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Lucknow Sentinel, 1890-09-12, Page 6Z W .. I . ° her Owing to the lova o k / _ ... ,... -qcd. mono fully aom�petent to �wge wan oltoget art thus, Shked.; Q4 y moi .1lotte4t#3! Qotarahi>t• it better not to come tD meet yon ; she io earth there rose the -in Qeay, pe y , s from a ax meadpw- bearing up wonderlallyy: ' o! morning : far off is the oily she could thke hie p ape, and although o ng to his anter no� leleaoope. '@ Brhidle`and>ipp- aria rd asked anxiously for details of see the taint ye gleam o! the street want of'�oapital, he ooald not at' r -plat be Easter -day roes Bold and unseasonable the dle of .. , 11ea>�1, pad aha gg ty �� QlsnQe'il too dent and illnone, for the tel lamps, whil t hve in brithl gray tract, in hind hat inatimerthis diffo sty mPlht ba there was snow on te o,t thoaground,land he;old NOW in a sunlight tioyw`in the shadow, Of And sovi is the wjrid'a caress ; m hd been neoesifarily brief. and had the midst o one. east wind blew gpetily round the wallehe Wtth:soaa sa .sweet as at mora the atalirig the morning star, large 'and pnrmoantd. The salary moths a g through L- agent. ,Ohl akles to trill ; only furnished him with the leading lasts jia�e, hang g ted the e- the x' ; IjCollie. th fame' eadPnBhter and darling. },� and argent need of his presence. - He ,radi,nt`rd a vsoioeasn denlyin ltreoslled her. fiallythQs,spard e dean dldesnot take long to moake louver -boards dssiin he owgers, and vainly ^e,, ,,,� � ! ly � _ �,� �b,p�,_, �. , il�iap � flea •nR fee an entrance st the oloeed cot � to �leewu tn..R w..tai l ,�.�.,� , , ...w7 p . fIM+. - ?' _..T T',, ..�- ,-- a^� --^r�- ,..+�..:.,., ,�..eEa+de•er ..l ^„...-.-,.. -1t+o. ... _ - ... ' ,.. ., r ..,. ..•r . s-�.. P"" ..:C'•l"! '"'-r!.'. ,fC- c^�.^.,^-f. �'!sTR,9!; �.z-^ r^mi:�7 ,c^G7. r-r-�x."r",t^'-•c til.*:._ .. . .i.;�.:. .:,,.,�. �_at;a^r•^ _aiE.,_, .. .. ;4� ,u,.,. , , .�... ".it^" .�...a.,�a ., "�1,. - _ ��c:r .-:_:u'_ _ r' bleak are the braided tresses could not eonoeal from him the hope esu- h% astene "'to the ` l o mate oY �1� `wmdo �"�u""�'��` within ;• °+ 'parple and_ , 1,.,� : ' : that ro�sn ; _ - nee of the Daae.. Very sadly he walked rep She hastened to thembedaide�l9tTtl g �lokoga withoat bar, wise to him a. choice only mde the calm within seem more ' -. Her dainty h ales o- I' the steps at the entrance of the hotel, breathing had grown ore q • lea'�ae of ennehina t .., �i�ht is hHr ate . oa the f wlsid it resbes, the decision restful, and the Attul g ae t it of the hietle down. ,y�d�cg� CernelI lad the wag to the sitting -roam. were moved slightly. the eyelids geQv+rd. which require gnu weighing ; g _ . 11. The. ll of tae bl tram rite �"5� ' � ; tho =T1 � __:.� . o gtao iia England was at once made, and etiesmin through _ the y`e;. o on, tb* , Ae t%a maiden moves along, , and, he followed down the long, dark he ad oining room, �Eeperanoe whited; Esporiinoe'e delight warmed the dean's windows atherd rounds the massive old And count it chief of their privileges corridor. At. the) saaad of tmeir footsteps, ] '' k'y �" To llii9 to her jocund song. 1}owever, a dor ht the end of the paaeage scarcely able to 'breathe for the terrible heart. �_ L u a thisthis subject one afternoon in March that Lady Worthington, standing rather in e for Ufa or chmi X11.. a � Down where the alders and slender rashes d mon thuya sage® and Loki gt rep he saw dei h ?One aminateamore gond the long, It was while she wews taking to him on font. r ,,_ 4;;• Border the rivulets banks. long waiting Was over ! Olsade'a blue eyes she resolved to speak to him o! what he the background, could watch the inose o! a,: ' And the widened sweep of the water gashes Esperanoe in the doorway u: Under a bridge's broad planks : nisi. nnohgnged, recognizing, looked into long been on her mind. "Yon ate doing eo those around ; Claude, with the gravely Whistling a love.song, in broken an " Cherie ! he ;rte. `� his color �'-` His hat pushed back from his brows- ,,Gaspard 1 !' It was the only word, here 1 He smiled, and his long sealed lips much tq make me happy, uncle," she said wietfal eapreesion whish hie tape Often ' . 