a^tj, "s'*t* -f"- "t HEWS OF THE WEEK SUMMARIZED. to her HOW E DECIDED. said1 Lanra i iad "Nonsense! If that's aH 1 won't invite "Iliad Hoped, cited. taiK on Aunt Mary's part, the latter I A CASE OP PEEMONITIOAT. him." cousin, "that Bernard woi lid marry Bell says suddenly: i "Then 111 get papa to do it," said General Grant Worse. Ogilvie. I know she like* him, and just "And I have apiece of news, also A splendid June day, bright and Alex. Skirving in Nineteenth Century. tSejMedical Record ef the 14th says: The -Laura, rising and serenely walking off. before you came-Ithoagl the was just though not so important as yours, Ed breezy. Opposite the great square in As a reader of the London Times |WieoVanW process in the anterior pilar has, So Mr. Derwent came to dinner, and beginning to- pay her soi ne attention na. Bernard ^eince the consultation, extended to the adjointhe its carpet of green, stands a large have noticed the "proceeding" of he talked very sensibly and" cleverly, and but one never knows how to take* Bernard "Where is Bernard?" said Laura tongue, and the bridle of tissue Physical Society, and as yonr soci. brown painted house with bow-windows paid formal and polite attentions to ^4kaadiiig4he perforation of the anterior pilar 'and why did he leave the picnic so sud has invited communications. I resp internally gave way Wednesday and Thursday both Miss Laura W^den and her cousin. and spacious piazzas, half shrouded in After this affair fthewl ite and'blue denly. And the newswhat do you the patient was in a reasonably comfortablf fully Leg to offer you a short -tateir And when, after dinner, the party adjourned blossoming wisteria. dresses, Bernard is for some days rather think of his having purchased that state. His temperature normal and of my experience on a subject whic to the drawing room, and' Mr. cool and distant to his cousii i. Morford House oppositethe one next puke regular, but he was suffering On one side is a croquet ground, and Derwent, after a brief chat with Mrs. do not understand. Let me prtr somewhat from the effects of insomnia Edna does not like- ithei conscience to Mr. Derwent's?" said Aunt Mary nodding on the other a glimpse of a lovely old se1 Warden, leaves the lady's side, and seats that I am not a scholar, as I left His digestion is good, and semi-sollid perhaps reproaches herai id one day, to Edna. food taken easily and with reasonable relish. himself on the opposite end of the sofa fashioned, garden, green, cool, and at 12 years of age in 1827. and I th standing in the low window, she places "Why, mother?" said Laura in surprise. He Hiffers no pain. In face of all these general occupied by Edna. Barnard takes up a fore hope you will forgiva all vins ar shadowy, the mere sight of which is refreshing. her hand lightly on Ms coat-s leeve/,and "He heardlet me see, it was HI, mptoms, the local difficulty has markedly book and studies the effect of the letters composition and grammar. I ai says coaxingly: incr"ased and parts in the vicinity of the ulcera the day before yesterdaythat Judge in an inverted position, refusing utterly ions are becoming more infiltrated. working foreman of masons at V\ "What is the matter, Bernard? have Taylor wanted the house, and he jusl It is Sunday, and the people on their to glance in their direction. *A An associated press diepatch of the 14tb says: Chestenrecathedralresident years a ha.-*efbeen this and foi I offended you rushed up to the agents office and secured ni jlp^-'Gen Grant went to bed early on "Wednesday way to church. Most of those who pass Edna, on the contrary, finds it difficult He turns his dark eyes 'upon her las it on the spot," said Aunt Marj IjSjJ mgh\ but ho did not fall asleep until nearly this way are evidently of the elite, for to not watch Bernard. She tries $5 midnight, he suffered considerably from a without aworcL I am a native of Edinburgh triumphantly. what in vain to confine her attention to B'iL.' pam in his right ear. The ulcerations in his the street is the fashionable one- of the I am sure I aever intended' it," says It is now more than thirty year- )_-. "But," said Edna vaguely, did no1 ihroat had also taken on a more angry appear.ance Mr. Derwent is saying, and more -than Edna. that I was living in London^ verv town. knowI mean, how could he afford it?