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She stood before him,. tall and fair,
And gracious, tin Bast stimtner's:lay,
With June's lirst roses In her hair,
And on her cheek 11.'0 . 1400m of May.
But rosy cheek, and dimpled clan,
And raven lashes drooping low,
Conceal the answer he would win:
It might be Tee; would It be 1..10
Ah, If 'twerp No—his throbbing heart
Sirssi fairly stillwith sud 'en pain:
And If 'Mere Yes, the woad so wide .
Ills deep (Totem could scarce
in wondrous fair 1 bow mold she stoop
To favor such a one as he?
Ah, sweet suspense that still leaves hope.
pain of sad uncertainty:
\ lie held her hand so white and small.
\And moved to !mils it With his
itiat changed hls mind, and let It fall,
With clifilest, touch of finger ups,
Aud \ tookthi scat she offered him
Upon the sofa by her side. •
' !Nor made the space between them leas,
Which inclined so narfoX, ,Ift so wide.
Encrvil.7s
The gaztng ottt he peifect face,
The dinilited rohuth, toe serious eyes,
And drinking ih with eager ears
The inti.dc of her lint replies,
lie let the.bright tiou x
ra drift away, ,
Nor told the secret of his heat,
But when the shadows leigtheued lay,
hose, all reluctant, to depart. .
Ilyl7-73.
And stammered ,forth, with biasing cheek,
An eager, tIIIICITOUS request \
That she.; for old aequatntanci.` I, 4e*
Wou f hl grant the rosebud tromher 'breast.
She gase to him, with downcast nyes,\
And watched him leave her, *llll a sigh.
6h, said,•' so true. so w i se:
Ali me, it he.were not so shy
She was the bonniest, weetest,
most lovable child in the world ;
quick and_ lithe and fairy-like. In
many small points she differed froth
other children of her age ; She sel
dom misplaced her words. aril h e ld
infantine abbreviations or dissylla
bles itiT contempt. Irom her lips,
now aflthen, dropped little rounded
'pearls. of speech that Made those
wonder wlio heard; while she had a
fine love of getting at the root of all
matters that raised within her min
gled feelings of admiration and awe.
At times they vaguely doubted.
whether she were not in reality nine
ty instead of four 'years old. But
her clinging - arms and dewy kisses,
and sweet innocence assured them of
her youth. They adored .her ' as was
only natural, coming, as she
thirteen years aftertbey had all de
cided Nina was to be the last ; bring
ing, ih WI tier so munch grief and
trouble; for as she cline the mother
went, and so it happened that the
Wee delicate bairn was flung upon' a
cOld world,?with only four growing
girls to tend her, and sympathize
with - her joys and woes.
ELSDItZ6
rftstr.l7N
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' Their fikher, always a recluse,
grew daily Imore and ,more taciturn
and sedentary, as .month by month
rolling by only made him miss more
hopelessly the companionship of )ter
who had been to him all in•all. Only
" the baby" could bring a. smile to.
his,lip - 4. Only her soft fingers could
by their touch coax
,back the old
peaceful look to his face.
But that her nature was too true
for spoiling, she would have been ut
terly ruined before her first year had
ended. None of those about her
dared oppose her slightest wish, so
that she tyrannized over the entire
household, from . the ancient and
cross-grained butler down to the la
stest stable boy, unrebuked.
But Lilias, pretty, stately Lilias,
was her chief joy; gentle Lilias,
with her - crown .if golden hair, her
dark, deep- eyes, her lissome, grac,-
ful figure. 'None of theM came so
close to the baby's heart as this her
'eldest sister ; and all of tiny riplets
of disconte44, and still Wider waves
of wrath, vier , e_pi'er quelled by the
low, sweet'votce .of Aias, that rang
like silver chimes.. i
. Their name wa.' lit 'ot, and they
lived near a tiny villa„c, insignifi
cant and unknon. T ree miles
from them was a town rejo sing in a
railway station and (what its propri 4 .
-. ilread
') in r
n in;
, k
July 27,76
, rsout:i of the First
j. ti. CALIFF
P PZACE
etor ,was pleased to name) a r, dread
hotel. This *latter Was 'usually in a
state of.stagnation, but one eve' ing
in midsummer two young men, :
parenily fagged, broken-hearted., m.
to say ill-tempered, took pity on it,
and leaving the station just opposite,
- alked into - its heat parlor, and sank
in o its horselAtir chairs.
Any ul4e in ringing the bells? "
aske the elder of thetwo, whose/
name was Lord Farnie, casting /a
helples glance around. •//-
• /
' " Try,' replied his companiuA sul
kily, who was evidently further gone
in,the blues than his friend:::
N Irg
le .78'
• Lord Fart *e tried. A eraeked bell
tinkled in the distance./ There was
\
a long Ouse. --./
Outside afe o , 6ese cackled un
pleasantly;; insidt all was a 3 silent
as the palace th t eld the sleeping
beauty. • The sun,. .s yet nntired,
pOured its golden -ra:s through the
many-paned window ; le door open
ed slowly, sleepily, and i• waiter ap
peared. •
" Waiter," said his !or( ship, lan
guidly, " wtat,ljan we hare : " while
his friend; standing at the sN'ndow,'
gazed moodily down upon the •ourt
yard beneath. - . .4
" Fowl, sir, cold jint, cutlets," re
plied the waiter , in a sing-song toil ,
wisping some itnaginaryAnst off th
nearest chair. • . ..
TOW ANDA. PA.
" Cutlets," said his lOrdship,
lively, his eyes fixed upon a faded
cobweb that hung with much dejec
tion 1 from the ceiling, "( utleta in a
village inn. Fred, do you think cut
lets would be safe ? " •
" Don't know, I'm sure," said Fred,
disgustedly. "It would more than
half depend on the state of the fire;
perhaps they have no fire ; on the
_whole I should say not."
