ff." !If y , V{' , till ONLIt PRINTER. .----...--- "Only a printer r , ,,a fair maid said; As she haughtily, tossed her golden head. - "Only a 'minter l' - and poor as ti Mouse 'That's lived for years in &Meeting housnr Only a printer ! and when he sought • , The band thatriches' might have , bought:", ; A cold iluick,"No I" was her stortthtl rePIY,I - an added smile , as she , marked the sigh ;With -Whieh,•lantenting.,'he turned away.; l'• " i.4 6 :100 , ,t0 ftirt with, but•tell me, PraY, , 1 - It you think I'd Marry a wOrkin'gtnan 1 • • ltl want to marry a Count I, can." `"Ohjy,a Ointer'&l3 - ut aft4'daYs See men walking in , devious ways ' From those they have traveled in days of And holding poSts that they had not hel ' "Only a priuter !",,The years spedpast, • And honotl , caineto the 4y0"0 Tatitii , 4l • "Only a printef , " at last had curie Unto` the heirship, of , quite. a sum ; And following the bent of a printer's mini For true.it is they arc all inclined, . • 'No odds how happy they be 'at hitme, ' To leave it, in foreign lands to roam:— Following the bent;, as -I've said ,before,, .He / tra.yeled the land from shore t9,shore s i And'finally crossed the raging sea, , ' Akid wandered . around.in the "old count. ~ One ,morn as `he stiokeit n Content*, Pausing, the tears from his eyes to wip . For he thought Of the golden bead that tossed •. ; 1 By themaiden that he in his youth had I,t He suddenly thought he would take a sh For shorn men-always appear most gra ,He entered the shop, and east his eye • li Upon the barber, who sat Close by. , , Aha! and why that startled `gaze . ? . Why shouts the printer in wild amaze , ? Seated Upon that Chair y • -•.t.he door •Was one, who - had , shaved him in year tore... . isyr, Yes,sheN;ed him—but not his bearded fa& bhayed him—but not in a barber's place • Shaved him of stamps in a little - loan, .1 . When "on y a printer,"was "Count And the girl who had cast off Ole typo, it With 9 I. Ini marry a Count n," ... ' Bad • married Abe • Co4nt—and 1 becom Of a Paris barbeti 0 1 such is life 1 I Andt:the _fancy, French._ she had Jeanie .sehool. 7.. _., • : 1. • , Was all,the stock of:the little fool, 1 W lio•bad wedded a barber:rattier than c Who was at -the head of the highest ton, "He Nyas,puip4i4sii4ettfkiii Yunt seorntuP‘onhes at printers - hurl . ,. "Only a printerr is much the same thing As only 'a hero. or only a king.' • . = HOW SHE FOUND HIM OUT, BY 'RUTH RANSOM. "VOT,cngsged to Olarence Wyatt ?—= 11 Oh, Gertrude!" 1, "It's .broken„ Off long ago, 'my 'dear;'_ said Gertrude. Etlingham, serenely fan- , ning herself with a great India l i ana , mounted on mother-ot T pearl sticks,. anif faintly odorousnf teak and sandelimdi "Haven't you beard ? down, then.— ring fore lunch, andl, :While we: are drinking chocolat'e, I'll tell you all about • lE. . . Gertrude 'W.its au . heiress in her own right--a plump,. rosy-faced 101 of twen, ty-five, who bad alWays surrounded-.her self with .luxuries - ,-aild . walked through. life like .a beneficient fairy, `difpectsing smiles and kindness as she,Lw , l24 . ,lßut Gertrude- wasnlike the rest of the world ; she had her peCuliarities, - and ..oneof those pechliaritie.s was tlr strong tnclina- Alma fur haviik hest own. way. "He didn't like • my joining- that. W oman's 'Right aClub,". said Gerty,pOrtring out a cup . olAtoibine r ehoculate 'fir; her friend; ;Miss .. - "And,• you . k ?if, I'm not. used t t o being'cliCtated ‘Ati.d he objected to . .my, dancing twicein SUC cession,.4-7the"Chatityl with'iliercy MiddlecOurt. d . '.Yon seep that sort'of : Thing is all nonsense • and I "And what ((id he -- say.?" , s `9h, some : ; nonsense or; Otiapr - :about, being entitled,by...the sOletnn :tie of our; engagement . 