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SIR GUY'S WARD. A TIIKII.I.INil STOKY OF LOVE ANI> ADVKNTI UK. CHAIMTU IV. yesreaes of mjn hildhfxxl. whoc luveil roc- Emhitiei* Ilia prnont. compared with ibo pant. l< \S , I . id\ Chetwoole, who is sitting in Uie diawmg room, hears the carriage diaw up tilth* do-ir she straightens her'-lf in >ier chair smoothes down in.- folili of her bla. k velvet d"*n with rather neivous fingers, and pr<f*r for an unpleasant surprise. She hean Cyril's voice in ihe liall inquiring where I. IB inolherii. and, iitni^ to her feel, he makea roaity to receive tin- new want >lin hai put on what she fondly Impel na parti. uUi ly gracious air, but whn.li it in reality a palpable mixlure of (ear an 1 un certainly. The door opens ; there u a alight paus* : ami then Lilian, . uht and (air, ami pretty, 'lands upon the tlire>hol<l, S'.e is very pale, partly through fatigue, kut much more through ncrr.>nne ami the selfsame feeling of unoriaii.ty that in WIJ;I.IIIK (t'jwn har h oaten. A* her eyei meet Lady Chetwoode's they take an appeal- log oprranion that goes straight to the heart of that kindest of women. " You have arrived, my dear," she says, a rin^- of undeniable cordiality in hei tone, while from her fsoe all the unp|eaanl fear haa vanished. s ;i inovesj forward Ui greet hrr gunt, and a> Lilian come* up lo her takes the fair tweet face between her hamia and kiiMa her softly on each cheek. You are lite your mother," (he ay, ornaently, holding the girl a little way from hrr and regarding her with earnest attcu tien " Yet, very like your mother, >n.I tie was beautiful. You are welcome to C'lietwoode, tny dear child." Lilian, who i< ferl.n^ rather inclined to cry, rtoes not trust herself to make any i]*iksn rejoinder, but, pulling up her lips of her own accord, presses them gratefully to Lady Chetwoode s. thereby ratifying the lilent bond of friendship that without a word haa <n the instaiil been sealed between Ihe old in au an. I the young one. A grea'.eeoM of relief haa fallen upon I.nly Chelwoode. Not until now, when her fears have ben proved gr.mti.l leaa, doe the fully comprehend the amount of uneasiness anj positive hor- ror wuh which the haa regarded the ad milLanee ..f a >t ranger lUtoh'T happy home .relc The thought that nomcthing unre- fined, disagreeable, uutiearable, 1. 114)11 be coming haa followed her like a nightmare lor the put week, but now, in the piesence o! t)r lovely child, it haa fled away asham- ed, never to return. Liliau'drlioate, well bred face and figure, ber mn.il! handa, her graceful movements, hi r wh ! air. proclaim l..-r on- ol the w nr',.1 to whi.li La ly (,'bttwoode belong*, ai. 1 in.- old lady, who u ans'.ocr.il to her tinmen' enda, haila the fart with delimit. Ili-r beauty alone hail alni.nl w..n hrr cause, whe.it abe coat that besoeching glam e from the dourway ; and now wlirn n,- lets the heavy teara gr.iwin her blucey.*. all doubt u at an ami. and " almost " gi\es way t> " quite." Hen. ofurlh ahe ii ak'veti'ei welcome at wo-nle, a* far aa it* present gentle mis- treaa la roouerne.l. "Cyril took care of you, I hope?' aays Lady diet woode, glain 114 ..v <- r t'.-r . : it her second aon. anil Milling km ily " I. real raie of me,' returning the smile, " Kut you are tired, of course : it ia a lung journey, and no doubt you are glad tn home, nay" I.a4v C.'hetw..o.li-, USMIK tl.. win) naturally. And though the menu m fif it causes '.iliana paug.still I hire i* some- Hung tender and reatfiii alnn'l it ton, that gii> -1111.1 comfort lo hrr heart. pared to the I'ark, not one in all the wW"* You cau think a* you please, of course,' with reproachful aooin,--" but it ia n"' grinder than the I'aik. " I meant larger, ninny," soothingly. " It is not larger." " Kill, darling how can yon lay so wli.