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WON FOR A WAGER.
"I have come to ask you a favor, fen
eral,'" observed St. Albans as he entered
the room.
"Certainly, my dear boy," answered the
g-enera.1, opening- the drawer of a table
standing near, and polling- out a cheque
book. "I've been young- myself, and I
know what it is to outrun the constable.
How much do you want I Don't be afraid,
ppeak out !"
"My dear sir, you have mistaken my
meaning," answered Harry, deeply af
fected. "Thank Heaven! I am not in
want of money."
"What can I do for you, thenT
"Why, sir, you were kind enoueh thia
morning- to express a desire that you
might have an opportune of doinjj me a
favor. You have now tbe opportunity;
in fact, the happine.ts or misery of my fu
ture life lies In your hands r
"What in it, my boyl I'll be hang-ed if
I can understand you."
"To 8ak plainly, sir, I love your
daughter, and she returns my affection.
Have I your permiasion to make her my
wifer
For half a minute the old gentleman
sat silent and motionless. Then, speak
ing slowly.he replied: "That was the
Very lat thing in my thoughts, and the
shock upset for a moment. She is the
only thing left now that I have to live for;
but of course it must come sooner or
later." The old general, deej.Iy agitated,
bent his head down for a moment, then,
as if recovering himself, he said huskily:
"Take her, my lioy. I am sorry, more
than sorry, to part with her; but I would
sooner you had her than anybody else in
the world."
The tears stood In the old gentleman's
eye an Unrry seized his hand and ex
claimed :
frenernl. I will never be the cause of
separating jou from your child."
The general shook his head doubtingly.
In my old home down in Warwick
shire there is room for half-a-dozen fami
lies, and ir you will consent to take up
your alnvle with us, nobody will be more
pleased than myself."
A hearty shake of the hands was the
only reply, and St. All ans quitted the
Ieii so full of happiness that the house
j seemed t.. Miiall ami ccntraeted, and he
j was obliged to go out into the park and
. to walk r,ff gome of hi. excitement,
t Meanwliiln ft. T...7...I l. I
tu nu'd to the morning-room.
She had not lieen seated very longwhen
the door open.-d, and Horace Austen
walked in.
"Mr. Austen!" rried IsaWl in surprise.
"1 . Miss Carlton," answered Austen,
who looked jUe and worried, "and I
trust you will turdon my intrusion."
Isabel iKiwed assent.
"Your butler told me you were here,
and alone, ami as I particularly wished
to see you, I thought I would take ad
vantage of the circumstance."
"ii-Lj'iiJ?..! jj for you. Mr. Austen?"
"K very thing. Miss CarltoiTT rV-J.n?;! the
young man, turning very pale. The"
fact ip, I have come down here on pur
jy.se to to to settle my future fate. Do
you understand me?"
Isalx-1 immediately thought of her
cousin Lucy, and replied encouragingly:
"I think I do, Mr. Austen, and I may
say that I do not fancy you have any ne
cessity to 1 so nervous over the matter."
"Indeed! Is that really so?" cried the
pxr fellow, seizing her hand as he spoke.
"Does tbe object of my adoration return
my aft'etion, then :'
"Perhaps it is not quite right of me to
say as much," answered Isabel with a
smile; "but I think I can assure yau that
she does."
"Ob. Isali:" exclaimed Austen, cover
ing her hand with kisses. "The devotion
of a lifetime cannot repay you for the
happiness, the evstasy you have caused
me! Oil, my dearest, sweetest "
"What do you mean, Mr. Austen V en
quired Ixahel, pulling her hand away,
and drawing herself up somewhat haugh
tily. "I think we have been making a
mistake."
Oh no, do not say that!" rried Austen.
"I have come down on purpose. Isaljol, to
lay my heart and hand at your feet, and
"I thought you were sjieaking of my
cousin. Miss Meredith," interrupted
IsaU-1.
"Not for a moment!" replied Austen.
"It is you that I Jove, Iealn-1 ; will you
consent to In come my wife?"
"I am really very sorry, Mr. Austen,
that we should have had this misunder
ataudieg." answered IsaU !, "for although
I am deeply grateful to you for the honor
you have done me, I must decline it."
"Ifc.it say that! for Heaven's rake,
don't say that!" exclaimed Aubten, hia
eyes grow ing dim. "Be my wife, Isabel,
and I will devote my life to ensure your
happiness!"
"It cannot be, Mr. Austen," replied Isa
bel. "I regret having to cause you pain ;
but it is no use my allowing- you to in
dulge in false hoiws, so it will le kiudur
of me to tell you at once. I love another.
Austen sank into a chair standing near
him, and covered his face with his hands.
There is always something painful in
witnessing a man's grief, and eejiecially
so-for a woman when she knows she is
the cause.
Isabel watched hini in silence for a few
minutes, and then approaching, placed
her hand ujon his shoulder and observed :
"Do not give way like that, Mr. Auston.
