Tav'4'.. Ori,.to-CitlT, MONTROSE, PA., JAN, 24,,1877. STRENGTH FOR TO-DAY. Sitingth" far to:day is tbat we need; tbere*ill never be A tioniOrrowl , For o-morrow will prove but another Withate measure or joy and sorrow, Then!thy forecast the trials of life With such.ead• and grave peralatenco, And watch and wait for a . croßd of ills That sis yet have no existence ? Strength for to-dap—whet a precious:boon s Per the earnest souls who labor, IPor!thtiwilling bands that minister 'To the needy friend or neighbor. Stringth for,to-day—thit the: weary' hearts In the'battle fin. right May quail not ; As the'eyei bedimmed' with bitter tears, • In their search tor light may fail not Strength for to-dayon the dOwn-hill Track, For tbe travellers - near the valley - Thit up, far up on the other Bide, Ere long they may safely rally. Strength for taday—tbat .our precious youth May happily shun temptation, And build from the rise to the set of sun.. " . 0n a strong and sure foundation. Strength .for to•day--in housO and hour To practice forbearance sWeetly— To scatter kirA words and loving deods, Still trusting in 'God coropletely. • eitrength for today is all that we need, . •,; As there will never be a to-minrow ;, • For to-morrow will prove but another to-day, With its measure of joy sad sorrow. Mrs.DpETt, IN TILE t!idger. IN THE SWING. PBETTY, saucy , Kitty went swinging up and down, her light: muslin ,•dress waving and fluttering in the breeze. - "Glorioni; RuPqt, isn't it ?", ,she• cried, callin'g to her pet and Companion,' a huge baggy dog.' • But where are' you ? Why dotel you • answer, sir?": And swingine more sic. wiy,she looked everywhere around her. , Ititty was :down' at the 'bottom Orthe oldfashioned garden, back of her fa ther's farmhouse, where a' swing Thad been pat up : for her, in,k little, ,grnve.of trees. , Suddenly a merry voice cried-out,'"Here!", and' a handsdnie'young man leaped the fenCe, arid' advanced' • ,toward " 'her, latighing, and doffing-his hats. -••• Kitty .was out of her dwinglind'en , libil feet in an instant, her., eyes. flashingiiher figure dratin up to ita full. height. She„ loOked prettier then, ever in her indig. ; nation. - '' ' • • tl4. ► bee your ,pardon." said the intrnder: Waring; : half mockingly.; "bat I. tak-; ing shortcut across the, field,:.w.hen , heard yOti . call me." "Call poi!" Kitty looked ae it the would annihilate him. • "Certainly," with the utmost coolness. "You called-.Rripert, did•n't'Yoti-?"' , • .was 'calling 'my dog, sir," said-Kitty, witilintinite.hataeur. - ;I"AV ell, I'm not- exactly a dog, was the laughing.answer,'"But I:ve often been called, , fan impudent punpy'---itt your service, , Wss." 'And: he bowed - again ,pre fouridly., "I slaoiild think so," .snapped Kitty, stammfig ,her loot. „And she intit 'Oka to hers ,, lf , not expecting to be heard , "Inipti,aence!" 'The strangerteard the WOrd. nevertlie-, less. ;His beeame • a ehivalroua knight of oldin the presenae 'or his mistress. „ • beg pardon,. l'ai afraid Ym, tres-, , Vtiasing. 'hit the path throngh the field was trodden as if one had the right dr ..way ttlere, and I heard - .you Call—well, , •I made a mistake?' .Again -the mirthful 'l66k danced in his eyes. "Goad morning!” Ile'sWept'the vt;ivgrotiiidWith his hat as •he executed anot her profound bow laid' then turned, , and :putting 'his ''hand 'on the' *top of .the fence; ;vanited-overi and; the' next moment out Bight: 'Kitty did not iSwirg any mere that day,. -but)went, baek to the house, thilftering : "The :im pudent fellow!" while the real Rupert whh had been off chasing a rabn . bit, reappeared. just at this junction, and • abcOMpanied her, tracing and, barking around her. }lnt this was not the Ru pert she meant when she Said "The im pn vi." dent.fello - • - A week passed. Kittv saw no more of the stranger,,,though she often wondered who be could be, and if be ,waastaying,in the neighbOthoOd. ,At.. the, end of that tinieehe attended' an . evening partfat General Stacy's. Almost the first peffon she.saw on entering the room' was the handipme, stranger. •- • "I,Wish,tointroduce you to my nenhew,". said. the General. `leading that Personage up Kitty,, ."Ilis,:naine, by baptism. is P.uOrtifortitner, both° is' eneli•-a E. ti C fellow'that:' he is best ;.known iimong-hts friends is ',that i'mpudent fro-les of the,. , tIVQ• ytiune, people met. Afortimet's, were dancing with run: Forlhe'life Of her, Kitty could not help ' S ,they Jaughed. in concert, , and,he said, bowing Jow,, and, repeat iog the-words