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Bellefonte, Pa, March 27, 1891.
WANTED A GIRL.
Wanted—a girl, not a butterfly gay ;
Gentle and sweet, in a womanly way.
No beautiful picture, languid and fair,
That always seems labelled, “Please handle
with care”;
But one in whose heart is hidden true worth
And faithfully follows its mission on earth.
Hopeful and earnest in helping and giving,
Finds plenty te do in the life she is living,
Fulfillidg its duties with sweet content,
Whether adverse or pleasant, just as they're
sent ; J
In the garb of a queen or in homespun ar-
raye ;
Whatever fier station- is needed that maid.
RESURRECTION,
Each night we seek a temporary death,
And are unhappy if it fails to come,
And morning dawns with life in every breath,
And the tongue speaks, that for a time was
aamb;
And when the longer death that none escape,
Conquers our seventy years, or less or more,
Is'it not sleep (hat takes anotber shape ?
And shall we not awaken as before ?
— Charles Mackay.
The New Road Law as Passed by the
‘Senate.
Section 1. Be itenacted by the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in Gen-
eral Assembly met, and itis hereby en-
acted by the authority of the same, that
in every township of this Commonwealth
the qualified voters thereof shall on the
third Tuesday of February one thousand
eight bundred and ninety-two, elect one
person to serve one year, one person to
serve two years and one person to serve
three years, who shall be styled super-
visors, and at each township election
thereafter they shall elect one person to
serve three years, and in case of death,
resignation or removal from towaship,
or from -eny other cause, a vacancy shall
be filled -by appointment by the court ot
quarter -sessions of the proper county ;
Provided, that in any township which
now has three supervisors or other offi-
cers having charge of roads elected under
existing laws, no new election under
this section shall be required except as
the terms of said road officers expire.
SeorroN 2. The supervisors of each
township shall meet at the place where
the auditors of the respective townships
meet to perform their official duties, on
the first Monday of March next follow-
ing their election, and yearly thereafter,
and after being duly sworn or affirmed,
according to law, to dischasge their du-
ties with fidelity, a copy of the same to
be filed with the township auditors,
shall organize as a board by electing one
of their number as president and one as
secretary, and in all townships which do
not have a township or district treasurer
elected under existing laws, they shall
appoint one person as their treasurer
who shall not be a member of said board,
and shall proceed to lewy a road tax
which shall not exceed ten mills on each
dollar of valuation, except by authority
of the court of quarter sessions. This
valuation shall be the last adjusted
valuation for county purposes and which
shall be furnished to said supervisors by
the-county commissioners. The super-
visors may also divide their townships
into such road districts as they may deem
best, and shall appoint a road master or
masters for such district or districts, who
shall be citizens of the township tor
which they are appointed and shall hold
their appointment at the discretion of
the supervisors. It shall be the duty of
-each road master to sce that the work
done in his district or division is in ac-
cordance with plans, specifications and
directions furnished him by tbe road su-
perviso.s, to work upon the rouds him-
self, to oversee the men employed while
at work, to keep the time of each man
working under him, and repori to the
road supervisors as often as they may
direct. Tke supervisors, from time to
time, shall fix the wages to be paid per
day to road-masters and laborers and the
number of hours constituting a day’s
work on the roads and bridges.
Section 8. That the road supervis-
ors shall have full control of road-mas-
ters and employment of laborers, and in
engaging the labor to work on public
roads and bridges in the several town-
ships of this Commonwealth it shall be
the duty of the supervisors thereof to
give the taxpayers resident of such town-
ships the preference on condition that
said taxpayers shall notify said super-
visors on or before the first Monday of
May ia each year of their desire to secure
such work, and provided, however, that
no unnaturalized person shall be em-
ployed on such public works, and said
supervisors are authorized also to pur-
chase such material, scrapers, plows,
stone crushers, roller and other road
machinery, tools and property, as shall
in their judgment he necessary for mak-
ing and repairing roads and bridges, the
same to be the proper'y of the township,
to be used exclusively for township pur-
poses and to be properly taken care of by
said supervisors.
