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...V-..~-uu uullululflu Says Mr. 'liollinrg’IV‘fvi'o must not chalo )cngo Betty any further. Let Macme come now, and say his say. Let him statohis case. If that is of no avail, our dear girls must have their way.” In Toronto Carney was movinL about among the rooms at “The Aldcrnoy,” glow- And she, Betty Hartley. resists and lights. She argues them down, she plumlsmml sheds little nvulets of tears ; growa angry finally, and 933,7 "Itis of no use. momma. In one word, I won’t. there !" 'l‘hat battle is ended. No blood is shed. 'l‘he warriors have only blustercd, beat their drums, and blared upon their trumpets. wheeled their horses upon the field, and [lashed their weapons in the sun. They hold a conference at last, and decide to commit the whole nil‘air to diplomacy. A mimic fgplily‘inii‘tation of national combats. Incnt. For they have conwircd against her, 111} these companions anu friends, not meaning to harm her, but to befriend her;menmng to open the doors of Comfort Lodge to her, and give her the Very peace which their great, love desires for her. The reconciliation of Tuesday last was only a ruse. n postpone- ...nnL CHAPTER X X V] I 1. cos resstoss. It was at last Saturday morningpthe morn- ing of the 11th of March. Briefly the Situa- tion was this: At Elmswoeds \i'ere lliicc elderly persons, ea‘ni and settled Ill the conviction that one whomthey all had loud deeply, and whose memory was still green and dear. was dead,â€"gene lrom the.r sight until the time of "the restitution ut all things,”-â€"and one young.' wumnn, a little pale, with an anxious shade upon lll r face. a firm, set look in her eye, as of one who is struggling against pleasure from without. She is made of clay, this young woman, like all the rest of us. With ail her conviction. with all her genuine sentiment, with all her love for Ben, she muy mow plastic under this pressure, and submit to be moulded in- to anew shape. It may l.e:ome possible to erase thenmne of Ben llollins, wiittm so deeply upon her hear',â€"not (ompletely, hut leaving only faint outlines of the old writing.â€"â€"'inul to place there in new and golden letters, or in deep and solemn-looking characters, a new naine,â€"the name of Thomas Macrue. tonâ€"which may lead I0 something. The search proves in vain, however, and Ben is supposed to have perished in a railway ac- cident. He has, however, been spirited away by Thomas Macrae, who is in love with Betty, and who places him on the train which meets with the accident, from which he escapes, and wanders away till he reaches “Si Knnber's l’lace,’ where he is ac- eidentally redi-coverul by Maerae, who has made arrangements with an old Irish woman, (whom,knowing too much,he is ship- ping to the ol-. country,) to take Ben along with her. She goes ahead to Quebec, Mae- rae and Ben to follow immediately. Arriv- mgin Quebec, Mucrao finds that Carney has given him xhe slip ; and after waiting in vain till the sailing of the vessel in which they were to have sailed, he takes tickets for Richmond. and t!.enee to Springfield. Here lien is knocked dew.- by an eceentric doctor’s horse. and Macrae tells a story of his "brother” which ends in Ben’s being sent to Hickory I{ali,â€":t privat- asy- lun. â€"when Macraeâ€"as E. 1’. Hallo- well, 'l‘oronto, Ont.â€"â€"leaves him, having paid one quarter’s exnenses in advance. Meanwhile the folk at Millington believe Ben dead, and the old man, having faith in Macrae, Is anxious that he should take Ben’s place. not only as his son and partner, but as Betty's husband, and papers are be- ing drawn up and prepared to that end. Carney Dugau, however, who, after much wandering to and fro, iimds herself in corn- iortable quarters in Toronto, “.~pots" Ma- crae during one of his visits to that city, and, by a ruse obtains three letters directed to him at the l’. 