-tVtl v;itii-iiiitr itaxtos. Tba larsee and reliable elrenlativn 01 tba Oirf bki A FftRHNi v commends It to tba farormola or n (Idiratlon of adrertlsers. taoe furors will baia aerted at tba following low ratal : 1 Ineb, 3 time tl v 1 8 months....... 2 .& 1 6 months........ ...................... g.d 1 1 year too a e months. ............................. a oi a 1 year . 10.09 S 6 moot hi . 00 j la rulliiiht Wel at ni.vjBi'n. c.iJfBRi.4 cor-vrr. 15 Y JAMU" HASSOX. CaraHroxU Mrruf.tUm, - - 1JIOO ,rt BsTR;r no.v kites, -few SOneei'1'7. i vvir,-ti In a.tvanre .......fl.JO .( II n..t i.al.l wllhlnS uinntln.. !., j ,!o II ii"t 'tinn in-ntbs. -i.oo ; .!. Jo tnoul. within mer.. I Jb to dot s i.ljatiooul per year will be eham.J to IJnUn,'rMir will the N.e tsrmn te Ue rte.l lrm. n.l thosmwUn Uom Oinsull tneir i.n intercuts t lvln In ajvum-o mut not e to l. l.-.t on tli ssanefnoilnic Mttmsewho JIT mi Him ''"t ! distinctly understood Iroia "!" ':,r".r:!: .ram It. If ston S 1 year ......... 1.iO . . corn e month..: ......... 10.00 monthi ao.cw " 1 year S6.M a monma... .................. ......... u.uu " lyear . ......... Ta Iluslness Items, first Insertion 100. per line ; aacb subsequent insertion be. per line. Administrators and fcxees. tor's NrUoea..... S.S Auditor's Notices .... ......m... . Stray and similar Notices..... -w. ......... . LM jiol'diont or proceeding of any corporal ion or octetv,tJ communication dengned to caU attrn lion to an matter 0 limited or individual interest JAS.C HASSON. Editor and Publisher. 'HI IS A FBKKMAN WHOM THS TRUTH Jt AXSS FKBK, AND ALL ARK PIATES BESIDK-' 81. SO and postage per year. In advance. VOLUME XXII. muni be pan jot as advertisement . EI3EXSBURG, PA.. FRIDAY. MARCH -2. ISSS. NUMBER 0. It t,,u must None i'ut s.-aluwima .to utucrwue I Job 1'riti ot all Kinds naaiiy ana expeait- onsly executed at lowest prices. Han't yon lores un I "O it. I pI - s rn M 2owa Sond for0-Paso ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE MENTION THIS PAPER. ONLY TMs Style PMlaJelpMa Sinpr. -t : r; - -rs,i S 1 - 1 l,. r eons'iitil'-' rliarce lini f40 to A rom- j.l .iK si-t of attnrhnnriitu with each nrntlun. Alau j,. I, ir- 1 1 r.iiill. r. J..lm-c.n Tin ker, ami l of "'ur 1! .-mMi.-nano a llm.l. r. .1 HllV '1 III I. i.t ytmr 11 U.ut b.'t..re .u '-v wi.f-nt. tv.-ry smi 1 in- v.r.i: n;i row .t v eauh. tetid 1 r 1 '11 1 11I11. t'. A. VOOI (OME'AXY, 17 orlb ltli St., l'liililvlpUln, law 'nlvuUl ion. mann-r 4 liV MiUlf hhlMUi.M. ay i'a; nainf-k'irps-r i r; ur : ' j V J a'll A , N-V'l I. ft V f ' tt) nm 11 us inti. . 1 'ishii' Ca.t Me.. 1 tin i'jjx.-r. ! IT U I HEJTKY WISE GARNETT. Attorney-t-Law, ; WASHINGTON, D. C. 5 Kr.-i-. in M N u,.nil f ink. tViuhlnrm. D. C s -ElfD IV& IKVETOB'5 0UIDE.-Va I BIRG!H!A FARMS FOR SALE. 5 wi W '"' " I".'" i-i l a to i ir ir . .u m.rn.-i.. n-tl'liy iim.w. .vr. H rr"l"" ''! r-.r nlir-c ,m.,U;i If ,1..., -ii.l-.i, Jte.il ft. I k It ImllAVKs'. C ATAR R H l'ntlll .Hate .Money, Time, rnin, Tron lle. .VM. WILL U KII CREAM m aVT II aT 1 L V'S- HAY-r 'ER CREAM : BALM. A partlele N applied Into each nostrils and U asree.oie. 1'rlce io cents at liruanl.t : t y mall rl.ered. . IX V ii til is iiJ. llreonw rh M . ."tew York. 'ri li coa:n.isoil wholly cf na- mn.tai ceetabla lurrtllent. each Anal loi wnirh N c nowl ');.. I by too riedi-i !mi rvr a'i-ium to tm tuo nu't jwient r all 1 thncronl rmliea kniru U mtHlical I icieure. It. tira .th, ilf...lcvery ;aoo. i aSJDE rhrn! rnttrrh. f onsnmptlon. pura!Tia. "hronic IChnmn- litm. Iliartetii, Stone) in th I'.l.tililiT. Itright's IMsi'H'M'. i :n, I. iter Coinp!ilnt ami 5 Eli libra 9 ot the stomach If your rrnvit Is .'it "f ourpumph- lel nil UiO 1. is if u: or 11 you are ( .1 .on nil Uii l r a '! st...,. not ItirnM. nr.il "i 10 it or in lioo I..t;i Ni'i vc r'";ors. S. li. 11a .iiera'-riLK. ad ir- 1 liarlui.a Ji t o.. '.- I to.4.j JVaAPJALISM p n 1 1 1 rely enrol ColiLl :- 1 J ,. li. oil. 1 lit HU.i 1 a. Hi; 1 by ml S lrmri-tji. .n' d'il ir pcrbottn: six lor t l ' J. J'lroctioin ia i.ilKl.a and t3 i'iRi-n STAR SHAVING PARLOR I ipFtif "ountain IIkus. in lUri't BuilJin. IIIOII ST I1EET ,Efi ENS R U KG. PA. .T. li. (1ANT, l'r;rie-ttr. M'M Kl't' HI. It! will always tin I n at oar place lid hulae In husine. lnmr. Kverythina kept trl IlLll BlIJ. l'l4S TuWIM A raitiLTT. "l AFIM s.l KIAT. l-rleea Rrentfit HGLmAN'S new PARALLEL EIELES ! ;er 'jmi, pak,. rirv 111,,,-rwd .Wtswmte.t rcu.arj.iree. A. J. i(lutj. 4,lnil 1 1 j mm-poker ELMTS Absolutely Pure. Tne tiowaer never v.ries. A marrel o! purity trcntfth and wholrguiuetm. Murt ec.nuilcl than the ordinary kind, and cannut t. sold In cotupetitlon with the multitude of the low tent. itmrt wvihtf alum or thiihte powders. Id only in tunc. Kuril ttaaistt fuwDII Co.,lii WallSU.Kaw York.- NATURE'S CURE FOR v klLllBLt BtttD For Mrs. steaiarh,' lor Torpid Liter. Hllloe. Hrauarkt, t oViTt'Brss. Tarraat's i:nrrTrareat C0HST1PAT1QH. St-Itast'r Aperip lit. It I certain In Its .licet. Hit K-ntle-in Us iftl n. It Is paUteable to the tite. It can be relied up'jn to eure. anil It cures ly o.ituinfr, nt hy outruir Irif. nature. Io Lot Like violent pur?tvej. ymr jelvc. or allow your chil dren to tike tht in, always u. till. clcKiut pbr o.iifutlcil preijaratiun, which has been lur mora thin tnrty er a pul llo lavurlte. Hold by drwjgtttl eperyirfier. AND DYSPEPSIA. Tho o!det and hct IntituM-m l"r odtalnlns: a BumneSH Indention . Wo have stully pre pared thounjii'I-i ot ynunic iu-n lor the active diltKS ot life- Kor -lr"'ii!ari t.i.lrr-u. v. in 1 r s. 5..s, I'lttitmnj. r. Sept. ,--. I). LAWCELL'3 ASTHMA REMEDY. SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS. IliSlnn strniiled .0 yenrs between llle and death wltt AS1U.MA or I'HI'HISU:, treated by einlnetit physicians, nn.l rei-eiTtn(r n b.neOt. I wa jnuipcllnl ilnrlnir the l"t s yenr of my 111 nen to sit en my ci'uir tiny nn.l niuht vaiinir for hreath. . My inborlnKS were heyor.l description. In despair I cxperimi'ntr.l erf myaelf rumponnd-Ini- root and hertx and inhaln n the niedirlue th'i ubtainei. 