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At tlie Turn of the Hund. Tfce jr'wylr.a ptuwel from the foUon rod's P'llUlH, To imrHo-liien' AHicm nt:ll Jlnrr In bloom: Ubo bttcb in Mlyut e.tow, li.u guuiuvli ro r si. Tlio ample like torches Oanie overhead. Put wh "f Hi Jny ef orr.nvr l rn nl Yi t. wi d I crnli lb!iiwti ll" l astf J' rmii 1' N"V'il r Is swecii-r it sn Ma, lljt LU V 1,1. VO U U SUUbbiUO She UiUfcW wo to lu I WB! she eomof Wlil the rln d to return to iier IK'Ml? TTU ii"-l!o swlug Luck from the cunt or the west AtiliM friioUo of the hour she will bo at tier loite; A fitcixl may prove laggard love Dover cornea laie. T T iff l:r afnr In tho Ulnnrr? Not vet. Tonesr'vf 'Jiih r tI Mic inhiM not lir -et ! AVimu I crms Hit o.U bridge wliero tho Iruolc WCI'flOWe1 Eke IM tl:i U full lu BlfcU st the turn of the lead. I pflM tl-e low w-n,Tl whero tbe try entwines; liuml Dm drown pathway U.ul lead lliiou-U t hi piiKm: J hnMe y iho bowlder thst II" In li e fM, ouuio Iht i louiUtf hi iuriiiitf wu lovlujfly IK uluil. "t7tll Fhe come or the MTlsIde or round through i he w. snlif Will site wiitr Iter I row n dresr Ler tuanllo or IhnhI TUo inli ui draws near but her watch may i n w ronu ; My Li nn wlU bo abLlug, Wl.at kevps Ler so k-lIK? Why flnntit for a n"nnt? Hrre hth If I do! Wliy quiHiU'ii Why trvuiL et Are itue. ti or true Eho w u l tt.uie to tie lorer ho cull fcer his mill, llioujrii tlm lis! lu tue truck of a wllriiu,; cy-u-muc! IoroifM tho o' 4 bridge ere the mlnuto had I :i m?iI. J 'eoktvl; !! my Love pinnd teforo ine at Inst licr?t, low i!iy kpi.rkiud, lu r clucks Low Ihei ' i.t. As wo uit Ihic t. fe sMI o turnof He rmCH O Iver V ! dfll liolii-i'H in Al uuUo. A STRANGE MARRIAGE. John Coiling was fnt of work. In common with many Mhers. for rnsoiM liol MiTii4i;iry tt ciitT Uion, Uk h.nl K'tn illu fur soiiin liini. lie v. as hI nio.ii out of iiioim'T h'J rrnn is Rot much. Hut Ik? was not out ut liopu. He Wiisian U''Tiuiinl in put liN sliouhlor to I lie v Ihm'I I hut Ua coultl not lielievo thai ihcro would uol wou te tvUccI to sliouldiT. Kow. fu llii S.ittinlnr afltrnaon, w'uli Hvenlliiuir at n flmiil-ilill. bit kut'W tint tliero wou'l he no usu; in Inndiuir l'for elwiHil iluoi'it or of lultcriu in euitr Viinli; ao 1 mmln uj his uiitwl to havti a holiil.ir. ini'l all lltat awcet. Bunny wfU'riKiou lu mateml to liim M'lf ill at ke iiuU uoihiu U worry alxuit. Thorfl wn mnic In the park; thero wen ki:ii4 to hit upon. A rim n c uiM ul Sfents' worthof soil.t crnckfrn an wvM IIhth e'tniw hero. lit iact. llu'y inmle quilo h iifnt lunch. On bumhy Iih muII bur at piij'or, niul p-t cw'iy ileui in thft coluniin tailed. Help VVnn ti'il M.ili'it" ly hnrt, hnt this nfleruovxi Lid pro griiitiniH wuk tin :irk. Avrunliiiifly, he wcijt hom, rlimlJ to the lop (lnr of n i(fiiiiiHiitliou", wlwrn lie h.nl hi ics I il h:ill-li'(lrooui of u rtshi'rvvoinriu. who ili I not need nil tle i'imiiih at her ml of h il.t, au4 tlie.sed h:ui!lf in his Sniul.-ij auiL Thu suit -m not a Cine nnu hI lot, and it wits lr no inciius iimv, Imt JuUu vsum n h.uiil.xiiiiui man, aud tliuio U at g(MM llt;i in lll:t. He lil.iekd Ida boots, turned his enffs, ihnukiil foriuuu ho atill had a clean collar, and sit off i:irkward he vH jusl in liiixj for the niu.u. The ttky wan hlue, the jTrasa wns prri'ii, tho pal k v-- jiwt ais nincli Ida a-i it wi auylMMly'.s, nnd nfler I he crowd h:d disperd and t"e nntici:ins dMriceuded from iheir pavilion, ho 1k thonht him U vru'ik hIhiiiI imhile. aud took lux wny toward the reaervoir. Thi'ie w :h not h smil llirie, and he foxtail to s:iiuiler ahout the hrink. 'nt ln Ui cnivkera, when hi-i allentioii VIM a Hint-led lo lite iiiuhr eoiiduut of Xoiiii i 1 wlm rra cieepin nlon toward toward I ho reservoir, looking oer ker ahonnler. a Uouu ftte exuecled to Im fnitnwed. Now nud K lif;ad lo hor eyea n IniudkerehiiM lh.-il -lii) h.-id cnnUfid up in one liiiml, ami il vmi eviduut tuat She win rr iii. "What Hio alw bo cloln?" Jolin aked hiuifolf. In a minute, moro it flahed iinu him that ahe iiitendod to drown ln i fe!f. lie wan alxnit t a-rmr forrrnrd to aeizi Iier. uheo he feller led that until In; w:i.h sure (hat h wa.i aiclualljr H wotild-he iiicido if, uu d hardly do to lav hand upon ber. aud mo, coii ciMlin himself & be-4 he could, he wailed. Ami now ho ohTred the jr'H more closely, Sho nr.ia toiiu, who wan amall. and ner Imitiiva were preltv Suo had thai em i.n atleiiu itetl look t tin t rninea lo mot m onieu niili worry Hiid iwnerlv, I ml. her rUnhes were not raeil. and ahe li.fl a very rcpecia liieniK Slit wor ofe kid jr'.ove, hn lioiimvl. At llrl alio ntiwd