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vent, the New Jersey larmer.
their contempt hehiiid their
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ones, with o greeting thot rec
erreetly Ilr-Iclllftga , on ,
izeno or the nnrsary."
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l out turn you wii
this
Indeed, 1 line just net
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ttiotl halonged to the prom
1 was o wlloh-o
Now heorvne out, the hast port ol dllr
lile is to come." -
At the dinner,.Itlrretl kept hlinvell very much in
J the hoctgronnd, and watched the arrival of the
< ladi ' ervvont woo neitherpeorly. nor lute.
ing seen himoelt
In ae VII coo new soft
w o one og. to e
A Inpvelnely beautiful not at teem. how the
. u one longliiid ind opote,ond uoherto longhed o
great. do 1.
tllIy.’:lnlnhed the heoutilnlhelretto; -- however, oholl
reo I"
‘- roovott ond tell me what to so critsittt. (‘our and nine nerwent Ind o ployti
-i on. it to trom Mr. Cnrnell cote, setting 11 he onil
fonts lrieuds eon came down hi-lii g
oxpreoeien l]u to. However. doine. w
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i thit-otori,1.onr 1 Getoiitttie
trill wl-its lt niyselt; In her go:
i "‘Miaa nerweiit presents her aomplirvients t
‘ (‘nruell Cttle, rod. end hugs to iiroiire '
Dame ljhelpow tov'rrn. the otreo
ond hunting pnrpo:e’tI,lntl- ioo l-eiweut lieroell
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' " There. dame. stud thlitto Curnoll Cole, Fsq.”
“ Rtlbartl." aaltl Laura. “ In’! that t little hasty !"
-- N , 1.: These ore the men who eouotontly
remind run that l Im not 0 I elr cl: ,
,- that 1 om the daughter
i
oherta rose. liar color deep, ond her ‘lips tightly
ere .
‘ Don’t mind, Fritty," lurid she-“I clrelesa t
ta
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tlowl hote theiol new 1 lilre. wltzn they eonio
. g, to s ‘Xol
I weilth earned y honeit toil.ond iiirreoaed h
in .
vyl wiiili l his not o penny," said R h
honest in A 0, they I my goo s-not
lhkllltl’IY!PIEI1I, indeed! Why not lias Three M11-
0"! ,"
‘ Llllfl knew the old wannd-the laul
lleuslan which d taken Inch hold nl llz
mu . she toojudiciauo otoltrrnore- o,o e-
ing httr well to her horse,
is the drove home, the hot team tlewiog down
an
. -- 1 on so glad to see you ogiln, ltllred I" and tire.
Loiniix, so Singleton presented liinioell in her row-
iroroom it on hour w on other guests did
terinino to no down iiviinediotely to liar
must go alone; hot that was not so dreodlul o thing,
sh wosovery cordial woman, and she took
trad’: thin hrown elm he iireen her two ooit roov ond 1)otne1- rips won iinre to he alone.
' twoo o greot eountort to hzr perturbed spirit,
oi , his old home, his reol lite, and hlo friends, so ' '
vivnllytliot the moisture China to y o. .
" Thanks, cloro; it is delightlnl indeed to see you
no
hetlerl now in l.amn’x, and how or. the new den-
“All well 1 soil yon oholl he lovited too loniily dim
uer otter the owelliiioner. lovo oo g laughing ond oholting her rum rops
. out y as ond hot in ii Newloiindlnnd dog just out
great heireeo ond heouty, ond my my deer ti-iond.
' o ' to o good l‘lre.nnd the Dome woo snme
rnoiied item the diotuot kitchen. Not, however, nntil
- well now cloro. will you let me oit on tor owoy
Miss Dsrwenl had luuntl that aha Illa not alone in
lrorn her so yoouhlaz lwiinltl like to study her o
A gent tlmln quietly polling o oigor, ond writing
It llerrown llllla tabla. looked lip, astonished lli lhli
overy woo silenced hy ‘her ourprlott ond said
it the club, which one her aunt t
is lndes I [too rien 0 er.
' Erollla,'lnd would like to In her nearer. l
should In this rover oi you-let rue iitoy owoy rrom
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nnlortiinotely l have net with on oeoident-oii
H oh i no, Altrarl;yol: ore to oitqnite or the
rod or the tohlo. o dinner ol twen s it y.
p moo (ell up at ogdeno rolls. when
i not even see yo hops. and you shot study
I 1 ran , ca lolml A vcr
nl prmnoli r parlll
-- My deor clorol onr geese worn olwoyi owono.
