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MOOSE'S RTOAj 



ROSAMOND; 



THE YOUTHFUL ERROB 



A TAJ,!-! OF HIVERSIDE. 



tCoollnned from page 2M, last number.) 

 'Mr. IlnowxiMi," she whispered Joftly, "Ilnou 



i do not love you less." 

 * You, Itoram/tnd, you know it /" lie exclaimed, 



I fixedlynlber. "lie 





"Bui I do know it," she continued, taking both 

 his hand* in here and tanking him steadily iu the 

 *je, by way of controlling bim, should be be 

 seiied with a sudden attack, "I know exactly 

 what it is, and though it will prevent me from 

 bene your wife, it will not prevent me from loving 

 you just the same, or from living wiib you cither. 

 I shall stay here always, — and,— and, — pardon me, 

 Mr ISikjwmso, hut when you %*\furiotM, as yon 

 rou better than any 



be would rather it should be so. Life was gr 



ing more anil more a w i-:i-i..-')tne 01 



just one week ufier the library interview he rue 

 i''i 11 note in the well remembered hood-writi 

 be tusked that be might die and forget bJJ g< 

 The letter v« doled at the Springs, where & 

 Poitttl was BtU] stuyicg, though she laid >l"' 

 tended Mailing the next day for Cuyler, a li 

 oiii-of-the w*y place of Hie lute, where theic \ 

 hut little company, and aha could be quiet i 

 recruit her oerrous system. The latter had b 

 terrible shocked, i>he»oid, by bearing of bis rec 

 attempt at making lore tu Hosahoso Leyti 

 "Iu<bed," |b0 wrote, "it i B tu this very lOTB-Ol 

 ing that you owe ibis letter from me, as I decn 

 my duty to keep oontf uimliybcfure your mind the 

 fact thai /am .till alive." 



With a bloaehl d chick Mr. BROWlOItg read t 

 letter through— then tore it into fragments, in 



derjngmuOb who gave her the information. Til- 

 were uoyitw about his premises. RosAHOHD W01 



her she should 

 WoTcmber .. m 



I Iheic," she 



" lie bad grown young i 



id, and so, indeed, he bud, and Ibr rejuvenating 

 ocean continued day after day, until fee rillagen 

 ighlDglj said thai his approaching marriage 



Ilia wife when the 20th day of 

 me. That was bis twenty- ninth 

 looking into her girlish face, he 

 re not too old. lie knew she would 

 od she did, lovingly caressing hi« 



why 



he eho 



I.I 



tb 



did ii 

 had I 



t know, 



Once 1, 



vbe 





iuI he shrank 



fro 





iousd 



he knew 





1,4 



■peal 



kindly t 



hi 





nnoy 



r let I Unit -he 



- II,,.-,. 



• ariuthcr drear;, wed; v 



tl-i 





aloud. Be 



mad- man !' 



[fl looked sea 



then, in spite of himself, he laughed 

 ndera' ' 



lood why she should t! 

 m, nnil though he repented of it a( 



hope to see another day, it is not that," be s 

 "It is for worse than insanity; and, BtWAMC 

 though it breaks my heart to soy it, it is wic 

 for me to talk of loi 



;member 'bat I si 

 ndcr thought of i 



you 







*' No, -dm,— no," she cried, and laying her face 

 ii bis lop, she burst into o passionate Hood of tear.-. 

 hispercd, " or I tluxtt go mad, 



for I know I a 

 There 



i the c 



decs 



and i 



i of hii 



Ho* .wo 



tilled Ih( 

 Rising to her feci, 

 I cannot forget that you deceived mc, You have 

 wrung rrom me a confession of my love, only to 

 throw it hack upon me as a priceless thing.'* 

 Not thus would bo part with her, and grasping 



i knows I 



II..- -li.l 



■ough 



air a small, dark ohjtct c 

 aim, dropped upon the hearth, where it was bro- 

 ken in a hundred pieces. It was a vase which 

 stood upon the tabic iu the hall, and Bex Van 

 j VacuTBS'swas the hand that tbrewit! Impatient 

 at the delay, he bad come up in time to hear his 

 uncle's last words, which roused his Southern 

 blood at once, and seizing the vase, he hurled it at 

 the offender's head,— then rushing down the stairs, 

 ho burst upon bis mother with " Great Thunder I 

 mother, Uncle Ralph is making love to Rhsau.ni> 

 himself, and she likes it, too. I snw it with my 

 own cars! I'll bang myself in the barn, or go to 

 in war!" and Ben bounded up anil down 

 like au India rubber ball. Suddenly remembering 

 that another train was due ere long, he darted out 

 of the bouse, followed by his distracted mother 

 who, divining his intention, ran swiftly after him, 

 imploring lu>u U> return. Pausing for a momeut 

 as be struck into the highway, he culled 

 "l!ood-bye, mother. I've only one choice h 

 Waii! Give my love to RosAJioxn and tell her I 

 shall die like a hero. You needn' 

