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in ftp irtot by,'
Anil thu lltUo chilli wlm ftp irto by,' f
Iliuril RwrulKHt imtvi III till) rlpplllJIUIoiiir
Tlnil trlllfil IIr noicM whiio iho messes lloi
Trouhlo tuid nrlof wnloyijt unborn 1 '
aiiut wufi tliohunif of Jltn'a kIihI morn.
A nuhonl-srlrl piismtl by th'd iriinrllnir IMfM, '
Which klMtql tlio Kihm-h at liur ntilh o icut, ;
Anil lliu souk M "iiiiK wim Kind mid uyud ,,
Ah hIic bounded ovnr. liuht iliul llcot;
Hliiif liitf li turn hur child Bh Inv u
Tlmt wim tho hdiijt ut a liaur day.
A iiiiililini winked hy thu tirooKiin'n nine,
Ami heard HuiioiiKjiir tap Hllvurtiiitiiuam; y
I'Hlr, mi I noon in lioeomuii Jirlcln, ,"
Hvo-y linpiilio n guidon ilrriun; .H" "
llcniril iiim'vIiii of lii orti Ho ..it
J'i
llonril no I'cliiitif ln nr mi Ho ..jj
NuiiKlit biitthoHWoetem psiimoi mo,
A wouinn passed lijvtlm liroikli't'ij.iltlo, ''
Wnlklpir In forrojvlul jrrli'f alone, , , r
IIimrliiiMiiiWiiislii (H'lilrlild tide. ' ,
hcholnif tboHit her Ufa had known yj
Chiinaed thujioiiiid of HhuMIcm iln
I.lfo hml reached to tho hclxrlit or noon.
Aifed nud bent, n uoiiiiiu rimmed,, , i f
Mowed with burtleiW uiidiM en 'oil with caro;
Over Its nipidt tlio w.1HT fiiiimi'd, '
Florco mid xwiit fiom UiAvoodlitwl lulr; t
Hndly Rim listened, tln-ij yept iind.BlKhpd
l.lfo drew near to ItH eventide.
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Once iikhIii did Mm come that wny. , j i
All her heiiuty mid jirlulitncHrt hid.
I'nlr tnuu luriowod mid hulr luhicd'Kray,
tihilteied umlor ncoilin'M lid: ,
Inil Mini wut fir. In 'HlK'1 V,),ld, .. i
I.lfo win over mid Hits Hrtbiul. n l
HtlU Iho lirok In ItH restless How ' '
Oluitits Its iiiitli"ins or luuimurtf Uw,
.lust nil It did In the Iuiik uro. ,
ViiliidiJpJiia Ini(rV.
STEP-
STEP-
A
Story ol" Love, .Jealousy, Ilii
iltnl, Kevengo mid ITerolti
' Sell-SnerMec.
I
TJu (he Author of ")oni
riiornr" A Withe
X
of Love,"" At War With Herself," "Jl
aoUlen Union." " M'ilri J.mcd
lilm HeKtl" "A Hone in
Tliorns," te., Ac, k'
CnAI'TKH IV.-CONTi.fUEii.
ltoss Cumnor bogan to reallzo that his
position was cntiroly clmngoll. lid was
too loval to blame his father, oven in
thouglit; but moro than once It had oc
curred to him, that thoro bad been a
fatal mistake in his own bringing up,
that he ought not to have had so much
power in his hands, that he oughtj not
to huvo boon nuulo so completely ma9tor
whilo thoro was any chance of hjs fa
ther's marryjnp: again. - '
. Ho walked silently up and down tho
broad, terrace, though Christmas' had
gone, the snow and thp frost, wqro, still
lingering. Jt was a lovely ,,day ;. the'
Bky was as blue as that of Italy, tho air
clear, cold and bracintr. the Bimlitrht
pale gold. From the ton'aco thorq was
1 'ivTme. vi"jw pL,tho neighboring j count
Yry. Tho broad slicet of watery 'sliono
honor
iiKuuuvur, ujiil mu iiurv iypuuh
m too
distance and iho hills w
were covered
wan snow. , 'j j
How lair and granu.. it, was, tlpsr
stately homo of his! i Could any strap.
