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la the illustration is shown a very origi
nal waist in crepe de chine, with which is
worn a gause scarf. The distinctive feat
ures of this bloase-like carment are its
barques of unequal length and its ruffled
effects at the neck and at the sleeves. The
collar, too, is made up in folds of the ma
terial cut on the cross. This picturesque
garment must be made up on a lining which
closes in front with hooks, and the gathered
e0ects mast be worked out with basting
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pear doubly so; so also does the fashion of
wearing a little finger ring. Bines on any
but the third finger aggravate the breadth
and give a rotnrler effect In spite of the ex
ertions of the manicure.
In the choice of rings and their disposi
tion on the hand much art may be brought
to bear. On a fat hand pearls look well; on
a bony band they look atrocious at least
the hands do. It may be difficult to per
suade our fair friends that a. bony hand is
best left absolutely alone and unadorned,
that precious stones but add to its hard and
horny look.
Bed hands should shun contiguity with
pearls, turquoises, or even diamonds. Fine
old signet rings, black pearls, sapphires,
onyx, antique inglii and lapis lazuli, or
pigeon blood rubies, are the most suitable
ornaments, if decorations be hungered for.
IH-formediinger nails, whatever the teach
ing of the manicure, should never be highly
polished. Almond-shaped tips, lustrous as
gems, are fascinating to a degree, but an un
natural gloss is apt to make square, un
shapely nails terriblv prominent Even
when taper fingers terminate in lengthy
nails whose shape is irreproachable, if there
be opacity beyond the flesh they have no at
tractions, and" careful cutting and trimming
should be resorted to.
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Fancy Wai$t With Searf.
threads. Great patience audjio little skill
will be ncccssarv to give to this saucy waist
all the graceful iolds and pleats which ap
pear in the illustration.
There is a very short step between a pretty
blouse anil an ugly one. The idea which
should animate a woman who contem plates
a blouse is piquancy. To obtain this there
should be liveliness of fancy in choice of
material, color and style ot make-up. Fine
wool studs trimmed with velvet, combina
tions ot plain and striped matorial, or pale
gray material with white vest and dark
satin-colored collar and cuffs are three
tariatious to be commended. China silk
trimmed with velvet in contrasting colors,
such as fawn with olive, old rose with deep
garnet, white with a darker tone, are de
cidedly in favor.
A blouse is so cheap and effective and
may be so easily made by any woman
skilled with her needle that "there"is always
a dread in some ladles' minds that it mav
become too common. Hence they avoid
it. But there is a way out of this difficulty,
and that is to mate use ot expensive ma
terial and trim with silk guipure or em
broidery. A handsome smocked blouse is
one of the prettiest things in the world for
a tall, lithe, gracelul ghl. Flokette.
tittle Coats for Children,
The most serviceable little coats for chil
dren of 4 years and upward, are of fine
broadcloth, with mink-tail trimmings or
narrow borders ot some close fur. These
coats are generally made in simple sack
Jahion, with a double or triple cape edged
with fur. Such a coat as this la suitable
for a child up to 8 years of age.
For the younger children there are a
great many scarlet coats, with trimmings of
black Persian lamb or the Chinese man
darin Jur. Girls over 12 years old wear
either a coat or ulster. The new coats for
girls in their teem differ little from those
made for their grownup sisters. They are
usually what is known as three-quarter
length, all fitted to the figure at the back,
and are double-breasted in front. These
coats are shown in fine Kersey cloth, fast
ened by white pearl buttons, and in the less
expensive serviceable cheviots of blue or
brown, fastened by buttons of smoked
pearl.
There are a few coats with full plaited
backs in Watteau effects. These are beld
in side plaits, turning to the center of the
back, where they form a hollow box-plait.
Such a coat as this has an especially grace
lul effect on a tall, slender girl.
New Styles of Hatr Dressing.
