Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 8, Number 13, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 15 September 1877 — Page 6

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THE MAIL PAPER

THE OLD *r m:%Mr

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White breakers hailed

Tnei«'?te,stands with tbe row of eld apple where should we go? I think Hagar ireea scarcely felt more desolste when aha

irem scarcely more awuww «toh Shadowing above It lp sunshine and brcese tarnedftom tbe familiar tenftdooi* and With Its walls all rtfctywfth dark weather

-'•"J „w Wit with rain, 4 With eobwebbed window and brolnanpaae, Hun-varped and seamed as4g JWl *f°» Unchanged by the years' unceasing flow

The roanri hopp 16 trundled, the kite if

SekrdeawstganietbScboolbo^knosun

ie wn,) warbles are ah«t, the top lathrown, Uh rapt and anned by the ardent The riotous uiohtostlietr IW" "FjO *g* And aUis*mehaafti*«*»a^ndliaWan*. The t^b^rlD« tftltoi titM onr childhood Still through Hav Now, aA'then* truant Iran* .due, «iisr*6v

All (A wllluw To 8^afe

Kmy lotia j-eu, it car*, nt dt'Tlittif. ass H%'.ISTifH

Some are galng fbi* gold, With pick' and with spade, Some are laboring In workshop, or tolling at trade, SQMTOOFF^JFFTI, LUIXRTK/INE^LHNTT^VECAST tfhe&°rtt9tt pt jlflM&W aWoiWdl a O-bwii Alia nla Jh, the grave their disgrace or rt-

To a person who had a smaller orgHO of locality my grief might have seemed exaggerated and unreasonable: though $ven sutfh a one could hardly have thought it a trifle for my father to patt from the oomf rtable position'of a well to do farmer, whose crops made him in* dependent, to that of a laborer tn ottter men's fields, bousing his family where ho could. But there are those who w(l| understand that the pove ty was not thf hardest to any of us-tbe bitterest pa^j was In parting with the old acres which

had been otim so long.

oners sa fWTJer h-. Harris, my sister !*ro!aJ«ve

he had himself, tboujHUid dollai*.

aSafrs,

wa|rton

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T'tliJ# cia.

think ikftdritagfcitbat

diy baa &h espedfai cHarm y$d knew all ,tct tfbertforit*

.. ecalls. This one, with its hajty brightness, Its ripe splendor, is like a wafti of "p"!""™ air—it.-carries- me back, by a spell resistless as fate, to two

deep and grand and infinite. It was full of glory, as the atmosphere was ol pris-ma|lobW5»r-U 'u~

hUfrldkl |uf_,. 6eefe tbe delectable appletree toughs glowed with apples, scarlet as balls of tire grapes were ripe on the vines autumn dowers nodded along tbe highway apd tbe oak woods in the distauce were touched with flanje. It was just such a day as I had loved all my Hfe "but now )t» splendid brlghtneste was sadder to me than would have been the wildest blast of winter, I felt somtf thing, I think, like a deposed quedn, wearingJver royal robes to grace phe tri^ umph of her conqueror. For what would October be to me any more whpo a strariger's loot bad crossed the sill aod I should be no longer at Ingleside?

and borrowed three living Tor it the

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5!^do MSlbl5%tiSiSkSSsfs1! iStoaeSSay 8to^TO,l^handi»TO

rS!S2^nukjMtL!a]lkJ

—rr—*j?l Tj lived there all their Ifcarried life. We sj.^hesti^rould

There Untands all atond ft/ tin ttasty way^ _jrja been born*there, and we never dM. Fsf hsjw ty s^w it hi Wy side, had been lona at a time out of sight of smiled—# bright, heartspma smlls, tbat Where three sandy road* commingle their

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toward tbedeeert.

wasin herdeep mourning for Jamea. _I believe I bad been feeling hard toward ber before. nil abewereln aqua* wise

"iif« lii'^ MtoeHer." But I was moved with sorrowful compunction when I saw (her

sorrowful compunction when 1 aawsner erea toe mrm wml

irobea heightened. «I MinpOsh you will almost hate me, Theo^' abe saidi hi a hdpelew.i despalrIng tone., '1 know it seemf t» you as If had done it.'

