MOOHE'S RU&JlL ^EW-YOKKES. 



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JAEF. 22. 



t9T^T^.M 



ALICE AND ADELAIDE: 



sTVmltaar.l fro „ , M , y, |„, nnm b«T ] 



Chapter V7I. The Unknown Deliverer. 



Is wild w»i>j the distracted man ran to th< 



water's edge end unheaitaliiigly waded in, shriek 



ing, as he did 10, ■■Myeloid' my child! /(there 



no 070 to pit/, no arm to mi«!" 



Y«, there was an eye to pity, and it raised up an 

 arm to sate ; Tor, rushing from a clump or alders 

 which grow Bol far ewsy, Ulan cemo a rough, 



as if hi bad : ! ton back to the 



grassy bank, than boldlj plunging into the 1 h Br, 

 lit seised tfa« 

 JuslasUi'-v 



In ir brown hair 

 tht stranger folded bis light burden gently to his 

 bosom, and bending on 

 ■ 



fog '» the shore, 



■ 



. 



1 no 1 .[-It save to take 



ia littli heart which wa* 

 bratiiiK, oli, k faintly I 1 



hi- wntked away, half pausing one.' and da Ding 



aside a toai aa ba beard the poor old man call after 



1 . 1 loafU me all alone, for / 



I' boating, I'm 



afraid, h ' 



1 ..n.i .1, 11 - 111 tin: distance ho 



bsWdtbi trampii 1 lotetepi going from him fast. 

 Still, though in I wan || 1 i, il.. v went for him, 

 idled thai n in . 

 traa aurprtaod la h(s sralli bj too addon appear 

 1 mid dripping 

 1 In 1 river bunk, 

 'Imwncd, 

 id, mid lie sped 



aa ay, » bila Ur Hon urn banted ■ 



. -nil Iiit insensible, and whiter than 



tiim, bnt an old man's blessing might be of 

 avail, and that be should bare, even thoog 

 were my bitterest enemy, and had done me 1 

 ribie wrong." 



There was a deep flush on Anst-Aitis** cheek as 

 Mr. ffiiiH said these words, and 

 away, she walked to tha window U 

 tioct which she knew were plainly visible upon 

 bar fact. She seemed greatly excited, and far 

 mors interested in the accident thso bcr alight 

 friendship for the Waeatxs would warn 

 when ahe learned that Auca was to ronii 

 instated upon staying all night, proi 



could be of any as 



riatsoc 



a, liui Ulaa 



■una da 







ate hour 



aba 





borne 



managing t 



1 ataal 



away whs 





. Howl.su 



did 





Bba 1 



Tidentlydid 







■ im accompany ber 



and for 





succeeding 



day. 





i.,m, 





















lefcn 



bona ia lh 



carriage. Ther 





aeon fatVsf 



prey 



ng upon be 





tomtiti 



n--, 



too, whoso 



1 at! 



e neither Mr 



uld divine. 1 



Bowi 

 trogfc 



.M.l.i.ll 



bofcrmi 





"vreeefaAei 



tha » 



ceident, aba 



una 



1 1 « 





er face al 



wreathed in smiles and handed him thi 



"That provoking agent had attended 1 

 glad, fo 



r ltn 



I.. . 



■/ any 



hud 1 



a 



hi..< 11 



rain upon hat im a, and aim i all « iii 



I ■ ' ■ ! 'I"" 'III Illicit, lliry llVt: :i 



gOM ri "in obi trite, dengbh r, all , ob, Ami 



'.1 M.'lit, 1111 In uutitul one U liv did 



*■■■!■ I 'I ■■ ■■■■" i ■ ■ ■', I ■ 1, I Ii I 1 1 h 



1 hi n ' ■ '■ I b U kid I 



turn In il mill I In U I I' I "Uhr I I li I.CI1 IJILIU, Ilia 



teare dropped on A lick's face. 



