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MILLETT * MELI.F.N
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A*! lh»u j.»Ul l»n.
Ilif <**• % • lU* lunnui'i iki.
Tb i* tK* i »f i<kl UK »itl».i
• Hi llkll {UllflJ* • J»(|ll*.
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M i iH lit* ia lUith •• 1 wit
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Wl} ^\f If1 »ilk Aik'd I
III MTMI • ftuM lk«w M<« k|-#,
Tkll k h •»» lu »'«f *rr< nl« < l«n(
U'Hh h r«.v.i villi tk< **l'» «•< Iij«* '
\% ii »t'i >• tk'« imMitrWn t*II
Hit)' H<, lik» » >i ilrtman U-l-l,
Ih lk» »• >i •»'»
Th*l i »»•> »V m ;nmiv nH'
la tk* •* •i«|u>ijI*W n*H%l
MlUl ■■('lit kul^lfl Jll Honl '
> • « .-It I |. • I'• » MM t» < ><
Th»ir km*<l «*• It <m ik < .ilk • :!.»>« i
fiii. > • ?»U i|Um, « hi m liria(
rir >lim fl<*«rr* I Vk <S* e».th.
AiJ r»-ir ik<*r >«£••»«• <4 tkr i|m«(
\■ 'i , i .
MrrU-IW* i ] k.»rl>-I. l»«lS • ill « -mr
• »'«J « «i»f »ilh »l>it»w»U h^lt.
I »' i ik# firii-i'i r*»lir k -m»
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\ I «• IK tJ>
I •> • ■*'' '
I I lk#" » •! I ht <»l« U ki*
Tk* V«m < n IU»«> i ««U.
Vim m> >S» Mil*« |j«.»« im
\\ i iifkl «i i k i m „ i lurt
An«l > - Mill Ur lb- l«riiiii( ikM
\V lin iu* » , t t lk* >441 I MKT, kill »♦!.
r »H k'-mr, «.<k h^u.U u|»>a iIm tmr
I fnlkt «h«U iKnttuTTiar,
Tk» * I* <•( (iuai mr incT
In lk* r«|HiMtlkr« \A lk) rhiiur.
Tkv Ui\f. »fc»n tk» wutU »u <4r<
to <k» l»i.r| &a»| ,
V « >jv • itk tk-i >» ik< fmwil,
Tka iu iuflv» M>a lu btwl.
t I'm ■<« wfco feUr J lk«- ■'*W »rt ibir*
UfkfM thf itv'i^aiikl mariJr ri«r,
Pol »•** (villi* ko»>f«t] grt**%
Th#ir i war J tfcrupk;. *Mtrrt4 (>•••
Bm <** (Nlr« «nk lkn», m wail
for »nHu u4 j*i to r«mr,
A*l « »•« »«• UMMH^k u«N l*U,
TW lk*» »»»t .01 tut Or ikaak.
W44 llrr*. y«*» liUfrv imiI, walk up and
gi*e «n MviMiot of youmll. »h«f« Ui« y«u
hem*"
" Alto dw g»l», father."
'• IM you e»rr know ru« to do *> 1
• boy P
'* No, wr; but tm>»h« did **
THE BOY LOVER'S
REVENGE.
A vouih—brannful and daring, with a
dark, HaaJiing ere. a haughty lip and a form
alight ami graceful—wilh a while; woana.ily
brvw, rtnetaed b» *>ft, rich mi»r» of rheM
nut ringlet*, and a ch«k dimpled viul tinted
like a girl ►— with a raw mingling of pride
and wfttfu uiti all hi* d«n*anor, though
that wii now lost in gay «»eiteinent
-»» canmling In* fiery »uvd through ilw
a»Miu<' leading up to a «en< raMe but pn>udlv
reared manwon, that looked out with a shad
»wrd tari- through a gr»np of fine rlina,
*h'i«e giant arm* ware attended at if to era
bran it.
l'h<- HaimI that i*ra«i<*d th* lightly drawn
triti «i* «m.ill and wlitm, s'vl »hc »lcp<i«-r
tmn ot t.H> ndrt aiiir«M m an c!pc*m,
V>«it •|u3tnt and ><Mithful \llr wore h>»
\rln-l cap carries It iir«n>|*iti|f to »v»r aide,
>i>d hi* thK'k atiimng curia atolc fri»n> urnlcr
it* tirun down uj*>n hm rmbroiderrd collar
jimI wa»>*l ha-k from hia *l»ndrr thnal.
\ lulx *t'«»l in the arrhcd Joorwav of lHr
• nuii>H<n, over wh «<> ^<>thir arvhit^rt'irc
li- »t iiuw* of rn»n and jaajinino had
rUmkrtril, putting «hjI lltcir IiIimkoiii* in w il<!
* • la |" ii». i, i"' 4trh ihr »tny gUain*
mI ■> >iilt|*ht tint 'Mm • qtn*rnnj{ down through
th»* wail'itf |cj»<-* o| thcrlm*. Th® ejw* ot
the lady followed «»ery iuiivimi- nl of the
Cra>*«*fu| bov, a*'d h-r cnwntrnanrr wore an
rtpii«.». i ill" f '• an I tend' «iieh a" a
mother'* f»v in .jht »f.\r when iraim; on ao
hr ^hl an.* h»u;t tul a child a* the ««tie w ho, n»
th«- glor\ i!»d I'rcahneaw of hi* young man
In**1, mI irlewdr and pnwvftilly hia aj»ir»
it ' «: I 'Ij» i I J.iw n the Sin«d .ncnite
W'nttr, al length, with ht» exciting evr
e>* , h> |r ,[»i| Ir<>fii the «a<MI«. and throw
inj th» iriR< to hi* attendant groom. h« came
with a proud *t.«j» ami gay «milr to the aid«- o|
theli.lv wh<> had ••Inrttrd hi* feat* with
»och attention.
