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Flesherton Advance, 15 Jun 1893, p. 2

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SIR GUY'S WARD. A TimiLUNO STOUY OF LOVE AND AD v K I hearted fashion .n ono of hi* numerous CHAI'TKR XXXI [ rambling pock':'.e u> show to hi* children So Lady O'htlwood* goes down to th* *)>- 1. ), get* he me. Collage in her carriage, and insists ur-u > Ii ever 1 do get nome," he says to him- carrying (Wina back with her, to which, , M if, hopelessly, taking ont and lighting an after a slight demur. Cecilia gladly assents, | honest clay tk*l has seen r a slight demur. Cecilia gladly aaaenls. Bu< how to get Cyril?' lays practical l.i i-;i, >vho ii with them. " He is in Amsterdam,'' answers Cecilia, wnh some hitaiion " Colonel Trsnl tolil DM 10 in hi* leti-r.' Colonel Traiit in th* moat wonderful nun J know." *ey* Lilian ; " but Amsier- Ui . of ail place* ! What en earth can any OIK waul in Ain*teri!*m?" At thii they all langh, partly because they are Hill somewhat ncrvouily inclined. an.l partly became (ihongli -hy, I nnot explain) tliey seem to rind eomelhiDg anias- inn in the mere thought of Amsterdam. "I hope he won't bring back with him a fat vrouw," ay MIM t'liesney. And then the ruin up-stair* to tell Kate to net ready to accompany her mistress. Turning rather timidly toward Lady Chsl woods, Cecilia lay*, cor.sidei*l>l ser- honeit clay _. vice. ' Tli-n ashrill whit tie ring* mistily through the air, the train steam* laxily into tlie t lion, ami Uuy, calling a haaty glance at tin- cloted blind* ni me carriage uuuidc, hutenl forward to meet Cyril, who i* the only passenger for Trnilon lo- night. ' Hu anything happened ?" he a*ks, anxiously, advancing to greet Sir (Jny. " Yt-, bat nothing to make you unraiy. Do not tsk me any <|iieaitnn* now : you will hear all when you get home." Our mother ii well?" 'Quite well Are you ready? What a beaatly objectionable night it I* ! Have you aeen to everything, Buckley ? (Jet in Cyril. I am going onUid* to finish my el- s'" " When Guy choose*, he U energetic. Cy- ril ii not, and allow* himself to be pinked When Cyril return*, then, you will unresistingly in the direction ot tle ear- not you do not " riage. ' When he returns, my dear, you mult " Hurry, marry him at once, if only to make amend* foi all the mis'i y the poor boy ha* been enduring. But "-kindly "you mu*t itudy economy, child ; remember you are not marry luf a rich man." "Hu ii rich enough fer me," smiling : "ll ough indeed it uee.l uot signify, I have i-ionev ecough for both. I never spoke of it until now, Uecauia I wilieJ to keep it as a little rnrpnse for him on on OLr we.tdinn-day, but at Mr. Arlington'* death I inherited all hi* fortune. He never altered the will made before our marriage, and it is nearly tour thousand a year, 1 think." simply : "Colonel Trant know* the exact uiminnt, liecau** he i* a trustee. Le>ly Cholwood* color* deeply. Thi woniui, In-ill she haa termed mi "adven turo*. " is in r'elily poaaeeaed of a far larger forum* than the ion she would have guarded from her at all hazard* ; prove* to be an man : the light i* freezing," licirs, still further enriched by the price- leu gifnof grace and Ix-auly. To MV the very leaat of it. Lady Chet woode f-sls sina',1. But, prids coming to uirrracue, ahssiyi, somewhat iliftly, while tli* pleasant sir lie of a moment since dies roro berfioe, I had nu idea you were so so in tact, I i.v'.ievrd you almost portionle**. I was led how I know not but I certainly wa* led to think an. \\ nat you lay la a surprise VA'.'li *o much money you ihould hesitati before taking any final stop. The world is before you, you a-s young, and verj charming. I will uk you to forgive an old woman'* bluntnets ; Lut remember, there ,1 