hc forest gtpuWUan. IS FUBI.IRIIED EVERY WEDNESDAY, BY W. 1?. DUN If. rncs is Bomsaow a bothteh'8 butldijio ELK STREET, TIONBSTA, PA, TERMS, 2.00 A YEAR. No Hnbseis-ptlona received for a shorter period than three month. Correspondence solicited from h11 parts nf the country. No notice will bo tukeu of annon vinous communications. VOL. VIII. NO. 11. T10NESTA, PA., JULY 14, 1875. $2 PER ANNUM. Rates of Advertising. One Square (1 inch,) one Inertlon - $1 SO One Square " one month - - 3 Une & uare " inree moiuns - ow OtieH(imre " one year - 10 00 Two Hqnarns, one year - - jo v Quartered. " - - - - 30 CO Half . - wj i" One " "... - 160 CO Legal notice at established raUi. Marriage anil death notices, gratia. All bilin for yearly advertisements col lected quarterly. Temporary advertise menta must be paid for in advance. Job work, Cash on Delivery. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. .' , TiUflLai. AijUiAj.ti I. O. of O. IP. MEETS every Friday evening, at 7 o'clock, in the Hall formerly occupied by tueuoou Templars, iaii i ' MRS.C.IW. HKATJf DRESSMAKER, Tioncta, Pa. (THE GREEN POCKET BOOK TlfRS. HEATH has reoontlv moved to IV 1 this place for the purpose of meeting 11 a want which the ladies of the town and I - county havo for long time known, that of having a dressmsker of experience among thorn. I am prepared to make all kind of dresses In the latest styles, and gusrantee satisfaction. Stamping for braid- t . .inkrnlrlarv flnnn tn tlm Hfnt mnn- TIONESTA COUNCIL, NO. 342, ner, with the nswest patterns. All I aak llUHUJia vuuHuiu, iw, Mis stair frial. Residence on Water Street, V. A, A. B. KELLY. N. O. RANDALL, Bec'y. 27-tf. o. u. .m:.1 MEETS at Odd Followa' Lodgo Room, every Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock. P. M. CLARK, R. B. In the house formerly occupied by Jacob Shriver. 14tf J.T. DALE, C, I TIME TRIED AND FIRE TESTED I 31. THH oniaiKAi. Dr. W. Wf Towel!, residence opposite the I 2-tf. .-vfFIOK and J Lawrenccilouse. Office days Wednes day and Saturdays, ETNA INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD, CONN. X. 11. AGNKW, Attorney at Law, - Tlonesta, Pa. Office on Elm Stroot. May 1, lS76.-,tf E. L. Davis, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Tlotfcata, Pa. Collections made iu this and adjoin ing counties. 40-ly MIL j: h -w. r.r ATI0, ATTORNEY AT LAW, l -. TIOXF.STA,PA. F.XV. Hays, ATTORN BY AT LAW, and Puklio, Hoynolda Htikill BlMk, Seneca St., Oil City, Pa. John Singleton stood on the street corner, waiting far his car. Business hours were over ; he was going liorae a bachelor's home in a boarding house, but none the less grateful to his imagination just then. A fine rain fell, the pavement was clogged with sticky, half-melted snow, and altogeth er the evening was comfortless as even ing can wejl be in early April, when the cheering hope of. warm suns and dry streets is immediately at hand. The jingling car came 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, rcsenltul, as a business man is apt to be, of the appearance of women ASSETS Dec. 81, 1873, 8B,73ri,n8B.yo. MTT.ES XV. TATE. Sub A (rent. v T'ouesta, Pa, 1 lU public conveyances at half-past fivel . I f. ir in me aiiernoon. - seeping urn wye ou Frank Ilobhlns, PHOTOGRAPHER, (SUCCKHBOR TO DEMIISO.) Picture In every styloof the art. of the oil regions for sale or der. CENTRE STREET, near R, R. eroaslng. liYCAMORE STREET, near Union Io- pot, Oil City, ra. Views taken to or- 20-tf PIIOTOGRAPI1 GALLERY. Notary A Oo.'a 8t-ly ELM KTItKBT, SOUTH OF ROBINSON K BONNER'S f. B. RMILKT. r. KINKXAR. KIXXEAK&BMILKY, Attorneys at Law, - - - Franklin, Pa. PRACTICE In the several Courts or Ve nango, Crawford, Forest, and adjoin tng souuties. iW-ly. CENTRAL HOUS"E, TtONNER -AONKW BLOCK. L. J Aanitw, Proprietor. This la a new hone, and has Just hnon fittod up for the aeeammodatloii of the public. A portion mi the patronaije of the publia Is sollclled. STORE. Tionesta, M. CARPENTER, - - Pa., . Proprietor. quite a large one. it was at me aiidjs . Ellen Almy asked me, and pn'pa said I might for once, because it did no harm to see the vanity of things. I think tho vanity of things is very pleasant. There was a great discussion over what 1 I should wear. Alice invented a trim ming for my poplin out of mamma's blue silk, aud lent mcs4!lliwlict and pocket-handkerchief trimmed with edging. Alice is so dear. I loft my Iniir down my back, because loin likes it best so, and the blessed boy made me a present of a pair of new gloves kids pale yellow, with two buttons. I nearly cried over them, the poor tellow has so little money ; but he said Flossy mufet be 'swell, cost what it micrhT. 