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“ Seo,Jammy.” she cried, " how tho light in dlnoing over tho top 0! the table, Ind slang the backs of the chin, nnd up hnd down the "II in the coma! than I Look then [jump dog now, and‘ no it you ethic-(oh it!" Whereupon the imp dolcendod. .nd toddlod on. big with the Idea. no doubt. of capturing u 0mm slum o! ht, which. mow than I“ the font. mmcd otomlned to wiggle m w. into the dukut corner of the room und N t up finally tho «mote-t «cum of tho B s sirsngo perversity he seemed more In am that his isiher should behold the gay displny thsn his mother. ior he had not quite muured the lee: thsi such delights were beyond his parent's rssoh, snd s psng went through Barbsrs's heart st. the child’s per- verse insistence upon the ssdiy impossible. Bo she faced him round on her lsp. ,snd tried to drsw his sihntion to iho effect the ligbs vss hsving on some oi the old-inhionsd {urnijurognd panelling. _ A ...... â€"â€"â€" nan-annual”. o! the varied hue: u they Ihot out with a eplnttering crecheâ€"now purple. nombluemow melting into green, and then tntn'ihg with the subtle" delicacy of 3nd:- tion into _|methylt or tone color, and no on oto pale primrose. deep goldmr blood-red rimson. He clapped hie tiny palms for 10:: joy at Int. and entreeted in baby fashion thet mother end tether ehonld enjoy the nodule u he did. V The little boy bed been eerimmeglngebont in-the darkneu end making a considerable racket for the last few minutes. and calling loudly, “ Light tendlo, light tandle l " but now that the newly stirred firnlightcd up the room, he contentedly obeyed le lather end at patiently in hie mother‘s lap. welohing eagerly the brillient nanny-colored flames leaping high up the chimney from the fresh- tnrned log. file eyee lollowed with keen delight the change- and mingling: A. AL- -.-â€"3â€"1 ‘ A- _ -_-Vâ€", â€"- lat; I can't see another word I” “ Light up, then," laid Bryan, "orâ€"no, pull your chair round elongeide of me, end let’s hove a quiet telk in the gleaming; we don't went much light to do that by; we no on even ground there, nnyhow, Bothy. With the night comes the blind men’s time. end I can go on with my work, .which you oen‘t, old ledyl I'm the better men 01 the two. I“- n ‘ f' You no at all timee, dun"! think,” uncured his wife. on, giving him 3 kiss, she not down beside him. “ I‘m euro it is met- velloue the way in which you keep up your ipizite.” .- 1“ 0. no; whet'e the one of being out down? it do“ no good. But it's Very cold ; you may on .well give the log Another Itir, or that will be out down. There, now. Jammy, nit in put mother: lap and be still fun; I bit, it 10110.9." ham, and though filled with anxielies {or the fulure. and contrasting psintully, u could not be helped. the pretent Christmas with lheirlut, thoy wore duwrmined. n ma _hue seen. to make the be» of 1!. CHAPTER 111. am: wrong. While we have heed travelllpg back thxough this history, the dayligh: his all downed from the bay-window of the long. low. oak-panelled pnrlnr in the Cottage. With m In: gleam, Buban abut tno book laying. " There! it in ‘blind man‘s holiday’ at I--A - I _-_'- __, - . And it wn lucky he thus decided; for. long before he had touched I penny (run the labor 0! the pan, the basket-making had begun to yield results. He had established a cunqeo tion with the trade, and though the trade was Very poor, by the tune we see him on this Christmas-aw the wickepwork had bucome the chic! means 01 maintenance. Consider- ing. howevrr. the way in which husband end wile bed Immerly liwd, it ie not surprising that the reduced circumstances in which they found themselwa were elrendy becoming very riniul. But they _met them with brew Meanwhile, with the cheety “manuals and detotminaiion otchsractcr wbioi ais- tinguiuhed him. he threw himnolt into his new position, almost without a tingle to gretiul look back. when once. as ho had said, he ind laced the inevitable. He set to