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BY '"El'-',Wt:,:EYt: - '''' . i'6. • Cii.USE'it
THE KILLDEER'S LAMENT;
In pensive mood, upo an utumn day,
A walk I took;'amid the woods alone : 1
v ie l e aves were tinged with yllow, andidecay
Upon the flowers of summersudly shown. .
might
town in a cove, where solitude i reign, ,
1 heard a voine, halt music and half moan
A trembling yoice--which, ini a plaintiff strain,
Lamented evils in her pathway strown.
With cautious steps, I nearer drew, unheard, ~
And peering_through the leaves whence came
the trill,
I saw upon the sloping bank a bird- . -- ,
A killdeer—and with her a whig-ptioilwil .
Then o'er me came a most myst6lous spell,
-These trembling tones at,. once were under
stood
I heard the wailing bird her sorrows tell ,
In accents sweter lar than moratcould..
"There was a time," so runs this tale of woe,,
"When love and life - to meillke were.dear,
Ere man had proved , himself our deadly top.
And beasts of , prey were all we had to tear.
"It pilfering fox, or prowling raccoon came
Too near the tuft, where slept our tender
brood, I • ,
With well dissembled action— feigning lame, -
We led him, duped, into the distant wood.
'But such device with man did not avail,
To., dull to see, or.wise to be misled,
Regardless of a mother's wing or wail.
He trampled o'er the living and the dead. • •
, •
"What is the lily, or. the rose to him ?
Why should a mother for 'her children plead ?
Why look for pitying tears his eyes to dim. '
Who crushes beauty like a oxious weed.? ' ,
"Why hope for favors on a ragile race,
From him, whose children cry in vain for food?
' \ ,Ana, (fouler still his image to disgrace,)
Who writes his hist'ry with his bather's
blood ? \
"Why has the red men from the forest ffed ?
The buffalo, the elk, the timid neer.?
Why lives the wren, the robin'now ind - r9O
And why, bereft, do I sit trembling here ? •
"The healthinspiring breeze 'cornea from the
West,
An eastern Wind has iver`evil `blown
,;,
_ The settil u sun the world with freedom blest
His rising rays reveal` the tyrant's throne.
"So, from the East man come with' piclOtad
spade,.
And down each valley, Where we once abode;
On levelled earth, a wincing : track ht. laid,
And, to our cost, built, what Ihe'calls, e: road:
"He filled the , tit with dense, sulphureous
smoke, • . -
. . .
Which fed consumption with each struggling
breath, -
And thus the tender ties of nature broke, , •
1:
And scattered o'er the land the seeds of. dea t h.
"Two little DEARS were Jeft--my only. boon,
Wh6n down : thet ack-ibere.canie a thund'ring
train, • , • , , , , •,
Which frightened ,
..r
ne into ti' deadly swoon,
And drove the o f ' hopelessly insane.
"But honor still t 'whom there's honor due,
While men like e stitillman, Taylor, Rich -And
Free . . -I \ . ,
Rave to themselves and to their kind - :been
true,
They've wrought the overthrow of mine and
• `,,_. me., ..
Then like the waves upon the troubled deep
Emotion swelled the night-bird's heart sincere;
And if, in' sorrow, birds do, ever Weep,
I'm sure there was a s pathetic tear. - ,
- ,
MILLIE'S:- 'URPRISE. ,
. ---.-
BY FRANCES' RENSHAW BADEN.
"AfILLIE! Millie ! where are lon ?
.31 - Do come down add help me, that's
% darling.., Watch the pies, and fry the
dough tints, do !" calledla merry.voice.
A moment lifter; a tan; graceful girl
entered the kitchen. She would have
been beautiful, but for 'her pale , face and
sad eyes. '
. .
