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THE OOI8TITUTIOI THE UFIOI-IFD TEE ETFOBOEMEIT Of TEE LAY8.
Editor and Proprietor.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1884.
NO. 4G.
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v-mi friends. Ilenuiker's
"-n in manner, assured.
j.n,l fr'ci,!s were his fellow
tierM.orsiy's office for the
f ,r';. " . With a uuauim
'iVi'i:ivfi- refreshing, they
i dw-'aied Henniker s down
s'' ... v. in in Ihev aliirmed.
f, f,r Ion ' as he had beeu do
F rT'u 1:3 1 -
..','i-ies tir.!s, ami the rest were
..... .. ,, i,ewtTv u"f rw
"VrvW t'1"' ln t!lt'ir l,,lt'
"Ja tofvess. ,n:,u limited
., .. , ,,,t rnin. Svnier nr
...r 111' '
ulllill f '!!ie
and to Ilenneker
1 fact that
1,'iiie blood" ran
fv.e::r. it woiiU come as surely as
". .,,,ieelse.
:"' 0!:e did Heuneker's
i 'V! I!"'le certain than to
; ,1.. iU; it. as lie sat alone one
J ;:i his r" 'ins m Moane Street.
v-Tlir 11 come very nearly to the
iTifliis:!ier. and it was high time
Vi'iM look aN ".it ami see by what
JO ;e b-s tower lie could avert the
'JE-iZ tii.iW. I.ookiiii; .14. iritura,
yaw no cue who could render him
t i:Sjini.v. They had, it was true,
i.-.v.i" i-: '.heir veins: but. le-
ii 'JJt, with one exception a rich
......'a .nt . toivi-litrA in A 114.
jfjr. ,1-,!, -"1 '
-lt,( wii.tm the family Lad Leard
fir years they were as poor as
tjf Air1 the "blue blood"
re tir.llv likely to le of much advan-aj-to
tiin iiule- in one way indeed;
xi .'-ti ''3 ' reu.-ou of his social osl-
l aon'V Mine one with money, and
saaiette himself from hisdifficulUea.
lie Mea of marryinp for money was
itjsxtA to Frank Ilenniker. Like
baa men, no uianer now "last," ue
Ltloiied forward in his inner Leart
line in the tuture when he should
'i woman who truly loved Lim, and
kotttS'ttje u b into a quiei iue aiiu
It verv bAi'i'V ; and this ideal the
f,f uiarrym for money uissi
itt Tii.it it would le possible for
jso to -Jo he had not the slightest
:c:it. Without lieing conceited, he
bew that he wits more than tolera-SfwM.-okiiiff.
a gentleman, and pos
irJ ot iiiaiiiiers and bearinfi that en
jtl b:m, at any rate among the
ttiei lueml-Ts of Lis acquaintance,
i iiary weloo.ue wherever Le went,
f -to marry for money to give up all
uiSritnueiita ideas of flndiug a dispo
se thai would be thoroughly conge-
a i.- own to marry a girl wno in
ii;r v.iiiiity would not have a single
i-aLT ur leeiing in common with him
-iiwis iii.leeil a bitter pill to swal-
l:wjsLovever no time for namby-jtif-
Sciitiiueiit. Kuiu was staring
j tiie U -e. and disgrace was not so
t-:rlr:.::ii: but that Le could see
'.'i:r..'!.;i,i,i. There could be no
i-.lt al-o.it it ; he must marry for
i- irj. li,fci;:reeal,le as the physic was.
: ot tr taken ; and ujtm whom
4-tdlils choiee fail ?
Cuc::a:lnff thus within himself. Lis
upon a letter in a rack above
j-cl.i.iiey-io-re.ttie atldress of which
ie written in ajiretty feminine Land,
icit.s lfr was the very thing ! That
sc id :m':uz ht had received an invi
x. c friui an exceedingly wealthy cot-i.:-?;
ii.ner in Manchester, to whom he
i rwvLtly hii.J the opportunity of be
a si-nieservii.-e in town, asking him
W V-i Wliitsunt i.Je with him. This
."'.'."j- iiiiiei whs a widower, and had
ou!y dv'A, a daughter. Thought
'C -Heimiker opened the letter, and
m1 ;Lr" i'li. Tiie contents ran thus:
"TM:.j:..!i.!,I;dsl.ury, May 14.1S .
Ii'ar Mr. Ilenniker, l'apa, for
1 "X 1 .mi art:!,- as secretary, wishes
li!.w :f y.ri wi;l ilo us the pleasure
i ;!i'i.:.ir V. hit'untide here. He un
"l, I think, troin w hat you &id
n lie w.is in town, that you were
M ryed for that season. If you
r. us know when and by what
wr may ei-ct you, the carriage
ii- i.i iiie.t y,,u at the station. Papa
-! bis kind leards and hopes you
'Believe ine yours very truly,
"I.ILY MAITLAXD."
( "I-;'.y," Ilenuiker, as Le laid
;!i t:.e letter "a pretty name I And
4sa nii-e l.lv!ike hand she writes. I
"t wlmt she is like ? Just the op-
Hf tlie l .niie. 1 dare say a shorty
s'.ak;ud eiii with large red hands
trea.ei.d.ms t.-t. who blushes fear
j'.v whenever she is addressed and
1 a w,,r,l to sav for herself ; it is
5l '1 Hicult to understand what the
"WTuter of an uncultivateil cotton-li.ni-l,t
up under the extremely
;'i:.I Hi:!iie! e,,f Manchester Society,
.ii e like. ( r (h i haps she is ne of
si 'hool, Imld and masculine, a
I'1 l,;v iu i-tt :eats. There's some
'ij r.it'ier !iei- ;nid easy aUmt the let
W.Uowlc,,n,e t,,t!uhk of it, though
wn;" s' ni'-fly. However, as I
'lei-'.led ti,.,; K. 1S t0 be 1Uy future
."'tscaireiy wise to pull Ler to
I'm in f..i the nice, now, and it
"M "! 1 the act of a very f.iolisli
utode,,v,.ja;e . j,rze antl 1ul.
