eyes  aurt  pcrcuived  lie  liarl  come  In;  they  were 
alone  together. 
“Aktiutk,”  she  said,  “don’t  leave  me;  he  a 
brother  to  me  and  lake  me  liotiie  to  Amertca.” 
“  imt,  MIsR  SlIKUlirKNE 
“(’all  me  KtOKENCK,  and  tell  me  that  you  will 
not.  leave  me." 
“  Indeed,  1  will  not  leave  you  If  1  have  the  right 
to  protect  you.  Ki,oaK.N(?K,'’  he  continued  alter  a 
pauae,  “  1  camo  to  Clntru  lo  a«k  ol  you  one  uuos- 
ttoii,  little  t  hinking  I  was  coming  lust  at  the  time 
IKKed  lor  your  marriage.  I.et.  me  a.sk  that  (pioa- 
tloti.  1 1  Is  not  wU(?t  her  you  love  Kim  a  a  I  .Ei'Kidcra ; 
but,— you  recollect  the  reception  at  Mrs.  Koks- 
TEK  s,  I, ell  me,  at  that  time  were  you  engaged  to 
marry  him  ?’’ 
“>io,  Aktmok,  1  was  not.” 
Aktuitr  bowed  his  head  on  his  hand  and  a  de.ep 
sigh  escaped  him. 
“  Why  do  .von  ask?  I  remomber  that  evetdng ; 
how  you  scarcely  spoke  to  me,  and  when  I  got 
home,* — oh,  Aktiii  k,  It  was  that,  night,  that  p.vpa 
was  lak<!ii  alek!  .And  then  you  eallcd,  but  you 
did  not  come  In;  and  then  then  yon  went  away. 
And  papa  liked  Kdo-ak,  and  urged  me  to  marry 
biiu.  Wbat  Is  the  ipiestlon  you  wish  to  a.sk  ?’’ 
“  1  have  asked  It..  Tliat  evening  I  was  told  that 
you  had  pronilstsl  to  marry  him  that  you  were 
engaged  to  him.  'I’tiat  was  why  I  went  away.  For 
1  loved  you,  FnounNt’K;  fora  long  l.hne  I  had  loved 
yon;  and  I  thought. .you  eared  lor  me." 
“  1  did  care  for  you,  and— ,iiid  -when  you  went 
away  and  did  not  ask  me  to  marry  you,  1  waa  dls. 
appointed.” 
“Oh,  how  1  was  deceived!  how  miserably de- 
eelved," moatied  Aktiiuk. 
There  vv.ia  a  long  sllonce.  At  last  Fi/irence 
said,  “Aktiiuk,  will  you  promise  to  take  me 
home 
“  I  am  happy  In  making  the  promise." 
Neither  .spoke,  again  through  the  hours  of  the 
night.  Wearied  by  luT  grief,  Fi.okknce  at.  last 
fell  asleep.  AH’ntUR  sat  In  the  window,  thinking 
of  the  atrange  events  of  the  hi.st  Iavo  days. 
Thu  bridal  dress  was  never  worn  again ;  but.  at 
t  he  end  of  a  week  a  carriage  drove  up  to  tho  Amer¬ 
ican  chapel,  and  there  Aktiiuk  was  married  to  the 
bride  he  hud  so  nearly  lost.  There  waa  no  wrejith, 
no  veil,  no  ornament, -hut  the  plain  gold  ring  was 
placed  on  a  pale,  thin  hand,  and  the  dress  was  a 
mourning  travtdlng  dress.  Traces  of  tears  were 
In  the  eyes  of  tho  bride,  but  a  cpilet  look  was  there 
I  hat  seemed  to  say  her  ha.opincs.s  found  repo.se  In 
I  hiR  love. 
from  the  roseate  Ups,  telling  her  heart’s  agony  ; 
and  now,  near  the  middle  of  the  night,  the  uttle 
one  knolt,  as  her  sainted  mother  to.ughthertodo. 
and  prayed  for  t  he  absent  one : 
“  Dear  (PkI,  bless  my  poor,  dear  fath'er.  Make 
him  good  ami  holy  a.s  my  dear,  dead  ntother  was. 
Keep  him  from  flrlnUIng  the  wicked  brandy  any 
more,  ami  make  him  love  his  little  Mary  as  ho 
used  to.” 
