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- __.._â€". "J qu “511’ U]- Lne - a... mu; gluu no see you. Mr; 5 iilimg Interpretation of t O l ‘ . v Courthope." The tones of Eliza. were 2.611333 Benevol game. interposed. . who “91‘ e 301118 to dlne with them. She “I'll explain it to you. 111113 and I are g hag! , giving a. parity toâ€"night. There hesn’t 3 Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, of course, and been any com ny in the house Since ; we thought ° father died dur years ago. and we§16Y. becams know. he wouldn’t like us to be dull, so 3' Very young, even thou h he is not yet when omr stepmother went out. and ; married. Miss Bate - - 'rley is “mortiffing” at present. She wrote that she could ‘h .a regale.’ 811‘ Bar- t. " Harriet, andIam thankful to say' that Lad ‘ ‘ ' ve the explanation in soft ike tones. end there was only the ‘ 0388 demanded. It was .cleverly done. faintest lurking of armi‘ L corners of her lips to Indicate that she . . tertamed, andfig'hen a be- kept in View both reality and fantasv. (Ian mnffm- “nut“: _-_-h . . .â€" . T ‘k:_‘_ L‘ A Y i -- - unes amt of ‘Sir Charles Grandison.” She paused £0 gee .lf he_ querstood. u A.-- n. - n- “I’ll explain it to you. Elizx and I are giving a. parity toâ€"night. There hasn’t been any cam ny in the house since father died dur years ago. and we know. he wouldn’t like us to be dull, so when olmr e‘Lepmpther went but. and Hr ' ‘ ’ n , ' ' A gOO'dIY man- was a I'hts LS my Sister. Said the. mlstress ! in a judge's rota: lineamen'ts by th‘ "I am Very glad to see you, Mr; ! 15V'lng Interpretation of th Courthope." The tunes of Eliza. wera Elliott-egg, Benevolence m + son. The alder sister pushed from be- hind. The lihtle procession wore an air of vtri'umphant satisfaction. still tem- pared by the proprieties. Courthope moved quietly back and stood before the blazing logs. looking down. into them. with a smile of pure pleasure upon his lips. It was not long before the door, which aha had left ajar, was re-opened. anda. light-wheeled chair was pushed into the room. It contained a slight, elhn-like gird, white-faced, flaxen-haired, sharp- featured, and arrayed in gorgeous crim- English, like father. He says “cawn’t.” and “chawn’t,” and “heah,” and “theyah"â€"gemuine, no affectation. 011” here came a libtle glurgle of joy, “and toâ€"nigh‘t. too! It's the first perfectly joyful thing that has ever come: to us." man. It was natural that Courthopefi should walk toward it. trying to be-; come acquainted with some link in the g train of circumstances which had rais- ed this enchanted palace in the wild-i erness; he had not followed to bean: but he overheard. i “Eliz. it's a real young man!" ’ “No! you are only making up. and” ; here a touch of queruflousmss, "I've' often told you that I don't like make- 3 The room was a. long one. She went‘ owt by adoor at the farther end. and. as With intense curiosity he watched her quickly receding form, he noticed that when she {thdught herself out of his night she entered the other room with a. skip. At that same end of the room bung atoll-length portrait ofagentle- "I will tell my sister." These words came with more abruptness, asif the Interior excitement was working itself .to the surface. ;With her words his own apologies learned to lose their significance; he felt a little foolish. and she. with some slight evidence of childish awkward- ness. seemed to seek a pretext for short {By the time the speeches which he deemed necessary were finished, he had followed the girl inrtoaspacious room. flurnished in the large gay style of the fifties, brilliantly lit, as if forafesti- V31. and warmed by a log fire of gen- erous dimensions. Having led him in. listening silently the while. and put her additional lamp upon the table. she now. IWoke. with no empressement. almost with a manner of insouciance. “You are perfectly welcome; my father would never have wished his hduse to be inhospitable.” ‘ He began telling his hostess whence he came and what was his business. A quarry which a dead relative had be- queathed to him'had had sufficient attraction to bring him across the sea and across this raiJless region. His few words of self-iritroduction were mingled with and followed by regrets for. his in- trusion. expressions of excessive 8m“ ibude. All the time his mind was ques- tioning amazedly. CHAPTER 11. "My name is Courthope.” The visitor. denuded 0! coat an dcap. presented his card. upon which was written. “Mr. George Whom." A FREAK OF CUPID. ~uâ€"v -â€"-- ; wun the ready. overflowing Bit; the-t . : men are apt to give to pretty! as a 2 women who complain. , But she would have him know that .she had not complained. 