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CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, DECEMBER i#, 1H70.

WHOLE NUMBER 8J3.'.

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MiscsLL*xr. ,i T As nmateur farmer in Urnnl. town- l( ship writes us to my that be has Just d bceu rradlug aa article .bowing bow f, seedless grapes and mm. tern pluoii n way l<r cultivated. and be wants to lr know If we am (kmtllar with any easy tl method of raialug booed lurkoye. We b rauoul Imagine how Beau bo done an- b tero the egg* are opeord before tbe brn n begin* to net awl tha fami material i> a ubslracted. But, aa we do not profess q lo know uinch abool farming. Wa re- a commend oar oorreepaqdeot lo write *. to Mr. Grevtey. He win tell what to p do, whether ha know, anything about report that be tokiuosamiteur farmer tl that a Ml crop of heifer* wed not be ti expected ankaa tbay «r planted !u tl roan, la a light eoil, with plenty of top- a droning, and harrowed once a week d to deatroy the mmale* and other lo- a ease which lire upon the no's of the c succuleat jfatig plana I And Ilia ba- li liered Unit be flm circulated the Bate- a went that the beat way to coru beef i> o to stand off a a hundred yarda or ao, p and Ore the corn. hire It with a braaa n •wtrol or a hlondertaua Hit own u neighbor, tor he planted half an am c tu inaahed potataea laat year, hoping l to nriaa a labor-saving Testable, ready n pre pared far tha tahk ! •Kncr Ym Ht»» orr, that's All!"— a dignified draikard dwell, o at llaUgR. FalU, .YfaJHaflflahUfl- h tUaa, Ins** a. "Ik. Jute. "awl wooU j t Aa ba was tacking oimmBf fade waft. j apwdagjnd .tu.Aghaw.wWh 5fthg « hut his fast vidbte ntrave the brick. -A ' person who aaw hint fall WMti* W L : hlmrotr op ag.ln.la hltdhlaa-poM. aad I Mid: fa ■ •Si'long aowl Chat ya wtod yrr t Irasioras? What hare I .lona that ye ■ should abom» tideway?" The In- ' dWidaal explained by aaying that be . wlahed to help tha doctor out nf trouble. i Whereat John reptfad: " "Spaet yen think than mighty big talk! Vcxt time I ataop ilowu to pkk ap my hat oat u' that huh, want i yc Jaat to keep ym haad. off. time. -Vflar a wadding. It wa. formerly a water far thirty deya-a moon's age. Hence the origin of .be hcray-Tnawan-aimiM. Tnunt—Thle i. laj^jajrAsr irs

1 *T HOLIDAYS. j ' -neBM. elr.'ndaaae or, sMI' will | you harafor dtnnrrl'' I looksl up ClVO, my writing at the juim country giri-whufliote; ' "Tell her, anything die Ukra to t eend," wai my aoawer. and from Jane". I fact II appeared that my reply wa. more puzzling than .he had amlcipnMad. Thia Interruption to my train of thought canned me lo lay oaldc my pen and go to the window. It was a sweet j country pruapect I eaw; agar j of garden, Ibrn n rural read, and bevood the guru fteld. and .lately I tree*, which betokened that I wa. many uillea from Loudon. 1 gave a •lab of relief at finding tnyarlf away from the nqiao and toil and multitude of the great city. Thia was my first day of holiday, and unlike moat city men, who ru.h to gay watering-place, or gayer continental town, I had cone to bury myself in the quietude of a country Ufa To ino, Nature and solitude were two great restorers of my , orrrtaxed brain and strength; I had i tried them often with success; and now, for the second lime, found toy self under their influence iu the quiet ullage of ■ Marley. 1 hail taken the aarac lodg- < ingi which I bad occupied the pin bail 1 jcar, partly became I %lt at home in < Ibctn. and partly beeauac the landlady < wai a woman of lew word, and lewer Mens None troubled tlwniwlvr. about i ■no hi Mariry, and I troubled myMll i about no one. All I wanted wa. quiet i and country right, and wood., and I tb'uw I got. II I had a wife or airier, tbiug. i might bare liorn dISerrut; but I was ■ a bachelor, and my ouly sister bad | f.urried Into n higher .phcre than her ■ own, and her auoeiale. ill accorded ' with my awllugs. The houae wn. snni- « iletacbed, but as tlie u-. xt-door in i-b- I | I rare consisted only of two maiden • I lodgen aad a deaf old laud-lady, then ' was not much chance of their in . on- • modlng inc., . I bail a |iUaMnt .ItUug- i room, with a large bay window look- I ibg to Uw froct of the house, and a bed-room up atalre which commanded I n rlew of the meadow., where there ' were generally cows and bancs, docks' I and fowls, and other rural sights. My < leisure time was occupied lu literature ; for I waa beginning lo be n known I writer in some of tin magazines. ■ ■ ' lleaae, sir, missus says the butcher ■ ain't a coming to-day, and will poached I ' tat' ami bar-Hi dot" I turned from the w union u reply. "Anything she likes will do as long as i then Is tewugb of U. Tell your mia- 1 tress Dot to send up again as I don't I ' want to be Interrupted." i So the maid went down to her own i i domain, bin was a dean, strong. brlght-louklng girl; 1 suppow- the sight i ( of her (son caused me to fall Into a re- 1 eerie about womanhood lu geuend— at 1 eric- about womanhood lu gctirnu— a

