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it h an the} ”a; life. plot To Clo In 03' Bit ha- (n W3 When. wearied out at length. he threw himlf into bed. it. was only to exchange bad for worse; for on such occasions sleep is worse than wakeful- ms. it is so full of dreams. big with coming pain. Shortly after dawn he got up again. and went into the garden m listened to the birds singing their antic hymn. But he was in no mood for the some 01 birds. however sweet, and it was a. positive relief to him when old Johan emerged. his cross face at in the gladnes ot the morning. like 3 lullen cloud in the blue sky. and he- gnn to do thng to his favorite bed mind and so shaken by superstitious team. that he would have accepted it as an omen. and have yielded to a de- cision of character that had no real existence in himself. But he did not know; indeed. how could he know? and b» was. besides, too thorough a gentle- man to allow himself to suspect foul flay. And so, too sad for talk, and oppressed by the dread sense of com- ing separation from her whom he loved more dearly than his life. he nought his room. them to think and pace. to pace and think, until the stars have in the face of dishonor and dis- honestyâ€"had he known the hesitating fiaeblenees of Philip's avarice-tossed mind. how easy it would have been for him to tear his bald arguments to shreds. and, by the bare exhibition of umshaken purpose to confound and dis- allow his determinationsâ€"had he then and there refused to agree to his ulti- motum. so divided was Philip in his Had Arthur onfly known his own strength and Philip’s weaknessâ€"the gtrangth _§hat_ honesty and honor ever "I cannot answer you oft-hand. My happiness and Angela's are too vitally maternal to allow me to do so. 1 must consult her first." "Very good. I have no objection; but you must let me have your answer by ten to-morrow.” A silence followed this speech. The match that Arthur had lit before Phi- lip began burned iLself out between his fingers without his appearing to suf- for any particular inconvenience, and now his pipe fell with a crash into the grate, and broke into fragmentsâ€"u (it. symbol of the blow dealt to his hopes. For some moments he was so complete- ly overwhelmed at the idea. of losing Angela. for a. whole long year. losing her as completely as though she were dead. that, he could not answer. At length he fauna his voice, and said. hoaraely: "Yours are hard terms.” "I cannot argue the point with you. Heigham; such as they are. they are my terms, fmmdsd on what I consider Do you accept "Heigham." Philip said, suddenly. and looking studiously in the other di- rection, "I want to asp-wk to you. I have been thinking over our conversa- tion of about a week ago on the sub- ject 01' your engagement to Angela, and have now come to a final determ- ination. I may say at once that I ap- prove of you in every way," here his hearer’s heart bounded with delight, ”but. under all the circumstances, 1 don't think that I should be right in sanctioning an immediate engagement. You are not sufficiently sure of each other for that. I may seem old-fash- ioned. but I am a great believer in the virtue of wastancy, and I'm aux-y ions, in your own interest, to put yours‘ and Angela's to the test. The terms: that I (an offer you are these. You? must leave here to-morrow, and must Give me your W 0rd of honor as a gen-i Hananâ€"which. I know, will be the! meet effectual guarantee that I can;: take from youâ€"that you will not, tori the space of a year, either attempt to: ”9 Angela again. or to hold any writ- ten communication with her. or any- body in any Way connected with her. The year ended, you can return, and. mm you both still be of the same mind. you can then marry her as soon 39 you like. If you decline to accede to these termsâ€"which I believe to be to your mutual ultimate advantageâ€"I must refuse my consent to the en- ongagement altogether." When Arthur came to smoke his pipe With his host that evening, the latter looked so gloomy and depressed. that he wandered to himself if he was going to he treated to a repetition of. MB shadow scene, little guessing that there was something much more per- sunally unpleasant before him. his house and the neighborhood of Arthur Heigham, his guest and his daughter's lover. It was not a task he lubed. but the unearned check in his breachespmcket continually reminded him of the obligation it entailed. Unfortunately, in this prosaic world of bargains, one cannot receive checks for one thousand pounds without, in some shape or form, giving a. quid pro quo. Now Philip's quid was to rid Into Philip's guilty thoughts. as he wentbd his homaward way. we will not inquire. and indeed. for all the warm glow that the thousand-pound check in his pmket diffused through his sysâ€" tlln. they were not to be envied. Per- hnm no scoundrel presents at heart such a miserable object to himself and all who know him, as the scoundrel who attempts to deceive himself. and, whilst reaping its profits, tries to ahmilder the responsibility of his ini- quity on to the back of others! CHAPTER XXX. --â€"_-...