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The New Era, 1884-06-20, Page 24 a-iinci 2o, 18$4. attain into, Jay ;moiety, He tli, not once andreth the during the evening: 0. note,ainuld he, When yOu'davotad Year- self in guide it provokingly open manlier to that ritliehlone'boy, end. of terWlertlii Illowed Oadtain Ankittil •to MOnoPolhte'YOu Poke minty 2 I wieh,Bebe, you would not." " Indeed I dual," eat% Hiss Beatoun_, ninpetulmianthalynvi e.vo7I anhualle itimireetaet, Itg ed titeuglevieurciti think X Ona. dying , Of chagrin and dile'''. 1/41:10,4ebridanvtu,.." you not even epeak• to Loed O. Minden?" ' . . "Net it X ean help it. do you need not Bey another ward If you do X will rePOril te as' a • dangennte little 'Y°11" gar17414414 ' - . ' et teen Mateb-rahlter* IAA' Verbena Meer, ap ' ,d'sbeniskinsleen...1 have really Peet more dleagree- And as foe Chipii " mitre Bebe . whahneeeratnglyreceiverea all her wonted Mel "1120 bey re the most. naming ..,,.. •. .......- emits . Anew. He is perfectly adorable. i etas quite And otilendsoMe ini he AN is° • - a pleasure elope to sit and look at him.', s "Are you going away n.ow ?" seeing her rale. " Yes ; 10 10 all hours, or, rather small hours and Mermaduke will be here in a moment! , to wield me for keeping you from yotir beauty.eleep. ' Good-i4ht, dearest, and forget whet a goose I made of myself. rtoolito lille." "1 cannot Profilist. to forget. What I never thought," I reply, giving her a good hug, and oo we part for some hours. '80111, 1 do not go to becie Her story • hag affected Me deeply, and sets me pen dering. I have eeen eo little real bona fide \sentiment in my home life that probahty it int,eresta me in is greater degree than it Would most. girls ot my own age differently reared. I Bit , before, my fire, my bandit elasped round my knees.. for half an hour, oogieating as to ways and means of reunit- . . ing my friend 'to her helOyed-for that Lord. (Unclog bas meted to regard her With, feelings of ardent, affection is a thing I neither clan nor will believe. I am still 'vaguely • planning, .when Mar, inaduke oomin in orders me off barna ___ * ii, • . . . Blumbers, declaring my roses rad degene• rte "lite line 1 1-nerma* t in keeping tens ea i - E1 1 .. - -- -.- s. Militated home.. . . • . . bgAVTICIt XXI.- e Biny is coming home to -day," is the first thought that occurs to me cutI opting from My. be'd • on the morning of ' the -nine-Po teenth and run to tne window. It is a glee riots day outside, sunny and warm and bright, full cif that air of subdued eunimee gist always belonge to September.- ...Seen I shall see hire ; soon I shall tel come him to my own home. etlas,,alcie 1 that Bo 'many Whirs must pass before be oan entermy expectant armsl ' Bebe, who le irainensely amused at -ray impatience, declares herself . prepared to. fall in love with Billy on the opal; the very moment. ebe sees him. • . • , "I am paseionately attathed to bora' she says, meeting me . in the corridor about 'half.palit three (1 am in .eneh a rambling, unsettled condition .as compels. me to wal ererrepluar to poet an day) ; ...-a- like their 'society -witness . my devotion to Chips.-- and they like thine. . But for all that, I shall be. nowheree With yet= Billy; you have .. . another guest in Jour hone° who will take his heart by storm." • , ' " Whorn do you maim?" ., , e Lady Blanche Going. I never yet itaw' the boy ' who eould. resiet .ber. Is „it not odd? .le she not the last pereon one would, select as' Ofavorite with youth" • "1 hope he will not. like her," I Ory, .thipulsively ; then, 'feeling royal!, without oauseentigraeions„ ". that 18 --of •eourse I do not mean that • • Mel 111at. .3heretterioell_. Ininct,2 "A dind".0 ti. k. a somow luny? Much in * meow. nuah reallY_ .., now.smit I lOok iltiou, pit Very then den, Ina thlis, a thmk, *rad Mob a littiV drire over'; orer *anted tinverhip *0 whole WitY, 9100 her the.flieg: • " Yeta And are you 04 to Ses nunBillYr WloneerelyywoLloonutellyou wit itostutssrames?uisliairswaa sew yotir ;WM, and I will. tell yod everything." As. I am drawing him eigetly• *way 1 catch eight ot Mermadidth's retie, who hes bean' odientlY rogarding. us all this. time, . himself tuntoticed. Idemeth.ingin kis expression touches me 'with 'nail/roe, - I tUrli .lip to him Mid lay hand My uPaa hi OM '"bank you forbringing kin," 1 Ben earitestlY, " and for letting bitrl rlihve the reins. I notified_ tleht. You he*Ve Made me very happY tolneY." . • "Have I ? It wee °sally. done. I am glad to know I have made you happy for • h ' " even ours ert d ay' , • He smiles, but draws bis arm gently from graep as he speaks, and 1 know by the lines. storage his forehead tome . painful thought has jarred Upon him. I am feeling Belt -reproachful and Berry, when Billy's voice recalls me to:the joYed the present hour. - "Are you coming ?" Imo 'the autocrat, impetiently,from the drat step 0* the etaire, with about six bulging brown•paper parcelo in his ' arms, that evidently no uman power geoid heve induoed to enter th port- mantean that Mends beside him. "Come," he saya again ; and; forgetful of everything but the fact,ot his presence neat me, I rage hici2 uPatalre tuld into the iiedrenohne.el, own ,hande have made bright• or him, While the elegant Thousse and the port- tnentgen follow more slowly in our rear. . • 44 What a Capital room I" Hap§ my Billy, . . "and tote of apace, I like that. I hate being cramped, as I alweys am at borne." " I am glad you Iilse it," I reply btibbling over with astiefatitio.n. I settled itmyself, and ,hod the OarPet taken oif. because 1 knew you Wolid .prefer the room 'without ' it. But 1 desired them to nut the narrow price :all round thibed, lest yOurleet. Blionld,be bade.