3'13." 3 There was no bitterness in her toneâ€"- and 1161' Ph‘gn’osopa’hy of life was all sweet- Oh” f 11885. No} Bliess her! God made her. us." : 311.3 keeps this room shut up for fear it and 5 W111 get worn out. and we never see ,- iany VlSltors. But to-day (she went .Ing;away to Stt.Fh1hppe to see a. dying" * ; a was gomg to convert md now we may beosnow- ed 'up for days, and we are gomg to have a perfecwy glorious time.” She added hospitably, “You need not feel under the slightest obligation. for If. EIVBS us pleasure ‘0 have you. enfl I .3 case. may I have dinner without grow- ! ing grey ?" He asked it of Madge. and g her smile came back. so readily did she : forget What she had hardly conscxous- ; ly ceived. . : hen the sharp-voiced little Eliz had ' been yvheeled into the dining-room to supemntend some (preparations there before the meal was ready, Courthope gcould again break through the spell ? that the imaginary reception imposed. He came from his dressingmroom to find Madgeat‘ the housewifely act of re- Plemshmg the fire. Filled with ouir- osity, unwilling to ask questions. he remarked that he feared she must often feel lonely. that he supposed Mrs. K1113 did not often make visits unac- companied by her daughters. She does not. Worse ltuc. !" Madge on her knees ireplied with childish “I hope When she reflurns she may not be offended by my intrusion." “Don't hope it'.'â€"she smiledâ€"“811611 home would be in vain." .- He pduld not help laughing. “Is It dmtifiu‘l then of you,"â€"-he’ paus- wâ€"CIOF. of me 2" . . “\Vh-ich do you preferâ€"to sleep in the barn. ortha't Ishou‘ld be undutiful and He. leftglad'i’o maize that his mis- 3115.6 had beqn measly playful. “In that “Well, then he can help us' in the re- ceiving ‘and chatting to them " Elia was quite reconciled. “Oh, we." she said. “are the hostesses. My Slster is Eliz King and I amMadge ng, and I think you had better bea. tea-l pgrson too; ‘ st 3. Mr. Courthope come 111 by acci en.’.t’."' ““TAII LL- __ L “It: would be fair to tell him," said the other, her smile broadening now, "‘that it's only the eldequ .people and 5 notables who have been 1nv1ted to din- :ner. the young folks are coming in- ;after; so If you are hungry-4’ Her ésofr. voice paused, as if suspended in' §mid~air. allowing him to draw the in- ference. Her chin wag raised ‘ st' halfl an ipch higher; thesmile that ad been peeping from eyes and dimples seemed to retire for the moment. “It depends entirely on who you‘ are, who I would like to be." He did not realize that there was undue gallantry in his speech; he felt exactly like an- other child playing, loyally determined tobe her mate, whatever the character that might entail. “I will even be the idiotic Edward if ydu are Eleanor Dashwood.” “The only question that remains to be decided," she cried. “is, who yarn wauld prefer to be. We will let'you q chogseâ€"Bi_ngl_ey._9r 1331701: 9?"? .1 urging the logs roqu not accept W she told him with them. She . play. I”: Of Course. and ’8. inquir- I . offering fit 88 as the sp rrly done. a : t is just like them,” fretted Eliz. At the fretful voice Madge’s face cleaned. “ What does it matter 8" she cried. “\Ve are perfectly happy." She lifted the lamp with which he had first seen her, and commenced an in- spection of doors and shutters. It was a satisfaction to Court-hope to see the house. It was a French building, as were all the older houses inthat part of the country. heavily built, sunple int-he “‘1er V'V 0 8-1116 Went out of the room to call the servant. but in a few minutes she came back discomfited, a little pout on her lips. “Isn't it tiresome,! Mathilde and Jacques Morin have gone to bed.” " It is just like “1.9m ” frnH'nfl V"- uâ€"------â€"-a "' vu" ‘ vevuauvoo mm her reasons for deciding never t marry. “Out of sheer astonishment she appears to become quite tranquilized," it: Madge, as if relating an important (3 . His curiosity concerning this nun grew 313308. for she seemed a favorite with both the girls. When it Was near‘midnight the imag- inary pageant suddenly came to an end, as in all cases of enchantmenb'. Eliz grew tired; one of the lamps smoked and had to be extinguished; t e fire had burned 10w. Madge declare that the oogapam' had departed. f Gâ€"â€" had giveH“-t5‘i~iE-§. Eib‘fiEVBoé‘Hiéi she forget to tell him that Emma \Vood- house was explaining ED @1353 Portuguese no.