â€"v-J uuoun W, ll ’UU were in my place," blurted out Arthur. “You give me, then. your word of honor as a gentleman that you will at- tempt, either in person or by letter, no communication with. Angela or with anybody about this place for one year mum; in nature wish to: thwart her happiness; and if you have‘ any plan of causing her to forget. me: --I don’t. want to be conceited. but 12 believe Um. it. will fail.” Here Angela; smikul somewhat. sadly. ”So, Q one of us dies befure the year is up, I; shall come back Lu he married on the 9th of June next year." )us In rmup’s rusty pmkét-book, and; known for what purpose it came there? ‘ I “If it had not been Angela’s wish I? would never have agreed. I think your; terms preposterous. and [only hope? that you have some satisfm'wry reasoni for them; for you have not, shown myt any. But since she. takes this View? of the matter. and because, so far as: Iou hear what she says ?” said Phi- ”h, turning to Arthur. “Do you also agree 3’" He answered boldly. and with some temper. how would he have answered could he have seen the thousand-pound check that was repusi-ng upon the to.- ble 1n Philip's rusty pocket-hook, and known for \Vhflt Dllrnnm it“ puma 11".... t) built! (.‘lll‘. her name out of my will. for this property is only entailed in the male line. It now only remains for me to ask you it flows ’6’” Angela answered him, speaking very slowly and clearly: ”I accept them on my own behalf, not lasalms I understand them, or think them right, or because of your threats but because, though you do not care [or me1 I am your daughter, and should obey youâ€"and believe that you wisb to do what is best for me. That is why I accept. although it will make my life wretched for a year." “You hear what she says ?” said Phi- lip. turning to Arthur "n“ "m. .1“ vâ€"",D~-wu 5 Wm sorry to inflict pain upon either of you; but 1 have arrived at them en- t'rely in your own interests, and after a great deal of anxious thought. Be- lieve me. a year’s probation will be very good for both of you; it is not pro- bable, that. where my only child iscon- cerlned, I should wish to do anything except what is for her happiness!” Arthur looked rebellion at Angela. Philip saw it, and added: “Of course you can defy meâ€"it LS, sent till the first of May next, or very nearly a year hence, when Angela comes of age, and that I shall equally forbid all intercourse in the interval; and secondly, that when you do so, itl will be against my wish. and that I: shall out her name out of my will, for this Property is only entailed in the male hue. It DOW' ()nlv mrnninu fnr 1111‘ ".Yes, Arthur has told me; and it is to Implore you to modify thoem‘tbat we have come. Father, they are cruel. termSâ€"m be dead to each other for a. whole. 10mg year.” gagenwnt." "Chm”? {youâ€"1‘- farting; can ”Oh, very well. very wellâ€"I suppose you have heard‘ the terms upon which 1 am prepared to consent: to your enâ€" I'll MnA.-. L I! As it was evident that she meant to stay. Philip did not attempt to gainâ€" I beg your pardon for intruding. father,” she answered; “but, as this is very impmtant to me, I thought that 1 had better come too. am! hear what is settled.” ex pec- te(_1-i-â€"" v _ some uneasiness. “Of course, Angela,” he said. ”I am always glad to see you, but I hardly Breakfast was not a cheerful meal that (lay, and Pigott, noticing the pre- vailing depression, remarked, with sar- vasm, that they might. for all appear- ance to the contrary, have been mar- ried for twenty years; but even this spirited sally did not provoke a laugh. 