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twhbn wo are old uml KtriV. lo o,
WuonVo iiro olu fln ilrrnyA
t , Wtiou utflnst 'tis tt'I. nil o or,
" ifThQ turmoil ot tho tiny.
In tb&TitilMOjfhouworovon.
Iu oiir'HrCa fulr twllhjUt tlmo,
Wqjil look iipnn tho inorn, love, ,
tipon our early prime.
"ThtuikOi d tor all thaMvcot nays I"
jAVe'U w litapor wlillo wo limy,
When vfo tiro old and k my. love.
Whon we uro old alid if i ay.
When ravrero young1 nnd jniy.lovo,
7 Wuon wo'wjf to young- un n&y,
When d I-tint aeutneil IleoomUer,
4 AiuKnll was golden Muvj i
Amid our ltfo h linnl turmoil, .
Our true lovo iuido 113 tyrin e,
Wo thought not of tho mori'ow,
Wo rook il dot of tho grtivP:
So fur HeOmed llfo lUuntwtllKht,
80 far the oltwo of U i
When wo weioyounmuidKay, love,,
, When wo wore yotiK and pay.
Now we nro old and irravt love,
Now wunioolfl 1111J KnO't 1
Tho iilKlit-tdu uu lows gather,
Wo have not lontf to Stay.
Tin' Inst sere loaves hlivd tnlten,
Tho bnn bleak hnimjtie bund,
Put your dour hand? )u uiltiot lovo,' ,
Thus, thus wo'H wait tho owl. '
" l hunk God for all th6 Kindness 1"
In peaceful hope wo'll my.
.
Now wo aro old nnd irrav lovo,
Now wu 11 rn nlil mill irriiv.
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STEP-MOTHER MD STEP-SOH.
Story of Love, Jealousy, Ha
tred, Keveugo ftiul Heroie f
Self-Sacrliico.
Dv
the. Author of "Dora Thorn?," "A Dridat
0 Love." "At IHir, With llcrtclf" "A
UoUlcn Unwn," " IHiWi Loved
Win llettt" "A lime In
'lliumi," Ac, Ac.
CHAl'TRlt IX.-CoNTixirKn.
Ros lookotl round ami saw that llioy
wore all uftiiist him save Lath V.iola.
wlio cried out in pity. Then .suddenly
another young girl" stopped 'forward,
beautiful as a piclurn, a light on hor
lovely, Southern face, her dross of am
ber and white falling in statuesque folds
around her, and amber roses nestling in
her hair. She advanced to where tho
littlo group stood -Lady Cumnor, with
her white face full of tragic sorrow, Sir
Austen, too bewildered to speak, Ross,
half iiuliirniuit, half despairing, and
ilftattnit.ilin. nm
LadyAiola, holding his hantl, as though j
- .., .....A (II .llllllllif llllll
she would idmg to him when all hope '
j.iuuu. jjeum raiseu ner iace 10 iacy
Cumnor; ami thoso wlio saw it never
torgot it,
iSgwriplion, O0rperyM r;TJATan e c
OFFiriAf. IWPKfet OV TIIHlCOV.
. " Ho is innocent," sho said, calmly. sho looked at him with pity'iix her boau
"N I did it. 1 will answer to Heaven and tiful eyes. . '
to you 'for tho littlo life lost
I swear
that 1,4 did not do it, ai
They fell back from
and that I did!"
her with a crv
of horror, and loft hor standing alone.
The silence of unutterable horror lay
over them all. Lady Cumnor was tho
lirst, to speak.
"You!" sho cried. J'What had I
done to ou that you should slay my
child? You, a woman yourself, to take
my darling Horn jno."
Loam's dark head drooped for ono
moment; then sho raised her pale, ago
nized face.
" 1 ropont now," sho said, "but I
killed tho child."
"Loam," cried Koss, "you did not;
you cou'tl not! it is impossible!"
" It i-, true," sho declared. "Boforo
Heaven I say that it is mv fault the
child is dead. I killed it!" "
sooner uoiiovo it of you even than of
him. Ilo is a man; ho might hesitate
before ho took the life of a littlo child.
You aro a woman whoso heart is on lire
to avouge what you consider his wrongs.
