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d'ye see,. . •
0,,u4 th,e rain Wen Soot so neat. you you phelter
. ebind me ; •
"to* matches In that corner, lad, and then,
they won't get vret;,•• '
!There ought be some erivaconie elongles wants
tO buy one yet,
, Does the ran come nigh you there, Jim ?,:* It
idoesn't 2' That's all right.
wan we bad a oust a bread to. eat this cold,
• *et nigbr;
. I don't caro much about myself; but Must keep
_yen alive,
And If I can go without at tan,' yeitnant at only
• llryesee that star thither°, Iire;a-shin,ing in -the
' %wonder what thePeople does as lives up there
• , so•hisli,
Vire think our mother went up . there to live
inside a star? • • " .
iwish eoulkgo•too, le,d, but it looke so far..
; ••rinafriticl; Well not got there,,Tinil, but there, we
;fiercely • .
Wpm, what lived in •fieven died not *spy
, long.e.gei • • '
be:f4114,2when ke_wae_flying, thet.....hersawa
-rage 110* • • •
An beard 'em singing, and. saw folks all -dressed
hrilnOWY:White., • • ,' .
Do ciu. feel the cold a deal, Jim? ye:ell:Lands aro
atiff-why J I poor little who*,
ustlike leadAnd ini • .
• *he isn't dead?
01A,Jim,At can't ba:-nriyone's.gene-Jim's seen
his last wet•day, . •
,And Iris sours gone flying upward to tho. star-
light fax away. .. •
• The Sad Hate of Countiug-Nick. •
•
•
Have you overheard the,terrible tale
Of Nicholas Perkins Poppingalo •
• ',Who counted himself to death?'
He began by counting railroad ties,
And then he fell to counting flies.
Pm sure it isn't any surprise _
That he finally lost his breath.
, ,
• . A promising boy wasjittle
.1, • But the counting fever made him dolt; •
I've heard of it .1/afore.
When he took a step he counted that, .
He counted the purring of the cat, , •
' And courtted the inches measured ilat
Of everything,he SSW. '
'When be tried to play he had to,step. •
•' Poi he couldn't keep up the count, and hot,.
• As fast as other boys. •
It's hard to run and•count your strides;
• And count the' other boys' besides ;
An con in thapickets on slaighailes
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..awy• 4.W..eztonitoisSas,
• hieheit•
' And made hint very thin.
He counted eachcry the baby gave,
Whenhe went -to sail, he counted each wave?
He counted the snores of his brother Dave -
And the heirs on his grandma's chin. •
It's aliitiful tale and yet it's true; • ,
•And that counting boy was alwayiblue,
'never saw eira smile. • •
all very well to count your cash:
But counting the winks of a friend's eyelash
;Or the nuinber of bites in a, plate of hash
• Is really not worth while.
4.
aon, gliudatod 4, 'heard other tei '
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ii ne..ni$1At when they: thought •
I
Wake.; _ Onlyk",got sleepy audiost *kir
but 1 ita_ifol, illy st3.ilv,*;, isehall go ,and.,:49
grandpapalhatpOor mother ie very haAeern
Ole and PnhappY, end that he -minit 00m*
1}44 take.eare of her.'" • ; ' .;•;. . .
"There, theirs, you have said.) our lesson
very prettily," .0heerved. Mr.' Huntingdon
with a eneet. "Children aroapt parrots;"
brit'Erle say/that his weer was forced, and
that he sat down like : an old man; aod. he
said, earnestly : _
4 'Oh, sir, do not think So badly of year
daughter. She haa rot Bent' the cbild-on
this errand. , . I would stake my life on
it." • . , • '
"
And bQvaleng have you taken npon
yourself to defend' ray daughter, Mle.
Trafford ?"' asked his uncle coldly. Erie
-almost -repented of his generous- impluse
when he heard that hard relentlesa voice.
They had not, noticed their' visitor, 'and
, Roby, at the other end, of the great . lead,
lost much of what 'was. passing; he was BP
absorbed with, his own bitter disappoint -
meat. As Erle was silent a moment, , Mr.
