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THE WEEKLY STAR Vol. Vll.--NO. 2. John M. Edge, AT TJouglawviH o ' " O». WI LL practice in all the court®, and | promptly attend to all business en trusted to his care. T. S. BUTLER XXotxisjo JPAlixtex*- DOUGLASVILLE, - GA WI L L make old furniture look ar wll : s new. Give him a trial in this line. SVi.l also do house carpentering work, G. GRIGGS” ATTORNEY AT LAW. Douglasville, Georgia. WI 1. L practice in ah the court*, State and Federal. j»mi3ly. F. S. Verdory, Physician and Surgeon. OFFICE a'. HUDSON A EDGE’S DRUG STORE, where lie can be found at all hours except when professionally engaged. Special attention given to Chionieca-es, and especially all eases that have been treated aud are still uncured. JanJS di.iy. I Respectfully offer my services as physf •iauand surgeon, to the peopleof Doug lasville and vicinity. All calls will be atten ded promptly. Can be found at the drug store of Hudson <k Edge, durin® the,day and at tight at my res’de, ice at. the house recently occupied by J. a. I’ittman. J. B. EDGE dTVVr7’’whit'ley\ Physician and. Surgeon. X> z *v < nwYrlHo, Grje*, <y H\|, itrentlon given to Surgery a:. Q Uhrouie F’in*l<» trouble®. Otfic« upstair ‘ ‘ ’ “’c. I'. CAMP, ” s=== JS TrO'tNEY kT L\ W, CIVIL ENGIN jfK KER ANDHUUVKf »R, D’MJGLAS VILLE,QA. Will nruitlco Law or do Survey Ing anywbero by special contract. IHOM A S W7l AT HA M, " Altcrnejr st law F.RBI’RN, GEOI GIA. Will practice in ail the Courts both State au-l Federal. Sp’ einl nttent.ii n given to Ruitw Ati’ifl It<|lrottda nn«l other Corpo- , r» do-re. ’ill mbwl regularly the SupH’i »r Mini other courts of Douglas <•<••: nt v. aj f. 4(J xU 3BL Jfiji jUb <;«»• irv i'nftot»v sitiffns Dre.re for stltuulat t« entirely removed Home t> ealinrnt, Medicine oau he adminis tered without knowledge of patient, by alm ply piecing It iucofTn*, tea or auy article of ood. Cures gwAMnlvec. SIOO Will be Paid Far any ease of dr.nk.aness that Galdea ■peclfle will aut cure. Circulars cmita nlng •slitaoeisls and fell particulars Hmt w re®. Address GOI.DKN HP! I’IFIt <?C. ff) A SdiK*ii«a >i AA <»r Kentucky University, Lexington, Ky. *iu«,aK e*>i >.«<ln ,n« «wk-4® In I*. ,w. No ' >uUn. Thu, te wn'r.. r»l' Ifipl* «m Mvilite* One, i ««t 10 *..«* >,.<«,« t.'4l I'm. l.tAwUtnf Tu. |,n. *n«r tta <>*n4 K-ar4 in sAcnf'r M'< T«l. « Mnii*lt.'>. I.lwr>rr our-. Wn l.,;t«» rv*ivl, .4. «xi.'’v«,ful <gr«*ViMuv O' r Mrt ire »<« trnm U t-< U linn® u»,U'te « State In- Mrv.iinu l< pnu ikna, nnj lu tlTlSaUlv lmp*r<—l A, M,«s wfs. Sr» iU MniriM to T.Mhri. wu.( S«Ua.» Mimi. t'ulv. til. prfuwl Thl. fwauiuul cit, !• wuS ferlii I>>4 wjlMt, «nJ • on Starting Rnlln MK F*H .'•«•.<<>» I«w« W», Fiw.ln l»r» «n« fan nKrteutan. iUi- > ..!i.rr .-ll.ok WtIJH Ii It. WITH. te.UiitoK.kr LOAILL ARO3“ MACOBOY SNOFF. C XlirtOV C ICO VI UER3. Vs 'Sviii if'.rjo- Im’tA'.lons b anpwared upan Die'rsrk st In ' acltngo* «*mhltng ours B4t<> deceive rhe iinware, we; w tild request the purchaser to *<*e that the red lithographed Hu o-.ua in which it is packed always benr Owr .♦‘amr nrsrf lu bQ?l.«g the ImltAtlon you nay as snmh fareM l atoHor artleloMlhe genuine coav. , BB «Ua« YOU OBTAfM Tilt URNUINtJ LORILLARD»B CLIMAX i BSD TIN-TAO PLUG TOBACCO. Finest Sweet N«~y Chewing Tobacco ate. always beera a Ked Tia ras with uar name I®JBl 1~l -♦sxlS r> gW - ! Is-Upil * «*s!* | B' u BEST TONS. ? This medicine, onmbinhag Iron with pure Vecvtabie tonics, culekly and cotnp;<n»ly l arva Oywewd** ItatkraeMam. Wenknena, I wpere Bleed, .M»lajrta,( bUU *ad Fr veaw, •ihb h th an unmllinr remedy for Diaoeees of the , Ku«»», IJvvr. It is Invaluable for DteMues peculiar t» W«tt»ea. and all who lead aedeutary livea. It d<w not mjare the teeth, cawe headerhs er pmduce crnwUpaOan—dtfor >aa oaMawe da. It aunehaa and purifies the blood, sMnnilntM the «r:wU»s,alds the audwillaMon «f food, re h«,v» Uoarthura and Belching, and strength e-rs th* nmKlee and nerves. Fue iMeraideat Fevers. Lassitude. lack cf F tergy. Ae., U has ne tHr Tbs gwutne has above trade mat 1 an 1 Ci Aed red u»eo on wrapper Take mother. sm» Mb ag mw« * (sissu ea, »*truknu. aa MARGERYS MW By THOMAS HARDY. CHAPTER