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CHAPTER VII.
Whil® they were still in the dining room
that evening, Tom Churchill vu summon-
ed home by an urgent telegram from hia
br iber hed. There wa* no train that
night, bat he etai ted early the next morn
ing by the express to Genera. HU lait
word* to Mr. Dobson were to assure him
that Araoret’s happiness would always be
dearer to him than hU own.
They were all rather dull for a day or
two titer Tom’s departure. Mr. Dobson
had clwayt ha 1 a sincere regard for him,
tod Cadogan and Roland had learned to
like him more thin at first they would
hare believed possible. As for Amoret,
the was a little paler than usual, perhaps,
bat she was certainly prettier and sweeter
than ever, as Roland found to his coat
Ht looked forward to hU daily vUit to the
little itudio with mingled dread and de
light For now Amoret was always pret
est dart, g the sitting, her cousin faiug no
j tens doing wbat .bo believes to bo right
00 at what cost to herselt,”
Y “*. >ho e »id softly, and sbo put out
a trembling lictlo hand, ••ISolaud, I will
try.
..!i I » kno ? yo " wil1 ’ denr ’” he replied;
and then he pressed her hand quietly,
and the next moment w.is gone.
1 . ..* orture *“» nearly over;, two davs
later the portrait wan finished, and that
•v.ning Boland was to dine at Beau
bejour and to say good-by to his friends
thore, having decided to start for Eng-
lana on the following morning. He cluu-
to Cadogan s elbow all the afternoon, and
would liavo had his friend go across witli
him from the hotel nt 5 o’clock, at which
hour he had promised Amoret to arrive;
but Cadogan declared thabhe hadaletter
to finish and that he would follow him
In a quarter of an hour, and so Roland
found himself obliged to go alone,
....... .,.... ...... u„ , •Amoret was alone in the salon, where
l«5*r there to absorb hsr time. Ind«d, j ;['* ” ro wa * already lightad and Oiling
Oer hid fallen back quite naturally into * , Pretty flower-scented room with flick-
ih their old ways, l ucre were the same I f, * n<1 ehadowa She wa. ait-
knj luy aiorningi on the lake aa formerly I half hidden in an arm-chair before
“ iwe sfternoens on the terrace, the i lnB * lear *h> and did not lock around ai he
hippy little dinners, with the mueio | a d ?° r ;
rtrd ll
.iru iu the sslon, since the evenings!, paps,” she told, in a cheerful
now growing sufficiently chilly to 1 .o’, . lv " at new* from Tom
it piraeant; together round the wood i ? not P«l»; it it only I,” replied
which Mr. Dobson liked to see glow- Rf, * thread, hit way among the
. on the brase dogs. g ow «aWea and chain to her aide.
The only change apparent in Amoret’e I «r» a llb », amd * n g and blushing,
inner lo Roland wia that the teemed I J returned, holding out
antler, kinder, more winning than before 1 1,1 nh ' *■—
dr hsd learned hie secret. The little im-
jettioencee in which the UKd to indulge
ud giren piece to a hundred pretty wo-
siriy wsyi, which bed the eflect or ren-
ktisg Hound’s stale all the more drsper-
r. In spite of alibis rood resolntinm
spite of the fact that He was pledged in
tonor not lo betray himself, he coold not
Wp feeling how dangerously eweet wae
'.'I mewed and clever intimacy.
Uth. child hid known, he told himself,
-would not have been to cruelir kind;
oluMmthe auipecttd nothing. Hie
j hope of escape from torture lay in
midini being left slope with her. lie
eld not bear listening to her little conti-
aroaelimea even to im i>.. i....
n.^ru.ftwouldToonTs'iini,!.edn,w. I Rolandilnfi“"*■ ton ’", 8 " iJ
minolerl SeaKair J J I _l s .ia.wvuuifi UCrUr" in ~ ‘
returned Bo
wlders the tT“ ' ' ' w "'
^“StorooJIi'tlw gifun’e" 1 !®* tone. I “'Ll, at do you
ih. buiioeie you spoke | Bcn ,i, nK a echoo
Ler Breamed of in all his hle^belorel over. Itoland and Cadogan came down
•1 einlv tent a few things for hie tnrtlsulreeine morning to find the dining
.. . - -a etapluri'll. laUhlllUlg Ml FOOtt! Of t h 0 h lit /»! h I! n I* Mr i f h Irtnnn maaeai
Each lingering petal rhed,
When Nature done * eober grey,
And the lest rn«s W fl»*afls
When trees have lost tbelr robes of green—
Then, likes regal dower,
tub (isd cbrjrssntbtmum is seen—
Ola Autumn’s fairest flowir.
So, too, when health and strength grow leu.
And age 1* creeping out ^
,’ben Summer’s joy and bapptneu
Hare blossomed end hare gone—
Then. In the autumn of our day»,
Bright precloua blooms appear.
St* 5'ipea. new toys, to grace the ways
0( life * swift closing year.
—Farmers’ Voice.
°E‘ > !5* n . ro ! ,! sweet golden rod!
Bride of the Autumn Sun,
“raiSfb" ffi0ll0w morn ’
3&SttS III :Sh b ?r'«^° n ,h ' r
n, % clematis loses its sunny bloom,
Bui be a true u truth to thee,
fluttered on mountain top or plain.
Unaeeu by human eye,
nVu2SJ& fri ?*® 10 burnlj, hed gold
By iove’a sweet alcuemy.
A 7 hen ch ! 1J November comet,
Thr^ * flowers thei r work have done,
6 Brid'e’elteSfoTn e!in“ g0,d ' n r0d ’
—Ladles’ Home Journal.
A FAMILY FAILING.
" N °. Plea—, Rolan i, don’t nnk
nraigt wae turning to ruddiest gold.
. t, * ,, } «now,” »ho rejoined, her bri
to Tom.~and i:Tou had
hnZ !. S:r ror me, nnd if I cared "for you
we? l , F’ T V 011 have been! It
would have been nicer now for you to
t J ht ’ <-.id u ii iu th,
a,lJ fi 5<l mo waiting for you
KJ‘5* Ur , 0 a "'l tlio tea all ready, and
f. r *° clna hiving the dinner table for
roun J h<m to g ?.'° thttt bi *’ dr, ’ a 'T ho
tel a I by yoursolf, and have no one to
run to meet vou when she heard your
Ley in tho lock, or to put her arms round
E?** for joy, because you had come
trained 0 ’* 11 " ® xcloimod Koland, half die-
, n ed * wouldn’t It?" she persisted, rais-
jng her roae-red face to hia “Oh, Roland,
U , e , . awsi»», '-'11, ItUidUl
jf you had only cared for me, and If s
I d ? a I?, cl for yoo- a| l that might have
lieenl Wo should not bo thlnkiug of any
ing good-bye to each other to-morrowj
you would ba her, alw.ye-alwaye .»
iiolaud took the trouibiing white hand now
from hi, brea.t and laid it lirmiy aside.
