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DIAL) LAJLAI u1u.L bu. KJULJJUULAJLIS V U1 J DUI Auunn Her voice was notthe voice of love._ Sad, _ timorous, full of foreboding, intimating a dark, uncertain future. '. Wiie stopped her. ` I Av-:11 T Innvn-i nz\r\\n+111'nn- +l\ ant? 4-n 17r\I1I ` .morta1.ma.n-aemortal man in his twenty- I` LIJLU I Why, her very tones were tremulous with feeling! Her dark `eyes were humi,d- y and not with love. What was Willie- but second year? If there ngered any coldness in his feelings, her manner thawed it away. ' She looked his own ideal of herself now-'- grave, sweet, and, in his eyes, more beauti- ful than a dream. Love came in like a` ood. The mysterious st1'anger-her frivolous ways-his own 1nisgivings-wcre quenched ` in a moment. ILTITX, ,, , _,,__ 1, Ian 1 , , I , 1 .LI_JI:,,,,' Why are you glad? he asked, feelingii that he was treading on the verge of the" most delicious moment of his life, and holding 1 back in very fear of the joy at hand. \ T 11011:; nnn1n~11-inch n cnnrv +11 -Ivn-II T4]1{n VANITY HARDWAREJ By ALAN Mam : Vanity loves me! quoth the deluded boy. That much is sure. Vanity loves me--loves ' me--_lovee me tenderly l Repeating the words over and over, you observe, which we all know makes the fact more of a fact than ever. What, then, about the unknown obstacle? Why, he_ had taken heart, and the more he scrutinized it, swathed as it was in mystery, the less he feared. He would unroll this dread secret, and nd it something commonplace enough-.-eomething tolaugh at, say this day ten years! Who can measure the power this beautiful girl gained over him in that brief space when she melted into womanliness? A little while after their parting, his conict of feeling had settled d0Wll S into two thnna-hi-no Q1... .1- 9.. P135 usus, um l.a`U.l.l.|.I..IUIJ U]; Ieellng` into two thoughts: She is good, which built him up, being a _respecta~ ble young man; She loves me, which. set him on re, being a. combustible young man. And between She is good and She loves me, swing want that lad s mind, to and fro, to and fro, regular and steady as a pendulum. , Hewasenefellow, eslhsve said many times, `but, perhaps, a little weak, and dis- posed tolean on the judgment of others. He wuS:);\;e dropped the matter; and bgan to- read afresh. __ I CHAPTER VII. GUILTY, oaxor GUILTY? Vanity gone. Tillie Snow was strug- i gling with a rush of feeling, violent and tur- bid, like a mill-race; and yet he Weighed his sweetheart in the balance more carefully than he could have weighed her in his quiet- est mood. In common conversation she was frivolous and malapert; against this fault he put the tremulous earnestness of her voice in this last supreme moment. Her eyes mostly darted light coquettish rays; now he recalled them, big with anguish, as she ew from his side. The insinuations against her character were grave, and not more grave than reason- able; he rebutted these by recalling her man- ner of reply when he had asked if she were. married; for in his ears-deluded boy I---the ring of truth and the light of honor were in her_ tone and look. Whereupon I remark that, when a young womanis in the habit of receiving a matter of, let us say, ten-and-sir pence a night for making faces to order, she can look demure or heartbroken at very ' short notice. But this never occurred to Willie. Vanity was a true woman, after all, : and worthy of his aifection. Thus he an- .` swered his own dee M turned to other matters. She loved him; she 7 pest doubt; and then he i I l I could not marry; him; and yet her hand was i tree! ` What could these things mean? The brook babbling onat his feet -words, and repeated them as. it chattered runs between ' over the stones--Something us that must divide us forever; `it is red as blood, hot asre, cruel as death! 7 ' ' (\l1'(u-nnnvun f\t\t'\1| 'Vrr:I1:.. I(TIfL..A -_-,V picked up her ` c I 1 vavvu, uvu an Luv, V1 IJUA an uuuuut ` , Oh I groaned poor Willie. .What- can her sorrow be? , Chatter went the brook, brawling agajnst the stones, gnd-rushing in twenty noisy little -ra-pids, but answering still as it hurried by-`- It is red as blood, hot as fire, cruel as death! ' ` A u*n_-;. _1__ _-_ _--.1 n _ 1_;;_ ,1 -...... . - Inuu JLIUAVI. unsw- Willie soon recovered his spirits. Couns.-3] for the prisoner has mlerably easy work when beauty is at the bar and love is on the hnnnh . ~ a.u vvvu.Au uuu 5ou Uu nu nu. ; Well, . doctor, she said, turning round 7 from the window and facing me, with her } large, clear eyes of gray,` if you must have ` it, at this _moment_ I like Vanity Hardware I better than Willie Snow. Well, now, miss, I said; you do aston- ish me. But she is good, pleaded poor Will, judge, jury and advocate all in his own breast. She-mush be good. And she loves me! Nevot was voice like hers without true love! `But the brook replied as before,,a.nd ran 01! into the gray and ghostly distance, busy and inexorable. A . TITI`I.'_ ..____ _-_-_-,_-,- I I 0 IBJELA . u. uwau, Aaulu "UL `u. Granted, miss, Ivreplied. And bgaing a hard world, it does not get on very well. But `if it was a soft world, markmy words, miss, it would not get on.at a11. HTKTAYI .a...'.4-,...vn -1... .....',1 L--_._: _ _ _ . _-...: vuv IIIJEIJJLIAIIE, D LIU IV, auu. UVOI BLLGJJ DU. It is a hard world, she said, with another ' sigh-`.`a hard, hard world. Ht1...m+m1 ...: .... n I"......1.-M: u A...J 1.-.-A... - uvuuo L And so, if_ . a woman misvplaces her afec-T tions once. said my young lady, gravely looking out of the window, all is over. She can love and be loved no more? LH`l1-__._ __,_-_ n 7 UN you: gvvw uuu U0 JUVGU. .|lU LIIUIUX True, miss, I answered. So it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be. Tf in n Ian:-` -an-CIA H at... .