liehim a alone parapet that ;tMrd lh edo of tin reM'rvoir. cry in i; and looking over. Then tln' folded her Jumdl. and ut ler laoo iioo t hum. and Jo in fancied that ho prayed. Afier HiN. by dim of aeraiuliliiix alio perched Ummi I he ftoiM'-i at ud bat there. Joliu drew Hearer. Al luat ahe nroo to her feet, and John n.i there Im'Iow her, though ahe did not ilreain of il. -Good-by. nn dear, pretty world. be heard Int any. "I wonder where I ant oiu to." and a te ma lo prepara tion to jump Into Hie waier. Initejul of lu'compliihin thl". ahe wan lifted landward y two bl hand-. no! ns she touched jpound he beuu to J.ok "Oh, why couldn't yon let me?" fhe aai'l. "Anil now ton 11 nt mo in prNon. Ii-uppofw.forlajlnjf too uuhappy lo live.' I'm not a polieemnn," an'd Jolin. KJIi. thank pmdneai!'' dnlt the girl. 'You'll let me pn, iheuP" "Not yet." aald John. Yon sea, although I'm not a ol iceman. I'm a man. and that make it my duty to take care of, women folk when they lined it. You aeem to." 'foil menu lo bo very kind,' and the jrirl; "but vott ami not, I euppo-o yon have no Idea wjint it i to 'Inf all alone in a biirriiy, tvituout tndnVy and without work?' "Oh. aaid John, "but I hare. I baven'l had any work for three weeks aud that id uij cusli Ju liaud. And he exhlMtml Ai batr .tollar. li' she Huid, t iili an uir of i' rent er conlidence. "Well. yes. you do know aometliin about it, wuly 'you are liol a woman. ' No." said John. 'Of eoune that makes it worse for you. I'ut tell me whatdroro you to tiiat cowardly act." "It was a very brave act," sutd the girl. "Not a bit T It." "nld John. "It's brieve lo live and li,;ht ui lou as you can that's my idea' "I can'l; I've nothinp; to fljrlit with." aid the riil. "Oh. if tou knew" "Tell inn," eaid John. "My father died," said tholrl. "My Stepmother hated rue. She married n.ain, iiud hnr eon-i turned uie out of the house. Fa had Icli Lirt nil l is money; I had nothing. 1 c.imo to New Yoi k nnd got (iuvvin to do. One day the woman that employed me asked me if ll make her a wall-pocket for her papers. The kind 1 mean is utado out of old steels from extenders. You kuit worsted over ilieui. you know." John dil not kuow, but he looked ais wise us possible. "I was to make it as a favor, not for pay," the girl went on," "and nt home, evenings. I liked doing il; but the (Keels were too long. I had to break most of them, uud it gave mo at felon cm my thumb. I cau l use it yet lo M'v with, uud I can't do anything but tew. That wouun knew how I got it, but she never ollfered to help me at nl. Slio duniied mo and look an other girl in my place.' Then 1 couldn't 1ay my board and they turned mn our., went to a hospital. Tun doctor xaid that my linger wasn't bad euoujli to allow them lo ml in it tue; ho . said it would bo all right in n nmnt'i. Well, 1 have uot eveu anywhere to sleep to- niarht. I slutll have to starve or lg I will not beg. Now you see that yoa had belter go away aud let ma liuWi what I began." "That can't lo done," a.tid John. Every one who knew John called him ipieor. If acting differently from other xoplo under given circunislaueeJ is being queer he certainly was. As he looked down upon this little pale, pretty, and assuredly innocent girl, and knew that if he "went away nnd loft her she would assuredly jump into I ho water, his heart softened to ward her as women's do to crying babies. What dear little thing she was, he thought. What a shame that fate should have used her ao. U seemed his duty to take care of her. "O.i, hang it, I'll get at job on Mon day." he said; "and ererybody tells me that it is as easy for two to lire as oue. I'll do it." Then he turned to the girl nnd said: "Circumstances alter caes. It's a queer kind of cfturthip. but I like you. 1 iguoes you could like me II tou liieu. Will you" marry me? I'll get work on Monday, I'm sure. I've got half a dollar." Come to the minister with me. and be married, aud I'll lake cure of yu after this." What the girl said was: "Oil. my I Why. I never heard of such a tiiiug. What would people say?' People will not know it's our own lmsiness. I think you'll make a good wife." returned John. "You need taking care of the worst way. Think about it." He left her alone and walked up nnd down. She looked at him and John was handsome. Iln looked at her, and thought again that she was the sweet est little thing he had ever seen. Ha smiled, too. Ho wcut back aud sat down U'side her. "Guess we'll go the minister?'' he said. Well, you don't know the least thing about mo," she said; "and Ioau't see how you can like mo enough. 