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fO i aa i " I will rRT L JEKRY. Bat. thru, four olJ .ndeer ng win. KrH D.ly eVr couiii ot h tiiem? Toot pietty ge-tarea, endla.-a playa. Wh. t cauvae a er cotdd it auin i.em lour Lvly leap at nn-rnment. oor murmur of ietltion, f o- r eerioi.a aileuce of c nteut, iour laugh of recognition. Hre wre a ptuzling toll isdanl Vr,r arta mot C ne creations, Cl w rm, tweet baby ; we will need Toaoe your trantlormationa. l.e.'ee.iier, wien revolving eara Ha,e made yon tall, aud tnty, - And brougut you bUnled boi and fears, - Ana sigua, and )''. b F1 tHUTKR L THE HEIHEPS AT FIFTEEN. . 'Ko. really, Jerry, I cannot have it. Ho. my dear child, you really are this really is more than I can put up w,th. I have overlooked a great deal, lor, of course, tnib Is an out o( tbe-way place, and dre-s in not of much conse tuence here; but you see.u to have do conscience in the matter. And really, tor a treat girl of tilteen to be eo ng about such a figure - why, who, seeing .you to-day, would ever dr. am of taking you ior a young gentlewoman? They would take you ora fisherman'sdaugr. ter nay, or the hsheriiian himself. 1 should rot be in the least surprised if anybody meeting you ijoing about as you are now were to take you for one of the fishermen of the vil.age:" The suggestion was, sooth to say, not altogether unmer.wo. "Jerry" a fond granddame's ab teeuation for the more elegant "Ger Hin" hail, tor convenience sake. inserted her brisk, healthy yo ng per son into aa ancient yellow o.lskin fash ing coat, which completely covered ' every feminine garment uuderneat i, anal the collar o: which, standing up wa:.d her ears, was lost beneath the bade of one of tboe seafaring gia ed est known as "eou'we te s," whose lung Ran wo Id obviously ward off the severest wetting. With bare bands plunged deeply in vapacious iiockets. and a pair o the stoutest boots which the village boot neker s man accus:o red to make for plooghboys and fishermen coul i pro 4nce i for none but these would have "pleased his present customer the daughter of an ancient bouse and s ue heiress o a larire estate, presented an rSSKSKli fTJAt afessed. ws liable to confuse the 4ind of any ora'nary beholder. "It retilli' is too inu h. ouite too mueh,v m Vraured (ieraldine's grand ' mother hi i lie pit- oils ac. ents of weak ' ii approval, common to ti.Oie who ha lajrfs .n-;e iouud their tvr.nti. "1 Tealy ought cot to allow it. I kn.w I ought not." 1 Jenj eyes twink'ed. i "Wftoever recs you. ' began the old lady nga n but tuue was pausing, and it was necessary this should be put a , top to. , ' Who is there to see me?" cried the defaulter meri iiy "I say 'who.-' and Jurho tsnswtva "who?' .o, my dear granny, you bf.d best sav who ''your self, aud iet me o.l, taere's a dear." "Hovr can you tell whom vou mav meet " "But I never do meet any one." 'That's not to suy ;o i never may. And for you, a yo.iuir lady, my grand tiaugl.tor. to be marching all over th3 place -" "Oh dear, I never thought of march ing. JNot but what I could n.arch tnely in this nice, comfortable coat." shaking herse f anew into it "out there's tb's diilicuity, that there's no road where I am going, and one can harl;y march through peal-bog and jirchen-wood. Oh, we are only going to fish the burn, and 1 never meant to be seen at all, not even by you, era' ny. I had been going to slip out by the side door, and scutt'e along by the garden wall, only that I had eft my rod and line in the window here. ndyou we.e such a tiresome, mis chie ous old gn nny. that you popped tut upon me before I could es- a, e. It, waa a shabby thing to do, dear, it was indeed" and the sou'wester' wagyed from side to side reproachfully. "You madcapthin.'