Hear up against your grief like a man. I
will promise to forget what has passed
during the last half hour, so that nolly
shall ? any tbe wiser, and in the course
of time you will no doubt find somelxly
who will make you happier than I could
jiossiljy have done."
"Never, never!" murmured Auften ;
"my future life is a blank. I shall never
care for another woman."
"Don't say that," exclaimed Isaliel
soothingly. "Compose yourself, and look
at it from a sensible jxint of view; if you
g-ive way in this manner you will only
make yourself the cynosure of all eyes,
and powibly the laughing-stock of your
friends. Be a man, conquer the weak
ness, anil show me that I can still reckon
on Horace Austen as a friend."
-Tou can, yon can!" answered Horace,
mastering bis agiUtion. "If ever you
want a friend, come to me. I will serve
you to the death."
"I waa mire of it," olerved Isabel;
and now I will leave you to recover
yourself."
. . 1. - I 1 1.S (Via V. i 1 1-1
Sotae-people when they have . a griet , J
V latM ft i
reaaing U la ; .
every poil4e way. . r ... : "
Horace Aufcten at ,one. oi tnepe. aoct
"BS IB A rmtlMl It Wnnu Til 1Iirr waw. vt .m T Y o w T. a vwa -nwemw "
EBENSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. JANUARY 15,
after Isabel had quitted the apartment,
he sat with bis head in bis hands, aa
thoroughly wretched as he could possibly
make himself.
He was so occupied with his affliction
that he did not hear the door open behind
him, and his first knowledge of anyone
having entered the room was a low sweet
voice exclaiming:
"Oh, Mr. Austen, what is the matter!"
And Lucy Meredith, looking charming
in her riding-habit, but evidently much
discomposed at the sight before her, ad
vanced towards him.
Horace did not reply ; in fact, he could
not.
"What is the matter? Do tell me," cried
Lucy, sitting down by his side, and look
ing as miserable himself. "You are not
ill, Horace, are you V
"I am not ill," answered Austen with a
sigh.
"Then what in it ? Do tell me. Confide
in me. It will relieve you to speak about
your grief, whatever it is."
And Lucy took his hand with a true
woman's sympathy.
Unhappy as Horace wan, he could not
help noticing, in a little sidelong glance
that he indulged in, how wonderfully
pretty Lucy looked, with her soft eyeo
lull of compassion, as she timidly caressed
his hand
"I cannot Kjieak of i," replied Horace.
"It must duhcend with ma to my grave."
"Oh, do not nay 6o!" exclaimed Lucy.
"Trust in me. Your trouble may not be
so great as you think it."
"Oh, yes, it is far greater," answered
Horace. "In fact, it couldn't be greater."
"Cut surely something can be done,"
aid Lucy. Then she continued coaxing
ly : "-Come now. tell me al! aliout it."
Horace bad another look at her.
She was certainly a charming little
girl, and wan evidently prepossessed in
his favor.
Besides Isabel had given him to under
stand as murli.
It was very pleasant to le sympathised
with by a pretty girU and Horace had al
ways had a certain regard for Lucy.
When the first bell rang before dinner,
Lucy Meredith had promised, with a
good deal of blushing, and a few happy
tears, to become Mrs. Horuce Austen.
CHAPTER V.
MSHOIfORBD A WKLI.-MKItlTKn CHASTl-iK-
MKNT.
The next day Harry St. All inns had rid
den over to Withertnn, ostensibly to look
after a favorite horse tliat he expected
down, but in reality to cxl his excitement
by means of a good gallop.
Harry had not quitted the Hall half an
Hour, when a footman announced a visitor.
"A gentleman wi.ilies to see you, miss."
"To see me, James?"
"Yes, miH." replied the footman. 'On
business, I think he said."
Oh, alout
some charity, I suppose.
enow uim in.
Five minutes later, and
Mr. Marcus
Barlly stood efore her.
"What is the meaning of this, Mr.
BarlxOy?" exclaimed Isaliel, drawing her
self upas she prepared to leave the room.
"The last timer-?i.'-v"0''. I desired you
never to force your way TTtJyt",enn',
again." "
"I know you did," answered Barbsly.
"But what is the nse of speaking like
that to a man who loves you aa I do?
You might as well order a starving
wretch not to eat food if it was placed le
fore him. Stay a minute. Do not leave
me yet. I have oometbing to tell you
that will interest you, something alut
Ft. Albans. Ah, I thought that would
prove the sesame to your attention."
"If you have anything to say about
Captain St. Allans, ?e quick and sav it."
exclaimed Isabel, "for I have no time to
waste'"
"Before I commence," said Barbsly, "let
me ask you once more, is there no chance
for met'
"How dare you speak thnsT said Isa
liel indignantly.
Can you not return me a little aflection
for the wealth of passionate love I feel
for you ?" said Bnrtmly, unheeding her re
mark. "I will be satisfied with very little,
and "
"If you have only called this morning
to insult me, Mr. Barbsly," cried Isabel,
"I will wish you good day."
"Htay a moment," said Barlwly. "By
Heaven, if I can't win you, I swear St.
