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The Shau
Vol. VIII.
{ YoRMaN
Entered accordina to Ast of Congress, in the year 1881, by
L. MUNRO,
(4 and 16 Vandewater St,
ghraun” of Connaught, an Irish Story, will commence next
NOR.
NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 7, 1881.
L, MUNRO, in the ofloe 6f the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. [Entered at the Post Oftce, New York, as Second Class Matter.)
$8.00 Pen axwew 1x Apvaxce,
$1.00 yor six MoxTus,
No. 888
A Query.
Ox, the wander: of our life,
ain and pleasitre, rest and strife,
a tery of imsstetien,
i "twixt two eLeruities!
Lp. the moments came and go,
Bien as sparks, ad vanish 2,
Brash fron datimess into Ii
» Quivk us thougitare quenched in night,
‘With an import grand and strange
Are they fraught in censelors change
‘As they ‘ay, en
Stauds eternally atom
‘The scene, more fair than words can
Teaze upon and go my way;
Hua, another glance to
Something ix Changed,
‘sane,
“tis ‘not the
‘The purple flush on yonder fell,
+ The tinkle of that cattie-bell,
‘aud have never come’ before,
aiid are gone for evermore.
Que ite ished wh
We f do the sai
i IE momoring van too
ost to views
im italien aut that 1
yard and saw ied by
Where a
Bright, ‘ni
Are they ¢
Come ain to
ldhood's merry hours,
“nunaine crossed with
a they never
is fi
Proust ave I ho
very passion, fier ‘and It
‘Was not bora to come to naught!
Will thé past then come exalt
jest arn pleastire, strife and i
Altthe ieeaven nd all the hel
1, we kno
Wonld we shin 1 f 9 could?
not alone dount ity
th, Ti rather ts pan sons
Than live my life withowe it. =>
What fs love, that ail the world
‘Talk so muich about itt
What is fove, that neither you
: Tean do without it?
‘Oh, Goat to hold those fingers close
And yet to feel so lonely!
J Bosee ah gino d
‘That is t eit
epi
THE BANKER’S CHILD::
OR,
WANDERING FROM HER HOME.
By Mrs,
Author of “A Terrible Deod;”
“Her Other Hus
“The Millionaire's Bride;
Emma Garrison Jones.
band;"""* Minnie, the Bank-Note Cutter,” Etc., Et
CHAPTER VIL.
700 LATE.
It was Kathie’s
Sou not bear to hav’
Kathie did not olter ay slo
Ihave nothing to #9 ve
n consulted Ty rege
st Col Zurott, a
‘ill
O Now just fea
said triv mptantl repeating the ©
her he band,“ Didn’s
io
‘of Zu
Sinpationce for'a speedy marriage,
that I've manage! the whole business much better | Mr.
done.”
you y love. I
have manna ” va al ” sai
sri a deep sigh
‘than you could! h
. ita
fas glad to have ber
her sophistries, opal soe bind
bis fair, young
is
Cato was pale, and
our
Sheshestoffored bs In Hit eh es
ol Zarate, F wil be your wife
ter her retw
i your etter.
jo heart, and I}
Tiel ‘have nl up my
to
it,” she had ai
fe
nity, | Halve it all your ow
that, my dear” Mos, Daffron
e Ltell you how ic
fond volt before her
al
my love,” veaponiet tho banker
‘volatile better 1 ‘half wer
iy pleased at Zuromt's
nfess
anita sorrowfal face,
He hail resigned het to his wife's rule, and
t in hinatead, neverticless
submissive, and silent.
a subterranean nprson,
Russian,
re at
roach or repining bad passed
i aa in an interview, with her
Mind £9 take back nll
friends, and his young wife's entertainments were ce
the most elegant of the se:
Cot, Zuroft | g,Kativie absented tere "tro rom
os as they f
box at the opera, white, and calm,
een,
noway.”
riage de convenan
1g the vs colorle
a made-u w
nversation to
would be? | jes
ere the matter
fathionable circles of the W
convenience do not shock peo peop
any alarming extent. A mis iance
a much more shocking affair.
enough wife,
ent oni. wold. cas wars ie all the “
| ved ” wore ready ing to
ss the sacri
st . Daffron, » finding his business
Now. co
isually satista inctory condition
don't think 1| bis conscience, by squandering
daughter’s wedding.
idl the banker, “Peston in
atdot cost that fairly start ed
and threw that little lady’
ecstasies of envy and ad isiration:
Uride'etrovaseatt surpassed anythi
vie
the
t that
sucrifleed for ‘The bridal veil was
robes, and la
and silent. |S ert
rt a ‘tse
a hom entury,
pity vou
Pa
ries for a round
fairer than yourself.”
