Cape May Ocean WayeS!

— . I,, _ __ _ -— — — ' -^-Wg-aKgBa , VOLUME XVL CAPE MAY CITY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1871. WHOLE NUMBER 839

ftllMI . ,o; IHbwHllttilbbi.nita k», TVjg- v. »*• *"*• » is%sm j&amesx.'zsz Ml* fl— ^«sv thy fl~ te "Iterate, to streps*, Ml* BrrsUMne...,- '«,» .re otm sromr. HATHAWAY tTflAHBIj OU, Til !; ^rjQND Or JlNl'XIIV. They nirito had the right MB) .-. the girt* ififfet t— ,'but still (liny .lid »»«'» «n»e wondsrtofatthreoineldc-n,, of uame and nature/ Tin conclusion "U Ottllj arrived at that bo might l>: a lineal descendant of Ann Hathaway, otherwise tin unfortunate Mr. Slut, ., [•■arm; i bet thariftwnfo. ptefe-wherc ill.I lui ,gtt that ? ■ - Wu l| Inherited, picknl up «r imparted Is null the oddity olio bore il ? And bos did HaUiaway .Strange*, | name cow. to 111 bird so exactor ? , To *H ordinary ohaenrer there was nothing strange In !bo physical man. Ha oar- ' rid hit brad on bla broad tboulders j like romman bipeds. He liad'tWtftycs only, and (!ioU|(h they wcr •, it muni bo ( admitted, half closed. Ire man- : agml to see many things In a very clear mr*- «<"•*' of handa and finger*, and actually saiKaawtr; l of mir query. "Why wa* he Strange?" Let a* state a lbs commonplace facta inTto hlatory of Una provoking puxz I- . for aucfa Is saa to the wo-nankliiA of I 8c L — H Ner will sregonmtor back c than Ma first appearance In fete afore- t named city. At Ihnt thne to waa In- • Irodnccd to public notice a> a genteel- i caouub. looking person, of- a vcrv do- a oidad fauain ssdreitetch kind ol man- . nrr. nnd We' Aftfy' aoen l«yood .the I range of lit- brown-atone Root of the ' aulouutlal laraUng-houa or Drewry ' A Co. If, in 'huae 11 ret ynre, hd par- I leyed at s.u. t corner* trltta hla felhiwa J or maided .recognition to anything In I the -slap* of a woman, il never come to • the kuutefalffu of mortal. , , I In a crowd ho waa never arcn, ir tea a e crept the -ongregatlon or Re*. Sir. r llrock. There, iudocd, you might count I to a certainly on meeting l.im, at pre- r ciarly m.an A. SI. on I to Ural day of t C1WIJ I-I.PI .a. re. o« i lie am .nay ni

. every Week from dantury to De-ember. Those who aat Immediately iwhlnd him -urmianl that the poor felloe might bo the victim of a pniuful Sun.lay crick of tin neck, aa he had never yi I bean tee u to turn Jr is head from iIk- right angle of IVw No. 37, fet the site-action* he e»»r ao orrr whelming. . right Ar lefl, fore iu nil. The aertiei o.vr. Ire thrradad hla way through Can la rip: or I. main c>U.grv«*Ii*n, ttofenZHWfd „r | all ..brerforaj |hf WXi»! gaing to to I forever lowing to and tanking altar i ifewf and dumb man J Are you not 1 out of patience with the ftll >w ? r 1st in Iniro him aleM, **irM&^.l i in the aolUaiienfUnuiwnendKtnaliiy. ' I hi the liL-toM ground to ttoamt . !• luldukitavclafaluwdlj—lwuki crazy j ami tinner."' BtfaalMMare on tfcla I fuhitKiahla prutmiunlv all aald tho i >ume thins of the nnalghty iiuiaaucy i "What a piiy aw of our I ■og-purw-d I enpitaData dn not invaalan I fie twenty j : th-uiiand 1rt (he Improvement of thli j iMndaamo hjmis- ;• • . Thrre It itood, jvar afte, year. Vlic { wretched utmhert-r ST~ Hie toWly i gtmlrifta' ' tfirt it haa nflnftir^iW !& laat | d"cade. The weathor-atnln TiOerrtn of liny winter alornu haa. g-nc dimti, vanUUnl before Uv .magic « and ol iuterrral improraoieut. Uuay rrorkmrn , ply their cbnTlid, nnagy crat through . II... lung apring and iumuic daya gotoaadiog. and uu the ruina e' tW put oprtwu a mivle! ofarehHectt«! l«»»ly and ehgnwaa DarpenUw and reanon , gtw plare to (daatrevr ami f:vev> pain- , !r* *Tul4": rid"1' "***? ''* for ^ ' UntUcnpc gurdeov-i and erriwetratpry , tVwWT give the hniahing air ike of atTo the oh-repaalod query. '-TYhiiJu agreed. ^Kul on^the reff dret had r-igued ainec the iuiltv ilr Ac of dcn.n -.lm, tb. whirh of an 'elegant riagr » ay and atugvadUd urrll. alWol i portal. Uai'i away Strange ateppal ahrwly J frw I he vehicle, aa dclib. cutely aa- f rend-1 the marble atepa, a l.rnMed a ■; k-r U- U.- luck of the ou-ied wkm j. HHvSSrE Rom Mm tsck iwaarand wi -.h Hie W-v^iE-Vkii:

