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THE 6IGN DIVINE. 'Wha knocknf Ui walllint anH nald J "Wlinl ulifii In tlilw?" 'In holy wrinjr I)Ik1 wan shed, from bauli-'n l-nt my miI lift aped ; 'Tlutri-in In mine." 'I cannot Ml tin- (Cl uiifiAl ForniKH like tliiiK1." 'To holy iirk I icvm my If"1'1 -litre ail -Hi" win wh inniilnilil ; That i),'ii In lulu -." "Thy work nn mw : but thou limit Dot Tli" "ln Itlvln-." 'Omri-I! I haw wfrly brought The ivconl of tin Wi I wnmKlil j That W I nnne." 4Not that Nt lluit I Thou must yet brief A lk'" lllvliu-." 'Oanip'l. auifi-l! Wltlw King That fur him I Kapintrylliinit; That lrn In mlrm." 'Thy life wa pure i hut (five thy Lord IIIkxIKH ilivlne." "Oanirl. awn-It ti ll Hit- lrd Th all my life I taiiKhl Ilia word ; Tliat alipi la mine." 'He knowMh all: hut thou muat make Tlie i,n Divine." 'OaniP'l! lill'l Klally tnke Great bui-ib-im on me for Ilia aake ; Hint alk'n la mine." "0 waiting aoul! thou haat not hrouicht The alirn lllvlw." "Hwnet aii(i-l, for (lie Inl I fought, Yet at ilia x"1" I have not got lllaalKn l'lvlne." s. if --HUT - '0 aplrlt oVarl I c-annot m Tfiealifii liivlim That lift tlie heavy gut for thee." "O aiitnill aee my agony t'oralKii Divine." 0 happy aoul! the Rate awing wiile, Tiie alien la IIiIihi ; In ww thine ariiiat-xl.ii.l.'.l whin J'ortraya lb cnM - tlii'iiiwllliil Tlie algu Divine " (IKHTHI'IIR OiKHiaoN. THE EASIEST WAY, Ynnr h-U'-i- Jiint i aiun lo me Willy, Ami you II ml Hint yoinlon'l fnigi't? Yuu'vu lli-il (or iIii'hu iniintiia toll, yot alliy !). Ami are aure Hint von lovo me vet? Ah ! tlma "iiva wnre awenl, I in kniiwliiil0 In Him ileiir olil Iiihii hv tlin ana. W hell tlie I 1 ol lil ilu-l III uulli.yo Took u (am y In me. Iton't hv Hull I luiven'l henrl, Will; I think ol the pan it li r"i:n't. Anil tliniiuli we'vn n loiur henu nptii't, nt 111 I, ton, Mel It le.nl lo loriM-l What ii.iii' line I'm whiiiik' Neil Cury Una hroki'ti with I .' 1 1 1 oil l.eu. And lie iiml Idiipli hninia -you know Mary Aiii ilrvoleil lo lllu. Jaek Whitney hits I'liiue Into mini y ; Ami an linn Ni'll I'nkb; hv Hie wa , 81m nimrli'il old Hiile-n n't It luiiiiy? Ile'a i-v i-nly II li"' a iluy. Iler Irou-si-iiti. of eon a , rimie trim 1'iii'la Her In I li'iuulila were M i '"lo Mi Kuu. The W l aimi Kli: lliMlrii e ll.irrH, Cellii I in ll'l' an. I m '. AiioHht, I'u y anv. In feiileinher Will he thi'YviMit of Hie yi-iir. The Kiiioiu U voiiiiki Hoy lviin rein"inher Viiirlno Itoyil, IIHl'iiinU nml lli'.'i ; Tla liriu e i i lo l. ihl, a iy Hiiinu Hiiiudv. 'I'hnl IHk ir fia lire a l jnt lo mn . Tlml alie Irlin on her illeaa on Moinliiv; Tliat It'a oi'ili'roil hymii; Thai iiiliii''the opinion Hini'a nilie l (or 1 he iIiim mi , I I'n (i'ii-o no I tilt w lie; Thin my poor Mil" n II. me Im'im i,ir 'I hi'i ni r' hi r o in in i', in lion Tlie Ititiipv ulii imii'i iii'iu'e tii'orlty, Nor e ' ti inv imh.hIii M ii In . Tliey i.uv - von I. n . ioii.ni a run an IiitIv '1 lull the lo'l'h', loo, la me, l:ntlt titi'l, i' or;ifr'j .lcif;ii;iiif. KVKKY ONK LOVK!) HIM. How Jack EiiHton's Bhin Wore Outwoltfhcd by HIb Virtuos. Any lino minny ihiv ymi niilil Imvo noon old Sir IVior KiKlmt driving in tli ji:irk w illi h a itiliirrulilo li. r sun ,u nopll hy Ilia a do. 'I'll old p'litli'innii Wa II pnn d ill slmkrlt Nillfi- ti;il tll't'inlflll I ll'illi'va iilniiil Ii son .lurk. .Siioii'ly liilko l id il fur iiiito lliron ilnva. Ml'! my (rii'inl .lolin ('urli'luii wna luvir ly worn oil hia Icm ruini ng nlioul from flnli lo clnli roii'iitiiii llio almy. Sir I'rlcr'a kind old f:uv lir liti nod in ri (tirn for it fr'omlly ;r!iinu. Imt ihcrr wna a . dciil inoro aorriiiv tlinii jov in liia ainilo. hnya Mr, Mouiltrtit'-ilt'r to nn in i drove n-t mid ri 'h:uii;i'd j.'ri-i'linjj, nirily wlui-imii; up In r d.iin r r.iv jioiiii-H: "Now, 1 really do think llio olil p-li!elii in on'lit lo int II lietter (;ieo on It Mo li:id ono Mill wlm all tlio vliva ovt nit, iiinl tip-oilp-r iverv ini tijjmalilo viriiii-: liy ilmn'i lio -triko u Inil.inev a tlie do nl ii l-ank, niol aet oil' one iiai-i-t llio olln-r " (Vr 1i H I V Ji-ei Ciiston limki-il tin illi-:ir-iniliuii o( liij,!i-o!:t-s lriiili irlno, IVo ilo Wi ro iila ii-. uk in; li in tlii- r v iviitor" mid le.ivitii; h in hmi Komo le-'-eiea; tin- m'.ilille iieil (ok Were never liniipy till lio wna piiii-.l iin and o . t.iilior to llieir fh l.Ir. it: mi l tli oun- (olki ;iio.nled Ii III "Ini-.U.1'' Vi nv iiiiinU'r n( iitiira aettlotnoin.. Now mid (lien, you a.iw ha iihiiio n-i d nt-lor o( imiiiio ven ial and (lour 'aliinjj emnpiui v, hiu) ita (Hliu-a-i amt ita HoniUli wom' p-nerallv duo t. the vatno tiltaeliln to liia nanm. Wlii-il ymi h i'l MH'lired Ilia .:il nn.i,'e(or Rliy lin.leitak Ii r Von luij;lit l "iiil urn it taoti'd r do on llio t.ii-of the nml ultlinate'v MS-nro fir m mieliorn.