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Wriog out the blank, wring out the, gra,,. -
;Wring out the 'White; wring out the Igue,
And thus I wring .th7 lito away.
An occupation strableie taY,mine ;
At least it seems to people (iron
• That while rib Working ot the line.
• • I'm going, tee, tpogi pole topple.
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Where'er I gal strive to pie
• From morn to iii&ht I rub
• Bra something like Diegenern,.,
almost live Withitz a tub."
aorohatoi who vault and spring
In circuses I takeenine
They make their living in the ring,
Athcl by the wringer I Mak° Miner"
My- coiling's- humhle FU/ree,
But I aro no cheap cilia •
Ah some folks Are who F010 r at me - •
• 114 emOtliili.g th.14 N..041:Waak*Yall !MOW.
smile in calm, Istrive in stood; •
With We dculties A cope; •
MY dutiefi cheerfully perform. • •
• My motto: While there's We there's seep,
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:wring outtheold, wring Out the new. •
Wring out the black, wrhig out the gray,
' Wring out the whiteWring out the blue-:
Andthus I wring my life away.,
SHIRLEY ROSS:.
.& Story of Woman's
csApTER ,
While Mrs. Henze and, the bar -maid were
dimansing With Letreille Shir' lees chances
ot happinese, end:admiring Sir Hugh's de-
votion to her. Shirley, in the little sitting
room ,upstaire, wee suffering a inartyrdom
of anxiety and sztepense, although Oh° tried
Ife conceit it from Sir Hugh, who Was tire -
aiding over the coffee-equippagamith as
much awkwardness as it was Fannie for
IM essentially graceful. man to. exhibit.
Obrirley had made a slight mizvement
toward the tray when it had 'been placed
• before her, ,but she had seemed so languid
Ind indifferent that Sir Hugh had
told her: to rest; ehdthat,he Wotlid
• • wept out the'ociffee. Shirley had,ounk back
into the -depths Of the old
•end .tried to withdraw' her thorighte from
Jedi and the delity, and to take in some
pea of her enrcoundiC, ge. , •
The iiitting-ioom--whioli - Was on the
grizt etory �f the hekuse-ivis. just the kind
el room: which- onewould have -been-likely
go expect -from, .the outside appearatioeof
the Hall -Moon Inn. It war wide and low-
- • ceded, with two quaint latticed windows
overlooking the marliet-Illee, and a wide
Ii.itItettantsaber,436n411.11.ME•O,
:- ?-Mie-Wlitriarr011edAveltbitintiresaltentionatce
-4ffelffitertffhantheaiVtingroos •tit eizurffey
einagenerally exhibit. There was it thick_
• Carpet On the floor, and there WON heavy
: fired damask 'Curtains at the windows:. There
was an old-fashioned bureau in one of
the recesses nn either piaci of the fireplace;
ih the other there Was a what -not WHO
Mita decorated with' sonie?antipiated pieces
, Ot ohina. Shirley's." eyes ,Wendered over
them.; and she remembered long afterward
•oftinderingveguety what the books couldibe
•:*hitih Were on the, lower shelf of theivhat-
Ubt. She 'noticed,. too, vaguely enough,
that there were socuopiotures on the Walla,
engravings after Landseer, and a• photo.
graph Of "Black Brunavvigker."
•Ner eyes rested-otheLletter_for_it few
•
. moments,: soniethirig in the, young officer's
' thocereminded her otrOVY.---Ouy-was -not-
:So handeeme • perhaps, but he had that
lineielute. yet tender 4Ookabout the Manth,
• Then her eyeze left . die pinure and •oanie
Hack to Si; Hugh. who was still limy with
the coffee. How handsome he -was-hand,
• sower far than Guy, handsomer than, the
Mick Brimswiokerithe hancleoznetiti min
she Iled ever seen she thought, as sho
'Watched him exiting there in his dark
- ; thrown' off his driving-
' teat. As she looked at him,. - he raised
.- his blue. eyes, and as they met here, he
"Are you thinking that I am a long time
• over this coffee?" he. said lightly. "'The
not is that it is made in,a French coffee-
. int,. and it has not yet all run _through.
some complicated business .of a sieve -like
nature at the •top. . But it is reedy now,"
he added, "and I hope it will prove good
• enough to reward our patience."
