HKENSIBE
MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
larkae f "Un .
Tat tsflls
CIIAPTEIt XV. (Continued.)
A party, big party, such a Maddy
sad never in her life at t-cl.J ! How ber
yea atrkld from mer anticipation a
he look appealiiigly to her grandfath
er, who, though claasing part in with tba
pomps and vanities from which be would
shield bia child, atill remembered that be
once waa young, that fifty years ago be,
too, lilt Maddy, wanted "to ae the folly
of It." and not take the mere word of old
er people that in every festive arena there
waa pitfall, at re wo over ao thickly with
rosea that it waa ofttime hard to I'll
lust where ita boundary line couiuienced.
Hesides that, graudpa bad faitb in Uuy.
and ao bia consent waa granted, and
JJaddy waa aoon on br way to Aikcuei le,
which presented a gayer, busier appear
ance than aha had ever knou before.
Jesaia waa wild with delight, dragging
forth at onca the pink dres which ahe
waa to wear, and whisperiug to Maddy
that (Juy bad bought a dark blue ailk
for ber, and tliat Sarah Jones waa at
that mouieut fashioning it after a dress
left there by Maddy the previoua aunimer.
"Mother aaid plain white inuslin waa
mora appropriate for a young girl, but
Krother (juy aaid no; the blue ailk would
ba uaeful after the party; It waa what
you needed, and ao ba bought it and paid
dollar and three quarter a yard, but
it'a a aecret until you are called to try
t on. Iu't Uuy splendid?"
lie waa indeed aplendid, Maddy
thought, wondering why be waa ao kind
to her, and if it would he ao when Lucy
came. The dress fitted admirably. When
Maddy waa dressing for the party, there
waa aent up to her room a email round
box, scarcely large enough to bold an ap
ple, much lesa a email ecurf. The present
proved to be a pair of plain, but heavy
bracelet, and a moat exquisitely wrought
chain of gold, to which waa appended a
beautiful pearl cross, the whole accom
panied with the words, from (lay."
Jessie was in ecstasies. Clasping the
ornaments on Maddy's neck and arms, ahe
danced around ber, declaring there never
waa anything more beautiful or anybody
aa pretty aa Maddy waa in ber rich party
dress. Maddy was foud of jewelry aa
what young girl is not? and felt a fiusb
of gratified pride, or vanity, or satisfac
tion, whichever one chooses to call It,
aa ahe glanced at herself in the mirror
and remembered the time when, riding
with the doctor, ahe bad met Mr. Agnes,
with golden bracelets flashing on bcr
arms, aud wished she might one day wear
something like tbem. The day bad come
sooner than ahe then anticipated, but
Maddy waa not aa happy in possession of
the coveted ornaments as she bad thought
aba should ba. Somehow, it seemed to
ber that Uuy ought not to have given
them to her, that it was linproer for her
to keep them, and that both Mra. Noah
nd Agnes thought ao, too. She wished
site knew exactly what was right, and
then, remembering that Uuy had aaid the
doctor waa expected early, ahe decided to
ask hia opinion on the subject aud abide
y It.
At first Agnea bad cared but little
about the party, affecting to despise the
people in their Immediate neighborhood ;
but when (Juy gave her permission to In
vite from the adjoluing towns, and even
from Worcester if ahe liked, ber apirits
rose ; and when her toilet waa completed,
aba ahona resplendent in lace and dia
monda and curls, managing to retain
through all certain simplicity of dress
appropriate to the hostess. Hut beautiful
as Agnes was, ahe felt In her jealous
heart that there waa about Maddy Clyde
an attraction ahe did not possess, (iuy
aw It, too, and while complimenting his
retty mother-in-law. kept bis eyes fixed
admiringly on Maddy, who started bira
Into certain unpleasant remembrance by
Asking If the doctor had come yet.
"No yea there be waa now," and
Guy looked into the hall, where the doc
tor'a voice was heard inquiring for biin.