otim&ar.tzrs ft dtwm Ihwridc hall, aud waa _mo»! carefully drpoaltcd Sn a a mull but eoay ehndiher opening Into a larger one.— , . la e*< h of tbew rerena a grew threw g - atood,wftfi\r.Uln^r gn-ai cuah- •» toned, armed rocker, capable of being COOT"J«miY HittlUrequhyair} into an invalid coucE luio Ihla repoeo-in- 1 "Viler our venerable handle vm, tenderly caaconced. Urea the email fret, J " W their placra on the yiddiag footatool. " The only ellbrl Uw boodle enuyed " waa a fumhllng attempt to untie its «' iKwd-alringn. - "Don't Whroy; Slater. That'a ray " bualnerw," eaid the attendant-, and the r- hood and the nurneruua outalde wrapid pinga dtre telnorrd. By Uifa thne the eonlente of tho rocker had began loaaaamo aomolhtag af the contour of a female form. A pair of aofl gray cyea came into view from beneath the pure- white 1( crape cap border, but ore their exprea- ' aion could he caught they cloned, and j[ the head g»ntly noted on the back of . ir the chair, arhllc the thin lianda, by a "light movroral, intorlooked the flngere over the hp. Are yon ao very mack (aligned, dear i . Mat/ r f What ran 1 do for you ?, I Which of IHeac dd you take now f" i aahl (be anxloua llalhaway, opening i tho trereliog-lam be alUl carried on I hit arm, nnd rattling tho oonkolariala, illvcr cup and tpoon. Ilia tali , form atooped, and the trembling hamlt r • of hia charge uaw reated on hia hair. ■ "Oh, IlBthey, Ood la ao good to your s c per old Slater ! 8be could not truat i ' lllru to bring her to this ruonant, ao ' klithirvi waa aire all I be while: and yet t ] he haa done it, and you are at my | ^ korea again, my lilUs liatlwy Jn-l e Uioaamo! LodJ.lcaa and reward you, I ' taybsy!" And be waa the boyngain— ny.ekra y , irie that you will not rpnk «r move l ; Tintn YOU lure rlcpf a UUIe or feel t ! rvaled. 1 rtrttvt run down to the depot i/ fir a very little whHt,"to look after our d huggagc. Hetty will ait quite "tfear I Vdu while f am gkitscl ' ' lfc touched r hla Kpo to 'her wrinklcil chreka, and. n walked aoflly out of tho room. « Ah, ab* could bleep now- such a J deep a* ahe had not known In long a , years, anxloua cure waa forever lolled k In the perfect re|w»»' of hu lore and ii tenderncra. tl lU*mr«iytitraw>|alhcr bad cmuc J" hla death by vloleOLr lu the full tide " of earthly suceusa. 'From the fearful 7 hia fond wife octrrr recovered, •' und by a quick consumption - passed d away, luavtog twa ohildreo, a son and . a dangbterr al thoagia oTfoor and alv. c ' Af the'lime of this terrible atroko a of the elder Htrangr waa a J1 m.-inlief af-bl» boarebeid, ami In a lew ■ winlta waa to have beeuma a Wb. — the brimming cup of liappincea l1 toiMihtug her Iqw waa put aaidc.- - " She could not aoo the children of I' arreti u brother aa the bail lost lelt to '* the care of paid domes tlrv; nor would she cvinrent to impw- what she feared " might, tea tlnw. pnnrp a Iwrden upon who wnnld gladly hare borne it " rati aw. than relinquish her and the "* ' happiness alw wsutd remtav. liar hi- "I •1 ampproass aiw » ouur ooiriar. nrr ni-

. lure was. pUtn-U-fbru hi r--a life-eon., n areWtlon of tlniOght, lime and body 0 to rearing tho mothrrku oac». But •f the girl who had Itiberihxl the moa .Ihcr.'a.Xtail.smnstituUou, faded nwav e In her acn-nlcenth year, and left ihe v stricken brother nnd aunt to I'm.l in. , | each other their stay and consolation, i' Having his aunt to sympathise in hia r \ youig - gnste. and ' «Un: hla lighter f i inuoda, Uf thawav i.irul to form no a other atlarhments. ^P, >'vrr, after v long yean iTqepaniUou. crer tautened t ; more promptly to the side of hit | '-harmcr than did Tlifthaway to his 1 ; aunt's in tin- cotb-yv vacations. Since ' j Urns he had nuractl nn.'i! itllng thought l j — to mak^hcra life-hom. or rpilct comtwk lie had no oUrar meentivs to af- - 1 rort, no higbar alru of exiatenea. In > j bit. ayca the wax the anu, nf perfection ; 1 ' tmd befe'Tv the pure, Heady radiance Mater'" hie and character— m aaapot- ' ; tad -Rem the world aa Alpine auowa— there waa no cOCrt beauty bw taint ' - liava [isiad her inclfeclual dree. ' ' rorabtpri m Uglily intellectual teite, ' 1 and Ua am ve nation" with her at 1 n igbt aftar lha dkntaalefui dutioa of tlur day wart war, a cre lockrd ftarnard to . with oaf acre sa. Reading, aa too gn»t ' "uaftbrtferhM tabkqyvsUfak. hahad 1 lataidictul, but this grant source of 1 phvusre tohevbehlmerlftihrmllr «o|i- - piled. -• 1 ; .^*nO't%B'aoreMUl»Mt«>m*k«JP" ' talk-any hmgi-r CMrtght," he would 1 ofUnaay. "Whteh of your hookahalf 1 ' entertainer* shall 1 arfect few your ' 1 Nutting -Payaoo. WUheforue or Robert i I Hall V Or may 1, aa uaoal. hU hock | 1 on, my charmer, past, present and fti- i " turc.t-V locum pa ruble Hannah More*' The health af Hatha way's hatuved I : guardian had felled terry aroaihly m ' , the laat y«ar-hnd gireo him cause In- ' i dead tqRar that the. new home would " never know her presence. But'tbt I I beat- medkal alteoUao, hla devoted ' j care 6f her and the recent change had f luapitvd frtah hope. | . 1 One mild Oelcha aftrrnooa. ahoul i three wsaka after l» r arrival, aire made , ; ! with hU assistant*:, a tour of impaction . i through the house and grounds. To • bbaagtiarate the event be had ordered i ' fires la. the treol ami hack parkas, 1 dinlnwwuem srel aiaing room. Tfte . wldeh law placed l„ t ' mood, few tlw nruu I h<wt ... makfei

d all hot her feaetmqc JBd dry ton.!, ■i hut even that should not prevent the :- display of Ida eomruisaary department y stores. A cup of ooflec at hia Utile - made by her lands was all that paaaed t hia own hpa. The auniptumw meal ■- waa home back untested to the kitchen • by domnatlca attired In their beat In i- honor of this their introduction to the ; newly- Installed mistress of the house, i New the two are at home again, i- i Mater has suffered herself In be placed - in her cushioned receptacle, and Hath- , ! away la at bis post, book in hand, for • ' the honr'a reading Irfhre evening wot* I • ahrp. J With the hook as yet unopened iu ■ bla hand, Hathaway said, "Well, uu Mater haa complimcutol my taste in • the general arrangement of hot-house • kitchen and Itowi-r-gardcn, but not u • word haa abe given we about the ; ) "Oh, llalhcy datr, it U all so beau- ' ; tltnlly, comfortable and nice. that 1 , could find no words to suit It; aud yet > —it seems too hod—" She paused. : then sighed, thru took up her knitting 1 - work, hot did not go on. I "Too bad,-' aald the other, "to | f drag yon around when you were ao fa- 1 i iigu-.il ! Are you ao very tirw('f" I "Oh uo, no ! Tiro rxcreiws ha* i done me good, and gives promise of a r sound night's steep; but. I was think- ' tog, wondering, naniing to ask you. ' all tie; while, what I wished to know ; much--" Another break and a i longer pause. "Why, Mater, you nuke mi- very I curious b> have you finish. I fear you i out perfectly satisfied: y,.n find something omitted, something lacking 1 after all. Now. please do be candid and I, t me know what U is." A faint smile, almost the only ono that had recently lit up her calui fiicu, played arnuud her month, ami waa . caught op in a just prrocptlblr twinkle the soft gray eyes. "Ab, you have already answered your own question; yon hare omitted , something— Just one thing.'' "Scrma to me, Mater, you are right. I here la a lack which I loo felt for Uk i time to-ulghL At first, 1 thought , it waa that wo kept Uw house too dark, and that la the reason I ordered riot to turn off the gas in Use , to-night. I lease remind me to- t to direct him to let more aun- , shine through the south windows.— And 1 was thinking, too, 'h*> are are a hit loo quiet here. Why, do yfiu , know I can bear my mantel-clock lick- | all through the In aisn '! I reckon - la why some people hare canary , and go kl fine he* banging around in Ibair pretty cages— to make a noise, know. WcU, I will gtl a half a , ilosun lo-ruonow. Mater; aeo if 1 j don't." , , __ By this lime the listener's sinik- bad , culminali-d Into a little chuckle resembling a buna fide laugh. She dropped ^ her i licking needles and looked straight j into Ida serious, inquiring face: t "Singing Unit are very well In their , placra, but, llatbey, my bay. haa It t occurred I" too that In a com- r plete liouse-hirnis hing a wife la always j lakrn fiir granted t" "Oh, Uo, ho. hoi" aald or raUier ronred irat Ihr n-bmished bouer-fum-i-hi-r, bringing, hub luuuta dowu ou tie- l*«ik he held with a terrible explosive sound, throwing hi" head luck ^ again.! (In: chair uhd lifting Ilia «. i.lsly f