Sisr send hinrfrom HP Ho told himself
uit he had not half appreciated, it
boforo, but that ho would lovo it moro
dearly than over now. Ho looked sad
and sorrowful ; and somo one, gazing
at him from thu dining-room window,
longed to go and comfort Jiim.
"Of what is ho thinking," asked,
Loam of hersolf. "Ho looks sad. Is
ho thinking of Lady Viola, Qilcon by
tho gold on hor head ? I must go iq
him; I cannot boar that look on his
face." j
A fow minutes aftorwards thoro , was'
n light (ouch on his arm,' and a "boauti
1 ful laco looked up into his. '
.m , ,",Hoss, I havo bco,n watching you so'
iuii, iiuu woiiuuriug wny yon iookuu
so unhappy." What can you havo tb
' sadden youP' n
Ho turned to hor with a 'glad smilo
How coud.dio, oven for a fow minutes,'
havo forgotten horP . '
'Clin l.do nnvLliinnr for vnn. TJnacjPM
tho sweet .voice wont on. "Xu do
no, look as ypu did on tho night wO
came hopio. Why has tho brightness
gone from" your face? I thpnght on
that night it was tho brightest face I
had over scon."
As sho recalled his kindly greeting
and tho touch of his lips on lier faci?i
tho girl' b hoart warmed to him. Sho
, laid her haud upon his arm.
i " Hoss', you said I wi(9 to bo yoip"
sistor, a real, living, loving siston Sir
Austen said so, too. That gives iho
tho privilego of spo;vking. L cannot
help sooina what is wrong, iday 1 mil
you what LthinkP "
" Say what you will .o mo, Loam,','
ho ropliod. How swoot it was, this,
sisterly all'ootion!
"1 can see," sho said, simply, "that
LadyCumnoijTtMkosoou unhappy ; she
opposos you in overy way.,'1 r
lie was too manly tp'qomplaia of a
woman : but sho had cuojsciL his s6iV
row so oorroqtly that (it, was not u'iiM
manly to speak of IL. ,.
" Wo corlainly aro pqf. in larmqnv',"
ho roplioil. , "Our wishes, and desires
1 seem to clash." I am bfton very im(drt
unate in forgotting to coiuult hdr bo
foro 1 glvo an ordor. I do not moan it;
Init tho habit is5 strong upn mo, and I
iorgot. it. always liaisons to bo somo
thing vorydisploasing to hor."
"I havo noticed it," said Loam. "In
my own mind I always tako your part."
) "Do you? You aro very kind to mo,
Learn. I am hot-headodaud impotu-
ous. I wish I could ohango my char
acter." "I do not," intcrmptod Loam. "I
would not have you ohango ono
thought, even; 1 liko' you best just as
you aro."
"Tho truth is," said Hoss "and it
dawns upon mo moro clearly overy day
Maanmakammi
F-that iniini&ls aftaUo pflsltlpn, com
FpltlyifftlsoUn oWyway. l-hlitl bi-on
broufclil up rtH liulr to Lnroliton Mcro;
tlioro wiis novor ri question of luijtliiiif.
all authority tall intp my hands. Whilo
ho was an.ioqt i ulu uviirytiiin; and on
his return Jiu.said that tilings could not
bo (h bolter ordor. Up was delighted
Wjiiju ly: I'ookpd througii the hooka and
j);ipp3. Xniui, after all this. I suddenly
liuri niyjjpjfjops than a cipher in fact,
an htyrifdur-iall power suddenly taken
from inAiiio servants fniwncd upon
if (h'dy tmy nio, apd any litllo ordor I
may 'give roonted In a hundred dill'or
StltWfK Tbantfot 6vdn ring for iiny-
lluii' I walit witlldut' c6rlain opposi
tion irom iter jauvHiup. i cannot un
!orBHnni: Dti yo think
nfo, 'Ijoiim?" " -
I 'lifrtowWlmtn tliink', but t hardly
know whether it would bewidoto loll
yott."said tho ghi.'-kimll. " '
' i'Ych; toll mo. Wo tiro brdther 'and
sistor; wo aro 11 rm allies. Toll mo what
yott'thlnlo"'
I Miinl.MiU..r hiiv lintliliirr dlnnitr.