work to open channels for any literary efionu he might make as a mums 0! adding to his income ; “ but." he and, with a. laugh, “I shall slick to the bin-ks: muking ; I can work with my fingers whilst I dictate ; I shall become a patent double action mlohino. a weave: ol‘wicker as wall as o! wonders and wisdom." " Indeed I will. and at ones. As thin mundel said." and Br) an muttered the woxda betWeen his teeth, " it will give me time to turn round. I’ve got lots of life and health in me, and I'm not gains to be beaten; I have faced a wane busineea than this. and now that I know (his is inevitable, please God I shall be equal to it." And he was. Btu-fly than. within a day or twb. he mowed into the Cottage. Though nevu- used. and in some degree dismantled. it was in {air repair. and very little made it available an an abode. for his wants and habits since his afllietion had become of the simplest. But he wan to be there only upon nufieranoe (till a little time after Christmas. Richard had laid). and no he would ham to look out in: himself henceforth. “ Bunion-will never go to the Cottage lit. Z" i_ntu;p_osed rhil mt». With them wards. the speaker retired. To Bubara'e lurprine. Bryan gave no Vent to his indignation. “ No," he said, “ we must be prudent, deer. and not make matters woruo then they no : they are bud enough. ior We have not a penny In the world we oen call our own ; nt yrmeut We have nothing to live upon. and We must lace the lacs. I havebeen on the look- out {or lemething of this kind ever since] new howl was placed; therefore I am, in n menenra, prepared." " But: Boa here. I don't want to inconveni woo you more thuu is noouuuy. and than. 10:9. until you ham time to luck about you, you out have the Cottugo to live in ; it’.‘ hilly well iuruiahud. and you om rennin thm until tha platen in coldâ€"until. that is. thouale i. oomplutvd, which will not bu till Christmas. But it will be better for you to go them pretty noun. so In to be out 01 the way here when they maka the inventoty and all that; the plane will be dismantled and quite uninhab- lublo in loss that a month. whereas the Oogpgo can xemuin untouched to the lust." wound-p" “No. I putqnd nothing." basin broke in Richard; "1 “mp! sand upon my mum, ind once {or .u I to 1 you I will no: duouu thin qua-non (unher; you mun Inna unnymentu to ~ leave this home below Christmas “ 110 mu about to quit the room, when he return» ed. am. a: it ulighfly “Imam! o! the tone he I» Adopting. ooutipued, rungâ€"bu and them; you cannot “Hurry! John BEAâ€"{813:3 I" oxoldmod tho blind man. "I no": hand She nun And shen she rssd forth item the nuns) form of such documencs the simple not. that on the 6th 01 Fsbmsry. 1827,1101! msrriod by "same. st film psrish church of Whitbnm. Bundsrlsnd. John Brysnv Starry. 0! tbs: psrlsh, snd Msmsrot Mme”. 0! tbs psrish of Orslg Loith. Dmhsm. sud thss tbs cors- mony wss duly witnessed sud smsud to by the p_srlsh qlsgksndfiths ssxton. “ Why this is n manage certificate, surely Whn can it mean 7 ” “ Wall, whu mankgo certificates usually mean, I nuppoco.” broke In Bryan, somswhn impggionfly. “Bud." 5 Yu, of course. 77 But these mmuâ€"Lwhoao nomel on those he? Wu your aunt married twice 7 " “Married twice? Nonuonu, no! Wm: no you driving It? Bead, mud. do." uid Br‘ygq. yore qotnlunglx thpn before. She took item it several folded 3nd closely written Iheotl of loner-pap». And from bo- hnon those two long lllpl or printed forms with «thin names and due: filled in. Pounoing on on. of then. u : mm. caught hot on, tho oxolulmed. “ See whui’a in min tin. box," said Brynn, Mowing the dust of! it and opening the lid wig}; nqmq diflioulfy as he ppnded it to her. First, they onme upon revere! bundles of lettersâ€"some tied up with e blue ribbonâ€"in a man‘s handwriting. and directed to “ Mien Margaret Mnrrell, Post office, Craig Leith. near Durham.” and bearing the Sunderlend pontmerk,.with detee from 1826 to 1827; tome untolded end tied with ntring. and in what Barbua lmmedietely recognized as Mr. Heleteed'e hendwritmgâ€"old love-letters, eleerjy. " Birange, “range," they both exclaimed " 9312 no 19ng_ hfddgq may)” Ila-band and wflé then sat down to ex-I nmine them ; Ibo reading 3 word here and there, and be pulling his fingerl npidly our ong pnokot clter another. “Of course not,” cried Bubua; “but come und let us no whnt d1-theaoflningc no shout; they are amotbend‘with dust. and bank not been touched for yet". I thank! thin ."