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Entered aocording to Act af Congress, th tha year 1°97, by JAMES ELVERSON, in the ofte of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. The rights to all ofthese stories are macrsed by the publsher.
PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCIE
NW. corner NINTH
JAMES ELVERSON,
‘and SPRUCE st,
Maher.
VOL. XXXIV.
WAITING FOR PAPA.
BY EBEN E, REXFORD.
The day had boon wild with cempest,
And then the motherly creature,
nd the light fell chill and gray: ee
asf
n eight yexrs old,
of frost-flakes, p down closer,
wn by a rock in the roadside, ;
‘Hiding away trom. ‘And laughed at the wind in ai
T'came on two little children, “*Ou'd ought to see how much faszer
aturt tly
“why are you here, little chiidrent” A step, in the path behind me,
I asked, as they smiled at me: I heard in the twilight gray,
Tarough fhe dusk and the falling snow ake, ‘And, ““Papa te corning, brother
‘Thelr shining eyes I could heard the ttle
And T wanted to hug and kise ther, A shout of gladness
‘The roguish little elves, A jubllant “Passer ¢
As sweet—why, there's nothing sweeter And both of them
‘Than their own littie laughing selves. ‘And kiss bim
‘We're waiting for papa.” they answered, Diets the dear hearts of the chilren
isenold ‘Are buras bright,
But T know ‘tis a bappy kingdom
Where Love holds court at night,
He don't know—does he, dear?
Luke, the Letter Carrier
A CREOLE SIREN
By. Arthur wentworth
1897.
TERMS:
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‘The splendid Fifth Avenue mansion of the | “Her fgure was som
Hamersleigh familly was Uehted for a grand | Ye cast in in
ry,
reception. Guests thronged the tmmente, fres-| Suit) oneoie vide gait tha agate
coed drawing-room, A stream Hight trom | Sat aieesele eh 20a marriage With her in
two or three superb prismatio. chandeliers New Orleans hed at frst give
poure on brilliant ladies, some. of mother. “Her dress was. a. commingling
Gteflmsons and hackesties
beauty to perfection.
She wore in her black’ ha{r four
superb ‘Poppies, wrought out of ‘rubles, each
with a big diamond at Its heart,
having some sort of flexible wire for lts stem
to tremble a: ad
sulted her du:
Whose exquisite tollettes had cost a moderate
fortune.
‘The alr was heavy with th
fowers.
screenwork of camellias, roses
5
e odor of exotic
Musicians, concealed behind a huge
and lilies, dis-
music. | The
T
hese were ber single orna~
ments, and the robe that deckea Shee willow
form Was a cloud-like wealth of white, pure,
diaphanous tulle,
‘An expression’ of pain and anxiety might
‘such gor--| 2 then be observea on the faces of
1 agu. But
have detected these
he
ofthe ins
other exehansed glance
nat’ Doctor Bradford sone: us
What cou
a final alt pain < oF ~wortiment,
aa ‘al areivere | een the death of her
Soe ‘Aatteries besiened her ears:
grr met hes
uid ft mean? Violet's life had thus | | “Look here, jlitle brother!
ve In a single In | term of endearment whic
“that on mentoes of his boyhood, “
father, clglit years be-
Sauigh of yours has i
her began, and
he sald, using a
hiwas one of the mes
1 don't want you to
‘don't you.
come back since the
T want you to nurse
news, Montagu, 4s it not?” she | no enjoyment in all that passe
Je Passed, She longed .
Pain so. on : for ‘and. yet dreaded her’ brother's: regen, can't Iie In bed quite go long as that,
tae sien alta dP Now and then she looked at her sister-in-law; pe soke low ‘angwer,
any vamer siete wae busil; and saw gus wife the centre of an ol eat Work before then. | te
ei evs | awed in chatting ree oF four Bentlen sequious little throng. laughing Saat in | OF course mean my basket-weaving
laws" had thas ‘been quietly subjugated, re nen, om if RPATHIe ailke of her’ wit and parent careless, ayminens But don’t you think it lucky that 1 learned to
“Siecle praiea te sumptuous entertains | sigeeeel? 8 H*DE teri ovaiiy"at Bet | "PHASE achent Conte takes 4 ancityt” | weave Enakete, nom that Igo wht go Gea and
ment EY ong the Ste, Appeared quite oblivious of the tittle Bhe Bena great wuchese. iit ‘ inher Matt | blees that summer ‘away of lin my boon
of the y arat Ne) x va rater es Swihipers between her husband and her | tur duke, when I made friends with the old Ine
nor the spending of thousands or 5 ‘The, room ottcenbl ed, fo TaUERL me
war the apending of thoussinds ont EWnde Ra you anewered"pursuen vine, [ackieedeemhaRhe Bateeelz dnned. many | dan EoD TARTAR to cae ee" ME
Gry appeuted with eons Bae fs sen gona ate me had that splendid country seat. “An How
Ration ena Man the een force o nea of en | imed Rave changed with you dud ine, haven't
“How lovely!" low imposing!” “Wh. auickly ntagu. "That they .
