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WHEN John Brown bone
• tub it to young Harry Hest-
ttxg" et .a paiary of £80 a
your (which he considered
mendeorue), he never lin*
a3ined thsb one duy be
would became . e iveolbhy
roans The eon of a poor
arJet who hadlrft nothing but bad pleinnes
and bad deota behind him, what could he
expect but life orf penury, cheered by the
enlivening proapeco of ending it in the
Thames or the workhouse? With auoh
ant.otpabiens as 'thane, a tutorship a4 £80 a
year appeared a perfeo.b imine of wealth to
John Brown, and to move hie gratitude for
it he devoted himself heart and.soul to the
sewing of ohmic awe inabhouratIoal seed in
hie
pupil's beaks. Young
awry
did
not tate kindly to anything hie master
taught ,hire; Ma hone wen like that
wonderful hat of the oonjuror'a, which
though you may OR Pi to the
brim with rings. and watches, refuses
bo produce a:rythrag hob rabbits. The
fine clereloal and methemetioel crop thab
BrowA bad eo carats liy sown, the good.
solid wheel: and barley„ ae yeti may say,
could never be seduced re gait, while tares
and thistles., as B. ow o. eon -adored all taabee
for ansa omega Nu baabing, racing and act-
ing,iieu weed :mei grew epeue, In spite of
oarefu and es-mete,xt weeding.
And yea there wee nothing parbtoularly
bad abuab bhe boy—he was a nice young
fellow enough, and co &nbear inueruouree
with an abeosutoty htat`-snta8od, truth£al,
honorable man (ttieugn a trifle dun writhe!),
aura at hi:s tater, tnaemettbtp aorengbhened
all bhe fatal good in aim, Herry'a parents
e
had iyaneivaaioa.ly neglect ed their ala for
the aa'.- et moiety ; be nod aiwaya been
snubbed by his father and kept Duh of sighs
by hb mother, who did nor cone to own to
the poesesolon of a great leasing boy of 17 ;
oeneegnently all: the love and hero worship
thab hie nature was capable of feeling was
bestowed upon kind, honab Jotth B10wn.
If John succeeded is nothing else he sue -
seeded inimplenbing a wonderful amount
of love and admiration for himself in his
pupil's wayward hears
Brown's tutorship extended over two
years, then Hasoinge Heng off his mental
leading strings, want off be Africa to ehoob
big game—and aiaappeered as completely
from the elder man's fife aa though he had
borrowed money of him.
And now a endow thing occurred—the
„one great strove off John Browne gmieb,
plodding life. An old maiden aunt died.
13he had always been oonsidered miserably
poor, but en her death it was feund tttae
' the had managed to serape together no leen
than £2,000. 'Tole matey sae left to her
nephew John, and ib formed the foundation
stone on which he reared kb large fortune.
It floated him into the stook exohange, it
brought him a perbnerehip, it gave him a
fair Med in life ; after that his perfect
integrity and good business head did
the rest ; hia Maine= flourished, his
e d d and in the
coeoalabions t:uocea, urse of ten years he found himself
a weelshy man. Brawn took a house
in Mayfair; it was described as a "bijou"
and rases were matters a indifference to
ke All he wanted
r.
the Buaaeaafnl stook ties
now was a wife, and it did nob take him
long to find ono. He fell deeply in love
with the daughter of a. friend on the stook
exchange; she a000pted him, and they were
married in a few months. Alice Benton,
now Ade Brown, was a beautiful woman;
she was tali and fair and calmly clasatcal—
ene of three he.ppy beings that have their
feabures and emotion wall under control,
and never look either too hot or too osld.
Brown adored her, and ahs aooeptad Ms
adoration in the same calm matter of
course manner in which ahe had accepted
him. She was faulbleaa in hie eyes, a being
to look up to and reverence; they were an
extremely happy (maple. .
They had been married aboub two yearn,
and John Brown was as much to love with
kb wife as ever ; mere than ever, perhaps,
en thle particular day on which our story
opens, for she had been away from him for
some weeks, and her absence was becoming
intolerable. Ii was June, and thioge were
so busy in the city that Brown was unable
to leave London, but he halt sent his wife
down to the north, as it was unbearably
hot in town. She was returning the next
day, out as Brown walked alewly down tete
crowded street toward Pureell's, he won.
dered how he should get through all those
long intervening hours.