* and cocoaine was used again to allay the once answers absently, and hopes that He takes the little hand lyin, on his where the Great Western railroad i. iv "Afford it? Why, child, he'-s ric2 pain The infiltration is extended to As they pass the brown house,, each Bernard will pity her and come to the coat-sleeve. the deep seated tissue, and the disease stands, but which was not then bu:' enough?." looks up at the bow-windows, as if expecting rescue. And she finds it a great relief is ppreading with more rapidity than was working the Regent's Park "If you never intended it, E Idna 111 "Eieh?" questioned Edna wondering- it has shown for some time. In the evening when at last the guest takes his departure. to see there a face that they forgive 'it." Messrs. Mowlem, Burt S Freec ,\v he ate quite heartily of food, but did not know. "Forgive what?** in innooent surprise. who at that time had the governn have any appetite Ho tx led to be cheerful and "You don't mean to say, Edna,.thai "Well," says Laura as her father escorts But none is visible, though perhaps appear good spirits, bat it was evidently contract for three years for the mas. you didn't know that Bernard's grandfather the visitor to the frontdoor, "how done by an effort of will, and did not express work of the capital, and who yet But her color betrays her, and Bernard those whom they look, for are nearer died years ago and left him- th his feelings, which, on account of the severe do you like him en a migrhtv business at Milbank, W smiles as he says still hold ing her whole of his handsome fortune Why than they imagine for at one end of the pain were not pleasant. "He's very nice," Edna answers with hand: minister. I think it was Glouce^. I should think, of course, Laura TOUIC upper piazza, screened' by the matted a sharp glance across the room, "and," gate iflmifftake not. At ail even* TGU1 "Yorx-are no actress,little coujsin, have told you." wisteria, are two. young girls, dressed in pointedly "very agreable!" was that gate of Regent's Park to tiiteostwasvl know to what I allude." Mrs. W. E Dodge of New York is worth $4,- I thought she knew," said Laura. Bernard shrugs his shoulders and tliin slippers and white cool muslin o the Zoological gardens, it 000,fXX). She spends her money in missionary "But, Bernard, that blue dress wa3 *'How strange that we never spoke oi forces a smile of compassion. She northeasi corner of the park. Th. ''Wwo work. scaques. well, was really-shabby, and you would it in her presence: But mother doesn'1 I should think, Bernard," his sister iastanca- from my home waa.too gr not ac all have- liked to see me in it. Frank D. Warren, alias T. D. Lyons, wanted this look as though Bernard were thinking One of the girls is tall, fair, stately, remarks, "that you might have paid for me to- get home to meals, so I And besides ysu knowMr. Derwent in New Orleans for a $10,000 forgery, was arretted of getting married ard a trifle inclined to embonpoint. One more attention to Mr. Derwent, considering ried my foort with me, and there* rr had offered toescort me to the party." at Gara Falls, Ont. "Indeed it does. Why, I declare it's can predict that at 40 she will mate a he was our guest." had no- call to leave the work all th* "He's decidedly officious and frisiy perfectly delightful to think of Mr. The Jesuits have bought the villa in the island Bernard flushes at this. very handsome and imposing woman. On a certain day, ho\\e\er. I sudden 1- for his age," says Bernard dissapprcvingly. of Elba, foimeily occupied by Napoleor Derwent and Edna owning one of those "What could I do with an old Methuselah ftflt an intense desire to go home 1 The other is nearly as tall, but lithe aud will com ei tit into a college beautiful houses just opposite us, jind like that?" he demanded indignantly. as I had no business there I tried "Frisky! On-, Bernard!" says Edna, and sylph-like, with a clear olive complexion, Bernard and Bella the other. For oi Fi ink Talbott was arrested at Evansville, suppress it, but it was not posbib: laughing. Ind on tti" charge of embezzling 94,700 from courseBut what's the matter, Edna, dark roguish eyes, and a face '"Old? He's only about 40," avers d so. Every minute the de-tav to go the 1'vaiisvillo & Teire Haute railroad. "Has he asked you to go to the picnic child? Ah, these picnics, and iatt pretty and piquant. Laura. home insrea^vl. It was 10 the enquired her cousin suspiciously. hours, and courting are too much foi The 1'iench, alter five daj's fighting, carried "How pleasant this is!" she says. 