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 e^Tl Bow? „ mnt. dying. »^^V„?ctive efforts trj'in«r ^-;;^^un^U..tword;Khcd^re "'^^, on eTh(mUl receive pioi.f" j^n.l are they pyin? rh".i we call the cuss ••Khcdcvc ron I m rrvinp. iVpypt. ^i[iM 7 ' *-' rthefaeeofEn^ishJ^JBjj^ I't it do tt Siii *^»^7=F I i ' i km sighine. Egvpt. sfchin?. Vi- my girl-can Bb^Ticver her hen she's twisting:, when Bhef Ic? sweet tongue i^to ykhtdeyef In nv^hiua, Eprypt, ni-Rrng' SiV linale. Ere tis overâ€" â-ºcTni frying. E^pt- ^yf "-•,„„, 'would fain suggest khedover. â€"Puck 1 iseilthy geatfeniaD, wboM acqaaiBtMce he hadiMde, and who, Moag th»t the y«mg Ienth. m the monw. feeling quite eure it ^aK i£?W3P"«°*« audetartcd in l«Pte3a foi«iii|0|p In a very short time the borrowel money, intareBt and firincinaL was made, And steadilyaiw little biT- 8Hme5 lar^ and lM-g^|»portioiw| t tlerfal looe His )V;ngfcMftA dis- card^fTproHd Idled happy, thioking that. •d Anthcn' f«»_a hwidaome oe, the »M«pte«m • dear olive, tile eyes large and was proud blood m it was sorely it â€" ^bat one ' no f aultdlfAMaBb alMed forgot mrm^i^ UMoc' leanr- teetfc. m about the mcuth when the weH-cat lips ed m a smiley revealinr th* n«4i»» rhich IJ HIS SACEIFICE OR, =^ ' ;.i FOIl LOVE OF HER. -^ â-  CHAPTER I. nearly eight o'clock in tlie eveniug-, Etarligr.t, icy cold night early in A Rreat deal of snow ha4 faljeiv jn Caristnias and Xew Year'sâ€" phsft:^ ill remained in the streets, piled lip M ear tlie sidewalks. A bitterly cold cirtainly, the faces rnd fingers of the lootblicka looked blue and pinihed, secar drivers stamped first oneia/ot c other, and drew their wopllen .^iiif-t lostr about their ears probably mainy Vm'lcss v.rctches would be frozen to bt'tv.een the h.ours of midnight and I i:c\crtlinles3, Nc«- York's fasnionable ..fares were thronced vith people â€" â-  reascd, warmly ciad; pecpie rw'Wit' li.uiryir.g along (it was entirely too I dawdle), men i:i gro'.nis of lu o ur I ladies with their escorts, uii tiK.'ir way ouspla;es of amusement. spacious library in Graham Trow- ' i.a:iil3ome residence -was at a 1 times fill, pleasant room it looked partic-' ' v.aiia a:id bright this freezing Janu- •Iit. Ti'c wine-colored curtains fell in uiibrokeu folds over tbe windows, Dg out all possible draughts; the* soft, "ig'it of the argand lamp brought out CQ tiuts iu tho Persian ruga tbrown lin sue i profusion upon the inlaid Hoor, ie sea-coal fire that blazed and crackled lly oil tlie tiled hearth sent out gleams shea of rosy, flickering light tbat^lay- puc the heimsted b^adij; ot^thc tw jRin.anv.arriors which tiSSf °" siiieot^ tlie fireplace. JE^eriithin:^ Boiii rcjpeke the wea'th a"idfaste of its |r 'Mjii omol tlie pictures haugisg' ia:;eied x'.a'h was a clief-Whilvne. I were rare and priceless volumes ia the ina'aognr.y bookcases, and upon a usiy-earved Japanese cabinet were treil bits of hric-a-hrao ahnost worth fuei^ht iii 1,'old. Bat Graham Tro'w- I I 1 -i-u.- i n£lyni5.rk- ^-i ^-f-^V^ iP' businesB and mqpiiy.niakiaz c!er any ci: cam^tancea, have inalc a good "J'^eSad^uCMifwL^ifiS^ite j oung, a yory lovely girl, who had given lirni, through all the twenty years of her mirried life, a br* jt^t bordered closely oividplitry :..oBe-«»^d, Jt^dbeepihona to him, a dagghtferiSw'j«tt budding into' womanhocd,' aM fair aaher mother had been when he first met and loved her. His lieautiful home was a perfectly haj)- py one, his lovely wife and child were devot- ed to him, he had hosts of warm, true friends, he wasonly