much pressing o ugh's part
• . • ' -she was mire that she
. • • . enough, bnt she, could'
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, • say more. ,
.• ' •• • But Thigh' was
• , •• 'victory; he want'
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-It was , siX,-eolock2-on..-the-et. emng: o A
dreary November day:/Watkinif shop
was emniy,' for the •fog *fid the rawness and
vr/a
the cold had drive folks early to their
homes,• and Bird. Watkins herself, fortified
with strong tea ad much buttered:meet,
Was entering.h t profits on a •enlail greaSy
elate, and catftgteittliie7 glances every now
and thendrito the•warm, song parlor, where
•her . ntiiphew And , _factotum Tony was
rett sting. himself In/ his turn frorn the
is all black teapot on the hob. . • •
,'A fresh, whOlepornelooking wdmen Was
Mrs, ,Watlsins, within honeet,. reliable face
and a twerfold chin ;"bat :she, had two
peciiliarities-she itkays worn the itiffest
and the cleanest and Most Cracking of, print
dresses,' and her heir was neatly always,
ried n in curl -papers . ender her black
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" She Was" gray,tender, petulant and susceptible.
All her feelings were quick ande.rdent:: and hav-
ing never eitperienoed contradiction or restraint;
she was little- practined in tfelf-Control ; nothing
but 'the native goodnens of lierteart kept her from
running continually into error.-1•Faahingtati
. Didn't Ask pie Bight.
40M.V.IBurfiette instate that he 107OrlilieX4
tubilxerantglinfid, *00110W43
tratit.400,Tentittlidell.stou
I wouldn't go into the restaurant Baia have
a' cup of coffee with you while We were
waiting. for the train. didn't
like the Way yen *Ikea Me. • lieep
Mete the floor. Not half anhonr before
you said. to Mr. Puffer, Come; let's get a
andi.awaY you went, holding .his ant
'and not giving him a chance to decline;
,When we majohn b'Howdy eur. way
to hincheartiou. said; • Just iii time; John;
come take lunch with us:: • And„.then
to -night, when we found the -train an hour
late, you looked at . your watch, tarried to
me, and said in'anneitioning'way, 'Weald
you like a cup Ot coffee?! • And I, did Want
it • ' I was -tired and a little ; hungry,
Nat • Mee. Traffordhad been'. niustioned
about her paet lite, she *Mild have replied -
in pittrierehallinguage that few and evil
had heenter days, and yet =life had ever
eperied.withmore premise.than hers. ., •
• Many year, nearly qiiirter of a.tentury,
before the -gral;haired :weary woman had
good in Mrs. Watkins' ehopia • yelling 'girl
in a White,dress, .With a face -as' radiant
as the spring morning : itself, lent over the,
balcony' Of 33elgrave Itense to wave good -by
to her father as rode away 'easitvard: ,
' VI1OSO who knew , Nee' Huntingdon in
those early days eay Aid Slip was wonder-.
fully beatitiful: . . ' • ' •
There. Wafin picture of het in the 'Royal
Acadeiny,: dark-haitertirlAn a Velvet.
these, sitting under a niarble'enliniin• With.
6 'elate of mental saiitvea at her feet, and
a Scotch deer...henna heeide her, and ,,bOtte
face and figure were *enough tautness:
Nei hadlost her mother in her, childhood,
andithe lived.alone with her tether. in the
great house that steneat the coiner of the
square; Witt its flower -laden balconies and
Many windowsfacing the setting siin:1
Nes Was :het father's only child; and
his hope e Were centered. !mon' her.
•Mr. VMS an anliiitions man;
he was more; he was a Piefottild egotist. In
his °Versate, pride, the love of power, the
•desire for wealth; were evenly balanced and
made Subaervient te a most, • indomitable
will. Those who line* tiro well said he WaS
ielf-suificient Man, one .Who neveri
forgot an injury or forgave -it- . • .
