The New Era, 1884-05-02, Page 2May 2 1884.
04 tiorublUPI the Women are Vennlag:*
What Wonderful wordaxe these that we hear?
In echoes repeating so Imul and 80 Clear*
WrOM.Ahe Wan IO tfle emit. we liaten again.
Wo the new wild wor a of strange refrain ;
pld you hear it? why there hi & western town,
tbe days uf the year to me came down,
And that was " election," when in ;snob nidari in
I* Pride,
free man Wedge by a freemon's eide.
Pew ell these Moo had homes neat and clean,
AA any mores wife Or mother, I ween.,
Could. scour or sweep witli Inrush or MOOM.
All the cobwebs and dust from every. room
84.one—and thid they called the pIle,
Where the man who -preaches, and the man who
rens
0-1 AR night at the revel:Walk in side by side,
Each with a vote, wfreemares pride;
Brit the polls was no plaoe for broom or brush,
Where only men come, and that in a rush,
With bets andboasts and whiskey rife ;
Vol the polls was po plaee for a voter's wife.
By some strange chance a lism had passed,
What women might come to thiaden at last ;
And hem ohooso—only the schecd trustees—
And be on committe..attio, if they please—
When, hark 1 what wonderful wordE; do we
bear?
In soirees resoundipg 80 100(1 and clear
From the west to the east, we listen their
`humming.
"Scrub up sorub up I the women are coming V'
And the newspaper story Wont on to soy,
When the dear women came ou election day—
That the door bad been scrubbed with a right.
good will, ' •
F'or these men vere proud M their housekeeping
akin ;
Ad4 the snow -flakes of votes fluttered in air,
As pure at the pens as it was anywhere, . .
•
Ale l there's scrubbing to do in naorals and
schools
Theron brightening up of old golden rules—
"As ye would that men should do unto you,"
rio even to them. Ali, interpreters few
Are found in our lives, for MI corners of law
Are cobwebbed and dusty, /aiding virtue and
dew;
It if} time they were erubbed, and where as the
man,
Like these, not afraid of the howleoleaning
plan?
Who'll not think of rest till the vietory is won,
But who'll scrub with the women till aorubbing
is done.
PHYLLIS..
Br Tad ,DOWIESS. 4
Author of "Molly "The Baby," "Ary
FoirY.Allian,".ete, etc.
OiliPTER vzi. .
Friday brings Mr. Carrington, who is
specie:11y agreeable, and devotes himself a
good deal to Roland: There is a conisidera.
ble amount of talk about shooting, hunting,
and so forth, and we can• all .see that Rely
Is favorably impreesed. Dora's behavior is
perfedt—her modesty and virtuous bashful..
nese apparent.Our visitor rather affects
her society thin otherwisebut beyond
listening to her admiringly •When she
speaks, shows no marked attention; In
the country a visit is indeed a visitatieW
and several hours elapsebefore betakes his
departure. Once finding myself alone with ,
him in the conservatory; I ,bestow upon
him my promised picture, Whiolihe receives
with epee gratitude and coosigns tohis
pocket -as he hears footsteps approaching..
Roland's presence lima •inspired us all
with much additional cheerfulness...We
• have never appeared so •gay, SQ free trona
restraint, as on this afternoon; and Mr.
Carrington finds it hard to tear himself
away. I myself* am '' in wild spirits, and '
• qui outshine myself every now and then •-,
and Billy who is not at any time afflicted
with shyness, thinks it a safe opportunityi
to ask our friend before he leaves if he will
some day take us out" for • a drive in his
dog-oart. . ,
"Of course I will," says Mr. Carrington.
"How unpardonable of me never 0 have
thought of it before 1 But perhaps," speak.
Mg to Billy. but looking at Dora and.nie;
"perhaps you would prefer four horses and
the coaeli ? It will be a. olierity to give it
n chance to escape from the moths." ..
"Oh, I say," says Billy; " are you in
earnest?" and, being reassured on this
. point, fairly over/lbws-with delight. •
Dora and I are Searcely lees delighted,
and Roland ia graciously pleased to say it
will be rather fun; when he finds the two.
. Hastings glee are also coming. Somehow.
nobody thinks of a chapeeen, Which height."
ens theenjoyment and proves what areput.
able person -111r. Carrington must be. .
When the day arrives, and Our landlord,
clad in a thick light 'overcoat, drives his
four bright bays up to our door, our enthu-.
eie,sm reacihes its finatpitehi Imagination
can no farther go; our.dream us filifilled.
Mr. Carrington helps Dem carefully. to
the box•seat, and then springs up beside
her. Billy and I, sir very oldie to each
other. Roland takes his phioe trkywhere.
with a view of changing ikon the arrival Of
Miss Lenah Hastings. •The whip crackles,.•
the bays throw up their heads—we iire off i
kiss my hand; a hundred times to
rnama and Martha and 'Jane', the (seek;
who have toome out to the door.steps to
• see us start ; ile Brewster. at the bower
of the house eta . agape with exeited
surprise.
,%
At Rylaton we take up lie,Hastings,. and
their brother, slat but well-ra ning young
man, who plants himself on my Masi side,
and makes elephantine atteMpts at playful.
sees. I do not mind him in the least ;-I--
find I can pour out my superfluous spirits
upon him quite as well as upon amore
companionable person, perhaps better ;.-for
with him at least I have all the conversa-
tion to myself. .
I have succeeded in captivatnighis fancy,.
