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MADISON TIMES. DEVOTED TO TUE WELFARE OF MADISON PARISH '1OL [Il NO. t . TALLULAH, MADISON PARISH, LA.. SATIURDAY. NOVEMBER 27, 1884. TERMs---..Oo R TEXR :-;~~~~~~~~~~11 · . U1 ne3~- u1 u1· • m u nnmmnn11Jtnun|I mm uu rmn| WEmKY NEWS SUM_3I3ARYt gas contst, %.alhea.y a araisa T. e Ua ., -a. mi -e ieI eI -, 4'!' ft! daa* ! JaIh Prill anaa abtS twenty other i.. ua-,e'. aat ark. all with luhted laImps n ( ha-r lt .at,. Prill S-Ila Iheled, aind thijie "a, )n* ait wurk b asmit vein of Iulphur thant be.ame i;- t ited. ald Prill was c; ,ght in the aflarrn'. o wau esrled near ' burned t, deathnand gij bably die. 1t1, t hug : famnily. The 0of o lb1i'e .ILliphur .a. . not n0 to the ~moers. A tlklswt bell-breel Indian ly.-.u bout gjyerse d. died on the early WCahlnnsl tram W,Ia.als sorniag on fite war. hoennnia Sat MskgLs, IT., hetween L.thIliil 1,l and SB auIthbority o! the caroaner of S .ho wa n on the train. tliheaidy , 5k*.chithd a*lnd I,, iiuneast IU _e behphad two companioin -. aliso, h asi.bmeel n.t they refused to atop OIi to t.tif. "Z"e evisetca was' that thte bIyI had adid of consumption. and a verdict was m idtre acordiotly. iliSDaso afternoon M. 1. Kistlky. a well.todo groreryman and well known citiof of St. Joseph. while out hunting with two companions north of the tity. w the water-works, acidientanl y dis hile T dwhile it was idatintl Kithl i1 .-t _-l'-_ oathe ground. Nlihlt hIet tn dl. whiL was over the end of thne barrels. w"asf bls to withdnek-lhot. lie walkdli e Ir'al - to a farmer's houaa anld was ~bu home in ugy g e isn alt the time. The woualedatwfllwr was autaalu. tated above the wrst. Kidtler i, 21 years " ,sad bas a wife and two small children. U.. fla M1arnEos. of Crawfor-l ('aunty, " e hilstrurka vein of roal on his farm in S Iberty Township, at a depth of thirty S se. et, twenty-six inch's thick and of I i- er 1 quality. Thin naltl. anothertl to -bs meay wonderful mineral diecoa eries of ' ~ -I sounaty. So far as prosprected, the S I alseesaeto bee large ani valuable b Tr most remarkable case of stubborn 'sm oe record terminnated ant the I'ettis i ty Poor Housle Wedlatstllay waith le:atlh. rs ago a colorled woman niaimed A adereon bcrame nh,,iot eratiel I It ealer at the keeperof the Poor Farm. aI<. wild was she in her rage that she latsebted is her roonnh aline, and left to saU the following moraning. At timethe keeper of the plae el t etreld apartment and foundl her in beIl. She set ll, but rlefused to narine. Days. and months paimned. but never on,e. "hilweman leave her c'.ach unless theefrom. Thenmedical fraternity )ler,,and without exception they her perfectlv well. but anat. this fact he remuainlMd led. Senthe were followed ly years with but last siring; the wollmanl wa. taken ill. She lingered until v. when death claimed her. but, ehe had made a record of re- 1 la bedl for nine consecutive years I of a it of anger. JAia II. WAt.ncrn, formerly of eesty, IMien)ouri. and for two almator Iri,,m the Eourtemntlh that state, was recently electedl tare of New Mexico. t., which iemoved about two ye.tre ago was a wealthy and prosperous al served solne year, nast juhle of eoanty, ,ourt. lis bio:lher, ,married a siater of Mrs. I. boren, edlitor of the Enter. at Lezter, publlished the respecting his defeat for rep. i rom Stoddard c runty: "The their risdmn have seen fit to at home again, andi ae aIbile their with as much grace as a defeated well can. And as we don't have down nore than two or _4lmbefore:t. a.,; a hint we have sa1claeal that the peoplle don't and deddec d to retire from puli sneement of tle prolbale can o1rel. J. It. Clailarne of St. Louio tion as gover:nor has attracted Interest. C'ol. Claiblrnme re ed in the state anate and has a w-elected prosecuting-attorney of f eriminalcorrection. lie is the of theexz-Cnnfederne Asnaciatiou 4 having served through the war 7 of Northern Virgilnia. utnder .B. Stuart and Willianm E. Jones. nilht CoL Claiborne was unani ed to the prenidlncry of the A. Hendricks cluh. and in his spedch ae he virtually announced that ehortly enter the arena (,f state as a endidate for governor. da_ . of Noldaen, a prepoesesing ldy d. years, and Leo Garrison, aged 2. were arrested at - Ig .in t a. they were tahemisa . LaiMd T. train for egull arrired there Thuruday ned stopged at the City Hotel. Next heteleraphed her lover that aile aLd hejoined her later in the Us their ntetion to be wdlddl val t Kansas. but a telegram *' Lather ukina that she he keM their arrangements silly. hae only been acquainted h a aviag lest met at a mulatson of J. P. late dMate for Vol. lda am Friday Sbd ltb, thet middle of WU help .his head Sshof4 and fragments eis sattered in all dirrc u ksat 1 years old, on mood. with no are that wl nBieath was f Bit die i Ps ie when sone entertal ymsenp her ecean'e Ibd. el_ r Wma.pClout,, eituated on I--r- fordnounty. an ap tIth35Jlanem varkiety as borne f sthis esm eon. Afterthe Sh1te bloomed in July. andl I Mearly matured before 4ts. the inreetuoneus eoloreal .6 wo sttempted enicide by dothieg with oil, andlthen ai match, lingered in great ag .ae' .uh mrxinaorning, whea Ah"m. 'wt .as held rene rd in aeordanue alarm Is _ lb at &adalia of eariet leer and aealet will he made taa te lodmsd for a short Odd Fenllows met in e. andI tle atante s,- . it ,onne. The t,,nt ate c'remlnlollnai , tternoon. S arde, fla a.aa ar! te at st. .haph.li. with tlat jmpanr. Ike a place on the a editor. Auther ile· e wi rettrn to aH TtI: Vern.all C ,ntrlv A;r'a.*t l ('!it cv-n ve:,.,. lit \.t,.,ia M inIy m,,rnin. The we ldock a is tL- l:,gest evrr known there, It theIlre Ig 27. cases. ,.f which 1 are di . rure.''. ma..-. Nine criminal il aste atre also I. till t he "loc.t""t, only oar of themt being for - I 1: " 43-.. r-,lbi al.4 -of 1Mr. l.ti .Mrs. And. - . 