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I1ARY J. HOLM1J
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r. OlIAP'l'EH : O.lIt : , 'Co'lIt1nul',1 ' '
. ' entrcltll'ere' ; 1111 III ; IlIII
R liut DIU's entrc/ltll / . , \ ' ,
" , and his dlstresl ! WUK nt it" Ilwhht whl'n
; fortunntely hi ! ! thougmr''cro ' dlnwtltl !
lu nnother chnunet. .HII HIII1Il1'n tllrn
I ( If the rend a gUilt of willd IIft11 ! the
, ) hl Ilnlm-Iunf frolll hll ! woolly hend , ' 11I111
\ cnrrled It fnr nwny , "Now , 11c/lr / mllr"'I' , "
IInltl lilli , taylnK his hall" OI" " ' hllt of h' .
Dolnflel , . , 'J'ou'll Nnrllll lul111I \ IH'elltlll )
wlillu 1 picks U I , lilY hilt , 'casc J'ou I' '
how'lI J'OIl look gwille Illtu tOWII wid
1110 hnrel11a e , " - '
Glllllcing over his shoulder , Ir. Del , } ' I'
fieM saw thu hut nWlII'CI' / tile nl'hj ,
olld quietly tnklna / hliI frunt hili 1I0clwt
/llId : lIhlClllg It III the IIcgro' ! > hallll , ho w-
pllell , " 1'hnt will hllY ) 'OU five such ' hntll , "
"Yes , hut de hosKell , de IlOlIflc'l" : ( .x-
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clalnicli .lilll , Olllloflt frantlcnllJ' . "DolI't
) ' 011 S5) ! l erd 1II'Iwllll' tu ghI , , Ollt r' ,
, : \r. Dolntlehl. feurcll 110 , 't o , nl\d \ mor
to hlmsclc' th t 'to his lHrvatlt ! _ Ill ! halll ,
"purhnps the cnl'svlll bt ! ' Mhlrlll time
-the ) ' IIsllnll ) ' ur ! ! , " ,
\VHho'ut conshlel'ng ! the consellJellce ,
lilll answered , "No , they won't , ; 'caie 1
heor 110' , , ( ' lIll'Y hired un elilthll'Cr who
IIrlns all nforo hlrn-glts aheud oC lie
till O au' 'nil lint. " ' '
'l'he next minute ho repcntell a speech
wh se dlsustrolls effects he fOI'einw , Hnd
- ho" , , , osa - bout trl d ny It us a ( ubriclI-
tlon oC his 'OWII bruhl' , wheu hlR hIRitl'r ! ,
who reel ! ) ' saw lIi nl ! bf InlKIII In the
IlUr"OU8 , fiery I erd , ! lnld , "BIll , YOl\o'hllvc '
n Ilecllllar'lwhlstie with which YOII 1J\lr
UII the hOrfes.lnko : It no\\ ' 1'-rd hils
ruu hlrnselC olmoRt 1I0WII , , "
As thet apllrhcliell ) thIJ town , they
Iwnrd a hl'orlllllbllllr , : ' ; u 1111I1 , oJt wall
the roll of the Cllrs In' ' Uio' 'distance. A
Cew more mnll ( lluue ! , . nrlfl the hOl' es
reaehed 'the. depot , overed with foum
! lnd 'frothlug ut the mouth , jU8t UH thl )
, train wns movlllg 1110\\11 away.Vlth
one 'pitylllg" furlHvpll "Iancl ! at hiB dyln
gray ! ! , : \1k' , Delhfiehl exdnllll\Jd , "Cut the
harne89 lustautly , " u 1d then with II
bOllnd boulld spruug upon the platfol'Ol ,
which l e rellched just as lilll cullo ! 11-
ter him In mournful accents ; , "Ii'el'I's
dend , nors'r ! , , I'erl1 ! s , "
ut 1I t1p cllrlHl 110 ( or , that , ltosa T.ee
wns to be o'"l'rtulwu , nud to uccomlllhih
this , he would willlllKly hnvu sncI'ificed
c\"Cr ) ' horsl ) of whldl he was owner , I'\"l'n
were tl1I ! ) ' twice \"uluablo as the dnll'
plell grnys ,
1\Ir. . ; Ielnfiehl , with closely kult hrow
audy compresscd IIPK , lint mUlllug'ln the
enr o ( till ! time when Hosa Leo would
bo his wlfl' , ' 1'hey were obollt half \\'aJ'
between AII Ulltli uud Chnrleston a\lll o.
Ing nt gl'cut sIIeed , when suddenly at u
IIhort cUr\'C thcl'IJ'US a violent com mo.
tlon'-thiJ "IHltlSellger:4wre : Illtched fOl : .
wnrd nllll hackwllrd , while the onglne
plung d down n IIteeII emhnnkment ,
throlng the truln from the trnckIud ,
drngglng , lifter It the blllaJO ! car , which
In sonlt ) Iway , hecolllo dotnched from thl'
rest. Fortunntely 110 ono was seriously
hurt eXcept Il' . Dulnfield , whoso Injuries
were slmpl1I11'ntal , as he knew this occident -
cident wonld 11robnbly datoln them fcr
1IInny hours.
' .rho SII lintl long been set nnll the
Ilnrs Wel'IJ shining hrlJhtly erl ! the } '
Wl're able to proceed , and It Willi IIftur
II1ldnl.rh whell they nt IUllt reneh11 (
Chl1IJ'stoll. . l > rivln.r : immedilltel ) ' to the
landllr \ , De1l1fie1l1 , to his Frent joy ,
tound thllt the steamer houull for Xew
York still Iny nt the wharf IInll would
lIot , start until morulnl1ut WIIS UOfjl\
Ll'e on 110nrll'/ That WIIS n IIUIJltlolI
whlch' 'iuzzl d 'him , onll os therc W 110
wn ) ' of sallsfylnJ ; himself until 1II0m-
, Ing ; he snt down In one of the tltllie
rooms and'rothcr Impatiently a wllltcll the
dnwn of day.
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'rhe hurry , the confusion nl1l1 the excitement -
citement of starlin ! ; was over _ \Vc were
out upon the deep blue scn , oud from the
wh lloof my stnt room I' wntched the
dlstnnt shore as It slowly rIJcedel1 frol1l
view , , , , nl\ Celt ihnt WN'llenvlu ' ) ; , tIle IlInd
of sunlight and flowers , NotwitlutI\III1-
In ! : thu fnUglllil J llrney 0' ( the 111'1'\101111
tln } ' ; ' 1Vn : ! hetter this 11I0rnln ! ; thun I
111111 hel'n for II1l1ny month ! ! before. for 1
bud IIlellt quletl } Ihrough the nlJht ; ,
An hour or t\\"o nHer breukullt Char"
I1u cf\l1le to me' with n "er } ' 11l'Culiar ex.
