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."I. an W pmyâ€"plm w- mu. wu- Maddy'a reply; and, as the lat upon the floor woro,wgiting for her. she turned to the instrument, while Guy mechanically oflorod his arm to Mafia. who_wap waiting !or him, and unabated toward the green- “Mm'w “"vi‘l"" , , - . and you glad she Could do Ipmething towards enharhining Guy'p guests. But Guy did not forgefi her (or w insunt. Through'all tho mm: of the 'ddy dance he had hex-More his eye, see not the clouds of lace wd muslin on ad by his urn). bgt the limo pantrin blue sitting so .n 1,- n...___ -I... ““5. V'- Il-V lIv-Iv â€" â€"â€" > . patiently at the ieno until he knew she must be tired. en determined to release her. As it chanced Merie was on his arm. end drewing her neuter to Medd ; he acid. “Your fingers echo bf this time. em euro. It in wrong to trouh c you longer. Agnes will take your pleoe while you try a qua.- dxilleâ€"I chill find you a. gamer." ___- ,1 n‘. “0! 56mm fiIV literate with no one's samples of the: kind. but I cannot allow you to wear yourself out for our muse. meat." .“I like to playâ€"please let me," we: "73â€"1-1; it'dâ€"did 335 at once. Standing for a moment irrooolntemhile he looked curiously oi Mgddy. he said 9% fins}: 0“ H, -Â¥_I_ Noddy bowed. end struck into 3 spirited volts, which set rnsny o! the young poo 10 to whir in cache. end produced e lelult w Merit so much desired, viz; ltjtook Guy may from the pieno. for he could not mistake her evident wish to hove him u e pertuer. end with his arm ground he: Inlet he won soon moving rapidly heath“ pate! the room. leavingonly the doctor to weteh Medd '- flngem as they flew over the he a. M dy never thought of [reins tired. . ‘e enjoyed the excitement. ,ex 1. --_._el.2nn “Oh. thank you," Maddy-answered. “ I nmnot tired in the least. I had as lief till morning. rovided theÂ¥ arcsctisfled wi my time. an my stocko music holds Ont” . ‘ “ But it is not fair for one to do all the pin g; beeides.I ehnllask you todance wi me by-nnd-hv." \ My's tece orimsoned for an instant. end then in a. low voice she said. ‘9 I thank you. but I must decline." ' " Maddy I" Guy exclaimed. in tones more indicntive oi‘reproech than expostnlnticn. There were tents in Meddy’s eyes, and MerinCutler watching her, was vexed to see how bountiful well the ex ressicn of her lace as she answered hen y, “ I hnve never told you that grandpa. objected to my hiring dnncing lessons when I wrote to him about it. He does not like me to “ A saint l" Merit. uttered under her bxeeth, smiling oontemptuously as she male movement to leave the piano. hoping Guy wo_uld £0119! her. . - 1-- s- A 1,,A A “What a blue old oremoue that} diather mnethe “to o ject to dancing,‘ ‘i"£€n’°“-2¥‘:‘n“”?’h““x 13.2““ ‘t: ' ‘ a x esp: y. en ee eeore that Maddy had refused. and egretly at Guy for eeeming to care aomuoh. “ ay." she continued, as Guy did not answer her, “Don't you think it a eign me something is lacking in b or eduoaeion. ‘3 en a per-onsets up that‘dano- ingiewi ‘2” Guy would have taken Maddy’a side then, whatever he might have thought, and he replied: , , A A “Not ‘lsoko! brains, oertsinly. Eduos tion snd circumstances have much to do with one’s views upon thst subject. For my part. I like to see people consistent. Now. this old ignorsmous, as you§osll him. lsys grest stress on pomp and vanities. and when I asked him once whst he mosnt by them. lie .mentioned dancing in psrtioulsr , _l,___L as on o! the things which you church members promise to renounce?” and Guy bowed toward Moria. who, knowing this she was one of the church members referred to. wincedperceptibly. "But this girlâ€"this Mudd . There's no xenon why she should deo e," she mid; and_Guy re_p1_ied:_ - a. .‘ , - I ,# W‘â€" "W _-‘._-.