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A PAPER FOR THE HOME CIRCLE
RinliT The Mistletoe.
Margaret Warner stood he fore the mirror,
a frown upon her usually calm, unrullled
brow. Yes, there was no denying it, no
shrinking away from the fact ; therein)
the first real footprint of time, gleaming
white, amid the tresses of brown hair.
She felt something clutching at her heart,
a great lump rising in her throat, and a
mo nent more the tears she strove to repress
filled her eyes. Margaret was an old maid.
Nine and thirty, yes, J forty on hr com it g
birthday, and it was not far oil'. She was
not a foolish woman and her tears fell, not
because age was creeping on and the dark
braids would whiten soon, hut tit the sight
of the silver streak something within w itis
(tered : "Margaret, youth is past ; the joy,
the sorrow, all are gone." Bitter-sweet
memories crowded tiistn her, and slieltowed
her liend within iter hands and sobbed.
Alter a moment she summoned courage
and plucked the offending thread ot silver
fr.un among its fellows. Site lain it upon
the w bite marble of the dresser, then across
the sleeve of her dark dress.
White, snowy wldte.
Site looked again in the mirror, scanning
Iter face closely. She was fair and comely
still. Her complexion might have la-en that
of a balto, it was so delicately smooth, and
iter eyes were as blue and bright as ever.
Yet. though site found no sign of decay, the
woman sighed. Then site drew from iter
bosom a locket suspended by a tiny gold
chain. Touching n spring it opened and :
site gazed wistfully upon two faces pictured ;
there, tttie was a girlish face, winsome ami
fair—Margaret in her youth ; the other a j
youth, handsome and not over twenty. Site
pressed it t> her lips, to her heart, and al
lowed iter tears to fall unchecked upon it.
What! Margaret, an old maid aud iu love
still !
"Rosie must not set: uie in tears," she
murmured
There was the sound of an o|tening dtsir,
the echo of fikitstepsiiithchall and a smart
patter upon the stair.
Rosie w as coming !
Margaret had only time to thrush her
treasure again into its hiding place, when
the door Hew open ami a voting girl entered,
breathless with excitement. 11-r hair hatl
been tos-asl hv the wind anil fell iu waves
over her shoulders. -V rich red glow was
it pott her cheek aud her eyes were sparkling.
Site threw herself upon a chair with utter
abandon and tossed a pair of skates which
site had his-n exercising upon (for it was
frosty outside) upou the tioor Then no
ticing Margaret's tear-stained face site
sprang toward iter and wound iter arms
closely altout Iter.
"What is if, auntie Why are you sad
Tell mo what has happened."
"it is nothing, dear. lam a foolish old
maid, and if all came of litis ugly gray
hair," and Margaret took it from its place
tt| ton the cushion and livid it up for Disjunc
tion.
" I >i.. I.tin 1 rrinl Itosie, with uplifted ;
hands and a comic look of sympathetic hor
ror II(HHI iter face. "We will look over the
w hole list of hair dyes and prepare ourselv
es to color each one as it makes its ajqteai
ance ; but guess, do guess, auntie, who is
here r
"I'm not good at guessing, you know,and
how could I tell which one of your numer
ous lovers is again in the field ?"
"For shame, auntie ; you know I have
but one lover now. It's Hal's father. He
is here at last. 1 wonder what he will 1
think of me ?" and the girl, gently jiusliing
Margaret aside, placed herself iu front of
the mirror. "Now, auntie, I'm going to '
take an inventory. But it down and see
how it reads. 11 --iglit five feet, figure slight
and trim, brown hair, blue eyes, broad fore
head, fair complexion, junk cheeks, ruby
lij.. Am I right, auntie ?"
"Quite correct, my love."
"But the tn.se, auntie, the nose : that
troubles mo ; it is the one unruly member : !
it will turn up. I've half a mind to try
Amy's j>lan and jut a clothes-pin on it. j
You remember Amy in "Little Women ?"
"Yes, yes," said Margaret, laughing ;
"but it is a cute nose after all
"I'm not hatl looking at any rate, atnl
you think I have n<it overestimated my
self?" with just a little tone of doubt itt
her voice.
"No, Rosie, the stork is not watered, and
I think you tnay at least feel assured of its
Iteiitg taken at par."
