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Iaviil li;nl siiitl truly l lint In-Imil dovlt
iaiH-cil ii Mcp in lii'c. Nultutly cuilKl
run. or jump, r hwiiii U'Uit limn lit1; but
tluwj (hint's ln had iiickcil ui. i'nmi tin;
hut) with whdiu ho wurki'tl, il', imhrt),
they iliil not fumu uf tliruiKulvvH, natural
to uiio ul Ins ftmiio aihk'ticj fmnio.
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ht'm dratli, I'uviil hml ft liloin ciKikon
to a woman. It had hi-i-n a urcat Mirnvwo
o liiiu (not knowing Hcywooil'rt iuuntinn
if tt'iihiii'' Judith) to tind hiuiHelf nought
out and iiiviti-d bv Mr. Montl'ort to the
nip; ami, but tor jlanrarrl d In-arty Hec-
oniliiio uf tho invitation, ho would haw
Itt'i'ii too tsliy ot hiiusL'll to think ul am'j.t-
itiiM ht ilul at la.st resolve to do,
uittiii; on m wt vIoUwh with tin uti
'oiiilortahh' coovictioti that hi! oimht ti
hitvo it drowi-cunt lor the occasion. A
Hivictiun at whit-h ho smih'd wlnu h
(Titi iril Wiv. ball-room, which was a ImiL'
room over a Mure; tho Hour was a." M
:in-t had told him Lruiltlow of wax. and
nnwt p:iltably fruilty of whitewash stains
which had not been romovou mih
house was built. A lew tallow camlleH on
iuiinoiiilitu pine candle suniiorters, which
were nailed to the wall, illuminated th
festive seeno. A Kolitiiry Cdiller seated on
a u nuts-hex in one enu ot the room was
ttiniiiu his instrument as l'avid entered
and culling the welcome order:
'i'anlii' rs fur de I'lM kertillynn."
Anu there was lormnij; oil the Moor a
uroup of young people, whose light lictirtN
were Ucatiii'' m sueii merry tune, wnoso
bright eyes were nhiiiing with Midi spark
ling life, whose figures were so lithe and
whottc movements so easy that not only
they themselves, but any ou-looker who
loved his kind, could forget the rough
floor ami the spluttering candles.
It is true Margaret Hamilton sometimes
"dreamed of dwelling in marble halls;''
and Kit an impatient deMie for the scenes
of high life; but even she was a philoso
pher alter the manner ot youth enjoying
the present and she was moreover
dancer; so, when Cie-sar, who was really
an ticeompiiMieil tMilIer, struck up the m
spiriting iuadrille miu-ie, Miws lliunilt
lar forgot the '-marble halls as to
enj.iy a dance heartily, on the uupoli.Oied
pine boards.
)avid singKdout luuith and herself at
once; and as soon as the sett was finished
1 Icy wood came for him, and introduced
hnu to Judith.
e have almost met bolero, haven t
wo: Jimitli taut, rrlrriiii'4 iiiililii-liinj'v
Ui yentt rduy's cpisotlo. vMtirgaret was
very indignant at me for bowing to yen
from the bridge.
She need not have been," said lavid
I was not sure until this motucut that
vou meant the bow for mv
Judith laughed at this and regarded
nm nui..ieally a uioiueiit, lietore KtyuiL
Vutt Wuiild he an unpioniising sub-
j.et torn flirtation, Mr. Cabal, you haven't
amty enough.
'l am sorrv it takes a large portion of
uiity to make a flirt," lleywimd Mnttt
irt s.ud solemnly, "because if it de how
iiin some people must he."
"They ttrr declared Judith with
igniticant look at lleywood hiuiHcIf, who
was not without considerable reputation
tu the art ot flirtin
So thev 'in;" said llevwood smiling
and returnimi the hnk on herself. Mint
come tlypsy that is our wain."
And with a noil to 1'avnl .liulitli wus
whirled away in llevwond's anus. David
iioki-d alter tliem Ihoiightlully,
I his wa tlio stToml time to-day that
when Mr. Mntl . rt chose lo speak, he
himself had been forgotten, and Mr. Cnh.d
'iiin'i.'d that he was Ih-ginuiiu; U v some
(lung of the proveibial power of pmd
ItH'ks over women.
(iood eviniiiL', Mr. Onhal," it plcnsntit
v.mv said l.'hmd him, and turning I mm
hin bri.T ft u.lv. he Haw Margaret Hamil
ton Handing near him, her iiiuplu whit
drew Void of anv tort of ornmiH iit. except
here and Ihfro bunchi of white flowcni.
"Yon how your kindness hai decora
ted me, she laid, its hU ye I til od th
lowers.