La. Wr'i'l :4 cav towards Lim, he
"".v wrote an acceptance of Mr,
tuU.'1!1 '"v't',ion. promising
M.iiicliester on the day but one
1'(-i.ir,N.
''with no very pleasant feelings
fr.im k'. "'',,!"k,-r traveled down
14 on the day appoint-d. The
- Vis, ,e feit snuiewliat disgU!ted
'I'li iii-if f,- tli errand on which
Jr'"'"!"!. lie could not disguise
'iuiseif il.ai ,his uoing down to
Uiain- "' W'"' ",elix,J lutentiouof
trei a '"' ,,er i"('ey 'as ex
iy mem,, srdid, and wrong. I5ut
Ut i,e tu lo ? A drowning
t,,.'. t"""'1 afr"i'd to be scrupulous as
if 'i';'"'r "f tl,e lnat siives liim-
,,, n ms present work now. lie
i,i,. . ' oinv reiiection
' '"'"oiild derive anv consolation
and 7 'T"UlW the girl" was ill-bred
Vitas,! , woultl t,u'y to
tur r r" ;u1, r aU tlie UloIiey hAli
Umi S'T' ''I'ly-t'i'iinected Lns-
lilts' ' Vi I '" cre l!l:lt 1,13 I11
t . "?'! '' ""l I'ave rendered it neces-
S v,l? :T t.. 1
uf s,"irf i'""1"1' '" f,'lt Verv I,luch "OI,t
irom
Df tu "'o-1" luve between them out
question.
ti Le ainved at the London-road
station, he found the carriage, as ar
ranged, waiting for hiui ; and Le could
not help thinking, as he lay back on its
cus'iions and was driven aloug towards
his destination, that for a vulgar coU
ton-spinner Mr. Maitland seemed to
have a very lair idea of what was a
good carriage, aud bad displayed yreat
taste in the selection of it. But then
he remembered that very probably it
had been chosen for him.
Mr. Maitland was not at Lome, the
butler who opened the door at the Mid
lands informed him, not Laving yet re
turned from business, but Miss Mait
land was iu tbe drawing-room, if Le
would be pleased to walk that wav ; and
thither accordingly he directed Lis
steps. As Le eutereJ, a tall fair girl of
about twenty-two rose from Ler seat at
the far end of tL rooru, where she bad
leen reading, aud advanced to meet
li mi.
She was very different from his an
ticipations, he thought, as he shook
hands with her. This was certa'nly not
the common insignificant-looking girl
he had prepared himself to see. Oil the
contrary, she was infinitely more lady
like, both in Ler appearance aud man
ner, than many of the aristocratic
friends he had left iu Ixiudou ; and she
had one of the sweetest faces he thought
he had ever seen. With easy grace she
bade him welcome to the house, excus
ing Ler fatLer's absence as a matter of
necessity ; aud then she resumed her
seat, and they entered into conversa
tion. Instinctively, during it all, Ilen
niker felt that her clear brown eyes
w ere scrutinizing him closely, that she
was, as it were, summing him up, and
making a mental estimate of bis value.
He began to take an interest in tbe girl,
aud the more sx because he felt that he
had previously done her an injustice. '
The butler came in presently to show
Ilenuiker to his room, and. when the
young man went back, Le found Miss
Maitland with Ler bat and jacket on.
'I thought you would perhaps like to
look round the grounds, if you are not
too tiled with your journey," she said.
He answered that he should I only
Uh pleased ; and they at once sallied
out together.
lioiiig along, she gtve him little de
scriptions of the neighborhood, showed
him her canine pets, the horses.fl-corfera,
and did her best to entertain him. Ilen
uiker found himself listeniug iu a way
that Le could Lardly have believed pos
sible. This girl bad a wonderfully at
tractive manner. She was so easy and
unaffected, so thoroughly unconscious
that she was beautiful anil stylish, so
different from the parrot-girls of society
w hom he had previously met, and yet
so completely their eiual iu the finer
attributes of gotid society, in grace and
i tinemtut, with tenfold more depth of
character aud cultivation, that Ilenui
ker enjoyed his wa'k as he had never
enjoyed any walk before. He almost
foi uot that his companion was only an
uncultivated cotton-spinner's daughter.
It was about Ave o'clock when they
had finished their rounds, and tea was
served in the drawing-room. Heuniker
was surprised. It seemed that these
MiUiWicatcr Jeoile Inni like otnei roiK,
and weie as well-bred in their habits as
the friends he had left in Loudon. At
dinner, too, there was none of that gor
geous display of plate that Le Lad been
led to expect. Everything was con
ducted quietly and unosteutatiousiy.
Mr. Maitland perhaps, to those who did
not know him, was the blot upon the
scene. He certainly was a trifle vulgar.
But his friends lost sight of this in their
waim appreciation of his sterling gixid
uatuie. Xo better-hearted, more generous-minded
man than Walter Mait
land ever lived. Originally the sales
man in a small warehouse in Spring
liardens, he had, by dint of steady iu
dustry aud unwearying perseverance,
raised himself to his present position
among the most honored of Manchester
merchants, but, unlike the majority of
men who have rien solely through their
own exertions, his success had not made
him arrogant and self-assertive nor
was lie in the habit of boasting of bis
achievement. He knew that, compar
atively sjieaking, an ignorant man, and
he was not ashamed to own It ; but he
never did so obtrusively. Kind to a
fault, always willing to assist any one
iu distressinnocent as a child in many
of the world's ways, wuaring his heart
upon Lis sleeve, and as unaffected as
the day on which he was born, Walter
Maitland, to those who knew him, was
a man to respect, to honor, and to love.
Unfortunately Frank Henniker did
not know Lim, and he was obliged to
judge Lim by outward apiearauce. He
felt strongly that this old gentleman
w ho sat at the head of the table, who
laaughed so loudly and so heartily at his
own jokes, who often dropped his "h's"
and mispronounced his words, was a
very vulgar being. Henniker had been
brought up in an exclusive set, with
whom faults of breeding were iniqui
ties that could never be atoned for, even
bv t he best qualities of disposition. At
dinner, unconsciously to himself, he
could not help showing the direction in
which his thoughts lay. However, it
passed off very well, aud Mr. Maitland
did not ierceive that his guest was a
trifle offended, uot to say disgusted with
his ways. But once or twice Ilenniker
caught the daughter looking at Lim with
an expression on Ler face which he
could not understand. It puzzled Lim.
