The Sentinel, 1880-10-29, Page 2•
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MARGiE.
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Edward Stavedale was a painter—en
artist in the fullest, completest sense of the
word, for he lived, as it were, in the centre
of a circle of art, and it was through this
medium that the perception Of outward
things clime to him. It was under the in-
ilueuce of this atmosphere that all thoughts
Were presented tielinn. Ho lived, there-
fore, in a world of his own ; realities were
toliim the things most unreal. He mixed
as little as possible in the society of other
men because he found their presence and
conversation disturbed the beautiful phan-
toms that, when he Was alone, held him.
such sweet and genial company.
In summertime, with a knapsack, a staff
and a sketch -book, lie woull wander forth
wherever the fancy led him, now over the
mountains; now by the seashore, now
through woods and valleys, eollecting every-
where fresh ideas, fresh experierices of that
nature without whicli true -art cannot
exist.
To Edward Stavedale sensation was a
word that conveyed ne inclining. He had
passed through the stages of youth and
early manhood untempred by any of the
desires or ambitious, natural or artificial,
that seein almost inseparable from luau's
career in society. He worshipped beauty
. in whatever form it carnet(); him, bet only
through- the soul, and in its purest sense.
Now that his life was midway spent,
there were moments when • a`vague want
was felt, hints that earn& he !mew not
whence, of -a yearning for sane more warm
and real sympathy than the shadows of
great men and. women could afford him,
wearing a void hi his heart whiCh grew
wider and (deeper each day.
One lovely evening in- the fall -Ed. was
pursuing his desultory raMbles; aud had
struck the wcicel which skirts the road be-
tween the Moentain House! 'on the Pali-
sades and Fort Lee, 'wheat hie attention
Was,stuldenly iitfracted by the voice of a
•woman, harsh and shrill:t dvancing fee -
thee, he found- lie was .proaelneat a;
bivouac Of strollers, ets, half. con-
jurer. of the lower. order, - ;that Wandered.
- .about tlie StateSe stopping to dis.plity their
. - . perforinances at, out-of-the-way . villages
• " and remote farin houses. Ali the strollers
. *eke absent with the (•xeeption of the
• . -woman—the . epeakee—whose hardened
feateres and unsyriapathetie, aspect kept
: the premise giver by the- twice, and:. a
. . little- girl pf . about 13 lor 11,. small,.
- ddrls, sharp featuied, b!;..it es'ith limbs
fine and faultless ird .their slight
e !proportions, and -Wondrous; ail Rd, dark eyes,
almost expressive in size,-,' flashing from
beneath the waves pf 1)1=10 heir that ord-
. hung -het face. _To her thee woman :wae
addressing, herself in -hersbl'and bitter.- re-
.. preaches; to Which the child listened intim
silence that becomes alnaostapaehyin elilld-
- drenwho, from their infaneYearelittle used
to:•any other tone. . ! - :
: The wciman, nulling howtslightliad been
tlie effect of her wordseraieed.agreat heavy
- _Stick WhichWas about to, descend _orrthe
e
girls . naleed shoulders, When. 'Staveriale
. rsprang_forWard,ana , clutehing the uprais-
ed arm prevented the cruet blow from be-
ing delivered, while he admonished the
- ."' -womati in teems. •so severe that she actual-
' ly queled beneath hieilashieg eye:: • -
- Ed.aStkredale haring disdharged• what he
.densidered hie duty, therw a glahee Of piea
•-aid a warded sympathyto the sobbing
_
- :chill whose slight Pita still quivered with
° .excitement, and turned away. . Ile strode
tlewn therm:a-to a regnialIt,inntiverlooking
the Hudson, and, havingt-dined, lighted
.
'itis pipe and repaired te the - stoop to
-.enjoy his accustomed reveries: . But the
-shapes ae was•wont to evelve came not;
one face -aa wila..elfin lege; With heavy
, black hair and -great lustrous eyes; one
• form—a slight. gile; nervoeseone—elWays
" - stood beforeehim. He took a..pencil and.
eketched -them- in Yariouii: positions- and'
shook
smiles
went
her, so
for
to break.
day—
Stave le
His w
Sunny
thougl
all of
some
iptrod
his sk
on he
of her
up at
rembl
face,
so bes
Y
Th
voice
went
hor
ian
itt
et
head with one of her bright
an emphatic "Never ;" so he
"nting, sometimes talking to
es in a silence which lasted
d which she never attempted
t length—it was the mond
s rollers struck their camp, and
arted on, the road to New. York.