He drew back from the firelight and the
touch of the girl’, warm breath on hit
i.. what might have been,”
he said with wonderful composure; "hut
™»‘ eB J “? go i ns t0 B »slaad to mor
row, and when I ace you again you v
bo married to your cousin.”
Amoret turned «nfi looked nt him ns
ho held himself aloof from her. and
cut,ou * “ pre,,,on in
“Roiand,” abe began breitbleeair; but
aba rou '<| floiHi her setiUni-o aho
b " rd r. th 'y >>«rd-a ecund of
eomotbing falling heavily in an adjoining
“VVhat waa that?" exclaimed Amoret
In aptartled wliiaper; and then. T.nt,;.,..
E^on^Xra^e^ing^ 111101
dmky lodking round ««
"Rapa will be here presently,” said
Amoret, in answer to Roland's look.
to read ha letter, in
b ,“ haa onp front my cousin.”
. '“. . " “ roostrained tone, as he
stood with ha elbow on tho manteloiece
at a little dUuir.ce from her chair—“I
hope Air. Churchill—"
"I don’t know what new. there a from
tom, the girl intrrrupud hurriedly; "I
liav.. not seen papa since the t o.t amvod.
" eU, and w hst liavo you Leon doing
with’yourwlf all tne afternoon—pack-
“»■. t "W-n”
, -—-— wilisper; and then, puttiug
!*r ha , nd “P to her head. ahe‘ cried!
Papa! Oh, Roland, it waa in his bed-
rocml lit if there!”
She groped her way blindly across the
flre-trt room—Roland was already gone,
bhe met him coming back to her aa aho
reached the door.
“Dear,” he aoid, gently, “don't he
frightened. He has fainted, but he ia
better already."
tho V* h * h ® * w “ about
*°„ fHht hereelf, and she would have
fallen If Roland had not caught her in
hi* strong arm*.
“Courage, dear!” he amid. «I will tnk»
youi to mm; you must not let him see
‘bftrou are frightened.”
i, •h* replied, forcing her pallid
lipeiatoapiteoue smile. ^
*7 Gr,m *ha\ve.” con-
hro^v *! th °y reached tiro
uorary door, “and you may be «uro of
one tldng—that I win n« Ie“v. Mom
toy oil" ° ng M1 ““ be of any acrvice
CHAPTER is.
\.u!",rZ te iS re ,;ob n<i • w
taring’s vi, l.y i,.-r - tatm-." V.-j
S himself moat lincerely nnx
ry of tho man who
“you will do it
down mid aleep tor a lew hours to-nkiiL I v
You could res;—could you not dc-.i?-
if you knew I was with your fain r. \ sd
And I will take your place while \ou ! \r,
aleep,” ' | rc
g j, rl ’ B heav y °ye* brightened. I
lee, aho answorod, ”1 think I
could bleep if you were with him. An I
you will cail me if ho should need me,
or if there should be any change; 1
“I promise, dear. .And you ’will Ik* a
good child and stay quiat until 1 ran cine
calls your”
“Yea,” m
“And remember, dear, if there is any
thing that I can do for yon I am always
there. 1 will not go until you have no
longer need of me. Would you like mo
fownte to your cousin? Has ho been
“No-ree—I don't know.” she said
putting her hand tf) her Iiead. “There
was a letter from him—I found it-but I
don t know whut it was about. 1 did
n |* "hut does it matter—
oh, Roland, wbat does anything matter
Australia:
As she hid her face in her hands and
aobUed (Musionauly. Roland took her
in hu arm»ar.d hushed her against hia
breast, whispering such comfort aa lit
dared. A few moments later Dr. Grim
shawe came up stairs, nud the young
man, still bolding her K«ntly, explained
that the bad cuostoted to take a few
hours reft, and that, with ’be doctor's
IMjrunsstoa, be would taku M ^ Dobson's
place at her father’s bea^de. The
Francine came, and Atnorot allowe
heraelf to be led away to her own room
nnd Roland watolud that night and
many utghls ofttr.vard in her place; for
the next day Dr. Grimahawe came to
him and begged him to exert his influ-
™-c again.
She will do it for you,’’ ho laid, with
a k ndly, meaning look. “And the
child has no eircngth to spare.”
Itoland hardly evoraaw her for more
than a moment or two, but that wae jor
enough for him. Anu Amoret. Lnoivm -
that he wae near her. faithful, patten"
luyal. teemed wrapped in a hlieeful a n,.'
of security that mane her short tiou-s of
repoee a reet for mind m will na bJiv
"Don’t you think that C.iuichill .houM
io eant for now?" Rolanu aeked Cadcgran
Inter. *' I f uarnii a.„.I . . .
. to take a little walk sobhinxe r]
To to 2‘" ,r - ^ «rim.haw will keep •
A o i m order till ] oome tuck."
.. “ 1 *«t her eh p out i- o late, Ca !o-
will "lie ' “ lid kL" 1 ‘ ,r r ’ * :u hog up at In r,
I Yin* f°u bring itoland loot
it . . ou to dinner.”
t *i °; .n and Amoret exchiiogtJ
g , uce *», «nd then, blushing
k>i > / ■ g ‘ ll j jr . i V U ’. tl>0 G irI rjQ {roax the
k t '. ' ftI ow «d by her friend.
lenc^r J ° U f, tc ‘> l, " r l “ ;OJ i{ h the
' ni to tho high road, dosorted
h ail be evening closed quidly in. A
ni. ireecent moon was rising beyond
nvarh‘ S i 1WCC ‘ Jof tho purpl f vineyard
•in ' iiirai' a f,‘ ar Palpitating i n the clear
an dusky etn-r. At their feet the bk.
*‘ lv m lhe BOktim ahadows of i's
cucirdmg mount Una, t e slender aickh
of tl.o tucr.n rrlkvted in tremhiing silver
unes upon the water.
"If lio should he gono," Amoret whii-
} er*U, nervously, they drew near to
he gate* of tho hotel, “oh. Jlr. Cadogan
u “ *«oul4 be gone!'
Cadogan iooke 1 at hl« watch.
t'lrec-ouartors of an
l0l '.r, he said, kindly, - ‘mm enou,
make or ruin a man's life, my child.