1 int in t Ia ; t 1 le "f ,,ilitg lard Fri I.; .. alnd ana s, ,,.dly Staldlled that he has wl -i ,. ll... .Mr. N.;i, s d. as a few miles ai ,l I t., -tI,.tr n Ialc:lr'Ilalrnilll. The mrnother t hia. Ih".r hand~s h:Itliy ealded in h-r at- hl tl,-wts to 4'scl' tlhe child. cl 1 \! ·tivll.t i; has Ie.,l miade a regular eta- ti , t., IIt 14ittiol armny, it lein, the t '_' i in thel I'iteil States. Lieut. W. T. t" li. .nds ; i.iICitt lirleh - Pl'el-rk,0rnreain 'II rgre, t I:: ith a hi-htiy u'tra- t iat crowd IVy play ill; ip.:,, hbone- and to..,lonrines and sill j- Cc pn.luI the oIty.t I oft,'r their pecvliar titan- 11 tPr. S y At the ill( !rt4r 1r-Cet inlc o'f the Ministerial t Alliance at :4lallia Monday forenoon the )n ,' i-. of titthe t- 1a ittioln A.rmiy w disculi !e4U l. Sth bile n. olicial iilistleloietm t aatgiven tihe a y h:;:!n Inow at work. tile Ipastorm present 1ex- I ' r,--,Hd tleiin.,lh..41S ;ais unterlainliag the be 1 1.1 thIlt ,ol . will Ise aeconlld:hiied. 4is the I e,,pht :ltt rilct ed by tihe Salvationiat Cican nlot It- rp;tchdtl in nilly other mnlllltter. Cull)t. P'ille, ill llmalllld of tile armll. aiy tile 4ou 4mlk is .*lncotruilna. and lie antic'ipateU In:4iy ctnvielllvrsljions inI tlhe near future. ei Ii h Tl: lend holy of Peter Livintgood, a It I. rapi ent.ir ailnd well-kniown citizeni, was ci S fllltL .i t his re-iliouc' e in ('hillicthl e. For a .1 tillv yeart he ehaIll beetn addicted tol tihe e- 81 s (si\cne lis4 I of lirllr. illoid his d.iIAth, so the IA II (14 ruier' jury de.-ids-l. wais caused by al- ci I. coll,. Hle had bcesn iot riding Sunday, ti S Ilnd welnit holnie s ,ilie time in the night, . pretty well clilled tihroiu=h, and laid down " ,it tle floor. w lt e lit was found by hi bi wi fe when eabe artoe. . 'T1l Wlliire. t ante itsseoll, whIo broke Il 1 li;s .Iak ,t i.tlanmr shouti it illnh ago, w Sditl lo.il.y. 11n4 tile ighIt of October at S13 i, w hil i ;t i l ia i numlwr of comnpanions, T it whlo had Pl o;lt I4 having ai little time, lit 'e Whlite \t'r:lt mllt illn the public square, at clinilwed Iup iilti the band st4and ansd sat d -tillW llt tlhe- railing, but lost his balance nill f II tlo the ground. about twelve or ill e lst-oit ft. lie sustained a d;slc'rLtion at i the Ith;r1l .1ll4.jil verttiria,, alld the physi. li ci..us didl lnot thiuk lie would live forty- T n Mr. .tllr. a larget lallmilwner In Tippyrare, L t lhathal,.td .l ' lwr cent. of the judnlcal rents, It 1 iat il:L h tlit Iei Is reparltl to sare lnevitable 1i C tss with hisl tunants. It ' Wallhii is the direct route laItween `P1. I.o a, irimi tat ern cities. tl ti y t l.rce GA.IrE: Jacob E. Ebersole, K Y tr. rn: frer nlear Fulton, brought ill a T I- . y peculiar cluster of potatoes last Mon- I. I- t:il which le ltund among his crop. The I' . hunch iti slEmithinglI like a bunch of grapleis, h it only much larger, with twelve poltatoes in w Ithep clu.t+er. lie raisee about eighteen u llbushel of potatoes from a hall bushel of w Ssleed. it I."iNrnsiLl Fireside Guard: The grand father of .fulilnwt T. Stockton. the newly- R rlhcted col4ltnlhlc of Centralia township, II asi.tedil ll h itwinlg ,out a walnut 114 into eI flli-.h-li e amnid uoeis*ted in thie hurial of l the *iiwlt pIersll who di ld in Boone county. .is lantllr and mot lernow rtiide tCt'lrk's hSwitch, tile former 13 years old and the hitter 71 years. There are eleven children, nItt a death ever lihaV ig occurred in the family, and there has :,eenafamily reunion elicli year during thristmas for the past fifty year. FuILToN Gazette: W. C. Herudonshowed t eus a tine picture of leaac Branham of San -r Joset. Cal. (which he received recently), out t e i l a hunlt M'it a deer tied behind him on h lhis ponly andi n tine pack of houndsa fallow- T r iig. e left 'Calawny in 1846 and is well th klknown by all our old citizens. Ills wife a e als a sister of lion. C. A. Bailey. Col. I. rr ncil recognized the picture on aight and n Sewas highly piealled with it. i- N:w .l.on1nt Recorl: Mis ('luda LeIieur, daughter of our friend Mr. Klaph i Le-.ieur, has i novel and beautilul quilt which, if contested for would merit the d blue ribbon. The quilt was shown a Recorld repolrter, who counlllted 48h9 oblong pieces. Solbserving no two pieces alike. The pieces f ure tastily arranged and the handsome tI e article of donmestic art speaks well for the u excellent work of Miss Leieur. ,r .IluhernsoN ('ity Tribune: Mr. .1. M. r ('ollett of Elston Stationll wason uthe streete i Wedneslday. lie lstands six feet six inchl - . ill his 1,4ot4, and the ladies say that e he is Ihe inest lookinlg manit in the county. It The Tribunle llree with them, and will It nger a new hat that ino other county inl Stihe state caul produce fa better specimen of lphysical Iltlanhuind. Capt. Jack Maloney .lf the i*nittentiary force says he would a like t14 5t:llIl up 1y )Mr. Collett. and then 1, lhae tle ladier s take a vote. Mr. ('ollett t is a sounil Democrat aind a good citi en. r SluSAM L D. Wa'nar, a prominent t y atoklitaln of Warrenaburg. who has beerl ;t Irlegely intere'ted in Colorado ranrhe.sl, sa e tipntlid flr the Ieletfit of his creditors. Lia le liiities and it~eta not yet known, however, l but it is thouglht the lormer will exceed the h latter by about $5,,000. Hle hias always bC ieu- coitelered one of the asnrst men in t r. that Mection of the State. I a ll,.. IG. MAnesox, who representedI Ste. Genevieve colnty in the legislatue a f0.w ve:irs ago. was re-elected judge of the i ..h fIrtson county court by a majority of a . 133. S .I.\1lu If. Mxiy faliledl of eletion ts d illn~e of tlhe Thirteenth judicial circiuit-so I II ll, held tllby Widside--and Hale, a Re- I c. pliebiiil. is slid tlo lmavi a majority ap it Atlatln'rl F. '!vt1 of1 Mairon city is an ll) ip .lilt for elerkshiip If the legislative rcol tliittel toi vitit ;1EII in lsct thie state insti- I ttiti,tl0 which will shortlybe aplrhinted tby n tIe governor. 