" !)!•' i m t frighten if* light fr>ni vonr
l«d\*hi|>\ rir-, kr to* wonderful |«-rlon«
om> he « d with iioh-Ii „Ta\itv " \h'
nn, mi1 tl > S' -n knehlrr thin nrr with
nhariiln *f n«» *kill V-w. it ymt in
S it u »"i. ji inn • . . tli ■ rt«k of in* preciotr*
ik<A wmil.l kit' f> | id ID for the «mitut*.
I*ear, »! i» ' h"w fw»r'» are M*netttnew
i' i%l aw it!'
•,!»(. !•••' ot ei»ir»e—| imderatind tou."
r»-j>lu I tli lady '• Ytmr moth r might l»
r mi lr»»h 3»mI rhurtn : r. hut vmi |in'f«"r
,W|» hi u th' t'•••■» mt lbr \«iin; rhot'L "I
I hp flind."
\. h-- 11 thrr *)»iU thi« nsmr. with lor
mh".* im.' k« » ifl<«'* * '* ' «»p«-i 'W" fi<* "f
tlx- Twn'h. a i! bin*'* inmiiit'il to hi*
whil«* l«ir*K^iil. i h1 h»* ni* dri»j'jvd i|«i<'kly
»lii l«« r ? it'
luoth -r'" h** Mtd, <]Nieklr. " Irt u*
l«» ih<* liHnrv. ami «*r *• II luw a q|nri»
nu» *te%» «»»n»--i —it i» ImHmhIIi
urtiful—it ■» mat:«ifn*iH
took h;» mother'* hind. and i|rr*» h«-r
aw.iy through »t, «)iio haII. ami into
th* apaitni-iii h» m*nlM >• 1 Th« »iw-,t
*4) in«t«"r«! I'm! a» lt» gnff'Mi*
light nmr rirhi-r and iWprr ihrunph tin*
hfii \ eurtain,.» «* inn, nrii lr|| nrrr
tfv glittering irruv rt»tlv book* an<i illn*
limited t». aid |i »«r ••«»» turmtnre
ll>- put a«»de ih« pertain, and the frr*h air
»• •!• *ith a •il«*:il «t*p through i|w» ireh >i
wimto* op inc i*> II.' llour 1 Irrc » -»ii
• 11inn rhair »tauding '»ear i<» ili« cj» •
mrnU Vkl krrt llw 1*11 * *liahl lonn Bank,
half KhI ainonj H« yielding r\i%b m*, whilt
tlx- boy riflimd at h« r I rt, n-Ming It*
bright head aga.n»t the bid* of hrr »«"|v«i
ilri *• llrr hand L> nolllv upon hi* lorrlio I
an4 amni h « tlnek ringlilf.. tthiU th>- oilo-r
yet rrinaiuoi elwped lend' rlv *r«un I il«
bi»y'« ne*k.
Tt'-v wi re bulb •< 'ken h«-aut f i|—m 'h
••r am* «oci. Ilfft *a» a *w«'#i, oalin. ma/**
tieal lotuliiirM »*»••«• I, aiouiid llii- bright,
d'lieate mouth, ealin lit the ri« ir. !<•«inc
nu>' »ii«* m|»*hi lli.- high, proml forehead, vet
.i» bright and p««rc as a nuiikn'a. Tbi're
« i« i t< ,, !• r *enouMte<* in Iter smile. ao<i a
|*n>ne gtaeo ill all her motion And th.»
oiAnxil uiIhtm u»«*r her liitiKanor »a* m
»■• i* bl\ h iiiii . g and »uM . ng
'I'll# proud, lure*' «'l Iti* boy «i;n
brut m deep murine uj"»n ilir gorgeous heap
<•!' rritmon if.H -.'olden cloud* hurp up mm
„> i • i.il ami eiinaiua o*»f »nd be
fore tlr o»tj« li <4 ihc dcMVinlinc nun. The
• neet g%v ot the lady tcrini upon hi* h au>
ilul li'->. II- wa« ■<> liko his rather, and
though tln-re *»»■> du»t ujhiii the
brow. yet a vimnj; xinl glorious image of thu
l«Mt one »he found in tin- feature* «»f her b«i\
'Dm dark »!'««! of waving ruitflcO. the while
intellectual forehead, the »w«*jHng lash and
jiriik.il, iui|ot«iiiMd eye, the feminine bul
haughtv itmuth, teu>, Ifininiit*- tear*.dimmed
lite lady'* gale .u«i ((iiiscred upon her drooj»
Hi); Ixlv Aiid on« hut tear tell »ilentl) ii|«>n
the brow of tin- youth, hut he did not lev), mi
)<■>! was he in hi* own deep thought*.
Twilight mith hi* shadowy robe, erept in
through the eaaeinent, and the inviktblc
hreejr began to murmur iteclf to sleep, hul
the boy am! the lady stirred not.
" Ralph I" said the lady, *ol\ly.
" Mother!" replied thf youth, starting
halt' up from hi* r« ''Aug plac?, and sinking
again into silence,
" Motherhe m«ike Again, artel a few
momenta had pMaul, " vou know tlial I have
always coufided everything to you—you have
been *> very g<*«d to uc—ull ur truly, da
you ihiuk "
lie hesitated, ami though the dim light
concealed hu iMturew, she fell the hand
I which lay in her'» trembling with emotion
J " What is u, Ralph, dear Hilph
" Do v»i think' 'lira Motherland W»e» m«
mother—Jo you think she um love me '—an
swer, mother,M
The tones of the boy were quivering and
huaky, and if the twiVght had n..t been mi
deep, he might have » rn that the faee of hia
parent grew pale at hia earnestness. It vrax
an effort for her to speak in her uaual clear
low tone ;—
" 1 hardly know how to anawer you, my
child. You know yon are ao very young
only mleen—and Clara la . ■ "
The brow of the youth grew burning be
neath her hand, and atartmg from her touch,
> lie said, proudly and passionately,;—
" I know it, mother—I know 1 am but a
child in years—but have I not a heart a#
imghty, a aoul aa earned—aye, a thousand
tunes more true and capable of loving, than!
