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NOT DEAD" YET"! VALLIC LUTTRINCER, SADOti'i i'Ma ur TIN, COPPER AM) SIIEET-IRitt WARE a su rA jiooriG, Kepectmily Invites tne attention or bis Iriendt and thepubllcln rreneral to thefaet that be Is still carrylnn on business at tbe old stand opposite the .Tloontain noan. cDensnonr, and 11 prepared to (apply from a larwe stock, ormanafactarins; te Or der, any article In bis line, from the smallest to tbe largest. In the best manner and at tbe lowest Uvtnv prices. jOT.No penitentiary work either made nr sold at this ei tabllshment. TIN RWOFINd SI'KOIALTY. lllve me a eall and tatiriy yuurnelves as to my work and prices V I.t'TTKlIStJKK. EKnsburK. Ai rll 13, l$83-tt. VMWff. Oft r r-r I. h-fn -a.Tst J.Am M. (.onitMht.l ! ..v T - m k fur mm. Hrdr. tl wjrk. All i. i i-.i MKkn ' v 'Titer, i t.st. fdrniBbit, sp vtTi!.iMr. rt!l r-IUMf liniC PAiii It I LAi.- ll.kl.. AKirr tl rart, 1I.MJ1 A U. ItiklrU.!. MAlMV. rKHE FREtMAN U the tnruft ppr In North X Ce.mnr.it. Ixin't lurueili. m we u. i nr b, tt rm 'fkrh y.rg.ii Ji.My ,4.tv t. rum fMI e f lt iny t it., a' art, mud ail M yoa f on. h- il su ir., - ! tt.-c. lit -ar (exrt off ! vmerlom. .u mt ..,.--- ail hune. ariv. : :J..tt? a.fsen fjaj oths will iie pots an 1 pan; ths tia tiling r!-;- b-jjVUy. Tho c-a c&a scour , 13 S - . 0!!3 JJLIO: viio .. 7 j r? rv . LOVE'S FOREVER. Then must we really part forever?" Some rashly spoken word hud chilled her, And scornfully she turned away From tho soft speech whose potent sway Hod evening after evening thrilled her. Responsive to the plaintive pica That certified hU heart's endeavor. She glanced at him disdainfully. And, cold as rolls the polar sea, Her voice pronounced the word "Forever V A sob! A moan 1 With leaden feet From the veranda he descended. Trod ruefully the murky street Praying to And a winding sheet. And whatsoever wilu il bleaded. " This woe must cease V be said, then laid Bis hand upon a dagger straightway ; A gasp 1 A shudder t Then the blade Was poclteted and tracks were made. Back toward the cruel maiden's gateway. A font rushed out, four arms did lock As If they never meant to sever, A simultaneous labial shock. And twenty mlnutea by tbe clock Bad marked the bounds of Love's forever. I Boston Courier. COURTSHIP. A Glimpse Into a Paradise Where . ah ia Sunshine and Love. The Diffident I-over, the Confident I-over, the Sodden Lover and tbe Lorrr Who Always Does the Right Thing- at the Bight Time. When Tom, Dick or Hurrj s?ts out to court his Angelina is it "of malice prepense and aforfthontrht," or does it all occur on the spur of the mo ment? It has been a much discussed ques tion, and one to be di verse lj answrreii as long as there are "many men of many minds. Each girl believes nhe knows just when she made the first impression; but the truth is very often the man himself cannot tell when the seed was planted nor how it germinat ed, and is surprised to find that a full blown flower is abloom in his heart, sweetening and brightening the whole world for him. There is certainly no royal road tc success in love. It is as impossible to lay down exact rules of procedure in courtship as it would be to apply math ematics in calculating the probable course of a butterfly's flight. Even as the wind "bloweth where it listeth," so the lover's emotions vary and change often against his will and better reason. The man who is very sure and calm in his courtship, who has no anx iety and is not sometimes assailed by doubt and wretchedness, is, obviously, not very deeply in love. Certainty and quietude may be the aftermath following marriage, but they are surely foreign to that anxious yet too brief season which precedes the period of bridesmaid;, minister, congratulations and a wedding tour. There are men who. finding them selves interested, pluuge into a court ship as a diver takes his leap into the waves. He comes up breathless; but the very force of his nrst effort has car ried him far on to success. He loses in delicacy, but succeeds by the very odd ity of his way, or perhaps, because it is the unexpected that happens. To this type belonged the stranger who, traveling west with a slender ginl grad uate from Boston on her way to take charge of a school, proposed at the end of the trip that she should teach him how best to live his life, rather thap the children how to spell. His straight forward assurance had its charm, and she cxenmged her pupils for a hus band at the end of the nrst scholastic term. Others approach the point of proposal as a sens:tive patient would take a proscribe! sea