1 doii'l either." ho admitted. "Pnt I do like you better liian I over liked any oilier girl." "I find I hat M ay to you." s'-o said. And Uie.il they walked lo the house cf an old minister, who was willing to take his fee in thanks, nnd give iheiu his bles-ing into the bargiiu. And Joliu and Aunio were husband and wifi. On Monday John Collins went forth to search for work, rather more anxiously than Vforc, and 1 am sorry to say ho found none. He" remained away all day and re turned home in very lo.v spirits. Annie had prepared aopjier. She bad cooked two red herrings at Mrs. lkomey'a lire, and set the candlc-tand with it cbnh. on which she had placed two wooden pie-plates and two lin eups. The bread was sliced nicely, and a "drawing of leu' had becu made iu a pitcher. The room was tidy, the window shown, nnd Annie looked happy. Jo. in began lo be o leerfol again. "To be mi re 1 have not had ruck to day, but it will come to-morrow," he said, as he sal do vn lo upcr. Aunio looked very pretty on tlio otaer aide of the liny table. "If only a man could bo sure of a good living." John thought, ho would bo much happier married I ban single." Aficr tea Annie cie.insl away the thinks, nnd John went out on tnesintr case with his pipe w.dle she did so. He Indicted that women dislike. I smoke, bu know ih it Annie wou.d never ad mit I ho fact. As he sat there, wondering where he should go to look for work next day. a gentleman c.wne stumbling up the dark stairs. I am looking for a Mr. John Collins," be said. "That's my name," sail John. "Yon are a married man, sir?''avked the ire ntleman. "Yes. Mr," said John. Tro been married aoout two da vs. if thai will do." "Ah yon are the right man; and it's your wife 1 want," said the gout Io nian. , . John's heart sunk ''What do t on want he for?" ha asked, thinkwVg only of misfortune' ' . "To alr fettr questions," laid, the gentleman. ' '"We ha ve rety small quarters," said John; "but come In.' j lit pushed ?pen the door of the tiny foom, but liefore ho could speak. Annie rau f&rtard with outstretched hands. "Mr. Cummins!' sho ctd. "Yes. Mr. Cu in tilings, Annie.' said the geutleiuau. "I've bceu looking tor you for st months. I really b gn to beHeve you dead, when I iet an old friend nf mine, a clergyman, and happening te speak of my fruitless mission, he to!d me that he had mar ried a young lady of your mime ou Saturday night. Farewell is wot a common name, thoiitrli Annie Is, and as the Rev. Mr. Dsrrow had learned your husband's place of residence, I came here to see if I ho bride wuio bv any chance my lost belie. 1 Cud that she is." "Am heiress!" cried Annie. "Yes. my dear," aaid Mr. Cnn mings. "Your slepiMrtlhor represented yon ais having lweu sent Jo boarding school, uud il was only en taking the property in charu tix mouths ago, that wo discovered how you had been used. You should hare come at once to your father's lawyers. The rights of your slepuioiher in the property ended with her life. And though she gave a good ileal of ras to her second husband, you are slill very rich, uud have only to Uke possessiou of join" properly in regular form." , "Jt is like a dream." said Aunie. "I am glad papa did not forg'l me; that was the worst tuoujlit 1 bad lo bear." "And I shouldn't wonder if this for tune were acceptable jmt now.' raid Mr. Citmmings, u he look his leave. Hut John stood silent after he hud pine, and his face wua very grave. At last he said: "Well, Annie, are j-on sorry that tou married me now ? 1 bad uo idea1 1 was a forlnue-hunler." "Jo. in." cried Annie, "I should bo lying dead if it wero not for yon. Or, il 1 iiad been saved and tent to prison, ' perhaps Mr. Cuuimings never would , iiave liAind me. It all came about bo cause you were so generous lo poor little me, whom mot men would have suspected of leing at very wicked girl; unit all my life lfhall spend iu Irving to repay 3011. Sorrt ? On. no. Jiihu. Already, though I have lcon your wife siurli a little while. I care a great deal more for you than 1 could for any fortune. And we shall be m happy on the old place, with pleuty U live upon." They were. Family Story rapcr. Cameos Coining Back. To every eld fashion that is revived Is added some modern and beautifying touch that enhances in value auuiout art. Years ago wealthy' womeu woro Sarbatically heavy earrings, bracelets, and necklaces of cameos set ia jewels or plain gold bands. They prized them far mo 10 than diamonds, nnd carefully preserved thent in queer old satin-liited boxes for the granddaugh ttrs of '9 , w ho turn up their pretty Utile noses at the heavy ornaments. Some of the cameos were rarely beau tiful, but the greater quantity wero