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.. ' " that I might remark with Mrs. amused and indulgent smile at her. almost able of appreoiathig the gift, my consent Blimber, 1hat if l could have known Dick- tragic tone of dismay. "Why promise me shall not be wanting." ens I sqouli ie happy, as I do not care par- to enjoy yourself, with all the gaiety of your "You arc very kind," said Janet, with I will write the songs of the workingman ticularly for an a~uaint1lllce with Cwero." innocent heart." He had got possession !l'rcat bitterness, "and if you are cndeavorAnd I'll Bing them. too, for am I not one 1 Yea, I belong to the brotherhood nd .1f1isE Lyn<l;-4 eyes were raise9 de· now of both her hands, and was looking deep mg to let me know, in a polite way:, that -T~E.And I'll work and sing till the _;,ork be done murely ~ hia, and ga-ve Mr. Loring ,his-first into those haunting, limpid eyes. "And you are tired of your position as my guard~ Till the whole be finish~d spick and span ' opportuaity ~o observe now exquisitely Qleal.' what have you been doing with yourself?" ian, I can go away-back to school, any And rounded oll'in the homely .shop ' they were. , \ ~ He asked presently. when the long lashes place you please, only I shall never marry, lYb.ereh.~nest toi! and sweet content ' . GJ..ve Life and Trme their. noblest prop. ··(Jn my word you re m-oer someth g began to droop. "Has my cousin treated not even to pleass you," and suddenly .l\Ess of .vh,a!-~ou reacl," eomliiented her 'luardia , you well?" . Lynde's lovely eyes brimmed over with tears Then, comrades, come. an(l sing·with me witli an amuRed smile;as he folded his arms " She has been very kind," Janet an· and called into requisition a diminutive lace 'l'o the ena of the toilsome weiuy days'· ;flle!1d we our songs with the'din of work ' ,ad surveyqd with furtive criticism the small swe.red, "and since Jessie came, we have .hand kerchief. Till the whole world join in labor's praise · head, 'row ed :wi,t1r red brown hair that been to the opera twice, the Art Gallery and -OFHere was the spectacle of a. woman in With the hwnmer's twan11 and shovel's thu~ l'ip~led ~nto 4'reJ:lres~i.ble waves and clll'h, a reception. Oh ! yes, I have seen a great And the l\t~ming eng~c·s whistle sh.rj.U ..r tears, a situation Mr. Loring had always while Mrns Lynde\ d1hgent y employed the -deal of amusement smce you went away, but Let.the song"Q_t the worl~ngman be heard Till the heavens and earth with the echoes pause by-tuq1ing ov~r the leaves of a maga- I am very glad that you are come home pre1risionally abhorred, But could this be the cold and proud man who now so passionfill zine on the tm~le before her. So Mr. Loring a.pain." ately and extravagantly entreated this tear·* ' * * .. " To the 'plowhto the p anti, in 'field Qrfn. sh<l.l'., had timB\ to rellect that it could not have ful young lady to dry her eyes and weep no Go we to t ·e tasl!: wit!~ a m9ery song, e been alto~"ther tim~dity that hithertu._had ..,..,,. , . . And the toil and moil all.all be all made sweet kept this do~lnaticyoung lady silent. Wh:i.t -.i. '\ir. 1:-or1ng was restlessly ~acmg up a;nd more? To the heart and hand of the working throng. then wa.s it, unle~s a repugnance towards d?wn h~s fiower· d~ked dra.w~ng room, with "Pray, pray, don't cry," he besought her. ~nd anou when brawn R.l\d brain unite the man who buried her alive in his areat his e~eS""'tl_pon the ~r.oad stairway beyond, "What have I said! Why ~hould I want lo God and Nature's righteous plan. silent house· "' watclilmg for t4e sl!glit\tignre that was now you to go away? Do you not know that !!'ho world shall give all h~uor due \ ~o the honest, upright workingman. -:\.!' · · . · · · constantly in his thoughts., But the plain, from the hour 1 lose1you, life will be a very i ._r, Loring cam~out .?f his reverie with a black-robed young lady did not api;iear. desolate and empty affair to me? Have you Wlw tills'tbe ground with ~is own right hand, start, and consult d lil.3 w:i:tch. "I must Instead there came gliding down, a won'a.er· not seen that I love you with all the force And makes his l!read with the mll'ht of not forget that am gomg away," he ful vision of titlle and silk-her lustrous aJ;!d fullness of a nature that love