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Pl"omi:uent She sees far off a white wmged seraphim hnn atonce-1t is all he" mts and I \\ould tend to he village dut ie and t' h~lp he1 ofl'u to read aloud to me w lrnu- when we s ·zed in tho »OUtll f'ark, Col People With us s1c will not stayto w01lcis more h AD ~·r Ev~rt· latest w t tic 11 s t bnght · not have him for all tne money m the mother for m1 hour 01 two eve ry mon1mg are oiarneLl -wit a li ttle gulp an<l a great enve1 and So11th Park tram was b own lu w is I 1 o tiie She cries Ifam v.irnlclpass thisp1teonss1gb world· rn the orgamz:.1t10n of the household m red !Jl11oh-' because I en.at be:irt buugread off the tiack near Como last week, and the d'fo\;t t hat in Wa.s11rngto11 ounng a late Of earth I Jove not -n,,,y the Jo~ous hymn M1 Dare broke rnto a sudden lo" laugh genernl to followrng pa1 ticular s of t lrn accident are Adm1mstrat1on, wa1et flowed like cham· lbrougll vmd supreme an 1 would ascend tu Hun "It would be good fun,' be said, his Little Dora wrote notes auf! arranged · You have told me, he said, "wh·t I f10m Orn: of the passen ., .,.e1" on tl1e tra1r', pague Who reignsthe unseen and mtimte' ., w " dark face grnwm10 bright "Trust a wo flowers, and did other suoh light ofliues as am to do when-when Wl' a1e mau1ed ' The wrnd wa.~ fu st n >tJC(' Cl as being !ugh 'Ihe greatest femuunc land awner m Eng. "F1>rewcll then sister' yes, lo>e sighs man to find tne way out of a d1tticulty 1' bemg a guest she volunteered to do, and with a careful rnp1ouuct1on of the young whe11 the tram reached Bltena V sta It land 1s .Baroness (m her own ught) Willough· 1 'What du ) on mean ' ask"d Kitty, both the girls were busy enough from break: l.dy s little stumble over the words "It kept on mc1 e1~smg m fory, and when the t>y d Eresby, who has an m come of $250,000 Qn eaf~be~~t~ these I love, will I abide_ With these I love 1 My children ·mid the blushmg ae slie ~poke to !um fast to luncheon so that Mr Dare and Mi 1s on ly lair that you should give me some tram reached Geands, m t he South Park, from land flowers, "My dear child, you have Just suggested Woodstock were left to amude themselves idea-for future use of course-aa to what there was a regular hurricane blowrng I The sight of ex M: ~yor Hutchinson, of And JOYS or life contented will we dwell, the only mtl'1ns of escaprng the man aud re as best they could, o.ud they seemed to get yon do hke " rot on the tram at Gerands }'rom there to U d E C k Jorn hands, be kmd, be Just, fear not dark I t1ca cause ugeme t o faint m tbe street, 11 e good dmners "-"Very ' omo is only a sbort rnn through the park, it 18 said, owrng to his re~mblance t o the hours tarnmg the nnney-wh1..,h s hould have beel'l on very \\e11 together "Well, Thouf!h fa.1th be fled yet love shall be your yours without any such hum1hatmg cond1 Angus got tluou!lh a good deal of \rnrk natmally ' but 1t was three hours before we got through third Napoleon gmde · t11>ns as those with winch uncle Jasper chose m spite of his pretence of la:.1mess, and h e "And-and ctJampagne "-defiantly T he wmd was blowmgm squalls At times - - - - · · - - _,..... to burden 1l If Mr. 'Woodstock admires ran up pretty o!tcn to London on i.>nsmess "Very unna.tural at your age Is that all? , it would slack up and the tram would JU mp The young Marquis of Conyngham, who old-fashioned virtues, puddmg makrng, Stephen walked, and read, and rode, and "Nov qmte, hecau~e 1 like-oh, illost of ahea<l as if somethm11: has pushed it Agam is one odt t he greates t landow t ners mbireland, .1:1_ stocking darnmg-that sort of thmg you shot, and appeared perfectly conteuted if w all I like fi1rto.t10n 1 ' t he wmd would strike us, and the tram receive a rapturous recep 10n on rmgmg know-your obv10us game, dear, 1s to show the afternoon hf was permitted to stay m "Flirtation 1' echoed l:!tephen, calmly would tremble and al most stop I t was hi& bride t o Sldll£ Castle his pnncely home yourselt m a totally opposite character, to the drawmg toom or to walk m the park ·· 1.Vi at do you call flirtation · ' J nst as 1t some giant hand had taken hold of m Meath, last month His vnfe is an Irish CHAPTER II (CO!