~
, •oh, Millie, we have had just the best
luck with ever-jilt ilil 1 . Not a pie scorch
ed. Every caki , done _beautifully.., The
pudding, 1 know, , will I be the.test,in the
country, for RactiaoVfiir never-knoWn.tO
tail! And just look alt; he turkey. , lsn't
it a p-rfrct beauty;;?, Phiet , 'you, :Ritieln -.
ber what Doctor 'Gray said - two thanks
givings ago ? "L'hat"we hBd the hest din
ner and prettieSt girli iii 'bur ' house \that '
°fluid be fohnd'in.the whdle state,hiwas .
sure! We will have just as ,nice - a din
ner to-morrow. Thiffstik the girls we will
let Somebodfelse siva. I hopeArc4ie
will come. He half promilled=fi , :I. ' A
A sigh from the sad girl' tibc:itebOd: the, . .
ear of' the 'happy cousin, *rho - quickly ,
said :
.. '' , - ' '
"Oh, Millie,:hiw tuoughtlesivklar?' .!'.
fiirgot—indeed I - dicl= r that 'you , *ere not
ill; lighthearted is—as when we -iii,,ere
getting ready for Thanksgiving fiat year
--iio, twoyears ago. - ,I ban fitirdly ,think,
ii hasbe'en 'so iorigr. / ,' : . '• .. ''
"It has been very, very long ,
wto me,
Katie," Millie answered . wiping away,the
tears that had. gathered, and; 'filling her
eyeB, stole down the pile- heeki. , '
"Millie, indeed - I woul ,not Stand ' if.
Et i; , just hateful in uncl to act`so He
"'as always the strangest man I ever ii - N, •
lint while aunty lived, he was not, Just
Ao liaeful. She could win him,tasome
thilpg like civi'ization." "
,
--I) bu't, dotk't Katie. . Remerebet you
a)." talking Of my ' father." I \
..e . ititi't help it. 'He is 'my father's
,Imitiv.r. And I don't' care if he hears
'fp Ray it. And ill were ;you - I would
ilo t rut) away.' I am oppesed to that:;
. i)l i t I'd wait untill was twenty-one-=that"' l l he in six mouths--then f'd send.for
Prank, and have him sk (Tee more for
Y ff' uncle 1. If did no relent, .I'd I/
i ii
, with Frank right 4fore hie eyes, an
b.• married. I would just: as sus As inY
name is Katie Gordon." . '
„-..,i NvOlVilaties PAI3 hal do that:\ I
atii. l akthatinffatler bas--the only - one
who loves him. I - cannot leave him. He
was goo 'and kind until this trouble
with Frar.k's father.”
thin, 'stay miserable all. - the
days of ,youvlifei- And - . keep Frank so
&less his dear heart ! I just hope he
won't stay miserable ! There are , lots of
pretty girls who would jump at I
would try and conifort him myself, only
I love Archie a _Jade better,' the merry
girl said,. with a bright blush.
Then with more apparent sympathy,
•she , continned : ° • ' • •
"Indeed, very, very sorry for you r
Millie. • liutlybat is the good ot- being
so sad‘? You con - if you ehbose, be hap
py. „If yOu will not, and have made up,
your tnind to do the :dutiful at all cost,
then " resign yourself with ,. good grace,
and be. content - iu the •path you have
chosen."
I will tell you why - just,now
I feel
_So very . Sad:' • Frank to be home
to-morrow I His cousin told me. Oh,
think of it I Oidy a half mile from each
other", and. yet so far •lii4art!" Millie
could not help sobbing then.
"And yen will not see him .1"
"Of course' not ; I dare not. Father
forbade me. And it would only be going „
over the same parting again ; all. the
more Ead because still more hopeless."
The, entrance of Rachael, the cook;
stopped the conversation.
Farmer Gordon acid farmer Ralston
Were neighbors, and, at the time, good
friend& .:Their larms adjoined. OnOe,
a fine piece of meadow land sepeiaied
Ahem. Beth wantod this land ; both be
ing Willing to pay a very' liberal 'price
neither to resign his. ohance
of puts:gluing, or to divide the possession;
So, things remained for, many months,
indeed years, and then farmer Ralston
came ferward; - . and placed beiore, his
neieliborthelted of the land. It - was
ohthined by • some eishonorahle means;
farmer Gordon' did not hesitate
. to de
clare.' Since then, __ they had, been:bitter .
enitnies. Well, 'felks- in the neighbor
boo4' tboaght Ralston had done nothing
wrong, and all espoused his _cause. Far
mer Gordon , was generally unpopplar,
and-it - was a source of gratification to
marl' that he hade not been the success.:
ful purchaser..