-.“ -L-_ “â€" which you see.” More than once he saw Madge's Quick wit twinkle through her book- lore. “Then he was looking ruefully at a turkey by no means neatly carved, she gave the comforting suggestion, QT? impious in a good man to be “I thought it‘ one of the evidences of piety." ' “ It is true that he was ‘Younng; ’ who said it ; but so are we; let us believe it fervently." When Madge swept across the draw- ing-room, with her amber skirts trail- . i=ng, and Eliz had been Wheeled in, they ' received the after-dinner visitors. Courthope could almost see the room filled with the quaint creations to whom they were both bowing and talking in- cessan'tly. “Mr. Courthopeâ€"Miss Jane Fairfaxâ€" I believe you shave met before." Madge's voice dropped in a. well- feigned absorption in her next guest; but she soon found time again to whisper to him along speech which Miss Bates had made to Eliz. Soon‘ afterwards she came flying to him in the utmost delight to repeat what sh (called 1.3..“ lovely sneap"__which Lady Madge hand a frank way of giving fgmzlyodetails. “It was once. a. dear little pig, and we wanted to teach it to take exercase by running after uswhen we went out, but the stepmother, like Bunyan, ‘ penned it ':â€"- Unt11 at last it came to be, For length and breadth, the bigness W-hil‘h “m1 can H _“v-_'- Eliz had moi‘é tfiifi"on6é"t3'lzfii the other two to account for talking pri- vately adorwn t-hq .long ‘table..._ .‘ ‘3 “TL-Jâ€" _ ___ not about the people,” cried Eliz im- ten§01Y~ “Catharine Moreland's moth- e1: Is talking common sense to General ln-ey and SL1: \Valter Eliot, and there- be no end of a row in a mjnute If you don’t divert their attentlon.” vv 5“”va uu Lilla. “'VYâ€"éu see," said Madge, when she had ‘t'old bun how to begin upon the turkey. we Wondeljgd very much What a dinner AficL - I “ Of course,” said Madge. "or wecould not play.” “ It's the greatest fun." cried Eliz, "to hear Sir Charles telling Mr. John I Knightley about the good example that {a virtuous man ought to set. 'With ‘ hands and eyes uplifted ' he is explain- ing the duty he owes to his Maker. It’s rare to see John. Knightley’s face. I sea-ted them on purpose with only Miss Matty between them, because I knew she wouldn’t interrupt.” Courthope saw the smile in- Madge's eyes was bent upon him as she said softly, “You won’t forget that you have Lady Catharine de Bourg at your right hand to look after. I can see thet brother Peter. has got his eye upon her. and I don't know how she would take the ‘seraphim ’ story." ‘ “ If she begins any of her dignified impertinenoe here." he answered, “I in- tend to steer her into a conversation with Charlotte, Lady Gâ€"â€"."' ‘ V” v.u~;w---v “ VLLUL 0. â€""° 1’ J W n? ' “ Asxdes am allowed. of course, Bald Eliz, as if pronouncing a debatable rule at cards. hear voice wziswhigh, {g}; her'fhé‘ e-n'ter- tainiment of the invquble guests in- volved meal responsibi‘hty‘ and efljprt._ _ cc A...:.J__ -7 Madge was seated at the head of. the table, Cdurthope at the foot. Ehz in her high chair had been wheeled to the cen- ’tre of one side. Milfdgt}. playing the ; hostess with gentle dlgDItY. W38 enjoy- i-n'g herself to the full. a I'OSY. cooing sort of joy in- the play, m the feast that she had succeeded in preparmg. in her amusement at the literary sallies of Eliz, and. above all perhaps, in the company of the new and unexpected playmate. to whom. because of his youth, she attributed the .same perfect sympathy with their sentlments which seemed to exist between themselves. Courthope felt thisâ€"he. felt that he was idealized through no v1rtue of his own; but it was a delightful sensation, and brought out the best that was in him of wit and pure