The sweepiug changes in the shape of win
ter hats and bonnets have brought about a
new style of wearing tbe hair, termed "the
bun" a very descriptive name for the big
round knot of hair which is soon to be the
fashion. It is worn low, though not so low
as the Langtry knot, and demands a larger
amount of hair tnau the majority ot women
possess. Nets are very generally worn both
over the fringe and back hair, but as they
are woven of liair and are very liht, thev
are not unbecoming. The new fringes and
toupees here are mounted on a sort of col
lapsible frame, so that they do not get
crushed or flattened by tbe weight of a bat
or bonnet.
Cumme 11 Fant.
Buocadkd poplinettes are. In .avor for din
ner gowns.
Cosvetioxalizitd daisies and brocaded
feathors are designs for now gauze mater
ials. A rnsTTT way of trimmlns the horn of the
skirt ia with a broad satin ribbon tied heie
and there in a double bow.
These may be and likely will be a return
to diaped skirts, and in the mattur or
urapin tne inoaisco snows ner sum anu
originality.
Pbettt and Inexpensive evening dresses
are matte of white and colored net over
silk. The Olives of the net are tut nod In
and very narrow libLon is threaded through
them.
Oxe of the latest creations of the millin
ers' art is a hat ot light bluo felt curiously
twisted into box plaits, trimmed with black
satin t osettcs, and a couple of black ostrich
leathers in the lronr, and one arranged to
fall over tbe hair at the back.
Russian blouses are improved and mado
more lealislic by some bright colored cross
stitcli worked down the front and cuffs and
collars, also along the waistband. A dark
green, embroidered in shades of terra cotta
and brightest saso green, or a black serge,
with a Greek sort of pattern upon it in
scarlet, blue and gold thiead, looks stylish.
Grace demands tnat all gowns shall be
one of three lengths. First, where the skirt
falls Just below the knee and is met by a
perfect flttinif cuiter of the same material;
next, that v hich merely dears the around:
and last, tho well hung train, which is suit
able lor house, cart iage and ovenimr dtes
only. Each of these three lengths is adapted
for certain occasions, and neither should bo
w orn out of place or season.
LfiEOB I00KIHQ OTJX A LITTLE.
A Conference to Be Held In New York to
Prepare Some Laws.
New Yobk, Nov. 28. Important action
has been taken by the Central Labor Union
in regard to the constitutional convention
in this State next,year. It was resolved, to
eall a general conference of delegates from
all bona fide labor unions in the city, to meet
December 12, to agree upon a plan how to
cure representation tor orgamzeu laoor in
the convention, and what demands are to be
made in regard to amending the constitu
tion of the State.
In the meantime, the Law and Legisla
tive Committees of the Central Labor Union
are to consider the matter and submit propo
sitions to the general conference.
TOUR hair grows gray -and scanty. Tour
friends remark iu Your wife regrets It. Use
Fabxkb'8 Hair Balsam, and save jour balr.
Christmas at Home.
What is nicer than nice dishos or pietty
bric-a-brac? T. G. Evans & Co., Market
street, corner Thiid avenue, carry a large
stook of dinner sets, chamber sets, cut
glass ornamcnts.ete ana, as they are direct
importer, you can depend on getting bot
tom prices. Go and see.
Francis Murphy.
Gospel temperance meeting to-nlsrht at
Lniaj ette Hall, corner Fourth aveune and
Wood stieet. Everybody invited. Admis
sion free.
XEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
LOST A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY
If you fail to take advantage of this, the last week of the
Great Big Sacrifice Sale
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Erakaueu Fianos. Phenomenally popu
lar. Cash or payments. To bo had only at
HqllorA Uoeue's, 77 Fifth avenue.
Worth,
FINE MERCHANT TAILOR-MADE CLOTHING
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The Great Dress Artist
.of Paris, says:
I use the De Long Patent
Hooks and Eyes exclusively."
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srade Mark teg. Apr. 19, '93.
