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NOT F.R LOVE 0R MARRIAGE. A week has passed by. I am more in love than ever. I am now satisfied as to the thoroughness 0! my passion ; certain that this sudden love of mine Will endure as long as my life; that it is no transient: flush to fade away With time or absence. Whether my suit be successful or not this woman will be my firsu and lush love. A4 yet I have made little progress in the tuntberiug ot my desire. I see her every day, because I watch for her coming and going; and every time I see her I find fresh charms in her face and graces in her figure. Yet Kenyon was right. Here is a. peculiar style of beauty. ’l‘hat pale pare face, these dark dreamy far-away eyes, are out of the common run of womanhood. It may be that this accounts for the strange teeciuution she has for me. Her carriage is upright and graceful; she walks always at the same pica; her race is always grave, and it seems to me she seldom speaks to that old oowpinion or servant who never quite her Bldu. I am beginning to look upon her as a. riddle, and wonder if the key W111 ever be male. I have found out some few things about her. Her name is Paulineâ€"a sweet and suitable nameâ€"Pauline Marsh. She is therefore English, alnbough I aomenimes hem: her saying afew words in Italian to old Tereua, her servant. She seems to know no one, and, so far as I can learn, no one knows more about her than I doâ€"1,u.t least, know she came from Turin, and than is more than my informants were aware of. I still occupy my rooms, waiting my chance. In In tantalizing to live in the same house with the one you love and find on opportunity 0t even commencing the siege. That old Teresa. gnurde her charge like a. thorough-bred Spanish duenna. Her dark eyes glance quickly end suspiciously at me whenever I meet the two women, and bid them the good-morning or good-evening which a fellow-lodge: may venture up :n. As yet I have got no further than these cold civmtiee. Pauline’e eyes and manner give me no encmrugement. She acknow- ledges my ealutution gmvely, dieuuutly and apethetieeily. It is clear to me than love at first eight ie not bound to be reci- procel. I comfort myself by thinking that Fete mnet huve something in store for me, or Pauline and I would never have been brought face to has again. .v..--.i. So all I can do 18 to lurk behind the “1101; red outta.an of my window amd watch my love, guarded by than old can Teresa. go our. and come in. I am obliged now to exercise due caution in this pro- ceeding, as the duenna. once caught night of me, and now each time mhey pass I see her fierce eyes peering who my hldlug-pluoe. I am beglnmng to hate Teresa. de 1f I have done lianle, I am In the same house, breathing the same air as Paul- ina, and I am a punxenn mum and can wait for my opportunity. It will be sure to come at last. This is how it came. One evening I heard a. fall, a. clutter of ohiua. and a. cry of distress. I ma can of my room and found Teresa. lying on the stairs amid the ruins of the laudmdy’s best new set, and groaning earnestly. My chance had some! Old Teresa's sprain, although not such a senous affair as she fancied, kept her indoors for severaldays. I hoped this would enable me to improve my acquaintance with her mistress, but the result was not commensurate with the hope. For the first few days Pauline, so far as I knew, did not leave the house. Once or twwe I met her on the stairs and. assuming a fictitious interest in the old woman, kept her in con- versation for a minute or two. It seemed to me that she was painfully shyâ€"mo shy that the conversation I would tam have prolonged, after a little while, died a natural death. I was not conceited enough to attribute her shyness and reticenoe to the same cause which made me blush and stammer as I spoke to her. Au last, one morning I saw her leave the house alone. I tuok my hat and followed her. She was Walking up and down the pavement. in from; of the house. I jomed her. Mid, after the usual inquiry for Teresa. continued at her Blde. I must make an anumpt to esbublish mantem on a. newer footwg between us. Pauline was etsnding on the lending. Her large dark eyes were opened wide, her whole appearance was that 01 afiright. I paused a. moment and expumned what had happened, then I took the old women into the room which she occupied and laid her on the bed. The servant of the house was sent for a. doctor. and, as I retired. Pauline thanked me quietly. but I fancied listlessly, for my kindness. Those dreamy eyes that mine, yet scarcely seemed to know it. Yes. I wee obliged to cenfeee it, my goddess was in manner apatheticâ€"but then. her beauty! Those refined regulsr features, the girlish wellâ€"formed figureâ€"the thick brown hair, even those strange dark eyes. Surely there was no woman in the world to compare wiLh her I With the shameless hypocrisy of love, I ran to her aid, as eager to help her as though she had been my mLther. I endea- vored, m the meet tender manner. to raise her; but she sunk back, wailing ouu some- thing about, “ one of ze ion“: hroke.” In was clear that Te: 58’! Euglieh was not her htrong point; *0 l naked her in Italian when was me munwr. She bright.- ened up as she heard her own languuge, and I found that she had sprained her knee so severely than she Was unable we use. I told her that I would carry her to her room, and without more ado picked her up and ere her upsbelru. She guve me her hand at parting~e Email Well-formed Bolt hand. I could scarcely refrain irom pressing my lips to in-â€"I could scarcely refrain from telling her then and there than for months I had thought; of her and her onlyâ€"but irja- dicioue as such proceedings might: have been at a first meeting they would have been doubly so Whilfifi old Teresa. was lying and, in spite of her pains,w1nh suspicious eyeb watching every movement of mine; so I could only express a. wish to be of further service to her and bow myself out dis- oreenly. "Yu'u have not been long inEnglanfl, Miss Mnroh?’ I said. Buu'tbe ice was brokenâ€"«our hands had men. Pauline and I were strangers no longer! Let me kiss ynu for your sister ; You’re a. daimy Iitnle elf. If I had not wooed and missed per, I would k you for yourself, So this proffered osculutiun Cometh from a com .ination Of a present admiration ‘ To be sure you're rather youthful Avl chi . to apprkciate. You‘. 8 ridiculously Lrutl’yfglâ€" Tender innocence of eight. One unlucky exclamation, Quite beyond all expectation, Brought to light a. §inuanionL Thnse dark eyes would tempt & Titian With tue tangled curls above. You’re a minimum edfinion 0f the girl 1 met! to love; But you have not reached the station Where your normal occupation Is & dgapemte flirmfiun You are prettyâ€"and you know it Wi‘h those eyes of dusky hue. Prybably ygq will qptgrgw n; Fret y children otten do. Now yov LnuW ‘he snumion That I hold tn your relution, You must. not express negation If I crave a kiss of you. PAULINE. Let me kiss you for your sister ; You‘re a (minty little elf. his 109g since 1 {I‘Lwe kissed her; Yuu do very well you: self. Wild and reckless dies pation Cured by blind infatuuiqn. how I lqve a. maid of station~ . _. ,-____ And a lové find on die shelf. “1151313 deé‘fdéd there my fate ‘Witflgéfiéipuur. deluded cove‘ Ab‘dnfidgurfirstore 0t pelt Second Choice. CHAPTER IV. “ Some time-«some months.” she replied. "I saw you in the spring at Turinâ€"1n church. an San Giovanni.” She raised her eyes and men miue wnh a. strange, puzzled look. “ You were there with your old servantâ€" one morning,” I conunued. “ Yesâ€"We often went there." “ You are English, I supposeâ€"your name is not an Imliuu one '1’" “ Yes, I um English." Sue bp'Jke as thuugh not quite certain about, itâ€"or as if in was a manner of; com- plete indifference. ‘ “ Your home 13 here. You are not going back no Imly ?" “ I don’t knowâ€"I cannot tell.” Pauliue’a manner was very unsatisfying. I made many ahfiemphs to learn aomebhiug snout; be): hubins and mates. Did she play or hingâ€"was she fond of music, of plocures. of flowers, at the stage, of travelling? Had she many relations and frleuda? Directly and indirectly, I asked her all these questions. Her replies were unsatisfactory. Either Bhe evaded nhe quesuons, as it determined I should know nothing about her. or she did non seem to understand them. Many of I.th I felt sure puzzled her. As the end of our little promenade she remained as great a mystery to me as before. The only common 1 could take was that. she display ed 110 wush to shun me. We passed and repaseed the house several times, but she did not suggest re-enneriug, as she m ghu have done had she wished to get rid at me. There was no trace of eoquemy in her mannerâ€"quiet and reserved us I found her, she was an least Simple and natural â€" and she was very beauntul, and I was very. very much in love I In was not long bifore I discovered that; old Teresa’s black eyes were wanching us from behind the blind of the druwmg- roum. She muan have crept trom her bed t) see than her charge got; into no mischief. I ohafed at the espionage, but as yet in was too early to escape from H]. Before Teresa. could hobble out of doors I had met; Pauline more than once in the same way. She seemed, I was glad to believe, pleased when I joined her. The dlffioulny I labored under was to make her talk. She would listen to all I had to say w1thoul; oommenfi and without. reply, save yes or no. If, by a. rare chance, she asked a. question or spoke a. longer sentence than usual the efforu was never susnained. I attribufisd a. greah deal of this to shyness and to her secluded lifeâ€"for the only per- son she had to speak to was that. terrible old Teresa. Although every word and action of Paul- ine'e void me she was well-educated and well-bred, I was certainly surprlsed at her ignorance of linerature. I quoted an author, mentioned a book by name, the remark passed unnoticed ; or she looked at me as it puzzled by my allusion, or distressed at her own ignorance. Although I had now seen her several tunes, I was non satisfied at hhe progress I had made. I knew I had not: as you struck the key-none of her nature. As soon as the old Servant, duenna, flieud, or what she was, grew well, I heard some Hfiutbling news. My landlady asked me if I could recommend her aparnmente no any friend of mme-euch another as myself she was good enough to sayâ€"Miss March was going no leavo, and the landlady thought nhe would prefer takmg a gentle- muu in her place. I (e10 eemmn this was a. counter move of that old hag Teresa’s. She had oust: ven- omous glances at; me when we passed each other on the stairs; had rerpouded surlin when I asked it she was quite recovered from the effects other aocideubâ€"in a. word, I knew she was my enemy; that she had dlsoovered my feelmga toward Paulina and was duing her been to keep us apart. I had no means of knowing the extent other power or influence over aha girl, bus I had some time elnce ceased to regard her as nonth more than a. servant. The innelh- genoe than my fellow~lodgers were uboun to qum showed me that to bring my love for Pauline no a. successful issue, I must in some way make matters straight With this unpleaswuu old attendant. “Signora Teresa,” I flawn polltenese. “ will snepimo my room? I you." She gave me a. quick, suspicious glance, but nevertheless uomplled with my request. I oloeed the door and placed». chau- for her. “ It i; qhiae well, I Signor," aha fireplied lacogpully. “ Who is the doctor? I can wnte to him or see him.” “ Did I say i1 dothore? It was a. slip. No,'you must not wrine. I W111 ask him and he must decide.” “You wfll Write at once ‘1” “ At once.” Tareaa, with a lingering glance at she money turned to leave me. 