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that I know be can put me out of the
house at any time If I should happen to
displease him. I tell you, Margaret.that
man Is capable of anything, lie does
not care a fig what any one says or
thinks. He follows his own whims. I
got so vexed that I started off with the
very scantiest of leave-taking. And
what do you think he Is going to do V"
the lady concluded, taking a seat by her
cousin's sofa, and becoming a little more
friendly, sluce Bhe had the opportunity
of 'venting her anger on some one else.
" lie Isn't coming here)'" exclaimed
Miss Fairfield.
" How could you know?" said the
lady, pettishly, vexed at the other's pen
etratlon. " Yes, he Is coining here, and
what for the Lord's only knows. I be
lieve hint to be Insane. He certainly
doesn't cure anything about me; and as
to Clarence, he really seemed to take a
dislike to him, though the boy took
every pains to please him. He does like
Mr. Burkhardt, but I don't imagine he
is sufficiently In love with him to cross
the ocean In order to see him. He has
absolutely no other friend here. It Is
the greatest piece of folly."
"When will he come J"' Miss Fair
field asked, rather wondering at the ex
cessive annoyunce which the proposed
visit caused Mtb. Rurkhardt.
"Oh, In a month or two; and per
haps sooner."
" He may be more amiable when he
gets here," the cousin said, desiring to
soothe. " I don't see how he can go
away without giving you the house."
" He will be hateful I" exclaimed the
lady, rising to pace the floor. " I al
most wish some accident may prevent
his coming." Glancing at the invalid
as she spoke, and seeing the look of as
tonishment on her face, she added fret
fully. "You don't understand at all,
Margaret. Of course I do not want to
displease him seriously, and every hour
that I spend In his company I am In
danger of doing so. He Is opinionated,
eccentric, and suspicious, and I have to
hold myself In as I would hold a horse
that wants to run away. I am sure he
sees me fretting, and is delighted by It.
How can I feel secure that I may not
fling out something that will enrage
hiniy"
" To be sure," was all the reply the
other could think of."
Here Jeanette,Mrs. Burkhardt'smaid,
put her head In at the door to ask where
the lady would have her supper.
" Why, we may as well have it here,"
she replied.glancing round the pleasant,
airy sitting-room. " It is the only well
aired room in the house. The dining
room is like a vault. And, Jeanette,
will you ask Mr. Burkhardt and Mr.
Clarence to come here V'
The other two came in presently, the
young man greeting his mother's cousin
somewhat carelessly, then sitting down
by a window and sulkily whistling out
into the night while he waited for sup
per. Mr. Burkhardt was a fine looking
man, blonde, and with a pleasant face.
Looking at him, one perceived where
the son got his fair hair, blue eyes, and
fresli complexion. The gentleman,
though like the others a little out of
temper at the lack of preparation for
their coming, gave the invalid a polite
and friendly greeting, and did what
neither of the others bad done, asked
for her health, and how she had got
along during their absence. She, also,
had for him a different welcome.
" I am glad to see you back," she said,
with a smile of real pleasure.
"Well, I declare, I am complimented,"
exclaimed the wife, with a laugh which
was not very mirthful, .'Cousin Mar
garet Is glad to see you back, but she
ouly expressed herself astonished to see
me."
Miss Fairfield colored, and was silent.
Bhe couldn't say that a pleasant greet
ing was likely to call forth a pleasant re
ply. Supper coming in created a diver
sion, and by the time It was over their
rooms were ready for the trevelers.
When the invalid was alone, Mrs.
Conners came to her room again a min
ute. " It is my opinion she'sgot her la
bor for her pains," she whispered.
"She's come home as cross as two
sticks."
" Hush sh sh I" whispered Miss
Fairfield, glancing fearfully toward the
door. The reign of terror had begun
again, and she was longer the grand
lady.
There was another arrival in Saxon
that evening, but the comers were ex
pected, and came with smiles on their
faces. When the Bound of carriage
wheels was beard at the gate of the Wil-
sob cottage, Charles Wilson ran down
the garden walk to give his brother and
sister welcome, and Hits Meeta came
out and met them on the piazza, giving
each a hearty kiss.