~ . " Why, B is Iomewhere hereeboute thet my dear eunt'e lime wrmng-teble need to etend yeere ego! I heve eeen her eit in this corner wming for home when I was noe much bigger then Jammy ie now. As I have often told yam-Bethe“, ehe used to bring me to this room to ploy in those heppy old deye. Yea. oerteinly, it wee in this corner, but I don’t remember n panel opening like thin-â€" how should 12â€"luch e eecret‘ contrivenoe, nnleee I had been shown I " When she hid cloned the little recess of its contents, the ouried them in n heap to the table; whilst Bryan, continuing to examine with his fingers the movement and construction of the door, said. half to himgelf, "0, yes," she called out, in 3 minute, “ there an lovers! thing“ pups". and 5 tin box. sndldon't know what! Let me an themâ€"hold {hop-pol upli’ Barbara, all excitameiz by Shi'l time hid lighted 3 03111119 Ind 339 looking in. An involuntuy exclunation of surprise «owed him. “You must get a candle now, Bubs". anyhow," he cried. “Why, Jammy has mudeadizcovery. und no mistake! I": a secret panel. and I0 cnnningly contrived. I wonder if there’s anything inside 2" were coming out of the woodwaxk, and a third and stronger pqli did Immlly bring it away; but with it came the lower side of the panel immediately adjoining the betding wwhioh it was attached, and which then opened upwards upon hinges at we next dinuion like a cupbonxd-door. “ 0. O !" Brynn cried, “ there in atoll ring. then, und you are tight, Jammy. utter all! I wonder if thcro are uny more like it 2" and his fingers quickly flied the mm of a dozen or so ol the umilar paw-ma right and Jolt. " No." he said, " min in the only one; what man it be lot? ’ Then he gave it I alight lugâ€"it yielded a limo ; he gave it unothexâ€"h incomed u if ll -_-_ -â€"°-. I'vv-I'. 'ings.’ he want on ; " but you need not make men n row about them ;" end he mm on the point of withdrawing his hand. when he suddenly found that the dumpy torefinger of his son had booked iteelt deep Into one o! the sunken circular forms of the bandinga. and had raised the rim of it percup 'bly. The quick and leneitive touch townie the fact on the inst-at. and now, hooking his own finger in above the boy's. the tuner discovered-that euro enough there was a practical ring. etifl end clogged by time and dust, but clearly intended to be raised, although. whnlet flat, it tormed the edge at; the curved device. " 0. o 2" Bryan cried. « therein are-l vino \ Led by the little voree. hm head dropped on the curly head with as much accuracy at If it had been guided by his eyes. Then he knelt down, and. taking hold at the little arm. said, “ Now put duldy‘a bend on ' hooter- 1iug.l ll Presently hie fingers were drawn dong the ornament backwards and towards several time”. ' "In. very cold," he said ; “ regular Christmas weather. Jemmy. you eeump, whet. a row you are making ! What in it. you've go: hold of that ticklel you so 2" for the chic! had continued at intervals his original remark, and jun: now wee reiterating is with greater vehemence than ever. “ Here, tell me what you are up to ; let daddy {eel ' hauler 'ing 1' ” Then he went Ilowly across. feeling his way by the ’wnll, to we corner where the child gm still sqmming. After a law minutes‘ mum chat Bryan dropped the buket {tom be‘weon his human. and. giving himself a shake uni a stretch, stood up wuh uiu back to the fire. out, “ Ah, Jcmmy in pulsing the piano. I loo ; boom ’ menu. but ntbar dun-t3 ;" and sloop- mg to km the mise's ohtok. rammed to he: husband’u aide. v ,_w. _-. ‘v cu..