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.' C 7.
V if
j.f. J - '
rontiniK'i.
:i ri." W-ttiT. "T'ti-
. ;r i.uii.o'Iut
co -in.
i;i:. iii't. in-
Pe eouid not have
rhar.ta1 !." w.ui his
"ui!mi -h ;-t if ; i !(." h is i
. X rs ( miilIs-II i
deed, have ai, ear.
in: u c barr alii', uol to
Hill'
liav him i
iinl hrii- '
nr a'-y Mirt j
. en ! tii.ii. h j
unon h 'in- I
tian: ami i -rt'iiii y. to had
of grudge against a rr i ' ' ! . f
that friend hail bro .'tit it
se'f. -a
red. etie eon d not lint own of
an UIH "is f
it ha : be.
La 1 iii-l -way.
rjl
gnu 1 I'll
.'. am I'll:
t ;v. ! in
i. Li i a' ;.
h-r o.'. I, '
O.I in
sou i'om v
With i
" na ' i
llrtt W I!
lor the ,
fir-tian ti-i! , I it- r: whel
if
i n en 1 nat h'-cO'.:lit t
t V:
-.ir i-i'.le: i.'k 1)
... i d hat c
n In
ii'
I'llliei! '. ol' to I'll
-ri. . . -n .-.'.oii d
i.i-
re- j
ill' 3 f
in.) the ij.'iir
i-.-!.;;!i,''ii ( j
h' r-i'.f 1 i.at
--i lake a lc i
. 'J I II. s.
II lit' ei
m h
J'.
!!
:l
iie h
- in!
he w
.1 nri.l
(,it hi:
ant ii
ill
I,
I.
warn
t.ine,
W.
a
.,1 d
!,i- hit,;, out
her own w ay
so.-
li!'
t.ik
lie
ill
not hi-,
mat. I n
any -' ii
but niii'
ile ri.'ht to iiiii
to vt el! not to let
r utiiii.i ai'iiear:
t f,e i.ra." i-al part
' ,Vi
in u, y
ni't e i
it
of the in ii
rcmid do li
kuiivv fur ii
ctiKii:' ii f'i"
Miiei; Mje inoiint.
: ter : han In:, lie mi
':i ed. It tm'lit lie ri
ht
ht
for him to ae.-eii Ijeocnden's
s. ami he I'eeitiro.'ai and re
: hut ii" had not once and
hi-, ! ro-e to her brow, and her
re r..'l within her ronv iiiw at
OM'I'!
jinii'
tin- ho
tt-titii
the thoiiyhl w i.icll followed.
"Do 1 r : r, -' him," cried she the next
minute. "Io. yrannv. let i ecii tiring
Sir I'i'e erirk iedienilen iiere. watii,
to see h in a'ain. And. granny, if 1
am not
Sunday,
yon no
dear. "
"If .1
were y
in.jiiii
To
lev l i '
that i
at home wnen he eoiiies on
yon will entertain him, will
Sav vou wiil. there's a
r. are not at home'.' Where
i thmkiiiir of jroinir. my I jvo.-"
i cranny in .-orao surprise,
lie i bliilrctJ's service at 1 erke
'.:)el. . i ou know it :s so near
an easily yo alone if Mi'or
toes not care to go with ill".
uitna
U t you
will he
will not jo, de ir. so granny
at ho. i.e. Cecil, if vou hrinj:
t.al, iielleuden
femeinlier. and :
In: i- ' apt. I'li
there now. I must
to inuft yrannv. that
lii nuen' no .oner. 1
how it is tnut wo !io;h
wilh a tiuee o the old
less it may he that we
en nor heard a n v 1 1 i 1 1 r
cannot think
lorget, unless''
hit; ,-ness --nr.
have noil her Si
ii ii 'il siace he
lecume '.-sir i reu-
j rn "
' i h, sha 1 you lie i
iookina- r;i; i or I laril
" . alii Ml I ii I oi a I
Ar yo v fi- t'-rs to..,
C'hU el tin- ti.vl I'll'
snu I ii.;.' i iii ;;i i
'liu: the s.-r. i ' -' v,
o'elo k . ;..y ,1.-...' '
reminded tir. ' I he
-i. n : in, 'i i o
that, i C .ii' ho s i
"i t'l. I n i r I;,.-..;
saii; he
I lii'.y ' e ' I'K. pi
t leraaiiti" r -o
to say t'iir ji'. t.s ii
certa ii. it v.r, .j
stiid Cecil,
rn's service,
to Berkeley
e w ere Iiei e,
i over by
ran in oilier
i; in over by
I 1.
Iii to tea,
ome be 'ore."
"'-." observe 1
on y inc. tit.
iie h"re lor
s!'ni.y,
1 o I J i'os V
Oil
el. or
ki.o-s
S ,u
if i we.i:
To i s ''
tin:.' ex-
To
I .-I - . nor
; . -i.iit
( )f com
li'il. vou S'
Ha i d
wa , s
i :o
e t hi
V would !;'
le-
a!-
i,d
see, i; y in t er
own room :o rest .
ei
the girls are
ho 1 here ur i
tiiiT in 'J'e
UT. .d - tliotl
ui' o 1
oes
not. ha.e iieopie in at .", o
on
H'in-
. so,
th .y
see,
days as they do at most l.ousi
thong I know that o! our-c
wouiii always have vou. h
il .oiv were in, ou
iii. you see,
might have
your iMiik for nothing."
s'oi,il i 1 ' rt is too i ot to
wa'dis for hothing. certain! v,'! reti
take
rted
OeraUlin". with a tornier.tmg smiie.