he hid used, in ,th,e.. : garden, J. tr+9' tr toys • 1 1 ,4 4.6_ , .1 la • • vice 'lle, , is making sport of =me.'' said' Kitty; to Keriof.a,nd tiros , b„er6eit kalmlitily - ;.. aDdloillieret, she ,wts, co .mod, ‘Confinink nlon9eyllabio repliett:' < Very GOOD; I appear/ince ,of one of her niaill'44t,iiioh; She esetued berSelf, - 4;nd 'won't off lo'd'irOe. bit - ot - a TsrfarTin ryßper Moitinior- c she She telihk; too, miff 'eliniteAW, noble ollaradterl:end: . she oai ) tOcijltt vn Nit, ashave found to my cost. ;ut I'm afraid 'she hal been spoljed 'ad..: niratiOn. To 'et into he:good 'graces ne must go on• -.yerf, knees to ,heri old faith, it. is 'almost' , worth whi!e to do: t. But tiO, Ruperi:_htertimer,. my hoy, keep your self respect.'"rheu, with a. I,tugh,•."ls thy servant a dog, that be ,tibutd do this - thing?" Y...t often that evening Rupert - ound ,•itnself, as if by some magnetic-attracit iirn;:_drawnito Kitty's sill-. Kitty;4l),, 1 .30u1d mot help occasionally- glancing ad r) ntringly at his handsome face and grace = 7 Zit figure.; 'She saw, very soon, thatlie *as 00 - liest dancer in the room: So, Athen a. waltz. struck up, and he asked her join in it, she 'could not resist. -If . 1 don't dance with' -him,"'She-said 1 rn herself, "the other girls will say he -didn't ask me, and that would never do." Kitty had never enjoyed a waltz so "much. She forgot the ridiculous episode in the swing,, forgot the 'strangers cool effrontery, - forgot everything -but the dreamy -music and . rythmical movement of her companion. When the band stop- She Sighed juvoluntarily, wishing it was all' top over again. Balls, ptCnic3, and croquet partitit fol lowed each other in rapid succession, for the summer was a . gay one. Kitty and Young Mr. Mortimer were together al most constantly, Somehoiv Kitty fell in :to the habit of expecting 'Rupert always, Ire her special escort_; and he began to -feel that 1:10 011 a • but he .had a , right to Kitty, ai!d to be very j-alous that others attempted to" pay 'her attentions, As yet, 'however, no words of love had passed be- Aween them ; for'Rupert, now thoroughly enamored, feared to rim all, by, too pre. rmature.an avowt.l,. -especially as pnCe. or ,twice; when he bad Ventured to approach the' subject,. Kitty had 'suddenly grown haughty' and - lcohl. • * A ;final, 'picnic," had been planned- to. close the season,f It proved - a great sne c'eSA. The day passed ,Merrilv on until. •JuiicheOn Ruper(had mind to - have 'a quiet . ramble .With .Kitty, 'after IIISAili411;:afIld .....things went •tO • - speak.of. his love. ; . But, be 'had: counted : withont, his host, for- „When, ,the,runcheon,.. was over, and he'ho 6 ot. lid of .: ,his auht, wlib' had - called him to her 'side 10, bad Full.of jealous • tears, and deter e4 to; fi n d : rival' :was,. he forth through the, woods, to discover. Kitty, He: 'bad not ,Une far before. her ';•fliVterite ;dog. him; liimping•tiad,--harking, Maniftisiink •-thg-kttetitgat:delight atseeing.. bins But- Whsn,lttipfft stopped topat his naniesakei . the'dOg , afirwk ahead, ,then, stopped and. l'phked , "at Rupert, - and them, tili ed isgain'.' - '‘Whitt'ean it mean:?". stiicl.Rnper.t. AI - sudden :feat' seized . something Nat, wrong;: and 11 e-- War- - )thed . op; thedOg.rapidly leasting;.the wAy. c it Opening of the woods,ou, a tness...goVered rock, he** Kitty, pale, quite breath less,' atid apparently• ih- pain. .• In a moment he was , -her aide.- •All is,:jralogsy whs.! gone:. Love was upper ' most. : "O, • ; . , 'my h,y darling," he cried, ,"what is Fit?' Thaick - 'lleliven„, I .haVe:;found you.": • "Oh, Mr.-slortirner,": she' cried, with' a sob, glad lam to' see -you; I began thinkt I should. have to stay .her -al! .• nightalone. sprained . my ankle, so I. can't walk. • _What' shall I do r aud she btirst. into•teare: • • --,Ohr . hero tOdle both . the• little hands' in lamowin , -lel& them tightly, while he u 4 tisp.tie4: an,xtously. : -:as• ta,the'acci , den . t,' , . - A telating, , VA., how he found "But bOw," exclaimed Kitty, ruefully, Wlkau.ire had done,- "how am- r ever 'to getback,?. I don't believe I can ikalk rt•P• l j "0f course you can't.. Who- said, that yoit ?'' cried Rupert. "But you'll. ,get , back qtright; all the sanie, for 141- tend, to carry vou."' - ; ‘ . ‘,Oarry . int• f' Kitty give a litle scream, 'and shrank hick, and, covered, her fact H for she -felt the hot blood iii °her cheeks. —• "Oh; o ! , that.will never do;" she blun dered .atit, .unthiakingly. "What will pev,le,sayl" • • Buf,ltupert