"Yon knew Major Coie once, didn't yon,
Auntie, years ago when he was a young
man ?"
"Yes," said Margaret, faintly.
"And wasn't it sad, his wife dying when
Harry was a baby ?"
But Margaret made no re|ly to this ; she
sat still and white, and returned not. a
word.
As she sat wrapped in thought the jtast
with its buried jovs and griefs came uj> lte
fore Iter. Site saw a gallant youth, the
Major, who looked into iter eyes with a
gaze that made iter heart beat quickly and
a dim, indefinable gladness prevnde her
soul. Then his artn encircled her and in
low tones he told Iter beloved her and asked
her to lie his wife. With faltering accents
hut with a great joy in her heart, she gave
her consent and they were engaged. Anoth
er scene rose before Iter. She had found
fault with him for his visiting her too sol
lom and lie retorted sharply. Bitter words
were spoken on both sides which would
have been unspoken had tliev loved each
other less. Then lie left, in an unreasonable
hurst of rage and, vowing that their en
gageinent was at end, sailed for India. He
seemed to have forgotten Margaret, for he
married a lady there whom lie had met on
the voyage. His wife's health became im
paired, ami they sailed to the Major's old
home, where site gave birth to a loy, the
Hal of ny story. She died shortly after
and the Major after a year or two was sent
for to India to settle up the affairs of a
friend. Unplaced his son in the care of a
relative, and when he went hack to India,
did not return for many years, hut sent an
allowance for his son regularly every three
months.
But what was all this to Margaret, now ?
So he had come home at last—home to the
bov whom lie hail known only for the first
few years of his life—home to—Margaret
would not think further. She would close,
her heart to all other utterances than
thoughts of Rosie.
Situ loved this child —Iter dead sister's
child. The babe hatl come into her life at
a time when all around her was shrouded
in gloom. In the renunciation of it fond
hope she had turned to the little stranger
for solace and comfort. Rosie had been
like a stray ray of sunlight in the darkened
room. To Margaret it mmiuetl an if slm wt<r*
now her very own. She had spoiled the
child, perhaps, but she was so winsome a
crealure she coulil not punish her for her
trilling ofl'eiiccM. AfU-r u\\ Idle u mother love
crept into ln-r ln-art, ami she w;is not like an
old maid. A swts-lnesHcrept into her life, a
let-ling of H.n n-d (rust. 'I lie bitterness \ali-
ISIhmI, and when MitjorUolo r< tiirii<*<l for a
brief visit to h-ave his little soli with his
mother, Margaret was ready to give his lit
tle one a portion of her heart. The iniy had
loved her from the moment he began todh
tingnish faces.
The hand of the intitule destiny had
slntjted their lives. It was not Margaret's
desire to have the young people thrown to
gether, hut they met and naturally fell in
love with each other, and no one knew the
pain their love-making had caused her.
She schooled herself to meet the Major
this time, and externally at least was calm.
Mis coming was deferred from time to time,
so when at last he railed UJMUI her she was
prepared to lietray no emotion.
Me was a handsome man of forty-five who
had seen only the bright side of life. Vet,
used as he was to society, his manner was
constrained when he utet Margaret, he had
meant to 1m: formal, but when she went for
ward to meet him she seemed so little
changed, so like the Margaret of old, that
the blood rushed to his face and lie stam
mered out :
"Miss Mar Margiret !"
"William," she said, caluiy, as if theut
tcranee caused i.er no effort, "you will let
me welcome you to my home again ; and
Itosie," here she turned and drew forward
the blushing girl who was seeking shelter
behind her lover, "Uosio has been eager for
your coming."
Then they sat down : the four gathered
around the bright tire and talked of com
mon- places ; but at last tbe conversation
drifted into other channels, and then they
talk-d ot old times and old friends.
When Harry and the Major left there
was a rose blush u]>on Margaret's cheek
that vied with the crimson of the younger
girl, and Itosie, thoughtless child, ex
claimed:—
"Why, Auntie, you look like a school
girl ; you are beautiful to-night. What if
the Major would fall in love with you. 1
wish he would."
After that the Major came frequently—
too often, Harry sometimes thought, when
lie longed to have his little love alone for a
while. Still he had a kiss on the sly some
times, and if the Major saw, he wisely pre
tended blindness.