' He poured out a (nip of coffee.added milk
gild sugar oaref ulProporlions and brought
it to herald°. ,
"You are to drink it," he min', with im-
- iterative gentleness. . "Ton , are bound
to ',Obey me, you know'. • Wives always
• t ...Obey their lords and • Masters,' dcin!t
vilves," she 'answered, lereing: a
• ' • ' •
And are not Vviniedutiful ?"hie asked
.•
• "You do not expect me to abuse iny own
.100x?" she returned, Jo? lightly is she could.
"No one need criminate themselves; Sir
• • I opept nothing from you but that you,
this coffee." he said, inniling.
et When you have dope so,' we Will disease
• tfie foibles ot your sex. Well," he went on,
' she .put the eup to her , lips, 'Lo it
44 Excellent I I did not know that this was
Cozad your aocomplishments,"she answered
"Never 'exercised bat for you," he Raid
• quietly, as he went back to the table.; and
ihe tendernoes of his voice brought the
- color to her cheeks, and she bent over the
coffee -cup to hide the hot flush. ' •
It was an awkward and difficult position
in which she found' herself, and ever);
lash:Lute ete it went by made it more awk-
e ward and difficult: If she could have looked
upon Sir Hugh merely as Guy's friend and
willing to help her in her trciuble for the
' Sake of the friendship he here. her future
Husband, three ports of the difficulty would
have disappeared; bat hp was:, not Guy's
friend only -ho professed a deep passionate
rove for Gay's fiancee, and, although he
had promised to conquer ',that. lovin• every
• tone of his • voice even, %Viten ... 'hie
words • sounded indifferent; every glance
• ot the tender ,'blue eyes showed'
. Shirley that the /dye was not yet sub-
. The young girl felt:her position keenly,
4 and it added considerably to her anxiety
, and uneasiness.. Moreover, she washaunted
• IV a terrible fear of her midle and aunt
discovering Where she had spent the after.
noon, and ascertaining by chance that •she
Lad not gone to the Manse to have a chat s -n -a
with the girls there, as: she had said she faith
was going. It was true that she, had Called eoeh
at the Manzie.,bot die had not stayed there win
P•••-.41••=
five minutes..laying jzas,teuellawavtoneael„_,,,o4t.
few mewl?" •
llir thighat the eront-roede. tWhatl would tewrt ill France where we epent e
hdoome of her if they. Met Sir Gilbert or days," Shirley said. "Row the lames
any of the family and hOuselidd on the ilielteling, .13g, Hugh!' I am afraid
way biok?' How °Odd she excuse herself wind has risen very much." . •
Without betreYing Jack? And she Oonld. • 111 km afraid it has," he answered regre
not do that it it goat her all the haPPiness, fully. "1 must wrap rot little, ilk up
of her life. She wouldtelt Say, of eozteso, goinghonze." '
nit4 Sir :Thigh kn. OW_ •.It'' airtedY. AO rtt.): Again. the hot. blew/. rose in, tildrie
one 'else eltOuld °Wm hatew how her brother face; but, before she could anew
bedfellow mider, temptation and riekedhia .Xektreille threw open the room doer,
diuretic, and dishonor. And, if , Sir announced, in rather an elevated tone
Gilbert and. her aunt even got a hint velars -
of that long drive with Sir Hugh, . "The gentleman to see her ladyship,
what would they think -what would . Hugh." : • .
they say? How; could she bear their re- A. little In 0! delight hmk° from °kir
Pivaoheo ? ' ' - - as she turned frOm the window, and
She drank the coffee,- and, Sir Hugh, Who next moment, ehe was clasped id.
had been watching beg furtively, rose and brother's arms. • • ,
htoitimk. thheeremeptYqoutitre.redAs, seal tthriecdbteoatahia4 1 .,., .4.JEAmit xv.
