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1 Written for the Star."
, ADIEU TO SPiG. ' .
' BI H. E. Dw.
v ,The lovely Spring baa closed at last, 1
; And Summer time is coming fast,
"- ' Th dew-drops on each lovely flower,
.Are sparkling bright in every bower. '
The bird's sweet songs ourears do fill,
With; music soft from every-hill, ;
Bidding the gentle Spring adieu '
Ami greeting Summer chams aaew. ;
' --':' ?. ":::' : 'tS2
- 5 The WweringOalc the frerts -pride
The gentle blooming shrub beside, :
Rejoke in bea'uty as they bioom, L
Anl send around a sweet perfume.
. - The day is fast approaching now .
i " TV' ben well repair to the Mountain's brow,
And there with hearts tilled with delight,
Vl! it'll gather cherries clear aad bright.
And there, dear friends we hope to meet
You, and with, words and kisses greet, .
Beneath those treee: and we will stray
Together all the fiuuimer day.
f kjf9 Taralu Heaven. .
i metactild; his feet weie bare, '
Hiswek frame sliivered with thd cold;
His youthlui brow was knit with care,
His mourufuI eJre bis 8orxow told.!
Said L. "Poor by, why weepst thou?" -.
"My parents are both dead," he said ;
"I have not where to lay my head:
- 0, 1 am lone and friendless now 1"
Not friendless, child ; a friend on high
For you bis precious blood has given;
Cheer up and let each tear be dry
- "There are bo tears In Heaven." : - !
I saw a man, in life's gay noon,
' Stand, weeping o'er his young bride's bier; ' :
' And we must part," he cried, "so soonV-
4J down bis cheek there rolled a tear.
"Heart-stricken one," said I, "weep notf
"Weep not," in aocents wild, he cried,
"But yesterday my young love died I
' -f- And shall she be so soon lorgotl"
Forgot SenJ bo, still let her love v
Sustain thy heart with anguish rfven ;
Strive thou to meet thy bride above, r
And dry thy tears in Heaven.
I saw a gentle mother weep, -
As to her throbbing heart she pressed -
An infant, seemingly asleep,
Un ltd kind mother s snelt ring breast.
"Fair ona." said I, "pray weep no morel"
Sobbed she, ' the ideal of my hope
I now am called to render np; ' '", - .
My babe hdS reached death's gloomy sb.ore.v
Young motiier, yield no more to griet, -
Jor be by passion s tempest driven,. .
But find in these sweet words relief
"Thereare no tears in Heaven." "
roor traveller.o'er life's troubled wave, -
Cast down by grief, o erwhclmed by fear,
There is an arm above can sa ve ;
Ahen yield not thou te fell despair,
. Look apward, mourners, look above I
What tho' the thunders' echo loud I '
The sun shines bright behind the cloud ;
i Then trust to thy Redeemer's love.
Where'er thy lot in life be cast,
V hate er of roil or woe be given,
6o firm remember to the last,
. .fThere are no tears in Heavan."
BB KIND. ,
BY MRS. M. A. KIDDEB.
Little children, bright and fair,:
Blessed with every needful care.
Always bear this thing in mind : -God
commands usu-to be kind;
t Kind not only to our friends,
They on wham our care depends;
fc,Kmd not only to the poor,
- Thay who poverty endure;
But in spite of form: or feature,
'. 'Kind to every living creature, i
Never pain or anirtiish bring,
' Eyen to the smallest thing ;
For, remember that the fly,
; Just as much as you or I.
Is the work of that great Hand
That bath made the sea and land ;
4 Therefore, children, bear in mind,
Ever, ever to '"be kind." .
TUB BRAYB WOllVjr.
HOW SIE DID IT.