This  was  the  burden  of  her  prayer.  Hut  how 
can  we  tell  the  p.xpresslon  ot  Imr  weeping  eyes 
and  little  hands  raised  Imploringly  to  hoaven  In 
tho  carne.slncs.s  of  her  petition  ?  Iti-r  golileu  hair 
tell  loosely  down  nimn  her  shouldors,  and  It  was  a 
picture  widen  niado  glad  the  a nguls  who  beheld 
It.  They  hail  seeu  the  plelure  hefore,  and  the 
merc.lful  l,ord  had  seen  It  and  heard  the  ear ne.st 
petitimi  of  t  he  t)laineles.s  one, 
f.'barles  Hansom  bad  been  pro.sperous  and  woll- 
tivdo.  He  had  heguii  life,  with  bright  prospee.ts; 
ami  with  a  loving  wife  and  Interesting  children, 
bis  borne  vvius  one  of  the  bright  spots  of  earth. 
But  sickness  and  death  camo  and  robbed  him  of 
Ills  heart's  jewel.s— or  all  hut  one  and  left  blm 
desolate  and  tUHConsolal.e.  ’I’ruly,  lie  loved  .Mary, 
tho  one  left  him  by  a  wl.se  Provideneo  ;  but.  bis 
devotion  to  Ids  wife  had  been  so  entire  and  ah- 
sorbing— she.  hud  become  so  truly  a  p.irl  of  lits 
own  cxl.sl.imce  -that  when  sbo  was  taken  from 
blm  Itfo  .seemed  a  dismal  ilungcon,  and  be  eould 
see  no  “silver lining"  to  l.bo clouds  wbleii  tmntlrd 
Ids  life's  sky. 
Despondency  Uiok  possession  of  him,  and,  to 
drown  the  poignancy  or  hl.s  grlet,  he  re.soried  to 
the  wine  enp,  as  many  an  unfortunate  one  has 
done  hefore  him,  deluded  with  false  liope.s.  Hav¬ 
ing  once  begun  In  this  way,  he  soon  went  lb  ex¬ 
cess.  At  nrst  the  piteous  appeals  ot  Ids  child  and 
the  advice  and  warning  of  friend.s  who  loved  him, 
seemed  to  have  some  restraining  effect;  but  at 
lengt  h  tlieso  gradually  lost  their  power,  and  ono 
hy  one  hts  “  friends”  gave  up  hLscaae  as  hopPles.s, 
and  coimed  striving  with  him.  wrapping  them¬ 
selves  In  tho  inaiiMe  of  their  own  fancied  perfec¬ 
tion  and  Invincible  iwwora  Mi  roslst  tompf«atlon, 
and  resigned  him  tb  Ids  fate. 
There  was  but  ono  who  remained  fu-st  and  linn, 
stanch  aud  true  to  the  work  of  hts  reformation, 
and  that  wa.s  hla  hoavon-eyed,  sunny-crowned 
Mary.  She  never  faltered  Iti  her  prayers  or  her 
cutreatlas.  She  heeded  no  ropulse  and  was  dls- 
couragod  h.v  no  delay,  but  with  the  simple,  faith 
of  childhood  slu!  k<^)t  her  eye  ilxed  steadily  on  the 
boon  she  so.  fondly  desired  -t  he  reformation  of  tho 
ono  she  hold  most  dear  on  earth. 
On  this  partlmdar  night.  Oharlos  Hansom  had 
lingered  a.s  usual  at  tho  drum-shop,  and,  becoming 
Intb-xlcatod,  was  oblivious  to  hla  home,  hU  w.iitlng 
child,  and  everything  but  bis  thirst  for  llfruor. 
Tills  thirst  It  seemed  Impoostble  to  quench.  Ills 
money  was  all  gone  and,  alas!  he  had  reached, 
too,  that  other  certain  stage  Iti  the  drunkard’s  life 
when  hla  credit  at  tho  bar  was  also  gone;  yet  he 
Implored  tho  landlord  for  more  drink.  With  his 
tongue  thick  and  his  eyes  rolling  In  an  Idiotic 
stjtro,  ho  boggod  In  vain  for  one  more  glas.s  fm  aaf- 
isljr  Ids  craving  thirst.  His  pleadings  at  last  mudo 
(Jic  Vurt.tious  lanillord  angry,  and,  with  a  toniblo 
fwith,  ho  answered  the  pool  Inebriate  that  If  ho 
could  not  be  sllll  he  would  kick  him  out  Into  the 
street. 