\TlNUliD) K tty lifted her dark eyes and looked at 1tand was pulung it back Ihe wmd made a WC'man be coquettish, C'apr1010us, a trifle fa::i t even with the young ladies .And from Miss "You offered to tell me, you 1 emcmber, -m tact, to disgust this Colon1al hero, as Netley he learnt a good deal as to how their hun dull, hollow sound as 1t beat agamst the Johnson C Whittaker the colored cadet or, of comse, I ehould not have ventured you have JUSt suggested, with all a wo mormngs had been spent ' You know as well as I do," she returned cars, bnt above t hat you could heai the slmll who acqu1ro<l n c;toriety three year s ago m to asl, And, as it seems \I e have notmng mans subtle wit and capacity for social Kitty, m her Ile\\ ly assumed character of with some mdignat10n whistling through the t elegn ph wires It connection with a charge of havmg mut1lu else to talk about, suppose we talk about comedy ' a wmewhat fast gul vrnul ham died rather "l have heard the word, of course, and I wa· a very odd sensation Every one could ed his ears while at West P om t, is now fil1 1 ourseh es ? Most people find that an mtet · Did I &uggest that ' asked Kitty m a than confess th..t on Friday evenwgs they know what it stands for rn the dictionary feel the resistance to the tram The engi mg a p ro,tessor's chair ID the Avery Institute, estmg subJect Would you mmd givrng me rather tiemulous 'owe, though she biavely drilled the choir together, and that she he1 It is pretendmg to be ID love with a person, neer said Il e felt all the time as though he a t Charleston, S C , another cnp of tea and a catalogu e of )Our tned to laugh " l don't behe' e I even self played the harmomum, while Dora led 1s 1t not? What possible good can that do were pullmg a dozen trams at on ce .!! or Ohvor Wendell Holmes says that although vanou · 1mperfcct1ons? I ha\ e already seen know what a ' capacity for social comedy ' the hymns with her sweet colourress voice, any one 2' fifteen mmutes befoie the accident Con he has written many verses, his real poems for Ill) sdt, I may add, that you have a. meam1 like ttJe vmce of a boy, that tw10e a week ·It is ever so much JOilier than bemg d uctor P "tton was very nervous W 6 asked are the trees he has planted " What are tempe1 Angus sm!led they exammed ce1tam classes in the girls really In love, ' said poor httle Kitty, h m 1f there was any danger of the tram these maples, heeches, and birches," lie asks, Kitt~ could hardly keep her s at. ")'. ou have displayed it often enough," school, and that they devoted one mornmg who was gettmg ;nme and mor e weary of blowmg over He said he though t not, but "bu._t odes, idyls and madrigals· What ' Ra en t you ? ' she demanded, takmg he declared, with.meanmg "And I aon't to the villiige creche, where, as Dora com thB display of her " capacity for social he was afraid it would force a '"'heel off or are these solemn pmes, firs, and spruces but Mr Wo Jdstock's cup and ~ettmg it down see that yrn need ask for better amusement, plamed wistfully, she could never keep the comedy ' bteak 1t He stood m the s moker w ith his holy hymns'· with an ommous clatter Kitty J Miss Netley and I will be very t:h1l dren m order because Kitty would romp "You evidently speak from expn1eMe,' hand on the bell rope ready if anythmg hap Pnnce A ugustm de Iturbide, who has ·· Y <S , but mu e 1s a good one ' happy to play up to you to the best of om with them and encoura~e them to be rude, asserted Mr \Voodstock calmly K itty pened The brakeman was sent back into lately arrived m the l7mted Statee, 18 the ' ls it mdeed? '-with deni:ly sarcasm ability, and, between us, I really thmk we JUst as she was always e;1v1ne; surreptitious colourmg answered not a word the coach with 1nstruct1ons to do the same grandson and only hvmg descendanr of the "1 a~ ure yuu that it is Y cu may take might succeed m makmg Southlands too hot sixpences to the women who were behmd "l should like to Judge for myself,' he The passengers m the smoker were all yonng Mexican Emperor called tJi,e "Liberator." my wo1 d for 1t until you know me better to hold Mr 'Vuodstock 1' hand with their payments m the var10us went on "Will you flirt w1t11 me, Miss fellows We were chattrng about what we Hrn mother is an American, h vmg m New I alwa\ a tell the truth, I hope " ' Oh, lei;.ve me o:it please, Mr Dare t little clubs and societies orgamzec'! by the Mai ionbanks, and s how me how it is done?' would do 1f the t ram blew over Mr York He 18 a pleasant youth of twenty, "Ha\ e you no faults? mquired Kitty put m Dora tnnidly Vicar's pretty wife. The grrl stared a little, lost as she was m Egbert was m the rear coach He asked and a republican at heart whose eyes were begmmng to $end forth But Kitty caught at the notion feverishly "You cannot expect ::mythrng else from her own uneasy thoughts the Chief Engmeer what he should do 1f t he ' If it were not for mamma, " she sate! so fr1votous a young person as Miss MaJori "What nonoense I ' she said "I could tram blew over The engmeer said he Mr Talmage 18 h igh m favor with t hem dang\trous flashes sermon ";:;ome, of course , but they are entu ely d oub t fu 11Y h ou ld s t and bY th e c l oset, so t lia.t nothmg aura.nee offices, by reason of a certam banks, obserwd Mr W oodstock grave Iy not flirt with you unless you did with' me1 s d f 1 ately preached m which he sa1 "l you those of education My d~spos1t1011 