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VOLUME XXX.

CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. MARCH 7. 1885.

WHOLE NUMBER. 1593. '

■ OAPJ5 MAY OITT, XT. J-. • 1 .50 m y»ar in Advance. TrafettiflSBl Sards. J B. HOTTMAH. irrnawar »*r> rorTwsKT.lo* at law ... ro,:i V, .VII EI - V". ■ i. in chawcmit. AD prima oottrt OONlfUMtONBtt. . * At Op* m*y Cttj «*ltx (taring Sntomer seaeoa. pp f. douolas8, attorney-at-la w * jgy. m. i7HjMtciBT alter a. barrowtl a t t o b kkta tla w solicitor in charcrrt. jyT7. r. leamctg a soy, dihti8ts Cava Mat CrrvTcor. 'ttngbra ■»" omi •t«.. tn*H To«'l«t itfwm unfit WMnesrti?n<vm. rt.ru mat COURT HOCSS-TttOraJaja soasstjames m. e. mtdbbthj attorney -at-i.aw solicitor, master and examiner in cbancrry. MUM .t Ho. H Washington Street. CwVu ptbbbbbt w-edmpydb' attobney-at-law •OUCTTOR amd mast PR TH CHAHCRRT. Ope May City. N. J. nll-y Al Op* Coon Hour, Taradsjs and Friday*. J)H. jame8 H. INGRAM, PHYSICIAN AND BURGEON, OH KID CRIIR, H. t. mi .apply of fr**» amp romunUy on J*na p>euben t0wn8end| AGENT CUMBERLAND ' mutual fire insurance 00. COMMISSION KB OF DKKDB. oaten uC^llwCigM. . w.J. )e*-y ^lfbed plandebs, counhellobat-i.aw, ***>S!wx? >l*"*d "'Vr i gustnrg* (Sards. gjxos a. williams, architect and builder. ' will make drawings, ARB scprrip tend or oonthact. orricK- <i tmuiwa. c»p« M»y. iu. b. little, , PRACTICAL nteb and glazier. •BOP— Oo**B sum next A true nous*. en uw. i fff* "VP;...1!;P. FLINT, ' GENERA I, AGENT FOR A. R. BARNES A CO.. Fabttabera ofN.-r NUWOAI Srnr* of achool , WW* Rrattlur QMAlor"- «*»*• , QBGAN8 and' sewing MA b. f. horner, • PIAKOS OBGLIsTsEWIRQ MACHINES ■ridgetun. m. j. Braaoh, No. SI Washington MM, Op* mm . uhjn .f»r qro. w. grace, practical bueldeb, •nil ttytuk old btand. capb hat COURT BOUSE. •)MSe*UMa7miX^'^'«no«^™fw """our mststw "promptness.__JS5!h » , gewjng machine MUSICAL DISTEUMHff EMPOEIDM, m Washington rt.. (oppuwt* rostoac*) UptEiyOty."'. , jssragtn^ws&tss. MSn«;*^o^ell MTOT t-TAL-'O^ry myjnag 1. D. CRAIG. hi ■p?mi 11 Hl G»m-y qqto gattbibon's STATHWERT, AHD STOBE YABDGTY for gold pens, blank books, toilet paper. pocket ctttkrt. hrkll goods. riBBINO tackle. mih1atvke bocrs^msyr^sctpilktl "" sewing macu^nk^nekihxs and oil a i* washington strekr. cape mat, n. 1. rphe bay view. hoube, MMtCM POINT. CAPE MAX CO.. • £S SKSSBSrS llets ware I. .oT^octlTCA sgreal rarity ot A^a*MWOTW«tunM. for then mptere si lt>* WlSEi^^^

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«tJiral. Loss and Gain- I n CHAPTEB I. _ "Mr rtnclof prrtnminred me at real, but A I R tick again, with lenihle pain* in my ■ml »Me*. sod I gm *o bad I Could onf move: « 1 ehronk ! I From 228 lb*, lo 12S ! I bad been doci did do! ejpect to lire more tban throe month*. I began to u*e Hop Bitters. Directly my appetite returned, my naios , left me. my entire *yatem eeemed reoFwed aa if by manic, and after ming several j bottle*. I am not only as eoond aa a aover. elgn. hut weigh more then I did before. To Hop Bitten I owe my life." R. FmPATRtc*. Duibn. Jniu6. "81 "Malern. gnajjii, leso. Gentmnro— Neuralgia, female Iriibhle. for years in the moat terrible excnieialtog mepper. No medicine or doctor cgMiltl give me 5 relief or cute, tinlii; I ueejl Hop liltters '■The Bret bottle — Nearly cured me The eectmd made me aa well and strong ' aa when a child, "And I have beep no to this day." , My husband waa an invalid for twenty | "Kidney, liver and urioary complaint. "I'rooounced by Boston'a beat pbysi- j "Incurable ••• Seven bottles of your Bitlera cured him ■ ! ami I know of the I "Llvea of eight persons" i , iDmyuelgbhorbood that haveliffo SDrrd ; i your hiilera, , And many more are uaing them with i , great brneflt. j , DomlracEsr — Un.H. D. Slack. ! nts"" ret°u"tOT™' wunSmeamuJ'! wnrt'tS s.mw'Umo'ir-s ^toetorjJI itie^ umej taSeajl ] wua to tnowlmcu yrt w^'wniol la ana» erwl J aoonna staff "mitt ^op^or'-Hopo" In'tketr j EVERY DAY ! Dr. CHIPMAN'S PILLS, Mothers say they are delighted ' greatly rellered by Ihe oae of 1 tho** Llyor I'tiia. uinminu j Dr. CHIPMAN'S PILLS, j Ai for Sma Haanaraa. Ma- C gromhter, Dvarzraia. they all I core la the on of thia remedy. f Evorv family should keep a box Dr. CHIPMAN'S PILLS. * lu lh. Man. Thenar* nM by » b^r^o" "" f tl"' f E.D. LONG, Sple Agent for U.S. ' IW FILBERT STREET, PHI LA DA. I TWENTY-FIVE CENTS A BOX. J ' f s SALICYLIC A. ; KimwB 'uternalreni'dy. ^Nerer ° llo'^andhhiroialgl!!!5l*'a nSt^^ller u'hi* J the old reliable ^sicinc t BY iwricians and ^ thod8and8 OF patients , POSITIVELY CURES ~ [ uooUDnnialo from th* eored— (laBeylle* atrtaee > n many n-tyiwl ^ggmica only treat locally _ RheumatisM ; -pa tn cure*." and warn" yoor doctors cannot * Gout, neuralgia j live ta pala and mlaery eheo wnoyMoA will c gravec diabetes ; Sl.no PBR BOX. > BOXES FOB M. 0 Blood poisoning ■ M°S2p«"*f" wiir*' ™ ™*"L t**P*^ ' WA8BBCRNE • CO_ PROPTt. J ■yS-lAw ■TBraadway. Haw Tort. . For aalrhy II. A. Kenatdy, M. D. aod MareyA . Heoroy, Cope Hay city. ' * Tku Trunin rmtaint no injwiotn drug. , r ■K5?p^9«elL ^Hearing 5Jv FFufH. ^ quick Reliif i , I^WY "JPMbWMigg A putUiva Cure. | ] CREAM BALM ka. gained an enviaMe , *ELf a%wp^Sg^9«rb A T. i' ^TAjraED MOMATELY 1^ ! | AJoiVWWi _

-jirriar's Cross , I The Scheming Woman, w. DdltXT BUOWEB, 1 — AtUWi/—— j f * **o»T»o n'wn.o'cur "rrn* t*oo7 acar ** i xoxruo LOVXM.- na e And, tutorod caoUouaiy by " tuamuia," j 1 ; Flow traa kebaring remarkohiy welt Tho i || r»|.rr*tinl»litm bod bunio due weight with . bcr that, after her marruigo, «be tmghl have . as much "fnn" as aho pleased, and that ■ marriage meant caw and lusury lor the rent I of her life, ai failure meant quitting Gable j ; End and going bock to the uncertain existeuce of earlier daya. I The litlio thing was, beside, certainly J ! " iu lorn " willi Humphrey ulter bor own 1 tdtaiiow faabiou, and waa proud of her con- ! , quant of a man »bo waa considered a dcoiraI hie part* by nearly erery young lady iu the ' So Humphrey waa granted a few weeka of ^ tranquil bappintao. eu.-h aa lie bad often dreamed of in hi* lonely bachelor chain be r* ; . and, tf at flrat a remurLful feeling blended I a Ituhis delight, he must bare been more tliiui mortal to reaiat the frequent etlggeo. , lioiiH that reached blui of Uie' life mat awaited bitn with Fiona in the Umr old ; bouao where bo bod played an a ...... tho 1 kuowledgo that he rouid ofler lo tlm cluid I ho adored a future of prue|M nIy aud coimid- ; eratiou, instead of ankmg her to nliare tho I delays, douhto and poverty of a atrug1 j gltng banister. I | to tiiui at all repellent. Wan it not natural | at her age that abe tdtotild long for pretty I j dreaecw aud jewels, and that nhu nhould jdreaui^of entering the world her lovehneeo I ration which ter charum would «o oerhiiuly I ooiupel ? and bojielctte man ; and be wan content to believe thai much that bad ptuncd liiui in the poet waa due lo hin darliug'n extreme youth, aud that, wbun abe eliould be reluoved from her prevent Homowltat fnvoloun riagtt, the dovutiou of her hunbaiul, |>eriiape, the touch of baby-iipo ujmiu her bmint, capricioua little Undine, aud would render her as Bwcct and womanly aa ahe waa adorable aud pretty. man aaid on hie laet evetuug in Knglamh "It waa you who gave her back u, me, dear ; keep bcr for me until 1 return. " And Marjory, bravely einihng. auawcre.1— " I will try.1' Tho lovers were taking their hut walk together, and Mioe Sebright had been , requeued by Mm. Dering to look after . They were to go throogh the hoane, where the alteration* were awaiting noma final decision on the part of its