1 

 fear al hi . 

 aavingtohcr falbev, " Mi 1 ■ - • ■ . 



ntlii'i , Hi 11111 .1 gO tlli'i'- " 



Hi- 1 in. 1 1 ,', Mr. Wai 



|. I, I. lit I.. Vl .llW KM llllji.l.- il.li . ..ml 

 Miami; h;u 1. . < | - - - r . |ht gTOtS, li.' ' ■ I' 'I. ■' I. ..,■., m, 

 , . . ■ 



i ml Mr IIi.h 

 I ■■■ d tart i lot lion ■ , ..i-- ■ 1 1. Ion ■ with seve- 

 ral ..| the Mill../. 11 who hud hei n Manned by [ho 



stranger. \ [i a A im i i pi on to 



■ mpi I Mi i low i 



house, whore crowds of pOOplt ffi i b 



bliil. un. I win it i v. iv |.i.-.-ilili' mi' in-, w. ii- ii-,-. I I'm 



LUOsV 1 1 orery. Hut all in 



and when at lust the poor old father reached the 



door ho kiirn bj tat death like lilanca pervading 



Uusl tho physician hud said " no hope." 



" Lead mo to her, somebody,— lead dm lo bj n i . " 



.1, and taking bis outstretched arm, 



to Qm i-'iik'Ii arban Anca 



lay, her wstt hair elt&gjbg i" dajnp nm-in to her 



■ ri laahaa nation, upon ber 



Quickly thi trembling Bogon sought tha Atari, 



but ala*! tin < 



turned away la map as they saw (In look Of hitter 

 anguish ajUal L.thcr's fuco.— 



■ 



til Ibal i In- . I ilil.il ,- blind man hst*nt<i 



— tistttml,— ob, how intently he listened, while the 



glad cry. "1 hoar il aba Urea! ib« I 



tuned to their 



mcceaaful, f..r>lie, who 



had bceu to near to death, came slowly back to 



bf', and when the sun wrui down, its lo*t j irting 







l. lor ] 



lariog 





i udtiaable Ihsl Ann abool 



eliainbtr, overlooking the i 



-.ii tun op herself 

 u bending dot 

 who bad so ui 



at last," 

 veryn 



"And thi* is what bos been troubling you of 

 later" said Mr. HoWLJJtl), who was greatly pleased 

 ieeing ber appear like herself again. 



'I'ln i" .'.' tn'.'il it," mi- M.-li'il Am i.. ■, 



coloring cnnison and adding hastily, " We hir 

 recently been much annoyed and perplexed, but 

 for the future our ayant will he prompt, nod 

 iball we " 

 Whether the agtnt referred to waa prompt 



ml traaka to be a plenty 

 ut money at the While House on the Hill, — s. 

 , in ftict. that Aoelaidb did not, as usual 

 ..-■turned Uuon, 

 hile old 1'boot, whose shabby dress was begin- 

 ing to create some goulp asaorlg the riUagera, 



pit anted q o 1 1 pi i labia appt aranae in her 



' gingbam, and muslin cap. About this time, 



there was sent by mail lo Mr. Wariien the 



i "i .... m, i '..' dollars, anil as there wn3 no 



d of explanation accompanying it, he naturally 



curious lu know from whence it came. 



HI In i: ui it, 1 nm sure. It is exactly 



M;i I"'." -Hid Alich, who was now entirely nill, 



nod that afternoon, when her (fork was done, sbe 



Liit up lo see Mi.-s Huwumi, nlium she found 



Hi'mii; fvoni ii mv.ti; lieiuhielie. aud in roirjister- 



she entirely forgot to ipeah of the 



oney. The i 



; cbiv 





n livingii 



aroraej and fox many weeks »;ii oonfloed to h 



bed with a lingering fever, which left ber at la 



50 nerrous nod low that her phyail i 



journey to the West ns the surest means of rest 



ring ber health. Her only s 



waukee, and thither Mr. Ho/ 



-..'Ui.ii-ly iiliiiined, tried to pei'stuu!. In c (.. t ... 



I-....I- a in. H' Mi-. El '-■'.>' he iltoted, in.. i ..,,h i an- 



aenled at la-t, mi .i.u,lih..i, llml hrv brother proiti- 

 ■ . .1 ■. I, .ni-i II (.. Vi.i i ..I'- 

 .l : In-, ui'-- mi . 



Ilursting itilo a laugh, Mr, HoWLeXD assured her 

 ■ ■ ■ 

 as mistress ofhla bouao, Oiled on her return, for 



though AlJELAtl'l inljln i 



.i awhile, and 

 would do so for his sister's sake. 