1 l.rtnni!'l l incovereil this Wtl HKlCr I I. IM liK Hill ASTHMA AM) I! ViMKKll. warrnnid f 1 relieve the mod ptub rn.rr. f.-eol ASTHMA IN K! V K Ml MTE. tt h:il the pii t lei: t i-uii !. 'own t re-r np. .-ep rnmforlnt lv. rie.me roail the totowln4 condens ed t triiet" ;roui unulicited ttimonlls. all ct re-c-n.Iute : t lver V. K. lloliv.-'. San .loa. 'a!. write: "I tir..: the Keuicdy nil and rv.-n mora thanrepre ente l. I re -i i ve it. .1 1 nt 1 i-.wu rolief.' ' I-. M. ar..n, A. M . Warrm, Kan., writes; treated l y emini-titpl.y. clan ot thl.coun- I try and Hermany ; tried the i-lliuate d different I s:te nothiurf altor.'.ed relief like your pre pa ra ti. .1.3" I . k I'help. I M. flris-iri. Ohio, write Snf-f.-r.l with Athtii;i 4 year. uur mtdleine iu 3 minute.. do. iror' fr tue than the moet eminent ph .nci.in did (or me I n three yearn.-' 1. f. I'limi titr. Jollet III., write: 'Send ?a tuiTh Kemedy at once, trannot xetalncc without It. I hod It the niont valuable medicine I have erer tried." , . We have maty r.il.erhearty te.'tfcrnoBlal of eura or relief, and in order that all uir rer irom Ath ma, fularrh, lUy r'ever. an.l kindred dueaaes tuav have an opportunity "f tetmir tl e lue ol the'Kemed we will end to any addreit TH I AL r.M'K A'". K KKKK K UAKtlK. It jour driij-e-bd hill to keep it do not permit him to ell Too ime worthier., in.it.ttn 11 l y l.i r prr-entimr it to .g jutt at yuu t. hut send directly to us. Write voiir name and addre-i i laiuly Adilre. .1 ZniMKK.M N A .. l'rops W h d. -u.e 1 'run a I- -V iiu'er, W"a ne I :.. I . t nil box by u.ail Iurq -. 1T.-ly. J. LvracH, And Manufacturer & IValer In HOME AND CITY WADE FURNITURE! LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS, TAIILsKS CHAINS, i En.it r(isses, &c, EI.EVKXTII AVENUE, ALTOONA. PKNN'A i ' "(.'itiens (if Cambria County anil all idheit wivintiu to uri'lmsK tiotifst FL'llNI Tl'llK. iVi'.. at linn st prfres are respectfully itivlteil to uive us a call before bulni Ihc tiere, as we) art cor.t'uient trat we can meet every want and please every taste, l'ri-ea tbe very Invest. 4 -l;-"80-tf.l PATENTS Obtained and all V A '1 T.ST lU'SINESS at tended to tor MOPEUATK V V. K. ur t.iTice Im opposite the I". S. Tatent Otlice aad we rnn t)tatn natent in leta time) than tbo-e remote fnni WAMI 1 N t!T N. Send MOlthl. OK UUAWl.NCi. We ad vte as to p.itcnt.ihl'itv f ree'of rliitrtre and we mk- NO CHAUUE I'SLES PATENT IS We refere, here, to the l'oetmaster, the It. of Mnrii-v Or1rI)iv.. and to tr.e ofQ is tf ti e l" s. Vdi. nt nirli-r. F.t clrcu !.'!, advice, term ar.rt references to actual iients in your own State write to c. a. hxow it no. Dpp. I'ateiit ;lt:ce UaolilDKlon, I. '. V Ntil'Al.LkU IN Tone, Toncli, Wortmanslilp & DmaMlitr. WILLIAM K.-VAUi: A. V Nus. yd and $m Writ P:iltlm..r in-i. ttlaiura, N a. IU M lSUt Areuuo, Sow Vurk. ! GORE FITS! WI1.11 I ... CU14 1 l. uel m Ml m.r.1 T f I wm w r . t'n.. ,u. tu-.i I..,. i:..ui r. t . 1 1 ...in. I itr. . rll. .1 cw-. t .... mt.l, II.. .'i .m- c( Hl. kriLarsT i I1LUM 4 N K.V. .. Iil-I .ic: I ..ir.nl n.v fm.4y n can - Mh.r. h... l.i lv. a m 1 1 nan 11 lic r n-l .t i.f. lur lf.ali ti I I. r-tii..ly. l,iv. fiprTi.l r i i 4 '. i.i. .'.a i ol ) a) i ' . LiJ'l , lia.'.fi si., m mm. Wf v AZ ? -S I'X'JUaa mm AND HUSBAND. "Tt is an l'at Ir.l'.in lrn, an.l was piveu to me by a Hrahmin id" Uih astc," Cov.il I;a in- sai'l, hoM.n in Lis t-x-ti-inU'il hand :t su.all il toiitaitiiu an a sil i-r ciilori-.l liquid. 'Tln n.it. v-s i hiiia fur it .-tdiio very i-i-tili :ir j r. ; rtii", bat I lr.v ni-ver felt any di-i..sitiou to tost it lor uiytfliV' A wild .torm wns rainv; without, and twilight (oiiibl ns i lustiTi- l aiioiit til' tire tlidt hud lin ii lui 1 uu tlac hcartli ol the r.Mimy ! 1 had. The dull, rai:iy day ha 1 doj'rrsd a'd o'ir hpirits, uni it w.l-. to ei.livi ii us by a :iiTi"ii f miiiiv s.irt th:tt K"Val ITuyiif, tli.- of every :ith"rin h"ii.iie ! by Iris j-ri-si-iu-e, iad Lilunj d into a hoard if tri aim'-, a- i ii'imlate t frmthi Ainuon tn tlw (iniiiti's and '"tiuthrst Ind," and tr.nij;ht forth the ii.toro-tin j drtpar. Wo:d i;.:ytie! I m'i-ui to sco him now as 1 siiv him tliat niht. with tli..- ru Uy 1: r li : I it fia.-liiii; nvt-r his dark, sjiltiidid fai r and tvLle !i'ir : kindly in IxRr iti' a h--' in name a Man all the vouun adored and all the men envied. "Tell iisso'iit thinalHmt it, Mr. Itavne," rn'rvatel 'er.i, my six month's hri ie, 1 : It i liiT her sitteet luce iUld iuvuluutarily draw in.' neari-r. I had n diced brforo how this prino lv man, with hi.- vi inning smile a:id woml roiw vitality, &ee tiled to al trait weaker nature. I 'hildreii always jiu'ilun d ahoiit I. in, and i.ini- or twice, Lt ur diversi' n, he had eharmed the wild, beautiful son-ters from their native shrines to tun h ttjMin liis lian-h lint it ir;ive me a jealous pan that my ininKfiit Verahhould lull ever so slightly under li s kjk IL 1 ilo not know from what it is pre pared, or the use th5 lrahniiiLS make of it, Mrs. I'l hu.ir," he replied, in the Bolt, musical toiu-s that fo:tiiitei one of his greatest rhanos; "but it is t..iid 'to affeet the mind very strangely. W hile under its intluence, the I rani works with nuch lihtninj; like rapidity that one may fancy himself to p:'ss through all the stilling ev nls i if a lon Hie iu a verv ic.v m. .micuU of time." The way in wliii h his (ihwin; Jark eyes lin.-retl ti2 tt my wile's face irri tated me, and 1 said, scoIlioK'.y : 'Nonsense! I am mt credulous ns to believe it has any such iovcr as you claim lor it." "The dru is liarmless. Tcrbaps you would like t teat it ?" -oh, l:osj.r, don't:" cric-1 Vera, ia alarm. Tho only efleefof her nppoal was to confirm the ri solve I had taken the in stant IJuyno ad.lressed those words to me, as il oaring me to make the experi ment. -What is the doso?' I askoil, tikiuj the v';:.l in my own lian 1. "Two dmps in hall a ghvs of water," he repli'-d. -lb-re nr.