THE  SAD  STOEY  OF  BLOBBS  AND  HIS 
PULLET. 
Ik  a  tiny  country  villa  lived  our  Blobbs.  but  all  .alone ; 
Never  wife  or  chubby  children  this  staid  bai^helor  had 
known. 
Yet— for  hearts  miist  cling  to  somethinif-ho  had  made 
himself  .a  pet 
Of  a  little  snow-white  pullet,  with  her  wings  .lust  tipped 
with  Jot. 
Daily  feeding  and  caressin.g,  these  had  won  the  pullet’s 
heart; 
Following  close  her  master’s  footsteps,  seldom  they 
were  far  apart; 
And  his  love  grew  deeper,  stronger,  with  the  pas.sin.g  of 
each  day— 
*'  Wiser  far  than  any  wonuin,"  wicked  Blobbs  was  wont 
to  say. 
Near  by  rose  a  wondrous  structure— architects  their 
brains  had  racked— 
Cross  between  a  Chinese  temple  and  a  cruet-stand,  in 
fact. 
This  the  pretty  pullet’s  dwelling ;  here  she  hastened 
every  night;  ' 
Perched  on  high,  became  a  rooster  till  the  dawning  of 
the  light. 
One  8a<l  day  a  Yankee  peddler,  glib,  persuading,  pass¬ 
ing  by, 
Gazed  at  Blobbs  and  that  poor  pullet  with  a  calculating 
eye. 
From  his  wagon’s  deep  recesses  drew  out,  smiling 
wickedly, 
"Johnson’s  Patent  Ilen-Pereuader;’’  then  to  guileless 
Blobbs  said  ha : 
"  Here's  a  marvelous  invention  !  In  this  box  you  see 
a  nest ; 
Hens  at  once  will  lay  an  egg  here,  lured  to  do  their 
very  best. 
Then  behold !  this  sliding  bottom  lota  the  egg  drop 
out  of  view. 
And  the  heu,  somewhat  bewildered,  lays  at  once  egg 
number  two !’’ 
’Twould  be  useless  to  repeat  all  that  this  wily  peddler 
said ; 
This  suffices.  Blobbs,  unwary,  by  his  specious  tongue 
misled. 
Bought  the  "Patent  Hen-Persuader,"  set  his  snow- 
white  pullet  on. 
Locked  them  both  within  the  hen-house  ere  he  went  to 
town  that  mom . 
Businees  then  engrossed  him  fully,  till,  with  num’rous 
cares  beset. 
Who  c..an  wonder  that  the  pullet  and  her  nest  he  should 
foi-get  ? 
Nothing  all  day  to  remind  him;  but  returning  late  at. 
night, 
Flashed  a  sudden  recollection,  and  his  cheek  grew  i>alo 
with  fright. 
Hushing  madly  from  the  station,  straight  he  sought 
the  hen-house  door. 
Called  his  i)r.t  in  tones  entreating.  Ah!  she’ll  never 
answer  more  1 
Full  of  gloomiest  forebodings,  in  ho  dashes ;  finds  the 
nest 
Overflowing  with  its  treasures  — yes,  she’s  done  her 
level  beat. 
Forty -seven  eggs !  and  near  them  head  and  tail  and 
wings  still  lay. 
For  the  poor  ambitious  puUet  thus  had  laid  herself 
away.'  [Uarper’a. 
OUR  COUNTRY; 
ITS  ACQUISITION  AND  DIVISION. 
BY  I.ESTEK  A.  KOIiERT.S. 
fC'oncluded  from  pagoSSU.J 
West  Virginia. 