'Bedlam let loose ! Pandemonium in
rebellion ! Chaos turned inside out
What is the reason a rnari cannot be als
lowed to sleep in the morning wilhout
this everlasting rrcket raised .about his
ears 1 Children crving doors slamming
I wil I know the . reason of all this vjn
rdar J"
Mr. Luke Dare y shut the door of his
bedroom with considerable eiifphas is, and
went straight to the breakfast parlor,
. All was bright and. quiet, and pleasant
there ; the coal snapping and- spakling in
the grate, the china and silver neatl ar
ranged on the spotless damask cloth, and
the green " parrot drowsily winking, hi
yellow eyes in the sunny nglow' of the
eastern1 window Bedlam plainly wasirf
loc-tcd just there, and (Mr. Darey went
stornvinglyi up stairs to the nursery,
f Ah ! the field 6f battle vas gated at
T&ai?" Slri : Darcy sat in ' her ; little low.
chair before the fire, trying to quiet the
screains" of ign'
of the house of Darcy, while another-
boy 'of five jear?Iay on his back, prone
on the floor, k icking and crying in u
ungovernable fit of childish passiops. , '
i - Mrs. Dar y enunciated Lake, witi
a slow and onifnous precis!rtn--P may"; I
inquire what all thi; means 1 Are ; you
awarethat hr is fifteen minutes past nine
o'clock ! : Do you. know lhat.breakfast U
'I know"; putel nqwaiid poor
perplexed 3Irs. Darcy, striving vainly to
lift the rebellious urchinup by .pne arm,
' Cotue Freddy, you are going to be good
now, mamma is sure, ana get up ana oe
washed. . -te'::: ": '"I'-V ." !lK : -
No- o ' lj. roared. Master Freddy,
performing a brisk tattoo on the carpet
with bis heels, and clawing the air furi -
.. .. . A ........ .
ously. . ;
"Like MyelnTultu, Jr.. Darcy
pounced abruptly - down pa, his soli arid
heir, and carried him promply.to the
closet, and turned the key upon his
scr earns. ; . : . ... , ,. .
'Now sir you can crv it. out. at your
leisure: Evelyn, nurse is waiting for the
baby. We'll go down and breakfast.'.
'But, Luke1 hesitated Mrs.'Darcy, you
won't leave Freddy there.' . .
.Won't, I'd like to, know why ,jiot?
It's temper, and nothing else, that is at
the bottom of all of these demonstrations,
and I'll conquer that temper or Til know
the reason why. It ought to have been
checked long ago, but you are so ridicut
lously indulgent. . Thre is nothing I
have so little tolerance for as bad temper
nothing that ought to be so promptly and
severely dealt with.'
But if he'll say he's sorry, Luke V
Mr. Da cv rapped sharply -at the pan-
els of the dopr : I
Are you sorry for your naughtiness,
young man V ' -
A fresh outburst of screams and a re
nerval of the tatteo was the answer.
'I am fcurb be is sorry, Luke,' pleaded
the ilKeJctenuating mother, but Mr. Darcy
shook his head, i ' T .
'Entire submission is the only thing I
will listen to,' be . said shortly. 'I tell
ydu, Evelyn, I am determiued to uproot
this temper. ,
Evelyn, with a dewy moisture shad
owing her eyelashes, and a dull ache at
her heart, followed her liege lord down
to the breakfast table, with as little ap
petite for the coffee, toast and eggs as
might be.
A tallt blueNeyed young lady, with f a
profusion of bright chestnut hair, and
cheeks like rose velvet, wa$ - already at
the table when they descended, by name
of Clara Pruyn, by lineage Mrs. Darcy 's
sister. She opened her eves rather ide
w
as the. two entered.
'Good gracious, Evy, what's the mat-1
ter V ' ' - S-
VNothing, answered Luke, tartly.
'Mrs. Darcy, you appear to forget that I
have eaten no breakfast' '
'Something is the matter, though,' said
Clara shrewdly. 'What is it, Evelyn 1
ijas Luke had one of his tantrums V
Ltuke set down tus cofiee cup witb a
sharp 'click.'
.'You use very peculiar expressions.
Miss Pruyn.' ,
lVery,true ones.' said Clara saucily.
Evelyn smiled in spite of herself.
'It's only Freddy, who feels a littje cross
and 1 ..i ' ...