- f. mr - a doul le iort ion." and T ili ill crao-'.y me.i-mvd tliein into a -la li. .i to-l on a table at my illiow. "1 sl::i! soon l.:iov if there is nn virtue; ill the dr'SJ.'' waIioMiu the last drop of the prepa ration, 1 leaned back in my euy -chair, vM- in ut lyal l;auc hah-couteaiptu-oii.-ly. He rctttrn-'il my look, and aH nt rmra it .J eticd :us if hotnet hill; black fell I e lore my even. It was ne in a moment, mid then I perceived that Vera was :! regard in me with a t.tiail. spceuiatut i-Npre,oii 1 had never secu upon iier i 1 ' 'TTatt 7o you feel, TtaTer?" phe nrkrsl, in what was evidently intended ir a solicitous tone. "Very much as usual. Tho Iruj is a humbug." llayne frownen. ''Yoii think so bernu.' you nrr of a temperament t . tlirow oil" its iiiHuenee. I'.ut it certainly would alh et some pcr-.ons pn-isclv in 1 have described." My i.iiily mister wiis u toutomptuous Kinile. s-hortly afterwarl porno mvi nro.; there Were hall a .ii z. n ;tp-sts staying in the bout and the ei.-e was hrok-n. I'.ut l.ayim and luv wife remained. When they !'..m ie.l 1 lin i become ii.t.T-e-t 'd iu a bo k I had taken up. Vcru llitted to tia' ni. he b. voinid tie- jrlowin health ttln ic t.'ayne was a! that moment .-ilandmj. and said in a wh:p.-r: "l.'ieer l.M.ks and acts strautr'-ly. Whr.t il tlut yi-ilo.v lnjiud should Loadcuuiv - l: 'r " oul l you caro ro very niu h?" he Ml .weled b.U k ill U toll'.1 that ih.licd mv b!oo I. I do not k' o-v nh:if rejo":5e shotnale. It v. ;s i oha'.ly onlv a look. Pu both t.iu'i.Hi s.i:!lv. and alt-r a motuetit Vera l Ii le I ii.uk Miid thiew hei-sxdi Uioii a IjW" lia-c.e'v at li. y lei-t. 1 i .'iil l have struck her ns sho liftel h- r dm pled, lovely face. It was the (a-t lirni a ilo'iht o: h r tr.t.'i had ever cr .-"ed n.v mind. Onlv hv a dot. ri. i:u-d e:l. ;t :'tlie will r-.td'd I help !. tiavi: - tho ! r:tr and diitru.it tliat had t.ikeii po. s s--i.-n . ! lay mind. "I'lar I.'ol: r, I nm ilad thnt l.o.ril dri: ih I not make you ill," she purred, I nt her rvis dnoi-d, reliirii.j to uicet my searching jpize. Later, w lieti sho liad retired to hor ow n ro .in, and I was crouching iim! tlie w in Iswept veranda. Ih-.1U-.m of th storm, for my own thoughts-were in a ;-reafer turmoil than the elements, two of the jruests came and etood ai the w iudow ju.-t alve. "I'o you th:nk Mr. Pelmnr knows ?" wire tiie words that ramu to my cars clear and distuiet. "Knows hat ? How shamehssly Lis wife i flirting with lioyul Uavno? ' -Ye-." '"It is doubtful. Tho honeymoon is searif'v over, and a man in love is prov erbially Mind. He no doubt tai-kj his wile a modem I.in retia." "What a shame tliat ho tdiould be tv deceived! li.iyue was Mrs. I.!m:ir's lover before he went abroad, I beneve ?" "So the j.r.s-ij-s nay. Scundalous stories were told of them even then. I'.ut Kayne was not a marryim; man, and pave h: pretty sweet heart the p hv. She married .Mr. i-i hoar lor his money."' Hie speakers left the window. r.ut I h id heard nmra than enough. liaynean III lovir of my wife'a, and they had nu t i'.K Mra mrers ! Had I In-en sodeceiv.-d? Were all Yera's kis"-t and tender words the Mia res of a hypocrite 7 I wou'.d watch convince myself, anl should ties dreadful tiling prove true, ex.n t a terrible penalty. 'lhey were extremelv c.irt-ful in my prcs uice, I ut t li" n.-xt day, as we were ieavinv; the br -nkia.-t -table I saw l.'avn" i:p it note into era's hand, fclie utole away ly herself to read it. SeVi-ral hours later, when she was out njKn the lawn with our quests, the iravest ol them all, I toi:;ht her dreKMtiej-room. A bit ot crumpled paper lay on the carpet l-ioie the drestiim;-talle. cunoothir.ij it on mv kme I read these wor.us: -.ix o'i liM.k. Theold summer house." A n appointment '.' It had even come to licit. V 1 1 i 1. I st" 1 there i rurnpline the note in my trembling hand, 1 decided upou tie1 course of action 1 would pursue. Aiuou in pov-c -:i 'lis 's a !urj Sibei iau bliei Ihoir.id 1 h id purchaa I norm I. Th unr'i laithl'ul anl u'uitle to me, he eotiid ho Very ii -.eiotis, all I W..8 1111 oleei t ol terror to a'l our 'Ui-stt. I.ayie- l.ie'iu led. The -p 11 of la-cinatioii ho x it- I over ie arly every living creature was powerless with this saeja cious Keast. As the day wore on, and the spocifn-1 liour approached. Yera lauhiniv ex cused, herse'.f, and loft her quests. Aft r p:n up stairs, she stole forth at a side tloor, and walkel awiltly iu the Uirectioa of the suniiiicr-house. It was tin? signal for wliich I waited. T'roi eedin to Tiber's kennel, and loosing his chain, bade him follow me. The summer house was a quaint struct ure of two stories, standing in a remote part of tho gioJuds. Jc.:.aj shruhbery shut it in. Taking Tix'or by the co'.l.ir, I drew hint tinder cover ot some bushes hear t If door, where b.- was entirely concealed from ol s-rvati"n." -i.:-t no one i-a-s, sir," I slid in a fierco whi-i'.T, and the intelligent animal ij.tve alow rowl, ns thou-h he fudy im ier st'.iod wiuil was expected of him. A llhrhtof stairs b-d from the ground floor to tlnj morccomfortahl loom aiiove. Vera'a face was ft study when she heard my step, and, 1 Miking ut. saw tn-s standing in the ojH'n d-Kir. The rhish died mi Ideuty out of her cheeks, th! ea'er h-ht from her eyes, she started tip irom tiie rustic scut, pallid and ticiu-bhn.-. -Why, Ilojrer, what brings you hereT' i-he staiiiLuered. Tid you come to Seek me?" "Yes, Vera," I answered, drawing her down Inside me upon the bench. "Cumc, le heated aain. It will be so nice to have a t. Ir-n '. for onCv.-, away from our guests." 1 spoke calmly, but she must havesen souteiiiing unusual in my lace; or sho mav have hojcd to get me away bei'oro her lover appeared. All at ouee sho lc gan to strule in my arms. -f.et me jo, llopj.