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Run into my bedroom, Ernest; _thc one next this one. and take ofi" your bonnet.” “ The elevator iâ€"do ’tell :me What; you mean," persisted Alice Ordway, detaining Mrs. Dairyinpr “ Oh, thereby hangs a tale.” “Who is that lady in gray that has just come in ?” inquired Conâ€" “ See, Estella is speaking to her now.” “How pleased Mrs..Alsop looks !” Estella. was looking, more than pleased. She had kissed the lady in gray twice as they met, and now she stood holding her hands and speak- ing rapidly. time for all that by-and-by, and you have your other friends to §ee tofj I “Ah, you never tried him in an elevator, said Mrs. Dalrymple, look- ing funny. “You brought your bag. Ernest? You are going to stay ? I’ve set my heart on havng you Christen our spare room.” ‘ V . ‘. “ Yes, the bag is outside. Never mind it. now, or me. We shall have “In an elevator! What do you mean 7" “For my part,” put in Alice Ord- way, _“I never could quite see that James Alsop was so charming. He shuts me right up; I don’t get; on with him at all. Estella used to feel so too, and I never understood how she came to like him at the last.“ Two or three people laughed at the unconscious warmth of Constance’s tone. Estella Blodgett had always been called a beauty. Wliy,'was not so easy to say, for, as she herself once ;eandidly remarked,“ When you come i to look at me l’m not so very pretty â€"in fact no prettier than other peoâ€" ple.” This was quite true. Beauty often consists in a certain nameless charm; brightness, unexpectedness, tact and sweetness combined, and these Estella. had. For the rest, there were dark hair and eyes, a clear brilliant skin, a dimple, a white slen- de: hand; but, as, 1 said, she was no prettier than American girls are apt to be, only people persisted in think- ing her so. She wore these unmerit- ed laurels gracefully enough; success did not spoil her; her list of friends numbered as many women as men which is always a test to the quali- ties of a beauty. But never, people agreed, had Estella Blodgett been sweeter, more unaffectedly cordial and fascinating, than was Estella Al- sop that afternoon, as she glided about her pretty new rooms, welcom- ing, greeting, making every one feel at home. ‘ “ Well, who wouldn’t be happy with the loveliest French trousseau that ever was made, and such a nice husâ€" band as here is? ” asked Constance Ferris. "’ How happy she looks,” Observed Mrs. Dah'ymple. It was the last Thursday of Decem- ber, and quite a little throng of fash- ionable people had assembled at the Hotel Kelleran in response to this card. The preceding Thursdays had been wet and stormy; this was a model winter’s day, crisp with frost and sparkling with sun. Carriages drew up before the door in long, dou- ble rows; a mob waited on the side- 1walk to watch the ladies going in; the elevator was on the wing contin- ually, bearing gorgeous dames aloft to the third story. It was a busy afternoon for the porter and the elev- ‘ ator boy; but as that functional-y, a youth of some forty summers, re- marked to his confederates, “ Wed- dings is weddings, and it ain’t every day we have a bride in the house, ’speeially such a stunner as this one. Gorryl ain’t she a beauty neither? I’d like to be a-t:.l<in' of her up all day l " “ Mrs. James Alsop, athome on the Thursdays of December from 2 to 5 p. In. Hotel Keller-an, \Vest Roylsâ€" ton Street.” “Come around for five o’clock tea 'Tis hardly worth your while today To look so very, very wise; You‘ll lay that. (lull old book away To rend the story in my eyes, To list the story on my tongue, The one you wish to hear from mm The story sweet if said or sung~ “ I love but thee, I love but, thee.“ Man, eager in his quest for power, For fame, to live for evex-morc, Will always use a vagrant hour To teach a woman love‘s dear lore For, afger all, the; pmise_af_'ar, A'ccluim thét p11, ces aisle 61' dome 15 never dear as voxces are Far from the winy warmth of spring A fancy flashed in ruby lawnsâ€"- “ You‘d teach my heart a eeper thing ’l‘lmn it had ever dreamed in dreams.