Mv heart melted, and I tried to com? frrt Wr. And uttering such words of soothing as I oonld, a new tnougbt struck me. The sale was not to tab« place untri t,he next afternoon and that would give me time td go Into town in the morning, and make a personal appeal to ideasra. Hope and- GoodMi. A wild fancy that I might effect something In my father'a behalf took possess

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And yft ti'e grim building stands there just the same, With tJme biaelieiwd ihlngie^'aBderaxy old m. me.

Dy lOSilMIUVUHH &V uv "*^T9

tlr^Qgbl tre ooqId Ilvi ilitioit on air—»• make-any sacrifloes, no matter how

mane any wnuvwi

And xtu swings the tall pole er edge or great—#ure!y we oould pay up twothouthe well, «na dollars in a few years. But xvmM And In the low belfry wtiN clatter* tbe bell, Gazing io, 1 discern the Identical room. The bucket of water, the stove and the broom, And yonder looms up, majestic, Sublime, The master's tall deax, as in the old time. With Its ferule, and inkstand, and scrawled copybook. The blaekbeanl, wlth-stern mathematical And the fool's cap for dunces, still hung on its hook. Ah! where are. t£e echoofmstesof longtime ago, WhoHileti all these benches in orderly row? Theyaru far o'er seas, roaming wide o'er the world, TlicV are wrecked on life'*- ipek», in the

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sand dollars In a few years, tttevwait? I talked over the plan with MArdi and ahe became as eager about It as was. It was tbe first time I bad soen a 'that should tingle gleam of lijjht in her faoe since er to leave tbe news of James's death bad blanched the youth and Lope out of it. As we sat at tho window discussing the matter,'we saw father and mother go out together in the sunset. They were not a very demonstrative couple usually, though we knew that their lofce was deep and true. But now they went hand in band, clinging to each other .the more th® sorer trouble pressed them. We could see them going slowly over'tho same round that ilnd taken before—lingering a little iu each,well known, well,loved spot. I had been thinking so bard for me part witn Inglesiae but how I felt •shamed that! had thought of myself at all, when I realized how much more bitter it ^as for them. I looked up at MarcU. Her tears wero falling fast, ana she W*g*wrin#fcg her hands with ft passlon-

•Oh, Theo!'she cried, f«vere^aoeJao»eB died I have longed so to lie down in .bis low gravd beside him but I never waited to so much as now. How can I bear to eee them leave their home?' And then she .bowed her. head on*tne window ledge, as if she bad forgotten royjpn*-' etlce, and walled out, 'Oh, why didu

rou ta~ke me with you, my love! my I had not understood my ,sister hlthprto—had hot known how intense her ii let seeming riatu re was. This trouble ao hard to bear, was revealibg us to each other. I tried to comfort ber» and talked to her again of my new plan, till she grew warm and feverish In her excitement about it. •If you oould only succeed,' sbe said, 'we would pay, them off. I wouldn't die till the old home was clegr/

After- awhile father and mother came im and I talked about toibem. Father smiled pens! vely He bad a* face- which those who loved him less than we did inlght have called weak but there was a womanish sweetness and tenderness In it—a womanish despondency, too, just then. •I don't think it wi)) dtp any JSQQ& Theo,' he said •still you may go. R»a tab harm to try only I think? lock's against ua.'- a m.'.* r°

V4tT thought, the plfin cheerejl bi«».^ little—it was something to speculate over, vidn it seemed. I knew he would have a little glimmer of hope until I should oot»e back with my sent«n«oe Of1vm or nav. ...... 'yeaornay. ..,.

I tried bard to sleep that night—losa of rest always told on uie, and FwanMfd to

look my beat next day. I u*w pretty, aud I confess 1 trusted to that aa ameh as anything in the impressslon I hoped to make. '.

