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EHENSRURG, PA.. FIUPAY. JANUARY 18. 19.
NUMBER 49.
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aud prertnttnic thi. aniojina:iruplaint. whiW
tiwv ahiu owl all disorders tit thn atonsavh,
mlmuiat tli. liver and regulaw the boweia.
i.rca it they ouly ourej
Ache they would be almoat prtu.liw to thoaa
who .utTer fnm thia diKtreMui complaint:
titit f irttiiuUely their Roodnrne diea n cad
Iuth. amlv'hom. who mr try thvm wiU ftod
tlie-- little puis TahmMe in fui oia.y way tfeat
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U th bane of ao many Uvea that bm la whre
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t a arc. a Ijttli Lrvxa Puxa are vary .mall
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Ie:. U. 134. m.
The Teacher
Who aJ vised her pupils to strengthen
their minda by the un of Ayer'a tiar
aaparilJa, apiurecuwed the truth, that
boUy health in i&tial to mental
viuor. For persona of delicate and feahl.
conatitution, Uethor young or old, thU
Hiediciue U remarkably Ueneficlal. B.
uro yuu set Aj tr'a b-trsaparllla.
"-v!'ry prt!f an.l fall I take a num.
HV'V oX Aer ' Srsapiu-illa. and
i-oaiuiuu, ijloiu bata. JI.
xv;Vk 'Uei thl"'" Ay' Sarnaporilla
with Ki-.;at 1-uettt to my general health,"
3li.,. ihu 1 Crtrax, l'aliujra, Md.
"My duu-hu. twelve yeare of age.
AJU affcrtd ior Um ixtst yar from
General Debility.
A lw Wftlca since, we b-rna to (rir.
her Ayrr'a S.irhMpunUa. lltr liealihhaa
crtaily improved." Mr. Harriet ii.
fatties, South Chelrn.ford, Mass.
"About a year ao I b-can ntng Ayer's
arapttlla aa a t-mwly for debility
una unuraitia rcMiltinir from malarial
x!Kure iB the army. I wan ia a very
"-"n'tuion, but Nix bottlea of theSar.
i' n 4. ' wl,h "-faional donea of
have priatly iipBoTa my
. !i? Vow " '. and feel
Ayer'
health,
that X
" , too uiucU for vnur ej
?l4uu,-u.t Mo.
exoxi lent
a. bouth
year old. Is
aith sood f-
iJretLre,. .yrauam, u nitej
' ; J. ttrahi
"""en uuri.il, .
".I suterl from
Nervous Prostration,
Wn !;"",L1;urk -Jacbw, and bar.
and Jiu ".tt-fiii ,h D.ow year
' A veri k rt,0n- 1 Poured a bottlS
Ayer's Sarsaparilla,
Frtell botCcas. WarUasaaotUa.
ti a n ii mmiJ
HEAP
HER REVENGE.
"ITow pretty your ronsln ia! Tanl
r.oelyn i-id, la ily, to Miss lrthaIay,
ca tb y atool in a co y corner c a
crow.Kd saloon watching tio d.-un-ir.g.
V," lerttia repli-il, ber eyej fo!
lowinT a little tinro ia blup, oa-cirT
wiib tae keen enjoyment and rest thi t
rumi only to the very younjt. -lie wid
Im jirelly when her "manners are more
ferrae.1 and eh. get over her hoyden
tiUa '
'1 Two a torn-boy Rirl," mi the reply.
''Mini, I don't man a fast woman.
Th.it is dimply d-'testabld ; but a girl who
i-i nmural and Las the ircah viracity oi
youth."
"l on will find plentv of frosh vivacrty
in 1 Ua," iVrtha replied, dryly. he
is rather overpowerini; tu my taste,
tb'M! h 1 love hr dearly.
Thon a rutvtacheHt, perfume. 1 exquid
ite claimed .MLt May for a gallop, and
1'aul Kotslyn u left al ne in Lis cor
ner. A t.Ul, 1 rod-choTilderel man, with
a f -.ce of faultier regularity of fenture ;
lar-je gniy eyea, whose c!or chanp-i
wiih evi ry emotion, and a languid tuan
ner, that suited well the alight, very
fcii-.it, drawl in his voico.
The litne npnre he was watchinj? wns
nft.t unlike the stately blonde with
wliom he had been conversing, the
dauaht-r of his hortew.
lsa' elle HnntU-y waa neither blonde
nor brunette, having a fresh, clear com
plexion, largo brown eyes, and a profu
sion ot short, nut-brown turln, that
nestled elostly round her shapely little
head. Hie was Biuall and thin, being
r.t the aye when scrainess is lully de
veloped, and. her movements were far
t O "ropt for inc. ; yet she was pretty,
too, as sue lilted her great eyes to her
p..rt ner's .face an I revealed a row of
in Ik white teeth in some Liusl.iiig re
mark. When she sat down near her aunt.
Paul sauntered across the roo n ami
ccuiiueniM'd a conversation with -Mrs.-
May, whi h led, he hopetl it would,
to an introduction to "my niece, Miss
Hunt ey.''
"This is our nearesst neighbor, Belli,"
the laily sai J ; "so you will meet him
oiten tli id mmmer. ' And l-lla, too
entirely tim-onscious of her selihood to
be ba.-hful, held out her gloved hand,
and wave Mr. lCosdlyn a schoolgirl's grip
oi Wcl. ome.
Mrs. May left them together, and I5ell9
opened a ton v. rsat on i.y inioriu ng the
g nt e nan th t stv knew all alout liim.
o rrply loilowini this startling piece of
iu oi. :itioii, she added:
lirtha drove me past your place
yester.'ay as we cams Iroin the d-pot,
and tLe told iiic you had just come Iroiu
moiKi be atise your lather died oh, I
did not uu-itu to say that ; please pardon
iu if I hint your teelinjs."
"Vou did not,' he taid Hlowly, watch
ing with lazy admiration the quick
eh.tn.;t'9 of tlie expressive face.