bath when the north wind has chilled the waves. They ad vance to the very C4lge, but as the bil low rolls up to their feet, they, afraid of the shock, draw back only to again udvanej as the water recedes and, once more, retreat precipitately as the breaker returns. So with the dilfident lover. Who so brave as he when away from his fair? Who so determined to his f te? Hut as the moment ap proaches when he must "put it to the touch nod win or lose it all." his cour ajoebbs away, and he thinks: "I'll wait a 1 ttle whil-j and make more sure." Lucky for the man if he can at last find such help as Dorothy gave her lover, who for ton long .year tried weekly to propose, but always became fright ened und turned the question into some thing else. At length in sheer'desper ation, she answered: "No, I woan't be havin' the loan o yo nag; but for the Law sake, Oba diah, if yer want to marry me, wht doan't yer say so?" Then comes the man who, as grace fully ns the strong swimmer parts the waters, progresses through the intri cacies of courtship, and arrives at the desired haven of acceptance safely and surely. He is eomm i faut in every particular; he does the right thing al ways, and invariably in the right place. His attentions to every member of the famdy, from grandmother to baby sis ter, are j :st what they should be. His intentions are perfectly plain and so are those of his lady love and of all her kin. He, she and they know that he will ask, she accept, and they approve; but it is proper that a certain sem blance of the-young-man-in-love and tlu.'-young-girl-innocent should be main tained; so Angelo does all that Is requisite and at last proposes with iust the right amount of ardor and uncer tainty in his voice and words. Ser nphlna behaves to perfection blushes hesitates and is coy, as is incumbent upon so fair and modest a maiden but, finally, sweetly consents, "if mam ma and papa will approve." These self-sacrificing parents, having long ago determined what a good thing the match will be, magnanimously give their permission, and all "goes merry as a marriage belL" From these three kinds of courtship there are many variations all of them pleasanter. perhaps, than the examples given for Tom, Dick or Harry, honest fellows despite types and rules, follow ing out their own theories, and believ ing that each one knows more about his own particular Angelina than any other man has ever known about any Other girL He tells himself he is not silly enough to be frightened or bash ful or awkward; he is well awaro of just what he ii going to say and where and when he shall say it. He thinks. . too, that he can bo pretty certain of her answer (or he would not le so foolish as to ask), though, if she should make some few objections, he hopes and be lieves he knows just hv to combat them successfully. So he lays out his plans while Angelina sleeps peacefully, dreaming, most probably, of him; aua he retires to rest in a state of pnpreiae self-satisfaction and is likely to have visions of some other and hitherto for gotten girL . " The conrtskip begins and prospers somewhat slowly, as courtships will when- carried on beneath alien eyes; but one day he calls and asks her to walk. Happily they are suburban and natural, so Angelina absent s; she is lovi-ly and liUt-head jd, Tom gallant and gay. He knows of a path inarv mantio piece of woods, a lovely bit o forest with fallen trees and broken ridrea anil a purling, winding brook a little oasis of nature left in the desert of advancing civilization for ju.t such hap py pairs as this. They talk of the last dance they attended in the winter; he tries sentiment, but she insists on re calling the incidents of that evening in a very different way: "How very pleas ant Dick Darcy was, and what a d-'Ii.'ht-ful dancer! his stW-p quite suiti mine" which was not what Tom planned at alL " How can .he make a point while hearing his rival praised? In the midst of her chatter about the delights of the past season, she steps on a root running zigzag across the path, and hnrts her foot. Instantly our swain is all sympathy and piiy Will she not show hiin w!i?re t w;;s hurt? No. of course not; she could u l do that. and. besiiles. how woul 1 it help the matter? Then he sighs and wishes it was her rounded chin or pretty hands, that he eould make them well by an old recipe his mother had when he was a little child. She, never thinking, asks what it is, and when he says: "A kiss," the exclaims: "Oh!"' and trips on ahead of him. blushing furiously, but feeling pretty happy aft.'r all. This enis'xle was not in