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“ Yes. Dab is nineteenâ€"old enuugh to b: truuted out of sight surely! Now"â€"â€" gairag over to her davonportâ€"“ I will write to Wzil to come and fetch her, and Hay Hi We to us, Lgtty, If you could keep “baby quietâ€"â€"St3.y, I wlll ge late the .fitudy. I see Robin comlng.” H \y is our old mine: 1 gm" tab of be: to ohject. I nod my head vlgereusly. LMamma kiazea 'me rquatfully. "' I suppose it muat be an yau wish,”"she ways, “ It willbe unkind to refuse \Vill. And, Norah"â€"â€"nppeafinglyâ€"“ you think 1 am wine to have hr 1‘ behind us 2" “ But,” I exportulate, “ there are the N spines and EVIerallen. I am quite anxieus to see Judith Napine. She must be very lovely. Will was posltlvely struck with her ; and he is no nnobservant. I don’t be- ileve he knows I amâ€"" “ hetty,” Robin supplies, as I pause. I do net contradict him. I am not bad- loekingâ€"I do not think there ever was an ugly Careyâ€"I am tall, dark, own brown eyes, and have a pleasant color. However, Ireturn to our former topic of conversa- flan. ” On“ one point my mind is made up,” mamma interrupts, ereI can defend my- :aelf. ‘fIf Ds‘aorah goes, Ray goes $80.7” “ Deb, Deb, you keep beans I” and they 0.117 laiugh. His merry quizz‘cul expresslen change: to gravity. He atralghtena one of Oilve’a curls madlngtlvely. ‘Robln 0rd in Letty'a husband, and, in more than a conwntlonal sense, our brother. As Norah departs, he enteru. “78 welcome him very heartily. He sits down in the low easyâ€"chair opposite to his wife, and warms his hands by the blaze of the fire. far this early spring dky la celd and sharp. Olive leaves the sofa, and settles herself on a hammock at his feet, renting her head against his knee. H9 rubs her white cheek with his atreng fingers, while we tell him the news. He smilea st ms. Ibis impou- aible to dlaguise my elation. My eyes will 'szu’kl't. “ So you wlil we Naplne at last I" he says. "It lea pretty spatâ€"none prettier to he found, to my fagmy." “Toiime nbeut it," I beg. “N9, I dan’t want you to demerits the acsnexyâ€"V‘Viii has teid me What that iaâ€"but what neighbors: I .ahnii haveâ€"who is who,” He raises a warning hand. “ Dub, if yen ma anticipating gaiety, fun, italic, don’t go. I have heard yeu complain sf Dumton. Napine is a thousand times more duii, more quietâ€"just a small village, with doctor and parson, and only a few “ I have not seen her since she was a slight thin child 01 ten years. A'wee mar- vel she was, with great vielet eyes, thickly fringed with curling black lashes. She was not exactly beautiiui ; but there was an un- ahildlsh pathetic meumfulness abeut her that was more tumhing than the most sun» shiny loveliness. It was as though she was conscious aha had been cradled in sorrow." “ What do yeu mean i" Letty Hays. I am staring at the redâ€"hot ceals. romem‘ ‘beriug a sentence in a letter of Will’sâ€"“ I Wish it were possible you and Judith Na- jpine could meet. You would do her an in- finite amount of gaed. Yeur lighthearted youth might be her salvation.” “ The Napinos And the Elleralies,” R xbin begins. “we the two principal families of Napine, Unhappily fer years, until recent- ly, there has been grsat blfitemees between them. Generations ago they quarrelledâ€" Whnt nboui; it wenld be hard to discover. The cause of the quarrel wag forgotten long since, Blthengh the quarrel itself was religi- ously continued. The enmity oi the pre- sent Squire Ellemlie luxs, however, a person- al flavor. Sir Percival Napine and he hath mught one mniden for a wits, and Sir Perci- val won her, This of course intensified their dislike to each ozhcr. They refused to visitâ€"even tn all; in em another's com- pany. It was deemed a. geod thing let the peace of the place when Sir Percival shut up 'NAle, and went abroad with his wife and infant. son. Squire lideralie married two "Say ‘ Yes,’ ” I lmplore. “ It has been the dream of my Ilia t6 keep house for " ’lll." “ Robin, are you acquainted with Minn ngfine 2” “ True) l"â€"â€"-emd mamma folds hcr hanéz gutiently. 