:rfuntingden repeated his question. •
44 Singe he knew I had a. Pretty 'Sister,"
replied Percy, carelessly. , • •
Erle turned' round and their eyes met,
but Perey'e4e11,-befotothatglance of utter_
cOntenipt ; Mr. Huntingdon intercepted
thOlooll-betweeirthe-young-nien.'.: ,.
•--a-I-was not -speaking7toLyou',.---Peroy,I'---he-
observek Curtly; "1 should have thought
it was your • place to take your mother's
part, but you cheese to be silent. Well, it
is no affair of mine. ,Erle, will you be good
enough to answer me a question Or two,
and then I willirouble you tosend the child
home. How. often have you visited at my
. .
daughter's house V'
"1 can hardly ani4er that question, sir;
I have been Bevel-401'11es." .
"Did Percy take you ?"
, "In the first instance, yes; but I have
been there atone too," • for Erle's truthful
nature scorned subterfuge. The , crisis he
had .dreaded had come on him at• last; but
Percy should not see that he was afraid..
He might be Weak ii4d vattillating,' hnt he
was a gentleman, and a lie was Abhorrent
to . him. • Percy's innuendo Mightwork
deadlymiSchief, but all the same he would
not shelter•himself behind a falsehood.
' Mr. Huntingdon's hard look invehintitrily
softened.' This'show of marilinesti on • his
nephew's part pleased him. • , • '
gLiedivild.tdisappmve,...of-4diall.Wielts,..-2,011'
SIR HUMPS LOVES.
. .
„ 'Fluff' did net Wait for hie* anater ';
•:chattered on very iritich4s,t her ease. '
: "Mother and -Fern only think I am tak-
ing a Walk, but I. always . meant to como
and nee grandpapa on .my birthday.. I
• should think he ought tO. be very_glad 10
-•ftete--:-rae,--• and if he not," hero her lip
,•qtlivered a little, "'I should 'tell him he 113
.very naughty to Hire 'Ode heantifidhOTIF30.
while peer mother hi so poor, and goes out
teaching." But, eta she spoke, the door
•4. had opened softly, and a tall grey' -haired
yam returned Mr. Hnntingdon,
f.aciiaa "' Most yang men have half-
ozen flirtations before they settle down.
I etippose I need not tell you that strialy
prohibit any vitiate to Mrs., Trafford for the
future7. If yen_ infringe this.rule it will be
at your own tisk ;" and then .he continued
more earnestly -4_, Erie, I am 'determined
you shall not disappoint me. You are my
adopted son, and, I, trust, my futtire heir. I
have a right to connt on your obedience..
Come to inc to-morro*, and tell me Yon
and Miss Selby are engaged, and all will be
well between us)! Then, pressing his
shoulder gently, and in a voice no one had
heard since his daughter's loss-," I oin an
old man, and My life has not been a happy
one. Do not Tet me feel that YOu- have die-
SiipOkrited ,
' CHAPTER XXVIII.
rive•sr itiri so.",
•
• No shade has come between .
-Thee and the Bun; ,
• Like some iongchildish dream
Thy life has run • • '
But now the str4ani, has reached
A dark 'deep sea,
• ,Aud sorrow,dlut and crowned, • .
• Is waitingthe.e, • , • .•
• - • • 4cletaideAnoe ,Prector •
,
, . .
"Of course you went there 'knowing that,
PM woke up before they, reached their
ket
brief nap. When the cab Stopped
hefora--the-eidedoOr-oi--Mrs. Wat,-
Fern. standing on the thivehold, as though
she had been waiting there some time, she
gape a little cry, and literally jumped into
her sister's arms. .
Oh, Fluff, Fluff! what does this
mean ?" eiclairaed poor Fern, who had
passed a most miserable, afterncon, 'picturing
Fluff being borne in a policeman's arras to
the nearest' hospital; but Fluff silenced her
by 'ansen3brace so vehement that it nearly
produced•straugulation.
" isiell_right,Yern„Lee don't. Scold me.