'to 'watch over ine. :At aji evehts,..hig: paatfurm, -1:1 ill IA suit nie, and Ilirnke ofr. ;the. atilt' • "Oh .Gertk "But thafisn't the *worst of it;". said Miss Effingham, half laughing, half, ashamed.. "I'm engaged agn2 'a.1.0, - "To Percy4l iddlecou rt ?" "Exactly, "Row, ~Mariann,-you ne'dret your curies, auct I(xik, - droadfqlly guhrions. 1 knOW' just pieci4ly 'what you are going to‘Say, so _there's no necAssify for your saying it. -- i've heard it before, , from more'boUrces than one, and know' just how,:inuch .weight- t,O-attach to it.—.. Everybody says he is a mere unprincipled fortnne-hunter, and-that he merely wants me for my money ; !hut -I know 13/1/1.88 no one else - doe's. I know ,how CruelY he is IniAjodied and slandered; . - and I mean , to marry him . ! ' , "Then, of course, all Isremonstrances on my part will be . naele4s," said Fol hot, slowlY and gravely. "Didn't I tell you so ?"; :: retorted Ger trude. "Mit you'll see for , Y_;Onrself, one of these days, Marian, that I was right and you were all 'wrong." rtr „. ' . i' - ',. ft ..* : 3.1 i'';-* . ,----------„, ,t ' ~ tt ~ , 4 f., . .t),... ~,, -- -I ' . i ' - - . *- - , f' -.- ~.. ~,- - ------ --- , ~, -N r '-' •'' ' ..'. ' r : 1' I, • •-,. . , • li ' , 1• , „ N . `,,. ! , - . : , .. , .. 11: 1 . „ . ,t. / ' '.,\- ( '. t t 1, I\-.3jC • 'tt , , s ‘, 1• , .....• ...,1• ` ,rl, l'il 01 ' 1 , t. • - i . I 1 , 1 . . . . - .., i• ~- • ~,,:.' '...." .:: I's ',',,, . . '.` 1 ~ • . . . .. • \ . ~ , . ' ' , • ~. ~..- . , ..: . ""' ', - . , "c, 1 ,:„ ,',., ~ .I, ~,, •,- , • •..`, 1 '"„..... :... - ut- !: . , I, , ~.•,• • . , '` 9 1 1 I '''.., .' - ' . I .' ; . 1 :, .:',,. ~.',1, 1 - " .. ' l , :,.). , ; . ‘ ' i 'lt , - , . ... .' . ''' • , ~`., <~~ • .... 1 1 fir, r' .Irl . ~ u ! 1 , . . . .. . Ft --& CRU S E - , .., r Mies Folliot.,,.wept . ,,..Away,rather. loyr spirited, for she really liked, wilful, itn pulsi4e Gertrude. But what -could she do el, 4f Shi 111 just : throwirg herself away," said ,Miss Iplyvelt,' 'Rahn trial ' friend: ,"' , ' ,‘_"ll.l6t is what everybr dy..tella ter," saidlfiis linyvelt.t. , "And do von know she. bas actually' made hei *111" in his fa: vor V • - - ' ' -"Ncircried Miss FollioL!' Already;?" , , ~"Yes," nodded.l4lisslinyvelt. ;: '.Char, ley, Sa lsbury , Old me 6 sootnd, Oharley7s ,father his, been the family laWyer . Of , the •Etlin hams fur the last twentyyears?' -- 6•T en she is a fool 1" said. Mihir-Fol- 41, -emphasis. ; A ' ' t 4 )4t, women Atre;, where. love, ie, con- 1 L,"' said-,/K Miss .uy velt, \who telon F identict4 :Womau!i• Cl üb, d beliOve iii 'Cupid . and . . his double = 116 t, , ,..• “* cerise ed . ..] - 4 &fah? e irro WS. • t . ' . wedding d.-ay was, t aet, .tea t fair for tl - ie„matrimonial pros dfAils k . :EfEnghatn and Mr. Percy . leeouit; when - the 'yt;;;Riliglady's only t.t.- Moat •int'lohirenit.ntly • bethought If-to fall' despeiately. 111-of yellow. clown in Flortd.a,,and ;elc•graphecl,to .ter to come `tO him at once, ;`, tD lookedwistfully up in PerCYa Apollo fade. point h prcitni peas Xiddl troth) himse his si Ge bean Percy, it .we - could -OnV be•!niar . - It onbe, onbe,:and goon together P!,oead- ried ed sb "It Midd and I pima, would be impossible, dearest," . said, lecourt, who hated Ridden, journeys, a&no particular - fancy to exposing ;If , ta the 'yellow fever. "Every. in ot :my time until the wedding day, ?eratively (=vied. Couldn't you One yoiir journey-)" . fear not. g k oor Sidney may be dy-• i 'lug." - said Gertrnde, sorrowfully. "But .1 will trandcome as quickly as possible." nd if-he should die?" said