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ilifeasnre'fOi Measure.
They vierg speaking or naoutbs, of siree ann
shapes,
Which vary from Venue' to MO like an ape's; •
Of mouths that Are feininine, .dainty and. rosy,
'Refreshing And sweet like the morning -dewed
Of masculhio morithicthatimture'e so gbod
lyn provide With whireate awning or hood, .
*well conceals frora the fait line a niouth super-
. line,
As ber drapery bidetl* the form that's divine,
" I think, Mr.!: said Josephine Banter;
- *Though your mouthis lase obvious than a
decanter, ,
• Being shaded profusely with heir on your lip -
It the decanter's, for it catches ihe drip-
• 1 think, Hr. Slim -imbue° myreniarke-
most .men hide their mouths., because, like a
shark's,,
They're so awfully jarge. they Wenld put you to
, attune.
. Or frighten the ladies. Perhaes, With the, same.'
"Miss Josephine•Baner," euoth Slim, with e sly
• There 1st** all eature-hurnan, at least;
, A morbid desire; each moment increased, •'
To Unravel the secrets hidden from view; ,
And -I stroeglyasuepect the 'same, raise, of you."
"'Hr. SIim, 1 deeiere 1 you Men are provoking!"
"How so ?" Mentred Slim; with IOirthfIliO0BB
•• ellokine. "
•• " Tim would fain heVemethink that xi:min:loath
• _ia as finial • •
Ae4mlime 18..for instance." Ha; ba, Not at
• The lady with arch naivete replied; •
Though it challenged the smile she eneee.itored
to hide,. • '
"Woli, Blia4oeePhineisince you would banter
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' stiggest-that-we,gettletilathingetri•idow ;
Or by one sweet measure, ascertain whether
• lirellericf.thertnicillerby-iiiittw-g-.-them togethet.-.
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SIR, EIUGHT LOVES.
A LA
'WS, Mother," in a. low voice'; "and I
• suppose he has told you the news."
"What news, niy•pet ?"
"'That he. and Miss Selby are engaged.
Oh yes, I knew it directly' saw the letter.
.It is good, of. hica to tell up so soon. I
am glad ; • you ninst, tell him we are glad,
mother." ' • • , ,
!"..Will.thatbsithetruth,.Fera.V.Vooking
• at her doubtfully. .
"One. ought to be gladWhenone'e friends
are happy," Was the taneteifdrinswer. "If
he loves her, of course he ninst want to.
,marry. her, • Crystal nye she is very hand-
some and looks so nico. You must write
a.very pretty letter tohim, mother,' and
say all sorts -of kind .things. And it is for
, us 40 he glad that he his got his wish, for
-1 think he hasn�tAcciked.:_Jqiiite:' happy
Vuottrd•-..6.bnainasedike...mannteritizettd-4then?
' here and there: 'and if .she- ,Were a little
pale, the dusk goon hid it. MM. Trafford
had no fault to find with her. daughter.that
evening; nevertheletis she didnot feel easy;
she thought. girlishpride: Was bidding . her
' conceal she woUnk, and that in reality her
ehild wed unhappy.' . • , . • •
-• If any One had asked Fern What. Wernher
feelings Isvhsh , she saw that letter iii
her . mother's hands she *could have
answered most truly that she did not know.
When a ' long -dreaded trouble, that one
linowii to be inevitable at :last reaches One,
tho Mind: seems to Collapse' and become
, utterly blank there 19 it ,painless Void; into
whieh the , mental vision refUses. tolook.
PreSentlythere iii-plentyW-tims;;Iife is
over long for suffering -we' will sit' down
for a little while by:the side Of the abyss
- Which' has just swallowed up our. cleare*
hopes. ' • • .
• Numbness,. which Was death hi
life, blinded Fern's feelings as she Worked
• and talked, and fulfilled her 'little:duties.
When she, went iip to her rOginiand lboked.
•• at Crystal's empty bed, •iilte tholighti 'the
room had neVer. looked ,•ea'debolate: : She .