forty-five, yet.ha.hadmada.with his own JjaijJC a fortpp .; ...andanv one knpwtiAUito^ana 5#ki«g^iS* asiiefiiAiheca^ii U4^ri(d9y ^a^^T ,ry. WQuld 9ej;tai9ly,haye .wondered what tiiertf was' fti"Gra*iatn ^Trowbridge's life to bring npon his hanasome tace tho apxious, troubled it^ )^l' ?pon,. look that Eeeted ^r^iitl'haf8-iti tec^Vf^Mi |riaV or-; small, noble or ignoble, real or fancied. Gra-^ ham Trowbridge had his. It dated about three years back. At the buggestion of a friend he had bought a few hundred dollars' jr^th obtain, ^s^ ;^cji, :w.hie$i was generally considered to be Woftnlcss;' One day that ttoqk began to risje, and when it had gone aWay up Graham Trowbridge sold his few shares, and thought how easy it wcs for men to grow rich speculating. From tli^t tmie he had ,dabl,iled more or ieis in stQcks he was very successful at first, and, shrewd- clear-headed man that he was, the fever oS speculation grasped him; thsu the fortune,* which had attended him through life, took it -fato her fickle hgad |D^jrrp\i|y-4|p3| \^. Within the past two years he bail met with «ep9vu^lc^ej in his l^psiaess. ;^ he had lost larpe am 'u its wliicB lie na fdod^hf were safely invested he had thought to cot'er his losses by successf al speculations, the s^cca- lation3.ha± proved the very a'ever^e.ol auc- idlBB hai in the fa??, Ad'HOTsdi a«very precarious condition, ^liji,vc aa4il Jincej; with a which he had in mind, he could straighten' up his accounts, then by pract cin^ a lit:le ecoaotny, and '"iving- e business ivtry^lpse atteiiion, l^ew^uld^aj |.ble jn a jfji^tjAwo to're;;ain Iiis foimer jkositi'ou. But the question was, where should he revttd ing th e porfeet teetli, with the rilky, dark i ^^ ed, bat did not Igde, Thirty his las^iri^day, bat Kdungtwo S[ ^SJJ"" °-^"' »»»«» of the grjkve thoughtfulness of the deep CTes, the fim look about the month ibd chmi iUMtaUL was an attractive fac^CaiKi thS mir^ trust and confidence, a face that had won many fn? nds for its owner. That he was a flRWKte fiTGi.. bridge's was very evfaimCfTtbS'wc be anything but ctwrteons especially in his ownHoBse, there wit aNraratFudlnnoet? ly in Mr. Trowbridge's maimer, which the -, «„â- }'« i»Eari«Btlfc."||ifeid, __„ a box of cigars from one the table drawers; rtho: dswvst thing to ae that tbe world beUs." Bassal AnsboB's expressive ^es were Ine- -1 iahisTi ^^'yovankiadsBi w may I see Moriei to nsent to ask foe herloTs Mr. Trowbri^ ptiKed ob!v «i bat m that JBstaDt; tbat sixtratk ' latUktbMlfeiMhradied lihragkt witirn win|^ atm^ and ibdma^ the nobler make war i^aat it. did,eotraiBS h!9 e}[es to Botael AntibiiPs-' .,. „-. deep ^es, the finn face; he was gazbg intentiy uita tiie banrtt ririfWkm has hfian hsasi oijiiji i l^'nhitosked. ithcm, ' the firm voice wm netvl JrW^-i â- , • --# fecUy clear and nnbroken. " before yon Tle^ *rBbiili t9dinÂ¥a jp^)imi^ haA called Muriel again, I would like to tell her the j^l^^ec^l^otqipjiye reation this evening. 'Sav nni"4bliMRnB^|h she is eighteen f fvn old, che is a very child as far as expenei trt'ii mldlj w isJum g e t I duub ' mxy â-  mi lis w- s^jgyis stSbight at xlrey wR-e in Money he must certai.^ amount genuine Havanas these are, I've only had them a day or two, and last night as I eat here alone trying one,! was thinking of yon, wondering how long it would be before we would have a smoke together again. I am very glad to^pe^ yea, niy^,rl " you smce y)i; wtt awijljBii^n**' tflP how did you Bnd business in'Chicago?" And then followed a conversation upon the business and p.