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1110.31CCOMANAi,
When-brothers leave the old hearthstenw
And go, each one, a separate' way,
We think, as we goon
Aloi3g our pathufay, day by , bay,.: .
01 olden scenes and faces dear;' E' : •
Of voices that we miss so muelti
And memory bringkt,the aligent4teir, -
.Until we almost teel the touch
01 loving liinds t - and hear, once
.More, •
The dear old 'vtifees ranging g ut, ,
As in the hippy time.oryorft;.
Ere life had caught . a shade ut
If you shouldplace4gains(your tar:.
• 'The sheltyotpittlidered•from ibe Sea,
Down in its hidden heart you'd heir
' A low and tender Melody;. •• • -
A murmur of the restless tide, .
A yearning, born of mentory,'
And, though its longingSbe denied,
The shell keeps singing of the sea,
•
And sometinaeswlien old liternoriesthrong,
Like ghosts, the ehamberS of our soul; '
We fed Aeyearrbg; deep and Strong,-
A longing we cannot. control, •
TO lay . our,cares andliiisinesS by .
To seek the old, familiar ways,
And cross home's threshold, and sit down
With comrades of our earlier days.
• I
For, though our pathsare:sunderedwide,
We ted..that We . are brothers yet ;;".;
'And by-an d-by , ,Wejtatin
From Iturryingeare andAvOrldly fret 4Y - '
And, each one, wanders back to meet •
Ills brother by the hearth of home ;
I think the meeting . ..is
Because so tar and wide we roam..
We cross the lengthenit g bridge of years,
Meet, outstretched hands and faces true ;
The .4ient eloquetiee of Aetiti
- ,
Speaks welcome that no words eanty.
Bat ah, the meetings hold regret 1 •
Thq:sad, sad story, often
-01:batitts.tliat - oniSitave,46llen• tne4,
' Close folded under churchyard mould,
Thit eves that smile into o r own.. ,
Closed in the dreamless sl
A sweeter rest was never k oivn -
Than theirs, beneath, the grave's'white sod.
A tinder thought tor them tonight, - -
A tribute tear from memory;
Beneath their covering of white' .'l
Sweet may their dreamless alumber,be.
LILIES OPTIIE VALILEY.'.
BY. CoRA, C. JENXII4IS.
T , • •
H EY made a verYkierfq •
two stood there in the. grove at
left of Thornton House.. The 'sun Was
shedding its last - rai l over A fietdand
moytiltifikO 7:
t:i 134)]tei tkie •
scene wonderfully beautiful. A' eft)tn;
gentle wind softly stirred the densqrntvtli
,4 trees and lifted the.hair from the mare
forehead of the.giri. She looked sweat,
•
at d was • .winnin giy.as she. stood tiwrt•,:playing . with :the;.llli'es . she 11041 n
her •liand.. She - was talking . earnestly
yosionately ever; and. anon
.i glarini nk
into his face. , now .• the Man's: face
darkened he said,—'• •
"Then you do not lov.t) Elsie or
you could never : talk to .trttlins;
ling do not tie - .leave yon...
loved yon so. dearly t 0, is .th 4
• all?" • . • ..• • ,
He had takeh hands hiS'and.
&aim her eloseit:otimo.laticl..she let him
do cot Standing there lbefeire him ;.she
acknowledged to, ~hersel;f that 'she had
said, while the teats sta;ted-th,her bro!wn
y( , s, arid 'her re fretiioea‘—, •
"I do not know that iS. that is_ for
von to 'eay. Yo 4 call
.me cruel, but .you
;J« not know how - cruel-it ;.seems to my
own heart. :0 [Wry,:do not doubt me l"
The tears fell - ;•1161%,,::. 4Q:he:kill held
lnr tlatids, thohgh: she strugal4 to free
. .
