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 FRIEND. CHAPTER in ... rM-ier may â- nppow. I wm fa fever- ' L^lfc^'on e^ •nmmoM to wait apon '^raneT, Wregg*, and Cwrrowbleâ€" nuu- S ate wae aonng â€" ^, '», lOcl (ot On »*. li*^ ?«r»hlch Mr. |*'"i or almost minute by minnte l^^^hntiDef took a very diflFjrent torn. I bs* "" ,«lled one day, oat of the time at h S***'r„iiy piid his vfalto, Which waa Mel" ** t the evening, and said that the (*" 1,1 not trenb'e me to call they were tm 'X^^, be «ald, with what they had csl» f,^ him and not oaring to multiply 8*^ to with whom they dealt directly, •^* to coneider my tr^nsactionB aa a P^'^f hU own. This being the caM, he •ir .1 oace, baliiMtfMmi^ dIipoMd«e««l«dg«r y?? y»*j^ 8?^ *«• "wiT, and had a onei latBi (m« irltli me in thi oflSoe. Hie ebJMitwMto saytiiat Mr. Wflkina wonid pnbaby osU that night, and if â- â€¢. wrald brfag a parcel, «f wUoh I waa to take charm and for which I waa togivahia forty five ponnda. Thia money he gave me all m geld. " Am I to examhM or check tiia sooda " I began. *u*'° "°C*' aaid; "it b all aettled about Uiem. We knew Jarry, and have done many bita of boaineaa with him, ae we can tnuthim." if I were agreeable, com I """ *-.^^tot work by either seeing people ...himself, or making appofatmenta iilcbrsbenld attend l^myb'"" m NG. ERPROOF RUfBERs 'HERE iPaoer ES RAVER TIOH, -aui oriondtoMlui ni; la iht rtia |i h rLESFl tllil toll; I Tonto BY USING e Oi OIb.-H TOM ND.: ill o. I Vici-Rwi .•Hf»»l rfmi Ot0i ""' Id have no poiBible objection to this, "'"Itue srive one that I had no experi- mj" " iDg and selling, and did'not even ""^J^hatkind of goods I waa expected to Z To all this he had conoluaive „' A man " with hia head screwed •*,' riijpt w*y," a' mine waa, would f re no ditfiiulty la picking up such know- S • w»»l6 ** " '** would see everything J ?! fer me, and when he was obliged to be " ^cnia leave me instructlena how far "Tin any purchase. But there I it waa "kingmonntaira of molehills to talk fa '^. train Severallntorviewaofthlskmd £ place and I could not help thinking th t Scats tock care never to hold them in ^Dresence of Mr. Chelps and I acme- ^M actually thought he must lie fa wait J^he neighbourhood to fee the old gentle- In 00 out, 80 promptly did he loek fa dl- «tly afterwards. Bit Mr. Caelpa waa ae [^eited In the matter, so anxions for act- «1 work to begin, he said, that he generally rttracted a pretty full account from me Ixiides holding long conversations on hia iwn proipec live share with Mr. Scite. Among other preparationa for the agency, jlr, Scate had some ofQae furniture brought b â-  BO that, what with a massive table and dee'k half a-dozen heavy chair 4, with varieas ijcka and shelves fitted on the walla, my f^nt parlens assumed quite a aolid, bank- jog, or life-assurance aspect, which met the ippieval not only of Mr. Ssate, bat of Mr. Ch^lp* Ihe first transaction which waa completed in the new office, took place very anddenly -tome and was surprising by ita brevity ind various special f aatnrar, common p«r- bipitomy novel business, hnt altogetiier different from my previona (xperienoe. It ni cond acted thus. At twilight one even- ing, only a few days after the aubject waa dnt broached, for Mr. Scate would loae no tiiiein the matter, he cune fa, and repaired to the effice. He bad not been there five minntei, when a man knocked at our door ind atked fer him. It so happened that I gpened the door to thb person, who, fa the lew words he spoke, seemed to have an un- pleaaantly furtive way with him; and al- though not disguised fa any particular man- ner, hli hat was so slouched over hia browa, and the collar of his coat ao palled up, that it wu impossibla to diatfaguish his features cieuly. I showed him fate the