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t "i fi T11K CLOBINO BOEKK. Y THOMAS BDCBASAW RKAO sion half of pity half of admiration cross ed Lis fine features. But Muriel saw liiiu not. Finding the grey-haired gen- ITha following In proDounord hy the Weit- woman, wuo was proprietor 01 IMS Dusy ifuter Review tu be uuqumtiouabiy tbe fluet I establishment unengaged, she at once h urlitu n luui m aw.. a.plllAffi-1 1 11 1 1 . . . . ir 1101 tnnufrr Anarloan poem tvr written: Within tbo aoher realm of leaflfM Irtn Tbe ruaaal ysar labeled the dremjp sir. Like eoaie Uonml r'aprr,ln ble hour of eeie, When an ine neicia are lying Drown sou uaie, The liny barne, looking from thoir hy bills u er ine aim wauira wiaomna; in me vmea, Sent down tbenlra grueling to in mill On tbe anil thunder of aluiruate dulls. AH tlgble were mellowed, all aounda autdue-l; Toe nine aeemeu lunuer, ana me stream ang low. As In dream tbe distant woodman hewed Bit winter logi.wltb many a mofltsd blow, The embattled foreats, erewhlle armed with gold, Tbelr bannera bright with every martial hue Mow elood like eome M l, neain uoi oi iiiu, Withdrawn alar In Tlm.'a remoieat blue. On sombre wing the vulture tried hli flight; Tbe dove scarce beard bis alnglug inate'a oomplaiui, And. like a atar. alow drowning In tbe llehl. Tbe village oburob vane ace wed to pal and laink The aenllnal rook urjon tbe hill aide crew- Crew thrice and all waa allller than before; Bllnt,tlll some replying warder Diew H la alien born, and then waa beard no more. Where erat the Jay, within the el in 'a tall oreat, Hade garruoua trouble rounu ner unneugeu addressed Liin, saying, "Mr. Wilson, nave come to auk of you a kindness as he thought she would make a capital rolling down the pale cheeks. Though pleader. the sight was pitiful, Carrie was glad to Carrie boxed his ears, with ".Now, see the tears, lor sue knew they must be Ony Burton, shame on you to upset my the first ones she had shed, and would dignity and eloquence in that style. But be a relief to the overburdened heart, I honestly, brother darling, you know that Kneeling down, she gently put her 1 1 Ton really ought not to turn out at mid- arms around her. and kissed the trem should not have troubled you, but your I night lust for an old maid who is trou- bling eyelids, saying softly, "Door Miss clerks refused to trnstme when I applied bled with nothing on earth but her own Muriel." imagination. lucre are times enough Muriel opened her eyes when you are really needed, without wistfully in her lace your rushing out at all hours of the "Don t you know ; night to see a person who has humbug ged you so often as Selina Wilson. If you will do those dreadful things we shall have Dr. Drummond practicing in your place before long, and 1 won t have THE LI1TLE MOE HOUSE. Zacu Cuand er'i Boyhood. There is a large vacant lot next the house where Johnny lives, and he and Aannie often look down npon it from the windows, and wish they could go there to play. lhere are great blocks of sandstone to them this morning. My mother is just recovering from a long illness and needs nourishing food. Darcy & Co. owe me for work already done more than enough for what I want to-night, but they refuse to pay me before Saturday, their rogular pay-day, I never before owed to any man a cent, and but for my mother's illness should not ask trust now." Mr. Wilson, who had studied hor face intent ly as she spoke, said, "It is not our cus tom to trust any one. and mv clorks did exactly right in refusing you; but I am glad you came to me, for though I nover saw yon before I believe you are true, and will gladly supply your need. If you will give mo your address perhaps my wife may be of some comfort and as sistance to your mother: she loves to look after the sick and needy." 1 hanking mm for his kindness sue gave mm her address, mode her pur chases, and left the store. A few min Tho death of Mr. Chandler revives the memories of half a century ago. The ohl brick school-house whore we were taught together the rudiments of our education, the ennntrv atm. .i i , scattered around in the grass, that would father sold such a wonderful variptv !!t and looked bo so nice to jump on and to play house merchandise for the wants of the inn whu. Ami more are uaisios and wmte and outer man; the broad acres of tiVl i cloyer there, and a pretty spotted cow and forest in the ancestral domain wW who looks gentle. we used to rove and hunt: hi r,niv! JJut there is a great high board fence "tavern," the cheerful home of the trav all around the lot, a fence as much as eler when them ten feet high, which on the side toward ated on a great thoroughfare constant? v the street is covered with advertisements: aliva with aWw tnnm . any brother to pet and tease," said she, comfort yon in this trouble, too. Guy and if a policeman ever sees a boy try- swine, turkevs and Tinw.,-' . l. putting her arms coaxingly around his is making arrangements for the mother, ing to climb over he drives him away; so grants oil these form a picture as r neck. and then you are going homo with us to how can little children ever go in there tinct to the mind's eve as if L!!' Dr. Burton kissed her and said langh- be nursed and petted until vou cot well." to play? 1 the nresent N nnfmnn.t.i . inwlr "Yon miclit lldniit Drummond: ho Hut. Mnrinl hnratinr- into anlia aai,1 I Tint, nno Aatr anmnH.inr 1,1 T I l.i ; i HUIIITO 01 ovi ; ? il i " Ti . v.e v j luui niciuro m my uoyisn memorv wa n la vnnncer anil lifit.lpr mnkino' than 1 am I "ThnrA ib nn una in irai woll fnr tiaw I hiii linon mm nunn on1 Jr. rn. 1 :n . " . J But really this time, pet, something did ; you know me, dear; don t you remember tame Burton "Little Carrie, my pet and comfort once before when I was in trouble "Yes, dearie," said Carrie, kissing her again; "littlo Uarne, come to Jove and Where lung tbe nolay martin ol the eavea, l at Duny awanowa, airoimK ever nr " Foreboding, aa the rumlc mind bollevea, An early barreatand a plenteous ye.ir. Wbere every bird that waked tbt verna feast Shook tbe iweet slumber from Us wlngi al morn, To warn tbe reaper of the roay euit, All now waa aunlen, eroply and forlorn. Alone, from ont tbe atubble pined the anall. And croaked t lie crow through all tbudreary gloom; Alono, Uie pbeaamt. drumming In the vale, Made echo In the dlataut cottage loom. There waa no bud, no bloom anon the nnwera; The eplderi moved thotr lulu shn.ud night or nigni; The thlaile down, the onl v clioat of flowers. Hailed alowly by paatlog uolaeleaa out of ignp. Amid all liiiu In thla mnatdrearv air. Aud where tbe woodbine abed upon the rtorch Ita eritiiaun leaves, aa If the year etond there, Firing tbo floor with He Inverted torch ; Amid all thla the centre of the acene. The wblto-balred matron, with uionoUinona tread. Filed tbe awlft wheel, and with her Joylexa mien Sat Ilk fate, and wulclied the flying thread. filie bad known sorrow, lie bud walked with her. Oft aupped, and brake with her the aaheu crum; And In the dead leaves mill aha beard tbe atlr Of bia thick mantle, tralllog in me uuat. . While yet her cheek wua brlkht with Hummer Dlnoni. Her country summoned and ahesave her all; And (wire war bowed to ber bla entile plume lie-gave the iworu to ruat upou toe wan. He-gave the aword, but not the hand that drew A lid atruck lornoerij me ayiug mow, Korbliu who, to bla aire and ojui'lry tru, Fell 'uild the fanka of the Invading loe. lng, bnt not loud, tbe driving wheel wanton, Like the low murmur ol a blve t noou; JjonK, but nut loud, the memory of tUii gono Breathed thro' ber llpa a aad and treuiuloua tune. Al laat tbe thread was snapped ber bead waa bowed; Life dropped the dlttaft thro' her handa aerene; And invlug nelghbore smoothed ber careful shroud, While dnaih and winter cloaed the autumn acene. streets of the city; the house was the poorest upon that street, but the locali ty, though not aristocratic, was respect able. She opened tho door and ascended one narrow flight of stairs, and then an other, feeling her way along in tho dark ness. At the head of the socond ilight a door opened into a low ceiled room, where a few coals gleaming through the grata sent shadows dancing over the bare floor and walla. Poor and meaacrlv fur nished as tho placo was, one could toll, oven in the semi-darkness, for there was no light save that made by tho nre, that tho room was scrupulously neat and or derly. A smaller room oponed from this one, where, upon a low couch, the sick woman lay, wearily watching through tho open door tho playing shadows. Tve beon cone a long time, mother dear," said Muriel, laying hor packages upon the table and going to the bedsulo; but J. ve brought you something nice for supper. I'll stir up tho fire and put the tea to stoop right away. "Tea! pot. have you got tea.' good, for 1 am very thirsty But Muriel mmting into sobs said. is younger and better looking than 1 bhl "There is no one to get well for now, had been very warm, and in the after- rough-built, overgrown awkwaH ut mother was mv all. noon a storm came nn. with ln 1i1hj1t inir imA.iin..i . .. , - ail Miss Wilson. I saw her father at his "Nay, my friend," said Carrie, "God clouds and a wind that was almost a hur- wont by the nover foiwtten fm,T store last evening, and he told me that has not taken her from vou entirely: she ricane. There was thunder and litri.t. Hn1irinnt. ,f u . "ar she was not at all well, havingtaken cold, is yours to love and live for still, only ning; the rain fell in torrents, and the it. After more than forty years' aor. and when I was called last night I found removed to another and better place, wind roared and whirled, and all of n tinn wlion T nnii,i separa te.