I through Pleasant Valley and
ide and as he strode along he
of he pictures he would paint, in
hid,some - hint, some_ movement,
xpThssion taken from her, could be
1
ch- otwoiotkh, parhedciaosusheeffel\c,atilleidie o.sploewneldy
n mplated the innumerable studies
itl which it was filled. He looked
before him stood the original—
er greet eyes riveted on "his
elook at ouce fearful, so earnest,
i g•
rgie !" .
li came thick and fast, and her
arcely intelligible ;_ but as she
trengthened.
s nee. Let me go with you -
1 will -.re your -servant; 111 do.
- earth for you. Dent be angry.
• tay with them any longer; they
vorse than ever, because they
happy with you and you were
. Do let Inc go with you. Let
yell!"
'1d., your. napther? I have no
e you from her." .• • et- • -
et niy mother; slie•e only iny
r ; and ley -father is dead. I
rohotly—uobody cares for nie,
I do for them they only -curse
- beat . me when I ean't-do the
ut me to. Do let me go witb.
e go with you!" - • .
e's • hesitation was gone; and,
little. trembling heed in his, he
. .. . . .
.t, his atelier—her lived in •aliatle'
Twenty-third street—die gave -
nay te go out . adbuy heeself,
-S, end. in hell an hoer she ree
11 traces ofpoeerty, fatigue and
nished, Hera neat- dress fitted
dully, her wild hair. parted in •
y bandeaux, her little Arab feet
leelenderankleg, so synametepal in.
bp •;: and welhdrawn striped stocks
eia-, a.boire alle-her :oval •face •gle re
--
it beautiful joy and gtetitUde. .-
ed. e felt v,pry proud, area hapay. ..
'art ybulook I'' -he said. t ••• - --
before hire. -seeding, holding.
s rts as children .doeefhen their
tared. She broke inte a short
-
di Of joy encl triunicle
are happy now, Margie?".
-and she seized hig .hand and
-ith kissee. -. • .• .: . ' • . r
ce
th
ecli
• ret
as
it
y it
:lin ;11 lg. c
I coul n't
treat e
know w
kind
rue go •it
•• 13 t, c
right-. t a -
's
to
are
b
let
he
flit
t •
'-o
stepa
belou
Even
me fo
work
yop—
Sta
akin!
ted
Arr
top 11;
Iargi
some-'
appal, eel,
emoti
het S. gra
shinY 'wet
and
high
ings,
diunt
Sta
-Sh
out h.
'dress e a
gleef lee
"Siyo
cover it
'w
to
Th: Th
drew
chin
deep
.right
done:
I hay
with
prote
• My e
Sh.
clung
fele it
muni
-gratit
thin
with
ines.
El
his p
and
when
dent
wake
little
lighte
listen
-e liegteregr
• which this littler picture was ea Jaren the thoug
attiteaes, end fermed plans of pieturee -
;conspicuous ebiect.cimjec
e meet get the child to sit to ine," he tainip
-Baja top-Jr/self ; and he resolved. ta start eotao
back to the strollers' leiyouda. in the wood, -
. melee °fete the- virago, -a apllar- to achieve
. tIik
a'this purose. . : thrnt s
- - la -Was abOut to get forth, the girl. ac..
• • p
-compaped. by a. raw yothrthe Wire
bringine up the rear; passel beneath the
:steep ca which he sat, the eiromareentering
the he -el. • - • '
t
The chircl suddenly looked inie What a
change carne aier that listless face; every 5
- feature beeanae instinct with. earnest -life,
the eyes -gleamed, the lips; broke: nito.
1-e radiant snade.over dazzling little teeth and
-a warm glowspread Itself beneath the dark,.
;4 sallow, but transparent skiret.
It was very pleaeane, StaYedele 'thought
, ; S•'•
to bee any face. light up so in his presence.
" -"You are,glacl to see me, he said. .
• . I "Glad—yes" _ t •
What is your paane?" ; •
" Margie. sir:" '
dale s
"a'hould y.ou like me to make a. portrait Iles1 r
.0e leo', • • . timial
• • "c).‘; me, sir? " with a bluish and asmile: ehae,ar
•L'e'.- if you eit I will give You hall • fle-
- • . a -• • me'
'A. Palhed expression- stele around the
child'e face • I - "Y!
layt
weigh
ision r
ead a 4 NI rite, and pne day when he en--
ered 4ecele tie' sitting room he found Mar..
wi a ook on her. lenees . .