Section 4. Said supervisors are here-
by authorized to join with the supervis-
ors of one or more of the other town-
ships in their respective counties in the
purchase of such road machinery as in
their judgment may be too expensive to
justify such purchase by said township
alone, the said machinery to belong to
such townships in proportion to the
amount paid therefor by each, and the
right to use the same to be regulated by
agreement to be made between said su-
pervisors at the time of joining in said
purchase; provided that said joint own-
«ership shall merely continue during such
period as may be agreeable to all of said
Joint owners, and either board of super-
visors may at any time elect to sever said
joint ownership as to any or all of said
machinery in case the same cannot be
agreed upon amicably, by petition of
the supervisors of either of said joint
owning townships to the court of quart-
er sessions, which court, after notice and
opportunity to be heard shall be given
to the supervisors of each of the other
townships, shall then make such order
for the sale or disposal of said joint prop-
erty as will be right and proper in each
case,
Srcrrox 5.
each township shall make or cause to be
made a duplicate designating the amount |
of road tax levied against each tax pay-
er of the township and deliver the same
to the township or district treasurer elect-
ed under existing laws, or appointed un-
der the second section hereof, and shall
That the supervisors of |
also give him a warrant to collect the
same to be collected as follows, namely :
To all tax-payers who pay their road
tax before June first of each year to the
treasurer an abatement of five per cen-
tum shall be made; on all road taxes
paid to the treasurer between June first
and October the first of each year the
tax-payers will be'required to pay the
full amount of road tax levied against
them ; provided said treasurer shall bave
given notice by printed hand bills of
the times and places at which he will
receive said taxes, said places to be fixed
by said supervisors. On the first of Octo-
ber in each year the treasurer shall
make out a list of all delinquent tax-
pavers, with the amount of road tax
levied against each, with five per cen-
tum added thereto as a penalty for such
delinquency, and deliver the same to the
township collector duly authorized to
collect taxes under existing laws, who
shall immediately proceed to collect
the same and make payment thereof to
the treasurer as soon as received, and the
collector shall receive for his services the
five per centum in penalty added. The
treasurer shall receive as compensation
for his services such amount as the
board of supervisors may prescribe, not
exceeding one per centum of all moneys
received by him,
SEcTIoN 6. That the township or dis-
trict treasurer appoirted by the board of
supervisors shall be required to give bond
with at least two sufficient sureties, to
be approved by the court of quarter ses-
sions of the proper county, in a sum
double the amount of the road tax du-
plicate and moneys received from the
State approprition for roads, or from
other sources for like purpose, condition-
ed that the said treasurer shall well and
truly pay over and account for all
moneys collected and received by him
for road purposes according to law, and
such bond shall be filed with the clerk
of the court aforesaid ; and he shall pay
out moneys received only on written or-
der of the board of supervisors setting
forth what the same is given for, signed
by the presideut and attested by the
secretary thereof.
Section 7. That it shall be the duty
of the said supervisors to make the road
beds not less than sixteen feet wide, to
keep and maintain them ten inches
higher in the centre than atthe sides
thereof, with continual drains on either
side of such road beds of a width and
depth of one loot wherever practicable,
to remove all obstructions preventing the
flow of water either from the surface of
the road beds. sides or drains thereof, to
drain the road beds also where necessary
to keep the roads in good condition, and
to place culverts of stone, iron or terra
cctta pipes wherever practicable to con-
vey the water across and underneath the
surface of such road beds.
Section 8, That the said board of su-
pervisors shall receive no compensation
for their services, but may be allowed
for the eost of stationery, fuel and light
and for their necessary traveling expenses
a sum which shall not in the aggregate
exceed one hundred dollars annually, to
be paid out of the township road funds.
