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`ya -7C`av-v--v-v-` I "ain't a "bit" .like_ that, he said, slowly, except the honourable put. Nobody can ever sa'y'._I_ain t, hof1our- able in my d< scam `to do what wasn t right. But as for igood looks and cleverness, why, you lknow, Miss Sylvy, I can t make no E pretence to them. IV 1 ' 1|! -A,1 Sylvia delicately strove` to reassure him; hinted herliking of tall gures, fair hair and blue eyes,~. and was sure he` was far cleverer naturally than most men of her acquaintance. But poor `Dick only grew more melancho- ly, and she sometimes that evening caught him looking at her with a hopeless sort of expression. She turned away her head and bit her lip, wishing that Blanche were there to see the despairing, love-sick you- th, As to feeling anything like com- passion for the pain she was caus- .- -- L1... aL.......Lo` ..(.u.;.- nnnqn-earl fn 1 ing, [ her. .-~-u I don't know_ what's come, over 3our Dick, his mother that evening iremarked, with a sigh. He ain t the~s'ame'as he generally is-; not so bright-lookin , and I think he s fall- ing o in esh. --- .I ._......Z...,. one V - - a a . . . ' V . -. It. was the first case of genuine, old-fashioned, love-lorn symptoms `that Miss -Markham had ever met `with in her varied experience, and lproportionately curious and amusing. ' But on the `following day some- |thing occurred which for the time. put Dick out of her thoughts. Returning from a stroll, she found seated in ;\A1rs.l Higmaxfs homely par- lour a new 1odger-a gentleman. He had been here once before, Mrs. Higman told her, and had` come again this season for a week's shing and `shooting. He was h\ clever, rising lawyer, and rich. Miss; Sylvia had heard of the Carletons.[ -11 .\1\I\lQ` 61a|:r`X _,..... ...._ ..-_-_ __ T7? _ Yes; Sylvia knew all about this distinguished family, and she had heard of the eldest son-c1ever, handsome, Lewis Carleton, and she could scarcely believe in the good fortune which had 'thus thrown him ' ` -' KT- ---A-AAA- `LAO 1-inc- IUTLLIIIC wuxu; uau Luua uuuuu ...... `in her way. No wonder that herl iamusing experiment on Dick was: Estraightway forgotten. 1 V 7 _ A_ country farm-house is, as every- body knows, a wonderful place for `falling in love. And in this case, %with two such yonug persons thrown `constantly together, it would have been somewhat strange had either es- caped the fascinations of the other. I 1 1, 1,,_I V -..r-_ Sylvia, indeed, who_had commen- ced playing o her charms in the serious determination of winning, if ;possible, this most desirable parti, [soon discovered, to her own sur-* prise, that she was becoming reallyl linterested in the young man-that her heart beat faster at his approach, and that she blushed naturally on} meeting his glance. . I 1,,',,I1-,,,.: 4- ----v----= _-... D--._,, , She could see that he admired her;|:_ but he was dignied, and not very! demonstrative, and her great anxiety; was lest he might escape her, after: ` -11 I ..ftc1' 1:. 1 t}rIn't care much about the ball. but 1 L'}ll'(`d`'Uhr more than words cuukl `mxvv CXPTC- 5ed fO parting wnh my lover. A_d'. thought 1`,-.: dud nut seem to mmd it much--hc km-} moody and Pale, crt:x1Ii1}', but he didn't 53) ,1u.Ch I whilst I. in my impctuous, femlmc Way, cum`: hmc cried and failed about it. 1 wish I had!" But 11,0. my! Dfidc was up in arms. I wasnt S0 "18 to ltl `mm .~CC how much I cared. A lstood and hunt with my gers 9 `he windtwp;mc---:i1cnt, beca_use the fast-cmmn;,r Ic;1r.~3 were chokmg me; Perhaps, to :1 loukcr-on, 1 appeared bulky t(,m_ ` ` i 1`,*_~ `There were bright sunny days at` the old farm-house, `Sylvia and Mr.` `Carleton strolled about the garden,` and by the pretty stream in the mea-'z ldow. And there were long rainy days, in which they sat by 21 cozy} little re and played chess, and read! poetry, and chattered together. l Y\' -,,1 I __L_`_ L'._.._...