He ylaneed (Vom the dtlicate blossoms
to the tiwect face ot tlm wearer, ana saui
octly
NOKtOLK, VA,
aked. ns Judith and lleywood waltzed
past them.
'Well," Margaret ieplied, nuxious fur
her friend's good character, "Judith has
all sorts of temptations that way, she is so
beautiful and so admired, you know, hut
she is too ood and true to yield tu tlu ui
often. Hut come and let me introduce
you to smile other girls."
"If you don't miiiil," Oavid said, with
a n turn ot the itiilid.Tice widt h had worn
off in talking to Margah't, '1 would railu-r
fil here ami tulk to ymi uiiIivh, indeed, 1
will keep you fmui waltzing."
"Vou won't do ihiit, U in fearfully
old-fashioned 1 suppime, but papa does not
like for me to waltz."
"Would you like it?" Ihvid iiuciied in
his cmbarnsHiig, direct fa.-hioii.
1 don't know," she answered simply,
papa s objection has nlwavs been enough
to ki'ep me from thiiilviie' ahmit it iniieli."
The reply, so child like and loving, was
mother aliraetioii in l,tid's eyes for ibis
young lady ill whom bel'oiv the evening of
Ihe hop was over, Mr. (filial had disniv-
red so milcli that lileased him, tlial, in
the davs ami weeks that followed, he
I'oti ml himself always, whenever his work
peimittcd a stroll or a le'isiito hour, walk
ing in the direction of Mr. Hamilton's
house. And when ever ho reached there,
he found always tho same friendly wel
come. Margaret urcw to have a respect
r I his simple, utraightfunvaid conscien
tious working man. As she told Judith
one day, he represented to her the dignity
of labor. His great strength of physMnue
pleased her also for Miss Hamilton had a
profound admiration (or bone and m aside
leeper, perhaps, from her conscioiisncsis
that she herself had no muscle at all,
Thus two months passed, the aeipiaiu-
tanee, mi Margarets side, warming into
friendship; and on David's growing into a
'hug with which, curiously enough, an
active dislike for a certain Mr. lleywood
Motitfi'it, who had of late been more than
usually attentive to Miss Hamilton, was
continually mingling. Tho mixture of
leeiimrs was destined lo occasion .Margaret
and David some trouble. And the way it
mim about was this:
One afternoon in May having an hour
of lcisuie David, as had become usual
with him, had staitcd to walk past Mi.
Hamilton's; and, as lit; reached the gate,
he n;iw Margaret standing by Judith, who
was sitting on horseback, about to leave
for home. David joined them; and alter
a few moments bright chattiny. the trio
was broken by Judith's riding nil', and
David and Margaret walked back tu the
house.
Judith and I have been discussing.
this evening," Maigaret said, as they
leached the porch, Maiey Yilson's- mar
riage to Nat Thompson. It is dr.-adltil-
I could never mni t ii n man who drank,
and a slight shudder passed over her,
David, untieing tho eniiihasis on tfi
word 'marrv," nsked curiously :
"Do you mean Vou could hav. one."
Margaret did not answer at once, and
there came into her brown eyes a far-awav.
wistful look ns she glanced over David
into the sky beyond, and she said with
dreamy sadness she, did not try to explain
to 1 1 ei sell;
"Could I lovo ono, you ask ? Yes, I
think I could."
Ah! Mamaret, Margaret, did you not
see in the cloud a pair of half cynical,
half pleading gray eyes, did you nut hi
musical voice from black m.iustaeheil
Hp, when you answered thus sadly 'i
Some such suspicion as this uin-t. at least
have crossed Davids numl and tanned (In
feelinti he had experienced into hot jeal
ousy.
"May-bo you th love one," he aid
ami as shoniaile linn no unowcr, nut Mill
azed away into the crimson sunset, he
repeated his tpiesllon. Willi an aililnioii:
.May-he you tin love one, .Misn .Mai
ret -Mr. UevwiH'tl .Mmittort tor instant
He had succeeded at least in calling her
attention to him, as he realized tu his
cost. The warm blood rushed in a red
tide over her face, then receded as sud
letily as it came, leaving a pallor almost
like death. Hut there was no sign of
death in these (lashing eyes and dilated
nostrils; or in the proud figure as Margeret
Irew hrisell up, till she looked a lull head
than she had bccuicU a moment hi
furo, when gTaciotw uud graceful, she had
leaned over the balustiade and watched
the sun go down.
