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0! course in another moment I am folded in mother’s arms, and her soft hand greases my gmceless head down upon the oaom that never yet in all my griefs has hails: me. Two of her tears fall upon my 0 ea . Author " My darling child,” she whispers, “ have I been too unkind to you? I did not mean it, Phyllis ; but I have been made so unse- rablg by all I have heard." 1 ,AA:L£._‘ “Bu't wyou doh’iflthink me deceitful, mother?” “ No, no: nowâ€"~nol: at any time, I think ; but I was greatly upset by Dora’s dump- pointmenh. My darling, I hope you will be happy in your choice, and in my heart I believe you will. At, all events, he is not blind to the virtues of my dear girl. He loves you dearly, Phyllis. Are you sure, my gayest, til-at you love him 7” "A A. A1. __LA.‘ a.) _-.._ v", “ Did you love papa. very much when you married him ‘1" “ 0! course, dear,” with a faint blush. “Oh, mother, did you really ?" Then, with a. reflective sigh, “ at that rate I am ghdjlhatg-I do 9012 love Mr. Carrington." in. _A_.;.__n TA. :. D ' ’ ' V " Phyllis ! what are you saying? It is the first duty of every woman to love her husband. You must try to regard Mr. Gar- ringjon in_thab light." . ‘7,” ___- “ I like him, and that is better. You were blind to psps’s faults because you loved him; that: was a. mistake. Now,Ishall not be blind to Marmaduke’s; and if he does anything very horrid, or developes unpleasant symptoms, I shall be able to give him up before it is too late. It you had been fully alive to papa’s little tem- pers. mother, I don‘t suppose you would ever have married him ;”would you '2" “ Phyllis, I cannot allow you to discuss your father in this manner. It is neither dutiful not proper; audit vexes me very much.” _;Vfilen I won’t vex you. But I read in a, book 1118 other day, ' It is better to respect yoqrnhusb‘aud' Eh‘a‘n‘to love h1m.’" , , L_L -L “ One should do both, of course ; but, oh, Phyllis, to love him ; that is the great soft- ener in the married life, it is so easy to forgive when love urges. You are wrong, my pet. but you have a tender heart, and so I pray all may be well with you. Yet when I think of your leavmg me to face the wnde world, I feel lonely. I fancy I could have better spared Dora. than my own wilt; Phyllis." She whispers this soothiugly into my ear, kisses me as only a, mother can kiss, and leaves me presently well comforted. It mother xndaed loves me, the scapgrace, bet- ter than her model Dora, 1 have reason to tee_l_glad and grateful. .q. -...1. After dinner Dora. comes creeping in, her eyelids red and swollen, her damty cheeks bereft of their usual sot: look. Misery and despair are depicted in every line of her Inge and figure. “ You have twice the spirit, you know." he says, in a. tone meant to compliment " Dora. is too dead-and-alive; no man born would be tormented with her. I am awfully glad, Phyllis.” When by chance during the evening spa and I meet, though his manner is rozen he makes no offensive remarks ; and, strange as it appears to me, I seem to have earned some dignity in his eyes. So the long hours of that day drag by, and night 18115 at last. Papa rises ostentatioust and pushes an easy chair towards the fire for her (already the touch of winter is upon her). I sit apart and think myself a murderess. Meanwhile fithe household is divided. The boy Billy, as Roland calls him, has been sent for two hours into solitary con- finement, because, on hearing the news he exclaimed. " Didn’t I tell you all along, how it would be," in a. heartless and trium- phant manner, thus aiding insult to Dora’s injury. I begin to vaguely wonder whether, were I in Dora’s place, all these delicate atten- tions would be showered upon me. I also try to decide whether, it I had been slighted by my beloved, I would publish the fact upon the house-tops and come down to the bosom of my family with scarlet eyes and pallid face and hair effectively loosened; or whether I would hide my sorrow with my life and endure all in heroic silence. I have got so far as the Spartan boy in my meditations, when Roland, bringing his fingers to meet upon the fleshy part at my arm, causes me to spring from my seat and give utterance to an emphatic ” Oh!” while Cheekie, the rat-terrier, who is crouching in her favorite position at my feet, coming in for a full share of my weight, sets up a corresponding howl, and altogether the confusion is complete. When it has sub- sided there ensues an awful pause. Then papa speaks. “ It would be waste of time to appeal to your better feelings, Phyllis; you have none ! But that you are hoplessly wanting in all delicacy of sentiment, you would under- stand that this is no time to indulge in a vulgar overflow of spirits. Do you not see how your sister is suffering? Your heart- lessnese is downright disgusting. Leave the room.” “ I could not help it,” returns Roly, still struggling with his mernment ; “ the Bolemnity of the whole thing was too much to: me. I knew I was going to laugh out loud, so pinched you to draw off attention." " I think you might have chosen Billy.” “ He was too far off; you were the most convenient." “ And so you sacrificed me to save your- aal_t_I_” I e§olaim infiignanjly. Our engagement having received the openly expressed, though secretly unwill- ing sanction of my father, Mr. (Earring- ton comes over every day to our house, where he of course meets with overpower. ing