hazel Oyes leoketl up t 4411 09 PitaonelY •0, was griming dark in the little eitti
that for a moment he felt remorse and keen room when Shirley lifted her head from h
pain on hia. own part; not in her present brother's shoulder with a long sigh of h
suffering, but in thit which this day's work pain, half relief. The fire was dying o
would cost her. It was o too leis now to for they had both been tog much absor
draw book, and, even had it not been so, the to thinx of replenishing it; and Sir Hu
passion. of his love and jealousy .and the had left' the roora when Jack had
gyre gest beauty were urging him on free. it, hurrying over Shirley's ._nerVous int
sistibly down that swift path Which leads. duction with • an. awkward haste ye
to treachery and 8104 '1 ' 1./Or01g11. to hhz usual manner. And. f
"Yon are gettieg very anxious," ' he nearly: an heap the brother and, sister ha
said cheerfully; "but by . and by been alone. . • • - .
how 3,cei will laugh at ,your feare 1 ' , They had had ninon to say to eaoh oth
" Do you think so -do you really think bould not repress, although she tried h
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Your brother will be here Very shortly and Shirley's sentences had often be
now." . . interrupted by broken sobs which s
So ?" she asked uneteadily. ". I have, no utmon. to check them in order not to a
courage left; soolz a terrible foreboding „ to Jack's already keen self-reproaik. , T
seems to have come over me. I , ani ' young Man had confessed all his folly. „II
so afraid that 'something has happened to had told her how he had Buffered hinise
Jaok." .. to he led away by his companions and lo
"What could have happened to him ?" Sir the money ---seventy pounde-a large sti
,Hugh said lightly:" "In all Probability he to them-•-and•how;•renclered desperate
has either mined the train at G•lazigow, or threats if the debt were not paid, he h
he has had Windt ever so long for a. Win taken the money from the cash -box . in
at Weldon." _ . ' • • trusted to him hoping that he might
"1 think he would be Oareful not to raise able to refund it by degreet without. dote°
the train it Glasgow," Shirley observed, tion;.but some unforeseen oiro.umetan
44 bpoieluie he *odd giledi how embus Iam. had, occurred whiali made it imperative
Indeedl donM ' think he has treated ' me iiecemary ' thM the inoney, shOuld
kindly at aff---although, poor boy.I suppoee forthoOming ' on the morrow, and I
he wastoo unhappy to be thoughtful or had been, in: despair When he wrote to h
eonsiderate.' • •," ' •sister. ' _ _ * - •
"He riaoatbe careful in future. not to get "1 thought ‘ you would mana
into, such/ serapes'," • Sir Hugh said. "1 to help me, Shirley," .he said fondly
Va. i;;;e4:70^-1...Z:r
are - "I don't know," Shirley answered; o,olor.
the ing. "But I cannot say Dear Hugh,'"
she added, smiling a little.
t 44 .T.hen say !Dear husband,' 9 Jack sag,
well gated, lightly, "Sir Xing!' will appreolate:
Shirley hesitated e moment and then.
er," Wrote in her pretty half -foreign hand -
end writing • the words, he Inn/ suggested,
of They looked very strange and startling,
- she thought, as she looked at them
Sir' gravely. ;
Welletlear," Jim* said, "can't you Oen.
ley thine
the • "Ye," replied,
her "Shall I say that he ol1a0 10rgOttr011 t110'
object of our viiiit' here, and that X am
waiting o,
"Something to that - effect," Jack
rig- said. "Put it an prettily as you
er can, Shirley. He has been so'gnd to us."
elf "I neecteend only a few lines, ' she re-
ut, marked, Writing rapidly for a minute,. with
bed a little emile on her ' lips; and when she
gli had finished the note she peeeed it to her
red brother. •
re- Will that do ?" she asked, smilieg; and
ry Jaok read; knifing, also the few light words
or that she had written, every one . of, which:
to/d so terribly agelnet the writer a few
weeks later; '
er, That will , do ospitally;li Jaok said,
en approvingly, and, after he had rung the bell,
he they stood together before the dying fire,
er waiting in silence. •
dcl A smart knock at the door was followed
he itirnost immediately by the entrance
ff already waited open ShirleyI
e of :the neat.lookipg maid -servant and
do hid
r
m8S. 111.11.g..Dhliyon ring, my hub' ?" oh° "Iced' °
by Jaok glanced. at ,.•his taieter :cslth. a
ad little emile Which bit:eight. the color into
. her ;•1 . •
be, "Yes," she gaid',41/iiietly.• "Will you take
. this note to -to my bizeband?" she added,
ce with little effort.