-...,`I ....'4-`I. .......4.l-....' Trying to entrap Willie, ain t she, miss? "I think she loves him, doctor. ` . Loveshim! Icried,indig_nant1y. What ` love ' have women like Vanity Hardware to `give? They lead men the dance to ruin, just to gratify their pride, of-their greediness, or Inn. n We must wait and see, was all she would reply. She has something very sad in her hat: rt ' - ` I am quite interested in. 1"a1tify`s secret, said my young lady. ` . What Varewe to say of that young Woman, miss? V T * ' - (L117. ;, ,1 -ya , 1 u _ 11 1 an though, you observe,` she did not say so. .; Inss `um i um: rnmas; Just at this point we stopped; our read- mg. Perhaps my young lady was tired; al- ; wgbegan to chat; quite accidentally, I do } believe. ; I think doctor,V said my young lady, people will like the story. Do you know, I am quite interested in Va.nity s secret." T Ibvnu nan mien nnid I, thn vmma woman um 11.] V Kl-IIUJ C Tlvlcllp .You see, miss, soid I, the young woman is in a x somehow. AL`! _..__.I.... u-ulnnl- Inna a1-`.n1nAI- Cam.` rr\\! vvncu-nu I8 In It 111. BUIUUUUVV. > I wonder-what her secret is? my young - lady said. 'I suppose it must be--.- Sh-3 [shook her head and sighed. It must be what, mis? But, do you know, I could not get another word out of her! - So I changed the subject. Tell me, miss, what; you think of Willie Snow. _ Il'_ ....-..... 1.3.. .....--I.-. innit av` AAA I~!l96- .4! la... UUCII l.l.|\f.AV nlvhvlv J. `Law uLuu Dear me, miss, I remarked; ow, 1 ' thought him so steady and so respectable. Mn l`I\I1"\+. unit` haw 'ITI\I'II|fl| 1&1`!!! I`rr)i\11 lguyoung lady made me an odd lift of her M eyebrows. Now, for money, I could not tel} what she meant by it. c'nrr:n... an-.. .:....4-.... 7-; ...... ....... A... VVLICIU TVIJU ll-ICZIIV II. III! Willie Snow, doctor? Let me see. An` amiable young man; but he must do a great deal more bafore.I like him. u-n . _ _ _ -- ...-..... )9 `r __...-_.1-_;| 14..---- I wxo doubt, said 111;; young lady; very Iteady. Perfectly respectable. 55A-nt` uvknn ll: cnv hnf. A n unvnnrr rnnn 5110 LLILLJ DU Dllbluu. IJLLI-L DU ataorruvvulltv. IUOCIQLJ n .5 Us LUUUAJ 1 usayuvvuunvu And when yr/_t_1 sgz that of 3 young man, miss, I continued, you say almost every. I-Linn - uugsxixehow we did -not seem to be getting on I well with. this part of` the talk, so I went back 1 to Vanity Hardware ` V>V H .7: A ,._._.;~ Vqi1let,'cruelAIenV; and than she iii- ial ` ENNEDY, GAVILLER & HOLLAND, Architects, P. L. Surve ors. Valuators, &c. Plans and specications or buildings pre- ared. Town and Village Lots laid out. Farm ines carefully located. Timber limits examin- ed, 850.. &.c. 1`oron'to Oice--4 Mail Buildings. Barrie O1ce-McCa.rthy s Block. Collingwood 0lce-Long s Block. , Tuog. KENNEDY. MAURICE GAVILLER. W. J. HOLLAND. 51-ly THE Nofcfnlmn ADVANCE W'1'1.1.isWv:t:swa grave beginning, but suited Willie s mood better than the cheeriest greeting. He took up the thread of their ` former conversation just where Vanity had so aruptly broken it. The-last time we met you said you loved me-did you not? NT A411 91 llrlwvv xavvvnn nnA\rL ILLI-A5 Lllll 1.1151-IUa Cross-e_xamined, the old lady declared that . no visitor ever came near the house. Fur- ther cross-examined concerning the strange man whom I, had seen with Miss Hardware, the alleged that she knew nothing of him. It was impossible he could be often at the Farm without her knowledge. Did Miss Vanity write many letters? N o. Nor receive many? No. (Miss Vanity read a deal, and would sing as she went about the house for all the world like a thrush. Volunteered by witness.) Was the old gentleman a_ kind father? ` She dared say; it was all coughing, and wheezing and groaning morning, noon and night. Did the old gentleman drink? Poor old soul! not a drop-lived on gruel and dry toast. Did Miss Vanity seem happy? Well, sometimes she was all for laughing, and sometimes all for crying, and more times she neither laughed nor cried, and there. you were! `So. the old lady's evidence did not go for much. We knew- that the Hardwares dealt with the vil- . lage-tradespeople. and paid" their bills regu- larly, which is the best safeguard against` slander I know of! And when Miss Vanity took the fancyof having the garden done up, Billy Ditcher, who had the job, deo clared that gentry were all very well, but give him the folk that could hand you half a crown where two shillings were due, and tell you to keep the change. V At last the lovers met One even- Hla, an Willin Innlzn men. ...........1..- 1_-__L-u an auau uuu Luvura may ugeun. U119 even` ing, as Willie looked, with scarcely-hopeful eeyes,Vacross their favorite field, he saw Van ity standing at the gate, waiting, as she had so often waited before. `She was gazing pensively at the distant hills, and did not see Willie until he was at her side. He touched her gently on the arm. What brings you here this evening? Vanity xed her eyes upon him. ` Fate I shot ansvyered, in _a.__ composed "`17*'t :""s13Z _:n;1,>v:r;dy,vuit`1u:. voice, as it she had prepared the reply 1: v \._IA\/V, uo 11. I week before. IIVL 3 ,_ _ ,, u J\JluI5`u|CUl4LLC\A 5 Al 1.. However Willie s purpose might waver be- fore an adverse opinion his affection soon returned to what was now the natural quar- ter. Vanity Hardware had won his heart. In point of fact, nothing but diflidence and. the fear of being thought foolish kept him `from niaking confessions of his love to his friends. But Tumblcdown ,Far`m being,` still a mystery to the whole villag:e, and none knowing whence the Hardwares came, or how they managed to live, Willie felt afraid to mention his sweethearts name openly. So he dalliesl with Nancy, loved Vanity, and , spoke not a word to anybody, except to me. . After their parting at the brook ten days elapsed without his `seeing her again. Even- ing after evening he paced the sameroad, watching eagerly at every turn for the utter. of Vanity s white dress, but all in vain. Meanwhile, by every honorable means, he tried to learn