sweetness from everybodyâ€"~Dora excepted. Not that she shows any demon- strative dislike. A heavy sense of injury is upon her, impossible to lift. At times I am a little unhappy, but very seldom. On such occasions the horrible doubt; that I am marrying Marmaduke for his money crushes me. Every now and then I catch myself revelling in the thought 7 'Roiv is also on my side, and comes upstairs 130 tell. m_e so.” “How could you do it?” Iusk, reproach- lully, as we gain the hall-door. " They are all a._ngry_qnougl} 9.3 {t if." > I can ash is chokmg With suppressed laugyter. Like all men, Round in unutterably selfish; unlike all men, he is ever ready to make atonement, once the selfish act is accomplished. I instantly avail myself of the permission to withdraw, only too glad of the excuse, 9nd retire, followpdplosely _by Roland, whg You wonder that my tears should flow In listening to that simple strain; That those unskillul sounds should fill My soul with Joy and painâ€"â€" How can you tell what thoughts it stirs Within my heart again ? You wonder why that common phrase, 80 all unmeaning to your ear, Should stay mo in my men‘iest mood, And thrill my soul to hearâ€"â€" How can you tell What ancient charm Has made me hold it dear ? You smile to see me turn and speak With one whose converse you despise You do not see the dreams of old That with his voice ariseâ€" How can you tell what links have made Him sacred in my eyes? 0, these are voices of the past, Links of a broken chain, Wings that can beat me back to times Which cannot come again ; Yet Godrforbigl that I should lose F1"11‘t'a'eréiloes that remain of "Molly Buwn,‘ " The Baby," “Airy Fairy Lilian," etc , etc. PHYLLIS. BY THE DUCHEBS. old Echoes. CHAPTER XIII of what I shall do for Billy and Roly and all of them, when plenty of gold is as my disposal. I try to think how much I like him, how handsome he is, how kind, how good to me, but: always at the end of my oogitatioua I find my thoughts reverting to the grand house in which I am to reign in: queen, or to the fine velvet dress I mean to wear as soon as I can afford to buy it. I now glory in an engagement ring that sparkles fairly and gives me much pleasure. I have also an enormous locket, on which the letters P. M. V. are marked out by bril- liants. This latter contains an exquisitely painted miniature of my betrothed, and Is given to me by him in a manner that beto- kens doubt of its being acceptable. “FI'dVo‘fir’fi Vauppoae 3'01: w-xll care for the picture part of it,“ he says, with a. laugh angl a. gather heightepedpqlor. ‘ u 1 But I do care for it. picture and all, and tell him so, to his lasting satisfaction. though it must he confessed I look oftener at the outside of that locket than at any other part of it. Thus by degrees I find myself laden with gifts of allkinde~ior the most part costly ; and, as trinkets are scarce with us and jewels imaginary, it will be understood that each new ornament added to my store raises me higher in the social scale. nééfitiitfiéi hpeeds and Christmas passes and gentle spring giows space. n-n ,,,,m:,,‘ “Come out," says Billy one morning early in April, thrusting a. diebevelled head into my room ; “ come out: it is almosh warm.” Whereupon I don my hat and sally forth, my Billy in attendance. Mechanically we make for the small belt of trees that encircles and bounds our home, and is by courtesy “ our wood." It ii my favorite retreatâ€"the spot most dear to me at Summerleae. Ali! how sweet is every- thing today, how fragrant! The prim- rose gold in its mosey had, supported by its myriad friends; the prebty purple violetâ€" the white one prettier still. I sigh and look about me sadly. q l‘rThis is the verg' last spring I shall ever spend at home.” I say, at length, being in one 01 my aentimenfiqland reggetfgl moods. ” Yes." returns Billy; “ this time next year, I suppose, you will be holding high court at Strangemore. How funny you will look? you are so amalll Why, you will be an out-and-out swell then, Phyllis, and can cut the country if you choose. What; are you so doleful about? Ain’t you glad '2" ..-r . . .- n a “No. I am not.” I reply emphatically; “ I am sorry ! I am wretched ! Everything will be so new and tig and strange, andâ€"you will not be there. Oh, Billy I" flinging my arms around his neck, “ I feel that worst of all; I am too fond of you, 91nd that's a. fact." “ Well, I am awfully fond of you too," says Billy, giving me a bear-like bug that horribly disarrnugea my appearance, but is sweet to me, so much do I adore my " boy Billee.” r 7We sent ourselves on a grassy knoll and give_oqrselv_ea up_ to glopmy foreboding. _ “ It is a beastly nuisance, your getting married at all," says Billy. grumpily. ” If it had been Dora, now, it would have been a cause for public rejoicing ; but you are differ- ent. What am I to do without you in this stupid hole is more than I can tell. I shall get papa. to send me to a. boarding-school when you go." (The Eton plan has not yet been divulged.) “ Why on earth did you take a fancy to that fellow, Phyllia? Were you not very well as you were ?” .r "115 was he took a. fancy to me, if you please. I never thought of such a. thing. But there is little use discussing that now. Murry him I must before the year is out; and really, perhaps after all, I shall be very happy” _ __ _. m. “ I do,” I return, earnestly. “I shall be happier with you, who are always kind to me, than