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in his pocket diLt‘used througn ms tam, they were not to be envied. haps no scoundml presents at l who attempts t whilst reaping shoulder the re "Heigham," Philip said, suddenly. hnd looking studiously in the other di- rection, "I want to speak to you. I have been thinking over our conversa- tion of about a. week ago on the <ub- [eat of your engagement to Angela. Mud have now come to a final determâ€" lnatio'n. I may say at once that I apâ€" prove of you in every way." here his bearer's heart bounded with delight. "but. under all the circumstances, 1 lloln’t think that I should be right in lamtioning an immediate engagement. You am not suffin-i-ently sure of each other for that. I may seem oldâ€"fash- Ioned, but I am a great believer in the virtue of constancy. and I'm anx- ious, in your own interest, to put yours 81nd Angela’s to the test. The terms that I can offer you are these. You must leave here tomorrow, and must give me your word of honor as a. genâ€" tletma-mâ€"whioh. I know, will be the most effectual guarantee that Ican take from youâ€"that you will not, for the space of a year, either attempt to 886 Angela again, or to hold any writ- ten. communication with her, or any- body in any way connected with her. The year ended, you can return, and. Should you both shill be of the same mind, you can then marry her as soon as you like. If you decline to accede to these termsâ€"which I believe to be to your mutual ultimate advantageâ€"1 must refuse my consent to the en- engagement altogether." A silence followed Lhis speech. The match that Arthur had lit before Phi- lip began burned itself out between his fingers without his appearing to sufâ€" fer any particulan inconvenience, and now his pipe fell with a, crash into the grate. and broke into tagmentsâ€"a fit symbol of the blow dealt to his hopes. For some moments he was so completeâ€" ly overwhelmed at the idea of losing Angela. for a. whole long year. losing her as wmplebely as though she were dead. that. I16 could hm answer. AL length he found his VU'L'e, and said, hoarsely: , "Yours are hard terms.” "I cannot argue the point with you, Heigham; such as they are. they are my terms, founded on what I consider I owe to my daughter. Do you accept them?” “I cannot answer yo happiness and Angela? concerned to allow 111 must consult her first "Very good. 1 have no objection; but you must let me have your answer by ten to-morrow." Had Arthur o‘nlly known his own strength and Philip's weaknessâ€"the strength that honesty and honor ever have in the face of dishonor {Lii (lis- hmm/styâ€"had be known the h itating fieebleness of Philip's avarice-tossed mlilnrl, how easy it “ould have been for him to tear his bald arguments to shreds, and, by the bare exhibitionof umrshaken Lurpooe to confound and dis- allow his determinationsâ€"had he then and there refused to agree to his ultiâ€" matum, so divided wa‘,s Philip in his mind and so shaken by superstitious fears, that he would have accepted it as an omen, and have yielded to a de- cision of character that had no real existenre in himself. But he did not know; indeed, how could he know? and he was, besides, too thorough a gentle- man to allow himself to suspect foul ptlay. And so, too sad for talk, and oppressed by the dread sense of com‘ ling separation from her whom he loved more dearly than his life, he sought his room. them to think and pace, to pace and think, until the stars Wham, wearied threw himself into exchange bad for occasions sleep is mat'hn hymn. But he was in no 1 for the songs at birds, however 5n and it was a. positive relief to when old Jakes emerged, his cross set in the gladness of the morning a. sullen cloud in the blue sky, an: gan to do something to his favoriu n“ to pace and U you flat with you. are, they are hat I consider Do you accept offâ€"hand. .re too Vi to do so Li'oribe bed I S “'5 itally havi‘n lip, who was ‘ peared to vie“ some; uneasine: "Of course, A always glad b expectedâ€"" "I beg your 1 had' b settled. As it say "Oh, very well, you have heard t I am prepared to gageme‘nt." to unplore have come termsâ€"to whole 10m must both that you c; sent till t1 .vil forbid all intercourse in the i1 and secondly, that when you d< will be