is na · Oh, my o.unt need k now noth mg a t 'S he 1s more at home, I dare say, m a It takes two to flirt as well as two to quar won Id f a JI on lnm, an d h o took t h at position 1 tmally good-no more sugar, thanks, that all about it ' declared Angus "Mr ball room than m such in prosy scenes as rel" Mr Egbert wa.rned him that the stove would cou1d pay t he premium on a po1 1CJ, it 18 a. is the sixth lump, I thmk-ana I dwell np W ood stock w111 suppose you to b e on vour those' "I see Well, tell u:e what to do and cat c h h im, and h e h a d JUst moTed f rom t h e mean t hmg for you to go t o he.i.ven while ,, they (your family ) go mto the poorhouse on my virtu"s because my constitut10na.l dtf b est b e h aviour b ef ore h er, an d w111 b e a 11 "Y yes, of co1use, 'answered Dora, h ang what to say, and I will flirt with you as p Iace w h en t he tram went over h d "The k fi I t d .A reduction of the reverend gentleman s ID· h fidence is apt to obscure them on a first ac t h e moie s h ock ed , 1et us liope " ipg er head and blus mg a eep ro·e pmk "ell as I can, purely with the benevolent smo er went rst t t ppe m d " le The c<in d uctor surance premmm I S now m or er quamtance ' " I t w111 b e good f un I ' cned K 1tty, I angh ' She certamly J.S d omg h eT b est to open mtentipn of !!)Jpplymg you with your favorite th e easiest .,,,,,,.., 1magmau "So theyc11l1 that diffidence m New Ze· mg gayly now "Angus you must te11oh me my stupid Coloma! eyes," contmued the amusement ' yelleC: 'Here we go I everyone caught Fred DoupfaRs H to marry an aocomplishland 1' Kitty, was ready to choke with vex how to be fast You must t ell me what to young man "If 1t were not for the hun Kitty burst mto a little peal of laughter, hold of the seats, and the ca,r Just naturally ed and handsome vi oman man} year s his t10n-; the man looked so eocasperatmgly cool, do ' dreq thou.and pounds, a man would be apt m spite of her secret vexation at his cool laid down on its side 1he etram twisted jumor and almost white, 1t is rumored and was makmg sucb an excellent bieakfast "Oh, by Jove 1' to thmk twice-don t you agree with me ness the draw bar off between th9 smoker and When, some forty years ago, he first vmt ea \Vhy could she not be as self possessed 1 "Well wby not? You said you would Miss Netley ?-before he risked lns happiness "It i· too ridiculous, she said, "a man the baggage car The en17meer reversed his the N orthern t own where lived tne lately "That-what ? ' asked Stephen, gettmg help Thmk ot the very fastest girl ) ou m the hands of a girl who seems to take po of your age askmg to be tang ht how to make engine and stopped w1thm two car lengths deceased M r Jeremiah Curtis, M r Curtis up and gomg to the sideboard " May I know, aud g1Me ID<\ an idea what he does" sit1ve dehght m outragmg his :finest feel love 1 Ba,ve)Oll never been m love then?· By that time the mail car and coach were rnv1ted him t o h is own house, and Jn·t brmg you some of this pie, Miss MaJon "The vuy f;tstest i;<1rl I know- m socte ihg11' · · Perhaps l have, but you assert that both over As soon as we ht 1 l ooked missed bemg mobbed m consequence banks '-you are eatmg nothmg Oh, we ty ' declared Mr Dare gravely, "1s DH kie ··I-I suppose so,' returned httle Dora, flirtation 1s much JOilier- that is why I am arouud and saw every vne hangmg to t lie The Czarrna has had her coronation mantle are too loy::J. a colooy, l assure you, to talk Fox-Lady Charlotte Fox's daughter He1 blushmg agam anxious to t r y 1t seat e I looked fer the fir e and saw that fi tted on her by the famous embroiderer M anythrng but the best of End1sh 1 But, as name is Mabel I beheve, but she is always Kitty was gettmg more and mo1 e uuhap (To Bl! COOTINWBD ) t he rear stove had emptied mto the olos·t Mn.rtmi I t is of supple gold t issue with I was s' yrng '-he came back with Ins plate calle l DLCkie ' py every day She wasbegmnrng to despise opposite Thm I climbed out of the wm the heraldic en.gle of th., R omanoffs apphque and proceeded leisutely with his meal- we "VVell, 'vhat does D1ck1e Fox do'?' herself for the part she was playing, and _ _____,.....,_...,,.... ...... dow, I went to the door, and by the time I in black cnlk, on the heart of the bird the have agreed, I thm~, thab you have a tern An11:us laughed agam Angus for allowmg her, even encourngmg Three Parisian scraps got there the conductor had got 1t open arms of M oscow, t he sacred city, on the per lhus ban begme,' but does 'worne "What doesn t she do 9" he cned. " I her to play it There had been no word Bitt er refl~ct1ou by an mdustrious and The fire was put out at once We then went wmgs those of the kmgrloms ever which the remam behrnd i What else ha \ e I to mu>t try to remember_ She always calls from lam smce the 111ght when ht> had