office, and went detni-stairs. As I did ao, I thoocht for sn instant that I caught eight of Mr. Chelps'g face. In the duaky eleom of the iturcase, peering over the baniatera. t I ptoud to look agafa but no one waa there, ud I went on. In a few minutes Mr. Sjate called down the ipeakiog tube which he had caused to be »rried from the office to cur sitting room, ud ssked me to step up, I complied, and foond him with the stranger I had previoua- Ij admitted but their figures were barely diicernible, as they were sitting without a light, and the twilight had now almoat tmgei to darkness, I naturally noticed thii, nd edared to precure a light. " No, thank ye," returened Mr. Scate. " Our basbess is finbhed, and I am going eat directly, I wished to introduce you te thli gentlemar, who will be here again to- morrow, or the next night, and will transact nme basinets with you. Mr â€" tk â€" a â€" Mr " " Jerry Wilkins, you know," aaid the other, as Scite hesitated. " Te be sure !â€" of course " exclaimed the utter. "Mr, Wilkfas, thia is our now JgBnt, Mr, Matley, who will carry on the buiaeaa at this branch for the preaent ao im will knew who to aak fer when I am not here.' " Tes I shall know him," returned the «t»Dger, His worda were not a direct re- ply to Mr. Ssate'a remark, and althengh I Nild scarcely see hfan fa the darkneaa, I felt M WM eyehig me narrowly. However, thero ni little time for thia or anythfag more, u Snte rose from hia aeat, and fa a few vorda btimated that onr bnafaen waa concluded, I opened the doer for them, and they »«nt oat, not exactly together, for Mr. wilklns left at once, while Ssate lingered wacoaple of mfautea on the threahold ^U me, although he aeemed to have notiifag pWicalar te say. As I cioaed the door, J*?,*"" ttoDgat I saw Mr. Chelpa, thb time « the farther end of our Uttle entranoe hall; TOt it was very dark there, and I might "wiy have been mistaken. I at once light- •« we gas, and went down te our brekt- «?»i' *^®," I '°™^ **»e eW gentleman Jajysmokfaghb pipe fa the dark, and £S"**iLL " Susan waa abaent, mak- ^Mme trififag purchaaea fa the neighbonr- 1 SnolfiDias,) f._ l:- M. I llwlit • mannert^ha aaid it ^^ y°° 8*^« me a receipt for him to •Igo," I aaked. • or wiU he draw one up T ' "Rsceipt don't aignify between people who can traat each other," he replied. " Way, yon do not mean to aay yoa are I apologUied for hu not having a â„¢^ m hu usual cheerful manner,,ha «-» .. "•el no consequence, aa he liked to alt and «e u, a half dreamy atate, to which twl- light, M even darkneaa, waa very favorable. He w«;riiL""â„¢*^ waa very favorable. »S "d,?? °° ?»J»« •»»'J««*" but. for a dtri » °®' ""' *• bnameaa, which fa- ti o'l°.\'P?^"° »' "•*" my wife re- ij™««a Mr. Jerry WUkfaa, and aonatoral- •pSiJJhAV' ^^ ^»"^P' waa too much wbject, or at *5!««ation. Xasnah anyrate to jam fa the '»i«l3\„°"^?'*°" wcMtona Mr. Chelpi t^. give US the ay that he never, even idea that he waa an fa- a^iV^ebytha example efSoate.wh« 5l5S£y*«*. we thought, amioioiou »«««do«ad not like ifiatt, who* wa gofagtopay all thb money without a re- ceipt 1 ' I exclaimed fa amaiemant for anch a proaeedfag waa horribly oppoaod to all my experience. ' Yea, with Jarry," he retnrned caroleaa- ly;"b'aoar way You will get fato it soon, old fellow, and when yon come to know year oaatomera, yoa will deal with them aooordingly. By-the-hy, you m\j let old Chelps know that yoa have began buai- ness you may show him the money, to let him aee that it'a a real itdag but don't let him be fa the room when you pay Wflkina. In fact, he had better not aee Wilkfas at all." All thia waa odd but aa I knew literally nothmg of the baafaeaa aa yet, or how the tmaeen firm conducted it, I could not aay anythlag agalut It. Mr. Scate added one piose