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spoke 00 quietly that Ruby did no
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to °aerobe to sneerer her at all, and eh
telt a little vegeta disappointment. • Elad,h
,00nquereci his love for Shirley 2.,,,she won
dared. Was that his reason for "nnthin
•-pewit) With" Sir Hugh? Had he 'forgiven
• him bin:Amelia anger had all died away
And yet the -grave face was very true and
eteedfast. Gni Stuart did not look like a
man who squid love and cease to love at
•'• TO.
Watohing :Shirley furtively with his
grave gray Vesk GUY Stuart felt mere and
more as if he were in a dream. It was so
strange and unreal to . be near her onoe
' more, and not to be on the old sweet famil-
iar terms. Not o -moverisent of here,
hardly a word she flOolte,•' escaped ;
his, amities seemed ell qmoliened and. in-
tensified," although after their first short
greeting they did not exchange a word.
He notedthe 'languid calm of her manner,
her haugbty. indifference, so unlike the
• eWeet graciousness of old, and he 'paw, too,
with thrill of pain and pleasure whieh
• he could, not repress, the chango---percept-
•.' ible only to one who knew her as well as he
did -which came over her face and man,
, net when she _answered . her booboo&
-Moreover, he saisi how the pain deepened
• on Sir llugh's handsonie face.
Shirley herself never remembered hotv
that evening passed; it seemed to berm, if
Alice's eyes were watching her , every
movement,-exeroising•a ceaseless espionage
-met her words and looks, and as if she
must bear herself even more proudly than
'natal tinder the scrutiny. . She knew that
ehe talked, and even. Ong. when they
asked her, with a very vague impression of
• the words she uttered and the -song she
•Jiang ; but she Imam also that the old
•eense of rest and peace and happiness
- which she had always -felt in "Guy's pros-
. once was coming book to her heart. and
• that she strove against it in Vain. Was it
wrong? she'wondered ; She had suffered so
much, 'she -Was surely justified in feeliog- a.
Little .happy now! And then she found
herself bidding Alice, good -night, and she
' heard her husband's voice, withanunionist
• tone. of hesitation: and entreaty, asking
•Major Stuart if he Weida go to See them.
ShirleYli heart beat quickly as , she 'waited
for the answer. • Thole was a alight pause ,
:=-13coelight as to be shiest inmeroeptible-7
d'Ilttilikia#Aragilitiffigniffilir
'rot:mOrtierintiforli theY Were Planed uPtinc`
Lord Esstwell's arra.to allow him to lead' .r
-Iloilo the carriage.
"Stuart seems inclined to be friendly," h
• " Sir Hugh said, when he and 'Shirley were 't
driving away in their loxurions well-ap7
.:poioted carnage, speaking with an indif-
' formica whmli was assumed in vain for, his r
parpoae./ wonder if he will come to see e
• As? He said e would.", • .
"He generall keepeohls word," Shirley h
'Answered, with h r usual icy mdifference. g
"1 hope not al eye. I remember, last 1
• tiine we met, he was going to -7-7" A d
'slight Movement • Which Shirley made h
financed him for a moment; then he went
on lightly,-"Tifppose he I -did not
do hirn such a terrible injury as he thought
At the 'time. He noed, not envy me, my
•Wife 1" '
"No," Shirley answered, with sadden
bitternesri, looking Abating at the
dighted•streets as they drove on.
graVar and Older iOWi And there Was an
Pai.nrs.4""oatihS'UPS".;;;Iotder'ti27-Clai •
• moustache whichLody Glynn >caught,
"Forgive me," Shirley told tioftly.,
• ought not to havetadd that. Will You
sit down?" °
. She moved away from him as 040
with an uncertain restless movement very
t unlike her usual languid grace. His eyes,
d fclii of wietfol followed her, and • the
e thought crossed him Whether had been
a wise to come.
Wo have met several times," she said,
g it, low ill -assured tone, " since that first
evening;but I have never had an opportun-
? ity of thankmg you for yeurgoodneas,
Will you let me do so now?".