oxtenJcl cyee In the a iling. wife y i" it. Mater '/ Ami whr.lv d» |V"ple t get that pker of ffiroituiv ? Ami lio'v moeh does it coat -taking l»i» puree , Rom lila pocket, "lore than eutvp And will you tell me wlirre to 0 ftaog t Wkiu.l of bird of I'n.- u)'- • . The ami if) wn» now all gimu Ir-rai h'-r r gf-eij •-'the)- are hm.-lit Rith I rve. my t fftn.'attiT litfm^ln the hrttri.*' , HXcRher of which eaa I spare from , the present occupant and poawaeor," B said Hatha* nt quickly and lenilerly, [ kiaalug the soft, |*lfei brow before him. . ' -Ilut if my Mater lella roe such a bird ■_ siugs ill tin topmost branch of the tall- , ,i-l trexd that waves on the lufticat plniladr of . Clitmborazn*s peak, I'll have j It if 'twill add one nob- of pleasure to her existence. " "Malrr hat a bird the music of whose , voice, Ihr her car at lcaat.yon need not try to match. It la Hatbey that needs r a iilni now, not Mater." "t saonder how long R lakes to get a [ wife fi" exclaimed Hathaway, penal ve- . ly. srttUng hi* chin on hia boaoa and , looking Into the fire aa penetratingly t ee when lie wee contracting with bla 1 builder*. "How many days did il I take Cousin Juhu Drewry to cage hi* , "J'oopkdo each thing* now to much , quicker llian waa the rate in my day I that I nonet tell you exactly: but, at . any rate. * . far as your case la coo r ci-mcd. 1 rloa'I think tberrfa any tim.- | to be krat, lUthey dvar. Iwlmeeec!" j ; fhc added, tuoalnglv; "thin t» the third . j w.xk in Uctober. Ilatbqy. I'll give . I you until the second day uf January [ IK- rose and drew our hi" watch: "It i* your bed-time, anil pad. Mater. , You wake, the first time, about fire; , Will yon Jnat pull yqur hotl-r>q»:. that [ ring* the hell ever my bod, at -thai I I time f Now I will call Hotty to put ' you away for the night." , : Then Uk Bible .-lra|dr-r waa read to B j h'-r. the nightly hfraehtg inrokrel by , her. be kneeling at her able while ahe , ' ahe eUll eat wills' lew-bent lead, and ] , the good-night kiaw Was k-ft wuti In t , Alter he *» gone ahe rrfirclnl Rpgn s j th" asskrmn rerswsuiw 4 hi* eOuuU - Five k. ». Sot a whit too soon far . , Chim'oarax.'a peak-, limber livdrc,!. 1 I hrBUnUed. , Ttekk! Uukfe! Hathaway fislrty i jggsSS'

t, ; "Ah, tt is true," aaid'br. "the early IC bird catches the worm. Moodsriraia at ciriy bird out br caught ro ufiMly by le Hk worm?" *1 There waa also tome draputeh hi tba si myaterie* of hia morning toOcttc cm n this occasion, and an extra (fence at in i bit wardrobe mirror aa to the lo»» Mr' irmllr. r. Marc the usual ehevrflil moratog I. greeting, "How doc* Mater findberaelf «1 today?" the breakfest jrour paaaed i- mostly in silence. He psnvrd oooc ir during the matutinal meal and Irancd r- lock in hia chair, knife and fqakanatcd in their oflkx, while he gaie a smilu ing glance at the head nf the table, Just y , to Imagine bow a "canary" would look ! 0 up there, perched liy the shining coffee | u Ureakiaat fiuUbed, be strode rapidly e through the hall, snatched hia hat from the rack in pasting and with 1 ■ ' determined vim ground the unoflbnd1 I lug gravel beneath hia head aa be ; I stepped quickly to the front gate. . i -.rung it open aud walked hastily j Z nwav. ! I'oor deserted Malcrl Nhu waa sure I II j now that the bird talk had gone wroug. I ' ' H- thinks I nm (liarnntcntr.1. I j mast not he nonnvldlcsomcnftcrUii*." ■ ■ And all during tho day ah.- fcty pou- > dering that haatv .Jspm-tnir, and won- • dering what Hathcy ^tmng'S strange- • WIT. lie took an air Hoc course for the M. I . — and M. IL IL Dcpoi bought ' a tick < -t, and in dor time was deposited 1 at M , one hundred miles iliatanL ' An otneqoioai hack-men was ordered '■ to take him to the corner of Fourth and I Cherry streets. Mounting tire steps of a handsome private residence, lie 1 mug the Root door hell, and l« the ■ polite entered porter wlio ojw-u-d llw ' ' door, aald "1 with to are Dr. Han- ' nrr." "IK- does not live here now, air." 1 "Ah, indeed! Ha* Ik disposed .4 ' this place?" •VVcIl, not exactly, sir, Infejron. r III- Inst kinder give it up to r ! hen, after he and Ml*" Snc wchT roar- I / 1 ricd. " 1 "And who is your Mas' Reuben?" But why should he wish to know who Mas' Reuben was il Ire had married Mitt Soe? But "otit- very natural occurrence* will surprise ua ' lie waa turniug to re-call tire hack. ' when the waiter aald, "Won't yte ' leave your canl aud call agin" air?- I doctor usually drives in ilurin" tire afternoou." "No; it dusau'l matter.'' I Doesn't matter. Indnsl, with our ■ air luge ou--. that lie ha I lain awake i the night, ransaeklug hla hr tin 1 1 ' think up a girl he knew, antl had come < hundrui tuik-a to am her! Aa llur / playmate and visitor of hla 1-sat slater < remembered Sue limine;. In fisct, I had sent her a valentine on bis re- I from cMlage, nnd that waa the < utmost extent of hla reminiscences in ' Uial way. In the mean time, he had ' not br-n getting mirried himself, sad i never reflected that ahe might I have bren SO occupied. Straight hack to the ilcpot h. goes. I "When doea tho dowu-tr.iir !«••?" i "In twenty mtaotev sir." I lu twenty minute* llatliawny I waa aprevliog hnmeward . and ' at K I'. aat down at thnteotohl • a* I ( at P. ».. aat down at the ten- taut J"