something about her and her . father, but when the information he picked up was put together Withthat which I had learned myself . elsewhere, we remained, for all practical purposes, as much in the `dark as ever. Now, with what can a chapter and better than a. big note of interrogation? CHAPTER VIII. . rnou WEEPING ro LAUGHTER. V The Hardwares kept no regular servant. `An old cha.rwo_man'was engaged to do the housework and the cooking,_ coming in at seven in the morning and leaving punctually at one. At ve she returned, and did -such further turns as were needful; and at eight; she left for the night. Of old Mr. Hardware . this woman saw little or nothing. He never came down` to brezxkfasb, and he would not suffer her to enter any roourwhere he might happen_Lu be. She haul the strictest -orde frnrn H,-ion `Tn:-n'4-1r nnxynn "1\-Dix`-\t\`v +1. L2... --_. uuy1Juu_yv v uvuu Again: L110 Dbl uagoau `ULQCLU from Miss Vanity never to speak to him un- less he rst spoke to her. ` ' . Huh .:,.1. as 4:... l\1A 1.3.. .....'.1 14;- -_-- __, 1 a UDIBFEI 1\4\Jl1l`4.I.\.D, \4\IlV V B1 1 11` L/1'41`. \4lJiVl" missioner in Queen's Bench, Auctioneer, Appraiser. and Commission Agent for the sale of Houses, Lands, I<`a.rn1 Stock, Household Furniture, Goods, VVa.res. 850. Also for the collection of Rents, Notes and .Accounts. Oice--Police Court,'Barrie. Ivvu Llu 11:. av oriunu |-\l LAVI- VVhich, the old lady said, no one would want to, neither. Catch I speaking to he! But; Miss Vanity do run after un upstairs and down, `morning till night. (`J-nca_ovnrh1'nnJ flan A1.-I L-ulvv .I,...1.....;.`l A.'L-1_ vuu V 7 L11. 1! VJLLLlJ.L- I shook his resolution a little, I could see. He seemed not quite so full of Miss Vanity when he went out as when he came in. Willie was always apt to think that whoever spoke last spoke best, which is a merit in a. man who hears your advice last, otherwise it is a fault. The upshot was that he suffered between Nancy and himse1_f to go on as be.- tore-lie civil to her; she civil to him. Nancy inust have seen that he kept out of her way, but she took n_o notice of the alteration in his conduct, be1ng,tas I have already pointed out, a. long-headed girl. nntrnrrnvn 1r`7`;l;n 6 oluunutcnnn ~n.'..`Ll- ..u....._ L. . In this matter of marriage keep in the 3afe,.soh-~x', .r,-ommon-sense track,-sa.id I. Do as` other people do, and you are most hkely to do well. Nancy is the girl for you. She will make you happy, and she-will keeg you 1-o. Whatedo you know about Miss II-z_n'dware? Simply that she is pretty; so are scores of women. And that she can cry when she Wants to make a. fool of you; so can every woman. ' ` T c-]1r\t\Tr 1.42. ..,.-..1..4.:,.;. .. `l.'LL`l.. 1' ,.,...1.I N... .2; , ma k:1.'>wh_o'bore it a_11l So next I 1.. 5):. zu-.::inj)!ixnent or two. Then`,ha.ving L - 2' .'-r. I`.-21:`-n,':\;s, I `spoke of Nancy Steele i.hu:1'.n rv ving Will time to say much thi-" r\4 vva._`; 02- 2.12:; :, 1 praised her 1ooks,= her thrift,` la"-1' sn::r.; i'ortuue-whabever was attractive uhuitt her. ` LIT .. n u 1 n 19 , had not that which enable: 3 man to pursue of his life silent and ne_1t-containad..:- , _so,`i:am2hqugh,. tor . oh___ `of(,.Va`n1t7 s goodness, he told me 3every=word of his last conversation with Vanity, and asked my opinion, which. at the moment, was In as if he should have said; ' _ T - Dr. Book, I believe one and one make two. But would you mind stating your views on the point?" 17.. .... .0... Tnnvrn hivn wnv nnininn nf Mien Vl6\VS 011 luv puuuu . However, I gave him my D1nion of Min Vanity Hardware straight enough. The young woman is an actress. "A what ? cried Willie. . An actress, I repeated. "A real live actress! Two pounds a week, and nd your own frocks! Pulf yourself, and paint your- self, and go out with `a pair of eyes full of theatre tears, and tell your stage-lover, in .adying voice, that your `heart is" breaking; `or set up as an example of lial piety, and take in sewing to keep your aged father out of the workhouse. The house ap- plaud s, and thinks better of human nature. And human nature in the telling frock takes advantage of the applause to ogle the stalls. Oh, rubbish and nonsense, _VVillie! The voung woman is an actress, and, believe me, `she is playing 'a part you don't understand! 1-1! tvnn I-m.-I cnnn ho`l' hi: nvnlnirnnrl fur. 5116 15 p1u_y lug a. pal. U yuw uU.I..y. II uuuux auovuux If you had seen her! he exclaimed fer- vently. IE you had heard her! urn. xmn Will 19 mm T mm .m' .. Inn-n * VULlUl.Jn Ll.Jvu uw\&uuI~1u.uvJI Oh, Wil Will, said I, you are a very young man--twen17v-two. by the almanac " `-". '.'r1zcm you divide S33 _v= -1 fr` " 2- -*~! I-'czu`t aged 21. , .1- .) _ _ uv-\.uu. Ju 9 I did. ILTT, u; isgnot `much to ask that you will never repeat this conversation to any one, she said, trying hard tospeak calmly. Don't mention my name; that will be the greatest kindness you can do me. I must go home now, for my father expects me. "Are we to partin this way? Willie asked". We are, she, replied, grown more com-' posed. I have been foolish, d I must pay the `penalty. Perhapsl have been over ex- cited too.