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NUMBER 41.
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In urn.. 8MiI rT nnw
In urn.. 8MdbydrH(
I lelleTe Plso's Cure
for Consumption saved
hit life. A. II. Dowkli,
Editor Enqulrw. Fxln
ton, N. C, AprU 21, 1887.
13
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cine U Fiso n CrK FOR
Uk tt without obje tlon.
by all druggist, lo.
lOomnSxriiD., i
In llmo. "ul
TMWiroMi.
B. J. LYNCH,
TJ IS DERTAK Kll,
And Manufacturer A Dwt'wr in
HOME AND CITYMADE
FURNITURE
rUUS AM CEUDB SURS.
LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS,
Mattresses. &c,
irriC) ELEVENTH AVENUE,
ALTO ON A, PENN'A
tTc'itizen of Cambria County and all
oirw wiiliinif t purrhasrt lioncst FUKNl
Tl'KE. Ac at tonst prices ar respectfully
i . ... ..IwA i i m Att 1 1 Kafura Kutiln I I.A.
BufiP. as WP are cuuuuru. wc i'iu
nufi evrry wan anu iiiwb nrry .m.iu
Prl-s the very lowest VIG-'oO-tt.l
ONLY S520.
ffi Style PMMelpMa Sinner.
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pl.i. Ml if mttiu-hmnl ith fh marhiiw AIM
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short weight, .lam or biiphat powder. Hold
only in cam. Kotal Kakibb fuwpaa Co., 100
WallSt-BW Yoti.
fik-k TTeadai-be anl relloT. all tb. trouble. Ind
dtot to a biliuu. state of tbe sjstrtn. such a.
lizauei. Nauwa. DrowneMt. Uistn-.s after
mimic. I'aiu in the SM., &c. While Uvtnr moM
rrtuaflulil. auccewt naa beea abowa in cunog
ITalarb. yet Cartsr's Litti Itkr Pnx
are eqiuhllv valimhlt In Constipation, cunng;
and preventing thut annoy Inipcuinplaint, whilo
t.kt-y also crrot all dmordrra of tha sti-rinacfa,
RCiiuulat the liver and rcgulata tha bowela,
Even if they only cured
IKIEAID)
Ache ther woukl be alaiOMt prifelea. to tbows
ka sufTor from this diitrvuui( complaint:
bat fortunately their rnndnna doe. ant end
kmre, andhua. who once try them will tlud
thee, little pill valuable In a. many way that
they will not be willing' to do without Uioia.
But after all sick bead
in the bane of to many lire, that brre fa where
we make our areat boast. Our pill, cure it
while other, do not.
C'artkk a Lrrnj Ijtm Pilx. are very email
aa l very eanv to tukn. One or two pill, nitka
a dw. They are ntrit-tly vegetable and do
not irnpe or punre, but by their gentle aoAiuo
plea all wbo uae tlum. In vial, at centa;
fire fur $1 . Sold everywhere, or a-nt by mail
CA3T1 VXSlrZ CO.. Vrr Tsk.
JbSE khilS. hallTnss.
. The Favorite
Mc-diein tor Tliroat and Lon Diffi
culties ha long been, and "till la, Ayer's
Cherry Fectoral. It cure Croup
Whooping Cough, Ilronohltls, and
Asthmav; soothes irritation of tho
larynx and Fauces; strengthens the
Vocal Organs; allays soreness cf tho
Lungs; pren-nU Consumption, and,
eren in advanced stages of that disease,
relieve Couching and induces Sleep.
There is no other preparation fur dia
eases of the throat anil luns to b com
pared with this remedy.
"My wife had a dintrrssinjr consh,
with pains in the side and breast. tVe
tried various medicine., but none did
ar any oxl until I pot a bottle of
Ayer'a Cherry Pectoral, which hn cured
her. A noiuhlHir, Mrs. filenn. hail tho
measles, and the rough was relieved by
the use of Ayer'a Cherry 1'ertural. I
have so Lcaitaliun In reounucudini; thU
Cough Medicine
to everyone afflict ed." Robert ITortOTi,
foreman lltwlli'jht, Morriliton, Ark.
"I have been afllictod with atithmA
for forty years. Laat spring I was tuken
with a violent cough, which threatened
to terminate my days. Every one. pro
nounced me iu cunsiunption. 1 deter
mined to try Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Its effects were magical. I was imtnedi
atrly relieved and continued to improve!
until entirely recovered." Joel Buliard,
Guilford, Conn.
" Six months ago I had a severe hem
orrhage of the luns, brought on by an
incen.t.knt cough which derivel me of
sleep and re-.t. I tried vanoua reme
dies, but obtained no relief until I be
jran to take Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. A
few bottles of this medicine cured me."
Mrs. E. Cohuru, 1J accoud at., Xwcll,
Mass.
Tor cl.ll.lren afT.icted with colds,
coughs, oro throat, or croup, I do not
know of any remedy which will Rive,
rnore spued relief than Ayer'a Cherry
Pectoral. I have found it, alo. invulu-
able in ranes .f VliMiping tlough."
Ann Lov.joy, 17 Wasliiugtun street,
Jkiston, Mass.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral,
I-RZrAJtZD ST
Dr. J.'c. Ayer Sc Co., Lowell, Mats.
Bold by all trugKlst. Prlc. fl; si. bottles, 5.
NATURE'S
CURE FOR .
C0NSTIPAT10H,
a LI I BLR SKSKBI
for Mrs. Htamark.
r .r l.raid l.lver,
Blll.aa Hrariaehe,
Coalirraesa,
Tarrant's Efrcrvrw.at
Jlt5B.- Atriei,t.
It Is certain tn I la .dec I.
Ttls gent!, la It. aetl' n.
It Is pal. (.able t. tb.
ssta. It eaa be railed
in to ear., and It ear..
fy timliif, no, by ontray
in, nature. lo Lot taa.
vitil. nt porirailTat yoar-
lv. or allow roar ehll-
Sick-HeadachgJ
lre to take them, always
a. this alsg-ant phar
maceutical preparation,
blrh has beea lor more
than forty years a pabll
avorlte. .Solar ag drug utt
vtrirmKtra
dyspepsia:
SALESMEN WANTED
tarin .. "
S1I.IKY AND EX-
pt. U. la S3id.
(baler to tills paner.;
Koeuestar. M. Y.
YfiTT P AM TTTTxin
THIS
w vaai 1 1 1 A ir pinro
: P.EITI1TGT01T BH.0S.
Ist Air.ma
wbw wi!l ein
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IRGINIA FARMS FOR SALE."
aeea (ma markM.. H.al'ky cuan.
.... pn,,.. Writ. fur rrr.lara.at.u,l,w
"TAT. AftA . Maavi.V-.
CARTER'S
(DURE
RUTH'S THANKSGIVING.
"You see itiat how we'rs fixed T ssid
De.coii tlhed Carer to Mra. Klnm Mt inner.