Grandpipa was not so very angry -,at least,
only just at first';'• but lie sent me in the
beautiftillest suppeir'srich niee-thinge on
big 'gold. 'plate -really gold you know, like
Princesp Dove's; andllfr, Erle was there,
and Percy -and oh! I forgot the poor
man in the aab, who is blindqUite blind,
but he is very nice.too,". ••
"Will you let ''ine eiplakin about yonr
little slater, Miss ,Trafford," said Roby an
hie pleasant voice ; and Fern; turning in.
n2an, with a thin ereet figrire, Waked slowly
into the rooln, leaning on Eile'ii.arnS;' while
Pekey follewed, bim.. '
'• Fluff • gave a, exclamation at the
• sight of the two young men, and then 'tan'
• towards Mr. 'Huntingdon,•',her .; broad,
• bib:rimed hat filling °Ether neck, •.and her
. ..e..darluoYetuilLotement. • •
• "I have ' COMS to ewe you, grandpapa,"-
• .sha said, holding out her hand With the
•.air of alittle princess;:and then, as be did
:not take it, she continued ratherpiteouely,
•• . "please, dear grandpiipa; don't he. angry
Withnie, for," have come all this Way of.
• my 6Wic accord, anal am • SO tired and
'hungry." '
• It it thwaderttat, had fallen. in the midst
of that etately. Mom it could not .haye
• Greeted it greater sensation... •
Erie flushed and:looked uncomfortable, it
dark froyth. °raised her brother's foe!);
Huntingdon's was inderutahle aswrist,
only a grey tint seemed to spread ever, , his
•
features, and there was it slight • trembling
in the hand that 'held Erie's arm.' "',7-•-•
• Elliff looked from one to •pbe , other, ' and
then she tonclied Erie coaxingly.' •
• "Do ask granditape. to be kind. to
Mtli Elle," She pleaded. "Percy is alWaYs
orotts,.brit you have been se good•to'ine•and
Fern." But a stern voice interrupted
'64 Do you knew' this child; Erie Ole
semis to recognise you," •
•• " - stammered ••Erle, losing
----,---Oolor-noW-aa-fast as he had. •gained it • his
• Oinbarassment was not lessened by thelook
• on Perces face. • I have'seen her When I
have been with Percy. She is •Florenet
• Trafford, Mrs. Trafford's youngest 'child,
and I expect What she says Is quite' true,
and that 'she has come of her, own stead,
• though 1 hotel no idea how .She tOtind her
way here." .. '
•1.4 How should you, Mr. • Erie," returned
nestling up to her. feAnnite, "when I
nevi3r told you it wend about it, or any of
them either? Why,"bless Me, the rituidest
• of all thopo stupid owls in the Zoological
, Gardena, that we latightd at so much; knew
More About it than you did. Oh, you need
not frown, Percy, you do not cortie half so
• often to see peer mOtheras.Mr. Erle does,
• and/ ho is fax kinder to Vern."
"'I' think' you had better hold your
tongue, Fluff," replied her brother ; but he
'eVidently en3oyecl the sight of. Erie's die
111-tafrittlAv4r • ,
She is very pretty: '
44 'Phat is all I want to know.. Now ,will
you order the carriage to' take thh child
home? No, stop, I think 'Rodger had bet-
ter fetch *cab. ' But at thili point Fluff
"began to cry:- -
"Oh, I am' so' tired and,' hungry, " she
sobbed," " andall those dreadful bones in
my legs, and the crier rot dome yet." What
is the good of a .grandpepet •if he his
no cakes and things, and on my birthday
•te.
grown quite Thin from stetting, she trigs not
tc, let us see
f, Has she told you about hereelf ?"'
asked, in a very low voice.
. e`r
•
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" and it is that that makes her so
unhappy. Oh, shetold me all about it, and
thought she would never, never stop ery-
ing-it preys upon her Mind, and her
remorse will not lot her he, happy; she
= 4
geeto dread even forgiveness. I, .go
back to hiawhen. I have .blighted his life,
and darkened his days?' oh! you should
havo. heard the' 'deepair in her voice when
She said that, Mr. Ferrero," and here
,Fern's meet tones trembled. "Mother
and r ElonletiMes, think jt will kill her in
time, unless she has help and comfort."
"Do not fear; Miss.Trafford, she Shall
have both soon; it will not bAlongheforki
find her." .
--want-46 is in
her _way there." • •
"There are other steamers than the one
in which she has crossed," retu:rned. Raby,
with a singe., "1 suppose she meane to
write to you ?ft • -
44 Oh yes, she. will write from every place
-4110,has promised me long letters, and of
cease Mrs. Norton will hear from 'Miss
Campion; do you really mean to follow her,
Mr. Ferrets ?' . .