- The only son. .of one, and daughter of
the other:had played tog ether from in
faniy. After the quarrel- between theft
fathers,„tbey Were ordered to keep to
ihen - selves. ,But this they Couldn't de..
In the first place, they loved each other
too, well. Then, they met at church and
singing -school. So) it continued, until
Frank was twenty..one "and Millie seven
teen. .Thanksgiving evening, two yeari
previous to my intr)ducing Millie, to my
readers, Prank‘had -sought farmer -Gor
don, tOld\ him how truly• he loved his
daughter„ and begged that he would , give
him permission to win her.
Even farmer Ralston, whose \ whole
heart
e wes centered on - his only sonoic
6thpanied him, and joined his entreaties
with Frank's. , going,so far as to offer the
dispnted land and his hind in friendship
again. All of no use.' The strange,hard
man drove them forth. He told them
he hated them both,,and his girl should
never bear their name.
There was a . painful scene between
Millie and her "fathiT. He.. said :many
dra'dful things that , wounded the selisi
tan, loving beart`Yery sorely. sand ended ,
by'telling hfx; : the i only, : way ; she could
gain his foigiyenesi (or jaaving allo.wed
heKidffections to be won by one so hate
ful to him was tUcast.hirn froin, her ',mind
and kart. \ 86 it inifi that Mille' had. ney.
er seenJiert- lover since. She dared ,not
even permit him
_:.to' - write to her. She
liad,,op4 s ,sent worit,4l3at she should' . iiWyt
er love any One else. And so Frank; id.
return, sent word by his cousin -that he,
could / be -fiv•fajtitilni, !Fp vyOld
trust RV . 'their 'future happi
Partnei* •
Go — rdon had -been harder and
stranger since this.affair.than ever before.
And poor Millie would have been very
m ise,rable,if merry l , -kad ( zinc gipepi
11 )41 1 4.o l Mlinie .With bet. lap as Mt
independent little piece, not a bit afraid
of her "cros#„ . old thtiele,',' as Ale called
him. Wheh"sb& was with Millie, she
'would‘have mezrysonng folks about her.'
Her uncle would take . fromt her what be
7 would from- no onie else. , He realty liked
tlio:\sttaightforward,.tneriv girl.
`fSti,ll sighing, Millie,,' :Kate said.
"Now. I: just want to tell you plainly,you
are being really wicked; r How - much you
havie to bq thankful for : There are
many girls more Mi s erable than ,-
you.
You just look as if we had a funeral in
the house. You better-thank our Father
.for blessing you with health and stten-gth,
and sparing you, and all dear to you, to
see another Thanksgiving I. Just think
"Ob i , Katie; bow could - 1 be, more mita,.
miserable ? What conk] make me ?"
-Millie bad hardly uttered these words
when her father'a own - riJing florae came
dashing, ride, lese, up to . the stile.
Millie wasisirifted. She'knew that one
ly en ,hattr before'her father boil - gone out
le Victor, and she.cris : •
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` MONT
"Oh, Katie I Where is father ? Some
think- terrible has happened ! See! How I
terrified. ed Victor looks ? 'I Iler fears were
soont realized. Slowly along 'the road
came'fonr of -thehands bearing on alit.
ter her father:
Although no favorite with his servant's,
tor tihey alLfeared hini,"the men looked
graVe enough as they placed their burde n .
in the hall. Millie threw herself down
beside the cold, still forni. . -
"Pead ! dead I" she 'cried, and -in an_
agony of grief clasped :her arms, about
hitr4
One of the men•nod4ing , his bead , said.
",Taint no use to 'go On so. Miss," and
remOved her fromherfather's form.
Lifting gently, they 'bore him in, and
plading him on his bid, stood, around
waiting tulther orders from Katie.
".ire you sure there is no life.? James
go quickly and bring Doctor Grey."
"'Tain't no use Miss Katie ,;.. deed' it
'taint,' the man said.
