mm 
mediately ; and if, on our arrival, avc find 
lliej' have purposely neglected us, it will 
then tie time to stand on our dignity.” 
Pauline drew angrily away from her 
cousin, and was declaring her determination 
to die rather than go a step towards her un¬ 
cle’s, when the man in the farmer's dress 
walked up to her and inquired if they were 
the young ladies who were going to Mr. 
HERBERT'S. 
Pauline stepped hack, find her haughty 
eyes surveyed him with a far away sort of a 
glance, as if he was an object too mean even 
for scorn; and -then, without deigning loan- 
ewer, she leisurely turned away. 
Maggie, however, came quickly forward 
and explained imillers. She was then in¬ 
formed hy l.ho man that their uncle having 
been unexpectedly called from home had 
commissioned him to he their escort; and 
pointing to a bridge a lew rods distant, he 
said he was to row them from there light 
to the foot of their uncle’s garden. 
Pauline consented (though with a very 
had grace) to accompany this “ fellow,” as 
she called him, and complained angrily that 
such a “clod” as he had been sent to he 
their escort. 
Wc will describe tbe cousins as they stood 
awaiting the return of the man who had 
gone to arrange their baggage. They were 
brunettes, of the same bight, were both 
beautifili, yet as strikingly different in ap¬ 
pearance as they were in character. Mag¬ 
gie, the junior hy several months, was slen¬ 
der, lithe and willowy in form and move¬ 
ment, and her soft., dark eyes beamed kindly 
on everybody. PaulINIC was a grand wo¬ 
man, and looking at her one realized the 
full signification of the term “queenly;” 
her lustrous black eyes never, in their Icn- 
dcrost moments, had any of the peculiar 
softness of her cousin’s,and when their proud 
composure gave way to anger, they would 
have been admirable in a Medea. 
When they reached the bridge, the man 
descended the steps and turned to assist 
them into the boat. Maggie came first, and 
was lifted into the scat with a skill that 
could not he outdone hy the most accom¬ 
plished cavalier. She looked imploringly 
at Pauline, who stood gathering up her 
skil ls without noticing the man, as he stood 
Availing to assist her in also. After arrang¬ 
ing her drapery to her satisfaction, she was 
about to enter the boat, when he look her 
arm to support her. She turned on him 
haughtily, and said, “ 1 will demand your 
assistance, sir, when I require it.” And be¬ 
fore Maggie could offer a word of remon¬ 
strance, she stepped into the boat, bringing 
such a sudden weight to hear on one side 
that Lliey avci’C both nearly precipitated into 
the water. 
Maggie looked anxiously at the man, 
feeling heartily ashamed of her cousin’s 
proceeding; she saw his face color holly, 
hut otherwise ha did not scorn to mind the 
treatment he had received. 
“ flow could you let the creature touch 
you, Maggie?” asked Pauline. But Mag¬ 
gie could not answer; for just then the 
"creature” stopped into the boat, and in a 
few minutes they Avere gliding rapidly over 
the liver. 
Maggie Avas anxious to atone for her 
cousin’s ungraciousness as far as possible, so 
she chattered with the man in a graceful, 
kind Avny, despite frequent nudges and 
frowns from Pauline. 
“He’s real nice,” she thought, ns they 
stepped out on her uncle’s grounds. "1 
Avomler who he is?—a neighbor of uncle’s, 1 
suppose.” Just then he removed his hat to 
Avipe away the perspiration which Was run¬ 
ning down Ids face in little rivulets, from 
the exertion of rowing, and Maggie was 
struck by his line appearance, lie was not 
positively handsome, hut lie had a striking, 
manly face,''villi nsomething about it which 
she fell to he far more preferable than mere 
beauty. As lie replaced his hat his line gray 
eyes met hers, and she Avab sure lie read llie 
tenor of her thoughts from the manner in 
Which she found herself staring at him. 
Pauline turned to him imperiously and 
ordered him to the house ahead of them to 
inform their aunt of their arrival. When he 
had gone, she turned angrily to her cousin, 
and said:— “Maggie, I am thoroughly 
ashamed of you; you seem to have no idea 
of your oavu or the family dignity. Yon 
fraternize with every straggler that comes 
in your way. The idea of your hobnobbing 
with a fellow like that!” 
