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STRIKING A MATCH. . “Well, Min* Ilildeburn, I inns* *nv I’m real sorry you and Mr. Hunglter have fallen out like that.” “Oh. Mr*. Collin*, indeed you are mistaken. There liu* l**en no‘falling out’ between Mr. Hangster and ray aelf. Indeed, I am not on sufficiently sociable term* wit ii any of your gentle men boarder* to have a quarrel.” Haying which Mi** Ilildeburn, a slight, delicate-featured girl of 1H, walked out of the room with even more thnn her wonted dignity of manner and carriage. “Nevertheless, notwithstanding,” pursued Mrs. Collin*, resuming her ironing, “I do tielieve there* been a mlsunderstandin’ led ween tho*e two; and a real pity it i*. for lie did ad mire her nmu/.in'ly. Ileeoiildn't con ceal it. Only they seldom know* whut i« good for 'em, ond she's n let tin’ her pride stand in the way of her happiness now.” “Pride, indeed!” sneered Miss June Humphries, Mrs. Collins' niece mid assistant,, a tall, led-haired, stylishly drcHsed damsel of It ve-and-t liirt y.” I d like to know what right a girl who earn* her livin'bygfvin' musk*lessons at 50 cents an hour has to he proud; and ns for Mr. Hangster, I don't be lieve lie ever had a serious thought about her.” “La, Jane, I don't know whore your eyes kin tie, if you didn't see how fairly wrapped up in her he was V about, two weeks ago. He's a snlen * did young man, anyhow,and I'll see if I can’t mead matters bet ween ’em, “You’d bet ter he mindin' your own hiiHmcsH. I think. Aunt Martha,” HU id MlHM JIIlie, wit 11 M HJlifefljl hltlgll. "Never you mind, June," pemlntcd the warm-hearted Mm. Collin#; "I'll manage ji Home way. Von way nhe'# afraioof ghontn, prior la ml)!” The following evening the kind hearted landlady tap|/ed ut the door of t lie Hcantily furninhed loarl h-nfory room occupied by Lacy Hildebum, and from which now proceeded a melancholy nt ruin. "Studying your piano at night* again?” ipieried Air*. Collin* re proachfully, when the young girl opened the door. "I am very bn*y just now, and miiat put all the time I can Into Htudv.” "Well, Imt .von mant n't forget what the doctor told you about overwork in’your brain,” naid Mm, Collin*. "However,” nhe added, "I won't, detain you longer’n I ken help. I'm come to uek a favor. I’m goin’ to thetheaterthinevenlng.’ So i* Jane, So'h everybody in the houne, I b'licve; and the girl ha* gone to bed with a toothache, So I’m goin’ to ask you to give an eye to the furnace. I’ve jiiHt put on frenli coal and opened the lower doom; but w ill you plen*e go down at, H o’clock and clone the doom?” “Cortainly,” unnented Lucy, upon which Mm. Collin# produced a lan tern, Haying: “Jant take thin down with you. The cellar’* all dark, you know.” Lucy look the lantern, cloned t he room door and returned toherpiano, while Mm. Colliim walked away, chuckling to hemelf. “That lantern ’ll go out jant five minute# after nhe nctn it down, and nhc’il find hemelf all in the dark. And nhe’# afraid of ghontn, poor lamb! itut what if nomebody who ain't a ghost, nhould happen to be goin’ down then* about the name time, and In- obliged tonlrikea match to culm her fear#?” ' I'll M HU' IIIMIIIfalll fm. Ill » »llf> pleading rcfiwtion, Mm. t'ollin* tupped at n door on t hoHccond floor. Iler HinniiioriM wiih responded to liy n plnnHiint-looking young man, who junt now, however, wore a very de jected countenance, "l<ul Mr. SniigMter, I didn't expect to liiul you at home thin evening.’’ *• I didn’t fee) like going out to night," replied the young man in a weary tone. ••Well, Mince, you nre going to he at home," euid Mm.t'olliiiM, "would you heeo kind an to look after the,fur mice? I’ve h*(t the lower doom o|H*n y luit I'll lie very much obliged if you go down ut about H o'clock and • low ’em. And you needn't take a ligtif. There'll lm one down there," Mr. Sangnter retuliljr prtuiiM to comply with the reipient, and Mm. t'olliiiM went away, hoping for what idle coiieltlered "the right reenltM." Meanwhile, poor l.ucy llihlehtim, Hitting at her piano, continued to < I raw tort It Hitch melancholy HtraittH that thetcum rolled down her check*. "I imt-t go awa.v lr<aa here," hIic said, halt aloud. "I can't tu-urit much longer, indeed I can't, M<eiug him day atlec day, loving him an I do, and knowing that luuttcfHcioi never Ih< idj'inlcd Iwdaecn ller» tt« proud im I—hut, oh dear! what am I thinking of? It » aittH jtiwt two min tile* to N 1 llilIMt go dowu a ml clone the furnace doom Themtituar nhc lighted the lantern trial trrttrewtkwl down Htaim. t gh! Wlwt u t hill di.tuglit wire Mowing in through one of the grat ing*! a And litem wcm strung* miwai nil around l.te >‘altenrt t It ititt |mm t »o rioh nt l> >h* was temptm| to turn ami run op •tutm again Mat goodie**' Th* flirt"" • w«a dieadfuUy, dangvrutwdi hot l.ucy summoned up all her m»olu tioa*, and, attwipiitg dowu, liianl th* ikwn TWy swung to with n hung, and when alia nut ml I<| tt|M>l.> tie'll again ahe found the effort beyond her atrength. What waa to be done in the cnee of the Are needing mote draught. Hhe might, after a. while, find It neceaaary to not on more coni, and that it would la- weH to put on more draught. Hut while ahe waa debating with lieraclfa more aerioua iniahap oc curred, lor the candle inaide the lan tern auddenly achieved the moat in explicable aomeraault and ahe waa left in lit ter dnrkneaa. Moreover, to complicate the mia eriea of her ail nation, ahe now heard atealthy footatepa deacending ilie cellar ataira. Poor Lucy atond quite at ill, while hei hnnda ciaaped together over her hea rt. < Thiawaaa burglar, undoubtedly, lie laid acen nil the male inmate* <»f the hntiae going out and the liglda lowered, ami had lima choaeti hi* opportunity to come in and conceal liimaelf in t lie cellar. The Aral idea that auggeatod ftaelfto lx r waa to creep under 1 lie alc|»* and remain iIktc until Mm. I'ollina re turn. Kre ahe bad time to do thi*. bow ever, a man'a form become viaible in the dim. acini lm(light that waa abed from the kit' Ik ii door above, Llicy, with n desperate inatinct of aelf-preaervatimi, put up both hnnda, exclaiming: "Have pity on me! oh, have pity and apal'e my life!'’ I ponlhia the burglar drew buck, very much anrprixed. "Mi** Hildebarn!” lie exclaimed, na he at rack a match. "What ore you doing here, and howcunlacrveyou? Now poor Lucy, completely un nerved mid dreadfully aaharned of herai If, aat down on a reaerved coal aciittle and burnt into n At of weep [tUt Then Mr. Sntignter knelt, down be nide her, mid u eonfiMM'd interchange of exphinnt ion* of vurloun Kind* ca nned. Tim I'ewilt wan that ill (lie expire lion of a half-hour Mr. Hangul er look l.ney in Id* ana* and ki**ing I lie tenr-nf allied lin e, murmured: “(lod bier* you for lid* promlne, my own darling!'* W hen Mr*, i olliim came home two bourn later I lie lioune wan very quiet, the furnace in good order, and neither Mr, Katignter nor Minn Hilde bum vinibh*. Hut the following day Utley confided to her a *eerei, and Mr. Hungnler altnented hiinnclf myn ferionnly for about three week*, After that, Minn Uildebttnt alno din nppenred. •■flone to vinit her aunt at Swalh more,” Mrn, Collin* explained to the of her bourdern. Hut a fortnight later the carrier brought nome wedding card* to the honne. •'ll wan nil brought about through the furnnee, " wild Mr*. Collin*, with a gleeful ehlli kle. lint Minn June wan hi finitely din glinted. The lliimtaigef Free Mblpx, The I’lovideiue Journal roll tribute* it* quota of mininforumtion to a debate t hut ban been going on for nevernl yearn, and which never fail* to bring out a liberal nupply of in eptitude*: “A few yearn ago and the United Staten wan the mont formidable rival Unit (Ireat, Hritaiii laid for the cotn morce of the world, and now the American flag in practically haninlicd from the* high nen*. W*hut did it? An abnurd law prohibiting the pur chane of nliijm in a free market.” Aral mighty lucky it in for Ameri can capitnlint* that- they are no longer owner* mat navigator* of nhipnonthe high wan. Uor many yearn, tinder high-prennure comiieti tion. Britinh.tc