I seo, she saul naughtily, "you hav
not yet learned Southern women," and
without another word, or look, she walked
into tho house, leaving David in misery
and astonishment, to recover himself, as
best he might, alone on the ntcifl. II
stood thole, fur half uu huur in unavailin
repentance, hoping each nioincut that sh
would come hack; a hopo destined to di
imnoiutuient. lho only person he saw
wan a small black ilamscl, who witn
bucket balanced scientifically on her head
was niakini; her way to a neighborim
spring. Here might be a bearer for his
Hug of truce, ho thought, as, calling he
Ui him, David aid pleadingly, remember
liiji the message he hud to send
Wont you go and ask Mum Margaret
to come out here a minute f
.av suh, I caynt, the uirl said, eye
ing him critically, "I aiu't nubher seed
Mi.ss Margnt in er rale tantrum tore.
Hut shns in ono now! done cone an
locked hew I up in her rum an won
eU'ii letnme oomc in tor git do pitchers,
Nuw Kuhl 1 speck you butter go lung
home," ("case I be houn' you'ne de one
what made her mad,'"! muttered thia two's
cioua personage to herself as, once mote,
adjusting her bucket, she stalked sway
from David, singing loudly as she did so,
a plantation version ot the fortunes ol
"Shedrik, Mesluk an1 Abedenego a burn
in' in de firy lurnaee," a species of toi-
tneut which David, at that moment, might
proper name, u tiuusfuniiatioii which, it is
probable men will make, as long as love
exists which, besides "laughing ul lock
smiths," laughs at grammarians too.
The week that followed was a dink ono
for David, lie worked through it in a
dreary, dazed sort of way; ami wli. ii Sun
day came with nil the fresh charm of early
summer upon it the brightness around him
contiasting as it did, with his own loneii-ue-s
and his -.Meat need of sympathy. drove
tin- youn.' fellow to di sp.-iMtioii. And,
stiirliny out, be decided bravely, that he
would go and see Maryap't and would
iimkr her for::ive him. Hut when he
reached the gate Ins courage failed him;
and. instead of turniii". in be walked on
down lite winding hill and over Qumkey
bridge, mi which ho had first s"eii Marga
ret a few little weeks ago. Ileslood where
she had stood that day, and remembered
with a wondering at In own blindness,
that he had scarcely noticed Margaret
then for looking at Judith. How strange
it seemed to him now, that at any lime
Judith could have held a place above
Magarct in his thoughts! Hut the recol
lection of the scone, so far recalled Ju
dith that he decided to gu to her this
afternoon, in search of the cimpaiiiotihip
and consolation lie so much needed. So.
walking on, ho soon readied the Kdger
ti ill home; and troubled and sad as he was
he could not fail to notice the ipniii! beau
ty of the place. A long lawn, or field, for
u was wnoiiy nuteuiled. Willi here a elutu
ui
cedar trees and there a stately l
and a".ain a naked trunk of an oak over
Inch wild grape-vines had grown in kind
'illusion; and in one corner u patch of
living brown straw. Then a row of tall
sycamoies ltd ore an old gray house with
inner windows on its steep roof, a long
veranda covered in climbing ruse bushen
across its front; and at it Mile two big
weeping willows whoso limbs drooped
low u so us almost to toinh ihe white
of the sheep that were glazing on'
reen grass; a peacock staiuliiij; near
on the block where Judith mounted bel
aud spreading his brilliant tail, a
mullet of gems, in the siiudmic; al I be
ither bide of the huUH1, a ulimpse of the
nek -yard where, under more sycamores
two red calves were IVUking, and a colony
uinea fowl wvre running and scream
ing ibis was the picture which David
upped to admire. It was an old South-
homestead with not lung altered.
When Mr. Kdgertoii had fust opened hw
eyes to this woild, iiioiu than M.iy years
go, they had piobahly ivsted on ju-l Midi
scene. Men had been hum ate I bad
lied since then, battles hail been I'otighi
mid lost, the South conou T-d and her
reu poverty .stricken; and thromrh il
ill, and afier it all, the old home kepi its
k of un lisluilh I peac 'luluess, another
proof of liow much more lasting is man's
work than is man hiinelf.
David's step on the porch sounded loud
in (be stillness and Judilh iuM.niilv ap
a red tu meet him.
"Well, vou just can u .1 know tew -lad
I am to see vou," she said, in warm greet
g, "exuid -pa is nt the upper pasture.
and Maiumv is fast asleep and I was
ibout tu follow her example in shivi des
peration. Sc" from what you have saved
me, mul now Mt down, and add to my
obligation by telling me all the news, lluw
is Margaret she ipteried, as they Heated
themselves in big home-made rockers on
the veranda.
I don't know," David answered striv
to speak naturally. ''I haven't seen her
since Monday."