future niin- j treea, and to be beck in time for dinner ot ' End. It waa the vary Mat time, Marjory thought, that she would walk with Humphrey La- , muut. Her dutioa aa go re rue*, were nearly over now. Hit return from America would t bcthe signal for a life-loog porting between It waa a still, mild erening in February, I and the mm had eet. Agaiuat the faint ' , green of the Ay every branch and twig of the bore old tree* stood out in a delicate network above the heads of the trio, as tbey walked along within the gray ]almgt> of the park, whore the primms. were already peeping. On the farther side ot the bouse — low, rambling okl pile, the windows of which looked blankly down on the village at the foot of the bill- the gardens slcqmd to ■ the edge* of the great pond, on the frozen I surface of whioh the little scene h.vt taken place a month or two before which led to the . discovery of Humphrey'* *ecreL , He remembered that now, though the lea •as all goue and a puut half full of water i wan lying outside the bont-hocae, on the 1 very spot where Flos* bad left him standing, cold and sick at heart Did ahe remember. too I I Floes had been searching Uio garden-bed* for Ihe few flowers they contained, and, at 1 that moment, her little hands, full of white I and purple crocuses, came running back ta her lover, who was soberly walking by Hiss aide. 1 The gray pond with Its shivering reed* ' and broad fioaiinf leaves evidently awoke in I Flora no robiantie recollections at- all, "for ahe prooeeded to stick her flowers into every ' button-hole of Mr. Irauont'e coat, chattering volubly aa ihe insisted on his standing still Md holding np his chin during the opera- J And what could he do but obey, as be I looked down on the charming fluiihrd face | and the dewy dark eves and childish hits he adored? 1 _ "JWwiii Marjory's share?" he asked, , when at length his decoration was proHonored complete. "Purple is her color. It brings out all the prstty chestnut tones in , her hair." "There are no purple obes left," declared Floeo, tearing her bead slightly at the suggeetion that there was anything pretty . about her quiet little governess. " And I . , tired of looking for flowers. " ' ' Gome and real in the boat-house," sag- | Ced Humphrey, wlgr woo hungering for a ' hurt serious words wiUt his little butler- J fly love. " We will go and rit down." Aa he spoke, he waa laluug two or three of the , purple crocus** from hi* oust, ami be ' ottered them, smiling, lo Marjory. " I remember a day— don't you. Miss Dering?— I when a poor fellow stood under the boot- I boure window*, feeling very miserable, ia- | 1 deed, while a little fairy in bine velvet waa i > skating away from him, never— A he once , thought— to come back !" "Thai wo* All the piair fcflnw •» own fault, , for being no atupid," cried Flo**, raucily. . "Ob, you bare dnqqied some of my poaire" , — but at the same time she raw the flower* : _ in Marjory's hand. "Go and rit with Miss j Sebright," aba added, breaking into a some. , what shrill little laugh. "Go and admire | bcr 'chestnut tone*.' I am going to skate , from you again." i The child darted off with these word*' ' down one uf the ahtfaahfaraed laurel walks, . and Humphrey naturally want in pursuit, crying ont to her not to b* foolish, a* it was i i grating 1st* and he mu*t lake her home.. ' j Marjory was loft alone by lb* great gray ! | pond with the bnuch of purple crocuses iu her , . hand. She could bsar the two voices codling to each other acrura the laurel hedge* in" Uw J j evening olillnaao j and thsn they died away, J 1 and there was not a eoond in all the wide - i 8he walked down lo the edge of the wat® ' I and dropped the little nuosgsy into Ihe t ; pond. It fell with a little npieah ; and tho , I circling bobble* glittered, broke, and