aging of -Lady Cumnu'r, but I do not i
think tihuds ond of the Women lit to
bu a second wife. A man should bo
careful in choosing his lirst wifo, but
tlpubly careful in choosing a second, if
Lud.vCunmor hud beon Sir Austen's
tirL wifo. she would have boon devoted ,
both .as, a wifo and a mother; probably i
qho would, Jiav.o liyfid and ilied, one of i
tho )cst. Pt women., Sno would, havo
.been jealous of hor husband's honor and
jealous ot,( nqr ciiuurcivs rignis ior,
unless i ani greatly mUtaken, tho foun
(htlion of lmr.eharnctor is joalousy."
t "Do ypu thinly so, Loan)?" Jio, aslcod,
a Jjtidden light broakingjn upon him.
"Ybi, T(o, indeed; and 1 feel suro
lhat lier opposition' to you arises front.
thy fact UjaVsho is jealous of Sir Aus
'pnsaOeetion" WrVou, j6alous of your
plaed in thp. house, jdalous even of your
very ejffsOn'eo; find, abovo i(l, jealous'
of rour dtfatt 'fnothdr, Ross1. That
which irinkos ino think jealousy of your
dead' mother has' something to do with
ibis thai' slic 'dislikes me, also."
Dislikes' Voul" ho cried, looking at
tho beautiful face. "How can any ono '
havo ritioh a feeling?'4
"Lady Cumnor 'has," said Lcam.
"Sho does not show it so much in word
aB in deeds. The other day I wont into
tho .nursery and took littlo Hugh in my
arms. When she saw mo kiss him, sho
told tho nurse to tako hitn away. 4 1
do Mot iiipprovo of children 'being so
.much kissed and potted, she said. A
fowA minutes aftorwards Lady Viola
came in, and she took master baby.
She kissed him moro than I had dono;
but thoro was no rebuke for hor. Lady
Cumnor smilod all tho time."
'Bu.t, Loam," cried Hoss "you
knq)y much moro of theso things than I
do aro tho living over really jealous of
tho,dqad?" , . , ,
t.T ... ..ii.1 an II aim ni(jtt..wl
gently, " I can understand it now with
,a naturo, liko Lady Cumnor's. Sho
loyoa your fatljor yery much; and it
wqii)d bo iptolprablo to her to know
thai ho had proforrcd any ono else,
Jealousy is worso than madness, in my
onjnjon."
' Loam, I cannot see iny way clearly
at all. t Jt. is cowaully to make war oh
,a woman ; It is cowardly, also, to sub
mit, lpko aslayo, to a woman's caprico."
, Thoro must bo a happy medium,"
in i.capi: aim you mi
WillyoiiholpmoP"
Yes,' with all nly 1
L'ni-nd ' '
must find it."
iio asked
heart," sho
swoi-od.
" I .must think it i over," said Hoss.
" Whatoyor niay happon, or whatever
tlio ros'ult may bo, lhqpp I shall como
out of the ordoal liko a bravo man. It
sooms horrible to mo to havo a contest
with a woman! I wonder whothor Lady
CunWpr thought of me at all whoh sho
hinrned my fathorP"-
" If, sho took you into consideration,1'
said Leapi, "1 should not think that
sho knbw you woro quito what you aro,
Hoss."
" It is quito understood then," ho
said, "that wo aro frionds and allies,
'Loam?"
" Yes tlio bost of frionds and tho
staunohost of allies," she ropliod. And
then Sir Austen came up to them, and
thoy- could say no moro.
CHATTKH V.
While tho undor-ourront of bitter jeal
ousy remained all was outwardly brill
iant and happy at Larchton Mere.
