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PLYMOUTH, N. 0., FRIDAY, JANUARY131893.
NO. 34.
Directory
STAT aOTKMKKT.
Termor. The If. Holt, of Alimauce.
eeretarr of Utate. Octavioae Coke. , of
TTk"e.?! ! : u ti . -Mac
Trjtafirea Donald W. Bain, of Wake.
AnUr.Geo. W. 8anderiin, of Warn
tiperiateadeat of Public Instruction,
Cadacr U. Finger, of Geta wba.
Attorney General, Theo. F. Daridson, of
saaceatbe. '
Sharif. Levi Blount. . to; ..I :i f
trU, tt. Bpruill.
Treasurer. S'K Latham.
Superior Court Clerk. Tboa, J. Marriner.
.agister or Deeds, 4. r. uuiiara.
fi.Mwiition.rfl, H. J. Starr, W. C. Mar
riaer, . D Latham, Joe. Skittiatbarpe
aad tLA-LIotcbfleld
;fiaid of Eddbattoa'; Tboi. A'rmillead,
T.iaTarteatoa J.'L. Noraian.: 1 'J
la eriatendcat of HaallbprMKLt Cox.
ayerlaieacuat or ruDtio iiriwu,
Bar. LilharTEUorB.
cut.
Mayor aaa Ultra, 4. n. Bryan.
Treasurer, X. It. Latbam.
Ohlaf of f olioe. Joaapb Tucker. -
. ' GoejeeUmen JC . K. Latbam, Q; B, Bate.
atla. D. 6 Brta kler. 4. F. Norman. J. W.
Ikvan'J:1!!? ntmlthv'SamDan Tewe and
Alfred hkianer' " " - ' - ' '
, cmuxom sKitiCis.
H.thdlit-Bar .W, H. Willis, paator
BorvU erery tiunday at U a . m., and 8
at. Prayer meeting ertry Wednesday
aight at I. Sunday acbool at 9 a. m., i.
F. Herman, Saf eriatendent
leptiatRev. J F. Tuttle, paator, serri
eaa evry 1st aad Jrd Sundays at ll a. m.,
Taursdr aiaht at 7;3Q:Buuday nchool
BK.M a : 4fS 1 aw. Mflt a iT M. a a t a bu . w - J
teh "Baaday at 9.0 a- mT. J. W. Bryan,
sup.riaUea.at
Ira'pH RaLuthar Ebora, r.ctor.
flUrricea .Tarjr Id Sunday nt 11 a. m., aud
T;tt f. h HataT fbool at 10 a. m., L.
I. Fftea, aaparlaunaeat.
umCAL aociXTT. . s
afealc Tady aft.r the firat Monday of
auk atoatk. Dr. U. P. Murtay, Cbairmau,
L.paxa. . ...
WiM MAPlyaaoutfc Xedf eWo. 2508-
itttiifi aad Id 1 hurada lugbta in oach
aaoatlt
Xi. a. Hamptoa : liotitor. .
if. B.' Yeag.r Fin:' ilaponar.
L f tf. Book Lodge iIi.U
d itlt Tharad.j blfihta ia eaob uonib
4. t. Morian Protector,
. k. B. Y-ager orery
I O O F. Sopermota Lodga, Ko. 18 meet.
evary l a.aday aiani ai uumui
TT. Kryaa, . Q
L. I'. Uodatoa, Heci'y.
cotoaKD.
fciiUU'i EiiiftA i ir It Hicka n)ator.
tMTtaea ery awaday at U ap.,. p.. mv
aa4 bat.dj.cbool at a. m. JL
O Miuk.tf paariuiuderit
Hatkodiat Bar. 0. B. Hogaat, paalcr,
tfartiaaa evary lat and SU bucdaya at 11 a.
at., aad at I aud 7 30 p. m. bnaday acbool
at I a. bv. M. Vyigpu. aupariuUuaaut ; J.
W k4aald, aaoraiary .r
ltl Baatiat Jtew Ckapat ' 8errlcaVTery.
aaday at 11 and S. i.cv S B Kuigbt,
abator landay aohooLarary fiuaday .
