Lucknow Sentinel, 1887-10-28, Page 21.1
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. • ' 4 Seel* in. Church.
Bees went to church one sultry day;
She kept awake, I'ni glad to say,
,i Tilluienrtialgr ,started on its way.
%%elf the momenta into'hours grew ;
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Ob deerl eh dear; What iheact she c102.
• PaPeenN•840'04004 from the 1)°44. • •• •
• And tiP, the &WOmirely went; .-
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-0apeinSabsdrbizi 'rekadon beak.'
• Her eYef tille0W4 4,10ctk intent, '
' fihe•stopped andPaid in plaintive tenet,
With hand uplifted toward the dome,i'.4,
" Pleesei•OTeaCher-man3;.:00 IV 40fliT• '
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The treble 'loge, bell -like in sound, • * .-
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Disturbed. a sermon Most profound', .
A, titter swelled as it, went round.i
A mine:the pastor'S face o'erspread, .,
He paused: and bent his stately, head; •
" Yes, little dear," he gertly said,
f , ',Harper's:Apar;
, . .
But give me amiles,!° maiden said,
"1 hke not tears and.sehe and sigkisi
•1?.'They Wends alllife's -melodic 0,
• 4111190il .God'e sundhine from our eyes
•••• wakiy•the Boni to love divine;
And make the heart 'leap like old wine." .
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Aye,smilee are best,"`the mationeaid,
• "My children love them more than toys; • ,
•• They are the manna of the dept• ., . • •
Taal' my roniping girls, and boys.
• And when, with 'sweet words they are given,
. They blessing etraightwag bring from heaven."
,
' 'Theri,though you have nanght obit° "give,
Pray give the world a smiling face; .
It will forgive your gravest finite
-nPor-thisoneAaappy act of grace. - -°
•_ It needs 11.0 11084 with world-lere Wise
• makawith lips and eyes
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.STA:41-,N1-1..1.! LOVE
-tourfir-of-W-01-4'APQr4r for the speech
*ivied her. "Mr. Hundbidgen WORItitieVer
loave bie• Motley to .tho Ben Of the man the
bated, and- Of the daughter 'Wlteee ,dteohed-
jence embittered his We, Mr. Erle has, to
.,,POW0MOT. PO .ins ba.t4,41; Awn. .
"He bid better becareful though," was'
thequiCirresponse. ' •
"That, have you 4040 lifto •Pejeak ef
• 64003.1: Why ----why• Are Yet; not
more generous tothe poor boy ? Why
de yen 'ettoottragethesevieite that • you
hn�w will anger Mr Huntingdon? Why
'do you tempt /aim from his duty? ?prey,
I implore you to be true to yourself and him.
Look into your own heart and gee if you are
acting an honorable pat."
"Yon are always herd • on, me," he
returned, sullenly."Who has been black.
, ening. my name to your • .
no pile,'" she answered; quickly;
," bit; you are a realm_ iallier,_and L have
gathered inuch from •my own observation.
You .1lAV,SatEgd Me niore than once that yon
are in debt; :eometimes, X fear you gamble.
'Oh in as a dark fiaeli Meliated to bis fere:-
head, "I should be grieved to think that
this is true." ' •
"Yon peuld'hiite me•all the more, X sup.
pose," in'a defiant voice. it•••
4g Weed 1 do not hate you, my poor .pq;
but. You make nit_very angry :oianietimeii.
Do yonlinow me SO little asto think .,X,
could ever bring Alyea!' to love a gain -bier,
or on _Wl*/..,Atied.:toreh_anothi3t Of -hie -
inheritance -one who was so ...afraid of
poverty that he deserted his mother for the
loeVes. and &hes: of the Man who was her
• Worst enemy."
"The old story," in a depilating voice;
you never give me the benefit Of an
excuse -t -will you never allow me to defend,
myself ?" • • • • -
"1 am not your judge," was the cola
reply; andthen, as the saW the misery of
his face, the • relented, Indeed itt is not
t90 late.to retrieve the . past. If you have
debts,"if you are introubte, 6wit it frankly
to your grandfather." •
Ana be 'tamed Ott. of: the • 'hens° *
beggar?" • • • • • • • . • , . •
"What of • that the replied, Cheerfully;
"yon have a profession; every One ilayirthow
clever you are -what • iv splendid hat:liter'
yon-will-ruaker..--Yati-"Catt :take iinpile;
3mccess and Money Will come to you in
tihie.'.! • • • •
"Too late," hemuttered.; cannot free
Myself?", • Then, with a. sudden' change Of'
tone, ."Crystal, if I do this -if r leave Bel -
grave House, will you give me • a• 'hope of.
winning you in the tante 2".1She '1Jr ..