,
`And why should I licit'. dout4 your
l'v e for me ?",he:vaid...: ',..Toa;lia*let rive
I,re ail 41:134ift itith thi I tet that
ior , .. and yet, when. I . ask ,you to - be. my
wit, , ,•yOu say, "011, no; not'or, fTes',Har
ry, if
.you will wait: three • yearq
• • •
Rat' she stoppedfiim • !.;'•
"And you know Why, Harry;
Imool the' good - and . .:.sOftiCient, resat ii:l
hiveflr this, and in your. Own hcart you
0 lam right• 'Mei-, please
vou not ?"-
TheiP was bitter scorn la !his tole as
li • •
anWered,---= •
`• Right ? . Yes, oh,'•..Yes:-..1 upriosel6l
Right for me, wheniloye..Yoo'oo fOn,4 I Y; - -:
v,;.ait for yotir, ;retu from
Ear there 'You" expect to ilitaf .
yAins!.• 'All this becatisel 'broke i.'prOm 7
!6F 'r made longc n ago ' bat • faithfully ke'pt •
mail last night,,and,
• ,I k n o#: itarryftl
Yon broke thakirirotnise,. t .ati l d i shainl.d
You r a l lkftWtime
what the consequences
I, tell you, -while ON
6 HrIY ! -- that if you- •ma Item.
-pr , onse I will alit. pr
"w•y-ur wife in not <Nate tune
yeure, dear, .blit : •ne t arly, Surely
il' I' can trust you all ~,that.ittne•yotio.lti
- 'rust And it will. only i be••p.rfkiing
"lir love for each other.i wl11: . mot,
1 1;irry 1.e.!.
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• tilt.- had laid her hands. on' bla.shotild •
-,Y .6 '• -and was looking up, into' •; face .
•
aistfulty, h.opefillly, te.arfully.H JI drew
close to him, bolding herlivbiaarms
"You knot , hOWI love you; •EbinP.:;': you
litoT I Would tilitiost,:amything ,to
I. o ")ige you.. I 00' .:go..back:l6•Ahe',Old
you IV 4kla, .
you expected one short,yeoctp,
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A . iii.t,ve lo t t " as peiershavi-iovekyou
Pt I shall halielatdarling . Owiy6 dear
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me. to_ keep me = from temptation: , Let
Takq:;biOk 00'0. 1 04
said; and prove to me tom-love by 'aboovi
trUat." , ,
Ais faco was close fo . `heis - his'airnS
*ere 'around her. mid iihe loved him, oh,
so well I , _He could-never know how her
bean ached; 'she longed 'to tell him: she
would (14:) as he
_wished, but, She dacecl
nod;'- 1 0h ,it wiis'iOeed very,* very
Het drew the beautiful head to • his ha-
801 rt r• •
.:`,.flstt lOW me- you will. let - me.love and
care for you darling! I want you !"
She'flay upati.lis.hreast and Sobbed,the
tears dropping one, by one oh the lillies
she in'her hand. Her lips trem•
; bled so that. she could,--}got speak ,it . she
Whiilk•jte -heti t - his face to . hers, pressed
one lingering kissloi . ter white lips,
and whispered,. as .he looked; with his
beautiful eyes, • lovingly, tenderly into
her's—
"Tell me darrine."- .,
The girl threw . both her 'arms s armind
his neck,-and.-, louked•:"stritiight - into his
(ace. •
"11.1trr 7,',do,4l6t,ConvettictOtiy more or
you will kill Me I love you
. and you
know 1t well, and you are cruel, eruel,lo
urgenne thus when you know it almost
breaks- my heart . to .leave you. t Harry,
foraive,me! it is for both - our sakes:-=
city did Inve. Me' Still =when I say that . it
must be as I have said, or not at
Gently, but firmly, he undid the hands
.soTtigh ; about: hip n
- ed'thd sae - held in her hand; itrust
part of them into his inner coat pocket
htidtkqd her the others. Silently he
YANA - U. arm, and all the way back
to tho house not a word was spoken. At
list,'when* they had reached the house,he
9fferod her his hand, and said, with his
1116 Strangely white and still,—
, no. at WV, *otif-bx.'L
Su ie left heEstittidint thiee, tie Wilitett.
ed, and miserable. She went up the steps,
softly entered the wide, cool hall, crept
up the 6i:tire to her own room, and • thre.w
lie selflifeei -ittiindimirne'ilt upon the
bed ; she lay there, pressing both hands .
• • illy over her throbbing temples, and
.Whispered, over and over again, to her
self,--:
"k is not at all 7 -it is not %
at . all!"