'l‘hah same evening. as I heard her com- ing down the EDMI‘E, I threw open my door and stood face to face wnh her. “ Your pmr kneeâ€"is it quite well?“ I askegl gymymhemcp‘rllytz‘snd ingIagliun. _ ” Will y'ou take a. glass of sweec wine? I hzwe some here.” A5 I was so often travelling it was my habit; to carry a. large sum of money on my person. I drew 0110 my pooken-book and counted can a hundred pounds in new crisp notes. Teresa. eyed them hungrily. “ You know what: these are worth ?" I said. She nodded. I pushed aoouple of the notes toward her. Her skinny nand seemed twitching With the desire to grasp them. The old woman sat silent for a. while, but. I knew tamphation was ssaailing her. Preseumly I heard her murmuring. “50,000 lire! 50,000 lire a. yearl” The spell worked. A0 lust she rose. “ Are you going to take the money ‘2” I asked. Teresa, in spite of our inimical relations, made no objucnions, so I filled a. glass and wamgbed 11g; 81p i_n appgoviggly. _ “ Is the Signal-inns, Muss Match, well? I have not seen her to-day.” " Sne is well." “ In is aboub her I wish to speak to you â€"you have guessed that ?” “ I have gUeBsed in." As she spoke Teresa. gave me a sullen, defiant look. “Yeti,” I oonuuued, “your vngllann faith- ful eyes have seen what 1 have no wisu to conqeal. _ I love Slgporgna 1?epllne.”_ “ She is not tovbe loved," said Teresa, aulknrly. “ Now tell me why I should not marry the Signorine? Tell me who her friends are that I may see them and ask her in marriage ?" “ She 13 not for marriage.” This was all I could get from the old woman. She would tell me nothing about Pauline’s' family or friends. She would only reiterate that she was not for love or for marriage. “ Tell me who Miss Msrch‘s friends are and take these two notes ; all the rest shall beiyoura on the day we are married.” _ >_ “ I cannot. I dare not. I am bound. Butâ€"" ‘ “ But what ‘2” “ 1 will write. I will say what you my to il donors.” “ One so beautiful must be loved. I love her and will marry her." “ She is not no he married." " Listen, Teresa. I say I will marry her. I am 9. gentleman and rich. I have 50,000 lire a. year.” The amount of my income, magnificent when reduced to her native coinage, was not; Without its expected eflecu. If her eyes, as they met mine, Were as unfriendly as ever, their look of astonishment and increasing respect told me I was appeallng to be: twderesn feelingâ€"cupidihy. I had but one chance left. Teresa’s eager look when I mentioned the income I p )aeeeeed had impressed me. I must eon- ueeceud no the vulgar act of direct bribery ; me and would jusbify the means. U “ You had beater-nuke these two notes," I aaig, hgnding Kit-IBIS!) to h_ur.__ She buttofied them in the busom of her mud, with high- is please you to Wish to speak no drama with feverigh delirghj. 'V'EI‘éll LEE,"Tereaa.,’L” I said coaxiugly, "tell me it you thinkâ€"4! the Signoriu&~ Paulineâ€"cures at all for me ‘1" " W50 known ‘2" answered the old woman tebtlly ; “ I do not knowâ€"but again I say toiyiou she is» not for love or; marriage." 1 .-_,V_'__n, Non ior love or marriage! Iiaughed aloud as I thought of the old woman‘s absurd and oft-rtpeated assertion. If on earn}: there was a. woman more than another made for love and marriage it was my beautiful Pauline! I wondered when Teresa. could mean ; then remembering the fervor with which she prayed in San Gio- vanni I decided that, being an ardent Roman Catholic. she wished Pauline to bake the Veil. every thrmg.” Now that. I had boughtTereeaI looked for- ward to the enjoyment of Pauliue’e society without espionage or interruption. The old woman had taken my money, and-no doubt would do her bed: to earn more. It I could persuade the girl to let me pass seve- ral hours of each day in her company I need fee: no hinderance from Teresa. The bribe had been accepted, and aluhough I blushed at the expedient to which I had been compelled to resort, it had been sue- oeeeful. I was obliged to defer any further attempt at love-making until the next evening, as an importeut piece of buainene had to be attended to in the morning. It kept me away from home for sevarul hours, and when at last I returned to Maids» lee I was thunderetruck to hem: that my fellow-lodgers held left the house. The landlady had no idea. whither they had gone. Teresa, who it appears always acted as pureebeurer, had paid her dues and had departed with her young mistress. There was nothing more to tell. I threw myself into my chair, cursing Italian guile; yet, as I thought. of Italian cupidihy. not altogether hopeless. Perhaps Teresa. would write or come to me. I had not forgotten the eager looks she cast upon my money. But day after day passed winhoufi lenter or message. I spent those days for the most part, wandering about the streets in the vein hope of encountering the fugitives. It was only after this second loss that I really knew the extent of my passion. I cannot describe the longing I had to see that fair face once more. Yet, I feared the love was all on my ads. If Pauline had felt even a. passing interest in me she 13 vuld sosroely have left in this secret and mysterious manner. Her heart was yet to be won, and I knew that unless I won it no Women's love would to ‘me be worth hav- ing. _ I should have returned to my old lodg~ iuge in Walpole street had in non been that. I feared to quit Maida. vale, 18kt Teresa, if she should be faiuhful t ) her engagemeune, might mles me. So I lingered on there until ten days went slowly by; then, just