Thq whole comity welcomed its
now (find beautiful, mistress. She was
admired exceedingly; and peoplo
said how fortunate it was for Sir
Austen to havo found so beauti
ful a wifo, ono bo accomplished, so
stately, and so weUfitted for hor posi
tion! Tho Baronet novor thought again of
tho littlo scene before tho pioture. To
his iudolqilt, happy naturo everything
seemed to bo going well; his beautiful
Wifo was admired and liked, tho pretty
(baby-bovgrevv and thrived, his hand
some, gifted' son took almost all troublo
fi'q'm him, and his ward grow (ivory day
dearer to him. What moro could ho
wish or dosivo? Ho had not tho faint
est idea of thb jealousy that was hidden
in Ids wifo's breast 'Everything seemed
right to him and to others.
At longth tho day came "whon Lady
Viola rind Mrs. I'itt woro to loavo the
moro and roturn 'homo. Lady Viola
tried hor bost to bo happy as usual; but
tlioro was a cloud on -hor faoo. It
soomoll to her that nothing would over
bo tho samo again. Sho lovod Hoss
Cumnor with all her hoart; thoy had
boon moro than frionds, yet not lovers.
She had niado him her ideal; and. in
her bright, hopeful fashion, sho had al
ways boliovnd that in timo ho would
lovo hor and ask hor to bo his wife.
She had had many admirors, but she
olsu; nml sinco I loft collcuu I have tie- nor inouirnts ami ideas were all snap
voted nvVbiilffto tlfu euro1 of tho estaibt by lili Kyer hlnco thu day When,
and inv' iiltnor, Ihidiixtr thai every thine, children, ihoy haiL met, played,. quar
,lfaTlfrjfoftHV'olIwinr ino.TrilTiifiilir . lot rreled atul niado friends, Alio had loi
''. .. . . I ' i 4iri' .1
irivpn a llioiiL'iu to i torn.
. . .
if
loil liked'nuy one, ho tli-I hIio.' ''If ;1io
ilislikod any one, sue was muo to inn
tatuliitn, Ilor life was colored by his,
.oU
a
red
him with tho lovo of a Woman ratii6r
than of a child.
Her visits to Iirohtou, .More had al
ways beon very pleasant ones; but,
now that this visit was drawing to a
close, she felt that she was disappointed
with it. Tho new elements had not
beon altogutlior harmonions. Hoss had
been, as In' always win, most kind to
her; nevertheless there was a dill'or
oncc. Iiu'had talked and laughed as
usual with her; but 'how' often it had
happened that, when she had raised her
head dulok'll to look at him. she had
iul never
sho dislike f foitnd liis'oyt's lived upon Loam l)yno
vor hoW often sho had asked him a
question and ho had answered hor at
random, -because his whole attention
had bo6n given to Learn!
As Leiilii had wondered about hor, so
sho wondoiod about Loam Did he lovo
hor, this lovely .Southern elrl, who had
come so suddenly amongst them? Did
ho prdfor horP How Lady Viola longed
16 know!. Sho little dreamt how dtten
those sweet oyotf of hors asked tiro iluc's,
tion. Jady Gumnor had resolved to cive a
small Uaiieiug-party on tho last evening
of Lady Viola ant
Airs, ritt's visit. She
llkod tLady Viola, her chief reason be
ing that sho had fair hair; for hor lady-
snip's jealousy ol tne dead and tl
tho liv
ing had Touched such a pitch that she
qvon began to disliko dark-haired )eo
plq. S)ip decided that, as Mrs. Pitt
ami her nioco were leaving tho next day,
a,baH would bo too fatiguing, cspocial
lysho observed quito ignoring Loam
as Lady Viola would bo the bollo.