Section 9. That the board of super-
visors of the several townships receiving
State aid as hereafter provided for, shall
annually on or before the first Monday
of March in each and every year, make
a report on oath or affirmation to the
county commissioners on blanks furnish-
ed to them by the Secretary of Internal
Affairs through the said commissioners,
of the whole amount of moneys raised
during the current year by taxation for
road purposes, specifying in such report
the amount expended for maintenance
or repairs of roads, for opening and
building of new roads and for macada-
mizing or otherwise permanently im-
proving roads, and the number of miles
thus made, and such other matters and
things as the county commissioners or
Secretary of Internal Affairs may re-
quire, and said reports shall be forward-
ed to thelSecretary of Internal Affairsiby
said county commissicners on or before
the first Monday of each year.
Section 10. That the said board of
supervisors shall keep minutes of their
proceedings and such books as they may
find necessary in the performance of their
duties, all of which shall be open for the
inspection of any taxpayer at all reason-
able times, and which shall all be sub-
mitted for the information of the town-
ship auditors when said auditors meet
to audit the accounts of the treasurer
and other township officers, and shall
deliver such books, papers and accounts
to their successors.
Section 11. That said supervisors
shall be required to let by contract the
construction of all roads hereafter dis
signated as “Highways,” and may in
their discretion let by contract to the
lowest and best bidder the opening
waking, maintaining and repairing of
all other township roads and bridges, or
any part or parts thereof, reserving the
right to reject any or all bids. Notice
of all such lettings shall be given at
least three weeks before the same shall
take place by advertisement in at least
two weekly newspapers of general cir-
culation published in the country, if so
many shall be published therein, and by
hand-bills put in at least ten of the most
public places in the township, designat-
ing the time and place of such lettings.
Said supervisors shall require bonds from
the contractors with approved security
in double the amount of the contract
price, conditioned for the faithful per-
formance thereof ; Provided such con-
tracts for maintenance and repairing
shall not continue for more than three
years.
Section 12. That it shall be the
duty of the said board of township su-
pervisors to select and designate, or pro-
vide for the laying out of the roads in
each township, to be macadamized or
otherwise permantly constructed, out
of the funds hereinafter expressly devot-
ed thereto, as provided in section seven-
teen, which roads shall be selected, and
laid out in or through the different tcwn-
ships in a manner such that as far as
practicable they may form a continuous
highway between the most populous
points in the county to the boundaries
thereof and to points on other important
roads or railroad stations, so as best to
accommodate through and local travel,
which roads shall thereafter, until
abandoned as such by the proper au-
| thorities, be known as “Highways.”
Said supervisors shall make and keep in
a book provided for that purpose a map |
or survey showing their location and !
grade in connection with the other,
public roads in the township, shall fur-
nish a plan and full and complete speci fi-
cationsin accordance with the mostap-
proved and improved method of road
making, considering the location and
materials at Land, and the manner in
which, and materials out of which, such
“Highways’’ shall be constructed, make
alignment and grade thereof, and shall
divide the same into convenient sections
showing the order in which® they shall
be constructed and repaired under the
direction as herein provided, Provided,
that when the services of a surveyor is
needed may employ one at a per diem not
to exceed three dollars.
Section 13, «That road viewers shall
only be appointed upon petition signed
by at least ten taxpayers of the township
in which the proposed road is to be lo-
cated, vacated or changed, and in case
the proposed road passes through two or
mcr: townships the same shall be signed
by at least ten taxpayers of the town-
ship in which the termini are situated ;
Provided, that in townships not having
that number of taxpayers, viewers may
be appointed on the petition of one-half
of said taxpayers and approved as afore-
said, and that written or printed notice
of such views and re-reviews shall be
served by the said petitioners, or any
one of them, apon the owners of any
lands through which the road to be lo-
cated, vacated or changed, runs, and in
case the road in question crosses the line
ot any railroad, turnpike or canal, the
superintendent or president of such com-
pany shall have written notice by a reg-
istered ietter dropped into the postofiice
addressed to either of them. The court
shall also require printed, or partly
printel and partly written handbills to
be posted in ten or more public places in
the vicinity of said road, or proposed
road, at least ten days before the view,
or re-view, as the case may be, shall
take place, subscribed by the clerk of
quarter sessions
SecrioN 14. That the court of quar-
ter sessiens of every county of the com-
monwealth on application by petition
signed and approved as herein provided,
shall appoint three viewers to lay out
new roads, to vacate and supply roads
or parts thereof, to vacate roads laid out
and not opened, and such roads as have
become useless or burdensome. Said
viewers shall consist of a surveyor and
two disinterested citszens of the county,
who shall in all respects perform their
duties in accordance with the acts of As-
sembly in such cases made and provided.