After dinner, in tne urawiug-rooiu,
she sang some songs ror Lira ; and again
Henniker was tLrown iuto a state or
wonderment. Such a thrilling voice,
so touching in its tender pathos, he had
never heard. It entranced Lim, and Le
remained fascinated by tLe piano all the
time that she was singing. But. when
he showed symptoms of the great de
light that Le felt. Miss Maitland at ouce
rose from her seat, and rather coldly re
fused to sing any more.
Henniker's thoughts, as he sat ln his
lied -room that night, were anything but
pleasant. Above everything he felt
th..rMifriilv anerv and dissatisfied with
himself. He had acted, it seemed to
him very like a fool. He had come
from Loudon f u'l of self-conceit, com
placently satisfied that the people he
was going tx see were an inferior order
of creation to himself, quite an inferior
race of beings, living in a common under-bred
wav that to a man of culti
vated tastes" would be most objectiona
ble ; and here he found them every bit
as refined in their hablUs as himself, and
with none of that ostentatious display
which he had so conuaenuy exiou.
it reallv most mortifying.
Then there was the daughter. He
had imagined her coarse and lll-fea-
..ir rpd.faced creature who
was to be had for the mere asking, who
would drop into his arms at iu
.: t nrriiiira ! and she uaa
meuiiou 't - r - 9 - . ,
proved, to be so pretty and st-look-
in? a cm mat nia pic'i"
garding ber seemed almost like sacn
K lie despised himself for hanng
allowed such ideas to come into his
hesd. Vulgar indeed t Why, she seemed
to him the very personification of re
finement and of everything that was
womanly and graceful I How pretty
she was-! he thought, as he lay back ln
bis chair and conjured up her image in
his mind. What deep tender brown
eyes she had, what a sweet tremulous
mouth, what lovely hair ! Aud he had
actually thought of this girl as if he
would be conferring a favor on her by
asking her to marry him I He felt that
he was a horrible wretch, and ought no
longer to be allowed to inhabit the same
house with such a civinity a divinity
against whom he had so treacherously
conspired.
the fact was that Heuniker was as
much in love with Lily Maitland as it
is possible for a young fellow to be in
love with a girl after only eight hours
acquaintance. It was quite a case of
the biter bitteu ; and, as the davs rolled
on and he came to know her better, and
the beauties of her character weregrad
ually unfolded to him, he yielded more
and more to the iutlueuce that her
sweetness aad grace were exercising
over him. And the fonder he grew of
the girl the more relf-reproachf ul he be
came tor his previous thoughts and de
signs concerning ber until at length
the matter preyed upon his mind to
such an extent that he grew perfectly
miserable, w hat Lily's feelings were
towards him he could form no idea ; her
manner perplexed him sadly. Some
times she would be quite frank and un
constrained ; but Immediately he made
advances of equal cordiality she drew
back and became correspondingly dis
tant. Ouce or twice he almost imag
ined that she avoided him ; and he be
gan at length to think that she disliked
him.
So the days passed until Whit-Sunday
was at Laud. Those days had enlight
ened Henniker very much as to Mr.
Maitland s true character. He had
beeu amongst his work-people and had
seen how they all reverenced and re
sisted him, he had seen how consider
ate and thoughtful he was towards
them, and he had heard from the peo
ple in the neighborhood of the Mid lauds
how good and unselfish he was. Hut,
more than all, he had been brought into
close contact with the ui.tu himself.aud
he had had time aud opiiortunity to be
come acquainted with his disposition.
aud to luaik the many little ways lu
which Lis geuerosity and true nobility
of character showed themselves. The
result uai a total revulsion of feeling
towards Mr. Maitland, aluiost as com
plete as that towards his daughter; aud
he now condemned himself for Laving
so harshly misjudged that gentleman.
aud having allowed himself to be led
away merely by siieech .111 1 manner.
It was the evening I fore Whit-Sun
day, the time a'10111 six. Heuniker, who
had tieevr out ndiiit!, weut to !he draw-
ing-rooui, not exiN-ctiug to find any one
there, for Lily had driven into the towu
to make some pin chases, aud he hardly
fancied she could have returned yet.
He was mistaken owever, tor she was
seated liefore the tire, and in so deep a
re- erie thfit he find to srieak to her he
foie she Lsrs Hiue a are of his presence.
''Your thoughts Meein to be pleasant
ones. Miss Maiil.01 1, if one may judge
from the expression of your face," he
said, as lie look a seat near her.
She st.crted violently, aud a hot color
stole into her cheeks. Henniker won
dered why she should blush so much at
such apparently innocent words. It
was but momentary however, and, w hru
the flush died away, it seemed to leave
Ler face paler than usual.
"Thoughts at V hitsiiutide ought to
1 pleasant, Mr. Henniker," she said ;
"but 1 don't know that mine were par
ticularly happy. Did you eujoy your
ride
"Very much. Sam, as I thiuk you
called him, carried me spleudidly, aud
1 had no idea the country about Man
chester was so interesting. It is really
very pretty out leynd Clieaale."
I am lad you liked it : you w ill, at
any rate,have one pleasant remembrance
of "Manchester to carry away with you."
There was something in the tone in
wh:ch she said this, something half sad
and reproachful, that caused Ilenuiker
to lose his head.
'There is one remembrance that will
always be inexpressibly dear to me," he
said, in a low voice.
The moment he had spoken he felt
that he had betrayed himself. There
was no turning back now ; come what
might, he must go on. A choking sen
sation rose iu his throat ; but he reso
lutely forced it back, and steeled him
self for the coming ordeal.
The flush again rose to her cheek. It
was impossible to mistake his meaning.
For a moment what he would have con
strued as almost a happv look came over
her face; but it passed away quickly,
and her features grew hard and set.