aU events I (lid so. I despised all 1 woman; they were pretty and fiucinat r ing, but .hallow, vain, and heartleae. < waa not a woman 1 knew, who, r If temptation cuine to her. would not t her husband's pence of mind a f. -r the sake of oulvieing her neigbbnre. c a girl who would not break ber < heart (If It were breakable) for ' sake of ail additional triumph or i beauty. In oklen times there had i wire* and mothers worthy of their t mad far admiration, show, and con- r quest. In my boyish day. I bad been I worshiper of the lodkw, but 1 bad I s-tu enough of the faibk* now in die- i pies them. I I'rom my winduw I could eee atonal | Into the next b-uw. Everything > wae old, aqd tided, and shabby; door-step, were not clean nor dry; I garden waa a wilderness of wttxls t and flowers aad rank grew; the win- t were dusty, and the curtains old i and dirty. I could too. too, that lire i carpet was almost worn out. and the > furniture was all totnble-dowu and i miserable-looking I pitied the poor i old deaf woman who ownod tha i place, and I pitted more the. two i maidaa Wire who could make such a 1 <tuc their bom--. I l»-l seen Ihent oc- I -srionally during ni v visit laat ytar. but - they nUom opened their window, aud - sal war It, ao that the ouly I glimpse I laid of llrem was an tlwir | way to or from the Tillage jaMt-offiur. i I was am do my regular working i order yd, so after Ibis reverie I get my i ami want out f.ir a ramble. Everyi tiling waa bright aad fresh, and every i lllriug thing bursting with sounds ot i joy oratress, from the buzzing fly to Use shouting noisy UzT'lhreo the Unes 1 went, on and on, until t was alone ■ -with sky and do ire re, the greas, and < larks, and Insects; then I sal down to i think and my thoughts ran into ao ; many and various channel., Uml they Streams fcaHng* Insuad of Ideas. A. I I said Wore, Nature and sohtnde arc i two beat and gixaiJt Uaehers.-- - man wbo gains no new idnu! I or aetreations from thrra most have < radly lost tU Image hi which be wu ,1L. lusd had s-u-ugh my own 1 refleeii-ats I atouUed lack to my acre I and bacon, aud after eating them 1 s rand the newspapers, and then I wrote far several hours, until tea waa brought; ! and so my first day came to an end - I » Many days Hire It faOowad. aad much I fual and satisfaction cwnir to iuc frua . t%am. Now aad Urea I ^ek the train - aad apant the ifay In the neighborhood exploring tha oljacts ef Interest on .B • OnemoraiiiK.ua geing lo my win-' f «™. » e-m «. k... , riood. ware likely u. break. I ««» t„ g my snrprire. a little buy, brail, palling ' up wreds fram ths path in the raigb * baring garden. I looked at tig- next H "tad-w; the d.rty curtain, were gone, yithe old tatt. which MJfaUn

away, the winnow waa thrown up and t raw tint the next door had a new Inhabitant. More than that, she waa a li woman, bat whether young I could not am. far lis soon so .be noticed me Uw ic rr treated Into the room. I hate gossip; 1 would ac-ru to ask a a question about my neighbors, aa i much aa I disliked them to aak ooa a about me; atlU I waa sorry this lady ;- had come Into such a desolate house aud among such old desolate people. >f Unfortunately I bad ma waged to n sprain my ankle, and this obliged me to 1 < remain In-dwHs for boom day.. I Mt e by the window that I might aujoy the J air and the view, and so it came to pas. \ that io my idle moment. 1 could not ( fresh curtains were put up. a new piece , t nf drugget laid down, plants put In the I windows; then the rank grnat In the | r Harden was cut, the luxuriant flowers > were tied up, the weeds were removed, j r sod sooa the place looked almost clsear- ' i ful In ifo triuioeas. AU this was su- • perinlcnded by the new lady; she waa j I young and fair, her fingers serened , I able to do nnvthtng, and she had j , brought uevr life Into the old place — j r The deaf lady furbished op ber steps, f and came out iu a new and wnnderfnl - cap. The two maiden ladles seemed i i l-> hare vanished. Altogether the next • i -loor was becoming a place to wonder ! If I liad not baled gomip, perhape I I should have asked Jane what all this I meant. I only despised myself for noi lie lug the chaugos. and yet wanted to what was to be the next step.— This 1 soon saw A bird waa bung i up In the w ndow, above the plant., a i sofa wheeled into the bay, an easel I placed upon the table; and then-, day ■ after day. tiao lady would sit, poring I her painting, while on the sofa t - x'Uld sec two slippered feet, evidently to a p-eotlrtnan. The fauly j i , iftsawvnt down to the village poatcflb c , ofteaer .Ull, busied lierself In the war. . den; hut she was seldom long away from the sofa, ou which the slippered feel srere always resting Was she rain, and (hallow, and I hcartk**? What was her name! did she come from? Who was ; the gcutleraan? All these questions I caught myself asking myself; and then - I would take up my lint and go to my i gnat teachers, lo help me flnirii ,■ magazine article, and would forget ■ .lout Rio young lady and her busy ; I finger, till I saw her at work again. Ouc night I could nut sleep Towaid. . , inorniug 1 got up lo lathe my bead lu . cold watrr; but even that did not cause i to rest. Day broke, and found me still awakr ; and when the larks began to i sing I got up and opened my window. . Alter a time 1 thought I would fitch i iJt-.X. and. going dowo stairs far that . jsirjiose, I went Into mv sitting-room l ntkljlrrw up the bUtnL I was uot a up use uuuu. • - uy, - y,