Lady Viola was sad at heart when tho
cvchuig came. In tho gloaming they
were all together in ono of tho prottiest
rooms at tho meio. It was called th'o
bltto drawing-room, and was novor
used On state occasions- only when tho
family woro alono or with intimate
frictids; it was not a largo apartment,
but it Was uninuo in its charm. Onono
sidO was a largo window which looked
out upon tho mere and upon a waterfall
that loll over somo picturesque rock
work. Tho silvery spray, tho sound of
tho falling -wator, and tho moro with its
borders of drooping trees, made this
window a favorite spot. The room it
self was miigniliconlly furnished; all
that art couhi suggest or money obtain
was procured for its decoration. Lady
Cumnor preferred it to any other. .
Tho shades of evening had fallen, and
a, .gray light lay over the mere. In the,
grato burned a bright liro, which filled
tlio room with ruddy light, and buforo
.which sat thrco lovely women. Two
of them tho girl with tho sweet South
ern faco and dark passionato eyes, and
tho fair Engnsh girl whose faco was liko
a rose and whoso eyes had tho purple
light of tho heartsease were seated
sido by sido. To tho third Mrs. Pitt
was busily ongagod retailing tho last
and most piquant scandal, a scandal
I that Was just going tho round(of society.
iauy (jumnor was interested, bir Aus
ten, in a lounging-chair near thpm,
wnnilnrnil wlitr wnmnn rnininnil in ennn
dal; and Hoss, buried in rovcrio, saH
watching tho two girls.
Her ladyship would not have tho
lamps lighted. Nothing could bo hot
ter, sho said, than the ruddy glare. Tho
whispered words of Mrs. i'itt had como
to an end. Sir Austen looked very
much as though ho woro enjoying a
nap, and Lady Cumnor thought it high
timo sho lirod a shot at tho enemy.
"Viola," sho said, in hor gentle,
caressing voico, which was sweetest
when it had a sting, "in this light ovary
hair on your head slimes liko gold.
You have no idea how beautiful tho
ofloct is."
Lady Viola looked up with a little
ploasod laugh, hoping that Hoss would
havo something to say about it; but Ills'
oyes woro lixoil upon the dark hair noar
him.
"Ho does not caro," sho thought;'
and tho pang that wont through her
Uoart was so great that it sent hot tears
to hor oyes. "Ho does not ciu'o
whothor my hair is woven gold or
raven black. It is all tho same to
him. He hits lost his interest in mo
since that other faco has bo witched
him.'1 And tho girl gave a long, low
sigh, for tho dream of her lifo had boon,
sweet.
No, ho had not ono word to sav. Ho
was thinkiug how fair that Southern
faco looked in the ruddy light, with its
dark oyes and full curved lips.
"Yiola," said Mrs. Pitt, "whatilow
ors aro you going to wear to-night?"
" 1 do not know, auntie," alio ropliod.
And then sho spoke to Ross, "You
have spoilod 1110 so much in choosing
llowors for mo that I hardly know how
to choose them for myself."
"I should not havo "thought that Hoss
mm any great tasto m that way," re
marked Lady Cumnor. Loam looked
up quickly.
"You aro mistaicon, Lady Cumnor,"
sho said, " Hoss has vory great tasto."
"Then 1 can only say ho is careful
novor to show it," returned Lady Cum
nor. "I think ho shows it always," said
Loam, undaunted by tho scorn "on hor
Ladyship's faco.
"Your defonso is not strango," ro
pliod Lady Cumnor, with an almost
eruol smilo that sent a deep flush into
Learn' s faco and an angry glance into
tho eyes of hor kinsman. '
Lady Viola hastened to throw oil on
tho troubled wators. Sho looked it
Hoss.
"Iti3not too lato now," sho said;
"and it is my hist ovoning. Will you
come and choo&o for 1110?"
Ho looked at tho fair faco and then at
Loam's.
?
.J5
. "Certainly I will go
i
I.e.
jropliod)
l'' Coino with us, Learn
I will ehooso
one for you. IJut his face burned
moro hotly when ho hoard a low, signi
lioaut laugh from Lady Cumnor.