..J1114.!4
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-4331ply 007'41m liennedied, 'fiercely.
4.!Bece.use I belong to „another," the
answered, slowly,•and there names wonder-
ful light in her eyes; and for his sake I
will live as 1,am to mylife's, end." • •
They had teethed Beulah Place by this
Watkince. shop was in sight.
Them were, few.; passers-by, . so. -•na One
noticed •why Percy , .atoed-Still': and ,Fieized
his ceriipanion's. hands. • •'• ' • •.
'I You love, another•ment . ;.Yon dareto
tell me this ?" • • .• • , ' •
. "1 tell you this for yew' own " good; and
time, and Mrs. that you may :never epeak to MO again
as you have done. You must net: be angry
with Me for tdiling you the truth; and now
will you ring the hell, for there is no . teed
toge-throUgh-the-shep?" • • ••
"I:em net cgming in," he, said hoarsely.
cannot trust Myeelf." • • : • .
• ." Th.en we Will say good-bye here' " was
he quiet instver;andshe-Pressed-hie-hande
andly.""Forgive me if 'I have taide :you
anhetPPY, but indeed it is your hitit, and I
honght it ;better. to ; tell you the truth.
Good-bye, my 'poor ' boy;" but though her
MOS Wataiill • of gentlenesti. cut& pity, he
&treaty: heard it. He had wrung het hands,.
linoet • throwing • -there from bin:Cala had
nrned away without- it: Word:
Crystal had looked after him tether Whit:
'inv. her heart felt Stirangelzseft_tocLhim•
16•Tinght.', "Was it wrong to tea him, • I
onder ?" • she said to herself, as she quickly ,
**aced her. steps. "He is terribly reok
ess; One flair knows hew •heMey.' take
binge. It was good of him to listen to me
et patiently; aii&nOW• he heil, gone away
Ore Ema angry.'" ,• , • • . . • •
Crystal Was walking very fait now, as
hough she bed inadenly reniembeted•sothe
trend. Akenenapty passed her
'he hailedit. "Will you drive' me to . Vie;
Oria Station," she said AO the men in u
Usines-like-tonei.; t -f-1-• want to .tneet the
.30 train . from Singleton. . think there •
s time." • • • • • • • •• •
"Nene too ninth," woe the somewhat gruff
nsWer, "but in'y' horse is fresh ;" ,and
rystal drew into a cornet and tried tried to curb
et •inipatience, by watthing the passers by;
cif her fear :of being too late kept •her reiW t
ss and miserable. . • •
Acithey drove into 'Victoria .•Station
andeoine beroxithe,, With a pair of
ays„ attradted•trystal'S attention: The t
otnian,had ..got • down and was Making'
nqatiee Of a porter. : "Singleton train
at dee," Crystal heard •the ,rnen say, as
he handed the cabman his fare; and as,
he .clacklY puffed' through' ,the station,
he train slowly: drew , at the platform.
Only just in tiuSei Cty'stal: pressed
ngerly forWard,!, ecenning7 the: Occupants
t all the carriages. until she Came to theBt. t
' • • ,•. . • .• • • • .
There were two passengere in this '
artment:;„ young lady; with good-, h
anted • freckled ' face,. was 'speaking to a t
ery tall Mat whO. was standing -the
ntre of the carriage. "You Must let •mo
7;
elp you Crystal hoard her ply in Et.