It is the one thing w lth has resigned me to the lact,
snapped you npl Hnwevsr. to oee you n d
to leel Ihlt Inch hovllas in than
n to um ante. w ‘c .u yon may Imagine,
was I and anti dallrreronu oxperilrieut t
lill loved and luflered,llld blckcll
o o innonivient ol hondogeo ; hnt let
r; liod you not hotter go ond talte oil
out"
Roberta sliotik down her long hair. which streamed
-a
. jokes or storr li s.w o no t e runny nion o
the period. so that A trod looked at her without ho-
o
"P4
in on his woiidoringr he hod uen nothing so
ond original than that. the cnmplcxinn wnpdeeply
high and hrilhant; her throat ond hoot, wh
ow, were wit out orulmentA-
Er
things tlion hieroglyphiao, hut, do wo t to w
hi: e as kept returning to her ru
pen og lips. ond o wet or teetti -
iii err on Mount llennon: white, ond wherei
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- -ro. Lomox woo rnlrtreiio ol the ort or dinner.
iziving. she had plooed Altrsd
who toltrrd well. who drew him ont.whe
in ond ttie nthzrnhy into In pleooed in
could see ltoherta through the gold
ond vdver veeeo, the e erirne,
rues ll were smoother Ihrotlgtt which he sent
y.
he came down, one round the iohlo drown
pioionii h Arm
ho goo to ttnow. that ho woo tailing deepl
ouoly ond lotiilly in love with her.
SEE
o o o
Hun. Adventure -1! an innocent, hutuleos
CHIMNEY CORNER.
Iort. was this breath oi her rloItrila,lnt'l here was an
adventure." ,
or supporung we lotrodnee onroelveol" said she.
“Nn," tlaitl the stud e “ let us triasquerode
ovrhile; what would you dare tor the it yo s
that [were Mr. Potato, at Philadelphia? Now, it
vou cert posuiul site run a hero. du .
'erA (‘riiz, tor lustouco, would you not like me
zttitr. -
" But you know who I am 2'’ Mill tlle hairess. .
“Uh, eagl line the advantage oi yu Sou
nre hlioa loherto vornoti. lhovo heard til you enn-
stunily lroin my hooieoo."
“ Rabttru 1)t>r-ti-em," sold the girl, ostonislied to
and one mon in Ill the world who did not know he .
"l)It,alhol.1xand poidonol lheye o singular In-
optittttle at vemeul eriug name
sure. la is so siugiiliou l.ll’l Ill! ll-tue that
1 that reniemhor that."
“ for an hour I am Don Alvarez do Vern
lrneet the lair Roberta-or shall we say
arnon ?-at on inu-
1)emreiil," sold she, correcting him.
But why notl)1nnlVernnn! You come In In
o i-iding linhit, ond very much in the writer soott
y e. .
“Then you shall he Funk Oshaldiatan !" snitl
Crnz.
D II
--with all my heart," ruin the stronger, --ii
)laln toys on. 1 -
it woo novv Roberlfs turn to hlntih, which she
did very well; but the dinner come oiioortniiely
just on the hloiilieo were growing nnooni orroh .
"There are some ol the troiitwhieh led to my
caideut,” said llan Alvarez, as he laid two henn.
tieo on her plate. -.
“Now. do tell me all shoot it!" exclaimed
nber .
“ Well, nal came over lram Philadelpltil l lelt
?nlte I superstitious lorebotlin . ‘ Pease,’ ani o
“And who loiind you?"
“An estimable gentleman hy the more or Gtmelt,
1 nndorotonil, who, with the help ol another, giitme
down here."
-- lttor old Gnochl” onid Roberta, tenderly. H 1
lmva tome todo to see Ilia wile, my old nnrtio.
Nnnoy. By-tllerwly, Crooks. have n eorrioiro [or
me it two o'clock. t will he too rainy tor me to
- ,, ll
mi-la.” d Crooks.
Le me persuade you to say three," said Don
lt1vorez,loo1ting at his watch. -- we have oeverul
ouroeo Eanlln yet. and one oliould noltrlvel Im-
mediately alter dinner.’
n e o smiled, and compromised tor iioltpoot
At
wo.
-- You inuiit remember 1 have to ootali o triiiu ond
to return to New York," ooid one. >
“Alan yea. lhod ho ed rernoment-1 lind
larivoiien thot we were not in the Scotch High-
ou a. i
The dinner wiis very good, the room worm ond
cozy; the rnln tell heavily outside; the stronger
grew llndsolner. and more ogreeahle every hit)-
me
nl.
Roberta woo sorry when Crooks announced the
eiirringe.
tier
e her old nurse was o hiiet one. lor
Valley ld not lieeln at all ill. She asked (looch
about the strrri er.
