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m gtpuMfonn.
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W. If. DUNN.
ITICE IN R0BTN80K A BONJTEB'S BuTLDIflO
ELM STREET, TI0NE8TA, PA. r ,
TERMS, 12.00 A YEAR.
No Wnbscnlptions received for a shorter
period Uinn llireo months.
Correspondence solicited from nil parts
f the country. No notice will bo taken of
annonymoini communications.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
, TIONESTA LODGE
I. O. of O. F1.
11 f EKTS everv Frldnv nvcnlnir. nt 7
ill o'clock, in the Hull lbrmorly occupied
by the Good Templars.
A. It. KKLLY, N. O.
C. A. RANDALL, Sco'y. 27-tf.
f TTOMF.STA f!OTTTIf!TT. Mfi 349
O. TJ. -A.. M.
MEETS at Odd Follow' Lodge Hoom,
every Tuesday eveninp, nt 7 o'clock.
J. T. DALE, C.
P. M. CLARK, R. S. 111.
Dr. W. WfPowell,
"OFFICE and residence opposite
the
J Lawrems) House. Office days Wednes
day and Saturdays.
2-tf.
T. 1J. VGISKW,
Attoricy nt Law, - Tlonesta, Pa.
Ofllco on Elm Stroot.
May Ifl, 1RT5.-If
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ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tloriesta, Pa.
Colloctions made ill this and adjoin
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
lut Strttl, TIOXKKTA , PA ,
F.W.Hays,
ATTORNEY AT LAW, and Notary
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r. KINKKAR.
r. B. RMILRT.
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PRACTICE in the several Courts of Ve
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CENTRAL. HOUSE,
BONNER AGNEW BLOCK. L.
Aanaw. Proprietor. This ia a new
Iwnse, and hasjut been fitted up for th
Mommotlnilou or tun plume, a portion
f tha patronage of the publie la solicited.
-ly
Lawrence House,
fTinxraTA. PA.. WILLIAM LAW
I KKNCK. pKopaiKTolt. This hous
to mnlratlv lecated. Everything new and
wall furnished Superior accommoda
tion and strict attention given to clients
Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds m-rvod
la tkalr season, sample room for Com
jmereial Agents. -
FOREST HOUSE,
O A. VARNKIl Propriktor. Opposite
O. Court House, Tionesta, Pa. Just
s penud. Kvervtlnn new ana clean ana
fresh. The host of liquors kept constantly
an hand. A portion of (lie publio patron
is reapectfully solicitod. 4-17-1 v
Ernpire Hotel.
rpiDOUTK. PA. II. EWALn.PiiopRlE
L tok. Tliis house is centrally loontcd
has been thoroughly roii.tod and now
hnaata as irood a table and bods as anv I lo
el In the oil region. Transient only tZM
vnr day. -.-urn
C. B. Weber's Hotel,
TTLF.RSlJURtiir.PA. C. It. WEiyCR,
has nossession of tho new brick hotel
and will Ve happy to entertain all his old
customers, and any number of new ones.
Good accommodations for guests, and ex
cellent stabling, lo-ani
Dr. J. L. Acom.b,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, who has
had titleen years' experience in a largo
and uowssfuf pructiru, will attend all
Professional Calls. Oflice in his Drue and
Grocery Store, located iu Tidioute, near
Tidioute House.
IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND
A full asBortinont of Medicines, Liquor
oils. Cutlery, all of tha best quality, aud
will tie sold' at reasonable rates.
DR. OUAS. O. DAY, an experienced
Fhvxiciau and Driifiulst from New York,
has charge of the Store. All proscriptions
put up accurately.
a. . mat.
so. r. riK.
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BACKERS
- Corner of Kim Walnut SU. tionesta.
Bank of Discount and Deposit.
Interest allowed on Time Deposits.
CoHeeUons madeonall thePrinoipal points
of the U. S.
Colloctiens soiiclted. 18-ly.