Ilresll\cin \ In his fnco , nntl IIslted llIe to gu
upon dec1. , " 1I'hll : the fresh Ill'eezl } wonlt ]
do l1Ie gO\lll. \ . I consentel willhlly , 111111
throw\lm"Oll \ lilY shnwl , nnd II sllllLIIIJ Le/ / ; '
hol'll hnt which hOlI bel'n of 1I1nch lIer\"lcI
to me at Ccdnr Grove , nnd which : \lr
Dclllfichl hnd oHell snhl WII vcr ) ' becH1n
Ill ! ; , I went Ollt with Chllrlle , who Il'l
lIle to the rear or the heat , whm'l ) III
imhl w'r , l ot so IInhle to he ilisturb
ed. SI'II tin , ; 11I0 upon n smnll sottel ! , hi
osl.cd to he excn ! # d Cor 1ew mon\l.lts \ ,
lia'ins ; J"Khoul,1 , 1I0t,11e lon alolH' , Thl
1I10tlon of the \JOnl prOllucClI a IIIItht dh :
ZIIlIIS ! In m ) ' hend , 'and ' lennlns ; 11IHII11 \ '
\I)1on ) till ; ' trm of the settee , 1 shlIl'll 111 :
eJ'I""wlth 111) ' hand aUlI Rllt lost In tllough
until 1 heltrd thl : ! sound of a foolst'I' ! ,
"It wes ClinrUe , " 1 Bald , so I 111.no \ \
lool up , e\'el1 whell ho snt I'Q'YII ' hy m
. .ldlnd \ wound his nrm rOliUlf nie , wrl
pln ; m ) ' shnwl closer together , oh , II
lentJ1 "Chnl'lIe Is very tcnder of m
.In o 111) ' sickness , " I thouht , 1\1111 muc
J l ved tllnt ho' should' thtls cnr'ss ml
It thrilled me , str\n ! olyl brultlllg bac
to my mind the nIght when I snt In tIi
vlne-wre1t ! ltdnrbor , where I should n J1
r lilt arpin , I ( r ) ij' V rl'
; o'l , mo' ' fIW I ther , VI\S JI'rf t s
len o , Otl I , ot 111 hc r the hClltlLlj : (
Oh rlle'lll1M. . ' , 'h I t/1Il I II ; "fo1-\\'l1 \ :
undo remcffi'nf ; my' . hhtld fronIlly re :
he pressed a Iclss upon illY Ih.ti { lIH , , 1J1
peN11 } 08 he did so , " 1\Iy OWI1 , "
Onc 1 wJlell I WIIS appai nUy : tI ) " II ,
the ) soUnd \ br1.that' volch had callen
bocc tq : , flq , ow 'j \ \V'vltIi\- iif jl :
I sprong'td ni feet , nud t6h\hl \ 'rOlli'
.tood face to f , ce with RI JlIlrd Delllliell
who , Btretchll1K his arms . \9w1Jrd \ 111
IAld'Como / 'td 'm'I \.om , HOJ1r , lIct c
CortIl It 18 , yo\\r \ I'\ltlu1 ; , place. "
he Bh k : wu tJ > ( J much for nil ) III 11
1\'et > > c Btltt , A falnlness 1 ! le oy .r nl
anil' It I o eyed hI" command , It wnB b
cau e I c'i , ld not help It. Wnon t \ ' '
tur\ied to'iCbnlclousuellB , IUch rd' ' n !
wete around ' , J e , ' nd , my beal ! WitS rei
t upon , W , ho.tlUl , , y llo h , , : hLlJ ! r' '
"in. " . . , \ blch I lean tl ) the hntl
fIt.U AI " 1 11 , , , . : \at gly t m tJ tJ
_ pnclu.Dlck.LJZ l1.hl.m'
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HlIOUl hlJ IInl'ry In his wo ) ' , nnd 1 bn vet
' ' t , lio"1i very little nfrohl"ur him
since thut morning when on IJo ihl thu
stehlner ' , 'VelphlnQ" Bat' ' nod 'itltlked
'to ' clh rofthcllalt. ! ' " "r\ : , , ; '
f' Wondtrfllgl " I lstchell whllt ! 'Ill ! toltl
ma how lUll ! ; hu hnd Iu\'etlme : how 1l hud
11i1Jl1I ! hlhoa'rt \ ' ' , with hitter grief whl'll
i Iw SU \ \ ' m oIJo' , to wnrry n'nolllor : h w
I his 1I1 ! I.'f had'lfcCl'l\'ell 11111I'or h tllwlIll1
havl' Hllol.cn to me then : rind how , In II
1I11Jlllerlt d ' hlillutlnll , when he stood
11\1'1' my IlllIow , lit ! IIIHl : a"k\d \ Ulot 1
III1 ht dll ! , " ( r rIll wOllltl CIIl' r1lthel't11at
Illetth ! Hholl11 ! he hl , I : ( : r 'illlli , Il , 'rulf w-
IIIltn , ' ( ' 11\111 liS he It.illli.ht . : how near 1
hud , Leen tn\hIJ \ Ilnrl.'UIJI ! ) ' hu hllcJlllr-
inI : ) ' IIrw ! Ille dOHel' lo.hlll sfdl ! and tohl
me hoW 1111 hqL1I'unII , ' ( < 'J'nt Dr : , pln-
t n"l IIh'nf ; ; : lIiIJ' si , , l.Jrllltl , ) ' , olld how
( " et1mel'l , ' wlll'n u rllJ" of llOlle Willi he-
ginnlnl : 10 dawlI 1111111I hlll1 , It hnd bel'll
chilled hy m ) ' nHlnner , which he now llll-
derstood ,
" 1:011 : 'Cllllllot concelvlJ , " Mid he III con-
c1l1slon , "whnt 1IlJ" feellnl's were Yl'ster
1I10rn whell I hndIJ "Oll odlell , lIor 'et
can J'OIl c0ll11ll'ehelHI the o\'erwhelming
Ilellsht 1 eXJcrlenCIJd ) when 1 reud thnt
letter nnd ( elt that you would I\t IlIl1t , be
hlhie. " '
When he hnd celllled to sJenk ) , J took
up the slor } ' mltl told 111m'oC all lilY own
CedlngK , nlld tlLRt nothing would tver
hllve Induced lI1e to think for. a momelt
of hecomlng Dr , Oln'ton's wife but the
belief thnt" h w s cngngl'd to A ; I ; a
story' ' which' I told him his 'sist r Ilml'm-
ell when. I went to her CII\ ' counsel ,
" ' \1111 so AllgelinolluJ'I'd \ a double
, lUII't , ' . ' IInid ltc , sJghlng dePllly , "I nev r
thought she cUllld ho guilty of so much
dec tlon , . though I hn'e ol"nys Imown
she Wits 'aV'lrse ' ! tO'lI1Y marrying' nny one. "
, Ol1n he iald that never for' 'a
mOll1ent Hnd he beeu en aged to her.