1 bulilva aha iia unwllléng to {save two Of her flock behind her. Of course Letty has her husband; but 1â€"â€" thl Will be abla to take care of impulsive mafiatrong Deb? I put my arms round ‘ .‘ dear shoulders. . H Hsz you not heard ‘2 IM vs. Carey,you are net ignorant 1” "New, Rabin. Will told me the storyr (Ratify mm girla’ uuriealty. If. is a. sad story ; but. sadneaa and they cannot always be parted!’ “' If Deborah remains in England, you will be 3% an cxganae." VVe are about to leave Dumahlre. Ollve’n ‘hemlth has far a. long time been indifferent. LDaotar Arlen says she has outgrown her strangth, and he hats recemmenued a stay in a warmer climate. We have arranged ta go to the 55 uth cf France, have wrltten to Will to come and bld us goedlbye, and his answer is a requant that one at us will come and keep human for him. I am eager $9 be permuted ta guts him. \Vlll is my darling brethr r. \Vhae happineult wlll be to “main with hlm continually l I am net Mrnld that mamma will decide that Norah "rs-.21 bahla leumkeeper ; Norah is too ml- .umln. She la in reality mletress 9f home, Di mumma, and us, Lefty {wanes her baby .Lm‘l r'markain her‘gentle, thuuglztiul wayâ€" Wcsm all in “ om- boudolr” ; mammn, N nrah, In‘wl (Live, and I. Lahty in nurs- ing hm- hub-:1 by the fire ; I am in the Win» :iow 1mm ; Ollva is lying on the sofa. Pour nhlld. Mm is always an the sofa l Msmmn mud Numb. am reading for, I should thirk, the fiftl‘f-h flme a letter frem enr breather "Will. 1 know the letter word for ward; and, we lack out at the houses in the Close, wonder what manner at plane is the Vicar- age whmoe it has come. Mamma sighs manly, and glances at me. I jump tram my :luvorlte launge and go to her. ” Na”â€"â€"Norah’fi vaiae la deolaiveâ€"“ It wauld be folly {or me to think of gelng. How would yen and Olive get along in France without me 2 You would be starved var peiaened. It must be Deborah." “You willv let mwe visit. \Vlll? «maxingly. “ He asks for Norah an? gagusfluotfyzre Norah”: WITHOUT A STAIN. ‘IOLD BY DEBORAH CAREY. 'I say or me; _ before had “ The Squire was beside himself. That his daughter should care for a Napine was not to be credited. He summoned the trembling girl, and with wild words and fierce gestures forbsde her to hold further intercourse with Martin Napine. Never he been spoken to harshly; now, though amazed, she was undaunted. Davelike as she was by nature, she she wed marvellous oeurags. Sire refused to obey her father. M nrtin was greed, was noble, she told the Squire. N J one could find just fault with him. S )6 would not give him up. It would have been better had she been less during ; but she did not under- stand what the Squire in ungovernsble fury could do. He went med in his awful rage, end, as she stood in her fearless besuty, struck her with a. cruel blowr to the ground. That night Cicely Eilerslis left her father’s roof for over. S \e and Martin Nspine went to London. There they were married, and for a time entirely lost sight: oi. Sir Percival was as incensed as Squire Ellerslio. lie had chosen 9. bride for his son, and to have his plans thwarted in this fashion was not to be endured. He disowned him, and vowed that he should not inherit one penny of his wealth, L idy Naplne grieved deeply, and sought earnestly to sppesss1 her husband. He would not listen to her. Henoeiorth he averted he had no son. Twelve months elapsed, and then the out- side world, who only oooasienslly osught glimpses oi this domestia drama, was inexv pressihly shocked. Martin Napier had come unexpectedly ts Napine and killed his father] Men and Women gazed at each other in curious dismay. Little by little the truth was learned and pieced together. It appeared that M nrtln Naplne had some home, but for what reason none knew posi- tivelyâ€"it was very generally believed to entrant forgiveness and beg help