"Kolk eonte a H res J fill wars to look at
theiu hi!l," said the deacon, irreverently ;
and, arter all, they ain't no jrrejt shake,
(ire me a good mrj ler lot. or a tiol.i ahrra
the Taller pumpkins i a-shinin' out amona;
the sho-krn com t That', my notion of
beauty! tiuesa it wnnll be a pretty Inns;
while afore atiyhody rsuea a cru? o' rye
out a' the Aciiroudacks."
And, after all, there was an inklint
eoiiiiuoa aeuse in the deacon's Ti.w
things.
Mrs. Ham dinner lived in a brown farm
honae upon whne shiiifled roof the jf"ld
and awarlrt maple-leaves rained down in
ruvt'.ing tlrifu at every soujrh of the uirlait
choly wiitil. There were not two such maple-trees
alon? the whole shores ofChsm-
lnin as tboe Mrs. Skinner's srand'ather
a I planted in the Revolutionary days,
when he never k new, darning home at nif!tt
with hia ax over his ahnnl.ier, whetiier ha
shouhi not liii'l his home a heajj of auiohler
in? cinders, with the cry of th. aavare red
akin where Lis babies' cooiui; vuirea had
aouiiddl at the morninjr tile I He was in
his grave, dust and aahea long ago, but the
maples renewed their ywula with every
year.
Mra. Skinner herself, a wiry rompaet little
woman, in a green iriiixhain drrasaud wiuk
spectarle, sat darniur stovkings by the
bliiz -; tor she was a thrifty dame, and
while she ItegrudKed the wasted moments
of twilight, she had no idea of lighting a
riiii!It uuiil it was fairly aud suuarvly
dark.
tbed Cary occupied the cushioned rocV
er opisite, tall and brown and loo"-joinlel,
with here an.l there a silver thread in his
dark hair, and Lauds where the veins toxl
o:it like corJs. A hard-workin man, and
a man who accepted his iuherilanee of toil
with a .art of jtnm Matiafartiou, he would
have aSorJeJ no inappropriate type of the
New Knglami farmer ol the past generation,
a. he sat there, erect aud thin aud uurvm
promisiug. And while her elders talked, P.uth Skin
ner aat rl ae against the rhimney-jauib, a
tin-pan full of apples in her lap, paring dili
gently awav, with the firelight glinting wn
her suuny Lrawn hair.
Ilulh was aina!l and dimpled, and exqni
tilelv freah, like the rosy peach whiclt
haii-s ou the south wall after the first
frn:s, ami he had violet-gray eyes, Hark
yiinr iif' Hue nr'id tlie e - of the
irisee, and dewy, scarlet lips and a slender
tliroat, circled ith a string of red wood
berries; and, ss ahe workeJ, there wus an
tinennacioti. jrarr in her motions that inado
jot! like to hwk at her.
"Yes," .aid Ira. Klain Skinner, answer
ing the tle.-icnn's remark ; "I eea. It was a
ilrer.il.'ul mi "ertiinste tli.pensation that Mrs.
t'arey ahuiil.l be took away."
Fonr years .go this very month," said
',e Jea-on, nieUitatively ; "four years
A household of bovs is a trriu thing,
M- Skinner."
should think it must be, Said the wir
dow.
"And it'i a remarkable orderin, of Provi
dence that 1 should have six boys aud you
ix guls."
"S e," s:iid Mrs. Skinner, bn-aking oT a
neetliiul of gray yarn ; "but my gala h:is
nil iluMi' we'l. M liiinlr, s'le's mari ied, and
live in llarliiigtoii, and Soplirny is teach
in' acliiM'l Vri.ss the lake, and Sttrh'a at the
f tct.: i.. s ':i Iwell, and Aleihea'j lived tJ
S-jiiire lliii;'- these two yer., mid Kate's
luing well at the millinery business, arid
llutii, he kind ' makes herwlf generally
nxful to hum. Uuth ain't like the others;
he ain't guvd for ninrh."
The Hea'oii hitched his chair, with a
fruing uoi.w, across the hearth, to get a
etier view at the little figure bending ovaff
tile ptiu of apples.
"."slir'a goo J to look pretty anyhow," lie
sa il, u ith a eutiibroiis attempt at a joke.
1 1 ii:n;:i :" aanl Mra. Skinner, wiioic re
.peel for tli merely oruauieutal Waal x
t.-e.:iely liiuited.
"1 s po? Sar.ih and 5wphrony'e cornln'
hotae uu 'i Laakagiviu'T" baaardod Jlx. Car
rey.
.'rs. Skinner nodded briefly.
'Wail, that' sort o providential too,
ani.l the deacon, somewhat em Brassed.
" iin' you've got so tuauy ayala, mehbe you'd
.pare one."
"Spare o:ioT
"Ve lirnri't no women folks ta ear fcense
lii'r K.il)ah Iluckett Mole the Spoon i
and went to Cinady ; and I set my font down
not to h.tve no more hired he. p. aud it was
rt o' luilorn last Thank-iiv in lay, and
tiie toys, w ay, they luisaml the turkey, and
a.) I kind o' thought if Mia Kutli wouldn't
object tn eo-ue over and giner.)ly her an
eye to things, it would be a tight o' accoui
rnxlsiioii." "I'm willin', ttSnthia," 0d Ua. Bkia.
ier, composedly.
"Vv. ve not as fine a turkey as ever
.nua'-tked," went on the dearuu, "and Jared
he feti lied in a pumpkin off the aide-hill
lot. Lir.'er'n a half barrel, and I bought a
peck o' cranberries frtMit lluldy Simons, so
l-ere am t no lark v' thin- U uo with.
AV .al d'ye say, Mi.s Kuth."
"ilh hung her head, aud blushed like
tire pinit-chocked appio ahe had juat taken
up.
"I I hsve bo obJecCea, U aaother thhika
it p:pcr."
"i'ro;.er:- echoed Mrs. Skinner. -W'hj
on sirth ahxuldu't it be prupur? Of couias
it s irufir!"
"Wall." said the deacon. riinjr to hi.
IsnVy lullne of height, "I'm sure I'm very
mucin obliged to you. Miss Kulb, aud to
Ton. to. i, iiuriii."
"Hon't be iu a hurry " said Mra. Skinner,
lio-. wi t jiIv.
' I ga I'd better be gmin'." decided Mr.
Carev. "There aiu't uo telhn' what mis
ru( hoys may be tteltiQ' iuto aote I
gel ba .k. lys will le Imits, jnd they n J
a drvtlul .iglit o' watchin . There ain't no
body but a lather knost wkel a lather'e
tiw.t ia, Mra. Minucr."
A nd t'-ie deacon west oat with a grona.
"The deacon don't seem to realue that
his 'nova it men growed," .aid Mrs. Skinner,
a. she rose o light a candle. "Ain't yua
most t!irou!i with them applra, ilntli."
