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VOLUME XVI.

CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, JANUARY *0, 1H71. g fad elapsed mc in hi*, arms and kissod

WHOLE NUMBER 617. ' J But Burke answered with perfect

On Sfrwrr. — i*4J. THE *AN_WH0 DIDNX "It baa a NT? fM fa«ag,"Iaaid Li ma, who *u making my coflbc. "It has i nr qau Mag.-! pressoUj repeated, my eym ftiH upon i 1 flu* "of soars* you deo ' t know i what Imasa " I "Of course I do not. Cola." , Ma had eoxnptetod my cap ef coffee , and >■ stout Lrachiag tfa Utile , Bridget-summoning total -ball at tor , aide, whan I readied my arm orer our email breakfast fshk to take the cup, c "Don't call Bridget, pkaae. I want ' to be alone with you J oat at preaaoL p Thare'a something rather important u that I want to any." (D»r mel I've > aplllad woe ocflbe on dw tabferaloth.) ,. "It must be told, ami I may aa well « net it orer and done with aa aooo u T passible. I'm engagrd to Borka Hal- ,] •ted. R "l>o you rrafly mean It. Urania?" b "1 waa prepared for tranquillity , but ,| not for skepticism, ma. Would you „ like my affidavit on the eutyectf" £ "Ob, no, my dear," And thro ma » added in a dreamy, meditative way: G "Burke Halated?" n I began battering a roll coragstical- „ ly. "Yea, Burba Uaktad. Whan I ,i •aid that It had a vwy queer Ming I mrenthdngeoaarrd. T«u know. Thla „ ia the Brat breakfast 1 hero erer eatm t. is we nrat onauaat 1 Bare eatrn

aa anybody'! flaancrc. The coffee nf other daya. " sipping an excited Utile apooalW aa I ma-fe thla laat remark. "It aught to laato a (real deal •wader, Ureic." Ma aommpanlrd her worda, by the way, with a smite "StuH'M motional quite aullculy. "I auppoaa you're delighted, ma." "Yea, ay dear." After that ma, who bad flnlthrd bcr breakfast aomellme before my nilber tardy appearance below (tain, left bcr aeat behind the family ellrer and took another cloee at my sblt. I knew pertessiy wall that the «M lore wae yearntag to Uaa me and eay la "the plainest forma that I had ma<lo bar life hap. ideal of motU-rs; for notwithstanding l«r Axed belief In my utter dlW aaworthiness, ahe bat always doted cm ■no to an ebeurd extent. But I (are tbli •H^MyrerelK net m atom of , encouragement. Indtad, I attacked ray buttered roll with a gloomy ecuwl, and apprared wholly uncoUKloua that roa had aren changed bar real. i FzaasaUy X waaaddrreaed aa "Urate , darling," in vary aflbetioaata Mooa.— , Shortly afterward ma aeenred one or , my banda between both of brr aoft | l-almi. The obUrloua role area a little i difficult at that atage of ma'a overtures. , 1 had to turn round mid glance, at tlie i foolish old creature then, tiuch Irani • They were My ttSo ib dumber, but , each b»lud like a liquid koh-i-noor, , ■parkUng therein Ihatanalneaaor our , pteaamttltuto breakfast-room. on either , of thoae pink ctoeta. , The next lime ahe .poke it waa to murmur rrey loarfuUy: "Don't hog , me quite an hard, L'reto dear You're i quiio Hi iwu, \j ram war. inure

-- taking- my— breath -away. ' "Excuse me, ma," 1 gmped in the . act "t rebating her. "I'm glad you're , glad. I knew you would br. You , doo'taram ranch aurpriacd, though." , I am rery much aurprlaed, daughter. Burke II ah led hat been here BO , •eldom thla aummer, you know, and , you hare appeared to care ao alight)] , about hta atorncu And Uaen, a!- , though I often auepacud hla admlraliea for you, there eeaaied Utile ohau w , of you erer being indorad to returo It. \ There teamed on the contrary- — " "1 interrupted bar. "Yea- 1 uu- , demand. Y -u thoogM I'd reject , Mm: but I harau'L" "I*y hurt aren want further. Utah. , you. I' haae been deceived by yout , tiaatmeut otDbvid CarrolL" , Nut a ngy phaeanl laugfa hft my . llpa now. "DM yuu thlak me in lure , with David Carroll, ma? There ant , "Cumfort It a rery urttd term for my , presswt happiasss. ' Ma'a voloe quit- , credo liUte at Ant, but kept growing , .traugvr aa aba went on: "To hare t cfaaare btewren a (Wtrtal moral he,- , .rare on tha Mt hand, and a tin.,, „ tmthful steadfastness on tha other.— . David Carroll It what the wurU oalh c ellgMr. parhapa, with bta income and , gDud-lceodlngt tat I doubt whether the j man haa It In bla.puwerto make a wife , tlrabrara; maati, afa I dowbt whether tha woman Urea who baa It ha bar \ Sfcsrr : otttwdQl polish ha haa not a tithe of i "ark. IWhe-K. real a-rtk Where j one sowOta. other fattens; where , one MnerretSNjgobeye, tha other re- , I thought orer ma't Utile outhuxal | "f rfaetartc aareral hour* later ttta ( could be no doubt that afar had Judged ! correctly. Of eunna I hud made my , ^ ' MtereTgy: I btre io tbseremtry lad begun; but [ bad rery lWfo'ti'do"^* su*h. cowvksfcm on miua. No; m. f aSSiSES?; j -ad. eh-** : if the ewnrer ware to hare . .MM wo to marry Ue. that arendav J tared grand. }

; . J href hear #ille preinred for the 1 oewt. It trie highly probable that ' thla 'man would pay men visit to-day, , jual aa he had paid mc ana yeaforday. IIow could he pomlbly kuomof what I had happeoad la Ihe mranllSrf Yewand a poalUre appetite for neatly Canted compliocuU. To-day I was ' raula Olynti. aa eagagwl young |w- i with atrtel maxima of propriety I and a thorough understanding of b« • position. The change was no leas < I wondered. Indeed, whether the ' change had not eomebow Impressed It- < self an my eouatenare, and actually I went to my tollatfo-glaaa for the purpose of making tore aa to whether c waa really any facial alteration. « I decided. Mr rente of moral re- d •pnasiMllt)' bad not gives the tea. I a outward evidence that It ex It led.— I There waa nothing more serious or ■llgnllted than usual in my geoeral dc '■ I was still bteodwhaired, and bluo-ryed, and apple-checked, and * short or stature. As long as It remained a bodily impoasibillty for the n or the leopard to Interfere u with his personal appearance. Ursula a most continue the unvarying ° morsel of prettlnrea, that made brr en » gagenwnt to Itarkr Halt led aeem |ihy- t' (not to tay mentally) ridlcu'ou.. h For quite a while after that long " • Ure at myself In the toilette -glatt, I forgetful of Ltevtd Carroll • •> i>rrecoce In the alttinc-rooni. and went •' ■' prrecnce the

