Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 4, Number 49, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 6 June 1874 — Page 2

Job

ukvmw

of hit new

imX"* was not made, l»wewr, w® Shad fully st*tod bar opinion, why sfcebellevedin the ioo^P®6 "JJ demaed wtaoner, and thfi nw* which hoped to effect an *^5^"

aSr^^TtoKTS'

felt in

they abowed him the Proh*J^.'*y torVilmer'* innocence. Thi* ww» all

SJ? srawsr?

And while Laura was glibly attempting to persuade her friend by these arguments, an under-current ran on in her mind which, she did not venture to divulge.

a 5 a

^'SL^'hSTbwM*SVy fey.^ii5r!bMnKa«»

jugs

fifteenth of December, which gave^as Lsu they boi their scheme.

Laura insisted that Miss Reynolds should visit the prison before her return to Philadelphia. Her poor cousin1 must be seriously cast down by his unhappy condition, and was probably "offering all the tortures of hopelessness. Any cheerful face and voice then would beneflfhim, and how much more if these mine bearing him the balm of bopfc, He tirast be maoe aware of the effort* for his rescue from the fate that threatened hiin, and she (bared that he would not place proper trust in her assurance,

mate him with a new life give him something to look forward to, and awake in him that active interest in his own safety whose lack had so greatly weakened his case in the trial.

Let him see her face," *b© *aid

herself, "full as it is, of interest tohlm Let him hear her explain, with the enthusiasm with which she cort inced Mr. Crawford, what she intends doing, and why she intends it, and it will be h&lf worth an acquittal. He cannot fell to see that she loves him still, and the assurance of .her love will do him more good than anything which I enn now Imagine. As for that story o! Josephs about the marriage, I will Wve that to him. She cannot doubt his assurance that it is a pure fabrication."

Individuals, like nations, grow rapidly in troublous times. Laura had made more progress toward vvomauhood in those f&w months than sb€» wouldiha\e done In many years of her to™1*' ***'B*~ less existence. Her views of life had widened, her reasoning powers developed, and her merry dlsporftion was. lor the time at least, softened into *enou»-

Kg!01® mlghT raise fklse hop in his mind—hopes which it would be impos-

more painftil. For months she had been 1100Because haunted by the spectre ot a d^ bappinesa. Was it wise to risk aright of the face and sound of the wice whose alluring charm had made her soul the slave of a clinging passloh, Which even In ab-

lutd their share in her action, and would

covered her ordinary

a visit from herself, if"™, waasoimportsi' and retnrncd agsin

and again ao i*sr!*u*wntJy to the chyg**, that her friend at lei&h siks«nted to make the 1 jisit, jfcsfled thai i»e*udf, and for the HirtberanC' -luti immanaefl tier to martyr r- ^n« .i were.

Entrance tc 11. 1' n1 •«. not sseasy nnm it 1»"! »et» lM.|hre sentence. The rules4 in been drawn much with Laura asadvoj taSwiWp o^t?r-ndemnecl ... SST^Im «f -c.^es to hin 1

tohind them iron barrier 1 a Mhut oat hone, man holds W two dark «f that Janm within thewe o«w«al

Rverv step on the resounding floor

J5&

%%t

aaemedstagnant,and unfttto breathe, ^.b-'^-^dedto SS words returnin »ockin8 upon her. Vet to the -jL 3 tSZ on, Jai«Un^ hta t**nh of!

Item the prlwm

-V 4 ^'V

Minedbefore one »«w »on? Kifdoors, th»t £S2r don through which tbey had «*«*e. The keeper inserted ttieaey and on* locked tm» barrier, only i^rov®*1» *eo* ond bolted door inside.

in •"•£,

L^SSSSH^SS-'SSUZI^

ST««, *Uh the .uiho^fc££I^ .^hto^^4»Sir®«°'»«?• opinion which her memory cctbled _^,1 luxury granted to this to give, gave him an interest which helwss a «pe«ai JK™iLJL~. .k~.

thin

nboMr. lie light entered through a Mtmw grated aperture, set high in the wall, and througnwhlcli the warm outer glow came shorn of all the cbeerftilnees of the sunbeams.

