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CY ed- _ vsnnav cha.n'ae,_ .Iu.U|.I.Lcx w Avy--\--u Iri the midst of `a. gay house-party the paper -was shown to Marian ana Evelyn, and they felt keenly the re- buke in a. companiorvs hasty excIa.ma.-"_ tiont: ' u1r...... ' ...........:.......n......o.. om-1. t.I_a..L;..-_. ``J::OIlI"g'l'8al'1dII1Othl"'S 80th birthday! How could you bear to be away? ?_ 1-_ - 11.-n....... _....I.... ...-... .....:1..... 1..-..- N LJJJVV L\I\Al\A gvu uwuun vs: vs; vUvvlJ In a. Pullman parlor car, miles fdm home, Mrs. `Bethel read 1t,'then gazeai. at the passing landscape with] eye. fthat. we're. strangely blurred.-_-Igxv -I.__.._- pathos," the article ended, in EIKIIIIDI `There was something very nea{ to the gathering of this" group-the oldest 90, the youngest 79-a.1l relics of the socie- ty of appast day and generation, in celebration of the 89th birthday of.on_e, who,- though surrounded by a large family of children and grandchildren, turned to-the friends of thepast, has shared its glories with her. 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Iu..uuIn.I Inlswn In... 3.. ;.I.._ Dlaouayu an-ma euv--nu vvnunn anv- Aunt Eleanor buried her'tace inlthe paper and cried: TIT- p.n-I112-Ina-Qirn n-Ann `TJ nm4~v-nus. ...lLI_ G 1 E 1 g.'uuI\.u. l4Aa\.A us A\4\- We couldhav-e gone; `Hartman, with `such a little inconvenience; and how it must have hurt her!" \ -wv,,4I~_ rn-.._:.. ____.. __ __..-n __ v-'__' _ Uncle_Tom s eyes'a.'s well as U'n'c1e Albert's `grew misty as they read 1;, ll. ltlunu any-nvw nan-a-up -.'-- I remembering the imsiness of _.th 11.; excuses, and the gentleness of the old` mother's replies. ` . -u-_` 1.1.- ...n.:...;. ..a .. ....-- I. ......... -_ Luau. atuyxzunanvyaaus vv mu ll\aV\.oA. |.\JA\` 9;, But, knowing Elihu Ga1leher s fond-I ness for rushing into print," he was given the credit. the more so that his.` -own picture, as well as the Governor's, graced the column, while creations of theartist, .most probably, for they cer- M tainly were not portraits of the origin- als, appeared as grandmother, thei `Judge's widow and Miss Sallie Bris- \l.wuc allu livuasu. ` I like your kind best, grandma, for E they don t treat a fellow as if he was Valways in the way, nor yet as 'if he wasn't there, which is worse. And grandma, understanding, smiled. Not the same day, nor even the same week, did they all see it, but eventually the newspaper containing the account of grand-mother's Centenarian Barty came to the hand and eye of each of her children and grandchidren. \ -yr--- LI... ..........A....-4. 1..n.1'.a An :4. ...... A..- i CJS `pa-`I-_y , yuv. ap\rn.\r Oh, it is really getting dark," ex- claimed Arabella, as the maid stole gently about the room, and great lazmps ared up like moons dressed in the fashion. And she pulled on her ermine A... 15111,. .....u-no-I kn a-nintr Thv `I-F9 - uca. \.:Al|A\Aa.\.An uuu. 5-..... .... 9...... ` I How the papergot hold of it no one `knew, and so great was her` horror of 1 a woman's ,name appearing in print, that grandmother wasnever told` of in. *rs.LL 1-.....-u.'_.- I.'.`lNl--n (`r-11`r\`nt\g.. .-n cA....a u.u.cu yu maul. Juan uv Jusaann II\pA-wav- Then grandmother, on the Govern- or : arm, led the way to supper, and ` there being a gentleman short, Miss ? Sallie Briscome smilingly accepted the `arm gvhich Willie, in imitation of the Governor, offered her. . V .__.1 u... ..... .....I ml...` .:V.-.......a1, oh.` ULCLI Cla ll. IALVCIL LI-VD vu As the last guest Eeparted, Willie `looked up into` grandmother's happy face and said: uv u-1 _____ 1_:'_'.:| 1.--; __.._._.a..... 2... LIC LGIIIIIII-Cal 0 The table groaned, as grandmother had predicted, -beneaththe results or Celia s old-time ideas of hospitality. And when the Governor arose, and bowing to grandmother. said, Mad- am, to us gathered here there is but one toast, The Past, every eye was dim, and every wrinkled hand trem- bled as it lifted its cup. AL _ 1-..; ._-......L .:-.......a...;.l T173118.` LIIC I VJLIIII. Nor would the evening have been complete had not Elihu Galleher arisen, and addressing grandmother, delivered himself of a. poem in honor of the oc- casion, which in turn` brought in sev- eral lines of a. sonnet that he had in- dited to her Just 59 years before. rn1.-_ _._-....I~u..-`tins-u an #1-IA nI\I7QOI'I , KJU V Cl. nun , uu.cL cu nu; . And the supper! The damask, thel china,the silver,the q1'1a.i_i1t boat-shaped salt-cellars, them assive candelabra, all were grandmothex- s own, and` with them each guest had past cause to be familiar. | -.