of fnformation thia day which waa welcome. He aaid th«t my engagement wenld be oonaldered te cam- menoe from this date that a rent woold be paid for the use of the office, the amount of which would depend upon hb report and upon his report alao, to be sent In at the end of four weekaâ€" when I ahoaUt, be fatrddhoed to the firm â€" it would depenawhether I waa paid by aalary or oommlsalonj " And yoa may rely upon my report aaying the beat It can fer yoa, old fellow,"' he oontinaed. " 1 oould have got thb aettled at once but I know what oar prfaoiplea are, and I am con- fident that to wait a bit will make a di£Fer- enoeof fifty ponnda a year to yoa; ao you can draw en me for five, or ten if yen chooae, while the month jana en, and pay me at year lebnra." It waa Impoaaible not to feel grateful te a man who did ao much fer a atrangar, and who waa ao perfectly dbfatereated yetâ€" al- though I hated myaelf for allowfag each a feelfag to exiatâ€" I Waacenacioua, evenwlille I waa thanking Soate, and thanking him sin. Ioerely â€" ^I waa oonaoiona, I aay, that I waa gradually growfag almost to deteat the man, my benefactor thengh he waa. Soate did not ccm? fa again that day and I took the firat opportanity of tellfag Mr, Chelpi what my Inatruotlona were ahowed him Che money, aa aaggeated told him that I was now fairly fa the employ of the firm that I was to be fatradaced to them fa four weeka' time, and^that my pay would be aet- tled on auch a acale aa the report of -Mr. Sca|e jnatlfied. He aaked ma, after a mo- ment's reflaotion, what the addreas of the firm waa. I told him that I had aaked the aame queatien of Soate, who had replied, that I had better postpone all inqnirlea till the month was over they would prefer it. "Ah, I aee," said the old gentleman " Until that time, yon are, aa one may aay, on probation. Very cautloas of them, very, not to allow Mr. Scate even to reveal hia ad- dieaa until then.â€" But I like them all the I better for it, air; I do, fadeedr New if I get my money fa a few daya, I may hopeâ€" aa Mr. Scate holds oat the moat favourable expectationa te me-^te be fatrodncad at the aame time as yourself. I ahonld like that, be- oauae, of courae, I ahould not faveat without knowfag aomethfag of the peaple, ns mat- tar how high my opfaion of Mr. Ssate might be." I agreed with the old gentleman that he waa qaite right fa this. A man went by with planta in a barrow that afternoon, and Mr. Chelps deolariog â€" rather to my surprise â€" that he was an en- thusiaatic admirer of flowera, bought a num- ber, which he told Mra. Matley â€" who really waa fond of them â€" he would plant fa the front garden after the aun went down. He waa aa good aa hit worda too, or nearly for he went into, the garden with apade and water-can, and slowly â€" ^fer It waa plain he waa not an expert Kardener^sommenced hb work. I offered to help him but the old gentleman aaid that half hb pieaanra fa ahrobi and 0.»wen would be lost anlaaa he planted them himaolf ao he wont en nntil it waa almoat dark, making, however, bat little progreaa. It waa between twUlght and dark whan a c)b atopped at oar gate, and a knaok fellow- fag, I went to the door, expeoting to findâ€" aa it proved â€" Mr. Jerry Wilklna. 