I will not say, Ldam Dynevor, that it is
a conspiracy between 'you; I will not
say that between you you plotted tho
death of my boy. I will not say that,
although it may be true." '
"My dearest Hosier," eriod,Sir, Aus
ton, whoso distress of mind at the loss
of his child was &o great that ho could
hardly speak, "pray bo calm! Y'ou
must not Miy such things."
"May 1 not speak tho truth to tho
murderess of my child? She tolls ypu
sho killed our littlo Hugh. I believe
there is always evil lurking in tho dark
face of a Southern woman. I demand
that she bo punished! I demand that
justice bo meted put to hor, and that' n
life bo given'forthe lifo tnkon! Would
any woman accuse herself of thnt which
was not true? Would any woman en
danger her lifo for a lio? Answer mo.'"
From tho crowd camo no reply; but
Lady Cumnor read pity in overy lace.
" You pity her!" sho cried. "What
compassion havo you for mo, whoso
darling lies murdered thero?" a doc
tor had been summoned, but ho had
pronounced lifo to. bvo,oxtlnct.,"Sho
tolls mo sho has slain my child, and
your hearts go out in pity towards hor!
I say sho ought to bo stoned to death,
for sho has slain tho sweetest of chil
drenmy onlyiohjiUl! j?ity her? No; a
lifo for a lifo! I will toll vou why sho
has slain my child, Sho c'hose to-day
because sho thought that overy ono
would bo too intent to notice hor move
ments, anil sho has killed him because
listen!" ,. ,
Ai!
doopor sllonco'-'fell upo'mtho crowds
overy man and woman of Svliich bent
forward to hoar,,.' ';
". Hovauso alio is going to marry Koss
Cumnor, and this child stood between
her lover and his.' fortune! That
hor motive. J.ob hor deny it if sho
imiii! Shu ii'innnl' "
was.
uuti! She cannot!
i win iiuvor uonove us crieu koss. . those who watched her had expected it ' bored that Loam had
n is utie, sue repeaioti. for' some ttmo Lady Cumnor fell, al- Kiiilty of murder, anil
men j.ai y oumnor seemed to ro- ' most without life, and was carried bo tried for her life,
cover 'from her shook of horror. Sho senseless into tho house, whero so short i "Toll mo tho truth," ho
1UUKCU ai. 1110 LHl'l S t. m(l 111 rr DntOl'n lOV. .i f inn K, (,,,-, ..11 li.wl I.,,,... !-.:... -i.. ..i ' 1,,,.1...,1 ,.,. Ill I .
, O --- --"-- n,, - muni uviuiu im nun UUUIl ivoil VllV illlll iwnnuu ou 111 aim 6U liuill I
I oan believe it," sho said. ,lI can mirth. Thon tho servants bore the lit- wdro frightened.
" iw .n.i wni vt tmimm . iip.im y
rf.!rmtrj
HNP word! oti aoni&iKfamol from
the
"s.woin lips abut diasswiodiout&ft
V-is lS.IlIS0lTftU lUISU,!' n j M
Do you deny it, Loam DynovorPjE
asked Lady Ctimnof.'but Ihe trirl made
no reply. ,,lYdU nro quite" riht in ngtf
adding falsehood to munlnr. You
have talked much about solf.siicrillco;
perhaps ypu think; that in slaying thej
child who stootl between your lover
hud hid fortune OU have douo SEi
praisoworthy deed. Ybu forgb yojfij
forgot. Ho willjiavo Larqltton. Icraj
now; butyod shall Spay 'for it Syithyodr
Spanish wbimui's sort 'luiA Laroht6fi
JNloro will novor bonola you. You wilj
not bo hero to, see it; you will pay tho;
penalty for your crime. ' M
i!
ioani," cneuJto33, in agony, "you1
duL not do 11 i am stiro you did not! ",
You avd thb chlof wituoss jfirtiinsb-
. . . ...'' '.-.
her," said Lady Cumnor. "You sent
tho child to her;" and Itos trembled.
as ho recalled What ho hud said. ' You
will have to irlw evidence" no-ainst lnfrX
I appeal to atl prg8ent--i(lyou not say
inui wiiuu yuu uiueuii 1110 iiijiio ono on
tho bunk you told him to run to auntio
Lenin P You cannot deny it; you said
so, unasked."
' Ho need not dqny it," said Loam;
"there is no occasion tosay moro. Lady
Viola, you h'avo boon- very noble and
true; do not fear for Koss; ho is safe.