- you wou/6 obje-ot tiiihot ?"- • ' " Oh. 210,1 it msy remain, if•yon have any 'foamy for it." .. . I am &bent to stIggeet that ..08 10 18 not intended. for my•bare feetit does not affect Me one waY or the other; hot.- knowing argument with Billy to be woree than, UBO I refrein. ' '• . • ' "Have yon ' any dressedothee?" I ask, 9.r.ettut4.t°°thelYhat nev.. 911..B15:* ..... , .4 rio ; i novae liad an Uross•ootnea m my life ; where;would I get them? but I. have black breeches and a black jacket (like a shell•jeeket, yon know), and a white shirt and a. black tie.. -That will do, weA.'s it? Laugiey 9163.0 i look ungoramon well in' them ; and you the when I'm dressed up and that, Ill be as fit aa the best of 'em." 1' " Far rii06r than any of them," Iresponde L-. with enthusiagme. and. he' dims. not con- trediet me. .• When the garments just, :,desoribed. have been laid on the bed, Billy disolosetsynap- • toms of a, desire to get into therm I leave • • 43 • • the room. • . . When, half 7an. hour later, •the drawing. room deor °pole to adinit him, anfflooking up I see my brother's viell.shaped heed and slight boyish. figure, ' a etriinge pang of delight and admiration tonehes my heart.' 1 introduce him th Harriet, whole near- est to me; them. to Sir George Ashurat,belonging then to' Captain jenkins ;• afterwards I letaVe him to hiwown devices, -I am glad to hear hiin chatting away merrily to kind Sir George, When it voice,' addressing hire, frem, ite e - ' • . an oppos se a, es me turn. The voioebelon.ge to tidy .Blanche Going,. and she is. Broiling at him in her laziest, most seductive manner. ' ' ' • . -- • "Wont you come aud•speak.toeue ea ihe siya, sweetly. .. mre. curl/loon wig. not' find time to present you. to every one, and I 0 . ot wait for a formal introduction:. Conte here, and let me tell you Inks Eton- ens better than anythingelse in the World.. .• Sirlfark'S moustache moves slightly, juSt eufficient to ander his lips to form thera• selves into a WWI sneer ; while Hi*, thus .suntrooned„ mosses Over and NM alto the seat beside her ladyship • eye • u -el, it'•• • mit t i, . . o you, rea y : e sego. u m awfully afraid I_ shall 'destroy your good. opinion of us.You 'Bee, the fact 11,3" -he goes on, candidly ' "1. hive. so little to say for m self, I fear in a very few • utes you .fft 11 vote • me a tore. However, you 'are quite.Weloorne to anything X have to Ray; and *hen • . "ti d f '• " • I .• you ate re . o . me p ease - • Nay so 2'i • • • • • - : . • . a oh, that your Olden., had hall 3Nottr wit 1,, awakes her iadyehi.... .w -tie . le., i an effective butbewitchin h k f h head.' g a a e o her "11 they would but come tit the jpoint as you do; ?dr. Vernon, what a great . deal • of time might be oared 1" • . . "Oh, I gay, don't can me that," Bays My.the brother, with an irreehitible laugh ; "everymistake," dud °du me ‘13111 4 ' I h ld 't . ya • - a ou nknow mysete-by any -other . nisme. If you insiet , you on calling me Mr.Vernon I shall fancy ' have foundreeson to dislike me." ' .• .' " And. 'would that be en overwh 1 ' , e mingexplosion _•eatamitoe . reiiiiroom door aad both) ,'Ditke'lit_ol, e ,ti g Wm weeseems thin, olPeri * Out Y. . . Stead/nil PlOtionldriturafritMsrukv. hY Oa porthle, / mterneur, . _ M° tural' 1114 far a ra4min,* rallikr4a. .1111 tilentlYe. .e, ." _ _ 2 ,,_ ." My dining 1 as lutYt soent. 44 a Watt or glad etirPrise• and eeMead,tdokir 01' .tio moo. Am 1.ineking,well.?„ y, )nair. ar. emu. lousolk e a r you are lookiag unrelyp resume he, with entinuidearo, and.. taking My hand eerefuilYetis though -fearful of doing thine injury to my Odell, leadt me before 'his ' glass. . " there," he !aye 'what a perfeet Bee1i . little picture you me.ke." I titer° myeelf ont of stouts. tenanoe, and ent thoreUghlY satisfied with What X see. " thaat no idea 1 could eves aPPeer 00 presentable," 1 say, lialf ehy, wholly de• delighted. . o you shell be painted in that deess, .. deolares 'Duke, warmly,'" and put all these antiquated dames in the picture -gallery m the shade." . - . "Are 'not the diara.ands beautiful?" . . • - exelaine I. "And my woe _ ..evee such a goon. tit I And" -anxiously--" BEtirmaduke, ate "you sure you hke isty hair ?". "1 like everything about you. I never eaw youth*. halt so Well. I feel hotribly proud of you." . "Bestow a little of your ad.miration on my bouquet, if you please. Sir Markhad it sent .down to me, all the way from Lon- don, and tie min brought it to me half an hour ago. Was it nOt_thoughtful7'." . . . "Very. 1 suppose with a 0003100.1 eigli, -'all the men win be mailing love 00 7022 to•night4 'That% the worst of having a pretty wife; she te only half one's own." Then, abruptly,. changing the subject, '6 What dear little round babyfieh arms I" eta°. ping to press. hie lisps to welt. in, turra 'They might belong to a m ere oluld. ' * "And you really tbink I inn Joking downright pretty r I ask, desperately, yet withal very wietfully reading hie face for a reply I do so ardently long to be °lessee. among 'the well -favored people 2 . "I h Id. ether think d.do Why. Ph 1. hal el °wilhatr-eartfilY7Mie is .ft in- rre-eYo I id' you pe , . e " As -as pretty is Dora ?" withhesitai. 