"TeeTtOtheworld's end if it bo necessary.
I have a, strong will, and even blindness
vill not liiider me. Ten- me hOw
did she seem last night; did she leavo
cheerfully?" '
"
Well, no, Cryetal puzzled tis last night,"
returned ' Fern, quickly; she went put to
bid good4?yeto her pupils, and ,Percy way-•
laid her as usual, but 40 got rid of hint
somehow but she web out a long tine, and
she would not give US any reason; but
when she came back her eyes were swollen,
and she had a dreadful headache, • and
yet she, said Percy had nothingto do
with it."
A sudden, wild idea flashed into Baby's
mind. " Move was she dressed, XiSS
Traford-I mean what colored gown •;lid
she, wear 7" ' •
• Fern seemed surprised: at the question.
"Oh, her old brewirgown-she' was all ' in
brown, I think ; !' but she did not tinder,
stand why Mr. Ferrets seemed so.strangely
agitated at her answer.
The tall Young. lady in brown, who
seemed to notice you :wanted help;" he,
remanbered the words 0! .Miss Merriman.
ien.O.WingthatMr.pfinitingdeinhad: prompted:
the gift. .
"0!. conree I love you to bring inc
things," she would .say, looking up in 14s -
face with her clear candid eye@ ; "but
indeed, dear Erle, 1 do not need AO =AY
proofs of your affection." ,
" I feel as though I should • never do
enough for you, Eva," he answered, hur-
riedly ; you/411EO net refuse to let me give
you things. 1 am always thinking how I
am to please Yon i!' and as he clasped the
diamond bracelet on the Blender wrist, her
suddenly remembered what a pretty band.
Fern had, so white and d'iroPied, and a
vivid longing • came over him, taxiing him.
nearly sick with pain, to etse, that sweet
face again, and to i:lear from these ' frank
heautifill lips, that she was glad to
see hum; butho never yielded to theteMp- •
'--------------------------"
On the contrary, he • had4nt, All such
visiterout of his, power; for he had written
to Mrs. Trafford within a few days of his
engagement, telling her that his uncle had
interdicted them, and that he dire not -risk
his displeasure; deeply as he regretted such
break in their intercourse; and be told
her • that he and Miss Selby were endagod
and would lorobably. be married inth
, e
autumn ; and. then he Bent his kind remora- '
hronoee. — -
Mrs. Trafforifthought it a very' Manly
Elaine surprieer saw a verytall man m Clerical dress standing beside het, as She
Good HeaVens At must have been she ; it
Musthave been:her little band .thatgoged<
.
AlterWati%:leadied76.,te'lierr-/Cie%Fr clihmagiOjaV4VORealblifaklilbi.004%
,mtualygi ,Asiaiona4ftlfellit/rt.Clzrtioztoo4avzleen-mfaxony-,41;000.,
„amIPPliatzatrvirizAteWirtiwillriefivel ;ladle laid hall' *beat the guest they
heard MY name; I ani, Mr. Ferrets, and expected, and she had come to the station
your friend Miss Davenport, as she calls just to see him once again.
But he Would not speak of this to Fern;
his dailingie !lead should be kept by him;
he would hide these aveet proofs Of herrove
and devotion in his own breast. Fern
wondered why .the miserable harassed look
left his face. He looked quite yering-a
different man -as he bade her good-bye;
his shoulders were no- stoopin
• g, his,
head was erect.
Mr. Huntingdon smiled grimly.
Very Well, order the child somelefteeb:
ram*, Erie. After al she is but a starved
bit of a thing; sea she has what Children
like best. rem, come with me a rciornent, I.
want to Opeak to yon.": .
"01, thank you, granapapam exclaimed.
Fluff, cheering up at this; and as the door
.elemied on Mr, Hiuftingdoia, Ede knelt doWn
by the child, and wiped the tears from the
tired dirty little'face that had brought Such
trouble to him._
.•
And the heart of Fluff :was glad within
her, for they brought her fruit and
cakes and sweet wine on a gold solar, so
that she feasted like airing's ;daughter, or
like the Princess poveherself.; and Erle
sap by and watched her 'all the tithe, though
helooked lather' gretVe and unhappy, Fluff,
thought. • .