SecrioN 15. That it shall be the
further duty of the said county commis-
sioners to appoint a competent person to
inspect the work done on said highways
by the contractors before the work is ac-
cepted by the board of supervisors, and
if they have failed to comply with the
plan and specifications furnished there-
for he shall give notice thereot to the
said board of supervisors who shall not
accept the work, nor pay any moneys
still due thereon, until the contractors
have completed their contract in man-
ner and form agreed upon. Said in-
spector shall receive for his services a
compensation not to exceed three dollars
per diem to be paid by the county
treasurer upon warrants drawn by said
county commissioners.
Secrioy 16. That it shall be the
duty of the Secretary of Internal Af-
fairs to furnish to the board of supervi-
sors of the several townships, through
the county commissioners, suitable
blanks to make the reports provided for
in section nine of this act, and he shall
furnish to the State Treasurer a detailed
statement of the amount of moneys ex-
pended by the supervisors in each town-
ship for roads, highways and bridges,
and required by the State Treasurer as a
basis to make the distribution of State
appropriation for roads as provided for
in section seventeen of this act.
Section 17. That all moneys appro-
priated from time to time by the Legis-
lature for road purposes, to be paid out
of the State treasury, shall be divided to
and among theseveral townships of this
Commonwealth in proportion to the
amount of road taxes collected and ex-
pended by each township for road pur-
poses during the preceding year, and
such share or portion due each township
shall be paid by the State Treasurer to
the township or district treasurer, or the
treasurer appointed by the board of su-
pervisors as the case may be; The su-
pervisors of each township shall set
apart at least twenty-five per centum of
all road taxes collected each year,
which, with the nioneys appropriated or
received from the State for road purpos-
es, shall constitute a special fund to be
kept by the treasurer 1n a separate ac-
count from other road funds, and shall
be expended exclusively in the making
of macadam or other permanent roads in
the township according to the provis-
ions of section fourteen.
Secrion 18. That in case the board
of supervisors of any township shall fail
or neglect to carry out the provisions of
this act no such township shall be entit-
led to receive any part or share of the
moneys appropriated by the State to
macadamize or otherwise permanently
improve the said highways.
SectIoN 19. That before any railroad,
pipe line or conduit, telegraph, tele-
phone, electric light, power lines, cable
transportation, or any other incorporat-
ed company, firm or municipality, au-
thorized by law so to do, shall enter up-
on or occupy any part of the roads,
bridges and highways cf any county or
township of the Commonwealth for any
purpose, where the occupation is of such
a character fas not to require the con-
struction of a new road to take the place
of the part occupied, before such an en-
try is made they shall file with the
board of supervisors of such township
a map showing the position of the road
or highway they desire to so occupy,
and the manner and extent of such
oecupation, which map shall be approved
by the board of supervisors of the town-
ship aforsaid. If in their opinion the in-
terference with the road or highway is
not such as to destroy or seriously im-
pair or interfere with its use by the pub-
lic, nor greater than is necessary under
the circumstances, and it the map is ap-
proved, they shall file with the court of
quarter sessions of the proper county a
bond, the amount and sureties of which
shall be approved by said court, obligat-
ing them to do the work under the di-
rection of the said board of supervisors
in accordance with the approved map,
and with the least interruption to puble
travel during the execution of the
work consistent with the character of
the work, and to put the highway
or roal where they have interfered with
the same, after the work is completed.
in as good or better condition than it
was before they entered upon it. Every
such company shall file with the said
court of quarter sessions an additional
bond drawn in favor of any such town-
ship, as aforesaid, in a sum to be named
by said court, with two sufficient sure-
ties to be approved by said court, con-
ditioned to secure any such township as
aforesaid against damages or loss by rea-
son of any injury or harm done to any
vehicle, team or person passing or re-
passing along the works of such com-
pany during their construction, or any
time thereatter. .