'fion. I am. gradually nearing the highest int. - • - . • . " POWAY?' 1 Dora indeed! . She could not hold a candle to you -to be emplaatie." hold "Well,here's- a kiss . for . you," say I, standingon tiptoe to deliver t in the uberance " f my se,tiefeetione feeling. for rude in my °life, Utterly -and . diegraoefully efine,„nee --hl-a-ine---ad. uke, however,. appearing et this • ' " moment dangerously deeirous of taking me into ifs arms and. giving me a hearty - fe. -1. ' h d t • t f ' finer I race, to t e e mem o my y,.. /Teat a hasty retreat; and go off to exhibit myeelf to mond* and Dora. - • His Gracie the. Duke of' Ohillington arid Lady Ands Slate -Gore have arrived. The monis begin to look gay and very. full. -• His .thetee w ' 'to anti% est v ' 2 yr eiet , liceri me to -night, dot ry etinisio geri . 1644tyou, rewind, iss of :Beowohiget little ratewtritallegra4es olfertast tamill474111madnve eau, Too swat almost for Me We 4in4 gladness Tnatmerfillen her. Top rereembet her ?" aae",d112 elnathaq4usissrallinals tsloadYysiditiveL0471hayr.,. You- instill me, air, tomeibmee. dance„Cli 1 will never tergive you:, , He .114,4aee hie arm round my waist, and in ',mother moment Nee are weltzing. Pid X eVer Omits before, I Wonder 7 Or it, this Bonn new soneation? I hardlt touch th - ound • m heerte-my er e gr . l• y• v ): puttee -beat in unison with the perfect tlitleiQ. • I Atop, breathless, flushed, raditint and glance up at lairlittath, with ported, Broiling lips, as tliough. oboe to hear him any how delightful he t,00 has found it. He is a little. pale, 1 feney, and anawere my mile rather alowly. ,• a Yoe, it bag been ' than 1 t " an p easan . he Bari, divining' and ansWeriag ... MY ettF'2111Steteeet77). , .• , . , , r., ,! .. ,, ,,, , , -• --•-. • . • • • • • • - i. Be is not entineuestio ; and Inm aunt- Lifted, . ... "You .don't look," I say with inquistuve reproach, "as though yon enioYee. it 0110 bit4.".curisus smile passes ever sir more fae,?, , . Don t X? he replies quietly. "No. Decidedly the reverse even. Of course" -with a considerable amount of pique-" you could have found plenty of better dimeere among thopeople here. p, .. perhaps 1 could • although you Must permit me to doubt' 47." I only know 1 would rather have you for a partner than any one else. in thereon." . , I am not proof • against flattery. A smile. is born and grewe steadily rennet Inv lios "--- - ' until at length my whole face beams. " Well, you, might try to appear more contented," I Bay, - with a. litet teeble at remonstrance. --" When -I get attempt• , • what I want I always look pleased." 0 I know you do. But I am a thanklese being; the More .I. get • the more I want. •when ar men is starVing, togivehim a. Little. only adds to the pe,ngs he suffere--" . The last bare of the waltz died out with a lingeringewailing Idea. • A. little hush falls, . . . Sir George Aidaurst, coming up, offers me nig arm. . (To be continued . IlleAtetdels• X: oWn,, , QtA4nrnublutioosbast bailhangit lusts nines$theinpothhenueepoen: 1:40011,41ilitir;LIXIMIX1.11. . The Earl 'of Seettleld has, on the room. meuditiOn of the B.ritigh Printh Wel boon made a Peer of the United ,Kingdom, coltielbstisaidg: dthioatait etareinembgt, eGletnnophiltna wnitnA three Milli0O. itallonS at 'VddikeY issi Year ' ' ° • * There died at Preston,. Linlithgow, or the nth nir., aged 77,. Alexander pieten , 1 B- I41" 'Pe184t7.144t."414. 11 14114° 0941". A itois of .a.rolx. Steel, porter, Crafglidende. tun tern att Just been tootenoo . to Mt D- - -.tr.h .. ba lashes for Pinidng . angrean on A YOunga3 boy at school,. The Mester of Salton), eldest son el Lord Saltoun, hes bean obosen to contest Eau Abeedeenshire in the Conservative hiterest at next election.: . ese The appointment of the first f3oetel Be°ratarY of eb4la will °°°- a b° mad.. °' Mr Baxter, M. P. Dundee, is DOW 'spoken a as the mostaely choiceof the G-overnmout ,.,.. , .,...., • ,.. ,. , Arthur, of Relensburgh, died ou the 17th oit i iv 90th Er . „ n 16 , year. . e vial sthideedoltdkeeerteinfohrolinixtrtynef4hs.e town; bpfkovbk3arrye ' Thomas Landale Philip, a Leith' timbal merchant, has been sentenced to fivyears e penal servitude for forging five bine of Nal value of £330. • . . There died on the 160h hit. in Edinburgh Dr. Jelin Mure, Inepeotor-General of Hos llitals (retired), formerly in the eth Fusi era and 72nd. Highlanderit. The . deedh is mini:mooed of Mr. Roberi Seller, head of the firm of George Seller al Son, Huntly, widely known for the manu• facture of ploughs. • • . . Mr. it R Olen for thirty-three yeah • ' B. • f towneeerk of Linlithgow, has resigned. Provost Mackie has resigeed with a view .to the vacancy • so also has Bailie Hardie. ' •- . - J. Shaughnessy. writer, Glasgow. hal raised an action against...3)e, Andrei Robertson for £500 damages . for calling -i . lithe " adonfounded rascal.' - • The -members. :and fri. .eodee-ht-theeSh Wilhem Wallace Fouran:hatid ()tub, i company of 140, in seven brakes, meg ,drawn by.four greye, drove from glesgoe to Ayr and back on May 20th. . ik-- - The window gifted by ex-Provostillac• donald to the Perth •Oommiesioners' Ball is being fitted. in. e It represents Het Majestyand Prinne Albert at the time cr their first visit to Perth in 1842. . . .. Pr. Norman Macleod ie of, opinion this, the Christian edueation of tile .youth de pends, upon the direct exerdons of