And L"e i.n.n (bed, plodding hoiueward
1'l:ouli t!ie ilecveuing .iuak. with the dead
leave rustling under his lor I, And the raw
air biting like the stings of a million inh
lin.eiiin.kl guati, thought of Uuth Skinner's
roaeJud face, aad wondered liow it would
74 4
m to have her at the Carey farmhouse
for a perpetual blossoming of brightness!
"1 aiu't so wery oil, arter all," thought
Pearon Carey, ''and there aiu't no law
e :ni.i-.t a nuu'i marryin' again, as ever I
li-ered on. iiut .he's young and skeerv,
and 1 mu.-t drive kind o' .low at fir-it. It
n a go l i-lea, that o" mine, horrnwiu' J,rr
(or Tli.in'i-iyin'. Uuth. I'.uiii, it's ihe pret
tie.t xal! I coiil.ln't think o' uothin' but
t le In lie strawlM-rry apples on the gnarly
tree by the well every tune I looked at her
eiieeka. Jtciides. she is a sviu' creeter, I
know, fori watched her panu' them ap
p.e, and she never waste, I a K'n, and
ne a worn tliat browu ealik.r ever since
last Mareli."
And the denenn chnckled as these thrifty
nacdiu-ilioiia parH-d through his l.raiu.
It was Thanksgiving morning, chill and
rn-.r. wiih the suminiu of the Adirondacks
vaded in alowlywlriflnir; suou'll.skea, and
lakr I hainplaiii shining up with steely
piininier where the bend of the Talley rc
.'lel its fjr-away surface.
I'.rit the t'arey homestead was all alire
v it'i wnn.it'.i and elierrnilnc'i and red lire
I . it. St mi a huge, oM-f.inhi tied house,
s. 1 1 It err- tt. smoke-brow nel r.il'ers crning
rnd re--roing overhead, ami curious sihvI
cn wain-H-o rings half-uay up l!ie walls, and
u Id liiil. Ilire-rorn. red rtip!..;irds built,
na if l.v mslice pretense, in the mo-t incou
TPoient p!a -es. ami fire). lares that gave yu
t!ie j.li or the rooms beiuj eu!y ater
taouglits and apendnges.
l.i:tle r.n'h Skinurr ntool at the Vitrhen-
tnMe, a white apron tied ever the brown
e.iiic. drrvs which had awakened Iteaeou
farcy's admiration, and the sleeves rolled
up a.ove Irrr round, white arms, atirrin
so'tie ir.tgru.t coiiipoiind of spice nnd rai-
ins end or iii?. peel, ahilohve of l!ie mx
"t'aeey Im m" t uhI armiitd f urreving lir.
Si five t.iii htrrnhcjr fo Is miglif Mare at
- . -
a tiny oideu pneanant, or scaoriglit tMUt
trtm. Hoys, boys V eroaked tha deacon, err,
erging fro.i his room, in the glories of a
blue suit a ith brass buttons, aud a mir of
hirt-eollara that held his chin up at an an
gle of forty-rive degree., ve haven't no
mor. manners than a pack of gypsies! Miss
Kuth, dou't wind' 'em."
" h, I don't, I assure yoo., efr," as id
Ruth, laughiug, "larwis, please give ma
the iron tpoou frwia the tuul by the drua
acr."
"I wish yon wouUnt oaTl me sir," sai4
the deacon, with what would have !ecn a
tender glance if the shirt-collars would have
admitted id it.
P.uth an-h i- 1 her prettr eyebrowsv
What .hall I call youT
Call me Obed," was trembling on the
deacon, lips, when he caught the teu eyes
of Lis sons fixed woiideriugly on him, and
the words never fouud utters lice. The
deacon looked into the oven instead, and
coughed sonorously.
"You won't go to church, Ttuth?"
"Oh, I can't, air Mr. Carer, I mean.
The turkey must be looked after, and it
won't do to risk bunting the pies."
"Well, boys," said the deacon, "coma
along."
"Can't I stay and help Ruth questioned
.Lewis, a young giant of nineteen.
"No, yon can't," aaid the deaeon, brus
quely. "Pretty war o' sK-ndiu' the fiover
nor'a Proclamation Tliauksgivin', to le
home rouud under Miss Ruth's feet. You'll
go to church, every skin on ye, or my name
ain't Obed Carey. No son o' mine slay,
home from church on such a day as this.
Where'. Joe?"
"lie was out a-fodderin" the ereeters,"
sullenly answered John, the second son.
"Joseph ! Joe !" bawled the deacon, but
there was no answer.
"I guess he'a gone to church, observed
Jareu, who was giving his cowhide boots a
last tender application of caudle-cud in
front of the fire.
"lie needn't ha' been in auch a hurry,"
gruniMiii'd v commented the deacon; "but
)-e al'avs had a way of his own of doing
things.''
"Where's my woolen comforter?" next
demanded the deacon, "llosea, go back in
the big corner rnpl.urd fr't."
Iluaea left of! tormenting the cat toolier,
but he presently lifted up his voice aloud:
"poor's locked, father."
"No, 'taiu't locked nuther," sharply re
epooded pntrr-faiuitiaa. Hut he went to in
spect the "rtrp'jurd" for hiuiself, neverthe-
'"Well, If I trtt'." cried the deacon.
"Which o' you young mischiefs haagot the
kevr
There was a about of unanimous denial.
The deacon looked rouud with lowering
brows.
"If that 'ere key's loet Ain't them
the rhureh-brl!s?"
And, poatponing the judicial investigation
until the religious services of the day
shoiilj be over, the deacon caught up a
lilray ir.uCer, twisted it round his parchment-like
tUroat, and sped upon his way,
with the five sona following in long arrav.
And Kuth Skinner was left alone, only
for a moment, though. There was an
ominous gracing on of the wards of a rusty
lock in the corner cupboard-door, ami a
sinot'icrrd laugh, and the next ins. ant Mr.
Joseph Cany, a tail, haudsonie young fel
low of three or four and twenty, burst out,
like a magnified .lack-in-the-bo.."
"Joe!" cried Kuth. turning scarlet.
"Ioii't:"
"lon't? Yon mean do," siiid Joe, un
ceremoniously taking iluth round the waist
and lifting her fairly off her feet. "Why, I
thought I should have stilled among the old
liuts aud bouts."
"Rut, Joe, it's so wrong?
"It would have been a deal wroager, little
Misa Morality, to ait pretending to listen to
l.lder lajngsentenee when my heart was in
the old kitchen at home with you. Now,
see here, Kuth, I lu not going to stand this
auv longer, (jive me the big iron apoon."
Joe tied a towel deftly round bis aliiu,
well-molded waist, and commenced stirring
vigorously at the saucepan he took from
Kuth's bunds.
"Isn't that right?"