"She. Is to n 1I 0 o. 11 ! , terII , ' slIJ ! he ,
, "Rh ' thOJlKI ! , 1 know sh l\s , mauy faults ,
J am Jrently nttnchetl.to 'her , . .forVe , have
'lh"l'd together ' 'b'ors , She '
mlln ) ) wns 'com-
mitted to my care b'yi lwr ( other , I nd I
shnll nlwlI's be fulthbi to my tJUlt" : ! 4\nd
If , d ftr , Uvsa. In tIle futurp. . circum-
stnnces IIhould render It necl'ssur ' tor
her to live with UH , shnll you oIJJ ct ?
Shp. cnnllot hnrm ) 'OU llOW , " , ' " , '
1I0 had tnlkl'lI to me much of' his : Io\'e ,
hut not. a worcl hefore hnd he sJ\td Qf
Ill ) ' shnring his hOUle \lnlnolla : Gro\'e ,
! In I rathecbil ttlshlr answer d , " 'You
tnlk oC my Jiyln , ; with you ns .II ett1ed
1II0tter , nnd stili J'ou ha"e not as w me
If I would , "
A shadow for mOlllcnt lIarklmell his
Cncl' , nnd then with a ' "erJ' Ilnlzzlclll ex-
Ilression he made me n formal offlr ! of
hllllselC nud ( ortuul' , osklug ma poluteJlJ'
if 1 would accept It , , llll-and-well , of
cours ! ' l , tlill whnt my relldIJrs knoI
Would do when 1 fil'st told them or the
linrl , man at the thenter-1 snld "yes , "
11111\ promised to rlturn ! with him to1ng : -
uoJin Grove I\S soon OB my heolth would
Ilermlt , which ho wnlt pOHltlve woult1 hp.
III 1"er ) ' few wl'eks , ( or he shoultl be mJ'
dnlly ph"slcinn , and "love , " lit ) said ,
"would work miracles. "
ThIlS , 'ou see , wevere engn ed-
Rlehllrd aud I ,
CllAP'l'Im XXIV.
O\'er the ew gu/lllnd / h\JIs \ the hllz "
light of n lIIust glorious Intlilln sUlllmer
WII8 shllllu , while the forest trej. , In
their jnrSlout ! nrruy of rmsou IInd gold ,
JiCtl'd tlll'lr tnll lwudil I\S proudl ) " 1\S if
they hen\'d not 1:1 the dilltnnce thl ! ' , 'dlcl'
uf comins : sorrows lIud thu slghln ; : : ( I (
wlnler Wllllls , 1'hI1 hlrdK hatl 1I0wII to
their Southern hllmc\ where 1 fondly
hoped to meet them , for I was to ho a
brlde-Rlchllrd's bride-nlld the dny ( or
m ) " Il1'ldal hud COllie , \Ye hntl been t'V-
er"wherl'-nlchnrd and I-all oyer the
old Slmhy B nk ( nrm , Rltcred to'me for
th mnll } ' hllilowetl olsoclntlont ! which
dUlltcrud ruuud It , and verr , verJ' denr
to him becnusl It ' '
! wns mJ' childhood's
homl' . So he told me whell we IItoo.1 for
the last time bell lI h the sprendln ; . ;
srnle ville , nd' I lJOlnted out to him
the 111nce wlwre , ) 'enrs before , I had 111111
In the lOll ! ; Jreen grass IIIIlI WIJpt liver
the ficldeness of one who was nau/ht /
to mo now save II lIenr ( rlend ,
'roether , WIJ hlld Sl\t In the old browI1
school hOIIlI-hlJ In the hi ! ; ; arm ch,1Ir ,
and Ibut 110 mattl'r where I snt-wlll'l'
I told him of the IIttlo romping ! ; Irl wit !
rellow hnlr , who hOlI therIJ firt lelll'n
to con the nlphllhet and to trnce nn till
, ; n'Icolorl'll mnps the houndary 01
Georgln , IIttla drellmlng thn t her h01l1l
wOllld one dn ' ho there. Then when ]
&llOwed him the hellch whare 1 hnd Inll
WitI'll the fnlntnells came over mp , h ,
, wound his l'm dOfler around me-thou ! ; !
wherpCorb 1 do not Iwow. 'J'ogether : , too
wo hnd Jone over the old ( nrm hous.\ ,
1i1ll'rltlougust ; \ In' the room wherlJ
Willi 11111'110 anll when ho thoul'ht I tlhln'
see hIm , gatherlul : ' a withered lenf ( rol
the rose hush which grew beneath th
window , oud which I told ) , : , & 1 , I hn
tllnnted when a little girl ,
'Ifor a ( ew aoys wo lingered nt m
\I1oth r'li firesll1t ! ; 'and 'theu , with the fa
oi the first suow nll' , we left for ! 11
Southern home ; Ulehnrtl promising 111
m ther , who \\'ns" lon'th to Jlye me UI
thdt , wbjjl.thQ.lI11l1)r.t ) : birds Cl1l11e hac
nllli the rosl'S were bloomln ! ; IIgaln 11
tho"door , he" would brlns his ) ( OStl1 1
, lIl:1nthQ : ! _ Qncc' f\1(1re , tho" I\lr < i ( h'l' 'noth
I. . ' h\lls. \ 'We stoPl1cll , l\t Nr.w"ofl ; \ , 1 ! 11 :
) ( ' , tlJ\phl \ 1 Bhltluloro hud Woshhl Ol i' nIl
I , } \ uott.lllltll : the hoJld'a 's were ll 8
k , I'll Jbpt wo Inndef ! nt' Inst nt. Ohnrll'stc
- nud took thIJ cnrK ( or Chestcr , which
r- , ren'chelnhout dark , -
; ; ; , \\'III' } n 101111 cry of joy , IIII } , who WJ
10 " 'I1It1ul ; for u , wulc9J1l d hn l , his ll1a
\ ) " 'rer , 111111 tlll' \"Ur \ II 6h1tlh1 ' 1g IIlJ' l ug
1 , In hll III 1IJncic 11 1\\1 I ! , IIllh ! , with 11 h
\1 \ , w II. , Wh\I'JI \ ha le nt shou1l1 111I Ycn' ( !