SecrioN 20. That it shall not be
lawful for any supervisor or county com-
missioner to be interested either directly
or indirectly in any work done or con-
tract relating to roads and bridges, nor
to furnish any materials therefor. Any
person knowingly violating the pro-
visions of this section shall be deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and on con-
viction thereof shall be sentenced to pay
a fine not exceeding two hundred dol-
lars, and may be imprisoned for a term
not exceeding three months, both or
either, at the discretion of the court.
Section 21. That if any supervisor,
county commissioner, or other person
employed by them to work on the
roads, bridges and highways of this
Commonwealth, shall violate the pro-
visions of this act, or shall fail, neglect
or refuse to carry out the same, the per-
sons so offending shall be guilty of a mis-
demeanor and on conviction thereof
shall be sentenced to pay a fine not ex-
ceeding two hundred dollars and under-
go an imprisonment not exceeding three
months, both or either, at the discretion
of the court.
Section 22. That the supervisors of
the several townships of this Common-
wealth elected or appointed in pursu-
ance of this act, shall perform all the
duties imposed by the existing laws on
supervisors of roads, bridges and high-
ways, and shall be subject to the same
responsibilities and penalties that super-
visors are now subject to under existing
laws, excepting where the same is incon-
sistent with the provisions of this act,
Section 23. That all acts or parts of
acts, general, special or local, inzonsis-
tent herewith, or supplied hereby, be
and the same are hereby repealed.
ALTAR LILIES.
On a low bench within the alter rail
There stood (a vase of flowers, the offerin;
sweet .
Of one who traced God’s steps o'er hill and
ale,
And laid again His blossoms at His feet.
A lava vase, with tales of mountain throes,
And craters yawaing to the deep profound,—
It held white lilies pure as Alpine snows,
And clinging sprays of ivy clasped it round.
“So, heart” I said, “all scarred with hidden fire
fiTake form and beauty from the Hand divine,
To hold the lilies sweet of pure desire,
And let immortal hopes about thee twine.”
—Mary A. P. Stansburg.
HOW I SAID “YES.”
BY AMELIA E. BARR.
My godfathers and my godmothers
in my baptism called me “Olive,” and
they. lived to be heartily ashamed of
themselves for it,for never was there a
child with a more mistaken name. A
belligerent state was my normal condi-
tion. [ do not remember my nurses,
but I have grace enough to pity them.
The mildest of my teachers considered
me “unruly,” and you can ask Geoftrey
what he thought of me a year ago.
Now it is different, I have found my
master, and I believe I rather like it.
This is how it came about:
Geoffrey had asked me three times to
marry him, and three times [ had said
“No,” in the most decided manner.
But that never made the least difter-
ence to him. He only laughed and
said I would know my own mind bet-
ter next time.
“I suppose,” I said, “you mean to
ask me once a quarter?”
“Is that enough ?”
“Too often, a great deal, sir!”
“Well, then, we will say once in six
months, Miss Olive.”
And then he walked smilingly away,
and began some nonsensical talk with
father about Doctor Koch and his be-
wildering theories,
This last asking was just at the be-
ginning of warm weather, and father,
who thought Geoffrey’s opinion infalli-
ble, asked him where he wouid advise
us to go for the summer.
I had made up my mind to go to
Long Branch and I said so, very dis-
tinctly; buat Geoffrey proposed some
out-of-the-way place in the Virginia
mountains. Then he painted it in
such glowing colors that nothing would
satisfy father but a personal investiga-
tion. It was all Geoftrey’s doing, and
I told him so at the railway station.