VL Betwebx six and seven o’clock in the evening of the same day a young man might have been seen descending the hills into the valley of the Swenn at a point about midway between Stickleford and the residence of Margery’s grandmother, four miles to the west. He was a thorough-bred son of the coun try, as far removed from what is known as the provincial as the latter is from th® out-and-out gentleman of culture. His trousers and waistcoat wore of fustian, al most whita, but he wore a jacket of old fashioned blue West of England cloth, so well preserved that evidently the article was relegated to a nail whenever its owner engaged in such active occupations as Lui usually pursued. His complexion was fair, almost ilorid, and had scarcely any beard. A novel attraction about this young man, which a glancing stranger would know nothing of, was a rare and curious fresh ness of atmosphere tb?t appertained to him, to his clothes, to all his belongings, even to the room in which he had been sit ting It might almost have been said that by adding him and his implements to an overcrowded apartrnentyou made it health ful. This resulted from his trade. He was a Emo-burner; he bandied lime daily; aud in return the limo rendered him an in carnation of salubrity. His hair was dry, fair, and frizzled, the latter possibly by the operation of the same caustic agent. He <airiel as a walking stick a green sap ling, whose growth had been contorted to a corkscrew pattern by a twining honey suckle. As he descended to the level ground of the water meadows he cast his glance west ward with a frequency that revealed him to be iu search of some object in the dis tance. It was rather difficult to do this, the low sunlight dazzling his eyes by glanc ing from the river away there, and from the “carriers” (as they were called) in his path—narsow artificial brooks for conduct ing the water over the grass. His course was something of a zigzag, from the neces sity of finding points in these carriers con venient for jumping. Thus peering and leaping aud winding, he drew near the Swenn, the central river of th® miles long mead. A moving spot became visible to him iu the direction of his scrutiny, mixed up with the rays of the same river. The spot got wearer and revealed itself to be> a slight thing of pink cotton and shepherd s plaid, which pursued a path on the bank of the stream. The young man so shaped his trackless bouV.,e ai to impiigeon the paSli a little alaiad of this colored form, aud v» hen he drew near her he siniied and red dened. The girl smiled back to him, but hir smilo had not the life in it that tho young man’s had shown. “My dear Margery, here I am!’’ he said, gladly, in an under-tone, as with a last leap he crossed the last intervening barrier and stood at her side. “You've cornu all the way from the kiln on purpose to meet me, and you shouldn't have don® it,” she reproachfully returned. “We finished there at four, so it was no trouble; and if it bad been, why, I should ha* was." A MDOII sigh WSU the responee. “What, you are not even so glad to ran mo as you would be to see your dog or catl” he continued. “Come, Mis’ess Mar gery, this is rather hard. But, by George, how tired you do look! Why, if you’d been up all night your eyes couldn’t bo moro like tea saucers. You’ve walked too fiur, that’s what it iu The weather is get ting warm uow, aud the air of these loW lytbg is not strengthening in sum mer. 1 wish you lived up ou higher ground with tne, beside th® kilu. You’d got as strung as a hoss! Well, there; all that will come in time.” Instead of saymg yes, the fair maid ro prstued another sign. “What, won t it. thenl” he said. •*I suppose so," she auswered. “If it is t» b®, it is.” “Well said—very well said, my dear." “And if it isn’t to b®, it isn’t.” “What! Who's boon putting that into your head! Your grumpy granny, I sup pose. However, how is she! Marg er v, I have been thinking to-day—in fact, 1 was thinking it yesterday and all the week— tiiut really we might settle our little busi ness tills summer.” “This summer!” site rep. at at, with some dismay. “But the partnerahip! Remem ber, it was not to be till after that was completed.” ’•There I bar® you!” said be, taking th® liberty to pat her shoulder, and the further liberty of advancing Ida hand behind it to the other. “Th® partuwahip i* settled. *Th 'Vine A Hayward. Bn® burners.' now, and ‘Riobard Vine* no longer. Yea, Cou<in Richard has settled it so, for a time at least,’and ’tis to be painted on the car's this w.