1 had loat no time fa anawenng the knook bat Mr. Chelpa waa already faoenvenatien with theviaitor, and favltfaig him, aa I ooald hear, to admire aome beaatifal bolba he waa holding eat for his Inapootien. Mn WO- kina, who had atruok me aa being of a aome- what moroae tarn when I admittsd him on the previooa evmifag, looked gloomier aod aulkler now. He tamed with a very anohrU grunt from the garmlooa old gentlomaa, and came fa tiie moment I opened tho door. Mr. Chelpa, however, amfled with impertnrbablo geod-hnmoar, but, aa It waa too dark to aoo any longer, gave np hb gardening for tho night. ' Yea are not an enthnaiaat fa fiawera^ Mr. WUkfaa," I began. " I am afraid yoa did not aee any partualar beaaty fa the ralb which Mr. Chelpa ao greatiy admlroa." " Beanty. no r' aaldMr. Wilkfaa. *• What do I want with a thing aa leoka aa if It waa palled eat of a rope of ODieiii and vary likely waa. He'a an eld fooL And yet Ned Soate b g«rfng to do baatneaa idth him, ian't her I ooald -maka no reply for the meaaant, the man'a vulgar familiarity, and hia know- ledge of ScatA plana, ao thereoghly atagger- •d me. «Batar^alarfool willanlt Ned Soato bettor than anything elao, aapMially tf ha haaagood opfaion of himaolf," oaotinned Mr. WUkina, not haaading my ailasioo.â€" •• Wall, governor, thoro'a tho atafl^ and I want f «»-and-larty poanda of yoa." • d," I aaU Mr. Soato told mo I waa to giva yoa forty-fiva poonda and a* forareooipt" _u ;ii^ Wall. tlMUt band over tiia oaah, and lot maitaptt." talarraptadtbaman. •«What1i 31 M dE kmsblHf oab atlha daarl Nad Soato aavartoldyw to aak i« aif I oaiplk ikmam." A aomonfi paMa iMiot I ^Ukkanupldlrnattfw t^frid. "AU i«ht, govifikr. 'Will y«« o«ma to the oor-. nor and havo a glaaa Iâ€" Yea weat! Wall. ttiaVa year boalaato. MiM^ia to elaar ont^ M good night" Spring thb, ho want, laav- faCmawilbacrowiagiaeliagaf dlailka to tho • agsBoy,' with whioh fadeod I had never beosi greatly enamoured. Mr. Chelpa, who, aa ha expLdaad, had gone ant for a ahart atrell, rotnnad aeon after Â¥;lIkinalef^ and jtInfagM(8. Matloy and myaelf, bsgan what promiaad to be a long, aa it waa certainly an anoenneeted ao- ooont of hb gardenfag cxperlenose fa the oonntry bat era ha waa fairly fa the mldat of hb narrative, a knook at tho atreet door waa heard and, to my aatonbhment, Unla brought down a maaaaga to the effect that a gentleman wished to aee mo at the Thru BdU, a tavam fa the next atraet. It imme- diatoly ocanrred to me that It must be that dreadfal Wilkins, who wbhed to tr«Psaot some freah piece of the moat irregular busl- neaa fa which I waa engaged, and thb waa perhapa hb way of managing It I hurried offaooordlngly, Mr. Chelpa aayfag he would amoke a pipe in the front garden until I oami back, ao that ha ahonld be out of the way while Mrs M*dey aod Lizzie prepared the aupper, I haatiened away, aa I have aaid, and went fato each compartment of the bw at tho Three BtiU. which waa a large place, with- out aeeing WUkfaa or any one' that I knew. On my looking for the aeoond or third time fato the mMt aelept division, where I had naturaUy expected to find him, a big, square- built man, a customer who waa leaning againat the bar, aaid civilly •• Are you lookfag for anybady, sir ' It oecnrred te me that thia after aU might be the aeader of the meaaage, ao at a ven- ture, I replied " Yea I am fadeed look- ing for aome one bat the awkward part of it b that I do not know who I ao looking for, A lad came to my houae, and aaid a gentleman wbhed to aee me here bat I thfak there mnat have been aome mbtidhie." " I am anre thero la I" exclaimed the atrangar. " What a pity It b yon oaanot get tho timpleat thing done fa a atraightfor- ward manner. I aent a boy with that mea- aage to an M aoquafatance. â€" ^May I a«k where you live,, air ' " No. 9 Victotfa Louiaa Terrace," I re- plied. ' Tho young idiot I" aidd tiio atrangar. " I t(dd him a totally dI£Ferent number. It b evidently through ma you havo been bronghthere, rir and-' though I did not come myaelf, I iknat apolegbn for the utter atapldiiy of myjmeaaenger. You mnat have a glaas of apme^og-wlth mt." I tried te dd^i thb but the atranger waa clearly onej of thoae who think nothing b complete until ratified by the wfae-pledge, or whaFaerves fa modem Ufe for the wine- pledge BO I had