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'Dr. Chandler,' said his wife, timidly, ns she !o?>kod a cross the break fast-table aud observed a pause in his rending. ?Well, Mary,' he responded, laying his book open before him. 'I don't think Dora is at all well.' 'Then make some of your teas for her. and dnii't trouble tno about it.' 'It is not thar; she gridves too much for Robort!;' und Mrs. ChiudVr furtive ly wiped away a tear 'I will eticdurase nothing of that kimi ; it is h'ef duty to submit to the will ^i' I'rox iilcnce,' he replied, not recognizing ill Iii? udditional severity the enp'e disobedience that Dorn showed l>y grief. 'Hut she can't help it ; she has tin "nppet'te, artd is so pale and thin. Oh, Horace, if we. .should (ose her t-??? !' And Mrs Chandler was so much overcome that she h id open roe ?Urse to her pocket hanki-rchi'd. Dr. (.?bundle? looke? at her a moment in silence, astonished at the double ni'sdomeniior' of using his Christian name, and the uuulloWed weakness of tciirs ?Mitry.' he said, resuming his book 'when }ou tire iu a proper frame of inititl we will continue theconversation Mrs. ' 'handler, left to hers df and th hair n tytiipi'iitty'ol the coffeu pot. soon put aside her teirs. au I sat as quiet and meek as before, with the uddition o two red rings nh-tut her eyes. Dr. Chandler did not notice her until Iii? cup was empty, and is lie passed it in he said. 'You nie probably blame lor Dora's li>\v epftits. the had better do more I work in t he sehn d ' ! 'That will not h !|> it.' r 'plied M rs. Clittiidlur, with niivt-u I spirit 'One wouhl think \?ui were never young.' 'U.-i fuluesa ie the b e: rt>.e for sor i uw. 'It may fur old p opl ? Jikc u * ; but diversion i? I?. tter for Dora,' repli. <i Mrs. Chandler, daring to speak plainly \ lor t e -ake id' her child At tint! iimineut Don entered the ' room with a flowerpot in her bind.! Her we<fj, listless air pained her tathcr^ though he give n> ?'gu, but kept his eyes <>n the letter which his wile had ha tided to him. lie was the i autocrat iu his lit mil \. an 1 thcreiorc his wile and daughter wcro im! surprise 1 to hear hiui say, as he folded the letter, 'Du:u, will \eu Le ready logo to New York to-morrow V A gleam ol pleasure flushed in Dora's facet To sec Ella Marshall, lather? lean go next weck.' ^ 'Very well ; make your preparations. I .will find sotiie one to attend you. It will do y< u good;' and he majestically h it the room. *I did not think he would let tue go,' said Dora, as she trimmed and watered her plants. ' Your lather is very judicious.' 'I believe you did it, mother dear, and gave him the eredit. Well, 1 thu.ik you both.' Dr. (.'handler was pus6>r i a New England town, ami his naturally sober nature hud hardened into u doclriini mould that held even those who loved him at u distance As u young man he h id been poor nml repressed, and now ? I. . v i em, m*\f\ f ???!.?. t\r\ in iV% r\ In ll, .%i- ? ??*??" ? V " stern law of duty, with no exceptjon of mercy, Was the C>de of his hopse ami life. Mrs ('handler w.is a mil I. timid Woman, whom the year*' even lt ir.ll? turuttcl gray. Dr. Chandler had told her to marry him. rath r than asked her consent, ami she hud yielded lit las the mine obt'die cc throughout i heir a dd d life. They had ni l ma y chi.drcil in i he ? hurch y; i d. ami Mrs t'miiidlc) h ,d -town ?| ter and whiter, im.I Dr. Chandler more rigid, for his-was o<lu in ....-i natures winch griel can not soft 3 u, until only Hubert, a v.illul, aotiv boy, and Dora, tw gentle j wistful girl, wer? lote. N'? hun Uoboi't uttuilied manhood, hu having oj.eiiiy U.s'ii.