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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881, by NORMAN L. MUNRO, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C, [Entered at the Post Office, New York, as Second Class Matter.)
Vol. TX. [A acne: NEW YORK, OCTOBER 38, 1881.
. {PGi swe wae} No, 417 :
cursed villain who bas destroyed your .
happii ees forever voted
crhole life is devoted
your ‘service ice!”
“Villain! wretch!” exclaimed
rm
Longing for Home.
8 py ams. M. A. KIDDER.
Tre, with ruthless finger
Turns another leat,
As beneath the shadow
Lis our prostrate chief
try to kill you! Oh, will noone drive
thig monster away es) wildly. cried.
ws violent,” said V
would see my hom
I would see my mother,
See amy darling boys,”
And the dear ol otf nestond 6 to my bi
prevent mel Oh, sir,” sho cried, turn
og her streaming eyes on Mr. 's
“you will not suffer ibs man
0 take ine away from here! I assure
you, Tam no kin of his, and that he
is seeking my destruction, Grantme
the shelter of your roof, and your
nanly Brotection against this’ vil-
raid ty
home again,
‘This is not the hero
‘Who would never yield,
This is not the pavrio
Of the battle field,
‘This is nature speaking
‘Through her cuild once more,
Bringing back past pleasures
And the scenes of
Iain's Sil oan wand word to m7 .
fate ind to come for
Thorn lool agonized
tase Jot the oat er sand hecould
ot. believe -
There’ recmed top much"! method in
her madness." He cast a suspicions
look on Vinton, and answered firmly
“Be calm, Incy., He shall not tala
you away with
Angels on your mission
From a world of light,
sooth suite rer
ent
‘Tupough the God ot tions
whom you are sent,
Seatter sererigen and healing,
‘Save our President,
impulsively,
some face and con |
er
4 0
ruromato acting b
To My Child. zone, impressionable leartO over $6 i
— Leon Vinton & grateful look
maiden, wrest and good, ones i toro that she aro
Daintiest piece of
Raids hr and fram bias aye, ber eyes and blushed deeply. ie ye
Baling’all the howss rejotea” prestion no bad made upon ber :
Wink thy merry ries oie and the simple tr trusting t
— ‘Ah! thy father loveth well,
- Incite iien Mera “Sir,” he said, turning to the
Tench me half the child-like lore speaking in aa. imperious ~
re doth nly store’ 39, Roe You Know tbat I enn
jeans to punish you for
ice ‘as ai books atl from thee, thus depriving me of the custody of
tand, my insane sister?”
gent th rien tn A ——— ZT do not believe she is insane,”
Hay His angels. shied ue well, = ’ ot the farmer sore 5 Neither
i child Morte === that sie is your sister. |,
“1 DO NOT BELIEVE SHE IS YOUR SISTER, AND YOU CAN'T TAKE HER AWAY WITHOUT PROVING YOUR RIGHT.” And yo ahr ve ake her ama from
om Jane, and force a-woe bit of exflee between her 1 Rhe's been out at service thie three years, ol anna sai, “husband!” exclaimed Mrs Thorn, |!
lips, ut at present she’s out of a ingly, for her motherly heart was {full of 1
irs. Thorn did as requested, but with no visi-| AM" he. sai, politely then | turning back to pathy for the
blo result for: thi better. The patient still lay | the motionless form before hi 1: Yes, chingly iruplored fe pretechon,
u e e n i e’ ori e r with closed eyes and lips, shoving no sign of life, Miss Jennie, 1 know this lady. "She's: 'my own | Queettie’carbalosk of heartfelt ratitndo upon
save in the tremulous eat of her heart and the fort insane—driven mad | these homely friends, who bad espout
faint, faint pulse of her wi unhappy loresitars. “Ske persists im dress: | fe no oa en a way; but simple Jenn "Toor
Ag vote ze ‘worked patiently over her, but se herself in white and calling herself a bride, exchuimed, qui ’
at the end of an hour she looked dishearter his morning, 16 escaped | "Oh, mode! ‘hi father! T'm gure the gent
A YOUNG GIRLS ‘STRANGE FATE, | icmctsnners iy soesiarierieec | i orn fn tere iy rea ae eral | Oh rt Tig aretha
she sands" wo havo. dono what wp could, but all | It was ¢ fortunate chance that fed mo here | how clae cout abe be wamdering in. the might ned
—_—_—— Rela ing ad sat who's to hime} “Do you think that she will revive, sir! the wor inher white dress and thin satin slip-
: couid bring a doctor, but who's to pay him’ . pers!