"Vou will be in it o. th- ii.-" said he.
persevcriiurlv.
"o s r, I did not say that. An 1 I
never nin i rryocll by engagement, i-i
case I leel a desire to break them if
I make an engagement I keen it I am
pot like some people'' the allusion
wa not so veiled but that tie caught il
" where i ore prudence
making none." And he
sugge-tetli .
felt that she
did not mean him to en'. rap her.
lie was, in consequence, oinewnat
purprised w hen the day ana the hour
arrived.
fin thinking the matter over Ceral
dine had neither attended the service
at. Berkeley Chapel nor gone to tea in
(irosvenor Si uaro. Instead, she had
ai rayed herself in a dresH of the no t
est fabric and palest tint, pinned a rare
bunch of lillies in her bosom, and
seated herself by the balcony window
of the little shady drawing-room.
Five o'clock had scarcely struck ere
the door-bell rang, and the next mo
ment the two rentlemen were being
I'uhorod in. One ouick throb her
pulses could not but give, a faint sha .6
b; e:rotion could not but lie felt - but
outwardly the fair sjirl who stood up to
receive them was all gentle trailed and
sweet composure, and the hand that
was laid for a moment in that of Bel
lenden was cool and quiet as bit own.
This was he, and the meeting was
over.
The thought so engrossed Geraldine
during the first few minute which
succeeded that, althoug she conrersed
audibly and sensibly with her cousin,
and knew and comprehended what he
was talking about, she bad to exert
very effort to do so, aad was aware
that the durst not let not her attention
wander (or aa laatant
A giaaea aad tuffl d to show that
Callaadea waa aa avsca aitarad at bar
1 i : V K f '
1" a- I routler. tinlr. . !
; l a i t i t-n ht- t iii.i jli
; l... y -i) i.n'idnun , nu- . o d
; -!i:'!'-. It I' .a-i;d to in
h i a u.i-h n! jsray in: i- 'in i'
J.i.t li h vitjr.' hi- aii.'h'
' ' iiit Wii-he-i tufy. tNi. i.a i v
' m.c w tiiftta to wc-U. iv. i..
tu-in
he w a-
g l!,t Ill
tlia:. he
in'..
. - re ;
t !.':! ' Hi' i.
i J!c ."s !j.liiinran I latihin ; n pas !y
a-ii! (I. ii Bi-i-tn. d ht-r jri'HSKl't.o-tit-r,
! I ur.i nt on a.'t ii r m u i v iiV in
i I'm-, a,'.- wu.i I I'ni. ii ! iid tr.' a :.o'i as
! i". ! . ui.d iifitii.-r in h t i -l i'.ivj! wn
j imr it! nuti'. thai fo. DW. d l.ad he ariy-
t..lli' tl t'OIIl IL U ii .
Ami y t i;i-ili.'!idt':i kn-w. within 'he
1 mi t- of tli.it iiru-i tiait-liiiur wiiat In;
ha i i lid had not lo rxiert. It wan
j o:vio i that hi; was tiot to tako up his
I fiiTin-r fuotir.j- in th- ho ' o.d i; wan
ji'i.'ia 1; uuin that tJuT" en- Ui in- no
! it'.i.iu'in'i'D.'i'ii. i:nr n i t rtii.e to t hini
; ft. n l it w. s mai kt-iiiy clear that
in i a'liiiiivii i,au ir ne vwtri Jerry
or ex en with Ueraldinu" for ever, as
rcjjar ed him.
w "e the swaje'-. young lady."
f; ii'1' I) he to him.-e.f, haii amv, hai(-
' aimwd "reiiie'iiJoirKly I ne and fa-h-ie:iii!el.
I miyht ha e known it wo Id
S?n. Tiio-e fratik him; le chi uren
i x .a-:. ne l.reat h of the word
I. j-i :ii in in the tilo-oini"'. Why
s-; i i ; J 1 liave e in-efea her lo be (Hi
ii i'i tr. i :in ut h-'iv'1
or he had expected it, uad li n
i-'r.i' k with a ni en an I n!ra.'ie
i.'l;-i' o :'.e U'an y and iir'oreiice of
ti.ai tf iU 'U' a- Jie liad ya ed : on
it. i in,-. -l; uii.-ei ii. c nihe ir eii;at ion
ti.'.y. ami had le.l ILrrt-arra n.Vii ii
j'iii: ' iS lurahiiUier and a m-a- er jew.
I i- ;i..U inured i.pi'i i'ii I. a n end with
pur: oe
he
had not i!
ii-'-d 'oconie
) ei no ijiin t rtnurf lit to car
lit
ry it with
H filvili hand ail tin: -am". It wo.i.U
a iii'jii hand ail tm: -am",
ri'fii n y he it i-t not to aoiie,
r as if he
l.aa none anyt Iniiir to .In
asiiaiii.-d of, :
, iiidi. ating
and it wo . In yo ar toward
ii. beiun ior 11 In: could ai
wn.i'b ol there havil.'' hei
ar unrou
Hi'.vriiin uDoii! it to v nlicaie. With a bold 1
iront ai-. or , burly he sat and talke .