1nJ.l. II. I'. Tute, tue c4hl reliable repr- i he nlititlive from Lewis county, Ilas been re idl tel ! trl to the legislature by a majority far Sexceadintg llthtt olf any other candidate on the conuty ticket. eal W.i.nT .I)'.t.s, at hrother of the editor y iif thle .MirshaIll -r-glrer. hlas been elected t1 thie le.lilhtnre hy the lIemnocrata of New I Mexico frolii the city elf Santa Fe. He haa n blng Ib.n na realdent of the territory. id ]i, T. .VLKEltt, the DemoeCrttie eCAndi ,hire for trepresettative In Butler county, wns delefateil lty only eleven votes, but he lia ry-fu,-s to contest tihe election-a fact cred nd it,:Ile to his manhood, if 5ot to his palr t.o tisaship. rt A.ltuw V.' W'onaswlu, who represented Ilhowelll connty in the laat legislature sa a ill I.ilipcr;t. wlla defeated at the recent elee t- ..t,1 lv hii !,rlther J. H. Van Wormer. by or ippt., ill ; itce for prosecuting attorney h:.Svy '. Ii lRLRT. tile rtp~reetative r- (-Elt rollt Pt-mitc4L county, i5 a isterchan.t I11. (4i lmlttliniwodnl Point. The old-timerl will *'r. nlia the ,urly form of Honl. OsGeo. W. Crie the tun. wh, hais for somanyyearepre~et~f ld "I thllat county in the legislatre. Coueutsuass He!rd b s ai. ta it is utderstood thee. lmkt4LtiWl * 4 I~mensri L~r~c'i 5.~ sa o ha PeNmioNs to fisspnri5ans were issued last wte.k as ful!s.s.. Asistead Hill. Milan; .lfui,.ss . W\ndlhsw. lGohsn City: Win. :.snlucre. Mountain Grove. Increase of '.-a.a-\\ nm. 1. urld, St. Louis; Theo Il.re L. Moles r. Treiton, Calvis Minton, NIir,.'.. ,tie; Fri:.rtis A. liu.iner, :pickards. wilt-; l'hlip Furi all. Wakendis. Au. .i r of! lHoilden,. the 16-year-old girl 1 wh,, t, arre.-td ait Sethi- a -, ,tirday or ui.lit i hi, ih' thie nlit 1 lheli ig for Kansis th to be tlntrri.d to Leo (;Garrssoli. ;rias taken hovne :-llndsy evenilng by here fat:.er, who " clrn ia fter helr. Garrison who larasinded tlie g;ii to lease home, is still in bedalia, anrl is e,,ll1.1ti ic iin t le dcclhaltioA n that he .ei will 3't l. stds i, tli, her; ntotwithltanding nri the objtct ions of her father. W\\'. WnlttEN (;GoottLL. tile oldest o-. ha c uit. i t ii, .icr in i Aisesiiai. did iat his the hli t isn Si.e .dli. Sal urdtay. agei e 3 yeas s. c: Ils, iret i iit atlling aill eni tt.in itn 34. P 1, anid folhoiat the liusitees conitiniuously flr i a fillty yetlrs. Two years ago Ills eyesight t fiiltrd hit. and siinc tIheIn lie has resisded withl his rhiliien. whit nulilinmber elieven. M.r. Goodell itsi of an iite litive tUrni of mindli, and nlaiy yearn ago numllerol Ipatenits t an for various pisllts of it locoilmotive were is- In: iuedl in his litsie. lThe hod wis taiken to of Ituckley, Mo., anld the burial took places t there. lltsRIF" (aIs'.:Y, *lisi was defetteald by ( Josephll Auslrianlo. repluhlicI. sit the recent election, hais servesl nlotice (of contest on r the grounid that Atiirisuis was inoit ia isna fide citizen ,of the Uniteid Stlites. Audriano cmtl=e to thin country witl Iis parrlents a whien only 7 ye.ars of age alnd has lived in ch St. Joielih twelnty years. lie hias twice TI Ieess el teili city co'ulhctor alnd his to ea citizenship has never before bee~ ques- e .ioiltd. h Easi.v Sunsday morning Weirich'a book bindery. ichlieidser's shoe shop. ('hope's re cigar factrsy ail Noel's barbl,r shop were lburned ist nsiron. All were smiall frameu bliuihildin, sin Vile ise trt"t. aniil the liti loss 6' will aiggrie.ite only $:tit, willIt an ininir anilce of tlboiut $1,tli. in smaill i uintsits. The city tasx-LhookL. lsth rciureit lanli de liliquelt. were dtesroyedl. Incenldiarisb is suspected. to Sr NIsiY ilorning Mr. George Snyder, IV Seniliised lt ith ri,lullt d housi e .:t Chamlllis. t listoveiredl lire siid enve the alarmn by E Ss lul;ding the whisth of tise v.sid enginie. Tihe Ipeople uroused and rI5el,aiiriit to the l. scelne, which lprovedt tos be tihe two-story r" dlwellillg otllined andIl occupied by Mir. Fred Ii L. Linthorwt. Although all worketil like Ieivers,tl oing to ciarcity of water the s ibuilinll was, entirely constlsied. The househlold goods were saved. The building It was insured. h Ei Eiu.r Sunday morning a fire stairted in w tihe basenment of the live-story Ibuilding at at the corner of Tenth and Mulberry streets, Ksansas City, and waned by Cha-". E. Gray. TITh watchman. John Alcorn. ihad Ileft his e lainternii in the Ibasesienlit while lie went a sl tYfew blocks, awnt'z fromll the bInilinil. When he returiitd lnoke sls issulilg fron the te wir.iowss, anid bly the time thie fire dpart- fi I sinit arrivedl the blaze hlnd spreadI pretty a well over the basienment nnd was fast climb ing over the elevator shafit. Thie daminage will inot exceesd .1,ii00: the hbuilding was k unocupiedc. . Will. Craig. Ifrlmrtnll of Hois Reel No. 1, fell frllom the thirdl at-ry to the basmislienlt ioild wisl seriiously. aIlthough Iprobailily ssl nst sily. injsr:rl. 110 wIllkeed ints, tlie cle! tll or slisIft, the elltlrlcei to cilh shI wias unproitcted. Mr. Craig was re porlted restinicg casily and will have speedly t recovery. JoiE IITL.AN. who works for and is fore smran of L 11. Thomas. living six miles east g if Virden, went in as usual to lean out the s hears' den. After finishing his work, and turning to go out, lie was attacked and :rightfully clawed Iy two of the largest Snrutes. His cries brought Mr. Thomas to i his assistance, who beat them off. By Mr. Thomas' assistance he was helped to the I town in a lacerated condition. Physicians h were snlmllloned lsnd hiis wounds dressed, t inut aill to no avail, as he died during the night. c l)'RInO a celebration at Knoxvill over t the election of Gen. Post as Congressman I from t he Tnth lIistrict. a ecast-iron cannon, t with which a salute was being fired, burst, Sinstantly killing Henry Arms. a young merchant who was walking on the sidewalk some 200 feet from wherethe cannon burst. a A piece of iron weighing five and a half pounds struck him in the back, between f tile shoulders. Quite a number of boys g i nid nien standing around the cannon es caped unhurt. WiLLiE Viif.LARD colored, a I2-year-old school boy, fatally shot a schoolmate, I mate, John Brown, aged 10. The deed t Swa unprovoked. I t IsAAc T. Lawrence. a farmer ol Mount Vernon, Ild , poisonuil himsealf yesterday while under temporary mental daerang t ment I WATt C. ArwooD, a prominent musician i of Akron, suicided aturday because a gasrawiduw, Mrs. Clark. refused to narry 5 Taous NSIcuoLAs, a young married man I In of Walden, New York, was faturday killed by the accidental discharge of a lowling piece. Tan Febright divorce case