Bui the attention of Miss Reynolds was too closely riveted upon the occupant of the cell, to heed, as yet, aught of thesedetails. ,.

He art in a gloomy attitude, hia raoe resting on his hand, and with a sleepless, wearv look, that pained wr to tbehesrt. Ilia conviction and dose conheavily upon him,

As tor himself ho would ®J®rt ^4 conider the caae from the medical point of view prepare hlmselt to test the imestio^nPp^^^ tSTiS 1 ftaement had told beavtlj Unnecessary papf» *2^5SThrm now in that deep phase of £££blehg X^nlngTJ depression to which men of hU The date of execution was *^e I

naj|£

hardly looked up as they entered,

ith of lumber, wJW^ gave^« id/„,usln Laura's greeting with bop^, sufficient time to perfect

tU)mpi, at

a snvile, and foiling to

notice her companion. The latter sank into a chair, overcome by her feelings on perceiving the change which time and misfortune had made in her former mil tor*

Robert," said I-aura chidingly.

MD0

you not see Miss Reynolds He rose hastily at these words, with a face in which an oarer light oflnterest replaced its former listless indifference, and advanced a step with outstretched hands. Miss Reynolds moved by the name impulse, naif row to nwrt Wtth

But he stopped, irresolutely, and stood reading her bee with eyes in which all the old love seemed re-awakened.

But if Miss Reynolds would but see him, explain the matter to him onW she could, show hlmwhy she believed him innocent, and what she proposed doing, let him see that friends were InteM- chair, the pallor of extreme emotion gently working for him, and not with-1 overspreading her face. In him, a hope out good grounds for hope, it would am- had been dead iiL mam* ttftk mvA nlnr

Neither spoke. Neither, fora moment could speak. The lady sank back into

^irr_ alive again, and its rosy wing tinged his pale cheek with a warm flush.

This, however, was but a momentary salutation. Meeting so suddenly, after such a separation, they were mastered by a flood of feeling that would not long endure the cold touch of reason.

A Proverb Disproved

OR,

OXE SWALLOW" DID "MAKEA SUMMER."

Dr. Reginald Deane. sat placidly sipping his coffee, glancing

newby UwfMKt shadow I lw"to"the succcssT involving the disaupon her in toe deadly peril of her fitvor- attendant upon suffering,were ite cousin. ,,

t,.n_

shrewdly made, was ikr 10f- pleasure or pain Thoughdeep^thinherburaedad^rjfJ?^

agonizing, for no set of feminine nerves

But to Miss Reynolds evcr quivered with keener appreciation

pain than those over tried to be master. He

lpon his face and hear

a thirst, to look upon his face and hear his voice again, worldly prudence,

now

servatory which should open doors from his own especial sanctum, installed "Aunt Rachel P' as housekeep-

memories and emotions within herself, I Joor-nlate, as ready for surgical calls, and make the «*d burden of her We, \v^hy not general medical treatment, hard as it was now

to t£e*J»

too?"querieaAunt Rachacl.

of the dreadful tidings Hes to obtain them. At the hoase-warrn-its full statute tlw sentimfmt ^ingali Ashland had wigerly assisted, been seeking to overcome. whence it was well known that the ftirtbe time, the loving mAide^ flying to

the side of her A I wishes to relgnin the mansion aa misdanger of his as though It

tT0m

sword thrust into her own tjm 1 »r. uommi r~While this lasted she could only feel, not

work. But she had, since the trial, re-

frame.

I want my time at my own

command for a year or tw». SurecTy will keep my instruments from rusting, and give me all I want to think about beside mv books. ,,

The quiet life suited Rachel exactly.

sence taught her torebelagainM Jhede- the"whoiehouse in exquisite crees of destiny, and to jf^^ej^rfkiy table was perfect of the man for.whom her love was notK^ buttons were never missing: his dead, and would -nd slippers were always at hand and^his