." "Oh, madcap th ng," quoth Je ry, philoopnically. "you often call, me that, you know. And if thote clothes keep nae irom getting wet " Cothes! my dear child, call things by their right names. This sa lcloth and oil skin " "Wei', this sailcloth and oilskin. If ' it keeps me from getting a cold and ore throat " "Oh, if you must go out in the rain, it is certainly better not to run the risk of getting a cold and sore throat. But it is really high time ior you to five up this sort of th ng, Jerry. A voting lady like you " "Ought to be sitting perked up on ahe great arawing-room soia, .winning keinsof worsted, or seribbl ng over wards of music paper," cried Jerry, witn indignant contempt. "Ao, thank jrou.dear, not as long as I fan help it. And I do not believe you will ever turn me into a youug lady of that o? t even if I should live to be a hundred, ora ahmiKund." added she, still more ener- sMtieulIy. "As if I could sit down and jswn oesioe tne re in inat great, not 3rawing-room th glorious alternown, we ban the water alls are crashing over the rocks, and the big trout below will all on the alert, and it is out throw teg a line to have them bouncing after wou. h. I could nt do it. I real y mld not do it. if 1 tried ever so. And "What's mors, you would bs sorry for saa it i did. Madam Oranay; and thea a k ia arniilH ha ui would raw ratat test too iata, and aevsr, never, , the time cam for going into KUnburg TrrJriorgrt yUli tnr the erusitT , tor ths winter, and how she had ben Itr so tbara ktas aad ba friends - by thea instructed that It was very sil trVIs ummm au aema aBthew alntrla ' 1 and na it htv for her not to be glad, - " " a M T riw "You will not go far, dearchiW" "r ar-' ; ot I. I have no need to eo far. Cannot you bear them? 'Why, the falls have teen roaring ever since noon with the ate .rom the hills in the night: but it was no use s ung till they had gone down a little, they will be tust in trim now -at least the pool Thore de p pools'" "i'll take care - I will indeed, dear," touched tiy the sigh which, wh le it betokened the close of the contest, alt-o a pealed to the generosity of the con iueror. "Vou aon t know how areful I am," protested errv earnest ly. "You are not going alone?" "I onald goes with me, of course." ''Well, Douaid is something," con ceded her grandmother ruefully, febe could not say somebody," for she could hardly rei-ogni.e a person in the I ragged, bare-footed, 1. '-year old brat. ! who wasGeraldine'sself-constituted at- : tendanl out of doors; b it she could al- j low that the presence of a cat-like creature, with eyes to dart, and long . supple arms to catch, and a high yell- ing voice to shout, was at best better , than absolute to itude. "Donald is something," she said, "why is be not here " 'He is here. He has been waiting , for me down at the wbite bridge for ages and ages. He must think I am . never coming. Oh, Donald and I will j be all right, never you fear, and we j sball bring you in such a banket of r w " t and there is the blue sky overheat and look, look, such a glorious stream of light has broken outoverthe water: Oh, you will never stop in tbe bouse yourself now; you m-ist get out ut once this very minute. bend for Jane, and bundle on your things and I'm off, 1 m o:f, and awa', over the hills and farawa', tra-la, tra-la tra-la," and bang went the hutre oak door, as with the oyous whooo of a school boy, and tbejpaVe of a whirlwind, away flew M.s.- Geraldlue Campbell of Incn marew, the greatest heiress in the length and bread'h of Argyll. Mrs. Cm bell stood stnl for a mo ment ere she turned an 1 re-entered tbe deserted drawing room. 'She is only fifteen," she murmured, in a tone little resembling tbat in which the "great girl of fifteen" had been exhorted to better ways. "Only fi.teen and there are yet three fu 1 years before she need lie presented to tbe world. But what if she goes on as she is doing now.' ISO, she will not, she must not. No, we shall see a change ere then. She will tone down, soften, grow less wild and careless, im prove in shape. At present she is all arms and legs, and though she carries it off well, still her figure is that of a child a fine, growing child. She will be tall presently, every lew mouth i there is a difference. Her waist is too large - but wa.sts are large at her age. 1 wonder if X am partial, but it seems to me the child needs nothing that time will not bestow upon her. Such complexion-such a color! Fairness it- burn, though