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, they i 



inr had fallen that 

 ,nd little Joe nit 



B laying such a 





Our young gentleniea were aimi: 

 id reading and exploring the prem 

 girls" betook ourselves to grand 

 where we were shortly joined by ll 

 herself, who could never let us be long 

 sight 



" Why, girls, how still you all are io-< 

 you dull because it is so stormy ? or 1 

 made you sleepy? Come d< 



1 play, 



I you 



I all 



ing." 



But Coi 



i ignored that plait, and the 



suggestion was that grandmother should tel! 



K story? About what? Shall it bo a love 



The majority of us were young ladies in our 

 •ens, or a trifle over, so the vote for the love story 



as nearly unanimous. We wheeled grand mother's 

 jshioned chair to the open fire and arranged cur- 

 sives around in attitudes convenient for listening, 

 jme preferring to sit upon the hearth-rug. With 

 a affectionate smile grandmother said : 



"Krrir Clover was a wild little thing, pretty 





, like 





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OUR THANKSGIVING. 



THAXKSGrvrsG in the country, at grandmother's 

 Isn't it splendid? Oure was, though I dare say ii 

 did not differ so vary much from hundreds of 

 others. 1 hope it did not for the sate of the many 

 who I should be glad to know were so fortunate. I 

 shall not linger over a description of the bountiful 

 BHppty of good things with which the pantry was 

 filled. No wouder that little Joe asked Aunt 

 Clarissa if she locked the pantry door "to keep 

 the ij <«■■, I f..< from breaking out." 



A3 you have all bad Thank wgiv ings of your owe 

 many a time, you can imagine, while 1 tell you 

 something of the plac 

 with whom we spent 



The house in which my grandmother lived, and 

 still lives, thank Heaven, is a substantial country 

 residence about twenty miles from a large city. It 



Tillage doctor, and in that capacity he managed to 

 build upon a foundation bequeathed to him by his 

 father, a pretty substantial fortune for those days. 

 My grandmother is very youthful in appearance, 

 and is not so old but she can sympathise with 

 young folks and share in their enjoyment. She 

 ing when Bhe married my grand- 

 lie-aged gentle- 

 o. She felt like 

 ) had a child of 



1 the people where and 



', ■■ : 



edate, but 



idower with three childr 



long them, but after s! 

 ber own,— and she never had but 

 down into the nicest little housekeeper and the 

 Boost devoted wife and mother. People said she 

 didn't marry the doctor for love ; no lively young 

 girl ever fell in love with a sober, quiet man, old 

 enough to be her father. Some sagely hinted of 

 an early disappointment, but grandmother let them 

 talk and took no heed. Her husband and bis chi 

 dren loved her dearly; she had everything tbi 

 heart could wish, and was always cheerful and 

 loving herself. 



So you see she was not my real grandma, on 

 my grandfather's second wife, but her slep-childr. 

 regarded her as a mother, and we would not have 

 thought her less than a grandmother to us for 

 anything in the world. Aunt Claiubsa was her 

 only child, and being the youngest and the last one 

 married, had always lived at home. Little Job, 

 his sister Kate, grandmother's namesake and a 

 yearling baby, made up Aunt Clarissa's jewels. 



Some of the guests arrived the night before the 

 great anticipated day,— Uncle IIoiiace and wife 



twenty yetrs of age. My father and mother, two 

 brothers and a sister, nearly filled the house by 

 ten o'clock on Thursday morning. Uncle Jonx's 

 family had not come, but we were expecting them 

 in the nest train from the- city. It had begun to 

 snow very fast, but we felt so sure that that would 

 make no difference, that a party of us set out for 

 the station to meet them. Aunt Jane and Cousin 

 Helen were on hand promptly, but no Uncle 

 John. He had been detained by urgent and unex- 

 pected business, and would drive out, if possible, 

 in^ ime for dinner. So we consoled ourselves us 

 able. Uncle Jons, though a 

 means " as grave as a judge," 

 : favorite with all his nephews 

 had married a beautiful aud 

 phislicated 



flourished long since her day. Of course she had 

 plenty of beaux, and some said she was a bit of a 



though they must have been the eD 

 oneB, for with all ber faults, Kittt had a 



"Though her plump and well-rounded little 

 figure, in a neatly- fitting dress, combined with her 

 fair complexion and blue eyes to form a 

 attractive picture, Kittv possessed some 

 solid attractions, which doubtless had their full 

 weight with her rustic vassals. Farmer Clove* 

 was well to do in the world, his acres were broad 

 his barns were large, and his good, old, honest 

 heart was larger. Kittv was the only child which 

 was left to bless his fireside, the others slept 

 beneath the green grass, or the fading leaves, or 

 the deep snows on tbe hillsides, aud bis dear and 

 faithful wife was an invalid who never went beyond 

 the home which Kitty's active industry and youth- 

 ful spirits made so comfortable, 



" Kitty's knowledge of the world was not limited 

 to the retired village which contained her home. 