Patient deuntry#ed voice„ "and wait, With h
eu, Until your Invade find you .;" and the)*
me the answer in:the deep tones Crystal
ew Bo well. • • •
"Thank you, you ato. vets, kind,. • My h
foriunate infirmity gains new friends for
eVeryWhere 06- after ;all', you. Bee, •
en.-blindnese has its- alleVietiono, • Mies
errinien." . . •
Oh, I will be,Eitte 'LS tell papa what Whet ,you
y; anal a benclert•to him, Now, f
11 YOtiVatlaar hitnd on shoulder -.-it ,y
a deep step -take care ;" as h
led to folleW. those • instructions a little
cited hand, that certainly did not belong h
Mies Me,rtirmin, gently gnided, bir4 and 0
aced him in safety. • • ,/
Mee Merriman nodded and smiled: betanks. s
• , , ,
"There, you are all right /IOW, , What le
o rdatter. Mr. 'Ferrate ?" •' w
I thought some One tenched Me," he
iitned, with .8, v.ptit4eil. look, "end You to
re on my °thick side, .set suppose it was
tne kind' stranger.'" • : • - [IS
4' YOB a younglady; a Crystal moved
ay rather suddenly., "Ah, there is n'
Crystat anowet; perhaps the
goad He was coming up to. London,
. aotmilly• to Belgrave House, • and on this
very evening." Erle must have got spent of
her ,secret -r -how ' or In • whit ,manner she
• cOnld.:31194, gueee; all•the same, it menet
• • be Elie who, had betrayed' her. ',She had
thonght &little „odd and: constrained
. , the Isar few times. she had seen ':•him; , she
. • had- noticed more than Once that his eyes
liacl been fixed thoughtfully, Maher face as
• though he had; been Watching her, and he
had Beetned„..soniewhav confused When ,he
• bad•foundhims'elf.:detected: What 4offid
all mean? but Deter mindthattnoWi-Baby-
, : Would be Coming to. Poul*h but she
would he hmateds of miles away away before
•• ,that ; she: Was•stife, quite safe;• but if only
• • the could see Win:heft:ire she went; ' If she
•:.eould only get rd of this '#1.6'301403 Percy;
W6tild stay, PletlittPe, for Coald
. toe -)Iird. the ? - She, could, never
44-trgramathtlitc,,ttmoVIttmltagtotttitrEii4
1-4.41fildWittnlitsrateldie:.40.4010touttv
ito &Rowan the *lane that Eab
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was near, and she could not see him. An
• then all at once wild, idea came to her,:
. ••
and her pale • eheeke flashed,•Ind'her eyes
gtevi•bright, and she began to talk rather
quickly and in an excited Manner:: . •
, "Oh 1 do yon hnoWi. Mr.', Trafford," : the
• • 'sad; gravely, X think it is vizir • wrong of
yon. to encourage Mr. Erle to come e6 often
Ao. Beideh Place; .Fern • is • pretty, -Very "
• pretty, and Mr. Erie is fond Of saying pleas.
ant things. to her; and alt tirniche knows, .
Mt. Huntington Wishes hiin to merry Mies
Selby, -lite has no tight to Make himselfso
• agreeable tip. your sister; and think you
• might:to-keep in'betterorden," • • '
•a." Ohl -I don't *tend to be Erie's
• •mentor," he retutheti,' a little sulkily; for
he thought he:. Saw her drift to keep : him -•
Irian -talking of his own' feelings. • "I never
• • interfere with other fellOws." ,
• ' "les, but Fern • your • eiater,!!,-iii:-* *
foliOikelf ul Voice; "and kdr, think you are
' • to blame tine.. Why do you not tell him
:. that he intuit Iasi.° your luster alone, and 't
'keen to Wee '•Selby. : Your' grandfather
• Would, • be very. angry if,. he knew of these IV
Visite to Beulah Place, and • then Mr. Erie 8
Would go into trouble." • , o
can't' help that," .Wae the indifferent *
answer. "Erle Must take his •thencewith
• the rest ofns; ' he *news *towel:1401 do the• And spite of her •preocon-
'' pationverystal .noticed a Curious -0E1340 w
Percy'e tone. . • . , • •r
• • "Do youmoanthat he would get into 1,
serious trouble? is that . what •you woad,
, *ply? do not, think ion, are doing your a
'duty, Mi. Trafford; if yen do not Warn him
' nflir.'Hiintington'e displeasure. :11t. Erle •
is weak, he is easily guiaed;but helias good t
, principles ; ,you could soon induce him, to •O
• break off his %tate:" s
••• ." I don't i3eC, that X need 'trouble myself *
about another fellow's love affair; have
• too. much inity own mind.. ::Of course yon .6
• . look impatient,- label Davenport it is •
• ciblie to eneak of my. Own feelinge; but
••• how can you expect me to take interest in a
, 'paha. fellow .when I ate go utterly miser- C
able Myself ?" • • ' • ,: h
"Mr. Trafford," alai Said, trying'. to eon. b
trol her •finpatienee,; " wish you would let 10
)24iipealt to you for 0000, 88 though "were ,
your friend," she ,she would have ' tithstitnted 'fine 1
- • the Ivied sister,but she feared to provoke b
• one of .his .outbursts of indignant pleading. ,fo
"Yon,linow you May say vihat you, like
to ine,'" .10 rettirned moved by the • gentle- Pa
,ness of her 'speech, for she'had, never -13,011.
so grecions to him before. "You' have
more influence etrfar Me than any one t
:---the-rweri&----If-yotr-dould Make me better •
' man, Miss Davenport." . •
"1• Would 'give . intuits tO"do it,"' slab
• answered in a lot/ Voice that thrilledbit4 In
strangely. Trafford, .you Will ' be •
angry with Me' • if I speak fa- yOu, Very • P
frankly, and earnestly, -es eatnestly,",hery n
• she: peneedi "as though Wil Were bidding -."1
, each other ' .goodbye tonight for e long •Os
time." ,••
• ti you Will cell Me Percy;" he replied, pi
, .with sudden Vehemence,. "you shalt clay Y.