®k—blue letters—yaller ground. I’ll h-*s one of ’em, and drive eu round to your door as soon as th® point is dry, to show ye how it looks.” “Oh, I am sure you needn’t take that trouble. Jim; I cun see it quite woil enough in my ramd,” replied the young girl—not without a dittiag accent of superiority. “Hallol” said Jitn. taldug her by the shoulders and looking at hor hard. “ What do that bit of incivility mean* Now, Margery, let’s sit dowu hens, and have this deared.” He rappeii with his stick upon the rail of a little brid t* they were cross ing. and seated himself firmly, leaving a pixxi for her. “But 1 want to get home-along, dear Jim,” she coaxed. “FWgetsl Sit down, there's a dear. I want straightforward answer, if you please la what month, and on what day es the month: will you marry me!" “Ob, Jun!* she said, sitting gingerly on the edge, “that's toe plain spoken for you yea Before I look at it in that business ! light I should have to—to—" “But yonr father "baa settled it long ago, end you eetd It sboeld be as soon as I be I came a partner So, dear, yen must ipR mhad a plain man waaCiig ft plain answer. ; Coo ®, tuune yotr lime*’ 6ke did not reply at ooca. What Vumghta were peasing thrrugh bar brain durmg the ußervaD Nee image* raise 1 by hb wqrd% btftjrfclr ing Hmm of nxea Douglasville, Georgia, Tuesday, February 101885. ami 'Women Id Ted and white alia blue, ran fleeted from a glassy floor, in movements timed by the thrilling beats of the Drum Polka. At last she said, slowly, “Jim, you don’t know the world, and what a woman’s wants can be.” “But I can make you comfortable. lam in lodgings as yet, but I can have a house for the asking; and as to furniture, you shall choose of the best for yourself—the vary beef.” 1 “ ‘The bsst!’ Far are you from knowing what that is!” said the little woman. “There be ornaments such as you never dream of; work-tables that would set you in amaze; silver candle-sticks, tea and eoffee pots that would dazzle your'eyes; tea cups and saucers gilded all over with , guinea-gold; heavy velvet curtains, gold clocks, pictures, and looking-glasses beyond your Very drehms. So don’t say I shall have the best.” “H’m,” said Jim, gloomily, and fell into reflection. “Where aid you got those high notions from, Margery?” he presently in quired. “I’ll swear you hadn’t got 'em a week ago." She djd not answer, and he added, “You don’t expect to have such th.ngs, I hope, deserve them as you may.” “I was not exactly speaking of what I wanted,” she said, severely. “I said things a woman could want.” “You're a piuk and white conundrum, Margery,” he said; “and I give you up for to-night. Anybody would think tho d • had showed you the kingdoms of the world since I saw you last.” She reddened; then arose, he following her; and th<y soon reached Margery’s homo, approaching it from the lower or '■ meadow side—-the opposite to that of the garden top, where she had met the Baron. “You’ll come iu, wou’t you, Jimr’ she said, with more ceremony than heartiness. “No; I think not to-night,” he answered. “I’ll think of what you’ve said.” “You are very good, Jim,” she returned lightly. “Good-by.” CHAPTER VII ’ ' Jim thoughtfully retraced hia stops. Ho was a village character, and he had a vil lager’s simplicity—that is, the simplicity which comes from the lack of a complicated experience. But simple by nature ha cer tainly was not. Among the rank and file of rustics ha was quite a Talleyrand, or, rathor, had been otie, till he lost a good deal of self-command by falling in love. Now, however, that the charming object of his distraction was out of sight he could deliberate, and measure, and weigh things with some approach to keenness. The sub stance of bis queries was, what change had coma over Margery—whence these new no tions! Ponder as ho would, ho