â€" new." Bumra rule and went to the corner. tad am the “Na flute patting the ring amped vruameut running along the bonding which (mun-d we [own edge of the wniusoo‘. 8m: watched for a moment. with a mothex’u smiling satisfaction, the dumpy little fingers puddhug away from circlu to ouolo, 3nd cried Little Jammy (whoa. name. by the bye. wu no more. Jammy nun your: or mine but his lather almyu «11rd him soâ€"n ha “id in his Ianâ€"for thut very reason). utter, «putting on the ground, presently began 30’ out out lumly, “ Book-r 'wg. boolor ‘iog ! " mm uuoh peninonoy. Ibr. Bryn) Ind v. lust. " What has um child 30‘ hold 0! ? Go und bending. and ouvlugo. which hon um) um. bud undo downs". in format days we wuimootipg and gol§nhed pouch. ‘. yes, I_ feel ; J'boofer ’ingu. boots: ....... â€"â€"vâ€"- -â€"-- "-7!" a" “ ' Bo'll'ulo 'Brym Won wu our mph"; the oflaprln of our and mm. and whom we actually «I the cum“ undmm Greatly muted, m blind man here 31'“de hln wife's um.- "What um I limning to. Durban” he cried. “Am I draining? Are we both dreaming?” " Bo calm. dean-t,” uld tho wife. “ Ind lot mg_§n‘lp)§_i In ”that: Than Iho continued : “ ' One other thing I would urge upon you in weighing your deoieion~it ie to remember whet I here eecrificed to make the plen I propoee feeeible. I have given up my old home, with ell ite etrong eeeocietione. end heve come in the eutnmn of my life to live emonget etrengere, end 1 heve done thie in order thet you mey be restored to reepectebi- lity end your good neme.” " whet choice bed I but to eccept her terme 7 I wee pennileee, end entirely de- pendent upon her. whet elee could I do 2 end et ieeet I ehould not be eepereted irom my child. I thought of thet before ell. I returned to my eieter'e new home in Essex or Mile Mergeret Merrell ; my little boy followed me in due come. I hed had him chrietened Bryen. efter-hie tether, et the English Protectent Church et Dinen. where he wee born. But we. my cuter Jene end I. eccordlng to her plea, ignored hie reel eurneme end eubetituted thet ol Went for it, ‘ ee one thet lrom lte femllierlty would provoke no comment.’ " " 'You will come beek.‘ she wrote to me, ' in your maiden neme. Ac leree mey be we will wipe out, obliterete item the knowledge of the world. your nnheppy eot. There ie no need for you to be diegreced by beering hie neme; but ee Mergeret Merrell you any live honored end respected in e neighborhood where we ere en- tirely unknown. end where no whie per of your reeh. imprudent merriegc will reech the core of eny one. 01 couree you will never be eble to merry egein; your Denelty, your etoncment will be, at the ego of twenty, to renounce ell hope of wedded life, to remein whet you will room to heâ€"e epineter; but you will eee no herdehip in this if your love‘ lor the deed men wee ee etrong ee you pro- leeeed. " You cennot cere,” you heve olten eeid. " for any other living creeture.” Be it eol You may live with end be consoled by hie memory. that cen disgrece nobody but yonreeli; ior, ior your own eehe, ee mu Mergeret Merrell. you will keep it to younell. A: to your child, in twelve monthe' time, when he will be two yeere old. he eholl be brought to youâ€"ta m; but remember die- tioctly that he is our nephew, the eon of e eieter who lived end died ebroed. Our old unree will keep him where he is. therefore, for euother yeer; but. it you accept theee, my oonditlone, you must return to me et once; but upon no other terme will I ever not eyee upon you egein. If you reluec thie we ere henceforth etrengere, end you must ehllt {or yourself end child; for no lerthcr help, in eny ehepe, will you hevc lrom mc. ._fi_u â€"â€"__ ‘r-“I vvuulllvul. "Sim was. dumntfied and nearly twenty yous older than I, and ha! inheriud our purentp‘ fortune. " This. for a time. wss not possible. seeing that within the your the responsibility 0! snother- s new sud young