But my alumbera were trouW«d. I

k*lf

I had been busy afi day, going abotat Ingleside. I

would have gone well. "But he died faiJh in myself and the success of my

ssgs WiS,

cases, and only enough accrued from li to pay one jhocuuuid iWUra JPhonribe rw flan lAovfils Bo my tetfter fbr the r**t. We ted no rich mends from whom to seek asniatanoe, and not much' time. Without doubt, by Tw*tttr5 proper ert jrt, the oould hfre lbeen Jporro ftumf mfrtgaed see

thousand dollars but things vep jgl

pwi^orn mrbaf»d»-th^ home we ^Uoved so well—aud I Ml as If my heart would ***»*, I »t thw af»ne in tbe arbnr and eobbed ooi outog deepalr,

dreaming about «oing away lijpm

the house, at helping my nw^er «ft times I Hved tjwi parting#^n« m¥ put things in order, and dfdding whW flight, watchod my ttotber a grief, my we would sell and what keep, to rnroiah father«» pltlfal despair. Mania a^ self a new refuge for ourselveaaomewbe** reproach for what, wwuiot hi this Marcla—»he was my older sister—had .hier tt\ilt. On«f not been out other room tbaf day. wi killed herselfj fcnd vttfan the tlibfl came called her when dinner was reaay. but ithe.ant wered that she did not want'idi and we had not disturbed her'any more: I had been willing enough to do all thpt was required. lielped to.pasa the time away, and left me less in whtob to think. When everything wm don#"I wefttohl of doors, aqd »at t^owu ,lu .tliaftM arbor, in the mtdftt b. tbe gahieu, aha botyed iny heftd for the wives of 'tfouDie to oVertne wishing vaguely, with a girl ish deanair. tha they would strand on

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to go we found her lying cold and atark, deaf to the voices which called beiw

acn)*the p*i*age td ti6r woirf—for wo

softly—'Marola.'

Mjr

Jamea

Cktodeil Mr.

ootmywreaa

in close to her, and lav there till morn- !»«lt»lth4n

the lank youth conducted

oninff deepalr. .• If After awhile Irt up ami went all* prtv«« olftc*. ,!:£ round the p)a«»-« md pilgrimage. To* 24:. .Hope .looked at, mf before

SrSiSsl-fiwH

%Sft&3flS£SSQBi sciou«ne»a all the time that ahe waa glealde. I rfajlj^l awake, alert, suffering. InteaUon tUsCMft. .iiopepawnm^ .K

dressed myself foif ,iw#'?JoWniey as_ bo- be ai^^wlth jW S* mMMy,4and th» pteeekapt In good repair. And, bettar stUl, we am to haw

comingly as I could, and tried to have

ivm was only im hour's mC my »of

Qoodotl. it was Wb o'clock— 1 iMM asstkrai balbra tha

IflOUflttl 4 HiQHMI W uNII* MMW

8&TSi£S&

kta^Mt

ohimaeya. And now— tor thetmoment ehanged his whole e*-

presaion. •Mr. Caleb Hall's daught«r« I prs'"SS, Sir 'and then I beritated'how to begin my errand.

Jleperceived my embarraaiment, and •sked n»e,^s»y kl|»dly« *®^dowD anj

™So Ybegan my story—thoogk. hfler rtl, I b«| not muoh to tell—what wa^oneW be or

VI UIT SS IMWWSWIMQ av* -j ris, and hoVr sure *?e were that we could payitatl dp, Wlthlnterssr, tew veryjfew years.? .qTheso were thr 1 uhief pi4nft{ though I aaid a iittle about wbat it

old home. I don't know bol Wy ^olee trembled but, I kept the teara b«M»r the cool, penetrating glanoe reating on toy faoe warned me eneotually to steer olear of sentimentality. When I was SZTftiBP?4 r¥o^rjfr»11 'It seems almost untkir,' he said, 'in Mr. Gondell's absence, to being his feel* ings forward as a reason why I can not

teat to let us keep oar home, and pay do what you up tbe borrowed money, in oourse of truth. I woulct do IV1^ time bv installments! To do that, I myself alone. But Mr. Good ell wishes "me» J\y ^,as•lT .._J i.irJr ni HA averse to

