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Ikmre vta: Uuu vithoLi UiMXtf T^Q in G.id ft n^iat tnvik Ten writ* ntcvtin Boliifc mvirdno !• Gnres J..i rUTnitj SIR !bUGH"S LOVES. CHATTEB XXn. I» ;• gTRINi.S- TO ONB HOW. On« the {Tii»» w( Kit fiped unto it, k3it &>->j Hf' Luoii'<<th boT biiUte v* Ten.. Kcver ft % viici^* t'i' ted ut <«ficbe« tt . Hey th« p^-rn nl'l«>n IhM tJion-oJ no tait : . • The b<'Gk n"^'*> * i-*it T tbt biLtidfr nic« « vt r On tJCb< T TUhX^r.. v'Ui Honp*' al] doi;e. Ve mow fe.i«rt. v hilt f^c- Kin^th crtr Taiu&c the <v>tirft* of tb<' lO^iofiinf t-an. itJtX. liUil^V-OOD. That room of Kra. Watldnt' wu osmg- *Ut .jniA that ]Uay evening, only Fers Tt^ord va« aittiac alone by the open winAov looking oat lifUawlT at the lev |MMn-hx. F«B'a bncT handt were idleto-nxght, and tbt WDCk Uy'anhe»d<->i ic her lap There «•â-  • ahftdoir too on the fair {aoe. and a little packet of anxiety on the smooth girliih lorehaad, as though some haraaaing fgnhliwi vere tronhlmg her. Feni wa« not qmle happy in her mind. Erie Huntingdon bad been there tb«t very aflcrzkoon. bat he had not nayed loDg, and hu manner had boeo diSercut aomehow. I'em Tat retolMng the visit in rather a ttoahlM way. She wondered i! Erle'i J m M a A BervooaDcat ksd vant of eaae had kMB owiag to bcr mother i rather ocol n- at him. lira. Trafford had cot oordiaj u her manner ; khe had tnM«^ the > oong man with •oot* reatrun •ad digiuty, and had not prened him to â- rotac itia vuil. Erie most bar* felt that m «•• not wanted, for he had very aoon IIMB to toJte hu leave, and had gone awav • little mOlj. Fob «m too k>y«i to blame her mother, bM ih* wiahed abe had been a httie kinder to poor Erie. Somcohuig wa* vexing him •be va« core : he wai not m ht* ataal ^uriu. Oat* or twiot when there had teen a moment* pauM, abe had lookad T:p bar work aad fowtd him wktcbing ' ; aad oooe ibc waa aara that ttena were liahtaarea. U ttey ha4 only been â- laoa â- !• wooid baa* aaked him what wa« fbe matter, and if aD>lhing was vexing him. B* wanted to telj her aomething, ahe wa* Bore, bat her mother had been there •B tba time, and had followed him to the door berablf . and though abe had gone to Um window for a parting look he had not glSBoed npâ€" he had walked away very faat with hii head bent, a* tboogh be were abaorbed in thought. It had liOt lieei) ijuite* h'jf^' win1«r for Fan. ru-rt I'.rle and theii ' Cryatal had baae away, and the had miaaed tbem both tamb}\. It wat not a* thoogb ahe had other fnendi to take theor plaoea. and their abaenoe had made tjuite a blanJi in ber ex- iaMoot. If her mother ooold alwayi itay at home and talk to Ler. if Fluff wer« older and more of a oumpaiuon. abe mi^t oot have nniaanii them ku moch . hot aomehow her day-dream* were hardly a* nonaoling •.* naaal. They aeemtid more ahadowy ana nnreal. and now and then Fern felt a little dsU. Ever siuoe her mother aitd C ryctal bad given bt^r thoae hiota aboot Erie,' the gill had lelt dozxm ho»ule infliiwnoa threaten- tag htt Bweet oonteul. Her tbooghtt were alwafa atraying l>a that onkoowD Lvelyn Balhy of whom Percy had apokei.. Now aad thco abe wouU qoecUan Erie about her in her ini.ooem way, bat be alwayi evaded theve ijueiitioni. " Oh. y<». ] koe ber Kimetimea," hewoold " Whkt nikknt }ou BO ma(L inter- tin HiHk Bt4b> ' I hare other lardy friaedt, docen* and doseni of tham ." and tfaae Fwn would look ooufoaed aad unoom- {ortable and would change the (ubject ; bat all the Baine thu girl waa Derer oat of ht. Hht wa* rich and well-born and Land Erie wa* al way* meeting her. F«m tried to hide iheae thooghl*. bat Mr* TraSurd often fancied the bright faoe wat t little clouded. Fern laughed and talked a* tuuub aa ever, a&d worked a* boaily for ihem aU ; but more than oncie, wbeo the had ret>orn«d earlier than uioal. Aa had (iMutd Fern with her hand* hmg idly in her lap. and a very thoaghtf 'il look in her faoe. Fern would jaeap up ti onoe. with a luerry laocli at heir own idleoea* , but her oiother did not alwayt forget the look. It wat far too dreamy and atwlracted, dia aaid to heraclf , at the watched her child â- ly. Cryttal wa* tfaiuking moch the tame at abe entered the room rather qaietJy ihat Hay ereuing â€" ao quiHly, iodeed, that Fern waa