she run. in and out hat- lead bait tne time, iiut tola mow climate i certainly a charming co metic and Geraidine is r.gbl, lutie as she thin or care a out it, when she eschews the hojte. an i the warm rooms, and Bpends ner life in the freab air. itting over a fire would be tbe wreck of her Dloom; and as for her share an&carriage. not one of h :r coanins, with ail their gymnasiums and riding master-, can show sch a straight .ack and open chest, and walk with such an ela-uic step, a my Geraldine. After ner own ;ahi n, my child is gruce itself; and if only she wou d not overdo it. and would not make herself such a guy but. how ever, 1 suppose she wi l meet nobody, and the ervants i:us' be accustomed to her ways by this time and she is a dear child. ;md would obey me if 1 seri ously desired her to do anytning, so whv should I thwart her in a t ifle? SLlf.l an, i lino uu u,...a ....... aunts sav. 1V flWn flHllir tT 1 I L VU . . ... ,,n uritlw.itt u m ir V, a 1 n Ylrlt" IT. " :l "I ,".r: rrZ trusted with my grandchild. Char lotte was jealous, and always wa.: and .Maria would like to have had ixjor Diarmid's daughte-- to bring up her self. And really, coni enn that 1 was both a le and wil ingto undertake the charge, she need not have wished to see roe laid on the shelf quite so soon " And the old Jaily drew herself i,p and t ridlcd. although she wan alone, and no on.) could ha e the ene.it. She wan not really old. being only a littie over mi, and was still handso re, cheerful, humorous, over, owing with energy and with an acklow iedged zest for neighliorly intercourse, pleasant scenes, summer galas, and winter din ner parties. Abo.e all, however, did ci,.a uff..t. th r .nmlon Md:i4in an tJie 1 owery, showery Mav da.s, when the luster is vet uuon it when the a aieai and byaclnts in the parks are still more ., .... ..j.t .. br.lllani tnan me many-nrueu in rungs around them; when the shop win ows are iaveBt and the roar of whtels is J lo'idest, and even the dingiest, d stie-tt aueys iu uira u-"iiu ...c little fiowor-rxits aud make a fe.nt of Uyinjr IKe. It was tbe thought o, all K .r,5 r,r,m..t of im dav re- .,i .u.. 1 .....t.rxA T,t n,,t 1a;. : turninir to take her l ai-t in it, which more than any matronly anxiety, occa sion y found vestinremoniitrancfsruch ai those with which our. hapter opens it was the detern ii ation that in d ie time the heiress should lie by ail the world admired, honored and perchance envied, which made her every now and then discontented with the hum ble pleasures and modest ap: rations of her darling. Ior Jerry hated the very idea of London, the had never been tnere vowed she nover wouid go there. ' What aid sne wain wnn au.riy, nuu "" j ot houses, snnexing unuergrounu kind of horror? Oh, she knew - she had beard about It all It was all very fine for granny to smile. S!e always knew that ' grown-ups" liked towns, and she coulu remember how, as a child, she had been used to tee the men servants ana maid -servants in iiikn Kie wnen V. k.. .k. ....K, n haihanlrfiil anil ( proud that her pap l ad a fine houte Is Moray Place te take bar to. Instead tv hat nog, aa man y par-ae had. to stop sll the year rouad is tfcs nasty, cold, wet Highlands, where there was i. one to be sees, and sot a a bop nor a kirk to be reached, oace the weather turne i be !. That was what the stupid rr.aids bad aid. wh' d all they wanted was to get to Kdinburg to see their stupid sweet- ; Hearts. She r new better. It had been noth ing but "yoj must do this." sad "you must Dot do that," from the moment sue had arrivtd at Moray l lace, bhe had not been allowed to stir outeiue the doors, be the day ever so fine, un I til Katie had been free to attend her; ; she had not been allowed to give her dog a run wit bout putting on hat. f loves, and even boots. There had . een no rushing round stables, ani kennels, and gardens in the dusk after lessons: no dairy, no poultry-yard to take refuge in; no hens, no pigeons, no young rabbits nor ferrets to feed, no anything. Ten to one when (-he bad been let ioose . roin tbe school room it had been. "Miss Gera dine, your