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HIB LETTERS WEAB RETURNED.
Sho gare him baak hli letter
With hor fino psjriclan lr.
While ft tlogo of gentle sadness
Made her seem more truly fair.
And thus tho bond ws severed,
Whllo thoir love was In its spring
Sho gavo him back his letters,
But sho kept hit diamond ring.
Sho would bo to him n sister
If ho needed such ft friend
In this world so falso and cruel,
On her truth ho might depend.
Other mea might deem her heartless,
Sho would pass them by as churls,
While, in statoliest devoticn,
Sho would wear his sot of pearls.
. And tho jowcled fan from Paris
In thoir costly cabinet,
And the many dainty trifles
Wrought In ormolua and jet;
And muoh bric-o-brao of value
That had como across tho brine,
She retains as sweet mementoes.
Of (ho days of old lang syne.
But she jravo him back his letters,
And Indeed they wore not few,
Tho' they bad no money value,
As our heroine well knew (
So she parted with thorn bravely,
And tho interview was o'er,
And with kindest condcsentlon
She dismissed him at tho door.
Ttxat Sifting).
Her Boatman.
It wna u moonlit night. Tho river,
dark nnil millon, moved in ita rooky bed
liko it gignntio Bcrpent half ovcrcomo by
tho lethargy of sloop.
Horo and thcro tho moonbenms foil
upon tho aurfaco of tho water, gront
BpoU of Bilvcry whitencBB, amidst tho
dark ahudowu cnHt by tho honvy foliogo
of tho cedar shrubbery which grow be
tween tho almoflt perpendicular rocks of
tho high banks.
Fifty foot nbovo tho Biirfoco of tho
water thov reared themselves, nml at
ono point thoy jutted forward ns if to sa
lulo each othor, whilo tho rivor boncath
them doopened and nnrrowed.
At this point a bridgo had onco been
thrown acroBS n bridgo which bad bo
como a comploto ruin, ono timbor nlono
remaining to mark tho spot; ono long
and narrow beam it could not luivo
been more than nix inches in width still
maintained ita pluco, and in muto Inn
gungo iuformod tho utrnngor that onco
thoro had been connection betwoon
itocky III1I and tho mountains on the
othor Bide.
Upon tho surfaco of tho river thoro
was ft smnll rowboat, containing a slen
der, crouching fornl wrapped in rt dark
cloak.
From tho top of tho bank on cither
h'uIo this loat would lmvo been invisible,
but it whh thoro, making Its way up and
down past tho rocky buttress which up
hold tho beam, always avoiding tho
moonlit spots upon tho river.
Tho sounds of carousal wero usurping
tho placoof tho quiet of tho night, tho
drunkon jost and coarso laughter break
ing in upon tho Hontimontal notes of
"Homo Sweet Homo" sung, you woidd
havo averred, by somo lonely youth who
wna far from tho sconeti of his boyhood
camo plainly to tho ears of this silent
wntcher upon tho rivor, who, it seemed,
could not tear horsolf away from tho
rounds which camo "from tho saloon iir
on tho river's bank.
Onco only did tho moanbcaniH fall up
on her fair, upturned face.
It was tho faco of a woman who
hhould never havo been in that wild,
lonely spot, listening for tho sound of a
voico whioh had grown to nddrcss her
with refined words which wero tho cruel
est of the cruel, waiting thoro, upon
that lonely river, for slio knew not
what.
Muriel Warnor was llto daughter of
wealthy parents. Sho had married,
whon very young, u man whom bIio had
worshiped ns tho imbodiment of manly
worth and tho perfection of manly beau
ty. Friends and relatives hud crowded
alout hor with envious congregations,
and for a time hor life was perfect hap
piness. Hut a change had come. Frcd War
ner was not what ho had Boomed. Only
n few short weoks of happiness, nud the
handsome husband had plunged into
tho wildest dissipation. Friends remain
ed to hor as long as tho money remain
ed, and thou thoy began to hint that
perhaps Muriel was not altogether
blamoless.