 if you don't want to. Goodbye." 



He turned the corner,— he bad started for Ihe 

 War, - anil mentally resolving to follow him in the 

 next train, Mrs. Van Vecbtek returned to Ihe 

 hoasc and sought her broiber. 



"IlALi-n," she began sternly, "hare you talked 

 of ioi '.'to Rosamond!" 



Mr. Uboivnino had borne so much tl 

 atartled him now, and returning her 

 Dinchingly, be replied, "I have." 



"How then, is MunEdeadV" the lady asked. 



"Not to my knowledge,— but hist," whs tbv 

 ply as Mr. UnowNiNo nodded to wan 

 Where a rustling movement was beard. 



II wu tbo »««> «.>/, coming with dust-pan and 

 brush to remove the fragments ol the vase, though 

 how she knew they were there, was a question she 

 alone could answer. For a single instant her dull 

 gray eyeshot a gleam of intelligence at the occu- 

 pants of the room, and then assum; 

 appearance, she did what she came to do and de- 

 ported. When they were again alone Mrs, Van 

 Vecutkn demanded on explanation of her brother, 

 who gave it unhesitatingly. Cold j 

 always teemed, Mrs, Van Vecoten bad some kind 

 feelings left, ond touched by her brother's tale of 

 luflcring, sbc gave him no word of reproach, and 

 •»en unbent herself to say that » brighter da; 

 ""Bbtcometohimyct. Then she spoke of Ben, 

 announcing ner determination of following bim 

 that nigh,. To th | 8 |( , ao Mr | )R0WMN(: offeferJ 00 

 •trance, and when the night express left the 



by, and then 

 idings which 

 stopped for an instant the pulsations of his heart, 

 id seut through his frame a thrill so benumbing 

 id intense thai at first pity and horror were the 

 ily dilutions of which be seemed capable. It 

 me lo him in o newspaper paragraph, which in 

 bstonce was as follows : 

 catastropbi 



it I'.iyl.-i, a 



rred on Thursday i.fi- r- 

 t lieqnenbd during the 



ihe i 







Itv, 



i too 



l-liltchiv 



folks now, ond unlike most o'hei 

 was pronounced a suitable one. Even 

 Ur*. Yah Vechtes, who had found Ben nt Lore- 

 joy'i 11 .Ul, and still remained with bim 

 ^ oik, wrote to her brother a kind of a cii^rah 

 lory letter, mi ogled with sickly, sen timental regl 

 for the "heart -broken, deserted and now 

 parted M.MUK." It was doubtful whether she ci 



i Neil 



i the i 



dlOt- , 





positively refused i 

 either, and kept her c 

 he should elope with a 

 Keene'e theatre. 

 Rosai 



id, as Ben bad 

 leave the city 

 i the wntch leal 



||UHPU H .y.. epB( 



HOMEOPATHIC I%^M El5rES> 





-I tell s. 

 v I kli. 





r_v lonely to-day." 





old be ioferto 



.early half a mile from ihe s 

 "Every possible effort wi 

 nfi.it n naie plea-iin-setker; 

 isappeaied from \ a I. ing 



yet been 



II. .mil She bad reached Cuyler oulj 

 previous, and was uiiaccompanii I bj 



whelmed with grief at itie loss oi" her unstress." 