-imud thechurcii, tor whioh hi* fuller wished to lit him, Dr. t'h.ind cr gave him u Smull sum he hud saved, ami sent In in to (ierm.iuy tu study Will) ii Im) fierce fcoliiig he said to liittl.se 11, -Had tlie.othors llVed theie wod il have been three to educate, and u w Hubert t!mll hu.te what would have been divnbd among the three.' All went en. very well, u til one bright, crisp October day? Ddra never forgot .t?came the news that the -on uu?2 brother was dead. Dr. Uliuiidiur never resisted the blow a inouieut. No ' nno knew how his hopes wem dashed, or what his sorrow Was, but his manner of 'kissing the rod' was very unpleasant to Dora nod her mother. Mrs. Chuud lcr became n silent shadow in the house, 'und the lieht was gone out of Don's life. Her brother hud been the world to her. IIo had been her playmate; and later her hero. Hor life was so circumscribed in the quiet town that his letters from (he places she had read of, and loved to think about, bad opened a new sphere to her. Her da ly hum drum dut'u-h were intolerable to her, now that be 'w mid not come back, and she fuded visibly. It Was to him alone she had poured out her hopes and uspiru tious. and now the ti le was turned back upon hor. and she was being crushed beneath the burdon. It was at this crisis tout Eibl Mar shall, a distant cousin iu New York, invited her to m ike a visit, and that Dr Chandler, with eyes opened by bis wife, accepted the proposition as his own. a id sent her. A worthy deacon who was tuning down took birr in chat go. ami the fame cveuintr she was r.-iplinously re ceived by Ella, ami born i into -i warm bright mo tu'. As Dora looked at the pretty pictures while she warmed her ??hilled lingers by the cheerful open fuv, and loll the influence of the scene?all soft lines, no angles?the load seemed to lift I'roin her be n t, and rest to eouio to her t roublcd spirit. Ella was chatting iu the must lively in inner as she removed her wraps, oflVring a hundred things, und adtuiriu. Dora Irom head to foot ?Do you know. Dora, l Ii e your hair 0 much; thai pi iin c dl dl 'raven blat k' shows the shape ol yu r be.el s-> well, and th?s cloak j tsl suits your .-lender figure. N w LM louk like u goose iu it ? see! and Elia threw it over her o v n plump shoulders, and straiglttcued her short figure to its utmost height. I n Cis way she rattled nu. am\tsing Dora, tti.d fin illy leading her into the same live y ralk Dora was a genuine lover of music, am! hud b. en carefully instructed, ami Ella's grand pi.iuu w.isa great d eliuht. ."besonn fiiuuil her way to it. and, cn t'nely absorbed, wa" tenderly playing snatches from ihi musters. A gculic Math im i with the child bung over ihc instrument, and Dora's pile face, full oi feeling, was a hot inapt reiTtx of it. When the lust notes died away, and she si. wly turned from the instrument, she was surprised to see u gcuticmuu sitting by Elia. He seemed a part of the music, so fair, and courtooU3 in his bow; and wheu he caught her eye she felt us if she hnd kuowu him before. 'Mr. Kleiner, Dora?I moan Miss (Jhandler. Hov beautifully you played that!' 'I thought wo wore aTone' DWa re 1 lied, uluspiog her bands m rvousl) . 'I l<oj,o I did not disturb you; my on jovmeut was almost beyond thuuks,' said Mr. Kleiner. The couveriiition was much mi mu-i ?. and Dora felt glad to listen, and si rang ?? I) comforted as by ib? sounds of nature which she loved, for the music hud made her sad. Cir the course of the evening it transpired'that he was a German, mid that was another link to Dora?any otic who came from the country where hi I biother bud died. 