never bebrawn, · ~a~d, wit~ something, vern like a sigh; "it robe garlanded with snow-balls, fro:sh roses fore bad reached? J anet, I had not meant Shall awake f.rom slumber's sweet repose Refreshed and blest on the morrow 's dawn; 1s imposs1lJl9 to .say when ·Am.ay be pack- on her cheeks, and innocent delight in her to frighten or distress you, but I am not Who rings the a~ and whirr$ the saw, certainly not un~er a month\ I have made brown eyes. Angus Loring fdt a moment- made of stone, ehild, t;llat I can listen to for CASH only, is still 'incr~asing. · As i·ightly becometh he who can, arrangemrnts with my C0\181'1-an .elderly ary impulse to take her in his arms, snow snob words wllen you should know that the froclaims to the w,orld in his homely way,1 There is honor du,e to the workingman. but Yery agreeable la,dy-who has 3ust re- balls and all but instead he folded his treasure of your heart would ir.ake mine reduc~d turned from abroad, t~1 remain with .you in arms ,and vie~ed her with' a pleased criti· supremely happy." 1 !['he manliest men on -eai·th to-day · my absence; she w1~l Frobably remam percism. Truly, she reminded him of some And what did Janet answer to this rhap· .A.re they who work an,d still rejoice ; manently, as some t1m9< ago, l asked her i:-c- small, beautifully plumed bird, in this new sody? A wo11deriog gladness had slowly Who well life's brunt and burden bear .A.ndhymn its praise with grateful voice; ceptance of a home here\ iNo ll 'IBUst m- ; ; · e and as he raised the slim gloved usurped the place of tears, and the large -A.TJJ;ach tr.iads the earth as a noble man, sist on yo;i havi~ 0, ls~JI!Ore i\io~iips said, "Janet, I fear' I shall eyes raised to Angus Loring's face were God's likeness in his honest face, ~n<l shall in 1he whited light of time anusen_ie~ Ill~i¥.~-~·;: ·~~t~ ~ )\Our jia occasion to mourn lost opportunities beautifully tender. 1 In tlie rank of heroes take his place. ii! ~" DJ!,,# Y'Oti ~f ·Jllltt·'lfiy HA ;lothe -Ohrysalis state is "And you can really love me?!' she ell . .iii~· or two with o-\ler~ you.li&ve~d~..B'f'~ngbutter· whispered softly, as they stood there, face , urn t e house ~nside out, if you will. fly, that ..WllillOilll 11Wll;f1".liiqfiB*'maCT b~d to face, beneath the clear glow of the chan· 1 fl lm·dlDe·prov1so, J~uet:-be glad to when Janet W'OU\tlriili&Y· ~·~m, delier. "You, so far above me in intellc;:ct ,·rel ~l\l· o me ~hen I come .back-it will be a new guests were announced, apq ,lo~Me;~- ar:d cnJture, can really love me P ·God bas j f ") ehghtful experience to have some one tered upon the duties ofner ~ ~l!fHM as been very go,od ~o me," And the low voice .Jir. LOU't!'E lLJ!'ri~: JI.nu· .. welcome me ~ome," . .· . hostess. A very succes~ful party 'it pi:o,v,fl_d. was very reverent as it spoke these words. OPPOSITE ONTARIO BANK. )k..~Loring paused in the midst of As he finrnhed, Mr. Lormg held out Ins And Janet found herself in a new and de- ·'What is this you have Eaid ?" exclaimed , hil.1oQpJ7 ~rfM.kf1'Bt to meditate gloomily hand, and as Janet returned the clasp, s~e Jightful atmosphere. As if in a dream she her guardian, as he grasped Janet's hands in ~--~=4-- ~- ------- ---an)lwered gayly; "You shall be obeyed sir, heard herself uttering gay speeches, and a strong pressure. " Tell me at once, that QJ a.M.~tents of a letter before him. · . knew that she was surroui'/ded by a throng I was mistaken ; that I am already ripe for ·~.&.:eomfortable life I shall lead," he solilo· in every particular. Good· bye!" ~s the do~r cl?sed after··.· her,, rnvol.un- striving for her smiles and bright words of my dotage, in the mad notion you wo~ quized, as he pushed back his chair and strode back and forth the room. " A pleas. tardy Mr. Lon~g sighed. . It was 11nposs1ble repartee. Even Miss Vinter in her superb consent to marry me. " . ant life it will be, with a. dancing, prancing to hide from his p~netratmg eyes. that ~he pink brocade, was not sought after to the Surely there was nothing cold or search~irl, let loose about the house, and eternally was glad he .was g?mg aw~y, and mdeed as extent of this small youthful creature in her ' Jingling · La Fille de Madame Angot,' on he aq14ued impartially, w ly sh~uld she be pure white robe. At length, however, the