'I "Andso fine looking!" says Edna. morning, and I could not think of anything tin* Cliiiii'-f position around Kelung. Forty "Not exactly. Hemerely alluded you. Go upstairs, dear, and lie down.'* to" to call ice awav fioni tho work at Whereupon Bernard throws down his would not exchange with those people Fi .uJmien one killed and Ii00 wounded She obeys white and trembling and such a time. I got iidcety ard uneasv. book, taking his hat, thinks he will step Hen icon's wife blew out her brains going to church." "Merely took it for granted that you Willi-1 no one guesses the wild regret, the and felt a3 if 1 must go, e^cn at the over to the Ogilvie3 and ask Miss Bella were bound to go -with him, and so he at her home in Oilcans county, N. Y. She was bitter pain and remorse, and the vain "Nor I," says the other quietly. I risk of being ridiculed by mv WHO, as I to go to church in the evening. young and picttj, and appaiently had nc needn't lie in a hurry to ask vou!" savs longing that lie deej) down in her heart soldcm go to church in summer." could give no reason why I should seciet gnef And Edna declares that she has a Bernard wrath fully. as she murmurs 'And Aunt Mary and Bernarddo lexve my work and lose 0d. an hour for headache, and retires to her room for a John Oliver, a farmer of Stonewall Ind. "Then he-will find himself mistaken," "Had I known it yesterday." nonsense. Hove*.or, I could not stav. they go regular nap. and lie3 awake for a full hour, Toi killed a neighbor named Crocket, with Edna says with emphasis. -^B ami I set off for home under an inij ulse thinking. Oliver quail eled. '"As for Bernard, he seldom goes at was aftern ard "Are y&u sure of that uliOin Low-neck ed Dresses. which I t'ould cot resist. arrest. She likes Bernardlikes him more killi while i^sistin ^"Sure Of course! And to prove it, any timespends the day lying on thp Washington Letter. and more every day but Mr. Derwent The laigest rough diamond in the United I'll go with you, Bernaid," this very When I reached my OATI door and library sofa, reading. Mamma is generally A great fuss is being kicked up be. fotat was shewn in Philadelphia recently It is ric-li, and she knows by this time that sweetly, '-"if vou will let me, and aren't knocked the door was opened b\ my an inveterate church-goer but weighs l\!s kaiats, and was loundm the l\imberly cause some of the ladies at the White she can, if she will, be mistress of that engaged to Miss Ogilvie. wife's sifter, amariied woman, who' li\eil mine.-, South Afi ica just now she is on bad terms with the elegant establishment opposite. Oh, if House reception wore extremely lownecked "Miss Ogilvie is nothing to me. She's a few streets off. She looked surp.'ised I had never seen Bernard, how much The Billings, Men flkating link was burned new mini&ter, and vows that if he don't dresses. That they do appear a nice sensible girl, but I'm not in love and said. "Why, Skirvim.- l-o d.d vou (The ongin of the fire is unknown The building easier for me it would be! resign she will join the other church. with her, as Laura, and mother, and all know?" ''Know what*'" isanl. "Whv, in costume very much abbreviated from wi owned by Ramsey Moigan & Field In the two weeks following, Edna sees of them seem to think." about Mary Anne 1 -.jd, I ion't It is one of her whimsies." Loss, $S,0U) insuiance, $0,000. the neck down, there is no sort of dispute. a great deal of Mr. Derwent. The town know anything about Mary Anne (mv "They say you liked her once," savs "How odd!" says Edna, laughing. That the wearers of these lownecked The president nominated Col. Edward D. in summer is gay with strangers, for wife). ''Then what brought vou home Edna, glancuW no askance, and half- costumes are well-favored anij "Oh, you don't know her! I forgot Clark of Mississippi to be assistant secretary whom parties and picnics, and entertainments- at present?"