' : IlruIIISI"I ln w nbw''hftt' mhl > 'r l tlJI
C. , lolli' hOIS\e \ fori" Ilt the sauie tlmo Ilul
hl1101110 / IIpoloy , ( or the rel1J1y so'r
kJokhilt unhnols he was comlellt'li [
dJ'h' , ln , $ Ip1Iln ; p ojh \ ! ! dccluliCd 'e : !
nand , nrl , ! l.'rcderlc.8 we Ilroyp throuJ
'L' " L110 town , 1 co la not helw ontt'lult1 !
1111 my prell\nt' . ( wllnp with , those ot l'
It- year before , when L tbought I WIUI leo
d' Ini it' forever , Then , wcary , lI\ck \ HI
J. ; ' , , , 'retc d ; I bad IQQl ed..t'-rough , J.tllndll
be t.oat1 toward MDrnol1a Grove , 'whl
- : - waa' , IlO\\ : 1 hOrJ1e. , wlllle , at Dl1 al (
. , ,
, , ,
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with his urm round tile , wu.lts owner-I
my husbnnl1 ,
"You trcmblc , 110sn , " snld he , as0
drew near the hous ! ! , nnd he hol1u lIIe lIe
cahucr , snJ'lng the lIIeetlug betweell 1I1Y-
seit nud his slslor would soon ho OVI'I' , ,
Dut It wes 1I0t thnt whIch 1 rlJUcll'l ! .
It wns the preseutatlon to his SlH'\'Ullt , I
to whom I Loru the formltlnhle rIJlntioll
ot mlslresR11111 / for \\'hollo ! lood opinion
I curcl1 fllr mllrlJ thlln I did (01' thnt uf
the ! tnughtIrs : , t.nullug ! , SOllwthlug
like this J BIIII1 to ILlchnrll , who lI slll'ell
1110 thnt his household would love IIIIJ bl- !
CUIlIO I WitS his wlfu , If for 110 othel' I'en-
OII , nnd thus I foulld It to he , . \11 wo
drove Into the ) 'nrd , wo wUl'e' 1I\\l'llrlRl'd
ot see In I ; the house brl1lllllltly Ihhtml ,
while through the open wlnllo\\'K fe > l" " "
of lllUII ) ' Ilunollll werc seen llludn tu
nnd fro ,
III II dl"pll'nRe(1 ' tone of yolclJ 1llcharl1
lIuld , "Jt Is AIIsellne'lII work , 'ulld I do
1I0t like It , for J'ou IIt'ed rest , IInd are too
lIIuch fntisued to see uny one lO'III ht ,
hilt I SnJllJORlJ It cunnot be o'volded , 110 ,
Bill , " he call1'tl to the dl'lvIJr , "who II !
hfrIJ 1"
"Some ob de Iuallty ) , " Rnswercd Bill ,
neldlng thnt "MI s Angeline dOllo'ite
'em to lief ! do bride , "
"She mhht nt lenst have cousulted IIlJ'
wishes , " 811hl Hlchnrel , whllo IIIJ- Il art.
sunle within me at helng ohllged toIIeft
strnn el'lI In m ' jndeel condition , '
, Mrs , , J.nllslllJ { , It SeI'IIIS , had In her
milld II new pll\no ( or Ilnl1 , their [ Ire/- /
ent olle hellll : ' rather old-nshlollc , ' IllId
UR the IHlrest menns of procurlug oll't , she
thoulht to plense her brothcr hJ' noticing
hlR bride. So In her zenl she rotheI' over-
11Id the IIlntter , Inviting manJ' o ( the yll-
lugers , some of whom wcro ( rlendly tome
mo oud lIome were not , though all. 1 he-
lIe'e , ( ult curious to see how , the " ) lIe-
bl'lnn"-thus Adltcrmr.d me-would dc-
menn herself as the wife of a foutllem : !
lllRllter.
Dusky Cnce ! ! , with white , shining yes ,
pcered round the corner of the lJ\1lhllng \
all the carriage slopped heorc the t ! or ,
'
and ere , ! Rn one whlsller' cllCll. tile ,
"Dnt's IIhe e ncw ls8 , dot mnl'r's ,
IIft1n' 80 keerlIl1y. "
Upon the piazza stood Irs , LnIlKln/f / ,
her foce wreathed In stlllles , while lit her
side , In flowing white muslin , wcrIJ Adll
and Llna , the former of whom IIIprnng
Kayl , . down the' ' stops , oul ! with wllI- I
felined joy threw herself into the arms
of her gUllrdlnn , who , after kissing Ll'r
IIffectlonntelJ' . presented her to me , : Iny-
lug , "WIlI Adn be 1\ sister to my wifl 1"
"Anything ( or ) 'our sake , " nswered
Ada , with rather more emphnsls on your
than was quite ploaslng to me ,
Mrs. Lnnlling cnme next , and tbere
was something of hnnteur In her n\l1llner
ns she ndvnnced , { or much as she deslr , d
to please hl'r brother , she was 1I0t 'et
( ully prepared to meet me I\fi all culIl ,
But RIchard knew the ovenuc to her
henrt , aud as he placed tIIy hand' In hers
he snld , "For the snle o ( , Tessie "OU will
loyc my bride , 1 am snre , "
1'hls pnrt } ' was followed , b ) ' tnan '
more , nnd erc 1 WaR aware o ( it , h's ,
Hlchnrl1 Delofield wus qnlte II hellc-
what she said , what IIho did , : lIld what
she were helng pronounced all (111t I , '
the (09hlonables of Ohester. Ullon nil
this Ado looled jealously , never allowIng -
Ing on opportunity to pnBS wlthollt spoak-
IlIg sllghtlnly ! or'me , though nlwo "g cara-
( ul thnt Hlchnrd IIholllcl not know 'If It. !
In his presence she was yastly kind , sitting -
ting nt my feut , cnlling me "auntJ' , " , lIId
trentlng me OB If I hod been twunty
"tJars her senior.