to atoy and aaanre him of my completely excusing him, and Ibten to hb repeated apologiea over a glaaa of ale, before I could get away. I found Mr, Qholpa leaning over tho gate, and amokfag tiranqaiUy. When I tald him of my adventarao, the old gentleman laugh- ed heartily. I thought buslneaa waa con- cluded fer that evening but at the very laat moment, jiut fadeed aa we were gofag to bed, Soate ^me fa for the parcel 1 by Mr. Jerry WUkfaa. I went with him fato the cffise, where I experienced a momentum " tarn" by not being able to lay my fauuid upon the packet fa the dark, wmoh I made aure I could have done. On prooarfag a light however, I f aund I had merely made the mbtake of auppoaing that the paioel waa on a ohair to the right of the door, when fa reaUty It waa upon one to the left " I ahall be rouad early to-morrow," aaid Mr. Soate, " aa, aface 1 aaw you, I havo had a foreign letter, which yon mnat anawer. It h from Belgium, and will lead to a great deal of bisfaeaa. Yoa nnderatand French, I believe? " I aaid I had a fair knowledge of that language. •• That'a a good job," oentfaned Soate. ' It haa baena ataggerer to me over and over again, the not knowing anything of the parlyvoo jargon. Thb wUlbe a big trana- action, you will find. â€" And I aay, Matley !^' â€"thia exolamatien waa nttered juat aa he leached the door, aa If it were a aadden thought â€" " j ut aound old Chelpa about hb money. If he can get it fa two or throe daya It will bo juat In time to make auoh a profit for him aa he never got fa Aaatralla, or wherever he haa been. TeU him that and toU him that af terwarda it may be toelato. I wUl come round and aee mm myaelf aa well." Ha went rapidly away with the parod and I had a long talk with my wife, before I went to aloep tiut night open the afaga- lar f eatarea of the employment on whioh I had entered and wa half deddad that nnloaa I aaw the prinolpab at the and of tha month, and liked them whan I did aee tham, I would net oontfauotho engagemant I apoka to Mr. Chelpa fa tiia morning, aa daalrad about hb favaatmant and tha old gentleman aaemad anzloui not to loaa tha prombed dianoe, and aaid that perhapa, by aaorlfioing a trifle ti fatareat he might g^ hb money a day or two earlier than agreed, whioh would be fa about a week later. Per- hapa Mr. Scato woold ahow him a way oat of the dlffioul^. But it waa not Ukely that he would giro np aU thb maney without an fa- trodaotlon to the firm, and being weU fiedof their atebUity, or. fa lien of tiiia, tanglblo aednrity meanwhUa. £m aeon aa Mr. Soate oame, I told him thia. He dadarod ha greatly applauded the old gentleman'a ca u tion and aakad ma to oaU him down, thatwa might talk thinga over. I didao; and Mr. Chelpa oama at onoo. ' Yon ara nataraUy daairona of knowing ware yoa pat yaar money, and ^at it ii for, Mr. Ohalpa" began Soata. 'l am, air, nataraUy anxloaa, aa yea aay," fatarpoaod tita ol^ gentleman, feeling for hb qrai^aaa, aa ha alwaya did when bnafc a ea a waathetopio of ooavaraMiaa. Seoarlngit at laat ha fixed ittohtaayaa, and loakad eameatly, yat with an a x pi aa al en whioh waa ridioalenaly helplaaa, at Mr. Soate. -TX* offanoa, I hapa," lia oentlmiad ** bnt yon aaa a thooaaM ponnda, or devan hondvad, fa a great deal to me and althengh I have avary oanfidaaoa to yen, yet" "Noapolegy, my deu air," Soato; "year oondnotia atrio^ llkok and I wiU wtHUtf yon. Ooa oi ay If nottwa of tiuBB. ahall watt "Ihayahall ooaia,afr; and yanakanar- ruma than, if ymi, Uk^tMh athartfar a final liaiaMawafthaadvivtora IlaifMteanae, I may rama^ wlU be to three tolerably wdl-knowa oitoUUhmeateâ€" tiio Bank of Eog-and. dr Baring'i^ air; and JBolkaohUd'a, ak. Ara they geoa aaoa|^ I ' Splendid I Oh I I'm aura." commenced Mr. Chelpi but hero hb oyeglasa foil doim, and the fatarmption gave Soato an opportan- ity of going on. «It b peaaibla. Mr. Ohdpa," ha aaid, " that the BelgUn transactloa I have apakon of may be fi ibhed before yon can arrange wIHi my |.rfa3ip«la, nnleaa yoa oan have your money at ma" la faat I Imow thb wlU be thii oaw M .