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gdfofne of ie dofmer wihdows and the soft," voice__ of ` ,9. negress uttered ' the words: ' Toad. singin bout you all yesterday, said Mme, Pinchon. Singin `She comin , she comin , It s de hansome gal you is come about, said Mme. Pin- chon,_ opening the cage; Time you tended to her. A false friend, a secret enemy, `She charmyour sweetheartgshe sing to him, my toads say, `She sing his ' heart away. - ` Itf\Ll `LA... .5]. ...,.-- I-...,...- I* .--..,.'l..`J _. Q""I s 9-o'rnin T, hcfiijig 4 P3 comin . I. be Jjes as soon as I get some coats on. . Then the head disappeared. T..- .............4. .....-.... .. .........J `l....|-.'.... I\I\ao\r -avg. \auvJ J van v\qaoaAn.n `.`Oh, `Mme. Pinchonf. said` Maisie. Oh, I do hopeyou can tell me what I wantyg kno_v_v. _ - Tu?`-(.)h! cried" Maisie, yo rad my very thoughts! A IGTWAL 3:` An gun... 'I" Ian...` 9! ...-.53 'I,f-..- anvsabv vv Oh! do you know so much? gasped. - Maisie. Oh, Eugenie, how cruel of you!" 1:17.... `I.1__._-.__--_ .1-.. _-_ 3.; .1. ........... 9) vgvnyo V- J v\-at Yes, Eugenie; dey say dat de name, said Mme. Pinchon. nu|~o\. .u.;aAvc A an Come alongrtoldyz hop-he-who, hop l die way. Don wan you.s Masse Moses, you is all for business, you come here; Masse Solomon, you for lub. Bot my I toads got` Bible names, she added. i Name em after de Wises folks in do Bible. Hi, Solomon! hi, Solomon! dat u right. V The smaller and greener of the toads had now perched on her forenger. She drew him forth and closed the cage door and lifted the free reptile to her ear.i Whis er she said, whis er. P , D An ....... ..:1.\...a.' :. 41... .......'..- ....,1 M'..:...:- Vrtnj * I I LJAIJ \Jl- |JIA\4 Alta/&\J Iv JALIJ JWLI 1` J 9 All was silent in the room, and Maisie began to feel strange thrills and tremors. A soft, silvery sound was soon heard; it continued for awhile, then the toad turned its queer little protuberant eyes full upon Maisie, and with one -spring wasin her lap. She uttered a wild Scream. 1 g -1 an.` ' an on wvawscsaag T "`Do`n Tyou be` afraid ofSolomon, said Mme Pinchon. Tech him. Maisie gssayed to do so. urn- 1-- -.. ..,. ..,.1.1 "D1/Qf\ n.-.--1--._m wlmt nmst he so plain to every one else. l00liHl-Ii::xv1I. . Her;;:.;.mlsIm1e11t was intense. Shell. , `ml to find in Roy Gi'o1'd a. had l`.\'1'l*"- . . . . V. mun,__,,.,_. ..}_mm1 of Mr. Bunny. Here gm-1:1 nut, of society, whose cufess was- beyoml 1`l`L<.'l.ll1, who was not overtwo L m1.m~.-x , nml who was certmnly the l1ancl.mm'~:l man she had ever seen. 5H6!` first f<'ul.':x_;;j xvns intense admiration`; the next Izimm-zlt it vanished. This `man could ml l... blind to poor little Ma.isie 8._ , pecnli:n'ili<-.4. Iis glance at the tiny` l_ paw sllr [`l.`.CC`(.l -upon his arm was not that of :1 ll.-ver.' It was plain -to Eugenie th;1tMr. llunny had bought him for M-aisle :15 he lxniglnt have bought a. doll for her in l:-31'. Childhood. `Romantic Eu;_v`m1h'- h..l_ no longer anything but con- tempt {Hr xhe man and pity for poor llai.~i. so blind that she could not see S; 0 \\;x.\ wry cold to `Mr. Gifford, she could lumlly enulure his presence. Mr.` - Glflo1'tl(7:>I1lUl1ttl himself with afew re- ma1"l hut seemed` unable to take his eyes flwn l.u;;enic s face. Maisie did all the t.~~ll;in;;. The call-was brief, and when :11 l.Ist the little woman looked in the }_{`l:1.~\` over the nmntel to settle a rose colon-(1 l>'n1H(*t and adjust a. fussy little gm-rll {$1.11 wrap, all bobs and fringes am; ;,-. =fu=1x clzwps, her eyes had a wist- ful imi; that was unusual to them. llmv low-ly you look in tllatwhite _ dream-i:l1x1 a single ornament! she said to l'I:1g(:1`1ie. It would neva. "do for me. l mu; have bwightness. But taste ' is :1 yr`: wt compensation for beauty. Taste llmve. Don t you like my bonnet? ` lt `just the color of a. wild rose," said Fl: ,"'l1lL" and Maisie, quite content, seize -l i_\".s arm and skipped away; but While ~ |1:ull)OCnp1'l!1kiI1ga.tl3l1e glass lhia'mm.- l:_v Ind looked into Eugenie s 0}'0.~ rm l szxid in a voice too low" to be lxezml u-`1':.~'.s the room, Ma.y Icome agai-n. f\lE.~.< Ashton? and she had an-_ sws-ml, ~\\'henever Miss Maisie likes to . briIL;f'I1, in a tone that was scarcely, l\Ivv:] uncut`) vv-. Vvv v-V -av. Oh, he is so cold, Mme. Pinchon! H she said. He makes me sick! Please take him away! u`l`\-_ _,....n. .._...__L..,`!._ l-:... 4.-..1_ 9-... H .... ---..