MOOEE'S HUHAL MW-¥OEK£R. 



r Boating downward in airy pUj, 



■ ■ 

 milky way; 



: (In -it unal'-tttly n 

 hand In hand the puufo of life 



too, though *be might not have been in fault, did blushing d< 



■ the Mine, and now as b< though I 

 her. there waa lea* of beauty in ihe deep blue of and 1 like 

 lier eyes and tbc wavy tresses of her hail 



"Will you go in? 'Tis a 1< 



reached her mother* door. 



was accepted, : 



rben at last llioi 



i i..;., i 

 To Joy in the dark ant 

 I »ee in lliy gentle eje 



n lbs mountain tide, 



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ALICE AND ADELAIDE; 



Chapter V. -Calls. 

 " I wisn I hud gone home before," wns the ut-j» 

 Hi mi ■:,■ ..i ViiKL.unfi. who did uot care to be seat 

 b "■ i! ho, [1 might bud to gam* bfc- 

 ii which>hi iv i. ill il rather -I mold not be miidc. 



Still, l bore wu.i now uo escape, and trusting much 

 to the prsmiaa of the Wahrims, aba stepped back 



bUD 111 'I -Justus Mr. Ho wlanii opened il. Ho 



• ■ "|..l ■!■ ■■■!■- orp] iaed ut finding her there, and 

 dll I... ■!.. urpriwd when ho learned that they were 

 old acquaintances. 

 "It is kind in ii i do! I- desert them In their 



I' | ' he (hnughd god uia manner was still 



I- i ii iil.inte towards ASHLUDB, who, after 

 landing a few moments, made another attempt to 

 ' W:in Mi-- Hi m-i\i;-h)\," jioid he, it was 

 both mining and snowing when I eoine in, and 

 yon will ueetl an umbrella." 



Thin m», jmt what AntLAiDi wanted, and taking 



a seat she waited patiently uutil Mr. Uowlami 



■ o'udiutwtogo. Then, bidding Audi 



■ n d to bet loftb/, " ^ ou 



never teili say a word of father, u-iii you f 



"Certainly not," win Ai.i.k's answer, end in 



)ng arm in arm with Ui BoWLAxn, who began to 



•peak of the W Ainu's and Ihairazti ipo 



■■ ii ii eridenl they have seen belter doy*," he 

 cmn .MiM- to apeak of the 

 : hi meet with a reverse of fortune*" 

 .. nu-iit AniLAioi waa ailaot, * bile she 

 ■ n .i Qui pxopf-h U of laj inf w\ ■ 



; fPhtnh wm,-" Vi>f». — they met with 



it thty »re unwilling to talk about it. 



Her *ar nothing of a mailer which 



■ 

 ■aid Mr Bowtastn, a painful guapiciou mitring 



■ u * *fn*H Mr 1 

 ■ t" l >- bat Aantaiodi 



thing wrong. r,nd hardh kiw*^ whM hf „;,, ht 



arable?" 

 U. an^redAu.Lur.. "1 don't. 





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oneelx- .ii 

 1 



Mr Howl*m> walked on 

 feeling the while fbal aomatUng was taken frum 

 him !!.■ had beeqau 



blind riiaa, and in hit writing -desk at 

 home was a receipt in i 

 ■ 



biting 



the clock struck 



companyi ng him to the door. Adelaide said, implor- 

 ingly. " I trust you will forget our conversation 

 concerning those Wiaimi You know I didn't 

 really Uti you anything." 



Mr HoWLAXn bowed and walked away, wishing 

 in his heart that "she had not told him anything, or 

 at least had not created in his mind a suspicion 



■,:. | ,,l i||ll,r I ... hi.: .| ,,..,; I 



ill t.-.-i] was be in i"- meditations thai be did not 



at first observe Uu slender Agora which, wrapping 

 Eta thin shawl close around it, came toiling on, but 

 ■/hi ii Ml fonag gid b*d reached him and the rudo 

 north wind blew the brown curls over her white 

 face, he knew it was Alice Wabhbh, and his first 

 Impulse was to offer her his arm and shield her 

 from the storm. But Adelaide's dark insinuations 

 were ringing io bis ears, and so Alicb went on 

 alone, while the rain and the sleet beat upon her 

 hcud und the. cold penetrated through her half- 

 wom shoe.*, chilliui: her weary feel, mid sending a 

 shiver through her frame. Hut she did not heed 

 it, — did not even think of the driving storm, so 

 eager was she to lie ui home, where .-he could i.wm 

 the contents of the little box aud sec if with th 



i .■} rer-civc-d to- night there were not enough I 



pay the quarter'* rent. 