•
111
a
sprang to Stavedale's eyes. He
owards him, t and,. r.esting his
r bead, he. began d veniCe of.
uiet emotion
, I de not kaoev if I have done
king you. Ate -all events -it is
er, giye cauSe to think
d verenglyeeeven and,
hefp, I will be a father andel
.yo.0 es long as I live. Kiss me,
'
-
her arnis roand his neck and
en Pug andin silence, end he
very _sweet to hold_ such cern-
claim such love and trust aria
-one a lininen creature, sweeter
d imaginary, uuloying Converge:
s edows Pt dead herpes and here::
. • • ..•- ' • - • • •
tee elate Was dna_ more installed 111
nti g:rotim. As of - ala, dramed
d—painted pied,- dreamed; But
adowy dii-inpany. was not euffi-
-ha
pg;
look warned Margie to retreat and she
fled through a back -door • like a mouse
into its hole. -
Another year and another passed by and -
Margie was sweet 17.
"It is certain," said Stavedale tohimself,
"that this cannot go on forever. I am not
immortal, and if some day I suddeutly go
off, what becomes of Margie? We must
endeavor to get a husband for her. And vet
who would marry her? An artist would
for her face and form. But what artist?"
He knew nobody who in the least degree
suited his notions of the sort of husband
to whom he woeld confide the happiness of
his adapted chill . He. had a vague cone
sciousness that, in. matrimonial affairs,
there were troublesome details of money
matters to be gone through, and on this
part of the question he felt dreadfully in-.
competent to enter. He was quite willing
to give Margie anything and everything he
possessed; but how much that might be,
or how he was to find it out and .put it in
train, and what' was likely to be the pre-
tensions or arrangements on the other side
it put him into a state of hopeless despera-
tion to think of. All this he admitted to
himself; but he did not. admit—for the
-thing was too vague and indistinat for -ad-
mission or actual contemplation—that a
little aching jealousy, a numb pain, lay at
the bottom of his heart, when .he thought
of. giving to another the treasure that -for
four years had lightened his life and given
-him new and human, feelings, and a hither-
to unknown love and sympathy with his
race. -••• -------- •
...Margie is eighteen, and still Stavedale
had found • no • ..liueba,nd fer . her.
Hitherto lie • had worked alone; now
the- thought and the care of her,
the time' he deeoted. to.. hex -education
and. her amusement—for he took her t&the
-*theatre-and to Cpney fsland.. aria up the
giorichis- .Hudson—rendered impessible
for him to. do belted beenewoute to do.
in his Cainting-roome He resolved; there-
fore, to look oetfor 6. strident, a -good stu-
dent, vebb Might never in Word. -or deed.
-break •on the cloistered : strictness and
periey with which • Stavedele's jealous Cate
heti sterrcithedecl his pet • •
: After 'a search, the etvonderfel etedent
was, discovered and installed in 'the paint-
-ingercione—Obediah Spgden, the ton of •a
,New-.EnglatidDyster farmer, ; was tall and
thin:. and ,dyspeptie-lookipg: He. Was bash -
'fel and silent, and. Worked all day without
ao &Ma as even opening Ilia- lips. . But his
great browneyes were °Cep, and they saw
Margie, arid; with the Opal result, he fell
Madly in:love:with her, but it .wes that
hobbledehoy love that digplays itself
Save hi semeawkwaraness. One clay StaVe-
dale caught "pupil -gazieg . with all his
plight arid main at • Margiee-gweing hig
whole wet Out. '
• - • •
• A thouelt for the first gRIO'struac Stave -
dale -----flashed across him with a thrill of
sueli.stralige, miegIed gontraelictoeysensa-
• tions that he passed' his liand.. across his
head and felt asthough some Pup had given
him a blew.