as I was beginning t.) despair, 13. leaner came. It; Vida whmen in a; delicate pointed Italian style and signed Manuel Caneri. In simply sand that the writer: would have the honor of umllling upon me about noon tofiuy.» Nothing was hinted at as to the object of l the visit, bun I knew it: could be connected with only one thingâ€"the desire of my heart. Teresa. after all, had mt played me false. Paullue would be mine. I}; Waited with feverish impntience unnil thlé unknown Manuel Caneri should make his appearance. A few minutes after 12 he was announcedt and shown into my room. I recogmzad him at once. He was the middleâ€"aged man with rather rouud shoulders who had talked to Tel-em under the shade of Sun Glovanni at Turin. Doubnless he was " ll dothore" spoken of by the old woman as being the arhiuer of Pauliue's fate. He Bowed politely as he entered, 08.31: one quick look an we as it trying to gather what. he could from my personal appear- ance. then seated himself in 11118 chair I ofiered bxm. “ I make no apology for calling,” he said; “ you will no doubt guess why I come." His English was fluent, but the foreign accent very marked. “ I hope I guess oorrecnly,” I replied. “ I am Manuel Csneri. I am a. doctor by profession. My sister was Miss March’s mother. I have come from Geneva. on your account." "Then you know what the wishâ€"the greafiwiap 9f my life is ?" > Pauline mighn have been a. bale of cotton. so impassively did her uncle speak of her future. “ In the first place," he went on. “ I am told you are well born and rich. Is that so 7” Why should I not be content? What did I Want. to know about) her family, her antecedents or her hiatory? So madly did I long to call that beautiful girl mine that, I believe, had Ceneri told me she was worth- less and disgraced among women, I should have said, “ Give her to me and let her begin llte anew as my wife.” Men do such things for love I “Now, Mr. Vaughan,” said the Italian. drawing his hand from mine; “ my next question will astouiah you. You love Pauline and I believe she is not indxfiereum to youâ€"" Ha paused and my heart beat at the thoqg_h_n_. “Yes, I know you want to marry my niece. Now, Mr. VaughanJ have many reasons for wishing my niece to remain single, bub your proposal has induced me to reconsider the matter.” " My family is respectable. I am well conngcfied and may be called righ.” 1119 question was such a. strange one that even in the height of my passion I heaitaoed. “ I will say this much," added Ceneri. ” she good and pureâ€"her birth is equal to your own. Sue is an orphan and her only near relative is myself.” “ I am etmtiemb,’7 I cried. holding out my hand no seal the compact. “ Gave me Pauline. I ask no more." “W111 your arrangements permit of an early marriageâ€"an immedmte marriage? Can I upon my return to the Continent in “ You W111.B&tihfy me on the latter point, I sppposes" I bowed etiffly, and taking a sheet of paper wrote a. [me to my solicitors asking them to give the bearer the fullest informaâ€" tion as to my resources. Ceueri folded up lhe none and placed in 1n his pocket. Per- haps I showad the annoyance I felt at the mercenary exactness of his inquiries. “ I am bound to be partlonlar in this matter,” he said, “ as my niece has nonh- mg.” “ I expect nothing or wish for nothing.” “She had money onceâ€"a large fortune. It wee lost long ago. You will not ask how or where ‘2 ’ “ I can only repeat my former words.” “ Very well-I feel I have no right to refuse your offer. Although she is half Italian her manners and hublt are English. An English husband Will suit her best. You have not yet, I believe, spoken of love to her ‘2” be allowed to see her ?” " Yesâ€"on conditions. The man who marries Pauline Much must be content to take her as she is. He must ask no ques- tlons, seek to know nothing of her birth and family, nothing of her early days. He must be content to know that she is a lady. that she is very besnmul, and that he loves her. Wlll this suffice '2” Although this man spoke as one who had absolute aubhuriny over his niece. he had not; emd one word which evinced affection. SJ far as that went, she might have been a. snmnger to him. ” Bub now, I suppose," I said, “I shall " I have had no opportunity. I should no doubt have done so, bus as soon as our acquaintance commenced she was taken awn.” “ Yes, my instructions to Teresa. were atrium. It. was only on condition she obeyed her that I allowed Puuhne to live in Eng- land." This theory would explain a. few days leave her future in your hands emit:er ‘2': _ - " We heed nofi be so impetuoue as thatâ€"- but could you arrange for, say, the day nicer to-morrow ?” entirely ‘?" “ I would marry her to-day it it were poasi_b_le,” I Fried: I stared at him-I could scarcely believe I heard eorreoaly. To be married to Paulme within a. few hours! There must; be something in the background of such blleel Ceneri must be amadmun! You, even from the hands of a madman how could I refuse my happiness? “Buhl don'n’kno'w? it she loves meâ€" would :19 consent?" I Hammered. “Pauline is obedient. and W111 do as I wish. You can woo her after marrmge instead of before it." “ I believe there are such things as special lloeuses to be bought. You are wondering at my suggestion. I am bound to return no Inuly alumsu at once. Now, I put in no youâ€"nan I. under the present on:- oumsmnoes, leave Pauline here web only a. servant to loJkatner her? No. Mr. Vaughan, strange as 15 may seem, I must einuer see her your wife before I leave or I must tune her back with me. The latter may be unfornunate for you, as here I have only myself so consider. Whllfili abroad there may be others to consult and perhaps I must; change my mind." " But notice 7 "Let us go to Pauline and ask her,” I said, using impatiently. " Curtamly,” said Ceneri, gravely, “we will go at once.” T111 noWI have been sitting with my back no the window. As I faced the light I noticed the Italian dochor look very shraighu at; me. " Your face seems quite familiar to me, Mr. Vaughan, although I cannot reed-ll where I haverseen you." I told him he must: have seen me outbide San Giokui whiten he was talking to old Teresa. He remembered the occurrence and appeared suubfied. Then we called 8. 