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I S I Coved You go. ^ ^ bpeav lew an i loni*iy 10 n,e- j I My bean II crtea Wlta bluef pain " I I Tba' TOO ne nflen n:.-"rt' Vi |rr'i . | j And tan.:,-, wiihtbrtr nearu ot rnSd; j Tnenlia-iaeyrrelaaimauiM, I .l^kSyj u Heareo atore aloee can aeow WAS IT K. OR H? [ drrperalely, matins lime aucb as I ntrrr i dkl Before, while my hmin was in a whirl. ! 1 1 was sure she did not hire this John Kuier ! M hope, and I think she had riri-n me every reason to hope, Ihas she did lore J.mr. Why should she keep bet ensaRe1 lunity 1 resolved to lay myself at her feet, no^.nm my ciiance of an aceeplanee— I ! p-iliapt of a refuaal. with a scathing re1 ! bake. Comlr.riri late lo lea. lllp PTC stancrd 'omlns in glanced ,

: at ill*: Stanleys' table. There sal Laura, t j exquisitely dreased. and brilHantly bean- , lilul (though with a little heaviness about I eyes, and an excited flush on ber i cheeks;, lalking and laughing gayly wlib | Mr Kuier who sat beside ber. Aa Mary 1 Allyn bad said, be was a little, dark man. , with a flery eye and a Cuban fare. She . lo >ked up, and Just nodded at me with an < ■ airof cool indiffrreocetbat llmost atunned , mating mo feel afl at once that I had J been all day only dreaming the wildest , dreamt You ice. she was so deep; liko all the womcc, too, "light as fair weatb- * er." I could aimoat hate myself that, in spite of all, 1 could not help loving iter. 0 She hail virtuallr brought me lo her feet; 1 she was sure of dhe power she hid over J me; she even acknowledged Ui herself my ■ power over ben but for all that, now ^ that her lover bad come, a better parti 1 than I. the had delrrmintd to go hack to °t her allegiance, and to show u>« thai I was J to be nothing lo her any « * and rousn! my ptitie." I rswilved, as 1 4 quietly drank my tea, that now I would * net go to to-morrow, and so heat an inc | gionotis retreat before Ibi, violorioas rival. , All the evening I danced and flirted mild. 1 !y with n pretly young widow, who -bad j just conte,JcaviDg my lore, unmolested, just comc.Aeaeing uiy love, uuiuuirste, , a

to her fale. I -had my revenge, however, v in the uneavy glances I saw her throw In I -Mir eHreetloo. and (specially m seeing t l hat she and Mr. Knicr, who aal by Ihi-m selrrs in a duly encaged manner, did not i MTin to be enjoying tbrmarlm auprrme t b-en expeded. lie looked moody, and t i talked little — he bad a high unpleasaot I voice-*- while she, Instead of being all > 1 sparkle and animation, aa uMial. bad a i pr, -occupied air, and wore a forced ftnilc. i ' Onre or twioe 1 saw that she actually ! . looked lured. You see. I hsd not been Undying ber fare so long in vain^anil I t could read it now— or thought 1 could— r like an open book. 1 The next dty Mra. Stanley, a managing ■ old woman, who had ticca distressed of [ I was interfering with her ebrr1 ished plan, introduced me complacently > to her future aoa-ln-law. I noticed, hv. „ ibe way. thai he regarded me wiih no be- ' nignant exprtsaion; and I soon found— ' don't tblnk me a cooceited fool for saying aa; it was the simple Irulb— tbal, barring hit Immense wealth and aristocratic family. hrwas a man I should have nothing lo ° few from aa a rival -in Laura Stanley'* heart. Well. bred,' but narrow-minded and opinionated, without one particle of 0 originality or enthusiasm, given to long, pointless aloriea and the dreariest platitudes in conversation, Jou the man In * weary utterly a quick, imellrelua:. bril - liant girl like Laura Stanley. From my heart I began In pity ber. 1 felt thai she dooming herself to life of horrible herself to horrible r

