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. APPEAL TO THE BARBEaB.
0, barber, spare that young moustache I
Touch not a single hair.
Your razor, brush and other trash,
Must never venture there.
At last the bud has bursted out,
By much eamesing taught ;
Its frail young tendrils, how tiey spout I
Then, harber, touch it not.
Though well laid out and wide the feld,
e When this young moustache shoot,
The sickly soil no more can yield
O, then, guard well its roots ;
For should thy murderous blade sweep o'er
That curved lip's shadowy mist,
The tender plant would bloom no more :
Then, barter, O, desist.
Think of the fair young girl whose lip
Was wont so soft to press
That budding mouth-its sweets to ip ;
O, think of their distresm I
'Tis unfl dged manhood's pride and joy ;
f With sighs and tears 'twas bought,
Lot no rude stroke its life destroy
0, barber, touch it not !
"*OUI STORY TEILLER."
IN SPITE OF THEMSELVES
By Miss F. Howneow, author of &Kar.m.m's
Love Story.
Miss Anna Manners drew her scissors
from the collection of housewifely instra
ments which hung at her severe-looking
girdle, an ctut her thread with a little
snap which was a thought vindictive.
" If you cared for women, John, " she
said, " I should think it necessary to
warn you ; but as you don't care for wo
men, I merely tell you as a piece of in
formation. She is a fascinating, hand
somc, unscrupulous flirt. That is all I
have to say."
John Manners was a bachelor, whose
only sister kept house for him. His re
sidence was one of the most beautiful
within thirty miles of Boston, and that
is saying a great deal. He had just re
turned from a year in Europe, and Anne
was speaking of a distant cousin, whom
he found visiting his sister.
He smiled the quiet smile, which was
peculiar to him, as he threw his paper
aside and made himself a little more
comfortable on his luxurious lounge.
"All I" he repeated, in a voice as quiet
and peculiar, in spite of its faint amluse
ment, as the smile had been. "Isn't it
quite enough, Anne? Women are pro
verpially severe upon women, and per
hals- ---,
Miss Anne interrupted him with an
other snap of her scissors.
"Severo ! don't talk nonsense," orato
rically. "That girl is twenty years old,
and she is forty as regards artfulness
this minute. Three days showed me how
to see through her airs and graces. She
can't make eyes at me, you know! I
know better. Didn't she begin with
young Bellasye, and turn his ridiculous
head upside down with her flowers and
nonsense, and didn't that unfortunate
sampleton propose to her within a fort
night ? Severe, indeed!"
John laughed outright. His sister's
irate description of her guest amused
him.He had heard of Cecil Dare, before
he returned home, and as it happened'
l.e was not unprepared to meet her ;
but the geutleman who had described
her dangerous proclivities had described
them with a masculine remembrance of'
her beauty, and ad ended with some
thing like admiration even for this mod
ern Enchantreesn his tone.
"You hadl better take care of yourself,"'
had been his laughing bfrewelL "*Mism
Dare does not pay risits to her thirty- 1
second cousin for nothing." '
But, "forewarned foiwrured," John t
had thought Yethefelt a kitint interest I
in this dangerous young permon. As 5
Mises Anne had mid, he did not care for I
women genuerally for he was thirty, well- 1
hl*ing, welu-to-do, and still nry treUe; i
iut his natural glavity had been siomed *
:uto s~onmething of a pwisure in the an- 8
icilation of seeing, hearing, and talking t
" her. '
''tliere is Miss Dare now ?" he'asked.
I have seenu nosign of Ir as yet, except 8
"'nlidon!"'. Cupidon, be it known, was
t iy toy terier, with no eyes to speak a
(' to be seen uander his shaggky, white
hiu-, and was MiLi Dads priva lpro
"She went out this afternoon," said
Miss Anne. "To do her justice, she
thought, I suppose, that you and I would
rather spend our first few hours alone
together. She said she was going to the
Dames to see Laura and Josie. Those
Dacre girls are perfectly infatuated over
her, and Fred came from Harvard last
week, so she took the pony-carriage after
dinner and drove over."
