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The Bridal Wine-Glass.
Pledge with wine pledge with
for this once,' said the Judge in a low
tone, going towards his daghter, 1 the
company expect it ; do not so seriously
sinter death is there. Death and no see if their prey had doubled on his
soft hand, no gentle voico to bless and track ; nod others sulkily and indignant
soo'.he him. His head Moks back ! one with the result of their useless chase,
'ido,' ciied the youog and thoughtless conTI1is;.a shudder I aud he is dead 1 " came back muttering angrily or swear
Harvey Wood ; pledge with wine, ran proan thr0h ,he assembly, ing, with many violent oaths, that the
through tho brilliant crowd. so vivid washer description, so unearth, would have him yet. One policeman,
The beautiful bride grew pale the ,uMoni . imsrit-ed her manner a well fed fellow with a ctimson face
decisive hour had come. She pressed tnt. .. sj,0 described, seemed ac. made quite a hero to himself hy assert
her white hands together, nod the leaves tiuy Xo naVe taken place then and J ing that he knew the fellow, and would
of the bridal wreath trembled on ber ., TWn untied also that the I trip him before sun-down. There was a
pure brow ; her breath came quicker, bridegroom had his face in his hands good deal tf sympathy for the gentle
her heart beat wider. ., ., w.pyiW. man who had lost his pocket-handker
Yes Marion, lay aside your scruples , n j sno yepeated aain, her lips chief, but bone that I could hear for the
quivering faster, and her voice more and pool, degraded wretch who had pur
more broken ; ' and there they scoop -neu " a piaciu voice my ci
him a erave : and there, without a bow uttered the following words, appa.
infringe upon the rules of etiquette ; in 8vroU(i tnev uv n;m down in that damp, rcnlly in soliloquy
your own home act as yon please, but recfcin(, earth. The only son of a proud " Well, I may be wrong, hut I some.
in mine, for this once, please uie. lather, the only, the idolised brother of how hope they won't catch him."
Every eye was turned towards the fon(j g;ster nd he sleeps to.day in I turned in surprise, and I confronted
bridal path, Marion's principles were that dj9tant country, with no stone to our grocer, on whose Bteps I ha? sought
well known, tisnry had Deen a convi. mM tne ppot. There he lies my Uhclter from the crowd, which at such
vialist, but of late his friends noted the father' t lon my own twin brother) a moment, could not be expected to
change in his manners, tho difference victim to this deadly poison. Father,'! think much of the safety of a woman
in Ins habitsana to.night they watch- Hv. Iclaimed. turninu suddenly, while Our grocer was a portly man, with a
d him to see, aa they sneeringly said, the tearg raiud de wn her beautiful shining bald head, fringed by a ring of
if he was tied down to a woman's apron cbeeks 1 father shall I driuk it now ?' white hair, like the tonsure of a Roman
S3 Soon. I Th form of the old JuoVe was COD.
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Pounng a brimming besker, they TUised ;th agony. He raised not his
held it with tempting smiles towards J j, but in a smothered voice he fal.
Marion. She was still very pale, though tered ' no no, my child, in God's
more composed ; and her hand shook I name D0.'
not, as smiling back, he gracefully ac. ghe lifted the glittering goblet, and
cepted the crystal tempter, and raised letting it fall to the floor, it was dashed
it to her lips. Uut scarcely bad she : , .housand nieces. Manv a teartul
those regions, and not an everyday af
fair I can tell you. They went of Mow
ly, as I thei-M lh'e ould. Now and
then some onte would come in for s
pound, and once I sold half ot the smal
lest one to a woman who wanVed it filt
er Sunday dinner. She was to pay me
on Monday morninsr, but she nvnr did
for on SWday nirht her husband killed
her with a rum bottle, and thy took
i Catholic priest, and wearing at the mo
ment a Holland apron and a short, blue
jacket.
' Yes'm " I went on, " I really hope
the miserable, starved.looking creature
will get off.