BOt eoaaciou* of her preae&oe till the Cit her faaad on her kboiuder with t light agh. " Atleep, or only dreaming with yoar eyet open, Feru Whtt it the mittter, little ooe ?" -' Oh. Cryttal. how you ttartled me," «x- rtainmd Vtru, turning crimaon under Cr|ra(al'B aharp acnitiny. " What made YOU oome lu ao a oi a iJa at l y ? I oevar even heard yoor footatepa. Yea, I iraa dreaming, I baliam" pariung back her hair with nliwr n r (ftotare. â- ' Flufl wa* tleepy •ad waat to baa.' and motbar had to help Mim Xaitiamia with the awooBt*, and ozi« Citt atapid aiMfiig akna." " I never beard yoo aay that before," rather iucredulootlyi ; " You are the brigbt- ••t girl I know, Fern , yoar motber'a D* ' Little Hanthiiia ' juat tuitt you . laivayt aeeuj to me the iery ettenoe of ** Ob. one mait be doll and itupid Bome- timet," rettimed Fern, with a auapicion ci tear* in her voioe. " Kever mind about me : tell me about yoor afteraooD. Cry ttal : have you enjoyed yonraelf ? ' •• VM-r-no â€" well, the children did. The flower* were beautiful and the garden* *o pretty, and there were plenty of gaily- drtaaed people thei«. Oh. by the bye, I aaw Mr. Huntingdon, he was walking with «ar.h a handaome girl. ' Fern felt an odd choking tenaation in her throat. •• Yon must have been mistaken. Crystal ; Mr. Krle ha* been sitting with oa." •• Oh, ve». be told n« 86. for of o^^urse he oame up' to speak to me when Mia* Selby t»«^ joined her friends ; they came in very late, jntt a* we were leaving." •• Andâ€" *ndâ€" it wa* Mia* Selby ♦ •• Ye*, and her aunt. Lady Maltravers : and tbev had other people with them. I liked the look of Uis* Selby. she ha* a nioe frankfaoe. I think the look* charming, and she walk* ao well too. I do like a girl to bold herself well. ' "And ilr. Erie wa* walking with her "" •• Ye*, roey are evidently \-ery intimat« ; ' but Crystal' forbore to ada that Erie had looked decidedly unoomfortable at the sight of her. ihoiigh he had oome np to her. and had ent«red into conversation. She had not thought him looking either a-ell or happy, though Miss Selby had seemed in high spirits. But she kept these thoughu to herielf. F'em did cot ask any more qoAions. A miserable oontciooaneat thtt wat new to her eipe-rienoe kept her tongue tied. Erie had cot mentioDed that he was going to the Botanical Garden* with Mic* Selby ; be had only mattered aomething about an engagement at be took hi* leave. Crystal aaw that Fern looked diBOomix-*ed, but she took no notice. She thought the aooner that her eyes were open the better, for in her own mind she wa* ooiivinoed from what ahe Had teen that aftemo>.>n thtt Erlt Huntingdon was on the eve of an engagement to Mitt Selby. if he were not actually engaged. They were quite alone when she had met them firtt. Lady Maltraver* wat litting dowr. at a little dittacoe, and Miat Selby wa* bla*hing and azniling and looking exoea*ively happy, and Crv*tal had been rather indignant at the aigkt. •• Pray do not let me keep yon from your friends." ahe had taid rather coldly when Erie came cp to her. " That wat Mitt Selby. wa* it not. the tall young lady in grey with whom yon were walking " what a nice faoe the has .' ' and Erie had reluctantly owned that it watMiaa Selby. â- ' Go back to her by all meant. " Crystal had replied, with a toach of tarcatm in her Toioa ; " the is looking round and wondar- ing whom you have picked up. Oh, yea, I like the look of her verr moch- I think you are to be congratulated, Hr. Huntingdon ; " and then Erie had coarched off rather aolkily. -- She look* absurdly happy, and I tup^koae the u in love with hun ; juit tee how the amilei at him. What foolt we eirlt are, ' and Cryttal had turned away. feeling very aorry for Fern in her heart, but all the same the knew better than to aay a word of sympathy to F'em. '" He has made himaalf very pleaaaat to her, but it oannot have goaa very deep. I do not believe F'em knowa what love is," she aaid very bitterly to heraelf . and then she changed the Bubject. " Ub, do you know, I had *nch a *urpri*e. ' ahe oontinoed, cheerftilly. a* Fern averted her faoe and teemed moch engroaaed with a Savoyard and hit monkey on the oppoiite aide of the way. " Wbeo I got to I'pton House thit morning I found Mist Campion