-n you haveu'l l*en round it ? " H"w can you lay li> wheu yon haven't been round it ?" Una ii a poser. Nurse msdllaloi a min- ute, anil then says, " Thornai tliat'i the groom that drove me nay a it it. " "Thomas !" with a look that had the wict.-hcd TlioniM lieen nn the ipot, would infallibly have radii, cd him to aahes ; " and what doei Thomas know about It. It ii not larger. " Silence. " Indeed, my I>airn, I think yon might well be hippy here," says nurse, tendrrly returning tn the charge. " 1 don't want you to think aboat me at all," say* Mua Cbesney, in trembling tones " You agreed with Auul Priscilla that I oti)(ht to leave my dear, dear home, and I shall never forgive you for it. I am not happy bere. 1 ahall never be happy here. I ihall die ol fretting for the Park, and when I am dead you will perhaps l aatia- lud. " Miss Lilian." " You >ltan't brtiih my ha:r any more,' uyi Misa Lilian, dexterounly evading the descent of the brush. ' I can do it for my- aelf very well. You ars a traitor," " I am sorry, Miai Cl-.saney, if I have dta- pleased you, "says nurse w.tli muchdiguity tempered with dislreai ; only when deeply grieved and offended does ahe give her mis- treia her full title. " How daro you oall me Mi si Chesney !" cries the young lady, springing to her test. "Ii ii very unkind of yon, and jnst now ! u>. . wlii-i lam all alon in a strange house. ! ( Oh, nurae '" throwing her arms arouud the I neck of that devoted and long-stifTeruig wo- ' mn, mill forgetful of her resentment, hi..h indeed was Irani only of her irgret, " I am o unhappy, and lonely, and sorry I What ahall I do*" " Huw can 1 toll you, my lamb?" carets ingwi'h infinite afiectioti the golden head that lie upon her bosom. " All that I say only vexes you." " No, it uoesn't : I am wicked when I make you think that After all," raising j her face "I am not quite furaaken : 1 have you itill, and you will never leave me." ' N ;' uulets I die, my doar,' aayi none, carnemly. "And, Mm Lilian, how can you look at h-T ladyalup nviilimit kn.iwiu^ h. r to be a real friend'' And Mr. Chetwoode too: ami perhaps Sir liny will be as ni'-e, when you e him." i.*|.- he won't, "ruefully. " I'lul nonsrow, n._. .tear. l/t ui look at ths brighl aide of thing! always. And l>yan.i ' i Taffy will cutne here on a visit, MII 1 then it will I* Ike old time*. . now, be inanonable, child of my heart, " sayi nurae, "and tell me. wnn t look forward to having Mi-'rr Taffy you loo "I with he wxa here now," says I ilian, visibly In ii(li(i-Ming " Yi- : prrhapa they will ak him Hut, nurse, rlnyou r.-ii.enil*r Minn I ii I naw Taffy it was at l|. re she showa such uniiuslakaiile nyinp- LI-IK . I ii-. .jiiing into tin- tcai'ul mood llml mime neei the necessity of ' i-han|{ing the snlijrct. "I ..mi-, my bairn, let me dross yoif for dinner,' she sy. hri'kly, and presrn'l}, after a littli more maim^, alie sncoenla . well that ahe nvnds her litlln niintrein down " I'erhaps you would like to go to your to the drawing room, li-nking her lnvidie.it room, '[.>ntinnr> l.*d\ I hetw.ioHr, thought fully, "th'iuah I fear yi.ui nin'd < aimni kavs arrived yrt. Mian Chnanev, like Jnln-t, boost, k pnrse," aays Cyril : " ,ii- . ..ins to travel with a nn " My nurse ha* always at ten. led aayi Lilian, laughing and blushing. ha* .". i on uie sinon 1 was a month old. Iahinilln.it know how to get on wm. mil ber. and I am surr mie i .nil I nut ^n on with" 1 !' mr. I think she is far bellri M an any ma.d I c mid get." She inual ha\e an interest ia you that po new comer i ould potiibly hnvf," says I Mly I 'net vtuode, \viio ia in the hiini.