1, audi-only, am to blamo fortKbdoath
of the child" I have no moroftb say."
Despite her avowals ofgiiilt-and this
plau-jiblo motive ascribed to her, there
wore many who, touched by hor youth
and loveliness, would have defended
hor, believing hor to bo innocent; blit
Lady Cumnor would allow of no inter
ference. " Speak onco more," she said. r
nsk you, boforo I give you iu charge,
,aro you guilty or notP" '
"J, and lalono, am guilty," replied
tho girl.
"Forgive mo, llOss,. for myf also judg
ment ot you," cried Lady Cumnor, upon
hearing thoso words. "Alas, why did
1 ever trust my beloved ch'ild to
strangers' hands?' Oh. wretched day
that tills daughter of a treacherous race
made my house hor homo! I knowhow
how I loved mv littlo Hush, and 1
would not have lost him
hundred
Larehton Meres. Oh, my murdered
1 darling, wanting you, what is all the
world to mo I1"
She wrung her hands, she cried aloud
t in hor aniruish. and Sir Auatiui. who
1 was still overwhelmed with grief, 'im-j,1
I iilorvu her to be calm. Sho refused tjj
j bo comforted, and slio would not allow
T 1 1 1 IIIIIIV ot 111 I ! 1 1 II II 1 1 olnlil 1 r lin vn
.w ww.j w . i.w. iivl.l, ...l. lJ kO. A V(-
moved until she herself had givon Lnm
Dynovor in charge.
Ho-
s would not leave Lcam.
near to her, and said:
Once ho
drew
"Trust me, Loam, trust Tiio."'. Ami
I do trust you imnlicitlv.Tsho 'ro.
plied. ' ,
"But, Loam." ho said, "you did not
do it. You could not have done it You,
so gentle, so sweet, so good; you could
not have done it. If all the world be
lieved it, I would not."
"You know best, 'J she answered: and
there was something of reproach in hor
oyes that ho could not understand.
bir Auston, in Ins distrorfs and alarm,
asked his son to ride quickly Jto Mars-
ton Abbey in search of his great friend,
.Lord bnarestone, who lived there.
"I shall not be long, Learn, any
darling," said Koss; "keep up your spir
its. I will come back to you as quickly
as I can."
Meanwhile Lady Cumnor knelt by
tho dead body of her child. Tho crowd
broke up into groups. At last and
tie body away.
Koss rode hard, in
his father's wish.
accordance'
with
t
His very heart i
seemed on lire. He was quite suro that
Learn was innocent; it could not bo,
as his step-mother said, that sho had
committed tho crime for his sake. Ho
was almost mad with anger, pity and
pain. It had siting him sharply for a
fow minutes, tho fact that his father
had made another vwll and had given
away Larehton Moro; but he wouliTjuivo
got over his disappointment, ho w,ould
havo lived it down. Larehton Moro and
all his father's mdnoy besides were lpss
than nothing compared with tho lifo of
his half-brother. . -
Ho rode as ho had never riddon jio
foro. Learn in danger his bright,
dear, beautiful love! In his abstrac
tion lie forgot how dangerously lov tho
trees mot overhead at ono part? of pio
high-road. Suddenly, without a" mo
ment's wnrnilicr. ii linilfrli atrnnt- liij
head with such terrible foryo that it ii
was a wonder, qc was not Killed on tho
gpoi. as it was, no leiiirom iiis horse;
nd' llfo animal, 'errifib, rushed on
wildly, 'dragging hljjJJGjitH Jstopftod by
apass,or-by. , '
ThrQQ hours after hqJiad left tjliome,?
Koss was carried back.'V'wreck of (tho
halo, vigorous man who hiul loft.it full
of lifo and energy. ' Tho occurrence
added tp tho j'iprror of tho day. Tho
.doctors, who wore summoned in hot
haste, looked doubtfully at him.- Thoy
thought ho could hardly survive such
injuries. Ono arm wag; broken, one of
his wrists terribly injured, and a'sovoro
wound on tho head rendered him
quito insonsiblo. T'Kb doctors know
all that had happened on that dav: uml
thoy said that no wouldjmost probably
have brain fovor. And thoy werof right,
When ho would have most -wished to
bo up and doing, whon tho
vory lifo of
tho girl ho loved wns'nt- stakeilft
Ifu was
lying at death
's door.' I 5 V1
' Tho g
loom did nohjpass fawny from
mo house
oven when little -Hu
i.
whoso loss
n"
every ouo uopiorod, was
m xHi
buried; for, oh that very day, whon the
mw, tuo doe
tilllkopu, was
JUmC' iu
this
iT h 'i ail ? ' v,..t (flfcfc. I
uiqy wero imstfliconj UtiMlUma
ITjityoLRrrivod. "7 W
had
1 'i . iCHAPTKlt X.