"I hardly understand you." she said
nervously ; and he noticed that, despite
her efforts to remain composed, the
hand nearest to him was trembling vio
lentlv. "The dearest remembrance I shall
have when I leave Manchester will be
of yourself," he said. "I scarcely in
tended to make this avowal so soon,
Miss Maitland ; but, now that circum
stances have led up to it, it would sim
ply be cowardice if I did not speak
plainly. I love you I I know that this
is great presumption on my part, and
that I am not half worthy of you ; but
indeed 1 couldn't help myself. It was
impossible to be in the same house with
you without loving you. I think I have
cared for you from the very first day we
met ; but how great my love now is,
how deeply it is implanted in my'na
ture. I can never tell you. Will you be
my wife, Lily, and let it be the sole ob
ject of my lire to prove it to you ? Oh,
my darling, if you only knew how much
I love you, bow passionately, sinoe I
came here, 1 have hung upon every
look aud every snide you have given
me, surely your heart would come out
to me as my heart has gone out to you 1
Will you try to love me, Lily r Will
vou be my wife ?"
He bad flung himself upon the ground
beside ber as he spoke, and had clasped
ber hand in his. For a moment she
permitted it to remain there unresist
ingly, while her whole woman's nature
seemed to respond to his appeal ; then,
with a sudden effort, she drew herself
a wav and rose to her feet.
"No, I will not be your wife n she
said, witu nasiung ea anu quivering
mouth. "Mr. Henniker, you came
here despising us poor Manchester peo
ple. You thought we were half sav
ages, devoid of all cultivation and re-
" . i-i a. m
Hnemeuu 1 rom tne neigui 01 your in
tellectual superiority you looked down
upon us and ridiculed us, I saw it in
your manner, in your looks. Amongst
others you thought fit to despise was
my father, one of tbe best, the noblest
of men. You scorned his speecn and
manners, because he did not happen to
have been so fortunate as yourself ln
receiving a good education, but had
worked his w y upwards by energy and
industry from a comparatively low rank
in life. I saw quite clearly what was
passing in your 111 tnd. And do you sup
pose I would marry such a man Y No
a thousand times no 1"
Henniker had grown very pale.
"Wi'l you listen to me tor a moment,
Miss Maitland ?" he said very quietly,
as she turued to leave the room.
"For what purpose ?" she asked, the
tone of passionate indignation still
thrilling her voice. "Do you fancy you
ct uld alter my decision ? Never 1 Even
the daughter of a Manchester merchant
has some little resiect for herself and
her relatives. I am ashamed of tbe
man who is ashamed of my father. If
you were to go down on your knees and
offer me all the riches the world con.
tains, I would not marry you I Tbe
subject had better be dropped between
us."
In another minute she had swiftly,
but none too steadily, ascended the
stairs, and was lying on her lied, her
face pressed Into the bed clothes, sol.
bir.g as if her heart would break. Only
a woman after all I
Whit-Sunday that ff-ar was a glo
rious day. All nature seamed at her
brightest.
Mr. Maitland, Ilenuiker, and Lily
weut to church. Coming back, the
merchant joined a friend, and Henniker
and Lily were perforce thrown together.
He I ad seen verv little of her since
the affair of the previous evening.
When they had met,she wa shy and
constrained, aud there was that In her
manner towards him which almost
amounted to an apology for her indig
nant and perhaps, as she felt, rather
unladylike outburst of the night lie
fore, could he but have read It aright.
In church be had once or twice cast
quiet glances at her Indeed his thoughts
were far more occupied with the pretty
figure dressed in black at his side than
with the service ; but ber eyes at such
times were always downcast, and her
attention seemed whollv riveted oa her
prayer-liook.
Henniker was terribly dejected, and
he looked quite pale aud haggard. He
felt that he could endure this torture
no longer. To be in the same bouse
with this girl whom be loved with all
tbe strength and ardency of a particu
larly strong nature, to feel the constant
charm and attraction of her presence,
to know that she was not nor ever could
be his, and to realize that It was en
tirely through Lis own fault that he
Lad missed winning Ler. was more than
Le could bear. He would go away ;
but, before Le went, Le would explain
matters to Ler.
They walked aloug iu silence for
some distance. At length HeuuiKer
said, with a slight effort
"I am sorry. Miss Maitland, that 1
sholud still stay to offend you by my
presence. IWlieve me, 1 would willingly
have gone away last evening could I
have done so indeed it is misery ir
uie now to remain" here. But, as "M.T
Maitland expressly asked me for Whit
Sunday, it seemed rude to run away on
the very eve of it ; aud, iudeed I could
thiuk of no excuse that would justify
such a course without introducing your
own name into the matter."
"I hope you won't think of leaving
on my account," she interrupted hur
riedly. "As this however is perhaps the last
time I shall have an opjiortunity of
speaking to you alone," he went on,
without noticing her remark, "I should
like, if you will bear with me, to say a
word iu answer to your charge of List
night- I will speak frankly to you.
Miss Maitland. 1 did come down to
Manchester with theviewsyou descrilie.
aud 1 was an ignorant man in doing so
far more ignorant than the very eo
ple whom 1 despised. I did not think
your father well educated or well bred ;
but I see now how wrong I was to judge
a mau by a f w external characteristics,
for I have discovered that he jiossesses
a true nobility of disposition beiore
which I, with my small narrow mind,
ought to blush. I am all the lietter for
having known your father, Miss Mait
land ; and I Lave received a much
needed lesst.i that I lio I shall never
forget. But I will confess more than
that. There shall be nothing but truth
between us now. After to-day I shall
never see you again ; but, at any rate,
1 shall have the consolation of thinking
in my loneliness that at our last Inter
view I showed my true disposition to
ou, that there was no deception be
tween us. Wheu 1 came to Manches
ter, I did so w ith a purpose I came to
marry you."
"To marry mel" she exclaimed,
startled out of Ler silence by surprise.
"Yes, to marry you."