`. Sometimes Dick would catch themi thus, and start, and with an qnxiousi look of doubt and inquiry, slowly re- `treat; and neither could help but no- ltice the close watch which he kept; iupon them, and with what seriousl ianxiety he observed every look and! lword that passed between them. z - t "". "" " ""'*'T . . I Miss Markham, saxd Lewxs, one: day, '_`1 fear you have made a vlctnm? of tlns young man. 11--.. 7 ` ___ A__- J__,` \Il van:-I J vugnb ..... .. 6 What an idea}! . I hope you" don t accuse me of trtmg wxth the poor % fellow? By no means`. The woman who` could do that must be thoroughly heartless. It would be like angling for a poor innocent gudgeon, merely ltp throw him -off the hook and see ihim gasp his life away on the" sand. l I detest all irts! ' ` uvu. -4- Q-nu --- And then Sylvia knew she must be cautious in playing her game with v Mr. Carleton, and she became at ;once the soul of sincerity, and art- llessness, and truth. 3, 1,__I ..-..- 12-1.. LMQQIIVHLI I.lAl\n in no But one day Lewis had gone sh- ing, and Sylvy found the hours drag very weari1y- Dick came home to `dinner, and it occurred to her to L have "some little amusement now. than {the other was, out of the way. _ LAID U515: vvuu, vs--. V- ---v __, . You haye quite deserted me of late, Mr. Rxchard, she said, softly. is `He coloured and looked uneasy. Have you missed me much, Syl- vy?!) V V > I 1,, .L L -1`. ....:n4-:oqnp -my/K11 _ I icouldn_ t help missing you. Whathas become of our pleasant walks and chats? she asked, with a 1 gelltl 'si_g`h. ' I - ~_--- .._:..I_; ...-.4. --.....4. my $3,000,000. RserveVFgVnd,% Head Office. o ' - Halifax.-N.S. " General Manaz" 5 03.3%.` - Toronto. Cami } Mr. _ Carleton--- ,,-...... -._.,.-. ~I--I- thought you might not want me, and that the other feller--1 mean av u `aw.-v-v ..V-Hiere Ricim-ard paused, and, with a` Lcrimson face, looked hard at her, .";*`1iss 's_1`\}y,7'c'1_<{1 "t {mi think -him 'a gr_eat -deal better-looking and) clev- Verer than-4-than some men---thanV me, 1! A {for instance - ..v. _--_-_.__-- Sylvia could hardly restrain hcri .arnus_.em'ent'a t-t_his rustic jealousy. I` I-Ile fnity b'e lvvell, in his way;` but you undervalue yourself, don t- ' "But, . Dick faltered, I thought liypu 1ik'e_d,M1_'. Carlgton. -> uuvu d . W`hy sho\i1d you` thing so? What` is he to me? . j "`Mis- Sjr1_vy,! I`--+1 wanted to tell ,)r 1t`,14gL--[to ask. you some- " `h,:;zfg) _-, W-I `_Icn o` `mT ,'q9_t ;o_.;. _cp;gpaA;e. f $ n .>.z_Thc colour went" and came on` Dtckfs, face. ` = ` i ~- ~-- IUII JUL LILC yanxz any Ivuu \'\n-your the thought never occurred to I ve wanted for some time to tell you, but felt bashful-like, I thought [you "were sort 0" fancying him. He's rich, and could give you a grand home; while--- Why, I know this old _farm ain t the right sort o place .for you. You ain t used to work- chuming, and ironing, and cooking, and such like; and I m afraid-- i1 . (`V * Barrie Branch. Fwe Punms. % G. N. :.MalIer.: MANAa_:n know `I was` very foolish and wrong from the rst-to-,-to---- Her ixe came. 0 a dead pause, `and wiped the perspiration from his f_orehead.- He was actually tremb- ;l1ng; but, with an eort, resumed- ..--- ----v, n---\n g-no unnu- Sylvia could no longer keep ;her countenance. She put her hand- ;kerchief to her face, 25 she extended her hand to her "diident lover, and murmured, indistinctly- ` `|\-..91_ .1 A Don_ t `let us talk about it now, Mr, Richard. I have the greatest esteem, the greatest regard for you, but--- `And then she had to leave the room, and, going to her own apart- ment, laughed until she cried; and, sitting down to her desk, wrote Blanche a most ludicrous account of her unsophisticated rustic wooer. Vlooked supremely miserable, v vvvo. All that dayHanc`1 the next, Dick and hung about the house as if anxious f9r,_ and yet_afra1d of, another inter- v1ew wnth hxs charmer. 