1 had a rose for my hair, off Alice s bush, and altogether regarded myselt as very line, until I reached Almy a'; then as papa would say, 1 lound my level, lor the girls wore gorgeous, Lily in while silk, Ellen ia lovely pink crape with ber hair powdered. Jli, 1 can t pre- Lawrence House, TIONWSTA, PA., WILLIAM LAW RENCE, PaoraiBTOR. Thla hou Is MRU-all v lecated. Kverythlnir new and wall furnished (superior aooommoda- tloas and alriot attention Rivon to guetar Vegetables and Fruits of all kinds nervon ta Uietr season. Sample room for Com jBsreial Agents. - t? -Ill- :.-. iW',? Pictures taken In all tho latest styles the art. 26-tf THE BEST! FOREST HOUSE, S. A. VARNKR PBOpRtBTOB. Opposite . Court House, Tioneata, Pa. Just sened. Evervthin? now and cloan and fresh. The boat or liquors kept constantly mm hand. A portion of tho publiu patron mirm is raaneotfullv solicited. 4-17-lV Em,plre Hotel. rpiDOUTE. PA. II. KWALD, Piioprir L tor. This house Is centrally located, baa boen thoratiirlily rotUtod and now bnaata as toKt a table ana nous b.s any i i' el In the oil regions. r day. You cat And tho Itrgost and liandsomcat Ixt of P R1 N T S ! Ever brought to Tldiou'.e at L. L. B Transient only J2.O0 J-uin C B. Weber's Hotel, TflYLF.RSBURClH.PA. C. B.WERf.R. A has iwssosslon of tho new brick hotel and will le happv tn entertain all his old customers, and a'nv nnmber or new onoa. Oood acoommodatlons for guests, and ex cellent stauliiiK, . JO-310. Dr. J. L. Acorub, PHYSICIAN AND SURfiKON, who has had fifteen years' exporioncelii a largo and siicocMHfuf practico, will attend all Professional Calls. Office in his Druij and Grocery Store, located itt Tidioute, near Tidiouts House. IN HIS STORE WILL BE FOUND A rull assortinont of Medicines, Liquors Tobaooo, Cigara, Htationery, Ulass, l'aints. Oils, Cutlery, all of the bebl quality, and will be sold at reasonable ra,toa. 1R. CUAS. O. DAY, an experienced Physician and Drngilst from New York, has charge of the Store. All proscriptions put up accurately. . s. iut. wo- s44-"- . MA Y, PARK B CO., B A H K E B S - Corner of Elm t Walnut SU.Tionosta. Rank of Discount and Deposit. Interest allowed on Tim Deposits. Collections madeonall therriuoipal points of the U. S. Collections solicited. 18-ly. DRY GOODS STORE, IN BUCK'S BRICK BLOCK. Also a fine lot of Handkerchlois. from Bo. to fl.00. I havo the finest and largest lot of lilies' Tics ever brought to this place, In prices from !40c. to $1.5. Ladies' Linen CUlara Plain, Embroidered and Colored ; also a lot of Ruuuiugs O ONSETS, 60i!. to 1X00 per pair. If you dou't like M ine Kov's Cnrseui you can got here a separate Skirt Supporter that can be worn with any Corset. Shawls, $1.00 and up wards, radios' Hose. 10c. to 75c. i also the now style Balmoral stripes. Parasols from 85c. to $1.50. Passamentarios and Fringos in all Styles. If you want Dress Goods why Just call and see thorn for yourself, aud you cannot fail to be suited. TT?"P ln and look over our stock. UIxkJL You will tind it complete iu ovory roapect, both as to styles aud prices. L. L. BTtENNESHOLTZ, 7-2m. Tidioute, Pa. r 3 ."5Se tory. 31y D. W. CLARK, - (eoJiMissiowBB's ci.kmk, roaasT CO., FA.) fiEAL ESTATE AGENT. HOUSEfl snd Lots for Sale and RENp T Wild Lands for Sale. A T ) snnArior facilities for ascertaining the condition of taios snd Ui deeds, c., th;'rj Hs thareft. qiwUttod to act into i SenUya. agent of inosa liviii at a dis- Otnoa tu Couiniissiojuars Kouu, Court flouee, Tionosu, Pa, -l-ly. You Cnu Muvo ?Iouey By buying your PIANOS and ORGANS from tliH underslirned Manufacturers' Agent, foi the liest bra..ds in tho market. Instruments shipped direct from the Kao- PlIAS. A. SHULT;. Tuner. Lock box 1748, Oil City, Pa, 1. W. CLARK. F. F. I. The above letters are the lidtials of one of the tinest medicines in the sountry. Four-Foid Liniment, not exoaliea uy any 1 the curing At rains aua or and is especially adapted to dis- llorsos. Cattle Ac. Moo circulars around bottles. Sold by all Druggists. w30-ly eoui H. O. HARLIN, Moroliant Tailor, IN The Lawrence Huildlmr. over Super ior Lumber Co. fctore, The best atock keptoonaiantly ou hand, and mails up in lb best manner and newest styles. 