against my wish, and shall cut her name out of my V‘ this property is only entailed male line. It now only remains b0 ask you if you agree to my Hons?" Angela. answered him, speaking very slowly and clearly: “1 accept them on my own behalf, not because I understand them, or think them right, or bmwse of your threats, but became, though you do not care for true, I am your daughter, and should obey youâ€"and believe that you wish to do what is best for me. That is why I accept. although it will make my life wretched for a. year.” _ "You hear what she says '2" said Phi- lip, turning b0 Arthur. "Do you also could he have seen thé ti check that was reposi‘ng bbe in Philip’s rusty p04 known for what purpose it Lame there? “If it had not been Angela's wish I would never have agreed. I think your terms preposterous, and I only hope that you have Some satisfactory reason for them; for you have not shown us any. But sinoe slve takes this view of the matter. unld because. so far as I can see, you have completely corner- ed us. I suppose I must. You are her father, and cannot in nature wish to thwart her happiness; and if you have any plan of musing her to forget me -â€"I don’t want to be conceited, but I believe that it will fail." Here Angela smiled mme‘whnt sadly. “So. unless one of us dies before the year is up, I shall come back to be married on the 9th of June next year." "Really, my dear Belg-ham, your way of talking is so aggressive, that some He answered boldly, and with some tamper, how would he have answered smiled one of shall c< 9th of fathers alight be’TZxHfiEéd‘ké“; not to come back at all; but 1: it is, "under the circumstance cusable." we IE honor as a. gentleman that you w bempt. either in person or by lett communication with Angela. or anybody about this place for one from to-day ’0‘" "‘On the condition that, at th- it hilip saw "Of cour thE He answered bold On the condition that, the year. Imay return ' as soon. as I Like.” Certainfly; your mania. ry im‘ 1' bath as of age, wad id all imtercou secondly, that be against mg >u would probably think so i‘n my place," blurted out A )u what rather the s, 00 do soâ€"k ;h clearly cannot mar: rthrur has told me a you to modify 1h! 2-. Father, they be dead to each ( and the hat purpose it cum» not been Angela's 5 seen the thousand-pound as neposi‘ng upon the ta- ALL )ffln . he it 3.11‘ )ll A1: ‘t of her m my own behalf, and them, or t1 cause of your thre 1gb you do not I aut, if under 7y wit May BY defy me .shion f0 arriv ,hout my a next, or ve 0t}: xe meant t pt to gait out Arthur. ur word of you will at- by letter. no 1 [If â€"I su; ; and it is m that we are crue] ther for a 1t th: and 1 for girls u do, yox your en 1m ntr: Ange Angela squally terva]; that 1 ill, for u take scan thing if you K you rhaps with year dly 1n am forget yc " Hush, of H-i m or as that dewâ€"drop to the waters 01' the lake, compared with the future that awaits us there, and that unvtiJ we at- tain that future we cannot really know each other. or the true meaning and purpose of our Love. So look forward to i1 without fear, (bear heart, and if it should chance that 1 should pass out of your life, or that other tbes should sprimg up round you that shall forbid the outward expression of our loveâ€"" Here Arthur started and was about to interrupt, but she stopped him. “Do not start, Arthur. Who can read the future? Stranger thiuigs have happen- ed, and iif lsay, swuh a. thing should come about in our case, than remember, I implore you, that im that future 1195 the answer to the puzzles of the, world. and turn your eyes to it, as: to the hor- izon beyond which you will find me waiting for you, and not only me, but moments Pigott‘, “ and a. fin on the AI At We 11 and 3 me a 5111]. \‘V 11 the that d scarcely cuntajn his grief, 5] other hand grew more and mo tnengthening his weakness wi let power; and bidding him set tion in his trouble at the ban , who for His own purposes d nalux ll WOLIl rthu Love, I did not mean it er in his arms. And 5 together under the oak ill (1 ogether under the oak wh‘ had Inlet, hand in hand, 2 art, and it was at this mt he self-reliant strength a triful serenity of Angel 1.3 compared with her love MIMIC“ efore this year i5 out. of mnot say, but I feel that nmurtal. and