ing now, in those long gray eyes, though my· Erard piano. I wish to heaven, Arthur sorry 1 Truly,_ there. was noth1.ng he had evening was over, with all its excitements there was an air of strongly ~forced repres. Lynde or I had been at the bottom of the done to make either himself or his house so and pleasure, and even Miss Vinter bad dis- sion in his manner, as be uplifted the round Red Sea, before he induced me to become agreeable that l\he should be loath to part appeared up stairs. Janet was going too, chin, to gaze at the delicious mystery of with either t_ he one .or th~ other. But wh.en when her guardian detained her with a J a.net's face. But that was surely delighted, the guardian of his daughter," From which misanthropic utterances, it h~ returned, he decided it should be quite word. "It is needless to ask if you have radiant happiness that curved those red lips And what may very readily and slightly be inferred drfterent !;le would commen?e th_e care.fol enjoyed yourself," he said kindly, with a in lines of infinite content. that Mr. Angus Loring was a. bachelor. study of tlns demure, charmmg little girl, look at her pink cheeks and the brightness words were those he heard, so softly uttered, that he must hold her close to catch Certainly there was nothing very preposses· whose . reserved and yet in~enu?us !llanner of her eyes. · them i sing about this gentleman's tall, spare had st1rre~ up_ strange_ feelmga rn. Ins calm "How will you be able, Janet, to go back " I sh.all never love any one but you, and ;figure, and vray eyes, that were cold and breast. Even. in th~ midst of the.important to the every.day dullness of your life ?" searching ; evidently his w~s a nature with- ?ase that rqu~r~d his u~most v1g1lance al).d .. Oh 1 it h!i.8 been very delightful," said if you will take so small and insignificant a out tenderness or sentiment. In fact. Mr. mtellec~ual ab1hty to brmi:; to a fayourabl.e Janet, gaily; "but one cannot expect life creature to be your wife, I shall be unspeak· :Loring was a eolitary man, who sought no conclusion., the me~ory of that br1ght ~m· to be always a holiday-" "Spoken like a. ably happy." companionship, mde or Iemale ; whose one mated face and ~~l~f~ed e~~s haunted him, sage," answered her guardian with amused · So Mr. Marcelle went alone to the opera that night, and presently the fashionable· p~ssion was music-his idol, literature. There were ]!>Osai_b1hties of mtellect m that gravity. "Nevertheless, I have a mind to ;Not a very congenial spirit then, it may be young ward of his, he :eflectecl, H~w was test your philosophy. Suppose I ask my world received their wedding cards. imagined, for a young school-girl, freshly it he had not found it out ~ooi:ier · ~ere cousin to chaperone you into society for the Censors of the Press. i:-ecovered from a serious illness, which ren- then wo:nld. be a stu~y mote mterestmg, rest of the winter? Ah l I see that you What is to be done with this plan of makdered a change of surroundings imperative, more satisfymg tha!1 science, for she held the would lilre it. ·well then, consider it a and further study impossible, Such was the !tey as w:ell as the 1_ndex to thi: volu~e. So thing accomplished, but there is a provision, ing the collectors of customs censors of the necessity that was bringing Janet Lynde to it was w~th great m:ward s~tisfact10n that before the contract is ratified. Six months Press and judges of what is obscene or the the home her father had destined her, when Mr. Lorlilg found lus case m the S.npre~e from to-night you will come to me, in my reverse? When is a book obscene? Smolthe Clie\1. And :Mr, Lonng, who, when the Court sooner reached, and more _speedily study; confess your experiences, and con- lett's works are pretty "high." So is \Valt So are prospect of ~akin~ her in cha::ge had ~een in C?ncluded than he had though~ poss1b!e, and sider whether peace be declared, or w~r still Whitman's "Leaves of ltrass." fa.r perspective did not consider the ide!l so himself on the way home ai;;am, Hitherto continued in the enemy's country." . And so l>audet's works and Zola's, and many others formidable, now turned in utter repugn;i.nce h~ had always teleg_raphed for rooms to ~e they partea for the night. to sa.y nothing of