A vigorous slap en the back and a hasty
" Helloo, old fellow ; who would have
thought to me you here 2" effectually
aroused him.
He ebarted, and looked up into a hand.
same and sbrangely familiar faoe. It was
Harry Hastings ; though his fair skin woe
turned almost blaok by tropical eons, and a
heavy mustache shaded his lips ; through
bere were linea on hie face, and •
all the
hange there that twelve years of living
thtail, Brown recognized hisformer pupil.
" Harry, my dear boy ! Where have you
droppedfrom 1"
Tbetwo men exchanged a hearty shake
of the hand. They wore genuinely glad to
meet again.
" Where are you off to ?" asked Harry,
linking kb arm through Brown's ; " Put -
Bella, 1 suppose—I see fn's grub blme. Come
to my roams and grub with me. 1've got
dtggins in Holborn ; oome along."
The young man hailed a hansom and.
Brown gob meekly ing he .was busy, but
bnaineee must give way when old friends
turn up from bhe aatipedes. Hastings'
rooms were luxuriantly furnished ; his
cook a first :Hata one, his wines extremely
select hie cheroots of the finest brand.
" Glome, light up, old fellow," said Harry,
cigar in mouth ; " you won'b get tobacco
Ikethat every day." He threw himself
back in his luxurious arm-ohair, hie hands
plunged in his pockets, hie feet tilted
againab bhe mantelpiece. " There's nothing
like bhoae eheroeba for drowning care --deuce
take; the old brute ! And now tell me what
you've been doing all these yearsoBrown—
fallen en your feet, eh? Made your pile?"
" Yea, I've madeenypile but I'm only ;
an old foggy now, Harry, areapeotable
took broker, 'such as ,all novelists love to
have a fling at, and a porfeoblyunintereabing
person: Lone hoar your experienoe0. Where
have yon wandered to eines you gave up
your affectionate tuber twelve years ago 2"
"Oh, all over the @hep—Afrio►, indite,
Australia, America—I've trlod, them all,
and I'm bared of them all. Pat Mak of
African fevers and Iudian tiptoe and Amer-
ican beauties, so I'm giving England a turn,
England Beanie panning onb better just now,
bdt—I wish to heaven I had never come
here ! The last words broke from hien
wibb curious energy,
Brown sighed. How the young man had
ohaitiged, What had become of the frank,
happy boy who had enjoyed his life ee
thoroughly and made enol, a fearful hush of
the Latin verbs? Dead end gone- buried
under the pltilesa weight of 12 years' of life.
" Theron eome4htog troubling the bey,"
thought Browse, who OBI considered hint•
self in the light of nlehtor' to the young
man.
Hestina wait certainly Ili at Mee 1 hag
manner wa.s res esl eht oyes eb1
bed nn
ooiuforbably before lkrown'o kind look'
John laid. filo ,head gently on kb arm..
" Samoa:100 wrong, Herry, my lad--whab
to to ?'
Harry @barbed, and sbirrod umreelly under
the ather'a teueh. Hia beown chee'ka
turned arimeen—he hung filo heed shaans..
faoe Yoi, eel ebhit g's'wrong," be :said, leek•
ing down confusedly ab the Pereira carpets.
I'm in a mese—whew its a fellow ever out,
of e;neos, I ahealdlike to know I I causes
oropper over the Derby les' not th—always
was fond of betting, you kuety, Brown—and
—I'm dawn on ray leek—all to plecee, don't
you know."
He plunged hie kande deeper into his
trousers' pooketa, Hie half•antohed oheroob
lay`amouidering on the floor. Brown pioked
it up.
" You are crying to pubme off. and
making a sneaa of !h, .'I>srry," he said,,
quietly. . You've ve got$ Ta
4h -ng an
your
mind; aemelthiaq more t4utt a cropper over
the Darby. nes a ens .F the world, and
you can't deceive inn. Wieo'a the wocsan?"