Ah hut he was ashamed lor all that,
and tin- truth seemed to glare at him
oat of two tiery eyes.
ot Cwaluine's eyes, for they were
never turned his way at a 1. thouirh
they la ned larye and li uid as ever
on Cecil, on her grandmother, on anv
oii ect in l he room rather th. n him-,
self not the old ady'w. for they were ,
mild, serene, ln-nevoient, and regarded
him with aculn.ne-s which he himself :
was lar Ironi feeling, cot I ceil s: Cei il r
was Hirle tly happy and perfectly un- '
i Oi.sc. oils secure of ha. iug done the
right ti.ing and charmed that all bail ;
tui ne i on: so we l. i
.o. the eyes were tho e o' his own I
newly awakened au l in lignant con-:
science. j
What a fool he had made of hinisMf.'
Why could he not, by a lilt, e onii ary
att nt on have done- away witli all thin
awkw idncss. an t this tiresome em
barra in. nl.' A letter o two. (Jeral-
dinu s present, an invitation from his
mo..! er. a little civility shown to trie
t a u.onds any one of these woiiid
ha.e en a led lum now not o .ly to feel
i.. u He i oinfoi-'aiile, but would iiavo
g.ven hi m the plea-ant right to be re
gar. .ei in the light of one who was
more than a in. re acquaintance, He
'elt a l at once a desire to he looked
ii! on in this light and 'lie den re was
sea 'celv there ere he wa .convin ed it
v.oiii . never be realized. I
lie inmost sighed as Cecil looked ut
h:in, and rose to go. lie had inter-i
changed a ew gay word-with I .er-j
aioine. she had shown him the flow- :
ers on h'-r balcony, and ha I allowed,
in answer to his inquiries, that she was
el.ariuei with all she had seen and
none, an I was noking iorward with de
light to what was next to follow, lloth
hud con:. ned th"in-el es lo London
and to 'he present. The pa t had not
I ei "i to .chi.-d upon - In -liiiiarew never
Iiiiiried.
'lb n young llaymond had drawn
near and had conli.Jeiitly mnrm:ircl
loiTieihiiig in his cOiisiu's eiir. ai v. uieh
li.i' ii' lii-r had at once rim e! aside.
n.i.gh!, ano vexed by this lntcrruns.
Tion niii. ' (u'eovef. w i' h a keen and
0: . t r reeoiii clion of havi.ig in c ii,J
tint ( eii! would Jii well l i ob'aiu a
hti'i't w.th ':..; tn.eress.
'J'iiat start had aoparentlv been ol-
tiiined.
" 0:1 are go:ng to rirU witii herir''
sa.d 'ir I reiierii'K. as me two wa kcu
it'.viiv. "Does she ride as well as .
i r - '
"rivery bit and we have got iiersu h ,
a horse i '
"An' have I seen, her oid''" drawled
Ilel.enden as iusinaating t hat he might
have caily done so w.thout remark
ing it.
" mi the horse only came up yester
day. Vou will see heroutto morrow." ,
' !1 the world saw Geraldine out on
the morrow.
As she rode slowly 'up and down the
sunlit. 1 ow. where the hine from tho
glittering heavens dancing upon leaf
and stem, the gloss on the satin-like
i oats of the horses, the nutter of fan
r i'.a-ao! lrce and leather among the
briliiunt, many-tinted i rowds, made a
spectacle never to be afterward lor
gottrn. tt e youthful heiress was her- .
self one of its chiefest ornameiitu .
She had not been there before, for it '
had been a onsy time of day with her, .
and she had not cared to go until she i
could take her place among the rider, i
Moreover, the rrevious weeks had not 1
lf e beauti'ul by the sudden hlae of
gnnshine and warnilh which had now
drawn forth every lingerer: lothat,
although there had be. n always the
sumo thing in kind going on. it had
not attained to its lull perfection, and.
hearing this, she had been content to
wait.
i But now what a scene of enehant
ment it was!
j Someti es cantcringlightly over the
soft, well-watered soil: sometimes
' sauntering past the rail ngs. scanning
tbe loungers on the side path and tie
neat h the sha e; anon calling a halt at
tne corner where (onfrregated the
greatest numbers of all, and where she
was informed that any who knew her,
and knew she was to be there that day
for the first time, would certainly be
watching.
Cecil knea exactly where to go, and
whan to stand still.
