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'2.. , - 1' ~ . 1 , • . • ,-` , , . , ,i' 1 ,-. . , . : • 1 i. - - ' ' , . . ~ ,P.-11..; -. lt.: . fo' ....a---- .., ~i,lO :,.,. o — ,. . , . „_ _ ~.. , , -, I ..., s.- ~.' .T . - ,‘, .- .-1., ..- f. , it.-,.: ; .'--1 BY :HAwLty::,o;.:,.piti).sE.R':-. '.iiiiritiisit latstiA From out this winter. palace The King has started torth:; The birds have 'lett . their, stainer nestit i ; The wind is in the, north. ." The river and the mountain , The brown and wrinkled sod Bef:111 U? show' already where ; , Dis messengers have trod. The clouds unroll the ermine, - • • . • And o'er meadow, lane and street,: 'Make cotirtiers'spread t40irj0.400 , 0 41:414 . Before the royal feet, Close 4the.triendly corners The sheltereditles,cling . ,l And wear their The coining of a..ging. • ' . His :mien and look are haughty; . His voice isecold and stern, And yet ids kfsseS on the cheek , ' Ariio3 CrilliSJO • Down from the' crestettmountain' With grandeur laslits The Winter. ing.is.coming with white eroWnionykis•bOaii, • Not aiaid waving -banners, 1 • Or to the strand of drutiis,` • /Beating . theirAladdest - • (. • This conquering, bpr4 (voles But silently-"hiur soleniniy' . lle.enters his domain, - -,- -:-•. • With twenty and a hundred good , Stout 3•ocanenju his train.;" •. • • Clasping,the old ,ea,rtlt. Against*lifs As if:sire:l , 6'Tc biStelikiti , 'QuedOt'l He says:. titge ThOti has i6g,VIP4 'jamb, and nobly, Thy yirtites ' Ind thou wiienet. lotgOtten he Thopgh :possess t lie , throne'l" , l • Contentedly ieSigiting I. -Her scepter and Beneath' a, clo*of coveflet : •F The Weary itlueeri lay' dciwn, To sleep with, her eom'panlods '' • Who; at - the touch - orSiiii e bk," Shall rise again in time to e, • The going of "Mdibt:l,D;Til 411411101 APHIt A • itA. V , DY CrISIN CARRIg. .1 , 4; TN a lovely .villge nestling mong, the. J. beautiful hills of Vermont, was.Bitua -10a complete 4ai r w, sth4 heiyi tO I / 4 4 t ere gre* every 'Oferr . climbing the trellis in front.Of the piazza itself. In fact,.it, was a perfect Eden of Howe. s, and: , '.4velraiiefrOdAt4 name of Rosedale. , .1 The mistress of this beautiful place. was Matal.Dii.vali:apiuti-gladyA l if twee= ty-two summer's; VhO'had.. - 16Stlier moth= er wheirs-mere infant,-and-hak4but nine months before init-:st,Ors . : opens, laid her father to his-"last, long resting n plabe.'”-- Here she .her :old, trusty nurse,!, Catherine, who had been in the family' ever eiuce Mand_was 40114144 could, not' have loved her More .had , ahe ihe own child. . . Maud' wad not ti.behtity, as beauty goes nowadayS,- but her face had a- . pleasant Niression, and -.whattler p aimless ;was' in it was relieved,.. by a spl" rid.)d ..pair,..hf browu . .,eyes4thpse eyes wlikilli i.iffilo*p lOok .tit onbe - ,'4iiit wanted i!' tib . 1401(?