-, perhaps I said more than I meant. That is little matter, so . long as you don t repeat anything. Forget me, Willie; _ forget 111- about moi? ` OHN MACKAY. AUCTIONEER, COMMIS- sioner, Conveyancer, Issuer 01 Marriage Licenses under the new Act. Money to'Loan at Moderate Interest. Creemore, Ont; 61y. no bad as you descri depend upon it I sh be. IfIhea.rd thissecret, ould say you had made a mountain of a molehill. `I144: IIDAIIAQ 43".! _-A. - ~-- I I I desirable--" Shevpaused. ` t I navu an , JULI UCVCJ. u:u.u_y L'u.l'eu 101` me." . Listen, she answered in a tone that sunk into hisvcry soul, If you had been brought up all your life long amongst people who were some thoughtless, some vicious, some selsh, until you hardly knew there was such a thing as goodness; and if, all of a sudden, you saw somebody who seemed to live a higher life and breathe a. purer air, who had grown up surrounded by truth and virtue until he was good without knowing he was good-; and if he was as handsome as virtuous. so that nothing was wanting to make him- Of whom are you speaking 3" asked Willie. ' She went on impetuouslyz. If you found that you had drawn forth a ` pure and noble love, which owed out for you like a delicious stream, promising to gladden a hard, scorched life; and if, just as you were going to drink, something told you that you had no right to that love-that you had awakened it only by secming to be what , you were not; that the'dreams of your life ' were as fair as heaven, and the realities base and wretched; that, Willie, Willie! she 1: l . cried, starting up wildly, if the veil were ` torn 013? me, you would hateme! If you married me, and the veil were torn off then, you would curse me! Go, and let me go! I Tell nobody what I have said; let it be a se- cret between you andmyself forever. Don t write to me--as you ' value my life, don't write to me! 0 ,Willie, Willie, my heart is -broken! V The forced calmness with which she began had changed-to frenzy, and the frenzy now ' changed to weeping. Vanity turned away, and, resting her hands on the gate, bowed ' down in a t of crying. I Winin had linfnnn in I.-- ...:u. -_.--_-,,, V - uuvvu LI-I a nu U]. cr_y1u . Willie had listened to her with amazement and fear; but whatever prudential motives may have been at - .work in his breast gave way at the sight of her great sorrow. `.`You are nervous and excited, he said, soothingly. You must be distressing your- self without reason- Thm-A Ann 1... m.n.a..-- I-IUL c that girl, Miss Steeie. I know all about her, said Vanity, trying to smile, with her eyes full of tears. She is respec zable; youwl getta good wife and run no risk. Everybody will say how sensible you are, and praise you and look up to you. That will be nice, you know. There is some onowaitig to marry you--T n-Lnv vv 0 There was a `touch, of scorn in her-That will be nice--Oh, such a fine, delicate, sting- ing scornl. Quite right, -Mr. Shakespeare; "the mocking Wench `bad a tongue with a razor edge; ' ;uauA' \.u5u.- - . -. I ' ' ` - _V ' I sfze how 11; 15, W11l1e sznd, w1th a morti- ed alr; you never really cared for me. ' `.`r.1'nfnn ehn nncnsm-n-nzl in .. 4-A..- 4.`l_..L ..___1_ al CIWGLILJ V-a.nit3" rose` with a sad smile. She touched him on the cheek. She seemed the elder and the stronger of the two. - u('1n...'l I.... TIr:I1.'.. 117'- ...___L . ., ., - .- UIIU uuzuuscx UL uuu UVVU. Good-by. Willie. We must see `ach other no more. l.(T"r-_-_.u.__ _,,s . 1 - _. _ _ VJ I-lJ\ll U0 Vanity, what do you mean? Have I of- fended you? All these exclamations came in o `I-n~nn+'|-u. 1... n.-.1.-II .....d. .'_A..._.._L L ,_, 1.110 . nuaummllx. JVLAUKIUE UAVILLER. J ._`HQLI{A1_QD. 51-ly A W. MQVITTIE, D. L. SURVEYOR AND . Real Estate Agent, Calgary, N. W. T. Correspondence solicited with re ard to invest- ments 1n Province of Alberta. .W.T. A. W. McVI l"l`IE. Address Calgary, via. Benton, Montana U.S. _ _ guuuuu Jun: 1.11 Ul.l$U UAUIKIJJJIIUIUUS Uul in a breath; hc_a could not interpret her man- I'IA`I' ' _v\.a\.1\4vlvL u(:_1 PLILIUIU HIGJJUUI 1 T If you knew thabthere was a fact in my life---an ino_r'f`aceableA fact--whioh would ' leave me npcn to a sudden shame; something that children ought never to know about a `mother, that friends ought never to know . about a friend, that ' a husband ought never ' then? to know about his Wife;Zu111ess he loved her with a love that was unq1_1encbab1e-what W31. `don't quite un< lersfahd you, . Wlie re- plied, hesitating. My love is unquencha-ble. 'Tfn'"H1nf-. warn fmua rm" nu. .......1,1 ......- rnnuxs, nun: vcnulu O . xuu LUV U Ll11Lil1U11L'lJdiU.lC." If all that were true of me, would you still say what you said just now-that noth- ing in the world could `alter your love? V.a-c ,3 nncurornil TVFII-in nVn..~`lw. T L. un5 u; uuo n uxxu \;Uu.1u until` yU1l1' IOVBE" ' Y~e-s," answered Willie slowly; `.`I be- lieve so. Then, after a pause, he added, Of course it would be nothing really dis- nrrnm.fnl_ ` Iv Uuuvx 11.: Because you are a manly, affectionate - boy; but you are afraid of what theA world says.` You would make your love _for me `second, and your love for the good opinion` of your: friends first. HT :.1.,...v,1 -4 T1. L_'L .1- __,, _ )-- - - v1. J vun ll 1,CA1`u.3 111 .`9lJ. . V I should not. What do you mean? sald Willie-tWo matfers in one breath. 1T....:L.. ....4. _1 ..'._1.__-___ u- _ , , ' nn `- n uuu--unu unaunuxs Ju uuu ureulu. _ A Vanity sat pliicking the grass. She spoke with the most curious air of preoccupation, frivolity and disdain. VVho V could read the ,sec1'ot,of her siubt-Ie manner? LITI! ..,~.- 1-.. ,__ L`, ,4 L` A gnu. .10. _ . i "it: xed upon him am searching look, nerto gauge his sincerity. . (tle understood what the look meant. - "1 os,- you may believe me! he cried. Nothing could alter my love-nothing in iue-worlrl 1 . Are you sure? ` ' `- QILS sure as that I live. ' - `there wasia grassy bank beside the gate, `Gad there _V2nity sat down, Willie standing lxard ly, and she plucking at a few tall blades of grass growing at her side. She` did not 'ook up. I Willie, if I loved you-- You have told me that you do. If I. let-my liking for you grow into love, she went on, ina low voice, I would love you till Idied. You would take me out of myself and hold me as your own. Do what -you would, be What you "would; I could never` take back the heart I had given. She paused. He felt she had more to say. - Wel1;A Vanity, what then ? ' I 7 _``You could never love me so. 1 Why do you say that? asked ~ Willie, _ wonderin g. V . I nAAnIImA --.- -._- _ ____.,~n _ nn IXIVIVLIIA PLAN LLVU lV11lJl.J.-l11`JU. HALL, Carpenter and Builder, angi Manufacturer of Doors Sash, Blinds, Mouldmgs. 