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Vol. 60.
THE GENI'S MAGIC BED.
BY MK
Tie se of the pavish
in yon
ecard the ils of others,
ill, then
Grew
{ Many ached and many
in dozens ani
Bat they ne'er
ing heart or hea
hen fe pathed down: their pillows,
© And Taid them in his bed,
But the anguish of his patient S,
All their aches and all their groans,
Took possession o
Filled his head and racked his bones.
‘f have given
A prescriptio
<f too, shall Lose my
In the bliss
oak this wand of offi
dro
oped hi:
iat Vhid ‘the
~ Sount
Fo, stranger, if
‘othe evishing load life,
Wyourj ey has
6 your "heat is
‘And your spirit pines alw:
: For the balm which gr ad,
Turn your weeping eyes this ‘vay.
The Howse of Rest is open,
You are welcome to the dead;
| There i is rroomn still for another
In ic bed,
the geni’s
Resstless fascinat tion
Dra
he re:
bo og =n weed procesion
arching day by da
fom a a na
A repub!
fateer flowin
~ As the rivers
Profound shall
edeemed fro
Unti the Great Ma
ly vn in his bed.
of degre
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der house atone;
n cured his own.
suffered,
d in pairs;
lergy’s p
compa ‘thereafter
the gent,
balm to many;
fn sue and he
of sree creep.”
his aged bes
tun to sorrow,
0 hissing strife,
sadly pleading,
magic 2
stless world this way, -
h to the peasant
hit! her
to th
be thei suber,
Cees
eel
Ty
ey
fone
Mswi
resoluiety. ‘Mamma is right—we do him
me, mere xt all? it is
ith
Rot sik. months ago we dented ourselv
go back to the hotel.”
foapportunes
elt
leave ,dightly, on English soil,
pes of a bright future to be
was in England—but where? By wl
other, yet ignorant of it, and unable
CHAPTER IL.
AN’ ANNOYED BEAUTY,
The closing of the rafiroad gates
luggage trucks, ru
to Tet
ont
arranged that many, as they came
9
ise she
ach,
comprised halt a dozen
rns,
uu have not, sold those roses,
iy them.”
then, if you
tempted to bu:
ewerine.
Thave lost’ thelr’ freshness !
¢You should have,
wear them now."
nica
= Calls, to wake them up again,
“Have you had bad news? Has anything happened to Harold ?”
sus
avout
tin fo "Engle
bim on the
The
taken” passage
foquiries of his friends,
wal
to be tempted
im “lend ta
not
Dartison,. poutin
ter the “exquisite, ombination of
pearls and embro! shad
aghe was
he pitiless. su
win
MEANS TO BE HAl
A TARDY WOOIN
By CHARLES W, HATHAWAY,
Author of “Marjorie’s Sweetheart,’ ‘A Long Martyrdom,’ ‘“‘A Rash Vow,’
“Joseph Dane's Diplomacy,’ etc., ete.
CHAPTER L.
AnoL0's wes
ked by
wre ie cpeuiag of our story,
fo the, worldly
Serioa's
Mand wow she awaits bi
nd, eager, to, be the first to greet
arrival of the Calais stea at
on which St was declared he had
had arrived, ‘but the search and
.
'y homendeclaring
in
d_ packed his
it to the railroad station,
giving the man directions to
two jer of the
couple tances, who had
«Calais, told how saviy be had
yet how firmly he bad retused
fostay And ding with them.” ‘They
ad made one of ‘the crowd
Dover packet ; yet, if they
Tiind at the last moment,
“Charming Mf valle,
dors seoretary, and his
a wlsperea that he woul find the
ng the frst to greet bim
_had seen ashore,
it,” murmured © Cyrilla
‘al ‘lip, and frowning un-
Jace
je
0, nding on the Ad-
watebing the Gata Hs-Dowvres steam
aia
ending ‘place; nor did she stir, til
of her numerous passengers bad quitted
sel;-and-yet the glass through which ‘she
inspected them told her that he whom she sought
was not among their number, "I cannot under-
8 is
stand why he does not come.” It is very. strange
nd very disappointing.”
And Spill crept over Der." She had per
mitted him to be sent away when he was poor;
how if he refused to be recalled now that fortune
smiled on
at? What
as
dear?” demanded portly elderly gentleman, why
walked with a 6 and whose every look and
immense idea of his own
at
importance. | “He {s pointing at us?—but where:
where? Tell me, that [ may wave my hand and
look pleased to gee him.”
! this is too absurd!” and Cyrilla broke
into a vexed laugh. “Why are you so deat, papa?
Herold Outram Is not on board the steainer at
pucNot!y echoed Sir Jasper Dartison, ~ “But,
Qu
"Hush, papa, pra
and I am giad ‘6
Bonor in-coming, here
I tell you he is not there,
We are tol ing him too much
sady ber daughter was a
handsviae end refined edition
herself—she was uni wneomioraiy stout—to utt
egrish, prot
“Tt thi s the way with you, S’rilla!
hat we sigh stay quietly at
the heat was tre-
over again that, if
nitton for you, 'd find out
where we wel without our faking ‘at ‘aie {rouble
on his “account.
welt aay oea ar he &
test.