Ha also knew by sight a great many
people of whom, In her Ignorance, she
had barely heard, but whom she was
apt enoaah to perceive she ought to
now about aad eoht to uadentaad
bout. Ceeil aTidaavV cooeldsrad It
tun
i.
il all
:.!!.:
or
i La'l
'Vil III.
ii.Ml ii - ' i . v. ii ii- -. . i ai j
I'i'.te. an ; Wii.. ceil 0 .' e ij ai 1
a lair li:i;:.i er O' (.' 0 ho i e . he v
lioiv e;:-;v i'i treat a"i a llit'.'in in '
l.'titaili Hllio'iiit of 'iiMiiol, .I'll' K...
t ile w ii fi a: ! he i'i a . :-y in- ha!
nii riy l-e-tewed ii;o i hh- .o .iau ii
.Mil u.ii;.; h '. d: I ne :!'.
pre-ent cee lent oiijin t.i; ;tv inf
pro iiil' hi fdorin'' liiili-l !o i a--out
t -i'tinjf him.-elf to tak'-a-l i--'
t I.
ii',
of it. and pri'M-;:tiv lie .; i
'ti'aetion t h'i. Wii lia
-.J h
ii,ai''
leryf-'ood eirinninj,'. i i .a.'.ine. in
huve iieen hi. K . in voir ay. it inn
every day that hi iiit" out so many i
therit'ht sort o people, i tlon t ki.o
when 1 ha e m en the id re f ilter,
looking roun I eonipUcent y.
"Ves 1 think it is i.elilihtfiil," er
claimed the. with am., atimi. "'It
oetigbtful a!tiL"'t her. Tli't !-ulij.'!i
an i the khade. and the i and th
hor'. I am afraid I
come here ecrv
iIa 1 wan: t
dav, 'Unui'i
e il."
Well, of course that i-i wiiat eoji'e
do. It i-the correct tiling 'od t!i t.
'i'oco.'n" ouiv now and t he'i i- non-en-.'
Voii d m't yet se.-n. imr kir.wn. n-r
arithine-. lim will m'oh Ii-i'!:i to
noli -e tne tiio-t an of 1 he r.di-rn '
tir i here now yon wiii .o t !o i- now
the'i.ailhvh ht" tli''Vi'"iii''Hi' in Iv.
It is cnite
"How g
tifal -sir
"Ay. h.
have. I ih
admired.
I ok. d at
tin; hi rj ir to lie.
a 1 I ui:i I l.i.M- L"
arirelot ' ' I lit il
ii-i.liite t lie ; ie,
I'esa , he i.a- !
o ,r ho: mi i- i
; h:. n o:,i --i; ii; i
t.i v i
his no.
nor-.
. er II. il
"1 shoal i h
said era. ii,!.
i inn e
.-ii 1..
ceiot' i.- oioy to tie ! !
an t In n ni- s'.o i"
bent over ' i-t Bitod'e and
ily arranging 1 i.e bum h o
hi r ut oil hole to;iro eei
"There Is 1 leilcnd' n
oiiserved t ecil. all U'
-bal we ride up to him '
f H!
he is , ome to have a lo ..
'.'ol liK"iy. And he
ot iier pei pie. I do not
heell Us, so we need not
him, and I am tired of
i.oth his com i anion,
horse's head round: ' I
It M l,
ak n:
' t.i
has
tli ink 1
trouble
ir
the eorlli r
turning he
should line t
take a not her turn u ;i and du.vn. ( ci ,
if you no not in'nd. I.e' us go th"
whole length o,' the i ide once i. ore -just
once more nefore we go in to
luncheon. Co ne," and she had set oil
ere he repl'cd.
.Nothing loath, Cecil followed.
He had tn-en w lling to speak to Ilel-
! lenden it was tr .e. as he al.vrys wa:
willing to lie seen in company w th u
! well-known presentable arijiia ri'ari"e
! - but he was il ore than tdi a.-ed that
' Ceraldine h uld not care iiIki d it. and
should prefer "another turn up and
'down" with hiuiseli". They walkei
past Sir rredori.'k -tiiierauiy c,o-e
past, too chatting gaily egetSer. a
though neither perceived htm anil
presently lie. 1011I1 see ti.eir hors. s
break iu'to a canter, and the two ! g-
i ures disaidieai a on t
i; ol her rider.-;.
I He almost felt as il hi.
hud been in
I nulled.
; lie hud co-tie there, as Co.il had
! said, to see (iei uiiiiue.
I He did riot fre ,in, nt the riie at that
hour, for the scene hud long ago pu led
uikmi him. and he had not li a horses lo
town but he ban felt he sho.ih) like to j
, In-hold the little luir-ewou.an of iiich
i marew mounted once mure. hy
should be not '
i She had I it-en quite civil to him. nn i
i there wan no ,o sible reiison why lie
f two shoil'd not iie go.id li .ends. nr. al
! any ra e. polite, so- iabie n- ua; ntan i s
: in fiit in-.
It was not to be expected that she
should be as deuionsl air. e and open-'
; hearted as w ben she wi s a child nay.
it was hardly pemais to lie exported
that she should think as highly of him
even in her i-o n-l so il a- -he had om i
cared not lo hide ! but she had done
but he old not taiio
had liiin-i I
er. d as 1 1, a:.
altered, oi-. ,it least. . o a, to
( lerald'ue shoiiiu ',i i; hdr .w
all o i' iimry 1 1 - ' ug.
fro, il hi. a
h.' had eer. a ni
her gr-' l ii g the
n. i-hi r i.a I -he . .
I ee i one or ol !i
known ,v hat to ma
rot ! i" n wan.) m
'lay he ere b .1
n .' 1 I .'ad I.
be weald n r. e
ii. Hut, i s i:
w..s, he had thanks
to I cell l .'i .'
ba
ed. iiiid the only
.-hit on of the
problem which hnu a '.r t o ec irre : t i
him had be. n too '.isiigre, a e to have
been h'l.g ' ontemp'aled. Hut it now
recurred ith reiioved force.