, or else 41 18 his usual mode to devote him.
self Mr the entire day to whoever milyfiret
happen to fall into his clutches; as, When
we deseend to Carlton Wood to partake of
the lunch our host has provided for us, he
still clings to me, and outwardly at least is
almost loverlike.
Ales that Ootober days ehould be so
fleet! A day such as this one might'have
Lad forty hours withOut bringing ennui to
any of us; but at length evening closes in,
the time is come when we must take our
departure. Regretfully we collect our
shawls and move towards the drag, : •
Mr. Hastings, still adoring, crambleon
by my side, panting .and puffing with the
weight of the too solid flesh nature. has be-
• " etowed upon him and the wraps he iis bort-
pelted to carry. Mr. Carrington, Dora, and
" Miss Hastinge are close behind; Billy
etraggles somewhere in the distance;
Roland and pretty Lenah follow more to
the left. .
Just as We reach the road Mr. °erring;
ton speaks, and colors A little as he &Me so.
" Miss Phyllis, I think I once heard.you
say you had never eat on thefront of a
drag; will you' take it new ? Miss Vernon
agrees with Me it is a good dant% for you
to see i1. yoti woud llike it,"
• How good of him to remember that fool
ask speech of inine, when I .know he is long.
ing for Dota's society 1
.. Oh 1 thank you,' I say, flushing; ' it
is very kind of yeti to think of ii; but
Dore, likes it toe, and I can mauve yen I
was quite ,happy. 1 enjoyed myeelf im-
mensely when coming." .
"Oh 1 in that ease-----.'" returns Mr.
Carrington, coldly, half turning away.
"Not but that I would lite it," I (40 Mg
encotiraged by a amile froth Dora, who eon
now affeed to be magnanimous, having been
made much of Mid singled Otit •by the poten•
..
tete during the whole day,.." if you are ente
(10 Mr. Corrington), you wtsh it,"
"COMO," Sari he with a pleasedismile,
and 4094 1 And Kermit 10 the coveted
P041-tiOnl trlir landlorct in excellent temper
,beside me.
The horthe tired of etanding,BhOW a geed
deal of Melchior* at the get,offj, and olilim
their driVer's undivided attenteen. so that
we have covered at beet half a mile of the
road before he, epeelte to me. Thertetoop.
ing to tuck the rug more cloeely round me
w(thespeevrwi
eoniitiehe ollmne:
vegrown very chilly) he
hi
"Are you gutta enie thei you Would
rather be 'here with me than at the book
with that 0 fat boy.'"
"Quito poeitive," I answer, • with an ern.
Phe.tio nod. "I was only afraid you would
have preferred—you would regret—you
would have liked CO return as you came,"
I wind up, deeperatelyt
He ste,ree at me curiously for 8. moment
almost with suspicion, as it isegme to me,
In the gathering twilight,
'0 At We moment, bellenome, I have no
reerete, no troubleef he says at length,
gamey. "-Oen you say the ea,me? Did
}lasting's., eloquence melte, no impreasion ?
I couldn't hear what particular line he Wee
taking, but he looked unutterable things:
Once or twice I thought he was going to
weep. The melting mood would just suit a
persoikof his admirable dimensions."
"He was very, kind," I return coldly,
"ad 1 'dont midi to hear him spoken of
in a slighting roanuer. He is so attentive
and good-natured; he carried all them
wraps without a murmur, though PM dere
he didn'e like it, heoanise his face gotso red
and he—he lost his breath so dreadfully as
we oame along. None of the others over.
burdeeed themselves, and you, I particm.
laxly noticed, carried nothing,"
44 I'm a selfish beast, 'I know," said Mr.
Carrington, composedly, "and have always
had a rooted objeotion tomarrying anything,
exceept, perhaps, a gun, and there is no get.
ting out of that. There are so many disa-
greeable burdens in this life that must be
borne, that it memo te .me weak-minded
voluntarily to add to them. Don'epoold
me any more, Phyllis; I went to be happy
while I oan."
"Then don't abuse 'poor Mr. Hastings."
"Surely Whet abuse to say a mania fat
when he weighs twenty stone." . •
"Itis strip.ossible he oan weigh morethan •
fourteen," I exclaim indignantly.,
Well, even that is substantial," returns
be with a provoking air, • Suddenly he
laughs.• . •
. -
"Don't let us quarrel- about Hastings,"
he says, looking down atnie ; I will 'make
any concessions you like, rather than that.
I will Bay he is slim, refined, a very skele-
ton if you wish it, only fake that little
puathe off your forehead,. it- was never
meant to wear a frown. .Now tell me if you
have enjoyed your day."
"Oh, so much!" I say, with a sigh kir the
delights that are dead and gone. Yon seer
we have neVer been adouetomed to anything
but—but " I cannot bring myself to
mention the disreputable fossil that lies in
the Coach -house at, home, so PUbstitute the
„Words .4.one horse ; and now, to find tine'a.
self behihd lour,' withsuch a geeli height
between one% self and , the geound,is
blisi. I would like to drive like..thie
forever." -•• ' . •
• •
." May I take thatms a oomptimentr . •
. 0.A clompliment ?" •
• My stuoidityisiightly disoomfits. my com-
panion.. • . ' • •
' "A only. hoped you ,nieant you-7yu..
would have no objection to engage aneas •
coachman in your neVer.endieg:drive,";he
'says, slowly. "My atominallemelfishneee
again, you see.. • I 'cannot menage to forget
Marmedtike• Carrington:" 'Then', abruptly..