" Then you don't believe he picked
the gentleman's pocket," said I.
tier body pst tny shop with it poor nn, b;j it in the ash box heyand the
head all beaten out of ohape and bloody corner. Ye'll t nd ft there, if ye look ;
" Andsothehaiushuna thcrethroujih lin, sure ve'll not fetuse a sup of whis.
tne summer and uirousjn the tali, and key for the Viiformation T "
quitr on into the winter. I o.ve the old creature what she
" It Was just as the December nights wanted, hurried her out of the shoo and
began to grow long and dark and cold, pt up the shutters, growing angrier
mai i noucra a new policemen on our every moment
beat a young handsomo looking fellow, ,, if ;t ;s the policeman I'll make
with very bright eyes, but With such him pay dearly f)t it." s I slunk alone
thin cneexs and hands, althouch lie
seemed to he powerfully builtand made
for a rather stout man, that T could not
help watching him, and wondprinz
Whether he had been ill or not. The
first time that I noticed him was about
SUnset, and he passed and repassed my
window a doten times, looking all the
while straight at those hams, which
dangled from the frame of the awning
I hope he means to buy one,' I said to
my wife, as we sat together over the tea
table ; ' and t shouldn't Wonder if he did
done so, when every hand was arrested Lye watched her movement, and instan. " I'm alraid its only too tf tain that
by her piercing exclamation of ' Oh how taneously every wine glass was transfer- he did, ma'am," said the mat), shaking
terrible! ' red to the marble tiible on which it had his head. " lie looked straight at me
'What is it?' cried ouc and sll I been prepared. Then as she looked at I ss he passed, and he had hungry, des.
thronging together ; for she had slowly the fragments of crystal, she turned to perate eyes that looketh like theft, and
carried the glass at arms length, and the company, saying, 1 let no friend murder too, for that matter.
was fixedly regarding it as though it hereafter, who loves me, tempt me to " And yet you wish him to eSaape
were some hideous object. ncril mv soul for wine. Not firmer nre when be has broken the laws of the
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1 Wait,' she answered, while an in- the everlasting hills than my resolve, land, and will probably do so again? "
spired light shone from her dark eyes, God helping me, never to touch or taste " God forbid that I should help to
4 wait, and I will tell you.' I sec,' she that terrible poisou. And he to whom break the laws," said the old grocer,
added, slowly, pointing one jewelled fin. 1 1 have given my hand who watched " Good men made them, and they ate
eer at the sparkling ruby liquid ' a over mv brother's dvios form in that right : but there are other laws that I
sight that beggars all description ; and last solemn hour, and buried the dear read in my old Bible on Sunday nights
yet listen I will paint it for you if I wanderer there bv the river in that land that seem to be as binding. One of
ean. It is a lonely spot; tall mountains I nf gold, will, I trust, sustain me in that them is ' Do unto others as you would
rowneJ with wtdure rise in awful sub- resolve will you not, my husband?' that others should do unto you;' and
limity around ; a river rune through, ad I His glistening eyes, his 6ad, sweet another, 'Love thy neighbor as thy
bright flowers grow to the water s edge. sm;ie
was her answer. The Judge left self. When I remember these words
There is a thick, warm mist, that the the room and hen an hour after he re-1 1 think that you may be too hard with
sun seeks mainly to pierce. Trees, turned, and with a more subdued man. poor sinful fellow-being, and not go
lofty and beautiful, wavo to the airy ner took part in the entertainment of the beyond the limits of the law either,
motion of birds; but there a group of bridal guests, no one could fail to read " That rich gentlemon who had h
Indians gather ; they flit to and fro with that he, too, had determined to banish pocket preked, will go home to a fine
something liko sorrow upon their darx the enemy at once, and forever from his dinner and a bottle of wine, no doubt
brows. And in their midst lies a manly princely home. nd the wretch of a thief may have
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form but hu cheek how deathly, his Those who were present at that wed. crust ot btvoad and a glass of burning
ye wild with the fitful fire of fever, ding, can never forget the impressions gin, if ho can sell ot pawn what he stole
One friend stands beside him nay, I so solemnly made many from that for enuogh to get them, somehow, if
should say kneels ; for see, he is pillow-
tne that poor head upon his breast.
Genius in ruins oh ! the high, holy.
looking brow ! why should death mark
it ? and he so vounir. Look how he
throws back the damp curls ! see him
clasp his hands! bear his thrilling
shrieks for life ; mark how he clutches
at the form of his companion, imploring
to be saved. Oh 1 hear him call pito-
hour forswore the social glass-.
The Grocer's Story
Ours was a quiet street at most times
a lazy, shady place, where the green
blinds were forever closed, and where
there was so little passing that spears
couldn't have him hunted down to-night
I vow I wouldn't.