19-ly IJ3YC1IOMANCY, or Soul Charming. How either sex may rascinate and gaiu the lovo aud affections of any person they choose, instantly. This simple mental ao- Jiuirenient all citu poasoss, free, by mail, or -i5 cents; together with a Marriage Guide, Egyptian Orac.e. Dreams. Hints ts hook. KtO.UK) sold. At- dronH T. William A Co., VublUliura, Phil uilfliliiii. 7 4t ss.,.T.P rk wvLvri VfiH. E5irU. ler yard i :,vt -r rv r.INU for rnonw fn plats j of 7 s - --- - 1 L.' t I 1 I V I 1 Him IT v Forsampls( addro. C. J. FAY, Camden, New Jersey. O77.V WEEK guaranteed to Male and Oil Female agonts, in their locality. Coats nothing to try it. Particulars ree. IV I). Vkkery f 'o- '" the straw under foot, be paid no atten lion whatever to his neighbors if, in deed, one can be said to have such in a horse-rail wav carriase. Sixteenth, street Twenty fourth Thirty-second fortieth. J-he car erqptiod rapidly. As the last lady left rose to tret out. a small green book be- camo visiblo, half-hidden by the folds of h gowu. "I beg pardon you have dropped something," said John, picKing 11 up "Sir !" "This book you dropped it." Tbo old lady looked acidly, first a the book aud then at John. "The ar tide is not'miue," she remarked, fiig idly. - Then she got out. Mr. Singleton was the sole remaiu ine passeniror. Ilia impulse was t( hand the book to the conductor, but a glance at that worthy's face checked him. "Better advertise," bo thought; aud signaling the car to stop, he alighted in the mud of upper Broad way. " His landlady opened the door iu a t'crvous 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 Singletoo was speed ing on his way to Western New York by the uight express, a hastily packed satchel uuder his feet, and bis head'full of other business than tJsut of finding owners to lost property. The liitLe trreen pocket-book remained behind in the pocket of the office coat flung aside t the moment ot departure. There it ruiirht have remained for months, if. diving one day, man-fash ion, after some lost article, his fingers had not happened to encounter it. This was a fortnight or so after his return. "Hallo 1 what's this ?" he said. It was a niomeut before he recollected, "Bless me 1 this is loo bad 1 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; no place for auy. The little book was a diary, shabby, green bound, with uo name on the title page. Most of the leaves were blank, a few only being scribbled over in a little girlish band- writing. John glanced over these in search of a clew, and pretty soon grow ing interested, drew his chair to the nre cocked up his feet and proceeded to read regularly. The diarv began : "October 5. L.ast night Alice ana Tom and I went to Dr. Bellows' lec ture. It was interesting. He said that tho great thing in life is direction, that is, no matter how far off our aims seem, if our faces are only sot toward them we are sure to get there some day. In the very middle of a cold winter, he said, we turn a corner, and begin to go toward the spring, aud it is as if we were there, because we 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 waking my wiuter bonnet, or rather warming over the old one, for it is Alico's turn to have the new one this year. She oucrlit to always, sho has to sco such stylish people in the bouses where she teache3. lhe old brown icu uoea ui look bad. considering that it is its third appearance. I've steamed the velvet, aud curled tho feather with a hot pen knife, and tucked iu a little blue bow, and Tom savs it's 'gorgeous.' Tom is always fuunv about mv things. "The puddiog Tom likes so much I "Take eight