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At the close of a week in which for three day. our national capital was a pageant and all that grand rrvk‘w and banner-ed procession and nntionul anthems could do, celebrated peace, it may not be inapt to anticipate the time when the Prince of Peace and the heir of universal dominion shall take possession of this nation. and “thy land shall be married.” In discussing the final destiny of this nation It makes all the difference in the world whether we are on the way to a funvral or a wedding. The Bible leaves no doubt: on this subject. In pulpits and on platforms and ln places of public concourse. I hear so many of the muffled drums of evil prophecy sounded, as though we were on the way to national Interment, and beside Thebes md Baby- lon and Tyre in the cemeterv of dead nations our republic was to be entombed. than I wish you to understand it is not to be obscquies, but. nuptials; not mau- soleum. but carpeted altar; not cypress. but. orange blossoms; not requiem. but wedding march; for “thy land shall be married." PERILS THAT THREATEN Monopoiy the Overshadowing Curse of the United States--Nihil- ism Also an Evil Power--lnfidelity a Great Source of Weakness. I propose to name some of the suitors who are claiming the hand of this repub- lic. This land is so i‘air, so beautiful, no afliuent that it has many suitors, and it will depend much upon your advice wheth :- this or that shall be accepted or h‘jt’cwd. in the first place, I remark: 'l‘here is a greedy, all grasping monster who comes in as suitor seeking the hand of this republic. and that monster is known by the name of monopoly. His scepter is made out of the iron of the rail track and the wire of telegraphy. He does everything for his own advantage umi for the robbery of the people Things :t on from bad to worse until in the . .ce legislatures of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania for a long time monopoly decided everything. If monopoly favor a law. it passes: it mon- opoly oppose a law, it is rejected. Mon- opoly stands in the railroad depot putting into his pockets in one year 8200.000,000 Rev. Dr. Talmage Discusses the Destiny of the American Republic. in excee‘s of all reasonable charges for services. Monopoly holds in his one hand the steam power of locomotion and in the other the electricity of swift communica- tion. Monopoly has the Republican party in one pocket and the Democratic party in the other pocket. Monopoly decides nominations and electionsâ€"city elections. state elections, national elections. With bribes he svcnres the votes of legislators, giving them free passes, giving appoint- ments to needy relatives to lucrative positions. employing them as attorney: if they are lawyers, carrying their goods 15 per Cent. less if they are merchants, end if he find a case very stubborn as well as very important puts down before him the hard cash of bribery. Favor of Monopoly. But monopoly is not so easily caught now as when during the term of Mr. Buchanan the legislative committee in one of our states explored and exposed the manner in which a certain railway company had obtained a donation of pub- lic land. It was found out that 13 of the Senators of that state received $175,000 among them, 60 members of the Lower House of that state received between $5,- 000 and 810.000 each. the Governor of that state received $50,000, his clerk re- ceived 85.000. the Lieutenant-Governor received $10,000, all the clerks of the Legislature received $5,000 each. while $50,000 was divided among the lobby agents. That thing on a larger or smaller ecale is all the time going on in some of the states of the Union, but it is not so blundering as it used to be, and therefore not an easily exposed or arrested. I tell you that the overshadowing curse of the United States 10-day is monopoly. He puts his hand upon every bushel of wheat. upon every rack of salt. upon every ten of coal. and every man, woman and child in the United States feels the touch of that moneyed despotism. I re- joice that in 24 states of the Union already anti-monopoly leagues have been established. God speed them in the work of liberation. I have nothing to say against capital~ late: a man has a right to all the money he can make hnnestly. I have nothing to my against corporations as such; with. - ._--___:-.. -..-..1.a I... w: "2...- ..... 7, our. them no gran? enterprise would be possible, but wh..t I do say is that the same principles are to be applied to cap- ltalists and L0 corporations that are ap- plied to the poorest men and the plainest laborer. What is wrong {or me is wrong for great corporations 1! I take from you your" property without any adequate com- pensation, I am a thief, and, if a railway damages the property of the people with- out making any adequate compensation, that is a gigantic theft. What is wrong on a small scale is wrong on a large ecsle. Monopoly in England has ground hundreds of thousands of her best people into semiâ€"starvation, and in Ireland has driven mnltitudinons tenant. elmocn to ma .ness, and in the United States pro- po-as to take the wedth of 60 or” mill one or people and put it L. a luW eilken wallets. Monopoly, brazen-faced. iron-fingered. vulture-hearted monopoly, ofi’ers his hand to this republic. He stretches it out over the lakes and up the great railroads and ever the telegraph poles of the continent and says: “Here are my heart and hand. Bo mine forever." Let the millions of the people, north. south. east and west forbid the henna of that marriage, forbid them at the ballot box, forbid them on At -â€" kâ€" mat :32“ plauromi. iorbid _them organizations. forbid chm by whelminggeptgment of an Wntuuuu‘ M.._-__ nation, forbid them by fine protest of the church of God, forbid them bxpmyer to high heaven. That Hand 5 not have this Ablgafl._ It Ihall not be to all-downr- .. A L11- 1...: I- “h VOL. VI. N0. 