Tids f.s something whioh tho spirited
wito would not stand. Sho broko with
friends and relatives and clung to tho
dissipated man who was hor husband.
From ono city to another ho had drag
ged her with him, and now ho had de
serted her and sho had followed him
His was tho cultured voico, which
warbled of "Homo, Sweet Homo,' whilo
his wifo was a penniless, hftlf-crnzod
creature, out upon tho river.
And sho was ponnilcss, for, regardless
of food orflholtcr, sho had paid outlier
last ennt for tho uso of the boat which
brought her, unseen, yet nearer to him.
A quick, sharp report broko in upon
tho mellow voico of tho singor.
It was repeated again and again.
It was tho roport of ft rovolvcr. Mur-
iol could hoar tho excited shouts, tho
hoavy trampling of feet, tho banging of
a door, and then tho weird cry
"Murder!"
Half paralyzed, tho woman rested up
on hor oars, just undor tho beam which
had onco belonged to tho old bridgo.
Tho Bound of hoavy feet, rapidly ap
proaching, camo from tho bank closo at
hand, and thon a dark form rushed out
between her and tho moonlit sky abovo
hor.
It was a man's figuro and ho was at
tempting to croBS tho river upon tho
narrow beam.
Excited shouts and tho tramp of hur
ried feet feet followed him to tho river's
brink.
"Stop I" shouted a voico. "I nrrcst
you for murder."
No roply camo from tho cstaping fig
uro, whicu sped nimbly along its nar
row way.
A sharp churns of revolvers followed ;
shot after shot was fired, and thon tho
dark figuro wavered, tho hands grasped
wildly nt tho air, and thon thoro was a
fall.
Tho wator deluged Muriel with a
shower of drops as tho body ontorcd
tho wator. Shouts and tho exultant re
treating voices hold her attention until
sho felt something creeping into tho
bo'it behind her.
Sho turned and uttorod a faint shriok.
A man, and mora than likoly tho
murderer, had taken posossion of her
littlo craft.
"Givo mo tho oars," said a storn mus
ical voico.
"You aro not wounded then!" sho
said, shrinking away from tho dripping
figuro.
"I am not wounded," roturncd tho
voico, and then silently tho boat was
rowod into tho deopest shadows and up
tho stream.
Moment aftor moment crept by. Tho
moon went down, darkness foil ontiroly
over tho sluggish waves of tho rivor and
yet tho strango pair wero silent.
Tho high banks disnppcarod, tho
stream grow narrower, and at length tho
stranger drow tho boat closo up to tho
shore
"Madam," said tho figuro, bonding
closor to Muriol, "toll mo what you
think about this affair."
"I think you havo shot somo ono," re
plied Muriel, awakening partially from
tho traus-liko fooling which had cropt
over her.
"You aro right. To-night I became
tho murderer of Fred Warnor."
"Fred 'Warnor is my husband, and I
was on tho river listening to his voico,"
sho said in tho samo calm tono.
"You will listen to Ids voico no more.
The woman that ho brought to Jtocky
Hill is my wifo."
And then Muriel know tho namo of
tho man who bad rowod hor boat that
night.
It was Ralph Hcssoguio, tho banker
and tho millionaire, whoso homo and
happiness her husband had ruined.
Shu had uovor met him boforo, but
sho had hoard oftou of his gouorosity
and of his great wealth.
"God havo mercy to-nlglit upon four
of His miscrublo creatures," sho said,
still calmly.
"Threo," corrected Itcsseguie, grimly.