‘Kathie. received the c
with merely glance at te jewels.
ng has quite a stotern look,”
“The Missing Brides" The Fatal Mistakes”
none of these.
vy on wintry norninga, OF eat by his side in he
he opel
and p'
juroff’s beautiful fiancee,” the world
r.
vpeeey einid, w hat a shame2”
ded. for’ int the
‘neonstdered
ing-day was named, and the
dear five hun-
nd and wite
affairs in
ried on with a lavish dis-
rs,
ate fi ents ‘into
youn;
ro irs 's gift to his bride was a complete set
“pea "ah ‘great, lustrous gents liquid and soft as
‘These are ancestral jewels,” he said, when he
resented them, ‘they have been wor
‘Siew fora" a ‘but never by one
n'by Zuroff
asket, and put it aside,
she said
have marry Col, Zuroff, for your! 1 The set ea wo re ae
“ie Taking a niistane, Col .
rm ue te isto ae oping fh papers Howey pan Lor thes pear
he solemn ey ade her | ‘The colonel smiled indulgently, an ft maile
father’s heart ache. SBnta ace nd | play’ ful reply, but bis deep eyes gleamed beneath
b-| their heavy brows.
Tie shan ere ns wothing i ‘omoar : book eh ieee auty, haveit all your way now,
shi joss of forta
her in hie arms and Kissed. ber
eed chil, wt
‘and
hie rushed
jorse in the
drown Mis te
au in se Mice that foltowerl, he made ea point
daughter's: way.
constant reproa
‘out of his
fice ark ‘hopeless eyes were
to him, despite all his wife's cun
sophistries,
The holidays came and wer
Aimusenients and festivities.
Jy mausion was always open
i 1
yeith lier dead mother's own un
nt with their gay | coll
The banker's prince:
sn to his large circle of |room the
ast a0 am mater Under
celts 4
pret
Yai ne orld: » Tha we weaing morning came,
in February,
morning late
Her pallid | fas
tail
ingly Tpoket tinls ot eigen.
trial pres
and
Faland oni fie a'brac.
‘The wedd
his breath, * but we'll put am ond
all this sehen ‘ve once got the bit between your
a wild, cheerless
1g-breal
10 the mup-
tering #
ts 0
‘wore asseinbihige co wi in her
nes
| P
nf and in a 5 minutes ‘ey stood beto:
sought to justify
nioney on his
| Bosse took her
‘ing that the age
‘a fortune of it~
laces, and jewels beggared
me
-| hearth in her
forward on her fol
a piteous,
feld ik to. her ‘lips; but she
not touch it.
“No, Janet, no, let me think.”
Tho mantel, clock ticked away
the precious minutes. In tl
soft were elaying plats fre tow
zerland the following sun
itan Kath ested Janet
ft jast, ‘it will sou be time to
Gress for vour r journey.”
‘The bride sprang io ber fect.
swift crirmson warring. her white
cheeks,her eyes glowing with a sud-
den resolve.
“I shall not teke that journey,”
she panted, in 9 stifed, voice, I
can't, Teanrtt Only think of Veing
aw i Ruaig, atthe merce
of tae want Favet Janet. T should
wn life, Yeannot go m tk
tite, wilt am his wife,
have kept my “word, and saved iy
1e went on, b
© God's sake help me ¢3
‘gan to disrobe herself, even
e spoke, tearing off her
the chain that held the pe:
‘oat, and they were sc
et like faiten stars, Lut che
reed
“Help me, Janet, for God's sake
help mie,” she
Paint Lwil most willingly,”
plied Janet as she dried. het "eves,
‘butlet me understand first what
yey mean”
“Oli, don’t waste time,” ried
Kathi, Slancing at tho clock, you
surely 8 1 want to
ru
towet outof the honse,
ie beforel il gow th Zurol
Janet's dla
and
eyes rel ntened,
jhe shor be
you didn't think
Kathie read the letter from thes Bret word to the last. Then she glanced at the heading, and saw that it was fated a week back.
yhitening Lips gave utterance to thes ead.