"Yes." aaid Kuth, dmbiomaly; lmt yom
snnsta't apatter ao."
"Come, Kuth, yeu promised to give meaa
answer today."
Miss Skinner shook out the folds of a
nowv mass of table drapery, and eyed it
thoul,t.'ul!v.
"Is this tfie best table-cloth r
"Yes no I haven't an idea. Hang the
table-cloth! I'm not talking about table
cloths. Is it to be Yes or No, Uuth Z"
" h, Joe, we are both so youug."
Xou,ene."
"I suppose these napkins are the right
ones ?'
"!o yoo suppose I stood s mortal hour in
that cupbosrd, with mr nose upagaitist the
burts'o tobea, to deride the onrMion of
napkins with rou ? I will he answered !
"Well but--wh.t shall I say?"
"1 should say 'Ye.,' if 1 were tn year
pl.ee."
"P. at. Joe "
"l-ook here. Rath," and Joe overtnmed
the aauc.pan in his enthusiasm. "Here's
w here it is. Would you rather be my w ife,
or mv stepmother?" ,
"Joe!"
"As if yon Imdn't u.'eeted it all along,
rot little, demure kitten! Con.e, dou't
keen me in awsoeuse!"
Ife put bath hi hands, with a sort of im-
fierative temleriieas, en her two wrists,
ooking with his full, brilliant hazel eyes
Into her shrinking, ro -red, smiling face.
"la-l rrue g , Joe. ouick! The turkey is
scorching 1 amell it!"
"Not one ttop," was the firm reply.
"Rut it is homing!" cried Uuth, piteons
ly. "Oh. Joe. pica-'"
"Not until you have decided my sleatlar.
Yes or No!"
"Yes, thn, yon provoking fellow!"
Aud Kuth. highly resenting the kiss of
passion which Mr. Joe stooped to posses
7 ft 5
himself of, ran to the oven.
"It's burusikll I know it would be!" she
breathed.
"Not a hit of It. said Joe, critically sur
veying the royal bird over her shoulder.
"It's just beautifully browned."
"No thanks to yon '." said Ruth, petulant
ly shrugging her shoulders as she reeIocd
the oven, after ha.ting and turning its rou
terrta in a most scientific manuer. "Now,
help me set out the table, for I'm getting
dreadfully behindhand ; and what will your
father sav when he comes home from
church and finds dinner not ready'"
"It shall be ready?" said Joe, "solemnle.
"I tell yon,' Kuth, rou don't kno-.r half
the resources of my character as yet!"
"That was a proper good s-.rmon," srM
leaeon Obed Carer, pulling down the
brim of his fur cap to protect the extreme
lit. of his nose from the driving snow,
"flnvs. walk along straight, and don't be
loitering behind like a lot o' Sandwich
Island heslhens. Y es, an edifrin discourse
anples ' gold in pictures oi silver. 1 Co
w ish P.uth had a-heerd it."
"I hope the tnrkey'll be resdy when we
get home." said llosea, smacking his lips.
"Ynu needn't besfeard. I losy." answered
the sire, a-impl lecntly. "Kuth Skinner uti
riertlamW her !nsines as well as the next
o:n. She is a srirnn', s-.ixrt gal as ever I
are, and economical too!
The T!-.iikriring dinner wss ready a
culinary triumph a the rhurrh-goer c:im
i:. 1. Mining a whiff" of keen northern air
Ttitll them, and a plentiful powdering of
s:.ow on i'nrir broad shoulders. The lurk
liinirlf. brown, gli.lening and iiik luons,
lav in the centre of the hoard, wi'li wingi
tiieelv folded aad breast distended ritii
rroniatic sin bin?, while ringed rotiod Iimu,
:nivered pink and amber jellies, and i-rim.
sin cranberry t.irts hluhed throiwh their
1-ttice-work of puff-paste, w hile mince-pies
and pump';in, cntarl and suet puddings
sent up an odorous appeal to the senses.
"ftiith." said the deacon, mildly, as he
looked at the tnrkcy, and the thieken-pie
Iwvoud it, "yon're a cMd cook a very
rroinl cook, my dear. I wLh w o could keep
vou here nl'-iys!"
Ilut'i colored, and looked at Joe.
Jo s. t the chairs round the table ith
very riij:iccviiry tmpha-ii'..
When, toward twilight, Ruth pat on her
scarlet shawl and hood, protesting that
"she most go home," the deacon rose Bp to
escort her.
"Sit down, Joe," he said, waring his hand
authoritatively. "Tske your teat sgain,
J a red. You're not h in' but boys. I'm the
proper oue to see Miss Skinner safe ham!"
"I I would rather go alone, sir I" falter
ed Ruth.
Rut the deacon tucked her arm protect
ingly beneath the sleeve of bis shaggy, butternut-colored
greatcoat, and they set feorh
together.
"Ruth, my dear," said the deacon, break
ing a silence that was beginning to be cw
barraasing, after they had walked a little
siar beneath the creaktug boughs of the
snow-fringed hemlocks.
"Sir," fluttered, Ruth, softly.
'It seemed very pleasant to hare TOO to
our honse to-. lay, among theiu rough cubs
o' boys."
"Joe isn't a rough cub, please sir," said
Ruth, plucking up a momentary spirit, and
feeling herself color like pink cream-candy.
"Wall," said the deacon, aom.whal sur
prised at this unexpected partisanship, "I
ilunno but Joe's the best of tbe lot; but
that's neither here uor there. I was going
to ask rou how you would like to stay there
for good and all ?"
"I don't understand yon, sir!" said Ruth,
stopping short in the midst of the suow and
dark nets.
"To come there and lire to be my wife
Mrs. Carer the second!" exclaimed the
deaeon, beginning to feel unco .ufortably
warm about the regions of tbe nose aud
cheek-bones. "Dou't you understand now.
Kuth r
"Oh, sir!" tittered Euth, withdrawing
her arm, and trembling all over, "i can
not !"
"Oh, yea, you can," said the deacon, le
niguly, "1 know you're roung and inex
perienced, but I'm w illiu1 to overlook all
that, and "
"Rut, sir," interrupted Rnth, aco n-.lv
know in? whether to laugh or cry, "I I've
promised to marry Joe!
And breaking away from her escort, Ruth
ran away, through the blinding snow and
aleet, toward the far-ol rod light of the
Skinner farmhouse.
Ieacon 0!ed Carer walked silently back,
chewing the rnd of his own meditation.;
and from that moment to this he has never
onee alluded to his matrimonial aspirations
and their untimely blight. Kut the next
Thanksgiving Iay he ate bis turkey at the
hospitable hortrd of .on and daugli ter-in-law,
w ith a little cherry -checked grandchild
tied in a high-chair close to hia elbow.
THE SANITARY MARRIAGE.
Holes by Which Scientific Men VTouliJ
Cover. Oar Tonng People.
The day when true sanitary marriage
will become the rule is a lonjg way off.