iiinu, mid Scandina vian, mid wit h t he pauper wage* of theme romi! ncM, iin* ihihiiichh niih lni*n carried on at a conHtunt Iohh. Kxcept t lie Cun a rd Company, which paid one email dividend in 1*N7, lament the jrreat Kti(rli*h IIiich of HteamerH lain paid a dividend for yearn, and none in likely to pay a. dividend. It.v heavy wuljwldht* the Clovern* meat of derm any, like i hat of France, inaintuiiiH thewe linen with a view to ultinmte military pur now*: and it. in impimwible that out niih* nhip owner* whouhl eomiH'te with them. If our nuvi(ptUou law* were altered ho that we eouhi Iniy In whut the Journal cnllw a free market all the nhi.m we eouhi undertake to run, ue nliouhl only lone money by the o|iemMon. In tact if Mhip» were (riven un, we eouhi mit run them at a profit, llll le** the count ot repair* ItIMI the rate* of for eullorw, wtokerw uial luliorerN were lifottffht down with tiw to tia lowewt limit of Klijf Inint, (leriiinny or Sweden \\« ure u (tivut deni ln*Mer off for In I UK out of th.it I'll- Hen-* than we Would lie li' We Were in it Meanwhile, thunk* to our wi»e old l.iw*, our Atuerkwn eountiUk trade i* ftdrl.t pmiiiuMi uiul lutrue, iliuu ever I** foie. \o I nyh*h lenwl apply V t. Hun. I title 1 king* "III frl*« Hii went to »|» ini a day In the country, ami had tt titr tout of fHetl rht<ken for dinner I tea we tiuik a walk with ifoldmi. wliohd iin* way to (lie ilik Un i imp ' til oar beet > t a kei • are duol, mill one of the rtiihhi'M. nudly. tk li t W tail k lik'd I It* ill ' "I'upa did but tl» i mo ifiuM# I*. •Im any way, '<i >»* Out Had the pip 1 li llut I* i elite of Ihem ‘ I I lit* with a heavy luart ai d *«pte*»mmh •towtm h. | "ttf liml Vm (dr iliniwr, itNvwwl thu i hihl, worrowhtlb The National Pie Eater*. We have been called a nation of pie enters. From the humblest Ameri can citizen to the President of t he United States pie occupies a promin ent, place in the household larder. Who invented pie is not yet known, nor exactly how the name orignnted It is generally supposed Unit t he word pie line itsorigin with the print ers. but Just bow is lost in obscurity* Talking about the consumption o* pies, a good many of them are con* slimed nt the capitol by our able law' mu kern. Just off from the rotunda isaluin-h stand presided over by a soldier's widow. Hln* is familiarly knowti as Jennie, Jennie is well known by nil the metiils*™ and Senators, and every dav the stroll from their seats ill the halls of legislation and visit the little stand to satisfy tin* inner man. On (la* stand, displayed in a tempt ing manner will Is* found a variety of cakes, apples, punches, bananas, sandwiches beef and longue— milk and" lie. Tie* last na med article has a strong hold on the appetite of lie* solons, and they'll eat pie in preference to anything else. The <Title reporter slopped at the stand the other day to partake of a little repast, when hi* attention was attracted by the usual large number of Congressmen w ho rely on Jennie to prepare them a small lunch. As a rale t in* member* go to the House restaurant when hungry, but it fre<|tientj,v happens that they can not spare the time, so they run over to Jennie s lunch counter. ‘’Jennie,'' ntfked tie* reporter, "what kind of pie do I la* members eat?" “What kind of pie? Why, any thing, so it's oh*. These are grand pies; they never give you dyspepsia, nor l lie like. Itut don’t you ask me any more questions, because I won’t, answer them; you reporters nrc so In quisitive, always tlmlingout things.” “ItOcsCongrcHHmnn \ mice eat pie?” “Ves. nearly all t he members eat pie. It they don't, out pie they cut something,'’ While the reporter was asking questions lion. Arnos .1, Cummings came along and said: “Wlmt kind of pie to-duy Jennie?” •'Apple, plum, pitmen pple, block I terry, canon nut, pencil mid custard. I keep custard pie for Mr. Vance,” “Well, give me u slice of peach and a glues of milk,” Mr. Cummings took the pie in his right hand anil grneefully put It out of sigh*. He doesn't lose much time in masticating tt slice of