" Then. we have no resource but to
fall back on the - fowl . or the cold jint,"
said his Cousin, "and I don't think I
like cold jint. Waiter," as , though
suddenly inspired, "do you believe
the presiding genius in your kitchen
could cook rasher, and fiy it with
two fresh i eggs? "
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" Oh, make it four when you are
about it," said Fred, impatiently; "I
dare say I'm as hungry as youare."
" Very good, then, waitervwTh will
make it "four, and as many rashers as
Feb. it, 1878;
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FAINT HEART.
4 ekriell Q. ale
THE BABY.
her frying-Pau will held.: ton'think
she knows how to serve, it properly?"
" I really can't say, sir," said the
indignant waiter, throwing as imper
tinent an Intonation into his voice
as he dared;" we ain't in the habit
of serving rashers . hi this house. ex
cept at breakfast gut if she can
\ throw her mind into 'em at this hour,
I dessay you'll get 'em.".
41' like that fellow," said Lord
Farnie; when the man had disappear
ed 3 "'there was an insolent twinkle
iu hiS eye that I especially admired.
Yet I . don't think he likes me. Odd
that One possessed of--".
" Thefe, don't moralize," said Fred
brusquely, " but tell me what in
duced you to stop at this beastly
hole.? "
"An inward craving—"
." Nonsense ! when ; you are, within
five miles of our destination—"
"My dear fellow, dot*, lose your
temper because you have, to
come • down here," said his, cousin,
cheerfully, changing his glass frodr
his 'tight eye to his left. "I' wish
myself safely out of it quite as Much
as you do, but.l never lose my tem
per. Firstly, because- .1 haven't got
one to lose, and secondly, because it
is • bad form. I ciWn I think Ash
buinham far preferable to Linwood,
but what will you?' Here we are,
and here we must remain, at ail events
for a few -days."
"I hate compulsory visiting."
"So do I. But when a man has
been civil to one in a hundred little'
ways, and then makes a point-of get
ng One to promise tdispend some
tune with him,. it ddn't do to refuse.
That's about it, I take it. So let us
put'a. (rood face on the matter and be
festivb7ander adversity."
" Youre right," said Pred, laugh
ing ; " bait old Conroy don't catch
me accepting any more of his little
civilities in )a , hurry, if-this is to be
the price of soloing.. I. have a mor-.
Mil
bid horror of small towns and eccen
tric gentlemen. 1 suppose Linwood
is a torn-down ldnce , without the
common necessaries\of life. I shan't
stay there three days." \
‘• Perhaps it is a palace," said Lord
`• At all events;.we may as
well go see it . now, or we shhll be laf,4;r
for dinner„ and turn your `eccentric
gentleman into a ravening best."
They rose and went.
* ; *
The next morning awoke calm and
smiling; and, deepening into fill
grown day, showed itself One of sum
mer's brightest:and gayest efforts.
On her own doorstepstood Lajas.
Harlot., ready equipped for a walk ;
-she called to the baby to hurry, and
presently the little one broke from
the nurse's grasp and ran to her with
hand outstretched. Together the
big and little sister went up the ave
nue under the limes and out of sight.
Their walk for a short while was
peaceful, and full of such intellectual
conversation as can be derived from
"Mother Hubbard" and "Puss 'in
Boots."' But When they entered old
Tom Conroy's wood-Lnow glow'ing
and swelling with the pride of its
rich and bursting charms—they turn
ed aside and took a higher flight into
the land of fantasy, and discussed
such topics congenial to the.scene as
"Goldenlocks" and poor Red Rid
inghooil." Presently the . i baby, tir
ing of bloody jaws and tierY, wicked
eyes, raised her head on high and be
came enamored of some white blos ,
soms in the trees above her. They
*ere sufficiently beyond reach to
make them madly desiraole.
" I want thcm," she said, with a
healthy disl;egard of grammar.
" But they are so far away from
us that I. fear we must, do without
them."
'" I won't," said the baby ; "I want
hem, Lily—get them for me."
"But,
who wo,
1-. i mment
ing they
silent, o
1:192E1M
it is imp
happene
went wi
for her
hei e are
'1(1O
care for
the bah)
ter ; I
here," reproachfully, " she would get
hem /for me." Geraldine was her
/
s cemd sister. . .
/ But: Geraldine is so much taller
hat Inc,' and even she could not
reach them Without climbing."
"Th n climb," saidlle household
\
tyrant p omptly.,
. As, wh n she uttered this terrible
command, he big tears stood in her
azure eyes, Was gave- in. Placing
one foot tipo a projecting branch
she ess4ed to 4imb, and just as she
did so, a young an, forcing his way
through sonic 'tau es shrub! hard by,
came—himself u ecn—upw4 this.
charming picture.c i
A. little maiden site ling with frock
out-held to catch the oped-foeblos
soms, a !Jigger maiden, with intent
lOok, showing amid theeen leaves.
When Liliiis had raiset ' l .rself two
yards from mother earth, sh . stopped
short; and glanced down rue idly at
\\\
her own miniature beneath.
" Now, Daisy, A what is to-be d ne?"
she said."' I have caught my fog in
some awkward way, and am as r
from your flowers as ever. Ho
shall I get down ? " • -
Here the- r ung man came a few
d 1, hr -, hr id,
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 10 1879.
:my oot " trying to stir it and mak
i g faint grimace, "my foot has
forceit itself into this. hollow—add—
ah "
" You are tnrt—l am sure you are
hurt!" snid the young man, anxious
ly. " Plaee your hind on my shoul
der and try to turn it. There ! Now
it is released. i Is
.painfnl ? DO
not use Wier a mome nt, and then let
Me help you down." - Then very soft
ly : "Will you permit me? " . .
• He attempted to put his arm round
her, and as Lilias just then was mak
ing a trial of „the Wounded ,member,she uttered no protest. He took lifir
in his arms and placed her lightly' i on
the ground. .