. what you iihe to ute.).> ca
• "Very . well," she answered, With a faint •Itn
smile- at his boyish insietance, ghat' be
Percy then -no, do net . interrupt me," era an
he seethed about to Speak. I am- Very utt
troubled and ,:unlittOpy• about Mr. Erle'is • OV
• Visite; they are doing harm to Fern, and I M
mist tell yen,. Once for all; that you fire 'not
doing yout • duty either to ,your sisteror ea
• Cousin." .•• . • , vi
• Erle again," he muttered moodily. . ie
, YOB, bedatice the matter lies' very close tt
'AO heart, -for •I dearly love your eider. git
• M. Trafford7-Peroy, I mean -Ton haft to
• youth; hecilth,'talents-the,whole world lies' Pi
before you; why de you cm/ your Conan,
bet:dined he le likely to be a richer men than tn
•
footman ; he seems in ,Beatch of Some one.
1 will ask him if lit bolooking for you,' aid
MLA. Merriman darted away.
liteby:. Mood quietly waiting, but he little,
knew that the girl he had to London to
eeek was standing a, few yards. from • him,
trying to. see himthrough the tears that
blinded her. • 4
Many people turned to look after the. tall,
strilcing.lething. man' in clerical dress, alb°
felt hat just shaded the pale, massively eat
features. He:looked. older, CiTletal thought,
ma a little Sadder, but 'the mouth was as
• W0a. %Teal. haeS• up .4* hasty footsteps
hrnsited though he would .rticoie
aside, but girlieh figure interposed
between and the loadedtruclii and egaln.
the little hand guided him to safety,
"It is all right -the men eaye.be is. wait;
ingfer Mr, 'Potrero?" observed' Miss Merit -
man briskly attlliamomerd..-" Whethetrid
thingsthose tineke are; X was afraid, one
would"w.
"What! aknocked y0tu g lady 171. 7481cte4de
young
lady led you away." ' •
quickly, • • , •
"Olf;, only a tall :young lady in brown,
Who •Beereed tO,Uothle YOlt.*alated,llelp She
has gone now -probably a passenger for the
down -train."
" think all youngladiesaregood tome,"
r.stutuskl'iabyWith gravo-courtesy,-. hold-
ing out his hand, ,•".I know I have met With
a-Very:kind fellowiateeeeger ;14-'4i:4'0'00s
_he teek-tlinfootmen!aarm-and-enterether
carriage, Mies Merriman paw the tall- yonOg
lady in brown walk • quickly out • Of the
station, and and as she :passed her theta Were
tears pinning down her cheeks.
"CHAPTEit'xriTIf..
FIX17. OES.. cuitox#84.,. 4. •
Thou, like a little curious fly
That /notes through the air,
Dost pry and pry ••
, With thy keen inquisitive eye.' ,
• . • • •
And with imany queations, ever
, Rippling like a reset:Ise:river.,
Puzzling many an .older brala,
Dost4hou honk by hour increase thy .store
' Of marvellous -
71bne a squirrel, darting •deftly,
.1:Ip and dOwn,auttinmai trees; •
•-• Sees its hoard of cheetnute growing swiftly
Ina bean !mon the leekstrewn leas. • • • .
, "And' now., I look cjilliffliett'Leasktehe
Princess bove herself." • • •
"1 wally think you do, Fluff, theugh. you
renteMber her dress was a curious einbtoid.
ery'. of reinhocva.. and dewdrops •- sewn all
over with peacocks' eyes; .1i* asinvei4ri
tor.tellatttleirozioti,!•114ilf%aftemistay°
"1:.931(But
Fluff
. "141 were to be 10a -really • and, truly
lost, you know,wonid the funny old toWn-
eriertell• a long story about me; as he did
about the dog when. , were down by the
.sea lad sunnier?" • ' , ' • • ,
• "Of Course he would 'and' rialthet and
would stand and to LIM and try not
to laugh.,...1-Lost.,..stolen, or strayed, a little,
witch -girl in.a.'Clean White frock, rather too
Meichittarthed ; a frilled cape that crackles_
When ale •moves, and • a PtottY bread -
brimmed hat.' Well, Fluffy, . what .does
that Mysterious look mean?'' you • are Very
rude to interrupt the old ctier,'". and Fern'
tried frown,' while Flat nodded her head.
sagaciously. " • .. • .