- -_....._, . Dey isn t everybody kin tech em, said the negress, recapturing Solomon and putting him into the cage. Now, you want to heah what he tell me? Oh, yes, said Maisie breathlessly. Hesay de difficulty is dat you sweet- . heart got a shine to dat Eugenie, said the old woman. Dat Eugenie jes doin eer bes to get him away from you. You mus watch an take care for youself. She mighty handsome, an she sing mighty pleasant, `deed she do. It A 1-. ...\.. H ....:..A 11...`.-..'.-. HXTA.-. U91`!- -gnaa--VJ l.:-\u-zuu-1-:-a, usuvvu u-gy v-vv Ah, yes, cried Maisie. - Yes, yes, yes, and she wrung her little hands. (CV7-.. -1-` A..- ..'L......... .0... t'A1?-.. JAI- JV-.a, vI&A\Q -1-`V 'vun-nD -av- --vu-V --.u.a-.. Yes, she can charm men folks -dat "way, like do snake charm de bird, 1fe- `plied Mme. Pinchon. ll'.n'..:,. .-.l..,.....~.J Ln I...`-..L. HA..J I-A roaywo .--.....\..u _-..-`.-.v Maisie clasped -her` hands. And to think, said she, she is my fwend! tL1'IL._`_..J.. 3.. _...-_l...'... '._L..... l.._...... ._ ,3- vn..-......, ~u..- -.--V, u--y gw ...-J . ..--...- Friends is nowhar when beam: is de question, said the old negress. I knows, I knows, as Maisie began to cry. "IIIVIQTP 115113`? `ITO-I` I'D T\(\l`7Q"__ u{"C)h, honey, honey; dis ya.-1' is power- ful bad, but chirk up; what you gwine carry on so fo ? Dey-is better sh in de sea danever yet was cotcht. Now, don go on like dat. (`T 1...... I.:.....l99 ...\`I.-J...-`I III .-.1'...'n. HT Inwn av VIA &llL\J uouvo I love him! sobbed Maisie; I love the vewy gwound he tweads on, and I have a. wight to do so. He is my sweet- heart; he was fond of me until she came. There is no one else in the world. If I . were a. belle and a. beauty and all the men in the city were at my feet I would never look at them if Woy were there. 1 Oh,l help me!_ I shall go owazy if I lose him, Mme. Pinchon! Dah, dal1;shsh, cooed the old woman, as if she were soothing a. baby. Dah, -don goon. . All we has to do is to get dis ya_r gal out ob de way so she don sing no mo nor look wid her eyes no 1110 . I knows `em; I has sperience ob my own. I s ole, but I has been young. Dey is black ob dat kin all same as white. Dey was a yaller `gal once-- No matter; I knows what I know s.- . Yah; what dey keer for" we all? No reason we all keer for dem. V - 11 n` ;j; V` juxrxnsara in the Britigh Empire Mutual jnd' get. 20 per cent. for y6ur' money as well,` %%.9%i.'in=um=%r!Y9r1ifs%$ % I-\IL \l\l5IAI A strange expression, crossed her face.` I s sorry for you, I is, she said; "but dey is help an you shill hev it. Hi, Sol- omon. Come, Solomon. She opened the door of the cage, and the toad` hopped quietly fort-h. She listened, she whisper- _ed; the little creature uttered his soft musical sounds; she _restored him to his '_ _.__I. seizml 1 this sum in SVVeX`L*d brim; 3' civil. U115 "Solomon say it is 'jes one way, said the old woman, jes one way, no oder. It s'dat girl; youmus get red ob L`. J! ' OCVDI Git rid -of her! gasped Maisie. Oh, . Mme. Pinchon, I hate her so that I can t help wishing her dead; but I could not kill her. I should lose my soul! I should `burn forever and, forever in the ames _-of,,_hell. No, not that--not that! IAIILI- I9! __.2-.`I LL- -11 ___._4'.._._ x'IITl_-L `VI nnvv vnalnv bI\IIl VAL; Us "'7i3r"cried the old w('ma!;. What - you mean, Miss Maigiet What you think I am? Shah, dah,,` shoh! Murder? I don wan do debbil to fetch me my own . "ae. Get red ob her, I, say. I mean ob A dam yaf singing: of hers; ob dem dar smilms an beguiling,` dem ways. Take her 7prVetty' `looks an her pretty `v oice.~ i You -kin. Solomon says day is I s:>s11-dexis V2915! bn.tjv~'i11 sou? TURNIP TURNIP SE3 TURN|P;; TURNII1 Just to hand an immense stock of New Turni Seeds. direct from the growers, which must e cleared out. ` {1'`12'wi1``{{. i'1u`{:EE. 1335 of Field and Garden Seeds. Horse-Tooth and Canadian Corns, Rape. Millet. Buckwheat. Hungarian. and all staple varieties nf Wiold nnd {lav-dnn QAAHH IJ.M.BOTHWELL |THE ADVANCE, Bl'U\v . .. . , 1` and-um llandmmt (091,. m.. H->1 peculim-i paw that Mr. DR;iFO\NLE`,RS" -1-:x-r=o1= - __\!Y_|_l;9; _- RND ALL SUMMER COMPLAINTS AND FLUXES OF THE BOWELS3 IT IS SAFE AND RELIABLE FOR CHILDREN OR ADULTS. able Patent 1:: own invention, in Truss- es, 8 inal and lnb Feet Instruments. ' Bantu:-e-I guarantee to hold largest Rupture without. touching your hip, no straps whatsoever, waterproof. Largest stock of general Trusses also am a-mat Oluthe Spiral Trusses in Stock. `Reliable _ T C C & HI 1 U: The last 26 years I have adjusted more ` Trusses than any man in America. Valu- 1 S VVIBLIUUU. vuuv--.3 ,v-- --r, -. -~ . to ' f. Lar et took I enrfLlTrusSeo 33 r1:to1uche`siu '1':-3sea instook. Reliable mstgzgxofor onnnnmo BYA1_|_lA., _ _ [ `,1 the great Olutne splrm Irusses ` system for BY MAIL. (-..:...Ilnmlrumnnlch81fthe wei; for ORDERING I) system Splnallnstrumentsi; and more eective. Ilvllllll IIIUII uluvuu T and more an Inn III-II-r... _`_ nuu ].