WU'? itirAluP wietor. • ifouri; until
berband-atioidentiallflbuOlii*the=e4sbl;
lading lillies; then the long impriSoned
tears. gushed forth, and :she' 'bdried''
race in . the pillows, andsobbvd and cried
.as if her heart would'break. So' the long
night yo g i (ust, oi*.aWiiii the eat
_ly morning sun she, arose,' went . .to the
window, and luokedr.out, • but th beau
tiful Scene; the carol - of - the birds, had no
power ,to.bring joy. to. her. beArt, for- she
felt that tiOtv: - halatnnese
, ,
straUger t6.lier.
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RariY Weston was tired tiftliebilstling,
hurryiligerbtvd- . —tirrd even , of the 'many .
Iriendiy greetinffs he received ; so, as \ Ehe
city hall`struck six, fie turn& his steps
toward the limier and, more'qniet part of
Rrogdway. , He was - walking moodily
along, thinking, not lovingly; not kindly
of Fish Thornton"; but bitterly, angrily,
and vowing never to see her again.
Is the reader inclined t.) think he did
not love her—was , not worthy . of the
w
great love she . had for him ? He as one
of those incomprehensible beings about
wh om --who lvasn it that said. I f 'Every be
ing is sufficient unto himself ?" He had
an indomitable will, was passionafe,often
reckless, and.. vet he snore often than oth
erwise held his paisions under: his firm,
controlling will, and generally : was the
coarteous, high-toned gentleman, Hand
some, ace. Implishecl and. wealthy, he had
in his life, made many firm, fast friends
--some
,of who'll), I am sOrry to say,were
indeed'fase; tot. Harry's will, s althongh so
strong, and powerful was, as often is the
case with such men; .•not pure enough pa
ise abovV that "manly . "hash
of. taking a -social glass, now and then;
with a friend. Will'inen ever know how
.repelang such men are to those Who bate
good sense, enough to ee.it ?..
titiv knows it in - his'heart ; while he nig--
es that "oirceniii - a :while": - a drink does
not Lioany harm, henknowsil say, that it
Harry
. liad not prOPeeded far in his walk
before hand' grasped :big.,' ,
and-a.
ringii.K voice 'roused : _him from the 111 7
:pleasaut, thenght he Was cherishing.
I"Walking itt your: - sleep; old fellow:?
You do look like a ghost, that is a fact.
Harry wrung -the hand he still held in
his own, and, looking into.the handsome;
laughliig face of his friend; Max Norton,
he determined, in his ielf-will; to throw
aside all. thpught
_of the past year, and
enter again into the old life he was hail
ing before he ever met:Elsie Thornton,—
' So he answered' all the clueStions put to
him in an off-hand, laughing manner,and
linking his arm in that of his:friend,they
I walked until the .gas-lighters were going
their rounds. At last they stopped before
la -brilliantly-lighted restaurant. The
twQ went in, ordered wine and cigars l and
talked, sinoked and think MAR far into
the night. • Then
,tbev,,,parted.,,eaoh For,7
harts the .worselon,th.e wine, they had in
dtilked-itf: • .; ,:;;
And so it ireitt:On. s ltigitt *fortnight
IItONI I ROSE I
, - 1 , ) --
our frien;l,- rv,, reiurnedi frwrii,n is , old
time reiurt;"the club,". from At friend's
. .
private rooms or a ball. Nearly: t*e.years
thud passed iin'pe :lTorton
met,our frietaliiiNew 4n4, thio
tiirie 44dr . . s
been gaiety
and.pleasure - .:. , ..• •,• - ' •
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..11ar ryivas Carelessly 441k-44410g one
day, - watching the carelesa.,,Ahrong.. of
PasSers:hy . when',,:shddeitlj,.
.4,; 60, side, \ .a
lit:tie:Piercing'cro liCe
.nitt:yed,:• .:. inaintiyely.
.-
'. '"Liliesi'sir l'iPlease'bily *flifiea I" • .
.11 1 heaVy . froWii • 'darkened. tit . i'facesfor'a
moment,' theW left it': white 'rriditir , ,oth . .
