2
His Friends.
LILY Dl'ANK nt liusily copying ft
fnvnilte )mttn, almost hidden from
the sight of Die guests In Mrs. Oreu
vllle'a drawing room by the rich folds
of the Itu-e curtatna that hung from the
lofly French windows like billows of
foam.
A dtilnty, daisy-faced girl, with a com.
pletlon ns fresh as the morning; with
n warm, rosy glow on the healthful skin,
nnd the wine-bright sparkles In the big,
velvety gray eyes. A happy, earuest
hearted girl, on whom all the.ffww! of
her paternal aunt, the fashionable Mrs.
Ureuvllli', of Lexington Avenue, had
been wasted In vain, in so fur as that
Jrtdy had attempted to make a stylish
city young lady of the little rustic guest.
A girl with plenty of common sense,
and an innate delicacy' of refinement
that Alexouma and Kthelberta Oren
ville her twin cousins, might have been
proud to have possessed.
Now, nestling away among the foamy
curtains, Lily listened to the ripples of
oonvercatlon that had eddied past her,
thinking in the vague, half-distressed
way of thought, that hud somehow,
come to be quite natural to her, these
few last weeks of that short delightful
winter spent in New York that of all
these people who had met her so many
times In her Aunt Orenvilles's drawing
room, there was not one who would
care when she was gone, unless and
Just the faintest possible little quiver ran
through her pi etty figure as the sound
of Sidney Ellis' voice suggested the pos
sibility of an exception in his favor.
He hud been very good to her all that
winter from the very day that Alexoii
iiin introduced him, and told Lily after
he hud gone that he wag one of the most
eligible young men in the city, worth ft
couple hundred thousands, and a perfect
love of a mansion on Fifth Avenue, not
to mention his country seat on the Hud
son. Lily had liked him from the very
lirst and liked him none the less when
Alexouiua had whispered to her, in
greatest possible confidence, that she
and Mr. KlUs were so nearly engaged
that it whs aa good as accomplished.
Liked him none the less, certainly, but
somehow she felt curiously strange
about it.
Not that Bhe was In love with him
indeed, no I fihe bad told herself a
thousand times that she was in love
with nobody, und tried her best, and
almost succeeded iu convincing herself,
that it was only a little reluctance at
leaving all the luxury and the elegance
of Aunt Orenville's city house that
made her so uncomfortable.
Uutil the sound of Sidney Ellis' voice
talking to a group of girls near her,
aroused her from that sad, distressful
mood that hud taken complete possess
ion of her.
" Then you consider me a fair subject
for pity, Indies ?"
" Only we don't believe n word of it,
Mr. Ellis. Just imagine the incongruity
of the thing!"
Misa Etheiberta Grenville laughed,
and looked straight into Mr. Ellis' eyes.
He smiled, B9 if amused.
" The incongruity of what Miss 15er
tie? I confess my inability to follw
your meaning."
Alexouma llirted her fun iu a mauuer
intended to be the very poetry of motion
and took up the line of defense.
" AVby, the idea, of you, of all men,
leaving the city and burying yourself iu
the horrid country 1 What on earth
will you do w ith yourself ?"
Mr. Ellis looked Across the group to
Helsinger, who was vainly, trying to
interest Mrs Eustacle Wyndham, who,
had her eyes on Sidney Ellis for her de
ceased husband's successor.
"Helsinger, what, do you think?
Shall I stand it, if 1 emigrate to my
Wisconsin farm V"
"Your Wisconsin farm 1 Bless my
soul Ellis is the Wiscousiu farm all there
is left you from the wreck of your for
tune?" Ellis laughed, us much at the horror
on Mrs. Wyndham's face, as at the
ready reply of his friend Helsinger.
"Oh, Mr. Ellis! you never are going
into the horrid Western wilds, because
you have uctually lost everything else V
I thought surely you meant it for a sort
of a lark, you know, I supposed there
was a delightful little cottage, and a car
riage and everything romantic."
. Lily parted the curtains and came out
at this juncture, iu good time to see the
surprise and growing coldness on Mi's.
Wyndham's pretty face.
Ellis looked quickly up at her and
bowed.
" Miss Lily, add your condolence,
please. These ladies are horrified be
cause Helsiuger has fooliuhly blundered
over a piece of news I hoped to have
kept quiet."