0. She then makes her- self known to him, taxes him with his per~ tidy, and brings him completely to buy. Meantime, Ben is about to leave Hickory Hall, and .1 gr .nd “ spread ” is be ing given in his honor by the patients. Events are hurryng forward; Ben is soon to leave ll ickory Hall,and, with the fear of discovery now ever present, Maerae is at his wits’ and. 'l'he scene of the story opens in Millington, a town in West Ontario. The principal eisons introduced in the rerious partare Ephraim llollins, owner 0 the mills which give the town its name, his wife, and his son, Ben; Mrs llurtley, widow of Col. Hartley, and her daughter Bettyâ€"Ben's playmate and little sweetheart. It is lfen’s coming of awe, and Elmswoods House, the millers home, is the scene of feasting, merriment and music; and Ben, ktellillg away after dinner, for reflection, surprescs Betty in tears in a little :u I mer-house. She calls him “Sir,” and “ Mr. Benjamin," much to his disgust and surprise; and is trying to soothe her by offering Io bring her some tea, or coffee, or sherryâ€"anything, in fact but the right thing. Things, however, settle themselves satisfactorily, and Ben and Betty are engaged, The day before the wedding, however, Ben meets with an acci- dent which renders him unconscious, and makes the doctor rather fearful of the results â€"not that they will be necessarily fiilalu but worse. Under the ca e of his friends he improves somewhat, but does not regain his senses; he wanders around at Willâ€"al- ways watchedâ€"but o. e day eludes his guardians, and wanders away unseen. A search ls instituted, which prove. fruitless. A faint clue is found, howeverâ€"a cufl' but- SYNOPSIS 0F PREVIOUS CHAPTER . An Episode in the Life of a For- tunate Unfortunate. Sunfi'ficng (Ebvllrli'l'lé-t‘l‘l‘bfié‘l-I.Sbl‘lll“ be late ; Wishing is weary and waiting long. But oorrow's day hath an cvemson And the garlands that never shall ”the belong To the soul that 18 strong to wait. â€"(Iood "'orda. - .n. .. “u "want § SuniTuer is comln though lute the Spring. ()mr tho breast of! u qulcl mo h,l Vitll un emerald shimmer -u ullnt of gold, ’1‘ ill the lem ea uf_lho regal rgao unfold A..n,, ".v -v"â€". -v‘v uu Al tlwriiisli bf ihe swallow'u wing}. (‘93;930 and hope}. tugs new; ! DOCTOR BEN. ngryge and hopq. true hegrg! The Menage o! the Snowdrop. woo<->« ‘..... a. vll‘. v. “Allthis,”lw Thought, ‘Snmy he true. The oorcrcnturo may be sum-ring. and I may )0 the one to relieve her. Mighty m. timetable-looking writing, however. for such - v-IVV . 'Here followui’n (156;! of"{e}.rs. the over- flow of which melted the young man‘s ten- der, soluble feelings mu} _au§piclons at once. II‘IIAI! III “Y os,‘ ’aho re plied. “Read it. read it for (lhclovo of mercy. MistlIcI Ftyull It‘s dyin 1 am wid grief un ’â€"-ohoo ! ohou "' ' But Bly's suspicions were awakened. Blundermg Carney had herself aroused them by her palover. "Is this your letter ?" he asked. Blundcring took refuge in falsehood, its firsteousin. “Miéthcr Fully. l’mnot dhat aisy in road- in’ dhnt one uv my age ought to be. Would yo plaza {g r9111] (lhnt tor me 7" .V..- u-luu-uvtuu -. _, ..... on \Vcdncsdny,â€"the one which Mncmo both desired and dreaded to receive, .uul whose non-arrival had lulled him into a deceptive secll_rjly_for plug moment. V- ‘.â€" .‘Vv"’ A'llofi‘lIUl Fully?” Bly tapped the arm of his chairamoment, while he replied, “N-nno, not if ycu do it in the proper way." Quick as thought Carney handed Bly a sheet of paper. There was no covering, no outer address, to warn him. It was, in fact, the last of Macrae's letters from Hickory Hall, the one which Carney had abstracted ,, llv, 1 e - “l don'tsec anything about it, sir. Dhnt’s what troubles me : I‘m as blind as a fish.” Far a moment she hesitated, and then ask- ul â€"- . “Well, 1 don‘t 3.1mm." "Ifit was some one olsc’s. Mus. hugau, you vould be arrested and punished." "0h, me ! But suppose there was almost. mun thcr in it?" “But, you see Mrs. Dugau, it would be a crime’ ~â€" “Misther Fully," began Carney, “av ye should takea lettller out uv (lho pos’-oll'y, wlmt. would (llney do to you 1'" ”Your own letter '3” Uly Brow. upon a card, ”In at noon :" and, when Carney had [lued it, he locked the door, withdrew the key, and sat down tor what he callel an “out mul~outcr" with Mrs. Duoan. , ,_, , ._.