“It is your doing, sir,” I said, “and
I shall remember you for it.” :
“Thanks, Olive,” he replied; “there
is nothing I fear but forgetfulness.”
I wanted to speak unmistakably to
him, bat the train moved, and I felt
that it would be only waste material.
At the end of the second day we got
to our destination. It was a pretty
place; I must acknowledge that. Na-
ture had done all she could for it, but
art and civilization had passed it by.
The men were simply “frighte,” and
the women were—well, none too good
for the men. The houses were log-
cabins, through which daylight peeped
and the wind blew as it listed. But
there was, of course, a hig white hotel
—there always is. I have no doubt if
we had goue to Stanley Falls or Guth-
rie we should have a hotel and proprie-
tor—the institution is ubiquitary. We
procured rooms, and my trunks were,
with some difficulty, got up the hill
and the flight of wooden steps into the
hall.
“I suppose,” I said, with a resigned
look at father, “there iz no use in tak
ing them upstairs. I can have no use
for my dresses here?”
“As you like, Olive,” he replied, in
one of his meek and mild ways; ‘as
you llke, dear; that gray thing you
have on looks pretty well, and it does
not show the dirt.”
After this remark, of course, I had
every trunk, bonnet-box and satchel
taken upstairs; and the noise and con-
fusion. and even the occasional bad
word their size and weight called forth,
were quite grateful to me.
“It is not my gfault,” I explained.
“bea woman for an hour or so, that I
“If people will build stairs like cork:
screws, [ am not responsible.”
In this amiable mood we took pos-
session, and I think, if Geoffrey had
known what I was thinking ahout ir,
as I did up my hair and put on my
white evening dress, he would have
lost a trifle of his self:complacency—
that is, if men ever do make a loss of
that kind. The first thing that pleased
me was the supper. It really was
good, particularly the berries and cream
which are a specialty with me.
“Bat, sir,” I inquired, “are there
any Christians here besides om selves?”
“It is to be hoped so, Olive. 1 saw
a little church in the yalley.”
“Pshaw, father! I did not mean
church Christians; I mean society
Christians.”
“Ah, they are different, are they?
Well, what do ycu think of Augusta
Pennington for a Christian ?”
“Augusta Pennington! Is she here?”
I asked, amazed.
“No, she is not, but her brother lives
within two miles, and he has a daugh- |
ter about the same age as yourseif.
Mrs. Pennington wrote them we should
be here to-day; they will doubtless
call in the morning.”
Well, I did not care if they did. The |
dresses in my trunks were sufficient to
inspire any woman with confortable as
surance. The next morning I made a
beautitul toilet, but neither Mr. nor
Miss Lacelles called. Just after sup-
per I heard a little stir and bustle on
the stairs, a rippling laugh, the rustle
of silken robes, and, leaning on her
father's arm, Miss Lacelles entered.
She was beautiful; I saw that at a
glance; tall and pale and lady-like, re-
minding you of a fair white lily. We
soon struck up a friendship—a girl's
friendship I mean. Some one has said
that there is no friendship between the
sexes, aud some one is mistaken, I
think, for the world holds no safer
friend for a woman than an honorable
man. A woman's friendship is very
likely to be the result of convenience,
contiguity, or of being, as my father
sneeringly remarked, “the only Chris-
tian within hail of each other.” Mary
showed me all her dresses and told me
her secrets, and I returned the compli-
ment, mindful of Burns's advice to still
“keep something to myself I wadna
tell to ony.”
Life settled down into an unexciting
but endurable routine. Mary and I
visited each other and arranged our
next winter's campaign, for I had in-
vited her to pass the cold weather with
me in New York. One day, in the
middle of one of these pleasant chats,
a servant came in and handed me a
card. The name on it roused at once
all the antagonism in my nature. It
was, “Geoffrey Gardner.”