HUlcfcre«[tod to sec my next-door p j neighbor alwSek iu Iter gardeo, and u from that Utne 1 called her in my own u mind "Snnrise," far want of a better Sunriao she seemed, la that shabby, dirty booac, and sunrise no ft doubt she WW* to the eyes who were so x often gazing at litfr from the sofa; and from that morning she became "Son- j rise" to me; and, considering that her d not know that I could bare made a more appropriate choice. Whether » Sunrise was pretty ur not, I could not „ fall; she always sat' with her back ray window, aud gardened In a largo sun-bonnet, so that ber face was not c familiar to me; bat .1 knew she had ), pretty, fislr hair, and a pretty head and 0 shoulders. u 1 was confined lo the house for nearly a week with my ankle; and during p this time when 1 waa not writing, I amused myself with watching my ; ,, neighbors. Sometimes I was almost j - Inclined to rebut iu my .weeping A.- : , rhon that all women were haartkre. and make an exception In favor of Sun- f rise.; but then the thought would trm. my mind that she was oat V the world, , and therefore free lrom temptation.— j , Day after day she would be scaled at h.-r eawl: hut -retwlimca, when her i . window and * mine wire . both open , T j c could hear the gcntlcmxn's role* rrad- • (ng IS her, and oeca.loually I dislin- 1 . • guieheri here making comments I suppose. iVrtalnly this individual j : must far a happy man to be so walled , • and eared for? Supposing I were , . ill, u ho would do the tame for me? j 1 are! I was forced to own Willi humttla- ( r lion— nobody. | i I augured, (rem sunrise', drem and : , : from their mode of llfc. that they wrre j I poor, and yet there was thai to her t I manner and bearing which showed , . that they were gcullctolk.. In Sun- | . rh»% face, too, there were line* of,, ■ thought, or rather, I should say, there I , : was a sober gravity, which toM nf hat - 1 , ; tk* fiwight ami won. r My neighbor. Imd hem lu more than , - a month, aud I knew do more about J | i them than on their arrival. I was . , « I putUng together my manuscripts one i , . ■ day when 1 hrard'sleps no the gravel 1 , : path, aad thru a vofra saytog: • Isady. , i j do buy— thia nice heliotrope for right- , ■ ' pence, or a lurrly rwo-tmc, for nine- . I ja-ure. Lady, do boy. s < 1 listened, and another voice replied | , ; t "Not to-day, thank you, good woman " - 1 I waul nearer to the window, that 1 1 - h ; might are without being wrai. The , , . w omaa waa standing in tlw next garr. den wUhabaaketofpUnUnolm-hmd, | d and Bun rise was talking to her from ! R dw ojwn wiudost. "Indeed I don't wautauy t i/day.'s^- 1 mid. "1 shall be ruined If I buy *u 1 y many plantz." o " Sure, and a kind act noYor ruined g a lady yrt-' Um woman. "It'll i- U- s real kindnosa if you huv one. Do,! it my lady, dw boy." I saw tha wistful took wkfab htmri.--*

id then, the . woman act down her basket t n- oathe gravel path and wrert tots She s a tome*. I wailed UB ah* came sat ; u ot again, which wa* perhaps a quarter ! ( ic of an hour, when she bad bristod her i ( basket on her bead and wa* gulag oC, |h ik I got my hat and folfowod her. I . t is walked behind bar far soma detain* , h m till vr* were qnlle out or sight cf any , h ly housea, and then 1 cams Bp to ber. • a "My good worann,'' mid 1, "I want fi e. one of your plants; what price are d Lo they?" v to; Eh* took the basket and put it imthc P it ground. 11 ■c " Here's a rotebrah for utoepooci, a d is geranium for sixpence; end this U a It leu pence, and this fourprurr, and that n a .billing," the said Indicating each, d i "You don't seem lo have sold ' * many," 1 remarked. n n " But two this day." she rsplfad h ic ; " You must be fatigued with carry- 1 s mg this heavy basket to the beat," I * I. j said. '• j "Suns, aud If# well ulgb ready to t' i- drop lam," the replied. "But for a h . kind Udv up tlie viflagr. I don't how d I'd be gctung along." t> d ( "Indeed!" said I; "aud wluldid.be II - : do for you?" l« "Took use inside ber house ami mpde J j use rest awhile," said the woman; " 1 "gave me a good meal, looked ma out ec t s-him clot bee. and spoke words as did 01 r> my heart good lobear." 1 • Did she not buy plants?" 1 asked. i " No, sir," she replied; "she d not ■ tlic money to throw away on 'em, n - uinch as she wanted to have ■em; she ** > told me she was poor, and what money "'- - die got the wanted for tlie sick gentle- u ; man." ' * > "Iter husband, 1 suppose?" I said, t" 1 "Well, 'twas her husband ur )icr »c i father. I expect." wa. tha reply; "but P' j which of my plants will you be pleased I tohij!'' * r I selected one, and giyiug ber the P' r i sum the uked, I got a boy to carry H lo l- home, and folio* ing him, posuk-ring r Two or three days after this, Jan* il I ojeued my drawing-room drew, saying, M '-The lady from next door, il you »' 1 pkasr, sir." " ? At may be imagined, I wa. in.' " • inanely .urprired. What did she "" I want? and why did she come to roe? ' a! 1 put aside tny pen, and rose to place f 1 he* a chair; for a moment riw looke.1 a ; cnibamsssd. but quickly reeoveriuH «" t her setf-pasaesai-m, she bowed and P1 r half-.mlled aa the mid, "fardou my f" intrusion; I am come to ask nf yon a « favor," ~ • l ' Bray, he scaled, uiathiu." sahl 1; " i "what can 1 hare the pleasure of <h>c ! log for you?" 11 ' She glanced at the chair I had placed D for her, but remained standing. 'c "I am painting a dower-piece," she B II replied; "and uofortmialely, by an ac- » *■ cldcut, lbs flovrtr I waa copy ing hat I' » fawn -Wtmyrel I »«■ <«l» I" s.V if a * you will be so kind at to lend tue the a' will ne xinu as to mra u* u.