" Still, ? don't blame those young fel
lows : I'd have been as furious in the
chase as any of 'cm years ago ; but
learnt a lesson once that I never have
forgotten, and hope I never may. I was
a young man, and a poor one then, an
little
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ousit ois lamer b name uiiu (. . . . .
i , . , . . . soft green moss. A very quiet place at
u.B uugcrn logcu.r .....v , ai,(,,mn after.
nf imai crrew lipr and there between
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th fltoslnnAfl. iinrl thp fitnnft eurhri or I J
th. iron railed areas were fringed with BhoP kceP toT liU,e fami,y- li WM 0D,J
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dj pincniog ana saving, ana seeping
lis sister his only sister the twin of
tive land
1 See !' she exclaimed, while the par
shrank back, the untasted wine trtm
line in their faltering grasp, and the
Judge fell, overpowered, upon his seat
' see ! his arms are lifted to heaven
sharp look out for every bargain, that
managed it at all.
" We lived in a shabby direct, an
had only very poor customers. A lo
of bread, a quarter of a pound of butter,
and two ounces of black tea was quite
an order, and most of those who came
wanted trust.
" As for luying in fine fruit or 7egeta.
bles, I never thought of such folly.
" More than I cm tell ye." she sn-
swered. Hut f think it's a policeman,
no less, the blackguard."
" A poVcpman," I cried, snd I a'
once thought of the man I had sesn
s'arinsr at my hems.
" It's foo dark to see his face," shp
answered. Hut I caught the shine of
a star on the coat he has on. and who
iver it was took a ha from Your opes
the sidewalk to the corner, keeping in
shadow all the way, and when I stood
by the light of the lump, close by, that
the ham was there, wrapped in some
thing which looked liko a handkerchief,
I bit my lips and clenched my hands
With race. Had it bcett a common
thief I should not so much have miuded ;
but a policeman 1 It was more than I
could stand. So I crouched myself in
a doorway and waited. The watch
were relieved at twelve o'clock :
knew that, and I dew alio that this
me tor a mo
ment like a wild thing, and then all of
a sudden dropped the ham and fell
down in a helpless sort rjf a heap upon
the ground.
" I'm a ruined man ! " he groaned
' ft rilinpd man . thut-A d nn TiaKa 4n
.wjw
noon a strange cry sounded through it,
which awakened all its echoes, and cal.
led curious faces to the doors and win
dows.
"Stop thief 1 Btop thief! "
The strong voice of a policeman ut.
tered the Cry at first, and the shrill treble
v u ;ui- f, mo,,! hot w w "J l "J f
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fever rushes throueh his veins, ihe --- diamonds would nave oeen as salable in
friend beside him is weeping; awe- ,fuU deep. CbrU8' , . . Ait part of the city, where waskerwo
stricken, the dark men move silently Pck of hounds-a sound jou migni men ,nd the poorest ,lboring men wm
away, and leave the litis, and dvine 0a " "J alB"Dce' nowev" the aristocracy
toeether. ignorant you were of the language, to be ' Horn and then, when a foreign ship
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There wa a nuso to that Dnnceiv -nc crj u wc m..M.u&. cimc 10 porv who a iuau 01 ruinea pine-
esrlor, broken only by what seemed a Policemen with their Clubs, errand apples, or decayed oranges, I bought a
smothered sob from some manly bosom, boys with bundles, balers With basketn 0t of these, and charging next to noth
The bride stood yet upwrieht, with on their arms, young gentlemen j-Xst re- tag, sold them easily enough. Although,
quivering lip, and tears stealing to the I leased from the academy close at hand, I 0wn my wife used to say the misera-
outward edge of her lashes. Her beau- and ragged urchins, wnose scnooi nouse ble babiea, who tolled about the gutters,
tiful arm had lost its tensbu, and the was the gutter, all joined together in the died off faster after every stock of dam.
glass, with its little troubled red waves hot pursuit, snd followed the miserable ged foreign fruit I sold in the old shop,
came slowly towards this range of her object with bare, begrimmed feet and acd I'm afraid that she was right.
vision. She spoke again, every lip was hatless head, that flitted along before Well, as I told you, I struggled along as
mute. Her voice was slow and faint, them with speed which only fear could best I aight, and after a tihile things
yet awfully distinot ; she still Axed her lend to one so worn and wretched a began to improve, and I began to have
orrowintr glance upon the wine cup. peed which kept the crowd a long way viBious ol a clean store in a good street,
It is evening now ; the great White on, auu uumwsi oi ou purau- when I laid down to rest at night.