had arrived unexpMrtedly.and of course the went with ut." •• I>o you mean Mrt. Norton't titter ?" aaked Fern, with languid curioaity. " Yet. Aunt Addie. at the children call her . the it staying at aome private hotel and she drove ^over to see tnem. I was ao pleased to aee her, for yoa know how kind the wat to me at Hattingt. I do believe that the ha* taken a decided fancy to me. and it doe* *eem to ttrange." ' It i* not stiangeat all, exclaimed Fere, rather roused by thi* ; - many people take a fancy to >ou, Cry»tal. I did directly mother brought you in that evening." " Oh. you 'â€"smoothing the fair hair oareaaiqgly â€" " you are a darling, and you love every one, but Hita Campion â€" well, abe it quite difierent. One would never expect a clever woman of the world who ha* friend* and aojuaintacce*in all quarter* of the globe to be gailty of thi* aort of aeatimentality : but all the same," with a httle laugh. " the teemed to be delighted to aee me. and of oourae the American scheme wa* revived." " Oh, Crystal, ' with avery long faoe, â-  I thought yoa had given up that idea." " Not at all , bat I wanted to bear more about it, and I ooold cot make up my mind." " Y'ou talk a* though you were thinking aeriontly of it. Mr*. Norton would never oonteiil to part with yoa. ' " Mrs. Norton would do exactly what her titter wished her to do. my dear. Aunt Addie's will rule* T'pton Hoa*e. I begin to underttand thiogt better now. We uted to wonder how Mrt. Ngrton ooold afford ail those pr«tty gownt anS'bonnett. and why the curate* wife waa aomuchbelt«rdreated than the vjcar't wife, and how they oouid afford to go out of town and have all thote nioe thing* for the children, but of ooorie it i* all Aunt Addie'* doing*." " Mitt Campion it rich then. " " Yet ; Mrt. Norton told me all about it when we were in the gardent. She say* tome old uncle left her all hit money. Bbe doe* ao much good with it .and ahe i* e*pecially kind to Mr*. Norton, who i* her ft>orite titter. She hat promised to Bend the bovt to acbool when they are old enough, and she payt my salary, and, in fact, the whole household are much beueCl^d by .\unt Addie. Bo Mrs. Norton told me rather aorrowfully that if I made up my mind to go to America with her titter thej- would not tay a word to prevent it." " Bat yon will not go, dear," ooaxiogly. "Mitt (.tampion hat frieiidt in New York," returned Cryttal, evatively , " but the doe* not mean to stay there lout;. Hbe wants to aee Niagara and Colort/Jo. and I forget the route the ha* planned , bat a companion the most have, and the offers Buch baudaome terms, and after all the Will not be away more than five or aix luonth*. and a* the aay* the change will do iiie good ; the only thing i> the will *itrt early next week, and at I tell her I have nothing ready, the only laughed and taid we should have plenty of time to market In New York ; and that ahe loved abopping." â- ' Crystal, I do believe that you haT* made up your mind to laaTe na." Crystal he*itat<<i a moment, and her dark eyes grew a Uttle misty. ' •â-  And if it be my duly. Fem. will you tay a word to keep me. darling ?" as Fern looked aorrowfully in berface. " I am not leaving you for good aiMl all ; I will never do that 'until " hot here ahe pauaed. and then hurried on. " The fact is, FVm, your mother can no longer protect me ; your brother'* unmanly peiaecutioc is driving me away. No, I will say nothing bitt«r of him to-night ; after all he is yojr brother : but it will be better for him if I leave here â€" a brief abeenoe may help to cure him." " But his selfishnaaa most not drive you sway, my poor Cryatal. " •• t>e*r. it will be far better for me to go," returned Crystal with a sigh. " I am grow, ing reatlees again, and as Miss Campion says, the change will do me good ; I came home to tell you this to-night. I have told Mias Campion that I will go." •• Next week : " -' Y'es. probably next Wedneaday or Thnraday. about 'a week from to-da'y. I shall have to be very busy, yon see. i)on't look so pale over it, Fern : six month* will soon pass. Po yoa know," rather sadly. " I have had such a euriout feeling all day, a6 though toixMihing were going to happen, and that I wanted to get away first. Oh. I can't explain it ; 1 (rit the tame yesterday. Fem. did Mr. Hnnttngdoctell yoa anything more about those frieods of hit whom he met down tt Sandjfdiffe ? " " No. dear,' with rather a wondering look. " he only joat mentioned them, yoa know. What nioe people they were, and to kind and friendly ; he took rather a fancy to them. " â- ' Y'es, but I thooght ha might have spoken of them again. " " Oh no, he onlj saw them twice : he just went over It tell tbem how Lady Redmond's ankle wat ; it wat only the acci dent that made hiat ipeak of them at all. How intereated yoa aeem in tboee Ferreia, Crystal." Y'es," wat theqoick reaponae ; bat tome- thing in her voice made Fem look at her in.juiringly. " Did you â€" did yon know them, Cryttal ?" ifae asked in some sur- prise. ; â- â-  Yes," wat tfafci the brief aniwer . but after a momenfaiileaoe the aaid. " Fem, yon have been vac; good, very patient all the time, you hare never asked me any queations about aay past life. I think at I am going away fnnn you, and at one can- not tell what may happen, that I should like you to know aiy miserable ttory. Oh. it will be tafe with you : I do not fear that for a moment ; I ba\-e only hesitated all tbeae monthi b aca n a e of the pain of telling It, and for tear 70a ahoold oaaae to love me if yoa knew of tba taoltt I am w bitterly expiating. " FatUta, " incredulouslv ; -- I have never aean them, Cryalal. you always aeemed so good and brave and patient." " My dear," abe. answered, mournfully, '- appearanoas are deceitful aometimea. l>o you remember the story of the poor demoniac wboae name was Legion, and how be aat clothed and saved in hit right mind ? to ma iaia one of the most touching and beaattf ol tHHatioes of the Iledeemer's power. Be waa ao galled bv his chains, he was BO torn and wasted by thoae evil spirits among the GaUlean tombs. Fem," with a deep pathetic look in her eyea. â- ' sometime* it aeem* to me that, thank God. the evil apirit ia exorciaed in m* too â€" that there i* nothing in my heart now but paaaiooate rtfrat for an unpremediuted ain." â- - Mt poor dear Cryttal, it it to bad as that :"• â- â-  Yes," with a sigh ; " thall I tell you about it â€" as I told your mother â€" oh, bow good the wat to me, how abe tried to com- fort me, and rito bad tuffered to much her- self. Of oooiaa, you have always known uiy name is aol really Davenport, but yoa have never goaaaed that it wa* Crystal Ferrer*. ' " Ferrers' Do you mean that you belong to Mr. Erie's (riands. the blind clergyman wbo lives with hia sister at the Grange ?" " Y'ea, I am Margaret Ferrers' (Xiusin, the \ oung cooaia whom they adopted as their own child, and who livcKi with them from childhood. Well, I will tell you from the beginning, for you never will under- stand witboat bearing about my mother. Give me your haad, dear . if you are tired, and do not araat to hear more, will you draw it sway. I am glad it it getting dutk, BO you will not aae my faoe : the moon will rise preeeutly, ao we thall have light enough." " One momaat. Crystal ; does Mr. Erie know ? " " No. of oawanot, he is a mereaoqaaic- tanoe : whatallilild pat that in your bead. Fern'' ' " Oh, nothing it wa* only fancy," re turned the girl ; the hardly knew why the put the lueatiOD ; wa* it something in Erie's i';suner that afternoon .' He had asked her, s little anxiously, if Miss Daven- port were going away again, and if she would be at noiae the following week. " For she had beea aooh a runaway lately," be had said with a alight laugh. " and I was thinking that it must be dull for you when she is swsy." But Fern had assured him that Crystal had no intention of going away again, for she had no idea of the plot that Crystal and Hiaa Campion were hatching between them. CHAPTER XXIIL caniAL's BToat. Tba path mr father'n foot Had \i<A ui« eat (wnieb tuddesl)' broke oil Whtt tiuic he droaped the wallet of the flub Aiitl oiLMud I olaaaT oanled on, auJ s^t My cLi) 1 h,^iV2ikal the tbonj V uoitrvo'Ml. To rewrti th« giW^Mf sbeltat of ibe treo*. Ab, i«i-« 1 tba wood, without a brother-babe : Hy own Mrlf-ptty, like the redbre«,Mt bird. Kjie> fitdi w cover aU tiiat past with leavst. XIimVI* Barret Urownxng. " I must begin at the very beginning, F'em,' said Cryatol, with a itifled sigh. " I hope 1 ahall not weary yoa -," and at Fern diBclaimed the possibility of fatigue with muc:h eoeigy, she continued : " Ob, I will b« as brief as possible, but I want you to uiiderklsud it aU plainly. " 1 have told you that Margaret Kerrera in my cousin ; her father, Colonel Ferrerw, had a trothac moch yoimger than him- self : hit name waa Edmund, and he wata my father. 