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glad f Vf»n ilike ; "Whnt ft;!HJursl#!b

But Mniif, so fetpff in h«r bpahome ftftj her busb«e<t'« roysl lot-ould net i r-nr Ooiilelta's muromr

It is H m l ! 1'ltst ,-hild to win thfM M »f the *«a*on I Ita w Newport! Dear me 1"lie long, wwnted suTimer day

dli the girl grew to lov

a H nmre mansion, thungb proudHMMM C «ife .m.i daughter,t.Tiiitt! this annual ositUf, aucilioej to ill-tempo

t Newport," Hid, rhose etjipiwrii 01

provi .no tfHuifld to will thts suggestion,"Or tlie C'at'.kUls," sighed iiiamiiui

"No," coolly vetoed Cordelia, "we'vidorse tliirn so often. Now let me Bee.'

ehe Ml to militating. "What shall wido wi;h Uert." she questioned, care-lrauly icjf.lun.,- up, as though JJert wereaKii|M'iflnous [>ifcp of fumitnre, scarcelyworth tht) price of storage.

"Leave her at home with Miss MiUs,"Krti-i her mother, promptly, "A childlike th.it should not neglect her studies

A;; pupa stood on tho hearth-rng,dsnglinu Iiin gold BCOIB and inwardlyfuming, there ww tho ripple of n lightlaugh wilhnut fb« oaken doors of th«lir<?akfast-rooni; then a quick rush down

Ihreo cleared with a]fa[i

M—thea rapid tur

iiifr nil, flushof tho handlo, anil

d, panting, laughing,a'fllim young figure burstiuto the room.

"Ih.th't I"Mittnmu'B voice was stern with digni-

fied reproof"Beg pardon, all I I thought break-

fast was over, Hector anil I were hav-ing H run in I ho yard, yon know. Howhi) iKiiked I Did yon hear him, Corde-lia? And, when I went up stairs, therewas Hector behind me, and—" §

"We are not interested in the exploitsof your canine companion," interruptedher elder Bister's nmooth tones. ""Wewere discussing something more im-

"Oh 1" Bertie said, apologetically,slightly crashed, and still atand-

j »Raio.)t the door.Xho keen minflhlne showed the Iwo

fat'cs—Cordelia's regular-featured, pale,proud-lipped, with light-bine eyes, and

usses of dim-gold baircuiietl Btnoothly

Poppy Farm.

One evening, she loitered iu f.t-lopirg snr.i.'ii.s In fiicc tim TcrBiidah«d,«r«en-ahattfTed honse. Suoh gardens 1Not the painfully regular 2>ukh <!i.

tuH »e dty fnlks )>nnMt~prJin, cot', box-hedged—hut wholu sh«et» oi

color, fragrant, Inxunant, bloomful.A geutltiman passing, young, good

lookuig, grayolad, paused uuddenly out-

bttle the low, rustic frnco. A nioraeul , . T, .t * m.i J, , , , ,. . Lh> narrow street of Tttuun from my

more, and he liail vaulted over and wa8 t&", • , •. t J , . , • . u ^ » e d r o o m window that morning, waa a

stfttulutg, barereafled, at Bertie-s side. ' , , , . , . . . , ° ,. .«. ._ m - . i . i l - . - ' _ . _ r f c . _ . » . i downright Monmh diiHt-mau? fihere'Miss Worthingtou, may I hope I am

not forgotten ?"'"Mr. Caflya I"Hhu held out a little, tanned hand, &

iot glow kindling under the big strawgardmimg-hat,

I have been absent from Origgstown-'>(!«<• time," he said, looking qmzzicallyii the bright, changeful taee under theshadowy hat: "but Mrs. Dent and Iftre very old friends. Ho, being ter-ribly behindhand in my visits to Poppy.•"arm, I intend now to lake advantage

of the weather and atone for my neglect."Somehow, Bertie fell to thinking that

night, as she mt in the fihadow of therony chintz enrtaina, of Cordelia's lastf-fu nful woida:

"I suppose you'll have some countryI'imin rs in that almost mythical

Origgstown, bat don't lose yoar heart,turtle, They're all the same, theseustio boaux—awkward, blushing,fcnpid."