could evolve no . answer save one, which, eminently unsatis- ; factory as it was, he felt it would be .m --reewonabl® npt,to accent; that «>he was an> . pl>{ skittish and ambitions by nature, Lid would nut be hunted into matrinjmy till he had provided a well ad irned home. Jim returned to the kiln, and looked to the fires. The kiln stood in a peculiar, in teresting, even impressive spot. It was at the end of a short ravine in the lower chalk formation, and all around was an open hilly down or coomb. The nearest house was that of Jim's cousin and partner, which stood on the outskirts of the down beside tho turnpike road. From this hous® a litti® lane wound between the steep ea carpmanU of th® raviue till it nefcohed th® ktlu, which faced down th® miniature val ley, vummandLng It m a tort might oom- ; mand a detliA Tho idea of a fort in this association • owed little to imagination. For on the nibbled green steep above the kilu stood a by-goue, worn-out specimen of such an erection, huge, impressive, and difficult to scale even now in its decay. It was a British castle or entrenchment, with triple rings es defense, rising roll behind roll, their outlines cutting sharply against tho sky, aud Jim’s kiln nearly undermining their base. When the limo-kiln flared up in the night, which it often di J, its tires ; lit up the front of these ramparts to a ! great majesty. They were old friends of ' h s; and whLe keeping up the heat through the long d&rkiiMS, as it was sometimes his ’ duty to do, be would imagine the dancing lights aud shade® about the stupendous earth-work to be the forma of those giants who (he supposed) had heaped it up. Ofton he clambered upon it, and walked about tho summit , thinking out toe problems con nected with his business, his partner, his future, his Margery. ; It was v.’hat he did this evauing, contin uing the meditation on tho young girl’s manner that bo had begun upon the road, and still, as then, finding no clow to th® chauso. WI i.e thus engaged he observed a man coming up the ravins to th® kiln. Business messages were almost invariably left at the bou'e below, and Jim watched the msn with the interest excited by a belief that be i.ud come on a person d matter. Ou neaser aupnwi ih Jim recognized him as the gurd-mer at Mount Lodge. If this meant busuieos, the Boron (of wfoose arrival Jim bad vaguoly be ud was u new aud unex pected vU'tomer. It meant nothing else, apparently. The man s erruud wu» simply to inform Jim that th® Lkirou required a load of time for the garden. i>u might have saved yourself trouble by ieayiug mnl at Mr. Vine’s,” said Jim. : “I was to sue you personally," said to® . gardener, “and to say that the baron would like to Inquire of you about too dinar®nt qu&liti»s of lime proper for such purposes.” “Conldn’t you tell him yourself F* said Jhu. “11® said I was to tell you that,” replied the gardener; “and ft wasn’t for in® to in- : tierferft” No motiva othet than lb® oeteusible one tould poMdbly be conjectured by Jim Hay ward a; this time: and toe next morning be started with great pleasure, in hi® beat bnsmeas suit of clothe*. By 11 o'clock he and hts horse® and cart hadarrrived on the ' Baron's premises, and ths lime was de- ! posstsd where directed; an exceptional ) cwt, just within view of toe windows of , toe aouto front. baroa Kanton, pale and melaneuoly, was i Mantering iu toe »I'p® between the house ' and the ad the-year-ream A H® looked across to where Jim and the gardener war® •tsua ling, and the identity of Hayward being e»i ibl.shed by what he brought, the Lar «n exue down, and th® gardener with drew. The, firr-t irjg gj Jjm had been leiTto"suppos'd they wdfild b®, on the exterminating effects of lime upon slugs and skills in its different conditions of slaked and nnslaked, ground and in the lump. H® appeared to be much interested by Jim’s explanations, and eyed the young man closely whenever he had an opportun ity. “And I hope trade is prosperous with you this year,” said the Baron. i “Very, my noble lord,” replied Jim, who, in his uncertainty on the proper method of address, wisely concluded that it was bet ter to err by giving too much honor