the matter settled up. lie is averse to lending money, and only consented to it in this Instance, out of persons! regard for poor Harris. And now he is deter•» .mined to elose tbe business* I think there Is no wsy but for the sale to go forward. Tdb not see, h6wever,why d' necessariiyobltge your Atth-f j. 8oms one mi^it buy it who would let him remain at a reasonable! r6nt.T '1

went home full of the idea. Myi inl

and went mother seised upon it at once, and* Wo-, dered that no one had thought of it be-| Jbre /but aiy lUtber derived ho 'obirifWrt from it. Beoause one scheme had failed he thought all would, and fell ibsck.into the depth of his despondency. He Said no'one would buy the place who dld notj want to ilive'on it, -and theirs was- -not chance in the world of our staying,there.: Mardadid nqt say anything .butJ think she felt the failfire of thy mraftfn more keenly than any of us.

We did not eat any dinner—none of us had the heart for it. The moments

o'cte£ktr.viti Mr Datld Hope bad «kme out!, alert to: .look after his own' add bis partner's interests. A dozen or. more men collected—tbe auotionedr came and th?y »]i iisthMied together in front of

plkntMr'Issw nttberamoiw tnem^ wun lliii ili|iiiiiflnilt Tnnlf bn hicrfae^, the1 Womanish quivering round his white lips. Tbe rest.«l «MWsitf »ad«ora, kli three but the windowa,were onen, and we Were cloae to them, half hlddep, by, the curtains, where we could see and near thi iflMlWd^Airee

They fought the ground albWlj^Mwmg

Mr. said:

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Mr. lioM* dp«d« business quickly. He .arranged to receive his deed tbe next day. Of course two thou3&11

forenoon) *lfsiyflow

XSBPm W^o leave

for the Hex?aay saevelopmenls.. Mother wetrt with «K«lker,h^6f Ooufse. her signature was Slao nedessary. It

tie tbinga for her^-she ssid, with tears in' her eyes:

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did not sleeptogether,'as 4^Mera nhually doin tbe country. I was afrftidto go .to her in the darkness, the Impression pf -T-^ my dreain Was so stroisg tihon tap 9Q rof Wn' stood iu the door and called heir name «MT*

hendk BntidM MttAWs #b»t l)S for us all and what He sends TOust b»

pointed.

m-sssssssg.

sand doUnraiow»rd 4kn0W,£jou know, and I thifk wacan mm

««r, opened iu I ^«KI,W1M» that eu* riously minute obaervaUon which iMe^iilfUt itirpt*

of lank boys, iMkedif I r.OoodalL Mr.

2M jaflMadtaf 81a Imnt her obj^t aeon«, Md aSSould

eadLona be- wss prettiness in me deepened in her •ttlieawmand intoporiUvabeauty.,Ihad.navwMtit more than wlien 1 saw ber dressed to go

and

me into his

kihn Dvm •Whata'grand creatnre ytmart!**' And she, kissing me back, In one of

bids she lean

•CC HI NRUW^®OI—_Barker doesn't see it too, anjiftatopr hiding

up to four thousand^ aeMbor Barker perceived It au4s^w^-stopped too soon fpr our lOterest., for It was only ^r fmtferor rtetwiB^lue of thepropertjt?^^ ^•':r

'^Hlnra omVerfor me whlle liMi bnis Marcia had Teft offher deep mourning. ®i| Slwwora black atlk, and lookedfrngal in

#«iWhat tWM ttftown iht ftWeSSir round? Thank God, and for, I would not say anything for fear thank you, Mr. Hope, the farewell never yon should oppose me, and I did not came)* and ahe glanced up at him with want to go rigptagainst your ad vis*, that wonderful Ught in her eyes, and a F6rl knew Iinust go, In any ease. It smile which made her whole fcce brilmIH Jm 11 anrtlHah tin AtlMr llant.

will toe all yoffoan do, flither, tO pSythe rant and take care of the famny with what comes oil the /scm. Tbf of tbe two tbruSQnd dollars We have now will help you some hut it must be my business to earn the other two thousand. I went to see If Mir. Hope oould advise me—all the reet of you had found him so kind. He baa procured me a situation already, and 1 can go next •What to do?'