.0 You 'Mall have the Mir -in -bend any day
you wish, Phyllis, as it pleases you so
much'; remember that.. Just name the
dek whenever you °bootie, &RAI -shall only ter
too happy to drive you." • - •
Vir.het a brother-m.law he will make ?
the heart. throbs with delight. This day,
thee, ia to be one, of a series. . I feel a wild
desire ,to get neer Billy, le give him a.
squeeze in the exuherinee of my joy,.but in
default' of him can Oely look my gretitude,
byerniling rapturously into Mr. Carring-;
tim's dark -blue eyes..• •
' .
-"It' is; awfully gd of you;" 1 Bey,
wernilyitt "'you deti!t% know how meoh we
enjoy it. • We have aiwaye been somtupid,
se tied .down, any nnexpeeted .amusencient
like this seems almost too.good tote true.
But" --with hesitation .and a blush—" we
had better not go too often. You see, papa Ise •
little Odd et-timesrand •he' might forbid it
altogether if we appeared MO anziouta for it
Perhaps, in a fortnight, if you would take
us again—will you? Or would that be.tho
soon?" .
•
can't you understand •hoW
reuchl wish to. be withydu Histone
alinost inipattentand he epeaks with um;
necessary halite. I eonaludahe,iii referring
to. pretty Dore, Wto is sitting behindtItind*
is retikieg mild running with. Mr. Restates.'
"Do you know, I say 'confidentially, "I
ani aoglad you have come 'to liVe down
here. Before, we had • literally nothing.to
think about, now; you. are alwaysitirning
np, sod even that is something. Ai:stumpy,
it seems to Us, papa appears more lively
eince•your arrieal; he don't look eo gloomy
.oe prowl about after used muoli. And then
this drive—we would nevet have had the
-ohande of puoh a thing :hutfor you. It is
an rmmense conalottto know you are going -
to stay here -altogether."' .•
" Is it? Phyllis, look at me." I look at
him. "Now. tell me • this; if any other
fellow, as well off . as . I am, had COMO to .
Strangemore, and had, taken you for drives'
and that, wouldyou have been asglad to
• knowlihn? Virould You have liked him .es.
well as me ?". , • • •
. • He is regarding me 'very earneptly ; his
lips ate:slightly compreesed.,' •Eeidentlyne
expecte me to .say •something; but, alasi
I.don't know what .1•Mellorribly puBzled,
and hesitate. • . • •
t‘ iao on; answer me," he says eagerly.
. "1 don't know: 1 never thought about
it," I murmur, somewhat troubled: "11
is such an odd question. - You see, if he
hadoome in your place I would not then
have known you, , and if he had been ne
kind—yea, I supped I would have liked
him just ars •Well," I. aoudad°, quick's),
. Of bourse 1 have said the wrong thing,
The . moment my spear% is fioished I know
thie, reZr, Carringtoee eyes leave mine;
he mutters something between bis teeth;
and brings the whip down sharply on the
far leader.
•44 These lirotes grow lazier every dity," 10
saes with itn, unmistakable frown.
. Five -41k minutes pees, and he does not
address ine.. Heel annoyed with myself,
yet innecenti' of having .•inteptionally
offended; Presently stealing a glanoe at my
companion, 1 say, contritely— •
• "Rave I vexed you, Mr. CaeringtOn ?"
"No, no," he anewere, haatily, the mile
ooming home "Don't think SO.
Surely truthfulnese, being eo rare a virtue,'
'should. be peedOue. I am an ieritable
fellow at times, end you are finding.out all
my !suite to'.niglit,' he says, 'rather sadly
laying hie hand foe ali inetant on mine, as
it lies bare and Innen and bro*n upon the
rug. 44 You have *deed mo both ill -tem.
pored and 'selfish. You will 00 I am hill'
of defeats,"
"Indeed I will not," 1 return, earnestly;
toUohed by hie Manner; "1 do pot even
isie the finite, yeti °Angell ; and at ell'
events no one Woo ever Wore Bo kind 10 100
all you hove been."
"I would be kinder 11 1 dared," he OPT,
somewhat nnettledily.
While J iionder on what thee° words may
Meg.% Whilfethe firat dire foreboding --SOS.
pioien—what You. will—etitere Mmind,
WO pee Itylstoti, And pull tip to grr. ve the
Hastings time to alight and bid their adieu*.
Then wo go on again, always in the strange
silence that hite fallen upon ue, and pie.
sently And ourselves at horn°.
Mr. Carrington la on the ground in 4
moment, and conies round to My Bide to
help me down. I hold out, my hands and pre-
• pare for a good !spring. (e clear jump at any
time is, delightful to me).; but he cligrap.
• points my bopee by taking me in hie arms
and placing Me gently on the gravel; otter
which he goes metantly to Dora..
When we are all .safely landed, papa, to
our unmitigated astoniehment, ootnes for-
ward, and not only aske. but Vosges' Mr.
Carrington to etity and (Hue. Perhaps,
cousidering he has four horses, and two
groomcrin his train, our father guesses he
wili refuee the invitation, At all event*
he does so vetyitraceouely, and, raising hie
hat, drtves off, leaving tie' free to surround
and relate to mother all the gimlets of this
day.
CHAPTER VIII.
•
The following ,Menday, as I sat reading
iu the small parlor we' dere to (sail our own.