" Does it pain you?" he : asked.
"No—not much--it will , be noth
ing,"said Lilias, coloring again. To
her, if not to him, the situation was
altogether new and strange. " I
hardly feel it now; thank you so
much." She bowed somewhat dis
tantly, and would have gone away,
but the child; Daisy, ran to him and
caught his hand. "Good-by," 'she
said, and, while still having a tight
hold of. him, went oh. with what had
been puzzling her for some m inutes. _
" Why did you put your' rm round
my Lily . ? " she asked. •
'" To help me out of the tree," in
terposed Lilias, troubled, but out
wardly calm. She felt what was
coming,
•-. " Oh! said this terrible infant,
pausing. • Then, questioningly :
" When Bob puts his arm around you
he always kisses you—but he didn't
kiss you," with a reproachful glance
at the stranger;'" why ?" (Bob was
a distant cousin.) , It was too . much:,
Sir Frederic AshurSt, burst dut,langli
ing; nut only •laughed, but coated,
and in a' minute or two, iviltn she
had had time to recover from the
shock, Lilias laughed toe. . 1
" I beg your - pardon," he said,
presently, with much contrition ; " I
know I should not feel amused, but
I cannot help it.. You must forgive
me. Good-by, little Didsy ; I am
glad I was able to get you your flow
ers.: Good-by." . .. .
.Just .then his cousin appearef;
sauntering leisurely toward them. I
" There you are, Fred ! " he said ;
" I have been looking for you every
where." Then he • stepped and
glanced curiously at Lilias, and put,
his hand in a puzzled way to his hat.
"I have had au adventure, Farnie;
have men I have wen happy enough to do good
service to a little wood nymph," said
.qir Fr cleric; smiling at Daisy, then
h La- to Lilias and said frankly:
"I. are no cards about me, but I
show d like to introduce myself; I
am 1. ederick Ashurscand this is
my in, Lord Farnie, and we are
staying t old Tom Conroy's; and
you are 3 "ss Heriot, I fancy ? "
" Yes—l m one of the Misses lie
riot," said Lilias, smiling as frankly.
•" And we fie in the big, gray
house. down there," broke in ie hos
pitable baby in he high, sweet treble.
" Won't you come \to see us, and
bring me more of lii se pretty white
flowers ? And I shall show you my
squirrel, and my bow- ow, and my
dolly." .
"If I may," returned Asb urst, di
recting . appealing eyes at lias, "I
should like to call this afternoon-to
inquire abort"—with a/desperate
guess at the Jelatio fship-,--lyour
aunt's foot." .
"It is quite w 1," said Mills,
cohily. Then, s -Mg his face fall,
her conscience smote her, and she
added : " But ir yo u do call, I am
sure—papa ill be glad to see you."
She ho ed first to Lord Farnie
and the to him, bestowing la gra
ciouszsmile upon :the former, while
not eigning to raise her eyes to the
la er, and drew the child away.
"Good by," called the baby, nod
ding at them over her shoulder.
"Come soon. And she is not my
aunt at all—she is my mammy." So
it ever pleased her to designate her
sister Lilias.
That afternoon they called, and
then the next.day, and then the day
after that again ; and I think it was
the day after that again that it first
dawned upon the lieriots that Sir
Frederick Ashurst was in love with
their Lilias.
It als:? dawned upon Lord Filmic;
so that, when a full week had gone
by since their arrival at Tom Con
roy's, a'nd still his cousin showed no
desire for departure, in spite of ye
hemeut protestations on the subject
before coining, he made his way one
night to Fred .4shurst's room and
spoke as follows :
"I can rand it no longer; I am
off to-morrow ; it is insufferable.
Nothing shall induce me to come
here again. To-night he told me all
over again that story about Symp.
kin's oxen ; I wish Sympkin was
duaa,.and his oxen, too; I shall go.
Will you come with me, Fred?"
" It might look rude, our both go
ing together, don't you think ?" said
Ashurst, evasively. " Ilettet . for me
to stay a day or'two longer."
. "All, just so!" said Faroie, with a
smile. - " What a considerate fellow
you are, Fred, and what uncommon
ly pretty girls, tho4e Ileriots are.'t
Very; though Ldon't finite see
.what that has to tbi with
" No more do I ; but I think I like
the eldest one best. She is in very
:truth alily. I wonder (pro'vokingly)
how you can prefer Miss Geraldine
—though I own that she, too, might
out many a London belle. If I
s aid here much longer I should; lose
m head ; as it is—did you ever see
any ling so fresh and sweet as her
smil when she gave me that rosebud'
yesterday ? It has haunted me ever
since." \
" Of whom are you speaking—of
Miss HeriOt?"
" Yes, °MMus. She gave it—the
rosebud, r mean—with such perfect
grace."
"I dare say \ )• \ o . o asked her for it."
" I did, certainly ; nay. I begged
for it, and got it. She has got the
-prettiest eyes-I ever saw—somewhat
like a cow's when chewing the cud."
" I would not be coarse if I were
you," said Fred,
" Coarse !Inv dear fell4w. Far be
jit from me. Can there be anything
more peacefully penSive than the ex
pression of a cow when cbewing the
cud of sweet and. bitter meadows?
The study of nature, I doubt, has
REGARDLESS, OF DENUNCIATION FROM QUARTER.
had no Charms for you, else _ you
would understand and appreciate my
simile. I beg, pardon if-I have offen
ded. her or you: I had no idea it had
gone so far. What will the mother
say? Blois , shall You , explain to Di
ana ? "
"1 don't follow you"—stillly—" I
know of nothing that requires expla
nation. And, even if \ did; I know
no reason why I should cl►oosc Dia
na as my mother confesSor.9\
"I thought you were engaged to
her," said Farnie, flicking a 'small
fragment of cigar ash With great tare
from his coat sleeve.