-oiu tlio liarUir of niliio opinioii. I know Dial tin. Ne.-tr for Cliriatian 1'ollioys uaa on iu very l-t l.-fi when ho (five it liii Miu-ruii; and ow it's wsnvlv d,. i-i-tit to dit Mhoiit Kjirln It lewv in vtir will. IVxirum. jiro r.otv and roMs lability liad rul.s! lua life fro'ui (lit tr-Je upHard. Ho-asu tlit i-ni.r.-lr -aH't J,' 1 IT. if. . M', Isl I A J -M i y' fin od lour turn g, a wii'l-foifduetrfd Ikv. I don't liko decorous Ixiyi, nml I d.dn't liku him. Hi; never toro IiIh clolh innor got into debt; In could not have climbed a trco to mive Iih lile; ami lie would an noon Imvo broki-n into a church as robbed a henroost. No onn ever was known to cull him .Ion, or cbafT him, or piny any tric.kt on h in. All tho dtsvil try of tlui fiiin ly coiiternil in Jack, and left nolh'ng but all tho (loniot:c virtues for Joseph. Add to li virtuoa an ox tromoly coiirteo: t manner, nml to his manner a Mft, winning voleo, and to oth a well-a ieui-eil incoinn of ten thou Html ioiiiii1n a year, nml tell me if Han nah More ever conco veil a moro noble uerfeet hero. That Tory t!enln I wai playing a i-ublier at old Lady Chelsea's. I always ' " !"-r Ht" ! !! ilern'ily richer In ai-amlal but ilecnledly jwiorer in pocket, lietween the hatiils i.mly C. would (lis Iribute criimlm of tliu very latest rossip, ami any social t-li'ck-a-biildy might pick tliem up. So Hitvs my Lmly Cludsca: I hour Joseph J-:tit in is secured at last." The dealer paused n his deal as a chorus of inquiries roie. Little Cecil Digby, who was inv imrtner, rai.ed his hand and siihl: "I'll lay ten to one I can Djiot tho pirl." "Tho creature Is iletestab!y slangy," anys Laily ('., leaning back in her chair. "I have a pn-a'. mind to win your money, Mr. Diy. I think I might i;ivo the party a guess all round and yet keep my Mscret. "Why, J-iuly Chelsea," cries Cecil, "all thn world knew the day Udoro yes terday that the Iw-antiful Yankee heiress, Miss Dinah 11., ( h caro, had landed tho n prize. I. inly C. shakes her head ami says: "All tho world is wrong, as usual, liuess again.'' I then ha.ard the remark i Imt as Mrs. Wilks W heeler has Is-en angling for him for her third girl for two years (and mark you, Mrs. W. Wheeler was the iiiut Hiicccssful prize taker fur the last three seasons), it was probable that this itfcomplMn-d lady iiiul at lusl liriitiglit ina'ters to a crisis. '1 hen cami) more shakes of my lady's head, and further random guesses on the pm t of the guests; then an interval of silence us I. adv Chelsea's most orac ular voice announced the name nf "La ly Olivia riantageiiel." The ri:b!,er was suspended for several minutes while we expressed our surpr sc. And now I must t - -1 1 you something about l.ndv 01 via, and Imw it ail camo about, l'or three seiinns every well thinking mother in li'- gravia with any thing in tho lui o of a nvirriageah'i1 daughter hail spread her nets aliroa l for Joseph Kusion, When his father (I ed ho would be Sir Joseph, and in the meanwhile he w, is practically the senior intrlner in the famous old bank ol Huston, Curtis A: Langham. 1'liilan Ihrophic mothers with- tend -tie es toward Kxetcr Hall had laid desperate ami insidious siege to his In-art. It i on record that pretty and sk tt sh .d-ss lloutlluwer, old Sir Chr s'opher's only ilaug.iler, actiialiy liccanin a (leae uie and reuoiineeil the gnyeties of a who!, London season, all in hopes of secur ing Jos -ph. She never indulge I inn single frivolity that season, uc.-pt one fancy bazar lo wh'eli ,loMph was in veigled. He attended the bazar, bouirhl iii iiiv of her ku.ckknacks, but, al;i il d nut piireha-ie tho fair saleswo nun. I could c unit up adoun ca-os in wh ch ho was nearly s. -cured, and then, al tin1 last niiiiii'-iit. ho inanii ;ed to e.i ape tin landing net; always, 1 must own, in n perfectly ilo'-omus iiianuer. And now I I think that Lady Ol via l'l.inlii-.'en -i had s-eiii'i'il him, ratiier had eou-le se.-nileil to secure h'ui: for you in know thai the Lady (iliv a was, as i Wei' -, a sue.-es of ganglion, or i-atlie . illg Ingelll 'l', of (lie bluest of all Id. li bloo I. slio was tin only dau jlite.