BY MRS. ALEX. McVEIGH MILLER. F rere “Wo have mo Toney Panay and | quised Mrs Thorn, who was watching the pevin | Show Nour pence, girl, This is matter for
* wn , > rosie cut Ne a his hand over th 1's| wiser heads tl ours!” answered her father,
Author of “The Bride of the Tomb;” “An Old Man's Darling,” Ete. Ete. sede lade could pay him, herself," suggested hear, Taian eld sain oad oer gee Sirlt| rather shortly; and Jennie subsided into silence,
en re’s them rings on her fingers worth | wiedem. not, however, without receiving the reward in
. ER XI, hesaid; Jhouldn’t be f twitting a poor, pot me money and get | nore ied Maree aid, condidently,: M There Is life Gree of the men eteen ene wan dttontey ees ee
. e said; ‘« you shouldn't be forever twitting a an usted, having the man who lefendii
se wr beratt down upon the cates foiow eth hs fault ier “Sonny. The ia, Yet dered for several'daga. Haye you tried | ,,Me. Vinton tried another tack, Finding
Sp eal tae Sa age eins fh ome ten Pann tn|SRE Ul es SN ter BE Hea pel ee
Tonge ‘hold her aching limbs upright sho ba ML Pook there?” he answered, pointing down, “A taemor going out, followed by repeated injune- | « wave bet poor fale” Poe © farmers) thad with gold pieces, He held them toward the
he hat eet of rest would put, new | poor tramp dead in the re road ws from tis 3 wile to burry. shosaid, “Even aneetty, Jenhle Thora “hushed and looked away wee tr beck ook. id thet .
nr in ie) d, ‘al gu ir,” sai \e farmer stur- -
‘sue her jot red h 1d white. now itn ay bo too late to raise ‘poo! ot yh he is enough, but gold "|
ut ezhausil aie could bear no more, Her |" Git hay Hea os Father!” she sme life again, so low es sue has sunk.” Aneir poverty before the haughty glance of the Bayon our ‘honor Pana though he was bat a pot
unbroken fast of nearly three days, and her wet | « Ww ho'is't, Jerry?” cut glace fark with a} tiller he soll, his mien was princely as he thus
and draggled gonlin combined to weaken umd | " "joe should-L kc om, womant” asked her CHAPTER XIV, Omaha port, Tewves foil ot | defend nor,
depress her. | Her limbs trembled d under her, and} hand, I've but just stepped outside Tenet ae w mn bis ‘arm, | Leon ‘Vinton’ bro: w black & a nigh (He
when she fell down for on te’s rest, a deep | found her.” Fannrn Tnons stepped out of the gate, and | nourtd a fev ified, Queenie herd on hi arms ptered some inaudible curses!
unconsciousness tole apo ee «| And is sho really, truly dead, Jerry?” me about to vem by thet Dig way ay, when tight of een Fered them to trickle down her throne. He re ° Daly, bis ne of policy Testrained bit “fou
rr r last Me] 4, is like it? “ ted noe! ae orn down,
wens gae of agontaed terror, lest ero sho ay tate looks Liko it,” he sald... But stoop down genoa tearing inadly along the road ou a fine Read’ gently Wack ou the paltows nee hem Tale her | nse ataml to dot” he eaid, sith an ai of prone
hor enemy should discover her, eseapey a oe te a a See ting bh “You will soon tee her rally now,” he anid | Pechics eye Here i s my poor sister lying here
own, put her hand balf-timorously inside of s0 impressed with tho parting |) vit at Jennie with s smile Aud maw {| Heeding the care of her icends, and the comforts
waive a ‘she aay there mute and still, the dawn ny put ets in vife ax tothe necemity of & physi: & & smile. aid no" and luxuries of her home. Yet you will
to grow bri igiter i the east, the rain slack: Sei oa and er it ee beat “ast the Teastest |° 's immedi ate prevene, that a wild fancy that i be making as ments to take my poor mit me to exercise my right to remove Hh
oes Manda few palo beams of sunshine striking bit,” she sald. VBE erect i fe her tr and hurrying horseman might belong to the medi- tartied cry came from the lips of thet "Prove your right, sy na the Tarmer, firm-
te abe sl owed that she had fallen. inimoxt | bit’ "io 001 ry pe a ca frat jarted directly into his mind. A star ry came from the lips of the invs ly; “that's all T wa hte
at the g of @ little farm-house from whose sar ehtve Jato the kitchen, erty. "erbs He econ gt iced hie band asa signal for]; The man's Jase words had penetrated her reviv-|7}, 44) ie ir prove my aright to to remove her you
‘ ae tne Eo tthe: blue amoke curled eheerfully up, | Ay revive t 1 good heart, Jane,” said tho [A impetuous Filer to pause, teed, and |. She raised herself on her arm and looked about | Will suffer me to do sot” asked Leon, alter a
angi a ue anaes ote Heit leéed "up Eo tap forka and conveyed iagundd ie santerd a nee tat the deuce | Ber at he ‘unfaniliar Foom ‘ind the strange faces ere as te i have noright tode :
it into tbe .