__ “ Respect for her grandfather. in her cue. seems to be stronger than respect for thigh“ power in 99mg 9tha_r cages): , , w 7m: jar-ii 'wioked to play, for dsnoing l8 'tiq to dance.” Maris remarked impa- tiently ; while Guy rejoined: " That is very possible; but I presume Maddy has never seen itin that light. which makes adiiferenoe;" and the two retraeed their steps to the room where the gay revellers were still tripping to Maddy's music. After several incfieotual efforts Agnes had succeeded in enhcing the doctor away from the piano. and thus there was no one near tosee how at last the bright colo began to fade from nadd ’s cheeks as the notes before her ran toga er. and the keys assumed the form of one huge key which she could not manage. There was a blur before‘her eyes. a buzzing in her ears, and just as the dancers were entering heart and soul into the merits of a popular polka. there was a sudden pause in the music, a crash among the keys. and a faint cry. which sounded very much like “ Mr. Guy." asMaddy fell forward with her lace upon the piano. It was hard tellin which carried her from the room. the octor or Guy. or which face of the three was the whitest. Guy's. was the most frightened, for the doctor knew she had only fainted. ‘ while Guy. struck with the marb e rigidity of the face so recently flushed with excite- ment, said at first, “She‘s dead!" while over him there flashed a feeling that life with Maddy dead would be desolate indeed. But Maddy was not dead. and Guy. when he went back to his guests. carried the news that she had recovered from her faint. which she kindly ascribed to the heat of the room. instead of fatigue from playing so long. The doctor was with her. and she was doing as well as could be expected he said. thinking within himself how he wished they would 0 home. and wondering what attrac 'on t ere was there. now that Maddy‘s l was vacant. Guy was a very misera le man by the time the last guest had hidden him good- night. and he had heard for the hundred-and- flitieth time what a delightful evening it had been. Politeness required that he should look to the very last as pleasant andunconcerned _as i_f_up_-stairs there were 3! an author 0! "Ida“! It! “ Forum Home.“ “0W“ nu 'Or. ho 1MB "sick I. .11 310110 undoubtedly with Dr. Ho! rook. whom he menhlly nylod u“ lucky dog." in am he munch HER BOY AT LAST. A SOCIETY NOVEL. .« tama'a-ouw; The doctor knew Buddy did not requlre his presence alter ‘he that hell hour, bue helnelnedu nher helngeennobed.end then weal roquently to her door. unlll ensured by Mrs. Noeh the: ehe we: sleeping soundly. and would. it left done. be A: well he ever on. file marrow; e' predioelon which proved true. for when u e lube hour next" morning the funny met e. the Meet teble. Meddy’e wee the brighten, treeheet hoe o! the whole. not even except. in Jeeele’e. Maddy! too,_ rue delighted KLL, 4 Ln; int; Jessie’s. Maddy. 000. was asugnsou w th the ty. deolering um nothing huf. flies-m e excitement and hoot hnd mule :- hint; and men. wiih nil the interest which young girls usnslly attach to hinting on. she naked how she lookod and how she noted, sad it she didn't sppsu‘ very tidiod‘: ions, nnd how she got out of the room, ssying the only thing she felt liter felling wssneensetion as nehe werobqing horn in ‘WO. ‘ ‘ , l “ Thet’s it." cried J essie, whovoluntsorsd the desimd iniormntion. “Brothor Guy was 'wsy of} with Morin Cutler, and (100on was wiih'munmn. but both ran-so has, and both tried to take you up. I think Miss Cutler reel hshtul. for she said, menu like. ‘ Do you see then) pull horns it it was of the slightest consequence which carried her‘ont?’"_ _ , 1 A..-__l_ n __I_:I- meow “U. vu‘ ' “ Jessie l" Guy interposed eternly .; while the doctor; who had spent the night et Aikeneide. looked disapprovifily at the little girl. who subsided into ' enoe after: saying in- on under-tone. “ I do think ehe'l hateful. and that isn’t ell ehe said either about Meddy t“ It was tether uncomfortable at the teble after thet. and nther quiet too.u my did not care to ask any more con- eerning her hint. while the others were not die to talk. - . B set over, the two _young men repeired to the library, where Go indul in'hie eight, while the doctor 11 eted or e time, and then_ broke out ehguptly: , AI._'_‘A- A naval“ 5"“ â€"v u _â€" _“__' ore. however, thst mush us I admire her‘,‘ I should not make her my wits. even it she were willing. Bus I hove seen Luna. -I am engaged to be nestled. I shall so am e sgemont. and it you have tones mo 3% sssrivsl. you msy fear me no longer. I do not stand between you and lo I do not stand between you and M18!” Clyde." 