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l AM TIRED.
I am t ; red and weavy pf ‘ tW« dull life;
Os its endless cares und ccaseiess stiife ;
Willingly, gladly this night would I part
With its pain, and ease my sad, troubled
heart.
Fn vain do Tsigh fur 'some haven of rest,
Some sweet far-off land, by peace ever blest;
In vain do 1 long for some soothing repose,
Away from my’ friendas well as my foes.
I* For I’m tired of deceit, of fashion and art,
Os crushing each impulse of trirth Tfrom my
hee'H,
,'And 1 in tired of friends who change at u
breath,
Tired of fife,' t(Vi - *Sen;‘h.
In the night time of sorrow, I long for the
d “ 3 ’’ ti
Still too tired to wnVch, too hopeless to pray,
When the sunshine ouce more makes the
shadows grow bright,
Even then -in fey heart nrere’s «o ffirill of
delight.
For I’m tired of saeiiTg'fey fright hopes do
cay,
’Like the sweet flowers that blossom and
, fade lfi a day';
Ali! sorao day when my lired heart s.ocps
’neath the sod,
My soul chair find rest in the home of inv
Ood.
Lola in ConstitxUion.
jTxasrib.
BY VELMA CALDWELL MELVIU-E.
“Don’t trust hoi!”
These words of earning given by his
friend the evening he first met June Leslie
were wholly forge tton by Herbert Clare as
he fftoed by the fair girl’s side amid the ole
anders in Slrs.'Dermont’s rare conservatory.
What wonder he was intoxicated with that
face and smile. Naftil'c Tied Tyrc'd%al
with her gifts to June Leslie. Nothing was
was wanting in the perfection of external
make up. 'Petite Btet stately with o witche
ry o( n anner perfectly irresistible.
“Should I have to leave the city to morrow
would you can?’’ tic was saying, as he bent
tenderly forward to catch the expression of
her laughing eyee.
The smile on her lips died out, and raising
her face to his sfic anwered in an injured
tone: “You know without asking.’’
“No, I don’t know; how can 1? Oh, sflib'e,
little -June, you know I lore you, you must
have known it all aloifg. Yuu are the first
and only love til'iny soul. Tell me, June,
tell me, will you he mine?’’
The long silken lashes sft'dpt the peach
bloom of her cheek,'and Herbert Clare could
not sec the triumphant ‘flash <>f flic dark,
eyes, and only knew that she allowed him
to place a kiss on the pouting lips ero she
suddenly said: “Come, come, we will be
missed, I am engaged to Mr. Leighton for
the dance that’s tunning now.”
“Don’t trust her.” The words came back
to him as he watched her waltzing a little
later with the man of all others that ho hat
ed the worst, Tom Myrtlefcy. A sudden
sickening sense of having been fooled made
him turn abruptly and leave the room. lie
had never meant to tell her of his love.
Everyone said she was a heartless'flirt with
out a particle of soul, lie had told the
truth wfiefe lie said he had cared for no one
beforehand, Going a person of honesty and
and integrity himself, he could scarcely un
derstand trsHcliciry in another.
Tired at last ol restlessly paciitj tiro piaz
za, he sat down on a rustic seat outsido a
heavily-curtained Xv'ndufe. Scarcely was he
seated when the curtains parted and the
window was opened; at the same instant the
hated voice of Tom Myrtleby s«id: “Juno,
are your never goin]g to 'feivc me a positive
answer? You tfiigiit as well reject .nc eu
entirely es keep roe along this way; and, do
you know, it Makes me fairly desperate to
see that stupid of a Clare hanging around
you.”
"Nonsense, Tom, I believe you are act>
ually getting jealous.” • f
“Heavens! beg pardon, hut, June Leslie,
do you imagine I can endure this torture
much longer?”
“Don’t get excited, dear.” June’s tonps
were as sweetly even as ever. “List! what’s
that? Someone In the shrubbery below, I
think”—and that was all.
Herbert Clare had almost noiselessly
swung himself to the ground and a moment
later was mingling with the company, wear
ing an unusually bright emiloito. hide the
terrible conflict within.
“Doc’t trust her,” were the words that
rang in his ears, and he did leave the city
the following day without even a word of
good bye for June Leslie.
“There, little Quakeress, didn’t I tell you
I’d bring the stately Herbert Clare to my
feet? And didn’t I offer to wager the brace
let Mr. Leighton gnve mo against that curl
that keeps creeping out on your lovely fore.
head that he would' proposc before the sea
son ended?”
“What did thee tell him?”
<r 'Tell him,’ ha! ha! nothing; I never do;
just turn it off, you know.”