Albans shan't. What I have come alout
this morning is to show you a little mem
orandum signed a few months ago by
Captain St. Albans; for, although you
will not hearken to my love, I still love
you. and would not have your happiness
wrecked by a gamliling ro'ie."
"What do you mean, sir?" enquired Isa
bel indignantly. "If Captain Hi. Albans
were present you would not dare to make
use of buch language in counection with
his name."
"Will you kindly read that?"
And he handed her his little betting
book. Isabel glanced at the page, caught St.
Albans' signature, and read the cruel
wager that he had made with Barbsly
the previous June.
'Oh, it is impossible!" she cried wildly.
"It cannot be true! You have forged
this for your own ba.se purposes. I will
not believe it, sir! It is simply imj.i.
ble that Captain St. Albans could have
behaved in such a manner."
"If you do not belie vo me and the evi
dence of your own eyes, ask Captain St.
Albans," answered Barlwly coolly. "Hard
heat ted profligate as he is, I don't think
he would stoop to a falsehood."
"I will ask him." said Isabel, "and if
you hnve lx en vilifying him. beware, sir,
for his ju.tt indignation will l terrible.""
"I can stand all that," replied Barlwly
with a sneer "By-tlio-bye. you hud bet
ter keep the page the wager is written
njKin."
And tearing it out he handed it over to
hur.
You mi,;!it have spared yourself all
this ruti f i mul misery, you know," he re
markiil, "if yon would but have accepted
my love when"
"iSiiem-c! lk not profane the name of
Jt.vc by using it iu connection with your
vile pasK-oii." interrupted Iahe!; 'ami
now you have accomplished your object.
I ri.ai you will go; i:,er is the d.xr "
SV,e nny the !-l an she spoke, and.
only half satined with his morning's
proceeding JJnHwIv Was fhown out.
."Lunch was oyer when St. Ab;ina re-
nimmi inrmi hi -rule, and b was leav
ring
bis room after changing his thin
tgs when
a svrra-rt nwt him and said
"Miss. Cai Hon. WlVld like to see you in
the roorning-rooi.i, iP, w hen you are dis
enjrag.L" Pondering what Isaliel
hastened downstairs."
wantod, Harry
"My darling " he commenced as he
entered the nom. but he ounrl.i b.,rht of
her pale cheeks and wild staring eyes,
and full of unknown fear, he approached
her in silence.
"Harry, Marcns Barbsly has been here
this morning," she exclaimed, but in such
a hard unnatural voice that it sounded
scarcely human. "He gave me this
memorandum, and told me that you made
the Ijet, and signed it. Is it true?"
"My dearest I sabei," replied St. Allians,
"allow me to explain "
"I do not want any explanation," inter
rupted Isabel. -'Is it true?"
"Do let me relate "
"Is it true? Yes or no V
"Let me tell you how "
"Is it true? That is all I want to know.
Is it true?"
"It is true, but
"Oracions Ood! And I have been won
for a wasrer! My affections have been
trifled with, and my loving heart gained
simply to be played with and then thrown
away!"
"It is not so, Isaliel, I swear," cried
Harry. "I acknowledge that I was fool
ish enough to make this bet, but it waa
before I knew you. Directly I became
acquainted with you, I learned to love
you for yourself"
"And what is the amount of the wager
five hnndred pounds! Do not forget
that. Captain St. Albans," interrupted Is
abel, "to say nothing of being able to
boast at your club of another conquest.
Oh. Heaven! that I can know how I have
been treated and yet live! I wish I were
dead or mad, I crtre not which, so that I
should not know the shame and disgrace
that I am Buffering."
"Dearest Isabel, pray le reasonable,
and hear my explanation," said St. Albans.
"I do not wish to hear another word
from your lips. Captain St. AUiana," an
swered Isabel; "you have done me the
greatest wrong it was in your power to
do. and I never wish to see you again.
Oh, great Heaven, why did you not let
me drown? Better be dead a thousand
times than live to endure such shame as
this."
"But, Isalel, I beseech you to listen to
me for one brief minute, while I "
"I shall do nothing of the kind. For
once and for ever understand that it is all
over lietwcen us. You are my father's
guest, consequently I cannot order you
out of the house, but if you have the
smallest remnant of gentlemanly ti eling
left, you will remove your obnoxious
presence as quickly as you can."
"Is it jKissible, Isaliel," exclaimed St.
Albans, "that your affection for me has
vanished so quickly? You never could
have loved me at all." j
"I did love you. St. All-ans, and truly, J
but you have completely altered my tia-
ture, and now I hate you. Go! Get out
of my sigiit! K very time I look upon you !
I think of my dishonored name, and if I
you remain here much longer, I believe I I
shall lose my senses."
"Good-bye. Isaliel." cried St. Allans,
"you are driving from you a man who
loves you truly and devotedly. I have
lieen foolish, I acknowledge, lint not crim
inal. Some day you may see your error
ami be sorry. When you do, I only hoje
you will not feel half the at-ony and an-p-'jthat
I am Buffering now. Good
bj e, smiy?1 l !es:1 .vou "
In half an hour fcf .-J1"9 R9 oni:t
more riding towards Withcr'nt.