44'. So, while Mr. Carleton was out of 61 way-which seldom happened ijoxv, for he was becoming very devot- ed-she lured Dick into the garden, and there, with a sweetly-pensive look, began to tie up one or two blossoms. ~_It is time to put an end to this 3,folly, thought `Sylvia. to herself. If I don t Mr. Carleton will suspect something; and, besides, that poor spoony is getting to be quite a nuis- ance. I ll crush him at once, and be done with it. Do you know what they are em- blems of?" she said, softly. No? Well this is forget-me-not; and this, tender recollections: and the other, farewell. You know I am going isoon, Mr. Richard, and I want you [to keep them for my sake. I don't {ever expect to see you again, for I- [I expect to be married in a few imonths. Dick started as if with an electric shock, and his great blue eyes grew iwlde as he stared at her. ` Mis Sylvy, you don't mean it?" he gasped. Mk of Nova vscoifaf For an instant she pitied him. Per- haps she had gone too far, for after all she didn t want to break the you- ithis heart or drive him to suicide. Stlll, now that matters were come to `a crisis between them, she must be firm, and crush. all hope out of his heart. Richard I am sorry, but.it is true. I expect to be married 11'! a very short time. Is it to-to Mr. Carleton?" Oh, no! she answered, coyly. But is it to a man you love, .\Iiss C-.`l-...3 IJIIL ID IL LE Q ILLCLLI J\}\aI L\JV\v, AILIJJ Sylvy? Yes to a man I love. She was almosr afraid to look up. eBut when she dxd so, D1ck`s great eyes were xed upon her with a wonderful light in them, and his voxce trembled when he spoke: - . . up Oh, Miss Sylvy, 131 5.0 glad! I never was so glad in my life! Then you didn't care for me all z1lc_mg, did i -.A..>v L0u? .1 She stared at him in wonder. Had she driven mm to insamty? .-- -.. I-1 . You see, Miss Sylvy, I never was in love but once, and that was with Susie. And though 1 wasirt engag- :ed, I let her know I loved her; and ;so, when I came home, I met you, rand let you go on the way you did, [I had a kind 0' mean feeling 'sif I `was triin with you, you know, and ,not actin honourable-like. I went {too fur, Miss Sylvy, I know it--but {yet I never meant it, I beg you to Junderstand, and it made me miser- leble to think 1 was lcadin' you IU .x your affections on an object llwhich could never return em." Here the tears welled slowly into Dick's blue eyes, and he paused to wipe them away with his coat-sleeve. HT -....,. ,..1..,1 ...1..... MI- .f`....1..+n.. Wlpc LIICIH away VVJLII una \,UclL'DlL\.v\.. I was glad when Mr. Carleton came, for I was in hopes you'd take a fancy to him. And now 1 know why you didn't, and it's a relief to me, I can assure you, Miss Sylvy. 1 never could have abided the thought; that I d broke any w1mmin s heart. Miss Markham arose, and, with a rather ushed face and cunious countenance, observed that Mr. Richard Higman had indeed made a most extraordinary mistake; and then, with great dignity, she sailed away into the house, where she ilooked unusually subdued all that t evening. ' 5i_r Cc.>r-,:<- _~1und just as silent fol ""h11'3; ])rt:.scHI1)', however, he SP0kT abruptly ; / lu.. -- - Just before supper, Dick came in, fsmiling and radiant. ;` "`- (`no-`oi-1-so-\ urr\n"O- kn "'\'|'n1( f auuuug auu 1 auxaut. Mr. Carleton won't be back to supper, mother? he said, cheerfully. iI met him down in the village. `and he told me he d stayed longer than he intended, and if he don't come to-morrer for his things, he 1| lsend for em. 1-" ,,,,l-_'-___.._l A._, \t[.'.-n CII\| {U1 VIII: After supper, he whispered to Markham . ` .41 L1. _- 1------ 11:..- C-.1..-. .w1a.nsu'au1 I felt so happy, Miss Sylvy, that, when `Mr. Carleton ast me what good fortune I d met with, I jest told him all you'd said and did that led me to think you d a faricy for me; and I told him how sorry I was when you said he warn t nothin' to you, and how glad I felt with rkn owin' that you d been engaged to be married all along. And he said `he was very much ablecged to me for tellin him, and sent his respects `and good-bye to you.__ . TB 1.