* sgain. ' • • li ' .' • ..._. Maud was not without inctOrs ' espec-1 - • • Tally since her father .died I : bt whetherit wassfor herself they sought . her hand; or for her snug bank account, coald not be . told. • -Maud rather thought. it was tbdatter, and• decided to takd them "for better for. worn-." •. .. One day, as... Stand ' sat' eading on the. piazza, she was distriebvd by loud shout ing In the road, .and, looking . up, she saw a crowd of men entering the yard, bear ing a ;man,. on ,a shutter: Maud _:ran down tO. the gate, and was 'Old that the. Mari—a strairger- 7 -had seri() tly injured himself; mad'it-iiiotild ''be - -datigerotra to . move him any further . ,tint& a physician `had Pxamined him. Alaues sympathies: were aao4 sedorid, ealling"Citheri&, die told' tier 10. - lirepare a rooni for the, jicii. ,man. -It, did not take . long to do thia, and 141,._,alittle .''whilv the sick man WaB..plileetilAn Stand's best room, and : the doctor 1 called. :r.: I W hen,: he came.cut,of thee toUrn , llaud.:4MWtat. in the hall. and asked him -what:he thought of the. case. .. - , • ' , ;,- "Hell,. MaudiellY telrytiti the truth;" he Eakl.,tlo.4„ma.a . ,i,s moved he\ vr41,1 proba'hii`dre°, lAtifirlii - iS lefi,hei.e,wheip it is ("Litt; . with , good n nrAu g J. tli, in k w,e I can have no ffar,..9l i hho ,4fe-,... . : ?:+o ,4 _,wkipkl i Will it be ?" '''', '''-'` '. ' - ' — i' • " ' ' '' ' "Why, leave - Min - here,7 and , iiiiii; for you know' there -is jib"' 6 heiiii . aoA, where be . .olaity l 4,:wir*er::lo-94 '''*--, -- 121 *" g as Patherine can give Wia..?,, ,- ,• ''';. ... i-:• ., . So i t . was decided. 4: • * e."— .Six weeks, time B trangiT becatili .Cdn'valescent. was ill Catherin.e faithfully nursed - limn,. -while Maud daily ,sent.ifi bogtiets of flow er, and alEo,prepared - for ~ - d ity, ties to tempt Aiie .palate.: When he . .w4S Wong enough to bear any: conBereatiO. ! . 13 ,e went 'in to' see him.. • itold name. (tem:go ~.32avhrey..; that. he lived in Ohto,'and that h;,% was on;.the way to Montpelier when he vwatir4oted by the beauties Of this thought he would stop until the nelt-trl,i%sa-that ‘ he contd see it he: wac . ,eroFfi* a atone fence, lie' ivhibilitirt,Of. it became .detached, and fell on him, break. ing his arm: • self by striking his head Isgainit a stone. thipiked Maud . very earnestly 'for her kindness; and begged - her:to write to his mother, his :only living relatiVe, so that she :would net Worry !about him. , Perhaps vou would-like to: know some thinz.more about this, young, man. vas „about twenty-four years old; with light hair - which :curled in tight ring:- lets all - Over his , head, and / deep blue eyes; w h bah were Ailways 'laughing. In , health 'he would probably.be \called fine looking; 'brit now ; ho: wits 'very. pale and thin.,-and his gdod looks had takert unto themselves • Alter', this, Maud would go 'in :every day. and.. read, to , hitn, 'and would tell her hie. mother, > and of The beautiful place, in .Whibli • lived. ; listened - to u 1 ller troubles,!and •Showed .hecthe'pic-, ; I tire ,of siiiter;'. a heatitifut girt. 'wit o: 'had died with a - yt:ar. you lino w.:how. itiS, when a young ..woman are thrown in each otti :,,inoiety,; and as ithere was: a—,great .ot pityc'on side,-, and deep tud, (tn his, It , did , - noti. take Allem long to fall in love with each Aothir; auth thottkixt lietielf the liattindit I wan, a,live.s,w hen ..Pecirge told: of.this` love. Zpr, re.aSoti-, Catherine had . taken greikV , isl to ;:t j he you ng,' :tnap etc r since be been able to, :si Ds up. /Nile& liana ,t,old . her ‘she waS :betrothed- to , bitn, her face expressed anything but pleasure.. Itaud u9ted, • • t . , .Qatitekig;" ,ehe , sai(j, •Ark , ti?t . 