He bought, a irciloMi;i'of ' thiNila , - how . -
. • ...Aii ~1, . • •
ever,'and'tu'rntidl' tit4Y; gOitit:dieCtly(o
hie ' rooms hie!, be , -road aletteiawoit . -
ing 'him,' .It. , :igas - 'addiesSetiltf ,tin' itn=
known ! hail& • Breaking' the. ; 'Seal he
1 . . . .
found it was ironi Mrs: Thoroton4-41Isie's
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mother. .I.tie- . she wrote, - wasliot well—
bad not bee I•:..*lnbi,' his . Opitrture for the
city. . Although_ oco:such TeaStin: badNeen
giyen,• they,alll knew ..that herlorrow 'and
trouble ',was :On his 4.llarry,'44acount.
It cost her,a g reat effort,, , thelaily.said,- to
smother Ithefeelings-ofprida she had - ,,and
write to.him:thus,..,bnt wouhtheltiot .run
down: ~to ::.ply'ro4niville:?, , iiktalight be
that Erie would reconsider thewnds-lithe
had . said,t4.h i tirat..their. partintr,.• 1 , ; n ;;-.; t!:
We
ston . re• d ,tats: , letter: -oter .
, twiee, ,
a
scornful,
soWe ..Ourling,i hies' li..as-..he
t
thought ikow.BlSie7a.Lbeat tifinAt, Wri eyes
.‘v411t;414, ,Illi§ll . 4 id. She, kilo.* thiaiNtter had
beih.pent,.::,lle WodlajnoVgavr 4e , made'
OP 114,thihd,becaiise,it-Avould-iolo. o: good.
ge , bad Y heen,
Oat .khow, man; with Vrespect, $ollimSell;
can. lie.: 1 J - te lbeld up....the ililika , :iii.,his
ii . ao 4 ',AV* , jnolahg .;at .tifeni, luilide:'a
solemn s ..priouistf„--iti., : waS tlanhimiself t thi s .
titue7-togiye,hp . itil, the friehdalvbo.ivere
leadipihim 40 Sflsl-*Ard! . !arut:ll . ol' hence
-1:5411/: ;.,1 3 .lead.-,t :b.etter,:!.purer :114 - e.; Ani
he:kept that promise far iliontheOhut not
one thought of ; going ~backlb Elsie ever
entered - -his mind, ~i :, -, .t .I: _ ..:.i
. 4 ,.0ue, tiigt . lrt he was,-in .th6library.ni. a
hatid.some,ihsitme, : on j 1.1-4street;istandlitg
•at the yii.: 1 .9 1 *). , -lookiog out,* -•the beau ,
tir", 1 1 11 : cci!ioujight.., ,ll4iwas4ird-alone.
Oelle'',liiirtbol%Stood i at . thdt.-viititiow with
Ifigh,:3 ,l l4 l lYrillgt4Afe ijiiiitroduceo:Ettliiier
by ; her , brother, ,-,1)441:.paid: some slight
. Att4 tip,q,
4 to.ber, - at....first,..andAfter a titriti
wasp 1 .0 0 1 - 4811,er PhosencavalierS:• Belle
Was P. 94 I?and,sointt, tieither:ltid-alie•the
winning-Stveet;oess, and- grate..*-oharaci
teristie .. of , Elsie,: Thorn ton. , Elsie • was
indee,;t - beatt Oft - 11;441 and .slender, with .
.soft,pleading brown eyes, a lovely mout h'
Sweet„, winning',' Waystruly.. she . was as
Harry had
.always.thought her altogether
.lovely, .BvllC's,chief attraction-lay in the
rarie,ty:er,preSsion of her
.face. Her hair
was a. rare. - Shade of .brown.; .al e had .-a
peiio fOrm,, and her eyes.'were b lue,-clear;
thoughtful. and i earnest..... It . w4s.not of
her Harry, vvtis thinking, but of :a night
long :ago When .he . 'stood :at ;another's
side.., Ali: . he could, never 'love again as
he, hadinvedi Elaie.' i . Suddenly he started
back. What. was,it
.that- cohtiunally .
came between him nn.d this Woman tie
'would 'make:his -, wife,? -. 1- • '
_ .
•y - hat: LTA, Weaton.? l ' she aSked.: .