I am at home. It is only at times I feel regretful. But: of courseâ€"ii you 1).! " I know how it will be,” says B.lly, moodin ; ” you will be an old woman before yougtignefl . “ Indeed I shall not,” I cry, with much indignatlon, viewing with diwomfort the ruins to which he has reduced my hand- some castle. “ I intend to keep young for ever so long. Why, I am only eighteen now, and I‘shan’t be old until I am thirty. And, Billy,” ooaxingly, “ you shall see what I shall do for you ; I will send you to Eton. There I" “ Phyllis, do you really Wish to marry me?” mks Mr. Carringbon, suddenly, trying to read my hot and averted face. “ If you repent your promise, say 30; 1t is not yet too late to withdraw. Better bear pain now than lastng misery hereafter. Answer me truly, do you-wish to be my wife ‘2” “Why don’t: you any you will send me to the moon?" replies he, with withering contgmpg. “But I will really; Marmaduke says I 5115‘]; and you are to spend all your holi- days at Strungemore ; and I will keep a gun for you, and a dog ; and maybe he will let me give 501; a. horse.” Ifeel uneasy, not to say unhappy. I have heard of men marrying women for spite and revenglng themselves upon them afterwards. This recollection is not assur- ing. 1 glance at Marmaduke furtively, and persuade myself he is looking downright vindictive. “Yes,” I murmur,doubtfully, “ and per- haps, afterwards, when I was your Wife you 30111;} by game! to me, andâ€"â€"” “Phyllis,” he interrupts me, hastily. “ what are you saying? Who has put such a. detestable idea. into your head? I unkind to you, or cruel! Child, can you not even imagine the depth of the love I hear you ?” 1 know I am going to cry. Already are my eyes suffueiug; my nose developes a. tickling sensation. It I cry before him now he will think “ Oh, fiddleatioks 1" says the dear boy. “Draw aline somewhere. You have said too much ; and I’ve outgrown my belief in the ‘Arabian Nights.‘ I will be quite con- tent with the dog and gun." " Well, you shall see. And Roland shall have money every now and then to pay his debts ; and Dora shall have as many new dresses as she can wear; and for momma I Will get one of those delightful easy- chairs we saw in the shop-Window in Car- aton, the one that moves up and down, you knowâ€"and 0h, Billy l I think it is a. glorious thing to be rich. If I could only do all I say, I believe I would marry him were he as ugly as sin." I am palsied with shame and horror; I am stricken dumb; and Billy, looking lazily upwards from where he is stretched at lull length upon the award to discover the cause, in his turn becomes aware of the enemy’s presence. Amoment later he is on his feet and has beaten a masterly retreat, leaving me alone to face the foe. Mr. Carrington comes slowly forward. “ Yes, I heard every word,” he says, calmly, anger and reproach in his eyes. In the enthusiasm of the moment I spring to my feet, and as I do so become fatally aware that not two yards from me stands Marmaduke, leaning against a tree. There is a curious, not altogether amiable, expression upon his face, that assures me he has overheard our conversation. Yet one cannot accuse him of eavesdropping, as it we had only taken the trouble to raise our heads our eyes must inevitably have met his. I m'aLke iio reply ; '1 feel myself lficapable or Basso!» _ “ So this is the light in which you regard our marriage I” he goes on bitterly ; ” as a. means to an endâ€"no more. At the close of six months I find myself as far: from having gained a. place in your afieohions as when we first met. I may well despair: Your heart seems full of thought and of love for every one, Phyllis, except for the man you have promised to marry." “ Then give me up,” I say, defiantly, though my false courage sinks as I remem- ber what a. row there will be at home if he take‘s me at my wo‘rd. “ No, I will not give you up. I will marry you in spite of your coldness; I am more determined on it; now than ever,” he makes answer, almost fiercely. don‘t want to marry meâ€"â€"â€"" I pause by the ignominy of this thought Mr. Carringbon takes my hand. “ I would give half my possessions to gain your love." he says, softly ; “ but, even as it; is, no bribe on earth could induce me to relinquish you. Don’t talk about my giving you up. That is out; of the question. I could as easily part with my life as Wiuh my Phyllis. Perhaps,” with a rather sad libble smile, ” some time in the future you may deem mo worthy to be placed in the category with Billy and Roland and the rest of them." A mournful sound breaks from me. I search my pocket for a handkerchief where- with to wipe away the solitary tear that meanders down my cheek. Need I say it is not there? Mr. Carrington guessing my want, produces a. very snowy article from somewhere and hands it to me. “ bb yofi Want one ?" he asks, tendexly, and presently I am dissolved in tears, my nose buried in my lover‘s pambric._ "‘7 Igzrnflsure yofi must hate me,” I whis- per, dismally. “ I make you unhappy every time we meet. Mr. Catrington, will you try to forget what I said just now, and forgiXe me ?” _ ‘thgéfin I forgive you anything when you 93111 me- Mr. Ggrrington ‘2” “Marmaduke, then.” He presses me closer to him, and I rub my stained and humid countenance up and down against his coat. I am altogether penitent. “ After all, Marmaduke, maybe I didn’t say anything so very dreadful,” I venture, 9.1: the end of a pause. “ I was only think- ing and deciding on what I would like to make everybody Whamâ€"when I was your wife. Wigs that very bad 1” “No; there was nothing to vex me in all that; it only showesl me what a loving, generous little heart my pet has. But then, Phyllis, why did you give me so plainly to understand you were marrying me only for the sake of my odious money, by sayingâ€"what you did in your last speech ‘1” " What did I say ?" “That: for the sake of being rich you would marry me (or any one else, your tone meant) even were I ‘ as ugly as sin.’ ” ” It I said that, it was an unbruth, because if you were as ugly as Bobby De Vere, for instance. I most certainly would not mpg-y you. I detest plain people." “ WelKa't all events, I {hunkâ€"youâ€" owe me some reputation for the pain you have inflicted." V “ I do, indeed," I admit eagerly. “ Lay any penance you like upon me, and I will not shrink from i5. I will do whatever you ask.” ” W111 you ?"’ quickly. “ Then kiss me of your own accord. I don't believe up to this, Phylhs, you have ever yet done so of you own sweet. will.” “ I will do it now, than,” I return, hero- ically, and straightway, raising myself on tiptoe, withcu 1 the smallest; pretence 8.1; pm- dery,1 flmg myself into his arms and kiss him Wit/h all my heart. No accomplished ooquette seeking after effect could have achieved a more complete success by her arts than I have by this simple act. which is with me an everyday occurrence where the boys are concerned. By in I have obtained a. thousand pardons, if need be. “ Come show me anything as pretty as thism all Strangemore,” lsay, with tri- umph, as we sent ourselves on an ancient He is evidently surprised, and grows a. little pale, then smiles, and strains me to himiwitl} passionate fervo-r. High up in the western wall a. emallgreen gate gives entrance to another gardenâ€"a. quaint spot, picturesquely wild, that we children chose to name Queen Elizabeth's Retreat. Long lines of 611113 grow here, through which some paths are outâ€"paths innocent ot gravel and green as the grass that grows On either side. Here, too, are beds of flowers and rustic benches. “ Marmaduke,” I say presently, in a rather bashful tone, trifling with the lapel of his coat. “ Well, my pet ?" “ I heme something to say to you." “ Have you, darling?” “1 want to tell you that I think I must be growing fond oi you." ” My angel I” “Yes. And do you know why I think so ‘2” “My diningâ€"my own! on, Phyllis 1 if I could only make you love me I” he whis- pers: jongingly. __ _ “No. Icannot imagine how anything so unlikely and desirable should come to P3383, ‘ .. Whereupon I answer, suucely, I need not go to Strangemore for that, as I fancy I have him pretty well under control as in is. At this he pinches my ear and prophecies the time will yet come when it will be his turn to menace me. L “ I will tell you. D.) you remember how, long ago, when first. you kissed me, I dis- liked in so much that it made me cry 7” “Yes.” “ Well, now I find I don't mind it one bit I" “ It will be a. good year for fruit," I tell my lover. soberly, “ the trees are showing such 8. fair promise." And my lover laughs, and tells me I am a. wonderful ohild ; that he has not yet half dived into the deep shores of private knowledge I possess. He sup- poses when I come to Shrangemore he may dismiss his steward, as probably I will be competent to manage everything thereâ€"the master included. Instead of being struck with the good sense of this discovery, Marmaduke roars with_1aughter. “ Oh, you needn’t laugh,” I say, slightly cflended; “it is a very good sign. I have read in books how girls shudder and shiver when kissed by a. man they don‘t like; and, as I never shudder or shiver when you kiss me, of course that means that I like you immensely. Don’t you see ‘I” “ Yes, of course he is," Ireply,with much dignity and indignation combined. “ When a. man loves a. woman he does not give her up fqr a. trifle.” “A trifle! Well, I never," murmurs Billy, floored for once in his life. CHAPTER XIV. We are in the orchard of Summerleas alone, Mr. Carringtou and I, with the warm but fihtul April sun pouring heavily down upon us. “ I do," says Marmaduke, who is still laughing heartily. “ And I also see it is an excellent reason why I should instantly kiss you again. Oh. Phyllis l I think if we looked into the family Bible we would dis- cover we had all mistaken your age, and thatjjou are only ten instead of eighteen." 01]. n Aslunch-hour approaches, we retrace our steps until we reach the principal avenue. Here Mr. Carrington declines my invitation to enter the house and partake of such light refreshments as may be going, and departs witha promise to take us for a. drive the following finy._ “I thought he was with you,” he says, with an air of intense relief. “ Well?" " Well?” I reiterate. " Why don’t you tell,” cries Billy angrily, “ instead of standing there with your mouth open? Did he hear what we said ‘2” “ Yea, every word." " Oh, dear 1 oh, dear l" with a. dismal groan. “And who is to tell them at home, I would like to know ‘2" “ Tell them what '1’" “ Why, about, Surely you don’t mean to tell me he is going to marry you after all that 7“ exclaime Billy his eyes enlarged to twice their usual‘size. Nature tells me the luncheon-hour must be past, and, impelled by hunger, I run down the gravel sweep at; the top of my speed ; but, just as I get to the thick bunch of laurels that conceals