ennui, or else ope of reckless misery, per- r of sin. 1 We bad nothing but the moat ordinary I for several day*; there waa no a ehaocr fur a UU a-tett. and I sought none. I I was stretched, tan I doubt If I was moo- 1 so than she, in the mask of happiness she r was forced continually to wear. Wed- f nexjay cam#- 1 had made my plana In , leave Friday, as Laura knew— a sailing r (arty was gotten op. the Staulcyi were going, to waa L Perhaps abc waa dea j petal r. rnnoya with her lover; at any rate t I saw thai she had ons of her reviles* days CO. When the party were awrmbllng on | the piatn it happened I waa a little late t and so was abr. and Wt met in the haih I It TO a cold day; she had on a short dress i of bright navy blue, fltllog ber eloseli,.and ! showing off ber round, lowly form lo I perfect too. and a Bule Wiekssilor bat i trimmed sfttb-Jgue act /jaublily on ber i , light hain nothingreaWhasebien nat'tirr t or more becoming than her costume. 1 i gave ber a look expressive of my entire 1 , approval; she answered it with a bright, i cuquetlash laugh— bow abc loved admits- * tioo, tllat girl!— and a fancy "Glad your I lordship's pleased. I am sure." Then all at ooor her tone and expression changed and grew grave. 1 think it ana partly io ' her ever-varying moods and ways that her cliarm lay— yen neve* knew what she was I going to say or A, next; and she said, to ' ! a low nkg, reptnachfal and tender: "i •*▼*» have you been ao cine) lo me! Yoo have hardly vpokeu'to me for days. I Shall I save a place for you by me in the | Mr. Kuier arrow ltd when, after helping ' 1 the ladies aboard. I Jumped .lightly Into j the bunt; em the other aide of Laura. But - 1 ^-ri" ."tsEL-Sac, ]

ber, and beneath iu protecting shade wc | laughed and talked and enjoyed ourselves J I together in the old way, till the tail was ! over, and the boat was returning to the ; j landing-place. ... . "I hate been ax happy and ao wicked j j all the afternoon." she said to me, almost , l in a whisper, bending over the "H3c and • I dipping ber band in the water .aa she , spoke; "and this evening 1 roust be good . ' —and nuMraMe."'- this last in an almost j inaudible voice. fuH of sadness. , "Miserable, not only for this craning, j but for all Ibc days of your life, u it Ook^ so?" 1 answered, looking at ber steadily. "Why not free yonriclt, and then hg gt«d j at well as happy with me tiwayk- You know I love you!" "Hush!" she whispcreA without raising her btad-. and I saw her very wek grow crimson beneath Ber hat. "You must not say that to i^e now. It is tro !»:».. 1 have not the courage; I fear my father And my mother and the world. Beside*. you do not know me. I am intensely ambitious and worldly, and wealth and position givc_powcr. He lovpa me ; too— and— and after a while 1 dare say I r may care for him. Prumtae me that yon I. will leave mo— that you trill never tempt r mr again. I am not so strong in myself d as I believed. I cannot bear it.' And c her bead rank still lower, and I taw her j There waa a choking in my throat Hint r- prevented my answering at once. She I. put up her hand hastily to her eyes with | - an impatient gesture, at though angry with j :- herself, and gave a sudden stott and ex- j damation. looking at her finger. Hi r j d encasem-nt ring (a magnificent solitaire) ring 1 a

gone! Mr. Kuier. who had been busy j d collecting the Stanley shawls, sprang to : • there ensued a genera! scene of confusion ■ which everybody w»« occupied in loot- 1 ine and lamenting. But tbe ring (which 1 must have slipped off ber finger in the t water) could. Dot be found. Mr. Kulrr 1 I looked darker than ever, poor Laura pale j • I and distressed,— the loss of tbe ring giving j > I ber as apparent reason— and altogether it 1 : was a dreary party that returned to the j ' : house. For tnyaolf, I simply fell that ; | . as 1 can new hive any woman again Shi- ' ; had led me on to declaring myself, and r then bad' rejected me — not because she r did not return my love, for 1 felt tbal io • every nerve of her body, in every emotion i of ber soul, she did; but she was not true ' enough to her hetaelf, not noble euoughlo • give up the world for love. Now nothing remained for me but to gb away and try . and live this passion down, throwing my ; 1 and filling to that, if I could, a mistress. I- an absorbing otx-upalipn. • I was sitting in my room smoking while I- I mused gloomily of these things and d looked al the little picture which had so I, ao strangely been Umnd up with my life.