always something desirable in a title. I won il have yon therefore consider. My ion ia no mat h for you where money i* ;on..irneil." Thi* last emphatically and very proudly C*cili(lnahe*. and grow* did reeled. l>rar Lady Chelwoode," she s*ys, tak- ing her hands forcibly, "I entreat you not to *pak to me so. Do not make me (gain unhappy. This money, which up to the present I ha\e icarcely touched, so hateful has it been to me, has of late Ixjcoini almost piecious in my a'ght. J plena* myself with the thought that the giving of it to to fjyrii my be some small return lo him for all the Underneis he lias lavished upon me. Do nol b* angry with me that I cherish, vid 'im! such intei.se gratification in, this ides. It is so sweet to give lo those we love I" You have a generous heart," Lady ChetMnode n"(war>, moved by her earnest mai.n.r, an-l pleand mo, for money, iike music, "hath charnia." "If 1 have sreme.l lint racioui, forget i:. K.xtr*nie wonder ir.nki-a us at t 'mm raroin* of rniirlswy, and w* .lid i.iil iMp*vl ni who isould ehoo... to hv.- in such 11 qu'et spot aa Oils of being an says (iuy, giving him a final touch. "Home, Jtickley." Guy springs up in front. Cyril find* him- self in the brougham, and in another in itant they are beyond th* station railings, rolling along ths road leading lo Chetwoode. Ai Cyril .-loses the doer and turns ruund, the lifhtof thelampiouUid* reveali to him the outline of a dark figure seated besiee nun. 14 Is it yon, Lilian?" hs aeki surprised ; and then the dark figure leans forward, throw* back a furred hood, and Cecilia's face, pa'.e, but full of a glad triumph, imiloa upon him. " You '" exclaims be, unsteadily, unable through nttsr amazement to asy anything mors, while with hi* *ye* he gathers ia hungrily each delioats beauty iu that " sweetest face to him in all the world." Whereupon Cecilia nod* almost saucily, though the tears r* thick withis her lev*- ly tyos. and answers him, " Yes, it is even I. Are youglad or sorry, that you atar* ro rudely at me '. and never a word of greeling ! Shame then ' Have you left all your manners behind you iu Anwtardam ? I hav* come all tbi* way, thi* oold night, to bid you welcome "My dear child, I think it would indeed * your Uttt *net wtre yot to tide that brute: bin temper i* thoroughly uncertain." "You told me a few nay* ago my hand could maV* any hone'* month, And now " "I tol.i you then what i tell you again now, that you are one of the be*t women ridei* I ever law. But (or all that you woulrt And it impoMibk) to manage Sara- oeiu " "You refuae him tome, then?" with an ominion* gleam in her eye*. "I wi*h you would not look at it in that light : I merely ran no-, cooaent to let you break your neck. If your own mare doe* not plea** you, you can take my mount, or any other in the entire ttablea." "No, thank you, I oo'y vtn' tht o*." " But, my dear Lilian, pray be rea*f - able !" entreat* Chetwoode, warmly, and jiut a trifle impatiently: "do yon think I would te doing my duty by ynn if I *mnc- iii.nl *uch a rash proceeding*" " Your duty ?" unBleaeaatly, and with a certain acornful uplifting of her email (>recin nose. ".lust 10," coldly, " I am your guardian, remember." ' Oh, pray do not perpetually *ek to remind me of that detectable fact," > Mi** Cheeney, vindictively; whereupon Sir Guy freeM*, and lubiide* into dead and angry silence. Lilian, s eeping over to the darkening window, commence* upon the pan* a mo*t diihearleninf tattoo, that make* the liiUner long for death. When Chetwoode can (land it 30 longer, h* breaks the cppreaeive stillness. " Perhaps you are not aware," he says, angrily, "that a noise of that description i* intensely irritating." No. I like it," retort* Miss Cheaney, laitonmg louder than ever " If you go on much longer, you