• undressed • JilOW1Y, With long paulies,''during
winch she tried to find.out what had hap-'
. • paned to her; but no real' consciousness
canict Until she laid her head on the pillow
.IMA tried ,to sleep, . . and then few& her
• thoughtii,active-.=--.A.H-d-thedialt-fitisr-SeeMed
to take•her mto its black arms, . and there
'seemed no rest anywhere. • They were all
overthcise beautiful dreams that had • glori-
fied her life., NO bright -faced young prince,
• • wouldride out of the mist and Carry her
away;: there -Would be no morikkincl; looks
lull; of ' deep wenderfuinteaningii for her to
remember over her work ;in the morning towards the lake and the Waterlifies; High;
• she Would not wake and say,'"Perhaps he.' leaning on thecoping, with a brighter took
...Will Came to -day ';" no footstep Would Make ' than iumal on his wan face, spoke cheerfully• :
her heart heat more ; that ; springy about the arrangements •for the nest day's
treadinnild never sound, on the stairs again. joex.ho. .• . • •
ge was gone out of•hei.lifo, thiS. friend Of , -. • He was far froth well, 'phi)
• hers, with his merry latigh, told . him,
and his boyish sadly, and: she hoped Saville would
• ways, and that pleasant synitettliy that was, take _great (nee ,ol him ; and he xeefo
, always ready for her. • • '
•Fern had never 'imagined that, such sad
posaibilities coUld. -wither.: up the .sweet
blown of yontlifut promise; she had never
telt really miserable except when her slather
died, and then she had been oily it child. to bid her good,bye, all:Fayls-courage. for:
She 'Wondered : . dreary, .hierethdoos; Hook her, and :she said, : piteously, "011,
Way if th!nwaS all liferneant tObring herr-. •Hugh, are you really going; to leave mo?
every claY it littler, teaching,- a little work, oh, , High, .Hugh 1,, And, to the sense if,
quiet evenings .with her , :Mather, long . her loneliness twilled overhet,, she clung to
streets. that. seem to • lead nowhere ; no , him in a perfect .anguish of weeping. sir
meadOWST. ; ne pretty things iHugh's brovegtew dark; he hated scenes and
,..exceptin, the. ; shop • windows; %wield_ she teepemeny_each.eceneeue
still live, over Mre. Watkins' When she was' me* haftilt Unable to cope with them, or, to
an old woman? • .
"Oh, how empty and ineanit all seems,"
• she moaned, tossing reatiessly on her hot
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-*revery One but ont!.?and that was her ,antl• write long, lettere, :to ine, ,and tell nie desired the, heir, and that baby 'charms
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husband., ' ' -'
.... • how you are getting on?". , ,• • that, had been BO potent with her should
• Had Sir Hrigh!s. indifference made him "Yes, Hugh," she replied, i quietly;, apd pOsileeengi,Magin for him. .
blind? for hs completely ignored ,theldea, then he put her down from his .1341218,. Fihe • . .• CHAPTER XXX,
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of any •Change in her: ':filhe Was pale and had taken the flower fromhis lbutton-hole,
thin -very thln, theYtOld. hlni. Hugh said and stood fondling: it long after' ha . had, 'Fsiseaapepwdiirleio8404.110e-t:017t.re:°--4749•41:3-:77"1
he supposed it was, only Mitt:trio; 0414 when driven off. . - ' •
they ..enelle • of- her broken' rest and Had you net better lip down my ladY?'s Rest,,on mother'e breist, •
. failing appetite, he said that was natural Mrs.. Heron said to her a little While. after, kittleit will, come to thee soon; . .
LTittreigliolrou8ttctiihttel!reVnie n"1/4
tee,. . • . ' ' , •' . , - 'warda, when she leged her atill standing in • •
, not let her do so much. 7b.a„t was his sole of be; gently,. ,for .elie (.1.id net lil4e the look "tiiee1.3., RV Itttie Pee,"fneel'. 419. POW' reilieauitioti,P. or/lc::: d. fie :al 11:04enftr.ISPO41/160dkliell:;.'Inel. )4 -
They Xatiat take- hetter'eato•of her, and the middle of the. Mem ,.' end she took, ,119l4 Under the sever MOM.: '!" • . . ,
remark ; And then, when she .0anne into, the in rey ledy's. eyes ' at' All; and ow; -owl . , .
roomk a few minutes afterwards to bathe laid her (Iowa on the etitiOh. Mid never left I' ' It was on a. hot thundery - July afternoon tMhee8irexPli. etel4m' eSrvir°44enteS• °b4rIoCkiw5voerillas4,,C1:.4enAdt
his p:ching bead, and retiel• him tosleep, or her until she had fallen .aeleep,', like a. Child,: that Bit litighentered Redinondliall, weary , with .411,0h excellent results that they.. WM/ ,
to sit fanning theteasing fliesfronn him for for Tory trouble. ..- . . •• . .0and heated and. dusty; and theroughlY 'already contracted for a one-hendrecitb-
the hour together, ,llaltigh never seeped to • And then .she went, down and Rieke out ashainedef linneelf... '
barrel tank to supply their works. The
notice the languid atep„ or the pale tiredher mind to Janet; ancitheanbetaneeo,f' her There are gime • Men WhO hate to be arches in the raphater,kiiii,contaihihoome
face opt of which the -.lovely 'color had ,speech might be.gatbered from the conolud- . reminded of. their Own shortcomings -who 20,90 Woks, are heated: by twenty -font.
faded, ' • . • .