8o>aiii, the usher, act f oows.waits and watro s whish sp aid peas her lips; she let him told uttered one faint word--,, Esperanoe t " with a momentary hesitation, " it aeeme bore, stood hiss abort, the hair For Uhe coming of toe her in his arms, while her tears rained The look, the smile, the one word were almost wrong to eek you to do something rather high, than ever. all she could have --bat she mons contented. else, and yet there. is one thing which I fairer and more boyish-lookng r,� , II to their knees in tho stream, the cattle down silently. , Es stance mons close beside him, looking drink deep of its orystal Sow; d . in s few minutes he had taken " My dear 1 " exclaimed the dean, " let serene and happy, and with w hila e- 'r��.:, Cornelia left^ them together, and after h She lel Gaspard lead her from the room at very mnoh want:' while be- _. - - _�`- _ ..__ _ ._ _ ._ _ _-.._ __ i kiln her soft, rows eyes; . pr the Ise t e tpaih°6 - _ . — -- , F Their heaving aides with •their draughts dis- to feel the full comfort of aspar e to .e de e ee to nae the aril, reeenee, and yet to both of them there Cornelia back to Es eraaoe. The recon- do I Bhall b g -side Thep en r P g0 not suro ether It the dean ion with am, And Drop the figres Males, with heads low Bended, was something Inexpressibly sad about his c$e ort d b t even h:d haanotoaek de eo Eepera ce, mas'►ngly,whbat Ihope it ieehil falls„ig ave wonder. w . the oppositegy w on either aide of the lane• return ; the meeting which they had so a ' Gaspard must have want Berths to come to Riloheeter, enols. I stood Frances sad Mr. Henderson, eat often talked over and had planed so joy humbly for pardon, ?,, The shadows deepen the dew is sprinkling• -Gaspard, with an anasaally Softens . sada fate, was indeed different to their eapeota- lorgivet Olaude'S restoration christening.tGeorge Bertha to be st baby's Lemeroier, nein her handkerchief' treat ;: lNith diamonds all them tioue. It woe not till Noel's baby voice of his thankfulness v And faint and far, in the distance tinkling, holding the baby carefully and . , $ ,4t The sonndoithe belle recedes. was upraised that Esperanee dried her Even Mrs. Mortlake grove • eiaaere'eapres- The dawn paced up and down a then he Ce room ornelis readoxon his dark, handsome fate, and •w.. . y, still on the bridge where the water glistens. tears pond Gaepwrd's sorrowful face Sion o! joy. and Dean CgUinson was eo three or four rimae E silence ; I As the moonlight on r falls, brightened. maoh,agitated that it seemed donbtlal it he stopped, and irking Eepexwnos's hand in rather anaionsly, with a womanly ,,it - Toe miller talks, and the maiden listens, Your (frits boy ! ” he exclaimed, " I would be sufficiently recovered in time for his, he said, gently. "Fee, my dear, you Hasa and love which she wouldall lotha ,,it : r But the Cows are in their stalls. �+ :g, -lY• D. Kelly in Ladies' Boma JournaE have not Been him." Then hs Ncel the morning aervioe. He went, however, are right -what am I, indeed, that I should scornethere was no face whiah,arreated d. But, perhaps, �, ; ' . Drawled toward them, with slow but and endured the long o Yea 's German reBert] refuse forgiveness When ie your little girl to I I will write to Lady Worthington's attention with each ADOPTED Bi THB DEAR a resolute baby efforts, "Why he is a regular patiently. It mono twelvereal pleasure the dawn's. . Da Mabillon, eyes and all." fall service was completed, then he hurried be ohrietened ? This Easter -day roes indeed one of re- " We thou t we should like Eaeterday, "Yee," said Esperanoe, lifting him up to off at once to the hotel. that he received his ' "" - set his uncle, " I think he will be like our No one mons in theme minutes at, l$ t Ma laren will be that Claude may go than." humiliity andjoy It was with mingle . „ - w�e, eft aiiziously for eome , &..: A STORY OF TWO QOIIHTIIISS ,, father. .��, '' "Test at that moment she .was called Cornelia stole quietly down the paaeage 11 And sayers e name mnerobe Eeper- bestowed toln her he name which arms, so a For s few minut9e atter his departure away to Claude's room, sna Gaspard was with a reassuring face.chosenthe little group ;. �.. .' Esparante sllowd hereelt to give way ;to 14it alone with Noel, who did not quite " Claude ? asked the dean -he could The&neen with a redden rho ght he continued, mThet short eerviae over, ranoe. a.,, dispersed quickly, Mrs. Mortlake lingering :,'' ` her overwhelming grief, then controlling know what to make of this new arrival; hardly speak for emotion. ,l name on would like, 1... herself once more, Rhe' sed slowly n and ., to help old Mrs. Passmore into the carriage. ps 9 P he was beginning to twist the corners of ". He is going on well -the doctors are Is there any y do4rn the room, despairingly, but with4he his baby month ominously, when the door quite satisfied -only he meat be kept per- uncle ? :.