II.; started away frow the Hall at "a
wild gallop, but as he neared the town
his pace gradually decreased.
It happened to lie market dav and the
High street was crowded with farmers
and their wives.
A crowd of alxiut a dozen gentlemen
bad collected alxuit "The Swan," the ho
tel par wdUnr. ami as St. Allmns pulled
np. he caught the sound of a sneering
laugh.
For a moment all the blood in his body
seemed to rush to his head.
With an immense exertion of self-control
he calmed himself and looked quietly
round. Aa he had expected, the centre
of the group was Marcus Barlly.
He was standing with his hands in bis
pockets, and a malignant cynical smile
njion his evil face.
Very calmly St. Albans threw his bridle
to the ostler, who had come out to assist
bim, and dismounted.
Without the slightest change of counte
nance the guardsman walked straight up
to the man who bail wrecked his earthly
happiness. Barbsly turned very pale,
and seemed for a moment to cower, but
before he could move, St. Allians seized
him by the collar of his coat.
"Cowardly, treacherous scoundrel!" he
exclaimed. "I warned you how I should
treat you. 1 ou have hail
now I shall have mine."
your innings.
Then turning him round aa though he
nau neen a emiu, he commenced to
him.
flog
His horsewhip was a stout one, made of
hide, and the arm that wielded it knew
how to use it to advantage.
Barlisly's coat was aoon cut to ribbons,
and the lashes commenced b mark his
back. He howled, shrieked and r,rvl !
for mercy, but St. Albans was adamant.
"You shall receive the mercy you have
shown me," he answered between his
teeth.
At length, when the wretch's back was
striped with long red cuts, and bis own
arm liegan to ache, he desisted. I
"Now, if you have the spirit of a man !
in von. and renuiii, ir-.,.i i.
....-...,!..!,, re
claimed, "you will find me at my club,
and I shall not refuse you. In the mean
time, go and rest in your proper sphere
the gutter!"
And lilting him np with one hand, he
flung him heavily into the filth and tlfbri
that had accumulated by the side of the
pathway.
CUAPTKR VI.
RKTHlIitTIoy.
And in death th. y we.e not dlvl 'ed.
Almut a couple of months after the
events related in the last chapter, a num
lier of gentlemen were seated in the
smoking-room of the principal hotel in a
small garrison town.
"By-the-byc, Jones,' exclaimed
who is vour new maior?"
one.
-A felh-w named St. Alhans," was the
reply, -lie was in the Guards, but he ex
changed into ours, liecause we are ordered
out to the Cape."
"By Jove! that's queer tate."
"They say that be tired of his life,"
remarked another; and. by Jingo, H
lookalikeit! I nrverKaw a man ride
'cross country as he does, iM my life. I
believe if there wtis a house in the way
he would go for it."
"That reminds there's a meet to-morrow,
jsm't there T" ' -
"Yes, at the Red Gate.
A stranger who had licen seated near
the door now mse and left the room.
Making his way dow n to the stables, be)
accosted the ottlei . -
SI.SO and
ISS6.
"1 want a hunter for
you let me have one?"
to-morrow; can
"les. sir," was the reply. "We have
two or three clever fencers. What kind
of hoss do you want V
"I want weight," answered Barbsly, for
it was he. "I don't cai-e aliout his points
so long as he is a heavy horse."
The ostler stared, but led the way into
the stable, and exhibited an animal that
looked like a heavy dragoon's charger.
"There's the animal you want, sir."
"Hi'll do," said Barlisly, and handing
the man half-a-crown to refresh his mem
ory he rctii-etL
The following morning was anything
but an inviting one, misty, damp and
drizzling. There was a fair meet, how
ever, and a fox was soon found.
St. Allians' horse was just getting into
his stride when he perceived a rider com
ing across the field towards him. A sec
ond look, and he recognized Barlisly.
"What on earth does he want with me?"
thought St. Albans. "Perhaps he is going
to try the horsewhip on me. It will be
worse for him if he does. Anyhow I
shan't get out of his way."
In fact, it would have been rather dif
ficult to have done so.
The major was riding close to an im
mense bullfinch, and unless he had pulled
in it would have been imjiossible to have
avoided him.
Nearer and nearer approached the two
horses, and St. Albans called out :
"Where are you riding? Look where
you are coming!"
"I am riding at you, Henry St. Albans," '
replied Barbsly; "and now I am going to j
have my revenge, curse you!" '
Now St. Allians saw his danger. I
He was mounted on a delicate, highly- J
bred animal, in comparison to which the j
other was a dray-horse.
If they met he was bound to ho over- I
thrown, and at the pace thoy were going J
the consequences would most likely be '
fatal. 7
I
The major did not fear death on the
contrary, he had courted it several times i
in the last few months; but he did not i
want Marcus Barbsly to have the satis- i
faction of being the cause of it.