"I want to see him a minute, alone,
please. There's something I want to ask
him." And, unmindful of Agnea' dark
ening frown, or (Juy's look of wonder,
Maddy darted from the room, and ran
hastily down the hall to where the doc
tor atood, waiting for (iuy, hot for ber.
He had not expected to meet her thus,
or to sea her thus, and the sight of ber,
grown ao tall, so womanly, ao stylish, and
so beautiful, almost took bis breath away.
And yet, as he atood with her soft baud
in bis, and aurveyed her from head to
foot, be felt that he would rather have
her as she was when a dainty frill shaded
her pale, wasted face, when the snowy
ruffle waa fastened high about ber throat,
and the cotton bands were buttoned about
her wrist, where gold one now were
shining. The doctor had never forgotten
Maddy as she was then, the very embodi
ment, he thought, of helpless purity. The
little sick girl, ao dear to him then, waa
growing away from him now; and these
adornings which marked the budding wo
man, seemed to remove ber from him and
place ber nearer to (iuy, whose bride
should wear jewels. Just as Maddy did.
She was very glad to see bim. she said.
ktng in the same breath why he bad not
been to the cottage. If she bad not grown
tall, and if he thought her improved with
living In a city. '
"One question at a time. If you please,"
tie e.iid, drawing her a little more Into
the shadow of the hall, where they would
t less observed by anyone passing
through.
Maddy did not wait for him to an
swer, so eager wa. she to unburden her
mind and know If she otijht to keep the
costly present, at which aba knew be
was looking.
"If he remember bl unpaid bill, be
mnat consider me mighty mean," she
thought; and then, with ber usual frank
ness, she told bim of the perplexity and
asked his opinion.
"It would d.splease Mr. fiuy very much
If I were to give them back," she aaid ;
"but It hardly ia right for me to accept
them. Is It?'
The doctor did not say she ought not
to wear the ornaments, though he longed
to tear them from her arms and neck and
throw them anywhere, he cared not
where, ao tbey freed her wholly from
liny.
They were very becoming h said. She
would not look aa well without theaa ; so
ah had better wear them to-night, and
to-morrow, if ahe would aec bim, h would
jilk with her further.
It was a brilliant scene which Aiken
aide presented that D iatht. and amid it all
Aan,-. bore h-rself like a quesn; while
Jessie, with her siinnv face and gulden
hair, ca ne in for a full "lure of attention.
Hut an.'d the g.y t'mnii th-re w.ia none
ao fair or so beautiful as Maddy. who de
ported herself with as much ease and grace
M if aba bjJ ail bcr lifelong: bee a
- 'tkmm'tml m ikt Itllii ."
"Um IImb."
customed to Just such occasions as this.
At a distant- the doctor watched ber, tell
ing several who she was, and onca event
ing by both look and manner a rvnutrk
made by Maria Cutler to tb effect that
ah wa nobody but Mra. Remington's
governess, a poor girl whom (Juy had tak
en a faui-y to educate out of charity.
Hrrakfast over the next morning, the
two young meo repaired to the library,
Tb doctor fidgeted for a time, and then
broke out abruptly:
"I say, (Juy, bava you aaid anything
to her about well, about me, you know t
"Whr. do. I've hardly had a chance;
and then, again, I concluded it better for
each one to apeak for himself, aud Uuy
leaned back iu bis chair.
"Uuy, if you were not engaged, I should
b tempted to luiuk )uu w.hivd M.lddy
Clyde yourself," the doctor suddenly ex
claimed, confronting (Juy, who answered
with th must orovuking cooluesa, "You
should'"
"Yes, I should ; and I am not certain
but you do, aa it is. Uuy," and th doc
tor grew very earnest in bia manner, "if
you do care for Maddy Clyde, and ahe for
you, pray tell me so before I make a tool
of myself."
"Doctor," returned (Iuy, folding his
hands on bia head, "you desir that I be
frank, and I will. I like Maddy Clyde
very much more. Indeed, than any girl
I ever met except Lucy. Had 1 never
seen her Ix.cy, I mean I cannot tell
how I should feel toward Maddy. The
chances are, however, that much aa I
admire her, I should not mak her my
wife, even if she were willing. Hut I
have seen Lucy. I am engaged to be
married. I shall keep that engagement,
and if you have feared tue at all as a
rival, you may fear me no louder. 1 do
not stand between you and Maddy Clyde."