Thdlrinl'of Lqnm Dynpvor for mur
,d6r wtvs tho sonsation of thoday, anil
mconle orimo fidn nil narta nrtnOno-liiiiil
itobo;pro.sqttt; for tho story wa 11 most
irdmRiitic duo, nnd it had "gono tho
'-round of tho nowspapors. 'Xhb rosult
(ld Ofa Wlfilltr l.rwl fni-Ann... 'I'l. .. i
'camp to tho. conclusion that tho pris
oner was 6f unsound mlild; "and she
Wius ordorod to. bo confined during hor
Maicsty's" pleasure. ,
K 'J ho verdict gave general sa'tisf notion.
It appeardd terrible that. -.oven if
guilty, sho Bhpuld bo imnlslicd with
death. Lady Cumnor, howoybr, was
not well plotvsod. TO horfitHoomotl
that tho ono wlo had taken liotS chiltl's
.lfo ought to atonp. for ft witlijiur own.
Loam Dyncvor was to remain in (ho
prison at Lurohtoti for a few wcoks,
and then bo removed to a criminal
lunatic asvlum.
' Six wooks Iiiid'iiass'cd slnco (ho trial
ended, and already it was almost for
gotten.. It had boon a nine day'B
W.ondor; but other wonders had sue
' ceded it. Learn Dynevor was forgotten
"except by it fow. Lady Viola Carllon
Was laithful toher;iinU, when thohaud
noma Neapolitan urged his suit with al
most .irrosisjibjlo , forvor, slto saltl to
hini, in'heV frank fashion:
"I like you much bettor than I did;
indeed, to bo quite frank with you, I like
you bettor than 1 evor thought 1 should.
Hilt I will never marry any one until
the mystery of Loam D'yndvor is solved.
Sho never hurt that child. 1 was noar
her all tho day of tlio trial; sho is more
liko an angel than a women. Thore is
a mystery, and it must bo solved. Try
to unravel it, Prince; and, thon well,
wo 'do not know how joyful thb bolls of
Larehton Church mav peal afterwards!"
'I ho Prince looked dismayed.
"If 1 may not marry you until that
; mystery bo solved, cnrinannit, wo shall
tiftYm mnvri' fit oil It !u n uImhh.ii
dark allhir which I cannot understand."
"You must try to do ho," said Lady
Viola. "1 shall try. If over tho day
comos whon beautiful Leant Dnovor
stands before mon as I boliovo sho
stands boforo Heaven, then. Prince.
you, can. again puj,
the question you
have asKeu"
Tho roses and tho lilies had faded,
' II1II 111IMII11I1 MniVliru M'lllVI 111 h nmn mil
, ---w .. a. w i. v& .. . u . w ... ..v1'..l, j,l
, the fair oartli lay smiling in thoautumu
sunshine, when Moss
Cumnor slowly
came back to life
again. It had been
a hard struggle. All that ho had
gone Through mental anguish, tho
horror of tho day of little Hugh's death
culminated in tho terrible fovor
which laid him low and took the
strength of his manhood from him. Ho
was thin, almost shadowy in appearance.
His face. was white and worn; while tho
largo Spanish eyes sooniod to have grown
even larger.
Tho lirst moment that ho regained
perfect consciousness he asked;
"Whcro is Learn?"
His anxious watchers soothed him
with gcntlo word?, and told him that
sho wasi-quitp-safo. Then' ho asked
how long he Had boon lying thoro; thoy
told him six weeks.
"Six weeks!" ho repealed---' and they
never forgot his cry. "Is she HvingP'
ho demanded. "Tell 1110 tho,truth do
not docoivo me is she living'.'"
