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INCONSTANCY. ie says g)od-bye to Matlda,. And promises that she Shall light his every visionx Beskie the rolling se. le promises a letter Shall reach hber eve~ry n iht, Tlhen,(lown the rotd he waniders,. Andl passes out of sighbt. le soo) is at the oceab, Antd there meets many girls. With brown' and ilae opties. And black and giden hair.. lie takes them ont a-riding, lie takes thlm to the hlois. And often in their honor Visits th0 anyshp. With them he goes a xat-hingy Upon the shining stand, And then they sit and gossip UpO) the shelly san?. Ie takes the to the 'a(e S And on the horses hets. Ani writing not a letter, Matilua he forgets. And furious is Matilda. 'Jhat paragoln and pearl, 'To find( that Goorge omnes bontemmrlt Engaged to another girl. Why She Loved Him. 'Arabella, said Mr. Percy De M ulligan, severcly, "why do you persist in receiving attentions from that Frederick Von Vanvaler' 'Because,' replied the fair' cr ea ture, simiashing a cookoroach uinderj her dainty toe. "I love hi m, dear father I love him.' 'And why, my dlaughter, do you persist in loving iFrederick Von Vanvalver and remaining indiffer ent to the Hon. Jcames O'Brien? Arabella wts silent. I ir fIce! was sf used with bls)1ihes. ( Th ey were not visible, how'ever, as the pow'der hid them.) She fear( thit her father had her foil, ori words to that effect. The Ion. .James O'Brien comes o ain bill family,' resumlel Mr. P. .) Arabella nodded tssenut. "Ile is supposed to be woi th at h-st $15,000,000.' 'Yes. father.' -Hle is an Irishman.' -Yes'.' 'Therefore he eimtr'ols thle voteC of his ward and is likely to be the! n-xt minist.r to Germany. 'Y-a-es.' Araibella nolded. -Therefore he (Gomes of int)ignit i runt family.' Nod No. 2. 'It is saidl that while at collegre he wrote sprinlg poetry.' A rabella (dug her' claws t.broughl the dlirt ini the palms of her 'Andl lhe lecturedC( twice.' Arabella grOanled. -Then why in-the name of James G. Blaine do you rejeet the lion. .hunmes O' Brien and cling to Fred s'rick Von Vanvaler'?' 'Oh , father,' erie.d the girl as she jumped up) and knocked her heels together in her wild dlelirium of' joy, 'Fredelrick has atoned for all the past, he has made amends for his faults and to-day he stands among the honored of the land, far ihnve even lion James O'rvn 'Whaitd ha's he done?' gasp~ed the father. 'He has secured and has the po sition of pitcher in a base ball club!' 'Come to my arns, my darling girl,' Cried the delightful fathe;r 'I am a fool and you are a daisy. You aud Frederick shall be mair ried as soon as you please kmd New York -shall howl - with'the wedding. I ai inLdeed blest in my lot!' And he went out to take a elove. P1'LTENF8 . wA RDUE. --'Will vou be kind eougi., sit, to hoh this ram for me while- 1 open this gate? It is fasen.ed on the iisi(de, and I, mustt climb over.' This modest request was madec by a man who was standing at a gate on a lonely road ruing ont of New Drop, Staten Island, awil it was addressel t) a st alwart sai or w'ho hald just come up. The on ly ottler obibject visible onl the long; straight road was the liare black ram whose massive crooked horns were beingu. held by the man as the two stood quite sti1 it front of tIc gate. the obliging tar, as lhe ize.l thIle big horus and relieved the first holder. The latter climbed I quickly over. the gate. 'I thank you very much,' said he, polite'y,' when he ,o'to the otiher Side. 'You will be su rpris.ed to hiear that I nevcr saw that mann before to-(av. Th'11e brute attacke I ile about half anl hiou1r aoo. nIt I we hive been tust.ling togethe ever Sin(e. As long as vou Staund he Core h1im holdif 1ng his horns fi rm lv lie can't hurt you much. ( oo' -b ye. 1I hope you will he as lucky in get tirng away fron him a-s I have beeln' .' The New Drop ma, when t(l. ing this story, neglecte(l to repe:at the sailir's rep y. i Ie did not know what becatnc of him. II: WAs TN A II'anv.--Give me a ticket for Rost on. Qunick !' ex citedlyv exclaime:l a wild-eyed iman to the tict agent at the Grand Central Depot. 'What's your hurry, sir':' asked the agent. 'Oh, don't ask mae! I hav'nt the time to explain' 'he train do'es'nit l ravye for' half anU houri vet. 'Isn' t there one that lea vesrih away '' 'iNo. sir'. A ny fri(en I of' you rs 'Great Scott. no ! 'What's vowr hurry ?' 'Why, I've just read in this pa per that there are 1 8,000 more w(o men t han menf inl Boston.' 'WVell, what of that?' 'WelI, yout see, I'm a Mormon missionlary, andl I '(oz I morning !' shouted the agent. slamming dlOWn the ofhie ANDERSON ?MITARY SCHOOL.. B-)EGINS sept.. Ist. Tu'iitlin $16 to .L$30 per year. German and1( F~renchi each *10 per year. Roard, hielndhig fune), *12 per month. For a cialogue addrcm LJons & R1zn, n d..s.. . 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