But the thought that had struck into his
brain stayed - there,. and he. took' it arid
handled and -examined it and.faanilierizea
himselfivith - it 'Strange!: It had never -
'presented itself to shim, before! There
was the -husband he hedaheen leaking for
Margie, two, three years—there, under his
heed, Yes. it. was the thing of all others
to suit If the oy4terman vv,.eoci4e:41:;:e;L:
prove he saw eo Obstacle. - • •
. The oyster faim-er, ,u,‘,Poznzetc, • New
York,
Iseatwtexr .efzr(z FiS,,talivriceueu•ted that eon- was:
. ea. held, for he hmeselt was a
.r,'geher• and 9f an. aneerous.tempaament
his heart and brain, be wohelge -- 'Square it between. eeea,: friend Stave-
miii,reveria; and whnjale. re- dale," said Sugden seniar, "and I'll not go
-rodm at the beet -7,:rning
half:' back on Yon:"
Stavedale was. alone in, he stu io with
1,
Obadiah when he opened theetaattee lying
hea.vily at hie heart.", . . . ....... :._ .:.• e
You have neve'r ' thought Of marrying,
Obadiah?" - • - - •. : • -
His pupil shifted his position a little
-eoloeed,very-aiolently :and replied that he
-neverled seriougly. -; • • - - : • ..- • •
:prattle, childish, yet
Ise, of .Margie, who, as she
out DE sat oii it shad. at hig-feet,
d in her own wild; suggestive:
-.way; hitting on singular
great truths that -could. cinly
intuitiaely. -
• .. . • ,
s El began to -dream. less and
• "You Ought tathiek:'-of it, however, my
toy
Margie was now 15. 'Ile felt
become more thau a child a,nd a . 'good i?ey. Why not. now 9:'' • .
-Obadiah replied: "That's true"
-
. _ • . .
. .
nd that ireeertain responsibility'
- -There was a purse. - Stavedale clear ,d
im-in the care of her:in th.e pr e
r future. She heel leareed to his throat. • ... . _ .. - ' •
" q you reading' there, child "
he inq -carelessly
up the heolc. It was -a; trashy
I: lie snatched ittrom her and
She
Frene
flung eath. the stove. • •
-M d t IS; when you want to 'reed any-
thing, rph uSt show it to me fixst. 1)0 you.
.
1 Ole ne? • ,
She -trr ged bis chair, lighted. his pipe
and sa do • n at, his feet in silence.. Steve -
es, ere wide oven and full full of air,:
ec mil Once or twice she looked hp
t meeting no reply to her glance
her eyes again. .
t last; “ You are not angry With _ "Do yon_know that yet are of. an age to
ire&
no
-•• Yes; oete, . _ earth
"Only wile.. 9- Tait wonl.? WIty not24, on .
e
" Because - thee
'If ask•her leet; and ;give her-sonie- Lifse-;•
• ing ? _ • - • • .1 •
Ala:then, _pet45e• ' ' felt.
• A bargein was gem' .-Mede with th,iold 'forehe
.ug, and she reedilnensented to Margia's ever.
ing as neatly sittlegs to the artist - as . Nex
ht be required; allele- her sojourn in the. ing-go
hborhoocr _ . tie hie
egirl was to Ed. "StavOdale a curious* Many
yin her moral as welLiis in ter.physi- coat,
Vicinns example; Uncontrolled turned
tory,.
all wuroo
pri
}or:
duties
&ha th
*Ye.' b
earnes
ahead
consta
pupil,
pi•esei
'strong
As b
fore hi
beauty
Ixiingii
watche
vieitor.
the s
. ...rs -to.t
Of tut,
. stances ns of every tad sortd . brutal usa•ge,
girrs-stoah force, the abeam tea all rnimliness,
• On Saturommiliness in these) "she lived.With
' - the steamer liedilemoorralnizio.otmd:tiSipsttheehre 'wine -tyre la.tib.hhe,
-- the one
tan rabout five Delta°
hams, she eiercnntehuible
5 t tan-indteukern
, I
' bar , Ind.ia, heavily
Not asta,int'
"-r •1-• trucke. - . _
'S.nature -; t
• ••'• • bay, aeThe efheth s , beatify.
forward a the paddidelie child no
- the *leeecrandepeddl‘i - lips. -that had not.a
,- b--- I) -
' "sh- in Covemen ' -
general sena , t of her Inn s- ut
leeenthat the. hew a strange, Teeriliet grace.
; contact with t .1 by the, elfin -.child,
- . „..a.e. . in,,s, the aaenages wetteod berpre him, seatied
'' ..• he male( - ..
! - - -
- • s The Pas.
-sena - - - .
elus sliehtest intene
I-• -- ' serum . • tE h
ed neer ideas
. '• e a. escaped uenhurt. After ,,,e0.