-o the Huko nf Hai'lford, and, iu all ei u so enee, his dan 'liter ought to lie tolera bly blue b!o ideil, especially when 1 t-'ll y mi that he:- in ilher was llo.i. Km l a till' 'Italian Oenzl. (the Woi-costnr l'e i- Is, if you ph ase; no! (lie left-hand -d Warwickshire Inaieli.) In the fact o sui-li facts t is evident t'uit miliums ol years of nai-iral select on, carried out on Ihil ivin an or any oilier pr tieiol. you Ike, could l r have prmlu."'! such a doiilily d;s;i.lii a'lir- as tin blond thai ran in tin- La ly" Olivia' veins I don't sipp,,se it ran, it course I in a stalely way. Weil, Lad, Oliv n was very haughty and lieaulilu!. Slu had very lilt'o nio'i- v and less brans. I have even bear I eoavsi plebe mi folk whisper ilia she w is a (.nil; b it lli' wis m in fe-llv nntrie, as hi-i- i-inlue' llu'iiugliout lb s ticklish ina'ter ahun l autlv mines. Mill, (or all 1 1 i it. I must own 1 note.' hoard l ady Ol via make any remark except evlreniely stop il nml dee irons ono. Talking l i her was like eoiuei sin e willi some; h i ng Ik-; ween a sialic and ashe-p. The old I hike oil Ihtrlford was dreadfu!'.y poor for a Puke, Their place down in Suinnior soNhire was half shut up. Ho old his game, (tliey do say ho turned an I on es! penny by his grapes and pines ) and it Is-oain - nlis ilulely necessary that Lady Obvin should many moiiev, Mr. M .intehesier says she was des perately in lineal seventeen with wiiat she called a mere sailor I b lievo he was the third son of an Admiral. An way, il came to naught, and Lady Oliv ia froze up and h nl roinained fro en up i-ior ' nee. Shu was twenty s -v.-n mid in tho full prime of her stale'v and rather marmorc il Is auly. when" she ih-M-r e I Jo ph Kiiston' on the far hoiion. His bloo', lif course, was many decrees less cerulean than her, lb' hinisc'f wa starchy and ti- aad tir onie; but bo ha I tnonev and was iiiiii tiaMo o-i llio ipio-tmn of sotllenii uts, so there was a I tilo pre liminary li'ivering, rml then eaine n oureinely fr gid propos-i'. I.adv Oliv a Is'hl her stately head and accepted the sub.laiitial banker. It wis lVtolar now, and the marriage was tied fur the early spring. Omv or Iw'nv a week JoM'ph called en his intended. Thev sat iu state in the Hartford ilrawing rnoni in Katonsipiarr. Sometimes he k'sssl her hand at parting -it sct-m-sl a matter of supremo iinlitVorciut t0 .r whether ho kis d the fan or tho hand that he'd it -and tliev invers alwsn in this way. I.adv Oliv ia is lying back in herelia;r looking very beautiful and bored; Jm-ph is M-tsi on the other do of the tuepla.f. "Olivia," aays lior lovor, "wi have had bad news of unfortunate brother." "I imagine all new of h ni must Is? had." !io rojdie iu her K-vcl aAX'tits, "no is an extremely painful subject; nnod wo discuss it?" "I think I must claim your co-opora-tion," ho answers, "in prevetitin"- his return. Hu is going from bad to worse." "That Is Immaterial," says Lady Olivia, ".so long as hu does not return home." "His letter to-day," sny Jooph, "states that ho has i iiiandered all his e.-ip tal and that ho is absolutely starv ing, and has taken a berth a a farm laborer. Ho seems to have associated with tho lowed" "Kindly snare mo any details. It Is ot'remcly distressing. Ho is your brother, unfor unalely, but ho has long sine) been a social outcast, and, as you aro aware, it is a most painful feature in our future relationship. I should prefer dropping the subiect." From which you can see that the Lady Olivia was possessed, among her other hiirh qualities if not exactly of what Carlylo calls a soft invincib lity, still an invincibility of a very duliniti; character. lint although this extremely admira ble couple found Jack such a distress ing sub ect and declined to discuss him (as, in fact, s ciely in general d d.) to me he was a subject of undying inter est, ami I alii never so happy as when I am talking of him, either on the slv with his poor old father, (when Joseph issafelv out of the way,) or qti le openly and joyfully with his aunt, old Lady Hetty l'imlico, of whom more mi in. Wan't Jack my godson? wasn't respmsible for half my dear lad's sins? He was my dear bad lad all through. Was there ever such a scape grace? Surely he was possessed by all the devils of mischief, frolic, riot, mid uproar. His school days were one I ing rels-llion; he infected the whole school; ho was the ringleader