Pindar, and others of that . . . from the duty immedia.tely before him. aired, and preparations to ·b e made for his stamp. Now these are openly sold in all Very speedily th-e qmet mans10n of Mr. our book stores and may be found, TitUT.11 However, the arrival was yet a week off, and arrival but all these considerations were in the meantime Mr. Loring p1i>yed his swallo.;,ed up now, in the prospect ahead, Loring was beilieged wit~ gay callers, and suspects in Parliamentary Libraries at most intricate and classical music, as of a certain youthful person coming forwar<;l cards for recept10ns, reumons, and all m:i~ Ottawa, Quebec and possibly Toronto, How though to banish from his soul all memory to meet him with words of welcome. ·where n.er of amusements, ai;id a~ all these fest1vi- is that? It is worth while to be quite sure should he find her ? fo the . library where ~Jes Janet Came rap1dl}'. mto favor, li?W about not straining at a gnat and swallowof the disagreeable future. · It was in the twilight of a winter's after- they had parted? N 0 ; there, all was silent muocent and happy lookmg she. was, beside ing a camel. It is said ·that the number of 1 noon that Mr. Loriug's ward arrived, accom- and dreary, as it had been before her exist- those others, thought her guardian proudly. obs~ene, or at leasb very hi~h French no7els ~r~d._The-w:hole houa There wi.;re moments _ when he lon~ed to in the Parliamentary Library at Ottawa panild by the maid that h:i.d been sent to ence was reme111 fetch her ; and as her guardian received her was silent as a tomb, Mr. Loring soliloqmzed snatch her.away fro~ all these people, b~fore will be found very conside.rably large, How with formal arrd pitt:ctilious courtesy, he had impatiently, while he mounted the stairs te they had time t? dim the freshness of her is that? Where are the censors? And why to admit that in exterior appearance, at his own apartments. His feet pressed the nature, or taste its. s~eetness. . But he ha.cl is the weeding out process not very strinleast, there was nothing formidable .about thick car~et noiselessly, and just then set a guard upon h1s.1mpulses, m the steau- gently proceeded with? ·what about the Jan·e t· Lynde, Very small and quiet she voices in conversation issued from a room, f'.lst purpose, to be ,genero:is to the young nude statuettes of the female figure in the hfP, he heid dearer ~han I lus own. Gra~u- shop windows? TRUTH supposes that only loolted in her simple black dress, as she an- whoso door was slightly ajar. " So this is Mr. Angus Loring," said ~ !lolly he w1thd~ew himself. to the ?Id qmet prudes object to this sort of thing, Possibly. 11wered with monosyllables his words of strange voice, manifestly feminine, " Mr. sohtar;)' evemngs of musw and literature. Still nude women whether in paint or Parigreeting, and then asked permission to re· than he con.Id bear-he told an don't help thingslgreatly. Some are ever. tire. And soon Mr. Loring began to dis- Angular Loring would be more appropriate I~ was mo;e _ cover, that the elements he had dreaded in I should aa:i-, from the look of his ~icture ; himself, to.witness the trm~nph of another old fogeyish enough to fancy that they do his ward's nature were not forthcoming, and and such eyes ! Why, Janet, I could almost man who had won the pnze he covete~. more harm than either Paine or Volta.ire. If except that they met regularly a.t their fancy he was looking at me in the flesh. Yet he could not but acknowle~ge tll!lot th1e the latter are left alone, almost nobody breakfast and late dinner, it would have How vou can make a hero out of such an old young Marcelle-whose attentioas were so either reads or knows anything about them. marked, t~at he, as her gna1:dian, wa~ con- It is quite otherwise when youths and been difficult foi· Mr. Loring to remember and ugly man, is beyond my conception." Also a fine assortment of Mr. Loring eeated himself in an easy stantly bem_ g asked when Miss Lynde was maidens gaze with re3thetic and possibly there was a feminine presence in the house. Gradually there grew up in his mind an odd chair, just. where he could see arid hear un- to be ~arned-he could not but con.cede lascivious eyes upon the suggestivelly nude curiosity concerning this mute young per- observed