-- -. -un. “vuuu uu ,u- ucuu. ‘ All right ! The hurry-sknrrics shall not come in He e I put this card on the door- plqgc, please.” “Dhcy'll IL- comin’ to we dhc mockery- sconps un’ :lne ,plagueyscoop an’ ("19 bugs ; nu’ I've a hug "leaclf to Show you, Mistncr Fully, «Hut'll rise dehair ofl‘ yer head.” Bly laughed heartily at the notion of Ger- maine l’uraun being a. “harry-skarry,"hut a ssm ed M rs. hugan t'iatthe interview should be uninterrupted. "Dlmt'sdc \‘elvy business I'm on. dhis pcrplexm’ «lay, )Ilsthcr Fully. But Misther Full iduu‘c I); lclkin’ dhim two ham"- y- - H skm'ncs Ill â€"- “,\ hull-dozen of them, Mrs. Dugan, on onecomlitim,â€"n;unely, that you “ill em- ployuumiu telling me what I wish to know. ‘* A kuouk. as familiar knock, upon Bly Folliss’s noor. a hasty "Come in,” and two cmplnyes - f Nature weie together. "Mistlur Fully, wad ye give me a quar- thcr uv an hour '3” mked Canny. .g. 'J "0..-...ubu Dr. l'eterQLn had nothing to rest. upon now but. M r. Hdlowell'a asun‘ancc that he would come 201' Ben the following week. He dismissed his suspic 0113, as who does not when repeated cll'urts bring suspicion to nothing 1' They were anxious to get rid of Ben at HickoryHall,â€"not out 0! any animosity to- ua-ds him, as you can readily imagine, but for his own good. Dr. l’eterso. Wished him to see the world again. He had laith in the awakening powers of lamiliar sights and sounds. lie believedâ€"nay, know that Ben Was on the road to full health. Science had done much for i nn : the rest coul‘l intrusted to Nature, which had taken kindly interest in the 1nuem,aml was gradually opening for him the doors of life. Admirable Science! adorable Nature ! At Mullingtou Thomas Macrae happened to be an the atation send-n2 off some business despatches, and helrd the click of the key, all unconscious that the words which the operator was receiving had rch rence to himself, all ignorant that he had come so near to Lulug ntl'llCK literally by lightning. I|_ Ill. .. H L l , .n - . ”Is it a: crime to do good, Misslllor n n! as well fixformed as possililrévntml-{vic‘l‘t'og Hall. But the answer came from all points, "N9 s_u.ch_person_9.3 E. l’.r Hallowell here.” The doctor’s hand was upon his bell in another instant ; and before many minutas a boy was sent off with a despatch to this Canadian town, and others also to the town In Michigan and Illinois. :l‘hey like to be “The very place !” exclaims Dr. Peterson. “One of the drafts for Ben’s expenses came from that very town. Laidlaw, I begin to be seriously troubled about. this matter. I shall telegraph thereagein.” ' ' “Yes: there is a Millington in Illinois, one in Michigan also, and a Millertou on the Harlem Railroad. There is a town in Canada. whose name is spelled in the ‘Guide' M-i-l-apostrophe-t-qon." 7 “No, I think not. Mr. llallowell is travelling, you know; though, now that 1 think of it, he seems to he travelling in a rather small circle. By the \my, did you look up this Millington of which Ben apeaka?’ _ "1)octor',’ says Laitlluw, musingly, “I wonder if there is any lmuus-pocus Ill this. I don’t like the look of it. You wiil have Ben left on your hands." D “Mr. Hullmul. “'fltfiSlhqllVéâ€"Slii'fl, “that he will not be able t) come until next week, “It”? all. 