3d Baptiat, Eien'a IltU - H 11 Norman,
Jaator Praaehiug erj 4tH bunday. Hud
ay aakoot aTiy fiandaj, AlotM Wynn,
iifrtrtttemWAf '""," ' ..
LODSKa
alaaoaa, Cartbagian - lieeU lit Monday
aigkt ia aaak tuoaib, H Tow, V U., A.
Xirett, riairy- ? v- t f v
a UOofO FMer4iaSntdglMv
Uaeta T.ry 'ld And 4th Ma3day iuigbt in
ca aatk at 7 o'clock, T. F. Beiubry,
M. O., J W McDoaald P. 8.
Ckriatopkar A toek Lodg K of L iro-
Mta Try lit "Mouiay nigut iu aach
aantk at t o'clock v
, Baryiag ttoeiaty mata Try Sd Monday
aigkt 'ia aaeh taonth at 8 o'clock, J M.
Walketaeeratary y '
Eopor Directory;
tJ-4
Jaatia of tb Paaca, Jaa. JL Cbeaaoa.
Coaatabla, Varrau Caboon. ,
Mtbodiat, R. J. i'. Fialayaon, paator.
gaiTieea erary Sauda? aioraiag at 11
'lock (xcep( the firat), aad Tory Buaday
albt at 7:30. Prayer ueotiag eTery Wed.
BMirH.&aty acaday ft! 4.
Id g kr x. J li - i .Bop8T." ao pf i a tnd4kr,
Tt. K Lawla aecratary.
Xpiaeopal, Bt Luth.r Ebora. water
farTiaaa ry 2d Buaday at 11 o'oloak
at , aad 7:30 p. ax tfuaday aekool arary
libday taerniun at 10 Mock, Tka W.
BUwatattpariateadeat, W. H. Daily aacra.
tary. .
Baptiat, Rt. Je- Tlaab, palter. v
Tie Try id Suaday at 11 a. m. ad f 0
'm . ,
Bepar Maaoai Lodge, A. F Jc A. M. Ke.
441. aoeati ia thair Hall at Roper, H. C. at
7:30 . Mm let and Sd, laaedaye after lit
Rttaiit . garage, ..TV. U.
XmorteKt to LdUa. -
fir I mad uaa of yar Pmilotoxut
ith sar laat ewio, in raar to preeura a
esieaaa j " Bawst'n now ready."
"ZZ'Sa SfMSiib Werly'women, who had
tar oonfinement. nothing occarred to
Erotraet my coaraic;. 1
- t - . m i a. M a 1
w leea tlae than waa nauat for me 1 tusk
it a modicla thai eheU be ui br erery
XPactant wtfct', rr omi5 may , tattjry j. , , 7. 7, .
" . -iTr trar1ffi-b"3r 'And umbrella, and.
it M l
' without
it at ascbiBie: 1 1 yoara r-!
1 As j ti-cbJt r drnfgi.t c pror
r.tstBT's PsiLOTOiiw lor gl a b...tt!a.
CllAllLES F. KWLKY, rttooletie Drtg-
EVIRYTEAR.
The falla'wlBR lio.i w.re'WritCta ; by tba
Hon Albert Pika of Arkaniaa, whe died
ia tke epriag ot 1891, t Waahlrgton, D
0.. at l be aloe' of a yaar bat a abort time
bafare kia death. From their .aad atraia it
woold ilmeaf abi &4iW foi'i that he Waa
.pproaehingUafk nrtay. -, i A
The rolr? in1 eanallT pathatie but
brighter atrain, ia by kia friend, Hoa. i
If. Waddall of Wiluilogton i
It is growing darker, colder
v , .,. ETery year;
As tEe kaartjind aoaf g tew. bolder, f
f Care; &. raorar for dauoing.
Or fer eyea with paisioa glancing,
LT ia less and leas eulraueing
- -. Erery year.
Of the loTee and sorrows blended
rer year 5
, Of the elarme of friendakip ended ,
r ,,ETry year; '
n "Of e ties that atill might bind me, -Until
Tima toDaatk realgaad me
My infirmitiaa ramiad ma
Erery year.