‘put a Zonimen
her daughter inter-
one ea
on enough; for he hasn't a title to give
you of no sort and you rich apd handsome enough
to marry jukes and. prin Filla,
ought to do better. Y
Cyrilla jerked off
laid on
the pier, Parent meekly following.
Kady Dartizon bad been a very happy mother it
2, days, when, abe stinted hen
a her only daughter, and
onceal her Alciations from het ese
indulgent father? but changed circumstances Kad
rought troubles’ in, their wake,
10 iu’
S w. she didu’t get on with the child as
well ag she used to do, confided to a
sympathizing auditor, ecome so ter=
rible erful that ‘she didn't have her owe Way
ina ve loveliest of red bro~
cad at the present mo-
in
as for a queen,
and Yet Cyrilla wouldn't let her wear anvtblee but
Black, that made her look no better than a walking
The black dress Lady Dartison regarded s0 dis
me, and threw into
of her
a form was
of the sai
which whe
carnations
ed ‘in. some
pale greenish Hue ae. the waters
stood “idly dropping the crimson
Lo
now lett off fanning
bad worn at ber, throat. She lingered there so
foug—was the stil resting with the fear that
had’ assailed ber?—that her ‘mother jm
patient,
ever able to enjoy my dinner it I have
‘Aren't you tired of
utram,’” she added, in a peevish
tng from, the absorbed
urd is name"
‘asleimed sir Jasper, who had just
not bave my daughter badgered ;
ouly expos ignorance.
Tr position as Cyrilla and
hen, we ‘reside at the shooting box
rchased, as we have beard, that
home. to: trom —
been avo
fri othe, eluctaat "reply.
re has been fishing
aris
ber He
‘and it's "only, eleuboriy" to. com
ee him
in Paris, Maria
and tell ‘bira we're stad to Sk home agata,
sn" breathed’ Gyrilla, who
slanclng. over “her shoulder” “Tiere somes “ie
cousin, Eustace, Leyland. | How, provoking !
he has seen us—we cannot avoid t mame
ma, do be careful not to make any of your mal-
apropos speeches in hls hearing. He would gatirize
us unmereifully i hat we came her:
way of speaking,
I should like to know, that Tama always called, t9
what I say?” demanded je
rst r
Mand, Siding It useless to
Adee “ber mother,
mpt to. Gyrilia glided
atte
Rracetully
irest helresses in the
cynically too.
land, but hi
‘imes had altered since he and his kinsman had
romped with the rosy, saucy, Ittle daughter of the
clerk of the work at Outrai
e iv
Which sold so’ well that he made a émall fortune
by. the speculation,
weosiee then he tad
For som
been steadily rising in the
with knighthood,” and" Cyriila, the “hoyden was
now Cyrilla, the beauty, the stately daughter of
Sir Jasper Dartison. | Yet she was still a coquet
hearty loving, al rebuff ber
le
toneeligibie, ti) they talked
ony, ‘n she referred them
a bluntly ‘Tisorned the disappointed ‘wooers that
ein sult
With the curtest of speeches he had dismissed,
gmong others, Harold Outram, who dared to think
be rea enuty 3 brilliant eyes ! love strong
enough to. Ixno jrcenary. ‘considerations
But, ‘though Cyrilia wept till the said eves, were
Fed, she was tao arubitious or too prudent not to
sion.
acquiesce in her site's
Harold accepted a fr fend’ invitation, and went
abroad: nor would he have returned when he
Fecelved the news of his succession to bis: kines
man’s property if Madame Lavalley-who had beeo
made, Cyrilla's confidant
‘ontained proofs of the
had_not contrived. to eqnvey to iim
ot Miss Dartison’s
fe, and whose
her bands,
Cyritia,
yet it
his cousin, ai ad
ing in his
ustace Leyland, the, brieflers
jot he, who was bowing
"1 sup you came this route in order to meet
who bad
inj
Ye him
cawyg it will be In bis power to do
*Gyeita brushed and winced at, her
60 ‘meant, Dut ‘Bustace
‘acticed
aad, ieee jer ignored the allusion to
ects,
spect
rold xelaimed.
T thought he was inthe tar North, gunn)
self in the smiley of Norwegian miiden:
“Are they pretty, the ladies
cyritta, ‘stopping. th
yas blurting
lesving cher to be assisted to ‘the neavest
Sir Jaen
01
terested, in her, Jadyship'
ings,” "be avserte
Untortunately Team very ighorant. bavi
traveled.
edge. - 'ghould 1 meet him on the other side of the| oy yw
| him how anxiously he is looked
; I will tel
She was stung by the covert
“You will
peratively.
his looks ‘and tones,
id, cold hi
m, whom sh
o mapetuous, a0 dlsgu
rm
was
selfishness, that, she felt ‘ound to. b
nen he was near. With hl
ey the gentle,
Bie ‘ideal at
fag at that of ber bea
and gen‘
wear but me; and I charming ia it
She’ inugiied ‘meckingly. for shor kuew
of als [pretended confiden
'3 wife before the end mal
hat does it nade, me of ns’ rough sage he bade
favor, because eenly felt by her than others why
into
Sty invilations sf, Outram Towers
Ob! T would goa
tn ‘in ere should be
beg, fo
there fs another
ir Jasper, (sta
st have ta
done such things myselt,
wait tilt this boat comes
trinket box
young, lady's liberality —
n_assurance
He had believed ail the told him; he had kissed
1d declared that he should hasten to
a ielt Paris with thac intention
and smil-
feeconcealing “bis: emotions,
“Is he expected here?
