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Entered accoriting to Aot of Congress, in the year 181, by NORMAN L. MUNRO, én the offce of the Librarian of Congress. at Washington, D. C. (Entered at the Post Oftce, New York, as Seoond Clase Water.)
‘ Vol.-VIII.
NORMAN 1. MUNRO,
Han ie Vandowaterst |
NEW YORK, AUGUST 18, 1881.
{Siowaatote =} No, 410
Joy and Sorrow.
“Taw happy, oh, how happy!”
/Said a little child, one daye >
i this . vy}
} With his 1 Pn ine and kite,
| " to his supreme delight,
; id artes:
Far trom human sight,
\ Camo a sudden gust and squall,
ite and twine and all;
i Tears were in bis eyes
“Tam happy, oh, how happy!”
Baid a gna en young an a Tair,
me
Scarce the words ad i gle, when
Lo! her Jover, dow!
0 to.
Yoni wing love to talrer maid;
‘she overheard he said,
et ber soul di freeze,
“Tam happy, ob, how happ
Said a goy and dughing rae:
‘Who did in his strenth re;
Sante have Mea
O'er the deat
Now she lifts ing voice,
From her Tonely pillows now
ite her pallid brow?
may raise her head?
“Tamhappy, oh, how happy,
Bald « mothe i fale and mild,
chi
Gazing with her love-lit eyes,
« The sweet cherub from theskies,
Strayed from Paradise.
do! the angel Death, one day
“Lam happy, oh, how bagi ”
Said a Ghrtlan 6a his bed,
With his hea
‘Turned towards the setting sun;
® “Soon my labor will be done,
‘Then will I,
With a sigh,
‘To the mighty one,
‘Who is eer the Chistian friond
mi
rile
i iy itl ; 4 i
mand will calmly diet”
- Marguerite’
. .By Mrs, Emma
“A Terrible Deed;"
autores faxes" Her Other Husban
CHAPTER V.
A suppres AsRIOn,
Caprain TREMAY! deal startled,
He awept aside tho reviews, end ping down
oon his knees beside the meoneclons e Bul, be pro:
*» ceeded to raise her beautiful, drooping head to his
on Miss Dukehart—Marguerite, what is the mat-
cr
that she made bien no answer, ianasone:|
ily look of
what tigotened at the deat] nh 00k ott ‘ching ne
l-rope which bay ‘O be near by, he rang
& peal w! which brought M se Tremay ne and the girl’s
mother from an adjoining room.
“What bave you been saying to her, Bertrand?”
demanded the iniatress of Chelsea, peering over
sr gold spectacles, 0 ts. pitas ath a
/ srt of terror, ‘iow t ta her
a said nothing to her,” Se eeaded the cap-
tain, merely offered her the lato papers to 100k
| over.”
Margnetite, lying like one dead on the old fasts
foned velvet carpet, si jutched in her
fingers the paper containing the fatal nttigene
of ‘the loss of her lover's ve
white to the lips with eeitomen, wa png te
extricate it.
Mins Tremayne looked on quietly for e minute,
then stooping add nly, she caught hold of
the paper and dre ma Mrs, Dukeltart’s hand.
MP iook this over Fhe said, with her pecul 7
chuckling laugh, “aud see what made Marguerite
int.”
te ere's nothing in the paper, Aunt Tremas ne,”
wnted Ars. Dukehart;,* Marguerite bas “been
given o Lad Spells all her lite.”
oN STs that sof” questioned the little, eld Tay fn @
one of mere Sav amusement,
the “room, "iapeing her gold-headed cane as she
: it is queer you h indvont montioned the fact
need to mention it,” faltered
a et malicious): caine Ker mother says st
ae ll you tied hotter vond Bobo for Drs Froth.
ch
taoles over her kee
‘
sap Shea calle, odding ber turbaned head
os Mrs. tin removing
ber gher tru he 00, “Spertrand and Ruby
re | Ru
Millionaire's Bride;” “The Missing Bride; :
rasa ‘we fainter the Bank-Note Cutter,” Ete, Ete,
bled across | tat
Trem: ws © obeyed with alacrity, while | n
his iperoas ol Kiomwoman pulled her 3 goldspee: | Au
Ss ‘Promise;
FOR LOVE'S SWEET SAKE,
Garrison Jones.
“The Fatal Mis-
will attond to that; you come here and show
hat it was that caused Marguerite to faint.”