. ing. sentence.,. - • . • ,,' • ' 'a arotoo proud and inpatient. to ender.) Self-. burnere. The oil flow is regulated by an.
---Iliii:Wee-Wifik-'z'viilVirtlehe.'n'deall'Itifet-- '7,=Aiidl ere serty TO say it, .3:Met; of ani, liumihationi; and who lirhili 4 .rather go ordinary stop -cock, and- at the pint' Or
little nurse, - he. said, and ' with that ,ebant p'ne to. whoa!, I am beholden. for'tlie lireed I through Are and Ruaterthan Own tbeniseives ignition is met by a. etPain. 'blaet; supplied
meed of praise. Fey was supposed to be eat and when*" .have- known sine° he was in the wrong. ,Sir Thigh Was one Of these. by the' boiler that furnishes power for the.
satisfied, • , . . it baby r biit..in. Boa of...hia,_hcnnie looks and - Despite his moral weakness, he was a Bed- briblunaking, machines. Siniple..pipa: :burn, '
But she :knew now that all', his, gentle, pleasant wale; Sir Hugh is terribly selfish; Mond all OVnri, and had a spice of the erre, ere' are,nsed with good results; ' Instead .of
loeltp andwotde were'givenber out of sheer and I call it a pin and it ehaine for aey Man &Mae that had belonged . to them .• in, .014having to heit,the bribir seven days*, ea With
pity, or in Colderkindriese', and shrank frP.In 'to leave a sweo young, ereature like. that at fendal. dam when they had ruled their CPA OT WOod, four days', „burping with oil.
hie caresses as n2iigh its she had once speght •stieb a time, - What can he °Meet it she vessels most tyrannicelly, ;And espeoiallY, Makes" a.. gar'. better quality of I material; .•
them; and often, as she spike to 'him, the goes on fretting -herself to death in thlif did ha hate.to hsternincled by word or deed when the oil is . over so economically 'fed • ,,
shamed conscious 'color rose suddenly ,to way ?"• . • ' • . ,' - • • • thata6hie.' (weans:at. had net .been faultless; there is a snrplus 'Of heat. Within fifty '
her fair ?face, and broken breathii . se . ',1,.y.00ttia, not tell why she felt so strangely . hisconscience made him oneeinfortable. minutes of starting the fires the, Water- . .
impeded her -utterance that her only attlety , .weak the•next - day . when she woke up, and ii.ntingh,- for; be-was-teally-hiadihearted in :smoke was started out of -the brick., -There--
was ha silence., Soarcelymorathan e child Mrs. -Heron. conid not tell either., She did anite,Of his selfishness; 'Boit di not improve isn'ra col • spot. in the kiln. The 'arches •
in years, yet Fay bore her martyrdom not fret; 'ello. did7not even tieein-t-thhappy - .inattere when Mrs. Heron met him in -the ars-evenly heated, and one, roan - a ttende to -.
noblyy:-ITi11-6-vid; • tiiilielpett she git'-ded774i" 7/die was too tired for anythiiigt ofthat-ilort!,--Iiill, and, ouite tonguing her weal, stately- itlie-firing-and m1440 -fig of oit flow_
her heavy °roes and carried it from day to %she. said to herself;. but day after day she. manners, •• soddenly ' beret out, while, where 'three.' stokers were formerly sm,
do:. with a . resignation and. °enrage that ley aloilein tier little rcioni .with olesed eyea...•ber tearful 'eyes gave einpliasie• to . her ployed. ' The firm is about to • start oft
was truly womanly.; and hiding all her :and hatless hands; . while Nero layat her 1 words: : ,
Another mammoth kiln built on the 11101' •
webnge..and . he; sorrows • from him, only feet wondering why. 134;1i -tile' mistress was "Oh, Sit Hugh; I am grAteful and thank- risen plan, and supplied with eight linrnerp •
strove. With her. meek young ways to win . BO lazy, and Why'she wasted these lovely • ful to see you again,for.. we thought ray in pled() of twenty.fout, one burner beating
him yet. .• ..- ' .: .', • • ' • glimmer Mornings indoorlinstead of rim, , lady . wool have' died in her trouble; for, three arches. By aningenione. contrivance . . .
. But as tini0 went on her love and. ning raceswithhim and •I'lerre- bless. liar dear heart, elle trotted tereelf the laine hi directed against a bridge will,
her suffering • increased, • and the No, She was net ill, she assured them, ernelly when you left her, and More's the when it is distributed with equal foresintO
distance widened miserably between them. ;when Birth': Herron and the.faithfutjane* , pity l" ' • . : . ' '
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r • .. • •
the three arches.