Hut his r Hurt was so unsuccessful that
dull put her head on one side and
looked at him.
Why wlnl is the nutter?" she asked,
in her iiuiek way.
Well," he said with a longing to con
fide in soiu.b'.dy w hich till nt u-i h tve
sometimes, "to tell you the truth, Miss
Judilh, .-lie - --iv with ino."
lie's be. n courting her,'' iit"iitally com-
mciiled Judith, "but tb.it d 'CMi t make a
woman angry no indeed, he's mi-taken."
ami iuting uti this conclusion she said
consolingly :
"Oh ! I guess not, drls aren't niigry
every time they appear to be. Hut what
makes you think she is ? '
I dont tiuuk, L kumr" declared David
with a rueful conviction in face and voice
that strongly tempted Judith to laugh at
him. Hut instead of doing that, she ted
him on to tell her, seeing how much he
wiahed to du su and how willing she was
to hear, by aking with wise diiectuess:
Hut htii dn you know. What did
you say to her?"
Instead ul answeiiii, David himself
asked tt question, saying d. .-ncratt h:
"Didn't you think die and lleywood
Mont fort were in lovo with each other?"
Door David! he commenced tu think
that he was bewitched and that lley
wood s name was the evil spell for at the
(juestion Judith's face grew a perceptible '
shade paler and she answered, hesitating-
'"'
"No I don't think I did. hat makes
you think so?"
"Hecause," siys honest, blundering
David, "they're always together. He g.K's
to see her constantly, they have no eyes
for other H'opIe when they are near each
other. Aud how wa I to know that what
looked to lue so much like an engagement
docs not mean one about here ?"
"Did Margnret gi t mad with you, for
saying that?" Judith uAed briefly.
"Well, n., not that exactly. But I
suppose 1 turmd fool. It is easy for it
wn to tnm too!, Mia Judith about
leelioii. along with his sense of deep ignor
iiimv mi the subject, made him say with a
profound sigh :
"Did I I dmi t. Mis Judith "
"Oh! well," die said, umiised at his
lone and tuaiimr, "you can learn llien,
peiliap.'. at all e cut you need not make
yourself wrelehed in th:- sludy: So come
out in the gaid 'ti and let us look at the
flowers - they are not mysterious, or c li
ci'idng cither," die itdd. d. Willi a luilc
si-h ol Ii r own.
"Margaret says this garden i a whole
nt," Judith said, as lie v ml -red il.
ijiioiiug from liabit, strung- r th in her
irntail .ii, Margaret s opinion o things.
'Does she?'' asked David tenderly, and
instantly losing himself in contemplation of
a sei-ne, whoHe beauties were douiiled f.r
this young lover, because his dear one
loVed lliellt. Hnt.iiMile (Vol it til- eliiliit
wbii h Margarei's admiration threw over
il the garden was Worth looking at for its
own sake, being- as she had fitly termed it
a veritable "poem in plants." It was ter
raced in broad P-naee whose steps were
bordered with pyramidal buude'S of glossy
Tree l!ux. or sw.-et scented Cancan! bus, r
purple lilacs. hi the terrace, where Ju
dith and David were standing, Judith had
planted roses and lilies, and tulips and
violets, mid gorgeous Princess Kent hers
and dazzling Xciiias. On the next one
Mrs. Ivlgerloii, following her turn of mind,
bad sowed cabbages w hich were now grow
ing into a ma of silvery green, and on
still another were beds of feathery aspar
agus and stretches of mottled leaved
strawberry bushes. The low fence at the
bottom was covered with green running
hop-vines, and at its foot, on the other
side, crossed by a rustic bridge, Ouankey
creek ran merrily, making tiny whirlpools
as it dashed against thu roots of some tall
water oaks that nivw on its banks, and
tlll'iillull whose delicate foliage one collld
catch glimpses of the n -w pine barm Mr.
Kd'.'ertoti had erected on the opposite
bank.
Judith and David Mood a long lime
silent, each one busy with the scene; or. j
more likely willi their own thoughts; and
al last, they heard the gate dick, and Mr,
Kdgerton's voice saying:
"Judilh, Hey wood's in the house an' '
wants ter !- !c yer Coiue in wont yer" he
asked as David started to extend his hand
to iludilh to say good bye uou ncedn'
leave; May ter supper, won't yer?
"No I bank ymi, Mr. Edgerton" David
said "i will say gnod-byu here, make her
forgive me he whispered entreatingly, us
Judith placed her hand in his.
"I may nut sec her soon," said Judilh
coolly, ihuueh sin returned the friendly
presMiie of David's hand.
"1 If yer wont gu iu .Mr. Cabal." Mr.