The young aa.n sterns 1 " Whet the
dovil'e brat bo yen?" he mewled, then, re-
covering uluasetf : " There is no woman -•I
with you weuldn'b abartle e. renew with auoh
deuced awkward queest:me What woman
should there ea 2 I don't know why yore
shouldeabeohize rise ifboekia. Upen.my
weed, Brown, if it ware anyone bat you I
would nail ib --- tmperbiue:eb."
Harry paned no and down the roan like
an angry young lion. Brown utevod toward
bhe door.
" I am sorry to have offended you, Harry.
I—I wanted bo be your friend, bat as you
take it in this apirtt—" lie premed and
came beck le few abaps. " I can't soave you
like thin. Merry, dear lel: you went•a
friend—leb me help eon."
Harry looked ap into John Brown's kind,
geabe face, end
bin augerer melted.ed Hetook
txe ether's ao
emendeddod
hand and pressed it
warmly.
" s3orry I waw angry, old chap. • You are
right ; your worldly wtedont serpents me.
Toro is a woman. I'na in a emelt of a mess,
and heave» kneWil how I eh ell gob one of it.
I—I can't halt you about it now—no time—
r promised to meet Dicky Jones at the club.
Come in nexb week, old fellow, and look me
np." -
IL
Harry Haebings looked np from kb letters
with a bright smile of welcome.
" Here you are at last, Bro wn ; awfully
glad to see you." He put away his unfin-
ished lebber with a euriene lose off ooufusion
en his handsome face. " I—I , waa just
writing bo—bo her, you know."
" And who in she? Who is the woman 2"
" Ah f bhat's my secret—and hero," said
the young mea " I have some sense of
honer, you know, though I don's suppose
yen will think I eau breve much of that
about me when I tall von fill in love with
a married woman. Yoe are ao deuoh bebber
than most fellows, yon kno v, teat I don'b
expeob mach pity from yen, old man."
John Brown sighed.
" I am sorry for year my lad, and for her.
Does she love you 2"
She tells me Bo."
"'How long has bhle been going ong"
Harry alrifted resbleaely is kb chair.
" On, for years 1 I'll pati you all aboub
ib from the beginning. I nieb her oub in
Indca
ages ago, when she was a lovely girl
of 17, and I tumbled head over ears In love
with her, and ahe with mo sire tells me
new she has always loved me. If I had
proposed to her at once ib wield have been
all right, bub—bub it does seam a plunge for
a fellow to bind himself for -:lite when he's
only one•and-twenty, and—and I husked ib.•
I was a whole week making up my mind to
propose, and before I had quite decided I
gob knsoked out of time oy a tiger and
lauded for ale months in a hospital. When I
got on my feet again she lead gone back to
England, I didn't fellow ber. Well, I
never saw her again until a month er two
ago, when, as ill luck would have it, I went
down to see some trlende la the oeunbry,
lad she was staying ata neighboring house.
I met her out walking one nay—of coarse I
knew her at once ; the wee lovelier than
ever—rfpenened, matured, and all that sorb
of thing, you know—and I felt I loved her
as much as ever. I told her ao, too, never
gueaateg bat that she wases single as,I am,
and then she blushed and slgheh and oried
a little. and told me she was married. Of
course I ought to have gone away at once,
never seen her again, but alae looked e.t me
so eweebly, Brown, and admitted with so
many tears that she didn't lave her hue.
band ; that she waen'b happy ; that—
that deuoe take me if I could tear myself
away."
"Of course yeu couldn't," said Brown,
grimly. " I suppose you expected her to
be brave for yon both, and point out
your duty 4e you. Well, is she in London
now Y"
" Yee."
" And you ace her ofben 1"
" Nearly every day."
" And her husband -what does he think
of this!"
I have never seen him, She won't even
tell me who or whab he to—and I don't
care—it's all the better. It's a bad bust -
nags, Brown, and I wish to God I was out of
it."
11 Then get oub of it, Harry; lb's in your
ewn hands. Leave England a4 once; Ib ie
your only ohanoe:"
The young man beat lila head on kb
hand and. groaned.
"Y oon't--I can't—I love her. And.she
is ao lonely and unhappy 1 It, would be
brutal to leave her all alone with that hus-
band of here."
" Is he unkind to her!"
"Oh, she never says that -bub, bub she
implies a good deal, don't you know. She
never loved him, you see, though she has
tried hard to do her duty. He is slow and
dull and uninteresting and all bhab` sorb
of thing; a regain old buffer, I suppose.