And then she thought of Reubpn'ariyn's oaiy, courteous manner, hisuiet, gentlemanly graco."And if Mr. Curlyn i« & common

punlry farmer, Mr. Moon," m d Bertip,oolly, apostrophiaing the placid, smil-iR fuce in the sky above her, "I—Well,don't realty dislike common countryirmorB, that's all!"And, three days later, she wrote Oor-

A Moduli Oust-*an.Two thiDgB are -t" rigueur in all book)'

f I'jiisiU-ni t-n\,-i -hrv.t, the witty din-vermin

which no regular book of travels ia ao>latitude can be considered i-ompW^;second, ifiatLsomii piotitres of the §«i-Bral flithineiw of Eastern towns, wherewe are lud to Uilittve that nanitar; p «I'atitioflfi are absolutely unknowa Wiltit be credited thalone of the first things

y eye, as I looked doirn into

fecliiatl her Lead; and Bortie'a—well, delia aloug, reero^Ked lotter, pnot exactly pretty, but infinitelycharming than that of the acknowledgedbeauty »f tho family. Her long, thickhnir WAS blown into loose waves by tho

was going to marry a Giiggstown hoy,nd live in GriggBfown foiever.

And Cordelia replied frigidly thattboy Iiad always known she (tiertit)

MoJ morning wind ; her oyis were shin- would disgrace the family,; her oheoks ns bright as wild pop- "You don't mind being a farmer's, I wife, pet f Eeuben n,ueBtionQd, eagerly.

Tirighthe wan, in flowing robes atid whito tnr-ban, driving his mule before him, withits capacious banket panit-rs. He liftsip his voice in dismal howls, till the

maid-of-all-work rome3 forth, beariuglif daily ashva of her house in a large

n'ooilt-n box, wliii-Ii the Moor emptiotinto his mule paniers with lofty dignity,mil paHfles on to the next door. In'act, that peculiarly excellent systemmown to moilem Engliah Hanitacimm,f my memory BCTVBH me rightly, a$theI'i'i^ton Ptill nyatemH is in full evtngn Tetuan, anil has been, no doubt, for

centuries. The dead dog and featuringt-gelable refuse (in the sacmt iiitere&tBif truth I am forced to make these an-

savory allnhiuns), which, aucordiag tohe beat atithoiitiefi, ought to litter th«

narrow ttlit of g, street below, are as non-iis the Bickening odorti which

ought to, and undoubtedly would, ac-company them if there ; and 1,0 sum up,his moat thoroughly Eastern town ofiYt Him is posllirely a place to live and

flourish in, not merely a hotbed ofplague and typhoid. Full of satisfac-tion at this interesting discovery of theMoortivt ili-Kt-miui, I waa composingmyaeH to await further revelations ofEastern life, when a heavy bundle ofnrewood projected from the hot&etopdirectly over tne, camewhiczmg past mynose, and induced mo to withdraw has-tily from the winttoiv. I t wan tho Jew-ish handmaiden sending down a7 morn-ing's supply of fuel to ,Tuanita, tho cook,who stood expectant below ni the housedoor.— Temple liar.

There nre said to be 800,000 coloredBuptista in the United States,

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id bugilll to Binnvf>m[jtoHi-j c-iiy, wild lit") lulu Mum \>«m; :.: him a lnnti-nfl very UJJliivoratiiu • in- tie on tlis> hiibji.-cl ol'mligion (iiiiiean's i.lin-liiiving l,ucn iliatiiictly : Nynmt-ii« while a rcMi-lciit ..f (.Ii.aigc bnmgliE

1 him into mienviaijjo jiotorioiy mi n.ore t.lmtimil, Hltlioufib HUffnrinsiii-ml, tbo 1'rc-tileat aovemlm of l.ia wtU-knUMi fjoo 1-li-poB.oon. At ouo lime,

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His Madetly.

The other night a imlicemau obsem Aa man hanging aronnd tlie entrance 1o

Michigan avenue hull in a qnaersmtof M$, anil htjivaked him if lie belongedto the order then in H«s8ion npatnirp,Tiie man replied that lio did, and the

Ucei-inquired:"Then why don't yra go np f"Weli, 1 was thinking of it." ."Ilaven't been expelled, have yon ?""Oh, no.""Aren't afraid of anybody 7""No.""And you haven't lost your interest f*"I mistLt M well toll yon," said tlw

man nfterlienting around u while li>ngor."I weut down to Toledo a few d»yn ago,aad soniehmv tUe wtoi-y t-arjie back thatI was drowned. MY lodge thmvnponp i • •>-<i rtsutntlons to i in• < 1V1 ri. that awtus honest, upright nntl Hl>er<il anil Isinning ornament, ami that what WM itsloss was my gain. I wahn't. drowed, 83you see, but I kind o' hate to walk iu <m'em find bust those resobilionR. I'vetHed it three tinipR, and I ean't geth l i e r tip than the fifth stair" before I

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