th, Church it the religious character of th, co. untry is to be maintained,' • . • Sheriff • Rhind, Of " Wigtown, has beer preeented with an address. by the prooura • tors on the Ogeafii011 ot his retirement from the Sheriffedithstituteship. of the, county which heieheld for thirty-eight years. ' ' • Allele Miller is the oldeet inhabitant of Witham parish as she has just entered het , - edth year. e le sti hale an "unar ' ' She ' ' 'II ld hearty. Aniiie was only once. in, her lite it a eteembeat„ and but twice. in a railway train - -.. . ' . . . ' . . - . The wits of Mr. Alex.Baird, of Una, diec Onee On ay 6 . e .Wee 4 °A-Urie a M 2let. • She th eldest daughter •orlhe late Lord. Haldon arees -.7-----°n ,park, Exeter, and took a Warm - to the tenantry on the estatei tolgrehilsbend. . ' • • . The Presbytery 0; Linlithgow have found the .Rev. Mr. Whyte South Queens. - ' • ' . •ferrY(fcirmerly Of Arthur, Ont,Y; 'guilty of adultery Waking servant liarg retYoung, , a .. d f - a dent b ha -en • towards Chris 812 c''. in ° 7- ° -- -Lig - -. . ' tans Haldane.. • • • . • •• . , • • • The Marquis' of Lothian "oil. My 22nd . I d C tee G 1 f th ' R al was 6 cote ap in enera o • .3, ey Comnany of •Arehere , (Queen's bodyguard for Seotional, in room of the late Duke el Bunclimeh,whO ha.dheld •the appointment for fortyaux gems. ' . . • Mt Gladstone hes - intiniated to the Right Hen. Geo. Harrison, L L. D., Lord Provost of Edinburgh, that -the Queen. has been pleased to offer him the honor of knighthood in .eonsideration• of hie services to the municipality of Edinburgh: , The Soottish Farmers' Alliance has • ° d Odell to send a deptitation.t0 Ireland, to . inquire into the Working of the Irish Land Act, and. to asoertain .whether any . of its :provisiorie are suited to the just require - mente of Scottish' tenants, or.any .pertion Of them. _ ' - • . , , . Merge majority of -the Liberal °lecithin • of the Kirkcaldy Burghs have 'expressed dissatiefaction viith. Sir ' George. Campbell. . and haVe asked him to resign his Hen ill Parliament. A plebiscite was taken 011 the .subjecit under the • directiond of a . . , • . ^ 00Mmittee. , . . Smith, goods pad, and Aimee McAllister, waggon oheoker, employed by North British Railway • at Cowlairs, ill onstody on e charge of haviog in aluarrel. caused' the detith of WM. Miller, . . • • , . .. . ... a private detective... Martha WAllister, one of the ten young women killed in the. terrible dynamite at Ardeer, on the Ayrshire coast, . • • . was an active worker in the local United Presbytaiiiiiiniission. Eters whole. heart was in the work,Und she Wail held in high esteeireby all on account of her 'amiability and genuine Ohrietian &erecter. She often sang at ther Work, and tesurvivor employed, in the setae hub relates how Martha, iname- . chately before the explosion sang "We • , .ehall Meet ori.that Betiutiful dhore." • Fel. - low -workers in the mission: curled •irer ooffiti shouldet-high to the grave. ' • The. General ' Aegemblies . of the Este.b- e I, - • ro es • ' ' on is, po and .b tee Chu, h were opened ' " Thursday, May 22nd, iti Edinburgh. ' For the fourth tinie the Baal of Aberdeen Was preeent as leord High' Commissioner, .end the .. pomp of the customary' State care, nsonials was:enhanced by brilliant sinishirial • and a pleeas,nt westedy.breeze. ' .TheiRevel Dr. Ilankin of Born the retiring Modera:-"' . * . inaugural , - . . preached the Bermon at St. Giles . Er.Teter Mackenzie, ef Urquhart, ' was installed Moderator, and the Lord . High Clommithioner announced the renewel • • . of Her Majesty's grant of 02,000, with the suggestion 11100 0 portion of . the 131101 roight be benefudally iipplied in the promotion of . the adininistritions of the Gomel in Gaelio. At the Free Church Assembly the retiring Moderator, Dr.. Horatiun Boner, having delivered the opening sertnon, Dr. Walter Roes Taylor, ', Mute°, was ideated to the (their, and delivered his addrese, eend Mr. Andrew Melville, St. E aochai Church; Glee. gotv, was appointed tothe clerkship vasent the death or gir Henry Monoreiff. .. . . ..,,i,, lrinesetafteds There wail ante, reieeeathet,wies ahut up el 4, ehettl. himself, ." 'Z'm euro Y cannot tell ' amwelled in here for -a slioOking coon I one, Unfitted for a chicken_ with. an enterprising mime, - . Eie went ontin che barnyard ene levely morn te• •,-'. mile Mach. benne found spring-cleaning* tne only preper-wey ; ,,_ . ' Thisysed 16 eltiell too nerrow-a 01100aW$,OgnP t.nnd, innitted lor a ebleken with an entarPrlathg mind," ' •• Ee3 °rept to 4 eaterey told Burvect betwixt a cm% else werid Sla7k MIL a wide beforehipi, and niat es widely bees; ., ' Thiel world is 3.v. ,' .11 J.00narrpw-a shocking 000p f end, Unfitted for a .21.,,,•:,en with an enterprising. mind." • • 2more , 1 shoted like co have Ideals, 1 slionld like tomy tread the step. N get the Upatiainable, and free my soul from pats ,• :ehonld.iike co leave this dark earth said some other dwellice, find, dere fittee 102 1. rte.:ken • with an enterprieing Iona" ' There's a piaeL wie re <bias andrieasure-boate .„, go oohingfro. Ehere's one worla ee the surface aid soother world beleivi' 1helittie wcwe:i mos nearer and; 022 0110 brink, inclined, !hey sicallox . 1., tr., the chicken with the enter. prising mo ,.. ' "" .. , P Pi Y. L L 1 S. . LA .1,08 DlletlEle3. .........-____.