03b and drove to Pauline’s new abode. It was not so very far away. I wondered I had not: encountered either Puuuiue or Teresa. in my rambles. Perhaps they had butt] kept to the house to swoid the meeting. " Would you mind waiting 11] the hall a. minute ‘2" asked Generi as we entered the house. “ I will go and prepare Pauline for your coming.” I would have waited a month in a dun- geon for the reward in prospect; so I sat down on the polished mahogany chair and wondered 1f 1 was in my rigun senses. Presently old Teresa. name no me. She looked scarcely more amiable than before. “ Have I done well?" she whlspered in Italian. “ You have done wellâ€"I will not) forget.” " You will pay me and blame me for nothing. But listenâ€"once more I say inâ€" nhe alguorina. is non for love or marriage.” Sufietantious old fool! Were Pwulifie’a charms torbe buried iq a. nunnexx? Then a bell rang and Teresa. left me. In a. few minutes she reappeared and con- duened me upstairs to a room in which I found my beautiful Pauline and her uncle. Sue ruieed her dark dreamy eyes and looked at meâ€"the mosh intunuaned man could not have flmtared himselt that the lxghn of love was in them. I fully expected than Doctor Ceneri would have 1er us no arrange manners alone ; but noâ€"he took me by the hand and in a smtely manner led me to his niece. -‘ Pauline, you know this gentleman 7" She bowed. “ Yes, I know him." " Mr. Vaughan.” continued Caneri, “does us the honor of asking you to be 1115 wife.’ I could not permiuuill my wooing to be done by proxy. so I stepped forward and took her hand in mme. “Pauline,” I whn-perad, “ I love youâ€" smcu first. I saw you 1 have loved youâ€"will youke my: Wife ?”_ _ __ __ N03 for one momenfi did I think such a, common could be enforced. As soon as I had succeeded in making Pauline love me, she would surely web to tell me 8.11 ha historyâ€"there would be no need to ask for iuâ€"the oonflhhm would then be givsn as a. matter of sour a. When she h; a learned the bbuxtt et‘ love, all the other secrets would cease between us. “ Yes, 13 you wish it," she replled softly, bun withouu shagging color. “ You cannot; laveume now. but you will by-and-beiâ€"will you ngv, my darling ‘f” _ She did not; respond to my appeal, but then she did nob repulse me, nuiuher did nhe strive to withdrew her hand from mine; she remained calm and undemon- sbrelive as ever; but I threw my arm round her, and in spite of Generi‘e pre» sence, kissed her passionately. II: was only when my lips touched her own them I new the color flee to her cheek and knew that she was moved. BY LAW, NOT LOVE. Proud and happy as I felt when seated side by Side with Pauline in the railway carriage which WM taking us to the north ; fortunate as I told myself I was to have won such a. fair bride ; great as my love was for the sweet girl who had just vowed herself mine forever, Cenerl's extraordi- nary stipulation kept recurring to my mindâ€"the man Who marries Pauline March must be content to take her as she is; to wish to know nothing“ the past. She disengaged herself from my embrace, glanced at her uncle, who stood impassive as if he had winnessed nothing ouu of the common. and than fled from the room. “ I think you had better go now,” said Ceneri. " I will arrange everything wiuh Pauline. You must do on your part an Lhtfli is necesuary for the day alter to-mor- row.” “ It is very sudden,” I said. “ In is. but it must be aoâ€"I cannot wait an hour longer. You had bathe: leave me now and ream-n to-morrow.” I went away with my head in a whirl-I was uncertain what to do. The temptation to call Pauline my own in so short a time was great; but I could not deceive myself by thinking that she cared for me at all, as yet. But, as Ceneri said, I could do my wooing alter marriage. Still I hesitated. The hurried proceeding was so strange. Ardently as I desired to wed Pauline I wished I could have first won her. Would it not be better to let her uncle take her to Italy, then to follow her and learn it she could love me? Against this prudent course came Ceneri’e vague threat, that in such an event, his mind might be changed â€"and more than all, I was desperately in love. Although it could only be for her beauty that I loved her, I was madlyinlove. Fate had thrown us together. She had econ.de me twiceâ€"now the third time she was offered to me unreservedly. I was super- stitious enough to think that if I rejected or postponed accepting the gilt, it would be withdrawn forever. Noâ€"come what Will, in two days’ time Pauline shall be my Wife 1 I saw her the next day, but never alone. Ceneri was winh us all the tune. Pauline was sweet, silent, shy and languid. I had much to (loâ€"much no see to. Never was a woomg so short or so strange as mine. By the evening all the arrangememe were made, and by 10 o’clock the next morning Glloert. Vaughan and Pauline March were men and w1feâ€"thoae who had not In their hieuime even eonvereed for a. time amountâ€" ing. say, to three hours were linked together for better or worse till deem should para them I Cenen left immediately the ceremony was over, and to my astonishment, Teresa. announced he: intention of accompanying him. She did not fail to Wain on me for the promised reward, which I gave her treely and fully. My heart's