“A gentleman, rnloo, hut liiuny hurt, rnisa-
very hadly liurt-ohout the buck, uiioo; hutlly
ruite .
--well, (loocll, 1 trriet thot yon will see that he
not every care. it to N w
soyreo, have him aorerully noroed, ond by on means
do not let him leel that he o lutrutllng at Dome
l’llelps'a:1 nntconl o no oin-notnntilwe
open the lioiioo ln.In1y; he can suytltero,you know,
to."
--1 dunno, miss. 1 w on need you down ohont
in lllll-lelllell. ond the sales or the dung pooch.
. ' ond nohody tint
on too underoton Miss Laura‘: accounts."
"Ant you sure that] must come ow
it is very inconvenient, and
with this geouemoo herrT”
hove the old hovriiorn titted up lor him, so you
wonlt'llt’l be hottiered hy ltiln, mm, so I! you run
noe ionr own pa or.
“Oh. no. Coach. 1: it it necessnry,lwill use
the old horroorn myoelt; dun‘: dlatnrb th -the.
hlisoberwent, now in lior dried liohit, returned to
hid good-hy tti her new oaqiiointonoe.
e woo writin n e n ow.glnsowith his ring.
..'if:.'..i..i::.:.".:.‘ W" “W '0 "W W"
ti oh. yea," ooid non Alvarez. who had grown
tery pensive ond melooelioly. -i Yon oee,1oui ohuo-
lngilfll li emnn'a llnspltailty oil 1 eoit"
ohertt rend:
--tr women riinld he lolr ond yet not fond.’
or root their loro were tlrin, not lltltlo otlll,
lwonld nrll nioryrl that they tordo inen ooiid
wrrrioe long to purihneo their good wtll;
not when 1 or. how lroil thewe erootorei
1 more toot iooo target lhelnsclver so lor
-4 Yon tliiolt Io hodly at my sex. then 1“laitl Miss
Dertvout. looking lull into the wit, melancholy, big
hlock eyes or Mr. Fauna, ot Phi ode
"I Iva od reason, has n. hove nod
worse tnmhleii than there ot Ogden’: rolls. 1 hove
oved. hove heen deceived. 1 here inuered.
Forkivo me. it my own experience has mode the
donht everything. I
13 ll ootioined ol this whlnlng, Dun olvom.
resumed the jot: or oir ond manner which he hod
worn durinlz tlilmari
“Mint Vernon-Misc Derivent, forgive me, ond
thank you tor your hue a pm. y,,..
I. do not new hair lou oy he ltzpk
A r you. or soon la the doctor will
ollovv it,l ill tolte myselt oil. lte ohol meet some
tiny lit ooriety, hiit never so nuts.-eobly as here, 1 sin
n Y
e..
-u
it you would pleooe lioherio 1’IerIvent,"adidtltg
girl, with o true on grneetul dignity, --you will
come '
[mil AI
rez de V C trll , h
his sponio .tlulIIz.er"iaetlmlzo hloa1i;l)o"tli?5.'..,'::
ElDl’fB‘lI:Il hunt! ln all tltti world, llltI reopacttully
rise 1. A ,
aetretsetrr 7 ‘yr .
i w
“ Suiting otlra, miss, you must come. We lniglit I ‘,.,l,(;,L sh, mm,“ mm A Blue‘ 0! mp", . Wm and
ii
kurtwletlged the inch to hersell, she also, with a
cttlltrnnn sense and caution which was rt .
nature, remembered that oh ltnorv uut mg or thin
ui who would not tell her his l.llmB. Perho s he
o gainhler, o rttindlsr; perhaps u.iortune.
hunter i
No; her naual distrust did not come back to her
in this I: '
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Tlil man was none ulthesa things. oheleltsure til
tllut. she would keep herown iieeret ;ehe would see
him attain.
She would not tell ller aunt. No, this adventure
as her own
That evening the get o letter lrorn Cnrtlell note,
taking her to alittle dinner or Delnloniclfa. Alter
telling her that llro. l.ornax would preoide and men-
'oniiig the nuinnero guests. ao e :
“And my lriend, Altred singleton, will he preo-
ent, whom 1 wish you to know. A charming
fellow."
ltohertoiniinedietely answered this note:
“ DEAR Mn. Calm;-Yon mnst excuse me from the
dinner. I do not wish to meet lllr. Singleton. [
:-
imiu heiresses. Thanking you tor your eourtei-y,
I Am, as ever, very truly y‘ol;;s. D ‘
- outrun must:-r.‘
"Oh, what a fonlish girl that is !” said Cnrnell (1
Cole. --Well,lwill not try inf lnit er: they ore
nlluis for each other, but it Is It no tie."
