AU6.  42 
OORE’S  RURAL  NEW-YORKER 
TO  A  GRASSHOPPER. 
Tint,  poa-tcreen  harletiuin ! 
What  of  womler  oan  ileacribe 
All  your  odd,  gymnaatic  trlI)o. 
To  the  baugaroo  akin  ? 
Hnloss  Darwin  goca  iimivi. 
With  hia  gutwr  hypothoala. 
Chirj>lng  clilmcr,  clover  idtmber. 
Inanct  attdete !  never  atumbUng, 
In  yonr  ground  and  lofty  tumbling. 
Strange  it  la  a  thing «o  fragllp, 
Should  be  eo  .jalmnely  agile. 
Go  it,  then,  aiiaamodic  luupnr  f 
Seize  your  pleomire.  while  you  may ; 
Blow  your  horn  and  have  your  day ; 
When  the  prlmroeo  days  are  over. 
And  all  dead  are  vinee  and  clover. 
That  auBtnre,  rutuornoleeH  reaper. 
Time,  will  turn  us  all  to  hay  ! 
When  October, 
Like  a  varlet, 
Robs  the  woodland’s  summer  drees , 
And  the  maple,  blushing  scarlet. 
As  the  ruH'ian  wiude  disrolie  her. 
Shrinks  In  timorous  distress ; 
Whan  no  longer  loans  the  lily 
By  the  mill  pond's  mossy  edge, 
And  an  influence  domp  and  chilly 
Blasts  the  rose  and  daffodilly, 
And  the  vines  along  the  Icdgc- 
Wheu  thn  nnoket 
Leaves  the  Uiicket 
To  creep  under  kitchen  rugs 
Then.  O  mountebank  of  bugs. 
Unique  aorobatin  vauller. 
Your  frail  powers  will  fall  end  falter ; 
And  some  chill,  autumnal  morning, 
l.yiug.  dying. 
Without  warning. 
You  will  And  it  useless  trying 
Leaping,  creeping,  singing,  flying ; 
With  some  mrly  robin  waiting. 
Cool  and  calm,  and  aggravating, 
Like  some  grim  and  hungry  wizard. 
Obviously  dollberatiug 
When  to  imp  you  in  bis  gizzard. 
Farewell  butterflies  and  clover. 
Death  is  fate  the  wide  world  over. 
[Golden  Rule. 
itill. 
OUE  COTJNTEYj 
ITS  ACQUISITION  AND  DIVISION. 
BY  I.K8TKK  A.  KOHEKTH. 
(Continued  from  page  77.) 
The  Plymouth  cornp.any  were  uasiiowiaHriil  in 
establlHhlnff  any  snitleiiicatH  or  Inaujfuruiint,'  any 
enterprise  of  Importance,  iiiui  m  l5>o  Klijg  .;a.wks 
I.  Incorporated  the  Duke  or  i.knox,  the  ^tiirtiulses 
of  BucKiNOffAM  and  Hamilton,  the  Earls  of  Akcn- 
PRt  and  Wahwick  and  othcra,  to  the  mimner  of 
forty— noblemen,  knlfflitn  and  gcjiUemeti— by  tbo 
name  of  the  Council  of  Plymouth,  In  the  Couritj' 
of  Devon,  “  For  the  plantlnff,  ruling  and  govern¬ 
ing  or  Now  England,  In  America.”  The  patent 
covered  “  All  that  part  of  America  lying  between 
the  fo*  and  la*  of  latitude  and  from  sea  to  sea." 
From  this  Company  the  dltlorent  colonies  of  N'ew 
England  received  their  titles,  which  were  ap¬ 
proved  and  cotillrmed  by  tJie  throne. 
In  10'^s  tho  Massachusetts  nay  Colony  rocolved 
a  grant  of  all  that  lerrllory  lying  within  three 
mllos  north  of  the  Menimuc  River  and  three 
miles  south  of  Massachusetts  n.ay  and  Charles 
Rlvor  and  from  ocean  to  ocean. 