was ealeld ia s. Landon Saturdlay. Mrs. Sebtight testifi d if she had been intimidated into marrying her husband. S EDwARn 8-IELD, . an iron-worker, died I S aturday in Pittsburg from a blow on the c. head with a beer glass received in a saloon brawl with Henry Ford. A Det.EGATIOlfrom Hrival town In the ai- sme conniyv Iroke into the(ourt-hause at s. L.cqui,. Mii...; andi removed the County i- records and burglar-proof sale. ' B. H1. MdccnexscK, agest 63. drowned himeell in his rist~ern at New York beeause s. i plumisr isal worried him by delaying a ,.iub of ropairs on the house. ]r It will puty all our readers to persue very r rsrelllly,. tile srticle elsewhere clqiisd frons thie nciiutific Amlllerican, addrelssesl to that >r dispassionnte pIlwer, and relproduced hIere ii in because i: is of very great valuetoevery iw one, contaitifin sonme important scientific a facts very plainly put. W. E. CoS.ona. Jay GolUd's old partner, l* Is ecta to retire from Wall street January 1. ' Mat.. .IE-E: aaP.IOA's large new rsesi. d d.'ice sit Marshall, Mo., was destroyed by u. ltie unday. Tae firsi in Townshend. Vt., Friday night a was confinedl to one store,.the poet.oflice Ia and six dwellings. C Two shocks orf earthquake were experi by eced at 4 la irleston, S. C., Saturday, but Sno tdalae W;tS done. A PnrolmsiNst saloon keeper of (Cincrinnati rC- has been heavily fined for not closing his nt i:ae at midnight in accordlance with the ilaw. ad W. J. srtain. treasurer of Galveston coq ty. Tinss, has disaplpeared. His ac conhts are ill right and it is feared that he atj °tt ed suicide while insase. ae pentshma ttheCis Heron's Nest. efrr ET BERTHA M. CLAY. ..g it e, CUPTEZ I - r 'I No matter where the (hra-:,. ,i 'tar* , stn;," 't, 3 or the Chrstlnmas saon f-:.ll tih re nas nt :: the whole world so dAt..tte .t ,-i' as I. I l. ± A ll n atched them, those far t-:. shia:ln, it, a ' d deep blue sky in a dlfftrent !,ne from thi;-- the a clime where roses grow ,erh-nigh all the in t . year round, and the wirver se'ta are rare: It g rlfflel by storms. I h:adt aatlhel them frI, ' tIc*t I-twe-en hih gray ia"-le, whicht I i.;o~v now to Aft :. lhave e'io'!~c, t the clrt of ;,;t eet: : t; anld "iut. C etll is thth I have atchedel theI ft't " the crrand i.:"1 aeea ,. Ce:icltn of licroun' Nest. All tirojtu; Ir" " ti i. lonely, desolate ch!l:thit l titnchieleer by t:e her rwarmth and the t:r:hiu sa e.f the sun of lo\e, lie tt the stars were as frlt ,ls to Inc. pe I remember. as In a dreaml. a jIurmny over tltl my seas: I hear far-,ff eeCtob of a voice; i blot s anda I have a faint recollect!l , of a face ,ll.- whe a- ing over mine. Biut the firt vi, 1-i :m;,re-slion Ne o of my life is of stall ii.t eat tlheC wirloew of tlhe a!M e .tea keeper's roone at lieron f Nc--. wettinti in ,ne t he shadws . rlow darker alind the snlll.w fall ole t as! Y (hristmas eve. There was nlo rep- einllt in the sile gt grand old mansion. It was all dark natil dls- A a nval. The snow beat fiercely uton it the htld !ld asol.bed round it; but Itld anol sweet ateve tie M.ii moan of the whind camae thheeichiiiii. of the rudi n church bells. To me they sl e l, t::ainl, enulth. wat _e They said, "ClahrItas is rve - -Chtis'sntas is I mc o come!'" I wondered if they ai.l the sailne to tint d- everyone else. I Clak,, to tlhe oNll. ftlcald I Ne had. Mlrs. Paterson. .til . house'kecl, r. ita I -What do the belb of llerouttlale c(hurch seotl a really sarl" I askel her. Thit re ''Belli do not -l,"ak," she retlield. sntillnf. of e "You cannot say they are dutlelt," I rejoiinet. of S ListeCn!"--and slowls I stal with them, wh '(Christlnas is cone--Cth itlnian is cowmel" . Mrs. Paterson bshliaes h ic- hert.' nie is "Graela," she said, nout unkindly, "you are inc too full of fancies." me "To tell you the truth." I answered, "I hard. li, r, ly know what are fancies and what are not I cn SIt a Laney of mine that becauce it is (I hristmnas r Eve the snow falls more softly' :;:el the starr nt e shine more brightly 1:. It tay fetee :ha, le " C: real music into the chim, of ti Ibell"---that ir d fills the air with a strange sen-c of talster.:" in, e 'Graca," said tLe housekeelper woltmuly, fri e y"von had better go to b;.d." yel he '.Oh, no!" I criedl. "Deo not send me away. an ag It is cold and dark in rt raem. Let me stay he here in the warmth stl litght icith itu. I in want to watch the sky and ae if tie t. brtltmas tbi at star shines to-night." of S Shite murmured to herself a wish that Hleav- on en would bk'" the child Iad her fauncies, but H a she was not angry. tb en "lHow fondly mother, will ki-s their chilhiren Ie to-night!' I went on. "lny H warmly will old w wt t- frlenlds clasp hands! If one malln Ihas wronged t ha tl another, bow freely he will be furbiveul 1 b- wish some one woul-i kiss ne." ". R "I will kiss you, Graela," said the house- ha keeper. ua e And she did; but it did not seem to satisfy ao ih the craving that I felt. eda "Are you neot bapll: ',cire:'' le," asketd kindly. o to "flow can I le haIppl when I btlung to no re e- one-when I have not a friend or relative in ta ly the world-when I have not -even a natel" I fe said bitterly. * MI 1e. "You live In a beautiful house, you wear tr et good clothes, and have everything a girl can ki he with for," she answered. e nd "I want none of those things,"l cried. "I a nd want some one to love me." "t 'I have made a plum-puddling and some s it mince-pies" said Mrs. Iaterson. with a view ' - heto diverting my thoughtsi. "Yot shall habve a c na hot mince-lpe for your supper. Gracia, If you (,. al, will stop talking. You aholot frighten me." w he But plum-pudding and mince-ples had no charms fur nme. I loved tie pale moonnlight, l -er the softly-falling snow, the Ilght of she stars. I of an I longed to go out and see if I couid penetrate ta on, the mistery that eerruted to lie around. I t< at. wanted to hear more d:stilcttly the wl's that ,, seemed to chime, "C.hristma is s comc-Chrlst- l t mt. m is come!" ea all That is my first vivid reeellec lon. Hlw the I] en fair clime where the roses grew, how the hllth uI Syegray wafll had