"A little cross !! interrupted the indig
nant husband. I tell jou, Evelyn, it's
quite lime that temper was checked. Oh,
that parrot ! what an intolerable -screech
ing he keeps up ! ' Mary take that bird
into the kitchtn, or I shall be tempted to
wring its neck. Strange that a man can't
have a little peace once in awhile ! : What
does ail the eggs, Evelyn ? J thought, I
bad asked you . to see that " they were
boiled fit for a Christian to eat.' ;
Mr. Darcy gave his egg, shell and all,
a vindictive throw upon the grate. Eva
lyn's brown eyes sparkled dangerously as
she observed the manoeuvre, but she made
fh) reniara. ; - -
And the plates are so cold as
stone, when I've implored you again and
again, that they might be warmed. Well.
1 shall eatho break fitst Uus. morning.'..
Whom wilf you punish most deraan
ded Miss Clara. 'Evelyn, give me auoth
ercup.oj coffee; it's perfectly -delight
.ful.'.-; ' . ' ),!''
Luke pushed his chair back with a
vengepce, atid took up his stand with his
back to the hre, both bands under bis
coat tails. r ,
'Please sir,' said the servant, ad van
cing, the gas bill the man says would
you settle it while '- v .
. Nol roaxed. Luke tempestuously, Tel
the man to go f about : bis business y - H
have no small bills this morning, and i
won't be so persecuted 1 ;
Marr retreated precipitately. Clara
raised her long brown eyelashes.
'Do you kno w, Luke she said demure
ly. 1 think you would feel' a reat deal
better if you would do - just, as Freddy
cloes-he down flat nine floor ana kick
youf beels against the carpet for a while,
it's an excellent escape valve when -your
choler'gets tBelHtterofyoo.' . I '
Luke gave his 'mischievous sistersinv
aw a glance that certainly ought to hav
annihilated berf and walked out of the
room, closing the door behind bim with a
bang-that would bear no interpretation.
Then Clara came around to her sister,
and buried her pink face in EveJyn'a
neck. ; . 'v:-?vv--
'Don't scold me, Evy, 'please I know:
've beea,jery naughty to " tease Luke
SO ? - r ...
'You have spoke nothing but the truth ?
said Evelyn, quietly, with her coraU jjps
compressed, and a scarlet -?pot burning
on either cheek. C3ara,' 1 sometimes
wonder how I can eniure the daily cross,
of my husband's temper.' V7
'Temper !' said Clara, with a toaa of her i
chestnut brown ha':r 'And the poor dear
fellow hasen't the least ' idea how disa
greeable he makes himself.' '
Only this mornjng,' said Evelyn, 'he
punished Freddy with unrelatrng severity
for a fit of ill humor which he himself has
duplicated within the last half hour.
anfnot a moralist but it strikes me that
the fault is tather (more to be censured in
a full grown' reasoning
man ' than
ina
'Evelyn, said para, gravely, do you
suppose be is befond toe power of cure r
I hope not ; bfit what can I do ? Shut
him up as he shot little Freddy Y
iiivelyn s merry, irresistable laugh, was
checked by the arch, peculiar expression
in Clara's blue eyes.
'The remedy needs to be something
short and sharp,' said Clara, 'and this
dark . closet system ; certainly combines
both requisites.' Tears' and hysterics
were played out long ago in matrimonial
skirmishes, you knbw"x Evy.' !'
'Nonsense,!' laugbed Mrs. Darcy, 'ris--
ing from the breakfast table; in answer to
her husband's peremptory summons from
above stairs, while Clara shrugged her
shoulders n l went to look for her work
basket, ,
Luke was standing in front of his ba
reau,drawer, flinging shirts, collars, era-'
vats and stockings :j recklessly- upon the
bearooni flour.
Tdjike to know where my silk jhand-
kerchiefs are, Mrs. Darcy? he fumed
Such a state as my bureau is in is enough
to drive a man crazy 1'
.. 'It's enough to drive a woman crazy,
think,' said Evelyn, hopelessly, stoops
ing down to pick up a few of the scatters
ed articles.
. You were at the bureau last, Luke.
It is your old ftult !'
'My fault of course it's my fault!
snarled Luke, giving Mrs; Darcy 'a poodle
a kick that sent him howling to. his mis
tress. 'Anything but a' womaa's retor
ting, recriminating tongue.. Mrs. Darcy,
I won't endure it any longer !'