the house from view. Billy’s voice, coming from nowhere in particular, stops me. Presently from be. tween the evergreens his head emerges. “ Why ?” “For many reasons. Come, let us walk oaken contxivanca that threatens at any moment to bripg the 1_1_1_1wary_§q {he grgypdf “ I wonder if you will ever think anything at Strangemore as worthy of admiration as what you have here ?" says Marmaduke, passing his arm lightly round my waist. ,,.1 “ Perhapfl. But; I know every nook and ctanny of this old place so Well and love it so dearly] I can remember no other home. We came here you know, when I was very young and Bllly only a baby.” “ ut Sbrangemore will be your home when you come to live with me. You will try to like it for my sake, will you not ? It 15 dearer to me than either of the other plaoev, although they say Luxton is hand- somer. Don't you think you will be able to love it, Phyllis? ’ "“VYés, but "not for a. long time. I can like things at once, but it takes me years andiyeara 9nd yam-q to loye anything}: “7.. a VW , “ Does that speech apply 00 persons ? If so, I have a. pleasant prospect before me. You have known me but a few months; will it take you ‘years and years’ to love me ‘2” There is lingering hope in his tone, expec- tanc): in _hisne_ye§. _ “ You? 013, I don’t know. Perhaps so,” I r_e_ply, wjhh unpleasanfifiruthfglness. Mafmaduke removes his arm from around me and frowns. “Your are candor 1tuelf,” he says, with a ehght tinge of bitterness. “ I am,” I return reluctantly ; " I wish I were not. I am always saying the wrong thing, and repentingibafterwards. Papaseye my candor makes me downright: vulgar. Marmadukebuh do you think honesty iathe beet policy 7” I giancé up at him with questioning eyes fromVuuder the flapping hat that has braved no myagy rsqmmets. “ I do," he answers, warmly; “I think there is nothing on earth so sweet or so rare as perfect truthfulness. Be open and true and honest, darling, and like yourself as long as you cm. Every hour you live will make the role more difficult." “ But why? You are older than I am, Marmaduke, WORM youjell a lit? ‘2" “ No, not '9. direéfi lie, perhaps, but I might pgetend_ to w_hab I not £881." ‘ " Oh, but that is nothing. I would do that myself.” I exclaim, confidentially. “ Many and many a time I have pretended not to know where Billy was when I knew papa. was going to box his ears. There is no great harm in thafi. And Billy has done it for me.“ “ You don‘t mean to say Mr. Vernon ever boxed ypu}: ears ?_" NIexfflode 8.1: the tragic meaning of his tone. “ Often,“ I say, merrily, “ shoals of tunes ; but. that is not halt so bad as being sent to bed. However”â€"reaaauringlyâ€"â€" “ he has not done it; now for ever so longâ€" not sinca I have been engaged to you.” “At that rate we are likely to have a. happy time of it," I my, automatically, “ con- sidering I am never the same to: two weeks running, and papa says every one’s dispe- eitiou undergoes a. complete alteration every seven years." “ I should hope not Indeed,” hotly. l‘Pbyllia, why won’t you marry me at once? Surely you would be happier with me than-~thanâ€"liviug as you now do." “No, no,” edging away from him; “ I would not. I am not; a bin unhappy as I am. You mistake me; and ‘I told you before he never does it now.” “ But It maddans me to think of his ever having done so. And such pretty little ears, too. BO pink and delicate. 0! all the unmanly blackgâ€" I beg your pardon, Phyl- lis, of course it is wrong of me to speak so of your father.” :‘lIust because you are Phyllis; I have no other reason. If you were any one else, or changed in any way, I would not care in theleafibforyou-n . . . " Yes,” I say. in a. thoroughly matter-of- facb tone. with a. view to bringing him back to earth again without any unnecessary delay. “ But how can you be so fond of me, Marmaduke, when you say I am so cross? Now, tell me this." 1&ying the first finger of my right hand upon his lips, and heating time there with it to each of my words; “why did you first take a. fancy to ‘~ Oh, don’t mind me,” I say, easily. “ Now you are going to be my husband, I do not care about telling you there is very hme love 1032; between me and papa.” “ Then why not shorten our engagement? Surely it: has now lasted long enough. There is no reason Why you should submit to any tyranny when you can escape from It. If you dislike your father’s rule, out it; and come to me; you do not dislike me.” “ No; but I should dislike being married very much indeed." “ Why ?" impatienbly. “ I don’t know,” I return provokingly ; “ but I am sure I should. ‘ Better to bear the ills we have, ct cctcm.’ ” “ You are trifling." says he, angrily. “ Why not say at once you detest the iéea. of haying to spend your life with me? I believe I am simply wasting mv time endeavoring to gain an affection that will never be mine.” “Obiyrééilflfio; I like you very much,” I answer, greatly mollified.