* “Why, June, how can thee? I should
think’ thic'feoiild httfec to ''auswL , 'an 'honest
question.”
“Well, you see Ruth, practfio ’makes per
fect they sey, ‘?.t>'d Mr. Clare’s offer makes
the tenth I’ve received this winter. Oh! no
need to look so shocked, dear; I suppose you
think lam a terrible wicked girl because
j I’m what they call a ‘flirt.’ ife.t if you’ll
just comb my hair a little while I’ll tell you
how l loJk at these matters. There, now
this is so nice! You have s«ch a magnetic
touch, cousin, dffl ‘ you know ii? But we
were speaking of .flirting. New my creed
is iust this: Men are natural flirts, as our
minister would say ‘predestinated.’ '1 think
they are all alike about it, too; besides they
arc tearfully conceited, think till'the girls
sire crazy after them and all that. Now I
U \ 11, ! -• ■■ i . . , l’ .' A
believe it to bo rr>y mission to mirrer their
pet weakness in such 'a'vvay that they will
recognize it at once. I expect to accomplish j
much good in this way. I hayc noticed in j
some of the newspapers lately—by the way, i
? never used to lock into a newspaper till
you carticTiore and seemed to etijoy them so
—that women are severely censured lor flirt-,
ing, but never a word said about the feen.j
Oli!"I tell you, Ruthio, lam in favofof Wo
man’s Rights. Don’t you think I better goi
on to the 'platform? There! I am getting
sleepy, you’ve mesmerized me.”
. Ruth and June Leslie wero cousins.;'
Their lathers liad been brought up on a
farm not many miles from the City ot Broth
erly Love in strictest Quaker fashion.
John, the elde”, had nVtTTicd in the church’
tnd remained on the old placo. Nathan,
the younger, had preferred city life and a
city wife, lie had married a beautiful heir
ess whose death-, when June was 10 years of
tige, had lslt'tli.o li'.nSsotni, willful child;
without a mother’s needed care.
“Thee is welcome to send her to the farm,
Nathan,” Rath’s mother had said, hut the
father could not bear the thought of a sepa
ration, so they had lived on together until
June was Ho, when ’Ruth, Frielly yielding to
her cousin’s entreaties, came to spend the
winter with them.
But the modest Quakeress did not enter
into the life that held tlune a willing slave. 1
She was far too conscientious to attend balls
or tfio opera, but she secured To thoroughly
ci joy herself in her own way, and was much
interested in her cousin’s friends, especially
hud she liked the appearance of Herbert
Chile and had plainly tola -Miss June that
she did not think him like the rest of her
gentlemen friends. The little coquette had
laughingly wagered that he would proposo
before spring.
Bath Leslie fey pondering her cousin's
words long after that lively yourtjj lady was
in dreamland, lfuw a woman could delib
erately strive to win a good man’s love only
to lightly throw it "side Hie could hot un
derstand. She had never had an offer in
the nineteen years of her uneventful life,
and her cousin's numerous matrimonial
chances were a mystery to her. Still, there
was a tooling almost of indignation when
she thought Jyny noble Herbert Clare had
been deceived. June would have laughed
at the idea of swcot, gentle Ruth being in
dignant. She believed her wholly incapa
ble of such an emotion.
Meanwhile she wondered secretly why
Herbert had not sought her again during the
evening. It was strange, to say the least.
'The following evening Tom Myrtleby
called, and iis Ruth did not like him, having
discovered that he made fun of her pro
nouns, she left him ami June alone togeth
er. An hour later the latter walked into
their private parlor with very red cheeks
and flashing eyes.
“IVhat is the matter? Thee looks excit
ed.”
“ ‘Excited!’ Well, I am; hut, thank good
ness, I’m rid of that piece of impudence.
I just told Mr. Thomas Archibald Myrtleby
that flic sooner he bade me ‘good evening’
the more agreeable it would be to me.”
"Thee really quarreled, then?” Ruth
| looked astonished, but not sorry.
J “Yes, we did; and lam glad of it. Only
| think, he called Mr. Chirp 'a designing
knnye,’ ‘a stupid.’ and lots ot such nanirs.
I told him he was a gentleman, and that
was more than 1 could, siiy of all fny male
acquaintances.” Ruth’s eyes blazed, but
she pressed her thin pink lips firmly tolgeth
er.
June did not tell that Torn had commenc
ed the quarrel by openly rejoicing that Her
bert Clare had left the city. Herbert gone
without ever bidding her good bye! that
was the thought that hurt the worst, but,
someway, si j o uAild not tell Ruth; besides, I
she was angry at herself for caring. lie
was nothing to her hut one of her numer
ous “yicti/us;” yeq aoiueuoto, she felt more
NO. 15.
like the “victim” than she had ever done
J before in her life.