will drive .ne out of my mind," remarks Gny, distractedly. "Oh, don't let it come to that," calmly; " let me driv* you out of the room first," "A* to my guardianship." lay* Chet- woode, in a chilling tone, "consols yourself with the reflection that it cannot laat for ver. Time i* never ar a stand-still. And your twenty-Ant birthday will restore you to freedom. Yon can then ride as many wild animal* a* you pi consent.' I can I am afraid I rr.uct have said something to annoy you terribly. I coufeas I lost my temper, and otherwise behaved as a gentle- an ahould not. 1 beg your pardon." His voice IN that cf a stranger ; it it so altered ah scarcely knowi it. Never in their wore; dispute* has hs so spoken to her. With a litUe sickening feeling of despair and terror at her heart, abs tarn away and moves towards the dtnr. " Are y oo going? Pray take ears. The room i* very dark where the firelight doe* not penetrate," says Gay, still in the same cnriou-ly changed voice, so fall of quiet in- dilferraoe, so replete with the cold courteey we accord to those who are outside and be- yond our affections, He opens the door for her, aod bow* Tory slightly as she passee through, and then closes it again calmly, while ah*, with iry, listless footsteps drags herself up- stair* and throws herself upon her bed. Lying there with dry sod open eyes, not daring to think, she hardly cares to ana- lyze her own feelings). She knows aH* is miserable, and obstinately trie* to per- suade herself it is because she has been thwarted in her de*>r* to rid* Saracen, ont in rain. After a (trnggle with her better thought*, she gives ia, and acknowledges her soreness of heart arises from the con- viction that siis has forever disgraced her- self in her guardian's eyes. She will nver be able to look at him again, though in truth that need scarcely signify, aa rarely m tl e future he will not care to see where ihe may be looking. It is all over. He i* don* with hr. Instinctively ib* under (tand* from his altered manner how h* hu made op his mine! never again to cern himself about either her weal or her woe. 3hs ia too wretched to cry, and lies I prostrate, her pulasa throbbing, her brain on fire. " What ia it, my bird ?" asks nurse, entering, and bending solicitously over her. TBK AW.ATII B riaJHBT. Having read somswhere that the best hooling one could have who aepirsd to terary fame.wM the writing of descriptive matter, I have undertaken to give a* near- r exact an account as I can of a yeurg irl's debut as a piano soloist. "Are yon aware you have U> play to- orn.w at the recital?" wa* the question asked of me by my teacher one Fri Jay as I nished my lesson. "To-morrow ! ' I ex- laimed. "Why ! had you forgotten ?" liiss. C asked this with a rm!e, and in he coolest manner possible ; jua* as if 1 iadn't broken out into a oold perspiration ,t the very thought of playing at a recital without having practised tn* piece at least wenty-flve times par dy for a week be- re, (flnndaya exeepted of oenreo) and con- aquently inspiring the neighborhood with the firm beael that I wae capable of playing ly one piece, and played it at. every op- jormmty oitsrwd. However, I made up'.for lost time the fol- owing mornin**. I plunged into that pise* of with an earnennses soil diligence tali and kill yourself aa quickly .lease, without asking any onei . do that now too, and probably shall. I have quite made up my mind to tide Saracen to-morrow "Then the soonar you unmake that mind the better." "Well," turning upon him though . fully prepared to cnih him with her coming and bring you home to Chetwoode, and yet , apeeoh, " if I don't rid* him I shall stay Oh, Cyril !" suddenly flinging herself | al , altogether : there !" his longing armi, " it is all r.ght at lt, my dear