-;litical aflfaTs of the'Queen city of the West. " But though you say you like Chicago, Xoa d^iw41ie it sufficieatly wjNMip rem: ' fcfcjlg Jong, #dgMa IW ffu^d Mr »4MI°«ai shakifsf^^^ afi^l^ cigar* " Well, 1 don't blame you. New York is about as good a place to Live in as there is ihis side of the water." A faint flash overspread Russel Anthon's "Mr. Trpwridg9," he ,said,%rfo "when I w^DtlVestJeixhreeks Igo^jP wj with an object7 I wanted to fhUy decide a question in my own mind. Some time ago .imet a-ladyj'wbo irem tbe-%fe^ '«ttf««ted~|- me; since I have known her I have seen a '^liSt deal dtlftrii-^ieC'ttii^ndeitiave t ^1 together jeA^ i^rjr Jriivg, Ind ai Blhl^ught tbyfeelmlsa e|ter$nned for [\v|r| those q^atBe^nlghl hjjveior a yi *«^8ffiter; bi^ |-if hjbftli^ Ujpt fi:!ranontl *cobriction ba^eee growing upoa me t love for her was not the calm afl'ection of a brother for a sister; it was the deeper, strong- er,*raBml!pf4va,H8(* aiini^ b^rithe wo; â- "" hewoyld1ttikf' ha|-vd|iSwiriM che ' th!Wnaos»9MciJI»l^ia| oi mm not been able to rightly understand my own feelings â€" it may seem strange,, but,! have never m all my life b^Oife loved any Xroinia so I thought I would go away fram her a-jMbs ehiitiSfiirf"j|^iitjBlMtedjlll^^^|^ if (he has ever lotted into You 4^9^^f0^^^r do V^ether Inrt feelinga.foHra^VaDy wanaflthan ^hss^ of^neeM^^aMTip. I kimwHe mgea for yff as a mend^nt 1 do nm knP^ Irafther she could ever give you the love of a Wife. If, after having thought the matter over, she should come to the conclusion that sheeonjUL.Ktf^Ktton to th^ spiall, request ibreeny, alsost golden when .tbies were anmsed. She tose Aaa no" tliinUing how fortunate {le ill po.- ;. -;:, such a l-ivxurioriBUiiTtin. ' ' fi^l^^ ^one'j^ qilgB|#ge amount he must have immediatefy " He was a proud man, pititdjuf ;|3j3'*eputJl^o!te JK-' i«f rwibtilt «^d sojiliilWittJis t howj^ui A ,Jtf,t^^ 8 friends and implore them to lend Inm money dv.ia, ;:.; lie sat in front of the librae/ ivlaeh was strewri Tirif^ books '.antf pv iui iieatl resting upottt'tne ha«)l, .^ijiie I tlie other he was restlessly pulling at rk iiiou:tache which a^oet^ apzu^eailip^ loutii and that hi8,thought4 werCi '^i^ Be cf pleasant ones wasl '^ig^A^^M'Sli'i lone ot his many friends lodtBi^ntipSir am Trowbridge as he sat there, would iwerdcrel what brought that worried, jlexed expression |s-i;:l, "Surely he-j ;i.c has cverytLiyg that It hi. I he n rial never give you that love â€" lam looking no y on the darkest side of the question â€" ^it wovild hurt her ten iblvto tc U^o^ so. Let me.her fa^ 'ikerrr|bn^h |m j^kbjCc^ to her. If tbjf â- ttv«ycu,-welliAra^Dfe."Yoa can go tciher then and tell her the extent of your love for her, that a woman expects. If, however, it should be the coatrary, it would be best for yoU; as well as for her, tlij,t the matter was never mentioned between nthoaJi^ ^M" a'^Stivdy; owuBcViji^^vvealHle said " I think you are rioht. I will leave it tO you to apprise Muriel of my love for hra-;" " I will speak to her to-night," contmued Graham Trowbiidge. " Come into rax of^Qfi to-morrow morning )Aer KMclock ^^^ will tell you the result. '£ deB%^(U^k yoJrBied«ave any fears, my. boy," noticing the little anxiouslook on Rus- sel's face and laughing l ightly as he sppke. "Then moi-e earnestly^i^^Tromt^aoy ' " ou h ' all yoi dge g he yon." '.•.r*«ii. â-  â- â€¢ â- â€¢:-:« •i iiMN j f i to taietteiUiii asy dtar," said ...J?^^.%frtiyj,¥»wiwi*g3|o him- wh»Jiad.be8t brnk to Muael the ^ewi'te tad fdi* her.' *Wh^ ^o VdSfuppose • ft'Qh, limmmhiiua!