* "I can haiciy tell yi.ti I ^^^^-^4i|^liw^^OT|her fan. of the mtei lor, and Sidney Jackman of, pleasing to look upon, I have heard nc that you have not been here since you of all sorts are got seemed to want to coire" home But ^fiwiia^.TK^MMmbak^g]^ Texas to be United States marshal. per,_ anf I a&ke She tcid me 5 at these Mr. Derwent and"""'' oneat least no gentlemancomplain. w-Tonq:?'7 were a little thing of six years old. what Ls -her better in It is believed that the pope will approve the ing little brunette, Misss It is my belief that the uproar has beec that my wife had been run over h\ ab, What a pity uncle should have his Edna election of Dr. Walsh to the aichbishopric of are about the most co created by some of the lean and hungry and been most seriously injun about Dublin Dr Walsh is backed by tht Catholic family so far away. "We have been so "Edna." says Berna: masses of Ireland and is a stiong Painellite. ^eij^S^^teWorTOe room. Jadies who could not safely presume tc an hour ago, and she called c'ui me cut off from each other." through the French windo|K^5ffi^ fp It as a charming picnic, as everybody appear in similar rig, and that they have ever since, but was ncv in tits, i.vl 1. id Paddy Ryan has agreed to meet John R. "He had to do it, you knon, when he azza and taking a seat jf the front saiuT .Jjaura had plenty of partno-s. communicated their opposition to decol- several in succession, went up*t i Sullivan within 100 miles ol Now Orleans ir failed." May. The fight is to be undei the tew London steps beside his cousin, "have you but as foi E,dna, the beaux general! lete costumes to sympathizing lady cor- and though very ill sLa-iecognL-ed "Yes, dear, I know, and I have always prize ring rules, with small gloves, tor promised to go to the party with 'the v. though reluctantly, seemed inclined respondents. That would be enough, and stretched foi th h^r arms and $5,000. felt very sorry for you. We, ourselves, patriarch to respect the pre ^jjtions ot Mr. It ought to be said that the wearers ol me round the neck an--.pulled za/ live up to our income, and papa Egbert M. Carvar, cashier of the De Soto Dei jnt. the lowest dresses and the possessors oi down into her bosom The lils pas The term he now generally applies to declares he will have nothing to leave (Mo bank, was arrested, charged with forging Mr. Derwent, who i the busts that are really worth exposinp away directly, and in presence se n. Bern.ird, from remote comers, the cool of the Bernard and myself but still we live checks to the amout of several thousand evening has stopped for a few monents to a curious public, are the ladies of the to traneprilize her, s- that she got watel ed that gentleman's attentions to doiUia while cashier of the Oneonta (N. in good style, and anything, in my to exchange soine pleasant remarks his cousin, and pulled his moustache foreign legations. It is sometimes em- sleep and did well. Her sister told bank six years ago. opinion, is preferable to being a governess. with the young ladies, and has just left with inward wrath and resentment. barrassing to be obliged to istand by one that she uttered the nost piteous cri.-t- HOAV you must hate it!" Maj. J. M. Haworth died suddenly at Albuquerque, them. He began, too, to look with doubt upon of these charming creatures, as she siti for me to come to In. although the N. Mex. He was superintendent of "Yes, indeed!" with a sigh, "audi Edna, for had she not that evening on one of the sofas ui the corridor, witl was not the least hkiihood of mv coming. Is ow Edna Ixas been all day expecting all Kho Indian schools under the charge of the dread the thought of going back to it. Bernard to ofter his escort to this party, a superb costume that is nothing but i This short narrative had.only one encouraged him in the sweetest manner, general government, and was on a tour of inspection I have no aptitude for teaching. I like and she feels vexed that he has not done pair of straps from the aisx pitaupbu merit, it is strictlv *rue. and was she not now, to all appearances, at the time of death. dress and gayety, and should like of all so. then one-is obliged to aceusloi^himsel equally encouraging his rival Thfc