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holly..., •
. in their plenty the faggots of Vas.:
`TO•dayjethe best of all clays to bo jolly
: And bow to our monarch --the Lord of Misrule.
So each bo in trim fora dancecir ditty--;- 1.
The fun will be furious and fast, it is clear.
Both eldein and yOtaigst,e*5 Will think Ifs a pity
That:Chrietnias is with us but oxide a year.:
Let Paterfantilias-amodel Jack Horner -
With consume his traditional pia
And, slowly digesting it up in a: corner,
Take stock of the family bills with a sigh,
Thetradesmen,of coarse, will 'be- dunning and
pressing, - The taxes and ina;),- be both in =ear..
Initee.d. of a dursehe bob:eyes it a blessing,
• ' That Christmas is with us but once. in a year.
Deer Vitterfamilias-al3rey to rbetimatics--
Announces her fears in an eloquent strain,
The whole:of lbehocise, from the cellartnattics
Is bunt as 11 trap for the -draughts and the
A terrible time is the gloomy Dedencher,
5 The season:afflicts her with bodily fear.: 2
HOr resource is to gladly remember
That Christmas is with. us but once in a year
_
put Youth-rnever feelingfor Pater.or gater-L--
Is laughingtheir bills and rheumatics to:scorn.
Till midnight, at least -or elittIe bit later-
Oldgames will be played, at and fresh will be
born. , •.
In 'Mirth =din frolier in jests and in laughter,
The night shall be spent until Morn shalt be
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neer ;
And each Merry soul shall be sorrfhereatter
• TbatChristmas is with Us hut once in a year.
-Henry S. Leigh.
• -*YEN GED AT LAST.
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•
A. istot7- Love Inad: Puking.
• .
13:ii the ° anthor - of: "What Re Cost Mir,"
- Gwendoline's .11sxvest„'! and other.
nokniIar no:Yet& •
!F The two boys looked at one another
• =Stay enough, each thinking of his: home*
and friends, but Walter of his Lucy
•• and of how she Would reproach herself for
• haying been the innocent moans of his
deettruetion,through lending him that fatal
rope. .
"Dickson • was Alia first to •. spebr.
Robert,' said he, are in a- bad plight
. enough, and if matters are ..te- be Mended-,
Must mend -then. ourselves.- It is no
Use vraiting-here to be starved to death, or
to be so weakened by hunger that We can do
nothing that requires strengthandcourage.
One of lie. must jump out at that and
take our chance of catching hold of it!. .
lay father says he never felt_ his, blood
run so cold in all his. life, as when he heard:
these words. But nevertheless he _clearly
sew the necessity o! what the other pro-
posed, I am reedy, -waiter,' says he
simply; Anal think I am the iiisomer of
the two, and. had better try first; - '
4. Not 'so says Dickson I brought
you into this peril, and I must get you out
alit. If I miss it, then it will be. time
• enough for to take your chance; and
God send you better fortnne •
4"-ThankOit, niate,': replies my father
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sturdily ; 'but I'd rather .die like .a., brave
" • 'men then Survive you upon suchtermsas
those. We'll jump together, if you please,
but _ you won't juinp before me; that's
certain.' •• .• •
AS for .jumPing-- together,' says:, waiter
Dickson very vexed, 'that Would, only be
, *wither name for falling together;' but
- . ,.ainesa know what a cruel -obstinate chap
• yeti are, 'consent to draw lots. Now,
look -you, here are tWa. feathers, a black
..erid: -white; See r put hands,behind.
and if you guess which feather I hold in my
. right hand, then you shall jump firtit;
" if hot—' • - 1
"4NO ' no,' interrupter my father
. sharply; I won't trust you, Walter ; yont
heart is too kind to be- honest in a -matter
like this. I myself:, will throw the feathers
into the air, - and whichever : passes the
ledge first, shall decide the question. If
the black one falls the quicker, I jump; if
thet.White 'one, you.' --• -
So belt, Will, if. yen', will have. it .so,!
returned. Dickson. . . : •
"The air wasverycalm and still that
day; and the feathers were a :long time
desce.nding-treto- the height to 'which- My
father' threw them, The OM boys watched
them With -straining • eyes r now poise, now
quiver, .now slowly sink; Pow- caught in
little eddies until • attlast they reached the
ledge, the White one first." . • •
‘71 ana: glad of that,' said Dickson
- quietly, : 'for • otherwise I Should have
jumped from Where I stand, and it'sbetter
to have a run. Los* here, Robert; I_don't.
went to blubber about such -things now, -
when all depends upon clear .eight, but if
I miss the rope, and you get home
;again all right, as I trust you will, you'll_
give my love to mother, and father, and
Liey,and tell them--: But. there, that's
-enough. God bless you, mate, if We don't
happen to -meet again just yet. Stand
Clear, there ;•-fone, two, three!' •
` "As he said these words, he leapt out at
thei. rope with a great spring, and:my-father
hidhisface ; nor did he look up .again, nor
know what was happening -being in a sort
Of Swoon like -until he felt Walter. Dick-
- ton fastening the hide about his Waiet; and
bidding him _cheer up and fill his peckets.