Tom's plan, but he thinks it a' good one and be lieves he has scored a point. They eome to a fallen tree; this Tom had reinemlercd. and given it a promi nent plaee in his proposed campaign. He would hold her hands an l help her over and but the girl vaults lightly across unassisted, arid Tom says sjtae thing rather bad under his breath as he thinks that there was a fine chance lost. They walk along in the cool green shade until the brook is reae'uHl; then he gallantly puts his foot into the shal low water and tells Angelina to step on it and so pass dry shod. Itut she spies a piece of rock and makes a step ping stone of that, declarin that t-he could not think of crushing his foot be neath her weight. Tom looks at the slemler figure anl springy step and laughs at the idea of her hurting him, but groans inwardly as he thinks of this being another planne.l episode gone astray. The only results are a wet shoe and tne bottom of his new trousers badly dabbled. . Angelina is sparkling as the sun shine, as enticing as beauty, good health and warm heart ean make her; but Tom's courtship lixs not progress. She is a very will-o'-the-wisp along conversational paths; as be seems near ing the desired point, she is oil and away on some oth-.-r line of thought. He follows anil tries to take the lead, but with the perversity of her youth and sex, she avoids the very thing she most would have, and will not allow him to say one word even verging on sentiment. At length Tom lapses into monosyllabic replies, and looks as he feels very downcast and a little gloomy. She watches him furtively, and begins to take a less hctrtless tone, lie is quick to see the change, so maintains his despondent manner, letting it gradually harden into auster ity. As he becomes severe, she softens, until, declaring she is tired, out, she throws herself on a green knoll, spreads out her pretty draperies and prepares herself to be proilialeii, coaxed and courted. Tom feels instantly that his chance has come, and, honest gentleman that he is, shows his joy in i his face. He throws himself down quite near to her and falls to praising her dress, her hat, the fit of her gloves, the dainty chain around her slender throat- It is only the bg'.naing, and soon love makes him cl.xiu-vit, th'Ug'i his heart is beat ing furioui.y arid he has forgotten every speech which he had prepared. No matter;" her heart beats as last as his and every throb plead for him as he speaks until at last he draws her toward him. lifts the drooping head, takes one long glance into the soft brown eyes an l lets his lips touch hers in tho fin,t kiss of love. His veins throb, and, forgetting himself for an instant, he holds her so close and tight that she is frightened and begins to cry. Then he feels as if he were a criminal and pets and soothes her iuto quiet. They sit there long, hand in hand, saying little, onl feeling that the su preme good has come to tuem and that life is very beautiful. So it is that some men cou-t and to some women is granted the mou of an exquisite association of bhie skies, green woods, mossy knolls aud running wuter with .their hearts' bright his tory. To all such the face of nature is forever tcatified, for it is hallowed by the sweetest recollections that lielong to the glory of youth, beau'y au.l love. Some time ago the question was asked of many writers: "What is the hap piest time of a woman's life?" I'erhaps if thy had answered truthfu ly they would have said: "The days of court ship, whon I was wooed by the man I loved the very best." For, though dearer and deeper joys may come, thero is n--thing so beautiful, so joyous and nat.:ral ai "Love's youig drcain." Lee C Hardy, in Once a cvlc SUMMER SOCIETY NOTES. Tuerk are families living in liar Har bor cottages who spend ?io,000 in a sea son. Watermei.on' parties are in season in Texas. They include a moonlight ride to some plantation, unlimited water melon and a dance. - It is said that the five leading hotels' of Saratoga take in an aggregate of 2,000,000 a month during the busy sea son. Ueneatii a footbridge that is a favor ite meeting place for South Iiethlehem (Fa.) lovers, a swarm of yellow jackets have built their nest, and lrctween Cu pid's darts and theirs the young lovers are said to have a most interesting time. Oxe way the summer girls at I5ar Harbor have of scraping acquaintance with the young men is through sham mishaps while out riding. The young men are nut deceived, and even the in telligent saddle horses are beginning to mi...;.., tW ramc. THAT CITY BOARDEK- ! I Why the Mnrdona Ara Glad They oolc