-.1-\1;o nt\I1(` 1:31` Qulnin Klan-L - zmu guuu-uyc LU _yUu._ If looks could kill, Sylvia Mark- ham_would have slain Dick where he stood. But all that she _coi1l`d do was to go to her room: and shut her- iself up for two days with a terrible headache. `Mr. Carleton did not return for his baggage, and. whether Miss Mark- ham~did really or not get married that ; .wint_r we have._ not` been-. -in- -~.form'ed ,. `though the Plymouth Mer- l}-;;i1`g`3`r_,g"~ ..:.tlf:4'17g`:e.` .n;;djnt11s~.'afte1f,, j.,lE:,`o`nta;i'n:'egL 2" * ~ he`:-.. 1.: em ;`_Ie`F|u'i.-. .*emi9;4`h1`"=-*rx+nE-. cury," three montns auer, contzuncu .a marrxgge, nonice of the nuptaals of M133 S1;Ifgm Weston- _, angl; ~:;R1'chax:d L: `..-:._z..' ' .-5..1e,<;a'=: 2 ' Q Q. 1? Miss h :1 One dollar - +H.+++++++-*++'!~i;++%++%1-%4-4- '!"l'2'+-1*-I-'1-I'4-4-4'4?!-'!'4'4-4"|3'!"l4!4-'fl'+; J- ]JTk"l ;'1 shu\\'3 I I .. AGENEHAL Innxma BUSINESS musacnn. SAVINQS oEI=AJRjr2_nAq|;[-|jF` A -1-4-nun-1|` sauna` :-AI-A--- (Cell {no people wuu a......... - \\`crc not {-1 really dreadfu` if u quarrc1-a serious. ing--had not full often` ppiness of two 1ives!!| as r.~`1;md UN 11;: ~H111l'C H) n.~CU`.'L. .u_y lUV\.I vvuu lmtcr placed 111 the world llivy c;1lle(l me the Belle l:uvf_\'. and I had made` .r;m.:n fur this the rstl 1 hich we should appear! ~ warty since our engage-1 l)'_'Lll made known. 1| .-.r.'.<'1 show myself ati ;* .~.l_-n.~'c for what some` N1 Mr George Chestefsl 1;-.*.'m-r, :1 country physli-l mt ]w< r, and 1 had work- am my on hands to.pre- Hlmc `.-.-urthy of my own :~ur.~.e I knew I was a ;.rsr".,~ and of my lover'sl ':m;_u;1`n;r it was disap- ml xnigllt have tried the .s lk'*'i`-.`sI)( .vllC(.l and ITIOYC 1 llama 1 was, to have. ma zmd tell me, the veryi l 5 sm bull, tlmt~l1iS mother sly .:u1mn(>nc(l him to Lon- .'=\ .:lfI'.'x` mxnc business of ',l1.lllI'L', which might de- Amzc wr:(*l<=. Cupid's Wrangles APRIL 9th, -'Iv:-j "'--- - Vhjwt. opens an account atria interest is added quarter] . . , ~ V y, `P . . - V - -1- .,....;..--:---~:-~----~:----M-~5--i--i-:~-!--I--I--1--3-!--I+4-I-'1--lvw-`M-l-!~H-1-It-I--l-i-*l+f!-4-+~I-'1-`t 3: .. 1. '1 lover's quarrel! Tha_t s as it were, hand dictated on 'what 0? _` tea, Old folks say, 4W1th| terms I should go or..s'tay.; ' hat my b;=ti\'CIl a smile and a I _shall `have to stay ;at4.home! T I ```h:EC,, may see two people who repeated, disagreeably-',." ~r'n'1`y rage Smelr, --m_.(1 on air, and dv_velt with against his_ mother ,'(wh _o "had `sent 11t_.{u,n .~:utldt-nly_ grow silent, and` him away in the hope` 9f_,s.epai-atmg d mi 1,,m.r being evidentl (1ie- us, I felt sure!) ve'r'1ti`r'1g`1..,i,t's.e_l,f upon 53 I . 7. v ~v e 0 e- him. I su ose I shall not `have `C` `.1 i,\`,`j;jW.? a;nui: bold ones to do anytlliig _but what I '.choose.- 1 ilf ,' L`-1 (l L c - _ _ . . qiiixrr-l!" ,OH1y'- 85 If 3 qua?` And if Captain Stanhope escorts` U " ~' H0 W110 Sincere` ou to this ball or an other lace re1.b'~" 1(_` .pL,L.)} fr:/\1`\7 dreadful Kn..- ...,..-.. ...: n 1...: ylI[:..A Pmtviu `I D1): great deal fgr the ;1;`mL'(l that George U-:1. .\1y lover was _,..I 1 ... Ian 11vf\!"!] INCORPORATFD 1832 LUIIILD L Dl.I\JIulI\ln 5\l \JI.'-$G>_J\.> ` stay - iacahomev ; disagreeablyf,` against his (who "had `sent him in hope_o'f_,separating veiiti`r'ig~.,it's,e_l,f suppose anything but I am not your wife yet, you se_e, andl iif Captain Stanhope--- l if you ball, any place, your never will be! Mind that! {cried Sir George, passionately. I ve | had more to bear than you know, and *lI m willing to put up with a -good deal. for your sake, but if--- i I interrupted him--my pride and (temper were in the ascendent now; 1' forgot for the moment how dearly I loved him-so dearly that I would lrather .have parted with my life than with him. I thought only that he had wounded my pride. I am not willing that you should put up with anything for my sake, I said. I was not aware that any terrible sacrice on your part was involved in our engagement, or I should. never have consented to it, believe me. I am not likely to go ;a begging for a husband, if you and `I should change our minds. There n-_ /x6`-an-no 