It was not pure dlsintererteanesa ana 1 T/l toilet arrangements—for the Docnative "obiliry of char^r that in^ ^"^^^nSquisit^pUced Just her to the course rtie had taken, inese

uked

have them. 80 his bach-

e,or frietMto voted

continue to actuate her when:happy man, tasting all tlw delights of aonal motives ceased- Bat 1JJntnlInt

ond nuance and of sepa-1 t,^0 and Mention," he selfishly gix months

{hi Mdnees of endurance: and or separation from him she .^4 thought. Six month* hadgone very Yet the argument of lAura wki ai 1^.. was conscious that, strong bearing upon l^wklent to despite its fnxnry, his ''home" was jn„.,m„„,h~e«brt*. It w«. complete. utility of her effort*.

her that his personal I^ong s«o the maples had dropped ti

not that this could oe l**t achieved by

trKjw,-

him an oxtrem«ly

llfr^jthont WRding

through petty wor-

nUh,n WMai0Bant,

and many longing

heads of aspiring dam-

Isels. But Dr. Deane.

evprybo(1Vi

Rhow^ no marked

Wh«n

?L,T,!^t maraud cither to avoid atteiuilng

Mid though a strong to else tobe only Aunt Rachel's wwrt entered into her dctermlnat on the sighing damsel* turned their hopes her utmost the innocent victim inot her direction*. ranee and Incompetence, All his life Dr. Reginald had dreamed now no aim, no hope, other than to ac-

Mhome»

complish her purpo^sndtben to for- the wife who should sltopever banish him from her sight. Guilty I the table and fireside 5 Sthemurder of her MmtowM^ ^mrlbllity, yet innocent of the death of her rival, thought to gain the "home' by «jind she was noble ublishing AuntRachel where "a wife strenRth of her soul, her life itself ifneed u^, perhaps given more pleasbe in his behalf, though to herself only to be sure, she would demand too

that should be "swwt," and

Fred to WJ^S^l^w5i-te5d the most perfertiy

Marston w-" -y.y^ fnMbaht woman I ever f*w a«d Mfew Jnt»j-«oe mischief! Why. ahe mw* I* a ym»n* ladv now. I'm half tmry

the world withimt tad "romping"

Aunt Rachels Hp enried „iate of feminine abnetiona

ton shocked me by her queer wajm, ta i® mwwiwnflwnal! "liwleed 1" in a fttwt under th#b«»wn JJPR site. »hVi« tho mouth behind it eunea wiSi a derisive, irwro^^ amito.

now and

then

at the morning paper beside his plate, and listening in not

tion to the remarks vouchsafed by his aunt from the opposite side of the table. College days, medical lectures, and clinics were over for him. He had wandered through European hospitals, practised enough to attain requisite skill and nerve In handling the »w»lpel, and learned enough of Nature's philosophy to refrain from drugging his patients to death. Theoretically, he loved his profession practically, he hated it. The success of an operation or course of treatment was delightftil the steps jead-

for study more than

yet the suggestions of I. d^red extensive practice, and therethe ^fear of an un- Jed to the homestead,

TEKEE TTATTTE SATURDAY JflV-hiNING MAIL.

Yea." aaid Aunt Rarfiel, unheeding

IS* whose mother waa £one a oM nnnt. Mia. Marston was giving diwsctio«a about bar daughtort dreaisbut ttait young lady njisned toward the ^o^kgirt, flung her anna around her, and aoUially M#cd her before us all. Mrs. Marston looked extremely annoyed, and Madame sent the girt

from

the rooniat

once." Aunt Rachel waxed warm with Indignation, but all the sympathy ahe received was a quit*, »Pardon me! but I fhii to see any dreadful indecorum."

Why. Reginald! No young lady of any dignity would forget her apaal position so feras to dosucha thing^snd then, white we were on the street coming home she actually laughed aloud wee,"

How loud? Did ahe one tetudngly demanded the Doctor. Nonsense, Reginald qnlte as wall aa I do that* giggle tolerable. Poor Mrs. Marston! June must be a sad trial to her. "Well, I confess 1 don't understand audi punctilious rule®. Hj* dreadftilly I must annoy you, Aunty

Only when you light your cigars in the dining-room," the Doctor waa choosing a from his cigar-case and ahe did hate to-

^TwW^do it," he laughed "butit is a great self-denial, I must remember among my requisites '"nl^,t,hat