bail indeed. Junt very lately some body buds a now use fo'r the old gew gaws, as they have long been regarded, and cameos will be much woiu from this time uL Colleet all those ugly, dangling ear drops and wrist-bands once worn by a proud grandparent, and if tney are big and handsoMie have them set in a broad. flexible gold band, large enougli to clasp the uriu high athove the dhow, like the bracelets worn by those high nosed, dignilied Roman women. Four or tire large-sized ones cm be set iu a bracelet, aud if the gold band is not preferred order cameo, each in its original setting, to bo linked together and furnished with a clasp. Women who a tied statuctque drapciies can make admirable use of the largest caniooa set its pins to hold silken folds knotted on the shoulders and his. Jewelers have not forgotten how to use tools at carving tue clear white stone, and to-day can be bought iu the city of New York most wonderful ex amples of this art. For instance, on a thick, deeply toned sapphire, set in a rim of diamonds, is carved a warrior's hulmeted head, ami though the faco and head covering are w Idle the hair curling from under tue he tnet's riui and about t o chin ia palegold colored, and etcry detail in the tiuis'i of the hair shows to perfection under a uii cro.scupe. llludr de.d A tiu-ridtiu Bervlan Roods In Winter. The streets of the Servlm town o1 Ni-eh. in Ih- lant week of the ychT 187C, were mere quagmires. In st tempting lo cross 1 hem Ihere was al ways a doubt whei her the liquid mud would lie over one's ankles, as high as one's waist, or up lo the neck. Tho highways nnd byways were rivers, estuaries, and pools of mud. Tie houses wero built of the same material, and in fact most things wero muddy iu that Turkis'i frontier town. To wnteli a company of troops cross ing a road was nn amusing sight lo one seated comfortably st a first-floor window. The men would break oil from l ho narrow sidewalk of cobbles into Indian lilr. nnd extend nt least three paces as they look running leaps througit the mire. Fortunate were Ihoso who succeeded In arriving on the other side with the pasty soil only up lo their knees. The eauo of nil this mmblluess was a rapid thaw following after many weeks of hard frost, n thaw for its "rapidily and thoroughness; eco.liar to this "part of the Calkaa peninsula. In a few hours it would freeze just as quicklv, converting t ie streets into glacier-tike surfaces ngain, necessitating the immediate calking or our horses' shoes, nnd tho covering of our boots with raw-hide, perhaps a discarding of I liem nllogelher for tho moecasin of the Bulgarian eaants. Tue shining crust of mud reflected the deep cob-.ilt-blue of the bright sky. the t.Mirning I rode from my lodgment to the h spiral barracks, it "few mi lea out of Ih town, and. for a, wonder. I ar rived almos spotless,, although my horse's shceldcrs were dripping little mud-pies rn the threshold of the bar racks as the Turkish sentry saluted us. Frtderlc YilUrk. in tA'icfwla3. T, The Castle ot Heidelberg. ' The work of restoring the bistnritr raltent- Heidelberg bus begun and will continue foi"twoJ.J'('al' at I'1" iris tint Intended Joitoatbre tho pict uresque ruins. Iut trtteiiew the founda tions und restore certain portions of the castle in slriot conformity to its ns pearauceiu the time of the electors palatine. "THE BUGi.SS." CIIAITTIi XIX. CoKTiy-TO. pn 'Mbit It was only it raomep's folly a passing temp a'ion." "Were you the tempUMon,' with a short laujh Tha t all at once a touch cf pssst iii Irjuks up her icy tompoHure. ''.Seal Once for all," eho say, comuij a stop nearer, "ilon't Iniagbie that you a'airnoso upon nu, Act your part to the others, llm-l them if you will, but don't hopo t ti'e uie in. 1 r un the very first mo neat tuy eyes lit on you 1 have mvn through you. Your ruUnio4 avoiilanee if Ijou.s, your care fully Usui! nod coldiirss toward him, yo.ir cluv.r l.ttle iti1 of -ctalant dUliko; has been cLar to me, and tariftat 1 it- what? Do yo.t lbhik," in-solently, "I cou.d not read yoareyea And wua;. eyes yon have." w.t'a a guat of lit'.or h.lavd: "lht toll wnan yo 1 dare r.oS put i.ito wo: Jj; t .ey vroo fiilently tho man you know to lo in )oi:or loan I ti another; ti e ay such s' amolrsti things ss jo.i ore a.ia'd lo 1 tt-r. Do you tan.