Bradford reporter. (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, April 10, 1879, Image 1
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PA Judge.tosenphaving rekurned the practice of the law In Northern Pennsylvania. will attend to any Cal I , ll,lness intrusted to 1111 n In cOunty. %%haling to cousolt him, can call on H. Towanda.ra, when an aypolutment rU ik wale HEN ItY STREETER., NTToRNEY AND CODNGELLOII-AT-LAW ; I , TOWANDA, PA. 2.7( 7,9 FIRST NATIONAL BANK, TOWANDA;PA • APITAI. TAIL, IN T hi% Bank °lets unnsual facllitle., for the trat3S aqion of a general banking business. r N.N. BO 'TS, Caaider J US. i'ONV EL L, ricsident COODRICH & HITCHCOCK. Publishers. 11 1 11) 1111 100:40:4 EA 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 -,' dan.11.1875 I:,' G.) ' 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? " 4123.000 80,000 " 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; ~octnn. 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, )-\\ t , '1! Lt 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." •