- Meese of "mete itewnt e The Baby," "nlrY nein. Leian," etc ; et0. :. • " He Wail tory whit , end bid lips were igIttly aompressed. lid I think there .... rere=4Mirb--irr-ene--ey 4,7.-,---ohi-Phyliis, 5i ries Bebe, paseiouatel , *tiling to push her 'hair back sharply, and •beginning to mice he rooto, " when I aaw the teers in:hie yea I almeet gave in. Almost, mark you, ,ot quite. '1 am too well trained for that." "1 think I would have relentedee e " I am sure you would; but your educe- Lon hat beee so different.. Upon this earth," aye Bebe, slowly, "there is nothing Bo than or despicable as a' wonaan born and red ea I am. Taught from our cradles to tok on Dabney and money's worth as the rinoipal. good to be obtained in life ; with be watchwords. 'tin excellent mittch,' ' lt ioh niarriage," an eligible parti,', drum- :ed. into our ears from the time we put on idles and freaks. There is -something eeperately unwholesome aboiit the whele ring." . "Did you OON'or see him since ?"-alik I, eeply impressed by her manner and the rre-affair 'generally. , . ' • . • "Ideyer until to -night. Yeti May:fancy rhat a shook it was:' • - "And he didn't ,even kiss you before.going way, tie be. thought, fo.r ever.?" I exotaim., nwisely. • "Elea ale," severely. • "Bow do yOu Ma, Phyllis? Of couree .he 'did not kiss Le • why should he ?" • • . "'Oh, I don't know. I suppose it would ave been untisual," I return, overwhelmed ith confusion. " Only it Beamed to 'me -I mean it is so good to balsiased by One -e love." ' ' "Is it ?" coldly. "1 am hot fond' . of leeing.'' . I hasten to ohm:lee the subjeot.' " When 3 was gone, how wretched youenuet have It I" . " I euppose I did. Bat I shed ' ne, teare ; was too unhappy, I ththk, for mere crying. Owever"-with Midden reeklerisness" it all over now, and we have lived through . Let us forget it. - A month after the nme 1119.113 just. described, the old lord ad his eons were droinzed, and Travers verett came in ler everything; •. '.Yort. flee, bat I'lost by beieg mercenary.' • . . • " I wonder, when- he her:lame- GO rioh,lie d not come bulk direotly and'ask yen all Tr again." . . • . " He knew rattier better then that„I take ", says Bebe, with a slight tiogessionot cuteur; and for the . second tiniel.feel hawed of myself and my igeobleatentie auto. "He went abroad andetityed.there itil nevi'. /le don't look as though he had :ned over-mucli, doe's he ?" with a laugh. " A broken heart is the Most oureable iing ',know. I thought. Iliaci never seen m look so well." .- "A man cannot pine for ever," 1007. in dense of the . absent. Then, rather tore-. 'sly, " I wonder when you will Marry nv, Bebe?" - . . - "Never, most probably," kneeling dein i the hearth.rug. "You see I threw away' y good luck. Fortune will goareely be eo Implaisant a esoond time,'" Hayti Bebe, . ith a gay laugb. laying ...her head down 3011 my lap ; auti then in another Monsent •beceune aware that she is sobbing pas. enately. . " The tears rise thickly to my OWn eyes, 3t I find no words to.comforther. X keep 'once, and Buffer my fingers to wonder tressingly through her dark . tresses as ley lie scattered across my kneee. Per. me the greatest eloquence would not have ion so acceptable as that silent touch.' • In a very shoe- time the storm paesee, id Bebe, It aisioe her fads, covers it with m haiide. - , . • ,, • • . ." I have vet been orying, she says, with ilful vehemence ; " you -must . not think I we. If you do, T will never boyour Mend ;ain. How dam you ,say I Shed tectre for L7 Man?" 1 • • ' "1 did not say it, Bebe. I willnever say ," I return, earnestly. . , , • She pita ber bare arms arouedany neek id lays her hoed upon myshoulder Mauch position that I cannot see her face, and 1 radial/as, Jeering thoughtfully into tlie ei. , - ' , "1 know you will be very angry With • e," I say prosentlY, "hut I mtist sey it. 3rhaps you will marry.him some time." "No, never, never. 'Do you think it ? I. fused him when he Wet poor ; .I would it accept him now he 10 rich.- How °bold n ever imagine it-? Even were he to oak O again (whieh, believe file, is then:Lost 'likely thing that °Quid happen), I would 5'43 him the BUMS sumer. He taay think e heartlees ; he shall. net think Ine no ean a thing RS that." ' : • "11 he loves you he Will thiialt no bad of a." . . "Yeti do weillto say 'if:' I don't taip. me he dem love me now. He did once.'" er antis tighteu roiled me, although I ink for the moment she has • forgotteir .e and elerything and is looking batik upon *pad. After a little while she nays, otin, 44 Yes, he did love me onth." "And does still. X atn 'mire Of it Elio) hole taoe ohaeged When he • eaw youthis • renIng. I remarked it, thotigh I am hoe morally faelelle lot keen observation. , It imposeible he Mtn have forgotten you. ebh." et .. , O Of coeval. There are 80 few pretty evle in the world," with a innile, "Who lange YOU saw in him to.nignr;pbona, 0,0 probably surprise.; or perhaps dieguet, 1 finding himself do tmexpecitealy throtvii now *0 MAKE 1VE ORICAIM. . ' 10e. "onikb.110 Ula to About . lite Stammer • leoeseert 01 Which. -LalOtt' Ilrgoitle Are Feud,' • ° . . • °, At home 10 10 quite impotaidelti to produce all the Many varieties Of itiaerea.m. without . 