-. Mat^y, who fa faokily a capital French aoholar. haa written thb moroing a formal aooeptanoe of thoae foreign- era' tarma. They wfil tolegraph to their agent who wUI ba bare on tiie third day from this with tie dock-notea of the gooda, whioh are lying here. I have dready aeon my prindpab to-day, and took upon me to aayâ€" being anxious to forward your wiahea â€"that I could have your money by that time. Acoordugly, a« the totd required will ba aixteen hundred ponuda, they naod- ed ma five hundred ponnda fa notea. Hero they are." He pulled out a bulky pookat- book aa he aild thb. ** They are aferictly rtiaiy- money peple, aa I told you." •' What I the B ilgiana " exolaimed Chdpa, whoaa eyesaparkied at the alKhtdthematl- fag natpa. "And what are their namea!" " I did not mean them exictly," retaned Soito. " I meant that my peo^ r-ero ready-monoy men; but so for the matter of that, are Bslgiana, especially when they are aalllng anythfai{. Their namee are Delrel, Vianet, and Campany. You may have board of them I" " Yea I think I have heard of them," aaid Chelpa. « And are aU those bank- notes?" His interest lathe Bdgian firm waa evidently amaU compared with hb in- toreat fa bank notea, from which he had never takefl hb eyea afaoe Soate prodnood tiiem. YOUNG FOLKa 'WeU Enongb-" " Yea fifty teofe. Look at 'em 1" repUed tha latter, paaafag the notes towarda the old gentleman, and ones agafa ahaking down the oye-glaaa. "WeU, air," oontinaed Soato af- ter a moment'a panae, during which tiie notea had been handed baok again, "you ahaU have the delivery-order of thoae iiooda aa aeourity, until yon are qdto aatiafiad about my {nrfadpala; and that laoxaotty equal to giving yoa five huodred poonda of their money to held without any aeourity at "So It b-ao It ill" ohnokled Chdpri^ "Nothing ooald be better. Iwfll gofato the City, air, aod aeU out to-day. My broker wiU let mis have the money fa ad- vance if I Uke. Oh, I can manage aU that and I ahaU be quite aatbfied, eapeobUy if I oan aee one of the firm I mnat own lahould like that" " Yon ahaU do ao, air," auawered Soate. " One of them ahaU be here to aee the oom- S lotion of the tranaaotion. He wUl like to 80, being Mr. Matiey'a firat pieoe of bud- naaa on thdr account Then, air, fa hia proa- enoa, I wIU give you the dook-warranta, and yen wIU give me eleven hundred ponnda. I may aay, aa between frienda, that theae thinga are already aa good aa aold for two thonaand ponnda. There'a bnafaoaa, dr. Onr fim knewa were to plant the artiolea." "Mj iear dr," exclaimed Chelpa, "It'a aa good aa done. If I had any donbta be- fore, what yen now aay, and the al^tof thoae notea, have qulto removed them, and I ahaU not be eaay now until I have had the ploaaureof aealngyou and your frienda to- gether." Mr. Scato ahook hb hand heartiy, reater- edtho notea to hb pocket-book, toikthe letter I had written and then, after a moat expreadve wfak at me, which ImpUed any- thing bnt reapeot for hb new partoer, be Idt (to BI OOKTINURD,) SUMMER SMILES. a yon harat in tha firat plaoa^' Oh,rmanraI wraldnat traoUa ttam aofar," Bnt Soato wHh aaidMr.tBMipa. oato htoi in i ia d Idm, andwiMlaB A kwyer may be muaonlar, and at tha aame time a feo-bUl man. The atrawberry ahort-oake u net long for thb world. Which b the longeat word fa the Eogliah langu^;a "S nUea," becanae there'a a mile between the firat and laat lettera. "What'afaa name?" a recent traveller waa heard to excfaim. " Why, aboat tha hotteet country on the globe b Chili. ' What word u that oempeaed of five lettora from which if yoo take two one ramalna I Stone. Mora than foor tiiouaand device fer ooop- ling have been patented, and yat thooaaoda of baoheloni and mdiena go it dona fa thb ooontry. An Irbh magbtrate aaked a prtaonor If he waa married. ** Ne," repUed the man. " Then," add Hb Worahtp, amid paab of laoghtar, 'if a a good thl^g for yoor wife." 