•: - e..tq.aed gRiet e, strong restraint. She y feats diet-" Then as the dean turned There was a strange huskiness Esp ere sna tAo mot beautiiffaulle baby I the fints nest I enforced opened and esu Collinson entered. y q . ., + Vin` �iSaeed lora minute st' the window. bat the -$e had greatly dreaded. meeting Gas. away aha �.,ntineied With a smile, But we aeon's voice as he repUed, "Yes, ° November sunshine w's streaming lull pard, but when he saw his.greive..aorrowfaI wave another New Year's gift, father, to be . oneenamit eou and Claude, I should very, mnoh like the too! +®sea for a long time So healthy, " s into the room .and• she o?nld not look out, face, his courage suddenly revived --the thankful for ! " „ Yes," laid Mrs. Mortlake, '• a etty eti • g y The deaq'ttirned around half appre4hen- mother a nmme= Amy. lam little thing,bat scarcely pretty. ce j her wearlt of was dazzled by the bright sorrow seemed to unite them. ++ her Gels; as she lowe�nri liar eyes. however. " I am heartily glad eon have Dome, Bible, " What l they never told me--. retoFrances Neville, Cornelia and Gaspard plump . 91l has gone well." said Cornelia, in a were to be the god -parents. The christen- Bast compare her with y ba that age ! .... Lw t.�kw�kt.�i GoirE+wad�'8 esia,.I'^thing out l►iB hand... " „ t as R, they rested, for aft Wa'&Qt un her.•,,.'^**-- U':a r . to rlia.Pn'4_. . lad voice- Es ranee. thea :. l•.�t.o Ing • had 1+__s'.deferred till.. Easter on Bella really was a lovely baby C __ 2g,-•ThA ppnl G a �illnminin the apnr_rd made hie Rrsve and formal aa1m. g , Ianda'a so rent• bat that was the utmost ears. s®am r-He�lAk",�re reealled .�_.�- raihad letterit 1 She red them over an greeting ; he oould not bring mT` `- " �""� en ' over again, at first dreamily, but afterward speak very warmly. The old min was for That day the dean exercised hie preroga- limit which could be a owe or to eat snowballs with Maggie Hender- s`l+• . t d dreamily. but *t Esperez s moment repulsed, but he had Live, and altered the anthem �choos n o the fag week, ad Eelierwnoe had set Playing e at snowballs by finding that Bella mos■ with w sudden glad- eo he . ' tone to t - V. toujours." grown strangely humble, and he said nosh- the opening chores from the y her heart on their preaenoe. thio a sna the 'little or g - ` tiles twisted the -ring -slowly -from aide ,t0-mg,-anlg s-gcieyed_-look._possed..over_his. Praise. great detriment of her 8aadsv clothes. 'nvalid. I ` aide. letting the light play britiantly on ince: Then at once Gaepard'e better salt _Some --people deolsred that--W--Wae-an- _1 -tee(-that--my heart .kelonge. o you There mons to -be -no- ohristeninq-dinner. -- -.- each letter. What memories those words returned, he spoke courteously and grate- unsuitable anthem for the New -Year, but already," she hard one day o Frances, who ,L .they knew very little about it. Dean Ool• was driving her over to.Worthington Hail �o �;racy more fatigue dist of an was brought to her l She let her thoughts fa((y g ++ Unson'e head was bowed throughout; in her little pony -carriage. When she u not, indeed, till the evening that he moa■ ..travel slowly book. I haves great deal to thank yon for, or enough rested to care .even for oonversa- . Could she disobey his last charge` to he said ; it was very cartel o He wee in°som wayred ndaathat he shared the � spiritoot taught you her mother. e I think Maggie s a tion, bat when Esperanoe had brought him ,� her ? Could she . shrink from trembling send for Me, and the journey -- from what mast be best ? ' Fora few ++ his tea he revived. interrupted. Noel, nnaoonetoined o his the. words, "All things with lila and very girl ; we shall all envy her when she minutes she knelt is silence, and when she voice, was beginning to kick with all his breath, praise ye the Lord." But