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“ She seems to be a. capital hand at most things,” I reply, pettiehly, “ except at making herself agreeable to me. It is always Blanche Going can do this, and Blanche Going can do that. She is a para. gon of perfection in your eyes, I do believe. I won_’h ask her to help _me. I hpte her.” “ I will try. I dare say I shall be able to manage it. And now run away and get Blanche Going to help you to write out a list of people. She knows every ene in the county, and is a capital hand at anything of that sort." “Regent it? Neverlâ€"not for asin'gle instant. How could I when you are so good to meâ€"when you are always thinking of things to 1333ng me hqppv '2” 7 r " I am doubly, trebly rewarded for any- thing I may have done by hearing such words from your lips. To know you are ‘glad you married me’ is the next best thing to knowing you love me.” “ And so I do love you, you silly boy; I am very, very fond at you. Marmaduke, do you thmk you could get Billy here for the ball ‘2” “ A ball 1 0h, delicious l” cry I, clapping my hands rapturously. " What has put such a glorious idea. into your head? To dance to a hand all down that great. big, ball-room! 0h, ’Dukel I am so glad I married you I" ’Duke laughs and colors slightly. " Are you, really? Do you mean that? Do you never rcpegt it 7" “ I don’t know. I would be afraid to any.‘ You might take me to task and abuse me afterwards, it our opinions differed. You know you think George Aehuret a very fascinating youth. Ohandos is a. wonder- ful favorite With women, it that has any- thing to do with it.” “ Of course it hesâ€"everything.” “ I have been winking," says ’Duke, “ that as a eetcofl to all the hospitality we have received from the county, we ought to give a ball.” A ‘ ' " What a romance 1 I suppose one ought to feel sorry for the three drowned men, but somehow I don’t. With such a. story connected with him, your friend ought to be both handsome “and egreeable. Is he “I”, “ I couldna be tasked," it he wnnfed to walk ; “ I oouldna be fashed," if he wanted to talk ; I thought it was fine sue indifierent to beâ€" Folks musnna. be sure 0' the getting 0‘ me ; A136. $13qu afihia hopes and his pleasures were “ Very. He is a year older than I am ; and I remember you once told me I was bordering on my second childhood, or some- thing like it. However, in reality you will not find Ohandos formidable. He has held his honors but a very short time. Last autumn he was only Captain Everet, with nothing to speak of beyond his pay, when fate in the shape 0! an unsound yacht sailed in, and, having drowned one old man and two young ones. pushed Everett into his present position.” When I was a. lime lass, just sixteen, Bonnie was I, but proud as a queen ; Proud and saucy. and hard to please, And wonderfu' fond 0’ taking my ease. Folks didna mind thenâ€"for I was youngâ€" The “ calms. no flushed " that was aye on my tongue. But spite o’ my laziness, spite o' my pride, Young Elliott, the pride 0' the country-side. Cam seeking my love ; and on for his sake A wheen 0‘ fair promises I would make ; But wpeI} the time came the gude purpose was "I couldna be lashed " wi’ my books at the school, And now 1 am old, I am only a fool ; " I couldna be lashed " wi' che dairy and house, And now I'm as poor as any kirk mouse ; And when mither spak o' my needle and thread, “ I couldna be fashed " was aye what I said. . dashed, Wx' just the auld sang, “ I cunna be Iashed." ” Have you? I hope he is nice. Is he Mr. or Captain Chandoa, or what; ?” “ Neither; he is Lord Chandoa." “What!” cry I; “ the real live lord at last! Now, I suppose, we will have to be very aeemly in our conduct, and forget we ever laughed. Is he very old and staid, ?7) “ By the bye, Phyllis, I had a. letter from a. friend of mine this morningâ€" Chandosâ€" telling me of his return to England, and I have written inviging hiln here."_ v“ Slighting things of you, my own darling! Cannot you see when I am in tun ‘2 I only wanted to make you pout and look like the baby you are. In reality I think you the brighest. dearestl svyeetegt, et cetera." I am so elated by Marmaduke’a concur- rence with my hopes that I actually kiss him, and, re-seating myself, consent to take the but-end of the gun upon my lap and hold it carefully, while he rubs the barrels up and down with a dreadfully dirty piece of scarlet flannel soaked in 011. " Well, ihdeed, perhaps you are right. I think they will do now,” replies he, regard- ing his new toy with a. fond eye; and then almost with regret, as though loath to part thh it, he replaéee if in imp flannel berth. “ Bey lies. I hate the word ‘ flb.’ A lie sounds much more honest. But I am really in earnest when I say I think Dora clever. I know at least twenty girls who have done their best to be made Lsdy Ash- urst, and not one of them ever came as near success as she has." “ But he has not proposed to her yet." “ It is the same thing. Any one can see that he has Dora. on the brain, and I don’t think (asking your pardon humbly) his brain would stand much pressure. I'd lay any amount she has him at her feet before his visit is concluded.” “ How delightful] How pleased mamma will be! Marmaduke, I forgive you. But you must not any alighting things of me “EME::,_ . Thus iny mini is reliéved; :5.th1 feel I can wait with calmness the desirable and thy: is evideptlyjn stqrp for Dora. ”Do you think they would ever grow brighter than they are now ‘P" I venture mildly. “ It you rubbed them for years. Marmaduke, I don’t believe they would be further improved ; do you ?” ' ' flashed" ' With than wearisome words, “I canna. be flushed." But Idsaid them too often. One hot summer 3? Whenhmza folks were a} busy in “ saving the W II My lover Enid! “_Ls._s§ig, lqtjs 1191p thgm awhile." “ Yes; and at the same time I shall tell him you said he was a dance at college,” I regqrn, in _8. yvitlgermg tone._ Marmaduke 1311355, and dropping the precious gun, rune after me, oanehee and draws‘me back into his sanctum. “I think Dora. and Auburn-m two of the most intellectual people it has ever been my good fortune to meet,” he says, still laughing and holding me. “ Will that do? Is ygur majesty appeafiqed ?”A "I woulhn’t' tél'l flbs. it Iwere you," retugn I, ppverely._ “ 1' canna. be fashed," I said. wi‘ a smile. “ O lassie. dear lussie, thae words 319 me pain ;" And I looked in his face and said them again. 