Dir.lblid dlecourtt prudently anxious for the 'fu ture., 4,11 y dear love, pardon me if lap pear Meeting, but I. cannot endure the thou ii.t, of our being indefinitely put off." 1, .; - :- - . .ci- rtf o s eyei.filled with ; tears at this proo tit tier lover's ardent devotion. ‘.lcayr she . siti4, 4 'l dO not 'think thut dear Sidney' would =wish Mir happineaS to' permaneutiv overclouded, in' any event." , , -Xt.' Middlecdurt plucked - np . courage at thia speich.i ' Re was badly: hampered vath '414,,,and ~•?eveniii-60-il., I*.. i month's deli t ty,„ "ottrtrtfavre'V:oli iore'n. . Miss' Effinghini was to start fOr the Flpritlian city,'Where her — brother lay ill, in an early - morning train; whicti steamed out of the depot before the rays of, old. Sol had fairly _glittered over the spires and chimney topsof the sleeping, city; Mr. Middledou'rt was also to have met' her there and bidden 'her his lastlidien ;' but he was luxuriant in his habits, " and unfortunately overslept. - ' ."Oin't be helped,' said he, gatiing .ruefully at . the little ormolu. clock On the mantle opposite:his' bed.'` _"And I' think -she's too much itilove with me to. really care ~ . . . , Sohe turned over among the pillows and took another - nap. - s When ALBS Effingham got to Florida her hrother waa on -the mem!. - - . • "I declare, Gerty, I'm sorry they tele-. graphed for you. I'm all right, and---: and . if you've really set your heat,ooll this' wedding, perhaps you had better hurry back at once. • . "Yerhapi I had," said Gerty, half of whose heart wasAefc in New York. . Just then, in hurried her Inaid,„with; an /pen newspaper in her hand. 4 Wel , if I ever, . Miss 'Gerty Tried she.' ' "Ain't it luckey we wa4n't in time to catch that morning express; and had to wait for the eight-tiftv "Maria, what un earth do. you mean ?" Gerty demanded. "It was smashed all to . .flinders, Miis," Maria Mid, gimping .for breath—"a col lision. Miss and nobody knows how tnany killed and 'Wounded. ' Yon fretted gwful' because I l'as late a strapping , up them trunk's -; but noiv see what would a4iap pened'to-trs if it:hadn't been for `that. • miTcy ejactilated, 'Getty; with clasped 'hands, 'what nwill Percy think !, He'll go mad must . .telegraph to,hira at .once." "Where's the - use to ielegraph ?" .-de-, manded Sidney. "Go yourse:f." "So I will," said Gerty. "Andit'il be such a-delightful laurprise." , And thus it transpired that upon one rai:iy twilight, two or. three days after ward, MisiiEffingham let herself into the front door' of tier Own .pretty. Ilsiu'Se on Exiiiouth &Ow, with her nig ht latch, meaning an _agreeable surpriie to Mr. Middieworth, who bitd doubtless read in the papers of the wreck of. the , train she, , had ftilly`intended , to travel upon, But, .at the upexpected 'sound of voices in the drawing room; she stopped short. "Tbere'e company, miss," whispered , Maria;'who was close behind, 4i.th shawls and parcels. - • • "Hold your tongue, Marla P' said Miss Efflogbam. excitedly, as the 'high' tenor tones of Percy's voice TON' above the "If , she's deaa, talon the.heir i and you know-that; Salisbury, _ as well . as. I dor-littered • • "Yes, Mr. Middlewart, but--" MONTROSE, "Ws.alk nonsense_r presisted _Percy.— "She went in that train, and the mere fact that her name, is not 'in' ti* list of killed - in - mnts to nothing at all in itself. Neither is it in the Hat of the saved.' Of course she's . dead Dead,as a door nail ! And, if , all you wAnt:,is legal proof, 'you'll have enough,of tit' day ,or two. Ad fot me, I'tn, gOing "t'c take' up my resi donee, here—it's yciu know— 'and vet ready tO marry Sybil Acton at mace?' • "What, so . Cri ed oat thelaWyei, aghast - .