dear dear, and you n ay love me again as much a* ever you Ilk* !" When explanations have come to an end, and they are somewhat calmer, Cyril say*, Hut Ii >w is it that you are here with (iuy, nd going to Chetwoode ?" " 1 am it tying at Chetwoode. Your mother cam* herself, and brought me luck ' with her. How kind ihe ia, liow sweet ! j Kveu had I never known you, I should Dave loved her dearly." This last assurance from the lips o' his beloved makes up th* sum of Cyril'* con- tent. "Tell me more, iweeitheart," he says, contented only lo liittn. With hi* arm* round her, with her face so clow lo I. is, with both their hearts beating in happy mi son, he hirdly carei to question, but u I think that will be by far the wissr plan uf the two," returns he, coolly. What ! and Icee all my day '" cries Lil- ian, overwhelmed hy the atrocity of this remark, "while you and all the other* go and enjoy yourselves I How hatefully ssl- ti*h you can be ! But I won't be tyrannize.! over' in this fashion. I *hall go, and on Saracen, too." " You shall not," Srmly. MKI Thesney has como close up to where h* i* standing oo the hearth-rag. The fire- light dances and crackles merrily, casting its rays no* yellow, now deep crimson, over their angry faces, * though drawing keen tnjoy.-nent from the doadly duel gouig oo ao near te it. One pale gleam linger* lovingly upon Lilian's sonny head, throw- ing over it yet another snade, if possible richer and more golden thsvn its fellowi ; anothei lights up her white hands, rather ileriantly clinchcxl, one small foot in its II? Doe* year bead Are you not wei s ?" It is not my head," plaintively. Your side, my lamb T" Yes, it is my side," lays Lilian layini her hai.il pathetically upon her heart ; and then overcome by the weight of her own sorrow, she buries her head in her pillows and hunt* into tears. " Kh, hiiiny don't cry," lays none, fondly, wo must all have pains there at tines, an we must try to learn to bear them as best ws may. Come, look up, my bairn I will pu on a good sanstard (Mister to-night, and to morrow I Ull you they won't magnify at all,' winds up nurss, fluently, who rather pt id. herself upon her management of th ; Queen' Knelish, and would soorn at the misplace ment of a word here and there ; and indeed after all, when one come* to think r-'. it, i does not " magnify" very much. But Lilian sobs on diauonaolauly. An next morning she has fresh can** to bewai her evil conduct. For the day bleak* an continue* through all it inort lit* ao wet, so wild, so stormy, that neither S*racen no any other horse can leave the stables. Hunt- mi; is out of the question, aod with a fre* i pang, that through it* severity was punish inenl enough for her fault, she know* all her temper of th* night before wa* display- ed for nought. (TO u COWSCED.) which would hove caused an ant to stop iu ndnstnou pnrsuiu to nod approval. Precisely at three o'clock I started ont, my music relied up and tucked mder my arm, trying to persuade) myself that I ccuM go through tb*>* piece before a bowling mob with perfect composure, in fact, that I had nerve uough to taoe the Queen. Bat, strange to relate, my hands showed a decided m- hnation to grow cold aul clammy, whi.e my heart would every now aad t*>en palpi- tate at a moss terriDc. rate without th* laaet apparent cane*). All thi* diiterbnnce,hew- rer, I put dewu to natural excitement, for Whe eoald play in public without a cer- tain ameua* of excitement," I reasoned. I opened the door of the) hall and march- ed boldly up the aisle, taking a seat ouite near the front, thinking cnmpasaienalely of a young lady who hsd wiueexed herself into a aea as the rery baok of the room, and was sitting vhore with a roll ef musts, her lao*) ' ng aa expression of anguish quite) startling