‘30 hot answer my question, Mr. Le
80,
do no such thing!” eried Cyrilia, im-
©
art of hers as nearly ag Harold ‘ts
always fe e| t
nd ihrine he. worshiped more
Eustace " cooll;
“ds 0:
‘that shallow saat gt of
she reigns there
e pat § vw Srila was saying] 0
t
glad to kneel at my f
keenly felt as coming from t
who bad spoken to he¥ in such graciou:
an hour earlier.
she walked on,
lawyer,
jorts were Dot successful, and
the flow:
nod,
feet, and set to work with
illa Was soon. released,
a
junetions.
now, be-
so much for
ward, placed her basket
mother's | Blniured.
‘Leyland
his own,
ng tim
“1 don ny.
ked | she, repllea npeaklag “slowly and 30
softly.
Fou
jon't think ¥
arate, ost
‘peopl
seat by @ mine must be dead!" the
“I can't remember them.
yland.”” tives? They
s "sutter- at
rud “T live-at Marbys’,
wag the reply.
our what fs Marbys’
glad’ to. tava
annoyances.
‘where
Ms me, a mission,
‘sleep.
I've
ere.”
stay, t
“Are they kind to you, these people?”
‘Tho girl looked perplexed.
“Mrs, Marby cuts me. ai
Dover: | when 'T’ carry my" baal
sometimes
this.
patie
all she does for you, you poor,
"She hasn’t hit me—not say bay
wo Jong,” ‘sald the girl “abot Ye
quite compre
erous cand | Thy wh
ha, burst of indignation,
Beside her
minutive one looked dw:
muted; her healthy beauty m
thin features appear more sie wasted 1
had no
‘he couta
ce. But
art,
cysiiia’s question but “tT
ever cherished reminiscences of hay
er childhood,
d—to shiver thro
were vshaitaty slteated, no
to kn ‘Weak and ‘easily trighte
she was,
of sch 'a life as, hers wil
will
French
tgsed the
Shall we
men
21
young
curious stare couple of
T may
ea
‘cyrilia’s conscfence—she had one—amote ber as
» struggling, with, her dainty parasol.
answer to sive
~$"
No, 45.
No." and, Cyrilla pressed her lips together
too
or.
‘do— Young men should al-
waya be taught to know thelr places,”
“Arg you talking, of, your servants, papa?” he
was asked, in angry tones. u bring
too humiliating to be. seen
and watching for a gentleman to whom
Aceustomed, to, Her petulant changes, of mood,”
pi
te
ap
dyet_more deeply ‘wroth with,
for baying provoked impertinent remark
Byrcoming to ‘Dover.
what would she have said could she bave known
that a night had
arsed away since Harold Outram
bis heart awelling
strange ‘chain of events were they So near ack
eet?
50
a down to, the pler detained he
basket were’ 80 tastefully
had aot succeded
her “possession that day
1 tea roses, with which sone
fe pretty | ae and this she
hai hiding ‘under ber ragged shaw! for the
= last ecaiee Cyrille Dartises had chanced to
odes cumend ite
Your. bouquet ‘ate ch arming she had. s
‘as she paused for a.monven hate thelr scent,
ST shail see you again when I Teave the pler, and
be
mn Cyrilig sald this she thought it was from”
hands of Harold fhe ehould accept them: she
would point them out to him, and bis first gitt
should be the er be 8,
®
B nd, i
at, Seiden "waiting for tke Tuiiiment of het
inise, at the unaccountable delay
ove
she
sold them long
pompous
e'
her ead to call Sir Jasper to her assi stances but
wa
Such care and dexterity
‘and the parasol
While the gir! was thus employed, the young
I live at Marbys',"!
sple are tlerably, sure ‘a that
girl sat,
might feed
queried Cyrtiia,
Af only for a ‘ow minutes, ber own,
it a hoi what?”
I Y mind the’ baby, when
gold the flowers, and that's why they let
me
extra slice of bread
‘ket home quite empty, and
she gives me a penny or two besides.”
little
ard—tor evel
She ald not
of the question,
strike such a
@ young lady
‘own finely devel-,
arted a ad
nose
and than
‘while the elegance of her attire gave. addi=
Uonat’ prominence to the squalld rags of the flower
ugh the enters hal “hau ‘clad, ma
et, allowed
the bad tearne endure, he “privalons
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