23. $1 per annum. um :- uh. iho over- He owus nothing but u knife for uni- versal cutthroatery and a nitroglycerin bomb for universal explosion. He believes in no God, no government, no heaven and no hell except what he can make on arth. He slow the Czar of Russia. keeps many a king practically imprisoned, killed Abraham Lincoln. would put to death every king and president on earth, end, if he had the power. would climb up until he could drive the Godot heaven from his throne and take it himself. the universal butcher. In France it is called communism; in the United States it is filled lnarohlsm: in Russia it is called nihilism, but that last is the most graphic and descriptive term. It means complete and eternal smushup. It would make the holding of property a. crime, and it would drive a dagger through your heart and put a. torch to your dwelling and turn over this whole land into the posses- sion of theft and lust and rapine and murder. Another suitor claiming tho band of mg repubJo is nihiljsm. Where does this monster live? In all the towns and cities of this land. It offers its hand to this fair republic. It proposes to tear to pieces the ballot box. the legis- lative hall, the congressional assembly. It would take this land and divide it up. or rather, divide it down. It would give as much to the idler as to the Worker, to the had as to the good. Nihilism! Thin panther having prowled across other lands has set its paw on our soil, and it is only waiting for the time in which to spring upon its prey. It was nihilism thnt burned the railroad property at Pittsburg during the great riots; it was nihilism that slew black people in our northern cities during the war; it was nihilism that mauled to death the Chi- nese immigrants years ago; it is nihilism that glitz-es out of the windows of the drunkeries upon sober people as they go by. Ah, its power has never yet been tested. I pray God its power may never be fully tested. It Would, if it had the power. leave every church, chapel. cathe< dral. schoolhouse and college in ashes. Let me say it is the worst enemy of the laboring classes in any country. The honest cry for reform lifted by oppressed laboring men is drowned out by the vociferation for anarchy. The criminals and the vagab‘onds who range through our cities talking about their rights, when their first right is the penitentiaryâ€"i1 they could be hushed up, and the down- trodden laboring men or this country could be heard. there would be'more bread for hungry children. In this land, riot and bloodshed never gained any wages for the people or gathered up any prosperity. In this land the best weapon is not the club, not the shillc‘iah. not the arms, but the ballot. Let not our op- pressed laboring men be beguiled to coming under the bloody banner of nihil- ism. It will make your taxes heavier, your wages smaller. your table scantier. your children hungrier. your suffering greater. Yet this nihilism, with feet red of slaughter. comes forth and oflers its hand for this republic. Shall the bonus be proclaimed? If so. where shell the marriage altar be? and who will be the officiating priest? and what will be the music? That altar will have to be white with bleached skulls. the ofliciating priest must be a dripping assassin. the music must be the smothered green of multitudinous victims, the garlands must be twisted of night shade. the fruits must be apples of Sodom, the wine must be the blood of St. Bartholomew's massacre. No! It is not to be to nihilism, the sangu- Anothor auitor for the hand of thin nation is infidelity. When the midnight rufflans despoiled the grave of A. '1‘. Stewart in St. Marks’ churchyard ovary- body was shocked; bun infidelity pro- poses something worse than thz'it-Jthe robbing of all the graves of Christendom‘ of the hope of a resurrection. It proposes 3 to chisel out from the tombstones of your Christian dead the words “Asleep in Jesus," and substitute the words, “Oblit- orationâ€"annihilation.” Infidelity proâ€" poses to take the letter from the world’s Father, inviting the nations to virtue and happiness. and tear it up into fragments so small that you cannot read a word of it. It proposes to take the consolation from the brokenhearted and the soothing pillow from the dying. Infidelity pro- poses to swear in the President of the United States, and the supreme court, and the governors of states. and the wit- nesses in the courtroom with their right hand. on