plant yon have In your window, which 1. like It. I am sure I don't know how apologize enough for coming toyret." "No apologv is nicwsary." I said; "I am happy to be able to do auylhiug far you; pray keep the plant, and do you will with IL" "Thank you. you are very kind," said, "hut not kinder than I you would be," she added nhlle a gleam shot Into her eytsi. -- Now why should sha think roe kind? and whT did the smlfe at mc as If were old acquaintances? "I would not have come to ybu," she continued. "If I could hare procured elsewhere a flower which would have answered my purpose; but I am obliged to finish my jointing by a reels in day, and my time 1> short." •you are jointing, tbeq l suppose, p,r au Exhibition?" I remarked. "Yes. and I most ssod the pfclure to London lo a fortnight, "sha replied, j "I am very much obliged to yon for kindness, and James wUl be too." "May 1 aak to whom I am indebted this villi?" I Inquired. "My name to Proarer," sbo replied smilingly. "Your*, I know, to She l-o wed and moved towards the hut came had; a stop and held frilt Mf AMU. ' I " Thank you ao much," she said.— "<tood-by*." I look the - plant and accompanied her to her own door; then I came back lock up my desk and go out for a ramble. During my walk I waa thinkof my visitor; no one could call tor beautiful. She bad a young, pleasant aud a Kantfa voter. tVaa she vain. j and shallow, and heartiest? I Wbo waa Jam**? Waa he her husband? Certainly b* eras not her father must be a ctorer gtrl to paint for exhibition*; something didkrent from the ' ; ordinary run of girl. , for she must hansoms Ideas beyond show and draaa and ! admiration. II (Jessed dm when 1 returned from 1 ! my walk to see aty plant on the tabic ' I Sunrise, and lo know that tor eye* were studying It. and that Jamr* 1 gazing on It and her. probably ' i with approbation, fit 1 eon Id are- hi# i slippered tori up- hi the sofa. I knew ' Aud what wot hers? Waa she hit j wife or slater? She waa still Boa riw | ; My hohdsy drew lo an end. 1 toft ■ I Martoy and the Ptnaists and went 1 ! back to my hdgvre and dty life and ' i almost forgot them In my everyday •i business. II waa raid by aosne ptopfe.tha! my i magazine article# had never Jieesi ao : I ;uod aa those I wrote during that woi- ' merbriiday. !; I was sitting bafore a gtoriona fire after th* fatigues -if the day. I had jaat < finished reading my tori article In I print, ami the wa was brewing. It msmbsad tlw lime shoo CbrUlmv.

1 sraeafasMia tlie world; aud savtag that Chrtotrau day told Ita j own story to ma, sanry yaar with hope sod beaut)-, U mads no dll- | to my life. I poured out my ' lea, and riirrin* the sugar round, fell i thlnklag. Christmas riaould be happy to every ooc- Bat what to ' bappinam? how do w* get U? I knew wall enough that trua happtoms cornea making others happy. Whom I make happy? Jiow and thro a croaring-mnprr by the gift of a six- i peuny-jdeoc —no one otoc Wouldn't be good to begin this Christmas by ' uosthing mors? But how? - and where? Whom heart could. _I i make happy? Suddenly, aa 1 sipped my tea, the s ri.iou of a pksuant lace ram before ! For a moment I did not rrmcm- ? ber to whom il briongad; but it eoou acruea my mind that it waa C I would do some tbiug for ber,— tlw question was, what? Were ' still at Marley? and bow was 1 ' set about il? AII tea-time I was amused with e over my new echeaw, and by time I had finished my plan, were e I would go down to Marley for Christmas; it was years sine* I had I the trees in their foalbrry frost of feral snow ; having goue to Martoy, « would scud Sunrise such a hamper a. ber cyea had never yet beheld. Forthwith I wrote to engage my room* for the tsrenty-third of Decern- e and then fell to thinkiug of tha surprise I would gin- Sunrise. I de- » tenninnl .he should not know who 1 scut the prescut, and I also de- li trrmined I would do my lest lo t tlw Issue. I w»- somewhat puzzled about the direction for tbb c liawjwr. Wa. »hc Mrs. or Mis- I'rpa- i >er? To avoid mtotaki-z, I settled lo a put "James I'roeaer, . aud hav- c decided these psriliullnrles, I tt- i tired to dream over them. ( » to generally mild, itom,-. aud grecu; j a lire year I am .peakiug of prov-ol j « excejrtioo; it wa. bitterly told, and | 1 arrived at my lodging, on the | s evenlug of the twenty-third, tlie .now 1 fi beglnniog to fall lu targe liakcs. I uuulc myself a. cmufortahle n> I j ' could that night, and the next morn- [ » ing I went to my window tolerably g early to luspm-t my neighbor's 1 1 jwemises. The su"W had fallen thick • f-r many boas*, but it-had oeaasduow. and I rould ssc Into lire lav window, t bird was hangiug up. tire white i curtains had becu replaced hj red s our., the table stood in it. old posi- a so did the sofa, hot there was no r sign of the Prtsrecn. While I waa r looking, 1 aaw the sofa moved around r towards the fire, aud llieo the skirt of I dres. brush post; presently the slip|.eml feet appeared, but only for a - moment, ami I «•- instead the head i and shoulders which appertained to , them. From their position I under- sa

r stood that Mr. Proaaer was abfe to sit hi < up now. Then Sunrise cams to fetch 111 ; ber bird, and I had a good view of her m jilcasaot (sen. I wastoeiy glad I had , thought of doing anything to please lu her. « , After breakfast 1 sallied forth to j walk three mllsu into the neighboring hi j town. 1 was well repaid for my pi . trouble; the roads were alrooat Impass- II! ■» able in tome pi acre from Urn heavy sj f drift#, but the extreme beauty of the al smooth, ware-like tier* of snow I had . never seen equalled. The trees end M » hedges were like crystallized silver, w j the whole earth sraz a giant fairviand. w „ It waa worth taking »o«ne trouble to a . see sudt a lovely right. w When I reached the town I went lo , tire poulterer's, and bought a turkey to and some sausages; then I bought to 0 new-laid eggs, a ham, a sponge-cake, h L "«>• Port wine, apples, oranges, pre * r serves. 4c. Having ordered all thoee things to g j be sent to the same shop, I bad tbem packed la a hamper. d "Where shall I send them, sir?" f , aakad the man, as h* wa. tying them p up. „ "Head tbem by to-day ourrier to y 1 Marieyjaddr- » them 'Janu s Trustor, Esq., Markv. Caniarap^d.' And u . uow what have I to payrThat bring sritkd, I wailod to see . d tha direction properly faeteoed on, c k and then retraced my stcja. I knew J , etK-ugh of the country way* to he abfe to gneea with toferable accuracy that „ * the hamper would arrive about three „ o'clock, and by that hour I should u ,, hara got home, and be In a praillou to see the result. t> Everything worked writ I reached . Marley In Ume foe my mid-day meal. k nod then drew my easy chair ao that I K could sea Into my neighbor's room j, without being seen by tbem. ^ By-and-by the henry aanier's cart stopj-rdal their gate, and alter sundry „ „ cogitation. Umbamprr was 3eUrered. , ft, I wailod some time, then I saw .r SooTto* omne to lha window to catch K the waning light upon the card of ad- ! dress. I saw bar lips move, aad I „ ? kucw she was reading what was writ- t „ tan ou it; than sbo lurn.nl to James, , and 1 beanl a marry laugh. After a , i, lima I eaw they had dragged the ham- , j*r aeaisr the tight, aad ttaariao wa* , on her knee* unpacking it; It did mc , a good loaeahar face aa she banded the j nl things lo James; I felt very hajipy in j „1 I vaving made ber happy. 1 I at* my Chririma* dinner alone, ' yet I waa not lonely, far I knew in tlx- j next houaa (here wa. mirth and eujoy- ' meet. ThetsrlUghtwa.IaBlng.andI was waiting far randfee, when Jane appeared, beingtbg m* a rilp of twisted paper. "This ba. eomo from next d-j-c. «ir."*h*aaid. '■ Surely they ha.! not found we wl! •' lopemri. and rend 1" "Wo taw you st the wiadaw, aud 11 i want run to oorae la to ton srtBi us v- to-night. a« anon as jon can. aa V'" at No Izsgrnnlag aud uo enuing u the Itotc; no "tod regard." nor. "renaplfe I'* was o-.it. Irragwfar, sod tm-. Waaii

