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JO* PRHfTINU in all Its dcpai intents,
needy tXMHtod. Give im a onll.
IAS SHE FALSE ?
,ycin IIKSKIIAW IIADKX.
Mnlomn I'pton. Poor
he lias not yet tiuupierwl
thBt posseted Iii to last
111 (he trouble with hire, Char
ley fashed the beautiful girl who was
tanning on Charles Ashby'* arm, as bo
fcer proudly through the
Xatfoifog but his mis
di?pesitlo??jealous, be
Ttm jglri W admires more than any
atfctrgir! in die world was the beauty of |
the reception laat night, and of c ourse
lead to accept i5o:ne attention* from other
gentlemen. I've not a particle id
patienti ?Ith him. He should ha 10 per
fect lOufidcnoe iu the woman he seeks to
win for bio wife. I cannot understand
eueka rtate of feeling. 1 am nlwavs
?-^^ irW m V Jady-love receive* the
?''''niftagi ?he m? truly deserves," Faid
??eWw.ga^.iagfondly on his lovely com
panion.
"?Think you. Charley. I trust I shall
ever be worthy of your confidence. Hut
yon have lever been tried yet. I p'fy
auvanr who le?-!? an Malomu?"
"I do not. Fool -h fellow! I'venevvi
been tired, you say. 1 know it love. Ihn
nothing in the world could make m?
jealous of anyone. I have sneh jierfoct
faith iu you Agnen, tluv uot'ii g but yoi r
own word* could make no- douot you.'
Age** smiUd sweetly; but shaking
her prettv head, looked doubting, it
eahJ:
"Charier, vou think vou know voursell
Suit Indeed you have never had anything
to try your feeling*. You have had
me always urur you, with no interference
?wer since you first loved me. My mourn
ing for dfsr father has kept me out of the
gayettfw of the world for two seasons.
Just Mippnse you should ever see some
?!and.innie, worthy young man very de
voted to me, and I receiving his atten
tion, would you not then feel a little un
ea*y T"
"No, no. Nothing but your own words
could make me doubt your love," ans
wered Charley earnestly. And indeed
he proved quite conclusively the truth
of his words: for the next season Agnes
again appeared in festive scenes, where
ehe was universally admired, and Char
ley might more than once have found
oeeasion to make himself miserable, if be
had been like many of his frionds. Hut
he was truly a reasonable, sensible, loyal
fellow, and Agnes Marvin fully appre
ciated his noble nature.
"Have I been sufficiently tried now,
Agnes, to be permitted to repeat my
declaration about jealousy ?" asked Char
ley, after the last part)' of the season.
"Yes, indeed, y ni are atrue man. You
love, and trust your love/' answered
Agnes, placing her hand in his, which
Charley gallantly carried to his lips.
"The right time and person have not
turned up yet, perhaps," chimed in Agnes'
brother.
"Oli, welli before another winter camp
aign cornea, 1 shall have my bird in my
own bowel? and shall not fear her Hying
from me then. So, unless Mr. Wright
comes forth pretty soon, he will not be in
time tu make me uneasy," Charley said
laughingly.
"lie may he found among the moun
tains this summer, Charley. Those re
tired country resorts are just the best
places in the world for a flirtation. You
had better follow your bird in her flight,
my hoy. Let me see! When do you
start Agnes?"
"Mother bus determined to leave quite
early?the first of June, likely. She can
not stand the heat, it weakens her so much.
You have premised to conic in duly,
Charley. 1 hardly think there will lie
any one to get up a flirtation with so
early in the season. 1'robably wo shall
be the only guests for a month or more."
"Well, Charley, 1 shall be back and
forward, und 1 will keep you advised a*
to the inurements. You may depend on
ino," said young Marvin.
"All right, Tom. Thank you," Char
ley laughingly Mtiid, as he moved off with
Agnes'o.- a walk.
The spring moot Iis flew rapidly by, and
with the first days of summer Mrs. Mar
vin and Agnes sought their ret rent among
the mountains.
Tom escorted them ; and after seeing
them coinfoi tahly fixed, returned home,
and rejtorted it the "dullest place en
earth."
Wearirrpais^
could go to his Judy-love. Thou the sea
son was fully advanced, ami many guests
were at the Mountain House; but among
them none that Charley could, possibly
feel the 1 art uneasiness about. Indeed
he quite regretted that there was no
gentleman whoso company would be at
til desirable to either Agnes or her mo
ther in his iib.-i nee. 1 Iowever, h's Was
???oll rclicwd on that subject, by the :n
r vtl of an acquaintance ol Mrs. Marvin's
whom she introduced to Charley as her I
a'eenud friend, Dr. Cameron. The
doctor was a renntrkubly handsome man
?if about tony, and of ver} charming ad
dncHfl. He immediately became a univer
sal favorite
When Cliar'ey's time fir leaving came,
ho was really glad to he able to place!
Agnes and her mother under the doctor's
charge.