'l‘lgen beLpufi on his but, took the overâ€"hill And from {hat day to this he has .never come back. I've had " {ashes " enou since thee happy days Wi' losses and crosses and wearifu' ways ; Imight hae been weel and happily wed If I'd keepit a. kind, ceevil tongue in my head; But “ I oouldna. be fasted " wi’ others, you see. And fortune and friends ceased .“ mum " wi’ 83.6.1153}; tak tent from the tale I has told ; Dinna wait to be ceevil until vou grow old. "I think you are excessively rude and disagreeable,” I say, much afironted. and getting up, move with dignity towards the door. ” It you see Aahurat tell him I want him,” calls out Marmaduke as I reach in. “ Can she? But perhaps you fail in the cleverness also ‘2" Author of “Molly Buwn,‘ " The Baby," “ Airy Fairy Lilian," etc , etc. “ Well, ask any one‘else you like, theme: PHYLLIS. “ I fauna be Rushed.” BY THE DUCHESB. “I know what I should like to wear,” I my. shyly. - “ What ‘2" " Black velvet and the diamonds," I say, boldly. Marmaduke roars. “ That is very sad, especially as you will have to wait so many years for those wrinkles you covet. I dare say a dealer in cosmetics, however, would lay you on a few for the occasion, if you paid him well ; and, with one of your grandmother’s gowns, we might. perhaps be able to persuade our guests that I had married a woman old enough to be _my unofiher.” 7‘ I shall never be able to look dignified or imposmg, if you mean that,” say I, gloomily. “All the old women about the terms who don’t know me think I am‘a visitor here, and call me ‘Miee,’ just as though I were never married." “ I wonder if you will have the same story to relate this time next year ‘2" answers ’Duke, laughing. “ The very aim- pleet thing to learn is how to spend money. And now tell meeI confess I have a little curiosity on the subjectâ€"what are you going to wear on the twenty-fourth ‘2 You will make yourself look your most charm- ing, will you not, Phyllis ‘I’f “ Very well. Whatever you like. Any time you tire of this arrangement you can say so. But at all events you will require some packet-money,” rising from the table and going over to a. small safe in the wall. “ No, thank you, ’Duke ; I have some.” “ How much ‘2” " Enough, thank you.” “ Nonsense, Phyllis I” almost angrily. " How absurd you are! One would think I was not your husband. I wish you to try to remember you have a perfect right to everything I possess. Come here directly, take this," holding out to me a roll of notes and a handful of gold. " Promise me,” he says, “when you went more you will come to me for it. It would make me positively wretched it I thought you were without money to buy whatever you_fa.ncy.” “ Huh I ne§7er had fift'yâ€"I nev'er had ten pounds in my life," I say. half amused. “ I won’n know what to do with it.” no one. But don't hate poor Blanche. What» has she done to deserve it ?” i‘Nothing. But I hate her for all that. I teel like 9. out with its fur rubbed up the wrong way whenever I am near her. She has the‘hsppy knack of always making me feel small and 10011311. I suppose we are antagonistic no each other. And why do you call her ‘poar Blanche? I dent-see thatjhe is in any need}?! your_pity.” “Have you not said she Hesinenrred your displeasure? What greater misfor- tme could befall her ?” says ’Duke, smiling tenderly into my cross little face. I relent and smile in turn. “Oh, believe me, she will not die of that," I say ; 5‘ at all events don’t you be unhappy, ’Duke,” putting his face softly. ‘ I shall never hate you-he sure of ghat't’? When I have said it, it seems to me so disgracefully soon to ask for new clothes thatI blush crimson, and am to the last degree shamefsoed. Marmaduke laughs heartily. " Is that all?” he says. "Are you really wasting a blush on such a slight request? What an odd little girl you are! I believe you are the only wife alive who would feel modest about asking such a question. How much do you want, darling ? You will require some other things too, I suppose. Shall I give you a hundred pounds, to see how far it will go? Will that be enough ’2” “ Oh, ’Duke ! a great deal too much.” “ Not a bit too much. I don’t know what dresses cost, but I have always heard a considerable sum. And now. as we are on the subject of money, Phyllis, what would you preferâ€"an allowance. or money whenever you want it, orwhat if" “ It you would pay my bills, Marmaduke. I would like it best.” I have never telt so thoroughly married as atthis moment, when I know myself to be dependent on him for every ahflljng I may spenfil. And then catching up my train to facili- tate my movements, I run through the house in search 0! Harriet and Bebe, to make known to them my news and discuss with them the joys and glories 6f a. ball. ‘ " It shall be a ball,” says Bebe. enthusi- astically, “ such as the county never before attended. We will astonish the natives. We will get men down from London to settle everything, and the decorations and music and supper shall be beyond praise. I know exactly what to do and to order. I have helped Harriet to give balls ever so often, and 1 am determined, as it will be your first ball as Mrs. Carrington, it shall be a._s_plendid success.” After a full halt-hour of earnest oogita- tion, I make up my mind to a grand pur- pose, and, stealing downstairs, move rather sneakily to Marmaduke’s