Pres a "iid -aged man in the rough, exceedingly pretty, dark-eyed girl who |{8, YON Bm in a devil of a ory eon Vinton, you here?" she exclaimed, in a tain her after
cone fo the gate, whist fing's merry sras bnsly feying cort-akes over te fire came | NP inigtrusted you might be adoctor?” said the | Piteous tone. ‘Ob, Heaven, where am 11” * men netrors Mig exciton ‘
and "a ett for ‘vard with anv exclamation, of surprise as he |¢, wy in silent for some minu :
era farmer, inquiring! Wo aro all friends, mise," aatd, Mee, Thorn, { ”
a shapes a fond Sutin grt Feathern | fore burden down upon tue lounge ‘that stood {mer inauiringly. a exowedingly|soothinglye, You. fell extnusted by the hn me ring fan jrrand boy?” asked Vinton, die
he st d outside the gate his cheerful inoneconie the cakes, Jennie,” said her {vil resoind may found in the road th: side, an k you in and cared for you until ,Thorn went to the "ticor, golted “Jon
pes sudlenly ended in an exclamation of| oer Ta Come and Tend a hard t6 save a poor | mo ing Paty imaie toons Mr the road this | y ‘uemies eyee slong and na found, you heres. tar” and the boy-of-a ork’s
; glance had fatten on the sill form iying Just erates" YU" father found perishin’ in the| “Ty tho twinkling of an eye the rider was off his | ton’s face river, to tolles from ropes enh the j
His g ne te, wi ely, white face road Ikea cl. horse, ‘with the bridle thrown over his arm, “Does he say that he is my brother!” she de-| “'Ya'as, sur,” eaid the boy broadly, !
ol ate ‘s turn or he. “What Gre apedly thing ask te s 0 Bin end rub {4s ‘Yes, I'm a doctor,” he said, briskly. “Hero, | mandes rer her finger at hint and looking| eon Vinton wrote = poy. words Ona sp of
eet uptnrmoment losking down at her in i Take them mut it a her fest, and rub] tio up iny horse, and Tet mo gee the pationt at ‘etm 3
the poor creetur's A 001 one) sg” answered the woman, com t
waar yg ony han |u|, mee. crn | cee ee, pct agp oreo one Ne ni :
“And she's dead, nltrune—on me dead!” “How blind men are, Jerry alied her a tramp. [what ean ay command, and Svs. Thorn and ‘i nothit i her anger. “«T'min nothing | “E16 directed the mote to. Mfrs Bowers, and gave
\ . nd | to ng! He is try ing fo deceive ‘ou that
‘The next montont hho leaned over the gate and Look at them rings on lingers! Look at that | Junie eynewhnt suiprised « at his quick e- | he may get me int his 7 * Stings by ha rivet ructions to deliver it at the
orn wife, com: ess, fine enovg ough wr ‘he fea bret Js that the turn, accompanied nee biter stranger. r vest Vinton sighed “ourfaliy, and hook bis
a wae 7 “Tmet a ctor right at the s * eat tar 0 ex: th joked around at the girl’s auditos
The door opened cade Be easel rela He] erga te tho oes “at mother,” said the | pl did not go for Dr, Pill ‘Ah, my friends, I told you she was mad.” he a
ooking onan, oP fre and held all | git calied Jennie, “Her slippers are white satin, our patien’, eit,” eal horn, | ea sadly, ** You see she denies her own brother!" R XV.