The  Plymouth  Colony  In  leao  received  a  grant 
covering  lands  between  the  Cohasset  River  on  the 
north  and  the  Narraganset  on  the  south,  and  also 
of  lands  on  the  Kennobec, 
It  remained  a  separate  Government  until  IfiW 
when,  by  charter  of  tbe  King,  it  ivas  united  with 
Massachusetts  Bay, 
The  original  patent  of  Connecticut  was  granted 
by  the  Plymouth  Company  in  1630  to  the  Earl  of 
Warwick,  and  in  lesi  he  conveyed  all  the  tern- 
tory  enendlng  west  from  the  Marragansett  River, 
fsouthweaterly  toward  Virginia  120  miles  by  the 
coast,  and  In  all  the  breadth  thereof  to  the  west- 
orn  ocean.  This  lias  been  construed  to  embrace 
as  far  north  ns  Worcester,  Ma.ss.j  south.  Including 
all  of  Long  Island,  and  west  in  the  same  breadth 
from  NarragansPtt  River  to  the  IMclfle  Ocean, 
It  Is  not  ncoi's.sary  for  our  present  purpose 
to  examine  the  reasons  for  the  innklng  and 
changing  the  dividing  lines  between  the  colonies, 
the  tills  of  Great  Britain  to  the  country  granted 
hy  the  treaty  or  1T6.3  being  all  that  Is  pertinent  to 
our  present  Inquiry. 
In  1609,  while  CHA.v)enAiN  on  behalf  of  EYance, 
was  exploring  Northern  New  York,  and  John 
Smith  under  English  authority,  was  examining  ' 
the  various  rivers  of  Virginia,  IIenby  IIudson,  an  i 
Engllsiiman,  lii  a  vessel  called  the  Ilalf-Moon, 
ntted  out  by  the  Dutch  East  India  Comptuiy,’ 
coasted  along  the  Atlanilo  Coast  in  .search  of  the 
much-desired  northwest  passage  to  India.  Pass-  l 
lug  northwai  d  fi'om  t  he  Vliginla  Capes,  he  entered  I 
Delaware  Bay  and  afterward  went  throrigh  the  t 
Narrows  Into  the  bay  of  New  York  and  up  iho  J 
river  that  still  bears  his  name.  On  hls«roturn  to  1 
England  he  was  forbidden  by  the  Government  to  I 
continue  m  the  employ  of  the  Dutch  Company ;  l 
but  having  forwarded  to  them  an  account  of  his  v 
voyage  and  glowing  descriptions  of  the  Muptry, 
a  snip  was  sent  out  to  trade  wnich,  meeUng  with  c 
good  success,  was  soon  followed  by  others.  a 
In  1614  a  rude  fort  was  buUt  on  Manhattan  Isl-  o 
and  and  forts  and  trading  houses  erected  up  the  F 
river  as  far  as.  Fort  Orange,  now  Albany,  and  a  r 
oompany-ihe  Dutch  West  India  Copipany-was  « 
formed.  Colonlzattnu  was  not  antlclpabod,  only 
trade.  The  Statcs-Ooneral  granted  tbo  r^ompany 
authorltj'  over  the  country  from  Cape  May  to 
Nova  .Scotia  and  named  It  New  Netherlands.  Thus 
II.  appears  that  this  tcrrlt^iry  wa.s  then  claimed  by 
French,  English  iind  Dutch. 
lnl635  aboutthlrt.y  farulUes  of  lYoncli  Protes¬ 
tants,  or  Walloons,  who  had  gone  to  Holland  to 
e.scape  persecution,  concluded  to  emigrate  to  the 
New  World.  .Some  went  up  the  Hudson  or  North 
River;  others  .settled  In  Brooklyn  near  where  la 
now  the  Navy  Yard,  on  a  ba.y— or  bought,  -whlcn 
wa.s  called  the  Walloon’s  Bought,  since  corrupted 
to  WallabouL,  The  land  adjoining  from  Its  gone- 
ral  rolling  character,  so  dlllereut  from  Holland, 
was  called  Hrenken  Land— now  Brooklyn. 