'What are tiie Blenklnaep girb fa moam- fag fort' " Thdr parrot" "In moom- ing fer a parrot I Why, it'a a podtive aao- rUege." "Oh, but thb one oonld repeat the Lord'a Prayer, you know." A PhUaddpUa genttemau, after bofag ahown %boat tho tm reoentiy hj a citizn of tha Hob, aaid to hie otoofone " Baoton Ian't bid cat ao waU aa PoOadolphia." " No," ropUad the fatter," " but It wUl ba when it b aa dead." " Are yoo a philantiirepiat air " aaked an old gantieman of a yaung man who waa diatributing a quantity of battaraootoh to aome children. "Am I a whatf aaid the young man. "A phihuithroplBt t" "No. air; f am a de^tbt" They wera at the wadding braakfaat when the groom add to tha littia girl "Ton have anew brother, new. yoo know." " Yeth," roapondadthaUtUaane. "M» aath it wath Lottie'a laatii ehinoe, ao ahe'd batter taka It" Tharaat af fta Uttia ona'a talk waa drowned taa ofattar of knivao and farta. "Don'tyoatiifak tUa bonaatba littia tea young lor met" faqdrod Mra. Shottta of Jab, aa aha waa doing her find "prinking" at tha gkaa^ bdore going cat "Navar mfad If ft laL Yoo won't hava ft more tiian dx waaka bdavo ft will ba •« ft^ old." and yan win want a naw ana." A pariah dark aaoa gava onk that "Mr. A. and Mr. B. wanld pcaaoh avai^ Sudny toaUatanity. HanMantaltanHtaiy. An- atharmiatBka waa •• that «an wanld bane aarrba Moct ITadnaaday, 'kaa aaatar had mam n JAh' te â- â- ilh« aiatgyan." 01- Mito«M«h«««d Thb wu a favorito phraae of Oeorglaa, She oaed it op^a diocjaalans and Uvad np to it too. Whan ahe wu thirteen h«r methar gave her a litMobed-nwinaU to har- aelf, which ahe waa to keep olean and fa order wIA her awn hands. Oao momW aha waa In there pnttfaj on her oaat and hM in grant haato ta°go to aohod. Her mother, happaniiig to be paadng. opensd the door and looked fa: " " WhyOeergle r ahe ezddmed. "why didn't yoa put your roam fa order f ' " I did i" odd OeorgM gdng on button, ing with rapU fingara. "My dear ohttd jaat look atitt" aaU bar atotiiar with an ezpraaaiva gaatorai The pUlows ware placed orookedly on tho b»d. thetowda fiangonttie rack without beta« foiled* all the bureaa drawers open a uttle, and a piece of atrfag hansins out of one. eto. -â€""â€" » " 0, mammt " Oaorgle exddmed Im- patientiy. " It wIU do weU enough I'm fa auoh a hurry. I ahaU hi lato at aohooL" "Yen moat notba late at aohoal," aaid her mother, " bat you mnat put your room fa complete order aa aeon aa you come heme. I don't want you tn get fa the habit of do- inft things jait half." It was the aame way with aewfag. Mra. Blair fadatod that her girb ahould know how to aew, and Oeergb leamsd very read- ily, bnt waa ao oareleaa and ao eadiy aatta- fied that her work often looked very badly, and waa a treat worry te her mothw. " O I won't It do wdl enough, mamma f* Georgb would aay. " What'a the uae of bemg 00 aw/tdly partiodar " " It iroa't do until It b done juat aa waU aa you can do It," Mra. Blab would reply, and many a piece of work the young fa^ waa obliged to pick out and do over. She carried the "well enough" ayatem fato her muiical atadiss dao, and of couraa it did not work weU there. She waa fond of muaio, learned with great eaia, ani play- ed apiritodly, but her performance waa Bp3Ued by the way ahe had of droppfag notes, and alnrrfag over hard pataagaa which ahe waa too lazy to practice anffident- ly. It waa In vafa her toacher