than by giving too little “In short, trade is looking so well that I've become a partner in the firm.” “Indeed; I am glad to hear it So now you are settled in life.” jny Lord, I am hardly settled, even now. For I’ve got to finish it—l mean, to get married.” “That’s an easy matter compared with the partnership.” “Now a man might think so, my Lord,” said Jim, getting more confidential. “But the real truth is, ’tis the hardest part of all for me.” ; “Your suit prospers, I hope?" “It don’t,” said Jim. “It don’t at all just at present. In short, I can’t fcr the . life o’ me think what’s comoover the young woman lately.” And he fell into deep re flection. • Though Jim did not observe it, the Bar on’s brow beeam > shadowed with self-re proach at ho h. ar i those simple words, and his eyes had a look of pity. “Indeed— since whouf’’ ti 3 asked. • “Since my noble lord.” Jim spoke meditativater. He was resolving upon a bold stroked* Why not make a confidant of this kind gfhtiemau, instead of the par son, as he had intended? The thought was no sooner conceived than acted on. “My lord,” he resumed, “I have heard that you were a nobleman of great scope and taleut, who has seen more strange countries and ! cuara'ters than I have ever heard of, and know th® insides of men well. Therefore i I would fain put a question, to your noble lordship, if 1 may so trouble you, and having nobody else in the world who could inform me so truly.” “Any advice I can give is at your ser vice, Hayward. What do you wish to know;” “It is this, my lord. What can I do to down a young woman’s ambition that’s got to such a towering height there's no reach ing it or compassing it; how to get her to bo pleased with me and my station os she used to be when I first knew her?” “Truly that is a hard question, my man What does she aspire to?” “Sihe’s got a craze for fine furniture.” I “How Ivng has she had itF’ ' “Only just now.” The Baron seemed still more to expe rience regret. “What furniture does she specially covet!” be asked. . *‘>TUvar’ imßdle-'StfcSs, work-lables, look iug-glasflu®, gold tea things, silver tea-pot <. gold clocks, curtains, pictures, and I don't know what all—things I shall never get if I live to boa hundred—not so much that I couldn’t raise the money to get ’em, as that I ought to put it to other uses, or save it for a rainy day.” “You thiuk the possesion of those arti cles would make her happy I" “I really think they might, my lord.” “Good. Open your poeket-book and write a* I tell you.” Jim in some astonishment did as eom manded, and etevating bis poak®t-book agaiaM th® garden wall, tooronghly moisti efl®d his pencil, and wrote at th® Baran's • dictation; “Pair of silver candlesticks; Inlaid work , table and work-box; one large mirror; two small ditto; one gilt china and coffee serv ice; one silvar tea-pot, coffee-pot, sugar basin, jug and dozen spoons; French clock; pair of curtains; six large pictures.” “Now,” said the Baron, “tear out that leaf and give it to ma Keep it close tongue about thw; go home, and don’t be surprised at anything that may come to your door.” “But, my noble lord, you don’t mean that your lordship is going to give—” ■ “Never mind what lam going to do. Only keep your own counsel. I perceive that, though a plain countryman, you jy*e by no means deficient iu tact aud under standing. If sending these things to you gives me pleaaur®, why should you obje.-t! The fact is, Hayward, I occasionally take au mterest in people, and like to do a little for them. 1 take an interest in you. Now go home, and a week hence invite Marg— th® young woman and her fa.frar, to tea with you. Th® rest is in your own hands.” A question often put to Jim lu after times was why it had not occurred to him at one® tov.t the Bason’* liberal ciTnduet munt ha,ve beou dictated by sometobig more personal than sudden spontaneous generosity to him a stranger. To which Jim always aiuwered that, admitting the existence of such generosity, there bad ap peari>d nothing remarkable in th® Bar m seieSuiiV'himself os its object. The Baron had tuid him that he took an interest in him; aud self esteem, even with the most mod nt, is usually