“ Pauline, he was evidently a gentleman 
and 1 was very much pained at your rude¬ 
ness to him.” 
“A gentleman, indeed! his appearance 
indicates it. 1 think," said Pauline, sneer- 
ingly. “ And as for my rudeness, as you 
call it, Avhen a hogt rotter like tiiat presumes 
Avitli me, I will punish his impudence as he 
deserves.” 
Their Aunt met tbom on the piazza and 
greeted them in a loving, motherly manner. 
After kissing the girls cordially she exclaim¬ 
ed, “ IIow handsome you have both grown ! 
I knew Pauline would he beautiful; but 
Maggie quite astonishes me.” And she 
drew them into tbe bouse and, while they 
were laying ofl their hats, questioned them 
about their journey and regretted their 
uncle’s inability to meet Ihcm. " But,” she 
said, “ he knew you would he in good hands 
Avith the person he sent for you ; you found 
him very kind did you not girls?” 
“Very,” said .Maggie. But Pauline 
turned to the mirror and said nothing. 
“ lie is a friend of your uncle’s,” continued 
their aunt, “ and a very estimable young 
man. As he is to make us quite a long visit 
1 trust you will both make it pleasant for 
him. And now, girls, 1 have something to 
tell you. You remember your uncle’s ward, 
Oscar Lynn ?” 
“ Oli, yes ;” they exclaimed in one breath. 
" Well, you know Avhen he attained his 
majority he came into possession of a splen¬ 
did fortune; since then lie lias been travel¬ 
ing; first in this country, and then abroad; 
lie is >)oav in Boston, and promised to he 
with me in September, but on bearing that 
you were to spend the summer with me, ho 
changed this plan, and Avill he hero next 
Saturday at six. You may judge from that 
how desirous he is of seeing you. The last 
time lie met you was at a party on Pauline’s 
twelfth birthday. Since then lie lias never 
ceased to remember her and what a regal 
little lady she was, even then. My little 
Maggie docs not seem to have impressed 
him so strongly; he merely remembers tier 
as a pale little girl, always doing .something 
for somebody, hut now, Miss Pauline, you 
are likely to have a powerful rival in your 
cousin.” 
"Oli, aunty!” laughed Maggie, "how 
ridiculous! I’m never looked at a second 
lime when Pauline is by, and I have made 
up my mind that I am a very mediocre,sec¬ 
ondary sort of a person, and yield ull the 
honors to Pauline without murmuring.” 
They were shown to their room to prepare 
for tea, and while they were dressing, kepi 
up an animated conversation. 
“Just think, Maggie,” said Pauline. 
“llis fortune is immense, and I have made 
up my mind to become Mrs. Lynn.” 
“But, Pauline, bow do you know wheth¬ 
er you will like the gentleman?” 
“ Nonsense, you little goose! Do you sup¬ 
pose 1 am thinking of Hull? It istlie foHuuc 
and the position in society 1 am thinking of. 
It, really makes very little difference Avlmt 
kind of a man a woman’s husband may he, so 
long as lie has plenty of money; for then so¬ 
ciety comes between them so that,,.personal¬ 
ly, he is of minor importance. But you, 
Maggie, Avitli yourlove-in-a-cottugc notions, 
cannot comprehend that.” 
“No, my dear, I confess I cannot, for in 
my poor judgment a husband should consti¬ 
tute the most important part of his wife’s 
society." 
“ I hope you will get rid of such absurd 
notions some time, Maggie. You ought to 
I m ashamed of your milk-maid sentimental¬ 
ity, instead of parading it on all occasions 
as yotl do. But when I am Mrs. Lynn you 
shall come and live with me until—” 
“1 find tlial cottage Avitli some one to 
love in it,” interrupted Maggie, laughingly, 
" Yes, 1 suppose long before that yon Avill 
have fallen in love with that clownish pro¬ 
tege of uncle's, down stairs. It would be 
just such a freak ns 1 should expect from 
you—and be will take yon away to bis rural 
paradise in Lynnkam or Orahlown, or a place 
Avith an equally euphonious name. You 
may then enjoy love in a cottage to your 
heart’s content, and nil the. pastoral delights 
attendant upon such a life; such, for in¬ 
stance, as milking cows, feeding pigs in 
your hare Iceland a red flannel petticoat. 