- 'Neither will 1 1' said Evelyn, resolute.
ly advancing, as her husband plunged
into the closet after his business coat, and
promptly shutting and locking the door,
L think I ve endured it long enoughand
here's an end of it.'
'Mrs Darcy opeft the door 1' said Luke
scarcely able to credit tboevidence of his
own senses.
. 'I shall do no such thing,' said Mrs.
Darcy, composedly, beginniug to re-ar
range shirts, stockings, and flannel wrap
pers in their appropriate receptacles
'Mrs. Dar cy 1' roared L,uke, at a fes
ver heat of impotent rage, 'what on earth
do you mean?
I mean to keep yon" in that clothes
press, Mr. Darcy, until,. you have . made
up your mind to come out in a more ami
able frame of mind. If the system sucK
ceeds with Freddy, it certainly ought to
with you ; I am sure your temper is mach
more intolerable than hi.? ' "
There was a dead silence of full ixty
seconds in the 'closet, th en a sudden burst
of vocal wrath. ! , -
- 'Mrs. Darcy, open the ". door tbls ' in
stant, madam!' ; : : ;
But Evelyn; went qb humming a saucy
little : opera' air, : and arranging , her
clothes,: ":":
'Do you hear me V . : - t
'Yes I hear you.'. ;t . ;
UWill you obey me JV - t v -Not
nntil you have soletpnly promised
- me to put some sort of control on that
temper of yours j oat until yott. pledge
yourself to treat- your witV ' as a lad H
should be treated j not as 4 rueqiaJ.' ;
-'i 'I won't!' 1 ttV
Nq ? Then in, that case I hope you
don't find the atmosphere at all oppres
si ye there, as 1 think it probable you will
remain fKorA kaitia tirriA !' ;i iflar..- fe1
Anether sixty seconds of dead alienee,
3 J -t riU-j 'C-!t il'H.iU'j.
then a sudden rain, of heels and
against the relentless wooden pannej&i
'Let me out I say, Mr. Darcy mad
am, how dare you perpetrate this mr
strous piece of audacity f v - 1 "
; l'My dear Luke," how atrongly you' do
remind me of Freddy i You see there is
nothing I have so little tolerance for as a
bad temper. ; It 5 ought ' 40 " have been
checked long ago only you know I'm so
ridiculously indulgent? ,
-Mr. Darey winced a little 'at the tamu
liar sound of .his own words. '
tt TapiUpp'camV aoftly at .the . door.
Mrs. Darcy composedly - opened it,, and
siw her husbaiid's little ol boy ;
iiijplease, mem, there's some gentleman
at the 'office in a great hurry to see Mr.
Darcy.' It's about the Applegate will
Mfc . t..i .r. .,
Mrs. Darcy hesitated aninstact ; there
was a triumphant rustle in the closet, and
her determination was taken at once.
v Tell the gentleman llwtKyur ' master
nasi a bad headache, and wonY' be down
town this morning.',. - i , ;
A Luke gnashed hirteeth audibly as soon
as the closing of the door admonished
that he might cl? so with safety. '' ':r '
iMrs. Darcy do you presume to inter
fere with the transaction of buiiness' that
is vitally important; ma'am, vitally - im
portantr ' ' .
' Mrs. Darey nonchalantly took up the
lttle opera air where, she had left it, let'
ting the sofi Halian words ripple musi.
catty off her tongue. .
Evelyndear!' ' V' . 1
i Whai is it, Luke?' she asked, mildly,
Please let me out. My dear, this .may
be'vajoketo you, but ''
T assure you, Luke,' it's nothing of the
kind. It is the soberest of serious mat
ters tome. It is a question 'whether my
future life shall be miserable or happy.r.
There was a third interval of silence.
Evelvn. said Luke. . presenuy, m a
subdued voice, 'will you open the door f
j'On one coadition only.'
Andwhatis that ?'
Ah, ha !' thought the little lieutenant
general, 'he's beginning to entertain con
ditions of capitulation, is he? On condU
tioii.r"'she added aloud, 'that you will
break yourself of the habit of speaking
Arrwslv and ahamlv to me. and On all
occasions keep your temper.