' Something' when - her trouble was. ' 'very came to look after her, and to Coa*her With ) The hatisekeeper had. meant DO reproach ..
homy upon her -when gegii •hed been all kinds of dainties; she was onlyso tired,toher master, but Sir Htigh'S Uneasy eon-.• , ,
, • • Odd Thinks. In Turkey. . •
more than usually restless, and had spoken and •wonid they not talk to her, for she felt .-science took .alarm. . • • • ' . • ' In' many: villages the' yhilnk men 130 a
irritablyand shatplY,.to her -she. would as though she could never sleep , exilugh ;1'. "Thank ' you, Mrs.. Heron," With loy•• Wife for -$.50 or 1)1.00,. for whiali they get - in
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break,,,clown-utterly;,..and-:nestleLher:fifeealict.r.eold some oneTtell 13.4. Hed114„.rhalt..11.9.1iteness 2L,I arci-.4.9.14Y-Andeb,44.19r:191 deht;Andle.Ordert0,,payitthey.araoblige4
againsthis itt a moment's forgetfelness; and ,..t.
'they 'midi 'TO: him,, for 117e -would get 'no Ding for.. temiriding. me 7 -Of My'illiirtgOralOgB*. to 191i*e bOrafi. and go to cdoetttetinople • .:
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or y softly:, •• . ._ ., . lettere from her now -she' had tried '' to Ellerton, be good . enough. to fell Lady Red', and work :three, to. Aire years.. . Not
.. -.Then it-righr•veehl ',cooed& It--ch-e-t-;--eha..• -writei.;-biit-ber--hand'-wairtocrweek-to.hOld inond's-nerse. that Iem-•.--here.,04 that 4 enfrequently they never' get out of 'debt. ,••
Stroke her hair; And hOT
the_non, But for all that , she would riot'. Wish 'JO :'see -any . Wife . at . once;". . and he Iii Geristentinople .and• Smyrnathe-caneria-
t011:that she ,. had
grown nervous by staying at home BOOLITIeb; own she wea illi.. it was Only the heat that passed on in' it Very had linmor. indeed, Tilts different: There parents , ere ' gener-
and thenhe would lecture 'a littleill made so lazy; She. said and again. leaving, : *re. • term- thoroughly ore0- ally obliged te..giVe a bow, 4 ., good ..rmind
. . a
grand 3nertiei way ehent.takinp more care No, they Must only tell Sir Hugh that, she _fallen. • by , 'her • • Masterte ' unenOoted sum of MOM; Or set a young man • np in .
of hereelf, Until she dried ' her;eyes?' and Was very' tired.: .„ • . , ' ' . • ' .1 barman. • .: . • • . t , " • . " ' , ' busineati in order to induce him • to. take.'
milked hint. 0 -forgive het for heingeo foolish; But When; . S I OW' • More days : ' had • , Bilerton was an 'Old.' Servant; ioia he their daughtee•off their hands,. ' we els°. ,
andeo the lait.up pain that wasmithinher passed, ' Bird... Haien .,,thought --Oho lied -16antured4o-vemOnstretehtifere earry10gont meet with Koine very 'qiieer. names in • •thio . .....
lomtnenwimiist.loimin. $(...iniegra.or'074/Eri--P. 4-11x7t , WittidolAmaiLE*14.d.goienter;lip.tiorisv.ordeir.' A ,: #....:„.z..: .--,t. - --..,...61.25,-.6 s.coinatey.4.liktillz,g4,.etyciv, 0aavtr65reifl1tle3,
-,vat,tr.ohgt.tz-NgnquTtp-44:0TA,r40,3ifite ,ivraitm......,_._,...„--44,:-. .,:-?)..-7,...--,v,ra-st,..,.414#11910ici • ---q,.. ._ _.....: - a Ktilt "VIBletplueatimeltato,td_11,11,-Nr.„:,:
.,mo • Ntry it? am, y i.rtelencx-1511114 ,Ilihir ,, : ufjleaigtkiulqrcryvgrsvos:Vsan4ao•zsitw. cher, 4$4,ant sOtatneY..,.061lirlfIngliykerre. date 41Elinieyerritagin, ',.',1Dillx,:' nallon*wenittoenite;"
and and Fay Smiled to.hereelf,fet she said, ""The • On* refreehment., befOre yon.go.up to My. cheese; Mr. Varyerrnagin; - Mr. : Son-of-
thencried ; the poor 'child .• to. herself ; • . .
she weeld,ereeij Away ..idth 0; tow: time is very near ow, • and then he thinks lady_r .• . • . . . •,,4D13 'won't-eat-what-there-iS;' Mr. .. liooroOlit,
broken,..loOk.-Onlier lege sod soh be.reelf to that I ehall die,in , • . ,1...,'. "Yon have .iny orders,.7 Ellerton,' liikgian; 'Mr; SonAg,dry....fish.dealer ; .Mr. ..
sleep .