8:0. Plan- ing of ail kinds done promptly and satisfac- torv. Factorv, John street. Barrie. , . _tweanTthem. , uyauglovfa meyou are not married; yet youcanhot marry me! What can the reason . be!` I have it! he cried. You have prom- M ised to marry some one else. I have not. . Then why may we not marry? \ The fact 1'5 all you need know, said Vanity; the cause is my a a1r. ` urn... rrnf. rm nf the r-armn aha]! hn mv ILIIUTI 05335.: -"V_'T,' ""' `V " ' I 1 1 1 1 w 1 UIJU DGIJDUIDIJJJ It-Inl-_ c To get rid of the cause shall be my affair, replied Willie nluckily. And surely, Vanity, you cannot think it improper curi- osity if I press you to tell me more about this secret diiculty. 1'1 - _.I..-.I..:l O!!:"`\ 1\n1I aver` Ln c-nnvu 9411!!-v in -UKUB BUUIUU uuu.LuunvJ o He pleaded with her, and he soon saw in her manner some fruits of his entreaties. She softened, she warmed; but still she would say nothing. For all that, she seemed to feel a pleasure in being pre$ed to Speak; and Willie. nding that he had power to move her, and that her resolution wavered more and more, besought her to trust him. At last, much as if she felt that his caressing speeches were giving her a dngerous plea- sure, she drew herself up, and her rmnem returned. . . f`You must ask me no more. . But, having accomplished so much, was Willie likely now to despair? He renewed his entreaties. ' ____ __.. 1... _. ..I....a.....I.. 4... .1..- ....... H In U_Ll U1 Ga. tuna. There can be no obstacle to cur mar- .riag'el he cried, vehemently, no possibll _..`h~`.2` which my love and energy will not .4...`-an" uvu ;vA.|u- .|.4UuLBULll `_.'.. Fenderson (much ` agitated)--"UZ' . beg your pardon I but, really, is it 3.; {jthatr youhave a mother living .7" I an: up , Sold by all dealers at 250. per box. Try 1- Dr. A. W. Chase s Cauadlan Catarrh Cure- take no otheTr-it will cure you. For sale b y L all dealers. He Thought the Coon Knew Best. A Henry County farmer came to Clin- ton on the late cold wave wearing a coun- skin overcoat. A west side grocer in qnired : . u\X7|..... .1,... a. . . . _ . ..;... u.- I, ,:, - 1 ` ._ A Word of Explanation. . ; The liver secretes" bile to move the bowels ; the kidneys `secrete urine, to can iv off uric acid, which would poison the blow`. : ` the stomach secretes , gastric juice to Jigcst or dissolve the food, etc, Burdock Rlnmi Bitters acts upon these, organs and puritic-.4 the blood by Tcleansing all the secretions of the system. T T ' The Faith. Cute. I -This new theory of cure is rapidly grow iiug * in fashion but la illogical in reason and * science. Faith without works is dead. Those who have faith in Hagyard a Yellow Oil have 1 its good works to assure their faith. It`1s j an unfailing external and internal relief M` ` aches, pains, lameness and soreness. 1 Natural Gas. \- -A Pittsburgh, Pa, man was heard tv ` remark to a. friend the other day : \ gnu AIIIII1 hrin `Ann 4-In cvnn `want *0 -dsEPIi ' S \zv}x7_I4I*, l*x*IJ.C"14iv0N`iiia-F0`1i'i`iAi1: County of Simcoe. Terms reasonable. A Office at my Store. Cmighurst. 46-ly ;~`"r=;;,"x;;;.:";.; i,`;;::;;`,::; W to L know how to raise some dust T 4Yea, I do, 1 am very hard up. ` `vWe1l, shake a carpet. I , `-`Why don t you wear the hairy side instead of out '1 T I reckon `the coon knew -which . was the warmest when he wore it, di.l: he 1. replied the farmer. V Ain't it time you paid me that v asked a farmer of his neighbor. Tain t due, was the reply. But you promised to pay me W1`-011 you got back from New York. _ W011, I hain t been there, he replied. . --.As spring Go can buy oven-coats I over cost price. fl`. . Encountering a. Barber While Blayor "Harrison, of Chicago, `ms in Buffalo last Saturday, he stepped into `-9. barber shop, asking in his suave x1mn.ur-r ; whether there was anybody who cs 1 f . ' be.a,utif'y. him by a. judicious Cii[)I)ih;_f hair and beard. The head of the (:.~.`1=' - Iishmeat at once proffered his 8`. rvi : V. The clipping was done in ar1nxxi1'able..sQ.~' - ~ -as his Honor showed yesterday. It, ' 5 followed by a. shampoo, during which 7 conversation or [the party. :r}c-1'ntc.d- r.~ /;~ is generally in [ rrxono:~.yl1a'olcs, so as ' L "~ ayoid a taste of the soap:~;n:1s The f . "lowing, is the dialogue as stzwtcd by :7. tonsorial artist 1 -Know Carts:-r Harrison, the i\I3._y.r < 2' i Chicago? , -Yep! V . A i Look a. good deal like him. 3 Yep 3" V V 9 `Understand he is a d-- scoundrel. I - CKNOP !7.7 I ' How_in--do you` know "2" shouted 111-. Mayor through the soapsuds, and letting up on the monosyllables. `IA n noun -'-.,.'.. I...-..... ['Vl.:....,.A 1" _L-.___.. w"(31.;;e to ve boxes will cure chronic Ca- tarrh. ' ' ' (`I11 II`! I ltlw I p.` :6 VIC QVIIAO lQ|-UI I Don t Allow a. cold in the head to slms-iy and surely develope itself into Cataarh wh.-2. you can be cured for 25 cents. ' A n 3 -11 .._. ___1: , _ yvuu` you uu Uul cu 1U!` .32) CCU L5. V A` few applicatxons will cure xnclpxunt C`-atarrh. * I\ I I , 0" `- \/sllllll I ll- _ One to two boxes will cure ordinary Ca. tarrb. ' __, L, I` ,, I -_,,_ _.,"ll ,,,,,- I I /-4 ` auvn;nvsAJ J(l\.IJ Miss Louisburg (with 3. faint smile `annoyance on her `s-xnilinyg face)`-`fl droll ! Your friend Mr. Jones was 1 1` K. ably spea_king,c:f`my mother; I am --; not Mrs. Louisbur_:. T T3 1 I 1 -. r , Amun. nuummx, 1mVuuV1uj ac nu1msn .5 WoRKs...H. SEWREY Manufgzcturer of every dvscription of Engines, Boilers`. Saw Mill, Grist Mill, Shingle, Lath.` and Wood- working Machinery. ' _ \Vor;eTu;dv1:Iore of It. _ Fenderson (who has just been ixnr. duced)-Delighteci to meet you, 1` m V - _ - 1` ' Vsure. My frlend Jones often speam. a: you It was only the other day that ` said: `Mrs. Lnuisburg is such :1 motherly lady ! lf;oa T.\...'..l-....... /....'.L .. :_:_.L ___.:1 _but conquered the incipient li.