lectared her about auch cardoaaneas, and told her ahe must practice the diffiodi parte patientiy nntil ahe codd play than a« rapidly aa tho reat oat 9I hli hearing ahe played fa her own faahlon and addit did weU enough. " What fa that you aropfayiog " Elba, both aaked one time. " It b that new gaiop Mary Hafaea pUy- ed the ether ovedog," Giorgio repUed. "Ian't It pretty?' "Yee,"aald EUzabeth, " bnt It desin't aound j lat aa It did when Mary pUyed it." " Well, I don't play it exactly as aha did. You aee tho baae aklpa about ao that I hava to go down for ahe lower F'a and B flate. I can't pUy faat enough, ao I just play them aU op here and then I don't play the 00- tovea fa right handâ€" juat take the upper no'-e." "Seema to me," add her aiater, "It would be better to ga alowar at firat and leamitrightaoaatopfay ai it la written." " O, thb aounda weU enough," aaid Goaigte and banged away perfectly aatla. fied. Her father had a aorap boak in which ha poated ne vapapor artiolea ha wbhed to keep. Simetlmea when he wu busy he aaked Elizabeth to paitothe pieoea In, and thb ahe did very neatly. O ice when ahe wu away from home he aaid: "Giorgie, won't yoa put theee pieoea fa my book " " Yea, abr, of courae," ahe replied, qulto proud to be aaked. He ahowed her how he and ahe aet to work. wanted It done, At firat ahe waa very carefd to get them aU atraight andamootiu ao the firat pigeahe did was juat aa good aa any of Elbibath'a but aeon ahe heoame tired of going ae tfawly and particularly, and began to aUght the work. There were two or three little bite that were very hard to fit fa nicely, and faatead of peraevetSff nntil they were right ahe hurried them any way, aayfag to herself «• O, weU it won't mattor If auch Uttle bite are crooked. It wUI look weiteno^h." Bat it looked yiery badly, the oroekod pieoea apoUlngtbe whole page. When her father looked at the book he aaid: "I'm vety muoh obllgod to yon, Gaergie hotâ€" I'm afraid my Uttle eU haan't a very atraight eye." T ' ^*V •*'•• P^P**" â- â€¢W Gaergie. " I know thoae pieoea are a Uttie crooked, bat It b ao very Uttle I thoaght yon wooldn't mfad." ' Her fathw aald notUng more, bat he never aaked her again to paate fa pieoea, and onoe when he brought oat the bo^ to ahowaeertafapolitiod article to a gentle- man he waa taUcfag with, ahe notToedhe tamed the botohed page over very qofakfa. aa If ha were ashamed of It Thb b about the way Georgia doei evorytUiu;, and if ahe doea not break her- aelf of thb b\d haUt of doing thfaga juat any way at aU ahe b not likely to grow up to be a very nwfal and reUable wom»n. Slay the Exhomer* The longaet word fa the Eaglbh, or rather Webb, language haa, after a long parted of obUdMi, been ones more oxhomM. Itb LlanfairpwUgwngyllgartrobgUgerohwymby. of 70 fattera and 22 ayUablea, the name of a vUlage fa Wdea, cenatitated the aubject of a leoture fatdy givao by the Rev. J. Kiog, M A, at the maaaom, Berwick, fa which ho ahowed that it maana :â€" " St MuVa white hazd pool, near thetaming pool, near the whirlpoil, very near the poof by Llante- nio, fronting tiie rooky blot of (itgo." AHkverhUl woman refuaed to ahooher hena baoaaae her hoaband, a ahoemaker. wu on atrike," They wera aitting aa oloae aa the aofo wadd permit She looked with faeffAbb tendemeaa fato Ma nobfa blae eyea. "Gseifo," ahe murmarod, with a tremor fa her Tdoe, " didn't yen tdl me onoatiiat yen woold ba wiUiag to do any great act of he- reiam for my aake 1" " Yea, Fannfa, and I gladly roltaratotiiatatotemant now," here- piled to omfident tmaa. " Ne nohto Be- man el eld waa fired witii a loftier ambMaii. a krarar raadntbn than 1." WelL Gee;»h Iwantyentoda«amething reallMnie for ».'» "Speak, darling rwKathttr**i â- M to Iw yonr wiia. We'ra baMi m â€" -^â€" •â- â- t^