"But you Lad never seeu me V"
"1 know that ; but I had heard of
you. 1 knew that you were wealthy ,or
rather that your father was. I was
poor and unfortunate ruin w as staring
me in the face. 1 determined to come
to Manchester, and, if possible, to marry
you, to relieve myself from my debts.
But before I had been twenty-four
hours in the house circuiiihlances al
tered my case. I was now really, hon
estly iu love with you. I could only
think of the motive with which 1 had
come to Manchester with hoi ror. More
than once I determined to run away
to leave yon to get back to Iondon,
and, beginning a new and better life,
to face my ruin like a man ; but the
sight of your face chained me to the
spot. I could not bear to part from you
I was powerless. I dare say. Miss
Maitland, you think all I have said the
mere emotional talk of a man of the
world, accomplished m such matters ;
but, fortunately for me, I hve the
means of convincing you of the sincer
ity of my words. By this morning's
post I had a letter announcing to me
the death of an uncle, to whose property
I succeed. I am now a richer man than
your father. Will you come to me, Lily
just as you are, without a penny ' If
you like, we will live iu Manchester,
and your father shall stay with us ; I
shall be proud to live under the same
roof with such a man. Oh, my darling,
do have mercy on me I Don't be hard
upon me I I can't part with you ; you
are the whole world to me 1"
The tears were standing in her eyes
now, and 'her heart was throbbing fast.
She felt how noble he was for having
thus bumbled himself before her, and
her whole soul went out ln response to
him. She could not speak she would
have burst out crying If she had at
tempted to do so ; but somewhere from
the folds of her jacket there came a
little band, and it was held out in a half
penitent fashion towards him. He took
it in his, and the compact was sealed.
"You were awfully severe on me last
night, Lily," he said later in the day.
when they were alone in the drawing
room. "So I was ; but I never said oue
thin," she remarked shvly.
"What was that ?" he' asked.
"That I did not care for you because
I did, you know," .;he added, w ith de
licious fiui'iefe.
Such was Heuuiker's downfall that
I e. a man of family and high social pos
ition, should marry tbe daughter of a
Manchester cottou-merchant I There
are some people however who consider
it was no dowufall at all ; aud amongst
such most emphatically is Heuniker
himself.
Llf f ft. racArabars.
People here all arm themselves for
the winter. There can be no question
as to Its severity. Iudeed, one would
be inclined to imagine it was almost
welcomed as a freud, for keen disap
pointment is expressed when the snow
is tardy in falling. After the heavy
rains which fall in the late autumn
snow roads are almost a neccessity of
existence. If frost suddenly sets in
before they are made it is under great
difficulties that the country people
bring supplies to ttie metropolis ; the
price of provisions rises in proportion,
aud distress ensues. Double windows
are uuiversal ; they are an absolute ne
cessity. For the admission of fresh air
oue pane of each wiudow is left so that
it may be opened at pleasure. The rest
of the window is so thoroughly secured
that not a breath of keen air can enter.
Th s process accomplished, the differ
ence of the tenijierature within doors
is sensible I'ercejitihle, and heat Inn by
means of fctoves may then be delayed
for some time. The interior of a Rus
sian house is uot familiar to all, so un
der favor of the lares and peuates, we
will enter the sacred domicile, first
promising that a well-kept house in St,
Petersburg or Moscow is exceedingly
comfortable, A tall, portly, Suisse
(bouse (Kirter) admits you. when a foot
man ushers you up a most spacious,
handsome staircase, often of marble,
and, after passing through the usual
double diHirs you are introduced into
an anti-room, where you leave your in
evitable garment your fur cloak. The
reception rooms are then entered, and
these often seem interminable; eight
or nine In n urn tier in the houses ou the
l-alace or English quays are not uncom
mon, generally opening into one an
other. The inlaid parquets of the
rooms are often very beautiful the
floor polisher is an imiortant institu
tion in Russia ; of course, some rooms
are richly careted and do Justice to the
looms of Turkey and Persia. The silk
or damask curtains, wall hangings and
coverings for the ottomans are superb.
All is luxurious; vases of Iapsis-lazuli,
porphyry and malachite, pictures and
objects of art in general are hi profu
sion. The Russians are very fond of
promeuating through their suites of
aiiartments, and ample space is left for
this purpose. The winter being so long,
eveiy conceivable means is used to shed
around .the charms of warmer climates;
AiL?. "Tlf which various creepers
!V- ; are introduced; pretty
baskets of plants (tulips, bvacinths and
camelitis in full bloom, while winter is
st '11 raging outside,) the constant warm
temperature indoors being favorable to
their cultivation. Tbe continental
fashion of living In flats, much pre
vails here. Sleeping rooms are not, in
variably numerous in proportion to the
reception rooms ; but this state of
things naturally Improves with the in
crease of civilization.
Ai Inland uf rreity Women.
The Chanel Islands and particularly
Jersey, possess much of interest to the
stiangr, but the crowning glory of
Jersey is the beauty of her women.
lor general comeliness they would
readily be awarded a prize in any com
lietition of feminine grace. Hire,
creamy complexions that would put the
bloom on the peach to blush, figures
made grac- f ul and sinewy by bodily toil,
with rathtr strongly cut features, eyes
like aloes tail lustrous dark hair, the
girls met on the streets of St. Htiier's
seem to the stranger the personification
of womanly independence, beauty aud
maidenly reserve. 1 he soft white mists
that wrap the Island every night from
sundown to sunrise give them carnation
cheeks. The toil that brings with it
the healthy body. Is due to causes which
will enlist on the side of these women
the .sympathies of true manhood. It is
lecause of the woful dearth of men in
Jersey that the women do all the work.