anv of Um brain leva fjps thai flutter around]
Clara' lias a he not ami led on me—caressed
me—encouraged me more than any other'— 1
l)oe« »Ih" not know »hst I lo»r tier—worship
he'— *,iiilv, whuUy, ' I do not
think it linl site is trifling wiihine—
and it la not her nature to bi' to cruel—I could
annihilate her if I thought her ao for a mo
ment Mother' mother' mother' say thai
vou think >»he lovea me—tell me ao in mercy,
mother'"
'• I trum *)m dora. Ralph ; I will pray that
»lw nnv but •!«» not U> mi rjritrd — «J«> not
K \r her m> entirely—it' you l.i tw d,»ap
1'iaUsl, HJirir woutd your alrength be'-'
"Disappointed? I cannot rvalue it—it
w >uld kill me at oner ' She id ao Uatiiilul,
*o t*ri|>'it. ao w inning—*hr hew ildcra mo with
In : r eh nit anil* —li i 1«»\*»-%t UMMI ilinlla M
— I nncr tan lo*c another."
" Oh, H ilph * I trrinHIc f»»r your happt
mm—would t<» hcatrn jrou had pi»<\t your
ill -ti. i « t«. Ni'llii - »(;r i* |K>ri I your »jjr,
and »Im- would norr 111fi<* with you."
'• And «!■» m think ('! ira would trifle w :th
inv tin I live' I brlioi* you an* playing
with me, mulhff."
•• Vvu kite fur^'ttrn »->ut»rlf, IMpli. I
( |>1' >1,1 Mltuld I I -Wll\ lUlt (JO II IKHI .11 'I
» e' H »he hi* «iwouujrd luu »he should
I- »• j«I\ in sntwrr w»u — en ni » and a»k her.
and I mhI M« v* you, my child."
•• I will C"'" and taking in* »rl»«l rap
fnmi thr r •(«■», Ralph Klltot lun <d away,
I'fHi ||W for »n linur th« ladv Mill »at where
hr hvl Irrt h<T, and then, with a iltvp Mifh,
nIi* ar«M'. and rifgni£ for .i liirht, t»«'l» tin
*mall *il»rf lamp tr«mi thr hand of tin* x r
VaM, and went to h< r chamber with a h- itl
hra»v Mrp.
Thr w'Wflu w«-rt laid a*idr from li«-r hair
and thr rich f bo from her form, and with
lirr dark hair unbound, and tho fold* of Irr
mi:*lin night-drear t itling pricrlullv around
hi r. »he km It in her Mill apartment, and
prati*l f -r thr happin» » nf In-r darling. \»
•hf »' in •wm brjuty from lift rim
,nS th'-rr wa> a alight rap at Hie
dinr. and .i v«tn jr pirl put h»*r lair fa*"- into
the rmxit.
•• I'unw in. Ntllir," *at<l th* lailv
Th«- maid* n U.iirnlr.| utii thr n«iin with *
I «•'.«. , • I .11? ;» I--. Kill
•f hftr n. w ith * h> fai***, an »*|rcaftt
tot in. mill * !<«w, »"K*
•• M v I *1 >» »(i m»u aunt
»li« *aid. f*»i\inplv, kiwtif the l4Jy'»<-h»-rk
*n ! lonliin; up •mtltn;;!* into h»-r «•*«•»
" Yc«, darlw? • withrely."
Si» «hc put Kj^*k h»-r j;old«*n curl* gmlrt a
r litth-rap, 'i d cr*p« in und« r the »ilk*
ri» int « —m •> 3 wltiinSrr
folded it* Hirir* a;.d *»• rjxm iho rvt*
lid* <if thr s;nii!<' Iv an-1 lirr orphan ward.
'IV h»ur» p i*.- d hv. Mnrkiil hv lh«' rr»
jn'jrn?«>f th< ui»v p«.1d « »'«*h up'ii th* <«»i
Irt, an I th" ch">ni of in dniglit tu.ric!■•'' wilh
th< - It I't't t <l lb* ingtit-1 imp I h»* cur*
u f. thr riiurli wrrr partly drawn .
anJ th« lamp nwiM Um wkiiiiiMif K(l*1
II thrown up lik«' j lily wrrath »(>■•»»•
head, ami turning a lull*1 upon lift pillow,
ami while llir fWk letting ii|*hi it pie* a
little n*i<-r and d;niplnl with » »nule, sin
Mumitt'il.
•• Ralph
Startled hv h< m*r voire *hr awoke with
1 hlu»h, a»»l 1 • »tlinp Ho* to the | illnw she
would h.i»e dr> ji'o-d up 1111, lint tli.it ji.)t thru
»!v Ik aril tin* step of K ilpti, pitainp tliroufrli
th' bit) sad pwiitu it Um door, l'rvta
•■lu-a and bluniuni;. Si 111»* Ind lirr *wi«.-i face
in lh«* routitt'rpaiif, *hilr the boy rntrrrd,
jnd a; pr»a«*hitip th« h» d vink down «m hi*
knm bcaidc it
•• Mi'ilirr' buret Iroin hi* lip in »j*<-ny
The lady Marled from her tlumbcr, an>l
tnt» ih* white face of Iter bo,-. There
«n no rliildi«li'«rM> nor M)ftn«kii in In* ap
pearance then, for the terrible emoliou pic
tured ugon hi* features hrlnjrfd mi^litur
feeling than one would think v> young a heart
roulii eunlain
" Mother, mother, mother'" h«- murmur
ril in t h« art-hr«-akinc whisper "Clara ha*
mocked me! my heart i« crushed."