0 and atood by one of tbc window.. Inok- * ing out upon the balmy placid Septam- - her morning, and thinking mtbrr disagreeable thoughts. 1 Burke Halatrd was a great hroadI shouldered creature, with a Ikce sale emn enough for one out the "grave, f ecvere Genoeae of old," and went to the city every morning at six o'clock, - ami read law-books all day, and ma on forma of awfnl teoiillarltv with Herbert Spencer and John Stuart Mill ' and understood all the hard parts in r Browning perfectly. I had, . Juil r reached to the top of Burke's waist1 mat (even when 1 wore those new - hlgh-breied French boots that hurt my - feet ao) and considered mv blu -.mi1 gold "Lucille'' the moat charming por- ■ try, ami didn't rare a flg about theories ! and 'ologtea and 'itms. Burke was ■ sparingly clever, and I was llw merest 1 igneramns by bla side. Burke knew ' how to detect good tootlvre from bad, r and sift right from wrong, with very ' ranch the tame skill that I possessed - in the aaiactten of mneiina or laoee or I wonted. It certainly was odd that should crer hare made that Impor1 teat propositi no on the plane last evening " certainly waa hy nn ' means odd. however, that I should hare answered aa I did answer, alter having worshipped him iu secret for 1 nrariy two years, and foiling myself 1 that be waa one man In a million, and ! that the probability of bis asking mc i to marry Mm was about equal io that i of the son's forgetting to rue- some ' morning. And now that he had heme. I could ma control a sort of con 1 tlnual nervous amazement at tbc turn 1 I aff.-irt had tekfti. Here was the 1 ■ mountain come to Mahomet's very i mountain in Mahomet's

.em -door ao to apeak. And here also ' Mahomet ftilly recognizing the i colossal compliment, yet hsuntnl with uncomfortable conviction or bit own i 1 comparative HtUeneaa. I think my mnaings bad reached 1 this point when I awoke to a consciousness of treating Dr. Carroll impolitely, and hurried down lute lire tilting- room. * "You mate have thought I was never 1 suing," I said while giving Mm m> 1 hand. "Oh, no," ha answered. In hla qntet 1 There wan a attenr* at wr both 1 mated ourselves It would not bare born nt nil nn ' awkward tiV ncc If I had not had my Uulc Inward vote, waa already coun- 1 selling me out in delay, situ- this ' present visit of David Carroll's tnn»t 1 of-couree be the taasslaitof tbo sort 1 that I was over te receive from him. ' man through lire minntre of perfect 1 .itetice, and not '. bought of feeling ill 1 at anas. There waa no "talking for ' eflb«" about David Carroll. Indo d. ' wea ao little given te anything ' which deserve* the dignified nam* of ooonrsaUou. that very many people mostly timer whore opinion he wae ' ouches about changing-caeteideeed 1 him quite amiutoapiaw and stupid.— had began with a dcdilod conviction 1 that he was both, nt the onset of oor ' ecspuiataaoe. and had gradually altered the conviction, alaraal without I I had done ao, ontll I found : neyaelf enjoying hla aooiety with real 1 ore! of cn.foytnrnt. l-fayaienlly be amy lookad every day of bin Iwralyoix I year*, and had ntea brown eyre. I ' qaite sure that apart from thoae 1 same brown cy« and the.abUiiy te I d»v" Mmaoif In .larUeat taetr, Iievid ' OatMB^apfmaraaee had nothing kilt 1 ""^MtasnhH ' Wbe° h0",1Dkr' ool for srey kaag at a lime. What ! be eald waa rawer absolutely bright. 1 and never by any means silly. It "WW W stated of Urn that he always i rather suggested the test of hie bring < Mncated and cultured, than that he 1 poaWreiy gave premf of such a fact in 1 spoken worde. Now sod then it used 1 te strike ere that mental laziness had ' a great dreTto do with Ma placid ' mediocrity, and em-h cooduslm-.-. were for the moat taut arrieed at wbra I also bad made np ray mind Ih.l he • waa a very clmnnln-.' man indeed.— , »• add that hla mode of winning . *%£ «

l! "Yoo force me to do aB the telkt lug," 1 eald to him not many dsje , preriouely, ne U wae taking leave after a longer vitlt than neual. And ; the nice brown eyes had worn n kind t of gran candor aa he an# wrnxl: "Who would care te talk when there | h ao much more pleasure te be got from listening?" Common tense , might have told me that I had been garrulous about tbc mervat trivialities two hour* or Store; but vanity •onwbow kept bcr wnalblo antagonist at bay, and I cherished throughout the remainder ol that afternoon a lofty eompaaaiou toward the world In genreal, for having foiled to appreciate my brilliant couvrranllonal powers. Tbo ai trace this morning Isabel until I said. "Do you drive over or walk?" "Over," by-the-by, meant n of pre haps a mile, that separated our bouse from tbc late Mr. Carroll's. "I walked. It was such n pleasant morning." "Are your mother out! sisters quite well?" "Quite well." Ifc was looking at 11x3*1 ly now. 1 1 tad asked after bla mother vuid listen with a formal serenity of tone that struck him as odd, perhaps. "Gnesie tayt that you go to arc lire, by the way. She tobl roe to scold you Ibis morulilg for having owed her a visit for two or I taw an opportunity, and seized it boldly. " Plane tell Guasle th.it I collie vcrv soon. I want Iter it come very aooo. want t