: Tes I the ahorei ef life are shifting
Erry year
And we are aeaward drifting
. Esry yr;
vO!d plseaa changing fret na, ' r . i
I ' There as- fa war to regret us ;
But the Jruerlife drawa nigher '
J -'Erefy year ;
And its morning star elimba higher
ETary yaar;
Earh hold on us grows slightor,
And th beaTy burden He!-tar,
And tke dawn immortal brighter
ETery yaar.
l'T: ,4 Wa 'r'a flaallr
IT . . .
Only tnaee yoar barp more aweatly
Erery year;
And we listen :o iu ainginff
And the miniatrels, ewanalike aicging
More melodaus aumbars flinging
Erery year.' )
Stag oa. eh I grand old master,
. - ETary yaar ,
Pour tby mllo rhythme faster
';; Erery yaar" v-T
Thay'wfH make our Journey lighter,
And nur'wiNtry pathway brlgtt-r ,
s our locka grow thin aad whiter , , ,
4.
Erery ys'
Ys. our loTad ones go before us
Erery yaar.
And the living mere ignore ua
Erery yaar
It ia well. Wbat need for soirew
1 the dawn of aaeh tomorrow
Brighter tinta from lleareu borrow
Erery y.ar?
TWO-MATCHMAKERS
I'm suro I wish we conlil, von
know 1 do, LiueiA, out wuac we can
dtf;"l'"doiirT know; -He - MTi'tvMi
good boy, bat when his mind is ma e
up he is as set as ine nuis." .
"That is so, Isabel. Mr daughter
it M 'as vnlorher coum ask, and
yein Ittiw lhdin.t;'ibitinaU.' i
&ow the time some Women hare
with their daucbters I Why, lahoulcf
die of shame if raj Lucia had done
what some girls do." ' -
"And Herbert will take us all
about, and seem at proud of his old
mother as can be j lie likes girls, and
he'll talk nonsense with them, and
fLarjt irifiX all the homely ones, to
P'texn'efirJi chance,' .-he says ; but if
l say anytning auoui. nissiugungoui
one, he only laughs, and says when
he finds one equal to ins mother,
perhaps he'll think about it.' It is
so provoking." . t
tnat it not ijucia, exacuy 1
She will be aereeable to all, you ng
orQld, rtch-or poor., butjthe minute
interested, oil she goei, and not a
word more can be wrung from her.
He's so silly,' she'll say, or else,
fwhen I find someone like my father,'
but talk as I will, nothing mores her.
She will lire and die an old maid, I
do beljeve, in spite of everything.-'
ELij are just cut out for each
other."
'Yes, but. if we said a word to
them they would hate at first eight."
"Of course,"
"lis thinks that girls are frivolous"
$ fVfcmJ jm 3h.kt-f '
At this instant the door'of the
women s waiting room at uross Hoaas
Junction swung open, and the sta-
tion official shouted : "Ei Dress fer
one corner of the watting room to
1 . 1 z 1 l b a. 1 . :
inemseives, uuisiicu mair con?cra
tioQ braptly. Mrs. Morgan, wb.O
, . ... M-iJW took
efter a loTing goKiDye 10 ner iriena,
boardel the tram for Boaton.
In about half an hour Mrs. Jame
son" took a train aunonnced Buf
fitr'tt' way ttation,'L
1 t a a ion ina nan nnan t rietiind
their schooldays, but they had mar-
ried, separated, and finally lot sight
of each other for twenty years; But
genuinely kind feeling will rerive.
Therefore, when they met, quite by
accident, about a year before the
nmewi uiii wuiBiiauvu, wj..wwt
up aS.u v.. r
mVB7 ury .
They had interchanged visits, and
n pTARr. rlpir had arisen in tha hearts
V F""u'AZZ;i.:
ui uvui. wis. Jixuian ikuw
capable son,' an excellent young man,
, -
and a great aid to his father in his
business : and Mrs. Jameson had a
clever, good-looking and well educa -
tea aaucnter. 1
15ut, alas, these two mothers had
had too much experience to attempt
rasuir-to brinir their ciniaren together
' . a . 1
Still the mothers could not rest,
aud they had spent the hour at Cross
Koada Junction vainly trying, to in-
ve'nt tome plan sufficiently natural
Not long after Mrt. Morgan s re-
turn, she received a letter from her
friend. She had a plan which the
submitted to Mrs. Morgan't approval.