perhaps has you to herself in tme noantry. .. It pas not been too mnoh for you ?" .;r Bose she despoil and anguish had died out of might. And to hold out his arms to the there had never before been in the cathedral " Dear little Maggie „ said Frances, she asked' w little anxiously. ',-ii I thought I should er ". her face -it rose teor•■tained;.bnt quiet dean. praise mole tree. and humble, and heart- thoughtfully, it Not .the least. I wouldn't have missed and serene. an. t you do not know your uncle, aeon lett, than that which rose from the hoary- half as wise with her se Madame Lemeroier it for anything," he replied. with sufficient . Before long she went down to the aitting- enfant," said Gaspard. headed deem, who elided his eyes with his has been I Should be happy. energy o reassure bar. " It was Worth s room, where she load her uncle and The dean received this new charge hand lost any one should see the tears of " I thenad from ,, She wrote so madame only tae week," little exertion if only for the pleasure Of Cornelis.- The dean was standing with thio rather apprebenoively. It was many yens thankfulness which he could not check. her pasaid s genie taken and she goes to Aae- seeing the dean's face." elbow -on the mantle•piece ; he looked up since he had held a baby, and Noel was at CggPTER gB%VII. trslis to loin monsieur neat month." " Was it not bright and glad I" said 1. r Esperanoe, smiling. "And he held the ' as she entered. then hastily conoesled his the most springy and troublesome age of Olwade'e recovery was slow, but there "Yes, she has promised to stay with Pe I ogonld not hal thinkin . loos, Cornelia made room for her by the eleven months. He rose pleased. however. } r- • he had slow nothing bat Maggie til( we some home, said Franoes• baby o nicely. P . , Are, Bina !or s few, minutes no one broke at being looked upon as a friend and were no relapses ; belief had reap Dome tree, and all moa■ ' , the silence. She knew that they waits for allowed the tiny fingers to play with his weakness to struggle agsinet, and day by " We mean to dispense with a regalht be he said her name,. how ma mot ■ ap ti .. her to begin, And with an effort she turned long white beard. It woo a pretty picture, day he made real and perceptible progress. wedding tour, and to have a few quiet bei made right at last. I wonder it in _s we mu t Paradise the are allowed . to which the �..� „� to her enols. the hosryhesded old man, and the bright- It Weis not for several weeks, however, that weeks is Cornwall instead;.then then in the enm- working together of thin ■ down here- tl :1. Dido Mr. Moore tell you anything, eyed baby. Gaspard looked end wondered. they room - venturedto readed-the excitement nt for Walee into mer s Maggiman e d Kathie l will ooenjoy 6 g q g am how the 1: s; uncle? What would his mother's feelings have his room; ,. The dean looked rep, and she was touched been could She have forseen that . her both slike, and Eeperanoe woe obliged to being together, and I think you and Claude w vel r sna the and Psufferingapa ldandd the long whiting were all leading up to the ranni0a by the sight of hie silent grief. grandchild would have been so caressed by con tent herself with her little blas -eyed ,wad 'the babies ought to some too, it will P ": M1 ' You saw him yonrsell, my dear, did her brother 2 , .The dean, looking, saw the baby, while Claude was moble to grumble to not feel d all right if you are not there,' which the had so longed for ?" you not ? " express of hie ' faDe had gaesse3 his his be content to Gaspard -the only and Claude will want a change of air by Claude did not speak for minute or - ". Yes," said Eeperonee - ,, and he told epressthoughts. person allowed o come into hie room that time. two, but twisted his betrothal ring around }axi me the trash:' "Yoa think it strange, Goopwrd. that I except the sick nurse. He moths the very " It would be thetde delightful," king ofer and mused on the motto. t ars " 13efears the worst. my poor.ohild--" should love Eoperanoe's child, but this boy roan to be with .an invalid -quiet and E oad.11;n ; ,. You naughty child; he said, playfully, ' k�I but here the dean's voios eaddenly failed hoe been more of a comfort to me than I ready., sympathetic and yet firm, end hhead." et with a vibration