Massachusetts house ordered to a third things, to be rich, and the mistress of to many strange things in, this cosmo "Jf I Ijave," she says sharply, "I don't A sudden thought sent the blood to readmg a resolve providing for a constitutional SOPT HANDS QUT O BATE. just such a house as those two handsome see why you should want to know about politan city. his brow. Could it be that this charming amendment abolishing poll tax as a preclusion lh-' theater Herald. ones opposite. Whose are they it." to voting for governor, lieutenant governor, cousin of his was a coquette, and Tne Homeeyt Palms of Those Who Neither "One^that handsomest of the two. senators and representatives. "Ij is none of my business now, cer- Lto was making a fool of him "Beware of the Tidders.' Toil Ho* Spin. with the greenhouse and fountainis Tor taiDfy. I can only leave you to your At this moment the couples began to President Cleveland's early hours have shaken No for sale. The other belongs to Mr. Mr. Dud. Mobley o Coffee 'county, chosen escort, and hope that you may up official Washington terribly. Tho oresident take their places for a quadrille, and place was the house of a weath.y Derwent, one of our first lawyers. And makes appointments for 8 a. m. The department ^nue. !"b or.*le i&ve a nice time, and fee benefited by Ga., wishes he had heeded the elder Bernard sees Mr. Derwent, in his usual Fift clerks are aghast, and everybody is by-the-bye, Edna, here is a chance for his society and conversation." famil stately and deliberate manner, making Weller's advice to "beware of the vid-, arranging tc go to bed earlier and sleep with the realization of your wishes for discoursiaag on the thoroughwa I don't see why-I should not have a his way to Edna across the crowded boots on. ders." Mrs. Judy McCook, a sprightly President Barnaidl of Columbus Derwent is a rich widower, and, it le&e* nice time in Mr. Derwent's society," floor. *hich genuine giccd bleeding widow, cast a web of fascination ovei At Springfield, Mass., fira in N. G. Gill'it art ported, on the lookout for a wifc ays Edna still" more sharply. Slipping past the row of wall flowers, store building did great damage, mainly by nes So don't fail to set your Mr. Dud aaidmade him betteve that she, "Certainly, if it were a scientific lecure, he reached his cousin's side in advance smoke. Loss, $50,000, of which $40,000 will she added, in a tone half! loved him and wouldj-aarry him. Ditk imbued a human being with refinement. for instance, or a funeral, or a of his rival. fall on Gill, whose entire stock of pictures, but for a pleasure party half earnest. trial1 murder -books, rich paintings, statuaiy and bric-a-brac Mr. Bird'Mobley, Arrangements foi i "With my oyea blinded as they are," "Are you engaged for this set?" he "Any children?" as' was badly injured by smoke. and dancing, don't you think a little whispered! an early wedding were made by botl he remarkedho wore eye banaaged "Onesoon to be maprijii ana* go ?M ehincongruous "Yes, toto Mr. DerwenV* glancing Mr Gladstone has made but four change i in parties, and Mr. Bird Mobley, to keei because of tmp-ary inflajaima tion"I away. He must, of cours^*iav6 a -mistress Edna gives him a severe look, and ins cabinet since ho first formed it, the Duk& at her card. asked things quiet, asked lus betrothed could probably distingunh by a shake for his establishn^febr gfo* he is maintains a dignified silence. Laura of Aigyll, W. E. Forster, John Bright and MrDodson He takes the card from her hastily, meet him at a certain point on the fond of entertaining at^^va^m style, of the hanel between a person of refinement retiring, to be superseded by Lord Carlmgford, comes hastily to the rescue. and thrust it into his pocket, just as a Ocmulgee River and they would gel Sir Charles Dilke, Earl Derby and Mi and There!" ^e^g^figniddenly, as and a person of coarseness." "What will you wear she enquires. tall head and shoulders loom up near married. Meantime the other suitoi Trevelvan, respectively. the door of the oppose noose opened, "Let, us test you, Mr. Barnard," "Blue, I hope," says Bernard quickly, them. had his suspicions aroused, and at once and a gentleman descended the steps, said the mischievous young hostess. Secretary