pie. M. O'Donnell of Michigan docs not sl ick to one kind of pic; he changes off, One day hc'JI prefer apple, the next eocottfiut or blackberry, and so on. lie cuts his pie wit h a fork. Very seldom does the Hon. Joe Cannon cat pie, but occasionally lie stops by for a piece of apple pie. Mr. ifuehanan of New Jersey is one of <1,0 House pie enters. He gener ally lunches on 1 he grape pie. When tie* crust is rather firm he cuts the pie into little squares mid washes them down with a swallow of milk. Mr. Fitcli and Amos Cummings are very fond of the German dishZwinwil Kuelmn, and Jennie keeps it for their special benefit. Chairman Mills of the Ways and Means Committee now mid then patronizes Jennie to t he extent of u naif of a lemon pie. He uses a fork wit li las pie. Mr. Guenther, Vice-President of the 1*. F. O. N. Organization, is an other one pussionntely fond of pic. He eats ids pie about two o’clock in the day. “Gif me some |>ic milk,” lie’ll say, “I don't cure, so it 'e pie.” Mr. Doothman of Ohio, like all l lie Western members, is fond of the w i in* l i v" |»iniry. ii* ii jin'iii t#> on tlio outside of two slices of piao npole pic. Mr. Funston of Kansas. who n-p resentsiii! ugricult urnl const it uency, like hueklels*rry pie mid Jennie always lias a slico*piit hy for him. Mr. Murrows of Michigan cats his pie a) lie would apiece of cuke. Judge Ha rites of Georgia is also a slave to pie. Tita Cnmpliell eats his pie with a knife. He is very partial to mince pie a lien in seiisou. Hansel t'o\ sms ii mini's digestive organs are out of repair when lie can't enjoy pie Mr. Baker o! New York always uses a spoon a lien lie tackles U slice of ellslurd pie. The New litighiiul memls*rs as a rule w ill eat no oilier kind of pie tliatt apple. Ilig Tom Heed usually eats pie in the llollserestaurant New \ urieties of pie are constniitly making their nppeainme. The oth er day Major Nl»* lummy of North t'u roll tut wantisl sonic orange pie, whih< Major Marlin imputed for grn|s>, "t Inn la Mason ol lllliiotf is know n ill the llmlse as tile great t'llh agO pie eater lie cals notliiiig tail us owuiit pie. ami generally Is coin ■nines a naif oie* for hutch. lie say s that any man who doesn't like pm is «onr than a liar J I pis h tlhl I jell III! griser s U»J 1 »-Y our store, Uiv. terms to Is* of/ full of Hies I tin Yea m. I gUe*« it's that hit ol Hi |M|er the Imsm jest bought that draws cm ill here lh> you Want solus of It,* Tie* l<h*«» Mrs |.01 i i.dk Ho Ms. Gray ttpphs oath**sly4 l*i«*r Mrs lirsi' SY ell sell evert lutally has • skelrl | lose! Tim Ikctel • How tin fctr the si suing 1 \Vehaiea‘l Mi papa keeps hh> In tin* oHt ■ down town, I UNDERCHURCH EAVES Htirria Holbrook. college grwd tint« of a week. proapnrting uroiind in hui'iitn Heiinirn faahion to work off Home cxiile-riiut wiw of freedom, did not count upon mi ndventure when he uarended tin* roof oft lie old hrowu church where tie* workmen were chip ping and hammering and jnbla-rlng. He had elimhetl up for a view of the taiildInga of the city, and '’(lie glory of them.” lie w'jim a good-look ing, com pint Iv iatilt fellow, in a cool linen unit. im he Imluiieed Jiimarlf up on the Hinging, indolently, a ltd exchanged civil word* i with the workmen, ilia eyes i ,ime I nick from Trinity and the “New Month” to liiM immediate aiirroimd inga. A park and two tall l.imil.v hotefc lioilllded throe aidea of the elittrcli, Directly below liim were t lie roofa of dwellinga, with blooming back ynrda. The at aging extended up to the hrowu cnat wing, which folded llarll ngniiiat the body of the church. From ilia point of view, he could look into the buck third atory j window* of t he wlriga w hich find he n converted into a home-like hoarding hollar. He had a fleeting glimpxeof airy tnualiit drataTira, which l» tokened n feminine oceiipaut. Ilia eiirioaity waa excited sit once, lie could ace pictuc* a limiglow agalna! a delicate wall paper, a well-filled book cnar, and a pale green ami aalmon carpel, A writing deck littered with papi’ra atood near the farther