joyfulniess: To Eliz the creatures of her imagination were too real for perfect pleasure; her face was tense, .her eyes .shot 'spagr'kles‘ of light. L__. __-__ was not small. The homely serving- Woman in her peasant-dike dress stood aside, submissive, as it seemed, but ignorant of how to behave. at so large ‘ a dinner. Courthope. W110 In a Visit to the stables had discovered that this; French woman with her husband and one young daughter were at present: the whole retinue of servants, wondered 5 the more that such precxous articles as ; the young girls and the plate should be i safe; in so ion-elyaplace: . The table was longhand amply spread Having performed her with fine glass and Sllver; honhing was bolder, Madge said gooc antlg'ue, everything was la) the old-3 “ We have enjoyed i fashloned tasteless style of a former 'more because you were generation, but the_va1_ue of_solid silver ; out her hand: her face bA'l‘ltSb‘ACTORILY EXPLAIN ED How is it that \Viidon comes to the club every night now? It used to be that we ' ' ' month- comdn 1: get hum here once a bei . - ‘ Y . ng oval or square or round, accord- Grate gold handle. "hey are then held before the eyes recisely after. the This fashion ls hardly more strik- ing, however, than others whlch con- cern themselves with the moru‘ptlng of ,,___- J wu-'â€"L Ya'lu _ 7' ”kuv 6. The newesi; pair of spectacles, the design of Whlch has jue't been evolved by a popular jeweller, ls much i1} fav- was bolder, Madge said good-night. old-E “W’e have enjoyed I’ll ever so much mer 'more because you were here.” She held lver gout her hand; her face was radiant, be ingâ€" ; knew that she spoke the simple truth. ;ood , She lifted the puny Eliz in her arms but fend proceeded to walk slowly up the .rge 'straight staircase which occupied one 3 ‘20 half of the long central hall. The crim- thlS ; son scarfs hanging from E-liz, the length and of her own silk gown, embarrassed her° Lent {she stopped a moment on the second *I‘Bd ’ step, resting her burden upon one lifted 5 33 ; knee to clutch and gather the gorgeous 1 be 5 raigrnent in her hand. perceptlble degree. The newest glass- es, however, correspond to the new- est fad and are an interesting study apart from the1r_ beauty and value. The newest pair of spectacles, the deal-gm of Whlc has just been evolved ‘1‘? n “Ann‘IAâ€" â€".-â€" Lorgneittes massive with gold and brilliant with gems have shown their influence in the recent- designs of eye- glasses. It? was not so very long ago that fashions in; eyeglasses were never heard of. Eyeglasses. as far as the! ob- server could discover, were as alike as so many peas, and there was no hint ness This, says ‘the spectator, re- marking upon the subject. we would expect to be told, “and in this case, at any rate, the statistics correspond with the general impression of the world. that women in business are more careful ‘than menâ€"less liable to run into excess and to ruin themselves by Ttoo adventurous a spirit.’- Another fact parallel with this, but which has not found its way into the statisticali reports, may be accepted as-generally‘ if not universally true, that woman in business do not accumulate large fortunes. It follows. from the same reason, {that enterprises that bring great returns also almost necessarily involve great risk, and avoidance of the risk carries with it avoidance of the accompanying chance of making a fortune. "To put the matter in a nut- shell, a woman. conducts her business on the cardinal principle of making as few losses as possible; a man, on the cardinal principle of. making as many profits as possible." A London paper has extracted from an official report? on bankruptcy the fact: that comparativefly few failures occur among women engaged in busi- cap. 'l'heretupon one of the rustics. eyeing him suspiciously, said, “I don’t mind being tneighbonly. but I’ll be hanged if I’m goin' to play Skittles with aâ€"t~icket-of-leave man." uuu, a1. wnicn there were a number tot roughs returning from the races. yOne of them was rlude to the judge, {who remonstrated with him, where- ‘upon the man invifted him to go out- side and have “what. for." Sir Henry then took off his hat, thinking that. as the men were probably of the crim- inad classes. they would recognize him, and quietly remarked: “Perhaps you do not: know who I am” “S’eilp me, Bob," his assailant said, edging off, “a bloomin' prize-fighter. Not: me," and the judge was not further molested. .On another occasion Sir Henry. out on a mmbie between assizes with a1 companion. stopped at a wayside inn and they were soon hard at skittles with two rmstics. Things went. on pleasan? 