'■ quietly aa 11 he bad Just stepped in " Rom the office Indeed. M-iter " thought such was the ease, for be had ' phi* 0 two large ml appk a by her plate, saying, as Ire g ntly touched her | white forehead with hi* lips. "I g"t thrae for yon on my way home, [ Main." { Kvrrabody i> aupp>n(*i |n law s "Camil.ar." and IT any ou- "'.ood in that r. UUmaliip to llatliawny. It certainly w.ia Ben Hall. On tire day 0 succrcding llalhaway'* unaneeeasful . Journey he was thundering at Unbarred door of hi* friend. Jn«t at (be dellcreaa hoar when Ben was wrapped 1 in the clyiiom of hla morning nap:— i. "Let me in— buainevil • "Busineea hour*, then, air." Ben 0 had roeogniasd the voice. 0 "I*t me in, I «yl If you doo'L I'll break the door down! "and a strong e shoulder preaaeil ao sturdily against t the panel that tho door did seem about , to giro way. "Hold on there, llathycrway, till I s ean gst my eyes open awl reach the . holL" Unbolting tlu- door, Ben 1 sprang hack into bed, covered hlmseir f up and pretended to tw Cut asleep. - , Tlis Etsliimablc caller opened the door, t walked in and seated blmaelt on the , aide <>f the bed without uylng a word, while Ben toured fervently. , "lien. What gills do yon know? • That woke Ben. "What?" said he. t sitting Inilt upright with a suddenness . of movement that indicated a galvanic : shock. " What did yon my, Hath?" . laying hi* hand on hie Tlsllore'a thoulj iter awl giving it a good "hake. . "I, nn going to get married by the , arcond uf January, and wish you'd dross and help me!" "All right, my Ritmd!" re-plied Ben, lltlins the cover qnii-lly and moving . i; htlv '«t -at ibv otiwr aide of Ihr t U-d. white keeping hia eye rolled [ around ataadfestly toward bit toot cuflUguntta bedfellow —• -All right! I'll do it. But lookbere. Ifath; while Inn , drewlng juat take an II ivant and real r yourerlf lry the table, an 1 run over / „ th-tl calculation -obi Ski-Item's chan 1 ta-rj suit, you know. 1 f -owl it pretty tl argli Li-l night, aud am rmt aun: It'* Ik ii hwl -i diathh: pur|«wc iu «iow— I first, by Uw complexity i f csteuUli m j . hi test "lib frieod'a sanity; aud around. I te. krop him at a safe iliaUnea of »— I ' ! Il.i'.h tank the test and- rigor, anJ ( j lag b -iwrou id* wmci.ih.nt pufik . . j When through with the Uak. he ha.1 c i filte.1 pace .< fetter jaipevwlth figures, j tt .,Mi»Wsn, l'|' rtmJ°tos |

tj "Wen, I am gotegta be Mr*. Hath- ■ away Strange by the aacsud uf Jany uury— no. avux-body rise it going to be her, and I'm to carry her home and ' K haagbar np to leak at— no, to sit at 0 the bead of tba table. Bat the troubk it is, I deat know any young ladies, w and If I did, I'm afraid I could not' aril the htnb-1 mean the girb-from g their aaotbers; and you know I If wouldn't like to get tham mixed up. d Now, aa I don't know '(other from e which in woman matter*, and yon d know all of them, introduce mc and p give mc such help aa 1 need. You fe understand?" it "Bound to get married, eh?" k : "Mater ha* given aw till lire s-eoud . e 1 of January to get a wife." •'And who U Mater?" v "MaUr!" aaawvn-d Hathaway, re1 ganliog Urn srilh a starr of dumb Ii aatooiahocnl, and pausing for about I- ten second*, a* If in w under that anyc , body should nod Lnkauaathm on that * aubket— "Mater— b Mater." f i Itnu was lirfcctly satisfied, lie i' required in* further Infcrmatimi. "By the arrow! of January, did you say. . Hath?" -Yea" "Well, the time is ratlin limited." j - • By no means All we have to do j - is to find the girl and aak ber.'' '. . "Think so?" "So tell me where we ran a.*- tome j , and have an opportunity to examine I . t them." t "I've got it!1' Woks out the ik-llght- t I cd lieu. 'There is tn Iw a 'hop' at j , the Unmnrerdal this verj- night, awl i I I am one of th* casumillee uf man- . I agcre, and will be at your service for i I tire entire evening " ) And whuff a Imp? Sornelhiiig I hat > crow* on a pole, 1 brUtw. But you. . *.t; to-uighL Why, 1 thought wr y . ci hi lil look al two or thrre this, morning, between ten and twelve o'clock, and ore as many more thb afternoon, I r between four and atx." I "Oh, no; that wrm't do al all," re- I , piled Ife ii, making a midt desperate I effort to look aa serious as the businrv* i d.-mauded "They show much better / ! bv moonshine and gaaltgbL Just i ; have it all to mc." "Why do you sa; show, lieu?— That ain't what I'm luciklng fbr.- • But I waa out of town yesterday— got ' more on hand t"-day (lull usual ou that account— ao riin't *ta; another ; ml mite. If It suite, I'll rail for you t after supper and we'll' go to thi 1 I Thua lfeu carried his poiuL and, to j I III. credit Ire it tolil, did his heat fen I 1 hargc. lie managed logctHalli- • awn; into tlan efeguul »ulte of ajmrl- : I rin-nt* dedicnted to the csiiiing festivl- 1 1 tiis. I Hit on Bo account would our | I Oclebt cnoaent to any introductions. , ' i For two hours he Mnmkus the ball. I • clinging Willi his right hand to tinof the door against which Ire took - stand, at If fearful #f being carried t by th* prismatic current of s white, bloc and pink cause that swept t him. "They are all very nice look- » birds- girls, I mean." he said to « eiecronc In a half nervous wbbprr: « "but w nit how I feel that they have 1 tire advantage of mc bore .there are ao r -l' them and but one of mo. I'd - n rather take them shrgfe handed, lit ; a their h'SOr*. See th*t pile one silting ( I tire auti? I don't feel afraid of her; ! c pinr tiring! I grtras the'* lame, il - out, t**rr imng: i giwvs snr * rami-, <