A few weeks after his return to his city
home, Charley was accosted by an ac
quaintance who had just left, the moun
tain resort, with the remark:
"Look here, Cpton! You better take
a trip hack to the mountains, and be look
I ing after Miss Marvin. There isagontlc
I man up there who is very devoted, and
he seems to be consoling that lady very
effectually for your absence."
Charley laughed, and said ho tlitl not
feel at all uneasy. And when his informer
mentioned Doctor Cameron as the dan
gerous person, he was quitu amused. The
itlea of the doctor rivalling him was really
absurd. He was quite old enough for
Agnes' father; and really, if Charley had
been of a jealous nature, ho would not
likely have thought one ho much older
than himself a very formidable rival. Ho
hud promised Agnes to come up again
for n few days previous to their return,
and accompany them home.
The day before he loft to fulfil his pro
mise, Tom Marvin came back; and call
ing on Charley, repeated the current, re
port that "the Doctor was very much
pleased with Agnes."
"You better look to him Charley. Ho
may be a dangerous fellow for your penco
of mind. He is very agreeable to both
?-?-Mi . ~~m^m^^mmmmmmmwmm?mm*,mmaammma"m.!"????
Agne; and nioth-r, X cam sec plain
enough."
When Charley reached his love, she
welcomed him as cordially as ever. But
there wat no denying lue fact '.hat the
Doctor was more 'attentive than
Charley thought necessary. ? Besides, one
thing he soon noticed ; there was some
thing about Agnes and the Doctor that
was not perfectlv open and (dear to
Charley?something that was concealed
from him. Once when be went, unan
nounced into Mrs. Marvin's private par
lor, he found the Doctor leaning over
Agnes' chair, and looking very intent
ly, if not lovingly, into her face. She'
blushed and turned away quickly, to
welcome Charity's cHtrance, hue in a
very embarrassed manner.
Many times he bad seen tl.C Doctor
call Agnes aside, and -peak in an under
tone to her.
Charley began to feel a little hurt* if
not jealous. Besides he.thought:
"If they are so much together when I
am present, they surely ; must very well
have gi?en rise to the reports I have
beard."
Still be wa* too prnutl to question or
reproach Agnes; tmt ho could not help
being a little cool to her.
Oac day, at the dinner-table, an oc
currence quite reniatiablc served to
make Charley feel .-are that Agnes was
no longer true to him, if be bad doubted
it until then.
They were seated, tile Doctor and him
Hi no Pent courses of Tnedinner na'l ne?n
removed, and they wen; tarrying over
the dessert, when the Doctor passed to
Agnes an almond, saying:
"Kn* a philopcna with me, MissAgnes,
please? If I am the" fortunate one, I
shull?V
hire he had finished hi-- remark, Agues
glanced fiom one o> the other gentle
man, while her face was suffused with a
rosy flush, which receding, left her very
pale. She ar >. e quickly, and left t ?e
table. 1 o-Mor Cameron immediately fol
lowed. There were but few person:; pre
sent at the ti nc, and ibis lit: 1 ? incident
passed unnoticed, save by those interest
ed. Mrs. Marvin looked very much an
noyed, but offered no cxplanatioii.
Charley's mind was wavering between
which was the better course to adopt: to
go charge Agues with deceiving him, and
give her back her broken promise, or to
go call the Doctor out, ami demand an
explanation. He had-pretty well made
up his mind t > the latter, and was leav
ing the table for that purpose, when he
remembered his oft-repeated declaration
that, "unless .'Vom her own lips he heard
that she had changed, he would not
doubt her." So ho determined Jo wait
und see tho result, at h ast a few days
longer.
But that evening hi- doubt was a cer
tainty, No longer need ho wait ; her
own words told that. He had gone into
the reception room, and thrown himself
down on a sofa near the window. It
was twilight; the lamp- had not been
lighted, and no one occupied tho room
but himself. He had been there but a
short time, when he heard footsteps com
ing. A moment after, Mrs. Marvin and
Agnes came to lite room, and were
I about entering, when Agios said:
"Don't go in. Let its sit out here a
w hile, it is so pleasant."
And they sealed themselves just under
the window by which Charley was.
Mrs. Marvin askod :
"What are you worrying about,
Agnes? The loss of?"
"Hush, mamma. Vou may be beard,"
I was tho warning reply. "I am not worry
ing, but 1 cannot get quite used to the
new one yet. How strango Charley
must have thought my conduct to-day !"
"Why don't yuu tell him, Agues, and
hnvc it nil'your mind ? He will know it
some time."
"Of course ho will, mamma. I hate
so much to tell him! Ho you know I
re.iliy believe he is growing jealous of
the Doctor; ho has been very distant to
the for a couple of days past. How shall
I toll him?" asked Agues in a troubled
tone.
"If you do not, 1 shall,and end this mat
ter. 1 do not suppose it is a matter, of vital
"mportunce to him whether your?"
. "Jlnsli-?h?" whispered the anxious
Agios.
"True or false," continued her mother.
"1 wonder where Dr. Cameron is? I
wish he would consent to live in town.
I know he would make a fortune in a
short time, he is so skillful. We must
persuade him"?