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(eOSIMlHSIOHKB'S CI.KHK, roBKST CO., PA.)
HEAL ESTATE AQEJfT.
HOUSES and Lots for Sale and RENTH
Wild Lunds for Sale.
I have suporior facilities for ascertaining
the condition of taioaand tax deeds, o.,
. ; K.i.l ..... Inlnlll.
ana am tuerenkro tiHiiuuM w v
iiently as aent of those living at a dis
i 1 .. lnn.lu i.t tha iuntv.
Oiti'ce in CommiBsiouors Room, Court
Uiouee, Tionosia, v,
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T W Thi I nwrnniMI 111! 1 1 (11 ni'. OVCT Hlipor
' l'ior Luniber Co. htore, The best stock
.r.l nnnHl.lltlv Oil hnild. SIl'l made UP In
tha boat manner and newest styles. lU-ly
Tn-rr r A KPKTINCJH. 35 cts. tier yard
1 FELT CEI LINti for rooms in placo of
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For aamples, addroa C. J. FAY, Camden,
New JiTaey.
VOL. VIII. NO. 11.
juts. v. in. iir,ATir
DRESSMAKER, Tionesta, Pa.
MRS. HEATH Uvi recently moved to
this place for the purpose of meeting
a want which the ladies of the town anil
county havo for a lonjr time known, that
of having a dressmaker of experience
amnnir thnni. I am prepared to mnke all
kinds of drosses in tho latest styles, and
f;uarantee satisl'aotion. Stamping for brald
iift and einhrotdnry done in the best man
ner, wiiu tne newest patterns. All 1 asK
Is a fair trial. Residence on Water Street,
in the bouse formerly occupied by Jacob
Bhrlver. lltf
TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED !
Ton oniaiNAL
ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY
OF HARTFORD, CONN.
ASSETS Dec. 31, 1873,
wn,7:ir,,oy n.ro.
MILES W. TATE, Sub A(tent,
6 T'onesta, Pa.
Frank Itobbins,
PHOTOGRAPHER,
(RUCTKSBOR TO DEMINO.)
Plctnros in every styloof the art. Views
of the oil regions 'fof sale or lakeu to or
der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. crossing.
HYCAMORE STREET, near Union De
pot, Oil City, Pa. 20-tf
PII0T0GRAPI1 GALLERY.
ELM KTREKT,
SOUTH OF ROUINSON A BONNER'S
STORE.
Tionesta, Pa.,
M. CARPENTER, - . . Proprietor.
Picture taken in all tho latest styles
the art. M-ir
THE BEST!
You ca And tho Ijircst and handsomest
Iot of
PRINTS!
Ever brought to Tidioute at
L L
DRY GOODS STORE,
IN BUCK'S BRICK BLOCK.
a.-v nuu tifv vs itauunrii,iiiiiin iiuiu
Sc. totl.OO. I have the linest and largest
lot of Ladies' Tics ever brought to this
il ace, in prices from 'Mr. to$l.&i. Indies'
.iueii Cellars l'luin, Embroidored and
lUa Ana T.vr rt W txtir tt i infti fii.i
C olored j also a lot ot ltuounigs
O O INSETS,
00c. to :!.50 per pair. If vou don't like
M ine Foy's CoincUi you can got horo a
separate Skirt Supporter that can be worn
with any Corset. Shawls, $1.00 and up-
wants. Lames kioso, iw.. to 7ac.. ; also
the new stylo Italmoral stripes. Parasols
from 35c to ?i..r(). l'ussauiontarius and
Fringes in all Styles.
If you want Dross) Goods
why Just call and see them for yourself,
and you cunnot fail to bo suited.
T"Tr.) in and look over our stock.
XJ XV 1 You will lind it complete in
ovory respect, botli as to styles aud prices.
L. L. BBENNESHOLTZ,
7-2m. Tidiouto, Pa.