when 1 was startled by a hand on my , shoulder, end. turning, saw- Mr. Kuier. who was faying. i | "Mr. Hiiler must have been very deep , thought since he did m* liear Ite, , though I knocked twice. 1—.' Then be .stepped short. 1 had dosed , the case quickly when 1 heard his voice. . but not quickly enough, it seemed. His voice cbaDged and biseyca crerv dsng, •- ous. "You are fortunate to Icing posses . of a picture Mist Stanley lold mr wis i His insolent -tongue angrtud me. sol : coolly put tbe picture lack io my pocket. "I teas occupied, and did not bear you. C«n 1 do anything for you this evening?" j He looked as if he could hare stat.t.o f me on. the spot. "For me nothing no*. - 1 will see ynu later in the evening." Ida r voice quivering with suppressed passion. - "The ladies rent lire lo tell you that thi y - he strode out of the room. I Tbe rehearsal for some theatricals we ; were getting tip was to* he liiat evening. • and 1 bad entirely forgotten iL I went r> dowa stairs; but. as nobody seemed to be » prepared, tire rehearsal did not come off. 1 1 was heartily glad of 11, and taking my f ripar I went out on the plain. It was a o wild, gloomy night, an no one waa out it there; and I paced up and down in the 0 darkoers and dreary wind, which stilled my 1 mood ao well. ?oing over tbe day's event? e tbe pit-tore, since it waa known to be io * my possession. An hour or more had ■ hour ,,

. passed to this way, when I heard tow but „ but excited roicoa al the further end r.f j - tbe plana. -Turnipg In Ibe direction 1 i asw Miss Stanky leaning against a pillar. , lira head thrown haughtily back; while , - bki her ateod Mr. Kuier. evidently uu- c : deMhr greatest excitement, talking in re- • proachful tones, hia voice husky with , > I caught the words "treachery. , ; revenge, you have deceived me." I r Tlrea Laura anssrered. Indignantly. "Can c cm brlieve me when J say that 1 nev r gave him tbe pictujjiF' , » Instantly I walked up to tbem. and c i placed myself br-fdfe Mr. Koter. "Tour t r opinion of me." i sialA with all the calm- . I could command, "iaa mailer of utter . indifference. But I wish lo exculpate 1 Stanley from all blame whatsoever 0 aa regards ber picture, which you hsve 1 unfortunately seen in my bands." Then, , r I be simplest, most direct ssay. I told the t r story of tbe ptetore, and what it had bceu me in California, and ever alnce.and how , e saved my life. Lanra listened with inten slty. her bosom hearing, ber hands clasped 1- closely together, al U she were boldir g ir bertelf down. Then-it was like wnndi- , II log my heart out— I look out the picture d and gave It lo her. < n "Tour picture can never be anylbtog to ■t me now. Mia Stanley; and i bar, no is rigbtor litis to it-have never bad; to i <n rest** It TOO. Good night!" sfce felt, toy mj[ voice betrayed L H e? it was also '"farewell." and that ail waa t. over between us. ,o "Good night,- she aaid. aoftly. and pat out ber hand. 1* Aa I beld it tor one paaiooate nnmrnt to I saw that be* fan waa pale with re. ul premed emotlw ud tears trembling ir. sPorrr. A* 1 tnrtwd and left them. Mr. er j Kuier attempted to stammer out aome-

t tiling, perhaps an apology; but 1 did nut i wait to hear it. and f went up to my r ' romi. There waa otfcof tboee talk old- ( : !::shioocd clocks al the head of my staitf. f ; and all night long, as I lay awake, I heard j 1 . tbal otoek U«k. aad I tbougbl of I-ooffUl- , • 1 1,..-, | . " -Forrsci— ti-.r,:: Sreer-forvrer. . t As soon as it was daylight I got op. 1 packed my things, and by six o'clock was j t rushing on in the Sew York train, 1 never saw her but once more, and ] L that was after she was married. She sent j *tuc cards, bat 1 did go lo the wedding, j j which took place tha' very fall, and was a • j 1 grand affair. There was a'toog dcacrip- I . happy pair" hail gone to Europe. They t spent the winter in Paris, where they a were "very gay. and "the beautiful Mmref 0 Kuier" waa mentioned in all the nccsmflts I J of th- court balls. It was at A great Par. j , ty after she returned that I saw her. She . seas the most distinguished-looking wo. j b man in the roton. but less brilliantly beau, j e tifui than ate used to lie, I thought.— | She seemed a little worn and weary, and j D there waa a look about ber that made von > „ think that in solitude her face would be : It rcry sad - They say that ber married life 1 is very unhappy, that the is recklessly ex- j .r trsvagant. and her (lusband close even to | I meanness, and terribly jealous. 1 was | .1 j finding iiehind a pedests! of flowers, ,e wbete I could watch bor unseen, as I t, I tiiought. Her hair was powdered and h ; without a single ornament, and beighlened wonderfully the brilliancy of lier mag | nificent eyes. Her neck, which was round ,.) | aud while as A Juno's, was flashing with Juno's, nulling wttu t