A delicious flush surged over Lily'B
cheek. Somehow and how egregious-
ly foolish it was ! she felt glad Mr,
Ellis had lost all his wonderful lot of
money.
" I cannot nee why Mrs. Wyndham
need feel horrified. I can assure her
Testing
there Is no life like ooun try life." Then
lifting hereyei timidly to Sidney ' oddly
expressive face, she added : "I think
you will be happy and contented, Mr.
Ellis."
Etheiberta rose from her chulr lan
guidly. ." Come Allle," Mrs. Wyndham said
"I promised you a glimpse of my new
Duchess set. Mr. Helsinger, Mr. Kills,
you will excuse us."
Ellis was on his feet In a moment.
" Ladles, there is not the slightest
need of your taking such pains to mani
fest your sudden lack of interest In me
or rather your disappointment to learn
that I am no longer eligible as a wealthy
bait. Tray Helsinger, remain and en
tertalu the ladles, and I will retire. Mrs.
Wyudhum, Miss Greuvllle, Miss Ethel
berta,good night I Miss Dean, if fortune
favors me, I hope to say good bye to you
to-morrow."
Aud with dignity that befitted a duke,
Ellis went away, leaving Helsinger at
the mercy of three curious women's
tongues.
The widow Wyndham sank buck
among the blue cushions she always
made a point of getting where there
were lovely a.ure tints to show oil' her pe
tite, blonde beauty with an expression
of the most devout thankfuluess on her
pretty face.
"Oh, Mr. Helsinger, I feel as if I
never could sufficiently thuuk you 1
Only suppose I had accepted him what
on earth would I have done?"
Helsinger looked innocently at her.
" Indeed, Mrs. Wyndham, poor Ellis
must have grown very reticent about
his love uflUirs lately, for lie never hint
ed to me that you hud refused him."
A vivid blush deepened on her fuce.
" Oh I didn't mean to say that he had
actually offered, you know. Hut if lie
hud, and I had accepted liim 5"'
"Oh!"
Helsinger's monosyllable was eloquent
and somehow made the widow wonder
if he was making fun of her.
" liecause, you see," Miss Etheiberta
went on, almost indignantly, " Mr. EI
lis has been so very attentive to us all,
and indeed, his wealth and position
made him very desirable But now"
And a peculiar toss of her head and
compression of her lips finished her re
mark fur better thau words could have
done.
" I am really sorry poor Sidney lias
disappointed you all shall I include
you, Miss Dean V"
She turned her flushed cheeks toward
the group more bravely than she had
ever done anything iu her life.
" Indeed, you may not. Mr. Ellis is
the same to me now aa he was when he
owned his mansion and horses and
money, aud a true friend of his will es
teem him none the less."
Mrs. Wyndham tittered maliciously.
"Why, my dear, what a beautiful
display of Quixotic interest. Pray do
repeat it to Mr. Ellis, Mr. Helsiuger."
He arose gravely.
" I shall do so Mrs. Wyndman, and
being myself the sort 'of friend Miss
Dean describes, I shall carry Quixot
ism still further I shall select Sidney
Ellis' friends as mine. Ladies, good
night." After he was gone. Alexouma turned
with a scowl to Lily still standing be
side the low ebony elegere, with the
same sweet, flushed excitement on her
pure face.
"You brazen little witch! Why
couldn't you keep your mouth shut?
You see what you have done actually
driven Mr. Helsinger from our house."
"I think not, Allle. If you will be
reasonable, you will see It was your own
cruelty aud hollow-heartedness that did
it."
Mrs. Wyndham laughed hysterically
she really was terribly cut up at Ellis'
sudden ineligibility.
" Cruelty 1 hollow-heartedness! Fer
hapg, Miss Dean, you would not refuse
to apply an antidote to Mr. Ellis."
Lily looked quietly at the vexed
woman, hut niade no reply, and then
went to her own room where she was to
pass the last night of her long visit the
visit during which she had learned so
much of the hollowuess of society, so
little of what was ennobling, save her
love for Sidney Ellis.
She knew it now knew it was a con
viction as strong as death that the ill
fortune that had come to him had de
veloped In her what it had crushed In
Eustucle Wyndham. She admitted it,
with thrills of glad, solemn joy, and
prayed God to give her his love before
she laid her bonny head on the pillow
mat nignt.