The young people's wedding was to take
place on New Year's Day and the inter
vening time, from the Christinas holiday,
was to he full of merrymaking.
They were t* follow the time-honored
English custom of burning the Yule log,
and Harry anxious to do something to please
Rosie, bad scoured the woods and brought
in a lot of mistletoe, and the eve ltefore
Christmas the Major came over to
help them to trim with it. There were
evergreens and holly with shining leaves,
twined info garTTrm*. •+ en— rrns
to form the Lover's Arch.
"Now rememlK-r," Harry said, "whoever
goi-s under it must pay the forfeit."
The Majqf looked at Margaret, a twinkle
in Ids black eye. "Will you remember ?"
lie asked.
For the first time Margaret betrayed con
fusion, to cover which she framed some
trilling excuse to leave the room.
"Auntie isn't herself, of late—she seems
so abstracted," said Itosie.
She stepped backward as site said this,
and stood directly under tlie mistletoe,
(juick as a Hash the Major had snatched a
kiss from her pretty lips.
M irgaret entered again just then, and
Major Cole liecame so embarrassed that tbe
laugh was upon the other side.
"Father is renewing his Isiyhood again,"
said Harry.
Later, when the others were engaged
elsewhere, Margaret, returning to the p tr
ior for something, noticed that a part, of the
mistletoe had liecotne disarranged. Site
could scarcely touch it when standing on
tiptoe, so she brought a low stool, and,
reaching up, replaced if. The work was
just completed when the Major entered.
Margaret was looking her sweetest. She
Hushed with excitement, and her dark blue
dress with its finish of soft white lace, was
very lteconiing. Site was, indeed, a tempt
ing sight, which the Major could not resist.
Mi: went toward her, and suddenly grasp
ing her bands, said with more energy than
he was won't to throw into his tone :
"Margaret, you are directly under the
mistletoe ; may I claim the forfeit ?"
The IIIIKMI rustled to her face, then re
ceeded, leaving her white and cold. She
would have drawn hack, hut he held her
firmly where she stood. An angry Hush
mounted to her cheek. "How dared he—
after all—that had lieen."
Hut the Major either could or would not
see, drawing her closer, yet keeping her Still
under the magic mistletoe, gave her a
hearty kiss.
A ringing laugh from the doorway, and
Harry and Uosie ruslnsl in with evident
delight, expressed upon their countenances.
"O Auntie ! if only you could be per
siu.d d to take pity upon father's loneli
ness ; he neials some one like you," said
Rose ; and Harry took Margaret's hand
that now lay cold and trembling within
Ids.
The Major stood silent. How could he
tell Margaret that he loved her—had loved
her all through the years past ? He had
caused her pain, then, and could she believe
him now ? Perhaps she had not quite for
given his unreasonable anger which had
partial them.
Margaret was drooping as the lily droops
from the storm, but for her it was a shower
of memories. She looked up and their eyes
met. Perhaps he iead there the secret she
had striven to hide. The years fell away
one by one. He was a youth, she a fair
young girl. He loved her. He held out
Ids arms, saying :— "Margie, 1 want you."
Margaret hesitated. A woman's pride
was at stake, hut Rosie crept to her and
whispered, "Think, Auntie, how lonely
you will he when I am jone."
Once more the Major sj>oke, "Margie I
love you."
The same sweet name ; no one else had
ever called her by it; the very words lie
had used over twenty years before. His
arms were still extended, he waited for her,
and Margaret going into them was folded
close to his heart.
She had found her resting place at last.
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'1 tell you, Barium, it's the way with
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'J low dare you sp -.ik to mo so!' she II isheil
out, ' I wish you would mind your own af
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Ralph's djm sp irklcd ominously.
There was a tint • when my afl iirs and
yours meant the mine thing," he said sadly.
'Once is not now.'
'1 know it,' and accepting the rebuke and
ku nving that there was nothing more for
him to say, he turned on his heel and left
her alone.
When Kgerton went out walking
with Barbara on the seashore that evening
he noticed that she was s.ul and strangely
preoccupied.
'What is the trouble ?' he asked. 'What
worries you ?'
'I was asking myself,' said the girl, slow
ly, 'how this is all going to end—tLese
drives and walks and talks.'
'Hud ? Why should it cud at all ?' he
s tid quickly.