I, It* unUdy ofirra to Imp with licr. Bur r 1 believe I'll go home to Mate r, lor I 1 il never waa ao tired in my life, iioing x to hope i» awfully hard work After i r nil," Ik folded sntto vocr, "1 don't it think lha nna (br me hops at all." I Regarding ao ranch of the evening i aa virtually lost, he resolved lu raakin il up by a talk with ^Ifatcr, although j sill' had n-tlrrd fbr tfife right. Now. I»"il to he auppos-d that thb ! . failure Numhrr Two srar a rh-nthblnw I te> tire effufln of »HR modem • Ajax?~ i r Ahoul as much so at a gsphi-r-hlll B would be in the way of our l*acifii- ' j Railroad pu.h-a-heads. The only limi i in the way waa thai absence from home ami Mater which tire new under- I , taking teemed to nrtemitate; and Ihb i difficulty must be remedied. 1 Yon would have reppoacd that the I I fatigurs of the past night bad enUtial : t poor Ben to hla morning rvpoee, but t Hat ha way had grown strangely aelti-h of late, as b tore to he the case with a I I ooc-iilraeil man He wet tire pre no ! t of g'**l Imusekei |*-ni. and th secure: < , the few late vegriahfe* that Mater i r eared anrlblng for. he waa in tire Id lnt.it, basket in hand, of aWaraJieg lire ! early market opening. Uooasqwntiy, j it was quite convenient to Invade i Ben's night quartan at a meet unaca- i •onablc hour. ' What waa Ilea's aaUwlahoieui. tit/nmrnlag after the hop, to have hi* I bnlfeopen eye* swon after the dawn i c greeted by arightoflhe IncvitabU- llatii- ' I . away aUndiag near tire bedside, wash- ' . bowl in hand! HN ears were ahogrart- i ed srilh the esefemathHi, "Ciiine. Ben. / B If. bile Got up! I droi t hsliaro i j you'll think ire High of mc to lie my valet: but souse In. old boy. and get yiHir i;e# open, I want te> talk with | ' . y-ai for ten minute* " , 'Must eflkieul and (areriesa valcL 1 . I duly rati mats Um traiiacendent lusiur . you confer upuo rue.— a", leaat I Nope I I do," aahl tire prior ste-U m"t' S|M from i „ the profouodeat depths nf my moral ' t being, render thanks tire nnret sincere; r bur si tow mc tn riate-. with ail due ' gratituili- and rasprrt thai I *liall . f , In a much better Re mo .if miml u»l . I»«ly to apprei-tste <^c fhror three i hours hi-nce." . Ill* gl mdd-»| I •• »a-HllbjatU|*KI „ | Hathswnv. i.1.1 .ing bj tire pre-oocu - ! pted expn *»ioo m tire letter's r-sin- , ; tr inner a* he |Hsrendrd tiodl, I • -' |. j * lauld ssnii irenrersf the towel, bus- i . i o.g, with sdodrafd, furvthaugbt. | sqroarst .Hit ussre at tire Icc-ouU »•- d I fe'r- " Ikre." he Inquired with flattering I Interest, "aint J*wi your ma's only i h.byf 1- : -Y«; Hisd fcr feat res.Ht I've been '''feSSreTtdfSSt.'lm U" ,b€' > ! ly-

fe > "I'm gfed to hear IL - You tee I I- «hnu!nt like to hare any baby noise e about Mater,'' continued Ure amiable i end faarinsllng valet In a tone aa pre1 1 occupied aa hit expreesion. e "Hath, what in themiachtet areyuu >. talking about?" exclaimed Ben, a a be t ' sprang into a sitting posture and a Jerked tire towel from bit Mend's I hand i "Oh, sure enough! I began al tire > wroog place. I stepped in to obtain i the address of your mother and fhtber. I Didn't I hear yon say they wanted > to break up housekeeping and go to boarding? '' "Yea." I "Well, while Dm bird hunting - ahem! getting married by January tire . second— I shall have to do more or leas - running around, and I can't bear to : > leave Mater ao mocfa alsoc. with only t her faithful Hetty. I think your - mother will bo jnat Uw company abe , 1 needs; so I must know this racy asecisIng If your parents won't make my , > bouse their home, ' r "1 will tec them and let you know, . aud ao tare you tire trouble of going to them." "Well, do. (ieod-tsornlng." After . ' closing the door, be opened it agaiu : > , Just enough to admit hia bead, and added, "Of course, Ben. I include you ' with your pa end ma." : "Well, I aay, Ilath, it it one of your ■ . ib.incaUc duties to arouse your board1 i r* in the morning? I want te> know > I that beforehand; and alao whether or I not there ia to be a key to the domicile I appropriated to the baby?" ■ \ "AU right about rooms!" returned r i tin- nhtuae landlord, vanishing down | tire »tepe. I D..cte>r and Mr*. Hail, before deddt, ing. elicited an Interview with their : .ow * eccentric friend. The prfipoai- ■ limi made to them by Hathaway wa* . .imply this; that tboy abottld make , hla house their homo, becoming at all intents and purposes members of hla "My object," aald he, "la to provide . suitable eempaniouahip anil ntten- . - ; ilanco for Mater during my frequent : ntirencr* looking for n bird— wife, 1 > | "Wif. ["ejaculated Mrs. Hall. . | "Vn for the second of January, I when I'm to Ire married." i fhre objection only prevented the - immediate consummation nf tire plan, I I width waa the more acceptable to Dr. * mho waa on the eve of a journey ! to Old England, hla native land, where 1 1 was Dillon by urgent family lrualtre»* " Before my departure," lie . ! said, "a favorite niece of oar* — Ethel : hy nanir— Is tn make ua a brag-prom ■ vi*lt . In a few day* she will ar- j ■ riro* Wen il not for her presence we , w uu Id accept your kind inritaliou at { Hathaway replied that he not nut 1 , going to allow soeh a alight- obstacle ' , hinder the aueores uf hi* schcruct , ' and uiar bis interest., lie vowed tii.ll , tire young lady's pretence would be an , advantage rather than otherwise, aa affording help to Mr*, llall, who hod . | agreed to assume the responsibilities of ! j house-keeper aa well aa friend aud | , pum m. "The young lady," he j , t ad'icil. "may Iiavc as many rooms up | | atair. a* young ladies require, and | , both' parlors all to heraclf and licr 1 1 caller*; imlv I fear aire will find It I dull." i( i | "Not for so short rftik,'' Mrs. llall |