7 6 L OIIVIAJQ VIIIOJIBV van aonnuuua .5 any. \n are others-- E Captain Stanhope,' for instance, [he said, funously._ "He gave you `the chance some time ago, I ve been! `told, and no doubt, if you -go with - lhim to this ball, he may renew h1S offer. Pray don t let'me stand in the way. That_was the beginning of it. What use to -tell all the cruel, bitter things]; we said--wounding_ each other s, hearts, destroying our own happiness! A lover s quarrel! ,It was our rst' and our last, for, alas! it parted us. No one knew of it. p George "went to London, and from there on, a hasty journey to Vienna, thereby losing all opportunity of learning that .f`...`\L..I....'C4-vuslnnnn anfrnrnll 1119 hi,` PS- lublllg au Uppun LLIIIILJ u. n.u...... ......- Captain-Stanhope offered me his es-l cort for the occasion, and was coldly Q refused. ` l And then began my misery. He {was gone, he was gone, my beloved, {and my heart was broken! In the `first agony of that parting, the first `unendurable pain of that loss, I could have followed him, had it been possible, and knelt for forgiveness at his feet. Cloisterbury became intolerable to line. The place where I had been so `happy, and where all my_happiness 1.-.: can lncf RPS1(leS.'1t was a me. ;happy, all my happiness ihad been lost. B.esi,des,'it italkative, inquisitive, country `town, "`*- ~--"---- nun Iznnw QVRTVOIIC IEIKHUVC, lllqulanuvu, \.u-.u...._, --.._,, where every one knew everyone else s business; if many weeks went Lover without letters arriving for me, lSir George s silence would be gossip for the whole place. That would have driven me mad. In my despair and sorrow-I confessed some portion of my trouble to papa, `and he, dear soul! kept my secret, and helped me to get. away, i i . ` -4- -14 :0111n1;t` " TV :- l He had a friend--an old, _invalid gentleman, very feeble and helpless -whose housekeeper had lately and suddenly died. I went to him until lher place could be lled. I was very [sorry for Mr. Germaine (whom ,I_ had known from childhood), and `nursed him, perhaps, more tenderly than a stranger would have done, or at least he thought so--at any. rate, when the new housekeeper came,` he 'was not willing to .have me leave l him, so. It remained as `his compan- lion and nurse. ' I ` ~_ '_-.An-A 0111018- pcopl 1)/`low, 1 ,. quarx nm.ttC;d'k.,-.-mnding--had :1-glcliccnl `Hm 111`.pp111SS I thwglqg such `EL mg had rumc 1111110- secnmd 1w 1 `hm hc ncis \\`L;`L' IL-r c\'L`I' (16 that thc uni) `"113 9 \|'I\I11f or line from him. Ah, if 'ed as I loved, would he rritten? Six months more :1 began to be `rumoured and man be h"or'ne,, bring- im. his .'c'ousin--his ather s calthy _heires's, , ;_Consta`nce__ 'ho had, been `; trave_:l1i:n`g~ ?tj*,ftt5;, _;a`cgl. _g*;rt_l_:,_sh` 1- Aininnn ing her home? VM/as it a match of old Lady 'Chester s` planning? 2 Jea- lousy was added now to my other pangs.` George was false, doubtless --I began to despise myself for my own constancy. Ah, so has many "another woman `done before me, without nding that her self-con tempt could change her love! C..:n .._I_ _, I-, 1 '-v--rw vvv-cs. npnnllaw IIVI I\J'Vi Still they `did not come. . There came another winter round at last, two y'ear"s\'from the time of that lov.er s quarrel ? whi<`.h had Slloilt mynlifew I was in London, an'd"ac-e cepted an invitation to a ball `given by a former schoo1-mate of _ mine who had married brilliantly. any- ,,:n ' ,. -- - ---_ -------vs. vnconnunuba ;`You will `meet en old acqurint- ance here to-night, she said_to me. .cMrs. Chester, the young-bride of a month, who has just come from Spam with her husband and his cou- sm. You. remember her, of course--. she was Constance `Chester before, ;' so she hasn t changed her name; ah,` see, here they come, I must meet them. _ I 1 and oblivion came `over me. . St.ron.g I saw. them _entering the Constance--so handsome, so improv- ed-clad in gleaming bridal white, and beaming with blushes and smiles. She came in between two gentlemen, chatting. and laughing