LATE LOVE, "is late, dear heart, "tis late Eastward the sky is dark, The way; it Straight down to death's low Where Love's sweet ardor dies, laadath straight gate, For us the morning lark With song no more will rise To tender, rose-gray skies: For us no summer noon In golden calm will walt, Yor us full soon, full soon The waning, spectral moon, Oh, sad, oh, des Sweeth it late Morn, Love, godlike, doth And hold immorta rtime { art, IX 18 ne and night Love knows n Nor rise n WE runs n nN — [ A BOX OF PANSIES, K THORI'E HE do William office swu open, and atawny head of unk mp hair was thrust ia- to the aperture, “Yer said t at two, strack Mr Gor len's » ) / an’ twict, ther steeple cl gir,” a boy’ ‘“‘Very well, rands for This first,” whose dainty wrappings cate Iragrance Lilian Grenville, who 18 sto her aunt at the old Gr “Yes, sir. Never SO¢ but I knows old Lad book. She n' u tussle under her so sly, an’ n warnin’ h sir, Misa Lilian gets “And Gorden, hand: piece ol paper sidered of suffi quire an 1 aanounced. two alterno have this A DOX irom came the deli- 0f pansies, when this note, r the which he hs 1ent 1my envelope, or es “to Miss Sin there before? “Yes, sir, twic due.” ‘olf you do the I'll give you an extra nickel.’ “All right, sir. I'll jiffy.” He disappeared thr and intent on doing his rectly repeated the me over as he went along. “Box for lady at Grenville; note yr old maid kins.” 1Q errands Simp Yo the &Aas in his errand | vert to unplea nected with b “Mr. (i nr ] Grenville,” he said harri ing the note into her appearing through could reply. Mrs. Gr marrying her wealthy and Gorden, and s liver his not she scarcely re her special dislike in the little ger Miss Liliau unfolded privacy of r Cireny own and hor brown eyes ope 10d te ! ir widest ex tent in “IL ean giv You n Im nd must insist or than two months since any rent money. prepare to vacate oon, AMAZeT y read , re sewing, It is more You have |} aid Send £10 by boy or hous “Ww. Go “It is quite evident that this wae ne intended for me," said the girl in per plexity, turning the over in hopes of discovering to whom it was written, but there ither name nor address. “It is an unkind note, to say the least, it matters not to whom it was! written,”’ Lialian mused, while a flush of resentment crept into her cheeks, ‘‘It is probably some poor woman who can't pay her rent, and consequently he is going to turn her out of doors, Aunt says he is a model man beeause he gives largely for charitable pur- poses, and here is a poor wotaan whose rent would not amount to the sum he sabseribed for the new church no, not in a whole year ; not in two years; but then bis name was publishea head ing a list of generous donors, and everybody knew of it. Harry hasn't any money to give to the building of fine churches, but I don't think he would turn a poor woman out of doors | for not paying a debt of 810, If1] kuew for whom this note was intended I would deliver it in person.” The more Lilian Grenville thought of 1t the more she considered the mis- take as providentizl, Lynhuist was a small town, and Mr, Gorden was one | of its very few wealthy mon, He was | an pleasant conversationalist, rather | pood-looking, and forty, Lilian's | my ’ papi r Was Di« { time, | dear | eek his fortune, : : : | aunt paradal his desirable attributes | before her niece at every opportunity, enlarging upon his position in society, | his reputed wealth, his morality and Christianity, until the girl had begun to feel that fate really intended her to become his wife, She arrived at this | conclusion with a heaviness of heart not at all complimentary to “‘the most desirable bachelor in town.” Aunt Grenville considered Lilian a most fortunate girl to have attracted the attention of this worthy man this prize in the matrimonial market of Lynhurst. That Lilian had be come the recipient of his affections was quite evident, for though as yet be had not declared his intentions, his devotion to her was too noticeable to! admit of sny other At the same time there was Harry Hol- comb-~ -honest, industrions Harry, | with only his kind, loving heart and true manly worth to recommend him. In the place of wealth were his two brown, willing hands, and Lilian--but girls are seldom in such matters, vou know. “Aunt, ean youn tell me de- | livered the note yon just handed me?” ked Lilian, esming out to the poreh, where Mrs 8 back and forth 1a a stout wood rocker. ““It wns the Mr. Gordon employs him to do his errands, had another bundle to deliver member of under his Thero he the road’ gonelusion somehow practical who aske Crenviiie as { S11 Jissel boy. [ re arm. river seeing one Comes now, up ilian plucked a that s./a las spray of jasmir p yreh steps 1 down to the t as Tod was whistling a Hi y Keeping 18 eves reso yed over the it jus pass the apple (on that he rdon ar n 2 | i 18 going to send answer,” mused Aant given to match- It ain't my forte; but one I shall feel satisfied The energy the set t O Creaging . Ys Uren “i'm not magKliag. 