He had been the creator of his clwn
fertnnes as a lad he;had ;c:ortle io, 1.4ondcn
With the traditional -shilling in • pocket,::
and had Worked hii way to wealth, and was
now one of the tidiest merchant princes'in
the Metropolis: . ,••
' He had married a young heiresii and by
her help. had gained entrance •into society,
but she had 'died. a dissatisfied; unhappy
women, who had miter gained her hesband's
heart or Won, his confiderice. ' In Mr,
Huntingdon's ielf-engreased nature there
Was no room for Wideness.; he had loved
his handaothe yoinig•Wifeirx atoolienipetate
fashioulent she had never influenced hina,
neVer ,centiptiehended him his • iron
Will, hiddeirilridet a info* of courtegy4, had
repressed her from the begiening of their
married. life. 'PethiPs her chief sin In hit -
eyes hadheen thatshe had net giVeii him
a son ; WA aceepted :4 little little daughter
tingtimionaly, and for the firit few years
of heryoung lite.he had grieVensly neglected
ea him well. cep. Mrs, Witkins Was engaged, in jotting
be •indriced to down einalidabe of figures on the elate end
• • • ,rubbing theni/put again, When the.'green-
te content withhis baize sidzig &� leading to the paseageVis
no ,,words to. , tell' hire pushed back; and a, tall, • grave -looking
im from the depths of ter. woman. in black . entered the -shop'
and
quietly appreached the counter, •
She was 'certainly a striking -looking
ersoh ; ini•epite Of the gra Y hair and a wain,
ad exptession, tee fade here the trace Of
uncommon beauty, though all yonth and.
frestinees aniniatimi ,arid •coloring had
faded ont', ot it, •
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,'rhe profile Was ahnost perfect, . and the
Mouth would have beefi loWelytoo. but for a
certain„prond droop, of the ps 'which ;gave
an, impression of the
and. ;
bilt the dark dyes were very. 'Soft `s:nd.
nielanchely, and seethed to hold a World of
sadnead in their depths.
” Watkina,'r she begin hurriedly,
in a . nWeet, CultiVated , and then
' sfoptioa and drew :back as another ,person
done intti the theii4 " nO, do not let me:
interrupt you, I. Wag only going fo 413y,
• that one of the ,,yottitg ladies at 'Miss••Martfirgeleil seems' 'very poorly, and Miss
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• ' innocent her; he could read the truth in
• those wo erful eyes -Fay • had no idea
• ' hok tient:they were. . •
"i ow seta she help. loving hitn ?" she
• i to herself :1 that night, as she knelt
' own in the Moonlight ; had she ever Seen
'" any. one „like. him ? No little imprisoned•
princess ever Watched .1i-ei-linight more
proudly than Fay aid' when Hugh rode
-0 away on his bit black Mere. He was like, it
king she thetight, so kind, andi • hanan•Oftie;•
• : and gracious: and -Fay 'Preyed ,with tears
that she migiit, he worthy of tlits precious
" • gift that had 9eitrio to her. •
' • And se tend lovely August day, WineiAnnt
• Griselda'g ;Benny •little. garden was sweet
• withthehreeth �f rCees'and catneliia; 'Sir
and Fay Were Married 'iriNthe- little
ohurcii at Damtree, and as laugh looked
down on his child -wife, 80inething like
.• compnnction sei'zed ' him,. and from the
deptlig of his Sore heart he solekenly
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.country. .•
• The General AffsemblY aelegates hate „••
returned from visiting the Indian reserve. • .
eons.' y ^apish Uglily -a cthe treatment .
(iteiStaligt IthEiArtatainrAky4hel.4130Mi41037:-.
4literieritnnittribUt-,SeetWitji".*Ime•-ia 'poor .'",'474•741":41..V'',
opinion of the Indians thientelyes. .••
Say the redslihis are Very loyal and .Io not .. -
contemidate any trouble. • , • '
•.Liveei With ills Own Coffin. • '
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• Chandos Ftilton„one. of the . direeters of . •
the Lotus •Club, ordeed and paid ter hie; , .
own. coffin: 'se:ever/it. years ign and ,keepif it in
hisroom,. not as a memento inert, but as ,ft. :
closet for ehoicie liquors and cigars:. It' is,' . •
open on Ehindeys,. as. the excise .1aW of :the
corporation 'coming apes riofapplyto,coffine.,-
Mt, wis Once- sO very ill, that • ,- •
:doctors, as in Charles O'Conor'e 'ease, . ,
elated that, he must die, and 'his coffin ;.,
made and. sent to, thelonse. When he
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but' would have fainted b!:49x.e I' wPahl covered the Undertaker appealedto lumt& .