This  was  the  first  time  In  his  mad  career  that 
Charles  Hansom  had  ever  received  such  a  throat 
and,  bewildered  and  stupid  as  he  was,  his  native 
pride  and  aelf-rcspoct  began  fb  he  aroused.  The 
bar-room  wius  almost  full  ot  men,  some  of  t  hem 
Ids  acquaintances,  and  tb  be  rebufred  In  this  man¬ 
ner  and  before  them,  made  the  degradation  doubly 
poignant. 
He  staggered  tb  his  feet  and  caught  a  chair,  hut 
ere  hla  faltering  arms  could  raise  It  high  enough 
for  tho  object  at  which  he  aimed,  tho  Infuriated 
dram-selhT  hurled  a  decanbT  with  such  unerring 
pi  cclslon,  that  It  felled  the  he.sotled  man  ib  tho 
lloor,  with  Ills  head  ga.shed  and  the  blood  oo/ing 
from  It  frightfully. 
“  tict  out  of  my  house,  ,you  vagabond  1"  cried 
the  landlord  as,  not  contbnt  with  seeing  his  vic¬ 
tim  helpless  on  the  floor,  he  applied  kick  alter 
kick  to  his  proslnite  body.  “Oct  out  with  your 
villainous  carc.'ias,  I  tell  ye,  and  get  off  tb  your 
pauper  hovel  and  your  crying  brat,  and  iievei-  put 
foot  Inside  this  door  again  or,  by  — ,  rii  kill  ye !" 
Tilts  brutal  .speech  sobered  the  drunken  man 
almost  iiH  by  magic,  and,  with  n.  hound  which  sur¬ 
prised  the  lookcrs-oii  and  made  them  .-.tand  hack, 
he  ruslii.fd  upon  liis  icssallant  and  strangled  him 
tintU  he  cried,  “  Help,  men,  for  the  love  of  <Jod! 
The  dend  ts  lunnlciiiig  me!” 
The  Infiirlated  man  loosened  hl.s  gra.^p  and 
broke  forth : 
“  Oh,  yes,  Blll.Iackson,  you  thought  I  was  killing 
you,  be(!ause  you  know  you  richly  deserve  It,  not 
only  from  me,  hut  hundreds  of  others.  You  sold 
me  drink  and  encouraged  me  tb  drink ;  you  said 
It  woubl  not  huiT  me— tliat  It  would  do  me  i;(,tifl, 
that  It  would  drive  sorrow  from  me  and  make  mo 
forget  my  griefs.  You  were  the  oiu;  whe,  when  1 
said  my  temperament  waa  one  that  could  not 
stand  rnucli  drink,  told  me  there  waa  no  daiiKer— 
that  I  should  get  h-sed  to  It  fw  yourself  had  done ; 
and  yon  lured  me  on,  from  one  stage  to  another, 
until  you  got  all  my  money;  and  now,  when  I 
have  nothing  and  am  poor,  and  degraded,  and  low, 
and  sunken  Into  the  gutter  where  you  have  drag¬ 
ged  me,  you  spurn  me  from  your  house,  you  kick 
and  beat  mo  and.  worse  than  all.  you  call  my 
child,  whom,  ivithall  my  degradation  and  sin,  I 
love  better  than  my  life— you  call  my  child  a 
brawling  brat!  Curse  you,  BUI  Jackson,  for  tho 
ruin  you  have  wrought.  But  l  win  go  from  your 
house ;  I  will  go  home  to  my  poor  child,  and  may 
the  good  <3od,  whom  I  have  so  grievously  oUended, 
give  me  the  strength  to  resist  the  temptation  ever 
to  enter  your  house  or  any  other  liquor  shop  again 
as  long  as  I  have  breath.” 
BURNE  was  led  to  agree  that  It  was  best.  The 
bridal  trousseau  wa.s  according^  ordered  from 
Paris,  the  day  was  Ilxed,  and  prepar.atlon.s  were 
lia.stened. 
Tbc  fortnight  quickly  passed,  and  the  day  be¬ 
fore  tbe  wedding  day  had  eome.  Tlio  weather 
was  charming,  tbe  soft  air  beguiling  one  out,  and 
Mr.  HnERnnKNEsald,  “  My  diingbtor,  I  Mboiild  enjoy 
a  drive  thla  ailernoon,  ('an  you  go 7” 
Fi.orknce  was  soon  ready.  “Why.” said  Mrs. 