" Engaged! nonsense! 0f course,
Jam not engaged - to her. 1 believe
mymother and hers have oftenspo
ken of a marriage between us as a
Ulna that ought to be, considering
how the estates lie ; but I have never
uttered a word of love to her in my
life, and imVlr shall, for various rea
sons—one of the ehiefest being that,
were I to do so, she would not listen
to me."
"Ah ! that being- so, I wish you
luck with Miss Lilian," said his lord
ship, rising. '• Good night, dear boy;
it is just as well I am leafing to-mor
row, as I was fast loSing my heart to
the beau.r, yeux of your love."
Ile left the room without waiting.
for a rejoinder, but in the corrider
outside he Paused, and his whole ex
pression changed and softened. -
"So!'" he said, "I am glad „to
know that of Diana: I shall chance
it with. her on my retutn_ from the
north. She is handsome, distingue,
and can hold her own. She likes me,
I tliney, and—and—really, I believe
I like her, too—uncommonly ! "
So Ire left; but Sir Frederic lin
geted on at Linwood 'until ;,hu time
had grown into a month,
It was night, but night as light as
day—so pale and brilliant were the
moonbeams '
so faint and shadowy
was the veil that lay upon the land.
Lilias stood in her rose-scented
garden alone, her hands clasped
loosely behind her, her eyes fixed,
upon the tiny stream. that gurgled at
her feet.
She . liad plucked her rose and now
watched it tloatini . ; away from her
leaf by leaf, upon the water's bosom,
leaving behind it an assurance sweet.
as the touch of bps forbidden.
"Ile loves me!" she whispered,
dreamily, her lingers still pressing
the last kind petal. "He loves me!"
she rCpeated, with a •
long-drawn,hqp
•.!.
py sigh."
"11c-does!' he: does ! "- murmured
a voice close beside her, in trembling
accents. "Oh, hilias! but do you
love him ?
For an atiiswer she turned and laid
her soft, pink-flushed cheek to his.
It 'was a wonderful thing to the
Iteriots to hear that 'Alias was go
ing to be married—and to Sir Fred
eric Ashurst. She would have a ti
tle—she would be my Lady Ashurst
--it was as good as Cinderella.
Their fattier was pleasedOmt puz
zled. For the first time, as -he saw,
one of them preparing to leave the
home nest, it dawned upon him that
they were no longer children. Ile
approved the engagement, but shrank
trom naming any immediate day for
the wedding. -
" Time, time," he said to Frederie,
"give me time. You rob 'lnc of
a dear posSession, and ..Vxpect me tq
rejoice over it. You aie going to
Scotland for the , rronse i shooting--
well, when you return ivj sill talk it
over."
" Then I will- return it tmediately,"
said Fred, laughingly ; but so it was
arranged, and after a few
_more days
of lovers' raptures Litias and he bade
each other a sad farewell, and "kiss—
ed, and kissed," and, parted.
• * * * * •
Fopr weeks alone Were to separate
them ; *but when he had been gone
barely a fortnight it so happened that
one day a carriage drove upith the
lieriots' door, and from it alighted
an eldarly lady, short but reiplend
ent, whose features—as Lily gazed
upon them from an upper easement
—did net seem to 7her altogether un
familiar.
She begged a 'private audience of
Mr.r lleriot, and being ShoWn into,
the library, where, he sat reading,
made 'him a present,—according to
his (laughter's calculations—of one
hour of her society.
By the time the schoolroom dock
chimed two all four girls were nearly
mad with a suppressed desire to know;
and when the stranger had departed,
and of them all, was sum
moned to the mysterious apartment
she had so lately occupied, their ex
citement knew no bounds.
Half an hour more dragged- slowly
by. and then Lilias 'came slowly,
with uncertain step, into the hall,
where they stood awaiting her., Her
face was as death, her very figure
had lost some of its pretty round
ness.
" LiHas." they cried, catehir.i hold
of her, " Lilias! what is it? "
- "Nothing," she Said, in a low voice
twisting her slender fingers in and
out, with a fierce efforVat composure.
". Nothing—only he is engaged--he
was engaged all the time to his cous
in, Diana7Fairfax•P
She went from ; them up stairs,
with swift steps, while they, stupid
with rage and grief, stood below and
mutely watched her.
Presently they knew it all. The
lady who had been closeted with their
father was Lady Ashurst, Frederic's
mother, and she had come to tell him
of her son's engagemeht Ito his cous
in, Diana Fairfax.. They had been
betrothed for years, she said, with
the consent of both families. She
had heard - accidentally of his-impru
dent conduct with Miss Heriot, and
had hastened . to inform Mr. lleriot,
for the good of all parties, how.mat
ters really stood.
Iler son's. honor was in his hands;
would he not restore it to him un
broken ? Vas this sudden fancy for
Lajas to lowe r him forever in the
eyes of the world ?
She was an adroit old lady. Of
Course, as she put it, she 'showed . if
possible more consideration for Pli
as than for her son. Mr. lleriot,
cold and catin, gave her an assurance
that, as far as he and his were con
cerned, her son should be regaided
. ,
aA though be bad. never been nniong
them.
J "But as for: his honor”"—he .paus
ed, and. then, went on—" it is; not in
my.keeping; know not where
it is."
It was the Only unkind Insinuation
he allowed himself.
Iler well content, with
drew.
"And now." saldMr. Reriot, se
verely, that same evening, "let me
never again hear that young man's
name mentioned in' this house. lie
is dead to us. Let us all remember
that."
He did not look at Lilias, whO sat
.
uiet within the embrasure of the
Wwindow, her knitting in her hands,
her fingers moving swiftly, her eyes
bent,down.
"ghould any one," Went on her
father Sternly," receive tt letter from
him, I desire it shall be returned to
its false sender without an answer
and unopened." .
lie pausects, They all sat around,
silent, frightened. Lilias alone was
calm. She looked up bravely.