'My temper, indeed'' sputtered Luke.
Just your temper,' returned bis wife,
serenely,.; iWill you, promise?
.'Never, madam !' -
M.Mrs. Darcv ouietlv took up pair "of
hose that required mending, and prepared
to leave the apartment "As the door
creaked- on Its hinges, however, a voice
a
came shrilly" through the opposite key
hole. ' ' " " '
Mrs. Darcy, Evelyn ! wife ! wife I
'Ye.'-. .;;, . - ,
You are not going down stairs to leave
me in this place ?'
I am.'
Well, look here I promise.'
All and everything that j on require
confound it all !'
W iseiy deaf to the ; muttered sequer,
Mrs. Darcy opened the door, and Luke
stalked sullenly out, looking right oyer
tiie top of her shining brown hair.
Suddenly a little detaining hand was
laid on his coat sleeve.
. Luke, dear ?''
Weill' ; "
Won't you give me a kiss ?
A.nd Mre.breyburs out crying on
her tiusband'sH shduldeK '
- Weil !' ejaculated the puzzled Luke
j 'if yliu aren't the greatest enigma going.
J kiw Yes, a naif 'dozeh br 'em if
you want, you, kind hearted little .turn
key. Do , not cry,, pef , I am not angry
with you, although I suppose I ought to
be.' ' r"..V
And may 1 let Freddy out!'
Yes on the same terms 'that his papa
was" released. Evely n,;wrae I irety intoi
erablef.
flf you hadn't been,; Luke, I, neer
should have ventured on such ; a violent
jremedy.1 -.. ... , .;
i Did I'make you very unhappy f
And the gush of warm sparkling tears
supplied a dictionary full of worts.
Luke Parcj buttoned op his overcoat
put on bis hat; shouldered op bis umbrel-
F !, and went to th Applegate - will eae
musing as he vent upon yie new state of
aflkirathad-fTese for- W
consideration. - ; 1
By Jove he .ejwjijvted, UUat little
wife of min i a bold omm and a plucky
one
And then he burst out laughing on the
It Lh more than probable that, he left
rt: MnL nf kail tMnnAr.ln lha bull-
b stock of bademper in . the law buil
duigs Tbir daT fjr- Evdyn and Clara
never aaw anyrroore of it; and Freddy is
daily getting the bestf the peppery, ele
ment in his infantile disposition. .
Men, after all, are ' but children of a
larger growth , and so Mrs Evelyn par
cy.had reasoned. ,
Fat Tak
Deceit
ters.
'The man who wrote "Home, Sweet
Home" never bad a home.rcaray. ;
No, of course not. AH bis folks at
bmesayrUutt;h didn't Nobody
writes about anything ever has it. If a
man is out of anything ha '1m media tely-4
goes and writes about It " No' onev ever
writes so many ,(Eeadingsw as the nan.
who Is out pt his head.V. ,i
Certainly he didn't ever have any home
The man whe-wrote Old Arm Chair,".
never had an arm chair in his life. The
best he had u as an old splitLottonied
chair without any back, to it, . . "
The author of ''Take Me Back to Switzi
erland" never was in Switzerland. The
nearest he ever came to' it was sitting in
the Wm.Teli saloon eating Switxer ease;
Kaax why, that was the best Jae could do.
Mother I've Come' Home To Die,f
has'nt spoken to the old woman for years.
and would nt go near the house, 130
aides, he is one of that class of Spiritual
ists who don't bejieve tbey ever will die.
His health was never better. Ilia moth
er is" nothing 'but a mother-lnIaw, and
she is dead anyhow. J , ' !'
There is the author of "Old Oaken
Bucket,? too ; there waa'ut a buqket on the
hole (arm, water being drawn "with a
tin pail and a tfstent pole, 55 " " -
"If I had but a Thousand a Year," sta
ted privately to his friends that, he -would
be perfectly contented with just half that
sum, as he was doing chores for his board
and three mouths schooling in the win
ter,- : . .Vi , L - .. i .