The only chance he had now was to get
ahead by means of increased sjeed, and I
he encouraged his horse by whin and
spur. But Barbsly had well calculated '
his angle, and in another half minute the '
collision must occur. I
Suddenly Jlai bsly's animal caught his
foot in a rabbit burrow, stumbled, and fell '
heavily, throwing his rider over his
head agaiiift the trunk of a tree close to
the hedge.
St. Alljans immediately pulled u and
one or two others rode over and dis- :
mounted. They raised hitn and felt his
pulse, but his heart had ceased to beat.
His neck was broken. j
Our concluding scene is in the Trans- i
vaal. For hours our gallant men had i
been fighting against a lietter-armed and
more numerous body of the enemy.
Their ammunition wa expended, but
still they were not conquered.
The casualties during- the engagement i
were enormous, and the Boers, with their
usual good feeling, not satisfied with the '
execution they had committed, were .
amusing themselves by firing at the hos
pital tent in spite of the red cross bauner
that waved alove it.
'I-h.-i
-.. Mirgeons
were
almost worn out,
... u- i i. ' 1 been for
it.
the assistance of :
Aiiu ii;m llin.
some noble-minded; WZ' " K
! Miss Nightingale's glorious V'1' L d j
; left country and comfort to attenTfO J
i poor wounded soldiers, heaven only !,
j knows what they would have done,
j "Sister Hyacinth," exclaimed one of the
medical men, "assist me for a moment !
here; see if you can get a little brandy 1
down his throat."
Sister Hyacinth approaches ami, rais- i
ing the pallid face, upon which the dew '
of death had already commenced to gath-
er, placed the canteen to his lips. !
As her gaze fell uj-on the well-remem- '
bered features, a sjiasmodic cry burst '
forth:
"Harry r !
- .. i . . . ,
The sound of that sweet and well-loved
voice recalled the fleeting spirit, and St.
A II. .ins o)x ncd his eyes.
"Isaliel." he murmured, "is it really
you? Now I can die happy."
"Do not talk of dying, my darling,"
cried Is n lie 1. "Live for my love! I was
wrong. Harry, to send you away ; I know
all now, but it was my wicked pride.
Will you forgive me. Harry?"
"es;a thousand times yes," replied
Harry. "This is happiness to know
that you still love me. Now I shall gj
hence content."
"No. no, Harry," wailed Isaliel ; "you
must live for me. You must not shall
not die!"
"One kiss, darling!" murmured the dy
ing man, ojiening his arms.
She threw herself upon his breast with
bitter sobs, and their lips were prtcl
together.
Suddenly a well-know n whistling sound
was audible, and a rifle-bullet, fired from
the hill above, eutered the tent.
It struck Isabel behind the shoulder,
and j-enetrated transversely through her
lover's left breawt.
They were killed by the same ball,
locked in each other's arms, and they lie
in the same grave, in a far-off land.
Mrs. Austen's eldest daughter is chris
tened Isaliel. and when Lucy and Horace
are engaged in the delightful occupation
of "babv worship," they frequently speak
of her unfortunate namesake, and how
she was "Woj for a WAOKR."
TH BHD.
The Lire Heyond the ; rave.
Imagination is ail that is left to us, and
any man may crente his ow-n ideal heaven;
may be his own artist, and with his ow n
palette and brush paint his own heaven
in as glowing colors as his fancy can de
pict, always with the limitation of the
spiritual knowledge that we have, that
love is eternal, and that what is pure-1
and loftiest, tho noblest aspirations, th
highest aims that man can conceive of.
must enter into its composition. Thu
grand panorama laid before us in tho
".n. (uiu vi-o irurt.uiwn in lllf uin
hereafter. Our power of perception in
simply impressa. Nothing definite is
given us. -Usury Ward Bee-eher.
Practical Stymnathr.
Sympathteing Friend (to Smith, whose
wife has Just eloped with a coachman) I
feel for you, old fellow, deeply. It in
difficult for me to find words with which
to express my sympathy for you. In this
yonr hour of sore affliction, but if there ia
anything I can do
Smith (with suppressed emotion) M
make me an o-ofler for the h-horn-s,
carriage, ami two sets of h-baines Just as
uiev v-sr.JMi1
r in in iu 'sj r 1 1 i if i
postage per year, in advance
NUMBER 49
!
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
THK LETT E lis.' STORIES.
The old WTitlno: desk, with Its odd brasa
trimmings Its mahogany veneer, it
carved legs and heavy back, was covered
with papers. It was the week after the
funeral, and the executors of his estate
Taad speut several days ransacking his
study, arranging, preserving and destroy
ing his papers preparatory to the arrival of
his nephew and heir. It waa not an easy
task straightening out these pa pern. He
had a foolish way of saving his letters.