" You shall „Le st\beyed, papa," she
•said, without a tremor in : her voice,
and ldft the room. \,„
• A shadow fell upon\ them. Nina
and Gertrude were er,vntr; silently.
A heavy sigh broke from\ - \ their fath
er. These were the only soupds that
came to them through the\ \ gloom.
Was the - father thinking of her who
should have been there to soothe \ and
comfort her stricken child
"Papa," murmured a.little troub
led voice out of the semi-darkness
" papa I " • , •
'Five small. fingers tightened upon
his' he lifted the Odd in his arms,
amiss he pressed her almost pas
tionately to his breast, two large
tears fell upon . her upturned face.
**• * * *
After this a good deal of the laugh
ter of their lives, went from them.
Not that they were altogether un
happy, but they bad an uneasy feel
ing that at any time something fur
ther might crop up as a sequel to
poor Lily's story. Still, they took
whatever amusement chance threw
lir their way, and to the outer world
were as they had over been.
Lilias herself appeared - utterly cal=
loos and unconcerned. At times so
perfect was her Indifference that a
vague feeling of disappointment op
pressed the others as they asked
themselves whether, indeed, the love
that had seemed so real could be.put
aside and forgotten as entirely as
though it had never existed.
• But in this they wronged her.
About a fortnight after - the prece
ding events, and just about the time
when, if everything had gone weir,
Fred might have been expected home,
some one in their neighborhood gave
a ball. The *eriots went to it, and
LiliaFi was inost seNerishly gay
throughout the evening. With.pain
el astonishment her sisters watched
her. All through•-the drive home she
chattered and laughed and jested
with their chaperion. lint at • length
the journey's end
,Was reached, and
the friendly bed-room door was closed
'against intruders. She flung herself
upon the floor with a low s agonized
groan.
"I cannot bear it any longer ".she
said to Geraldine (they occupied the
same room); " it'is killing me- '
will
it ever end? Oh! to sleep, only to
awake to it again—that is horror of
it."
LiHai!" cried Jerry, bending' in
dismay over the slight white heap
on the ground. " Darling, this is
dreadful. Surely: you are not still
thinking of--"
" Yes, I am," she said, doggedly ;
"I am always thinkinn. e' of him—l
never cease thinking of him—l wish
I was dead. Oh! if I could see him
again, only once, perhaps.l might
bear it better.- But to have no good
by, no last word—and the., pain in
my heart forever burning—burn
ing—" ; L, •
" called a plaintive
voice from' the dressing room,, in
frightened sleepy tones,," Lilly !"
It was the baby awakening from a
dream of bogies and calling to her
favorite mother to come to heraid.
11.6 w could she refuse the entreating
accents.? She rose wearily but hast
ily, and, going to the small crib,
took the child to her breast, and
holding it so and crooning over it
and soothing it, soothed, too, at the
same time her own poor wounded
heart.
The next:morning Mr. Tieriot
rc
eeived a letter, the *riting 'on. the
envelope of which turned pale Lilias
paler Still. was from Tred,Cand
declared . his intention of coming
forthwith to her home to learn in
person the cause of the strange
mice to which he had -been subject
ed.
. AL thrill of excitement ran-through
the household Lilias' lips refuSed to
speak—she snt silently . awaiting her
doom. And when her-father came in
and said'she was to go to her grand
mother's for a month or two, she
acquiesced outwardly and made no
protest. ; •
To go 'to her grand mother's was
like going 'to execution, because she
was a dreadful old women, and was
vehemently deteited by every one of
!the girls., She had a hateful habit
of calling a spade!' spada, and would
,not hesitate about playing upon
one's weak point.
However, Lilias gave in without
a murmur, and packed her things in
a_methodical, miserable sort of way
that nearly broke Geraldine?s heart;
and when Daisy had squeezed a be•
loved but dilapidated doll, and half
a gingerbread cake dump with. tears,
into her pocket, she stepped into the
carriage and drove away to the rail•
way station.
I give strict orders," said Mr.
Eleriot, to the, three who remained
1)01i - 1d—taking no heed of Daisy,
'who sat shrivelled up in. a. corner,
"like Niobe, all tears I giVe
strict orders that if -that young man
—Sir Frederic 4.shurst- r -calls none
of you give hini any information
about Lilies' present abode."
She had only been gone two days,
when as Geraldine sat moodlr work
ing iii the drawing room, She chanced
to raise her head; and there outside
the i% lower window stoOd• Fredric
Asliurst. •
'• '•
.„
. _.„_.
• .....\\,
. .
' He lifted the - sash, -and vaulted
ightly in. "Well here lam again,"
hei \ said defiantly, before she . could
speak. "And what . is-all this that
has happened during my absence.?
An engagement . spoken of that was
never - tin endagementthe whole
world.dea alainst 'me;—and Lilias
hidden awa r What, is' the meaning
of_ it?"
. "You lutve behaVed shamefully,"
cried she, with rage, " hatefully, and
I wonder you dare show your face
here again. • No engagement, indeed ?*
when your own 'mother came .to this
house and spoke • to Papa about it,
and was as rude as ever could be
and-". \. • ,
• -
!L" It was not an engage ment," he
~
persisted, . angrily. . "Th ere was'
Diann, and there was I', and liecause
our, estates joined, two or three s old
women put their. heads together', d
decided that we should marry etteh
other, whether ;we liked it or not.,
she is four years older than I am ;
we grew up together; I would as
soon dream of marrying my sister,
•and- she would not have-me if 1 as k ed
her." . 1 , • ,
"Your mother said you was engag-,
ed to her," replied she, obstinately
running the point of needle across
the lineni she was working, so as to
make a eleakting aggravating noise,
"and I Per my part, believe her.-" •
"Sher-made herself ' inisunder
stood." . Then, hotly, -"Am I - a
blackguard to come here, and try
to win yourisisteis affection, when
promised :to another _ woman ? My
mother_haS wished so earnestly and'
, so long tip - see me married to my
cousin, nal she brought herself to
imagine her Wish fulfilled. It was
all 'a- mistake—a fatal one. And
then My letters '
".he cried with agita
tion, "\ejected unanswered-; and -I
left in the dark as to-the real cause.