mamma wishes to see you in tbe draw ing room: she has ladies with tier." And, of course, nothing had been worse than that. .Now at Inchmarew there was always something to do or to see new pup pies, or chicken, or sotnetn ng. And there was thshore; and on the shore there was ul.wi.is something. And there was her pony. But Geraldine wan not prone to dwell upon the pony, for in her heart of hearts the young horsewoman was awaiethatif the trutn was out, her rides at Inchmarew over arough, hilly district, and always along one monot onous road, with only a choice ! etwixt turning to tbe right or the lett as the : k I,,),.,, lodge grand sweep of country to oe traversed in alt directions round the Heart of Midlothian. It had been enough that she could affect to add this to her list of grievances, and so it had gone in with the rest, and helped to add up the sum total. i es, she had hated Edinburgh, and she was sure, quite sure, she should hale l ondon equally, if not more. In vain granny had protested, di ated and assured. Jerry i ad iuvarably listened with as much intention of be ing onvin ed, and of budging one hair's breadth from her position as a young mule - and py this time evory one knew witb whom lay the reins of power at Inchmarew Castle. Jerry's parents bad been affection ate, but they had a. so been selhsb; in conscience of which she bad ne.er been able to lord it so completely over them as she had, since their death, contrived to do over their succvor. Bit by bit granny had yielded on al most e. ery contested point, until t last it had come about that e-en tht spoilt child herself was fain to begen ero s. and at times ashamed, r'or Geraldine bad a finer nature than had ever yet been manifested. One circumstance, it must be added, had strengthened the young girl's cause when pleading to be allowed to rema n in her Highland fastness undis turbed and unmolested, and this was the assurance privately received by Mrs. Cembali that a few years' retire ment would enable tbe horses to take ber place in the world more fittingly when the time came for doing so, than if the money were to be frittered away In town houses, expensive joarneys.and the like, beforehand. Now, of all things, as we have said, tbe fend grandmother desired so see her darling a great lady, and a great lady fulfilling all the duties and obli gations of her high estate. Tbat Ger aidine should be good as well as great she sincerely wished and devoutly prayed; but she desired both. It was, to hermind, fitting and seem ly that a Cam. bell of Inchmarew should go abroad among the great ones cf tbe earth. She had berseif wedded a Highland chief, with her head full of all the glories of doing so, and had found all too late that sue, an t ngp.s i wo an born and bred, was by far the greater Highlan er ot the two. The disappointment had t een keen, and it had be-n repeated, for her only son had followed in the btem of bis father hud discarded th kilt, never . , .; ,,. inI kruix C UlICU HIV, VJfiViiiw U geo: chtom.. and tradition of the irillllT llll'l enreu i:bb owu ujo ic- house She had felt herel! :a;riy ; checkmated, and it had cost her many a pang. ! And now, behold! Just when it was not wanted, and cou'd well have been dis eed with. al. tbe wild blood that these two very :auiespoi .imen ot rant ing, roving chtefta.n ooi ought to have pobenii and inner al seBfil, came suriny op :o I rfM light K"l. through the I and was not to ii l) .... Ill in dc;:!iti : i fair 1 i Ii I. ,. fi i sary to h ive ; for an. a viu..i and uceiii can f'-.ciy i ...a,.e ie. , i-ry young one ii i ., lo j tpu sible lor f;:i)u c When Sc.oiU " is sovereign, she --ill do wn. . . .... pia Cliesswiiu tne uceu of eliuni. 6ba bad never played t eiore. and Lord MelUiurne w, Hi Lord 1 aimer- stoti stood behind her cbair and aJ- . . . v 1,eu , , , . , , . 