CWERae etegance!™ hounded trom lip | wae our agveci eats Violet, know, asked, 1m a switt whisper, | , Luke wag sllent for a moment, A tar-away,
“ se me ie | aaa Pe ey kno | ae nes : ari mnePet | accuny Took hud come Eno hs maalyy airect,
meanwhile, more than one polite in- | tem Doctor Bradfor 2 ere 0 caper ie answer on't as! s. :
quity’was made for, the Ass of he three | ne . a“ satord, tit T mean not just yet? eS He opty, arapnes Jamie's hand, letting tt
hoste rs, Meredith, Hamerslelgh—wnove Ne next instant a stout, dignified-lookin ivupon the white coverlet .
dig fied “bearing and re, yet handsome, | gentleman, who had- Just entered. te kn | IAPTER 11. mourog: “amie Nimes Rave changed.” he mor
countenance were ‘conspicuous’ by thelr ab: ; Paar hae wie simu, | LOSE AND “THE LITTLE BRoTHER. Tut the ‘Rext Instant. he seemed. to rouse |
Meredith Hamersieigh, tho
family,
rs this
jay—as cy, iin Tact,
A good many
chit! February 4:
“You inuntak f let the Pei
m anything that
é | Phat witht oor ne ned cane complains Tet
6 the scene about hi that within ut TOO! .
un tda ease | Han ana gevely of the aecne ab 3 ee hand | 968 hugh mahy-storied odging-houge, tan: ply six inated
elf and husband had | upon Montagu's shoulder, ana with | 24 amid # part of New, erie that by no means ut then there will
Fave emphasis, below tis" breath h deserved to’ be calied patrictan, two men. both t nd think, Jamie,
“My Gear Montauee Be ena came tlt ‘Ah age, held converse vo anything! Why, 22
yout that Sou mothe» condi tae al tel Bethe.” ind T cue North from New Orleans one year
you that your ts at all ime was a tall, athletle fellow, of nih scarcely a cent In our pockets
. oe about fet send ‘twenty years. His frame would nN the street an oi:
rough it ‘resembles th ne for an artist e@ modet of a nd had e1
Severn paso as ATget aS tie, meyer ed mg, aed a
ioe an aaa oP Mh inanly Ob cxpteinlon® every, ature’ denoted | have me apretied a fitercmigre™s
Sould learn. by mere observation, Ebel any human ‘physiognomy ts capable se cxpreasine | Lait many meee ett
cr ritfouble had long been harans: | these trata, Sunny rings gf bromeesgoid Ratt ou have to walk ail day Jong, aeliveriig
ing both brain and nerves, an w, after | gies ve his. broad | forepe ads “ai eyes tose ndiess e etters! And then think how
em has s'if they | T have got sick. and cannot help yousor a
eanure. sweet, impid | east cat only ely yqu in such a mangre Wits
it may way. Oh, it's too It's too
the poe = fuse baila on his coat, and as he ye ‘s ren aired with “ere, and his
Nas | buttoned its front. buttonm, you plainly xaw or
“pracetal figure, and a fi i ‘Mon- | that his whole attire, made from blue-gray whom the “little brothe
foanly rectness. "This “wae V tell you the real object of having | oth "und. bound nt Ite various edkes” with rete aris wsieg in may
debut in" society, and: more than One mur gu, Hea to box" that yo 0 to | blacl ‘of one of our metro Ring
dmiration erin 0 who now | ¥ f . : petit
of admit L101 feet” ‘he ioe f tho: =| Sue moe ber at once. She d rt trees nd pre iy ald: ction of our dead
esires your pres
saw her for the ace, lighted by ays that tf you @o not go to her,
cu ant’ of the room lay in
other had
a8
politan etier-eutriers
hi
recenug auitted,
prosperity, make you
Her delicate, she will come to, you! four Rant
; SS iq re no re- ntagu,”” pleaded . ow nd a. certain hollownees ou URN to use fe as A
Stinbiance moti Ba ai “rte he aauiline | den alarm, tga Baad mata nt Tint 4° | Githereneek "bespoke phytlcal "weakness, ‘te _nhas tie philosonners ao.