YOUNG IVES IN PITTSBURG.
How to Care for the Hands.
When the hand is broad, the unrelenting
cuff or tightly fitting wristband makes it ap-
Hcnrv Gets Here Too Late to Have HI
Suit Against the Callery Estate Tried
This Terra Denies That lie lionght
the Ohio Southern Itottd.
Henry S. Ives, once nicknamed the
Young Napoleon of Finance, registered at
the Duquesue yesterday. He was accom
panied by George H. Stayner, his old part
ner in the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton deal. Both were dressed in deep black,
and a broad band ol the same color en
circled their high hat, aiif they were in
mourning lor a near nr.d dear friend. Henry
is as chipper as ever, but looks more like a
voting clereyman ot the Episcopal Church
than a broker of the first water. Stayner
would easily be mistaken by a stranger lor
a Presbj tcriau deacon. His face is smooth
thaven and his lratures are cold and class
ical. His appearance chills observers as it
an icicle were placed .lown their backs.
Tne pair are plaintiffs in a suit brought
acaiust tne Callery estate to compel the
heirs to pay a sum of money growing out of
a transaction with Mr. Callery when he was
President of the Pittsburg and 'Western
road. The suit was to have been heard ves
terday. It was the first on the docket for
the day. Ites' train was late and he did
not reach the city until 9:30. His lawyers
are Lyon, McKcc & Sanderson. Sir. San
derson said, owing to the absence of his
client, the suit had been postponed for an
other teira. Young Henry held a confer
ence with his attorneys at the Duquesne
yesterday afternoon.
It was reported on Sunday that Ives
backed by the President of a Detroit car
company, ana several other capitalists had
bought the stock of the Ohio Southern road
for 30 cents on the dollar and then sold it at
a good figure, making $2,000,000 out of the
deal. When asked if the report was true,
he smiled blandly and said: "Why, it is
absurd. If we had bought the stock at 30
cents and sold it at the figure given, we
could have made only $300,000. No man
could make S2,000,000 out of that road. I
heard the story yesterday, and it amused
me. "We did not buy the Ohio Southern
road. The report is incorrect."
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Fine Tailor-Made
JACKETS
This Week
Extra
Inducements.
$ 5 Off Some,
$10 Off Some.
$15 Off Some,
S20 Off Others.
All are selling.
YOU MUST NOT MISS THIS,
MISFIT CLOTHING PARLORS,
516 SITSZFIELID STREET,
We have been preaching Bargains Special Sale Bargains for the last two weeks, and, unlike many of the world's great
preachers, not in vain, as thousands of satisfied and delighted customers attest We offer to-day and the balance of the week
- SOME EXTRA SPECIAL BIG BARGAINS
Yo END WE WORK SO WELL AND SUCCESSFULLY DONE
AH our extra fine Kersey Overcoats, formerly sold at 35, $32, $30 your choice $16.50
All our extra fine Black and Blue Melton Overcoats, sold at $30, $27.50, $25 your choice $14.00
All our Black Cheviot Overcoats, formerly sold at $18, $16.50, $15 your choice fc , . . $10.00
All our Blue and Black Beaver and Pilot Cloth Overcoats sold at $25, $22, $26 your choice $ 11.00
All our popular line of Tan, Gray, Blue, Brown and Black Kersey Overcoats sold at $15, $13.50, $12 your choice. . $ 8.25
All our Chinchilla Overcoats soldat $15, $12 and $10 your choice , $ 7.00
All our ULSTERS, ULSTERS, ULSTERS, ULSTERS sold at $25, $221 $18 your choice $13.50
Black and Blue Cheviot Suits sold at $18, $16, $15 your choice , $10.00
Black and Blue Clay Diagonal Suits sold at $22, $20, $18 your choice , , $13.50
All our finer fancy Cassimere Sack and Cutaway Suits sold at $22, $20, $18,. $16 your choice ,,...., $ 11.00
All our Sack and Cutaway Suits that sold at $14,' $13.50, $12 and $10 your choice. , $ 7.50
We positively assert that this is the greatest sacrifice sale of fine clothing ever inaugurated in this State. No garment
allowed to leave our house unless it is a perfect fit
We guarantee to give you perfect satisfaction.