kiss frnf:al men<l1Cant to the coach to see 1f any one was mJured, Csar rern:ns and of tha Duchy of Fmland dread?" me 'Angus'for one thipg, and slaps me on eel her Kitty could hardly understand how '1Here I am-I ire been a beggar for t wen· and found that the only dam ..ge was t hat a lbe Gover nor ot 1 eseque, a colony of 1 "You have nothmg whatever to dread the back whenever we i;neet She rides to thrngs went on JUSt as it had done before ty yeais and I amt rrnh yet little boy had got his hp cut on a broken Puebho Indians, near the Santa Fe River, from me 1 cned Kitty, bltmg her hp hounds, and shoots and drmks brandy and Bt1t it did, and Dora was always presen t a t pane of glass The coach had stmok on a lives ma queer house I ts walls are adobe, and drumrmng on the table c loth ' Pray soda m prererence to tea ' her s1ttmgs even if she had wished to say On a ramy evemng a c.'Lrriage makes 1te. tie and broke.n m two We then started and entrance is gn.med by a ladder leadmg don t flatttJI yourself that you have ' ' "Angus -Miss MaJonbanks's eyes open anythmg to Angus But she telt tnat it was wa3 al ong the boulevard, the steed smoking forward . The tirst man who tried to cross t o the second story The parlor 18 open to "Oh, but that cannot be d ecided for ed m horror- " you are mventmg all that 1 ' for him, .and not for her to speak from the pourmg showers to the baggage car wae knocked down by the air on one side and the whole of the twelve months yet ' answered Stephen t em 'I am not mdeed, clnld Ask anybody Rhe fou nd Mr Woodstock m the draw'Poor horse' Poor horse!" says a member t he wmd We got across as best we could hack is occupied by a huge fiteplace On perately "It would be a pity to JUmp a t m town All the world knows Dickie Fox lll" room alone one e\ enmg .Angus was of the. S l' C A , "out m such weather, When we reached the baggage car we the rema.mmg sides are pictures, and the conclusions hke that J\ow let me read ]}here is some talk now ot a match between a..;;ay on one of his busmcss v1S1ts to Loq and hitched to au open carriage, too 1' thought some one had been killed, as there furmture mcludes a sota. of civilized manu. your churacte1 for you, Miss MaJonbanks her and thait great railway fellow-I forget don The young man was rea<'.lmg, but of was blood runmng from a tie un der one of fac~uro on the strength of even these few hours ac his name-so that the last time I was down course laid aside his book as Miss MarJon A Jolly old uncle ha.s been relatmg some the wmdows We soon learned t int it came A London paper says that nobooy except. quamtn.nceship I fiimly behe\ e- that at her mother's place Dickie was on her best banks drew near. incidents of his earher life to his nephew from the b"ggage maeter s nose He had an mtlmate fnend knows where Mr Parnell wicked temper apart- that you are a very behaviour forfea1 of fr1ghtenmg her adorer, "Oh, go on readmg, pray,,, said the gul "Of all the women you · ever m et, uncle, been sittmg with h1s feet cocked up on the hves m L ondon. When he takes a cab from g0odgirl I suppose I remember she smoked cigar petulantly says the young man, "by whwh were you sto' eon the upper side of the car, and" ben t he House of Commons h p rnvana.bly dnves "Du )OU mdee<l ' cued Kitty m a nd eutes mstead of cigars, and absolutely re Stephen had n sen, and was drawmg a most struck?' it wen t over his nose ht on the wmdow sill t o Charmg Cross, and on leavmg the convey more O\ erwhelmed by the New Z eal uer s fused to play loo with us m the smokmg low chair to the fire whwh the autumnal ' By your aunt, my boy , by your aunt 1" on the other side ance walks t oward the Strand Mr O Kelly effrontery room when all the <thers had gone to bed , chill m t he an made 'very acceptable Kit.. replies the olcl gentlema11, droppmg his voice "Aa soon as we found that no one was shares with Mr P arnell the secret of his " I, tlo I believe you are fond of yom and I, don't remember hearmg her swear ty would not see it, though she was shn er and feeling the ba.ck of his he11d tenderly h urt we got the two ladies and the children abode They live together m the same motl:>y , constant to your friends, kmd and once ng a little under her white dmner dress, N ew York Woi Id who were m t he coach over to t he engme, and rooms, it 1s believed, In one of the side con~ 1tc to those wi10 are le·s fortunate "Oh Augus I' " Sit dow11 ' he s111d with "'OOd nat ured it ran down to Como wi th them It t ook streets off the Strand than y oursdf, mcapabl" of d eceit and, m " Y ou asked me abont her, you know, authority and as she still r eni'a med stand His Papas Name three men to get oue lady from the coach to A Paris correspon~lent who sa.w Marnhal fact, thoroughly adapted to m 1krng some dear .Poor old Dick' She JS a perfectly