added fresh fuel to the fire, aud then 



mm|iI uji the hearth, placing her chair a little 

 nearer to bis own, so itwould seem pleasant to hei 

 when she came. Poor, helpless man ! He could 

 not see, — nay, he had never seen his child, but he 

 could fancy just how bright and beautiful she 

 would look, sitting al Ins side with the lire he had 



eamc, he elapsed her little red bunds between bit 

 own, rubbing, kissing and pitying them, until In 

 felt that they were warm. Then, seated in hi 



chair, he listened while she counted the silver coin 

 dropping it piece by piece into his palm and bid 

 ding him guess its value by its sire. It was all 

 numbered at last, und very joyfully Alice said tc 

 her father, " There is enough to pay our rent, nno 

 wc have been comfortable, too, thanks to Miss 

 Elinor, who has saved us many a shilling by her 

 timely acts of charity." 



Yes, Miss Elinor hud been (n Ihosn a ministering 

 angel, aud however much she might be disliked 



House on the Hill, she was loved and 

 honored at the Drown House in the Hollow, and 

 that night when Alicb Warren sought her pillow. 





moment Miss Eli.vob left the room, und 

 returned, the bore a basket of delicacies 



ihe breathed a prayer for the k 





Miss Ei.inou s 



VI -Pay -Bay. 

 rplea 



bit of embn 



ln-r i ii i. Me into the dainty fabric in a manner plainly 

 indicating u mind ill ut ease. And for a lady of her 

 leiiipcrnmeut, Miss Elinor wan a good deal dis- 

 turbed. During the last woek her brother had 



Hill, and though she, his sister, hud unreservedly 

 given him her opinion of the young lady Ahe- 

 laide, be persisted in saying she was the most 



u;'iii iilil.- iiml intelligent girl in Oakland. It was 

 in vain that she told him of the tvritihaad, saying 

 " she presumed they sewed secretly for u living." 



He only smiled incredulously, telling her, how- 

 ever, that " he should like AoELAinE all the better, 



l!" he found she WHS skilled in fit irt -making." 



nity of /, 



'I././.. 



,uul I 



rbrotl 



lore to see Mr. Howi.and," 

 s not there she had come 

 i find him, for she would 

 into bis hand, and know 



was this reflection which made her so ner- 



as she silt there alone that pleasatt March 



'I would rather he should marry little Alice 

 aurkx.— blind father and all," she thought, jn.it 

 the door opened softly, and "little Alice War- 



-' She had been to th 

 she said, "and as lie 

 : house, hoping 

 ' give the mom 

 there was uo mistake. 



What money, child r" asked Miss Elisor, and 



c« replied that " it was j>ay-<lay," at the same 



l* opening the little box and showing her the 



pieces of money she had saved from her earnings. 



• brother's writing-desk, but she resolved 

 lot a penny should be taken from that box, 

 ddiog Alicb be seated on a litth ,t.„,| al her 

 he told her to wait until her brother came. 



Then, when she saw how InngoJdond Lind kua 



seemed, she laid her bend upon her lap, smoothing 

 ng, brown curls until the weary ^\r\ lei I a»h ■■.']■. 



dreaming that 'twas her moUlftr'l bond whiol thai 

 iderly caressed her hair. For half an hour 

 . 1 on, and then Mr. Howi.ind came, 



treading carefully and speaking low, 



pointing to the sleeping girl, bade him not to wake 



Look at her, though. Isn't she pretty*" she 

 Bow mnd, goiing upon that 



I . !. ■! -. ■■■■. , , ..... . 



ore beautiful picture. 



I koi tfl whj the iru 



there, adding, in conclusion, "butyouwou't take 



U of coiime. You are rich enough without it, and 



■ 



"I never intended to take it," answered Mr 



..( going to his library, he soon re- 



,ed with the receipt, which ha laid within the 



Jo-t then a new idea presented Eti : 

 >t Misa Ku\o*. They would chin, 

 lh **aid, into iW/, which 



kttn bite she 

 : r s approval, 

 m<t n L eii at laat Alicb a" 



i told her errand. 



in the open door at homffand Hstei 



ips which did not often linger so long. 