'â-  I reooUect him very little, except that he was very kind to me, but they tell me that he wa* a aingularl/ handsome man, and \-erv accomplished, and greatly beloved by all who knew htm. •• He wat much yooniier than I'ncle Rolf ; he waa still at 'college when Uncle Rolf went out to India with his wife. He distioguishad himself there, and made a great many friends ; his brilliant abilities attracted the notice of rather an induential man , he offered him a secretaryship, and soon afterwards took him with him to Rome. " There his success waa even greater than it bad been in London. Every one conspired to *poil and flatter the handsome young Enghshman. He was admitted to the most select circles ; the youthful queens of society tried to find favor in his eyes ; he might have made more than one splendid match, for there was quite a/un^rc about him. but he soon pit a stop to his brilliant career by a most imprudent marriage, for he fell in love with a Qoman dower-girl and made her his wife. â- ' Ah. you look shocked. Fern ; society was shocked too, they had made so much of him, you see. " People said he was mad. that Bianca's dark eyes had bewitched him ; it may be ao, but from the day when he first saw her tying np her roaes and lilies on the steps of the fountain, to the last moment wheu he laid his head like a tired child on her bosom to die. be never loved any other woman btA her. and he loved her well. But it waa not a happy match ; how oould it be ? it was too une<]aal ; he had all the gentleness and calm that belonged to the Ferrers, and she â€" she brought him, betide her dark Madonna beauty, the fieroe Italian natan>. the ungovernable temper that became the heritage of her unhappy daughter." F'em started as tboagh she would have spoken, but Crystal only preaaed her hand and went on â€" '- When a few months had passed over, and the fame of Bianca's great beauty had got abroad, society relaxed its frowos a little, and received its erring favorite into its arms again. " They had left Rome and had settled at Florence, and friends began to llock round tbem : Bianca was only a peasant girl, but love taught her refinement, and she did not disgrace her husband's choice : but it would have been more for her happiness, and my father's too, if they had never withdrawn from the seclusion of their quiet villa. •â-  For very aoon the fierce jecUouty of her undisriplined nature began to assert itself. " She could not endure to see her bus- band talk to another woman, or hear him . praise one even in the most moderate terms. A mere trifle would provoke her, and then long and painful were the scenes that ensued. " She loved him passionately ; she loved him as only an IttUan can love ; and she made his life so bitter to him that he yielded it up almost thtinkfully at last. He bad been very patient with her, and when he waa dying, he put his hands upon her dark hair in hit tender way : '• • We have not been happy together, dear,' he said, ' but I do not think 11 has been my fault. I loved yoo always, but it was bard to make you believa it ; be good to our child. Bianca. for my sake.' And then, as she knelt beside him in speechless anguish and remorse, he called bis little Crystal to hiai and kissed and blcMa^me. and while he was still holding mv hand a sadden spasm croased his face and be put bis head down ni<on her shoulder, and in another moment he was gone. â- â-  My poor mother, she did not long survive him. " As soon as the news of my father's death reached England, I'ncle Relf wrote at once offering a home to bis only brother's widow and child. " It was my father's deaire. she knew, that she should live under the protection of his relativaa, acf she obeyed his wishes at once. She did not hesitate for a moment, though she felt she was a dying woman, and it broke her heart to leave her hus- band's grave. She would briug her child to England and place her safely in Colonel Ferrers' care, and then she could ko "Vith an easy conscience to rejoin ber belovt-d. " How well I remember that journey ; everv detail was stamped upon my childish recollection . " Alas ! she never lived to reach England She was taken ver)' ill in Paris, and after a few days of intense suffering, she passed peacefully away. ' A kind-hearted ,.