m g he t~ok h~r two little hands m his and The1e "as a b11ght litt le boy between 2 the engme When they were gone we got MttcMahon on the ie~ent occas10n of the Ill· m:i.n a sweet, and helpful, and obedient wife good girl, I assure you But ·he does every put hr mto the chair and 3 years old pwl>.cd up as he was wande1 b1ahclt m to th he oarbs an fd enJ~yd cdlourse f hehs d uot10n 0 £ the B1sho":J o! Au tun as a member one or these days one of those tlnngs , and het mother and · Don t she cned, flushmll'., but he e peanut oy s ox urms 1e tie r e res f h F h A d Th h ~ 1ng on the street and caned to the F our t t th l d h h o t e ienc c .. emy \\rites " e Kitt y s tace w,ts a picture to behold brother laugh at herand encourage er She took no notice Courts \\ here he took a seat on the r .i,1lrng mens or be k i aphpy occa·1on, an wl fen t ~ Marshal is still eiect aud ret.ams h is fr esh 1 ~he echoed scornfully, start " ( bedient eugme got ac t ere was nothmg e t m it B ll " your fingers are as cold as ice 1 · he r e i8 as handsome as a godd es~ too ut age is t~ rng upon him mg up frnrn tbe table and begmnu g to walk Kitty was silent vYould Angus a 11ow mmked holdi,1g t liem tor a few second . m rn front of t he Central S tau10n, stuck out b ut h is bask et and a lif e of J esse Tames comnlex1on ,, stare u' " t everyone wl;o 1 hey were a f raHl to b rmt d own a coac h or He was ~t1mnla.ted fo1 "" while by the ' waim palms liis chubby legs au·' up and down m her ag1tat10n he to 1m1tate Diclue Fox, even for sue h a his bioad u w came m without bemg the least abash d b f ti 1t d ealutat1on~ of old friend s, an I then he fold"Yes, "hy not? lb e word 1 s m that purp9se ? Then '1e turued away and stirred the fi e a ox car or us so 1e~ roug i own two d I h I 1 d ropped as1eep Oh, Kitty please do11 t be so horrid m to a mor e cheerful bla e After that he As JS customary w. suoh cases, an endeavor engmes and a fi;i,t car We r ode u p t o Como e us arms on IS c iest anr, part of the marriage service which most l!Oll even rn fun pleaued little Dora, claspm g br ou..rht ' lootst ol for :MIBs lVlai Joribauk s s Vi as made to elicit m format10n from him that ltml laid there for t wenty six hom s before I do not suppose he hea~a a wor d of the cen1s yuu ian t 1t 1 ' 'lf yon are gomg t oref use " · ' r sma!, feet and drew forward a screen to nllght lcacl toThis restorat10n '-y t li at "I don t know- and I don t care I she b er Iian d s J.n d l 1 I f l to his distract cl ll gmnf! on I · was luc "' · Mr Egbet t Bishop of Au tuns speech clcclttr ed, funous "And you ne,er were Woodstock rn any case, wha.t does it matt.ir shelter her delicate cheek frnm t ile flame e P Lrents ie itt e e ow appeare wi was on boat l , ns he saw the danger of the sib· Iu connection with the four th cent enary more mistak en m your life 1 I am exac ly what he t h mks of you?' , That 18 better,' !SD t it 9 lie said, t ak,ug lllb' 0 tell all he I.new uat10n and stc pped everytlung on the rona at of Luther s Im th<lay (N O\T 10 1483) an 9 th u opposite l1f the namby pamby '\Hshy · Not much u deed, ' as·ented I):.1tty, with bis o·vii position on the iuu with Jus should "VI hat's your name, young man ' they once If the acmdenthad h 1ppeued 200 yards English tianslation of t hree of his clnef d ' "" askecl hun b .ck of where it d t<l the tram would ha,ve v. mks- · ()h11st1an Liberty, The Babywa8hy soi t of peroon you have sketched 'Bu{ I sbou~ h~e er s against the m111t.Jpiece and his eyes on ' J 1mm1e Rear den he lisped gone dowu a t h1rty foot embn,nkment Vve louitin Captivity of t he Church ' an L l the It that is t he sot t of girl Y"U adnnrc- - - rather a bitter laug h 1 t at e Kitty s do wncast black la.she~ "The even " Whats your papa s name ? ' had got over it and come to a l evel place "Address to the N ob1ht y ot the Gecman ' It is, ' admitted :Stephen gravely, lean to keep the money now that ,now 1 1' wants 1t so m ncli and 1"1!! 1! I can rngs 11 e r eally g1owmg cold "Papa Just the mck cf time , N ation will be published by Murray mg back m his cha.n and s urveymg h ·r 111 Miss Maionbanks went out of t he room Kitty said notnmg , the silence, broken " Bt1t what does your mamma call him ? The t ranslat10n 18 by Prof U A Buchheim cha.rnunf! ar ((l y face as he sat with both without auother"ord .As sbe crossed tbe only hy the tickrn g of the Drnsden clock, The cherub's face lightened up with plea of Kmg s College i:ind P 1of Remy Wace h mds m !us pockets ' I confess to an old l nen tlle girl began su1e at berng able to furmsh t he desired m He" Pologised. has written for 1t t heol oo;1cal and hist orical 1...s h1oned, Coloma! behmd the age prefer hall she s"w Mr \Voodstock standmg at t he lasted so me mmutes ball door carefu lyselectLnJ a cigar from his agam pettishly