Kdgertoii, "said, eoiueaii' lemme show yer
my new barns and my fat hog, I'm a
tbinkiii' he'll weigh three hundred by the
time the Fair comes on."
And the old man and the young one
walked oil' together. David winning for
binix'lf u strong place in Mr, Kdgerton's
regaid by his beaily praise f the hog,
the barn and the farm altogether."
"Where had yui hidden yourself?"
lleywood asked as Judith entered the
oarlor. "Mr. Kdgert.m and I had reached
pr tphetic, my true-hearted Judith ?
pill UK CliN'iTM KD."
;i:n. roui:sT's n kh;m;s.
U inning- II. KH on imc llaiol l-'lllci'li
lliiiulivfl Online- ! r in $."..0,
Max-Koirest
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Nu-livilli- Aiiii'iiriiii
I waw dttm.! in a room iu th
well hoii.su with Ijiueral N. H.
several years before hi- d--alh.
"Hen. I-'oitoi," I a-l;ed, "it has often
been said lb it previ on- to the war yu
wer.' n terror nt tin poker table. How
liiiieb did you ever win on oiii h uid ?"
"lie replied, "I I iimi played a few
heavy games and many a lilit. one. In
New Orleans uu one hand I Won 17,-
tHMI."
"And what did you hold?"
"Three kings and two nines."
I I. .v ' always regretted I didn't
him wiiat his opponent held, but 1
not. I! i told the following story,
eyes lii.iug '-villi tears during its ret
"When or, rtifeand I went to .Memphis
alter ihe close of hostilities we had
not a cent more or less. Wu spun one
entire afternoon rail-sacking an old port
folio hoping to find Koine old uncollected
account, or 'I. O. I'.' which I might real
ize. 1 here wasu t a thing. 1 said to
my witt; : 'Khoda, yuu have always been
against me ami poker; I never played n
game since I hist knew you that your
absent face was not a haunting rebuke
over one shoulder. Now, I have been
invited tn Snecd s to dinner to night, and
I know t hen's to be cards. If you'll give
me your blcs.-ing this mice, my dear, 1
feel mighty Kiire 1 can couie home u
ricbi r man.'
"Said she: 'Konvst, we've got along
without that, so far us I have known, and
b the liiird h lp we'll still go on with
out, it."
tlYes' said I. 'but the D-ird has been
s! w of lale, and seems to be gittin
slower; what d'ye say to this uue time?'
She never consented, but she dldn t op
pose it vi ry strong, and I promised I
wouldn't go over the l?7.20. It was just
as I expected. Koiir tables were run
ning at Sneed'H, and I won enough at 511
cents unto to go in at it high: r tab'c later
on. Well, sir, as I. won and I won
right from thu fust I just dropped the
money into my hat on the floor, ami when
we broke up at daylight I put my hat on
wiih the money iu it, without counting it
over, ami went home. As I came near tu
my house I caught a glimpse from the
outside of my wife's white figure waiting
rkht wln-re she had waited all night, pale
and anxious, and when 1 went in I just
took nil' my hat and emptied 1,500 in
her lap. I felt sorry for her, for she.
couldn't bless that night's doings; but,
sir" "it was a great relief to
me.1 M
liffll'i
j.-ire
II CM,
L'UIt)
oft tl
tm to
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v.'Ki'liO'lo toiii'M, oiil.Lly snd m,
( iir.'N lKiH'tln, IniUut'Mtlnn, Wi k
Impure Itl.ioil, .IliilurluttbUlHautf i,
unit NT'iintlttiii.
1 1 In an uiHiiilMifr rcmeily fat Dic
lil.lni'r ntttl l.lvrr.
It Is Im ulii'ilii tr Itpnnm pc
Wonif n, Hint all lio leml wdciitarj
lid...", not ininrc tlt4k ti'i-l )it.'iih U'U'
iiro.ltif'1' I'on-if iml Inn i,thr lion mr1
ll.-iirirlitt- rikI itirif.cs the Mood,! '
theiiii.-iitiMilil( tin iisKimilation of '
Iiuvcn lli'iu ll urn fliiil Hc'-chiiiK, ftud rl
n the imi'1t" nnil riftvet.