Her for the Summer. It would be bard to find a prettier, more cozy home in the whole county than the Mardou cottage on this bright summer morning. The swaying branches of the gnarled old apple tree, besiile the open kitchen door, held full many a feathered warbler, whose mu sic, fresh and sweet, seemed calling all to r joice. Hut the mistress of tbe little home heeiied not the invitation. Tuese sum mer mornings were very trying to her, in more nays than one. The kitchen, although picturesque to the leholiler, was dcc.dedly warm and uncomforta ble; there was an ironing and some liaking to attend to, besides dinner to pre I are for the huiigry harvesters. "Only one pair of hands to attend to all tti.-.; no wonder I feel tir-1. I'lenty of luen in tiie field, but no ;r.rl to help in the house. If I were a girl again, I believe " A loud -';ri"k from Inly in -rrtipted her soiii- -ijiij . and 1:- t i! her way to t:i. sittin;.-- n:.. a . (rial of her p;.i.ei:c.- awaited her. 1 he little boy. oa ae akcui;jr bud, grasped the tablecloth in orii.-r to gaiu ii.. some what uist aly feet, and inghtened by tin- havoc he ha.l made, .screamed lustily. "Oh dear! almost time to begin pre paring oiiiner; will this child never stop crviiig?"' At h.st. after manv efforts on the i mother's i-art, Fieddie ee.:el fretting, antl establishing his b ibv . ; on the floor with a baslict of pi : . ' J-s Mrs. Mardou started for tke : r'.n-n and was so.n busily engage.! so t.ie pr.Kaic work of preparing vegetaoie-. "Milly. I have a letter irotn Mr. Col burn: he wishes to send b'.s daughter here for a few months, lie wid pay well for her loard and we need the money. I want to begin laying away something to buy a farm mr .steve; he woultl be a good deal stcauicr if he had something of the kind to look forward to, 1 think." A look of impatience, blending into sorrow, came into the wife's face. To her the prosp-iet of a boariler was any thing but pleasant, and at the mention ol Steve her heart was filled with a sharp pang, the keen sorrow which a mother feels as she realiz s that the hopes which hare for year ; su.-iained her, that of her son taking a i honored and useful place in the world, are to be dashed to the ground. "Well, I bad better write and tell her to come. Her father says the didn't want to go to the seaside wil!rth? rest of the lamily. She is pretty particular, and you better fix up the spare cham ber, I guess.'' "I will do the best I can. but there is so much work to do now it seems impossible for me to do more. Kut I suppose we must take her to lioard." "Why. of course, Milly; ready money isn't so plentiful that we can alTord to miss the chance of making a little ex tra when we can." He was soon on his way to the field. Alone with her thoughts, Mrs. M anion indulged in some bitter reflections. The prospect of a fastidious young lady boarder was anything but pleasant to the weary, overworked wife and mother. "Frank is so anxious to make money he thinks of nothing else. If he had been different, more lenient with Steve's boyish pranks it would have been better. Perhaps if I had spent more time talking with him anil en couraging him he would have been steadier; but I've always ben too tired to take the time when my work was done, and now the children seem grow ing away from me. Meta is dcterrtined to keep up an intimacy w ith the Down iugs. ai'd Tom Downing is not the man I slwmlil want her to marry. lain sorry she went to learn a trade, f.r her work takes her around too much, and I need her help at home." Light footsteps were now heard and the subject of the mother's re R. ft ions ent -n-d, a fair-haired, laughing girl of eighte.-n 3-ears. "Dear! how warm this kitchen is. Do hurry with the dinner, mother. Father is coming with the men from the ii 11 and I've got to get back as soon as I can." "Dinner is ready, daughter. Can't you help me a little?" "I have got to sew a ruffle in my dress. Where is Lizzie? I should think she might help; she has nothing to do but go to school, while I am at work all the time." "Lizzie hasn't eome from school yet. I thiuk I can get along now very well," and the foolishly indulgent mother hurriedly dished the food as the men entered the kitchen. Naturally selfish and indolent, Meta shirked all the househohl tasks possi ble. She was not utterly heartless, but so accustomed was she to seeing her mother Ht work, that it seemed quite the proper thing to have her assume all the work and responsibility. It was seldom that Mrs. Mardon required any service of her daughters, anil when this was the ease, important duties