with both._ One was a stranger to me, the other--ah, Heaven! after such long, long love and anguish to see him` thus-another woman s hus- band, my lover--.my rst and last love. It was too much, I felt I could not bear it, and arose nervously and excitedly to escape; sudden darkness It was the heat of the room, per- haps, I heard a voice say, just as consciousness came back to me. Go away now-she is recovering; be pat- ient, and I, will call you presently. I knew her voice-Constance s-- Lady Chester .s,- rather, though my hostess had unthinkingly, I suppos- ed, called her. lVI1`S. Chester. A shudder. of aversion ran through me at that thought, and _I sat up suddenly. - Well, she was always a winning, warm-hearted girl, whom none could resist;,perhaps he was not to blame for loving her! Certainly she had done me no intentional wrong. It was that reection-together with the memories of girlhood which her voice and touch recalled-that made _4._1A ...A|-- room. I L K 3 a misunderstand- VVl\.\.u~ ~- tliought I had mine. Ah, yes; tt_ me hope and happi-' for dead to me, and way to escape from pain tmd `l'L'l_`l`L'l tvould be to escape] lrom its lltc zmd its cares altogether. But how to do that? Death never c0mes_\\'hcn we call him. While. there`: lllt` t`ncrc's ltnpe, and, equal-l 1y, while tlicrt-'> hope there s lif_e, and` hope will .~lll`\`l\'C. somehow, In the heart of at loving girl of twenty, long after she l>clic\`e:: she has buried it for cu-r. and .~tmg her requiem of sighs and l(`ltI':7 above its grave. Wt rt- 1 Our quarrel had come from such It little, simple, foolish thing. Nei- ther George nor 1 had really cared\ VET) much, 1 suppose, for the matter- in itself: what, indeed, did I Care for) :1 rlllpltl hall without my own true` lover? lllttl he only humoured me a little, hml he only asked a favour mstcutl of dt-mzmding a right, it \\'0tll(l ll;t\`L` been so dierent, but he mu L`I\'lt"tlllg (tlltl jealous, and I was tct'\=i.~ii Qttlti tvrntttl. all the trouble ;.:tr.l >l>t'TH\\ czimc of that. ` L V\Jl\r\.a Gll\.L I-UMLII l\\aI1ll\r\.| slash! lll|A\I\r me, when her arms stole softly around me, lay my face against her breast and weep---against her breast -~_hvis wife s! . -There, there,` she said, cooingly, patting and kissing my hair, "there,, all the trouble s over now, dear! It` uwas the heat of the room, or course.` We won t go back till you are quite `recovered. Uh, how glad I am to! see you! And not married, as George said you were, a year ago- stupid fellow! I`m just dying to in- troduce my husband to you, dear! I 11L..A owns: Lnnpl 3+ urn: ~in1nnc_` Lluuuuw nu uuauuuu .,v J-.. ....V..... .I lifted. my head-it was impos-` sible to be ungracious with Constan- ce in spite of my own. grief. l ` "I shall be glad to meet your 'hus-` band, 1 said, iaintly, "but 1 need no. introduction--I know Sir George` bhester very well. l She laughed, softly and happily. I. [ Not my George, she said, de- \murcly. "Ah, I thought it wasntl entirely the heat that made you faint.- My George is your Georges cousm,ll dear; and your George is your George still; 011,1 know all the% story, you see--the poor fellow has! told me of your miserable quarrel,, one of those cruel, dreadful, `lover's! quarrels, of course-very amusing} 6/\ ..11 km; `'15:: nrn-Hoe nr\nnnrrIt=-(l___l151 quarrels, or amusing `to all but the parties concerned-he loves you as much as ever, he believ- ed you married, and. was in despair; he begged me to intercede for him with you--I see there's no necessity .....l 1-.a o uyon'1>inn- of tho rinnr fhiei WILH _yUu""'L any Ll|\-l\D nu u\.\.\.u..u..y` --and he s waiting at the door this` moment; here, Lxeorgc, come ang: +p1ead your own cause for yourself. ] \ Anti nlwuncr knfnrn I 1-pzxH7p urI1:)1'.' plcau _yUu| uvvu \,(Luu\. ;v. _,v......