1-ater. Lo d John Hol.bouse t ok their place, and became .somewhat ronf.ised by the di i cu ties of ti.e Situation. A good deal of misundcr - standing was occasioned by the fact of hav ng queens on the boa.d and two queens at tbe labia Moreover. Ictorla was constantly asking, ' What mut 1 do':" so that the adviser felt in capable of making a well-considered decls on. lie lost the game, but next oight the .teen, undiscou aged, i layed iigain. When te John entered the room, she ran up to him, laui,'b ng, aud exclaiming I've won! How did 1 happen to ; yesterday?" This was a poser. Could the courtier reply. "Because your Majesty had not learned tbe gamer" bY no means.. "i ecause," said he, "jour Ma esty bad such bad advisers!" j Ab no 'oh England's farme imake i specialty of choice mutton sheen, and A. strain also supplies tbe l on ion market with froen meat, yet tbe prices fo good mutton keep paoe with tbe daman 1 i I'M 0 LAD TO SEC VOU. fWka saw afMa (Uat to tear (oika yaa I falisr ikl II raanaa to V aa y ." O, aa laJmt aa4 TbM ys" voavfar jast bow far th.tr (laaUama t yo vol iaaUaa lay -I'm c'a4 t aa yea,1 jo It. iniuHii rxot M a a a pa of It and taw taa raat la afeBbt; Let yar Ma know wat your ami ia tbJnktnc at abost. Doa It taka aa ora ot to ai tbaBtaooa Doa li Dead much rbeunio te make vou leal I. a ""' Haa It not a tboneaod Vacate Ltch UU In BMaias quite r Yod fel It when you're I Inf borne ana eee tbe window Haiti. Toe aee it in a awveibeart'a anillF, Lluablmc Vann Uld UT f ht. IB a mother a motBius kiaa aid la tbe laat at Id tbe nub if ktmt, vhicb tell tbe aatue del Ism. 'Glad to aae vou 1 O, yon friend of dead yitr day, Could we o ly bear It from yo ir dear lipa far w y . toull tell It Into ears which miBfle now wth c ay, We Bilght gin tbe meaning which tbe aimple word, ojntey, Bay' I'm glad to ee you thea to frienda who atill ia here: Bay It wi.b a maeuing that I" m lie t the er, aloi tban luii ly y iu; woidi are be. p but d ed- axe dear : And n.e i will ar liWk to yon and mke tLeir Uiei.ning tear. New Yur bun. CAYAN,GliS' OKCIIAKI). It is a gentle May day, and tbe apple blossoms are breaking ahllely over tbe trees In the Gavanaghs' or-t-baid. 1 bode Inland is never lux uriant, arid in May is often grudging of ber favors but this spring sbe seems to have been se ;ed by a kindly capr.ee aud adorns bi relf for the benefit of ber childien. One does nut have to 1 of the s dl, however, to be raieful for her loveliness, and Miss Humphreys, though an alien, Is aware of ber privileges. Mie is sit ting on a flat stone, resting, and talking over past times with her companion, a man whom one wou d describe as long rather than tall, and who is occup ed in making excava tions on a small scaie among the rootsoflhet.ee under which be is sitting. I never could understand wny the DeriD sous asked me to their party at ail," Miss Hi'rijpbreys is saying. "I was on ex csshely bad terms with Charles Lieunlson at the time" ber com, anion looked up significantly BDd Carrlo an i iqiarrelied every day, and several limes an evening. 1 went because I was utterly ho red with life just then, and intended to be amused at any cost and I was." bbe met tbe youDg man's eves for a moment, and theo turned away and went on, "Do vou remember our impromptu ball? You played fiddler ,' "And you danced with Charley," finished trie other, with whom you were on suib excessively bad terms." Dolly laughed. 'tes. with all his fault be danced like a" "Dream," cut in tbe young man, sa casilcallv. "Tbat is the correct expres-iou " I never knew you to have such an envious and bitter turn of mind. 1 tbouuht you were above it" "1 find lo the course of thirty odd years tbat I am above nothing but cheating at cards and telling tales," was tbe suswsi. Dearuie: What a gloomy out look for Miss Iolmer " said Doliy; but tbe constraint In her manner took ti.e llgbtnos from ber speech, and A ikens was as serious as be an swered: " eg but Miss Dolmer d es not expert much." Dorothy i.usheo. 