to behold^ A*oay waa depicted on every feature. (My bauds were growing colder.) What if I should be flrst on th* pro- gramme?" but no, someone else ia already eatd at the piano. She is followed by another aad that one is followed by a young lady who give* a recitation. I try to interest myself ia what ihe i* saying, bat jusi as I begin te> have some coherent idea of what she la about., my eyes fall by accident on the piaao, aad that sweet-toned, inoffensive mstraroent traightway drrv** every other thought out of my head. I have a wild dosirs te jump up and rush home, but, just at this crisis th* crew. I laughs, aad mechanically I join in and laugh too, al- though I haven't the remotest idea what at. The laugh saves me, and I think scorn- fully ef my passing weakness aad fsel like placing myself oo a level with the bxj w , . Tit f L : I I well pleased to keep lilence. and lls'-en to high heeled ihoe that has advanced beyond the foil, lovely babble tha'. issue* from her I her gown, and two blue eyes large with in- lip*. Her >eiy wordiseem tohim, who has diguaut aalonulimtnt. o long wearied for them, **l to tender music. Like lUkes of fealherrd mow. ih.-y mulled u they fell. 1 hnvi *o much to tell. I scarcely know where to 1-egin. Do you know vou arc to encoi t me to a ball at Mrs. Sieyne'* usxt week ? No? why, you know nothing T so much fer ojunrniutg in Amsterdam. Then I suppose you am ignorant of the fact that You i'l still keep my secret ?" anxious I "I I'nmiisr. You ahall be ihe first to toll il i your luiiliand n|K>n yonr wedding- ilav. I I'linik.' '*y the el. I. r lady, gram- fully, "he i* too b.nsas-1. Surely you pi-r sei'-.l ire.i-.ii!" enough in your own per- Mli !" a So I ocilia C"e*. to 1'hetwuinlf, and iliort- .v i'ir*rl Ijaiiy Ch*twr*d* tonwives a little plot il it plenae* her inti-nielv. and wliich ihe ri'U<ei with inch e\i.!*nt guiio ih <! l.ih.iu It- i* l.cr >l o it nn iiniitfaiil* t il.i ilmprni djv, aii-l lli*t putiii\ely i-.r the :,,i i ir n:o -hull iel (jinti- aiiui'l 11 I ni-ver liear.l tin i -ini< -o ai il;il, ' ava TatTv. whi) I"" with iiiu. h | ei*ev*rnce woriui'd hnr-elt into their con 'idrniti. In !*!. after n lininisieiing various n-li.t:'a it <-v all lose Lean, tnd ci...fi'.< 'o h:iu ihe wholetrnth out of utter despr ration. "l> < n right artful '." ie|>!ls Mr. Mil grave, severe- ._>. "I shouldn't have believed yon Citpnlile i.l it." I '.'ii I'ecilia mys it is a charming scuma, and s glit fr iu aoooBipUahmoat. \Vhiri iipcn it u-lcgrum is written and sent to Cy r.l. It is cnrcfully worded, and slriclly trulhlui iu letter, rather the idea thai Ins instant return lo ( Im woe il will be the only means of lavt-ig hii entiiii family from asphyxiation. It ii a thrilling leli'train, al'noit hound to bring him luck niilinui .!p|av, had h Mil onv . of liiiinantly 'a-ft in his composition. 1 1 ovokes an answer that tell* them he has siaiteil on recnipt ol their meilttgc, and n,, u,. i Iho <Uy and hour they may expect . m wind and weather permitting. , It ii night, a rathar damp, drci.1. illy 1-1. In. !> ni:lit. The In tie station at Trus- to-i i.i'inon! 'leveried : only the station- i iei ami i*i> melancholy porters repre- sent lifn in iis most dejected sspect. Out- si. !e ths rsiliugs Hands th* Chelwoode car liny is returning he r gsx* with almost eiiual indignation, neiag angrily rvminelul of ce-tain looks and scenes that of late have paire-1 between thnm. * .. !_/_. ' . 'You .leiy me?' ' I do." *ay* Lilian, slowly. myse'.f from disgracing you. And you are to )>e very pioud of me, ai-d to adiiire m* im- or I *hi\ll never forgive you." 1 "am pretty certain not to deserve li|(!i punishment on tlmt uore," fondly. Darling, cm it be really trim I hat we are i jgam, lhal all M - late horrible in MM man end? Cecilia, if thin prove a ilruain, and I awoke now, it W.HI!. I kill mo." " Nov. it i* no dream," oflly. Turning up her pervi-t tac.