-r. 1 cannot remnin here. ur gusts will wonder at our ab sence, and take odense. Let us return t j the house. At once." ""jVait. Sin just one of the old songa with which you used to eticlunt me. "Another "tim", Koer. Keaily " Sho was strulii:.,' 111 u. 1 held her as in a vise. Sudd, nly a step Eoundvd in th t path below. Vera jrrcw still as deatri a.l at once, a bx.'k of awful terror creeping uwt her livid face. While we remained motionless. starini into each other's eyes, a hoars; .'owl came t j our ear, succeeded mnuediuteiy by a will, tcrrit'el 1 ciy. Yera sceme-1 to mnin lien 1 the truth instantly. "Tiy'erV" s!ie panted nither than sal 1. "You have let him loo.-e'." Then sir- dropped oil her kuCS, and lift -d h-r c! s -d hail Is. -i:orer, b merciful! Call o?r the brut". Murder wi'l be done, tio, for ileaveii's Kake! or it will be too hit.-. "' I listened with suiilin lis. A stiarhr. sound came from lelo-.v, lniii'le I with moans oi pa: 11. i.vuiiliusj ci. d aw ay ;it h.t. Vei.i liia le a desperate effort, hroke from n. y h. Id, aul t ushed screaminj ilowii the staila. 1 fo!!o;cd. A horrible se,-ht met my trni wlen I reached the lawn. K0y.1l llayn: lay 11 cross the path, bru'si-d and bi'.-e bn, li. white face and bUttin eyes upturn.- I to the pitiless sky. Ti.er still crouclied beide li:s ictiui, his jaws dripp.u,; witlx gore. Yera tottered forwnrl. an 1 flun hcr Felf across the dead li !y of tier lover, llcav. 11! he is dead!" llcr w il 1 i-'i i"-! 1. .a Ideue 1 m . I seized hci .rou.liiv le toe ;o:uaud lit'.'-d her up. The wh.te or-ss she wore, with its tray k:i-t-of pe.tv piiiii ribbon, was salted and da. :led w ilii blo I. A s rt of irviuy accrued to take posses sion of me. "Yes!" I hius-i 1. 'Ti ,er has d one hi.t work well. I knew the faithful brute cmitd be trusted to ;unr l my honer. You would Hitie-r join your puian.oar, 110 doubt, than live with me?'' "Yc," the barely whispered. "Vou know ell, mil I will not disuisi; the truth. 1 lo.-e.I liim." Tnen she lifted hvr face, all hor voice comimj hack. "J.iie is valueless to me now. Kill mo, too, an 1 so compute the work o! Vclio aiiee." "I w ill," was my nnswr r. " And drawing a kmic, 1 plunge 1 it int-J her bo.in. he exjiired wi'h scarce ft pi'h. A pmilei'f lieaveiily sweetness see. uel to hover :il out her hp n si;.; f.il back upou t'ie yrass, l.er hic-b'oo I mint'Iiu i"s s'ream wi'h llo-:d I.'ayue's. Ah. Heaven! how lieautiiul she wa love lier than v. r in the icy em ra of death! .The fatal U-auty 'iiuU. liual beoa 01" tiaw two tin- bane. I wasituuii'-d for a whih. but fiu-i!ly my seii'-S let 11 rued. Someth.u mu-t 1.0:1 to lomeal the crime I hud cum-mi:!-.--!. ; lla.sui? Y-rn'sl'iel s body in my arms, I lnr it lo th -r arof the mi niie rdiou 4.?, where tome .-toins forminj; t'.:e louu l.i t'011 w:.ii w re loos and t i::"ii-t ; : 1 ; it through th - rp r' .re, rv p'ac -d ev. ry t.'iiti po-ci- ly aa I hid.f un 1 it. After warl 1 r t 'rue 1 to the hou 1 , uiinlin freely wilhtif eu- s s. No otm seem 1 to notice uiiyth'iig unusual iu my apocux anee. As the rvcnin woro on, s!y w!iisp rs an 1 siu'iiili ai.t glances w 1 re exeliuu,.' -1. The continued nbser.ee of Yi-ru mi 1 I.'oyal ITayne was b -in-r cn.ntnvnte J 0:1, and one ol the elder ladies sai 1, in an an-libV whisuvr : -Oi coiir-e, they have 11-d. It is stran.43 how Mr. 1 .-l:iiar can re. 11 tin ignorant oi what is so pat -nt to everybody eis-." The next morning Ilayn 's b dy wxs dis.svered near t he -u mm t hous.., wherj 1 Ind left it ; but ther-- could be no 1111 1 e:taiiity ai to how he had met his fat. The imprjnt of liter's te th was all too visible in his purph- throat. Lveryb'sly was stai tlu l, and tliere was a irret commotion. Then the natural query arse; What had lei-o ne of Yera? The passips were not Ion,; iu stepping to the front with a theory, ."lie had tieeii cra;'.ed by ths hk-ht of her dead lover, they said, and w.i. wandering aimlessly alsaut tiie country. To encounter? tlii? lelief, I snt scout ing part es in every direction; the whole iioi'oborii. i joined in the --an-h. I'loui all sides came cx;.e-i 0:13 of py- ip.ithy and condolence. 1 w as looked i:p :i :ls .1 martyr. i'.ut oh! the lonor, dreadful days and liorr.hle nii;lits! Oiteii did I wake. 1 from troubled dreams, a cold sweat bedewing .jurlorehc.il, t see er.i s dea l laco rtariu;: at m.-outoft'ii darkness. An indefinable fascination dr -w tn daily to the ; t where I had com--ale 1 the U !y. i fe'.t a morbid toti-edmr to b -hohl her ajjiin ,1:1 I mark t!io cha.igcs death ha 1 wrought. hi- mornin, unable louder t resist the impulse, I stole s-cretly to the su. ti nier hou.-, aud, removing the stones, dr.i.ve I forth the ls ly of my victim. I ha I scarcely, done this when a strong band chiTc!c-l my arm. A 11 o.iiccr oi tho law was stan Iin at my elbow. "I fi-jH- d you from the first," he Fii 1, witii a 1 er." ". w th -re can ho no louht ! your uilt. It Iwcoaies 'uy du.y to p'.t, yu under arrest lor tuemurdjr oi your w u-.-, nd " 1 st.i-t"d and rubll mr evrs. Tli" iua:i s face s .me.l to b: transform? 1 a I at once. It w.ik lloyil Kayne w iio a'.o 1 b. sile me. shaking mj vigorously. "Wake up, Ib-lmar, and t 11 us what you think now of the F-ast Indian druj.' 1 liuiiiT bitii oir w itii a shriek of hor ror, and looked around in utter bewilder- llletlt- I was pitting before tho f rt In the roa ny had, with the storm s?i:l howling outsi.Se. 1 saw my darlin wif coiuiue; toward me, an expr -sjjioti 01 di-p n:ic -ru upon her pretty lui e. The f-iun I oi her voice arous-;d me as from a trance. "i h, li'-L-er," sh-; cra-d, "oow strangely you look! Never try sueh an experiment again." It w.n Vera herself, a'ive anl well. F. very thine; that had seemed t succeed th" f ti in,' of tii ! shadow before uiy eyes wa but a dream. lleirar lle-s of the presence of others. I drew her into my arms, kissed her r-p.