in all in schief. Hut how the boys adored him and fol lowed him! He could wheedle round tho sternest of masters. At last he got beyond all bounds. In a moment ol' utter recklessness he arranged an infernal machine composed of a battery of buttles of Hass. which by nn ingeirous device was timed to open lire (and acuallydid) upon the head master in the ih-ad of n'glil as he lay peaccfuliv sleeping in Intl. After that there was nolh'ng to do but expel him. 1 went to try to make peace, but old Doctor Turner w,-'s indexible. The lad was demoralizing tho whole school, and ho must go. Hut for all that the doctor's cvm weie fu'l of tears, as hu rested li s hands iiiiau mv Door lair shoulders nml spoke his liltle farewell sermon und advice. So ho woat home to his father's house hu was then fif teen. He had demoralized tho school and he demoralized us. lie kissed all tho servant girls, and they all doted on him: ho had four pet dogs and three horses; ho w s the boon companion of all the men servants. I know that old Tompkins the butler, lent him fifty pounds out of his little savings, and the verv stable boys would have laid down, their lives for Master Jack. Joseph eai.io back from Oxford just about then, if iiossible more decorous than ho went. It iiad been arranged for some years past that Joseph should enter the bank mid Jack the army; so iu a few years Jack Ix-camo Capia t! Jaek. Il was one of the loveliest sights in ail London to meet old Sir Peter ambling along Piccadilly, arm in arm with hand some Jack. How the old man doted on him! And amid all his vices, and they were many, Jack had this one tremen dous Miture he always adored his father. And now old lmly Pinilic i drifts into this family history, and she plays an important part in it. She was Sir Peter's only s'ster, a widow, childless, supposed to Ik wealthy, and known to bo mean. She In ol in a I. tile house in Park lane: narrow, lean little house, wedged in hv Iween two big ones. She had the warm est heart and llu- sharped tongue of miv old lady I ever camo across. Ask her maid .le-ikins about the tongue and leave Jack to vouch for the heart. I have i-er.-il photogi-aphs of litis vener able old la ly in my album, Whenever I entertain inv friend and rmversatio't lairs my albums ar doom my guest .tit gazing at and -avoi ; pr ale ab -nt hosts of ' produced and I i - social penally oi ' soin, -thing appro pe iple thev h ive 11 wcr known. L. . I vb nly s iv. direct ly t icv ec La !y I! tty's photograph. W hat an extr.ior linary old lady!" she w ore an audacious w g, a capacious broo -h, an old brown s Ik dress, an..1 on state occas oils a itiantity of ov tr.'inely dirly old l:-co. Out 'of dons she invariably wore an old fur tippni she was a valiant old soul, free ol speech, given m ieh to ipt -stionabl stories, hating shams, and fearing no man, and loving Jack more than any other creature on e-irlli. Sim fought Ins battles, alio pel. I lis debts, she out raged all the properties for his sa'o; and when that last awful business eroo- ! pod up and ho had to leave suddenly for Manitoba, tho old lady broke down am! look lo her lied for o no weeks. When she got about again he refreshed her self oy trolling over to Harley street and h iving a battle r v al with Joseph. Ilow bo hntisl her! She alone had the power lo rulllo his decorum and lo make his pale face (lush and his eyes gleam. It was Nove-nls-r. and all the folks had llociicd back from Scotch moors and sea Iva.-h. and the season prom sod to be a brilliant ono. I wont round one afternoon to call on Sir Peter, .losept and his fath -r were s tl;ng together in the dismal dining room in Harley strwt. Sir Peter was very shaky and silent, and Jos.-pli was more virtuous and r. spoet a'llo than ever, lb' told mo he was eo ing to preside at some philanthropic mooting th a evening at Kxetcr Hail. Conversation (lagged: we nil three second shvpy mid stupid. 1 did not dare to a-k alaml Jack. Joseph kept ranild ng on in bis smooth di-oorou monotone aUmt tho paun-r lunatics and discharged prisoners, tcuijvorance washerwomen, and all the rest ot is. when suddenly the s rvant aumvin.vd Lady Pimlieo. Joseph's face changed and hardeno I, and old Sir Peter bright ened up. My Lady enlered, evidently n high spirit, more untidy than ever. She greeted her brother with athvtion. nu' with cordiality and Joeph with Pug nacity. I've got news" cries tin oM ladv, "eating herself, with her f.