The  separation  of  Uie  liortliwesLern  portions  of 
Virginia  Iroin  tho  rest  of  the  State  liad  been  long 
suggested,  but  it  \va.s  not  until  I’^til  that  It  was 
accomplished.  In  or  that  j'ear,  a  Conven¬ 
tion  held  at  Hlchmond  declared  V'lrglnla  no  longer 
one  ot  the  fnlted  States,  she  liavltig  cast  her 
fortunes  with  the  tjouMiern  Confe<b<rac.v.  In  this 
Convention  the  delegates  west  of  llu*  mounlalus 
were  not  unanimous,  a  majority  of  them  voting 
against  secession.  Their  action  w;i8  approved 
and  a  Convention  0(  (lelegates  representing  forty 
Counties  was  held  at  Wheeling  In  Juno,  at  which 
the  act  of  the  Richmond  Convention  was  declarerl 
void,  secession  was  ropudbited  and  proceedings 
were  had  to  reorganize  the  lawrul  Ooverument  of 
the  State.  The  oovern  me  ni  elected  by  the  people 
by  authority  ot  this  Convention— which  was  named 
the  Reorganized  Government  of  the  Stale  of  Vir¬ 
ginia— Issued  a  call  tor  a  new  State  Constitutional 
Convention,  which  was  held  at  Wheeling  on  No¬ 
vember  of  the  sauie  year,  ISGI, 
.'Vt  this  Convention  a  Constllmtlon  for  a  now 
State  wa.s  .agreed  upon.  The  Legislature  ot  Reor¬ 
ganized  Virginia  a,ssontert  to  Its  rornnitlon,  and  In 
December  following  President  Lincoln  approved 
the  act  of  Congress  adudltlng  the  State  ot  West 
Virginia  to  the  Union.  As  thus  constituted,  the 
State  comprised  forty-eight  Counties,  to  which 
were  subsequently  added  those  ot  Uerkeley  and 
Jefferson. 
Montana. 
In  1864  an  area  that  had  successively  formed 
parts  ot  the  Territories  ot  Oregon,  Washington, 
Nebraska,  Dakota  and  Idaho,  and  which  was 
bounded  north  by  the  International  line,  east  by 
longitude  104,  south  by  latitude  45,  and  west  by 
the  eastern  line  of  Idaho,  was  erected  Into  a  sep¬ 
arate  Terrltorj'.  _ 
Wyoming. 
The  Territory  ot  Wyoming,  as  constituted  by 
act  of  Congress  July,  isos,  comprises  the  area  be¬ 
tween  the  104lh  and  illth  meridian  and  latitudes 
41  and  45.  It  consists  of  two  parcels  taken  from 
•each  ot  the  original  Territories  of  Nebraska,  Utah 
and  Oregon,  and  contains  lands  which  have  at 
different  times  been  comprised  in  six  other  Terrl- 
tortes,  t  hat  of  Dakota  alone  having  twice  Included 
nearly  ono  half  ot  it.  lu  laying  it  out  no  regard 
was  bad  to  so-called  natural  boundirle.s,  and  the 
Rocky  Mountains  cross  It  nearly  dhigonally. 
YEr.i,ovvsroNE  P.iRK.— A  tract  ot  land  lying  lu 
the  northwe.st  corner  ot  the  Territory  of  Wyo¬ 
ming  and  included  In  its  boundaries  as  given 
above,  compi  tslng  .about  3,60i>  square  miles  was. 
by  act  or  Congress  in  l.SI’j,  withdrawn  from  sottle- 
ment  or  occujiancy,  or  sale  under  the  laws  ot  the 
United  .St.ate.H,  and  dedicated  .and  set  ap;irt  .as  a 
public  park  or  pleasure  ground  for  the  benefit  and 
enjoyment  of  the  people,  to  be  a'nd  remain  forever 
under  the  exclusive  control  ot  the  Becrctary  of 
the  Interior. 
Unorganized  ITerritory. 
Aba.ska.— In  186T,  for  the  sum  ot  $6,000,000,  Rus¬ 
sia  coded  to  the  ladled  Stales  her  province  ot 
Alaska.  Tills  cession  wu.s  bounded  on  llie  east  by 
a  linn  beginning  nt  the  southernmost  point  of 
PiTnco  of  Wales  Island  (parallel  O'U  40')  and  run¬ 
ning  north  along  Portland  Channel  to  tlie  Junc¬ 
tion  ot  the  .561  h  parallel  of  north  latitude  with  the 
Continent,  and  thence  along  the  summit  of  the 
mountains  parallel  to  (he  coast  to  and  along  tlie 
141st  mpi’ldl.an  to  the  Arctic  Ocean ;  providing 
that  In  no  place  shall  this  Hue  be  more  than  ten 
marl  ne  leagues  from  the  coast  and  shall  be  parallel 
wllhltfi  windings.  No  Goverument  haa  yet  been 
organized  for  this,  tho  latest  acquisition. 