" Where'ls mamma " exclaimed the
bride, in alarm, noting not only her
mother's absence, but a certain quiet
and lownees of speech in the two
others.
" Mamma is not very well," Meeta
said gently." She has been in bed since
yeBterduy. I think it is nothing but a
cold."
1 Come right up and see her, Eu. ,
gene," cried the youn wife. going hastl-
ly toward the stairs. But her sister
stopped her.
" Not now, Anne. She was asleep
when I came down, and it might give
her a start. She had some headache this
afternoon, and I want to keep her as
quiet as possible."
While speaking, Meeta exchanged a
quick glance with her brother-in-law.
' Yes, Anne," he said Immediately, "we
will wait until after supper. You should
never startle one who is sick with the
headache."
The young wife looked from her sister
to her husband, then turned to her
brother who was standing by. "Charles,
what is the matter with mamma V" she
asked. The boy hesitated and looked to
Meeta to answer.
" Come Into the parIor,;Anne,and I'll
tell you all about it," her sister said
cheerfully. " It is nothing to be fright
ened at. Only don't let mamma hear us
talking in the entry."
Clinging to her husband's arm, Anne
Thayer went Into the parlor and sat
down, pale and trembling, overcome by
a terrible presentiment of trouble.
" Now see how foolish she Is," Meeta
said laughingly, pattlnir, then kissing
her sister's palo cheek. "Don't come
home with such a face as that. Mamma
has taken cold and is a little feverish;
and, instead of letting her go about the
house in a miserable manner, half sick
and half well, I insisted upon her going
to bed yesterday. I was in hopes that
Bhe would be able to be up when you
came home, and so was she; but Bhe is
not. She is probably going to have a
short run of fever; but that Is nothing
to make you look so frightened, Anne."
" Let us see her right away," urged
the younger sister. "Go up and find
out if she is awake. I can't be content
till I see her."
" Well, since you are so silly," Meeta
said, smiling. " But first let me take
off your bonnet."
" No ; Eugene will," said the bride.
1 Go now."
" O Eugene, I feel dreadfully 1" she
exclaimed the moment her sister had
left the room. " Something is going to
happen." And she leaned against his
bosom and burst into tears. The shock
from her joyful coming home had been
too sudden.
He soothed her as a loving young hus
band might, took off her bonnet and
shawl, kissed, coaxed, and tried to re
assure her.
" Mamma Is awake," Meeta said, com
ing down. " But she won't allow you
to come up till you have had your sup
per. She told me to bid you welcome
home."
" I can't eat a mouthful till I have
seen her," sobbed the bride.
1 Now do be reasonable, dear," her
husband urged tenderly. " If your
mother has any fever, it is not prudent
for you to go into the room both tired
and fasting. She understands that per
fectly. I will go if you wish it ; but I
won't allow you to go till you have
eaten. See, now, I begin to play the
tyrant." And he fondly smoothed the
hair that was ruffled against his breast.
" Well, do you go," she said, " and
tell mamma that I am glad to get home
again, and that I won't be kept from
her ten minutes longer. Go aud see
just how she is." To be Continued.
What Was His Occupation ?
"E3, sir," remarked Smartington,
X " I can tell a man's occupation
in five minutes by talking to him. He's
sure to let it ont in some way can't
keep silent about business he's interest
ed in."
"Don't say so," remarked his friend
Crank, as they both settled themselves
upon the top of a White Mountain stage
coach. "Well, now, here's this new
comer, he in the straw hat and specta
cles, that's going to ride beside us, sup
pose you try him."
"All right, my boy, he's an easy one
by his looks."
When the stranger had settled himself
in his seat, proffered a cigar, which was
accepted, and lighted his own, Smarting
ton began : "Mighty fine cigars, sir :
got 'em in Boston V"
"Yes ; some Judge Gray, of the Su
preme Court, gave me just before I
started."
Smartington winked athis companion
"You gentlemen of the legal profes
sion, always use a good article of that
kind."
"The article is a good one, but I am
not in the legal profession," replied he
or the straw hat.
"Oh, beg pardon. Splendid mornlug
this for a stage coach ride, isn't It?"
"Yes, but much better for a tramp
through the country."