-. a- . . i . . . ' . . - I -..uv.. liiiu m inn aiii. aer sunenng worn a severe aiuma 01 wnere tuere is no room lor pain and suuuen there was a crash that startlod tol, and apolorized for callinc i,;,,, ?? pneumonia. tears. . ; everybody. in his old rollicking wav h ;,i Carrie iookou sooer at mis announce- Jiiunei put her arm around Carries The crash was in the lot. A rrpat nail ita ni,i yi, ..n ,' . m . 11 . s I . - .. ... I .... . . . O I - - uimii, UIUX 1I1M (fill X.llnli ment, and the eider sister, jurs. cary. neck, and Carrie, gently smoothing her piece of the ten-foot-high fence had been that's what they nil fa.ll mo " . .'. Al. I Tl . i , . ou mo it was in uio midst, and nmlni- tho mnii , i , ... ' inuiu vnil nrallhl I in rr inr1nanioa t -r And wueiVthe oriole bung her waylng net, utog rapid walk brought ber to the door who had been listening with an amnsed hair, let her cry on, knowing it would do blown over and lay scattered By every iigbt wind like cewor wuug. 0f fl lonHe jn ono 0f 0 narrow aide countenance to tho conversation of the hereood. Dr. Burton returned to sav crasB. On the broken boards vm 1-1 l.. M Al- Al - 1 4U- I 1 1..1 :i l.Un- oi 1 x i .1 . i i" I .... , . r 1"" 0 WfUUS h I llftVA uuiuib, uuwttjwa ii miw uuu uu.kv jiui was ne nou ouuunea uie. necessary nojp ee pieces or eiepnants ana Horses, for described that Zach Chandler van rpftrj a u maw i uovna "iiiiu suu n ivi lixo ehhl wui w uo penuiuiu, uiiu iu i buuru iiuu ueeu un ntiverusement ox a I lie had not the honor ,aa T lmva morning. Dr. iiurton assured them that Mrs. Wilson would be glad to see them, and rising said "he must be about his business, or his pationts would begetting well without him." Mrs. Cary and Carrie concluded upon a shopping expedition and visit to the dressmaker, so all three leu the break fast-room together. Death had robbed the three of both parents; the mother died when Carrie was but an infant, and tho father, Dr. Samuol Burton, had diod live years be fore our story opens, leaving to the three a comfortable fortune, and to Guy, who had followed in his footsteps as a success ful physician, a large practice. Annie, the elder daughter, had married one year after her father's death, but losing her husband the same year, she came back to the old home to preside over her broth er s household. The ludicB donnod their street dresses announce the return of the carriage, Carrie wrapped Muriel's shawl about her, and tied her own soft scarf over her head. Mnnol attempted to rise, but at the first step would have fallen had not Dr. Burton caught her. Seeing she was too weak to walk he took her in his arms and carried her down stairs, placing her in the carriage, where Carrie heaped the great circus placarded on the fence. stated in the papers of beinir bm-n f Mw tl'a nun rrA ntn ihn II I a . if- m . i j t i i l"D.1Ufc "u ViUJt PUUT Parents, xjjh iatner was one of the "hnnrw iyah" or 41. A "-"' j "i iu Mjwn and a gentle- lan of the old 'school. His nnnio said Johnny, clapping Nan echoed: ".Arou we tan sto in and plav!" But it rained too hard all the rest of lhe day for any one to try it The next mornintr. however, the chil dren ventured in; and, though there was his hands, and man oi uie old 'school. His uncle Thomas Chandler, thd "tavern keeper " was once a member of the lower house of congress, .ach might have had a lib eral education as his two brotl 1PISI wlm i.-i i. . ... uieu jruuugur uau, out he did not ' i . 1 cushions and pillows Mrs. Carv had sent a policeman at the cornniv lin U.l tint av tn it " in,.i,n,, U xi , . , .? about her, making her as comfortable as a word. not possess quite promise enonuh for it possible. With a few last words to the Johnny put a boord across a stone, It was indeed a question with the neieh woman of the house concerning the dis- and there they tootered in great glee, bors whether his choice between a nier posal of the corpse, Dr. Burton took his while mamma smiled upon them from chant and a farmer's life was a wio . l i l . i , - wiien ne ion nome to enter, as a clerk seat beBide the coaihman and drove slowly homo. As he lifted her from the carnage Muriel threw ont her hands to ward Carrie, and easpinff somo unintel ligible words, fainted for the third timo that morning. Dr. Burton carried hor rapidly into the house and placed her upon the bed prepared for her, and for three days and nights the window. The cow was feedinsr in a distant cor ner