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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."
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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, , ,..•
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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
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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 ,
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