A sad trial to Mrs. Marston

Poor child more likely her mother is a sad trial to her. Fred rebelled long ago, and June can't help bubbling over now and then. I shall like to see a young girl who doesn't

try

her

to prim. If Mbs

Juno dare assume any suffness 111 remind her of sundry episodes at evay, before

dresses grow long. I remem

ber her laugh in those days it was living music, and—really—It would nt sound badly floating through this dull •old house now. Pshaw!" and the unfinished cigar was flung away Impatiently. "I'd better let woll enough alonef Aunt

Rachel

of her

wry

polite atten

docs nicely In spite

prosing,

and when I need other

society I can seek it. These flowers are crowing beautifully. ondor If they would do better If Mums' were always here

But this was very ridiculous so the Doctor drew

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his gloves, nodded

good-bv to Aunt Rachel at the top of iihe staircase, aud sauntered down the street.

Looking In at the postoffice, he encountered Fred Marston, exchanged heartiest greetings, and Fred house being the nearest the two friends went thither. Opening the hall-door, a long, rippling, merry laugh wiw their first welcome for .tune herself was having a grand frolic with two little ones, who were busy at "hide the handkerchief' in the long hall. "O Fred!" she began, then, spying his

companion,

started, flushed, then

beamed with positive delight, and sprang impulsively forward. Dr. Deanol I am very glad to meet you again: but you seo 1 not a bit more proper than I used to be. Poor mother is In despair."

Mrs. Marston came with her pleasant recognition, and the friends chatted gayly of days that were gono, of davs now present, and then commenced plans for he long evenings into all of which Mrs. Marston entered with dignified Interest, remarking at last that she had already met Miss Deane.

Here Juno interrupted—"And, O Doctor! Miss Rachel said you had quantities of smiiax. We can't act it here, and I want some so nguch! Mayn't I come

Juflo blushed, the ntor felt vincom fortable, and Fred audm4ously whistled,

November sure." Tlie tall Doctor aroso,saying:

441shall

invited to part

Aunt

1m Ions evenings when

tbougn they were "kinr« trwures for wit and wisdom and h* nne«dly

be delighted to send to you

anv plants you may like, if you will come now and then to see my treasures. You will do tro, won't you^'

Tiiere was a mischievous twinkle in June's eyes, but tone and manner were demurely proper, as she answered: "Whenever mamma calls upon miss Deane I shall be happy tq accompany her"

The Doctor's eym twinkled back to her own merry thought, but all he aaid that

win Very well

1 I

shall

Rachel

have come home," her

taut remark ellcite4 a little closer attention and adeflnit* ^y. «Indeed! Well,

cgee.

had no place, and the tone In wnHwtws Doctor waa aaawwed waa as wintry aa the November air outside.

Mine Marston is not In the least like ber mother. I can hardly conceive how it haa been mible, under meh train-

dirge for the dead. IjLtfr amonvenwAdow (hrongh whk^# ahe to

Milmj«D*Mii

tit* Itoctof

dress-maker's and

«H«d

care

earns a visit immediately,

My flowers are my pets, and they do reward me with such grace

and

call afternoon. Yon have no gagements?'^

No.

die

must enjoy vaporised Havanaa.

No lady will like her bouso perpctu ally scented, Reginald, you ^rill never care for any less ual, I am aure," waa Aunt Rachels retort, as her nephew sauntered off to hia sanctum to smoke in

•'My plants need ftimiBatlng, I think, he muttered ao he wandered among his treasures for an hour, lifting their delicate leaves and blowing among them the pretty blue rings whl^ area smoker's pet achievement, and thinking thus. "June/ It's a pretty name. wonder if it brings summer sunlight to the owner

beauty.

My rosea are lovely, even now. i* Roses) O Doctor!"—and June limbed and dimpled with tlie quick thrillof delight, looking wry sweet, as the Doctor thought, as she added, in spite of mamma's frown "Why didn't yon wear one here so 1 enuld have stolen it? Do you remember how I used to confiscate your but-ton-hole bouquets at Vevay, «»J how vengefalty that poor English old maid would watch me? It was such fun to Uaten to her endless tirade* about pert American girls!"