sufficient to override any little diiiiculty that migut occur to au out sider in accounting tor a preference. He moreover considered that foreign noblemen, rich aud eccentric, might hare habits of acting which were quite at variance with those of their English compeers. bo be drove off homeward with a lighter hsart than he had known fur several days. To Eave a foreign gentleman take a fancy • to him—what a triumph to a plain sort of fedos, who bad scarcely expected the Boron to look in his face. It wouid be a fine story to teU Margery when the Baron gave him liberty to speak ouL Jim lodged at the housj of bis cousin and partner, Richard Vine, a widower of fifty odd years. Having failed in the de | velopmant of a household of direct de i seen dan ts, this tradesman bad been glad to let his chambers to his much younger rel ative, when the latter entered on the busi ness of lime manufacture; and their inti macy had Is! to a partnership. Jim lived up stairs; Mc> partner lived down; and | the tom: ur. of all the rooms • was so plain and old-fashioned ! as to exite the special dislike of Miss Margery Tucker and even to prejudice her agsuast Jim for tolerating it. Not only ware the chain and tables queer, but, with | due regard to th® pnncipde that a man’s surroundings should bear the impram of 1 that n»«i life and occupation, the chief ornaments of th® dwelling were a curious coUection of calculations, that bad bean Subscription: „ w <*.» Per Annum. discovered from time to time In the Bmo | kilu—misshapen ingots of strange substance, some of them like Pompeian remains. The head of the firm was a quiet-living, narrow-miuded, though friendly, man i f fifty; and he took a serious interest in ; Jim’s love suit, frequently inquiring how it progressed, and assuring Jim that if he chose to marry he might have all the upper floor at low rent, he, Mr. Vine, contenting himself entirely with the ground level. It had been so convenient for discussing busi ness matters to have Jim in the same bouse that he did not wish any change to be made in consequence of a change in Jim’s state. Margery knew of this wish, and of Jim’s concurrent feeling, and did not like the idea at all. About four days after the young man’s interview with the Baron there drew up in i front of Jim's house at noon a wagon laden i with cases and packages, large and smalL They were all addressed to “Mr. Hay ward,” and they had come from tho largest J furnishing warehouses in that part of Eng- ■ land. Three-quarters of an hour were occupied I in getting the cases to Jim’s rooms. Tho > wary Jim did not show tho amazement ' he felt at his patron’s munificence; and presently the senior partner came into tho passage, and wondered what was lumbering upstairs. “Oh, it’s only some things of mine,” sail Jim. “Bearing upon the coming event, eh," said his partner. “Exactly,” replied Jim. Mr. V ine, with some astonishment at tho number of cases, shortly after went away to the kiln; whereupon Jim shut himself into bis rooms, and there he might have been heard ripping up and opening boxes with a cautious hand, afterward appearing out side the door with thorn empty, and carry ing them off to the out-house. A triumphant look lit up his face when, a little later in tho afternoon, he ran across the meads to the dairy, and invited Mar gery and her father to his to sup, er. She was not unsociable that day, and her father expressing a hard and fast accept ance of tho invitation, she perforce agreed to go with him. Again at home, Jim made himself as mysteriously busy as before in those rooms of his, and when his partner returned he too was asked to join in the supper. At dusk Hayward went to tho door, where he stood till he heard the voices of his guest® from the direction of the low grounds, now covered with their frequent fleece of fog. The voices grew more dis tinct, and then on the white surface of the fog there appeared two trunkless hoods, from which bodies gradually extended as the approaching pair rose toward tho house. When they had eutere-1, Jim preaied Margery’s band and conducted her up to bis rooms, her father waiting below to say a few words to th® senior lime-burner “Bless rse," said Jim to her, on entering the sitting-room; “I quite forgot to get a light beforehand, but 111 havu one in a jiffy.” Margery stood in the middle of the dark room, while Jim struck a match: and tlien the young girl’s eyes were conscious of a burst of light, and tho rise into being of a pair of handsome silver candlesticks con taining two candles that Jim was in tho act of lighting. “Why—where—you have candlesticks like that!