~r.2i._:'. ' Hollowav s Pills The Hour of danger. - D isease.c"xn'uz:~ .. . comes on with slight symptoms-, wlx1ci.. . neglected, increase in severity, and thus 3 comes dan_gerous-a condition which liutxag. ; the grossest remissness--when these ll taken in accordance with their accnnlpun,-. ing directions,` would not only have clu _- ,; 5., Patients daily forward details of the 111: L51: re- markable and instructive cases in which tin.-. - ly attention to Hol1oway s advice lia.s1:u- doubtedly_ saved them from severe illm.~..-:. These Pills act primarily on the (liaestiw organs, which theystimulate when slow and imperfect; and, secondly, upon the bl<.,=l. which is thoroughly - puried by them, `whence is derived the general tone they im- part. and their power of subjugnting hypochondriacism, dyspepsia, and nerx-can complaints. ` OO- ,1, .,..., ....,...,.,_,.........y. . A-a-are you from Chicago .7" stamm. eddthe barber, aghast. Yep ! thundered the Mayor. Oh-h-Tn 3" said the barber, with 21 1 ~ drawn accent of recognition, and then nished his work 'm_si1euce. ` DIAGNOSID HIM. ` 0 world, than vast and aching void 2 1 Hunt than one pleasure unalloyed 2 If an i:|-nun nntmr rninn ` unav uuvu vuv yncouulv uuuuuyeu ( ; L If so tzwas never mine. I _ve walked thy surface forty years ; : Well art than called: vale of tears,,` man can A` nnn`;-I-:1-1; `-n.:.... I ` yy cu an I; wanna uunnvua van: U1 lI8I'8 _" . Thou sea of scalding brine ! Vain earth 1 but thou one thing that's gnoq r. ` In vain I seek the deepest wood ' wnr rock `F:-nrn n-in`-:4! AF cnn . ! 1,1; vunu J. nvvn Uuv uvvllvuv VVUUu For rest from sight of sin ; The birds in ev ry bush and tree ` Scream and ght most viciously - niafrnn ma 1-uvfls {Janine Jln KWHUGIUL VVIDLIII nuu lJUvv' VJ, Gaunt hunger and star vat?on.. Of death dlone can we be sure- Thousands our ills, but rare the cure -- , . _ . _ . . . _ _..L..... ....l ...._1_.. Luuuoauua Uul. I110, uuv lulu uuc UUIU -- Legion our aches and pains. Often wyen strongest sickness comes, Then in our long and silent homes That: 11:11 ruin AA v-nI LIIDII Lu, Uul AULJ5 IIl.I|l Dllvalv uuugu They lay our cold remains. A nd sure thatqia much the best, For there alone is found a rest ; ' 'I"L...... ....1.. kuq` -1..- I ;. Dan 1..llV ur, uumryn UUUlV'1' I Ur'b`1M- a. com. W111 be at hm oice at the Court House, Barrie, every Saturday. Residence and P.O. Cookstown. JCKIL UIICII3 GJIIIJC ID IVJLIIJLI `I LEDU , There on1y~-but alas ! _ My doctor drives up in his gig, Looks at my tongue wise as a pig, AL: In`: I I'1(\l1 1-Ivar-:5 lxlnonnnma U\)If|-I-I CHI`-I I.l6IlU LLIUQII V I\}l\ l`5.| Distract me wlth their dm. The owers bloom -they only bring Forth odors that are sickening, F`.-.n1n;nn nfnmnnhn f|I1n`:v\n l.'Ul|l Vllulv wuu ulu vu Uy IJ Lia] V Yes; war and desolation. Where e er I go I always see Squalor, want and poverty, l1nnn `annual! ant` 431-911 1754-` L !-All vvvv vluluoll IAIIJ .I. LLICCU " . One `;I'7;.y of begging alms. "Widows and orphans ll the land ;. Foul crime and sin on ev ry hand-- \7...... on-.. .....J .1.-.-.-Cl.-.L,... JJVI llll Il\l\llD Uuuv ulv anuncuxus, Causing stomachic qualms. Venders of them upon the street Full twenty timesa day I meet ~ nan rant! A` 1xnr1rn.nnr n`..nn 'l\D (IV uly uvuauv VVl|)`./ at-3 II tans, Ah, ah ! you want blue mass. T v%v -' Be on- Your Guard. February 25, 1886, Standing oil`. UL\1`41 LU JJIDLVIJ ULV 11511111 EJDLAIEJ 111' A Six per cent. interest. LEN N OX 85 LEN- MN OX, Solmitors. Barrie. . H. BENNETT DENTISI`. . Barrie, Ont.. O ce.Sanders Block. 0 oslte new Post. Office. Visits ' sdale and .Wa.ve1-ley the first Wednesday of every month. _Wye- bridge and Midland. the next da.y(Thu1-aday). Penetang the fotlowlng day (Friday . Vitallzed Air for painleaseextraoting a spec ty. 6-ly R. HOLT, INSURANCE BROKER AND . . General Agent. Real Estate bought and sold. Collections made in any part of the County. Money to Loan. Oice-.~Bot;bwell s Block, opposite the Railway Station, Barrie, Ontarlo. 5,1-1_5"_ 3E1'o$ n , Fain Sf33ie}`s'i.""1`5I61}TziEif5ai3H5 re uired until end of the teym. STRATHY 8; A LT, Solicitors, &c.. Ba.rr1e. ' ULVIH I."-4`1' Jurgp 811110111113 OI I'1VHaE('.': IIIIIIQB I to lend on stralght loans, at owest rates. ` A16 McCAR'1`HY.1'EPLER ac MCCARTHY. ` R. W. A. ROSS. Licentiate of .theRoyal College of Surgeons. Edinbu h. Licen- flatg of the Royal Code eof Physic ns. Eng- a D n Ofce and real once in Brown : New Block. Barrie. . ` 2-26 H. LYON, P1{IVAYl`E FUNDS T0 LOAN . on Real Estate at lowest rates. Farmers Notes Discounted. Collections made inlany part of the County. Real Estate` bought and sold. Conveyancing in all its branches. Mar- riage Licenses Issued. O'1ce-*Ove1-.Canadian- Bank of Commerce. Dunlop street. 45-ly H 70,0o at lowest rates of interest. No principal money I-n.nnir-nd until end nf the term- Fl'l`R. A 'l"HV Rr, .LV.I.. GUILD. do in DI Barrie. v Barrie, lst Oct.A. 1885. T. SPROUL, BARRISTER, SOLICITORV . of the Supreme Court, Conveyancer. 850. Money to Loan. Oices over Sanders,Bros., Jewellers. Dunlop Stxeet Barrie. V R. J. L. G. MoCAR'l`HY-OFFICE AND` Residence on the West side of John St.. :I:5n&is%t}g;gp: slte Mr. Geo. Ball : Planing Money to lend. at lowestirt-a.teI. Agcnt. [for Dominion Grange Firemsurnncc Aaloci-= ation Canadian Mutual Aid Lite Insurance and lieserve Fund Accident Associations. `- mos. s. MOLEOD, Dalston. Oice over Coulter an Vair s. Barrie. Tuesday - and Saturday. . 6_-ly G A. 1VA.1Jl!aLV_l . l..UI`L_D 1 . D1IVIi.1D1'I!oIS, Al'- . torney, Sohc1tor 1n Chancery, Conveyan- cer. sac. Ofce-First Door South of Post Office, `I-T1'nd c: Rlnnlz liwnn Street Rn!-via; 1.9.42 UHF, X0. \JH.lUB`.l` ll'3l: U001` DUl.l.l:u'Ul H1nd s Block. Owen Street, Barne. _..- -a---at ._______________,___________.._._..._.. THE QUEEN'S HOTEL.--A. W. BROWN, Proprietor. Excellent accommodation for the trsvelll public. Bar and larder well nup- alled with e best. `Good mum; and sttenr ve hustlers. Lu otgueata conveyed tree to dim ll nfl F d t t - m`?.