Mr Dsab Isabel : What do you tbink
of this fr aa ida Yea kaow you aud I
bad ptauned t apeod aome time together
!h'"m"
and rather diaeourage er, forbid them to
tninx or accompanying ua. iamng eacn tiiai
he or ahe may meet the other there, and so
scare tnem away, cay tnei we aon i wisa
tke botber Of keeping them apart, er aay
thought ia, that both will come out of pure
eonuaruieaa. ana ww-u iui "
w ao r . . i
; Erer your loileg frisad.
f,f.'-- t ncii. Jamibok.
f?oon Mrs! Mbrran replied savin e
A ....
that the plan mleht Succeed, and
that anvwav she wu readr to trv it.
She ' mentioned a ouaint old place
down oh the Massachusetts coast
that she thought; would be a good
- ,-w
OnO. " ,V '
VVIfU .nmo nrMfinn Mra Mor.
gan?was waiting to open her cam
i waning w uou not wiu-
mm . k . M a- ItOM AA WW . I
paign
her.
It was one very hot morning in
,s one rery uov raunimg mi
uiv. ine ereac neas 01 uie uay oe-
fail i . l M .1 .1 l f
lore naa been concniueu uu iar iuio
ilio nieht br a land breeze, aud now
that moruing had come,- the city
woke tired aud unrefreshed. : . ,
Mrs Moriran arose more tired
than the e ren ing before, aud Herbert,
who had just come home from a
week' camping with some old col-
. . , . . ' .i ii. . i. . u i .... :
ege irienaa, uoiiceu . tus neat, more
than ever., v.
"How pale you look !
v.." 1
- . i i i. .I
one cu u
j- i
m jtTa i iirr r naa cm i ii i . iiiiuynn aiinii
wv.u...g, ? Y.kZa7 n-rhMTt
i no ' u wv r .... .
(..ad iIia kaen avihI father.
V .r r V i T V
" B n ril rsa aai nil w rr aa, m LBaia a an mil Ik Si
-I--- ' r I
airiy wiitu. .
T 1 A A..a .nl.n c.mat iaf I
iJir iiB Mwvf.u u.sn....j
L-i. I, , oif n .rhr rtl.rttl
OUt U WIB IV Uiiii iiitii,
uuum .wr-r..,
. ' 1 i itI-i: "W-
- urn, , iv... .
-4lOk t'm n unnno l. hilt It. Wil
v.vi ..vr-tj- -."-.v " .
infrturahiw hotr not much like cool
V- .w -
Bock .JiArbOf. i v v - ; - . s
Wal! wl.r. vrtu two atahero in
" j j --
misery.
for ; I don't tee ; there s no
rhy you should ; though for
reason wl
clear comfort give me Boston.'
Mr. Morgau.v -. . : .
"I would eo away, but I hate to
eave you iinQ Herbert in these hot
walls, explained Mrs. Morgan. . ;
Never mind me, l never saw uos-
toh"hot"vet. and "as for Herb, take
him'alorig witlryou," answered Jier j
husband. ; , - : . . I
"l-il think Herbert won't like to
go where I thought of going ; I sap-
e ... . .ii. .i. it i .'
posed his stay ai xvoca iiiu uur was
to be . longer, so I partly promised
Mrt.' Jameson to go to Hid Core
with her.; It's such a,.quiet place.
'hero isn't much going, on, and
scarcely any young people."
'I didn t know tnac inac wouia aie
turb oar old bachelor, said Mr.
Mbrganj coming unconsciously to
lis wife's a:u. , ...
."Nino, but Lucia, Mrs. Jameson
that is may bring her daughter, and
then he 11 have to dance attendance
on her. That's what he particularly
objects . to, the young lady, not a
tcore."X . , . , .
"There t safety in numbers,"
caimlv explained Herbert.
"shades or- urignam xoung i
What an old Mormon you are, tier
hart! '1 never thought a son of
mine: would run away from a girl."
- I tt was not verv often that Mr.