, "You will net do so; unless you wish to
pain me terribly," he anaviend hurriedly.
".Even if I had not given a promise to my
. uncle, do yea think so meanly of me as, to
believe that had kept malice in my heart'
• for four long years, Shirley?" '
The color rose slowly and . painfully in
her face, and her eyes fell /before his.
" Youpromieed your uncle 2" she said,
rallying a little. " When ?" •
"On his deathbed."
," He died -when 2"
" He died three days after I left, you in
Scotland.", - • .
""' . •
•
'He:spoke" with- evident effort, but with.
Perfect calm, although under his ' bronze
the pallor deepened to ghastliness.
"And you could forgive even then?'"'
she said, lifting her eyes to his with a swift
reproach.
"-Even-then,"-he-replied gently.- "It
Was„ hardly more bitter pain then, Shirley,'
than itis now. It was not easy for me to
forgive," he added earnestly-" not eat,
-air, no I".
It is easier now ?" she said quickly.
"Yon oan see the wren is not so great as
it seemed then? , No -oh, no; do not go -
do not leave me, and in anger! I will not
vex you again."
, "Yon do not vex Me—you pain nie un-
utterably," he saicl ; and his voice was a
little strained, for all its gentleness.
"Do 1? 'Then I will not. Tell me of
yourself. You were So. longs time a ° wan-
derer that you must have , brought .home
many a story and narrative." • . • •
".Nothing likely to interest you muoh,ff
he said quietly. " am not -a good racon-
teur, you know" '
"You used. not to be," :she answered;
and there was a 'little embarraesed pause,
during which the thoughts of both wan-
dered back tothe past,•the old sweet, bitter
past which lay cold and dead between them
now.. "Ruby tells me that you often go to
them," 'she said presently.
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'12fe is a young.than to have the
esponsibflity of a•wife and family," said
Goy,. smiling., " Brit he is veryhappy. In
44 I
not
•
is case at least Shekel:Tare is proved in
he wrong when he said a young man
married is a young than marred." '
" I suppose there, are exceptions to every
tile," rejoined Shirley. "They are happy
nongh." '
Yes k there is my beau -ideal of what. a
woe •should be," Guy said; then, very
ently and gravely, bending forward a
ittle toward her its she eat, her rich velvet
ress falling around her, her little jewelled
ands lying idly in her lap, he added.
Shirley2" •
"Mine," she exclaimed in agitated tones
mine ! HOW can it be 2" •
"Why should•it not be ?" •
"Can you ask?" she said, with passion-
te reproach flashing into her Instrone
yea. , • , .„.
"Yes, I ask you, e answered m tho
tune gentle manner. am an oldfrimid,
nd you must give me a friend'Oprivilegee.
Why_Are You not happy in your home,
hirlef,"
"How can I be happy? How could I he
11 py-ttapped, betrayed as I was into a
nia iage in which there is neither love nor
respect ?" she •asked passionately. "Aro
you ,forgetting what is past„ Guy Are.
you
"1 am forgetting ' nothing," sold.
-gently " Is it likely that I . should?
But yotir hue end loves yen, and—"
"Loves me.11* phe echoed wildly. "1
prefer hate to soali love as that!"
"Rusli,-oh, hut*, my child!" Guy cried
earnestly._ • " It breaks my heart to hear
you speak so bitterly. \Dear, is it possible
that during all this time yob. have not for-
given your husliand and the wrong he did
you in the past, that you \have cherished
anger and hotted and malice in your heart
against him ?"