It Would not be stolen Oileit, *nava
be strayed, like the • Sheep in the turnip.
field, when the shepherd turned- thorn all
Ott: he'cauee they, had no business there.
-Supposing I strayed on: purpose, Fern,: you.
must send a crier covered allover With gold
rialcueffi?o,,fin.d ' • :
"Indeed!have . you. lost Yont; • senses,
"'Neter Mind the itenses;:-..: saw thein all
Ave in china , in Mrs. •• Watkins! left .1harid.
eorrier•ctipboard; thine images She. called
•them,.and I thought:then so ptetty. Give!
mo four pencebalf-pennYfer buns,Porn •
-one ':-Batli,-two-nlain;• and 'a ,lial&per(ny-t-d
the eWeePtIr•:-.that tikes Molest oVer•the
crossing." • , . • • . • •
' " Oli Fluff; Fluff; do beCareful, and ngna
you do not go too far 'contelacik soon,. like
good child."
• . • . •
• "Of course I am geoa OA birtliday.
What (lid. they, do to Ananias and Siii3pliire;
Fern ?", " • • : • - • •
,L• "Dear me; • :what an .40fition,
Fluffy!" • • . • ::
: "N-evet Mind that; :in the 13,1.4r School
the teacher always • ancitveys the children's
questions directly; . ie ,very . nide
teacher though she has red hair, ha she
gannet help that." • .
• "Oh, indeed!' so I Milat tell about
Ananias and Sepplvita.. -What leAlie. Matt:
ter:?. ,how Pale yeti look, zuy: pet,. • ". • . . '•
Well, they fell &rain deaclbeeensethey had
CI-11:1Flillistifted her Penee'nneeeily.:,•••
"That was the lie foia about the:
and and money they Wanted 4O., keep:
henieelite. •think ' Were greedy
eciple; one Bath, .two „plain, and a half-
penny:for the .sweeper... Here. the four.
ewe; Petri ; I don't think' I shall be hungry
until tea -time. Now, goodbye, I naticaego."
".Why, what nonsense! here,
Fluff;" but Fluff Was sthttling downstairs
s feet AS she Could go, and Vern' was only,
in thciete Bee her little feet whieldngtlirMigh
he shop dem', • , . • . • '
• PAI' don't believe there le another
hild in the United •Kingdonc".she said to
erself, laughing.• "She is terribly young
Or her ego, and so, amusing; 'hoar dull it
ill bo • without her this • eftertiden, and
oor Crystal so far *Way; Mother
ad not • let -her go, or that ,she Safe
ono again;" and Fern sighed fie she looked
Mind the empty resin.'. • . • • .
Now it se happened that Fluff had (seated
Or 'Mother! t� let her take a walk alone cin
er birthday; this was the treat she had,
elected for the occasion. e • •
She was to weir hot beet frock and her,
divelietthat Crystal had trimmed for her
s a Parting present; and had prorniedd
o be Very careful, and not go toofar: The
enreence was to he expended bun -so
he and her mother had arranged, but:Fluff
ed •SecrotlY , intended .tn.put it to : itnether
tirpcise, until • her ..COnsdientletiel fiernples
ed. obliged her.,to leave it at hate instead
paying,, the oninibnci fare. that • was R.,
eve her plot little • kgs; :they "Would get
otelY tired before the reached 'their dee-
tuition. • • '
rhiff, ten clown seVeral ditto:its,. till elle
as out of breathi' and then she fell into 4
ttle trot ; blitfiri3t she gave: the half -penny
• A ragged bey, and begged him. earnestly
ever te tell aerie's; after that she,
ked the Way iielgrevia. Not get-
ting a Irtilid answer from him, hoe only
told •tet that he had been 'a cripple' frOtti
yon ?" ' •
"He has robbed me of my rightful th
, inheritance," was the nioody ansWer.,
"It could never be yetirs," she ret &fled; rot
quickly; "a Trafford will ,never be Mr. We
Huntington's heir." • • • so
"I would Change my name."