will ow. lie waa weaving a hit of romaice iiroilihI i im <M inj,iiiii wiii'ii ii snapeiy | arm mill shoulder ammand in tin* I window next liiui, and a, slim wliit** liuiid which In) roiild Iniv** almost ! tinii'lii'd, drew down the curtain | quickly. heeling iim if his eiirio ity had been j rebuked. In* turned nnd walked along ; the staging slowly to flu* rear of the ■ eiiiireli. As lie ret rai n I bis steps he had allot her glimpse of the firm and shoulder clot lied in cool In vcrulrr at t he desk, writing, hut lie could see nothing of the fnee except tic tip of n pink ear, nnd brown frizzes stirring in the breeze over her temples. II*' frit something of tlm student reck lessness of his Hopliomore period, urging him to vault into the room his per* h, nnd apologize afterward for tie* intrusion, lie had been in vitin' ruble to the smiles of‘‘sweet girl graduates,” but in* was possessed to make tin* iieifiiaiiitaiii'e of this denizen of the wing under t In* chimb saves, who kept out of his range of vision, und gave him no chance for a hit of sly flirtation. Him hud mi at mosphere. lie felt its influence in widening circles around him. Ih* half believed she was not pretty. Tretty women were not apt to have this magnetic, fur-mu hing atmos phere. lie could see t he arm moving us she wrote. Was she novelist, or poet, or copyist, lie wondered. He directed Ids glass over the city mid watched thewindow,alternately. Presently he could see the |M»n laid down, impatiently it seemed. Then 1 he should’TS ami frizzes disappear from the desk, and soon he fell sure lie heard the door open und shut. She had gone out. "If it wasn't for the eyes of tlmse workingmen I'd climb into flu* room and leave a note on her desk, or a couplet to Imr shoulder and frizzes,” he thought daringly. ■lust, then a paper sailed put through the window, whirling und turning somersaults an if mad with delight in its mission, it circled round t he chimney on a roof below, peeped into a skylight, dipjicd down like a bird upon a vine creeping over u trellis In the yard, flew back to the open window as if to return home, changed its mind and gyrated tv i 1 11 in imi f mi» i if 1 I tik I in/m mlm it it - n with a nm all sing “c;,t<-ii-ii!*—ii-•.mi •an” ••x|»ri‘Nai<ni, At Ilia rUk of IokIim liin Imlmice, in* i iiptm. il 1 ho iilllf of note, with won In upon if, ami wan debating whether to tend or not to rend, lent. In* ehould ••iiwjiu'Ii upon u private matter, when lie ! . itme uw'Hn thill it vvu* merely a pI'lMllic receipt for noltle nioiiey pai'l to iirovMi »v t o., Iiiriii tnn. tlenler.M. by Klite (ionsecim *c lioomlm-.*! ye i>ni]itt The luim wiielike il ilttnil of ice Water. fotlld It belong I.) t lit* t*'l'aeellll ai'lll 1111(1 I'hoithl. r nml > riniplinir brow n hair? 'boiil.l lie make t lie pn|ter an exeiinr or ealllutf to return it? Hut lie • Hilda I make up hi* mm.I to u»k lor MU* iioaM« liune. The romance lean uni to Ih< UKllillK out of I,U little nil relit lire IVrltnp* it didn l heiottjj to her. 11 Mctacil to lie all itnaill In the Hiamliler an.I pink ear tip to i(titp|c (hem with •urhft name. Hn.l.l.ni l In tvllielili .|vd t hit I l,e ■fa** to meat hineoiinin llertlia at I In* >(.nl nil the II. .'Id I min. There ♦a» Uo line* to *|mt. kle » |>>‘ |u.|«'i ini.i li>* In, n v a p.M'kei, Ilal hunted litmii lo (tie nireel. In let «\( itenielll that fotlow t) |! I till » Arrival, an I III.- iMvm io«| Uinletr f < nraiol... In la- plaeatnl tie felgot 4mm IIihiw. ||,ib Inal the fo'ded te ri(it, which Imh'il it* lime tpnetlv, |l I Ih' UltttMlI file a V''.1 |hm k**l UUtil Carr I* Kiel the l*»! of lie* ll.ihi.ek , j imlh not lu«. k m Mi*|iletiilw*! In mi j pit mihiihci mmann ai lie'll "ad j ¥ji* lie' WM I hr vei l lll«l kiylli he not bn il til tm • II V la* .ite.iunl h** wao •tmi.liiif #i the pik urn. ami mliu.iii aup'i j 41h** |aeii ( "m.ii Mi.h r ihe I'bnrt h * jam trUlijI to >i.lllpOH1 ,1 pain III P* lao ieh ir •lr.i(*",l dlvlinl v of i *>a »*«•** ami tin kam hr* tn.oti to Had a had • ha I ». .add tio are urucefUtl.t fill IllMiae