That waa my question. Mother gazed at her with a faoe proud though sad, and father's eyes were full of trouble and unesfiness. •To work on a sewing machine. You know it is the one thing I can do well. talked it all over with Mr. Hope. 1 am not thoroughly educated enough to teach anything but small children^ and though I might take care of myself at that business, I should never earn enough to clear tbe farm. I Lave been used TO a sewing msabiue' for three years, and I can work on one for other peopleas well aa for onrselves, lean get good wageo from the first and Mr. Hope thinks that after I get a little acquainted with town ways lean hire a shop and have girls work finder me,ai«i,takeoou«t tracts arfd sb bake 016^ fast, foil a woman.'

jier fqap had kindled while shetspoke# and heir cneeks flushed she looked more likes qutfen ought to be, than a girl whose best prospect was to earn a good deal of money by running a sewing, machine.

I could see that father did not like the idea. He bad a little pride about strch

mother had not spoken? first, and come out clearly on Maroia's side. Afterward, when my sistarr hsd-jgonei nnstSirS answer net letter,, mother told us thpt

she lik«d the W®*v P0 so

much'for tbe money—though, i* Msrcia should succeed, thst Would bb a thing not to be despisd—as for the good it would do Marcia herself* She had been afraid, ever sinoe James died, of her falling intd m6rbid melancholy, ana she

ject and reetbre tbe hSaltby tone of 'her mind. 8q it waa all settled, and the next Monday my sister went away.

afcosrse, fear she waa one of those persons who seem to jcommand aucoesa by right of.natare—fo«e royfl prerogative %rn w&ithe^.,- One* In. while she cams to see us. .She, told us that

(sbe

warf flolhg Welf ilnd wving m^|&. In ii Yew months wekbew that 'sbe/nad a shop of her own. iiidfWiafjftie had taken litracts from «iothihg-

SsSaSttawra when

ScotchdSbei^A »'!Hgii»bhW» bones, ahe resented It with a warmth .which made me wopder If James Harris sue*ss6r W»re already elected and sofaehOw the Idha wis

not pleasant tb me.

For otftaolvesat home, twe ^ot along very well. It ia strange, how many ol the things to whl^b ode has been accustomed one flnd^ it easy and possible to do without, under the pressure ofneeessity.' Hitherto we had been h» tbe habit ot sbending all tbe Income from pur form and we thotight, too, that We, had been carefuf livers. But we mansged now-, to psy, our. rent without encroaching'on the interest of/the t^o thousand dbliarsj so we, Wit tbat we were ^^lpg a little all the time.

Onoe" in aWhile Mr. Hope wine out to eee his place. He would go all over .thfl grounds wittrfatherrand talk patiently about ro^TOWf^K^doHver, and timothy, ana ouckwhMt., 1«ath^r ».said trtidilrstood thinci wonderfully tar S man' wboie life blabeen pmaedln toWn. It waa bisSeotch qaiokn«B, auppo^ Every time-beeam% «oo. housed to chat an hour jsWll«*hjm«n« me» Wid be alwaya spokeof Ma*cia—told whatabraver strong spiritlkhehad, add bow nobly ahh wasdolbgj tlHi sfiera While, I got used to the idea tbrt they did care for each

smwm I tried to befeeling^ I

.Yi

•£tm

moresel

jit ofthtbgs thitsirtt

ahoi

I oometo som9 lives and

Jamea Harris! Indeed

aiid aavetwo

Three yeara went^ou-

hey drew nearer I notioed that

aMW. ahfld. that bsaoty. or aomamltog Sha wore black atlk, and looked regal in bS' Burabedldftot Ml Mie'lnythlng deepened and enridied ber bedhty. She tie tempera, and 1° •boat whstttuSt purpose was,and when badcartidnly never ssemed So peerleaa andjust aa I was, he held me» dearj so •ha i—hack ahs wss fiM*"- as wban, having put asidabecakawl and tfiere would never be any diaappointgoe ^pa oae« sna was ^whiu jwwi .t tn* mit. ment between ua. Our engagement was to tM short one.for be said he had waited long enough for his bride. So be onlugoi nnn •••nwii acquired ly gave me until Christmas to make my •tool at myj tether's foat^ JSsfon) her new etegance in the midst of taaka that m^Mt prdpirstlonp.