This, then, was the announcement which e< 

 .,N,,t.'d i!.,™ liiiowMs.i, blotting out for a mo 

 ment the wretched ]nist, nnd taking him back t< 

 the long ago wben he first knewMAitin TonTEi 

 and fancied that he loved ber. She was dead nov 

 — died. Many n time be whispered that word fa 

 ench repetition the wish grcT 

 she were living, bn 

 be had not hated her so bitterly 

 Ttencd feeling which death will 





i-elf i 



niitbiiiL- 



• the hall, 



Granby a 



exciting 8 

 during t 



I lb. r 



Mr i;„ 



ITftJ I 



i the 



heraeir aloof 

 nly at the table, 

 perfectly 



e Rosavosd | lttd 

 from her guardian, meeting bin 

 where she maintained towards hi, 

 rcpcctful but rather freezing man: 

 deeply mortified to vb ' Dk Ue had won fromhtr™ 

 confession of her love, and then told bet bow use 

 less— nay, worse— bow wicked it was for tier to 

 think of him. She knew that he suffered intern?. 

 ly, but she resolutely left bim to sutler alone, and 



did bor. There had been wrong upon both sides 

 but be would rather now thai she had been recon- 

 ciled to him ere she fouud that watery grave, 

 ITuod in band with Jhese rellections came onotlmr 

 thought — a bewildering, intoxicating thought. 

 He wos frte at last— free to love— to . 



tli<\rrg R.iSAMONO. 



nd I will go to her at once," he said, after 

 the lirst hour bad been given to the dead ; " I will 

 tell her all tbe truth." 



arose to leave the room, but something staid 

 him there, and whispered in his ear, "There may 

 line mislake. Cuyler is not fur away, Go 

 ! lirst and investigate," 



r bim to will was to do, and telling Mrs. Be- 

 lie should be absent from home for a. time, be 

 started immediately for Cuyler, which be reached 

 the close of the day. Calm and beautiful 

 looked the waters of the lake on that summer 

 afternoon, and if within their caverns the ill-foled 

 Makie slept, they kept over her an unruffled wutcb 

 and told no tales of her last dying wail lo the care- 

 worn, haggard man who stood upon tbe sandy 

 beach, where they said that she embarked, and 

 listened attentively while they told him how gay 

 she seemed that day, and how jestingly she spoke 

 of the dork ihunder-head, which even then was 

 mounting tbe western hoiizon. They had tried in 

 vain to find her, and it was probable she had sunk 

 into one of the unfathomable holes with which the 

 lake was said by some lo abound, 

 waiting-maid, wepl passionately, showing that the 

 deceased must have had some f 



laughed heartily when Mr. Buo 

 Iiis sudden change in Ben, and theu 

 vilh n sigh as she thought how many tim 

 oft, good-natured heart would probably be v 

 he went bock to tbe preparations for her bridal, 

 vhich were ou a magnificent scale. They wen 

 ;oing to Europe,— they would spend tbe winter ir 

 'oris, and as Mr. Boownino had several influen 

 ial ucijuaiulunces Ihere, they would of course set 

 esolved that his bride 

 ae in point of dress, as 

 > in point of beauty. Everything 



purchased for her, and the elegance of her outfit 

 a long time the only theme of village gossip, 

 g the membcre of the household none 

 more interested in the preparations tbau 

 the girl Maria, who has before been incidentally 

 cd. Her dull eyes lighted up with each 

 new article of dress, and she suddenly displayed 

 so ninth taste in everything pertaining to a , 

 toilet, that Rosamond was delighted and kept her 

 constantly with her, devising thia new thing and 

 that, all of which were invariably tried oi 

 submitted to the inspection of Mr. BnowsiNQ, who 

 was sure lo approve whatever his Rosamond 

 And thnsgayly aped the holcyon hours, bringing 

 at last the fading leuf nnd the wailing Octobi 

 winds; but lo Rosamond, basking in the sunlight 

 of love, there came no warning note to tell ber of 

 the dark November days which were hurrying 



FiBly on. 



Chapter IX.- The Gnest a 

 The November days had come 

 as made,— the bridal veil sent I 



Old f 



, had t 



Riverside. 

 Tbe satin dress 



■me,— Ihe wreath 

 irning when the 

 ; the 



scenes of its brief reign, Mr. Browning kissed his 

 bride elect, and wiped away the two big tears 

 which dropped from her eye-tu^bes when he told 

 her be was going away for that day and the next. 



"Hut when t.. inoiiuw'a sun is, setting, I shall 

 be with you again," he said, and he bode ber quiet 

 tbe fluttering of her little heart, which throbbed 

 so painfully at parting from bim. 