INDLVK  CorKTRY.- By  act  of  Congress  in  1831, 
All  that  part  of  the  I  nltcd  States  west  of  tho 
Mississippi  and  not  within  tlie  States  of  Missouri 
and  l.nuLsIana  and  the.  Territory  of  .Arkansas,” 
Avas  named  the  Indian  country.  This  area  has 
been  from  time  to  time  diminished,  until  at  pres¬ 
ent  It  Includes  the  territory  bounded  north  by 
latitude  3V,  east  by  the  western  lines  of  Missouri 
and  Arkansas,  south  by  the  Red  River  and  wi>st 
by  the  100th  meridian.  Different  portions  of  this 
country  are  set  apart  for  di If ereiit  tribes  of  In¬ 
dians  settled  there,  who  have  thdr  own  Govern, 
ments,  t  he  three  principal  of  which  arc  the  Creek, 
Cherokee  and  Choctaw.  These  arc  reimbllcau  In 
form,  and  over  them  and  the  minor  ones  the 
United  states  exercise  what  might,  bu  called  a 
Federal  Protceloratc,  Tlie  country,  for  all  neces¬ 
sary  judlci.al  purposes,  ts  attached  to  tho  Western 
District  of  Arkansas. 
There  allll  remains  without  namo  or  Territorial 
organization,  the  area  eomiireb ended  by  latitudes 
se’ito'aiid  .T7»and  longitudes  100'>  and  103*.  In 
tables  of  areas  this  tract,  containing  about  10,800 
square  miles,  Is  usually  added  with  the  Indian 
Country.— [Conclusion. 
ONLY  A  COUSIN. 
BY  F.  A.  W. 
A  Di.voY  opera  libretto  slipped  trom  Aunt  Jes¬ 
sie’s  open  desk  to  the  Boor  near  the  “Sleepy  Hol¬ 
low’’  lu  which  Cousin  Marcia  was  lazily  j'eadlng. 
“  ‘  Barber  ot  Seville.’  Py.nk  &  Harrison  troupe. 
Niblo’s  Garden,  18.56,  What  are  you  keeping  this 
old  thing  lor?"  :in(l  an  arch  peach-blossom  face, 
wll  h  a  rnngo  ot  ilmi'y  blonde  hair,  suddenly  thrust 
Itself  between  Aunt  JBssiB  and  the  note  she  was 
just  (InLshlng. 
Thar-  stately  laily  looked  with  some  Indignation 
over  her  eye-glasses.  “Old  thing,  Indeed  1"  she 
smoothed  caressingly  her  recovei’erl  properly, 
while  over  her  face  stole  that  curious,  dreamy 
c,xprcshlou  so  tantalizing  to  the  beholder,  who 
feels  herself  shut  out  from  some  pleasant  memory 
In  which  the  other  ts  reveUng. 
The  peach-blossom  wa.s  a  i)ei-slstent  mortal  in 
her  way,  however,  and  before  Aunt  .Jessie  well 
knew  what  she  was  abo’at,  she  was  at  the  full  tide 
ot  narration. 
I  think  you  never  heard  me  speak  of  my  friend, 
Fanny  .Fluot,  who  married  and  moved  to  Ne¬ 
vada  a  good  many  yDare  ago.  BUo  would  poisslbly 
be  Fanny  Ellioi'  still  ll  It  had  not  been  lor  this 
opera.  Bhe  was  passionately  fond  of  music  and 
her  cousin  D.in  always  managed  that  she  should 
hear  everytiung  worth  hearing.  Fanny  was  a 
teacher  In  a  fashionable  up-town  school.  Dan 
was  a  clerk  lu  a  large  importl  ug  house  1  ii  the  city. 
Both  cousln.s  were  alone  in  the  world  and  were 
fond  ot  each  other  in  a  cousinly  sort  of  way. 
Fanny  was  a  good-hearted  girl,  only  a  little 
spoiled,  like  youi’self  Miss  aIarcja,  by  Injudicious 
reading.  She  lived  altogether  coo  inuoh  outside 
the  everyday  world,  building  castles  In  which  the 
liij  po.sslblc  angel  of  a  man  llgured  largely.  1 1  wa.s 
amusing  to  hear  her  fancies.  First  of  all,  she 
must  admire  Immensely  the  one  she  should  marry. 