1,t51.1: :pink to,..congratulate . .irie,?,.o:ifickw ,many, times :Have yOU, told, me-I o.ught-to, gitt,r . narried„? , . And s go" ;tij : .#u please Youi, you won't 'even say,;you are. glad 1" = • • • - zt. • . , • , ‘lY,pl;,'Xi4ll4l,Pt.B4id Oatbertue.,2`,l ' lqiali , haVe,-,sai.d.you,ougbt, to igtq luarrieditbut; not toia,,,,Strangcr.., What; de. Jog ; ( j; nO.w , - about: thfs George', ,AlaybreY; Itel calls 431113%0V, ly my o,pitlioxt bed only, :after your, popeyr , / 4 aud • i;. i•itAMilig seallM utyi - wealth " skie viuu . might;" - Siky l (thatii t „ 4 ' :11tP rytng to.l,,,securfAi fur .oW 011: ten 1451 1 e. 1 0i m kWh , 44 tili , so e ,tbat's l yeliat.pbc iyon,t oaict puts Ahe:plttile3off, , far yf f itt Couid..not a talYe inquiries iif wan tr 4 (). dpn'Xi vi2t7l toilyrong Itne-Yoirna ut,kn but I tbias.,:l,l3i.j,sorhaut ivetkOr,il:2' '?-1.1.11A ., 1?; ' ; t•-•.i4 , :.1‘;H r.Ge.Orge recovered,-„a,nti :priparetl, -to re- ! turn tw,his rilace , ,of.. , basiness; which, - tie m ust. - have ,degeiterated, sadly ng his'absence..;. ; Efe,toltt,thlaud he' would"- , be `back in six months, accompanied hy 'his :mother, and then the-wetlding, could take ,place,, , Whewsboiralf to - leave ;her native ,and return ,to Ohio. with hitri., After he was gone, - . Maud;coinmeticed 4,0 prepare tor`the approactiiii Wedding, :and never felehappier in her - life.' Every otlicr day, she received, a letter from .Georg'e, how ',he wanted see, e h her, and how was, ready,to receiver into fier,heart - in iace 'of the danghtd shi. had Inst." Catl:erine's face grew Sadder and c iad der, and one day' Maud found her in tears.l h at, is the, , matter. Oatherine," she/sLed.' 'lf actually inkes ine feel sadly . to'see you so .gloomy _all the ti:rit3. won't we be just as happy in Ohio as here ? 'We've no one to leave behind tti." "It iSn,ot that,,"'Catherine said. "But I distruit the yOung man. Won't you write tfo him,and - u,sk,hini for ret.rences,, or . sothething t o find, put'All 'about "Whi, that Would be the same' as Sa±- in'a I di:striated hiin. could not 'do -that:7 ' •, - , • "Wellt , said, Catherine, "I otilv; wish • you did not have . any i nioneV, uud then we'WoUld,know, Whit h 9 . "Theh Stipposing ‘'Vrite, and "tell" hinx bae lbSt all - niy :Money'?" Matidsug 4ested; 1 Q hin• - . -CiO ` e/4 1 11111Pg4 up, t. you; bland ?" she Said: , • Why,' what arelkOu thinkink yi;ti" appciis' I .00 414 de c eive, tj,iat tiay ' *6old:be :deteivineliiii,)bit brily gno : wswh , therlie eo.ivi , ngus,or Cakiiiritie.hat'taken‘ iaeoo6,ier ' evVry s w cl tease At'4,:t to:write ',Oeorge 'that le*r. Maud re ;f4ised: at 6r4 ; ;tat Ifliyti she, saw s ti-incti' i thesold:wonian's-‘;heir Was 110,14) 7 it,, she„ 'at last Consented; altlfough' tunlth - agaiiiiit . hee , 'le Will not shut ; Ip, 'this place; s and not tell anyone what,we.are going and then we-:will go to the. city. and I will' write from there." , Maud did 60. She "toll ; : Geoige' that the bank in which,.