For 1 ntertu it i t ut 1-cvtn, Latsltude, I
Encriiy, Ac, it bus tin (tiB,1,
Tiie c n huh' Iirh Hbove trade n
crosM il r. U liiu'i on wmpper. 'J uke i
Hadom.1. IlliimH ClltHtl L CO., MiLTIHe
Dec. 18 lyr
ami- ivuD b,
ntn no ten), flue
a n ii-kuti ol "noi'i uflur
lli. -I ill t. rt y. ui iu vuil. tin t i. ill Kl to , - ij,i,iK
yon in iinuicv ,jvi lln'.i Hiiuiil.i, el bo ii .iiiivri
c1. All uoo.i, lln- .'Ui.li"0 ill e.ti'Iits l I: f-l-'ll
on ;. Ai;eaiH .v.'iu.'.' t'yt.-ywhiai of eitliui -ex, of
I'M .'i,'.--, I'm. ul' li.c orsi. .1 neii.ilj . : M.-rk
for ii lli;;i.- ov.'.i iiei.iv.4, Fuii.uh fi.r ml w.rk
crsniHoliiulv u.Mi.-.'d. Dim uleli'y, tl. Jl i.i,i.tt
ACo.,l'oitli.iU M-'Ine. '
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I.
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1H M HLI H
mm m h mam m
Bacnm Healthy
action to thfi 1.1 vto
landrallaTaal bll
loos troublM.
tui.1; V.SiUbli; HtOrtpisf. FrlH Jl ill tnstlt.
,U-rl-ly
Vt i r r 1.1 K,'," M"h
l O 1i I J. ftlnl ri'C'lvw free, tt r tl)f
it (nitK vv.in'h v.-j'l li'ln vkii ti) limn' ni"ii.v
r i-j li I iiwtiy tlu'it Hiiv.liinK '1'- ill this wnui. '
mil Im liirlunt! ulifiH Milne Hie wmkt'if. nl
wiliiti-lv ture. Atoiireadiii-cTKUE&Od.. au?h.
Ut, Mnin. fob-lv
M'.l K-TWISTIMi IX ( HI IU 11.
with such Mi.iilt' in....rity that l :.ri;art't Uw talH.ilH, hm a(.q.iteil ia(1rlc
blushal littla "You should always woat
wliitu flowcrfl. Vou and tlu j auit, I
think.
"That," she answon'd, "is the hi st m
nliinont t huvo heard to night, t thank
you for I u. foud ol' ruuiiinuuta."
bn sumiiiiitly master ot Ins own
thuiilits and of m u-rii dialect to tmder
stand the words ot the hyum. As it was,
he took the auvico volunteered hint anil
walked slowly home, more self-condemning
more hopelessly and utterly wretehed that)
"I hois' yon are not a flirt then, lVivid in all his healthful, honest life he had ever
saAiil. "Miss hdL'erton told me just now
it took vanity to be a flirt. '
"And you mean that my speech con
victa nic of vanity, l'ossibly it does, but
the other charge doe not follow logically,
Mr. Cahal."
"Miss Kdiicrton in a prime offender in
tjiat branch of iniquity, isn't she?" lvid
been before.
"I have aneered tier, I have been rude
to tier, I have hurt tier, who is always so
knder and gentle." These were tho re
proaches he showered upon himself, and,
Iron, their ehrarinz. it will be seen that
DnTid, in defiance of all grammatical Tho last words forcibly recalled tu David
lotos making personal pronoun into ' MarjareVa parting speech, and thia rcjU-
"Margaret ?" suggested Judith,
"l'erhaiw so," Pavid replied wuiliiij as
he met Judith's glance. "Hut pile will
tell yuu all about it. Ask her, she tells
you everything."
L am not ho sure ol that, was the
dubious answer, a stronger feeling than
friendship making Judith, for the lirst
time, doubt her frnd. "I am beginning
to think she docn t tell mo half so mueh
as she pretends to."
' IWt say irf Ifntl" corrected llavid,
warmly. ".Vtc couwu t pretciut. ihetca
no more deceit about her than there is
about you."
"How do you know thcrc'i none about
me?" Judilh asked, with unreasonable
sharpness. "There is plenty of it, let me
tell you; and I'm not alone you don't
know women.
:t .mint when dragging th
sei'lli"tl ll reas.'llabli. step."
'Yuii were hearing sueli a dire p isii
hility heroically." .lu.liih answered as
she (minted tu tho newspaper llevwood
had put down, on her entrance, "I was
out in the garden with David Cahal."
'I,i',l CiIkiI" repeated lleywood
"you have grown extremely familiar, ap
parently." "Wo are, 1 think, growing friendly. I
like him li 'lter every time I sir him.''
"1 used to think " lleywood said, will,
a digree of vexation on his handsome
fi.ee. "ll.at there were few things women
could do that Would surprise w. lint
the way you and Mkh Margaret take on
over this Wild Irishman astonishes m ,
1 conies-.."
May-lie that is because you are jeal
ous " si.gge.ted Judith, blandly.
llewood smiled in his old way at this
speech.