Die girl turned to him with a look of
sweet comprehension.
.•ni VtoiiV 0 !*' 1 .?- 00 ? to T*" " h ® roturned
gratefiilly’hut GaJogan put Ids Anger to
ntfve7ir W lh “ B00d bumoredly imper-
a.Ts K ^ g '“j” k * ^VJralgl.tJo
om a gin. He was Lewii ere-1 by the She more to e-r-ape from the
Bight of her taan. by hia own emotion . ' vigf.r arms that encircled her,
‘Araon t." ho urged, abruptly, "I can- but in it* i .m>i I. and looked at
not answer you--cannot take the un him wining air of refignar.oL.
pushing the r
i. and hastily
g h
not an;
ppeakab'e I:
have prvf
She sat
from her
tears.
“Yea, I know,” she said, sobbing still;
you promised papa. But that i- all
over now,"
"Over!" Roland echoed. “But your
cousin?
“Tom has written to aav he is going to
ll tlr.i ia, _ _ . ”
• •«,
hlm’ hofuii “There ",, alwav-
■ * liove.-ing a.-out tho eaioone until the
Uet moment Our silt- r i r
re, “.vnL of pipes, I an, afraid, hut you
will r..: m.i d that I! land is rospotul-
hi"-°r at ...nst half the inioke." *
If-jy me; nn one on tne staircases. It
was creating lime, and over, ono wn,
usi. Amoret, hor veil tied cioeciyover
her face, followed Cadogan swiftly udi
1 !"h 5t M lCr r ight ,mtn lnor reached the
highest landing of all, when he onened
r* door and ushered her into a largo airv
room, tho open windows of which over-
Jooked the lake. There was, nctiie artis:
had said, an unmistakable odor of t.j
t ecco, but there were flowering phots
growing in the windows, ami an ogrec-
sf » lt | Cr °« boo l ki 1 an,i photographs, and
f sketches finished and untlni-heil. that
o .(im d tho j»Iaco from tho baro com-
ol the ordinary hotel sit-
••^o:i are out of breath,” said Cadogan
rer.tly seeing Amorot's agitation, ’^it
Ujeems cru^i-V'iH"; l^S^USSSSBiSSA
buiden of constant ...sir. 1 will call him
iPoland's eyes began to
passionaU light. “And
“Ahr
a HKlll, "AUU ll.,
ur .ather, has released mo fr in my
i soon . • you are
later. m
child to boar such
anxiety alonfc” J( ,. t
“You are not gone yet,” laid Cndo .n ••nn »» l ...
orsrninriy; ner weald he discus iuc Bu'il!Lew.??’ ,be exclaimed, panting, “las;
ject further. roil *d now, Mr. Cadogan—and if he
^ snoutd lie gonel”
poo rn be'
"Ho will, if—if you ask him," replied
Amoret. tmiling et him again, and
Hushing. “But if you would rattier c..
away "
“Amoret!" cried the young mun, un.!
einklngdhwn upon hie kmes nt inr
tide, ho covered her life hand, with
Ins-;ousts kiesee.
"And now, young pooplo,” sniil (’ado-
gan, from the .leptiie of hu dislnnl «rm-
chnlr, “you have just!. n luimie
Which lo expl.iiu your-,.s, if MUe
Amo.ct is lv i -l back to ilesu e.-jour ll
time t>i dre-, for diouer.'j
•*;!»"« “P* Growing her h m fi
from it. Un-ls eager gras|i, and wen's
oyer to C. ! .gan, kneeling down iieside
liim.and touching hi. bands with her
preHv lije,
“Th.ink you," she said .imply; "it wn
- who gave him beck tom*.; but f nr
vou I should have lost him. And 1 will
be very good to him always-alwaya.’
nd followed her jealously, an i
. . Rung with hor liand ,u h«-r lov
er a, Ararat explained to I oth men how
her rt Ir.v-rt had come nbout.
* _ i ."a* T ® :u 'f 'eftof. undoubtedly, flint
over- ffjfblah-ut Mr. Do, , ,, laQ k-.
ri ,n h afou, l J 11 iD ' 1 i nched Imnd
hol etoV"'. ' 1 * - * are, hut sh.
nid not read u for mam Java after
j‘ ! e 1 ‘“ , **f w !‘ er <-«i.in bud done
his beet lo break ins newe gentlv. nrrir
fellow; but. in spile of hi, precautions,
tf" u ‘“ cl1 fur her father, who
•aw ell his plane for her huppiuew umi
rafety ecattereil to the winds/
JSy n-. } 0 the girl’s eye, ns.l.ede-
•cribed thedlweUr Unit had lef.hrn t
of resigtiattou,
“Tha, you great strong
reicM, raising her pretty Ups,
•you ;
But i tho sentence waff lost
amid harden! kisaee.
“Mt's cried at List,
breathL. “I v ill never proDow
to any a as loug as I hve. You
said ‘si
“Yetavo such lone arrears to
make u ever man tormented as I
have ku little witch! And I
thoughwero such an innocent
THIS I AND OP THE LEPER*,
Tli«
a »p
Froa tbs Xnr York Tt
A great many go
found vent for toe
dencies last winter
selves in the miaaic
truJefA my Fowler
an who stopped
way to Honolul
dovote her life l
iicr enthusiasm for her future work waa
the cause of an American L?j rosy Fund
Society being organued, with Richard F.
Downing as ita president, and Feb. ‘JS,
.im nlMded* and I ^ :n cash and gifts valued at $,’,200, to
then at^d?d Release ^ ^ ^
.i *.. .. l.. < f thi-:' ity
r hropic t* n-
I \ iii’. ifituig th«*iu-
in of faUtor Rose Gsr-
•IV. ung 1 n. luliwom-
• n Nt n \ ork on her
. where sbo intended to
3 tho care of tho lepers.
ious for the i
in a ny w»y r)e ■„ you b
g-anrariUbOflUl!. l^n —*iui‘a"i!'ii>’ catching of tii| ha,! b , n to him no kind a friend, io for^
i Mr .
J S'- Dobson, re..^0, oou. ^ ^ w u th« happie*' ChnrchlB, come to te,? Z!a» be no; L«*n
tr.lWMW* 0 * . , to.J^5» , “ r ! t b a 3 roo .'«““ “bed ot Dr.
limi: '
Vo; » a *7 ” , , t "5 0 °Mwerea rt n(‘“- j “ U :.t know, dear—I know; but I bal| Grim.I.awd! on. day; but the good doctor
idiaesd, cotnmwion tor h»,| a raptutou. ecrawl fro® J M,ly shook,1,1 ahead; he did not know.