The author of "Champagne Charjey"
never drank anything but ten cent whhj
key. v.. ' - . '
Tha man who wrote . uMarV ' bad I a
Little Lamb" knew, very fell it
a . .
was
nothing but a iiUU lamb fry ? .
A
'Shells of the Ocean," is a humbug.
The plaintive poet who" represents him
sel f a wandering, one sura mer eve, with
a seaboard thought; on a pensive shore,
was raised in the interior of Pennsylra
nia. and never was ten miles awar from'
home in all bis life. u Gathered shells,"
. ... i
did he T All the shells he ever gathered
were some egg shells back of his mother's
kitchen.
J Hark, I hear the Angel's Singing,"
spent all his evenings in a concert beer
saloon. 1 Arigels, indeed I
The man -who wrote the ong of the
Shirt" hadn t a shirt to his back, wearing
a wamus for the most part
Oft in a Stilly Night" used to get ion
a spree and make the; stilly night howl
till daybreak.
-The author of We Met by Chance,'
knew ery well it - was all arranged . be
fore-hand. He bad betn weeks in con
trivinfr it and she admired, bis coatrl
vanee. ':'v' -
The author of ul knew a 'Bank. dec.,
didnt know one where be could get .his
note discounted.' The only check be ever
held was a white 'cheok" on a faro bank.
He never had a red check in all his life ;
-What are the (Wild Waves saying f
knew very well they were repfoaching
him for running away from Long Branch
Without paying his bote! bill." '
":hWho wut dart er Mother f Now ?"
Who indeed 1 ' You took the old woman-
to the poor bouse just before writing: the
song, ar d there is nobody but the Joor-
master to care for. her now. ' :
"Hear Me Norma," was deaf and dumb.
He couldn't make bis pa bear, ftor ;
"Mr Mother Dear," used to thrash the
old woman within an men ot ner.iiie. . .3
? fc The Wtho offBairi on the Roof al
ways slept in the basement, except when
he slept out of doors. ,
"Let me Kiss Him for his Mother" got
mad because bis mother 'wouldn't have
him, and whipped her little boy within
an inch of his life. -j
Dreamt X Dwelt in Marble Halls'
used to cheat at marble when a boy,; and
his dream was a hornd nightmare, brought
on by remorse at the1 , recollections of
fraudulent mawble 1ouU. f
Tra Saddest when I Sins" was tickled
almost to death if i n vited to. ,."
v Happy be Thy Dreams" fold benzine
whisker..' Yon can fancy what kmd
dreawisr were produced. j
- "No one To Lore having just ' killed
off his fifth - wife,, naturally felt Ue the
deTil aoout1 itCiitdnnatti Tm ts.
SasvnOsur ScetMftt is Jltxf
i Wednesday otrht eeit -fast!
wedding was ctltiriUd fa tLa PcrT
District. The bride waa fttStju t : C
was the glass of fashion, and t csasH
of form, h number of invested rsssS.;
lent grace andleanty to thtoocasJoi tod
hearty congratulations tattlied the ptil I
wlshesrof many fHeod-'--' ksrp!ss 1 4
of the newly weilad " -t thekosra t .
wtuai iBuiuiVkHiMa a M . w
came as- last, ine ortw ua cr ,.;
" . . a . - awsa a - a mm
laughing bridesmaids cp to her chaster ,t . ,
door, But Imagine their surprise -whsbV .i-
h was opened by a lady rithly aad tlaT :
gantly clad In a traveling ' salt, tod wtH V
dently waltina for an httarrlew; -JJl
1 bee; pardon, madam ; hm yow
pear to bo stonlahedttt told tha ttrsri .
lady. i rtl y-z-, Y f -i
"1 ramt confess that I did not expect ta
uui in kM vamHaI 1im KrM. '
, "No madam I came in very piiraU),
and wished an interview, subject to
inteTTnpUott.i -.-.Wt , ;,N r 4
; It did not odour to the bridt. to
by whom she bad been intrcduced,ot by,
what meins the hid; pined accea to hti
apariment - ' r " : ?,4f u , ; .
"It is very strange ma'am, tod t can't ,
im agine why you wish to ipeak toBt.