The  agent  of  the  Company  locu  ted  on  Manhat¬ 
tan  Island,  which  hurl  been  purcliiiJiLwl  rrom  the 
Indlajis  tor  f'ii.  A  few  cottag(‘s  were  erected  at 
the  soutli  end  and  honored  by  the  name  Now  Am¬ 
sterdam. 
In  loits  a  colony  of  .Swoch's  settled  on  the  shorcts 
of  the  Delaware,  on  territory  that  had  boon  pur- 
chu-sed  of  the  Indiana  by  the  IbiU-.U  and  was 
claimed  by  them,  as  well  as  by  French  and  En¬ 
glish,  by  right  of  dlscovor.v.  This  colony,  after 
aevontcen  years,  wa.H  cotnpellod  to  submit  to 
Dutch  rule. 
In  166i  (qiAai,E.H  ir..  Ignoring  the  rights  of  Hol¬ 
land  os  well  as  those  of  the  pcophf  of  Connecticut 
under  their  cliartor,  gave  to  his  brotUor.  the  Duke 
of  Yoas.  the  entire  country  from  the  connccUcul, 
to  the  Dclaw.nj-e,  The  Dutch  were  not  awnire  of 
this  until  an  EnglLsh  lleot  was  In  the  bay,  lying 
Island  in  pos.sos.slan  or  the  English,  and  rorrults 
from  Now  England  had  pitched  their  tents  in 
Brooklyn.  Making  a  virtue  of  necn.sslty,  the  Dutch 
sunonderod— New  Amsterdam  was  named  Now 
York;  Fort OrangOi  Albany.  Once  again  the  Isl- 
and  of  ManlctUan  was  under  Diitcn  dominion. 
During  a  war  between  England  and  Holland  a 
Dutch  lleot  sailed  up  l.he  harbor  ami  the  colony 
w.as  New  Netherlands;  but  with  the  roiiirn  of 
peace,  a  little  more  than  a  year  alter,  English 
authority  was  acknowledged  and  the  Duum  do¬ 
minion  In  New  Am.sterdam  terminated. 
,  From  this  time  English  supremacy  on  tlm  At- 
luntlc  ooii.st  was  nnlvorsallj-  aoknowlcdgoa. 
Rcllglou.s  onthu.slasin  carried  thn  French  Into 
the  heart  of  America.  Soon  after  Ciiamim.ain  had 
made  permanent  setfJemcnt.sm  Canada  and  had 
carried  hts  explonitloius  as  far  armi.h  as  Central 
New  York,  hy  his  invitation  numerous  Jesuit  mis¬ 
sionaries  went  to  Canada  with  iho  desire  and 
design  to  Christianize  the  mill  ves.  Going  west¬ 
ward  we  ilnd  Father  Am-ones  m  166.'}  among  the 
Chlppowas,  whom  he  soon  clairnnd  as  subjects  of 
p’anco.  Ho  had  among  others  .as  an  asslstiint  In 
his  labors.  Jam K.S  MAuqrKrri!,,  a  zealoits  Jesuit,  a 
faithful  worker  and  u  good  man.  'rue  Indians 
south  of  the  .su  Lawreiioo,  Lake  Ontario  and  Lake 
trio,  did  not  welcome  the  mlsshmarlcB,  hut  those  1 
oil  the  northern  shores  received  t.hoin  kindly.  j 
In  1671  Nichoi,a.s  Pkuot  appeared  at  St.  .Marys,  I 
on  the  stream  that  Jolim  Lakes  Huperlor  and 
Huron,  ju.st  as  Marqueitk  was  about  to  leave 
that  plai'c  to  explore  the  Mississippi  River,  of 
which  he  had  heard  irom  Imllans.  I’mcor  bore  ' 
authority  from  the  French  King  to  nnnvuno  a 
general  council  of  ledhnis  at  St.  Marys.  They  ' 
a.s»embled  from  all  tlm  sections  the  Jesuits  liud 
penetrated — from  the  ea.stern  watera  ot  the  St. 