"Nothing,! . Belle," he replied, as 'be
released her to a gentlemild WhO - came to
claim her hand for a redowa. .1. . . • •-•
Harry -went to make his adieitic to his
hut and 'll4,FtesS, then, out in iii the coo:
'night air. lie. resolved- to go.to Thornton
ville the: next 'thy and *try to gain an in
terview wittilklsie...He..had inhaled the .
pure, 'slyest fragrance bf thelilies of the
valley which! Belle ,had. in her;; hair, and
it had ta . ketilhilh . balk to the !Jean tifui,
happy long ago when
,be so dearly,loved
L.tithwaaio,ved, . ..-,-,
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'"GO4ity !them . both, and pity fui 'all ,
Who v ainly tile dreams gf youth recol4'.
• ,- . • I • • ~ . ne a t
'day' , -v •
I til . WaB ' ;ilgepsty . dark,.. -06 , as
the train rimedinte the viiligeof ;Tooth - -'s
11
touville. . rry We s ton ', got ' Off at. the
;:t
little station and with. long, ,iinpatient,
strides soon reached - Thorn ton - 1 liousez'4
‘kt_the.foot Of the steps he looked up:
. '!0, Heave L nl7 be cried. 1"; cot this !,
Spare. me this l': .. • , !
• TreMblin4l6 every fibre of his frame,
be ratii;i the bell. , The. door ;was soon
*l4, :jib d the:ft6ildin the wiMold he'll.
TO the i toOtiniii :l A e Manage4.l to 4 . 34,
pointing to the heavy, streamer 'of crape
which IlUttered :in the wind : ; ~
."Who is it ? 1-4,..1.--,1. 1 ,
1
The footman' did' not .know him, for
he had not / been long in the family; 'but
he pitied. the hWsweakneakand, point-.;
tilgi-A0*044!, Ijiliatd, 441)1 itir:7i he hal
r ,:::' t - ;; , r . z.! -7• , te, •,1,
10VM lier':fl i .'' i : ' ti '' •• 4 - .A- At . - '•-• 1 '• --,s
,
"Miss -Elsie, sir." , • ,
Harry looked up almost fiercely now,
and asked . : 1... .. ',. <,'-- .'-:- --. .. , 1%,
.
"When was it 1' 1 : . 1 .
;
' ~ - -
"Day before yesterday:" ' i - .••
"AO Does , Mrs. _Thornton see any
one ? ..If,ati;J-4'.7 - 1 -- :::'' .: Tvl; ,i. 1..; ':',..,!:.,
At that .nionient.:the !ady.inrelf. Open
ed a d4Or at the' othet - ericrot the' halt
and came ; t,4o.Wftr4 -them., : Tres --of son.;
row add tet#s Were still on her ; fa ce. She.
laid her. 1-mo:tile/illy in . .j Harry's, . which,
he badinapalsi,velyip4endeds . and askedi
him into-the librair, --- vehich stye said was
pleasanter to. her than - any other place .
now,' .iSh . e:ltreated vbim 00(144T and „10
knew heileiervid it Aft* 6j/ilia:Ar
Thointpn.-.friimply said, - poititing:l4) the
tioor across the balk- '.-. - - - - , - - f, , . ~ ~.., 1, -,;• -;
-I,RILH, J1.12,_ ,
i ~,:ii, .
, ,
, It!f7;t-4,
:!BZ6
Do :yob' 'wish' to ko . n
lie.bowed,his head ii anent and fol
lowed her:, : She opened. the .door , and
•
softly closed it, leav i ng him ',glorie•in'Lhe
room., With tightly compressed lips he
ittivanced tiiward . the dark iillier;rnottii.t
ed casket: -Oh; how biltuttfnli
ope wight.y.effprt.: be i ,controll,4 •l'jm elf
and gaedopOn, tne::aweet tifaae.;
the mouth, 'winn s ng, 80 wii3tnil'aiwaya,
was nOw drawn down and looked eo sad
and . sotrowful.. Neverrnoie wdulti 'the,
tender,, loving light fill the 'beautiful
brown eyes; never again, ' would, , the
longing, w.iatftzl,,pleWing lookr'r ri ter her
e . Ves l - a4 - on that night be parted frog Act.