•, ;, • , . . ••„, .., ...• . • But Margaret'a • reproachful speech came returned hisnia.ster,Otirtly, ; an he seeended Genishian; •'Mt: • SOn!of-the-work-the--,: •
;,:•• • •
-.1‘13;lhat was ' 'a bitter titne to Fay; but ' 'bm'IL to.her'41 Would YoUoish..to..ille..with- ' the staiteas'ewith the frown still heavy On devil; Atri: Luyabotines, Mr. Sou -of -won't -
she -bore itTeflon:tin, not kJ:liming that Out winning your, husband'a love? and to •his face. • - . • • :.- . , :. sink -in -the -water; Mr,. '.illeozoOk'ebohism.;„ '
•the :..days that :Were ' tO ; 'follo*..sliciidel the alarm of the ,good housekeeperAlie Sud. ., He ,'did • not like to feel ashamed of
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Mr. Bon -of -roast -lamb. Witt very con -limn .
be still mor.fitllfitternthan thfIenly . bebecamee hysterical and begged, her le'. himself, . and •this - Wait. hie mode of show. to callia man.by.:_the_name, of his trace. ,or
.e .-o. 'bess is.
;hat Of his father, as John lElop-of-a-mer.. ..,
cihant,,Sainuel Son-of-a-teaeher., Alexander-, ”
for I. tiMe, for before night her life was in'. ine, :wiry. lovely, in ' her :White lealgowit , Son-of-a-plipper-maker.. • Miriam ,.Papa -
danger. . ' ;,: . • .. • • ' ' • • ,• • ' trimmed with lade, with . her' brown hair ,z6lOO mearis•Mary ..Paughter,of-the,sOn-of,:' '
., Roue' afterhour the, desolate, . young: hanging' in long plaits, and &little rose -leaf , •aptiest,-,Letriston ( Me:). Journal. , • '.
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breeture looked, death iii•the face and found .• color tinting her ()WAS. She was listening ' '• . ..
him terriblei. and called •out in her, agony' with•.A beating heart for the; well-known '• ' ,*eOpennyworth of Glory., ... . ., .
that she Wes: afraid to die unless' Hugh : footsteps; as the sounded at, :,,last in fthe . There is a MoVenient itilhigland-.1Or.itia
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would hold her hand; .• aaa. for many along .'corridor and.she.henid his voieeepeakingto • increaseof the pentiien-Of John Diva.ne, the•
...day after that Pay did . not see • her baby Ellerton, . ehe., sat ....up,: flushed • and • private Soldier .who Won the Nricteria Grose'. ,.
. boy; for the least excitement wouldkill. her; trembling,. and .under. the kilt shawl some, byleadingthe Way tro.. the .capture .Of the
the doetor said, and her onlj•dbartee was • thing that. lay,hidden stirred uneasily•asehe Cashmere Gate at tha storming; ,of Delhi..
perfect quiet. .. .! . . • -, .. ... .4inoved. .'• ' , • . . '; .': ' . . . . • • -: • ' ,JEte lest it leg on that occasion. 66 There. .
: And: the -hrgent letters -that 'were '..sent • "--,-,.,.-To-tr-nittat ':-Ifet---teiebite.--yeuracilf; ' My - jvha, thersaya,-:" Ahitth and then a .call for .•
did not :reach Sir Hugh for • a • long lady," obierved the nurse, anahonalY;. bet . "Who'll storm 'the battery?" . And the
time, for. he Was: Wandering. .abont ehamight as well. have spoketito the Wind, hboYs Said; 'Johnny, you go •on and, we'll
Switzerland:. •ae... had : otirelesely• .altered for - Fay peenied to. have sforgotten her be -either. Ye.' And I said, 'Come • on,'
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his 'ratite,: And , had .. forgotten .to tell •presence.. . •..,. . . ,. •' • • .._: • • , ,• -bhoyardeathor-glory V.:And we . went On,
Fay so: , ' ._:.•• • • '. • :,. : .. • ; • , . .. . "Oh, Muth, niy.,darling..httebarid 1" ''ehe and presently,' fell down, andivirinTI came '
But on bialioineward. route which ••Was exelannedi as .the doOr -openedt-and -the to meself ',found nay leg •gene; and •X said, ..t'' .