Lam'enco  and  from  beyond  Uie  MKsisslppl— and 
were  informed  that  their  father,  the  King  ot  . 
France,  had  token  them  under  Uls  paternal  pro-  ' 
tectlon  anfl  that  tUeneeforth  they  were  his  sub¬ 
jects.  A  cros.s  was  raised  txi  typify  ChrlsU.inlty 
ana  beside  It  was  planted  a  post  on  which  ivas 
placed  the  arms  of  France. 
The  expedition  to  the  Mls.slsslppl  was,  in  conse¬ 
quence  or  this  meeting,  postponed  till  1673,  in  r 
which  year  .Toliet,  Marquettb  and  five  other  v 
Frenchmen,  with  two  Indians  as  guides,  reached  ii 
the  WIscoimln  River  and  followed  It  to  Its  June-  a 
tlon  with  fhe  Mississippi,  down  which  they  pro-  d 
ceeded,  making  their  drst  suiy  on  the  Iowa  side  v 
near  the  mouth  of  Uie  Des  Moines.  Again  era-  a 
burking  they  floated  below  lUo  mouth  or  the  Ar-  li 
Kansas,  and  so  far  that  they  were  saUafled  the  o 
river  flowed  Into  the  Gulf  of  MieUco.  Returning  y 
they  entered  the  Illinois  River,  whlcli  they  .os-  a 
ceiidedtoltssource,  and  thence  proceeded  by  way  h 
ot  Chicago  and  Lake  Michigan  to  Green  Bay.  ll 
la  16S'Z  LaSaui.r  left  Chicago  and  ijeseended  w 
the  HIlMOls  and  Mlssl-Hlppi  to  the  Gulf  of  Mexico,  h; 
claiming  dominion  of  the  whole  valley  ot  the  Mis-  hi 
slsslppi  for  France  and  naming  it  Louisiana,  In  Jil 
honor  of  Louis  XIV. 
gers  who  had  got  some  goods  from  citizens  of 
Quebec  to  go  and  trade  among  tbe  Iroquois  and 
Ilurons;  but  after  using  them  as  their  own  they 
were  afraid  to  return  homo  after  such  a  piece  of 
business  and,  reiicblngtlie  Illinois,  they  descended 
the  river  «t.  i-oiiis,  now  Mississippi,  and  landing 
on  .Ma.s.saore,  or  Dauphin  Island,  settled  there  ” 
None  of  the  other  authorities  1  have  examined 
mention  this,  and  as  the  Island  la  so  fiw  fi  oiu  l.he 
mouth  of  the  .Mississippi,  It  Is  highly  probable 
Dumont  la  mistaken  In  his  locality,  it  not  In  his 
facts. 
'I'lifl  LYeiieh  now  had  pos.sca.slon  of  the  entire 
length  ot  the  Mississippi  and  a  lino  of  fortliled 
trading  posts  were  soon  csUibllshed,  (hxtcndlng 
from  tlie  Gulf  of  ,st.  Lawrence  to  th<'  Gulf  of  Mex¬ 
ico.  Spain  asaerte<l  a  right  by  discovery  to  the 
lower  Mississippi  Valley,  but  tlie  possession  of 
Franco  wiia  paramount. 
Louisiana,  as  claimed  by  the  FreueU  In  1730,  In¬ 
cluded  the  entire  valley  of  the  Mississippi  and  of 
Itfl  tributary  streams  on  either  side.  'I’hls  em¬ 
braced  all  country  wi-st  of  the  Alloghanles,  in¬ 
cluding  the  head  watci-s  of  the  .Monorigahola, 
Alleghany,  Tennessee.  Kane  and  (Jumlmrlaud 
Rivers.  The  southwestern  limit  was  tho  15ay  of 
St.  Bernard  and  thn  I’erdldo  Rlvor  was  Its  eastern 
boundary  on  tho  Gulf. 