disappeared. I could not tell. I, Here I was, a child of ten, and no oane had the a slightest knowledge alaw.t tae. No olne knew II why I was at llerou's Nest: no on," knew nay I t parents,my name, ny v.iRiot.io. I iutght be b the daughterof a peer or a pea,.ant. I had not I a friend. In the whole world there eas not a more lonely child than 1. aid Everyone called me *";raecia"-the loluste te, keeper, the old bLttler. the heada:rtier.er. the t sad Vicar, his wife and daughter; I had nl, other It name. When .atyone a.i, aebrup;tl., '"Gr.c; t nt whatf"--as people ofte 1 did whena t -he a-kl . lay my name-I could not answer. "Gri:'ria," thei - simelle namne-nothing but "(;racia"! The keecueatof all palus to me was haring no name; Ian and when I read the satr:y of the shtadowless aa man I believel that I underlst:ol what he had rrly suffered. I was part of the ilace. just Ias the pictures and statues and carvings were; and a U grand old place it was true. led The Squire who owned Heron's Nest at the lng time of my first memories of the Iplace was called Wolfgang-- namne of which, though I. not h y any means n attractive one, he was led very proud, bcanse many of be anlce-torse ring had borne it; and of thlsb olfgang lIacre a story was told. When a ytoulg man he spent lied a season ie Londaon. asl there fcll madly in the love with a Conrt beauty. said to be one of the Son lovellestwomen in Enlinad. He hadl not thec least chance of winning her, for she was a the Duke's daughter, and a great heinre.. she was r Sat a coquette, to false of heart as fair of face. nty The landlsome young Squire. siLo wordhipisd her as though she were a goddess made a very ned agreeable addition to her list of admnirers. She use had no Intention of marrying hiam; but she en Ja oyed the pl-asant pastlnce of lirtlng with him and revelled in the sport. She liked to er see the young man's face plale with emotion, aum' fiuah with anger or lure, jut as she willed. hat She delighted in exercising her power over ere- him, makinlg his honest heart thrill with rap Suv ture, then sink with despair. lie was the fa-' tial rorite of all her admirers: but she never tbought ofi marrytlg him. True he was of - r, cleat descent, his name one of the oldest In ryl. England, his wealth igreat; but then be w. only a eonntry Squire, and she was a Duke'" daughter. She accepted his homage, smiled upon him until her beauty almost maddened him, wore ts owers that he sent her, let him , Iht elasp her band until every nerve in his frameI thrilled with delight at the touch, waltzed with bhim when thevery sweetness of the music ri- dazed him: bhut sie never dreamed of marrying i but him. IHad anyone scgest'lti srtch :a thlng, sihe woulel have lawn iUedirnaut. WIhen the day nati cane that Wolfgang D)rce laid .all he had his in the world at her ft, , she laughed at him the and held him up to l.-rikkn. He left London never to return. Hle shut himself up in the aton eld manor-bouse, a man whose Ilfe was embit a- irlred folever a the lighlt klue of a womn. . he There he lIvd for some ye'rs Iady MIll east maruried ad thetrageal story of her death a t lltr esated a grlset eamtioin. onm ewmeababa4 havlag bis hautl 'i. ?!g wh!ch time he throroth Iy examined the house. ,or -tr! all lhat "-as itelftil. attende,! 1 to the accounts, and made all arrangement+ii , fr.r the next six montLt. Occaslonaily-b-l t it was a rare event-a letter cauie from the my n squ;-e to the hl(ni ktrcer; no one else how- u h '.-r ever knew tL., nature of the rl'letlt-. I.ie.r ti ! Lct cn fromnl car to yetr ln the iM j|hi onol m . thuiet. . e:,ful . li W Gr. (rl.- have aall, heII u.w2morv of thi Squire died fr-sm tL. I ha rnlud of his p,-cplc; and then I came u:ou " the scene-whence tio one at Heron's Nest or are in the neighbu hood could tell. are It sieems that one line April morning a letter Th cmrne for the horn-,keeper, Mrs. Bleneose. time Afte.r she read it. she calld the servants to- I that C.ethllr. and toLl ttnsa, -he eat c,impc led to go .T I away flor a tine. : a friend of hers was ill anl eonti ,y equire. hite, erevices. l'he lhousekeelper lm leI day l her arlanlgrleuts. a'ttnC- il to all that wonutl next , e required during her absence, and then de- 6. parted. I as r She returned when the June ro-es were here " bloontng. brintgin me. I was six years cti .. . when I came with Mrs. Blencowe to llerots pltie : Nest. She never sp;ike to the othir servants in hi c saout me. She called iule Gracia, and no ie .o kiew whiether it was my owin nualme or nt--I LBt e t as slruplr GIi.:cit. So far as I can retneulub-r, tout e she was very kitnd to mile. - At llervusdale tuire lfred a gentle, simple ,' I ld man, the oranntat of the parish church, sigh e Mitchael Iolt. )l," tauzhlt me music and tbh he e e rudiments of Latin. and madle ile acqua:ntel shal ., itlh the beaut ies of Engli.li literalturc-taugiht dol a me for several years simplv for love of me: fur o two scars after she had bIrorr.itl me to ltero,nis who I Nest the Iousckcci.er died .uLie.ly. -hte ti as hirtl stantling on the stIeps in the l.brary, du-iti tokh h omine valluable Iiiks., i hen she feli lowni dtead. long The doc'tlr who was submoned salt the 'au.e TI of her death was dis-,as,- of tile hteprt-d:se-as bolt . of long standini. So I lost the only lperon was u, who knew anythin- about Ine. few After she was d.