full uniform ; the gentleman interestedly DRIFTING. they been deserted—a with whom fact SERMON contact. which of as A COUNTRY THANKSGIVING came in WHIT®. KITTIE one a voyage chatter. boyish listening and his loud clang boom investigation to Presently the cabin confirmed. into lang a BY JOB KM. Kittle White! White, Kittie fair Oh. Ay, door; goodman, barn close the great fellow, Hardy, wnat— “Whv. dear air, then, rush the An the and, chart my floor, whereupon out upon a on open the was on to-night, heart You've enareJ m.v very The is o'er; mellow harvest time Drifting life's pletu-ant Ralph, looking Ate on who—where,” cried from w crowd, followed by rattle re. the the traced With glance like soft vessel’s had been Buiincr« oi part ray, a ho course You I, and Which clone of day; meets the at and from eye Gilbert along the. Captain Gilbert, cigines the noisy from and clatter of little .island to Windward glvdn treasured in the The meet has Watching earth ail her prouder vessel* tne a We shyly look—v dare rtot e gazo- Captain, in the Tallinn bearded wheat. back the by. Of golden of greatest and whirl huirying people and and.further to examination of her dazzled street, surprise. corn I.CBt by those paiting group, a rays. There ships with treasure laden are cries “fire! lire!” their lips, with and ol logbook showed her be the to upon papers Down Ute bay: wrought, You well have and neighbors Oh. Kittle White! glad Kittle White, your and is, Rhoda, he isn't “Here ho their flew Hee white Spanish brig fiom sails proudly filling Don Carlos, bound past. a caught, Of all the loveliest merriest, sprite. And erf summer’s bounty the Far but away. regular; I policeman all; he's Your Rhoda! I fire; at tresses bright golden “O Jacmal, with box port seem spray, a “to never saw coine a sugar any hey bearing ’1 hopes and promise are When breeze play; tossing in the at tears her Won from smiles and from her him found there the place, know', Gilbert at go!” and by the north let Hatteras.” caught ot you From nor afar; us childhood's And dreams backtrace come more Much good, for perhaps years. many will anchor home the harbor, the and ho in and he wouldn't take obeying wild hand, and she of Arad’s mind some instant. sort grount made the money, Of angel guests from brighter shorty a impulse was up on On the bar. and brought him right Ralph I could understand, knows which she, scarcely He and sounded the pump’s well, to You tnbute Pirate vessels, cruising pay— now eome a ever White, Oh, Kittie White! loved Kittle Gilbert and quite of breath, Day. felt followed along; ’ Thanksgiving and control, out In disguise. found The powerless nine inches to of therein, and, bells proclaim water Though with not costly bedfcfht, gems With their wiles will capture many paused explanation. length in his Diamonds pearls I cannot priao, him until stood last in the at having they rerreshed himself at from the or steward’s A rich prize. reaped; well have Well have teeth sparkling 'Gainst pearly and you sown, eye*; you sister in Ralph included his his far of shouting down midst crowd, with Spanish tortillas, Wrecks noble he of pantry now vessel in a many a heaped, These the . riches past quest have bis And of the riches are you Strew the lea, scrutiny. ( ruging watdhing the flames city, that stripped the and Who only of it till the is gold possest. went at pumps freight love; Bearing only of will give Hardy,” You think, perhaps, that “Why, really, he began. building burst forth from the from sucked. you now Naught fear we. Oh, Kittle White! dear Kittle White. live. A part, that others, too, looked may Rhoda blushed and confused. sounded. 8 the wrecking bad whence the alarm Then onns are on ocean he loosed the sails fore and lower No wonder that heart light— is my Many bark; * smile from thee, explain little A thou charming elf, “Shall I fascination in of matters There the sight aft, sheeted them home with infinite labor, a more was a But argument if such Many lant ship down use, you ga goes a Hinnies for world t the itself me asked Captain, lucidly?” the smiling curling fire licked of that the long tongues squared refuse. In th- dark. the yards, and aft Your niggard bounty I went to if of And, aught I dream to-night. When billows the storm-tossed and looking noded affirmatively. ocean Rhoda, who of caressingly, dreams the house and My will be of Kittle the walls at the wheel. White. Madly lay altar roar, No