__-..-_1 _.. __....._.3_..-.LI_-._ an-too. van J-nus vv 6 Aalll . LGMUQ {ib'i.s.-"n.ot,, "she? "thought, thatT IV -wuldjfhave them come unwillingly. not that; `but it is..better'1 to realize .Wh8.t Iam now, that they dollnot `care to be here, and then to remember what I wasbefore the world left me behind. Is it that old people cannot learnx to_ step aside g'racetully,_ or` that--" ut she was too loyal to her children` to finish the thought. So old, so alone of my generation-nay, there are some few lettl Can it be they are as lonely? 'Do they-feel as left out of the life of to- day?" and grandmother mused on. `.`I will do it, she said, rising sud- denly and walking to the desk. Do what, grandma? asked Willie. There is the Governor, and_ old Col. Haskins and Elihu Galleher still writ- ing` poetry at 79,- they tell me. Ana -there is Hetty Ann Vanderkirk and checks untouched, and my own china chair. They will come, I know they Rosanna.Pringle, and I might ask Mrs. Metepont, the old Judge s widow. And yes, there is Sallie Brlsoome. Who would have thought handsome, witty, courted Sallie would be spending her days in the Old Ladies Home? Yes. , yes, it will be like old times, indeed, to % have Sallie- ` Have her where, grandma?" , You shall have a glimpse of the old- , time life and manners, you shall see how grandmother was once regarded. I They will all come-for the sake` of. old 3 times, they will all come on my blrth- ` day. `I will send for Celia; she has cooked many` a supner for me in years`; gone by, and, I dare say. she is not too old to prepare one more. It shall be like the old times, the table shall groa.n-and I ha.ve_ two of Albert s a.nd silver for the table. Hand me my pen, Willie,, it has rolled under the will all` come. And come they did, every one! Grandmother, in black silk, with the daintiest of her caps upon her snowy , fiuffs of hair-,,and a pink flush on her % faded cheeks, received them with the dignity born of her old-fashioned ideas 1 of propriety. `.7 -n-r.:u.. 1...... ...-.+._-.1:.:m+ 1-mm" aha nyalnnmp J.JUVC J.UlJ.I.I5 JJl\alIIl\)a And being encored again ad again, she gave them "Sweet Alice, Ben -Bolt," and so laden with memories was Sweet Alice, that it left not a dry eye In` the room. -n1-__ __.,-__I_1 LL- ----_:_4 1.--... knn WILII Uutn L1 cuuucu 'V1l.(IIll\lu Then with akiss on either withered cheek, she greeted dear little I-Ietty Ann Vanderkirk, almost as timid now as `at 18,. when she kept an assembled company awaiting for `dinner, standing meanwhile outside the drawing-room door, trembling, and almost in tears, `afraid to enter until found there by the anxious hostess. . 1.___,s 1-..- -_--._ _.-....` U113, xuauaun, Gal. DU yuan. any av. And when all the guests had arrived," the Colonel, a. little tottery, to be sure, but none the less gallant, took Miss Sallie Brlscome by the extreme tips of her ngers and led her to the piano, where, removing her mitts, she began in a,_ ne, quavering high soprano to sing to them as she had sung half a century before, I Cannot Dance To- night, I d Be a Butterfly, and "Love s Young Dreams. A..J I...:...... A-uannn nrrnX_ I'll` an-I-n'Yi uauuguuyu, uuuau ...a-my No, thanks. I don't drink another drop of your tea, Felicia, though I de- clare it does put the `spirit in you," said Julia. Well, just one cup.-lemon ~-yes, as Feliciafs jeweled hand sus-_ pended the sugar. What a perfectly lovely cup. Did you know that one or Dolly Van Ven s engagement cups was a tiny thing of gold, crusted wxth per!-T 3-4-0)! UL prup1'1t:I._y. : A With her statellest bow she welcomed the J udge s widow, whose handsome dres_s'was covered with yards of, price- less lace and whose hands sparkled with rings, while stout, comfortable Ro- sanna Pringle, her childhood playmate, "now a, great-grandmother, she met with outstretched - hands. 7 - ':_:.__ ..._ -:n...... ...u'.1.-.5-m.A G~IIl\I\I\L I199 I-Vphihlu - The Governor bowed low over grano- 'mother s hand. :11 -I____.._.!..__ 1__..&-_... an unA\$I' `tel`l cVm hr wrinkled tac. 0014. .l_ ...A. ll _1_- 1.1.--- .4.