-ad, people did what they .bol never dared to do in her lifttlre--they put me .e innumerable questions to me. What did I re- nti memrnber-what had I seent Where had I 1 1. lived abroad-in what town? Was Mrs. Bilen- Gr Is cowe my mother, or was she nily aunti But I vole s remembered nothiin" clearly, except the roses " rs ,nl the high gray walls; therefore I could not It t :r ttify thL:r eurio-ity. It was possible that bad it Air-. Bleneon er might be my mother, yet a proud 11 inetinct told me she was not. I waa penuiles, or , frieindless, living at Heron's Nest n sufferance; to yet I was p irod as the daughter of any peer, and r. and I bo not believe that 1 ever lowered my A by head for an, one of I No soiner was Mrs. Blenrore dead than Iden as there was quite a distturbance about me. Some me if the servants said that the Squire's aolicitror int v- ought to advert ise for Mrs. Bletowe'as riend'. r ut HI did so and they came forward; but none of gal thel-t knew anything of me. tra I It was suggested that I ishloud tie sent to the ma 1d1 workhouse or to an orphanage; but Mr. Gra- cer ed ham would not hear of that. loo 1 "The Squire would be angry." be said. fat "After all, the child will not cost much; she thu le- bad better remain here for the present. I do Th not knlow the Squire's address, or I woul.I a rite p-c fY and ask him what is to be done with her." P Then a new housekeelper came--Mrs. Pater ly. sonl; and she was ai wlch mlitinted as thlt o no rest with regard toI me. She was kind, and at an in titnes even indulgent to me. The general be- fo I let of the whole household was that I was ev Mrs. Blencuwe'a daughter, an.l the servants of ar treated me as such. They were familiar and itt an kind; but they regarded me as one of then- to( selves, and only laughed at my love of books thi "I and study. Utt I led that life for some years. The only per- wt ie son who treated me with any degree of respect on ew was the Vicar of the pariah, the Reverend Ern- ah ea eat Sale. Ills wife never acknowledged me on even by so much as a smile or a bow. She bh w' ias highly connected, I believe, and was re- t nu gatrded as a model of elegance. The Vicar's to ht, daughter generally passed me by with a look pa rs. of cold contempt Miss Sale was antmbiti,us of ite being consldered a country beauty. She in- m, I tended to.marry wel, and altitether was a tat . oun; lady of some imlortance. To them ist- such a la-rson as Mrs. Blencowe's daughter was he not aworth a thought, and the only timne that lIt the nottier and daughter evinced any intere-t in ca rlh ic was whsen they both nlaterfered to prevent Ii ell. wIt. from singing in lleronsdale Church. I had m the a idue contralto voice, which, thanks to Michael bt ew IIolt, had been well trained, and my dear o!'. n soy master was very iproud of his pupil. lie sail I 1 be saslg like a nighltingalh. The proudest hour of t not my 3ounc life was when I stri tip In the choir m t uof the old church to sin,. and my solo was- r •"llark, the herald-angels sing:" hi. I forgot-even now the remembrance brinfr her tears to my eyes-the churcb and the pteople Sthe Vicar standing so silent, the cho:r lookin. a t Ime with wonderin eyes. My ver" soul the went out in the beautiful wirds, alnd I aw onl. i I he Clhristlnas stars shining In the blue sky; it ; was to them I was singing. After the service, Ms. Sale. who at literval· ad had been exchangilong angry glances with Iher daughter, whos rvoice wau a sweet but weakl da soprano, came up and spoke to me. She sail a girl in my position eonld not he too quilet or the keep too much oat of sight: therefore it woul i be better that I bshould not slng In the choir B tgh again. a o faded my only gleam of happ!nes. I was not daunted however. The old piano in th Slib1ary was my best friend, and before I war n ixteen I knew moat of the popular operas. fit and was well versed in classical music. When o Mrs. Pattermon found how food I was thof music, she told A that I had better give u: what little housework I did, for it would spoil was in hands. ace. *Some day," she said, "you will Ip-rhatt s-il know who you are; then you wiil have to earti per ur own living, and you may do so by lnuhic-. he By-the-bye, Gradsa," she added, "I want you to e- walk over to the Vicarage today to ask Mrs bith ale what butter she will want; and aillId, If Sto you meet Miss Sale, that you make a proper ion, curtsey to her." I! My eyes flashed with Intodignation. Yet, ver who was I that I should not bow to the Vicar's pretty daughter!--a question to which I was Sunable to give an uaswer. ver , :cr- III. tin When I reached my aeveteaeth year my wa. mirror told mse that I was not wantinlg It ke's beauty. I could not, and did not, associat ed with any of tlp servants; they bhad ceaed to I Id etxpet at I ppent mout of my time in the II him -brary with the piano and books There, three tame times a week, old Michael Holt came to give tzed ne my lessons; there all my dreams were oaic dreamed; there I shed tears over my lonely ylng ioveless lot; there I hoped for a future that she should be brighter than the past day As I was sittini In the library onetl ay drealr had hltC a day-dream one of the maid servanuts him has'tily ent red the room. adon " Gracia." she said. "Mrs Paterson says you Ithe muist cone tout of this nron i once and go t, nbit- hersn. Mr. (;Graham ban arrived, and hie wil' a not like to god you here."' Mrs. Paterstlt wa Jlls. right What busliness had a girl without a bath name ia thatslmptCou lbraryl I noald nave gon given wodu to eheck the hot 3ah that rose to antI- my fas lasllamesIlas W445 byhboek s ual. u qish *shmqm. . "Why, who are you?" he asked. etrin 1 will that every one should ask the sam.e 4ueston! a.,0 I could make otly my usual anst er - tBu 'J am Oracis." It ar "Oracial" be repeated sliowri: and I saw. to meyst e It surprise end deli-lht, a I.-,k of ad.nlrt:itn man., In his keen eyes. "Are you the y.,ung girl snp- ft' Ivse,'d to be the late housekeep .r'e drghter!" w -' e y proud bead drooped. What w:ould I not ': e' have given if I cxt',l lave aid "'"i,' P lkfore I had time to answer he adlhd ti qicklr- at a! "u. for my own ;int, do lot be.iere that yon it t. are Mrs. BlCpouaes daughter; but wo yu t'a are is a m.stery I catr.:' olvc." "'. r The words dell-hted me. !' was the first such time that any one seemed to think i. ;.aible Iilet that I mtlight not be Mrs liI ncowe's daniht-r. , n "The Squire i~ comin_ hlmnoe," ,lMr. Grah:en 1ha a continued hurriedly. '"1 io rot know on what s ,hI day be will arrive, but it wil be some time sp next week." ba le "Do you think he will let me remain herel'* ryes I asked eagerly. "Dues he know that I am then here i" S'I cannot answer either question." he re plied. "The Squire has never ienti, ned t, ' II SIn his le.tters. I arite ui Iiio 0hen Mrs. atitn- I tn e o.nwe