Tam ;startled by Dora' s; abrupt entrance:
Her outdoor garments ore on her.; her
whole appearimoe MIMI of woe; enemoioue
circles eurround her epee, I rise fear.
fully and hasten towards. her. Surely. it
anything worthy of condemnation has
occurred it is impossible but I must have
prominent parti in it. Has the irreproath-
ableDora cominitted a crime 2. Is ehe in
disgrace with our . domestio tyrant. ,
"Dora, what has happened?" ' ask
breethleirely. ). • -
"012, nothing," returns Dora, reckless
• misery in her tone ; "riOthing-th eignifY;
only—Billy was right—I km quite positive
• he never oared for me—has not the stight-
esp intention of proposing to me."• • •
" What? who?" I demand, in my, charm.,
ing definite way. '.
• "Who ?" with impatient reproach..
"Who is there in this miserable forgotten,
spot toproposeto any ene, except—Mr. Car;
rington ?" . ••
• "What have you heard', .Dora.?" I ask;
light breaking in upon my obsourity.
Heard? Nothing. I "milli nofr.have
believed it; if I had heard it. I saw it with
my own eyee. An hour agp I pubon MS. --
things and went out for 11. walk, intending
to go down by the river; but just 05,1 oatne
• to.the shrubberies, and while 1 'mac yet
hidden from view; L saw. 'Mr. Carrington
add that hdrrid dog of hiemtending on the
bank just below me; I hesitated for .8.
moment about going •forward. I 'didn't
quite like,"„eaYs• Dora, modestly; "t� force
imps& upon him for what . would look -do
like a tere.a..te.ter.and while I Waited, unable.
vto•make up My. mind, he"—a sob—" took
out of hie waleteoat a laege gold locket and
opened•it, and" --a Mooed heavy sob—" and
after gazing at for a long time, as though he
were going to eat it"—a final 6613,•an:d an
itiolination towards oheking—" he 06(4)0
and •kissed it. • And, oh ! of amuse it was
seine odious woman's heir • or piehire or,
tiomethintr oriels Dem, breaking down
• altogether, and sinking ,.Witla .vather less
than her usual grace into the:withered'
arm -hair that inlorne that' corner of our
norm • , ' . •
•• A terrible suspicion, followed by as awful
o Renee of conviction, springs to life Within
me. .The word "picture" has struck an
icy chill to My heart. ' Can it -by any opossi-
bility be my photograph be hasbeen ad
idiotically and oubleely embracing.? Am
the fell betrayer of my Hister's hatipinese?
..•. ,Amement later 1 almost smile at my
own fears. . Is .11 likely any .nian, more
espeoially one who has seen so mutt of the
world as M. .Carrington, would find.any-
thing -worth .kiseing . in .my insignificant
countenapile I 'find Unlimitectooneolation
thia refieotiOp, that 'itt, another time
would heme °posed, me eerions utieasiness,.
Meantime Dora is still .givind sign's ot
Poignant 'anguish, and I look et her appre-
hensively, while pondering' Oil What will be
the Meat , •synapathetie thing to.say or do
• under the: circumstances. -
• Her nose•ii .growing - faintly pink, Mtge
tears are standing ,. in her eyes, her head
inolines a littleat •very littleto one Bide.-
. Now,tvhen I cry I do it with all .ray•heart.
• Once 1 have wept ' my fill,, hOWever, I
recover almost instantanebuisly, feeling as
fieshee Youoggrase' after a shower. .
• Not BO With :Dora: W.lainibe is afflicted
the tears : ocinie ' Orie..:by One, elowly, deco.
thinly Bailing down her 'thee ; each drop
• waits politely .Untll. the -previous one has
cleared off the 'promisee before.presureing
to follow inita channel: In • spite of the
qualms of 'conscience that are still faintly
prieking inc, as 1811, mutely:Oppoalte ray
Buffering sister; find myself reckoning eadli-
salt 'drop its it rolls slowly:down her:cheek.
Joist as L get to the fortyounth, Data Speaks
•Z' Rho rainy. in lovewith sornebody
.else -..-and I oan hardly ..doubt it after what
I have:Men—I think he has behaved very'
'dishonorably to me," she says in a quayer-
ing tone.;!,.• • , • • ' .
" How•Io?" •I stammer, hardly keowing
what to say. • . • • •
. How so?" with mild reproof.. "Why,
what has ,he meant by 'coming here day
after 'day; and sittingter heath in the draw,
ine-room, and heinging *flowers and genie;
unities he had Rome intentions in regard to
me?. Only that you are so dull, Phyllie,•
you would not require, me to say all this."
. "It . certainly olocalici very strange," • I• '
acknowledge. "Ant perhaps,' after all,
Dora, you are misjudging.him. Perhaps it
was his .sister's—Lady . Hancock's hair he
was kissing." • • • '
Xonsensel" ;Jaye Dore, sharply; "don't
• he absurd, Did you evek hear of any
• brother wasting lib tritush affeetion• upon a,
sister? Do you suppose Billy dr Roland
would beep Vow; face or hair in a locket te
kiel'and embrace in private.?"
I certainly, cannot -':latter Myself. that
theY would, oes. give up* this line, of eigu-
• nient ' .• ' •• • •• •
44 Pethepii:the •
'person, Whoever sheis, is
dead," Inuegest, mere brilliantly.