There were not many of theru. It is true,
for he wrote very little during the latter
part of his life, but tt was .Hfflcult for his
executors to decide what should be kept
and what burned. So It happened that
arhen thay found hi a half hidden drawer
A package of three lore letters tied to
gether with a bit of ribbon yellow with age
and frsKrant with the musty odor of time,
they spread them out on the desk and con
cluded to leave them there till the new
master arrived, when he should decide
upon their fate. The search had con
tinued all day, and the sun was making
giant trees upon the rose bushea which
grew beside the library window whan the
xecutors left tbe room and looked the
door behind them. For a long time there
Waa silence unbroken nave K
j muring compUint of some hapless scrap
I of paper buried lieneato a nile of 1
! half smothered by the weiftht and the I
! rustling, which was only to be expected
i when so many Mieets of paper, bent and
I crumbled, erensed and wrinkled bv yeans I
, of confinement, suddenly found themselves !
I at liberty. At leegth one of the letters i
, In the package a square old-fashion ed
, letter w ritten on heavy blue paper looked !
aronnd the library with an air of curiosity :
and inquired in a rather shrill feminine :
voice, what the cause of this unusual con- '
fusion.
"Don't yon ki x. ' gravely asked the I
quill pen, which was suspended in the rack '
behind the Ink-stand.
"No," replied the letter. "What, is it?"
"Where have you been?" asked the !
pen.
"Where do you suppose?" answered the i
letter petulantly. -I have lieen shut up
ln that musty old d-.-jver for nearly '
- unn "it i am able to
breathe at all. Won b$ an mind sprink
ling a little dust in my face? This air is
so fresh It almost suffocates me."
The pen regretted that it w as unable to
do so, but Informed tbe letter that when
the bonsemaid cleaned uo the room ln the
morning It would docbtless be accommo
dated. "Under these circumstances." continued
the pen, "I don't see as you are to blame
So I will tell you. He died last week
and "
'What is that you tell me?" Interrupted
the letter. Hn he died Well, I
thoiiKht he wonld live forever."
"You knew him, then?"
"I did," answered the lerter, '-very
weU. I was written to him by a yourjr
lady he met at the senMnV w hen he w as
yomur and handsome. They ha.i driven
together, welked nnd read foge'her all the
minimer long, and when she nent n-va-- to 1
her home in the South nnd he ce me back
here, everybody thought they would te
married. So 1 have heard him say re
peatedly. He thought so too. I was the !
first letter she wrote to him, and I don't i
suppose there ever was anything he '
thought so much of as he did of me." j
The letter said this with such an air of
conviction that for a moment rone of the '
other letu rs ventured to contradict it. i
"He used to press me to his lips," con- ;
tinned the letter, proudly, "and he f-lept j
with me under his pillow for a week."
"I think," observed a letter half con-
cealed in a threc-cor lered pink envelope
which was resting uncomfortably on its
aide by the inkstand, 'that he used to care ;
a good deal for me, too."
"You!" retorted th- blue letter scorn- !
fully, for even a woman's It tor detests rt- '
valry. "Who are yon, pray" j
"1 came from a woman, too." renlied the ,
i . I gult
trlai ,
iguiar letter nettled by the other's
tone. j ,
' "Ah! inde0,
"Y ea," returned
one pink letter warmly.
"and she was beautii
. too. She was the
Bister of hla enllrxm
"'"hey met at
v- L" """". . .--"V vacA-
"""in mere ne spent Ills Ertwt j
tion. They fell in love at once,TTt?v
w hen he went back to college she w rote me.
I came before you did and I kuow he
thought more of me than he possibly could
of any other letter."
"Humph: That is what vou know
about it, 111 leave it to our friend, the
pen."
"Well," observed the pen with judicial
dignity, "I have noticed that a man nsuallv !
thinks more of the last letter he gets than
loe does of the first. Men are forgetful
creatuies."
"You are not the laat letter he has had."
retorted the. pink letter. "There are
others he thought more of than he did of
you."
"Yes" that may be ao." replied the
Woe letter, "but you are none of those,
1 came after you did."
-I don't believe there are," answered
the former hotly. -He used to pnt me i
wtween tlie leaves of hia Latin books, !
aA tha professors thought be waa tbe I
.hardest student in the ekiaa." j
He didn't marry either of your authors, j
dd he?" observed the pen, gracefully '
'banging tha subject. )
"No," replied the blue letter, "but it I
waan't his fault. He wanted to marry I
the woman who wrote me badly enough. I
I don't know that she cx.-trtly jilted him, I
but I hae always thought she di L She j
was an imperious woman and co.-nn.and- J
ing, and determined to have her own way, '
which she generally did. They correa- i
ponded Tor a year or two until there was a !
pile of letters just, like me that would i
cover this desk. One day he tore up all tbe '
rest, leaving me alone, and from what he J
said I know that she had refused htm." i
"What did he say" inquired the pen. j
"Not much. Only a very few words. I
It was mon- in his tone than in the words j
themselves. As he tore the letters he
sighed and te;irs stood in his eyes. 'Well,'
he Mud to himself sadly, 'I hcqie he wid
make her happier than I could have
done-' " j
"Why d'dt.'t he tear vou too?" nsked
t)rc pink h tter. I
'T'ernnse he thought too much of mc " '
repl;ed the other. ' !