"Oh, my hot—my poor boy* Heaven
Mip|N»rt thee in thy anguish' I f it it, I
kn«*w it would be thus' Why did you love
that cold, fal*c. beautiful girl—my poor
Kalph
" Kill ine mother, kill llir with pity ' but
do not ftfirak At name, never, never' I
thought I rould In* proud and resentful, at
lea»t till I hurried from her pn-MiKv ; but I
h id no pride, no reproach, no augei, only ab
ility ' my life i» dark !"
"Oh, Kalph'" lobbtd the weeping wo
man, drawing hi* head to her hosom and lay
ing her tearful checks upon ht» ringlet*.
I " 1>« not mourn for me, mother," i>aid the
buy in a low, touching tone, h«avy with sup
preaaed autfcring. " Take away your loving
arm* now; 1 mutt go."
" Go whore, Kalph' not away from the
house' you had belter try aud »le*p,"said
' th< alarmed mother, fearful of the wild mood
of her boy. .
" Sleep' I aha!l hardly sleep to-mght,"
' aaod tbe boy, ktterly . " but 1 will not go far
—! will mk the garden . perhaps tha e«l
air will mmiU* in) hot brow—my P"°f brain
burn* aoand Ik • rfirM youth turned
away.
Very early the ae»t morning atole
from th« aids of her »«mt, who ha<l fallen in
to an uneaay uluml" downing her rnae
eolored morning drc*» am! a lijjht aluwl
descended In Uw» garden. Her cheek h*l |<>M
ita bright ditnplca, and aa white a* aaowr,
her young lip qui»er»d, ami teara dropped
quickly fr<Kii the ailken la*be» veiling her aad,
anft eyea Nellie tiad heard all the gnaf 0f
the buy and hia m-'iher the night before, and
a third heart had i*wn burdened with aullvr
ing.
NVilh i alow »tep, »he paaacd through the
dewy waika, hecd'eaa "f the perfumed r««ev
and drooling buda, and wftbling hirda hover
ing aruund her p'th.
"My poor, d*ai i 'h,'ahe murmured.
" WHiltl ih.j y»«« e« i' loved *our own
Nellie, lien vnu ne«vV wouM U*ve town made
mi wiftrhid, a in! I ahould not have been ao
very iniaerable No, iw' you could ni t lote
rui-—I « i» not %.i U-autifal, ao pruud, so fav
cinating—ah' nor ao f«!te and cruel. He
Mid hia licart *» broken—>1 am aure mine la.
but it Iia.1 been my deetmy ui hare «>rrnw —
a poor orphan girl, with no rclattiea. no
fuend Mie iter whom | r ill aunt. It waa
onU * »j.I fair, after all, thit brought me to
Una beautiful home and surrounded me w ith
luaury, for dim not everything, that waa
• •nee bright, mviu dirk and draolale ? Oil'
I wtah i wfh' dead, I *lah I Were dead'"
riwrr « i» » k| r iig »t ll >• »<d ol tf * gir
den, whi>v «tttn«rT* ||tt I young »na;d
n'| ImI, |Hirr an<l and bright Bud
U' liitilul, anJ thr Itiilc »|>rin^ «l» Uwotnt'd
in iViwt m and num. anJ j hutf« <>M ire l«rnt
oT«r it tenderly, reaching out it» Mrong ar;n*
ti> ai.d protect it, Toward lhi» bur
ly »j«4 *!»«• ferl of tb* * mug mourner wander
«id . bill when »lir had pSMxl the Mne-clad
Miinnn'r-liuuM', and came in *icw of it, »hc
»lotid »odd< nljr kiill, Mitti a low liornfM
M-rrvm, ln'j IupiIi cla«| • d together, and hrr
f*<v dra<1l> |>alr.
< "!«»- • bc*ide the »|>nng, with In* | air fan
|ir **oJ u|Min Um' bright flow era growing on
it« margin, with I ho night «Uni|> h«a»y <n hi*
U (iil'lul hair, in«'i:wlr*« am' »il«nl, lav thr
form <>i K.ilph Klliott
Nellie thought til it h* Wi» (lead For .1 fru
moment* »hr aloud gating u|"mi him 111 |»allld
terror, tbrn abridging to In* mdr, »he aaqV
down uj«>n thr gr,«*v and lifi-.tn; hi« head to
hrr b.*om, i>h< Miioothed t>ari the curl* from
In* MlWl foirhrad and Nd Ul Cold face
with agontacd ki*M >.
• °|ari SutlK'rland' cruel, marking fiend '
Vod ha«v killed I11111--killed tin Im-.tut fill
|>roud riMWUi, broken hia mother'a b*art,
tlirImmmI the toti) "t bit JKrllie! to
u>' . RiTfV look on Hi" a tin m. re'"
She d |ipcd hrr troubling h 111! into the
spring ai I d i»li»<! thr rold wati r 111 hu farr,
ttfii *he rh ifed hia chill h.mdv |(«>kmg all
the 11in** with Mild tu«|*ri>r into hia count#
rumY.
"Uh. Ilalph' \■ 1 y live*" *lic
„'A*pCl1, .1* th'- 1MI III* %«>11!»• ch»«*l>
trenlilcil, ami hi* lijw l"<»r breath.
" la it y«u, Ntllia'" h<* *aid faintly, ami
III* eye, UIK-Ioxil 41,J r<*»tid «« her
face, " I »ai ill la*t ni|>ht, and whrn I b< tit
ovrr the jirinjj to bathe m> burning foirliead,
I i'ft «* i.iU) anJ liiutij. O.i, N. Hie, In*
iweel <1111*111, I ran nc»«r ti ll \>>u what dread
ful t-lN tiiif I • Miiurrd—you could uot dream
of it."
11<* rl« *e«l In* i )r* again, and a low moan
'trivtf !■ >! up from In* brrad. Hut li ar* ti ll
nit In* | .r» In .id ItufM tlx* pali* lid* of the
young k'ttl.