>r lo agree with anythiug Lilian may > H f nl ia ahe to hei for being what Aud yet MI a'iong is habit II.. l invuluntir ily, ai she speaks, her eyes *-i'k Lili.in's air. wlii'li IK dreanril t.i |. iieitmn. "I have no doulit ahe is a trnaaure,' with*. air of con VK t inn. " (.'orae with rne, my dew. " 1 hey leave the room together. In the ball the housekeeper coming forward aays respectfully. Shall I take Mirs ( 'hesnty to her room, my lady ' ' " No, Matthews/' aay Lady Cholwoode, gracioii'ly : " u will give me pleaiure to take her there inynelf. ' Ily win. ii speech all th* servants are at nee mads aware lliar. MIH I 'ln-aney is al- nnily in high favor with "my lady," who iii-vrr, rn-ept on very rare i> -CAIIOIII, takes the trouble to are personally after her vmtoi'a i omlort \\ lien Lilian has been ten minutes m her room Mrs. Tipping arrives, and i- >li iwn upatans, where shelinds htramail niilresi evidenUy in the laat stage nf deipondency. TJie-e Un lonely minutes have b.-cn fatal to her new-boru kupes, ai,d have induced liar astce morsio the mei.in< holy frame of mind in which sh-- left her home ia i he moiring. A II i In* the laithfulTi p|i>ng s*r.< at aglauce, and inttantly esiavs to cheer her, Hilently and wi'n careful Hngeri she first removes her lint, then her jacket, then ahe induces her to stand up, and, taking off her drr, ihro-.Ti rnnnd her a white wrapper taken from a trunk, ind pirpaiea to blush the silky yellow hair that foi eigh tei-n years IMS heen her owa to drrss and tend and ad- mire. " Kh, Mias Lilian, ehlld, but, it's a lovely p'ac. '" ahe says, pnwnily, this speech be ing intended as part of Ihe charming pro- jess It seems a due place," s.ysthe 'vlnld," indift'erenlly. " ' me ii. in I..-. I (iranvlor even than the I'ark, I'm i h.nliiiig. ' i,rnd.-i than the I'ark !'' says Miss Cheiney, uniting lo nnrtpncled fervor " How can yuu say thai ' Have you g . wn ii<:kle. uuras ? '1 hi-s is m> pla< ... to be join- ifd her beat. UIIAl'TKU V. " Tho.i^l.l!.--- of Im.i lit , .!." \v;- I., ll tin- |. '<f WOIKI-.' Tun Next morning, having enjoyed tin and drramlrM sleep tli.it bent wliole, l.ih.m run* down I . I ,e break fast room, with thu warm >vi-et ft. health and youtli upon iier . IP * - Ii Laxly Chrtwoode and Cyril alreaily I her, she O.LI. m. iii ull her grar,> to In and tiiea to loot aah.imed uf herself " Am I late ?' alie asks, going up to Lady C'helwoodr mid giv UK her a little caress a< a good n.iin.ing. II . i> o gen- tle .u, . I . .:. lih Kii.l loving tint it tink* tri;lit mi., t 1 l,e|K>st recesses of on. heart. " N" ll'in'l IM> alal i I I have only jint come, down mywlf. You will find u* out lo be 'n* <if tli-- lt/ient people alive " " I am gUd of it . I like la/y people." aays I iliitn : "all the rest anrni to turn their ini into one ((real '< " \V ill ymi n .t give me a li'.od Mi' ' -aysiyril, uim i* Ix'lii.nl Iier. "linoil ir. imiii^," putting her hand into hid. " But that is not lh" way you garn n t.i my inotlirr," in an aggrieved l..n.- "No 1 ' 'Hi' -as sho fompreheiidii, " hit you iihoutd reniein'ier how mnc)i deserving your mother H." "Witiisoirow I acknowledge the truth of ymir remark," says Cyril, aa he hands her IH-I tea. "Cyril is our naughty liy,' l.a.l) ' woode aayi ; " we all upend our If. . .< mal ing allowances fur Cyril. You must not mind what he lays. I hope you slept well, Lilian; there is nothing does one eo much K"" I .v- i n.i'in.l slorp, and you looked quite pals wiUi fnliLjiio last night. You sen" smiling--" how widl I know your inirniv It ia familiar tn me, having lx>en your dear inolher'a. " " It srema sli itngfdv familiar to me alo, though I never knew your mother," a*ys Cyril. " I don't believe 1 shall ever be able to rail you Mm Cheaney. Would ii make yuu very angry if I railed you I.il ian ?" "Indeed, no; I shall be very muuli obliged to you ; I should hardly know n.) nelf liy the more formal title. You shall call in>- Lilian, ami I ahall call you Cyril,-- if y.n d'Ui i mind." " I don'l think I do, much," says I \ , .. so i he compact is signed. "(>ny will be here surely hy Inn. I,,-.,,.. says Lady ( 'helwoode, wilh a view to giving her guest pleasure. 