“ Well, 1 have learned your lesson now, Have learned it. allâ€"0, look and see !â€" Tllg brief gweet lesson in anr vo_w The swifb air murmured silver Clear, A moman since, “ She comes to them“ Your “1803 told you I was near, So ( ou‘t pretend you do not Bea, Mv brief, brief story, never rare. 7 s only sweet as it is true; 0, don‘t pretend you do not care, When all the while you know you 110‘ U, lay that drenry book away. And list. to innâ€"*0, list to mcL While wanes 'the purple or the day. A story I will tell to thee. Lav not thy book away in rmh, With longing look or feigned Highs: You know you (1 rather read the truth Within the' s of my eyes. Tth to“ himrhe idioved at home. You said your heart wofild teach to um IN AN ELEVATOR. A LOVE STORY RICHMOND HiLL,-0NTARIO, CANADA. FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1875 “ With a vague-hope that he. mighn be bound for the first storp or the secondLI remarked, ‘Good~eveuing, Mr. Alsop. Are we both en route for Mrs. Peyton’s? “Somehow I had a feeling that the evening was going to be important? Isn’t it strange how such impressions seize upon you? I never took much pains in my toilette for any party and my dress was lovely, though I say itâ€"one of those cream‘white Chinese stuffs made up over pale yellow; and I had a splendid great velvetred rose with all the smell of summer in it, for the corsage, and a set of brown crystals. I really looked remark- ably nice, and set out in the highest spirits. So you can imagine my feelings when,just as I was getting out of my carriage, another drew up, and James Alsop stepped out in dress coat and gloves, evidently bound for the dinner. Leslie Clark had proved engaged, and Mrs. Peyton, casting about for a substitute, lighted upon James. She hadn’t the least idea, of course, that I disliked him. “It makes me laugh to recollect how cross I felt. And he looked equally dissatisfied. He confesses now that he was a good deal put out. My shyness and avoidance had re- buffed him, and he made up his mind _that I was frivolous, and that he would let me alone in future. “ For Mrs. Peyton’s,” he replied, with a stiff little bow. Then we took our place in the elevator as gloomin as though we were going to funeral instead of a dinner party. Dear me 1 how funny it was 3 The “The very day before I had a note from Mrs. Peyton to say that Harry Allen‘s stepmother was dead, and she must get some one else. Who would I like? I wrote back that it didn’t matter much ; Leslie Clark would be nice if he were disengaged. But though I said so I did care agood deal. You know it makes a differ- ence who takes you in at one of those little dinners. Your eveningis plea- sant or stupid according to whether the person next you is nice or not ; so I hoped Leslie Clark would be. available; for though he doesn’t amount to very‘much, he is always chatty and agreeable et homme du monde. “The Peytons lived in these rooms last winter. Dear me! is it only last winter ? It seems as if it must have been years ago, so much has happen- ed since. They were lovely people, gay and kind, always giving the nic- est little parties. They’ve gene to Europe now, or I should want you to know them. Well, they were going to have a little dinner on Mrs. Pey- ton’s birthday, the 2nd of December â€"-just the Dulryrnples and the Sar- geants; and Mrs. Peyton was to ask a. gentleman to match me: eight of us there were to be. Harry Allen was to be the gentlenmn. He was a great ally of mine, and we all agreed that it would prove quite a perfect little affair. “ So you did. Well ”â€"~looking at the clockâ€"J‘ there’s a good hour beâ€" fore dinner, and James Will be late to-day, because he has gone to a fac- iulty meeting. You know, of course, that he’s a professor, and excessively wise and learned.” “ Yes; I know so much.” " I used to be dreadfully afraid of him,” went on Estella, with a little laugh. “He isn’t a society man at all and doesn’t know how to get on with young ladies. He used to talk to me sometimes at parties, but I was always