Take your pick pay three times the amount of our prices to your tailor for exactly the same goods and the same fit we
will sell you. Go to the ready-made clothing dealers, buy poor sewed, ill-fitting clothing, or come to us and secure a merchant
tailor made garment FOR A LOWER PRICE than the ready-made clothing dealers charge lor their inferior goods.
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AnARDCoujrh distresses the patient, and
racl.1! b.nh lungs and tliroit. Dr. D. .Jayne's
Expectorant Li Hie remedy wanted to euro
j our couzh, and relieve both tbe pulmonary
and brouchical organs.
Kimball Pianos. Indorsed by greatest
artists. For cash or by easy payment plan,
at Mellor & Uocnc's, 77 Fifth avenue.
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WE ARE
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ily to set the beat vnlne for yonr money.
Economize In your footwear by purchasing
IV. I., flmiirln ShopH. which reDresent ihp
best value lor prices asked, as thousands
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Is a relief and sure cure to
'tho Urinaiy Organs, Gravel
and Chronic- Catarrh of the
Bladder.
Tim Swiss Stomach Hitters
trade mark, i are a sure cure for Dysnepsia,
Liver Complaint ana every s pecies "of in
digestion. lVllti Cherry Tonic, the most popular prep
aration for cure of Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis
and Inn: troubles.
Either of the above $1 per bottle, or 6 for
$3. If yourdruL'gist doe- not handle these
poods ui ho to WaI. F. ZOELLEK. sole M'tr,
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L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE GENT?!tMEN,
THE BEST SHOE IN THE WORLD FOR THE MONEY.
A genuine sewed shoe, that uHll not rip, fine
calf, seamless, smooch lsslde, flexible, more com
fortable, stylish and durable than any other shoe
ever sold at the price. Equals custom made shoes
costing from St to ti.
ttlA nndSS Hand-sewed, fine calf shoes. The
P "" most stylish, easy and durable shoes ever sold
at tho price. They equal fine Imported shoes costing
from J3 to $12.
E7A11 other (trades of the same high
etnndnrd of excellence.
CAUTION. Bevrnre of dealers substituting
shoes without W. L. Douglas name and the prico
stamped on bottom Such substitutions are frauda
lent and subject to prosrcutlon by law for obtaining
money under false pretences.
W. L. DOUGLAS, lirocktnn, Maes. Sold by
, . Carter, 71 Fifth avenue; J. 8. Frolirlng, 33
Tlfth avenue; U. J. A G. HI. Lanf. 4S01 ltutler
strtet, Pittsburg: Henry Koiser, 103 rederal street;
X. O. Hollm&n, Ho, 7:Bebecc& street, Allegheny
Hutchinson Hros., No. 230 Beaver avenue. Alls
gheny;J.iinesSlilUiday,No.506 Firth avenue: Uolt
Bros.. Jo. JS3S Carson street, tittsburg TTS
Shortness of money should not prevent yon from doing a good turn or hinder you
from making a relative or friend happy at Chtistmas Tide.
Money or no money, we are here to serve you. Wo have a stook of goods to make
clad the heart of any housekeeper. What more sensible or uselnl than something In tna
line of Furniture, Carpets, etc? From now until the close of the year we make special
rednctions tnrouchont to reduce stock during the winter months and to make room for a
completely new line In the spring. s
ANYTHING ON TIME. - r'
MURPHY BROS. GO.'S GREAT HOLIDAY SALE!
On These Terms ! On These Terms I
$ 12.00 WORTH. 50 Cts. CASH AND 50 Cts. WEEKLY.