‘ “I do really â€"â€"-better and better every day.” SEEâ€"foE-ivharéed ‘1" r'aptu'rously. “My own (19.111an 1" “ It you admlre her so much, why don't you marry her ‘1” ask I, sharply‘ Although I am not in love with Marmaduke, I strongly object to his expressing unlimited admiration for my sister or any other woman. “ Shall I tell you ‘2" says he, suddenly, coming back to me to take me in his arms and strain me closer to him. Because in my eyes you are ten times loveller. Because your hair, though darker, pleases me more. Because your complexion, nhough browner, is to me more fair. Because your smile, though less uniformly sweet. is merrier and tenderer, and more loveable. _There 1 have figâ€"i623; you enough reasons for the Billy preference I feel for a. little girl who does not care & atmw about ma ?" I fi'TThank you. You are extremely rude and unkind to me, Marmaduke. If this is your way of making love, I must say I don't 11ke it.” “Then don’t waste any more ofit," I retort, tapping the ground petulantly with my foot wnilé fixing my gaze with affected unconcern upon a. thick, white cloud that rests far away in the eternal blue. “ l have no wish to stand in your light. Pray leave meâ€"I ahan’t mind it in the leaflnâ€" and don’t, throw away any more of your precious moments: “ I don’t suppose you do, or anything else connected vim me. Of course it was an unfontunate thing for me, my coming down here and falling idiotioally in love with a. girl who does not care Whether I am dead or alive.” He turns abruptly and walks a few paces away from me. We are both considerably out of temper by this time, and I make a solemn vow to myself not to open my lips again until he offers an apology for what I am pleased to call his odious cross- ness. Two seconds after I break my vow. “ Why on earth could you not have fallen in love with Dora?" I cry, petulantly, to the back of his head. “ She would do you some credit, and she would lova you, too. Every one would envy you it you married Dom,.she never says the wrong thing ; and she is elegant and very pretty, is she not ?" “ Very pretty.” replies he, dryly; “ almost; lovely, I think, with her fair hair an}! beau- tiful complexion and sweet smile. Yes, Dora is more than pretty.” " Idle advice. I can’t leave you now, and you know it. I must only go on squanderiug my life, I suppose, until the and. I do believe the greatest misfortune that ever befel me was my meeting with you." _‘ -7 . . 1 “ Thafirira fintrue. I care very much indeed abouj you being alive." V‘V‘ I? 60inm3n humanity would suggest {shit apeeeb.”_ " I’li risk that says he,|aughing. “ Seven segrg ayq a 1.011% way 011'] “ But I shall change in less than seven years,” I say persistently. “ Don‘t you see? I have done so twice already, at seven, and fourteen, and I shall do so again at twenty-one. Therefore, in four years’ time I shall be a, different person altogether, and you will cease to care for me." “I shall always adore you, Phyllis," declares my lover, earnestly, “ whether we hve together for four or fourteen or one hundred and fourteen years." This leaves nothing more to be said, so I am silent for a. moment or two, and gaze at him with some degree of pride as he stands beside me, with his blue eyes, tender and impassionedâ€"es handsome a man as ever made vain love to a. graceless maiden. It is true that a cold draught is danger- ous. Dr. Angus Smith, the great English authority on air, says: “It slays like a sword.” But impure air is no better ; and if one causes pneumonia, the other creates consumption. Bringing air through the furnace fines is all very well. provided it is' taken from a pure source of supply. But if, as in most cases, the cold air box of the furnace ends over a damp, dirty area adjcining one of our unswept and filthy streets, the supply is far from wholesome. Dr. Loomis and other specialists long since pointed out the bad effects of New York dust upon the human lungs, yet the dusty air from our streets is sucked into ten ‘ thousand furnace cold-air boxes, and is the chief lung food of our population. Because this air has been warmed it does not follow that it is whole- some. It is perfectly easy to prevents. draft by raising the sash a few inches and placing a narrow board in the space below, so that the cold air will enter between the upper and lower sash and be deflected toward the ceiling without causing any annoyance to persons in the room. There are a number of patented devices for the same purpose, but the arrangement here described can be adopted by any one at the cost of a few cents. The chief difliculty about ventilating most dwelling houses is that there are not sufficient means of carry- ing off the foul and heated air. If provision is supplied for doing this, then plenty of fresh air will leak in through the window casings and cracks, as most of our houses are not tightly built. Great benefit may be obtained from open tire places, which to the mathetes, are coming largely into use. All fire-hoards should be abolished. The art of ventila- tion has been called one of the lost arts, if indeed it ever was an entirely developed art. In our modern'houses and flats, with their masses of upholstering and decoration to obstruct the sunlight and prevent free circulation of air, and with the many sources of impurity, such as cooking, wash- ing and plumbing appliances, and still more the gaslights and steam heating apparatus, the necessity for attention to ventilation becomes daily apparent. The almost uni- versal prevalence of catarrh, and the worn out, wearied look of Americans which Her- bert Spencer noted, may be justly charged to the bad ventilation of our houses, and it is time our people should take hold of the matter promptly. l She. encouragingly ; “ Your step suits expressxon, ” And. the Kngl‘BDUnlE 01031168." mine exactly, Mr. Robinson." He, nerv- Tallow dips long reigned supreme in ously: “ So glad to hear you say so, Miss Winnipeg, and the first coal oil was sold at Sharpe: I know I'm such 9. bad waltzer.’ ’ from 143. to 163. per gallon. correspondent asks with a sigh Mr. Staples, a. wealthy citizen of Wes- A ort,Conn., has given his town a. $50,000 “Are there any kind of pants that will school building. There is something Stapl [last a lifetime ?” Certainlyâ€"the occu- about a gifts like that. pants. The vanity of human lee is like a. river, constantly passing away, and yet 001:- sbuntly coming OILâ€"Pope. The Arabs, says a correspondent of the London Daily News, are perhaps the most savagely ferocious toes With whom British troops have ever come in contact. I have spoken of their courage, but it is the courage of tigers, and the mood in which they have engaged in these battles is the mood of wild beasts mad with fury and thirsting for blood. Their battles are battles in which quarter 1s neither asked for nor given on either side. Both at El Tab and at Tamanieb boys of 12 and 14 years old rushed on, armed with spear and club, like their elders. The cubs instinctively showed fight as soon as their teeth and claws grew. On the morning after the battle a wounded Arab was found near the zereba by Col. Slade, who brought him in. I saw him when the doctors were attending him. He received with brutish half-indifference, half-satisfaction, the kind treatment to which he was Without delay subjected. He glared in a curiously absent manner at the group of persons who, standing around him, admired his lithe form, tall stature, and fine eyes and features. A piece of bread was given him. He gnawed half of it and carelessly handed the other half of it away. Had our captive suddenly recovered his freedom and the use of his limbs the very first thing he would have done would be to bound at the bundle of spears which a soldier had collected from the field, seize one, and thurst and stab right and left amongst his benefactors until he himself should be shot or out down like a rabid dog. At least 10 men were killed on Thurs- day in different parts of the field by wounded Arabs or Arabs who pretended to be dead. ” Don’t," said Tawmus, “ don’t throw that away." “ It's only an old tailor’s blll.’ “ Yes, but it’s paid."â€"Boston Post. "I am making both ends meet,” te- murked the donkey. as he scratched his right ear with his left hind foot. Three fourths of the oflicera of the German army wear corsets. German Liberals have organized their party throughout the Empire. The medical profession are slow (and rightly so) to endorse every new medicine thatis advertised and sold; but honest; merit convinces the fair-minded after a. reasonable time. Physicians in good stand- ingoften prescribe Mrs. Pinkbam'a Vege‘, table Compound for the‘ cure of female weaknesses. PUTNAM'B PAINLES) CORN Exrmoron, the great remedy for corns, is absolutely safe and painless, does its work promptly, with- out. in the least interfering with the com- fort of patients. and is absolutely alone as a safe, painless remedy for cows. Do not be imposed upon by dangerous oounterfeits. Use only Putnam’s Corn Extractor. Be- ware of base substitutes. Sold everywhere by druggists and dealers in medicine. Take only Putnam’s Painless Extractor. N. C. Polson & 00., proprietors, Kingston. This is the report of a Princess street gentleman who had the opportunity a. few nights eince of testing Polson’s NERVILXNE, the great pain cute. Be prepared for any emergency by having a. bottle of Nerviline at hand. It only costs 10 cents to test it, as you can buy test bottles at all druggiets. Get a 10 or 25 cent bottle today. Sure in rheumatism, neuralgia, cramps, colic, head- ache. Nerviline, the sure pop pain cure. At all druggiets, 25 cents 9. bottle. Here I sent 33 to this man for an infalli- ble remedy for my red nose, and he writes me to go on drinking until in turns purple â€"Topcr. It is said that; Dr. Hammond has the finest mica. mine near Athens that can be found in Georgia. Nearly all of it will square 6 inches and from that to 10 inches. Dr. Hammond will commence work on it soon. ll Saved I'ly Wile’s Lilo. How [he Aran Fight. Painless null Prompt. (To be continued Ventilation. INTELLECTUAL and bodily activity are rarely found in men of great age; but when 50 combined add to the chances of pro- longed life. Witness three men who have played a. great and active part in the world and who combine these rare gifts of nature and will, the Earl of Shattesbury, the great humanitarian, Cardinal Newman and the Emperor \Villiam. THE series of speeches Mr. Gladstone has delivered in the present session is des- cribed as equal to anything he has ever done, and he once more stands out in bold and unapproaohable relief from his col- leagues as the supreme oretorieal master of the House of Commons. There has been, it is said, a. strange revival in him of the love of power. He has not, and never had, the remoteet intention of dropping into the House of Peers. DR. DUDGEON, the famous homwopathiet physician of London. recalls the factâ€" apropos of Koch’s investigation into the nature of the cholera germâ€"that Helme- mann, in 1831. suggested that the contagious matter of cholera. consisted of “ excessively minute invisible living creatures." and ac- cordingly advised the free use of cemphor, which he held to be a. potent cholera beeillicide-to the efficacy of which treat- ment, adds Dr. Dudgeon,the statistics of every epidemic in Europe testify. I'I‘ looks