And that's the ,true story of how . the
Martin's Neit was found out."
-
"And he that was the 'brave boy you
,speak of-Walcer On-`sis now await-
. •ing you upon the down 9164 us, is he?"
The very man, sir, :and as brave as
ever, .only a good deal stiffer in the joints.
Nevertheless be: would haVe visited you
. here himself if nobody else could have
•' been gat to -do it; for. Mrs. Hepburn has
been very good- to Woman ---she that
_--waii_Lucy Pritchard once, and who owns
One rope, which is the • Mine have been
talking of all this time -as she was to My
own poor Phcebe in the fever."
"Then being both so. brave andgratefuli"
pleaded Raymond, "will you trust my
honor net to betray the secret of - the
_ .
Ilictrtin's Neat
4 Ay; 661 We should; sir, if the matter
concerned:a only. But We have passed
�ur word to keep you prisoner here till the
weds removed this night have been dis-
posed of; and that will take some time." -
"At least you will my poor wife know,
that I azii„ safe; or else, . when I do not
returhto-therrow, she is sure to think I
have came to grieVolis harm." .•
- "Well; sir," answered the young man,
, "we will do our best; Dickson and
I;_lbut no Woman has ever yet been let
into this secret, any More than if it was.
the. Freeniasores. I dare net trust it even
ta..1 Plicebe. : However, you may depend
upon -us sit. Do not fret, and I'shall
be.; with you again to -Morrow night- at
farthest." • . .1
• And you will have seen , My wife and
saidRaymond. • .-• • -
80,7 answered the young 1 mad,
, • .
_
evasivelY; -for he knew that 111111.y had been
carried awayi-althOugh he thought it better
not to harrow the heart by Emoii
sad news, while thus compelled to inaction
and captivity. But he . kept his promise,.
and so worked,- upon his father with .the
bolt of Dickson. that the old man at last
gave_permission that Mrs. Hepburn should
be informed; under a striet oath of secrecy,
that her husband was alive and in; safe
hands. - It was this glad news- which
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Walter Dickson came to invert that eveh-
ing when -he found MS. Carey at Pampas
Cottage, and revelation of :which sent
Mildred back„ its we have seen horn the
bedside of his "old woman," with such
lightened heart. 'Upon the other hand,.
through. their Prisoner, the freteAraders
beasme cognizant . of - the Villainy of the
rain balled Stevens, and exhibited it with
reference to the burial of hiphody, in the
manner described. they were much
averse to set Raymond free, "fearing that
the secret must needs ooze out if they did
so' and jealous of !his intimacy with the
people at Lucky .Bay. - Mildred. and her
husband, however, were permitted to cor-
respond byletter-subject t� a Sir_ James
Graham's inspection of the Correspondence
-and it was with Raymond's 'full consent
that Kra. Ilepburn undertook the expedi-
tion to Ciyffe Hall in search of her lost
- The smugglers, :Were not
-displeased at an opportunity of. giving the
captive hie liberty, which also insured his
-absence from the neighborhood; so -a few.
hours after depart:lire; his faith-
ful friend ma viiitor, young •Itichard
Brock, Swung- himself, as. usual into Ray-
mond's (by this time ,tolerably furnished)
lodgings, with the long wished -for informa-
tion that: the rope' wag ready to parry
double. - - -
. SO Raymond had followed his Wife, post-.
haste, to glyffe, and now met her, as they
had agree upon, in the heart of Ribble,. for
the first time since Gideon -Carr had
striven so hard to part _them forever.
that the _woman deems. me dead. She that
plays trick!: with shrouds, and :. oats : the
.eaprilegionapOrt.efii lest spirit; may yet not
be without her own- stiperstitions,Mildred."
- • "Then why be seen? "-urged 'Mildred.
"If you trust for anything to.Graoe's ignor-
ance -and oh beware how you. build
that foundation-whyshowyourself, en-a-
rtin the risk Of being recognized? - Would.
Aunt Grace . easily await that it is your
ghost which haunts :the. place, or would it-
rather:put her .On her griard--.to7.eift- the
truth ofVeryof-Yeltr. death?"