` llAI__L JAIUHLLVL Q auannu. A more charming hostess, It possi- ble, madam, at 80 than at 20." .._,-u __1.,_ ..n 4.1.... ..........L.. 1...: nuaaucnn-1' J. CUL i'ERWELL S Halrgutting and Shaving` 7 a rlor OPPOSITE BARBIE HOTEL. V - BARBIE- V ngixpru and Solngorl ground and not on short !Most popular . . . . Picture ever'introdu(_:ed. JAsKsou, This is the only Association that makes a. denite contract with both inves tor and borrower. One plan only. and this divested of all technicalities. Within ' . the twelve months to June 30, 1894. the shares paid up increased from 4327 to 39,654 and the dividend from '12 to 16 per cent. A Investors Stock, $100 shares sold at $50, carrying 6 per cent. interest, payable half yeaI:)'-ad ccxgmulating interest double principal in a out ie` t ears. ` JOHN ROGERSON, Cnuuonr A4-sum-p ` D----- v&lIl GENERAL AGENT, 111111 UDOUU Jun "She ought to," said Felicia, `ffor'do- ing;such an utterly silly thing. "I, Suppose .he paid for it, said Ba.b.T "Where is Jack; does any one know? said Sally. In, 7.. ._.__...I...|...... - `I _'I .-.'1nna GARMNETTE8. The hit. E J. H. IIICINNIS, FRED. NIABR. ,_L#,_; A -,, ,1 rili rllil OF _. TORONTO. INCORPORATED UNDER CHAPTER :69, R S.0. _ AUTI-IORI_ZE_I`) CAPITAL. -- - $5.coo,ooo. i SUBSCRIBED, - - -_- - $x,5oo.ooo. ' 3 LEVEL PREMIUMS NEW AND A'I`7I`llAO'l`lVE FEATIIBE8 That are not excelled by any othe:"`Compa.ny in Canada. HEAD DFFICE BARRIE OFFICE . PROVINCII-\L_ coffins and caskets of" all kinds in stock or made to order... Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Orders by Telegraph or otherwise promptly attended to. G. O. DOLMAGE, Manager, Stroud. SPORTING GOODS, Excelsior life Insurance 80. DGAU. I.Ja.A1_y . Going to Texas ranching. I-Ie'has cleared up everything and starts at once, someone said. He'd like it if it were play, poor fellow!" ;; 1.. _--`I1-- .....J-Lisa.-u rinvdr " nv_ |Steam Works and Show Room." Collier-st., Barrie. Toronto...... Oice hours, 8 a. m. to 7 p. In. (Sunday s excepted) and for no minutes after the arnval of the Toronto ni ht mail on Saturday night only. _ _ _ oney- Orders issued and paid on and trom an) mone order oice in the_ Dominion of _Canada, Great Britain and Ireland, British In ' Newfoundland, the nited States, Africa. West Indies. Australian Colonies. Asia, and almost all oreign countries, and Saving Bank deposits received from $1.00 to $3000, between the hours of qa. m. and 4 nm. uolomes. Asia, and almost all foreign ofza. 4 p.m. Retistered matter 5 nnlrl he nnghsd u: n- Hamilton}... ..... Nllllllfl. . . . .3 . . . n }musaa1e.......... A l`9DII'I|'A .___ _-. _.._.. .........-. I-on av. vial: yvuuhlltug auu uavnus aaaun ucyuaasa Icucsvvu IIUIII ynouu l.\J v_,uvv, 4a. Registered matter 9 ould be posted 15 minutes before above mentioned hours to ensure despatch. _ _ Postage on letters for the Dominion and the United States 3 cents per ounce, and for Great Britain and F Ireland cents per half ounce. Registration fee 5 cents. Mail atter taken from the street letter boxes daily (Sundays excepted) at 8o'clock a. m. and 3 and 7.30 o'clock p. m. ` 3 . . J'_ EDWARDS, Posrxsusnm. V -: BARRIE POST OFFICE TIME TALE :1g-- 41. -11: `A33 U N PE |3TA K ER, 3' El%Il- II; an-I--`gnu: THE PERSON n.I1\.A You always had a specic. talent for turning a. telescope on microscopic subjects," said Bab. ` __a__ -r _a-._u. .:..tr..1- .....'..a-`ha-. ~ that wants a good Match and that i T knows a. thing or two will remember - that this brand is synonymous with everything desirable in re-producing lucifers. i E. B. Ell|lY 8 MATBHE8. .._v-u----_ -y .--u-.---'- --.-..n-- District Agnt. 8-ly` Local Agent. G. G. SMITH, of the Season.q Guns, Rie_s, Powder", Shot, Fishing Tackle, Spades and hovels, Tarred and Plain Building Paper, Glass, Paints, Oils, Brushes, Builders Hardware, Tinware, Graniteware, at I&Ir1& BUILDING AND I3` BARRIE AN D STROU D. The MAILS FOR " PHOTOGRAPHER. us Essa dots ?` 'i.'6'.AN ASSN. 'I-"n'oin iu=?aW.,_1a9'5.' . TORONTO. ROSS BLOCK. Buuua. J. HENDERSONS. ----.-----.- -u-u ----c-urIII1&$I E5-v1tsTED1N CANADA. OVER 3 8,000,000 ACCUMULATEDFUNDS .*- as.5o0,o00 TOTAL ASSURANCE - '- 109,000,000 INCOME - '- - -* 5.000.000 PH(ENIX INSURANCE CO.. of Hartford. IMPERIAL Insurance Co. COMMERCIAL UNION Insurance Co. NORTHERN Insurance Co. NORWICH UNION Fire Insurance Co. EASTERN Fire Insurance. PROVINCIAL _ BUILDING, AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, &o.. &c. [Advertise in THE ADVANCE." `s__1'_ANI5KRbTI:ir: ASSURANCE co. 1`vn.en'mnnunANrAnAnvmn g Qnnnnnn [JOHN nomznson, a. IIIULICDL LU` MIJIIC Ill \I$lL\I II\4l-\In "Why, Bab; with the poor fellow in such a strait. He- only does what all the men do." n , ` "And he does a great deal they don't do, said Arabella. Everyone else was letting Will de Luys reapywhat he so-wed, but Jack made good all the misapproprlation-isn t that the neqzt term? And if it was Jack's yacht that went cruising up the Mediterranean and had Princes on board for guests, it was his steamer that took those chil- dren from Seven Alleys down the har- bor every afternoon all the hot sum- mer--- A ' _ . - _ an L.