-. And almost before I realized she was saying, she had gone, and and held me in his arms agam. my own true lover was by my side, 1 c 9 I Took me back to his armvs and hisi heart for evermore. Th.erc s an old verse that says- Oh, th'e joy, the gladness, _ After long grief and pain, To feel the arms of your `own. - true love Around you once again. And what dear -joy was ours, at last, to be lost nomore forever. Love had quite conquered pride," and suffering `had taught us a bitter les- son. There is little danger, I think, of our ever again risking peace and happiness, in the 'eruel,_ bitter, tor turing misunderstanding, which-- while it too often` breaks human hearts,` and wrecks hum_an hopes-is -generally known, by those who only look on_and laugh, as "Only a lover`sl -1! IUUA uu _u 1 quarrel! It s V-too bad, it really is! said Miss 'Dashingt'on, sympathisingly. How selsh in your aunt to want to carryiyou off to such, a miserable, barbarous, Aou_,t,_-o`f-'the-world_ place! I shall die there, Iknow I shalll said Sylvia Markham, hysterically. There's not another house within a mile, nor,a gent1ema'n within twen- ty. .v . . ` aIA ,J_-IlI! ....2.!` 1;". -F1-;nt>1(1 1.11 `l1'1f- - 1 `V 1 V booooooooooooooooooooooo3i W-`Awiu1!",T said` her ected horror. W11; ihave put such an [ Ma-rkham s head?_ l\1a-nunalua ucuu. . Oh, she fancies her. health to be failing, and that` country air--Devon- shire air---is the ony thing that will benet her. `She was born close to Dartmoor herself, and is some far- away kin to `these farme.r s_. people. f'_eL';-.?.`,A'~I_f, .we1fe you}, dear, I'd refuseeto `man go. 1;. A Rustic Victim. THE % NORTHERN ADVANCE li friend, in una-6 Why, what could 33} idea into Miss grunt pr occzmun Iogclhtl` xm-11: `nu. Xhouuhx > - 1 prove so bad as you expect. . 112.-.--- _... __ yavvw u\.I I.liQ\a uv Juan I---r-vw ~ ; And so, with eusive embraces, the two_ friends parted--one to enjoy herself at a fashionable summer "re- sort, and the other to accompany her rich old aunt to the Denvonshire farm. ' If Sylvia` had been a lover o nat- ure, she would have enjoyed. the picturesque scenery in the midst of which she found herse1f--the-misty, broad e`xpanse,of` moor; the cool, ishady woods; the velvety meadows, and romantic little stream which ran through the farm-lands. ` But he had no love for nature, and to er all these things meant on- ly unutterable dreariness, and loneli- ness. She loved excitement, loved, society, and, above, all things, loved to be admired and adored by the men, and to` show her power over _ them. ` In a word; the proud, dainty beam` |.ty was a consummate irt and co- .quet,' and found her chief `pleasure- in endeavoring to fascinate every man She met with, only for the tn- umph of showing the power of her charms. - _ -- u. up- , `ran!-Q --.-- 9 But alas! at_1`allant Farm, Miss iMarkha;n found her occupation gone. [There were Mr. Higman and his labourers, and the doctor who at- tended her aunt-a married man, with seven small children--and a sallow, dyspeptic-looking curate who. sometimes called, and who, the first time he saw her, cast a keen, disap- proving glance at her airy draperies. Besides these nothing in the shape of human masculinity presented it- self in the first week of her stay at the farm. - - ..-- -...-. . I But at the end of the week Rich-` ard came home. He was the sole son and heir of the house of Hig'-I man-histfather s hope, his mothers` pride and joy. 1' - , ,1, f-3;I -_-.v _.___. i..,. 1 He had gone for a two weeks visit ?to his grandmother in Plymouth, and had carried her a. present of a keg of cider and a Bible in large _type; but he was commg home now. The place hadn t looked the same since he went away, and father `seemed lost-like on the farm without lhim--he was such a help, and al- lways so smart and willing. `!