. • herself tia-te Hastings lisidef'
- - beyond-
. . tunately she was near steatiftil
- ;4- -
' • • -- -
where they, made fast . for flea nik- in every
. . f ..
stmceers• wew conveyed to n49 weary
- - as -to thecthh, she
.
e
. biasses The para. u i .
-. the collisieen areriotknOwn.; . - ,
•. . Ephrem: Crevier, a Ye -ell -known: citizen t;
... . . a
• '..
•
p.id
at
th
ee
r,
ate' ked her shining hair, kissed her•
dial she led e. how little te manbke him was
el, 4 d fell tothinleme harder
." If I found -yeti a wife --a good, nice,
charreing lietle wife, that YOur fether
tlitieks well of, would that suit.you?"
h Down-to:the ground, sir."
"Do you knoW any -one you would like'?
bbadiali looked very sheepish, .7 as point:.
• " •
mg et aorayon portrait of Margie, he ex
claimed cleaned : - - - - • -
"He I -he 1 That'et her!" .
- "-And-do you think she likes you? ".
"That'e what I'd:give my betteria dollar
• ..
to ,find- out • • . • .
'We 11 Apa Out, my lad"
• Sta.vedete that very evening breaehed
the subject to Margie. • , '
"My child, I have been thinking a great
dead about you," he geld. - -
. She looked Up hastily e • •
• - thinle about being married . ,
? Never . ,Heedless of the start she gave, for Stave
-
e „I am afraid Of. nothing en •dale's made up, and -he
exing you: I, care for il°tking leered that if he steppectit might stick in
ut pleasing' Yau Between • his throat, and he woeld break down. S?
oughts lie all the 'cares of my
he pain and pleasure Stavedale
he weeteip. :
He told her how keg lie had thought tat
this ;•-hoW he felt the loneliness of the life
' • • •
, - fitted to be the sole instriietoraand pro-
tector of a young guri, but he dreaded
that it day might come—must come—when,
'it she were not married, he _would have to
(peva her alone and unprotected . -. the
Wide, wide world, bow dreadfully the
thought - weighed on hide how, -Until
she was thus proveded for, he. never.
°geld feel happy or assiired conearning
his affection for -here of all, hie good: Oath
ties, of *hat rhea!) ' and joy he would
feel in seeingher unitedeo-him ; and then,
feeling he could not wait- for her answer,
he took her to his heart, kissed her,
bid her think of .• all he had said,' and
took refuge itt bus painting - team,
where he smoked five Pipes without stop,
da instead of putting on hisaresse
p, p end slippers; and returning
tel r, he, "Pr the first time for.
lo g year, at such an baler, donned
pt and hat, sallied-. forth and me
vi a small library -books Pt; his'-
.
Pg
•
tphy, eeligion a,nd some poetry;
e most perfectly suited to the her Then he spake Of Obadiah ; of
.
a
yi
lia
ey
ey were intended for.
ns, between -her light househeld.
quickly and happily performed,
• uent..sittleigs she contieuerl to
the - books were studied With
entrien. Some of them Ed.
w, the rest he new read, and
of an eihening questPned :his:
mg out .ah.a correeting her int!
With, a pride, and 'interest
"rThe sooner_ it's over the better,",
his heert was leaden, and as
door of his flat and entered t
art home, the silence struck
chill of disappointment, for I
hoped that Maggie would h
greet him after the occupati
day.
—1131sir-cigen:::c's;nd useful
1.11 --Lek 41 Vriva-CIAPI
arried—hut not to
He listened, but there was • ino
light step, no sound to indicate hee con-
seiousness of his entrance. Stgedale
sighed, took up - the dim light thiat had
been left burning against his arriviA and
instead of going to his room turned riith, his
studio.
How deadly still it was! Ilikve de-
serted! The wan quivering flare kibfe the
little lamp only made the gleam could
not pierce more heavy, and as its aria -Wring
light fla.shed and paled over the fac of the
pictures, they seemed to shudder
while he passed.
0.
And so it was all over and she was 4ready
gone from him, and the old, lonely, e,Veless
life was to be begun again, now thatee was
so much less able 'and. fitted to lead* than
formerly. Art is just and noble paid ele-
-vated, and he who pursues it with.Aall his
energies cannot fail to profit therebb But
art is not able to fill man's life aim, Art
will be worshipped as a sovereign, rand, if
courted in earnest, sometimes cciadOcends
to let the votary kiss the hem of 'Ix_ gar-
ment, and now and then bestow utge n him
a smile. Bur.; she gives no more tlf n this,
i
and thus for a time it may satiSee him ;
then comes a day when he would r Veen all
the fame She ,ever accorded him Pr ''-" little
human:love and a little human sy. pathy.
