'2 as Mr. Landcrsilale and a party of friends hastened to Verne's side. Verne raised his pale face and tried to appear natural, but the effort was too great. lie made some laughing reply to a young lady's sally, then the forced smile left his face, and he sank Insensi ble Into his adopted mother's arms. Five years later the same moon shone down upon "Flirtation Walk," but only a solitary man wended his lonely way along the path. Where was the woman he had loved so dearly and who had walked the familiar way with him So many times with her small hand upon his arm and her perfumed hair brushing his shoulders. John Fielding asked himself the ques tion with a wild yeafniug for ber pres ence that night, lie had come back to these familiar scenes for the first time since those old times of long ago, and Maud's voice seemed to be sighing in the breeze and Maud's presence pervaded the air. "One would think the place were haunted," he muttered, with clenched teeth. " But it Is with memories sweet as they are bitter. Then it was summer. The leaves have come and gone five times since, and are fulling and dying now with the dying year. O Maud, Maud 1" "Mr. Fielding?" It came In a sweet, tender voice, and a woman's tread among the red maple leaves broke the silence. He looked up, and met the gaze of her of whom he had been dreaming. Maud stood before him, with tears in her eyes and a subdued, womanly joy in her manner, " Maud, have you come back to mock a miserable man ?" " Mr. Fielding, I am a woman now. I govern my own actions, and do not al low others to rule my destiny as I did when a girl. Five years have taught me self-reliance." " They should have taught me to can iuer a hopeless love, but they have not. I was dreaming of you just now." Then in a changed voice : " Are your relatives with you V " If you mean Mr9. Landersdale and Fred, I have not seen them since that happy, miserable summer we spent to gether here so many years ago. They are still in Europe, I believe ; but Maud l'elbam, spinster, ha been . alone all these live years." She didn't mean there should be, but there was a-melancholy cadence in the tones of her voice. John's face had grown radiant, and he began to comprehend slowly the blessed truth. " But I have always pictured you as married and happy. You have been waiting for me all these years V" "Yes." " Maud 1 my dearest ! my wife 1 " He had her in his arms now; and those few happy moments more than re paid them for their weary years of wait ing. Verne Landersdale returned from Europe, and stood in one of our Boston halls with the supercilious, condescend ing air that is sometimes affected by young gentlemen lately arrived from abroad. He had cultivated a set of English side-whiskers, aild stared about him through a pair of eyeglasses. . As two ladles, accompanied by a gen tleman, walked up the aisle, and seated themselves directly in front of him, he started with a pleasant surprise, bent forward, and touched the gentleman's arm. He still loved Maud Pelham, and hoped for her forgiveness now that he had returned from abroad. " Mr. Van Ruy ter,I believe V" he said eagerly. " Have you forgotten the wan derer V" " Why, Landersdale, how are you Y Welcome home. I suppose you still re member my sister, Mrs. Ford ; and of course Maud and you have not forgot ten old times." x He shook hands with Flo,then turned to Maud with a deprecating, aud embar rassed greeting. Bhe met his mute bjv peal for forgiveness with a frank, friend ly smile. " Truly happy to welcome you home, Verne. Have your wanderings been pleasant? and how is Aunt Landers dale ? I should have been notified of your arrival, I think." " We just arrived in New York yes. terday, Maud," he hastened to explain; aud mother was speaking of you to-day. We haven't heard a word of your where abouts for six months past. We expected to receive your wedding-cards ere this." He added this with a forced laugh ; but he never dreamed that she could be married. Her next words were a death-blow to all his hopes. " My wedding was private, and there were no cards, Verne. I wrote your mother about it ; but the foreign mails are not very reliable." Bhe noted his deathly pallor, and with womanly pity turned to greet a party of friends who had Just entered, at the same , time attracting Flo's attention away from Verne. "Oh, by the way, Landersdale," Van Ruyter said, "my old friend lectures to- night. Colonel FleldlDg has won an enviable reputation as an orator, and Maud Is of course exceedingly proud of her lord and master." Verne made Borne rather wandering reply, and sat gazing absently before him. He had strolled Into the hall to while away a leisure hour, and had not the remotest idea of who the lecturer was, or what was the Bubject of his discourse. The band struck up " Bee I the Con quering Hero Comes;" and John Field ing, sterner and graver than of old, came upon the platform with a party of gen tlemen. He was Introduced to his audi ence, heartily cheered, and then stepped forward to the reading desk. Enough to say, that it was entertain ing, witty and eloquent, with here and there a touch of almost sublime power, and drew down enthusiastic applause from his critical Boston audience. At last It was over; and, making his way through a crowd of admirers, John Fielding passed Verne rather roughly in endeavoring to reach Maud and her par ty. He turned to apologize, with a court ly bow; and Verne, seeing he was rec ognized, impulsively held out his hand. " John, can the past ever be forgot ten between us ? I have Just returned from