with a total indifference to the th'.lt this. young ?entleman was entirely figures which lovers of taste do worship. suita~le m age and fortune, and character. However, it is very likely that fashion son, who sat facing him at the table. Could fate of e;vesdroppers. · But it was none the less hard to bear for makes all the difference, But what is sauce · . it be possible, he speculated, that she was . "_At lea:st, he ha,~ ve~y good t~ste m f?r· that reason, !ind Mr. Loring concealed his satisfied to live, solitary as himself, in a mshmg his house, said the strange v01ce disappointment in an accession of unap- for the s:oo>e is sauce for the gander. lf the large house without human sympathy or presently, from another quarter of the room. proachableness that was both alarming aud one class is to be put down, the other ought We have on hand and are still making companionship? Never yet had he found "These mantle ornaments are sup~rb-hut inexplicable to'Janet. not to go Scot free, still less be lauded to the . indications of sadness, or discontent disturbskies, · There was a lignt tap upon the library ing the tranquility of her face, nor h!l<d he h_ow )'.OU manage to get away . with )'.Our time, is a mystery to m~. It is certamly door, where Mr. Loring sat, ostensibly read· heard the tones of the obnoxious " Mii.dame barbarous Didn't Know Who tt was. o~ yo~r guardia~ to have kept ing, but in reality· speculating as to the An1wt " brought forth by the agency of \ The talk drifted from ships to boats, and suitable for Fall and Winter wear. All offered at those slim hands. How did the deft little you ~h:u~ up m ~his grea.t pnson, ~way from chance of Miss Lynde's remembering a cer- an offi.cei.-m the United States army attemptciv1hzed society. Either he is v?ry sel· ta.in agreement, entered into between them fingers eirploy themselves ? And what all ed to enlighten the most modest looking man fi~h, ,,or you are remarkably prec10us to f ix months before. 11weet seremty there was in the curvQa of her "At least, it is proper, this Mr. Marcelle of the tot on rowing. He told him how to . nl.l lips ! ~ore than once Mr, I,oring stir· h.1m. "lnd~ed',, ~ shall not let you ~un down should acquaint me with his intentions," he rig a boat, how to balance himself in a shell, prise-: a quickly suppressed smile, or a sud· M!· Lonog, mter:upt~d Janet, ~ith ~.cer- w~~ thinking, and then Janet slowlyopenei and how to measure his stroke. Mr. Frank aen flash of the dark eyes, and it had come to ~a1n soun_d of dec1B1on in her. voice. CA.LL Al'WD EXAMINE. ~e the door and advanced. There was a beauti- Mayo, who was in charge of the stranger, pass that the reserve which, at first, hail 1s ve:y kmd to me, does not ~nterfere with ful flush in her cheeks, and. the delicate became silent, then amused, and finally exbeen a source of self-i;:ratulation to Mr. my time or the wav l employ it, and even at shade of her ciel-blue silk contrasted well claimed: "For God's sake, captain, hold Loring, now gave away to a tantalized an- soh?ol, Jessie, you know _I was never gr~- with the pale roses in her hair. on l You don't know who you are talking noyance, as the days and the weeks went g~rious, I have_b:en quite e~grossed, this "Do I disturb you?' she said timidly," I to." by, and found him no nearer undeistand- wmter m my pamtu1:g and music. B_ut you feared perhaps you had forgotten - and as I "Well, I did a little rowing when a boy ing ·the unusual young person who still should hear Mr. Lormg_ l Many a time~ he am going to the opera. with Mr. Marcelle, I and ought to know something a.bout boatobeyed the precept of childhood, " to speak would_ h.ave been horr~fied ~o k_now tha~ I thought I would remind you-it is just six ing," replied the captain, with a flush on his · ouly when spoken too." · And then Miss face. was s1ttmg on ~he stair$. hsten1n7 to him motlths to-night--" Coming home one day, much earlier than play Beethoven s and Sc~uman s great Lynde quite broke down and stood like a "Well," said Mr. Mayo, "you are talking customary, Mr. Loring's steps were arrested works.. You should hsar him render the beautiful bashful gill, pulling her bouquet to Edward Hanlan." · on the threshold of his library by certain 'Moonlight Sonata'- You would never to