stiff and silent. He made me feel shy and ignorant and light-l minded, somehow, the only man that ever did, and I quite thought that I disliked him. In fact, I used to say so. Several of the girls felt the same. “I want to hear about ‘all that’ ” said Ernestine, as they returned to the drawing-room-and settled them- selves before the fire. “I missed the letter you wrote at the time of your engagement, you remember, and 1 really know almost nothing, except that here you are.” “ Oh, very much. I don’t know about flats in general; but this is de- lightful, quiet, convenient, and we are so high up. that We really have something like a view. James and I are very proud of our View. But we began with pleasantassoeialions, you know. The Peytons used to live here. Such nice peoplel And here it was that it all began,” *‘ “ It ?” “ Yes, our it. Dear old stupid, you know what I mean; our engagement; no, not our engagementâ€"that came laterâ€"but our finding each other out, the preliminary emotions, and all that.” It is charming "â€"looking about dainty chamber, with its walls and carpet of pale gray touched with blue and its fresh chintzes and gay little fire. “ I never saw anything pret- tier or more complete. How do you like living on a flat, ’Stella ?” “ Now, Ernest, dear old Erfiest, I have you to myself at last. Come and get settled, and make believe you have lived here always. See, this is your room. Isn’t; it cosy ?” The last guest had departed, and Estella ran back into_ the drawing- room.” to-morrow, and you shall have the full,‘ true, and articular history,” promised that la y. “It is too late for story-telling now. I must go.” “ I suppose we did look like chickâ€" ens in a coop. Never was anything so absurd seen as Mr. Peyton and .Mr. Dalrymple dangling morsels of bread and bufter and chicken tied to long strings toward us, and James spearz‘ug them with the book of his umbrella. They sent down fried oys- ters, one by one, wrapped in paper. They sent down macaroons and lady- biscuit. A good many things lodged on Lopof the elevator, but some came in, and We were very glad of tnem. They even attempted Champagne in “ Every little while someone would leave the table to condole with us, and report just how far the dinner had progressed. Now it, was the game, now thesalad, now the biscuit glace. I began to grow hungr , and James became ravenous. “ ‘ I say,’ he called out to Mrs. Pey- ton. ‘lfsome sandwiches were out very long and narrow, and judicious. ly lowered, I think we could entice them in through this network.’ We did. What we talked about; I couldn't pretend to sayâ€"everything in heaven and earth, I thinkâ€"poetry science, religion, gossip. James says it was the pleasantest evening he ever spent. He says'l never looked so pretty in my liteâ€"I was only half visible, you knowâ€"and that the rose in my dress kept darting out delic- ious sudden smells which affected his head and cast him into a glamor. It is all nonsense, of course; but do you know, Ernest, I do think that he fell a little in love with me then and there, and I with him? “ ‘I had no idea. you were such a philosopher,’ said James. I could see that he was smiling. behind his moustache. “ A boudoir be it by all means, and we will entertain each other.’ “.‘This is absurd enough,’ said James. “ ‘ Yes,’ I said; ‘ but after all it might be worse. It is only to forget that we can’t get out. Let’s make believe, as the children say, that we are at a party, and that this is a cosy little boudoir, into which we have come to rest ourselves and entertain each other, and it will be quite nice. “There were all sorts of polite de- murs, of course, but at last they went and left us idea-fete. “N0, neither of us eats soup,’ echoed James. ‘Pray, begin with- out us, Mrs. Peyton. We’ll make our appearance when you get to somethng we like.’ “‘Do go to dinner,’ I _called out, for I knew Mrs. Peyton’s cook must be on tenter-hooks. ‘ We don’t care for soup, do we, Mr. Alsop ?* We will come in for the fish.’ “ ‘ Was there over anything so pro- voking since the world began ?’ said Mrs. Peyton, Whose profile we could just see through the open-work. ‘ Don't catch cold, Estella, Whatever you do. Keep your cloak tightly around you. You’ll see that she’s ,wrapped up, won’t you, Mr. Alsop ? It’s such a. comfort that; you are there to take care of her.’ “Well, of ceurse nobody could keep on being stifi‘ under such cirâ€" cumstancesâ€"we got to talking. The dinner .party arrived, the Dalrymples and Sargeants. One by one they came to the glazed door to look down and pity us, and what between sym- pathy and the ludicrous nature of our fix, they laughed and we laughed, till we were in the merriest of moods. All this time confused sounds of saw- ing and scraping came frow below, but we remained immovable. “ ‘ That is weIl,’ he said 3 ‘ there is always a draught in a shafL like this. “ ‘ Are you warm enough ?’ asked James, in a formal voice. “ ‘Yes, indeed,’ and 1 showed him that my wrap was lined with fur. “ ‘Oh, Alsop, you too ? It; isn’t the pulleys, they say, it’s something else. But it will be all right in afew minutes; they’ve sent for a man to come and fix it.’ “We were so near the Pcytons’ floor that we could see the light shin- ing through the glazed door at the ‘ top. The elevator had an open-work roofâ€"crisscross, you know, with quite large holes between the criss- crossings. It was not dark; we could see each other plainly. By- and-by we heard bells ringing below in a. distracted way, feet running up the stairs, and voices; then the door at the top shot back and somebody called out: “ ‘ Miss Blodgett, are you there?’ i “ ‘ Yes,’ I said, ‘I wish I wasn’t.’ ” “ ‘ What’s the matter with the pul- leys ?” asked James. man below started us, and up we went. There wasn’t any elevator boy then. That'a an improvement since our accident.” " An accident I Did you have One '1” “Oh dear, yesâ€"the most ridicu- lous possible. Half-way between the ‘seeood floor and the third the eleva- tor stuck. “'hat was the matter ex- actly I have never been able to unâ€" derstand, though James has eXplain- ed it several times; but I think the chain was clogged in some way, and i wouldn’t work either up or down. When it first stopped we thought it some mistake and waited patiently, but aftera minute James grew un- easy. He twitched at the rope, but all to no purpose; then he began to call, hoping somebody below would hear us. “’Tis sad to see the falling tear, it always makes my heart ache to see an aged person in trouble.” Walking up to her he kindly asked : “ My good woman, why these teams -â€"why do you weep ’1” “I’ve got the wust cold in my head I’ve had for fortyfiix yearns” VAn old woman sat, on a bench in the Grand Trunk depot, wiping her eyes with her handkerchief, when n portly man, full of sympathy, said to another: A man walks 4 miles an hour; a horse trots 7 ; steamboats run 18 ; sailing vessels 10; slow rivers flow 4; rapid rivers 7; a moderate wind blows ‘8; storm moves 26 ; hurricane 80; a rifle ball 1,000; sound 743; light 190,- 000 ; electricity, 280,000. A barrel ,of flour, 196 pounds; a barrel of pork, 200 ; barrel of rice, 600 ; barrel of powder 25 ; firkin of butter, 56; tub of butter, 84. Wheat, beans and clover seed, 60 pounds to the bushel; corn, rye and flax seed, 56 ; buck- wheat 25; barley 48; oats, 35; bran 20 ; timothy seed 45; coarse salt, 85. Sixty drops make a drachm; 8 drachms an ounce, 4 ounces a gill, 16 gills a pint, 60 drops a teaspoonful, 4 tcaspoonfuls a tablespoonful or half an ounce, 2 tablespoonfuls an ounce; 8 tablespoonfuls a gill, 2gillsa coffee or tumbler, 8 fluid ounces a teacupful. Four thousand eight hundred and for-1 ty square yards an acre; 640 acres a square mile. To measure an acre ; 209feeton either side making asquare acre within an inch. There are 2,750 languages. Two persons die every second. A generation is 15 years, average of life, 13 years. The stand- ing army in Prussia, war times, 1,200,000; France, 1,360,000; Russia 1,000,000 ; Austria, 825,000 ; Italy, 2,000,000; Spain, 100,000; Belgium, 65,900; England, 75,000; United States, 24,000. Roman Catholics in} United States, 5,000,000. Mails in‘ New York city are 100 tons per day. New York consumes 600 beeves, 700 calves, 20,000 sheep, and 20,000 swine ‘ in Winter..