Stavedale had felt thusbefore he h e them.
Now he had known them and Was 41aout to
1 1
losirehtehepmerffogthrer orf. flower ril
a—the flovaers ehe
had placed there that morning bre he
went but—drew him to. the table.14 note
14 on it—a riot) in her handWritelig, and.
'directed to himself.' •• • LA
him
A mist passed over his eyes as -herep.ened
• arid sought to read: the contents, W tten-in
a trembling ;. hand, and hero an • there
blurred and baitelleel ; how.?e--he-k '•,,"ew.
" Me DEAR DEAR I'M -END- 711.iffr. berav
Ferkern,---Forgihe me if yore - can 1ft the.
petin.I am 'causing yon -and; above '$11-, ph,
aboyaall 1 --de not thinkatour peer • efild en-
gehteeful: But I - cannot marry, Mk . Sag.
aqn ; My -heart reVolts from it. jedeed,
indeed I have line evaything I .ci n ld to
-,
reemicile Myself to it because you
it,t_atalsi Iteciw he deserves a hett
than I could 'make. him._ It is
fdpiish, wicked. pride or. self-cenceit
part that tures me from -him, bu
net love him., and. when he knows
viiilearn to forget- :mo and zha
_one hatter 'worthy of hien. So I a
away. -.However, I. know art: the
a
ed
ife
t any
on my
a I
is he
Borne
.• going
iaxiety
,
yod have conceyning me, feeling leo , -.little
I am now fit for any ethet life etI an the
happy one•I have led with you tb he- last
years. Donotbe afraid for me.1 fun
young and. strong- and able end: wf 4i:1g :to
work, and God will'ndt desert me. .g - _ -
"And latekewlien r -am .qi.4te re *organ
and have got used t� Make my oWn A.a,y in
the world, at least to 'obtain re liaine.v. I will
Come back to you; And. we :Will be' -happy
again in the' old. way; and you -*ill see
that your poor child only-. left 31-'eleu for
awhile, . because .she ,leved .tiou so
dearly that Shecould make this grit and
teirible,sacrific-enew to ensure yourtaftiture
obrnfOrt. I am' going:ieto derv, C. 43•••••1
3-,..44 -I- have got fixed I will. ° 31°11'
.1. * --1. fear
Again,
„htrong
...•you.
but I will net tell yeee±"ere . arri-
yen should 01.a -ie. -to • 4t:Ite me bac.
mid it you aid: I know I aril not
ellough : to. I refuse_ to cgo Wit
GO ., bless t • you! :and ' oh
clear, beet- Dld :friend, - believe.
•
love yen, iloW,I am leaving you, het athan
ever I did in dll.my life, oxide that -th only
hapaieesiej look th an earth_ is the idea of
Ctipg'hriek 16 you, . • - •• a -:•, lg.: -
' " And, I. Will come ha& to yop. .0)eford
lona. God 'Will bless - my work, au1 We
-trial.
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ine ,i13
pad -
aught
ening,
helpless, . beautiful creature, magus _rapes
d• inexperienced as an infent. go' teout
an • , ri, .-
O,1?nO'into that. great wide world (PI guilo.
t
and sin, • and suffering, and tena itatiem
Under every ',forte and -every tree 'erous
di guise: " ; *-. : ' .
"1 He knew her courage; her reaoluti if, her
- ight heart ;but were these enough t4 'guard
her alone against ;the dangers whosf name,
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'il legion ? : .• ••... - ' - - 1 • •
.." And now Where to 'Pah for her?.• i
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r three Qbadialt Steen setight
h r sorrowing through every part ;if "- not
only New York, but Brooklyn and Hoboken.
The fourth, Obadiah proceeded - Eh his
: ray
at I
shall meet again_ and ehis hea
Litre suae.of it. --Your poor child,
His heart then had net integre-en
v in.-- She was gone, actually an
tit ely. Whither and to what? ,The
nearly drove hire wild. That little,
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Mission. alone, • •for Stavedale_lay - -di his
gik-bed; ':-eaCked with pain. and gel I, _and-
-feher, but insisting • ore_ 'remaining, alOne
that the quest -might not be for iteriy in-
terrupted. ' j . a • ; .,
Slowly the evening reddened end
and the hush l Aria dimness of the lig
peedeaes the departing day fell up
'Oak roan, 'and ' for the first ..tim
argie'e "departure, Ed,. Stavedale e
; •
paled,
t that
the
since
pt.