Now it so happened that the exis-
tence of this gentleman was the one
thing I had kept back in my confi
dences with Mary. So I had now to
explain who and what he was. I want-
ed her to come into the parlor with
me; but no, she would go home first
and dress ; but she promised to be back
to tea.
I disliked Geoffrey, yet I was glad to
see him. My mental faculties were
rusting for want of attrition. Father
would not quarrel with me, and Mary
was my only face card. I could not
throw her away. Besides, I rather
liked to see ‘his great, handsome figure
in the room. He wasso full ot life
that he seemed to vitalize even the
chairs and stools ; they tumbled about
and got out of the way in the strangest
manner. [told him about Mary La-
celles, and warned him that he would
lose his heart, He gravely told me he
had none to lose.
Imagine six feet two inches of man-
hood without a heart!
We waited tea for Mary, but she did
not come till quite dark, and we had
our tea. She said she had been de-
tained by company, but I knew better
than that. She was dressed with re-
ference to candle light effect, and would
not Jose its influence on her first ap-
pearance. I never saw her look so
lovely ; her rose-colored dress, with its
broad shimmering bands of white silk,
wonderfully enhanced her charms.
Geoffrey looked delighted, and she gave
him the full benefit of both her up-
ward and downward glances.
When tea was over, | left the room
a few minutes, and when I came back,
found Geoffrey and Mary sitting oppo-
site each other, with the chess-board
between them as an excuse for flirta-
tion. The move had been so rapid
that I was astonished, and a little an-
gry, too; and father did not improve
matters by whispering, as I passed his
chair:
“Checkmated, Olive!”
It was not a pleasant evening for me,
and it was the beginning of many un-
pleasant ones. :
“How it came let doctors tell,” but
I began to like Geoffrey just as soon as
he began to like Mary. I called up
pride to the rescue, but it did not help
me much, and I suffered a good deal in
watching Geoflrey’s attentions to Mary,
and listening to her prattle about him.
I thought her supremely silly, and I
told her so. She was astonished at
my petalance, but I don't think she
suspected the truth. Only father did
that, and he looked so: “Serve you
right, miss,” that I longed for him to
might talk back to him.
One day, after Geoffrey had been a
month with us, a riding party was pro-
posed to the top of the mountain. Fath-
er and I, Geoffrey and Mary—that
would be the order, of course; and I
was prepared for that; bnt there is a
last straw in every burden, ani my
last fstraw was this incident: They
weregmounted and waiting lor me,
when Mary dropped her glove. From
my window I saw Geofirey pick it up,
put it on the hand laid so confidingly
in his, and then kissit. After that I
was not going to ride for King nor
Kaiser, I sent a positive refusal to
all enireaties, and as soon as they were
out of sight indulged in a good refresh-
ing ery. I cried myself to sleep, and
woke about dusk with a newborn pur-
(pose in my heart which comforted me |
wonderfully, the key-note of which was: '
“She stoops to conquer.” Yet I did
not dress again. Iknew they were to
take tea at Mr. Lacelles's ; so I threw
my dressing-gown around me, and tak-
ing a novel in my hand, I ordered a
cap of strong tea and went into the sit-
ting-room. As I walked in atone door
Geoffrey walked in at the other.
“I came to take you to Mr. Lacel-
les’s, Olive,” he said.
“How do you propose doing it, sir?
For unless you bind me hand and foot,
and get a couple of men to tole me
there, I really don’t think you will sae-
ceed.”
“I could carry you myself.”
“Could you? I don’t think yon
would enjoy the journey.”
“Will you dare me to do it 2"
“Not to-night. I should like to in:
sure my life first.”
“Olive, you have been crying.”
“I have not, sir,” indignantly. “And
if I have, what is that to you?’ re.
proachfully.
“A great deal. Oh, Olive, you teas-
ing, provoking, bewitching little mor
tal! How often must I tell you I love
you? How often must I ask you to
marry me?’
“It is not six months since the last
time, Geoffrey.”
“I don’teare; it seems like six years.
And, oh, Olive, you know that you
love me.”