`'Why not , ?"" . said itliddletou rt. 4 1.11 e wedding•bleakfast,, , is, all ~ordered—it'S a pitty to disvpoint the trades ~ people ;1 andbeaides--there's,' no use tr.incine mat 'ters: between two men . Of 4 the - hke l,you-and me,' Salisbary-;--Sybil has been .the,,girl of My choide all along, only of coUrSe we couldn'tmat;ry without a cop per between us: And, "now that Gertrude has So 'obligingly steptied out of ;the way snoke up a clear and decided voice_; .lamented". 4eitiude herOlf atOped . upon, the, scene,, didn'tstart in 'that early train, oCis6- quently. ; l, , wastAl: - ItrEtkod' on !it.. 'Of couro, htr. Maldleciourt,,Prn sorry toin tei:ere with any. ; post-morteni -lorrangt-' 7. men ta you have made; but I.mto t really regifest yon" to leaVO - this . .hOuse."! "Gerty he gasped utterly 'don found . - ed. ,Effiugbam'', sir, .1 please, corrected Gertrude. .Gto, back!. .to Sybil Actori, whoevefShe may be," :I, "Bfit rue 'to • "No; I won't ! Leave the h6 L use, I re peat?' ; , • • And . Middlecourt found hirnSe)f ally . _turned out of sung. quarters.... He wrote -a mast melting letter to Getty, the nest morning; but ;she sent it back unopened: He, came Ito plead his case iii .person ; but ,she sent. down word that: she was en,gaged. The •wedding *he off, accOrding to, contract ;.' but the. ,;bridegroom Was l elar enoe Wyatt, after Gerty 'Effing harrt.had come' to her . :senses at last, and as • she herself- sensibly argued, 'better late than never." "And only think'," said Gerry, been'for that blisiness . cit i that ear iv .train, I might have been Middlecourt's dupe.even'.nowr ‘• • ',~.~ Maggie's Lovet;i, • • . BY iiEBO• TRONG.. • . • .itOHN put back the . golden hair from 4, her .foreheat . .l, and _kissed her.tenderly; "Qood 7 bye, °ember I shalt *tura, and theti'you are to helny `• • • ' • There was no reply ‘. and thciughll4:, gie Wilmer did . nut lift- , her, tread ,from. her lover's shoulder,so . that he Could look into her ' eye's,. he felt, the hair ence.with..whielt she met hiatendern7NSs.• "Arb you 'noi . rt asked, all a man'EJ sellishnesej to enjoy Isis sweet dream to the full Perfection. . suppose :E:l' l .—a little .pettishly. H.-, ."Don't tease' mei John. Thei.e, I 'mist say- giind.hye, now ; I ; hear . A.unt Ann oalhilg .••• • . stie put up.herrrosy lips and:met-the kisses he gave her ; very - muchkas if she felt it a ; then; break higaway from the.-4irms that - fain - would' hold her a littl,,k- : Ouger,. she: -)miried up the pith to'the house. ..". John Martin's face saddened slizhtly, and his bright, earnest.face clonded. He could not help, wishing that! slic„felt a' little more keenly this' sepetation. He had been engaged toiler just one month, and he was.going, to be absenp until De cember, and it was the first of -May now. surely she ought to feel very sad at the thought of such a parting. ,Kor himself he - could hardly bear the thought of it. Strong in truth and integrity, relbilly fixed jas the - hills in his princiAles of right. and Wrong, swayed by no idlelfancies, he" had loved Maggie Wilmer ever since he could remember. She was bar,ely twenty, he was :thirty-two.:-.A. dreadfullfold man;' some - of my sixteh-year-pldiady . readers will <exclaim. No, my -dears.; lie was younger than many, of yoUr brainkss beaux are, at twenty, - for he had not fret-' ted away the energies of mind' and body' in idle dissipation he'had'led that= calm,; quiet, honorable which leaves men young at three-score. By prndence and economy be had got together a very com fortable property—got it: honestly, - too, which is more tha s n can. be !said of the way in which most men mako