-," ve leaient.y, ' t nt, watchi.tg you dil'y, l.o.irly, us I buvo 00 e, I have t ot read j our bo rot in tie n? es, 1 ower uway fi o n me as you will, y ou siiul. h ur what 1 buvo learnod that yoa loe h iu, " rSomh puts out hor hvid us if to ward ofT allow. "ITah! Decs that makotou s rl'ikf Loeith.it hurt yo.f I," vindio tivo y, "atu glad of iu gol And rea itiiibr!" TUo hit.oL'nce of this dismissal rouses In the 1 uchobs a iooling of iuloleiable indig-Lxti-n, "I hall remember you forever," sho .wys, hi ea'. hi y child ahly, perhips, yet with a w ther.ng cou'eaipt that cuts ui-ep biti tho h u:;h y wo:uau bef.iro Ler, "'-a the b.Ojt ill brod persou I have over ice." ITeartack nnd wonriod by this addition to the secret gr.ef sho ulwavs carries, and eruuhisl by a ieu.so of b tUr bum illation, it i.s iHGiao of n 1 feigned heida-:li that thj Ducbcsa d claves her inabil.t to aeco.n- paay tho otliers to the nrhtary thoutricals t Innlre, that laVe 1 laca this evening. '"vVLat lias Kathcrins' bvtrn don? to jour" o-ks bhrcwd iis.s Hike, lookiu dovn won a very palo little Norah. waj I 8 ttin; langtidly iu a hug arin-ch ir in t e 1 bi ary, win ro they have all assem' le i. wbt'.bt wa taiR f. r the cnrrlao. Sho is drtv-wid in a vory t retty white gown, ma lo h;gh t ho neck, but with no blooves, aul hor fa "o is ns white as her frock. "Kotlerle? Why bhoull you think that?" proving 'Tinison. "1 am not wed; my bead ao'.iea, but ". 'Never mind. I 11 let you oT the rest. Fibbing isn't much in yo r lin," 107s Miss Bluke, w.th a siplont n 1. "I rt 1 wait and got it all out of you tomorrow. hhe moves awav vitn a little proroUin? g'anee over her Bhoulk-r at Nora'i, as sie Sees Madam De ane a proaching with a rather anxious expression rn her fao. "I hope you won't f-el lonoly, darling," iays tendorly, lcndin over Norah. "Oh, no. I om too tired," with a smile, "to fe.d anything." "The carriage is waiting, aunt," 6ays Miss Cazn'et in incosurel tones, sweeping up to them in an exquisite gown of blaclc aud go'd. "V ery well, my dear." placidly. "Now. No-ah," turning a?nht wita a fond planee to her other niece, "you w 11 promise 1110, won'S you, dcarost, to go to bo 1 ait o tcer" "An easy promise to givo. I wish I was ta it 1 hi. nio nt-nt." "To confs a terriMo truth to you," she says, "I wUi with nil my heart that I too ns in mine." Vhe kUses the plrl aTifctloatMr, and Hon afterward they have all gone o it of the room; th re is the last so and of th ir r.Totsteps in the hall; a faiut far-ofT laueli tiiat was Nan y and now even tho roll of t!i enniages up tho avenuo has ceased upon the air. What a curio is aorno of lono'inss has fallen upon the hmiM, nlnost it seem as thoifh the very servants Imd left it. Thre is ertain!y nfithfng to hit ur for. ard yet in fp'te of that prom'so Riven so edily to Ma l.im, Norah canuot br ng herself to go to lied. The jirit of re tV sm-ss has taVon po s'o-i o her, and rlslar frmn Yit ehalr h wanders In an nfnils fa him nh-mft th litirarv, touch'n? a look h re. trifling wi h a sot of rnre prints there, now stirring the a'resdy glowlnz flro, now stnr'ng Ml at the large wjll-HJed I ookeve , I ut always and in every ca-e without, int rost. One of th" B-rvmt I rings h r prantly a euo of tea. which Fh a- opts g'tvl y, yet after all forgMs to drin'c, a vl after t-nt no one comes to dNturb her wA fui'e. whHi is pei-bapa the worso thing that eon'd have bapiened to ber. I'ft lhu, etirtly alono with her thoughts, fliey t:rn to, and dwell ith a most tmhapny j-era'steney upon the I ..... -r .1 . 1 .1.. ...1... ..inn m I'm.ui l nil inr piiab ii.nb, nnib- ing th-m in teir blackest n lor, rntil fuuil'y, worn out with grief nnd misery, ii sinks upon a low loungo nn.l bur. ts into litter weeping An tren. wear! by hr rmtloa, h-t Vt'l droo-is h avl'y upoa the so 't rn ilu 1 the lounge, a d routs there g atefu ly, rith a hnppy fen e of re lof ; and alter wh lo tat. Mns of ro lef turns to kindly ieep, wh'ch,' growing- on her. she draws ip, half uneonsHo'islr, ber foot to t'ds wel omo restnl cotn h, ar d with a few fa.ut ai falls into a profound s u nil or. ' CIIAPTEH XX. a'l Is liusn'd na nn'iirn wss rftlr1. ni f" toni m'" 11 nn ! t'l!.' Tho rig't is dark an l mot anl wind. 9r, thuaderona s mids come i p fr m the h t es 1 elow, and at e bwept inland by the seavv force of the wind. Xow ajsin th m on l rrs's fort from behind tho leadm lends th-1 abno t o t weight tho nkVigivitg a brilliant if evan erit gorr t the fhivering earth he eoath. For te moht pirfc, towever. It tos hlddet lfhlnd this pall of deare watery ?lond 4lrrt It's neross th' heavu a. and ylf a geieral rinrk asj draws evert'ii.ig lutv one univecaal nrt. Bon o i nes a i-tar or two peeps forth through a ihiik in tho bla 'k wall, b eak 11 the inky rhillne; lut a mre snrs tn cer ait irratall n co-res f.' m ths I gHrh mas, te lmp ef which shines out every moment wi h a fer id power to dimppoar, certainly, but then as cer tainly to