Of course, now June then kwtnreto which we don care to listen. The Doctor** thoughts are more Interertiiur. •"She's grawn certainly* but stie is U»* aatne charming child I fetiew three years ago, in spite of ber added inchea.

nice that she regards me aa ao muchher MHitor I'll keep np that illusion for a ?hl£ AuatShS ehall ca]! thte very afternoon, and—yea—well—I think I

^Arrived ^T'hla own door, he went straightway toward the conclusion of htapUns, calling from the hall:

Now I havo mme writing

suityou." Exactly. to do."

Be felt like a »nspb^r, he marehad •*—lnh to hia floral dariinga, wvw-

entangledsmiiax epraya POotTpottod that: and then aent basket and vaaeto Mr*. Marrton's, with a «rd explaining that the plant waa tor Mies June, the flowers for mamma.

If iune found deftly hidden under the shining leave* a tiny mm rosebud, it was most improper lor her to U« fasten it at her throat, blushing all time. Bhe oouldnt nave told wby. It waa an instinctive impulse. The flowers despatched, Dr. Reginald settled himself to write an article upon the proper treatment of "femoral finacturea. ReWi been provoked beyond njeajmre by some most

unscientific

ful accident! You must go at once. Poor Mr. Niles has fallen from some staging, crushing him horribly.

Tlie

Burgeon

As he opened the gate there lay In his path a rosebud. Of course ho picked it up and recognized it for the one he had hidden in the smiiax leaves two hours before, though why ho hold it with a airetts for a second and then put it away in the pocket of his visiting book you must

S10

began Mrs. Marston, severe

ly, and then added: "Dr. Deane, it is not my fault, but June will always nc like an impulsive child. I wish shi would control herself!"

aess. Had June seen the performance would haw grown as red at her cheeks an one of Ruskin's typical dal sles.

Four o'eloctfcfcriio

Ome'Streilom

tb|^ wni

meUioda in

um among country practitioners, indeed he had worked himself up to auch a pitch of medical indignation that he fancied the twattae in questton would almost "write itself but the "divine afflatus" reftised to come. the opening sentence waa a failure, ue cajught himself writing "feniinlnew for "femoralInstead of" thigh-bonee bp thought of a dimpled, flushing face and then there flashed serosa hfe memory something Ruskin had written about exceptionally proper girls. He must look it up ao down went and volumes, and Ruskin a Ethica of the Dust" waa rapidly turned over till this paragraph was found. .. "Idon't know any more tiresome flower in all the borders than your especially modest snow-drop, which one a wavs haa to stoop down and take all sorts of tiresome trouble with, ana nearlv break Ita poor little head off before 4 see it, andthe half of it isn't worth Sin* Girls should be like daWes nice and white, with an «d«e of red, making the grounds look bright wherever they are."

Ruskin was right there, by jovel Deliver me from these shy misses who wait to be drawn out, and are not worth the process. Bah!"

Aunt Rachel'a Up interrupted his so-

U1"1leginald!

came back from his

dreaming. It was the IXctor. not the sentimentalist, who snatched his Instruments and ran to the sufferer^ side.

Of oeurse there was the usual crowd to be dispersed, and poor Mrs. Niles was of little use. Mary had come home from Madame Foy's, but it waa Dr. Deane's own white hands that prepared everything, and with tenderest touch lightly examined the dreadful bruises. Ilo was dimly conscious that some one had come Into the onter room, though all he had heard was a stifled exclamation, and a low "hush!" He knew the babv stopped its wailing, and that Mary brought to him a roll of fine soft linen that never came from the cottage stores then he half heard a quiet murnjur of a gentle voice but when his work was done there was

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stranger visible.

Giving

his parting directions, he add-

You will need some delicacies Mrs. Niles, and I will see that Aunt Rachel sends vou some wine at once."

Indeed, sir! you're very good, but mv sweet child—-Miss Maraton, sir has been here, and, see, she's brought me wine and fruit and jelly enough to last the master for days. I was her fostermother, sir she never forgets me, nor mv Mary there. Bless her sweet face! Why, sir, she treats my girl like a sister!"

Mary's eyes were full of tears, but she must add her mite of praise.