life-would come up on me. When we knew that this would be so. my sister. who wss s hurd-nstured women 0! strong character, took I very decided step She sent me abroad to Dinsn in Brittany in ehsrgs of a trustworthy old nurse; sold her property. which lsy in the north 0! Durham; bousht at small estste in Essex. oslled Averley Bower. within lourteen milesol London. end. about s your after my little boy was born. had me back to live with her in her new home. but upon very strange sud cruel conditions. " In ezcn‘r. “ NJ matter what led to it, but I made nah and imprudent mnni-ge very much beneath my station when I ma only seven- teen; run away from the home of an elder sister with'whom I lived. Within six week: only of our wedding day my huebund diedâ€" wee drowned at seaâ€"fell overboud. {or he was a captain of I merchant ship plying between Sundetland and Copenhngen. My sister, with more Iorgivenou than could hue been expected, then anggeeted my returning to her 9nd resuming my old life. “God in heaven!” cried Bryan. '_' Then she must have been married twice. Are you sure it ie in her handwriting 7" “Curb-in." was the onswu. “ But stey, here is e quentity more on some eepsrete .hdeta; they seem to refer to it. Let me see, where do they begin ?--0, here, I lup. pone." “ Rand, reed, th'en.“ broke in Bryan, with impatience; and she began: , “ ‘ Upon the eve of tsking one more mo. mentous step I come upon these relics of the peat. What in to be done with them 2 Their discovery now would be more then ever {lull Yrt still I have not the heart to destroy ‘ them! It is very foolishâ€"week to a degree; but, alter all. he hed my first love. therefore the truest. best. man can ever have from women. No; I must keep them. and I know it place where I can do so without risk of ‘their being found during my life. and I Ihell have the satisfaction of knowing they are in safety. But when I die l-well. then I prey God they any tell into hands that may respect them. keeping my secret if no harm be done thereby. And the secret 2 What is it ? Let me plainly not it down in black and white, and y end read it with the eyes of one strange to it ell. and see it it looks like a heinous crime. Yea, I will. “ ‘Tbuo are tho last words I ever had {tom him ; we had then [won mauled not quite a womb. sad I VIA“ seventeen years old. I cannot hear to destroy them nor it. won though its discovery should be duth to all myrull‘wfrjs plans} " “ ' I forgot lo give you the onoioud; take gun can: o! it; put ii in tome puma o! “tau leul, while 1 am M an and you alone and un prouou d, any doubt should bu lhrowu upon our mlrrlogv. We do no: know vb» your simr may say In her anger u “hail you how done, and this will be a prooi that I nm, at least, not the double- dyed rooundrol she probnbly think! me. I land this nation by lha pilot. A lbouuul limos God bleu you! In less thou three months I will bun with you again. “ J. B. 8." " Written some: this in wry faded ink." goes on Bubuo, " in what ii certainly your nonf- unndgritlng no those lines: , __."â€"v- -wuwlu ‘â€" Ihou could not bun ban “0 Hurst!“ Mu. “Ha! I don't under-tum. Bad Is 1301:. Barium ” ' 8!» did to. and Ihon flied out. “ Listen, Hum; hero is . memonudnm pinned to it in the umo mun'l hundwriting u mow letter: directed to her. l’elhlpl it explaipq ;" nud the and than : belc-re! Apd pgnloqm luau» Mano)! 2- __ _â€"â€" â€"'" Then he let down the boy end roee end hugged hle wile, caught hold 0! the boy “tin end toned him into the air, until hie little heed went {willow}, more then onoe. nee: the low no he. Themwhen hie em on. The boy obeyed end tumbled on to hie leiher’e knee. "Deer me. Barbere, if you hed lighted the oendlee When I told you the: I wee lure you could not eee. end you eeid it wee not yet 'blind men’e holidey 'â€"-ihei hoiidey we heve invoked end joked ehonc end longed for eo oftenâ€"why," end one of hie hrlghteet fleehee 0! [an end intelligence lighted up Bryen‘e ieeeâ€"“ why. thin