His agitation was terrible. Reason,
rot timing to him, brought back tho
wnoio ureatuui story, and no reinoin-
ownod horsolf
that she was to
cried; and ho
loath thai they
Sho was quite well, thev assured him,
and lie should see her assodn as ho was
strong enough.
I
will get strong."
lie said, tromb
Has sho asked
ling with emotion. '
for mo?"
"Yes not onco, but many times,"
thoy told him.
-' I must mako haste to get woll," ho
said: nnd ho did. No patient' was moro
obedient or docile. He had an object
in view.
Lady Cumnor had been in his roajn
ovory day. At lirst she would not show
any anxiety about him. If ho had not
slain hor littlo son, tho girl ho loved
had done so, and sho could not forgive
him. But, one day, whon ho was un
usually violent in his delirium, she went
in to try to sootlio him. While sho
stood bv his bedside ho hold out his
arms to hor and called hor "mothor."
..At lirst sho shrank from him and shud-
uorou at, tjio word. J Jioseopnd time ho
uttered' i hor heart was pjerced; the
third time, she, the Haughty? jealous
woman wno nail pursued nun with im
placable jealousy, laid his head on her
urcast and soothed him with kindly
words. All tho anger, jealousy and
bitter hatred died out thonSHaSlio was
a woman with passions stronger and
doopor than thoso of most women, but
with a hoart that could bo softened.
When Ross' burning hoadreqtcd on hor
breast, slio fqrgot to hato tho Spanish
woman or her son. From that tlmo hor
foolings toward him changed.
She still hatod Lcam with undying
hate; but Ross well. Ross ,ip his
weakness had' called her "mothor,"
had olung tohqr, had-fallcn asjocfp with
his head on hor broastV and -sire could
pot dislike him again, bho thought,
tpo, how much misory and anguish might
havo been spared, hor had sho tried to
m
like him from the first. Asrhc
stronger thoy talked more together. Sho
would say to him, wifh listless, folded
hands: (
"Lifo will never bo the same to mo"
again, Ross. 1 loved my baby so woll!
tePM end forc tho? bmF
People, think that sins iro not puuislibll'
iti this lifo. All, hoo how Hoavoh has
punished mot I was joalous and Hatod
our dead mother, Ros; and, iu pun
ishment, I Have lost my child. Jf I
had boon, patiohlnhd lovihg, my littlo
Hugh would have boon spared to mo
niyllttlo Hugh!" '
But tho moro kind and gontlo sho bo
camo to Ross, tho mbro virulent and
mtonso DOcamo hor hatred of Lcam.
Sho fully boliovod that alio had de
stroyed her child, and that thb solo mo
tive for it Was hor lovo for Ross. Lady
Cumnor would talk to Him by tho hour
about It; but ho wasstcadfnst and loyal.
Nothing over shook his faith in Loam
for ono moment nothing could.
"But, Ross," Lady Cumnor wduld
say to him, 'you admit yoursulf (hat
you saw bur in tho distanoo and told
tho ohild to run to hor. Ho started off,
and nothing was-scon of him again un
til ho was found drowned."
"Thoro is soino way of accounting
for it." said Ross.
"Then why did sho say sho did it
why accuse horsolf?"
"I cannot toll. , Tliat is tho mystery.
Tho littlo onu admired tho water-lilies
vory much. Ho would havo gathered
thorn all if 1 had allowed him, Ho may
havo fallen iu. Ouo of a hundred un
foreseen accidents may have
pencil."
hap-
"Yes, yos," criod Lady Cumnor, im
pationUy; "I grant all that! But why
did she accuse horsolf P"
"That is tho piystory I mean to
sOlvo," ho said. "As soon as I am
strong enough to move I shall visit hor,
and thon 1 shall discovor how to go to
work. If I had not lost my health and
strength, that absurd trial would never
havo takon place. Tho baro idea of
calling Loam mad!"
" It was tho only moans of saving hor
lifo," ronliod Lady Cumnor. "Bettor
to bo oallod mad than wicked, Ross."
"She is neither. Lady Cumnor; nnd
1 will prove it," ho said.
TO UK CONTINUKO.
Born Deaf and Blind.