of the lot, while a funny little woman set on a rock watching her. Uy-and-by the children left the boards and went along among the stones, pick ing up a numoor of tiny pieces and lay ing tnem together. ,,i .... - ine large mercantile house of a relative in i;eiron. i am sorry to deprive his memorv of that mmLm i,, hangs, like the scent of roses around a. broken vase, around a "noor hnv i rags and ignorance and of ignoble birth. He was neither poor, nor 1,! "Wo're buihlinor a hnnsfl mamnml" u-illi "limi'to,! m It .i ,'. tea? That is and wero soon ready for their morning's they watched anxiously and constantly, Johnny called np to the open window; of ignoble birth Nor did he if ?v ; but I can eat expedition. Dr. Burton put them into to avert if possible the fover that seemod and in time a very quaint, roughly-built memory serves me "makn hi a Ji -inin lipirainil tlin iMirrinrra nn1 flinn wont, tn Inn nfllno 1nni..,'ni.l t !.. l1 1 . I 11. 1. i 1 il . J1,B "ineni wnnjuf - m-ituujiicu m jut uuiu uuuu iier. ur. umio iiuuw wuuu lu mo HlltKlO 01 ono 01 lniO Ut'trOlt With a aaw-hnnlr nn l,ia umn, uiiu x luoi x aui "' I " eo - i uui luu uieu ihb bmu w luo nullum, and mo uiuusu OI bllUUSlone. ShOUUOr What a nitv hfi fliil nntl Tfu .ii.i i a ai. ; i rri v . , .i i . mo miiu uiuiiuuiiuuiiceu mj me anxious auuii iiuiiuio came running into tne was Dorn and bred, unfortunately (?) sisters that ho thought with careful nurs- house for her dolls. Mamma advised when it was no disgrace to be born of ing they might bring her through with- her to take only one, and that was Nel- parents in good circumstances and hon- uunuo icvor mev irareuconuugupoD uj, uiu iuusi uawerou oi ail, anu tne orauie social position. Had it boen oth- ller. Tt WAH tllA ovpninfv rf tlio nivtli .lav I llpot. anital tn lroon li Ail aa ..nt in a vrtib-n I ni.ii.i.,A . 1 . i - uw. i .......... v t' uwMhv vuw w ivva i i rji Hiaj. Li ii i n is mi KiiniriniT nnw ..ti.t since Muriel had been brought helpless region. man he might have been It is to b rt I n i A .a I ..mi. ami i..a t . i .i It . . ' xl' u mo huudc, wiiL-ii vm iiB uursi oui oi i xiio ruoi ii cry, out x can iaKe tnem her room, and wavlayinir her brother in to see Nelly next day." said the sweet lit- the hall, threw her arms about his nock tie voice; and away Nan trudired. carry ing unuer ner arm the housekeeper for "O mother darling! don't say that; I thought you were so much better," said Muriel, as she hastened to mix some medicine to relieve the pain. 8he cave the mixture to her mother, and as it seemed to quiet hor immediate ly, she went nbont getting supper, think ing tho sight of food might tempt her his patients. Carrie, who had a perfect horror of dressmakers, or any one else whose busi ness it might be to make her stand still for over two seoonds, left her sister at Madame bigunds, and ordered tho coach man to drive slowly up and down the street until Mrs. Cary's business at that appetite. The meal preparod, she sue- establishment should oe finished Muriel's Christmas. Slowly the bell in St. John's tower tollod out the passing hour. A woman b anding in tho full glare of light that came from the gayly-dressed window of Darcy A Co., dealers in laces, embroid eries, fancy notions, etc., started, and and as the last stroko of seven diod out upon tho air, raising hor eyes to where, above the gaslight, tho groat, gray stone tower with its heavy turrets loomed dim and half defined against a background of lowering gray clouds that wore drifting sullenly across the winter's sky, she exclaimed, "Sovcn o'clock I I ve boon out over an hour; poor mother!" and tender k'ars canio into the irreat dark eyes, that but a moment smco had been burning with . anerer. when the bell startled her into oonsciousncss of tho lapso of timo. The eyes grew angry again as she glanced onco moro at tho window whore, in tho most tasteful and elaborate cm- broidery, she recognized the product of hor own skillful lingers, now long she had been standing there she knew not, for with flashing eyes and burning chocks, she was conscious of nothing save tho insolent manner and hardness of her employer, who, in spite of hor entreaty, refused tu advance ono cent of pay for the completed work sho had brought, assuring Iter that Saturday was their rogular payday, and that they never departed from their usual cus torn; even when from tho palo lips was forced tho truth that her mother lay at homo ill and starving, he only blandly smiled and bowed her out at tho door. She folded her shawl closer about hor slender llgnre as a gust of wind camo scurrvini: keen and bitter down the street, and lixini? her eves upon the pavement to shut out tho brilliancy of this week before