' The Ihroo walked slowly together
towards tho conservatory,- Lady Viola
thinking to hersolf that if sho had
kntiWintliat he. would ask Learn to ne
compauy Ihom sho would certainly
novor havo mentioned tho matter at
all. Sho had dreamed of a fow minutes'
quiet conversation with him, and al
ready it seemed to her that ho had for
gotten she was thoro. Thov ontorod
tho conservatory; and Lady Viola, find
ing1 it inconvenient for the thrco to
walk together, wont lirst. Hoss did
not seem to ihiss her; ho wont on quite
contentedly, his eyes novor leaving
Loam's face.
"1 boliovc." said Lady Viola to her
self, " that if I went away ho would not
oven know that I had gone. Ho would
uot miss mo. Ho has como purposoly
to choose llowors for mo. anil I vorily
believe he does not remember that!
exist."
Thoro was fo anger in hor heart
against the beautiful rival who had so
suddenly appeared; sho was far too no
i.i.. r i'i... 'in. ;.. i..... ...i...i
ble for lhat. Thoro wns in her mind.
al
dull wonder as to why Hops preferred
this dark-eyed girl to herself. "
" 1 have loved him nearly all lpy
life," she tjiolight; "and in a 'few days
ho has learned to caro moro for her than
ho does for" me."
As sho walked on somo fow words
nf
their conversation reached her
ears'
She heard Hos3 ask Learn what sho
thought tho highest attribute of lovo;
and slio nnSWBrodr .
" Self-sacrifice. That Is the noblest
nttributo of love,'' sho said.
to my thinking, thero is no. lovo with
out it. If wo disclose that .we lovo an
other aiid hlivo made no sacrilicc to
prove it, I think littlo bf it. I believe
that overy good woman has naturally a
great amount of solf-sacriiice in hor dis
position; tho daily, hourly life of a true
woman issolf-sacriflce, and nothing ols"o
But I am speaking now Tather of f holfo
grand acts which, mark a life than of
the smaller onos. which cnnoblo it..
Havo you seen a play called 'Mary
Warner?' She is just tlio typo of lioro
ino 1 irioan."
" I havo not-seen 16. "What dbos 'sho
do?" asked, Hoss. '
" She takes upon hprself a crime a
theft that it seems quito clear her hus
band has committed.' Sho Is punished
and imprisoned; and ho' 'believes hoc
guilty. Tho truth is never known' until'J
tho real thiof confesses. .The husband
for long years suffers from (the thought'
iiiiii. ma uL'iuvcu wuu is !i unci: sno
suffers from tho same beliof'as regards,
himapd to that is added tho pain of
believing that ho lets her suffer in
silonco for his sin. . I call that self
sacrifice." ,
" AndSvould you do tliat for any ono
you loved?" Iio asked. r" -1 "'
" Would I?1 said Lcam. "Yes, for
ono whom ijlpvcd well pioalr.certainly
I would."'
"Tho6no wliom you lovo is to bo
envied, said -ltoss, with 'a' deep siglu,
" So Bolf-eacritice is youufavorito virtuo,
Loam?."
"Yesjithas always been," sho an
swered.
"'1 wondor," thought Lady Viola,
"if ho remembers lam horn.. Of ennrsn
he' has ho time to spoak to mo lias fot-j
gotten oven mat i want a nowor; out l
should liko to "know if ho docs rcmem-
4ber my existence." . .
Still tho two wont on, ongrossod in1
each other. f
" Their conversation will last all .tlio
evening, "i thought Lady Viola, "if I do
tint, inttirriint it." ' ' I
Slio turned round impetuously.
"Hownany sweet llowors havo you
ohoscn'for mo, Mr. Rossi"1 sho 'said;
and ho blushfed, conscious of his remiss
ness. My dear Viola, lam quito ashamed.
'I will gather thorn at once. Lcam," ho
continued, in a low tone, to his cotn-
H Miuon, " you will draw 1110 into torn
do mischief some day. You mako mo
forgot everything in tlio wido world ex
cept yourself."
A thrill of happiness went through
tho girl's heart. Would that ho might
bo forgot for over!