John made no reply, but listlessly be
gan' to pull Cupidon's blue ribbon collar,
though scareely thinking of her minress
Like all men he had an ideal, and hf
ideal was not a Cecil Dars Perhaps he
had a fancy for a softeyed, sweet-faced
little girl, whom he might meet some
future day. Certainly, he never dreamed
of this fair, proud girl as his fate, and
certainly on his first meeting with her
the thought was further from his mind
than ever.
He was still lying upon the oouch,
i with Cupidon on a cushion at his feet,
when he heard the sound of wheels roll
ing up the carriage-drive, and the rig of
a refined, musical voice. A moment
after the little pony-earriage stopped at
the door, and somebody got out This
was Miss Dare, John fIanners decided,
as he listened, and she was talking gayly
with e6me one who had evidently ac
companied her, and whose first speech
nfirmed his belief that it was Frederick
hDacre.
"You won't let me come in, of course,"
he was saying, "after that solemn pro
mise that I should perform Laura's be
hests. But may I not be allowed to tcall
to-morrow ?"
'"Certainly," said the clear, insouciant
voice. "Any time you like. Don't forget
to tell Laura how miserably I kept my
rlnomise. Wait a minute-here is a
flower for you. The last rose of summer,
or the last but one. Au revoir."
And turning his head to the window;
John saw a handsome, stylish, yoi
fellow pass down the gravel walk, fasten
ing a creamy pink rose in his eost.
He did not see Miss Dare, of courseJ
for the parlor-door was nearly closed, bu
he heard her lightfeetin the hall, an
casught a glimpse of a d uttering dress a
she ran up the staircase.r
In spite of Miss Manners' remark upoab1
her brother's non-susceptibility, it mua
be confeeed that she felt no little fear
her young relative's fascinations An o
dinarily pretty or charming girl shaloule
have trusted, but not one like 4h
young lady was not an ordinary girl it .o
any sense of the term; accordingly, I su
convi>ced, you will agree with me that n1
was rsaher trying to be called away 14n
that moseet critical of times, the first inteS m
view, by a troublesome rheumatic p
sioner. But so it was, Betty Flan do
"was taken powerful bad," so said
'messenger, "and wants to see yes bad it
Miss Anne put on hel bonnet with if
decided air. Severe as she was, she b
never behindhand in rendering assistan ,
to those who needed it She Sent
apologetic nmessage up stirs to ths
DaM beform she went out; and an
young lady, with a calm daring which l
other person on earth wouhl have ti
played, repslied through the servant ol
that, "'There was no need apo il
She would go down stair. as soon as
was drmesd, and pour out Mr. Maaner
tea for him."
And s de did. Twenty minutes an
his sister left the house, John Mann ~
who was reading in his easy-chair, he
Mis. Dre's bedroom door open, and t
light, decided feet coming' downv
stalr-casewith thesor sweep of ata lun
their wake.Be stoodppaahisfeetwith
book in his hand, looking very An
and impomingwhen si ...ered, a$ hd e
had just time to see her fully in the b
lint light of the chandelier before ,
poke. Mhe .'a a pI supplegir, i M
an air ofel e pr prss itm in
graeulmena ad he ads a aquiek con
tion of a wonderfly hr faee, with w a
derfully artintile e riug,. brone o ha
wbroe hair, and a trailing dres of
gray sta& which swept the epe
She loeked at him ehaly torame
and th esherajsd likeabit ofece
tmwed marble.u .