`she had placed het money had failed ;,,that the house ins' Mortgaged \Tor mare, than its value ; and that she, Must go to, the city to earn - 'ber She expected an answer to this the next. week but no letter came,. ,Day "after day she watched for the, "poet-roan, but he always passed ler door. , The bap . pirlese faded :out,, of Mane ' s sane; she never Smiled now. , . Catheiine - _Watolied her - darling 1001/nl• fully; , , , • "Poor thing I" she said to heiselt-- iviox.r.rßQSE; , - TA,, :-VE8A.13,01,..1,6,..,:1i,i1..0, ~~~~y ~;~1~i. "She fight better have Married 'him, scapegrace though he is." The days Went ' by, - still -kind watched,-but ,only. to ,dispOoint rnept, until , at last she said tee Patheribe ”Let us go b!)ck to' our own, borne. I happier these;' if I ever can feel happy akain." They. ,returned borne after. l .azi,absenee' of six weeks, and you .would_hardhi,:haye knoWn'Our old. Aland, who4iow s atin the front' room , with some - lighi york in'ber handrz, while you can 'Set. her niini.l was far away. . • One day, there was ii, suddepAnCick at: the door. , Maud ,opened,i,t,,',bpt : reeled 1 hopk, for there stood, 9eorge, 144hrey.,1 Hecaught her in his a‘rtus. "- , .• 1 - : '"Why' Maud, iliflickil *hat-i ' s' the. rout ter ; wilylaven't you,:writtenl" , lie asked. her... , ~' . A Maud- C )* i fil d : not_ .a4sweri ;btltf•latl)r: i r im'er, she - 411 - :' '''''''' " . '''''' l. ' rin - e came in, itria. iiaiohiug i kiiuti froth 1'..0 a: . ' ht:re , itigitin 1 '-' ': •Wel,l, :it- •kl, id Jet' take: you long to' get -11 - pick . frourOhlo tif ,ter,idapd reg4iped, i1.r..119u5e1."- -, i, ' . ",W,l)3it,(lo.yyy.,mtlin ?, , ",a4lcet‘GeOrge., "Vh V;lv h i . i -Lf•''" belirfthelicCect i)iitliet:' i t i e rt a '',.-, !'llush!Cather.te r.,saidlviaud r e:•l: 4 iLet , Met speak. MG, May breY,'ilid.yon receive: a,.449..fronimefrom ,MqOpelAer,r :the city ? Nv,. I,:hav"ki'i, re -614A a lettet 'for sit' Oh l ; dar- Means : Why . `enTt..yon an &were& ny 4:4: my; letters re? qiliaYPrecO•Yqd .ito!-Itt.rra; 84b k . 48 'l4 t: " 13 f ut- th ,k4gb ; I Pe- Ofitce nOiV. batherfne, go to the office, and tee_itthereL. v amf art letters tor ! me." Turning,to Geerge , , Ville 44(4. VWe have hien to the - eity fo six Walk's, and haiTitirilY,re,centix,retnened.• - • I , gatherine soopjetprned #rc m- ; lier,tm;' rand, With, a.pile of letters, threw in Atlas lap,',:and`liiin left th Maud - rtipened - the lase lettdr'. readlt.:' • 1 "George,", she ,laid, qyciataaked.lxie-7why have not Writlen„;l tell., he' theli plained the: *Otiolt;, heir l(yyer w two; she iii:5141,: ,tooi her 'in heearnis . and'eaicr: i. . * -I ‘ 4 l;!arlitig, ; as'llo-? . i 4ev,- iie€iiteir thht .i . 1 or 1 3 'sliOtifd"'hiA.VE . iitritoed tO)yoth' 1004,f0r ,oie to lti your ve tel hog , i fig- sa Th . ) t, 'rAter!, , iiii to lieofile - Whet even her'. gerulike:' - Sly' father - was i ljtidge l Mien living, and Lily Uncle ,is'preiident (if • the' .'