desire was to wed Pauline, and by her aid It had been oompnaeed. Then, with my beautiful bride I started for the Scottish lakes, to begin the wooing which should hava been completed before the final step had been taken. My wife looked very beautiful as she sat can it be done on so short. a. CHAPTER V. with her head leaning against the dark cloth 0! the carriage. Hu- olenrm t" refined features showed in that position advantageously. Her face, as usual. was pale and calm; her eyes were cast down. A woman to be indeed proud of ; to Wor- ship. to cherish, andâ€"how sweet it seemed t J whisper the word to myselfâ€"my Wit: 1 Railroad men have for a long time been aware of many faults in the common arrangements for coupling engines to pas- senger trains, the usual plan iollo wed being the use of the ordinary link, formerly the only coupler known for both passenger and freight train service, but at present con- fined almOrt wholly to the latter. Although inventors have been at work for half a century improving passenger coach couplers to keep the vehicles from bumping against each other while running. and, while their efforts have been attended. with eminent success, the coupler on the tender has remained practically untouched. In some instances horn castings have been attached in the tender drawbar, thus reducing the loose distance by meeting the car buffer, but this improvement was far trom being effective, and was merely better than nothing. Under certain conditions of train running, this loose coupling would give an uncomfortable vibration to the whole train, and at times the application of the brake would cause a jerking of the cars in a disagreeable way. To remedy the many drawbacks to a loose coupling, Mr. George H. Colby, master mechanic of the Boston & Albany Railroad, has invented an attachment for locomotive tenders, which in effect con- tinues the Miller hook throughout the entire train. This device is easily applied to any tender, is automatic in action and prevents accidents in coupling. When it is remembered that the engine is coupled and uncoupled many more times than the separate cars of a train, it must be acknowledged that these are important advantages. There are no links or pins to break, and no slack to be taken up, thus , securing the smooth starting and stopping of trains, resulting in increased comfort to passengers. It also prevents the swaying motion of the tender and forward car, and consequent side wear and tendency to ‘ breakage of truck boxes. Being within reach from the platform of the forward car, it can be operated With perfect case. It practically couples the locomotive to a car just as two cars are coupled, and makes the whole of the train an unbroken unit. As every improvement of this kind increases the safety of train operating, and tends to weaken the force of accidents, besides increasing the comfort of passengers, it becomes a matter in which every one is interested. The Colby coup- ling attachment consists principally of a heavy casting, which is attached to the tender frame and holds the miller hook, a spring hunter and the means of operating the drawbar. The forward end of the drawbar is pinned to a heavy threaded spring-encircled bolt, secured under the tender, between the frames, in a strong casting. A spiral spring, secured to the draw-bar immediately behind the bumper beam, draws the head to the position it occupies when coupled. The act of uncoup- ling is done by a wheel and staff. which operates a chain and ratchet. The inven» tion is being applied tohthe passenger engines of the Best )1! & Albany and several of the eastern railroads, and locomotive builders of the country have adopted it as their standard for all passenger engines. An attorney at Pendleton, Oregon, Fred Page Tuetan, was engaged by three home thieves to defend them. In the ‘ examination he ascertained that they had [stolen (our of his horses. He will be a witness against his own clients. Your regular professional grumbler is generally a gentlemen inclined to be stout, and partial to a snooze after dinner. He effects ample folds of broadcloth ; is curious in the matter of worsted comforters for keeping his throat warm, and small India rubber boots for keeping his feet dry. He is a comfortable manâ€"very precise and regular in his habits~and has a comfort- able house, with everything in it as precise and regular as himself. He has no great misfortunes to bewail, consequently he grumblee at the smallest miseries. Bis very comfort turns into the serpent that stings him. He is perpetually finding out subjects for pathetic complaint. If he is not eloquent upon the dust in the street he will he overpowering on the mud. The weatheralways seems to be engaged in a eon- spiraoy against him. The east wind he holds t) be the ringleader. He is persuaded that it was only created to wait rheumatism on its wings and keep up the average sup» ply of sciatica. If, however, the weather be still and close and hot. he knows very well that fever lB brewingâ€"he is sure at it, mark his wordsâ€"nothing else can be expected from this confounded choky day. If he goes out without his umbrella and the clouds gather and the rain falls he is almost speechless with indignation. It is always so, always his luckâ€"were he to have incum- bered himself with a great awkward umbrella the rain would never have thought of coming on, never. To hear him you would suppose that the clerk of the weather signal office was a real personage ; that he and the grumbler had quarrelled in their youth and that the official in question being of a spiteful turn of Inle had never for- gotten the old grudge.