-et on the f. ndor and her hand on her kne-. 1 saw ir Peter's hau ls ni ve f-bly and a cleatu of I ,t pas over h;s face. "tiooil news I hope," says Joseph. "What I call good news sna back tho old woman, "and what you may call bad news My boy is coming homo." In an Instant I eo-.ild seo the sorrow a-nl grief of all those years pass from tho old man's face as he turns to his sis ter and cr'es: "What! when? Oh, Elizabeth! is it true?" And then, N-foro sho can answer, Joseph rises P'0 ' darkling, and lies in a voice no longer decorous: "Ladv l'imlico, this is your doing; you envo striven for years to comiileto tho ruin of your own'housi'. Hut lo irn ont thing, your nephew John docs not re turn here." Mv Lady flings off her tippet and -lands to Icr iruns. "Hd shall return io my house and to his father's house. Who aro yon to stand betw nn my lad and forgiveness. Listen, Peter; your on Jack was tempt -d and ho fell; ho was a rase il and a blackguard, I don't li-nv it; but hu ha-t stillored and ho r.; penis. Listen to what ho says In a let 'cr I had only to-day. Ho has fallen so low that ho works as a farm laborer; lie hasn't a decent coat to his back nor a (lucent meal to cat; ho is broken down, body and soul. Hut, Peter, don't forget ho is your son your own Hush and blood." Old Sir Peter tuns very w lnto, rises from his chair, and leans trembling to ward Joseph. "Oh, Joseph, hear what she says. lA!thim come back again." "AW him coiiiq back!" bursts in this ivhirlwind of a woman. "Aye, but he shall come back. Are vou master here, 'iter, or is Joseph?" As my Lady a axes hot Joseph steadies down into u loudly coolness. "1 will answer that question for my ath.-r." he savs, folding his hands on lie table ami fook'ng straight at tho old i.nly. ".My brother has ruined his own uliire, but ho shall n it ruin mine ho s'uill not return h--ro. Ho strove for .ears to pull down llio honor of my atlu-r's inline, ami I have striven for ,'ears to build it up. He sudors want, nisery and shame. Ho has sown the w. ml,' but he is reaping the whirlwind." All llio time he speaks my Lady is plucking mangy tufts of fur from her pelisse. Now she springs to her feet, hrill and redfaced. "Don't quote Scripture to me. You respected! you honored! you, with your smooth tongue and your varnished faee! As a boy ymi were a coward, as a man you're a sneak. My boy sinned, but ho s lined openly. ton air your virtues in the pi.blio trooK but vou keep vour French nov els hidden behind your library shelves" Now. of course, tlcse allusions to im proper book were n t at all nice or de corous, and .' never knew whether they were chance shois of mv Lady's or based on reliable information, but I know that 1 saw Soseph grow pale and wince, lie ron while w.lii pass'on. "Madam," Ini says, "you n r an in solent old woman, and if you were not my father's sister I should '-" "(io on," cries Lad' 'Hotly, the liht ol triumph glowing on In-r ol I fa v -"go on; abus,! me as much as yo ilk-. Hut not yon or a hun-lro l such shall keep my lad from coin ng back.'' So Joseph drives down to his bank in dudgeon, and no sooner has he gone than poor olil Lady Hetty breaks down and fa'rly sobs, and this absurd old couple just run into each other's arms, and cry and laugh, and talk incessantly, and prove themselves to be a couple of fools: but I think tho clerks and bank o'lie'als, with Joseph in t hat frame of mind, must have had an extremely un pleasant afternoon of il. Three months after this I was aga'n calling at Harley street. Poor old Sir Peter used always to receive me in his study, but now, the butler told me, he sat all day in the tin ng-ro.nn, which commanded a lookout d.iwn the sti-e -t, and there I found him. and, best of nil, 1 found him alone. "Joseph is at tho bank." sa'd the old man with an unconcealed delight, "so let us have a qn'et talk." So 1 drew lo tho tire, but 1 noticed a strange re-tlcss-ness about Sir Peter. He woiii'd break n T suddenly in tin middle of a sen tence and look down the street and l.ston. "So Jack is c miing back!" I said. "And when?" "Wo d m't know," ho answered -"we don't know, lie may c into at any Mil'. I haven't told Joeph. I'm afraid he'll bo greatly upset, but Jaek w ill stay for awhile nt his aunt's, and tli ngs w ill tide over."' "Pour lad," 1 say symiiathct-cally, "ho has learned a infer lesson. He pen I upon it. Sir Peter, he will come lia -k wiser and sadder." His old eyes gleam at the very thought