"Well," remarked the pink letter. tl e j
girl who wrote me died or he wonM hare !
marrtrd her. If she hail lived be would j
never have fallen In love with vour j
antlior." " j
"Don't br too sure of that," broke w the i
pen Kiirely, for it knew considerable of the I
world for a pen. "The first love is not '
always the lasting one. So I have no- '
liced." I
"Yes. but this would have been an ex- i
ception. " He loved her so much. Why I
ji"i ui-i er friw ucn ocvotlon. Thev Were I
txvri trroxi-iv nonn n
Isn't that unnsiial"
At this the pen spread l! points to a
smile and ru tried It plumage tn good na
tared derlsioo. : . .
-Well," continued the letter, -I don't
care what you think about It. I know it
was tinusn.il. So every one used to say,
and I am sure if she had only lived they
would have been very happy. At any rate,
he ha-s always treasured me more closely
than nny other letter. I know that."
"You only think you know," retorted
the bine h-iter angrily.
"What have yon to any" mteruosod
tbe pen w - It la rare t:wt, addressing the re
maining letter a little unfashionable tet
ter which whs lviim spread open and five
Tte Iar and reliable rtrmlat i..b ei tbe -iiua
Fmit) romncMi it to the hTcracle e--taeratlj
of sxlrertisere. "-t,e fa Tors will be !
erted tt tbe following low rates :
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Stray and tin liar Not toes .'tc
I J Rrmolultont or jrrocrrdinf o f any cTyxjTai&
ft lonrty, mnd communication! Irngr4 fe call eft re,
rin f en, sfrr or lintitrd or indivxtu I tntrrnt
must br pai. rm an adVrfitirr.ft.
Job raisTiwo ot all kinds neati. and amai.
onsly evented at lowest prices . Kon't yo fonret
11.
upwnm unner the shadow of the pen
rack.
Tbe letter made no reply.
W i.o wrote yon," aain inquired the
pen.
PhiHis did, replied the letter, sweetly.
Letttrs by the way, hne voices the
same as the women who write them, and
If you lon't r-lice it just take the letter
your Phillis wjiies. place it m xt to your
heart and listen to its tweet-toned voice.
"Did be love her too?" a.-ked the bine
letter, with a trace of rujilice ln lta
voice,
"Ye," answered the letter, "be did, anl
she loved him, too."
"Where did yon come in, before or aftar
me" asked the bine letter.
"I really don't know. I didn't know
anything alont you. He alwavs knew
Phlllis. He w as the ben man at her wed
ding. He was Jack s best friend. Jack
was PhilUs's husband. When Jack died
he burled him. I was written a year after
the fnnernl, yean and years asro."
"What did you have to sav'"
"I told bim that ITiillis "would marry
him. that she loved him and alwavs had
done so."
"Well" replied the
didn't she?"
blue letter, why
"I was mislaid some w ny and never
reached him until a few years ago."
"That was very romantic." interrupted
the pink letter; but what I want to know
Is whether you think he cared more for
you than be did for cither of us'"
"I really don't know," returned the let
ter, modestly. "I never thought of that.
I always felt so sorry for him w hen I saw
tne pun I gave him that It drove
every
thing else ont of rnv head."
"Pain? What psin, pray?" nsked tbw
iien. "You told him she would marry
him, didn't you?"
"Yes."
1 suppose he changed his mind and
concluded not to marry her," otwerved tha
blue letter, suggest ivel v.
"No," returned the other sadly. "When
he got me IMiillls w as dead."
Hksjamin North itnp.
GIRLS' CONVERSATION.
It fleet of I-'.d neat Ion In an KatlUh
liiarfllns srlienl,
; To converse w ell givi such happy grace
' to a woman that it remains to hw told why
I conversation is . a stud v almost entirely
i neglected in the education of our girls.
j Why should girls be brought np to snp
j pose that talking is conversing? Why
, ran in d it lie a matter of necessity that
j they slum!-! h .-iru In their youth trie rudl
i mentary r.;let of conetation Among
the upjier t.-n thousand the girls learn in
tnitily to speak on subjects of general in
I terest, l!j- ( -orisnnde and her young
j friends live in an elevated iritr-l!ctus4
j world. w-I ere i.moe or thought are cherish
ed nnd expression i studied. If she
booses to nurrow her conversation to
j ltorscy subjects, irr spend her time ln
I flirtation, indulging In slang, abe does so
! in spite of her natural snrrouodtrrs, she
j fallsa little m the estimation of her com
j pei-rs.
j Hut the ::irl of the great middle class Is
not so happily p'.nccd. Pet haps her
i "transmitted education" has Ntn of the
I very slich'est. Her imrents hsxe had a
hard struggle in the U-gin?i:m. though
tiiry are wealthy now and send their
daughter to a first rate school. Do we not
all know- the style of conversation at a
girls' school? The whispering of secrela,
which generally savor or incipient flirta
tions; thecomparlson of length of hair and
f-ize of gloves; the ques:iin as to
w diet her M.iry irices. and. from one e-p-ial-ly
valgwr miuded. purse proud. di.cript ions
if si.e of lior father's house ti-.r .Man
c heater 1 iie general rule at girl's school
in Kngland Is that Kren-h is spoken d-:r-ii
s hoo! tours and nt meals. The r--mt
miirHiu-cof a week sjn-nt by the w i ;l-r
at s pros4-rous s.'hixl still remains IVh
of the girl- was p.ij.J for at the nite i f two
or three hundred a yer. and tbe tabic wu
carefully and '.veil -erved m evory lenjiert
Tbe eighteen g rls were all well .1: -s.-e.l.
end physical;;, go.nl looking, the p.-de. in.