Rcst,  as  they  met  in  the  liall,  “>nu  surely  don’t 
mean  to  do  a  thing  so  contrary  to  the  rules  of 
propriety  7” 
“Doutrary,  I  know,  to  the  rules  of  society',— but 
T  shall  go.” 
“.My  dear,” said  Mr.  Bhekhcrne,  “ this  Is  the 
perfection  of  da.ys— I  shall  enjby  the  sea  air;”  and 
when  they  reached  (  ho  shore,  he  proposed  l  hey 
Aim  In  ana 
GREETING  TO  A  TRIED  FRIEND 
BV  I'.  M’MAaTEK, 
jlfy  faithful  friend,  thy  counsels  wise 
Hath  tauRht  us  how  to  learn 
Our  dally  taak,  this  side  the  skies, 
In  household,  held  and  barn. 
Since  flrei  we  met.  two  short  docadee. 
Life’s  best  that  I  may  see, 
Have  va<-8ed  aud  bore  mo  to  tho  shades 
Thftt  fall  round  forty  three. 
Week  after  week,  year  8ft‘>r  jreor. 
Throngh  Winter's  storm  and  sun, 
Tbe  KwKAr.'R  always  present  here 
Before  tho  week  is  done. 
.JUsUce  and  Truth  hath  been  thy  base, 
On  which  alone  can  stand, 
Thnuijfhout  tliese  wondrous  latter  days, 
A  people  or  a  land. 
Be  thine  a  bright  Oentenniiil  wreath 
In  day*  that  yeU  may  be, 
Unmuoll'd  by  sin's  dehlinR  breath— 
Child  of  iiibfKrlty. 
When  Moonr.  hath  done  his  well-done  task, 
And  i>ae8’d  to  Christ’s  reward. 
Oh  !  is  It  too  soon  to  ask 
That  Bonio  be  raised  to  guard 
I'hese  pages  from  deflling  things, 
As  they  have  always  Iteen— 
Till  Jmiivo  down  from  Heaven  brings 
His  hoefe  to  close  tho  scene  f 
St.  M  .ry’s,  Ont.,  Canada,  March,  IS76. 
Should  walk  a  little  on  the  cllfTs, 
tiiey  walked,  Urn  fallicr  llilnkliig  ot  the  p.TSSlng  ] 
scimc,  the  rtaughltir  striving  to  shut  out  (hought. 
A  jutting  rook  was  just  before,  and  turning  It,  a 
gentleman  was  seen  standing  on  the  beaeli.  Mr. 
Shkrbprnk  Ilxed  a  steady  gaze,  but  tbe  heart  of 
Fcokence  beat  quickly, 
“Why,  my  daughter,  surely  that  Is  Arthur 
Clavtos  !’* 
“  Yes,  father.” 
“  Why,  Arthi'k,  Aktiiuk  !  who  would  have 
thought  of  meeting  yon  here!”  said  Mr.  Hhkr- 
BUKSE.  stepping  forward  and  extending  his  hand. 
Arthi’r  aald  he  had  arrived  only  that  morning 
In  the  steamer;  that  he  was  certainly  intending 
lo  do  himself  the  pleasure  ot  calling  very  .soon, 
“  Well  you  are  Just  in  time— one  day  more  and 
.you  would  have  been  too  late,  our  wedding  la  to 
be  lo-moiTow;  but  eorne  early,  fori  am  linimtlent 
lo  talk  with  .you,  and  In  tho  morning  I  fee)  mncli 
stronger." 
At  ten  o'oloek  Mr.  Sherbckse  sat  alone  In  his 
room  when  Aktuitr  came;  It  wiis  two  hours  from 
the  time  apixjliited  for  the  ceremony,  lie  had 
come  to  CIntra  for  tho  express  purpose  of  speak¬ 
ing  wit  h  l'’i,0KENCK,  not  supposing  the  wedding  to 
he  so  soon;  but  here  he  was,  and  now  bis  heart 
fallod  him.  It  was  all  roo  lato;  it  was  hut  for 
him  to  look  on  and  see  her  made  the  wife  of  KiaiAR 
Lekkekts.  He  tried  to  kiTej)  up  a  conversation, 
then  he  looked  at  his  wareh. 
“The  guests  I  .suppose  are  assemhllng,”  re¬ 
marked  Mr,  .SuKKDCKNE.  “  .My  dear,  dear  child ! 