of his return, and a beau'iful ein.lo breaks over his face as he takes out of bis pocket a much-crumpled and often-read letter, "lie hopes to be back by the loth, per haps a little earlier if he have a good passage, and now it's tho 1 Hit. I sent him his passage money, but Joseph doesn't know that." "Never mind, Jo-eph,"I cry; "bo will marry the Lady Olivia and you and Jack will live toge her and be happr ever after" As 1 sneak I seo the olil weary, watchful eyes glance toward the window and down tlie street; from where ho sits he can look right down to the otln-r cud of the road. It is ono of 1 hos i dreary London days -half fog, half rain, all m'st and dirt and in;s -rv. Suddenly the old wrinkled face grows very vvii t and startled, and ho rises and moves to Pie window'. I follow him and look down tlio street, but I seo no body and noth ng, except two ladies half hidden in water-proofs, mi errand Imv, and further oil' a struggling ls-g-gar, dionebet lo the sk'n and wending li s wav lo the nearest workhouse. Sud" donlylfvl a grip as of iron on my arm, and, looking round. I sc.. sir Peter all changed and transformed, all his soul looking out of his eyes and before I could speak ho had passed from the room down the hall and out at tho front diMir, out into the filthy, murky air without hat or co.it. He hurried down tho road, 1 following as K-st 1 'mav. Then 1 hear a half cry, half sob. as if id a groat joy and longing now fulfilled, and I see the old man fling his arms wildly round that K'g gar man's " nock and k ss him on the lips again and again, oh! so pas sionately! so then I pause, standing a little way otT unwilling to disturb"o sw stand sacred a joy: then 1 go up, and. taking bot!i Jack's hands in mine. 1 say: "Hring him home. Jack, and welcome h inioj your -elf." Ah, how snail 1 ever torgci wnat 1 saw in the hall! Jack and I helped Sir Poter in, feeble no. exhausted, and spent He a nks on tho bull seat, but holding his son' hands tight; then Jack falls on h knees and hides his thin wan face on his father' hands, weak as any hysterical woman. "Oh, tako mo back again, father! I know I've been a bad son; I know I've disgraced you all; but I'vo fallen so low and I have suffered so much, and I have repented! Oh, give mo another chance!" As ho 8eak8 sev eral of tho servants run into tho hall and gather round them. Then I saw in Sir Peter's face tho most beautiful look 1 ever saw on any human features; I think it must have" been the retlectionof the Div no love of the Great Father of ns all. So. rising, ho stall's before us, tho poor lad still kn teling ' at his feet; then, stooping, he raise him tenderly, holding him in his loving arms oh, so closely! mid says, in a clear, strong voice:' "S e here, all of you; this is mv son Jack, my very own s n. Ho shall onco more cat at my table, onco more sleep beneath my roof." Hy and by Jack and I are s'tting alone in thed.ri ng-room, and I'm not ashamed to own, and I know Jack wouldn't be, that we both broke down and cried a little. I w'iw a weak o'd man, and he a weak young onn. Looking at li ni stead ily, I could see how want and poverty and hard life had ground him down. Tho poor, wan face was pinched and white, nnd the bluo eyes that used to bo o gay and full of life had a hunted, Haggard look. Jack sits in the deepen ing London twilight and tells me his weary h'story. Debt, dishonor, gam bling and the ever downward career that we all know so well. He was ask ing after his old Aunt Hetty, when sud denly there was a chiller at the front door, a tremendous bustl) and soullle m the hall, and in bursts that redoubt able lady, a whirlwind of tears, gasps, fur, joy ami inarticulate lialleltijiilis. In two seconds her fa'tliful old arms were round Jack's neck and the old lady sob bing on his breast; then sho would hold b in at arm's length, looking' him all over, thc-i with another sob of triumphant del ght fling herself into his arms again. 