-atedly, and burst into tears oi joy and relief. " a Royal liayne is now my lest friend, and I have never hud the least occasion to b jeaio'.is of him. At my unji-nt re quest, he t'irew away the viol containing tiie amber-col ared liquid. - LILLIAN'S T.WTHS: rjllian! Deir little Li lian !" " r-he Into 1 her head, and her shy brown eves met tho-e of the speaker. "A dan gerously handsome man, Lloyd Middle ton knew how to use his twiver, and the childish little creature whose eoit eyes droo;-ed be(or& Lis ga?e, was a womca worth winning. For Lillian Haltigli was tho only child of a very rich man, w ho fairly wcr shined bis motherless daughter; anl Lillian had never known enre, or a wish un.-rate'ie 1. iut her guardian a:.gel must have trembled to see her eo CO n-ph-lely in tho toils of tho man at h;.r bide. It was a pretty 6ccne. A long stretch of sandv white licacli; tho ilaucin waves 01 a romantic Southern lake roll ing in it their feet, as they sit beneatls the bhade cf a wide-sprea liitg oak tree; while -the old, olJ btory was told a,ftin." "You love me, Lillian ?" A vivid criuison Hew into -h"r fair cheeks. M13 ttirne.1 her hea l away, but her small hand tre.nbled. Lloyd Middle ton rais -d it to his lips, as bho faltered timidly: "Ves!" . "My darling!" ho whisporoJ, in bis cyei a look ol triumph. There was no room for doubt. Every look an I action Letrayed Lihian Lal oih's heart. .vho loved him with all the strength of a lirst love w did, unrea soning and she would love him until ieath eame, or that which, is worse. th:ai death- li-illns:on. He ent his head, and tho bold cyc3 gazed into her face. -.May I speak to your father, Lillian, an 1 bee: him to give me lus treasure.''' the so t, seductive voice went on. A ri her tinee of crimfo 1 overspread tha girlish face, but there w. s mn.-etit in the so:t brown eyes w hich met his :or an inst.uil, then droopc i again. Hu ttojpel an I Ki-seJ ttie sweet red lips. -Ilcuven bless you, my darling!" ho W h sp" -red. Aii I l ihian went straight t- paradis, nnd remained there halt an hoar per haps, which is more bliss tiia.i most mortals ar: permitted to experience. The awakcuiir came in th"thape of a pretty boat, which bonnde 1 over thj waves Iiks a white-winged bird ; it's sale occupant, a man of some live-im 1-tweiitv yeais, with a tsio.iuhtfu! fa -e, and kindly gray ey es. Those eyes fell up m the pair beneath the oak tree, and iio began tt 011 co 'tacking' for shore. Lloyd Mi ddleton frowned ilar!;'v. "Confound the fellow!" he muttered lie-hind his havy black mttstnehe. Turn ing to Lillian, he observed, v. ith as much carelessness: "There's Tom Hunter coming to Inn 1! Lily, he d.oes not like me he neverdid ! I oii t let him become between us, lav darhn,'!" ne i,uick, impetuous glance from the big, brown eyes, anl Lloyd Middlctou was saiis ieJ. ."ho loved him, and the was as truo ns Eteel. The boat drew near, and Tom Hunter's char voice called gay ly : "Come, Miss Lillian. I want to take you for a rail ! You know you prom ised me the oleas't -e " Again that frown darkened Lloyd Mid dleton s handsome face. "'o, if you wish it, l.i'linn,' he pai I in a low ton-'. T can trust yoe. l'or I know th.it he is ting to try and preiu dice vou against me. You will be true !" "j ii 1 die!'1 liis ey s ilashod with a ftcly gbt'er. Tho boat's keel grated upon the saud ; Ton 1 1 i:nter assisted Lillian iu upon a cush: j:i--d wat. J.loyd Mi ldb ton touched his ht. -Will vou come, Middlctoa ?' aked Tom. "Vo. Tlianks, very mn-.li. (.'oal-bye, I jili u. Ion t remain out too loag." He turned aw.ty nnd Eatmterel dotva the beach, calmly obliviousof ihe glance of contempt fr.ca Tom Hunter's gray cye, ;uite well satTsfie lt!i 't that g -irlo-lilau wo il ln v. understp.ti 1 that he had a right to control Miss .'kiheigh's r.ciioas. An angry flush shot athwart Tom's cheek for an instant as the l.ttlo boat fhot away from shore. "Lil ian !" Tom's voice broke the 6ilence. "Wlut right has that fellow, Middleton, to dictate to you or attempt to control your actions ? Oh, lily, laiy, you are so dear to me !" "Hush!" .-he was trembling like a frightened bird. "You must not speak to me in that way Tom Mr. Hunter!" "Oh, Heaven! I am too lato then? Lilly, for pity's sake, tell nm it is not true! l.ilhau Kaleigh, answer mo; this is 110 time for idle word, or :'.jolog:es lor plain speaking. 1 have known you ail your liie, and I must learn tho truth, lace the worst though it kill 11. e. -Tell me, a: e you engaged to Lloyd Middle ton? Are you his promised wife'."' The shy brown eyes meet Lis with a fearl-ss gaze. he w:.8 brnve in defense of her lover. "If papa consents," the returned slow ly, -1 shall marry Mr. Mid lUton." ' io 1 help you !" cried Tom Hunter, fervently. .'No, no! don't be angry. Miss l.'areign you must be Miss La!e:gh to me now, 1 suppose but oh ! my little friend, how i an 1 see you marry ii man bo base as he '.'"' "lake me home, Mr. Hunter, if you please !" She wns pila with indignation, her brown eyes Hashing tire. Tom sighed sadly; bnt ho turned his boat homeward, and not another word was spoken until they reached the shore. Then he turned and laced her pale and still. "ijllian, listen to mo just one mo ment !" he crio. 1 wildly. "1 must speak, though you will kill mo with your 111 lig natiou. liliian Kaleigh. tiiai man Mid dleton is a fortune-hunter. I act I11111 oNee believe you or, and my wor 1 for it, you would never see him again! Lily, 1 am telling you this for your oira good "tiood-evening, Mr. Hunter!" And Lillian, trembling wdh rngcr, white as the dress siie wore, h istcned up the beach and hack to the holeh That very night, tho engagement be tween Miss liilian Kaleigh and Lloyd Middleton was sanctioned oy hsr father (who could not refuse his darling any thing ujoii which she had set her heart, and it was foithwitli publicly announced. One morning at breakfast, a few davs later, a telegram was handed to Mr. Lui cijeh. He glanced it over, and very pale, and trembling visibly, he arose Irom the table and sought his own apartment. Half an hour afterward a message to Lloyd Mi idleton requested him io cud at Mr. L'ah-igh's rooms. 1 le obeyed at once. Only to have that gentleman hand the t-legram which he hai re?ehei thi;.'g"a ths op;a Jc;r, and teis sly bidding him read it, closed the do .r once more. .