"It is hardnly neceassry should
wmelf. I .r am., Mhir. M3f*
said she said, with perfect ease; "but in casee
she it should be. IwiteilyouI am Cecil Dare,
onld and I have come to pour out your tea for
lone you."
the John Manners was disarmed. If there
hose had been a suspicion of elaborateness
over in her dress, or a touch of ceremony in
last her manner, he would have felt that he
after needed to stand oan guard; but what could
have been mdre elegant in its simpliity
be- than the soft, gray robe, what more
lar, natural than her graceful self-posmsemion Y
, She came to the hearth when he had
i r made his grave, pleasant reply, and she
She ctainly looked more at home than he
mad did, as she pulled the bellas as a mnmon
ome totlhe servants to bring in the tea.
med "I am sorry cousin Anae was called
and Away," she said, when she took her seat
her t the head of the table. "That terrible
ind A(ra Flanegan is the bugbear of her ex
e She has had every ailment that
ah ever heard of during the last month,
eet, nd nowshe is beginning with rhen
rol astism again. Do you take aream, Mr.
g a aanneraTr
tent 1 There was not a touch of affectation
d at r embarrassment in her manner, as she
his n usaed with the salver cream-jug poised
jed, her hand, and her bronze eyes raised
syly ) ask the question. Miss Anne herself
Sc- ~uld not have spoken in a more matter
as& i-fact style; but one thing is certain,
rick amely, that Miss Anne would not have I
aade the commonplace speech so effee
n ve. As was to be expected, John Man
_ru s made the naturanmistake of trying 4
e- reconcile report with the evidence of j
cra s senses. This girl in her quiet dress
a unscrupulous .admiration seeker! this
idst who poured out his tea for him, with c
indifferent a face as if he had been
ifty instead of thirty! He looked at her
my d, reticent, red-lipped mouth, and J
hen at the bronze eye, and his strong
m on for her beauty made him so a
awise as to feel inclined to set report at
efiana. t
"You have been -with Anne several l
eeks, I believe," he said, at barrd, feel
ing it neeesary to say something. e
"A month," raising her beautiful, in- g
b, dolent eyes carelessly. "Cousin Anne b
whm kind enough to offer me an asylum h
until my afairs were settled. I have nqt
the remotest idea what affairs are meant;
?obut on the death of my guardian, his law- J
yer gave me to understand that some- b
_ thing needed 'settling.' I suppose he at
meant. money." w
He scarcely knew why it was, but be-;
fore the meal was ended he had begun
to feelthat she acset his admiration aside j"
ass
has if it was something which was'no to
=novelty, and that there was something A"
more than indifference -in her careless ht
grace. If this air had been more deci
ded, he would have almost fancied that la
she wished him to understand it ; but as D
it was, he could only wonder'if her cold- bi
ners merely existed in his imagination, or br
Sifitvwas something real: and he ended in
by observing her more closely, and by bt
Sfeeling a thought more interested. Ju
She drew Miss Anne's favorite chair to fo,
the fire when they, rose lkom the table, or
and took a seat in it, holding a dainty in- he
laid band-screen between her wood-rose
tinted cheek .and the blase, letting her as
soft, dark eyes rest upon him with quiet Ith
interca s ashe listened to what he said, i
and occasionally answered in her clear, fi
refipd voied oi
When Miss Ame setermed from hber t.
erzand of mecy Ceail was sitting there '
atil, the flabd of her soft gray robdfaa
srweepingthe gay-hued hearth-rng, and tl
Cilidon, the fnred, curled up onher ere
lqp, blinking his abshl dat. of eyes of
laaruindy woder his dauggy, ttrrier
eyebrows. She did not more whenu Mi rly.