" I know all jbout it, Ralph," ahc 'a.J
•' I Colli' wither that proud (Jlfl lor her heart
li wnrM If ahc mockcd at vout lotf, wh*
lid all-' mihI you llowt p»~-wh\ did »h e.ir.-v*
you —why did *he r«ad lo you—whv w.i* |«»
etn swl (VMMion lower on her f.drc btij»t.t
Itji* She knew von «js no child, tube
)>la%oil w ith nM pciicd. Could not I, your
own little Nellie, read »r»ur »tmni» *oul on
your brow, your heart'* eliKjuenec in vour
i I u*cd to lore hi t bcoSuie ynu did,
but now I hate her, I acorn her—I would not
hrook hf r toiich, hrr prc*?nc«*~"
" He siiII, Nellie, NclllC, Nclllf, Nellie'"
uiA.incd thr bov, a* a liright Ilu»h of fcrrr
• hoi up into hi* pale cheek. "I wa* mail, I
wan preiMimpmoua, I wraa wild, to think, for
an instant, that < lara Sunderland—the Iwau
tiful, the admired, the piasiotiatf being—
could t-rer love mo—me, a child, a proud,
iiiipetooo* hoy
" 1 ou Mull mot spm* m, ivaijm i-uiim
*aid the sweet young crealnrc, whoee gentle
heart, fi rgctful >>t its uwn sorrow , was hi.r*t
wg with sympathy for her cousin, and indig
nation of the siren wile* of one he loved,—
•• She knew that your »oul *vm mighty—ft he
delighted tn play with your mo«t sacrcd feel
ings—she meant that you should be a victim
to her vanity ' lie proud, ho cold, he smiluitf
and scornful, Ralph, and prove to her that
she did not triumph ; humble her complacen
cy—do not let her see that the sting ahe in
dieted wa«fell."
" I do not feel much pride or resentment
now, Nellie Thi» fever that burn* through
my vetni, bewilder* oie 1 am diny, and I
am ill ; I eannol ace your kind face, cousin—
it is growing ao atrange and dark in the air.
Won't you call mother, Nellie' I)o call
mother
The pleading eyca of the boy grew bright
and wild—hia sutTering and eipoaure to the
night air, had bnen too much for hia slight
frame ; he waa delirious with fev?r. The
girl removed ht» head from her bosom, and
laying it tenderly down upon the eanh, and
1 having made a pillow of her ahawl, ahe few
with alarmed foouiepa to •eek aaaiatanc*
Clara Sutherland waa binding the diamond*
tn her hair, which completed her magnificent
atttV far a ball. Th« »i let had d«re -ta n»
iih.«i i<> make her ram beauty bewildering,!
and none eould tell whether that brilliant and
voluptuous lovelir>«*a wa* the freahneaa of
twenty, or the fullncMof thirtv-an summer*
Very young ahc waa not; but if time had un
peired a single charm, art had renewed it,
and rvtonrhod it with a bri|fht«>r grace. Her
.!iair waa black aa night, and folded in auperb
braid*—heavy and glo**y and aprayej with
diamond*— in a shining crown around the
U sutifully formed head, aet with ageh ei
quinte grace upon her ivory neck. Her brow
»m and hifrh and haughty ; her eyea
dark, Milling, and flashing with gayety, or
melting in irnai*tible aweetnea*. her mouili
amall, bright and perauasive, with a red, elo
quent lip, curling into aroru. or curving into
«»ren amilra l.tp and ete, hrn* and cheek,
were capable of being melted into the mo*t
| Im*wtldetmg awectncaa. It waa little
wonder that the impoU've heart and poetic
f«nev of the tij| of » a>" "r" »i..-h*Mei|
• by her eareaaea and flatteneg attentions —
And ahe—<oh ' it «>< something fanciful and
, charming to be the object of the fervid devo
tion of a Imy a mere child she would lati^h
st hun when the affair grew serious, aodccro
hia love bv Hound it g hia vanity.
Aa I'lara drew on her glow* and surveyed
herself adnnrmglv in the laig» mirror, »!»••
murmured to hersrlf,
•• The* Ralph Klliot i» ill—dsn»rer
oaal? ill I wonder if I "»in the eauae of hi*
illneaa' i'otiiw- i mere child. Kir»l !«>»•,
ii<mim>iim - irntniKiiulit) ' I regret * litil*
tlioujjh, that I prtte«l him ao much you
think anv one could die of lute |..r you,' lara
Sunderland?" and sh« »iml<d at the muge
in the unrror.
" Cmnc with me, l*vitiful »vren, if you
Mould hue rour question an»wer<.J, ronie
with hk", and Tour heart ahall tell whether
Toucan murder a bright and gifted being
with the erueliv of tour artful lorrlinwt1
r.nnr —I would hue lull vt hllll die
It m»» the *ni«v nf N« Hie Klliot that «|Nike,
jml, a» the »t irtled Clara turned, »he Mood by
her aide It 1 Mild ||MN||M—the mAIn
impulw ol an eieited and hnakiiig heart
tint had •••lit her from the <)• ith lud ol her
couitin, to Mimmoti ht« dcstri'ter In wiliiea*
the lulueM of her triumph. Her I'hcak »<«
pile, her h J lid pultl) Uplifted, her form tlila
t**«I in it*^lender nai^lit. SlwwoKiiotlaNi,
ami lu-r hnphl milieu -ited i.nruirrfil
around her whole face
" Vou jAtf.'/ C"Iih* *tn. continued, graap
111^ the arm of Dura Mith her »mall while
haiM.
" Are vou nnt a litilr judr this evening,
Mim Ni II, •' I an Mglfod to night, lor
quite another Jthir, hut I have an hout to
ipare, and if anv uuc i» dfing and wi»iua to
«r n>e, I Mill Mv • ol <1 t\ lead*
me to rrj{»ril the feelm** «f .1 fraud Who
i» ill'"
The lip ut the %ouny 4;.rl curled *ith an
esprtastcn of such infinite **ur:i it it it> »,•
( |jrm'» «4ii-«?nnj; breaM.