Strenuous  (slTorts  were  made  hy  tho  French  Lo 
extend  their  power  throughout  the  valley  of  Uio 
Ohio.  Thn  Indlan.s  wore  not  happy  under  this 
KtatA>  of  aiTalrs  and  cau«ed  much  trouhie,  while 
tho  English  colonlsf/S  viewed  with  alarm  the  ap¬ 
proach  of  the  French  toward  their  scttlcmonts 
and  tho  occupation  by  them  of  lands  included  In 
charters  grautoa  by  the  BrlHsh  crown  whlcli,  H 
will  bo  rememberod,  In  most  case.s.  covered  l.he 
country  irom  ocean  to  omaiii.  ConUnued  eolll.s- 
louH,  together  ivlih  other  causes,  led  to  a  war  be¬ 
tween  the  two  nations  declared  In  1754.  which 
coutlmicdolghtyoars,  and  notwithstanding  S|mln 
JoliKxl  with  France  against  Great  ItrlUln,  the  lat¬ 
ter  power ,  hy  gaining  one  aflcr  another  the  French 
strongholds  In  cariatla  and  the  stations  and  mill- 
Diry  posts  In  tho  valley  of  the  Ohio,  IlnnJly  ooin- 
pt'lled  Frantic  to  seek  peace  at  t  he  tsost  of  the  loss 
of  her  dominions  In  America,  while  Spain  at  the 
Cud  of  the  w'.ar,  boshio  other  losses,  found  Eugland 
In  possoHHloii  of  Havana. 
In  1763  Krtiiico  ceded  lo  Great  Britain  all  of 
Canada,  and  Its  deimndeiiclus  and  all  the  territory 
she  possessed  tiast  of  tlio  middle  of  the  .Mississippi 
River  from  id?  source  to  the  JbbcrvlUe,  thiuicp 
t  hrough  tho  middle  of  Mial  river  and  lakes  .Maiire- 
piius  and  I’ontcharlralii  lo  thti  sea,  letivlng  the 
city  of  New  Orleans  and  the  Island  on  which  It 
.stands  out  tjf  the  cession,  but  declaring  the  navi¬ 
gation  of  the  Mississippi  from  tho  Gulf  upward, 
free  lo  both  iiatlons.  .M  the  previ(iu.s  d.ite.  (It6'2), 
by  secret  treaty  France  had  ceded  to  .Spain  all  of 
Louisiana  not  described  In  tlic  cession  to  Greal, 
Brltaiu  jiut  mentioned. 
In  1763  Spain  gave  Great  Britlan  all  of  Florhlu  in 
fcxcliangc  for  the  ro-iiossesslon  Of  Havana.  'I'hiis 
England  became  possctwed  of  all  cost  of  tho  Mis¬ 
sissippi  except  the  city  and  Island  of  New  Orleans, 
which  was  thecxuintof  her  American  po.ssesslons 
at  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution  (n  I77r>. _ 
[To  be  Continued. 
I  BIBBS— A  LOVE  STORY. 
CHAPTER  I. 