blind men would never heve hed each I hofldey i_n proepeet on he hee now i" â€"---â€"-. VIII. II I. the Polt-ofilce who deoipheu all the illegible eddies-u." , " Nonsense l " nld Barbe", laughing. "A loom name you ; at lent. he'- called the ' bllnd clerk ; ’ now you know the reuon. Here, Jammy, alter all you are the hero; come Ind klu you! lather lnllenlly.” mm- L-.. AI I see now I look at it close; still, I never noticed it." - " No, my love, I downy; but it ian'l always those who have their eyes who no the most; 1‘ was left lot me to find, of courts. I: ll olwoyl the blind mon who finds what otho'r‘ people can't. _Ic-ig the hlind clerk to “ I um not lure," “id Durban. walking up 3nd «ax-mining the ring of the plus]. no she dropped n into it. proper place. “ 0, you, it goes a little, 3 very mgle, gnoto than the rut; "Truly," uid Buhere. “ end doee it meenâ€"" “ It meene." eeid Brynn. interrupting her, withe slight renewel 0! his vehemence end excitementâ€""it meene one end oomlort where we have had enxiety end herd timee." in But 'Biohard Heleteed 7" enquired the w le.~ " Rioherd Heleteed in It eeonndrel whom I ehell heve greet pleasureâ€"but, oh. God help him! he ie my brother 1 Whet em I flying? Yes. my brother! 1 con do nothing henh towerde him,” went on Brynn more calmly, ee‘ ghe not down to the teble end took up the ‘pepere with some deliboretion; “only l'll here my righte.ee he would eny." b " Itie e mervellone dleoovery‘."oried Ber- are. “ Yee, end all through little Jemmy catch. ing eight of thet ehining ring by the light from the blezing log,” went on Bryon. leeing round to the corner where the young gentle- men in queetion wee dieporting himeell with the moveeble penal. "I enppoee it doee ehine. or elee the child would never have eeen It 7” i- __- _-- vvv- llr- , u mongh. wh'En oho wu 1â€"0 Ilnngoly Im- pellod to write this. bar ultâ€"nccnntion. she hld felt shut it would lull only into loving bunch." “You. darling," he said. now turning his face towudl his wile; “ how merciful. too. It in that I, thnt we, no not “nose". [and shale pipers! It is u if the had donated he: uorat straight to me from her on lips ; II though. when Ihn In: In air-mul- In- “Ah. Bow, den:- Bry," she “id, " her arm love for you in nu explsinad; nor could you. have been grotto: for her shun fl wu hld you knovln whnt she knew." Then hil wile ensued Ind soothed him, nnd for n minute nothing mm “id. His heart no very full. and the filial Instincts l0 long denied their rightful flow walled up and for a time quite unmanned him. Barbara wu the first to mask. " No. Bubs". no, very likely; but only think what it on menu. end whet I must teal! She use my motherâ€"my mother!" end he buried hle face in his hendl. " Deer Bry,” ehe eeld, “ don’t excite your- self like this. Be calm; thin le not like you, not like your own old pulient menner of “3??! things" But for several moments his hnnd no shook with ogitntion. and he moved nnd tossed the paper. Ibout so much. that his wife wu un- able to give them to him in their proper order or let him fool than In their diatinotneu one from the other. “ Put my hund on my nume!"exolnime the blind mun; “let me touch it, let me touch it 1" __ â€".. wu-I‘I Vulvl, Iuv. law 8 “Yea. here," she cried, taking up the second long printed form, md reading again the simple hot that st the Engliph Protestant Church It Dinar), in Brittany. woo registered. on the Slat of October 1827, the birth 0! “Bryan. non of John Bryon Starry nnd Mars-rot his wile. ” “ Good God! ' he cried. “ if thin be true, I Bryan Starry (West is no name of mine). and not Richard Haletead. am the eldest son. and in the absence of any will I am the rightful heir to all the prorerty. This will turn the tables indeed, Richard Halsteadi But, Barbara, my dear." he went on excitedly. stretching out his hands across the table." let me feel these papers, let me touch that last one you read; there, thisâ€"is thic it 2 and where is the