fortunes. • Haggle'had consented,. I'o share life with him, though. , she.. could.: not have told, whit. influenced her. Aunt. Ann wished it exceedingq, and was mo're ju bilant over the engagement than either of the partieaconcerned. She Was a wo man of discrimination, and! she should feel pride in speaking of "My nephew, John Martin," before many; , years were past. And, besides, she felt that John would :be a sort of balenft.wheel for Maggie's unsettledlourposes in life: Maggie, though she tried hard to keep it to herself, Nas.,.Very tar :from beeing satisfied. She was just, at that stage of existence when PIN does not kiow What JANUARY 26, :18 ~•,,. , , . . one Waiiits. ' 'he had read hosts of _ro mance, dud the heroes were always dark, malencloly-eSed ; men, with ; oomplexitor strongly. sukgestive ,of dyspepsia,: and 1 ;.8 locks "black' : the raven's wing. " More aver, tl#y al , apt managed to rescuelhe heroinel[from•!some dretidfut_dinger-;-in variablil apOeariug upon' the - scene' at just thlicritial =pent, and never, fa 11 . ,„ ) t ing in Ole a fempt, tick matter how. deS perate i t wa.. ' - , ~, ,_„-, -1 ' - ' JohnilMar in - had light-brown hair and blue e n' s an fair-skin;-and be had never saved aggi ; from say danger inure thin wet fe 't b : earryings her across sonrie inuoth le, i ; all. his life. , So that sou may re Ails ,e that he was no ,hero, and Maggig did b long to meet 'a 'real hero i--- If John: MI itin . had known 'any thing of the bondition oft her .mind, and it he had a irain, Of,•sensebut,:tne,n ; An - love it his ge never have—he would-have. .gone of anti left 'het' th.lityielf until she . `found• it er ,o)V n ' heart; but' in stead Of : tilat he preyed his suit #ith•ardni,•and bound her Oh a ,romise;,!- - - • • Now )2e v 3 bushiOs cupy mas thpy Magre par,tin• witl orrth.f,th las golog.to a western'cit*,o6 Ingugernept which. would. oc-, l itil.De.C'enicer . ,,and, at UUriBt re to'tiO harried:. .; • ' ' .ent•••• 'lnto , the house, :after 'John; full of.ttvague• sense ugh entering ,consoious.lhat: she ou'ht t.e be very-, blue, and perhaps shed a r fewl ard, But then,peoPledo hot - dc whit th y ought to, unit "'Maggie,' in .stead kif in ttlging in - a. gohd' - cry, eat down tild.went to making pink ribbon, roses toT.wear.in her hear to the pic-hic at ~... Shirlet's grove the nfxt day. - At that s i ame pic-nic Maggie inettNri& tore Biirtonl„a young artist froMLNPw; ' York,lsho lead come to' the -country . for his lhealth . and to take- sketches. , -1e boardd at the widow. McDonald's; about Gil a nine} from Aunt Ann'S. - Maagie had strolled away froin the:oth- rt.... , . ers ofd : t he !party, and was lust crossing the brpook 4n a . slippery log, when, Mr. Burtob's dOgArFido — sprang- out of the thick 1 .and howled at ' her. ,Maggie sere eel uud fell into the, water.,, It was, p ip gr at danger of her &diming:l Bat thick :t urton leaped forward as though he -thou lit , there raight be;''and :brought , her:s felt': to . chore: - Of course_ she!. wasi . , very- rateful, and it was jtit-tAiV., At novel ; if on the, the water ,had been!' little deeper, but t at was nut lia fauli, and surely 4e had d'Oe'hii pait to peitection; '- ' . ••• Makgie - Was Sure that ter het had 'come .i But: alas I he bath made. hiaapi 'pearance too late, She .was ,pledgtd to , ; anoth'er. ' ~ - _ .. :,. Well,they . met after this daily.:: Mk. BurtOn was alivaYSComing aver ' to eke:tell' -, the lite' just - behind Aunt Ahh's cottage,: and 1 tookstich,a long _titrie to aCeolTl-, plishl it, and. he had ,to itik:),itaggip's, opt so frequently, that,,the summer, slipp d by, and it was the last oi Aug-- usti and the sketches were - quite 'as ,fai from :completion as ever. -.,:' ' Meanwhile the old story.