foi mat10n, as he answered "She tells him mtroductwns ence for good and modest women . And you case Shcwentuptoh1mboldly Retook · Wnydontyougo o11 wth yourbook ? youolJdivole you" F1veyear old J oe 11aa m fi\ eye ~r old I ,un sme, Miss Ma1onba11ks, a1e as good There are thirteen heirs between t he no no t ice w h a t ev. r of h er presence Don t you see that "e have notbm0 to say The exammat ion wa.s postponed - St H arry s gar d en fl ymg h is k ite, w h en H arry - as good as your sweet little mother before "Ate you yery aug1y wit h me, M r VI' oo<l t o each ot her poor victnns t hat we are 1 Loms R epublican ·1 away w en t the k 1t e oai1 throne of Bavaria and tile Pnncc L oms cut t h e st rmg, anu y on' stock ?' s he ~aid rn the pretti st whisper, liow can we 'be agreeable when we know _...,_ ,._.. me; over the house t ops, wb e1eupou J oe set Ferdmand who has Just married t h e Infant a. Bt1t e1 ery one knows that I take after and g1vmg him a coquettish look out of lier that we are compelled to do up a tremendous h oVl l O ut came Harry's P az ot Spam Her dowr~ was four hundred 80 by t he will· pa pa ' cried K itty, trrnmph!Ult m he1 dark eyes "I am perfectly agreeable,· declared The Annexation "ewer N Guinea. ruother to sEe what was t he matter anil as tho11eand m Jewel~, an a nnuity of a hundred anger "Ana, 1t you want :my more t ea, "Naturally, ' replied Stephen st 1ffiy, and Stephen tranquilly · 1 mean of course I t i s funny sometimes to see how thmgs soon as J oe had sobbed out his complam t, she thousand, tind a wonderful tr ousseau l he ~ l 1 Wood·tock, you can p)ur it out yom without turmng round that 1t 18 m y mtention to be agreeable are maua.ged m these days Papua or Ne.,.; said, " Harry you are a very naughty boy t o Infan t a ls attractive, with blue eyes, l."olden ·e f I declme to he made t he subJeCt of "I have come to t ell you how sorry I Miss MaJonbanks I am sorry if I h~ve not Gumea lS au lBland about one third larger ti eat a visitor m that rude way, and unless hair , and fine teeth, hvely, pa.rt1cularly well such a d1scuss10n any longer 1 - with whwh am, ' she went on, hangmg her head, "and succeede<l m couveymg thatirnpresswn · t lian Fr-.mce I t h es near Queensland, · s you apologize to Joe immediately I shall educated, and pa.mts and plays with mor e sh e marched off out of the room m a rage for - ::md to ask you to be tr1ends She looked such a h ttle cluldtsh creat ure "every school boy knows ' It seems that take a way your kite and keep it for 11 than common talent The trousse11u emthe second time withm th space of twenty · sittmg m t he great easy chair ' and there Fiance or Germany has had an idea of takmg 'V~ek ' ~t~a=~ b~~~ra~~b~d~~o:i~~~~essThe ~;1d~ four hours Stephen Woodstock to his Partner was such an unmistak able expressiou of un posseEs1on of tlie place, so rn order to fore " W hat's '1>olog1ze ?" asked lia11ry, sulk She burst rnto Mr .Oare s stu<l10 hke a st all them and all comers, the Governor of Jy groom's rncome is forty thousand dollars whirlwmd- Mr Dare was an artiot, and ,he T he wmd has changed, N ed, smce this happmess and unrest on th e sweet peach Queeusland btely sent a smgle pehoeman to ' "Why, tell him you are sorry, and beg only ha d been mvited to l::louthlancls to pamt Kit mornmg when it blew a ht1rricane It has f~ce l::ltephf n 'ras con~cio~s o~ a ~utlen "annex t he whole caboodle t o the Crown hrn pardon, ty ~ portrait, which, it wa hoped, would veered 1011.lld to the south My beautiful s arp p ang 0 Jea ousyw en e t oug t ow of E ng land 1 vVhen the t elegram announc But Harry hung his head, and made n o Where the Rule Failed h f t d1t 1 th H f d b h grace the valls of the next season s exh1b1 naughty Kitty has b egun to coquette w ith different her face would look if Angus, and A geutlem::tn was explammg to his httle not he, stood there How t he vel' et mg t e ac wa.s rea a e Y m e ouse o move towar o eymg er h A cl I t1011 at Bqr ngton House Dora Netley was me won er ow cousin ngus can per· Commons members la ughed, as they well " Ver y well" said she "I'm gomg mto boy t he other day ho\\ 1t was t hat t he pre has t old me frankly that slie dark eyes would look up and soften as they h f d 1 I t f fi' ' at n ork at a llttle table in a corner, and m1t 1t 1 She,,. th "' th b m et his, and the wilful mouth tremble mto mig t , not r om n 1cu e, m rom t ne ap· the house for ve mmutes,and if you haven't sent century was ualled the nmeteenth ID· Mi D;irn waa bendmg ove1 h e1 aud givmg qu it e agrnes wl me as LO e money emg a smile parent mcong rmty bet ween the means and apologized by the end of t hat time you shall stead of the eight eenth centmy "Now," 1 he1 her daily lesson m wata1 colors The altogether too good t o give up, and declares r lk d T the end So the