/«»li J»« b«» any co • lu ". oh .' —nn a eigh of teuef- ‘* Ui f The poor child upstair, wa. inca.nblo of
' ' Rotoml. bo -
•*>Vhat do vou think you aeeer
.undine a echnolcoy euch a hamper « Time went on, end Mr. Churohill did
teivhLs nucha box of P«aeou as he h^ not arrive, 'nic tominer was « II nixh
r.tkaoe. And it it more than e | , „ Amoret aecia;*-". wu. o. wwi.io.-mmn; "un green maswe
muj th»t 1 should r; a **'’ A t lt Bl ‘“' V, -Tom took ttism lor me. I 0 f grapes nurplo and white, to celebrate
xViel .ilsura turned. ^Amoret ^uehtoj opportmuty. and j<l,h. beginning of the rintoga and .till
O KOld roe. If J» u a '° “Vfe window, of Beau Sejour were dark-
aro j Clin is toy littlo tne—hu t b*fenod. nl.*n*»int rrawn. aiUnt
Itoland did not speak. How awe.t-
rroru\totonf^hi ; ro,s,ry
-Tnev are the last—tuo ’<
i<h 11 . l0 . b5 . 0 '. , “?!^
p^b.far.'ih.'^l with her ejes fii' d
Bniw'bo” mucSmoroT*hsn X
r‘oh h ,m;’"mn.t not think too much <d
thti ’’.lid Roland, .»mng « h«r/ * »
ItiTi mol. or less could ool nixke » ve'f
LbqcH diflettnee, tfter all! , j,j>,
A luddto pain eimd to gtn
Lift. Hoeetrooghe '“-b?"‘ ”or a
bjtil Sever by wmnch ***"?„ S..,
I [ ok hid he allowed bet » * * ,
bfjU S^^Sid toh« «<!i.Vo" fhro
^leyiellow-a boy to be leer’dlandpet
ui with eieterly »y>« a J i bo LCioL^fa "
't'-MTh. d ‘rtii«« d r'
^h.r'h.ndi'Irr.toodtclor.Vh.
lUilsad wan niskiog has'e * “eg?*/
hut t s pauwd, impressed by eunethm* m
the till’s Altitude. . _
-Wsat is that little head bwwWJJI
to-. >" he said gently; *“ 1 . ,h ’
sod ststted, and turned round to bun **
’"hKtoiked very pretty, in
I ink gown, with a lace h.n lkerchte
tied in a large knot ua ir h* ’
there were shadow, heoeatii .j'
inu her Up. quivered •*.** or .
ssayrwst^ijK
^utidTssofiymi" ' b -“-
ei es met here now for a oiom.oi. aero
hi. rare »a» full of
lie could bear hie own l»*®» .,
w M; but how wee lie to bear bewT
turned abruptly away, and
r* "in to one of the window*. ■
“i was
| sV./.orct. sim|4y,
ihav.hAde.etuMrom.Cilo.^
ened, anu all iu pU-asant rooms silont
xrith the hush of a great dread.
Good Dr. Urimshawe looked grave as
is came and went. He wsv anxious,
oo, about Amoret, he told Roland one
lay. He was afraid she would fall ill
[i‘i'elf, if she could not be induced to
kesomeretl.
"CUtoq not assert your authority,
ootorr the young man cried, hu hag
gard face growing more anxious sti.i;
t the only answer was a shako cf the
*, as the doctor went off lo the oth*
tb * Trod ItYnlT thAt i|U.1 JL. .-HMH..
unvsnd Roland, itoland, from bcKjencecf |*m and suipcnse and dread
slmvtoend nnd I know you cantjofwt nwaitrt him on his daily rotinJa "
m lf.U your kindnesa talked about. I From I r»n. inc. too. Itoland heard of
.■Sh-kirolncaa!" eakl Rohrod. Hu|. r Toung mU ireAs’ unweartod d,votion.
- uni shrugging hU broad ahould A j ( jul. and worn Bademeieeil,
\Jt rouen KSneea in looking uit, beginning to look for want of aieep
nlv brother f ( S'l fresh air.
° n -Or in scolding one’s only “’■’•'I’-Fran ine," said Roland eagerly,
AAmA Amoret. **l woodil^—J^louldn l JOB get mademoiselle to see
ntr Jvt j'To bi.—"if J° u " in ““b* J ,|> for a few momenta? Ask her if sho
... ■- —a.«. tea sere alwmya ecet^n t, ( ma epeak to her ouUideof her
meRoiand r L h , er ’* doo f’"
m lie winced. ITho gool-natured bonne ehook her
"lelall Dover have a wife to ,c *Jlid. much aa Dr. Grimshaweha I done.
I,a said trving to “Uiiie; “eo wa necU Sr waa euro that mademoiaella wotild
i-acusa'lhat point." . .fMe to eeo any one; but, if mon.icnr
J “B?’ I should like to know, i-rsij, bent npon it, why
Sho girl two bright red spAa ho._ini| 0 wanl evening, as Roland waited in
... I.ifrn in l.or delicate checks "ieu| „ a 'cn for tho d-v-tor’a second report,
Imtc* ^wtu be base to your who. | nc i.. 0 looked in and called him toftly,
!mrae yoo will roan y tome day. I-'f.ng that mudemoieelie would ace him
b-r in, ,rs stealing up to thei lull M moment, at be bad sugge.ted.
\Ztii i. coat and pUy;ng with tbsm. | u ld monsieur give himself tho trouble
• • ink vou would to a very, lollow her?
hiLtAnd If yo u wero m ‘ u0 % 1 sl ‘l band’s heart was throbbing fast as
T . v£r to ioolJ roe a little. » “ todowel the bonne n, Mratiy ur.
roirT but When you call rne toacc^r, and ca to the wide I Li
and weture ro. 1 LolmindU
1 ur.. s i“ f any one elso-J.ir. o '
for Ina’-anc.—or Toro were to *»J
iaamet tkfrk-1 shooW rop®*- . -F, *— ^ r."V” 5*
“Whir. IS Cadogan, by the wayr I I, ln - , n , s!-ht flguro aeeme.1
Itoland abraptly. trying to draw | t ,i to a ahadow. Every w,t g. of
Koianu. m t’--o»* had forsaken lier del. ato face, in
eyes, with dark lines unJer
Amoret had no thought save for h *r
dear one; her lipe trembled unceasin dv
with a prayer that that lifo which was so
unspeakably dear to her. might U*
snared. And at Ins', cno day—coul l
she ever forget tho wonderful, tcrriUe
joy of that moment?—^ood old Dr
unashawo took her in h s arms and
ki- d and blessed her, and sbo iulnu *
upon liis Liaaftt «*ftN n r^s^df..! .Z
ti.ii»*. knew that her . ;:ivVr
S r ; uiaij.