Both of them were rather startied when
1,1k; Ferrers groped his way' towards them.
Ile lia,d been hidden by the curtain, and'
herself, is my cousin." • , • ,
Oh yes, 1 know," and Fern's Voice grew
pitiful all at once'"and you have come
Jest as Crystal has left IS.; did Florence
tell yeti? Oh, I am so sorry, ap • very..
sorry." . . . •
• "Yes, the ohild told me; but there. is
Muesli that I Want to ask you. May 1 coins
in.? the oali will wait for nap." And then,
as Vern guided him up the narrow Stair-
case, she told him that her mother was out
-an evening *Rase had detained her-) and
she had been • thankful that this hadbeen
the attes, aid that * should have been
'spared the anxiety aboutFluff, Mrs. Wed,
'kina' boy was 'wonting the neighborhood,
making inquiries of every One he met; and
she had made hp her mind to 'send for her
Mother When the cab- drove' up.
"And alio 'really • found her way to Bel:.
grate House," asked Fein; ' in • a voice
between laughing and crying; "oh, what
will Mother say,,' and she listened with
eagerness to Mt. Ferrets account of how the
child had accosted him and of her meeting'
with Mr: Huntingdon. •
• Bithy himself' had been much. mystified
-he had known nothing of hia• host's past
history; he had thought that the child was
Only paying an •impromptu visit until she
mentioned hernitme. Erie had told him
that Aire. Trafford was Mr. Huntingdon's
daughter, and that hehadnever seen her
'since her marriage. This eine guided him,
to the meaning of : the sternness in Mr.
'Huntingdon's voice; but he had hardly
understood in what way Erie was,
impli-
cated, or why the dna should realist se
little.noticefrom her • brother.: When
Baby had finished his aceenint,4 which
was 'annotated " in it rambling And
fax from lucid • manner by' Fluff, Fern
sent the Odd away to • change her frock
and make beradf tidy, :and '.whispered in
her eat that•she might stay with Mrs. Wat-
kins 'Or a ; and when Fluff had left
them she began to speak of 'Crystal, and
to answer the many questicriii he put to
her without stint Or reserve; she even told
that Crystal had left them on account of
•
Erloticed hini.
, "Mr. Erie, if you will allow me, 1 should
„like to take the 'Odd home."
' "0! &Unto," rousing himself, and look-
ing% a little bewildered, " we were both to
have gone this evening. I had ordered the
brougham, but Tam afraid now that I must
ask you to.excuse me. There are circum-
stances -and," here Ede Paused and bit his
• , 'Ciainfittire. " I don't see why you _ , .
ho troubled With' this 'lett of teen', "‘•"-"*"'"'""-- "tilitia,i,r4ett,,,.•..Yetti are treating her
'tinned, eddieseing Mr. Muntineetnellk inrkaa1:0111001 - Morrow
was eyeing .Vlitif , gloomily. all Veil, elthotigh 4' * . ; . . ott her
,, if you. wish it I will ring for a4
to tho. Al sizes Of take her home," • • . ' , , • , g.010% bottla
It ./as de- • 1-- .
' " 116 no let her be for •ft mon
"There is no need tior youto returned
Baby, sorrowfully ;Th.the birdhas flown.
Thiechild," • putting his hand, lightly on
Fluff's • curly heed, :" told me .. before'
you dime in that 'Crystal had gone. to
America -,--She started this Morning.,"
...10 -To America/0 exclaimed Erie, in an
incredulous voice. • , . •
"Yee, but she has toldmeno particulars,
It is hard, 'very hard, is it not? • I •find one
does not get Used to disappointment. it is
heavy blow to try faith. 1 thought
that to night we riliould Certainly, have
"1• am awfully .sorry, Mr. Ferrer* I
arn indeed. 'I wish I cotild have come with
"You could ; not help rae., . I Will take the
child honie; and talk • to these kind friends
who have sheltered Crystal; at lead I shall
'bear about her and know- her future natoVe-
malts," . , •
"Ithink.I hear the deb, Mr. Ferias; and
!Fluff is fast asleep." • '
' 4, We will not wake her, -pool. little thing,"
returned Baby, lifting her upas he !poke.