Morrtn teaaed v his son, Herbert
flushed a little at the good-naturetl
ruillerri but did not reply.
jl' But how ,i hat I ''think of it youj
pnght tflt hare been oafr ox, me city a
w?athtt ;" o if, when I ccmehome
fttonif i'don'rflnd yoa-, pxjkirg to
go scriatwhert, I'll gtt out a pern it
inimrwi 11 it w inn 11 1 m can rn r nxi r rr 1 as at
lunatic asylum I can find."
Mr Morgan might ioke, but ho
generally had a meaning hidden some-
where in his jest, so his wife sat down
after he had gone to business and
wrote to Mrs. Jameson saying she
ai guiug w um vm . wa iweufcj-
. , . ,
uiib ww ,.,, ixc. yen
nnd his f ather came home, Mr. Mor-
I n waa twine to nerariAdA IiArhpri
?r7.-:V""u..i:.i : - -W,
vj waive uia uiuwuct uu s "in.
1 , - . . .. .
her.
"You can do at you please, of
Icon net. but 1 can t leave so well as
Iyou, and besides, I don't wish to. 1
dislike summer re-orcs even 01 iu
mildest tyn, but iryou go you will
en 10? it, and so will your mother,
I . . " mm a
twice as well as being alone. 1 can
spare vou. V hen 1 need you, you
can run down, ilid Cove is not far
off. What was it about a girl ? 1
didn t suppose you'd stay away zor all
"Never mind the girl. I'll go
down, and make mother at happy as
I can."
I 'That's a good bor. Yon take' a
( weight off my mind, bite ought to
have left the city long ago."
r "hen ' Mrs. Jameson suggested
the younger, Uke i trip
to UIllttonKbpring. the ytiung lady
j aiKeu wnere ner mocner was going,
The invitation to Hid Cove was then
I t. nnwn
"Why can't I go to Hid Cove with
you ? We have , always spent our
summers togetner. ; . v r
I Miai T iif. Bammaii rpallv hnrr. in
butuA. sue n ao tv uo m vciuuu. .
"But, my dear," 'expostulated her
.1. . vl.
I " H
I 'IMtAfM 'aari'll Ka IkllF forV VAtin tV TtAAH A
fcH"w, WVU
,-;u- b
UOWD' iOU l
"uo , M V ""I . "Z J M"
n""ei"" " iLTi:.. ;
'i S.L TTiT?:."?:
auu 141 uiro uoucuuau u mil.
mni'mrr a tmuf rA fisliepmen Ifllil
,,u,8
" hitches np his trousers
and 'blesses
i . .
"I would do anything to make you
happy, but who would have suppo
.-- .lMlW rar(t tn fft0?.iV-
wa r v " v w v-- w . "
. ... t.u;A 1
give up going
"You dear mamma, you shall do
no such thing. ' Do you think I can't
snub one poor young man And keep
him nudur if I trv f lie shall not
stand between you aud your pleasure,'
"I was thinking only of your com
fort, Lucia," said her mother. ,.
"Did you ever know any young
man vet to disturb my peace ef mind?"
. (.n mu ii i I nuvar iA n wui I
hfl Mud id avowal. .
' Forthwith their trunkt were pack-
ruiiimitn kiicu u uui bbib iiwfc.
i vmar - y i-b
ea aaa Wr-Jmeon L ''"Cltt r-
a. er - a 1
m r ii i,i i I h twunt.tvii'iiii h
",m rtV V .
Aie two astute mairous oenaveu
l l a.: . I M .z.
uecouroutiy . uuin niey. went, xainy
-i: then the- huirped . each other
' . a . ... . I
rapturous as SChOOlffllla. and
.
it.H ni.i tint iwn..au. nf Hiuir
d ... snare.1 - ' ;
. A nM5 w .aJB were aoiea
bv these schemers in keeping their I
, ,r . " . I
(!iniaran anarc. xieruerr, irimnea
::: !.,. ...a ,u-: i
lUTOrtUB UCI.UII nilU irau. billUIIKII bilO I
foraat wth a nome what elder v nat.k
forest with a somewhat elderly nat
' . . r .," V
i m ir. inn n n.
Jameson and her
the wharf- and
a delightful old
diughter exp!ore(l
mJe 0Tertu:e,
fisherman who was all that Lucia
had fancied him to be. '
Iu a few days this independent
young lady had matured her plana.