(iuy believed that he was saying the
truth, notwithstanding that his heart
beat faitcr than its wont, and his voice
wa a little thick. It waa doubtful wheth
er he would marry Maddy Clyde, If be
could. Hy nature and education be waa
very proud, and the inmates of the red
cottage would have been an obstacle to be
surmounted by bis pride.
"I bear ber now I'll call her." he
said: and, on ojiening the door, he spoke
to Maddy, just passing through the hall.
"I'r. Ilolbrook wishes to see you." he
said, aa Muddy came up to him ; and hold
ing th door for her to enter, he saw
her take the seat ha bad just vacated.
Then cloning it upon them, he walked
awav, thinking that Inst nlght'a party.
or something, bad produced a bad effect
on bim, making him blue and wretched.
Just as he should auppnH a criminal
would feel when about to be executed.
CIIAPTEIt XVI.
Now that they were alone, the doctor'a
courage forsook bim and be could only
stammer out aome commonplace remarks
about the party, asking how Maddy had
enjoyed it. He was not getting on at all,
and it wa Impossible for bim to say any
thing as he had meant to any it. Why
couldn't she help bim. Instead of looking
so unsuspiciously at bim with those large,
bright eyes?
At last ahe came to bia aid by saying,
"You promised to tell me about the brace
lets and necklace, w hether I ought to keep
tbein."
"Yes, oh, yea, he believed he did." And
getting up from hla chair, the doctor be
gan to walk the floor, the better to hide
bis confusion. "Yes, the bracelets. You
looked very pretty in them, Maddy, very ;
but you are always pretty ahem yes.
If you were engaged to (iuy I should
say it was proMr ; but If not, why, I
don't know; the fact is, Maddy, I am not
quite certain what I am saying, ao you
must excuse me. I almost hated you that
day you sent the note, telling me you
were coming to be examined ; but I had
not seen you then. I did not kmiv bow,
after a whiles a very little while I
should in all probability well, I did ; I
changed my mind, and I I guess you
have not the slightest idea what I mean."
And stopping suddenly, he confronted the
astonished Maddy, who replied :
"Not unless you are going craxy."
She could In no other way account for
his strange conduct, and ahe aat staring
at him while he continued: "1 told you
once that when I wanted my bill I'd let
you know. I'd ak for pay. I want it
now. I present my hill."
With a scared, miserable feeling, Mad
dy listened to him, wondering where ahe
should get the money, if it were possible
fur ber grandfather to raise it, and bow
much ber entire wardrobe would bring,
suppose the should sell it. With a half
stilled nob she began to apeak, but he si
lenced her by a gesture, and sitting down
beside her, said. In a voice more natural
than the one with which be had at first
addressed her :
"Maddy. I know yon have no money.
It ia not that I want, Maddy; I want I
want you."
He bent down over her now, for ber
face was bidden In ber hands, all sense of
slight shut out, all sense of hearing, too,
save the words he was pouring into her
ear words which burned their way Into
her heart, making it throb for a single
moment with gratified pride, and then
growing heavy as lead as she knew how
impossible it was for ber to pay th debt
aa be desired.
"I can't, d's'tor ; oh, I can't !" ahe sob
bed. "I never dreamed of this; never
supposed you could want me for your
wife. I'm only a little girl only six
teen last October but I'm ao snrry for
yon, who have been so kind. If I only
could love you as you deserve ! I do love
you. too; hut not the way you mean. I
cannot be Maddy Ilolbrook; no, doctor, I
cannot."
S';ie was sohliinz piteously, and In his
concern for her the d.K-tor forgot some
what the stunning blow he had received.
"IWt, Maddy. darling:" he said,
drawing h-r trembling form closely to
him. "Ion't be so distrescd. 1 did not
much think jou'd tell me yes, and I was
a fool to ak )ou. I am too old; but,
Maddy. (iuy ia as old as I am."