the gifts Chicago, 111. on you * “Things do look complicated, grandeur the final terrible topple and The wind had hauled the southwest; to m Then bark lightly laden a our so In given away. any sense are Keeps shore. don't they Bruce? ’ he said, turning fortress crash of mighty of flames. the to ar n< glance the showed barometer that the at a Drifting when skies brighter. on are WHAT GRACIE DID. ■ voice abroad; but the solution the Ralph; of Lot heaven Rhoda stood spell-bound the sight, rings from mystery at rising; with high hopes and, a as I; mercury was You and Lord.” lend God’s doth the Who helps poor is that last evening I sister companion, until We’ll vessels her not prouder met Arad began his aorth'ard your envy to “a some one as was port voyage do What think Bailing by. little Gracie Moore you and this lad in crowd the the fire peered into rudely pushed by her, her of Hatteras.” near He’d know wealth? have What is you Wis. B your LOO MKB, did Thanksgiving Day, when she and supposing one down they, laughingly addressed face and her town; “Oh, if I could?” thought let it the only mo To hold it, must a as go. you was five old? Jibe had with public officer—l fatigue was years gone Ridinghood,” thqp “Little Red she suddenly which he oared give and, wore a cap— to vent to; HIS LUCK. struck cold hand Heaven Think the by aud and uncles to meet aunties you question concerning the asked mamma that it became night, though did it impossible me cars, a aware was not seem an clutch Its gold? Will have’ yet to power grandpa’s farol, little cousins few at a and”— far from and that they feat if did two They the weather held he have been fair, not married were away to were city. And miles of the such out had say? “And only cents,” a merry pockets,do they Shrouds and alone. ten have home interrupted his Thanksgiving venture hopeful anticipations no we Why couldn’t to carry evening. Gracie dinner they had! had eaten the Behold! I show then and loaned Gilbert; he as way; you Gilbert, come,” she whispered, “Come, further. he had have and me a quarter luck, even common nice things her fill of the grandma had ride down home, and I quickly pulling him went to “we For four did must days and nights he made fair passage! Joe Thorpe Bam away; go door. shall death shut the a Walt not till or in of day, her table honor the put back this him morning, upon and, hurrying through the town to home;” crowd stand for the leaving it before. Andrews, half wheel, only pay who at send not careful But cargoes on your were as gracious of mind, and felt in state and”— a very discovered she reaching the first his hastily-snatched food, himself, change probably off Montauk to upon or as were bis hoard Lo! giveth of hethat people de, know, after' most light dawning you “Ah, I begin as a at that they least to position of yards, stiect, at the the two see Point by this time and here he except he south open were as Lord was, lend the doth To help God’s poor dinner. But the comfortable presently said Ralph. “It is complicated last'” and miles from home; from clock in obliged observations; and a Ilattaras, half his down take to with a a ot was crew off for oldej children the hill to went but thank Hardy, do not wait; it considerably a brethern by that I To-day, she store his high twenty-fifth heart beat the you you, fever and whole suit of case, as say; sails my blown saw was near on as ague, a which tiny of little Kelley’s gate; yonder stands Dame Jnst kindly of poor for policeman. game romps, after personation ten. of sighted land, which he his of November he your a fruit probably rotten, away, cargo So Gracie she hardly equal to. doubt if the genuine article 1 wandered was from his the chart the an*l wind knew, the hauling the to Gilbert, north’ard “Have to build mansion fair course on would And you money, any we yon a in search of Rover, the barn, out to would dealt gentlemanly with have Sandy the with Hook. send lumber there; so all time, Tn ride once?” of heaven, home she asked, after strong prospect must at vour a chickens the big dog. The scratching such of greenhorns. But let were pair Two pilot-boat No. now gale. hours later, 2 a feeling in her pocket finding another and was own wood-pile lies stick her Every that Thanksgiving dinner; for and their on damsel introduce the toward to board, It bad—“too alongside, and deuced three me you bad!” sent there. too he her skies; not men on was