^ fatow^'^haswered MP^ial,CRfeJ«|djt VS0»9^b«iy;,.s«|jably I don t care any thmg about. See, jpapa, I want yon to look at LeoVnew eollaK" " WeH, if y«i- won't guess, I shall have tR!l)dl!yoQ,^HLkih.ir£4ti:r,9tyiug no at it was Mr ope i. may never your confidence in me. "' â-  tr w, ani ured do aug estroy G«du^njlJ^»whr^dge-k»•wâ- ^J5lt evd upou, h^; £^j, Jwould e- h$s nbtlmi|*to^ouW(e ' can make life feuit and free from care; lew nKa^ase Jrtuaate as he has leeh." Certainfy lie had favored him, had smiled most Kously upon him. Twentv-five years re he had come to New YOTk wiih a â- t.\o in his pocket now, tlia pic- Is .iloi.e iu his house were worth thous- 01 (ioliars and he had made every pen- i money himself â€" by his cwn'^enortr iised himself to the higii plac3 he ill soei tj-. |e ii;,:i lean born and bved in a qniet lit- '.cw England villatrc his father, a Coa- tiuual minister, tlij most rigid iia 1 a nariv w-mindedness of'ihioa; la .a wlii.ii lie had inherited from |1' r;'.;::i a!iees':ors his mother, uufortuc- |y 'jr Ler, li.-ul been born about twenty 3 to soon lu-ithcr her husband, her 'y, nor her friends ever nnderstcad ' utie, reMucd natare, with its intense a;; u'-i for a little of tho art and poetry e. it v,- .IS from her t';r.t Graham in- !-â-  1 t'le ;|uisite taste a d innate refine- â-  ^v.: rii t,j:toaed and toned down the â-  ' u.'t, lulls nature that was his by • '•' ':a-;".. Tiio very night he was born, itlier decide 1 that if he lived he shonld a good, true man, but ider s as to right and iteJ for the ministry, and as soon :in was able to understand anything, aatier.^tood tiiat it was a pre-established that in tiiri' ha should become a spirit- I guioeand tcreher. In his boyhood the Mc lire troubled him but little he on'y to liun.self, '"If I am a minister, I shan't tuti.er liasVione, stay in a little, dull' liiis, ami preach i ear after year to Iccpy corgregition.' In due time he was It av,_-ay to college, and at the expiration |li3 first term came home with auV-jiccd Jo ics and i.lcai which shocked and tied Ilia grave f ither beyond measure e end of the second year he calmly and |etly informed hia parents that he could become a minister. M vaiu his father argued, in vain his gen- [raotlier pleaded, with tears in her^ soft when (iraham Trowbridge "decided on any course of action, ha did it"^nly for loag and se. lous consideration, and ?D that decision was as fixed and uaalter- Is as were the laws of the Medcs and Per- ^s- He told his father that ii aeeied' to .a sin and a shame for a man toent^the CIS try nnless he knew he was especially ^ptedto that noble and honorable orflinr; im he was not adapted to it, thMjefpoB h^ ^â- d not, wh,t is more, he would M'tak«|- |on himself vows he knew h6 could *)t filll" Hx. k i!°" !° ^^^ "e, the Rev. Robert Xrow- iron self-control, andthe -hp- » ua Graham left his q uiet home,, 4, ^ent to ,ew York to seek and make-hrs ' r„p °"""®-., '^o'^necting himself with a' L?