-, iin'il the lips ar* cloao In In., she whisper*. " Kiss mo and b* i-on\ 'inoed. " U:cr, " ilia rv ii ,'HAl'Tr.K \\XII. ({ny."ayi Mini C'irniiii iir\inii( ito 1m |>rivie ' y, two.lays sanctum ai in a rather itotiny You refuse me '" as though not quits believing the evidence of her senese. " I do. I forbid you to ride that one horte. ' " Forbid me !" excliini the, passionately, Uars starting to hi eya. " Yon are fond of forbidding, as it seems :o me. Recollect tir, that, though unhappily yonr ward, I am neither your child nor your wife." ' I ,1-nure you I had never the prenmp- lion to imagin-j you in the latter cliaracter," Im annwers, haugbiily, turning very pale, but ipeakiug ite&dily and in a tone emin- ently uncomplimentary. " Your voice aayi fashion. " 1 tnuit ask you lo speak lo jour urooni Huckley : he hits beon exceedingly n. .U in me. ' 11 Rude ? Buckley ?" exclaims Sir (Juy, with a (row:i, throwing down Ihe paper he has beep trying to read in the fast crowing -'. gloom, h is dusk, b'lt the red li^lil of ilia ..".. " r Hicksri full upon hi^ face, betraying the anger that ia gathering there. A look- ii on would have readily understood by it tl.nl Huckloy's hours tor grooming at Chut- wooile are few. Yes. I luld him to have Saracen sad- .'If.l for me lo morrow niormug.as ths meet il at Koysion.aiid I expect s ^umi mil, and he laid he nhonld not do it without your perinisMon, or orders, or something equally impertinent." " Haracen !" returns C'hetwood, *i(hast, losing sight of Buckley's miserable liehavior or rather condoning it on the spot ; " you don't mean to tell me that for one moment, you Hreamed of riding Saracen ?" " Certainly 1 did. And why not ?" pre- paring for battle. " liocause the idea is siinply_absurd. Yen yimore than your wonls," exclaim* Lilian, too angry to weigli conse- quence*. " Am I to understand" with an milovelv lanh "you think me unworthy to fill *o cxalud a position?" " A* you prou nie for the truth," uyi t'hi'lwooile, who liaalont hi* temper complete ly, " I confess I ihould hardly care to live out my life with uch a" " Ye, jr< on ; 'with such a' ahrew U it? or perhaps virago?" ' As yon wish it," with a oon'temptuous ihrug : "either will suit, but I was going to say 'flirt. 1 " Bathe daily. Save your steps. Drink milk (lowly. Rat your meals (lowly. Sponge your babies with cold watei at beiliim*. For insomnia in ummsr-tim* take a cold bath at bedtime. Have yonr house-gowns made with open ncki and elbow ilv*. Have mercy on your cook in your arrange- ment f meal* for tot daya. Allow double the amount of time in catch ing lioata and train* that you do in winter. Pres* towels, folded a* usual, through your clothes-wringer anisavs your lannd- reea. In washing summer frocks, if the colors run put half a cupiul of aalt in th* last rins- ing water. (jive year children water to drink during the hoi weather. They need this to make up for 'In- loss from peripiration. Piaee a larg* di-h of water In a room where the heat ia very oppressive. Chang* once or twice and the temperature will be peroeptibly lowered. l\o not make too many viaite, and where you go be lure that your visit ii a conven- ient one. Do uot entertain too generos.il v ; summer should be a lime of rekt, and it is ditltcult to rest with a house full of guest*. Before going for a midday tail rnb you face, neck and band* with simple cream,and powder gently with cornetarch. Wipe the powder oil, and on returning waih the com- plexion will in warm witter and with c-Astile aoap. Camphor-ice and buttermilk both give relief from nun hum. To wa*h summer nlki remove all gn-ase or other spots with soap and