"1 have not forgiven him," she said
passionately-" never will forgive 'him
He has no right to 'expect it. How can I
forgive him ?` she . went on, rising and
refolessly clasping and unclasping her
little hands.: "When Pthink-oh, when I
think, I feel as mud go mad with the
reilollection of thy wrongs! -Can you peas
What my life had been," she asked turning
to Gay; who had risen also, with o look of
intense pain- on his grave face; "forced me
to live in outward concord with 4 man
whom I' despise and dated and' abhor,
forced to bear his tench; his caress, his/
kids ? It • has been horrible beyond all
words-heyond all desmiptiOn. .-.0h;- Guy,
let me tell you! All these years I have
bonne my sorrow in silence because. there
witione one whom „I. doold- trust, whom I
could speak to,'and it.seemed sometimes as
if my. heart must burst with its load of
anguish." • .
Shirley," lie': said brokenly, his fags
White as death, his hands •trernbling et the
passion and desolation of her manner, "1
cannot hear yeti pot right."
" let " me tell you!" she entreated,
looking up at him with earnest childlike
rust. ". do not often give way Alas;
but it will lid such 'comfort to fell you ,1
Soraetimes it has seemed as if • ray' brain
Must burst, my temples throb se, and o
obliged to ernile'llid go into Society not to.
let people goess. Oh, if • I Were' not pa e
strong that I might die! Or, if I could
kill him -if I could kill bim!", • a
T"hSehigreineYtli:pained voice, t:lie tench of his
hand upon her hot trembling fingere, the
expression of the dark gray eyes Vhich' A
looked at her with enoh;sorrow- And pain,
brought tears; and she hewed hothead upon
her hands, Weeping passionately and mire-
strainedly ; and he did not try to. stop' the
bitter tearo-they could not fail to ease the
overcharged heart and Jhrobbing bras.
But how hard -how terribly hard -it Wel ni
then. to keep his promise to. hie uncle only i
y Stout knew. He paced up and down g
a
0
"Or perhaps he has a w ,of .h own,
And she 11011 taught him to be &ern
said Sir Hugh, rather unsteadily. What a
would he not have given to rouse Shirloy
into anything like resentment, into -a -lie; 13
tra.yel of feeling or POSSUM.
" Perhaps," assented Shirley relapsing
into her usual indifference. '
"1 wish him joy 1" said her husband bit-
terly ; and they were silent for the rest of
the way. , .
' CHAPTER XXVIII.
a-.:-happy--horae
"• jor-Stuartia.in....the--drawing' room,-
4ny lady." • • ' • . • •
• "Very well, Cobbett. Ask Meijer Stuart
to wait for me one minute."
• " Yes, my lady."
The 'povvdered footman who had nutdif
the announcement disappeared. and Lady
Glynn put add° the book she, had been
• reading as she rose to go down to her
• She was dreseed, ea usual, in perfect'
taste, and there was no sign; of perturbation
• in her manner as she went down -stairs to
. receive the man who, but for an untoward
•, fate, would have been her hnahand ; but
• Guy knew her face tee well not to see
whatlintenae pain and pleasure this,, her
ihst interview alone with him., gave her.
He was standing by the window of the
drawing-rOom'whenshe entered, and she
• was close beside him before, he heard her;
"then with a start, he turned and BOW her
atanaing, slini and graceful, in her dark
• velvet drew with soft . old laces at throat
and wrists. ,
She held out het hand him in silence,
• itndequAllyin silence' he took it for a
.
moment in his strong clasp; as he released
it, it fell , heavily at her side. , Then she
•.aaid very softly, but in a Void) which was
like music, it was so. wondrously sweet
•and melodious- . •
" I am very- glad to see you. , 4 was
,very "good of you to come." ' •
"Yon thought I would come ?" he said;
with &kindly smile. "1 am fortunate in
. finding yeti. at home." ' •
"1 am generally home from three to five.
One cannot be alWayeisin the treadmill you
know." .
. On the treadmill I" he repeated, leek -
:Mg at her with a quick questioning gland°.
• 4‘ Yoe, the round of fashion," she ans.
•• • tiered net:Vol:oily, linking her white' fingers
'together with a gesture of pale. " don't
think the treadmill can be much worse."