Trusting in her hsherman and his
Tjoat, she. proposed a picnic and of
fered to take a hall. dozen over to a
beautiful green . island. Herbert
necessarily was included.
The sail was all it promised to be.
The day was pleasant, the island as
lovely near as when een from alar,
and the oid fisherman a model.
The picnicers felt unconstrained,
and each followed his or hot own
inclination, and lounged or read, or
watched the tidexome in. -
Herbert found that a girl could
Plan a picnic which -did no: involve
incessant labor on I he part of all the
men present, and Lucia discovered
one man who did not volunteer a
volume of advice , that was neither
needfu or desirable. It was a sur
prise on both sides. "
Ia the afternoon he strolled over te
Lucia, who war sitting on a high rock, idly
reading or lastly flinging stones into the
watftr She actually aetmed satisfied and
happy, yet ahe waa all alone entenaining
hereclh .'--'. y . '
. "Arelyeueajoylngtbedey?"
'V-r much. I nerer lired by thasa.
and I ai; way a wished to apeud a Maimer
down in I em a roeky, out-of-the-way place,
just like this
This remark was fortnaate, for Herbart
lored tbe rocky old aeaahore.
" i ls see
tt mir irsv tire-ionaa, after a
li tie," sui
-i.w.1 lltrlf rt.
"rsrhapi.e, but I think tsfj I Lara a
r 1 uiaii w . n a war ii aaiiai ia ar .i aa ivam t ha. mm
auppoae my reading hac giren me wrong
Impieaaiene. so I would like i aae th
ma ria orr the water, and the sun, and
know something what, it would be like 10
get caught by the tide, or loit in a fog, aad
aae a storm at eaa
wracx " put in Herbert, In a oeol
I w m'' .....
-uow could yon!" ahe cried and turned
lo a hurt and angry way toward him. The
i .v j.. . .
rurj "uou DW" a"u 'r1Bg n.r
nnit n. e. tlioafa Ih nir, I.V in.n
- - T-, o-. -t ""r"-
ed ta hat face.
T am aony to hare miainterpreted your
wiaoee, dm a aiorni aoee not amount to
f, .. .
maeh unices there ia a wreck to make it
truly thrilliag,' responded Herbert. Hm
waa "looking aoresa the ''water not at her
face. Her enthuiiaam had aeemed friroloue
aad he had auswred her chatter aa he
supposed in kind. Shallow aa the reet,n
waa his mental camment.
Aa Lucia did not reply, he leoked up.
-vny, wtiai la It r, be aaked. He waa
waiting to bear a bantering reply, , not to
aee a girl white and diatreaaed, looking half
ready try. ' f ; , ,
"You did aot know. I wan in a wreck
oiico oa lead, not aea. My father wa
killed. I aw ' ''.'
'f Hew rude I was i do forgir me, I did
net know. What can I do V
"You can go away, pleaae," aaid Lucia,
atill white. Any allusion to that dreadful
night alwaye made her fdnt and ill.
Ihere was no alternatiT so he went
away, aad Lucia, after atruggliag for hr
I eompoaUre. got up aad olimbed down orr
the rocks, aad walkfd on the narrow beach
I u.. a
noon aiicr lac wnoio vartT worn noma.
Lucia eiraplv ignored the erent of the
I - -.. , . . .
afternoon, and Herbert oottld do ao less
I. . - "
IP
The next day Herbert w.at up UBoaton
Lucia took the -othora out driring
Tbo hard, .month road flaally led off into
. Heri they stayed and rambled
"d 8ttwd Mrs k or.
gaa and Mra. Jamison talked and almost
a i
became girls again.. Lucia waa tboughtfal
for their comfort aad so genuiaely simple
tuarted aad happy that ' Sire. Morgan
fairly coveted her for a daughter-in-law.
i Herbert brought down' in the., ereaiag a
bouquvt of the lorUeft roses that Beaton
afforded, and gare then to Lucia. "For a
peace' offering,'' he sale!,' and she graciously
acrepUd them. - -. h -:
Life waa not quite 10 dull at Hid Cor aa.
tt1 " rej.rehented. : Ia the arenrng
thr waa an impromtu boj , LuoK feil Be
lli rally io Herbert at firat, and bow each
found that th other daoced wall.