“I do nov.”
“Yon have loved me ever since you
were eight years old.”
“I have not.”
“Now you must take me forever or
leave me forever to-night. I have ask-
ed yon three times before.”
“Four times, sir.”
“Well, four times, then. Odd num-
bers are lucky; here is the fifth time.
You know what I want, Olive—your
promise to be mine. Is itto be? Now
or never!”
I suppose every one has a good an-
gel. Mine must have been at his post
just then, for a strange feeling of hu-
mility and gentleness came oyer me. I
glanced up at the handsome face all
aglow with love's divine light; at the
eyes full of gracious entreaty; at
the arms half-stretched out to em-
brace me. Yet pride struggled hard
with love. Istood up silent and tremb-
ling, quite unable to acknowledge my-
self vanquished, until I saw him turn
away grieved and sorrowful. Then 1
said :
“Geoffrey, come back ; it is now.”
That is the way I said “yes,” and I
have never been sorry for it. If I live
to the age of Methuselah, I shall never
be a meek woman; but still I suit
Geoffrey, and I take more kindly to his
authority than ever I did to paternal
rule. Father laughs with sly triumph
at Geoffrey's victory, and he sent me
as a wedding present a handsome copy
of “The Taming of the Shrew.’—The
Ledger.
| ————
Laughter in Public.
What is the reason one hears in pub-
lic places the loud voices of women so
much oftener than men ? ¥
Women—these loud voiced ones—
seem to have the fancy that they cannot
be seen unless they are heard. And so
they can’t—in their true character. If
1t were not that their words and laugh-
ter floated out into space and above the
hum of all other voices they really
might at some time get mistaken for
ladies. From their looks no one would
imagine for an instant that they were
common, ill bred and vulgar.
A quiet flash of intelligence from their
eyes, accompanied by an appreciative
smile, would really convince an onlook-
er that possibly it was the forerunner of
the keenest wit. But no wit can ac-
company the loud guffaw that bursts
out at the slightest provocation ; no wit
from the boisterous laughter, and no ap-
preciation of wit in others.
Provep His Wire Was DEAD.--A
convict at a French penal settlement,
who was undergoing a life sentence, de-
sired to marry a female convict, such
marriages being of common occurrence.
The Governor of the colony offered no
objections, but the priest proceeded to
cross-examine the prisoner.
“Did you not marry in France ?’ he
asked.
“Yes.”
“And your wife is dead ?*’
2She is.”
“Have you any documents to show
that she is dead 7”
“No”?
“Then I must decline to marry you.
You must produce some proof that your
wife is dead.”
There was a pause, and the bride pro-
spective looked anxiously at the would-
be-groom. Finally he said :
“I can prove that my former wife is
dead.” .
“How will you do so ?”
“I was sent her for killing her,
And the bride accepted him notwitk-
standing.
A GrAcrruL DEescENT,—Dudleigh
Dedbroke- -“I want some stewed terra-
in.”
Waitress—“We haven’t any.”
Dudleigh—-“Then I will take two
portions of canvas back duck.”
Waitress—“There ain’t none.”
Dudleigh—“Then you may bring
me a dozen scallopped sea urchins and a
bottle of champagne.”
Waitress—‘We ain't got none of
them things.”
Dudleigh—¢“Well, what have you
got 2”?
Waitress—¢“Corn beef, hash and bak-
ed beans.”
Dudliegh--“How
beans?”
Waitress—“Ten cents a plate.”
Duadeleigh—¢“Well, please bring me
a half plate.”
much are your
~——Mrs. Carrie Williams, a silk cul-
turist, of San Francisco, says the indus-
try will be bronght into prominence at
the World's Fair. Over $400,000,000 is
employed in the business annually, and
Americans have not taken enough in-
terest in it. A company of Japanese,
direct from Tokio, has purchased a tract
of land in San Diego county, Cal., and
will engage in the industry. San Fran-
cisco has a Ladies’ Silk Culture Society,
the only one in the United States.
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