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VOLUME XVI. i,- " ' I - ■ \

CAPE M-A-TT, 2STE"W JEESEY, THURSDAY, 1ST OVEMBEE IO, 1870.

WHOLE NO. 805.

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"Ik. kootoAlooisoy w lAWIOf k.iosi p.. too. m«l Biklt,-k.l moM 1*11* : Tklt tpot, oal tko poAAtM Hit I Hot, JrtbfeMfafe. All tails .A. tlx., lb. I 4taI»a yoa, mum mm i tolUt poor to.0.1 WooUprt.ol.HAII Woold po., old Cl«p ' Tk.r. WkAl OA. fU kp goloc Art! ! - TtOT. *.-A*T 1* Tu iw? AirtCt tommy you. Kmtmgt,, poo -00U UMk, ■MAt.no ml >l.t* Tko loo. U A praise I HAkplOA 1 " * "Too m*U toreros soo. old Cray, -- " TkAl kootilnttl It AO< kouohl a a. told. I. Al«kT.rt pHAAAIA OAO M) • Al worn I AA.OOAUklt.-t All UfoU. .A. ttookAAM bn 1.1ml, : It ATO.J kp (.>'.< AW.) " O. A iPkV.J kAppp AAt It I t 1 ' Tkt OOTA I. Imimml, tkA MrtWkAAl ktowlo*. PkO MO klA. OlAA lort tAAW Ikoott At ko roko ikolr ItroWAdt • . OUoktt IfcOt Aa)I r« AWklfcA 'M UlT JTQ. IfO,- ' M|tt.««>l, ok. ttaS*ir"rti*<6?' r ^ilSCELLANT. " BY il'lrQE ( LAHK. I', la abotA a <loaco join linea bo*iixto m |ihifn 1 I me to Now llw Whunt^ti^BAiuLl. And ". I.utl rati to tMMl-'lhMwaa. IlW btcrper RntdtM tlimrjiT currm, *ad inwra nf them On, It b to be hoptd, rttrr put in peril the pnUie Hfc ind limb tx#>re or war. «m to rntcb Jerirh.. At achbo InMBlte boortbat evrainc, "Un» not fc. log of tbu cooctice of tlio coo tract." aft.™ misutm to "Bqoor." Tberakd bren X oocfc-fljht, and -:vera! mVr futl'ta. f-l "W* crowd Unlbntr, and .-errThody *i> in KipA (tee. Tbo Stnr Jericho d ik«aU<« mtu rued by out train, and rcujber h*. l:.;«wni[u-w ofMi-licrotrcjimiltwrnid , ban. bmm dlBeult to flOd, tfrarfcte , fawmd wyn Aatonc U*»w^a ,

the comet) imce a at they liked. At nulphiu. «r tlx UAclalk of aFlaader» nun-room lalraefc Tobya lime, in point of mala lory power, waa At the' next *tn m, a young lady came 00 board, Ira iful a* Venut and modratailHan. iw a-j rare a flower came to bioon^jn ieh a wild, wal* a qtmtlon to pun] .prr But there wa» no time to 1 lie iL The lady wa» Handing, and I the trail were occuplad. 'I waa onbo point of ofiering mine, when arouthfnl looking gentleman, of prc[4w«lug manner, ami Appear. ore, .uyol forward and addretwed 'the r-wAw lltaculm : mmm "ABow me," be Ud poBtdy, "lo turn ortr the back ofchia ami." . " Hey t" the tdite^nmled. Tlic roqooAl waa nmtal. "At. you dod tlurai Orat I" waa the griiff reepotwe. " But, Mr—'' the geieman began lo ' oxpoatnlalo. " r«*« htyr, you I Muttered the . bully— "douN you oftir logo tor to rile ta« f— that', wjr ad 4c, an' I glr* It Ikee gratia, 'came I II a Intruat^n you." "But till, lady I. entlCI to a neat,*' i the .tranger jiettialed. 1 . "fiire her your own, 4n, dod drot 1 yon 1 an' Mop your ehlniitlc, or, by I'uky, you wtif rile mo !"1 1 A. a but resort Uie gWrnin appealed to the conductor, do chanced II. lo 1« rawing. But the lair declined to interfere. Such thing, tut be left to courtesy. Besides, it tun I hi. place to take part In Vic dpnles of pameugen. So saying, helrent his ' way, punching tteketi, and Iking no , farther luTti. " Dod blast you, you ire ty,] me!" thouted the lailly, tpringing (hi. fret ' and striding np to the young an, who didn't mm itdle aemilbte of U danger; "yoo'w gone an' .tuck jt>r nme Inter other people •. butineuwn' I'm . s goin' topaf/ HP' X 1 An attempt waa made lo kit the acUon to tho word; but befto the ' metaphorically offending nxoilr had . been mo much at touched, tombing ' . —it moved to iwiftly I cubi t be /rnuitirr it WAA the genlkroau'gltttook Ilerenles directly bet wed the " eyes, and rent him tprawling I the r • Other and of the car. lie didui get np immediately, and when hedid, f iw termed a little Iwwildered \ to ( wliefher be had hern kiiorked dwn, Ij I or the train had run off Uie Ireck. lie bad bad rnnmmmgh. at all errata, i|-r- ! ' ! rrer it came from. .. wa. iminUt from Uie .ubduttl air with wblcbie \ took hit departure far the tmokingyr whliher hi. rompaninnt t-rai folio ad * .loubtreeretly chuckling at the y. " ( Hilt, at tunally do the rhuma »f n whipped lHtlly. l*ap Kilderkin, the proprietor of l| Xew Jericho Ite.t, wa. I!„. moot rnri j monlcalire of hat 1a. BeSuv Vdtiuij *! tlut night, I waa thoroughly and mk ' curntely "up" in all the i-ottip of till place, ami had Its tcan-labia. aUtiaticd " at my fingers' ends. j