luao lb'iiH.de With a 1 i Mm** that ifii* t'v or indirei th. hi# 1 I pMlli WI4W to II ! Will V*' 'H itllllt A week passed. Harris’ chamber rt.ii to Is* newly furnished, and he •et out one morning commissioned to select something that would suit his rather fastidious taste. As hi* walked up the large furniture rooms of Itrown & t'o. lie caught sijdit of a roll of carpet ing. the identical pat tern of that in the chamber of the hrown wing. Deciding nt once that it would suit, his chniulsT also, he passed along looking at furniture and balancing the comparative mer its of ouk and walnut. lie stood Iwforeu pretty dressing i•use, that, took his fancy, testing the t rut iifulucss of t la* oval mirror, as it reflected his embrowned face and clear blue eyes, when lie heard voices on the right near him, the owners be ing hidden by a lull cabinet. "Mr. brown. I am positive I paid that instalment,'’ a clear, decided lemiaie voice was saying. "Durell says be knows nothing nhoatit. He keeps the books, you know," returned un unpleasant mas culine voice. "It is strange you can not show the receipt, if you hud Olie." "I did haven receipt,” ref timed the first voice, slightly tremulous, yet with a touch of defiance, "I went out thill morning I paid it, feeling nnnoyed with the noise of workmen repairing I he church, and carelessly left the window open near the desk where I lie receipt was lying. It must have blown out, for I never saw it afterwards. "Von must produce the receipt, Miss (looscchasc, if you expect us to believe you returned the denier inso lently. The mime muds nsstirntice doubly sure to Harris. He wheeled round from the mirror, as he saw the two figures, who Ini (I stepped from behind ill' ' iMMir i , i * ' ■ • •• •>••••• ll<* overlooked i lii- mnii mid huw(inly n titII, slight graceful young Indy with a ivfliu’d, interesting face, which had n IIiimIi ofsomething like indignation ii|mus il nl present. •Miss llooHcidiiiMe?” lie ijnestioned, lifting Ids hat mid ignoring t he wiry iiirnittire denier eon|ilet.<*ly, "Yes,” hIui returned in some siir jirise, "1 ls*g pardon. I have overheard ... versa) ion. I wasonthe roof with the workmen that morning. I euiight the reeejpt I Iml lijew out the window, mid must apologize for not ret liming It to you m onee. Il slipped my memory afterwards. You sliall have il now without any delay. The dealer eyed Harris w ith a hnlf heateii, linlt-inereduloas look, and t he bright, sweet smile with which Miss (looseefuise thanked him banished Ins dislike of the name forever. He ascertained t hut she still occu* jiied the same room, mid rode up town, in some excitement. He rushed to his room and bundled out the linen suit with fear and trembling lest the receipt should not Ikj forth coming. He waltzed across the room with an imaginary partner, when he found it folded away in t iiesmull vest pocket. It. seemed to wink at him Knowingly ns lie unfolded it. The suit had not hen worn on account of Home misfit .since that morning on the ehiirch roof. He would not trust to the mail, ami within an hour lia delivered the paper to her in tin pleasant, parlor ol'ilie brown whig of the old ehurch. "I was jniying for my room furni ture on installments,” she remarked v ith a smile. "I thought the firm v.os fair and M|imro in its dealings, but it seems there is something wrong. I cannot thank you sufh i lently for tiding me over this un pleasantness.” Harris found her atmosphere so rare and magnetic upon a nearer view that he went out from her with his head turned eompletely. Sim smiled a little when his note i nine asking permission to call up till her So it f iinn* about, at length, that llarris wan admitted into the pretty room w ho*-** owner imd ko tantalized him that dua** morning and found it jiermeated witli her graeious atmos phere, just, as lie ha<l < xpeetul. They iieeame fast friends. She eoatided to him her liferary ambitions, sueeesses and defeats, and lie told her how In* was huckUiig oil his laisiiiesH armor j in liis fiitlii'r'seountingrooiii. Miss Hooseeliase