It Was Onjust. , And now, ;. when I
have come clown here without an in
stant's delay \to explain to her, 1 find
—you will telbme where she is, Geral
dine?"
\ • .
' "No; indeed not. Even if.
I would, I could nbt, as I have prom=
iced papa faithfally not to do so."
"It is madness. "Such promises.
arebetter broken than \ kept." •
" Qh! We all know 'show lightly
you regard your promise, muttered
she, viciously. •
"What has come to you'Jerry?"
asked Fred, his tone changing "You
used to be the best little girl in the
world, and now you treat me t ' as
tOugh 1 were the .veriest • scoundrel
the - world contains. What have
dope to you ?"
"What have you done 17 'Lille cried
tears in her eyes and voice. " What
have yOO not done? 14 - 12 have upset
our whole lives.. You have : made
.Lilias—the dearest ; sweetest darling
on earth—miserable; you have driv
en her from her home; you have.de-
Stroyed °Ur peace . ,:and now yOu ask.
what you. have one. I wish," ex
claimed the girl, waxing wroth, " I
bad never heard
your voice-L-I wish
I had never seen you.. I hate and
detest you with all my heart—so
there!"
" Thank you," said Fred, stiffly.
" I have not taken away your breath,
at all events. Do you refuse to tell
me where she' is
-" I do, distinctly."
" Very good. Then I shall find
out for myself; it is only a question
of time "
A patter of tiny footsteps- - --a ring,-
ing, joyous. laugh. The door - was
flung widelyi . open,and the baby came
in.
"Ali, Freddy, Treddy.!" cried she,
rapturously; and, spreading out her
arms, she came flying up to him, her
exquisite golden fleece floating be
hibd. " You hare come back; I.
kneW you would, and now my Lily
will come, to. How glad she will be:.
I know she hates staying with grand
mamma."
" Daisy," Jerry broke in vehement
v, "do not speak,of Lilias. I forbid
on to mention her."
But he , had her in his 'arras awl
was gazing at tier, compelling her by
the very fixedness of hisiook to an,
sorer him.
"'Go on," he said,. with authority..
"She is staying with grandmamma— .
where ?"
" Yes, at Marley in Surrey,"] said
the child, in a troubled tone, plant-
Ng first at him and then at Jerry.
" Marley hall—did you not know?
Ilave you not been to see her? She
always said you would come to 'see
her the first thing when -you came
back. Bat that
.was before she left."
"So I will," cried Fred eestatical-
straining the child to his breast.
"The very first thing, indeed. Oh,
Daisy! Daisy ! what a debt I owe
you! 1 •My poor Lilian, she at least
believes no evil of me."
" Daisy, what have you done ?" ex
claimed- Jerry, desperately ; and then
to him; "if you take advantage of
what that child said, you will .be.."
' l ' Take advantage. of it l" *exclaim
ed Fred. with his old gay • latigh:
"That I will, apd before the sun goes
down. Goodbye, Jerry ; 'try to
think more kindly of me. It is. inn,
pleasant to lie, on bad terms . with
one's brother-in-law.. What shall .1
bring you from London; Daisy_a
doll ?—a very bi,o'
"Oh, will you ?" cried the
.'baby,
clapping her hands. ";And will it
open and shut its eyes? Cecelia,"
in a half-whisper, "has.one' that
nods, and says mamma." .
• "You shall have one that says
mamma,' and 'papa ' too; said Fred.
decidedly.. GoOd-bye, my - best
friend," kissing . her. "You shall.
have your doll." .
"And Lily, toe'?" called the child.
"And Lily,;too," returned he gay
ly.
*** • * '
In the ' drawing room at • Marley,
there ,was consternation. An Omi
nous yellow envelope lying upon the
ground had brought them news that
raised within them feelings of indig
nation and fear. In one poor .heart
it had raised hope. George Heriot
had. sent his mother. warning of the
-approach of his.daughtees false lover.
.Lilias sat,apart; Lilias with flush
ed cheeks and bent brows and sniall
feverish hands tightly interlaced, ly=
ing upon her lap. No one beetled
her—except; perhaps, Uncle Charles.
Old Mrs. Heriot sat in judgment'.
Her mittened fingers had to them a
81.00 per Annuip Ip ACkifance.
world of determination. She was \ in
ber mood, and chose the.centre otto
man as her throne. With the first
finger of her right hand she pioceded
to lay down the law,,„
• "It is indecent," she said, " neither
more nor less to persecute us in:llia
way. In my young days no (retitle
man with any Claims to 'diStiliction
would have so forgotten _ himself. But
the youth of the present clays are
sadly wanting. What does he mean
by this intrusion 2"
'" Well, perhaps it is only natural
his wishing to come here, under the
circumstances," said Uncle CharleS
from the back_ ground ; with a glance
at Lilian, lie and his elder brother
both, being present: .
"Natural!" froWned Uuncle John.
" When a man is openly engaged to
one woman, what right has he to go
to philandering after another? . An
swer me that. If he. has the imperti
nence to show himself here in
.this
ouse, after this dishonorable eon
( uct, I shall—"
don't believe it was much of an
engagement," said Charles. "There
was \somethin e , g , about another man
—"
"Charles!" interrupted his moth-,
er, severely. "Cease any excuses.
The young \niti,n has nehaved abomi
nably. No more need be said on that
subject"
- • • .
Certainly did.hear she was go
ing to marry tha lord," said Charles,
unrebuked.