3@ two words, and then she fe!
wn chamber sat Kathie all ready for the sacri-
‘ron, resplendent in pearl brocade and
diamonds, fluttered in for a Iastadiiing g glance, |
followed by a radiant bevy of bridesm:
not down? she eried, catching
sight of Kathie goed Heavens, how can you
t0 thoughtless! Do'stand up, amd let Janevad just
your train
But Janet had gone to the conservatory for flow-
ers for her young lady's corsage, | Kathie arose,
however, ai her step-miother’s bidding, and turned
slowly round, the gleaming folia of her magni,
gent robe trailing after her, her veil sweeping to
@ floor like. a misty elonih, Col, Zurotes pearls
slitening on her forehead and about her white |
32
The maids broke into little exelamations
of, fdraiy tion and deli
“She couldn't look more elegant, could she?"
rs. Dat rom sand itis every bit my wo
father to allow me earte-blanche for
ing. and. then ordered hor trowon Tt
fugivens me to think of the cost, but Daitron can
afford to let Xtravagant, 'y love, here |
comes Senet With the Rowern, and°we age all
rea
Kathie stood pallid,and statuesque, and silent,
hte Vier inala fastened the orange blossons |
bosom,
iss Kathio,” whispered the girl, I've some-
thing for you, and no one must see,” and under
of fastening the bride’s bracelets, she
Blippeda letter in her hand,
athe found no time to examine it, however,
for at that moment there was @ rap at the doo
of her sitting-room, and hor father's voice called:
“Kathie, my dear child, we are all re
«So am’ L? responded ‘Ratives end concealing
letter beneath the laces and jewels on her bos-
suffered her step-mother to lead her from
clergyman, ‘There was no one, in all the crowd
Fooins, to interfere or to speal’a word against the
ynhol sacrifice, ant the young bride herself,
thougk ber heart quivered and fluttered beneath
the ‘iden etter, stad thought of withdrawing
t that, ar, and breaking her plighted w
place at Col.
a few fatal ninttes she was his
Hor step-mother fluttered
and ih
wedded. wit
dup and embraced
darling child, and tho bridesmaids and the wed-
ding-guests crowded about her, with loving words
and congratulations: ‘and. the Young brides witha
cheek almost as white as her bridal veil, stood pa.
tient and gentie- and unconplaining through the
rible ordeal.
he wedding-breakfast followed, and she took
lace at the itoring table, aud listened to
the compliments father's ues
nt x0 rae to taste the costly ajotics fey
er
pect the child to eat, good peo-
ail
ple,” rs. Daitron & wontd be Se wigae
bt'a bride to have an vated “Wis cel
tasted a mereel for fer 16 marriage
Drink this glass of ‘ine, , Kathie, aud then jou
shall go to your room.”
It was all over at last, and the bride stood in
her own chambers with NO one but her: maid
net
‘On the bed lay her travelin;
it, and in one lit
tle hour ale must take tho wai
ng steamer for
5,
Liverpool; and from Liverpool to Tandon, and
from thence t ad Home, and Vienna: and
the faraway Russias. oo Zuvotf had nis wed-
ding: I marked ou
But Kathie res not thinking of the long jour-
ney that la; ro her, as she stood before the
er eeaning Tharringe robes, but of the
letter hidden in her bosom,
y
and her father pressed her hand and called Wer hig at
11 forward like on:
| | 4Whe sent it, Janet?” she questioned, as she
| drew it forth.
| epuA boy fetched it, miss; he. ra he
green-house window while’ I was cutting the
Srange blossoms, and said I was to give the letter
to you, and. oe one must know.”
Kathi not heed the girl’s answer; she
glanced as he letter, and then staggered back,
The handwi viting was.
| with a sudden, stifled ery.
| Sergius Walton's,
For a mn ite or two she stood trembling and
linn (she were in doubt about reading
mo lotter; then ail atonce she tore i open and
devoured its contents with eager eyes. Tera
| follows:
“My Dear Katnte:—If all Ihave heard is tru
| you will diouitien think img very. presuming in
[eeking 4
Jagan Bee Tam nee
hever can be suremicild havehad an an
your own lips,
“When I left Now York, and went abroad some
three months ago, 1
gout do.
erpool 1
we seen. your oggement with th
Russian, Zurott, mentioned in several
‘once or tw: ‘ice, in. connection with these Ptrotices,
thes
thaps; to give moup. My darling, isit
sof If were’ ave of it 1 A aimoat be
te nly Ris
that y
we broken fait ‘th me
HOF any other will
Sy danitg have yet Fors
Kat
er love you as]
and Gisappeintment, and canuot “collec
thoughts,
“ What I wish to say is, that I'am back again
in New York, Leould not remain in Europe; 1
hhave coine back to put my fate to the test, to find
out if you are true, or false as they tell’ »
have written to you again and rea
ters come back to m
m to be bewildered by my. grent trouble
my
it you m if you enn find it
‘our heart, to do that Kindness, meet me
ur old neorince in the park, Ts!