$ 25.00 WORTH, $ 1.00 CASH AND $ 1.00 WEEKLY.
$ 50.00 WORTH, $2.00 CASH AND $2.00 WEEKLY.
$ 75.00 WORTH, $2.50 CASH AND $2.50 WEEKLY.
$100.00 WORTH. $3.00 CASH AND $3.00 WEEKLY.
RELIABILITY OUR REPUTATION.
We guarantee our patrons thorough satisfaction in Character and quality of goods,
prices and terms. We can please you, MUST plcaso you. WILL pleasa you. We simply
ask a trial an opportunity to prove the sincerity ot onr business. WE ASE IX CA3H
ONLY WHAT WB ADVERTISE.
MURPHY BROS. CO.
THE RELIABLE HOME FURNISHERS.
No. 27 Seventh Street, Near Penn AVenue,
PITTSBUKG, PA.
XBusiness with you conducted In strict confidence.
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LAURA YELVERTQN'S CHOICE.
BY FITZGERALD BfOLLOY.
' Copyright, 1S92,
Laura Yelvertou sat In the sheltered al
cove of a bow window a letter in her
hands, her large, melancholy hazel eyes
gazing out on tbe wide, grassy lavrn sloping
to the riycr, studed with trees ot centuries'
growth, and protected by high, red-brick
vails, against which cherries, plums and
apricots ripened in the sun. She had re
ceived the letter that morning, and had I
read it over again ana a cam until she had
committed to memory etcry phrase and
word in which Captain Hunsate declared he
loved her with a!l the iuHneis of his heart
and strength ot his manhood prayed for a
return of his aficction, besought her to be
come his wife.
So forcible were his words, so natural
their expression, that she fancied she could,
hear them spoken by that clear ringing
voice that had ever an undertone of ten
derness when it addressed her. She could
picture him standing before her, his figure
tall and straight, his well-cut face scorched
by tropical sues, his close-cropped hair al
ready Iron gray, his straight, heavy brows
shading the gravest and darkest of blue
eyes. It was not without a keen sense of
pain she thought of answering his letter,
assuring him she could never be his wife.
For although she respected and admired
him, placed implicit laith in his honor, ap
preciated his worth, it was impossible for
her to give him the love which had gone
out of her keeping long before.
In her heart of hearts she knew that
George Gerard, the man who had gained
her affections, was in all wavs inferior to
by the Author.
Captain Iinngate; but it may bare been the
mental and moral weakness of Gerard's
character that first attracted her that
eventually made her desirous to guide his
ways and protect him from himself that
had finally won her love. For, alter all,
love neither comes nor goes at our bidding
or desire, but wanders to and fro, up and
down the world, at his own sweet will,
finding refuge and rest in the strangest ana
most unlikely places.
More thau 12 months ago George Gerard
asked her to become his wife, and she would
have accepted him bad not her father, whose
will was to her as law, lorbidden her to wed
a worthless idler and a confirmed gambler.
She implicitly obeyed the onlv parent she
had ever known, the lather she loved and
revered, and broke oft sll connection with
George Gerard, whom she had never since
seeu. Looking back on this brief year, it
seemed to her as it her life had undergone a
complete change. No word Of complaint
passed her lips; no look of reproach flashed
in her eyes at being obliged to iclinquish
the man she loved; but a void had crept into
her heart, a sense of loneliness fell on her
days, existence lost the flavor of its old
sweetness.
Since then her father had died, leaving
her, his only child, the sole mistress of his
fortune leaving her, likewise, quite alone
in lite, save tor an elderly cousin who now
acted as hrr companion, ncd who was as
much out of sympathy with her young rela
tive, as far removed trom the current of
her thoughts and feelings, as if they lived
iu separate worlds.
The afternoon wore oh as Laura Yel
verton sat and thought of these things the
answer she must presently write Captain.
Hungate rising continually in her mind.