Poor girl 1 she says her life would be
miserable without me ; how baa I leave
her!"
" Then where will this end? Oh, my bey,
where are yon drifbfng to 2"
" The Divorce Court, I suppose,"
said Harry,' recklessly. Some day, I
imagine we shall make a bolt of ib—and'
then-- ."
" And then you will realize what ID is to
ruin throe lives, If you lova this worms you
will give her up."
"I de love her, lent I won't give her up 1"
burst out Harry " We no use preaching,
old man, I'm not good enough ; 'I can t
rise to the praobioe."
John Brown was albeit a few moments,
thinking. He pitied the young man ; what
could he do to aave him ! A sudden
thoughts struck him ,• Harry had never had
a happy home. During hie wandering ex -
Memo he could have aeon bub little of
domeabie life what oould he know of the
eaoredness of the bie bebweon husband and
wife—the tie that he waa doing hie best to
Wreak? Who could tell but that a glimpse
into a happy home might arouse dame of
the latent good in him= --
"Look here, Harry," said Brown,
abruptly, "I'm not goingto roach—I see
Ws o use. dome hals o dinner with me
instead and sac my wife•--bhe very eight of
aos an
good d womand a happy wife la geed for
a ibasi in your frame of Mind.- .Come and
aat kbo Alice—oho the rt pedicinoIo an
MC,
Ib
tell
esu.
,
recommend esu.}"Iow, perh
a
p s.B ub how long
will that
"Marry started. lave 'last when sherealizes what oho
didn't hnow yen were married, is and what you are.2, How berm she
Browl;'pstr my woI' i, didn't. Humpy love yea when oho remern tioet
man 1"you have betrayed mother man ; that
John smiled, a smile of truest and Kapp* you have ruined hie life, made hie home
nese that lit up hie rugged faoe into poli•. ,dosota4e 2 And you. Oen you love a
hive beauty. TwemAn oapai410 of auoh; baeenees 2 Love
" I am a happy man—thanks to. Alice; founded on ingrabitude and orime cannot
when I bbiok of my own good fortune in bat. And when lave has gone, what have
haviagauoh a wife it makes me very, pitiful you left 2 You cannot honor or respect ono
to von poor baohelors." another • each must feel how vile ilio other
Ho took out his waboh, a largo gold lime- is 1 What will become of you ? Oh, Herry,
piece no absolutely as reliable as himself. my dear boy, for Gods sake, think before
"Hall -pant 91x—wo dine at 7. 'Come you faoe Much a future 1"
Hastings, it doesn't take more than 20 Harry turned fiercely away.
minubea'ID gob to Carron ebreeb—ariate- " I have thought of It all. Z ve thought
°ratio neighborhood, isn't ib? I daresay tin Lm nearly mad. I know my future;
you have ofben driven past our home— its a damned future, and I deserve it.
Bijou house, and a gem of a place It le 1 If Why did you come here, Brown 1 I never
there are two things I amproudof they are meant to see yon again. I don't" deserve
my wife and my home. Xou ere not going year pity or tutereai 1 I don't deserve it,
to do any more writing, Harry ? We shall I telt you t Fee heaven's sake, go 1 You
only jneb be in time for dinner." don'ts knew. You don't know Xon are
Harry Hastings was standing at hie desk, driving me mad ; you are torburing me."
bgsily arranging papers, and it was quite Great drops stood out upon the young
a perceptible time before he anewored with. mans forehead; his flee was livid.
out turning hie head. ".If I had only met you three months ago,
" Very sorry, but really eau'b coma io- before I saw her, I should have been saved.
night ; I—I've an engagement. Some other If I Lad only met your wife. Look here,
time I shall be delighted to make—your Brown, don't forget this; I never knew yea
wile's acquaintance. were mibarried, you knew, until—nnbi
Brown was quite distrait that evening ; was too late, You -you won't forget that,
his thoughts wandered to his old pupil with will you2
tireless persistently. He hardly nottoed Harry spoke wildly, almost inoeherenily,
that Alfoe wore a • new and bewitohing tea and Brown looked at him, puzzled; he was
gawn ; he did nob see that though her eyea an unimagtnattve man.
were fixed on her book she never burned 0 "I don't know what you mean, Harry.
page. Whab has my marriage to do with—with
Alice, too, was distrait, but presently she this 2" and he kicked the portmanteau
,yawned and looked up at her husband with again.
a slightly =amiable expression' en her calm Ileabinge flung himself int° a chair and
fair faoe. buried hie faoe late his hands.