'l'ownrd the middle o ( August , Invitations -
tions cnme for U8 to nttend a Inrge wed-
din ! ; In Chnrleston , I wns exceedlnly ;
nlldous to go , hoylnhenrd / much o ( the
bride , who was a dlsta lt rell1Uve uf my
husbnnd , and thouJh both he and : \rs ,
Lansing raised e"el'y conceivoblo objection -
tion to my leaving home , I ndrolth' put
nf/ido nil their nr lIments , . onll ere Hlch-
nrd full ) ' realized that he had been COI1. ( '
cd Into doing something he hbd full ) ' determined -
termined not to do , weyere rnttllns ;
along In dusty Charleston omnlLus to-
wON one of tbe InrgOHt hotels , whore
rooms hall b < > l'n NlgRlfed for us. ' .rhe
morning after our IIrrlvol , I went Into
the lJUblic parlor , nnd as I seate m- '
elf at the 1)10110 I sa , , , , just acrosif thc
room ' , near an ellen window - , a quiet ,
In'telllJent looking ladyapporentlJ' twe-
t.slx , or twenty-seven years of age , nnd
nlnr her , IIJlorting upon the Clirlet ( , wus
Il benutlful little girl , wIth wln curls
nnd soft , dnrk eyes , which Instantly riveted -
eted my attention , they were so like
sonl\Jthlng I hlld sel'n before ,
At the somlll of the music she came to
I mJ' sidE' , IIRtelled attentively , nnd when
I had finished , she laid one white , chub-
J' hand on my Inp and the other on the
keys , sn"lug , "Please pIny ognin ; Hosl :
I like to 4ear ) 011 , "
"And so your , nnme Is Hosa ? " I un- ,
sWl'red ; "Rosa whnt ? "
"Hosn Lee Clnyton , and that's my tiC"
lI1a , " Bhe replied , polntlnl : ' towarl1 the
Indy , whoRe usually Ilale cheel ( WI\S for
nn Instant suffused with a blush ! ! llch
as hrhles enl ) ' Wfnr.
I knew now why I hnd felt IntCl'p.'Ite.1
In thchllrl. / . It' wnll tllO ( nthel'10111 \ 1
snw 1001ln at. ll1e throuh tho"cres of
hrown , and tnking the little crcnturIJ In
I ,
111) ' nrms , 1 wnll abont to questloll her
oC hl'r'slre , wtl'n 'nn ' Incrensln Iow Oil
thl' lad's check and n ( ootsteII In the
hall told me he wnB eOIUIIl ,
' 1'110 next mOlllent he stood liero me
-Dr , Clnyton-hl , ( nce ) ler'fectlInruf ,
l1ed 1\1 11' 'w 1rlng nn eXJr sslon of con ,
tl'nt , 'nt 101lSt , If not perfect IlIippIU Bf ! ,
I . . . .n ; oPscl , ns of , . .A"falntnes \ ! , ' l ! oaJlh
o"er me , but hy a strong effort 'I IIhooli
It , ' 6rr , ' nnd rlsln to my feet , I orrl'foJ
hlmlll1Y hund , , which he presse ! "u'lng
" 'rhls Is Indeed' l1rprllle , Hqsabe
tOI1r pnrdon , Mrs.'Dllafi ! 1i1 , I su'pJlIsn ) ? '
, .1 , qolIled ! In l\Ie \ al1\'lItntJve \ , and \\'O !
n IIont , tp sny , sQlIlethln lIloreyhen on
o h r' f Qta ep I n Ill rooc e l , al1 l lilY h us
i1i rlrill' , q1It lre tlark\l1l'd , , t\w \ 11porwu ) '
II l or' ' 'nn Instnnt they botH tnrned Iiale'
s- nnd Dr Clbiton ( fTl\sl d the th lh 'nel'V
In , ously : b t > "tlll : i 1I9r } , seR : IJ\.sedr ! iIwn-
C nnd then ' It' ' ! ( rlll th ctll frie d. rtqr , j
brief B 'parntton/so h t tllo \ h'D me , ?
} s who .bllt' the'j'tnrtl ' ; ! l fQrir hM , hitch , 1
atoJther { o"er , my 111110w , nra'lnf ; , th ,
rll on that I might lrlo ! , Ilud thd , other Uln
13' kll1lght die.
- . . . . . . .
II ! \ The fbh.a [ ht'n " f nmn r' 1 ; . { ii\IISC
'
f- n1ll1 the linzy' lIht which betokeut ! thy
yfnll of the leaf hall come. On the nortl !
to ern blUs , they 81\Y , thu Noyember IInlHV
\ / : , hpvo nlr dy Cl lon"but \ e arelitlll hnslt
: ; )1 ) lug , In the 110ft sU'lHght ' of 1lI1 t 1lorlou {
I1g' ntl { n 1 i' hnl ! ' I s'I' write : ' the"Outh' win
be cOlltes'\i ! thi'o ! th the pen window , whl !
t'perlng'to me 'ot ' the 'fading t\owerll , wh08
I1d 111rfutne It' ga ered 011 It oatl' alol1
r . \ } t OPpOlIt , 1D , I , a\y lIoy chlr , , vlt
cli her head bw-Ied' h Ie. tQw"rlnirhn CI
Ie , rO'a1. purple. alu JI1110. , _ " "q1 ! : , It-C"
, , . . . . ' - - - , " , < -
,
I
womnll , nol1l1lng to the bree1e , which oc- :
CIISIOIIIIIIJ' brullhes { lnst hur so Cast thnt
ahe lazllollcns her eyell , and with her
long-heell'tl foot Itlves n jog to thu I'ose-
wool1 crib wlll'rein III's a little tillY thing
which wall IcCt hero five weeks IIgo to-
tlay. Oh , how odd allil ( IInllY It seemed
whl'll Hlchnl'cl first fald 011 Ill" arm a lit-
tlu hlllldle of cumhrlc anll loc , and whls-
Ilerl'd III my CIII' , "Would YOIl IIku to seu
our hnbJ' "
, Tel'sle Willi she bnptlzell , [ rR , Lnll-
sing's telll'l ! fulllll like ruin oil the fuce
of the UIICOlIsciollS chlltl , which she folded -
ed to her lJOlom liS tentlurly 11'1 If It hlld
Illdeed beell her OWII lost , TIJ RIIJ p.ome
hnck to her 0111111 , UPOII ' \ I1 till' Ill'rh'nl
of the strnllgcr prolluced II 110\01 Iff.ct ! ,
o"erwlwlmlllg her with Buch a lend of
lIIodelltJ' thnt shl ! IWlt out of ItIcl1nrd's
waJ' II ell rl ) ' two weeks , IIn nIJ"cr once
cume to seu ! lie until 1 was IIlulnlt up In
m } ' merino morning 'gown , which she had
embroidered for me herself. Adll has a
, "cry nlca tlense of 11rollrlet ) ' .