 He heard them at lost, and though they were far 

 down the street he knew they were htSt, and closing 

 the- door he passed his bands carefully over the 

 tee-tablet which he himself hud arranged, feeling 

 almost a childish joy as he thought how surprised 

 Alice would be. 



"Ob, father," she exclaimed, when at lost she 

 came hoondino a fix it no nicety, 



and only think. Miss Eli\or has sentyou so many 

 good things,— here's turkey, and cranberry sauce, 

 and pie, and cheese, and jelly-cake, and white 

 sugar, — and everything! I mean, for once, to eat 

 )'ii . nachsal want," and the delighted girl ar- 

 ranged the templing viands upon the teble, telling 

 her father, the while, how pleased Mr. Howlan'd 

 was at her promptness. 



"He gave you a receipt, I suppose," Mr. War- 

 ren said, and Alicb replied. " Why, no, I never 

 thought of a receipt. I'm so sorry," and in her 

 confusion she hit her band against the hissing 

 teapot she had just placed upon the table. 



The slight burn which she received, made her 

 handkerchief necessnry, and, in feeling for it, she 

 touched the little roll which Miss Elinor, had 

 placed within her pocket. Drawing it forth, and 

 examining ils imilirils, she experienced, for an 

 instant, sensations similar to those which Benja- 

 min t brethren may he supposed lo have felt when 

 the silver cup was (..uml in their possession. 



"What does it mean?" she exclaimed, reading 

 aloud the receipt and examining the bill, which 

 amounted exactly to the quarter's rent. 



ir purse whence they e .n 

 laide trusted much to I 

 when she bade Mr. Uowland good-night, c 



little dreamed ho 



r jnind waa distracted v 



hieh to dupe Ini., ,<,|| , 



Three week*! passed away and then aa 

 iuxoa sat one evening with her brother she 

 imif Mrs. ii. ...it that day 



" Possibly, though I 1 

 Mr. Howland a 

 he neither deemed i 



icnljal for bimacJU to I 

 . be troubled about Mr 



Kus,, 



r as dollars and cents were concerned, Mi 

 t troubled, though she did thiuk it 

 mid be as prompt 



doubtful whether 

 Alicb had been. But, when, 

 proverb not necessary to be repeated here, Ade- 

 laide; came to the door, almost before her brothei 

 had ceased speaking, she began to think her sus- 

 pieinns groundless- and her manner was .[niie cure 

 dilatory towards the young lady, who, after 

 throwing back her veil of dotted luce and fidgeting 



U) 19, Sis 



MyU, 1.-,. l 



The blind 



man tntio what 



t meant, and, bowiug 



bis white he 



ed God who 



d upon his bosom, he silently thank- 

 uid raised them up friends in their 



novel effect, 



Upon Alice, the 



d, notwithstand 

 as much as she 



surprise produced a 

 to laughter and then 

 ng her intention of 



liked," she forgot to 



taste of the 



ii'igly helot! 

 almost ri.-h 



knew that tb 



nnny delicacies 

 her. In her « 



gain, and never 

 wectly than on 



e contents ofthc 



pread out so terupt- 

 stimalion tbey were 

 perhaps, came sleep 



little box was tkdr'e. 



sight when he had fov. 



had handled Ini 



mhc 



looking face, 'twas hard to believe tliere was aught 

 of evil in him, and, after receiving as best he 

 could their thanks lor his generosity, be resolved 

 to question them a little of the past, so he com- 

 menced by iiskiug Alice if she had been intimate- 

 ly acquainted w'lth Aurt iik: II i stim.tmv. 



never intimate," while at the same time she glanc- 

 ed towards her father, whose mice trembled si ie;! il- 

 ly as he rejoined, "I bad business transactions 

 with Adelaide's father, toil our families seldum 



the way to call on Auel.uok. whose eyes beamed a 

 joyous welcome as he entered the /wrier, that be- 

 ing the place where she now received his frequent 



Her mother was in the way in Ihe sitting-room, 

 she said, und whenever she had reason for expect- 

 ing him, she made a tire in Ihe parlor, shutting up 

 the stove and turning down the lamp until the 

 ringing of the bell announced lus arrival; then, 

 while old Psgot hobbled to the door, she opened 

 the draught and turned up the lamp, so that by 

 the time Mr. Howl utn was ushered in, everything 

 looked cheerful and inviting. By this means, too, 

 she escaped another annoyance, that of being 

 urged to play; for, if Mr. Howland did not see 

 the piano, he was not as likely to ask her to sing, 

 ttud she had already nearly exhausted her powers 

 of invention in excuses fur her indifferent playing 

 and the style of her music. 