'ih ' will he really*" says Lilian In f lone, luggestivs of dismay. I am sure of it," says (my'a mother fondly "he never break* bis word. ' "ill course not," thinks Lilian to herself. " Kancy a p'ragon going wrong! How I hate a. man who never breaks his word '. Vhy, the Medes and I'ersiani would b< weakminled compared with li.ni." " I suppoie not," ahe says aloud, rslher vaguely. " You don't teem to appreciate the idea of your guardian's return, ' says i Mil, with a slight smile, having . ill her tin lights correctly. "I 1 . < the mere word fr.g hlrn yon T I should like lo know sour real opinion of what a guard- i in ought lo be.'' " How can I have an opinion on the sub- ', it hen 1 have never seen one?" " Vet a moment ago I saw by your face you weie picturing one to yourself." " If so, it could scarcely be Sir fuv, as he is not old." " Nol very. He ha* -.till a few hairs and a few teeth remaining. Itut won't you then answer my question * Whalii your idsal like?" " If you press it I shall tell you, but you mint not betray me taSirliuy,' siys Lilian Miming to include l.i.ly Chetwoode in her < union. " My ides! is always a lean old gentleman of about sixty, with a sloop, and iiiv amount of determiuat ion. He has* hook- . i nme on which pdd rimmed spectacles eternally stride ; eyei that look one through and through; a mouthful of trite phrases, un- pleasant maxims, ami false teeth ; and a de -ided tendency towards the suppression of all youthful follies. "<juv will he an agreeable surprise. Ind no idea you c.iuhi be so severe. ' ".\<>r am I. You must not think meso," says Lilian, blushing warmly and looking rather lorry for having apoken ; 'but you know you insisted on an answer Perhaps I should not have spoken so freely, bul that I knew my real guardian is not at all like my ideal/' "How do you know .' Perhaps he too is toothless old, and unpleasant. He is a great deal older thui I am. " "He can't be a great deal older." '\Vhy'" "Because" wilh a shy glance at the L/entle face behind the urn "Lady Chet- woode looks so young." She blushes again as she says this, and regarls her hosleas wuh an air of inch thorough good faith as wins that lady's likmp on tbe spot. "You are right," says Cyril, laughing ; ".She is young. She is never to grow old, because her 'boys,' as she call* us, object to old women. You -nay have heard of 'per- ennial spring ;' well, that is another name for my mother. Hut you musi not tell her so, because she is hoiribly > mice. ted, and would lead us an awful life, if we dian' keep her down." " i 'vnl, my dear!" aays Ldy Chetwoode, laughing : which n about the heaviest re- proof she ever delivers. All tins time, her breakfast beimt finish- ed, Lilian has been carefully and industri- oiisly breaking up all tbe bread left upon her plate, until uoir quite a small pyramid stands in fie centre of it. Cyril, having secretly crumbled some of his, now, it.ioping lorwar I, places It upon the top of her bill t "I haven't the funteit idea what you intend doing With it," he says, " hut as I am com . r". i IM% t y ou have some, grand in view, I feel a mean desire to be associated with u in some way by having a tinker in the pis. Is it for a pie? 1 am dv IT. it of vulkj.ii eiiri'istty. " I "'--with a little shocked start; "r doein't matter. I I i|iiilc forgot. I " She pressei her hand nervously down n| :i the. t >p of her goodly pile, and sup- presses the gay little erection until it lies prnitrate on her pltte, when even then U make* a very fair show. "You meant it for something, my dear, 1 did y.iu nol!" asks Lady Chetwoode, kind- 'X- ' Yei. for the birds," says the girl, turn- nit; n|ion her twu tr.