- - -- The telegram was short an'l to tho point: uTo Mr. Jul.n i:.ii;,i: Chad wicfee A Powell, cotton house, "STcw Orleans, c'OSod. Com at ouce. W. 1- L'-ii.iwv, L'.t'sy ii. Law." Lloyd .-fldi'. zton march? I to his own ro m wh.te as a ghost, with that s ip cf yeliow papi-r crump'.ed tightly in Lis ban 1, iu his eyes ba J loik. For he knew that John Kaleigh's for titne h i 1 I e-n invc-itj.i v.ith the br.siness, toi3o o; Cha iwicke S: i'o v.ll, aeui ruin for one rseant ruin f er c'L T hours later -Mr. Ucy I Middleton C'n-a l own-stairs. lr. Kalei.'h had taken the flr.t train to New ri -ans, leaving Lillian in chargj oi so ne iric-nds. Lloyd Mid ileton fo-val bis fair bt trothe 1 a'o'.ia upon tlie Losi'n -t their oi l try st ng-tr.-e. .She baiteuc l to greet him, h-r sweet face Hushed, a ten ler light ill her brown eyes, both hands cxten le 1 in eager wcl co ne. 'Oh, Lloyd! I was afrai 1 that yoa were ill ! What is the matter, .'.ear?'" He ha 1 not touched her hind ; ho wns r;aing into her white face with stern, cold eyes. "Miss Kaleigh," ( how col 1 his voice was ! t "I have j ust heard of your f nther'a failure in business. I love "you madly, but it would be folly madness for us to jmirry, bodi being p.or. 1 regret it with ft 1 my heart, but 1 give you back your freedom." Her beautiful faco was set and Etern, her dark eyes blazed. "You are" a coward," hho panted, "an 1 I am saved from a fearful fate! tioo 1 l y , Mr. Middl-ton." And she le t him nlono. "" John i:a!e ch returned in a few days and took his daughter away. l hey went North for a pleasant trip, an I up-iii the White Mountains they en countered Tom Hunter. l.ilhau w as surpr.se 1 to f n 1 how wel come was the hUlit ot his honest faco. - o'here is Mid lletou'.'" asked Tom, after a few pre'iminaries. Lillian's eyes :1 ished. c. "1 do r.ot know," alio triads answer. "Tom, yo.i were right about him, and I was an awful simp'eton. It was my money that he wanted, and when ho heard that it was gone ho he hes.tate l. "1 1111 leistan 1," interposed Tom. "Oh, Liliian, it there werj only a hope for m". I di-1 not dare sp-ak o :t before v ii ;:i yoii were rich and I a poor nobody, loo, darling, I love you, and I am will ing to work h.ir 1 for you if only only "' She lai 1 1: r ban I in h.s. liiliau Laieigh knew h r own heart at lat. Yheu Mr. Kaleigh beard tho Lews, he give his hearty consent. "oh, d -ar," he exclaimed merrily, "won't Middleton be surprise 1 and cli'i jrrini?l when he linds out the truth? Tom, el l fellow, I lost very'little in tho failure of Ciiauwicke i i'owell. 1 ha 1 w.thdrawn ino of my interest 'from th it tir:u some we -ks before its failure. My sole l-.ss was not twe thousand, and Lillian here is heiress to half a milhou in her ov. n right. I rather think Mid lil -ton v.iil be a little disappoiate 1 whtn b-e hears tiie truth. 1 irppo'mte 1 ! I thovld think ho wns. lie went t) Lurope not long atter,. sin I the n"t li'.-v.'S tiiat reacheil his friends v.-.. i.is marr.age to the daughter of a jew money .en icr, a woman fabulously rich an i f.tmiloii.;ly ugiy. And he leads a Itjf, tiiey say. Ah, v.eii, it eervcj him right. Anl Lil ian an : Tom, happily mrrie 1 now, t.arceiy give him :i tiiought. He is not wvrtii i!, li-liau says. ft-,V f crrn aME "I hate a coquetto!" eaid "Mis Iillv rckinham. - "So do 1," siid Alice Av.ies. "shawl'' said M;s; Lilly. "1 'ear me, I 'illy, what c?.n you possibly me .u'.'"' b ii i tiie :ity visi or. she looked iirovokingly pivtty as sho 6t vn the- .'.vr.-t p, "tjr .w ng bread cr.ii:i''S to a fiock o. I right eye 1 young turkeys t .at ware on their way to roost, Ahov , th iiro;.p'ng apple-boughs al-r.'.o.-t touched her sun hat; below, the daisies glimmered in the raS9 like t ilver do's. The sun was just down ; but there re- . mained a yellow glow in tin s';y, and the birds chirped sleepily in tho hedges, while a swallow or two yet circled round the eaves of the barn. Alice was very pretty a fair hair?d, brig'.,t-eomp!exioncd girl, wilh hr-o, brow.i eyes and lip? redder and riper thin any" strawberry. And perhaps tiiat was the reason that she produced such an i : preosiou in the village of Milton, which, to- speak the tnuii, was not a beauty-producing neigluorhoo.L Too girls of Miitou wcro lank anl talk wi'h 110 particular liures, freckled com plexions, and heavy fe tures. .They were, however, as Loliert Kockingham observed, "regular spiders to work, ' and turned out lirst-class butter-makers, factory hands, and poultry breeders; but as for'tiie po tie si !e of life, they know nothing ol it, and care I les. They raised vegetables of all Port3 in their g.srdens; but roses an 1 pinks they ignored as 6imply a waste of time. They rea l the weekly paper and the r.ible.'nnd occasionally consults their al uanacs; but they never had heard of "She," an 1 tlid not know Thackeray Hickens. Wor. wns their idol a scliooi treat their ideal of gay dissipation. Into this atmosphere of thrift Alice Anus had co. ue, as a gol len pheasant might have, ma le its way into a barn yar 1 fud of respectable hens an I geese. She was a distant cousin of the liock inghams, whose mother was dead, and wuojo lather had gone on a business tr.p. lie had not known quite what to do witii Ali -e during his aosence, until he had suddenly remembered his cousins at .Milton. -i'liat will bo a nico place for tho eh Id, ' he thought. "It will be a stupid re luge, but it will be a safe one. They'll like Alice every one likes Alice!" It was true. Tho pretty, dewy-eyed girl brought her own welcome with her wiierever she went. The iUackiughams were despairing when they heard that stie was i-oming they were delighted wli 'ii she had come. Fo , tiie eldest son, lost his heart to her at on e. It was a clear case of love at lir-t sight. "My soa." said the rugged old mother. "she is not suited to a place like this." "i'.ut she is so lovely, mother," said honest 1 :ob. "I don t think sho has any idea of being a tanner's wife." 