Tbe need must be made more plainly evi
dent. In this country co nrodeveloclr.g, from
tbe Amalgamation of many strains, a race
wholly new to the world Our Imaii-graut-s,
as they Intermarry with those
who have preceded them, prodnce de
scendants of a quicker and more aytrrea
Mve mental type than their own. and it is
noted by Darwin that the bodies and
limits of thetie descendants are very no
ticeably louder tbau those of their an
cestor. During onr civil war the nnlforms
manufactured to fit the averatre Airitr
cati soldier including thoso of foreign
dencetit, though born here were found,
as a rule, to be much too long for for
eigners just arrived.
When we shall have learned, and
learneal to npply, tbe laws of proper selec
tion in marriage, our race ought to be
second to none in health aud physical de
velopment, and that means uIms intellect
ual advancement.
A wide step towards the needed reform
has beea taken by tis as a people, for far
more than ever before are we interested
In physical cnlture, upon which health ao
clearly depend. There is a promise that
it will yet have tbe hij-'h place in the cur
riculum of education that it deserves.
Our schools now, on account of the ab
sence, of a proper system of physical cul
ture, are constantly sending out into the
world young men anil women who, by
reason of their infirmities, never onght to
marry.
And again, our 111-ventllatod counting
rooms and factories arc generating an
army, the offspring of which must pre
sent every phase of bodily imperfection.
Tbe remedy for this is physical cultnra,
and the sooner it is recogniacd by all, and
particularly by our educators, tbe Iwtter.
Social reformers and philactVropista bave
here a wide field fur cultivation. Let
them impress upon our grcwinrr youth
the importance of healthy Itodicn, bar
uionirmly developed by proper exercise.
Young women, perhaps even more than
younr men, need encouragement to strive
to secure Itodily perfection by proper ex
ercise. They must realize tliat mere
lteanty of face, while it attract and pos
aibly excites the admiration of Fomo, does
not alone constitute true beauty, which
can only I founded on perfect health.
Another thing which young ladies must
rrnifmler:
No matter how richly natnrc has en
dowed them with outward charms they
can retain them only us lotiir as tbey en
joy good health. They may also be as
sured that beauty founded on perfect
health continues even to old age.
Xo one desires to aee Spartan Ism ro-
viresl in these times, but we may learn
valuable lessona from it. Tbe Spartans
worshipjied the lieautiful and useful, nnd
tbey took means to si cure them. Ilodily
perfection was attained by enforced, well-
appointed exercise. There wero but few
sickly men aud women among them.
JCone aickly were allowed to marry, and
all in health were compelled to do ao; if
they refused they were punished. Bache
lors after certain age were shut out of
the society of women, and once n year
were sh.'.med in public. Neither Itoys nor
girls were allowed to marry before matur
ity was reached.
This Sp-trtan system of marriage, pure
ly for tho welfare of the stale, continued
for 500 yeara, nnd during that time there
were produced n succession of the at roug
es t nnd bravest men and the most limit hy
and beautiful women that the world has
ever known.
There is n remarkable and raelf-im poised
family law which popitlnrly prevails, we
are told, throughout Ilrazit in relation to
m.-iti Iniony. it is resoRi-ized among all
the higher classes
Tbe man who Is about to marry is
required to furnish a certificate from one
or more physicians that he is free from
a disease of a certaiu character, and that
he is free also from all nigns of nny of the
diseases which are liable to be trans
mitted to the ofTspiing.
Not only that, but the physicians con
sulted must testify that as far as they can
learn there exists no reason to believe
that t he union will be other thau iu ac
cord with the laws of sanitation.
To Keep off Intruders.
A gentleman in this city bad a memlior
I of I. is faiuiiv nervous and t-iek. -.! to
' Hive intrri-itiii from the m ighlxtr put up
n sicu on his front door: w
"There's Mckuavsa In this bou.-e!"
A German on t he! opposite side of the
sttect bad hi wife dir. and taking the
cue from bis neighbor opposite-posted ou
liis fiotif luOi: .
"Tht-ic'a cicadnet-s la here!" Owtjio
Tiu.tt. - ar
LOVE ; IN ;LODGLGS.
"When I hired lodgings at Mme. Hamp
ton I had no idea that she owutd j
precious a thing as a daughter. - -
Not that it would hare made any dif
ference if I had known it. I bad become
indifferent to women; they interested me
ouly as a trivial iu study. I neither
sought nor avoided tlieui; those whom
fate threw into my way I placed under
my mental microscope, not caring much
for what it rerealed.
My indifference, however, did not arise
from any lost illusions. I had never been
lit lore, and it never occurred to me that
the thing was possible. I had been on
friendly term with blonde and brunette,
with the prude and coquette, the clever
and the designing; but I bad forgotten
their existence half an hour later. .
Mme. Hampton herself bad never left
her room; she was doubtless dying, but
she had been no long about it, and made
so little circumstance about it, that uo
one gave it a thought, it would seem. She
saw her lodgers, and arranged terms, and
sent in the bills; and yet the bouse and
all its appointments seemed to share the
order of the planetary system. - - -
The mot i re power was madame's dan gh
ter. I involuntarily pictured her, since
we always picture those who appeal indi
vidually to us in any way, as a coarse fea
tured woman. with "silver threads among
the gold," a face more or less wrinkle!, a
sharp voice, big, rough bauds, and a gen
ius for snubbing the servants and hag
gling with butcher and baker.
Ou entering the madanie's room one
day in order to settle my account, accord
ing t n the custom cf the bouse, I beheld a
slender being before tbe open Are, with
one tiny hand on the mantel. A lavender
gown tarned the knot of yellow hair at
tbe back cf her head, from which some
curls escaped, into pure gold.
Thero was an air of luxury and leisure
about her which was simply delicious in
view of the facta.
"My daughter," said madame pres
ently. ' Estelle, this Is Mr. Van Huy
sam; you hare heard me speak cf him."
Estelle turned a beautiful, haughty f aca
in my direction, bowed slightly, sniiicd
vaguely.
"Indeed, I might say I bave beard yon
speak of no one else." Plainly tbe eld
lady bad hceu singing my praises, and
the young one did not fancy the
tune.
I do not know what chord thrilled In
my heart at these words, in that soft
minor voice, capable of all melody of
terne expression, nor how I got myself
out of the room. A man who has received
a fatal bullet in the breast doe not recog
nize the sensation, for tbe reason that be
has never experienced it bfaXure; Le doc s
not know its import. " ,- .-.
We iuc-t often af tr this, always by acci
dent, it would seem, on the tti-ircase, in
the hall, and finally oue night I made so
bold aa to knock at the door of her music
room. Sue welcomed lue with bt-r
hatithty cordiality, if haugLtinesa can her
cordial.