"I thought lio awfully jolly it must
be to own that loveiy housx an 1 grounds
and i!o ju-t as you pleas;. When I leave
j.-h.K.l l'vit got to teach, you know, in.
he city ; so all the country I ever see i
wh it 1 tin I in vacati'.-ii when I'-ertha has
iiieloMi here. Ii. rtha is very good to
un" bhe a I led, init fully.
"Is h- V" quebtioued L'auL amuse J at
her r.mkne-s.
"Awful y !"' with a great Bigh. . 'I've
got no father nor mother, only I'ncle
I- r ink, and hes in China aJid.Auut
May. 1 tit I'eittia tries to make up in
vu tion lor the lont somene-w th rest
f ti e time. Why. do jroa know, shrf
jae ine tlrs party just to ploase me ?
1 do love dan. in."
"v i 1 yon waltz now?" said I'anl ; and
i i a n.omenthe ha 1 taken a place amoii
the oan. rrs. an.i was wa'tzimr with thu
e y srace mniun that is po.ue
luxury t one who loves cLairin; ior
own ake. . ir .
Aic- r tlfe waltz was, over he 1M hrs
pait er K a i le covered balofJUyVrtiere .'
ti.py p i-d np and down in th u miner
s'.ailiht and chatted of many thm-js.
; ornethin in the frank, bright vivacity'
oi i'ell.t Huntley bad a ereat charra for
M e wori.l-we.tty man. who ha-1 traveled
ihfoi g'u the I est eociety of two cout
iiu'nts. and ha 1 his heart .till bis own,
th.' ujh It had lt n badly bruised and
iiiiii.-tnred in ltis thirty years of Lie "a
warfare.
Tli y tnlkM of pirures, an 1 I'aul in
vited i'-ella to view the collection h hud
liroubt from alToad ; ot look-, an t he
prom s-'d her sjuie not procurable in
ti is country; of music, and he Lad on
"l'.i nrd'' that nobody opened.
Iooking bark, after her head presscj
the p.dow, Kell.t wondered if there was
-ver au.-h a de'ightful party and the
walk on the J alxny, the so't ey s of
i aul I oslyn. nere cert duly not prom
incut in the delights of the evening.
And he, smoking a ciicar in his lonely
library, yawned and vote I all parties a
"bore,"' "country scat gatherings wont
"l u the city one can escape on plea of
ano'her enza ement," he thought, and
tiiv n Ma musing took anoth. r form, and
h. on. lii.led that he most marry and
8 jtle down.
The home of Mrs. May being separ
atd fro'ii that of Mr. Rosslyn by ordv
a sliiiat iron fence, it was but natural the
voung nmn . honld tin I hiiu-elf o:ien in
lis ii-i'h!.ors grounds Htro ling under
th-. re 8 in th morning, playing cnjriet
in the a:ternon or .semi jii.taiiing
nion the pon-h by mnoilight. And the
sound of hi- low, musical voice, th niht
o l.is handsome iac . grew to be vLingor.
ou:y pleasant to I'-ella.
He Lai read d.-eply, ha traveled
iruich. :nd the girl, as th happy days
lifw nlofg. b-farue so much more fdato
thnt 1!- rt .a noticed with a keen pang
ihti dawning woman hool whose source
.Ire t-uw only too well. She mw tli
-irdess dr. as tie ominjf th sub ect f
rhiiuty tinwh, the brown locks careinTly
i;rUi ieilof bem co i b -d liastily
t. t .t gle as thoy would, knors of ribtxm
t .-d tin ! r Know y ru 't where has-ilr
Hned collais were bfor. Ijovin h.'r
lutle ro.i-iu, lie tremble 1, knowing
what a sensitive brnin and heart she
rarrted nn '.er her brusk Baannem. And
th- wan of the w r.d Mu.li-d the frank,
exprasivo lace to see how he co. I I
i:i:.ke :t tlusli an l br'urhten by bis prai.se
or drcon under Lin uis ipprov al o? a nenti
meu. vt vvn a riblon. II- like 1. to
tv tc-j ti haniBgro!or upon the round
ei.e-.., th i ai-h of inLstiness of the large
eyea arJ tlie quiT-n of the n.si ive
ro ith : an 1, Wiugof a thoroughly self
ifh nature, he neter thought of the
x n site delicacy of the instrument
ti:at ai.swtrei ao qukkly to Lis lightest
words.
l or, in a s'ately K-hion, he was woing
f'eriha M.y lor his bride. Mie was
h i dsoine, would be wealthy and would
preside gracefully over L;a house. So
oi.e uioorliht cighf, wnen thev eat
aione c t the wide baii-ony, he asked her
to U hi wile, ntnerof them serins a
little w hite rohed figure behind th la- e
fund th '- - room win low.
l'elta's heart seemed to etoj as eiia
beard the proposaL In a secoud the
chi.d was a woman, a woman r. orned.
C lcar . s a 1 e le tame iiertha's voico :
" i on luieUken, .Mr. lioealyn ; I
am not r.da."
-1h.:U!' with a light Iangh, "why
aurelv voa do not imagino I vtiah to
mrrry that child ?"
-hti is lo. Many girls marry at that
ag."
lieai and Initttr school jirl ? Ttu
years from t ow she will b a glorioua
woman ; but she is a mere girl." '
i et you have wooed ner as a woman.
"You mistake I 1 never wooed her?
8nre!v a man of my age may talk, to a
child of hers without misconstruction.
Dut you, liertha, vou surely have read
my heart more truly."
"I read no love for me there," was the
qui t reply, "and if there were any no
echo lives in my heart. We could never
be h.rppy together. Mr. lIoaHiyn. The
memory of my little cousin's wrongs
would prevent "that."
He tried to move her by well-acted
pathos, but she was firm, and he left her
at last. Whdo bis etep ati 1 rang upon
the walk a little figure glided through
the open window and crept into IJertha s
arms pobl.ing, but tearless, a tierce, hot
an.er burning the whole nature.
"Ucrtlia, he did tell me that I was the
only one he ev-r met who thoroughly
filled his id-a of perfect, t-nder woman
hood. He -lid! He taid be said "
(tears came now.) "Oh ! what has he
not said to make me love hint ? And he
loved you all the time."