abroad, and wish to see mother,and make up old scores." He tried to laugh ; but his voice choked. John Fielding's face grew stern and sorrowful ; but he did not re ject the proffered hand. " I forgive you, Verne," he said, " be cause you are my brother, and I must remember that the same mother bore us. But you can never makeyour peace with her on this earth. Bhe died of those last cruel words you gave her, and went to her long home In Greenwood, more than four years ago." John Fielding passed down the aisle, and Verne saw him leave the hall with a host of friends and admirers following and congratulating lilra,andMaud,4iap py and smiling, leaning upon his arm. Verne stood alone where his brother had left him. Rich in this world's goods, yet utterly forsaken and alone. The one bright hope of his life had that night been rudely destroyed. Mocking memories of a lost love haunted him ; and a tardy remorse was gnawing at his heart-string, nevermore to cease until he, too, should follow his heart-broken mother to her last rest. Why I am a Bachelor. ONE day on my way to a neighboring city I was sitting in a car yawning most terribly, and mentally cursing the whole Railroad Company for the slow ness of the speed, and the frequent stop page of the train ; when, as If to rebuke me for my impatience, there entered the car a girl of about eighteen, and took a seat just across the aisle. Of course it was not long before I had taken a thorough look and as the opera tion was continued some time, it is un necessary to say she was beautiful. De scription cannot show forth her charms, but, as you never saw any one half so lovely, it must be used to convey an idea, though a faint one, of her beauty. Her figure perfect and plump, face more exquisitely lovely than that of Venus- eyes deep enough and liquid enough to draw water, and the prettiest little foot and ankle ever made. In fact, Don Quixote's description of his sweetheart might with more propriety be applied to her. "Her hair night, her forehead the Elyslan fields, her eyebrows, her eyes suns, her cheeks roses, her lips coral, her teeth pearls, her neck alabaster, her bosom marble, her hands ivory and her whiteness snow." You cannot and will not blame me for staring at her. After sitting some time silent, she attempted to raise the window, and though she appeared quite strong she failed. As in gallantry bound I offered my services, raised the window and retook my seat like a bash ful boy. But I continued to look, and soon commenced to "blink" and bat my eyes at her as if going to sleep. At one of the "blinks" I caught her eyes and she " blinked" responsive. If an old fogy had been near, it is altogether probable that he would have accused mo of winking. Ay this time I thought she ought to be cold, and she consented for me to pull down the window. Exhausted by my labor I sank trembling into the seat be gau gasping out parts and parcels of a conversation, iu which she assisted After the usual Introduction I led the way up to a calm, dignified discussion of the question, " What is love ?" How she understood itl Love, she said, was glorious it was fine, it was fun, the mutual attraction of opposite, though congenial heart, etc., etc. Bhe said she had been in love a dozen times a month, and enjoyed it every time ; frequently fell in love at first sight could love any body at times (question by subscriber), Am I " anybody," and is this one of the " at times." Bhe blushed, hung her head, and then turning up her eyes with the sweetest smile In the world, said "Yes." Oh I how I grew, I felt I was somebody, that I was a foot taller, a yard broader ; to think that this beauty would love me (or to say so which was the same to me) made me too happy to sit still. I should have fallen off the seat had I not grasped her hand for sup port as I did bo such an electric shot went up my arm that as suddenly I dropped it, and caught her round the waist, and then my voice trembled. Why it did I know not. This only I do know. I did not let go and we talk ed and prattled on until she said at the next station her husband would meet her. I go up . After Bhe left and the car moved off I started to take out my watch to see how time had sped. The watch had sped as fast as time. It was gone, likewise my purse. Too late I Too late 1 1 had been taken In, even as husbands are sometimes taken in, but not too late to teach me the lesson to remain as I am, an old Bachelor. That Good Dog, Jack. SOME dogs, in their love and affection for their masters, having at times equaled human beings in their constan cy, and even surpassed them in the mar velous intelligence with which they foresee and avert approaching danger. The following example, related to us by one of the ladles of the story, may prove interesting. Two girls, daughters of an English country doctor, were once out for a walk together. It was an autumn afternoon, sunny and pleasant. They were accompanied by their little dog, named Jack, who was a clever little ter rier, and more than once had proved his claim to be considered, as indeed he was, their protector while out walking. Their father often said he felt "quite happy when Jack was with them ; he was sure no harm could come to them." The two girls persued their walk mer rily. The fine afternoon tempted them to go further then they ought, however, and by the time they turned the dusk had fallen, and they were afraid they would be late for tea. One of them pro posed to take a short cut through a wood with which they were well acquainted having often gathered black