Among other Uiings, I learned that 1 "stated preaching" had hitherto brrn among the wants of the community, but that a "supply" had hern at length obtained, and tlx' new minister wa. expected In enter on his dullrs on the " " And a ralrrshin' tensnn he'll hev i ofll," mldl-np. f " Whyss?" I aakoL I "Oh! BiH firinkry an' l'otlH'rclia|M * ji '» gMn' to break him in termorrer; an' ef you want to ree fan, I'd edwbw you 11 to go thar." a And I did go— not "to we fan," as * I'sp Kilderkin roggestcd. but I trust, " from better mallvit. Pip went too- . " by what prompted, I prefer not Jndg- ? log. Wlien we nacteti Uu< church, the minlAter hod notyi t inntlr hit appearance, though agortlly number nf bearers I 'ad already amruihM. A few minute* later. yeslrnbiy'sdetrgaUoa to the Biusraia coek-ftghl, Iwwdsdbythe vanquished bully, with both hit eye. la fail mourn lug, tsunlend In, and walkol noisily down the aisle. "That's Bin Oriukey," whispered I'ap, "an' them's I'oUwr chaps." •Make way fiw the inoarners!" sang oni Bill, crowding, with his companions, into a frool seat, where a bolster out couvt-natbm waa atrack up, min- 1 , gird with an Incemanl crackling of pea- j "I kin tell you thar pnyvsaay," Pap 1 continued; "a puck "' shootin'-crackrra ' 'II he tetcbre! off doorin' the fast hymn 1 , an" a pairs' game chkkeus, as a couple- ' s' them chap's got in there pnckcla. ' HI he sot fightin' aa soon a* the tax'. ' - gin out, arter which geuTii Ned HI be 1 la order, u A sudibai Alienor IcU upon the conJ jwanuts erased to crackle. 1 Looking up, I aw Un now minister in Polplti ami goMw my surprise at " ■ recognigiug him as the young man tliut kail (track out HI deftly from his 1 .boulder the d.y htfare! t • With a dear manly voter, he gave ' out a hymn, which was rang through without interraptiofi. A prayer wa. • c offered np amid profound and decoroo. ( • aHraor. Another hymn foUowwl, auJ ' " thT!,TB,am"1' ^ P™"1- ' e»l, and without a word of cant In It. • From the beginaing to the»eud of the cxarowA, not an unwetaly sound waa 1 heard rare, a single Incipient crow, p promptly choked oO, from one of the " InTiaibte ebiekeoa. 1, "I aay. Bill," I overheard from ooe « of "t'other chaps," a. they made their . OCX, "that »«««> » trump; be 1 ' preadra, » downright good lick, an' t ; Ntl'te fate, without i^ri,' or gougta'."

la ENGAGED ! ^ " Ounhjuad it!" ^ but wu nooe the iraa bmrty for h,^ suppraared; and readers will own that . it waa only natural aad exeuablc under the circunutaocea. ,r Kapert Holme, wa. a hardworking barrister, and sraa looked npon aa a riling man; that is, although lie waaonly two-and-thirty, he was making an In- * more at marly fire hundred a year.— r He had besides some lluie 'fortune of hi. own, and wa. therefore far better * off than the great majority of men of . . hi. age In the profaMioa. It was the lint day of vacation; and a. he threw aside hit legal books, and started for hia holiday, he felt far the flrM Ume hia hard work had told on him, and bow glad he was e tluu he was going away far a while from hia clan chamber, and the weary a I work of splitting legal halts. ! Generally an early riser, be bad breakfasted late— hi late, that he wa. _ 'wbilged to hurry through his packing ^ in order to catch hi* train for Chlches- % ter, where he sraa going to spend a fortnight with hi. I r tend Jack Wilmot, br- , fore starting for a long ramble u|«o ■ the continent He bad, however, j reached the terminus with five minute. to .pore; had found an empty carriage, ; had tipped the guard lo retain it for ' him— it sraa before the happy era "f I smoking-carriages, aod waa lookimg . forward to the placid eqjovmcnl ot hi. after -brrnk&st cigar. | The bell rang, the train waa upon ^ the very point of starting, and hi. cigar case waa in hia hand, when there waa I a laiatle 00 the platform, and a porter np to the carriage with two Indies, looted in, and unlocked the "Now, ladies, look .harp, ]4raar; the train', starting.'' The ladles entered, the door .lammed . to, and the train moved out of tlx stall moat be allowed that ft waa ex- I curable, under the circumstance*, for I Iluprrt Hohnes to- relieve hia feeling. ' by this mental exclamation of "Con- ' found it!" 1 The ladles were evidently lumber I and daughter. There wa. a strong ! naemblanee between them, although I the expiration wat different Tlx 1 mother was fair, placid, and quiet- 1 looking, rather flurried at prracal by 1 the turtle consequent upon bring late I The daughter sraa a brunt Ite. wllh a 1 I demure look, through which the fun 1 I ripplrd out at every movement ..f tlx I lipt and eyre; and it wa. at oocc cvi- 1 dent, hy little anxion. gbuHv the .hot ' at Itupcrt Hoi mm aa he pat hlarignr- 1 back Into hia pocket, that .be un- ! tb-rs tarsi hia feeling quite at well aa if I be had ipoken that rileot "Omfound 1 II !" aloutl. , i Hupert caught Ihc look, and could 1 ' scarcely help .mliing in retarn. He j I tlien examined hit "Uradthiw, •' ran 1 i 111. finger down the list, and having a [ rvwdvtd u;«m changing carriage, at i Itclgate, determined to make hlinrelf ■ licigue, tieterminra to make hlmreir