"Oh, father! father l Wny, why are
you; taken from. me ? - Oh, maybe he is
.not dead. linn,"James ; oh, , please, tell
Doctor Grey to-come;! Oh 1 if God will
give, hini habit to me, I never, never will
be thankful en .uah." -
Rachael, the cook, who had been in
the family for years, came forward; say-
"PTaint..rio use to goon so 9 child:- If
he ikdead it's God's will. I only .wish he
hadibeen better prepared to , go.. Andes
for you, child, J think you'll be all the
Happier for! a
"No, n0,,n0 ! I .loved:-him,indeed I
did.l I never Would have, left, in.. And,
em,, he_ use 4, to, loveme oncepBP ver y much-
Doti% you remember hoW he,useft to/love
triedllachael . ? Arid I remember when I
always us?d.tO.,go to, sleep m his arms.—
Dea, dear 'father !", Millie sobbed.
"You had better go for Doctor Grey
any 7how, Jiimes. We Want 5 friend at
this i tithe," ,Rachael sail.,
"Oh, oh, oh !" sobbedi Millie. bursting
forth tine* with her. `
grief. •
"You will make yourself
aphael
I . dOn't, care ! Iwish I could. go,
to llearep !" cried Millie.
"Miss - Millie, Master ; Frank is home,'''
whiSpered one of the men. •
`'Don't, don't, Bill ! lavin't think of
S.nybody b;it my dear, dear, ather. Ob.!
if he would only open his eyes and weak :
tone ! Just say, 'Millie,' and kiss me'
once; more I Oh, iilease; dear Lord,,give
me hack my-father. _MOW
.1 cannot be.
lievfi he is dead. Only! fainted'. Oh, if
fat* is given back to me, I never will
grieve any More about anybody. liatig,
c..me here quickly. Can't you _ feel a lit,
tle viarmth corning ?
!'? said farmer Gordon as his
eyesiopened. "I am not dead. \ Kiss me
child.'
With a - wild cry of `joy Millie clasped
her arms . about him, and fainted on his
bosom.
"1 did not think the child loved me
so.!'} Farmer Gordon said, looking not:a
bit like a dead or dying , man.
"ton •
scarcely ,deserve it, uncle, from
her,l' Katie said, sharply. She began to
see that it had beeu ,one of tier uncle's
"There Rachael knoi what to do
for kier.,S,he just like her mother.--
She ;would faint,
.alike for joy or grief. ,
know now how well you love me, Itah
ael too." ' ;
As
,well 88 you
. will let me. Be more
Lard likes you , . to be, and ; you'll
du& Rachael said,' as she,
_witH'Jatriee!,`,itsthstanco, carried Millie to,
"Thiele you /did this on, purpose.
)1 •
k1 : 10PV Are you
,huit at . , Kam
lookirg, very . re'proachf ' ully at him.
Mika Pert, T "cau do without
doctor "'he answered" • ,
And Katie . Went.off to help . , take ; care
Of F i r 9 in ;lames' she wopied out
thetruth, who said :
"tor'lleaven's sake ? ' don't let. old.. Mas-,
ter. nOw, i,told.:‘ 'Bit he got off . Vitor
gave him ii,sharP cut, and sent.4imfly ,
nlg. Then niailes.us,tria4e a .
fiitg`him Koine.;;
It Wits lying xitl .in
the cold,i,t4o made* him look and leel„
deas4,; lie 'Said he'lanted, to see if' apy l <
one'cared if he , was \,
•• • '
' ThanOgivitig', Millie, was ,quite her
Belly agui'n:
the, day her -father had
beeiti:tivire'U he used to be years_befort...
gre like .4„Chrisilan ".Rachael.said.
"Less like a heathen," katie declared.
Ite = had patted Millie's head several
time, and . kissed her, saying he
wanted to 'see the roses come back to her
cheeks again.
Icatie . was as gay Ssii lark. Her. 'Archie
,
Cat* from town, and _She, presided over
the dinner, she Clainied, surrounded by a
host of merry yonng friends and Doctor
Grey \
4 , the family phviscian. lie. had al.