- You a 1Whieilaidvadent;
Mild-
red; but you do not -remember that I left
Clyffe a smooth4cea.bey,'haVihg scarcely
Used- the razor till I- Married, while; since
I have beeti- imPrisoned. under • 'Deacon -
.Brown; I haviebecome. -beaded like the
pard. MoreoVer;In*:-the day -time, no one -18
stirring now about the park, whether from
Hall or the village and When: the even-
ing comes, I retiro to the . Slotted - Cow,
beyond the turnpike, where, in return for
_looking ove luithe"offnitent _ niTz-portfolio,
the gifidniAY and his wife entertain me
with the country gossip; and all the history.
of the poor Med- squire. They would as
soon think of finding a likeness for me to
the cow upon their sign4sdard-as-to -Bay-
Mond Clyffard." '
"Why, thevery::dog -Thifini knew yOu ;
and )knew -
"Tea the dog and you;"_:interruptectbir-
'husband, smiling rition her fondly, -"for
Irie- and: instinct are equelly lyinc•eyed;
but . trust Me; no one - else- ehall--reoegriize-
me..- And now, dearest, for the present, we
mint' part, - this _ attendsAit-- of yours
become impatient, Or even•growsuenicieust
You "eee that it is I that am.- the: prudent
one. Every day aVtbis,,, same time 1 shall
be this chamber, having always
Finis Hail to take if any ferret shOuld..
invade the burrow. If you do not come. I
shill conclude you cannet, in the mean-
time, do not fear..- Within the week, less
time, I hope to discover enough to . put I
spoke; in 'Madame Clyfferd'e wheel, that
shall the smoothness of its running." T.
With dire forebodings, which, however,
she did not express, Mildred held. hp her
to meet its fatlier's_kise ; then turned
towards him her own Obedient _Pheek
unstained by. tear,. and made him a loving
farewell. Darker and darker grew Ms form
with every -footstep that 'she took with
torch in hand, and
once she could not for-
bear from running-. back and kissing him
once ni4re ; " but at liet she tore-. herself
away, and. hurried-birth-to-Li:ley. i-
' "I ith afraid-- I have been Very i101fiehi'
and made yonivaitVery long," said Mildred,
sweetly. • . - . .
"It :did not seem so, atistire
yon," -replied her attendant. "It is ray
-duty to wait your •pleasure; mid besides,
my brother here has kept nir.aornpally.":
William Oator,_w-ho-Veti-itancling n. little
-behind- his sister, leaping . Upon a -On,-
regarded his mistress' truant niece with
no very:: friendly- -OS. *- "I :am afraid. I
-frightened you, miestliat madamin-
said he, •. gruffly. _ - • . •
" Yee," returned Mildred with-. a steady
voice; I am always frightened at fire-
arms. Pleasetocarry it carefully as we go
"I ain't -a-going:hack, ma'am," replied.
the ,other with an -untileitsent - grin:
"-There's nothing to do at the Zell, . and I
can't sleep in thedsunlight like the other
folks • ISO I'm out for a day's pleasure."
folks;
your brother going to shoot?"
asked. Mildred, with a beating heart; of
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Lucy as they redressed -the -park.- ---,--
:" Oh, nothingeli knowS, Of; madam; he
is haspertsman; -WO- 'A-01th* for Yo -if
tc• leave the ca -Yet because he Wants' to go
in there. laimeielf to fire the gun off, and try
-the effectii. of the --echoes:
Whether we 'Shell hear theni-X-
' -CHARTER-
• Rukxsr MAGIO-StIRK011;- _
-e OH:AFTER! icXXIX. t-
wit TO . .
"But. What is it you propose -to do at
"Olyffe,. love?" asked. Mildred - of her
husband, when he had finished narrating
his etrange. expe.riences- of the last few
•days and had received her own in turn.
"Why should We not at once depart llOW
that We haVe -our` safe - and Well?-
.1`pahnot bear a second separation - trona
you,liay---ludeed, • indeed,' cannot -end
Yrett I feel that .is what. you. have" in . -your:
mind:" " - • - • '
,
"Ne. will net be separated, dearest,"
an-
swered -. Raymond, smbothing ;her dark
tresses With hi S "1 will:. be
near you towatchever you; you Will meet
roe here every day: But I tia.ye a.- dusty to
perform in My fatherisholise,whidh I have
too long neglected. I ..inust tooted tho.
lieIPIess, and riimetpunielithe-guilty."- --
Very. stern and -grave wag. Raymond's
voice as lie spoke words, and Nibdred
trembled to hear because she knew whet •
iron: resolvo,. that tone expressed. Her
. husband, so. simple, -so- generous, so, OPen;.
was. EibOUt to Match himself against the
wily Grace: .