•• fumr and •• \|k *i:d lu»tily , du not
»• »p C»f »ni.r -!i ' I. moment* are |>r« •iij.is'"
^m! *h<- sliwt -1r'.r? I lie g.'lllcting oj^ucIUj
from the jf rtmeut
Then * ii< »Hind 111 the «.ck rhamVr
The rr;» » ol l!i» fe\rr !• »«1 |>4*a'd, and ap
pirvntlv dving, Uilph niu.it lav ujM»n lux
COUCh. Iltac%<» »« »r |||» t+'r H)l
a»hfn, ii»«J ln« form *11 motion!)-**, unr
could not tell thit lie brc.tlhnd.
I h» doctor »at nl the loot III th<* couch
with a trar til liix kiuri rvt-%. 1'itr loothtr
knelt hv IK»- •>«!»• of ilu- Knl, with her fid'
tin) in il« fold*, and her liainl rla-sping l»»r
►on'*. Then w .* 1 hi koLi or m.an, but 4
»orhed in |i«-r atill, dct p grief, »h* did not
rtou know that liad Irft tin luoin.
Sud.lmly i!i#» door i'p» ncd. and thr young
•irl rr-a|i|<af"0, <♦ Srhio l In r - au.i* t'lara
Sutherland The brirht attirr and toil
IffUM* and rouged check of the l» autiful prl
sri-med muckinglv out U' j'liu*e in tint dim,
vid apartment, amid J tl>- fact-* and i|i*hcltcd
locks S!u raj ;>r« .clu-d tin Im.| with a tr.n,
hlinjj *t>'|>, and for a inonu nt tin jailor of Iter
riHinicnanci made llw fal»e eriiu.vnii of her
■•til • » Mrart'flv lexer.'.h and unnatural. Th*
[ihvaician tiO'.clit "he would faint with the
sudden emotion ca i»cd l>r this atrango intru
sion on so ». lpinn 4 and would ha*e
spruag to In: side to prevent Iter falling . hut
she reeoicrrtd almost instantly, and v«> -d with
a -<>|il, |i{<>ad look, rt ^ardui|» tSr »uil liiatun a
of the dung.
At length ill* wothor rai«ed licr laee from
the couch, ami as her eyes fell on tlm form «>♦
t lara, a moan »»f helpli^ anguish cam* from
her li|>«, ami ah* murmured, tn a low, rc
jiioacliful tune, fraught wi'h lutr-ring
" Why ha*c >ou eutne now, Clara Suther
land, with that beautiful, mucking fare tu
tiinle at the death "f Jour victim' Hj<rc
you n« n«|«-t fur the anguish of a mother*!
heart»"
" I eamc becauv- J commanded," »u
the cold reply. •• Your litre* insi»i« d on in?
presence here, for what reaaon I do nol uiid«-r
stand, unloA your wm, numbering mc among
In* friend* lu» xt'iii for me to hid him fart*
vtcll. Ilul if my pretence 11 not plcanant 1
will willingly withdraw, having an engage
ment of a nr»re lively nature."
At the wound of Clara'a voire, a alight
rIiudder (•»**• d over the frame of the boy .—
hi* brow contracted, and hi* lij« parted, a*
with an elfort to «j>e«k
" Moelierbuiat from the lipa of Nellie,
"away, away' I deemed that thia aeciio
might influence your future— nught prevent
the Mrrtfice of other* at ihe altar of your
vanity' Hut I mistake you—I pray you to
leave ua, your pretence is burdensome."
The dark eye of the haughty gul flashed
fire, in her panston, ahe forgot the aacradnoM
of the aeene.
41 Did you bring me here to insult me, Mia*
Elliott! Vtrily, I am well repaid for my
charity! And you, madam—it la very n*tu«
| ral that y*u ahouid low your child; but I am
, too ■enaitive to ridicule, and t*o *»♦!! »*nre
of mjr po*er to make • better choice, than to I
wed ft little boy, forsooth, that he deal red it."
A gaap quirered o»er the lip of the in*a
lid; and the d«etor aioee, and taking the ami
of the nxrited girl, led her from the room.
The fae« of the boy *u ret more pale
when the three gathered ajiin around the bed.
Hut Ralph Klliott did not die
Fire limea the roeee that clambered o*er
the gothic archea of the Kllioit manaiua had
eoaeied its wall* with bright bloaemna, and
laded the air with aweet perfume—fl»« time»
the fio eta had peepid up fr«>ni the earth and.
liM ked timidly down into the nurrer of the;
apnng, while making their new yrar toilet,
aince the time that Kalph ruae up from hia!
lied of aiclneaa
The roaea »rr» «till bloeeoming un the
wall, and the »iolet» ''naipmg by the spring .