in his voice, "see how I hope I may be aced to be Claude found some carat art in his strong They, reached the hall as she spoke, and loose this thing has grown t1° ' ° him. He turned away, ana'barying his can tell you,; p y P And with ingt he pressed the little thin fess in his hands; sobbed unrestrainedly. of sortie use to him'. you have probably resemblance to Eeperanoa. Mr Henderson, who was staying there, hand o his li , had Eeperance emitsin ` .. Cornelis, afraid that this would agitate bean told the reason of my dialike to our Every time the doctor came o was ohms down the eepe to greet them. , pe h y besieged by impatient questions-How'whs- "Yoe remember L`: re.Msgnwy, Normhn," heroyea fall�of ha tears. Esparance, entreated him to control him- father. He crossed my plans, a was poor, ' sett, but the diesppointmsnt o! thio last he woo ator�eignerheunknowinglythwarted his wile, and when might he see her? said Franoee. "we have already been cis• ye Pp . hope seemed to throve arnohed him, and he my aohem a for self -advancement. I see it E'aparance a recovery had been very slow cussing our neat meeting in Wales: ' Tm'� �' v' p' only moaned out sad words o! salt -ascus- plaint enough now, though at the time I and protracted, add -the meeting was post- Mr. Henderson Nshook -hands with her The Cruel wire. � anon, had vain regrets, repeating again should have said otherwise, bat I . was pound day after day till ©laude's patience warmly. He but not Been her eines her III consider the barbed wire fence the that deep siring sentence, " The "worst -he blinded and seli•deoived. You are a young Wae fairly exhausted. One morning he" wedding -day, but in spite of all she had most barbarous invention ever given to the _ + • learn the worst l " man yon oan hardly realize what a terrible worked himself up into snob an excitement, been through she had nott beemnoh world, remarked a .horse owner on the E iperanoe Blood for a moment apart, tee• thing it is to look back on years of self-love, in trying to'prove how much bene- it wonkt altered • it was the ed ggravely wait mountain the other day to a TIMES man. • that leve, only, there seemed renter depth in o it g%thering her strength ; then she beat, and self-indulgence, to see all the harm you be for both of them to goal each other p P These words were used as the speaker was down gently and put her arm round the have done. to thing of the good left undone. the doctor began to waver. Esperance had the eyes, and a more anent firmness about dean's neck, and laid her soft oheek against Yet I don't think you are unmeroifat-yon had a bbd night, however, and was really the mobile lips. shoulder ofoaithoroughb eon to, an d colt hath d his wrinkled one. + �� have been through too mach trouble to be not equal to any exertion. Mr. Msalaren Frances hof ad mnohss abs t and there run agaiet' one of these terrible fences. I. It Will be God's beat for all of us, she hareh in your judgments ; And I ask you would -not suggest it to her, but he baked it bethnse B t twos sadness athetl stn which h 'rhe owner of the colt is Mr.'John Clark, •bx whispered. now not to judge but to for We me to for. she would sphre the baby. p y ' proprietor of the Mountain View The dean could not but be comfoiriad by give the injustice and hardness I showed C3laude was still talking fiercely to (s• Eeperanoa would be able to make Hotel. Others beside Mr. Clark have her words ; he pressed her hand in silence. to your father and mother, had the old PCeo' utionsof e when h s door and eWeas ops ed a d webefore dding the wee bustle began. But Lady Worthand confusion Of s had similar experiences lately. Mr. Mar- . Jaet then there° roes a gaiok knock wt the anoharitableiies I showed .to you." PY eball, of Glanford, not long since. had - a door. Cornelis, opened u mond received a 'lime color glowed in Gaspard'g cheeks, the doctor looked.in once,more. ington reminded them ;heefall that vhlnsble horBe fatally injured by rann. 11. telegram for her tether. With trembling his eyed shone with a bright light, and• his " Mrs. Msgnwy sande you a small Devonshire was P one o! the loveliest' against the ornel wires, and several thea , " he,eaid with a smile, then •stand• counties, and pro hesied' that before ton fingers the dean tore open the envelope