died, aund said llthat yii wtoulttd et, at curt Sietroonsa Ne-t. uniets I Le:ir.i frtmi hitm It the ths r, contrary; but he dl:d nlt aiwtr that letter." "I "\What shall I tint" I IskId de- i :ritiglf. wa' le "Do nothnli," he relitied. "'r.epe out oi hl; t - b, eiht for a time. I wsi-h I eould be here whln t o Shlie corme*., but I tn to Scotiai; t'i-quOTrvw, and was Sshall not i,. ; atK. fr sumt weIK<. ! ,ve, no " it i doubt that Ihe s ill do omeitiiln g fir yrl."' A or I felt more ,lzleIl than eier that .eit as Into m s who 1 could ;t--iblhv ie. 1 n:l-t be of gataI face 'as irth, I thought, for everythling at.,uit Im e- "i tokened race. But to what faIly did I be- kno d. long} Ah, that was a tnst,.r: hbi `' There was great excitenltlnt in the house 2C bold when it was known that the ma't.,r he 1 JO was returning. Mr. Grahami reinalmed only a " few hours. The houL.ekeei'lr hai told him frit eY subout my singing, and he sent for me to ask ut me to rlog to him. I did so. When I had 1- finished my song he looked at ue thought flilly. I I "You need have no fear for the future, the G- Gracia," he said; '-you have a fortune in your I voice. I have heard none more beaut:ful." W' "A fortune!" I repeated dreamily; and then ot It occurre.l to me that I had never in my li'e ren nt had a shilling that I could call my own. ul Ile spoke very kindly, tetling ane that sooner I ai ", or later something must transpire with reiard sea e- to my parentage, that I was to take courage, wal Kr, and that he would always be tnm frieud. to I tI Nothing was spoken of now but the coming I of the Squire. Quite an army of servants sudl an denly appeared: trim housemaids, tooks, foot rue men. coachmen, grooms, all seemed to bspring wa tIr into existence at once. The state rooms in the the dl. great mansion were thrown open. the picture- sea of gallery was set in order. There I saw a por- rca trait of the Squire whetn lie was quite a young co the man; and my wonder was that the Lady Milll- * er- cent Branscombe could have resisted him. he a9l looked so gallant and haudsoum.. I loved the 1id. face, and when I looked at it I said to myself she that the ownerof it could never be crael to mne. ai lo There was a smile in the bonnie blue eyes that 'rte promised well; but then the picture had been frc painted before he saw the Lady Millicent. kn ter- Within three days aftar the ani,,uncement J the of the Squire's return, lhiern's Nest was quite dii I at another place. It setmed to me a fitting abole be- for a prince. Now there was less room than th sM ever for me. I could not mix i ith the crowd ml tts of servants In the hail; my feeling and in- me tod atinct were against it. Into the renovated of nm- rooms I dared not enter. My favorite place, ks the library, was closed against me. My own th little sleeping-room at the top of the house, hs cr- whence I caught a glimnie of the sea. was my en ict only refuge, and during the next week I lived .rn- almost entirely there. tue At last I heard that the Sq-'ire had come. I re she had pictured him always as he wa% In hs por re- trait-smiling and handsotome but I had failed ev ar'a to allow for the havoc that years of sorrow and th auk pain make. wl Sof It seems that for some days no one mentioned in- me to the master of the house, nor did he make Ili s a any inquiries about me. e, lem One night, when I believed the whole house was hold to te asleep, I went quietly down to the that library to get a book, one of Itichard I'roctor's, t in called Other IVorlds thant Ours-a book in which uit I revelled. There was no one there. I found hail my volume, and went back to my room with it; el but a bow of pink ribbon fell unperce ved from It o:' my hair. As the Squire passed through the ri 11 room early in the morning he saw it lying on b r of the carpet and he picked it up. Just at that ce boir moment one of the housemalds entered the It room. It "To whom does this belongi" the Squire , intR asked her. rile "To Gracia, sir," answered the maid. t ting She told me of the meeting afterwards, and soul gld that when the Squire heard the name Ihet n. recoiled as though he had received a blow. ; it "Whom I" he cried, in a loud rvoica And the maid repeated- a val "Gracia." her "Send the housekeeper to me." said the a reai Squire, after pacing moodily for some mlnutaes mil a up and down the room. tr Mrs. Paterson hastened to him, uncertain utl whether shabe was to hear praise or blainm'. TILe o. Squire, when she entered the library, was standfng before the great bay.window. Hle was turned to her abruptly. tb "I understand you have a yoang person w named Oracia here. Who is she!" eras, "No onle knows, sir." was the reply. 'I found her here when I came, and she is here e "How did she come herel" was the next spoil question. 'I cannot tell, asir. I have heard the servants Ssay that the late houisckeelper was enalll away I arn suddlenly, that abe wa- abent sonme tie and I nl returned with the chill. 1 do not think any- I u to one In the house knlows who she is." Mrs A look of relief passed over the Squlre's l, fu'e. r "But that is impro,,amble-impo-ible. I nmay I rsape y! Some one must know " he exlalmed. "To hegin with, sir, I do not." returned the lear's housekeeper, with a dignitihi.d air. "'As Gracia S-as had been in charge of the firmer housekeeper, I took her under my pntietiiin. Mr. Graham said he was sure that you tould not like her to be taken to an orphanaye or a workhouse. No one owned her though we all believed her r my to be Mrs. Blencowe's daughter." SI he paused for a moment. while the Squire ist. pseed up and down the room angrily. At edto lenpgth he eame to a tandstlll, and said ab he raptly- three "Send to me all the old servatat In the give oe." wer So the butler, the head-gardener, all the old o yse rvants who were in Heroc's Nest before I that came, were called before the Squire; hbut not one aimongs-t then ki:lw an'tillnil tinr, IltoiU t'5lI this-that MYi. llh-ni,'owe, aftt is-iun asb-i.tt iant- for some time, had rieturn-l with ,n*: bilt whemee she hadl brouaht me no on - cr,ull tell. it toi Was It anger or relief on the 