'The fool " the said In her soli; nnliijMlv ihn Km lllunt. ut.una.uij u i remember," began the young man, slowly, trying lo paint In words the piciuie that rose before his ees, ' t..at nlgbt in the big west room as though it was yestetday; the roaring fire snapping and blading on the wide hearth, the Christmas holly, green and dari everywhere Its glistening Boor, and the old square piano pushed up in the oruer, behind which it was my hard tiecesilty to sit aud play while you dan ed, Dolly." Ills dark eyes. Iu which the pupils seemed points of light, Hashed in.o hers. "Whose fault was that?" she re l.uriied, reproachfully. Yours," came the answer, blttcr )y"ours yours. It was all in your hands, and you those to throw me away like" Hush." she Interrupted, the lieau liful color mounting to her cheek. "That is not true, and you must not say It." J Ic was calm again, and went back to bis renilnihccncfs. "It wa wet, and cold, and bluster ing outside, and 1 spent ten pleasant minutes standing in the rain t cool oif some of ruy superfluous spli It " ! And he smiled sadly. He was what most people did not care to look at without being ugly. o one could be ugly with that straight, fine-cut cose, and the eloquence and (Ire of bis eye, but the long, rather hag gard face was thought sins er, and the thin lips cold and hard. "lld you enjoy those dan es, Do! y lie leaned forward and looked into ber yes. "Yet," she answered, blushing, "I loved the m ivemcnt, and 1 knew all the time" That I was eating my heart out," he interrupted, scornfully, ",md you liked tbat almost as well us making a fool of por Charley i ennlson." "Uon't." said Dolly; "you hurt mo, and you have no rlhu" "No, 1 hare no right to upbraid you, poor girl! Youhad too many lov ers and too light a heart uot to make tome of them unhappy. Onlr 1 wibl bado't been one of tbe sufferers; tbat Is all. Ob 1 oily, I tblnk I could bave withstood you. tf it hadn't len for lu-l day on tbe r.ver in lu auti urn, when yon tried your best to wile tbe heart out of me. and " "f al ed " said h iu HumrhreTt. aiaadiiy ! bave never had your heart, vr. A ken; it has len .oyour own undl-ttirlod jossel n e . er since 1 bave known you Jf vou bad eard )ou would ne er bave gone away from Ibe lienmaona' without a word." His rjes bla ed, but be sa.d noth ing. Tbls Is all very un pro 11 table," she went on, leaning ba k against a tree; "let us change the subject" Aiken's ryes wandered away through the orchard "liyall means," be said, and then aga n fell to study ing ber face. Two years and over since tbey hd pared that Christinas t ay. and he bad i ever en her sin e. Two ears had made a chaofe Two years ago be bail a cherish -d theory tbat it would he impossible to bring tears to tbo-e brilliant gray eyes, mehow to-day that theory was destro ed. Two years a o she coul I laugh at you, in stily yiu, allure and deceive you, but love you never, so be believed. - T a .miner, A a a' miner, 1 p- a ity cbveaa airlna; T a win r Icy w n ar. In fiat If M 1 hrt ol thine " But to day to-day! ."suddenly a hope, a slight but exjuisite hope, stirred within bim. A slow fire of . pass on darkened bis sear hlng eyes. 1 Miss l'olmer, to whom be bad in tended to propose In the course of the week VI iss Dolmer to whom 1 paid a unrulier ot business lik - aiten tions sank swiftly out of sittht iie remembered a dream be bad bad tbe summer before, in which Dolly Humphrey bad been walking by the . sea and be bad k ssed ber, and j waked to spend a week of utter mis- : ery In blotting out every memory tbat rowded into v.ew 1 "Where w re you last summer in j .tugust'r" he aeked. "i was at the seashore," she an swered, and colored a little, that same delicate pink lb it he remem be ed with a vivldncs- that was half joy, half pain. ''I spent hours liter ally on the beach. Nobody el-e had any liking for it they preferred gayer spois. but I became quite a solitary last summer, and used to watch the w.ves through the long afternoon. Mamma got rather nerv ous or I refused any c impany, and she was divided between a tear that I whs meet ng an ineligible suitor or getting a bit touched In my head. 1 will sa that she might have had some reason for the latter theory, had I told her what queer fancied I had, fur 1 got quite under the Influ ence of the curling green waves." "A modern Lorelei," said Aiken. "1 was much more like a ship wrecked mariner," said Dolly, smil ing softly. "I bad one idea. 1 re member, that If 1 waited very pa