 Before her mother required so much of her atten- 

 tion she had been away to boarding-school, and 

 with her ready intelligence she soon made herself 

 one of the most accomplished girls in her native 

 town, and 'a capital match for somebody,' so the 



"I suppose Heath Bell agreed with them, and 



with tbe sclf-satisl'uciiuu uhkh ol'icn accompanies 

 youthful ordor, ho considered himself to be that 

 somebody, and bestowed his attentions Accordingly. 



With an niry motion, and a smile nnd nod for 

 rybody, she entered the school-house, but all 

 while she win giuriein^ hurriedly around to 

 if Hbath was there. By-tbc-way, girls, when 



see a young girl more than usually talkative 



mirthful in a company where there is ono 

 >m she has wronged or quarreled with, rely 

 n it he is never absent from her thoughts. 



Heath wasn't there that night, and Kitty 

 ig vexed thereat, grew silent and short, aud 

 reaching home dismissed Mr. Ban number 



quite unceremoniously, for which he retalia- 

 by telling Heath next day that he waited on 

 in the spelling-school, and found ber company 

 t agreeable. 



So n«ATii stayed away, and she only saw him 

 burch, when he didn't appear to see her at all. 

 It was very hard, and in private Kittv shed 

 e bitter tears, though if she had seen him the 

 t instant, she would not have made the slight- 

 Proud, per- 



est advance toward a 

 verse little heart! SI 

 for her owu conduct 



all sorts of e 

 i unjustifiable. To 

 aa to ner chagrin, Polly Anthws, an officious 

 nd very intimate friend, as she called herself, 

 'as so kind as to tell her that report said that 

 Ieath Bell was waiting on Mary Golo, a gay, 

 iddy girl, whom Kitty detested. Polly said he 

 ad been seen to go there as much as twice a week, 



"After Polli 



that anybody c 



uld see, and ne 



happy as when 





ordsbip. Hewa 



one of those quie 



i mark their lives by rule aud compass.' 

 vas some fun iu teasing him, she said, be 

 so seriously. But with all her coquetry, 

 little quarrels which they had from time 

 , Ins visits still continued, aud the neigh- 

 opbesicd a weddiog at farmer Clover's. 

 ' their thoughts, but with a knowing 



shake of ber head and 



her eyes, she said to herself—' K< 



friends— I'm not cought yet.' 



*' Now, Heath Bell bad a coi 

 bury Bell, a sprnce and hund 

 kept the village drug store. I 

 older than Heath, and had the i 



addre 



t my good 



milage of li 



germ, 





wealthy woman, 

 minds had looked 

 of our ideas of a I 

 story-books. Of 

 tbe modeJ had 

 Cousin Hblex, their only child 



the warm heart of her father 

 stateliness of ber mother, fler 

 talents had been cultivated until * 

 accomplished young lady. 



~~ inrur passeth all attempt 



childhood 



of rank, BU eh as wo found in 



'• bowiTw, the grandeur of 



somewhat diminished. 



id iu herself 



:d equally sensible of Miss Kir 

 ■s considered by all but herself, 

 In her secret heart sbe consi 

 shallow coxcomb, and would have remained an 

 maid — much as she dreaded such a fate — soo 

 than bave married him. But she encouraged 

 acquaintance, partly because it amused ber to 

 the annoyance of sundry maidens who were 

 foolish as to admire bim, and partly because it i 

 'good fun' to play him off against Heath; 1 



liking it none the better on that account. 



"Heath was of rather a jealous tempcrame 

 and found plenty of food for it in tbe variety t 

 quantity of attentions which Kitty constan 

 received. There was young Ivy Green, who p 

 tested in lisping tones that be would die for 'M 

 Kitty if she thaid the word;' and Nabcis: 

 White, whose father kept a green-bouse, used 

 send her choice boquetfl, and then cull to wee if t 



iad gone, Kitty had a. good cry 

 all to herself. Then she grew angry. Sbe knew 

 bear Mary Gold, he had said so 

 If he went there it was iu the 

 hope of makingAer jealous. However, she wasD't 

 sure he did go, but he would see that she could 

 do without him, easily. 