;. congratulations." i. "Her congratulations?" , "Yea; and yuure. too. If you care te i give them. I am engaged in Burke , |. Knitted." | |. Ulterelleiiw. Presently : "You're t ,, not joking, MUa Urafc?" ' , 0 My laugh nog a little folic, though , ^ It eras loud cuoogh. "Joking? Ol t , course not You treat the matter , h wry much at ma treated U.*' Then, i It at I llnhdwd speaking. It aseeaad te I „ me that be grew a iritis pater. , , "When did nil this beppra?" he i ntked, wllh a thorough i. niraf lire; a , r composure at which I felt, tlimngeh , r enough, an illogical kind of plqnc. , "Mr. Halated nod I have been en- , . gaged since Inst evening," was my , , somewhat hnnghty answer. „ , David UatToU rose at Ihls, and drew t 1 his chair very close te mtoa. "Come," r , he sold, while retmtting Mmwdf, "tell „ , mo all about Ik Of course I'm c r curious. " ti 1 The |>er»uatirrne»s lu Ilia looca , r ammioM te absolute impertinence, t j t could not help thinking, siucu what lu f . said was spoken aa a reply to my last „ i majestic seotracr; but I conld not help j, , U, Inking alto that the man waa gen- , I ulndy interested, and that our past , , weeks of intimacy JustllW him in p . adopting his |irrarat foanner. Surely j f he had a aort of right te hear "nil p I about It." Surely his friendly coo- c c cent merited no rebuff ofr-my part — ¥ I Then, too, It was aucfa an edyraod t pkatnat mailer for me to great the , . reqnesl he had ju»t made. I knew r , Mm to well, and could talk io bla presence wllh such thorough eaaC and free- p , dura front cm barrets fiulft It waa „ , almost like telling a brother. „ r "There Isn't vtry ranch far you to „

, hear," 1 began, by way of exordium, . meeting tbc brown eyes with amiable | , boldness, "I have liked Burke Hal- , , steal for a long time, though It never | occurred to mc that I should one day , | lie hla wife, until he rather abruptly , . openod my ryes te the probability.— | . lYe hare never been rery intimate, . . yuuknuw. Last winter. In New York, ►. he used 111 Visit roe soaietMng more , r llisu nccnstanally. 1 think I l.-gan ( luring great res|»ct for Mm, and , , ended by ray faring Mm srilh all ray j l It's the most proper way of , foiling in low, isn't It?" , "Do you regard mc as au authority , , such delicate points?" "Not spselally. Ilut you havo m | , more of the world than I. Yon know . . much more about what ura and books , say. However, don't let us discuss , I bat queetloa, of wb.ther 1 hare Adlra , ; in love according to tbo m-wt approved ( stylo or no." ( I Carroll bad piaysd with Ms ] I watch-chain quite dillgratly, he anid: ( "I out hardly ftnlize what you bantold me It's going te make each n , , difference, Mtoo Urate." f "llow a difference?' "In our relations. 1 mean. Uy-tho- , farther rlslw from tue ere te fa ' I 1 suppose. •' "Yen," I answered quietly. "That , btjjr. Csrrull, I shall place safScrat ' conftdenos in your discretion and " 1 "Of oooree. ''bs Interrupted. "JW- ! , pte will talk, and all that. Perhaps I Ilalsted might become Jeahms, .j "Nonsense! ' I anid, a UtUe watralyu j I "1 should not ask you to terminate ! ' rear .fats far any urate rmram." I , ' my solar rWn« aa I went'. "Baife ' lent n tyrant, and nil jealous ■ , people are tyrants, mere or fees. If ' , had not bad perfect enfafaoer in ' ' he woold nut hare asked mc to , 1 masry Mm— at feast, 1 hope no." 1 I "Be would disapprove very atrunh , 1 ; Miae Urate, of my coming to aae you ' ' now. | « I I "Do yoo say that to annoy mc. , 1 , "Not at alL 1 am more^y pointing , out loy.ro the coarse wbkfoy.ro ought 1 , take iu your dealings with a man ! ' , Halated. Don't Irak dismal, j ' , moan nothing agslnel the genttemae. | *' I merely suggest what hie tempers- 1 I pokro. temperamrat?" 1 i Davkt Carroll mooded ok a grave < ' I aflirmatlw. with somethtnA very coo- ! 1 vtatMC l» U" expreaaten of the bcrau ; J as they oral mloe. "Alt rferer. ' tl-rogbtfnl mra. who Ink. Ufa a. raw- ! 1 jirarat, as fes takes it, .map. to fa' Ulrrmn- '

■- I rim mi walked reward a window, j ft My cheeks were burning with annoy- ^ ,c ancc. After lira reflections, I had d lately Indulged on lira subject of Burke 1 d Ilalsted •• superiority to myself,- not to I: say Ms moral unappraacbablraees, ■e worda like these were not sweet to -t hear. It mast bare been nearly Are n goeet, who still occupied the anil in i a which I had left Mm. and said with < * show: i "You are wrong. 1 Ihluk. iaaasuia- . 1 f ing that Burke Qalsn-d it naturally a ' 1 r jealous man. I should fa rery glad - < r to teat him, however, you : ' come and am mo hereafter Just aa you > 1 hare been In ihe habit of doing hith- t r mo." j I I "I will come If yuu desire it," lie 1 - answered, with a smile which made c . me fallow that my invitation confer- c red great plaaaure. And before be eald r t cood-bre that morning. David Carroll h liad agreed te visit uie with the some v i frequency at (brmcrly. I I walked np ami down Ura tilling- <1 t room for quite a white after liirn de- * ' iKtrture. with n dreary sense of having « I begun nil wroog, and y>rt feeling ofati ; k ' rate in my new resolution to take this ' a i wholly unfonaecn course. If Burke a ' Ilalsted were to mlu.-lc distrust with f< ' the lore he bore mc, and object te the ' " ' liarlnl. sa civilities uf a friend like j ci David Carroll, It was perhaps better f|: ■ Hut I should be warned in time of how -larkly mv future peace was « threat aed as Burke Ilalsted '» wife. <