You Van Have Jlonoy
By buying your PIANOS and ORGANS
from tho undersigned Manufacturers'
Agent, foi the best brands in tho market.
Instruments shipped direct from the Fao
tory. CHAN. A. SHULTZ, Tuner,
3 ly Lock box mo. Oil City, Pa.
F. F. Ii.
The above letters are the Initials of one
of the finest medicines in the country.
Four-Fold Liniment, not excelled by uny
other in the curing f Pains aud Sore
Throat, and is especially adapted to dis
ease of llorsos, Cattle See circulars
around bottles. Sold by all Druggists.
w30-ly eoiu
13SYCHOMANCY, or Soul Charming.
How either sex may fascinate and gain
the lovo aud affections of any person they
clioosr, instantly. This simple mental ac
quirement all cau possess, free, by mail,
for 5 cents; together with a Marriage
Guide, Egyptian Orae.e. Dreams. Uinta to
Ladies. A queer book. 100,000 sold. Ad
dress T. Wiliiam Co., Publishers, Phil
adelphia. 7 it
Oryry.V WEEK guaranteed to Malo aud
Oil Female agouls, in their locality.
Costs nothing to try it. Particular Free.
P. O. VUker' A- e . . . 'VS.
3M
TIONESTA, PA.,
THE GREEN POCKET-BOOK.
John SiiiL'lcton stood on the street
corner, waiting for his car. Business
hours were over ; he was coing home
a bachelor's home in a boarding
house, but none the less grateful to his
imagination just then. A Hue rain
fell, the pavement was clogcod with
sticky, half-melted snow, and altogeth
er the evetiing was comfortless as even
ing can wejl be in early April, when
the cheering hope of. warm suus and
dry streets is immediately at hand.
The jingling car canio by, crowded,
as always at that hour of the day. Mr.
Singleton had to run half a square in
the mud to catch -it, a proceeding that
did not improve his temper. He
clutched a strap and glared gloomily
at the ladies who had monopolized
seats, resentful, as a business man is
ant to be, of the appearance of women
in public conveyances at half-past fiveH
in the afternoon. Keeping his eye on
the straw under foot, be paid no atten
tion whatever to his neighborsif, in
deed, one can be said to have such in a
horso-railway carriage.
Sixteenth, street Twenty fourth
Thirty-sacond Fortieth." The car
emptied rapidly. As the last lady left
rose to get out, a small greeu book be
came, visible, half-hidden by the folds
of hdt gown.
"I beg pardon you have dropped
something," said John, picking it up.
"Sir!"
"This book you dropped it."
Tho old ludy looked acidly, first at
the hook nnd then at John. "The ar
ticle is not'tniue," she remarked, frig
idly. - Then she got out.
Sir. Singleton was the sole remain
ing passenger. His impulse was to
hauu the book to the conductor, but a
glance at that worthy's face checked
him. "Better advertise," he thought;
and signaling the car to stop, ho
alighted in the mud of upper Broad
way. .
His landlady opened the door in a
nervous flutter. "Oh, sir, it's you at
last. There's a telegraphic boy been
waiting for you ever so long."
Sure enough, there sat the boy; and
the result of his message was that in
half an hour John Singlctou was speed
ing on his way to Western New York
by the night express, a hastily packed
satchel under his feet, and hishead'full
of other business than titut of finding
owners to lost property. The liitLe
green pocket-book remained behind in
the pocket of the office coat flung aside
fat the moment of departure.
Xhcre it might havo remained for
months, if, diving one day, man-fashion,
after some lost article, his fingers
had not happened to encounter it.
This was a fortpight or qo after his re
turn. "Hallo 1 what's this ?" he said. It
was a moment before ho recollected.