1 1 tbonglit. ; i "Do vi hi know whether ahe plays r aud tings?" asked Hath, t "Ok, splendidly! She haa supported In-rarlf for three year* solely by those • oceompllilmienta. • 8* it waa settled that lire Halls i should move Immediately to "The Bird Cage." at Hathaway had dubbed i residence. r On hia way home be stepped into n musk store and ordered the beat piano I In tire establishment to be sent to hla : house. "Mater's loro for music can i now ho gratified," lie murmured.— I And IIk thought lent elasticity to ■ hla steps and buoyancy to hia spirits i as Ire hastened home to acquaint the invalid, for the first Ueie, with ■ hi* new arrangements fbr her oomI fort. L Dr. llall. rellerad of the care* of i hospitality and greatly convenlenood > by the suddenly-effected arrangement, for England immediately, and the : day after hla departure Mra.1IIall waa r duly rttebllsbod .in an apartment of > Liter own ackctiou at the Bird-Cage.— < She waa not a stranger to the invalid. , At lien 'a solicitation aire had called : Mater frequently of late, and the ■ i bulks, discovering an unexpected I congeniality, had become quite friend-.. i lien civ we for hi* quarter* au upper i oiui in tin remote wing, for removed . from early morning bustle. ■ j '-I hope you will exenae my remain - ■ j ing «o fear from you," remarked Hath- , I uway. feelingly, "a* my jwet of duty la J j ra-af my beloved Mater." r | "1 will excute you, ' respouded Ben L . with solemn sympathy in hia lows I j and great gravity of mien. "I hope ' that nly presence Irer will not cause you to org feet your duty to her, eepocr ially .it early amrti." I In a few days Us- expected ulcer I arrived, and, though much aurpriaed at I finding burse II the gust of a bdy aire ; lud never seni. -he made no serious : objections. In oawlifer itiou of her • aunt's feeling* and wb'lra. I Mrs. 11*11 wo. reqw-*Usl i" pesebfe , *1 th.- Ireml of the tsb'e, and upon l**w lira wore lurnsl the carving re- , -ponstMlitii - of Hi- foul. Tills wis ■retnkred .miewhil luusasi-y by a . habit Ilath iwsy bad. when feebfeoess . t.Hifius.1 Mab-r to ber r*«n. of taking > i Irer meat* te ber btnorlf. and rating . with 1st. The Oral morning after the lost ar- ° 1 rival, while Deo ami hi* (sir cousin still lingered at the talrie, .viator tugg grated to Hathaway that lie should go I ' ^■svaTsa'irfi'"; Taking the beautiful fettle key-haaket 0 in hla hand, to entered the dining- 1 "laBbSuraasrJsaj1 "V

I when lire lady drew hack with aome t 0 degree of surprise and tsMra* ate I . fi c glanced Inquiringly at Ben, who rose a - hastily aud uttered the words of fonnal n introduction. h 1 Going up quite near her. Hath yild, • s "Mia* — What is your name? ! didn't ;h I catch it?" j b I To cover hia cousin's eonftuion, Ben : a heit put in: "Dso't be »t all ear- j t1 : prised, COutin Ethel. M r. Strange [ tl I could not remember his own name if it | . was ltkc anybody else"*." I "Ah, It's' Miss Ethel, then! Well. I Mia* Ethel, 1 am at present mi.ler a * great stress of important ^usiursa. and * am compelled to he much from home, h • I think young pcraoiis should relieve «. I old ones aa much :fe pasdbfe. My g i aunt is an Invalid, but will, i hope. ' two. You will make licr comfort ; ' your chief tare —after that }'<*> ran u i consult your uwn com-cnicnce. Y«w ' give licr souk good oM-ft-shioutvl n music; no operatic squalling, if vtai . i please. Here are the keys. The rer- n > vrante will carry out any order* you may giro. Luncheon at twelve: dinner ' at four. Good-iuorntng!" And lie ( ■ strode down the hall willonil another t, I word and without even looking Ik- . ; I hind. . t Etiid rose quickly aud said to Ifen. v ' "Where i* my aunt? I must see her." ; c ' The glow on her clirok aod the »|«rkte t ' in her eye plainly indicated the state of j 1, ' her finding* and the nature of her in- * 1 ten lions. > i f Ben, gently .b-tiiinlng her. said. 1 1 I "Now, cox. 1 know what's toils; with i 1 you. I have jutt told you that fellowIs strange, bat that's the worst iff him. ' for a nobkr specimen of tire <jtnn< ham- * ( dora not cxisL He know wire * 1 to a gorilla. The fellow I* dead in ! lore with somebody, it I* In la- hu|«*l. 1 for be tells me that be is to to married ' tofbre long; ao you can make all do- \ allowance for kit oddities .lust hum- * ! or Ahem as I do. Treat him like an I ' old woman, and we'll have rare times t ' at hit expense. You will to charmed | I with the miatreaa of the house. Mater. I as Hath calls hia aunt. In regani to , whose comfort I may any lie la crazy, g She ia one of the sweetest, loveliest, t moat intelligent beings you ever saw. ' you'll soon feel perfreti; at lomie toiv, i 1 anil find the place ever; way ogrea-s- t I C U.HV.UL1IKI) J.ZXT wr.Kh. il "WHO'D HAVE THOUGHT IT?" , i A sultry August evening, at I lie , i Virginia Sulphur Springs, a crowded ,, i hallrsoiu: a glare sf light, ami a crash , j of music —what wonder that I. a rather , sober man uf llve-slid-thirt; . should ; 1 have wrariixl of It all. ami a-Hl^htcool- „ | secluded bench uftlie .haded lawn? « j Ncclndcd at it was. Uietv was auim- c j there befhrv inc. Unwilling Is a intrude 1 waa ahoul retiring, when my uttered iu a familiar voire, or- |, reated inc. „ "What, is it you, Maxwell? I re J. IbyhU aide. * } j "In body, yes; 'hu until you nunc,

' j "In what nivsU-ruHi* renin,* wn* that erratic portion nf your bring nan- ' dering?" "In the just, uid friend— the put." he answered, with a lialf-auppreased aigb. And lie handed mc a eignr and resumed hia own, which, together with 1 hla roeditatians, my ailvsut had interJ rupted. "Yon ore young enough to luvvo no paaL At thirty a man should look to tto future," said I, with an air of su- - iKrior ago nnd wisdom. "Sec-ma to me I have no future— at kaat none worth tiavlng," be ant wr rod, j in a tune of dreamy despundeney. ' "Why, wbathaa happened to ilaprea* you? You're in the dumps," 1 re- | marked, turning to survey hit calm and handsome face in the inoonlight. "listen t" waa the reply. f Softened by the dlstanrr, yet full. I rich, swelling, came floating to ua on I favorite waltz. We listened In alienee, till the melody, becoming fainter and f fainter, at tengtli died dreamily away, ending, aa It aromcd to me. In a soft, long-drawn sigh from my friend, j "Yea," be said, more aa If to himself r tlian addressing me. "Yes— it was to I that mnaic that I danced with her; and , JUaax-TSJer this tree, in Ihla very a|»t, th/t 1 Unit saw bar, on a night . such aa this, jnat' ten year* ago." I "faw and danced with whom?" 'With Uk only woman 1 ever really . lortd— Kate Rulbcrfore!v" "Aht" aald I, sympathetically. , A fisw thoughtful, dreamy whlffa, and I aald. wiUi tto privilege of a , rather intimate, though not very okl , friend— "Whaii* the story. Max. if j one may ask?" "There's no story ataait iL A I least, . only the old. old story reversed, of man's truth and woman-* inronatauc; B llow the puis d» wrong our ecx, by- ; llie-by, aa If no woman ever flirted ami 5 trifled heartlessly with a tuau'a offer - , tiim. and no man ever bore to bis dyiug r day, » limp, scarred and sen ml by , "No sensible mail wiwld shoe liiin- , self In be made tto vktini ,ff such a , "Understand." wild Mux well, mux - t iug a liule, ' understand, my frkod, 1 ; , don't mean to class tor— Kate, that is ' . — with the delitoratsly false and tonrt- 1 , less. I believe that abe really loved j mc; bat (tore is a (ate in these things; . "and she wa. the victim of an uiuWUous a ami achemlug auul." to addcl, bitI' j Wrty o "tihe was pretty? ' I auggcttsd, iut- 1 terrogallrely. - I "ftdqf I wtah yon noutd have seen J tor s» I flret raw tor. aUndlog tore} £ I b m ath thi* tree. It waa the memory r, ami that musk rial brought nkfherc - "V"