'l‘e‘n o'clock, the hour that was to de- ride their fate. came all too soon. and it was with very anxious hearts that they took their way to the study. Phi- lip. Who was seated in readiness, ap- He'kissed her by way of answer. and? tlwn they agreed to go together to! Philip. and try to turn Him from his‘ purpose. ? She listened in perfect silence, and bore the blow as a. brave woman should. When he had finished, she said, with a little tremor in her voice: “You will not, forget me in a year. will you, Arthur ’1" “Be brave, dear, and I will tell you." And, in somewhat choky tones, he re- counted word for word what had pass- ed between her father and himself. “Oh, what iswit, Artfiur '5’” she said, with a, little mat of fear. And then at last out came Angela! having spied him from behind the cur-3 tainls of her window, clothed in the! same white gown in which he had first beheld her, and which he consequently! considered the prettiest of frocks. Never I did she look more lovely than when she came walking toward him that morn-l ing. with her light, proud step, w;hich was so full of grace and 11 omanly dig- nity. Never had he thought her more; sweet and heart-mmpelling, than when having first made sure that Jakes had; retreated to feed his pigs, she shyly; lifted her bright fame to be greeted* 11ith his kiss. But she was quick of: sympathy. and had learned to read him like an Open page, and before his lips had fairly fallen on he 01111 sheI knew that things had gone amiss. of cabbagecs. Not that Arthur was fond of old Jaime; on the contrary. ever since the coffin-stool conversation. which betrayed, he ootnsidered. a. ma.- levolent mind, he detested him person- ally; but still he set a. fancy value on him because he was comnected with the daily life of his betrothed. _caLx_1.n9t;_.hfelp ig. Angela. I would probably think so. if you mi. -nln..- ,' ‘-'- View Angela’s arrival with boldly. and with some mid he have answered sen the thousand-pound reusing upon the ta.- her quiet Lawer'EEBdâ€"Biddifiéiiihfi éééi consolation in his trouble at the hands 0f Him who for His own purposes de- creed 1t. came into visible play. For whilst. asthma moment of separation drew nigh. he could scarcely contain his grief, she on the other hand grew more and more (.talm. qtrengthen'ing his weakness with "Hush. love, I did not mean it," and he took her in his arms. And so they sat there together under the oak where first they had met. hand in hand, and heart to heart, and. it was at this mom- ent that the self-reliant strength and more beautiful serenity of Angela's character aspompared with her lover’s “Oh, Arthur, why will you so uftell make me angry by saying such things? The sun will forget to shine before I forget you." “Poor Mel-k." swid Angela, when the time drew near, bending down uvm' the dog to hide a tear, as she had once before, bent down to hide a blush; “poor A'levk, I shall miss you almost. as much as your master." “You will not miss him. Angela. be- cause I am flying to make you a pres- ent of him if you will keep him." “That; is very good of you, dear. I shall be glzul to have him for your sake." --.., u "u allegiance by the time I come back. I hope you won‘t have. done the same. Angeiu.” And thus the hours passed auay. out too quickly. and each. of them strove; to be merry, in order to keep up the! spirits of the other. But it i: not in! human nature to feel cheerful with a; lump of ice upon the heart! Dinner. was even more dismal. than breakfast: and Pigott, who had been informed of' the pending misfortume, and who was: di's‘trustful of Philip's motives. though; she did not like to add to the general' gloom by saying so, made, after the; manner of half-educated people. a‘ painful and infectious exhibition of her3 grief. ' ' ; To linger over those last hours could ;0nly be distressing to the sympathetic E reader of this history. more especially if he, or she, has ever had the misfor- itune to pass through such a. time in itheir own proper persons. The day ;of any one’s departure is always .wretchexl, but much more is it, wretrh- fed, when the person departing is a .5 lover, whose face will not be seen and ”of whom no postman will bear tidings i‘for a. whole long year. Some comfort: however, these two took in looking forward to that joyous day when the year of probation should have been gathered to its predecessors, and in making the most minute. ar- rangements for their wedding; how Angela. was. to warn Mr. Fraser that his services would he required; where they should go to [or their honey- moon. and even of what flowers the wedding lxmquet, which Arthur was to bring down from town with him. should he composed. 3 “Very good. Then that is settled, é and I will send for a dog-cart to take {you to the four o'clock tram. I fear you will hardly be ready for the 12.25. |I shall. howevher hope, ” he added, “to Thane the pleasure of presenting this Iyoung lady to you for good and all on this day next year. Good- b\e £01 the :present. I shall see you before you It is painful to have to record that When Arthur got outside the door, and out «If, Angela’s hearing. be cursed Philip, in his grief and anger, for the space of some minutes. “I take you at your word," said Ar- thur. eagerly, “that is, it Angela. agrees." Angela made no signs of disagreement. “Then, on these terms, I giye you my promise.'