He  must  be  one  of  the  world’s  heroes— though 
just  what  this  meant  she  coidd  not  have  told  you 
—and,  by  some  Ughtuing-llke  process  of  Intull  Ion,  I 
heart  would  speak  to  heart  when  she  should  meet 
him,  and  so  on  with  the  rest  of  that  uousenso 
geuer.aily.  If  a  person  answering  in  some  small 
degree  to  her  ideal  had  suddenly  appeared  and 
at  lirst  sight  hiid  asked  her  to  marry  him,  she 
would  have  unhesitatingly  accepted,  merely  be¬ 
cause  she  bad  so  oltcn  mentally  rehearsed  the 
situation.  Mcanllme,  she  did  not  suffer  from  lack 
ot  attentlou.  Dan  was  perfection  as  an  escort, 
and  In  his  immble  capacity  of  “  only  a  cousin," 
obligingly  made  a  martyr  ot  himself,  going  to  cla;  - 
sical  concert  s  which  ho  did  not  understand  and 
to  the  opera,  which  he  cordially  detested. 
It  wa.s  Louisa  Dyne's  beneilt  night  and  Nlhlo’s  , 
was  packed  lull  from  pit  to  gallery.  Gur  tiieuds  1 
had  been  fortunate  in  securing  seats  at  the  front 
balcony,  thereby  having  not.  only  a  good  view  of 
1  lie  stage  but  of  t  he  auilienoe  as  well— tho  latter 
oonslfleratlon  ot  IrnjKnlaneo  to  Fanny,  whoso 
peeps  at  the  gny  world  wore  Ilmtrert.  One  parly 
near  especially  interested  her  that  evening,  and 
she  had  strange  fascination  watching  them  Tho 
youngest  ol  the  group  was  a  flellcato,  flaxen- hnlr- 
wlglrl.  “  Margaret one  would  lavoluutarHy 
o.xelalm,  and  look  around  for  Fac.st  and  the  at¬ 
tendant  demon.  But,  Inst^'.n.fl,  one  saw  a  bald- 
headed.  portly  gentleman,  doubtless  t  he  fair  Mar- 
0 A  BET'S  papa.  With  i  ho  turn  was  a  lady  fair,  also, 
but!  not  with  the  llly-like  purity  of  the  joung  giiT. 
It  might  have  been  M  tROAUKT  :igaln ;  but  it  was 
Maruarkt  twenty  years  older— more  Intellectual, 
mature,  with  that  sort  of  '*  Ihc-world-was-made- 
tor-me"alr,  which  imturally  belongs  to  wealth 
and  as.sured  position. 
Fanny  confessed  to  me  atterward.s  how  admir¬ 
ingly  and  enviously  she  regarded  these  two 
women.  What  did  they  know  about  work  and 
care,  st'i.pld  pupils,  fault-finding  parents,  mar  of 
failure,  longing  tor  homo  and  rest?  Who  does 
not  sometimes  wish  to  surpiTso  the  secret  of  ids 
neighbor's  content— to  get  at  that  vague  some- 
thing  which  wo  call  Individuality  and  which,  no 
matter  how  hard  our  lot,  we  never  feel  quite  up 
to  the  point  of  exchanging  with  another !  •'  They 
must  be  very  fortimato  and  happy,"  thought 
fanny;  “and  I— my  life  ha-s  uothlng !’’ 
It  was  lute  ill  the  evening  as  the  curtain  fell  at 
the  close  of  the  fourth  act.  “How  pretty  that 
was!”  suddenly  broke  out  Dan;  “like  the  wind 
through  a  forest  nf  violin  strings,  was  It  not’D' 
Dan  was  not  musical,  but  he  sonietlmes  ventured 
an  opinion  at  the  risk  of  being  severely  put  down. 
“  I  rather  lost  irfujk  of  the  words,  though.  Why 
have  wo  no  libretto?" 
“  What  matters  the  words  when  you  catch  the 
effect  so  exactly was  Che  answer  he  received, 
“  11  Is  poor  music  that  does  not  tell  Its  own  story. 
But  If  your  cars  were  as  keen  as  mine,  you  would 
h;tve,  heard  lliu  Whole  play  discussed  Just  back  of 
us.  The.so  mLserable  amateurs !  Elow  I  lialc  lo 
sit  near  them.  *  Good !'  one  would  say ;  ‘but  the 
oboe  Is  a  little  too  prominent  in  that  passage. 