as though there were going to be another " Pike’s Peak " excitement. In 1858, the reported discovery of gold in that region created an intense furore all over the country, and thousands of people migrated to that section, for the most part to meet with disappointment, and many of them to find death. Now there is another report of gold discoveries in the vicinity of that famous and fateful mountain, and all the Colorado mining camps are excited by the news. It is to be hoped that this will not bringa repetition of the former days of misfortunes and disaster. Ir may be news to some that the re- ligious observance of Good Friday, now so general, is not the continuation of an ancient custom so much as a. revival of modern times. In the earlier part of the reign of George III. many church-going folk took no notice of the day ; and in his “ Restituta ” Sir Egerton Brydges speaks of the “ clamor, uproar and rage " with which an order 0! Archbishop Cornwallis “to observe decently Good Friday ” was received by persons of a. different way of thinking from His Grace. But the uni- mosity of what Sir Egerton Brydges calls “ the Presbyterian newspapers " seems to have been chiefly directed against Porteus. afterward Bishop of London, who was supposed to have been the Primete’s adviser in this matter. “ I suppose it just means that he hired ’em out," was the reply of a Sunday School child when asked what: was meant by the expression, “ And the king rent his clothee.”r At the United States observation station in the Arctic Sea. flowers bloom among the almost perpetual snows. One of the party writes : The old-fashioned dandelion was found here in abundance, about the same in size and as strong in growth as in the Eastern States. Several species of the saxalrage grow in that region, and the little buttercup is a common thing. The latter has been found in bloom in early spring, the plant being in some favored place where the sun reached it and where a projection of snow protected it from the cold wind. A bluebell similar to our own grows on the low lands, while several species of poppies are found, the most prominent of which is a small yellow variety. This poppy blos- soms and fades quickly, and while the flower is passing away a small, yellow butterfly frequents the bloom and feeds thereon. The Indians believe the poppy changes into the butterfly, and hence both are called “ Lucky-tucky-Jackson.” A small Arctic willow grows under the surface of the moss, and one shrub will sometimes cover an area of several rods. No grass can be found, except along the seashore, where a small, coarse, wiry species is found. THERE are a. hundred students in the Irish College of Paris, all of whom are Irish by birth, and are studying for the priesthood in various dioceses in Ireland. The Superiors of the institutions are also Irish by birth, but they profess little sym- pathy with the present movement headed by Mr. Parnell. The alumni, however, are all l’arnellites. Its President, D MacNamam, is of the same school of politics as Lord O‘Hagau and Mr. Erriug- ton. The seminary of St. Sulpice con- tains several hundred students, the majority of whom are of French nationality; but Ireland is represented there also by an Irish professor, Father Hagan,anda number of young ecclesias- tics, who are all of advanced Irish views. A ORUEL trick was recently perpetrated with great success on the inhabitants oi Pan and its neighborhood. The entire issue of the Memorial dcs Pyrenees for the 1st of April was devoted by its facetious editor to a circumstantial account of the alleged restoration of the monarchy in France by a vote of the National Assemtly, on the Blst ult., whose proceedings on the occasion were reported in cmtenso, together with the proclamation of the Count of Paris as Philip VII. The leading article,genera1 news, money article, fugitive items and all were given up to the elaboration of this hoax, while a very short postscrip, unob- served by most readers, explained that the whole affair was simply a poisson (I’Az‘ril. The mystification was rendered more com- plete by an ode on the proposed coronation of the new King of France at Rheims, signed “ Victor Hugo.” IN aprivate conversation with a member of the German Parliament, Bismarck re- cently explained his reasons for with- drawing from the direction of Prussian affairs: “1 am 70 years old. My nerves are bad, and I have not time to be unetuous. How can I think of ruffled feelings and small particularistjealousies when obliged to W8.th events going on everywhere? Telegraphy- tearfully multi- plies my duties at the Chancellerie. Ger- many is interested in what happens at Rome, Madrid, Vienna. Pesth. St. Peters. burg, Paris, London, New York. Washing- ton, Hue, Tamatave, Melbourne, Sydney, Cairo and Khartoum. I must regard the world as a chessboard, and see how an event happening, no matter where, can be made indirectly or directly to affect Ger- man interests. Formerly a Chancellor just needed to be familiar with the dominant persons in the courts of Europe. He must now understand as well parties, wirepullers, financiers, and currents of public feeling, and act rapidly on information telegraphed to him V in haste. To generalize rapidly, his eyes should be everywhere and his knowledge most extensive and exact. The Chancellorehip is no sineoure. Its duties might overtax a younger man. 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