did not stop to reply to. thiS question'. Very., little be cared what the,people said.' Withont a word, be Put his arms about'Hitty, lifting her bodily' from her feet, and walked off withher as if she had.been a feather. At first Kitty struggled a little; but. :the strong, manful arms ; bold her close. and she soon began 'rather to like it and to, think it all , very 'delightful. "At_any rate," she said •to -liersf•lf, "I i. Can% help it; he is too masterful to re .l • - • . ' WithihiS comforting conclusion, her fair head sank on - his shoulder, awl for the ,ttrsta titne*irf her life Kitty k.netir w hal it was ,to be supi emely llappy... Rupert curried hitt,lovely burden, to hie own: phaeton, which .stood apart from the crOVidYand 'carefully placed Kitty in it. “There, now;” he ctied, - "I shall ttik. you.. home immediately,- -and- stop for it 'doctor on the --way.. .Ilobody can - drivt, ;yob; with such Jittle, pain ai I:cau," hr adOed, seeing She was, about to, object . , , "Resides lon must -begin to Obey me En -, ~.. , ~ to frt-i vri - t , r hay din for . vot-are ~i iii. ~b . .• • . - P ~ " b' 1- 'ltio be..tri7 ivite, you know." ,-,.. ~ . . H `''Your. wife,!".cried Kitty . .. She gavel! -,poiit'anct 'a' togs Of hPr . head, but sip, blushed, Mid not with atter'either. Yes : . tilt bed ; to the .tips of her'dainty'ehri. :"Of couree,",. retorted -.Robert; as h. 1 , steeped softly _into the . , ,phapton„ and tools 14 Oil beilieile hei, - 1 - 60kinghalf saucily ; lilfliindl'inilti7 lief- Vyee' - ' which - 01 h. - NS ~..4iBF t . 'Tire imatii if F fAI "'along. kPi d9' 45 9 t.f. 1'. , . J.... 1 7'T "i 41 ' , 7 r t ' l ;I , ', ty 1-r; t; l ' " , ,;':! 1 1 iillYl Y ( M t tiAtles.4l4 . I#°*lloollo44l ca pnvpy' I ever saw !":retorted _Kitty, bort. ing into laughter in spitiOf *Self: 80, for all: that; `.i3he' did, repuliik the:kiss wit!) which,- before atarting,.Ru pert it neciasair to. fortify.him-, self for the journey. What more is there to tell ? Very little. For Kitty and Rupert were married early in tne autumn,. and were superlatively : , happy; Ton% you know," said Rupert,. one day, "that it was the: merest accidenttbat we came to know - each other ? I had come to my .uncle's fora _ single night only, wnen I saw you in the swink, and . my whole life was changed. I fell in love at first sight, and resolved to stay and mike your acquaintance, even if it took all gunmen" "So I owe all my happiness, answered Kitty, archly, "to my faithful dog—dear phl iellow-irbeing off guard that- after noon." "And to an 'impudent puppy' coming along,' retorted Rupert, with sties, "just in the nick of time, and taking his place." Just In Time. . "What on earth' s the mattter, - man ?" It:Was my old friend, .Viviaw Vincent, %Am I so accosted,- after two years of abEerce. , "YOu look like a ghost," I added. "And feel like one," he answered, "and . nos-a very jolly ghost at that.' "Alas ! poor ghost 1" _ • Badinage apart, a mOre.doleful looking object than Vivian, It would be difficult to imagine. In place of the merry rollick ing companion Whorri I had parted.with a couple years before, I - .found but a dis mal shadow, a residtim of woe; a man re duced to his own diegS.. "What . can have happened?" I asked. "I expected to find you the most blissful of •benetlicts- instead of 'looking like a flounder on• dry_ land: . Why, it seemed only a question of time. between you and _(jOnstance Vere two.years ago." "That_ is past said 'Vivian dia• con solately. • "What ?—have - you quarreled ?" `'She loves: another.". "'ire you sure ?" "Lhave taxed ber with it, and she does • not deny it." "What girl of spirit would ?" But - Vivian Was - in no moiAl to be corn foged. He ha , 4 made up his mind to be Miserable; and. miserable he accordingly His'rival, or thO man be "accounted as such, was' Mortimer Grandis6n, a wealthy -widower, fis.be claimed to.. be; and a new comer in the place, whose stylish' appear anceand faultless manners speedily placed him on the best of . 'sociai footing, and a - ,teneral setting of cap4 .. iii hid direction. ; . - Mr, Grandison behaved ...with courtesy to all, but , to Constance. Vere his atten- dons were iiarticular—so much so that otht-ra notiqed them, and his name and hers began to be coupled in a' way that would have roust-d the pas inns' of a fay less jealous lover than Vivian Vinbent. He. expostulated . with ~ C onstance, who in turn asserted her 'independence.'The ; result Was . a quarrel whiali•neither be -the first: to offer ..to' . - a6eommothite