"Muriel Warner, I know tho entiro his
tory of your lifo. I learned it whilo I
was hunting your husband down. I ask
no sympathy. I havo dono a dcliboruto
murder. 1 do not wish you to conceal
tho mode of my escape. Fred Warner
was your husband. Ho would havo ro
turncd to you after a time. I havo
mado this impossible. You havoucitlior
homo nor friouds. I havo money, tho
accursed stuff with which I have bought
my falHO wifo. In a short timo I shall
bo bung for this murder. I havo no rel
atives on whom to bestow my wealth.
It will all go to stronger. Accept this
packet, then ; it is yours to do with as
you think host, and I cannot but bo
thankful for tho ohanco which has
thrown you in my way,"
A packet dropped into Muriel War
nor's lap as those words wero spoken.
Tho boat rocked Blightly as tho tall fig-
tiro sprang upon tho shore, and then
sho was alono in tho darkness upon tho
river.
After this sho wandered alout tho
world, a woman whoso lifo and feelings
seemod bonumjgd forever. Sho know
what had happened at Kooky Hill, but
sho had no desiro to return thcro and
gazo upon tho faco of her dead husband.
Sho had no wish to roturn to tho friends
who hod grown cold whon misfortuno
camo upon her. Sho know that Ralph
ItcBscnguio had mado her a wealthy
woman, but bIio felt nono of tho ecru
plos which bIio onco would havo felt
about accoptinj, bis money.
Sho never spoko of that night in tho
boat to any with whom bIio camo in
contact. Sbo ncvor heard whothor
Ralph Rosacguio was captured or not.
Sho novcr know what becomo of his
misorablo wifo.
Hor past lifo scorned a half-forgotten
dream, and sho was only dimly con
scious of tho reality of anything.
At thirty-flvo years of ago Mauriol
Warner was a beautiful and cultured
woman. Sho had visited noarly all of
tho countries of tho Old World. Ac
quaintances sho mado, but never friends,
and tticso often wondered when in roply
to their inquiries sho would say :
"I novcr read n newspaper. I novcr
writo nor receive n letter."
Rut hor timo of awakening camo,
and tho ono to stir tho dormant omotion
of hor woman's hoart was a stranger
and a man.
It was at tho Bohama Islands whero
sho first mot Norman Van Noss.
Ho was forty years of age a Horculcs
in tho fullness of his manhood, and
Boomed to bo attracted, nay, to love her
from tho vory first.
Her dcop bluo oyos soon grow to
watch for him, and becamo soft and ton
tier beneath tho light in his dark ones,
and with tho growth of hor now lovo
many of tho fcolings of hor youth camo
back to her.
Father and mother, long forgotten,
becamo doar onco moro to her, and
often sho caught horsolf thinking.
"If ho ovor speaks, and if after I
havo told him all, wo aro over married,
I will get him to tako mo homo to my
parents."
But ho did not speak. Weoks grow
into months, and tho longod-for lovo
words novor camo. Muriol's hoart
neain becan nutvoring with pain. Sho
know not that its numbness had depart
ed forovor.
Somotimcs sho folt that sho ought to
movo on ; to get away from inlluonccs
which moro than likoly would provo
saddoning to hor, but sho could not nt
onco bring horsolf to do this.
Whilo sho was doboting tho subject
in hor mind tho crisis camo.
A storm had been sweeping ovor tho
Bahamns, a vossol was going to pieces
upon tho rcof. Muriel was out upon
tho wavo-washod shore, her oyes bright
and her chooks rosy with excitomont.
Her goldon brown hair had boon looson
cd by tho driving wind, and sho was
that raro but delicious creature, a
woman beautiful whon sho is-maturo.
Norman Van Noss was by hor side,
and Muriol oxpressed.ft wish to row out
near to tho life-saving boats which woro
battling with tho waves, and ovorladon
with human boings whom thoy hud res
cued in a half-drowned state.
"Lot mo bo your boatman," pleaded
Van Ness, and Muriol could not repress
her thoughts which whispered to her of
that long-forgotten night whon hor hus
band's murderer had been her boatman.