** said Margery. Her eye® flew round the room a® the growing caudle flame® sb«wed etfaar autldta. “Fteteeo®, too, and tovafy eMuai Wlqr, J tea®* oaftfl Ing of this, I deetervC “Y®®, a few things that <wxm to cm by accident," said Jim, qaletiy. “And a great gold clock under a gla'n, and a cupid swinging for a pendulum; and oh, what a lovely work-table—woods of eveny color—and • work-box to match. May I look inside that work-box, Jiorf Whose is itl" “Oh yes; look at it, of course. It is a poor enough thing, but ’tis mine; and it will belong to the woman I marry, who ever she may be, os we.l as all other tian#/ here.” “And the curtain and the looking glaasas —why, I declare I can sea uayself in a hun dred places.” “That tea set," said Jhn, placidly point ing to a gorgeous china service and a large silver teapot ou the side table, “I don't use at present, b< ing a bachelor man; ’but,’ says Ito myself, “whoever I marry w.ll want some such things for giving hor par ties ;or i can sell ’em—but I haven’t took steps for’t yet" ‘‘Sell 'em; no, I should think no%” said Margery, with earnest reproach. “Why, I hope you wouldn’t be sp foolish! Why, this is exactly the kind of thing I wm thinking of when I told you of the things women could want—of course not meaning myself particularly. I had no idea that you had such valuable—" Margery was un able to speak coherently, so much was she amazed at the wealth of Jim's pos-essious. At that moment her father and ths lime burner came upstairs, and to ap;x>ar wo manly and proper to Mr. Vine, Margery repressed the remainder of her surprise. As for the twoelderiy worthies, it wa® not till they bad entered the room and sat down that their slower eye® discerned any thing brilliant in the appoiu inent®. Th®a one of them stol- a glance at some arti.iu, and tbe other at another, but each being unwilling to express hi® wornier in tb« presence of his neighbors, they received the objects Lofore them with quite an ac customed air; th® hme-burner inwardly trying to conjecture what all this m *<it, and the daily man musing that if Jim’s business allowed him to a •cumulate at this rale the sooner Margery became his wife the better. Margery retreated to the work-table, work-box and tea service, which she examined with hus'ued exclama tions. An entertainment thus surprisingly be- , gun could not fail to progress well When ever Margery's crusty old father felt the ' need of a civil sentence, the flash of Jim’s j fancy articles inspired him to one; while i th® Ume-burner. having reasoned away hii * first ominous thought that all this had come * out of the firm, also felt proud aud blitha Jim accompanied bis dairy friends part of the way home. Her father, finding that Jim warned to sprsix co bar privately, aud that »b® exhibited some •lusivenee®, turned to Margery and said, “Com®, come, my lady; no more of this Bouseusa You just step behind with that young man." Margery, a lit Us scared at her father’* peremptoriness, obeyed. It was plain tlm; Jim bad won. the old nun by that uigfiVs , stroke, if he had not won ter. “I know what yon are £2? ! -‘J *° ! she began, less ardently now," for" she was no longer under the novel influence of the j shining silver and glass. “Well, as yoa desire it, and as my father desires it, and 1 as I suppose it will be th® best course for me, I will fix the day—not this evening, but as soon as I can think it over.” (continued.) ® BURNHAM’ 8 £5 IMPROVED Turbine! Inlhe bet-t constructed and ' finished, gives better pereeu- *«*«■, more power aud is sold f°’'*e».s money per borne power I than i.ny otherTurbineln the i a m t<i A* pamphlet sent, fr Ebv I BURNHaM BROS., York, P®. 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