Where you meet one man in these tor
tuous stieets of St. Helier's you meet
ten women. Out among the green farms
this disproportion of the sexes is even
more painfully apjiarent. Tne heavy,
ungainly carts 011 the country roads,
are, almost without exception, driven
by women, and handsome women, too.
t'rous of cherry-cheeked girls may be
seen in way-side orchards, some picking
apples from the trees, others straining
at the rude cider presses. The little
fields, with their luxuriant growth of
turnips, cabliages and rutabagas, all
are tended by women, while the bloom
ing flowers In the house yards show in
their rich variety the evidence of wom
an's care and attention. None but
women are to be seen in the big public
market of St. Helier's women buying
and women selling. What men you see
aie either too young or too old and de
crepit, boys who have not started out in
life, or old sea captains who have come
Lome to end their days, smelling of salt
aud f ull of reminiscences of stormy voya
ges to Buenos Ay res. to Australia, or
through the Ciiiua seas
Knowledge worth Having
The knowledge which we crave and
work for which we look for and find,
which we think o it or dig out tor
ourselves, which we rejoice iu as in a
newly-found treasure that is the
knowledge, be it small or great, that is
worth having. It is like the food foi
which we hunger; It gives us fresh
power aud fuller life, it matters far
less even what this knowledge is than
the way in which it was gained. The
most systematic and well-prepared
course of study worried through by a
Hudent whole only care is that he may
get his diploma, is of far less value to
him or to the world than the vital
thought of the young mechanic, who,
anxious to master the secret of his
trade, patiently studies its details, dis
covers its principles, and infuses iuto
it his own fresh and living force, per
haps in the form of some new inven
tion, or perhaps in a mor skilful touch
or a more delicate finish than It his yet
received.
Do ws know how to live on a small
salary, and will we tell you how? We
wish we could; bnt we can't because
we don't know. We never received a
small alary.
Cold Wmtar.
The most expensive tbiug and the
hardest thing to get in Europe is plain
water. At the hotels even in Switzer
land where the Ice-crowned Alps are in
sight, they charge you for Ice water to
drink. There is no water on the cars,
aud at the stations they look at you in
amazement if you ask for it. To pro
tect myself I now carry a bottle of water
strapped to my catret bag.
Oue day in the Bon Man-he in Paris
where they employ at least 2J0 clerks,
my wife, who was making purchases,
asked the clerk to be kind enough to
give her a glass of water.
"A what?" he exclaimed, iu utter
amazement.
"A glass of water plaiu, wet water,"
repeated the wife.
''There lsu't such a thing in the
store," said the clerk.
"But in this great store what do you
do when you get thirsty'!"' asked my
wife.
"Why, we wait till noon or night and
drink a bottle of wine."
But if it is hard to get a glass of
water in France, Switzerlaud or Ger
many to drink, how much harder is it
to get enough for a bath. The idea of
water enough to bathe in all over sets
them wild. At Dresden, the boasted
art center of Europe, my wife wanted
a hot bath. In America, when a guest
wants a hot bath, he rings for the
chambermaid, turns ou the hot water,
takes it, and finds '25 cents charged for
it in his bill. Well, 1 weut down to
the office and saw the clerk about it.
He seemed half-dazed at the idea of a
bath, and went off to see the proprie
tor. The proprietor came puffing back
to the office aud asked me what I wan
ted. "My wife wants a bath." I said.
"All over bath all oerl" he gasp
ed. 'Yes, all over, in hot water."
"Hot water hot water all over
mein Gott in hiinmel I" he exclaimed,
throwing up his hands,
" Yes, a hot water bath," I said; "tell
the girl to turu on tbe hot and the cold
water."
"But there lsu't an? hot water,"
said the landlord; we'll have to send a
commissioner and have It brought
here."
"WLatI" I said, in surprise; "send
for a bath-tub and hot water send O'-it
for ifr"
"Yea," he said. Lauding the Commis
sioner a note. "It will be brought here
in an hour."
1 then went up to the room aud
awaited results. The hotel was iu an
uproar. It was a great event to take a
bath in Dresden, and I've experienced
the same trouble and surprise in Berlin
aud Cologne. After waiting an hour,
there was a great noise and clatter in
the halL Pretty soon a man and wife
came to the door. They were carrying
something that looked like a coilin. It
proved to be a long, black, rusty bath
tub. They placed it in the middle of
the rom, Then they went down two
pair ef stairs to a wagon standing in
front f the hotel and commenced bring
ing up hot water in large tin buckets.
This water had been heated at the
bath-house a half mile away. They
soon had the bath-tub full and my wife
took her bath. Then the thing was
carried down stairs to the wagon again.
Wheu I paid my bill I was charged
three marks (seventy-five cents) for
this bath aud thirty cents for the com
missioner. You can never get a bath
in Euroiie for less than sixty cents. It
is five cents for a drink of ice water
eveu with youth dinner in a Paris restaurant.
Wb.B the Babr Waka.
Did you ever watca a baby waking
from his morning nap? It is one of the
prettiest sights in the world. There is
the crib, with its small preparations,
and snow-white draiiery that covers
something outlined, round aud plump.
There is nothing to reveal what it is,
not the slightest movement of the pil
lowed whiteness that is visible no
sound to indicate keenest actual life,
until the hour-hand of the clock that
stands sentinel, like yourself, has twice
made its circuit. Then there is a slight
pulsing in the white drapery, a small,
pink, tremulous hand, fair as a rose
bud, is thrust out aud from the nest
thus broken into appears a round dim
inutive face, with wide open eyes that
have not much speculation in them
yet. Soon, however, they cease to
stare, and become questioning, serious,
as if wondering what kiud of a world
they open upon; and the head lifts it
self just a little, and two snow-white
feet start up spasmodicaliv, with a
simultaneous movement, each one of
which lias an attendant dimple. But
the head is too heavy it falls back on
the pillow with its own sweet weight,
the hair all damp and golden, the
cheeks peachy, the mouth pouted, as if
angels kissed it iu dreams. The first
lingering go-o-o conies from its rosy
depths, sweeter than any bird's song,
for it has a spirit tone and yet retains a
thrill of its native skies.
Fin I Saw Mill.