"-Yes,". continued • he, - "1 - have been
:selfishly- content -With my Own lot too *hits.
have suffered my father's eon, :nay :billy
-brother, to remain in Wicked hendsflat,
• tered by false belies, terrified by false .fears
-and. have never lifted it finger to set him
free from captlYity.werse than that from
which I have "Myself - but now escaped.
True, PhaVe. not -.wronged him; but. when
I look upon you, my own, _my dove, I feel
pity for him who coveted such a priceless
-treasure in vain.". • .. : • -
"Raymond," answered lfitarea hastily;
"you do not know how. sadly Rupert .is.
changed". )- - - -
- "Yes,- dear; know The:_ curie bas
poor line; poor Rile! " Ray.
Mona turned away his lace; and was silent
for a little ereheresumed.- "1' Must act
for him,„and not with -him, _therefore, afi•I
•
had hopedtode. -.For. some base purpose
of her own; " this woman, who would
imprisan • hini., at the Done; without
sun*, seeks to Make- him appear sane.
In a few days,- I can collect evidence here,:
shouts**. prove him otherwise. ,Theri he
will be removed 'from: her here; and
putin:soniafit place; and receive' careful
:attendance, :from which may dome -who
knowaZ improvement, cure."
Mildred shook her head:-
."At all events.," continued her husband,
"he shall remain no more with One who
only uses hini-for her own. ends. With her,
too -O murderess in. intention -I have my
own account to settle. This letter; in, her
own' handwriting-' When you have '-made
Sure of 'writes elle:-Was found on*the
dead. body of her brother. I will tell- her
this to her lalse face. • ‘‘That were it. not
that she was once my father's
- no," cried:. Mildred, passionately;
"defy her not, :dear husband; let her. be.
You will fall into her toils yourself.", .
-"IMust take My chance of that, wife,"
"answered. Rasrcond- cheerfully "but
-since yeti fear this thus., *Hared; I -
will remove - yeu-. at. once from out of . her
reach.: With the Careys, you and the Child
-
will Safe alike from force pr,".frand ;_ and
when my vett here' is finished----" ;
• -"Isto,:-Raymond;" cried' Mildred' firmly.
"If we are to be. parted fiTim you, should
feed safer here, the very held of our enemy,
than in -any-. Piece Where, 1413. NOM" she•
migbt suddenly swoop down upon its. 1The
expectation 'of. the . peril vauia be worse
than the peril .-Witlf you without;
and our unknown friend,whoeverthat. may
be, within; I shall not -fed unprotected.;
besides, for a week at least I -ern safe, for
until then --I • shall not have served 'this -
Woman's turn."
"Moreover," answered Raymond, "with.na-vieek I shell bave obtainea,ell that:I
'need in the way- • of- information, . as well;
I hope, as Mtn& a -blow. at this eVil. Woman;
who is -even now, as have - 09;iitie to
BUSpeet,. bringing her base. designs some
:completion. Nay, -. do - not tremble, My
:Sweet: love. Strange it i8. that you,
-vibe are so brave against- all else, should he
such coward With. regard ..tp :Grace-
Olyffaral" . •
"I da net fear, dear layMond---indeed,
indeed I do not for myself, no; nor yet for
Milly; she is in my arms, at leant,
-
she seems to be pate, and knowing'-thet-I
have her to guard, I meet my aunt as the
sheep -deg meets the wolf; but it is for you,
Raymond, for, you; I tremble." , _ -
"You doubt that I- have Wits to-cope'with.
ctinning-Grece," returned Raymond
"-Well,. that is true enough. Still
there; is .something of advantage in an
,honesteausk and- goniething„ too, in this-
. -
curiosity to see how : .Sir -Eglainour or-Sit-Oried -11e.at last; .'' for 'who would- ever ..
Bedeveire acquitted - hithself nhder-i-cortaillAtlaink: of -Rayniohd,?_ 4.n41 y -it. I Attained.
birownstanoes.. As the : opened the -beak ..that you were Revile d's- wife, net 'mine ;-
id* perceited_thet„:th,i papar-._whiWehelliaud when I woke,ne. „listen, for this _ is
had left therein was no -1.0bger . blank, Inittwhat I have brought - you here fdr,.....i ,saw
scrawled - over by ' the : hanteless-,, frienalthyoWn. brother's face 4----- 2 What's that?" -
whose ininaivilting -was now become:so 1 : - .1.12 an instant, the g aiie.and'Sele-ninlook - -
familiar to her. •- . : - :-, . - _.: _ : .- .,-.• -.-„•:::. " -*-41- which• he -had., poken 'th. a- lastifew :.