-I-V..L TTHE INVESTOR-Why not Place Your $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Ass'n, and have it i doubled in :1 years. bes_ide r. ceiving during the in- ` tcrval 6 Z per annum pmd to xou every _six months ? In other words for your $100.00 you wall receive as interest $66 anti a. lump sum of $200. making a grand M total of $266. ' IIICCYCSC 300 3.0 $266. An invstmeht safe as _g_overnn]ent securities and much more protable, realxzmg th_e mvegtor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum, snmplmterest. For-printed matter and further information call on TENANT-Why pay rent, when, on such eas l monthlv payments. you can become your own !an - lord ? You have the choice of repaying at a monthly rate of $140, $1.50, or $1.90 for each $1oo.oc bor- ' rowed. ' . money r ooc. a montn placed wxtn the U. P. B. and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A PRESENT of $xoo.oo, or a prot of $41.40 over your monthly payments. THE PUBL_IC-Why spend all our ocket money? 6oc. month placed with the . P. . and Loan Asxsnciann will vi;-M vnn in glu-mo Q ..-...... A J THE Ontario Permanent Building and Luan% Association Calls attention to the specialyfacilities offered to In vestors and Borrowers. PUBL|C-Why 1 nonev? Soc. 3 mhnth nlnced with Hm (Q, Qaahranvg - "No, indeed; I supese he nae dropped a modest fortune in cards before this," 1 _ ___ A..1'I-_- I- WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, f 31`F1cE-9 Owen Street. BARRIE. Ont. F1 cLos1: AT Isunauca LIFE AND FIRE --OF- nu nun juii SEC.-TREAS.. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. Mon. 8;" Thrs. v;a.'N.Y. , Thursday via. Halifax. - -.l,::~..-- `-7-- - v--v call` it? said Bab. T Such a shame! And he has lent and.given away a fortune:to other people. He `never seemed to bare about` money. a - 1, 1 __ .'l__-.._-.. RECEIVED BY, TRAINS DUE VAT 51-17- gocket "1 don t believe" he wintry to," said Felicia. ` Why, what will he do?" The only thing he. can do-stop living. ' V T ' -v-u_<|.': -I-1-. _, I_____._1:| -n ___*__I 1!..-`- a; v ...5. "Oh, Bab`! Hdw horrid of you! Jack Rodney, the dear, splendid fellow! Has anyone seen him? I wonder what he is doing now, said Sally. ? ____.-....\.1-__9A. #1.---` W-'v'{r<'a}i<'" said Julia Montressor. "With those "aristocratic hands! What soljt of work? _ . ... . - . . .- ..--n, Poor Jack! said Arabella. He wouldn't know himself out` of his hab- its. How is he to go without his horses, hisclub, the opera, his London tailor? . "?71;l;{ p{{xinIu}??'s;ia'aL{iy Little- john, balancing her little gold spoon. What will become of him? The spoil- ed` darling! Why, he will have to go r to work! A`_ .. .n - -. -. . ..--.-ul- Dusk had come in the drawing-room, but the lamps were not yet lighted, and the` 3701138. women in the pictures- que hats clustered round the little tea. table as closely as their huge sleeves and illimitable skirts allowed and sip- ped their Assam Pekoe between the bursts of condence proper to the half hour. They had discussed the reign- in,_.; tenor, touched" delicately on the- last scandal, and were now busy _with Jack Rodney's name and money. Alas! he had no `money. A -decision of the court had given his inheritance to another heir, and then he had gone into Wall street and been-caught on the wrong "side of the market. I5; ahtvvu n --v.- -..-_-`-= v. -v ---or-v -cg. ute, \ ; And good in yellowing time otfrult,` very good in the grass to lie V And see the net work ga_.instT the sky. A living lace of. blue and green, A And boughs that let the sold between. The bees are types of souls that dwell With honey in a quiet cell. = . The ripe fruit gures goldenly The soul's perfection in God's eye. - prayer and praise in a country.home. Honey and fruit; a, than might come ` Fed on such meats to walk abroad, And in his orqhard talk with God. __._`Da II `lo 11 'I21~|r1an;4-` Good is an orchar'd,T the 'sa.ini'L .L T9 meditate on lite and death, V with a cool well, a hive of `bees, Vi A he'rmlt's grotbelow the trees. ; ? Good is an orchard; very good, A Though one 4 should wear no moixkisli` hnn ' us ll VIIV "-`O 7` WV`. 