Bayard has taken Bteps for th and with an earnest glance at his. cousin "Dance this set with me, Edna: I ask went to the house where the lady resided "that is Mr. How do you "Agreed," .said he. rmal mthdra of all treaties pending in rhe who looks up. it as a favoras something more than a ?rt^f^ if]' and besought her to come out and like Lis looks Here let me interpolate some information ertsiti i p^his will upon leave the nominations, senate withand nothit the "Why," she asks softly. "Is it your favor!" he said earnestly. wed him. The lady shut herself ur as Edna, bent a little forward for a sight |o,d| Vuftb as to the fashion in hands. Thei favorite color or do I look better in She knows what he means. He is anel refused the invitation. The elisap- uSe^p^hjg^impression now is that the session of the rich lawyer. was a time, not long ago, when the ele- blue?" pressing her hand. This is the decisive not laBt more then two weeks longer. pointed wooer-sat by the door, waiting gant belle slept with g.tased hands Ho was foout forty, and very goodlooking, "Oh, neither exactly only"he appears turning-point, whioh she feels that Anthony Janus, son of Prof. Janus, of Col for day and his doom, but, to his sorrow, hut stiff and precise. old gloves and by day kept them caifully the least bit embarrassed"only she cannot evade. nmbia university, of Washington, died sudden when day came the house waa Edi?a shrugged her graceful shoulder^. hidden from the sun, like must) the idea occurred to me that I prefer to "Our dance, I believe* Miss Edna," ]y at his father's residence from heart trouble, searched, Mrs. McCook was wanting, rooms growing white in a cellar, so that see ladies dressed in blue." superinduced by excessive cigarette smoiuug' says Mr, Derwent, offering his arm. and later information leaked out that 'I could never like a man who walks they might look and feel as though th -i-iju deceased was about twenty-five years of "Don't tell stories, Bernard," says his Edna hesitates, and casts a glance at she had escaped through a window, paten'*in that excrutiatingly-dignified manner, had never come in contact with anything age, and was employed as a clerk in the sister reprovingly. "You know perfectly Bernard, wistful and appealing. went to the river, and married Bird office. she said. rougher than satin. It is wholly diffei well that you want Edna to wear blue He speaks instantly, and there is a Mobley according to promise. Then I may congratulate myself in ent now athletic sports are in big approval. Tho Billings, Montana, Rustler of the 10} because Mr. Derwent remarked just subdued triumph in his look and manner: having never been remarkable for dignity The daughter of wealth grasp pays: 'We were shown a piece of very r^n now that he admired white. Youv'e gold-bearing quartz by M. G. Maines, w\ich of mien said a voice in the doorway oars, tennis bats, Lridle reins and tricycle^handle been evesdropping at the window." Precedence at Washington. "Beg pardon, Mr_ Derwent, but I has just been brought in from the Crow reservation, behind them. bars, all without glo\ es Bernard scrowls at his irrepressible think you are mistaken. This is my Concerning the much discussed question [t is literally filled with wire go.d to and she is proud the callous palms There stood a handsome young man, sister, and Edna colors. dance?" the eye The piece is about the size of hen's of precedence among ladies which ensue and the red rosiaess of the tall, dark, with a silky moustache, and "Of course, dear, you will wear -egg, and said to contain $25 worth of gr,id. Edna slightly turns to Mr. Derwent. Washington official society, Miss Fre knuckles that useito be the hue of tae steel-colored eyes under his dark eyebrows. white?" Laura continues coaxingly. Her breath comes quickly, and her fingers Col. Mayo, who killed himself in Virginia lily. Her liking ior outdoor exercise linghuysen is reported to have writtei 'Mr. Derwent will expect it, you know." tremble a little as she endeavors to "wae a member of the Forty-eighth congress He sauntered up leisurely, and stood as follows in a private note, setting a1 has not yet taker .her into the base ball "Indeed, I don't see what right he irom the First state district, and