"Jealous?" he said, leaning towards
h, r. "About which one of you, liypsy?"
"Why, Margaret of course'' Ju.lilli
atisw. red hotly, blushing at the eon-!rue-n.
n bis words intimated. "I hear you
are very much iu love with her."
'That." HcvwihhI declared with em
phatic conviction "is one of the wild Irish
man's wild ideas, lie is in love with her
himself and thinks everybody else is."
"Hut aren't you? " Judith asked with
a tremor in her voice, despite her ef
fort to speak lightly, and a look iu her
black eyes that set Mr. M.uilfort thinking
(as indeed he had often thought in the
past month, since Miss Kdgerton's twcniv-
lirst birth day) of the desirability of his
bccoinino joint owner ot a certain well
reuling Texas farm, and a certain bank
account of 81ll.IMIU.ilO, which Miss Kd-
gerloi. had iu her own right from her
mother.
And then the mobile face before him
was very pretty; it was easy to say sweet
things in the light of those da.k eyes
aud leaning still more towards her,
lleywood said in answer to her question.
" I wonder that yot. should ask such a
ipiesiion, liypsy"
Ah I the tender, significant lingering on
y'n. Had Margaret hoon questioned
she might have told of humlrwls of just
such ' as this that lleywood had
spoken to her. Hut Margaret was in
tairiax and Judiths heart throbbed
quickly at the words.
" tfut you tfo aecm so lond ot her she
said.
"So I do, so 1 am," candidly acknowl
edged ho, "1 like her very much. Hut
liking is not loving, Judilh," taking her
hand and holding it aol'tly between both
his, to emphasise the difference, possibly.
M.o drew It away but not haslily, or
angrily. And there in tho soft summer
t wilight the curtain rose on n new aet in
the drama of Judith Kdgerton's life. That
then) was to be tragedy in it Judilh siitcly
never dreamed; forgetting, if she had
ever known it, thia hitherto careless merry
girl, that there is an clement of trugedy
in all deep feeling. And sho was capable
of depth Judeth roaliied this evening as
a tender voice spoke tender words to wit-
liug cars; and the shadows of the deepen
ing night fell unheeded (by one of them)
on the two aa they sat, side by side, in tho
quaint old parlor. Woru the shadows
A good story is told of nil eccentric old
parson who was sorely annoyed by a
ie.ibit his licoplo had acquired (aud which
prevails, by-tbe-way. in all other churches
even now, and hereabout tu some extent,)
of twisiiug their necks around every time
anybody entered the door and passed up
the aisle ot the meet lug-house, no matter
wh it manner of person it might be.
1 eaneil with annoyance, tho old man
exclaimed one Sunday :
"Brethren, if you will only censo turn
ing your heads round whenever the door
opens, aud will keep your attention on uic,
1 will promise to tell you, as I preach.
woo tt is that comes ....
Accordingly he went on with the ser
vices, and presently made a slop as ono of
the deacons entered, saying
"That is Ueaeon who keeps the
grocery opposite.
And thus he announced, in turn, th
advent of each individual, proceeding the
while with his sermon as composedly us
the circumstances would admit, when at
last a stranger came in, when ho critd
out :
"A little old man in green spectacles
and a drab overcoat don't know him
you can all turn round and look for your
selves this- tune.
Il is hardly necessary to add that tin
good man carried his point, and there was
but little neek-twistnig seen m his coa
gregation after that day.
POUTZ'H
HORSE AND CATTLE POWDtRC
Kn lliima will ilir nt Colli. Tlirrn nr Luna fm-
ran, it roiitK'p I'nwrturt ure uofJ in time.
roiiun rnwlrrswtllriiru nnn prf vftit noamoi.Kiu.
l-wu.'t Powiti-ni will prfvrnt Oapk 1 Fowl.
Koiit'B Covulcr will lnTeni the an untie of ni ilk
anil rroitm twenty per cent., Ati't uitkc Uia butter flrn
Uid Kwei't.
rouuv rowfiMnwin ror nr pittpik mmmi ktibyi
Dihahk Ui wlnrli n.irefunt i attl..nrc willed.
foCTX'S roWItSM W1U. 01 Tl. hATliF ACTIO.
BoUl everywhere.
DAVID TOU FB, Proprietor,
BALTIMOBK, ID.
For Ale by BROWN SIMMONS.
liv 29 ly
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
H. H. KIT. II. M,
COUNTY ATTOBMET,
ITCUm DUNN,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.
mar liUf
R. H. SMITH Jr.
V. II. ni'KUEB,
liALiatill, N. c
SC0T1.ANU NBTK, M. C
I'SBEK A SMITH.