! and ail her movements had at i aort of haughty graoc. Suddenly aiie n glanced in my direction, and apt eyes met. rihe started and colored; then her face Q lighted up «ilh one of her old Sweet smiles. ^ 1 nartcd forward to go to her, but al that (| inrnl some oiie came and claimed ber (| tisnd fur Ibc next dance, and I went home. I Jurt Hint 'me look she gave roc bad set-al! | pulsus to beating wildly. I felt tbst 1 she had not lost one j it of ber old power ( j myself within the range of her influence I u.ion. and revive the misery that 1 bad , ' 1 . - r: striving ro hard to forget. But 1 , i ctmool forget her and never ahaiL The Sugar Cane In Iowa. •. 1 Being in your office a few weeks rince, t when tbe questiooof sugar manufacturing c ' iu Iowa was raised, I agreed to send you i the views of Mr. H. Martin, of thla conn- | ' ty. as to the beat war of encouraging the j Mr. Martin iaa practical miser of cane , and manufacturer of syrup, and is known i In re as a very successful one. both in i making an excellent article and in making , 1 it pay. lie is also known here as a man ' o! intellectual ability, who studies ths , < merits of all questions |iertoining to fum-

ing industry, and w hose conclusion! are n accepted a. g'««l. He aays: "lbave given " | toe subject some Hard study, ltd theref. ire think the eooclusiool I have arrived v. at are nearly correct. I would let it alone. :t it needs no legislation. The profits to the acre of exne made into syrup cost roe »80; „ it sold f.-r tuO. leaving me «30 net profit. >1 ' 1: is useless to uphold that which mutt ' ' ertotually fall* To make sugar the soil " ' uidM he randy, the cate mutt ripeo he- , f ire the hot weather is over. Tbe work a 1 iog season innat he long rnough ttet ex- J ■ plosive machinery may be worked at t profit. Thla year the frort cut our cane " before ll waa ripe. In 1891 we had a frost e 1 the * Dili of September. Though not ro ' • rood, it hail tbe effect to rush tbe cane , I upoD me before it was ripe. Tbe Elucaar : - hid not changed to cane an gar, and tbe • f working reason was shortened. Sugar | A machinery is very expensive, and to I* , ancceaaful the soil and climate must bv , r favorable. ' Tbe Rio Grande Sugar Wnrka of Cape \ II May County, have made about MlO.OOO , pounds of sugar and 150.000 gallant ol t ■ srrutn making abonl 800 ponnda of tOgar ■ f and 75 gallons of syrup per acre, and this fi out land that a few years since waa coo11 sirlrred but a sand bank. • Al Sterling. Kansas, they hare made . y about tbe tame per acres The worka at '? Sterling bare coat about *00.000. and are < 11 .ufflcient for making np 1300 acrea a tea 0 rem. Now I think that you will see thai 1,1 it will nor pay lo erect worka ooating an will ooating so

much, when the fro*' line to sure from the 101 h to the 20th of September. Yet we may run small works, mtking « pure and wholesome sweet, and that. 1 think, without any i»ous or protection except tbe legitimate profit. Mr. Martin evidently makes no allow, ance for men or corporations golog into tils business no any but the roundel liu.ineoa -principles, to-wil.: "that of un demanding Hie busioeaa fully, before launching" — on ordinary farmer hap hixard. "guess it will do" buttons can suecred in anything, even if prorreted. and the other needs no prr it ret ion. N. DESSMOEX Itockwell, Cerro Gordo Cu., 1*." Dated December afl. 188k. "l'at," raid bis reverence. "I shall be busy tbia afternoon, and if any ooe calls 1 do not wish to be distorted." "Ail rigjn. tor. will I tell tbem you're not in?" "No, Fat: that would be a lie." "An' phalli i ray. yer ri Termer?" "O! Just pot tbem off with an evasive answer." At supper limo Pat waa asked if any had called. 1 "Fals, Ibcre did." "And What did yoo tell htm?" raid tbe priest. "Shore, an' i give him an evasive an"How waa thai?" qupried his ntvetaoce. "He axed me waa yer honor to, and I ■ set to bim. arr L was yer gran 'mother a b.«*owL*"— New Havea Jh/ktrr. - ML Daniel Mcaeaoej-. « N. Gmcpa f sa»«idL7«J3i| - caDDof praise Item loo blgUy. |