w?,a unseated fasten that troublesome bracelet. leaning against the balustrade, with rest the-story of ill-feeling between hei field, where her Angers might get ver- aDd the seat awarded to Garrison. The father has to expect it," Edna answers with "Let Miss Edna decide which of us is folded arms, looking down upon the mother,. Mrs. McElroy, and Mrs. Car-, manently disfigua*ed by eakage, and brother and sister of the late congressman also sudden asperity. right," says Mr. Derwent with dignified disJor1 committed suicide, making four two girls. Edna blushed slightly as she sp the hands ara.not becoming lisle: It seems too bad that what the 0f the immediate And Bernard's contracted brow clears politeness. nr*er agaw-- familv who have taken their own lives. met his gaze. ed, though they will president intended as a compliment te again. He looks gratefully and almost He is a little flushed. piite so small or soft 2# +hf-v Ter "Have you been eavesdropping?" she a new speaker's wife, should be con- I In order to fiH the vacancy ifl tenderly down at the still blushing face the office ol Bernard, on the contrary, is slightly Well, Barnari evidently was not pus enquired saucily. strued as rudeness to ray mother, te judge advocate general, it is p/opossed to have beside him. But the girl plays with pale, and his eyes are intently fixed upon the pi evident romit so much ad in this material matt a.-, for fed whom, he is studiously polite and mosi "No indeed! I came upon you quite Qf the sentence as her fan, and will not look up. his cousin. Buspends Gen. Swaim from his duties and put precipitaly, i*_abo the trap t-et for him. generously considerate. Mrs. Carlisle unawares, heard a chirping and chattering On the evening of the party, in her She avoids his glance, and turning, him at once on the r^tfrecbttst If this is done, "I will ca'l in my :naid," saxl the and we are excellent friends. The receptions as of many magpies, and thought" own room, Edna spreads out two the position of takes Mr. Derwentjs arm, murmuring general will of the president my motbaj rogue, "an li you"? shall shake hanels "Don't be impertinent, Bernard," says then be filled. dresses side by side, and surveys them King, Jr, ol something about having lost her card. his sister serenely. has attended, and will always attend:' with her. She is ^iterate Mid can Biooklyn will bem position. long and meditatively. Mr. Derwent walks off with her upon but Mrs. McElroy's Saturday after- hardly say boo' withjut violating some "I? Certainly not! And if my cousin She twice takes up the white robe, Gen. Waltha his arm, with a little pleased smile of of Secretary La- noons she has begged to be excused. I grammatics! rule. Sale's with *ut a bit ask thpardon."'idea Edna entertains least of nia in the se: but hesitates and then she glances at He is about five an youkhintsat, aee triumph lurking about the corners of feei, eight as she is so weary of standing. The of culture You slrjl also sh-^ke hands whantT I am ready to go down far sparsely built, Bernard's portrait which hangs beside his mouth, and Edna sees no more of and, dresses wears '"w "hai story is foundationless, but has won-1 with a yoi lady v-iie, as yo-j will ad- here," said Edna, "on the piaz- Laura's over the little writing-desk in Bernard that evening. wlnJ'h is da: jed with threads iread ol elerful life and lasts long, because peo- mit when: told \v* pame, us nothing a corner. gray, long,, Next morning the girls -come down to avon with the excephas za floor. I heard Aunt Mary complaining pie love to think there is not paaqe i short o^ cultured perfec'ion. But, tian pf a From this she turns to the window an 11 o'clock breakfast, and Aunt Mary, a keen, bright eye. that it had not been "swept for a President Arthur's household. Sena -or mind, sir, you im'.' allow yourself to and looks across at the handsome house pery cordial welts. as she poured out their coffee, scolded conic fpi century and your immaculate white judge bj" ti.ie soft je'.s or haziness of the The Real Ruler of Canada. opposite. them for staying so late on the moonlight suit would suffer." pal en.'' The central figure in the ganadSai Hu Oh, if only that house were Bernard's county, Ark., member of porch