'd • more• or less care. an nxpenee. ." The t3eoret of making good ioe cream' . of. alit' grade," said Nies Joliet Conon, whose re- Wpm, are here given, '' lies in the freezine The old wayi ofreezing cream, which tO still in use among small nonfectioners con. • d 1.' • ' . " - - • ' suite o ocoaeionally stirring the cream while it was freezine in a tin can .set ill a tub 01 100 and salt. -A more easy and expo- ditious method is -within -the reaoh 'of the . • • average houthkeeper titthese daysof patent reezers. • . e eame p . nom e un er les f • Th ri • 1 d l' 'Mt the best known patente-i. e., the retained' • - Out ,aretun by a wooden 'beater, which re volves inside the oan by the bible motion, that slightly changes the th positionof .e.. can in the outer tub of ice and salt This • • • • • • • • : ' • freezing mixture should . be eomposed of. three parts ei . crushed ime to • one 1 - 1 f ' ' . . d • o coarse ea t, o whiohoare ghoul be taken that it does not reaoh high - - enough around • the sidedot the van to Penetrate to: the in. • ' • - terior and so 8 oil the oream -Vile Water . p . . forineffm tile outer tub' bythe melting of .e. thedreezing Inixthre need not be drawn on while the cream is.being !mien unless it is lihelY, teiget Mtn the. ban, because the water is intensely cold.. If it ia . desired to pack the oreitta atter it is frozen, the water may 'be drawn off and enough more ice and salt laced around the oan to reach pearl to 'P y thelop. Ice cream packed in thisavay. cian • be. kept over night, or longer,' if the freezing mixture le properly renewed. .• When, hie cream is ' moped ' or packed in moulde of fancy shapee, all the openings should. be losed with butter or - oiled aper fixed 0 , n - • about thatip.ertnres of the moulds with paete• 01 gum teagaoanth. • . - • .- ' toe creams et the most ordinartt Bert are made with milk thickened with arroiv. root or porn starch in the proportion .of a tablespoonful to a quart dissolved in cold water and then boiled in the milk, whieh is cooled, sweetened and flavored beforeeit. is he sort of Ice croon usual! froze:Lee T . . . milk . y home is a tied of with Made at ornpo.th a small firoportion of' cream, with eggs SOO' dded to it • for . instance devolve' sugar a , . . half a pound Of 'sugar in a 'quart of milk ; P lachit &eel. the fire and let it heat to . 1 beat' three boiling point; mean line. . ree eggs c a• 0 in milk into em to re di, pour th bell gthem and then return.to the firuaini !stir until' it , begins to thicken , then - at once . . - • • it • from . the• fire • -- attr remove . , , . • '1 - A is smooth • ' then flavor it MAI. ibis ., . , cool it and when cool freeze zt accord- '• - - -- - in to d'rections given. Prozen Custard is g 1 g ade in the Berne wa onl • five e s .at P2. . _ , a t . Y' 't I •lk.: gg letilare added o a quer. 9 rel _ . „ • Fron.9b nie•otooto. 0,1011„and rnior' ''' made by...wiling A ..-(10014-.21 • "°E.M.' vliU. 0 tong. vanilla bean,. andcooung sta.. etraan- in• it • then the elks of twelvele a vae g , .. .. Y gg . • • quarter :of a pound beaten. smooth with a _quart . . ..n - • • of sugar ; the oeeank-ne then mixed with e - s and stirred over the fire until it. the, gg • . . • ,tiegins to ;thicken ; directly the areuna begins to thicken, take it from the fire and stir it for iive minliteo • then •000l and • e . ,.,. York I . .„ • freeze le '-. 0 i ew Evetung•rost.- • • ,.. . 11 d- tl - -1- r e -a we preserve gen. eman, o G. -t-3age -adjusts his glasses more - ',3-arefui" -lynin his right eye, and coming over, requests from me the pleasure of the first - • ' - b • • d qtiedrille. , I accept, and. • begin to. roger i t t personage I glance myja as as raper au . • at &elf yeelf in 'One of *Es long mirror, that -hue the walls and 'seeing therein 11' Meador ' , sure robed in velvet -and literally flashing fi- ' •mterest in m e es with diamonds, 1 appear good. 3' Y , d feel a eelf-satislied smirk stealing over -,t,',,,•en„teaamm. , - -.1 a-m--elm-i-v 00--n• .* • • . so thatdarlin mother ia'-atitie- 0-'0"-n-'8,--ao-f,laaull I t d' tgut from -•'---7-..-°'-- ' - -. -- t-clinew all" 8 g b me loolung a Fret y as po e an ' • . a • - all - ' a a4). lately flushed with pride and pleaeure as - ' ' - - lds'ine.and m illustrious twiner. eh° beho: . . 7 . , p •• Dora a htde further down, •iti positively • I • . •- delicious in:white silk .and pink corid-the ooral being mine. •Her still -entertaining for me the old grudge does not. prevent her borrcirving Of me .freely such things as she deem,' may mit her ohild-like beauty; while I, unable to divest myself (Atha idea that izesome wny I have wronged tier,' and that but for, me • ill these things shehorroWs would by right be here, lend to her:lavishly front all that I pessese. ' . . • • . . To-nighb, however; in ipiteof the bewitch. ing suriphoitY ot .her appearance, . e. Ifeel no Jeuggue Parigs• - • "For dith night only," I will consider mYselt . as charming se Dora. "Bather think it. will be a severe Beacien., Yon hunt?"- mike hi Grace, in.rather high, •y bones, having oome to the conelueion, I.presume„ thethe o.ught to oat! isornething. I answer him to the intent that -1 do not ; that in•fact7-lowering to thy pride is it P207120 to. confess it -I would rather be afraid to do *xi. • • ' . 1 - • - .' . He regards pie with much interest' and aPPteval. •. • - - "Quito right ;„ quite rights' he esyg. "Alexander "Ladies area-ha-oharming you know, of oeurse, and that-ebot in a hunthig-fielde-a • ' • . ' • -are . - bi- • 1 laugh, and suggeot • amta y that he -is not over•gallant. , .