There was an aw ward pause, but
Lilias neither raised her head nor
seemed to hear. .. '.. •
"Just let hina come\here," said
Uncle John, viciously, "and I shall
give him my o •oprAiOn of - himin. pret
ty strong language."
"You shall do nothing \f the
kind," said Mrs. HeriOt, with decis
ion. «\.o son of mine shall address
him one Word. DOeS he imagine \we
—the IleriotS •of Mailey—sought an
alliance with him? lie. shall never
enter my, doors. I shall give strict
orders to Tapes that if . he tomes he
may not be admitted.
Just at this. auspicious moment
the door wa flung violently open,L,
and a younglman, dusty,travel-stain-i
ed, handsome, stood upon the thresh-'
01d... It was her hero, her Prince
Charming, and Lilian rose to her feet
with a' little wild, halfsuppressed•
scream, and held out IkeriAnds.
," LiHas!" he cried, his whole heart
in his Voice. •
Fora moment she tottered, _ then
rushed fori!iard, past them all—past
graodmama's frown, past Uncle
'John's detaining grasp—'right into
\ her lover's arms.
\There he held her; close. agahist
hi.S \ heart. They did' not speak, they
Scarcely breathed; but they kissed
each \ t".•ther passionately, lingeringly,
, forgetful of all, of every one, but he
of her and she . of Urn.
Then she lifted her head, and smil
ed, and sighed—a loft long, happy
sigh=and knew that she' might dare'
the world. \ .
•**** *. * *
Of course there was a terrible fuss
Made about it juSt \ at first, anda gen- .
eral - chorus of indignant ' 4 noes." But
when Diana's marriage with Lord
Farnie appeared in public print, and
when old Lady AshUrst not only
wrote but came in persOn 'to entreat
the .grandmother tO. use her influence
with her son to ) .induce i hifil to giVe
his consent to Lilias marriage with
Frederic, disselit became weak, and'
finally died out, altogether.
So they were married three months
afterward, and : it was a very gi'arid
wedding, and Lilias looked lovely,
and there never was such a - beautiful,
doll,ine - all the world.as the baby, gcit'
from London.-41egra via.
A STORY Or RAILROADING DOW
IN NEW JERSEY
We are frequently indebted to our
friend Colonel Yard, of the Mon
mouth Democrat, fctr anecdotes illus
trative of the charAter of the pecu
liar people who live in. New Jersey.
Ile sends ns this:
The lion. G. tells a good
story of a slow railroad in the north
ern part of the State. He says he'
went there gunning, and came to a
short line of road -on which was run
a single car, the forward end of which
was partitioned off for baggage. He
took his dog
-in the car . with him and
put him under; the seat.. Presently
the conductor Caine -along, and insis
ted that the dog should. go into the
baggage room, which, after some al
tercation, was done;lnt here the bag :
gage-master - demanded , A fee
.of fifty
cents ; which was denounced as a
"swindle," and a "put-up-job," be
tween the conductor and „baggage
master; and. that sooner than pay it
he would tie the dog, to, the train and
let him "work bis passage." The
conductor assented ; and the dog was
hitched to the Tear of the train. the
dog, so- says; kept alorig easily
with the train, but 'the conductor be
gan to get
. uneasf, Making frequent
trips to the'engineer, urging him to
increase the speed of .the train, and
back again to watch the effect upon
the dog. The latter began to show
signs of fatigue, but - after awhile
caught his " second wind," and was
keeping along as . before. - The con
:ductor now ordered the engineer to
heave all
,the coal into 'the furnace
stir-uP the fire, which being done,
the speed was perceptibly increased.
The dOnduictor then.wetit - to the rear
of the ear to observe tire:effect, but
the . dog had - disappeared, whereupon
. he triumphahtly called atten
tion to the fact. The - latter, after
taking a glance at the situation,
qiiietly pointed to a'crack in the floor
of the car,. "and - -there," says he,
"was the dog, comfortably trotting
along under the car, .and licking the
grease from one of the axle boxes !"
I=El
BODY' ginatcberk before - embarking in
the business, spend a night is a cellar
with a barrel of saur-kraut, in ortler that
their olfactory organs way not be taken
by surprise when they lug off a "stiff."
LADY cuAoiner..." My little boy wishes
for a Noah's ark. Have you one?" - Toy-
Inan—" No; m'um, .no. ~__We've given up
keeping Noah's.harks since the school.
boards come in. They was considered too
denominational,. m'um !"
A. LADY at a fancy ball is dressed in
green gauze, greatly decolletM. A gentle.
man asks' his neighbor. the name of the
character she is assuming. The reply is,
"The Sea.", "Oh," says gentleman num.
ber one, "just so,ethe sea at lot! tick".
El
NUMBER, 45
Old Nancy lii,d - been telling Dijah
that she'll give the court - as good
"sass" as be sent, and - that he might
give her six months and be hanged
'to him. She walked out with air ,
ugly look in her eyes and her teeth
shut, and was impatient- for the affray
to begin.
" ];ears and years ago," began his
Ilonoi,stalking to himself, - " I used to
pass a white house on Second street.
It was so 'white- and .clean, and its
green blinde, Contrasted so prettily,
that I used to stand on the walk and
wonder if the \inmates were not the.
happiest people\ ,in Detroit. They
Were happy. They , had plenty. They
had children who played games on
the green grass, arid the birds sang
all day long in the arbor's."
Old Nancy looked around uneasily
as he waited 'a moment.
" As the years went bythe white
house turned brown with s .negleet.
The birils went away. The children
died, or grew up ragged and uncivil.
I well remember the day the husband
and father put a pistol to his head
and ended his shame and life togeth- .
er. The wife
* *as drunk when the,
body was brought home by the
crowd."
A low moan of pain escaped the
old woman's lips. - •
4 ,‘ It was her love for drink . that
killed that man—that buried the
ehildrenthat sent the. birds away—
_4
that passed the place' into . strangers'
hauds," . whispered "the couit. "Is
the woman dead ?"