lilts lately prom ised io marry Harris, although she deelnres nrehly she is only helmed to do so by tin* opportunity to elitmge the nitiiie that laol Iss-u her eross from ehildhixMl. Harris, for a lanti, seems strangely satisfied with the sitmilionI'ittslairg t hroniele Telegraph. \\ • .lent t reed(■ is. The editor of a Weateni |Ht|s*r has | litis to say: "Tie* dead gemniuu»- j leaf eared spotiet, whom late lias | Willed shall witter and hilght tie* I Week|y ilivailhd around tie* eoriier, j refers to th*- editor ofthis Nourishing i atidiiillmuithd jotirimi asa pmte.ilh*i Ioni an list ami a *an t get-tle*r«*dude, tie also gtss on to sat that as a i„ ws|mi|s r to ak we are probuhly the lilieel Sist ilia *1 ol the kind ever tap- I lured alive. Mretheeti of tha pma>, J litis )• ali wrong let as Is* courteous i lo one another lit this wotk a day tarM of tutrw I lien* is m> mllueme mi •ooihatg ami idtuiiig a* that sour* I MO I'iie soft low spoken Wool, the j l*(ut* sttilie. the kindly lelerettea ilu* has not Mt tla tr l*alm, Is* a over st|»* neigh pirns ill tile « Mtltmoy la their Is-ntdlentl >fle* I * Itivi Iwt a id lto* p««Ms again we way et as 1st rtmilMiu* to oia> awother, •ml let iIs* me*rots pull t>>* numtsr to* tuit deep down over his *>»•* and e»mh*r upon ll # ads. Mitk! '«*» | fid lilts. I rHE SUNDAY SCHOOL. LESSON II. APRIL 12—PARABLE OF THE OREAT SUPPER. Holden Text: Toim, Tor All Thins* Arw Mow Ready.” Luke xl*. 17 (iml'* Welcome* mid Man'* Refusal* Christ * Teachings. HR LSMON for (h:s Hundar Include* Luke, lit, I& 24. The varioua Incident* of (he chip ter give* u* • gen-ral Impression of the char after of Cbri-t'a work at thla period: hla readlrieaa to go any where even lo a ITiar laoa'a hottaa. If he tan do good there; Me faithful and poinfnrt tl at hing, hla uoa of Il lustration* and para bles, hi* presentation of difficult dutlea. Finer In the life of f'hrlst Juxt before the middle of (hr "creati ministry. At Hie atOOO nt the third year of IiIb publb mln'atry, A. D. Xi, nr early In the fourth. Time Frotibly In December. A. D. 7®. or January. A. ft. 80. Flare In a Fharlaee'a house In Ferea, no the way lo Jerusalem by Ihe forda of Uto Jordan near Jericho. The full (ext of the lesxon lx a* follow* If,. And when one of them that cat at meat, with him heard it’ere thing*, he said onto him, Fleered Is t o lhal ehall eat bread It* the king dnm nf (tod. 1.1. Then anld he unto him A rer'alit man made n great supper and bade many 17. And -ent hlx aervent a' simper time to any t. then, that were hidden. F ine; for all things ere now ready. Ik. And they ell wlllt one consent began to mile egeure. The flrst aald unto him I ba*« h'Ughl a tdere of ground nnd I nut*' oeeda go and aee It; I pray thee hevo me #*rip<cd, til And another raid, I have bought five yoke of ..sen and I go to prove them I pray tljee have m<- esflj-'d 2(1. And another l aid, t have married a wife, r,m! therefore I <nnnot come. 21. So lhal servant eonje and xhewed Me |..rd these thlnge. Then the master of thn hoove t,e:na onirrv. said to h!» servant I... out quirk!* into the street* and lane* of tho H»y nr A bring Iri hither th* poor, and the maimed and the halt, and the blind 2?. And tbe servant aald, X*ord. If 1* done cr fhou boat commanded, and y«t there la rootn. 22, And the lord aald unto ♦he servant On out into the hlrhwav* and hedge* and coronet them to erme In. that my house may be filled. 24, For 1 *ny unto von, Thai none of the** men which were bidden shall fast* of my cupper. Tit* or ojf, eat Ion* to some of the passage* above follow; If*. "One rt than that **f at meat with him M redlining on couches around the table. *»* war fbe custom. "Heard tb*«" thing*." about ibe bleMving* of those who Invited the ' onr *nd nesrtacted to tbstr feast*. "H»l4 unto him." moved by tho delightful feast thev were of suggesting the nobler feast and bv the Me*.slug Jrsuf bad Just uttered, perhaps be felt asstirad that himself and the other .T^w* were mre of the blea*lng of him "that shall eat breed," ra*take of a fe**t, "In the king dom of Ood." either In the future after death or the Messianic kingdom. Id. "Then said he unto him " to show him that while hi* thought, wa* right, yet that he and other* were unconsciously refusing to Join In the feast : If by any mean* eotn* might, be persuaded to accept the Invitation. "A certain man." Corresponding to the king *n the parable of the wedding feast (Matt, xxlJ. 21 "Made a great supper." corn**; oyding to tho wedding feast of Matthew axil. where tbo best of everything Is provided In abundance. 