'elleciual faces c f th" governesses eontrat
ing wtiu the pink and white skins of the
pupils, ll-il hov a'sjut the couv ursa; Ion?
The gtils, T,it-.!t:!ig from Trm-i-teen to eigh
teen yenrs. snt dumli, while the prlncipnl. a
handsome clever woman, talked over
their hf-nds Vi r.uent. crmitul French,
which v.ms only p.Mrt'.nUv Tindervt.iod by
--jti-ioie nd a:-ced pupils, tbe others h;1i g
""Tlmr-ors rtoically and mdulging iu
hci :"sfcr-ps.-Cl. u,; mat leal n-uui-.su
nudges nr.,! .n.-... ..m.,., ,.
IU ttie regit In iov ! ir.g'i;v?i - -
:e rnn:-ii; help a ring iftheverr N.t
way ef brirvlo out ibe intern i, u-i:tis of
tl.c sit is wa- :-ir.g employed. 'Hie l,i:ig
Kl. ;!; 'i. vo-.M it not have lieen for the
g-ner.il trim jf the ronvers.vkiti or th-ir
i ie. i -.-a -h-r bad been iu a int. linage
T-' Kh U.ev ro-:ld ha-.e titiderst..oi and
trke:: part In. w;t hunt ?K.-ing tr;as-tM
with ih fenr of grarninntirr.l blunders. It
I n are it advantage to talk French fluent.
Iy;bi:t were the girls learning eer French
by this method, an,? would not the stroke
and pothooks of conversation have ln
more iife.nl les-sjn (Ixindou gnren.
(rolMqns Mlrullee.
A grotei-rjuc sluille is sometimes very er-presM-re.
Hrnarkr.My so were those tf
Daniel Webst.er, who likened tie word
won lu" In ItTiftis Ch-mte's handwriting
to a small gri.Hron strurk by lightning ;
of a sailor, who likened a gentleman
whose face waa covered with whiskers up
to his ve ry eyes, to a rat pet ping ov.t of a
bunch i oakum; of a Western reporter,
who in a weather item on a cold dav. sr.id
that tbe sun's rays, in thu effort to' thaw
the Ice, were na fntiie as the dull reflex of.
a paints! yellow dog; ot a conductor, who
In a heated dLtcussion as to speed, said the
last time he ran his engine from Svracn
the telegraph poles on the side looked like
fine-tooth co;ub.
Similes of a like character are often,
heard omong the common peopks r.:' Hre
supposed to be the peculiar property of
Western orators. Instances : As sharp
as the little end of nothing ; big as all out
doors; aliek aagreaae. or greased lightning;
mebuiclioly an a CJuaker meeting by moou
Iight; fiat aa a flounder; quick as a wink;
no" enoT-.gb to make grnel f,.r a tick grass
hopper; not clothes enough to wad a gun;
tut limp and Umber as an Indiu rubber
stove lpe; uneasy as a cat in a trungn
garret; not s"rong enough to haul a ciI
flh off a gridiron; aftex you like a rat
terrier after a chipmunk squirrel ; uselesa
aa whistling ,sairus to a ricail horse; no
more tluui a grasshopper wants an apron ;
don't make the difference of the shke of
a frog's tail; like a crazy por;-i;s? lu a
pond of red hot grease , enthusisjim
hoiled over, like a bottle of ginger pop ; as
Impossible to penctrnte Ms had as to li.r i
through Mont Blanc with a boiled c.inot.
aa Impossible as to ladle tbe ocean dr, with
a clam-shell, or to suck the Gulf or Mexico
through a gooee-qnill, or to stuff butter
Into a w ild cat wilh a hot awd. or fot a
shad to climb up a flug-jwle with a frWi
rnuckend under each tin. or for a cat to
rnn up the stove-pipe with a toazle tied to
bis tall, or for a man to lift himself over a
fonee. by the straps of his boots.
There is another class of sin: ires scarce
ly aa pertinent, aa for Instance : rt will
melt In your mouth like red hot brickbat ;
lalk to him like a Dutch uncle; smiling aa
a tusket of chip: old aa Dick's hatband;
beppy as a clam at high water; quicker
than you ran snr Jack Robinson ; like nil
possesseil: like fury; like nil natur' : like
all sixty; as quick as anything; wl as
hops: tnad as Halifax; idccps irK n top;
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