'L'hero III II l'IIRtlln/t III tIll ) crlh--Ihe
hobJ' Is wakln , 111111 at IUJ' relucst ) , Juno
hrlngs her to ! Ill' , Na'III IIR Mhe In8 her
on my lal [ , "Shl" thl ! hel'rJ' Illctlll" o ( ,
t'other , J e-lRle ! , " :11111 IIU hl'l' 110ft hltw I' 'el ! '
\Inclose nllli m , ' hnlll ( rPKIN on hl'r cm'ly I
hair , which begills 10 1001. ! ; ; oJden III tlw !
sUIIII ht , I. too , think the lIame , IIIHI
with a throhbln henrt 1 Jlrll " thl'I'nthIJr
to Ba\'e hl'r from thl' enrly lIeath which
enme to ollr IORt 11 a rllll : ; , "Jpsdie , the
Angel of 'l'he PineR , "
( The end , )
"FOREIGN" , CHEESE MADE HERE.
AIJUoltt All the llut I'rOlluctl Are Suc-
ce Hrul1) ' 'Imitated.
Simple folic who pl'lde themselves
ullon theh' gastl'onomlc tnstu are sometimes -
times heard to spenl ; : scol'UCull ' of
American checses , Imt per1laps In ulne
cnses out of ten the ' cat and praise
as an excellent exnl11ple at the 1'orelgu
prol1uct a cheese that never Cl'ossel1 the
Atlantic. Camcmtlert and Bl'le arc the'
only sort cheeses that ul'e Impol'tel1 In
considerable qU ntltr , nnd even the '
are manufactured In the United States ,
It Is confessed that the native Cam.
embert and BI'le are not so goo
as the foreign article , but the cheese-
makers ot New York and New Jel'sey
have come at length to produce nl1mlr-
able Hoquefort and good Imitations , it
they mabu so called , ot many other
tutUous foreign checses. The French
choesemakel's , with the conservatism
characteristic of rural EuropeAns , have
neglected to adapt thell' Ilroducis to the
.Amerlcnn Ularket.
The BrIe cheese tram abroad , for
example , comeS In a large disk , that
puts It b ! ' 'ond any but these who consume -
sume It In large quantities , wherens
thu native Brie Is mal1e In smnll cakcs ,
that mny be pUl'chased fOl' fnmllusu ,
The sale of Gorgonzola cheese. which
Is stili Imported , Is much less than It
would otherwise be If I11nde In smaller
parcels ,
Onl ) ' two or three English cheeses arc
now Importel1 In large quantities , and
the so.cnllel1 English dalr ' cheese Is a
natlvc prol1uctlennwhlle : , enormous
quantities of American cheeses are exported -
ported to Grent Britain. Some EnlIsh ; :
cheesemal.ers have tnken to putting up
their prol1ucts In jars Ins.tend of bladders -
ders , In this wny muklng them morc
easily preserved ,
Germnn and Swiss cheeses nre Iml-
tatel1 here , though less successfully
thnn some others , As to the italian
cheescs , they are made without finy
pretense ot conccaltnent wherever
there Is a consll1el'nble Itnllan quarter ,
though the Imitations nl"e not liked
h ' the italians thcmselves , and chenp
Itallau cheeses are Imported In great
quantities. Pl\rmesan Is n grel\t ( I\vor-
Ite with Itnllans , since It Is chellI ) nnd
In various ways useful. Limburger Is
Imltate,1 here , as Is eufcll1ltel.
Accorl1lng to local tradition , the ear"
lIest maker ot , "forehn" eream clweso
In thls region , was a Frenchman , whose
lUst customers were a few fashlonablo
restauratourHe produced In small
quantities almost perfect Imitations ot
l.'rench cheeses , nml dellvercd them to
his customers himself , 1'he mnnufnc-
turer of these cheeses hils now so extended -
tended thl1 t ml1n ) ' JI'ocerR I11n Iw no et-
fOl't to iceep a stock of fOI'el n cheeses ,
As yet , hOWCVCl' , the consel'vntlsm ot
the commercl111 worll1 seems to mnke It
n cessary to stlcl to 0111 nnml'snd
foreIgn lnbels ,
. . o Jlcl. ComlnJ : , "
A railroad ellglneCl' who has he.n In
the BCI'vice 110 mall } ' 'ears that his hall'
has grown Iron I'a ) ' and his visage as
" wllne he hns lll'lvbn
te1'I1ns:1 : Wl1lrlOI" ! : '
his h'oll monstel' ovcr the lHrnllels oe
Iron , recent1 ' experienced his tlrst col.
IIslon , lIe cal1le out of It with a badl '
del1lollshed engine I\ml a sumclent1 '
slUnshed-up leg for an ) ' occuslon ,
1'ho surgeons took him In charge and
by I1lut of splints , bnndugcs , skill I\n
patleuce sl1vel1 his IIIJ\ll'ed \ 11mb aud
, got It on the rend to recoYer ' .
, iho other da ) ' he wnl1wd out tor thE
tlt'st time , and as he hohblel1 along O [
crutches , the Injured mOl1lber 1001clnJ ;
, vcry unwieldy Indeel1 , 11 friend hnllC ! :
him with : "Hello , Jlml how's that le
I ot yours getting along ? "
The veteran hns gray eyes , 'ns clem
_ nnd penciratlng as n ) 'outh's , and thcJ
. twinkled with a tonic ffect as he said
, laconically :
"Oh , I can't lck.-New ; : ! York TImes
Stnblo Yurll GOl81p ,
The Cow-IIave you heard ot thll
now teed the ) ' nre making out ot chop ,
ped cornstalks ?
The Horse-No ; butthcy needn't tr :
It on me. I won't touch It.
I , ' 1'ho Cow-Oh , It Isn't tor us. It' . to
o human beings.
I-
Is
s Ullml No Typowrlter , An1bow. ,
: - " in do1n17on
"lIaye you any system
work ? " askcd the InquisItive trtmd.
"Yes , " replied the strugglLBI .nthGi
sumy , "l hnve nlways used the Sp
eerlan system. " "
On aU South London .tntt
the ta 11 M1f 1 cent. _ _
,
. '
. ! t
' , - " , . '
- o1i"I' : + + + + ' ' ' ' ' '
.
. " OLD
FAVORITES
' 1- + + + + + -1 + 1,1 - + + + + , : -
"
A. J.oet Chm'd.
Seated one day at the or nn ,
I ' ' ! 111 lit
wns weal'J' uut caKe ,
And 1I1J' liul'rs'ulIIll'rl' ! lell } '
O\'er thu nui y kCJ's ,
' ,
I do not know whll t I \\111'1 ' 1)ln 'lnG' ,
Or whllt 1 WII Ill'tJlllIlll1 ; ; tlII'1I , '
" , " ,
Hilt 1 stl'lIck 0111)IlIml or Ulll : lJ '
l.iI.u thu sOlllld of u I'eat Amen.