Paine‘s “Age of Reason.” or Voltaire’s “Philosophy of History.” It proposes to take away from this country the book that makes the difference be- tween the United States and the kingdom of Dnhomey, between American ciivliza- tion and Bornesian cannibalism. If infl- delity could destroy the Scriptures, it would in 200 years turn the civilized nations back to semi-barbarlsm. and then from semi-barbarism into midnight savagery, until the morals of a menagerie of tigers, rattlesnakes and chimpanzees would be better than the morale of the shipwrecked human race. n - L J].._~L‘A_‘ The only impulse in the right direction that this! world has ever and has come from the Bible. It Was the mother of Roman law and ot healthful jurisprud- ence. That book has been the mother of all reforms and all charitiesâ€"mother of English megna charta. and American declaration of independence. Benjamin Franklin, holding that holy book in his - -_--.--__ 7 , hand. stood before an infidel club in Paris and read to them out. of the prophe- me: of Habakkuk, and the infidels, not knowing when book is was, declared it we- the best poetry they had ever heard. The: book brought George Washington down on his knees in the snow at Vtilley Forge. and led the dying Prince Albert to ask some one to sing “Rock of Agee” Intel-1v;31;--thitt tfié worst attempted crime of the century is the attempt to destroy this book. Yet infidelity, loath- some. Itenchful, leptons, pestlferous, rotten monster. stretches out its hand. ichordus with the second death, to take the hand of this republic. It stretches it out through Inductive mgulnes, md monster. that this land is to ho thllum - Monster. lnfldollty'l Throat. Lin-ough lyceum lectures. and through caricatures of religio 1. It asks for all that part of the continent already fully settled and the twothirds not yet counted. It says: “Give me all cast of the Mississippi, with the keys of the church and with the Christian printing presses. Then give me Wyoming, give me Alaska. give me Montana, give me Colorado, give me all the states west of the Mississippi and I Will take those places and keep them by right of possession long before the gospel can be fully intrenched.” And this suitor presses his case appal- . lingly. Shall the banns of that marriage be proclaimed? “No!” say the home missionaries of the west, a martyr band of whom the world is not worthy, toiling amid fatigues and malaria and starva- tion. “No. not if we can help it. By what we and our children have suffered we forbid the banns of that marriage!” “No!” say all patriotic voices. “Our in- stitutions were bought at too dear a price and were defended at too great a sacrifice to be so cheaply surrendered." ”No!” says the God of Bunker Hill and Inde- pendence Hall and Gettysburg. “I did not start this nation for such a farce." “No!" cry 10.000 voices. “To infidelity this land shall not be married!" Plodged to Chriet. But there is another suitor that pre- sents his claim for the hand of this re- public. He is mentioned in the verse fol- lowing my text where it says. “As the bridegroom rejoiceth over the bride, so shall thy God rejoice over thee." It is not my figure. It is the figure of the Bible. Christ is so desirous to have this world love him that he stops at no humiliation of simile. Ho compares his grace to spit- tle on the eyes of the blind man. He compares himself to a hen gathering the chickens. and in my text he compares himself to a suit-or begging a hand in marriage. Does this Christ, the King. deserve this land? Behold Pilate’s hall and the insulting expectoration on the face of Christ. Behold the Calvarean massacre and the awful hemorrhage of five wounds. Jacob served 14 years for Rachel, but Christ, my Lord. the King, suflered in torture 33 years to win the love of this world. As often princesses at their very birth are pledged in treaty of marriage to princes or kings of earth, so this nation at its birth was pledged to Christ for Divine marriage. Before Col- umbus and his 120 men embarked on the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina for their wonderful voyage, what was the last thing they did? They sat down and took the holy sacrament of the Lord Jesus Christ. After they caught the first glimpse of this country and the gun of one ship had announced it to the other vessels that land had been discovered, what was the song that Went up from all the three decks? “Gloria in excelsis." After Columbus and his 120 men had stepped from the ship’s deck to the solid ground, what did they do? They all knelt and consecrated the new world to God. What did the Huguenots do after they landed in the Carolinas? What did the Holland refugees do after they had landed in New York? What did the Pil- grim Fathers do after they landed in New England? With bended knee and uplifted face and hmwen-besieging prayer, they took possession of this continent for God. How was the first American con- gress opened? By prayer. in the name of Jesus Christ. From its birth this nation was pledged Ior holy marriage with Christ. And then see how good God has been to us! J 1131', open the map of the continent and see how in is shaped for imxneasuri able