1y until, in an unguarded mo- ment, the judge removed_ his moleskin m.“ Innâ€"u»- his ticket at the Epsom Ra tion. at which theme were of maughs returning from A Prominent Justice of the English Bench Taken for a Prize-Fighter. Sir Remy Hawkins, one of the jus- tices of the English bench. wears his hair very shortâ€"the prize-fighter's out: -a.:nd is clean- shav-‘en. On two occas-' ions this habit led to Her Majesty’s judge being mistaken for a member of the class to be shunned. Sir History was omoe waiting to take! his ticket at the Epsom Raihvav Sta- HOW TO WEAR EYEGLASSES. hope. who stood holding a. lamp to light them in their ascent. He waited until the glivn'tipg colors of their satins. the \VOMEN RARELY BANKRUPTS. he ‘C married last fal 1: and .â€"-Bea.Lis_Ip., REALISM IN ART. CLOSE CROPPIN G. Epsom Railway Sta- N 0W, yo u sum really dglty as house- set tl’ed ns with. much of t eir p. when 'the, rewards of * memfioned, they always “ ‘All is so glad an' so zait’ we do rightâ€"We an honest an’ please Godâ€"w u]- -‘_- '- on Et"he> sunny porch excited them to ffl1ln.r‘ n .11.--.) 1 .: their little Rhnn -_ r-wvv VVU Ulld “Eviden'tfly they thdught layed our visit until we them news of a country ho: watched for us with chifldi tion: as the? Alma" *" ‘L" ousfotmens ' “Na, .zai deI‘Ong-iell a lie. Be- honestls best. Please God zafii 1"Ieoedj‘le Blapg We buy him nnw" w u WU UCvLK’lU “'u were fainly inside {he door, apd the man- vaOJght the paper in “"hlt‘h the bundle had been wrap Pd, husband was assuwrved. by i vvmuo “More than two years passed. and. one day. whine on an errand of special research through the 01d ward, we sud- denly found ourselves facing {he litale shop and looking into the same pretty! Wlndow. . We stepped in to see if our‘ two humble friends would recognize. h: “As the parcel did not reach us. Wei went. the next afternoon to get itl but our ‘bulmp of iocality' utterly failed cu-Lfi vats “ ‘Mabbe.’ said the man. his face all aglow, ‘you know some such Ieetle place as» .we like ?" ' " ‘Perhaps; we will see.’ And paying the bill and addressug onm' parcel, “'6 took leave. promising to come again. but omitting to take the name and: the street mummy. ‘A‘n.’ haf ydu a. rosebush an' 3 apple- ttl‘ee azn’ 'tivwgs aflive 9' - “I dedigb’t'ed her heart by telling her of our orchard and garden, and the cow wad horse, and the pig and chickens. rMire beomly she an’ me,’ the maneaid; and his wife echoed. ‘Zare be on} an! met,’ and went on with a pathetic little stdry of the baby that died. ‘Bat ifl be best. Zis no place for cheeldren. Some day, when we makes money, we go(' in he cdan't‘ry. an' hat a 'leetle land an.’ a. fleetie shag. an' be happy.’ “‘Ydu seem happy here.’ I said. “ ‘Yees, we happy hemeâ€"umly we two. We gd ’to church an! hear music. We not understand much talk. but we war- sheep. an! God is good.‘ ; “We tdld them we wetre from tho oduntry. ‘Oh!’ exalaimed the woman. Wife. Their politeness. their English and theim low prices V resistitfle, and we made sever “Dowzmixght honesty is hard to find!" exclaimed a 'pessimistio gentleman, LA Well-known literary lady replied, “I hope not. W'hen you find. it whpma you expected to, it attracts no Domes. It is a. matter of course; and sometimes you find iltf when you are not looking far. it. »- ‘ “Severed years ago my husband and I were hunting for colonial landmarks in one of the dldeat quarters of New York City, when. we were attracted h. DOWNRIGHT HUNESTY: 5‘ ¢ . they fid‘ééfiJ‘Efi‘é’i‘; 'e Wadi: to {2:9 ayvay/ inn. 1.-..â€" ' Kept their little shop, ch home, and made many fitb‘er baby came to them. EBILITY. cheap. It; pay beat We_buy h 1‘ um; 1m now.’ knew of such an 1e of the matter inne their dream. try was realized: 1e rose-bush was tree in blossom. 3' they said. several attracted bf r broken were ir. 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