stool ,at mj Esther's frf* Jkton her MW|«tesanee iiithe midst ofJN trouble she hadbad anjmperlous way would bave warped moat won df her own. She used to "Eie *6or Uieir natural gtaoe and aymmet Jamea Harris feel it aomettmesi dfliriy ftoe wia elhi^ arttt a bright eolo *-*-)tb«t she wm always ksr eksstes. Soma aswet gladnsas uwuwuk,«..« «w -1w—•• -burdened

MM «MWH!9»aK. fMLHJff^l5SJ aSSSf r.aimspnraisviof flnhed see if she slept. I wanted to go to her a aa ahe loved hUn bnt aha was alwaya ker ckeslBS. iome aeew gladnsas kin- moment, and rest my heart,, gentle to father, Vbat womanlj weak- died ber eyes and curved nor lips. I did with ita fhilneaa of jov, in the quiet of nessind ttindernnm of which Ihave not wonder that Jb. Hope looked at her sympath v. But, liatenlng there, I told1 yod, appealed, I thiuk, to her her so jnuchTonti thought of poor heard her voice, a low, sweet voice alatroncsr naturoTaad always Sbftened JameS Harirls^ for^"Rds away lri his ways, murmur,

Wt womanly weak- diad her ejss and cunrsdnar lips. I did with ita fhllneaa of jov, in the lew of which I have not wonder tlu^ Jb. Hope looked at her sympathv. But, liatenlng led, I thluk, to her herso ttUchTbatl thought of poor heard her voice, a low, sweet —'J 'James Harris^ forty mds a«rkyf Id^^ his w*v*_ mnrmur. grava. and tried to believe that It wai oiUyfor bis memonrliielt jealous /U la joat such aday," she aaid, at last •aatbe one before the old term was sold. tlacaraas. I Do you remembe*, Theo, bow we look-

ter or

IIHIITT motUiu IU*U MIV .WW. v. World, but I oonld^hWh^ Mrg^^lf some times homlMfcskM tWo W^had Uvl^yegjqqe. wi

in this

•.OT^w-^ontfiat dqr. So we meant tomakeaaortof festivalofM* We

Wtf^anled'thim^h

come in

the early

train, anda Utile past

ten I saWbirWAlkhte u^ from the depot, leaning on Mr. Hope's arm. •I think he migb* bave^us have her to oureelveathtsbne day,'I said, a little

athaM ha mm. mil Mai ta hailMM. thit it waa 'My work is done. I am ready now, my love, my love!' It was almost tbe old words, and it seemed to me like the echo of her cry of passionate longing the day before I saw

llant. She looked along time at the wellknown, well-loved sosne,with tbe bright October glory resting on It Then she went up to father, abd leaned over him With the old caressing manner. 'Father,' she said, *pon must own In-

Inside agnlri' •Yes, danghten if It please God/ he snswered, gehtly. He nad always been gehtle, and these last years had made him moreao. •It Aaapleased God,' shp cried, impetuously. ^Father, I "have succeeded even better than my hopes. I gave myself five years to make up two thousand dol )arain,and I have accomplished it in thf66!'