'Don't you '.ike him. Dora:?.' ufcki 1 Ell i Lft'w j.., I..; ? .1 , t1 did; but there is a melancholy about him 1 want yen to jie.ee. He i- u it ti bi moody, but it strikes me bis niii-.taeho (ho >p- the wr >ug v iy for a perfectly bap. py min. ?1 like him.'replied Dora, simply. ?1 wauled you l > meet him,' said Ella, ?I r 1 like and admire you both. Oh. h iw is your father? 1 was so rude as lo b?get to ask about him, an 1 pip ? gave mo h terrible lo ig message to him.' Iu the influence of Ella's cheerful home, ami lliu e instant v.unity an 1 int i rest of New York life, th i coin* ci no again to Don's fate, and happiness to her heart. .Mr. Kleine called uftaii ami a roll ill* imw music was generally laid on im- piano for Dora. He even tempted her to slug, and insisted mi helping her with her Herman. The\ rend the Mine looks and talked about them, and Uiio irtfClo??fly I) -ra found Her sei ires ing Ins opi iinii, und looking for Ins advice. He always had a. flower, i. owe vor simple, in his button hol?, und one evening laid a teams,-: IniJ on the new music by Dora's side. ?dust a flower, Miss, Chandler; the grov es ii?d'valleys ltij the same offering at your foot.' Dura looked .up jtrVu? r? bmile; but meeting his cyeH*.dcop rnd calm like a shady pool with \m rofluctiou of some thing that made u^'r henti bound, looked down again in confusion. After that Doraatub hardly ever with out flowers; and wldfti Mr. Kleiner could not come for sevciiSrdays, beautiful has ket, stund, or bou.p.tet would speak for biui. Tho young Julies had invitations to he ir all tho pQi&l niusic given in tbe city, and the da?s passed bo quickly und pleasantly that the'Knie came for Dora's return before she wt}b nwnrc of it. 'Come again, dear,' said Ella in part tup;. 'Mr. Kleiner ?nd I will be quite unconBolabl?.' It was enrly sptfug when Dora rcturii ed home, and her fetitc Mgor nud light spirits would have driven Mrs. Chaudlc ati apt text in the aftccc.is of tho expert moot, with plenty of illustration lor a curtain lecture, had V.ie been one of' that elan. Eut she was (VOtent to Pee the itiiprovcuieiit, and lAiictly observe its efleel on her hosbuifu. When t' c voting summer had spread :l\ wealth <>/ beauty .:'?.;;t m i k"iri_r Diritpe*rb:iik often of rhe sweet !! 'W rv ui '-s Miners site had receiv ed, one id Ella's lively letters set hoi oven lifo in a whirl, j ?Ah. you rogue, du yon know wh it is goto:* to happen? I do believe you are inlt to make sum ? im lv very happy. Our fri. nil (how lohpr.w4.il you part nership?^ \J r. Kleiuei[tHtpiiu'4 to Sum uicnoii tod iy. l'oui Jjbhcngrin is oil the Way with his while . >?va:is D o t a^k htm any qtlvali&f? or beware, for I have gr >vvn very uqi.tioiis Intel?*. Don't \oii reineiuber llu o, we had hist winter? I know ho>v .your checks burned, and they will ag du T f ?Let nie know the full particu lars, there's a dear.' 1?. ta laughed and Vta-dipd and kept* j the letter to herself; only telling h i mother that Ella hoitJ .Jut love. !>ut the blind boy had itijpspictoti that the laet that her hat ucixU itj bo ret ti turned bad s'-met hing ti> d '?? 1 Dora jdayed the o..JrT, r,l clllVi ::,:i:r l on the follov. ing Sunday, when she turn- j td alter service to e?hiposo herself for I I the sermon, she cuooiiiltcrcd a 1? ?k of recognition and pleasure tis.t prcveutel i I her from healing the text. Kivd lien j I Kleiner's.eyes had liven on her I'ruin the ; i :m ? he entered th uhurt It. and he seem ed to lind his worship tl?crc for he never I removed them until (he chsing volutt j i tarv Was (uiishcdatid s!;e :.;o-e !?