00`! DOCVIICl&I3II hood; ' _ ' 4 Right good when spring awalqezs her nfn S uumg now, smu auuy. Walking on his uppers,\ dqn t they` -11` :50" .-...I.I 'r)..I.. Srrunhnn LOVE IS BEST. Ofmn '0rchiI'd.` - nulls \L wanna: v a I \A vvu. -Pall Mm"Budget; quleceu Lu: 9 ` "But even, she said` presently,` "L11":-",9 never forgives us, or comes `to see us : I and it poor Bab should -never come down here and leam what it 1 1; I shall be sure, I shall be :Is11lx_'_`e)-.,.l11`r, ;f`l dear, L that love" is-.-1:,egt:"___H,,.,n.1et ;. _Sp o!tor.d.; In Cog1r1er.J:'u-,-1,`;-0 Ulubnauu Iaannvn v.----`.---c, ___-. And the large, white, lamp-lit room, sumptuous with -mirrors and marble and carvings and gildings, with bronzes and paintings, with priceless 3 rugs and lounges, with its voluptuous roses and great vases hung for a mo- ment before her like the room you see painted through a window in the dark. She saw _the,young and lovelywomen, heard the sweet,_ high-bred voices, heard her stepmother-'s low laugh `arid Ba.b's`shriller' tone; And . then_ she looked around her, "at the sky ooded with splendor; at thevast softly dark slumbering laud`. below, felt thepre-, ciousness of- the love that `was hers, ` and itseemedto .her .that a return to 1 that other',life'~wo'uld be,` like a.` butter- y cree`pit`1g'.back4 into its chrysalis. -"I-'-"I" miss my fathers she said, and _her1ip quivered; _ -' - ~ --s__L 1- -.. 1.u.uIvLan a Int`!!! LIP I`|llVVl.\?\-lo ' But -her husband's arm cylaslied her. ` and the pressure _of - his _own lips quieted the sob. _ ` ` ll`I5uIL aarnn. EHO jdv nresentlv. if he ulrwsnvvn Re.gret! Wei, I confess I should: like to have heard Bab read out our marriage notice at bre"akfast--and Bab so bitter the day before for fear of iti ` But regret those days of littl'eness"a.n'd` idleness and gossip; the confining clothes and cramping Alii."e! ' * ~ u-_._.- _.1..u... 1-..... 1:4. ..--'.... 5. uunsuuuy uoaA\A no-av a` good smell?" she said. , Precisely. And the ocks and herds are prosperlng sovthat we shall have to `take counsel of the prophet. Wasn t it Isaiah that said: `Enlarge the place ofvthy tent. and let them stretch forth the curtains. of thy` habitation; spare not, lengthen thy cords, strengthen thy stakes? Col. Upshur `lived in a tent over youder -for a -dozen years. Iu\r.n\.-\4O 'But we may build our house next year, I fancy. ..._...... u o,,l L`. n. , ,., _ vv\v ---._.. __.-.._ ,.__,, Are you sure you never regret? he asked. ' . . -cum,` -r --._A-.._ -r ..i.-__1_I . Are you sorry I came?" she said. Are you?" ` ``Do you know, it seems to me pre- cisely as it we were: living on an out- skirt of the Holy Land `with ocks and herds; and the flg'a.nd [the .pome- l granate and the tender grape giving` a. ` A. 3 ;I_- a-.1_, -_.11, s" l With roses 1yin'g on the lower root and a night-blooming cereus clamb`er- ing across the gallery, like some of the houses in the old Spanish town there, I don't know ,but I like this better. though-the lovely freedom or it. Oh, we never lived before. v1\I-e;rVe;"!" vs'a3d' Felicia. And then `up `to lip and heart to heart, they lingered ` onemoment before they went out to- gether. ' It was agyear afteryard that Felicia sat one night -in the. refulgent moon- light of the high prairie after a. day of heat, tempered by the great Gultt breeze blowing over 300 miles for ow- 1 Ann - "You will have to," said Felicia, calmly. `.`TheVChurch ot Blessing is around the corner, and the rector is my friend. Jack, you made me pro- pose to you. I shouldn't think youi would make me ask you to marry me! i G4-.-...-.33.... 41.--- 1.. LL- _.--._u-,1_L _- __ ------g -v `awn: J 1- vv naaunan Standing there in the_rn_oon1ight a.d- justing her disordered hair, she was too beautiful, too sweet and tender for } mortal man to resist. Tzho (ii'-aV,_i-n"1ea.ves `at midnight, he said. There is but scant time--oh, my darling, it you should repent--If! Oh, you must, you will! :1`-v u -an 1 o- A u .u `-- ouncn of cattle, the one thing leftvme, as if it were a. grave. Now I shall go out in that new life radiant with this happy knowledge and my, hope.