Oh,-no ! the - king; dark lay: upon
the pure white cheek: Het hilt - curled
in little ringti and fell over:, the -warble
forehead. ;One lotig g4.,)lden eutl lairitp
on her boson,; one little, wvaxeWhairb e id
itsmtili btineh of litries- T iheiidiliirioji
lea%'es' contrasted.' beaue.ftitly ' ',With Ilk
wiiitehesa of la/les - and thJ.iititid 'that
held-them. - .With a. groan; the Mau boat
444 touched his ; lips tO r the, 04 . eold
~ .
ones. ~._ . .. • .. j . „ .. i
'-} 4 ‘011.; - 'itriV 'itlieet 'darling:l"' he cried.-`
4.why wdwi'lgo , neaditforig,lsO - 'orhel - to
myself, land =tojou'l . ..Eisit..'l4, , i. --,' v9O
fiejsift his handt gealyilover.tiiejodd
one on, ttr_l;ret . ...st i and.. then:fthe j: tctifff
Came. ' They fell on the loverY hair ;op
the:llllies iii - lier haiid'th'ey . ft4l thicklY
t fl
ait Cs , hit t•I 'soon ' ' :ceased: '" Thete Was l : l it.
bard, dry, :choking fi.eling , :in , -histhiottt..
'lie felt...ttie bitterness.. or 4 , hist :hope 4
felt as if all the,, sunshine., had
_iiidee4
gone O4t O i f his "'life , ;' and`. - he ,'wished it
might he lifiriself lYitig":th r ete g 6 'dill &al
white. He stood there Until lOng,...duilky
shadows tilled-the-rount;---tbru, pressing
One,more.passionatv kise:iotv.her lips aid
broye li l ft,her,".thinlciuz.. 7 - f olt,hpliy r lippe
leas' ! 'lt might have been, I": .
~n , ,„,
All` ight long he pacet hiiirogitrillo
lug- fo , yetrdreaditip thirr:.nicittoiv. u li
lust the auk' arose,: clear, ands bright, liVa
iJig,',Proplise of a beat4ifta duy4l That
day, was, a .never..to-be-torgotten:;oneon
Harry's memory:: - Ali l .r, , the . i ftineTal,
when'he tet tithed' to - the's' adjoicely.'hiiia i lie,
with Mrs. Thorutein t ,'ilieshaiidelr i , lii . M.:a
package"-wliieishesaitetliieellinti! wilted
him-ro• have. I "Harry thatikether; made
his adeaux to - the 'familyp;iiiia .iv ii:ttik
the same day wa hadk in 'liiii . t.O'On'ttiorin'
in Ne York. "* Locking 'Ate I :''dOcit'... and
turning onrtiregasilhe-sented - himself at
his,desk, and, taking - . out the package
grs;Thornton had given hink undid the
tiraPpings,,and untied a r blio:in 'arOund
4.smaller one iisidd. - There WaS'aletter
addressed' simply tof i llarryy"' , anilla faded
bunch of lillies: , Ihe letter ran tbua:,
f4MY D P .It gR,/, ' END ••••-7..We'te it',not
that I n ever expe c t ed to see you again, I
shOuld - not4rite‘toyou now i , tat it will
tiottie long libw - befdre I' shill , change
my: home fora brighter pureione,l trust: ,
.4sJ shall ,never see , you. again- I want to
write and t4l' you,.. Har4, t:Lif4 in all
theidotig, lady, wearisome yeafar have
, ,
tievei'lor a 'moment forgotten yettl or
ceased to loyKyfiji..,,_You_left:_tite angrily;
I know, but I kitoW yor,loye for me was
just the same "after the - drat feelings, of
passion were..over, and that has kept all
the bitterness \I might' have felt out of
my hear,t. I have loved you as few wo
men can love, Harry dear, and we might
have beim happy had it not. been for that
one dreadful thing that darkens !and rb
,ins the life of-so many young Men.' Dear
`one, it was not - that I loved yPti less,. but
more, that I would not consent when yon
eeke,d me 'to be your wife.' After, you'
,were, gonel - waited and hoped fOr your
rettirn, until at last I had to aCknowl
edge what' before' I would not dii, that
woman's: love is itronger and thote-en
during than man's. Harry, they tell Me
I shall not' live 'Much longer nocii and
after I am 'gone, they ‘will 'send '
for you.