\mericau widow and her daughter, with whom my father had a slight acquaintance in F'lorence, had txavelled with us and were at the same hotel, and nothing could exceed their good- neas to my poor mother. " They nuraed her moat tenderly, and were with her when she died, and Mrs. Stanforth promised my mother most faith- folly that they would watch over me until they bad seen me tafe tmder Colonel Ferrers' care. ' Every one was kind to me. I remember once when I was sitting in a coiner of the saloon with Minnie .£tanfortb, I heard people talking softly of thi beautiful Florentine lady who lay dead op stairs, and how some one had told them that she had died of a broken heart from the loss of her English husband. " I was not with her wheu she breathed her last. Minnie had coaxed me away on some pretext or other, and wbi-u I became restless and miserable, she took mo in her kind arms, and with the tears Htreaming from ber eyes, told the truth. " Fern, sometimes when I shut my eyea I can recall that scene now. " lean see a child crouching iu a corner of the big gaudy salon where a parrot was screaming in a gilded cage, a forlorn miaerable child, with her faoe hidden in her bands aud crying as though her little heart would break. " I remember even now with gratitude how good the Ktanforth!> were to me. Minnie bad a little bed placed beside hers, and woul(boften wake up in the middle of the uight to soothe aud comfort mc, when I started from some dream in a pa-oxysm of childish terror and grief. Young as I was I so frett«d and pined after my mother, that if we had slaved long'r iii Paria I tbould have been ill : but, a ooon as tbc funeral was over, we started for Knc' nd reached England so aoon 7 and, weak as I waa. I crawled on deck, full of languid curiosity, to see my father's country. Bat the first glimpae disappointed me â€" a leaden sea. white chalky cliffa, and a grey sky, with black ugly-looking buildings and ships looming out of a damp mist ; this waa all I could see of Old Edglaud. And I was turning away disconsolately when Mrs. Stanforth came up to me with a tsU gentle- man with a kind, brown, wrinkled faoe and a grey moustache. â-  ' Here is your little niece. Colonel Ferrers'. I beard her say in her pleasant clipping voice ; • poor little dear, she has fretted herself almost to death for her mother.' Then as I hang back, rather shyly, I fell myself lifted in my ancle's arms- 'â-  ' Little Crystal,' be said, gently, and I thonght I felt a tear on my face as he kissed me, ' my poor Edmund's child.' And then, stroking my hair. ' But yoa shall come home with me and be my dear little daughter ;' and then, as the kind hand fondled me, I crept nearer and hid- my face in his coat. Dear uncle Rolf. I loved him from that moment. The rest of the day soemed like a dream. •â-  We were speeding throi'gh a strange unknown country, past fields and hedge- rows, and stretches of smooth uplands, ugly ploughed lauds'and patches of grey tullen gloom that resembled the sea. " Now I waa g&^ng oat blankly at the dreary landscape, and now nodding drowsily on my uncle's shoulder, till all at once we stopped under some dark trees, and a voice very close to me said, ' Let me lift her oat, father.' And then some oue carried mo into a sudden blaze of light ; and all at ouce I found myself in a large pleasant room with some sweet-smelling wood burn- ing on the hearth, and a girl with dead- brown carls sewing at a little table with a white china lamp on it. 