O Doctor! she was trying 011 a dress at the Madame's when they came for me and when she heard the tale she made her coachman bring moat once!' «. "Yes—well," said the Doctor, coolly though his heart throbbed "Bless her!' "I'll bo here again before night. There is no danger, though there will be in tense paiirand he took his leave.

and the cercmonl

„js visit was paid. Aunt Rachels nerves were destined to quiver three several times when Juno laughed, while her disgust at finding tho Doctor had already been there was evident enough Worsted work was her one artistic fan cv: Mrs. Marston was equally an enthu sfast In Berlin wools, and June was ask ed to bring for display the marvellous flower-picee then in construction. The frame was large, so the loctor gallantly held it while June aulckly unpinned the cover from tho delicate woric, putting the pine In her mouth, girl-fashion, till tho loctor could bear it no longer.

Don't, Miss Juno 2 That is horribly

grls

take

I've always done It. The

at school tallied me the

4perambu

"my tnr' it once too often. I

can't bear to* see "you do so."

When I swallow one you shall take out," laughed tho gay girl. »lWt you covet the opportunity \ou can MV 'I told you so all the time you are choking me 1" ...

June! you are incorrigible. I ut down those pirn!" was Mrs. admonition, and June olwjcd with a hit of rebellious pouting that was bewitch-

'"ft-**- left almost immediately after duly admiring the work, and Aunt Rachel's wrath found vent at once.

MMho

ii illtjra

Mrs. Mar*ton waa looking nnotterabie annoyance at these Fred laughed outright,^adding hismn bit of absurd recollection, which the Doctor might easily have wpplementoj, but wishing to conciliate mamma he only imikn |Uiei$y and made his adieus.

is like no young ladvlcvcr saw.

80 self-ensured and I*!rt- ,.^?c ,v£L°i her answering you as she did 1 \v hen I was a girl we were taught to be quiet and miring. We never spoke tojkciVtlemen unless to answer some question. We had to be sought!"

There was a ml^chieyous retort on the Doctor's Kps, but he only a*ked coollvj Aunt Rachel, vou think Ruakln is an autheritv in s!l mattoito of culture,

d™WhTw:

do with* Jutt^ Marston?" "Onlr thift'*--end the Dnetof quietly quoted the sentence nitout ti-*e '«-»me

^Humph! Mr. Ruskin ought to sec June awhile. He would alter his opinion." "Why, aunty! Why are you so pre-

Vou told me vwr^u now greeted her oid playmate, though only a dressmaker's apnrentim." .....

WRaeheT! Whereareyon? Here

ESS

It was most improper to do it so publicly,' Interrupt**! the "Pln**1"-,,

out of confusion.

Reginald. She doubtleos has kind impu&qe, bo* yoar headlong people are nevec eonatant. Did you aee ner at M». Nile®**"—the last query was a auapicion.

Nc, I waa in the sick-room, and didnt know aha had been there till I came away."

That waa all the Doctor said, bat somehow his hand crept into his pocket, touching the poor little crashed bud he had hidden there, with a tender movement aad ha thought:

Poor June! She must make her own summer always Society pre&rs wintry propriety."

The days flew by. Not one passed but frpsh flowers were sent for June, and twice the Doctor encountered her at Mrs. Nlles's. The last time there was iuat snow enough for the sleighs to glide amooihly. The temptation was irresistible, ao he invited the young lady to ride, and June nestled down beneath the ftir robes quite forgetftil of everything but the electric excitement iu the keen air, the music of the bells and the presence of Dr. Reginald. The longest wsy is very apt to be selected under such careumstancea, so they sped along for more than an hour, overtaking Aunt Rachel aa they dashed down the avenue.

Unlucky June! Some merry fam-y Just then amused her, ao it was her own unmistakable laugh that floated out, more clearly thfcn tho ringing of the merry bells. Her offence against Ashland decorum had been suIndent if she had only ridden quietly with the muchcoveted*Doctor bat oh! that laugh!