usually demanded their attention else where. To be sure she had entered a feeble protest wdien Meta wished to learn the dressmaker's trade; told her she need ed her help at home, but in the end the girl carried her point. It was natural she shou.d want to earn money to buy the pretty dresses, the thousand and one tritles in which a young girl de lights, so the mother reasoned. The guest chamber was in readiness for the expected occupant by the next evening, and was as inviting as clean liness and simple, dainty furnishing could make it. Meta was to go to the station for tbe guest, an errand which she performed with alacrity. It was twilight when Desiree Col burn reached the farmhouse and, as she . went directly to. her room, the family saw little of the stylish young lady whom each confidently expected. "She has a beautiful traveling dress and brought two trunks with her," Meta announced when they were alone. "Humph! a stuck-up city girl likely, who thinks country people are no body." Steve retorted, as he started on his regular evening walk to the one store the place afforded- With a sigh his mother looked after him. The next morning Mrs. Marden, - busy as usual in the kitchen, was startled by the appearance of the boarder. "I intended to get up to breakfast, bat overslept. I am not used to early morning hours. If yon don't mind, I'll take a bowd of bread and milk. No, nothing else." In a few minutes Miss Desiree was eozily established on the back porch, the baby by her side. Very fresh and pretty she looked in her morning gown, her fluffy bangs blown and ruffled by the soft breeze, her eyes aglow, and a faint color in her fair cheeks. "I have finished my breakfast now, and with your permission I will take baby with me for a walk in the or chard." The permission was readily given, Mrs. Mardon wondering meanwhile if this was merely a freak or a desire to relieve her from the child's care. In a week Desiree Colburn bad made friends with all the members of the household. Simple and unaffected in manner, her sunny disposition made a welcome addition to the family. "Mrs. Mardon, you must grant me one favor to-day." she said, appearing in the kitchen one sultry morning, the second week of her arrival. "What is it?" with a faint attempt to smile. The headache, which since dawn bad rackeil the housekeeper's thro! bing temples, seemed to grow more painful each hour. "Please go into the sitting-room and lie down on the sofa. I have darkened it and put plenty of pillows where you can rest untd your headache is over." "Oh. but I can't think of such a tiling. The work is t j be done, the dinner to get. It would never do." "I will iri-t dinner and do what is to le done. It will be a pleasant change for me." "You get dinner?" with an incredu lous glance at the white, jeweled fingers. "Yes; I assure you that I am an ex cellent cook. I really am d -teriuined to have my own way in ttii., matter, so you might as well make up your mind to rest for a short time." So with many in':g:ving Mrs. Mar don went to the sitting-room aud De siree tripped lightly around the room, on household tasks intent. Hut the dinner was well cooked, and, refreshed by her much-needed rest, Mrs. Mardon satin the low rocker by the kitchen door, her bauds occupied with mending, when Meta came home with the announcement: "There is to be a picnic- at Long Grove. Where. ,s Miss Colburn?" "Out in the orchard, I think. She was kind enough to get dinner to-day, because I had a headache. She is a dear, thoughtful girL" "Why, how strange! I never dreamed that she knew how to do any thing of the kind." Meta made her way to the orchard and announced the picnic. "Yes, it will be very nice; we shall all enjoy it, I imagine. It will be a fine change for your mother; she looks as if she needed recreation." "Mother? Why she never goes to picnics!' And Meta looked her aston ishment. "Why not?" with a smile. "Wed. she doesn't care to go that is I don't think 6he would care to go, she is always so Lusy, you know," said Meta. with some confusion. "I know bhe is busy, but we can all help her more than we have done. Many hands make light work, you know, and I am sure she will enioy going." "Put mother is so set in her ideas. There will be a number of people there, and she never wants me to go with any body, she is so strict." good times are always shared with my mother; I should not enjoy them unless they were." If Meta admired anyone it certainly was Desiree Colburn, and it was with a glad heart that Mrs. Manlon listened to her 'daughter's urgent invitation; from whence it was