study. I devoutly trust he Will be alone. and as I open the doo_r I_find I_have my wieh. “ You are quite sure you will not think it queer of me. orâ€"or shabby ‘2” ” Quite certain." “v Well, thenâ€"with an effortâ€"â€"“ for this ball, I think, Marmaduke, I would like a new dress ;_ may I 99nd 1:}: London for it. ?" I sit down, and running over all my dresses in my mind, cannot convince myself that any of them, it worn, would have the desired effect of adding years to my face and form. My trousseau, to be just, was desirable every way. How she managed it he one could tell, but mother did con- trive to screw eufiioient money out of pups to set me oreditably before the world. Still all my evening robes seem youthful and girlish in the extreme as I call them up one by one. He is busily writiig; but. as he is never too busy to attend to me, he lays down his pen End smile} k_indly as be 3998 me. “ Mirmaduke,” I say, nervously, “ I have oomg-to apk you a ggeat fawn? _ " That is something refreshingly new. Do you know it will be the first fever you have asked of me, though we have been married more than three months? Bay on and I swear it shall be yours, whatever it isâ€"to the half of my kingdomf‘" “ My first ball in every way," I say, feeling rather ashamed of myself. “‘I was at several small dances before my marriage, and at a number of dinner-parties since, but I never in my life was at 3. real large ball." " No one in our immediate neighbor- hood ever gave a ball,” I hasten to explain. “ and we did not visib people who lived far away.” I suppress the fact of out having no respectable vehicle to convey an to those distant ball‘givere, had we been ever so inclined to go. “ I suppose it appears very odd yqyou.” _ “ Odd l" cries Bebe; “it is abominable! I am so envious I can scarcely bring myself to speak to you. I know exactly what I may expect, while you can indulge in the most delightful anticipations. I can re- member even now the raptures of my first ball; the reality far exceeded even my wildest flights of fancy. and that is a rare thing. Positively I can smell the flowers and hear the music this moment. And then I had so many partnersâ€"more, I think, than I can get now; Icould have filled twenty cards instead of one. Why. Phyl- lis, I am but two years older than on, and yet if I had a pound for every be I I have been at, I would have enough money to tide me over my next season without tear ct debt.” “ Come in, little fioman. What am I to do {91: you ‘2:' _ “What I” cries Bebe, literally struck dumb by this revelation ; then, with a. little ladyvllke shout of laughter, ” I never hesrd of anything half so ludicrous. Why Phyllis, I am a. venerable, grandmother next to you. Harriet,” to Lady Handuoek. who had Just entered. “just Ianoyl Phyl- lis tells me she was never at a. ball I" “ I dare say she is all the better for it," says Harriet, kindly, seeing my color is a little high. “ If you had gone to fewer you would be a better girl. How did it happen, Phyllis ‘2" ' V V ‘- Poi-han Mr. Thornton will kindly liver as wish a song “I” he says. without a smile. And Mr. Thornton, with a has even Presently the dreaded quiet; Ialls. The whilst-players are happy. the restate! us are not. Sir Mark. with grave politeness, comes to the rescue. Nevertheless the minutes drag. It is the stupidest night we have known, and I begin to Wish I had learned whist or chess or something of that sort. I am out’of spirits, and, though innocent of 'what it may be, feel myself gniltypt some hideous blunder. Neither ehe nor Lord Chunflba eimhange one word with each other throughout the entire evamng.‘ With a. sort of feverish gayety aha ohattere to young Thornton. to Captain Jenkins, to any one who may chance to be near her, as though she fears a. silence. ' All through (honor I try to attract Bebe’s attention, but cannot. I address her only to receive the coldest of replies. Even after- wards. when we get back once more to the drawingqoom, ‘Icennot manage an explan- ation, as sheescapes to her own room, and does not appear again until the gentlemen have joineq us. 4' ' ‘ ' ' ” I turn to find Sir Mark ‘is regarding me earnestly. InstinctiVely I glance"'a{t the vacant chair beside Lady Bhnohe and in doing solencounter her dark'eygsbenl; on mine. Verily,‘ I am not in’ goal! odor With my guests to_ night. ' “tht are you lkughing at?" I ask, hastily. apmewhat vexed. d, ‘ “ At the picture you have drawn; Ah the idea. of velvet an‘d‘diaJmonds in oonjuno. uion with "your baby lace. Why did you: nofi think of adding on the ermine ‘1, . Then; indeed, with your height you would be quite majestic ?" - i “ But may I wear it? , May I_â€"may I?" ask I. impatiently. “ All my lifé I have been wanting to wear velvet, and now when I have e_o good e._n_ opportunity do let me." “ I would give something touknovi 76! whom you are thinking just now.” says a. voiqe an my‘elpog. _“_N9t 9! me, I’Ltgust ‘2" Bebe is sitting upon the sole, with the infatuated Chips beside her, and is no longer pale; two crimson spots adorn her cheeks and add brillianoy to her eyea. As I watch her wonderineg she slowly raises her head, and, meeting my gaze, bestdws upon me a glance so full of the liveliest reproach. not unmixed with indignation. that I am filled with consternation. What have I done to deservo so withering a. look ? “ Ia than your highest ambition? By all means, my dear: child, gratiin it. Why 30% 7 Probably in such an efieonve gét-up you will_ta.ke_ phe _h_0t_15§ by gtqrm.” “ I really think I afmll look very nice and â€"old,” I return, reflectively. Then, “ ’nge, hyve-youwrifitpnyboqu Bing ?" Dora, in her favorite white muslin and sweet demure smile, is holding Mr. Powell and Sir George Ashurst in thrall. She is bestowing the greater part of her attention upon the former, to the disgust and bewil- derment of honest George, who looks with moody dislike