„"°'°^°H^« lioMe, bedevoted himself to -ning tne business this once ^tione, ,4»^ few thcusand dollars from a fmes.'f aUl@£ks?» tJbUldllft^ll tlttB fel^d lost money speculating, had not given his business the careful attention it required, ba^te^ opDortiyjities slip- by v^hich should iiAheei^^ptd K $£ !9iado# upon bis face grew darker, the expression of uisquiet' ude iu ftkl "leres deepened ;, hastily rising fromhiicaan-'heMegftn pacing upvandldown the long room, running the slender fingers of oaj white hand through his dark hair with a restless, impatieut movement unusual to him. ' {^f course there was his house with ijs cost- ly furniture and rich decorations, but it be- longed to lii^ wjfeâ€" he bad. built' it for and gtven-iti to'her well be knew that was she aware of his liuanc al embarrassments, she would say, "I iiave nothing, my husbind, bat what is yoursâ€" dp with the house as you hke." But he'haii built it according to his own ideas, kid lhopg.bt it would be his home'asdi)ng as he l(\-uil,^,tha* tke voices of his' ^ha'chitd" en ~wT3uf a some day 1 ing through the rooms â€" it r.uist not pass into the hands of strangers, surely theie was some other way. He ha 1 some real estate in the upper paitoflhe; city, uniooproved lots that would sell for liitls ornotliiiig now, whe eas in ten years time they would bring him ill a small fortune it would ba perfect tolly to sacrifice them. If there was only Bome on i:i his own family, some rel itive who would lend him the mcmey, l^e wuuld be abla to repay it in a short time, of tiiat be was quite sure. But hi iiad n 1 relative pos- sessed of suffijieut means 10 lead, without inconvanicnce, the sum he required. It was no use he must let some JU the outside world know tha.t he, Graham 'l'ro^^•blldge, was in actual no. d or money. His hp curled S^iornfully; ja,t at that moment Graham Trowbridge was supraftely disguited with 1 himse f, hid for hnnselt the sanie feeling cl contempt than he would hava felt foraay man who had to:d him a story of wasted oppor- tunities and want of forfithoKght. He paused in frontofthe cracking hre, liis head bent a little forward, thinking wauh one of bis many friends would be most like- ly to acjommodate him even as he ponder- ed, there came a knock at the door, and a servant entered the room. „ ' ., "A gentleman to see you, sir,' hesait.giv- ing his" master a card and glancing down at it, Graham Trowbridge read with some snrprBei*e nameâ€" Rassel Antaoa. "Why I did not know Aatbon Wi^ i'» town," he thought, then aloud „^-..- '*Sliow the gentlemah in, Thomas. ° -â-  • -- front ct â-  9l euger' anyMRubfSla m"^fflfed; have been away I have hungered for the fight of htrface-^^he, sound of her ypit^; and 1 know that I love* her, as it has al ways seemed to me a man should love the woman he would make his wife, and that I shall love her as long as my life lasts." • â- â€¢ He had spoken earnestly; the flush Tiad faded from his face, leavmg it very pale, .^„,-.^ .., ,_ „ 'ImS heart. He was a little surprised that grave reserved Russel Anthon had spoken even to himself of thi.i love af^^i't Hat be d'\fi. n^. show it: he only said " Well, jfiuthon, I wish you every hap- piness, I am sure. I have often wondered ' ^^b3M| NMiijou hwlnie^fit Mw-rji^bac ;- ArhoOf aiMoest is a||on^liof^{^JFfe. Ha^ r-1 r-eflFmet the lac^ «* «w^ ^*«»^ " Have J on ever met h?r Mr. T Ojv- bridge, have you never sufepfected that I loved your daughter Muriel?" pUse wc^wecVliselr in htef**." Vith a gasp of astonishment he sat upright in his chair. '" You Fdt'e' my little Miirien 'IVBy, An- thon, she is nothinsr but a cl|ild;^dfr yitT||' twice as old as she is." ".^ i^sselAlthonenSlJ^^'^little? sad\Bo' ol^a'sraile. â-  ^,' I « J '•* *â- . ••'Not quits twice as old," he said. " Mu- ritj^was eighteen last October,., you tupw; will," 'ah- ist youjgi?" A^o^j^^^^kP^^ttA^ "well,, I sholl expect youtomorrow mornin?, Bome time between ten and eleven. Take another -cig{ii^I;iD«istiipon it; and since you "ire determined to go, good night, Attbcn, good womn have been martiea at niSuy v,^y ^, â-  .;. -; • **^"e3, tha"t Isso," said" Mr. Trowbridge, mjiBingly; " her mother was only eighteen w^en 1 marrie I her, but then I cannot real- ize, that Mil^ol i^ as old as that. It feems And-still standing on the rug. in 1 i tjiefirf he w^tedf^ b^PJ^tcj-Jj â- rowed a a moment CHAPTER II. affc^e^risfc sounded ... .