-at earnest eyes that shine like itarn thnni^h regretful "At li.nii. 1 n e.l i,. e.,;ie>l all the broken bread for them every morning. And they grew M fond <>t me, the very robins used tn np'in in , shoulders and eat : .mi m\ iii--. There was no ono to (lighten ihrm. There was only me, and I I.AC.I l '. i h. When 1 knew 1 must leave ihe Turk," -a aorrowfnl i|ui>er making her voice sad, "I d-tcinn.ied to break my i Ko:ng gently to them, snd at first I only fed lii-iii e\.-r\ - inl d.iy,---in iierson, ami .,,. i M i. thud d.i\ , and, al last only i *eek. until -in i loir tone "they me altogether. " "Cngraieliil bird*," says Cyril, wilh l.iiii""t disgust, something like moisture in his own eye*, so real u her grief. "Yes, that WAS the worst of all, to be so -inn forgotten, and I l..ive fed them with i. ut m^iing a day for tivo yean. Hut they witre not unKrateful ; why should they re. remember rre, when they thought I had tired of them Yet I always broke tlie bremlf.il ih'm .-very tn .ruing, lough 1 would imi uiv- it myself, and lo- di\" *ln s'ghs " 1 forgol I was nol at homo." " My d.-ar," sayi Lady ( 'he.1 wiode, lay- ing hei nun v. lute, plump, Dwelled hand up. m Lilian'* slender ih.i*y n,,., ai it liea Itenide In r on tho table, " you flatter me ici, much when you say that even for a n. .intent y..u felt nn< house home.. 1 h.,|ie yon will let the feeling grow in you, and w ill try U) remember that iicre you have, a true Welcome forever, until yon wish to leave us. An I ai for the buds, 1 Ion love them, dear, pretty creatures, --and 1 shall take i. ui a great kindness, my dear Lilian, it every morning you will gather up the crumbs and give them to your liltle.fe.ath- i n d fneudi. " How g.md you are !' sayi Lilian, gratefully, lurniiiK l.er small palm upwards so ai to give l.i.lv Chetwoode'i hand a good H|iiec/e. " I know I ahall be happy Here. And 1 am 11 glad you like the birds; perhaps here they m iy learn to love me too. |io you know, before leaving the Park, I wrote a note to my cousin, ailting him not tn forget to give them bread every day ? hut young men are so careless," in a dis- paraging tone, " I dare say he Won't take 'in trouble to see about tl'em." " I am a young man,'' remarks Mr. Cket Minnie, suggestively, " Yes, I know it," retarni Miss Chesney, coolly. "I dare say your cousin will think of n, ' t.tys I *dy Ctiatwoode, who has a weakness for young men, and always believes the belt of them: "Archibald ii very kind 'i.Mi-ted." " Yon know him?" surprised. ' \'ery well indeed. Ho comes here al 'iiost every autumn to shoot wilh the boys i o.i know, hii own home it not ten miles new Chetw.iuja." "I did not know. I never thought of him at all until I knew he wa* to inherit the Park. l>o you think he will come here thii autumn?" "1 I io|i* so. Last year he was ihnM, and we law nothing of bun ; lull now he has conic home I am sure he will renew his visits. He is a great favorite of mine ; I think you, too, will like him." " D.m't lie too sanguine," sayi Lilian ; "just now I regard him a* a usurper ; 1 h I... has stolen my Park.' " Marry him," eays Cyril, " and gel it back again. Some more tea. Miss Lil- ian '.'" " If you please Cyril." with a \\t\\\, Ir.ugh. " You sue, it cumes easier to me tli. m to you, after all." " I'larr n,,r d.im" ' I felt some embar- raismtml about commencing. In '.he future 1 shall pnl i . i.mijenise hunt' in my pock- et, ami regard you as something I have alwaya longed for, that ia, a lister." very well, ami yon mus'. be very good to me, "sayi Lilian, " because never having bad one, I have s very exs'teii idea of what a hr.ilher should be. ' "How