upon his rival.» ‘Both men are intent upon taking her down to dinner. There is little need for you to torture your- self with jealous fears. Sir George. When the time comes it is without doubt upon your arm she will lay that little wh'rte'pink- tinged hand. _ A 7 ‘ ' “ Yes ; I said we wished to have him on the 19th for a week ; that will bring him in time for the slaughter on the 20th. I thought perhaps he might enjoy that." “ You think of everything: I know no one so kind or good-natured. ’Duke, don‘t make a. joke about than velvet. DOn’t toll any gnu w_hat I a_nid_,_ £16383." ' ' 5 Never fear; I vzjlfbe snout as the grave. You shall burst upon them my an' aparition in 341 your apeienu-lgrwv'efy.”r ' ' ‘ ‘ - ' “Oh! more pleased than I can any.” exolaims ’Duke, heartily, coming eagerly forward to greet his friend. “ My dear fellow. what good .wind blew you to us so soon ?" WhenI return to the drawing-roeml find the lamps burning cheerily, and most algal: pgrpy gasembged. Lady; Bla'nohe, reclining on a. low tauteuil, is conversing earnestly with Sir Mark Gore, who stands beside her. Seeing me, she smiles softly at him and motions him to a chair near her. , ‘ " I had no idea. myself I could have been here so soon. But business, luckily, there was none to detain me, so I came straight on‘ to throw myself on your tender mer- cies." ' ' ~ . We have now reached the library door. “ Marmaduke," I call out,opening it and entering, “ I have brought you Lord Chan- dos. Now, are you not surprised and pleased?" That evening we dress early. Babe and I, for no psrbioular reason. that I can remem- ber.a.nd, coming downstairs together. seat ourselves before the drawing-room fire to ruin our oomplexions and have a. cozy chat until the others break in upon us. As we pause, the docket his end of the room is flung wide, ands. tall young man coming in walks straight towards me. ‘ I am puzzled, I scarcely know why. I glance at Lord Ohandos, andâ€"surely the firefight to-night is playing fantsstic tricks â€"-his face appears flushed and anxious. I draw conclusions, but: cannot make them satisfactory. “ qute well, thank you. Will you come with me to find him 7 He would have been the first to welcome you, bed he known you were coming, but we did'not‘hope to see zou until next week.” v -- The lamps have not yet been lit. aha only the crimson flashes from the blazing fire reveal to us he features. He is dark, rather more diatinguiehqdfioqkjng thug handsome, and: hes wonderqu .deép,i_kihd; “ I had no idea I should meet you here,” he says in a. low tone than it atudiously polite. - Bebe laughs musically. ' ' ‘ " No! Then we are mutually astonished. I thought you safe in Italy. Certainly it In on my mind that some ene :told me you were there." She is dressed in some filmy black gown, that clmge close to her, and has nothing to relieve its gloom save one spot of blood-red color that rests upon her bosom. Her arms shine fair and white to the elbow; in her hair is another fleck of blood-red ribbon. Is it the flxokering uncertain light or my own fancy that makes her face appear so pale ? - â€" Her eyes gleam large and dark, and the curious little black mole lying so close to her ear looks blacker than usual in contrast: to her white cheek. But her tone'rillgs gay and steady as ever. A smile quivers round her lips._ ' “I returned home last week." Then, turning to me, he sayafhurriedly, ‘J I hope Oargington ia__we}l ?’j' '» -‘ gray_eye_a. '1 Lord Ghandos.“ announces Tynan, in’ the background, speaking from out the darkness, after which, having played his part, he vanishes. She holds out her hand and for an instant her eyes look lairlyinto his~only for an Instant. ' I ‘rise and go to meet the new-comer, ,with extended hand. . “ ’lfhis is a. surprise, but a pleasant one. I_,a.m very glad to bid yeti-welcome," I say. in a. shy, old-fashioned manner ; but my hand-clasp is warm and genial, and he smiles and looks pleased; “Thank you; Mrs. Carrington, I sup- pose ?" he says, with some taint hesitation, his eyes travelling over my dreadfully youthful form. that looks even more than usually childish to~night in its clothing of white cashmere and blue ribbons.» “ Yea," I return. laughing end blushing» “ Marmaduke should haVe been "here to give us a formal introduction to each other, though indeed it is hardly necessary ; I seem to know you quite well from all I have heard_a.bouli you_.'_’ ' ‘ 1 ~ ‘ " fi'o’w’h‘}?50113565115639?" she says. “ I- hope you have not qume» tdrgot- ten me.” Aslighu {nailing near the fire. a féinli panes, andjhen Pam: 0091937 forward. The question of the " kist of whistles ” is still sgnteting the Scotch mind, and the Scotch Free Kirk has called a conference to decide” whether organs or other instru- mental music may be used in public wor- ship. “That was the hardest part of it. He would not reproach me. He only eat there, looking distinctly miserable, without an unkind word on his lips.” “ What? Did he say nothing?” “ Very little. Unless to tell me I had treated him disgracefully, I don’t know that there was anything to be said, He declined that he had expected ju’st such an answer; that he felt he had no right to hope for a happier one. He did not blame me of course I was acting wiselyâ€"end so on. He never once askel me to reconsider my words. Then he got up and said he must bid mes long farewell. He knew a man who would gladly exchange with him and give him a. chance of seeing a little Indian life; he was tired of England. You can imagine the kind ot'thing.” “ Poor fellow. how did he look ?" . (To be continued " Then I let him see how utterly false and worthless was the woman he loved. I let him know that even it I adored him his want of money would be an insurmounta- ble barrier between us. ' I think I told him so. I'am- not quite sure of that. I do not recollect distinctly one word I said that Hay. I only know‘ that he went away impressed with the belief that I was a mere oont‘eniptible money-worshipper." "Did- he say inybhingrreptoaohful, mean ‘2” - more than usually benign, willingly con- aents‘, 3nd gives us “What will you do, love, when I am going?"