Fluff, grunted contentedly as her head
dropped on his broad shoulder. ' Erie
,watehed them as Boger guided' theni tothe
cab. Mow he longed to aCconipany them.
The. next • Moment be turncd" With a"
start, as his • tineld'e slow fobtaten 'pawed
bpside
Erle," he, said, "'leek at this," and he
held out...if-costly ring,re• half . hoop of
diamonds. "• I have heard all I Wish from
Percy., Its Sense Of honoris none Of the
finest, blithe is useful to nie. You ooa
Aeoa not hoot OniSelvesin 'perfectly' nee-,
diacussion. lqrfati Selby lute it right to
Good-bye, Miss Trafferd,"ithe said. "1
AO come and; see you and your mother
again before 1 leave. I shall • go 'back to.
Sandyoliffe next week; and -sot my }Muse in
order; endtalkto my 'Sister: I do not doubt
for it moment that she will 'Offer to wont:.
panY me. • I shalt :not. come back Until I
bring •Crystal with me." And Fern .quite,
-believed•hina., .
'There Were restless sleepers that night in.
Belgrava Renee. Baby was revolving his
plans and wondering What Margaret would
say; and en the other side of therWar Erie
tossed wakeful and wretched; knervingthat
his fate was sealed; and that Evelyn Selby
and. not Fern Trafford was to be his future
wife. .And now, is he lay in the darkness,
he told himself thatin :spite of her goodness
and, beautyhe could never love 'her as he
loved Fern; He knew at the monienthe
ailed her. to marry hire, and: ,when oho
Pnt, her " hand in his : and told
biro frankly' that he had tong wow her
and-straightforWard;letter--He-hact-not -
acted SQ -very--•badly-after-all, shathought ;
her .fathet's strong will had evidently • •
coerced him, and,elie knew how strong that
will weld be, He had meant no harm ; he
had only • said pleasant things because it, •
was his • nature to say them ; if ohly it had •
not, gone very deep with Fern. •
"1 have had aletter from Mr- ErJe, niY•
darling," she said,. quietly, as she noticed •
that the girl had turneda little paler, as ••
thoughaihe had recOgnized the handwriting;
but she had not spoken only bent lower over'
her work. • • ' •
Mo be continued.) .
• • •
• -' -- • -
An English paper gives the following.,
accent:it of an Ocourienctomentioned in our
special cables; On Wednesday Afternoon
an extraordinary Scene occurred. at W6131-
wioh. Between 30 and 40 Canadian horses
arrived at the T Pier;;Iteyal Arsenal, in
,the steamship Thornclale, from Montreal,
to bebroken in for •militaty purposes.
They had been it • fortnight on hoard in .
.etableffttingeOndldwaseene•vozvatrival sat .
ehearrtemilibeingtildcriWafferetrtbacy-•
digng"Abnpzhadvrevionsly,feceperienced they •
'became frightened and uncontrollable:
Forty horse', artilleryinen had been sent
down from the barracks for thepurpose of
leading them to the reraittnt establishment, •
"Woolwich Common, but they. could do
nothing with .them. One of the animals
jumped overboard from the and •
alighted on the pier, causing a ponic. to
seise the whole herd.. The infuriated
animals...broke loose, and • galloped about
the arsenal in the wildest manner. 'They
Were ultimately driven to the main gates,
where they were stopped..Another at- •
tempt was. made to capture them;:but •
,they kicked' and resisted with/ all *their
strength; and the attempt had to I be aban-
doned:Passing:through the arsenal gates ,
the horses rushed into the streets,. whernit '
was feared they *mid create A generaL
panic. With some determination' and "
preaence of mind, . the 'artillerymen_ Made •
an . attempi,--whioh happily succeeded, to „
tuWthe-iiffrighted 'animals into the rood .
leading:. towards the barracks; and dins •
confined them' to One thoroughfare,. 'Wait-
ing' the terror of the loot passengers to the. •••
One street ;, -...'-On 'reaching. Woolwich corn- •
mon "(a square 'Mile of grassland) they ;
were allowed to gallop, and they gradually.
tamed down A sufffaki3nt force of artillery- , •
men turned out, and fhey were ultimately'
Secured and taken to the Remount, from
whence' they will in. the. ,ceuttie of a few, •
weeks -be -turned -70a perfectly docile and
tractable: ' , : , • • •
•
i'
. replied, cjuittly 3 end Fluff *lei h b eat
ed EkOC °Ors:.