If - -you come before it is too late, you.
if you' can, kiss' Me . and love; your 'own
Elsie': for .just one. moment'? - I 'shall
know it, dear, and - I' 001' love. you and.
wait. for yob. :=l'calinot Writelonger.'°.l
am:very-tire& Gdoviluight; dea r '; think
kindly ofilhei - and often:. , 6; 4 1/1 bleinepaii;
and'help you to overcome all and every
evill : : And now; good r bye. -si ~ ~, t's
;
'Tour still loving Etassnilo
lEarrk buried-.-his face urhis hands i and
sat theret latte•;±in to . the! -night, and
fell in to-a-denvz bleep: which laated:Aill'
morning. Then he arose </inV hurtled !
out-into - the lfresb he ..feltionely
and tad. -;And. (the lonely; disConsolate
feeling did not - leave him. For year he
traveled from place , . td-place; trying; hot
teforget, but _to, stifle • the••feeling , of re,
mom.. the end of the year , he, went
back to-New York. -On the;., way to ,hts
hOtel he met Max . • ,Noiton.l ex
changed ,greetings,: and Max i notlimig
Harry'g pale face , and 4.001,0 manners,
Harry notided : a, slight cOolnesS on the
part of his friend. ,-As they' }iota- Max
.said:: ;• , .
"You ,disappeared suddenly and utri
teriously, Hal. Belle ilas been tearful
and disconsolate; since , yolk . When
loOking-over, his,shoulder"
up, at the house,' Weston.", 3
_
Harry w,ent baels to hia- room% : relicaT7
iug to go - to Bellet.Norton' that day, tell
her attiaq4 tflybe, He
alit' not loveher aa he hid 'love4:Asiot
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but he liked her . hei.ter , than atig one
bad
_eve* ahe ',ktir'Cd e
h to ir d .
hi tye t ry i look , ef :her e - ipre ' isiy,e face
h He, well line.w ,t,h4 , he
had.done,yery / Frong to. let.her think he
lOVed' her, While np,,,to . .thik;ti-nmc Jl ;had' . .
leaky . ?Or ttis own
That afternoon The. ` , did. go to her and
ask her.,tu,he -his : .,.wife,; And, Belle Y ,;plac
inglier:handa in 'hie, ailed' foridly
'up intii'hiS tape; promised not to be - it all
lesions of his thenthts Of PAsie,:bu,ftlitit
she. would ,loVe hei . 4iietriorYl:too.... 'She
kept herTrOrniSe, and, - in;after pars,w,hes
Harry : rc!..,useditodrink with, alrienct,- she:
knew it was for. Eliie's, = sake Mete thanit
fOr'hers,'atid often, in the -lieantiftil'Juile
eveuingtk when ~ he .. .Sat' looking' into
the
° moon -light, she.. knew': ;:•tiel , vrat3 - . thrinkt
, ing then ,of E 1 le.,.;Sometimes,aheAtould
• steel.ipi to, him-,:.softly;;' , put ,- hers. arm*
around , :cheek
ClOse to his 'face, ; whisper gly
,t;,:fs
« arry I love y0n,:.,;,• .bun
• '‘4nd,,k„loye you ? . , darling,--0p ; 4'40 wdh
So they were happy -in itheir ff ,lovodle;
each other. d - I 10
11'ith one''pi ore we, N61 1 1' 1 144 tkem••
Belle iti4iittingijit'4,
feet, Testing- her arm on •'hiS
rpadmg.to4um.:llle) i5,750ft1.34. tendefly,
stroking her sort, brortt . hair)
,it - Ast.plesicr
ant 'and sweet:for,hini tp. ,h i ep! ii An#
over thi l ie r ,'ini l the'hitle•! i rdiltid:`-tabje
the cortie4: r
ever and anon, there, ILI aliiitte,'lVaSe,(l,9l
bunch ,of.liiijes;of (Ixe valley,‘.bo'rtglii of
the , little flowgrfgir,l, wbo,l brings thordlas
long, p ey 41 ast-rrxiop'iby , Harry's cyderi
but 1;0111eile8; ( 1:1,, , , 1.7 ;" "di
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Deeply buried from chumiti: eyes Vii 1 - " P t:
; I 'l 0.0
, . The , Lady, , Soaiwt Peddler.' 'et%
,
YOn'tnav hav e :noticed heion the street,
sap *the St. 'Louis Republic" . ;
from one :ruse to Another, ,with a. basket
on` iter Con innylhaVe Oeen that
die is sAt
what stinnWoft voice! an'dlabitiritln
ner, that s)w , hat:n.,;dasht, i .cf.'bizmn,O'lanif
is in
.yylgar,:pnrla,nce, Mnite ultiV o sinuff.'