> leave 'i I e\ in? I at the doOrj he was introduced to hi r pal -tils, and, b. iit;^ a stranger, wa . according to Dr. Chaudlcr's custom, iuvitcd Jo dinner. lie seemed to Gad the parsonage rooms, very i nth tug, for ho was often there, and treated Dr. and Mrs. Chandler with a respect and attention thai much grtti. Iii ?4 them. lie brought a letter of iu i rod net ion from Mr. Marshall reeoui mending him highly, and Mrs.Chandler always made the w*ay 8month l<>r him atol 1 ii ra to take the walks he eoustai t. ly proposed. In oitc <?! these, on a line .June alien.u, ho Quietly 1 d her to a favor.te huuut by tiie side of u mossy basin. And while tho sliini tiering branches overhead east. "Doubles ??f tlicir leaves in shadow Oa Iiis shilling Uuir and lace,'' hr> spoke n.itiiy till l'brav? l\ of life' A silence full upon thipii, when he sprang to his feet, and holding out hi.-: bauds, said. '.Dotra, I lovo you! Will you be my ?iV . A f3!>|l D la. gave one started UpWiild gh llt'e. md with her head turned aside slowlv put on* her h url-. Tlvy Wore held iu a (it in grasp lor a mntlicut, ami (hen cov ered with hia.^ea nun! th y fairly .ictued to blush. "Doia," lie said, you have boon my life's drcaiiL 1 Lit it when 1 lirst saw you.' At that moment .\ shadow swept over the - un. and he dropped her hands and \ Iu nod iiguiust t he if. <:. ?J'aiiing, I ought u t to accept yotii sweet answer, (IjpughjbG dear tu lue" ? h made a movement toward her, but with an evident oflbrt restriiiied himself-? ?until 1 tell you of a cloud in mv lifo, like t hat rtb >ve CM now.' Dora looked up with perfect trust in dier. eye?, and he continued, with quick breath. ?I see by your face it can make no dillureueu ; hot 1 must show you my Itlc, as you h;>\e Hi) heart.' Dora rose" and inno to him but ho raised his hand. ?Eisten HWCtji me. Oh, my hcaitu desire, h,,xv your eyes ar>j! I have taken a lluuiuu lifo, though I strove nut ? m do 80.' Dora pave a fluttered 'rsigh> b?t cJamc hearer, and luid his head oo his should er. ^IIc drew his arm tightly about her, but insiaotlj dropped it. 'No, darling; let 'roe sec your faco,. Two years ago I was a student at Heidel berg.' Dura clasped his arm tightly, and her eyes expanded- 'At orte" of our convivial student meetings too much wine v.us taken for some of the stranger students, and harsh words jMissed be twuon me und one (?filtern.' Doru turned white. Are you ill? I will uut tell you now.', 'ics, yes; goon.' she said, breathless iy- ;^ ; He rapidly continued : 'In aa angry moment ho challenged me, and our tem per was such that we arranged the meet ing immediately*. 1 chose the usual wen pen, a feWUrd j but he, apparently a hcudutroug fellow, would not accept, but insisted ou pistols, in a moment my better fceliltgS regained their sway, nnd l deplored the quarrel, and tried to hiakc amends, but nothing would do but the encounter. Then, determined that ;i Ii !!.. .v-itiiiii bhiHiid not buffer for my lollyj 1 raised my pist'd to fire in the uir. This rim seconds, also excited, por >? ived, and would ? ? ? ? t permit. Thus forced into the situation*, I 0K*d(l)cIdw, and wounded my antagonist iu the leg. I olten called :tt his lodging, left fruit and wine during bid iliuess, but he would never see mo. nnd before he could leave his room I was otrjig?u . to be ab seut for a few days. \\ beu J returned, my ii;-t inquiry was for him, and, to my surprise and horror, learned that he had di< 'I from the elTeOts of the w inn 1 ' Dora hung upon him. und swayed as if she umuUl have fallen. 'Darling, I huvu friglftuucd ytiu?' .She shook her head, and signed for. him to go i u. {Supporting hur in both his arms, he l.unietMy said, 'I lingered several immths to see whether any a ;\h& Woujvj be taV.eii. aurj theft iet't (Ter many, Slid shut! never sa t?i u.' 11.11118?' itske.t Dora, hoarsely. ' ?He was called Herr Hubert. Was an American, I think.' ?"