This method of rexsoulug differed I some" list. It mtuffls- owned, from the ■ thoroughly proper intention, with I which I had gone ilusastalre te meet ' David Carroll that tame morning; hut ' the few word# my visitor hod spokm I relative te tha sort of allegiance which < prospective lord would fa likely te I demand of no. referred ihranmlvaa. f Willi a kind of gloomy pertiMOou, hack | te thoae unpleasant thonghls abont I Burke's intellectual grandeur and ' I moral majesty, it might even have I that I loved him nil the better for < precisely thoae very attributes; hut 1 Uray wen attributes; that held a I strange repnblou notwlthatnnding, • si occ they eecraed te require of me lore 1 nt a distance rather than fare near, I and food, and familiar. Yet U bad < been n sweetly consoling thought Hut matter bow vast between him and < was the gulf of divided mind, and ■ character and (cm p» rauicut, lore ipso- ' nod tin golf with n tlren gulden bridge, I ami for this reason nil was well; that I had been wire iu accepting hla .ofe ' fered fealty; that I would nererbecall- 1 cd upon te repent my chafer. Now ' however, then lied risen n doubt 1 that ik. -haam-suuintna Iwtdon was I Brm or as golden as I had < night believed. Unless Uurkr 1 trusted mc Implicitly, and waa < of tbo least suspicion coo- 1 renting my behavior at hit betrothed wife, the gold might !«• found te eon- ■ Uln nit alloy of loser metal, that iu 1 enough. i I coukl not help wishing, at this 1 point, that ho to whom I bad promised 1 myself stood more U|«o a level with 1 osrn humbler life. Yes, even In 1 many respects If be were more like ' '

Dnvid Carroll, and if there existed 1 I us the same poeaibmtlra or 1 ' uu real rained Intercourse, nt ' ' David Carroll and myself, J ' might fare Mm, perhaps, in a more 1 natural, womanly way. Aa It was, ' loomed lordly and lofty, from a 1 pedestal, like that statue of the Ap- 1 polio lldredeni with which Ills citron- 1 that n young Human girl onre 1 fell curiously In lore, Wasting titer ' warmth of bar maidenly hoart npon 1 Itcdkan, Irresponsive marble. 1 Wlt-n we next met— which was at ' dusk that same evening- 1 had an 1 uncomfortable rural faction of this tod ' story ; and though there eeemnl no 1 shadow of rrocmhl ittre between the I Roman girl's fate and that which ' mine was llkelr te | trove It tnu still ) easy t<> cell Barkc'sm lunsrstatucsque, ' much our reigning fashions ' male attire prevented It from bring 1 strictly what one might term Apollo- c onw. Ajwr wnud hfal n«Aay ~nn ; boor's IntarrVw with nn, all three of 1 took ten together in a by no meant* * conrersnUoool way;' though I remem- ' bow ma's fat* rivalled her ton- ' caddy q throughout the meal, and how, ai Its termination, her faaUtadn ' made etiU more rvideta by giving * mc an egdtad little ramus, and say- ' Ing quite pointedly that Bote and I could hare the iltting-room to our- " sclera If we wished, as she ha, I some r account to look orer in her own room. Tlra considerate old darling knew that J we woold prefer the sUling-room. with lu eeey Huh Are thai damp evening; " ibnd-and-goae pa hadn't courted * far so lukewarmly iu the distant yean 1 ; of her memory not te remind her that J [ she would be de rray now. i Burke and I entered the lamp-light- f I I ed sitting-room after Ota's disappear- * I and soon found ourerires nda by * *i.!e on n sofa. I think he began cop- " venation by telling ura haw hold his j bad fare working nil day. Ilk strong | face with Ue rfatr gray eyes end " aquStne features, certainly srnse a " Iliad task a* 1 examined IL *1 sappose that people have to work ; I vsiy-fnwd," erao my answer; "U they J want to ha good lawyers- Your mother 1 j told ma lira other tier thai yon were exerting ywanetf t— greatly. Borke." . - -ttrahow the "Berk." had a strange, . nufirnlUnr sound as 1 mid It. "Mr. sronrad so "inch more naluri al. After that I .fashed rwklrasly , I into e kind of kitteuitlt pkyfal man- , | and nmoriud Hint It was a shame t, for him to spend the beet dap of hie ' rfa ralf m of rich inrreta attd far- ° ! ing not Use l ost r„- .1 to moke srab a j nailvr toU m the .Hfaf .fa,/ " " I v^dradgtdeimply (a, k i lkot Mfal «. hui: antra, gush «f J -tA-.r-.olre we- rev.. | rarer I. the r

. rapid oonetuaien that ithadfasa alto - gather tmsaoctaafM. neloakcdntrifle t t very serions and nanaiMe shout the p t folh- of on idle life, and nbaot youth > , being Ura time for energetic exertion, it . Of course be was rigid and I was * i wrong, I immmed lately ecaclodrd. I p must remember not lobe kittenish and w I silly with Burke. I must remember rt that be waa not David Carroll. 1 muat it remember, also, that he had never et - known what most br tenuc-l my flip- ct 1 pant aide, la hla aocfaly I bad alwaya a | n modem, wrii-nuonrred Ursula n. i not an UnnU Glynn who w ! lazily of Just what happened to is enter far bead, and was listened to it by a man who encouraged ai Burke naleted said a gtvatdeal that rx evening which I do not rx-ntembrr nil aa enough to put in writing, and which, w If felthtally Iranscrifad, would nt lock the chares of Ms dorp, earnest m voice, foil of a mellow music that I In to hear. Who! he said was nil cr very flower of wisdom. I after- or wards told myself, ami expressed in It | words which only be conld command, to | of It was abont his bopra, and alms, and ambitions; some uf it wot ah j about the stimulus which my new- pi, lore had given I- these; n little pit crick the Great." which Ik- hail Just pe finished and wanted nra to read. as I thought after be tuul gone, that I of could aw the beautiful poldre bridge wi

, spanning lira gulf fat wren us very I I plainly now, more plainly than I hod . area it kst night, perhaps. True, he t i my hand in hla once | ; while are sal together there In the alt- , with dear nut U|wtair> uuk- < i ing benevolent opportunities for him; i fat ween the grcetlu- Lias and that , for good -night, had fa out* kissed mc; sprakina "f the Itapptnrss I had ! ; Jlveu'blm did Ma grave lips ooccbrrok i ; into the amife that I should ao liked to I seen there— Ura smile that would I r ■ fare worth quite as much as thaw j ( • rlnvr. eloqurati«-ntcfc.«, pcrba|>s. aud r : would hare made present nearness so i much preferable to Ura old grandeur of t distance. lie had made love to mc, ' 1 i fay-raid a doubt; hut fa had made love (there waa no denying the fact) a trifle t I rotnbmusly. | t On the following day bit mother 1 I culled. Aa br as appearance went, t I Mrs. Hakted's aSsbie. stout matron- I . hood, with its alert Utile laugh that ' accepted the slightest possible excuse : ; being audible, gavoinrrrktionshlp . Burke quite a ludlerons air. She ■ . Irxtilod me very affectionately, and held r my hand throughout lira visit to a really : tiresome extent, called me "dear , choice," and kissing me Incidentally during far amy «.r two t . hours, giving ample reason. I trip pose, e i fi-r ma's warm praises after abe bad I . taken her leave. t In the evening Burke came. lie i . stayed If anything n little later than on r i Uw previous night, and I remember i , (hat his departure left mc rather nervoutand flurried. The man trident- t i ranked mc aa altogether too ttaln«s a • peel men of womanhood. He f talked what I am going to rail t nirtaphytic* for quite a while that evening, though very probably it waa evening, lltotign rery probably it