She look out a''roll of bills, and hand ed them td him. 'There it is, fatber Now yon have only to transfer the bank stock, and

Ingle

side will be paid for.. You must own it again fo-day.* •!, Mr. Hope oame forwaftl and smiled— the old heartsome smile which I had notioed thst ^rs^ time I saw him. 'She made me bring the deed,' he aaid: •She badnt fMtlence to Wait twenty-four howra lohgar-i-yuu must own Ingleside again before tbjs sun wept,down.r

of tbe bu4iness and when it was all dOno he sat still, like one.in maoe, turning the new deed, oyer in his hand. Marcia went up to hlni and kissed him, and he -tookher iti tofiisariu». •GodbMs yon, ray diUd, thy oWh ohiidlVhe breathed fervently—'even as through you He has blessed me. bey and «a^f*would live 'till the'old plade was cleared!'

Msrci&spoke triumphantly land with

her^ByM^I^thoug h^ioSd' as^i^she baightlive fbrtver. •You will not go back again to town?' my mother asked her with fond anxiety.

The question suggested a new /ear to my f^ther, ana he neld Marcia's band tight, tind looked into her face. •No, child,you mm't go back,will you?' h^ pleaded, searcbing her face with bis eyes. She stooped and kissed him— they had always been so dear to each -other.'-'1 •, -, '|iof father, 1 shall not go back. 1

ddne.' I wondered how lonff she would stay —how long ^ir. Hope would letiier stay. Just then be spoke tb me. •C me,' TheO, tbey want Mamia to themselves/* tbe w«y, and you wuavtake roe out of it. They can do ^'Y^K^efv otie oould'^without me,* I'ttxyOght biiterlyVbut wbht with him M««MkilaM. .iWe! wandmred around a

the^hurkeat day^oimjr- life

perhaps, that he lacked sentiment. He

Z^uThe^ad Strong praoUcal Mnse, and ite knofrlwgew human nature. He

aAte knofrledgeof ... knew me just as I waa—with all mv lit-

Mr. Hope first.* I knew where her thoughts were, and I would not go in to mock them with my too happy looks.

Next day Mr. Hope went away, and Marcia took me to ber room, and made me wbat she called a wedding present. It was five hundred dollars—the sum for which,after ber two thousand were safe* ly earned, she Lad sold her lease and her business. •It is for the wedding fineriee, Theo, which I shall never want,' she said, as ahe made me take it.

I looked at her, so stately, so young,so beautiful—so much lovolier than I ever was or could be in any eyes save David Hope's—and I uttered my thought, I could not help it. •Surely you will love sgain, Marcia. Forgetfulness coules to every one in time and you are loo good ana too lovely not to be destined to make some man '?*tiiink my nature is granite, Theo, and Impressions do not wear off very easily but whether I shall forget, or whether I shall remember, can have nothing to do with my making you a wedding present.'

So she forced me to accept her gift and I had vanity enough—I, at twentyone, and in love—to take real heart's deligbt in the pretty things it brought me.

Whon Christmas came we were married and went away. I had not expected a journey, for I knew what a busy man Mr. Hope waft but he made every thing else give way, and took me to some of the Southern cities first, and then for a glimpse of life at Washington. It was all sb gay and wtrange and orilliant: and I was S6 happy, I scaroely had tlme to tblrtk about the old friends, the new life was so engrossing. And yet I did not notioe a vein of ssdness in my mother's letters, and I rather wondered that Marola did not write at all. I believe Mr. Hope thought more about these tbibgt than I did, for after a while

hegreW'in a hurry to go home. We got there one mild evening in February', ahd the moment ur greetings were over the okange in Marcia struck me. It, was as if the three years —which ss they passed had seemed only to touch her with new grace and brightness—bad done their whole wearing work In these few'weeks of my abseone. She looked strangely old and thin. Her lips wore oolorleas, and no flush stained ber cheeks. Her motions, too, were slow and languid. When I asked ber ahopit ik she told me she hsd not had rim«to be tired in the three years, so she was taking it out now. She Should be rested by-and-by when sprihg came.