But if you can withstand that Apollo’s 
blandishments or he yours, until I am Mrs. 
Lynn, you will have a dilfcreut future be¬ 
fore you.” 
“But. Pauly, dear, don’t you think your 
manner of disposing of the young gentle- 
mail—Mr. Lynn, I mean—is rather prema¬ 
ture? You remember the old saying, dear, 
about counting one’s chickens before they’re 
hatched” 
“ For shame, Maggie, Avhat slang ! Be 
sides, you heard av hut. mint said about the 
impression 1 have already made upon him, 
and I flatter myself it will he an easy matter 
to do the rest." (Here Pauline glanced 
exultantly at the superb reflection in the 
mirror before her.) “ Yon know, dear, when 
1 thoroughly make up my mind to accom¬ 
plish an object there is ‘no such word as 
fail.’ 1 led that Hie golden opportunity of 
my life is coming to me in the shape of Os- 
gau Lynn’s fortune, and I am determined to 
grasp it and win Avhat my ambition de¬ 
mands.” 
Their uncle met thorn in the tea-room and 
greeted them in his jolly, informal way, giv¬ 
ing them both a resounding kiss on each 
check, and then, hy way of introducing his 
friend, said, “ Ramsay, my two girls from 
the city. Aint they beauties?” 
As Mr. Ramsay bowed Ioav, without an¬ 
swering their uncle’s rather embarrassing 
question, Pauline gave a hardy perceptible 
inclination of the head and then turned her 
back on him. During the meal she lost no 
opportunity for treating him Avith marked 
contempt; this her uncle did not seem to 
notice, but kept drawing her into direct con¬ 
versation wilh him. 
“ Now girls,” lie blurted out, “ Ramsay 
wants a wife; and lie is going to carry one 
of you ofl' with hint. Which one av i 11 it he? 
Ramsay, coute? I say, Pauline. Hey 
Pauly ?” 
There was a general laugh, during Avlticli 
Pauline remained scornfully silent. She 
could have struck her unde, so great was 
her indignation, 
"As Maggie has a decided predilection 
for rural wains, she is more likely to he the 
honored one,” she said in a measured tone of 
hililig sarcasm; and the expression of her 
face gave additional emphasis to her winds. 
An awkward silence followed. Maggie 
colored hotly and Mr. Ramsay, with an 
amused expression on his face, looked steadi¬ 
ly into liis teacup. Mrs. Herbert grace¬ 
fully changed the subject, and all went on 
as before. 
Tbe day of Mr. Lynn’s expected arrival 
came, but instead of him came word that 
business would detain him a Avhilc longer— 
perhaps until September, as he at first sup¬ 
posed. 
Great Avas Pauline’s chagrin and disap¬ 
pointment. She was impatient to secure her 
prize—and then, too, she was really lonely, 
for to her great disgust, a mutual liking had 
sprung up bet w een her cousin and Mr. Ram¬ 
say, and as she persistently refused to hold 
any conversation wilh that "clod,” lie fre¬ 
quently Came between her ami Maggie’s 
society. 
One evening Maggie and Mr. Ramsay 
bad strolled down to the river and sealed 
themselves on an old boat thrown up near 
the bank. The moonlight was glorious, and 
no sound but the soli plush, plush of the wa¬ 
ter broke the profound hush around them. 
Maggie was thinking thoughts she almost 
trembled to think, lest, hy a sort of magnet¬ 
ism, they might be transmitted to the man 
beside her; for she Avas thinking of him— 
thinking bow completely lie bail become a 
part of her happiness; and how great a part, 
she realized with a pang when she thought 
of the separation so soon to come. At length 
her companion broke the silence. 