Thero were three or four young men al
ready iu possession, but she plated her
?eat near my own, and while tha anon
threw out javelins of wit for the general
len' Gt, I received the lion's share of at
tention. This was flattering to myamour
propre. Bill still, whenever I repetl
my call, I had to wrestle with t handful
of younger men for the supremacy. -
I must confess tbax before I reached
this-point I bad been obliged to wrestle
w it b myself to overcome a prejudice. A
Van Iluysam in love with bis laudlady'r
daughter was an anomaly.
What would my family and friends say
to such an affair? With what eyesj
would they regard it? v
What would Miss Donglass think, for
whom I had been destined, but w hi Lad
leen a hobbledehoy girl of thirteen when
I had last seen her? Of eourse aiw would
care nothing for me; It would be a wound
to her vanity at the most; I bad never iu
tended to marry her; I had never con
sented, in fact; that bony, shy school
girl, with tho big- eyes and lank figure.
Lad never appealed to me; I had urvee
been able to forgive her for stammering
and b!::shing. Besides, there had leen
some rumor that the coffers of the family
bad snfTerod during their sojouru abroad,
ami that 1 bad lost sight of them through
their own nrglicertce. "
But a lindlvly'a danghtcr! The idea,
would wither all my acquaintances. How
ever, lovo n. t only laughs at locksmiths,
bnt. at r.nrrf'a relations. When 1 sunned
uiy.tlf iu list e He's presence 1 cared no
more for tho world's c.pinion. or for that
of any Viiu IIuysrrni but myself, than for
the iulialiil.mts of Flatland; but once
away from that subtle maguctisiu, tbeu
my p!?ft i-'ia-nged.
I - w a tnou-Aiid reasons for giving her
tip if cna c in lw said to give up what one
does tut (.ossos-t. Such a thing as a Van
Iltiysa::i marrying out of his sphere uever
had bt?eti kuoau Iu the family annals.
But how did titnow that Esnilo would
marry tic? To be sure, if I bad been
quite cer'.aln of that perhaps I should
hare ht-s-ta od aud proceeded further.
Tbe far-cfT. unattainable and dim is b-ar
to the soul cf man at least till it is bU
to take or leare.
One day. when we were" renting a new
poem together, a card was brought in.
"Tell Mr. Chester that I am engaged
and cannot ece tiim to-night," I overheard
bt-r icy to tho wrvsnk "Mr. Chester
does not appreciate our author," !:
apologized to me, "and I am no, s-lf-sncr:Cci:i;g
enough to accept him iu ex
charge for Browning."
It ccctirred to me at that time that
there were ether young men belrtnuing to
aristocratic families who had no fear ol a
ruesaiiiaiice with the landlady's daughter.
Although to lie fare they might le simply
amusing themselves, as gilded youth are
wont to do.
Ktelle would never go out with me;
she had no clia-eron, she said. I won
dered what my sister-in-law would nn
swrr should I write her to chaperon my
landlady's daughter to Ijohengriu, slio
who chaperoned only the very elect, so to
speak.
One evening the conversation drifted
into the subject of marriage. Mr. Clu s
ter ami some others were present aud led
the theme.
"I would marry the woman I loved,"
said Mr. Chester, "if she wero a beggar,
nnd my father disinherited mc on the
spot."
"Beggary signifies nothing," returned
another. "One would not nsk lias she a
dot, but. has she blue blood."
"An ancestral tree, iu short, with more
root - than branches," spoke a third. "As
for myself, I confess I should prefer my
wife to bclon;' to the impecunious old
families rather than to the i.ovenii ri; !ie.
Por Bishop, bow bis world came down
tiio:i bint when he fell iu love with .t
shopgirl, with neither blood nor bullion,
bis mother, csoecinllT! "But. Ki.-hcp rtood
to bis gtint; it must have taken a lot, of
plnck to weather all he did from friend
and foe."
"Yon call that pluck?" said Chester.
"I c 11 it obslinncy iu bis case. It. was
such an easy thing for Bishop to fail in
love that lie might have pleased his moth-
i a:ni given up the girl."
. 'Aiid what do you think, Mr. Van Iluy
sam?-' asked Estelle. :
"I? I think Bishop was a fool; that is
I mean there may be exceptional shop
girls who have all the refinement and cul
tivation, all the traditions of 'good breed
ing in the world; but Bishop's choice was
not oue of these. Sue was simply 1eAnti
ful, and he was a fool to allow himself, at
bis ape, to be hoodwinked, ao to speuk.by
mere flesh and blood."
"I quite agree with you," she said.
I could have bitten my tongue out when
I called Bishop a fool in fact, the whole
conversation had seemed malapropos to
me, and I went away with a sense of de
feat. But how could I tell her that al
though I might draw the line at the sliori
girl, marrying a landlady's daughter was
quite another Affair?
. Every day, to be sure, I made op my
mind that I would seek F.steMe no more;
that tla-' difficulties in the case were too
great to be surmounted; but everyday,
all the same, found me beside her, with
out sclf-deni.il enough to resign the infi
nite charm of her presence, and yet too
weak of will to accept all the conse
quences of such an alliance.
Y'ou will say that if I could thus judge
and weigh circumstances I was not in
love. I am certain that in tiir.e I should
have overcome all clistacles, that the no
bility within me would have got tho bet
ter of any meaner qualities, but evry
man's nature or temp-.Tument is iu a man
ner bis own fate. Had I not been quite
certain at this time that I pleased Estelle,
in spite cf her gentle hauteur, ir-rhaps I
should b.ive been able to overcome my
social .scruple sooner. -
A few wr eks later I was called nwny on
business, and it was a montli or more be
fore I found it convenient to return. Dur
ing that time I had written to E.-telle
more than once, without, however, re
ceiving any reply. Y'et I was sure that
she was mine, that I bad only to speak;
and I meant to speak fit last to spenk so
eloquently that she would not remember
the silence bud been long. -
I went first to pay my respects to Mme.
Hampton. ' -j .
"I have been "making my will," she
said, after a little." . . ?
"Your will, madame?"
.' "Yes. I have other heirs besides Es
telle, who may dispute it. They will con
tend that 1 nm what you may call a
'crank.' But I had a met hod in my mad
ness. I beg you to lie my executor."
. "I am at your service, maduine."
"Thank you. I leave tho bulk of my
property to Estelle."
The bulk!" I repeated. "You have
found your business remunerative!-" -
She chuckled audibly. "I have found
it etitertaining, enlightening," she an
swered. "It has paid me? Yes. I have
discovered who are my friends. I must
tell you tiiiit Ksttllc is net my daughter."
, "Not your daughter?"
"Ar? yon disappointed? " When h?r
father died r.broad, insolvent, I was t
band. We were both drinking the waters
nt some German sja. lying ago I had
lieen goi::, to marry Mr. L)uulas, her
fat be-." - .
"Mr. I) r-zlass''
' "Yet. 1 .n-s the nnrr.n offend yon? When
l.e d!iJ I promised to takv Estc-lleif 1
might t-ire her my nitrce ji:.d nmtiey.