that there is awaiting us, if not in this Ln the next. Remember, hcse few years are, after breath to the general aiyr, wâ€"drup to the waters of the red with the future that ere, and that unvtiJ we at- ,ure we cannot really know V mpar your wor- )1‘ Liml June next. if yc ring a. license a: Play rto de; Ir '. .B'or aLion dre quir shine Art ne th you so oft such thing is it 1min ,Ud away, all than strove keep up the 011 alm can read the have happen- thanrg should an remember, it future live of the world. to the bot- will find me only me, but )ved. Only man and love 3e seen and )ear tidings An ) could not Ke of the avely smil- kiss. with a Dinner tk Ar and 1n certs Wilth he would I “Run” M tell Mr. C in a mfimu arrh st ate and aldn 111a img seen out so me buried two Wives master. and a father's arguments are difficuLt to answer, and in the end she married him. and, what is more, made “Jim 2. good and faithful wife. She never had any cause to regret ilt, for he was kindness itself toward her, and when he died, some five years afterward, having no children of his own, he lerft her sole leg-n/tee of all his mnormous fortunm, bound up by no re- unormous fortum bound strictiuns as to remarriz this time also her father was left as much alone as it is possible for a. you wonnam possessimg in be between twenty and tbi IL year, to be. strox me . Needless to say, Mrs. forth. one of the cuytrha tion; but nobody could she abome kmenv how Once she made a. list who had proposed to amongst others a hist three members of Pa} Sher Saild 1 1‘37 "how thousand that the) all ed him was the ,Whe'm Angela w xe permanent ii than five army rand a dissenting “It is perfectly l'al ’l‘lml Aw lllt‘ ‘1' [If pqu mg: and she 10111qu in U Shark snapped her 11; M ,st long enough for hrhm to fall as com- e'tely in love with her shell‘like face I though he had been twenty instead ‘ nearly seventy. . Now Mr. Carr was mot remarkable )D 11‘s their offices quiet otf the h of the cit: cLear that he wa: that a lovely gitr )t, if it was a gentlemen v given to we: Are you Dr. efl presently Shf ng 011d gentleman else should hold 1 at it was dressed. : long enough for hr ely in love with h .ty 1mg (half so pretty in it before )und this finger!" 1r trlp no .bmx'wu ‘h'itng seabirds .13; got down on the hal quarrber and “jumped f0 honv fond m] t as sh but Mr. AC I'ibutiv 1‘1 RETRIBUTIVE JUSTICE ssagve o'n Ht 1 beglad t about twenty year Mr. Carr, an old 10m her father ha. Lea, Sent up a. card ' y. You are 301 3 hole, and dis ovf hei‘ uwm 7 hmnui he w and. what CH APTI )dd the _ t} as: in her 11 Shimmiu rboard but fond people are 01 twenty a. year. and yet they all said ' loved me for myself, that is, t the dissenter. who wanted 4) to ‘feed his flock,‘ and I lik- ha best of the hot, because he m1: Hr lent in t departed consulth end her wars 0!: Par army officer a best of the hot, I west/est." To Be Continued. assmlg :thy g« When her we, and her removal did agleviate Ithe pressure of mne moms that he prac- the ensuing twentyâ€"four orld was a. hard place for in those days of provi- when so little money had many necessaries, and to for the luxuries that ice to her invalid mother. s the “Tahthies't wine-mer- citty. Mildred resisted as 'oouli but want is a. hard a father's arguments are newer, and in the end she (101]. ast one twenty 1ght It lilved most of my )t to herself that this ' of paying a. compli- want for one; but then, .th crushed fingers are {hing their words. James’ daughter ’9‘” he 1t 1~t the doctor himself nted to dismiss Mil- :er, who was a. beadâ€" any sun 1. It w mum-v iuyfelt mu m; recons an old [gentlem‘ ther had some i a. card with 9. pt to the effect tab > see Dr. James. aid her father, "a. M [1‘11 111-: 'lu '1 conscibus of c ;cti<m., would b free will as honest 8.111011 XXXI‘ .ll q'ulma acnuuu :ants of Sher- Iiam Street, in l to note: a. very atm‘e and mod- â€"every evening uen had locked me homeâ€"from to the roar and .11 for her nlot remarkable uldivtion to hav- yman V811 lear VOW ament .me (K. from Ocean r own righ-t Lrty thousand xuries that alid mother. was a. sweet mother died was keen in rus, my ” Agath njured on the quar Enlen d my fing- mnst conâ€" mg to look my atten- .011 IS .eed desc the worm, and! pretty im A11 61' saw ‘ter to