prosperities. Navigable rivers, more in number and greater than of any other land, rolling down on all sides into the sea. prophesying large manufactures and easy commerce. Look at the great range! of mountains timbered with Wealth on the tops and sides, metalled with Wealth underneath. One hundred and eighty thousand square miles of iron. The land so contoured that extreme weather hardly ever lasts more than three daysâ€"extreme heat or extreme cold. Climate for the most part bracing and favorable for brawn and brain. All fruits, all minerals, all harvests. Scenery displaying an autumnal pageantry that no land on earth pretends to rival. No South Amer- ican earthquakes. No Scotch mists. No London fogs. No Egyptian plaguel. No Germanic divisions. The people of the United States are happier than any peo- pic on earth. It is the testimony of every man that has travelled abroad. For the poor. more sympathy; for the industries, more opportunity. Oh. how good God was to our fathers, and how good he has been to us and our children. To himâ€" blessed be his mighty nameâ€"to him of cross and triumph, to him who still re- members the prayer of the Huguenotl and Holland refugees and the Pilgrim Fathersâ€"to him shall this land be mar- ried. Oh, you Christian patriots, by your contributions and your prayers hasten on the fulfillment of the text. We have been turning an important leaf in the mighty tome of our national history. One year at the gates of this continent over 500,000 emigrants arrived. I was told by the commissioner of emigra- tion that the probability was that in that one year 600,000 emigrants would arrive at the different gates of commerce. Room For A-l. Are you afraid this continent is going to be overcrowded with its population? Ah, that shows you have not been to California, that shows you have not been to Oregon, that shows you have not been to Texas. A fishing smack to-day on Lake Ontario might as well be afraid of being crmvded‘by other shipping before night as for any one of the next ten gen- erations of Americans to be afraid of be- ing overcrowded by foreign populations in this country. The one state of Texas is far larger than all the Austrian empire, yet the Austrian empire supports 35,000,- 000 people. The one state of Texas is larger than all France. and France sup- ports 36,000,000 people. The one state of Texas for surpasses in size the German empire, yet the Germanic empire supports 41,000,000 people. I tell you the great want of the western states is more popu- lation. While some people may stand at the gates of the city saying. “Stay pack!” to foreign nopulstions, I press out as far be- yond those gates as I can press out be- yond them and beckon to foreign nations, saying, “Come. come. all ye, people who nre honest and industrious and God lov- ing!” But say you, “I am so afraid that they will bring their prejudices for for- eign governments and plant them here." Absurd. They are sick of the govern- ments that have oppressed them, and they want free America! Give them the great gospel of welcome. Throw around them all Christian hospitalities. They will add their industry and hard earned wages to this country, and then we will dedicate all to Christ and “thy Land emu be married." But where shall the marriage alter be! Let it be the Rocky [contains when. through much] end “OH, WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE GIE US, TAE SEE DORSELS AS ITHERS SEE US." A Blessed Country. ()MEMEE ONT, THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 18997 mighty irrigation. all their tops shall be covered. as they will be, with vineyards and orchards and grain fields. Then let the Bostons and the New Yorke and the Charlestons of the Pacific coast come to the marriage altar on one side. and then let the Boston: and the New Yorks and the Chariestons of the Atlantic coast come to the marriage altar on the other side, and there between them let this bride of nations kneel, and then it the organ of the loudest thunders that ever shook the Sierra Nevadas on the one side or moved the foundations of the Alleghanies on the other side should open full diapason of wedding march. that organ of thunders could not drown the voice of him who would take the hand of this bride of nations, saying, “as a bridegroom n- joiceth over a bride, so thy God rejoice”: over thee." At that marriage banquet the platters shall be of Nevada silvur, and tho chalices of California gold and the fruits of northern orchards and the spices of southern groves and the tapestry of American manufacture and the congrutd lotions from the free nations of earth and from all the triumphant armies of heir ven. And so “thy land shall be married " Liverpool, May 30,â€"Whmn futures yes- terday were %d to .1441 per m-nml higher than on Saturday. Chicago. May {SQâ€"Wheat futures yes- terday advanced. The July option rum- 1%0 and the September delivery 154.0 11". bushel. both closing; 1) air the top figures of the session. The reason for the appre- ciation was found in the continued re- ports of incm'xsing damage to winter wheat». “hang Hus Gune Up a Cent. and a Half at Chicago- Crop Damage Bepnrh :esponsiblo. Wheat. whine Wheat. red, b Wham, Fife, : Whom, goose, Barley, bu. . . Wham. red. bu ......... Whom), Fife. spring. bu. Whom, goose, bu ....... Barley. bu ............. Puts. bu ........... . .. . Outs bu ............... Rve. bu.. Buckwhc: w. bu ......... “35'. 