for his wife’s sake. Perempterily refused, in all likelihood he, geaded by want and distress, had struck his father with the buttered oi his whip, and so killed him l A large sum 9i money which Sir Percival had, the pre- vious dey, drawn from the bank was miss- ing. No one doubted but that Martin had taken it. To the accuswtiou ef murder that of theft. was added. Sir l’ercival was not known to be dead until some time after he had becn killed. Martin Naplne had diasp- peared when the servant opened the door of his master’s study and iound him murder- ed. The police, suspecting who was guilty, telegraphed to Landon ; but though Martin Nspine’s home was discovered after some delay, he was there no longer, His land- lady stated that he had been absent all the Vi'ednevday night, and had returned on the Thursday, looking singularly depressed and hsrrassod~retumad only in time to see his wife die, “ Yes, poor Cicely Nepine had gone to her last rest, leaving behind her 1:. little bibs to fight the battle that had been too hard for her. \th she expired, Martin Nepine was as one brokenhesrted. Turned from his wife’s chamber he went out, the landlady thought to grapple with his agony in solitude. \Vhen the ofliaers of justice arrived she was momentarily rxpocting him. Her expectation was vain. She was never to see him again. High sud low, far end near, he was sought for; but he was not found. A reward was offered for his sp- prehonsion, descriptions of him were posted everywhere; but, as the weeks rolled en, and no clue to his hiding place was obtain- ed, other crimes engrossed the attention of the public ; and he was forgotten." “ And the bsby '2” I say. “ Judith 2" Lady Nepine sent for her. People marvelled that she could bear the sight of the child, but it speedily became clear that all he leve she had had for her boy was lavished on his child. Nobody ever heard her speak ef_hlm, but Judith was strangely precious to her. When the little girl was a twelvementh old Squire Ellerslie asked Lady Napine if she would allow him to see his granddaughter, and my lady sent the child to him at once. She is strikingly like her mother. The servant said that the Squire took the child in his arms and wept over her so passionately that she feared the baby would be frightened. At last however his tears ceased. He gave the little girl been to the servant and dismissed her. The following afternoon he called on Lady Napine. What passed between them can only be oonjactured, but certainly the fend was buried, and the two agreed for their grsndchild‘s sake to befriends. Judith has lived with her grandmother all her life ; but not a. day has gone by without part of it be- ing spent with hergmedfatber. The Squire and my lady share her between them.” ” They have never heard of him. I Ima- gine. \Vhebher Juiich Napine ls coqnisant of her father’s sin I am uxmble to say ; tlmt Lady IV spine mad Squire J‘Jileralle recollect is is very evident, as their love for the Imp less girl is so con‘xpasrionate.” “ D383 the girl know about her faiher? Liaver they ever had tidings 0! him I” " Perhaps Marfln Napine ls deaé. Thsy mum: always be in dread that ha Wm be unâ€" earflgpd andbrcught to tr!a1..” We are all silent. I wipe my eyra in the dim light; Lntty Bob: 3 little, bendiugnver baby ; and U..lve 0139p: her bnny fingers round mine. “ You wm be very geod {29 her,” she whispers. “I have a fancy you WW I): able w help her, Be a sister to her." “ By-tlw-bye, is is mild that Lxdy Na- plne flow nat- thi‘xk him guilty." “ But be is guiity ‘1’ “ Of course. Lzfiy Napine is Me mother, and therefore she may think of him as one mere xinned against than Elnnilsg. 