â€"-Brooklyn Eagle. “Indeed! Poor child! How I wish I could help you I" “ You own." “ How '1’" “ Let me have your family wash New Oounfiess, whose former beau wrote for the Philadelphia. Call (weerily)â€"Yes, three months, three months. “ The count is well, I hope ?” “ Yes, he is, I believe." “ And I suppose you enjoyed life in his grand nestle 7" n “ For a. while, yes; but you see it took all my folfiuqqtoyay of‘f}_11.e_ 011(18th on .itz.” - Mrs. Nobodyâ€"Ah 1 how d’edo,oountess? I am so glad to see you home again ; but 1 was in hopes you would bring your husband with you. Let me see, it is three monbhs since you were mar‘ried, is it not? The situation of the hotel where 1 am stopping is especially charming ; it is built over the water, so that the sea actually passes under the rooms. There is a long, glass inolosed balcony looking seaward, from which one never tires of surveying the blue Mediterranean beyond and below. There is always variety in the movements of the sea. Now its swash is so gentle and soothing that it is the most effective of lullabies when one wishes to fall asleep Again, the sea isin an uproar,and the spray leaps up to the very windows. The illu- sion that we are actually at sea is quite hard to shake off at times. The fish have learned to watch for the refuse that is committed to the sea from the hotel galleries, and are conse- quently very tame. Portlylooking fellows a foot or two long come right under the balcony and stare up impertinently at us. The temptation is strong to make them atone for their temerfty, and not a few of them have been hauled up with rod and line to the broad verandah. One day somebody got up more enthusiasm than usual and cast a torpedo from the balcony into a school or inquisitive marine beauties. A boy sprang in after the explo- sion and brought three fat fellows to the surface. Many others were stunned, but not sufficiently to keep them from evading the sw1mmer. Nets are also cast in front of the hotel and many bushels of fish meat captured.-â€"Beyrout Letter to New Orleans Times-Democrat. Com Ion For Travellers. The Professional Grnmbler. A Hotel In the Sea. A Countess Returns. (To be continued.) lle Requires Excitement and is Very Curious. ' A dog requires excitement, and has a craving for the interest of outward objects. Feed him well, and shut him up alone in an apartment, and he will suffer under ennui like a fine gentleman, and become troubled and uneasy for want of occupation or amusement. If the window be left open, he willfiud resource in looking out of it, and will diVert himself with the passing scene, and taking a lively concern in the doings of the other dogs on the street. This is a pleasure which we trace in no ‘ other animals, and it is not, indeed, observâ€" ‘ able in all dogs. Newfoundlands appear peculiarly prone to it. They are eminently social. We shall never forget a Newfoundland dog belonging to a provision dealer, with whom we had a street acquaintance. It was his business to go about in the waggon as a protector of the good things therein, and as he rode along strects most manifest and most lively was the interest he took in the moving scene. No duchess in the land ever lounged in her carriage with a more luxurious or a more graceful air than our friend exhibited in the Waggon. His favorite attitude was lying with his fore- : awe dangling over the front, and his great head lolling on them. Any long rt rppage we remarked made him uneasy, and he dis- played his pleasure when his carriage was again in motion by dancing from side to side like a parrot on its perch, and uttering a quick bark of satisfaction. The curiosity of dogs is another quality which they have in common with our kind. No matter 11 )w fatigued a. dog may be, it he is taken into a. strange apsrtment he Will not lie down to rest until he has taken a. survey of the room and smelled every article in it. Dogs, as we have before attempted to prove. are rogues and cheats like men. and they are also murderers. with a. consciousness of their criminality. In packs of hounds it is not very uncommon to find a. dog killed by his comrades, and we once heard a. fox hunter describe his visit to a kennel after one of these assassinations. Half-9. dozen of the long-esred bowâ€"wows were squatting on their haunohee in one corner with par- ticularly grave feces, which meant to speak an innocence that was unluckin belied by the spots of blood on their coats. While he was examining the body of the deceased they kept yawning and licking their chops with their long red tongues. as if they had no manner of concern in what was goxng on ; but it was evxdent that they were by no means easy in their minds. The dogs which bore no marks of the fray, and which were presumed to be innocent, moved about as usual. with quite a differ- ent air.-â€"â€"Basthudget. This may be truly said of Polson’a NERVILINE, the great pain remedy of the age. In brings comfora no the weary sufferer when failure has amended the use of every known remedy. Nerviline is an absolute cure for all kinds of pain, internal, external or local. Purchase a 10 cent sample bottle and try this great remedy. Nerviliue, nerve pain cure. Don’t forget the name at any drug store. I was completely discouraged, until onn year ago, by the advme of my pastor, I commenced using Hop Bitters, and in one month we were all well, and none of us huve been sick 8. day since ; and I want to say to all poor man, you can keep your families well a year with Hop Bitters {or less than one doctor’s visit mu cost. I know inf-A Wonxmemm. ISi'None genuine without a bunch 0! green Hons on the white label. Shun all tho vile, Poisonous mm with " Hop" or "Eopn"1n thou- The oldest person in Connecticut is said to be Isaac Clarke, colored. who is 106 years of age. After working 8.8 a. sailor and whalemau for abouh fifty years, he became phyeioally disabled, and entered the New Haven almehouse, where he has outhved two generations. Poverty and Suflering. “ I was dragged down with debt, poverty and suffering for years, caused by 9. 