“Maggie," lie said. She started,and her 
heart gave a great wild leap ; it was the first 
time he had called her by that name. "Mag¬ 
gie, you told me something this morning, 
Avliich has troubled me ever since—that is, 
that you have hut a little while longer tore- 
main here. It will make a great blank in 
my life when you are gone,” ho continued, 
taking the lilllo let! rested on the 
rough hoards beside him ; *hc did not with¬ 
draw it, so he sLil! conlimicd. "There has 
been a great battle going on in my mind to¬ 
day, Maggie, between Love and Doubt; 
Love hade me disregard all obstacles; but 
Doubt whispered, ‘ Perhaps Love is pre¬ 
sumptuous.' Do you think it presumption 
for me to ask you to be my Avife, Maggie?” 
llis grip lightened on her hand, and lie bent 
toward her with a look of eager supplica¬ 
tion in Ms eyes to catch her answer. 
“ No,” she said, "1 do not think it pre¬ 
sumption.” 
He made a quick move to draAV her to 
him, and paused. 
" Can you love me, Maggie ?’’ he asked, 
as if not quite sure of his happiness. 
“I do," she answered, quickly. 
As they walked toward the house that 
evening, her lover said :—“ What if this 
Oscau Lynn, avIio is coming, should fall in 
love with yon, Maggie? He is rich, you 
know, and I am poor.” 
“ Oh, lie AA'on’l,” laughed Maggie, merrily. 
“ Besides, he is for Pauline, you know.” 
" Indeed !” 
“ Oli yes! lie always admired her. And 
then, Pauline is so ambitious, it would he 
just the tiling for her to marry a fortune like 
that. In fact, she has quite set her heart 
upon it.” 
Her lover pressed her hand and said, 
“illy darling, how blest I am in winning 
you simply through your love for me, and 
in tlu: knowledge that there is not a gross or 
sordid motive in your heart. Such love 
deserves lobe rewarded; and you will yet 
have a fortune equal to that so coveted by 
Pauline.” IIu made one request before 
they parted for the night; it. avus that she 
would not mention their betrothal to any 
one until lie gave her permission. She 
granted it readily, and after receiving his 
good night, hurried to her room to be alone 
with her happiness, leaving him on the 
piazza Avitli tier uncle, av ho had just come 
from the village. 
“ He is coming to-morrow. Maggie,” said 
Pauline, coming in soon after. 
“Who? Mr. Lynn?” 
“Of-course! who else? It seems 1 am a 
true prophetess, Maggie,” she continued. 
“ I told you, you would fall in love Avith 
that rustic Adonis, Mr. Ramsay, and you 
arc evidently fulfilling my prophesy.” 
“Oh, Pauline!” 
“Oh, yes 1 you may exclaim; but just 
look at your face, all in a perfect blaze. I 
admire your taste, miss, but I advise you to 
nip this pretty romance in the bud, or the 
companionship of a love like that will unfit 
you for the society of a gentleman.” 
“ Pauline, you arc speaking in a coarse 
and unjust manner of a gentleman whom 
you do not and will not know. Henceforth 
as you value my friendship, forbear giving 
utterance to your opinion of him in my 
presence.” 
Pauline was silent through sheer disgust. 
The next day she made an elaborate toilet 
for the reception of the expected guest. (She 
was confident of success in winning him. 
“ You Avill soon have a chance to con¬ 
gratulate me, Maggie,” she said," on be¬ 
coming the mistress of a splendid fortune; 
just think, dear, how 1 can realize all my 
dreams of magnificence, I Avish you had 
one-lialf the ambition that 1 possess, you 
would then exert yourself to make a brilliant 
match and do credit to the. family.” 
“ My dear cousin, when I make a' match,’ 
as you call it, it will he very brilliant indeed, 
to me, if the man whom 1 marry loves me, as 
well as I will have to love him,before be¬ 
coming liis wife; with that assurance I could 
almost he happy in that rural paradise you 
pictured one day.” 
“ Maggie, do not offend my ears wilh the 
expression of any such low-lived ideas, 1 
beg of you. Keep up an appearance of re¬ 
spect for the family, even if you do not feel 
it.” 
As the}' passed down the stairs they 
caught a glimpse of an elegantly dressed 
gentleman through the parlor door, stand¬ 
ing Avitli liis hack towards them, looking 
out. of tbe window. Pauline flushed ay jib 
satisfaction at the sight. 
Maggie stepped back, that Pauline 
might enter the room first and overwhelm 
Oscau Lynn at once with her magnificent 
beauty. 