there ever} week between four anid
five o’cloe! It Pl
even if Tam to u forever, to
avor.
lips,
“Forever yours.
tter from the
ALTON.”
fe frst word to
thie read this
savy that it wns dated a week back,
Her whitening lips gave utterance to these tw
words, and then she fell forward like one dead,
CHAPTER VILL
A DARING VENTURE.
fainted ‘When Jans
net, who was
jad, lew to her side, and
raised her wen ‘he Rone up with w ass hopeless,
il “He loved me, Janet” she
‘t ‘with white, quivering. lips
he girl dropned upon her knees, and with tenre
tickiify down her aha she hated and cares
ed the bride's soft, jeweled hands, and ‘begeed
now how she could help her. Sh nt ber
“Too late!”
5
ev do.
gotten tie past! that happy sanimer at Hazie-|of clo
r
-|at Redbank, New Jersey; if you'll g¢
"it bel
Kai
the Inst. Then she glance nt the heading, and | do
his: at parting with
9 too | None
Her ee & 80!
waiden realization of her, ‘position.
Ob, Janet, make haste.
Janet dart
from
plain biack suit,
“We must get these on,"she wh v
ing the bride's costly robe w “and
you shall wear my hat and double, well ana make
Your way out through the kitchen,
your traveling suit and play I'm
ride, and in that way give you time.
“How kind you are, Janet,” said Ki
ing toassist with fluttering fingers; “but I Jou
wh you to get into troable for my rake
Sanit laughed as she threw the brid
jal dress on
I khon't
nd the worst
ait be to turn me out of the
care to stay since yo
valent, igo that a thought, min
Mrs. Daitron can dow
comes and | 1 don
ing, miss.”
S She worked on with swift, deft hance while she
talked, a nin ne ry few minutes the bride's dis-
guise was comp!
As Janet fastened the double-brown veil there
camea rapa
ffron’s voice from
rolliny
her walce bya d Lut prey alloe
Ino totverneln where lam und the Inst moment,
red at by ali
“Wheres.
s Good
ready a a
itstn’t eave thnt bebind; and how abouta change
ws
“There's no time,” cried Kathie, “I enn d
without clothes, Ob, Janet, if you lore mie et
1 shall,” said tho faithful girl. “Here is
se aid your jewels, too; vou will need
Now fo o Fight d lown the back stairs, miss,
I'll contrive to
your purse
them
and di
here until vou get oot of thew
way,
and
here
tel nim Trent you, he'll befriend your Good bye,
Good b good
The done Ge The bridal chamber opened and
closed again, aud the bride was gone
Lett to herself, Junet stood ives
ew fresh tears trickling down ber red cheeks,
in the next breath, however, she dashed. them
and set abo out hier task. & difficult
one, but she seemed in no wise dismayed. “Her
first step was to gather up the Zuroff pearls which
lay seattered bent tnvdurtoste Herter we
ray herself in the bride's henareme traveling
Suit) Tr fitted her trim figure to
Sho war all dressed and had her
own, when Mrs, Daffron rapped a
“Kathie, my love, "we are all ready.
Jutean instant,
Come
NB, mamma,” answered Janet, in
comi
° I her young ta a
‘wo minutes “ater she joined Mrs. Daffron on
the land
* Wheres Janct™ demanded the lady; “hos
she packed yon dressing-cnse
he hing june taken itwow ea zeplied the bride,
svi her luce hg ntkerchief to her anda sob
in her voice,
quite rear ‘broken,
wish she could havo gone,”
Nonsense,” retorted Mrs. Daffy © Just
fancy a creature like Janet in) Pari Vie nat
You must have a Freuch maid. o! pee
the way, Cal, hos consented t °
Vienna juntil next printer abl Sears oa in
Switzerland abont Jom we'll
Io tonether, I
jen
bride ‘an fuatticulate reply, ber
Poor ‘i, ae
able, | Yoncan do io
she said, “ only let m
She let her bright, pearl ‘crowned head droop
hie
handkershict ahs atlier eyes,
red lips close
TF Re ee
ates
a2 ones
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