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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 181, by NORMAN L, MUNRO, én the offee of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C. (Entered at the Post Oftee, New York, as Second Class Matter.)
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NEW YORK, JULY 4, 1881.
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t No. 404
The Heart of a Child.
A gvren, little, quaint old woman
psi slowly along the’ street:
were} perfectly clean and neat
ua though with paint al effork
She n rested awhile
Her wrinkled features ‘were often
Uilumed by a lovely sinite.
The little children beheld her,
Ad pitied her sluzeish pace,
it m | mon y lifted
And noticed the sine vom its
For it seemed in very truth,
antral re had forgotten
‘The avished youth,
And always the smile was brighter
When litle ebikiren drew near;
Giowin tailing:
nd Losing itself
(the reason You ery:
ha sob in her throat that hindered
‘The answer, the old woman said,
Ina whisper:'* I—had—childre:
they're all dead!
amy chiki,
ut” the ‘an replied
And hiding ter face fa her
She bitterly sobved and eried.
The dear jttle maid was trout
There were
Round the neck of the strange od wo-
Theit arms were tenderly thrown,
dnd they gave het ag hearty kisses
‘Asif she lind been their 0
had
mer knew not how many children.
Ar tates ache sicht of grief
how,
reliefs
xen ‘hieard they. ye poor oat women
claim, aa rhe turned away
a Aeigel havent beer hearted
As tis for many a day nt
eal Iv.
crowd se}
antall ayes were turned in wonder
his manly face
down; into
“And he vinusic crashed; the
the event een upon
enenth a candp sis of
The crowd had ‘oh now,
man's. pale
Helene
sscliffe,”
pith i imate as she
jo you
see him at once!”
‘and an uneasy ook’
ate Started
Sivny,
“ rm afes feared that w
see, he's just been aie marries
cordin’ to res him: te oes
poh the young “nan spoke,
Tenth
T can ‘ou, Jim!” she an:
quiet cat
‘Brust know that w iat I ask is perfec
oung:
ur! what is he to you?”
away Without-a word.
-
*Dbler
sarees
Se eigh she’s refused
nove gm, fermen oP for
iCTennt Ged era
A hi rn can nt it's
ts her! Oh, Helent Helen!”
‘Wis bi yreath came quick and fast;
blazed Paik bitter resentment
vents, though old and thread-
separated aa Fe felen fell to
Back to her then, with an awful surge of
and. a Sanat pan pare eet ain broke madder
she answered firmly,
spoke, and Taying one ule
sling hand on the hetman’s arm
mE Snensclife, Jinn, dow let then Fotuse
. lon’s ‘ask me, please!
\d stand betw
yn
ih
hes
an Can
ra \ a
Pee ve
wa HH f
f My
the
pop the still,
eyes closed and the
white: faco wil
small hands lying aul a ieipless.
Jim «nites poo af her) a look o
spair is hands Senehed
fbrcely as though he longed to. strike someone
his heart a vague suspicion of the trath
flower garlands
the brilliant
trailing blos. | ME
in the midst
‘ame
‘agony,
Car
ken nonemts,
ing to
gayar scenes, and te was alone ‘with tho faith
im.
“Who? Th a tion broke from the young
want to see,
Ter wisl
stole into his
Helen!” he said, afters thougheul Pause
mattert
fund taro’eace
to see a stranger;
n ‘even more ghastly
Sho shuddered vio-
score ith
nly you
ty right, and
But she pushed his clinging hand aside and turn-
+ Jim’s eyes followed the little, trembling figure
as it moved on, and was lost to his sight uinid the
zmy suspicions 43 correct!” he muttered | co
re 18 somethin’ wrong with Helen!
my love and don’t
want
all o’ that, I'm
eon er
not too late
his dark eyes | roo
‘the thought of
HELEN ROY:
The Light-Fouse "Keeper's Daughter.