and face a:pressed at once surprise, admiration idngubdok he made wary for the monthly Claude waald have Commineiono in the of cattle have been killed. The hide . read the brief lines. It was from Mr. and relief: For h moment there was silence. nurse, who walked in with an . important neighborhood of Frances' new home. specter says -that the barbed wire has .Seymour. Gaspard had already started, then he spoke warmly. p caused the quality of hides to change con- and in accordance with the dean's wish. it In the name of my father and mother, .air, and planed a small, closely wrapped George and - the Thursdayexpected Rely siderably. Almost every other hide - and wI would acme by the overland the last week in Nov I do pardon,'I not,fe 1 that I have a ricle. As for ght to asleep ; he unfoldeown bundleon ds arm. the haw WIG, and looked Week. following r� one a little dreaded their B(dn brought in to market have to be 1 . might expect g marked No. 2 in consequence o[ ;ate re - ember. arae enoh s term to one So much my senior. long and earnestly at the little fade. It was arrival ; even Cornelis, teflon h than oeived While the animal in yet alive. Talk They. told Eeperanoa quietly, end her yen disliked me --I was aware of it, and doubtless much like other beiby fates, at that her father had sent the invitation, but Dir. Black, thankful happiness' gladdened the dean's returned the.diglike ; necessarily there wag to his eyes a likeness was to be traced in halt shrunk' from seeing her eigter. All about cruelty to animals, rskinned between -dislike; I have to thank you every feature. The little, pointed dimpled passed off, however, better than she had or Mr. Brown, or somebody should make a heart. .It seemed a ray of comfort in that y , chin, the small month, the well -formed feared. The real joy of having Berths dead stand against barbed wire fencing. dark day of disappointment; yet nolle of now for first breaking the ice:' ,... them dared to look forward to the end o! The dean held out his hand, and Gaspard nose. at present almost out of proportion to once more at home overcand ame the painful. 11 i' I those three weeks. grasped it in silents, while Noel the famild thereat of skin, and alhe most unusual the soft, of clear curly, were quiet139 of and subdmeetinued, they hwere none Ser weight in Pound Note■. Day atter day the deans voice, bdskp orowed lustily, evidently• g y quantity Many. parents are apt to consider igld heir and trembling, asked thn .prayers of the reconciliation very amusing. cork, brown hair, very noticeable in such a the lees glad and thankful to be all to. , daughters worth their weight in gold, but s ` congregation is the cathedral for Claude Atter this Dean Collinson seemed really young baby, all served to make thio little gather once more. Scotch gentleman estimated thio two Magnay ;day atter day Eeperanoa watched happier ; though of course the long, wear- girl a very comforting " deputy." know how he appreciated could not aid letting er thought daughters' whine at even a nigher rate than and waited beside her huaband s oiek•bed ing anxiety about Claude, still weighed " She will be very like Mtn Egperanae," this, bequeathing se each her weight in £1 I and whed 'with an intensity o! hope, heavily on his spirit". he said, glancing rep, and Gaspard fancied falness., saw notes. The elder seems to have been Salim walked trustfully for that which should be The short December days passed quickly there were tears in his eyes, but he hastily "Tram th I fikIIra first 'time you were bleu ed mer hon her sister, torehegot only £51,200 sent. by. The long night succeeded sank other etcoped down again thud kissed the little ago in Parte, while the younger received £55,344. �'' Cornelis tried not to be anxious about one by one in needless monotony, and still anoonaoione forehead gratefully, almost with hltdiid not inrarestns inehowift of ,much I should her, bat she longed unspeakably for Gas- Claude lingered on almost miraculously ; 'reverently. rte sign of it There. a I pard'e arrival, knowing that hie presence the long nnooneoiouenean still remained ing herself with the small womhn'e likeneee visit osdsy has you tie all." are. Your n comfort- believe " Horaes, I hold, have , great �intelli- would be a greater comfort and help