WILYs been Farmer "Gordon's friend, as-
heir there was good enough
in Farmer Gordon's ,heart if one knew
hots to find it.
he young folks. were gathered in the
parjor, Katie wacgoing, to hare a dance.
fape, aithctugh not As sad its usual
lOOked not as Katie iwialrd to see it; She
hid been trying to Make up her mind to
pi ead with her uncle for Tillie. .
She was not afraid to go in ; only she
didn't want to put hini in a. rage when
he was trying to act like a huntan—but,.,
she'll trj , it.
"Uncle Come here," film said, 'drawing
him or to herself. "Uncle, if, You bad
been dead, yesterday, do you not think
Frank Ralston would have found,his way
over here ,to--"
"Give thanksgiving to God for deliver-
ing the neighborhood in general, and
hitnself particularly, from such a pest, I
'
suppose said her uncle, with a halt
serious, half comic...expression.
"Nothing of the - kind. Only
and comfort Millie." •
"She- would not have let him—not so
soon." • , •
"No; dear Eirl, she is . so doubtful, that
she would not, I fear. 'Uncle, why won't.
you be worthy of that girl's ?"
"Be off with you, yon saucy piece I" •
"No, not until I. say, my say, 'uncle ;
send for F'renk---send now.'
"I will not ; neither now, to-morrow,
or ever. Go along and mind your own
affairs, and let •Millie's alone r! Fanner
Gordon answered, yet not so Wrathfully
awshe thought he might. -
All were dancing but Millie. ,She sat
with tier thoughts far away. Er father
came up to lw-and-asked:
"Will you not dance my darling?!
He had not calle'd her. so Or years:—
She looked up with much surpririe, and
answered:
ig care not to dance', father."'
"Come, I will find you . a'nartner."
He took her hand and led her out into
the hall. With a cry of joy she .sprang
forward.
,
"There is a partner for little girl 1
Take, her, Frank, and send to 'leaven
with er a prayer of thanksgiving for
bringing an old man to his, better, nature.
God blest von and make you both as hap-.
by as . she deserves to be
`Oh, uncle I thought you said you
never would," -Katie exclaimed,' alniost
ohoking him with .kisses, •
"Because i bad already, done_ it, and
knew I would uot' nave to send for him
twice," Farm'er Gordon said,."with' a mer
ry.
chuckle. . t.
"We will build_a house for Millie;right
in the middle of the.,meadowland. ,And
it shall be ,hers—a peace gift ,from two
old men, whom, 'praise be to I God, are
trying to get a - little nearer heaVen !" said
Farmer Balaton- ; • .
ft was the happiest:,Thankseiving . ever
known to both families. All joined in
a grateful prayer ; to who doeth , all
things well: -
THEY`CARRIEEiIT TOO FAR.
. , . .„..,.,..:
; Mr. Butterw 'k ctilledln thiee me the ,
4,
; ether daY,,ati - the course of the 'pon- ,
versation he s , ~..: : ',.. , L . •,- ,', '
"I'm going', to t .; move.. I . cliu't . : staod '
those • ThotripsOns' any longer.. I.,the're
the awfulest people tO!borrow things that
I ever. sa hr. Coffee. :and butter, and - sit
gar_and-- flour: i , don't.: mind .'so much;
although when a :.woman :borrows - high
priP.ed . segai.. Ind.,- JaVa coffeei.and, sends.
back - Sand:and chiCkOrY, a Man naturally
feelit • biliotte aild 'Mail; ;Best - they 'hat's
borrowed'.pretty ,;near , -everything.- in the
hous. First fts:onething, then its. an
iithpr-„ frOm morning - till: night,. light
stralihtlalting., .- ;• . 1 . •I , .
.:,.. - .
..
- ,:" 'ow there's the • pOlter... -- kipitker, is a,
piece of : inahinert.thatyou '.4 Ou Id
,think
!. an yhqdy. migh t go, arOu it d ' and! bhy, or, - .lf,
iliey eOuldn"t, afford,iti!theY. might use
- fenee - pailing ti;:shilke,np' the :fire. .aut - ,
, Mrs. r : r It ohiptim- , :httii ker after
;our, -.P 3 ker , ... ,St)e. , boltos,vs it jet fteeni ~- nt.