When Thiers, ibe Watwtek of the ' ! Iiiurgoii. monarchy, paid the cuatomary * r round orvtoitt to 18»3, be wore a camlet I niantlr. fastened at i>e neck with a large -t turtle. Yin rvrry ftoow! at wtdrtt be 1 called be Jelt tlw cloak in the anle-room. and in again d inning it slipped a golden * , onto into the hands of tire servant helped * I him to putu on. This prolnsiooaroae from hit native threwdncra. Parisian servants t*!k freely to their employer.. Tbe widow I I of an Academician whom M. Thiers vtol1 ted to obtain his support has related lo me ■ ; hi* first impressions, of him. M. Uya 1 was the author of 'L"Ami de la IaA," a drama written to defend Louis XVL and ' Played in tbe Reign of Terror. He waa r not when tbe candidate fur immortality * , called. But Madame Laya asked tbe via. "yitnr lo atay until ber huahand returned. * 5be Ihonght him odd. They felt into convenatioc. He tod something origin: X ir to say to a falsetto voice on every topic that siie broached! It did not occur to j ber that he was the king maker of the I days of July, until M- laya came in and J r«ngnited in him the statesmen and hiatorian. When the visitor had gone, Ma- * j dame Tats said to her husband: ' "Of course yon will vote for ititn?" 10 1 "Why?" u | "He is not a man of the world; he is *1 I petulant and ill brooks contradiction." J ! "Bat what of that?" \ "Why, because at tbe Academy be | would be "commo un diablc daosuo beni8 I tier" ( like tetao in the wholly water £ \taa"i"

| "What mailer since be is charming? In I * oting for him you will do me a pleas"lf monsieur will allow me to risk an oinervation," broke in tbe maid, who waa tewing to the drawing-room. "1 shall take the liberty, saying that geocrour men, good wine, soften down with age." "How do you know he's generous?'' "Why. he handed me a twenty-franc piece when 1 buckled bis cloak. Monsieur two too*. The friendship of a man in M. Thiers'! position it not to be thrown awsy." This argument was conclusive. SI. Laya voted for the little great man, who was ever ready afterward to oblige any member of bis family Victor Hugo, who feels that be should _ oot attend private meetings unlet to vote, nr.ly receives candidates al dinner. 1 war at his table in the society of three rival competitors. They were II. M. Paul Stridor, Kenan, and Eugene Manuel, the poet. St. Victor sod Manuel talked aa well aa listened to their illustrious boat. Paul St. Victor was an old and much cherished friend of the poet, but angular and held to hit own opinions on socialism, I religion, and philoaophy. He was a Cath- ; olic and Bonapartixt. llcoan for three I boora only listened except to ejaculate I evrty two ot three minutes, when Victor ■ Hugo was speaking. "Slsitre. vous avtx raisoo." He koeps his bead hung on ooe^

uUo ami continued to wnlle as if in a slate of beatitude. Need 1 ray that on the day of the election "the Matt*!*' voted for him? Hugo (leased himself to the older friend. Bk Victor, on tbe ground ihst he wit going to protest against tbe fanaticism ot Ibc Bishop of Orleans. The Academy to a place where literary man rub tliouldera with polished men of , lie world and f.irrnaic and parliamentary iralors of the highest eminence. This mingling of classes in a little republic of letters to good for all tbe Forty. Owing to it. controversy among item loses iu sting. Geniuses mho are unable to master their irritable oervee are no! held desirable associates. To mental power comtiloed with anctol atneolty, tbe Academy it of easy aroeas. Chateaubriand, whose vanity lock a rudely sclf-aaemive form; would not probably have been elected if tbe Immortals bad not felt obliged to hira for standing out s gainst Napoleon's tyranny. -Victor Hugo, who won an arm-chair ,n bit fortieth year, was then a tody killer aa well as a gTeat poet. Tbe virile strength "f his body, soul tod mind, were toned down bv chivalrous reaped for women and an aimoat feminine trodrrneae for little children. He aaa a lion in wboac presence a tomb might play fearlessly. Lamir•ine got into tbe Academy on Ibe basil of 1 dandyism and petty. Palpably, be had blood, and he had acquired tbe shibboleth „f fashioomble society in diplomacy.— , Thr Crulury. January Choloa Literature, Tbe January issue of tbe cxcelent mags- ' EiDc, which begina a volume, enclaint the 1 following interesting and valuable array of • contents: Tbe New Hero, by Theodore Watts, an enlertaioieg study on the way r» eu and artists treat child-life; The Po1 tit toil Condition of Spain, by an eminent • npanirti authority; Ltitbcr In Politics by > authority; Loiter In

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