I*"* .1;.
“lie i
ulJ,” he
»J, x.Mh
gone!'
la^tonderty. h “ Sri “'° d h “ d ’ “ nd
“JioUnd!” be called, opening tho door.
anu .\m< rets heart beat iovfully na she
i «-aii l K..1 md a voice call back from a
“ J ‘ do, old fellowr
: 11 nd.) r.n, ’
n tavt ho Wie not to ca”
rl stood Hushing
and on to the wide polislied
He did not know how iong lie h:d
’, when a door opened ana Amoret
i*ed advancing cn tip toe t*» meet
Tho poor child was worn with
thing. 1 should rotob
9 j, Cadogan, by ■**“*»• U(un tceme l
•k’ nr.iilv, trvu.g t" l-l t<> a Cwm \.dI g... „i
!“;''to\aan ’!roroprox.miiytoti.ei|-h.a ( • - U - ■
s^Sit ciievssanJ I-ortei ill*. ' He|h her .
u follow me in a quarter ol looked unnaturally large.
b# - ‘ I meret!” said Roland, with infinite
i have hardly leen here|>rneva» She did not speak, but as
triat you neeu not
^„d wt? hing that— ^“returned Amoret reprcljoked at him and tried to smile," th,
* nnr.uto.. cur .. r , l&4i evcninj u^lled un in hor mjmm , r .j
lic%7.™r.nd'..i to. i'..
with hia hands fhtuat into ’ ’
1> king out of the window. »
Cayol.bower tni «rod. w ih beusy
Ki ta btottiag out tbo motro tiin^and
*.to White surge, dallnlag.thaadj**
to. uk., the Llusi-gte-.n waters ot
v.ra troubled, bri o king b-va ani u.er
iatoAtful wh.tocape.
l must go," be answered, c jruy.
“Yee, 1 know; but 1 am very sorry
SfSaJrBiTfS^
stev illy, and fa ln« her. pah* JMJi
I 'ii trr even harder to
‘, ' n ,Vl w2e b. ..■• A. A >“'■ * n “* tbai
i viu p»a~ roe to to sure uust toy
‘Staj, dara lHor. you u
“iw <*Jd I” h. s^d c«rtl
fn ,Dg t.imself to bi»fxte_,
"11...VO often thought lately.
’o U ? l 1U ^ 1 lUu { .f-Tf Jarohsd
S&swssssgi
vou huTla"^ io lova witli me.
n hercheeks. “My near—my
Arjorct!” be went on holding out
hands. “I have come to see
and to scold you a l.t.le bit, as
you ni
“**W
•You see
BolandeteadUy.
“l.v , ■ ah. Mean tod, with . Usro
fcV-' 1 ’?! 1
^ro^‘"to.«* d ’« db A%’ * h
'‘"."sow lucre 11 cou.ro i'oro to ibm
going away to-dnv, wi
much assaying irr-nd.hr
“Ho is even now, I believe, packir;; I
that Glads tori' Lag of his for the t^mtui I
—or u tt the third:—lime, and th
ing ho is off l*y the e\j r. a to par
Amoret looked attheHpeaker pitaooalv
but sho said nothing. They were sit tin
together at one of the windows of the si
loo, where at a table near the fire Dr.
UritnshawoandHr. Dobson were playing
a game of bezique in tho light of a rose"
shaded lamp.
It was now some days since Sir. Dobson
had come down stairs. He \\ as slowl
tot •urviy reg laing hU strength, anu
with bis improving health tho color vat
coming back to his daughter’s cheoksan i
tho soft lustroto her eyes. And she had
another reaeon. »oo, for tho smiles that
came so readily to her lipe, fot the prett
laughter and *ay chatter that was heard
once again in the peasant ciinmbers
Beau Sejour. Sometimes sho blarr
herself for being eo happy when oth
were in trouble; tut, iu sptte of there se
cret reproaches, her youth, her joy, her
awakening heart wouki assert them selves
and. close as the might bo to the futurt*.
it etUl shone brightly, and seemed to bll
ail her i:.tie world with roseate light.
She looked at Cadogan piteously, but
did not apeak; and the artist continued
imperturlmbly—
"Rolan-l warned me not to breathe a
tford o’ his intentions to you, Mt»« Dob.
son. sni that is why 1 havo hastened to
UU vou. I thought it just poajible that,
having boen sue h good friends, you two.
▼ou might have sometlung to say to him
before he goer.”
Amoret turned pale, and her breath
came fast.
'Of course, if I havo been mistaken,”
Cadogan went cn, ‘’there is no harm
dona If you havo nothing to Bay, Ro-
laud will leavo Montreal in an ho ir
and ”
“But I haver exclaimed tho girl
breathlessly,
**tio l supposed.”
“But”—she looked at him again with
piteous eyes—“how can I Bay it if he is
i N "’ ; f'; ? ••roMur’i i.'.'iv;,;
' ft, a* he Uc.,,,1
i CC brothers in Manch«<tsr."ih'
‘iiiicu tics ilu.t had, unknown fo her
to! h J!. r ' *T n lbr '* : "‘ ln K till Ir t now
for somu tun., c ilunn.iw 1 iiu,„. •
few d.y,_ of Toro's nl.sn. V. ... Voo^ -
qatac. of iim failure or a.-iotiu r Hrro
nrol they fsiund tbrairolew, j. „ rou
OEO. pennUera, vim tb«i r | 10 „„ . ,
aavvti front ih. srroc :. but cwts-.lkxl i.",
bok’m Ilf. nvrr -s ,- in. The.r .n.l roion
was to go to Autlraiia. vvlieie a fourth
,r . l°ng since rsiaUiti.wd hiui
pi capering so ir«li tiiat ti*>
•d them to ,o n him.
e Tom's letter !, r« —do?i
dd Amoret, tak ng it from
'3SZ' t \SSt 9 l, wt.
turely-. Mr. Askatn might
flew harrow down the dusky
sraircasbeircd Codogan’s friendly
“Antk," said Miss Amoret later
to her f -that it is very much to
ray ere with suchamme 1 have
only falove with a \*> r man. An
rloped at least; but
Hiippe
in h r r new field of labor.