The doctor did not know why he said
th1, unless in the first kecuuex of his
disappointment thrre waa a satisfaction
in telling her that the objection to his
age would apply also to (iuy. Hut it
did not affect Ma I ly one w hit, or give her
the slightest inkl.ng of his meaning. He
aw it did not. and the pain was les
hard to heir. Still, h would knew cer
tainly if he had a rival, and so be said:
l ye.il love son"one else, Maddy? I
another preferred before nie. and is that
the retson why )oii cannot love me?"
"No," M.iddy answered, thro nth her
tears. "TVre is bo one e'ee. Wh in
shoild I love, un'ess it were joul I
know ajludj but liuy."
That aaa: tot-hed a sore, aching
ch-rd in the doctor', heart, but ha gar.
no ;gn of the jealousy which had trou
bled bim. and for a moment there wa
.ilea., in tb. room: then. a. k doctor
began faintly to realize that Maddy bad
refused him. tber. awoke within bim a
more intent desir lo win her tbsn n
bad ever felt before, lie would not give
her up without another effort, and lay
ing her uurvs.sting bead upon his bosom.
all the past. "' "llin ot ,h '""T!
awak-ned when brst .he came to bim that
April afternoon, almost two year. ago.
There wa. a great lump la Maddy a
throat aa ah. tried to apeak, but it cleared
away, and aha aaid very aadly, nut very
earneatly :
"Dr. Ilolbrook, would you lika ma to
say ye. with my lipa. when all the tint
there waa something at my heart tugging
to answer nor" .... .
Thia waa not at all what Maddy meant
to say, but th words were born of her
extreme truthfulness, and the doctor thus
learned the nature of the struggle which
b saw plainly was going on.
"No. Maddy, I would not have you aay
ye. uulesa your heart waa in it." h an
swered, while he tried to amlle upon the
tearful face looking up so sorrowfully at
bim.
Hut th smile was a forlorn one. ana
there came in.tead a tear a. he thought
bow dear wa. the fnir creature who never
would be bis. Maddy saw the tear, and
a if .be were a child, wiped It from hi.
cheek; then, in tone, which never fal
tered, .he told him It might be In tima
she'd learn to love bim. She would try
ao hard, she'd think of bira alway. a.
her promised husband, and by that mean,
should learn at lust not to .hrink from
taking him for such. It might be ever ao
long, and perhaps .he .hould be twenty
or more, but some time In the future .he
should feel differently. Waa he satisfied,
and would be wait?
ii... liitu l.sn.l waa resting on nia
shoulder, but be did not mind Its aoft
ap know that It waa there, ao
strong wa the temptation to accept that
half made promise. Hut the doctor wa.
too noble, too unselfish to bind Maddy to
Vi (mi unit tin I she were wholly willing,
and he said to her that if she did not lov
ll. now she probably never would, cue
i ..t n.nir l,ne. She need not try.
as it would only result In her own un
i,. Tbev would be friends just
as they always had been, and none need
know of what had passed between tnera,
none but (iuy. "I must tell him," th
doctor sold, "because he knowa that J
was going to a.k you."
(To be continuea.
SNAKES ARE MALIGNED.
On Writer Assert That Ther
Neither Virion Nor Slimy.