0 St!" “V. St!“ :l\\', Chickens. per pair Turkeys. per 1b. . Apples. per brlv Potatoes. per bag East Bul‘l‘nlo Cattle Market. Cattle, chuivu [0 extra. i) :35 to $5 Uumlc, good no choice., 4 00 o (Tulvci , ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, 3 50 6 Sheep. ('hoivc to extra. .5 00 5 Sheep, good no choice 4 75 i) Lmnbs. choice to extra . 6 00 H Lambs. good no choice 5 00 H Hogsmediuu) and heavy 3 Sat) : Hogs, Yorkers ..... 3 8.") 3 Pigs”... ...... . ..... 250 3 Buntur. 11). rolls. Butter, lax-go rolls Eggs. new laid. . ‘ PEEL... 3)0 2550 Liverpool Mal-ken. Livelpoul, May 30.â€"J*rico.~: closed )‘(35' tummy at. these figures . Whmt flllufl'a scuudy at: 53' SIB/d for July and 55 8 "4d for September. Spot maxi/.9 (“”032 m. 35 59%! for new mixed American. and 3s tihd for old; futures quiet. at. Jq 4‘ d [or July and 3s ~17 gd for September. Flour, Minn, 1253. Ro-v. Dr. Black Ant-opts. Toronto, May 30.â€"lm:r night a cubic- gmm reuchvd Justice- \luclcnmm. un- nouncing than the Mink: crs‘ Presbytery In F ntvlund had recumnmmlfll the call and thxst Rev. Dr. Black had accepted. The new pastor is im iinpreSsive- looking man. standing fully six feen in height and is bromishouldm-ud. He has had extended experience. iusning some :‘z’. years. in iilinisnurial work. He has luld charges in St. Andrew's, vaine. Wainwr- beck. Edinburgh. Kiloreggunzmd Bimini hozid. He is an eloquenb prmchvrund wins friends as much by his kindly (lis- position as by his carness spirituality He is an ideal pastor. Dr. Black will come to Toronto in August. St. Thomas, Ont. May 30.-â€"-Ru‘:mrt- son, Lindsay «Sc Co.'s establishment the largest departmental store in wvstm-n Ontario. was completely destroyvd by fire last night. The building was one of [th largest in the city, and comprised about six stores. It was commmtivcly a new structure, having been built two years ago, and was situated in the centre of the city. directly opposite the postofl‘ice. Thu stock was valued at $85,000, the building at $25,000. Insurance on stock in the neighborhood of $60,000, and on building $25,000. Toronto, May 30.â€"The Ontario Govern- ment has issued the report of the stand- ing committee on finance of the Uni- versity of Toronto, which givesudetuiled statement of the expenditure of the past your. The deficit estinmted for 1897~9s was 86.020.28, and the actual deficit was $6,088 2:3. Although $8,000 had been re- ceived for sale of lands. the deficit for the current year is estimated at $5,005.93. The revenue for 1898-99 is estimated at $125,465.23, while the total receipts for 1897-98 amounted to $119,087.10. Port Union. Ont... May 30,â€"Lnst even- ing about 6 o’clock No. 8 local train killed a. man half a mile west; of Port Union. He was walking on the truck and was watching a train" going in the oppo‘ site direction. He was about 50 years of age, height about 5 feet 11 inches, small moustache. face recently shaved. black Christy hat and black shirt and tie, black coat and brown trousers. Nothlnz was found on the body that could ident- ify him. Train Killed Unidentified Mun. HAY AND STRAW. timothy. pvr tonsil 0 clan-r. per ton . . s U! '. sheaf. pur non. ._ 6 0| ', loose. per ton, 4 0| DA 1 KY PRODI'U‘I‘S. Toronto University Doflcl t. Great . ire at St. Thomas. . liar 1b ........ HHTI’I‘S AND van MARKET REPORTS. :, bu POULTRY $0 $0 66 6213' 00 to (>13 00 00 10 0-) 00 7 m) 00 5 00 13 ll 3t) to $4“) 80 B4; 79 3.; 79M 73% 'U 6‘.) (W H 00 :5.) U While Daisy thought. “She has an open face, probably an open heart; if I remain quiet, I shall hear all about it.” She was not far wrong in her ('Sfi- mation of good Mrs. Freeman’s char acter. “The rooms are well aired, ma'nm." she said; “indeed my sister, Mrs. Tor- dun has been staying with me. and she has had them." “Is your sister leaving 'y'oll?" she ask- ed, in a tone or kindly interest. She pronounced thowords with such an air of importance that Daisy involun- turiLv thought: “Oh, yes: she is going out again as housekeeper. She is going to live at Sir Ch’nto-n Aduir‘o.” “What “tould you say it you knew tbwt Lady Adair was speaking to you?" And again kindly Mrs. Freeman paused to see if her visitor was over come by the mention of such names. Daisy. making no signs. she continued: “My si~tor h:d on” one son. nnl they suy that he has grown to be a rich man in America; he was to have sent forr his mother. but he has not dcne so. She left the Duke of Trev- l,\n‘s on pllmise to go to him: but. as he has not sent. she has taken this plum. She has been giving me twelve shillings a week for the rooms, but I am willing to take ton." H “I will give you fifteen. said Daisy. quiet-1y. and the woman looked up quickly. “My sister, Mrs. Jordan, has been :a widow some years. She has been houw- keeper in many gmnd families. She was at the Duke of 'l‘a‘evlyn’s." “I will speak to my sister, Mrs. Jor- dan.