lo-niglil. I remember, she was | ' retold for Uic hailnsHii. In some gamy 1 1 silken tissue that -liiiniuensl in tto j moonllglil like a silken val«w. and -Hi ; breast wore a clutter of snow- i white Ulk*. liar Idoode hair (1 tote « hrnucltrs,) waa swept lack tnon a i ; that' really acotned or alabaater, ' ami fell in a mars of light ringlala on I I the most Iwauliful neck and shoulders j that ever sculptor dreamed of " 1 -'Not or tto Scrawny tiyk, then?" ! He glanced at me. tolf indignantly. "I tog your panlun.'- I hastened to 1 say. "Tto wor,l slipped unawares, 1 auggratni h; a thought of /air ballroom tvrtaiuly, Imt rather fllln." I'ray 1 "Ntff the least like Mis* >khiucr in ' that tvsjBsL ludivsl, I heard oik 1 y.Hing lady hint that Mi- Itutbcrfoid I "Ful?" I suggested, idaerving hiul Imitets slightly. But Isdug instantly ndinoniahcd b; his gfauux: Hat I lad j ' committed an error, I resolved to hokl ' my own counsel in future. ignoring my remark*, "tor* was lha , j |s>rfeetiiMi of a graeuftolly rouuded con- 1 without too mu.1i fullncs-. Aud , the almost angel-like [airily , J with whirh sto ati«»l, rhnl iu white, | : TlK pure stalely lily tox crer j ] Iiui was an evufi ucv of tor pure ; "lVrtvapsshccouldiiTalfiinltheni?" | ' "Her fattor had died bankrupt. I , told. 8to was .te|Kndaiit U|*ra tlu- 1 "All! And you fell in law with her ' at first sight?" vsle.1 hy tor y rape nudlovrlim-as.ff|M-r- ( ton. lint lore wa* .ff slower growtli. ' followed licr t" the lallr—rai, oh- 1 tallied an inlrnductl.Hi waltzcl with - to that diviuo music which we hav»- jnat toanl. promrnadtd tto |Hs<- J ( then it ua* th a I fell in I re. with I* t. ( ' lalri. lv. "tniih- was uo toadbrag [us- j ' 1 aiou Ui / love al lie- lira! glsn, . I hod | . fully satiali.-d mvrolf lh*I Ic.-r allrac j limi. of mind and disposition cpialol tilose of her tofi. re 1 allowed toy . , f.. ling* to drvehqie Rvhii odmir .ti.Hi , suw.lto.iver all .1 self. I never u* any .Hirer wmnan \ [ with sucli awrot slm|JU1ty of manner. such [Mlritv ..r litl. and sentiment. , You ui ■; -nil k -. iuy friciul: Inn I am ' . not exaggerating. I tore uret with , nuuilicrs Of rliaiining and Ivaatlftil j , ac'tor Kate Rutherford. " ■ "But if you I'.v.sl her. Ma . and -he- j j course you proposed?" I If coirs.- It wa* no tlu: hillside j iiow I mlorv.l lu-r. ( t.s.k her Ictnd, ■ arul was certain that I fell a |wv*sure '

• my arm ur.rau.1 tor waist, awl drew , her to rue. *ln- let nre do it, even j • ' leaning licr lovely form against my J 1 shoulder. She let mc draw- licr dmer, ] i nnd kiss Irer check - arid then her lips, a l'crhap* 1 ought not to tell of tiles- - thing*; hut 1 want yon to utiderilam! how » was. Ami wtonihe raised tor ( > fair face, and kinked lota my eyr* with , 0 tor own fhll of tendcrncw. and wlila- . - perrol that the loved me— that *he had J never lovtd before, could nerer love ] t again— do you blame me fur believing I, that ilic wa* mine aa aurely aa though i we were already wed? And that Is 1 a -by, being compelled to jotn at j - day-break a deer- hunting party ti. , il which I wae pledged, I wrote tor a note, calling tor "My own darling Kate," and aaked if the wonkl sralk I. with me on Ihe hillside that evening." a "And did eto?" 1 Maxwell anppreaaod a long-ilrawn >, aigb, look tto rigar from hit lips, and il dreamily watched tto vapor fade away . Into the air. - "My friend, I never eaw licr again When 1 returned that evening, I found if a note awaiting me. Sh« liad gone; 0 unwillingly carried ofTby that auul of J here. She wrote that ahe lovtd me; y would never lore another; nover for1 get roe; bu' that licr aunt, who had read my uute, aat revolved that lire marriage should never to. 'I owe tor r tto duty anil ofardlroec <ff a daughter, ' she added, 'who lias been a mother to ' but ^dearest. If you will wall paticntiy i, fat one year, remiiiulag true and faltlia ful to nre. na in heart I atoll hu lorou, 1 1 wr shall surely to happy yoL" Ire- ] f monitor every word of that letter. I , tore it still." < , "And you sraitcd?" i if "1 woidtl tove waitexl. yea. fifty ' year*, liad she dcslrod iL witlaarach , - hope of reward. Bui " .1 "But what?" •Twowreks after.' aujd Maxwell, g slowly, and na irwlth uu effort -"two | y weeks alter, wta u I was vainly seeking some cloe to ber whereabout*. I ' ' I. read in a foshi.Hiahk: taper the an- 1 ' ufiuuccmcnt iff tor marriage." < ••You don't any ao!" "To a M r. J.ohua June* a WCaltilv ' J ix tired cveil nrenliant old rn.algh to I 1 j be tor grpiullatirer. " i , ; "-S.K treated you shamefully!' aaiil | ?I indignantly jl ! "Not ao, in; frknd. I know, aa j d I well as I know myseil, that It waa not i; tor . faaU. (fiat sto, poor gtrt, was , ni lire rdwfiliqlt or frightened or deceived into iuiukltu.il marriage. When alio I wrote thai note eto had no idea of marrying any ooc Irat '.ay—It In one i- year "she wmild he of age— I am sure j that vr» what she meant and her own mistress- 1*ure Is a fatr in thaao i ^ things." concluded MaxwvU In a Woe j y . 'Tahaw! nonaerori" said I, I reeve rt cnlljr. ff'My teUef la that ahe WM On- 1