Jv: e that time nil 6orts of stories have
c trim ll- n .lulu n gar ling Sifter
Rosa G*.rtrude. .Sho had intended to go
diri •: to Molokai, the leper iett*ement,
tut her j-.umey ended at Kahili, tho re
ceiving station for tho lopets. Rumor
has had it that she was not allowed to go
Ikes 1 on to Moloka — hat, in fact, her efforts
Dobs
not received bv tha local l>onrd of
saved
ly be married with th* ■ .. .. ,, \ j.. , .„t, .
on. T of rico mi l eatm ■ heelto in the cordixlepirit which l
know, papa”—looking |
xn W d hit 'i her to expect they woold bo. In
liavo done
“I nras that I have xcreat deal
to bo thi for," returned Mr. Dobson
devoutly liand lingering willingly
enough toland’s strong tnd loyal
clasp, * whatever you had chosen
to do, it d havo been useless to pro-
to-t. 8111 alwaysha\%betownway f
Roland, uy, so don't say I did not
"1 taker papa, Rolsnd, and after
mammajl xVinorot, demurely.
insisted carrying the man she Ukej
instead n* cno who was chosen for
her. It i Family Foiling.*”
[tub EmJ
Gertrndo's effort!
anything except success. Those rumors
were rather substantiated by a statement
made in a lettor from her received by a
Brooklyn fri,*nd last week, in which .-dm
said: : ‘ln this country the missionary
societies are very strong and spiteful.
Instead of practicifg the gosj el of pov
erty tint they preach, they havo grown
rich by smuggling and by Mortgaging
tho poo^rtj of the simple natives.”
11. • l.ue * rum* rl *i.i II ""
garding Sister Rose t ietlrttdo
U'OKi ’s iicmm:'
Bill
I WOM AN.
»Made p250.
o.;iIoitoti,\Vb
M»» l Lr> * '
What Dm an can do” ie telly wcl'
exempli ti.y th, career oi Mre. Alice
Hougnttuiio wee at the Pxlrner Hone*
yestenlayys the Chicego Tribune.
” Ifchlon is a toll, handsome
woman, w tho rapid, brusque manner
vs,’ novi • the harness methods
of the big Vi&iog West. Sho ought to
ho
lTad i
ul aloud;
she answered faintly, putting
in is in his, and looking upati.iui
child.
ten,” he said, drawing her close to
I a ant you to promi.-o mo that
jiULe down and take a little rest
U ’*■' h>w devoid of ta-to l i ht. I»r. (him hiu.- b . lV t y ,i
ill yourself if you do not, and
wn’i no huger be able to watch
r father.
o,"oho murmured faintly. -I
strong—I am not ::rcd at all!
could not rest”—her lips quivering
jhought he wae alone, witn only
• -nr, you must try," with gentle
going awayT
Her companion tnado no a
Cadogan” — hesitating — “don’t'
you think you might mk Jlr. Askar
come ovor for five minuter?"
“He would murder me if I sugge-
such a thing," said Cadogan gravely
am v.rr eorrv. Mu, DoUon, hut I
afraU that it la quito out of the ni
tioo." M
Amoret looked xcroae the room at her
raiher'e tranquil onl absorbed c. uiro.
ll.en ul ll.e , ;, cl ti.ere v.. , j,
heur yet before dinner and thin at Cx>
liogan again, who v.o. watchin • l.e
doexly.
■ TLen ” ahe eaU, slowly, and turnin.
paler still, “I must go to him f*
*2" •---**ucd Cadogan, with an
sir of the frankest approvoL “You arc
r brave Chil.lt Of course you mu,i go to
Mm. I earn re J,! that i,m roi„a i, quito
; it }..ii Ie. |.i,„ j,,, kno * you
will never eee him again ”
8h* can* : her t„e; : h with alow
sotiiing sound, and put out hor haa I—
“kou will take m« to him:' si.u wh
p^red, her pole check* beginning to giow
like a rose.
•I would go to the end of the w'rl.l
her father: but i
“H’m
decl
the letter.
Mis.
wr u*. fc.,, p, .* *.tp3 J - «*ttn nvn.’l*
.'‘™ —- excuse- m« if I uu u lw-
fore tl.o p g-.es out.” And he sat down
in a big chair at .a little tab'o m one of
the window*, c.dmly turning iiis bock
01*00 th tn both.
1- or some neconds the two young people
stood nnd lookeil at each other in silence.
It eeemo.1 nr though neither waa in n
hurry to 8[.eak. lio was there. Roland
thought, and she had so nearly lost him !
Shs was there, Itoland thought, with her
swe. t eyes aud lipe and the L.uthes
coming and going in her belovod littlo
be could feast his eyes upon her
once more boforo he went away from hor
forever.
Amoret was tlio first to recover herself
and to ep»ak.
. -RaHiid,” ahe began. In a faint tone,
1* it true that 3011 wero going away
vf-n wishing us good-by T
. ,. ho Saiid; “you know that I.
short 1 have gone before now, dear, but forsaken her,
for the trouble that befall os alL That ga/e.
‘• aU nrtr t happily, at last, and—end I
1 #r U ‘ 1 * l *° ruyself quietly
off. It is us-lees to run any risk of dis
tressing Mr. Dobson, and ’—suppressing
a e.„'b— ‘good-by is not so easily said at
times."
athlffsly, and looking down
*®t loved hands, which she w
*m fc ing unconsciously in her distress.
’And, now tLat you have no longer
sny nod of me—” Roland went on with
r **°[ a fg cheerfulness—“you remember
our talk togeth r on that miserable eve
ning when your father——"
A cs”—t*-ea t hleeely.
icu remember how we agreed that it
was my duty to go, os it was jours to lot
without
“Yee, 1
shod I hi
“Sf im
St is of r
interrupted the girl desjorxt ly.
number tnst you said sa But"
•g almost inaudible
h you at alL I—1
with yo
tie hand
“and it i
id gi
bho laughed, though t!i
in her eyes.
“Let us make hait** " «!
ix'ilj-. ’’I can put on u
h .h. Dad —crowing ov-
and Wsi.i.g tl.«* top of k
at --d beinnd hi* chair—
1-In
—her n
—“I did not agree s
agree with you leas than ever now.
Amcret r*
1 can’t help it if you are shocked,”
she went on, with soft vehemence. “You
were going' away from me without a
word, and I—I wae compelled to < mo
> you. It tt dread.'ul,
t my fault.”
inu red the young man
“I—I don’t under-
back and eisoak
1 know. Put it j s
“Amoret,” ht,
again mtttrablj
eland!”