hav- had also verrefore, he subt- 1t .» stayed as com- DO Sher athe ik at mini! pank \venty lerrher here a intt sun ri 'a.nd him the ‘ity life a/n the she l off ,szain ll} MARKED DOWN. magic in those two words. and are not slow to govern thgmselves accordingly. The staring handbills with which the country dealer floods his town and the surrounding boroughs, and thb adver- tisements which the city merchant has displayed in the daily papers, are forci- bbe examples of what can be done by bisements which the city merchant has displayed in the daily papers, are forci- ble examples of what can be done by a. judicious use of printer’s ink. It is marvelous. the ladies tell each other, how it is that Brown &‘J‘emkins can afford to offer such bargains «to the public! Bankrupt stock of some- body. and boug‘hlt at an immense sac- rifice, and needs the garment or not. That does mot. matter. It is so cheap that it is a, sin to let it go. She hurries to the train, or th and never thinks of lunch. Sh1 eat at any time, but it is not ways that she can secure such we fu]. bargains as are now a“ aitin; men who have just such ideas as she has. The half-distracted clerks are rushing hither and thither, trying vainly to wait on everybody at. once. and the eagle-eyed floor-walker is ev- erywhere, lest some kleptomamiac may pocket a cake of five cemt soap, marked down. from a quarter of a dollar. All the ladies crowd each other, with- out regard to the lawsyof common. cour- tesy. They pull the exhibited goods this way and that way, and compare them with samples they have brought. and wonder if they will wash, and if Lhereis any cotton in them. and if they are new goods. or something left over from last season. ' And the clerkslswear. upon their sacred honor. that everything was new espexially for this sale, and that Brown & Jenkins are positively ruining them~ selves by otfferinsg things at. such a. ridiculously low price! - Ami they say that never again can It is astonishing what a. wonderful miuation there is in those two words. Marked Down." for the average wo- Ami they say that never again can there, by any possibility, be such a. chance to secure bargains given to the public. No, mover! It is absolutely the last chance you will have in this life to buy four-dollar petticoats for seventy-five cents! By four o'clock in. the afternoon, the interior of that store is a. pande- monium. The crush is something ap- palling, Dresses ale stepped on and torn from the bindings. braid is ripped from skirts, passememterie trimmings are scattered in every direction, and beads fall like hail stones. Bonnets are knocked awry. purses are lost, wraps are dragged off from fair shoul- ders. and trodden under foot, fat wo- men perspir . and lean women get flat- temd out sill leaner. children cry, pug dogs snap and growl, cash girls bosome insolent, tempers are lost, nine- tenths of the women have headaches, anal the remaining tenth are about dead with standing round. and trying to get hold of something they want. Ami as daylight fails, these women will go home, tired and footsore, but jubilant over the bargains they have secured, and it will take them each, in- dividually, two or three days to tell their neighbors about the large amount of money they have saved by attending that Marked Down Sale of Brown 6.: secured, and dividually, t their neighm of money the that Market Jenkins. A1111 the II‘ The dealers 3.11.- neighbors ca a. stool com Brown & J a. at her ledsu: four-dollar cents, and t] weight in ‘. in 50 years same as tm 31nd mauled mung. The store is crammed with other wp- d5 fall like hail stones . knocked awry. purse: ups are dragged offfrog fair pri‘ t an art 5 dealer you are ’-dollar p s, and tho at thirty illy 12 next week an s can go qluet Jisure 0 ‘ing for whatever it will COIN LOSSIE Lfortably in .nkins. and 1 )D‘ :iune, but it is not 8.1- can secure such wonder- a.s are now a“ altmg her etticoat an seven 0 11 she ha, rough th at es one per cent Jrs, gold one pe irbi bhz llar kind of merch- aware of the ~ds. and are not ves accordingly. with which the is town and the at any one of those ietly and sit on in that store of :1 be waited upon can buy tho at seventyâ€"ti and a half co ,ents, just ‘t d been crush at bargain 5a She can must I‘l