"Whab en earth are you thinking of, " Why don't you go? Why dont you
John? Doou know that you are a verygot he Dried, his voles coaxing out in
dull oempanion this evening l'' muffled gasps. "I tell you I'm a brabo-a
John started out of his reverie. beast; you'll be sorry some day you ever
" Am i, dearest! I know I'm a dull old spoke to me. And yet I have abruggsod—I
fellow. I was thinking of my old pupil, have, indeed—bub the temptation's boo
Harry Heating@. I've often talked to you strong for me. Go away, Brown; go 1"
aboub him yon know, and if you remember Ho looked up and mob the elder man's
I met him bet week in the city" kindly, pitying gaze, and started up with a
" Yes, I remember," said Alice, indiffer- ory. "Don't look ab me like that 1 You tor-
ently, picking up the book which had , „
elippad from S her hand. " Well, why "peer' tore ma I bell you I m in hell I
Harry Hastings? I thought he was a very . ut a sbronhand on each of the
young man's rown shoulders an pnahed him ba k
rich young man.„
” He is a very unhappy man just now ; into his chair. „
he's got into an unfortunate entanglement " I'm not going yet., „
with a married woman—" It's no use tasking—
" Really ; did he tell you. so 2 " " But 1 mean to talk. Look here, Harry,
" Yea—he told me; itappeara he met her have you ever thought of this unhappy
years age in India." WOW
ass husband 1" „
" And who is the waman?" I told yen I had never met him.
"He refused to bell me—and he was " Think of the wrong yen are about to do
right. Whoever the may be I pity her—
are
Ho has never inured you, and you
and him." He book his wife's pretty hand iu :era going to blasb his whole lila. Hairy, I
hie and looked at her fondly. am a married man ; I know what it is to
" Ah, Alice, if there were more women ; have a happy home and a dear wife. Alice
like you the world would be a very different and I love oath other, we live for each
plaoe." other, we honor one another—we are happy.
She drew her hand qutokly away,a sadden , Ib—ib seems almost a eaorilege to imagine
flush of oder on her pale cheeks. each a thing possible of—of Alice, but juab
"Don't be foolish, John ; you run my let us try and imagine for a moment that—
rfngs into me—we are nab en our honey. , that she, my wife, learned to love another
moon." man—souse handsome young fellow like
Brawn felt a trifie chilled. yourself-and—and thab one night I re -
Some weeks pained,, and Brown saw motto tu`n ed to find her—gene." ""
l what
ing more of young Hastings. He nested at ` Well,"tate Hastings hoarsely,
kis rooms several times,but never found would yen do 2'
him in. Be wrote and epeated his invite- " I should shoot myself," said Bre
tion to dinner. bub Harry was deep in en. : almost.
gagemente and could nob spare his friend an Henry's eyes met his for a moment they
evening for weeks to come. look at one another in ailenoe.
"Poor Harry," said John to his wife " I If this obher man levee his wife as I love
am anxious for him. He's going to the devil mine, he will do as I should do. Harry,
rapidly—he knows ib end he's ashamed to . dear lad, would you have his blood upon
see me—poor, unhappy bey r' your head 2 Oh, my boy, save yourself this
"I don't know that he needs your pity, trim ere was a long etleaoe. Harry shrank
John, said Alice, without raising her eyes back into his chair trembling. Brows
h
from the boy terrier on her lap ; I daresay watched him anxiously. The ticking of the
he to happier going to the devil to hie own : clock was loudlyperceptible in the quiet
way than he would be if he lad an abao.utelp p p q
virtuous and uneventful life." room.
"For awhile, perhaps; but for how At last Harry rose unsteadily to hie feet ;
long r' his face looked drawn and sunken, there
Aline shrugged her shoulders. were tears in hie oyes. ��
" Whab dope Tennyson say? 'Batter fifty You have won the day, old mangy he
years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay is said in a curiously tuneless voice ; "I'll go
Anything is better than dulaesa." back to Africa."