You - iinsY hAve observed her_ bouncing
into i n iithce as if in the fall
. 00raiitia-,
'tion te , else' Oa
'out, of and ydu 'map also kniie obserir- ,
ed,;if Yatt ;hav,ewniohtid ,her ,that
When she'emerged shOrbas a:little inori)
inoiley and a - little less soap. : than when,
she went in. Anti, ilthongh sbe is a wo
rnan,SheiiroSeeutea it with such, vigor )
andinlttch is novel way that . "
Slieis un
usually successful.
The otherdur Tar - rirefed — a promin
;,nt house on -14nirth,Vtitreet:i It is not
necessary to state what prorniuest house,
except that it isi the one Wii ‘ ere ( e 9 r g e,
works.' - - Ge6i.gettra•/ycifing man'. ;Who'll
contemplating-matrimony. - • Eld -if a yeti
nice .young man..; jt --- he , itt, at..the4ams
time, a ,Very hasitful yourig, man. , A 4
Olen she entered ' and -.made a straig t,
dash for his desk' he' colored' to' the rift)'
I
of his hair, - ', - , • -- -
"I want to sell you some soap," said
she, in such a peculiar loud voice that
George colored still' tnore.. And the clerks
and the lady customers, looked at George
in surprise. . : . • '
"I've got some of the nicest soap.here
that you ever used,' she went on dabbing
a. cake under Georges, nose to have hi'a
smell it. - - , ,
"I— I don't want- any scrap, 'umlaute:*
gam/tiered - George.' "I—Ll'm .very, mild'
obliged to --yon,• - • but IL4 really' don't
waiit it.";' -- -, ..
( "Oh, Jes, you (10, - 1 know you do. 'fort
Wash your Self don't ( you P, . You want ts,
keep . cleati, sion't-yenil7 '-. 1 :• . -
(JO( , course you"do,' and here'Et the'tir-'
ticle.-to -do it ~ withi- 4letinine ` , farovia•
Windstiir,, three for_ar quarteri. half dozes
honey :64y cents., Just tbink,how,cl4eap,
it ii., And here's transparent' soap, film.
cents a - •-boll. ' now 'iliiiity will
. .Y9ii.hai s 4
"But I- don't want any,".Aniret • foetid
from George. ;
'• "Oh, come yoti 4 ,l ( tSow y?ti, * i (1,,0..i .
any tv . l4,'if.‘you'd'on't,'youtivite'dde,s,ant
of Course the' hubyteeds t it."- r' 4 . . . ; t , . r'i
1.. , Ilex* therelwitb a,roar ;from Ake' olerkk
and .George,fe4 aa jt lle, would; ~bo, gratis
fill to the floor if ic...%yopld : ve Eir,a,,Y ii ip,k
deposit 'him gently in 'the ce llar.
."Atid ydti Inciiv' babies - Ctiii't'beitefit
clean . with ott t soap: And Ihetreat''' thing
toteep babies healthful iusoap, `-i ~..,
:13.0e there.was.anoth - er-roar. -, f .:,,,,
I - "Madame, - I, have nor,wife.sp4lraye no
babies, and'iiratit no gaup:" ''' ~ .
•-•
"Well; iii:ohitdj knoWs.ithirtinay hap- .
pen- - . 7 --You'lotik - like ra - nice
. limug.mati.
I'm ; aura the.jadiee *lll fall": in' w itk
yon :7 providep you keep, loarself clean.
Yeti. can't do it without this , soap. DO
take iiiiat'otie cake. :Or, if you don't
wail t sot* what is - there - that I can bring
you ?-,,Mill , you buy. , some hair .oil, or
some nice pontadelor.youtmoustachel•or
cosipie;rtios powdeT, rye , gst Kane better
than yori t ie using, or soaks, Sr --7 1 '
. ,
' "Miturne,`l'll' fike''tlfe: sOlip.''ai4rge
saidoespair.'. - 4.Sd tli
n Al e Witt leSillerki
ixotrerliAwaini; Sk'i„buitlea; citi-'to Land
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