That's what I wanted to know. Are you
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must say. 1 haven't a penny of my own
unless my grand father were to step off, and
re ally I shouldn't pick a wife off the sea
sands anyway.'
'Kxactly,' said Barbara. 'Then supiosc
w • part !' with quiet scorn.
'As friends ?'
'No, as enemies.'
'You little tigress,' he laughed. "I believe
your eyes shot fire then.'
Terliaps they did. But were I a mau I
would knock you down.'
And so she walked away from him and
home.
In her diary that night she inscribed, '
with the date, seven words : 'I will be re
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'The season was getting on,' he said, 'and
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enjoyed the honor of being Gerald Egerton's
grand fall.er.
'You are not deriving any Itenettt from
the gambling-house here.'
'Just as you say, sir,' said Gerald, who
had been taught iu all tilings to defer to the
wishes of his wealthy progenitor. And he
went accordingly.
It was just a year afterwards, when sit
ting at his late breakfast of claret, grapes
and broiled bints iu a Florentine villa, Mr.
Kgerton broke often the seals of a packet of
home letters and grew whiter than the
carved marble vases among the lime groves '
outside.
'What's up •ngerton -* .iswen fat- Tamr,
bis friend and fellow-traveller.
'Tlie meanest trick that ever was played
on a fellow,' gasjted Gerald, tearing at his j
necktie. 'He's going to be married."
'Your grandfather
'Yes.'
'Well, hasn't he as good a right as any
one, ifhe chooses and the lady is willing?'
'No !' shouted Gerald ; he hasn't. Not
at his time of life, and after all the years of
expectation he has dragged me through.'
'Who is she ?'
'He dosen't say. Ho simply insults me
by inviting tne home to the wedding.
'A very projn'r attention, I should say.
'You should say ?' snarled Kgerton, turn
ing around on his companion. 'Very |>ossi
bly. He isn't your grandfather, and his
marriage doesn't ruin you !'
He rose up as he spoke, and strode out
among the myrtles and lime-trees, his brow
as black as midnight.
"Take my advice," called Vane after him;
"put your righteous indignation iti your
pocket—go home and do the agreeable to
grandmamma! The whole loaf undoubtedly
is gone, but that's no reason you shouldn't
enjoy a'few of the crumbs it you are only a
little politic."
And Gerald Kgerton. on sober second and
third thoughts, concluded to proflt by the
hints embodied in his friend's advice.
"Of course she will be young enough to
be my sister," he said, "Old men always do
make fools of themselves; but perhaps I can
manage her, after all."
It was a bracing winternight, the sky all
sprinkled with stars, when Gerald Kgerton
walked up the steps leading to his grand
father's princely mansion ami rang the bell.
The butler grinned at liim as lie opened
the door.
'You're too late for the wedding, Master
Gerald," said he. "Master brought his bride
home last night."
"The deuce hedld!" said Gerald gloomily.
"What sort of a one is it- eh. Butts?"
"A stunner, sir," the man answered con
fidentially; "only nineteen."
At that moment another servant threw
open the folding doors leading into the
drawing-room, and revealed
looking pmvokingly young and healthy,
with a tall slight girl by his side, dressed in
wine-colored velvet, relieved by the flash of
diamonds and the creamy folds of rich old
jHiint lace. As she turned to welcome her
grandson—how ridiculous the idea seemed
—Gerald Kgerton started back.
He was looking full into the rudient
depths of Barbara Wynyard's eye.
One smile—one scornful flashing smile of
haughty triumph—and then they met as
strangers, though the hot blood boiled up
into Gerald's cheeks as if his veins were
running molted fire.
"What are you writing, dear?" Mr.Clare
thorne asked his young wife that night, as
she closed and looked a clasped book at her
desk.
"Nothing," she answered with a bright
smile.
But, underneafh the entry made in bit
terness of heart a year ago, she had written
those words:
"I am revenged ou Gerald Kgerton!"
In tbe primary schools of Stockton,
Cal, the boys in the two lower classes
are obliged to learn needlework just
the same as the little girls, so that
hereafter they can make small repairs
for themselves.
A Smart Boy.
Teacher—Who was Alexander Sel
kirk ?
Tommy—He was a civil engineer.
Teacher—Civil engineer ?
Tommy —Yes ma'am monarch of
all he surveyed.—New York Son.