"Bless me I this is too bad I I had for
gotten the thing completely. I must
be looking up the owner if -there's
enough ia it to pay for an advertise
ment." He released the elastic strap aud
opened the pages. There was no mon
ey; uo place for any. The little book
was a diary, shabby, green bound, with
no name on the title page. Most of the
leaves wero blank, a few only being
scribbled over in a little girlish hand
writing. John glanced over these in
search of a clew, and pretty soon grow
ing interested, drew his chair to the tire,
cocked up his feet and proceeded to
read regularly.
The diary began :
"October 5. Last night Alice and
Tom ajid I went to Dr. Bellows' lec
ture. It was interesting. He said that
the great thing in life is directiou, that
is, no matter how far oll'our ainisseem,
if our faces are only set toward them
we are sure to gut there some day. In
the very middle of a cold wiuter, he
said, we turn ft corner, and begin to go
toward the spring, nnd it is as if we
were there, because wo are certain.
That is beautiful. I shall try to rec
ollect it when things seem especially
contrary, as they do sometimes.
"October 8. I have been tnuking
my wiuter bonnet, or rathor warming
over the old one, for it is Alieo's turn
to have the new one this year. Sho
ought to always, sho has to see
such stylish people in tho houses where
she teaches. The old brown felt doe' lit
look bad, considering that it is its third
appearance. I've steamed the velvet,
and curled tho feather with a hot pen
knife, aud tucked in a little blue bow,
and Tom says it's 'gorgeous.' Tom is
always funny about my things.
"The pudding Tom likes so much!
"Take eight large baking apples,
pare, core, and lay them in a deep
dish. . I'ut a little sugar and a mite of
ciuuamoti in a quart of lukewarm wa
ter for au hour, then pour on, and bake
till the apple3 are pink and tender.
Milk and sugar.
"Marianna gave tne this ra;'ipo. Tom
says he wishes he could liaYv it three
times a week, but I tell him apples are
very cxpousive.
"November 1. I've becu to a party
JULY 14, 1875.
quite a large one. It was at the Almys.
Ellen Almy asked me, and papa said I
might for once, because it did no harm
to sea tho vanity of things. I think the
vanity" of things is very pleasant.
There was a great discussion over what
I should wear. Alice invented a trim
ming for my poplin out of mamma's
blue silk, aud lent mcMncltct and
a-, pocket-handkerchief manned with
edging. Alice is so dear. I left ray
hair down my back, because Tom likes
it best so, and tho blessed boy niado
me a present of a pair of new gloves
kids pale yellow, with two buttons. I
nearly cried over them, the poor fellow
has so little money ; but he said Flossy
miifit be 'swell,' cost what it might. I
had a rose for my hair, off Alice's bush,
nnd altogether regarded myself as very
fine, until I reached Almys'; then as
papa would say, I found my level, for
the girls were gorgeous, Lily in white
silk, Ellen in lovely pink crape with
her hair powdered. Oh, I cau't pre
tend to remember, but .they looked
beautiful I After all 1 had just as uice
a time, for I danced every dance, in
spite of my old blue, the German in
cluded. Such a kind, pleasant boy
took mo in to supper, and I spoiled my
gloves by gettitig ice cream on the
thumb. Alice has put on benzine,
but they won't ever look so nice again.
HoiKevcr, I never expect to go to any
more parties, so, except for their be
ing dear Tom's present, itdoesu't mat
ter. "Why, what a bahy this is," solilo
quized John Singleton, at this point.
"I didn't know thero were any such
girls left."
. "Christasas Day. 'The owl for all
his feathers is as cold.' Just come
from church. We decided not to give
any presents to each other this year
but spend the tiny bit wo could spare
on Mrs. Maloney and the chicks. Tom
presented rSe with his India-rubber
pencil, Mr. Squires having given hitn
u new one.
"May 2. How. long it is since I
wrote anything in my diary ! All our
time has gone to papa. Ho is better
now ; but how frightened we have
beenl It makes me shiver to recollect
it. What could we do without papaf
Now summer is near, and he will grow
strong. Alice and I have lost so much
sleep that we are drowsy as owls.