Mr F. II. ltuhbee and Mr. R II. Smith, Jr., Ooiib
4flontat Iiw.hiive romicd a Umltud (wrtnei)0
fur the jinu'lico of larf la lUlilkx couanr. Mr.
Itimhce will attMd the oourtiof Halifax, rtUrlf(
ami will ulao vUit thoeuuuty whauuvw kliMr? ict
art- required. octlt ly
rjHOMAi N. UILI
Attorney it Law
HALIFAX, N.C.
I'm.-tlrw lii HalifHx and adjolutng oountiea an4
Ff-dcrul and Suiiruiue euuru.
ill.
T
Attorney at Law,
UAKYftUUKU, H.C.
rraetirca In t!iu courk of Northampton aotj 4
oining etiintiiK, aii in ihe Kli'ial and Snpr!fct
court. Jomat tf
A CAT.VKKH K OF CATS.
A cat of Sejirsville, Maine, uuulc friends
with a pet nt, but killed all the wild rats
it eould fiud,
A cut of Smith llrooks. Maine, watches
a ciadle, and when tho child cries caresses
it until it lulls aleep.
A liciitleiuau at Newport, lihcwle In
land, let h mouse out of it trap for hU cut,
hut a big rooster standing near jumped on
it first, took it in his bill by the neck, and
hook it until it w:h dead.
A cat ol Hyde lark, Mass., took charge
of a brood of hix chickens. Sho lieked
their lealhent until (hey crew tho wrong
way. The chicks followed her us they
would have lollowed u hen.
Lcwixlown oat made friends with
itiiX became hid cun.tant companion, and
slept with him at nibu When the pi;
wan waughtorcd Hlie wutelied by his corpse,
and refiieted to ent any of his flesh.
A Maine cat accidentally stopped oil
the kcya of a piano board one day, and
waa urpried at tho sound. Siuoo then
alio tKW to the piano iwwilarly nn paTS3
ttt the keys, waiting with ear erect and
eye sparkling for the sounda.
"A penny for your lhouj;bta !" said she,
''I can't tho object guosn."
"Why, nock, my dear, to buy," said he,
"That which you now possess."
W
ALTKK K. 1IAKIIL,
Attorney at
Wal.lHiN.K.C.
l'mi tlec In llslinu ana aajutaluf souaUM,
S.tH-lal stUaillon Klfeti to i-iIKs-Ui,I)I 11 all yf4
of the suite and uruuipt returns 1UMI0.
feb 17 ly.
w
V. 11 ALL,
Attorney at Law,
WKLDON, M. C.
Special attention trtvento collactiaiii and nmlt
tam-iw prouipily uiaile. may 1 mt
ULLKN A MOORE,
Attorneys at Law
HALIFAX, N. a
Tinr-tlr hi tht rountlca of Haltf&v, KorUiaraptoo.
K.l;LTiule, till and Martin In the Hnnroma oonii
ot the KUU and In the Ktdrl VtmrU of the Kaatcra
Dmlriel. tXillix'Uuiu matW lu any part ofthttfUla.
Jan 1 ly
I)
A New York Sunday-school teacher
told her pupils that when they put their
tcnnies into the oontribution box she
wanted each one to repeat a Uible verse
suitable for the occasion. The 6rst boy
droppisl in his nt saying : "The liord
lovetli a chocrful giver." The oeit boy
dropped his penny in the. box, saying:
"Ho that givelli to the poor lendoth to
the Iord." The third and youngest boy
dropod in his penny, saying : "A fool
and his money are soon parted."
WoNUKEViit, jrot tnie! Just think of it
KmpWa Solid Black, Whit and Black
and Silver Gray calico at 6) centa per vard
it T, L. KmrV
R. J. S. IBIILS.
ur(oa DeuUtt.
Warina; nrnnanently lorai in WrirJon, eaa
ftmndaihUomcv in smith't Brick Mulldlng at all
tluia L'et(t wlienatwulon prifnai.)oat .Mi.na
fill lutriititin Klvun lo all branrhea of the prw ,
ft'Mioa. I'ajtiea vlaitod mX Unlr houa whn d
alrcd. July Vi ly.
K, U HUNTER,
Argeon DeatliU
Ou be rbond at hU oAoe to KaiMd.
Pnrv Nltrmm Oxide Unn fbr Um PalnlfM
tin of TwoUt atwajn oa hand. .
jun 22 tf
TfT T VT mom mimey thiui at anvthtitf else by
TT f.11 tnkinan af ncf 0r tfie Kt tilltk
boakinit. Bcfflaiiera mroadf andlr, Nuua fail,
TarawQwa. H4t.ijrrr " Nfn4 vV1