`[.lUl.'U cuuvuvvo % 0lUB FEET}.?.`?:a*PSy2?u3 straighten born Club Feet(Patented.) . Iwill prove to anybody thsto tion never did nor can atralgh n Club Feet. Bend 6 cent stamps for Book. nlll l`.I .lY'I'III'.- 11R Kinr St. lnolnmom mwos AAI\I#D_%0]lGANS (AND AMERICAN PIANOS. Unexcellod in Tone, Touch and Durability. V Inspection ao'1itggtoaw.g1:g1a;:%a.ed to show AI;-A Int-nl mu-.3 -nno\nJvnn Inutrnmnntn in * whelming in the f amusement, .,$v;hi;0h..- Tdid. Eugenie? -descwx uuu. J " "' 5".'v..~ .,- However me ir invitat.` V . ~ % A. 1 '70 '1.\1I_1.ch;= wtea, to places organ made Eugenie accept a d 9 11 mg. M d ehear constant] of - - , mt, and Maisie w(y)uld (1:f~:,1S`?.:. s,V."e.9t- you haven tAseen my Woy y et! gthik I {each mm` to Mrs. l\Io;~gan.s. I -must must. Aod one evening whn EW8&l{y ; alone 111 the house writinghe ueF._1._`- ]etters a card was brought to herr? omaw it was engraved Miss Maisie U991: _ and below It was Written I`1I1lr11:,\a V W brought my ROY at last. As the dooropened ache f V mg end uttering came e`:`p`_`1t:rhatter. dr8Wm$"0_m, and when Eu "* -thee gc.endedMa1sie came dvancing89fn1e.de; crying out, Here she is, wow Olrwardo . not as pewfectly lovely as Isaid s she \\v0:\v,>y she continued :Ii`v9_ Was? . e 1113 9. . J91` 7 o stood beside her Is ' he not 8 Plen- be peo e? .' ood fwie11(1sE y0u\1\l~(i)1\:ealL3%1_1fds and be There was it molllentvs Dan` 11 (?ne3_n necessary to recover from `ts-Was ling mtroduction. Then Eu 1`Bta.rt- outbe1'ha.nd. I am g1 ad togeme hem MY. (;l`x`a`< Jl'\}," She said` uul nleet F011, `, "T11.m:\$;. oh:u_lt)1]:`ds'e_z;tlc- ~ 3 1. {Nu _ 11121111`:-ie-.. "~-nforth - 8r~ ' . - at tlnlt) I`}ug3ai. l su1'e."zz.n . And . to the sleeve of the tan youn` man . D I T 0 not know how, tow Jilav wvvvan uunvv uvgla van -nu--\-g jvuun. .A1so lotoot good Ieoond-hand instruments to sell on easy terms or to. rent. ..%".?= sale stable of rst-class horses. young. van: And Imnvv hnrtum. Snnnd vnuntr 151-5353.10 sumo DI l'5B'015BB nunsua, young, vars and heavy h01`6d. Sound young taken on instruments. IIPTIIRE Patents, 1nvention,in e,_Rmal _..........s.... an hnla lav-annf: `Rnnhn-A Olce, Warerooms, and stables. Corner Owen and. Sovhla St. Barrio. % *1:*a`-"*2 '*.......'*`**;:.* :;:=:.;::.* rare 5 . on Plioenned hotellnmlzua. 11180011 Nvgli oppqalge railway. stntlon. This Drolo _be very reasonuble, and on 033725 3,1;m8. _;pp1y to James ncuw. Angnm - 4?- /' sco'rTvs !EMlll.S|0H puvapuuuvw VI -IuII7 Glllu VUUII IE almost as palatable as milk. A MAHVELLOUS FLESH PRODUCER lt ls Indeed, and the little lads and lasales vgho take cold easily, may be fortlfled against a cough that might prove serious. by taking Scott`: Emulslon after their meals during the winter season. Beware of substitutions and imitations. ; SCOTT dc BOVINE, Bellevllle. .-_.-g-up.-.gg._:._g-_._______ _ _ __ of phro Cod Liver OH with Hypo- phosphltes of Lime and Soda ls alt-nnaO an nalaoahla nan -uulll. }UEmN's HOTEL a.t'An us for % 8 -nhul `at nu-Annnt hv Mr. James THE BEST PAPER IN SIMCOE` Kreater as days passgxii ` gnd` TGgi`tf6rd: not come tothehouse. Shipamed 969$; feetlessl y, listening to BiHiy s `lgently, hoping to hear him speak of . `Tn Vunv-van: ...-...&........I L35} manna kn. rs. uenaocent stamps 101' BOOK. V3 -`V7 1`-HAS. CLII'.l`ll3g `H8 King St. W TOPOMO. ._ ENSILAGE CORN WM. SHERWOOD; 38 Special Prices to Dealersm SEEDSMAN, BARBIE. Hotel for Sale. SUBSCRIBE F OR '81`6n72I'1~'i6F1`m O L: I C a/F _R AM PS |TB2',EERR% IARRH(EA' YSENTERY V sure.` 100k-. |H(5i"R ` ho_1e1_'a M0,;-b_ 1% 3;` D I5 I. Nlllm shalt the we: . or other mt Enjoy It. Children 3888 IDHBUUK. nuuuuxu awe ht. I 08 `r '1 V Inna A} w__ Tarnntn. By the Ton. For Light Soils. For Heavy Soils, Her ;::- h8,dA9.\"1-4 y0111);4w1' stood :1 1` ` ~ ! .. SEED -To suit any Soil. SEED """Ji `-Vklllls IIU Jlvwl. AILIu._ V_`(vsvI- vo Y- He never mentioned his name, but f`~`1'9l1ad been ta,1k Ma._isie_.d-id not;.knoV7I'*' B0ne night aftei 'tliey'l1'd fEa_red'IIi_I . ` `"1113 prodded Mr._ B. with .h_erJ elbow. " Weep love? she said. 7 . ' .- ` ' and =19? 1ik91:v,t. .b9;.a.Ms; - 17]: `L 5 d angel'st19ove to , ' r,.n1D.Vr to come of 'kz}owing f5` I . ,- " -_ ;. W `W 6 we B"P5'.S. f="T".:`?"*'f<`% iv. `,,;;v nu ; ~ 1: nkelta 1`n!59, r No, no. gfine you keep P g I Bunny- rm-" " l ___uJ. u;:1That s the crossest word hever you} My to me, Richard _Bu_nny,_ ? sa,iVcl_tho~=`i Ia . _ `.77? E " `Yea !mssus,I n`i v `i` d, *`i1 :i Buyf, .1 . d I believe it ` %..Wh:`d ovier." {aaia;,B]` i L _ ! `__tI sp9)_;_ejM_:f.o;- wag --..._ u ' -\. . x-A 0 .. ma .a...b...A..L :-."