“Mrs. Dukeheart vat dared to disobey her
qunt @ score of years before, put now the very
thought of such « thing made’ her tremble. She
turned back ‘rith an ary of meck subynission.
assure you, Ai
glancing over t “the ‘open paper
erite in the paper
‘she spoke, “* Mi
Bifone se. svopped sh gasping for
breath, for ber mp had caught sere St the
itals announcing the destruction of the
Siean read on, her sight and perception
Fendeved doubly acute by the strong excitement
of the moment.
“The ill- fated vessel contained some ten ora
dozen young midshipmen, just from the Academy:
at Amiapolis,” ‘tie Paragraph ran, * among them
youn Powel, only eon of the ate Admiral Pow-
eil—a young man ae
“Well, what is it questioned iMre, Bi
her keon eyes fasten rs. Dukebat
“Je se ngthine’” responded the latter, control-
ing herselt with mighty effort,
re you reading?”
i wasn't readin ‘Tremayne.”
re gure that nothing here,” continued the
old lady, tapping t the paper 8 shan ply wi ith her Jew
sled forefinger, to fal
or T am sure, athe “trem mew
idl you ask such a question! i cou here
emo pet tomas Sinspuerie faint? The
Id isn’t well.”
Pestise “ven jenynestruck the blackline of capitals
ince ‘Troaded the open ming eal columns ¢ of the paper
with 8 force that m + jum
ii0, as
yeu decoived me ya agp,” sho
Z vy
“Oh, t Tremayne, don't call all that up
now: ingploced Mrs, Dakelart “you,know how
bitterly 1 have re
ver Mat ou bre ‘ay’ deceitful as over,” con-
thei ber sear et child hasu’ tinued ‘the old Id Indy severely, “and_ your girl is
: 0 Jong, but st an't well ows she basu't| like you. There's what made ie fait venping
ee all for some day: he paragraph which told of the barnin { the
“Ring for Ruby, fed Miss | Juanita, * Midshipman Powell was Sowers
: down with, the, Juanita. "ou tan
now, but
Wout you and your ght be
al before i invited you to
Chelsea. Why’ co
couldn't you shave told me the
Sie asn't her lover,” gasped Mrs, Dukehart,
sinking 0 on har knees beside the old Tudor chuir,
HT wouldve at ays; ai
dead,
fier « die than go
ei reciate Chelsea at last,”
chucked the old Taay “what a pity you, weren't
unt Tremayne,” she began,
ay tne
ptaig ‘Trem
i bart My et he her! han
atny
is pa
‘dowes ‘end’ us away from Chel:
Rt a thousand pities! Have I not
clever enough to do so twenty yearsago.”
by what
is- | wise. But in that one swi
wr
repeat the oath now. If Ch
alive, it would be all the same, he should never be
anything to Marguerite; but, thank Heaven, he's
Mise ‘Tremayno took up. the, paper again and
read the account a second time,
"T hope it fs soz but he might turn up after
all,” she, said meditatively, ‘stich things often
ean turn up)" putin Mrs. Dukehart breath-
Ieselys the account states emphatically that the
entire crew peri
“Just 80; still one may have been left to tell
the tale, and that one Marguerite’s lover. .We
ust keep onr eyrg open, ‘The best, thing under
he circ
ief as sho
mo | Toot! “the sooner the Gay is named the better I
shall be pleased.”
“Very well,” said Miss Tremayne, folding the
paper inttoa small parcel, and putting it in
pocket; "you may go and look after your daughe
ter now; but mind, y 't let to her that
devon your hands, as all the T
him were, if you make him jealou
1 never know,” said Mrs,
maynes before
Duke
you, too,” continued the old lady, giving
her niece’s arm a parting pinch, * L want no more
deceit. You can't throw dust in my eyes, so don’t
try. Obey and trust me, and Lam your frien:
Asceive me, aud you and your giv pack off from
Cholsen as vou came,beggare, beggars, Bear this
in mind. Now go.”
"ars, Dukebart lett, the room without a’ word
and went swiftly up to her daughter's chamber,
oblatguerite bad not recovered, ‘She lay on,
open window, her beautiful
fate ona, her yes closed, her’ facets like death,
mulatto, ‘woman, stood. beside
thing ber hawds ‘aud. temples with
vinegar
ber pio
aroma
been a selfish woman all ber
life tong owing ior own ate ‘and gral
ught else, utterly incapable of any:
cas fon
ti thing
beaut daughter after
her con; smote ber, and a feeling of pity
stirred within her as sho bent over the lovely,
umconcions gir.