died . j out in faint nog* that gradually sulsudid. , Iu2m" anrlsce of the pond aa eoll and 1 "Tbsl is bow the world win go on," abe J thought quietly, "when I and all ray Iran- , ! Ue are at reaL Life dura not stand still fur ( the sake of a dream. I aural awake and go , {- Aad it waa a* she was standing then that J ; th* lovan came beck, no longer Inuglnng, i hot with grave and downcast tacos. , t What bad Humphrey said to touch th* < ' aire little eoul o( lus ...wihettrt? Her lovuly dark eye* showsd traces of , , tsars. Hit* clung olmud humbly to his | | hand aa be put bra in Marjory's arms, spent- j ; UMtJ ! And Marjrey, aariheg, bravely answered,

^ bjHSnJ* WOA ^ h" ^ ' ) -Bay goal-bye to me here. Floss," Hum phrcy sddod in a grave whisper— "her. where 1 fob the sharpest peiig of my Me, end where I can now'look lurwanl to its greatest joy. This is our real . parting, though we ehall ray good-bye again bo! ore 1 ] go. bey it i»w, end promise mc tlisl, when ' ] 1 come bock, you win meet mo bore with I tho rams love in yode heart ami the ramc ' I kiseoc your lips sal ttnd there uow? prom- ' ise, my darling!" ■ "1 promise," Flora whispered, trembling J a htilo in her lover's strong clasp. "Uum- ! phrey, don't frighten me— 1 promise." • | The young man stooped and kissed her a solemnly ou the furehi-sd ; aud then tbev 1 all utrned hook towards tho house, leaving i the purple crocus and the swcht, uuflulshed ! t dream of Marjory's lnaidcnhogl at the bott torn of the poud. — r J CHAPTEB XH. | 1 And eo Humphrey was gone. Ho' had _ telegraphed to them Iroui yuoonstown al the , last moment, and was ai length fairly oa his j! 'i he immediate reault of hi* departure was a general drawing of long breaths at liable ' End, a looking out of gayer toilets, end the | ing uf two of ulvndicers from Nettle by" ' The little w.dow folt that alto had earned ' 1 , a holiday , ami she set shout eujoytug it I Willi characteristic abarutan and with as I , chnracterisbc a regard for appearances. j : | ' To those cruel gods she uolrnly saoriflced ' . poor Charley Cuppage, in spite of Floss's : i iiettish reuiousiranoes ; and Miss Floss her- ' . self was ordered back into the privacy of the j 1 school-room, where poor Marjory underwent j ' . an experience of the young lady's temper | ■ that made her tremble for Humphrey's I ' I future happiness. I . I things for a day or two ; after which, 'hav^ ' . ferrrg angel, but being, ou the contrary, a : ' very sensible girl, with a will of her own, 1 thai Uiere could be oalyTue mistress in the i I sohool-rooni, and that, as tho post had been • entrusted to her— Marjory- by Mr*. Dcriug, i that lady evidently considered her the fittest i Upon this tho child tried on Marjory the | effect of several mcthodtt of slow torture | which hiul proved infallible iu the case of i . former govern oases, but Mlsv doting bt rone superior to tbern all. telling Flow, with kindly severity, that any rapotiliou uf tho ofGable End, resnll merely in a mure restrict' edhfe for Flora beraolf. I "Why can't yon be conlonl for a while with your book, and mnair, Floss?" she gently asked. "Is it not enough to look forward to tho joy that is coining to you before long ? Yon don't know what a happy "Una would think you were in lot* with Humphrey yourself punted F'loss. "You ] are always talking about him." "Sneh speeches are not in very good I taste," returned Marjory, calmly— "oven i when they are spoken in jo»L Why should I I not talk of Mr. Iouuunt ? Ho is so old 1 and kind friend of my brothers , 1 would do t anything in the world for him— even"— sbo i bent down and, kindly smiling, kissed the i child's sulky face— "even put up with his i sweetheart's bad temper." i "Listen," cried Floss, starting op and running to the door. "There is Alnjor y