'My ch in e is as goo 1 as any one ehi's, ' r(;a.lcu rs:r L'ab. . A no his mother w isely said no more upon the subject. Alice Weill strawberryiug with Bob ; she learned to ride ho'rsehack on old I 'obbin, after the day's work was over, with Lob for a teacher. She gathered ferns in the woods, and sketched Urantoi Mountain from different points of viow, with I'-ob to carry her color-box' s an I set up h"r um brella, in fact, sin; seemed delighted with her country al.i ling-pla'-e, and Ik a was in the seventh heaven of happiness, when, like a th in ; rtoll out of a clear sky, Mr. Man're 1 i! iper made L13 ap pearance on the .--.- v.-u "Mid you kno. iio was coming?" fdicrply question.- 1 ilhodiila, common'y knoWii as "J.dy," the glial, eldest daughter of the I.o -kinghams. "No," Alice carele.-siy answered. She was accu.-to :.ed to the homage cf her almirer.s, an 1 it li i not at all sur prise her that Mr. ILrp' r should havo followed her from tn city. An'l it was her imiocent en oy a n: oi Mr. Harper's society that drew" fro 11 Lilly the Suaip comment of "I hale a co ptette !" Ther was no hotel at Milton, o Mr. Harper ha 1 to stay ni a iariiihonsj where, th -y occasionally let rooms in the shoot ing and lishing s-easo?i . Alice went r..lin-r w ith him, took him to ail the delicious leafy k'cius which Kobert lioek 'ngha n ha 1 ho n her, in troduced him to the best pools of the trout 6treaw, an 1, ai Hilly declared, "ilirtcd'' op"nly with him. "I don't know w h:;t you mean," said Alice, with pro voki'.ii e iuanim ty. "i'o treat a gentle. nan civilly is that what you call liming, I 'iliy ?" "Anybody would "think thero was no body in the worl 1 but him, wheu you are talking with him under tho pear trees." said 1 'illy. -One must be olite." observed Alice, caiitn.r ng one of the speckled turkey pulb-ts and hoi ling its downy little body against her jeacii-soit face. 'I don't care for him," said I'illy, fairly driven to bay, -nor for myself. -Ul I say is, that you've no business to break ilob's heart 1" "Lut," cried Alice, with limpid, hazel eyes wide open, "whit is it to Lob?' "Miss Lilly flounced away to bring in kitchen towels, w hich were bleaching on the grass down by the brook. "I've no patience with the girl!" said she. lion, nowevcr, took tmng3 more quietly. "I et her alone," paid he; Kwo have no right to dictate to her." ilut Lilly knew him too well to be de ceived. She knew that the envenomed arrow was rankling in his h -art. 1 )ti that 'I burs lay even ng, however, when Manfred Harper had come home from fe;u -limiting with Alice, aud had stay..-1 to tea and spent the evening, it cani-e on to rain w ith a roll of thunder and occasional lla-shcs of lightning. Robert went out into the kitchen, where Lilly was busy at work. "I suppos-. we might ask him to stay all niiiht '."' said he. "Humph'.'" said b'illy. "And whero would he sl -cp .'" "He ooti d have my room ; I could lie down 01 the kitchen sefee. with a blanket and a piilow," said Kobert. 'Indeed, you'll do 110 such thing'." declared the elder sister, with a sort of loving desn.ii.is n. "All to oblige this city lop. wiio loses no opportunity of sneering at us country, folks." -I'.ut it's throe miles to the "Wild firmhouse an I just listen how tho ruin patters on tho roof." "A little wetting will do him good!" said the iron-hearted Rhodilla. "Noner.s ; !" paid her brother "wo are not barbarians. I'll tell him he'd belt r stay." He w-n't bii k to tho parlor; but there wru no 1 'ii" there except Alice, who was Wi hrg th" enn He an I yawing. "Where is he?" said Kobc-rt. "i o vou mean Mr. Harper?" Y.s'." "lie h is gone." ' In .til this rnin?" "Why. certainly!" raid in liferent Alice. "Il -'s ne.iher buur iivr salt. Why l:ou! In't he 7" "Alice, have you no pity for the una ?" "oh. pl-nty o- it! J'.ttt of cours- no coul lu't stay a'l night. And it's past ten witii ai'..tiier yawn as she glanced I r.p ct t!i c:ocK: a.l embow.-re 1 111 a mi-t 01 rcrierne i risp.Tr.igus "an l lie to .t toe he knew of a short cut across the le 1 Is that gloomy ioud, you know, u:i b r the elms." "He's nut going homo that way, .... e . 1 f course- he i.-!"' sho replied. ' It w i 1 shorten the walk half a mile at least, he says." -i'-ui that road is not use 1 now." ''t le is goiug to use it, at ail events, to nieht." Ron caught up his hat. How long has he been gono?" ho asked. breathlessly. M.howt lifiecu" minutes," said Alice. Why r To') pans d to make no answer, bnt rushed out of the door, neglecting, in his haste, to clos it behind him, so" that a gust of rain an 1 wind blew in, fluttering Hi ly's newly laundried curtains and touching Al.ce's forehead like a chill hand. Sh ran out into the kitchen. . "Lilly," she t rie 1, "has all the world gone crazy .' Why did Rob run out into the rain without ever stopping to answer my .jUestions 7" Hilly dropped her half-finished work, with a vague idea that some remark of Alice's had driven her brother to the last extremity of desperation. "Alice!" cried shi, "what did yo a Bav to hi m?" "Nothing. I just told him that Mr. Harjer was going to take the Bhort cut Iiome across tue lields. "There is no short cut," declared Hilly. "Yes. thre is that dark roa 1 under the elms, yoii know, just beyond the old dead tree, where the hgh'tuing struck last autumn." "He has gone that way ?" cried Dilly, turning deadly pale. "Didn't you tell him r Don't lie know ?" Alice's lovely, liquid eyes opened to their full extent. "I a. ways thought that place looked as if it were haunted," said she. "Jtut " llauntel ? Nonsense!" sharply in terrupted Lilly. Rut it's a6hakiug bog a regular morass. No one passes over it now, no one has used it since the night, five years ago, when a wagon and two horses were ingulfed iu it. Don't you understand? It's a sort of a quicksand the swamp and Boh dear, generous Rob! has gone to try and save that man's life if he can. Orucious me! What's the matter with the tirl? 1 do believe she has fainted! Well, if she thinks as much of that city