Thouzh it was early spring, the day was
sweet and warm, chestnuts and hawthorn
were bursting into bloom on tbe lawn, the
sun was glinting on the placid river, and
the song ot a thrush alone broke the still
ness of the hour.
Suddenly the cntranco of a servant
arqused her trom abstraction, and mechani
cally she took up the card presented to her
on the salver. "When she read the name
she started, and when, after a moment's
hesitation, she ordered the visitor to be
shown in, the beating of her heart almost
drowned tbe sound of her voice. Instinc
tively she took Captain Hungate's letter
and thrust it into a volume that stood on a
little table beside her, then, with an eflort
she strove to calm herself so that nothing in
her outward appearance might betray the
agitation which reigned within. She so iar
succeeded that when she came forward with
outstrctclici haud to greet the youug man
who entered, not even the flutter of a
pulse or a glow of color told of her emotion.
There stood George Gerard before her,still
boyish in appearance, scarcely a year older
than herself, seeming unaltered since last
they met, the same look of gladness in his
blue eyes, the same sunny smile on his
bright, fair face, framed with a thick crop
of yellow hair, the same look of indecision
on these lips, shaded by a tawny mustache,
the handsomely molded cheek and slightly
retreating chin devoid of whiskers of beard.
"You are surprised to see me," he said,
when their first greetings wqre over and he
had sat down beside her, bending toward
her at in the olden time when his love was
yet nnconfessed.
"I didn't expect you," she answered, gaz
ing at him as if comparing his appearance
with the image which lay in her heart all
these months gone by.
"But von are not displeased?" be asked,
anxiously.
"I'm always pleased to see my friends,"
he replied, guardedly.
"And I am still amongst the number?"
"You are," she said, softly, in a yoiee
that fell on his ears like music.
"I didn't intend coming to see you so
soon," he said, speaking in a tone that be
trayed his agitation, "because the time of
probation I had set myself hasn't passed,
but I heard something last night a rumor
which made me come here to learn for my
self from your lips if it was true." He
could tay no more, lor his throat and tongue
were parched by the excitement which con
sumed him.
"What is the rumor?" she asked, gazing
out on the lawn, that her eyes might not
meet his.
"That yon are going to marry Hungate.
Tell me, tell me, is it true?"
"I shall never marry Captain Hungate,"
she said, slowly and decisively.
"Then," he cried out, in a tone of relief
and gladness, "then there is hope for me
yet, and I needn't despair; for Laura, Hove
you, better if possible now than when 12
months ago you refused to be my wife.
Don't answer me, don't speak to me until
I have confessed all to you, and then judge
me. I blame your father and hated him, be
cause he made you break, witli me, knowing
spent tne greater part of my lortune on
the race course and at the card table. Now
I see be was right. But your refusal
blinded me, maddened mej.and to kill my
pain with excitement I went straight trom
your presence to a gambling hell."
She spoke no word, but her eyes were full
of sorrow and reproach.
"Don't look at me like that, or I can't go
on I" he said. "I spent days and nizhts in
this hell, winning and losing, exhilarate!
And depressed, forgetful of things, until it
seemed as if my chances of happiness in
this world and the next hung upon the
turning of a card. Then fortune wholly
deserted me; my reason seemed to Iojc its
balince, and I staked every penny I .pos
sessed and lost."
A low moan escaped hit hearer's white
lips.
"When I came to my senses for 1 think
I must have been mad I found myself in
the rooms of an old college friend who had
taken charge of me, and was determined not
to lose sight of me until I wasn,yselt again.
When I went out he was by my side, watch
ing me as if I were a child, guarding me
from temptation, until at last I recovered
myielf. When I thought of what I lost in
losing you, I wished myself dead; but one
day a ray of hope came to me, and I re
solved to renounce gambling forever. Then
when I had kept my determination for 12
months, I intended to come' here and say to
you I have reformed, for your sake I have
overcome the curse whiofa darkened my life
and threatened to plunge me into misery;
have pity on me; give me your love. I
have come before the time has quite passed,
because I heard vou wei'e to marry another.