‘ayed into the ¢ retirement
etroat to be alone fora time w
re he should rejoin
nt of this lovely
with his own thoughts,
his bride who, the center of a
i crowd, bad hardly missed the
But bo wa there, and
er side,
“You must acknowledge that I have a right to
such’ explanation
“Certainly! ceytainly” he began, in @ nervous,
mier, my ‘dear Laurie, I. will take
Plewture, ‘in dolng so Tirta young re Was
asking me a favor, a kindness which not
he pushed Ao purple velves curcaine refuse on my wedding day: you know one onght ing ‘theo ether, furtively.
which hung, before 8 he hed entrance to the form ‘all the a ind acts Possible at puck 2
room, and gliding within shaiow she had | harpy time. “Test assured, n 1,” he «Bhomies to the death,” hissed prensa
entered and touched iig'arm before he was aware tne L warning to Helen, and ‘oaing is cyes upe on vee blazing with a fierce light. And re: ‘
of hi her jook which warned and implored | member, Pool espera we
arted in. audden confusion, as tough the her to keep thient Twill attend to this. matter “Don't. grow melo neered Pooie,
une nome *T imagine we shall
Mrs. E, Burke Collins.
“The Muirsdale Romance;* “Jack Lisle;
Author of eae “Dare, The Detective;'
In Honor Bound" 5 Ruby Warner;” “ Haunted"
« Opal’s Secret," Etc.
e to the woman whom he so hopelessly.
Tnved ine hands, closed. con ely toget!
though he longed to have his. “anon wee ‘their ha
strong gri
Fee my eyes on her, the poor little baby:
he muttered, moving, away'acroxs the, gronnc in
the direction that she had taken; ana Land out
Tm in right—i€ T fnd ‘anythin’ agin that, fellow,
though I know Pm only gum Miles, the fisherman,
and fies the Fehr Earnseltte, the riety
Englishman, 0 help.me. Heaven! Pil twist his
if Lswing for it the next day”
ged resolution in Jim's sullen eyes meant
1e poor Helen hurried on as fast:
trembling limbs could carry her, her heart fi *
overflowing with this dreadful, nameless ag
Ghat bad eGime into her life. ‘There wan only one
thonght uppermost in her mind, one mad, wild
determination to see this, man face this
jan who had rimmed and blighted her young life,
he whont sho had been, instrumental in saving
from the dreadful fate that had awaited him
Mermaid’s Cave, when the tide should havi
to sweep his helpless form away, and who yet had
requited her kindness, her. mefey, her
fatardly villain, who, nob content with
rlish heart, must stoop to the co
the foulest wrongs th ie deadliest.
of which @ man ean be guilty. “Yes, she would se0
dios She would hurl the eruth jt 5 she
wuld brand him the villain fat then:
then, in her madness and despair, Hsien fared hot
bat her 0 fate might be, or what beca
sely
Tove: the d
winning ber gi
suramatioa o
befor sun had gone down éven in the early morn-
ing of ‘her life; and for her there were only
clouds and darkness forever.
She reached the houss at last.” The stately man-
sion of creamy stone, tI
sh
eo arisen |
th
yon which a fortuire had
il turned his @:
yes upon
Rayance and sole surprise atrugetiug in thelr
violet anh pths,
"he began carelessly, “what do you
want with | me?” .
T
n a que You
wronged me beyond rej ration, ai hae blighted
and darkened my life forever, lare you ask
me such a thing? Ot Gov a ra ried, her
anger brealzing loose, I eyes kindling, her breath
coming in Glerce gasp, +1 wonder fat T'do not
strike you y
‘The mar rs eyes lighted with somo strange emo.
pulled ‘at the soft, bro
mi Sach which
” he
nervously: al
shaded his upper lip.
cried, “what a temper the obttd
has, e ‘be. ture! Well, and how have I wronged | n,
you? Bo kind enough’ to enlighten me!”
She gazed curiously into to hi noment,
fa strange doubt of her own sanity stealing into
her mind,
He was so changed from the man who had w:
her heart; and yet he had dono this thing, and
now had deserted her and repudiated her, becau
Obscure, ald he wished to take
no proof
‘ted hor, leaving her helpless, with
th in Bor
in the wide world 0 er claim upon
alas! in the trust and inn
cried,
in bitter anguish, ‘that such creatures should be
rmitted to live! {Listen to tome, sir, In the hour
Ab. You all your role manhood” (her voice
d sarcasm as she uttered
ud in and desolate the like
been lavished, and wo decorations and adora-| Sf an innocent gi that moment
ings aight ba suited the tastes of a created a Nemesis, ‘vho will never sere your wh who
10 open, | will dog your footsteps persistently, until yeu are
while mowed fot iuvited ow in and outs | brought ‘own to your proper level, “Loving yor
ine low marmer of welled voices lated t | once, I agelyou now, ahd
the requiremanta of aristocrstle society filled the | "Ho. ol
w
mingl -y laughter
music crashed and the dancers
vente I'the
While over al inringe bell?
her, seeing the quiet assurance
t she had eome errand there
or sho wont ot have ventured’ and so she passed
in, unchallenged and scarcely heeded,
ught the girl’s hand in bis own, ama
fe
turned i hieyes fell upon the pallid face, What
more: he might have said, remains bntotd, for at
that instante tho velvet curtains parted and. the
Pale, gunn “face of the bride looked In upon
carrer ve
‘THE PLOT THICKENS.