Anne aeed erept to leae over her wi
shomlderlb g, easy J waleone, which te
Me that lady catch her brha
"~h, ecda Ast s !" dss mil, 'stck at
last!L I wasermi yr patient would fhu
eep yrn aU ugts" the
"Wee ys " mid Mi Ans, gravely, cla
as she muntied her b asW g~ "Yo -.
haw had tas, Iusuppeu' bee
S~"~ein,t wal the quiet ,. "We it
had ltMano e r you wenut 'may. Mr. m
"Just as I suspectedb", thoughbt the ar- ie
weing siater.- "Yo comid'nt let him her
-e hamaless and sufbciently charning as she
ame sat in the glow f the ire. The brilliant
,for light of the ehandelier brought out the
- wood-mee tiating wondefliy, and ight
here ed up the rich, sparkling ring on the fair,
ies smooth hand which eareeeed Cupidon.
in Altogether, circumstanoes were making a
She picture of her, and John sat opposite,
md forgetting the book he held in his hand,
ty and looking at her. But his sister's ar
are rival put an end to his vague enjoyment,
n Y for Cecil rose almost directly.
aad "I have smome letters to write," she
she said ; "so you must exouse me for to
he night: (load-evening, Mrs. .Mannerm
ass And the supple, gray-robed figure passed
out pf the room in as matter-of-fact man
led her an it had entered.
eat Miss Anne took the seat her guest
ble had vacated with an air of grim resolu
ex- tion.
hat "Well," she said, as if she was prepar
th, ed for any amount d f weaknes which
en- could be displayed. "Well, what do yoe
fr. think of her "
"She is a very beautiful girl," said 'her
ion brother slowly. "Quite a remarkably
ihe beautiful girl."
med "Of coursee she is," snapped Miss Anne.
"ed "I know that."
self The handsome face in thgseat opposit
er- to her coldored slightly.
in "She is very graceful and lady-like,"
are said the g-entlem(n, i'l, vely.
ec- "Very," was the curt reply. "No
n- young lady more so." John, with suMlden
ng energy, "are you going to fdllow Fred <
of Danr ?" a
Js ohn-opened his fine, dark eyes. d
si ' "My dear Anne," he said, "what a very
Lth extraordinary question." a
en "Not at all," proclaimed Miss Anne. I:
er "If you knew Cecil Dare as well as I do, ii
Jd you would say it was a very ordinary a
ig question. Will you be kind enough to b
so answer it?" r t
at "Certainly," was the reply, as the "gen
tlenasa suint his book and laid it on the
al table. "My answer is, No " t
sl- "Very well, then,"said Miss Anne, con- ca
cisely. "Don't my she is-beautiful and ve
- graceful---don't even think it ! It will be se
re by farthe adest plan." And taking up de
m her bnnuet and shawl, she departed in di
t state. ci
t; In default of having nothing else to do, as
r- John Manners turnod to his book again; re
- but as he opened it, he glanced with nc
ie something of interest at the chair on th
which the gray-robed figure had been wl
seated. 'fir
"I hope Anne does not Ahow her pre- sti
e judice," he said: "It seems prejudice su
o to me." And being an honorable, un- an
g suspecting gentleman, he believed what me
e he was sayin. an
He did not see much of the young gei
Slady until the following evening. In the I t
a moriing she made her appearance at (it
- breakfast, with a late white rose in her su
r bronoe puff, and a little sleepy softness ye
1 in her eyes, which was very becoming ; bet
but the faint touch of indifrence which ly
John Manners had noticed the night be- fot
, fore was more decided ; anid, breakfast lial
over, she went beck to her room to finish her
her letters, his
But in the evening, as John was laying
aside the book he had been reading, adl
there camne arstleof silkin the eomdor, wh
Isome one tapped lightly at the door, and the
in nawerto hi, "Wndkin," Cecil Dl·aey
oi ened it, ad stood upon the threshol, loy
,;.itha book in in'r bad. Her dresa fr
ws Mgtay aga i , but it wa. gy usilk, and &a
la wonder'of a train rustled in its wake ; the
t thu wood-rus edor was brighter thain nr
Severs, and tlhere we. some artistic pL der
i of earet veh in bhrair. ha wa
S"Do I disturb you ?" she asked, quiet- ite
Sly. "I willaiut on nifI du. loly The
' wined to retata abook I had borrowed iurf
Irom your shelve..tm wee
"Pry eoeas fi. lain wily ,eng od,
uowessn th pedrbit elbus to relace 3
the borrowe beoskld theu took te J,
chair he oeesd hss
it nak into igbs beteb a hia,
"Adid seouubt hake thMllwateda r
she said, aflth a assh e' di nj
her aool, aseb eyes.