lellow as that " And poor Lilly's heart turned to lead in her coom. - , H was midnight when Robert Lo-k-. . - . l.ick with Mr. Man ret Viroer. WlI oi them very pale and "It was a narrow squeeze for it," said the city young man, who bad a startled, pnnie-stricke:i look in his eyes. "I wan -inking iu that treacherous hole, w ith the lightning 1 lazing in my eyes, and an owl shrieking like a doomed spirit over head. It seemed exactly as if there were real hands pulling 1110 down intc the mora s. I can't tell what a blessed sensation it wns when 1 heard Rocking ham here hallooing to me. How he i. uiled me out I don't know. T think le must have the courage of a samson and the strength of a Hercules. Just then tho parlor door opened. Alice peeped out, with bright hair hang ing over her eves. -."oh!" she'snid shyly. Robert pushed Harper forward. -Here he is" said he. 1'vo saved hi l:f i tor you, Alice." "1 am verv glad, I'm pure," said Alice, hurriedly, ""ilut Rob !" "Yes, I'm going upstairs nt once, to got diy thinjj for him," tid Rocking ham. -oh, yo?, I know! but but can't yoa speak to me one moment, Lob?'' plead ed the soft voice. . Mr. Harper and tho inflexible Dilly were left stan ling rather awkwardly out side, while Kobert obeyed Alice's sum mons. She shut the door, and then threw hvrself sobbing on his breast. -oli, Lob! oh, Rob! I am so thank full" she sobbed. T don't know what to sav, but " "lake care," he s.ii l gently. "l'ouTl get your pink frock all muddy. "1 don't care for frocks. Oh, Rob " "I understand it all, Alice. You love him ; and you are grateful tome because 1 have been lucky enough to save his life." "I don't love him!" tried Alice. "His life, indee 1 ! What is his life to me? Rut if anvthing had happened to you, Lob '" A sullen light broke in on Robert Rockingham's troubled heart. 'Alice !" he cried. "Alice, for Heav en's sake, don't raise my hopes only to wreck th-m again. Is it possible that you care for mo She raised the marvelous eyes again, fringed with silk-soft lashes to his face. "Is it jiosiible," she prettily mimicked him, -"that you have not discovered be fore this that 1 lovo you ? Where have your eyes been, you blind Rob '!" Mr. Harper returned to tho city next day with a very strong impression of tho 6nare3 and pitfalls of couutry liie. Alice Ames remained, tho alliianced bride of Robert Rockingham. "Rut why didn't you tell him before that yoa love 1 him .'" said plain-spoken Hilly. "How coul 1 I," said Alice," when no body askc 1 me '.'" - PEB3LES. lINtory of the Middle Ages tho biography of old maids. Why is an unsteady man liko an un-teady light '.' Rccause he is apt to go out nights. some things a woman doesn't know, of course; but one of them isn't what bhe thinks of some other woman. Judge: "The prisoner is discharg ed." l'hsoner: "Well, begoira, 1 didn t Know 1 was loaded !" An expert clergyman, at marrying, could make about iour knots an hour with favorable wind. Ho : "Dear Alice, give me a kiss " She: "I dare not: I have nut one. never kissed a num. lie: .Neither have I. 1 swear it." Polite burglar : "Madam, you aro too young to wear such unfashionable jewel ry. You must really permit me to rec ommend a new set." When Artemus Ward was exibiting bis show in Salt Lake City, bis compli mentary tickets to the city oilicials read: "Admit bearer and one wife." "Young man," said tho temperanco reformer, "do you drink?" "Yes," re plied tiie youth : "but you'll have to ex cuse me. I've jusi had two treats." Dawdle: "Aw bawkeeper, give me aw a new dwink; something I've nevaw had befaw." Rarkeeper: "Yes, sir." Lasses out a glass of ice-water. She: "Are you going to the picnic on 'iueslty, Oeorge ." He: "Oh, yes!" She, within iilierence: "Alone, Oeorge ?" He: "No; 1 shall take an umbrella." Ada: "Why, one of your cheeks is red as lire, and the other pale as a piio-rt !" I'.lla: "Yes. Harry was on one bide, mi l 1 was afraid mamma would see us 011 the other." "I tell you, Susan, that I will com mit suicide if you won't have me." '"Well, Thomas, as soon as you have given mc that proof of your ailectiou, 1 will believe that you.loye me." At a conceit a vocalist began to sing. "Should Auld Acquaintance lie Forgot ? when tho house was set in a roar by somebody who squeaked out, in a pipin Voice: "Not ii they've got money ! "You want a keepsake that will al wavs remind vou of me '!" sh ani, I -r do, darling," lie sai l tenderly. "What's the matter with myself 7" she whisper ed. There will bo a wedding shortly. "I suppose you must be tired of my talking," said his girl, after she had been talking about lifteen minutes without his being able to get in a word. "Oh, no," be replied; "1 get shaved at a barber's." Wife (reading paperV "Hero Is an account of a man who sold his wife for twenty-live dollars. Isn't it dreadful?" 11 us and 1 thoughtfully): "Well, I dunno. twenty-live dollars is a good deal of money." A timid young man has married a lady whose weight verges closely upon two hundred pounds. "My dear." hfc savs to her. "shall I help vou over the fence?" "No," says she to him: "heir. the fence. , - - r H, She and It. She (parrot in one hand, dog in tho other) 'Yes, Kdward, we've pot every thing, I believe but, w here's the baby?" lie "Why, I gave it to you." She "I know ; and 1 gave it Lack to you." He "Well, by thunder ! if I haven't gone and left it in the parlor car 1" Next lloor to l Fool. A little boy asked his father what fool lived in the house next to theirs. "No fool lives there that I know of; what makes you ask such a question?" said the lather. "Why, 1 heard nia say the other day that you was next-door to a lo il," wns the reply. The bire looked contemplative. A Mistake. Trof. Snore, of the University of Texas, is very absent minded. Holding up a garment he said to his colore 1 servant: "sa u, these drawers are too small at the ioover, and too wide at the tipper end." "Kress de Lord, I'rofessor, dem ain't no drawers ; dent's yer underbhirt." mud ataiaeJ.