Tiieue  was  no  doubt  about  It-Jolin  Wearo  was 
perfectly  wretched  that  night.  He  had  quarreled 
with  Jennie  Bell  and  he  wasn't  going  to  make  It 
up.  The  fact  was,  she  gave  herself  too  many  airs 
and  he  didn’t  mean  to  stand  It  any  longer  Hu 
didn’t  care  If  ahe  was  pretly-that  was  no  reason 
why  she  should  let  lialf-a-dozeu  fellows  hang 
about  the  shop  or  stroll  Inone  at  a  time  and,  lean¬ 
ing  on  their  elbowh.  cUaitor  and  smirk  and  smile 
over  the  countor;  cadets  and  officers  too,  wild 
young  fellows,  who  only  did  so  foi-  their  own 
amusement  and  would  no  more  dream  or  marrying 
her  than  they  would  ot  Inviting  her  to  Hie' ball 
lliat  was  corning  off  next  montb.  To  he  sure  he 
was  oniy  a  common  cavalry  soldier ;  but  then  he 
had  been  In  the  scrvloo  a  good  many  years  now 
had  an  e.vecllcnt  charucter  and  a  good  trade  at 
ills  back  and,  moreover,  his  father  had  died  not 
In  Noveinhec  laiw  i  *ung  Since,  and  then)  was  the  cottage  all  ready 
iC _ 
slppL  and  In  January,  1699,  he  anchored  before 
tho  Isle  Of  Santa  Rosa.  At  Pensacola,  on  the  oppo¬ 
site  shore,  300  Spaniards  from  Vera  f.'ruz  bad  a 
short  time  before,  buiR  a  fori.  Finding  this  pre¬ 
occupation  he  sailed  westward,  touching  Miissacre 
or  Dauphln’.s  Islaml.  south  weatol  .Mobile  Hay  and 
soon  after  discovered  the  mouth  of  tho  Pascagoula 
River.  Uavlng  there  most  of  hla  colonists  Iubkr- 
viLLE,  With  a  few  men  In  boats,  wont  In  search  of 
tho  mouth  of  the  great  river,  which  they  found 
by  following  a  current  or  muddy  water  la  which 
they  saw  logs  and  branches  of  trees  floating 
He  then  went  up  the  Mississippi  to  the  mouth  of 
Red  River,  where  he  was  given  a  letter  addreaacd 
lo  LaSaij.e,  Which  had  been  preserved  by  the 
Indians  Ofteen  years  and  given  to  him,  tho  first 
white  man  they  had  seen  aflor  Its  reception. 
Aa  the  shores  of  the  Lower  MLsslsslppl  wore 
marshy,  the  Idea  of  seitUng  on  the  rlvor  was 
abandoned  and  the  colony  reraiilnod  at  tho  mouth 
Of  the  Pascagoula,  there  establishing  the  flxst 
French  sctUomenc  on  the  Golf  or  .Mexico.  True 
DcMONTlahls  “  Memoirs  of  Louisiana,"  says  “  the 
first  settlers  of  Louisiana  were  Canadian  voya- 
Jcnnle  anted  aa  shop- woman  for  her  sister,  .Mrs. 
Evans.  A  very  poor  little  shop  It  Wiis,.  very  small 
and  badly  stocked,  for  .Mrs.  Evans  liad  only  man- 
aged  to  got  a  tew  pounds’  worth  of  things  wltii 
what  had  been  subsertbed  for  her  In  the  garrison 
aflcr  tho  fever  had  carried  oiT  her  husband  The 
spwulaUonansworea  pretty  well  at  first,  for  many 
Of  the  omcera’  wives,  knowing  what  an  Indus¬ 
trious  woman  .Mrs.  Evans  was,  made  a  point  of 
I  buying  their  tapes  and  cottons  and  stleks  oi  senl- 
ingwaxofher.  Then  Jennie’s  pretty  face  was 
belUnd  the  counter  and  the  shop  was  filled  from 
morning  to  nignt  with  ofllcers  ami  frisky  young 
cadets  and  tho  original  customers  took  fllglit-- 
though  Ml'S.  Evans  did  not  know  it,  for  she,  be¬ 
lieving  tho  business  was  safe  In  tho  keeping  of 
Jennie,  worked  hard  at  the  dressmaking  (she  hud 
three  children  to  support  and  the  shop  alouo  would 
not  do  H.) 