appear again. To the rol tary horseman riding along tho road that tctret hes like a gray riulon on tho right the coming of this lighthouse stir brings a sense of comfort forete.lin; as It duo lho nearness of bis home. Tn road la a narrow one, hedged on either tad by thick warm masses of yellow furxe, still glow wl;h irs golden bloom, though tho stason li so lor advanced. Delaney, b:-onbIn? the tragraut perfume of its Cower, thinks with a feel ng of rather t.tigued satisfaction that hols now close upon hlJ Journey's end. It V Ion; past mid lig'jt, and eold with i deally ch ll has grown ti e air. Nw ine again the moon bursts its bonds ' and Huh a up the su-fchi!?, glittermt wave sway over thero, th it dan -e and h-are an I roar in tho mo nlLht. whl st on this side it i how up the gray misty vapors Uut rL fivro tho bay. He bad fully Intended not tc return whea setting foath U.;oa bis journey, but thus had (Jestrorol that revihition. To stay awey fro.11 bur bo found would be iniposwi Lle to him. He could not. He nivst return to see ber, to plead wl h ber nf rah for tho 1 'anion sho had so cruelly denie I. Ho taot'ght, bo honestly h-diev d, tiiat if sho bad lorgivi-n bin lo cot 1 1 have ? tayol away, but she lad re.unxl him absobi ia, and always that pale, small, sorrowful, un forgiving fa e was bofoae blm. lie -u'd not re t. It was malness, no douht, but she drew him to bcrwitlia for-o ho could not resist. There w as no trai l to I e ha I at that lato hour when he felt that overowering desire to seo her ag ia g-ow uon him, with a strength not to be conquered; so be bal borrowed a horse fioru his host, on an ex cue of bi tant business and had s t out ut:on bl'-'ong rido to Ven.ry wilh a fover hh iinj a'iin e tat nn orod Lim imper vious to cold or rain or la.iue. Now, ft latt, ns the m l s grow fewe-, be confosfes to himself that he is in a degree t red; two nig'ita without sleep will toll on most mn. be they ever so hapiy, but with a plowing pa-'n forever at tho heart tho loss of those prec'ous Imura of forgetfuhves is sometimes worse than death itsolf. tverything slo ns to ro.a to bian with a s'artling vivitbiess as he r des on his silt it way, evtrything connocted wit't his illal-vis-nl engacrement to Katherine Cazalit His first lueoibig with her year ag-, wU -a sho lmtl come, a tall, slender, wo .dorfi lly iclf-pos'Tssod orphan, to share her aunt's borne till she should le of age. lie To rn mors now witn a rather idle wondor, how lovely he thou had thought h?r; he, a ve y yoaeg man at tha' time, a mere strip pi trig, onlv o no or two years her senior. Then there was tho cousinly relation lo tween tliem, that ever, seemed to draw them closer tootber, and the na'ural pleas ure he bal felt when it dawnol uoon hira that sho was warm and tendor in her man ner to him alono wbi.st cold to nil the rest of the wedd. And after that there wa the insen-iblo drlftin'; Into that closer tie tl'.e knowledge, vaguely but certainly ioa veyo t to t.bn diow, or by wb nn be hardly knew then) that a marriage between the con ins was a mater widely divcusol and looVet forward to by the world at 1 trg' To draw laik now wo 1 1 bring dawn on Katijeriie the snoersof their many frieiutM, lo tub cct hor to much unpleasant ness, i:ay, to leave himself open to a charge that t niched h.s honor. Thore was but one thing to be dmo, and h had dene it with a suflU-iojtly good grace. ltKectnod to o tho most rataral thing in tin wor d, Katharine so evidently 1 nd expected It a nd so bad his mother. T icro was no 1 banco for wl h lraw.il, aud bes'd s it hid really seemed a very usual finish to a long friendship; so tho betrc hl was sreedi y ma Jo publi wi! h a rapid ty bid 'Oil that had cstonl.ned him at tho time, and a ft airs hod arranged themselves, and overyth ng had sottlel d wa Into tho usual common placeneas of an ortaodox betrothal. And t . en camo Norah I How loud the wind roars; what a sub kn cry arises from the seal Delaney, who is tno e worn out i i body, ond siiecuil!y in soul, tha 1 he at ail beoeves, rees a little in h s saddle, ani then pulls hiin'lf to C'tiier agaiu, w ti a fierce, vain wish that it miht all eni now, here, th's rat moat I Life I What a worry, a turmoil it Ul 80 much la or cf spirit, so little rest; little! Nov, 1 so'nn to bi n. What a flash was that, so blue, so vivid; yet n' thi;n 'cr. There is strung promise of rnin tor tlie mo row, to couio out of thoso lowering cl u Is. Delaney hardly heels ti e te upestuo is signs o' coruhig storm, ruling ever onward. In a half dazed fashion, and con-ciouj only of a passionate loading to seo Norah once again. Tho moon