shall you amuse yourself all the morning, child 1 ' asks Lady Chetwoode. " i far you're beginning by thinking us stupid." " )>on't trouble about me," says Lilian " If I may, I should like to go ou: and take a run ruen I the gardens alone. I can al- ways mke iiiijuaintaare with plocss quick er if lefi lo find them out for myself." When breakfast is over and they have all turned their backs with grou ingrititude upon the morning-room, ihe dons her hat and sallies forth bent on discovery. Through the gsrden she goes, admiring the lloweis, palling a blossom or two, mak- ing love to tbe robins and iparrows, and gay little chatbnrhei, that lit aloft in the tranches and pour dn wn sonnets on her head. The riotous butterflies, skimming huher and thither in the bright sunshine, hail her coming, and rush with wanton joy across her eyes, as though seeking to steal from them a lovelier blue for their soft, wings. The flowers, the birds, the bees the amorous wind, all woo thu creature, so full of joy and nweetnese and the unsur- passable beauty of youlb. She makes a rapid rush through all the hothouses, feeling almost stifled in them this day, so rich in sun, and gaining the orchard, eats a little fruit, and makes a lasting con- quest of Michael, the head gar 'euer. who, when she In* gone into generous raptures over his arrangements, becomes her abject slave on the spot, and from that day for- ward acknowledge! no power superior to hen. Tiring of admirstion, she leaves the gar- rulous old man, and wander! away over the . losely-sluv.-ii lawn, past the hollies, into the wood beyond, singing as she goes, ai 11 her wont. In the deep green wood) a delicious tense of freedom possesses her ; she walks on, happy, unsuspicious of evil to come, free of cire (oh that we all were so 1 ', with nothing to chain her thoughts to earth, "r compel her to dream of aught but the sufficing joy * living, the glad earth beneath her, the bnliiaut folia, e around, the blue heavens above, her head. Alas ! alas ! how short is the time that 1 1, * between tlie child and thu woman ' the in'ei mediate state wh wilh awakoned eyea and arms outstretched, we inhale the anticipation of life, is as but one day in comparison with all the years of misery and uncertain pleasure to lie eventually derived fru'ii the r<-. ilit v tl.ertof ! Coming to a r.ithei high wall, Lilian pauses, nut not for long. There are few walls ei-hei in ( 'hetwoode or elsewhere like- ly to daunt Miss Ciicmiry, when in the humor for exploring. Putting one fool into a friendly crevice, and holding on valiantly to the upper stones, *be .-limn-, and, gaining the f>p, gazes curiously around. Aa she turns to survey the land over which ihs ban travelled, a young man emerge* from among the low lying brush- wood, snd i-.ines iiuickly forward. He is lid in a lii'bt gray mil of tweed, and has in ins muni h a meerschaum pips of the very I..', -i design. I' l* very tall, very handsome, thought- ful in expression. His hair is ligln br.c.in, what there is m r, bit barber having leti him little to boaiil of except on the up- per lip, where a heavy, drooping moustache of the time color grow* iinrebuked. He is a lil'le grave, a little indolent, a good deal passionalr. Tbe severe lines around his well-cut mouth arc softemd and counter- bilan vd by llie extreme I nendliiiess of his kind, dark eyes, that *.r so dark as to make, one doubt whether their blue is not indeed teak. I.' ian. Hiding on her airy perch, is still inging, and imparting lo ihe nuriounding scenery ihe r id story of " Karb'ra Allen's" vile treatment uf tier adoring svv.un, and (in n |IMMI*[. incut, when, the crack- ling nf IIMM- lieneath a human fool causing. tin.!