----z 7 sßaiik; in"' the city. ; Does that satisfy you f" "Poigive tne;"*.vthg all Ili nil ea it Well, think, he d forgive :her, for. s 4 weeks after there Was :^` wedding the quiet village, and „Rosedale WO shut up one& more. • ! " Two days • after fieorge*.s return; Cath . erine went to the city. She would not tell any one where she was .going, 411 d, all she-said on her return was, "I.congratu late you on. - the husband you have gained, Maud." THE. COUSIN FROM THE SOUTH. irDli;ll. BELTON was the prettiest girl Et at Aspe'4)dale Springs that Simmer, and that is sayihk • a great. deal- ; As , pelidate is only 4',lesy . miles .from ;'one of our largest• inland; cities, and. the pretty girls there. were. - as thick as cloier tops in-a July meadow. > .51.k:s Falk was there, who had been the - lreigning belle at Lung Branch the , -suminer !before ; - :Carrie Ar madale, who 'had..Aueened• it in Ithe di-. plomatic drawing-10ms .Of the. National Capitql! all winteriong ; and ~pretty little Ariel! Fielding, from .New !Oyleans,'. with . her' loiely ' and the great , Mich ighi'eYes; 'wherein young men's hearts lost tthemselves so : sly ~ -L;• , Ptetty flutteredrOn the' croqiiet field pretty girls' organized Pianies4utictircliery parties and mountain'• expeditidiii and, in • all -the sparkling of t;lp4o - tit;4' Edith Beiton'earried' away the "palui. -- Atidlet ;when 'one „come' to" eicribe her ; there'•were'not iio many points - tode scribe, after Was"tail` and slirn; with tiny arched foot;' brown'hair; coiled. n heavy raide' ai 'the back of her head and 'hate! !!eyes;: tong-lathedi'atid ; 'full of: magnetic' • scintillitions.'ner mouth wad small acid red;: her Shone like 'pearls,' and . her' features,. thOngli` 'straigt, were - delicately'rbunded The ladies, one, and' all, deacided - that she`"wiis _ `1 nice littkihirg,"blitltheY.' didn't see anything. • i• ••• so'Very 'remarkable about - her," . gn(.l•the beaux lioliered' 'abOut her like • . Moths i •• tent upon scortthing their 'win - pia -Beale . candle " • SO 'matters: stand; one July morning, when Edith drove -- a..14t1e wag= one4e down.' tiv the' deliot 'to: meet the early train,: with Carne Anna - dale - sitting at her side.. You're - mire - he will come` 6 day ?" said the latter, pulling out \ , the,ends of her looped China'errpe scarf. " '"Oh, quite sure. Didn't he 'white that he would ?" answered Mils BeltOn, airy '_eOtifidenoe. . '= "Men don't 'always live : up - 0 their promises," observed skeptical Carrie. ~ . • ;' . ; ...',.,,, , ~,...,.. •ric:. 'N'o butt Mr De Waller does," • - . ' . ~. , , • .., , . - ,e ,;) - ‘'ll'ow do you know, tf . ?, muoli,about hilt r? 'Yint tieier`saw' hini:" .- ', \ - ' ''NO, 'hitt my Cousin 'Kate bat' written; me so much .aboitt..-hincethat .1.. feel ,very well acquainted,. with bim..., .1.. feel. exact ly. at if ,be were a :real blood cousin, pf ,my own." ' i ',' " - '2" ~. -, . , - "But '*hy . ' doettr!t - he biing' :his wife' with' him .:,front ith.tatiatnal'?' "I''' ;. - • •-' ~`Ol4 -Kate ; baseet , the tesolution to ( j take solo t,g a jt;ourney,., in, hot , weather;; and, besi es, the has. t% nett" pf,birs,litn,l4 around . h r; under the, Southetts" Magiti)- ha blotscints; --'l' ' withthe' had 'COrtie.": ad ded .EAtth, f Med i tatively./ *: itliate , :is 'all L4P., sister klIeW-•''' ' t•:, ,, , , -:, !f',:':''. i „ " . 