again I How clear, how wildly 1 rilllnnt it u a:es ell things vm! To hit disorderel fa.cy it lights tho onrk and gloomy earth wi h a radiance alnio. t super natu n.1: and aomehotv too at this time he cmiiot help thinking tint so nelb.ng is run iiing ly his side' hut what lie looks down tnv bi-itarily, and tt is 1 bsurd of coarse ho al.no t laughs al ud at this fantastic trick his e oi are playing hira but is it a bttlo child that is clinajin t bis stirn.p leathwf A litlli dea I ch 1 1! w'th white uphfiod face, and widj unseeing ey! The moon goes out again, leaving tlie world ouce more to its darkness, but stiil He aney lias seen that little lorm, and feels ttrtain it is there, ruiml ig tvith him, al ways with the tiny s ifT iTngers entangled in the slirnip lemhT, and always with tho littl i!wl face upl fted. An I now at last he rea"h"a the gates of Ventry, and pisses through thorn down tha long i venue, tho rloai chill entering, Ioj, ard clinginjf to him. All a:, or.ee a horrible certainty smiths crrin Idm, a crrtal ty that it, the and corpse fae, is I ke Norah. Nora 'a I What mad ms! I. e can renwn siill, yet a strong shndler shskes him at the thought d ciar-s it e f . It follows him all tho way roun I to the stables, wh-re hi dm i.n s, on I, with that w II fan y still s rong tip n hni, ac tually in the riarkn "s bru l.es down thit ide of tho snclde whero tie sniail stiat i and iiad seeu.o 1 to bo to Ind, of couisj, nothing. He breathes rather more freely after thnt. a d iM'oves h.s hand to 1 is foVrd, which 's thmb ing 10 nn agoniz ng d g eo. The whoe thing win rid.iuious, be tiiu 1 irn.se. f as he bin s t'10 reins to a slce.iy groiin, ard yrt .t w s a pow, rful bit of inin filial i in, like a presontiinont a pre-s-ntin nt of deith. lut death to whoiul A hid o :s fsar thril's him. Vw, the face he Is sere now r-sembliM Norah a En'erln? the houe by a small sl'o door, beuvily clumped w.th I on. of which he has tho k-y, he goes so tly up ta-i Btitr oso t ut Jetd to the hall abovo. W anything shou d have happened to r-orah! leihijs e eu rov, as ho stneds here itscless, some acci dent may bo taking p'a?e. Oh, to l" cer- I am I hat rhe is safe st Ch 111 tree w.th th i others! Ho has openod the do r of the II rnry and is tracing jn.-t ins.de it, hi mind full f or.o thought ou.y, ouo longi ig, to m Neraa again, nl'"o, safe. His eys wan ler carele e!y roun t ih room a d then ell at on e be starts toirvul.-dvely. W hat is that 1 ing over tlvi-e A boost it aeemi to him it must be Norah'i JKcIess Lody, the realisation of h.s feiri an.1 his presontlnients o i-t'tl, so death like In ber rrpone. Put a seconvl atr what a will rush of relisf Is it that overwhelms h'm! fh Is on y sleeving, ai d with fiat b e-d rs-rtalnty all his fatigue vanishes, with tiiat curkms dullness of the brain th it had b en ti oiihlingbim, and his senses grow bright aga'n and a great wave ot joy breaks over bbn. Pending over hr, h watches the sofl breatli comkig from lietween her parte 1 lipa. Unevenly it comes, wi.h every now nnd tlion a b'tte soMiing sound that tells o tears but lately she I, the Ir.icos of which re even now lying snd'y upon the Ions siikec laches tiiat sweep her cheek How f. agbe, how wh to she looksl Al most as ono 11 i?iit sicken for deat.t. lie! righ. hand dro, p ng a 1. tlio with the sort pink pa m tippernio', and ha'f unclosed In tho languor of sluniler, toui-hea him with a aenso of helplo snesa. Ftoop ng, ht press lis bps to It, very s ftlr, lest hi s all asku ler. A prent lo-igingto kls ber her iheoks, h'r Hps jmHj.a him but sho locks so Irannud, so clulJLkii, tt s .tiK-tous, tl atsueh a dt II wout I be la pohT lo. Bo aloi die lies, she might al uv st Lo dead, and therefore sacred. liven as be gaea on ber, rousod per haps br that gentle caress upon her hand, si e waken, thi wbito b'ds umdose, and the hirge dark eyes look up at Liui, lLicil Willi a soft wondcriuaut CHAPTEll XXL fto lmljpd st her ii( lo.'er C f le lonlii-1 at lilm a- o h awsfies, 'Jh 1 af. wassloip, un I hor n e 1 crin." Not coldly, not scornfully, mw do Norah's eyas meet Pelaney's, but wHb a tender welcome in them. Koftlir sho turns to b;m, with a littlo living go t tire, mid with licr lips parted by a I anpy smile. She hos forgotten everything In thi supremo) mom nt, save those (11 sw et diys when frst tH ey met, and, st 11 half w apped ia ti e ten her dream that lia 1 carr'ed her back to thtvo, slie whlspors fondly, blco lly, as a ihild, "DcnU" It la all so uneTpo-tol, s- torrihle, le cr.uw of t' e ho;el waicss th t m-ist fellof it, that 1 0 ii 1 tends Isnj 1 her as one str'eket dumb. All ha lxdng