I hfa or here? To srire the" qoretion. I I i answered the arir la perron. Sunrise was looking far ma, and - ojirocd the door herself. She gave mc a glad welcome, tod I foUowrd her : 'el- the room, and was introduced to : James. Ho torn to greet mp. aud I ' °f I "If If had' not wen for your ritofai" I said, turning to Mr. Proaaer. "I sboukl havr infnt to-night alone." ■Sunrise jgUol, and he answered, "It wa* Janet', thought, not mine. I did not know of your being here until the told me." We eoon pre* friendly over our talk, and I asked her about tier picture. — Mr. Proaaer answered proudly for "It waa sokl directly, for twenty guineas," said he. "* ' "I congratulate you," I said, turning lo her. "Twenty guinea, are not easily earned In these days." "Janet often earn, more than that," mid Mr. Proaaer. "Oh. James, you shouldn't tc^' .lie expostulated. -But I like to tell." said t« aud Mr. Bailey like* to hear. ' "Indeed I do," I oaid. "And what do yon thiuk .lie dura with ber money?" be continued. "I cannot goes.," waa my reply. " Spends it upon mc!" said Jarora. "Oh James! "she again expostulated . 1 looked irutu ouc to the other. Was she heartless, aud shallow, and vain? was a glow upon ber fare and a light in her eyes that made lire almost beautiful. -But 1 haven't told you all yrt," continued Jamr". "When the real of lie world forsook and blamed me. Jaoc! sturil fast; when poverty Mid sickness "But Jamee," aba intcrroplrd, "jou ■rem to have sent for Mr. lkdlr^ unit | «hc glanced at him, I saw there ; tell-tale tears in hnr eye*, j "Well, dear. It is Christmas Day," ] said be. "Mr. Bailey will forgive me | for being haj-jiy over you." [ "Forgive you. iodsed!" said I.— j "There it tret many men who bare | such came for happiness. I could forgive a great deal to be convinced that there are true women .till in the world; nod I begin to see there are." "We were ouco rich— I «riu going eay.aud happy, "be couUuucd, ' but arc still— cb, Janet? We stood the storm together, my titlk- sister aud' 1; and in tbo fare of tlie whole world of relations, .he uphckl me iu what wa. right; and wo gave up properly that we might legally have kept, for the eakr ot lionet —eh, Janet?" She eat stroking his hand In ben, while her eyes grew more aud more misty. "Panlou mc for lelUngyouall this," said Jamra. "It is Christmas, and 1 mid James.

have need to tell some one of my good ' sister, nnd what the has done for 1 '■But djiu't «*V uuy more, Jamea; tor | 1 indeed 1 only did what pleased me," | 1 said Sunrise. "Ay, that', where it ia," sub! lar 1 "everything good and kind is 1 to her. All through my luug Illness, *11 through my dcjireased ' spirits, .he has always been cheerful, been the beat of nurs.-«." " But now won't you k i mo givw 1 Bailey some tea?" she *aM; "aud won't you let me tell him shout the wooderfbl hamper? You forget I am i a woman, and my tongue ache* for wnntofrae." He smiled, aud m did 1. Then .lie herself with the tea things, and to relate the whole history of the winding up with, "Now who could have scut It?" "Some kind relation. I should suggest," said I. They both united. "No," mid they; "all our relatious gave us up when we gave up our property." "A friend," said I; "perhaps ouc of brother's school friend#." "So. oh do," said she. "None of know our address. ' ' "Then I mast come io rouuure and suggest a fairy, a rati ohl-fsshinncd fairy," I said. "What my you?" "1 could love that fairy vefj I much," ■aid she, laughing. "No doubt the fairy would he dethat you should.'' mid I.— "Love aad fairies and Christmas aU go together, you know." "Ah, they did when I wae a child," answered, with a sigh. "And they do now to those who and believe In tbem. " I said. "And do yon?" she naked. "I don't know about the fairies," I ■aid; "but we all believe In the other don't sre?" "I hope so," she said, gravely, beginning to cut up the sponge cakc. It wae years since I had been In liutiT, lhai I saw brlwsenthle brother and sister. I could not get over tlie strangeness of my being with them, and feeling as if I had known them for ao long. I watched ooe and the other, and listened to their pfaylul talk till almost began to think I should be lonely when I left them. Refine I left I ventured a queetiou. "Why did yon aak me in twilight?" asked. They looked at rach other and "Tell, Janet, toll,'' Jam,' But six shook her head and laughed. "Well, tbeu," he resumed. "Janet said that, bring Christmas, we ought to make somebody loppy, or try to Uo IL aad we thought you muet feel lonaly by jroredf, so she wrote the note to