Her indi erenee eould mean ,no' hing
elsethan tinit he was now bhh rli -
either to atrart or to n-pe . and
whether '.hat X'W' r essni'ss were the
result of any charge in lim.er
whether it pro, e (led from tt.e : s.
enry of a rival, it di 1 not greatly
nify. Hither way a ted eno gh
That he hud. Iveen se. rf and tna
or
k- I
as he stood there in tne bright May
sunlign'. he felt on instant con . icti, ,n.
He had himself been watching the pair
for some little time previou-'y. and had
known the exact moment when ea li
bad almo.-t simultaneously diseove ed
him. When Geraldine hud turned her
horse's head he had funcied herabo t
to approach and renew hi intniuin
tan esbip and had respond dto the
movement instantly and 'hen the two
bad walked slowly by. to all appear
am e taken up solely with ea h other.
It had been ('.one deiilieiately; it
must have ! ecu of set p .riiose.
Had he shown r Hut he had
shown nothing. He did not think that
anv regret, or pi ne, or annoyance
either with himself, orwi htnem. had
been visible the prev;ous a'ternoon,
and, there'ore, to pass him by ;o nak
edly, must have been rimpW owing to
the state of 'heir own fooiinir. They
had not cared to lie intruded upon.
They could not be troubled with; the
presence of an out-ider.
Ha went away caring in' nite y more
about the whole than he had done when
he came.
(TO BE CONT1NLKI).
Tbe Czar's White Horses,
The Czar of Russia has ooe set of
fifty horses, all pure white, with blue
eyes. They are beautiful creatures,
but deaf, as white animals with blue
eves alwars are. These white b9rsea
are used in showy processions' on stata
occasions, and, like gueen Victoria'!
famous cream- colored bones, are never
old from the imperial stables. When
past use they an shot and buried witb
dna ceremony. Boston neraia.
I TUX C....D S7f. fi,.
T'i" mile r. Ts le-nrt m us ,!a u 1 1! - '! ;i-.
l. ! li -lll 1. d I.' .' il ii. II .1 I a -. .1 .
', t :!,!! the .hefds I.e s.Mp! 1.- lie
II'
In the pride of l,is llii 11 si re!- .
And mi i-1 the trin.'n of lie I irj' '-me-'
.1 .i-r I., r.- .s.!, ! no . r .- t.,M;
I'er .'i'i '.Vel',- 'l.'l- tO . UllU iiori
"I'll, re in -ti-d one siring of ""Id.
Alld lmev-r t-'lies the poef hp.:i-!:t
I'll'lll ti.e U jr. s he W ilk' d f r"lll sleep. Ilg.
Il.o, 111- niiis.e ii f j mis., light
A thru ing sound tame .-reepiiig:
I ..r high ::bxi- ! .e pulsing heal,
'1 I.e s.irg" ..( I I.e uili.' ilinl l.'i- shiver.
W.;i. ii sound more clear ami a icie luore
su t-t-i
The gold- ii string would ipiiv r.
And souls p,s red nut from their prison
bars
As the worldlings stopped to listen
And iheught of seiiii'iliing In y.md the
stars.
And dull i'i e s 'gan lo glisteu.
A iei those ivl:,.. gri-'f had choked them
I r ,kv
At the s'liini! of the hnrji into sobbing;
i'er in '. r heart an e. !,o wake
Ireiu I la- gold sir ng and its throbbing. ,
Ai' 1 m .ri i's linriglif that one sweet note
il.il s"p',is through the treat pearl .
I.M'.iil !
1 1 i '. u th 1 in .ii pi hs of spiiec nth nit I
To earth from the choir immortal.
lad the fountain drops plnsli with a ;
liquid ei,ii,:,.
(Ill the I,!,, rk W l.ich floWS to the sea,
And we un I in iir..ps in the sin am of
Tin,.-
As it sc..., ,,s to Ii ernity.
S , i hen- e.'.ni" a d.-iwii iii th" i nr'y spring,
Wlieii never a s uig remains uti-nug.
V! e l.il'.is k il.g h-'hte,! oil the w irg '
A ii I th.- gray orl-l again feels oung. j
The riii'ielov ;irl l.-.l with morning ih-w, i
'1' u ,i lei',,! the b.rds in their wild wood
ls,w,r. I
Tiny riisll.'d their Utile thrnnls and grew
Half nuot with joy of ihe pss-lng hour,
'lie hu'hPligiile piped his hisliesi lay
iN.ov was lie- Him- f..r n tune or never),
The Meet song i.e.,- and died IIWIIV, !
Kill the minstrel' hum was siiiled for- I
ever.
The brii'Ze, all wanton, swept the strings,
But they fehoe.l buck llo token,
And the mourners sobbed as the sun went
dow a.
For tin- gulden string lay broken.
- Uohert 1'. Gibbs. in the l'.osloii Journal.
SAM (K'TWITTKI) HIM.;
- i
I'anner Kendrick had lirmiglit In an I
armful of Kiiow-covered logs from the
woodpile at the riorth'end of the bonne,
throwing them (low n on the stone
hearth with a noise like a small eanh
qi'.ike, when Carrie llrowu started up.
"Five o'clock! ih. I hud no idea it
was so late. I must be going home."