Avention at
dodided,
ceerc-
• " •6 Erie
• terrified, at. ercy'e propositiOn,. cat , 1
and riibbed her curlirdelightedly
Percy'e mad infatuetion.
" It was very wrongef 'Perey take.
advantage Of ho unprotected situatiOn, and
I am sure she Went to, Ptit a. stopVie.gt; and
because it was so awkward for us. *still
is not like other girls -she dees not tare for
admiration; people ' turn round. and look
after her •in the street' Ns:Attie she is
SO beautiful; but ole never seems to
notice it." ' • t ' '
.
"No; You are right," he returned,. with
evident emption. As Ferri spoke, a scene
roaele his nunnery -a fresh'- young voice
his chair seemed to: whisperift his
ear, "Oh king, live • for ever!" -and there
she stood, his dark -eyed 'Esther in her girl-
ish lovolinese, liar White neck and( arms
gleaming through lace, it ruby pendant On
the slender round throat; the sroall head
looking so queenly with its toils of smooth
• hitt& hair; and he had turned coldly from love of • his ; and now the barren
her and she never knew that, his wao,thel'splendors of Belgrave Ileum Seemed, to
Moo much a.gentleman-to treat
i• Women badly," Mi. Huntingden had Said
t� hiM well knowing the softness of ' Erie's
nature ; .and • yet; was he not treating Fern
badly? •• -
He had thought over it all until his head
VMS dizzy; but his. conscience had
hirn that his sin- spinet ,Fein . had been
light in comparison Willi that , against
Evelyn,.• 'What were those few, even-
ings in Beulah Place . compared to
the hours he had passed Lvelyn's
society? ' , •
He had lieen in Lady ' Ma travers --
He
for months; he had suffered :her to treat
him as a seer of the house. .He had ridden
With Evelyn in the Row : she had been his
favorite partner in the ballroom. When
they had gone to the opera, Erle, had been
their' escort, It was perfectly true, as Mr.
Muntingdon said( that she had right to
expect an offer front, hina ; their names had
long beet coupled together; and Erie's
Weakness and love of .pretty.faces ltd
drawn the net round•hire. And there Were
ether considerations that Moved him -his
dread Of poverty; the luxurious habits
that had becorile a , second nature; and;
above all, reluctance to disappoint the old
man Who, in his own way, had, been good to
him.. Erle hnew that in spate of his herd-
itesS and 'severity •hiti unclean/3g to him as
the Benjamin of his old age. • - -- :
No, he Conti not helPhintrielf, h. thought,
bitterly.. And yet how dreary the prospect
seemed. He had given'np the first young
stud • of OElover. 4' No you are right,'
,he anitvered, ,gentlY ";: ••• "she Wail • SS
guileless and innocent as a 'child." •
Fern lodked wistfully ; all her
heart seemed to go out to this sad, nob e -
looking men, • Crystal had not said •too , nobly gifted -would grudge him las prize ;
intiehirt his , praise ; hilt he looked ' older though heknew, and hated. himself for
than she, had imagincd---;for pein and the , the knowledge,: their. they envied hint in
linewledge of his shorn arid wasted powers vein., . . , • :'
I
had aged him, and there was certitinly itO Ylile found it diffiepl: to play his part
youth in his aspect. . ,. ' well.; buChis young.floac....wisAMAnius-
" 011," she said, eagerly, for she longed peoting hi her happiness to guess at her
to say riontething that *calla comfort him, ttle,ifees secret trouble: Elia slight gravity
" I think rioesetiines filet there is no one eq 'spoke well /Othita,"aheithought; most likely
good as Crystal -we have all grewn to love a greater • Seilfte of the responsibility
.
her ad: She harkerteh high-spiritektrenble- op ip_need him.• She, was too iamb in love
Botne pupils ; but she is ho patient with herself to notice how Often he relepsed into
them. When they are ill; she nurses them, silence. ‘. : . • ,
rind she hits more intitience over thein'than '' 'Every' one thought Win 'a most devoted
oppress hini-/-the walls closed him
like the Walls of it prison. • "
' And yet other Men would envy hilt, and
wonder at his hick. Evelyn had many
admirers -many a• one, nobly born and
,ttOod tense !Or' Alarm,
Orioasionally :the Servant ,bas .reafly
Marion to find: fault. . A min. appeared at • .
an intelligence effice . the . other day and •
,engaged,w-gir.17-for-,general housework.