"He loves no one but himself, said
Pert ha. all her gentle nature roused to
in ignation. "He is not worth one tear,
lMla." , ,
"l know. Eat let me cry, Bertha, Icfr
me cry."
Tenderly Bertha held the little figure
in a close embrace, now and then press
ing so t kisses upon the tear-stained face,
nutil the passion of grief has exhausted
iUself, and the child who is a child no
more aft r to day rests passive and ex
hausted in her arms.
The autumn comes, the holidays ara
over, and a pale, quiet girl goes back to
boarding school, wiiere I ucie Fr..nk
pays all the orphan s expenses and pro
poses to make her a teacher. Two years
glide along, three, and once more ielia
lluntl-y is her Aunt May's guest. In
all these three years she has never been
to the old house : but lkrtlia is uiarne l
and in another part of the worl.l, an 1 ber
aunt is lonely. ts Bella co nes lor a
Ionit visit : in fact, this will he her home
until wedding belis ring for her, too.
ior Uncle Frank is dead, and ik-ha need
never teach, being heiress to tlie large
fortune; the bachelor uncle has luada in
twenty years ot trade in t'hina.
The years of absence had changed the
impulsive child into a woman of raie
beauty, of a ouiet dignity that suited
well the tall, well-devcioted bgure and
statuesque regularity ot f. -attire. The
clustering nut orown cnrls had lout none
of their waving luxuriem-e, though the
tresses that, unbound, fell far below
llla's waist were gather .tl away from
the low, broad brow, and made rub.
ma-sea of Curls at tho back of tuo preny
head.
When I 'aul Bosslyn accepted Mrs.
.May's invitation to a social g.-therinr to
welcome her niece he was wholly unpre
pared ior the change in the girl he had
totally forgotten until the nor recalled
her namo. He was not a nmn given to
demons" ration of feelia-g, but lie could
not rcprei-s the admiration in his eyes
when he bowed in acknowledgment oi
Bella's greeting. Memory i.roujht him
fleeting vision of a thin, yawky girL with
great brown eves and a frank, br.ht
face, clad in the simplest of mublin
drer-ses.
lU?ahty brought him a tall, beautiful
woman, w ith snowy round ar i s and
shoulders, upon which sparkled costly
'jewels a tall, graceful figure, clad in a
ahirnmi-ring lace covered ailk, with
'masses of curls cau.-ht by a diamon I
Marred comb, and t.ny hands With glit
tering rings.
The frank face, the clear, ringing voice
were gone, too, and yet the low, ex
quis.te.y modulated tones could leave
no regret for any memory of fiiftVrcut '
ultra
lrfore be realized the fascinttion that
held him, 1'aul Kosslyu Was conversing
as he rarely converge I to nmn or wumau.
The quiet immobility of the oveiy lace
roused hi in to etlorts to stir it to anima- -'
tion that quite destroyed all his haoitual
languor, aud he dropped the laiut draw l
' to try lo interoat lus liateuer iu hiniiii
an ! -ub;e.-ts.
When 6he Fmile.l a Btrane thrill of
pleasure rtirred his heart, en I wnen aiie
se meiab tractei he experienced a throb
ot iiaiiintm.-Lit that was a new licusa
tion in his pevled hie.
ior, with tlie one exec plion of licrtha's
rcfuaal, 1 aul liad met no ruoulls in his
ninny flirt it'ons at hom-j or a'iro i i.
With tlie facility thut can on'v Mten-1
the utterly Reli-absorled nun,' he hai
won sihy hearts and thrown tueui aside
till he tielieved his handsome la and
tender eyes irresistihie. He w as not mr-pr.s.-d
when, alter the first nui. t greet
ing, lie! la gave tokens of pleasure at h.s
approach, entered rea-lily into conversa
tion with him and chose h.m oiteu in
crowded assemblages ior her escort. - It
waa a gay season, and the ht-iress was
iuvited to all the meet.ngs f..r young
people, in doors or out, ani 1'aul met her
constantly.
He had held his heart bound by its
own selhshness so long that he did not
realize how it was sipping away Iroin
him till it w as gone p jt reea.ll. itu a
Khoek he wakened to the fact that l.e
loe I Liclla Huntley with all the lorce of
boy is i impuine, all the fervor ot' mat. ire;
years ; loved her utterly, without thought
of her wealth or jos tion, but for tue
radiant beau;y i her face, the rare, in
tellect and w inning swcetacss of hex per
fect woman !k 1.
Aud wi.h t.ie love there came little
fear. He was wealthy, master oi one of
the fin st estates in .New i orit, hand
some aud oi good birih. More than alL
in those past summer days, he hai won
Bella's love. He was sure of that now,
t .ough it had troubled him little at tlie
time. Vsu.ty whisjiered thut bho hai
come to win Liiu now.
.-o he was not a despairing lover, who
on t ie same balcony w tiers he had
crushed her young heart three years be
fore now pleaded ior its love. Headed,
too, as a man pleads for life, r'ot in the
measured wards with which he had
asked irttia to be his wile, but in burn
ing, fiery -loquenee taught by the Ixrst
sincere love oi his hie.
An i Heila listened, turning upon her
linger a circlet of diamonds that . ashed
Jire in the cold moon.ight- When iie
ceased to hp-ak, words as told as drops
of hail on glass answ.-red him :
''1 hree years ago the love you ask for
was all your own. won by your false
words, your lying eye. The child who
heart was your toy for a summer day's
sport never questioned your f-ineeruy.
and put tas tro-a-ira of her love :n;o
your rareless keeping; never thinking of
treachery. It was her first experience
ol pain when site) tore that love away and
lc 1 1 it oiT with her poor childish miht
till it dropped, faded and died.
There was contempt and worn to
wither it, and only a few tears to ke p it
gr.-cn. it died utterly. It can never
. revive ag. in. I came to ex it a new
love in iujt Lart would palo, if brought
wiihin the influence of old associations,
and I have proved it stronger, truer,
happier, by contrasting it with what you
Oiler."
"Then you Lave played with me I" Lo
ied fiercely.