berries in it on a summer afternoon. The other agreed, and so they arrived at the edge of the wood and prepared to enter it. "All the same I'm afraid, " said Dora, the younger of the two; "there have been several robberies in the neighborhood, and I saw some very odd looking men pass our door to-day ; besides lam wearing my new watch, which papa gave me on my birthday." "Oh, nonsense!" her sister replied. "It is nearly six o'clok now ; and we shall be late. Be sure no one will wish to harm us." "I wish I was as certain as you are. But what's the matter with Jack?" Just as she had said this Jack advanced toward them, and planted himself in the middle of their path, sat down and whined. "That is odd," said Dora. "I never remember him doing that before." Thu other girl derided her fears, and attempted to pass the dog; but he caught ber dress in his teeth, and held her so firmly that she hardly dared to set herself free. One more effort she made, but Jack was resolute ; so at last seeing how determined he was to pre vent their further progress, she gave up trying. "Well, well, you stupid little brute," she said angrily, "I suppose we must go that long way round." So the two sisters abandoned the idea of taking the short path through the wood, and went home by the safe high road. When they arrived, how grateful, how unutterably thankful did they feel to their little protector, whose intelligence had been so far superior to theirs, and had saved them despite themselves. A man had been found in the wood shortly after they had left it, murdered and rob bed, it was conjectured by the tramps who had passed through the village in the morning. Thus Jack had preserved his mistresses from meeting perhaps a similar fate. Their gratitude, it is need less to add, was profound toward their little four-footed protector, who, we are glad to hear, lived to a good old age. Chambers' Journal. He Found Him. XT 7HEN I boarded the traip at New V Y York recently, a man said to me: " Big thing this telegraph." " Yes," I said, " was as big as a grape vine." " No joking," he said. " I came here to New York yesterday, 100 miles out of my way to see a man. When I got here. went to the Bt. Nicholas, and when was ready to see my man, by jokes stranger, I had lost his address, and by George, I couldn't think of his first name even. And his last name was only Johnson. Easy name to hunt,eh I was left. You know what it is to find anybody In New York when you don' know their address. It was worse than finding an honest man. Well, this man was a new-comer here; name wasn't in the directory. I asked questions until made a fool of myself. " Then I said to the telegraph opera tor at the Bt. Nicholas : It'll keep me here a week. I've got to write to Bt. Louis and get that man's address." " Telegraph," the operator said. " Well, I never thought of that be fore, I wrote a dispatch right away ! 'ToGattlt & Keaplt, brokers, Bt. Louis What Is our man Johnson's first name, and What's his address?" " And in due course the answer came back: " James P., Bt. Nicholas Hotel.' " What do you think of that stranger? I went back to the clerk and said : " 1 Is Mr. James P. Johuson, In his room ?' That is Mr. James P. Johnson,' said the clerk. " The man, stranger, was standing be side me, waiting for me to move so that he could speak to the clerk. And I had just sent one thousand and sixty-four miles to find out where he was.- Funny, stranger, wasn't It ?" Friday a Lucky Day for America. FRIDAY Is regarded by the vulgar as an unlucky day, whereas, for America, at least it has proved itself to be the most fortunate of the seven. It was on Friday, the 8rd day of August, 1492, that Columbus sailed from the port of Palos for the New World. It was on Friday, the 12th of October, 1492, that he first saw the land, after sixty days of navigation. It was on Friday, the 4th day of January, 1493, that he started on his return to Bpaln to an nounce to their Calhollo majesties the glorious result of his expedition, and on Friday, the 15th of March, 1493, that he disembarked in Andalusia. It was on Friday, the 13th of June, 1494, that he discovered the American continent. Ou Friday, March S, 1497, Henry VII of England gave John Cabot his dispatch for the voyage which resulted In the discovery of the continent of North America. On Friday, September Gth, 1505, Menz founded St. Augustine, the oldest town in the United States. On Friday, November 10th, 1G20, the May. flower first disembarked a few emigrants on American soil at Provincetown, and on Friday, December 22nd, 1620, her passengers finally landed at Plymouth Rock. It was on Friday, February 22nd, 1732, that George Washington was born. It was on Friday, June 10, 1775, that the battle of Bunker Hill was fought, and on Friday, October 7th, 1771, that the surrender of Baratogo took place, which event decided France to give her aid to the Americans. The treason of Arnold was discovered on Friday. Yorktown surrendered on Friday, and on Friday, June 7th, 1770, Richard Henry Lee read the Declaration of Inde pendence to the Continental Congress. The New Coachman. " Isabella, my dear," said a rich gen tleman on t be South Bide to his eldest daughter and housekeeper her mother sleeps at Rosehill, unless there has been a special interposition of grave robbers in behalf of her corpse" Isabella, my dear, I have engaged a new coachman." Have you, pa 5"' replied the mature, but beautiful girl, "what is his name?" " Herbert Montgomery," said her father. 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