â€"~J0urnal of Health. “Then and there. Of course James came to see me afterward, and kept coming, and I had quite got over beâ€" ing afraid of him, and soâ€"and s0â€" Ah, there he is at last,” as the door opened. “ James, dear, how late you are! Come here and be introduced to my Ernest.” “ Oh, ours is the safest in the city now. You know the superstition about the cannon balls never enter- ing twice at the same place. We have had our aceident, and it is over. Besides, Mr. Kelleran had. the apparâ€" atus entirely changed, and they say now that such a thing could not hap- pen.” “ So then and there your romanco began,” remarked her friend. “I really don’t; think I shall,”said Ernestine, looking quite p'nle. “ It terrifies me to remember that only to-day I came up in this of yours." venture again Into an elevator, but, bless you, we have all broken the vow since. Such a house as this would be uninhabitable without one.” " Hardly at all. I was jarred and bruised a. little, and James a good deal more, forI hadn’t time to tell him about the tiptoes, and he was in- tent holding me firm. Our friends from above rushed down, expecting to find us in little pieces, and were beside themselveq with joy when we were drawn out almost unharmed. We all vowed that we should never “ Wonderful I And were you real‘ 1y not hurt ?" “ It was ten o’clock before the el- evator stirred. Then it gave a jerk, and, before we could speak, down it fell with a dreadful smashing rapid- ity. The stupid people, in trying to mend matters, had let the chain slip ofl“ the wheel. Oh I it makes me shudder now to think of it. The sen- sation was sickening. “ Were you hurt ?” “ N o ; never was sucha miraculous escape. Do you know in the very middle of our descent I recolleeted having read somewhere that to rise on your tiptoes and come down again on the soles of your feet at the mo- ment of touching would break such a fall. And I rose on mine. “ All this time I was lost in won- der that he should be so agreeable. I can’t tell you, Ernest, how nice he was that night. All his' scholarly stiffness melted. away; he was easy, merry, and oh i so kind. I found myself talking to him of all sorts of trifles, which the day before I should as soon thought of confiding to the observatory. I even told him what I was going to wear to the charity ball. Think of that l “ ‘ Champagne improves everyâ€" thing,’ 1 said, and laughed it off. 1 really didn’t care. What the singu- larity of our adventure, and all the fun we had made, and was quite enâ€" joying myself, and the gown seemed of no consequence. Dear old gown ! I have it stlll. James says I am al~ ways to wear it on the anniversary of that evening. “ ‘ What a pity !' cried James, sponging me With his handkerchief. ‘ Your gown is ruined, 1 fear.’ a. Cologne bottle, but that, upset, and rained down on my dress. The Falling Tear. Useful Knowledge. One of the “ biggest strikes,” it is said, ever made in Utah, except that by which the English stockholders of the Emma Mine were struck, is that in the Neptune and Kempton and the Jordan and Galena mines in Bingham Canon. These discoveries consist of a true vein of copper ten feet wide, with well-defined foot and hanging walls. Native copper is discernible to the naked eye all through the im- mense vein, says a correspondent of the Salt Lake Tribune, for Which it vouchcs. The Neptune and Kemp- ton is now shippingten tons per day, which average the Company $75 per ton. In the Jordan and Galena, the vein is of the same Width, and has been uncovered for a distance of 90 feet. Shipments from the mine Will begin at once. The ore is easily worked, and three men can take out an average of ten tons daily. These mines surpass anything ever discov- ered in the famous Lake Superior cop er region, and will bring millions to t 0 pockets of the lucky owners. Of all the myths of the fairy ages, of its many legends and