" suppose it is wearisome and ' mono.
tenons At times; but the season is not a
very, king one, yonknow.," '
"Not a very long ono 2" oho questioned;
with little sigh.' ,
"No, certainly not. And every position
' has ite ',duties," he solovered, with , gentle
• 'gravity. '
"Yon left yenta to take care of them,,
salves for a long tirae;" she said suddenly,
hooking at him, as they stead at the window
facing each•other, with quick reproach and
Major Stuart'O bum 'Chang _ed slightly. It
had been grave And quiet hefOre ; grew Go
the beautiful; ror4011443,7,nOtcad0lnititralx744riim,--:
trying to shot his ears to the broken heart-,
rending sobk-bat in vain. His harida were
clinched aria the nails, almost entered the
1i1S813, and he ground his teeth together in a
fury to which no worde could have given
'vent. '
He lo'Ned her ab madly, he ,pitied, her
with intense pity, be_ longed with '
Inn* a lieartfailonging alile,•to eon.'
,sole and qhmfort her I Were there, no
memos by whit* he could deliver her
from this bondage? Was there no road
• which red to 130ace at least, if • not to hap-
piness? And, look which • way he might;
Ws could disongaiali nonesave through the
paths of sin and crime and dishonor. Alia
mustsuch pathe be trodden? Did he love
her well enonih, or did he lova her too well
for that ? I
CHAPTER XXIX.
"Did you ; ever see anything more
lovely ?" asked Lucie Grey eddy,. as her
gray eyes -such frank 'kindly gray eyes
they were, inspiring trust and confidence -
eyes that were fitting 'windows to tlie gentle
and honest soul which made the 'Vicar of
Easton's eldest, daughter so justly beloved
in his parish -strayed over the lovely
landscape lying before her, which the sun
Was flooding with a rich golden light and
ham that gave it yet more wondrous beauty
than Nature had already bestowed upon it.
The Vicar's three daughters had been
spending a luxurious half holiday on the
cliffs, and had enjoyed it to the otMrmciat.-
It. was not often that their busy lives gave
them •leisnre for dreaming, away a few
hours amoog • the rooks, for Mr.. Grey's
living was not o very remunerative one,
and his' family waslarge, so that Lucie and
Ada, and even bright. little Bessie, his
third daughter, although she was •not yet
sixteen, found plenty to do in •assisting
their delicate mother in her household
labors; teaching the little -ones, helping
their father in his parish work, mothers"
Meetings and distriofvisiting, coal, blanket,
and clothing °lobs, penny -readings and
Sunday-sohool teaching being NV -9'0f their
multifarious duties. • , •
Perhaps it was its rarity which itlivays
made a holiday seem such a thoroughly en-
joyable day to these girls„ Any one com-
ing upon them as they lingered upon the
rooks would have seen a picture of perfect
and inn-cceiir enjoyment. 7
Lucie bad been sketching; but she had
put aside her drawing materials now, and
was letting her•eyee rest with delight on
the scene before her -the calm smiling Slit
with the golden haze upon it, the, blue sky
..erkeagIgthfizqs3aztze;rinahm -t,,Guast.tua.onlyi
:ar..19.0.AtonTezBaktoruielmr.u.gumf.
allon *.ettheraide4a-kabrupt -forttlimo3 and 4
undulations, and the quaint little- town - of
Easton itself, lying in. the hollow fornmd,
as it were, by &break in the long lines of
cliff which had left a chasm. Behindthem
the cliffs,rose rugged and bold, and far and
wide the coa,st stretched in points and
headlands and bays and • crest:lentil, with
here and there_a space far down on •the
cliff -side which had been cleared for build-
ing, or where some wealthy 'person. had
ereoted a charming, summer residence in
sightof the sea and shore. ' ,
Easton itself, with its °lie long, quaint,
irregular street, ran in a scattered manner
down to the very beach itself, the sea
'almost -washing -the bases of sonie of the-
honeee.,' The barber was small- but pic-
turesque one, and • it gave refuge to the
fisher -boats by which the fishing population
'obtained their living from the deep waters.