Witt ti.is promlu Ulu Euxod tried to be satis- 

 fied, ond after giring lum m,ui\ chiuges not to 



aeglecl tht bl nd n m. ihe i I irtod tor Milwaukee 

 company wuli IQDU lnen.1., who, like herself, 



<>»« alarm, had and- 

 '• «»«* knew who 



slcantimc. in the paftan 



the *ra*g*r, who, after gi' 

 denly disap) I 



and of those who saw him Iff. 

 he waa or whence bt came. 



I i only hate heard the teond f k- 

 voice, 1 should know him anywhere, ' ia,4 Mr 

 Waauat, wb.ie sVasauiM lUt.Tii.oao*. who bad 

 not been there long, and who, tor some ritsnn, a\a 

 o bear much of the stranger, anggeated 

 I lava been aomc fool traveler, wfao, 

 it caring for thanks, had gone on hia way. 



1 probable and satisfactory lo all, 

 swt* Ur. WaaaavN, who ri 

 eot&eback. I > irld In offer 



bound. 



Chapter VTH.-The Party Dress, 

 It was now thtfintoi Dvoember, MiaaEidHon 



hod been gone IVi.nn huine iie.nl) three months, 

 and during this time Mr. Howmm hod spent one- 

 half of his evenings at least with Ad*laidb Hi 

 nxOTOX, who marvelled greatly that be did i 



"Cullll- In (III- p.. int." 11 ■ 



her to he his wife. Dut the promise made 



oister in urt hi- kept, *<>, in^ht niter night, li 

 mid went, wink- on hoi linger the engagement ring 

 gliiiercd ouly in fumy, mid Adslaiok, as often a 

 there came to her mother letters fn in 



fell a fresh pang »-.f (hat leal bar deception should 



be discovered ere Mr. ll.iui.iin n us secured, 



About this time there were rumors of a largo 

 party to be given bj lira, lim .. the moat fashion- 



. Unkland, and Luuwing well huw lliu 



beauty of her person would be eiilmm . .1 i-. .. lull 



\i>klai»i resolved to leave no means 



nn i ■■■■■= I ii.i il. i in mg of such a dress. "She 



.d always observed," she said, that Mr. HOWUXD 

 was unusiii'l''- 

 ally well, and then was do knowing what would 

 happen if she eclipsed all the ladies who might be 

 present at the parly." otid then, a.i day alter day 

 by, she fretted aod wondered because no 

 came frou. one ulu.. at the pi 

 designated as " Ua's prOToUng u- 



houie, with none BVH her mother to hear, was 

 lied by a different nor 



ia of no avail,— the " prOTOklng aginl " did not 



' ran dollars. 



" If I could gal the .i»W said she, " I might 



possibly manage the rest," and then, as she re- 



ibered the dainty fabric which Alics: Wa.rrkn 



had worq upon that memorable New Fear*! Ev, 



she started to her that azolalmilig, "That's Ihe 



hi the BoHow 



For a few weeks past Ur. Winu had been se- 

 verely tit, and though Alh a worked both early and 

 late, ahe could not procure for turn the little com- 

 forts which be needed and mused io much Mi-,- 

 Elisor* words 'do not neglect the blind man" 

 had been forgotten, and many a weary night bad 

 the blind man's daughter bent with aching bead 

 aod tearful eyea over the piece of svork which ber 

 increased carta bad not permitted ber to umab 

 during the day. They were indeed drinking the 

 bitter cup of poverty, and the sick man in his sleep 

 moaning sadly for aria*, which be 



the scanty fire and empty wood-box, sbe thought, 

 " They must be wretchedly poor— I dare say I can 

 get it for almost nothing " Then seating herself 

 by AlicVs side ahe told at once the object of her 

 visit. •' She bad never forgotten the beaciirul lace 

 dresa which Auca had worn on the night of her 

 party, and if there was one thing more than an- 

 other which she coveted, it waa thai. In abort site 

 wished to know if Auca bad it now, and if so. would 

 abesstt it, telling no ona, of course, that it had ever 

 belonged to bcr." 



At the tirst mention of the draw, Auca's tears 

 began to How, for 'twas almost the only relic of the 

 past which she potaeased, and now, laying bar 

 head in A pels tnii's tap, she subbed out, "Oh, AnsV 

 LAine, my mother bought il for me, admiring it ». 

 much, and con I let il go?" 