inspired she knew. In the busy days which followed Meta and Lizzie were brought to see their selfishness toward the patient mother, anil this was accomplished so quietly by the example and well-ehosen words of the guest that they hardly knew how they came to a realization of their er rors. The picnic passed pleasantly. Miss Colburn joined in the different games, and it was a tired but happy group who took their way homeward. "Well, did you enjoy the picnic?" was the question Desiree asked, when she was alone with Meta. "I never had so good a time in my life." "Then your pleasure was not marred by your mother's presence?" "Oh. Miss Colburn. I suppose you think lam the most selfish girl in th worbL I feel ashamed when 1 think how I treated mother." "Not so very selfish but a little thoughtless, perhaps. Time yet to make amends, Meta." The summer passed all too soon. Little by little Steve's attention was attracted by what was going on during the home evenings. The evening at the store were given up, to his mother's delight. A literary society was formed and the young man became a member. A fresh impetus was given to reading and study among the young people, and wnen, years after, Desiree Colburn heard Steve Mardon. then a successful lawyer, declare that he owed bis suc cess in life to her encouragement and efforts during the summer spent at the farm, she felt indeed that her reward was great. "And to think I felt so sorry that I was going to have a summer boarder," Mrs. Mardon often said. '"Owing to her the girls have developed into noble women. Steve has made a man of him self, and my load has been lightened. Truly, in my home I have 'entertained an angel unaware.' " Mary C Parsons, in Home. Cat Flowrn by MsIL Cut flowers are constantly sent through the mails, but seldom in such a fashion as to preserve their bloom and freshness. To effect this, pack in a light wooden box, not using card board; line the box with wadding or j cotton-batting, laying over this a sheet of tissue paper; then lay the flowers, not on top of each other, but in rows side by side, the blossoms of each row on the stems of their neighbors; pack closely, otfac rwise the flowers will be displaced and injured in the journey, llefore packing they should stand in water several hours in order to absorb moisture enough to keep them from withering. It is not well to sprinkle them too heavily after they are in the . box, for without air this is likely to I produce mildew. HaxtrJ Courant. BUT THAT WAS LONG AGO. One day. 'twai l"7",r tiro. I met a tmii n.-u. lidr to fee. A maideu l-i 1 an 1 ilear to me: Bui tl-at v.i.9, She was so f :ir. 1 knor; Ii nr la.r s:;i; ra-i I tai.r.o' say. But fairer fian a mem of M-y; But that was oag aM. Aiid wo did v I l;nw. That some d .v r. c . ou! 1 c 1, Fi'ie...- n:r '!:i-."o si.T C'ui'id ltd; But tal s atj li.u,; u-. The yr.rs we'it :,lov. ':y ry: I know n it vr:,( -r tUey went. Into wj V. o'.'.:- ;- iurn.s wore bl -ct Pcrhaj s iuto a siLi ! And th' n wo n-;t. kr.on-: Bat the 1:h,hm of ynut;: lnr' !1 ..-!. An.! ..11 I l.e li.vc cf 3 -u'.li wsi dfd : But that w as loDjr ago. And nut a worl. I vow. Of al! the past i y us was ai 1 We earh Mini'- 1 .1 '.; r oau had wed But th:it was loi.z ar;o. -T. Thora;.s I'ortuiic, iu iiriagt.i;ld vllass.) R'-pubht-au. OX A MEIiRY-GO-KOUXD. It Startod in a Vi-.irl nr.d Edod In a V;d.iin . 'There is no use of talking. I'.eiilah." Amy Anstruther said. a- s'.n- t :ied up her ubter. "Anything t:: itri- mo::ial negotiation i so 1' -t e t -i".d to me that I would not. mstrry the king of Sia::i to please a:;yb.i.ly." "The king of '::mi v 11. r.'i'. " stii i Peulali, smiling, "il'.it Hob -rt r:iig is not a Mongolian, jriy t-ar. lie is rich and good lo;k:t:g and e.evi r ns cari be." "Hah!" sail Amv. as knott.l her vail above the lii'.iTr coil of Id :ide hair. "I almost hale hii.i alrea ly." That is what h- said about you'."' Ileula'i observed, coolly. Then be has some set's ." Amy re plied. "Come, Ueulali, h t Ui ;i:o.k-1 There is no use of trying to strike an Anstmth.T-Cra'.g aliiaDce j'i -t i.-rtii.-sake of raking up tho fr.i...1;.' arms. What do we America : care if.- tiie duke of Anstrut'ier and ll.e i-:.rl ..f (Yiiig? My grandfather kept a .shop, you know, iinl Henry Craig was a wholesale shoe ina:iu.ra-t'irer. Yoa miht as well let us ;; on Ik ing com mon. There! I'm all ready. Where's Dicky?" An infant warwhoop in the hall was her reply. With the small author of that yell she went to the raerry-g .n: r.l pavil ion, but the ring o; .i ing ei-.i::r.d , had just started, anl Amy anl li'e. t,at down to wait. Ner thoiu wu . a littl.? girl, a i-rect fairy, i.i w hi'..