3 ran make this 1" al! the ith whi 86 f my he propelled and f 1 ciumsy rth a loose Or brought me f and hour | smile that instant you're Mis lian Grenville, hen I'm the 4 ng up at he f his hat. “Are ded ce reprove him for accepting it, ton As ked, h a refractory vine . wring where it should not, ‘“Yes'm, He gives me ten cents a I had to-day —your'n and one Simpkins. She in lives a rich man's woman, at the nd Lilian noticed with Lilian f her cotiage, the faded anxiety, was flushed and rosy the joy of face, Is any great happiness, gh her eyes i pretty,” thought Lili flushed face before het ‘Come right in, Miss Grenville, to tell yon I'he hardened hands clasped ths girl's soft palm and drew lasped ths gir ft pal i dr 3 nas ne toil s such RO yd wa woman's her gently into the room “‘Only to think, an Miss Simp kins, eagerly, when they were seated. ‘“I'se lived here twelve years alone, and in all that time not a single un- usually pleasant event has happened to me, but I've hind enough sad ones, knows. This little place when Andrew went away, but I had to mortgage it to get money for my doctor bill after I had the fever, and then Mr. Gordon had to take it for the mortgage, but he's been very kind to me. 1'll say that much for him. I never would have suspected, though, that he had any real consideration for my lonely lot, but he did such a nice thing for me be only WAS mine | to-day, and me owing him two months’ rent, too. I'll tell you about it, but first 1 want to tell you about An- drew. Isn't it strange how all the bright places of twelve years have been ¢rowded into twenty-four hours? Andrew was my lover of long ago, but | wo were poor and he went West to After he went to the mines he stopped writing to me, Got discouraged with his Iuek and let | everything he ever cared for go to the dogs, he says. Well, IT just waited, | and hoped and prayed all those years | aad tried to be patient, but it was | very hard sometimes. Yesterday 1 | 80 very happy | ous with happiness, {all at | dollars, and 1 Then I remembered He | I've known and admired him all | more if 11 | To think | notes to {aunt's gate. received a letter from Andrew, He's made a fortune at last and is coming home--he is on his way now, and then wa are to be married, and—oh, I am " The beautiful girl leaned forward and kissed the woman's face, tremnl- “You can't think how glad I am for you,” Lilian said, sincerely, “But that isn't all, It was enough to make me forget that I had ever been | tired or discouraged in all those twelve years, bat everybody seemed | remember that I am | human and that a bit of kindness wonld | not come amiss here, only the kind. once to | ness I have received is so out of one's wildest expectations that ¥ can’t seem to understand it After I'd gotten over the first excitement of Andrew's letter I remembered that I owed ten | confess it was a little blot on my happiness, for I did so | | want to go to him free from debt, but | I've sold my furniture off, picee by | plece untilthere isn't ten dollars worth | left, and I thought that Mr. Gorden might let me du some sewing for him. that I had the shirts he would for some time, and men little sewing anyhow, I about | discouraged when last evening who | should come in but Harry Holcomb. just | need require so finished all Was his | I used to take care of him when » wis a baby, and he's given me many a friendly word in passing, which 1s | more than people generally think neo- sary. + 1 suppose they think I don’t care for companionship. to ask if 1 would father's old desk. Harry came like to soll him He wanted it the | { worst kind, and offered me ten dollars | | or images in old two for the gotten thing. I dol couldn't have 1 lars for it anywhere, { and what he wants it for is more than I can tell, I told him it wasn’t worth than two dollars, but he said that much as he wanted it, and disap- | pointed as he would be if I would not sell it he would have to give it up if 1 refused to a » what could I do? [here was , and her Lilian's over her ~ : h YY to sleep last ho have [sin awake go many ig, and praying for God y burdens lighter, just laid moonlight and thanked | re in the Him for the gre come to me.’ Lilian gave the npathetic nts woman u's errand from him, and never g what was in it of him sending me Sowers: but, of coarse, he kuows bow I love them, for I've tried so hard hem 1n my little yard Fou can Ul eus to grow Gorden flow re, pleasure Suppose ! nd thank him for the the long L ll save you Ww ' suggested IAD [hat IR r 80 anter that ful “Was ve the box?’ asked Lilian, me for trust unaddressed packa Tod “Yes, I sup [ did not look to see what the writing on the bat, but, ) | was standing near the stove when I opened it, and 1 put the wrap pings in the fire “I am fairly bewildered with much pleas. wonld write, but “ of ungrate- address on wondering if Gorden to nam and It was atl AS Well AS Cale ontside WAS, Of cours was my name tae many pleasures that have come to me since yesterday morning,” eontinned Miss Simpkins, following Lilian to the door “Even you never ealled on me before except when I was doing sewing for yon : “I know, and I am ashamed of thoughtlessness,’ Lilian, sincerely. - **1 shall come often now, for I am going to assist you in some of the finer preparations for your wed- my confessed | ding, and if I may 1 would like to be present,’ “If you only will,” roplied the lit tle woman, gratefully On her way home Lillian met Harry | Holcomb near the river bridge, and something in her manuer suggested to him that she would not be offended if | he retraced his steps ns iar as her | During the walk he was emboldenaid to nsk » question which had lain very near his heaet for weeks, | and her answer mast have been grati- | fying, for his face fuicly shone with happiness as he bade her good bye at her gate, but she did not Jet ham go from her until she had satisfied her feminine curiosity on onesubject. “The old thing is ¢f no nse to me, but [ knew she needel just 810 to pay | her, but Tod Bissel | other, and the rates of | portionately | koy, | mieal, like | enught while fi | in three hours is the re her rent, and she is 80 proudly sensis tive there was no other way to help her,” he confessed, when she accused him of using the old desk as an excuse for a generous action, Miss Simpkins never learned that the pansies had not been intended for took part in an unpleasant ocenrrence in Mr. Gorden's office the day when that gentleman dismissed him from his ser- Vice, ~~ Li trot Free Press following SELECT SIFTINGS. The ¥ { 1M watch trav ] miles n ! The fri ud, brother instead, Hindoos beens Norway is more properly meaning “North isle.” It by the “the North dom.” natives London streets s1¢1¢ Pe rent diiicr f Ol A number more popular on ons than f Mound City, Mo., year-old boy who weigh and Casco, M¢ who weighs 225 pour ) , Bh Twi All ancient music was i without harmony or point, and entirely voeal and our recut it ative K+ Forty- 1g ht i thi pounds i shing through word made a Norway (Me.) fishermun a few ago, Many glass Etruscan tombs ¢ the ornaments were tery. Probably the journal in the worl Athens, tirely in vers Lire ments In 1858 an River, near Leavenw tained 500 acres at happiness that had! } Americ ’ town of is said to be growing the Manstield, C I' twenty-three in n hie tree measures u eet and threo inches it a Lifeboat, nst Frid Ramsgs hauls damage she found that six or seven starboard bow had been st appears that when the boat pre ceeded, in tow of a tug. about four miles from land she was lifted ¥ an d dropped on its f quite ful, the The crew ly liken the the boat being dropped off a Not one of them IrMmons WAYEe a! t., a» distance o ores nto twelve the trongh of wea said they could on TITEL had ex it bef« re, was coming, the coxwain “Hold on, all Ihe on her side and was swamped ever sd anything like w hint i out, 0 boat 31! by the sea, and bad a very narrow es cape from CapsiZing When she right of water, and it was found that water continued coming in through the bottom, London ed she was full Times, ————— Found Dead in a Mine T. B. Corey, General Superintend- ent of the Oregon Improvement Com. pany’s coal mines at New Castle and Franklin, has a collection of geologi- eal specimens in his office that are very interesting and instructive. The Intest specimen is a petrified frog taken from the slope of the new mine at Neweastle 700 feet below the sur face, The frog is a piece of hard sand- stone, and is six inches long and two nnd one-linlf inches wide, The Lead, the legs and the spinal cord sre very | plainly marked, while there are strips of wrinkled petrified black skin on the sides of the body. The lines of the head indieate that the frog was a very Inrge one, the bones above the cyes being heavy and prominent. 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