_' like. and cans to bring a. license and aproper settlementâ€"say, of half your mommaâ€"with you.” answered Philip. with a half-smile. ' 'eH, lggep Mm, love, he is a good uu ”ml “4‘ the C'suucry [lawn I.) E Mun-k. g A very fine Chinese umary sings in ithe vahin of Captain Fhiuunin. of the . big British hark Engelhorn. The (‘hin- .ese canary onr‘e hwi a mat» in a Jap- janese little songster that twiLLvred sweetly night and day. . The J apanese canary had a headdr- ; ess of feathers raised on each side and ;parted in the middle. when the Engel- ! horn was at Hongkung Captain Shimm- :in hung its cage from the spanker In a minute he was back, but. the cage May on the deck, and Jews, the ship's e cat, had the Jap canary out of the. cage and lifeless in her jaws. Captain Shimmin felt. like throwing ,ry. “how fond people are of twenty ibhousand a year. and yet. they all said ’that they loved me. for myself. that in. ya]! except the (lissenter. who wanted firm to help to ‘feed his flock,’ and'I lik- Ied him the best of the bot. incanse he : was the honestest." I'at 'I ' .Uv l Now. Mr. Carr was not remarkable lfor good looks. and im addition to hav- : ing seen out so many summers had also buried two wives. It wild, therefore, be «Lear that he was scarcely the suit- or that a. lovely giu‘l conscious of cap- aciities for deep affection, would have .Beliected of her own free \Vll”;, but on 5 the other hand. he was honest and kind- 'hearted, and, what was more to the poimt, perhaps the weaLthiest wine-merâ€" chant im the city. Mildred resisted as long as she 'oould, but want is a. hard master, and a father’s arguments are difficult to answer, and in the end she married him, and, what is more, made “him a good and faithful wife. mv.n.'he left her sole leg-aloe of all his? enormous fortum. bound up by no re-f striations as to remarriage. Aboutj this time also her father .died. and she § woman. possessing in her own right; between twenty and thirty thousand ! a. year, to be. : Needléss to say. Mrs. Carr was thenoe- i forth one of the. ('iLtf‘h-E‘s of her genera- I tion; but nobody could catch her. though i she shone knew how many had tried.‘ Once she made a list of all the p00plel who had proposed to her; it included amongst others a. hishon, two peers, three. mM-mlmrs of Parliament. no less than five army officers. an Americung She fie'ver had any _éaii§;v'to regret, ilt. for he was kindness itself toward her, and when he died, same five years afterward. hyving _no_ children of his 1 ”Are you Dr. James' (taught/91" he 'asked presently. j ”Yes sir. 3 ”Ugh. I have lived most of my life gim Sherlnrme. Lane and nexer saw :anything half so pretty in it before". jConloupd this finger!" At this moment the doctor himself arrived. and wanted to dismiss Mil- dred, but Mr. Carr, who was a head- strong old gentleman, vowed that no one else should hold his injured hand whilst it was dressed. and so she. stayed just long enough for hlillll to fall as com- plebely in love with her shell-like face as though he had been twenty instead of‘nearllseventy. lmnnt, if it was ”want {01' min; lmt. t. old gentlemen with crushed fingers not given to weighing thmr words. “Run. LIi'ldred,” said her father, "and tell Mr. Carr that. 1 will be with him in a minute. It will never do to see a new patient in this coat." Mildred departed, and, gliding into the gloomy consulting-mom like a sun- beam, delivered her message to the old gentleman, who appeared to he in some pain, and prepared to return. “Don't go away.” almost shouted the. aged patient; “1 have crushed my fing- er in a door. and it; hurts most «on- Rmndedly. You areéomething to look at in this hole. and disl'rart my atten- tion." Mildred thought to ill-r80” that this was an odd way of paying a compli- ment, if it was ”want for one; but then, Al.) _- ll up their offices and gone home-from 'the quiet of the lane into the roar and [rush of the city. This young girl was ’iMildred James. the only daughter of a struggling, a very struggling, city doctor, and her daily mission was to ggo to the cheap markets, and buy the sprovisions that were to last the Sher- ;borne Lane household, for her father {lived in the same rooms that he prac- itieed in, for the ensuing twenty-four Ehours. The world was a hard place for gpoor Mildred in those days of provi- :siorn hunting, when so little money had 9to pay for so many necessaries, and to {provide also for the luxuries that “were necessaries to her invalid mother. iSwine years later, when she was a sweet. emaiden of eighteen, her mother died Eimt medical competition was keen in Sherborne Lane, and her removal (lid not greatly alleviate the pressure of Poverty. At last one evening. when she was about twenty years of age. a certain Mr. Can. an old gentleman With wihom her father had some so (ll‘lal‘in‘tanoe, sent up a. card with a pen- ‘ oiled message on i3: Lottiâ€"1e et’t‘ei-tw {bat he‘lyorulq be glad to see Dr. James. .When Angela was still quite achild. the permanent inhabitants of Sher- borne Lane, King William Street, in the city of London. used to note a very pretty girl, of small stature and mod- est ways, passing outâ€"every evening after the‘eity gentlemen had lopked late 5nd aléne. .