water before rroceeding. Make a lotutiou of a teaspoon- fnl of ammonia and liltle soap in a pail of girl with the agonuted face. Just then my heart giveaa against my ribs and I listen great bump breathlrealy for th* >am* being announced. No, not mine bat that of th* sgunix*d faced girl Kh* rises aad 1 watch her with a superior pitying air ; her faoe has a more despair- ing look than ever, for, ia her attempt to i lips* I ceol she haa parted her lips in a ghaslly grin while her eye* (till maintain a stony stare. She walks forward and yon labour under grave apprahensioni a* to whether ihe may not at usable over something, a* she never look* where she is going, but walk" along in a reckless manner gazing into empty space. She is now seated st the piano and has got through the first page, presently there i* a i-a, more facial ecu tor lion*. Again she goes bravely on. Meanwhile my heart i* going at th* rate of a sUam engine. Now she is through aud I listen while nearly luffocated with internal disturbance, " Not your turn yet? Will your turn never come? I ask myselt. Another one is called up, I begin to grow angry. Why ihould I b* left last on the programme?' The more angry I become the cooler I grow, and then, it suddenly occur* to my cooled judgment, tkat tlie very best thing I can do under sxiating ciroamstauou* ii to cultivate thess angry passion*, and I forthwith bend all my ener- gies 10 get " madder very galloping " bat no soon*r have I leached this conclusion than my anger melts away liks ice ia August. At last mj torn come*, and 'I walk for- ward in a dazed way. bat, notwithstanding, my kuee< are knocking together, and the music in my hand i* shaking a* though there were a bliizard in it* near vicinity, I find myself vaguely wondering if the spare will open in my ikirt when I lit down on the puuo stool, then I am besieged with a bauuthig fear that the pin I fastened my dress with is showing, and then wonder if my hair is coming down. Of course the possible adverse criticism of the audience did not enter as a factor inio the lUte ot my feelings, oh, no. I at last tind myself seated before th* The music i* upon the rack all im OT ammonii- , , . , , p 11BO j ne music is upon me racK an water, and in thi* dip thu silk again and j rn? ht, but whether I or my teacher placed again until th* dirt in removed. tho hore foaming and champing rould not possibly ride him. H* i* not half - ' trained." " Atchibald rode him last week, andsayi he is perfe.a, and c|Uitn safe, 1 have decided tl-.o.r bin In eager iiiiptie.m:e. to return n^aui to their conifer 'able ntni.les. .:, with ft cigr between In lips, pa'tiiy up and down. Indifferent i or the delay. On alike to of 1 1..- mel . whi i* evni.'iitly in th* on tr g him to-morrow. -- i iih Chesniv would not put such .houghts into yonr head. H* i* uot safe, , i .!, pteMuon, tell* him'th- train ..id hi ha* never been ridden by a woman.' ,,1,,/livn iMiiuies ago, and hop** dii- "That n juit why I fancy him : I haft often before now lidden hones that had 'Were you ?" cries she. tears of moriifi- | ^" o U V."bnT press betwee'n "vh* handl lion and rage dlmm 'J her _V'_ all ^ h | Hinse in water from which the chill is gone, and liaug in a shady place until partly dry, when lay between two cloths, aud press with a hot iron. [Ada Chester Bond in the catioi ppml-d clnld withiu her rising " Kli.