"I don't know why it is," she said, "I'm not 

 one bit superstitious, but Bruno bowled so dis- 

 mally under my window all night, and when he 

 ceased, n horrid owl set up a screech. I told Ma- 

 ria, and she said in her country the cry of an owl 

 was a sign that the grove was about to give up its 

 dead, and she looked so mysterious that she fright- 





! (h.? i 



I'Ookieg upon Mr. BnOWKiXG i 

 lote mistress, she relied on him 

 when be advised her immediate i 



.nt to her 

 I Florida, 



that he turned his fuc 



i ■ 



•If v 



irds Riverside. They 



Btmddtr he 1 



■ plac 



nod with , 



i all I 



d, "No,— oh, 

 must apprise mo of it by letter, as also her Florida 

 friends,— but bury her quietly here. 



They promised compliance with his wishes, nnd 



feeling that a load was off his mind, be started i 



me. Certainty now was doubly sur. 



Mtru K wu dead, and as this conviction becan: 



'e fixed upon his mind, bo began 1 



experience a dread of telling Rosamond all. Why 



m of it, when the telling it would 



throw mirch censure on himself. She was not a 



aper render;— aba had not seen the 



nd would not see it He could tell her 



istacle to his happiness had been re- 



I '*was no longer a sin for him to 



think of her or seek to make her hia wife. AU 



.Li say to her, but nothing more. 



And all this ho did soy to her i Q ihc summer 



DOOM "I the loot .ii the garden, where be found 



listened eagerly,— never questioning him of the 

 ring to bear of it. She was satisfied to 

 she might love bim now, and with his 

 «n around her, sir; sat there olnnc 

 August moon was high up in 

 the benvens. He culled her bis "sunshine"— his 

 hing the silken curl3 from off her 

 -is-eii her again and again, telling 



that AUria is too superstitious, and I dou't 

 like you to bo with her so much," said Mr. Drown- 

 ing, his own cheek turning slightly pale as he 

 thought of the grave giving up his dead. Thrice 

 ho turned back to kiss tbe little maiden, who fol- 

 lowed liim down the avenue and then climbed into 

 a box-like Beat, which had been built on the top of 

 the gate-post and was sheltered by a sycamore. 

 " Here," said she. "shall I wait for you to-morrow 

 night, when the sun is way over there. Oh I 

 would hurry." 



ished so, too, and with another fond good- 

 bye they parted. The day seemed long to Rosa- 

 aud though she varied the time by trying 

 Ii and every one of her 

 glad when it was night, so she could go to bed and 

 sleep tbe time away. The neat morning the de- 

 of spirits was gone; ht was coming,— 

 the should wait for him beneath the sycamore,— 

 possibly she would hide to make him believe she 

 was not there, and the bright blushes stole over 

 her dimpled cheeks as she thought what he would 

 do when he found that she woe there. 



" Ten o'clock," she said to herself, as she hoard 

 tbe whistle of the upward train. "Seven hours 



Going to ber room, she took n book in which 

 she tried to be interested, succeeding so well that, 

 though her windows commanded a view of the 

 uveuue, she did not sec the lady who come slowly 

 up the walk, casting about ber eager, curious 

 glance*, und pausing more than once to note the 

 exceeding beauty of the place. Once she stopped 

 fi>r a Iool.' time, and leaning against a tree, seemed 

 to be debating whether to turn back or go on. 

 Deciding upon the latter she arose, and quicken- 

 ing her movements soon stood upon the threshold. 

 Her ring was answered by Marja, who betrayed 

 no surprise, for from the upper hall Mrs. Fetalis 

 herself w.ls closely inspecting the visitor. 



"Is Mr. Uiiowning at honieV" the lady asked, 



" Gone to Buffalo," was the laconic reply, ant 

 gleam of satisfaction flitted over the face of tbe 

 questioner, who continued, "And the young lady, 

 ' lias she gone, toor" 



"She is here," said M.u:i>, si ill keeping her eye 

 npon the shadow bgnding over the balustrade 

 "What name shall I give her;" 



"No name. J. wish to surprise ber," and po - 

 ing on iuto the parlor, the stranger laid aside her 

 hat and shawl with the air of one perfectly at 

 ng herself npon a sofa, she ex- 



• lu.'ly hjoiii. which "h. -|. c .,.. I ■• [),,'„ 

 Veher. I)»i,'| quench ihe li^tu „r thai t 



I it RU .leei-van, — Maiub PoBTIR 

 and lhou K li she reoeuled ol what th. 