'Mai 



rithit 



light 



ver's, and one Sunday c 

 the parlor window, thinking how lonely the S 

 d*y evenings seemed now, she was startled 

 the sight of Heath Bell. He bad paused, t 

 was intently gazing at her. She blushed crims 

 and her heart beat quickly, for she thought at fi 

 in; but uo, he passed, i 



r Clo- 



running to an« 

 Mr. Gold's boi 

 night sbe lay t 



- hit 

 momenta after. That 

 i her lonely pillow, and 

 iro aod anrefreshed appearance was 

 ■m morning, she said she could not 

 d the moonlight in her room kept her 



"There was to be a grand cherry party on the 

 4th of July that year, and Kitty had looked for- 

 ward to it for a long time. Now she no longer 

 eared to go, but thinking that Heath would prob- 

 ably wait upon Mary Gold, she determined to do 

 so, if only to show him how Utile she cored. Her 

 devoted Caxtebboby was the first to offer bis 

 escort, and she accepted bim solely because she 

 thought bim the mo3t disagreeable admirer iu her 



" Here, again, she bad miscalculated, for though 

 Heath was there, he bestowed his attentions upon 

 Lily Vale, the swe* J nod modest daughter of 

 their clergyman. HH'uoticed Kitty's pre 

 only by a formal bow io reply to ber nonchalant 

 salutation, and as they parted, Kittv could not 

 help comparing herself to the gentle Lily and 

 felt humbled. 



"Throughout that unhappy day Kittv kept 

 hoping that something would occur to bring them 

 together, and that Heath would make Bome ad- 

 vance ; but they seemed fated not to meet. Ouly 

 once, as she stood near a large tree, a little apart 

 from ber companions, sbe turned suddenly and 

 Ieath leaning against tbe tree on the other 

 Ho had not observed her, and hastily obey- 

 er first impulse, she moved away. In after 

 she often recurred to that moment, and 

 thought, ' Ah, how much better for us both would 

 t have been, had I silenced my proud heart, aud 

 ;oing to him, inquired in what I bad offended I* 



"Such reflections were generally put to flight, 

 ?ben sbe considered that they bad never been 

 ngnged, and, except so far as they understood 

 ach other, there was nothing binding in their 

 elations. Connected by a link so slender as to 



i^i^zi: 



e that he would ever retur 

 conscience, which had fo 



" Two days from 

 answered thus: 



the date of the note it w 



Wlta regard to loo ctia 



irglve ia joii, though bad y 



"Thai 



doctor I 



. for Kn 

 ought i 



>wful Thanksgiving at Farmer 

 ■ lay i 



mil i. le*. 



Ih, 



had been brought on by weak- 

 ness, ana too frequent exposure and exertion ia 

 attending the religious meetings, in which Kitty 

 hud ot late felt a deep interest. So great had 

 Bess to attend them, that ber pa- 

 deny her tbe privilege. 

 recovered her health she seldom 

 exuberance of spirits once so natu- 

 ral to her, but there was a gentle womanliness 

 about her, that was quite as pleasing. As she 

 united with the church soon after, most of her 

 friends nscribed her altered manners to that cause 

 and they were right in some degree. 



"The change in her prepared them somewhat 

 for the event which shortly look place— namely. 



lnTil her i 



l.l.llu.l I. 



her mar 



iage 



to a per 



on very differ 



ut from any 













shook their 







ively wh 



n they beheld 







Perd 



y Wlnkl 









to be he 



lath 











" Why, gra 



dmother 



1 That 



H tOf 







■ k 1, 





him, do 







"I do 



'tpr 



tend to say," rep 







sagely. 



"Su 



b things 



are not 



m,... 



sible, when, 







use, the 





n di< 



not look so 



old, and 





?Ood, an 



kind, a 



d in 



nil rex pec Is 



tmsiwo 



thy. 



I rather 



think K 



tty did lov 



but for a 



1 tha 



I do no 



advise l 





■Is to follow 



her exa 



nple, 



even should you 





a youthful 



iBei 





sible, i 



r that ii 



i suffered a s 



sred. 





othci 



Br 



itniles, and poor Heath netdori 

 called without finding oDe or more of them present 

 " There was a spelling-school — you've heard o: 

 such things, I dare say— every week in the school 

 house about half a mile from Kmr's. Sbe had 

 been unusually gracious to Heath for some time, 

 g her tbe night before the spcl- 

 accompanied him to the door, 

 taking care to close tbe parlor door behind her. 

