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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 , ,
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