â€"apropoa of his approaching departure for Indiaâ€"with much-sentimental fervor, and many tender glnngee directed openly to Miss Beatoun. “ Thank you," murmurs that young lady, when the doléful ditty is finished, having listened to it allfihrough with an air of sad- dened admiration impossible' to describe. 'and unmistakably flattering. “ I know no song_t_ha.h touches mg no @eeply as that.” " I know you are laughing at me.” says Chips, frankly, seating himself again beside her, and sinking his voice to a. whisper that he fondly but erroneously believes to be inaudible ; “ but I don’t care. I would rather have you to make fun of me than any other girl to love me I" Could infatuation further go? " Peheps one might find is possible to do both," insinuates Miss Beetoun. wickedly; but this piece of flagrant; hypocrisy proving too much even for her, she raises her far. 110. a level with her lips and subsides with an irrepressible smile behind it, while poor little Chips murmurs; u r “ How and it was !" I murmur, stroking the hand I hold with quiet sympathy. “ And thenâ€"â€"â€"” “ It all happened one morning," she goes on. presently. making afaint pause between each sentence, “ quite early. There was nothing poetic or sentimental about it in the way of conservatories or flowers or music. He had come to pay me his usual Visit. It was July, and mamma and I were leaving town the next day. We are not to see each other again for along time. Per- haps that hastened it. It was a wet day, I remember-I can hear the earl drip, drip, of the raindrops nowâ€"and we felt silent and depressed. Somehow thenâ€"1 hardly know howâ€"it all was saidâ€"and over.” “ 0h, ohms, now. That is more than any fellow would believ'eryou know," and grins a. pfllggseq apd ragliainu grin. ‘ “ jWhat haaVvexed you ‘2” I ask, anxiously. If. Why:sre you not friends with me? You :Must dame to my room before you go to bed. Promise." ' ' “ He was so good about it, and I deserved so little mercy at his hands. I don’t deny I had flirted with him horribly. with cruel heartlesanese, considering I knew all along, when it came to the final move, I would say ‘ No.’ I liked him so well that I could not make up my mind to be brave in time and let him go, never counting the pain I would afterwards have to inflict-and beer.” Bebe, being asked to sing, refuses, gently butrfitmly ; and when I have delighted my audience with one or two old English bal- lads, we give in, and-think With animation of our beds. “ Is it? Perhaps so. Well, about Lord Chandos. My story is a short one, you will say, and to the point. I met him first two years age. He fell in love with me, and last'year asked me to marry him. That is all;v,but you will understand by it how little". ‘ambitious I was of meeting him again.” “ And youâ€"” “ Refused him, dear. How could I do otherwise ? He was only Captain Everett then, without a prospect on earth ; and I am no heiress. It would have meant pov- ertyâ€"scarcely even what is called ‘genteel poverty’â€"â€"had I consented to be his Wife; and”â€"with a quick shudder of disgustâ€"“ I would rather be dead, I think, than endure such a life as that." " Did you love him, Bebe ?” “ I liked him well enough to marry him, certainly,” she admits, slowly, “ had oir- oumstanees been different." .We are silent for a. little time; .nhen Be ssys,_in a. low tone: _ A 7 ' Her vome sinks to a. whisper. Without tugging 111; head, {lay my hand 9n pars. In the corridor above I seize hold of Babe. 2 « 'fiVery good. I will come.” quietly dis- engaging my hand. Then before closing ghe‘door, “.. Indeed, , Phyllis, I think you might havefitold me," she says, in a tone of deep reproach.“ So that is is I But surely she must have seen his» oommg so unexpectedly was a- great surprise. And is there a romance connected with he: and Lord Ghandos? “Very much wrong, indeed," with a. rather bitter laugh. “It will be a slight come-down to my. pride to tell you this story ;‘but I can trust you, can I not ? I am not fond ot women friends as a. ruleâ€" indeed, Harrier is my only oneâ€"but you, Phyllis, have exercised upon me some charm, I do believe, as when I am near you I forgetfio be reserved.” “ You have yet to learn,” says Miss Bea.- toun, who is, I think, a. little ashamed of her pettishness, “ that of all things I most detest being taken by surprise. Ia puts me out dreadfully; I don’t recover myself for ever' so long; and to see Lord Ghandos here, of all people, when I believed him safe in Italy, took away my breath. Phyl- lis.-1 don’t know how in is, but I feel I must tell ion all about it.” “ Yes. do. I am so anxious to hear. Yet I half guess he is, or was, a lover of yours. Is it not so? And something has gone wrogg ?” - ' "Thafis because you know how wellI like gem? ‘ I eonfessto an overpowering teelmg of curiosity. I dismiss my maid with more haste than usual, and, sitting in my dress- ing-gown and slippers, long for Babe’s coming. I am couvmced I shall not sleep (one wink'lf she fails to keep this appoint- ment. I am not doomed to a sleepless night, however, as presently she ‘oomes inâ€"all her beauhiful han- Ioose about her shoulders. .“ Now,~Bebe,” I exolaim, jumping up to give her a goodi'ah'ake, " how could you be so cross an about: fiothi‘ng? I did‘not know myself he was coming so soon. You made me miserablethe enmre evening. and spoiled weighing Tl _ " I forgot all about him. I knew no reason why I 'should attach importance to his presence here. I don’t know now either. I was «.