Christmas, sue walked rapidly onward. l'ausing once before a large grocery store, she stood a moment irresolute, then, with a determined look, entered. Hore, as everywhere, wat hurry and bustle; busy clerks were weighing and measuring out savory parcels to tho crowd that throngod the place; people were chatting together as they waited for their turn at the counter, and no one had eyes or cars for the now comer save as hore and there a clerk glanced at her to see if she were a customer of im portance, but, at sight of her faded gar ments and weary look, turned carelessly to his weighing and measuring again, content to let her wait until others of more prosperous mien should be satis fied. At the farther end of the long room leanijg with one shoulder against the cashier's desk, stood a kindly-looking, gray-haired gentleman, talking with a younger man, who was evidently a pel son of wealth and culture. Their con versation was about finished, and with a pleasant "Good evening," the younger gentleman turned to come away; catch ing sight, as he passed, of Muriel'a pale face and dark eyes, with their look of mingled timidity and determination. Ibe expression of her face and ner evident poverty and wear iness seemed to make an im pression upon him, for he turned to look after her as the passed on, and an expret- coeded in getting the sick mother to eat a few nionthfnls. arid then, arranging hor comfortably for tho night, she ate her own supper, and lighting the lamp took her work and sat down near it to finish tho del icate sprays of embroidory at which sho earned hor living, a living hardly worth the namo a hard, careworn existence, whore only anxiety for hor mothor and dread of that bug-bear of a toiling woman, dobt, were tho sensations of which sho was conscious. Sometimes, 03 she sat there alono at hor work, momory would call up visions of a careloss, happy childhood, where no thought of toil or privation intruded. But tho 1.1 A 1 A .1 . 1 .A Al? death oi per iatner, ana tue siarumg nows of liis failure in business simula tions, which in his love for his wife and child, he had succeeded but too well in hiding from them, brought tho mother a weak, delicate womandown upon a bed of sickness from which sho had never recovered, and sent tho young girl of sixteen years out into the world to be bread winner for both. Then came two years of pleasant labor in a young ladies seminary, whoro hor iirnfl.'ii'iicv with the needle and pencil had gained her a position as teacher of needlework and drawing. Uut Ul-fortuno attended her thore, and unjust suspicion on tho part of tho principal, and con siderable prido npon her own, deprivod her of that place, and tho strngglo for lifo IhkI ever since been a hard oue, find ing her now, at twenty, wearing hor lifo out, trying to mako both ends meet, in a low at'tie in tho heart of a groat city. Tho great bell of St. John's tolled out tho hours as they passed, till twelve, and ono, and two had sounded, and still sho sat thore stitching, stitching, tho momo ries chasing over hor face like clouds and sunshino over tho snowy fields, the white alternately Hushing and puling as thoughts of the evening s encounter oc curred to hor. At last, when tho last glow had died out of tho coals iu tho grate, sho rose, put up her work, aud looked to see if her mother was asleep. She found her quiet, evidently sleeping, and, breathing a prayer of thanksgiving, she put out the light, and pressing her cold fingers to her throbbing temples, and over the hot weary eyelids, sought hor rest. And in tho littlo sido chamber silence reigned as death. The sick woman lay as though cut in marble, and as painless, for indeed there was "no moro sickness there." The morning sunlight coming through the uncurtained window crept steadily along tho sido wall, and, reaching tho pullet where Muriel was sleeping, fell broad and full npon her face; the eye lids stirred and sho moved uneasily, and awaking, sprang hastily up. Surprised to find it so late, she dressed hurriedly and went immediately, as she was wont, to sco if her mother needed anything. The flrat sight of the rigid figure upon the Ixtd made her heart stand still; she leaned over, touched the cold face with trembling hands, and without word or sign fell fainting at the bedside. Break fast was iust over at Dr. Burton's, and still the three nierubers that made up his household lingered in tho cheery room where that meal was generally taken; Dr. Burton sat tilted baok in his chair, Lounging back upon the cushioned seat sho lazily watched tho passers-by, or criticised tho plain houses of tho neigh borhood, wondering how it would seem to livo in such an uninteresting street, when a small tin