Bryce ringing with mamma. What fun tbev I | are having while we ore abut up here."' 1 ! dear," quietly suggoslcd Mire Sebright- 1 morrow." ' *°*! °n' i "bother the mail I" < "but you know yon fnithfnlly promised t Mr. Lamont to write by every one," per. ! sisted Marjory, outwardly oslm, hut with a < Leafing heart and cokl. trembling hands, i This waa part of tho work she had promised | to do aa she stood by Humphrey's side near ' the great gray pond ; and was she to shrink 1 from It because of an idle taunt, or because 1 of the istin it caused bcr? "Come, Floss," 1 she continued ; "there is the piper all ready s for you— such pretty lilao foreign i»pnr, 1 and a new Waverley pen ! Shut the door, and never mind Major Bryce ; bo seems to t me to sing a good deal ont of tnne." Flora cam* back, looking verv discon- I tented, and sat down to her desk. "1 don't know what to say," she vawned, ■ ta she began to drew faces all over the lilao I paper. , Marjory wax silent. "He only went eway tire other day, and t nothing has happened since. I have not even seen Charley Cuppage. I think I shall 1 put off writing until 1 have beta over to l netlleby again." , I "You promised," repeated Hin Sebright, firmly. And the child, ottering an impatient exclamation, threw awmy the spoiled > sheet and began to write with angry , I I I "There," aha cried, after a few momenta, pushing lb* little scrawl acrora the table to < Marjory— -there is a letter for you; and X hope yon are Minified !" , bop* Mr. Lamunt will be satisfied," | replied Marjory, sadly. "It is a very short eptsilo to go so long away." j "Head U!" ensd F'lum, yawning again, t spelling is sure to be all wrong." | "If you please," Marjory suggested, firmly. , "If yon please, than I" "My dear, old Huuipty-Dumnty— H ia so . dnll since you wout away I I thought it ! bad enough lief ore, but now it is ten , ] times wane. We got yoor telegram ail f i right I bop* you won't be era-trick. I ! always am crossing the channel. It raised i all day on Sunday, so ws didn't go to i church, and I didn't look at Alfred Atchar- ' Miss Sebright sends you her love; , i wud thai Is all al present from "Your ownest Fnoarr-roswr. - "P. B.— Mind yon bring m* eorne thing , j pretty from New York." teller do u ■b* bad the , "Dont send that, Floeo," she said in a . I rery low voice. "Keineinber, it will be the , greeting Mr. laaurat will rvwesvp from 1 1 huiuc ; and It will oeem to — so beartlew .' " "Hrartiaral How? lUvaat I signed ] myself 'hii ownest' T ' "lorn would has* proved it better by J writing a differs*! leaer." i Flora uwsed her golden bead, j "tieppora you show me how to write it?" . _ abe urM, gaily. "Yon eat me a nice copy " and I will lake it as a modal in future. Miss 1 Bebngbt Marjory blnahsd hotly up to tho root* of £ npphug brown hair. "You foouah child!" abe said, aadly. J t ^J'l moan itr Flora pcrauued. "There ia pen. '"if you don'l write, vou know. Hum' " phrey will get nothing but my aaribbte, , 'r At that moment a servant entered andan- ' ootmosd to Mira Sebright that Mra. Doriag , ■ desired Mira Flora's preeenoo in Ihe draw- | I sprang cp^ ctepping ^hsr [ 1 ^ "la my hair all right behind?" ah* raid, f twiering ber heal wuh litUe barddik* move- , 1 menu, m Ihe effort to see ever her ebooldcr, and pulling out the flatty, yellow curia , that fell -over liar dark eyebrows ".111 ! ' tight, Bpioar; I ra ooadrat ! Good-bye, ' Sebright ; I bop* 1 shan't be aunt hook ' She was gone, with a aloaa of th* door, ' and a paltarang of highdrewM ehora ahmg ] 1 the corridor ; and Marjory waa loft alone. ' Thurs lay the luolieb, Luo-tsd laljac that J ' to bong such a pang to the abaent ' ' and, whan alio raised bar eyes from , ' It, they met th* gaze of Humphrey, whose; ' Ideograph brakral kiadly.at .arafrcra the |.