65’ Guy believed thst he was saying the truth, notwithstanding that his heart beat foster then its wont and his voice was 3 little thick. It was doubtful whether he would marry Muddy Clyde. it he could. By nature and education he was very proud. end the inmates of the red cottage would hove been on obstacle to be amounted by his pride. He knew they were for, hr better then himself: but, from his eerhest remembrsuc-e, he had 77 â€"â€" A._J “VII-I m wanna-w- -'._-__v, been taught that blood an family and position were allimportant; that b virtue of them Remington was a name 0 which to be proud; that his father's foolish mar- riage With a pretty governess was the first mesallianoe ever known in the family, and that he was not likely to follow that example was a gint fully established in his own mind. e might admire Maddy very much, and. Earhaps. build castles of what might gloss: ly have been, had she beeninhia sp ere of life; but. should he verily think of making her his wife. the olden pride would oertainla come 11 as a barrier between them. uy soul not explain all this to the doctor, who would have been tempted to knock him down. if he had; but he succeeded _in. quieting his . CIA $3.. IIU ”Dug Inst uv Uuwvâ€" .â€" fears, and even suggested bringing hladdy there, if the doctor wishedto know his fate that morning. . "I hear her nowâ€"I’ll call her." he said and opening the door, he spoke to Meddlv~ who was 'ust passing through the.ha \ “ Dr. Holbrook wishes to see you," he‘ said, as Maddy came up to him; and. hold.‘ him door. or her to enter. he saw her. ta eseat he had just vacated Then, closing it upon them, he Walked away thinking that last- night's party, or some- thing. had produced a bad efieot on him, making him blue and wretched, just as he should suppose a criminal would feel when about to be executed. CHAPTER XVI. I!!! DOCTOR AND MADDYo Now that they were alone, the doctor's courage forsook him, and he could only stammer out some common- lace remarks about the party. asking ow she had enjoyed it, and if she was sure she had entirely recovered from the effects of her fainting fit. He was not getting on at all, and it was impossible for him to say anything as he had meant to say it. Why couldn‘t she help him, instead of looking so unsuspieionsly at him with those large. brighteyes? Didn’t she know how dear she was to him? He should think she might. She ought tohave divined it ere this; and i! so, why didn’t she blush, or do ‘ something? _ At last she came to his aid by an ylng. " You romised to tell me about the brace lgta my necklace, whethe; I ought to keep "Yen,oh.y on. I believe Idld." Andget- tlnfinslfromy his choir. the doctor begun to 0 floor. the better to hide his oon- fuslon. "You the lznoelets. You looked very preuy in them, Maddy. very , but you no olwsyn pmttyâ€"shomâ€"yea. I! you them." m. .ppou nadn in the pulou wereenmaed toGuy. I should any it wee ropen but i! not why. I don’t know ; the uni in. Maddy. I an noi quite oertein whet I'm nying. :30 you must excuse me. I slum hand met-I any you“ sent the note. telling me you were comin to be enmined: but! hednoueeu on on. I did nofihnow how. die: n ‘- iieâ€"a very .iiule while-r! uhouid-‘in cell pubehiiityâ€"v weii.1did; Iohnnged In mind. md Iâ€"I gum 1'00. hove not the aim.» ideewhet I man And Ito mddenl . he eon- lronted theutoniggeudxleddy. I510 replied: “Not the slightest. unless you ere going flay." . _ ahzroould in no other vey noeount ‘for his a usage conduct. end the as saying n himjh‘iie he continued: ,_ , ‘ bill iifiit'iJJEov?“ xiiiâ€"16:" wgfi 16 now. I_ preqont my bill; ~With 3 mod. minnblo feeling. Mada listened to him. wonderingw aha 601135 Souk: 939"» if #1"? 33°: “5 ot‘ omoue {int wowâ€"palms to her '3 unfit-thor- yto nine it. and how fund: or entire wordrobo would bring. up no the shouldsell it. The hillhud not tron ed he: httorly. for she hod ‘lollou into n wny of boliovlng that tho doctor would wait until she was graduntnd nnd could earn it by teaching. Nothing could be more inggwortupo thm for him to present it now on with ohm-stifled nob she began to spook but he slleu'ood. her by a. gesture. and sittin down beside her and. m 9. voice more no d thnu the one with which he had at first addressed hot: “ M \ I know 9 uh‘-V° no money. It in hot an 1I mt. giddy; I wontâ€"I want ‘ P e bent down over her new. for her face was hidden in her bends. all sense of ht shut one. all sense of hosting toe. ssve‘ e words he was pouring infid'her earâ€"words. which burned their. my into her hens msking it throb for s single momentwith (“tilled 'fptide, and then grow as heavy as lead as she knew how impossible it was for her to pay the debt in the wsy which he desired. ' “ I can’t. doctor; oh. I osn’t 1" she so!» bed. “I never dreamed of this; never gnpposetiyon wguid went me tonyour wife. -_I_ -__L-‘_ I-..