` And 1 even it I should never prosper enough ` to come for you, he said arterloa. mo-. ` ment, taking a. step towards her, if you should weary in the long waiting ` and give some other man the love I have won-well, I could bear it. per- haps; remembering and living again in this night's joy. W t ` .. , Some other Vman! she exclaimed, unclasping his arms and looking for the -hat and jacket that had been thrown aside. I am going with you, Jack. If you live _summer and winter in a tent in Texas, I can, too. I have the t clothes in that parcel. I `have my jewels there. They were. my mother s and are mine and I have the right _to take them, and their pricewill hinder my being a. burden. can 1........a.._-n l`\l. 1n_u-:- '1. - ,, . Lllallaa lJClllll\b laws- It was while the last dinner guests thatnight were still saying tender` nothings to Bab, as she leaned against` {the mantel and the low firelight played on the satin sheen of her _white gown till she looked as it taking life from a ame tinted jewel, that a slender shape slipped swiftly down the steps. and Dassed along in the shadow or ;the houses like herself. The girl had never been in the street at night be-fore,with- out attendance; every sound a.i.'i'righted her; she. shrunk behind her veils from every passerby. `As soon as she had turned the corner she- brought into. plainer sight the parcel "she carried; that she might pass more readily asa maid. A half hour's rapid walk and She ran up some steps to make sure of 8 number, rang the door bell,'_ said something explanatory to -the man who ` answererd it, passedin andtollowed _ him to the `door. up one night of. the]: broad. low stairway there. _--_..n;--n-.'. |..,-;g._ 1 `Z (`X 1; I; migh.t, if I dared-e- ' , V " ' JV) Ilalin _ You don't know what you say! he answered her. Oh. 110; I cannot ac- ePt the sacrice!" the eager gleam of his eyes belying his words. Tn`-.I- 50 ._I__ , , ~., ~--u nu-gsug Lua WUIUS. was in my coming her unasked. Van 1... --_ `I :`Ja'ck,' she murmured, the sacrifice` 5"" "'- ---J \-4\lllllll5_IICl.`_C unualxeu." Y011 knew I loved you, you knew I loved you!- And _then this crash ca.me-and. there was nothing- for me t'C0 vSB.V---fn rvnn Inhn ha... 1..:... 2.. 51.- --- - -v vs unus- to 'sa.y-to you, who have lain in the lilies and fed on the roses of life. 1. whose part was the husks! H17'.... . 1- 1-.. ,7 ' - ` ---.._ 3...-.u "claw Lslc uuanb: Yes; I knew it, or I could not have came, she replied as she moved away from him, going about the room, and pausing at the curtainless window place where the moonlight lay upon her pale and impassioned. Il'l'\p.-.11. _-_I_- 0 - ` .._- .-snow. ananyuuutvllcuo Don t make it so hard for me!" he exclaimed. .An hour ago it was the darkness of despair. I was going to bury myself in that ranch with its bunch of cattle, the left me, an ifiif nun-n a (I-annivn \T.-\... -r ...I...1'1 __ 1 _________ -. .. pm an-. a urea.m-" I am not a dream, Jack, she said. A bending `lower, her soft, cold cheek totiching his. I am Felicia." There was a silence in heaven forlthe space of half an hour. For one mo-. men h it there was silence and rapture ere. And then the transfer men came a for the luggage. And this parcel. tv" V said Felicia. ..uuu zuc. Do yofi mean it?" he exciaimed joy- ously. And then his tone V fell.` `'1 thought--oh, wee; certainly, I mut._ take Ayouihome before my train leaves. You `will take -me - home? My home is with you, Jack. ' ` lt"7n.- .'I --- IA A man sat there, with'h1 s head bow- ed upon his arms as they lay. along the table, in an" attitude o_ utter` de- jection. He did not look up. when the door opened and .. closed. But the girl crossed the. room" quickly, and stand- ing behind _him stopped with her arm laid across his shoulder. He lifted his` head. looking afraid:-he I--l---- I-I-- ""` """`49 IUVV DDIAJI-VVUUJ ----- ~- The room was in confusion, `VA. leath- er box and a. portmanteau l;1y"p@.cked and `strapped. by the door. '1`he1fe' `were; empty and discolored spaces .`on* tne__ Walls where pictutep Ind hung.'~:1bra,ck-3 .....u avxuss ms snoumer. lifted his, head, looking straight before him. "1 auppo_s,e it is a` dream, he said, half to himself. -If you are a drea.m-"' T urn _.u. - .1_.---,- ` " __----.b sac cAUlGvl11ICuo This parcel, she repeated. " You . know I can not go Back after c_omins'_ here," she said, when they were alone again. "I have burned my ships be- hind me.jf ` ' _ _ v\dI~u `T`Felicia.! b ' he exclaimed. gm: FL --- _ I-\aQ\.alIy `Avon: vv nouns vqavv wuuvu lit), up. Grandma. gave a` quiet smi1e,know1ng ` as she did that it wa.'sA to her _the ser- vants all came for advice and counsel in their trdubles. uh...` _.I.__. II'__ 15-13.