 Encouraged by her manner, his parting was more 

 ipressive, and he begged the favor 





of her comp 

 cuscd herself oi 

 but really to dai 

 see were rapidly 

 "The next eve 



■ full,,. 



She 



liniM * 



i.n.U 



Kitty lighted tl 

 sbe had told Hbath that she would go to the 

 spelling-school. Sbe had scarcely thought so 

 when a chaise drove into the yard, and Mr. Can- 

 tcrbory Bell boned himself in. In the must 

 affable manner ho greeted her father and mother, 

 and asked the privilege of taking Miss Kitty to 

 spelling-school. Neither father nor mother knew 

 of her refusal to go with Heath, and urged her to 

 accept, telling her sbe must not stay at home all 

 "ie time. The idea entered her liltlowicked brain 

 iat it would be such a good joke to see Heath's 

 jrpriae when she should come in with his cousin, 



ere pang, while gradually the 

 each was widening, though both were too proud 

 to offer to lessen it until they could be certain of 

 the wishes of the other. 



" The summer waned, and with it the roses on 

 Kitty's cheeks. People remarked ber paleness, 

 butshe was well, 'perfectly well,' she said, and 

 her eyes beamed as brightly, ber voice was as 

 gentle and sweet as ever, while her laugh among 

 her young companions was more gay, though lesB 

 frequent than before. In her own quiet home, 

 with no curious eyes upon her, ber mother s 

 that her step grew less elastic, and that wl: 

 spoken to, she started sometimes as if recalled 

 from some far land of dreams. 

 "Now I am not goiDg to tell you how she pined 

 ly like a wilted bud, and died at length of a 



meed the last words, I stole t 

 hasty glance at Cousin Helen, and noticed thai 

 her large, dark eyes, apparently fixed on vacancy, 

 were shining with crystal drops. 



There is a wee bit of romance about this Cousin 

 Helen of ours. There always is, you know, about 

 stately, handsome cousins. 



Her father had a ward, young Robert Fielding 

 a fine, manly fellow, whom we all loved, and 

 thought (to ourselves) was au excellent match Tor 

 Helen. As uncle John lived at qniteadis 

 we did not have a chance to observe matters very 

 closely, but just as we bad made up our i 

 that everything was in good train for the desired 

 consummation, off went Robekt very suddenly 

 New York, and had not been seen by us sin< 

 while Helen was statelier than ever when we st 

 and resented all our jokes with hen 

 Rodent's disoppearance. I had formed my or 

 iMiijfc hires, and subsequent events confirm. 



MISCELLANEOUS ENIGMA. 

 « composed of 8 letters. 



ILLUSTRATED REBUS. 



GEOMETRICAL PROBLEM. 



: before tea, Cuumii II,i 



, had < 



nted to play f 



midst of that beautiful Gei 

 Swallows," when there was 

 s children, and uncle John i 

 ia shoulder and auott 

 And who do you thi 

 Why, Rodeht Fieldii 







this discovery, 

 get up one. Cousin Hi 



:h as the rest of us did, and 



I had occasion to enter t 

 merly been tbe doctor's 

 blazed upon the hearth, ai 



)om which had for- 



ly. A bright fire 



ond the wintry moonlight 



,nce was unperceived by two figures upon 

 ofa, and I beat a hasty retreat just as cue of 

 said in a snbdued and tearful voice, "I 

 ', Robert, that it was but a trifle, not worth 

 ■eling about, but if sorrow could do it, I have 



broken 

 cers, for I 

 blood. I think Sha 

 of them as of men, 



I leave such thingi 



lof £ 





ot sure that's quite it. I haven't read Shaks- 

 i much lately, but when I was a girl I didn't 

 any better reading, except my Bible. 

 eur me, children ! It grows late, and I must 

 cut my story short. 



One day towards the last of October, when 

 rr was feeling more than usually deputed, 

 under the influence of the general decay 

 around her, she penned a little note and sent it to 

 u Bell. This is what she wrote ; 



ma rememhei u 





"She* 





rt tiri 



Thanksgiving wi 

 many of you thir 

 the world over, t 



Cousin Helen— our qutm- 

 d her? I never asked, but 

 went to her weddiog about 

 lit spring, and the bride- 

 ely, the rioh old bachelor 

 ne been trying to win her 



i-pla. 



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ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS, Ac, LN No. 613. 



AnswiT In flcicrophical Eolgma:— An editor's office 

 Answer to Miscellaneous Enigma :-Flety Is the best 



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