purse was beyond dome the May rise a Gracie suddenly felt compassion great whom have gallantly played a And added, when his heard. then withan you so emphasis almost allowable that's is story “Ten but enough, not cents; was for the barn-yard which had pets, friend knight. Rhoda, Captain poor within stop the her walls. which You rents little under circumstances, Arad laid tired.” my the he glanced for walk? I’m down it? Can’t not nap, a as we dined in sumptuously of the marble bulls; honor yonder rise And of Seventy-ninth not Hardy, regiment. the as your hours; and the lasted precisely thirty-six don’t think at “I I cold and compass. we can; am benevolent day she had, and plan Rhoda Hardy, sister. Miss Bruce, a as little brig, under when he awoke, the unlucky Arad tired, Gilbert! did my “As Thorpe,” had both? O why wind. as For that stope the we every pane entered her head which instantly and Gil! Captain Hardy, O, this was rounding topsails and jib, the is passed into in lower lined. slight suspicion a proverb his native come?” and there There shineth with jasper town was a one was a ; into execution. put discovered; ‘Regular,’ have Captain, of Coverly harbor, of light you Covorley. And the as he entrance of in trembling frightened at the yet prupent, tears was voice, lies cold. cousin, wealth is form She which Your to the kitchen, just at your Gilbert Gains; and gpne, ran of wind blowing now energetic with half gale realized my and He astern. Rhoda their uncomfortable always made smart. a as gold paved with But in the city this of waiter, cook and moment empty that gate”-r-the having was at party sir,” with this time, for fiom we are our his but however “Luck position; miles home, after much two ten you money was owners; and filled with plate pieces of this, by reached the door this —“let a time held hands divine; Your hoard Is with said pilots, the he might for of the lay by himself, Joe Carter, ride; o’clock, enough and not to to one as sure money was that and the other kinds of food which marks it thine. dinner It that in and with”— bears eat and a name rapidly the our be, chain us go unforeseen anchor out, it of affairs, lost. pleasant in not state some ran manner, was a very had been brought from the dining-table. out praise!’ thanksgiving and broke “With the wind. The round Haminerton little vessel Rude passing bank, wherein-lhe had to surely. began swung Behold have made, bargain men the now, ye She didn’t either, forget the jelly, giving Gilbert, had Rhoda in who been it deposited you’ll blow thousand “In the and boldly dollars, had three hours debt is paid. girl, stared With the to notice more see a usury suspended in and added of also delicate slices series of and hunches pokes he some guns.” “Gilbert,” a as The cashier of her face. she whispered, the pale payment. great thieves do No doth eat, steal, grandma’s bread. the moth white Then out to no walk'd along beside her. < think,” said Horne Savings institute “defalcated,” with I shrinking from their had “God “Gilbert, me, was gaze, we feel; doth No suffering heart envy Thanksgiving barn Gracie, went to set it, replied just exactly,” “That the a aloft leaving him aud is of they into I loser unequal His Arad, reverently, went will explain the must to get as a a car; sum. table for her —her hungry, pets captain. is Thanksgiving day “It poor true hoard words, who of his Ring out the little which, xYrad house stowed sails, conductor, and of a Elm burned in snugly the the the street rest on as we was can pay scratching, barking, mewing and cackling lend Ix»rd! doth Doth help God’s the for I don’t when have know I felt poor his absence, insurance much larger than me; the policy having used fare not to-morrow.” to were say, barnyard. ot the pets thanks,” with such desire to return expired day handkerchief. a a before. bandana But there sight, and it He had in two a or were no a 80, get under care cargoes your way; dinnernapkin; On the floer spread large Rhoda’s bright blooming look at a was been knocked down Old his dory, and growing colder warm robbed his Banks rowed After ot out The ring Thanksgiving Day. bells out moment. in as was every arranged picnic and it neat face. in on freight arrival. in waiting time Panama. All of which his the Rhoda custom at money every new some upon was coiner, dainties fashion, the Thanksgiving time before Rhoda could It were luoid some occurring different I” his was