' "It ia not my tatfit, drat," aho raid;' half » aloud; "I would spore j-ou if 1 could." - The poor gul went through a long and - painful struggle that afteruoon, a* she ant i oy herself in lh* February twilight ' Twice— thro* limes, she put from her the temptation thai whispered ui her ear, bill al ; test it grew loo sirung, and, without ^ any thought of all thai it might one day cost ahe bad been watching the windy cloutia drifting by towards Wuiiuralue, and, sitting down at Floss's desk, began to write wrui feverish rapidity-. ■ How cotud F'ioas have been at a loss what r thS 11,0 binshncss ! faluihar jibotogruph in the ohooting-cost, of | the progress whinli La 1 been made in the | alterations at Winler-lue, and how the < empty rooms had spoken of their absent ' master and echoed with the sound of Lis I v°i°e. : Inero was no end to tb* pretty, iott^ing I While she was rarried sway by this I I strange, sweet charm, Marjory forgot ' """Id"8' ""dan^' "0 I But, When the letter of many |«tge. waa | | she laughed sadly at her own ahanrdrty , raid, when she had read il through for the' the throb of a w mean's heart in every word; , for Flora's lover, the letter ruusl be burned, 1 i "Miss Sebngbt," cried Fioss, bursting i ; t^eritUnjUsc sb7*U were liovering iu 5bir1 Ilryce sad Captain Gilder are gutng lo stay, ! quite loo awfully jolly >" t I Of course, Mrs. Dering a pretty manage I . was lo he ink oil in tho bgKt nl a command ; end Miss bebrighl si once prepared lo dei Bccnd, having quietly laid the letter said* iu her own desk until site should be at liberty to destroy it after Floss was asleep that | Her pulses were nidi throbbing with the painful pleasure the writing of it had stirred gisrrrr f,u *"m them, and with wluit eheerfu: cnlltemjit she her jiliun-colore'tl gow'n — and pteied t accomjiauiineula when Mrs. Dering grew tired. II was a long evening. Th* I tile widow's guests wore never in a hn-ry to leave Gal.:* even with the long, redd Ur.ve Imi-k t" Nettleby^ before them; and Abrjury ereju child to way bor prayera?— and then she went back to the school-room, wlrare ibe was blank and dead in tbo grab-, and opened the desk to which abe bad laid the the teller waa gone. theref and knewat mcenteri bd Lspi" n^d' She walked quietly back, candle in lisud. to bedside, tied sold, as finuly aa though horrible cbill were nol creeping through "Flooa, what haie you done with my lelTlio child sat up in bed aud bund into a ku^Ui* t it to N Y f ful of milchicf. ' 'Wasn't Uist'^vhal yon "la it posted ?" continued Marjory, trying control the tremor in her roioe. "Of course it ia! 1 gave it to llall dinner. He was going into the vii. about Bijou's collar, and he posted it Marjory waa apeechlcra. ■ , _ "Humphrey will he awfully flat tend when gets ill" the child went on, bubbling over with laughter. "Of course; he will "lie will eeo at once by the lmnd that it doc* not," cried Marjory, despairingly "He won't do any such thing. 1 nerer wrote to Itiiu in my life. Bo tliat, unless he your band " "He doe* not gasped Marjory, half to "He may have seen il in the den, but I am certain he would not recognize it. am glad." The girl's breaal swelled with great sigh of relief. "I aui glad be need nerer know bow ridiculous 1 have been, end how you bare betrayed me." "I' hat a fuaa about nothing I" cried Flora, gaily. "Of course be uecd not. That ia— until he get* my next loiter !" Marjory rat down by the hod, trembling from head to foot. The reinewhnsuoo of what she had written— iuifoeeul as it wae— was Bonding the hot Mood in great ware* all over her hotly ; and now it seamed clrar that Humphrey must indeed find out lhat the letter had come from her, and that ahe would be compelled to live out lira, met of her life under the intolerable weight of his contempt. "1 had forgotten that," she panted, her eye# II Uing with tears. "Oh. Floeo, don't kjow what you have dune!" "Yea, I llo," cried tho little thing, triumphantly, as She lay down aad nestled ■uugly into her laoemdged pillows. "I have got nd of th* tetter-wnting bosinara as long u ever poor, old