".: .." Thehour Which Yon. dread draw nigh,- words was replaced Iy one Of :keen gospi--. _-
hut do not fear it.: Rupert Cly-fferd awaits,„i mon, then spin by. pn of tooc!ting.mirth.
you in the resegeideif, bilt-I shall be _ thereit "Ha; ' he; my :,frielal -;-- Whati- you i are
too. It is better " to go 1 kir*. , at once . and listening, are you?" -pike a hoy:that playa - -
-meet.liini,="than that your aunt ehOula .at hide-and-seek, he To out 'Of ,the arbor,
iendyon,_ forth, You : must get _thopaper and:searched:it too - and rOhnd, "Did -:-
Signekaccording to lierwiSh. !Leave, your ": oil.- not - heir - e --t..k cenap, - 2.1ildred--?:".- I"
child within doors,: and • do not :refer to inquired he.
ydnr, Marriage, if you love -ypiir life"- "-.:- r• it. :." IsTn, Rupert": --.
Like solne-Oondemned.WretCh who, i-llav..t ' butin - the -brief e ace that he had
--iii.getriVeW-sinde-hiesente.nce_ toforgethislebsenti she had hear ' something. elee-4 .-.; .
inexOrableabern,ia snadenly. remiiided„--onwhisPer - from she •.•k w_ not •whom, ahd-. -
it whenthere-ii not an -hour left that-'1400-mingiteni-ehe -,kne:• - not -.\--!ir4et°0-3 -.Whicth- ..-
.Oen call his awn,•ea- Mildred' 'shivered . and said; "Fear _ not ;..you are n,ot; alihig.:. }fide -.
sank down • in hopeless terror. ' Why hadl your Wedding -ring.'
she lingered in that: dreadful house, when. - - - -• - -, •.(To be co tinned:
escape,her-se-often Offered itself?- -,,WhY;
•
-cherished . the foolish_ notion ', that , --whet • PIJZZL1G pisTION. ,
Grace Olyfferd had designed would not be - ,--- -:' . --* : :- 7,-. : .:- • . -- --- . - , i- ..: -
-carried out? --Why haveProntiseds-110 Pittt-: '''!' 1,04 -Whaa lAct, the ./.1iL egela laltilt 113rp
terin what straits, to 'play this evil- and "Is - that goaita ichlasi-iiitha.-•-boy.,•:, -. ? ,:,-
hi -Abend. indeedibad:.110t. said "Nay, but
a little lad of his Mother yeste .4)7,-
false part with . Raymond's brotherl- -
pointing tesestore:wi - ow,.. .. :
OnlyTheeauele- he -thought to have ---by: this- "Yes,2..,„:re3; dear. al -4-leadveoplo. he. ong
time rendeted-sneli-an interview.: ulnA9°.°97 :to Santa Claris. This is ,Satita Clans street.
-1----Wxy-,:.'llaY, the: week'vee not yet out. , .1..b Now yoo.muot - no .6 :1: tpiestion9, beetwae,-;,.
was the morrow- -Which her, pitiless aunt Santa ,Olans.. -might .. e. Off.ended,":8844 the '
iiiikaPP-OinteA for this dreadful Interview.
-Why, therefore,• should -.She. meetIt
,_.-4ert tilfectionate : mOthet, - of -.the.. tow=head; .
arranging his gartheppe,-.MuCh _ruffled by -,a
now? Who know1.103:134 -h4P ot-oh800e: the treeezit struggle through theHcroWd.
-sluihad' no cansiiiail.-:8°teU:dilo:Whilh,litai" vbiziishieuir3dg.:.7. 1 4: fi t°1 li , - - . Why. 0-16‘tvssidd?°;1% -e.etae.r.degrief;:i6s4 :dtil:aew.rf. ii7ugglyet:: ::43111141; 1
-:-,heuxtt..-:,:yedtii!-fiotan4ix
his .• little boy - Wee
see her brothel...hi-1SW at Ouge• - And • ,v7sql 0:''. you love -Santa Choi :' 130y, ma; With bose : ..
.it not well fling to tintiapate the °°411.?"4481i funny shoes and ench awfuldirty hah $2 ":- -
of Mrg.:Clyffard ited at A time when, for alll so many "Yes, of of -course. e is:.a,- very nice- At e
131*1." ill- her hey-- but y
i t en inuat- het as- II. eines,-...:
-Graiie knew;- Maly was stillclasped. . .