'twenty Hines:: a,'•fijt, ..ancl
.lasti,,S4tur : 4y.:
shef , seitt"tiTY it :ilittiY l foUr l :itrnes,,,,Sh e
pays-a boy-S2,V - Week''lii, run i over and
borrowt.hat:poker4' , Aild '.81103 need it . 16.
,!thutib,that lt.,ikall-:hetit up like 'lth Pork
sertiw, ,-„. • :.., ,,,'.;
`l: 4 ilitiiV; lae c hairs for : instance. fj t Ohe:
asktitlttd lend -Worn' chairs 'three :times
a-day, at ',every' meal; ind '.shibbtroWii the,
rocking chair liveiTtiniershe:wanti to get'
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"A couple CAN 3I CCPtI; - ', .4.1.1?: i..pv . ~4 : .• ~-1. : ,, 1.1
of tit,* 849,sent .oyer, rot a.
tiortiiiiiii4 when the-h,i4eafr . te back,
its .he n
said M.".r ; fitlittptioti *as . , mid i as.
itkundeii. and. , kept . -thittlint ' round 'the
house,All.day.beeititte there Atferirnet (hie!:
Ors on it. Last Monday she. thrrdiellt
Our wash boiler•-•40414*7"had , A0 put off
our .washing : till Tueeday. -, She , did :. her'
preserving' in lit, and the consequence was
all '!oUti' 'PlOthet Were - full . Of hpreserved,
peaches. I've got on iin 'undershirt now
that I.fruAtigh 4r :doubtful - if - I'll ever get
off, it's ftuck to Me so tight. i.' -. ;
"Every now and,then-she has-company .
and Jshen.shelsarro.wk our . hired-ltrl , and
411, the .parlor: fiiinitUre ; once. because I
Would tiOtei.rry tho I piano over for ler
' and - take dOwn ,the 'phandeliet she told
our girl that . there Were . rumors - about
I'
town that I v . vatica reformed:pirate.- • .
"Perfectly- scandalous! . They 'think
nothing'ot sending over, for a-Pouple of
, bedsteads - or, the - entry: . carpet, and the
other day , Tlibmpitioksaid to me i. ' 1-:. • .
.!`ButterWiek,.ddisisliii,nr i p,nipp ; 9ll, : p94
up..easyl''i, ' .''''" , i. ' ~-',- . . -'•
,: •: • .:
,••
"Andwhen I:said:l . :iiiiittigi4 it did,-he
"Well, I would like to borrow it for
3,..N .- qi7
a fel days till can , get otie for . inine's
all rotted
..•
'"The otilv wonder to nie .iti that., be
didn't try to &grow the , well, al.ng with
it. • . - -
"And then on Tuesday .Mrs. Thcirrip
son sent that boy over ,to kno* if 'Mrs.
Butterwick •wnuldiet lend her our . front
door. She. said Mein,' was away being
painted and she was afraid' the 'baby
would catch cold. .When *I asked him
what he supposed ve.. were going to do
to keep comfortable, without any . front
door, he said Mrs. Thompson said Ole
reckoned we might tack up a• bed quilt
or some thing. And when I refuel d, the
boy said Mrs. Thompson told him if ,we
wouldn't send her the front door . to ask
Mrs. Butterwick to • lend her a.pair of
striped stockings and a horse hair bustle
and to borrow the coal scuttle till Mon
day.
"What in the name of Moses
.she is
going to do With. a bustle and coal 'scut
tle I can't conceive.
to try
43at they re the -most "extraordina7
people Last Fourth -ot July, the -- boy
catne over and told Mrs..Butterwick that
Mrs. Thompson would be . much obliged
if she'd lend her • the , twiva for a few
minutes. Said Mrs. . Thompson wanted
'em to suck Ott a nei, bottle top. because
it made her' baby sick to taste fresh India
rubber. Cheeky, wasn't. t ? But that's
her way: ,
"Why I've knoivn' her'to take off our
Johnny's pints' When he's been playing
over there with the 'children . , 'and send
,him honie bare legged to tell his mother
that she borrowed them for a.pattern:',4
And on Thompson's birthday, she said
her house was so small for a party that if
we'd lend her ours we might come late
in the evening ant- .dance with' the cotit
pany, if we-wouldn't :let on that-we lived
there. ~ „ •
"Yee, sir ; going to ,move. I'd
rather next to a innatie asYluM, and
have the maniaciiliouring red hot "stiOt
over the fence every hour of OW day.-;-.