tiently, tbe waves wouid wash, up at my feet a treasure. What tbe treas ure was, I did not know, but some- ' thing that would rejoice me forever." "Tbe jewels of some poor mermaid who bad mislaid, them," suggested Aiken, watching her. with tbat hope growing In his heart ) "I had a fancy, ;lso." went nn Miss Humphreys, rat her shyly, 'that some of my old friends might turn up; you among them. Tbat you might suddenly appear walking along the smooth tawny sand, and we would have a friendly talk to gether." "If 1 had only known," said Aiken, between bis teetu. "Hut, ".he added. smiling a little, 1 wouldn't bave i come as an old friend. I never was one." 1 lorothy loiked Into his face with a hurt wonder, which changed as he added, "I was your lover, dear." "What were you doing all last summer''" she said, hastily, leaning forward and setting six small stones in an even row, while her cheeks again colored pink. "I worked," was (ho brief answer. "All the time:-"' raising soft pity ing eyes to his "Most of It: but 1 did not mind the work; it took my thoughts from other things, and I had nothing pleasant to tnink of." 'What a melancholy young man!" said Miss Humphreys, 1 ghtly. "You should have paid the sea a visit as I uid, and found solace for your Ills." 1 "Did you need hoi ace, aNov" asked Aiken, eagerly. "Were you unhappy too?" "What an Impertinent UCtion:" and Dolly laughed a little. "Why should 1 not be happy?" ' I thought 1 hoped," wentontho young man, earnestly, with Intense pleading In his eyes, "that perhaps you were lonely too. That pehnp you had a little of the heartache I hat was with me day and nlgbt, arid has been these two long vears and more I hoped tbat you peihaps re.; retted your cruelty to me at the last, and would at least let me try again 1 know I have no right," he continued "lo cherish any hopes you certainly did your best to crush them out but we had been so happy before I grew quite mad about you, and you bad seemed to like me then, arid s i it suddenly comes to ru" tbat n w. after these years, you might give mo aoolher ( hanty. r.od knows 1 ask nothing better tban to spend my hea t and soul In trying to make yon l ive rue peak, Dolly, an I give me some answe . Am 1 gone mad an, tin or-" He did not try t touch her hand or make her look at bim, but waited in a passionate silence that somehow made Itself felt In the ulet spring air. Slowly Miss Humphreys heaped her six little stones one on the other, and h s they (ell to the gro rid she turned and looked at hi in and smiled, a wistful deprecating smile that steadied his hot impulse to express his utter joy, aril yet ea e bim full measure of it. "I on't aay anything now," she blspered. ' 1 could not bear It." and ber eyea asked for a merciful gentleness from bim, and not In vain Con'. rolling hlaieelf, be turned away .'rom ber and ioocrd aoat tbe orrherd witb happy eye I bat boletf e err beauty of color and form. We bave never been together an? wbere lo the sprinv, have we''" be aid. sti 1 looking away lo tbe flower In trees. "In the summer. In the autumn. In the winter, but never ia tbe spring. I see it with nrw eyes: I alwats bave seen t:rigs differently when with you T.-day the apple Mosaoms are a shade ruo pink, ibe sky a deeper hi e. than when I weiked here yesterday? Will vou go down to the lake with iue' There Is a b at, and 1 could row you in and out tbe little Island that are rti.l brown with last summer's leaves Will you come?" "Yes 1 w II ome," she answers, smiling and springs light j t ber feet Uhi-h wa.' is It? 1 bave never staid here bef re, you know." "Tbat Hit e path through tbe trees. i;ut llrst 1 want you to give me something " ! be raised her frightened eyes to bis. "ve ther your money cor your life don't l afraid but tbat violet in your dress " I orothv loks down at it, and draws her breath quicker between ber parted lips. And if 1 do?" she said. "If you do." he returned. "1 shall ask you to give me the white band tbat picked Iu" With a swift movement she took tbe flower f oiii her dress, an 1 held it toward him. and Aiken caught ber hand in Ulh of his, and