have accepted such an ; invitation.. And fpay the bill on the ground that, having
you went away a little bit vexed:with. me been made to Measure, the :coffin would not '
and had your coffee and bread, and better. • fit anybody else. , Mr: Fulton deelared that,
by Yonrself and -didn't -enjoy -it very • much. if:kin:Mat pay the bill he Would keep, the :
In °fleet yeti:Said to Met' If 'you wiint],e
onp'of Coffee; if 'yen teally: want it; I,. Will
:Piny itforyen:: - Yeti are the best hiniband
in but' ao. as nearly the :best.
husbands do:, Whyde you 'Men seemto
.401e'thingeout.to their - Wives.'. When • pin'
'fairly thrOtv theinto the: i,Zen" you ?'
Why don't you inviteme•as heartily .es you,
inrite,Men Why ,didn't yonilaY,•'.- Come, '
get a littlenciffee.•andeOmethin,' aria
coffin, hair!) hinges put on the lid and use it
as, a wardrobe for his dress suit. T,his idea,
was plagiarized.and adopted to the French •
by Sarah'Bernhardt,. who,. used the eoffin
as a -bedstead. ; Again modified by '
Fulton as a satire upon theologians', the •
receptaole 'intended for the body is "mow. • •
occupied by the spirits. -New 'Kirk World. • • •
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Remarkable Transmilssion• of Diphtheria.
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take me right, along With. you ?T Yon. We am reliably inferined that a party ue • • . •
wouldn't say to a nian, ' "-Would youli e Fourteenth Wird of this .city took
me to and buy' you a cigar?' Then why some ,Olothes that had employed about :
do you always bane your little invitationfl- 7i-I4treift-lifirietildThVitrAiphtherie "and, ..... •
to treats way to nie ? : • Indeed.' in- threw them over a chicken 'peep the other ,. •
deed, my dear husband, if Men would only evening to kir. When the lamily, came to •
set toward their wives.asheartily,coidialiy,
whom look into the coop the next morning in. of
frankly ite they de toward the men its inmates • were, tonna deed. . The, dead •
they meet, they would find ..itheerier corn- ,fowls had black`, *arks 6n.their throats. in ,
pamons at home than they emit& 91. the each ' inetance. And a whole blood ' Of
'club:":" '' • ' : • ' -- • -•• '•• .: - • ' young chicks perished in, the same Way.. --.-
Testing the Lungs. •" •Salt Lake NEws:. •. , ,•
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'If youfear •that yahrinngs are affected " • • ' • .• . • ' • ' •• ' •
mothers used .was made from the.petale of .
the folio:Wing plan t Draw' in as much
breath as youeonveniently ean;.then count Jane 'roses' aral was ' said to be a great . •
as long AA pogeible in., A elow fid,ataible,. neau#ner, softening and. 'whitening the:
voice • without drawing, M re breath. complexion. It hi prepared by poeringover, . • '
a, quantity of freah ' mile leaves sufficient :,.. •
The number of •eeccinds nmst be carefully .
.white ' wine vinegar • to colter , the leaven.
noted. • Li a consumptive the time does not
After it has stood for a few days in thessin., ' • ' •
exceed ten, and is frequently lege 'than di
the liquid may be Strained. oft and run
seconds.; 111 '• pleurisy' and pneumonia it'
through a flann'el bag. Aaa slump. of re, •
ranges, from nine to four seconds When When
fined,' sugar, • bottle it •and .1_40 in a cool,
high as from twenty to thirty-five 'sectende: Plitce, __,._ : ' ' - • .• '. '' ' ..
the lungs are gonad the time will range as
To. expand the lungs, go into the air, stand , IT' :
itiOnT °Can.'. . • : ' . • ' ..'
" I nave lent the road to happillesii,-, 7 .' • • .
erect, throw, back the head. and phOulders : •i wD::itiity,nounnettirwiti; pray ? .
end draW, in the air through the nostrila as •
ninch as possible. After .having then tiled' , ..net tioniclal• I Nt,seiwiggeldh=ia was fair, • .