marriage certificate 7 this slipâ€"â€" is it that? You spoke of twoâ€"is there one of mg birth? Quick, see. see!" “ Heroin my secret. then! How will it uppeu. should it ever be read by other eyes than mine? How does it apps-r to me? Criminll without a doubt! God {orgivo me, and may Ea look upon my sin at last an unis]! “ Juno 6, 1831." Bryan apt-n3 to his loot a! his vi!» finial)» ed tending the piper. um. unwise, illegal. wrong no it may be. I um going to the altar within a Wet-k from this dusy {or the second time as Margaret Mute“! “ Yet ought I not to do clue the truth? O! 00an0 laughs; bul l have not the moul courage. M mi. the eleventh hour. to break down we shun. the lie. under which I have been living in epparent unidenbood (or so long. Who: would be said of me? whet would he think of mo 2 Besides whieb, my story would not be believed ; il in so strange, no unlikely, would involve much trouble to prove. and ell forâ€"when Therefore it i; lrom eaoouniotln: I. lllgdoug lonzllnou 7 or am! have a length yielded to the tenant doulro of one who loves me well am. I should beoogze his wile ? " Suddenly my sister died. We hsd no uhu‘ons: aha left everything to me. I Inherited all also pououod; but. what I’ll denier than all. 1 had my freedom. H In it u....A.-l..l .L-_ AL-A I " In R wuadutul. than. that I. an helrua, with £8,000 3 year, now bconme an olnjact 0! nature“ in the county .9 Mid in it wonderful than at the use 01 five-und~menty_ I shrunk " Thus {or town! yam we lived to all uuwud leaning Very happily. W0 went vet, link into society. bu: we accepted the oivuiziu of some a! “to poop]; who called on at. (or. 0, the It. alum! uplendldly! The plan had bun ounnlngly though: at“ z a nu «nomad to I moot], and in mm“ .howed how abuwd Ind lu-uoinz my mm Jun. wu. How to True 7â€"The Oolllngw‘ocd Bulletin is reeponeible {or the following zâ€"We undet- etand that the Northern Railway hee notified some stein merebante that alter the let 0! next month lrelgbte on grain will go up to the old figure. Leet eummer, while the agitation for an additional bonue to the Hamilton q ‘ Northwestern Ballwey waa going on. min ‘ waa lowered from eight eente to about In oente. Alter the let 0! January it cool up to the old figure. We do not underetand why thla new tartfl‘ ahonld be adopted on the very eve of the openlng or the Hamilton a North- weetern Bellwa . unleea an underetan beeheenarrlv athythetwo eom tea to equalize their tarllle, and to bleed t e people who have eo libeeeuy contributed towerda the eonetruetlon of the roade. The Nineteenth flmtury epeeh of Dlereall 3a aJew by birth and a chrletlan by eeelo ant. A covering of two lnchee in depth in In“. cient, end nay consist ol ewele, hey. “at. evergreen bonghe, ioreet leaves or eewdm Bteble mennre contninlng e large per cent. 0! ‘ litter in excellent. u it Inppllu lertilitz Ind protection at the come time. Avoid. 1 (II meme. eny materiel containing foul needl. It the bed in to he top-drcued with meant. now, u it ehonld he. let itbe done belore thl' mulching in npplied. The horn; end who.“ of the cert mey peel between the rowe d no demnge to the plente. As the weether of epring Approaches, the cov should be removed from immedintely oven. the plants and ellowedi to rennin to keep; down the weeds and protect the trait m becoming coiled in reiny weether till the crop is herveeted. It should then he removed nt once end succeeded by thorough onltivntion. â€"C'or. Bulletin of Board of Agriculture. ‘ The covering need not be heavy. as it not intended to keep me plum wean. but ehede them from the Inn, end that prove the eflecte of sudden and extreme chum {tom he“ to cold. Hwy “unborn-bode I mined in MI and spring by the (mun freezing And thewing 0! me around, by UM the pleats no lined endthe roots bxokenll exposed to the weethet. Now in the lime to look ubont lotto motorial with which the ltnwbeny-bod n be protected. It is quite to wall to do tho Ippliontion till the stand beau; l the covering. whntovor it mo, be. lhonld a: hand. In such on bout u we think I: severe weother and deep now: my in II] V- -V __.