Hoss Cumnor did not understand the
meaning of the word "deceit." In all
his lifo ho had novor decoivod or bo-
unyeu uuy one. lie nau novor tout a 1
falsehood, nor had ho ovor affected that
which no uiu not ieoi. lnuy yioia had
tlong' been his chosen friond and play
fellow; but ho had novor1 llirtcd with
hor, It had been a vory honest, kind
ly affection; aud lie was vexed with
himself now tliat Iio had neglected her
ovon for a few minutes.
" What shall I find for you, Viola?"
ho asked. " It will bo dillicult to Jind
any Uowor beautiful enough or lino
enough to match with what Lady Cum
nor calls the gold throads of your hair.
Loam, do you wish tliat you woro thin
crown of burnished gold?"
" It would bo of littlo use wishing,"
sho replied. "Though I am dark my
self, and ought to boliovo in the su
premacy of brunettes, I think fair
women aro far tho prottiest." .
1 am tlnnkimr of ovorv variotv of
color. Lndy Viola," said Ross" white
.- . 1 11 It r
nun goui, greon and gold. 1 eaniiqt
toll which is the jirottior combination."
" Find somothmg that will suit Miss
Dynovor first," said tho EaiTs daugh-
ter.
" I do not think that will
cult; with black hair and
bo sodiili-
a biMinish
face ono thinks instiuctively of a
roso.
More is ono deep crimson m color,
with a delioious perfumo. May I place
it in ' your hair, Loam just where it
ought to bo?"
"Yes," she replied.
TO 1IB CONTINUKP.
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Tho worst thing a faritter can raise
A glass.
h y
FEttSOXAr ANI) LITKIUHtf
Tho first volume of General Beau
regard's history of tlio war is com-
pIctCM z'rAw
Mrs. Jano G. Austin-is-reported to
bo tho author of tho novol,"ThoNamo
less Nobleman."
t(, ( . vj., n
- Hocont investigation tends to show
that "Goody Two'-Shods" was written
by Olivor Goldsmith. - '
Sarah Bernhardt claims to havo
in ado money at tho raid of 'nearly Ihilf a
million dollars rfydiif whilo in America.
Air. W. D. Howeifs'is reported to
be traveling in tho mining regions of
the West with a view to 'ilocal color."
Ho intends to bring somo mining cluu
acters into I1I3 next novel.
Hoy. .Ibsopli XJoqJc'JifA, dcciitod to
remain atir'gad Yoi- npottioV year, and
will linally return to'tlns country by
way of India aud Japan. Ho is now in
London, preparing for artdtlicr series of
lectures .thore. n
Mr. Longfellow c'aH'cd the CQmpasi
plant; in "Kvangclino ''delicate," and
when somo one told him that the plant
again broken. d)$wn, hnd" hd lufs , llpd to
riunuu in mo nopoot restpration. His
recovery irom a similar pulmonary
trouble "fHnreralnivears no
his
irimHlsliO'pb 'thatf tho, jitnitfsWicro of
tjiafi regibn lVilay agafh.1piiovb'ofiica-
. . . . "n
OlOUS ' ,
flfovH( of tlio lato Thomas
Garlylc, in' n'paragYablf 'expressing his
iltWUKi-i" A7illi'nn n? iFArllX ,..111 n ....... I
was a large, coarse, rough-leaved HhrtilL
hosubstituted "yjiroraus" for "dolicatoTw
fin.thu later editions of" tlie.DocmJJT
Mr. Sulnev Lanier's hitftlt.li hn.9
inuoid,tLmj.r,qUf, atuLespeyiallyj Now England,
gives tne oooks no usou m writing tlio
lives' of Oil vfir'Oroih wqU andKrotlerick
tho Great to Harvard University. '
General Cheatham, bf Tennessee,
is writing a history of tho advance of
General Hood's "army to Nashville
ami subseoupiit retreat. - Ho command
eda corps fn General flood's army,
and until now has kept Bjlont in regard
to the effort to make him responsible
for'tho failure of tlio campaign.