, v i n nir.t tor Dream. no. n i
mann is nominf HB ana 118 VOUU J "r I oi " J " ucau iu
.Bn nnT,Ufar.npad. He moves not i Thev were out of Mght in a moment, market I brouht home half a dozen
his eyes are set in their sockets ; dim are but in a little while tho cry was heard hams and hung them up about the door,
V:- r -1 AAa . X VT- I tnai tne IU1U1 u ivuu mem. lUU I mnrA (nd ahtiw thnn ftnvthinv a an fni
WO I .A. it tkBAaarl itl.i,i .1. A . I. a.ma. .1
friend whispers the nsmc of father snd 1 some enongs. ... , hn)1t wnre holiday dinner in
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ror ne seems to nave iaen quite a uncy wouid be the time when my policeman
f .1.1
fttn frnm nut
" But the evening passed, and though 0f hiilna olaco. And sure enough
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i saw nira evory now ana men on mo wben the time came I heard him chal
omer siae oi me way, loosing across jCD e the tean who WM t0 take h;8
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wnn nis ongus eyes siraigni at me placC and como m.hiog down toward
hams, he did not come in or speaic to the corner. I let him get the ham well
me on the subject. And so I made up under his arm befofh I slit-red, but then
my mmd that he would send tor it in pouDOoa upon bim like a tiger.
me morning, aim auuienow maue sure oi j;vc got JQU j .. j crie(j prett
it that whenever I saw a deecat lookihg poliCBUlan J0li are Jndeed) bnt you hhM
woman go oy aim a oad oa ner arm, mf fof k L u 8uffcr f .
l saia, imai s me policeman a wire CQQ te voU
com.uganeriuco.ui. a nus uiiaiuKcn, i IT9stru,lnd with n f,
however, snd alter the street lamps
were lighted that night I began to see
the man pacing up and down, with his
eyn still fixed as they had been the
night previous upon the hams. Once
he caught the beeping at him, and then
he turned so red and looked at mo with
such a wolfish glitter in his eyes, that I
grew angry and said to myself, It's
well that keeping unsalable articles isn't
a crime in this country, for it it was I
should expect to be arrested So I
gave him back his look, turned oh my
heel and walked back into shop. 1 did
not see him again that night ; but long
alter everything had been taken in and
locked up, and I was snug in bed, I
heard a tramp, tramp, tramp, upon the
the pavement, and koew it was the new
policeman, and that he a.i looking at
the hooks where the hams hung, as well
as though I had seen him.
" On the third evening he was there
again ; that, you may say, was no won
der, for it was his duty to be upon that
beat and no other; but it was curious
that he should keep on starins at those
hams with those bright, woifinh eyes of
his. I didn't like it, though I could
hot have said why. A vessel had been
wrecked at sea about that time, and an
extra, with the late t news of the disas
ter, came out that evening. I bought
a paper and sat down behind the coun
ter to read it. It was a stormy niht
and but few customers came in, aud
those were easily served, and somehow
between reading and thinking, time
passed oo, until the clock 61 ruck eleven,
and I had not yet taken in my goods or
put op my shutteis.
"Just as I was about to do so, (in
me now ; Oh my God ! my wife my
poor little wife ! " and Le burst out cry
ing, like a woman.
The sight softened me, but I waS no
gry still.
" You should have thought of that
before you became a thief," I said. " If
the guardian of a man's property is not
to be trusted, what is to become of him ?
And you look like a gentleman you
do not seem like a scouudrel, how have
you stooped to do such a thing as this?"
He was standing beside me now, and
tne ump nbt ten on his lace, it was
white as any corpse's and his eyes glit
tered terribly.
" I'll tell you what made mo do it,"
he said, " It was the only thing which
could have driven me to act like that ;
my wife and children are starving I
tell you; and I had nothing for them."
Polieetbao's families do not ofieri
starve," I said with a sneer.
" My God ! can't yot believe me? I
have only been appointed three days;
I have not received a cent of salary yet.
I have been ill a long while, and had
neither money nor credit. Last night
we went to bed supperless ; to day
there has not been a crust in the house,
aud those hams tempted me so. You
can never know how awfully they
tempted me, and I meant to pay you af
terwards." He covered his face With his hands,
fact I had already put my hand tinon D1 1 00,11,1 dripping
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tha first n ee of th. nnf.r A, "ugn nis unpers, ana oeiore I Knew
opened and an old woman came in. lt m3 "n cheeki were moi8t D1 80 we
She was a sottish, miserable creature. 8tood i,eDt' with the ham ,yin8 between
"I .a
known Shout the place aa Irish Kale. on tne gr0lni-
and with her red nose and bleared eves At Ia8f he turned towar1 mc ani1 6aid
' Tako it horiio to your Wife,'' I said.