Rite, wr darling,” she cried, kise-
eng the’ old oh Bite, open your eyes and
i 1 frighten your poor mother
went
But Marguerite might have been dead for all the
in al
espouse she
TOhy Heavens, wh shall I dot gasped her
other, now thar ouRhly aftcighted. ub,
beliove'my child's dead,” Rin, tance; tell
them to fetch te doctor.” -
‘The woman flew to the bell-rope and almost
re it down, Captain Tremayne came hurry
mg
*Ol mayne,” sobbed Mra, Duke-
tn frantic despatt, ook
dead; she’s deni
Tis young. man anprona ied the couch, and
Kneeling, down, took the aitt's hand in bis,
limp and Helooked at the fai, ted, deaths
white face and graceful, girlish figure, and bis
bold, black eyes glowed with the fre of'a sudden,
iptain Tremayne
fal himeell to do more that dtr sh beaut
ir] destined to be his wife feeling
ing her, and with her all the Rast Trewayne
oe ncn accordance with bis nature, he ne
Fegarded her as @ necessary burthen than other
I
| ti
io
ty
"
Ny
i
moment, kneeling
io ter with her cold sont fm bie, and belt in
. |dvead that death was abo
t
ie nature of tis feclings underwent & out
ge.
‘aptain Tremayne was a strong
Pojtis dark eyes. iezed fiercely, bis lips quivered
under his heavy, military mustache,
e1
fe fell in love with her; and love] i
nd selfish | mot
wear srl] Kil me,” sho moaned,
e my Cine.
hemma,” said | argertn
springing from the a
ing her mother in] her armas: “mn aL
Jove you, and work for
nly we Miust go away
this’ hateful house,
marry Captain’ Tremayne
mma; loathe the very sight of
I trembles nd ahuilder if he
8 die, mam:
Howe 1s steal 0" iat ont tea
je—T can do anything but
amma, pity you poor,
‘hat. uty
heare-brolen child, it von ever
e for my dead father,
me learest
miother—’
“Oh, you are cruel: you are kill
ing met” wailed Mrs. Dukebart,
putting side the she gil encireling
ressing both hands upon
her Bred, she sank gracefully
the floo
Dukehart was one of ‘th Sh
swooned away inthe most natural
foannerimaj able, bee brea
like an canine ain ‘
rite,
mentary forge! cttalnece ese" ber ‘one
great trouble few to the bell rope,
peal that brought up
tie satire vine id
So the tables
Doctor Frothiogban sisll wis Pes
rn for the ‘mother instead of
sing off jn palpita
eyes rolled
Mai
“ “Std i very y fr Theratd when
-y was well over, and Mrs,
do: upse
as you ly advice is to guard
her fromail exeitement, aud not
to cross her in anything. There is
ho telling when one of, these sink.
| ing spells may terminate fatally
LON w.
Drei axrxo Captain Tremayne's
retFerred co and distissing
rguerite ‘rept w
other's pilloy
physician bud not exagger-
ated the case when be calied Mrs,
Duke She bad been
frail, fd dalnty, and helyiess fron
her very cradle.” The only stron:
thing about her was her Will. She was gentle nnd
tender of manner, but she always carr
point, and had her own way inte
ei
recalled all iefatber patient
wife. He
fund fortearing love
for his
d never lost sight o of the grant
heaved. ' He bent his ear to Marguerite’s breast
and listened intently,
“Shi lives,” hecried out at Jast in a voico of ex:
Uultation, “Tenn hear her heart beat, she’s not
“In the excitement of the moment he 80 forg
himscit that he stooped over and pressed his Ts
to Murguerite’s white check.
Tho touch roused her instantly. A shuddering
thei of ornor "shook her from head to foot, her
es fluttered open, and she drew ber breath © 4
“er Dukebart had her arms about her in an
Instant.