1 1 worthy of you; sad my aid eke would • ' to forget tor." "That la what I have been Ihr tea , striving to do," raid Maxwalt, . slowly, "hnl In vain Tor atill, at , tho graceful wliite-rohed form crowned , with Kites, the alabaster brow, the i golden wreath of tlnglcU dranptag , upon the fair ahouhteia— and On tweet eym that braked so lovingly Into mine when she whispered that she loved rae — and while this image remain*, I , foci that my heart must te Iran to Iter, and to tor ahme!" [ Juat lrerv a pairofwhiipciiug ldf2ra , approarlKd, uvideotiv in tto expectation .1 finding tto -touch on wldch we aat umavopM ;Vot h. cause them a ! ihsappuiulnKUt, wr rose and movedaway. Evory other teat socmod occu- [ pltxl on tins aid try aummcr iiigliL ami •v.- sauntered akmri up Ihe gravel walk L to lire hotel. I'to lights am .tell glow lug, tin. I music still playing, anil wc stood and , bubal on for a monacal, ontsidc ana I'm* utly some* Hie tuudial my arm. | 1 lumed and taw a young man who 1 had a moment before Ikcu dancing. , "IIW Frcd'k Max II pr'MUDe?" , ; gaa|nd this you tig evidently iu draprate- (uute to got luck to his partn--f ; Ix-fore the music should strike up. ; "No, sir. This geulfeiusu"Ah! U'g [U'd'n I-xdy. sir" —Jul . . dreaming Maxwell without a pause I "re-c'gpisc pfeoauxl to wc you old Mr-. i ! Jones Mis* ltutii'fqrd this way— " And he rushed off, draggin my I'riciida Willi kim. 1 juat caught x . | glimpse of Maxwell's face as to paxnl I me: a look of hewtidered surprise, f.|. | 1 iwril bjr a quick flush und au eager . - tight la thi- dark cyt-a. 1 knew, to: - : tug juat heard labs story, what hit emotion must hr; and I followed hia progress with interest, and not wRh- ; "lit some ciiriooity to heboid this idol of his lore— tliia angel in white rota* I and crowned with lilies- Kate Uutbc;-- , f.ird-or Mr,. Jmu,. I win (torn cuter Uk toll-room and I Lid!.-* who *al fauning lliomai-rica J I against lire wall at no great distance from my window. A rapid glome showed mc nil one awougst limn with ' whom 1 could associate tho Image of ' , th : lovely Kate Kuttorford. I there- ' j fore turned ray eyra again to iuy friend i ami Hatched, until arriving in front ol the group, bu was lhni*( forward by his guide to ma t Ilic extended hand of mm of tire tolkw, who looked up at I III with u tonmiug smile. Could that he Kate Ituttorfurd ? And yet 1 . ilic visible start, tto Is wildcnxl look, tint ghastly, s]uMU.slic smile u|nu tnv " i Iri.-iid's face at to m.-t the cxL-nd.-l I I lcin.1, lobl roe that it must to so. >la- was - let mc sue -juat about 1 thirty ycurauCngr, young enough, ccr1 laiuly, lor a woman to h; still lowly . 1 ..ud aUractivc. But Kate Rutlierfonl'1 "raundnl" ligun? Imd unfsrtunat. ! > 1 develops! into Mrs .lone*' wry ampl--i |in.p .rlioiis, nnd tor once "alabostn" I /.|I|/! -MOM. though ibmht less m smooth rs ever, hud assumed a decided pervadniscaio tinge. A tangled mass of I tlx xcn frizzes sunwrautixl a rullirr low i lug utnin lis- summit or tor toad, ap-!*-trv.l to to kept In pace hy Imramcrirhfe Kinds of nbboes and Jcwoia. Nlic tia.l u double chill, and tor neck and l urms/karv those of an overgrown Inhy toiit/.l, pink and diruplcd, anJ enwrii . ■ with rxuhrrant flrohnes*. Her drras rxunrrant nronnes*. iisr Ureas

was iff Idgli-ciffoml talmon silk, wry stiff and glossy, anil covered with hite Luc llouncus, and lrerorma, nock i , .-ar, head ami linger* glittered with" 1 fewete. Not ii flower about tor— not 1 .1 bouquet even, but Instead, a flashing fin. every motion iff which dazzled the r;r* of heto'ldurs. ■*A rattor fine looking woman.I Mart .race have been handaome." I • . heard a friend whisper ia my ear. But 1 sad while Hires gossamer rotxaTanrl rfegerit simplicity #r taste— phew ! 1 I eanght myralf nearly whlrtnng aloud my wooder. and I really did pity mr fri md Maxwtll. Il w-.is mr fortune to overhear emu: i remarks of Mrs. Junes aa about an , alter. Ironing lieavlly npfln Max- . well's arm. sto slowly, passed ma on tto piazza, and hy the hy, the prom1 > noile. aa I tearuod, wis of her own 1 . Mr. Maxwell " the mid In a soft hot somewhat wheezy , voice -"foe truth te. 1 wa* engaged to l.im hnfoni ever 1 met with you." 'Kugaged; Mrs. Jonos, do yno r mean to say that at tho lime when I . k rc-w you- when you srrntc that note . and Iwre to abruptly checked hhneslf. "Ah !"tigtod the lady, rather puffily, "1 kocw jt was— I will not eay wrvHig. Irat a little strange, you know . j ."till what could I do ? I waa young. . ami yam sad 1 were |ioor, and <• was ' rich and old ; and I naturally tbonglit f that by marrying him at oneelt would ; to belter for m"— (a tender omphasi* . on tto "&'<)— •* In the end, yon know , Hi* physician had assured aunty that, with Iris Infirmities, to could not live e beyond a twclvomouth; hut to only r died two year* ago. poor nan !" I would have given a good deal to tove aoen the expteralnn at my Wend', far* jut then. lie mode no allusion u> Mr*. Joura • wlien wo met that night la ou^joiiil . sfevplng apartmeaL And It was onri next morning, when, surveying that . telly's impeakng appearanra ftuni our 1 window, at aha graeefalty waddkd down to the I'avilioo lor the fashionable morning's draught, that Max- , wdl, tnrniug to mc nnd arcing more In my cros than I rentnrad tn utter. 1 otoerveu slowly aod aakmuly— " " ho would have thought 11?" He left tto White Sulphur that alternoou. "compelled or uafiatracii ' clrenmstanees," lie explained te lira ' d.-c.HHolited Mra Jeora. ITite «« -just uuc roar au YdsI t. ivlay 1 met Maxwell on Broadway nitliTrts wife- a pretty little brunette, •ff whom to aroma exccesively proud. Wc .lined togrrisrr al a hotel, and i when I anted alter Mr*. Jooea, he ■ nmlk.il. yrt with a certain thoughtfulij 1 tau't kite uver it. Brown," to uid; "for it was a serious tiring with . me, old fellow, radii— that it, while il t - luted." i I believe him. For Urn nature of 1 the man w*« earnest ; and I don't : I doubt (hat he would have remained | ^ jovc 'ii