Sinage. of he er Absent mother . in her present tate! Go't yall Vmeana Hot actual suffering as well. He bad eves of vio phoye yourbelt a Feat phil:
aklae her stood. a gentleman of well-knit Yes," Montagu promptly wad. io. tho sar eral hue a8 the eves of his roche ‘osopher, vivatie ta aid Jamie, halfe
weil:moulded ute, apd an lp that was de | | He slipped from the ‘drawing-room, farker shade! hole face, too, hot merc imucit In bel and looking at. ie
ldedly arigtorratie,, He was of much darker | ment jater, and ‘henge directed his steps Up ty ne of tee ina and émaciation, was with wide, wistful eyes;
type than Violet 3 face, Be Malt | aoe ead Staircase bal ota mere thoughtful look it moth, Tfauen dnd al that
seed arent {id not possess balf | |For nearly anh sa akerward poor Violet was quite your time yet, In the without I remember
wh amersiel 5 ov ste managed ‘of one who speaks Ww ner Ie ef
‘Montag (Hamersielgh, nd | ke, fulAll the “duties of hosters, "A ne revo ho sproka while jacket father eft" you Just, before. he
8 twenty=1 cheeses older loon her | spirits, he fie jake stowly nodded,
‘It's safe enoukh. |
it’s locked
in my, trunk,
he hard of Montagu, stood his me to, open it hasn't come
Only shout seven months w oride, | hee ares, wn and her. brother eee eee ane row. haa written on the
beauty of Mrs. Montagu Hamersleigh | amazement the calny, colle queeniy enone Bet rche fuce ahen he wan to be opened
Her large, dark eyes held | whom they had both’ always regarded with of amie wax still in, & half-recumben
their sultry depths the blended lancuor | more of awe than love, had abruptly. given 1 He slowly Read white «very sad
"the tropics. Her complexion | wa mauler outbirst. in whlch feeble, | slim ‘white and. nimont an frait-as that’ ea | nie mined bis worn. features,
thiverings moans had altersuted’ eich
moet tawny in its brunette tinge, vet
grim, moody silenc
the color that tinted each cheek produced so
woman.
Stronger Mund walle Ne spoke.
atin his own Jarger an
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ime hae come, Luke," he, mur
pre temtmtered Wil you haven't Tee fast
i
wey,
noe
eight years ago
New Orleans,
almeat a pauper, wi
Fen and” Lic bate Inte
1 know why he told ux not to apen
ay Decwuxe my birt
t pa
some very eae | dings.
“IN HEAVEN'S NAME, WO ARE YOU?" SHE GASPED. ANI SHE STEPFED TOWARD LUKE, SEIZING HIS ARM.
to-day ‘since father died in
(a you and
had
while betore!
tuna io
On, Te bev
ey believe ie SP
ut as
it and
to-day is the day for its opening. Get
Luke ‘returs "It ts too
the mornings demise wea 1 Bolte
ou exe}ted 20 tht yeu “could id set no
ya alte
ne mee ‘on, with a
ver intona~
pod'mang thine titan
les fur support,
That
cold,
on that. ee
e
Hebelonsa te the dead and buried sat
ove Yoker
any more,
nPOUnKe! ther stretched
eager interes yeetion as he
Bis blue ‘eves sparkle
forth: one
with the fever ght
ogamis, suddenty
clad in its
nlght-dress, StU higher oa eee pttowet
tui, false. Creole girl,
igken om
ect dalas
eng
that so often goes With dire and Wasth
said Lyke,
we
{ng bein
neat, aa en 'woyld
fro Theve
went on, wth Bn altered man
let us say an
4 t
the don that subject, I bey
the" packet. Tin ad cone
As rds. the packet,
"tovonen tt as you are. When Z eints
again this evening, at half-past seven 'o
Suncloee:
ed at
whieh | duces
whlch we shall call Stats
re he
ots cheap a repact
ring resturant whose.
once tor the station with
;wene, connected, ‘and
found quite a throng of hts fellows,
each one waiting to receive. from,
Ithin the Intertor of the station. {i
lar letters which belonged to
lection, placed &
Bact e the | Teathern Bag at hls east
Hie Knew that he was not popular
other carriers. an °
Ttwas'n
Rood manners
a N
majority suspected
Cause of the truly, highsbred
which bis uniform wholly failed t
gmong ti
appearange
0 hide, of