Pauline swept into the parlor with a re¬ 
gal air—Hie gentleman turned, and avus be¬ 
ing presented hy their aunt, when Maggie 
saw the color rush to Pauline’s lace, as if 
she avus suddenly pained or surprised, and 
looking quickly from her to the gentleman, 
she encountered the eyes of her lover fixed 
lovingly and triumphantly upon her. Bhc 
looked in astonishment from him to her 
aunt, as if seeking an explanation ; her look 
avus so irresistibly comical that even Pau¬ 
line laughed at it with the rest. 
“ I do not wonder that you are astonished, 
my dear,” said their aunt. " lie has been 
deceiving you ; it Avas just like one of his 
wild tricks." 
" How could you ?” said Pauline, look¬ 
ing at him with all her dangerous fascina¬ 
tion in her eyes. 
He laughed gaily and went over to poor 
bewildered Maggie. 
“ Mr. Ramsay,” she murmured. 
“ No, not Mr. Ramsay,” he said taking 
her hands in his, “but Oscau. Lynn; you 
must not forget Hint I am Oscau, not Mr." 
Then turning to each one in succession Avitli 
Maggie still hy the hand, he said “ Mother, 
Father, Miss Vernon, (his is my wife that 
very soon is to be." 
Mrs. Herbert caught Maggie in her 
arms and cried over her, and Uncle Silas 
was boisterous in liis delight, and behaved 
very badly. But Pauline turned like mar¬ 
ble; no word of congratulation escaped her 
lips, which were closed w ith a terribly hard 
expression; she gave one fierce, vindictive 
look at the happiness of Oscar and Mag¬ 
gie, and swept from the room to writhe 
alone under her punishment. 
-»♦ » - 
THEY SAY. 
They say—A more sneaking, coAvardly, 
fiendish liar than “They say,” does not. ex¬ 
ist. That personage is a universal scape¬ 
goat for personal gossip, envy, and malice; 
without form of flesh and blood, avIicii in¬ 
voked, and yet stalking boldly in every com¬ 
munity. The character is a myth, and yet 
real; intangible, and yet clutching its vic¬ 
tims With remorseless power. It is unseen, 
and from an exhaust less quiver wings its 
poisoned arrows from day to day. And no 
mail is proof; no character, position or sex 
escapes; no .sanctuary is too sacred; no 
home is bulwarked against its assaults. 
When one base heart Avishes to assail some 
person's character or motives, " They say,” 
is always invoked. That is the assassin who 
strikes in the cloud—the Thug avIio haimls 
the footsteps of the offender, and tortures 
from careless word or deed, an excuse for 
the stiletto. Men dare not always reveal 
their own feelings. With smiles and pre¬ 
tended friendship, they present the enven¬ 
omed shaft as coming from “They say.” Be 
sure, reader, that when some villainous tulu 
is told you, and the relator cannot, give an 
author more tangible than “They sav” tor 
it, that the blunder is the creation of Hie 
heart hy your bide, recking with the poison 
of envy and hatred, and earnest Avith a wish 
to have the falsehood of “ They say” hud 
into reality, and become current coin in the 
community. 
-♦♦♦-- 
An old rail-splitter in Indiana, put the 
quietus upon a young man avIio chaffed him 
upon his bald head, in these worlds:— 
“ Young man, Avhen my head gels as soft 
as yours, I can raise hair to sell." 
£l cubing. 
BOUNDLESS MERCY. 
I TirrNK heaven will not shut forevermore, 
Without a knocker left upon the door, 
Lostaonie belated wanderer should come. 
Heart-broken, asking Just to dio at home; 
So that ilie Father will at last forgive. 
And looking'on his face that soul shall live; 
I think there will be a talisman through the night. 
Lost any, tar off, turn them to the. light; 
That He who loved us unto life must be 
A Father infinitely fatherly. 
•--- 
LABOR IS PRAYER. 
Lnhnrare est nr,ire; 
Hear it ye of spirit poor 
Who sit crouching at the threshold 
Willie your brethren lorcc the door; 
Ye whose ignorance stands wringing 
Rough hands, seamed with toil, nor dares 
Lift so muc.li as eyes to heaven,— 
Lo ! All life Hits Irulh declares, 
Lnhomrt vet nrare 
And the whole earth rings with prayers. 