S"rt I reall do not under.t... ' .
SBIut be had never beamaorei certain of
anything I ism life thaaAptl ,i
dorstai ha e and hlAe uasafily aupm
of it.
She went on s eoely s ever, sarcely
noticing what he had aSia and toying
with the heavy gold bracelet an her
round, white wrist.
"I went into the e-alfast room lat
night to look for a letter I had left t&r,
and I heard her talking to you--the
door was half open. Perhaps'she was
ight," aehing her bmws. "Ieple have
she id it o en, tet I redly begin to be.
lie eI mt a s dageousgaose . ,
"I am very arry---." he began,
stiffly.
She interrupted him.
S "Oh, no! Pray don't I There is no
ite, need of your feeling annoyed. I am
ad, used to it, you know. Bede t is pro-.
n- bable it is quite true. I have no doubt
t, cousin Anne was right. I aqerely thought
I would tell you my lpomapMon had
ne ot extended to you. That is al."
To say that John Manners wos aebon
Siehd wouldbeto sY It there
had been a shade of wounaded pride in
her face, he could have undm tood her,
but there was not ; if she had seemed
e hurt, or embarused, he would have
klu- nown how to reply to her, but she did
not ; and when she clasped her bracelet
r- again, with her steady, white hand, and
a looked upat him, he could emly Suih,
and feel that he was looking rather ridi.
He was beginning to try to say sne
rly thing, he scarcely knew what, when she
stopped him again.
'e. "Oh " she said, with a certain non
chalant candor, "I only thought it best
its to be frank. We shall be the better
friends for it, and cousin Anne will be
more comfortable." She was woman
enough, in spite of her indiffterene, to
,o fire off this quiet shot. "Cousin Anne
en is not very fond of me. Perhaps we
ee don't understand each other, or perhaps,"
an old little smile crept in here, "wes u
derstand each other too well."
o ShMe did not remain long ater t} ,
only long enough to set the smbjeetatter
1e. ly aside, and sit talking for a few minutes
lo, in her perfectly musical voice. Then she
ry rmse, and taking up the b9ok she had
to brought from the shelves and laid it on
the table, went out of the room, learing
n. John to his new train of thought
1e From that time Mise Anne bhad little
to complain of, at least so ar as lhe chief
2- care was conerned. She could not pro.
d vent Miss Dare making a picturh of her.
a' self in trailing soft, tinted dh&k and
p delicate laces; she could not prevent her
n dropping into her perfect atltudes, and
crew ling Cnpidou with that wonmde of
, a supple-jointed white hand ;but she was
very much consoled when she found that
b nothing of this Was directd at John. But
n there was another thing she could not do,
n which was to shut ,John's eyes. rom his
f irt sense of annoyance had grown a co,
stant desire to watch this girl, who was
e such a novelty to hizi. She had piqued
- and astonished him into wishing to bio
t more of her, and so he was beU.yed into
an interest which would have been I
( gerous to any man! She never aioided
ahim; indeedl, it aemed as tu gh hbt in.
Stitference was too complete to allow of
rsuchathing;butff I he had be sixty
years old, her maner godi or t have
been more atterly eoid tof ayn woasan
ly coquetrj. Thequicl faul. de hs
fImot'gkning and lightning up bril
hiatly for oter people ad dwrh' , was
her chief charm, never aboved 4talf to
him.
Among the nnany people'rho tked aid.
admiredher, tbite was cne peauoataor
whoui she semedto eanmore than for
the ru, mad that le w "". ..
cDura, With a udarai-piri eathuakastjo
love of beauty, rs had Lr hadoe
the comidente other fanq o9iau
ners had noticedthoiatlsI.rg
dalufny tender ity
was something abect m1e madt
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