I  am  glad  Shu  Is  to  have  a  protector  hofore  l  go." 
He  gazed  out  the  window  with  a  dreamy,  ahsent 
exprcaslou ;  a  certain  jtallor  Aktuck  noticed  came 
upon  hla  face,  then  tmnhlldgly  he  r.tlscd  hts  band 
toward  hla  heart  “  Oh,  .Arthitr,  I  don’t  feel  well ; 
what  can  be  the  inalter  7” 
The  head  suddenly  drooped  on  one  side  aud  the 
breathing  wiur  heavy  ami  dlfllcult.  Arthur  h.TS- 
t.lly  rang  the  hell  and  Viorkncr  was  soon  bi  ought, 
Mrs.  Rush  came  and  some  of  the  guests,  and  phy¬ 
sicians  wore  sent  tor.  But  in  less  than  an  hour 
Mr.  Sherburne  conserl  to  hroathe.  He  was  laid 
ujwn  a  hod,  and  his  danght>er  threw  herself  njxin 
her  knees  beside  the  dear,  Ulricas  form.  Her  toilet 
had  Just,  been  eompltded  wben  she  WiTECalhsl,  aj*d 
now  Mie  contrast 01  the  white  satin  dnws— the 
wreath  and  ve.j],  with  f  he  tear-stained  lace  and 
the  bursting  soh.s,  -vva.s  .sorneiblng  pIBtoih  lo  see, 
Mrs.  Rush  and  Edoar  endeavored  to  comfort  her, 
*  and  at  last  Arthur  led  her  to  her  own  room. 
The  guests  had  all  gone  now,  and  the  hush  of 
death  was  upon  the  house.  1’lieday  waaclr«lng. 
Flores'ce  lay  quietly  on  the  couch  where  Arthur 
had  placed  her.  After  a  while  she  opened  her 
FATE  VERSUS  DECEIT. 
BY  MRS.  OEO.  BAKTI.ETT, 
“  ‘  A  MonEST  MAN  Is  tho  v(Ty  soul  Of  honoi',’ 
dear  grandma  used  to  say ;— how  I  wLsh  she  eould 
have  known  Artour  !”  This  was  what  Florence 
Sherburne  was  thinking  a.s  she  l.rlpptxl  up  the 
stairway  of  her  father’s  elegant  house. 
Arthur  had  just  left.  He  hud  called  lo  ask  If 
he  might  send  a  carriage  To  take  her  that,  evening 
to  Mrs.  Forster'S  reception;  but  Kt.OKENCK  wa-s 
Obliged  to  decline,  because  Kdoar  I,euuivht.s  had 
Invited  her  two  days  before.  Why  did  It  alway.s 
happen  so  t  she  could  not  even  carry  the  little 
bunch  of  rose  buds  Arthur  had  brought,  hneau.se 
Edo AR  had  sent  a  bouquet ;  but  she  smiled  to  her¬ 
self— her  dress  at  le.n.st  had  been  chosen  according 
to  Arthur’s  taste,  .she  had  purchased  a  pink  silk 
becamse  he  once  had  said  pink  w.ts  his  favorite 
color, 
“  Pink,  rosy  red,  love's  own  celestial  hue." 
“  You  quote  Milton.” 
“  .And  my  own  taste  also." 
So  Florbnoe  ehose  this  color.  Tho  reception 
was  to  be  the  most  brilliant  one  or  the  season,  and 
with  every  anticipation  of  pleasure  Mr.  sher- 
bcrneTs  beautiful  daughter  arranged  her  toilet. 
She  did  not  stop  to  peep  Into  her  heart,  or  to  per¬ 
ceive  that  with  every  rJtoughtof  plea.surc  Arthur 
CLAYTON  was  associated. 
No  one.  entered  those  elegant  rooms  that  even¬ 
ing  with  a  happier,  gayer  heart,  than  Florence, 
and  perhapa  none  left  it  with  tho  same  sense  of 
disappointment,  Nhe  had  been  admired  and 
sought,  and  slie  knew  that  Edoar  I.ekferts  wish¬ 
ed  to  marry  her;  but  why  had  Arthur  spoken  so 
little  with  her,  and  why  had  he  left  so  early  In  the 
evening  7  Tibs  last  question  she  asked  Kdoar  on 
the  way  homo,  and  he  had  simply  replied,  he 
“had an  engagoment." 