012m, are you Mleep 17" "-Nn. I Exam been Iintvniug to you. Peer Jadhih Naipine ! I wonder ii aha WEI! explam her father's wrfzngZfloing ? ’ A “ Ah, may Heaven in “It: mgrcy be very tender with her 1" year: later, and in due course a. daughter was born to him, whom they called Cicely. She grew up a gentle maiden, tender‘haart- ed and impressible as her motherâ€"wine died when she was five years of ageâ€"had been. Her father dated on her. She was his 631‘- ling, the apple of his eye. Ivory one wor~ shipped her. She panned item childhood to maidenhead Without knewing a grief or trouble. \Vhen she was between savanna): Ind eighteen, S r Percival Napine’s sen name home, and they met. The grounds: of Napine hunch Ellenslw. Tim ymmg people were aware that their intimacy would not be recognised, yet they persisted in it, and learned to love each oihar devstedly. Not until 1700 Late did they fully realize the roughness of the read they were» to travel. Martin Napine was lmld. He went te Squire Ellerslie, tald him he was attachad te Claely, asked for permission to wed bet. mad for his pains was all but kicked out of E‘leralie. ' “ With mmay. yea. Mrs. Arnhey 1 young and energetic. She manages mothers’ meetings, book-clubs, etc. Lady Napine is a. dying woman; aha has endured much sufl'arlnq, and she is lacking forward gladly t0 the end.” you “A nice methexly woman, with tour hundaeme boys; she Is my right hand in the fillage.” _ I Bight Will’s face is serrowful. To talk of death While all Nature is ex xltnnt seems lncangmaua. I venture is remmkâ€" “ What will Mluu Napino do if she loses her grandmother '2" Ha shades his faca, and says listlesaly~ “ \met do we all do when usable we cannot avert befalls us 1 ’ “ It in. VVlll, Wm you-be able to take me [er a. w_all;_to-day 2'1 7 “ I am afraid net.- Deb, you must stay at home this morning. Mrr. Austey in the doater’s wife. “ What is she like 1 ’ “ But .[ thought Mics Naplne was excep- tionally situated. XVIII she not miss her granfimgthgr more than meet girls would ‘3" u “ Ay "â€"he outs his ham n.5aen.tlyâ€"“ I nuppmn she Wm live with her gmndfizt-her ; but that will not be comfortable for her.” H Way 2” “ Dahomh,” he says, not answering my gum-v, perhaps not ha» 111;; it. “I hops yeu W111 b 3 Jud-h Nszlne’a friend 1’ I am startled, ind show 1 am. He goes on hlrrierdlyâ€"r “ You have heard the wratohcd tals 00n- ceruing her famhu‘.” 1 Dad. “' She is a sensitive, delicate girl, and Pha plagues herself uuwarrantably on her father's account. You are hwithy and aeusi‘ule 3 teach her that there is such a thing zw self-ssorlfioe, and that it In a duty to be happy." I steal :L glance at hlm ; be Is perfectly composed a 1d aelfâ€"paaaenaedl 01 course it: it; right for a clergymzu to interest himself In the well-being of all his people, be they rich or poor. I apeoulata vaguely whether Will will ever marry. I think net ; he would require a cronan (mt In such an ex- qulalte mould, and most beings an fashion- ed of common clay. “ My husband," Mrs. Austey any: ; “ he must he wanted badly to go at that rate ; heie going tawavds Naplne. I hope Lady Naplne in not we we.” I eche t re hope : than I run In ; it is not warm enough t3 stand out of doors with haad uncovered, Luncheon ls ordered for two o’clock, as VVlll cannon be home before. I drink a glass of mllk and Mitre myself far a stroll. A: I cross the Ball, Ray meets I take a. genuine liking to Mrs. Austcy. She is a pretty little woman with blooming oneeks, for all her maternal worries. She is neither reticent ner unwisely lequaciaun. From her 1 learn mere of Napine politics in ha'f an heur than I could from “'1” in a month. Men blunder no in imparting knowledge ; that which you particularly de- sire to know they always held back ebtuae- 1y. A! in natural, we talk much of Miss Napine. I am growing exceedingly curious t9 see her. Mrs. Auntoy speaks of her with reverential love; so it in very clear that Miss Nepine has the gift of winning afloa- tion. I accempany my visitor te the gale, and as we are shaking hands a gig and gal~ loping hen. pass us. “Ifyeu aheu‘d aeo Mia: Napinc,” she smyu, “will yeu tell herto hasten tJthe Hail? A What Vt has jxst haen to inquire, it she is here); her ladyahip i3 suddenly taken wares, and no one knowa where the yeung lady is." I promise, marvelllng whetlwr Miss N3.