..... By Mary Kyle 1891 7 `FY ? `k.?i'* ' '0 y7it,"I`* `-*-an .. ". eihapf t -.-;v6;had"31?;a 5 I . \ . ,' `J `. ' . I ' _ . .1 , , - ,__ >_ _ * _ vl ..' . . .... A. _ . . '..a-1 . . U ` V... vs vs Ga ' :`A'l;:i;loub6'-we`%e been two--fools not to stop with giyin er what we could" take from our pockets. Lovers are V bad goods to and1e, said `Bunny. Pm going, to speak to Roy Gifford; and ,` though there was 9. timelwhensfatht, a. boy like myself then, gave me` my` passage to America; and "ten pound to boot, and so started me in life, and I looked up to im as if e d been the Prince of Wales, no less, why I could buy and sell the old family _tod_a.`y, and when `I . speak I l1 speak plain, mind you. 'j`Only . if it is 9. tiff, why it s you can see to it bl`-Mill. i+.,H ,1x"` tun` -an-nu-A ' A v iaeekd M. .N W! you has Eithataifou; Ii M t "ie`is* plain aiid `:v`vilI?""gi$t.' no `epretcisi. 4.3 `If anything is to come of this "sweet -art- ing it ought tocome soon. You should settle it, Bu1'1ny`,' fol` the "girl's sake, else we ve done erfarm and no good. .She was content enough` in the days when she earned"er breadlf V (Ill- `I . 4 . 1 L, > 3- ;`-'.`z` . I wish it-was like that, said Mrs. Bunny, but Indoubt your young man is looking for more beauty than we can give him - with our Maisie, o1`dAgentl3- man. V I CHAPTER III, ,_ . _ Meanwhile Ro`y.(_}i_fford had been call- ing constantly on the Morgan family. Eugenie had made a great mistake in - leaving ` him alone with her aunt the vrst day he called. He had instantly seiz'ed.upo_n the opportunity. I He had seated himself beside her, and looked into he1`e,yes vyithhis, _so.beautiful and youthful, so irresistible to one not preju- diced against him. ' .Won t you be my friend, Mrs. Mor-' an? he asked.` You know why Icome 1 ere, and I want to tell you that thought I love myelder brother, and would save ` his life if` I ` `could, Heaven lmows, ~ he is very near his end, and soon I shall I have the estate and title. I cannot avoid I it if I would,` and It shall be able to offer Miss Ashton :3. position worthy of her as the wife of an earl one day: HA... '...._.n ....:.1 4.1.- A._.-..-.._.; 1-.`l_ .- .. .. ,. u|l..|. vyuj up _ygu. uuu_ age D0 ll? best, and it s_ not likely e 1l get Vmore money with Tanothergirl than 'w ll give m with,Maisie. ' - -- v--r en. mg;-V vs. vva-a nus: VAJU you. 0 An1ea.rl! said the American lady. And your'wife would .be' acotmtess. I am sure that would be very nice. V` I would not allow myself to be inunced by anything bf the sort, but when a 1 gentleman is as nice--as-as-- ` I'\L III`... II ....._._.. .3- L` _-A,_J L- *.._- ---- -Ma W-wv -sw-u -4-vvs r-V- *`. J' So you are then, replied the me.tror'1, with an air of `mature coquetry, very V nice. And of course one wishes to` see one s young people do well. Andjl have . always been "averse to Eugenie s going upon the stage, even in opera. I d much 'rather she would marry. g ' _Then you will help me? Roy asked. ``All I can,e said Mrs. Morgan. ev.-u.y...uu.. one can ocovv uuu Oh, Mrs. Morgan, do bgood to` 1 me and say that Iam nice, plead Roy. HQ.` C'II\CQ A...` LL A... H -......`I.'..'.Il 4.1.`... ......L.....'.. may :9. Shall I sing`. you the last new ballad? she asked; And without waiting for an , answer began the prelude.` -She was well aware that he did not care `to hear her but she sang on and 'o`n,`following one songwith anoth`er,`*unt_il her repertoire was nearly "exhausted. She` gave him German `89ngs._ F1'nPh'.,55l1g3;:iEnS153h i ballads, selections _frotn `'Italian"op}era, \ she cafred ,not'yvheLt;. so the)tjby_sing`ing ` she silenoed:himJ .. Butm`, lest`. he jcmhe '1 to her and-delibere.v_e,ly'_ V_hjer ;he.nds `r f1`m .*`119`:1.K3 - 3"-,_. -` Miss Ashton, he said; `fp1ea.se-stop. . I want to talk to your I think you know it. Won t4you listen to me? ` 1 KITL __._-_.._ L. ...A LI...` 1' Laura 1'4.` AHE HAD LIFTED HER HAND TO ms LIPIBVT AND KISSED IT TENDERLY. 1 After that he always asked for Mrs. Morgan when he came, and she was very kind to him, and Eugenie as cold as any iceberg. She knew that he loved her;. he made no secret of it, and she was very sorry for little Maisie and-very con- temptuous of him. ~ TKTI-us If-nu: Irrixnrv-nru fnl Bar nf hi ` VV .I.IIl-I LUUJC - I It was evidentthate he was mxieug to e L talk seriously about something, and she. I was determined that he should not."Th'e _moment they.