V "Yee, my lady," the maid answered, look -
be ing somewhat surprised as she tookthenote
e and left the room. .
is Shirley. wafted with her band on her
brother's arm anti' the girl °sine back' with
go a little twisted note and a pookethOok
• from Sir Hugh„ Coloring crimson, Shir-
ley • handed the noakethook . to lin'
brother and glanced over the little note. It
"Dont LITTLE Wiez•-•I do not like to
hurry you; but . is we want to keep oar
little ezicapade a 'motet for the present, '#,
most tell - hire -•!!-Y-ott-were ' alWaYsl • aueh •n, got*: little
get into troltele agsin, he nix* not trenble. 'sister."' • „ • • • '
you, my ;child; 'he ,nmet write•dtreot Rat how ',Oonld. I lief° done ea but for:
ine.'"- • • .. . , • Sir Thigh?" she asked pitifully. • :" ' contd.
"But, Sir moi, that is impossible," not evon have .sent to Gu -there was not
•Shirley rejoined quickly: looking up. time. 04h, Jack; you don't know what it tuts.
"What 'clahnliao Aokulien yon?.! I Odd cost mol" • •."-• - • _ : •
net allewic..: • g:Fit...,*(&;4•r; swernIfildaaht 1-Var
-17=04.1cAs04.)--41tThrearetbi,.._ - Bre- Cle/leAdtlitmaatllintl,*-1111iNdiff?,..?*fftsliiie
titheraz-f-lew tresard-ellie•!Thigh-4 atn2a..eaonre,*eeksAatsr4ihon-nhe.tsfid' the
,inniling;. and the. Cofer rose slightly in his Pike- ' • •
face aehe averted his bine eyes for a mce " I am very sorrY;:dear," Jack 'said •re.
monk; "and : X eh&U be only tocilippy to firetfullY.; ' but the lead upon hisheart had
!West bun in any possible way.. By the hie, been relieved' , and his • elastic nature sod
wenatio eee if we cannot find hitn poMe naturally geed apirite resumed their ilway,
better berth than the ono he at Present., even • While he felt grieved at 'Shirley's sor.
Such &. good 'linguist as he is might not to *Ow. • "You may be quite Bare that I shall
be 'vegetating • or a merohent's office. Ten 'never give ymi-such came for unhappiness
me," he continued, loaning his elloiw on the ,,again, Sir Hugh must he an. awfully goer
mantel -piece, and looking downinto the red roue fellow, Shirley:" : ' • •
•
"He is: affiend:. of Guy," Shirley said,
thankful for the -darkness' whioh hid "bee
letucthes. s. . • ' • •
"And. beer ,'superblyliandsOniehe •iel".
Shirley ciagerty..litting her earneat depre. continued jack, Whose artistic!. eye had
eating . eyes to Sir, Hugh's face. "He was ,cikught Hugh's.: beauty at .a. &nee
shwa most th-lifightird and. "geOarhnt r-rfolon know thin Swell think you are
since he haze been all alone derzesayhei„:his here„.,..1_314041,..../loW,do..You.like
his feht hving no heti% and Perhspo. he hang • her ladyell-p.?! Will you be vexed i
has been led' away by.. some Of his % cote. eaY' wish were 'engaged .to him
panions." , • • .: : instead Of Major Stuart?" . . •
"Meet likely," SirlIngli agreed promptly. "Yon do not know Guy,"... Shirley eaid
"It ie very hard for young felloWs, who are SintplY! "Sir Hugh heti boon very good and.
alone in largetowzietokeep themselvesqUite kind, but he is not Guy." .
straight." • " .• • • • ' "No, but he is ti• much richer and
" I am' afraid it sighed. grander: ' and handsomer' personage,"
"And at,,plasgow4.1 dire he ecrIct get rejoined:Jack "And I should e
no other. amusement but going tct se.club better. pleased to eee my beautiful sister
where his ' friends meet aeit •:'Where., Lady_Gtyzin than Mrs. Stuart." '
_they play oards, and sinek,e;.and delude AO, .•temild not if you eared for
•
am •afraid," she added mournfully:'• "Oh,- YOur sister's 'happiness; Jaok," . Shirley.