"June 5. Papa is better, but Alice
is all tired out. How hard it is to e
poor when anybody is sick. I don't
mind it in well times.
"August 10. Papa feels a little
weaker, but tho doctor says it may ba
only tho heat. I was thinking just
now of tho sea, the long, cool roll of
the breakers and the swash, the gulls
diving and plungiug, the crimchiug of
the sand uuder-foot, hard, yet soft.
How delicious it would be to feel it
all again! Perhaps I shall dream
it to-night.
"August 11. No; I dreamed in
stead that we were frying doughnuts
in a hot kitchen. What a midsum
mer's dream 1 I am afraid I havo a
vulgar mind.
"October 4. How little I guessed
when I wrote such foolish words a hat
was going to happen I Papa is dead.
It whs the 17th of September. I cau't
writo about it yet. Oh, papal
"Christmas again. Such a sad day!
We three have been sitting over tho
the register all the afternoon, aud
making-our plans. Pupa's life-insurance
is all we have to live on now.
Tom must givo up being a doctor and
take a clerk's placo. Sir. Squires has
found one for him. He is very brave
and does not say one word to show
how disappointed he is ; but we all
know. I havo written to ask Mrs.
Morris to find mo a place to teach
children. Alice says I am too young,
but I feel old, and if the children are
not very big, I think I can manage.
Anything is butter than letting Alice
work so hard. If no place opens as
teacher, I shall try for something clso,
for do something I mutt.
"Januajry 17. Nothing yet, uud
dear, dear Alice has been ill for threo
weeks. She is a little better; or Idou't
know what I should do.
"March 17. I havo heard of a
place in a shop "
Here the writing broke off abruptly,
John hastily turned over the remain
ing pages, Not another word, except
in pencil near the end, "Black ribbou,
37 cents; boy at crossing, 3 cents;
oranges for Alice, G cents;" and un
dorneath a single line: "Patience isn't
pleasant but sho leads to pleasant
things."
"Here's a pretty business!" he so
liloquized, stowing the little book in
his breast-pocket. "As well search
for a needle in a hay-stack as for this
girl out of all New York city. Why
cau't women write their mimes and
addreskOa in full while they are about
it?"
He took up a newspaper, but the
letters dauced before his eyes, and be
fore long he had pulled tho green
book out again and was re-reading
the journal. An odd excitemeut stir
red his pulse. For n good many years
unit
$2 PEK ANNUM.
iu fact, since the nge of nineteen,
when his first love jilted Jiim ho had
counted himself a determined old bach
elor, and having no mother or sister,'
had drifted out of the way of woman-1
kind and their interests. "Flossy's"
simple record ' seemed to bring him
back to this forgotten world. It was
as if a girl had sat down by lfis side
and whispered her secrets in his car.
Visions of a sweet ti' ed face behind a
counter, of appealing blue eyes (he was
certain they must ba blue), of a veil of
some light hair (hair to match the
eyes), swept over him, nnd all his
knighthood was roused, Find he must,
nnd help her; but how? Never did
search seem moreunpromisingly devoid
of clew.
To advertise wn?, of course, his first
thought. "Found, a small green pocket-book,"
appeared next day among
the "personals" in the Herald, and was
reiterated so many times thereafter as
to become, as it were, a permanent
feature of the paper. A singular rage
for shopping seized upon John. Every
afternoon, leaving his office early, ho
betook himself to this amusement,
choosing always those shops where wo
men were employed. No brido elect,
with a trousseau to buy, ever went into
tho business more dcterminatedly.
Long stairs daunted him not ; he pen
etrated to third stories, to fourth, even
to thoso mysterious topmost regions
where "ladies' outfitting" is attended
to. Everywhere ho questioned, "Have
you amofig your employees a young
lady named Florence ? 1 have acci
dentally come into possession of an ar
ticle belonging to her which I am anx
ious to return."