enchant- ments, true love seems to be the one great charm which has come down to us unchanged by time, untouched by steam engines, and unexplained by science, Revenge may still exist with its daggers and flashes, and me- lodramatic boots and teeth, but we feel little sympathy for it, and are glad to see it looking more and more clumsy and out of place, except inâ€" deed in a police courtor on the boards of a Surrey theatre. Mystery is also somewhat old-fashioned, and its poor old veils are sadly torn about and darned, and its wonders and terrors exploded. High flown romance seems out of tune with our modern ideas, but true love is true love by whatever signs and language it is spokenâ€"~35 long as hearts beat as long as life existe, in whatever age, iron or golden, we may seek it.â€" M'ss Thackeray. } Don’t use a hard pencil. At least that is the advice that a Hamilton benedict gives his friends. He ex- plains thus: His wife desires him to write a note to a lady Inviting her to meet a party of friends at their house. After “hubby” had done as his wife desired, and started to post the note, she saw on another piece of paper an impression of what he had written. It was: “Sweet Emma, Elfie desires your company on Wednesday, to meet the Wellers. Don’t fail to come, and then, my darling, I shall have the happiness ofa long walk home with you, and a sweet good-night kiss. I dare not see you often, or my all-con- suming love would betray us both. But, Emma dear, don’t fail to come.” The wife paid “sweet Emma ” avisit, and the result was that Emma didn’t accept the hind invitation. Silver mining news published in the Algoma Pioneer, of a late date, is as fb110W5:â€"“’l‘he Silver Inlet mine has stopped paying the men until the ISL ot'June, with the excep- tion of $5 per month, which is allowed each man. The erection ofthe stamp works is proceeding very quickly. The Shuniah mine, with only four men at work, continues to take out from a barrel to a barrel and a. half of very rich silver, and has done so for weeks. Thunder Bay is expected to start with renewed vigour upon the opening ofnavigation. 3 A mine is also expected to start agnin,al- though nothing very definite is known regarding it as yet. Gaston Larchc, upon being con- victed of arson in a New Orleans court, dramatically swallowad the contents of a vial, and fell to the floor writhing and groaning. He was put on a sofa amid the intense excitement of the spectators, and a physician was hurriedly sent for. The physician who came did not use the stomach- pump which he brought along, but held ammonia under Larche‘s nose. The fellow tried hard to maintain a semblance ofinsensibility, but finally gave it up, and confessed that he had been shamming. He had hoped to be sent to the hospital, from which he might escape. Boston ofl'ers some ,prodigies in the way of cats. Five kittens were born in one of its suburbs recently, each 01 which was joined to another after the manner of the Siamese Twins. The owner, who had doubtless never heard of Barnum, had them all drowned. At the South End, the Boston Herald says, a lady has a kitten, now two months old, which has five‘ headsâ€"one in the usual place, and one at each knee-joint on both front and hind legs. The tail grows perpendicularly up from the back, and cannot be bent downward with- out causing the animal to cry. . A somnambulistic dry goods mer- chant out West recently rose from his couch, neatly cut the bedquiltin two with his pockeuscissors, and then asked his terrified wife if he couldn't show her something: 0180. What a severe critic is time ! With what a ruthless hand he blots out the praise of mortals! How quietly he shuts down his extinguisher upon lights that the world said would never go out! Why are the days in summer longer than the days in winter? Because it is hotter in summer, and heat expands. M. Teefv_ Esq. THE YORK HERALD Termszw-Om Dollar per Annum i7: Advancu >UBLISHE1) AT THE OFFICE Issued \Veekly on Friday Morning YONGE Sax, RICHMOND HILL. Miscellaneous Items ALEX. SCOTT, Pxornm'rm: WHOLE NO. 875