Bho wader slong the wide halls with their
ly ve il gleaming statues, pans:
Toe Ut inst within the enteation to gomatl, obtaxo
chamber wherein a tiny fountain “plaehed Its in.
mond shower into @ silver basin, and iful
marble Flora held Ma rag wreaths of emilex and
for-get-me-no! luntarily, for her eyes
caught through The semi-twilight Ya. which the
lay sleeping, a sudden glimpse of the man
je was alone too, Perhaps he had
the sought.
moment an ominous silence fe -11 upon the
on Enrnsclite dropped the hand be hel and
ai @ boidn +h he did not possess hi
meet his, But she stepped aside
is
sith an’ age of collinest and hauteur and hee
beautiful lip courted i her violet eyes rested
scornfuily ike Hel
“TL would : ce ~ _{stlanstion of this extraor-
dinary scone, scliffe,” she said slowly.
adily per at
ne he paused, in ral pible ontuae
ion, Helen's ecornful eyes bad never lett his fice,
“Wait until Task any favor at your hands, Mr.
Earnseliffe,” sho said coldly. "donot under:
stand your allusion!”
nd’ ere the discomfited bridegroom could add
another word she had left their presence.
A stormy scene followed between tne bride and
her “liege lor« it it ended in tears sand kisses:
tnd miutial reconetiiations for Lats
her. husband as she loved her “own soul,
neither power nor will to resist the sethertal
magnetisin which be exercised over the other se3
and made him in the eyes of many a baples
a very derat goa.
ut deep within her heart there rankled a feel-
ing ‘of enmity against ee @ smottending girl, and
16 mentally vowed to
“Let her dare eross ny path
dent Jezebel!” hissed the bride, when alone in her
magnificent chamber she stood fore the. im-
mense mirror, ‘and gazed upon the lovely face and
lected therein, “and as as I li
ve her life!’
The tiny white hands
the diamonds on her fingers eut into, the snowy,
velvety. fl feshs swhile. the bine e vee glowed with, ba
deadly hatred: In after days Laurie Earnechiffe
remembered her words with bitter recolls
antime, alono in adainty apartment, Pall ning | ar
w ie blue and silver, Ean nscliffe Jounged ‘indolent-
ly, a cigar between his. lips, head Lyin, ok
satin cushions of ‘his Sunita Took of
other in
Tight anot
Tike
thon
«Deel
“Alri
‘again, the impu-
clenched each other until
fe
cen. her aniong tl cious
heart sho had demaniea no marriage cortifieater anuigement on. his handsome ser ays tre toatea chore oe cs
had complied with none of the forms which would ‘he plot thickens!” be erated aloud, with | fore had trodden the broad avenues, ‘danced,
have cedure er future and forord this man. to| a shore laugh. “ Welll well! Mey histoph eles is & | an flirted beneath the shade of the
acknor e her as his wedded wi irm ally to those who accey P services; and | great trees on the velvety lawn. ¢ lights were
‘All "hie Saened upon ‘her as she stood there | when I embarked in this seh hemes ines certain, the garlands srooped nd,
like a broke: mn ily, her bead drooped her dark eyes | that his Satanic Majesty t desert me!|swayed mournfully in the night breeze, - Pool
full of despair, Ho nover docs! f am ately he ei of good | smiled satirically.
God!” she striking her hands together | fortune; for ever: ait it type of the marriage solemmnized here to-
how even in thie grief any life,
hedged in on all sides by insuperiie tionltnea save
even now, heds my staunch friend, and T believe | he
me i pall me throug ut it was hard worl rk at
to his feet and began to pace up and
down thes sumptuous apartment, @ strange look on
his a
I over!” he muttered at length,
iT him outright! { swear there was
sonething ‘an ie eyes: that made me desist. But
as Tong as my father"—at the word a curious
expression, stolo, into his ace" -yes, my father,
stiff believes that I ‘am tell-
ine hin é aly re he Gemanded
cs ie ea faint but decided tay
tho door of the chamber. "Who's there!
he repeated ie Barnsel
rere "Posie started din ml mon one.