The  Ofllcers  were  not  profitable  customers,  for 
they  only  went  to  flirt  with  Jennie  under  the  ex¬ 
cuse  Of  buying  a  penny  paper  or  perhaps  asking 
for  a  tlme-lablo.  Jennie  made  the  most  trim  and 
pretty  and  obliging  of  shop-women  and  the  place 
Itself  was  always  a  pattern  of  neatness ;  but  the 
'  ofllcers'  wives  did  not  care  to  go  and  buy  their 
threads  whore  they  were  evidently  Interrupting  a 
flli'WiUon,  and  so  the  business  continued  to  fall  off 
and  Mrs.  Evans  began  to  get  quite  uneasy  about 
It.  Jennie  preily,  kind-hearted,  lUoughtles.s 
■Jennie  had  no  idea  that  aim  had  anything  to  do 
with  It,  or  Shu  would  have  sent  every  one  of  her 
admlror.s  off  at  a  imee  that  would  have  astonished 
them.  .She  had  been  only  too  dellghteil.  after  hei' 
brother-in-law  died,  to  come  from  Devonslilro  and 
live  with  her  sister  at  3V(X)lwlch-not  only  he- 
eause  she  was  very  fond  of  her  sister,  btit  also 
becaii.so  she  Imd  wished  many  times  to  see  John 
Weare  again.  She  luul  mnde  his  acquiilntanco 
when  her  hrother  and  he— for  they  had  been  In 
tho  sumo  regiment— were  stationed  at  Plymouth 
and  Shu  had  paid  them  a  (lying  visit  with  her 
father. 
John  had  told  her  then  that  ho  was  tired  of  tho 
service  and  wanted  to  setl.le  itown,  and  she  in¬ 
wardly  thought  that  ho  could  not  do  bettor  than 
ask  her  lo  settle  with  him.  He  had  boon  very  at¬ 
tentive  when  she  eame  lo  Woolwich  and  gradually 
e.stabllshed  hliimelf  on  the  footing  of  a  lover,  till 
he  found  the  shop  always  illled  with  olilem-s  and 
Cadets.  At  first  he  was  shy  of  appearing  before 
Ills  superiors,  then  he  gut  Jealous  and  at  last 
angry ;  tor  he  felt  and  knew  that,  they  meani,  her 
no  good  and  besides,  It  was  doing  real  Injury  to 
the  business  of  tho  shop.  .\t  last  he  spoke  his 
mind,  and  told  tho  coquettish  Jennie  what  ho 
thought  and  was  snubbed  for  Ids  pains. 
“  H  you  tblnlc  I  don’t  know  how  lo  take  care  ot 
myself,  Mr.  Wteire,  yon  are  much  mistaken,  and  I 
don’t  w.uit  any  ono  to  tell  me  wlmt’s  right,  or 
wrong.  I  know  myself." 
“VVell,  MI.S.S  Jennie,  I  didn’t  mean  to  give  ot- 
tense.  I  only  told  you  what  1  thought." 
‘'Then  you  might  have  kepi,  your  thoughts  to 
30111X011, ’’  Hlie  said,  with  a  little  toss  of  her  pretty 
head—"  unleas  they  hud  heeu  nice  ones,”  she  add¬ 
ed.  lie  heard  the  aside  and  picked  up  Ids  courage. 
“  It’s  awfully  hard,  too,  when  ono  that  ciire.s  for 
you  really  can’t  get  near  you,"  he  phuided. 
Just  then  .Jennie  eaughtslghtof  captain  McGee, 
a  tall  and  handaoiiio  man,  with  long  whl-skeixund 
a  red  no.se,  coming  In  the  cllreetion  of  tho  shoi) 
with  a  big  huneli  nr  flowers  In  Ids  hand.  She  had 
^  heard  John  WnareM  last  words;  but  she  was  se¬ 
cretly  of  oifinion  Uiat  ‘‘he  ought  Lo  have  come  up 
to  the  scratch  before,"  so  she  thought  a  llttli'  leal- 
ou.sy  might  do  him  good. 
“Gh,  liere. coinesi-'aiitaln  AloGeo!’'  she  .said  In 
a  d(.'llghted  tone.  ’ 
"  Well,  lie's  Just  the  blgge.st  blackleg  In  tho 
service  .lonido,  and  If  you  take  my  advice  you’ll 
send  Idm  off  sharp. ” 
“  I  believe  you  are  jealous,  ,Mr.  Weare,  and  tell¬ 
ing  stories  about  the  captain  ;  he  Is  always  very 
polite  lo  me,”  .and  .she  smoothed  lier  protti' hair 
and  arranged  tho  trllles  on  the  counter. 