'llusilless detains him." At Hiclury Hall Dr Peterson “us hold- ingra consultation “ill: Laidluw. Meantime Mr. lily Folliss was sweetening his coll'oe and peppering his morning chop with cogitatiouu upon the Very same subject. And, very like'y at the identical moment of Cuney's conclusion, he threw a spoon upon the table with a semblance of violence, and exclaimed, “I’ll have it out with him ! He must explain that ridiculous card. 110 is up to some mischief or other. and it Will be a friendly thing to luring him up with a round turn ; and that llugan woman is the one to help me.” “I'll have it out wid him now, dhc liar. dhe thafo, dheâ€"murthcwr ! Au’ i 03 Misther Fully’ll do it too,” she said to her- self and her dustpau. cring and muttering. “or whole soul “as Inihitteixd at every thought .of Mucmv‘s treachery to her. llowcvu‘ weak hvr some of the injustice donu to Ben Mullins. her own “ox” had been “gored" at lust; and Carney was indignant, as her bettersuro under like conditions. At Hickory Ilall there was quiet. You would think that. all days ought to be alike there. Not so: the pcculir holiness of the Lord‘s day onvclops cvcn Hickory Hall. The "Giant" ocassionally storms ono of the en- omy’s outer works, or has a skirmish ; hut regular pitched hattlos aro deferred until Monday, or at least until twalvc o‘clock of Sunday night. ”Uncle" lhbbagc is invari- as good news. After morning service In. St. Peter's, Mr. llollins spoke to him of tho morrow ; and Macme rem! volumes of hope in the old man’s face as he said, "I sincerely trust, Thomas, that you will have more articles than one to sign on your l)irtl2dny." In 'I‘ nnnnn LA Alr,,,r,, «â€".v -v a. II VI- JV|II IIII Ipllll‘l’o In 'l‘orrorxrxvii) they rested also,â€"\Irs. Dugan in her way. thc‘ghyieo friends in theirs. There erc many questions to be asked, much subsidiary information to be gleaned concerning Macrae‘s character and previous history, and a deal of talking, of condemn- ing, to be indulged in before these two were prepared to pronounce their opinion upon the one important point,â€"upen what was to be done, not by Macrae. or by Mrs. Dugan, but by lily Folliss. The longer rolis of the clock-bell soundr d before this conference came to an end. With the easy-going method of youth. the unani- mous conclusion was reached, that Ephraim Hollins of Millingten night to be apprised of Macrae‘s suspicious behavior, of the pres- ence at Hickory Hall of a patient who is called “Ben." and of the name of Maerae’s correspondent. Further, that, as it “asnow practically sunday, Monday morning would a the proper time for communicating with Mr. Ilollins. The Lord’s Day following was a day of quiet and rest. Around Macrae a slightly hazy atmosphere had gathered. No news from lliekory llall seemed almost the same , an“. in no humor for l leasnntries, Bly inform- ed them that there was serious business on hand ; and. for the second time that day, went over the grolmd covered by Carney's revelations, closing the narrative with a re- quest that the advisers would speak their minds freely and fully. nu The Judge of Nature's Inferior Court felt the need 01 counsel. Ho sailed forth, there. fore, to obtain it, looking for two friends who had been twice disappointed that day when looking for him. At seven o’clock the three cune together as by one impulse in Folliss‘s rooms,â€"Bly - __“l.v..~v ... - vullvu o Auullla,'â€"Dly pun-occupied and anxious, the others curi- uus, aml disposed to chalf their host, and to call him a man of mysteries. You or I would have put on our hat, at the finishing of Carney Dugan 8 story, and started for the nearest telegraplrollice, to send word to Ben Hollius’s father, eh ! l’er~ Imps so, perhaps not. To lily Fulliss other considerations came into prominent view. This man, Mncrue, had been his friend. To pursue this matter in hot haste would be like asking Mucrae to stand upon a box of gun- powder, and holding him there, while Car~ uey Dugan or some other agent, applied fire. “Ah !” Slld Folliss, “very likely that would blow me up also, and the Dilqan, and the whole lot of us ‘3" And all that afternoon Bly Folliss sat with open e) e, and never wearied. He ‘aited patiently for every detail. He :1th ques- tiom, set Carney on the track when she wandered ; employed the Iuinutcs when she yielded to her proyensity tu wail, in think- mg and in mourning, in wondering how such a man as Thomas Mac-me could have sunk so low. And now the floodgates of Caruuy’s lan- guage were open. She poured into Bly’s caratale which astonished and shocked him. The hour of . oou sounded; and My removed