With the niorrow he came to bid
her " good by," as he had said the night
before. The parlors were deserted the
shrewd women of the Grenville house
hold took excellent pains to keep out of
tne way of the penniless man, who
might have Lily and welcome, if she
were fool enough to take him. He met
the girl half way across the floor, and
took her hand warmly.
" Miss Lily, I want to thank you for
your womanly words of eucouragment ;
and more I want to tell you that you
have Inspired a holler feeling than even
the highest respeotful admiration Lily,
can you not see that I love you dearly,
dearly? Look up, little one, aud tell
me I am to have you for my darling,
my wife 1"
It had come to her at last, this love of
Sidney Ellis, and she sobbed out her
own weak confession on his breast, the
happiest girl that ever the sun shne on.
"And are you sure you will not
shrink from farm-life, my darling ?"
Her eyes answered blm before her
Hps framed the words.
"Shrink from Itl Oh, Sidney, I al
ways loved the country, and with you
It will be a paradise ! Iam used to it,
you know, dear, and 1 can see to the
bulter and eggs, and poultry and every
thing. I will try to be so good, Sidney,
aud saving and maybe you will get rich,
someday."
" My noble, brave darling." He took
her in his arms, and she did not see the
loving smile on his lips, the pride In his
eyes us lie bent over her head.
" Listen, then, Lily, while I toll, you
shall superintend the dairy and poultry
yard to your heart's content, but only
when we visit our farm In Wisconsin
every summer, shull it be, dear? And
at other times, dou't you think we can
be very happy in our house on the ave
nue? Because little one, I have not
lost a dollar rather gained a fortune iu
whining you. I had no idea that Hel
siuger would carry on the Joke; but
thank God he did, for I have won you,
and learned to distinguish the gold from
the dros !
Mrs. Wyndham never visits the Ellls
es, although she is ready to expire with
envy whenever she meets Lily in her
elegant phieton ; and the Grenvilles
never tire of boasting of "the Ellises
our cousins, you know !" (
A Pretty Tough Story.
The Newark Ailveflinev says : " There
lives in Sulem to-day a man who seven
teen years ago was buried under the
ground for thirty-six hours. He was
slck.aud in the course of time was given
up for dead. He was .burled, and iu
digging a grave adjoinlpg his, thirty-six
hours after, the grave digger heard a
noise in the adjoining grave. Procuring
help, the grave and coflln were opened,
aud shortly after the buried man opened
his eyes, regained his strength, aud is
walking about the streets of Salem to
day."
A Pig full of Huckleberries.
An empty pig aud a pull full of huckle
berries were forwarded by express to
Lapeer, Mich., the other day, and arriv
ed an empty pail, and pig full of huckle
berries. The company was ready to
deliver all the goods, but the consignee
refused to receipt for them on the ground
that the consignment did not tally with
the bill of lading.
E3?"The other week George Wenrich,
of Swatara valley, had a little experience
iu hauling hay. In backing out of the
threshing floor one of his horses turned
up a plank or two, nis mud nmos
caught, and on attempting to extricate
himself, he slid into the hay rack and
from there fell head foremost into the
stable below. The other horse followed
suit, and strange as it appears they both
escaped with few scratches.
tSS" A little child of Mr. Davis Myers,
living south of Veedersburg, Ind., was
bitten Wednesday by a rattlesnake
while playlug in the yard. It died
Thursday morning' after suflering great
agony, the limb which was bitten hav
ing swollen to several times its natural
size. This is the second child Mr. My-,
ers, has lost in the last few weeks by
snake bite.
tS"A. Mrs. Howard, of Burlington,
Iowa, was awakened the other night by
a strange Bensation about her ankles, as
if something was twisting around aud
binding them. Making a sudden spring
from the bed and crying for help, she
dlsovered that she had thrown a large
rattlesnake on the floor. It was killed
with much dilllculty, measured, when
stretched out at full length, 31 feet.
' 63" A man wagered that he coull
crawl through a drain 500 feet long at
Steubenville, O. He went in through
an aperture scarcely larger thau his body
aud the spectators waited an hour for
him to emerge at the other end. But he
gut stuck in the centre and had to be
dugout. The Job lasted all day, and
when rescued he was almost dead.
C3TA horse belouglug to Mr. John F.
Segar, of Hampton, Va., deliberately
committed suicide a few days ago by
walking into the river and drowning
himself. He could easily have swam
back td shore, if his purpose had not
been as indicated. The same animal
has long been regarded as a confirmed
crank.