1 val y feared the old lady's mind would give way. After much laughing and crying sho delivered herself in th s fashion, one arm mound Jack nnd the other d militating me. I might have been Aldgatj pump for all she cared. "Hero's my boy como back pra'so fJod for that, he has come back and not a leg on of Josephs n ir a legion of devils shall drive biin iivvay ngiin. Who cares for the past! To-day w-- la-gin fresh chapter. Who cares for yom moraltios and your decencies! Hang 'cm all, I sav. Kiss your old aunt, my lad." I th'nk somefmes dear Aunt Hetty If too outspoken, but no one thinks' ol that now. Jack kissed her ugly old tear-stained face, kisses her as tenderly mi gallantly as if slie were his bride. and then bv some strange freak tho old ladv falls upon me and kisses me quite outrageously, till Jack takes her hand in mine and says: "Aunt, I can't forget the past, or your pat'ence nnd lovo, but I ve come back to redeem it. He pa- Pent and kind to me a little longer, as y hi would to a sick man whose fever is leaving him." "Kind to vou. Jack!" sho . cries, mantling all over with beautiful prde ami joy. "Leave me alone for that. Whv, mv darling" then words fail her, nnd the eag r old anus tire onco more round iii in as if they would never un clasp again. Then Sir Peter io:ns them, nnd I go aw ay happy to my own home. This is what happened afterward, exc dlent old loniKins being mv informant. And 1 mut tell vou the verv en I of it all which is as happy as a fairy story, and much more true. Our unproiligal son Jiiseoh came back that evening from the b ink in a state of serene decorum quite boaut:ful to behold; every th ng had prospered exc-edingly wtili h:in that daw lie had arranged th ' settli incuts w th the Lady Olivia, and h id kejit matters more in his ow i hands than he had hop. d to do. Aslmilro.i ii i llarlev street, even when f ir oil', be was astounded to c unusual s'mis of festivity at It s father's soml'.re-look ng bo. ise. L gii-s gli allied in ill" w nil iws. nml the w h tie pl.it was tr-n-f irnied. Joseph must hive gucssel the truth. Ho stool on the door step -n no happy mood. Tompkins o: e cd the door. Iii honest face gleaming, a id bch n lhini sto nl S r Peter. "What's the mean ng of all this, fatlu-r? Have vou gone mad?" Then Sir Peter spoke in strong, clour tones: "Joseph, your brother is come back: vour brother and mv son. Com in and join us. Help us give him a welcome." Joseph's pale face llushel. "Is this th's the reward of all my years of duty? As you say. ho is my brother, h is your son: but he is more than th's; he is a tli'ef. an outcast. :v w ndler. Kvcr since ho was born be has Ix-on a curse and a disgrace to iu.' Then sir Pet -r llush-d up n a In-auti-ful sho d lived 1-id an summer of wrath. "Pca-c, Jo-epi: no mm" of His. He is my son: he was lost, and now ho is found. 1 have llung the past behind my back: lie is the very apple of mv eye. I forbid you lo cast 'one word in his teeth. If yon can not l.ve in peace with him, you must live elsewhere. ' After many months things settled down. Joseph married the La ly Olivia and took a house in Park lane, and was as happy ever afterward as re spectable people deserve to lie, and. lack steadied down and never sowed anv more wild oats H; fat iter grew into a happy ol I man, and es long as he lived Jaek nev er married. Then Lady Pimlieo died and left him all her savings and when 1 last saw my boy he had ripened ntoaking of men, happy, r'ch. pros perous and honored, the old 1 ght still dancing in his blue eves amf he had over a stalwart arm ready for an old man to loan unon. Only yestordav lack called at my chamliers and in the carriage were two lad es: the younger and orett er jiimed out, and "she and lack ran up stairs. Sitting as 1 was in my easy char, the two young pople took a very unfair advantage of me. Violet sat at my feet, put herarms up on my knees and Jack loaned over the l ack uf the chair, with h s arms around my neck. "IK-ar uncle. Hob," (he ai ways called me uncle after he came liom-O "guess who that lady is." - "Wei!, Jack, she is Ladv'Violot Stan- If7.' "'Well, u icie, Maniey is at uj. name, though you mightn't think it, so I'm going to give bur a now one and present yon with a r.ew niece. Kisu her and toll her you love her for my sake and her own, too. " Hefore they go I ask Jack to keep a little corner of his heart for me to creep into for old lovo's sake, and Jack sayi no will. Temple D ir. PERSONAL AND LITERARY. ' Miss Annie Lippincott, of Thiladel. phia, daughter of "Grace Greenwood," has mado a successful debut in opera in Trieste Iler stngo name is Anita Armour. Plutarch says that Dctuosthencj made a gloomy fizzle of bis linit speech. This did not d scourago him. He finally became the smoothest orator iu tiiat country. -V. )'. l'ost. The London Truth says it may In tercst thoso who discuss Kussian a I fairs to know that the name of M. do (iiers, the Kussian Minister