• . . . . , 'to -no? really ! • Have I said any. .' thing rude? Can't apply to.you, you know; Mrs. Qarrington, as you say you hive DO ambition 10 be in at the death. ' .Women, • rule iever are, .you know; ,theyare generally in a drain by that time •and if e Man sees them, unless hes Wants to be eon- eidered a brtite for tife, he roust 'Atop and pull 'emout. It takes nice feelings to *do greeefully, and with a due regard to' - . . . e • . - r language in t a Middle of a .good ProPe . , .1 it_ . e ru,ntee. Ciharramg ere Mies pPeMem • . - terY•'' ' • • ' ' "Pretty :girl,. toe, in 'whit,e silk and the wrai." • • '' • • 'You Mean. my sister ?" , .* ' " - ' e at Indeed-aindeed? ' You must excuse he Openness of , My oliservatigits. 1 woukl never have' gueesed at the- relationship.. Can't discern the elightesb faMily resem- .. ,, . , . blanee ' , • ., . V' 11 . th te BeHe says this so erap e, lea y . r c)! 4- understand nim to Mean he conaiders me far interior to Dora. I begin to think histor, d undesirable person, Gracie an obtilini an , . . . a sadly. eventing in disormunatiote No ottbt . .. . he is thinkieg my Vietnams only to be • • • equidled to my duleess. Innen impetiently the quedrille wouldhegin 'Mid get itself deer, that I may be rid of him, more especially • as .I aro longing, With a keentieS0 thet belongs .alone tie youth, for it waltz or * a estop, orenyehing fact and ieepirieing,e-terrongepoo At latitthe hand. etrikes Up and we take Our pliiiteee alarm.aduke..(who ..ie... dancing with Lady Ilida.Slate.Gore) and: I are the, silly ustitiedveeple hi tho sok' Neverthe, lees, as/ leek at my •htlehend. 1 tIllok to- - nayeelf, ,with a cortoin eatistactioli. tnat not one among ue has ,an • appearance So hand- . 1. - - - lionie or Bo distingmeeed as hie. The. quadrille being titi an end, Sir liark Gera instantly elibmi pie tor the coming Waltz, and, ail I teach iny hand vety win tingly upon hin oral, ttbiaPora : • eYoti are like 'an old plettirce X '0 ail n 0 t tetuerey eyes, oft you. Who bold you to dress, youreelf like thet?'t . t '. , , "eagerly, 't Myself, TS it not nice? I sok Casting itilOther • riurreptitions glebes. at my 1 a youthtul form tut we move hear a g ao . .of .. Don't you think it becoming?', :, . a If X told you ell I thought," he eXelahns, . - ' I vith li eagerly -a -thee . oholung Wine° t , ,,.. „a .effort,. and a rather &reed leugh, continue __,4I you might voritopo read me a leeture," 0 Noe 1.; 'a era not in the mood to lee. tures. I feel half -intoxicated with excite. talent Mid plogetire, as though nothing cOuld -only ---e" • • - • "Oh, yes, You • do," .tetys Mite' Betiloun, coolly; "yen wouldbe very eorryliBilly Were to ?Mate hie 'affection on her. So would I. . You detest, her; so dci I. '•Why mihoeinit- tens? But tor all that your boy will beher sworn pleve, Or I am Danish • mistaken. If only to. spite you, she Will make him•her friend." -. . • . ' • . • - "But why? What have 1 overdone to tier?" - ' ' • , . ' ---• . "Nothing; only ie iiiintolerable somebody eliould admire. yOU so much.'" . e _., " .. And.with a EnhiehievotteglimieeiBlies Bea , tom disappears round the corner. . -. " Illexmaduke,". say -. I. seizing my hus-1 band bY the. arm. as ..tha. dogcart comes • •round to the .dooe. for final orders, prepare- tory to starting-forthe station (it ia.farnost five o'clock), "is Williim geinglor.BillY2 I wish /amid go. You.don'tethink he will 'expeot----" I hesitate.. • ..klittmeduke reads nay • .fach attentively. for a Minute, then pendent a little. ',.. • •• " You think he may be. disappointed • if welcomed only by a groom?" he says•vrith a mile. ." Take that little pucker •off your forehead, Phyllis; I will bring. your Billy to you ritlyeelf,"-and mooting the" dog- cart; drives off to the station , without another word: . . .. - • . • - . At a quarter to Rix I run upstairs and ,get meat dressed:far dinner -although we do not dine until half•paet seven-hUrrying through ruytoiletwith theartoetexeggerated haste, as it fearing they .may arrive before :it is finished ; and I . vrould • notmiss being -the first -to geeet-mylioyeforall the__worlde °°ataint• '' . • ' • - . - When . X once more reach the •drawing• them it still wants five minutes.to the pro• 'raised time. ' Lady Blanohe • Going and one or two of the men: are lounging here,. She raises her head all I.: enter, and soma methat holgtlidlY.- ,‘• • : • . • • ' • "Do we dine earlier than usued to -night, Mrs. Cartington 2" the asks, with curiosity. " No ; Wit earlier. than usual." It was a tetereCwhim Ot mine getting my dreseing over so soon." , - . • • • 0 Oh, I quite fergot 'your brother is• eons- •Ing," she says with a faint einile, betiding Over her work' again., She looks as though She were'fitying my youthful entbueiasm. I make no.reply. • :' • , .. A quarter pest six. Surely they ought to be here by thie.. Tweityfive minutes Peet six! 1 rise, regeediees of comment, and gaze op the avenue. ' : .. Oh, if anything should have prevented his -oontitigi Are not mestere ,Atvrays . . tyrant.? ' But even in suclia. cage ought' not Maxmaduke ..to be back -by this to tell nao of it? ' 1 ani just picturing. td - myeelf Billy's ohestout lodge be -dabbled with hie gote, when g eatriethiug auntie upon 'Mine ear. Surely it le the sound of Wheels. I flatten my nose against the veindow-panee and Strain My eyes into tbe gathering twilight. Yee, fait ea the good. 110ree Oen bring them they come. A moment later, and h ti..e dokoart in full iivHieg rounds. tile oozier, While in it coated. to the chin,. and in full possession of the reins, Oita My brother, with Idarniaduko-quite a seoendary per. fdin-`litne hing,:hoe EtideO n,i-Pl- ' ...