Wish he was little more determined, so said earnestly. "1 love ..Guy with all My
that .when,: they ask him to play he would ' heart," . . • • • •: •• •
have courage tot-eft:63er •
• 1: .• I cermet . imagine' ,how you felt In love
" This is the. first 'time he:: has applied! With hire when Sir Hugh was to. the fore,"
to you -fee:assistance?" asked :Sir Hugh Jack observed rather disOontentediv.
gently,- • : •"Perhaps Atka has . marked Sir Hugh
once. before," she . answeted„1 for:her own,7, Shirley. said lightly. Jaok;
coloring; :" ."but .:he Wanted Only gh:. men you. are going back to -night?" •• • •
tune, and I was able • •te Bend .. it. • 'Uri Yee; .my.trainleaves in an hour." .
him.But now. 1.414 spent py. I .wish I dare stay," Shirley'',Baid• wist-
once and-". . ' . • " "but L,Ana,"afraid II shalt get into
"Young ladies generally are in A. stateot trozible as it litV,We shall hen, to. &rile
1.91100nunosity, are they not.r.' he Bei& ; home &eV' :•
"1.- have often.' heard girls 700:-.144 :Glynnito .interrogated
plain of.„.heing short of °Mil ;' and ; jack. • 44 Shirley. dear, youlaire not given
"opinion , that. their indomee .are never me the money." hendded in ehanied Mir-
-large enough to .cover their. exPendituret.: ried znitnnee;nnd' Shirley- started elniost.
Howe** I will tell your brother. to r took guiltily: . • • .. • ' • , • .,
upon; nie. as his banker in, feta* idy:deer L"How stupid: of Me 1" .4dia. said. "Sir
child; don't attempt to.: dissuade. I Hugh • •.,kas • it.. ; I. • wonder .'"veliere . he
hateheaps of money, es you know -but not ie.: I. • had better go • and . ask
enmightopurehase happiness, though," he the added,. • :shrinking . ' little at the
added mournfully. ' .• j thought. .' • . •• • , ' , - • " .
/ hope jack 'Will have too,. much ' self -.1 "No, don't so," Jack advised, interpret:
respect to need any, • more . atisistanee,". , ing. the lit* gestere.. rightly. ." Write .
Shirley answered ..graVeiY. .-" And indeed few . lines:. and. , Bend it., to him: Yon
you mon not tell' hini. see 'Sir Hugh.' It intlek . not be iieen down there now,
will ,Only lead him bite further temptation Shirley. The peonage and bee. are 'fall Of.
if hnthinks that he . can Obtain money so • men." ' ' , • • . •
easily. Von eee this tizne,"she added, the • " there are no . Writing materiale,
het color rising all over her fair pale face.. here,", she, said; "and I .could not ..ziee to
from the Chin. to the soft rings Of chestnut write, Jaok."
if on her forehead, "he went on playing, ." We Will remedy that,'" Jet* retizened,
ping to ;Win, and he lost and lost until he.' carelessly, striking :Match andelighting
B. almost mad; and then he took that. the dandles, O11. the- mantel -Piece:\ " And
ney-Mr.• Leeson'a. moneY-46,• pay hie here are pennant'. ink" he added; 'crossing
bt of honor; and -and but for your kind.: icithe whab:nOt tied bringing to the table a
Eis Whet would hive become of us bath?" I heavy leaden inkstand Adorned :with, two or
• finished, 'brokenly:, and there 'WM a': three quill pens. "Here you are, Shirley,"
tle embarrassed • pane°. It is ?getting .he said, lightly. "Then are the pens you
rk," Shirley. Said nervously then. It will most delight. in; and here is a sheet of,'
very late by the tinie We get hart°, • Elie paper," he concluded; tearing off the. blank
.• . I page of a , letter which he , took from his
Ele- smiled 'a little; it Was very 'pletteant ' Priket: • . '
him, to heat her say "we get home," and I. "Yon are quite e man of • resource,
her face. - . .• spirits, had risen new. and..cihe Wee tall of
blie 'eyes grew Very tender as they Went (Jack," Shirley TM:narked, .1Ier
do his best -and his best' : joy at thatheught of her brother'ii deliver -
very good best, you knew;" he returned 'once: and his Prim:08es , of amendment:
eerily. "The days close in so 'eitrly now, "What am I to Bisr/ft
know, that even when it is dark it is ' Sack laughed. .