- , *’* raid. ! ,lf . J..nc. I ..f
Cfy iJ'. t/ oa nov,?r do—you never
would Hints are quite wasted upon
you. But I am not going to let you
throw away yo *-
papas, for the w
•Amoret," urged Roland, “pray do
Amoret. hastil» folding
1 spite of Rolands effort*
‘But, perhaps, 11 ttn« wd
explain that by’someon*.’ I behr\.- r
meant Mr. Askain, who woul*l nevrr *
inset it if I did not point it out, nn ! —
"1*® K°*ng to ask if mere are any
teri.” nalil < .i i ./.m. rising :»i tt i. ,
“\ou can follow me down siaira .N
Dobeon.”
'll*’■ -"Itl. Vnui ’
returnc 1 hurriedly, but she felt h- rvelf
held back by a strong arm. and. as l
ogan dosed tlis duor uehmd him. Rol
drew her to him. and then, framing
sweet face with his hands, looked cl
her as if be could n«e-r satisfy
11 Amorrt’s audacity hail
and sho could not meet
”Mr. Cadogan wiil be waiting,” th
said faiatly.
“let him wait—old trump that be ie r
turned Itoisnd. • O.i, you need no
. j y QU 1 tak — sh_
think that 1 can ]• t you
know theioo, tor those same methods
m.i lor Mr*. Houghton over
uuu in thnvcarj.
She i« ti real estate queen of the 'late
of Wssbinon, an.l she handles pa 1 <rty
whose?ahwould take sway the bnaib
of the com on real n-tale specclator even
inChica«M . .
“I belicx a woman can do anything she
takes amid to,” said Mrs. Houston.
“IMarledut with a lucky •peculsuon in
real e.m.•♦*,.; *’.*• Fsll*. hj 1
made i lo.iW. 1 i 1 iX 11 ;‘ v '
a lately gated! vault, i inve-ww 1
is about to marry Dr. Lutz, a young Ger
man physician who for two jours has
been in charge of tho receiving station
where Sister RoeeGertrml? is n >w head
nurse. For semo time it has 1- cn stated
that a very warm friend- p ha 1 grown
up between the f.i;r young r.nglish girt
lid the young German doctor. It was
said that their sympathies were mutual,
, • ' -H "I 1
conflicted with the idea* of the rat :si ra
tty societies, and it " n>A.thatbe* auao
of that contli' t both were lationng under
unexpected sliftu ullim in pursuing their
work. The nnnoun emeni of their mar
riage ongngeraent is tho latest develop
ment . . , ,
Richard F. Downing, tho president of
that the society 'cr no reason to l
disbelieve, that 8
going to bo
b •U)*>
r of the
ks. nnd has n.-t
“J W ?J o«cpt :
furthermore th
story was “ridr
,c*.l to say w hy «
ic oulv said;
ly «vt»ry
»ncd l»r.
nd. Mr.
lo at all. ’ How-
narticularly. He
rtrude
made m or*. r wl»v >iM**r Ko.»« tiertrude
“Thvn I hired Moffic. sud “ A D? ^ n “cou!J not e ntry ...» thvir
rowsroa ,!,, IJtov. J bl ; i„ r t „ i„.,u au.J witoquiln u w.ll
‘■mcc whu h hi *L 0j g c H-*-*ki • ;*> ,,/ j y—1.., )
amount oi Jter of f,l « «lbtvt*. of nonsenseMian
• Hm.i i huf 1 , ; i '; i r r "'
Mr. Cor
1 for the
first tin
Lifo of Hawthorne.” I think
letter of >ophia Haw ti.i rno’a, written
1 night or two after her husband’s
uriai—a letter tiiat is certainly ono of
ho mo»t exquisite expressions in litera
ture. In it this pattage occurs:
I slut. I liU'.’it l into au ineffable
returned Ll
try to ssra
last!
gO SO SO'
Itoland P
-Tlure is a question or two I want
you toanswer. said the young mn-i re
inonelrwlj, - anil thro, if 70.1 ore uooj,
sn‘l wli.n you hav. ..vcn me ,ix ItosM*
I will tsk. you licroc.’’
••Iloiana: ti.a »irl enlaiinod nt;ain,
lilding Ler face n.xm.i hu hr. .,L
Ih;
J.r.tty head lo t.iiu with j.i.’.in,,/" Ie,.
Uer hands.
'It 11 “J.” ba oUfmfl. with hk.
cheek cn the soft, crown cmk -is it
true, what Churchill says, that vou do
not know y.t what it tt to love any on-
n w erds, 1 «
dole up u>
but your father T
hhe did not answer
little trembling hand
beck, and sho nested cl
" M / darl “ J ad vI,,,.,’rod;and
h.n ih.re .»,» hriol .ii.nra. tliai own
“• DOt to disturb lor some mo
ments.
^1 me," he said recently, “when
jroo spot, 10 m. tint ,lay in Ih. Ik*,u,t
d. JuU. did you enow that you iov..l
not sey a
“I don't t/.ink ft is I who am cruel at
su. returned tha wM tmrvttAlv, hm?
like a rt “M r. Ark am”—with a trem-
aw«s “since you cannot take a
tunt—s.n.e y«.u w ul not understand wbat
Icxniofor, 1 shall b, obti^tit to toll you
ra pisia wor l«. Oh, Mr. Cedt>gau**—el*e
•Pprolid to th, artis:. .-till hidden ia his
grea*cit .ir, with a piteous cry— “please
come an 1 help me to do It—I really don’t
know bow! 1 never proposed to any one
r to her f
is head
Mr.
c *' iei Roland, ooce more,
* • *■ d ruihiDjC to his facet
pj,- 2—‘ ri * J 1' notion.
* •» -' ®®*°»y say ‘Amoret r and look
inua.i.c.’,' th® girl went oo; but it was
pm »*>.* to >.jti i came! RotuM”—
r voic-j ’dt.h to a wliu-p r— 1 "don’t go!