-had been told, and. 4laggie..knew herself belOved by - Una inau whom she fantied 'filled her heart 'to the exclusion of every other image.-- SlT.__oonfessed to him her.- engagement, an with. his sanction wrote Johil a brief • littlelnote explaining to .him how it was • that She desired to: be released. . ' Inidue time the. answer „came back.= John; wrote very kindly—most too . kindly tq please Maggie. Ile !litinotloved her much, she said pomp - illy, else he Would have; felt more att; giving' her up.' He was glad that she bad such, a,_ beautiful prospect for: -happiness,.. , he wrote 4 that would' help him to bear Ins merit:, He hoped she be • blessed in the choice She had made, and she must consider him as her friend always. Maggie went ott to her camber cried over' the letter ; it ivas - -so cold; she' i3aid,! and he had pretended to care so much for her. Th silly little goose wOuld doubtlese have been much! better pleaied; if John; had .spoken lof ,abicide ; and discoursed largely, of :poison, and ,hemp.-. , . In September,' Vietor left OlielOtoyd., They bad a very iffeetiOnate kayo-taking' Maggie firmly 'belieied she !should -die if she did ,not' 'see him; every'. day ;, as fo' Vidor, he looked:qnite lean and• hollow. eyed, when hemounted the stage td 14egin. his ;journey, the, nexttnerning. t,Le prothised to 'write twiceweek, which was Modest considering th'e'fervor' of' his lovei • - = _ • For three or four , weeks he ,isept hos, proinise, and his letters raised-Maggie to, the peventh heaven; but by-and-by the, thing got old; and 'it was irksome to be always writing letters, even , to her. Al—, ter a.time it came to pass that weeks welit.by, and the girl did ~ not hear .from hini., Before, the end ot February he cetitied wilting altogether , and there was a blank until May. Maggie was proud, and, scorned' to ask an explanation. Life was itOitr and dull to her, but she bore. her .pain . silently.-- John Martin was in New ,Orleana, and said'nothing in his letters to hia sister, who was his: only relative, about return ink home. One day toward the close of May, Meg gio read, the notice ;of ;Victor Burton's marriage to lilies Utile , ff4iihope; She lead it twice before she leaned to realise ‘, -', i VOL. the ineaning of the printed' words. Stn. had heard 'of Miss Stanhope, 6_6eantiftsi t Wealthy young ladY, and the , 4 Victor's father. ; - Aunt Anna found Maggie lying on the' carpet with the paper clutched in her hand, but to all her cries and entreaties.. , the poor little girl returned no answer:— For days she lay in , that dreadful stupor so closely resembling death, and when, there was a ch4iike it was to the Wild-do. brim of lever. .It iaiAigust before she was able to-get out, and few would have recognipd the beautiful,lightrheart• ed girl, Maggie, in the pale-faced, sadf eyed woman who went so sadlylabout the cottage.- 4,month later there was another.ootkat,. ttie weekly paper--the paper which , -had'OOntained the Marriage nottee;--thiC , death of Victor Bat tofiV l ,Throw,nfom, a, carriage and, died, of in- ,juileareceiVed..' • 'lt - Woe - veiny inan—butlieteused hiin“ fsell.by-orietit the Many soPhietries which -! men in hisposition use—that Victor came' ; 'to Chelmsforlr — t - thltikirival no later ;than:thi4:noddle of November: He sought 31aggie j and told, oyer ,to ,her again same , story,he had, made: so.'.sweet to ruts in the summer that. was'a . year . gOrie, He had loved'only 'her' always: Pectiniary' einbarrassmentiliadlOttedifirti to take * rich.wife; but his heart uever :wander.