? hat WJIS he like?' \v\ DoM, struggling from his arms. 'Tall-, d<rk b'rbwrf hair, eyes of two colois. i never shall forget bow he I looked '.htt evening.' he sail, looking at her with troubled surprise. 'When was it '.'' grtsped Dora, in a scarcely audible whisper. ?September.' 'It was my brother!' she said, with a terrible cry, and dropped on the grass at his feet. He looked at her a moment, stunned, as if be bad smitfen her, bent over her. and, with a groan,- turned and reeled iiway to an old tree, where ho stood motionless. After a time she arose and moved homeward. He came to her, ban.led her, her hat and walked by her side ?Dora, speak to me !' he cried, as they left the wo ?1. She hardly n >ti >ed him, und how they found th. ir way home, with the glories of the sunset before them, neither know lie hit her at the gate, and spent the night by bi? open window with us little life and outward sign as ? Statue, though his face of :?goi>y Would have made a stone cry aloud,, Dora went to Her room with the ex . ...... .. i\ in .in tune, ii s tc it mI said iie.iit-a -he her trouble woul 1 h.iv s b sen better described. Sho read 11 ?bort's last letter, placed and replace I the trinkets she h.id ;ts meuioiifncs, vveepitig and wringing her hands, with her black hair streaming about her like a storm-cloud She look the last bouquet Frederick uid given hor. kissed and fondled it, and crumbling its f.elel. fragrant leaves, threw them nut on the night 'Oh, my brother! oh*, my lover !? she sobbed anil and cried, crouching ill the window cur- \ tains, ami lying with her face buried in ' tlie pillows mi hor bed. l'i>r all th it Hubert bad beetl'tO'heC' I'lvdo-i iek bad ' cell much in re. How the beauty ol I ha world had unfolded sinee she knew im! bow life hud opened, before her! What a gift she had in his love ! h ?w pure and ; tivng to do -he felt with bis eyu ujM.n. h?t !. A ii owcr injw. 5h<t COllld li'tit think steadily, e.xeej!>she knew thai they inuit part* In the morning she Soli toe weak to leave her room, and hardly knew Uie hreukfust hour had oonfe, when her , mother knocked at the door. Hike one faraway sho bid her enter, and Mrs. t handler heard it all without u question or comment, nnd when Dora finished, and exclaimed, "Oh; mother^ tfuhi snail wc do? she took Dora in her arms, aAd said: iWMjfo?i child J Oh/taj t?ijttsi son 1" Dora dared not look un or (fpeak; but after a moment Mrs. Chandler said : "lie will come to day, and I will see him. Your father must know nothing of this." Then she put Dora to bed, and upi^e her drink a cup of colTee, telling her lather that she had a headache Dora yielded tt It li weary oubmtonion. Ilei gentle, timid mother seemed strong to do and bear; tdic had taken the whole burden-, and Dora, against her usual cus torn, was ptisVive. She knew how: her mother had loved Hebert, aud what her grief must be, but not a sign appeared in lace or voice. Before the moruiug was far advanced Dora heard the gate shut, and as her mother did not return the knew thnt 1/rederiek was there. She waited what seemed un interminable time* and then obeying a voice within that cried to see him once again, dressed aud went down to the pallor. Sirs. Chjudier had met him, und with?ul u word of blame, dis missed htm. She said ahc did not for give him. for site had no:hing to forgive; that the disastrous tusult of the net was nut his fault, hut that he could uot marry Dora. One thing she asked, which wan all he could do, and he must not rclu80. No Word of ties shoulil ever pass to another mortal It v.