Miss  f’YNK  does  not  seem  In  quite  so  good  voice 
to-night  as  asual;  high  noie.H  arc  line,  hut  the 
medium  register  l.s  poor,'  and  so  on.  W  hy  cannot 
people  ll.M.en  to  music  to  get  away  from  lliotn- 
seives,  for  the  comfort  It  biTugs,  for  the  countless 
suggesllons  It  Inspires — ” 
“  Fa.nnv,"  calmly  interrupted  hercousln,;**  what 
have  I  hoard  you  say  ought  to  bo  the  fate  ot  the 
person  who  should  tell  the  same  story  twice?” 
Oood-hy,  Dan.  Go  and  get  yniir  libretto.’’ 
As  Fanny  had  said,  her  .sonso  ot  hearing  wn.8 
exceptionally  keen,  and  the  whispered  comments 
ot  the  sociable  persons  back  of  her  were  distinctly 
audible.  This  time  It  was  Dan  who  came  under 
criticism  a.5  he  passed  by  lUclr  bOY.  Fanny 
would  never  toll  just  svhat  was  said— “the  natu¬ 
ral  conceit  of  man  l.s  too  great,”  she  would  reply, 
when  teased  on  this  point.  Bho  had  listened, 
smiling  with  a  proud  sense  of  ownership,  though 
It  was  only  her  cousin,  when  tho  final  remarks 
made  her  ehoek.s  tingle.  “  His  wife,  whoever  she 
may  be,  Is  a  lucky  wrnnau.” 
“  Do  you  suppose  she  knows  It  ?” 
“Not  likely.  .Most  women  never  know  when 
they  are  well  off." 
Dan’s  wife!  It  seemed  to  occur  to  her  for  the 
llrat  time  that  Dan  would  some  time  marry. 
“Themis  no  one  good  enough  tor  him,  or  pretty 
or  rich  enough,  unless  it  be  M.viwarkt  over  there,” 
was  Fanny's  lUoughf.  “.\nd  why  should  this 
not  come  about'"’  So  many  tbreads  or  romance 
were  tangled  In  this  young  woman’s  brain,  that 
It  Is  no  wonder  she  luid  quite  u  respecluble  web 
woven  before  the  evening  was  over. 
With  new  Interest  she  watched  the  fali’MAR- 
OARKT  ot  her  fancy.  So  coiuydctcly  absorbed  was 
sho  that  the  last  actor  the  opera  went  on  unno¬ 
ticed  until  she  wa.s  aroused  trom  her  dreams  by 
her  cousin’s  voice.  "Are  you  asleep,  or  faint,  or 
crazy,  Fannv  7  1  have  been  trying  to  get  an  an¬ 
swer  from  you  lor  the  last  live  minutes.  You 
look  palo.  No  wonder;  the  air  is  horrible.  Let 
U.H  get  out  ot  this,"  and  Dan  halt  carried  her  Into 
the  lobby. 
The  crowd  was  terrible.  “  Take  care  of  the 
step,”  But  DanVj  warning  came  too  Into.  Fan¬ 
ny's  foot  slipped.  The  erowd  surged  on.  Whal 
followed  she  never  clearly  knew  till  she  felt  the 
cool  refreshing  air  of  the  street.  The  fair  neigh¬ 
bor  of  tho  opera  stood  near,  and  Dan  was  ju.8t 
returning  to  her  a  liny  silver  smelling-bottle. 
“Why,  It’s  .Maroarkt!”  exclaimed  poor  dazed 
Fanny. 
“  How  did  you  know  that  young  lady’s  name  ?" 
Inquired  Dan  a,s,  after  some  bl.sculto  and  wine  at 
'rAYLOR’H,  the  two  were  slowly  walking  homeivard 
In  the  sweet  spring  night. 
“  A  mere  guess.  The  name  suits  her.  And  how 
did  she  happen  lo  ho  near?”  returned  Fanny, 
wondering  a  little  at  the  quick,  sharp,  jealous 
pang  that  went  through  her  licarl. 
“Bhcwa-sjusi  geitliig  Into  her  cariTage  as  I 
Uroughl  you  out,  and  both  .she  and  her  father 
came  forward  at  once.  I  know  him.  A  rich  old 
speculator  who  drops  Into  our  store  almost  every 
day.  That  girl  ha-s  a  sweet  face." 
Fanny  assented  with  another  tivlnge  of  her 
heart-.sti’lngs.  “Dan,"  she  commenced,  hesita¬ 
tingly,  “lam  afraid  I  have  treated  you  rather 
shabbily  all  these  years.” 