All infants aro deaf at birth, bocauso
tho outer oar is as yet closed, and thoro
is no air iu tho middlo oar. A t espouse
to a strong sound is observed, at the
oarliost, in six hours, often not for n
day, sometimes not for two or throo
days. Tho awakening of the sense may
bo recognized by means of the drawing
up of tho arms and the whole body, and
tho rapid blinking which a loud noise
provokes; and it is a sign of deafness if
the child, after its ears havo had timo
to come into a suitable condition for
hearing, fails to respond thus to a
strong sound. The faculty of seoing
has a similar growth. Light seonis
at lirst unpleasant, and only faint
lights are borno; tho baby shuts its oyos
tight whon a caudle is brought near
them. Brightness and darkness, if thoy
aro marked, can bo distinguished, but
with this tho ollieo of tho oyes iu tho
earliest day is exhausted. Ono will
look to tho right, the other to tho loft;
ono may bo open, the other shut; ono
will be still while the other moves. On
about tho ninth day most infants begin
to stare into tho void, or if a bright ob
ject, as a caudlo, is brought boforo
them, as if thoy wore looking at it; but
it is easily found out. by trial that thoro
is no real soeing, for it'isonly when tho
light is brought directly within its lino
of vision that tho ovo is directed toward
it.
Greek Brigands.
Greek brigandage is a regularly or
ganized business. A littlo capital for
the purchase of arms is required. Pa
pers aro drawn up, in which tho shares
of the captain and the mon are speci
fied. Sometimes routes aro lot by ono
baud to another for a per centnge. It
proving exceptionally good iu one case,
tho parties camo vory noar bringing tho
affair into court on a law suit. Death
to tho captivo is almost certain if tho
ransom is not paid. A ransom which
was mice on its way from Constantino
ple was stolon from tho messenger by
another band, but tho captivo was
killed all the same. A farmer having
two children captured could sond tho
monoy only for ono, and the boy was
returned. Ilo bogged a littlo delay, but
tho band wcro on tho move and could
not wait. The littlo girl was found
afterward with a stab in tho heart and
wild flowers in hor hand. These rob
bers never drink wine, never neglect
thoir religious duties, always cross
themselves boforo eating, and never
omit tho numerous fasts tho Greek
Church insists upon. Some aro woll
read; ono loading scoundrel always
travels about with a small library.
The Reporter's Failure.
Such was tho qjigernoss to "scoop''
tho other follows that ono Western
newspaper sent a man across tho Atlan
tic to steal an advance eopy of tho now
Now Testament, 'Aftor having triod iu
vain at tho publishing houses ho turned
to a guileless country parson who liaiL
boon engaged in tho revision, saw in
his study a copy of tho book, took its
dimensions, noted its binding and let
tering and went away to havo a volume
manufactured whiih should bo its pre
cise duplicate in appearance. Ho triod
during another intorviow to exchange
tho spurious book for tho genuine, hut
failed at last. Roasting, on his home
ward voyage, of his plan, ono of tho
party remarked that "it was a pHy ho
had' not secured a copy that ho might
discover that an ancient legend, Thou
slialt not steal,' had not h'cou rovisod
out of it." Dctruit Free Press.
Reminiscent: Jones says that thu
clouds of his early childhood were no
biggor than a woman's hand, but a
squall always followed thorn.
mam
j i . i '
rieasantl Homo's.
A littlo tjtno aud labor will mako the
grounds about tlio house look tidy, noat
and inviting. Thoro Is no use in hav
ing the yards all covered with stlckg,
tilling aniriast year's burdock stocks, to
stick thoir Hateful burs into clothes
and stockings. A garden rako, and a
wheelbarrow, with u pair of strong
hnnds, will clean up all tho refuse stuIL
and If therb aro dry leavos drifting
around so much tho hotter, it will all
mako a good absorbent for tlio manure
shod or piggery. No matter if tho
house Is old, or brown, or moss grown
with ago, If it is cloanod up neatly, it
will look asdfit-woro comfortable and
givo a favorable impression of tlio in
habitants, and a fow flower roots set
out and trimmed up nicely will mako
tho homoliost place look ploasant. A
fow vinos, running up tho sides of tho
house so as to shade tho windows and
doors aro as muoh of an ornamont to
an old house, as-thoy aro to a lino man
sion. A pretty porch oan bo made over
tho door, by sotting long polos each
side of the stops and passing strings
ovor tho top backward and forward.