thought, and no, features• to be called
features, and he had snob a ridiculous
button of .0 ragrIth. "Do you really call
him a fine baby, Fay -y"
"Fine! should think se; the emallnese •
:doge not matter it bit: Yon will be a -big man -•
polite time, My beauty, for you are She very •
image of your fether. ,
(To be tiontinese„) •
g it
' Sir Hugh wag getting , better .. nowL.:
from • the hour he had • seen 'Margaret
. 13-613duit! her ;pitiOn's request Was •forgerteri ' Ta; lay . on a couch in her bedroorn look.'
there had been no .relapee; but he was
struggling , 'through his contraleScence.
with 'a ..restless impatience: -,that was
very trying to all who ChM° in •contaot
with him. ' , • ' ' i '
He was longing for 'inore freedom and
• change of • air. He ,.shonld' never grow
strong until he Went away, he told Fay;
and then she understood that he meant to
leave her: But the knowledge gave her no
fret* pain. ' She ltd suffered so mach that
even he ..could not hurt.. her more, she
thought. She only said . to him once in
hef shy way, "Von will be at home in time,
Hugh;• you Will not leave me to gothtough
it all alone?" And he had promised faith-
fully that he would 'colic back in plenty of
i' time. . , •
And 'the' next morning ate found hiin he fi;„.fia
• a•t until thed •81X weeks . were past, tender rem flush deepened in her cheeks BA. 'Never mind, John Divan°, My blioy,liere's•
a bii get 'Awaiting him , at later- Elbe etretehect QUI her hand to him with her 1 a shilling a. day, for ye for•life.t And when..
dressed earlier than usual and standing by ' -1.-",,;];"-- . • old smile. ,., . ' • ' • I r heard the list of pinsione reed out and
the window of the library, end exolaimeclat ' -7.- e'n' ' ' / ' . .
i Hrigh - vies deeply shocked when he tingh steoped over the Couch and hiesed heard I'd only tinpince ii. day I crold.. '
. the iniprov'ement; and Hugh, moiling still 12,,,,.,4-' of his "iite6p ...... Jit.k...ngei, . aha ,.._. ho...r,_end then sat down ; with • rather ..Divane did,not get_the " death " ho..-. ehal----
-"tan idl bade ' her seahow-well-he-could -7- -'''
gn blamed himielf for bliri3eldshness in leav- a cliegatisfied eyresskin on his , face; he lenged, bet the tenpennvworth • per. day of
The trip had refreshed him; hut•the ides hire an bring Win hpine-she did not leek
of returning home was. stillirkserne to him. .66 very- 1 after all. • • . • -
He had enjoYed,bis freadern from doMestio. "1 c uld not °MI6, Jo. Meet Yae,..leve,"
restraint; and he ,.plentied it longer vitae she fetid; with a little clasp of his hand, and;
that should end the Pyramids, When . she kissed it in her old way, and laidit against
Faywas Stiongand again. ' -Llt would her face. • •
not matter then; hut he was a brute, "My dear-Fay,"Iteremonetratedi and hit
'contended, to have left her just at ilisttime. %his Hp. "Nurse, you can trust your patient
Then -lie -added in self-vitenuation, that he in my care. I Will ring for yon. in a little
4A:hot quite himself. •ivhile." Then,' as the, drier' Wood behind
And one lovely. summer morning, when her; he said .in• vexed "Fay, Why
Fay lay . it broken lily on her pillow, are you so childish? yon know that I object
and looked languidly out Upon the world. to demonstration before the servants, and
and life,they. bri.right her baby t� her and ,have. told you so, and yet you never .seenito•
laid it inher weak arms; and Fay gazed • remember; do try to be,a little more digni.
'Wonderingly into a dimpled tiny fittee and fled, my dear, and waft till we are alone:"
blue -grey eyes. -that-geemed-tO her thA. And this to her who had come :back
Counterpart of Hugh's eyes; and then, as to him: throigh, '" The Valley , of the
she felt the. soft breathing Of the warm . Shadow of Death;" .bringing his boy'Witli
nestling thing against • her ehouldler, and her•1 :
saw the ariimpledhand on her breast, a new, ' Fay became very white, anal drew her,
strange' tbodof happinesa came into her hand away. "You do not seem to roe:leather
Starved heart. , . 'how very 01•1;have been," she faltered. And
- "Hugh's little boy," .fihe Whispered, • and then the"' baby's blind wandering tenches
'a' tender look shone in her. eyes; and ;then over her breast soothed her:
she added, "hii„,will love.;me fpr nay heby',e, Hugh grow alittle remetseful.