\ ETEIBUTIVSâ€"z‘ JUSHCE '1‘0 CHAPTER XXXI. Be Continued . 'S are thodmlorisughdmget rid ofi “Mambo-scum it. a. stool comfortably in that store of BM Jenkins. and he waited UP”1 at hsr Ham. and she can buy thoM four-donut pstticoutu at seventy-f1" 00MB. andthus dollar and a half cor- ‘i Amt they say that never awn“ .Lhere, by any [xx-laibility, he ~uu1; -. :chance to secure bargains giwn u: .. Public. No, never! It is alwptutrw Lotus lust, chant» you will ham in ihw life 00 buy four-dollar [K‘Ilimt'tl‘v ': ' {seventy-five cents! f BY [our o'clock in the. arm“. ., fthfl interior of that. store is a pan." “nominal. The crush is summhimJ s' ;palling. DI'BSems are 51,9!"th ”(I is! born from the * 'ndings. braid in rim“ ’from Skirts, [msaelnewterie trimnnuur are scattered in every directiuu. rm) ’M In]! likfl hail stones. ”HHHQ"£ 'are knocked awry. purses an in.- wraps are dragged off from fair shut: ,‘deI‘S. and trodden under (out, {:11 .u : men perspire. and lean women gm 1:; iiened out still leaner, uhildrvn .~;. was (1088 snap and growl, can] Liv-*- become insolont. tempers are Inst. nun- ,“mthfi 0‘ the woman have meww‘bu- of many they have and by attending! that.mrhad Down Sub of Brown a. I y The woman who made them» adv»;- ' WE is on uettles to go arm Secun ’ some of these tremendous bargains h» More some other woman gets 11mm. .. ' is the chicane of a. lifetime! She from that 8116 must not let 5110b an upper- tunity pass he: by! “There in u try in the affairs of men. whit-h. when A. the flood. leads on to fortune." She must go to Brown Jenkin- g‘mat sale. She must go early. 5h owes it to herself that she Statutes unr. of those four-dollar uett'icouts [or MH- enty-five cents. whether she rea..y needs the garment or not. That «1.». 'nDL matter. It is so cheap that n . ’3. sin to let it go. : She hurries to the train. or the. «4. yuan never thinks of lunch. She vet teat at any tinne. but it is not $- 1 ways that she can secure such wuum :~ ’ful .bax‘gains as am now awniting :r: And the clan-ks swear, mum le' sacred honor. that everything “as I.” espwially for this sale. and Lha! Bn-v- 2;. Jenkins are positively ruining Lhmn“ selves by offering things at such ridiculously low price! them with samplas they have broth: and Wonder if they will wash. and there is any cotton in them. and if 1} gm nt‘BW‘LKMB. or something Ivft w and the eagle-eyed floor-walker 1.» cv- erywhere, lest some kleptomamiac mt;- pochet a cake of five cent soap, mark»; down. from a quartar of a dollar. All the ladies crowd each other, w .ta out regard to the laws of common mu besy. They pull the exhibited gun-1r this way and that. way, and unman- has. The half-distracted clerks g:â€" rushing hither and thither. tryim.‘ vaiolx to wgit om_ egerybody at now The Eton: is crammed with other men who haye jubt snob ideas as might ring 801m changes upon it. Wu: not say, “Awful murder of gunllemcna linen collars and ladies' handkerchiem "'l‘errible annihilation of children» school shoe-s !" “Metressing houn- Cidfi 05 small wares! ' “Goods poailixe-y sold for the joke of doing it!" Pottiomts for seventy-five. 08% marked down from four dollars! (:9 at: for thirty-seven cents. worth 1 dollar Mid I half! Dress goods wm were two (1011111: a. yard. now to bed. posed of If: twenty-five (cuts. Hosiery at a. tremendous reduction! mi. slaughter of gentlemen b' necklieb an- ladiu shirt-waists. Tin word "What” warns, w r, a. famed-m 0m with sensauun dealers and. it has been run 50 long in than interests that it would seem m»; gsurroumling boroughs, and um “w Itiaements which tho city merchant k {displayed in the daily papers, are 10m. ‘ble examples of what. can he done h a. judicious use of printer'» ink, ' It i. mm tho ladies tell m othor. how it is that Brown Jam. can afford. to after such bargains t, the public! Bankrupt stock of no..- body. I”! bought at m imam,“ a" rifles. Mil going for whatever it '1. bring! ItinWWhatgw fascination than in in those five "Marked Down." for the aver an‘L M ‘86» The dealors in every kind of READY FOR IT. the All gt INSl