‘ said the Woman. She- raisod her voice, calling out. “Eliza Ann. will you (Mme this way?" and then Daisy s-mv again the woman who had come smil- ineg from Messrs. Cooper’s office. She lmdwd doubtful on hmring what was wanted. Turning to her sister. she mid: “I will make it up to you in atten- tion, madam." she said. smilingly. “The only thing is, those rooms will not be at liberty until my sister goes. next Thurs- day that is four days yet." Daisy's face fell: she hoped to be in the house and to know how husband's sow-wt before then. “Perhaps." she said. “you will nwt mind in trying to :wcmnmmlute me unt‘l then? I am not 0er particular, and I should not like to take other rooms, after seeing these." BETWEEN TWO LOVES again the woman who had come smil- ineg from Messrs. Cooper’s office. She luuked doubtful on hmring what was wanted. Turning to her sister. she mid: “You know. if a letter does come from Harry I should give up Sir Clintun's and start at once. so that. after all. my plan. are uncertain. Yes. I think We may manage to accommodate the Indy.” So it was decided that Daisy should remain and share the rooms with Mrs. Jordan for a few days. Nothing could have suited her better. Mrs. Jordan hardly undorstoml the intense interest with which their lodge? “stoned to every detail of hm- life. To Dnisy’s dis- appointment suho know nothing of Sir Clfinton Adair. The only thing that she Could tell her was. he had a wry lurgv and magnificent estate in the country: it was called Eastwold. and was quite a palace in its way. a nn ,-1 “No." she replied. “I am for the town house: these grand people all have two or three houses. you knowâ€"one in Lon- don and others in the country." "Then you are not going there?" sand Daisy. 11-11;}; Vthoy?" nskod Daisy. “Ts ho. thenâ€"this Sir Clinton Adairâ€"(me of the grand 1mple?" "BIB. ‘Jaédvarn looked at her with some little contempt. “I should have thought" she said. “that any one knew that: he is a bar- onot. and is one of the richest and noblest in England." “Is he married?" asked Daisy. “No: and I wonder at it. I saw him once at the Duke of Trevlyn's, and a lmndsomew man, to my mind, never was." “Arc- you sure he is not married?" asked Daisy. Mrs. Jordan laughed. “Yes," she roplied. “Mr. Cooper, the l.l\v'._\e'r who emmgod me. told me there “as no Lady Adair." “Shall you see Sir Clinton Adair very often?" she asked one morning, am 11;; other questions. and Mrs. Jordan ”thought how simple and ignorant she Dui Isy sat in silence for some minutes, then she said: “That seems a meat pity. “’im so much, he should have a wife to share it. Pmflmps he will he married.” “I cannot tell." she replied, cautiously. “Is there any rumor of the kind?" “None that I have heard," she an- swvrr'ed. And then Daisy proceeded to put her through a catechism of a housekeeper’s duties. Already a scheme was forming in hm- busy brain. She learned from Mrs. Jordan during those two days the chief duties of a housekeeperâ€"what was expected from how. what to do, what to avoid. “Do you see much of the gentlemen?” she asked. “Do you take your orders from them when there are no mis- “VVe-Il," replied Mrs. Jondan, frankly. “to tell you the honest truth. I do not think much of men myself: rich or poor, gentle or simple. they are pretty much alike. I lived two years with a husband â€"-well, I say no more. But. when they give an order. they never seem to know what to say. The way I manage them is. I listen to every word, and than do what I think best." Daisy smiled at the notion; she did not lose a minute. Mrs. Jordan had never found such an intelligent, appre- ciative listener before. “If the same rules are observed thorn as in many other places," she re- plied, “I shall see him every mom-ins after breakfast. The Duke of Trevlyn used to go to his libary after breakfast to read the papers. I wont to him there and received all the orders he had to give. That was a tiresome place; there were always guests going and coming, rooms to prepare and arrange. My great? est trouble," continued Mrs. Jordan. ?” By BERTHA M. CLAY. “He does not entertainâ€"he visits a great deal; but Mr. Cooper said. “be- yond a few dinner parties, there would not be much in the way of gaye’ty." So Da-isy learned her lesson. She had almost resolved to ask Mrs. Jordan to 16¢ her go in her place. She would of- fer her a hundrn’d pounds; and promise to provide for her afterward; but fate was kinder to her. growing confidential. “was not' so much the grand people themselvefisi 8:5 th_eir “W'hiv not?" asked Daisy, trying hard to conceal the interest she could not help feeling. mvéints. {Poâ€"my mind. a duke’s valet is more trouble than a duke; a duchess’ maid gives more trouble than Abel: mis- On Tuesday morning the letter that Mrs. Jordan had so long and so anxious~ ly expel-«ted arrived; she was in sore distressâ€"4t ought to have reached her a fortnight since, and had been miswnut. It was from her son, saying how an- xiously he was expecting her, ihclwiug a handsome remittance for her expense; out. In the pride of her motherly love, she showed the letter to Daisy. It re-ld: “No mom-e work. mother. I am a. rich man now. but I shall never enjoy my riches until you are here to share them. I have a grand, beautiful house, but it