\1 ,_ __\ vvvv In }.)C(})[ i0H_\'. ` So one day Dick_came home, and! at supper txme Sylvia was 1ntroduced| } to him. - I % He was a -tall, lank youth, of per- haps two-and-twenty, with very slop- ing shoulders, long fair hair; long neck, long aquiline nose, mild blue| geyes. His clothes hung rather loose-l 'ly upon him, and his sleeves were at least an inch too short. I I-`lie Ftiiowedi awkwardly, in acknow-| ledgment of his mother s introduc- tion, and looked as if doubtful whe- Fther or not to shake hands. It was clear to see that he was a little overcome by the beauty and elegance of his mother's fair guest, `and his eyes were wandering toward her all during the meal in a kind of `admiring awe. _He helped her iprodigally to every- thing that she could accept, and summoned courage to remark that `she "hadn t much of an appetite, but ihe had heard say that Lunnon folks lnever had any wholesome relish for ivictuals. There was a girl down `where he had been to-her name `was Susie Weston-who ate a dozen, llamb and parsley pasties at one sit-| `tin and never felt it; and that was ,the right sort of a. girl for eatm . [He didn t doubt but that when Miss lSylvy had been in the elds a month she'd be able to outdo Susie. Their] `air was powerful for givm an appe-` | tlte. Under other circumstances Miss Markham would never in the least` have noticed Dick Higman; but in; the narrow compass of a. farm house, and restricted to a dependence upon| him solely for gallant attentions, shei, `could not avoid noticing him. Shef was excessively amused at him. He} was so unsophisticated, so innocent-I Hooking, so marvellously green. And` how he admired her. She was used to admiration; but admiration such as this, full of distant, bashful, won-\ dering, adoring -awe--this was what! `he had never before received. } And then the brilliant idea occur-1 red to her to try the power of her fascinations upon this simple coun- try youth. It would be a curious ;study-an amusing experiment; and what fun to talk it over with Blanche` Dashington when they met! | ,-rv,` I,,,I Buuaunanavvan vv ngvgn ---VJ ---v-- } Alas for Richa'i`"r;1!""'I-I'<$w calmly and unsuspectingly he "fell into the snare! A few smiles, a few little bewitching, coquettish ways and glances`, and he was the slave of the enchantress. Once she asked him to untangle a `flower from her hair, and she let him lgimidly "draw one long, soft ringlet through "his awkward tmgers, with a touch as though he feared it would melt in" his grasp. T l 1 Us-`tau .-- .--.. --.-1.. He_ was very shy andmodest, and] it required a good deal of encourage-' ment `to, put him at his ease, and give him condence in himself` as re- garded her. _H_e timidly touched the dainty hand extended to him for as- sistance; and once,` when she fancied she had gotten a thorn into her lit- tle nger, and begged him to extract it, he touched it so gingerly, and looked so embarrassed, that she did not know whether to be most amus- ed or provoked at his stupidity. \.I'__ . "A penny for your thoughts: Mr,-! Richard, she said, one day, when he had sat for some moments contemp- latively twirling his "thumbs, while she tied up the owers they ha_d been gathering in` the garden. . --u _`_W7`__ run ~, . bu-:m1_v I ".`Wc_llV, _`Richard T VslowIy,! iI was qhinking f you]- . A L 'VCIl II` I A A O I I I H Ina -`rm J vv-`-. I ; Indee! _ _VVhat' about me-V--goVod,v fbad, otf ind.1ffe;'en _c~?' ' ' - c .. 3 ` IJCIVI, \Jl nuugnnun ~---. I wouldxft have any .but good thoughts about you, Miss.Sy1vy, he; answere , seriously, vv_it~h his large, mild blug eyes xed upon hexf. 1 0 I j Sylvia 1 1ook'e'd `and showed iher long lashes; to advantage; then, "suddenly .1p'ol5in\g V - "- H: _,_I_';'L~". ' . ....-__,. n-uu~.~.w..--J .-- ___,, 9 I wondfe-r_'just' .vyI1at` Lwefe { `hiilk 3.bt me-. .51 %%S?ids,%*.h31f\%3`1.i??: ':vs:ih e,th`e1* yO11.Twou1`d ever get marri- `e C` ` `she said, with a sigh. \v\l Not unless the. right man oers, "` Any g:ood~1ooking,4 EiVej\-/`e-x-',".V!'1o11-I out-able mam = `A _ I 3 `Dick crossed one`knee over a2noth - ` er, and thoughtfully stroked his chin. 1 , `.L_._ L. __:_1 `:V\};11'l d {ell just what sort of a `chap y_ou coqld fancy, Miss Sylvy?`inqu_u-ed D1ck, anxioushly. I pu11ti11;;, uxnl 1-.xn;.r --I palnm git"; I Ucu`.`g<- urHl~'.' murnmz (If I`. had .L:11unly (IUJH, Kt i(IfJl:\ an L1r;_'am :1; thin him -um