"I amused myself. Three years ago
you amused youraeif." -
With an oath I'aul Kosslyn etrole
away in the moonlight, and a hot tear
chopp-'d upon Beha'a diauMmds.
"it is a poor revenge, atter ail." she
Raid, toftly. "f.eon, I will forget him
now jn ; our love your love, jpvca bt-
lore i ua. .a ,.e-ir. s, your love, t.mt h s
co.iquere I and obliterated all the heart
pangs I su.lered on this balcony when i
was o.ly a girl I"
A DELICIOUS SURPRISE.
Althou -h of mature age, I bad fallen
eo oooipletel Into my uncle's power as to
ive him the most aisoiuie ui-.;osai oi
:ry hand. I was brought up mot un
wisely in other wor-ls. with expect etiona
and cons'Miiiiitly I was good for noih-
j else but to Weep on expecting.
I spent taaiiy yeara as a walking jrec
loinan of socie y In London, and mar.y
more in wandering to aud fro upon the
Cotitiut-ut; but at lergth. when uetually
witl.iu hail ol forty, I found myself with
.iiy legs oneo more under the tnaliogany
f'tl e AtUc;.:puai,and with nothing to pay
.or tho good things otKve it but what
.ame out of the pockets of a tough and
ioinewhat peremptory old man.
He had uever Inifore insisted upon
riy mnrrvins; but thj reason was t at
In had rVuiuinud In consUiat eipoeta
t on of tbo occurrence, taking placo
ti.rough my owu connivance. Indeed.
It had been his business for many years
to intorp -So gently between me and
tho citastrophe, auggesting now tliat
I uid not know enough of the lady,
aud again that I knew too much, and
so forth.
The fact is. I had never been with
out expectations of taking a wife,
always voluntarily abandoned, until my
llr-t crop of jcray hairs appeared.
After that the uiTileulty was on tho
siae of th lady: and I was at length
so much disgusted by the unreasonable
ness ot th sex that I determined to live
aud die a bachelor.
Just at t:.is time I received from my
uncte a letter which waa short and to the
purpose.
'Beak Nephew: lam glad to hear of
what you call tho vacancy in your heart,
lit, you will thus have no diiTieulty iu fal
hiluig my wishes and obeying my (solemn
injunctions. Vou have promisod several
time-, to marry, and you must now do so.
I have never interfered with your choice,
aud you ar not to interfere vvith mine.
i'ho widow and heirevsot my old com
rade (ford..!i Is hi the murket. Our estates
run into each other iu such a way that
you might comprise tnent both in the
same ri g fence. S'le is a healthy woman,
ami not loo young ; and the arrangement
is that you aro t Iw luarrinl nt th or.d
of her year of mourning, if sin tan funey
you. Yours affectionately,
"jOBX All'RCHISON-."
If she could fancy mo! The widow of
old Gordon, and a healthy woman Indeed !
What a horrible description!
There was no help for it. It was neces
sary to turu my mtlitalion from the lady
lo the estate, and. if I thought of tlie ring
at ail, to laiicy it within a ring fence-.
But the aliair could not lv slept over
any longer, and I set out for my uncle's
seat. having pre-ou-ly Signified to him
my full acipmsieence. in his plans. In
duo lime 1 arrived at the littl town of
Set nan, distant only a lew miles from my
Ue-unation.
It was here I beard and with cni'?l
su Idciiness of a cucu instance connect e-'l
wan my im.-u.lil whi.h ma.lo me at first
deu-nnir.e to rush back to London, and,
if necessary, lake to Rtret-sweepiiig.
authorship, or any other desperate I e
Kourve, rather than marry that Mis. Uor
iiou. 1 was passing a half-opened door In tho
hoti-I, when 1 heard a f-malo vnnn ad
dressing a child iu tho terras of wise -n-
de:iriueiit Consecrated to the lUing gner
ation.
"It bhall go. said tho voire, and o
It shail, to .ts own cran granny gran
iiyiua to its own own grannyma. thit
it shaiL a it hnall won't it.' lo ito owu
Grannrma Gordon.
'1 t.e next minute, in reply to ray hurried
quesujiis. my fears were conlirnojd by
the laudlord. My In'-e&Jcd old and
healthy t.ndo wa an at.sol-ite graud
luotl.cr tlraii Jmother Gorton
I had i'lten-t-.'d to go it tn?e to my
iiitcle s. I. -at that r:as notr impossible.
Mv agitated mind ndt-d repose. A
night refl.ftloi: were necessary to a. ui
ma with sunieisnt philosophy lo meet tho
destroyer f niy peace, and. cr.cagiiig
a bed nl tho inn. 1 wclil oal lo wau Ui
tne rv.i' I. ri3g wood.
'i he J.-.al:iy vvas not chosen without a
motive, f. r 1 knew tt.nt fro.ii The summit
tf a'l..-.v l. ill a mile -listar.l I should 1 1-
ta".:: a vi -nr f ?'han Cn-irt ar.d 1 felt
that, if ai..iiniig could rcor.cilo ne to
l!io id ;a l h-j h il'.hy old widow, it
wo d I t-r thf .p-rctacleof her oiistt ;.ited
iu .usj.in sai-1 Ir. a park which was a
e:-v paradise of beauty.
Lvery t-tep I advan-d rfconciled me
mow a:id more to ttieold lat'y. and. when
1 t-aiv ibe Itaiications ot trout in tho
fctreain. through tho trees, I waa moro
thai, t-v.-r iuteiil.
But just at that moment a sound broke
upon my oars, which conjured up recer.t
fbsa.rre-able associations, it was the cry
of a child.
My iboughta at once turned to hale,
hearty, long-living grandniotherhood
Visions f canes and sr.uff-toxes rose to-
foro my eyes, everlastir.g eouglis rnttlwl
in my ears, and, wors.j than all, tho
glances of matrimonial love from the eyes
of a g:ai:linotlier froze mv blood.