world wags, and so the ha' e no pudumj1 for t hree days ' ,, h said he, " your mnth birthday occurred 1 ed " hat English race goes on m it s work of annexmg, hitle iz 11 quietly w ent on pamtmg when t hat she means t o r esign herself to her fate " a to me a htt 1 e, e Pea And no sooner had the door closed on her last month, so that you are m your tenth K itty appea~ed,, but Angus llfted hnnself So we are on the best of terms all at once, is not set down m t he will, you know, so colomzmg, subdmug, perhaps sometimes than Har ry, with clmched fis t, made a fly m g year n ow Don t you see ? rather suddenly from the back ot her cba~r, bless vou I you can do it of your own accord ' murdermg, but nevertheless domg a great leap a.c1oss the space that separa,ted him ·· Well, t hen ' said the boy, a nx10us to on which he had been leaning and went I assure you the situation is anythmg but ' What 1s there to talk: about?' she an :i,nd upon the whole a beneficent work from Jee (nbout three feet), at the same t une try it for himself, " there's Aunt Sally to meet hIB COUStll disagreeable, old fellow My K itty is sit swer ed, l ookmg mto t he fire, and turnmg ....~_..,.._.... yelling at the t op of h is voice, m tbe most She had her t wenty nmth birthday last 'Kitty, what is the matter ? he asked tiug for her portrait, which will detrun her her 1mgs r ound and round on her finger vmdictne manner,"I-beg -your--pardon · Vlmter, and now she must be ih her m a somewhat coustrn.med voice But his from my side for a couple of hours every "I know you are h.orr1oly bored, Mr Wood Willing 100 Oblige. And as the htt le fello w, with a scream of thtr- ' lool;. was apology for t!:ie coolness \\ h1ch the day Hut, dnrm g hc.c absence, my sweet stock I t will be a rehef t o us all \\hen the A Hamilton firm hired a new bookkeepe terror, unable t o withstand the combmed "No,' ' mterr upted the father , shakmg p resence of a third penron of course render little Dora Netley brmgs her hemmmg and people beg1D t o come a.nd "ake us all up t he other day, and on the second mornm g shocks of leap and yell, tumbled flat on the h is head, "no, tbe rule does nt wGik there ed mevitable talks to me I learn from h e1 artless confi a, litt le " he failed t o put ID an appearance until about ground, he added, in a l ower but no Jess When your .Auut Sally passed her twenty "Matter 1 ' panted the gul, flmgm g her· deuce thatMi:s MaJ0nbanks and h er daugh "I feel remarkably wide awake at present, 10 o clock Then he came to the office m vmdictive tone, " And if ever you tell my mnth birthday, she was exactly twenty self mto a chair and burstmg mto teats 'I t er are very good to her , that never unt il as far as I am concerned," r eturned Mr such a cond1t10n t hat the scmor p o.rtner felt mother any more tales bout me Ill pologiu t wo years old You may 1.1ot see Just now will not stay m the house another day with now has she been .~way from home - a litt le vVoods·ock qmet ly "Is not t his sor t of called upon to say agam " how th is can be, but you will understand " Sir yon are dnmK 1 " that man I What have I done that I should house m the ncighbormg town-where she thing p!tasant enough as it is " it later on m life. Now you can go out t eaches s ix youni slSters all day long , but be so msulted ? ' Perhapl he was thmk mg of a fireht room, "Yesh shir,' was t he prompt r eply and play ball,' and the lesson m mathem · ·what has he done- 'l'lihat has he dared" that K itty- my ad, bad Kutyl-has beg t he qm et corner, tb e agreeable sol!tude a "Do you suppo3e I want a drunken book· Foxes Chasing a Cat. a tics 'l'i aa suspended indefimtely -Detroit began Angu&, but s01ne thought seemed to ged to have her as a compamon while s he deux , but Kitty broke mto a scornful h t keeper, sir?' The other day John P T hornbury saw Chaff ··I <loan' know, shir- I <loan' know 'l.'has two foxes, apparently male an d fe male, m check hun, for he stopped abruptly Dora stays ait Southlands, and that mamma has t ie lauf!h looked up brush m hand, from ber study given he1 up for the trn1e Mamma JS so "Pleasant,,, she echoed "It is qmte what I tailed t r tlus mormng- to find out close p ursmt after a cat of t he common A Jolting Ghost of y llow roses lll a slender brown Jar set good Eveiybody is good to tins httle bird too a\\fu!Iy slo.w 1 Good Heaven 1 You whezzer you want me to keep sober all 'er species The cha.se was a mp and-tuck afagamst an old silver shield of a Dora d don t mean to say you could spend the r e t ime or drnnk a ll er week I Perfeckly fa1r,and so cont mued for a few seconds later, At a Cleveland seance a fe w days ago, the ,I ask her to day, while mv naughty ch1l marnaer of your existence m the JOg t rot willm' to 'b!Jge, sh1r- perfeckly willm' 1' "H~ i~ abommably rude I ' sobbed