But no one answered the advertise
ment; and, though more than one
Florence turned up in the shops, they
were not the one ; they had no con
nection with the little greeu pocket
book. So May passed, and June and July,
and when August drew on, and the
city became a great focus of baking
walla and evil savors, our friend, tough
amUnclive as he was, began to feel the
need of change "Flossy's" words
haunted him. "The loug, cool roll
and the swash, the gulls diving and
plunging in the spray ;" they filled him
with longing for the sea. lie resolved
on a vacation ; and one sultry evening,
after an hour's bumping on the rail
road, and a further jolt in a country
wagon,Jie found himself at Oriental
Point on the Long Island shore, a spot
which had rejoiced iu the nameof Clam
cove until a recent rcchnstening at the
hands of local speculators, whose im
agination, fired by the completion of
the branch railroad, had jumped for
ward to anticipated hotels and a crowd
of metropolitan "boarders." Both ho
tels and crowd-were happily non-existent
so far, and the sylvan quiet of
Clam cove still brooded over Oriental
poiut. The red farm-houses scattered
along tho beach sufficed for the few
strangers who had found out tho place,
and iu oue of these Mr. Singletou and
his knapsack were received and wel
comed with a hearty country hospital
ity which it was to be feared would
disappear with the nearer approach of
the ubiquitous steam whistle.
Two days of basking in sun aud salt,
two nights of cool freshness made a
new man. Utterly content aud utterly
lazy, he felt indisposed for everything
but to lay under tho shade of rocks,
watch the water come and goand nap
and dream.
It was on the fourth day of this oyster-like
existence that he roused from
a doziug reverie at tha souud of voices
6peaking near. Some ladies had seated
themselves just below him. One,
dressed in mourning and wrapped in a
shawl, seemed an invalid. The other
had dark red-brown huir streaming
down over a cool-looking white and
black dress. She was reudiug aloud
Lowell's little poem, "Sea Weed."
John caught the words distinctly.
"I wonder what that means exact
ly ?" she said as sho finished,
"It is very graceful "
"Yes, but it's puzzling, too a fas
cinating puzzlo. I'm always wonder
ing if Mr, Lowell, when ho wrote it,
meant the samo thing which I fancy he
meant. It quite teases me." i
"And yet you like it so much."
"Oh, that's the very reason. I like to
be teased and set to thinking. Alice,
are yor warm euouh ?"
John pricked up his cars. But this
girl has dark hair.
"Thanks yes, I'm almost warm
enough. Still, you might fetch the
gray shawl, Marion, if you don't mind."
John caught a glimpse of tho girl's
face as she came back with the shawl;
a fresh, pleasant face, with eyes of the
same red-browc as the hair. She saw
him, too, and the testers lowered their
voices. Ho did nut hear another word
after that.
Two lt ys lator his landlady met him
with a troubled countcuanco.
"I'm so sjrry !" sho began. "It's just
us sudden ou me's on you but my
daughter the' written that she and the
children mu-t conic home fur. a spell
Rate3 of Advertising.
One Square (1 Inch,) one inertlon - fl SO
One Squnre " one month - - :t 00
One .Square " three months - 0 00
OneHquare " one year - 10 00
Two Squares, one year 15 Co
Quarter Col. ' . . . - 30 00
Half " " - - . . ftO 00
One " " . - - - 100 CO
Legat notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices, gratis.
All bills for yearly advertisements col
lected quarterly. Temporary advertise
ments must be paid for in advance.
Job work, Cash on Delivery.
'cause the youngest' had cholera in
fanticide aud the doctor he says they
must get away's fast's they can and it's
too bad to turn you out but I don't
see no other way to fix it aud if you
don't mind" Elkins bel door has a
room free every bit like the" on you're
in now and Ahnirj shall carry over
your things and you'll be every bit at
comfortable and I hope you'll have no
hard feelings about it." All this in a
breath, and without audible punctua
tion. John comforted the good dame,
whose fucc whs full of trouble. After
all, what matter? "Almiry" lent a
hand, and in two hours he was seated
in Mrs. Elkinu' front-room, "every
whit as comfortable" as he had becu
iu his old quarters.