“Awiully  .so.  Fan;  but  I’ll  forgive  you  If  you 
will  only  keep  In  the  body.  You  gave  mo  a  sad 
fright  a  while  ago." 
“Do  you  reiiieniber,  Dan,  the  llmt  time  we  ever 
saw  each  other— tliat  riuminor  so  long  ago  at  Uncle 
Nathan’s?  1  was  sitting  on  the  piazza — ” 
“M'ltliablue  cloud  twisted  round  your  head 
and  I  thought  you  looked  like  an  angel.” 
“  Guy,  more  correctly;  but  then,  you  never  did 
know  the  difference.  And  do  you  recall  Uncle 
Nate’s  comical  Introduction?  ‘Pan,”  (rising 
Indectlon,  and  with  a  flourish  of  Ids  big  brown 
hand.)  ‘  this  la  Dan.’  ” 
“  Yes,  1  remember  perfectly.  But  why  thlssud- 
den  vein  of  romlniscoucft?" 
“Bo  many  things  came  botore  mo  to-night. 
First,  1  was  rasotnated  with  .Margakkt.  I  envy 
her,  Bhe  has  so  much  In  the  world  -everything 
heart  can  wish.  Then,  when  you  went  for  the 
libret  to,  those  persons  baiik  of  us  said  something 
“  About  you 7  Well,”  said  tlic young  man  coolly, 
looking  down  with  a  curious  smile  at  the  form  by 
his  side.  “  I  don’t  much  wonder.  I  rather  like 
your  looks  myself.” 
“Not  that— I  didn’t  mean— oh,  you  provoking 
fellmvi" 
“  What  have  I  done  now?” 
“  Dan,  luivci  I  then  really  been  so  very  disagree¬ 
able  all  tho  lime  wo  have  known  tsich  other?’’ 
“  Disagreeable  ?  TlnitM  no  name  for  It.  Some 
lino  morutmr,  when  I  cannot  stand  It  any  longer, 
I  shall  take  myseir  off.  By  tjio  w:iy;  T  had  an 
offer  to-day  from  your  fair  Mauoaret’s  papa  to  go 
out  lo  Nevada,  JR;  Imppeilcd  to  hear  that  I  had 
graduated  at  tho  School  nf  Mines  at  old  Columhia 
and  offered  mo  very  liberal  Inducements  to  look 
after  the  silver  mines  In  which  lie  l.slnten^sted.” 
“Nevada?  That  Is  a  long  way  off,”  said  Fanny, 
helplessly;  the  world,  without  Dan,  suddenly  be¬ 
coming  a  prospect  too  dismal  lo  contemplate. 
“Ferhaps you  will  take  Maroarkt  witli  you.  It 
la  destiny.  I  believe  you  arc  the  liero  of  her 
dreams,  the  one  for  whom  she  is  waiting — ” 
“  1  declare,  she  la  dazed  yet  from  her  fall !”  was 
Dan>3  muttered  exclamallon  to  this. 
“  You  would  suit  each  other  completely,"  con¬ 
tinued  Fanny.  “She  Is  so  good  and  sweet  and 
winning.  1  envy  her  and  1  am  afraid  1  hate  her, 
too." 
“What  are  you  talking  .ahnut?"  and  Dan's 
cheery  laugh  was  strangely  reassuring.  Then  he 
added,  very  gravely That  poor  little  girl  you 
envy  woulil  doubtless  give  all  her  world  to  he  In 
your  place.  I  did  not.  mean  to  tell  you  t  he  report 
about  this  family,  but  the  mother  has  lits  of  in¬ 
sanity  and  sweet  llttlo  Makoakkt  hci’self  has 
twice  been  sent  to  an  Insane  hospital.  It  Is  one 
of  the  dark  latos.” 
'Phey  walkcil  along  In  .sllenoe  for  a  while ;  then 
Dan  commonoed  with  affected  (iarelessne-ss  of 
tono,  "  BcO  here  t  What  do  you  suppose  has  been 
the  reason  of  iny  keeping  near  you  ever  since  tlie 
shy  boy  bloomed  into  six  feotor  manly  us.suranoo. 
enduring  snubbing  and  ucgloct  and  dh-graceful 
coolness" - 
“Iilsfakse  and  you  know  it!”  indignantly  e.x- 
clalmed  poor  Inconsistent  Fanny. 