Hnmpty-Dumpty is away. For, if you make up your mind lo do it for m*. he need noser know that the letters do not come from me ; bat, if you don't— wallgood nigjjt, Mira Bafanght!" Nol another word lo bo got from the drowsy, golden-hsaded child; aud Marjory Sebright wont away to olral th* bitterest tears her brown ays had ever known in all her i wo-and -twenty ywna. lie dec lion brought bar no comfort whan •he awoke the nut morning. Her find resolution waa th* bravest and the brat. It to bear in ailaace th* penalty of her fault, and to let Mr. Launmt think what ha would when the aaoaud tetter nbouid arrive in New York. But, when the day came, th* girl shrank th* ordeal, aud it followed thai th* next tetter which teft Gable End, addreraed to Humphrey, was written by Marjory and rad by Flora, and waa, in spile of herself, aa long, aa sweet, and as womanly aa the It ia to be feared, indeed, lhat, during th* few weeka lhat elapsed before Mr. Lament's first tetter from the BrevooK Houac reached Flora's hands, this correspondence had grown to be a great and secret delight to poor Marjory, to* which no after penalty would have eeemed too hoary in bar eyes. In il Mia talked with the man aha had loved long, euul to eoni, as ahe would never j talk ttetdra again; the wortl woo forgotten, i ana Ml the terrible amen of reparation and ; »v_. swatted her.

ported in the I'ima aa bcuig at Queenatown ! with tho homeward mail, and Marjory.; I anew that a few hours must bring news uf j . day afternoon, and' tho drawing-room at ' Gwhte End was filled as usual with ohattcr- 1 brought in. Marjory detected the blue American ! , (Utups in an mount, u ahe rat in her cor- j . ucr, busy over Mr*. Daring's embroidery jk! ; and she could hardly restrain tho impulse ! thai bade her claim il boldly aa bora in ibe 1 , face of all I h ere people, and snatch it out of ' , ^ Flora was teaching her bug Bijou lo beg : | lay unread un Ihe tall, old English mam " | in. juM before dinner, from his iLityeicura , aiou Iu NetUeby, that Flore was rcuituded of [ "News from Lemon!, eh?" Mid uncle , Ilex, somewhat gloomily. "Here, Floss, my dear, take it away to jour own room ; I j Want to apeak to your mother. " j Of course, Miss .Sebright followed her i pupil ; and, aa soon as the door closed be- , hind them, Uariaaa Dering raw in her . brother's face that something was wrong, breath, growling out an ouih. "We're , done it this time, by George : Just aa the . child is lied chiwn to young Lamuut, Olden- , tower's cornea home !" i "What of that ?" naked Ihe liltle widow. "What of thai ? You know what kept , him away well emragh !^ I^tell you be baa j "Ilia wife died yesterday at Meutonc — I hod it direct from the steward not half an B hour ago. It will be in all tho papers to- ' CUr ; and lis has thirty tboiuuud pounds a , year if he loot a pouity:" The httla widow made no answer ' attempted lo pen the Henalor, while he [ WBB walking I wo and fro on ibe floor, of ibe Bcttalr, onlv lo bare both my can a one kindly queeiion. 1 ebtll alwaya rer waa an adventure I Be t.»d rent me on an 1 errand. Having returned, reported to him , the answer, and reclevcd bis deep-voiced 1 i banks,! Marital lo move away.but be bad r eat. gbt me and enntioaed hi* Mow mircb. . I In from, Indian file. A« he wae a rail man ami 1 a very snmii hoy in companion. I had lo walk on ilplue lo cue Ihe psin. end even I hen It seemed aa if my ear would come off my head. Tne wurtt ; lhat be'fotgol he had hold of me. and mecbaotraliy paced up end down, with hi* | |..ng Mlldee, while I danced a mild vr_ 1 !iT«V^ba«*ed it. The more I airngglial. Hie more did 1 Increase the agony, ' Inn I at laM managed wriggle away . from b r group. The audd. n "envpllects" of 1,1* boial rained him lo lealtrc Ibe •raited in audibly. Ilia! Ibe proceedings of fax actually b»d to tap with bit gavel to R.U ii was. afler all. an honor be n<>aud the flret ^»ll m meet vliltor* to "Among Hie I^w-makero," In St. .VicAofna. A Millionaire Mletaken for A BegttRr. tbe following Mory about Nicboixs Long- ' worth, "Ibe men who made Cincinnati:" "In