•Presently thedoor opened, and a -e. adpw
tpodonthe thresold—noisedess Eiha Deeathm.
lees as shieldwa arethen it glided %cress
e'he bed: "•Tlie.eleeper'e abered
t
the_toom, Ceased; stood, and finally ;kneel;
d beside t
breathingstepped suddenly. He Va:s nOt
Y4t. awake, ;and still he' was li4ening.
SOrdething-a consciousness, . a lipi30--,vtas
ridrig in.hinal combatting the mim n: esg.of
lumber. He'. -dieted, stretchin " out
hiB. aims and pronatincing Maegie' a:lame.
I .tIt was Margie's voice. thatanswee -,. him;
they were Margie's tears that ..fell o :' hini ;',
Iklitrgie'srkieges that preSsed hie.1 ,, brOw.
.L'op,g and *silently he held her..clos .in his
1 rabrade. , ; .. . • .. . . .. . -
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"I_ Never; never, never 1 Ohlarad 43 el
" ."17Oli willneverleave me again ? ,
Iff youlineW (*half Of _what I hav feu ere
e'cl-a-riet of hardship or miseey.. have
• • 2 .
Oeaps to secure . me from that, be,, e hem,
tlio. separation from yon! 01h. . I Co .(i #0-t
thee lengerwithout seeing you. I t ought
j-ust to steal haeltehaVe One glade() t ytou
and theneatheilI knew not, cared p what
.might heacene of .me! :And • I el -You
.thus !"- : 1 . , • • - •
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ew and pleasant to hira. muimured the painter, .and he urged. on I i
-IeMarge, mewbat, was -the , eaeon
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anticipated, Margie greve-bla" thewedding with a Sort of . feverish amp, yeuemould. not -marry .Sugden.. t aid
s with- striking and remarkable tience: - - - • - not love him.'" -Did yon" --did yell 1 e any
e noticed the progress with a " It -a•ae the nioht before the weadine and Other 9"
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pleasure, and uneasiness-, an Staveclale had. been out occupied with the iShe clung lito. Jima, • hAing . her e and
'bike her with a jealees ca -re. Few last arrangeneents, and .reterned home weePirig - • .
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earl e tee his painting-I:arm; butt wards o'clock. - . - • 1" You Will erot ell me?"
thiri of . strange fRotstep ." As he mounted the. stairs to his stadia Cannot"
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tIr. Edward Lee Brown, Chicago, Ill.,
president of the American Humane As-
soetation, writes that the " time for re-
ceijiting models and plans in competition
fo p the prize of 05,000 offered by the
as dation for the most approved • cattle
ca has been extended until January 1st,
18
t the meeting of the British Associa-
Sir W. Thomson brought before Section
n extremely ingenious mode of keeping
air and admitting water into his flew
log sounding apparatus for navigation.
s simply the utilization of fine cambric,
ch, while it is wet, allows water to pass
ly, but is impervious to air of low cree-
ps. The apparatus now works perfectly,
soundings can be taken between 11 and.
athoms while steamers are going at full
ed.
manufacturer whose business requires
use of large amounts of emery has been
ng an experiment with the ashes of
hracite coal, and he affirms that he
got good results from ashes as a sub-
ute for the finer grades of emery. He
ashes and saturated them with water,
liquidebeing peered "off after standing
hour or two, then being poured off
and So on until he obtained several
des, down to a substitute for emery
r: When dried the deposit cuts readi-
nd leaves a satisfactory surface.
s ig Well known, severed Osuggeations
c been made. and _tried with There or
success for insulating wire with sub -
ccs that are easily liquefied, and can
eurechinto a. tube -containing the wire
e ineulcited. iMessrs. Maaily it Philips,
3biladelphia,point out that the ordinary
cess of'pourneg the insulating materia
• the. Op of the tube possesses several •
dvantages which theydecide will be
rdome by forcing the Substance from the .
tem, 41 hey9 patented are apparatus to '
hie ,work. ' ' - -
d recent -meeting of the Academy of
Sc elle° int San Francisco Dr., Arthur.