-, herself face to face with a it i anger not a hundred yards away. ..ui; dies upon her lips, an intense deiire to be elsewhere gams upon her. The \oiiiig in. in in gray, putting his m. h. mm in Ins pocket as a concession to thisiii" .]. i .-.I warbler, advances leisurely ; and Lilian, feeling vaguely conscious that the. top of a wall, though < \.illcd, ia not the moil dignified satiation ill thu world, trust ing to her activity, springs lo tin- ground, .ml regain! wilh inolhcr earth herself respect. How could you h so foolish .' 1 do hope yon are not hurt," aayi the gray y.innj; man, coming forward anxiously. "Nol in tin least, thank you," mulling so adorably thai he. forget* lo speak (or a moment or two. Then he says with some hesitation, al though in doubt, - " Am I addressing my ward ?' " How can 1 lie sine, replied she, also in doubt, " until 1 know whether indeed you are my guardian?" " I am liny Clieiwoode," lays he, laugh- ing, and railing his hat. "And I am Lilian Chesney," replies the, smiling in return, and making a pretty old- fashioned reverence, "Then now 1 luppoie we may shake hands without any breach of olii|Uett, and iwear eternal friendship," extending his hand. "I shall reserve my oath until later nn," say! Miss (ttesney, demurely, but ahe gives him her hand nevertheless, with unmistak- able donAommi". "You are going home?" glancing up al him from under her broad- brimmed hat. "If so, I shall go with you, as 1 am a litlle tired." "But 'his wall," says Ciny, looking with considerable, doubt upon the iincompromii ing harrier on the summit of which he hoi first seen her. "Had we not belter g< luuud ?" "A thousand times no. What!" >>, "to be defeated by such a simple obst, c'a as that? I have surmounted greater ditri- cullies than that wall many a time. If you will get up and give me your haudi, I dare Kay I shall be able tn manage it." Thus adjured, (Juy climbs, '! gaining the top, stoops to give her the help demred; she lay* her hands in hi-*, and soon he draws her in triumph to his side. (TO II K I'ONTIM'KDi t II..;. in ) The ipirit of Christianity as shown by its founder dealt wilh the evil which walks the streets of every modern city, as it did those of Jerusalem, by sending away the men who had sinned " convicted by their conscience in shame and confuaion of face while the woman set ir. Ihe midst for pun- ishment departed wilh the benignant words, neither do I condemn thee ; go, ard tin no more." Admirable ai arc Ue motives snd praise- worthy the purpose of the good me* and women in Pittiburg, IV, who have nought to break up the social evil by closing wholesale the houses which shelter the suc- cessors of the poor creature who was diimissed with these words, it is possible and altogether probable that if these social reformers had atudied a little more closely either the example offered eighteen cen- turies ago or the condition! which exist to- day, they would have seen that the first necessity of reform ia this great evil is that the men who stand about the woman taken in sin shall be brought to such sense of evil as will lead them to go out one by one and leave her presence forever. These men are all about. The entire social evil will melt away when good Christian women require of them all that they are seeking lo secure in society by movements like that in Pittsburg. The open sin which disgraces society ii an effect and no', a cause. It is a social ill which is not to be cared hy attacking its symptoms bat by removing its cause. The early Christian Church attacked the moral pollution of the world ia which it found itself not by a crusade againut the brothel, but by presenting in the lives of its members the rule and reign of social purity and individual restraint. L'nder the influ- ence of Christianity the entire level of society has been raised in western