-- _, -vn'll. His first ntefi was to obtain through 1 proper channel. an injunction to Itoyi tutumtcly non-oomplotcd ”lo 0! the p potty. Very little served to acne Rich: Hclctcad from his lint blunting intent! of dolying his ctcp-brothcr‘n chin and'1 tending the threutcnod uction. Otherwise, pub-pl, the hot. hcr'c mm! would huvc come bcioi-c. the public in n '1 difloront shape. und the grant one at “ SM n. Bil-tend " would hove occupicd '1 columns at the now-pope:- lor wooh,‘ thuvc bccn hennltcr quoted on on. of, I most romuntic ol the came: celebru o! I duy. But. I! it Im. Blchlrd Hui-told compuntivcly no troublc. Ind. utter o la reflection. gladly accepted the iibcnl now ment which, we mny bo mm, in the (on: onity of hi- hcart, Btyun wu nod, to In upon him. No: in it account: to add tl: not 3 brcnth cvcr «coped tho blind nam'c li; to living soul (not cvcn tohlnviic) with ”(I once to thc well-louudcd conviction ha ha how Bichud Hui-tad bod been occupi Among-t his mother's pcpcn tint mcmonl night in he: boudoir. You any take my word for thn it all came right, and, as B: Starry prophmied. long bolero Hm I Christmu he was in full poumion o! rig'lgo, us mum- 0! Annie: Bower. ' And-no, u the lining wilo'il' doing her blh hunbmd'a behest, 1nd u he sits dancing 1: boy on hi: hp. I will let the curtain lull, u tog. on this family picture. -â€"-__-,-mvn I: luv.“ on the fire, and let II hue supper. 4 here. here, Jammy, come here again. 1 young lump! come and lit on your to“: knee {or a minute and hove mother 1001 the ‘ boofer ' flunu, flunol that hove Hal: you my little son. to fortune ! ” ,__- â€"_ -vuu uv .1.va nun; "Not able to prove in" he interpor "Why. my dear. it your eyes have not oaived you. and you have nol been reed some “Arabian Night’s Entertainment' 1 all this while. there will not be much u difficulty in proving ii than in eating supper. only it will take longer. 1 the regielere at Whilburn andâ€"~th the name of the place where I I born 2"-end he put his hend out anion the papers againâ€"“at Di-Dinan 7 uh. tin it lâ€"mo regimn will prove it, or else I I brought up ‘0 rho law {or homing. I I! put the whole eauloto the hand: of my manner; end-â€"-andâ€"prove it indeed 3" ” Bm Bxehard Heletead Pagain interpou the wife. “ Haletud 2" Bryan repeated. with a re“ of his gruel- mood; "O, he'll light ll oouree; but he hasn't a leg to Hand: ihough he'll give as late 0! trouble. and will take time naturally; but long belorem Christmas. you'll see. I shall be made! !Averley Bower, and I shall hove him“ I eel." 1 “ But you won’t do anything harsh. Bl en 2" said his wile gently, leying her hurt his arm. “ Did you evor know me to do any“?! very harsh. Barby ‘3" " No." she answered. ‘ “ No! way well,then.” he added taking): face belween his bends and hieeing'luer, “h I will make him eat humble pie. And no perhaps you will let me eat something; have not had such an appetite. I don’t am when! Clear the dech. put all these pep. eerelully together, an if they were theme precious things (are they are) that you a handled, draw lhe_cnrtaine.throw a fresh l1 -_ AL_ 1' ‘ "Don Brynn." than nid his wife. "5| little more rations]. ' Suppou. amt, amt d that we should not be alglg go prove min" to Rn. "LL. A Tn... u'e huggod m. wile unTn, mud bl: boy nail). and uamdlyupoud uboult room with bun in hit um. until, blind his shins into cannot with the turnium, I swing his hot enungled in some at thq cl wiokex-wwk. he finally blnudued hunk £01 chair by the table and at down [8111’1 ham-ted. “and him. in. [lucked and um. ‘ '~ 0. I Won't hurt him. trust me! I I. Jammy f In“ I man do I'll“ I lit. my own. And now. 'ln'n tu'o- In uupper both togothu. anything M I all the luxuriu o! the “non: mm a «nun tut us! uh“ I Cblhsmuu we dull not {orgu thin pro-cm you 01 I in:hur;y.‘f Strawberries-Winter Protection.