TK rmt.n la almnla. Tha man yea.
hare just married haa imposed vpoa ypa .(
am his wife!" - ..: 4. .
Ob ! i mpossible you rare I and tt
ady sank into a chair almost famtlng.-
Of course the. bridesmaids screamed.
a succession of v shrieks one has' rarely, r.
heard.. It speedily broogbt the family to
tKA door with terror stricken faeea . and '.
with them the bridegroom, all asking wUi ;
trembling lips- W.-tf -irt.i'-lu.
"Oh 1 Edward cried the brhiev"thlt
person sayasbeV TOttrwiiWS ', -
mt wife I", shouted the ; astonished
husband; fwby she's lsanesi
Tne stranze lady stood no, calm tad
unruffled.-.Cw..' dluLA --',.i!:
"Is it possible, air,'that having ; perp ,
trated this great- wickedness, yon wU.
hare the hardihood to deny thatl era tosr
lawfully wedded, wife rr she asked iooa
ing the coreiy ; tronbiea xuiwara rau n :
the eye. -t' ' t ". i '! -..v.'i
yon oeiore in my me t exciaimca
til tmiTnAA man.
The lady regarded him very much as
a minister would a person given over .to ,
total depravitTt ; r u
"Oh, Edward, fra afraid it's true 1 and ; ,
I loved yon so I" aoHbedlhe youcj : wlft
"how could yon have treated me eol.
MI tell you I bavn't got any wUh bet
jvy saassj nviuau i wu lUipviwre -
arvie a 4 Vil aa tisiaw laa aaa t-aa as am mm. ft J
The strange lady nttered lo aeek .
ing laugh. The scene was gettirJ; fcter
eating to the last degree- The ladles wcrv'
all crying, and the father kthe briia n.
looking stern and indignant. 11$ bad-.
been for some time intensely ' reriirj. I
the strange lady, when saddanly his ? eye
lighted op, and an amused smile played.
on hi lift. - lie taok e aten fhrwerd. edi . '
laying his band on the - shonlder cf tba
e(Mna . til - . t ' .
r . . r I -
"Come, Johv ' this if ery ; xlererfy, ;
played, bat ttV dm It wee . orer,!: sd .
following the impulse .of tl am tl
stranger waa pushed into the halLj v '-iX v
M Jolmho what V all excltlned a
oncei'.i .ik-, ..?.. i-j.j r ;i
. It was the bride's yorager brother ; sv
wicked boy, who had .pUyed a nacjhty r
prank, with the aid of his sister'e tnrCK ..
fng suit and her 'cast c.chljnon and
curls.. ,.;E?,S i!-.; :
! It la scareel v iiaeaasarv tv remark thai
harmoqy . waa ?ery speedily mtored.
. ' .-a. aai " ..
- A Jfsw IwBTerjMcrT oir paATB!i-3ereraI '
cases hare recently oeeorrsd la ITew Tork
and Brooklyn where. 'windows hareA bees) '
pierced and persona shot by boueU wkhont '
the ososf' noise incident to the diacharr f u
a gun or pistol.. A eorrajjondeatfottiVt
the New York papers states that theMta2?,r
are not shot frees air cans, a. has. been ej
posed, uat rrom a new kiod of ga tnat soma
what reaembles tle "old erces-gnn, exctji
that Instead of ' the'arrew or ballet 'beiaj
propelled by the elastiolfy of U bow. It I U
this ease accomplished by the eqaaOy faxille' .a
lastieity of an Iodla-robbae "strap. . ATeoXlaa.j
placed 4ft this gnu and the xtii bdss
ferciMe drawn back, and then loosened, by.
a trigger, its snddea relaxation gives a.toree
to tne nuiist out niue inferior to the xps n
sion of the spddenlj "released gtm of rsa 1
rratar nuua tUaa Is craafad b thm knw tta
bow U rclaaL, If that i ktatmnr.
tree, these weapons will prove very danger X
bus ia the bands of aataada. aa th. nhmtm
of oj repirt at the , time of shoodng will
greatly facilttte the escape of the person
using them. " '. t , 1
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