..y i u ih-stay with u« always!
t. w ii»: i i.*4i.ful thing I havo done
k- P '• ’R ’ \m»1 lit ri. i.*-r fi.iir.tgf
no!”—in a tone of dtttroML **nii
RoUn.l. if I had, how could I have asked
h '/linri, xnd-ind " *’To-to k;,»*on." intern.*s| Holond
of n word!" will, a tondsr UuKh. "W.ll. ih.n. ih,:
Rolsod, “pray do «te; In, thxt y. u t. rt.irnl m« ,o in ’tni
ore; it is won, than un- ously ta th. ralun-draw .n^- picturM u
l.(s il w. were marriwl—did y,,,
koo
remained ciicsL
Amoretr—with a little el)akeu. a ^ w
peace
dersta
vhich I
i not
I feel that hie joy ie such as
tho heart of man can not conceive, and
shall I not rejoice, who loved him so far
beyond myself t If I did not at cnee
share htt beatitude, should 1 be one witn
him now in >—otlnl c'seuce? There
can he no death or low for me forever
more. I stand so far within the veil
that the light of God’s -countenance ran
never bo hidden from mo for one mo
ment of the • t» i n.iI «l.i>. r. w . r th. n
God gave mo the rose of time, the blos
soms of the are*, to call my own for
% years of human life. God has
SBtkfied wholly my insatiate heart with
a perfect- lovo that transcends my
dreams. It seems to me tiiat now again
there tt no death. ‘Dark hours? I
think there ie nothing dark for me
henceforth. I have only to do with the
present, and the present is light and
i es t. lias not the everlasting
Morn tag spread
Ovsr me her rich surprises?
“I have no more to ask but that I may
bo able to comfort all who mourn, as I
m comforted.”
How Hlstorj Is .Vfadf,
tea the Chicago Tribune.
Excited Congressman (addressing the
Inu-o,—1 sty it is infamous falsehood,
fr. S|oak*r, originating in a heart as
lack .. i the innermost dungeon in the
oweol pit of perdectioo, uttered by lipe.
lio ' *? sSwhHtsf. • -nmr
from the board of
ter field of work f.
fould at tho K:.lilii
there aho has sine
ntorfsreil w ith the
>1 ETISISELtll.
Ihi
Who
Peter La
• th*U 1. I;>
afte
■ lid Urank, IJ
I.MiU (iaz
ng, tha Elgin “c**ntouarian,”
Fri.I iy last, at Elgin,
you?
“I—I am nfr
shamtf-ktric.cn i
li, you ora i
i s 1 you known
Utter answer u.
we shall havo to
Beau Kej< ur wa
“Oh. Rohm i-
- i .••!'’ in .■ i
•Well, u-h m
whose mildest breathings the
lemon of petttieDce itself would shrink
n unutteraUa horror, and emanating
from a personality in whoee presence tha
foul Ct-nJe of envy, column▼. tearcberr
1 v.u*ination, sir, would bow thefr
hjs hee a and acknowledge that
. bad found a meaner, viler, more
leprous and abominable creature than
the
Same congressman (reading same
speech a few hours let r as revised for
tne Congres tonal Record)—Permit me
to say, Mr. Hpeoker, that my conception
of the dignity tbet pertains to the posi
tion 1 hold, and my appreciation of the
constituency I have the honor of repre
sent agon the floor of this House, forbid
me from descending from the plena of
personal abu-e in replying to the insinu
ation* that have been made by the bon-
orobie gentleman oo the other side. I
shall content myself hy l» «*h*IU«*>*.
ing the noncrabie gentleman tn prod, ce
the proof of his innuendo**. Passing on
now to cousidenaiion of the main ques
tion at issue, etc,
i astern and llniirn Wlsdam.
From the 2C«w York Weekly.
Knowitall (looking up from the pa
per)—“What utterly hopeless barbarians
the Chinese are! They tore up a railroad
im-* ai.se th* y considered it responsible
for the recent floods there.”
l-.-vill.ead—“It the railroad company
«!• down nil the timber along its lice, a&
railroad and land companies in this coun
try often do, It wari”
Alpha—I w talking si;b Cornin'
w i*e tho other r.ight. and do you kuov.
*?~1 t I she bos a gnat bwsd? Omega—Yea; awd I
. 1 J. vv* if you had talked with Comus himself I
t .-re ix Mr the other morning, after Ihe banquet. I
i *uu> l Leai.i i you would have discovered that h
aid so”—in a very low .
C..Jo? .n will bv gmie;
c U ‘ [ i r M Bl ^* i ‘ n0r **
I.mm*— please — plesso
town. How long hs-1
he said joj
ll.*- ;oo’l folk
tl it »-l ii .* w.* r .* I«».l to tt*iiuvi) tiiat Peter
aciK’d thoageof l'JO several veins ago.
• 111. bull l.iy ..v .ti an • x • aaluu ot uu’
* ‘I r«• i«-i> .n.-. '[ l.t* lu*’th i uihday. a<>
" r l.r. • t.. i -t.-r'-. i 111.• n.»!.*_*v. wai'hon-
ored by spe« »al denionstrstiou-i ou Jau.
•i- i iIm t I. .1.1 v• ir, U h. ll tlu-ro waa. if
wo mistake not. a city banquet, and
Peter k..i prw. mod by tii*» l‘ro\o»t, oa
tl» f . I It'.’., w it.i Various ur-
ticks Of lot r t ar. i valu*-. I’.uc there
were doubters in t district, and ono of
the*e, Mr. Cramon l of l ullen, u w. ll
known local antiquary, got on ivter'i
track, and, after axaminiuv; .1 niimL^r o:
”1 1 I *ri I. 1 . 1 ' 1 •, Wan ..I Io to provi
beyond doubt that If Prio r h..d beer,
born in Il-*i htt fat r must then liav«
bei 11 a veuth of H. To the stati.ucal m-
ouirer Peter was 89 and no more. btiU,
the myth bod been planted, on 1 th«
myth, to a large extent, rciu urn* 1. IV
ter mainUim i it to hi* »»r. ut!i and
11. in v . t i.* i .a ;■» prole . -.1 to
believe that l’. ier was ri rht,
Butolttiou;h Peter wa* only in his
00th year, 1 o was a remarkable old
man. He tteaid to have n**,v;- r p.ud anv
attentkn to those rules of health which
are supp ed to priding hfr. H** drank-
much and ate little. It was P
quent custom after a heavy c
breakfast in the early mornm^ on a
handful of oatmeal, taken from tho
miller's heap an l s<-ah#- I \u;b water
from the mtll-lade. lie w n a carter,
aud practice liy lived in tho c pm air;
yet be never troubsed about his dothing
and c iId under no c;r unuiam*.-, t«
persuaded tomufilanp his throat and
chest. N—dl— to mj, hstnMl|aqd>
icineand that hu s.- i ;»•-.! continuously,
"• *A ’»•-*. «Min. .t.. | leiiiv of fre«h
air and held* ar exsn i->e, together with
tobacco—ih »• thiiigj -uilt.d Peter for
i fie-
1 a great hia I, too.—>
iiwalJ. I creased repair.