.thotheesarms2 . . - , ,• . . - .. ,:„., i -....,:. - ,.
the terrace.only ; but opening one :of them, . .
sight:of the rose garden, or, rather, for it . trhijacieuntidg,,l'w: 11,'.:...4:• you u ..do ".t-lage me with dirty
- ."- The windows the library -160(A uPon,.. "How,ppod r -701,, i. : love hitii - with -airty._-
and putting -out herhead, she could catch liand.o ?:.;;. Say, me,. i Santa Claus Inar,
hy do you ask finch- -
.C1Ylierd was there, in the hunting -ceetlinie 1, : " ?Cause, naa; mayb? that boy* an orphan -..
**-- "; sunk square, /:4 ." 4nY. person. who • `:` -I deill: know„;
.eheneed to be weiking.: in it:. .Yes; Rnpert-g questions?" .•.. - . ... * • -. " -- -
he had worn :the -preVioni-niglat WalkingT. and he can't -watitc hi self-; 13r1ng him hone,
rapidly to and fro, and cutting at the leaf I ma; and make Annie Wash:hi-M." • But the - -.
Tesirplente with bus whip .-lash. Heiht4 -_;incinieitive•ont'erai .ehN7
t .B:S' by this. time - - •
:evidently. not bed at all,: Iiiii- fader. :arranged, and the 'prty;including-annie;.
-even. et that, distance, showedaslie l freighted With -parcel , was on its.way.Aown
had notknown rest fer•Weeks-;-:andalWayejthe street.' ' ' :'•:: .: I, - ' • • - ' :- '
- • , . .
oeliie-hasty Steps brought him to the end l',-• What conversation ensued -;hetwedil this =- :
--Ofilie.reetriated w.aik„ he looked-. up.nrn$-.1-tirde.ahd.the tirneth3.party reached Ferga-. -
'-ously-toWerda a window. Which ebefelt was son. avenue is not;known, but is his mother --.
that which had wont to be her own. .-.-Hea, was carrying him _aerose that dangeratig .-
..was evidently keeping an appeitittholit, an street he, oblivious jif. the adventure; was
. heard tooey : :- _ - • . • , .. ,_ , _. •
7 , " Uoi i tilidqi.P have _•a, ---• boy if lie..- -Wasn't .• _
Married .". ...-.. , .-.- [ 1 ' -"I• - • . :-.: -1 --, .
-: Agidti he was lost in the hurrying crowd,
but when next met ,h was Propounding,this
powerful ctintinatum-; ' ' -• : - ' 1
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"Ma, what do an els" haog up,. They
have no stockings."..' _ ' i-
,;.. Whether his Moth. r Will f -:-.11r ',take: him
hilt -shopping again- , not IS fig htizcl agues--
tionin ansW et as -the la.st.onehe las eard,
ward.
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. The ' Week Which Grace_Clyffard had
meted to her niece -Si -the interval .rest
before her -day of triek-and---7-that
RaYniond_also had assigned as ,the _period
-neceseary, for the comPletion. of his own
designs, had slowly Worn away. Every ,
day Mildred had been comforted by Meet,
ing with her:husband_ yet every day best
down by finditithini so bent on punishing,
his wily step -mother." As though; in ex.
()eating the saCredtask. of an Avenger, he,
felt removed from. human ills, he Seemed
to este no dangers in his patb,•po matter hew
obvious they 'might be; and whet they
.were pointed- out, made light of them.
True; he said, Cator lad. suddenly Come
!igen him in the _cove.-1-lithaT=thini--2,--=--The-
man nad _scarcely ever seen-himln- his life.;
was : it likely -that he should identify a
wandering. artist, who had let his *fetch -
burn out in his enthuidastic admiration- of
the Cathedral Chamber; -Twith7dead-atir-
Mond Clyffard ? _
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"But he must havekneWri-that--yound
I •were 'here together,"urged Mildred
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anxiously._ - 7 • -
"Yes; dist :worn out
by a. long ramble over Ribble-.-.--I-ha-d-been-
asleep for hours on this yielding sand. The
fellow was einiteleatisfiekI.-10---jassure you,
love." . -
Mildred was fer.fronisatisfielarbut there
Was something of impatience in. her .bue,
band's tone she had never observed before,
whiPh 'cautioned her not to dispute the
matter, She had that. faculty Of knowing
where. contracliotionikhopeless,.and argu-.
ment woree than injudicious, Which in'
woman is so rare. This submission to
her husband's opinion begat in time fes it
will always do, ift ----wiveeTorb-i-gliiid,-7
you would only try it!): a certain-.-dopfidence-
he. thought with .sonie one who had.not'yet
&me.- Then it came into her mina that he
had made some oueh _appointment . with
herself' itithat Very plebe the :day previa*
to her elopement with his -brother. Mild-
red hurried beck to her own chamber, and
-muttering something _pf .having left her.