17. "And sent his servant." It Is still cus tomary In the Fast, not only to glee an Invi tation some time beforehand, hut to sent? round servants at the proper time to Inform the Invited guests that *11 thing* are ready. "At suopor time." At the appointed hour for flu feast, Tbl» undoubtedly represents tho "fullness of time" fOal. Iv. 41, when tho Messiah came. -Riddle, "gay to thorn that were hidden." Who had been previously In vited to the feast, and had had abundant op portunity to be ready. "Come, for n'l Ituovn arc now ready." Historically. Hie fitting Hroa had come for the appearance of the Messiah. M. "They all with ope consent." They agreed In spirit and motive, while they dlf f« i«d In the form of excuse. "Began to m*k#r excuse." The fireek word 1* the exact equiv alent of our "to beg off."—Cambridge Bible. Sot to give the rial reason* for their con duct, hut to render the most plausible ex cuses they could find. "1 hive bought ft piece of ground" (a farm), "and tnu*t need* go" tout) "and «ee It," not to look It over, b *♦ v*<» to Its cultivation. He lived a* do alt ;.« thef country. In a village, and had to g » out Into the country to roach his farm. Ho wa* a man of property, of capital. 1ft. "1 fu*'#. bought five yoke of oxen." etc. Ills rxen could have waited, but he made his plans so as to have an excuse. 20, “I have married a wife and therefore T cannot come." He is no positive because he tb‘nl«B he ha* a good excuse. "He relies doubt lee* on the principle of the exemption from war. granted to newly married bride irroema In Deuteronomy xvlv. 6," for a year.— f’ambrtdiee Hilda. n. "The master . . . bolnu «wy." Not oosafon. hut the Indlanitlon wbirfi «<■<• e*«#rllr iirlitd In every holy beln* ssun't. ulr uraliiet those inuntra of lortdu t wh1 ars brlnclnr ruin uihib men. "flu Utllehlv" Tb'-re was «eed for haatr for the 1*4*1 wen waiting. "fat •«•*!*." the brooder street* and squares. '•Itrln* hither Ihe feior, and the nut.mod " 'The Idrlnre ta one lmp"S*ible for ur to realise In our land. In the Kite, M'’h 'n l e**sr« opulent In Mleery without hotiaea, i r hospitals. or other or«.ii.: 1 touna of arias for and lesitenln* muter* an'I wHh law* arid aortal organism multiflyln* It. su' h a thr* ns a* ta her* draerlbed tmv be ‘ilteu seen tn the rlty street* or squares Abb'll', S. "And yet there I* n»>m.'' N« on# wdl r*.. l». shut out of tha kl**ditu of beaten f >r want of t'*• to. The atonement I* l*r*e enoush It r all the toys of Clod I* meat aueUble ties lltt.iailon l* Hmltleae If an 1 •»** •<*»* awa It will lat (Imply and alone hmaaae he •tli not t« ms. It "Uti out leto Ihe hl*Uw t>« and !t«d**‘ “ Thaa* *f» wllh«UI tha rlty walk snd '+f t, the allma »l I leal Ilea The h<hwa»a am tha brood watt tn»«hl«n way* of the wot* I " when sts Ik* walls* awd MiM*h#Md aianof*. "And nmpel Harm to «wu»* la.' *•■<<>> Iocs hi p#r*#ralien. Uhl* h I* > >»>(%it to ><** Wkt is spirit of th* *e*p*l hut o atuutnrbie. Py itrsaaalu* hr ihe furs* at tore *ed en treaty. That my he*** mar h» hllail. I lee sen will not sl**4 empty bmtsueo am* refuse to sate# ,s. Nun*' el Ik tats* ska refused th* »«n tai . *1 shnlt »#*<* at my tap**# * NAM'S HUhhi. No fa *«t ***r ■«( MHNUh I vUf lea lh hi* fa**i4 to satis* .h« 4*«it «• tM«r a WMMtMMt Th* Man Who haa th* «m<«i rlaito «!«.. tea. I* uMea th* •#* «• h*»* ih* Waal ttalM ujysn. Th* frlthd* of th* 4*«U *f* ‘h* llrud In •*! Mad »h*» Ih* gsmpol <• Mtag preoihasl tlfhl Tw • fa*rlab an uttfsir*l*l»d mil’ll. U 'o MilfM to *W *U lb* ft) l« UM MM with ChnM,