»■ Bttteh a. he could till he arrived I Jarre. Hr wa. in high spirit., which t 'Ten the little contretemps which bad n.t happened conld not dampen for 1 t irnrc than a minute or tsro; and he ] . iloilly availed himmlfuf the opening, y ■ hkh ths rider lady requesting him tu r , )-nd larr his -'Bradriiaw'' made, teen- . irr into conn rsaUoo. Thi. wa. at „ I ret rapjnrtnl almost entirely by Oq, ] Hotber and hlmsrif] bat llUle by litUo . th" daughter joined in, and 1-efi.re tlai hod left Lcadon bridge a quarter g ofnn boor, Bdpertliolmra h*l changed d hi. rent for ooe opposite Ibe ladies, y ind was chatting away at familiarly u ir lie I >td known hit fcllon-pa«ren- f, rr» for yean. I'rrarutly the elder lady took oat turn her traveling- hug .onie knitting, d it which .be hegao placidly to work; V nd as the pattern npon which she sra. t ngagod wa. a somewhat compliratr.1 , ne, requiring much attention and t nunting of stitches, the gradually fell u« nf the conversation, which, how- I ver, wss carried 00 none thelem vlg- t utisly by the others. ), sn to go much Into soctaty. "ills kvnlng relaxation conaiMad' In a vi.it B a quiet literary club lo which e belonged, ami a talk over the la.t f) book, the latert art gnmip, or the » Igwiing political quertimi. To him. c t refnir, thi. conversation with a live- r elrvrr. -and undeniably pretty d la Alackeurd for Itrigate, he had d longer the rilghtat Idea «f clung- li ii carriages. A. it stepped, bow- r r. theJjotmg lady mid, with a sup- t tared look of arch amtaement- ii " ere yon kavetea, I hrilevr»" e I? no indeed!" ha mid, hartiiy; "I 1 a going 1x1 to Chichester. What 1 nide you think so*" s V -hi eertainly intended te changr c eu tannot but otra thst." I ite pert Holmes colored. t ' I do not, unless you are a conjur- t how yon court gores a half-formed « It mtfoo." f 1 did wa guss* at all; 1 won sure r "it. IVbi-n Wwgmim. y«i wvrt just J c' -'"'to, Md fm uwraM in a c oT^^V^ii^.ilq. on-'"tr-i • "'JfHmiiii 111 ' srrt you put rook >■» III ia your l-orkct In a pet; and ysm MmM your < " Bnutehaw," aud fnm fera-w down . «be first Sbiigiterpte-e. awl Brer : -aid it aside with a .letiTSsiniil ..ir, is much at to my. ''Well. I must jkH ' ip with it foe three-quarter, of an hour ; I tad thea out I go.' Ths wheis thing " •% pitin at If you bad said It cut 1

given up all Idea at changing my car- i riage." ' " I am sure, mamma, wa must fesl 1 *• touched at the compliment of liclng < "8 prefer red lo a cigar that is Indeed a 1 '*1 j concession for a gentleman to make." I ln-| "Yon am really too aottm npon me," * Bupert laughed. "Ijrtfea' society ii e "R preferable to a dgar; but one dees not * i grncraUy get ladies' society in a rail- il way carriage. One gets the ladies, * d>- but not their society. It is because y - ladles dixit give us their society, bo- fa cause it is rare that ooe can exchange b " a word with them. tUU more rarely g engage in conversation, that we take n to oar dgnrt. I would hr rather talk a u> than ameke; but I won Id rather enjoy w '• a cigar than the silent contemplation a •u of bulks' attire." Ii ■d "I think your defence U a fair ooe," SS the elder lady mid. "For my own tl le part I cannot s« why, in a first-chit. W 7 carriage, one should Dot enter Into coo- .1 vermtloo with a gentleman— 1 mean w >d of course when a lady haa reached my si w Ume of life. Naturally much depends yt >g upon the appearance and manner or p< *- the gentleman; but supposing no ob- bi t- jeeUon to arise upon this score, I can- ar r- notasra why we should not speak. - U n I'pon botud ship, far example, daring ge a long voyage, every one becomes nc ■" friendly and inUmate without the ne- ca r, ces^jiy of introduction. When I wr.i wi c y uung I made a long voyage lo India, m 'f and. tonic of the friendshiii. 1 formed g ou my way oat and homo were among ne s the most valued anil lasUng I ever yo made. We shall lie companions for go n tlie tvb.lc length of onr journey, for src

r wc too sre going to Chichester. ' ' s Rupert Holmes, after expressing his r satisfaction at hearing that they were s to travel so far together, volunteered c Uie inforniaUon that he was going to stay with his friends the Wilraote.- ; As he mentioned Uie name, he fancied j that be detected a slight glance of sal - I isfketion upon the part of the young • lady, and found from her mother that tho Wllmota were intimate friends of ] - own. Thi. served as a sort of In- 1 r traduction; and the real of the journey i I «i*nt in'a llrely conversation, in 1 • which the theatre, exhibitions, books, society, and manuert, all served a. I • subject* for much skirmishing between : ; and bi* young companion, 1 1 the elder lady taking bat little part, i ; and occaatenally dropping off into I • short dose. Never did a journey I seem so short to Rnprrt Holmes; and I was really sorry when Uie train • 1 siackrnod the speed for the Chirhreter I' Halloo. However, lie y» i-wOA-d-d c 1 by the hope that he should soon mo t 1 • hi. pretty felhiw-pasrrngrr; far Jack t ; hail spokon of sundry croquet- " ■ mvlings as coming off, ami of these t hi- frit sum be should inert her. As e r Die train drew up, be naked if lie could c of any service; but the chlcr lady t said that her servant unuld Ir there to • meet her. Jack Wlltuol was u|am the r platform; nod afar shaking hands with 1 helped to assist Uie ladies out d shaking hands with them, ami address- 1 them as Mrs. and Miss Turner, t adding to Rupert's great plraaure, aa 1 adding