-were left alone she went ` to the piano and ran her ngers over the earl, would recover, `L `ana`we" are now u - rip}; family, and I, aseyounger brother, ] `have nothing. Everybody in Ei1g1d.nd'} ` ' ' _:l;;1,`fo;;,,trg,de % T . ` ` I* was not averse go tl1eeidea,'an<;`$l;tig . wjiiid `me; to '.~`-a Le _ V [50 waieIzgi?araeaa m%eEshoes t`in;Ei%`he-. ; - You wuxyuuvua Ul. llllllt -- When Mrs. Morgan told her of his brother's dangerous illness and his ex- pectations she began to hate him, it seemed so cruelly heartless in him to calculate on such c11a_n`ces. She avoided him as much as possible, but one even-. -.. L_ `ll ..- ll.-.....n-`J5 nh-I flag it! llllll. GD llluk/ll GD tlvnnbvsv, uuv vuny vv ing, by Mrs. Morgan's aid, the gin found herself entrapped into 9. tet'e"-a.- t`e`b'o with Roy. A I T4. ...4... .-...:.1....L LI-uni-. `Ln .nio'a nv:nnu in OGIIO .1101`, `L liglugua ; 4_uu_ _uuuu yo1'1'}shcj>u_1d j mgu; ti-.puit,a1i14.' mug. I am not "very vain, but, ire a.Ily";' thbtigh I know I am ,familia;:l3:mentioned at the Bunnys hi Ma'.isie s swe'tIie9;rt; I feel h1 1_;t A ..--i Eugenie lifted ihpr eyebrows. H9:2zeh` :!?I=;?.f1N<`*. 3`? :.991nsic1)V`?fri;'a puppy, hesaid, D9 1_qt me gxplainl A year 8B%`;V?9`!F11;1ihQti8i1tII{5r:'1rother. the A earl, wbu1d" fecbVer;*`iI.ndw6` are not 9. i ,4 ._ J T ___ ______~_____ |`_,A" IJIIVIVU, 9351`! O vrnnvw, now-an-an ` I know exactly what your manner means, he said. You belieie I `am % tfeaclierous to Maisi,` `th;`I am betrdth`-' edsm her,` 1 sa;;tss::it;.`;hur1=s: nmz:.that _ .;-_w J`; L _ -1 .1-`~.L1.x..`u u.-.4 13'." ';....`gi- I-El; ncma. Ill "\JI-I U J\IID IJQUIJLI UV 556%! .It appears to me that Ivhavehno choice, she replied, rising. " (KT 1-..`... nu-nnl-`c uuutnalu cunt-in vninnnnu vvnguu .1-vvnnanol, _v.~--V gnu vuu.l.Iu_{!5 u _ ' been 5. home -3fs"iu. :*?Bu!n7 had '; `trmv ` '1:`.- 3' d`... .'r I. * -rd-a'u\I I3".`. :-A~ v 9615.". .- -.-..*r.-",",`!.|.',,`.v"3 ;'. e.'q.:fWh9nA he .;oam,e~ove_1f he presqntqd himself -.atGidrd~ House.: and they con- % ' gratnlated- him and all-tha.t, and when - he haylgone I: found that he had offered ' ytqjshow mellow to do Ens he had if I would-come. to the States. .. IITL n.;__ A - ' U119 unawa- :`-I`t;`fvvv`a.s "a.grealsw oer, for ;}l$in"a you V see him, Bunny is quite at the top of the "heap among business men, ` u1I1'.."ll 1..-..-----. ` ` ` ..`W`e'll","I came"over,` and he reoeived `"me with open arms. You would not un- derstand the business part of the matter, even if it were not too tedious to go over, Miss Ashton; but here I. was in Mr. Bunny e placeof buiness, favored as few young men ever are, and everything de- pended on his action`, Mr. Bunny_ is a sort of. Napoleon in his own empire. ' -WAI] nflnrtaxr I-an an`. I 4-.` R. 5I`I:&-__J -yv--w u--nJ ufvuvuo ca. AJU &IT\1|.lLlC\L Ills "` `Your word will do, Gifford, he said. ~ `Now, 5I ve 9;*`pla;n for you. My wife `as a little friend we re as fond of as We would be "of adaughter. She's nota very pretty girl, but she as the m`akin s of as good a. wife a,s'he`t7er was, and I ve no kin, nor the missus `either. I can make my will as I please, and Maisie will be an heiress, Then there is a partnership forthe man-that marries` er. You come up tomy ouse and see v er. T Come to dinner tomorrow. ' ..v-- V- - rvayvu us 1115 Uvvu. Ulupllo T Well`," one ds,y.he said to me, `Gifford, "you aven t hever a sweetheart across the ` errin pond, a.ve you? A `Oh, no, said I; 3` `Honor bright, said he. I laughed and told" him- that as` to that I would take my oath if he required it. ` `vnllrtwnwzl '1-9:11 I:l\ l'V2.'EA...'l 9 `I _ . . , _ 3 `I -rv-o---J w -vvs--Q v uuuvaanfsr Illl\J &\.Is|QU`| Oh, no. They are so kmd to one, .so anxious to make one enjoy one s _. self, sa,id.Eugenie. u1.1....-.-.n._ 9! ..-:_1 r~:ns__~..1 u1"u_ LL- '7fWuTL;&ra11y, I ven,td to dinner at Bunny s. -You've , been to dinner at Bunny s; I needn t describe the- fe-asb`.' nr\L .4 mL__ -___ _- 1'_2__J L- -_. ......._,.._.E,.,....,. . T _ExaLctly, said Giord.` By. the time,I was allowed to stop eating; my ability to think or act had vanished.` I was really apprehensive of apoplexy. Then they put me in` a large chair, and `Mr. Bunny bade Maisie` `give us a tune. ' a("l`L-..\:....... 4.'...I-'I...-1. `I ...........'.I I.......-..` vvvov on-can-ac`: anv V In "7?i'i1B";i':Io tinkled; I prayedwhveUa:e'n' that I might not snore; at intervals I said `Charming. Then they handed me cake and wine. Maisie had little bows T. pinned all over. her, from the top of her head to the toes of her slippers. She al- ways wears ribbons, but I cannot help fancying that she had put on many more than usual in my honor that evening. :L'l'.