- ed from its allegiance. tot Maggie. , An 4, when.a mper time had aapsed, hfovant .ed her for. his wife. Maggie. listenen quietly until' he had` finished, then she pntliWay thebaud that would have taken hers,- and paid; cold' ly 1 / 2 y love for • you' long , - • .know my heiirt no tikes." ) there. Go 'and leave 'The.": - Eie`entreated;and' coare4and`got an gry, and she, left 'him to himself. ,week • afterward he sailed fo.r.Austraha,... d , It was December night ti'e;•.' :fore ChriStima: . Maggie Was lYing orfhi, sofa= . before the.: sitting-rooni fire kept: . thereby one of those wretched headachesi, .which seem to-be:the- espeeist-biyOright of some .women, Auut. Anna , ; was. away ' and:Bridget the housemaid, busy with, her . . lover in .the kitchen.. The :sitting-06in door': - Opened Softly:a and some one:bathe' in. ;Maggie did:riot; .look -np , ; tho4ht :it • wars 4unt .14 101na. • . • ,*; But, ins f eaddLWASA 6,Martin.Q4, had returned only the day before, and had come tO'pa l yb 'icspectit aCthe 'vintage,' Re ban intended to, be very , triend ly arid_ dignifi-d.but •the .sight;olthe:llosll4l, taPft 'on the. sofa-pillow softened, him at ()Ace. W lat, is. the matter,? • Are yo u , :he asked never' thinking . ' strangely it . kioUld'ittOntid to gree t Maggie th u§ 'after -7 ` such:. a' long 'absence:. Swift as light. the ;opened her,eyva; and looked,. atit . i tn. amt 'then.she;did.thatyery silliest thing world ; she hid her fabe and, '.begair'tki cry. • She would 'not' have - Ake . , 10' toht =thousand - dollars hot she could n ot seem to help it. _ . "Why Maggie 1' my ,deariittle Maggie he 'exclaimed. p nconsciously, perhaps adopting the - old phrase logy, "what - le the world is the' matter?". • • •• And . hlaggie; Tor a:repty;tinly cried the, harder. John knelt, down ~ and.lifte.44 the bowed head. Something that, he read there, changed wOnderfully . his counter• twee; and made bOld and IcoiNilenl lie 'ciaSped • lier • Close , to • his . heart Mct. kissed her puckered-up little month; and flushed. ,conterted. foie head: . , "Ala?gir, iny.,darltnir, are you' glad to see Me?, And going to be What I want! shall - the tinie.'of tny.absende' . , 'midge back to that' sweet :7, Mo. nigh!.,'!.• • when I thought the eartlr was,haraly large. . -enough to hold the. happiness.. which. the assUrance . , of vour love.gave the, , • apk, cried, claSpina her tWo tirina tight about "I ° never loved anybody—but you t • h. tbotightT.l but Icdidn't-; .and, ob,iJobn,. will pent., eier ,fqrglie ~, • „ - di that long ago, 'deareit," atia d 1 hotlyagg f9xgot, het jleAct.aphed;`Ant the pain and unteit went out of her heart compariitiVet. He was "to fulL: for utterance,'.': but oo casiqually, he would ;nutter something { :*_ to hingiself,,when. the ',Squire. 4 1004 :re ! , quest On t 9 ., keep, qtriet'; but . no sobier would be get thrOugh' making his re. 1 quests than Isaac would begin-hie munk:ilq Wing., *Finally the. Squire got , on- his ,dig. nity,atid , put,the following to -.lsaac, -1 have requested you to keep quiet severat',, times, and if you open your head again will tine yOu $5 for contempt of court and - ; 8 lid you to jail*. drunkenness?' This - put Isaac out of time 10 arose, ; from his ,seat walked to the doer stopped and 'retorted in the following energetfe way: • , ."134raite if they would stab-feed` forforty years you wouldn't make half fte good a man ,ao your father; I ;me* I , i. r; and he was the dernedest meimeet I eter did know:" It does not follow that two peri9loaso fit to wary beeaule both ar g0041,-T Milk ie good And mustard iii. l 11094', b* they are not good for elieleotbt , 3 N 0 " ~~~~~
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