Dr. Reginald gallantly lifted his hat* and June bowed, but poor Aunt Rachel deemed it her duty to testily against •4such goings on," and the winter wind waa warm compared with her salutation. The Doctor waa indignant. There was a spice of chivalry in his nature that made him care ten times asmuch for his sweet friend if he must be her champion. He had meant to take June home, but now—"Aunt Rachel should see how much he cared for her frowns." 80 the irandng horses were checked, then uraed sharply Yound, before the good lady's astonished face, and more milei were measured off before they returned

There has been a dread

You must come in and warm yourself, Doctor!" pleaded June so the mer-

ry pair entered the house. Mis. Marston had grown used to the Doctor she saw that June didn't annoy him, and wisely concluded to let them alone In their Innocent ftin so she greeted them graciously as tbey stood near the glowing grate telling of "the splendid ride," as June phrased it. Her hood was tangled In her curls, its fringe had caught In the fastening of her furs, she had two pins in her lingers, and when those lingers were wanted the pins went into her mouth, while she talked on as raylv as ever: and the Doctor watched tier, thinking how charming it would be to have such a

44June"

44Keep

making a sum

mer for all one's life.

44Oh,

mother! the Doctor's horses are

perfect. I drove till my fingers grew numb and June stopped, choking, ber eves dilating in horror, and ahe gasped, "OA—that—pin

Mrs. Marston screamed, of course. Dr. Deane grew pale, and his heart stopped its regular beat—just a second. Tlie next his arm was around the sufferer, her head thrown back, and every professional nervein orderfor service.

quiet, Mrs. Marston! Give

me tho case from my overcoat. Now, hold her hands!"

Juno! I won't hurt you any more than I help, but it will almost choke you for an Instant then, bending over be is re if

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can remove it safely, my darlvng! Tritrt me/" Through the look of agony in the brown eves there flashed for a second a light that lent fresh nerve to tho practised hand., Tho bright steel instrument elided to its task then, as ho withdrew it, the Doctor shuddered a little, but the danger was over.

Can't vou fancy how that instrument was flung

aside—anywhere—and

how

the graceful head vested^ for an instant, where never a woman's bead had lain before The mother's tears flowed last now, for with all her icy rebuklngs June's mother loved her child, and she could find no words to tell her gratitude.

Once more the Doctor bending over his patient, a message was given and received, though no syllable was uttered.

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will come again before evening," said the Doctor to Mrs. Marston. "Meantime, please keep all pins at a safe distance J"

They were happy thoughts that kept hint company till Tie sprang un the steps of ids own residence, with the brightness in his heart shining in his face, and he entered his sanctum singing gayly:

Nltn, Juanlta, let me linger by thy side!" and then his eye fell upon Ruskin, with tho paper-folderstill between the leaves, marking that eminently proper passage about "girls."

Aunt Rachel never disturbed him till tho dinner hour, and then she mot him with a lofty air of displeasure that was comical, considering his six feet of manhood. Utterly Ignoring her displeasure, Reginald alppon his soup, remarking pleasantly, "Sir. Niles crutches now, aunty. I sliali take him to ride to-morrow J" 44

Indeed! I should Imagine you preferred daintier company with a little

"""Sometimes I do, and then I take it as, for instance, this afternoon. Jvh, Aunty! is that what you mean 44

You were sufficiently conspicuous in vour devotion, and she waa evidently in high spirits. Ugh! I can hear that loud laugh now!"

There was a dangereus flash in Dr, Deane's eyes, but he only answered quietly "Pardon me. Aunt Rachel! June never laughs coarsely or boisterously Her laugh is music itself. "Jane, indeed!" retorted the irate maiden.

tened the promise of mine. Inthboaii it waa the atallwr o/a/noT' Then he went to his pete, the floweti and whispered to them his new delight He peeped into the parlors, stately an desolate now, and fancied hoWthebrigh presence of June would change their formal look then, golnc up staus, hi chose the room that should oe hers, and dreamed bow it should look when ahe had taken possession.

Oh, the old, old story! The Gerauu. poet knew it well when he wrote that, Love has power to give In a moment I what toil can scarcely reach in an age." Prophet and sorcerer both!—foretelling a paradise and yet seeming to make 0» inherit its bliss at once!

How delicious do we find the enchantment How rarely exquisite are th dreams that surround us! How divisK the joy that thrills us, the ecstacy that makes us faint with rapture!