large baking apples, pare, core, and lay them iu a deep dish. . Put a little "sugar and a uiiteof cinnamon in a quart of lukewarm wa tt-r for au hour, then pour on, and bake till the apple! are pink and tender. Milk and sugar. "Marianna gave me this roeipo. Tom says he wishes he could liuW it three times a week, but I tell him apples are tend to remember, but .they looked beautiful 1 After all 1 had justas nice a time, for I danced every dance, in spite of my old blue, the- German in cluded. Such a kind, pleasant boy took mo iu to supper, and I spoiled my gloves by getting 'ice cream on the thumb. Alice has put on benzine, but they won't ever look so nice again However, I never expect to go to any more parties, so, except lor their be ing dear Tom's present, it doesu't mat ter. "Why, what a baby this is," solilo auized John Singleton, at this point "I didn't know thero were any such rrirl left." . "Christaras Day. 'The owl for all his feather is as cold.' Just come from church. We decided not to give any presents to each other this year but spena me liny on. we couiu spare on Mrs. Malonev and the chicks. Tom presented file with his India-rubber nencil. Mr. onuires uaving given uim 1 . WW a new one. "Mav 2. How. long it is since wrote anything In my diary I All our lime has gone to papa, lie is -better now; but how trigiiteueu we nave beenl It makes me shiver to recollect it. What could we do without papaf 1 1 1 1 . XHow summer is near, ana ne win grow strong. Alice and I have lost so much sleeD that we are drowsy as owls. n ,. 1 . a 1 "June O. Fa pa is oeiier, out Alice is all tired out. How hard it is to Je noor when anybody is sick. I dou't mind it in well times. "August 10. Papa feels a httl weaker, but the doctor Bays it may b only the heat. I was thinking just o verv expensive. "November 1. I'vo becu to a party now of tho sea. the long, cool roll the breakers and the swash, the gulls diviner and plunging, the-crunchiug 0 the snnd under-toot, hard, yet sou, How delicious it would be to foci it all acrainl 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 have a vulgar mind. "October 4. How little I guessed when I wrote such foolish words what was going to happen I Papa is dead. It was the 17th of September. I can't write about it yet. Oh, papal "Christmas again. Such a sad day! We three have been sitting over the the register all the afternoon, and making-our plans. Paa's life-insurance is all we have to live on now. Tom must give up being a doctor and take a clerk's place. Mr. Squires has fm.nd one for him. He is very brave and does not say one word to show hmv rlisanoointed he is : but wo all know. I have written to aek Mrs. Morris to find me a Place to teach children. Alice says I am too young but T feel old. and if the children are not verv big. I thiuk I can manage, Anything is better man lemng ahco work an hard. If no place opens as teacher, I shall try for something elao, for do something I must. ".TanuajTV 17. .Toothing yet, anu dear, dear Alice has been ill lor turee weeks. She is a little better; or 1 uou i know what I should do. March 17. l nave nearu 01 a place in a shop Here the writing broke off abruptly .Tohn hastily turned over the remaiu- ng pages, JSot anotner woro, excepv in pencil near the end, "Black ribbon, 37 cents ; uoy at crossiug, o oranges for Alice, 6 cents; and un dorneath a single line : "Patience isn't pleasant but she leads to pleasant things." . ... . "Here's a pretty business! he so lilnmiiv.Ril. stowing the little book in his breast-pocket. "As well soarch for a needle in a hay-stack as for this pirl out of all New York city. Why cau't women write their uames am sililra&tt&a ill full while they are abou it V IT took un a newspaper, but th letters danced before bis eyes, and bo fore louz he had pulled the greeu book out again and was re-readin the iuurnal. An odd excitement stir red his pulie. For a gooJ many years iu fact, since the age of nineteen, when his first love jilted iim ho had counted himself a determined old bach elor, aud having no mother or sister, had drifted out of the way of woman kind and their Interests. "FIobbtY simple record teemed to bring him back to this forgotteu world. It was as if a girl had sat down by ITiii side and whispered her secrets in his ear, Visions of a sweet tred face behind a counter, of appealing blue eyes (he was certain they miiBt be blue), of a reil of somo light hair (hair to match ine f - . . ..... eyes), swept over him, and all his nighthood was roused. l?ini he must, and help her; but how? Never did search seem moreunpromisingly devoid f clew. To advertise was, of course, Ins Cr6t thought. "Found, a small green pock-ei-bncik " nriDeared next dav among the "personals in the ieraM.