The Grey girlaloVed the quaint little town
deafly ; they had not time to feel its dul-
ness and monotony ;•• and the deep love of
nature whichthey had imbibed from their
father made•the scenery around -some of
the fairest in Eogland-a constant delight
to them.
Their pleasure in it now Was OS great as
if their eyes had never clorelt on it before.
Lucie contemplated it with a feeling ef
delight Miffed with despair at her inability
to reproduce such beauty.. Ada, stretched
beside her, with her heed on her sister's
lap, looked at it dreamily, letting its • love-
liness soothe her With a aense of peace -end
rest; end Bessie stead' behind, pausing in
her occupation of preparing tea, at •Lucie's
earnestly spoken question, to let her glance
teat upon it too. • •
"Do you think it looks more lovely than
Initial, Lulu?" she asked 'oniony, .efter a
Minute's silent admiration. 1: '
"It ' always has a fresh loveliness for
me," Look 'answered,, smiling. "And I
believe you enjoy it just as iniush:REPAda or
inyseif."
", Of donne I think it jollier living • at
Easton than in a poky Old town," Bessie
said jauntily. "But I don't go in for
artistic tastes like You and Ada. For in-
stance, the, prospect of 'bliss' is a, much
pleasanter one to me than that prospect,"
she: addedmerrily,, jerking her chin toward
thogelden-shadowed sea. - • '
61 'Bliss 'I" said Ada, eagerly and
looking round Lucie's camp stool toward
.her younger sister's 'preparations. for tea.
"Do you mean to Say that we are to have
blies ' for tea '?" '
Bessie nodded emPhaticellY:
"1 do," she said. • , ,
"My eternal gratitude is yours," Ada re,
Mood; with a sigh of content, for the deli -
early, Comprised of clotted cream and join
and cake, which Bessie in her childish•daya
had called " blies," beCattee it was better
than happiness, was & favorite dish of hers.
"What a blissful sight !" remarked
Bessie demurely; intent %ion trying to in-
duce the little kettle upon the. spirit -lamp
to stead on its somewhat unsteady base.
' Bessie "•tit,da sat up again, and looked
at her sister with solemnly reproving eyes
" did I hear Aright, or. did my ears,
deceive me?" • ' -..•
.4 re was a very bad pen, Ada," said
Lacielliertilyr" so we will ignore it." '
" There is one: thing certain," Ada de=
lared, settling :herself comfortably once
nicire7--" if Dr. Johnson were still • in odd:
nce and had chanted to pass this way, lilr.•
Easton 'a, third daughter,would not boalive
t this „present moment." .
"Thank geOdnees, he is non est,"•laughed
cliff among porno boil/Mere of rock which
• 1/,74Ps4faVOL'itO4SSoil'Iliec.:Stipshinev-Alid
not touch 'the strip Of ehingle over 'Which
Liao solitary graceful woman's figure Was
advancing, and to Lucie's gentle, eyes it
0013med a very desolate and lonely one.
I think it Must be one of the grandees
who have taken the 'Pack •of Cards' for
the summet nleoths," said Bessie, looking
also. "What a• nuieance I dislike lan-
guid. fine ladies above all things."
" Having'had 09 much 'experience," Ada,
put in EdYlY• '
"I've read of them," said Bessie con-
temptously-" fainting if they cent their
fingers, and going into hysterics if -they see
spider .Even mother said Lady .East -
wed wawhOrrid."
"1 don't think our mother said that,
Bessie," opposed Lucie gettly, not removing
her eyes from the slowly advanciug figure,
which she was watching with an intent
gaze.
" Well, I am sore she dia. not like
manner,” amended Bessie oarelesely,"
Mrs. Beaudesert."
This is • neither Mrs. Beaullegort.
Lady Eastviell," said Lucie, a little ten
pitying tone coming into her voice. '
think it is Lady Glynn."