• • "My dear, you I' have not for
And she was Very hippy in her belief. gotten it; I was vett grieved to hear it, and
As long tts' they. would let her, she lay to : know • that, yeti should "' halm been
Cradling her boy in her feeble . arms :and alone in Yeur trouble; but was it my fault,
whispering AO bite about his father; and . Fay?• Did you. keep your promise. to
When night dame she . weeld He -meek° not ' to fret yourself when. I was
happily trying to•hear baby's Boit breath, gone?" , : • • ;
hag in 'the bassinet beeide het, and if he woke. ".1 ;WO
and oried,•she, would ask the itutse lay quietly; "the fretting and .the mischief
iny promise," flintrephied, tjeevmorens,4vteablieiegnlitirwrifyiefdt,otolentibytneeoreye. and
walk. '6 I have been three times round the
*room and once down the corridor," he said,
with a 'Smile. at his own boasting: ,46 To-
morrow I shall go out in the garden, and
the next day I shall have it drive." •
And it week after that, as they were
standing, together on the terrace, looking
still follow. Pt. ' Martin's prescriptions,
and that was all she said that night.
But the next day, when the servants
were putting the , portmanteaus„ on 'the
carriage, and Hugh went into thebluerooni
Are you awake still,' '.roy darling ?"'
asked her mother, tenderly.. Some instme,
• tive sympathy had led her, to her chiid'ii
'• 'door, and , she had heath' that • impatient
little speech.: " What is the matiet, dearest ;
you will tell your 'mother, Will you not ?"
, "Oh, mother, Why have yeti coma? I
rieVer meant, you to‘know. , here she
broke down, and clasped her mother's neck
cOnviileively. I am glad_r will' ballad
that he is happy ;but oh, mother, I' want
him want hina 130.".: And then 11.1rs.
Trafford, knew that the wound was deep -
very deep indeed. '
CHAPTER XXIX. :'.•
:A .01.ii1P0a Or TER DAM( 'TALMO.
/4; unkindness
' BAnds e,,Wemen's heart; •
• Ott tin -oust subtler ploreing0 .
Wives atid mothers die.
r 'Tiltitightladrootd Of silve'it. •
/ Never feel it etrein ; ,
' Though the I,anguage
• Cease uet,where ye dwo,, '
Yet remeiseen something ,
.Whieb,,with its own pain,
Breaks ihe neer bosom .
•:Whiniee 4011,wen,
..crtbis howpleasant • •-•
Tobe loved and love, .
'Yet should Inve'Ff iioon wither
understand them. • • •
"Fay," he 'paid, remonstrating with her,
" this is 'very foolish," and Fay knew by
his Voice how vexed'he was; but skid was
peat -minding it new. In her :young Way
she was tasting the bitterness of death.
My dear," he continued, as he unloosened
her hands from their passionate grasp, and
laeld them firmly. in. his, "do you know
what a silly child . you are?", and then he
relented at his own words, she Wait fineh
child. •" I told you before that should
never -lie Well' until I went away, but you
evidently am not believe inc. : -Now I can-
not leave yeti like this, for if you cry so you
wilt .make yourself ill;' *. therefore,' if yon
will not let me go. qmetly,' cannot go
at •
• -46 No, no,",. etibbed; • "don't be
so angry with ' me, Hugh, for I 'cannot
bear it. " ,
VV011, will you promise tobe brave
little woman and not fret me when I
am gone? " Went on more gently, o' /t
is only six weeks, you know, Fay, and I
have promised to be back intinie,"
" '3C68j yep; I `..ketriv you Will," she
answered, "and •Will be -geed-- indeed
will, Hugh; only telrnie-you are not angry
with • me before you go, ,and call me your
Wee Wifie as you used When you first
brought me beim'. • and she held up, her wet
face thongli she were a 'Chile
wanting to be kissed and, forgiven. ,,
Then to diONvotO well. ''" V0h4O0litih.bion-ii, -4.0, Said,.'1;LCI eful, ii7.
--ro--21,./ ,ditligairtei heart elle • believed that by for and be tiniehocl film' rather Awkwardly-hawof a Conservative ,Bnilding' Society at Hull,.
•Pkikip Stehaltepe Wer.9tcy. but he kissed Were fondly than he hind .' here help,. Ad. cliMild win his love ; not . had never. noticed a nabianfierylefoke, and has boon f011ed Abating au the ,IIittuber, .
gveiy one notfeed st. the. Hall that. Lady ' done. yet, ii There,. you will take core of, kiniwing ifi• her ignorance that Hugh might ho Wee not hatieh impressed with his clint'sl. His hooka show defeleatibriii to the at -mount
Redmond was Sadly altered in "those der% i youreelf,• my own ;Wee lifi013.41*74.1.7'37(41416t,.!p0stiibly :ditra,liothing for fuln though' he appearance, there wail etch a. redness, he , of 4204 .. •
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fag her; , • . ' • • thought they had made a fuss, to frighten " glory " which be did get does not seem
mgch of a reward for the man who started, ,
the turning point of the capture of Delhi,
and therefore of the suppression of the
mutiny. He is now 64 years old, and gets
'a living by; peddling fish 'in' a dotikey-cart
at Penzance. -Ex. •
Among thaMeirica;n Ty.ftors.•
"Here I bring you a piece of clothfor it
pairof pan a omit!, says a customer,
The taihor raeapures it. "It is not. •
:enough." . , •
The customer gathers up the; cloth and
carries it to another taller. ' •
11 Is there enough of this :piece to make
the a pair of pantaloons?"