John looked at hie wife a little anxtotaaiy. " Thank Ged 1" said John Brown.
There was au unusual ring in her voice, a Harry wenb to hie desk, scribbled a few
touch of bitterness that jarred upon him. hasty lines, directed an envelope, then rang
" My dear, are yon a trifle dull r' he for the servants and gave the nate to him.
asked anxiously. " Perhaps it ie a little Deliver that at enoe, he said. (Cake,
Blew fer you bo be all day alone: here while a cab and drive feet. The man went o
I am away in the city. I wonder what 1 with a.bewlldered look.
can do to make your life a lltble ploaeanter. "There's a train for Southampton at
Let me ase, baelneas m clack just now ; o'clock in the morning, Brown. I shall talo
what de you say to a week at Parse 2" that—my things are all packed—I'm quit)
Alice looked up at him qutokly ; ib woe a ready. Are yon going home now?"
kind boot was very lad, h
and boomtown Alice
her comfortable chair, II
and looked hard ae him,,
curious e7sprossion, hal
spafring; her bomb
the elate with a gr
sate dngero.
" Weil, John! be
toll mo 2" the rake
lighbneao overlaid
Ming really inter!
leb Henry Heabin
you who she la 2
woman 2 t
John Brown *
looked at hie wifen.
that he knew. • r
Thenaanda
ltresalllv�2e,
,;,b
os E f
a a
had,
Garibaldi d
wrfber in the `",4
volunteers had.
Au order frotg
and no one 1'
"You are no,
atom that ppr
it," acid iso o
aseaulb, T'I
was no order b
abaft officers
Uta veberae
inured to h:
The raw r
r'.
white lips dry
@d resbloaeiy
loaned forward
Her oyes hall a
klose, half -de-
ed the arms of
711 her deli.
tug more to
tese studied
pens@, "I' 0 -
you aobuelly
lihonb totting.
, who is bice
newer, bub he
ad in his eyes
4818RLn i.
ug to Sacrifice
ti 'himself, said a
omanton,
IDptheir 'le adHeris.
never queatloued
an explanablon.
re how you are to
r
roust go and do
g the order for an
,!fyaa taken. There
ne in hie army. .His
etley,gaainb crew.
ed bo tine rifle and
ne a shapeless mass,
marching hi ' a »anmpanies under im-
previeed offroenelate• indifferent to pay and
long festa ; but 0 bharougbly had Garibald
enslaved them phis will bhab nob one ever
disputed fila or re er failed to de whab he
said must be dyi
All his stn
with or fey
cheerfully'
if GarRbtheebr}i,
brinng
I.
wanted
them w ik
other h 'ii
btte:111
and lo
Awe
ing etv
poassi?t,
favww: ,
him, d;
group; tl
At 3j,
was a:st
wrl •'
pheir
glat lalp
and Sigl
Tilti
Ra
ma
fo
r
0.
offices were ready to die
Veteran and recruits
4inagerand long marohea
titiem he would thereby
{ace with the encore.
ed for " forby volunteers,
ppratton in which half of
mur'o, to be killed and the
1e; wouaded." The whsle
'figrward be offer themeelvee
"drawn.
y him in nil olear, ring -
i? eleobrified the dullesb
ad'nerved in the ranks bob a
Mile called for men to follow
Band man sprung up as if the
ght them forbb.
the @lege of Rome there
end illusbratton of when the
Diole on Garibaldi in "Biogra.
one Persona " calla " that
a bheleved his volunteers' minds
ss# Ttliie will"
�l9 had voted to surrender
Frenoh beategere. Garibaldi
hind to leave the oiby and pat
molar order of the day.
choosee to follow me will be
ong my own men. All I ask
s e heart full of love for our
hey will have no pay, no rest.
et bread and water when ohanoe
ppy them. Whoever likes nob this
'ernain behind. Once out of the gabes
,;livery atop will be one atop nearer
500 horse-
iroaaand infantry and
e -thirds of whab was left] of the
da a of Rome, accepted these condi-
hob day, and the heat had made her ulnae- " Yee;
lily pale. "Don't go yeb. Wait here while I wrlf
a fewlebbera- I I like bo have on hear.