all somrthlug simple and ordinary - enough, provided only I had fare a female Burke, with capacities equal to weight and size. But then I wasn't female Burke. I waa merely a very ommonplncn girt indeed, with no I drat on tbo anhjoct of marriage than that the contracting parties ought fa food of each other, aud behave with a mpoctabfe rvUcute of inch -Sts to fa made acquainted with all of taw theories, and iatrodnced, to to sprak, among •» entirely new rat of aspirations, o little discreet slowness aa Burke's part woold hare- fare advisable. not to any merciful, daring this of reformation. Aa It waa. I Ufa somebody into whoaa train the of a new language waa being forced, without any preparatory acquirement of Its alphabet Burke left me that evening with n vague coooption sflfa btamafeas sort of paragon sought to reform ma, I cannot even that he fad molt the slightest attempt What be anid win apoiuro ranch an though he faUeved I bada l a bit of diflkulty la hoping ap wllh him-na though, in troth, I was ' nor to being the diriae creature fa dracribtd, that whatever points ai • <L Iterance lay between myself and his glorious ideal, wan hardly nolleenbkpoints stalk My hand ached for qaite a long lime ' after I want to hod that nigh L Bate's deep, mrionsteno were ringing In my ! rare mi —taring sfosp. I was | thoroughly nawarthy of the man who , hod ehosnms, I told myself, and thoroughly unahfe to realm Ma grand . bopea Ha had fare deceived in supposing res Mo tfes woman I really Than mast fa nn awakening ' day; and if the awakening came after marriage, I should fa wholly to ' blame for ita tardiness " What is tan jus an quiet. Urals?', said is trrekfosl on the following ' "I dent know, ten," I answered, ' balancing a fork on my foreflngcr.— ! "That te." I addefl, "perhaps I know toownB." ^ ^ mild alarm. "Dtwr L'rtle, I hope there ' tare nor Msg like n quarrel fa. I "No, yon aU goose," 1 broke in I irreverently. Thro, with n great deal ' of ahruptoso: "Ma. I'm not n fait ' suited to Brefo: Ilalsted. Nut a < I" I "You daafe mean, daughter, that < tlrara It any fat of the right aSteUoa , ".Ltolhta, he afaulatoiy war- 1 ' '"fa^-tn d!mM,"A-''l"nrn V. r. ! ; ■A^LIo1Xg6sn»*S^d SL ror? I ctey fa*»d. -

Tbw 1 IsAlho room and look a teng [ Dnvid Carroll srouki come tliat morn- > Of ratine. Burke's superb ideal i wouldn't hare received liavld Carroll in a similar position to mine. She i would hare rollod her cjts skyward, perhaps, si the ban, though: ~C".:c!i a i wickedness, and farSJxeribrased aevef ral additional aaint-fikc actions iiu/ ing the day, as a penance ^or li.tving entertained It. But I, of the ca/th earthy, looked upon David Carroll as ; great social relict Jnst litis, after hist I < night's worrlmeot- He was a man | 1 whom I only liked with a friendly ilk- j " and toward whom I cherished no I •neb tender sentiment as Burke Hal- > stead, with nil his severity and solemnity, had awakened; bat be was a man, ■ nevertheless, to whom I made no moral > salaam, and one whom I could meet t with a tranquil courictkm that fa waa ' not gigantically my fatter. He praised 1 ma with unmerited praise, perhaps; 1 after aU it was only a little rosy j ■ crown of compliment that he offered, c and not Burke's classic laurels which < seemed such gross hypocrisy, for me >' He come at abonl ten o'clock and * stayed until after twrlre. He waa very in his odd atylc of being f My engagement was not once apoken ol, aud the morning slip- 1 ped away in what sre usually generalise j c minor topics and lira assassination - i of a very pretty aoug for two voices, , C which fa had brought over for us to 'i ' I tor-

Just after be bad gouo oia entered • the hall where I was standing. "I thought you told Mr. Carroll the day before yesterday," she said quite quietly. "Told him what?" "Of your engagement , dear. ' ' I "And be lias come again alter hrarj of it?" j "Certainly. It there any barm ia 1 receiving n friend Ukc David Carroll? Don't he stupidly prudish, 1 spoke a little irritably and poor ' ma held her tongue with sweet ' humility. ( That evening, aa 1 wna sitting at j the piano threading my way through ' the difficult accompaniment of lira ton* David Carroll had brought, Burke's voice startled mc. "Bather wclldone,*' said, • peaking cine al my elbow, "bat it needs more practice, Ursula.— Something now?" "Yea," I answered while he stooped and klaaed my forehead. "It was onlyreceived this morning." "This morning? From whom?" "David CarrollI S|>okc promptly. He fronnod the change on bis face as clearly as though it had been a very thunder cloud of scowls. Alter that there was perhaps moment of silence between us. I ran fingers carelessly over the keys until he spoke. "Does David Carroll come to see you now?" Tbrgan my chromatic scale with my on the soft pedal. "He drops in occasionally." "Urania." I Stopped playing. "Well Uurkc." i I stopped playing, "well, Uurkc.

r "It docs not please roc to learn that i David Carroll comes here. Does be > know of your engagement to me?' • t "Yea." My heart was fasting very r fast. I Just murmured my moaasylla- ! "How then ran you unction vitiu t from him?" I wheeled round on my piano stool ' i and faced Barks at Utia. "Bolts," 1 f 1 anid, anting Ma glare teaks I I fearietuly, "you are not Jealous, I ' i trust?" I '• I ran object to your strange fai hnvlor for other reasons than that of ■ jealousy." 1 "My strange behavior! Ia Itstraage 1 that I should cqjoy tbc visits of a ! friend?" "You have promised to be my wife, ( ' Urania," was the almost stern answer. ' "Your womanly instincts muat tell 1 you what Una of conduct ought to ba ' liwwt* B wannest— that reuittaaM ' so have mistaken my wishes and ao ( misunderstood your own position." , "I am very sorry, Burke, thai your 1 withes take this severe form. At for | ' not quite capable- of undrrstand- | ing it that ia, aa you would hare t ' "Al I would have yon?" he re- : rs- .... ,