and the aolt, wamaii *a* full of dreamy
tnurmure and qm»e- . _ .» from the old
r|m treea, wlNtae new, gre.n lean-* *ere
waving in tha glow of aunavt, *a N-lltr
pat»<d down through the moaay w»lk« of ih«
^•11 !••». in her fa»ori|e at*at beneath the trrw
that twnt over the apring. Il-r pretty hand1
waa bua) l« aho pained along, pushing aaide
the brtnehe* of the roMO-bu«h<-» thit akirtrd
the path, and |>ath«>riii|( all the 1 r» ah bud*
that had nretled in thr ahade with dew in
their bn«nttia II v the lime ahe had rear bed
tli« tree (it U|> mm lull . iii'l lilting down
<»n the „»ra>w. eo«nineor<tl twining her fr »
grant tieo*urea into a glowing wreath Skill
fully her liny finfrn wrought ibem togrther,
and a t« dutiful ninth* derjiewd on her rriiit
aon cheek a* «he r«»mj»l*i»'«| hor fairy taak—1
wflf I he ro»»a and tlii« fi'ilrt* an.I tin" treea
anv le*» bright that year than thrr bad bren
five vara before? Certainly not. Neither
Mu Nellie, darling littU Nellie, any more
fidril, anv )e*a bright—»he waaonly an hun
dred tiinra inorr beautiful—»be wa« more w^v
luanlv—hrr tre*»e* »frc duker, her eye*
deeper, her brow toon* hul*. her •mile more
eloquent and her *tnce more fbrlIIIrt(T■ Ral|»b
ba<l lirfii gone all tbi» time—he waafaraway
hi another rlline, winning f*m« br hi* |>a*"n>n
ate muv, and wea\iii|* a wmth of liurel
owr tb'- i*he» ol the p*»*ion rtower* that had
burnt upon hi» \outig brow \iid to Nellie
it bad heen Irlt to comfort and bit »*, with bci
bright presence, the lonely heart of ItalphV
moth« r—thit r^ntlr vnroia whn bad taken!
the friendh»- orplun under her nmf, and
given Iter a lump, and a hoine and IiimIm'i*
Wbal if V Hi- wax aonictiiiH* *ad,an'l wept
o«er the darkne^a of an unreiurtnd a fleet ion '
H'-r heart »an naturally alt Minohine, and th'
ti ir» of her -mow aparklcd liU> ^nn in tin-"
11,.-lit of her »|iirit—it w »» enough for hrr to I
tie pure and I ilhfnl, .iimI keep tin ]f»i'U of
Iter vttil briphl a ud beautiful, if him ah"
lit»ttl «b«iilde»er l«wrn their worth ind •" k
for thein.
Tin* w.-e ei[>eetllig Ralph home that
verv ptii iihj—and no wonder the erim*nnon
rlf • L n is mi Ji -1». u» »h-' placed th«
k rrilh u[»n Iter U'*Miev an<! Uhi ov«-r the
little *; nnn to mark the effuet 'Hi, it «i>
1* lul.lul—»hov cowl, grwn leave* kinaiiii:
In r fan fuuliiad, .titd lho>«i bright bud* neat
j lin^ among in r rurl#—and til «in»|>pinp m
prettily on our aide ol her lunlr head.
" Nrlln
I'! voting gill t» her leet t i»ua
in Ralph «i* biturr her—nut the bright
Ih uitiful, ilarlinr lmv of dav* gone by—but
a jali". iiiiullcetual, an! c&rreding baodautn*'
man, with proud glurioua i-vm, manly form,
and • aim, j«di*hed demeanor Nellie (or.'u
in •!« k, or i veil to extend Iter little haiNl in
mi louiii , and Kalph, too, wan kilcnt tor a
inuim lit, but hi* deep t) c» were mi her fjoi
nuking the rlo^iiciit rolor mount to her
•-hi'i'k, and the ijuivtr ■>( her l"u»r. drooping
laabcs
•• You know we ate eon*in*, don't you,
Nellie he *aid, puttiug III* vima luuiel her
and drawing her to In* bowuii
The ji'iintf pill lihiki d up U» anawcr him,
and nut hu warm li|n» quivering on her fore*
head
" ! ha>e thought o|" viiii, dejr Nellie," he
aat<4, '* fur thi l.i^i two year* thai I have been
goo*'—I ban read your aweet letter*—I h i*t
pieturi-d your lo\elinev»—and have imhiic
home tn tell <inii how well F ha*r letrned to
|o\k you Vim know all about my pi»t I'ollv
—tell me, then, it you have not forgutieutue
— if y«»u love iuc even a* well aa you did
onee Whit' will you not aay a word, Nel
lie'—look up, th«n, and let iuc read vunr
eyi*."
Tl«*e eye» wort brimful of ntc^uecl tear*
wh«n slm rai«ed them up , and Ralph «*a» a
|H>et and knew what they mev.t So h«
preaced her cloacr to hia IxKum, and thrilled
her ear with whiapered ble»ainga and low
word« of letidernflM till the »«irw were dried
on her glowing eheek
" Kalph—Ralph Elliott eiclmned Clara
Sutherland, ** •Ik- tank at In* feet where he
mi hi lit*dun, pl< aantlibrarv.harc I forfeited
every claim to your aflcctioo—<lu rou bear no
more thr k>vc you owe proffered me' I know
it la not womanly for mo to Mek you thua—
but if you knew bow bitterly T hate repented
ih« refusal of yuur peaainn, yr»u wtnild pity
me, aid gire a^am what I aolouliahly alight
ed. la it not proof enough of my love, that
I acorned all othtra and waited patiently fit®
, yem tor your return 1 By the aulTermg you
once endured, by the lore you once gave me,
tell me il you will be minewe ! I am at
your feet!"
A pleading amile waa on the fac« of the
paaatorale woman, her dark trm werw lifted
up with a soft, imploring, eloquent look to
h»a far*, het vvluptuoua furtu waa bowed
down tefbre him, but the color of lua cheek
did not chanae, his pulae did not beat ooe
throb fiiater, ahe could read no cipfaeion of
lore or acorn upon hia face. Willi burning 1
and [u*aienaie fervor ahe again pleaded for'
the ifitcuon ahe had once mucked at; but the
hand ah# had elaaped te bowtn ^rew nm-1
thor ferenah nor cold. It wta a daaperati.
gain* she played, ahe hid arorned h«r admit
era, cruah«d the hearta that LucJt at ha
ahrme, and now when her beauty was fading,
her charroa uneourlfd, aha had aoiight the teet
of th« boy ahe hail ♦ reated with ridicule, it,
the vain hopo that ill" atill held hia affwUooa,
and her own lir<rt half wild with hi* glori
one beanty •••<! hia rere gifta.