" Yon are very good, John, but I don't — y
care for Paris. I am uibe happy --as I am ; John beck a chair in silence, and for me e
I am nob in the tenet dull." than an hour no sound was heard in t�e
room but the aggressive desiring of the
She smiled ab him, and that smile cam- clock and the scratching of Hasting's pe
plately dispelled any vague anxiety he had The clock atrnok 11, and Harry laid delve
begun to entertain on his wife s aaoount,
his pen. I
Bat his aaxieby for Harry was not so easily You can go now. Good-bye. I *IIdiasipa,ted. The young man pesaeaecd an never see you again. Good-bye,"
extraordinary power a winning affection. John grasped bhe young man's hansi in
and he had won his old tutor's heart coal- both hie own. I
ptetely. He took as much interest in him as " Geed -bye, dear Ind, and God Mess
though hewereayoungerbrother, and Brown you.,, l
determined hewouldmakeone mere effort bo Harry dropped hie head down upon the.
save him: That evening he had promised table with something like a sob, ape John
to dine at his club with an old friend, who Went slowly to the door. A piece of
had returned unexpectedly from India. crumpled paper laying ab hie feet attracted
Under ordinary circumstances Brown would hie attention. He picked ib np mechanic -
have gene en after dinner to bhe theatre, ally -it was a letter in a . woman's hand.
and not have returned till late ; bub to -night He was about to throw it away, buts second
he hurried away from the club aeon after lane at the handwritten/ed him be
8, and reached Harry's lodgings before 9, put, it quickly in his peocauseb. He dotedCol. Holt had grumbled a lltble, bub an it the door behind bine and went out sato the
reeiaiible impulse drove John towards hie street, walked rapidly along for some mo -
friend' menta
" Mr. Hastings is out, sir," aaid bhe see. , bleu stopped ander a gas lamp and
vent. read the letter through. Its was very @herb.
Dearest—I shall be readybhie eveningab
,i Schen I'll go up and wait bill he comes 10 o'olook. Come for me my hsband ill
Brawn had saes a lights in Harry's win- be out till late, so it le quite safe. Oh, hew
1
dow, and convinced that the man was lying, Blewly the hours go until I ape you again
years with.
ran I have lived all these
eooerding to orders, pnahed his way past out you 1"
him and went quickly updates. He opened That was all—the letter was unfinished
the door gently. The room was la tonin and unsigned.
pion ; the table was strewn with papers ; „
on the floor lay a' portmanteau, strapped
It woo nearly2 o'clock in the morula
and labelled. Harry was sibbtng ab bisg
dock, busily writing. He started np with when John rows reached his home,
an oxolamation as John entered, hie cheeks Thorn were lights 4n the drawing•room; he
turning from red to white, and from white went in. Alice was sitting up for him. She;
to red again, was seated in a luxuriously ouahioned
"Brews, you here 1 I thought---" He arm -chair, her fair hair fasting loose upon
broke off with a gasp, :staring on John with her shoulders, her head bent over a book.
as horror-sbrioken a fate as though he had She. wore a looses gown of some eefb white
been a ghost. maerial, her cheeks and lips were white,
Brewin glanced qutokly from the young too , she had a very gboat like look, seen in
man's pale, ohangleg faoe to
the poroma,„ the dim light of the shaded lamp.
beau and from the portmanteau r to the She glanced up quickly as her husband
scattered papers on tables and floor. entered ; her face looked drawn and hard,
°' So d ' made the last plunge, Harry.
bhe blue had gone oub of her eye0, leaving
You are Diu to-nt fib, withphe r" thom pale and dull.
Harr gadgrecovered himself a trifle. He "How lobe you are, John 1"
plunged his hands into his pockets, looking i"
ng6Yee, I have epenb a very painful oven•
doggediy down at hie painted boots : „ 0 0 2"
" Yee, I'm going to•nighb with her. Rol„
y 4 lI w,
"Acrd where to 2"" I went to Harr s room. I found that
to Pavia." entanglement) I told you of had Dome to a
Brown spurned the portmanteau with Ms orlsis* and—"
fangp P " Well 2" as he putted,
"To Parse—and 'where ciao? (Co the " Well, to mato a long abort' Alert,' pro,
devil, Harry! To rttin to die race bo vaned on hint to give. up, this unhappy;
y , g ! woman and o be Afrioa inebead."
theme ;and you are dragging her With g
y 1"
nho will thank yeti, r am sure," ;laid
esu no it but it's too late now to think Alice, in a loud, hard voice.