to unbroken. ge64 So Gaspard g "Some of them have. But there Was Eeperanoa than anything etas. It rose a with The lhek evening o! the year came -a to you,, said Gae hrd with h laugh. "Time " Clsade's visit you mean," time he has said Eaper- one moral down at the Branch twist leeingg�_o,� unspeakable relief that she re- still, cold, frosty night. Eeperanoa found will show which is right, but her eyes are been here siince'theiaccident,tand the dean hadn't '3 ° ceivvao - eleemm which he sent from it hard then not to•iear,almbet impossible certainly yours." "How did he show it ?" • London. She" herself went. to the* Ril. rpot to glance on tremblingly at the future. It was two or: three days after this that .impro a show him all the alterations and 11 He ran awayf with Mies Patter l" cheater station to meet hires, longing for She listened to the catheddral hello as they Eaperance was allowed to make her that improvementse his snivel' end yet dreading. it, and as she rang oiit clearly in the frosty Air, and tried visit to the sick rola. Gaspard brought her ' I hear the dean is not going to have s Great Game. . paced n and down he platform, waiting to take coaragd,°bat never before had it to the door, jast witnessing the dawning joy hie observatory rebuilt -is that tragi ?'�' „ It is queer in basebap'. When a mea for the tfain, recalling sadly her first intro- seemed so hard to trust patiently. She had of emah fade, the glow of actor which rose eager " He neer he f4hhbut he ban engaged a is released he is no longer When w. enation to her cousin peers ago at the great little sleep that nigh last, .when her Esnerance'e , oboeke, and the bright. eager plied I;npermnce, __. " And' when he re-aigno he withdrawn I,t�ndowtermiane. -------,- a course of logsons restlessness grew nnbearc�ble, she husband's to their li ppineOae- rind wont to left Dean on astronomyinRilcheater ; and I believe nn resignation." He was not so greatly thsnged so she dressed liernelf, and went to her h if -the people take up the subject at all had expected. , It wag the same slight, room, where Gaspard bad been keeping Collinson. P p J I3y,400rge l It's is woncler[al gains." trim P�gare, the same rather grave face, watch to relieve the sick nurse. One of the dean's many schemes was to warmly, he Will build another observatory, ' �� slim brown eyes, and drooping mne face, He gave her mfg New Year' greeting induce Der. Seymour to part with Gaspard. which may be,naed by the public' social Pastels. only that the healthy, bronzed ooMpleaio Badly. What a Jour de I'an wast is l She He could not endure the thought of.' his. " I meet nay be looks ail the better for made nim mnoh gonager and handsomer bent down to kieeher mneband'e anconsaious return to Ceylon, and he had written -hoe being without his bobby. I suppbee he gets " 1 don't. enjoy dancing," amid Miss than when she had lest seen him. brow, then turned away to the Window to time before to urge the coffee planter to out-of-doors more,- instead of being shat Phsese.s She held 'ant her last seehandwelcoming him bide mer tears. The night -lamp burned transfer him to the •hones of baaineas rep all day studying and spending half the '• l should think you would' way With the answer to the question whish ego low; she drew, ap the blind Softly and in London. Mr. Seymour was fond night in stargazing." you dance," pat in Mise Ingenue, softly. knew was on his lips. looked out. of Gaspard and of coarse gram- Eeperance glanced across at the dean, • '"wlease n still living, area aecigaa." many ticn��. bbefnra Phe had Been the bled at the proposal, bat' it happened and smiled: He oertainly did look The State and local treasncien of Ohio __ g e y ��-��^ _--�,�«:P,. - . 6+ -, -t- • olCed-�io..b'ea^atifal,, bht, et time he change was really feasible. mach k�appipr. 'e>ad nn�roh lase infirm than receive 12,452,500 this year from the emlc�na _ Rep Hca*? • - - diawir, brat Haver -had i, la "; �' As wall as We can expect. She thought to her as now. Over the hard, . fro�nn Air. Se'ymeur n �"'�o-an-er 13i�tker""lzad-'7na ^iteriormtr-times,-but,.gmo..�d�idr.,iapt tbi�gl� !he_ keepers oft at thte: • •, . ,,pt . I , / .1 I I . . • led^ .. .. . . .. .,. —.... ...::.. ...;,.:.. r,:...M,,.w...,.-. ar m...w• W4'.�.4.�.._..L�G'�.........._. .. - — -- —