. .
83TAt New Sharon, Iowa, a constable
voluuteered to watch a Btore which was
to be robbed, but he fell asleep, and the
robbers took his watch, money, pistol
and mo'st of his clothes, and poured four
gallons of molasses over his body.
SUNDAY EEALI1T&.
Do Your Best. '
"When I was a little boy," said a gen
tleman, one evening, "I paid a visit to
my grandfather, a venerable old man,
whose black velvet cap and tassel, blue
breeches and huge silver knee-buckles
filled me with great awe. When I went
to bid him good-by, he drew me between
his knees, and, plaolng his hand on my
head, said, "Grandchild, I have one
thing to say to you ; will you remember
It?" I stared Into his face and nodded,
for I was afraid to promise aloud.
"Well," he continued, "whatever you
do, do the best you can."
"This, in fact, was my grandfather's
legacy to me, and It has proved better
than gold, I never forgot his words,
and I believe I have tried to act upon
them. After reaching home my uncle
gave Marcus and I some weeding to do
In the garden. It was Wednesday after
noon, and we had laid our plans for
something else. Marcus, fretted and
ill-humored at his disappointment, did
not more than half do his work, and I
began pretty much like him, until
grandfather's advice came Into my mind,
and I determined to follow it. In a
word I "did my best." And, when my
uncle came out, I shall never forget his
look of approbation as his eyes glanced
over my beds, or the fourpence he slip
ped Into my hands afterward as he said
my work was well done. Ah ! I was a
glad and thankful boy, and poor Marcus
was left to drudge over his beds' all the
afternoon.
"At 15 I was sent to the academy,
where I had partly to earn my own way
through the course. The lessons came
hard at first, for I was not fond of study ;
but grandfather's advice was my motto,
and I tried to do my best. As a conse
quence of this, though I was small of
my age, and not very strong, my mother
had three offers for me before the year
was out, and one from the best merchant
of the village, "a place" In whose store
was considered very desirable. When
I joined the church, I tried to do the
Lord's work as well as I did my own,
aud often, when I have been tempted to
leave the Sunday-school, or let a hinder
ance keep me from prayer meeting, or
get discouraged In auy good thing, my
grandfather's last words, "Do the best
you can," have given me fresh courage,
and I would again try."
Here, then, was the key to this man's
character. He is considered one of the
best business men, one of the best citi
zens, one of the best ofllcers of the
church, one of the best friends of the
poor, one of the best neighbors, fathers,
husbands, friends; in a word he is uni
versally beloved and respected. And
what is the secret of it all ? He always
tried to do the best he could. Let every
boy and girl take this for their motto.
Acted upon, it will do wonders for you.
It will bring out powers and capabilities
which will surprise and delight your
selves and friends.
How to Keep a Situation.
Be ready to throw in an odd half hour
or an hour when it will be an accommo
dution, and don't seem to make a merit
of it. Do it heartily. Though not a
word be said, your employer will make
a note of it; make yourself indispensa
ble to him, and he will lose many pf the
opposite kind before he will part with
you. Those young men who watch the
clock to see when the very second of
their working hour is up who leave, no
matter what state their work may bein,
at precisely the same instant who cal
culate the extra amount they can slight
their work and yet not get reproved
who are lavish of their employers' goods
will be always the first to receive no.
ticc, when times are dull, that their serv
ices are no longer required.
R5It Is an easy thing to find fault.
It is easy to say that nobody is honest-
It is easy to say that the church is to
blame for It. It is easy to say that the
church would be all right if the minis
ter would do and preach what he ought.
But it isn't easy to look on the best side,
to see that there are hundreds of faith
ful preachers, thousands of honest, sin
cere men and women, countless acts of
justice, charity and humility, which out
weigh all grumbling of the grumblers,
so that it lreally only the finest dust in
balance. Let us be fair, and cheerful. The
world is not all wrong. Everybody isn'ta
rascal. Our neighbors are not all trying
to cheat us. The church Is doing a good
work for the world, and even the growl
ers are not half so disagreeable as they
seem.
t5P"Duty itself is supreme delight
when love is the inducement and labor.
By such a principle the ignorant are
enlightened, the hard-hearted softened,
the disobedient reformed and the faithful
encouraged.
0"Vhen a man owns himself to be in
an error, he does but tell you in other
words that he !s wiser than he was.
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