How difTi-rcui was the scene that met
my eye as I turniHi tho cornerof a clump
of trees! Tho infant I had heard was
King on Its back on a grass knoll, fight
ing up .villi its little clenched. Cst.-;, and
crowing, as the nursemaids call it, with
ail Its might, whihi bonding over it, with
eves hrimfal of love and laughter, poking
it tiny with h-r fingers, tnalchm
v.il I kisses from iti brow, and sci.ing its
iieeii with her lips as if t!ie would throttle
it, ktiolt a young woman nud such
young wnp.in ! a woman in the very
pnmo and glorv of her vcars.
I d.d not think Mio could have eon
quite thirtr. Her bonnet was King on
tiio grffw, and her disheveled hair lloating
in dark inaMeH over her shoulders; but a
bright radiance was on rn r qiiea-tuv brow.
just a a voice of poremplory command
was heard iu her light, joyous laugh.
There was a fearless eelf-possi-ssion In
her manner. hucIi as years ti:icradd to
Hw femiuiun Boftne-ssof youlh, aiai her
feature, originally moMe.I in wax, were
now as llrm.yi-t as exquisitely fine, as if
they had beau cut in semi-transparent
marMo.
The infant suddenly rolled down the
knoll, crowing as it went, and the la.lv
(.trolehed after it - in vain as she knelt
till the nionsured ber wholo length upon
the sod. B'-fore she could get up I had
sprung from my ambush, caught up the
truant, as It 1 iv hair smothered in tlie
daisies aud the buttercups, and prp-nt-d
the prize to the flushed aud startled
mothfr.
To describe the conversation of such
fas.-inat.ng woman is iui possible.
frihe was not a woman of society yet
she was perfectly well-bred. f-he had
spent the greater part of her life in the
country, iiivigoralitig Troth miud and
body in the pure air of heaven, visiting
town occasionally, and thus she was
enabled, with the assistance of books an
the general litnaire of the day, to ket;
pace with the progress of the world.
I do not know how It was, tut our ac
quaintance seemed - to be ready-math
and, having mentioned tny uncle's name
fehe had lio dULcifr presently in lenieo.
beriu; Lis respectable friend,' Mrs. Cor
ilon. - '
Vou know Mrs. Gordon?" said. L
"Yes."
'What!' Grandmother Gordon
"Yea." ... w
. Jf ow do yt'U hko the Indiv Mual ,
I sympathize with her. for I. too
And. breaking off with a sigh, she held
up the fairest baud in the world, so as to
show a widow's ring.
1 now cav that she was a widow, a
young and charming w idow, and that the
in ran t was Uie pledge of a Jove cxtin-
ruished by the grave. Sho was free, and
was about to be chained for hie to
Grandmother Gordon !
"Come," she 6ald, with an angelic
smile; " I see you do tot like my venc-r-
a1 lefriond, but lam determined lo recon
cile vou to her. Khe is a grandmother, it
is true, and therefore not so voung a she
has bee:, but she wears weil she 1., In
deed, particularly healthy; and thm, if
you form a friend .hip with her, it is
likely to lart for many years."
" Tiiat is tho misery of it, said I. "If
she were but like other old women if she
wore but subject to the common diseases
of grandmothers my faio might be en
dura! le."
"Your fate! What has that to do with
Mrs. Gordon's longevity?"
" I am only going to be married to her
that's all !" and the absurd announce
ment was no sooner out of my mouth
than the fair stranger broke into i-a!s of
laughter, which, to my cars at that u.aua
picious moment, sounded like the sereaaiS
of an evil spirit.
" l'ardon me, she said, endeavoring to
compose herself, I am far too giddy for
- and tho widow klseed the orphan
child. But tho idea or a marriage be
tween you and Mrs Gordon is so ridicu
lous. Y'ou appear to be a martyr to cir
cumstances . but has the old lady given
ner consent I
"lier consent? Oh. lt her alone for
tha. There 1s no likelihood ot her re
fusing me. and If I relume her, I may aa
well hangmvscif"
"Why think ft such an alternative?
If you will not allow Mrs Gordon to en
rich you. there arc fouunes In tlie world
Still to lie mad.? by tlie Industrious '
"Give me a motive, cried I suddenlv,
" and I will oolh dare and suf!er ! I can
not do it for so oor a meed as fortune;
but place In tl.e distance something
worthy ot my efforts, something rlcit
enough to toward them something "
What?" she said, innocently.
"Love!" cried I. Id despeiation, and,
before Mio could prevent me I hnd caught
hold of her hand and oii.othGrod it Willi
kl-ses.
1 spont several hours with the lovely
widow ami iaw-clearly saw that only a
little time wa.s wauling to enable me to
gain her affections and then 1 LaJo hor
adieu extorting a promise that she would
not communicate my arrival in Mrs Gor
don aud I hat w hen 1 called at the Court,
she would see mo alone that I might
have an opportunity of telling her w hat
had passed between my uucle and my
self When I arrived at my uncle's I found
him tn a very bad temper as he had ex
pected me the day before and matteis
were not mended when 1 mentioned the
misgivings i Lad on the score oi dutueslio
liappiries
D -ruestle flddlestlcks I" cried ho-.
Wliat mie would youb.ve than a good S
estate and a good wife a hialthy woman
to ixrf.t C 'in of a long wind-d race, and
as likelv as n.t to lay v' beside my old
friot.d Gordon She Is a grandmother
already. D.en t that look wf-ll" You
do hot think hex too yvung'r" end the old
gentleriun grinned white I pave vent to
a spasu-udie exclamation ' Then what
dlsliiit.s you about her mora especially
when vou tell me that theia la a vacancy
in your heart But here Comes a Utter
from the Court " an-J tearing open a large,
oidd.ishioi.ed-looklng missive presented
to him ty a servaiit, he read as
follows.