•• You dull h* \naf «rwd In ooe moment,''
waa ih« taliU reply of Ralph, aa ahe eeaaeo
her |>a*«im>ate atury of l»»e— and putting
away her handa whieb riaapod hia kneea, t<«
left 4 apartment. In a iumu»nt he returned,
with Nellie, bright, and beautiful and happy
at hia aide.
Tha eyr* .»f the twe mala met id wooder.
" Nellie, my awad wne, i*l! Clara Suth
erland whether I da/a Uve l.ar," aaid Ralph,
aiuiling mockingly 11 >on ti • uiil<ai>py woman,
w ho uttered a lo \ elwiak of diaappoiOUneut,
roortrnvMiiou a i «ye, , »i>1 after being
brought out uf lite ;vulleg lit •(•lo which aha
t> ll, made a tery uiidi„Tiin»d retreat ftout tha
aceno.
The boy lover had au iiioovent r< *euge
Ftum ili« \V|inl»> Nijiiim
M Bl'RY ME IN TILE liAKDE.V"
• V MM I. 0 »•)!■»»
Ou rtrtf In* Ihara ><■ * (!>>■«■,
I'run «»»r7 • «if h,
t'<<r iWi, oliil* it rlnliib «*t'« MuMk,
Th#» *•« tbn aha mm! •If '
*1 »»• >n «K« W^bl and »a»U mura,
R»j ih# iliwt IWld,
N«r did ah« f> «• onr txkura,
Anil tli»re (a riruw jl»M,
Hut »al#l\ imi hrr (alhtr'a lid*
Hb» ploriad th« m—Aom fl'j»«a,
r»rlia|M with lu»'d wi In di»i<J«
Her wealth frera Mtluft'a Um»m»
(blM »U ftdlB( b M.
Ilifh un h»r falb^r'a k«J,
II.II jultiaf i/rt a lalal au>M
**U< falling In th« luaJi
Wia croaked Uiwalh lb* h»a»< » k»a-'.
Ami 1 b»n aba auff'rinf U«,
Aatl d#alb »aa a.»m <!»•* r\f I• *aa f
That W»*d Iht tunn) ray I
•• Hv f «•« it lit ilia a
\ »>,«# >4i ••.HI* b»ard;
The iiMlbrr, uiri Ik* aoMiinfa
K. r« nrj Ih# farfiwi /
••Ob Julia, Julia, »t»*k In aw,"
lira aiatef fll«d*
Hut •• In lh« ftrdrn lainr
Tha tltinf aaid. and Jtfd '
• •••••♦
Th"»(h hi<4rii in a audd«n abu***,
\\ Ur.i 1 liun.lti« itr'ri »brard.
We liutt abe'a m a hea»**l) N»» 1 —
'/'*» <i*' Itn »t 1 Kt
«w.W», 1*3I»
A New Pmtor
Ou»- |'li want di* Pirv u J. — tiiok ■ walk
from th«* i.| \V—, lit * Kit one of hi»
pariahtoner* On the *a% he fell in with
(.'apt. > —, wIhi »m driving a load nf w*»d
to market, w ith a t»jin thai I<viWr.i aw if il had
»«eii hanf «*«fk *nd poor keeping After the
utual *^luUi!i>n»—
" f'apum," fuiil tin" r*r«<>n, l<» kmc atthe
rattle, tint hail hardl i fleah enough on iheni
tn ke'p the r aio^t ar,*' f'jp.ain, whit
i« the lu ni«r * ith y *tr oien
" Well," %a>« <'.ipt S , '• I rather
i;ur»i they ire pfeilv mueh in ihe aituatiou of
your aoeiety ilnwn lliere—thfr want a w*
poHur "—Hiry Slntf.
Noble and witty reply
In I5I«, I'l.ilipll *«i.t the young Connev
ibl«» ilr I aalile to Hmim to congratulate Sei
tu« the fifth mi hitwhaiM-rrurni. The
iinpriiJrntlv * ud
" Arc tlit n >4» li m men in Sj>ain ihat vour
kitttf vmU mi' one without a hrani'"
" Sir," •«]<! the lieree ^p^niard, " if hi»
najiali puawwMd lhe lea*t idea tliat you im
agined merit lav in a heard, he would douht
Icm> hatcdt paled 4 g»4t to >«*>. not a jjentle
niin."
Qneen of the Ocean.
T(ie l<omioti enrreapundcnt of the New
York Herald ttate* that th» roiaiaemal ton
ua^r of (he I'nited Slate* ,i ti.emy thouaard
more ihan tlut of England, the former beinf
three million* «>oe hoirdred aivl fifty thouaand
ton*, and the latict three million one hundred
and thirty thouaand torn If ihia bo true, *•
are of e«ur> ■ the firm «ommcreial nation it
the world.
W• Zeb," uiii a chip tu hi» ehtan the
other day, •' to me yon didn't atav long
»t Squire Fuller'* l»t night. '
•• No," mm the reply, " I «wMjtn' afe»
pleujnt things to the daughter, and the eld
inan came in aoH g«*e me a hint to gn."
" A hint, Zrb, * hat aort of a hint ?"
" Why, he jrave me my hat, opened the
door, and juat aa be began to ratae bia cow.
hide h< ot, I had a thought thit I waaa't want
ed, and *o l—l—took my leare."
fy '• I say, boy, *h«*e horae 11 thattoe'ro
riding |M
" Why, it'a daddy'a "
" Who u your daddy I"
"Don't you know! Why, t'nc!# Pe««
Jont-a."
" Hon—are you the aon of your noele'"
• Why, yea, calculate I am. You aee dad
got to he a widower, and married mother'*
•later, and now he'a my uncle."
•JT There ta aai<i to be a woman down mm
ao Urge, and w|«> *|«<epa in a room ao email,
that kite la obliged to go into another room to
turn over. There ia alao a family in that
town ao large they could'at ail bare the
tacMlto at or.c«—there w&ac't ercugh to go
roca^'

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