-"That Woad avail yeti little,", 'with a , AW
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hie birth and, had sold lucifera 'ever since,, poor little bands were held so tightly that
which, being Iztrimetone, was bpi for rheum- • they w•ete quite, red and sore afterwards:
mica, Vlitif told him she would heVe "Oh. the has gone to America with tiu0.
repeated the, whole story' of Ananias and horrid Campion; yes, and she ia-
SapPltire. to him, only thel3ed tie time, and horrid. to take. ;Mr dear CriBil-Oreas away.,
Then ,pho, teeented her Walk' With muck Fern cried: PO?, 440 morning, and Crystal
dignity, _ _ _ _ _ , _ ,pricdttoe,,-bnt she had she said, 80:1t
-,-A.Miltatil0(1 of it waitliiii-f-method was Pp. use. making a fuse: about it; auci „
it aotdd.he Milled which had in it e sidelong the: des not mean to come back for 4 long
movements: the similitude ofa otab. Mot,. time., What io the matter ?" peering•.
sho Nve4t. WO every baker's shop OM reseed,. mi one in lie. face, "deep, .your hes4 7
and, shaking her head sorrowfully .atthe ache ?"-for Baby had *toted* low groan, ,
fresh entrant bung on the counters, asked and had dropped Fluff's .1141140,44a bo wee,
in a confidential, whisper the qnickeet and pAehingbeckthe heavy dead -brown hair as •
Bilotti*, way to Belgravia; and when . they thengh he were:Suddenly eppreesed.
viished, to knew what part, , or embed.. her • •
.(re be continued.) •
business, she pursed pp her mouth end, said
'that was, not: the question, and woad they
please ()confine thernselves, to. facts, or some
such speech, in her .44: ,b,upt. way..
. And she looked • such a little Lady ge. she
spoke,- and .held her - .Sp s�
proudly, that most of them answered her
with civility; and One. big baker's bey, !just
starting on his afternoon round, eaid he
would ilea her past the dangerous pressing
in thene*t street, and put her a little- on
her way. • Fluff said she was very ranch
obliged to him, and trotted confidingly at his
side, adapting her 'conversation to; • her
hearer as she . thonght best, for she enlarged
in a rambling way on the Miracle of the
-T;ouves,eed.stolOF him what her teacher Said
on the subject of the and then sho.
became confidential, and explained to him
thet-she-bore-Mi-innopent-partialityfoeili
*aft peely bits of ;loft crusts that • one
could••pare of( a 'loaf without showing Sacl.
defleiencY„ and how the always: liked to
take in the bread it Mrs. Watkins' for the.
&spoil° ; and lastly, 040 'told: him in a
weary Mae voice that she was going to iee
grandpapa, who lived in a big home Intel.
gravia but that she was getting..vetytired„
for she she 'bed a hone in her leg -two bones,
oho' thought -and Might •she sit please on
the top . Of • his little part to rest her
house?
The
when he -went :into the next
alio baker's 'bog was a good-natured
fellow, but, • as he expressed it afterwards,
he thought ehewas the tummiest little lady
he, had ever mot; indeed, he xontided . his
anspioicineto a. grocer's lad that olie " wile a•
bit oraCkY;" but he let her at on. his dart
for all that, and titindled her the length of
two or three streets k•and further he revived
her drooping-spiritb, by dab .of het brown
bread, • 0009.Ped skilfully out of • • the
side pr a loaf which, iehe.,paid, would never
show. • '
alkaimerli
• •(.4
'patted With deep regret,'Wen a pc,iliceman
desired them to move on. • • .;• •
•Fhiff began to feet rather lonely 'after
this. It • was getting late, she was afraid,
and those little lege of hers; tithed dread-
fully; bathe All in it the park. •gates
with a playful :flower -girl, who ran a rate
With 'her, • basket and ell, 014 then. stood
-and-jeeredln broad Irish because she Waif
beaten, while Fluff' set down, milky. and
exhausted, on a benchnnder the trees. • '
It was nearly tea -time now; •she thought:
in another or so Fern Would he 'send-
ing the old crier !liter her S,ho • wondered'
how she Waif to get. back. ,• She . was • very
thirsty, and halL inclined to cry.; and
then' it 'struck. her the large splendid -
looking building opposite might be BelgraVe
•Thause, and she• 'ran up to:a workman just
passing andesked ••• •
"No," he said,' eyeing' her . Wondering;
"thitt was not Belgrave House • .it was in
the next square;" and When sheheardthat
:she Clapped her hands joyfully, and went
amfdrank Out Of a little iron •hovil com-
pany with a; She asked ,him if the
might drink first; and he said; '',1• Oil, laws,
:yea!, . you hint near so, sinutty ' its Mel'.
which speech Fliiktook as a coMillinien't.
Allt she had 'fallen down twice.; and her
nide white trod had got nnsightly. patchee
Of, green on it.. '• • • • • .