Of rh atinke lnhnliltltis tlie United
Rtnten bv fur tbe greater numlier of
HjKH'leH aro quite harmless, any Coun
try Life In America. If we may ln-
luilu the wverul nm lo of rattlesnake
under one hetid It might le concisely
xnlnlned tluit but thre kinda of aia-
tlnctly dangerous, serpents are futiud In
this country the rattlesnnke, the cop
ierlieitd snnke ami tbe moccasin. Two
species of the genus eam (eorul
snakes) arc to be found In tlie extreme
southern, latitude, but Uiey have ueh
diminutive funs that it Is almost lm
IHWHlble to be Injured by them unless
trending uixirt one with bare feet or ac
tually Iwimlltng one. The corul snnlie
are burrowers and do not "strike," uj
do the three kinds we liuve mentioned
us distinctly dangerous. All of the
three latter nre common lu many parta
of the country-
Tbe greater nuniter of our common
snakes are not only harmless, graceful
and Interesting liu' lf distinct value to
the farmer, though the mention of tlie
word stwike bring a shudder to most
mm)(i1c. I'rai-tlcally unlversul Is the un
just belief that the snake I slimy,
vicious creature provided with a for
mldable "sting" and awaiting It time
to M)lsoii everything living that comes
within Its reach. The popular Idea I
to the effect that all snakes are more
or less venomous, and as to their use
fulness that 1 a new thought to th
majtrrlty of people, even In the coun
try. A snake Is not a vicious creature. It
fights only when cornered and never
actually attacks mnnklnd. Moreover,
the venomous kinds, which are very
few In sxs-l and In the representa
tion of their se lt'S, as compared with
the Innocuous snakes, are not provided
with their fangs fur the vurpose 0f
dealing an euveiiomcd stroke, prompted
simply by a spirit of maliciousness.
Nature has plven these slow-crawling
reptiles their fangs to aid ttieiu Id se
curing their prey.
There Is no siecles of snnke thnt l
slimy. The smooth -scaled snakes us
ually gleam with a metallic luster,
while sonie possessing keeled s-ales.
generally present a velvety npearance.
In Its getierul make-up the snake Is on
of the most cleanly of the lower ire
turcs.
The Men that the venomous snaka
may Is? distinguished at a glance from
the harmless one by the large, trian
gular head of the former, Is another
mistake. This rule docs nut hold good
with the snakes of this country. It Is
trite that the majority nf our poison
ous serpents Iiave thick hodle and
heart-shaped heads, but It Is also true
that a large diiuiIkt of the non-venomous
suukes have these characteristics.
st ew Dam ( oat I. OOO.OOO.
The Standlcy dam, named after k
pernor banker, who projected the en
terprise, to Is? located nine in lie. buoys
Ivuvcr which will confine the flow of
five years, la one of the great projects
of the age.
It will lie a mile and quarter Ions,,
IVl foot high and will iinmnd 10,
(sjti,asi,iaai cubic feet of water. I'ut
Its construction 5.issi,nts cubic feet of
material will 1 used. It will cost ft,
i s i.i m m and will le completed In X'JM.
The Standley will not lie as long a.
the Assiuun iu Kgypt, nor aa high at
some, but It will Irrigate mora laud
than any other Hai.iasj acre.
here Ther .lre.
Mugglu I'm surprl-sed that you be
lieve the story Hrown Just told ua.
Why. I wouldn't believe It if I told It
niyself.
Iluggins Oh. well, la that case
neither would I.
lr It Wa I atold.
Ste Kor nearly au hour I auffered
untold agony.
He -What was the truulde lld't
j jU La uuy uue to tell it Ut
iff
a s svs4
IIKENSIDE
Mr 3. MARY
at "0f traa, - - ,w fail, .vas
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CHAPTER XVI.-, continued.)
Maddy could not explain m'n "
that ahe felt glad th d K-iof would tell
(Juy. Khe did not analu n of her laei'
luge, or atop to ask why tit .hould car
to have (iuy Itetnington know the answer
he bad givtn lr. U0t,rook. H
goiug to bim now. h sure, for b
arose to laav her, sating a might not
see her again before returned to New
York. She did not nirution his bill. That
was aulong th bgUUrt thing never
again to b talked about, and offering
him ber hand, ahe looked for an instant
earnestly into hia (,.. rhea without
word, hurried from tl,. room, while tb
doctor, with a sad, heavy heart, went in
quest ot (juy.
"Kefused you. did von i?" and (Juy'i
face certainly looked brighter than It bad
before sine ha left ih doctor with
Maddy Clyde.
"Yea, refuaed me, I might have
known ah would," aa th doctor'a re
ply, spoken ao naturally tint (iuy looked
up quickly to see if be really did not care.