' "Yes. You make very few allowance* for the dlflbrcnco between our ' minds and character*. You talked to ' last night as if I combined your learning with your experience, and ' could follow wherever you led. Yon 1 bare made a great mistake in mc." — ' My voice gnew higher and quivered a | Just here. "It is bolter thai yoo should know nt once how great that mistake hat really been. I am not the tbougbtfhi, deep creature you con- | alder me, I am uothing but a very ordinary person indeed." When 1 had finished speaking, he came quite near me and took ooo of my hands, holding It between one of own for several moments. HI* 1 eyes were scanning my lace, I well knew; hut 1 was ofati nalely avoiding their look. r "Urania," ho prewtnUy snkl, "per- , you are right. 1'crhsps I do expect too much of you. I shall try and correct this fault, and thank you for , reminded me of It." Then he I dropped my hand, and walked toward ; lira tahie and lack up a book. I seated I myself and fagna playing again. If fad only c leaped me In Ms arms and kissed me! That formal holding of my hand expressed so little! Of course his "giving la" fad lawn very draceution tfa^I^uf not foil to ral- | ue. lie still meant, however, that I j ! was not to bt Dnvid Carrell rams and ; sremo. But I srnsn't going to tdray j wtston aa Ufa paint; David .faold ramcjuttra former! v. IVritnja If he

r nra, I should fare ocnt down nn "co- • gaged" to David Carroll, lira next 1 time that gentleman called. [I I began to play qnltnriitorniily after 0 that, and tried to m^ke my oniric say , that Jpvcra ought so behave Uke lovers i/flBtrthat there, 'was no earthly uw ic / being; engaged without kltaes aud em- : braces tw tha fa-art « desire of either. 1 I mutt fare succeeded xcrv poorly ini deed; for at tbc conclusion of my peri i formanrc Uurkc atked me if j was ; j quit.- willing not to play any more 1 that evening, ns Ms haul ached rather . snflcringly— front over- fatigue be sup . pofcd. Because of this same headache no doubt fa fell at about nine o'clock. For fttll a week after the discussion | relative to liavld Carroll's visit*, I wet in ignorance as to whether Ilurkc knew j that I was tlill entertaining the guest to j ■ whose presence be fad objected, when ■ finally moUicr Informed mc ouc morn- • that Mrs. Halatrd considered her j ! ; shamefully treated, ami myself an | I ■ out-and-out coquette. Ma hail been , I to rail una* Mrs. Halated, aud uo I doubt foun^tcr visit a" disagreeable j i ouc. judging front the two deep-red i •pott on either of brr checks fight." I said. j i like It, Ursula," ma nnswrml. "Of! | j I was not going to have insult- 1 1 1 things said afaut you before my , t ' Ma begnu agitatedly to unpin ^ : laco shawl at this point. "Even t though I considered yuu iu Uu.- wrong < Uu: '

ri I stood up for you." •I "Bravo,'' I cried, satirically. "Huw , ic did Mrs Ilalsted find out that David , "I didn't ask her, Ursula. Mho ' knows it, and Burke knows iL She says, though, that liurkc is too proud r. I suppose that accounts for his not yet having quarreled with you." ,o "I thiok k very likely." was my | d auileo ansifor "Some diaintcn-sted i j, critics might venture to suggest, how- [ lr wllh liurkc Haltted't tilcucc tluu ' it pride; that he it ashamed, in other i words to accuse mc of faring flirted j ,t with David Carroll, there king uo , h sensible reason for such Jealousy and g suspicion a* would dictate the charge." ] ■ "You are acting wrongly," Ma tald ' watching me with very much tlra same r, quiet melancholy ill her cyrs which 1 _ remember lu have seen there w fan, lu childish years, I had tiroughl to far d side aomo marveiously dirty face or v Lock for critical lns|ieciion. "Wfatli-j cr you are flirting with Dnvid Carroll or not, lie has no right to com? here j any more. lie careful, or yuu will ; ic drive Burke loo far. His motlrar In- j j, frrrrd as much to-day " h I answered with ecornftil tunes: "If ,f Burke chooses hs ran htx-ak our eu- ; « gngement to-morrow. lie lias uoj n right to diatrutt me, and he niakes ■a Mmacll ridiculous by doing so. I mrnn to give Mrs. nalstrd reasou for wag- 1 u ging that mischievous little tongue of j hers k-fore very long. " v Ma looked quite appalled by my u threat. "For Heaven's take, Ursula, what are you going to do?" But 1 didn't condescend to tell. In -• tho evening Burke came, at usual. 1 •• -.UO evening uurae cnmc, at usual, i i

,t should not have guessed, from his i « macucr toward mc, that I was grxntly i in disgrace for misconduct with David j Carroll. My lover stayed until quite i late, and spoke on certain subjects that Interested us both, with a lender- i i neat and softness 1 shall always re i member. There certainly fad been ■ g manifest throughout the past week, 1 i n afterwards told myself, a dlflcreoce In i s mods of treatment that was quite t unmistakable. Burke had certainly I put forth no effort to descend from lilt I _ pedestal and make love after Hie fiuh- i ,f Ion of humanity at large. He had yet | shown by no meant what I desired lu I the tray of demonstrative fondness, * hut he promised improvement of a | most encouraging sort. t Mrs. Ilalatad was a contemptible | , iroubfe-brewer, I decided, and far < l| story about Burke's disapproval of i a David Carroll's visits was an altogclh- , j or false story. Burke had grown core- ■ 0 trust thoroughly. Ills love had i strong enough to sweep aside all I ' trivial impediments and to flow smooth- , along as it traa now flawing. There i woold be absolute uUzlkctlon in car- i rying out my vague threat of Ura i 0 morning. I should like to give Mrs. I Hals ted a Utile solid proof that far , son's affection for mc amounted to I something warmer and more trustful | something and trustful