-` _._'A:-_.L-,-u {,-.. VVIUG I-U unuvyyu gscouu nnnnnnn us _I: vasua. And the birthday, said Willie. anx- iously, the day after Mr. and Mrs. -grandmother bade them go. ;: Bethel left, looking into grandma's eyes, which alone showed the hurt her heart felt, for `Marion and Evelyn had. just received invitations to Join a. country friend : '1`hank-sgiving- house- party, and, seeing their eagerness, i `ov.... .....a. 1 1:-rn'n._~_n ` .1-m hiaun UIODCIIII lllzlclllllga, uxc 5;-..:.u., u.-.-...-.. framed in alabaster, the moony lamps,. the high vases heaped with red roses, the lounges heapedewlthsllken cush- ions, the Dresden and silver; the beau- tiful girls getting into; their princely furs, talking scandal, like dowagers, her sister` Ba.b s face with the scarlet on both cheeks and her own, white and angry, in the glass; as the marble` Diana behind her. - l`-~ 14-1.` 4:].-sung. nnuu1\an -5l.'Uu.1.uuLU|.lu:L vnouw uucsu av.` You .-and I, ` W1l1ie--? she began, then turned her grace away to hue the ALI 9151.751 Ian. \I u alum): But when `Mrs. Bethe! reflected how `during a previous, absence Evelyn had run deeply into debt, and `how, on.a`n-. other occasion, the starving family had rebelled under absent-minded Mario'n"s `rfegim-e, she concluded it w,ould be wise to accept grandmotheris Qffer. . lIA_A Jul... 1.].-Llaainup I0 -nI.l 'I`KTI`III.s .._- Ir. a 3 now. \OIaugI I am `not sure that you understand the ways of. servants nowadays, mother, she began; they7are so dif- ferent from what `they used be be." r4.__...'l...- ....-.- .- ....a-.|. `.._..n.. I_..-_...I._ _, (`But grandma.'.s,;birthc1'ay," objected Wviie. - . `- V 341-. u u - . __._ you--pang guy: anuuyq. Mrs. Bethe! looked dubious. She seemed to have forgotten that grand- ma. had been a most famous housekeep- er in her day. an` -... ....4. -......` .u.-a. _-..-- ____';-___..__._1 l :4 19. -nu \ "Suppose you let me try this time, \Madeline," replied grandmother, a. lit- ;tle tlmldly, perhaps. ' `Kin: 'I:l-Ian` Innbnal Auulnlnuq... Elk- Mrs. Bethelv looked troubled. She `had forgotten that. - - ' 1 Grandmother set her teacup down. . l The girls and Willie and I can have 1 a. quiet little celebration together," she said gently. ` T 'n'r'1.... ...:n 1---- u.- L_--_._niu _,.,-u I-Jill gun: III. 3 aha will .keep the house?" asked `Evelyn. ` lIC1--- _ ~ n A _ . . -- I-A. _. _ L.__, L'I a 4- 1_uu.QI:. ` And as 'long as I have to go, he }explained top grandmother, "I have * beentrying to get Madeline to go. with ` me; for she has never been South, and ~ even a hurried trip would `do her good." ~ An T Mayra nknu-L A...sl.3AA LI....:. 5 ` @7905 law Innoa\-a\A van`-I vvvuau uu LICL 5UUUo Andul have about dec1ded,tha.t 1 will, added Mrs. Bethel. ` , 1 `I4`l'!--A. ._.._...1___!_. l_.!__LI- _ , _, In 1 . . - BELL. ' The sudden light," murmured Fe- licia. And then she saw herself in the glass, and passed her hand quickly: over the shining. olive eyes that ,gl,it-` tered there for half a -moment like points of steel. ' Years afterward Felicia had only to make that motion with her hand across her eyes to call up the whole scene- 'the lovely, lofty room, with its old Gobelin hangings, the great, mirrors :~.----a x._ ..u..x.....-4-m- Hm mnnnv ]amma_ I lie. `yuan; a:.g ll\4L uuuan Ul\L VULUC. " '7Now, `Fitz Eustace, "befgged Wu- ,:| 41,, _Ql ":&nd the afternoon wore away. In her younger days she had been taught to be prompt 'to meals; so now 4` grandmother sat and waited, or ate alone. This evening she and 'Will1_e were half through supper when the rest- of the" family appeared, full or ` an _ announcement Mr. Bethe] had made" -9 . .- i4A___1 _,,'I_,_m' -avIv' --.-.4 5;; av.-v vauvuu, slalnullln . That was what your grandfathers friend, the Governor, always asked I for. Dear, dear! of all the men oflnote , Vwho frequented our house, the Gov-i ernore alone is_left', and he must be-` yes,_ he is 90 years old now it a" day-" But the song, grandma. * $-`Oh, give me but my Arab steed, - A shield and falchion bright, And I` will to the battle speed. sang grandmother, with now and then a break in her dear old voice. H\`I'..... a*r.1:4._ 'rn--..A.-_- 9 n L _, - ---- due July van Lsvvv, aluxnulllao v ' Grandmother's eyes and thought came back to the little face on her knee. ~ What'shal1 I sing you, dearie?" I like soldier songs-`Oh, Give Me But. My Arab Steed, grandma." 'F1'\ljI- vuyna vwvknl 'ul\ICun .....r._...IJ;A.I.