-,•---But-she felt- as though her troubles : were
.over. when she stood :in :front Of.. Bel -
grave House, its many windows shining like
Whaii.a grand plea(' it was -finer -than.
it:m..040st' Ball Palace ' • where Princess
DOB- • and :Piinee •MerrycieW • lived;
and; th. dear; what joy; the. door was open!
The footman ,:had just • run: out -to. the,
pillar box; and another • footman Was fast
aoleep ine7chairthat looked like a'. baby's
cradle tuined.upeide " • ' •
Fluff tan up the, steps and looked ,
•-• 'There Wes; a beantiful scent of flowers as
she crept timidly into the hall,.., such
Sleepy warm &wen • Fluff thought,' , Only,
they made her head • drowsy; and there.
was a greet staircase with carVedbalnstradee
:Affd dark. slippery stairs, and the deers
were all shut, and there • was not A sound in.
the hotisp,"except the singing Of Mute birds,
Fltiff began to feel giddy. : • :
•Bnt was babyish to. feel frightened in
her Own grendpepa's, house,So she took
courage,. and pessing the eleepy•footrnan on
'
tiptoe, • crept softly dais, holding : Very,
tightly to the balustrades; for she felt: ei!
thought she Were, slipping', every step, and
preeeotlY• she Came- to .9, sunny
,plece With is, conservatory, where come
canatiee Were singing... Ilere.she saw a. half.
open (look, 'Ana .pushed,. it. openi'ciid then
she thought ahel• was in fairy -land.
.It Wei such a large beautiful room, With
Marble ladies stp„nding in the corners; with
wonderful ,green plants growing in gilded
baskets, and satin couches, and lace drip
-
Mies,' and lovely • china; and in an.. .
arm-
chair a gentleman !Weep, for . he had his
eyes shut • • ' •••
'T Vial stale in and 10eited at him; no, he
was not &Bleep; for his eyes opened, and yet
he did not eeerit to i3ee her, perhaps he Was
thinking, His face -loafed' Very. nice • and
kind,' . and with the unerring Instinct Of
:Childhood. she laid her hand On his knee. •
" you Pleftae„ 'Sir, . you tell
ine. Where I can And gialidpape.", •'.
,The gentleinen raised his byes -as • Fluff
told her mother afterwards, "he Joked :et
me without seeing me and then his hand
•olosed quietly over the •child'i.• Nothing
ever imbued to startle RebY, Fetters in that
strange &Many life of his. • ,
ate yon,' child, and who Li your
.grandpiiper • •
My.ierandpepa's name is Mi. Hunting.
don; an be lives in this house-Belgtave
,lionae it is called, • and I ' Flerende
Trafford, but, they ball the Fluff at , hoine,"0
--•The nanit *Itrolibeil. offeetuelly;
be was startled alOW. ' Florence Trafford',
did you ee:y you ntek,ii that yon live at
Beulah Place• in 'the Zlyeittn rielde r
Watkins'--ffiCther, and
Peril, Mid I., and Crystal leo, only she Went
away this morning."
AVv,a3'77.-`7.114t, 46 .3'.614 tileatilC° and VInfts
The eenditiPonesacelif feeltru:ein peach -grow-
ing, concisely Mated, are ;• •
• 1.--A-wet soil, or one that fienranycause',--1'
.holde water around the roots Of the tree,. .
whether the land is situated high or low.
2. Excessive fertility while the trees are •
young, whether it be scouted in the natural'
conditions of the soil Or." by the ingenuity
of 3masne,ver •43 c
ut
t
i
n
g
back of the young .
growth each year, thus. dwarfing the tree
and robbing it of much natural vitality.
4. Allowing the tree to overbear and
„thus_ exhaust the vitality. by a- single orop-
o'f6f;-•-r.nBitr. By-imir0PerealtiVatiOn •
„...._Con-thenther-hand-tife-conditions of-sitc-
Cess in peach -growing are:
1. An elevated locality that isnot subject
to late frosts in the spring or late frosts in:
the fall. • •
2. A warm and moderately fertile '
that is vvell drained by nature. Artificia
drainage ,niay prove successful, but its 4,..
utility has not yet been fully demonstrated,.
8. Thorough cultivetion,withOut manure, '
until the, trees come into bearing, then Com-
bine the two so as tip- supply all the deple. .
tion produced in the soil by growth of trees,
iahne4a.af. Nrryneivetere. season
nt aevterrey* 0E1lb:se:: even • if
continues
inOnoenst .tenselu3eltpitv9atrait"oenr the e (ft. 0, 8,0 it
Of '
„ A Clear Case of Predestinailon.