"Have you any children ?" asked; the.
maid before.: slin closed the -bargain.
"Only few," replied, and she took '1%.
this to 'mean two or three. . She arrived it
the house just at breakfast trine 'the'next
inexhing and Was surprised to see nine
littla ogee "ifiling :into •the.
"Aro . there , any"More r' she _gasped',
".• Well, " answered the proud father, •
"'there ore, the *hie, who , cannot walk'
yet, and habya,Z; .'The 'girl did not stop • .`
to unpick her trunk. ••• - '
, .
etreat a !the 'mother 1, and she is'AlWAyit so kind and lever ; he was always a ,p
01
t .
Barn thou htful and no ohe (Mr SSE% her dross. read to escort than to picture galleries
• m4101300 10141150 ; y ,s. a Yff d • ' I
, ou . he le angry wit ercy troinetimea ; hut An oWor s Iowa,. or
speketi te 'yen yet, haVe I / 05ii5:11: ato stain gentile at
" That's. righi', gratia-PaPu. I 'et 5P ,
imp* that night, As' Mr, meting. 44 Tut , tut,::boy, you will soon get olet though she ie. ea lunhappy that she hes strata, with him for his levisbnesettet
his coatStOOVO. • VO SO .05;irilittirrwrtitio---t, . .' abOUt:" thOn he deserveS it ; and she will not take the back of LAdy Maltrayers' box. Ills
zeitaoh to Ray, 1 wag th,t,,v little baby you li BO if r.prefer ,anotlier ?" toNcareer,d : any pleartitilY,, but all flhe thinks about foto ' uncle's generesity, arta-1)10a him in load his
*now whorii,
. . •• ' 1 do little kint dnesses for People • and betrothed,with gifts. Evellyn used to 6 011,
'ether carried throtigh the ttlei
r
•
• Disphtablishniont,in Wales.
'Chttrch diseritablisinnent in Wales
foreseen by rainy of the strongfriende Of • •
the•Establishtnent. Bishop Brumby told
the. Church donference.a feet days ago' the.t
he could See the Wave of diriestablishment
coming nearer and nearer to ,the shore, and
he added, "1! the Church has niaintained •
her hold on only .25 -per. cent. of the pppu-
latioh
she has no claim to 75 per cent. of '
the endoWnients.?!. ow:din:tent was
not applauded.
Mr. Sonapson Conelnded to Go.• •
• • "If 1 Were to tell you; Miss Siiiith," ;ho.•
said, in it low, earnest.. tono,, "that' 1 tom
about to start on a long 'journey; even ;
across the sjj1,jtnd that it may be months;
arid possibly years,-
e.re X ' return,
wduld you say ?" • •
If the girl drooped it wasn't perceptible,
"I -would say, Mr. Sampson," she replied,
to.,,-garer's irdiur, •
• ClroOd FiShinft.
I've-jtist returned trete' rellehing excur-
sion in the A.diroudaeke. I had a lovely 74
tittle ' • • • '"
'
'Yon had good luck, than ..?"
01 nay, yos. 1 taught a Chicago
millionaire 1"-Zife,
' iVita Mee for
John- Gunn, who has it stock , and
dairy farm near. (loner Station, hite suc-
ceeded in growing 'wild -Hee, the : seed' of
Whielt was taken tip from Ontario.
SOthe,peOt know that tribleripoonftil '
of baking s'o'da mn 11, quart of boiling watitr,.,
thrown.into the sinit and lett to tun out, IS
it disinfectant ; and the same pu into
perk barrel and thoroughly washed round
cleanSe it ittla took° it AA sWeet as
When lact'W. •