Old •Nancygroaned as her tears
fell..
" No, she lives. - She has no home,
no friends, no,one to loVe her. There
must'be times when she looks back
to plenty, peace end happine - ss,•and
has such a heartache as few Women
know of. There must be tithes when
she remembers the graves' she .once
wept over, and children's voices Must
some time remind her of the tones of
thOse laid to rest long years ago! I
Would
.not be in her place for all' the
\ wealth in the world."
_ Oh ! sir! don't talk to me—don't
call it up !" she moaned as she
!wrung her hands.
'‘,,Y(.12 may gp,"
. he said quietly,
"you "Awe not !long to live. There
are thc:4e ht;re{who can remember '
when yOu\had silks lnateadof rags—
when you rode, in your carriage in
stead,of wandering through alleys
and lying in the glitter: Some morn
ing you will_ be, found dead. • That
will he the last act in the drama so
full of 'woe and misery and wretched
ness that it- Will bee, relief to kno'w
that`you are dead."
White. as a ghost, .trembling in
every limb, and weeping like a child,
she passed out.—Detroit. Free l'res:s.
CORN is king I Yes, corn is aching most
of the time.- .
Itow to acquire short-hand—fool around
a buzz saw.
TuE mosquito employs no collector to
present his bill.
WitEN is a newspaper the • sharpest"
Mien it is filed. -
Lorst:so a boy up to correct his faults
5 faults imprisonment.
"BABY Mine" should' be ."Itopked. in
the Cradle of the Deep."
IMPULSE never stops long enough to
put on the spectacles of discretion.
CAuonT in the act—An actor arrested
during the progress of the play.
IT makes a vast difference whether the
father Orson buys the Valentine.
HAS whisky Wings? Certainly ;. else
how 'could it 4.t0 a man's head ? •
ADAM Was the first• man to •enter , the
garden, although he - Went forth from it.
TIDE tailor who alters the shape of your
trouser Vi- your only'trUe re-fernier.
)slrtr should a lady's home dress list
forever? Because she lievei. wears it out.
I:I,EAVY loss—When the Chain parts
and the anchor goes to the bottonfof the
river.
.
, .
Ti; reason , probably, that. k sailor is
called a ":alt''is because he is one, of
.:
the sea sons: .
THElartler the times are the more men
you will see on the street corners selling
pocket-books. \
. .
BURBANK considers tbo wild bull a very
unpleasart animal s on account of bis
.pro
verbial liate-red. \„.\ -
A ..STOMACH-ACHE;-ACHE;doesn't make a man
of a little boy, but it certainly , makes a
groap person of :\ • . .
PAIITRIDGE was hung at Corpus.
Texas, the other day. Reports say that
he_ didn't quail, but died game. .
• TiIESE trapeze performers ,_are donor
ate persons. They are bound to make a
Jiving if they have to swing for it.
A BUNION on your hig - toe isn't a favor l
ite, but ylm favor it just the same. lhat'S
so, and nine men out of teu acknowledge
the-.corn.
noon, in describing the meeting ot.
man and a lion, said : "The man ran. off
with-all his might, and-the lion- with all
his mane."
THE Cleveland- Voic'e thinks that the
clergyman's text, "Shall we stop pray
ing ? • will scarcely apply to those who
have never begun. _
3IEENIN' goes - but a, little tway .i •,
most
things, for you may mean td stick things
together and your glue may-be bad, and
then where are you? •
PROFESSOR (looking at his watch):
bate a few -minutes I should like
to have anyone askiquestlons, if so dis
posed."
_Student. "What time is it,
please •:.)'
:knotruts. "Angelina, why.ith a man
cutting wood like. melting -thnow:"' An
gelina. •"I can't tell Dolly, Tell Me
dear." Adolphus. "Becauth he'th thaw
ing." .',
IT waS an apt reply of. Simpkins
when•his 'side asked him if ho ,wouldn't
like - to hold the yarn while she wound it,
replied, ." Thank you, I don't hanker af
ter it."
THE FLOWERS WILL BLOOXIOAIN.
The-winds like funeral dirges sigh,
The forest tree" their leaves have sited,
And Ilke a pail Me wow Both lie -
O'er Nstare 4 s lovely form, now dead,
Naimoli ; the Inn will smile once more.
Nor smile upon the earth in Tian ; •
Par. bright as e'er they were of joie,
The beauteous flowers will bloom main.
flo when the storms ofille strip bare .
The sheltering roof-tree o'er the heed,
And *neat' the chW snow-enreath of eare
Thy fondest hopes, like Sowers, lie . dead ;
Walt, wall; the sun will smile one. more;
Nor smile upon the home In vain;
?or, bright as e'er they were of yore,
. Life's istratiteons dowers will bloom state.
WHY SEE WEPT.
FUN, FACT AND FACETLS
nouur:r is a good scenter piece for
he dining table.
WE have long known what is meant by
the centre of gravity, but we confess to
having just discovered that a handsoffe
and fragrant boquet is the Scenter of at
t ritotion. - • ._
WnEs.a young man has learned to Con
sume. cigarettes in
~an artistic manner -by
ejecting smoke through his nostrils, life Is
no longer a barren ideality, but' as real as
a bar of soap: .
" VF. been told," says the Norris.
town Herald, "that if a' man goes to bed
with too many-swalloWs he will' not feel
like getting up with the lark. We shall
notbe goose enough to try it."
-A Scorch lady bad invited a gentleman
to dinner on a particular day, and; he bad
accepted, with the reservation, "If I'm
spared.". " Weel, said the lady/
"if ye're dead, I'll•not expect ye." - -
A PlOll4 priest recently niado an an
nouncement as follows "If it ruins in
the morning the procession will take plate
in tbo afternoon, and if it - -tairis in the af
ternoon the procession will take place in
the morning." •