glow of the fire -"low came he togethun-
self into this trouble?. He is rather steady
usually -is he not?" . • , '
"He always used to be' verysteady," said
.•
- twkvarmiliiir.:-.L._
•
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"What a brick he is !" Jack said, 'Warm-
ly, is he glanced at'. the &Monte 'of the
peoket.bOok . "1 can "never be grateful
enough, I will begin to save at once,
Shir-
ley; you may be sure Of that.". • .
"'Now, we had better go," Shirley said,
nervously, (stashing Hugh'zi little mit.
sive in bet hand and throwing it .citrelessly.
upon the table:. • 'alt . getting very .late.
Oh, I am afraid,-.". Shebrepke off suddenly,
unwilling •to grieve bee brother . with the
thought that he ,Might heve, get herinto
trouble at home:, .
• "Yes, I must not keep you," answered
Jack. huskily. "My , darling; how. inn I
ow* tling,towniough?" '
"You will not -L. . she •,began,, Wistfully;
her sweetleyealooking-opinto-hiie-througle-
f a.mist of teare; .and,,althozighthe sentence
renlieried unfinished;,Jaekfinisheditrightly
in his own mind. • ' • . •
"Never, again, .my dear little sister," he
said, fondly; and the kies Which ratified
the promise had something selenin in its
tenderneste • • . '
" ought' to think Sir Hugh," IaAk. re -
!narked presently; and then, While Shirley
began putting on her heavy sealskin jacket,
he added; hentily;" I will. go down to ,hiiii,
dear." ' . '• • • .
He left the none returning attn. a 'few .
moments With Sir 'ugh, who Wes already
equipped for the drive horde. , • •
Jack's face Was pale and ciernest, while
Sir ,`Hugh looked . a little nervous and
agitated, ' Shirley :thought. She fended
that Jack's gratitude had distreseed him. !
"Tho dog cart is. quite reedy; Shirley,"
he said, 'quietly. "Are yon well, wrapped
up? 'Latreille was' thoughtful :enough. to
•-pat a shawl in the dog:cart. ,. It is too soon.
' to take. your brother 10 the etatien,'
think." • ‘, ., • , • '
I' Yes, he has three quarters of an hour
. Shirley answered. You had better
get something to eat, jack." • '
"Yes. Don't linger, Shirley dear," he
eOnnseled pliekly."." ;had neldes.' it/ Was
SO late." • ' • , "
• They went 'down -stairs together, and
the landlady andthe.bairmaid ' and two or
three stragglers hurried out curiously to
have look at the .dietinguished-comiany-
vihO had caused no littla.exciteinent at the
'Half -Moon Inn that afternoon: Not that
there was anything Wonderful to see-.
einiplY. a tall handsome man in a fur -lined
coat, a dender, shrieking, olosely-Veiled'
girl leaning On his arm, and a young man
at her other gide Who bade them farewell
at the dem:, leaving, Sir Hugh to 'lift his
companion into the dog7cart
“, Good -by, Jack -dear , Jack'!" ,.Shirley
whispered, stociping down to her brother.
Sir Hugh said a word or two .in gin,*
undertone. Latreille, who left,the' horse's
hee.d.and re-entered the: •inn for a minute,
returning elmost immediately with the,
gime itepenetreble'impaseiVe countenance,
and taking Op his position at'Tippoo'e heed,
Without a trace di diecompotime. ' .• •
Hugh climbed to his piece and took
the reins, Jack back upon the pave-
ment with a very eelt-satiefied look; while
Mrs. Home's beribboned. oep rose and fell
in a anooeseion Of coneteeies which at Any
other time :Would Iowa excited Shirley's
merrimeot:. ,• ' •
"Take : care of' her, Sir Hugh;" Jack
said, earnestly. ' : "•
" Trast ime, Rorie: I cen, and Will take care
of my own, he answered, smileig as he
drew the thiek.soft shawl around het eare-•
fully. '' Affright, Latreille." •
They drove o quickly aoroas the light°.