Kitty but was then suddenly ternnnated by the ghost of a. lady s husband rapped o ut two or was away m the stud10 with handsome wick h b g f th la t -~---" He has been tellmg m e that he ill sm e 1 ed lookmg cousm Angus- I asked little Do· way we ave een omg on or cat boundmg up a t ree, and m so domg dis- three messages to her of a most b lmd and e s am a good girl, 1 rnd will ma.ke a swee.t obe month ' ' played a cunnmgness that must even have mcoherent characte1 Fmally he wa.s asked Lig htning Slag ra what her notion of real happmess might "I ..., h I was sure of anythm g half d1ent wife' :9oes he suppose that I 'l'lilll 16 30 surprised the foxes Th~y were so close i f he had not been fooling them "Yes, ' be , and, after some per~uas.on-she IS still dehghttul , with somethmg of a suppress Mr J A Peake of Auburn K y , was m put up w1tli such impertenance ? ' ' upon the h eels of the cat t hat a few yards was the reply, and t he table began to dance Sile thought~ m the midst of her ' exat10n, very sh) - she dre w the pret he,t, neatest ed sigh "Tber e is a charmmg old house the Ga~ette office a few days ago and pre more run must have brought them upon i t , as it tickled to death at the id1 a of havmg sented us with a chemical compound that sk:et nh you ever saw, or rather heard, of a good companv, goorl books, fresh air, mu that Dora-might go away She-wanted to and apparently r eabzmg its danger, the little eold somebody ' What 1e your r eal name, h ear -some fot:1d word of assu1anue and com modest country home with- wit h some or. e sic, capital sport' what more can a man makes the oldest mhab1tant kmt bis brnw ammal ra n first behm d t he t r ee and then 1f you are not Mr Wyat· ?' 'F K Ip- -" who would be good to her The details desire ? · to explam Lightnmg recently struck a fort from tA.ngus 80 long as he cared for up so t hat before the foxes oould stop a nd "I don t k now wnat men desire I only red oak tree and tore it m to smithereens get mto pos1t 10n to Jump at it it had and then 1t stopped "You're lymg agam, h er, she felt j;_liat she had somethmg to sup were admmi.bly suggest ed- t ile modest du aren't you?' ' Yes' "Are you a man ? ' At the root of this tree this strange sub ties, the sm1ple lifeand, as ohe drew her know that I want a 11reat deal more to make port he1 aga1nfd;,.tpat ot,her horrid man But reaoh~d a pomt of suffioicnt altitude frnm "No" "A woman ?" "No ' ' Then pict ure, Ned, lookrng up at me with her me happy, stance was deposited m large q uantities lll1ssi:Netley had gone back to her roses, and the ground to be outof reach - WeBt Chester you are a horse ?" " Yes," and the t able bashful hazel eye· , l knew perfectly well " For mstancewha.t It 1s of a cobalt color, has a very strong was appa~ tly quite unGOllijcious that s he R epublicaii JUmt'ed m time to t l:J.e laughter o f the sitters. that she was tellmf!- well, I will say a fib " Oh "- Kitty shrugged her pretty should tast e of gnnpowder , a nd was e' idently fused waa d e tr&p '\Vhose horse are you? "Tom Collms' " mto its present state by some sudden and "He told me I haq. a t emper ' ' K itty '· ers- " all sorts of thmgs t I hate ' good T he ghost then remarked that he was a mtense heat As no name as been deduced went.on, in s.obbing disconnected sentences Atram drnpatc}\er- a broken trestle books '- I suppose that mends Shakespere devil, t hat he ln ed in hades and made a CHAP'!'ER III "Just tlunk ' And he has only known me and Scott and the I liad, with which you by chemical analysis, we are undecided " (lut of the Mout hs of Babes' - Edith bnsmess of pulling cabbages, a ft er which he whether to call it hghtnmg slag or electric 11mce last mght I But "- she dashed a'way M rs MaJoribanks had decided that the read poor dear .!Jora to sleep this afternoon "Haye you wr itten all the mv1tations to my seemed through with his " fun ' and 1 hsap· ore F1 om the. Bowling Gret n Gazette, h er t ears and sprang to her feet- " he s hall young people should have a qmet time t o· under the mulberry·tree " party, mamma·" Mamma "Yes, Edith " peared ~~~....~----.~....~~~aee more of my temper if this sort of thmg gether before the house filled with her ex ' ' Miss Netley had assured me that she Edith "But the best part will be lwhen the goes on I I will show him that I am not pect ed guests. And, as sh had always m adored poetry," said Stephen imperturbab A t errible "frame" of mmd mclosee the a.cJept1ons and decept1ona begm to come m, Tortoise shell ornamentll a.re again ID the qmet milk and-water angel he takes me s1sted, at Southlands, a.s well as at home, ly "I could hardly .do less than read to "picture" of despair. won't 1t, ma.mma ?" Togue. Ital.th anl'J, l.ovc· 0 0 , I :---~-~...,,.... ...&:::·;t!~!l!1>'1l!!)'.£'Z!J~ - 0 · KITTY 'S "F ATE." 0 0 I 0