after their return from the "Xc^* he projj ,ed, "I will ide-ntify "Thank you for your solicitude on thfo lo parliament is also the greatest figure in instead of Mr. Derwent's But had not picnic. icd on ,i requisition from my account, but I have a soul above the lady and 'li^- maid solely by the Geort Laura told her that her father had declared Canada. He is Sir John A. Macdonald. Laura only smiled placidly, and Edna ie charge of a'-son and temporaby such low interests. Dress is nothing in nly ill subtle "charao .vstics of their clasp." he would have nothing to leave the governor withdiaw ing the the real rulei of Canada, -#ith 'out toyed with her apron and blushed. my eyes." wairaiil, arfpearod Neverthelc he dwlared ahat the mi 7reared in tho house as usual, on herself and Bernard? "II have something to tell you, short interruption, for twenty-five years ma'vd, who A-, bro-igjt in to ^ive him It is a good deal in mine. I love thee thlllin^ 1Kb.h li^t.,) butt shoitly beforo the adjourn- Down stairs in the parlor, the gentlemen Aunt Mary." and the greatest man British Nortl bu dress, and devote much of nrv time and her small, smooth, p".tant baud, was ttie lent of tyl0 are waiting. moining session left the capitol Aunt Mary, glancing at her, nearly America ha.produced. Other politicians thoughts to it. There, now I have told Tiimr.bd inJv Hibuggy disappearance caused Littlel grea hrylv, and chat tho latly, who laid a. and drov out of A light step is heard on the stair, and P,uibl,/tio0 sprang from her chair. a are there, a dozen of them, wbc tticK A bhei iff was notified and a posse is the truth," she added, laughing, 'and i Uathory kind in bw, was tho servant. both the gentlemen turn. "Bless my soul, child! you don't i have been knighteel by the queen, bui will leave you to meditate upon the folly If girls" go on using then.' hands for A graceful, sylph-bike figure stands mean that Mr. Derwent proposed to of womankind, while I go and write a while he is,like them, Knight Commazid lines' Calcutta Special: News rerpfc pleasure, die novels with lily fingered in the doorway, Jier eyes rather downcast you last night letter home." Rangoon further confirms the er of the Provincial Ortler of S*j and v.'lr t-palmvd heroines* w-'l have to, as she pretends to arrange a refractory Edna smiled as she nodded assent, KMjjj^itfejhe alleged treaty between France Michael and St. Goorge, he is marthan bo revised. And she airily tripped away while his bracelet. There are crimson and Aunt Mary at once turned up the ^ia stated that the treaty cedes to eyes followed her to the door. that. is Knight Commaudeir roses in her dark hair, and her dress is girl's face and kissed her. lian states, east of the Salwen, and "Bernard," said Laura, I Avant you the Bath, and, more than that, he & white. Jung ruby mines, while 500Frenct Mi Spinks: I had such a beautiful "I'm perfectly delighted. Why, it's to waylay Mr. Derwent and invite him memjier of the Imperial Privy Council fbe allowed to act as guard to the "Mr. Derwent advances, looking the very best match in town, and dream last mght Miss Briggs! I to dinner." til'e Burmesearms governmenammunitioe is to which is a distinction enjoyed by ne pleased, and Bernard takes his hat and Pejl nutte import and almost in the whole country. Your thought I was in tho Garden of Eden, "Very well. Why?" gaes off alone to the party. o&her man in Canada. The others are father and mothe* will be so pleased." Miss B*riggs. (with simplicity) ^'I-ovgh Tonquin. A Burmese ambassador if "Because I've apian concerning Edna. When Edna arrives she sees him in a honorable he alone is right honorable, I knew he would propose last night "And did Eve appear as she is general^ resident vv represented, Mr. fcjpinksY" Mr, bay-window, talking gravely -vdth Miss saw him on Fridal evening at the con- like William E Gladstone,* Sir John gly ather, and Edna," Laura says quietly "andl'm, adDirin the FronV y,, i Ogilviea handsome, intelligent-looking ver S Spinka: "I1-4I did^ loofc!% is 70 years old, and has be,on a legislatoi (gainst 13n so glad dear!" a SAl girl, andLaura's special|tiend. Punch. for forty years. And i-hen, after Bome moment's, ex- *JI 1 DEFECTIVE PAG E INTENTIONAL DUPLirtATF FVPOSIIDC