will] never be home to me unfil you are in it. I will not return to England; I like Ame'nica bestâ€"men are more equal! here; so you must come to me. mother. Come by the Cunard line. and come tress; “but I shall not have much of uhwt kind of thing at Sir Clinton’s. first-clasvsâ€"have every comfort. You shall not keep house again for any one but me." “Hwemmust be a very kind son," said Daisy, as she returned the lottvr. “You will 20, I suppose?” Then a sudden hope flhmbbed in her heart and flushed her face. “You will not go to Sir Clinton Adair-‘5 now, I suppose?" she said. “No; I am sorry about ’It. I shoald not have gone about the place. but I fancied my son had changed his mind. and thought he had got married or some- thing 01 that kind. I hardly know what to do. I told Mr. Cooper this might happen." “Do you mean Mr. Cooper of the firm In T'revios Inn?" asked Daisy, pretend- ing ignorance. “Yes: do you know them?” “I have had busvluexs with them," was the evasive reply. mIndeed. strange to say, I am going there to-morrow. I know what I should do in your place.” “What?" asked Mrs. Jordan, briefly. “I should write to Mr. Cooper and tell him what bud happened. and that. as you could not now take the place, he must look out for some one else: and. if you like. I will take the letter." "71: will be the best plan." said Mrs. Jordan. “I shall not certainly have time to call myself.” ‘ Nothing succeeds like success. There had been a time when, strong 33 Daisy] resolve was. she had no idea how the task before her was to be accomplished: now it seemed as though her path was made so straight she could not help trip ping over it. Mrs. Jordan confided to her that she was no great scholar, and she therefore 0139er to assist with the letter. It was written, sealed and ad- dressed. Only for :1 few minutes had Daisy a horrible pain of suspenseâ€"it was when Ms. Jordan, looking with some complacency at the letter, said: “Perhaps, after all, it would be better to send it by the post." She dare not show any anxiety, but replied quite calmy: “Perhaps it would. I am going to the post with some letters of my own; shall I take it for you?" Then, with the privilege that ought to be reserved entirely for ladies, Mrs. Jordan changed her mind. “After all, it will be better for you to bake it ” she said; it will save them the trouble of wnting to me, and you can: tell me what they say." Daisy started on her errand. “There is only one thing in the way,” she thought;“1shall have to evade the truth. I will not tell a lie, but I can- not adhere to the strict truthâ€"I must evade it. I will go to Thavies Inn and wait about there until I see Mr. Cooper; that will help me. If she leaves Eng- land on Saturday next, as she says, I am sure enough. She will not have time to think about Sir Clinton." She went to Thavis Inn, and waited there until Mr. Cooper came out of his office, then she went back to Meadow Lane. “Ir-have been a long time away," she said, "but I have had several little mat- ters to attend m.” Mrs. Jordan did nct seem vitmy in- terested; she had dare with it all now, and only wautnl to be with her son. Her heart was over Ihe sea with her bay. not in LO‘ndhn. “I wan-t to T-hnvics Inn." sa‘d Daisy, “and I saw Mr. Cooper.” "Well.” said Mrs. Jordan, “was be angry '2" “No, he did not seem to be. I think they have some one elseâ€"some one he knowsâ€"to go in your place." “That is all right, then." said Mrs. Jordan; "I should have been sorry to in- a-nvemlence them; but if they have some one else in my place, I shall not give the matter another though-t." “Now.” said Daisy to herself, “me cwstt is clear for me." She made all her arrangements: she purchased a plain. black silk dress, white lace caps such as she saw Mrs. Jordan wore; she purchased a pair of spectacles, and laughed at herself when si1e was fully equipped- 7‘1 shall Be able to look Sir Cfinton Adair in thelface." she said, “and he will not know me." 0n the Thursday morning she affected 00 meefive a leflter: she called her land- lady into her room, and told her how scary she was to be compelled to leave at a day’s notice, but she had resolved upon paying a month's rent. 'flle busy little woman looked some what Crest-fallen at finding that she was to lose so good a ledger; the money con- soled her, and they parted on good took with her two boxes, which she hoped wwid present a sufficiently in- m appearance. . ,‘ 7 Some short time after that. with all her difficulties ended, Daisy found hen self at the door of Lifdaie House. She CHAPTER XLIII. Tm: NEW HOUSEKEEPER‘ CHAS. W RICHARDS, Publisher and Proprietor. I" T It was soon known among the ”- vmrts that the new housekeeper, Mrs. Jordan. had arrived. They vied with each other Whidh should pay her the mast aatomiom, knowing that much of their comfort would dmmd on her good will. A pleasant-{ooking housmmid, Margor‘c Low, volunteered to Show her her mom. l):1:sy was thankful for the relief- her heart was beating so fast, it was with diffirulty she breathed. At the up of the grand staircase Marge-fie pointed to a suite of almruncnts. “Thrso are Sir Clinton’s rooms.” she said; and a vain Daisy was in danger of lmi‘ng her self-possession. 