-, with long, floating hair and pleading eyes. "Please, I'ncle Pert, won't yon let me go?' she coaxed a gentleman be side her. "I won't jret L-..it. See! There's Nellie (.irahnm rl l'::.g a camel all Elon:. Please let me go!'' -"Chnrlotta, you :r.usln t a--k nv dear. Your mother toll m t. tike care of you. and 1 don't Know v.'iat she thinks of merry-g ruui 1 I couldn't think of letting you -' :.l-;:ie." The child was silent: but ,;nv saw great tears roiling down her cheeks, and said, very quickly: "If you don't mind, yonr little girl can go with imr Dicky. Dicky, you'll take care of her, won't you, dear? Dichy's an old merry-go-rounder." "Oh!" cried Charlotte. "May I, Uncle Pert?" "Do you think it Ik nil rirrlit?" the gentleman iiituird, looking al Amy. "Oh, yes: it is perfectly hu-fe. Let her go. She will enioy it.' The gong rung, and Dicky h-ld out out his hands. "1 he Little l'isher maiden" was ground out g:-yly from the organ, and Charlotte mounted the camel. Amy found her companion delight ful. It was live o'clock when tiie children came back, with their tit lccts all gone. "Come back to-morrow," aid IMcky, hospitably. "We come here every afternoon, don't we. Aunt Amy?" Amy blushed. "I am certainly very much obliged to you. Master Dick." said the gentle man, warmly. Amy lwed rather nervously and hurried away. The merry-go-round grow more and more attractive. Dicky spent a child's fortune on it, and Charlotte rode every animal iu the caravan. An:-,- and "Uncle Pert," in the mean v. hile, talked and took care of the children. "Suppose we try it this time?" lie said, one afternoon, weeks later, when the children mounted their wooden steeds. "Would you like to?" Amy said, smiling. "Do you prefer an ostrich or a lion?" Oh. I shall stand up, thank you!" he replied. 'How shall you ride?" "In a bleigh, if you please. I am not so rash as to mount one of those fiery animals." The bcil struck ai.d the organ legan to grind out "Rock-a-by, Pai.y." Amy laughed in spite of herself. What would lleulah say if she knew? Pound and round thej- went. "How do you like it?" Amy asked. He shook his head. 'I feel like a singing .top," he said, dubiously. "Petter sit down," she said, but he not move. Once more they spun round. Amy's escort uttered a low exclama tion and staggered against tbe feet of the hore. "I am horribly giddy," he said, faint- "Take care!" she cried, reaching out her hand. "This way"' He took a step toward her. His face was deadly pale. "Good heavens!" he cried. "How hor rible this is!" The next moment there was a cry from the spectators in the pavilion. He had fallen at the feet of the horse aud the flying wheel llung hiin with ter rible force upon the floor. There was wild excitement in a mo ment. Amy felt herself getting deathly sick when she saw him lying there mo Jonlcss. The organ stopped. "Everybody rushed to the scene of the disaster. "He is badly hurt, I'm afraid," Araj heard some one say. "Who is hei Where does he live?" "He is my I'ncle Pert," said little Charlotte, bursting into tears. "Wo live a long way from here, down at Veutnor. "Take him to a hotel," some one sug gested. "This geutlcniau is a friend of mine," sai.l Amy, with a stubiori resolution. "Will v'inc one call a carriage fnyn the lca-h? I will take him to my sis ter' hos.se." 'i he p-or fellow never spoke or moved till i -! ..' after he had leen impressed :;n.l ; :t. to bed ia Mrs. Stuy vesanfs i.p:.re bedroom. P.-clah wis out when Amy arrived. Wh.11 she ln-ard what had happened sh. ii;-:pl.V s-iid: -'.'. . il. uj:j my word. Amy! That is like you. Who U b.-?" - -1 1 1 r.-aliy don't know." Amy re plied, with a vivid blush; "but I am su:-e 1 ' i - a gent!e::K!li." P. ul.:!i stared and went up to look a il, . y, Kir pan who w;s lyieg on the lil vg'i liienssit.n of the I. rain. The doctor w:;s v. ith him. :ir.d a nurse w hom Amy I .i 1 !rot somewhere. Pet Il.1. lo.,k. d at the pale face, with its regular feature :.nd c.iose-cut, curly brown hair, and she uttered an ex clamation .f surprise. Amy was coming upstairs. She slipped out to meet her and caught her by the shoulders. "See here!" she cried, whirling her jirotind. "Do you know who that is yon h ive got" in there? It is Pobert rai "." "beiilah Stuyvesanl!" "I tr. 1 telling you the trv.th. Tliat is his l.ttle mcc '.-. nstrs. I thought I l:-id seen the ehil 1 Ik-ft ire." A;r.y turn'- ! r-tl nn l pa!-- :i""i:n. -'.Vi- : e.tet send v.orl 1 b: sister," :.'', ilei nirely. "!.ei.l..:i. 1 1 In .p" v.-v. wiii v.-ry careful v.ln.t you t.uy ii'-.