Vim Ltidw which you need the most, that 01 

 the money," waa Adilsiob's cold reply, while from 

 hi* pillow the sick man faintly murmured "i 

 tiling lo make me well." 



'Twaa enough, and wiping her tears away, . 

 took from her trunk the dress, sighing deep 

 ahe recalled the nj^bl when first and last ahe 





:$ value, saying 

 r old-faebioned, 

 it besides being 



tile pr»c« 



" I did not know it was 



out the SOft, llei er l.,l,l-, I 



On the contrary she depn 

 " il had turntd ytUoiv, v 

 and a sueond-lmud articl 



.,., ■ ■. 



win. I. .-Ii.- lun.llv otleivd, mid which 

 refused lo take. Four dollars seemed so little for 

 Hhal had Boat so much. Hut Alice's necessities 

 »■ "■ -'• ''. and when Auclaipe offered her another 

 dullor to fix the dress as it would have to be fixed 

 for b.r. she j ieldedj proiruaing to have it in readi- 

 ness and bring it home on the night of the party. 

 After tejing it oa end giving numerous directions 

 in to the change! ifii wished to have made, 

 Aoblaide arose to go, saying not a word concern- 

 ing UufNiy. With a beatiug heart Alice saw her 

 obout to leave, and though it cost her & mighty 

 effort to do so, she at last conquered her pride und 

 culching AhilaIDB'b shawl as she was passing out 

 sbe said with quivering lips, " If you only «t<7( pay 

 I ' I" i is sick and we are so 

 poor," und the little hhic-veined hands were 

 clasped Ii.'m.ti.'Iiiiil;1v together. 



"There's a tloKn.r, if that will do you any good," 

 >siid Anti.Mt.i , thrusting a lull into Alice's baud, 

 and then hurrying away. 



Sbe bud no intention wlmlevcrof cheating Alice 



out of her pay, but she hated to pari with hei 



money, and on her way home she thought of so 



many things which she mutt have, that sbe begun 



ai last in wonder II Aj tt t would not just us soon 



take aomethiog from the house, bmd, or potato**, 



toap — she heard old Panax boasting of having 



madi .. barrel ii.il, and ■ oqp wu- a wry useful arti- 



■ i- \ 1 1. i ii ii. n she brought home the 



dress!— and, feeling a good deal of confidence in 



[.I. hi, she slopped at Mr. HowtAKD'a 



site spent a portion of her remaining 



; dollui 







bk.ii. 



i 



I. n " ■. Hi. store, she met with Mr. 



., 



■ i the know how Mr. WAttftE!* was get- 



ting along, '"Tla soma timesince I was there," 



said he, "and I iliink of going round to-night. 



i- i.s.-ie!, they nn.y peihajis be suffering." 



■ not," quickly rejoined Adk- 

 -, who did in. i wish lo have him go there, lest 

 n.iihl see the drcas, and ascertain that it had 

 l in dxrea. "I buvejust been to see 

 tin-in. myat li Mr vVutBi s [a no worae, and they 

 doing very well I gave Alice some work, 

 . pa] ing hei In advance " 



'And, on the whole, yon think I had better 

 spend the evening with you I" said Mr. Howland, 

 playfully interrupting her, oa he saw that one of 

 his clerks was desirous of speaking to him. 



"Most certainly I do," she answered laugh m^tv, 

 as she passed into the street. 



And so thut night, ffhJle her father slept, poor 

 Ai.i' \\ .1 i i v trimmed her little lamp, 



ork upon the costly 

 h seemed interwovci 

 , who had bought i 

 for her. Ever nod anon, too, sbe lifted up hei 

 head and listened for the footsteps which now bui 

 seldom came that way. Not once had he been 

 than since her father's illness, and brushing awuy 



t-:.:', 



with 



cicd that the luionrs to which be had 

 onu-d would make him well again. 

 nliring petienc* ahe worked on. think 

 essay; which Asiuir.i was to pay her, 



should beeipendtd for her father' a eomfort. 



Alas for Ihe poor liltla girl, who just as it srna 

 growing dark on the u.gU of tha party, folded 

 carefully the finished dress, and then stole softly to 

 her father's bedside, to tee if he was sleeping Us 

 was very— very pale, and on bis face there 

 took like tbat of ber dead mother. 