Market-plaoe; and jack,Ross died watch -
;leg the dog -cart as it disappeared in the
J'ffarkoesze then he turned back into the inn,
witha look Of anxiety,. and care' upon his
fe • , • oug. that there was any. connection be- .
e orderedn (nip of 'coffee, and returned etween the.dinner and the disease Until. 0,
the diting-room, where thn'-frrif--1--da---fevaii-ifinfterward, just as the baby was
died out, bet•Where the candles Were still getting better, turkey, wite brought on for,
beetling. ' The pens and ink remainedupon dinner. Dorothy retuned to eat it, saying:
he table, but the little twisted note Which 11 The obielten•made me have eliiiiken-pot,
Shirle:y had throivn. there Wat3 no longer '
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atilt early in , the afternoon. ' And "I den'tquite know how vvives address
I, should think', that even . on a their ,hesbioids," he_ said; "but You had
het summer day it woidd he &env in better write in, thatman er. in se the
this room.." . v • . • • person who takes the note is inquisitive
Shirley rose restlessly and went across to enough to look at its contents. You nee I
the window. ' Sir Hugh followed aniVstocel am a Man Of precaution, elhirley,air well ha -
behind her, looking over her 0110u/der Into ; a man of resource."
now, and the shops were beginning to light Sir ./Itigh ?' " asked Shirley; ,dubiously,
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the itiarket-place. The market was over i • " Do. you • think Lnught. to put 'Dear
up; - the lamps retied the inarket.place ' kneeling by - the table, peit'',' in' heed
e 'already lighted, and it looked ;quaint • as with puzzled eyes she looked op at et
curious. and picturesqtte with its die. , brother. ' . •.
ioned houses, and the grotesque ugly - "-1 am mire yen ought not," he Said, t
Olin just' faeing them under the 'laughing, "Do •you think that the
future . :Lady Glynn would call her 1
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Haying to, himself, 'IlorrowtullY, What
pity it was that Shirley did not care
Sir, Hugh, and hoping tbat something w
Occur that would make her change
mind.
Months afterward, the, thoughts which
had Oeeupied his mind as he pat beer° the:
empty grata in the sitting -room at the Hilt ,
Moon Inn caine brok to him with a keen
oleo of remorse and pain, and a thrill of
alines horror at the part' had unwitt-
ingly played in his sister's betrayal. '
Meanwhile, through•the bold east wind
and over the dark country -reecho, Sir Huglz
Glynn drove rapidly and in almost unbroken
silence; while Shirley was in an agony of
dread lest her abeenoe should have.
occasioned reroark at Fitirholme Court.
Once or twice Sir Hugh hent down With&
tender little inquiry as to vi hether she Wits'
tired or cold, but Shirley felt MOM grateful
to him for ihe consideration which left her
quiet.
As they drew near Feirholnie
Broiling- ••
"1 think I had 'better .drive 'you p to '
the house; Shirley. I ein sore you would
webbehezte;:fieead.ge.;ey. death wwpatalkup that
a.
ghostly avenue alone.
Thoy
hear the
" Oh, no -oh, no -indeed, X., oan go rs
"But I could Bay that had picked You
up on the way,":*answered the baronet
" Nevertheless Uncle Gilbert would be
seriously angry," she. declared,-." Indeed
Sir Hugh, it will be kindeet td leave me. •
!! I certainly did not intend' to let,yon
walk up the avenue 'alone, Shirley,' he
said, decidedly. They won't bear my
footsteps, you foolish child 1"
(To be vontingied.).
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CARRYING A f, LUClEilt PIECE."
How the Custom is Maintained 16,1,Alt
Classes.
Two 'tidies met pn Woodward ,avenue=7-
As they stopped to speak one of thers'
dropped her pocketbook and the money
it rolled out on the sidevvellk.