“What  do  you  suppose  has  been  the  reason,” 
pursued  her  cousin,  unheeding  the  Intei  ruptlou, 
“that  I  have  been  content  to  slay  here  when  I 
mlglit  have  gone  West,  and  done  work  that  would 
have  amounted  to  soraetlitng?  Simply  for  the 
sake  of  seeing  every  day  the  one  woman  who  al¬ 
ways  has  been  and  who  always  svlll  bo  the  one 
woman  nf  tho  world  for  ino !  Now  you  will  laugh 
and  call  me  a  rldluulous  fool !  t  dare  say  I  am. 
Faith !  1  have  half  a  mind  to  love  the  fair  Marga¬ 
ret.  Perhaps  she  would  treat  mo  bettor.” 
“  Love  her  at  your  peril !  Take  her  away  with 
you  to  Nevada,  if  you  dare  1  1  shall  follow,  for”- 
this  in  a  very  low,  Intense  whisper- “  l  can’t  live 
without  you,  J  F.SSB" — 
“ Jesse  1  Why  that  Is  papa!”  cried  Cousin 
Marcia,  in  half-lndlguaiiL  amazonumt.  “And 
you  have  just  been  telling  me  your  own  story  all 
tuls  lime !” 
- ♦•»•■* - 
OUfi  FIRST  RACE, 
We  have  pulled  our  hrst  race !  The  morning 
was  beautiful  as  only  a  Juno  morning  can  bo.  We 
took  the  shell  down  to  Braman’s  last  evening, 
and  so  tho  time  hung  heavily  on  our  hands  during 
tho  rorenoon.  A  bulictin  ivlilch  attracted  general 
allchllou  was  posted  at  the  college  bookstoro  in 
tlie  squ-are,  os  follows ; 
“llAKVARo  REGA'n'A. — The  Annual  Harvard 
Regatta  will  take  place  on  the  Charles  River 
course  this  afternoon  at  three  o’clock,  wind  and 
weather  permitting.  Four  crews  Avlll  pull— the 
Junior,  Sophomore,  Freshman  and  Scleiulilc !” 
We  dined  together  at  noon,  on  the  usual  leg  of 
roust  luuLton— rare,  juicy  and  tender— potatoes, 
spinach,  ale ;  and  for  dessert,  oatmeal  mush.  l 
think  we  were  none  of  us  hungry ;  and  It  was  a 
silent  meal,  even  Longstrecl  lor  oueo  appearing 
thoughtful  and  quiet.  I  ate  wliat  I  did  purely 
from  principle ;  tor  there  was  a  queer  sensation 
at  tho  bottom  ol  my  stomach  which  look  aw<ay  all 
fleslro  for  food. 
At  half-past  two  the  scene  at  Branuui's  was  a 
stirring  one.  'I'he  crews  were  all  there,  wearing 
Lliolr  colors,  and  had  tho  boats  ouT  ot  water, 
cleaning  and  oiling  them.  As  our  boat  had  been 
put  In  perfect  order,  wo  were  the  tli'si  to  launch 
and  put  out  for  a  Itltle  pull ;  and  It  was  a  comfort 
to  grasp  tho  oar  handle.  'I'hc  rafts  wore  crowded 
with  students,  backers  of  Pliclr  class-boats,  and 
tho  cheers  of  our  friends  rang  out  a.5  we  darted 
aw.ay.  Then  (’.amo  the  tlrawfng  lor  positions.  \V'o 
nod  hoped  to  get  tho  Insldo  ;  but  the  Sophomores 
drew  the  tlrsl  choice,  tho  Juniors  tho  second,  the 
.‘^clOTitinc  croAV  the  third,  and  ivo  liad  lo  talce  the 
outside. 
Meantime  the  course  had  been  cleared,  the 
judges  were  at  their  posts  near  tho  upper  stake, 
the  starter,  judges  and  rcieroe  wim'c  on  board  tho 
barge ;  the  rafts,  platforms  and  roofs  of  the  boat 
houses  at  Braman's  were  black  with  the  crowd ; 
the  windows  biTghi|wlth  ladles’  dresses ;  the  river- 
wall  and  sheds  of  the  Beacon  street  hou.ses  were 
densely  p.ackcd  half  a  mile  up  stream.  It  ivas  an 
oxchlng  scene. 
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