It came to our hero with all the da* sling splendor of a revelation. For weeks there had been about him les avatUs touriers of the wily Cupid. They had whispered sweetest hints of the joy that might come, and now our lover thought no other heart had ever kno such supreme happiness.

Meantime. June quite forgot her pain, as she lay with closed eyes recalling the look ana tone die had met in the moment of peril. Her cheeks grew bright —so bright with the leaping blood that Mrs. Marston was anxious lest fever was imminent.

June, dear! doesnt your head ache? Your face is flushed." The brown eves opened a moment with a merry laugh shining through them.

Don't be worried, mamma. The Doctor said there was no danger now. He will tell you all about it this afternoon. Mimnit, Fin glad I swallowed (hatpin."' Mrs Marston shuddered. "June! how dare you? It was horrible. If the Doctor had not been here you would have strangled." ««Yes—but—mamma"—and the eyes danced again—"the Doctor was here that's Just it, I never was so glad in all mv life—but it hurts me to talk."

Always an enigma to the mother, who never bad an impulse, Mrs. Marston simplv thought this some new freak that would explain itself by and by, so she resumed her work.

For once, true love ran smoothly. The Doctor "asked mamma" in his own frank way. The assent was given, but a conviction of duty required Mrs. Marston to give him at lengths catalogue of June's peccadilloes and faults to all of which the Doctor listened with polite impa

Fred nearly crushed his hand with a wringing gra^p of congratulation. Ah, Rex, old fellow so you propose to have June all the year round? oil, she is a darling. Anyhow, one proverb is disproved, In spite of its age. One swallow did make a summer this time!"

All that was twenty years ago. In this year of our Lord 1874 girls or Aunt Rachel's pet pattern are quite obsolete, and •ur "June" Is "June* still, in spite of the gray curls that cluster where tho brown ones used to be massed.

That "swallow" did make a lifelong summer for Doctor Desnc, who loves his sweet wife more, tlian ever, while now another "June" flits, with all her mother's grace, among the flowers, or sends tho echo of her mother's old laugh ringing and floating through every nosfc 01 the old homestead.

ONE DROP OF EVIL.

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don't see whv you won't let mo with Will HuhC' pouted Walter irk. "I know he does not always mind his mother, and smokes cigars, and once in awhile swears just a little. But I havo been brought up totter than that he won't hurt me. I should think you would trust me. I might do him some good."

Walter," said his mother, "take this glass of pure, clear water, and just put one drop of ink in it."

Oh, mother! who would have thought one drop would blacken a whole glass so!"

You treat her—and she *eem*

to like it, too—just as if she were a little girl. No young lady with a Pfrtlcl® of self-respect would allow herself to be spoken of in that way. You are makinj yourself the subject of most unpleasant remarks!"

Not a word from the Dodor, and Miss Deane was much too eager, to notice how the brows were bent together.

but what haa Raskin to

Reginald! What do mean?o» have never paid any lady the aHgntew attention, though yon have met the most elegant girls, antf now this»«ncy chit seems to absorb all your thoughts. came in clear, even tones from across the |«',l^1thh^ ring in them Aunt Rachel had never heard before.

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believe I am old enough to choose my own way. I have chosen it, Aunt Rachel, and you may as well know it

now

as any time. June,"—ah! how tenderly he spoke the name—44 June Marston will bo my wife when the May roses bloom, and there will be summertime for me all the rest of my days."

Poor Aunt Rachel! speechless for once. All the Doctor's anger vanished as he saw her utter dismay: the old spirit of fear returned, and this was what he said as be left the room:

Well, then she came toMrfcN|k»« as soon she beard of the accident hushed the baby, and didn't make iTiKimmer.' Well, perhaps hands and, gentle wajs brought

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You told ine, aunt, that omt »ww»

ft has oortiidy has-

Yes it has changed the color of the whole, has it not? It is a shamo to do that. Just put a drop of clear water in It, and restore its purity," said Mrs. Kirk.

44Why,mother!

you are laughlngafc

me. One drop, nor a doxen, nor fifty, wont do that."

No, my son and, therefore, I can not allow ono drop of Will Hunt's evil nature to mingle with your careful training, many drops of whlcli^ will make no Impression on him.—[\ oung Reaper.

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