It ! lootll'll the cI'llIlSOU tw\ll \ ht ,
Llkt , thIJ CIOSl IIf all f\nJ.e1' ) l1Inllll ,
. \111 ' It IIIJ' 011 IIlJ. fIJ\'I'I'ell 1I"III'it ( ,
With II tOllch of IIIHnlte 1'11111I ,
It lllliull'ci Ilalll aud III'row ,
I.1I,1' lon' O\'l'rt'll1IlllI HII'lfl' : '
It ecmC1.1 tIll' hlll'lI\ll1IlolIs \ PI' ! ' "
PI'OIU 1)\\1' \ \ dlscIJI'Ilallt lile ,
It lIul.ed ull llel'lll'xcd ) me.w.I . ! , . " " I
Jllto 1'lIc 111'1' fel'l III'.IC" ,
Anll trimblell II WII \ ' IlltolIeu'I' ,
. \s If it wel'IJ 10 : th to ceaw : ,
I hn'"e sOIl ht , bllt I H'I' ! . It'ulnIJ' ,
'l'hnt olle 10l'\t ' ellUl'll 11"illl' : ,
'l'tu1t calJll' fl'OIll thl' olll of the o l'g:1ll ,
And IJutl'rIJ iuto mllw ,
It mil ) ' he that D nth's III'j ht all'l !
\\'ill sllellk lu thllt ehol'i1 ng/IIII :
It mlbe thnt onb" ill hl'nvell
1 1\1I11 \ hear thnt sralldml'II ,
-Adellll cnlle J'I'oclor , I
SOIt of the "I lent 1I11,1
[ ntl the Silellt Lnnd !
Ah ! who hull lead liS thithl'l' "
Clollds In tht ! e\'IlIlng ! sl. ) ' mOl'IJ darkly
" . . " . , . ,
garhcl" ,
Aud shattered wrl ks lie thl'ker on the
IItraud ,
Who lends UJ with n genlh' hII\11. \
1'hlther , 0 , thither ,
Into the Silent Land !
, I ,
Into thc Silellt LIIUd ! , . ; " l ' , , '
U'o you , ye bouudles" , reiulI : <
Of nil perfection. ' .rulldlJr lIIurnin : ;
visloll ! !
Of bcouteoll'l souls. the future's pledge
and bnud ;
Who in lifo's bllttle firm doth Rtnnd ,
.shall henr Hope's tender hlo "I1I11S
Into tile Silent I.lnnd ?
0 , I.nnd ! 0 , LOlli\ !
I'or all the hrokcn hl'artetl
' .rhe IIIl1dest herald hJ" our fate allotted I
eclous , nud with i""el'tIJtl turel ! doth !
. stand
To lend us with a Jl'ntle hnl\l
' 1'0 the 101111 of the sreat departed ,
Into the SlIeut Land ,
-Henry \ \ - , Loufellow.
BOY SELLS iS iEAl FOR $3,000.
Arlhul' , Tennlng ! , a 17-ye/r-ohl pcnlut
vendCr of mOI'en e hus nchil\e nl-
tona I > blclty blallse of a eal Into
_ _ _ _ which he eutere somc !
tlmlJ whIm - !
UgO wel-
known
Easter meli-
clI colege for the sule
of his henl1 nter . '
death ,
' 1 h e 1 u d , through
sickness whel very
: rOlug , wns nlected
r wih an enlllrgelent
o ( the clnlum nnl1
has 10nj bcen an ob-
; ject of study tor locl
A. oE WS ,
J ph'slclulIN , who arc
he 111 jong as
surprie thlt Jved IS
he hns. Arthur's heal has not gown
' , hut Is now
any tor thc past 'our I
large eough to . CIUSO the boy a great
dell of hlcom.enlonco au may resul
In his suddcn l1eoth almost nny I1ny.
The held leusures thlrl--two Inches
In circumferences and 11 sahl to bo the
larget cranium on a human being In
te " "ord. Lcal ph 'slclans say the
enlargemcnt Is due to water. '
head Is so large that the spinal column
has been affected , Iml 'oullg Jennings
to use n cano when he
II compeled
walks to lep from losing his ballncc ,
His hodIs 1'ar tlconormnl size.
Jeunings has a lelly recelvel1 $1,00
on the doal. ' .rho remulnlnJ $2,00 wl
tc paid to his helr nfer his I1cath ,
You lg Jcnnln s laughingly refers to
the sale of his lead and thinks ho has
perpel1tCI a good Joke on the col.
lege. "I feel 111 I'I ht aud do uot be
I am goln to 110 vcry soon , " he
leve
. \
"I .s.
n"J"0\1 HeIJ.
tl'cet lhllanthroplsts
One ot the : )
who nl\'u } ' : h : : In e'o nnd car fOl'
,
' ' stolllll',1 to comfort
chidish t'ouult's
a stout lte 11o ' who wns mUng the
air wih Ir.menla lens ,
"What .s . the tn Her , you ltle
delr ? " she usk d , solclously.
"M-my b-brother's got a vacaton
' " the nf-
- I hn
nnl1-all ven't" roare
ono It last ,
, tctCI
" 'Vhlt n shamel" said the com-
forte. " .rhen 'ou don't go to the
. '
same f"ool , 'f loursn ? "
_ 11 _ ' to school -
, lon't go an-aywhere
" from the boy
yet" came ltte wih
\ f'csh llrBt ot , SOI''QW , . ,
. , , I
' 'lirt ) " , Ilthcs n lluutc.
,
Oxtortl
oC the
Thetlbio IJhlcatolR
, Untvolsl ' Pl'1 ha Vl heen Issued for
300 'eadl' , \ I ! hi 150
) ntcnl ) pUhlshC1 '
' diid lullts , ) B'er'year
I lar'Grajls ( ton i Iljl1in : r "uscd , for
fhiy' ' 'f' "
l' " " '
- lhls I1lrft : , Illopl' , Ord rs 'fof _ 10-
no Blh's , il ! ! tllll' : COIUt U , .Lld tl
"upply ot Illntlll , Ihl'ts Is so grQ't
that un Irdel' fil' ! OUUOO copies Cln be
r rCldl ' IUed , 01 In I verngo froU
t rfy to 'torl ) ' Bhles tro furnished
c\qry mll\te ,
'Vhen ther ! lre 110 Ien II the tll'
11 , a wOln I OCl'1 QI JIJ ' gets a tUrl
at belnJ Hick wihout f'clnthnt 8h
'
I stepping Oi smo other llemon's
' .
trh'leJl.
\VhOeVer u bo ' Ices I1lrt be . WAlt
. 't iet ! to It. ,
.