" Mv Deaii Sib I am told that tout
nephew has arrived, and a t'y has been
rej-orted t:p-o laTorabiy hy :. who Si.w
him yesterday, and on wliose tasto and
judgment I can rely. I am tempted to
say. with the Irar.knesa of irv chara-.ter.
that 1 shall be happy to tuake his ac
quaintance. I atn truly irratefui f..r the many
o' iiging things I am told he nld of me,
ar.n 1 hope oue day ot other he will find
11. cm al! realized
My dearest grandchild 6flrd a kiss
to you both, aud, with best regards, 1
remain, as usual.
liBlNDMOTDEB G0ftr05t
"hero'" cried th old gentleman,
with odious tri'iruph " Th-u Jr a
tp'.nt for you ! Why you dog, jou will
te as hM pv as the tiny is long '"
I scarcely h.-ard Hm. for my thoughts
were r-ro-vling i-jtteily o-er the ticach'-ry
of the beau'ilul w-!jow. She had hroken
hT proiaise and sht- had icr.doied my
posiiiiii. a th'sanl times more erabar-ra-sir.g
i.v persuading the w retched grand
mother th---.! I I. ad I ee.-. sucli anas as to
say complimentary tilings about her age,
ugliness and inlii m.t;.s. It tran clear
it.at the was a jilt, that sho had only
t-t-cii laughing at my admiration, and
that she was liow determined to extract
further amu-c:nent from my calamities.
I resolved, however, to die game.
Telling lay uncle that, though well ac
quainted with Mr. Gordon from report,
1 desired to see her personally before do
cidir.g. 1 threw myself on horslack aud
galloed straightway to the Court.
It had I eeu my intention to ask for
Mrs. Gordon, but the wily widow was
on her guard, for, o. the door opened.
I beard her call to tho servant in hor
silvery tone :
Show the gentleman In ht re.
In another moment I sood once moro
In the pre-souee of tho unknown of tiio
forest.
You forgot your promie." said I;
"you n.ako u s; f tl of cuy raisory."
Wh::i coul 1 I have said when ques
tioned?" inquired she. sweetly. "Eut
hat misery do you allude to the misery
of carrying a grandmother?"
' Yes when my heart is devoted to
nnotl-.or. But it is needless to talk to you;
joa are ns incapable of passion as a
sta'ue. You could never have loved
even your husband 1"
"Y'ou are in some degree wrong ; still,
I was so young when I was married
only sixteen that I looked upon my hus
band iu ro as a guardian than a lover.
I was not quite se euteeu when I became
a mother.
" Is ii possible? That Is not a great
while ago."
Greater than you perhaps suppose;
for a sound constitution and salubrious
air are apt to lead to mistakes. Would
you take me to bo well on toward thirtv
tivc?" " What became of your child?" ied I.
suddenly.
" We all married young In ottr family."
replied the widow, banging her head. "It
va3 my daughter's Infant.' she continued,
looking upat me with the most beautiful
'tish that ever lit the cheeks f a
t.rl, which you restored to tne yester
day from among, the daisie and buti ta.
cups, and 1 nm ti-andmother GotJou."
During a .in id lecture that wai
being dehvcrol a sb rt time since in a
certain Bad i oal constituency, a rtner
auiu ing incident o-t-urre 1. A number
o, forms had been placed on eac.i o'her
at the lack of tlio hall, and on them
s -ver-1 yo uh, ha.1 taken up their j.x-.i-tion.
(mj ol the for os ws pnsiied oi t
ot its plac; an i fell on to tin floir, mak
ing a great noise. I he chairman got i p
n l lwian Ic i what all the noisj was
aoo.it. To his ,ue ti .n a wag in the
audience answered that it was "a mere
m.dter of lor. ii ; w Hereupon the t h ir
iii.m a.so a bit of a w;.g r. ni irkcl th.d
tl.ey did "not wiali anv lucu-e suth in
lo.iaid j-rociv Jings."
A WOMAN U.V'.
"Yon won't marry me, Ida V
"Sn, I thintt not. I in qu.te sore not,"
added Ida jiorny, after a second or two
of hesitation. Uuy .liardwick looked
earn stly at her.
"iiut why not?"
I don t love yon, returned the 16
year old damsul, w.Ui extreme frankness.
"Ida you are crueL"
".so, i a.n not. At least I don't mean
to be cruel. Oh, Guy! what mao you
fall in love with me? We are having
such a nice timo out here playiug cham
pion cro juet games and getting up tab
leaux and charaies an l goLog oa picnics.
And now it's all spoiled.''
"Ida, " sud Guy, passionately, setting
his teeih toitethir. "you are a mere . hild,
Yoii hav--n t aa idea wh it love means
apart from chocolate creams and now
tud dresses," h added bitterly. "What
made m j fall in love with you Because
I couldn't help it. And now you re I use
to give me back so much as a heart-throb
in return."
"And i can't help that," retorted Ida,
naivety. "Bon't look so cross, Uuy. You
frighten me."
"Because I am in earnest. Ida. Try to
think of this as a woman should. Try for
once to lilt yourself out of the trivial
world that surrounds you, and tell me
from the very depths ot your heart if you
do not think you can love me."
little Ida Moray began to cry.
"I don't want tj love you," she sobbed.
"I don't know wuy I should get married.
I'm very happy as I am. Mamma Bays
it is tnueeno igl; or a girl to think of rua
tri Qony wh -n she is twenty-aye yaara
old. And 1 am only sixteen."
"There," interrupted Guy, bitterly,
"that wdl do. I looked for an ocean of
deep, solemn Bweetn -ss in your heart, I
find but a shallow, pool, redacting back
the shadow of transient events and
that is alL Good-bye, Ida. Forget that
1 have mads a fool of myself if you
can '."
And he strode away, biting his lips,
and tearing at his lon black mustache as
he went,
Ida looked after hirn with quivering
dimples an i scared, velvet blue eyes.
"1 dou't know what he means," said
this little, half-blossomed bud of wornan
hoo I, to herself. "I'm sorry I have oi
Bn lei him, but I couldn't help ill"
And she went back to the hotol for her
hour ol gui.ar practicing, feeling a little
bewildered and a little regretful, just as
6he did when her pet greyhound ran
away from herl
Just at the entrance of the laural walk
a wild, siavan spot that ov rlooked the
blui gleam of the lake, llorteiisia Carey
net Mr. iiardwici. A tall, Juno Lke
woman of thirty, with soft, swimming,
Oriental eyes and a facj that was a dream
of beauty in itself !
llorteus a Carey had coma to Silver
view . ake to get a rich husband. Hor
trsnsia like 1 the ardent young Southerner
and slid didu't like 'that insign.ficant
little mite of an Id Mornr," and Hor-t-nsia,
snugly shielded behind the trees
an i i-us'ues, and hear 1 every v.-or 1 of the
declar tio:i of love aud it's refusal .'