Tiicrv aa literally nothing left fiMui the
estctc for fcor to lrr iton." -i.
"However, when I returned from E;i
roj e I reii.nitrl a pguaer, so to spealc.
Do you f tliowma? I allowed myself a
liUie iur1x.:.iirada; I deceived even E-teile,
but I base never Ueprived btri-f n. luxury;
even the Ince on Lcr handkerchief is real.
"She often marvels that the business 1s
so good. I bave held the purse, and she
has been Kind to work with me. But my
friends wtre too indignant at my misfor
tunes to lnd me aid. What business h.-i l
I to luse tho raney which they might
have inlieriUsi? And adopt ;i daughter?
"Thty wanted me to place Estelle iu a
shop Estelle! How I laughed iu my
sleeve! I am now about to retire from
business; the ui.ctnr has itdvi-t-d me to
make my will. You M ill lind Estelle in
the mnsic room."
I cum red the mnsic room " without
knocking, according to my Lal.it. Estelle
sat wit-i her mandolin on her lap, but
every chord bad been snapped in the last
stormy touch. -
"Y'ou hrsvo relnrred," she snid, smiling
as a ehoit ii-.;iy tmile.
"Yes. I h ive come to tell yen nhat
you already know 1 love yon. I", telle, I
bave loved J.u since I flr-t m t yon; yes,
and lcfo:c. I loved you lt!-f.ic I knew
l!:t vo;i ciisTed. It must he so, because
I l.;r ve :, ir lved till now. YuU do net
Joul t i- ?'
"No, I do net doubt it; I Vno-r th.it yen
love me. Mr. Van Iinysaiii; M.d I know
that y-ir.r love must be grt-nt. since il h is
eveic one n e.y cotlVtutiutul tl'i:ple in
j-our limi t."
"My dm liner Etel. I itn pure you
loved nie; it is that which ii.is j,iveu ine
couiaue."' . -
I wouM have taken her in my arms and
kissel that pel fret cheek n here the lose
was just beginning to blossom, 1-tiC tiie
escajinl me.
"Y'ou knew that, I loved yon," sho re
!ntr!. ''.Mr. Van Iluysam, I il.ii'i :,,'u,d
.confc--ing that t here whs indeed a time
when I loved yon U-tter than lifts. At
least, I lx-lirve so. At that moment I
thouuh' you loved me."
"I did, 1 do love you, Estelle," I t.io-tv-tfd.
"Yes. Then I would have loved you
forever.. Then I could have died, for you,
lived for you. One !.-iy I awoke. I "saw
tbr.t yon could not love me r nothing on
can h otiid keep you silent. Y ou did not
see how I suffered. Then my hvait broke.
Do yon know what it is to have a br.il.cn
bean ? It is to have lost, the pow-r to love
nny cu- again. I have rend somewhere
ihrt-a man never loves tbe same woman
t ice."
'But yon I love you. Listen, Estelle,
time will "
But she smiled sadly. "I thank you; I
forgive ; ou," she said. "I would love you
if I cub!."
And then tho servant announced Mr.
Cluster.
A PERFECT HOME.
Cood Words front a Pen X.aia Has n.
The most perfect home I ever saw was
a little house into the sweet incense of
whose fires went no costly things.
A thousand dollars served as a year's
living for father, mother and three chil
dren. But the mother was the creator of ft
home; her relations with the children
were the most beautiful I have ever seen;
every inmate of the house involuntarily
looked into tier face for the keynote of
the d.iy, n'ul it always rang dear.
From t he rose bud or clover leaf .wlrtch,
in spite of her hard housework, she nl
wfiys found time to put lc.-ide our plates
at breakfast, down to tho story she bad
on band to read Iti the evening, t here was
no intermission of herinflu. nee. She has
always been and always w ill be my ideal
of a mother, wife mid home-maker. If
to her quick brain, loving heart and ex
quisite face bad been added the appli
ances of we ilth and enlargements of wide
culture, hers would have been absolutely
the ideal borne.
Asitwas.it was thebcit I Lave ever
ct-ca. Helen Hunt. i -. -
- DUMPY.
Who was Dumpy? Ah, f at w:ii jut
tho question th it fvcryho ty a-keJ at
tiraudpu usliin's l ist surinii'-r.
l.ittlij Bes. a.s three ye.ir oil, n: f
she b.fl come to far.n wi.en tri-3 1: !
robin la;gan bj sing o;i th coin-r.o i, n i i
she was goi 114 to st ty until th 1 .t np;.': ?
was safely stowed away in grandpa's cel
lar. It was rather lonosotiie for tin little
girl since there) ttvra no child: 0:1 very
near, an 1 tirandpa Ciishiivj wn al.v.-y
so very busy, sin-l gran Inia was l.imo n.i.l
had to stay in the hou.i3 almost ail tho
time.
Aunt Del loved Bessie dearly, nnd fiho
wouUl have liked iiotiiint; better t'l.in o
play with ln-r or tell ht-T i.torles a.l tin
livelong d ty ; LtH Au;it D.l w:is a
s.lio il tea- her.
Bess thought nt f ra! it wotil 1 bo trrprit
fu.i to t'O to sciiOol, hut a ti.T she ii 1 I
trie 1 it once bhe c-iir'.n 1 her n.; : ! i .
sin.' h'l I to sit very si. I', an 1 t'ie s !i!.n s
ali stare 1 a', her so Iit 1 that he wo :1 1
rather stay at liorm w.th gr in ita 1.
KiTint i.jes trrrtilt.i tiolc i 1 r to liii
wllli him, and it' h v.hs n-it ill a h'irry
lie would K t her lriv -oid J 'ohl'i'l, wJio
Was not a very f.is';y hn.'S".
But tliis irt not U-lliir vou pbont
Dumpy. M10 was I' s-ie'h pl.iy mat ..) I
that b.-i snmrriT, fM:l the Strang .-'-t p irt
of it all w?f, that -.r p. !on- ti iio nolo 1 v
t-lstri saw Dumpy, mn 1 you shall hear l.;v
they fo'iti'l out who Elie was.
Auntie r.imi home on no-n an-J went
down into the oi-.-hir-l to lln-l Bess.
Ira idpa h til 'it 11 swing under the io .v
applo trees an 1 Hess, wrts thou tr. iiir to
getaway. When !-he.:iv Aunt. D I co n
iug. she let kiltie go and ran to meet h .r.
"Isn't my littlo girl lotuso ne '.' ' s i:J
auntie.
"No; Anntia Del," answerol Des,
"Dumpy ir here."
Of coursj Aunt Tel thought filie meant
the kittie, so she sai !.
"V11at di 1 yon n.ii Dumpy do?"
" ih, we swinged, an 1 I s-. in :e-l high
er than Dumi-y,'' said Beras, us th;y
w-nt into dinner.