said good-bye. "We shall see yon I hope, Mrs. Turner?" The reply was affirmative. Mrs. nodded in a friendly way to Rnperi. "We siiall mart to-nuicruw, ere; gaud-byr." Miss Turner made a very demure UtUc' bond In answer to Rupert's bow; and In anoUicr minute be was burned off with Ids to WUmot's dog-cart, which was waiting outside Uie station. "Sn, Master Itopert, you hare fa-en getting up a flirtation on yronr way down, ch? She is a very pretty girl as ' can see far y ourself, and a clever 1 too; *0 mind what yon are after, 1 I faocy she is a Mt of a flirt." I ' Who are they, Jack?" "The old lady it the widow of an In- ; I .taker who died long ago, and her very well off. She en mo ftnm ' this part of the country, I believe; so 1 she returned, and bought a small place 1 about a mile out ol town." i Rupert did not pnnue the subject. 1 was quite enough for him to know . that he war to meet Amy Turner— he 1 bad heard the mother ore the Christian At lunch, on Jack's mentioning thai , Rupert had come down with the Torn- : be found that Amy was the bosom 1 of Miss Wilmot, and that she 1 the dearest girl in the world; a 1 oooclusiou Willi which Rupert waa ! rather Inclined to agree. The next day there was a large croqort-porty at the Kioto, and Tr. Tomer wai Intro- 1 in due form to Mrs. Holme* and daughter. The farmer fatly was cordial in bra reception; tho latter, Rupert's amusement, was exceeddemure and distant, and apprar- . ed disposed altogether to ignore their acquaintance of the preceding day.— , was no opportunity for coo ver- . nation at the moment, as Miss Wilmot came up aod hurried Miss Turner and • off lo a game which was upon the print of eomtacneiog, and where two players were required. Here they chosen upon opposite sldrs; principally. Rupert thought, byalltlic maitcruvring upras the port of the lady. The game once fairly commenced, he was cnablod to speak "So our joorney of yraterdsy is to be ignored, Mias Turner?" "How ignored, Mr. Holmes?" "I don't know; I m ikriruns of doing what is right and proper, and I am cndravnriag to take my cue from your/ ' did yau expact are do?- to rush ! express my delight .1*. martin-.- yon j - ass* utter a. ranger.

ly; "ooe wooid think that it waa an unwilling wilaoas you were croas-rx-omtaing, Mr. Holmes. A good deal of diffcrenre— ail the difference . lu ths world. Before, you were a slrangra, might never see yoo again. Mamma there to do propriciks; and of I waa able to l.vngti aad talk with you aa 1 obusi. IVm-t you know is a wall-known fact, that puoute aldo get much more intimate -well, yes, flirt more. If you like — away from borne than tbey do in their own neighWhen people arc never going to meet again, ufouurx they n.vd not be quite so stiff and particular as at other times. I have been angrr with myself rvsr since far having talk- i ed so much. Yea, yoo may smile, Mr. notmea, but I really bare. " The girl wot so evidently In earnest, Rupert forbore to point ont the weak part afher defence- the fuel that had found out at Itrigate that he . going to stay with the WilmoUand only said quiolly, "I sec what 1 moan. Miss Turner. Yes, I sup- I there is some sort of difference; < I do not see why you should he I angry with yourself. We certainly : talked a good deal— that is, I talked a I good deal; but our conversation could 1 not, even by the most ill-natured, be > colled a flirtation; nfid your mamma by your side. To mo it was Uie I most pleasant Journey I ever made. " • s "Yea, It was a very plauani journey," she said frankly ; "and wc knew, l see, who you were; that, yon were ' j going to stay here, whidrtemxi as a sort of introduction. •' a

Rupert could not resist aslight smile .1 > at this faul attempt at self-justification, s which entirely contradicted tlw fanner I 1 pica set up; and Miss Turner, at once h I nailing his thoughts, rolorrd slightly, - and said. "Here, Mr. Ilolnics, it's your b I turn agwiiuihcy are looking quite crou J at us for not attendirg. Wc really ; must)iay attention to tho game." Ii 1 From this period the girl gave Ilu- o r pert no ojiportunltles of renewing the b • conversation, but entered ras amort fr ■ into the game; eroquetttng him, he n 1 thought, with extra spite over and over h - again, aud finally winning, the game ol 1 for her side most triumphantly. After h 1 ibis slic said she would not play any w , more at present and Rupert, also givnp liis mallet, volunteered tossaisl M I in finding Mrs Turner; a pursuit, 01 however, which was not carried on ,l - for in u few minutes they took a " seal soil looked on at the other players. Tlml evening Rupert came to the "! o inclusion thai Amy Turner waa the nicest girl ho had ever met, tuu! that c* this time he was seriously in for il — croquet-party wss acknowledged tr to be a great success; anil as in the " country people generally contrive to their year's amusements In the very smallest space, a constant ™ succession of croquet and archery rr meeting, and plc-nica followed, and J* Rupert met Amy Turner nearly every 1° day. But the end of a fortnight he 81 thoroughly convinced of tho justiro of the conclusion he Ii.nl formed, w and was resolved that he would take 1

1 the earliest possible opportunity to bring matters to a crisis. He thought, . he felt almost sure, that she cared for 1 him; she waa more quiet and shv now , than she had been at flril, and her r color went and came when ho talked I lo her. Yet, he felt sure that she r loved him. 1 At Use cD-l of the fortnight n Urge 1 hall was to be given In the neighborhood and he hoped that hr then should 1 find an opportunity. The room wss - almost fall that evening before tho 1 Turners arrived, and Rupert had Just • stood up for a quadrille, and was un- , able to go near Amy for tome little time, fie observed that a quiet, plainlooking man at three or four and forty at once went up to her, took her I from Tr*. Turner's arm, and stood up with her tn the quadrille. While the I dance went 00 they talked together • earnestly and confidentially, and when was over continued walking round tberoom. As soon aa Rupert could get free he went op to her, and found ' that her card waa already full for the 1 next five or six dances. He pat down Ms name and retired after s few words, and Amy continued promenading with > partner. Rupert took up his place 1 al a doorway, round which several 1 men were standing talking. It seemed 1 that they too were watching A my ami 1 her partner, for ltopcrt heard her name . mentioned. "It is quite true, " ooe said; "though it is hard to believe. The idea of pretty I Miss 'kirncr marrying (lalsfbnl seems 1 too absurd; but there's no doubt of it, , I heard him mention it hlmsrif." "There is nothing very wonderful • about It," another said. "The usual r rule— beauty against gold. She Is an ■ arrant flirt. Bnt it is qnllo true.— - Gaisfbrdfa sister, Mm. Standish, told t roc. It seems It was arranged at I Cheltenham three moo tin ago. The 1 Tnrnen were stopping with an uncle 1 or something there, and Gaiaford hapr i<rned to bo there too, and of course ; tin-y came together, and the matter 3 was soon settled. Il was not to bo. 1 mrntinoed to a soul, because Gaiaford r liad only been a widower nine mootLx I .So be stayed away till the year waa np. There is no secret about It now, ? and they are to be married next month.'' Rupert Holmes stood very quiet and ; still as be heard this news. He could v not doubt it, and ycl he could scarcely II Ullcvc It It wss some time before he reentered, and he fall that be wss 1! so pale that R eould not bat be noticed, h A waits bad fa-gnu now; Amy was d l.iUI talking tu tew fart partner. He u 1 moved quietly round and took np his ! ixMtttao behind them, sod pirtH fly brard Mr. Gaiaford call te-r by her - t hriaUoB nanw. Tte-u Rupert , : Unburn turned and went out through tlw French window behind him Into i, tte- garden. He knew now, if he had w i erer doubted before, how pax.loo.tely mTSSS ST"