sign, bearing the words, Muriel Hurtling, Seamstress, uiot hor eye and caused her to start up and look back at the house as they passed. "Muriel Harding surely it can't be" and Carrio sat bolt upright and puckered with: "Guy, darling, she is iust crazy, clean distracted; go uso your authority imme diately; tell hor she is a lunatic to think of such a thing," and Carrie stopped from lack oi breath. " V ho is crazv? Think of what, tliinir'' l am not sure but yon are the ono dis tracted, said Dr. Burton, laughing. "Why, Muriel, to bo sure; here she is, hardly able to walk across tho floor alone, th- now little stonohonso The and Johnny pushed Nelly in at the door headforemost, and then made hor sit upright inside on a stone bench. A fold f her pink calico dross lay on the door-sill, and ono of her arms was thrust out of a window. 'Ain't she comfortable?" said Nannie. in great delight, honed that a cennrnnn mitilio n-;ni .... A o UWMV HAAAA UYCl- look this radical defect and give him duo credit for what ho made of himself, not withstanding these unfortunate circum stances of his youth. When, in future generations, his origin shall be forgotten, no doubt his great worth as a man and a statesman will bo fully recotrnized. o " 1IIM0R0US, up hor brows, trying to catch and mako und she talks of 'eettinar to work acrain. tangible a vague memory that flitted and not troubling us with her presence You cannot dream yourself into a character; ..t.ii i:.. ii ii ai. a.. .. ; rf ,u'0 nun iui uci iivo mure an 'lie time, yourueii one. .,,... i i raiunn iit'l uiitiu. . a "Dear Miss Muriel, I wondor if it can indeed bo sho," sho said; then, calling the coachman: "Allon, drive back and stop on the right-hand sido, at a little sign having on it Muriel Harding, Seamstress." Wondering what now freak had taken his mistress tho coachman obeyed, and Carrio, springing from the carriage, in quired of a woman who at that momont appeared at tho door looking anxiously np and down the street, where sho could find Miss Hurding. "My doar young lady, you can't soe MiBS Harding on business now; her mother diod this morning, and I just now found Miss Muriel in a dead faint upon the floor. I'm looking for some oue to sond for a doctor." "Allon," called Carrie, "go for Dr. Burton and bring him immediately;" then turning to she woman she asked hor to show her to Muriel s room. Iho wo man, who occupied tho lower part of tho liouso, said sho was making up the beds on tho second floor when sho heard some thing full, and run up to see what could lie tho matter. Sho found Mrs. Harding dead npon the bed, and Muriel lying un conscious upon tho floor. "That was full five miuutes ago," said sho, "and though I've tried everything I could think of, I can't bring her to." When Carrie saw Muriel's limp figure and deathlike face she started, and said in a frightened whisper, "Why she's dead!" "Oh no, miss," answered tho woman; "but if sho don't get help soon I nui afraid she will bo." Carrie pulled off her gloves, and ask ing for somo fresh water bathed the jwor white face, aud applied her smelling salts. In a few seconds thore were signs of recovery. Then the dark eyes oenod, aud with a frightened look at tho strange faces aliont her Muriel attempted to sit up, but was too weak, and fell back npon the bed. Just then Dr. Burton's step was heard upon tho stairs. Muriel started, trying to think why these stran gers were about: then a sudden rush of memory brought back to her the terrible event of tho morning, and she fainted again, and so ur. iiurton found mem, Carrie's tears raining down upon the un conscious face, and the woman of tho house standing helplessly by. "Oh, Guy, I'm so glad you have oonie," said Carrie, as Dr. Burton took charge of the patient. "Do you know hor, Carrio?" asked he, glancing from the still face to his sister's tear-stained one. "She was my drawing teacher at Madame Neal's," said Camet "the love liest and best liked of all onr teachers. Her mother lies dead in the other room. any longer;"' then pleadingly, "Guy, yon il make her stay, won t you? Guy took the excited faco in his two hands, exclaiming, "What! tears, actu ally?" then kissing the pouted lips he said, "We'll see, pet," and with that dis appeared inside the door. The lights were turned down low to suit tho weak ness of Muriel's eyes, and her choir had had been drawn up to tho window, where she and Carrie had been watching the gradual lighting of the city streets. It was Christmas Eve, and the soft low music of tho chimes and church bells came stealing into tho room whore Muriel stood, looking more like a shadow than anything else in her black dress. She had risen whon Carrie rushed out of tho room, and stood leaaing