"Lady Glynn !" 'Ade started up eage
"Is it, do You think.? I do not think
is atrongenough to walk so fat. You kn
it was partly for her health they ca
'down here." . •
' It is 'nevertheeti," said 'lin
quietly; and; as the slim graceful fig
came--,nearer-with--its-elow- languid".•st
Miss Grey went forward to meet it, f
getting entirely that Lady 'Glynn was o
of the" great ladies" who had come
enjoy the Easton sea breezes, in her ten
pity for the pallor and weariness of t
lovely face which she had seen mice
twice at church and once in the Vioara
drawing -room, when Shirley had come
foot in her simple eambrip dread, too de
cately minded to exhibit her wealth befo
the poor clergyman's family, to call on t
vicar's '
Shirley's face brightened suddenly- and
swiftlyaTcher eye-irmet-Throte'rrahe had
liked what little she had seen. orthe Greys
so much that it gave her unfeigned pleasure
to meetthe girls. "
Have you not walked a little too far,
Lady Glynn ?" Lucie . said gently. "It
was not very prudent." .
The -air Wiiirciii-pliaitifiat and the Alter -
noon so lovely that they tempted me.,,
returned Shirley, " Besides, yo
fresh sea -breezes have done me a world
74hithataatLani%
good, Miss Grey, Bot I fear," she adde
rldin-B9sfilg Apo? y;'40Par,Par.4".1°11
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Iso.,iimotoonly to get ahead of thegraffs,hut • -
so to give Plenty of time growth. The 'most ,
"
important 'nietter with -such ',crops is to
have a fine, rich, demi seed -bed, and to use
o plentyof peed. The ected is slow in germi-
d lotting, and often fails to sprout ' at all.
' If a hen be, properly fed she will con -
thine to lay without desiring to -Moabite.
She aliould not be allowed, to b,ecenie -fat.
The•sapposition that a hen lays a certain
number of eggs, or a le clutch," or" litter,"
as it is sometimes called, is erroneous, :If
e, properly fed 'a hen will continue to lay until
U the period shall have arrived for her to
" . When Stock is turned On the pasture, and
ihereleft_all.day, the -water'eupply •must bar
g looked after. A milch cow must. have
t .plentycif water. She cahoot wait until
,d she is driVen tip at hight. The Water is a
necessary constituent of the milk; and she
must hove it during the. time 'the milk is
r being Manufactured. If deprived of water
- during the warm days her stipplY Of. milk
will fall off.
olon,itngforward --""We 1 be
glad 1 We've going to have -tea,- andL--.
" Tea here? ;What a delightful ideal
said Shirley,A&she_heid_out her hand t
Bessie; who stood a littie apart; shy an
blushing. "Thisis another of youreister
Miss Grey 2: What lucky girls you
never hada sistet.". •
" This is Bessie," said Lode
" have seen her at church 'Marshaling
&Mute little party of school' children!
Shirley remarked, erailing. " Masai
I am very :tired and thirsty: Will yo
:bestow a cup your tea on me 2"
.
And thert she sat down On oneof thebowl
dere watching With 'gentle smiling eye
-Bespie's-primitivearrangementaaildtdokin
so lovely in her delicate gray dress tha
Bcasio declared afterward that she cord
hate devoured her, "hat, &ilia, Fieto
booti3, and all." • •
,- It was a pleasant little tee -party undo
the shadow of the cliff, with the sea 'gilt
tering in the dietance,lor the tide was low
and the sun wrapping it in a golden haze
The tea-pot was a black one, and its lid
weriniiong a handle; and the cups were
nursery muga with grotesque pictures i and
thymes upon thein, and the bowlderg did
not imajie very comfortable seats; lint the
tea itself was strong and fragrant, the
clotted cream an excellent Substinite for
ond Lady Glynn crowned HOSSiehi
satisfaction by declaring -that," hilts " was
delicious and well merited the • name
she , had giyen it. Then, Wheo tee
was over; it was quaint • and pretty to see
Bessie's pink fingers dipping the mugs ioto
the little pools °teem water which. the re:.
ceding tide had left between the bowlders,.
and to hear her merry laughter echoing in
the•qiiiet solitude of the rocks and cliffs:
and iiihirley, sitting 011 One great flat WWI=
der, leaned her: 'pretty head against a
larger one, which 'settled as'a support, and
felt the calm of the place and hour stealing
over her. .