"to. He smiled at it quite brightly; a
one Would never smile at a dead face; He
smiled at it as if he adored it,". baurintire
Dore, bepoleisely, and the fiftieth • drop
splashes into her hip. "1 shall tell papa,'
she goes on presently, 4, them no idea: of
letting him be imagining things when thete
10 110 truth in them. I wish we had never
• Men -Mr. Carrington I I wish with all my.
heart soinethingovould °deur to take him
.out of this place', I feel as though I hated
hini," says Dore' With 'unitettal vehemence
and a rather • viohnui• .00mpreseion, Of the
HO; 44 and, at all events, I hope he never
will marry that woman in the locket." '
And I mower, "So do I" With rather sue.
haste, so in duty bound, • •
ortet4En IL
, 11 18 in -the evening of the Simile day, and
We are nested in our aootistOmed p18000 08
table: •„
Pepe, 'site down in a en"apping fashion
and cionlinenCes the helping proems in
silence. Mamma never sits at the head of
her table Wept MI thee% WO and utipleast
r
ant oceittaiMM 'When the neighbor') are asked
to dine.. Not a word ie ;spoken ; deadly
MOO reigne,, and all is going en suiethly
eriOuglij until Billy, unhappily raising hilt
sees Dore% oritosou tide.
"Why, Dora,” he ejcolauns, inetantly, in
a loud and jovial tone, "What on earth hi
the matter with you?. Tow eyes are aa
red an Are."
Down goes Dora'a etioon, up coulee Dora'e
handkerchief to her fece,„and a ;stifled Holt
..°"rthveelasirat
raw.
(4 her feeling°. It
i
" oriels my father in a voice of
thunder, "go to your room." And William
does ite 10 18 bid. •
The, 'silence is becoming positively awful,
when papa suddenly ramp hie head trona
the contemplation of hia nail, and Noland
uttere a languid sigh, and eye, : • •
"Shall we gay grace 2"
"What is the, meaning of thie delay ?"
domande papa,exploding for the *mond
time. "Are we going to Mt here all night?
Tell cook if this smuts again the oen, leave.
• Three-quarters of an hour between 'amp and
fish ie More than I will put up With. • If
there iitno more dinner, let her say so."
"Pothers Mrs. Tully is indispoeed,"
says Rely, politely, addressing Jamee, It
so, we might to make allewancei for her."
Ildre. Tully's - admiration for Old Tom"
being a well known fad to every:one in the
house except papa. .
"Be silont, RoLand ; 1 willhaVe biter-
ferenoe where -my servants are 'concerned,"
declares papa ; and exit James with his
hand to his romath, to return preeently
with a very red face' and the roast mutton.
rift"oWtohnee.
re% the awl r asks papa, in h ter-
. "It didn't artive in time, eir."
54 Who has the ordering of dinner.in this
'house ?" inquires pave, addressing us all
generally, as though ighorant of the fact
,of • mother's having done go without a
. .
bleelt.for the last twenty.six yam. No-
• bogy, 1 preaume, by the marent in which
titis served. Now, remember, James, I
give strict order's that •no more fish ie,ever
takenfrom that fishmonger. Do you
hear?"
44 Yes, sir." And at ,length we all get
some ;oast. mutton,- -- •
. It moms to- me, that dinner Witt rioter
oome to an end; and yet, to-watoh me, r
'feel sure. no etranger would ever guests' at
my impatience.- • •
' At length, hewever, the weloome word is
spoken, and we rho' from the table. Once
outside' the. door, I fly -to- the -cook, and,
having obtained dttoh delicacies as are pro-
curable, rush up stairs and enter Billy'
room', to: find him mated at the ferthest
end, the deepeatlook a dejectionii'pon his
features. " • : ,
As our eyee meet this gloom Vanishes,'
giving place to an expression of 'intoned
, relief. •' - • • .
(10/11" he , pays, thought you Were
• pore." •
"no. I could,. not 00100 sooner, as papa
fought over every . course. Blit I have
brought y�u your dinner new, Billy. • YOu
mnst be starving" ; ' . • •'
• I had it -hang ago," Saye Billy, 'drawing
a potato from his pooket . and a plate from
under' the dreseitg,table 'on. which mutton
is distinotly 1r • feel •eather--disap-
pointed. • ' .
". " Who brought it to you ?". I ask; but
before Item receive a' reply a heavy _sten
upon the stairs 'mikes terror to, out hearts,
instexitly Billy's- .dinner goe,e•orider the
thole again, and the dejected .dePteesion •
return a tains face. But .I,r-ivhat am I to
do? Under the bed I dive, plate and 'all,
thrusting the plate: on ,before me, and am
almoist safe, when.' tip over .a bit of rolled
carpet and pilings) forward. bringing both
betide into the...gravy. In this interesting
position I reroain;-troniblieg, and afraid to
stir' or breathe; With my •eyes directed
through a email hole 10 110 valanoe.-.- • .
• The doer ,opqns noisily; end=enter.Roly
with a, bane in . hia. liOnd and e fernoions
gleeininbie.eyes. • . • , . . •
"Oh, Rely!" I gasp, Borambiizig out of
my hidieg-place; "what st.,f tight yougave
us 1 We were sure it Was papa;" :
• " Where on earth have you core° lrOth ?"
asked • Roly, gazieg with undisguised
amiazernent mettle. figure I, present.:. "And
ocone Any nearer--' paws. off,-Pom-
pey'—What is, . the matter . with.:your
hands?" •. ••
• ''Oh, I had jest brought up Billy some
dinner, and when I heard you I ran under
the bed find • tripped over the. carpetand;
fell•splash into the grayy... But it is goal.
jug," 1 windup, airily. •.
. • ." Nothing 1 I wish tt war) lase, . Go vaith
yourself; .you dirty Then reennahig,
the ferocions roped,. and...with uplifted
cane, he advances On Billy.: " •
. " -papit'e Voidele
,Oioety—" I haVe • net Yet.. done with you
What, sin,did you Mean byexpesing your
sensitive, Meter to the . oriticiems 'of .a.