boWbebind her, put the child bite
-arm, and then .retiirned- alone. ' She. well
knew that without MiLlY slid would never
be suspected by her attendant of any
-attempt to leave the castle, to eeh OA they hurrioidhim away .t
-- Rupert was stili there, bdfwalking fasterl the east end. - 1:
and -::faster, like sorne poor pent -hp animal ' -
in its narrow cage. . Mildred dared not I:, . A Oinad'Alui spestlim,
look again, lest her resolution should give1.1:
i when anything worth 'saying is spoisen .
way; buthurriedto the . western -postern, In that terse and poiuteii Way that bears
and Jet -herself out. With a fi_Tra. -step,
though with a beating heart,- she Walked
;along the terrace towards Rupert; but
did "net hear her. she svooia not have
used that Way had she dwelt in her eld-
room,Indtherefore he did hot look for her
in that direction. She hadtime to. observB
him thoroughlyas he crossed and recrossed
the little' square. Th; last time -.she had
lieheld,him, he had but lately recovered
--from-aIang:and.daugerOus illness, but he
hadIlien-been-healthful and Well -looking
,
contrast-with,his present .appearance,
His cheeks had fallen in,, and were ghastly -
pale; his thin fair mustache, all unkempt
and straggling, hung like hoar twist.- upon .
instantly relieved b
his lip-i'hieheir :was white s41, snow.. There .German Remedy.
tvitti nothing 'aboli.t him of youth .oF. beauty
great- blesdog to: -su
left.i :But his eyes burned like living' coals -
fiercely_ that Milared• involuntarily
stopped as she caught Of their straiige
fire. At that moment he turnedandsew
her. With aTjoyful cry, he took the few
stone steps, that. led . freni the rose,
garden at e single bound, and stood beside'
"'lle impress of --honest -conciction, we like
have people knowIthe nature of the cOm- - -
unleatio0; Of Binh a nature. is the -fol- "
ldwing from lir: ,W-..F,AlIalet, Campden.
r
.„. 0 Lincoln Co, Ontario. Mr." -aid. •
says: With , great -Toy over my re tored
health, I, would write a few iines coterli- '
ing that'wonderfulremedy, Bt. Jacobs, Oil...
?or the lest six years- I have beian tieing -.
various medicines internally -and externally, -
. . .
but 'nothing Would l';[-lp me. 'Finally I pro -
oared a bottle_ of t. Jadcbs Oil; Which.
cured •me after a few applicationsi . -Dly
la
inother.in4w, who ba;14 al et been . a great - .,,
sufferer - from. rh um:ail-sin, •was • also :-
the 'nee- of the., rest .
-St. Jactbs Oil is a -
erincY humanity, and.
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I shall deeverythin in in ;power to make
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known *its merits.
A Beniarkii4le itecovrry..
. r. CheeSebrough the Air Line engineer, ,
,• f • St. Thomas, : who Was SO . seriously
Injured in the Orwell disaster a couple. Of
Months since; has so far recovered that he
is now able to walk. around the house with-
out 'assistance.: .Thel heroic -engineer -.gut-
tainedalroost every possible injury thst a '
man can undergo and live, and his te
is remarkable. In,addition to -the cu
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her on the terrace.
"At last, at last ! " he cried triumph-
antly. "Ab, heaven, how I have wearied
Inr-You I " He seizedher• heed; then, is
if controlling_ himself by, a strong effor
raised it respectfully to his lips. " Yon.a
not yet mine," said he "1 kissed- you tbo
other. day, and you were angry. T
almost
broken his collar bone broken, arm •
-makes .me sad, it pains you, my dearett,
dislocated, ribs' all brOlien aud' crushed in
to see--inwrathful. I was wroth just no upon the chest, leg. broken, both ankles •
-betawie you -did not- come. I thought thet
t B rained and his back scalded bidly
°vete,
and
the forehead, his- s ull was bruised-
kePt-You-from Me -she, m they ; ;and that P - . ,,.. ' . • '
- - The' Question Settled'.
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I There's no usein sighing the 'question Of .
the potency Of sorrie substances s for eepedal -
Service in : ernergend ee. They. will do
they promise, and ma e, if -judiciously used.
The following from n, r. F. Murphy, bf No.
I Fire Station, ;-Ottayki, bears upon the
point stated above Mr.- Murphy says: ,
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I had.. occasion to use St. Jaccihei 11 -
recently, and must . say that ills the beat
Liniment I.ever. saw used: : 1 . caught cold .
:froth- getting Wet- at a fire; and it settled in :.- ,•
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my shoulder and down my hack to my hip.
I *Offered a great deLl from the pai6-1---i -
was advised to :try t. Jacobs Oil. • lima .