I know its,"o think alio will --tomo day."
of t"tab' nob too late. Save oureelf ' save • Brown leaned agoinet the yn anteipidoe
her." It isy r oppdeibs hie wife; it he'd been it hard Oven
i" She dooan'b want tri no raved. she lover, . ing fee hint he soaked suddenly old, his
;Demonstrated.
1('ometimes it costs hundrede of dollars to
°en'bium a man, very Oben less is required,
bah in the case of Poleon'e Nervlline, that
st>Pereign remedy for pain, 10 cents foots the
MI and supplies eneugb Nerviline to oon-
vuoe every purchaser that it ie the best,
osb prompt and oortein pain remedy in the
erld. Neviline ie food for au kinds of
lin, pleasant to take, and sure to care
amps and all internal pains. It is alae
ice to rub outside, for it has an agreeable
mels, quite unlike so many other prepare -
sono, which are positively disagreeable to
use. Try it now. Go to a drug store and
bay a 10 cent or 25 cenb bottle. Pollen's
!Nerviline. Take no other.
Was sleakespearo a Scotsman ?
An Englishman and a Scotsman were en-
gaged in a keen argument concerning the
merits of their respective countries.
The Eagliahman, enraged at bhe preten-
sions of the other, at length exclaimed :
" Yon will soon ba claiming Shakespeare
as a Scotsman 1"
" Weel," replied the Soot, coolly, " I'ni
thinking that some of his warruke would
warrant the presampnon."
Nothing Blunts Out Corns
Like tight boots. Nothing remove, corns
with suoh certainty • as Putnam's Painless
Oora Extractor. Beware of poisonous
substitutes. Ask for and get Patnam'e
Painless Cern Extractor at druggists.
More Ylkely.
" When a man shaves a friend he is
soraping an aequaintence, ien'b ho?" in-
gmlred the picnic editor.
" On the contrary," growled the oigarette
editor ; " he is mitte g one."
Do yon want to buy a farm in the finetb
farming auction of Michigan 1 If se, writes
to R. M. PIERCE, WEST BAY CITY.
who is agent for the celebrated Keystone
land, situated in Ogemaw and Alpena
mumbles on the line of nhe'Miohigan Central
and Alpena & Loon Lake Railways. Very
liberal terms are offered and railroad fare
one way paid on the pnrehase of forty acnes.
Young man, this is a ohanoe to have a home
of your own at very libbio ooe4.
Commercial Item.
" Dat MAGlnnia has gob some gale," re-.
marked Mose. Sohaumburg, one of the mer-
chant princess of Harlem.
"Whab has he been;doing new 2"
" You remember 'when it rained hard
yesterday 7"
" Yee ; what a shower 1"
" Veil, he Domed into my store vile, it
rained. I waked him if he didn't vent to
pay some umbrellas, and vab you link he
say 2"
" I've no idea."
"' He say would prefer to vaib in my store
until dot shower vas panted ever."
Why suffer with toothache when Gibbon's'
Toothache Gum will afford bedaub relief Y
Anything For Bila Coed.
" You muab let the baby have one cow's
milk to drink every day," said the doctor.
"Very well, if you nay ao, (Neter," said
the perplexed young mother, "but I really
don't eco how he le going to held ib all..
Fanny (who is studying her loosen)-
-Papa, what is the definition of volubility 2
Papa=Volublllby fe the distingufahing fern
trice of a oar•driver when he is 13 minutes'
behind nohedule time en his supper' -trip and
an overloaded truck breaks down just itt
front of Mtn en the rail..
"Meth," said` her papa sternly, • I'm a
lidle enspioieus aboub your English friend.
I den b believe he's a duke at all. "Oh,
papa, What makes you say sot" " Because
he has not tried to borrow any money of
me, and ib'o now nearly Moro weeks stride I
WM introdriood to flims.'
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Coughs and colds are easilykilled by a"
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H
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