.orowded table? ' If yolit.own gentlemanly
Metincts are not sufficiently developed to
• enable you to understand hcity enPerdoo.
able are personal reniarks; let this °asap -
tion, tbeta.sense of duty compels roe to
bestow, be the means of teaching yen." ,
Billy grins, and for • the third time COM,
mencee his dinner While Roland 'eine
• against the Windowehuttee and 'canter&
plates him witia lazy curiosity.. " •
"Billy," heoske, presently, Mutton
—when the fat le growing.. white, and the
'gravy is in tipy lamps -r -a geed thine?"
".No it ain't," returns Billy, grumpily,
'and With rather . Mote than his usual vul-
aralt_nagrely, for information," (Aye
Roly... "It certainly, looks odd." .
".14*0 beastly,". says Billy.. "11 the.gottet.,,,
DOL? goes in for any More t.this kind Of
thing.I'll mit and run; that'syrhat I'll do."
. "'Why didn't you have Some dumpling ?"
Roland goes,on innoothly. "The .whipped •
cream with it was capital. • ' , . • ,.
"Dumpling?" sage Billy, ingirdingnais
fixedly.; •dumpling!' Phyllie, luci•3 there
dumpling?", • ..
•"There wee," I reply.'
' "And whippedoreanit"
"Yee," I. answer, faintly. •
"012, Phyllis 1" says Billyin the liveliest
time of reproach. The .flioker of an amused
mile ehoote across Roland's face,.
• 44 Phyllis, why .did you :not bring him
some ?" he, asks,in'a tone that reflects
• • ,
• ," flote coukt 1?" I exclaim, indignantly.
"1 oould not oarry more than one -plate,
and wren as it was r was afraid every
minute I would be caught. . Besides—"
Him Phyllis, Mies Phyllis," cotnee
Isoplitelaral Whieper at the . door acoorepa.
rued by a faint knOolc.. In the Whisper I
reeogbize james. • Having taken a premix..
tieriary peep through the keyhole, I open,
the door, and .on the. threshold discover
our faithful friend, a large plate of apples
and Citectin in his hand, and donsiderable air
inyetery about him. .
"Miss Phyllie," he says, in 4 fine under,
tone, 44 cook eent.this here to Master Billy ;
and the • mietrese isays you are to oceite
down at (Meet, ail the Master' lute been aak
big where yeti all, are."
"1 sin bolting," I return ; "and tell --
cook We are awfully obliged to hen!' -Where.
Uprin, having depoeited the cleintiee before
Billy, I charge down stadia into•the library ;
. and, hating seized hold of the first book
twat 'see, I Oelleot tnylielf, and enter the
drawing.toona with a sedate Air.
"Where have yeti been?" domande papa,
twisting hitt head round until1 wonder
nook doelliell orsok,
Iwnhtahteboolibrkstg, Illhoosing: a book."
I glance) at the volute° I wry, and to
my unmitigeted horror, find it a treatise
winntisrgerif
oit; Dr: Baily," 1 intlynnr vaggely.
44 Come here and let me 'see it." Tram.'
Wing, I sivat ue and Bartender my book,
"re this a peeper book for a youiig woman
to study ?" eieolsime my papa, in high dia.
gust, when oe bas read through the head.
imps cif thb obapters, "What on abomina.
ble girl you are! Go 'over there and sit
down, and keep yourself out of mischief for
• the, remainder ot the evening, it Toucan."
moms
• The next day Dora is still low—very low
indeed --end eights heavily at intervals. We
might, however in spite of this, hey° man-
aged to knock Lome enjoyment out of our
lives, but, untorthnately, whatever commu-
nioation she had made, to papa on the Rub.
haat of Mr. Carrington's.trea,ohery has had
ihe effect of rendering him almoot enbear.
• able.
.1 think Roland rather enjoys the mur.
kinees of the atmosphere than otherwise,
and takes a small but evident pleesure in
winking at me ea he premise the vinegar
and pepper on our already highly seasoned
father.
The latter knowing my nomadic+ tenden-
Mee, ..ip eueceseful in bringing,to light
during the day a dozen. unhemmecl oarobrio
handkerohiefe, and before going to his cus-
tomary afternooPride leaves atria Minna.
tions behind him thet by my fingers they
are to be begun and ended before his return.
About 4 o'clock, therefore, beheld me.
'sitting in state in the drawing -room, in
company with mamma end -Dors,, hard at
work at my enforced task.
The conversation hi ; dwindles,
indeed, until it gets so sparse that at length
• we are ashamed. ot it and relapse into
silence.
Suddenly there comae a rattle of horses'
hoofs upon the gravel outside. A little
later, and Mr. Carriogton's voice striking
on 011801188 setespeoulation Edna- Mamma
glandes furtively at Dora, and Dora breathes.
4 faint sigh _ and blushes pale pink, while
suffering an aggrieved expression to char-
acterize her face. • ' -
•' A torrible'thought....sonnei tan 'key head.
Suppose—of coerse it is impoesible—but
appose Mr. Carrington' were to come in
now, and in the course of conversation
pention' my photograph; what . will 12 •
'mother and Dora think? What is to inel•
vent their drawing a conclusion about
what happened yesterday? Although I do
not in the least believe it was my posture
Mr. Carrington was seen embracing, still
the, very idea that it might be, and that he
might at' any time epeak 01 it turns me
aold. Something 'must be done, and that
• quickly. Without further beeitation I rise
'trom my seat, put 'clowu my work, and
make for the door. No one attempts to
detain me, and in an instant ram in the
hall, face to face with our visitor.