n , to go indoor*. Of one thing h* was :- determined. Amy Tamer should outd wardly has* on triumph over hi re — a He would let her think that he had -, is-en flirting with her as bsattfeasly as a "lie had with him, aod that It Vf l f drawngame at beat With this leaolut lion he went Into the tapper-room, but' v could not bring himself to approach I- where the wa« sitting, for Uaitfonl I, was standlng-tiefilod her choir. It was a not until the dancing recommenced - that be hhd an opportunity of apr preaching her. She was far a moment 1 alone; aird It&pcrt noticed that aa she 1 saw that he was romfng up to speak to r her, a shade of coMnres came oeresii •'I must apologise lor missing my dancr, Mias Turner; hut I conld n»t "It it of no consequence, Mr. 1 j Holmes," the sabL "I danced with 1 Mr. Galtford." "Then I am reifered of a burden of self-reproach," he said lightly. "By • the way. Miss Turner, is there any ; commission I can execute for you upon the continent? 1 start to-morrow, aud anything, from a Venltean chain a Swiss alpenstock, that you may 1 require, I shall be happy to charge I myself with." - . - — 1 Rupert saw that the color left licr 1 and her lips quivered a little; but 1 she said steadily: ( "Thank you, Mr. Iloiroct; I do not think that I will trouble yau. 1 wish ( you a pleasant Journey." ( And then she rose, took the arm of t gentleman who claimed her for the "Where have you been, Rupert? 1 I have missed you ail the evening," I friend' Wilmot asked, coming up. ] "I have a badish headache, nud 1 boon strolling in tho grounds, ! f When the carriage came, Rupert c took liia place on tho box under pica | of the headache; and on reaching the a went straight up to bed. He that lie could not stand tho com- a miwration of his friend, who, be knew> <1 had guessed pretty accurately the state 1 of his feelings. Upon getting up to t room lie packed his things, and : |. -My Dkau Jack— I am sorry to ! II say I must go up to town to-iuorrow t! 011 particular business. You understand me. of course. Make things } square with yonr mother and sister." " And in the morning, before the fitm- ^ were down, he was in the train on his , way to Xewhavcn, whence ho a crossed that craning to nayre. D For three months Rupert Holmes traveled u|*>n tile continent. Tho . vacation was nrar, and lie ought to have been back at his chambers; bnt X lie had no heart foe iL In fact, ho very hard hit indeed, nod had resolved to throw over the Bar Ion J year at any rate, if not forever, and go India for the winter. He was In . now, and wan traveling " by train from Znrich to Lucerne, whence he meant to cross over the 6t. ?" Goths rd, and go via Trieste to Alex- , 0 trothaw, ami no Trieste Alex-

, He was alone in a railway carriage, r when at one of the stations the door r ojicned, and two ladies and a gentler ™an entered. It waa not until they j were seated, and the train in motion s again, that he looked up from hlabook; and he eould scarcely restrain a sharp „ exclamation when be saw that his . rii-a-rii was Amy Turner -at least 1 Amy Turner no longer, few oexl to bcr , was seated Mr. Gaiiforsl. The recogu nitron was mutual. A bright flush t flew over her cheek, nod, fading away, . left her very pole. Then she quietly , held ont her hand and said; "This is indeed an unexpected meet- • Ing, Mr. Uelmos; hot we beard from r the Wilmot* that you were abroad,— ? Mr. Gaiaford, Mr. Holmes.— Carry, s yon have heard mamma spatk of Mr. r Holmes.— My sister." , Rupert bowed; he had recovered | himself now, and addressed himself to I Miss Turner. I "I sraa not fortunate enough to mAt B you when I was dawn at Chichester; , but I so frequently heard your name , mootioood hy Mre. Turtles, that I feel 1 quite Uke an old acquaintance. Mr. b Gaiaford I met at the ball at Mr. 1 Kingaford'a but had Dot the pleasure 1 of sn introduction." I Miss Turner told a few words; and , then Mr. Gaisford, with the usual heartiness of and Englishman meeting 1 any one with whom he haa the small - f est acquaintance abroad, entered into ■ a warm conversation with him. His , wife took no port in It, bnt aat looking out of the window; and Rupert fanned 1 that the was thinner and paler than I when be taw her last, s "No wonder," he said to hlmaelf, - '-tied to such a commonplace brute at 1 this! I am giad of it; it serves her t right" e Miss Turner was of an entirely dife ferent style from her sitter; prettier a - good deal, aa far aa prettineaa went; e indeed, the was almral bcoatlfal, but r her flsoe entirely lacked the Intellectual 0. expression which was characteristic of d Mrs. Gaisford. Rupert wondered at L two sitters bring so little alike Ifc a remembered having heard Amy aprak r, of her slater, who was away on her 1 visit; but he had not beard much of her from the Wllmota, and fancied d that site was not a favorite with them, d After a time, Mr. Gairturd asked y him which bote) he was going to, aud, « on hearing his answer said: a "Very wrii; we may as well go lb. rc 1. too. We were thinking of ths BogLt Usherof; hot it is aft the some thing; e and, as yon are so old traveler, no is doubt you know which is hrsL" y Rupert wa* extremely vexed, but IT had no cxesme to give for making any n change. Mrs. Gataford mads * move h men t. at If to torn to bar husband 10 zi make aa atactica; but she did net do d so, and remained looking out of tire ly window . She certainly, Rupert xi thought, h».l grown harder sod colder m b* was*, flirt I. am*, aad hstperi rr tbrbsdle. With tttefr shawls; a. he did * be erarid not help saying to Mre