Other part nera eonght Lucia, but bath
mhm M.n3 Hrbrt or All M hfiva KmaIt inrnn'iul
bad they eoa o ted no tbe tiuie thaw daaeed
together. Perhaps the sedate mothers
itii, , niiipa iuw nuni luoiuon i
. . i
er not ao uaoonactons, but they held
ik.i hum . . !
V . '
iiucia witn ner preceneeired ideas of the I
l
eaauuea lobe Mia u okl.ooeaa, want I.
iima.l to, .ark ( ii..M .ii ;
" I
Tha aid boat mm nn.r4w W-aLanrh
l.: A -,..ui. .. ..i ' I
. "rr
lm.d har off a..
whos4p, though eafely above flood tide.
AMt. .ratti 'm.ti ktw I
v r ""6" I
Tk... ih. .;. .4 .kiu.v. i.
"
lTtliiakA w ......I-
rery . eererely reproved
il ...
by . Herbert Morgan, w ho aaeuie d to be
7 n"ro "gn. wu muicq k m
keeping a close watch orer Miae Jaoi.sou'a
comings aid goings.
Tbe sly old aaa dg took the dollar and
the temarka. but made no promiaea..
'' Herbart discorered that Luoia waa net ao
ahall tw aa aome girla, and Lucia, hoped
that Herbert wou d not "go aad gat ai;ly,"
for really ho waa net so bad after all.-
' Herbert, ia his effloe of inepector of Miss
Jamcson'a moremasts, . found that the
worthy old aailor btd made aa agreement
to let her know when Lo thought the eren.
lug gare prouiUe i a brilliant sunnie, ,
Aecordiagly Mr. Morgan went down to
that ancient mariner, aud Bueoteded by
dint cf maeh affability and no Utile ailrer
coin ia extracting a promise from the hoa'
oat man that he would aiso let Mr, Morgan
know wbea the tokena oi a
flne aanriae
gbbttld appear.
Tbe old tar kept his word, and one morn.
iug Miae Lucia was surprised to find that
bo lava peraoa tbaa Mr. Morgan waa Tory
much interested in an ocean aunriso.
Bhe did net betray her surprise, bat ro
turned hie "good-ruernlag." . and allowed
him t walk on. w ith hsr te a high point
Which gare a grand ooean view.
To herself Lucia waa saying. "There, I
do baliere he is Jast aa had as the rest, ' If
he gete si ly what shall I do? Mother will
only laugh Sad aay ! told you ao. " r '
Her apprahsDsioa was . grouadleaa, ap
parently. Dei bsrt gaz.d calmly at the
gorgeou epecacle, And left hr quictiy
aleae, to ea joy it to hcan'a eontent. Fia al
ly they tarued away..
."-Wbat akall we do now? It ie net yet
time era for tke early braift, ' aad who
oald sleep again aft.r tfa'T" f -
Ltrbert.
.o, I would rathsr leare lei so-.n iaa-
1 1 MvAvrvn 1 ; a M i a 1 . - .
go fo?a ride.v The drire througb the fereat
will be Ur.ly now; I cae to go aeearlyas
this aometimea with fathr.' This waa the
firat refrence to her father that aha bad
mad aiace that or lucky aprech of Herbert's
eu the island ivreral weeks before '
The early hour with its crowdm aaaoeit
ationa, the thought of her father, and. th
beautiful grore. all tended to looeea Ler
tongue, and ah. .poke matarallj and with'
I . , J
, om reitratat or enbarrM.m..t.
I cl. -tj .... v..
1 uu win vi ma uiut
tinted saoftateins
that ahe was aeeaatoweJ to a and th.
roadside that in Jane were on ni. .f
I - - ;
I Dink aad hh t.nt
bloesotas, and fa
Autumn were scarlet with woodbine and
annuo and yellow with the beautiful gel-
denrod. ' .
The ride was not long, and when they
returned the early breakfast ores being
aerved. ", : 'V:'--..'"'"-,' -V '-'.
Notwitkitaadiog th sunriae,' the day
turned out to be aa raiay as the aaeiear
manae roretoia- ...