She kings, raise Your arms;" still extended; ; ""rSaci;i rare tr.easerosl in6. eenes of Ple'astir• es'• .'.. 1 .
and suck in the ait. When you have thus An r iptmotriiorshilaei.ltphInetswhen in
forced the arms backward,. With the Chest • 1 but th%
open; 'change the process by . which . you And I know not Whither to go.
emptied.: Go through the process several .. . , .
draw in your breath till the liings are ' •
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times a day, and it will enlarge the .eliest,
give the lungs betterplay • and serve very
much to ward off Consumption:,
simple 'cosmetic Which our grand- "
You rely -settle the question by adoptingd
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NO Mother ; left by herself in that great,
hphae, With Muse§ to slid' herend gerValits•
to Wait on her, the 'little 'creature grew up
viaytyn•ra told,; her ealirieea 15,110 girls Marty And fded that: vidtkrift ,•ot Arthur Reny; of Brecht'', .a pioneer setit, ••
iridttlged, her fittilis and, folliea laughed at With hoed they have made • the'roselhoe: ilet,„ at the ago of When over ioo
Or lOSSed over Careles8 gOVerneaBea. ' This is a rehndabout way of getting rid „d,oti hor,„b.k.„, ,
• ta,Very-Beldoirk440,W,.ber,father these..izthamt4W-SYe• - • - - five iniletidll`bliblialitiOn. `"•' • •
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I Ilene boat the way; to haPpinesa-
. • ' Ob, Who will load ineliack ?'4 • .
Turn off from. the pathway of selftshiinail •
To the right.' --up duty'n'tratk I •• . •
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'Keep' stiaiflit along and you can't ge wrong, .f•
The fair; lost fields of happiness • •
• • For ag ro as' you .live, I say, . ' • .
'litany remains have • been mentioned for CaO only be found that way. . ,
thelamentable mental state of the sister of,
the Princess of Waled. The .Duchess Of
Cumberland has been; for ,sdinotithe past;
it isstated, addicted to the Use Of Morphine
in large rplantities, She ,fiestlad rebourse
to this seductive and • intinuattag drug to
seethe her, oVerWrienglit nervea, end to such
an eXtent had. the ,hlibit grown' upon her
that jrist before her iniaa gayo way she
Was aecustorned to use the thy syriege
With.Whigh the hypodetinio ihjectiond are
Medd as rainy as twenty-five .tinies•a•day.
Tiventy.three• of thirty-cipt States
rt 'the :tinited •StateS hitve. enmeratie
n'iti'.•1' of t.he EJnivsity of Mel.
.b9ntile 'has decided by a large Majorityto
admit --Wonien as • students :of medicine.
The medical joutieels,,,ag a' rule, oppose the
•pradtice of the eoeducatiint Of men and
sycimeri Medial Students 'While • Italy en-
dorsing.the principle. • - • ,
Getting rid of a , man iS a 'very btity pro. -
dem' if you are really hi earnest aliont
ELLA Wneni,nn WiLeox.;
in thfollowin
hi indicated. . e' g, •”. Thei
-Row the fashionable Pa4iote an &Owes' . 1
latest Style for men is a plain gray Prince • ,
Albert with dark trousIns, striped at the
side, and„White linen or ptjue,gaitiera. .
the buttenhole a single tea rose, Chistered
With bluebells." • .
-In the strawberry • regions of New
jersey a cigar, box is nailed dh n treo cloS0
to the roadside in front of every farm house.
It 1is placed • there to receiye the 'lliteet
quotations for•frUit: . Thene quotations are ,
telegraphed:front the leading cities three
tittles and are distributed by
messengerstmountea on bicyeles. The fruit
grower determineaby.thequotaiieris'WhetheF
he will shiphis day's "Picking. , • •
,• Ada, the 14 -year-old datighter of•Mr,.
Armstrong; of Rapid City, Man.,and
formerly of the 'West End, guelph town- •
ship, crs,,s areWned in the dein of her
tather'il mill recently, • , • • '
The Pickering Nett* tlls of the decease
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