-..u_ nnnnnn n-5 vuauunbssv uulliuak-I, lltclllllsa Oh, no--oh-`h, no, no! 011-}: n-o-o-o!" the voice decfared over and over, in as many different keys, it seemed to grandmother, and then someone closed the door, -.v v Willie's head had ached all day, and now his heart ached. Had the boys been home from college`, or even had 1 his twovsisters been present, he never `would have done It, but alone with grandmother, he often laid "aside his funny little grown-up airs. UT than]. 1 ..-an -.......- .__a ___L _.___ 1.--: Iran Jvuu. nay, nu: ouuu Sounds of music and laughter came trom'below,, where Marion and Evelyn were ' entertaining the ` Art Classlf _Then some one began to sing. Grandmother sat up straight in her chair, with her hand wandering softly over Willie's curls, and her bright eyes looking straight ahead, listening. I311 nn_n`|\_ln an I-|I\' n1.'1_ .... A - -9!) v-av uvva . I like'youVr-songs the best," said he. Sing me one now, gt-a.ndma.. {'1-r-onrnnd-'h'nu|a .....u. .......a 4.1.--- .4.-- :sI.|.:.c 5LUVVJ|'up an . "'7I"`t'hin1; 1 will come and put my head "on your 'lap," he said. QI\I'IV'I1:a-1 -0 ........!.. _..ll I----4`-J-~-- -----~ And so the old -custom, a. reunion of : all her children and grandchildren on grandmother's birthday, was beginning ` to be discarded, s:omethi'ng that hadj never happened while grandfather lived 1 and he`a.nd grandmother were in tnej old home. Not that grandmother was ; neglected in material" comtorts-1t was \ not that. ' - 1 vvvouuu u - - - - - A- - A ` 41!.)- Andwho do you think gave it to her? Well, Jack Rodney. And she cut him dead last week. T ---- ,,;g:I 'I'1I-Il...l- (digs. in ...- ..-....-a; , , auuu vuc Uc1cul.'C_ll.lU1l. But_ `this year, rich Uncle Albert, `grandmo-therfs youngest, son, had sent a. clileck instead of coming, while Un- cle om, the bachelor bookworm, had apparently forgotten all about `it, and `now, in addition, Aunt Eleanor, Un- cle `Hartman and children were declin- ing. t A...1 ___ L`, "Q. . '- -` .-..,, . a And grandma took from the box 9.? dainty cap, such as Aunt Eleanor, the 3 wife of grandmother's first born, took 1 especial pride in making for her, al-. Ways claiming, -so prettily, that tnei sweet old face; with its bright eyes. * soft skin and eecy white hair, was her 1 -inspiration. But despite the prettv gift, Willie saw that grandma was grieved, and felt that he knew why. Had he been asked the date of her birthday, he mostprobably would have said, the last Thursday in Novems .ber, for, coming on the 27th of that `month, it was_ the family custom to merge the two, Thanksgiving and birthday, _into one celebration. e `Due .La... ---- _ -.. _-an swag Luul auu U8 u,0ne Wltn It." And Willie withdrew hisyhands to sit down in theybig armchair and nurse his knee gloweringly. I suppose it s because you re_ the oldest and I'm the youngest, a.nd-and you know what they say, grandma. - delicate. They think we can stay to- gether, and kinda: see to each other. What's in that box by you, grandma?" Tffs frnnn vnn-n Anna. 1511-.....-... turn vv na,E_'S .1n mat box by you, It's from your Aunt Elean-o-r,,Wi1- lie,- for my birthday. ' She .says, how-' ever, that it will be mpossible-for her 0;` for Hartman to be with me on that day. A_.1 _..--_- 5|, - ` - .--Q uasaw .5111: It` makes a. fel1ow'al-most `wish he lived` in a tenement or worked in a fac- tory, so as his mother would come to see him sometimes, sighed the wist- ful voice, as Will-ie's hand went down in his pockets with; an assumption or manliness comical to .behold, and a. frown puckered his face. The girls are having anrnn bind .-.8 A -1--- 1.. Lin.- in an asylum and be done `with it." --`"'u HUVIXVICU` xua Luce. "'J.'I1e glrxs 3? ha-V138 some kind of a class in the P*"`11`- and I ma.-yn t so in, and if it wasn t for you I'd rather be an orphan Anal 1171111- ...u.I...a--_. 1..- 1.---.. , L __AA `"1 88-Y. Slndina-."` piped a plaintive voice. as its owner entered, it a-pret- _ Srandma. ?" W: rough on a. fellow, don't you think 80. when he c'a.n t find his mother once a week? Where's she gone this time. ll`7.___ n, ` go w--unuu I You have been having one 0: your headaches at school, Willie, I can see that, andgrandma looked at the trail little gure anxiously." She s gone to her -Woman's Club--no-.-lt s the Work- ing Girls Aid." u-r4.'..._1_-.. _ - .. - - _ ' - enAN THE`I_*TOB, 1`HERN AA'DV,A`N('E. IHISIIIUII. .t1`I1U. uV: yulxuu U15 us... -.. ...-..`. cape. We must be going. Why, Fe- T11cia.,. how white you are! I should think you were ready to faint your- self. ! I 4|1_.I_l. ll _.ucuvnIImAA. nn_