Earnscliffe caught his breath quickly, as though | ‘Mrs, Earnscliffe.” red, **here—alonet”
overcome by feat Then with aif effory he ealmed | She's Sued ie es she ghost Of smile, how-
itation, and sank carelessly into the easy-|ever. He coi
Cote!” ho said nonchalantly, lighting’ | clow away
moon, revealing the tall, queenly fi ti
eet a man entered: a man of | the costly bridal of satin aud lager
ty, perhaps, with a dark, sature| “wi i
yes, whose every ex}
mmeanuess, fit tool for a
Pry
desi
TVell Poole!” demanded the other carelessly,
“what's the news?”
pointments, ©
Bpall this eh ci fellow?”
ares
sclifte
into
he cried scornfully, “don’t
preach, Paste no danger of such a con-
tingency, I'm
But his face had grown pale, and the
hand that conveved the i bis lips
mbled perceptib Pooieseyen were
“ You're about right! ‘That is, if the
ceremony performed by the right rev
erend gentleman to-night is enough to
bind me, I suppose I’m fast in Hymen's
bonds. And deuced lucky I am, too!”
Poole soiled disay greeably.
“Undoubtedly,” he answered, with a
alt sneer.“ But suppose that Colonel
Ieat ere father-in-law, were
® find out the ruth, and) a short were
ted
wh
the “only living withess: what t then?
Old Lee is the soul of honor and justica,'
you know?
Earnscliffe’s face had grown deathly’
white as Poole proceeded. He gnawed,
his mustache flereely and bis eyes wore
Noa anger ‘of that! be said sowiyy
“unless you give nie away, and I
think there's much to fear trom yon"
e too far” laughed
But upon my word , You're
ow, _Earusclite,. and have
the other.
a sharp £21
pt
Hrrength ot mind thant gary eyoucredit
for at home, in old England! “Have you
n—seen hi .
oGarweo! Sera.
“No,
ie che
10; what's the use, so long as
he's out of the way! See here, Pooler
there's something else in the wind;
ice you have come into poscession of
my ascret, Jom, may aswell know all.
If you decile to help me ail right, you
hhis head, “I ave nearly an how
expeditious, I can cor
and then it remaing with you, Pi
with a
find it each to our own
Did Lever fail you, Earnscliffer?
“Never!
yonder, and listen attentively to w
11 hou!
was a eel gi litter in Barnacle s cyenond ac
nas they shook hshts snd ‘paused a momen
at the door of the chamber,
queried | ie brideg
ent,
pect to of everything settled.
me,
ne he closed the door
sik ‘ls at Uaoate
‘Low, sibilant tome, F doors,
ck to ‘your fancied seca young mau,
ther be in my, place
after all, coward, impos
night! he said; for what ean ever come of <i
nd bi Earnscliffe-
ncered aa
ing fellow, though! [sw
and “ae hough at heart he!
shadows cast b
eet he sa form
was'aid upon Nie ne
aif startled them
pon the figure of ithe brite
ed, Lauri tood
Hole Roys the lighthouse kee
Jou may bave soe her" she added, breakin
‘suddenly.
all never regret it, fora fair share of
the the Earnsclifts she sheets shall be yoi
you
slanced ak. the tiny, gilt
away on the bronze bra ver
to spares iff
mfiile the w: stole matter to you,
ole, whether we
rn allies in future, or—” he paused, watch-
pleasant laugh,
weft to stand by each
this little affair, as we have in others.
Well, ‘od | boy, dra
chair,
ther cigar, t)
on yur
‘brandy i in the decanter
eto
r later the two friends een
iercing orbs of the scier
1b is finally aud irrevocably decidedr
When Isee you again I shall ex-
rou
understand,
all be-attended to; have no
ned the
oni
joor of tile chamber, leave
ther standing alone in the long hall
oot night Or peti
ister gleam shot start Poole’s face, He
ye!” he muttered,
and
he" than. ii fi
to-nig! an in. you
tor, murderer, that you
ith a deot step hastened
blight, and misery?
the tame passed his)
sli
ear L admire ee cours,
nt coward,
what other man oui have had
onl Lo pla mand the audacity to carr
half fearfully, as
@ waving branches of the great
ma glide towardshim, and fiand
through the
tled the man turned, and his eyes feil
Pallid and wild-