`c;..e.`..`:m..:op.u.e`e'; "' f ' . _',"`_.4 .7 v a.auu....- v A\(>-v .,..-..-- _LoU.~z'r.`Q`.(3., H.VI {. STR;l`fIY, G.W. LOUNT. LENNOX 8: LENNOX, BARRISTERS, AT- torueys at-Law, Solicitors in Chancery, Conveyancers. &;c. Oices-Corner of Dunlop and Owen Streets, Barrie. , J. 'l`. Lmmox. HAUGHTON LENN_0X. S. JUHNSUN. 1sA11n.1m, 1Nl.l'UI1.'1'.I!aIt ,u1.-' . and Dealer in Coals of all kinds. and Georgetown, Grey and Guelph White Finishing Lime, Cements of all kinds, Fire Bricks an - Plasterers Hair. Storehouse at the Northern Railway Switch, foot of John street, near the depot. The bond otthishime is better than that of any other kind, and `the finish superior. 0ice-Corner or ` John and Elizabeth streets. - EWS(;N 8; CRESWICKEQ BARRISTERS. Solicitors of the Supreme Court of Judi- cature of Ontario, Proctors, Notaries, Convey- ancers, Bcc. Money to Loan`. Otces-Both- well s: Block, opposite N. 86 N. W. Ry. Station, Barrie. T C. E. Hmwsox. A. E. H. CRESWICKE. EARN 8: MURCHISON, BARRISTEBS, Solicitors, Conveyancers. 850. Money to Loan. 0ice'--Over D. J. Murchison s Store. Market Street. Barrie. - Branch O1ce-Potter`s Block. Tottenham. T j ' EDWARD J. Hmuw. D. C. MURCHISON. ___- V A. .l.a1u.\ 1\'UA_ so UU., UULV V In 1 _AL_V u.n..n.o, . gate. Money to loan. Notes d1soounted. Collectxons made. Dunlop street. liarrie. A 45-18 ,.__ Insurances effected.` Estates managed. [Offices over Farquharson s store, otm, STRATHY 5; LOUNT. BARRIS- ters, Solicitors in I-Ugh Court of Justice. ` Notaries I-`ubli<-., Conveyanccrs. Oices. over the Bank of '1`oronto, Barrie. 11v 1 ---_-_ n m `If 11- n......_..;.. n `If? -r_'._.__. MUSIC LESSONS. -Miss Mockridgg. win re- _ ceive a limited number of musxc pupils, vocal and instrumental. For particulars as to terms. time of Jessons, etc.. applv at No. 3 Russell Terrace. ` 41-15 C HENRY. APPRAISER 85 BILL POSTER. . &c. Rents Collected, Servants`Provided.v Otce up-stairs opposite Bank of Commerce. Uw1\..l1.J1'1I., I'1`4_1`.LLlLIL K, -.lV1UUAI\1l11, Barristers Solicltors, Notanes, &o., M01165 ! to Loan. Barrio, Alliscon and Gravenhurst. I) AL'r0.\:1\IcCAR'mY. Q.C. F. In. P. PEPLER. J. A. MUCARTIIY. D. F. M0WA'I`T- -l:{JU(_il.l1. G5 l.iN..I!ilIC5 .lil!1.LV1`Jl1uA.lJ AUIBLV U I In the town of Barne, for the collection of Chattel Mortgages, Rents, Debts. etc. We are also prepared to undertake General Detectwe Business for Legal Firms. Merchants and others at moderate rates. Office : Police Court, Bar- rie. P.O. Box 222. 117-- ngunn W. At (`nHonHn IOSEPH ROGERS, CHIEF `CONSTABLE, Bar Ciounty of Simcoe. `0`lco--Police Uourt, r el ' V MONEY. f0E-PH 1:0dE1ts, C0NvEYA[`E`. C40[1T- minninnnr in Human : Rnnreh Ant-h'nnpnr ;AR0HlTECTS-Xi`; svnvnvonsi ARRIE FOUNDRY, ENGINEXSL BOILE WnRwn._H, Rmwnmv NI nni1fn.n.t.nrnr nf } RRIE PLANING MILL.-GEO. BALL, Carnenter and Builder. and Manufm-.t.m-m- \ av: . uvu ma`..- __-. Gnomm Romans. R. W. A. ROSS. College summons. Edinhumh. Linn`-m. rONEY TO LEND ON REAL ESTATE AT QI'v non nnnf `Info:-naf YJFKY KTQY Rr T."Ii`\T ONEY TO LOAN.-$250,000 at 6 and 6} per cent. J. T. SPROUL, _Solicitor, etc., Lrri A, [ONE Y.--Aw large amount of rivate funds tn land nn Ah-nip'ht.1nn.ns: at nun:-at rntnn EEERS 85 GREER S GENERAL AGENCY . in the fntxyn nf Rn:-r-in fnr 1']-m. nnllnntinn nf T. BA)'T'I(`7ING, (SLERK COUNTY OF D. Gnu`. ha nfnn III fhn nniim |'uC,`ARTHY PEPLER &, . MCCARTHY, l{n.rrie:f.nru'RnHnitnv-n Nntnrinu Rvn 1\/lnnnv T. LITTLE, M.D., C.M., .o (`Shin s. JOHNSON. BARRIE. AIMPORTER .011` and `nnnlnr in nal: nf all kinds. and A. RADEN HURS1`. EARRISTER, AT-V tnrnnv Qnlinitnr in (`fhannnrv (`.n'nvn.vn_n- x. LENNOX 3:. C0,, CONVEYANCERS, nfn M'nn.-'v'tn Tnnn Nnfns di9r\.nnntpd, Z}SI_I9r191v;EEI{Sf{!'!f _1yIANU1'uc'rUnEs._ msonnntous. pmsxmAi " "1T1_';N'r1s'|'s. % _:__..._.._.g. F1NANcm;,._ __0_IfFICIAL. LEGAL. WM. GREER. 41-tf la \JlllUU 49-48 ....u... _,u.. . A . \Vhy did she not make any answer? Why did her eyes look about piteously, as if she were a deer hunted to the death, exhausted with the fury of the chase, and, in the last despairing love of life,` gazing here and there, if there might be a way of escape? Qhcr r-nni roe!-.1-nin 'hnrcn'I nii Inna-nu A vuvn v, LL. Ituuxv uuauu uu cw nag V1 cnpaljox _ She` could. restrain herself no longer. A sob,`which- appalled `her lover, broke from her ashy fips; For another moment she struggled with irresistible grief; then all her frame shook with crying, and she buried her `face in her hands. ((f\'|, 1173113- I .____ `L ____L J, I I u Au-\/V AA-I uvx uuouuuu Oh, Willie! my heart is breaking to- night ! Breaking--breaking! forever broken 1' A1:-1n,-+10:-tn`; nun:-I anuvvntdvv `7v|I\I'Ir`v\au -.'.'l....A. 5:555:11 A La: van vuus4a-I5 I l~\Jl U V VI Ill UILULII ...,, .,. Awe-struck, and scarcely knowing what he_ did, Willie took her hand in his. But she cast him 01! impetuously, and drew away. from him, asif there must bea space be- tween them. g -It is hopeless, Willie-hopeless,. she cried. I love you--more, far more than you love me. But you cannever marry me. Willie remembered the story of the stran- ` ger, and his heart died within him. . `7nn1'+xr" 5.`, ..=.1,...1 ....-n. .. o..u.-. .-__l VVIUQ IJJIuI`Ql\.` IL! V7 ILIJW B CQIQQ ' ', ' I ` If you am free, he sand joyfully, if you can return my love, nothing else shall ` stand between us. - ~ ' - TI- -j___ __J A_-____.1 I I . an -- .. w;`UA:.m I worthy of you,V Vanity? he went- on. Could you trust me with your happi- ness? Or is there any one better than me whom you love? ` T n... Am "1... ..... ......1.- ...... ._..-._-..a `-um.-- U\JLI6I.lI7 KIAIU "\IIl`'lll-DUI I CU/f I Married! she exclaimed, her excitement arrested, as it` seemed, by sheer surprise. ` What made you think of . such a. thing? She snnlxn M: with initrnnnn hnl-. tho 4-nu- vv uuu xuuuo JUII vLu.un us ouuu u uuxugr" 1` She spoke as with indignation, but the tone was music in Wil1ie s ears. ~ -> 2 V ( lL'I A ___`__ __., t_.. N I, ,3: n - q. ..