"Too' bad," said the other, as she
&misted her friend to restore the contents-
" It's such bad luck to drop money unless
it belongs to sonie oneelse."
I don't Mind," answered the owner of
the pocketbook, " became% you see, I carry
a tacky piece."
This habit of earrying a .piece of money
• for luck has become something more thane.
dliktrgati.tinidgglaMp_qatmlinialucal4e-A''
grimmgallatlasses.' p.a.0054•0
t/..=,vatiktiV.•,t-ztaszm
I:serree," said A Staid:0(1131.110th Man reetritly.
" found it in my mother's. purse when.
she died and I have elwaYe kept it :as ta
souvenir."
He did not say that it brought him luck '
or that he had any superstition Connected.
with it, but he unconsciously valued it aa
a charm. There is a piece of bone thitt7 is
taken from a fish, called a sheep'elead, ..•
which shows plainly the imprint of the
letter" L." Theatrical. people value thisvezy highly as a lucky piece.
The Scotch have a fashion of latoding.
back a trifling bit of coin when iv payment
is made.- This is called a lucky penny sod'
is always carefully treasered.
It is impoasible to find a pdoketbdokthat
-does not have some trifling.oharte in it te
bringiuoktoltsnwner.-It-may-he-a-ooin,
a stone, a chicken's wishbone, a child'efirse '
tooth or a smooth sixpence, but it is ex-
pected to aadomplish Boni° or all of these
minions : Keep oit: disease; avert the evol..
eye protect the.perion 'carrying it from
bodily harm; bring prosperity in business, ,
love, courtship and, marriage f thwart the.
evil designs .of enemies; insure it safe kinr:.
hey and perforni many other apparent
mintoles.-petreit Free' Press.
Bill Nye Discourpes oa Capital Punishmen
Too many people are now committing
•
capital crimes for the purpose of getting
into the papers. Some day the 'madman .
who kills his parents becituse. they will not
pass the molasses will not be permitted to
make a. speech on the gallows, but he will
step into a aeventy4five-dollar scarlet plush
chair, and while he is reading the morning
paper the Governor will touch a small -
coller•betton in his (Awn which .conneizte, •
by wire with the pled' chair, and a, brief
autopsy is all. that will be necessary. That
element in our nettle -es' which seems to
deniand dying epeechee, long blackfunerake
harrowing detaile,:blood, horror, wails of
anguish, dull thuds, cold creepy crape, and
the sickening•amell of coffin varnish in
oloierOom, is a relic of the times when we
used to hive in hollow trees arid eat acorns.
A Useful Dog.
Lady of the house •to new se -11
-What do you mean by giving that dog that •
good meat?" •
"1 de. it to encourage. the poor animal."
"Encourage him. to derwhaty," ,
'dinner dishes clean. I don't have to-intab,
. " To keep on ' helping ' me to--w,ash, • .the
there hardly at all, he licks them Boolean."
Lady faints: ' •
. • -• court Item. , .
• Hugo Stanly (i„ young dude•who is very
attentive to the fair sex in geners1;-Ohd•toi
Miss Hummelio partioular, who detests
him) -Is Miss" Hummel in?
• Servant -Yee, Hugo; she's in.
Hugo.-Perhapci you had better tell' her
who it is. . • •
Servant -No; Ido that 0110 will sty •
that she is not in. • • •
, The Longed -for I.etterl
As the last note :of that touching tittle
ballad '" The Letter That He Longed for
Neer Canie ." vibrated on the evening air,
she turned to find • a tear trickling eldwly
down his cheek: • "Ah, Mr. Sampson,"*
she' saidsympathetically, "yon, too, 'have
longed,' . :" Yes," ha replied husky,
"two years ago very dear friend of mine
went west on 425 whiSh I loaned him, and
foraught I know he may he dead." -The
Two-year-old Dorothy has had. a severe
case of ohicken-pox. She came down with
it the very day that the family had chicken
for dinner. No One imagined that Dorothy
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mamma, and I don't want. to ,eat turkey,
ying on the red cloth table.covar. Bat and have torkey:poz0.---froreavi'8 Tribune..
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