'he, pl4s,,t,,lv : greti : !,,,Qcsrl6sl,olo, i thui litsll;trid ',of ... berh" . tt,t,id ; Mit3B, Air :likti,:- , dhle:lanibilig, 16 trtigi'hiiit'all'alOne'.by limself anioni the attritetionif bf , a l NOrth;.; drtv.Arrateyng:plabe.,',:,,-ii°.,..,.' 4j'i - :',, , ; , '', t ' ~e,, 1, 'I ,: '4:lYilittk'fiC se ,8 •Y I gA ri A'AP r " -F Ai tl3,' 1 j 6.kiii :g , PP CP;;4 j r -r i t .u,s l y .4t ,, tki I:',iiis,„u'il.Pii the little ,tuilk:Whiee "pojniee"litiitioed and reartql. , ' I'Do' he "quiet- 'Pet 1 . Stine still 13 ( .8,ii E r.;. t:sifiEciminverle;Waller" i wouid ' , 610911-to f:llrtillg V; ii4.,..i I, , :f l -, , - - 5....;. ..,... •,,,,,-.:‘, , J' , , `i(s , a #43' e ll -.b.FA'l ) T my dear7 . : 6 4 l o , ,C4rie, dernure , y..`,`.iler.' l 3,...t.,h. _train ;she 'esolatnied:' ' "Xeep a' i tiklit l hand 'Ott yotif" ponies' reint", Edith . r I" . ' '-:•"" * " ' ;•."11.010 11111614.45p;' .asit Let amid:Bettie. cilretb Lor I tke PaX l 4 l, Baia, N 4 1.4.47 LrI R• The,Pex tn ) !Pte flinging Ahe porter Eittinding by, she '-vas pitting ; Ber roty=lll4 - to kiss 'a ittil;intitsurtit'liatii, With fitatuidcent' dark. eyes ,ttalf lyiddtin :under the „brin ;:of 'a, regttlarl3lexivan 80 11)Drt.T9 tisecause vpu are wags ate'e, bitbd,"'sit;id ;We, intiocetafr: nand !lin guiii tii tttloptjitir, lifoth&rititratt way'. Yl=r never had one 44 iny , owti, and Ei~it~k it; Weald Xisa mac akli tais is „Mr., Edmond. Pe Wailer. V t irne n Edmond, lump to< itte wakonette and we'll; b& - at h the`'Spring` lEfopiie in piety, of tune;for liretikfastr , __ - mt De Waller .bad tiever) visited ,the xortb before '. otin d tiP,O Afi rittPrkl§B, l oo, of altreqy gtrl pink inpitl!n, with. a iceia or rosetniAs - abOtif her / sliadylutzel ekes‘andth6 inoSt •kitsable . moatlis WtiEl efamvraity . . vet , y prettosessing,.;lllslor dtd the int p«4stonk wrislien:44 alkepbegvent-. a:44.e. 110 ; 0' al coy% 94 ; 019 quet, tront., tb,hutg ske,tching i antatnaeur, arc-fiery. is. I ,- , 41, Editit had a thoneand quettioris to ask' about Kite and , the • einkiren; , about the turban e 4 colored, Bervasits, and igr. De WOW'. w t ts „never weary , iof .expattating upon charms and attractiorisuf hie South . ; • "Row I should like ito live \in the ♦ - t S?uth," aid Edith,- eiithusiastically i t ootie w seet .4. gylit4w.ilig4tiiis„, 84, sat on the river oho, e„ making,, be,iiev.e: ,to . fish, hut . in - realits' kivirig, hers - elt , up - 16 '. thedap dreams that '• Spraiii ' lA' of ° the - youfig Biiiither . er7a. words. li . .i. , - I :91, , "And why ! shouldn't you:: , ;he asked, luting4is .0 Spy PO and _ fine,,drop,,m,a most unsportsmanlike manner, he looked et into Eh a s p arkling; eyes. ' .' : : '.oh,, or • - a• good:many. - testione. kPer haps, ne l v, if 'No • been - : your brother imtead of . yourself : who bad, come N.u . rth =--"-and she, fitted her merry, mischeviOus gaze to .1 s. .., ' . • ..\ r • • •,• , ... ..- - "my . brother !" -• - "Yes;iyoUr•'brOther -- Ned; you knOw, as :Kate "cal ls II hit in her letters: • . I've itl wayS ha l id. the-. greatOt.,curiosity-see Ned, ,don't you ktiow—and'.ail ( his time -to you hav never SpOkenOf,iiiiii.