times in deuce cried: events, had “What the at was SEVENTY-NINE. NUMBER and which, could the because she meat, sufficient confidence and summon nigh Arad. And then, courage make fatalist. There is policeman, Gilbert, Arad remark, he at I’ll to stared ‘ ask come a a as divide laid in it in she whole pieces, not address her friend brother’s Captain to as But, thanks Jessie vessel, ’spose? him how the will Banks, his betrothed, “Humph! Lost lie along?” to 1 A Thanksgiving Romance. your soon car the of impromptu table. Then, her center Hardy. and he had this brig, kept good here and timidly accosting officer who heart, and Picked by the come up a up Rhoda Bruce alone by the sat parlor imiiation of of grandma's in the decoration * think, Gilbert,” said, “Only “I she 4' his had ’Member from stood and appeared Banks, home without be by, who to courage won money. any near pere, window in the dim November twilight, table, she arranged little oi called him number ‘seventy-nine' that scraps the promise that if he away!” noticing their evident distress, 'brought home told when Rhoda what I went ye ye and flowers here and there leaves watching the flicker and flare of the and shall always think of him night, 1 green gas three bundled dollars well; and informed in his that share Arad the ot as remembered it very own was consequence about the dishes, until, opinion, in her number ‘seventy-nine,’ I in the the lamps, cold of and street of trading so in that as am the Caribbean fire, line of stopped. the when he tell Banks, as that sweeps went to voyage pere, care was on exceedingly stylish and everything afraid address by that I shall him name.” was the wind winter surging round the he should without picked bng, Jessie, had the “But,” added politely, further it came the officer, he that sea, marry up was said, wonderful, “My Wover!’’ she with the captain’s frequent calls But poor notice the coming Thanksgiving sugar-laden, and that his corner. “you take Arch and that she street on can an car exchange was leading the dog barn and shutting the to of house, daring the the inter, the at rest Thanksgiving and, after It evening. with would probably v was of the north-bound share of salvage eve; a money one in until she could him small closet collect Rhoda gradually her timidity, of preparation a day busy for the morrow’s overcame This he had embraced him lines.” made be little Banks voyage some successful a nice sum, together. “My Wover!” her guests hail and before spring she learned poor festivities, everything had settled dawn which had netted him said; “O, Rhoda, exchanges, about and eighteen rapturously, two ventures, Sanksgivin’ dinner, You s’all have “Captain,’’ him but only call quiet not to to again. into and three hundred and dollars, Arad?” fifty said cents! we’ve only ten,”cried Gilbert, “Didn’t tell always I you, sum like jus’ folkscs.” blind andthoughts qualify title in her that ozzer Rhoda had heartily enjoyed the excitement being locked in his desk anything of the below. Arad pathetically; ll didn't remember “we have and to walk, up Then she brought the in and shut her cat of adjectives; in with tenderest and the ef helping her with whom she do aunt, “How head Jerry?” polite snivering with kind; it is neither the cold, ami it’s but then, you nor you now, are was with Rover; and, by dint of much due time it that she up lived, arranged for the to exertion, expected his prospectiv fault came pass promised for the time; for bringing twentieth and rooms all out,” the politic contradict one’s to query my yuu succeeded finally in driving change of Bruce that her flowers to to for and the bibles a guests, name unsatisfactory and officer “East-north-cast, said nothing, The father-in-law, he prepare and, answer, accompanied came nearer now, so of and chickem number hens —all of of Hardy. graceful, and mantles, putting girlish caused apeakifig Gilbert, sir,” ejaculation of impatience where, but looking old ashore, the to the at an man which she had not her When she little Gilbert note wrote to touches the all adornments. Toward a him. tired, Jessie with pale face the hood to after meeting upon scarlet and rapturous escape embrace, in a reach with her little waving and announcing their he wrote arms night, and engagement, uncles and cousins aunts seal-skin said kindly “Brocky Joe much sick. He said wants he cup, : : shrill cry—into the barn, and then she back, for him, anyhow; “ycu