-t, am 1 ? and shrew ? Well, iavc the name of it without ihe gain of it. I i Ii, r .s no accident higher up on the liny, who n 1'iHt in ihoiiRht, I so too, ami iiitlantly oilers tnein.ui a cig.ir. llnoiia* /five of haljit, whish ihe moody one takei sadly, and dspoits in s half- never li*d a lady on their backs until 1 rode thsin. Ami to morrow 1 feel sure will be a good day, besides being probably my laat meet for the season." I hat* yon, hate you, bato you !" With the lust word (he raises her hand suddenly and ailmiuiateri to him a sound am) wholesome box upon the ear. The nflect is electric. Sir Uuy lUrt* hack aa though stunnmi. Nevor in all hi* lif has he been no utterly laken aback, routed with such deadly ilauahter. The diirk, hot color flames into his cheek*. Sli%m for her- a lott of horror that the ihould have been guilty uf such an act ovst- powers him. Involuntarily he puts one hand up to the cheek her slender tinkers, now hanging so listlessly it her side, have wounded, wl.ile regarding her with silent amazement largely mixed with reproach. As for Lilian, the deed once dons, she weuld have giv*n world* to recall it, that 10, secretly," but in thi* life, unfor'.unat*- ly, facts accomplished cannot be uudoue. Outwardly she is as defiant aa evsr, and, though extremely white, steadily and un- flinchingly returns his gaze. Yet after a little, a very little whil, her ri fall !>efoie his, her pretty, proud head >ps somewhat, a amall reumaut of grace springs up in the very nv.ddle of all her passion and disdain. She is frightened, nervntit, ountritc. When tho silence has become absolutely unbearable, (luy say*, in a low ton* that betrays not the tsintest feeling, June Ladies' Home Journal. it there I have no ilistiuct recollection. I commence playing, but find all myiuperior- ii v to t.l.c |ue7.ed-in girl oozing out at the end* of my toe* instead of at my linger endi as I intended. Well I managed to get through the ordeal some way, and with a relieved sigh 1 walk back to my (*t. A benign old lndy sitting in frout of me iem to *ce my dilapidate.! state of mind, KliKebeth Kebmcou Scovil in the third | for, u w are preparing to take our ilepar- ariicle of her series " Life in tlie Invalid's . turo, thinking, no deubt, I need some en- Room " in the June Ladies' Home Journal. ' oouragement, she hoi. Is out her hand and Kach physician ha* his favorites. Differ- ' inform* me that " You did beautifully. Ah! tint kinds are required for different pur- ' no doubt," as I spinier out that I waa very pose*. Horn* will stain clothing,, while ' nervous, a statement which waa quite un- others are harsh aod disagreeable for |er- j necessary fer me to make. (I am quit* cer- Ann 1 .. A tBIII *)|M K B t\ till llllllKl 1 Itl-lorrrlanli. There ar* many good disiufectanU, write* sonal use. Cheap and efficacious ones are : Ctpporas, one and a half pounds to a gallon of water. Sulphate of zinc, two ounces, and the same quanlity of common salt, to a gallon of water. Sulphur. Kuracic acid, two ounces to a gallon of water. The copperas solution ihould be pot into vesseli U-fore they uro tired by ths lick person, the discharges covered with it be- fore they are emptied, and a pailful tl.rown down the watcr-clo*ct two or three tin.es a day. If an aarth-closet ii used it ihould be plentifully sprinkled with dry copperas. Kurops produce! almoit as much tobacco ai does the I'mted States, A i stria supply- ing about one-third of th* Kuropeau crop. tain the had no doubt.) However, 1 am *t raigbtway seized witba very exalted opicion of that old lady. I consider her a woman of clear judgment. A wild desire take* pcssestioD of me to find out more about her, but fortunately for m* concerniug the public belief in my am- ity th* old lady haa disappeared. And now it is over and I look back through a mist and ie* it all aa it were in a dream, and I am still living. A.T.A. Mrs. Mtadow (at city hotel) "Oool Th*r*' a fly in this soup." Mr. Meadow (\thohas traveled aomt) "Hush, Miranda, ..mi'; speak 10 loud. No nsu xpoain' our igcoranre. Thi* bill of fare ii in Frenoo, and tnebhy we ordered fly seva,"

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