is Gaisford— "We are to meet, it seems, t- In railway carriages; this has been - nthora diflfenat rMs from our last, d Mrs. Gaiaford." a She hod grown paler again as he E spake, with a cold haughty look upon I- bcr face; but as ha finished the gave a it start, and then the color came 111 a h ruth on her checks. In another moil mrnl her husband joined her, and they s |M>rtcd not to meet again till Ihc tablr 1 d'kott dinner at the hotel, ltnpcrt - Holmes had thought at first of leaving t at once; but then he told himself that 0 the would look upon il as another 0 triumph, and he resolved tn remain, 1 id it cost what it would. lie purposely delayed going in to dinner until he I taw thst every one would be seated In t hopes that there would be no vacant sent near the Gnisforda. Inthis.how- . ever, he waa disappointed, as a waiter 1 at onoc came up to hira as he entered, and told 1dm thai a scat had been kept f for hYu next to the gentleman who 1 arrived by the mine train. There wat no help for blm, and lie fell as lie ant 1 down that perhaps after all, it wat the U-st place for him; for Mias Turner 1 was sitting next beyond Mrs. - so that he could neither see Amy's ' face uor was he houud tn uxrlialigo any . remark with her. He boil plenty of topics of conversation with Mr. Gaisford, who wa* starting with his wife, "IVhen do you return?" Mr. Gaisford had asked; and Rupert glancing down, saw that Mr*. Gaisford paused ' listen to bi. answer. "I am going to spend Uie winter abroad," lie said; "I am thinking of doing India; indeed I have a sort of half intention of joining the Indian and rattling there fur good. " Ho looked down again, mid snw upon Mrs. Gaisford's face a shadowy sinil--, gone almost before formed, and followed by a thoughtful look. ".Shu nlitoexults over it," he said to liiui- • Alter dinner Mr. Gaisford prepard 1 a stroll bv the lake, and after a short ' delay, while the ladies went up fur 1 their things, tho party waul out together. For a while they strolled ' | together, looking across the lake, U|Hin 1 | which the moon was shining brightly, ' up the dark rounded from -f '■ tiro Rigid and the snow-crmrued ! peaks beyond Altorf. Then they 1 broke Into poire. Mre. Raisfiml lin- 1 gcred behind a little, and, as at lha 1 time she was speaking to Rupert lie ' conld not but stay with her. Ilsi did ■ ust know whether he was glad or sorry. lie loved her still passionately, though she was false and cruel, and ' had spoilt his life; he loved her as much as ever, aud should do tn, he 1 felt, as long as he lived. Mr. Gaisfonl and Miss Turner stopped and burned ' upon the railings on the low waU.-- 1 Without Joining them. Mre. Gnitfonl did the same. Rupert eoaid era bcr 1 now, for the moon shone cienr ' upon iL She was very thoughtful. | earnest, troubled. "How her face 1 belles her!" lie thought. "What can J she be going to say?" lie would not '

speak first, and there waa silence for a ' minute or two, till she began. j ' I "Yon do not look well, Mr. Holmes ; 1 have you been ill?" "A doctor would say no," he said | 1 1 bitterly ; "ami as he only rxmninra the | 1 ' body, he would be right. No, I hare j ' H qo illness." "And you nstily tldnk of living in j 11 r ,ndU'" * _ . "Yes," he said shortly. 1 L There was a [muse again, and then I ' she began this time In lower toues even ! ' than before. "I am going to ask you a Strang, j question, Mr. Holmes. Did you flrel j ' bear of my— my engagement to Mr. *j Gaisford that night at the bail?" '' "Yes, Mre. Gaisford, I did," Rn|wrt said coldly. There was another long pause j "And if you had not heard it, you 0 would Dot have gone away *0 suddenly * —that la, it was the knowledge nf it * t that made you part from uie as you ^ ] "Yea, Mre Gaisford, it was so. if " j il Is any satisfaction to you tn knuw ! . how thoroughly you tucetrded, haw ( entirely and wholly you gained my j j lore, lu order to throw It away, know It now from my own lips. I tared you j with my whole heart. I went to that ° , ball with the Intention of asking you to be my wife. I baud ths news; but ( , even though the evidence serine.! j B unquestionable. It waa not till I heard § him call you Amy that I believed. 1 '' bad a thorp struggle With myself, Mre. ' J Gaisford, and 1 tried hard to cheat yoa a out of the triumph you had so thar- j oughly gained. I hoped thai you j , r might think I wat ss heartless a flirt 1 ^ as yourself Did I mcceed?" ' There was a slight gesture of nsscuL ; { "Then I acted well," he went on j ) . bittariy. '"But I give you tbc triumph ! 1 now; it was a little ilelayed, but qot | < J. the lets coniplrtu. , 1 lovcsl you with ' all my heart and soul; you have wreckj ed ray happiness and spoill my life. | You have crushed nut all m.Hivv for ' 1, exertion. You have destroyed my ; faith in woman. I will not spare myk self even In one syllable, Mre. Gaisa ford; you sinil have your due. I was 1 so mad, that even when you bail douo ■ , all this to me, when yon had *0 wrockj ed my life, 1 could not hate you. I j tare you now as wildly awl at (fassimi- . stely as ever; I shall love you till I ' die. Are you satisfied now?" j m "Tos," six- sold softly; swl ihs-ss . , without another word, sb- turned ; 1 ■' away from the lake, on which she had ' looked while he had been speaking ™ joined the ethers u In a minute the spoke gently to her 1 sister, and then taktug her husband's 1 ^ arm, she told— "Let a* go in now, it j a *s gstting damp.' . Rupert Holmes fofrowed with Miss . Turner. He did not apeak, he eould ; I „ uot have spoken for worlds, lie knew N that Ids companion once or twice qroke . , to him, but he did uot catch UseroaOn--* , . log of her ward*. T'rrart* fy he start-.; . . ed, for Bnhrrt (MUM buret Int., a , loud toarty Isosb. What could be j