-ashut justice to hit!}, and Was her will, the lit tle woman said, iu a tone of authority. ? lie asked the privilege of bidding Dora ' good-by, and for tin ins ant his wan, suffering lace, with its great want iu the eyes, moved her. hut she had absolutely refused, when Dor.? eulered. 'Dora V he erried ; 'have you come to me again? Dot she waved him back. ?Will you nut give me your baud lu parting:' y ^ ?, She tuhwa Froin bint and hew hor hand out behind her. '.Nut sol1 he cried ; ant? catching her in his arms, s!i i "drud kisses on her face and lips. -.My love! my love! thus 1 claim you. i do not ask to hi forgiven, for you tire mine,' Dura, hardly knowing what she did, clung to him, and lie, turning to the astonished mother, ?said, ?Mrs. Chandler, she is my wife ; and though 1 never soo her ngain, no other woman shall R'll that place.' Ari l lay ing Dora on the sofa, he was gone while his 'Lehe wohl' still raug in her cars. In the long weeks and mouths that followed, that parting v;ns the only com fort Dora had. Dr. Chund4er asked' for Mr. Kleiner, for he had become a favor ite, and then dismissed the mutter. The secret and her grief wore Dora out. She struggled bravely, Cried' to absorb her self In her duties, did twice as much as formerly, but faded day by day. II er mother's anxious car detected a cough, and before long her father noticed her failing health. In his usual authorita tive manner ho d -ei led un another visit to IS I la Marshall. Dora shrank from this, und'openly demurred^ She had no lack of invitations, for Ella sent con stant appeals. In her last letter she said: ?Dora, what is the matter with your Loh engt in? Have you asked him questions? llu did not d?mn ??ar ?? uuiii l'tie iast ot August, and now ho i. more interestingly melancholy than ever Untie has introduced i d dig'it'ui friend ? Mr. Armstrong. Do c ?ine dow n and see them both-, and your io"otod ohudl, ?Ella.' Dr. Chandler would hear no objection to his plat). It had done Dora good be im a ; slu must ?0; an 1 she did. Prode rick called before lie knew she was* there, and when their eyes inet. Dora left the loom iii ljaste, for she could nut hear his earnest gnae He had so ehany :<\ in those moiitlirr, ntrd her rebellious heart so j quickly req> . ndul, that it was loug be fore she w.is couipOsca enough to rjuiain iu his prcaence. His friend was? lively ; clever man, with a wonderful beard fill 1 over hi- lace. He hud keen eyes, that' seemed to see cvon through walls, and : Dora's Confusion and Frederick's sadness did not escape his no'ice. lie was Frederick'sconstnnt companion, and they J wore evidently much attached; They IkuI met in the summer, and had oceu mutually nttmctod. Klla liked Mr. Armstrong, but when ho began to pay pointed attention to Dora, pave a little sigh and stood aside. The more Dora retired?for sho could not bear to hear words of love from another man?tlit mure pressing Mr. ? ? ?'??'-1 I f , ?< ??? * '> ?? 1 Armstrong became. - Ho was dsvoted to horj and when he detected ta? J0f?*( jltf* tweepDoraapd Frcdcriok? and besom cd to t-oe them all??he Waas wore mnrry. Airy ctdoeas cm the part of ?ither delighted hin, tad fee fo*feed Dora, to accept his attentions or be potilittdr rude. He made every effort toscoDora alone, wlpeh she nvoide?!, and one after noon, after skillful manceuvring.suecccd ed, aUd *oflered" httifWelf Irl 'the* rfottf' raj. turo?s manner. Dora relnsM !"MWt would not hear his pleading, and at ^ bo ob bluiill?d. f ; 4 V! '1 love you,?have loved^uJiou^; (afco mn as your brother'.' eapght her m his arms and kissed her. Dora indignantly struggled free. 4Ah., my little sister, don't you kuow me?Robert, yetir, bro' thcr?' Dora looked long and earnestly iu his face. 