"-trike while the iron is hot." said
Horiensia, to h -rselL "There's many a
heart caught in the rebouni and why
not tiny Hardwick'a .'"
So she glid d forward with nptnt-ni?d
eyes shining softly beneath their long
lashes.
'Mr. TTardwick, are yoa ti. Yo t
loo's troubled!" oho muxmered eympa
theticallv. 'Troubled!" he echoed, moodily.
"There's not much in the world but trou
ble." "An 1 you sy that! ' erid Hortensia.
"You! .Nov, I, who am only a woman,
might c'er it with rr.ison !"
t.uy lxkcd into her Cleopatra face.
Strang that ha never before anew how
beautiful it was.
"V'illyou' -e my arm down this steep
hill?" said ho. "And tell tie what you
mean by those la-t words ?"
Hort-'nsia knew bow to avail hcrsolf of
the po den t.ds of portun.ty. Guy
l.ardivii-k was jurt in tae mood rhct a
rian wants relief from himself. And
t i'S upshot of it wrj that Li invited L-r
to go out ri-vin-. cn the la'3 a .er suns -t.
"Jon't : -'.i tue, if there ia any one ebe
you j refer," sighed Hortjnsia. "I a.u
siocusto md to put myself in secondary
position "
" i'hei e's no one Tt wool 1 prefer to you,"
said Guy, slowly. "o tma, at least
now."
"ot engaged!" cried Ida Mornv,
dropping her croquet mal ot. "Guy Hard-v.-icic
cii -ed ! 1 don't believe a word ol
it!"
"I saw the ring myself on llortensia
Carey's finger," said Mrs. Opp nw.:l.
iie told me, ;7ho's proud o'"it, and w. .1
rh may be, f-r Mr. l.ardwick is by ad
odljtho Cn-st young follow at the L-':e
tiu-f seasoi. I don't quite like llortens t.
but the ij very handsome. Ihev wdl
ma!: a splendid counlo. Ouick.'ldi?
the r.re waiting for you to play it is your
And I la gave her ball a thnmn witb
the mallet, vitally damaging her p rtn rs
play, rud not in the least knowing what
sue w alout.
she w ent home and looked into hex
mirror.
"Yes," eaid she to herself, "I thought
so! I in oulv a litths insignificant creat
ure, w th pala cheek, sen. less blue evei
a i l hair like flax! Miss IIor;enda Carey
has eyes hke black stars and the heirht of
a .ujeii. i-ho s worth loviu' hot f
di hit think Guy would have forgotten
mo so sojii.'
An I then Ida began to cry, she didn't
quue Know w ny.
"I llruk I'm tired of Silverview Lake "
she sai I t- herself. "I me.tn to w rite to
L nele 1 hcodore to come and take me
home. I suppose they'll be married at
o-ieo, and ,.im Carey won't rotu n to
er.nont at all. I wuu t go to tho wed
ding." Oi cours3 the contemplated nuptials ot
the wealthy Southerner and th? beauty
oi th se.ion made plenty of gossip an I
consi lera di sensation. It found its w y
mo newspapers, no ono know bow
(except perhaps. Mi-s Ilortonsia liersci.h
iv p uicrs 'ottcl down the number of
.ii.si tarev s dress -s and jewels, the pro
nii.T oi iiir.nsan is p-T annu n
which constituted the bridegroom s in
..c o t ii.j.iriiMs siipi rn iarc ar'i
aily appeared on the front ptgo of i.iC
i-iiisiraie.1 pajHirs ol ibe day ls the Biide
ui me reason.
Guy .,vas indignant enough but II r
t.'nsi only laughed.
".Never "mind, dear Gin'.' stid sh
1 . . r .:n ..... , -
. vy,..c win iaih. ana, alter an, lUey
. ii-ii any uarm.
an o.io icauiiiai aummT morning
.-miss v arey s seat at the breakfast UiMe
vacant an t scarcely bid that f -ct
uee;i oisei va t w hsn some one cried out :
v ny, i.eneral mcent is gone, too
i u. iciuat.lv it was awkward for the
br. le-gr o:a el -ct. Still more so wh-n a
not ', s i.t from tho nearest post o . ice,
g-.tvohii.-i to understand that tin low ly
II T.onsia h id given back her heart tc
the gc.ienl.an ancient suiter of hers, w hr
ha I r .cently fallen heir to a largo fortune
in Cuban plantations and Jauiaica spico
woi Is.
l no noto wa prettily worded ; it con
veyed Bent! mental regrets to Mr. Ilard-wi.-k
that tLo futnre they had coute up-lat.-
l t titn.Tusiu-Iy cotUa n.-vor ttn re tl-L-ed
and jfraj cis f ir iar J-Ai iu tbs fluuiw
of low ! . . . . - . -
Guy set his toolh together, bot he
ma le n- com nf-nt. He took his fatt as
it w s dealt out to him ! Nay, porhrtps, in
his intiost heart bi felt some thri.ls of
relief that ho was iorever separated from,
ilortcnsia Carey. For he had some time
since made the discovery that he did not
love her as a man should love the woman
whom h means to marry.
He sat th nking of these things Us
head r 6 ing on his hind, his eyes fixd
wi;h Lnl-ni.e moumf'ilnea on the far-oJ
bine mountain on the further shore of
the lake. As It changed be was si.tina
oa tho very spot where, two mon.aa
since, he haf met Tlortens'a when the
laurel bushes rustle I softly at his 6ide,
and Ida Morny's msltin blue eyes shoa
into his.
"O.Guy! Iamso-ry! Po sorry!
And aha burst out crying.
"Sorrv, Ida? Nay, keep your kindly
ey m path v for those' that need it more,
he answered, somewhat bitterly. "Am I
not better oil", by far, than if she had
married me ? Ehe did not love me, you
see. otody loves me !"