-- CNQILHJ IIWIIVV 1} He advnucedutzward her, but she suddeniy I bounded across the . brook that ran beside them; and so they stood facing each other, he on this gide and 8110 on that. T \ (`Tn _......_...... LL- .._'I__ L__ LI._A_ , _ w`v`i':'r;`o:v noa;:her? ?ui?Vil he answered, wen- daring and fearing. Then, with gathering boldness. he cried, _I fear no other! T ' Poor boy. she. answered, Shaking her `Inna WA `Hana wad In .I$.._...A. ___1,s .,`;`\`,||,n)sz' saw v: avu _ 1 L031 LIU UUUUIVI V ` she 1 head. We `have lived in diiferent worlds. ,1 Listen !--her voicebecame low and deep- there runs between you and me (like that stream) something which must divide us for- I ever. It is red as blood, hot as fire, cruel as ` death. I love you, Willie. Who could help ` it? I might have lived for you. God knows, 3 this moment, I could die 1301' you! But you must see me no more. There is something better in store for you than my love. Good- 4 rm" . ' av DU J uv give u "*5 " ` . I am beginning life with good prospects, Vanity, he said. If you allow me, I can offer you a home to-morrow. , My salary is two hundred a year, and I have of my own nearly a hundred more. Besides, I am sure , to rise in the businem, and some day I shall be a partner. I never took much pleasure in 5 this before, because I never was in love; but now every advantage I possess is precious, because it may recommend me to you. I- love you` heart and soul, Vanity, and will love you forever, if you give me leave. What do you say? A ' Q1...` `l.mI.,.A -4 1...-... ....--u_ _-.._--v u I.suJuuau_yi She looked at him, - greatly moved, but with an excifenlent which she struggled to repress_-an excitement V tbatwas no part of love. ' -r .u - .. '.. -.. _ 661, wuu Luv uvsfc v uA\.u vvxuulu ILLI-ll. ,. > ` - 9 - . Vamty, he asked, w1th 9. faltenng tongue, are you--m.arrzed? V ` "`1:fnIIIn'nr`I 3`-un .qun`l..:.~...,l L-.. ___:A.-___ -_.. uv vu vuw pxuv uouu Buv uu uuuu. 1 Is marriage the only bar that on com. between us? she egsked. H1 xmnw nn nthnr n Wu 1:. ...........;,..a _-_ uuuuu; nu nuuv LUI you uuuu lily IOVB. l:l'00d- ` by!" V . She turned to go, and he would have fol- lowed her; but, with an urgent gesture, she ` motioned him back. ` If you love me-it you pity me--let me go alone 1 1 He stoodon tbeother `side of-the brook, l afraid to follow, yet to remain He watched -her as, with rapidetepe, she hm-. ' rled across the eld to their own Vlttue gate. u it swung back as_sh_e went through, and whe; 9110 31117163 inf!) the plantation, and no doubt "thought hex-sel1,'.hldden'.b zthetr 'h- 1 ` her bury `lierefaoe `in'hefryhmd.euIp<:nst?l: 1 peaceful evening ) enoth heart}; was borne. like them. m-gr.`-9 .-.....-~:339b . vuu uu V \J uurpu Luv V \.\.I. `wind yet she stood 'with parted lips, and an ' expression which reected at once responding passion and yet an anxious sorrow. His whole soul was in the present. She was his 3 V all in all. The little spot where he stood was his universe. But in her eyes there was a look of deep thought--aV preoccup ation-- which showed that some remote-`interest, claim or authority divided her mind and forced her to keep herself in reserve. Willie, however, did not interpret her manner. He saw she listened; to him with pleasure, and that was enough. Such was his way of tell- ing the story to me. o - T nu-n `\l\lD1I\w\1V|Ih 13" could-In .u.AA.I _____ -..L.. L&l\J uljvuax All nu: She, raised her eyes. and read in his face what was coming. Foramoment she seemed irresolute, not knowiiigwyhether to speak or be silent, and he seized his opportunity. He drew her to his side, and in a few low words toldvher how much he loved her. A dozen ` set speeches, carefully prepared beforeh'a.nd,,? were in his mind, sand he forgot every word. What he said he scarcely knew, but a story i such as he istelling is not likely to touch a woman less because of broken sentences. She saw the light that shone in his clear eyes, and the ush, the sign of a -noble modesty, that rose on his cheek. He was bending over her, looking at her with an earnest, passionate face, so real, so true, so manly in its gentle- ness, iihat, unless she was unsexed, she could not but have been moved. ' ",1 _, ; I ,_'~.'_, A 1 1 - Uip-hillihe hastenedyithi .a.a..g Somehow-,.as `he 1_5'0.'the spot `where he and Vanity used to meet on their evoning rambles the "girl seemed torenew" her enchantments. Over ne-strung natures like his. those first timid beginnings of com't- ship have ya pecu1iar_inuence-when nothing is said, but the message of love is carried silently from one to another on the wings of a blush ora glance. Wlie loved Vanity more earnestly because his love had found only small outlets. And now the brook, the trees, the owers, the sunset, and sweet-smelling air, all lled his mind with tender thoughts of the beautiful woman with whom they were by.habit associated. Vanity might be l ght in her maimer; she might be in some position of unknown difficulty: but she was honorable--he assured himself or that-and her love was yet to be won. If she had any deep` hidden trouble might not he be her friend , and comforter? He was pondering that question in a kind of warm transport, when he raised eyes and saw Vanity standing before him. a She held out her band. . I am glad to see you this evening, she said. with a serious air he had never noticed in her before. Thank God `you are here, Willie! Iultll xx, xuluul. LIAALL luuul up . Iv Lulu DIJ\.ItIl.ll.4\l- nuns And I have something tovsay to you! Let; me speak first 1 ' Q1111 ?5l);.'t\l`1 knit QCVAB t\U\A DOA!!!` 'II\ (l\II`\ IlI.l\.l\ .111 V1.71. L931 \JJ. ULIU (LU LI`!/LI\Ji ` I have something to say to you, Willie, she murmured. Something very serious. TIA 1vI\':r|r\ Ivrnn .-..-.4- +1". 1vA1.nn n 1I\vvn Q.-`A