~ pine and I 21‘; the only young ladies En the place ; it is as evidently hken for granted 1 mun-at mlatske in 1x But once in the freak air I entlrsly forgot the yuung laiy. I a} a 'zdun myself t3 the delicious novelty of fields and Tu .xes,‘ instead of bonnet; and Mme-ts. [[110 earthD mrnvn Wth primroscs. anemones, cewvllpm, violets, encfunts me ; the trees building, the hedges bespriakted wish palaut green, the smiling broeks, the sang of the chrostle, the sounds of stirring life, 543% my pulses beafimg. .Fhe old World is deuklng 1'0 ‘self again far conquest. I feel 3):; \ that I am alive. I climb a neigh- boring hillcck. This Is not a level country; ii: is full ef uprisings. I glame reuad; to my right Lt ands an old-la hisnad brick man- slen. I conclude it Is Eileralle. An me, It I “ Yen have 061113 to meat the beat thus of the year. Spring is the fairest and chatting: seagffifie mZ fancy." I betake myself to the brraarkfaat-table. W111 opens his letters, whfilo I pour out the cnffae anfi sweeten and milk it plentifully. W111 says, when he has perused hia oerre- u‘rondenoaâ€" I am st Nspine. When I awoke the first morning a sweet spring odour oi gun and green leaves greets me, All ahaut is beauty â€"bmmty not of the Etifl" severe order to which I have been used ; but bemty whioh causes the child to clap its hands, the yaung man to exalt, the maiden to sing. I have said farewell to my dear ones, have get ever the miserable depression which at first sfll‘oted me, and um domiciled at the Via- arage with Will. I have not found mat- ters as I anticipated. Will has twe good servants ands. well-ordered household. I shall have nothing to do but rule over them nominally and look after my brother's parishioners. I think this as I survey the breakfast-table and admire the country dell- oacies spread for our delsotstien. 1 open the windows ; the plessant warm sunshine enters. almost putting out the fire with its brightness. Iam satisfied with the provi- sion prepared for bodily and mental enj ay- ment, and burst into a cheery roundelay. Somebody's arm is slipped round mv waist. I laugh; it is only Will. The fiwerend William C may is six feet one in his steal:- lngs. His tall figure and noble face, with its grsvs mouth and its quiet brown eyes, are wonderfully attractive, Thoughtful, reservazi, studious, very few who knew him deem him capable of strong feeling anti psa- aien; but I, who have been his confidant so many years, am not ignorant of the fire hidden under the oslm exterior, thithough even I (16 not guess with what intensity that Eire when kindled can burn. I do not reply ; but Ollve is urgent. " Let her fill Margaret’n place." Margaret was my twin sister ; she was my darling ; l: la twe years since she died, but I feel sore and hurt still when 1 remem- bar her. Ollve’a face brightens. " Pmmlse m0, Dabarah.” “ Bu‘; ehe mw not care for me.” “ She will. Premise.” I think it very foallah ; yet who can re- sist Olive 2 I promise. '2: 501: the Naplnes and Ellerallea help “ You are needed at heme." I begin. I have no occasion to finish my sentence; either my face betrays me or she is unusual- ly quick to apprehend evll. She under- stands What I weuld faln say. “ Gzandmamms. is worse '2" I do not deny It and he: grip is convul- sive. Who would believe those little fingers had Elqu strength ? “ I must go !” she cries sharply ; and I who am wont to meet treuble with team and walling, run puzzled at her dry eyes and hushed sereni‘u'y. My road and hers {is for a short way together. When we aepamte l wazch moumfniiy her straight iianem figure as she speeds away in? where grim tribulw tlon awaits her, I am on my knees, carefu‘fly puking sticks of wood Into the ban-dead fin, hadtng, I have not felt the Increasing cold of the roam until the fire baa all but uxpired. My book thrown aafide, I set to Work to save: what in almont last. I palm and push warily, and my weed breakn into a. May flame. I add more woodâ€"a few lumps of coal. Ah, I have succeeded In “Hiking”: glorieus blaze ! I am expactlng W111. Immedhtely after luncheon be wean ts Na.