her face against the window sash; she did not hear Dr. Burton enter, and knew not that ho was near until ho stood close beside her and was saying: "Miss Harding, Muriel, Guy Burton asks you to stay; indeed ho "can't get along without you, for ho had loved you over since one week ago to-night when, not knowing who you were, he saw you in Mr. u son s store. Muriel's face went down into her hands and Guy, drawing her to him, said soft ly, "Say you will stay, and she stayed, and in due time became Guy Burton's wife, Demand for Pennies at the Mint. There is a prospect of a dearth of pennies. Philadelphia is the only place where smallest coin of the republic is turned out, and nt tho present moment in fact, for fully three weeks past the combined efforts of the coiners have been directed to the coinage of dollars. Under the act of Congress 2,000,000 must be coined every month, and as the capacity of the mints at San Francisco ami New Orleans is limited, the bulk of tho work falls upon the one in this city. The re sult is that Colonel Snowdcn has been compelled to discontinue the coinage of what are known as minor coins cents and three and five cent pieces much to the annoyance of would-be purchasers, w ho, in person and by letter, besiege the cashier's ollice day after day. It is said on Saturday at the mint that $35,000 worth of pennies could be disposed of inside of a week, so great is the demand. A month ago, before the the coinage was suspended, from $1000 to $1500 worth were sold daily, and the books are now filled with orders from all parts of tho country. The officers were taken aback on Saturday by the receipt of a request from San Francisco for iiennies te the amonnt of $1000. This is said to be the takfmr with mock humility, a spirited There has been only these two for many Ut order from that part of .the country incer BiHUr. wrrie, l years, iuius iunneis iove ior ner "v lecture from his younircr i who stood at his side, her yellow curls tosaed back from her sunny face, and her eyes sparkling with mischief, as she laid down the law to him, emphasizing with one dainty digit the points of her dis course upon the rosy members of her other hand. Dr. Burton, who was evidently very much amnsed at her tirade, suddenly mother was wonderful, and I am afraid this trouble will kill her. Oh, Guy, let us take her homo with us, please. Dr. Iiurton looked thoughtful for a second, and then said, "Annie is at Madame Signnd's, is she not?" "Yes." "Run up there and tell her to drive home and prepare for our coming, and South are also beginning to take some stock in cents, large orders having been received from Georiria and Alabama within Uie last few days. Philadelphia Record. The extreme church papers in England object to a monument in Westminister Abbsv to Sir Rowland Hill, because hia a 14 V 44 nil 14 frM awv awv huv W M m 9 dropped hia chair upon ita legitimate do you come back and help me here." father was a member of Dr. Priestley's number of standing points, and throwing But a few seconds sufficed to bring the congregation. hia arm around her, pulled one of the poor girl to consciousness again, and y0t one Boston insurance company escaped ringleU, asking her when she when Carrie returned the found her how a profit on the business of the meant to apply for admission to the bar, Ijing with eyea closed and great tears m0ntha of 1879. said Johnny, "and bring her things to eat, won't we?" "Yes; an a mouse, next time wo cot one, to be her 'ittlo pet," said Nan. Come in to dinner now. children! called mamma from tho window just then. "Dood-by, Nelly," said Nan: "we'll turn again pitty soon." As the children ran out of the lot to co home, they found two or three men on the sidewalk standing and lorjking at tho fallen boards. "Dess they want to seo the picsurs." said Nan. They wont into the house and ate their dinner, aud then waited a little whilo to look over a new scrap-book mamma had been making, and then started out afrain to go into the lot, and see how Nelly was getting along in her littlo stone house. "Oh! oh! criod Johnny, the niinnto they reached the street, "they're build ing up the fence again!" lhe tears came into Nellie s eves, and she aud Johnny ran right buck to mamma. "Nelly's got to stay out thero as long as sho lives! exclaimed Johnny. "They've built np the fence." O mamma! my poor ittlo dolly ' ried Nannie, pitifully. Mamma went to tho window and looked out. The fence was now seven boards high, and the funny little woman who had been watching the cow was gone. lint there still stood the small rough ouse. in the shade of the sandstone block, and Nolly's arm in the window and her pink dress in the door wore plainly to be seen. "I'm