" .Ma insisted upon Jkt taking old pieces," she 

 said, "but by-and-by, when she had a new piano, 

 she should do differently." 



Fortunately for her Mr. Howland was not a 

 musical man and was thus more easily deceived. — 

 On the eveniugof which we are speaking, after 

 ing awhile lo her sprightly remarks, he sud- 

 cbanged the conversation bv saving he had 

 toaee Mr. Wabbes, "and he told me : " said 

 that he once did business with your father." 

 iiing her face nwny to bide its startled ex- 

 pression Adelaiui asked bustilv, " What else did 

 a tdl your" 



d Mr. Howland. " He would 



humiliating to m 

 who does her but 



i who 



nn-k 



mummied playfully, as she saw Ihe expression o 

 Mr. HowLAND'sface. 



"Perhaps yon had better," he answered in tl 

 same strain, continuing in a more sober ton 

 "Tell your mother not to be concerned about tl 

 rent. It does not matter if 'tis not paid until II 



Adelaide drew a relieved breath, while Mn 

 ELrNOR dropped her embroidery and iiiv.-luiilanl 

 gave vent to a contemptuous "umpli." 



The s 



I thinkiti 

 f will to; 



outM-rhiiiHu-nuu,. 



Chapter VII.— The Unknown Deliverer. 



Very rapidly the spring passed away, and the I 

 sunny skies of June had more than onoetempted 

 the blind man aud his daughter istotbeopen Belds, 

 or the woods which lay beyond. Then- favorite 



what the futitr 

 afternoon they 

 ed of hi; 



sewing at bis feet, until growing somewhat ■ 

 she arose and began lo search for wild fl 

 upon the mossy bank. Suddenly espying 

 beautiful pond lilies floating upon the surface of 

 the water, she exclaimed, "Oh, father, father, these 

 must be white lilies just like those you used to 

 gather when a boy," 



er of the past, the p 



:,., | 



ght bring. Here ou 



e pleasant 



ie, and while Mr, W 



itiiENtalk- 



and his early home, 



Alice sat 



r ' Whei 



"Don't 



i-ked. an. I ;i 



Warri 



[H.l\ I. 



Bhuddi 



th an midelinnble fear. 



But Alice was not afraid, and springing li^htli 

 on the trunk of ihe tree she ventured out,— fur- 

 ;r, and further still until the lilies were justwith- 

 her reach, when, alas, the branch ngaiust which 

 s leaned was broken, and to the ear of the blind 

 in sitting on the grass there came the startling 

 cry of "/other," while a heavy splash in the deep. 

 irk water told that Alice imtgoiut [To be con- 



tUtt nub i)umnr. 



"Nothing." retume 

 >t talk of the pasl." 



should not suppose be would," quickly re- 

 joined Adelaiuk.— then, after a moment, coming to 

 i side, she continued, " Mr. Howland, I wish 



u wi.iil-l pr .■.,,/■■■ lo mention thai subject 



aiti, either to mc, or those Warkevs. It can do 

 good, and a knowledge ■>( the troth might 

 ■ i.i. | in,; estimation. Promise 

 ■, will you." 



3cr hand was laid imploringly upon his arm, 

 r handsome, dark eyes looked beseechingly into 



ould bare dune, h- i.romit'J, while Adelaide, 

 icntally congratulated herself upon the fact that 



hifl business oeraj took him to the cily where she 



lived and where ihe name of Hunl- 



yt'jn had scarcely yet ceased to be a by-word in 



e street. Mr. Howland was much pi 



rr, ahe knew, and if they could manage to keep 



up appearances a little |onger, he might be secured. 



A good story is told of a fellow in Ohio driving 

 crazy one horse wagon over a railroad track. He 

 •as run into by Ihe locomotive, his vehicle demnl 

 ished, and himself landed, unhurt, about two rodt 

 "rom the scene of the disaster. The engineei 

 ■topped the train to see if any one was killed 

 •Well, friend," said he to the fellow, •■are yon 

 badly hurt r" The reply, Yankee like. 



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 V "Why, ft i> mil); mextst 



kissed under the rose 



made an error in the above, rendering it so as 



say, "has no objection to being kissed under tl 



r is the differeni ■ ■ 



I a hog-butchery? One is an ai 



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