the card upon his door, placing there ano her, postponing his opening to visitors. FprCirney was voluble, circum- stantial, roundabout, discursive: her own trials and troubles, from the far-of! Arboe days down, mingled with the sorrows of Elmswoods and the crimes of Thomas Ma- crae. “I got it in dhe pos’ ufi‘v, Misther Fully ; an' l’d asgooda right to it as lum, auuy (lay. Dhere’s murthcr in it, au’lyiu’, au‘ tluevin’. It isn't his brother, at all. It’s Misther Ben Hollins, it Is.” “Mr. who ‘3" exclaimed Bly Fullisa,spring- iuc to his feet. "\Vhat do you mean, Mrs. Dugan. by asking me to read this letter? It is not yours. \\'here «lid you get it 1’” he continued. “With congnfartfiuilizitallo'ns. “'c are, dear Mu Hallowell. "Hunk ! Mistlwr Fully," \rhisncch Cur- m-y. “Buga- is uutlniu’ to what’s cumin". Leave ’cm go Y" The two sat in silence, while Brandon and ‘ PdISOll, outside, read the "luutnoon"curd, cunuueuted briefly thouon, and went on to their own quarto. 5. \Vhereu,on theJudgc o! .119 I'Eferiur Cm-tcalled the case, and began to Lu kc evidence. The paper in his .hand came firm, of course. He- read.â€" A .. -.. ~.-_w v. nvvullollla IICLIIIIII. We are happy now to confirm any pleasant nrnicipatious which you may have derived from our previous letters, and to announce to you, that, in our opinion, you had better come next week prepared to trke your brother uwa‘y. “’e hope everything for him from renewed contact with the World, and from travel especially. ALIIY'.I “DourSinâ€"As you WI“ have perceived from our last advices, our llOptS have been growing of late. Your brother has for a )me' time been showing sitms of returning health. \l'.‘ -_- l__.,h . .. . are coming up the stairs two steps at a tune." Nature made this appointment, in despite ofnl_l_fuyms and order of lau'. mu nulu uuurc. ‘I'ueUhrk “I” cry, ULmu , ohoo !' as soft y as poasih v, the same in or- der not to txcite um haury-skarries who are coming up the stairs two steps at a tin". " "KNOW ALI. MEN BY THESE PRESENTS; “'0 do hereby constitute an Inferior Cour t, to be held lhisday and hour, in the chum- hers 01 0'10 my Fullias. at “The Alderuvy' so called, in thu city 0: 'l'mumv, :nml l’ruvlnce of Ontaliu. Aim “0 do mum: ulvl uppmut the aforesaid lily Fulhss to s I «a Juvgc oi the said Court. 'l‘ueUhrk mll cry. Um». ..... v. uuu ouu V llllvnnt1lo . - ,,_ ‘ v- v I And now, as he hohl the letter out. of his sight for a moment, this new sense of re- sponsibility took shnpu in his mind. “is youthful romance on (noted an authorititivo commission to invertigato Cuney Duuun’s caseâ€"41 commission, which “night he put. illowu in writing something alter this in- 8 non : â€" Vv...~v v. .v..vvr tiop. llc HegilVII-Vt'éfii3()vkw upon himself as ({Iutlc a patron of the poor and tho oppregspgl. lily was rising in importance and dignity. In his own eyes. during the cuursu of reflec- ‘fn, II I ‘ * n woman's correspondent 2 l'crhaps it is u lawyel 's. " {My was rising in importance and (liunitv. There was not the slightest opportunity for that reading of soul which enables two loving hearts to melt into each other. and have done with all the disagreeables of pro- posal and acceptance. Macrae never once thought of taking Betty‘s hand. turning the whites of his eyes up. and mnrlnuring or whispering. He had come for business and the business spirit was upon him. It was as if, in Blackstone. he had real a chapter on the "Forms of Contractimv Mntrimmw " They were brought together in the draw lug-room with some little show of stratagem on the part of the elders; )laerae being eager yet subdued. poor lhtty tremuloua. She had auccesslully resisted the attacks of those skirmishers,â€"her mother and Mrs. llollins,â€"she had beaten them back; and here was the enemy at last, in loree. lle numbered but one, but Betty trembled as if there had been twenty thousand Macmes. II“. __A , , A vague fear came into Ephraim Hollins‘s mind ; but it was accompanied h; a proces- sion of posaihilitios, by the sudden sense of what a net