‘qnite' ignorant of your previous acquaintance With him. Probably had he waited in London until next week, as he originally intended, it might have occurred to me 'to‘ mention his coming, and so I would have spared myself all the cruelty and» neglect and wicked looks so lavishly bestowed. upon me this evening." _ “ Bus ‘y'ou‘ knew he, was coming some timg; yhy did ypu pot say_so ?”_ AMONG the 86,000 non-commissioned of- ficers and men constituting the British home army on the 1st of January, and in- cluding all young soldiers, there were under 5 feet 5 inches in height 10 622 ; between that and 5 feet 6- inches, 11 944 ; between 5feet6inches and 5 feet 7 inches there were 15 810, and nearly the same number, or 15,499, 5 feet 8 inches or an inch under; between 5 feet 8 inches and 5 feet 9 inches there were 12,763; between 5 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches, 8,725 ; and between 5 feet 10 inches and 5 test 11 inches, 5,373. Above that height there were only about 5,000 men, and one’fltth are in the Household Cavalry, of whom! Jens Wrcmrrn, the 500th anniversary of whose death has just been celebrated in England, is believed to have been born in Yorkshire, England, about 1324. He died at Lutterworth in 1384. It is now 500 years since his doctrines were condemned ' by the Synod pf‘Divines assembled at Gray- friars Priory,‘chidon. In his writings he maintained that the authority of the_0rown was supreme over all persons and property in England. He was opposed to the whole frameworkht the hierarchy and to e isco- pacy and endowments, holding that' the clergy should he supported only by. aims. He retained the ordinance of baptism, but without regarding it as essential to salva- , tion, and the sacrament of the mass. but without the doctrine of transubstantiation. Some of his doctrines have of late been advocated by modern social reformers, notably his views on the land question, on which he held that private. prepsrty in land was robbery. - - ALTHOUGH the year 1884 has not yet entered its sixth month the number of lives lost at sea has been terrible. By the four large disasters which have already occurred 412 lives have been lost. These figures, of course, do not include the scores of lives lost in minor catastrophes. THE example long since set by the United States, and the more recent union move- ment among the Methodists ‘ot‘Caneda, have not, it would seem, been without their influence in Australia. There the un- happy divisions which are characteristic of English Methodiam etill ’prevail. The union spirit, however, grows stronger and stronger; and according to our latest news the Bible Christians of South Australia and Victoria have declared in favor of union with the other branches of the Methodist family of churches. EVERY flower 0! any note in the woods or meadows in England is associated with the memory of some saintly man or epoch at earlier times. The snow-drop was under- stood to mark the feast of Candlemas; the Canterbury bells not only cured threat diseaseâ€"hence called throat wortâ€"but kept alive the holy memory of St. Augustine; the lily of the valley was understood to have first sprung from the sprinkled blood of St. Leonard, slain in a wood near Hastings, where St. Leonard’s has since been built. The harabell claims to be worn by none but those who are true. The black spots on the leaves of the common arum. “ cuckoo-pint,” or “ wake-robin.” are due to the same cause that colored the red heart’s crimson chest or twisted the crop- bill’s beak. for legends differ as to which of these two birds plucked out the nails from the cross. THE present ruler of Afghanistan boasts of his skill as a mechanid‘, Q‘L‘iflgiglfin end a phieioien. In ’eaéh" 'oh’paoit'jy' he believes there is no Afghan to eqnm him. , To ex- peot'truth from on Afghan is like looking for water in the desert, says a writer in the London Times, but it is said that Abduruh- men is an accomplished liar and an adopt in the art of chicane.’ He in averse to the practice of making oaths, but When he does make one it is considered a. sure sign "that he has no intention of performing What he has promised. v t v V Loan RANDOLPH CHURCHILn is now fairly a rival candidate with Lord Salisbury for the leadership of the Tory party, Sir Stafford Northcote being in ill-health; ‘and, at the best (if we are to believe a’ Bondon contemporary), too !‘ ni‘n‘ciny-piminym for the time. Lord Salisbury has the advan- tage of being twenty years older. of having held Cabinet ofl‘ice and of having latterly been in close contact with Lord Beacons- field; but he is intellectually arrogant and unsympathetic, whereas Lord Randolph has an eminently sympathetic manner and voice. which are in winning contrast to Salisbury's sardonic gloom and (rigidity. When Lord Randolph appeared, bare- headed, before a vast assembly at Birming- ham, accompanied by' his young and pretty wife, there was seen the perfect historical type at the aristocratic demagogue “ qui a bien etudie sa beta.” THE combination recectly formed by the tour leading propeller lines on the lakes to keep up freights te acertain standard will probably collapse before long. “ Every one admits,” says the Chicago Tribune, “that freights are low, but at the same time there are but few who think there is anything to be gained by attempts to bolster them up so long as the present demoralization of railroad rates exists. Supply and demand necessarily regulate the freight market, and at present the supply of transportation facilities largely exceeds the demand. There is plenty of grain to go forward, but no one seems to want it very bad. The same may be said of lumber. The coal and ore trades are in healthier condition, but not sufficiently so to support the entire shipping of the lakes." A NEW Irish grievance has been dis- covered by Mr. Kenny. The honorable member intends‘to ask: the First Com- missioner of Works for what reason the public notice attached to the" Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey has been altered by the omission of all'reterencea to the legend hitherto generally admitted and recognized, 1712.: -That the Coronation Stone of Scotland was first used for the coronation of the Irish kings and that it was only carried to Scotland by Fergus, the Irish King, who subdued that country. PERHAPS the most curious battalion in any army is the Norwegian Corps of Skat- ers. It is composed of picked men armed with rifles, which they use with great pre- cision. The skates used arc admirably adapted for travelling over rough and broken ice and troZen snow‘,‘ being six inches broad and between nine and ten’ inches long. The soldiers can be manoeuvred upon ice or over the snow fields of the mountains with a rapidity equal to that of the best trained cavalry. As an instance of the speed at which they can go,- it is stated that a messenger attached to the corps has accomplished 120 miles ‘in 18; hours, over mountains. - AN expert connected with the Pennsyl- vania geological survey estimates the amount of the coal etill remaining in the anthracite region at 8,000,000,000 tons. Should the present rate of coal production be continued ‘the supply will last about 250 years.- -Only 46 get cent: of the volume of the coal in any given =vein" gets tormsrket. The pillars left standing to support the roof take 33 per cent. of the whole, and 24 per cent. is wasted. Until quite recently only 27 per cent. of the coal vein could be used.. The pillars required 41 per cent. and 32 per cent. was wasted. CURRENT TOPICS. A famous mollah at Cabul having 66. blend the use of tobacco to be contrary to the Mohammedan law, the Ameer has submitted the question to a council of mollahe from all parts of the country. If their decision be against the indulgence in tobacco, its use in Afghanistan will be prohibited, but it they pronounce it‘lawful the anti-tobacco prophet is promised imprisonment at Cendehar. A Fayette, N.Y.. farmer with 400 bushels of potatoes on hand, alter vainly waiting for several months for ‘s. rise in price. fed the whole lot to his heraes, cattle and hogs. . It is Jim proof of egood education and of true refinement of feeling to respect anti- quity.â€"-Sigoumey. ‘ You will never convince a. man of ordinary sense by'ofi‘erbearing his under. standingâ€"Samuel Man/ruler. A miner grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.-â€"-Shemtom. The sufficiency of thy merit in to knaw that thy merit is not suflioient.â€"â€"St. Angus. tine. 665 are over, and 378 less than an inch under, 6 feet. In the Guards, notwith- standing the lowering of the standard from 5 feet 8 inches, there are but 505 men be- tween 5 feet 7 inches, the new, and 5 feet 8 inches, the old, minimum. In the mat- tet of chest measurement there were 2.376 under 33 inches and 5,543 between thet and 34 inches. For each increased inch above that the respective numbers are 13,- 796, 16,303, 17,106, and 13,690. Above 38 idchqs the numbei: is M doutse much less. â€"It is truly wonderful to see how the name of Mrs. Pinkhsm is a. household word among the wives and mothers of our land. Alike in the luxurious homes of our great cities and in the humble cabins oi the remote frontier one woman’s deeds have borne their kindly fruit in health tor others... M. PAnmen has discovered a new use for electricity, viz.. to protect vines from the disastrous effects caused by any sudden fall in the temperature. "It has hitherto been the custom in France to keep a per- son on the watch in the vicinity of a vine- yard. and directly a cold wmd arises to set fire to some combustibles, such as tarred strawI and by means of the smoke arising from the fire to warm the air, and so coun- teract the ill effects of the cold wind. But as this watcher may not always be watch. ing, fibre is constant wind coming {men the vineyard before the fires, can be lighted, and M. ‘Parville maintains that by using electrici this danger may be overcome. He woul put one or more electric batteries in the vineyard, similar to the batteries used to fire mines. the wires being con- nected with the prepared ccmbuetibles. By a simple arrangement, whenever the ther- mometer falls very low an electric current is passed along the wires, lighting the fires on its way, and by filling the air with smoke protects the vines. The idea seems inge- nious. and is stated to have been very successful. John E. smyhh, personal property 0 ve assessed. Total, $4,000. Off, $1,600. Mahdiiem is catching. Another Mahdi has risen in Bokhara by the name of Mohsmmed Abdalleh Ben Oman. He has taken the title of Ketrid. and has written a lettermtheifiultnn calling upon him to unfurl the green banner of Manommed against the unfaithful. No one can doubt the great merit of Poleon’s anvmmn, for it has been placed in the market in 10 cent bottles. just to give you the opportunity of testing its wonderful power over all kinds of pain. This is the best evidence 0: its efiieieney, for every person can try for themselves. Polson’e Nerviline is a. positive (it cannot tail) eute"tor cramps, headache. colds, neu- ralgia, and the host of pains that flesh is heir to. Good to take, good to rub on. Go to 'nny drug store snd’bny s. 10 cent sample bottle.