'l‘hou she went to 1191‘ room, fondly hoping to have a few minutes’ rest: but Marga-ice Low intended to stand high in the gnod graces of the new house- “Anything I can do for you. Mrs. Jor- dun?" said Murgerie. “Sir Clinton said that I was to wait upon you.” “That was very kind,“ said Daisy, un- guardcdly, and the housemaid looked up in wonder at the expression. Then she became eloquent about her masterâ€"telling what 3. good, kind mas- ter he was. and how much better it would be for him if he would mm, he seemed so sad, so lonely. “Lonely!” said Daisyâ€"it was on her lips to cry out. “he has a wife and child;" but prudence prevailed, and she said nothing. Margarita smiled again. “We live in hopes." she said: “people may think what they will, but I know that Sir Cflinto'n loves some one.” “How do you know it?” asked Daisy. “I could tell by a hundred sigDS," replied shrewd Margcrie. It seemed so curious to hear her hug. band's name from there strangers. 141,-)01‘. She pelsisted in remaining to help her, and Daisy was compelled to submit. . 1' » f~ . Then Daisy saw that it she were to have a few minutes to herself she must send the good-natured girl away. “I wish you would make me a cup 0! tea Margerie," she said; “I am tired.” Away went the housemnid. and the young wife was left alone. She fasten- ed the door, lest, returning suddenly, Mameaie should surprise her: than kneeling down. she buried her face in her hands. She wanted to prayâ€"to ask Heaven to heip her to bless her enter priseâ€"but she could not: her heart beat, her brain burned; she could ,not only pray with parted lips that seemed to ask for mercy in their faint whispers. She was under the shelter of her hus- bands roof at lastâ€"here in his house- in the house where she ought to have been so eagerly welcomedâ€"here in dis- guiseâ€"here where she cbculd see him, speak to him, and he would not know her. It would be a terrible trial, but she could bear that. and more, if she could only find out his secret. After a time she grew calmer. W h( usemafid returned with the tea: she drank it. and then was rather startled at seeing: Margerie’s large brown eyes fixed on her face. The girl looked at her so intently that Daisy grew startled. and said to her at last: “What makes you look at me so?” “I cannot tell." said Marzen'e. “You look young. yet you look old: you have a strange fave Mrs. Jordanâ€"they said you were elderly." “So I am.” said Daisy. sharply. “Your face looks so smooth. I thought you would be a very difl'erent person." And in some vague way after that Mar- gerie was much less familiar with the new house-keeper. The housekooper's room was on the first floor. and as Daisy went down she heard the wedl~known, well-loved voice of her husband: he was speaking to ofie of the servants. inquiring: if she had come. For one minute Daiay stood quite still. and it seemed to her that she must fall on her face and dieâ€"that she had neither the strength nor the courage to meet him. She stood still and silent as a marble statute. then mused herself: she must either go on and meet him. or she must run right away. Again she heard the well-loved voice: “You can tell Mrs. Jordan that I wil see her at once: I am going out 813 have not many minutes to spare. shall be in the library.” A fem-ieve. She drew a long, deep breath: she was saved, at less for a few minutes. Then Adolphe. the valet, came to her. He bowed, after the fashion of his na- tion. polite to every one in woman's. “Which is the libm-‘ry door?” she ask- ed. E“Sxir Clinton wishes to see Mrs. Joc- dan; he is in the library." He showed it to her, and. bringing all heu- coumge to bear, she knocked at it. “Come in," said her husband’s vofice, and Daisy with trembling hands, opal:- ed the door and went in. He was seated at a. table, writing bus- ily. He laid down his pen when she annex-ed and. turning mum! in his chair. looked at her “Goodâ€"day. Mrs. Jordan,” he said, in a cheerful voice; “I am very glad to see .‘ZQU-Y’ . - ' She good quite still. thanking Heaven in‘fle‘r’ heart that she had put on blue spectacles. still without the least unwe- me'nt. She saw a puzzled expression‘ A V-__~; un‘um. Ul-l‘; w u .- râ€"â€"â€"-Vâ€" ‘vr- ‘_....v,~ ‘ A pass over his face, as though something V. half Mfldered him. then it paged away, and he was hims_<g!f._ away, auu u: H...) ”My--- “1 am afraid ” he said, “that you will ‘ find everything in great disorder; my. late housekeeper left me a very humet! fashion; you must try to manage as well as you can.” (A Daisy made a courtesy that at any other time would have made Iier smile. She did not answer. indeed she could not have spoken a word (men to have saved her life. “I am not very much at home, In self," he continued, “so that double vi; lance is required on the part of n housekeeper. I should like you to mum to me every morning for orders. To- day I shall not return to dinnerâ€"to-mor. vow I have some friends. You can make your arrangements for them, and subnfit than to me.” “Did you say I lied dchhcmtclyfi" “ “wen. not exactly My remark wn that. you couldn‘t tell a dulilwraue‘truth," L: â€"Philadclphia North Amequ V “QM‘”. / [m 31: 0057151320.] A Variation.