civiliza- tion, the position of woman has been im- measurably advanced and what is often forgotten the personal character of nouian correspondingly improved. No religion haa demanded of woman all that Christian- ity has, none haa placed before the race so high an ideal of temmin* purity, and none has so transformed the inner life and outer relations of women. It H the open secret of daily life that Chris- tianity has not accomplished as much for the, character and conduct of men. When it does, when men are "convicted by their own conscience!," the women they tempt will go and iln no more, and nol before. There ii no more hopeful sign in the moral life of the day than an awakening to this duty in the Christian Church. There has never been a time when more organized ef- fort was made in this direction, and in such efforts alone can a remedy for the social evil be found and not otherwise. If ihe Churrh rill begin to make life a burden to the mas- uline sinners within its gales It will soon !>e under no nerd to burden itself over ill* weak women wiihoul its walla. The ic.fety of the itoamihin Spree will increase the confidence ahead/ felt in the modem passenger vessel. fh%l steamer was three days overdue, and while some an.iely wai felt at her non arrival, there tail beeu none of that panic manifested lhat was seen twenty-five years a;o when a vei- I failed to arrive ou time. Tlia City of I'aris gave in 1*1X1 the most striking demon- stration of the superiority of modern naval architecture and proved thai travel on the ocean is as safe, if not safer, than on land. Die accident to the Spree appears to have ueen nesrly of the same nature ns that which ppeiied lo the great Initial! Liner and hr lately is due probably to the same wise pre- cautions. The relief from apprehension will be.very gratifying tn those who had friends on hoard and their feeling will ) shared by the larger public '.hat is in'ereat- ed in the safety of oceui travel. " Let's kiss ind make np," said the actor to the actress. Certainly," ilie replied, aii|iiiesi-ing promptly, "for I know some- thing about Lining alter we are made up.'' He " You seem to look upon a proposal of mirri \y ai an everyday affair. " - " Well, no. Hardly tuat. Kvery other day. I never give my answer ' he me clay." " How strange.!" said a fond wife; "every time Peter come.* home fioin his lodge he goes to Led with his hat on. Kut I auppoie it ii some more of those masonio ioings." (Handera " It is said thit paper can IMS uied effectively in keeping apersun warm." Oasley " TtlM is very true. I reMiember a thirty-day note of mine once kepi me in a sweal fora mouth." \S c Bulled the wishbone. Sue and I "1 with to kiss you '." ni) heart's sigh She non : but I've since understood That ahe was wishing that 1 would ? Mr. r'angle " I've advertised for n servant fora wliole week with no rosnlt." Mrs. Cinnso "Well, I advertised for a good looking help lady and had thirty-four to select from tlie first day." Large as a Dollar Weie the icrofiila *ore* on my poor Ullle boy, and d!*KU*lm K . They were espe- rlally ^cvi'ic ,.n hi* legs, hnek of hi* ears and on In. head. HI.* hair WM n matted that combing win sometime* Impouk- bie. Ill* legs were so Imil that tometiaie* he could not M down, and when h tried tn walk hU legs would crack open and th hj.wd start. I'liv -i. L in, ,li,t not effect n rure. I derided to Klve him Hood'* Saraapa- rllla. In two week* the sore* commenced to heal up; the scale* crime off anil all mei In* in idy new mid healthy flesh ami *k!n formed, hen no had taken two l>ttlc*nf Hood's F saparilla he WAS enllrely nee from *ore." H imv K. Hi BV. Mm ,i;.ll, Columbia, l'cnn.ylv.,1..^. HOOD'B PlLLC am a mild, (ratte ratrttn. safe and offlcln.1 ortauUc. Always rilliMi |tsj. Jos. Uubv.