"Allow me to accompany you, Miss
Drown."
"You'll let me see you home, Carrie?"
Captain loguii and Fred Jones both
spoke ut once, but Carrie shook her
head.
"I pref.-r to walk home alone," she
said gayly.
"About t hi sleighing party to-morrow
night'" asked Fred, anxiously.
"I-I have promised Captain Ixigan,"
said the villuee bounty, a rosy tint suf
fusing her cheek.
"But. Carrie, I thought It was set
lled between you and me two weeks
ago!" exclaimed Fred, with a frown.
"was it.' i am sure l lunl forgotten i
ii." j
Fred was silent. C.upt'iin Logan's !
smooth, soil toii'-d voice broke Hie si-
leiice. j
"I exact no promises," In- said, gal- j
I:- lit ly . "but If 1 :uii not punctual to ihe j
h ur tmd the rpot. Miss Blown may i
(oil-., he"o',:i I lll.t I U.iiollS."
And Carrie went home. I
She was very pretty, this bright eyed ',
New Fngliind daiiisel. Fred Jones hud ;
loved her ever since they were children j
together, and Captain I.oguii, who hud
come down to spend the Christ mas j
holidays with his cousins, the Ken- i
drieks, hud become so fond of those i
bright blue eyes and golden hair that, j
he had Infringed his visit to Jaiiuarv. i
'I 'on my word, she's a regular beiiu- I
ty," said tin- captain, staring through
the tiny window panes at the retreat- j
ing ligure of Miss Brow n.
Fred Jones looked quickly up ot him.
as if he would have liked to knock him
over into the tin-place, but he refrained
from any such deiiioiistijttiou.
"A beauty," went on Sic captain,
"and It's a thousand pities she should
be wasted on any of the country btiinp
Ulus who vegetate among tin -so wilder
iicssch. Sam. you younij villain, are
those boots of mine blacked yet?"
"No, they ain't," suld Sum, crossly.
"Well, what's the reason?"
" '('mine I ain't had time."
"See you tliid time then, quickly,
too," said the captain. And Sam glow
ered, after hi in as be went gayly up the
stairs.
"Just wish I had the llrin' of him
out," siild the boy, gloomily. "It's 'Ham,
do this.' and 'Sam, do that,' and 'Sam,
Where's the warm water? ami 'Sam,
what the deuce do you mean by letting
my lire go out?' and not a cent has he
guv me yet no, nor so much asit pleas
ant word. I wonder If be means to
stay here always?"
"lou and I are about equal In our
love for bim, 8am," said Fred Jones,
laughing.
"1 heered him talkln' to Miss Carrie
about goln' sleigh rldln' to-morrow
night," said Bam, shrewdly. "I'd Jos
like to put 'Kicking Tom' In the shafts;
I would if It weren't for Miss Carrie.
He don't know nothln' about horses,
that thete mllltla cap'n don't" And
Sam chuckled.
"I say, If r. Jonta, why don't you get
befarsbaod witb bim? Miss Carrie don't
really oar for bim, she's only daasltd
I red .bo.i's fr.ttt lie.! s.glii;y: honest
Su oi v a- ie 'i i . i : . ii ,. i - f i ,: it
lie le lie c i red to h:.W III d lie w dh
1.
. e
i I '.1 .. II tl)i-l choose f .1' horse1 f.
i-r i." !. ' siinl, a lei Mini weiii b:i, u t.i
I is vvo;l.. se-Telly wondering h'ov a
y.aieg holy, gif ..-d wiil; or iinitiy s,-i
i iilo li' -ii,;ii- for a iiioi. ii nt leivti-ii
lb.-. :i j i :i i ii and Fred Jou.
'I Ie- liight eill.ie-a perlei I Iligai! for
slei.lh.'ig (AjM-dilions lllld Ill-lie love-
ci.il.ii.g, lie- roads hitrd .'Kid well pu. U
t' h nii i a gloi ioiis iiiu'iii shining d.. .'. ;i
v, hiiely. :s il" a i; . in of wlv.-r were
l.-lllgil g the wl.,l,. Wo!'!,l. i
ri.iili'ii'l i. better w-aiher." said the
captain. ".s;iin, Where are the sleigh
b. !i.-'.-"
' luaiiio." said Sam. "There's tli-m i
ld jingh-rs in the garret thai us-d to ,
belong to lieacon John Keiidriek, that
was in the revolutionary war. and there
is the two cowbells that Mary Jane
might sn-oiir up with ashes "
"i'-haw !" said the captain. "Ho you
take me for Kip Van Winkle? 'There's
a pretty little string somewhere, for I
saw them when Mrs. Kei drick went !
out day before yesterday." j
"I hain't seen nothia' on 'em." said i
Sam. stolidly. '
"Come, come. Sam. don't make your-
self out any stupider than you are by
Miture," said the farmer, laughing; nev- j
eriheless, for the captain's airs were j
fast wearing out his welcome, ninl he :
secretly s luputhiXel Willi the lllllcll-
ii bused Sam.
"I guess they're out III the barn. You
had belter go w itli him, eupta! ... if you !
expect to liiid 'em diir Sam Is dread- ;
till thick lieaded when he (booses to i
be."