I *"1 taught yon," she said. She had followed me to tlw Jrrol lid daoraa I apoka, and aa aba spiai 1 It □r ! for m I replied, "rim hara taught ,T ine to bdlera we hare real women ' srodog ue eUIL" l/Theu I went home, and I know she is ' returned to her brother with a happy ,r ifaoD at mv speech, for she would not 'hare been a true woman unless she • had been made happy by well-merited •j praise, I went home, as I said, and all night long dreamad of Janet Pro*s*r I, ami her womanliness. Every day after this, I went to sec II my neighbors, and every day tbay were glad to are mc. But my week came j (i near ita end; there were ledgers aud _ business waiting for me in th* great g City; I must go back to the routine of life, and wait a whole year for another r Christnuu. And should 1 wail a whole _ year before I made any one happy ,. again? Would Janet arait a whois it year before .he made any one happy? No, Tor .be waa alway. jilca.ing oilier,. •• Then I wished I hail her somewhere near mc. that she might .bow me how r to do this godlike work. I had found out she wa» neither vain, nor .hallow, tl nor beartlna; and with this knowledge came a desire to see her often ami Iw , "Well," I said lo lu-r at last, "tlii. has been my plcaaantest Christina* for a long white." "Have we made it so?" she .aid. — "Yon bare given u» much pleasure." "I am wondering what I .hall do ' a when I get back to lzmilon." I said. ? "You will not he there." a "But Id Ixmdou there are to many it people, surely you won't mi>a ti, ?'" she said, laughingly. " I shall miss your tnichiug.' I if replied. it " Am 1 such a ledagugu--? ' «he • asked. "Such a wouanrativ r," uid 1. □ "You will make me a. vain at a ilieacoct" she said. "II l« wr* - for me you are going away." » "And that is all yon have to say to me?" I mid. "What more would you have?" she e naked. | "Arenotyouaorry?" 1 mid; "not - a little bit sorry?" v She waited a moment, and Ibcu lifted her eyes to mine. - . c^sri | it "Yes, I am sorry, "she replied, 'ana • I; I hope you will come again." "Christmas ought to be a happy g time to every one," 1 said. "Will you ie "1 thought I had," .lie i< j>iird. iu rf "But make it so happy," .aid I. . "that IW Joy shall spread all through e tbo year, and gather strength with iwch it succeeding Christina, till the end of otir i, She did uot .peak, but her lip* re qulrartd. ^ ^ ^ ^ m(„ , •» asked. Thou she .jiokc iu a scwnvly audible Thou she »]K>ke iu scarcely anUlblc

I whisper: '1 can try, If Jamea . Aud James did like. I wrut then . I and there to ask him wliilo Janet stood blushing by. ! ' Ouly," she said, kw-eling b>-side . him. and putting her bead on hi* i shoulder. "I can't teareyou." "No. ti"; Jamas must come, too, " 1 I said. I question if any |*ojite were so happy a* wo three at lid. termination , of our Christmas. I ..... Several Chrieluaam liara muio aud i gone sinco then; but there are two peor pie Who look back upon that lime a. the beginning of their best liapplneu. ■ —a liapplnese not without anxiety,' I rare, and trouble at time*, twt «UU true s happiness, berauae founded upon tlis j holy teaching which Christmas brings. As Jaoet mye. "II everybody made .omebody happy at Christmas, what a plaassnt day It would be! You tried , to make me happy, and 1 tried to make - you happy; aad both together wc made Jamee happy by our happlnrw." f To which womanly ejHecli I find myself incompetent lo add a .ingle ,, word, except "Amen" and, a Christmas greeting t» all the a world from Jamea sad- Janri ind 1 B1<l- < r THE CHRISTMAS TEST. "But whisb Will you choeae, - Ninette? I am sure 1 should he sorely - puzzled -they are all devoted, gener- " ally gowl -looking, and al! that. Dear dm! what an awfol thing II is to la an beitcs.. Kittle!" said pretty Llziii Moore, ahrogglog her rounded should - 0 era, and making a grimace which drew her very little mouth into a most tempting. Useable shapeA deep thoughtfnluee# crept Into r Ninette Hariey', clear brown eyes, as she stood a moment lu sitenrr. ere she - replied, with a righ: "Yea. it tea most vexatious thing, n Uxxie, when one ba* aurh an anient >• desire to be loved for themselves v alone.'' e "What one would think a most >. jwobabte thing, considering that deNettie." U There was a slightly perceptible curl « about Ninette's eruel. haughty llpe. ft bat otherwise the Interruption was unnoticed, am she conUuuod: "If It wasn't for node. I wouldn't mind the adorable swain, on much, d Lizzie; but he U coostanUv expatiating upou the iobJecL Only la.1 night he followed me to the library, aud with a •- most serious face commenced upon the detestable subject again, hinling most * strongly at hu preference, and giving 't any quantity of advter. " lo "Wbo dom he prefer? ly "Why. the maat pretention., and. I !«•!>• v. 'tie. M* unpriuciplcd among tbem, of course — Hugh Anleu. Oh, 1 tbmr unc lew are » diweru log, I jsz'w! " s- A rosy blush reunited Ltxxte*. fair a chaekx, white a Anted flank riuaa , - cenrtny maiden^ dmig among l5r