The nest thn-' prandpt wn! to rM
and B rj was jiut into t'10 carriaij'j, she
called out,
T.m t Dumpy go too?"
"Who is Dumpy said gran Ipa.
"Why, Dumpy, why 1 phivs v.iv
her."
"What does the child mean?" sail
Au'd Del. "I h - ur 1 her talh'nz p.l. tit
Du.iipy the other day, and I thou ght a'.m
meant tho rut. '
".-hj's Topsy," aapwcrcl Be.:.1?, indig
nantly. But LT.indpa couldn't s'op so oT 1hr-v
went, and Dumpy was .0 ott -n Ly til
but lios-t.
They swun together in the rr -lnr l,
and when sbcsil in iur li'tls 10 r on
th" p itch with gran luia. she woui i say,
just as grandma olt.-o .-ui 1 to'h r,
Dutnpv. 'ou must net ror k s- fast,
'on'll (all down Tce steris and Lw.iko "cu
netk."
Crandtaa wou'd look in 1 'hi for
Dumpy, and Bos- could 11 4 b hit vd to
tell who -.ho was, for -he elrd not s in to
kn'-w much ah.iut it fcxc.-pt t.iat it wis
l.Ml I !.''.
Oiv; hot d iv in .Inly '.li 1 ri d .: hcpin
to gather in tiie sky. and th sain a , I
shin n.r, and pr.-tty s oti ;t:.ni iiu 1 l..-t 1
her little giri coining up iro u thi s.ior.
crymT.
"ibiuipv's iroiit, wept Heps. 'V'h, diati
i:ia, I ta i t li:'! 1 my Danipv!"
diau inn wru ivrv s'ury far her, leif
how C till i the help to iin I lo r "i '11 o y '
unless tho kiuw i ho h ,r "lu :.py ''
was ''
Jhe w-?nt into the be Iron u t, ? t l.,-r
a pi pp.-; n.int, ari l spied ihr ,:i-h
windo -v the minister coin'm.' ur, i.
t he
Iho
fr nt .tnor, so slie hurried ou In r !..- t
and went oito (he pirlor tos. him. i
an I
hoi I '. stan iin in the middle of
lloor waiting lor ner p -ppvnnint.
I r-.-tly s 1 n a litllts curlv head
was
pushed in at the parlor door, and Bssie
callel .
' 1'se foun 1 my Dumpy, (Iran-ma, ehe"a
ia ou' he Iroom
ita idina to'd the minister, nn-1 I pup
pose he must have told tttjuieitody else,
br people bi'uan to stop a-i they "p-is.se. I
the house if B.-.-s s-Uoull La s vs ia; 11;- uu
the '. e, an 1 ask her,
"I low is I liiui y V
And P.es would s:!iil and siv,
'-!. ."a ...Mir I I .1 ... it .." :n.
. ....... ..... . - : . " , niiii tx
hake of hr curly head, "i'uini.y'ij jtitty
laiiirhtv.''
v. ... L 9 il,... UI, Hill) il
nauL-j
irandpa ussd to heir her tali.hi; bv
the ho ir to Diiiupy.mil 11 -iii.er i h.eii
H'.r child, tlo nor i at wou'd be in s''it.
A ft-, r she fou.i 1 ouL that O itiipv w.i" in
t'u be-lr ii)in k'i used to pt iy iu tli..-ro
rainv .1 iys, mi 1 tle-u she l'?-n to tell
what Dirupy hid 0:1, a t h:e sasli, or a
Mhite ih s.-, o.-a dirty ip.-jn; always jo-1;
uhat f'.ess hers -If wore.
In- day she had hen ill-rat '.ire l a'i
tlay. .s e was cross to Aunt Del wt.e;i
Ed.e ilr- -.s- I l.er iu the moriiin, and t-h j
died ail the forenoon bivaasij Du.npv
wo'il l'nt ro tint of doors.
After 1 'inner ir.m tma Cushhi ro. ke 1
her to bleep an 1 laid Jn-r'on lier be i,
hoping th it when she awoke she would
be po d natnred.
In the roo'ii w tsa little low mirror lo
foie v'l'.iudp used to sit to feh'ue; rn I
when grandma caino to dress M;s.-i -sli
fo and irer Klan lln; on the lb tor Ite.'cr )
lt.iii Ipa'sghLss, an I th'a was wh it 1 he
heard.
"Dumpy, h is V.i been a naughty liil
toi ? Di I 'ou drau'tn i p it 011 t t lie 1 V '
and 8he seowled enl shook her li. g-r at
the relei tiou iu lii ; -'ias !
Oh, ho a- i.M- uid.na laughed ! an 1 when
A nit I 'el came ho in j she laughed toj ;
aud said,
"1 wo -.tier ve never noticed that
Da-epy always did just what Bessie, was"
llo: il LT.
Alter they knew so much of tho
mystery they soon ouesm--1 why Dumpy
oal 1 never no out oi doors uu e-s Ih i
puu sho e, for B-.-ss never ta:k.-d to
Dumpy unless she could see her own fjt
l.Ute Buadjw 0:1 th- rass.
1 KartU ami Atmosphere.
Il" it were pfissibli! to rise ah tvo tho
atmo paere w hieh surrounds the eart h,
wo s.io.il i s -e not liiuz but uu int. -ii.se and
shapely deline I hall of lire, wiii e every
thing 'ls would las wrapped in total
darkness. Th.ro could he no diiiere n-j
of hrlit without an atniospheru ur so ur
nimilar tnediaai f ir it to a.-l n;to-i; h i., if
tlie air around usoxien led U a h -i r it .if
if It) miks, t!m rays of tli ; sun coui-l not
p-Mi 'tr.tle it, and wo should b.' 1 -ft hi
tlarl;i:ess. At t he de,tt h ol 7d J f -.-l in i!i
oeean the li'ht ceases alto etli r, one
half of the li.iit ln.'in aos. trite i in p:t.---inz
through auvuil lout of the pure.-t
water. , ,
Boston is raising a new Jin on
count oi ihe nude urt.
I.aly vi-itor, in p.-tft mtiary : Y.'h t
wotil 1 bv-ijineni yoi, poor man, ii' y.-1
sli ml 1 the iu ll.ii , i.-i.el pl.u-e'.' l,i .'.
fiti' I lo.i. tet-.n-'r: The w luh u Vi.i
11. e tohai io uu' s.-ll ine to tho t .r.;,
mum.- Jl o.
Youti' Inly: I am 'oivinr 1 (hit
Algernon lov-s tie. Mriitiiu: Ho i'i i.o
toi sure o. ir, de.ir. ii.u m.i ; -s
to 11 li so? 1 have. mti-.'. that I it :' In
l.e ps his i-y.-s tuu-t usily ti el oa IU
u.o.to, ' Ciod bi.j vtti ilj.ne.''
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