had from poured in the different trains, “If owe me one medicine,” the salutation Thanksgiving will allow which “You it be lad, I will know met to you was me, my was in and pushed the doors ■went great together if it for would Ralph, not and Rhoda's brother her especial were me you never his tall, that,” and powerfully-built *—” all be from sailor, dear took his ear, as a arrange eve, door The closet opened and have him romantically leas:— adoration, met at was admiration and had surprised Spaniard, silver so accosted him. pocket and into And it vest piece put to a a was. antagonistic and dog the cat hood it of out, that red that pretty came from her by his college spend coming to Gilbert’s was yours He had shipped his hand, and adding: of four mutineers his sister The managed “your to crew men run while midst Gracie stood in the of her attracted is first him; he Thanksgiving her. it day had the with Altogether far my add second Jamaica, is able and to walk this cold ashore Peaked Hill not night, mate schooner Bars, in a rascally-looking on ringing bell loudly she guests, and I day, present to want to and joyous been happy a as as you, come this little please loan.” there though Cod, aud, in obedience retributive a was accept set Cape a prelude to were, up could. frightened This the hens and Seventy-nine's wedding.” to of praise the hymn and thanks, to this time they had Rhoda bowed and said done to well justice, drowned; which, the enough, were as chickens and flew they wildly about the Rhoda in A from the night felt sat which Rhoda she would sing year of and that them “You kind; I do sick, insurance the sure two the excellent think I not got now are very were owners an on barn-floor and the hayloft, while to dim waiting for the twilight lover, she up gaily the out a remaining had done double could back, and duty; on morrow. walk two did general haven’t vessel, to not you see we so seem cause the dog quarreled and the married Captain Hardy the 79th cat of to it trifle over one But just dull alone in the was Arad had begun money;but think I will recollect that grief. a to well was station, any very your piece of and trampled into the meat rest regiment; ami there! Gilbert to-night. parlor Aunt Carry had taken was of them. and,” looking his After the usual vexatious delays “oh, at up cap, consequent of the food. The and the ringing girls, her oft' noise the daughters, stairs two Taking quinine yes! I number is seventy-nine, from the medicine-cheist, received up such Arad your some see upon cases, What’s in Name! a the bell attracted attention the ot the ot and for confab, others the and <»t aunts Remember, Gilbert, he forward, police-man No. and, something like eighteen thousand dollars a 79. went entering When folks in and Lord Dundreary his the parlor, they out grown singing gave cousins lullabys their servant little forecastle, Thank for the the which were in much, loan!” dimly salvage you, very was as money. half-a-crown three rushed the barn. buy Just the to “ tenpenny to soon as protesting babyhood; as to Uncle and, lighted by swinging her cousin’s rooms taking Rhoda lamps, hurried he arm, was nails” displayed doora opened, flew he the cackling than out were smoking library no Boyed the more in proceed toward about the up bunk of the to was the to The Bowery on car. Boy. supposed hens in wild and fairly pardonable simplicity in clearing accepting amaze, with husbands and the brothers, and a “I tell sick you’ve first-class he policemen when suddenly got you, man, was It is related of Thackeray that, being the literal the ground with their flying feet. interpretation of the little confidential Ralph, after name Rhoda. seized from behind, here, blanket Wasn’t he a stunner?” thrown converse a a desirous boy,” to “Bowery applied Puss, her fur covered with jelly the particular article very to which see a 'Rhoda, had rushed down with the to tried Gilbert, his they head, and, reached almost before the he as over car, he with friend the haunts went into and her smeared fragments he desired purchase, and legs with to probably a ot Continental of his chums. to meet and he paid their could think, hurried fare of the the rail, some out silver tc was over of that peculiar look for creature to followed laughed bread and butter, pursued few of those who have the at next, looked It pleasant the piece; I’ll which thown he very the instant. over return the first