-.'.l 'r. Craig."' P. ulah smother.- 1 a lnwh, at wl.i. h Ar.;v iroe. ! 1 sternly, lin t went into he'r ! ;:i v. ill a bowl of i. e which she w :e. carrying. I.i.er: ;-;ig w,r exceed';' -'Vr ill. lie r.-c .vi-r. . -lowly, thongb Amy nursed hi.:., and wits sotu -thing make a iu::li b -lter to Nee her il ' 1 1 in r so.tly th" r- torn :" her pretty blue rl.; r:br---- rr-mh; r gown, w ith its frills of . Mov.-y I'lnoroid. r.V. 1'' said, one morning, w"; --1 'he 1 r eirlit a pretty blue und t I- 1 - bow 1, ';,-. ei hive never te inie yr-nr last ni:mf." "It is Are.truthor." she sai l with a sly little .. mile. '"".I heavens!" he cried ''What a fool I have been'" "There! t'l-r-e!" !; said. "You are spilli-.g 'nr broth "io ye : I. no'.v," he went on. "1 oree refused to be intro '.need to t.u? My cunt. Mr.,. Stewart r tuyvesaat " "Ye e 1 Vi .vl" "'he w:;.:te-.l me '.o marry you." "II.. v.- : eird-u ast't if.'" "Do vo.t t eii.k so'.'" be said anxious ly. "l' '...;'. t. ' Amv biustieil lurmu'-iy. "You arc to be quiet, you know," she said "I won't 1h; quiet, I can't. I lie lu-rc .'Vi ry dev. lo .'.in ' at v ei a longing that is ea'.i:. r be .rt on. 1 want to know v V.et ;. - 1 sir :'-.inr to do with mv when on t 1 -.e v. iiV" "Take y.-'i on t';e merry-g i-ro.md," said Amy. ' ppant i; "Never!" he sr.i 1. T'U' blr.g nwny bis 'roth. "Are ye: g' in" o marry tne? PecMisC, ii y-eu aren't 1 ie:i,- :i,weil lie down and die now vtheu it will be ea for me." "You are not going to die now," 'ie sail, se.ftly. He reached for her hand and drew her down. "I love yoe.i." he whispered, looking full intt her fn'r face. "Will vou mar ry me. Amy?" Per an -vcr must have pleased him f'-r his f.ie shone radiant Jv, and when Charlotte eatne in si littl" luter with a lxiiinuct for I'nele Pert, he said, proud ly: "See here. Pns-! Come and kiss your new auntie." Saturday Night. A NO-EL 1 H1NKING-BOX. Tbe Theater as a I'eire to I .ay 1'lana for llUteillft.. S'llCKUi. A certain active biisihess mnii has dis covered a new use for the theater. He is an inveterate theater-goer aud a w. 1 known first-nighter at hil'i !:ai..r..j and ojK-ratie events, says the New York Poeordcr. It has always surprised !.U friends, however, to discover that he knows comparatively little sib .e.t C: t 1 ical inatt-is. def-pil -l.i.s ' '" ' - l'-t- ronage of the d::.ma. II this to a i'.it'.-.ti' ir.lr.g fi ieni' explained I'm- other night: "! never i( ti the t' i said, "to hear the pk:yort!i-. it'-r." be ope.-a. I simply go t:.eie to tliin.c ov. r my i iisi- ir'ss. mere is s un-.-tioi.g m 1 ,.. - form;:ncee. of wh:t:--Ver ebar::: teT they m.(y be, that en ib'.es jne t lis traet 1:;, mind e 1.1 . 'e'.ei;,- fi'oiu -11 my surror.nil'i.g.. No one Lin break iu upon n.e as they ean d if I ;.in at bor.ie. e.nd 1 e;:ns;t andelve myself over -o. i:'.il.-t .!-.'! 0 the c 'i - i .ien.t i a 1 f !., t 111 e , v. 1::' t l.e per' .rn.el'.ee i . ;-' "m ; . m. I tell yo.i," he added 1 i.t ,.. ie. "y, "I have llionjjht out some of my lest busin.-Ks :.ele. mes while sitting in the glare el the footlights. I owe .. j Teat d 'al of riy fortune to the ndvunU.ge s of the theater." HINTS FOR THE KITCHEN. Xkvf put salt on a sU-ak until after it is cooked. Titk lid of a saucepan should never lie raised over a smoky tire. Dkfokk broiling li.sh rub the gridiron with a piece of fat to prevent its stick ing. The earthy taste often found in fresh w ater fish can lie removed by ok icing in salt ami water. I'i:n:ii fish is very good turned 'n salt ed flour, or saltedeggaiid bread crumb.,, anil then put into boiling-hot fat to get brown. All. sort.s of vessels and utensils may be purified from long retained smells of cny kind by rinsing thetn out well with charcoal jviwd -re.! after they have been scoured with satidsoap. COSTLY PAPERS AND RELICS. flK.or.OF. Sciiwi.icii, a merchant of liie!iini i!.l. Mo., owns the table iqvin which the Po. d; of ?.I'riuoji was writ ten. He values it lit S-i.lKHI. Pkof. K. L. 1'i:i;k:.s. of Poston, has a copy of Horace that is more than three hundred years old. It was printed in l.-70, and has an index to every word. Loi:i Amiiu kmiam's famous "Text us of the ClosjHils" is valued at t'oO.lMio and is 011 view lit; The Pookhirrder' & "exposi tion in London with the Mazarine Pible and Mary Tudor prayer book. The tirst cheek which the Ixuigmans handed over to Macaulay on account of copyright for the "History of Lnglau.l" was for JL'.'.'.IKK). The check is pre served sis a curiosity among the archive, ol the Longmans liriu.
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