"Come along, my tine fellow," wild '
the citpt.'iin. collaring Sam and niareh
Ing him off in the direction of tie- o.
red burn, "We don't need any hinlern ;
in this moonlight, lliiit is one . oiu'orl,"
"Where an- tin- Mail's'.'" demanded
tlie captain, ns ihoy entered the burn.
"Ain't hone," sail) Sam. "it's lad
der." "I'll wi'h you. then," said Iigiin. but i
Sam shrunk back.
"I wouldn't, not for $5o." said Sam. I
"Mid John Kendrick hanged himself.
from the middle U-.nn fourteen years
ago. and folks say lie stands up there
with a rope around his neck every
moonlight night."
"Stuir and iioiisenne!" cried the cap
tain. In accents of contempt. "You
cowardly lout, stay where you are.
then, and I'll go myself." j
He sprang lightly up the rounds of ,
the ladder and disappeared through the ,
trait door. j
"Win-re Is It?" he called. j
"The ghost? Itight under the middle
brum by Ihe windy was the place i
where "
"Blockhead! I mean the string of j
bells." I
"Book for 'em yourself, said Sum, '
sulkily. "I don't 4wiow where they lie, .
and. what's more, I don't (inc." j
' i 11 settle with yon. my line fellow. '
when I come down," said the captain,
threateningly, as he groped about in I
the dim light, which came through a ;
cobweb draped window at either end
of the barn chamber.
"Don't hurry yourself, cap'n," rejoin- ;
ed Sam, in a jeering tone. j
As the captain plunged into n dark '
cm tier theie w as a Jb gle. and ih -s rliig ,
of bells, suspended from a nail, lilt him .
directly on the neck, so like the grasp J
of death-cold lingers that he could but
start. I
"lib!" said the captain, nervously. !
"Here they are. Call h 'em, Sam! Ilellol
Where's llie trap door?"
And it took the worthy captain fully 1
sixty second;; more to realize that the
tinp door was closed and fastened on
liic lower side. He rushed to the Win I
dow and threw I; up, only in see Sum
speeding Up the hill. .
"Hal lo-o a!" yelled Capi.-iin I,,gar.. '
"Come bark, you scoundrel -y.,u lil
coioliiioneil lout -yod Imp of evil."
Sn: ii lur.i.il ai'iiunl and e.oouio.i
that peculiar gyration of ihe hngeis in
i oniieeiioii wilh ihe mi Til org'.-iii v. hic.'i
Is supposed to express the CAlrciioly of
scorn.
"You'll lim! the ladder on the buiii
floor, riip'n," hooted the young rebel,
"an' don't Is- ii f raid of the gh.,-.i; H's
very 111! miles If you let it llbuie."
"But. Sam, Sam, i-uue back. I'm to
be at Mr. Brown's at half-punt 7
o'clock."
"Don't worry!" bawle' Sam. "Miss
Carrie won't wait long before Mr
Fred'll be on hand."
The captain danced up ami down on
the lloor 111 nil ecstacy of rage us Sum
disappeared over tin- crest of the bill.
He knew very well if lie possessed tin
lungs of Boreas he could make no um
bra r.
lie Kilt shivering down on the buy.
starting nervously at the sound of
horses' feet below, and thinking how
disagreeable a bur of moonlight which
streamed down from a crack in the
roof resembled a tall white figure
standing under the center brum. He
could alinowt fancy the rope n round his
neck. I'slmw! And the captain jump
ed up again, with starting dew on ids
temples, even In the freezing almos
phere of the burn chamber.
"What is to be done?" lip asked
himself. An echo. If echo has any com
mon sense, would hnve answered:
"Just nothing at all."
8am had outwitted hint. And preity
Carrie and Fred Jones, with his red
cutter and a great chestnut horse! The
Cnptniu wit wild at the thought; sure
ly he was vanquished.
"I won't wait another moment for
him," said Carrie Hrown, coloring up,
with tears In her blue eyes "Go on,
girls, I shall spend tbe evening at
home."
"There's plenty of room for you In
oar sleigh, Carrie,'' coaxed her brother.
"Bcaale Andrews will be glad to have
yon along."
"No, aba won't, either," pouted Car
rie. "As If I would spoil all her fun!
No, If I can't hare aa escort of my own
IH ata at home and mend stocking
and 1 uewr will K ' '' Cnpt. ixn
' V'u'.'rlle Brown w is -n the point of
,. ,!.. ii . i.f.l mid in '
n,. vet Ci-.dc? Where I th
when I
1'ie.l .!,
"',i
' ''!,'.'l''i,''t know." said -rro tartV
..., , ,iIl t ..ne Am I Capt. I.gans
ke- ,'l ?"
-Will y.m go with im
"V... I w II " s. ' I
iii rie. her eyes
s dimpling her
lighting and
face.
(if course.
I.ect to n.i.ke
shy
nil-
said Fred. "I can t -x-,,,jf
as agreeable PS
the i i v cajitain. but "
"The Captain! 'Ihe Captain!" cried
Carrie, a lit I U- irritably. "I'm idek of
the sound of his name. I n.-v.-r want
to see him again. What a nice n-v
cutter this Is, and how easy the wolf
robes are!"
"Carrie," whispered Fred, as he
touched up the horse and f.-!t her nest
ling close to him. "is it for always?"