Now I am here, let me say you have never
been absent from my mind, nisht or day.
that mv heart is yours to do with as you
please"
He took the hand which was nearest him
and raited it to his lips. How fervently she
loved Mm she never lully realized until
now, that he sat beside her after an absence
that seemed an elernitr; until once more
his solt and winning viice foil like a charm
on ber ears. She suddenly realized tne
emptiness and loneliness of her life, and
knew that his presence alone could fill it
with joy could transform her world to
paradise But at the same time, the mem
ory of her father's words came back to her,
bidding her beware, warning her against
biiilJine for herself a pleasure house whose
fouudations were laid in sand. He had ob
jected to Georce Gerard because he was a
gambler; but temptation had been con
quered; vice bad been overcome, and
her father, if living, she told herself,
could have nothing to urge against the man
she loved.
" I aw not quite penniless," he said;
" for an uncle ot miue who died a few
months ago left me two hundred pounds a
Year. I know it is nothin? in comnarlinn
with your fortune, bnt it will oe enough I
for me, and I shall never touch a penny of
your money. It shall be settled on your
se f "
v Don't talk of it," she replied, inter
rupting him.
' No, dearest; I will talk only of my
love for you. Tell me you have not for
gotten me that some of the -old affection
remains for me still." He pleaded in a
voice that thrilled her, thollght of his eyes
falling on her with tbe warmth of sun
rays. " You find me unchanged," she replied,
letting her hand rest in his.
" Then dearest be roy wife. Don't re
fuse me again, for I know not what maj
happen," he said, flinging himself on his
knees by her side. " With you as myx
guide lean never go astray. Yon will be
my help, mv strength, my protection, my
hapoiiiesa."
The old desire to become his zuardian, to
shield him trom temptation, to be bis help
mate and support, returned to her tenfold.
She let one hand rest upon his head, her
finfjerj hidden amongst bis yellow locks,
while her heart beat wildly tothe rhythm of
the words: "I love him I'love him I love
him."
"Dearest." he said, raising blilright
boyish face, "will vou not say you love me
a little bit; won't you tell me you will be
my wife?"
She would gladly have assured him her
heart was bis, but the small still voice of
conscience, not quite drowned in the tumult
of her feelings, whispered that to
give him her love was to disobey her dead
father's wishes. There was but one method
to silence that voice, and she took it at
once.
"Before I promise to be your wife." she
said, "you must pledge me your oath that
you will never again bet or gamble."
Still on his knees he looked into her face
and smiled.
"Swear," the said, solemnly.
"Swear by a)l I hold sacred in heaven,
by all Z love on earth, that I shall never bet
or gamble again," he said.
Shyly and blushingly she bent down her
head, and for the first time he kissed her
lips.
CHAPTEB II.
For three years no happier home was to
be found in all England than that of
George Gerard and bis wife. Under her
ennobling and itrengthening Influence his.
character developed and deepened; in the
warmth and tenderness of his affection her
life expanded and sweetened. Bounded by a
world of their own, where the darkness of
care and the shadow of sorrow were un
knownwhere tbe voice of discontent and
the tones of reproach were unheard their
happiness was complete. His past life with
tbe one weakness which had almost ruined
it, was forgotten. It bad disappeared from
sight like an island in the sea which trav
ele rs beheld one hour and which has van
ished in the next Never since his mar
riage bad he entered a (rambling hell;
never was be seen upon a race course; nor
was his propensity ever mentioned. Hit
wife was not more proud of hit triumph
over temptation, of hit keeping his oath,
than was George Gerard himself. When he
thought or dreamed of the past it was al
ways with a feeling of horror at what had
been, with a tente of pride and elation at
his present. His heart was filled with grat
itude to and love for his wife the source
and center of his happiness.
To be continued fo-morrott
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