I ley my hand upon thefront of his coat,
and whisper. hurriedly: •
• "Do not say a Word about my picture;
not a word. DQ you underatand ?" I have
raised my face to bis in my anxiety, and
shake him slightly to emphasize my,worcle,
r do ;" he replies placing. his hand over
'Minene it liei. ethicist •uneonsolously upon
his breast; " Of pouts° I will not. But—
why.--" •
• "Nothing," I say "at least only a featly.
GO new, I will tell you some other time."
• " phyllie, will . you meet me .08 the pak,
tree to-moirow evening at five—at four?"
he asks, eagerly detaining me as I seek to
'escape, mad I say, "Yes." with impatient
haste, and, tea;riug my hied out 'of his; I
tiirn my back `upon him and gladly thew
peat: • •
Ito be ciontinted
whiiiiinge.
•
Don't forget, my snobbieh friend, that
you have got to die just the same as the
rest of us, and you cannot bury yourself,
either. ••
Next to a snow:storm, for a ,decided
nuisance, comes * holiday, in a -great city.
• :When a KOMI does drop out of sight in a
great may,' you not onlyoever hear from
him again, but . you cannot even And the
hole he fell through. • • • • '
It is the strongest possible argument for
our immortality that nine of every ten
hume.n beings believe in it.. .
• Politenests has no creed.'
About half we know we goose at, and
for
ro uester half, somebody haagueseed at
• A man of a great deal of character I:Mi-
not hide it. He will hatray it even when
• he sneezee. . '
One of the strongest evidences to me of a
hereafter is that we cannot.prove it. • '
. Every ladder ha e a top round to it. • •
Our chareoters we make, our reputations
are often made fot us. • ' •
• ' •
It is no disgrace to be bit by a dog the
first time, but the second time it is. •
... Very ,intelligent p:eople parry. a large
• share of their brains iri,.their faces.
—Zeke Fairchild, in The Manhattan for
May.
naby ,ai the imaischead.
Not long riga an English ladytook peek°
On a veesel bound trona. Ningeton; Semitic:a,
to London. A large, (Strong and eptive
monkey on board the vepsel took a finally to
the lady's child, a babe about 2 months old.
The monkey would fellow the lady from
Oleos to place, watching her as she rooked
and -fondled her little one. It so happened
on a beautiful afternoon during the voyage
that a dietant sail attracted the attentibu
of the paesengers. The polite • captitin
roftered the lady. the gee of his gime). She
• ptheed her child pn the sofa and had jure)
raised the glass to her eye, when a ory was
heard. Turning quickly she beheld a sailor
In pursuit of the monkey, which had grasped
the infant firmly with one arm and was
nimbly climbing the !shrouds. The Wither
fainted as the monkey reached the top of the
maiermuit. The captain was at his. wit's
end. • He feared that if he sent a sailor
in pursuit the menkey would drop the babe,'
and escapehy leaping from mast to mast.
Meanwhilethe monkey wee seen to be moth.
leg and fondling the child. Atter trying in
manyth
W1178 to lure e animal clown, the
captain ordered the men below, and con-
cealed himself on deok. In a mon:rent, to
his great joy, he saw the monkey carefully
descending. • Reaching the deck, it lOoked
cautiously around; advanced to the Both(
• and placed the child upon it. The coptiiin
restored the child to its mother,. who was
soon eatiefied that her &Whig -had &reaped
Without injury. • '
Charles Goodnight is a king among oattLe
kings in TeXak and MO fenced in 700,000
acres with 250 Rifles of wire fence,' at the,
head of Red River in the Panhandle. His
•ranch contains nearly 25,000 Wires More
than there are in the entire State of Rhode
Island, and he bought the whole at from 50
ciente to $1 8.18 8.080.
`• Mrs. ilawereley, the wido4 of Lewis C.
andersley, the New York millionaire,ls
Mgr. Capers) first very wealthy convert it)
• the United Staters.
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Sceee fiwterestheit Noche -40waseoreiliag she
Olen mat. Nowt Clepeat sec ilhe Cade&
rizeest ave.
Visitors vibe, from curiosity or bileineset
have called 04 the White Koine, nom"
have been thapreesed by she courteous yet
systematio Mennee with which they were
received acid escorted through the remotion.
. The gentiemen whose duty *8 18 to receive
, all venoms omnitig to the White House are
Coltmel E. B. Perinitlre, Mr. John T. Rick-
• ard and Mr. T. F. Ronde', and they have
occupied their present position* through
the verioto Adrumietratione ditOe and eveza.
during the war. Me. Panda! wait Presi-
dent Lincoln's body.guardsaw him
to his carriage the 'fatal night
on whiola he visited Ford's theatre,
and he now has in his posseabion the blood.
method met whit* Mr. Lincoln Were On
that memorable ocoarsion. There ia not a
public MaII in America to -day who does not •
know, and who te not known by, these gen-
tlemen, and the remiuisaenoes of publia
and sociai life whir* they Oan recount
would fill a congressional volume. Duriee''''
the weary yet exciting years of the war;
through the more peamsful times of Grant's
administration; wbile Hayes held the reins
of government, and when Garfield was
shot, it was these men who etoed in the
executive meneion, welcoming the advent
of each new administration, bowing at its
departure, and receiving both martyrs '
through its portals.
During that long, hot and never -to -he.
forgotten summer. when President Garfield
lay between "two worlds," the nation be. .