Two years later \Tune'-Leslie received the
following letter:
Home. May 0, 18— -. Hear Cousin: 1
have a bit of news lor thee. I am to be
married, June 1 (thy birthday)! and'l wan:
thee and Uncle Nathan to be sure and be
,here. Try and come several dajs before.
I have selected my ircss, iust simple wh’t :.
thee knows, and we are busy with other
matters, making and bleuching household
linen, etc.
The only trouble I have is, my fkthsr an :
mother regret my marrying out of the so
ciety. lean not feel it is very wrong so
long as he, is a good Christian, though e
member of the Presbyterian (ihurch. I Lt.
lieve there are people who honestly hold oth
er views than those held by the Friends and,
Vbcrttgh they may be mistaken, I think i
will be ‘accounted to them for righteousness."
June, I had not had thy practice; so whet,
he asked mo to,he his Wi'Ri, I straightway
answered 'I will.’ Xli! dear cousin, whet;
thee meets the man that Thee,ToVcfi, thou
w ill answer promptly enough. I guess thee
has never bera in love yet, 1 enclose a list
of articles which I wish thee to bring out, i!
convenient. I am very happy. Thy lov
ing cousin, Hutu Leslie.
It was with a sober face, that Juno folded
the letter and sat looking out of the window
Outwardly she was unchanged. “So she
thinks I know nothing of'love,” she soldo*-
qutzed. “Weil l want her to think so. It
would bo literally true had I never met Her
bert Clare. Yes, it would have been better
for me to have answered what my heart
prompted that time; but it’s little matter
now. I suppose I shall sometime meet him,
ns they do Ir. novels, and all will be well;
but"—hero the tears that just would come
were brushed angrily away; and this is a
part ot what she wrote'to'Ruth in reply:
You dear little old-fashioned thing! Why
you talk of love us if there was such a thing
in existence. Don’t you kuow it is all a
myth, like the fairy storios I used to like so
well. Scarcely anyone believes in it now-a
dnys—only a few of the surviving antedelu
viuns; but there! I must not try to Spoil
your faith in it or you will feel as badly ua
1 did when I learned there was no such an
individual as Santa Claus.
Papa and I will bo there about tho 121st
of this month.
Owing to a tedious bet "root alarming ill
ness of Nathan Leslie’s, be and June only
arrived nt tiio farm tho afternoon' previous
to the wedding.
June, with her quick eye for beauty, no
ticed at übee how lovely the bride-elect had
grown. There Was ti life and vivacity about
hej that made the wcuricd city girl almost
envious.
“But you have not mentioned the
n.an’s liamc once,” laughed June, as Ruth
made some quaint remark in praise of her
affianced.
“Haven’t 1? Well, as soon us tboo has
changed thy dress I will introduce him."
“It may be thee remembered Herbert
Clare," was Ruth’s quiet remark, as she
threw back the parlor door.
For tho first time in her life the beautiful
coquette was surprised out of her self-pos
session. Pitying her confusion and evident
dismay, Herbert rose and politely remarked,
as lie extended hie hand, “Yes, Miss Leslie
and I met often during the few months I
spent in Philadelphia, some two years since,
butjShe may have forgotten me.”
“I have a slight recollection of the name,"
answered Juno, haughtily, rapidly recover
ing herself; then more graciously, “Bu*
since we are so soon to be cousins we may
ns well pretend wo have always beeD ac
quainted.”
• “Thank you,” Herbert laifgheil in bn cu
sy, off hund manner.
It was ar. evening of torture to the girl,
ffever had she, suffered such humiliation and
grief before. It was plain that the sight of
her did not disturb the young man in the
least. When alone they talked entirely 0*
Ruth, and when tho hitler was present hs
seemed to have eyes for no one else.
How she managed to appear so gay dur
ing the next forty eight hours she could not
toll, she only felt that sho must. She felt,
too, that there had been a spice of revenge
in Ruth’s forbearing to mention her intend
ed’s name and giving her such an unpleas
ant surprise; but she had the satisfaction of
knowing that neither guessed her sccrpt.
The morning after tiic wedding June Les
lie relumed to Philadelphia a wiser girl;
and when, some eighteen months later, an
other good hi'nn, whom she felt that she
truly loved, asked her to be his wife, like
Ruth sho answered'; “I will.”—Woekly
W isconsin.
Mr. E. R. Wilson, Grand llapids, Mich
who for several weeks suffered from a fright
ful cougli and cold, which was cured by on
bottle of Red Star Cough Cure.