- plne to inquire if he could do anything for her Iadysnip. He has noi: yet returned, Kay has firled to parsuado me to go to bed ; but, as I am very desirous to see my brother era I 3309p, I turn a. deaf ear to her remonatrancea, and wilfully linger for him. .113 csmea in Be noiselesaly that I do not know ha near till I see hiu shadew on the Wall. I bound ferward, with half 9. dozen quastienu an the tip of my tongue 3 than I stop, dumb, He looks dazed. He leans back in his arm-chair. I do not think he knows haw late I: is, and I (is not like to inform him. \ ery rigid and stem are the lines round his meuth. I wish they wouldreiax. " Were you in time I" I ask nervously. I am afraid to interrupt tha atillnela 3 yot it seems better to do so than let it con- tinue. “ Yes"â€"dreamliy. Encouraged. I preoeed. “ Did Mien Napina â€"” My words are arrested. At tha mention of her nama be riaea hastily and walk! up and down agitatediy; hislips twitch, and henmjxfitsrs unconuoigusiyâ€" “ Yes,” she replies; and her muaioal voice thrills me. Her flowers full; she does no: crush them. Judith Naplue weuld rellnquiah anything rather than destroy It. “ 1 am Debera‘n Carey.” “ Are you T” Her face changes, and her gentle fingers clasp mine. Mr. Carey’s ulster ‘3“ I respond affirmatively, and than we gum at one another silently, lustinotivaly tight- ening our grasp. How nhall I tell her what must be told ‘! I shrink from wounding her. “ Deb, ulnar, Lady Krpiue, v3.3 she lay dying, wrung a. promise frem her grand- daughter that aha would marry Silas Thorn- ton ” “ ‘Who Is he ‘2" “ A distant xciatlve of. Squ‘ns E lcralia’fl. “'hzm the Squire’s anger against his daugh- t: r was batten, 110 H‘. 11; f(]‘ ymmg Silau Thornton and installed him n‘. ]C.lerslie as his heir. Aiterwaris, when his wr:1’:h had abxtefl, he acknewledged his daughter's daughter, he did not change his announced intentions reapecting the lad. 1h mgh he cerm‘nly spoke lass of them. He kep: him with him, and educated hiim expensivoly, everybody thinkivg he was to be rrwided fer liberally. But it seems, from Luiy Na- plne‘fl requaaif, that Judith“: grandparents 15mg since ayrrznged a plan for Silas Thorn- ton’s bencx‘ii ultnget‘rv; difl'ercnt frmn What war izuppned. Judith and M v. Thm‘oteu are t0 marry. Ellcmlia will not be impover- ha'tcd 6n his acceuut.” “ And Judith ‘.7 Doe she love him ?” ” Lave him '2 Nofi 119.” He stamps on the rug viciously. I am nolvlng a diflimlt riddle. “ In Mr. Thornton a good man I” “ lie is as good an the multitude ; I know 11: thing fer or zrgainnt him. But her hus- band 1 0h, Judim, Judith I" (It is all over with Lady Naplne,” he says quietly. I stare at him mutely. H9 drops into his 25th Eng! glgnces a»! me. “ Yell are Miss Napine ?’ I any Enter- reg-navel} I express my regret. I am grieved, theugh Ihave never seen. and new): shall see, the dead woman. Did Will cam fer her 1 His pallid face scares me, and I try ta induce him to eat. He smiles wanly. A moment' selficemmuaien, and I “3‘ trace my steps. It may not be very Agree- able to interrupt the dateâ€"aisle, to intro- duce mysaif to one abselubely a. strung»: to ma; huh I cmunoi: avefid doing so. My bent baht: ridloukeu 31y fth m: I make my way back. I smile whom I find that my errand is deprlved of its greatest element ef un- pleasantneas, for the gentleman his dimp- peared, and the lady is Mama. I go up to her difli iently, Her head 15 blunt, she in studying some violetn info My. tmy first zyllable she looka up, and I no [sugar wonv der 1711M universal atracbien, esfiaam, and goodwill are here. 1 use an oval face, 9.1 moat 0310314955, and pure as a :iatzrty snow- fiflw, with black-lashad eyelids hiding minty violet ayes. “ I have witnessed a Eerri‘ule deed, a. ter- rible