than she seemed inclined to believe — 1 1 fad never exactly liked the woman, i 0 and her late attack npon poor ma fad | T irritated mc rather strongly against ] her. So I went to trad that night with ( * a firm reeoiotlon. , Dnvid Carroll called the next day. | ' as I fad more than half 'expected that | 1 be would do. It was the mildest of I 1 September mornings. We hod not . 1 been seated together ten minutes whrti , I proposed a walk. , ' lie scquksord very willingly. 1 | bene the direction of tho Ilalsted | ° homestead— a low brood rained house, , wboao front stood not many ranis from \ tho main road. I thought it very pro- j * halite that some member of the Hal- , rted household— even if It were only a , ' serrmnl— would M uiuve pasoed. , It waa just possible, indeed, that Mrs. , - Halated fareelf might he seated on the , ■ piazza at tho time of oar paeslng. 1 Mrs. Ilalsted was not there, how- (, r ever. But I shall never forget the ut- , ' ter hewliderinent that conic upon nra (, 1 as I looted across tlie garden gate, t 1 over David Carroll's shoulder and saw r Burke. t 1 I stopped Instantly with my face on ,, I fire, •ffa meeting aflkt-d Burke in a f different manner; even at that distance r I could see that fa fad grown very ' * 1 ^Sed'Tn"^ , - ; amazed valce, "1 hadn't the knat , l ^f^^ ofaot Ura woret , ' thing that eaiid he said, meter lira cir , I j SnSis' ^^Jqy^klMf*tto j

i- Mlf-poaaraateo: "I waa net vesy well j t this morning: and ao remained away I I from bnsineas. Will not you and Mr. J r i f arroll come in?" r "Thanks -no." I stammered, prpy- j l ing a silent prayer that Ura roadside I i | would open and swallow me. "Wc ] . writ only taking a little stroll. 1 I , think we're walked far enough; don't I . you?" appealing to my co<n|MnIon. ; . "Sapjmac we go luck again." My last words tpurmured In a nearly ini audible tone; and 1 hurried on for many steps, after speaking them, with groundward eyes and ramprraard llpa. lYrhapa David Uarroll pitied i my emlurraaanrant wllh such genuine ! pith that he at length said: j i "Don't look no awfully frightened, I I MUa Urtie. There Iiasn't been an ' | earthquake." I j 1 did not S|wak UU Just as we were ' entering our garden. "Mr. Carroll," 1 j I then found voleo to aay, resting a ' on tho gate-latch, turning my ! I ; face fttll toward hi«. while fa atood ou I : lira outside path. "I am going to ask I you not to route *ln. 1 hope you un- . dentand and not feci offended." j ' "I tball not f«-l offemted," Ira said, | ' ! placidly. "Am I nol lo come any ' Tlie Mix- brown eyes fad a gfeam of j ' pcriuasiDti in their depths, but I j » [ thought of llurke llaUfed's pale face ■ there on the piazza, nctuall y alittililcrrd , «' I thought also of my reckless, iu- | excusable behavior, andanswrred with g ; calm promptness:

"No. pirate." w "Aa you wish." wat tlra ready reply, i il Then he took my hand for a moment, drew back a step or two with lifted ic "Ma," 1 called uu euteriug the d house— "Ma, when are you?" ; ThUfar 1 sought far. , ' y "I wish 1 was lire years younger." ; d i were my first wonls, ns 1 sank into a i °j "Why. Urate?' r Ma sighed vastly I knew that au | j d | invisible raven waa dapping Its wings 0 | ovvr far brad aud prop!, eying disa. ' iffarffugc 1 d nerving lu-nwlf for an account of no lira < e ' thrilling ilark deed on my |«rt.- j' 1 "What liavc you been doing. Urate?" j ' u die prvw ully asknl, with "if any calm, j ! r n calm Ure|iair." f -r | •• David Carroll awl 1 have Isx-u ' U j IfUfa Hsfe'lr il'^|tl' r ."U' "l ' 1- 1 "I need tiol guess You have told ! If ™'Wl R nwful? ' «•' "Yerv. II. saw yuu, uf course; did oj he speak?" • I rvplitd by tclliug ma precisely , a j what luul liap|Ku»l. "He will break I ' ;-| tlra engagement," she said, sadly, when 1 if I had finished. < J "Do you really think ao?" i ' f "Tfare isn't a doubt of Ura fact, j ' i, Ursula." Ma was looking out of the i ' window with a set, grit-fl'ul face. -'lie - a would be more Hum human lo bear ' I such barbarous treatment; I can use J 1 sui-u uaruaroiis ireatment; I .

i other won! iu s|icakingof yourcun- ' duct." 1 "But I only did it. ma, to vex his i For tlra tlrst lime iu all my acquaint ■ auce with far— and I make the statement oiler grave deliberation -I saw in a passion. To- be sure. It was a very mild passion; hut far gentle i eyes glittered, and her soft lips grew firm about tbo nlgot. and bcr raltu Ujcauio creased with a deep i frown. 1 had metaphorical ly applied - loot straw to far poor, patient . back, oinl it was mcU|ihorical'y break - "To vex his motlisr!" she re-p-uLal. tone* Hut made mo shiver from - made nra shiver to hear a dove • crank or a lamb bellow. "Do not ' attempt lo docelvo yourself, or nra cither, Ursula, hy auy such shameful sophistry. If ouly Mrs. Halttnl, ami i not Bursi-, rum iccd you pasv Itiis morning, your csownlng act or reckindelicacy would fare bean ac- - complisfad oil the same. You favr 1 tried, almost from tlra first hour of ■ your engagement with liurkc Ilalsted, to show him that you cared notMng hit lore; that be bad rxcliaogrd ' rows with ouc who looked lighUy aud i u|wn far share uf them; But 1 made a sort of physical interruption to mnVllUlc tirade at this 1 point, by throwing my arms quite ; hysterically round Iter neck, aud fag- > ging far not to call mc any more of a wretch than I really wat. "And yet, perhaps you are all right," I sobbed. . my head on Ura ilrar, faithful f that I sotualww kuew by lotliuct wat even then silently forgiving nra. "I haven't cared a bit for tbal noble man s noble lore. I have been a child who plays marbles with a precious diamond, trailing It as Uw merest pebble. At Oral I was angry of the suspicion that he'd be of Da rid Carroll, and then angry because of the Idea that lie wasn't jealous enough. I wish I trot dead. You don't think, by the way, that there's tbc remotest chance of hit not breaking tlra engagement?" Still I clasping ma'a nodi. I bad revested to J her my very agitated foe*. Loth of its looking. I am aura, Uke two groat j Interrogation points, with two great ' for their ilou. Ma spoke in quiet, sympathetic j loora, now. 1 bad completely conquered far wrath. • •To-night will deddr, Ursula, I suppose. I f Ira ana to-night, there , may yet be a chance. II not, you fare, , •till the hope of touching his compos- I sion by fetter." The rent of lira day pnaand misers- i r.-st-wssSvjr lent aiuufanut nt DnrU Carroll,