0, j > laughing aL? Ilia wife could new m ' be telling the story to hhh? So on Iw It, ! walked with a dull pain to tho door 'of the hotel. Then there waa itprtisc!' to | ."Are you earning in yet?" Mr. in j Gaisford asked. a No, he should take another turu or a two. 0- "Thin wc must say good-bye, Mr. ■j Holmes," Miss Turner said, "as your It boats starts, you said, at acvcuo'ctark. rt Good-bye. 1 hope you will Uiiuk bctig tra about India." it Mrs. Gaiaford did not tixnk; she tr gave him her hand, aud to they stood j, for a moment face to face. A wild a- raging desire to take her in his nrma ir and kiss her, even with her liusbond n standing by, seised liim; ami «lrc must it have seen it, for dro]ipiiig hi» lusud hastily, tho turnod ami ran up the •r steps into the hotel, followed by her 1, sister. ,t liujicrt Holmes stood motionless „ looking after her, and wa* only roused, a by a touch ou the shoulder, to the ,t remembrance that Mr. Gaisfonl was c still beside him. ^ r "Shall wc smoke a cigar together?" j "No, no," Rupert said, putting his y hand up to his forehead. 'Tlcaic >f leave roc alone; 1 am ill, I want to be ,. alone. Good-bye." t "In a moment," Mr. Gaisford said; "but I particularly want to s|*nk to . you. Iu fact I promised that I , would. Let us sit down for a minute 1 or two on the wall." • Mechanically llu|»rt followed him r across tlso rood, and watched lilm f while he lit a cigar, wondering with a f vague wonder what new blow was to 1 bo dealt him now. , "I find," Mr. Gaisford went 011 bo- , tworn the puffs of Ids cigar, "that a mistake ha* somehow arisen— a must . mistake. Of course, as yoa ore start- . iug for India to-morrow, and may be away a iongisli time, it doesn't, as far I 1 know, matter much; but I prom- , isul to tell you, aud to of course I do. . Confound this cigar, it won't burn! 1 What beastly trash these Swiss cigars I to bo sure! and they have tin: im_ . pndcncc to call them llnvanas! Yes I am Just going to tell you. Well, r you see, you have got hold of what you barristers would call a case of mistaken identity. You see, you thought I married Miss Turner. So I , did. But I didn't marry, and never ] thought of marrying, the Sllss Turner you thought I did. I marries! Garry ! -Ann Is Mias Turner still." Rupert stand at hira. as nut unsli-r- | standing what lie heard. "Amy Miss Turner still!" he re- J "Yes, of course; don't you under- ! stand? I married Miss Turner; Amy ( Rupert understood now. For a 1 moment or two the news seemed to ' stnn him. There was a great lentisg . I at Id* lienrt and a strange dizxy naiso | in liis brain. Thcu he sprang to Ids ] feet, Willi hi* face, strangely flu*hcd( , ' turiwd up toward tlsc sky, and said— said—

j "Amy free? Thank God, thank God!'- ' ! Tlien cuno tlso thought of what ho ' j imd d<a»'. of w hat be had said, of what : lie hail told her lie thought of her, of ' ' the tauuis he liad flung at luir, and . then la- sat down and covered hi* face ( I with hit hands, aud gave a groan of , I unutterable pain. Mr. Gaisfonl looked . I on too astonished to speak. Then . ! slowly au inkling of tbc truth dawned | upon him; he remembered now having j heard some rumor of some one— yea, ' j lilt name wns Holmes, now he thouglit j of It— who was suppputed to havo | treated Aluy l-adh . aud lids was how ii came about. I'nscnUr Rupert look- ( rd up;.h( was quiet now, but pate as death. "Will you do me a favor?" he asked > "Certainly," Mr. Gaislord said; •'willingly." "Will you go to Miss Turner and aay that you havo told me? Will you these words?— That I know bow mad I have been; that no thoughts she can have of me are ouc tithe so bitter ' and contemptuous as those I have of myself; that I do uot plead for forgive- ' qc»f, for I know that Itttrnot rtracrve ' it, I know llavt I havo forfeited al) of IL Still, If— If in pity for what ( I have snflcreil. If in pity for my great sin, if In pity for tbc life that will lie ' wretched without her, she can yctflnd | It in her Ixairt to forgive me, will alic | out Into tbc balcony of the hotel; 1 ; it is empty now, and the lights in the ; drawing-room are turned low. If she - • decs uot come. 1 shall know thai, ' though site will pity, she cannot forgive—that tbc offence has been too great. In that case please give her 1 farewell, and say that I shall ucrer in thought blame her that the cauuot forgive uie, and that I shall always prayTov hcr happiness. Tell her that my life wilTnoi be so hard to bear as 1 I had thought; that I shall be happier ! that I havo loot her through ray own fbult lhan through any fault of hers. Win you say nil that to bcr, please?" Mr.' Gaisford- said "Y*»" • verr gruffly and crutocsl toward the hotel. ■ Muwly, very atawly, Rupert Holmes . followed hliu, went up stairs, through the half-lighted drawing-room, and ' out Into the Isilcony. There he stood • looking out again un the lake, and thinking over what ho bad said as ho . but looked at iL Minute after minute passed; at bust he •old— 'God help me, ' it is too much to expect; I have lost 1 her forever! ' and *o be turned to go. . Thso ii* paused, will; a sound what was luslf-sob, Iwlfaaj, for at the winduw Ix-biml him stood a slight figure, timid and yvt taringr- »«;»rnuwere ' stretched .ml, and, wlU. > II Ufa cry sf •tl Rupert!" iba fall into the arm* I ibatsrera to hold bcr evermore. 1 There was ..ne pa*rangrr lcra by the - early boot Ira Althorp, one more by train fat Farts, and tite lndfan Bar s proralslug reran' L Ten days , afterwards Rupert lloiroc. apixarw 111 court as usual, to tin surprise and I who bad mrt him abroad, that sraneI thing ra other had goo* wrong with .'him and that he w*. going telmbs. 1 A giransoflmpc came acrort them a 'i nsuntii fatar, when he was attain - : .brant from Ids place; but this wa* "irtagoa."