^,. .vo.«:c *«^-. .. o«t^de^|^ *e-iaarbpaved baU. a°f » tall, 'I?e lost his iron self.cn^trrJ „„^t«i ntv f. rattet h»vipWiflt%entleman came into the lyM ddKs^vfaitor's hands with woras ot warm wee he drew forward a large faut^ ^o»«i»i(«*^ tbenr*u«e4 his own chair. ' t£ softm^liow lainpligtt fell upon Bus- uiab alii I '-^'^^ ^tjiti â-  o^V a few-?«»rB^g6 since she^ was »' little cluld, climbing in my lap to play with my \via1tJn, and now somebody wants to marry her' You are sure that she loves youi An- thnm?" A fa'nt shadow cime into Russel Antiion's eyes, " I am not at all sure," he answered, "but I came to-nighc to question you if I have your consent to ask her if s.'ie loves me well enotfgh to be ray wife. M-. Trowbridee, if the does love me well enough, I am almost certain I oan make Iter baf^y.- No-mnn could love a woaiaa better than I love Mur- iel, and for her sake I, am deeply ^aajkful that I have money sufficient to keep every care of her dear lie â€" to^vc her everything' ahe might ^dba^. Very iik»^ .f^ It^ow ^hat I jam dbt^ itwrjai^iJIut Idaji6t%unky« Mr. Trowbridge, that you are aware of the extent of my fortune â€" when my father dittd he left me nearly a million dolla s, that amount I have since largely increased.' No, Graham Trowbridge had not been aware that Russel Anthon was a millionaire. He had supposed he had a gpol, ^ome,larg^ enough t J enable him to uve iHth perf^ comfort, btft nothing m-jre. H(earing itn(*«r; for.thefirst time, a sudden thought sprang up!withii him; the next instant he was bit- terly ashamed of it, a^^ tried to crash it doam. B^*th«re Mjaa Ji slight, *«hjjBi hi|f iX«^' ,i3 hQ.jiaid'eariMNftly-^.s4b«l.Jinoi earnestly because of that half- formed snake- like thought in his ipiad^: ' ' •' "I have always liked yoa, Rncsd-AO' thon.from the very first timethat 1 raw yon, and I know of no man to whom I WQhjd more willingly givfc toy little dan^ter. The fact that yoaa.e^ milliona^. jo^^ttera no- thing to me: so I6hgite jfbi bad taongb W gMpaCuritMthe o iWilll 1 o^^9°^2^P3 aiW)pf Its^Mlan^iMJf bodb Hve poflat- Ajffi^ighthn^ggfffn flM^o y9Mi*bat%[rfBTe. known youTMTCg^^ ledge of your qUbwhsI thinlinfj. That Muriel should accept Mr. Anthon's offer he was fully determined. It woulalbei^ eat^' mp,tter to borrow of his wealthy future 8"0n-ia-law the money reqiUf!- ed. His reputation imong his busiijess^ friends wpoJLd remain unimpaired. No one J?ouBi.i.Var kAew of the strait he had been in â€" the strait he bad broutjht about 'jby his pwil'foUy an^je»f-elessnessâ€" hj»ftewued as lsbl^ii|wb^c|Mii â-  mehldR^ V im^elf ' â€" b1i«:tB«HlA^i%^was MLpiA'MlliibtAjd ' would be one of Lis family. ' '• As far as it is possible justice sbo aid be done (Svery- man.' 'Le* it be said in justice to Gra- ham Trowbridge that unless he had known Russel Anthon to be a noble, honorable man^ he would not have entertained a thought of W(i]dMt)MA^Mi^l*|ftfe foiff^ftiftijft^'f^e ml- {oajM^jp*^ 1° siwjM^^|ltJ||j^eason why nis aaugnter s'lould nowove and -be perfectly happy with Jiim., He had spokeai the truth Svhe 11 he smid ' " I know of 'no man to whom I would nioi e willingly igive my daughter," and it was for her 6ak^,'aik well as his own, that Mr. Trowbcidge? had decided Muriel should beccmeRuftsel' An- thon's wiJe. ^^^He/yeaned his head back against the ^mahions ^f lib chaLj;, ^jih a 'long sigh' of rlJM; tl^ Iiwtyl^£|rbrigh*Mand plea- ESiter toP! hin iliaaPiit lad loc^sl for the whole evening before. a .