"Then you like a good walk. And I
suppose you are used to itdon't mind
fatigue, eh?"
"Oh, no," said straw hat: "I've walk
ed hundreds of miles; rode, too, on
horseback, as well as on muleback,"
"Where did you ever walk most?"
(Smart eyed him sharply; he couldn't
be a tramp.)
"Down south during the war."
"Indeed 1 Did you ever see any of
the Union generols."
'Certainly," said the stranger, smll-
ing ; "knew Burnslde well. He's a
good pedestrian himself. Little lMill.
Sheridan, too ; he looks better on horse
back than on foot. Sheridan 'b ride, you
know. I was at Winchester. Fight
ing Joe Hooker's a splendid fellow;
with him in two campaigns ; rides well,
walks well, talks well."
"Ah, then you're a soldier, I see,"
Bald Smart decidedly.
"Oh, no, slrl I wish I had been one,
but I never shouldered a gun in my
life."
Smart looked a little disappointed as
his friend nudged him and gaveachuckle
at his Becond failure, but he returned to
the charge again.
'I suppose business and amusements
will be lively this fall."
'Yes, there's every indication of
heavy freights from West to East this
fall. I think Vanderuilt will try to
make some change in his lines that
will require fresh combinations East.
He is more rctielent about his plans
than Tom Scott ; I'd rather talk with
Scott ten minutes than Vanderbllt half
an hour, as fur as information's con
cerned." "Well, which, on the wholo, do you
railroad men think Is tlnablest,Scott or
Vanderbllt?"
"Well, I knew the old Commodore
better than Scot, although I always
found the latter very sound and practi
cablebut bless you, I'm not a railroad
man," said the new-comer, laughing.
"Indeed I then I suppose you don't
object to the stage as a traveling convey
ance." "No, not in this part of the country
nor the dramatic stage, as an amuse
ment at home."
"Nor I ; though I prefer a good Shak-
speiian play to the variety show and
burlesque the present day don't yon?"
"Generally ; though both may be en
joyed," Bald the straw hat wearer.
"But you certainly have seen Edwin
Booth, Barrett,and McCullough,haveu't
you?"
"Oh, yes ; know'em well : and Forrest
and the elder Booth, Charles Keen, elder
Vandenhofr, Macready and others, such
as Gus Brooke, Gustavus Vaughn
Brooke, you know aud Jim Murdock,
an excellent Hamlet, now a reader
Why, I've helped Brooke dress and
make up for his part in the Corslcan
Brothers poor fellow, lost at sea."
neauy," sum tsmart, " you appear
well posted about actors."
"Yes, sir; knew them all before and
behind the curtain."
' Not in the profession yourself?"
' Oh, no, sir ; never spoke a line in
that way, or faced the footlights."
" Think there will be much specula
tion in stocks this fall?"
" Well, there may be some in the
sliver stocks-ln San Francisco ; they'll
steam up mining stocks well this full,
and Wall street is hungry for 'outsldes
after Its long fust. Goldspeculation'sflat
tened out ; money's easy ; English con.
sols 841, our bonds a shade firmer, say
7i for the 5's, and I Bee North West and
St. Taul have advanced at the New York
Exchange."
" Y-e-e-s. But if you have dealt in
stocks I s'pose you would feel encour
aged, eh ?"
" Well, I don't know how I might
feel, but I don't deal in them ; I leave
that to the brokers,"
Another nudge and snicker from
Crank, and Smart began to have a dim
perception that the stranger might be
quizzing him, but he rallied again :
"The currency question appears to
be a pretty important one just now."
"Yes, so it is. I had a talk with
Sherman before I left Washington. I
think he is on the right track, and hope
he will stick."
"Hope It won't ollend you if 1 say
some of our business men would like it
if Congress would take six months' more
vacation ?"
"Not a bit; I wish they would it
would save me lots of work."
" How so ? Are you a member or a
Government officer ?"
" Good gracious no, I hope not ; I
like my own business better."
" Well, now," said Smart, fairly run
to earth, "I'm blessed If I shouldn't
like to know what your business is.