way was in money an by Rover, who growling with joke could famous correctly fix the one. Weldon was rage girl's house; the the Van at in the Arad, like thing morning; But all Coverley it will be boys. gas was real a a Very his pointed companion out the which Puss had the origin of “ ” term tenpenny soon meat, poor over securely lighted in the parlor, the blinds as and applied Thanksgiving, perfect water-dog; and won't it? after coming I up, don’t know to him to genuine standing specimen in her mouth. Poor little Gracie, nails. It really that to the a on seemed be they having jolly to time, means surface, he when I felt the blew the grateful; a why, from his water ever more we the of the against lamppost, street, almost scared death herself this weigh pounds nails the thousand, comer ten to at a to had told unexpected Rhoda Some that Letty might worked off mouth, his boots, have been one arrested himselt and got tramps as red-shirted, black-trousered, and disappointing result the original expression being “tenpound soaplocked, very l>eau Wclden's the from his station of pea-jacket taken the house.” by dint coming to of was on out mush shiny-hatted, with cigar in his of in behalf of nails;” her efforts her stood pets, this in time got a spend Thanksgiving West to with contracted her Upon squirming, and, wiping reaching the home, the from two spray runaways mouth elevated angle of forty-five at half clinging ladder, the nails; this “ ” and to to in to ten-pun an up descried a way and Rhoda him in the groifp. found that his he their the of had occasionad crest stay rose eyes as on a wave, degrees. frightened face hay-loft, and turned her its corrupted into “ turn tenpenny “Heigh sighed Rhoda; ho!” “he don’t much had cheerful satisfaction consternation in he the of seeing the household. After contemplating him for few gladly toward the who people and nails;” “sixpenny” “fourpenny” a very appeared rush oft comrade meet to he brother binnacle-light of Rhoda's the his Ralph stood vessel a as soon as the apparently upon Thackeray said his friend moments, to the nails nails weighing six four upon scene. arrived. wish had has I I lover are 1 They or half mile distont, doorstep, anxiously awaiting and rapidly a their a growing appearance, that he would like hear the fellow to girl! couldn’t little She Dear pounds the thousand. There get to over be nice. I wonder if must I will are little fainter. disappointed very not and a speak—to talk with him —and asked if the slight her Thanksgiving other similar “ familiar put terms, upon have Thanksgiving’” many as next alarmed luck!” his sister “My hnd his one to his tongue, he was on as gone upon he might do dinner and, for along although time; household words,” which in daily so. Just then in the darkness are made with from return the hotel. struck hope of out keeping a voice a vague “Surely,” he without told, hesitation older she she Is cannot and false impression was years now, many her with the words: use, convey very a start afloat till “Why Rhoda! himself morning; How imprudent and then Jessie’s be to him “go direct to and ask him to forget that particular day in her lite, and if accepted literally. scientific ; A “If love you’ll do contemporary something late! words his mind: Where iu the to “Be you me, world”—he out so came sure, somewhere.” probably will forget it. How She takes the trouble give you to never I much.” a want to Gilbert Arad, and do began, but all rushed into God such will do you very you can; an Thereupon the curious stranger laughed and how grandma petted at household list of articles whose approached, was But it Cousin Gilbert many only who enthusiastic description the rest.” of the was fire great and said, politely, “My loving, for her tender litte heart, she her analyzed, when justify far to had and he but fourteen names, go spoken, they had witnessed, With inward for that Ralph help, he as was an prayer resolved was friend, I should like to” such to better I. And since tell than skeptical tho the inquiry of go or can you aud only her shoulder, amorous to forced laugh off make the little to struggle for life, though up to brotherly even a cousinly a such place. decided let barnyard then she has to Juliet. Salad oil, instance, is for a not of flirtation the out question. scold had felt his he been he chances preparing. infinitesimally was were “Well,” replied the in Bowery boy, “people” their