"Guy, th-t is not true."
"It is pretty well proven !"
She came n-arer to him, with burning
cheeks and glittering eyes.
"I love you, Guy."
He looKed up suddenly and then let
his eyes fali again.
"Love, little one? Love? Y'ou do not
know the meaning of the word."
She drew back trembling and sobbing.
"Y'ou give me my heart back then,
Guy ? Y'ou do not cars for me '."' she ut
tered. 'Vtod knows, darling, that yoa are the
only person in the world for whom. I
really ever cared."
"Then won't you let me comfort you
now '.' Won't you let tne take her place ?"
And looking into Ida's eyes, Guy read
the truth.
"When I wooed yon before, darllna
you Bai I 'no,' " he whispered.
"But I have grown into a woman since
then, Jcarest."
So they were married. And. I sun-
pose, 1 might a Id that they "lived happy
ever afterward." ior Love is the key
to all happiness and Love folded hi
silver win -s above their nuptial altar.
As for llortensia, she was ncn ana
that wad all she cared for.
PARTED.
UT u, I wouldn't allow it If I were you.
I think it is outrageous!"
"What is outrageous, Fanny?" and
Lucy l-lliot raised her calm blue eyea ta
htr cousin s face.
"Why, the way Ralph Lei and Is act
in?. 1 saw Li ui myself to-day on the
etreet with May Wallers."
"iv'ell, I den't Sfe an ything outrageous
in a gent em an appening to meet a lady
on t ie street and walking with her."
"Happening to meet her !" cried Fanny
indignantly. ' It's very strange how often
Balph Leiand happens to meet May
YYait- rs oi late. But it's no use of talk
ing to you, Lu, you take everything so
easy. One would" think you didn't care
whether ialp i Leiand was deceiving you
or not," and i auny llounccd out ot the
room.
Not care whether Balp'i waa deceiving
her or not ! Lucy F.Uiot looked down at
Balp.i Leland's engagement r.ug spark
ling on 1 er finger, and hor calm blue
eyes st-emed to light up su Idenly and
return t .e sparkle of t e precious s:on;.
Aa ! Fanny little dreamed wh it ICalpU
Leiand was to Lucy. She had given . itu
tlie first love of her heart. No; Balp i
never would deceive Ler. S!ie nad heard
agr.it many stori-s about lis at ten 'ion
to M iy Walters of late, but s.ie was
lLilpli s proiuieed wife.
Lucy's thoug..ta ran on In this strain.
Presently some one entered t .e room
and crossed to w ere ehe wns silting.
A nan i rested gently on her Lead, aud
an airy voi ; s lid :
UA peuny lor your thoughts my love."'
Lucy's . bi?eks wer ? like two ros s as
she looked up and met the bright, hand
some face ot uer lover.
. ioo 1 evening, "i.alph ; niy tlougLU
were of you."
"In n they're not worth a penny,
Ln -y," said i.aip'i, earnestly.
W1. at was it that ma e Lucy 6hiver
and the brigh: pink fade fro n her facj ?
"Won't y..u be s ated, BaJph?'
4-.'.ot this evening, lu y. I've ma Jo
I mean, 1 have some LuMiiess to attend
to. I can re uain but a few minutt-s."
After her lover left her Lucy sat for
some minutes with ii-r unn fo.ded, ga
ing into the tire. What terrihlo icehng
was this which came over her ?
As she rose from her chair her eves
caught a wnite paper Butt lay oa tna
floor, she pit keu it up. It was a folded
sluet of note p iper. A few lines, traced
in a delicate hand, met her view, and
she read t ieiu in a glance:
"Dkarest Balph: If yon love rne
better than her, you will Le with methi
evening, at 8 o'clock.
May "Walteiu.' '
Neither moan nor cry escaped Lucy's
white hps as she read those lines, she
etooi for a minute aa if turned to stone ;
then, looking up at the chcit on tho
mantel, she hastily left the room
It wanted a quarter of s, and in a few
minutes Lucy bal on her hat and cloak,
and was hurrying in the direct.on of May
Walters'.
A lew minutes' brisk walking brought
her in sight of May s noma, and s.io was
not a moment too soon. he stood still
as sho 6 iw-her lover approac.i and run
Lchtly up the steps of May's dwelling.
"she watched her lover until he disap
peared within the house ; then, turning
an ay, she Siowly retraced her footst -ps
boinewar I, with that feeling in her heart
that only tuoso wao have loved and lost
ev.r know.
It was evening. Lucy Billot sat ia tho
Bime room where but last nigut the
parted from l.er lover.
" 4xe you here, Lucy ?'
It was Balph Leiand who asVel tbo
quest on.
- iVs," came in Lucy's quiet tones.
All, Fanny told me I would Hnd yon
here," and he crossed over to where she
wa6 sitt.ng. "Lucy, I received a letter
fr-.tn you to-day, and our engagement
ring. Wbal docs it mean :
"it means just what U 6ays. I want
mv freedom 1 give you back yours."
"But, Lucy, you give no reason ?"
"it is woinau's prerogative to change
her in in I when she pleases, you know.
I ao not care to give you any other
reason," and Lucy Laughed lightly.
".in 1 j'ou are sure, Lucy, you won't be
sor'y lor w hat you have iioneY"
" udo sure, Mr. Leiand."
Balph Iceland drew a breath of relief,
and in a few minutes more he is w uistr
Lnj merrily ou his way to May Va.ters.
'Tticy patted as all lorcr part
Kkj w lib her ron j'd and brooking heart,
Hut he, rejoit-iog to ho free,
lioumU like a captive from his chain.
And willfully bllieelnc sha
llatb foiiDil her liberty again; 4
Or, if dark thought w ill cross bU mln
Tuc a.- but clouds before the wial.,,
"I nos'r want no rubbish, no fine
sentiments, it you picas--'," said tho
widow who was a kod whit kind of an
epitaphshe dfsir'i Lr her l.tto nusbaud'e
toiub-toue. "ia.t : be 'hort aud fiuii.le
something like tLu: MViiiiam Johuson
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