l Nine u» saw ths blush und look, aad ! j at ; ah* mid, impatiently. I j "1 do haltmr* L'aate Henry ia in has ; I ht I driflga. to be ro eaaUy duped by each a I in ' fulsome, boldfaced flatterer. They do • I s*y sre poor women are more easily , t M ' flattered than any other uaortala— but j t >y | independent of common, express heat j lief lor an easy dupe, commend mo to k te an old gentleman. Lizzie. BuL dear * id me, if our .bopjiiag is to lie done to- 0 d ' day. it Is high tiuw we were .bout It — fi ■r *o let', dismiss this re la tlou. subject b I've a plan In this stupid head ol mine * « by which to test the principle, of the ■e rtattrrvr* a Utile— and Christina. ■> al- ° c : most here, and uncle muat wait. w ■I ! lizzie's blue eyes opened wide in sita^ i« il prtec, and she wa. about lo q'uest^o K it her coumu cooccrulng the pro [need t> r lest Utt wa. hindered by a clear, ring- * a lug melody, a. Ninette sang in her " y sweet tone* tbe following wotda : sv • "owstoasuj.arur.iisT. V TkMre.., srara. MVS... Screws W.JI ti zzszsisssr w r Us Sraslr US wasllk wkWk estaklr lire- U1 "Well done 1" cried l.izzk. a. tbe ^ c clear roprano cenwd. "I. that lui- k ' jiromjitu, Nctt ? I nm brord the jt, 'vord. before. ' j^ 1 " lmjuimptu ol »l*T-r vesatiou. laz- CT r zie. Such were my thougbtz after Icaviug C ncle llenry lad night. You ^ "t w | wa* deep in Bculalr* Norrows, p, jml where tliatmon*trodty of a doctor ' of Iter's leans on that fount of Iwlatioa, jj • and wa. prejured to hate nil maukiud a| in general— in fact my feeling* were all y ' ablazi', when hi* ntn«I untimely inter- m but the toy -shops were aglow with : " e light, life and plenty; thcgla**y.treets *' gliUcriug benewtb the glan- from the t with anxiou* |iedr*trian* hurrying to ! A tall, Irani Uomc, bu: .ligbtiy fin imsl 1,1 > young man, walked briskly along the dipjwry pavement, with hi. proudly c inlcltectual Ireail slightly benL as if Kourc important subject, to him. wa* ,n He started abruptly from lite reverie. " I as he felt the light touch of:. Sluall 00 a jprgri upou lit* arm. ami lu feeble tone. r V f.-tifali* voice accosted hiui. • A III- \ tie to help u |ioor suffering creature!" i r Without a moment', hesitation the | "* i young man drew out hi. portmonualc. j *•'' : and taking tbcuce a fall, Ire laid it iu I *u i , tlie small outstretched hand. Mur- , muring her Jftank* In faltering, grate- ! 1,1 . ful ton.-., lite thinly clad woman wa. | 1,1 s a detaining hand, sayiug: lM any oilier way? Il is a Jilly to hare auy ; 1,1 • one Huffering from want on this cold j night of aU others. I am not blessed ; " I with very great nrcaus. yet have enough !t( for my own wauls, aud to rclievi' a Ut- 1,1 c tic .uifering — and I can spare from ror : " :

* intciwlrel rxjs-ndlturra or really need- j tea. preacnu, giving my friends my » best licartfelt wisbc., white I give more j te t to those less favored tluut myself," he i *1 said, la au earnest tone of symjatlii . ; * "No, sir, uo. Thi* Is more than | w * enough— and may Godbte*. your no- . cbte, truly clrarltabte heart." ' 'v Sim replied in Ireinulou. toocs, tbeu 1 " mpidiy crossing lire street, she disajr- j ■* 0 | wared, white the young men jrasscd^ 0 on bis way, srith a tight heart. j A .irecf. distance, several yuuug ^ j men were standing on a broad piazza V of a faibionablc hotel, smoking and >l n idly conversing. Ooc more showily (| i, aod preteuUously dressed, with a most n r,- lofty air of self-confidence and jiom- p ie poslty, occasionally amused himself by ; a is touching the lighted end of hi* cigar I L it to the note of a steek greyhound, cvl- , deully bis property, and, most ofasll- j le ant tohishrarttesa master, who laughed. c sa with a low whine ot pain, the dog ( ■d would Jump hatk. as the lighted cigar f te touched his nose, retreating behind the ( Is other*, but quickly responding each " time to thecal! of hit master, but to feci t id tbo hot cigar agaln-uutU evidently [ te wearyiug of tldz nmtaeincul. he callcil , out: , *e "Come, boys, eomo! t *aylt i. about f id timewavrni tuuviug." Taking a tew . steps forwanl, lw wa* stayed by the same imjdoring voice wliich had reciv- ( ed such a kindly retpotise from nmHlmr ( thl. chilly evening- , "A little to aid mc lu my j-.vctly, | I ' sir!" said tbo tremhliug voice. ' •• Bahl I've nothing to bestow ou j T' auch as you. old woman. Come, hoy.! " and he #oiighltoj*a»hor; but in low, ( f agitated tones, .he said, imploringly: , . " In bis name, w hose birth to-morrow commemorates, I entreat you la give " me but a little." "There, go along with yourself, out ( of my way, I'll recommend you to the ( ' saints as a missionary.'' And laughing heartily, in whleh the j * other ymng men joined, he pushed by _ ber, saying. "Too many pretty girl* lo *' spend the money ou to-morrow, to j waste auy ou such a one aa you." "There to neither honor, humanity ( . nor reverence about him," the woman p murmured In a sorrowfully Indignant t tone, as she hurried nway. , Nettie Uartey leaked extremely lieau- 1 tiftil this etenr Chriatmaa morn. ' *■ Hugh Arden thought h* never eaw " her look lovelier: There was an uousual flash on ber dimpled cheeks of ' '1 the ridML deepest canniii*. lite self- J b' ish heart gave a quteksr. exultant ' '* bound, as be gazed upon tbe golden ' * priar, whWi seemed to hte conceited fancy, but awaiting tlie summon* to * repm.- on hte manly brensL •l fibc was really lovely enough lo be I *2 worth striving for herself nbiuc -but 1 then, throe thousands! ' Ah. he considered himaalf u maat ' 2 hieky tillow jusi then. > f ■ u<taeh'a beaut* , dud »• wealthy la 1 P bar own rigjit! " ur Then Uwre was Uncle Ilanj- ' ~ vray ■rolthv. and ro fodft of fate £ bandrogncBsfev. Then- was nut a doubt Sw fan she abeuH faThir hairesa. "!wdt ' M Wfew « St ' US. tcrroeil NMMte'* 1