`2....1]_ -1-.. L-..'l- 'L.--.'I.'LLI.. _......-... L`...\..... --an---an UVJAJVJAU V! O ' 7'59 did ;1ot'Waitfoi_ an answr, but 'lIT...I`l .....L.-....1`I_ I` _.-_.4. 1.- j:____-_. -1. JIAIJU AALV vasvubsa L\v'LIl v\.r uuv uvu ` ' When `we had looked at the moon for sometime I discovered that Mr. and Mrs. -Bunny had put out all the e lights but the drop lamp, and, to quote your Longfellow, had `Folded their tents like the Arabs and silently stolen away, ((`ISV_.:.J....4.I... LL-.. LAJ ...JA...4-...'I 4-LA 4-nu-4 "73i~i"{1"J1Y'sI1;"o6i;'121-iiii f)m7??m thepiano and `ran out on the balcony. V u.1v1.'..a. .. L..........`l... .....,.....n -1... -..:.1 33 *'x}r"i{sBET ?Io3f: "ZiIS"s a}a. `Come look at it Mr. Gifford, I obeyed; I.ha.d just life enough left to do so. IITXTI-.. '....\ I-...A IAnY-.\J f\`-1\l\ v".-..ou-um FA`- VIA .I..La.vwuu vu wno-.nnvAJ wvvnvoo vv vv u-J :`EvideI;tTy they had adopted the cus- toms of the country, and in genuine `American fashion given me an oppor- tunity to court Maisie. She `plainly waited for me tobegin, but what I said was: `Really, I am quite shocked to have kept you up so late. How good of Mr. Bunny not to tell me to go. So glad to have met you, Miss Maisie, and then bowed myself out. 111' u..._--...LA. `r 1.-.: A--- d.I......:....1.LLI..:..... V"" '`'`'`'V`! """' ""J "" "" "J ""`-'V' From the moment I met you, Miss Ashton,'that would have been impossi- b1e, said Roy-` `just as impossible if she had been as beautiful asan angel and a queen in her own `right. There is only one,js_f;wvs#_gian for zpje in the world now, I atfthat sort of thingstbut it is quite tru`e."` Good night. ._ And be- | fore Eugenie was aware of his intention 3 he had lifted her hand to his lips and 1 kissed it..t.eI,!. t s 7; 5 - .i'W.d"t`l1_",".gasped Eugenie, as thg . door cl osed'behind him. 0h!`that I, of all people, should be the one that poor : little Maisie s sweetheart has ehosfjen to ;. tall in love with!` How I hate the man! - Meanwhile"Ma'isi e. was much nearer . than either of them dreamed; Oflate . e the..poor girl had been .play;ing; an1_ ateur_ f , "detee;wti_;ve toths best of ab_ility;,{ ; n ;?'f$i'k 9`9i.B`7."`f: in !:"i'E with ` esesheg re;.. l s!~;i*b9nss3isi1: 1 IIIIVJIA IJV vv \4\.5 LLJJ uvncu v\-iv! I thought I had done the right thing, I was stupid that night, as anacondas are after a full feast, but I never dreamed that I had committed myself. Not a word passed between Mr. Bunny and myself; It was a subject, you must con- fess. that I. could scarce'ly`broach if he didnot. A week from that day he asked me to dine again. As yet, though I have an earl for a brother, I am myself only a poor Clerk.` 0! course I accepted my` mighty man"s invitation as before. This time I, however, contrived to eat more moderately. As the hours went on I dis- covered -with mingledsensations of hor- rorand amusement that I was supposed to be Miss Maisie s suitor. "ICU 1'\,,,-__ I` `She called me ?Woy, and Mr. Bunny joked us on our lovelorn condition. Late in the eveing `we `were left alone together ` again,- and again I departed promptly. You have the history of the year, or, exactly speaking, eight months of it. Well? ' ' A " :11 ab 4-can-,, ,-[tn __s.1 1-: V Oil 055 an-vl\C\I\I\ne .`v:I`;:erhaps so,_ said Gifford. I certain- ly nd myself in a most unenviable posi- tidn.- At home my family-andyou inde- pendent" Americans have no idea what his family is to a "young Englishman- my family expect me to make a fortune. I came here with that purpose. I am entirely in Mr. Bunny's hands, and have ' discovered that the good a commercial man of his standing can do one just en- tered the lists `in incalculable. IIe can also do him a great deal of harm. Pru- e dential motives` ykept me from saying out":-iigiht, ',`Mr.7'B11_nn , Ilcannot marry in ... mr..:;.a.i a f*1' La`..- +I..`...f...'. ..'..'..`.... ....4-1., V 1 W110 V`-7} : is very ill, Mr. Gifrordk . said Eu- genid, very ill indeed. nAnn`nl\GL(i AA an-:4-I t'.`1H.~..ul `CT I\h`I9"lI `VI- '"w"$T&o is; "$531" "&':`5"u7."; a`Ii?Ii'e"r`iI oanism, VI ,ju'st ..tho1_1g_ht I=wpuld let things alide;` ' " " - - `Ink 3.` 4-1.5`: nan A.uuu4\nn:o\nv|:nr\n9 (11:34: UIIIIIEU SIIUVI Oh, is that an Americanism? said Euefniy ..`.`.R-eally, Mt. Gifford, I don't know, but I fancy you M11 ?slide at last to the altar with Maisie and be happy ever after, as they are in the fairy tales. n`l:L.-...' LL- ...-...-..L 1 ...-L ...... `Ill..- bytght, -Bub-n V,c:a.i14I1ot min} Miss,_Maisie. I hope` that saying noth- :q-uu Qcrnli stun (in A f|`\l5I|:_ :mn~mm. ADVANCE ' _: .. _. 7ih9!*9'. 