Tho strong man took his placo at tho
oars. Outovcr tho wators they rowod
togother, tho dreadful past rising so
strong boforo tho woman that sho had
no thought of tho man so near her.
"Muriel," said ho, in a low voico;
''Muriol, Muriel, I lovo you, but I havo
no right to say thoso words to you.
Muriel, havo you novor thought that I
might bo Ralph Rcssegulo?"
"Can it hot" sho said slowly. "I did
not seo your faco by daylight, you
know."
"Yes, it is I, n married man and a
murderer ; but still I love you, Muriel."
"And I lovo you," sho said, in a tono
of despair.
Thoy wero noaring tho hfo-boats now,
and ouo of tho crew shouted :
"Van Ness, wo cannot go back just
yet, and hero is u man and woman who
need immediate attention, if they aro
not already dead. Wo will put thorn in
your boat, anil you can laso mom
ashoro."
Ready hand laid tho dripping bottom
of tho boat, and with strong strokes and
avortcd head Ralph Rossouguio pulled
for tho shore. When they woro near
tag land ho glanced for tho first timo at
his burden.
"My God, my wifol" ho cried.
"And Fred Warnor," said Muriel,
with u thrill of reliof and horror.
It was tmo. Frod Warnor bad. not
died, and tho deed, which had mado
thoso two waudorors upon tho faco of
tho earth had boon a farce, after all.
Tho days of tho guilty pair on earth
wero numbered. Mabel Rcssenguie
novcr recovered consciousness. Fred
Warnor livod a few days, long enough
to ask tho forgivocoss of tho two ho had
wrontjed, and then oxpired.
Ralph Rosseguio and Muriol Warnor
woro marriod and returned to Muriel's
old homo, whero, in tho sunshino of
happiness, tliodnr days of thoir lives
wero forgotten.
Frivolities at Fairs.
Wo havo often seen bo much timo
wasted over friolous articles put on ex
hibition at fairs, that wo aro quito dis
posed to agreo with ThomaB Fawcott, of
England, when ho declares "it is really
ridiculous for fivo or six intolllgont agri
culturists to go trotting around n show-
yard nearly tho wholo first day, grant
ing modals to wringing machines and
knifo-cloanors, or greatly concerned
whether tho wagonctto or tho dog-cart
fitted with a now brako Is tho moro de
serving article." Nono of these and
kindred things havo any bearing what
ovor on agriculture; nnd while they
may bo admitted for exhibition as an
addition to tho attractions on tho
grounds, tho advertisement ought to
bo satisfactory to thoso interested in
thoso articles, without consuming tho
timo of intelligent mon to pry into their
supposed merits or demerits, or receiv
ing awards from tho funds of an associ
ation 'dovotcd to agriculturo and kin
dred pursuits. Wo havo sometimes
thought that agricultural associations
courted failuro at tho fairs by attempt
ing too much. Thoy spread thoir lim
ited funds for promium purposos ovor
too much ground, and include things
that might just as well bo omitted from
tho premium list Larger nwards and
greater competition on n fow leading
articles that need encouragoment would
ofton oxclto moro interest, lead to a
larger exhibition, and attract n grcator
multitude This trying to Includo so
much is n good deal liko poor farming
which skims over a largo number of
acres, bnt brings a smnll roward in
crops. Wo nro aware, howovor, that it
is easier to criticise and complain than
to iustituto roforms, or oven to suggest
practical changes. Still wo boliovo
moro concentrated effort to mako fairs
moro truly agricultural and instructivo
to farmers and their families would bo
an improvement on present managomont.
As now run, it appears to us that local
fairs havo noarly had thoir day, and
that anything liko success cannot bo
much longer counted upon, except for
such exhibitions ns aro gotten up on a
largo scalo, nnd with tho uso of u good
deal of monoy. Yot tho last season's
oxporionco in Now Orleans shows that
thoro is a limit in this direction beyond
which cortain failuro may bo invited.
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