1 MY darling, my "precious Mareuei
sobbed, covering the girls face with
e frightened ‘us all todeath, Wo
rite”
10 heed of her mother’s
i; her eves, wide with
rrr flowed Captain Tremayne as he
Xfanmma,” abe gasped in a husky. Shiner
as
Ruby closed the door, “what was Captain Tre~
mayne doing here in ty room? ‘What has hap-
nied? Have I been ill?”
we've
“Yes: darling, at fainted, and wi
Captain’ tremasn
to bende heensele
and
you te
argent
andas her mind began
Sheuttered abiter cry,
“Oh, God, have I been dreaming, mammal I
thought— Ob, it can’t be truel Ob, Charlie,
Charlie
“Hush, hush, hush!” whispered Mrs. Dnke-
hart gratping the gin’s arm: "Ruby. wddrese-
ing tie waiting-wortan, “* godown and tel
mistress and Captain reign ne Mant sins are
guerite has anit recover ‘we shail not
ions,
heed the doctor. In halt a hour you may bring
up.acup of strong tea.”
“Hus ted, as the woman left th
room," Fou ‘orges wine you are saying: edo
or dea: tiie Powell ig nothing to you,
fave promised to marry Captain Tremayne.”
Marguerite took m 0 heed of her mother’s words.
Sho was thinking, lier band pressed upon her beat=
ing temples.
Mamma,” she said
nized gaze to her mother"
it trned “Have you seen the
i in
ist lifting ner ago-
aces ‘oh, maroma, is
answered ‘Mrs, Dake
‘the Jtanita was burned ab sea, and
Ne perished”
buried her face in the pillows again
a me can ote co
ver mind, darling,*said her mother, bend-
ing over, her, and dropping kisses on her bowed
head: “this childish grief will not Just. long.
Yon smile by- an -bye when you think of these
foolish tears, and say, as mamina that
isa isa Rood thing the troublesome te fellow is is out of
“The | givl gy
with
prang up, asudden color Sowing we her
aye8 Diazin,
white cheeks, ber
shall ney
oulder and shal
pauted her rotten, cating “holo!
I been
ht | y%
had covered oo face with ber bands, |and
our | th
lenvily, but she wns determined to ki
xc | truth, whether she bi
made for his
hig fruitless efforts at requital and recoripaise,
When she declared thotuistale ave had ‘made,
and, pine for the splendors she had lost, be bore
hie se in ae Thinking only of bery *guminde
or
were. when Marguerite, then
aap ofa Ba, iad stood beside his dying pillow,
Try to take care of
«Goodby "e, my daughter.
your poor fittle mother.”
Margnerite had sought to obey this last, loving
command with ail ber heart, the more cheerfully
because she was hei
and readily
mother's ace, Dut she liad her dead father's great,
unseitish natu’
er aching eyes filled with a soothing dew of
all this came back to her with ‘the twis
nat 's pillow,
Poor, dear little 1 mother” she said,
Ths Indy relrred rvensily on her pillow
ter" she" murmured, in
Will they send us away
an atfvighted Stieper.
from dear old Chelxe ee
“No, mamm red Marguerite quietly,
w they will not send us away, Do not distress
out
Thus assured, Mrs. Dukehart fe
Marguerite
e ‘southern
sky; and a young ton, * hag ig Tike & golden
erecoont in the far west, filed tue sent’ r
with a faint, silvery Tight.
oft wind whispered ‘amid the vines at the
Mirred the foliage of the locu ast
will sang amid
den, aud Beyond th ahs dunk
gloom of ‘thet da gare
of the lawn the river murmu: Mar-
usritesatand Tistened, with clasped bands end
pended breath.
Could all this go on, and he be dead? Could
the stars glitter ov
beneath, and God rei
erhead, and the varth smile
ign and rule in Heaven, ad
be lying. Dinckened: mutilated: thin ing, at the
bottor re deep, lonely seat
A wal "asst niguish broke from the
iets yen She drew ae leeley golden
locket,
en ing pitt ti
lace above her (aitliful hear, and Tred ae tho
handsome, happy face by the dim light of the
ei jany
'he fond eyes smiled into hers, the lips that had
y seemed a}
kissed her ow
ictal i
Te mast all be ate rrible rent, a nights mare, &
tribe fancy bere of ened her’ sude
iness, abe niust know,
at her mother's quiet face, she
rom te room and down
old mansion was an
silent; onty tay oid ration clock ticked solemn-
corner in the hs
ned re dra ran
With a
stole eels feo
Pith ‘be di
ll avept ‘aside, an
recess window
x |senteereae vast a sh
Vegan to tremble under he
revi
ot
er, and her bi
reaming oF @
ing, forward she "rathored Up the. papers”
| gimscg from column to columa with terror-fill ia
4d
s
i