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