Hut the expre.nion of tbe fac belied
the calmoeea of tbe voice; and, touched
with genuine pity, Uuy asked tb cause of
the refusal preterene for anyone el.
or what?"
"No, there .was no on whom aha pre
ferred. She merely did not lik m well
enough to be my wife, that wa all," tha
doctor aaid, and then he tried to talk of
aometbing else; but it would not do. The
wound waa yet too frenh and sore to be
covered up, and in apite of himself th
bearded chin quirered and the manly
voice ahook aa he hade jood by to (iuy
and then went galloping down the avenue,
Great waa the consteruation aniong tba
doctor'a patieuta when it waa known that
their pet phyaician the one In whoa
.kill they bad ao much confidence wa
going to Kurope, where in l'aria be could
perfect himself in his profession. Some
cried, and aniong thein Agne. ; sotn aaid
he knew enough alr-adv; onna tried to
diasuade him from hi. purpose; aome won
dcred at the sudden .tart, while only
two) knew exactly why h wa. going
(iuy and Maddy; the former approving
bia decision and lending all Influence to
make his tour abroad aa pleasant as pos
sible ; and the latter weeping bitterly a.
ahe thought bow .lie had sent him away
and that if aught befell him on tbe aea or
In that distant land, ah would be held
amenable. Once ther ram over her the
wild impulse to bid bim stay, to aay that
aha would b hi wife; but, er the raah
act waa done, (iuy came down to the cot
tage, and Maddy'. resolution gave way at
once.
Two weeka afterward, Aiken.ide pre-
aented again a desolate, shut-up appear
a nee, for Agnes, Maddy and Jeasie had
returned to New York ; Agnea to continue
in siege which. In despair of winning the
doctor, ahe had commenced againat a rich
old bachelor, who had a bouse on Madison
square; and Maddy to her books, which
era long obliterated, in a measure, th
bitter memory of all that had transpired
ouring her winter vacation.
CHAPTER XVII.
Two year, past quickly, particularly at
school, and to Middy Clyde, talking with
her companion, of th coming holiday., it
eeined hardly possible that two whole
year, wer goo since th eventful vara
tion when Dr. Ilolbrook had ao .tart led
her by offering her hi hand. He waa in
Europe still, and another nam than hia
waa on the littl otlie In Mr. Conner'
yard. To Maddy he now wrote frequent'
ly ; iriemiiy, familiar letter, luca aa a
brother might- write, never referring to
tha past, but telling her whatever be
thought would interest and pleas her.
Occasionally at 6rst, and more frequently
afterward, he ipuke of Margaret A ther
atone, Lucy', younger (Ister, a brilliant,
beautiful girl who reminded him, he said,
of Maddy, only tb waa saucier, and more
of a tease ; not at all like Lucy, whom be
described as something perfectly angelic.
Her tweuty-fifth birthday found her on
a sick bed, with Dr. Ilolbrook in attend
a nee, and this wu tb reason given why
the marriag between herself and Uuy
waa again d'irred. There had been
many week of pain, succeeded by long,
weary months of languor, and during all
this time the doctor had been with her
as tbe family plir.drisn, while Margaret
also bad been constantly in attendance,
Hut Lucy was much better now. Kbe
could ait up all diy, and even walk a lit
tie distance, awited by the doctor and
Margaret, whose name bad come to be
almost aa familiar to Maddy aa was that
of Lticy. Maddy did not say much to
(Iuy of Lucy, bat she wondered why he
did not go fur her, and wanted to talk
with bim about It, but he was ao changed
that she dared not. lie waa not sociable,
as of old, and Arties did not hesitate to
call him cross, while Jessie complained
that he never romped or played wtih ber
now, but sat all day long in a deep rev
erie of some kind.
On thia account Maddy did not look
forward to tie coming vacation aa joy
fully as she would otherwise have done.
Still, it was alcijn plea-ant going home,
and she sat ta ik.ng w ith her young friends
of all they eipKtcd to do. shen a eervant
entered the room, and glancing over th
group of girls, singled .Maddy out, say
ing, as he placed an unsealed envelope
in her hand. "A hlegrara for Miss Clyde."