‘ ”-rrv-vâ€" a â€"- -~ vw-w -- ~~ 7 7 - I am only a. little girlâ€"only;sixteen lust Octoberâ€"but I'm so sorry for you. who have been so kind. If I could love you us you deserve! I do love you, too; but not the way you menu. I ounnotbe your wife; no. doctor, I cannot." _‘ trembling form closely to him. “ Don’t be no distressed. I dld not muoh think you'd tell me yes. and I was a. tool to ask you. I am too old; but, Muddy, Guy is a old as I am." The doctor did not know why he said this, unless in the am keenneea of his gliggppojntmgnt‘thggo '1‘.“ a yatiaiaotion in --_L_-_ L- L:â€" -4. her that the objection to his ego won! lyeleo to Guy y. But it id not :fieot WMM’idy in the least. or give er the ihteet inkl of his meaning. He new it not and epein was less to beer. Still, he would know certainly ifhe bode. rival, and he eaidto her: uv. “w"-, - -â€"_-- She was sobbiné pikeomly, and in his concern for her the doctor forgot some- what the stunning__lg19w he‘lpdfeoegvo‘d; "fiionfifkuddy :"ho ma. arming her trembling form yolooely to him. “Don’t __L _...-I_ AI.‘ .J. \ “Do you love some one else, Muddy? In mother preferred before me. and is that the reason wh you cannot love me ‘I” “ No.” (13! enswered through?! her “No.” Maddy answered through her tears. “ There is no one else. Whom should I love, unless it were'yon? I know nobody but Mr. Remington. ‘ That name touohed a sore. aching chord in the doctor’s heart. but he gave no sign of the jealousy which had troubled him. and for a moment there was a silence in the room: then. as the doctor began to realize that Madd had refused him. there awoke within bi a more intense desire to win her than he had ever felt before. He would not give her up without another effort, and he pleaded again for her love, going over the past. and telling of the inter- est awakened when first she came to him that A ril afternoon. almost two years ago; then 0 the little sick girl who had grown so into the heart never before afieoted in the least by womankind ; and lastly. of the beautiful woman, ashe called her. sitting beside him now in all the freshness of her young womanhood. Maddy. as she list- ened. felt for him a strange kind of a pit-x, a wish to do his bidding if she only ooul . and why_ shouldn’t she ? Girls had married __.3 L__.. â€",, â€"_ _.-_ those whom they did not love. and been tolerabl happy with them too. Perhaps she 0011 d be so with the doctor. There was everything about him to respect and much which she could love; Shanta she try 7 There wee e great lump in Meddy'e throat a she tried to epeek. but it oleued away, end she eeid very sadly. but very eerneetly, “ Dr. Holbrook, would on 11h me to any you with my lips when l the time there was something at my heart tugging to answer no." This was not at all what Maddy meant to any. but the words were born of her extreme truthfulneee. end the doctor thus leaned the neture o! the struggle, which be new wee going on. “ No. Muddy, I would not hove you say you unless your 11““ wee in it," he enewered. while he filed to smile upon the genial feoe looking up so sorrowfully at. But the smile was s forlorn one. snd there some instead .tx tear us he thought how dear wss this 'rl who never could be his. Msdd sew e tear. and. as if she were s. chil . wiped itfrom his cheek ; then, in tones which never (altered. she told him it might be that in time she should learn to love him. She would try so hard, she would think of him slwsysss her promised husband. and by that mesns should learn at last not to shrink from taking him for such. It might be ever so long, and perhaps she should he twent or more. but some time in the luturs s e should feel difi‘sr- enfly. Was he satisfiodmng woulq he ysit‘? Her little hand wasresting on his shoul- der, but he did not mind its soft pressure or know that it was there. so strong was the temptation to accept the half-made promise. But the doctor was too noble. too unselfish. to bind Maddy to himself unless she were wholly willing. and he said to her that if she did not love him now she proba- bly never would. She could not make a love. She need not try, as it would only result in her own unhappiness. They would be friends inat_a_s they .alwsys hsd been: and none need know of whethul paeeed between them. exoe t Gute " I must tell him."the doctor (I. “ cause he knew that I was going t9 ask _y_ou." v â€"' vv_â€".