of Foreign Attain, is pronounced "Geerch." "Josh Hillings" will spenl the 6iimmer in the West He will remain on tho Pacilic Coast next winter, and thereafter he has a two years' foreign tour in contemplation, Vhicwjo Tnu. une. Tho oldest book in tho Con gressional Library is said to be "The Olive Leaf," by one Ilauscr, of Georgia, n tune book concoclcd "for the glory ot God and the good of mankind." H'ijsi. ington Post. Rev. John Hall, tho noted New York divine, is an Irishman by birth, who was sent to this country by the Ulster Presbyterians and furnished with a return passage ticket, which ho has never yet used. A". Mail. Leopo'd Von Hanke is tho oldest liv ing Kuropeau historian who retains his mental powers unimpaired. He has passed his ninetieth year, and says he expects to bo writing history when his age has covered a rounded century. . The lirst articlo on "London So ciety," which appeared in Mrs. Adams' S'oucelle l.'ei'un, treats of the Queen and tho Royal family of Great Britain. Tho portion rc'nt'iig to the Queen t ikes the view that her reign is paving the way for a Republic. Mr. Martin F. Tupper, the author of "Proverbial Philosophy," appeals to the American publio for money. Ho says he never had anv prolit from the American edition of his works. He s as well oil' as his readers. sV. Y. i'ree ' Journa . Dr. Folsan, member of tho Boston Society for Medical Observation, thinks that, in cases of consumption, physi cians aro too much inclined to give un favorable prognostications. He ad vises the keeping of patients (juietly in one place rather than shifting them about iu search of a more favorable climate. General (Chinese) Gordon was an inveterate smoker, lie used a long pipe, and every morning at sunrise willi p.pe and telescope he mounte ! to tho roof of his palace and carefully no ed every condition of his surroundings. It is said that he frequently spent the en tiro night upon the ramparts with his men, cheer.ng them up, and seeing in person that every miuuthe of military regulation was performed. Captain Howard, who-e bravery saved the day to tho Domin'on troops in their recent tight with llio Kiel in surgents is a native of Connecticut. He served in the war of the reb-'bioa and also live vears in the regti'aranny, where he had cons.d rable experi nee iu Indian warfare. He is a brave, cool headed soldier, thoroughly familiar witn army lif , i.nd he is also a very skillful machinist, possessing a complet.1 knowl edge of th mechanism of a Galling gun. Lurtford lost. HUMOROUS. A maid is a young lady who is sin gle and who will be won if she marries. I he jitdiju. "Papa, why do the little pigs get so much milk.J" "Ho.au-c vvc want tin in t make hogs of themselves." 2'uc .'i ll VII. The Niagara Fells hackman con tends t nit he belongs to tho nut .ral scenery a d shouldn t be removed. Jktnui t'nc l'rci.i. Ordinary astronomy teaches us tlie th -ory of s-puls on the sun. but Hotou ast-onoiuy teaches the theory uf specs on thedaug.it 'r. M-rchm'. Truckler. "YoiChio not afraid of the dog, aro you, bub?" "No, ma'am."' Well, then. Why don't yon come light in? He won't hurt you." "I'm too timid, ma'am tha'.'s what a Is me. I'm al ways bashful when there's dogs about." CVuVao Li.dtjer. A Dutclimau was relating his mar velous escape from drowning when thirteen of his companions were lost by tne i psetting of a boat, and he alouu vva sav d. "And how did you esc .po their f. t ?" asked one of the hearers. '1 lid uot co iu to po.ei" i'lu'.uiU plua "James." said the t-'neher. "inn h h 1;. Vi tl ai at l .: .'. II- ... ..it. '..,. I I'l.ll'l, If ir.il ttlntlll.l tit. Im'SIiIi. lior tl.i.n. At oiii t- H pliiee of unlet) tlml. 1 1 lint is lu say, stand near the hi-n. "Say, Hob, you're 'out' with Miss Parsons, ain't vou?'' "Yes, Joe." "What happc.ied?" "She's evperimenting too lavi-hly." "Experimenting? Whatat?'' "Trying to cure freckles by eating ice cream. "Well, why ought vou to care?" 'O, 1 tlou t. provided it's at some other fellow's expense. It was costing me a dollar and a half a freckle." tliiladcl- I'hia Ca t. Thev were talking about the weicht of different individuals in a certain fam ily, and the daughter's young man. who was pp.euu spoKo up be tore lie thought, and said: "I toil inn i.t Jenny ain't so very light, cither, al though she looks so." And then ho looked suddenly conscious aud blu-hod. and Jenny became absorbed in study ing a chromo on the wall Exchange.