The old practice of making boards was
to split up the logs with wedges, and
Inconvenient as the practice was, it was
no easy matter to persuade the world
that the thing could be done in a better
way. Saw mills were first used in Eu
roie in the fifteenth century, but so late
as 10o5, an English embassador, having
seen a saw mill in France thought it a
novelty which deserved particular de
scription. It is amusiug to note bow
the aversion to labor-saving machinery
has alwas agitated England. The first
saw mill was established by a Dutch
man, in 1GU3; but the public outcry
against the new fangled machine was
so violeut that the proprietor was forced
to decamp with greater expedition than
ever did a Dutchman before. The evil
was thus kept out of England for seve
ral years, or rather generatious, but in
1708 an unlucky timber merchant,
hoping that after so long a time the
public would be less watchful of its in
terests, made a rash attempt to con
struct another mill. The guardians of
the public welfare, however, were on
the alert and a conscientious mob at
once collected and pulled tbe mill to
pieces.
Tears are the showers that fertilise
this world.
Time sooner or later vanquishes love;
friendship alone subdues time.
'And bo you were st tallies wed
ding?" said Aunt Catharine.
'Yes, and the groom did look splen
did?"
"The groom, did yon say? You don't
mean that she, too, has gone aad war
ned a coachman?"
Aa Arcadian Villas.
Within a radius of twenty miles of
the city of Detroit, ou the Canadian
side of the river, there nestles aiuoug
the trees a village that for Arcadian
simplicity and for perfect Neojiolitati
indolence is imrhaps unequalled ou the
American continent. Situated ou the
north shore of Lake Erie, aud ou a rich
walnut and oak soil, nature hits been an
equal factor, by her very productive
ness, with the indolent, almost somno
lent disposition of the Inhabitants, in
making them the bappy-go-lucky class
of iople they are. Kingsville appears
as if it were a part of some med ieval
English village of fifty years ago.
The villagers possess a conservatism
almost iheuonienal, and yeC they long
ago banished the idea that any person
was a stranger after a sojourn of half a
day there. So great is the feeling of
fraternity among them that the utmost
cordiality prevails, and such a thing as
theft or robbery by one of themselves Is
a thing unheard of, even by "the oldest
inhabitant." Any day from early
spring, basking iu the sun, and through
out the summer sitting iu the shade of
the stores, may be seeu a group of half a
dozen to twenty men, smoking aud lis
tening to the latest story brought by the
Toronto drummer, or to some wonder
ful hunting tale that happened in the
long ago when deer were plentiful in
those parts and could be shot any day
before break f ist.
Woe betide the man w ho goes mar
keting" in a hurrv and expects to get
served at once. He is doomed to dis
appointment. He must wait till the
story is finished, or go without the de
sired articles. Another characteristic
of the people is their almost phenomenal
love for the game of "marbles." The
soil is sandy and absorbs moisture very
rapidly. The ground is nearly always
in a good condition for marble playing,
and so fascinating appears the sport
that middle-aged men, and some even
older, can often be seen playing mar
bles in a shady coruer. Nor is the cus
tom considered undignified because of
its commonness. Some of the younger
members of the community are experts
in tbe manly games of cricKet, base-ball
and football, bnt the greatest luxury
of the majority of the people is to lay
on the grass and smoke and watch
vthers play.
Falao. ot chrt-JianftborK.
This palace w hich was lately destroy
ed by fire has been the official residence
of the Danish kiDgs a century and a
half, though the present ruler has
never lived there, preferring the less
magnificent but cosier palace of Ama
lienborg, in the fashionable end of the
city. Christiansborg is a massive,
granite structure, w ith a facade of lofty
pdlars, devoid of all architectural orna
mentation, flanked on the east by the
curious old Bourse and os the West by
Thorwaldsen's Museum. The castle
was built in 17:13 bv the extravagant
Queen of Christian VI, as the result of
spiiHvWiril'S iiiourjf w - yirii.nu
at the Danish Court despite th waste
that characterized it, and the Swedes
across the sound became slarmed, his
tory has It, lest the Danes should re
sume their old amusement in idle hours
of makiug war on their neighbors. To
prevent it the Swedish Government
hastily decided to begin building opera
tions on a large scale at Malmoe, and
let the intelligence go forth that a great
castle was to be built, the greatest in
the north, sure that the Danish Queen
would immediately set about erecting a
greater aud so sjiend the money that
should have gone to pay the armies.
The bait took promptly aud Christians
borg was built at an excuse, the chron
iclers of those days complain, of 4J7
barrels of gold. The castle in Malmoe
never got beyond the show of digging
the foundation, and war was averted.
Two Danish kings hav lieen born in
the palace, and one died there. In 1791
it was burned down and the people re
built it by voluntary contributions.
The year after, when half the town was
burned, the King let the homeless snu
ter under its roof. Half of the burned
out population easily crowded together
in the vast builitng aud its outhouses
till the work of rebuilding could be got
underway. In Christ lansborg the late
King, Frederick VII, received the pop
ulace on his ascension to the throne 111
and promptly granted their de
mand for a const itutionaHtovernment.
In its great hall the constitutional con
vention sat and worked out its problem
and there both the houses of the lielgs
dag have since held their meet fugs.
The Supreme Court also met there.
The palace was used by the present
royal family only 011 public festivities.
Iu the upper stories was the national
picture gallery, a collection of very
great value, rich esjiecially in paintings
of the old masters of the Flemish school
of art and in the works of modern pain
ters. The pictures uumlier fully "2,0"i
Bow Thlm KIM ana rail.
Let us consider the moou first, as its
action, from its greater proximity to
the earth, is much more effective in
producing tidal waves than that of the
sun. We know- from the laws of grav
ity that the moon tends to draw the
earth towards itself. If the moon lie
overhead, its tendency is to draw the
earth upwards; if it be at the antipodes,
beneath the feet.its tendency is to draw
the earth downwards. Now, if the
earth were a rigid, solid mass, like a
ball of iron, this action of the moon
would have no other appreciable effect
than to draw the earth as a whole up
wards or downwards. The case, how
ever, is different when on the surface
of the solid globe there Is an ocean of
liquid matter. The force with which
gravity acts is greater the nearer t-.vo
bodies are to one another; consequently
when the moon is overhead the surface
of the sea is attracted w ith greater force
than the solid yields to this force, ami
is raised up iu the shape of a wave.
much in the same manner as we may
have seen the hair of the head rise up
toward a charged electric machine. The
converse of this action holds good also
at the antipodes at thesametime. There
the bottom of the sea is attracted more !
than the surface of the waters; conse
quently, the latter drop away ,as it were,
from the earth, and also assume a wave
like form. Thus we have at opiosite
sides of the earth simi'ar waves raised
at tbe same time by the moon's attrac
tive force. Theu the earth revolves ou
Its axis, brings every place in turn uu-1
der each of these waves, when it is high
water in each place as it arrives at the
wave, and low water when between the
two waves. j
A Milwaikks jury iu a breach ol
promise suit gave a young lady $3,000 ,
damages "for expenses incurred in prei
paring for the wedding aud for Reat !
mental anguish suffered."