The vicar's. daughters were. very pleasant
companions; they were well read, aod,.
although their education had - been con-
ducted on tether Orthodox principles, it had
been far More thorough than. one obtained
during a king sojourn at a fashionable
boat -ding -school. They were Moreover
thoroughly ,unaffected, and Shirley had
had top few•aequeintances in her brilliant
"fashionable career not to appreciate these
new ones very highly, and to find much
pleasure intheir pleasarit kindly ahit‘chat:
Before long even Beeliie had entirely for-
gotten that Shirley.was o great lady , far
above • them in rank and position; she
looked so sweet and gentle, and was -so
pleasant and thotightful, and no interested
in their home duties and °activations, And
entered se thoroughly into Lucie' s wish to
travel and see lovely' Scenery and Ada's
desire for change and variety, that. they
soon felt at home with her. •
"You &odd hardly have lovelier seeriery
than, this," she:told them, gazing Over the
sea with a drearily far -away leek in her
beautiful sad eyes. "1 (Ater). think it is a
pity to rush abroad when' there' is eo 'ranch
beauty at home.? •
„ You hove been a great deal !thread,
Lady Glynn?"
1,1 Yds, all My girlhood we:Salle:it abroad,"
see answered,. in the low voice;
,pathetio little thrill,- which Loeb) thought
so sweet. have nterySottowful mem-
ory conancted with the first night spent
in England: My dear /nether died just •st
dail3'tireeieaka'nud Ada looked at het a hi ath t
y and Inicia's month trotlibled a little
at elhOuld they de, ittheir mother. were
n ? • • •
Indeed altnofit all my' happy memoriee
connected with sunny France," • oho
t• On; with a little wistful smile ; " and
ill always be the dearefit '„cotintry in
world to me." ' •
Do you know Scotland, Lady Glynn?"
1 have been there."
The Highlands aro lovely, are they 1
." said Adn, not seeing the yearning A
e•
pain whloh deepened in the sweet oyes.
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41 No. . • '
The tone, was very calm and quiet ;, but-
son:tething indefinable, yet Which an three
gide felt, Prevented any further (Ineetion7
ing, and there was a little silence.
The evening was drawing on; but the
down. was summer in, all its beauty and ,
warmth, so that there was no ohillinepo in
the air to clause any discomfort. Lucie
however gently forced Shirley to submit
to l be wrapped in a soft scarlet knitted
shawi which they had brought, and Lady
'Glynn smiled, and thanked her softly ;* and •
'when Lucie sit down by her side, she
'took the girl's hand and held it between
her little fingers,--stioh frail, Bleeder, &Ica*
shadowy fingers they seemed as
firm'hand closed over them caressingly
.."" We want only some music to malls
this perfect," Shirley said softly.'
Lady1,x: ‘c, iAda e willsmiling. i is 14ko :iunrg; re
ehou t hear
her." • . . •
I should like to beer her very Much,"
Shirley said, in her pleasant, kindly tones.
"Please give me that pleasure, Miss Ada."
'7Ida flushed' a 'little at the thought of
singing before. so critical an auditor 'au
Lady Glynn would probably bo; but she
said, smiling, that the little she could do
was not worth • asking for twice, and she
began to sing in a Nonce dear and sweet aa
a silver bell, and so true that its lack of
r trir al ion- was , not noticeitble. The rich
notes rose, pounding clearly in the ' soft
summer twilight, and reaching the ears of
a tall man in a tweed travelling suit, who
was owning swiftly and lightly down the•
cliff path, and who paused to listen, look.
ing far away out at sea, as he stood mid- • '
way between the sea and •eliff brow, • a
position which appeared perilous enough.