afraid she'll have to Btay there, sure enough," said the mamma; "but you can look at her out of the window every day, and it will seem quite neigh borly." "I dont want her a neighbor," said Nanuio with a sob in her voice. "I want my Nelly to turn to bet with me." "If she were straight down under tho window, I could fish her up with a hook and line, said Johnny, "We might get her, if we could see any one come to milk the cow." sug' gested mamma, but as nobody ever had seen anyone come to milk the cow, that was doubtful comfort. So Nelly staid in her little stone house that night and the next night, and no harm befel her. It seemed as if she really would never be anything but a neighbor again, and Nannie every little while would trot to the window-pane and look at her mournfully. But the third day. when nobody happened to be think ing about her, she came home. "I did Bee some one come to milk the cow!" exclaimed Johnny, who was the one to bring Nelly back in triumph. "And now I know how the funny little woman gets it. She pushes a board out in the fence, just the way you push a bar in the country, and then she crawls in. I saw her, and I told her about Nannie's doll, and she brought it to nie!" "Goody, goodv!" cried little Nan. husr- ging Nelly to her heart. So bow she has her little dolly again. and the little stone house appears very lonesome without a tenant. The children look down at it from the window, and wish they could get in there to play. lint, though Johnny naa looked again and again, he cannot find the board the little woman pushed, and no one has happened to see tho little woman either since that time. The reason that old slioiiersare thrown after a newly-married counlo is that tho chances of matrimonial hannineKs nr slippery. At a "Horticultural Fancy ball" in England a gentleman personated an onion so naturally as to bring tours to the eyes of the company. Tho late Bishop of Exeter was Biffin ar one day at lunoheon with his wife and another lady, when tho hostess inquired anxiously of her husband if tho mutton was to his liking. "My dear," replied the bishop, with his courteous littlo bow, "it is liko yourself, old and tender." An Ogden paper, in speaking of a re cent accident at that placo, says: "It is feared that tho boy's injuries will prove quite fatal." It is hoped that tho re porter's account is exaggerated, and that the lad's injuries will prove only moder ately fatal. When two couple of young people start out riding in a two-seated carriage, they are as happy as four loving clams until the shades of evening approach.and then the couple in the front seat begin to realize that the crying need of this great, free and majestic country of ours is a two-seat carriage with the front seat be hind. A certain Scotch country minister re moved from one parish to another, and on Sunday "exchanged" with his suc cessor in the former charge. At the close of the service an elderly woman in quired what had become of her, "ain minister." "O, wo're exchanging," ho replied; "he's with my people to-day." "Indeed, indeed," said the matron, "they'll be gettin' a treat the day." "A man cannot say I will write poetry;" the greatest poet cannot say it. for the mind in creation is as a fading coal, which some irresistible influence, like nn inconstant wind, awakens to transitory brightness. This power arises from within, liko the color of a flower which dims and changes as it is develojied, and the conscious portions of our natures are unprophetic either of its approach or its departure. Princi pal Shairp. A London paper describes the assegais used by the Zulus, stating that the name "assegai" or "hassegaie" which is nearer the native word is derived from the tree from which the wood in making those weapons is usually taken. This wood has peculiar properties, being brittle and at the same time slightly elastic, and spears made from it quiver in their flight, a movement npon which the accuracy of their aim and their great penetrating power depends. In a flourishing young city of Michi gan lives a worthy man who has had the misfortuno to be a widower three times, and is now living with his fourth wife. These have been tanght to call the step father "pa." While entertaining com pany at tea lately an aggravated case of divorce became the topic of con versation. A lady expressed herself emphatically against divorces, quoting several passages of Scripture, and con cluding with this: "And St. Paul says he that who putteth away his wife commits a grievous sin." At this, the oldest boy. having fully filled hia stomach, suddenly took ia the whole subject by saying. Why pa has put away three or four on 'em, and he a deacon too!" That will do for Michigan. r