But  on  reaching  home— what  could  have  hap¬ 
pened  7— the  servants  were  moving  about  tn  such 
a  hushed  bul  hasty  way !  “  Miss  Florence,  don’t 
be  frlghWned,"3ald  Thomas,  meeting  her  In  the 
hall,  “but  Mr,  Sherburne  is  taken  111.”  Yes,  her 
father  was  lying  unconscious,  aud  the  physician 
In  attendance  pronounced  It  apoplexy. 
What  a  night  or  terrible  anxiety  followed !  But 
the  morning  camo,  and  found  her  father  still 
breathing;  he  lived.  For  weeks  his  only  child 
watched  by  his  bedside;  and  every  day  Kdoar 
Lekfekts  called  to  Inquire  and  offer  his  service,s, 
which  Fi/irknce,  poor,  helpless  girl,  wa.s  glad  to 
accept,  . 
And  why  dm  not  Arthur  come  7  Twice  he  call¬ 
ed  and  left  his  card  and  then  suddenly  he  went  to 
Europe.  And  .something  was  gone  from  Florence 
.Sherburne’s  life.  For  long  hours  she  sal  by  her 
father’s  betLsldc,  and  with  her  anxiety  was  min¬ 
gled  a  sense  of  desolation. 
Weeks  pa-ssed,  and  .Mr.  Sherburne  was  slowly 
Improving  when  the  doctor  tuged  u  soa  voyage. 
“  A  few  months  ai  I'au  or  at  Madclr.a,  will  be  of 
great  advantage.”  he  said.  “And  sornetblng  Is 
needed  to  bring  back  the  roses  to  Mils  lit  tle  lady’s 
cheeks,”  he  added,  looking  at  Fi.okkxck.  And  so 
a  plan  came  to  be  made.  Mrs.  Ku.-m,  the  slMci-  of 
EntJAK  l.EFFERTs,  was  gfdug  to  Llntra.  ilr.  Shkr- 
BURNE,  with  his  daughter  and  Eikiar,  tvljo  had  be¬ 
come  quite  necessary  lo  the  Invalid,  would  form 
the  party.  Eduak  had  asked  for  Flokenof,  to  be¬ 
come  hl8  wife ;  her  father  had  urged  his  suit,  and 
she.  In  a  subdued,  half-sorrowful  way,  had  at  last 
consented. 
They  went  to  (.'intra- beautiful  cintra  !- but  Its 
soft  air  and  charming  scenery  gave  no  pleasure 
to  Florence.  Her  rather  was  not  rwovcrlng  as 
she  had  hoped ;  often  she  wept  in  secret,  and  felt 
that  her  heart  was  shut  up  by  Itself,  while  she 
seemed  surrounded  by  mends.  But  at  the  end  ot 
three  montlns  Mrs.  Resa  wished  to  make  a  tour  of 
the  Continent,  and  was  eager  to  make  a  display 
before  leaving  Cintra.  So  why  not  celebrate  the 
wedding?  She  urged  the  polnt^  and  Mr.  Shkr- 
THE  KEOLAIMED. 
The  only  one  In  the  house,  a  little  child,  knelt 
hy  her  bedside  praying,  alone.  Perhaps  the  ex- 
pei'lencAs  ot  ten  years  liad  laid  their  weight  upon 
her  young  heart— she  certainly  was  not  older  — 
and  were  It  not  for  t  he  Impressions  which  sorrow 
always  leaves  upon  ir«  victims,  she  would  have 
p.isRPd  for  a  .younger  i  hlld.  it  was  not  a  large 
iioijse,  for  there  were  but  three  rooms  In  It  and, 
lesides  nerselt.  it  had  hnt  one  occAipant.  ITO  was 
away  -she  know  not.  where,  only  that  )>er  tears 
told  her  ho  w.a&  where  he  ought,  not  to  ho.  She. 
h.ad  prepared  f  heir  frugal  supper  hours  ago,  and 
had  wntt(!d  .mxlotisly  and  hopefully  for  the  sound 
of  herfathiT’s  returning  footsteps,  but  night  crept 
on  apane,  and  be  came  not  to  cheer  tho  Bolltudc 
or  relieve  the  anxiety  of  hla  walling’  child. 
Tours  had  been  falling  from  the  bright  blue 
eyes,  dimming  thdr  luster,  and  sobs  had  burst. 