'â-  The strong arms that had carried me in and put me on the sofa, aud were now bungling over the fastenings of my heavy cloak, belonged to a tall youth with a pleasant faoe, that somehow attracted me. " ' Come and help me, Maggie,' he said, laughing, and then the fair mild face of Margaret bent over me. •• • Poor child, how tired she looks, Raby." I heard her whisper. ' and so cold too, the darling :' and then she knelt down beside me and chafed my hands, and talked to me kindly ; and Raby broaght me some hot coffee, and stood watchmg me drink it, looking down at me with his vivid dark eyes, those kind beautifal eyes â€" oh, Raby, Raby '.' and here for a moment Crystal buried her face in ber hands, and Fern was grieved to see the tears were streamiag through her fingers. " l>o not go on if it troubles yoa," sbe said, gently ; " I am interested, oh. so interested in that poor little lonely child ; but if it pains yon to recall those days, you shall not distress yourself for me." " Yesâ€" yes â€" I wish to tell it. only give me one moment." And for a little while she wept bittorly ; then drying her eyes, she went on in a broken voice, " Ah. I was not lonely li»iig ; thank God, there is nothing more transitory than a oUild's grief deep and inconsolable as it first appears. â-  I did not forget my motherâ€" I do not fargei her now, but in a short time I throw off all traces of sadness. The change, the novelity of my life, the unfailing kindness that I experienced, soon worked a beneficial effect on my health and spirits. In a little while I ceased to regret Italy aud its blue skies â€" and the Grange with its dear inmates became my world. ' But it was Raby who wss my chief friend â€" my favorite playfellow. " I loved Uncle Rolf ; child as I was, I very soon learnt to reverence that simple kiudly natureâ€" that loyal heart ; aiftl Margaret was like a dear elder sisterT hut it wss Raby who from the first becamf my master and my companion ; Uaby who instructed and reproved aud praised me ; whose frown was my worst punishment ; whose smile was my reward. ' To be oou tm ued. < A Wundt-mr Keturns lu Xntterit. Yesterday afternoon a sewiy locking man walked into the offioe of Deputy Sheriff Samuel A. .Johnson, and announced him- self as John F. Mahoii, of the firm of .John Mahon .t Sons, of Lynn, that waa bank- rupted in 18«1, at which time the junior partners fled the country. The estate was put in the bands of assignees, who, in November, 1HH3, paid a dividend of :( i«jr cent. Mr. Mahon presents a sorry appear- ance to those who knew him before his de- parture. In conversation with a Herald rcp'esentative. he stated he had been in Canada. Texas, Ireland, Paris and Eng- land since he left Lyun. and had at one time passed as a joamalist. He asked Sheriff Johnson for the warrant for his arrest, as he understood one had been issued. The shcrifT knew nothing of anv warrant, and ho referred Mr. Mahon lo'the police station. Here he told his .story to Marshal Hart, who telephoned to the police station at Lynn, but they did not want htm. The district attorney was applied to. but ho did not want him. His old counsel, Mr. James H. Sisk. was applied to. and his answer was â- â-  Scud hicn to Lynn." Mr. Mahon declined to go, a? ho did not care to appear as a tramp in thi citv whore he once rolled in wealth. Uo sat i'n the station last night a picture of despa^. He h.id been two weeks on the road frdftj Now Y';'!?, and what to do with himself ho did noi know. He was offered a bed by tho kind hearted marshal.â€" /fu«(c7i Ilrrald. -any for Trying to t'olloet, " How is Brown getting on, doctor- better ?" " Oh, Brown has been up and about two weeks." " Then you don't go to see him any more?" " Don't I '.' I went to his office three times to soc him yesterday, and I'm on my wav there now." Tomato Pie.â€" Tho retnains of cold pork or mutton, a few aliocH of potatoes and " Uncle Rolf had been prevented, by an ^""jon*. covvr with sliced tomstooH, add n attack of gout, coming to the funeral, but •<? he wrote to Mrs. Stanforth giving her full instructions, and promised thi.t if jiosoible be would meet us at Dover. " It wat early one November morning, a:i I lay listlessly in my berth, that I was aroused by the qoiie overhead. Was the brief voyage over, I wondered ; bod we little stock little water or, ii this bo not at hand, a make a short ornst and bake. The wat<^r from the Daniel spring, Gcor- fclia, is said to bo a natural hair dye. Bath- Biy gray hair with it v.ill change the color to black. Lotta returned from Europe on board tho steamship Etruria. m*