That night, wH0n we were alone, Mr Hope told me that be thought Marcia would-die, 1 never knew till just that moment how much I loved her—how much I had loved her all my life. The thought of ber dying seethed likes great gulfyawning at my feet,.ready to swallow up half the happiness of my future. He soothed my!psaslonate sorrow, and tried tenderly to, comfort me ibat I blessed him 'or it over and over in my heart. He tpld me that, much as he wanted me Wlthrblm in to

and then sat down to reet in which had sa,t and concluded, sinoe he had_ seen Marola,

me there for tb? pieeent.

am buti idaieia.'. "v. ehohgh now to know that he made no •I know what it 1st' I oried impatient-- small sacrifice. We announced our orfy. ,, rangement quietly the next morning, •Do yottf with a smile of qalet amasfl- and fcould we bow glad1 tb« al were, orient. 'Suppoae you teM me th^n.' So spent the dsys with Mar^, and

That I am to have yon for na^r broth- at night ^»me er.

•That I am to.nave you rar uir vrow- uwut wuw It's all rlgnt if Marcia ea^r^rget so l^tocAll hlai. tt wssmy esSl 1V

rcoafdn't—t list's 'allpet nsrtrte and 1 had discovered that my %bOiati't yon? Mii?la hM been very stern-bruwed^Soot ilked petting.

firmof purooae,too, a boat this money.

debt cancelled. Bui 1 could not prevsil upon her,though'l ,al,1 ®,10* quence. It Wis 'then' that tofd her a I a it W 6 ly you, forestsUsd «ks. iBy-tb^WtfOU

•Whnt Waslt. thenr fThatiHoved yo*^- 'Ebeo,*odWSntyou Sfor nyr own. I tbtak it began was back that first day when you came to my o^

aeoret feeling- iBr yon? whtok mado mfr

*«rm deepened every lime Sw my jamdvwpmy ,ilMHWW.WVVrlW.r do Without

oothohdm^ lhatyoftiwuMbe spared to me fB» I would not he«aelltebeoo«gh tb ask you to leave your jlSathei^ and iOTS t&WBltUllIntleaidTWsapaldforbeiiTe I paid an thing to mwettM»iyee^

I looked him rtrai*bt ,ki tbep eyee—I meant to seo^iia sotfl through them.

•v«ryauM,The&' C•And you would rather have

for

your wm than Mavoia, beautiful and strong andnandas afeptW -,y.

they^e* itt*ksJWlthftill hearia.

lo^dmew Ibaganto find opt the Jars, deep tenderness of this man who claimed me, as his own. He suited me exactly. Some girls would have thought,

tout, he thought, night. This was Ing, yet afraid to

wk uiui-iu. a uuJeretood him. well

UV* imiflVf puw a WWW stern-browed Soot liked peUlng. .Aa the weeks wont on I found Marola grpw weaker, and I knew the spring Was'to britag her would be rest tadeal—£h* test where io it! fetft siiall shine,

that that

ThrOagh peacs to light.' v-is .There werotlmes when. It, seemed to ma ,could not ^r^wb^^dumb

my father folio whig his darling with long looks of w6rdless grief and aespair ,UA)k «A saw it too,^for, one night were alltogether^sbe said,ften* hsppy am, lithink you would tiot grieve for me, any of you.<p></p>HjEgbps-

II la God'a great mercy

which is letting me go home to James.

After that we tried io be cliiMrful In jberi presenoes snd before the gusty April

alttlm By hOTaSsbe.andl saw a change, li started toeallwomeoai* andas I went beard the old, tender, Ipnglng cry—a

*verestUl« aafdl knew she had entered

hwe pi«sed aince then, and

rtatWHcmebastoade me fery b*PP7 The dear rather knd mother still live at Ingleside, and I go to them in ««nmer with my boys and g5rla. But ^1 ^miss Marcia, ®y/ m«

callAeri

h«t he would come

etc.

at her brightto see her •in the pld keep.

Lbai. iuwi Zinc are immenselyueera? in tM fndnstrial arts and aa

Intthnehr WadNa wtm applied to the skin Pimples. Blbtchea, jetc- from It. Br.

-Rheumatism, NeunO^ Lumbago Rheumatic Gout, Nervous and KidneyDTseases positively cured by Dr. fitter's Rheumatic Remedy—a Fbysicians specialty 42 years, never foils when taken as directed. M. Donnelly, agent.- tnar7-lyf