J. T. Trowbridgo loads a very
quiot lifo at Arlington, Mass., in his
pleasant homo on tlio banks of tho
pictiircstmo pond whiqh has been dig
nified' by'thof namrf of Arlington Lake.
He writes a good deal, but docs not
hurry into typo. It is said that ho
I .,' J ' "1 V . . ' I l
ho has
HUMOROUS.
'It is. terribly embarrassing to come
into-town from a fishing' excursion and
find there is not A trout in tho market.
BoslotV'Postl rr'1r
Now id tho springtime of our dta-
rpkT .... t
y;c. r:iJS,YV;!a-
.J.UU1 auivaui,
and
giving lip,
inarriago
i?
OH
UitylJerriclc,
, Ilprp, is anothprf attempt vto deprivo
woman of her riglits. A malo wretch
.has'gptiup an; hivontiontoiprevent the
.slamming of, d!Qo'h.JJoston Cmkmcr
cial Bulletin.
Although oarlv in thn nnrmnn t. Imn
' already been noticed that tho iceman
givos good weight to tho family keep
ing a handsome servant girl. Philadel
phia Chronicle
The Law and thoPropiiots:
Whon asked his belief, ti lnw f-tndent
ltoplled. In 11 wny most imprudent,
Tlmt his ciced could bo writ
5$ln lfrlcf form, mid to wit: '
"In tuoLiiwTuiu UioI'rolltV Pnor studontt
. i 4 (irivirit ..lituocutc.
A Somorvillo littlo boy, while look
in" out of tho window of his linmn. smav
aTfau)-tailcd pigeon alight in front of tho
nousc. . "U mother, como hero!" he
cried; "and sec a pjgeon with a bustlo
and tra'd'on. yiSomtrvillc Journal.
Wo know nothing in nature so
homely to look at as a clam's head, al
ways excepting a plug hat, and the two
resemblo'Hino another so closoly that
buVfor the difference un sizo it would
bo hard to tell them apart, lio&lon
Transcript.
Somo ono having offered a prize for
apqom in which tho word "butter"
would bo mado to rhymo with "olco
, margarine." tho Washington liejmblican
churns out tlio following:
I'loiiso puss tlio hotter, o'en
If It'ii oloomui'Kiu tne.
Gilhooly bought a cigar tho other
.fiv,and,ris Hid; litrit, the tobacconist
said, 1 wlh njida: That's n lino im-
nOrtCU Ciffar." "Is it?" vncmnmlnii
jGilhoply "Ithasahyays been a mys
tery to mo why Galveston does not raise
her own cabbages." QalvLslon A'ews.
How wonderful aro the revolutions
of science. It has boon, estimated that
a boy can hear a call to dinner, though
half a.milo away, in a thousandth part
of a second. But a call to duty. Well,
wo don't wish to bo hard on tho boy,
but it often takes a lifo timo for him to
uiidm-stand it New Haven licgiater.
Gcneviovo Ward is shocked beyond
all oxprespion because men and. women
aro COmnollotl to slnrm in tlin enmo
sleopjngvpnr. It is drtfadful. Wo huvo
often worried ovor tho same thing, and
bo.qij afraid to gq.to sleep, lost some
woman should chloroform us and kiss
4 Hs.m-om' dreams. No man is sato in a
I VA I irml nl aa..!.. 1 1 . I w-w
mixod sleeping car. Durhngion Ilaxuk-
ThoAoroplano Company for navi
gating the air of San Francisi-o contin-ues-vto
issqo wogklyjimiouncoments of
progreks; bulMn' .tormsl so vaguo that
tho public is unablo to toll whothor tho
master is a joke, or a. swindle. "Tho
committee of incorporators," says tho
last bullotin, v " havo finally decided
that tho first "starting station of tho
aerial carriago shall bo mado from
Woodward's Gardens and from thonco
to Monlo Park, on tho Southern Hail
way, and return to tho gardons. Tho
day cannot for a week or two bo fixed."
i.uv.iuiiu.yju
(JHtippmis.
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