I 1 guardan, to Uimaell zader the sol. inflnrnee of Ante 'inhtlsUt , but hlntad aa much to him. Tr , wta a vagro StenB, a sflgM ; awakened in hiscraic- »d heart , at marked coolness b?N rite's iucept: j that morning. Much colder than b r really wai extended to oticr frtencte; a when be sought to breafaan few wir of flattery, eompllmenilflg her est 1. appears ooe, her fee burnail ai and he rosily thought Iwould hast struck him Her appearance sraa wholly Inoxp cable and alarming to him. But tfa actually gnat brad of hi* penei ■ lie was grasdiy in debt, as I -told hi. couMoutial fttrod, Uw- ulgh Tbe cash must '« fortheuuiiu Aod then, h bad oj«nly vaunted bit snocas* iu tbzt quarter aui must follow. So cousohug hluudf s llh the raibitioo that she wa* eo very high spirited, that slie was probably oflfawted k> .peaking so [dandy to her uncle until the matter waa arranged between tbem, he lingered until the nthei gueaU had departed. Some time after, ha left with face indiraUvt ot the greatest jKTptoxanJ utter consternation. Ill hope* wurc finally settted, whnlt; criuhed in tliat quarter. There sraa something lu her refe rteh be evening before, be could u-d jmssibly understand. ' -Curses oo that old beggar woman! ' slie rould |>o*alUy have know i anything about that be could not su that wa* certainly what she llahl lie didn't see, for his jiart, whs' a fashionable woman like Ninette ley should can about reverence and she bad euougb. yet she hail •aid, lussmuch as lie hail insulted omul' iier mx. lie had i limited her. Walter Merrlt waa better aud uufeib unas agrtwbly euUghlcnad, flurtu;lite rails iu Ur hitter part elites da> Nioeltc lad wailed wltti slumfe vert *I| expectation his crauiug W her, became, fa- certainly hid no nauvicmuplaio of any coldoeaa in hte r cvplinn bj- the fa-autiful heiress. IIwa. .urprteed ia the •flfa-r way at fat conlut greeting. IL fo nd it impossible to stay the true, hr-zeat words oi low. which welled from I » food.mnul.v lieart, yvt concluded by .saying, that iu bla circumstanore mid not po*»iblj expect oliiertbiu i refusal from such a favonie of fortun . > But be did not rutfer fr in a ra^faioi. ; instead, recoivci th- groat bk#»a* a true, nobl- w mau'e mn*t - tender aflte fllou — and wa- grratly aurpriMU lybcii lw- teamed w.ioliad been .kic among the recipients otble bounty, that sleety Christmas Era. Uticte Harry fouol and freluxl a litat flrst that Nettie .bndd have licr lore to the po-raet of her many admirers; yet be omv iodwl it wa* wise, worthy choice w hen Nettie tol l wise, wormy cuoicrw on oaue w, .

him of hi-r begging cX|mrteuOe— Urn Cbrtetme. test to which "lie hmi sub-te*-U*l licr admirers, to wbidt nouo re■ponded save Walter Mer Itt. And on more intimate uoqnalBfanrv with the young man. lie ccaroo fully cjovincedof the valne of his worthy aud talented mind, and folly satisfied and jiroodlr hapiw with Xt-iK-tte's sensible choice; n'a.by says:— I commenixxl Ifelug good at a very early age, and built rnywlf up ou the brat models. I was yet an infant when I rrad the aflbcttng story of tbe hacking down of the cherry tree' by George Washington, and hte manly .tatemeul to his father that Is could' not tell a Be. 1 read U* etory, I and It lilted me with a denlre to surpass j him. I was uot going to allow soy such boy as George Washington, if ho did afterwards get to be PresMent, to i it-i me In the moral! tfos. Immediately I seized an axe, aod cut down the ^ mo*t valuable cherry tree my fattier had; and more, I dug up the rixAaaad ( burned the branches, ro that by no j | mean, rould the variety fai pro-\ I ducrd, and I went skating one Bundav that I might confess the two faults, an.! be wept over am! forgiven on accunt of my extreme truthfolnero.— Ths experiment* now, »r to aefayte I partial failure.. I wa* very modi like Washington, but the trouble my father didn't resemble Gecey Washington's father, which wae essential to the tocoee* uT my ecbcmi "Did you cut down Utai .-berry tree?' asked "be. "Father, 1 ro. mot tell a Ik. I did it with my little fa-kteet," 1 anred, striking the prspnr alUtadu Uie old gcolksnan to -hod tears ou me. But be didn't *L*L He remarked that be had rath, r 1 had told a thousand Ilea than to h re cut down that particular tree, am be whipped mc till I waa in a stale of -xaapmaUng rawnese. My skating kU. wa. no Iran failure. 1 broke throng i the Ira tlilt .Sunday and waa jiuKcd out with difhculty— and a boat-hook. A. I fay tick for a month with a fever, I didn't gel a chance to gat off tbe Washington iv - mark. jo.it Hi lux's' UgVTLKllAX.- A cunt, a peony paper koikr, - white cotton weskit, yalfe-r tzosratr*. without any cloth into the kg., sUo) tether boots, pair of jailer glow., and inside them all a thing go' op in imitation ofa man. fatt as tbo kountei. fellers say, poorly cuucasrd aad not kalkerlaud to deeds*, aeuaueh la lodteprorobul, and beanro onoereroatT. Fine specimen, on exl.lUuoo. "And ro jm hara taken Uae teetotal pledge, hara yc?" saU ooe Irishman another, "lmlado 1 ban, and am not sahamad ol U ailhar." "Aad did not Baal Ml Timothy to tab a Uttle wine foe his stomach? "So bo did; tbeu.ro, name la act Timothy, aod three"* nothing the matter with stoomch, badad!" The fi.lto.tag joke ... pmpcMM on UhriatamaEvc, by Mr. Wm. F.H. Cnvett, of thr tkntiincotal Hotel •_