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Kleplmnts In the Lumber Ruslneae.
Lazy and clumsj -looking aa the
elephant appears in our menageries,
where it is merely an object of curiosity,
in Asia it is as useful an animalas the
horse, and is, indeed employed in a
greater variety of ways.
There are few, if any, tasks which a
horse can be trusted to perform with
out careful and constant guidance;
whereas tbo elephant is frequent
ly given as much independence of ac
tion as a man would have for tbe same
work. This is notably tbe case in tbe
lumber-yard of Rangood and Maul
mein, where tbe entire operation of
moving and piling tbe heavy timber is
performed by male elephants without
any special supervision by tbe keepers.
Tbe logs to be moved are teak wood,
which is very heavy. They are cut into
lengths of twenty feet, with a diameter
of perhaps a square, of about a foot.
An elephant will go to- a log, kneel
down, thrust bis tasks under the mid
dle of it, curl his trunk over it, test it
to sec that it is evenly balanced, and
then rise with it and easily carry it to
the pile which is being made. Placing
tbe log carefully on tbe pile in its prop
er place, tbe sagacious animal will step
back a few paces and measure with his
eye to determine whether or not tbe
log needs pushing one way cr anoth
er. It will then make any necessary
alteration of position. In this way,
without a word of command from its
mahout, or driver, it will go on with
its work.
To do any special task, it must, of
course, be directed by the mahout ;
hut it is marvelous to see bow readily
this great creature compreheuds its
instructions, nnd how ingeniously it
makes use of its strength If a log
too heavy to be carried is io be mov
ed a short distance, the elephant will
bend low, bis great bead against tbe
end of the log and then with a sadden
exertion of strength and weight throw
his body forward and fairly push tbe
log along ; or, to move the log any
great distance, he will encircle it with
a chain and drag his load behind him.
Asa rule, however, the work of
dragging is done by the female ele
phants, since having no tusks,tbey can
nr.* mrrj logs as tbe ui ale elephants
do A mau could hardly display more
judgement in tbe adjustment of tbe
rope or chain around a log, nor could a
man with bis two bands tie and untie
knots more skilfully than do tbey with
their trunks.
An Army Adventure.
Tbe W. H. Upham who is at tbe
bead of tbe Upbam Manufacturing
company, which lost SBOO,OOO by tbe
great fire at Marsh field, Wisconsin,
was the bero of a singular adventure
wbeo a young mau. He was a mem
ber of a Wisconsin regiment which
participated in tbe first battle of Bull
Kuo, and was thought to have been
killed. His comrades saw him fall,
and none of tbem bad auy doubt of
his death. BeiDg the first victim of
tbe strife in bis own neighborhood
there wss a great mourning for him.
A memorial service was held in
which thousands of people participa
ted, and many eloquent eulogies were
parsed upon him.
Six mouths later Upbam appeared
iu Washington with a party of ex
changed prisoners. He bad been des
perately wounded and taken prisoner,
but the Confederates bad attended to
his wants, and wheD the exchange
took place he was sent home. When
in Washington be was taken to tbe
White House by Judge Doolittle, then
a Senator,and introduced to President
Lincoln as a soldier who bad come
back from the grave. Aa Upham
was on all tbe records as dead, Mr.
Lincoln ordered a correct entry to be
made, and then gave tbe boy an hon
orable discbarge from the service.
When he reached home in Racine be
was tbe lion of the hour, and the peo
ple who participated in tbe memorial
meeting in his honor got up a jubilee
which was hardly less numerously at
tended. Later on in tbe struggle tbe
fortunes of individuals were not so
closely watched.
Curious freak of a Hill louaire.
There are so many ways of spend
ing and of losing a fortune that per
haps uobody desires to be informed of
a new method for this purpose. I
heard yesterday, however, of a plan
which seems to me so ingenious and
so admirably calculated for dissipa
ting any amount of money that I can
not forbear recounting it. It seems
that a youDg man found himself, on
the death of his father and mother, in
unrestricted possession of $1,500,000.
When the period of mourning bad ex
pired, be bought a small circus and
traveled about with it in tbe capacity
of chief showman. Hew long the fun
lasted, or what small sum the circus
properties fetched when they were
sold at auction by tbe creditors of tbe
concern, I am not informed.— Boston
Post.