"Oh,  he’s  polire  enough,  no  doubt.” 
“  And  im'H  bringing  me  some  tlowers.” 
“  Now  look  liere,  Jennie;  are  yon  going  to  take 
them?” 
“  or  course  I  urn.” 
"  Well,  tlion,  good-by.” 
"  (Jood-by,”  she  laughed,  ot  course  she  know 
ho  wouldn’t  go. 
“Jennie,  he’ll  bo  Hi  directly  and  J  shall  be  off  ; 
but  you  must  choose  between  him  and  mo.  If 
you  are  going  to  keep  on  talking  to  him,  1  shall 
never  come  In  the  place  again— so  which  is  It  to 
be?" 
"  The  ca|)tuln.” 
^  But  I  am  not  Joking.  I'll  never  see  you  again.” 
No  moro  am  I  Joking ;  so  good-by.” 
“Good-by”-aud  ho  went. 
CHAPTER  II. 
He  kept  resolutely  away  for  a  whole  month— 
never  once  went  near  the  place.  If  Jomdo  wanted 
him,  she  might  send  for  him  or  get  her  sister  to 
Invite  him  to  tea,  im  she  hail  done  bei'orc.  But 
John  Weare  was  not  sent  for,  neither  was  he  in¬ 
vited  to  tea,  .md  liLs  splrlw  begun  to  wax  low, 
"  If  .‘iho’d  Cared  a  dump  about  me  she’d  liave  got 
In  my  way  somehow  before  this — trust  a  woman  ” 
no  thought.  ’ 
The  Idea  of  not.  being  cared  for,  even  to  tho  ex- 
tAint  ot  a  (lump,  was  not  cheerful.  That  algid,  ho 
strolled  carelessly  hy  the  shop,  hut  on  the  oppo¬ 
site  side  of  tho  way.  Nothing  was  to  be  seen  of 
Jennie.  He  walked  on  In  a  brown  study  and  went 
dellheratoly  by  tho  shop  with  only  ono  eye,  how¬ 
ever,  turned  in  Its  dlreiitlou,  hutnotu  sign  of  Jen¬ 
nie.  He  went  on  to  tho  barrack  In  a  dejected 
frame  of  mind. 
"  It’s  an  awful  plty-sueh  a  nice  girl ;  and  the 
collage  all  ready  for  her  losteplutoand  meready 
to  ndlre  from  the  service  and  a  good  trade  at  mv 
II  buck;  It's  loo  had,  and  all  along  of  that  Captain 
.McGee,  too.  And  the  Irmt  in  the  gardon  (of  tho 
ll  cottage)  all  ripe  and  no  one  t,o  pick  H.  ’ 
The  very  next  morning  John  Wearo  w.alkcd  de- 
Uboraiely  Into  tho  shop  and  asked  for  a  penny 
newspapt'r  and  hud  the  felicity  of  being  served  bv 
Mrs.  Evans. 
“ij.ulte  a  stranger,  .M r.  Weare,”  she  said;  but 
that  was  the  only  remark  slie  made,  and  for  the 
life  of  him  ho  could  not  screw  up  his  courage  to 
ask  for  tier  sister. 
That  night  .John  Wearo  was  mtserahle. 
“  She  can't  care  a  rush  tor  me,”  he  thought  and 
marched  all  over  tho  town  and  nearly  to  Green¬ 
wich  and  back.  In  hla  excitement. 
The  next  day  was  a  lucky  day  for  John.  He 
came  acro.ss  Bibbs.  Bibbs  was  Mrs.  Evans’  eldest 
boy  .No  one  knciv  wliat  his  real  name  was  or 
why  ho  was  called  Bibbs;  but  ho  was  never  called 
anything  else. 
‘‘Bibbs,"  said  John  Wearo,  “come  and  have 
some  fruit and  ho  carried  him  off  In  triumph  to 
I  h(.i  collage  and  stuffed  him  with  gooseberries  till 
he  couldn’t  move  and  with  black  currants  till  hja 