deer Alin her bi fr er stockings pure silly aud worked all over with | turning beck the gay. pateliwork counterpane “You are not my brother, villain!” exclaimed | ‘Tax time passed slowly enough to the impatient
cope tgs in be she saidy “« what do you want | flowers.’ which she had carefully enveloped the w angrily ;and Joking r pound at the others, Vinton wile the boy. ofa all ‘ork was gone on €
Jerry, Never mind he shoes and the stockings, Jen- | scious Queenie. “ My good friemts, his missi paced up and ql
ext .d see,” he answered, nie,” said ther, ** bat rub the fitele unre feet, | What wae her eurprise tos im fat upon bis ‘am no relative of down si psientiye then cast rly ~
“Come out "eave the venkes, ™ said she, | See how cold and blue they are.” Knees ind clasp his “Tande, is dark wand. deceive 2 you, and get me in |ooks of hatred and revenge. upon. the vourat
Well, but tT renee: witely cares; they will | Jonnie brought, a warm flannel | some features became luminous Sein mingled Joy | my life out! Oh, sir, Tappeal to you, and to you, | farmer who bad area to defy him and protect
{atent, on her ely and sorrow, sista unt ay mada aso, to protect me from tt is villai his trembling vi ’
» fs on, 1, my sweet, unhappy girl?” | Drive him forth this moment from this honest |_-Mrs. Thor, sociee that Queenie was better and
“ano Sette to te, gridiron, be said, wa fare, wi ued the pale face: now and then ap- be exel ems hae 1 ad But Ont maar house ae pure air he pollu fates with his, foul did not need her. ing het Suse herself in setti <
vin mie of a te post is she indeed dead?” he inqu urning sa presence!” neglected breakfast upon the table, ‘Sh ‘
She {n and reappeared atten ty cheek rt vig vigorous trememert, A athe revivi- | Mrs, Thor ‘The farmer and his wife began to cast dark jon r thosmolng coffee, the hot corn cakes, the freak
coming « down the pathos ing heat of the room, the patient's heart began |, Her heart beats just a little, sir,” said Mrs, | looks at ‘Leon Vinton, 9 inpressel werethey with | bacon and eggs, the fresh butter and milk, and ,
apron thrown ‘ow ers che said, halt. pettishly, g beat quicker, and a faint, thread-l like pulse to Thorn 0 ok at hin in surp: the earnestness of the ‘ords and looks, | invited her visitors to partake of the hontely tare,
What mowed ‘ae Ps lost a flutter in her blie-veined wr a ou Know the lady. sirf” asked Jennio| They began to” think it Sas the truth she ‘spoke | | Leon Vinton declined the invitation by sauriy
half good ent to ‘at ee yall | "Poor soul!” exclaimed irs, Thorn. “1 do hore a Tittte timi idly. instead of the ravings of madness, The arch-vil-| nod, but Queenie, who had bee thing b
ing! A pity 1 Powis min ™ sponte how she ene to be out in astorm?| The man turned around, and looked ab the farm Jain soon saw that they were inclined to dont iis | Movements eagerly, readily signified her consent,
as the frying-pans! betrayed tobe a] All + part ‘oo! Bho tas pretty a8 |r ¥g exceedingly pretty daughter a furtive | word, and threw fresh earnestuess aud eloquence to ail hm Nery hungry.” she declared, “for owing
4 Jerry, ican dara et yed to bee pen, 0 | Look of adunivation, “Tasten Sit answering Mor to the wickedness of yonder nian, Lave nobiasved ;
ood-nal , + spoke to the farmer. food for several days,”
etter-halt’s more, order} dete The farmer now approached with a cup of "our daughter, T suppose, sir?” ct ‘i
pe fat Po warm out + laughter, ippose, sir ‘Oh, my poor, demented little sister.” ‘exclaimed
/ Jaugh, then eckea Binet aw ara by ee prosence coffee and a ten wg * Bel sums muy daughter Jennie,” said the farmer, the bypocritical Vinton, "would to God your
j eee ane eety uaught nhisplaced this time, my dear,” cto worm uer Up,” he said, Take the spoon, | with a * glace of pride at his pretty daughter, reason Diight be restored!”