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(To be continued.)
The Farmers' Inglenook. •
An excellent mode of supplying supporta
for7growing-pria vines is to have two or
three strands of cord running along the
rows. It is cheaper then lath or pea sticks
and can be more easily' removed After pea
harvest is ready. ' •
The bright spring days will cause the
young pigs to grow rapidly. Turn them '
on grass as soon as they are 10 tveeks „ •
but gradually at first, or they, may have.
the scoots. It will:wet-but very little to
raise a few pigs if they be given the privi-
lege of a small grass plot and led twice ets
Bessie,,, " get enough of him in• the iwnani4
dictionary. • Hurrah! It is boiling et lest!
da the supreme nioment, is approach, take
ing . • ,
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. Somotthihg or some one' else is aplitoaoh.
ing too," Ada said, laughing. •" What a wen
bore Who can it bo? Look, Lucie -Too itth„sv
are hot tear eighted as. r am,"
Lucie turned her heed and looked fer a
ement steadily a a solitary figar cora
ng toward thereto:Woos the heel*, for the ,,,
iris had encamped in the shadow of the n°14
leashlon% Ways.
Young ladies now wear their short cloth •
jackets mibottoned in the street On fine
days, and have a single fresh flovver thrust
through a buttonhole of the front.
'Narrow colored ribbons, With picot edges
are sewn flat,, in rows, upon the figurei
challies new so muCh worn. Narrow moire •
ribbons are used in the same manner to
trim plein cashmeres. •
Nearly the mostpopular hat of the sea-
,
son is the. turban, which is made of a big ,
flot piece of straw that looks like pancake:
It is plaited and drawn over a soft crown
and encircled with a puff or roll velvet. or
silk: Loops are set high -in front and a
cluiitei of flowers is freque;atly added.
It is becoming morg and more the cue.
tool forladies to wear a • very thin light-
colored 'face veil to the•theatre at night. By:
this means the front heir is kept m place,
and the fair dame or damsel need Se no
fine dark blue serge. The 'skirt is kilted, '
..1‘
anxiety shoat, the adjustment ;her
",batige " or crimps efter she leaves her
looking -glass, _ , . -7' . ' ', ' •
A pretty dues for a boy of t is ',made of
and half a dozen rows Of white wool
braiding card : run ;straight around • the ,
bottom. There is a loose blotto) waist of
white Borah and &little square -out zonftve
jacket of the serge, 'trimmed with root of
braid to Matehthe skirt A big white cord,
with knotted ends, is tied about thebelt,
and through it is thrust a long-ptimmed
rosebud or a bunch of daisies: A large
leghoin or fine white.straw " fiat " is worn
with this anit. It may be trimmed with a
folded handkerchief aricte twist of
big White cord. • • '
Temperance Notes.
The largest/brewery in Ranacie W14 elos'ed
addresses to an itodiende of ono thousand.
)0
April lith; by order of 'the United tatee
Marshal.' ' . • • . •
The anniversary of the W. C. T. U. of
'Tokle; Japan, Was held moody, when two
or three Japanese ladies gave excellent
An appeal WAS nuidelor money with which
to carry on the Work, and 4 is stated that
in a few mhitites $200 vvas raised.
'14,• It is wonderful how the globe, is being
belted i?st the white ribbon: , The World's
W. C.' T. U. was organized only four years
ago, and already twenty-one different
nations haVe joined this:federation. :
. The Women's Christian Temperance
Union, Auckland, N.Z.; founded by MM. '
Mary Clement Leavitt, the reend.the.world
Missionary of the National Women'aChris•
lien Tenlperance Union, is in -a flourishing
condition. Too much cannot be told in
praise og. Mrs. Leatitt's work, 'Which half
been arduous in a very great degree; and
wherever die has' been the regalia have
flown -pomething solid to hew) bee left
°hold. In every town Where this good,
ady. ostahrishod a ' work it has prospered
na grovni .
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