^ i.i "lb is very fortunate for n^'^jthat An- ';tii0% dame her to-Qi;g;htK' he $1^ to him- BeljE,;^ "ftfr jEij.'^ndrrpw niornirfg*^ should have gone to Tom, Dick, or Uaftry, to ask if they could favor mo with a Im^. Well, it will be a lesson to me; hereaftir I shall lej,vef^^culatinj5-1i». richer :]non'#i'in I. I TO-nriflbi' Wfinro \rnfipT is'" wohdeif whore Muriel is He was just about to ris^ iifrom his chair and go in search of her, â- ^- ea there came tl^tf eound of light, flying -footsteps along the hall, the heavy libr£*y. door was thrown wide open, and a girl, followed by a beautiful setter dog, burst hk*- a small whirlwind into the room, and^tlu-ow her- self dowa da an ot oman at his iteet; and Graham Trowbrid^te's eyes were vei y ten- der in their expression as he said " Muriel, my darling, I was just won- dering '« here you werei CHAPTER HI. " Itwas no,j;,afe,.all stf^M tb»$ Mr^ffrow- firidge'S eyos ^fenef ap ^j re^le^npon feis ftdhghtef, ^df wd i!?^be Won##ed at that she was the very prltie and idol of his heart. Was she pretty That is the first question general y asked about a 'woman, and 1, taking it for granted that you have asked that question regarding Muriel Trow- bridge, answer jes, she was very pretty. S^ was not strictly beautiful, her features were all t03 short for perfect classical beauty nor did she bslong to any especial order, Jtiereyts, with her curly black lashes and brows, were to liark to warrant her being illed rf'^ljlonde, yet '3io one woul4f^»ave lo^ht • of â-  i •wjii-jDgV'fheP; a lAe-f that '-winilcr Msvefoeeii'lniwense â- with htr h'»" It was not; brown, ;t was not gWcteb, it -wks hat Ved;' the soft hair " ~tfast lay in broken rings on the low, white for^ead* and fell in lojsse, heavy curls upon b^r Bhonldere. it was a marvellous mixture of all tluree, bronze-gold In the sunEhine, 'i:ed-1)r6,wi m the shade, ind her eycis mateh ed that changeable hair Ho perfection. ise iiiipiiW 'lln'Mli I flbiilr aAi^ht wiien.tiiQirQwnfflr wist,fmgry at excitei (and pa- US:-£3£.U£S. 1 s i ii'ioT '^ojrt a'^f ii-^A «ti»-?* i ' ' » "*•** I.' "tdaaam .««r;^H»8Bt « .«^ ateC if .i^baiB'fM rr .iosaiS maa^aQh^di .AECHoM ^i.l ••K.!)!' t%k' \t-\^ .^ !«ftj ,ikT-'i ^t^ -y-^ifsU m. :^.i ^^e^:.;*!!^ â- i^-- ' 't: if:*;'*i'.^iiU Kv^^^ .. â-  *v â- *y 'it' m ^i'lii Aiathoiiu" " Ajjr.'Anihoh 1" echoed MurV, Ojpfei^g hei ieyiw very wide^ "I thought he was in Chi- cjt^o and why" with a little pout, 'didn't he come in and see vop l' think he might have, when he was away so long, and I wpptd so much have likotl him to^ee Leo's beiautiWapw-cpUar."., â-  '"Idontthink Mrl Anthon takes hny in ^interest in dog-collara," be said, almost im- patiently, "although I am quite sure be â- would have liked to have seen you. Muriel, •do you like him " He asked t^e question abruptly he had concladed that there wap no use^ beating about the bush, tha^^ it was best to come to .an understanding at once. "yeryTOuch,"«aBwered Muriel, rwith a decided emphasis upon th« very. ' 'J, always have, ever since we met him at th|^ funny little S'wiss inn you like him, too, don't you, papa?" ' "â-  i â-  "Oh, yes," said Mr. THSwbridgD* quickly. "Would you be very much surprised, dear, if I should tell you he