111rk?th9t.;..1dd 1711.8 011.15 beli'eIiing--` her a *jealous` w`ife',` E %too`k{g'rea.t ginteregst. in the proceedings. 1 STO-Iiishh . 3.99.11. 3395: . enter: the `h'ouseazid When the liglit - shades. -were drawn-1* down she had a? ne silhouette of Eu-A genie to contemplate;' ,Sl1 ortly- one_ot . Roy, as `he sat listening to the music. She pushed open the window and stood staring at these shadowpictures; Short- ly wrinkles of anguish furrowed her usually smooth and placid". face. She had beena every h9.pPY little a creature, blissfully so after Roy s advent; Now how miserable she was, watching the shadows on the shade, listening.to Eu- genie s splendid voice. The tears fell over her round cheeks, her lips quivered. T nnvxvnnlh nu:-urn ,Vl-II; 1:45:11 `(Lugs T ._..~.-`I.I \r v V. ..y. J.\.a\.n.A\4| guy-.u-u, no; Any: Lipunvvxvuo I cannot sing, she said,- but I would play the Rochester schottische; or ` the Katydid polka, or the `Maiden s Prayer to` him whatever he pleased. If she is pretty,`he should remember that I am his sweetheart,'f 5ot s_he. pr!` rsnnr {-3111 `AA 1 1 n I n n A n nan;-I - Q`... n...- LILD D VV UCIJLICGII. U, I.l\4_VII DlIUo . But now the music ceased.` She saw Eugenie s shadow, Roy sbeside it. Then his tail gure disappeared after the man- .ner of shadows, seeming to run up the shade to theceiling. Then it returned. She saw them perfectly, to their very `proles. Suddenly Roy's tall shadow` bent low, and his lips touched the hand of Eugen'ie s shadow and both vanished. u'l:`r._ 1.-- 1-.-___._1 L___' _ _, , an aaiaowbonv ml 51-lid Il\JUl-J VQQIIQLIIJZI "`He has_kisse<`i.h'er'Ahaud. Ah! never. ; once has he kissed mine, moaned Maisie. 3 And he isgmy sweetheart. .011. Woy, Woy, h9w7 can you beso unfaithful to t me when I am so twue toeyou in evewy thought! Oh, Eugenie, how can you be an 3}Ts?:?= _ lI'\I_- ..-- UV I-WIDV M The poor little creaturesaid his as piteously as though Roy Giord had uttered and broken a thousand vows of nu ca. ; uullnvj U\JlLII5\JIo Fl For the first time in her life Maisie laid awake and wet the pillow with her tears. She was lled with sad presenti- ments; suddenly awakened to the fact i that she was deformed and no1ongei' 1 even young. Hitherto, despite allher chatter, she had believed that sh'e'had a, 4 charm of manner and a taste in costume ; that compensated for everything else. Oh, the bitter, bitter hours. The Maisie A that awoke after a . troubled morning's . 1ep was scarcely the same Maisie whose Innocent vanity made her e everything about her `through rosy glasses, Land though she tried to believb that " well she could `not? He? `rh'ist*y' ` as nt nrnn fn I-Inn `st-nitd Q Ainnn Al` II Hut av novvva. vvvvncnvvn uv n a `nanny . made no protestations w.1:atever,.t`ha;;`hve' had never spoken of love, that she did not even know what had passed `between this young man and Mr. Bunny, who had brought her home `a sweetheart much as he might have` brought `her home a, doll in her childhood. . __,.LI-_, '_. 'I_.'_1 DOV!-I-_l\l `at \nvna. aha nova. \Ibc|nv| - Her castles in the alr "IE1 ` been'so dcharmingly built and so delightfully peopled that she never dreamed of doubt- ing their reality. ' --L ......- 1).... l'V:&-...J ...........-._....J -4. LL- .Giffoi'd Appeared aA.t_ the door, shut it behind him and stalked up the street. .How handsome he was in .Ma.isie s eyes, the very perfection of manly grace and beauty. Hf\L :13 1' `IA... 1.2.... T .-..-.........L 1!...` 9 -1... saanaaao. nI~\.I\J Ian-Iv. I\l\4UvI.nvJ I Oh, if I lose him I cannot live, she said, and I must kill myself, unless God ' lets me die of a. bwoken heart. I am sure I should be fowgiven for killing myself, _for the angels would know that I had lost all that was worth living for. Then she pressed both little hands to her fore- head, and leaving her hiding place sped homeward. _ had risen. -To what lover does not the moon seem a friend? Maisie often lifted her eyes toward the great, golden disk sailing above the ;` housetops as she hurried along with: agonized, imploring glances, as though she prayedfor aid from Diana. Those who passed the ying gure took it fora` belated child frightened by the shadows ` of the midnight streets. How could Q. they guess that beneath that quaint .i` little cloak with its peaked hood beat the imost anxious, passionate, longing wom- ' an s heart abroad that night in the great , city. ' i In a little narrow court, the windows F of which faced each other so closely that their inhabitants might have _ shaken jhands across thejntervening space, and -thevfact thatan herb doctor had es- which was occupied entirely by the , de- ' scendants of Ham, stood a little wooden , house conspicuous from its fellows by tabl-isheda shop there, ' and that upon ' the door was nailed a. sign bearing this , legend: Madam Pinchon . clairvoyante. _ Ring the third bell, There were many Q signs on all the houses, but they mostly f indicated the fact that laundresses, 'kal- sominers. chimney sweeps and house, 3 cleaners were ready for patrons. ` .4 _.