(.Vis* Muioch. 
-- 
THE LANDMARK OF JERUSALEM. 
The “ Dome of the Rock,” which marks 
Jerusalem ns that of the Capitol marks 
Washington, has no rival for beauty, hardly 
for sanctity. Relievers in three great reli¬ 
gions ravcrollie spot where Solomon’s Tem¬ 
ple once stood : the Mohammedan, avIio 
only exalts Mecca a little higher; the Jew, 
avIio has had no other actual sanctuary, and 
Avbo expects to meet a reconciled Jehovah 
at that accepted shrine; and flic Christian, 
who held it awhile through the Crusaders’ 
valor, and is quietly coming into possession 
of it again. The bhie-nnd-while Temple 
seems as a cloud resting for a moment over 
the altar of so many thousand years' sacri¬ 
fice, hy-and hy to melt away in the serene 
heavens. No structure that ever stood there 
could have been more graceful, none more 
sublime. It is strange Hint so charming a 
model has never been followed. Far inferior 
pa It eras have been servilely copied, but none 
has been attempted of this, aa hose perfection 
is said to have cost the artist his head, the 
Bulbin heii;g determined the experiment 
should not be repeated. Tbe recent explo¬ 
rations of English engineers, besides map¬ 
ping out the whole area belonging to the 
ancient Court of the Gentiles—an area of 
one thousand hy fifteen hundred feel—have 
proved all that was conjectured about the 
antiquity of Hie beveled stones forming the 
outer wall. They certainly go back to Sol¬ 
omon, and arc remarkable stonework for 
that early day, though fur inferior to the 
Egyptian masterpieces, where thousands of 
artisans spent (heir lives in decorating a sin¬ 
gle tomb.— JJppincott'8 Mayazinc. 
■ - - 
HANDEL’S MUSIC AND RELIGION. 
All this ability avus developed hy’ pro¬ 
digious labor. Every key of hjs harpsichord 
hy incessant practice became hollowed like 
the how l of a spoon. One hundred and 
twenty-two works proceeded from his hand 
and brain. His original manuscripts are 
comprised in eighty-Seven volumes, now 
stored away in Buckingham Palace. His 
“ Messiah ” was composed in twenty-three 
clays, his “Samson” in thirty. No sooner 
avus one great avoiIc finished than Avitli scarce 
the shortest interval for rest he commenced 
another. His mental ardor urged him on 
incessantly. The mechanical power of the 
hand Avas not sufficient for the torrent, of 
ideas which flowed from liis volcanic brain. 
Novello, seeing a heap of hisinu.mti>cripl»-on 
Avliich the sand is still on the lop as well as 
the bottom of the page, left the following 
observation: — “Observe the speed with 
which Ilandcl wrote. The Avholo of I liis 
page is spotted Avith sand, consequently 
must all have been avcI at the same time.” 
Handel became a sincerely religious man. 
The loss of his sight brought a great change. 
He spoke of his “ sweet. Lord and Saviour” 
in the days of liis last illness; and on Good 
Friday, 175D, having exceeded hy four years 
man’s allotted term on earth, he died at his 
house in Brook street, London. 
--- 
dROSS-OUT SAYINGS. 
1. When you know you are right, fear not 
the face of man. 
2. Never do anything you will be ashamed 
of afterwards. 
3. A lazy Christian is a rare sight, for 
Christians are uot lazy. 
4. A contrary church member is very apt 
to he Avrong. 
5. Keep your own secrets. 
6 . Always he ready to say a kind and clev¬ 
er word to every one. 
7. Don’t expect to please every one, or you 
will please no one. 
8. A falsehood flies so fast that it loses its 
breath and dies outlie Aving. 
fl. A good man loves little children. 
10. Never speak ill of your pastor, nor any 
one of your brethren, and no gentleman will 
speak ill of a sister. 
11. Never slay away from religious meet¬ 
ings when held week days or Sunday morn¬ 
ing, noon or night. 
12. Don’t let your preacher suffer because 
“ tbe times arc hard.” 