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 upou John. Every afternoon, leaving his office early, he betook himself to this amusement choosing alwavs those shops where wo men were employed. JNo bride elect. with a trousseau to buy, ever went into tho business more determinatedly, Long stairs daunted him not ; be pen etrated to third stories, to fourth, even to those mysterious topmost regions where "ladies' outfitting" is attended to. Everywhere he questioned, "Have you among your employees a young lady named 1' loreuce f 1 have acci dentally come into possession of an ar ticle belonging to her which lamanx- ious tu 1CIUI u. But no one answered lhe advertise ment; aud, though more than one Florence turned up in the shops, they were not the one ; they bad no con nection with the little green pocket-book. So Mav passed, and June and July, and when August , drew on, and the city became a great focus of baking walls and evil savors, our inend.tougn amUactive as he was, began to feel the need of chaugo. "k lossy a words haunted him. "The long, cool roll and the swash, the gulls diving and plunging in the Bpray ;" they filled him with longing for the sea. He 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 Bpot which had rcioiced iu the name of Olam cove until a recent rechristeoing at the hands of local speculators, whose ira agination, fired by tho completion of the branch railroad, had jumped ior ward to anticipated hotels and a crowd of metropolitan "boarders. Uoth ho- . tels and crowd-were happily non-axist- ent so iar. aoa tne svivan quiet 01 Clam cove still brooded over Oriental noint. The red farm-houses scattered along the beach suflicod for the few strangers who had fouud out the place, and in one of these Mr. Singletou and his knapsack were received end 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 duvs of basking in sun and salt two nifUts of cool freshness made a uaw man. Utterly content aud utterly lazy, he felt indisposed for everything but to lav under tho shade of rocks, watch the water come and goand nap and dream. It was on the fourth day of this oys ter like existence that he roused from a doziug reverie at the souud ot voices speaking near. Some ladies had seated themselves lust below him. one, dressed in mourning and wrapped in a shawl, seemed an invalid, The other had dark red-brown hair streaming down over a cool-looking white and black dross. She was reading alouc Lowell's little noein. "Sea Weed John caught the words distinctly. "I wonder what that rueaus exact ly ?" she said as she finished, "It is verv cracelul "Yes. but it's puzzling, too a fas cinatinp nuzzlo. I'm always wonder .. . 1" , lnir ll Mr. Liowell. when lie wrote rueaut the samo thing which I laucy he meant. It quite teases me. "And- vet vou like it so much. "Oh. that's the verv reason. I like to be tensed aud set to thinking. Alice, are vol warm euough ?" John pricked up his cars. But this girl has dark hair. "Thanks yt-s, I'm almost warm enough. Still, you might fetch the gray shawl.Marion, if you don't miud." Johu caught a glimpse of the girl's face as she came buck with the shawl; a fresh, pleasant face, with eyes of the same red-browc as the hair. She saw him, too, and the sisters lowered their voices. He did not hear auouier woru after that. Two dr ys later his Iaudlady met him with a troubled countenance. ' I'm so sjrry 1" sho began. "It'sjust as suddeu on me's on yon but my daughter she's writteu that she aud the childrcu must como home fur. a epell 'cause the youngest'f had cholera in fanticide