"Yes, always," she answered.
"Jerusiileia!" said Farmer Kendrick.
It was past pi o'clock nt night, find tlm
old gentleman had come out as usual
before retiring to rest to ee that :he
dumb numbers of his family wen- all
straight and comfortable. "I do b.
lieve that's old John Krlidlirk's gliost
cine lo life again. .tnidin' li'if'
possessed on the barn chain! er floor. '
"Il'.s 111 ee! It s 111 ee!" bawled IllB
Captain. "I iifastel) tie- trap do-.r ami
let me Hill !"
Slowly the farmer lifted the ladder
to its phi,-. With rheiimali-' iiwkwaid
liess he .limbed the el'.ilkllig rouud
a:nl undid ''u- hook from Its chi-p.
H,,w in :i!l creation earn.- ou h.-n-r'
he deuuiiided. " hy, I thoiigl.t voii
Her 1 il sleigh! idilig with the gills."
"11 was all the doings of iliat vllhlln.
Sum!" gasped the iiif Ii ria 'e, Ciiu'ii'ii.
his teclh chattering with mingled luge
and cold. "I won't stnini this sort of
thing. I'll h ave the phu-e to luonow."
"As yon please." said the fanner, to
whom the prospeefof losing his ginst
h:is tiot unpleasiiut. "I'm dreadful
sorry this should hnve happened,
though. I'll tal!t seriously to Sam."
"So will I," gnashed the Captain.
"I'll break every bone In his liody."
But Sam had taken particular .-are
to go over to Ills grandmother's, tilt
miles across Ihe snow fields, to spend
the night, and tin- only 1-ersoit the Cap
tain sr.w was old Mrs. Kendrick sitting
by the kitchen lire
'You've lost your choice, Caplnin,"
she sai l, good hiiliioredly. "Dorcas
Smith bus just gone by on her w.ir
home from tin- sleighing party, mid ;di
says Fred Jones brought Carrie Brown
in his new cutter, and they're en
gaged." The Captain left the next day and
Mrs. Fred Jones has never seen hhn
since. And when the affair came oT
Sum got a piece of wedding cake big
enough to give him dyspepsia for a
Week.-Boston News. - s
LITERARY FINDS.
Sometime liv en Now an A ppHrcntl y
Worthies. itook l'rovmto Ik: Nurc,
Biob.ibly the days me gone by when
u iiiiiii could hope lo discover in a
six penny box un early quarto of a
Sunk: --pea re s play or a rare tract ou
mcricu. but fur nil that literary
"liiids ' of more or less interest couilniiii
lo be iiuide by keen book hunters. Dr.
Harnett, of the British Museum. lolls
how .1 tradesman at (iswesiry hml In
his poi-si-ion boohs to which he ;;f-
liU'he.l no In-porm iie.-, fun which a lady
Informed i.im must be very rare. They
Were hiibiliitteil (o the II 11 1 lo'l lies of
the British Museum, who gave n high
price tor tlioin. 'me was Sir Anthony
S)icrl".v's "Wits New Diill." publlsliel
in Idol, ol which only one oilier copy
is know n lo be In evihtonec.
A'- a rule, offers of rare books come
Ir..,!,
'I's.
ho lo liol nlwif.H
-.,y ho .1 they i ','Olne p.csesseil of
;!, i i. Among the private people w V,
aii t -1 bi ohs to the museum for s;ile an
I l.iige pt'..H,riioii who think that a
book iuil.t lieccssaiily be rare because
ii is loo years old or more. Before ilnj
gr-nt I'iilogm- was made finds were
o.eiisi'.n.'illy made in the museum it
s if, and even now a volume w ill occa
sionally be found which has special 1,1
leri si nn i value on account of its bind,
ing. in oilier cases a lxmk will be
loimd to be in a binding mud.- up .,
bavis of some rare work far more val
uable than the hook Itself.
Su.ldi ii Change of Mind.
Lawyer (iassaway, u San Antonio,
Texas, lawyer, was appealing most elo
qu. iiily to Ihe Jury on behalf of his eli
eiil, w ho was being tried for larceny.
The lawyer's defense was so thrilling
mid pat hetle that even the prisoner
himself was moved to tears, and was
wiping ills eyes with a handkerchief
when his attorney turned and asked
the Jury to gaze on the honest features
of his client, and say If they could 1.
lleve that It wit p'svdlde for ft man
w ilh such an holiest face to be guilty (Jf
theft. Suddenly the lawyer paused,
gasped for brealh and ejaculated:
Well, I'll lie hlowed if tho hlankcty
blank scoundrel hasn't swiped my pock
et handkerchief." Texas Nlftlngs.
Mquld Fish.
Fish are reduced to small pieces,
mixed with a suitable quantity of wa
ter and cooked In a close vessel ty
means of steam, the temperature being
raised to UV) degrees 170 degrees 0.
When all tbe soluble part have ben
extracted by the water the liquid Is
first passed through a sieve, and sftor
skimming off the fatty matter It con
stitutes the 8sb essence, which may
be used as food, either alone or In con
junction with other nutritions sub
stances. The waste parts of the fish,
together witb what remains on the
sieTa, are used for maaare, after bain.
first mixed with a suitable amount of
lima, day, or alallar 11 l)rls
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