â€"__ 715171 you 01300 thalflxon‘lymtqlm viiiâ€"dtiyiié'ul’d'idt expliln why it was thst' mm the tel. aid the doom would tell Guy. She did not wulyu m of he: helm . or stoptonk why Ibo ould out to no Guy Rania nknogv thg mwpg 3119 had 31mm. olbfisok.‘ m‘w (all); to him now. she wu auto. {or he» you to lave her. u. in; he might not see her gain baton e returned to New Yank. 08110 did not mention his till. Thu yup upongfixg liaison». a thing never egein to he toiked ut; and oflering him her hood. she looked for an instant «neatly into his ieoe. and than. without a word. hurried from the room. while the doctor with a nod. heev heart, went in quest 0! Guy. “ d»you. did you esy ‘2" end Guy'e 1m oertninl looked brighter than itzhed 31061081110} 0 leit the doctor with Maddy y o. “ Yea. refused me, on I might he'veim'own ehe'wouid." wee the doctor}: reply. a hen l0 noturnliy tint Guy looked up qui y to see it he‘renlly did not‘oere. . . But the ex reunion 91" e hoe belied the calmness of e voles; end.'touohed with genuine pit , Guy ‘uked the cause of the refinalâ€"“ reierenoe for any one else, or w ‘ H “No. there was no one whom she pre- ferred; She merely did not like me well enough,“ be my wife. that was all," the dootorpeid. end then he tried to talk of something else; but it would not; do. The wound was at too fresh end sore tobe oov- ered up. u: in asite of himseltthe bearded chin qnimoidim thegnnnly‘voige ehookee â€"..,.v_ v.__ - We good-bye to Guy. 'and then .went galloping down the avenue. (meat was the consternation among the doc r’s patienb when it was known that their pet physicianâ€"the one in whose skill they had so much confidenceâ€"was going to Europe, where in Paris he could'per eo‘t himself in his profession. Some cried. and amen them Agnes; some said he knew eno _ already; some tried to dissuade him m his purpose; some wondered at the sudden start. while only two knew exactly why he was fling-Ga and Maddy ; he former approv 3 his ecision, and lending his influence to make his tour abroad as leasant as possible; and the atter weep bitterly as she thought how she had sent in away. and that, it aught befall him on the sea or in distant land. she wouldbe held res neible. Once there came over her the w' d im also to bid him ~stay,to say that she won! be his wile; but before the rash act was‘done. Guy came :down to the cottage, and Maddy's resolu- tion gave way at once. It would be difficult to tell the exact nature of Maddy’s liking for Guy at that time. Had he ofiered himself to her she would probably have refused him even more mptly than she did the doctor; for. to all tents and purposes. he was. in her estimation, the husband of Lao Ather- stone. As such, there was no arm in making him her n of all male excel- lence; and Guy woul have felt flattered could he have known how much he was in that young girl's mind. But now for a few days he he a rival, for Maddy's thoughts were all given to the doctor. who came down to see her once before starting for Europe. She did not cry while he was there, but her voiee was strange and hoarse as she gave him messages for Luoy Ather- stone; and all that day her face was white and sad as are the faces of those who come back from burying their dead. Only once after the petty did she go up to Aikeneide. and then. summoning all her fortitude. she gave back to Guy the breec- lete and the neoklwe, telling him she ought not to weer them; thet ornaments as rich es theee were not for her; thet her grand- mother did not wish her to keep them, and he must take them 1303:.pr sew ehe ,,,-L 1.2. __'II MU luau- ” vâ€"vâ€" .._.__. was in earnest, and much against his will he received sin the ornsments he had haensohsp y n umhssing “The do or Jessie when she was older," {teddy said; but Guy thought it very doubtful whether Jessie would ever have them. The were something he had bought for Mad y. something she had worn, and ss_suoh they w‘ege‘ too sacred to 1‘7 4‘- ___-_ v v-â€", â€".