nud the doctor he says they must gel away a fast s they can and it s too bad to turn you out but I don t see uo otter way1 to fix it and if you dou't mind Elkine Wet door has a room free every bit like theoDVyou re in now and A'.miry shall carry over your things and you'll b every bit as comfortable and i hope you 11 have no hard feelings about it. All this in a breath, and without audible punotua-tion. John comforted the good dame, .' whose face whs full of trouble. After all, what matter? "Almiry" lent a hand, and in two hours he was seated in Mrs. Elkinti' front-room, "every whit as comfortable" as he had been . iu hie old quarters. Going down to dinner, the 'red- " brown eyes which he had noticed on the beach confronted him. "It's the Miss Whitcmores, Mr. I don't recall your name," remarked Mrs. Elkins, spooning out her steam ing chowder. And in this unceremo nious, way their introduction was effect ed. , Intimacies ripen fast under such cir cumstances. Keading, sailing and ' walkicg together, spending whole days and day after day in company, it was t.o wonder that before long the three so lately strangers should become as old irienas. it was easy to Know ine Misses Whittetnore, 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 scrse, 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 or the pleas ant possibilities of life to be in such contact. Still his shyness and old habit of distrust hampered and held hira back. "What man ever under stood a woman?" he asked himBelf. "I don't pretend to. 'Flossy indeed 1 I did have a real glimpse of her in that blessed little book 1 Now if some fat rv would iust open a door and let me see the inside of Marion's heart in the same way, theu I should know where was. Marion 1 Yes, the imaginary Flossy was dethroned ; the real Marion reign ed in her stead. John, however, was still unconscious of bis subjugation, aud how long the thing might have halted uo one can tell, had. not late, as she often does, taken the matter into her own hands. "Mv 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 eutumer. We have wish ed for bim bo often, and now at last he can come. John watched the Bisters curiously as they made ready for their walk to the depot that aiiernoon, dui ne uiu not offer to accompany them. "Lucky follow V he muttered, with a sigh, and fell to gnawing his moustache, a sure sign of uneasiness and emotion. liy ana nf they oatne oac., eacu -holding an arm or a broad-shouldered, merry-faced youth, who wame'i uu tween with a fac V of entire content- ment. "My brother, Mr. Singleton," said Alice, in her gentle voice, as John rose. to creet them. "Happyto know you, saia ine new comer, shaking hands cordially. "The girls have written about you till I feel as if we were acquainted. I say, what a beach I Can't we have a sail this ev ening, Flossy ?" John started as if shot. ,"I thought your name was Marlon, he said confusedly, staring like one in a dream. - "Yes, so it is," she answered care lessly ; "but my middle namo is Flor ence, and Tom called me Floss alwaya when we were little. Ha does now sometimes." "You really must loave it off, said Alice. "Flossy ia absurd for a grown up person. "I'm rather fond of it," remarked Marion ; "It doesn't sound absurd to me at all." , , , "It's beautiful !" jerked out John, still absorbed in the suddenness of hia surprise. Marion looked at him, as tonished, lie felt himself blush under her gaze, but offered no explanation, and the subjeot was dropped. The real and the ideal rarely com bine in life. When they do, only one conclusion seems possible. Event flew rapidly after this eelairhtement. The course of true love has intervals of smooth running, for all the poets may say to the coutrary. The bright hunt er srnoonof that, year looked down nmm two extremely happy people, aud when Christmas gladucss dawned on earth it found them happier still. It was on the first delicious evening spent in their new home that John broko silence and told the tale of hia trea.urc-trove. They sat together by the fireside, and Flossy turned the worn lOXCXVDEU OS r'OLRTH PAGE.
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