NEWS IN BRIEF.
The most fashionable ladies now
wear scarcely any jewelry.
The famous Dark Day of New
England w-n May 17.
The i4 saving banks of Maine now
have .'2.27.,74 ou deposit.
A North Carolina Postmaster re
ceives a yearly salary of 'J cents.
Oregon is said to send 10,000,OiXJ
feet of lumber to China every year.
The rents of French Cats are 011
the diminuendo scale in New York.
The Association of German Engi
neers numbers about 54'X members.
Insanity, Southern authorities re
port, is increasing among the negroes.
There are 138,003 masonic lodges
in the world, with 14,100,313 members.
New York marketmen say the crop
of potatoes will be very short this year.
The manufacture of pins is sa'.d to
now reach the number of 8,0(111,1101.1 dai
ly. A girl of five years six months Las
traveled alone from England to Michi
gan. It is said that over three milliou
trees were planted in Great Britain in
18.S.1.
Oil is now extensively obtained
from the seeds of grapes iu Italy, it is
stated.
Portious of the petrified forests of
Arizona are now being worked up into
jewelry.
Ten milliou years is the ae fig
ured out for this planet by the Duke of
Argyle.
The w holesale cost of the ovsters
consumed iu New York yearly is f'J,-
HMKHJ.
' India is threateued with a small
wheat crop iu consequence of a severe
drought.
The mausfacture of matches re
quires annually over 8 UO0 dollars worth
of wood.
The confectionery trade of the
United States amouuts to J'52,OoO,Oi.0
yearly.
It is proposed to punish German
soldiers w ho attempt suicide with In
stant death.
Virginia will contribute 1,100,000
bushels of peanuts to hutnau happi
ness this year.
A perfect opal with a movabte drop
in the center was found in California a
few days ago.
At a free ice-water tank iu New
Yoik over 1,2 ) pounds of lee were
used iu one dav.
The Assessors of PinIaJelphia re
port that there are '21 1,211 qualified Vvt-U-rs
in the city.
It is estim ited that the wheat crop
of California this year will amount to
37,00! 1,000 bushels.
There are now about l'KJ,0oo miles
of railroad in the United States. The
cost was $300,000,000.
- A new counterfeit ten dollar note
with a Vebs'.er bead, issue of 1673, has
appeared in Butoa.
Oue of the most saline hot springs
in the world has been discovered at
Idaho Springs, Col.
The chief figures of the Garfield
uionmient at San Francisco are made
at a foundry at Nuruberg.
In St. Iiuis, says one of its news
luipers four-fifths of the inhabitants
lia ve taken to chewing guiu.
Two hundred head of cattle and
horses were killed by a terrific hailstorm
at Jalisco, Mexico, nceutly.
Indiana Las no less than 2j0 coal
mines, w hich produce annually two and
one-half million tons of coal.
The price of gas in London is only
sixty-six cents per l'Xxi feet.and theie is
a prospect of a further reduction.
Twenty-one thousand widows of
soldiers of the war 1S12 are stated to
be still drawing pensions from the Gov
ernment. Dakota, it is said, is the only Ter
ritory that yields revenue to the Post
oilirie Department. But ten States do
likewise.
Louisiana has the veritable lotos of
the Nile. A pond near Opelousas is
covered by ttie umbrella-shaped leaves
of the plant.
Steel casks and bairels are now be
ing manufactured by an English firm.
They are said to be lighter and more
durable than wood.
For the last ten years a woman in
one of the mountain towns of Kenl ucky
has held the office of Justice of Peace
w itiiout legal authority.
Scarlet fever has been alarmingly
prevalent in Boston during the recent
mouths, but the mortality reiorts show
it to be of a mil J type.
1 11 some provinces of Brazil iron
ore is used iu large quautities as build
ing stones, so abundant and ready to
hand is it to 1 found.
S uuggliiig at the port of New
York during the year ending June 30
Las increased sixty-five per cent, over
any of the three previous years.
The etiquette of funerals iu Mexi
co, it is said, does not permit tne female
relations of the deceased to attend. Only
men attend the departed to the church
aud the tomb.
In a single game of lacrosse, at
Toronto, one man was knocked sense
less, a second hal a thumb broken, a
third injured his collar Ixme, and a
fourth his arm.
Five larcre springs of water In the
County of Xiinenes, Mexico, have sud
denly burst forth on the open plains,
where there has been continued drought
for ten years.
The Czar's wife, a sister of the
Princess of Wales, is extremely foud
of jewelry, and ixissesses the most an
cient patterns and artistic sets that
money can secure at Rome.
In his su;erb garden at Varzm,
Prince Bismarck makes a Sieciality of
roses of all varieties, and whenever at
home takes great pleasure in attending
to them with his own hands.
Natural gas was found a few days
ago five miles from Birmingham, Ala.,
issuing from fissures iu the rock form
ing the bed of Village creek. A large
vein of gas is believed to exist in the
vicinity.
While excavating a well in York,
Me., the workmen found the roots of
neighboring oak and hickory trees im
ldded iu the r)ck forty feet below the
surface. In many Instances they have
formed cylindrical channels in the stone.
Four mountains, three of alum
and one of alum and sulphur mixed,
are said to be located in Lower Califor
nia. The alum and sulphur are almost
chemically pure. It Is estimated that
in these mountains there are 100,000,000
tons of alum and 1,000,000 tons ot sulphur.