Luois weat away for a nap, and time'
I huag hearily. Herbert f uased abouf his
J mother'a room aaekiag dirersioa, yet' Scout.
ing norels and threateaiag every little
wait i go 10 coaioa ror a caaag.
Mrs. Morgan had seen beys Bafere, and
she knew her aoa wiahed to say aometldag
and did net know how to begin.
"Tf here's ererybody V he at Ieagth ask
ed. " :-:,.;'. : k: " ':. ,
"Sleepiag, reading aerale er playins;
billiarda.'V, . ,
Yes, I know"(impaUentIy) 1t's a .eav
foundad long day, I wiah I had ceae up to
bueinesa
Poor boy, he wiahea to be amused, ahall
hi moth.r play cribbage withhiu?"
"llang cribbige," be cried.
'Why, Herbert Morgas! what has eeme
erer yeul After all the game we're play
ed together. Are you sick, or sleepy or
what ia thaatter f
Neither said aay thing far a while aad
then Herbart aaid gently, "I kaow X waa
croea."i Then rebpaiag into a childhood
formula, I was bad to yea. "Will yoa fer. .
glre mer". '' r; ';: -
Whea peace was made Herbert asked:
Are you hariog a good time her t
Ye it ia ao cool, and I epjey seeing 11 rt
Jameaon rtry much.
Loeia ia a nice girl, rentnred Herbert,
Net any better than. tn?ny I hare acea,
aaid Mrs. Morgan, wickedly takiag the op
posite side. .. ' : '
Hew can you say so, mother? exclaimed
her eoa falling neatly ito the trap,
thooght you knew girls better that that,
never aaw one to compare with her.
Thea be aaw the admiaeioa he had nada
and flakhtd uadr .th m aside tea.
Is she as nice as your sather f There
was a twinkle in Mra Morgan', eye
- bq may do sometime if aae Keeps en
alow ly twtdVeeed Herbert.
'.. .....
; A r P aaa wea airs, Jiergaa
swa . somy:
, . . - - -
ie mere anyuung icaa do lor yea my
N no. do ran annrjos lira. JintM.
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I thiak nt, aaid Mrs. Morgan, reflect
Irely. keepiag the ooraere f her moaU
of her
.t;uVit v. nnu.
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nnt ... .u ..... .j.:.. ..u
-'."--.r--
Uam. T tht.l. T w.M . ik'
-t. r ov-' ...
p io u on umit. uiruaR aaai
h never'. liked being mad lore to.
Got acquainted all you caa daring th re.
mainder of the atay here, and let her ooaaa
to kaow you welt, thea perhaps she may be 1
ready to listen to you.
And not yet?
Net today, or tomorrow! wait tilt the
time here ie nearly add. -
Herbert aighed, but atraage to relate,' . in
a case of this kind, ho actually followed his
mother'a adrico. ..
If a trace of fooling 'a trifle more 'pro
Bounced than ueual appeared in Herbert's
inaitnr, it was baniebed again so . speedily
that it was gene btfore Luoia really diriaed
it.! ' - ; -: ' ' , '
Toward the end of the atay, th mean ,
became full again, and Loeia pleased aa
evening sail over te ike Island.
Tb 'craning was perfsoU Lucia ellmbed
agaia to the rocky point and watoh.d tha
great mooa 'aa it alowly rose abore th
water. ' ..: ' .
The "wavering reSsctioa" was all iltl
ahe bad imagined. Herbert sat at her ft
aad watobed the changing path of
before them.. ;
The remark he - made, . evidently were
or acceptable tbaa thoee ia tha trti lax
terriew In that spot, for she did not tzl
him away, nor, lu reporting aossetVlas cf
th ooarersatlon to her mother, did she
eaHii i4ailly.M
But it was not antil after th wedXisj
tour waa over that those two ssauh-taa' If
mamma dared eren hint at thair sober. '
x 4 ' ' Chicago L4lr
The CharleUe Obf.rrer tr
pointmcnt cf ex Cearefam! N
bia. -1 Unittd Stata Mlai- v '
aad f?js that, in a.!
qca'. ..-(Hia- s, ke i -. acc- J'
UU s.;hvlar.