Thanksgiving making salads, but oil for cleaning oil for own arrange is it “Well, what Gil?” laughed Rhoda; und, “And it - small; by dint of awful I said husbanding Gilbert; his ’ just was his peculiar and quite inexpressible dinners. helmets; Ballades, i. while ‘faint fair heart e., an “ “and would strength, have had the morning light dawned never won walk it all the to we as and without tone, moving anything but equally familiar instance of incongruous if and ask, I will know; not grant back, turbulent miles in found him the cold, chilled see if’—a you two tne way over sea his lips, he looked lazily the at presented ideas is the in the of as up Challenge. favor? Declined use A exhai look from Rhoda, the lame, sted who did and faint, but you a to not be to care tall, gray-haired novelist, “well, silver,” German this “ metal term being sonny, Rhodie dear, stupid it's awluily in reproved further, still swimming. Governor changed his up finishing Coh Scott, time of at one if won’t long.” stay too alloy neither silver of silver, and you can you go, talking the library, they're and if nor an stocks, the “if Oh, how eagerly, sentence, had rode.” lighter, it Kentucky, brave and not as we grew was man a aequired Thackeray quite satisfied, and having been invented by not was is, I she’ll even where want a did “That is indisputable he watch for to welcome sail’ And, reputation in his adopted go mania fact, me surely,” an a a well might have he been. He had who German. Ladies button the seen and Rhodie,” coming bed; up to closer, laughed rising of his Aunt Carry; “but heart Indian dghter. go I really crest of skillful think State on a wave, a came a and heard the real thing. dozen buttons of their gloves and coaxing in rough boy fashion, or more “I it is about time into his almost for all had Governor, mouth, stone’s While he fellow not never we a some rest was some now; probably seldom think that to city lighted pause I great wish Gilbert, dissipating throw distant little hermaphrodite challenge, saw up; freely, him of a account too sent you, are was a on a an Affectionate Bird. An kids ” likely made of their “ you’d down the are more take little street and Rhodu, under short sail, bearing I brig, down which he imagined want offense Scott had me beauty a to get you upon some conceived violent An gander skins of lambs, of old the than rats, a please?” or oven for him. sleep, Ralph tells friend, his committed against his (the challenger’s) ways, Captain me English lunatic who those of and still affection of less goats; of was will,” replied Rhoda, young an “Certainly I Hardy, will dine “Hillo-o-o-o!” he shouted, with with all his The old soldier did honor. notice to-morrow, not us . being the housemaid, allowed about will, likely the not is to at jumping go or even “get into overcoat and certainly strength. will it The fellow, who your had up; given public want to you at appear Wherever reflect housewife, that bad enough for asylum. the to quickly, and in the hall until young an I wait best.” th<>y Surely hear him; must but notice of his intention “call out” the come your to no answering would gander blacklead ” the old the “ is innocent of went go, down.’ Then, running as man stairs for common her Thanksgiving hail his morning dawned listening to Governor, much up bright annoyed at his came cars, was hissing it of gold; the walking few yards advance, lead is knowing in seal-skin jacket and or a Rhoda as and and, clear; directly and in another his surprise after silent own breakfast, to After cap, moment, contempt. waiting several though consider clerk that his blacklead all animals they city to at met, as burst into the with incoherent after little whispered and horror, the brig's altered, consultation days he sought the Governor nursery for an with a course was an rested, pencil contains natural warning them off. When the man of she composition that a sort explanation Rhoda, Gilbert and headed she direction, started down another explanation, and the find following was going to town in conversation beside him; andiron. Instances the gander would of carbon of lie sit little would or take Gilbert officer out the who had been though Arad could her yards ami that kind a the night took place: way, see so in it misnaming of things might multiplied and night persistent tho be time at was so escort. before. did lie untouched —l>eing, in fact, braced in “Gov. Scott, as return