OaM8 aware ef the deadly roaktrial influ-
mice whioh hung about the White Herm.
But all througn that period these three
men never deserted their poste for a dingle
day,although each . one was • Buffering in:.
tensely. In conyereetion with the water,
Colonel Densmore mod
"Itis Opposable to describe the, tortures.,
I have undergone. TO be compelled to
smile and treat the thoueande of visitors
•who come here daily with courtesy when
one is in the greatest agony requires
a tremendous effort. All *hit summer
I had terrible headaches, heart -burn
- and astifling sensation that
sometuicee took away • my breath;
My appetite was iiimertain and !fele severe' -
piline to the small of my back. I Wail under
the dootor's care with striot instructions not
to': go out' of the henser but I remained on
. duty nevertheleas. You wonld beesurprised
'to knovr the amount of' quinine I took; on .
some day e it was as much as sixteen,.„ .
gra,ine." • . .
"And wasMi.Riokard badly oft,.too?" •
"1 ahould think he was. I Wily,: time and
again we'have pioked him ,up anti laid him
on the mantel, here in the vestibule, hewas.
iso used up." ^ '
"Yee," Mco14ireed Mr. Rickard, .54 X was
so weak I could not nee after lying down. "
without help, and I could only , walk With
the aid of two ceines,and then in a stooping
peeition. • Oh, We have been in a pretty had.
condition here, all of us." • -•
44 And Yet you areall the .embodiment of
• health," said the writer,' as he looked at
• the three bright and vigorouis men before
WM. . .
"* Oh, yen,' said' Mr. Rickard, '4 we.have
not known what slickness was for more than
8. ye'ate;YOU eoine secret llieway of overcom-
ing malaria and its attendant horrors?"
"1• think we have a 'Meet certain way,"'
replied Colonel Densmore, "but ibis no.
secret. Yousee, about two years aeo.my
wife began • to grow blind, and 1 was
alarmed at her condition. She finally:,
begone so she could not tell whether a'
.petson Were white or black at ei distance of
ten feet.: One of her lady friend's advised her
to try a carman treatment that had chine
wonders for her, and to -make a long story
'Short, ehe did so and was completely cured.
Mao induced me uktry the seme means for
my own restoration tied as 80011 118 rfound it
was doing me good I recommended it to my
associates and we have. alt been cured right
here in the atrongliold of Malaria and kept• .
in perfect. health eyer since by means of .
Warner% Sete Cure. Nei* 'I. am not a
believer zo medicines in -general, bat I do
not hesitate to say ..tliat 1 stm.: satisfied 1.
should tave'died of Bright'e disease of the .
kidneye'befere this hiid is not been for this
wonderful remedy. Indeed; I use it as a
household medicine and give ,•it' to my
• ithildren vshenever•they have any ailments.' '
• "Yee," exclaimed Mr. Pendel" " 1118011..
in My family all the while and have tonna
it the Most efficient . thready: we have aver
• employed. 1 know of very Malay public .
men .who are using it to.day and they all
speak well' of it." . •
I. weigh 160 pounds' to -day," said: Mr..
Biased, and when my physician told me • , •
Over a year ago I could not hone to recover •
I weighed 122' pounds. Under such intim;
eines you cannot Wender that I coneider '
this the best •mediciim before the American,
statOM ante •
froth. these gentle;
inep peed no comments. They are volan- ••
taty and ontepoken 'expressions from sour- •
ties Which are. the highest in the land.' Were'i
there the slightest ,qeestion regarding their
• apthentioity they would not be made pnb• •
lio, but as they .furiaish Fluoli valuable
truths for alt. who are suffering, we unhesi-
tatingly publish:them for the good of all., .
• rDlieredited
Binge, the English hangman,'is a subject
• of Patiiamentary talk end it is proposed to
turn him out of his place. It may be. a
satisfeetion to him to know that Jack ,
Ketch, the . greatest of hangmen, was •
similarly ejeoted. • Luttrell gays in. his"
• diary, Jan. 20th, 1686 : 44 jack Notch, the
hangman; for affronting the sheriffe °Men -
den, was committed to Brideweli and is'
.turned outof his place and one ROM, a
butoher, put in.'? It is seldom one heated
a hangman being hoisted -with his • own
petard. • Luttrell writes a few Months
Later: !.pive men of those lately con -
deemed at the:Sessions were 'executed at
Tyburn ; oue of them was Pioche Rose, the
nev hangman, so that now Jack. ketqh is
.elitood to insplacei • '
•
Kew Cigar Roza! 'ate siiice.
The poking of cigar boxes is an
ftaper-
tant sod profitable industry. • The cheap.
boxes are made of white .wood and bath -
wood stained to, an imitation of cedar. The
better boxes are made of Spanish cedar.
The boards are -planed and then ripped up
and out tattle proper size,after which they
are nailed together by a machine which
wiepick up four nails and nailthemin .
'the box at once in one second of time: One
machine nail') 2,500boxess a day. Girls do
the &dishing work, that of lining the boxes,
edging 'them and putting on the labels.
When iiniehed, cigar boxes are worthfroth
$6 to $20 a hundred. The cedar oneefflost
68 a hundred more than the imitation.
It is lust one mile between Sault St.
Marie, Mich., and the Canadian Village op.
obit°, yet mail communication between
the two points occupies ten days. A letter
poeted on the American side goes first to
Detroit, crosses te Windsor, where it enters
the Canadian mails( and in then sent 'wirer
Canadian routes back to the San% reach- t
ing the Canadian office there in ten days
from the time it darted. •