Macrae‘s feet would he in if he were bound to a business partnership with him, and yet should fail with Betty : by a remembrance of the tact that such failure sometimes unfitted men for business; by the truth. in a word, they all hinged upon Macrae‘s acceptance or rejection by this girl ; and he bowed to Macrae’s willI as if some mightier hand had stayed him. 110 admired Macrae the more for the proposi- tion ; it seemed a very master-stroke on Mocrao's part. ,,,,o ,. “Mr. Hollins,” said Mannaâ€"propheti- cnlly as it harpened,â€"“I sth ncwr tc.l you how deep y all your kindly interest; has touched me. I wish now to ask one further favor of you, before we proceed to sign the papers. M‘ay I see Miss Betty firsgj‘: In sum ulous manly toilet, at eleven o'clockâ€"tic hour agreed upon between Ephraim Hollins and Thomas Mucrae,â€"the two met in the library at Elmswoods. The one W18 ready to proceed to business, the other had something to say. “th "All:nn H -..:.i “U“, , . _ _-V -.-- U‘IIIIOIIVl â€"¢|IIIIU: In The atmospheric change put Thomas Ma- crae in high spirits. He took it as a good omen. And so in very truth it was, but those for whom it was knew it not. Betty Hart. Iey, looking out of the window, saw the jagged Mn‘ch clouds disappealing in the far east, welcomed the sunlight. felt a pass- ing wish that so might the grids and per- plexities of life fly away from her, and never once, thOught of their being “omens in the air.’ - As the sun goes i iaher. the clouds pass away ocennward. trooping to some Titanic sport. in the realm of tempest an I gale. The west wind gives place. The sentth sends warmer currents, the sky become; genial, the sunlight is gentle. Men held up their hands towards the day-ruler.an(l say, “That feels like summerâ€"filmed.” ANOTHER DAY. THOMAS ! Monday, the 13th of March is come. The day opens grimly. â€"-cold, raw, and wet. The clouds hurry across the sky ; now and then one blacker than its fellows dipping downward towards and very near the earth, changing every instant the form of its rag- ged edges, opening great months in its huge Side, like the very illil' k hungering to de- vour and consume. \Vha: Would it have? Human victims .’ They are r1 ady. In every city and town, on country roads. in prisons, on battle-fields, there is carrion enough. Find it, shanks of the sea, sharks of the air, tindit; gorge yourselves with it; eat, dc- vour, consume ll evil, root and branch, con~ sume each other, and leave this world purer and better! Then let the foe pursue and take my soul. and my life thrust Down to the earth. and let him lay mine honor in the dust." Thus that Lord's Day came and went. To~morrow is to be the Devil's day. ‘I »\.n the' 'Forms of Contractinlz Matrimony,‘ This, for ihéfifice, was one of Debby’s offerings to her father’s wounded feelings:â€" "0 Lord my God it it be so that I committed this. If it be so that it! my hands iniquity there Is: “’hereupon Miss Debby became more gracious to him, and in the gloamiug sang him a dozen psalms, out of a borrowed old volume whose title-page declared that these productions were ”more plain, smooth. and agreeable to the text, than any heretofore." Let us all be thankful that we did not live in the “heretofore." This was pure exaggeration on chby’s part, and intended only to bring her “par" down. He came down like a. squirrel with a load of bucksliot under his skin. 118 be- came wretched, inconsolable, and vowed he would go toToronto and make it up with Bly, ifit cost him the profits of all next year. “l’shaw. par, wot a ole”â€"said Debby, finishing her sentence with a contemptuous snort. “ ’Nother thing I can tell ye," she contin~ ued : “Mr. Follies was that mad. you'll never see him at Little Bear agin, now you believe it." ””th well. chbe? Naw, doun’t do tlmt." “'l‘wo nice things you've done, par, any- way. I'If you'd ’a’set for Mr. Follias when i as: you to, lnebbe that crazy feller'd hen well by this time." us dun-ml towardsâ€" some defect in his ut~ tire. "You're :. party fuller, you