â€"_.... w--â€" g'ie: to another. 83,110 «laid them away _ 'de the picture guarded so carefully from every one. 3 .Two weeks etherwerd Aikeneide presented edeeolete, shut-up eggemnce, for Agnes, Maddy and Jessie h returned to New York; Agnes to continue the siege which, in despair of winning the doctor. she had commenced against a. rich old Bachelor. whg .- uuuâ€"o- vâ€" w.._._- ifédy to her books, {whiefi are long obliterated. in a measure. the bitter memory of 111 that bed transpired during her meter vacation. CHAPTER XVII. womaoon. Two years pass niekly. particularly at school. and to Mad y Clyde. talking with her companions of the coming holidays. it seemed hardly possible that two whole yeare were one elnee the eventful vacation when Dr. olhrook had so startled her by offering her his hand. He was in Europe etill,-“and another name than‘vhie was on the little omoe in Mrs. Oonnor‘e yard. To Maddy-he now wrote frequently; friendly, familiar lettereteneh as a_l_)rother‘mi‘ght .wm-n... - v.--â€" write, never referring to the past. but telling her whatever he thought would interest and please her. Occas onally, at first, and more frequent! afterwards, he spoke of Margaret A erstone, Lucy's‘ younger sister, a brilliant, beautiful girl who reminded him, he said, of Maddy, only she was saucier, and more of a tease; not at all like Lucy. whom he described as something perfectly angelic. Her twenty- flfth birthda found her on asick bed, with Dr. Holbroo in attendance, and this was the reason given why the marriage between herself and Guy was again deferred. There had been many weeks of pain, succeeded by long weary months 0 languor, and dur- ing all this time the doc r had been with her aethe family physician,while Margaret also had been constantly in attendance. - But Luo wss much better now. She could sit up all sy. and even walkslittle die~ tunee, assisted by the doctor and Margaret, whose name had come to be almost as familial-to Mead ss woe that of Lucy. ‘And Maddy. in th nking of Margaretmome. times wondered "itâ€"3’ but never wont say further than that. Neither did she ask Guy :1 word about her. though she knew he must hove seen her. She did not say much to him of Lucy. but she wondered why he‘djdnot go (or her. _snd_wsnted to éLâ€"fl? Eiffifi "$12368 Ts? but he was so chm ed that she dured not. He was not nod: 10 u of old, md Agnes did not heal- “to to cull him mm. whilo Julie M \- ldnod thn he never tom or yod Puma be: now, but {a} 911 m longhin n dee rev (.01 _ , (£3 thglipnoooun 3%“ did not look torwsrd to the oomi veoseion u joyhhlllr ushe would otherw so hove done. 8 . it wee slweys «sent some home. end she Isl telklns wl her you friends of ell they expected to do. w on s servsnt entered the room. end glenolug over the group of gitla. slqled Muddy out. enylng. Is he plnoed en unneeded envelope in her bend. “ A telegram (or Miss Cl do." There‘wss e blur belore M d 's eye-.10 that 3t first one could not see only, end Jessie. climbing on the bench bookie her. read aloud: ‘ . “Your gundmother is (1 lug. Come 36 once. Agnes and J eeele [any till next __--|_ (1-.- D-umnmu VI week. GU! Ramona." It wee impossible to goth» dternoon. but with the wheat dawn Meddy wee up. and unmindful of the snow felling eo repidly. leaned on the and journey home. It was therflret genuine Igorm pt~_§he seasonal“: it seemed resolved on msking amends tor past neglect. swoop intuioun ts sinst the windows. si sing down m thick asses from the laden sky. end so impepéinsfihe 9'9??? 0.1 Eh. Era“! “I“ , ,n, _._.‘-__‘_ the chill éih’tiy’hig‘m ma closed gloomu in are the Bommerville station wag “who _. am with” 7 and diapirited.m out upon opla om.