If hop vinos can bo ontainodsot out
soino roots oloso by tho polos and train
the vinos up tho polos nd string across
tho top. If you cannot got hpp vinos,
plant boans, morning glotio.s, or swoot
peas; and train them to run up, nnd
)ou will have something that will give
pleasuro all tho long summer days.
Boys will onjoy helping if you only
show them how to do it, and it will bo
a life-long pleasuro to thorn to know
how to make things look protty.
Do not think it will take too muoh
tlmo, for what is timo tor, only to make
ono happy aud good. Childron can bo
taught early in lifo to mako thomsolvos
usoiul, and thoro is no child but that
llkos to seo a pleasant homo, and if
thoy know how to do it, will take hold
and holi) mako it pleasant.
Wo all of us form an idea of a per
son's character when wo pass his dwell
ing. If wo boo tho yards all in a litter,
and pigs, calves anil chickens hopping
over logs and chips; wo aro imme
diately impressed with the belief that
shiftless people live thoro. A row of
sunflowers, or a clump of hollyhocks
aro au improvement to any placo; and
look far bettor than rank pig woods, or
mayweed, growing everywhere. Thoro
is no excuse for tho surroundings of a
farm house to be filthy and uluttotod
up with everything; "only just sheer
laziness, nnd tlonH-cnrcitiDcncas. I guess
that is a now word, but it is as oxp'ross
ivo none as I know. Cor. Rural A'cto
Yorker.
Tho Settleincnfor au Assigned Estato
A Remarkable Case.
Tho final proceeding in the matter of
the Frank Leslie assignment was takon
in Now York City a fow daysago. An
order was entered acquitting Mr. Isaao
W. England, tho assigned, from all
further obligation to the trust, nnd dis
charging ami releasing tho bondsmen
who nail liocoiiio his sureties in the sum
of ono hundred thousand dollars, and
canceling their bond. Tho case 1ms
boon a remarkable one, and, it is said,
probably stands unparalleled in tho ju
diciary history of Now York State. It
is peculiar in that it probably is tho
only instance on record where au as
signed estate, instead of being sold iu
accordance with the provisions of the
assignment, has been carried on by the
assignoo in tho interest of tho creditors
for a ported of nearly four yoars. Tho
experiment was a hazardous ono, but in
this case it scorns to hnvo boon attended
with the bost results. Tho estatoat the
time it camo into the possession of the
assignoo was inventoried at suvonty-livo
thousand dollars, and was encumbered
by debts amounting to about four hun
dred thousand dollars. In less than
four yours the assignoo lias compromised
nnd obtained releases from all tho crod-
itois and has turned ovor to tho execu
trix of Mr. Frank Leslie, who had
meantime died, au estate worth cer
tainly not less than five hundred thou
sand dollars. Though several millions
of dollars passed through Mr. Kugland's
hands during his ass'igneeship, his ac
counts wore passed without tlio chal
lenge of a dollar. In thoso days whon
so much has to bo published about de
linquent trustees and estates absorbed
in tho process of administration, it is
gratifying to find so conspicuous an il
lustration of a trust faltluully and wiso
Iy administered.
A man in Kurokii, Nov., has a
curiosity at-his store iu tho shupo of a
whisky-tippling mouse, that conies up
as regular for his" liquor as tho most
veritable old toddy tippler in the town.
It appears that his mouseship has ac
quired a tasto for the ardent by lapping
up the fjtray drops that fall from the
faucets of tho long row of barrels in
the storo, and, liko a roul human, has
been led into a whirlpool of an overween
ing indulgence by the practipo of oc
casional "nipping." whim under tho
influence tho long-tailed toper cuts up
the most curious antics. Ho rolls
around on the lloor in a perfect spirit
of drunken reoklessness, stands on his
Head, ami plays regular "high jinks"
among tho barrels and bottles. As
with mankind, whisky seems to mako
him sociable, anil when on pno of his
jamborees ho cuts around through thu
storo and ollieo without tho least np
paront fear, and is aS familiar and
friendly with tlio boys as can bo, ovou
running up thoir logs and allowing them
to handle him.
A oypross tree' in Clay Count',
Florida, is 'Jf foot G inches in circumfer
ence four feet from tho ground.
To bo short in his accounts is, in a
cashier,
a crime; iu a roportor it is a
Virtue.
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