" yon'll r-B.y me wheb you get your sa'i
ry, and if you nre in need before that
come to tne-. I'm a poor man myself
(1 I enn feel for other poor meti.
I shall never forget that man's face
ii all my life, so wondering, so thanki
fill and so swr-strioken. All he raid
was ' God bless you,' but thcro ws a
whole sernioti in those Wotd, end I
lept better for them.
On Christmas night he paid me every
cent, and from that day until I left the
Vieiphliorhood dealt with mo regularly.
Hut times grew so much better that I
took a store in a good street at the oth
er end of the town, and one way snd
another saw no more of my policeman
for three good years.
One nieU, juet such a night as that
oh which I first SAW hi ill staring on the
hahi3, 1 was awakened long after mid
night by the cry of fire. I started up
td hoc the flames through the floor, and
to know tho store down stairs was all
afire. The stairs were on fire also, add
when, as I opened the entry door the
hot air rushed in and almost smothered
me, I gave up all hope of getting my
poor wife and holpless lit tie ones out of
that burniug building alive and safe.
I was so faint snd ill from the accident)
ytu &cc, that I hadn't all my wits about
roe, and believed there was no one mis
sing. My blood ran cold, when my
wife, clasping her hands, and with an
awful look upon her face, screamed :
" Our little Lucy, our little Lucy ii
left behind."
She had slept with our hired girl
since her little baby brother was bortij
and the woman in her fright had for.
gotten her little one. Thtre she was at
the top of that burning building, out of
the reach of auy human holp ; it seem
ed to hie as I looked up at the walls, a
great red and yellow sheet of flame;
with blue gleams here and there, as
though devilish heads were peeping ont
and grinning at us. Still, hopeless a
it was, I should have gone back into
the burning house and saved my bad
or died with her if I had been able to
stand. No one else would venture. It
would hi a foolish sacrifice of life they
said, for no doubt the child was already
smothered by the smoke, and though, I
raved and pleaded and made wild prom,
iscs they shook their henia and only
bade me hare patience.
" Patience ! " I thought that I was
going mad as the face of my little girl
wy sweet, pretty pet rose Up before
me. But just then a tall man dashed
through the crowd and came towards
and bloated limbs, was as ugly a figure
as any one ever cast eyes on. ' Anoth.
er diam, I suppose,' I said to myself
going behind the bar at once, for I wan
td to get rid of hur as soon as possible.
T .. . ft ,
iui bob, io my surprise, came close np
to me, aud put her great red paw upon
my arm.
I ve made a diskivery, mister," she
" Do what you like with me the last
hope is gone "
But I put my hand on his arm and
said, God forbid that I should take
that last hope from you, that I, of all
men should be the one to tuin you. If
your story is true aud I believe it is
I pity you more than I blame you."
He looked at me in a sort cf bewild
srd. " You've not been keebittg as Cred way, as though he scarcely under
bright a lookout as ye should J there's stood me, and I took him by the arm
been a tbaie at work without this bles. and led him back to the shop. There
8e1 0,Sut- I filled a basket with bread and butter
mi tniet r j a.iti. - a0lJ eoffoC; d put hm on top f
mo.
" Quu k ! " he shouted, " which room
is the child ic-sptak quickly-wbich
room ? "
The back one on tho upper floor,"
I groaned, and he dashed away front
ue, parting tho throng with his strong
arras, and in another moment I caw hint
mountiug the ladder. I heard them
calling him td come back, bidding him
him beware, and speaking of him as
though he were dead already. But be
never heeded them, and as I saw him
hidden by the black smoke which pour,
ed frotii the Window, I covered my face
and prayed that the angels Who Walked
in the firey furnaco might go with
him.
" Perhaps they did. Something ttrom
ger that an earthly thing must have
been there, for in a few minutes th y
seemed years to me then we saw h'm
coming down tho ladder with somothing
in his arms. ' The burnt body of my
child, perhaps,' I thought, but as ho
came closer I saw that it was my own
laughing, living darling, with her blue
eyes open and her little arms about his
heck.
" Tho roof fell in tho next moment,
but my treasure was safe and that was
all I cared tor.
" What shall I say or do to thank
you," I said, as I grasped his hand;
" I'm a ruined man, and I can only give
you my blessing ; but let mo know your
name."
" Have you forgotten me ? don't
remember me ?" ho said, as he Wuc
over me. " Look again."
" I did ; and I saw a pair of bri-tit
gray eyes, a face I know, and somothiuj
rlittrriiij r n his hrr-sst And theeen,-