received challenge time nor to were you a master, from objects daily its demand its remain to in “Poor fellow’!” said near she herself, among use, to his cousins direction. opj>osite church, in from me?” and to as accompany an cackle passed with its whoso accepted and that compliance was tied cardinal she her cloud names tight dowui arc Rhoda felt certain ‘“Something there I” thought; qualms of he anxiety “Ycur challenge delivered, sir.” wrong over was The bird, from mouth with deemed expedient. mouth scarcely to poor her aud it wound her a round his delay. and, it his chance for life, last over “But I ears, have received neither as was an acknowledgment and often, thought of their incongruity however, persisted moment’s too “he once throat; lives such humdrum “I ought have with desperate intercept he sought to with sort him,” to she a of it.” energy gone a acceptance nor an affection, remarkable -Dictionary their origin.- of Slang. fell its to martyr of life in that village; little how grand or a kept saying her when suddenly her ami up herself. “I to sir, I have not, over course, sent over presume as end its it killed being put to to an the by ! city night will look him I’ll to “Oh, dear, sails thrown aback, for bother and what boys are! neither.” it were a mo a A Philadklpitta lady is the of owner clamors. down walk little Broad and street, is his fault drifted down toward him, all for she insisting ment a “But of way intend to accept?’’ own as upon manuscript course you of Wesley’s hymns a copy he will be then return; protection enough, fire; had running the though he been and and perhaps, he to “Of I do not.” seen measures now, in the handwriting course of their author. Breakfast. Deadly A if he is only boy, and I shan’t feel relief. has lost and taken for bis at I shall l>e blamed!” “What! got Not a challenger accept The book descended her my to from her timid.” Johnson, all Va., James Ralph Bruce she neared him hi' managed, Lexington, As At wondered in what Is his it possible that Gov. Scott, a made grandfather, whom you, to it given in was A brisk with walk, Gilbert's made sister bet the constant mainchain at absent-minded roll of sieze well-known of the and quiet aJLI the to brought the negro, a in decline so sea, one a of debt up part payment by the army, combat?” a of a son boyish chatter and could pleasure seeing he breakfast-table at the but pla'cs, with final effort, that eat ho and feeling he too more morning; as swung a was annoyed tho who printed the first edition of man continous line long of lamps, Silas Jones it that and himself into and than present. anxious the rigging the rail, fruit the “I do, with you.” over any one over non-appearance the hymns. seemed baud light of along the straight the of his friend senseless bet; and where he sank the Captain deck, and Peter did a Hardy, he “Then I up have of satisfaction on means no of silent* stretch streets, brought eating them work peaches, question her curiously thinking dimly how it that all three set to not strange soon left “I the but coward." oak; was tho to post vine,” manner. am you n you are remarked into the down central portion from and Walking watermelons, Johnson of living in sight. church, soul apples, more the “Post grapes. coward!” exclaimed two ardent no was though the silly lover as to me an a and, city, almost before the she realized whole turned tho recovered his bet, having When lie of the from his and eaten stupor their street Governor, his Marianne. hearty corner “Let a bursting the into laugh. vine, therefore, won on a found Rhoda herself it, half, crowd of and feebly groped he watermelon dozen home, what their his aft, the astonishment in a “Post around only way the way a one you’ll was oak until saw and it post reaches creep away, yourself and who boys, appeared behold to think both delinquents lashed hard-a-port, twelve bunches of and wheel to face the peaches, face. and men the liar, everybody else to haves—” grapes, was and will topmost "And finds nothing a say Thanksgiving keeping that consisted Gilbert merrily He taken from apples. sick laughing boat her davits; and large four and talking stern it eve so.” there.” exclaimed was the gone an heartless and jostling shouting and in pushing with handsome Hashed and died the his mind brig had hour after evening. that gentleman the in end beauty. every And of it same that the a young across was I •■*■*<* * *- J I w.C K