'Brandy, boy, when will you conic home?' he quoted softly.. . 'It is !. it is !' cried Dora^thrpwjnpAe^ arms about his neck. When her first glad surprise was over he told her the story o( his disappear ance. He had fought the duel with Kleiner?been woandcu\ 'Did you ever notice uiy lameness V How well I have concealed it!' \\t was very ill. The' physician ordered'him to be removed from Heidelberg. In his absence ilia report was circulated that he waStAead, apt) knowing hia father's severity?*"*Yoti kn^w he particularly threatened' Wfr anathema if I fought a duel'?he deter mined ..i tuktl advantage ol it and travel a while b.tore he returned. '??Wbcu be thought of bis folly and unkiudtfeSS to those , at home he was ashamed to come back, aud had lingered longer still, lie knew Kleiucr when he met him, and had just ma le up bis mind to face all and return home, when Ella told ilia that Dora was coming down."' lie staid to* see her, his beard beiug a ^complete disguise, soon . perceived that she and Kleiner wete iu some heart trouble, fhruicd this littie plan, aud^had; i5 ttoi succeeded ? Dora, though too happy to blame hip*, tuld the story of their love* aud separa tion, and he was more angry wttli JtyLmy ' self lor the thoughtless wrong ha had [ done than she could be. tjj In the midst of their conversation, as they sat with their arms about each.1 other, the servant annouucod Mr. Klein - er He v. as turning back when h p savr. them in t!:at attitude, When Dora cried 'Mr. Kleiner, this is. Robert, ray brother ! He is not dead1/ Frederick looked Robert over from head to'foot, aud then opening his arms, said, i. ... . , 'Dora!' ? . ? ~ i . . i v At \ She sprang Coward1 htmj and Robert left the room, though it was minutes beforo they were aware of it. j ^u It was just such anotbor day atftn'o' one on which Dora had heard of Robert's supposed death . that the f b&\\a ijf?g* cheerily in the staid New England town, aud white marriage favors Hashed in iu quiet streets. Tho pro ligal bad rciu^p^; ed, a uew son was to be received, a^ud^ Dr. Chandler, for once- practicing thp, kindly precepts which bo so stcrc,(y preached, had killed the fatted galf* atyjj made merry with his friends. The suh" euu'el lmt be too bright or the fioWers too gay; aud if Robert and Ella lingered, rather long in the mrouligbji P^L^ife: ?? ? 1 "".'.!'.: ?:'..? .-.v.udi?g party W??n' joyous within, .no one noticed it but themselves; and Dora, as she kissed her friend good-night, saw her secret rc flectcd in the-glass which love had;BUV iuto her own hands. , ' 'I I ' ' i ?li Uli Rather a hard jokn" is told on one v,oF the ink- siiugcrs in attendance at the Cress Convention in Atlauta. Ascertain' editor who wasn't celebrated f?ir his cleanliuess'of person, woro ir roee-budi iu bis button hole at the banquet, and t->jk great pridb in! showing it. Hs approached tSyot.ng lady and sftid:4,IifcV this \\>t'c l,t;?l beautif'd twwhiclk? sW answered affirmatively.- He theo asked' her if she could "imagine howitcahio there V' l ue Iad^vturna>l?i up hor noso and s '.id, "1 suppose, bir, that it.gq&w there." ,;taiyo.! The editor went-home. ......;(fM 07 btal - - ? mi? . -. ? ,???(! atiifaq Idaho Chinese fly musical kite*. Havana has 1250.0t) inhabitants. u, . f ;?'?*?'' Jbfc S*fl *>t Schneider lias returned to-Paris. Fiji has amassed a national dtbr. Sugar comes fron? Java iu baskets.? Twisted hemp cures foi^.is. Hits of frontier life?Scalps.