51¢]; family and large blllB for dootoring. 1:1 ,, Can be offered for any other preparation as supports our claim that Putnam's Painless Corn Extractor is the best and safest corn cure remedy in the world. Dr. Conssdiua, Port Du-lhousie, writes: “ I can testify to its efficsoy, together with many others here.” This is a. universal opinion. Try Putnam‘s Painless Ooru Extractor and avoid poisonous and cheap substitutes. Sold by druggists and dealers in medicine. All the best physicians agreed that nothâ€" ing could cure me. I resolved to try Hop Bmters ; ,I have used seven bottles ; the hardness has all gone from my liver, the swelling from my hmbs. and it has worked a. miracle in my csse; onherwise I would have been now In my grave. J. W. Manny, Buffalo, Oct. 1315. 1881. The latest thing in swell English wed- dings is the employment of a page. At the marriage of Mr. Shirely with 001. McDon- ald's daughter in London the other day the bridegroom’s nephew, Master Hugh Chery, armed as page. He wore a costume of black velvet, with a. large Irish point lace collar. â€"The woman who seeks relief from pain by the free use of aloholio stimulants and narcotic drugs finds what she seeks only so far as sensibility is destroyed or temporarily suspended. No cure was ever wrought by such means, and the longer they are employed the more hope- less the osse becomes. Leave chloral, morphia. and belladonna. alone, and use Mrs. Pinkhsm‘s Vrgatable Compound. Five years ago I broke down with kid- nex and liyer 09mplain§ and rhaplngbimp. Since then I have been unable to be abouh at all. My liver became hard like wood ; my limbs were puffed up and filled with water. Winnessâ€"“That'h a little more like it, Jedge, but still I’m not exactly a widow either.” J udgnâ€"“ You will have to explain your- self. You any that you are non exactly a married woman not exactly a. widow. Are you a single woman ?” Judge (to the witness)â€"“ Are you 3. mar- ried woman ‘2" Witnessâ€"“ Well, no, Jedge, not exactly." Judgeâ€"“ Not exactly a. married woman. Dojou mean that you are a w1dow 2”» ' Witnes‘é -“ I guess I'm a little of all three, Jedge. I‘Ve sued six men for breach of promise.”â€"New York Mercury. â€"Ta.ke all the Blood purifiers. â€"Tuke all the Rheumatic remedies, ~Teke all the Dyspepsia and indigestion cures, â€"Take all the Ague, _Fever and bllious specifics, â€"Ta.ke all the Brain and Nerve loroe revivcrs, -â€"T9.ke all the Great health restorers. â€"In short. take all the best qualities of all these, and tea â€"best â€"Quulities of all the best medicines in the world, and you will find that --Hop -â€"Bitters have the best curative qualuies and powara of all â€"â€"concentmted -â€"In them. and that they wm cure when any or all of these. smeg or â€"combined . 'â€"Fa.il. A thorough' trial will glve posi- tlve proof 0! this. THE DOG’S INTELLIGENCE. â€"Take all the Kidney and Liver 7 Medicines. Joy In Every Drop. A Lillle 0! All Three. A Great Problem. No such Evidence Hardened Liver. Very few people, unfortunately, think enough of the dinner-table for their good. It is the idea of too many persons that dinner should be discussed like politicsâ€" hurriedly, passionately, or as a pure matter of business. Eating is of more importance to the individual than politics, since healthy frames. which come from dis- cretionary habits in the matter of eating, lead to noble thoughts and heroic deeds. Napoleon is said to have lost one of his battles because of an ill-cooked potato. It may not really have been the unsavory potato which disturbed his mind. He probably did not take time enough to dis- cuss it properly. Time is a great essentiai at the dinner-table. Good digestion can never wait on appetite unless the mind is undisturbed and the molars can operate free from thoughts which interfere with their satisfactory action. The way to enjoy diuner is to sit down to table after shaking off the cares of the world. Let the soup come in hot and smoking. Take it with a joyous heart. Converse with your family while you toy with the bread which should always accompany it. Conversation is an aid to - digestion, and bread helps down the soup. Do not be in a hurry for your fish. Have the rsleves served promptly when the remove is made. Meanwhile conversation should be animated. Nothing helps the digestion or whets the appetite or is more provocative of good feeling at the table than an honest. hearty, talkative mood. Dyspepsia and all its horrors readily give place to good-humored talk, which is the best condiment that the World has known. The Caterer, a magazine which devotes a grc at deal of attention to this subject, says the pleasures of the table are not confined to the act of eating. and that it might be “ laid down as the axiom that agood- humored fast will brighten the brain and lighten the heart more than an ill-humored feast.” Do not trouble yourself about the threatened extinction of terrapin or the predicted decline of the oysters. Both these delectable articles of food will last the lifetime of the ordinary man. Think only about the dinnerâ€"have no other care, if care that be. Let the servme be simple, but ample. Many a dinner has been spoiled by a combination of dishes. Above all things, recommends a writer in the Caterer, strive to have a change from the usual sterotyped dinner of wines, peculiar dishes and names in French which even tew waiters can understand. {lidâ€"liaiixdh 761" VS? Varioerlan file," manihi at c e SP NO ‘ , [Am B amass 00 DIG Dom lush gmronlm! in? 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