Going down to dinner, the red
brown eyes which he had noticed on
the beach confronted him.
"It's the Miss Whitemores, Mr. I
don't recall your name," remarked
Mis. Elkius, spooning out her steam'
ing chowder. Aud in this unceremo
nious way their introduction was effect
ed. Intimacies ripen fast under such cir
cumstances. Kcading, sailing and
walking together, spending whole days
aud day alter day in company, it was
i.o wonder that before long the three
so lately strangers Bhould become as
old friends. It was easy to know tha
Misses Whittemore, they were so frank
and simple, so pleasantly well-bred.
Alice, the eldest, a gentle, womanly
creature, quiet in speech and manner,
and full of a certain sweet common
sccsc, was evidently the object of fond
est care to the brown-eyed Marion.
John had never kuown any girls like
them. It was a revelation of the pleas
ant possibilities of life to be in such
contact. Still his shyness and old
habit of distrust hampered and held
him back. "What man ever under
stood a woman?" he asked himself. "I
don't pretend to. 'Flossy' indeed ! I
did have a real glimpse of her in that
blessed little book I Now if some fai
ry would just open a door and let me
sco tho inside of Marion's heart in tho
same way, thcu I should know where
I was."
Marion I Yes, the imaginary Flossy
was dethroned ; the real Marion reigu
ed in her stead. John, however, waa
still unconscious of his subjugation,
aud how long the thing might have
halted no one can tell, had. not Fate,
as she often does, taken the matter into
her own hands.
"My brother is coming down for
Sunday," said Alice one morning.
"Have you a brother ?"
"Oh, yes. Have we never told you
about him ? Poor boy 1 It's his first
vacation this summer. We have wish
ed for him so otten, and now at last he
can come."
John watched the sisters curiously
as they made ready fur their walk to
the depot that afternoon, but he did
not oiler to accompany them. "Lucky
fellow I" he muttered, with a sigh, and
fell to gnawing bis moustache, a sure
sign of uneasiness and emotion.
Tttr anil Kw ttiAv Mnu kAnlr aqcTi
holding an arm of a broad-shouldered,
merry-faced youth, who walked be
tween with a fac of entire content
ment. '
"My brother, Mr. Singleton," said
Alice, in her gentle voice, as John rose
to greet them.
"Happto know you," said the new
comer, shaking hands cordially. "The
girls have written about you till I feel
as if wo were acquainted. I say, what
a beach 1 Can't wo have a sail this ev
ening, Flossy ?"
John started as if shot.
"I thought your name was Marion,"
he said coufusedly, staring like one ia
a dream.
- "Yes, so it is," she answered care
lessly ; "but my middle name is Flor
ence, and Tom called me Floss always
when wo wero little. Ho does now
sometimes."
"You really must leave it off," said
Alice. "Flossy is absurd for a grown
up person."
"I'm rather fond of it," remarked
Marion ; "It doesn't sound absurd to
mo at all."
"It's beautiful 1" jerked out John,
still absorbed iu the suddenness of "hia
surprise. Marion looked at him, as
tonished. Ho felt himself blush under
her gaze, but offered no explanation,
and the subject was dropped.
The real and the ideal rarely com
bine in life. When they do, only one
conclusion seems possible. Eveuts
flew rapidly after this eclairimiement.
The course of true love has intervals of
smooth runuing, for all the poets may
Bay to the contrary, The bright hunt
er s moon of that, year looked down
upon two extremely happy people, aud
when Christmas gladness dawned ou
earth it found them happier still.
It was ou tho first delicious evening
spent in their new home that John
broke silence aud told tho tale of his
treuviiie-lrove. They sat together by
the fireside, and Flossy turned the worn
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