''" "'■" '" break II, e li,-arl o! t U u iiiimi 



irl astonderiy aspos-iible. 



*''>' 'ire y. .u mo I .], v" „[,» said " Thi 



beautiful spot. I believe I'd lite lo live 

 lov.-ly place," answered 1 



.' nvei L-d I. 



, "We talked i 

 Tory body km 



— Mr. ti 

 h Mr j{ " 



("■ Mi. 



I'l'.n'M'pN,' 



N|u nil!-. Hi 



will ynu*> ~Ur! Bbo' 



Kuiug io,- on, I can't tell it,— but, hi 

 lortune-ielling is not true." 



"Mr. IliiowroKo and you are gnint 

 ried. la that it?" ibe woman u-k.," 

 quick, upward nhmceof her soft, loo.-. 

 iKivo replied, " Ves, that's it, — that's 

 you caul becin tu kucss how happy 

 not era:,/ either, h was som.-rloi.^ '<■ 

 don't know wha', for he new.r «,,id 

 not rare to know. The obsladc I ash. 



ecessary to your hnppi- 



.u.ky , 



"I have 



I Im.IIICI 



he n, rl.lu,,, 





"OMUCOl 



Id REMEDIE8, 



HOMtKOPATHI 



HOMOEOPATHIC REMEDIES, 



■r Colic, Griplnc, Drso 



gbt long years, but tbe sight of 



. happy, «ni M i i|ie Umv* from my stony heart a 



-'"">' "'" M l " 1 ""' I'T'-e oul tbe drops ol perei I 



.no., when the body m sb.ve-ing wnh cold I 

 us young like y«u once, mid mv bridal was 



ltd— »lu> nailed, and si^alon- i,n im, ™, i 



her m 



I always knew you had 



he had, — aye, on 



whisper, and RosAiiosn did m 







. die?" 



hear it. Her MinuglK* 



Ul , 



■■ Will ■' 





' i >'", i.-i, Willi," Mi.-,:-: PoiiTKiisaid, 

 td Hie 'Juth, peihaps jou wil. 



" Then 

 claimed, 



mo juleuf hnery to anollitr, andie-ei » 

 -l iiiipui'tjui until the very la.->(. 

 s the dinner bell," she suddenly es 

 I'll. I nut think it could be one. Onf 



more,— hut come, let us go down on. 



i. il you II never tell Mrs. Peters, no 

 I'll try on my bridal dieu and la w 



becoming. I want so much to km., 

 rose-buds iu tb 

 iiust bear that.' 



e ,ii-l 



I the 



»ed before Mr" Bra 

 lay ■ 



i vim possiblj 



i that little box whi 



o the gate-pool agi 

 ■li-:i|'].-.ii,(ed noi to Bud me there, 

 ' won l mind my learinij youiiwlnl..- 



'Certainly uot,' answered Miss Pohtbr, and the 



■■Mm; up process began, R,,, oi.,.,,, dmii,,,, 

 il> all the ,vl,-|, ; a,,.! a-king H 11 Were very fool 



. may lie y 



■llld : 



1 slu.uld i 



Can'l 





i Eryslpelaa, Erupllocj 



Te' 1 lSi r -u"" :iJI "'' J LyM m " 1E » eiiJa i *' 



( ° ■ li'""] stnr " l[ns or recent, either w 

 looplnK-Couga, abating lis violence I 



■ll-shuped shoulders w 

 ihe .Ii.--.-. showed to r-oi 

 .■■■; ovei-sknl. t,„u ,| 



; flowing curls, aud 



i I look r' she asked, but Maui 



mspci ting, who can tell of t 



she- gu/ed 

 , so innocent and 



- keen anguish at 





amiued the room ttiC uriouslvasshe had examined 

 the grounds of Rivoraide. 



seems a pity to mar all this," abe said, "nnd 

 it not that I imte bim so much, I would go 



uty would add fresh poison 



faint and nine want ihenl. 



reHected by I 



' The disrobing proceeded slowly! 



, f«o'! and foreiogdown the il,r.,l.i. 



r;;: 



OUR REMEim:* B\* 



ll^ry'a^e'lnSr 



AGEVTS WA.\TED. 



rfrleient M *nt, lot the u 

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 1m, F. RDUFBBBra t CO. 



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