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Se, and .after the fourth application I -Was
6ntirely-;free-- from ain.. I -,earmet speak
too highly of it, and advise others to use: it
tun my bleed to flame. Your own . sun ,
iiio-;__Your-own. :mother's sister, else— . .7;B_ But
there, Ism_ not *Ivry now.: I- ani- se happy,
Mildred, -thif-all seems like -spring."-Y
!! it.,i- spring, Rnpert.!!
"Ay,- true; .spring with Its, • dearest, , an
with ajl fond lovers, although to .the worl •
Who are neither wooed. nor wooers, it is still
winter. ,,, Is it to -day; ' or . to -Morrow,' th
we tWo- iriarry? See, I have gathered Ye t
a posy. . ' Sweets' to the sweet; they •say.
Now, give me one rose back again that
may put it in._ to' button -hole; .-er,, since ib
haat° :blossom, into my bcsona. - That i
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-where the true roies budindbloore. Ihitl di)
not . like - these :black clothes-,-- my ;darling.
Why -do you wear them?" Simi:La 'chi '
crept over Mildred -- at these - words
numbedherbrain ;..nntil that ir.ement Cie
thought ofherbeing in widow's Weeds li
never struck her. .:,.F.Ortunate.ly,- Rupert
inewered for her. "It -istrpot fit," he:sal
"to Mourn the dead-- se long: , lay bap
was an old men, too, and , old men ., ihu
expel:at-death ; it ris the young who shri
from the grim mower. Your - Aunt --Gra
peer thing, Janke -1y to die oe.riy.- _
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"Indeed, Rupert. Why so?"
"Well, that isbetweenand Me a, ,
the terrace -wall here, , Or, stay; "botAti•
here int-0.-the_w4ree-:arhor. I will thi:n
tell You eome----news ;.. T *Will forecast t
-future. We 'shall be one to -day or to-rn
row; and man - and wife should have _.
secrets. And the bye, talking of that,
dreamed lest. tight: -Of all the dreadf 1
dreams -that you Were ,rnarrieel, : and.,th
Whom, think you? - TO whom?" : Th
had crossed the 'roeie,gard.en, andstood ia
the huge arbor, inclosed in thick and oldie
--
Walls of sew. . The 13:m4:Ian held . her it
arm's length; . and griped her hard,: but zifitl
in anger; he gazeduponher shrinking fi
With a good-natured smile, as onewhoasks:
breakfast,. she turned to it ' vnth some t a riddle. "I knew yorp. Would never gtlieBBil, ':
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-.Matters went enuPanilie fifth ,riitht at
Olyffe, and stagnated during the fifth day,
precisely the: Bailee .as they 494 _One at
first; .Lueycontinued to be- respenthil,:and
even kind; .and Mrs. Clyffard; according to
promise, -kept herself io completely Out of
her. -piece's- sight that Mildred lost that
Belies of insecurity which had taken such.
complete 'peleeeSSien of 1.2her uponher
arrival, and whip began to think-thitt-no-th.-
ing after all lmight happen- wcirse than had
already taken place, until the hour of, her
release OttMe DMA:- - She had taken one of
the cid books from the--library.,-Ond con-
trived by its helix topassweary hour or
two. It was a tele written in imitation of.
those of the -ROund. Table -about _errant
knights and captive ladies, and perhaps she
found some application init to her own
case, Which lent an Interest it mOuld not
have otherwise possessed. At all events; it se
farwonher attention as tp_make-herrputnit-
ship of paper in :the *Colinne Over -night, to
mark her place, and on the morrow after
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Revolution at --Cori au Prin e
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An alarming revolution= has broken.. out!:
atjeremi X Cali and. &got Marc.' Presi-
dent Salomon, with a Strong force, landed at
"St:- Marc,. and qUelled the , rising :there -
after - 150- had been kilted onboth sides._
The Government litonin. was sacked • and
Other: - houses , burned. The President .
returned1to Port au rince to obtai rein,
forcementa.
41.icia '...ickic,illielievelltiAtik Any a rums,
And he -will convince you that St: Jacobs -:
Oilis the most wondeful remedy that has
, .
_ever been brenght before.tbe public. Rheu-
inatisinef many years standing has yield -
immediately to its -.. hnost magical iii u...
'ellee. At many have expressed ;it.; its - -
e,..‘ation is, electrical, egeni-Mg• to. ,drive the -
ain before it until all -aiscenifort- leaveg.,
he body and the Wirth:glow of health and
Comfort remains. It Is a 'certain Cure for
neuralgia-, giving immediate relief upon the
first application, an 'eurihgt ,. ,
shOrt.
time,the Oat invete 'ate, oak
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