hal mdied to her as f.e sound of that 1 v d ioi o 1 all ing on him fell upou l is car. and it is by a nrvrhcm in e'orta'ono th it I e rrw stands lsl lo her, irreronlve, r"otsiiless; oh! the sweetness of t oso partad lipl The lovelight in t' e diep gray eves' Once ogrin in ir old N rrh who is with him his darll g bis Duchess. Atal then there is an rn 1 of it. He drops her 1 nnd rnd ti rn- awav, and, loaning Ids aVrrs upon I he chimney piece, lets bis face fall forwnr I upon the-n. ' "You h're!" a-ys tho Dechesa, row in a tone th it ti e nl ilas. She leis sprang to ber fo t, an I ta wldi Awalo stiriug at bis hick with a.s?o')bhni "ii t 'a Is ha'f fear r.h ni ig in lie r eye "1 thought you wero in Dan don "I could not stay there. I cou'd not rest" ' , "Tut th's tonr," trl-mchrr nt the clo-k, which points to -two. ' "Tba-o was no tra'n?" "St y one moment," orA iims ho, turn ing 1 1 haggtrd faei bwar I ' hoc. "You knw what brought mo baik. Yoa kn w why I could n .t re t. Yonr wrdinary cold ness was bad enough to lear, but to feel that 1 1m l augere l you, w-vimHl yon past f.rgivenei-g that y u had actually' d m'ed mo 1 ardon was IntoloroTe. I bn'ecome baak to ask yeu asn'n, entreat you to put your band In mine and try to forget what! have d mo.' "Iy t it be as you wish thin," savs aie, with a saul coll little glance, and with a touch of weariness in her tone. "I sha'.l try to forgot. I ut " turning suddenly up to his lnr"e mournful eyes, "if only I might go homo " A pmiso. 'ou are unhappy h3ro?, asks ho at last. "I am. I confess It. I, with a desper ate attempt at an everyday manner, ,4niist dad, I tli nlt. 1 want him, oh, so badly! with a Fharp burst of gr ef. "We'l, you shall go, Norah. "We have no right to keor yoa. But t ou know your father is coming hero tho day after to nvvrow, and aftr a little while you can retu-n with bbn.' That will all ta'ce too long, cries she. fever'shly. "I don't want h in to como; 1 want to go home to him to tie alor.o with him." "i'nt," quostloningly, "must it be at oncol'" "As soon ns posa'blo. At oneo, yes; mem to-morrow," tn a nervous, infer ti n way, trLTng absently with on orna ment on the t-iblo near her. "You must try,' with a rush of reoroovh ful anger, "to curb 3 o ir mad ba te to be rid of us for a day or two. I can telegraph to j-o r father I t the morning to expect you, but thore are one or two th ugs I must see to I e fore I can tako you back to tally hinch." 'You 'tike mel Yon! Oh, ro; yois must not; yru shall not," vehemently. 1 can go bfk alone." 'Certainly v u cannot," docidelly. I brought yoi here, onl I am reponsno foe your sa'e return. I shall moat undoubtedly ac ompany you." "I tell you ton rh ill not,' in aoro dis tress. Thi cruel m-a-iin; In i'ath-riie Cnziilot's faco re ur to b r, II te a stab at this momont. "Do not iias'st on ti ls, D mls. Utidera'nn I mo whon I sny," go big nearer to h m and sfieaking in a low voice. I ut wi:h iutt-nsj ex Ite nent, "that rather tlvm Lave you as my s urt bon- J would even pi e 'er o re jrtin hure." "i'vea! I tl.ank you for Uth n y mothci and myai'lf," s ys be w ith a b tter lan;h. "We may. indeed, rrngrntula'M onielves on tha success of our tlToi ts to make yout stiy a happy one." "Do not sny 6iich th'egs f no," says sh. hor eyes lilting wi h teats "Yoi ktow well how 1 1 vo yo rr mot ur. " S!:e ii st mding clise to b;nt. lo king no. ward witi a grieved e x;iroi'ci 01 hct cl.arming ace. II r pro t', naUl, rouodo I arms, han? iuoscly b2fore h-j, the fingers I. J. "1 ton't ' arb i vr iv 8rrAIc', in'e bewl; hr eyk-s. st'll lirre and h'avyt and drowsy with slep, a e fall of unshel toars. aud the hair up n her Is-nw is a littlo rufllol. ns if from sturmVr. Her whits gown dings to her lithsome form. Neves has she looked so lovely. "I lmrlJy know what to s-vy," says De laney. ".-oin.'tbnes I am mad, I think, know thit." 8 'ddenlv lie falls on his knees before ber and burios his fare in bat gown. "My darling! My belovedl" he brrathes pas ionrtely. "Oh, remembcrl Oh, shame!" cries she in a low, tnriUing tone. "I do reincndier; all srv rythlng! Dsj you 'blnk I tou d forget H He h ts ciught ber hands now, end is k Using thorn fevs tshly. "I know what yau would roinbitl two of my engagement, tl hour, tho frt lhat we are alone. B t,f rerk'css'y, "1 din'tcnfe. . I w.ll apea'." Ihe . s-eing Iviw pale Fi e grows, end 1 ow sho draws kick from him, "My love, my seotl eart, lorgive me. All-1. would say is that 1 will break this ena;;niMit wi h .Katherine, and ." cinfr.sjllr, "perhapa, then" "Why wi!l yon Uuak kit What will yo galu by 10 do'ngf l,'o CI COSTlSrKD. at MM Wiir?5 lift