l whom 1 chose to consider uj nroon 1 plioo in evil. Immediately after ten r went out on the piazza, and four . J that Uw sky bad clouded over ait ' huge hint k clouds, and that raid trim! - . vret priugiug up, and that rain looki i inevitable- 1 went back to the hoc - j and entered the aittlng-romn. Ta I ing a magazine, I seated myself at 1 read through quite a long story, at: reached thcjlast word with only a vagu Mm or what It fad an been abnu After that 1 walked the floor a Hit!. 1 1 was nrariy falf-pnat eight, and tber was just the feast chance of bis cetmiu-. now. Perhaps fa would never coreagain. No, not syen If I wrote tboIKiilteot fetter teymtarow morcing.nmi j acknowledged my own wrong doing in Hie most abject manner possible. !!• was going to more off, and bo the far ay mountain once more, for me to worship at a distance all the rest uf my The brat place for such worship would he in tbc soli tods of a com rut, I fold myself, provided ma. wMVss a rigid Presbyterian, would bear of my How my heart kapt when the bell | of the fall door, wMch fad becnrlos.-d ) mi account of tfa sodden change of the wratber, terminated tbcae raouastie 1 reflections by a clear peal! I flew to . scat, aud took up my magazine again. I fad Just made the discovert that It was upside-down when Durl t entered tbc room. "Good evening," I said rising. "Good evening. Urania.'' •'Dots it rain?"

"No." lie Was standing close .beside tlra table, braking flzidly at the brouzo [ |- rsou iu armor who hit* hero kind enough to support our sitting-room . lamp against one shoulder for several years patl. Uo was drawing off his I occupied myself with immense energy, in trying to tear a button from > ; the front of my dress. "You were , , not feeling rery well this morning. Burke., Are- you better?" ! "Yes, thanks It was only a little laziness, 1 supjkisc, (fat kept mo , home." My cyrs ural hit Lev now, though* b» . | did uol return the look. Tfa crisis might as Well be brought I during Ibis suspense any louger. "1 that you uevxr stayed auaj j from busiucss," I went ou. "It wa> u 1 1 m-irulug, Just-just as, I have in- | doubt il was a grail surprise for ym. lie- f ired ura th. ii, aud I knew fo lira first time huw sad his rye* w en* | "!• I* not pleasant for mc to t|«ak •• what liappcucd Uilt murnlng.U rsula, • ho said. "And yet il swum, ww.ralxnr I lira test topic that is left us. Don't ywu ; think to?'. 1 marvel, uow, at lira boldin »• Willi ! which I came neater aud ought his arm , and looked up, all my soul in my ryes toward Ms solemn face. "You nicau t lira very worst. Burke, I aiu aur.-," was my faint murmur, "and all licit I can do is to acknowledge iny fault wlran It is too latr. I don't knon ; treat you so shamefully. Last w ret joo sowuraiuilj. UllBUl

. j you were very kind and tokraut w ith ! Lot seaming to notice my silly In: , prudences, and. Indeed, growing more tender and teas like tbc awfully »U(. - rior being you are. But I sorothus. . fafaved myself all the wont for it. , Aud now you're come to, make ou end , of everything tmtwoca us, I suppose." Tho last words choked mc, hut I , was still looking up Into his lac- . , When fa caught my baud. "Wna It" ? all mere folly and Imprudence. Ursula i j Answer nra 'yes' on your honor, and , I will forgive you willingly." „Yca. on my honor," I sobbed; but tlio words were ttnmbkd through with my arms as much about Ms track a- , lilt six feci of height would permit, j After Uiat he clas|icd mc to him very p closely; and presently I felt bla lip* t touch my forehead. At thla I fouud r voice through tho Uxirn that were alj moat stifling mc. J "Oh Burke, if you would only be n . not forinnl. and distant, and gnin-1! u If you woubloutv tore mo as I want t to ho tored, ami noteouitantly rvmlml ,f me that you're older, wiser and fatter tluui I am!' ' His first auewcr was a lightening of j tlra arm-clasp that held uw, as 1 lifted j my Hps to meet his. Soou afterward: i; -'I will try very hard, Ursic, darling." fa whispered, "to fa all that you dr- •. sire. If my tore cannut alwaya renal "N a itself uu the surface, it haa depths r which 1 hope to show you some day." Jra , Ma was in far room wheu I entered , it, at about cteveu e 'cluck that night , The obi dear wore such a blissful look . that I came toon abrupt stand-still in j trout uf lirrchalrandgrowkdsrven-h : . "You've horn cavuvdrupplug. Don'l l attempt to deny It." I "I only listened for a tnomeut," tfa appealed. "Just long enough to team , that lturk Halated to •' „ Tfa Man Who Didn't, ma," I int.i , rupted. " Niiity-uine men out ofa bin. s died would fare broken their .-ugag " , meuts uodcrlikedrcuastnaora. Butt , deserves canonization aa the Man !Yb-> , Didn't." "Canonise Mm all your life. Urate." [ waa ma's anaxrer. "Brifeve Mm lb. I iranrroas, nobte man fa fe till death divide* you. Soeh n toltef cannot lafar from right, I fancy." • Ill try, ma. What an admiration I you're always lad fiw Bariu- . br tbi 1 suppose Ife only your thirtj years of srniority that erer prereutcu you from falling la tore with Mm yourK Ma looked sfacked as I fiaol Irar. — (Tie Gehrig for Jeaaory. Tfare are TWOO fartora ia this coui.- - try. Tfav doubtfesa araracc an In- . come iff WOflO enofa ■ggregntiu^ -TI, - OUO.OOO a ymr — and their moii-'.u- • t< feast IXMMMW wst; making a . grand aggngatB of SliiO.QOO.'W . . rear. Thlx is the cost of tfa servicer . rendered by fentffiMki pswctittoawrs; . bat who ran mSanfe tfa faUlfew. paid . aaaanlly to qoncks? MfoUfifl.fWf i* ( too tow n flgmv.