-J-z<"1{ex'ge‘jiotties 25 cents. A Santa Barbara, 09.1., man realized $1.100 from an acre and a halt 0t strawber- ries last season. This year he has been selling about $30 worth daily. at wholesale prices, from the same patch. ' The fact that photographic“ portraits are so rarely good likenesses is attributed by a writer in C'hambers’ Journal to the circum- stance that by photography it has hitherto been found impossible to give colors their true shade valiant What is meant by this is that yellow to the eye isa brilliant light tint, but in a photograph it is repro- duced almost black; red, instead of giving the | idea of fire and light, comes out black, and blue photographs perfectly white; such changes, of course, playing sad havoc with oomplexions and contrasts ofcolor generally. Awarding to a recent French process, however. the trouble or drawback in question can be obviated, the plan consisting simply in addition to the usual ingredients of the sensitive photo- graphic surface of 1 per cent. of cosine. A modification of the crystoteum process is now being introduced. The photograph, printed in the usual manner on paper, is first 01- all immersed in a mixture of naphtha, parafiinc, mastic drops, ether and vinegar; this treatment makes it quite transparent, so that body colors in oil, it laid broadly on their places on the back of the picture, show through with good effect. Into the enemy’s country. This is verified in the case of Putnam’s Corn Extractor, so favorably khown throughout Canada. The large demand from the United States for this great corn cure has induced the pro- prietors to put it up there, and boldy push it to the front as the leading article in its line. From England also a demafid-has arisen. This is the reverse of the usual methods. as a large portion of the proprie- tory goods sold here emanate from these countries. This speaks highly in favor of Putnam’s Extractor, the great corn cure. We advise sufferers from this discomfort to test its meritâ€"Ewhange. Fen five centuries, from the days of the first Normans to those of the last Tudors, the Tower of London was the oflieial residence of the kings of England, and hence the scene of much of its political history. Piantagenete and Tudors have inhabited it. and for three centuries kings started from it for their coronation cer‘e- mony. Two kings, tour queens, and many princes and princesses died there. Many have been born there. and two are buried within its walls. There is hardly any other building in Europe, and certainly none in England, of which it can be cer- tainly said, as it can of St. John’s Church in the White Tower, that it stands today much as it was in the days of the Norman and Angevm kings. PROF. Rauean, on feeding his monkeys, in Paraguay, with eggs, observed that at first they smashed them and then wasted much of their contents; but they soon learned to hit one end against some hard body and pick oilc the hits with their paws, and if they cut themselves once with any sharp tool. they would either not touch it again or handle it with the greatest cau- tion. Lumps of sugar were given them wrapped up in paper, and sometimes a live wasp was put in to try them, so that in hastily opening the paper they got stung ; but after this had once occurred they always held the packet to their ears to detect any movement. Enh- Evldcnce fin- Everybody. Carrying War mi a ih BEE "ET: _ 5'5? against? Mugge- Dem Inch Okoulm mo Sefid'your'ha‘fieifia iEofiKiiafiufi io'fC E2315; Engineer. Rfiflgannrt‘ (HI . . YOUNG MEN 11 VETERINARY MEDICINES. Address with stung, DR. W. B. MASON a. 00., Marshall Mioh., U. _ .. ,, For parniouhrs 9. ply to HAROLD QAMB' Main street. corner ughson street, Hamilton. East Cleveland Is to have an electric mqt-or for dragging sheet ogre. A swarm of lodfists 9 miles wide is devas- tating Ilexuggloa, quico. Mr}. Bradley, '8. Connecticut woman, is dying iron} the effects! of 3. out bite. 'Cnétet Co , M. T., has a. larger area. than the five smallest States of the Union com- bined. - The Kentucky Legislature has prohibited bicyclists from using the public roadu of many counties of the State. > Tlie New Orleans Expositibn is to have the largest building in the world. It has 33 acres of floor area. LIVE FOXES WANTED All kinds of Hog Products handled, also Butler, Cheese. Eggs. Poultry, Tallow etc. Pam. E g Carrier! supplied. Consign- ments coll ted. 83 Colborna street Toronto There is land in the city of New York worth $15,000,000 an acre. U 8. E., Lecturer on the Eye, Ear and Throat Trinity Medical College, Toronto. Oculist and Aurist to the Toronto Genet-.1 Hospital, late Clinical Assistant Royal London Ophthalmic Hospital, Moorefleld‘s and Central London Throat and Rat Hospital. 317 Church Street Toronto. Artificial Human Eyes. GIBB & GALLOW For all of those Painful Complaints and. * * ‘Venknesses so common to our best * V * * * * *FEMALE POPULATIONJ" .n *\*"'1 IT WILL cum: ENTIRELY TEE onsT mm: or FE- IIALE COMPLAINTS, ALI. OVARIAN TROUBLES,’IN- FLAMMATION AND ULCEBATION. FALLING AND DIs- rLACEMENTs, AND THE CONSEQUENT SPINAL WEAK- NEss, AND Is rAnTIcULAELY ADAPTED To 'TBI CHANGE OF LIFE. * § * .. * 4, is“. * IT WILL DXSSOLVE AND EXPEL Tumons mom Tim“ UTEBUS IN ANEARLY STAGE or pEVELOPMEN'l‘. 1‘le TENDENCYToCANcEnousHUEO mElIscncKED VERY sPEEDILY BY ITs USE. 4.. * .l. 4' ,I, ' * IT REMOVES FAINTNEss, FLATULENOY, DESTROY! ALL anVINa FOR STIMULANTB, AND RELIEVEB WEAEJ mass 01" TIIE STOMACH. 1T CURES BLOATING, HEAD-‘v AcHE, NERVOUS PRUSTRATION. GENERAL DEBILITY,‘ DEPRESSION AND INDIGESTION. * * * * . * TIIAT FEELING 0F BEARING DOWN, CAUSING PAIN, WEIGHT AND BACKACHE, IS ALWAYS PERMANENTLY CURED BY ITs USE. 4. * -* * * i * 0 , . * IT WILL AT ALL TIMES AND UNDER ALL qmouxâ€" STANOES ACT IN HARMONY WITH Tm: LAws TEAT GOVEBN THE FEMALE SYSTEJI. I. * * *1 . * HITS PURPOSE IS SOLELY FOR THE LEGITIMATE HEALING OF DISEASE AND THE nELIEE OF PAIN, AND THAT IT DoEs ALL IT CLAIMS To Do, THOUSANDS or LADIES CAN GLA‘D_LY TESTIFY. ‘Gaa * * * O [have 1 positiva remedy for the above disease; I) I'd use than sands of cases or the worst kind and of on tandin have been cured. Indeed, so stron is m {nit n R! e away. that I will send TWO BOTTL 5 FR E. to- ge‘har with a VALUABLE TREATISE on this disuse. to my Bufl'ererfi Giza Express and P. 0. add‘rgu.‘ n mnnnu .M n. ,, . .. ., LYDIA E. PINKHAM’S * VEGETABLE-COMPOUND)“; * .. * .. ** Is gamma; *_ * * FOR THE CURE 0F KIDNEY COMPLAINTS m EITHER sEx THIS REMEDY Is UNSURPASBED. * * ‘ LYDIA E. 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