loves you i" "Loves me 1"' The lovely, qtfestioning eyes looked straight up into hiSj-i'isntirely too, straight to please her father he would have preferred to' see the long-lashed lids "droop. " Why, what do you mean, papa 'â-  "I mean, Muriel, that Rusari Anthon loves you very rteailyâ€" so dearly that Le wants you for his wife." He drew a long breath, half anxiety, half relief that the first step had been taken. A burning flu*h swept over Muriel's face. the hand that still rested on Leo's head trembled. "He wants to marry me," she said slowly, Wi though she conld not quite understand it "Hr^Uis very strange that he should want toniarryme." ' '51 do-n^it see anything straug^^-about it, dear when a man loves a woman with all tenderness' and respect, his first thought is to make her his wife and why should he not love you Mittiel " r .. "Why Because it 5o-s not seiim to me that we are suited to" each 'Other T cannot tmders'and him sometimes,"and Xkaow it is beeausehis thoughts are higher, hi% princi- ples loftier than mine.. Ihavealways thought that a man and 'wife should stand nearly on tiie saone level, for" if otJe ia for 'above the other, certainly there cannot be that same siiliglencss of* thought, anil purpo^^ th^- ^^ Buvtf God meant there shonld be e*;.iles do not mate w'th little brown thrnsli-.; pa." (TO BE COKThrUTD. â-  'â-  •" ^un and fact, with scissors caught. Have many a iMeasant moral taught. If you want to find out how great a man is, lee him tell it himi^elf. Time is A good deal .like a mule. It is better to be ahead of ti.-ne thaa behind time. Some writers never succeed in making a point except when they tharpen a lead per cil. The.Egyptian emblem of a snake with its tail in its mouth, was the earliest sigu of the "s'ft-allow tail." ' Archimedes invented the elang phrase, "Give us a rest," when he oliered to move the world ith his lever. The Bufialo Express has decided that there's no such thing as a well running dry. When it is dry it won't run. It isn't that a man means to lie about snakes, but when, one two feet long comes at him it looks as big as a firc-en;.',iae hose. We are told "the eveioing wore o.. " but we are never tcld what the evening wore on that occasion. Was it the close if a sum- mer's day Notwithstanding the multiplication of trust companies in all our larce cities, it is just ai hard as ever for th â-  impecunious man to get trusted. i Tootsy, on making the hor. ible discovery that her kitten had whiskers "Ma, I don't want dis tat. Dis is a man tat. I want a dirl tat. I want a dirl tat." Some scientist now observes that even a clam h^ parasites. Ue would have.obserN'ed as much before if hO' had ever noticed tbe crowd around a free chowider. It was a dull period for news when the enterprising managing editor of a Western daily headed an item concerning the death of a «ati "Nine Lives Lost." It is possible to tell the age of a cow by the â- wrinkles on her horns, but nature ha« pmvided no outward signs by which the age of an egg can be computed. Break it gently. ' ' It Is tJie easiest thing^in t'le world to dis- tinguish between an English lord and an American e^y« commonly called a snob. The Englishman always speaks well of his ©â- WB countary. â-  Six-year old Fannie had eaten heartily, finishing her dessert with i^fuUsnpply of ice- not particularly f cream, fler mixture of sensations #«re thus _on, sfa,was very expressed i "Oh depr, I'm so tight I can t er.l brbwh'^hen 4he shiver!" ri i -^.;'tV=;J.a i 'tf iii il M "i'^i .-its? m