"Curse him!" bitterly exclaimed
Charley, and a little scream from Agne?
foilowing the words which had escaped
the Hps of the sorely tried man, told him
that , having exposetl his presence, it Was
the best time and place to charge the false
girl with perlidy.
In a moment more ho was facing her.
With compressed lips and Hashing eyes,
ha stood gazing on her.
"Why, Charley ! Heavens! how you
frightened me! What is the matter
with you ?" asked Agues, really treniliS
of her lover.
"From your own lips I have heard ?ll.
Of the (dtl mid the now, the true and
false. Oh, girl! And I have hud such
perfect faith in you! Here, take back
your ring!" And turning, he walked off
a few step-; when Mrs. Marvin, recover
ing her surprise, followed quickly after
him, drew him into her own parlor, closed
the door, ami said :
"Now, my boy, what do you mean?
Ah, I know this has all come out of
Agues not telliii.g you the truth at once.
Well, well, I must do it now. You
know?"
"J know, Matlam, that the woman 1
believed true is false!"
"No, no! Agnes false? Never, my
hoy. It is her?her? O dear! 1 wish
she would come and tell you herself!"
"No matter, Madam. I have heard
already your words ami hers while sitting
under the window."
"No, no ! Indeed you mi*understood.
Agnes is not false?only one of her
teeth !"
. Just at that moment Agnes came in,
and in words scarcely intelligible for the
merry hui?h that was continually rippl
ing forth, she told htm she had broken
out of her front teeth, which, having been
filled, was very frail; that Doctor Came
ron was ti dentist, and had replaced it
with a new one; that he was Hxing it
that morning when he came in ami found
the Doctor leaning over her chair.
And that day, at the dinner-table, while
eating th3 almond, she had knocked out
and nearly swallowed the false one.
That was the secret of all that hu 1 given
linn so much uneasiness.
"I really was very much worried about
telling you, Charley. I did not know
but you would feel bad that your lady
love had a false tooth !" continued
Agnes.
"A false tooth make me feel bad!
No, not if every tooth in your head w is
false, so that your heart is true, and you
are my own love still," said Charley,
catching her in his arms.
"And you doubted mc, Charley ! How
con hl you, after all your declaration*
against jealousy, too!"
"Whin u man is tried as I have been,
and has heard his hive telling of the old
and new, true and false, he may be well
excused for thinking she was talking of
the hive and lover, and not of a tooth,"
answered Charley, looking u little em
bar ra B.*d.
"Now you, will have u little more pa
tience with Malchin Upton, in a word,
you will have a sympathizing heart for
.colons men?eh, Charley ?" asked Agues
playfully.
"I don't know about that. Hut I will
always say, after this, that a person docs
not know how ho will act until the time
of trial co.ncs, ami counsel that we shall
never censure the weakness of another
until our own strength has hecu well
proved." s
CIITIAS.
A Watch Word?Tick.
A Nod Fellow?Morpheus.
To relieve Cold in the Head.?Blow
the organ.
Somebody says thnt every con! of wood
given to the poor is re-cord-^! above.
"Out id'Night, out of Mind," im the'wag
said when hi1 saw a blind lunatic.
A noble heart, like the sun, shows its
greatest countenance in its lowest cstut-'.
On week days you buy your music by <?
the sheet. Oft Sundays you have it by
llLC-choir,_svv>
Pen makers are a had lot. They make
people steel pen-, and then they shy they
do write.
The young lady singer, who thought
.-he could muke her voice clearer by
straining it, made a great mistuke.
Narrow Souls.?It is with narrow
soulcd people as with narrow-necked bot
tles?the hws they have in them, tho
more noise they muke in pouring it out.
A hen-pecked husband, who hud mar
ried his wife because she win handsome,
declared that "a thing of heui ty was a
jaw forever."
( "humus.?Sixty quart? ofstrawberries,
from Charleston, S. C were Helling oh
Wednesday, in Now York, at two dollars
and fitly cents per quart. These are tho
tirst of tho season.
Nkatnesb.
In its essence and purely for its own
sake: says Hall's Journal of Health,
neatness is found in few. Many a man is
neat tor appearance sake; there is an in
stinctive feeling that there is power in i'.
When a man consults a physician or
a lawyer for the first time, or comes to
rent a house or borrow money, he will
come in his best dress; a lady will call n
her carriage. A man who means business
ai d honesty comes as he is, just as you
will find him in bis store, his shop, bis
counting-house. The most accomplished
gamblers dress well; the most enterprising
swindlers are faultlessly clothed; hut
countless multitudes arc but whitewashed
sepulchres. Mauy den't care as long
as it will not be seen. Washington All
ston the great artist, the accomplished
gentleman suddenly left his friend stand
ing at the door of a splendid Hosten
mansion as tliey were about entering for
a party, because he just remembered
that he had a bole in his stocking. It
could not be seen or known, but the very .
knowledge of its existence made him |V?el
that he wus less a man than he ought to
be; gave him a feeling of inferiority.
When you seo a neat, tidy, cleanly,
cheerful dwelling thero you will find a
joyous loving happy family.