"Yes, sir; day • after to -morrow I :Win..
Send them to you by my, eon."' •
The boy comes with the pantaloons two
days later.. The customer notes that the
outh 18 wearing a jacket made of the Barna
»iecoof • • -‘440:411
"Boy, how is this. that :the other ;tailor
said that there was not enough cloth for a•;
pair of pantaloons,and your father has not ,
Only mad() My pate:10°11a but also it jacket.
foryor out-bf-the-piece ' •
"Sir, the son of the other tailor is it ,
much bigger hey than I am."' •
,
1 'A Model Husband...
Model , Husband' (boastfully)z.-Yes, gen- •
him beside her, • . • • were done before. WO Will not talk about
rie4in not cry when: .be is with his my illness; itis too bad evenlo think of it.
'Mother," she '.waiild say, with maternal Have. you ' nothing • else to say to
-pride. " "He fir elwity.s se ..good "with me; me, lingl* Po you not wish to. See our
indeed, 1 never knew Such it good baby," boy ?"
Whit* Was not wonderful, consideringher Iltigh started, cOuscience.atricken-he
'experience had been confined to Catharine's had forgotten his child altogether; andthen
baby at the lodge. Amid if the nurse" lanni- „he' laughed Ofthis 'confusion. • -
ored her,•Fay, would ociver.the little downy " Onr bey l' What an important Wee
head with nonieless kisses, and tell hire 'Wifie. Yes, show hint' to me by all means.
not to • ory, for father was coining 'Do yon,ineanyon have got him under that
home to lovethem and take care Of theta • shawl?" ,
both; . :4..;1 • ., • . is he not goad?" reiiirried Fity,
" Yon will love me now ;,.yeri,I know you proudly; she hadforgotten Hugh'eedlciriesa
will, HughP she'would m,urrhursoftly when now, as she ilreW back the flimsy covering':
the baby was shenbering peacefully in, his • an0 showed hire the tiny fair face within
blankettegaiii, and nurse had begged Lady her arms... "There, is he • not 'e beauty?
IteclMoild 'riot to think, any more about Norse Hays:she has nevereeenti finer' baby •
-Master Baby, but ;togo tb tileep. And boy for his size. He is smell now, hut he
as she Obediently: elestid . her eyes, the will grow; holies Such long feet and . hande
happy tears .wofild Steal through her eye- that, ishe'aiiiitires me, he will .ba a tali Man.
lids, ' • ' ; Mrs. Heronsea he jell thotongh Helmond,
Poor innocent child l•when she had first ./bok et his hair-like nose silk only finer.
Poebting Thomae-Large ancLinteresting
family, eh ?" •
" Only three -of tie."
" Have one child, eh ?"
No, the other, it* nay.wiWannotiaer,"
The,Tailer'S Suggestion/. •
I see:yoU're Printing it gooa deal ahbut
the ' correct 'thing ,in. fall. atyles," said a
tailor to an editor. • . •
• 11 Yes, sir."'
• " Well, while yeitere going in On that
tack stippese you, print something shout the
derreot thing in settlement of bills,". . , .
The sixth Manual Canatlittet3hippingLiat '
was issued yeliterday by the Marine Depart.. ,
zpent. AbOOng other valuable statistic, it 4
Showsthat Canada is the'fourth maritime ,
State in tbe World. •• ,
Dr, Ball, who has been up north of the •
Ottawa, deaorihes the country beyond Lake
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ttheovered thatilugh did not love her, her and. he -hge our forehead, dear,' arid yOhr emiscamingue 89 the roughestlielnia titer
aS 1**!.
d-hrlq -
cleepairhd
a.rieatly-eost horher life;••but no- eyes,•-•.0hr ho Will-be-jnet like hit;th
faer, the m. olitheiberciefitodr.; oboadayeb000f. c,on.ison, lhis is-thee•territory:eleime r.so -
sooner • Wher baby brought' to her than darlingq" •• •
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hope reviveckfot-from--ther-depthir6t$ ;her ," ile?/° rettitned Hugh,' dttbiotialy, , .
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