ulr. Hi you was a-guiu' lu keep that letter all winter long, \vhydidu‘c ynu g«) :m' keep it lor- evcr? tlht’s what! want to know. (Suin' nn'gcttin’ that. yuung Fulliss up here, such weather as thinâ€"lucky for him it’s hen u- thuwiu' so,â€"uu’ then runnin' away! You feel nice, don't ye?" “Wull, now, Deb, doan't )1: say a wrmrd. I be that dashed wi' it. all, I’ a n-g'lur pur. puss." Unl) in ono known plnco Within tho mim- of our story “in the day rulllm'. Si Kilnlll‘l‘ returned to his homo much mrlicr than Was cxpcctcd. About. clown o'clock Snuluy morning Debby spied him sitting on tho i onucul log which Ben had once occu- pied. Going to him, she looked him 0\‘cr with a linlicious mingling of acorn and re- Bcht. “You’re a petty fuller. on air," she said. "Wot be the matter w ' mo 1’" Si asked, hanging his head, lookimz at his boots and his hat. and nll'ccting to round her remark us dun-ml towards some defect in his at,- tire. ably "l-Ihlur” lhhbuvo on ' this day. and preaches a We.“ many sermons. which \rc, as ho deacri mullet". “short, but hrwf." CHAPTER XXIX. ', Imw, they kind It Would not at all surprise us if boycotting should very extensively taken new turn. and Irish workmen be turned adrift in Britain by tens of thousands. The thing would be very unfair and nnjuat. and yet with the apostles of dynamite and assassination all round it could scarcely be a thing to be wondered at. It is not im~ possible that the same policy may come by and bye to be in vogue in Canada. Not certainly avowed but at the same time practised, as could easily be done without attractin much attention. Every man has .1 right too oose his workers. and so~ ! ‘fi‘i fl-’> OOâ€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" A Good Word for the Girls. That the young woman has taken new fields of work is very true, but she has done so in :pite of the competition of the young man of the period. and thus earned her place by the survival of the fittest. \Vhile she has done this the native young man has left the plough and the workshop and has souught what he mpposes is more genteel employment, until these useful branches of industry are now largely filled by persons born and trained in other countries. While the general spread of education has opened up many new cmploymeuts for girls, and they have taken their places in them brave- ly, the young men have drifted into clerk- ships or speculation or into small polities. most ruinous of all. The same is true in matter of the hieher culture. The young man has become listless or idle or has gone undisciplined, while the girls have organ- ized book and music clubs, attended lec- tures, and otherwise fitted themselves for the more exacting duties 0! our modern life. It is often the case that while the rich young man goes rapidly to the dogs by reason of his bad habits and worse vices, his sister is engaged in the exacting duties of church or charity or in other work which cultivates the humanities and does the world some good. The real truth is that. the country over, there are not enough, earnest, deserving, ambitious young men to marry hones‘, sensible. well-meaning girls who are ready to do a true woman’s part in building up good and happy homes. Our family training, defective as it may be in many respects, has still kept the rein on girls while it has given the spur to boys, and if the grumblers are sensible they will try to devise some way to overcome this in~ equality and thus bring the young man up to such astandard as shall lit him to do something else in life than to stand oll‘and rail at the follies or the frivolities of young women.â€"l"rom (1m Philadelphia Times. ,V _. -uuu-no IV UVLID- Onceront in the open air, he tilled it with bitter cursings. He turned sick at thought of the undefined lutnre. A hoxnelessmlace- less feeling enveloped him: he saw himself an outcast by-wonl, ' ,-_._. . u uuu I6 HIM: .' Macrae, the only one who could have an- S\\'(:I‘Oll that question. had taken advantage of this brief passage between the father and mother to leave the house. He felt that there was no longer a place for him within the walls of Elmswoods. v -.. .. uu uuun’ . “Father,” responded the wis “meantime, let us have our so agam." She stopped, turned pale, I “Hickory Hall ! “'hat is that ‘3’ \I’- ,7 - ‘ ’ , r.