40, of Santa Clete, made, • according to .
Prairie Farinerea statement of a series
aperi 'neents made by himself .during •
pestle* yeers„ to the effect that a.
tion of hopper; sprinkled_ over grape
eSjust before the starting of -the buds,
ar better than sulphur to prevent mil-
•' being cheaper 'and more easily ap-
tio
A.
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of
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-papa.- Hp stated that during ead-s4010n.
11" he seen any sigh of mildew When he , •
.ue d this Solution, but • that one year he
ne leetecito apply it, and the • result WAS
th tt the vines were badly affected.
:
st
he London PhotographicTimes re
'de a new discovery itt photography, -
de by Mr. Leon ‘Varneelte. While ex -
&halting with_ phosphorescent sub-. -
,nees, he found that sulphide of calcium, -
lied in the femur of paint or powder to . •
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Cr, surface of glass. or paper, and exposed...-
itt! the camera, gave a luminous inaage.
iph, when applied - by presireh. G0 it dry •
loaion of gelatine rhea-, NY1 impress
co
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ratty be deeired, within * .
'..aliievsliseelfattninvi:cannora theimage beoonies • : •
°Whee the plate has been'
ef!le upon being berried into,a. dark room,
the ilation of the light epee, the Chose
• reeseenit eniftice.' • . -
•rofessei Christlieh estimates the num-
of Protestant Christians now. Jiving .
olhaye been rescued from heathenism' at e -
0,000, of whom 470,000 belong to Africa.- . *
hidingas
lfadagasear, 450000 to India and • •
rinali; 310,000 to West Indies, 300,000 to '
• Islands, 90,000to Indian Archi;
age and 50,0-00 to phina and Japan. As
se 'figures maid have been gathered from
Orts-oftwo or three years ago, the total
deubtlessly considerably increased. by
.
;
and may ;perhaps . be set dower at -
-0,000. It is noticeable that much the
er part, or , about one -million, are is-
dlelorfseo
'ssl r has reC' alied attention •
subject of man with tails. One of the
est tails on record is that reported by
• ye in 1878. This occurred in the -case•of a.
.born infant it was 7.5 centimetres iti
eeth;andmoyed. about when prieked with.
t •
eedle. 4 It was removed by an operation.. -
cliow has recently dissected this this tai.1.,
Pend it_net to ,contain any bone, mer-
ge, or muscle; :nevertheless, it was a. '•
a.-stib titutefor d • tail. - -Michel has
nted out that int the human embryo a
iinentarytail is distinctly- made; and
discovery of -men with- tails seems to
d Support to; Lord Monhoddo's theory,
t all Mankind originally wore thein.
he Bank �f France has Almost entirely
eidonea. chemical tests m favor of the
, . .
I eta for detecting forgeries. The iensi-
.
• = 'plate not only procleines forthwith •
doings of the;erasiire or penknife, but .
iientlY shows under the had figures of 't
forcer. the sum originally borne by the •
-
slue. So _quick is the carhera to detect
marks' that a, carte -de -visite enclosed
letter may to-theeye appear without
ish while e Copy of it in the camera
; in all likelihood, exhibit traces „of
Wag egress the face, Where it has more -
been in contact with the :ink. The "
• era his not only a quick :eye for any
Lew stains, Buell as those left behihd by
containing inert,' but is also very meal-
bn. tho subject of a; surface, abrasion, "
ere the fibre of a paper has: beeehaise •
bed by an.diesuree • ,
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I Want to see the villain -who *rote this
iele." ' . -
He'sout.": , a -
Where's the managing editor.?" .•
He's ut. • • •
-Where's the citY editor?"
, He's- eut" . - 0-
rhere am 1.c."' ' • . s .
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Racketty-slam,bang-jam 1 Two penes
of 1,ass and window sash broken.) .
. You're out:" '
to
lig
Trip found on the sidewalk,. and eaeried
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the 1ospital Verdict: ' Struck by
tiling,' Still they will do it. . •
en an eastern mart goesto.Colotado • -
us -calliata. a •'tenderfoot" until he has
n stabbed, _shot -itt, engaged in re free .,
t, fallen down a mine,kicked byea mule,
chased by avigilanee committee. .Then . •
y -admit that he is gettieg -used to the - -
ntrY, -and:when: he kills his rale he."111'•
ed. upon as a citizeh, .
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