- .. ' "I didn't= kno* . that yOn - were patio , ularly iiiterested in Ned.' •-•-- ' l` k,' "But la l p entre vous ,"? E'dith ended ;. "I've always iihought, I should fall in,,loye,vAth Ned, if lie should , ever come across my orhit--a l nd—and If he is. all , like "yeu, Emdanit , I am qulte sure I shoald." , '` 4‘ Are , ou in 'earnest; Edith ?" . 'l, -' "Of course I- am ; I: mart say what I, [4a.se,t4 y,ou,,,Edroupd, you ..know ,,, he cause e ? ; .cause yd u aro:Kaie's hplbaril. , : MA I, really. (.16 thiyle yo'u're the nieesiltiaii 'I ever ta4-" .' - ' '' '' -' ' -.. "` t '' ' -'lle di water,'n tr,out wi for sum !aright 1 sauleis "And': hand ri . cou Id lel "Earl idWableil the first :8,t,.--,.. eti .-, , '•,, , -,, ~ : ~ • "A. 14 say that it is,7, , asserted Mr. De, 'Waller', I, : . ` .'Edith, I have a ,confession 'to make. ,I ; i7ou took it Air granted that I waS:liitie's Miihtipd ; 'I nefet 'told you :that I was;'and It was lo 'pleasant to; re ceive the 'war* greeting of friendship that I had not the Juoral courage to resume My Owri identity afterward. No--I.' am ;lOC , Edlntina De Waller. At - the - last raoineu!t my brother could. not make up Ibis mind, to leave his wife and children, ,so I came iu.his stead. lam Ned,after ,all ; mid now, Edith; I claim. your prom-, s : ' ' ! - "What promise ,?" cried th "„ir4 _in, iolUntarily shrinkiug, back, i n . althOugi4 ther e no genuine Angerher : eyes. gornude no promise. " - _ , c -_- ' i . oed the line'. and '-rod : i nto -the ion heedless of, theigold-speckleAl o had been , coyly, eyeing the, hait e time, and who darted off in lo the shelter" Of 'the' dark and •.,';, • i. • supposing - I was - not Kate's bps eaid,he. .yonyon, toeare for me ?",. • , that isn't within the iahie'`of , al sappoiftioni,"oried 'Edith, for time - beginning , to be a: :little VOL. - • .• " ..-.• you One. . 1t you. take'pits , on c.; mEd4l), so. so, it 'u . ot.;llt, take the first' South hard train, to-tuorrow . chit:truing. " "That-would be a weather,", - said 2dith,; "Dui what will the real .F.,dmunck, say ihen hears you have,' been per. sonating his "He:will say ,Was oll.yotir „"You should .hayp told pow were - at firer." • ;'Should I ? Should .f ,have sajd,hande on, here; don't 'Otis me ; art' Katelk busband,l amonly'brotheiltedl would,haye been.taking 'thing's fOrgratP fed With a vengence • f :,, 1 --+ , 5 U. lith. Wail • forded ~to„confess:: l A wai eight. . f When "they walked up. ' at. - A twilight, they, were engaged. And within a month' Aipendale„ Springs tost its brigheest :star ;-, for. Edith. - Wilton': !fad go4e) 10,4_A !abuts, her' thittittififr,titii t h e '1 0 40) , .•1 - ,Z 1 r i r t Yps,tertlay, aj', was tfolln d ‘ • - erigaged in , knit of his .14,44 ical::firanktiegg 861 Te of its 4OlOreg rleAfli, I-I'4 • - :"Does'hYttr' - 'priblidanirlcifi 'promii§eit de' clay in dP , nioi ' ttitit~ '` bad'- drib aih~ :gwing :to ketott dis hyarl'biaoli) bettlAwil no more:ehhtfr PP! you r- pad 4t41!1t, I . 7 , lasked aw l otherclarity. • 1_ • 7' • whae• tAfia my wood po'lrf , Didn't ddf de wilr,,yous`playV.d ;Out/de. , d , e ,, itikket'Wtii gwine tea be made folks ":, , . r * • ,11/Woit•J111. .141 ..-;s:l4 o6..kitirae`Ali l Y.