___.L ___-_.._-._.. Vlvlannuau vv V-v o\rI~vIJ -v- `..---v_-... . At breakfast time. the next morning after she had seen the shadow of Roy ' kiss the hand of the slmadovf of Eugenie, Maisie ascended the steps of this house, and stood on tiptoe to ring the {third -bell of thetrio on the doorposb. '-r-=~'- --- - ------.._L:-:...... 1:u.1..1.....:.. 1191!. VI. IJIJV Vll\I vs: vnav uvyorvuun Maisie was a superstitious little _body, and for years had secretly appealed to this dusky oracle in times, of tribulation, as when her blue beads were` lost `or she had a. bad dregm. 0 \.5 usvwsano W511: lrad had greater faith in her than . ever since she , had prophesied a coming suitojthe day befor Mr. Bunny brought `Roy home`tO`dinner; Hadshe not said what he. was hagidome,` `and 'w_'asL he _not_. \ :`F5.P.1`51.)v',:S9?.v ! IUISUV `VIWIH ', ' ` . Mme. Pinchon can be`lp me, had 1 Maisie a`aid`~to =he'rse_1f-V asahe' awakened, a.ndjx1ov'v 5116 was? it her door ringing fths *'V}v`ith fdi_r`ris _h_3 han'd,%' hoping, ~ tearing;Aqremblinm-he%4aid4so ; ;j= 6:8 t1iq,`lastf` pea!` had -dio d.`._a.w_q';y a} v:ea1.auc, mg. I u ...`. x"v"'. ` .':.i~_TJ_~ at =j=?i3.=.r.i:-Hi :.1_... - --.. ..`, ~.uu.1 uvu vuva vuvc .aa.v_ v - - v w v v- though Mr. Bunny called over the bal- cony, Come hup, Gifford: we're not abed yet, Roy replied, Thanks, not to- night," and took his leave. Maisie sigh- ed as he spoke. In his place how gladly A would she have availed herself of the opportunity tolinger. ' FD. 41... a._..L 44...... .'.. 1...... 1::.. ll`.-.:..h. Aaggpwg vv gynpyvsyu 59. my .4 ., If things go. wrong Q0l.Il;_..t'0 me. If your; true lub is drawn away I kin {draw him bgck.1 It :8 ` woman -. comes atwixti youl kin'2_: (lat too; I` has spells and vlovi powders. ..IL .has3spella- and love` `forge~dat;" powders.` .I` has I ways andmeans, nebenf gnuyvaua avg -. .HaJ_fic'not a1so,' vjvliei1 maasieL" made` ;:kn9_v_v:`1,thb fact t1ia;tth6 .p_1'ophecy was v_ realized, whispered in her ear: . `(l`I LL2....- an-. -on-Arman nnuvun 4-A 1-inn by 0 It never occurred t0 her that he had LIFTED THE REPTILE TO HER EAR. CHAPTER IV. { c--on,-.. v-av -\pvy\- up-wu-rrvun-vxnu In-.a moment _more a wierd looking ..old black woman opened the door. 6lVn.~..-. .....I.4- an `I............ 97 -1..- .....'.J ,v--up -a_-u-v- -vv vv :1 a.n\.\a vnau vnvvnv _ ._Come_ rigl; Vhoney, she said. dis way. Take care de matting on dem second oor folk s' entryway; it2 s jes a foot trap, jegs put down to save d scrub bresh,_ 1 spect. I s waitin fur you." Solomon say you comin . u(\l.. `It..- 'D.....L-_ 9! _-.-.1 11-.-g- I kin. You is come cause you is Jealous" saldthe woman over her shoul- der. ..Au nil n -u- up n . .. ` - I-vsJ vooy 1.. A-v-an Dat islle pow I have," said Mme. Pi'nchon,- as she opened the door of her garret room. It was a. bright little place, with a good deal of owered chintz hung about, with gay advertising cards pinned -tothe walls. Thetable had a red cloth upon it, the little stove was brightly polished and within it _a re glowed brightly. ` In the windows hung a. par- rotis cage, and in the cage, squatted upon some moss that had been placed there, two little green toads. AsMaisie turned . hereyes toward them it seemed to her tha'tth_ey winked at her. 1 e As .`\I:li~-ie walked homeward, Roy! Stalliillg: -.:lntl_v beside her, shetherself f0l`()lI-`H \\':ls' silent. For the first time since ll 1'. Runny had brought this sweet- heart: h to her she wasunhappy. He `had llmlv-Il at Eugenie as he had never V; ]OOlx'(`ll :11 her. What he hadvsaid to her 9 as Llugx .\ll)0ll apart she did not know, but th.-1-u was a glow on his cheek and a ash in his eye that she had never seen the:-v Ix:-fm-e. She clasped her hands over his arm. hoping he Would place his upon them. llv d id nothing of the sort, though -Maisi~;- lurl lovely little hands, in very pretty gloves. Maisie would have for- ' given mm had he stolen a kiss in the shadow of the church they were passing, or V\'1lll\'(`ll with his arm about her waist as did the lovers of the housemaids in whim rlwrons whom they met. VHe1'~ Whole soul craveda morsel `of tenderness, but lmdid not offer one. Atthe door, J,l__ , -g, -gs I1 1 11,