" "JONATHAN'S FIRST*- ATTEMPT " "J " Jriusba Griggs write* poetry." Now this asacrttau wouUI not have a timolol (he attention of ordinary morula, Ixjt wiieo it first struck Jurfs than <ireweigh"» ear*, he was awe r struck. Il must flret he known that ^ Jerusha was Jonathan's Bret love. H# wooM he witling to a!l->w hra to -«- u- " py a high pUro in tile cstlmsri-ei of people, but he must be placed ahdig* tide of iicr. 80 when V heard 'lie d abore, I say he was awe struck. What If lie could not write poetry, sod she shoahl thus surpass blm the Me* w»t . * too momentous to harhor, and » gllding Into the nearest stationery store- . I be bought a quire of pajrr, nod ru«tsed 41 frantically home. " To shut himscUup In hi* mora wss but ttu- work of a in-Ki>enL He umal m wis- tlx- golden opportunity and - n- : , deavor to impart hi* hurrird thought*' t"i«p-r. HUmlndwasalrnidytllling wltli ideas of tier f-vllngs when else v would era "hit" poetry. II he could ,, but get the flret raise started lie would be all right. It was to he n love j-mg dedicated lo oram- unknown. ^ After an liour's writing the n»n'.l« c were sur.imnl up ip n ha^qutre <«' ' per bring Scribbled "over/lino only three j .. lines finished. The f-mrtb line sra* to ' be the cmwnlug one. and must rhyme with lor,-, but nL-ull wnsnotrortiicom- ' e lnRTo have spent another lidur in such o misery would no doolftltasT sent J-.- ostium frath a eonflrmid lots* He, so m it Ing his liat he sallied forth, srtlnvttsing 0 was on hit mind. Might lie ma ,- q.y a piece out of an old papep nud m.-h his nans.- to it. He rumagivi thrms-.-b < his fatlnw'* old paper* nnlfxml-li! si , ten yenre Kirk, In It won lis- vers Mud t of plnw h<- wanted. It wo* origbin and liad son*- Inlltals tolLloti lint j did not trouble bins, for he th-nighl ibe t writer would not la- able to l-Nillly il . after so long a time. »o relying It - if : 1 Itials, 1st sent it to the village |n;-t , the "Wes-My Simis-am • wills his own • was worthy lie would like to tee 1t - in ' your valuable |sipcr." | Haw long the time seemed before . the pa|wr would la- Issued but at !:is| ( It appnuvsl, and at tho top nf the col- , umn stood "bis" pierei of |soetry. tin , had amimplishcd souscUiIng which ; would hand hi. name down, for who ever saw a country village where Initials wen- vnlfii-hmt to hide a man's The vitiago gsxssi|w would hooii find it out. as lin wanted Uiem tosta, and would mud II forth, and thus it would reach Jcrsubn's wire. He mu-t wait til! Il gut well talked about before ho venture d near "her" house, and tlien she would he apt to broach tinsubject. Two .lay's time limited 1,1. | patience, and tin- next night Jots.il ban wended hit way towareis Jcru-hi s house. When lie got there, lieconcliidist to take a survey, and peeping through the blinds, he hehckl hcrgsxiog at tho "Sunbram," and her eye* were rivibsl in -Ktall timm ,.f — • rt. _ — — -ss qw were nviusl

on poetry. He a geniysrilfia confident of his atireyn. Tfiarchcd boldly np and knocked at tin- . door, .Irrushalet him iff and then oinse and sal down Just opjnaite him and talking niwut the weather. All , this time Jonathan's mind was on "his" poetry, and not swing the paper concluded she must know wh* wrote and was keeping It back ont or pity for hit feelings. 80 mustering up cuiir- , when there aeotnod to be a look «r convereatiao, be remarked:— " Heaps of talk about something in lire "Sunbeam" this week, seen ItycL" "Yes," Mid Jrruahu, coloring slightly, "(kthef had one tomewhrra about here." "Gueas it waa that poetry worn t ' lt?^ "I think it waa." " Read IL did you?" " Ixx*od at iL" J " Kinder nice, wasn't It?" | "Just medium, it wasn't tho por- . ton's best effort." r Just about this point Jonatlian . seemed at a lota. She erldonUy thought , she knew who ths author vara, and ha longed for some chance to delight bcr ! by lnfonnlng her of her mistake, ne pushed his bands down to tire lowest ; depths of his packet*, and threr pulling Ihian out thrust them throqgfa his hair, , *" «»»' watting for her to speak . and auk blm tome qoaatioa when he ) would tell her all But alas for the . pen r~.-nc.ss of I hose young todfat. She raraucd to have 00 Inclination to com - ; menro again. Her last remark waa I what puzxlod Jotothan, he was study- . ing what to say next, ana al last bcr gan;— "No, dent tpom It sraa, guess the ' ooe whowroto it is the best judge of j tluit though." / r " That's what I said that foe." ' 1 " Well it were pretty good anyhow." 1 Imathan's courage was nearly worked ' up, and he remarked in an undertone. , " It were abemt my besL" " It «s wrote many you* ago, I ' know, and I* somewhat foolish, but I j wat young then, and had no Ids* that ( any one would even bring it to light 1 now," remarked Jerusbs, coloring very > deeply, and kicking al a bright spot io ° the carpet, in her aaxfeSy to m*ko tlbto. 8t.o h*tl remark. II was wrtl far him she hut not.— r tbb.ktog II ws.ro oH, aopp^U "y . been lately written, ami then pfetrfg np lilt hot said be mast be going. A. toon aa be had gone Jerusha set . to studying what motif* ind wed him 1 10 come than, and at fart concluded il I w« jut on purpose to talk shoot that r"*ry ; Where Jonathan go. hom. be rom1 that the ihltlals' to lhePrlS*jrtwt! • responded to bit own, and then coiu • ' "■ Us tmuk and^taking out the sh-vi".