deed ! ’ “ Deb, I have had all I require? he nay_a. I ammo: an, and pronen’zly hear a. mur» mat of. voices in the dletenca. Am I to have a glimpse) of the natives T Heaitatlng- ly I advance, and a mamth later have come upon the invadera of She eylvan sollfiude. A man and girl are conversing. Iget but a glimpse of them ; yet; I omnot but cheerve their utter contrast. The glrl In slender and in fair as 1: I8 lily. The man is awarthy t9 ugliness ; hls eyesâ€"they are turned rudely on naeâ€"are a cold steely blue. I hurry by them ; bu'sI have not gone twenty yardv, in tact have only begun to descend the de- cline, when the theught fleahos acrou my mind, “ Is this Mine Nlplue I” ll woeful to recall ‘ho menu: that have been enacted within its walls I I spring down And wu‘k on atmilly, new nnfl then utoepr lug to smell woedlald scents ; my hands are full of wild flqwnrs. I must beautify my parlor with my tremurel. At last I pause at tin top of a lane ; two roadn are heft.” me. Watch 5115111 choose 2 I take the nur- rowest ; fit wiut’is and cuwel p‘ctvraaquely. Many trees are on iks banks. Wk” 2. pam- dise it muat be in summvr, when Natm‘a has reached her height of splendour 1 Fr’m end to 03d it man; ying with sweat bird- muaic; item daybreak :0 51111381; L’q uld natea must be pgmei forth uncemingiy. Oompasslbnately '1 kiss Will on the fore- IN A STATE UB‘ DESTITUZI‘ION, and during the {AH and wins” will b3 en- tirely dependant upon the guvernment for sustenance. The deplorable canditlon of the fish market after u. aumesdou of bad years will maka it; nuxi to 2mposslnla for flab mer- chants to find»: much maiafmnce. Then these nfiztyrfive tihouwnd paopie are matter- efi ever times Bhoumud miies 0f cant, Waugh flit}: hhouedm‘l Ms Within fiva hun- dmd milua, E0 that i2 wzli b3 exceedingly ditfiaulz if n02: imp 3395.?un w mth them by reliaf Ateamern during the wnwex nnnthn ; and unless immediate «80315 are taken to pro- vide for tbalr sustenanca there is naming left but inevitable etn'vnion. This Beams highly Galahad, uupaoially Miss: 1211:: recent fabricatienz of atarvumion amang the Eu; 1i~ maux at Librador, but; it is simply the plain English of actual facts and inavlmble con- nequencsn. The foregoing refers exclusively to people depending on the Labrador fisheries. Ba- sidee these, there are one hundred thousand other people directly and indirectly depend- ing upon the Nawfeuudlend shore and bank fisheriesâ€"ninety thousand on the former and ten thousand on the latter. The bank- fishing industry in rapidly increasing, and our fishermen regard it: as our only hope for the future. While tens of thousands of French, American, and Cmudieu fishermen have swarmed the banks juet off our shores. these marvellous fishing-grounds have been elmersb totally neglected by Newfoundland fiehermen. But the past three years’ fail- ure of our oeher fisheries has compelled et- tentlon to the banks, and as a. consequence more of our people have gone into it this year, than ever before, with eetieieotery and encouraging results. Having control of him very beet belt and being within a. day’s eeil ef the banks. SUCCESSFUL CJMI‘ETITION with Nawiounalauden will be impossible when they imitate the energy and adapt the methods of those who now prosecute that fishery se extensively and snooeasfully. Campetent skippers will be drawn from the large number of Newfoundlanders who, during past years, manned American vessels. But this little gleam of hope disappeava and turns into a cloud of almost inpenetrs- ble darknes when one turns to consider the mndihion of Newloundlnnd's shore fishery. Of the ninety thousand people dependent on that special branch of industry only about twon'ytheussnd will be at all adequately provided for winter by the proceeds of this season’s catch. The remaining 70,000 have been rendered destitute by the total failure of that fishery also. The chief districts of the island are inhnhibed by people who pas» seas