• . ' e_ - ,„ 4. ottgrAtit ezeuhuisttiono anu; flinging my 'book from me -blind te the smiles my griette :Oitnnot ectetrain-I rah headlong yore the rood); and in another inatent hive Billy folded an my arms; :, Snrely a year has gnus by since •10,60 T'esav him'. ‘" Oh, linty,. Biuy la I oryi winging to. him the tears in my eyes, while glad amiie0 - fight • for . inecitery Open my lira, 0 re it teeny . ion'? Iti geerrneyeare and yearn abide last we were together. Oh,'throat hew tell you have grown, .and hoW good- looking 1" ' . 4$ 0h, I'm all right," returne Billy, gra- (dowdy givinehaek my kiese_ ,s waronlY, it is true, nut with ntine of the lingering tender., . _... . - a ou oe am y regard at in08.0 "1 h" Id rt • 1 . A - ' that light. I like being friends with -beautiful peo le,"• returne Billy, with v. faint hesite• tion, but all a bo '01 flattering warmth; and 90022. ' ' 1 • • • ig,' . • • ' Here Sir jam H d k • wokening . . ea au coo , wa ening teem one .of hie using fits of somnolence, actually takes the trouble to 'cross the room and '' • to-h"f • . put tequestion is wx e in an audible, *his r ' • . 21Who P° .1i d I ii ?" h ks o is tent an tome a e ea „ staring kindly et Billy. (HO was absent when My brother lint. entered the i00111.1 "Mrs. dwelt,t hi ' brother," gton sre unit! s wife with a svmmohotio smile; • • a 1 an " ii` • 1 - Iv ' B. ra y o arming ace, • says • . Bit James, .oritioizingly ;, :" scarcely. a fault. Quite a face for an artist's pencil." • And I feel m • h t d 'S' 3 ' • v heart warm °war s. ir aMee •ei d, - k • . , an 000 ..... ., •. • .. . When dinner is announced; 'Lady n ion o going Blatiohe deolareli her inte t' f ' down with ' ' ' but h - ' 1 1 d d no oneet new r en ; an Billy, proud and ' enchanted, oenduote • her to the diningroOrti ; while . Bebe oasts a " What did I tell yoh?" sort of.a look behind . their backs. Lideed, to thorough are the fathinations she eteroises,. ttpoo him that before the °Vetting is oonoluded.he hi hope. leestv ahd en,tirely her elave. ' • - • . , . • 4 • • (3111„ tER •XIII: . It hag 00030 al last --the night of my /Ira h i -al- ' and surely no girlish debutante inther firat'cieaeon ever frit a greater thtill of delight at thie mere faciti than I, epite of my . being " wooed air niarried,aii' a i." Behold 080 10 my te0E1 arrayed for eon:. itimilt I . '' Having once made . up my, mind to the bleak veleete-thotigh 'Mother -aud Ztorrlet and Bebe all declare'. Inc a greet deel toe VIM% and 000- Slight for 110-4 porde* itt my detertainittion, and the dress in ordered end BEM ilOWO• . . ' IA A . _ It ill A inMit acau'Aul° °&" "v"0", rejoicing greatly in e old point ;" and when I eta in it' . toe mattha has faiittified the ellainonds hi my hair and ' d ea • ears end. round my au w 1 to aoct waist. X 000tomfiloto ,o9Volf ..12 a isngthY mirror with feeltuge akin to aumiretioto • going dlamlaaed my nod& tvitoPrOfeeffee lietaelf loot in pleased afitordehment et the rodisot.oPectitoth 1 preeente I go eddy he • .. Nor ontl'AbOot W. omen. . . . lirre.Gosset has been elected ohuroh war. den of a parish in Wales. .. : „ • I, d B d la 'd '. .. • . i or eacions e sal i • Few grea ve , en ha ilouriabed who, were they candid, in . . would not itektiowledge,the vast itdventage theyba,ve ex erie d ' h ' 1' • n noe in t o ear ler yeate cetheir care; - 1 th . 't a • th .r rota espiri all sympa, y of woman." . ' • .. ' M G•11 ' .•granddaughter' . rs. teeepiee. a. ,,ef „ Benjamin ifronitinit lo . herself' aimm. t'Ll° " committeet" that set!. going arid makes ' -for he h a 1., t ; a ---t---1.-°r°8- .1-°°°r•° -!' Philade pine,. She assumes au • responen. . bility for expenses, and Ow witheut grumbling when, she loses: She desires to promote musicsi culture inelliiladelphia. Mme. Geofferin says there are ,three things that women threvettway-their tithe, .by their money and their health, . , - Rutile Ohoete once sciid with hunecirmie soleinnity, "Let rno giye . you my .dying adviee-never ciresii.exaesine a woman. It is ot no 1.180., They Minuet disintegrate the etetY they have once told ; they cannot eliminate the part that is for you front thet whioh in agaiiist you, • .TheY can neither combine; nor shade„tior qualify. They go tor the whole thing, ond the moment you begin to orcnis.f3zalnilse Otie of thein, ittetead' being bitten by 0 dried rattlegnitkin you are bitten by a wh,ole barrelful. I never, excepting in a cage. absolutely deeperate, li . ' . . , darolo oreaseeetuume a, written, I '. - itietitaes 01 iteighintisit. Mr. Haley and .his son, armor in the township of Brant, tOok"ehelter under IN tree Miring a thunder ehower. Friday, and while there a thunderbolt struak the tree and eleo both mob, seriougly injuring Mr. Belay, sen" Who remained unconscious for some time, -being. eeriously. buined about. the body and limbs. His eoivesoaped with it Reverehurn -oli the hip. Beth men ore novr doing*Olid . mr .d • - i • t • ti kill d b s. 'Man Wee- nb an y el y h • • B 6 ' M it le ti g tiling near • in room, an 0 a, o Friday. Hee clothes Were torn corapletelY , Off and her hide bilrlledt Women ornament their dresser- behind (*use y _ e .avo mory Inge s be ' the like to h • • th ' . said abent themwhen their back, are tiltried. . ' ' ' ' • ht to drop li . to -EVery one Wet a rig e no , Bib. . , a 1 12 11 11 11 a a 12 °.• •Aiv ,