pieces. The captain ·removed his hat, then extend sounds issuing from behind the heavy oak doub~ but that. he had a grand and_ noble ' ··Come here Janet," said her guardian ed his hand. door. Surely it .was a woman's voice sing- soul. . Mr. Lormg nearly ~etrayed ~IS pre- quietly, as he placed a chair beside him. "Mr. Hanlan, I be~ your pardon. I did ing Beethoven's "Adelaide " in tones of sence, man effort to ~ee_ Miss Lynde s_fac~, "Do you realize, my child, that I stand to not catch your name at first. If I had purest, clearest soprano. How it thrilled stuck to my trade and talked army I should .Angus Loring's music-loving nature, as he as she s~?ke those 1ap1d ,;u3d. enth:nsiastic you in a. father's place ? Tell me, Janet, is not have made a fool of myself. What words. . Bad symptoms said. Miss Vu;i- Mr. Marcelle the happy man, to whom I listened to the liquid intonations and cau· ter, shaking her head astutely, with the air shall be asked to give you? I had hoped shall it be ? Yellow label ?" tiously opened the door far enough to in- of a person who ki:il)w all about such. matters. you would have given me your confidence, spect the intruder within. There she wasRatlway Wages 1D British Columbia. " And ~?w _old might t~e mt:resLmg ,.mon· but I am aware there is nothing in my manhis wal'd-on the topmost round of the lad· s~er bo l with youthf~l insoucmncc.· Jes- ner to oall forth confidences," and 1 1Vlr. Lor· From the Victoria Eveni11q Press the fol- Begs to announce that.'he has again secured a License and is now pre~ der, apparently selecting a volume from the s1e, I really v.:1ll not h~ten "hen yo~ spE'ak in.'( made a difficult effort to smile. lowing official list of wages on the Uanada well-filled shelf, while the melo·d y of her of.. my guardian so ~1srespectfully_. . And Janet had listened to this sufficiently long Pacific railway (A. Ouderdonk, contractor,) pared to furnish the public with strictly first clas$ Unadulterated son~ came as readily from her lips as a bird's Misa _Lynde turned with attended digr.1ty to and measur~d speech, with a slowly deepen· in British Qolumbia : Oveneers $125 per notes, What a morsel she looked up there, month, rock foremen $3 GO to $4 per day, Liquors, and respectfully invites the inhabitants of Town and Country ,, · . . · ing flush. '· and how delightful it would be to help her th?.P1ano. 9h l yery ~ell, respon~~d ncon:1g1ble . "Ho\\ could you think it?" she asked earth foremen $2 50 to $3 50, bridge foreman to give him a call when they require any of the following goods, either down from her high perch ! At the thought Bu~ here ~n- with rapid utteranca, and rather irrational $3 50 to $4 50, bridge carpenters, 1st class, Mr. Lorin1r pushed open the door wide, and Jessie! with a ltght laugh. Medicinally or as a Beverage, viz. :entered. The song ceased suddenly, and dr..r his own fig.tree, J'anet, I ~ill p~ed1ct, indignation. "vVhy, Mr. Loring, he is $3 50, 2.:l do. $3, masons $2 50 to $3 50, Jjl.net's cheeks were flushed carnation pink, that y~u an~ th~ Angular bemg. of your hardly more than a boy. How could I re. stonecutters $3 to $3 50, blacksmiths, lat v_ene~,ation wil~ wmd up, by gettu:ig marspect a man who l::as no positive ideas of class, $3 50, 2d do. $3, blwksmiths' helpers Pure Jamaica Rum. .John Bull Bitters in quarts and pints. as she asked pardon for her intrusion, in the l'tu~ Mias Lynde bad forthwith com- life, whose very ideas are unformed and of $1 50 to $2, drillers $2 to $2 50, laborers, tones of a naughty child, Then, book in r1ed, Raspberry, Strawberry and LemonSyruplil De Kuypers Holland Gin on draught and menoed, with great energy to phy a polona- course it is impossible to love if one does $1 75 to $2, hewers, $3 50, choppers $2 .to hand, she would have elipped away, but her ise in bottles. ' Scotch and Irish Whiskies in bottles. of Schubert's, and there was a precision not respect--" $2 50, scorers $2 50, of ten hours per day. guardian's voice arrested her at the door. and firmness in the touch of those slender " . ,, . l'heJ contractors leave it optional with tile Bernard's Ginger Wine on draught and in Bass & Co's. Al~ in quart and pint bottlee, "By the way, Janet," he said, " do you yet strong fingers, sufficient to surprise anew _Logica~ ~s eve~, I see! Jan~t, . said Mr. men to board with them a.t $4 per week. bottl~. never ±eel the need for more amusement in the man who for a year had lived in ignor- Lormg, sm1hng quite easily this time. Guinness Porter " " " your life? You must find yourself .very ance of the trearnre that his house had "I may ab we~! tell Y?U· ll;lr_. Lorin~,".reW. F. Lewis & Co's Ye&r Old Rye, very Labatt's Ale " " " Insurance Companies ought to Marriage . '· marked Janet, with an air of mJµred digmty, dull at times, 1 fancy." firle. · O'Keefe & Co's.Ale on draught in 10 ga], . ,, , . "that it is J p,ssie Vinton wh<;>m Mr. Mar- be called Marriage Assurance. They are "Not when there are such delightful held. intolerable frauds as every one will soon Gooderham & Wort's Old Bourbo11 Cl'ld " Mr .. ~onng ! . The ~·hite hands. came celle is anxious to marry, but that is not loll kegs, 30 gallon barrels and in hogs< books to be had," answered Janet, with a find out to his cost, who enters upon the Ryo and Old Malt Whiskeys. I quick, bright smile, holding ,up the " Mill down_-wita a crash on t~~ ivo~~ keys, m her known just at present." heads. pleasant arrangement proposed. A burnt surprise and consternation. I am so so?"Y,\ . "Then Mr. Marcelle is disposed of, as far on the Floss ;" "I do not even feel the neCockburn's Old Port Wine, very .fine. O'Keefe & Co's. Porter in 10 gallon kegs. child, etc., aud oae pretty Wjlll scorched has I ¥lea~ I .am so glv.d to see you,~ome.agan:~, es I am concerned, Jn.net;" and, with great cessity for some one to whom I might re· do do Hennessy Brandy on draught and in w~th t1mi~ly. extended ha~d, Jessie, _Mis~ magnnnimity, "he is certainly"a very estim- told Tmri·u all hfa heart. Friends, friends, Sandeman's Pale Sherry mark that solitude is1 a fine thing."don't try to get a marriage portion that Alciante Wine. bottles. Vmter this is .my guar~1an, Mr. J:orm~. able young gentlem~n, from all I hear." Mr. Loring's eyes flashed a. delightful smile. Here was a young person who evi- Rather a lame 1ntroduct1on, but Mies V1u- Then more seriously : "And you have no· way. You will be done for, sure. Sacramental Wine. Martell's Brandy in bottles. A western prize envelope professing to dently read Balzac. He would further test ter ~ent _through the ceremony of hand· thing further to confide in me?. No advice Jules Robin & Co's. Brandy in bottles. sbakm~ with great ~oolne~s, pursued p. com- to ask or favor to l"elJ.Uest ?" give a valuable seoret for ten cents, is worth S . Joy & Co's Native Wine, her literary discernment. "None whatever ir" Janet answered notice. One purchaser when he opened his Canada Vine Growers Native Wine. · SazeracBrandY. on Draught ar.J1 in bottles; "Sit down, and let me catechise you a monplace coF.versahon for a few mQ:tutes, ' ' treasure, found a sentence like the follow- .Burgundy Port Wine. bit, Janet," he saicl, as he ha11ded a chair. and then with a misc~ievous look at Janet, faintly. DeMullin & Co's. Brandy on ~§aught. "But Janet," he went on hurriedly,· "you ing:- " Ne\'er purchase anything without "It's one of my beliefs that th9 great key- excused herself and withdrew. J "What will you think_ o{ me, Mr. Lo:r;- must not imagine that I am blind; quite un· first examining it. If you had done th1s, Champagne in quarts ancl pints. note of character is in one's choice of books. Of course, bcini;: a young lady, you do not iug ?"burst forth Janet, with almost deplor-. intentionally I have come across evidences you would never have paid ten cents for au ing deprecation as soon as they were alone. that your heart is engaged-some verses, old envelope, when you could have got a like Dickens !" " I have read every book of his twice " We are to have a party to-nigllt, and very pretty ones too, in a book you had teen dozen good ODes for the -!lame money." Tr·e over," said Janet, with the enthusiasm of music-what shall we do?" "'Vhat shall reading. You may rely upon my indulgence, as gospel. An unseen bargain is sure so be youth ; "mdeed, ~o mud, did I like David you do?" echoed her guardian with an child, and if your love is given to a man cap- found a. very visible loss. in due time, Copperfield~ BY CLARE!\"CE .A. FONERDEN. IT IS A FACT! 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