barely enough to meet :pronent neces- eities, who have no means of earning a. sin- gle dollar outside of the fisheries, and are therefore without any means Whatever of providing for their existence during the cem- lng fell and winter. In some sections this terribly black picture’ is only relieved by the feet that the petite; crop is turning out very Well. Potatoes are the only orep they raise, and the potato crop of Newfoundland is not more than equal to one peck per head of the population. A great Iummer hotel near Naw York In tenanted by a solitary watchman. (hoe In a. while the watchman goas up to the desk, asks If there are any letters, snubs himself, follows an imaglnary bellâ€"boy up eight fights of stairs brings himself a very small pitcher of ice-water and given hlmaelf a dol~ Aar bill, ulna down to a large puts wlth an oyster cracker on it, and feels that be In really away for the Bummer. Being entirely vegetable, no particular cereie required while using Dr. Plerce’e " Pleasant Purgatlve Pellets." They ope- rate without dlaturbancefito the oenetltutien, dlet, or occupation. Fer lickâ€"headache, oenetipaflen, lmpure blood. dlzzlneae, sour eruotetlone from the etemeoh, bad taste In mauth, bllione attacks. pain In region of kidneys, Internal fever, bloated feeling about stomach, rush of bleedto heed, take Dr. Pleroe’c “Pellets.” By drugglete. “ As is the bud bi: with an envious worm." so is many a your-h out dawn by the gnaw- ing worm consumptimL. But It cm bamade to releme its hold and step ita gnawlng. Dr. Plerce’s ” Gslden Medical Dlacevcry ” will if taken in films, eflaot permsnent cures not only in cannmnptien, but; in all cases of chrsnlc threat, bronchial and lung diseases. Waile the crowd was talking about the herviam of the policeman who swam the Niagara. rapids the stranger leaked tired. Smneone said to him: “ The werid never saw an exhibition of greater courage.” Then the stranger teak his cigar fxom hialips and said haughtily : “ I umpired two league games of bane-ball myself last- Woek.” And all the crowd took off its several hats smd in awe-struck whiizpere nahefi the reckless man what he wag getng to have. “ Good deeds,” once fluid the celebrated Richter. “ ring clear through Heaven like a. bell.” One of the boat deeds £5 to alleviate hnmnvu Buifaringa. “ Last fall my daughter was In decline," smyn Mm. M xry Human, of Montreae, Kanaas, “ and everybody thought she was geing into consumption. I got her a. battle of Dr. R. V. Plerce’a ' Favorite Pranoription,’ and it cured her." Such fact: an the above need no comment. A Gloomy Outlook 101' Those Dependent l'pan the He wfonndiand l‘lseherics. The L .brader flsimriea me in: entita fail- ura, Veseeia which want them are not averaging more than two hundred quiutaia 9f fish, as compared with five hundred q mania for a fair mtu‘n. Thirty thousand paepio go down he stmdor from Newfound- mnd ovary vsar. At, their hast, Lxhrzdm' fisheries afford int; a bare existence, and this year the failurn ham beam :0 great tint the thirty thouiand peepie have not caught @nough fiuh to pay fer the coat 9f transpor- tation and aupplies. At; least anet‘uer twen- 15y thsuaand paupio are depandent upan the success of those whu go to Labrador. Tnen there are the fifbeen thoausnd resident: of the Librador coasta, who ms in a similar peaitien. Tame people exist solely by the fiaimi‘iea. They don’t know how to do any- thing elm, and there is nothing else for them to (19‘ Farming is samathing unknown air-mg those rcck-baund 01:15:79. Tnoy eke out an exiatonce in ham and ahan‘biaa and the most miserable npoicgiw far houses, 30 that at least sixty fiva tnuumnd people de- pending on the L ghsauior fimarien are fio-day practicain head and glide from the room. In his de- spair he has disclosed his secret to me. But, were I to remain to listen to his rock less wards, should I not have cause to be albamed of Deborah Quay ‘I STABVING FI‘SEERMEN. (T0 m: 00 s'rmmm.)