But Alicb was not alarmed. She had never 

 thought it possible for him to die, so quiet, 

 gentle, so uncomplaining be seemed. 



" Father," abc said, " can you stay alone while I 

 carry AntLAtna ti 



than that dollar, and I will buy yon ever so many 

 nice tiling,." 



"By-and-by," 



happy days gone by. And while he talked, 

 darkness in the room increased,— tho clock struck 

 tic, and releasing his daughter, Mr. Warkek b 

 her go. 



" lie felt better," he said, " and waa not afrai 

 atay alone." 



"You must sleep till I return; I shnll not 

 gono long," wero Alice's parting words, i 

 going out, she walked rapidly iu the direeti.n 

 Un, Himi.ngtonY 



"I began I. 

 "father bos bei 



mini-; I 



nn.'.', 



ir, she sighed, " He does i 





That afternoon she had heard the rumor thut 



" "'e ].v I Mi" Hi MiMiTOS whs to be his wile," 



and though the idea that /As, little Auck Warhex, 

 could ever be aught to him, had never entered her 

 mind, the new* alleele-d h.-r painfully, and a* she- 

 ll! there alone that night, the world seemed darker, 



looked the future home of Ricuabd 



Howi 







tight t 



wing t. 



" Yea, father, I a 



" Itut I thought yon finished the v 

 -■ yon doing n 



this after 



What 



itated. .she could 



sold her party dress, neither would sbe 

 she finally said, " Amu-ims c 



while you slept, and I am fixing a dress 



Mr- KaTH* party. She gave me a dollar 

 'O, and to-morrow I shall buy you 

 >r. kU&viK says you need, and may be I'll 

 some oranges, too. Would you liki 



oranges, father?" 



ea, yes," the tremulous voice replied, and the 

 ah old man ertW, a* be thought that ti 



worse, and I could not woik 

 so fast," was Alice's meek reply, aa aba followed 

 AnaLAina iulo the sitting-room, helping her try on 

 the dress, which the petulant vouii- 1 i.h .!..-.. Un-.l 

 " didn't /; within a mile 1 'Twaa toe Mgk In the 

 neck— too long m the waist— loo tlwrt iu the Isdrt 

 — and mo4( be fixed before it was dee 



"Oh, I can't leave father so long," Bold Am i , In 

 dismay, as she thought bow much there was to be 

 doue. 



"I'll risk him," ret tuned Ahhlau-i:. ■■ An\ w.iy, 



1 ■ iiriylhiny dune, I eijieel il lo.Miitnie, 



or I don't pity, of course." 



This remark was well-timed, for Alice could not 

 go hack without Hie money, und ivilh a heavy heart 

 she sut down lu her task. But the tears blinded 



her eyes, and so impeded her pnnii.--. il !,.■ 



olook ^l rack . tgkt ere tier work was done. 



" N.iw, put these Uoweis in my hair, und h.v m> 

 sash just as yours was fixed," said the hi artli - 

 . ■ she saw Alkk abonl to Lie oa hei 

 bonnet. 



Iu a bos which stond upon the table laid the 

 -'■I glanoing al that, Auoa did whatever 



a required other, nor scarcely felt u piuii; nlien 



last the toilet was completed, and Aoklaih>- 



Nl ■-' '■■'.'■'■■ .-■- ""I I- :.■!.- I,.-, , ;,, ,;ned in the sell- 



sa which she had worn but two short 



yean ago 



nit you should dross me nil the! ," ■ lid 



ifghutelng Bomplaoontlynt herself in the 



" I in. nut nm si hi dress me,— liiotber 



litlle .iliunl .-in.'h 1 1 1 j. T r . ■ i - . uiid llieti, Im., 



she is sick up f tain with a violent headache, hul 



1 do not need yun any longer— wli at are you ivint- 

 uil; h.i ■" she continued, as Alicl made no move- 

 go. 

 n waiting for tho money, which I want so 



yes, the money," aaid Ain.nn.i., making 

 o examine the puree, which th> knew was 



: knew it, Im., nil {.... ,..„.ti. und sinking 

 down upon u little stool she Bi ii d aloudj 

 " What aball we dol The w I it 



and I bnked the lust, euke to-night. Oh, father, 

 father, iv hul will you do to-morrow!" 