You seem to be fumlliar with every one,
and yet not in any. A Supreme Court
Judge gives you cigars; you walk and
ride with Generals in the army ; are
nested on railroad freights, with free
access to Vanderbllt and Tom Scott;
know all the actors on the stage, and
yet are not one; are posted on stocks,
and don't deal in 'em : familiar with
Congress, and not of it ; will you ex
cuse me if I ask you plump what you
do for a living?"
"Certainly," said the stranger, "al
though I should have thougnt you
would have surmised from my conver
satlon 1 am a reporter for a newspa
per."
Afraid Sho'd be Kissed.
A man was once walking along one
road and a woman along another.
The roads finally united, and man and
woman, reaching the Junction at the
same time walked on from there to
gether. The man was carrying a large
iron kettle on his back ; in one hand he
held by the legs a live chicken, in the
other a cane, and he was leading a goat.
Just as they were coming to a dark.decp
ravine the woman said to the man :
" I am afraid to go through that ravine
with you; it is a lonely place, and you
might overpower me and kiss me by
force."
1 If you were afraid of that," said the
man, " you shouldn't have walked with
me at all. How can I possibly over
power you by force when I have this
great Iron kettle on my back, a cane in
one hand and a live chicken in the
other, and am leading a goat? I might
as well bo tied hand and foot."
1 Yes," replied the woman, "but if
you should stick your cane into the
ground and tie the goat to It, and turn
the kettle bottom side up and put the
chicken under then you might wicked
ly kiss me It spite of my resistance."
" Success to thy ingenuity, oh, wo
man 1" said the rejoicing man to him
self ; " I should never have thought of
such an expedient.
When they came to the ravine he
stuck his cane into the ground and tied
the goat to It, gave the chicken to the
woman, saying : "Hold It while I cut
some grass for the goat," and then, low
ering the kettle from his shoulder, im
prisoned the chicken under it, and
wickedly kissed the woman, as she was
afraid he would.
The Bereavements of a Little Boy.
T AST month a bright eyed, pretty
Aj fellow of four years of age was taken
by the conductor of a train to the Pal
mer House. The child was quiet and
obedient, but occasionally the tears
would stream down his cheekB, and
though he did not cry, aloud, the heavy
sobs shook him, while the tiny hands
tried vainly to hide the baby face. He
was all alone in the world, and the love
and kindness of strangers were all that
comforted him. About bis neck was a
ribbon, to which was attached a card,
with the following inscription : "To
the Masonic fraternity Forward the
orphan to San Francisco; Howard Asso.
elation, New Orleans." Very tenderly
did the ladies at the hotel care for the
child, petting and caressing him, until
he forgot his sorrow. He was the last
survivor of the family of Henry E. Wil
cox, of New Orleans. In the past three
weeks his father, mother four sisters
and brothers had died of yellow fever.
The Association, learning that he had
relutions in San Francisco, telegraphed
as to the disposal of the child. The an-
swer was prompt. He would be fondly
loved by ills friends In that city, and
they wanted him at once. There was
but one way to send him, so the poor
little fellow was committed to strangers
for the long trip of nearly four thonsand
miles. Everywhere he had met with
the greatest attention, passengers on the
various cars taking entire charge of him
and attending to all his wants. Ladies
in Chicago took him to the west bound
train, and after giving him a bountiful
supply of toys and dainties, left him to
the kindly care of the conductor.
. Another Story of Lincoln.
Green Clay Smith, of Kentucky says:
While I was in Congress, during four
years, I had frequent interviews with
President Lincoln, and never, during
all that time, did I hear him utter an
unkind sentiment. I was told by Secre
tary Stanton that at the first Cabinet
meeting after the surrender, the question
as to what should be done with the Con
federate leaders was under discussion.
Some of the Cabinet were for hanging,
some for imprisonment, and soon. Dur
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the end of the table with his legs twist
ed up, and said not a word. At last some
one appealed to him for his views. The
President's reply was : " Gentleman,
there has been blood enough spilled ; not
another drop shall be shed, if I can
help it." Said Mr. Stanton: "This
reply was like a thunderbolt thrown in
to the Cublnet, and not a word of op
position was oflered." A man who
could use such language as that at such
a time could truly subscribe himself:
" With malice toward none and charity
for all."
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