(iigy r . "Ah i ''dat` ittgpr ; WO'tie t ti t f4‘ l at dataldgiold and bOttliftsoa ) Ye4TAI. alt:4t .PrOpity. back; aoicddiiitfelvokf. h ey; , as, uaLl i d . krtltP,, „ top ‘`Dit. (Wit/1 i ` *olkswaz girng ier ; 4 Ptiori ihuroliziifotiqiiyalid nikket's' .heyn : 411 If "Oinn;:hook';dat'e.wbat.:;tieyfiiid . "Oat all Pounded jes'• - as - pttrty as read: , 101. , ,on,a,.olireufkrbilli;didttA it ?Tit "Y°u*„rigPt#4 .l 4:;-11 1171 f!"3 t / " Well, rtiOcf , # ,9*(1 1 „ i do t cirkifehain f t 'arrdie . t'5A /Pr' pan% t hPar It% Break Ile Ler4de-white folkolis joie as . iikti;tialkihetit :and de 'nigger what got.. busted, and? hei . been btisted ate.* pviii* to slay buitkf mat's' what makes - int midi, an' ef-de :'pnblicans 'sober get - WA...- odder - chance at.- tno -, 4: die i'larid Ai( yaller jtu/diss .i•lrr yaller. teeth shum ticketar , ire ,'-'t No one felt :papa* ,of„ regennding o. to ' ' " A-United , Brethren - •presiding elder,Onit its Itli,unesota,preaching to a sirange gregatipn,- was much atineyed by Some of the.young folks talking and laughing during the service. He paused,•lookel at. the disturbers,andealci : "I airchlwayei afraid :to reprove those who rnisbehaveitf &arch. In the early part of my minis try 1 made, a great mistake. As I was preaching, a young man who sat just be-; fore me was constantty, laughing, talking and making uncouth grimaces. - I pain ed and administered a sevt.re rebuke. Af ter the close -of the service one of thee official members and said to Bruthev--- 7 ---,,,y0u made a great Mistake; The yiittpg ,mau., whom you, relmkeis idioL then Ifaye n j ways been afraid to reniove who roskjel l i t r; in church, lest I abetild repeat that mit t take; and reprove another idiot.!' .. .Duritie the rest of that service,- at least; therersall good . order. - • Not $: 4 4 44 1 PPtioiter. brought home -two( juge the'other . day, ,une ,labeled -fthooiled, ; 614 valid' the - atber' 4 ‘tnipentine." . !little placed 'in' thelarti, and `pietiYiloon' it, was, noised abotathat thoold than' ha`d 4 ,busioesa, there at, regular. mteriiak # 2 44q8t., -0 0 P 09 1 Y ,„: ti_soilo wed ,ihim ant. sew hith', • ti k e a 'deep (naught .froqi one' 'cif :013' The 'old "tian heard , step Outside;-ante before goin4 ant be ranged thoSis - Itigirifoo:iiirding.. to his artis tiotaste:: , Efe hardly- gone ihett . the, spn skippedin and.took at drinlefrani the' juglout of,,wh.iati be_ supposed his father , drank, The ,n ex moment ,ha moo App,t4 ferit%, coughing , and gasping, and, the old 'man entered - and'aisked : : 4 fTarrentine , '.doesen't agree ivith "But I saw ,-yotc- drink it , r-exelitimed.) tlib; injured and indignant . son.. ~- "That is true," said the old,Uitan, while a beautiful siniie"'played over his 'face, "but it doein't necessarily followthat the . rest,of the family ,Imust relish turpentine' bemuse I do 1" 'f' A insured in California: 'whose life : • was for a large amonnt t was Ben,. °lndy hurt by falling from a 'wagozi.--- There was some iloublof hie ti tit better, and at length one , of hie fritindS wrote to the iesaratoe, convoy* "Obikr• ley, half dead ; like half trioey•l, A not able pbrimpo—ololit." wait — _ oh , , ,44.111 , • 7