¢lmoing mun tor out upon the pleton-m. glsuoing around for the usuel omnibus. which the had little hope would be there on such 3 night. It not what would she do ? This had been the burden of her thoughts for the last few hours, for she could not ex t Guy to send. out he horses in this tour ul storm. much less to be there himself. But Guy was there, and it was his voice *whioh first greetedher as she stood helléblinded by the showtunpgttsjn whee she 11mg! 51o _next. . “ Ah. Hr. Beunngto' n. I didn't ex is this. I a'r’n so glad. and how kind it [are of you to wait for me 2" she exclaimed. her voice expressing her delight..and amply repaying the yogng mat-i). who‘hgd'rri); been very patient or ap y roug t e ong hours of waiting heiad endured. But he was both hap y and atient now. with Maddy’s hand in ' , an “Rimming it very gently he led her into thel es' room; then makin her sit down before the fire, he brushed er snowy garments himself. and dashing aiew flakes from her disordered hair. told her what she so eagerly wished to know. Her grandmother had had a paralytic stroke. and the only word she had uttered since was “ Maddy.” Guy had not been down himself, but had sent Mrs. Noah as soon asFarmer Green had brought the news. She was there yet, the storm having revented her return. “ An grandma ?” Madd gasped. fixing her eyes _wist_tully___upon ' . “ You do her eyee wiettull upon him. " xou do not think her do ‘2" No, Guy did not. and etooping he asked it he should not remove from the little feet reeting on the stove hearth the over-shoes, so full of melting snow. Maddy cared nothing for her shoes or herself juyet then. She herdl knew thot Guy wee taking them off, much eeethet uhe bent beside her. her hand lay lightly upon his shoulders as she continued her can ueetioninge. " She“ 1! not end you any ; but you do thinkâ€"does anybody think she'll die? Your tel n1 enid‘ dy in .” eddy wee not y.to deceived. and think- ing it beettobe bank with her. Guy told her that the phyeioien. whom he had taken pdne to see on his my to the depot. had paid there wee no hope. Old ego and fiddly? ‘ constitution precluded the possi ty of recovery ry. but he 1”wanted she :11th live till th§ you_ng lady come. “ She mustâ€"ehewillTOh, gremlins. why did I ever lesve her ?" end burying her face in. her heads Maddy ‘orled passionately. while the lest three years of her life passed in rapid review before her mindâ€"years which she bed s ntinluxurions ease. leav- ing her grmdmo er to toil in the humble gottzge, and die without one porting word or or. - éThe feeling that perhaps ahe had been 9! neglect was the bittereet of all. dy wept on, unmindful of Guy ’3 attemp ta to soothe her. At last, an ehe heardp a 0100!: m the adjoining room strike eight, she atartedup .exolaiming, “ I have stayed too long. I must go now. Ia there any oonveyanoe here ‘2” oohiéyandq {here 98 tfquul. " But, Muddy," Guy rejoined. “ youtoan- not 0 to-ni ht. The rods between here and oned e are one unbroken snow-bank. It would take hours to break through; besides. you are too tired. You need rest, and must come with me to Aikeneide. where you are expected. for when I found how late the train would be. I sent word to hove your room and the parlors wormed. end a nice hot supper ready for us. You'll eurely go with me, if I think beet." would you stay if the one you loved boat was dyin 'I" “ But t a one I love boat' 18 not dyingmo I an reg-on 91min Ewan” Guy’s manner wee more like n lover than a friend. has Maddy wee in no state to remark it. She only felt an intense desire to go home, end turning e dent ear to ellhe gouldprge. geplle_d : ".3335 6611;; 1536'. ho‘w dear grandms is to me, or ion would not ask me to ski. She's all t e mother I ever knewf fighln , Here Gui checked himself, and newnea while Mud y_ naked ngeiq it there was no " And you are afraid it will kill your horses ‘2” “ No, it would only fatigue them gently. It's for you I fear. You’ve mo enough to day. " “ None but mine." Vbaid Guy, whila Madgiy pontinued far-nth: The launch cl 5 Child. The laugh of a. child will mskethe holiest day more ssored still. Strike with the hand of tire. 0 weird musician. thy harp strung with Apollo's golden hair; fill the vest cathedral sisles with symphonies sweet sud dim. dsit touches of the organ: keys; blow. bugler. blow. until thy silver notes do touch and kiss the moonlit wsves and charm the lovers wandering 'mld vine- olsd hills! But know your sweetest strsins ere discards all corppsredwithuchi‘ldhood's heppi laughâ€"the laugh that fills the ego. with ght and every heart with j y, h. rippling river of leughterl thou hrt the boundary line between the bouts and men, and every wayward wave of thine doth drown some fretfnl fiend of euro. 0, Leash- terl roseleped denghter 0! Joy! there ere dim lee enon h in th checks to ouch end hol end 310 {y ell t 0 teen 0! 01191. (To be oomnnnoal.