raised It to his lips Waverly. MONEY OUT OF SKUNKS. A reantylvanlan FU alng- the Little Anl dim for Ihe r Pelta. In Lawreice ( ounty, Iennsyl vanii. Is lo ated the only skunk farm in tbe world, it Is owned by John Ki kmau. who In April ot last year killed a couple of the little creatures and sold their hides to furri rs for 2 each. He ((included that It was a profitable business and the Idea of es tablishing askunk industry suggested itself, and the Idei was nn sonnet conceived than acted upon, says a writer in the Ohio State Journal. He immediately set to work and capiurcd between th rty and forty skunks and established his farm. Irom thirty last ear bis stock has increased Wi 3 hi this year and will continue to In creae in the -ame r tio from year to vear. He keeps ten females to one ma e and two litters of young ones a year Is the a erage of a female witb from seven to nine at each litter. So that it may be seen that the rate of increase is very rapid. A peculiarity of the skunk Is that when the second litter Is born the first litter Is killed by the old one, and this, it Is said, is tbe reason tbev do not Inc. ease so rapidly In their wild condition. To prevent this killing off of the first lit ter Mr. Ecknian separates the first litter from the old ones before the second litter is born. The first litter Is placed In an addition roihnoriglnal, and In this way the Industry Is ex tended. Tne skunks are fed ollal from slaughter-hoises. worthless sheep aud milk. They are very hardy and seldom die of any disease. Next year Mr. Ec.kman expect to have ,ouO on bis farm. In i ece inner of each year the killing oc urn, ten males being killed to one female. The pelts a. e valuable, ranging from ,r,0 cents to $ : aple e. Llack pelts are most In demand and bring tbe high est price. The proprietor of this farm expects to make a fortune out of the skunks, and from all Indica tions Is in a fair way or doing so. The Inclosure in hich the skunks .arc kept is alxmt, two acres in extent and Is surrounded by a board fence about four feet high made out of tough timber. Just Inside the fence and about three icet. from It and ex tending entirely an.und the lot, was constru ted a ditch or moat, walled up with solid masonry tbe object of the moat lifiug to prevent the skunk from burrowing under tbe fence and escaping from tbe farm. Inside the moat, and eritendiiik around the en closure, side by side, mounds ot earth that present very much the appear ance ot graves, making the entire Id closure look very much like a ceme tery. lieneatb the-e mounds ot eartb were wooden hoxes of com mod Ions sue to which was an entrance at the end of the mound through a sort of square opening constructed of Ixiards. In these burrows live tbe skun..s. Acro-s the Inside angles oi tbe lence were nailed Ima ds to prevent the skunks fioiu climbing over aud escap ing. Mr. hcktiian. win e conducting a party of visitors aioimd the plac-i recently, picked up by the tails twj of the blackest ami most ferocious looking skunks In the whole lot Tne lady visitors uttered a scream and i roke lor the entrance .0 (he encio--ure as fast as their Icet cou d Carry the in, and this gen tie men o; thcp.tr ty were not disposed to tarry on the ground until the fears ol all were o Itcved by Mr. i.ckruari's ussuiing tht m that there was nod mgerata L Mr. Kckniau explained that the fetid II uid, which manes the skunk so re pulsive, is secreted n a sui II gland near the pelvic extremity of (ho spinal column, and Unit atcerUiu l.uies the sx'uiik emits this liquid la u Trie spray as a means of eif de feusc He said tht) tkurix on his larm never em. tted thltdl a.ice.mle liquid e .cept when killed or enga. ed in a light Dur.ng this conversii ion tbe kkunKS congregated aroi.nd lueiu by the s (ires and resembled a gie.it number of Cats waiting lo i e led. A 'I rut. ii line. The hu -Mild was complaining and the wile was busy rit.oul. bunt ng for the sunshiny piaces. "Life is a burden," be slg'ied. ' es, dear," she aiisi red. 'but you know we couldn't ex.Ht verv wel, without It " Then he smiled and took a new l.oid.