Indeed would.?". • •
*r. Skidraorp's Bugle:
sr.Peter Skidmore; 'of Germantowai,
playas little on the bugle. • One night
last summer he ,went into the, parlor, in
the dark and felt over the top of thepi r
ano fur the horn. It happened that. hit
aunt from Penn's Grove had" been there
hat. day, and 'had left 'her brass ear-trim
petlying.on the piano, and' Peter• got
hold of this without perceiving his mien
take, as the two' were of similar , shape.
took it in . 'his hand and' went out on the
porch; where,Misi Miles wag sitting talk
ing to his sister,He asked her if she
was fond- of musiO on, the, horn, A nd wbeu
'she said 'she adored it, he . asked her how
she Would' like him . to Play. '"Ever of
TheeP•she said that was the only tune
she oared,anythinglor.
Sc P i eter, gut, the small end 'tolus lips
and'blew. He blew and blew: Then he
blew some more,.andi Oen he tirtw, a
fresh breathand' blewagain. The ,, onix
sound that came , 'wig a kind;Of,
moan, : which sounded so queerly in the'
darkness ; that Miss , Miles asked him if.
Ike w4s,noi And ,wlie,n he said ht
vith'sh said that he.,went exactly like a r
secondd - cOuein of hers that has the asth
ma.
Tien Peter; remarked that sairtehows
thebora, AO ;
,o l f order ,Ifor:‘,‘.Ever of 4
ti,ee," -- hilt, if
4 8ie
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osieetly'r dream, loyeV he would try,
. plait its; land'Afisti Miles 'gait!' fOfideit'
. reollectiottatolasteredsaboitt
So ?titer put his !trumpet Ws, his tor'
arid' strained ; W. lupss.:auvprelyjo:au err;
fort to: tafike amps,, tint wouldn't
come,,but 4 . e made; tiyery,,li i nglikibtuc!ek
wlifelf , iaddeed to'ask if the
tvrilecie :the! stable back oil the'boieei
. the heeyee,,,, Then , Peter said
thnifght itotpel)odyma4 v
he baple up. with plook4wil
sonietligg s , and (411 1 , 7 -
aikede td light ' th'et tAc,
hall tr(tbilo.lha<oleartedi , it 'out: . . aNd
did .111)14 7 w trumpet fbeeenteepainfitilit
611309129 Th bpd bo3 , 4lwii . ria l itsibe 4 4
Whee,Misii,gilee . leughed t; , c;te! .Is;l9,kelk
up at her'iiiith itaih in his fAmpqt.9,ir
his; hat' and': into 146 kfrie
bt could ;ay operi smite etisatibb
'hingpeg, le i himself*s aerie )03CritingliaLri ,
other Air!,
,now i e i nd - ,le i er c u4l,ite
the • len&
aererreit tor DiedislotAA 1",'4
Ilieit'istir not very old ge_ntleniett s
,ing notlniany milei from Hiakman, who
in .addition to { the fine landed estate-he
possesses, has &most estimable Wife - and
lainily of 'children., He la in the:habit of
replying to matters concerning his do
mestic affair; "Ask the 'old lady." Re
cently a stranger' called, add- 'seems the
fine .lot of youngsters, asked if 'they were
all his children. "Ie replied, "Asie the
told lady. 7 We are informed.he asked no
more. questions.
"Sally," aid a Lilo* to,' a _pi to,
had red. hair, '"keej)- away 'frems in •• yr
you will set me on. flre."
"No dangtrof that, you are tut, green
to burn," replied the pa".
Won't Heat,
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