•
I well remember one fellow, a finasoldier,.
too, who scorned the burden:A:IL:even a:
blanket .= a niarch; and Bo at night,'when,
he failed to steal One (which Was seldom),
he sat up by a fire and made night hideopa, •
astithauoasecamnous4ilmsr4131deellfialeekgy
mriftloitibtftlkmurattg.::•--,..zEtriusgu-16-
ibsiefingetwatPtbiraarotipi ,a...zatIvoitlisted r.-14'7"-=
in the army of the Lord: ,Vicksburg - • '
this same preacher was responsible for a,
ready retort Ander trying circumstances...
He was.. then •a Arm Calvinist, and was.
always ready to do battle in defence of his
creed. One day he was pitting with ,a gram
in an angle a the works, discussing his.
favorite dogma Of predestination. ;net
then a shell exploded among them and
knocked the predestinarian over direr without:
hinting him. When :he recovered'hi
breath and legs he dettodolf fez the shelter •
of • a traverse just in front ot Us. • //is an- ".
tagonist yelled at him and twitted him for ,
want of faith in his own -doctrine. : He sita
not pause in the order of his going, but
stuttered back :" Ca-ca-can't'stop ; its pre -
predestination that 1 must get on the other'
side of the traverser and he fulfilled the
decree to ,to the letter and with comniendable•
alaority.--Phgadelphia Times. ' •
•• the GreatestKnown Cold.
: his report of his mission to the Lena:
Delta, Lieut. William H. Schultz says::
As we approached 'Vercheya'nsk (Northern
Siberia), the cold was. almost unbectrable,.`,,
compelling a Atop at •nearlyeverjr inhabited
pound (nativitt hut), not only on account of
ourselveta, but more owing to_ :the reindeer,.
which sulfoied visibly duringthelow tem- •
peratures. Fortunately theee inhabited
yeah= are not far apart one approaches •
the village; , Breathing was at times aim: -
cult, and on Jauntily lOtkand lith (1886).'
the temperature sank ;0 660 Celaus, ' -cor-
responding, to 86.80.0 Fahrenheit below
zero., This is the coldest, temperature over •
observed, afterwardited the satisfae,
tiOnof establishing it beyond a douht.•..byt •
the _agreement of the thermometers at
Verehoyansk, observed by exiles who • were
furnished with inetrunients by the •Central
Meteorological Observatory at pevlovsk,
near St. Petersburg. Yerohovnisk thus
maintaineditstri3pntation of being the pole
Of the greatest' knovfzi • •cold, although its
latitude is only north. •
• • r:
A Deserved Thrashing, 0
E. H. WA/pine, referee in equity at Si..
John, N. Et.., was publicly thrashed the
-
Other day by Captain Peters, of Quebec,
brother-in-law 'of Miss Beatrice Hat avvay,
of St, , John; for persisting in ankloying
attentions to that young lady after e' had
been, asked to Atop them.
. .
One Of the attractions at the Boston baby,:
shewis a ted-hairednegrci infant, -
• No Chinaman would ever . have been
. .
betrayed intothe ridioulous plight Of a'
venerable japeneso whom a friend of 'Minh
wide saw ,, parading the areas Of Tokio,. •
soberly dressed ae to coat and towers, but
his white- head Surmounted' by a &Hire',
sailor hat with 'floating bine itreamets.-,tt
Taverner in Bost.= Revt. . • .•
• The tetnPerlinee people Of the County of
I.enfretv havestibscribed $1,000 with whieb
to fight the repeal of the Scott Act,
coming man -Tho for his rent, '
• ,
• There has just died:et Kendal, Eng., an
old pensioner named .Wni 1./indsayi front
*hose neck has beon abstracted
which he received during the Crimean. war.
The bullet is the'Site of.a Marble, and,had
been in deceased's neck for 33 years.
, One of the latest achievements of
science is the measurement of a Snail's
pada. It hat just been demonstrated that '
a snail dan go a mile- in fourteen days.
iiicierice should now attempt � discover
hew long it takes the avera,ge.mesaenger•
bey to,gb the seine : distance in:• inerble, -
playing season. , •
Murat Eialstead's mother.inalaW, Mrs.. •
Banks '130.378 : " Mr: Halstead a good
man, for he is good to his mothet•in-lavVi:
and .vvhena man is good to his inother.in-
law. he is good to °Very one else," Mr. ,N•
Holstead is the veteran editor of the din. '
chihati Cokimercial. .
kead• looking man has been Waiting' '
fatinere in Ohio and asking theni to sign a.
;pledge net to kill any mug birds for a year..
Afterwards these pledges returned in the • •
shape of proniietiory notes. ; ••. • '•
,