Aiiklaiijb iiuNTiNOTON was not hard-hearted 

 enough lo be unmoved by tbat appeal, and forget- 

 ting entirely the toap ahe glided from the i to 



which she soon retUTJWd, bringing a basket of food 

 for Alice whom she comforted with (hi 



be paid as soon os possible 



its heed upon iu hands and 



stealthily through the door il t 



"1 the deep black eye* w 

 Kk* coadeof liTing fire' grew 

 with tears as glancing hurriedly around that r 

 Ihey aaw bow poor il was. 



"Isn't Ihere tornt/vdy here with me'' the sick 

 man aaid at last, a* his quick ear ca u ^; | 

 of breathing. " .Vrni, isn't there some* 

 be continued, while the figure on the hearthstone 

 glided noiselessly to the bedside, where it mood 

 ling piUfully upon the white, worn face 

 ip-light eliKiiiigou i I, seemed 



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ALOEEKAIC PROBLEM. 



ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, &c, IN No. 470. 



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■■id i, 



. thej n 





to herself, a* the door closed Up< Q »m 



she wished the u^</^ would send the money so sho 



could pay the debt und have il off her mind, 



Just than the Tillage omnibu stopped al the 



gate, and Ahelawb ran Tor a moment to BhOfl hei 

 mother how sho looked, then gathering an the 

 fohl.v ui' her rich lace skirt and throwing 90 hei 

 shawl, she entered the carriage and waa soon 

 rilling towards: Ihe SMne of gayBtj, while Auck 

 Waiiken- was hurrying home, a nnnie-lese terror 

 ■■!■ i H i .in her heart and vaguely whiipii iwj 

 that Iheinonuw. I'm whn h she bad been SO anxious, 

 mvjlu bring her a sorrow such as orphans only 



Chapter DE-Tha Figure on the Hearthstone. 



For awhile after Atica left turn, Ur. WaSJiM lav 

 par&etly qniet, trying to number the minutes, by 

 counting each tick of ihe clock, and then won 

 if it wete DOl time for .Uue to return. While 

 ■ ■--■ .ii ut but he 

 woke there wa* u daathllki I 



with whic 



:"''" ' " '; ! ' ' ■ li i"n pi ah 



'""■'""■» ll''e---r, li.UMf,-,:,, „,. ,| 1 , , 



:>;:%*•" ■"* ^"-^<<»,^ «.>■,.,« ,„„„ 



iHoorc'3 liiiral ^'ciu-norlfcr, 



Agricultural, Literary and Family Weekly, 

 D. D. T. MOORE, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Uffitc, Union Building), Opposite Ihe Court nW, CulTalu SI. 



Ileal Dealers, lO-DKTBR 

 0.. It Ann St., - Rose a TOUSEY. 103 Nassau Bt. 



TI. JIMS, IN AHYANTF'; 



rate-only ahfla 

 ii BabserilicraoTa 



"Auca," ho s 



[, feebly, 



entered tbe h 



be should have Ihe 



ie morrow came, and with it came the delica- 



ao long desired. But tbe sick man scarcely 



tasted thetu; "some other lime be might want 



them mow." be said, and with a feeling of dhaap- 



R s put them away, while her father, 



turning weanly upon hia pillow, prayed that the 



deep dark waters, throngh which be instinctively 



felt tbat he must ere long pass, might not be 



1 ■» there came no forebodings like 

 a|y knew ber father waa very sick. 



and throughout the room there was beard no sound 

 save the Heady licking of tho clock. 



Why then did the blind mau raise himself upon 

 his elbow and roll bis sightless ryes around that 

 silent apartment. Did As bear aughl in that deep 

 sUllocasr Uc IKom.jU ho did,— aye, he was sure 

 he did, and again he called. '• Alice, Ai.ua, arc 

 you here f" 



glided by the sick man grew delirious, talkiig of 

 the past, which seemed present with him now 

 Then, as reason fora moment it turned, be moaned 

 "Oh, Ai... r, wdl y uu never Come> The Ore is 



l I am growing cold. Oh 

 alone at last f 



So, not alone, for crouched upon thai 

 there sat a human form! 'Twos lb 

 man,— a dark, hard-featured man, and often as the 1 

 •ailing cry came from the bumble bad, , 



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