4l1mlir.t. face into when they were disml'sd and he stood think- I Swil' in so deepty! At last he rang the bell again, a wa' and, when one of the footmen answered it, he out i said Sbae '"Tell Mrs. Patersa to send the-tim jonag se ti e-peruse Ga to me." L* MYa tnerfs ouht - the uma n - - . . wll l':.' tm In tbh way of mattn an tuan I Bu: I went In te. an, tremhllngt to the 11 I;rarr" wre , "lwe t ,,,, r, w.ilted me. I found Im St i ' i i-. ;1 ~- f a tall stately gentlea man., v11 c,` h Ir r. v., .te ai sliw, antld whea f,.. ,,i," i, r;, .' ! * v :.ues of terrible pain, was ,.ii i,:,i t-,:e .i. the tire of his blue ,e, ,nii tol. tl th'y were no longer .cýh . ... T'i,, r , r, and cold, not al all like the e"- ," t;e.: irait. \What was it t:...t tlahel i' :h ':n. oiwhen they fell upon Sor? I c'uli nt tell. ';as it surprise, fir, -e, o hr f l 1w ,W t k ,It. but it was a suchal as I ha ur~ r seeu on any human face iln'e. We stood mothlnes' for a whlie, each look tg !ile"'l at the olher; then he started, r he,-,id , ,:.', atwl .'i lh.rr !. lie came a m:',p tie:rcr t, In, ; ', a urew lbac ; finally be bale the ,p:,roach hi, lIe looked into my eyes as th,,u'tn he would read my soul, sad thein Satido nci - "0 "!o,ii are ' rac;ia!"--"Yes," I replied. .. . I ha111 i, lIant-c, my heart was beating sofast I Hne i hr, tihit wv- s,':tl't over tie. v i,'ti til ti ilth tears; tithe. m. ,onl of his voite resn i I to - ir the d,;-thl- if r, cinl L "I t!h aiht," he said ol:, "that GradeI wa as cha,ii." "' ' as a r:hi!l not lonf since." I answered: "'.-w ] amt growlun ti- 't icl;'es as whem I was a Tlt 11l." "And wh,, are yoult" he asked", AlI as that am11,e cr" C '; li'lt Ot1 I raised no (eI t'. lindedt a they wer'e bL tears, to his e.1 do not knto'," I answ''ered. "No one - knows who I iam. ie happy birds have a hone, but I lhave none." "hleron's Nest his ben a ho.'le--halsit not?" r he asked gcutly. t "No one call have a home who tpa nelther Sfriend nor lnanl." I returned bitterly. ( "And yo--" I "Ilave neither," I Iterrupted. lie looked a tue for bome mometa n siellence, then asked r llow old are you, Oracial" "ccStentel," I replied. a 'Tell itr," be said hesitatingly. "what yea e rememnber of your pi. t Lefore you came here." "It is so littlehat It is hardly woath tella~tg" r I answered. "''I remember trst being near the 1 sea, In a lald where roses grew even to the water's edara; and I can recall a lace that Rua - to bend over mniue." g I saw the cl. ir leave his lips. I- "Nothing moret!" he asked sharply. L '"Then I recollect high gray walls-eoaNet g walls I know they were, because I remelber e the sisters' faces-a stormy passage acros the sea, and my arrival here. It was only whea r- reached I lerou's Nest that I really seeme i g conie to life. i- "Did Mrs Bllencowe know your historyl" lhe ;e asked suspichou-ly. te "I believe not." ' "She let fall no hint which might bha vI a clue to your iar('ntst" it "No," I replied. "I might have drmoer :n from the clouds for all that anyone seaem t know about me." nt lie murmured something I could not beet te distiuctly, but it souude, like "Pont e le "Do'as it not strike youn s a very an thing that I should return home and a l rd my house a young lady"-bow that n- me!-"who has been living here for yeeri ed of whom no one knows anythtng!" , "I d' thnluk it stranSge; and, what is m~ ru think it cruel," I answercd. "I must -e, had parent', like other people. It is to HISae, ,e en they must oanswer for their aneglect ed mth ld Ie was still looking at me Iuteutly. "Do you know," he said, "that yout I very beautiful gill" w. lily heart beat with pleasure. No ea ed ever told me so before, and I knew msoi ad the outside world that I could hardy whether I was beautiful or not e "Yes," continued the Squire, "yeoar ke tiful as---" lie paused abruptly. "AsI education have you hail i" he aseed Re- [To HE CONSTIUtD.] be s, Diet of the Daddies. ch The people of the last generMi I.. nDr. lodges says, *knew nothilg ,m luxury; they had the reg'lar and - he meals at noontime, which are said on be the foundation of the stability tat character, and they enjoyed at he nine hours of sleep every dlay." happy, indeed, are the men and wo rewho are able to look back upon sueh state of life. anrd how unhappy by trust are those who remember a d Sent state of things as the practies the older gleneratntion. ani slnr their own Iav.s its -ffects! To unfortunales the tables of their f and mlothers appear in their tion blunlrlctL with unwholesomq te scarcely noulrishing dilshes. The dish the.re is one of salted pork-, al contents have been shrivoled la greasy frvilg pan into mdi a scraps. Tlhere are potatoes, meet ie quaently fried in tlhe slame gresac the pork, or else boiled; their sont sbstance is expe~ted to be chief of the meal. ''There is hot bread, *.I of a poor qual.ty of wheat floor. w cere has been car'fully dleprived in the ing of its moat nutritious X There is butter, which is x good. There is tea which hs itt long and long, its stewed leaves way ing round amid round in the ani prpl'laratory to being poured oat lay- blcrk masss into cups for drinka And to crown the feast, there is r - re's alaplh pie! This is the regular 'iel that some mature people rememberl Rnay thouiih at intervalI, to be sar d. monolony is varied with ex le. the brown bread made of Indian cora acia inoccuous bakad beans, and WI per, glutinous "tlap-jacksa" and giddl , bam Cakes.--Lostoe 1o4. r to ue A Gireat Man. herITwo men standing in the streetL ilre j"Do ~ you see," said one," that party atd At men over there on the corner?" aL- "Yes." *,'Notice the one in the center ' the rrou ?" *"* os. He must be a great mae." old "No." e I "'Thlen why do the others sheow hDI not so mrich re-pect?" ' ha "elt is not r.splect." "Wtt ' What is it?" tIt "-Flattery." atel. "*Why do thty flatter him'w" ace "You see they :tri. a lot of printers n anda he is the firmain of a dali;tlv ntcws l paper. If they wre to 'hapt fiat".r ti him they would be disrcihar;g,'!. A -:r.' tain class of printers can onldy ,.Nbt Dt work Ia that way."-Arlkan:i,' 'rac a.u. Is __________