-vâ€"vw IIAuCUKI. Macrai: stood in a dazed, sh fied condition, until Ephraim him by the hand. saying. “A Thomas, another day !" "Yes. another day.” answer “And this is your birthday, 1 “It’s my death-day,” thougi ”And Ben’s birtaday too,” man. “Mother, we will celeb hereafter as Ben’s birthday.” ”‘1‘10I‘nâ€" ” 7 ‘ ' i _ _ Java, .un,’ uasau: U|'â€".' A swooning gill was gentlylifted in the arms of Mrs. Hartley and Mrs. Hollins, and laid upon a sofa. Joy had set the blood to running too fast in her oung veins. Not too fast, perhaps. after all ; for this fainting does not do such girls much ha m. A few minutes of lethargy, a few of keen suffering, and then we laugh. But in this case 1: Was Betty who laughed, “I Inna... L- h, . - _ , 7 - --J " uu nausucu. "I knew he was not dead,” she said, so sweetly, so firmly, that they all looked upon her as a prophetess indeed. Macrae stood in a dazed, shocked. stupe- fled condition, until Ephraim Hollins took him by the hand. Baring. “Another day, Thomas. nnntlmr (It... I" 1031;, and Is touud again. He isvuot dead. They have found him. at last 2" Macrae grasped the paper. and devoured it at one look. It was a uespatch from Bly Follis, blief. and to the p int. "Do you know that your son is at Hick- ory Hall, Hickerywllc, State ofâ€"?" A k . . . _-â€"- “u“ maul". _ v u "a . In a moment more he was upon his feet again, and flung Ins arms around Macrae'a neck, soi bmg. “0 Thomas! my son was lost. and is found again. He is not dead. 'l‘h‘e_y have found him. at last 2" The ohl man (lrupped upon the Moor, fainting, but almost hysterical. Betty Hartley was on the spot ‘ quickly, and Thomas Macrac near her. Gaspinu, laughing, crying, all in abrc the old man held up the paper to Betty. ‘ There, Betty, read it aloud ! re: quick, girl ! ngaiu and again.” 1.. .. . . “What is it, father?" ed wife. “Come, mother, come quickiy ! Ben, Ben. Ben ! Herc. read ! U God! how good God is !" ,v, ...... uuuun‘n‘Jll‘fi came trooping to the library. At the ow truneo to this room utoml Ephraim llollins, his cyan eagerly straining to match the first. glimpse at his wife. while his feet refused to crrry hiinfarllier. He held a paper. in little oblong sheet; and it shook and rustlcd as if it had voice, Lut could not or. tiun'nte. ”Mother! Betty! Mother 3 Betty! .\ cry. un ohl man’s voice, alrenuthenul,clean ed, mantle thrilling, m if smnu lllcsaugv of mighty import. was borne upon it. mummi- ml through the hulls. The cry purehutul to every part of the house. I’vol's “ere flung open, pale women loehel nut, and, from up stairs and down, ladies and sen nuns canm h-nt.n€m. on or... L1 . u "u. -v ‘uv uuu. “0 Mr. Thomas,"uhe then slid, “I can- not givo you that which in Mother’s! U.» nut. I pray, think mu romantic. But I do not believe that l mu frco ; and, if I w-.~n-. it would beyuus hcfmc I could nu rry. (In Into the partnership with Mr. “Ullum. do, pray,â€"andâ€"and"â€"~ and new pl'u maul to apply its teachings literally and legally. lle wuuhl, and did. begin with u statement of huts. l‘hen lol- l mu] evidence nwl deductionmwlinnlly the p'emling. He was eloquent from first to hm, especially in his closing speech. His “'0an wuuhl huvo melted a heart of stone. Strangely. they only hardened the gentle heat of tho girlnvhonow, out. of very pity. listened to hnn to the and. (TO M: CONTINUED. ” <o.-> 00-â€" 1am workmen be turned 'V tens of thousands. The very unfair and unjust. apos‘tlps of fiynmmibo and rbirthday, too,Thomas." ny,” thought Macrae. aday too,” said theold awill celebrate this day irthday." nled the wise woman. have our son at home au_swered Macrae‘ déad,:: _she_ said, so mkcd the frighten- upon the Moor, not E, 9nd asked, §Ioud 2 91.5.1 it the spot very $13}! breath.