-
. ,
I
AMERICA'S MANSIONS. \
,
Type oC Dnlhlhua the Glet WeRlh \
of the Country Jl. l'rolucct , ;
Hea e wl recal how la I ' pages I
ot the Archlclurl Hecord have ! een ' '
In ' to the ' '
devote reent . j'ors rell'c'
scntton or cost ) cty houses 1111
country places erected not enl ) ' h ' the
Yfindcr1 fntly , but by the Goults ,
the Asters , : \ossro , Poor , Whltcj' ,
I
' , Bencdlct ,
\OtI01'O , ' lunUlgton
Bournc , l'oslel' and olhcrs-a rlller i
of the gl'eut opporlunltes that hnvo j
tleen pro\'ll1ed fOI' the Am l'lcll arch I- ;
tect hy the aslonlshlng I nCI' ! } ! t' of
wealth In this country , un 11 IldluY' I
Uon ulso for Utol'hl lt Inl'ge of Um
new und , ' ot
Intelesln do'elollent
'AmerIcan ' social lehl h I ! 'c. hng
'n Hnlno to ll'el ' more lln Is e-
ginning , othlng comparhle to It ( x-
Isls elslm-hel'e In the world , wrJes I.
'
W. 'Desmond , in AlclJecl\ul Rocorl
'
'l'he t'ul , ing ! It hns prol1ucd ( a tl In
the future \ ' ! ' ' echl-
wl dcmnll lre'I (
( \ ' fl'om the -
cly dl\'lelcell BI lsh Ioun-
t' ) ' house , theil' Icarest COl temporry
nnnlogu ! 'l'he ' IlTe I' l\'en moro from
the . \melll'Un homes thnt Il'ose lfer
Ihe WI' nlll when 1)'OSPCl'l ' 1etulcd
to lhe cuuntl'J' , Xelthel' lre the ' at al
Idlllell to those old colonial 1lUSCS
\lllh atdll the chh'f ehul'U to 0\1
el'ly social lfe , the remaining esum-
1lt's , of whl h sti i'etuln an In cslr\lc-
thle atloSIJhC'e of dt'l ht , 'l'he squire I
or thu 011 ( u 's , ' , Il thl'l' , his AUlrl-
cfn 'COlntl'lj1Ut : II the outll'n 111lt-
el' a nl the ew ngIn 11 t 1:111 t\J
heel rtIllnce tlr the mel'chuut priuce ,
Illl I he hon\s the II tel' Is now cr t-
II , l'speclu l ' u long the lstern , lt-
tom ) , ma ' hlt ! he leueli to those
which the IIwI'chunt IH'il'cs of [ td-
t 1 c1n 's ' ' II 1 \ ' uud
with 1 iHu'oe not entl'cly dissImiar I
to the munter Hn or their un-
purJose
dreamt.or AmerIcan successors , 'l'hoe
bull1lngs are thl l'Jlsters , and , lo us
hope , enl1urlng chronicles of our \ry
latest MYS , ot our rapily Icclmulnt.
Ing welh , ot the prollgious rwards
01 high nnancemi the extrQrdlo1 , J
degree of luxury thlt hils hecme com,4
pntble wih Ameican lfe ,
The Old-lash1oncd " 'OIR .
Oh , wel I 1,1ember the home o m1
.
chidhood.
The hi Olat I climbe in the Bunlhht
Rntl dew :
' .rho rob hits hid nt its bnse In the
tHt
wid wood ,
' 1'he hunters thot ofen would troubl.
them , too.
But beter thnn these was the Iv " .grwn
d : -
wellS-
Oh , why did I c"er nw y Crom It
roam ?
Where lved the dear woman whose ser
Im telng ,
Tlln > old-fashione woman who mndl
it a home.
' .rhat love.ashloned wOlon ,
That sweet.foshioned womnn ,
' .rbnt old.nshloned woman who lived I
the home.
Oh , where hns she gone witb bel aprns
and kuitlng ,
lcr cnlco lown : nd her subonet
She never WIIS one thw WIS given t (
fting ,
Hcr homo WiS her temple , llcr empie ,
her spherl '
She cared 1I0t for riche : , nor tavel 'f
nor plensure ;
'l'he wealth thnt she cruTed wa b
neath her own dome ,
leI busbond , her ehidreu , her frieds
were her treasure ,
That old-fnfhioned woman who lve i
the home.
That dear.fashione woman ,
' . ,
.rhnt soutoshlone woman
'rhot old.fashioned womnn tbot lved i
the home.
The ivy-grown walls of that homestead
ar fnJn !
have choked out
Te bramble te
blosoms-the wees
Grow wid and unslghtl-the nlht
hwks are caJng
When dny Into darknels and siec
recedes ,
Oh , never sather aain shnl I hnste ther to
The owetll tllat grew In te sweet
scentN loom
}
Wben 1Y heart and 1J' steps were u
lht ! ns a feather
' 10 greet ihllt loved woman who .
It a home ,
That oll-Cushioned woman ,
Thlt homafashioned womnn ,
That GOll.fnshi ned woman thnt lved in
the home ,
-Chicuo Hccprd-Uerald ,
! .
An Unforunlto In\.UI\ " .
' .rhe story of the 1an who paid the
mlnlstel' hlR mll'rlnge fee it ) "ell'ly
dh-hendR , nccollhll to the \nlue of
the matrimonial goods , Is mutche by
one which the Philadelphia ' .relegraph
relutes , .
A 8outhm'n clerg'mun had married
n pall of negroes , .ftl' ! the ceremony
the groom nske , "low much yo' 1
chahge fo' dls1" ' "
" \Yel " said the minister , "I usu-
aly leave that to the room. Some
times I /n palll fvo dollars , som (
times ten , sometmes less , "
"Dat's lot ob ' ,
I mone , pnhsn Tel
) 'OU' what Oh'l o. Ah'll glb yo' two
11011h8 , an' den of I tn' I ain't got
chcated , I'l gl "o' 00' In a moni. "
A month inter the groom returncd.
" . \h's yere , Iak Ah promised , , pah-
son , "
"Yes , " said the minister , exetnt
ly.
"Ah tal' yo' at ot It
wa nl right
Ah'd glh yo' mo' mone . ' , didn't A "
"You "
tl !
"Wel , ' puhson , as Ils ycre tun 1
SIU' of slcc'laton , Ah reckon yo' owe
mo 11 01 t a dollah an' eight-fve
cents , /n' A come tel glt It. "
At IUJh Alluulos.
Baloonist who' ascended nbut .10 , . !
0 fl'of 'n r , the other W l '
, tOUl1 a t u ) ' rnturc of 27 degres b r
I low zero. , ' " , " ; .
, .
At the cud 01 ja"h " "
, "i t , he : you
I look o\er 'our work , how lte you
bave accmplishe I .
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