Ui>. latter daya old Nicltola* became careless, and hi# utovtnly babitl were famed all over tbe country. I am told s rather good story about him at this stage of bl« life. Tbe old Axtor was bis favorite New York hotel. One day after partaking of one of tbe memls fer which tbe hostelry w as even then famous, tbe millionaire perched himself out on tbe stone atepe In tbe sunahlne. After mopping bis brow with a big red bandanna, be carelessly placed the hendkerchief In bit dilapidated old bat lying beside him, and then calmly went to sleep. Passing out of the hotel, a gemlcttteirtonccd what be took fir* tired oift beggar, one of Ihe fraternity freque^Bng evety .public place. He charitably dropped a coin Ioto lbs old fellow's hat and others followed the example. Nicholas, In waking up, diecov. •red tbe peonies. A grim smile stole over hia features, and be quietly picked up the bat with IU botdeo of pence and walked np to tbe clerk's desk . "Ob. bo ! quoth he, "so they took me for one of your beggars. "Well, — this contribution is in. tended for beggars, beggars shall have it." So raying he dragged tbe astonished clerk i out of tbe hotel and up Broadway. At ' every turn almost some unfortunate was met, and as king at tbe coins lasted he . wrapped them up one by one in dollar i bills and distributed tbeoi. But that wasn't much for the owner of balf of Cincinnati, sras il? Good Ground* For a Divorce. Bo you want to get a divorce from your butt bend, do you ?" asked a Dallas lawyer ! of "an elegantly dressed lady who called "Yra etr : that is the object of my vltit." "Have you any sufficient reason fur obtaining a divorcer" "Indeed I have." "Does your hnehand abuse you r "Oh. I bare a better reaooo tban tilt. I bate made tbe acquaintance of a much better looking man, wbo la ten years younger, sud bos lots of rooory, wbo waa la to marry me aa aooo as I can get a divorce. I Ball srv how I could bare any better reason than that for getting a I divorce. — 7*raoa St/Vngt. Too Mucb Uve Block. — "Why. June*, what a bofalree you have lo your throat!" "Yra, I r*i«ed U from a col(d)t In my head. I've too much live stock." "Writ, like cures like; Dr Bolt's, Cough Byrup will curt you. Tbe Bolt will quickly scare tbe bofajree twsy "

0 ' Randolph's Stormy Duath. 1 t The last daya of John Randolph, .if t Roanoke, are full of pathos. He thought - ; he wsa^dylng^or year* before be tli.l so. , j reply: "Dying! dying! dying!" His j death .occurred In a Philadelphia hotel • | A lew minutes before be died tbe doctor pwj wanted to leave him, but Randolph nix S i Jected end hie slaves took tbe key, locked s | the door and put the key in bit pocket With his last words Randolph declared . j that be wanted his slaves freed, and - kept tbe doctor there as a witness to hl> ' dying declaration. A 'skeptic through life, he appreciated bis condition when .... , bis death bed, and intern; his last words . "remorse." He was lying perfectly ' quiet, with his eyes closed, when be surit denly routed up and screamed out in an , agitated voice, "Remorse! retnorvc! I remorse!" He then cried out, "Let- me r •« ">s word ! Get s dictlonsry; Let me , see the word!" There was no dictionary r si hand, and he was told so. He exclaimed, "Write It, then ! Let me see tbe J word!" Tbe doctor picked up one of bit „ cards labeled "Randolph, of Roanoke " "Shall I writo it on this »" "Yea; nothing more proper," was Ran- ' dol pit's reply. The word remorse was , written on it in pencil and banded to him. He looked at it a moment with great in tenaity. "Write it on the back," he j exclaimed. It was dooe and handed him . again. He looked at It with hia blazing , eyes. "Remorse!" he said. "You can * have no Idea of it whatever ; it baa brought me to my present situation— but I have looked to Jeaus Christ, and I hope •o obtain pardon." He then aeked the doctor lo draw a line under the word and A short time after this bis keen eyes began la dull, bis powerful mind gave way, aud within two Itouta be died. Baron and Barren. "Yes," raid Mra. 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