Iilrs. Mcbun. Rohertanannt. who Stayed pro-
prletyln tier nleceueslublls merit, lit very little
nutllorlty over the wlllttll young heiress, yet unex-
pectedly olie propooe to to down to name
l.Ielpa'B with her on wodneodoy, no Lhnril wire in
('ll.ladto.
'l;lle heiress stnrted. Why did she not wish her to
g .
" I don't like to have ymt riding about the coiin
Iry alone. looks too masculine," suul hltii.
.euu.
Roberts said nothing but aha went upstairs and
wrote to Mrs. max -
DEA! (‘il.Alt.teDo Invite Aunt McLean to dinner
on Wednesday, won't yun, atitl eternally o ige
, ltttn."
so lllrs. McLean, receiving on nnexpreted invitn.
tstiou to dinner, oltered her plans, and lloheito
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eat a one. -
Don Alvnrez looked paler and was less aninlatrd
erwerlt llad linlt lean him. He
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llis eon it it.
He had heeu ouuhrlng great pain," the dome
said; ‘as were more serious than they had
retired huwa he was very patient and oweet,
and he hod grown to like liirn very mneh.
liliss rwent weut ooitl hook to the room, key
in liaud.to nu oc er er.
‘'1 will only disturb ynn for it moment,” said she.
“ I must get out my oocouut-buults."
‘-riinuot you sit sud write her ,.soitki)ei’
dlriire re ,
, .
will not diotiirh yon?” shed ltohertt. .
ft llisturb me to look at ri picture 2" thin the Don, 'f
with o i-vnile whieli eeeined to on the llltls mum
with its ondden splendor. "Indulge o poor in-
rilid who is iiinering lrnm the eiiniiz or confine-
merit,” said he.
so Roberta draw out her pupers and wrote, and
dirt aoeoiin on hold interviews with ‘ noclt,
o and perhaps strange thoughts oorne Into llm
hetid that this girl had too much huuly, money and
ttmuuntittn.
cerln a moment of Ihstrnse Iritllnleticlll elli-
culaliou,olie lnulied np and their eyes met. The
mot, expressive hlee eyeo aeeriie to look her
through and through; they almost horned her; oliti
loolten owoy, troubled ond lrigtitened
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--to tronhlooorno ouni--l old on .
“Allow me to do it tor you,” said the Don, not in
the least in it romantic tone.
nohorto looked ogoin, and new only the pole ti.-
lti o low minutes he had helped her over ller duri-
ult in tie, oud the two worked together, Ml‘
lost our.
yvlien Goach came in to receive instructions ntiiint
the ontilonoea, he round her on ready for him, and
the Icqonnts ln perrett order.
“Thll gentleman hoo helped me very miioli."
ooid llloo berweut. "Now. (touch, this is oil, 1
her vz."
frliey dined together very quietly and with o eer-
IAIII constraint.
“Y3: hove hero onlrering much, 1 rear," sold
-- very much." said the Don, it very much ;" ond
he gave her soother loot hhe that which hid so
otortlad her.
lltivo yon-hove you written to your friends!"
otlted tlie ouog lady.
"No, ove oeimiiiediote tnrnily; lliovo only
men triendo. ood they do not care for o lnmo duct.
loin merely oulieriog the weorlueos. the minor
these tireiionie iniurier. ond o great reeling or oliome
onto ion ivnpooiog on your kindness."
on he ." toid the heireoo. hnotily, -i do not
iioyoo, Don A vireo: 1 live in oworld which do-
on-yon dill not even know
. -you mo liove-rnight have
liked Ina as I lrieud-(or myself. lviish that you
on- ..
e hnrot into tears ond put her pretty lionda to
BE. ‘
She was on one aids or I little round table, and
non olvorez woo on the other; he put oorooo oiio o
llll long. dirk, slender lnnda Ind pulled the whit?
lingers on re was the rt htest, most radiant
it no r lnee,oe one on o it im-
2:! homing luuk which upon three or tour vol-
" Hue liked you for yourself, dent‘ Rohertal Y t
lmlpzllpl might. It I Id not he tllfhcult at nllv
I uieure you, In like on (or vmlrselt; Ind yet.
oweoteot in den, beoulitul wotiieu, it was such at
“"9 “Elan thlti nlltlo lna write those lines." And
he pointed to the verse ti glnnln :
'- lr woiniin otiuhl ho rulr ooil yet not tend,"
ltoht-rtI’a loco hrlghtoued. To soothe o heart ,1:
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