There was a blur before Maddy'a eyes,
so that at tint lVaj not see clearly,
and Jessie, dimLing so the bench beside
her. read aloud;
"Your grandmother is dying. Come at
once. Ague, tfc1 j,,ie will atay till
next we.k. (;. j UKMINUTON."
It was impoiu g f0 go that afternoon,
but with the n.-jH!,t dawn ihe waa up,
and rjuuindfiil of the ino falling so rap
idly, started on t,t ad journey borne.
It waa the first j,ni,ine storm of the aea
n, an, it resolved on making
amends for pa t, sweeping in fu
rious gust, a0vt ,B, windows, sifting
down in tlii. k nisses from the leaden
sky, and so imp;r,g tt) progress of th
trsin that tlie (bill wintry night had Hoa
rd gloomily in ,ri ,),, Sommerville ta
li, n was r-a,-hed, tnd Maddy. weary and
dispirited, M-ppj out ui-ou lh platform,
glancing miou,j. .round for th usual
omnibus. wlu,, litii hope would
he there on ,ui t Blght. If not. what
sl-ould she do? jBii bid been th burden
"f her thought fo. the but ttw hours,
for she cou.d no, fIlsvt iuj to send out
his horse ia thi, f,.rful .tonn. much less
to be tber h:o),'f Itut WM there,
nd it w., i;, ,oj(, ,uich first greeted
lier as .), tUn4 U( b1D, by th .now.
urn-en. in ,, . oU,t do next.
"Ah- Mr. Reason. I didn't expect
this. I inl , . tBj now kind It was
f Jou to ,., '( she exclaimed,
her voice Mj.r,. h,r delight, and amp
' r'li.U( tU jjf man,
J. HOLMES
" " . ss tU W.vi
"Lm tlran,'
saasa .
bee very patient or happy through tb
aix loug hour waiting he had endured.
Hut be wa. both happy and patient
now with Maddy'a hand in his, and press
ing it very gently he led her into th la
dies' room ; then making ber ait down be
fore tb lire, he brushed her snowy gar
ment himseit, and dashing a few flakes
from her disordered hair, told her what
aha a eagerly asked to know. Her grand
mother b.J had a paralytic atroke, aud
the only word .he had uttered iuc waa
"Maddy." (iuy bad not been down him
self, but had sent Mrs. Noah as aoou a.
Karuirr (ireen bad brought the news. She
was there yet, be said, tha storm having
detained her.
"And grundma?" Maddy gasped, fixing
her eyes wistfully on bim. "She is not
dead?"
No, Guy answered, and asked If b
should not remove from the daiuty little
feet resting on tb stove hearth the over
shoes, so full of melting snow. Maddy
cared little for ber aboea, or herself, just
then. She hardly knew that (iuy was
taking them off, much leas that, aa be
bent beside her. ber hand lay lijjhtly
upon bia ahouider aa abe continued ber
questionings.
"She ia not dead, you aay ; but do you
thiuk doea anybody think ahe'll die?
Your telegram aaid 'dying.' "
Maddy waa not to be deceived, and
thinking it best to be frank with her,
(iuy told her that tbe physician, whom
be had taken pains to ace on hia way to
tbe depot, had aaid ther waa no hope.
Old age aud an impaired constitution pre
cluded the possibility of recovery, but h
trusted aha might liv till th young lady
came.
"She must she will ! Oh, grandma,
why did I ever leave her?" and burying
her face in her handa, Maddy cried pas
sionately, while th last three yeara of
her life paased In rapid review be for her
mind year which ahe had apent in lux
urious ease, leaving her grandmother to
toil in tbe bumble cottage, and die at tb
last, it might be, without on parting
word for her.
The feeling that perhaps she had been
guilty of neglect waa tbe bitterest of all,
and Maddy wept on, unmindful of Uuy'.
attempt to aoothe and quiet her. At
last, aa .he heard a clock in the adjoin
ing room atrika eight, aha atarted up, ex
claiming, "I bav stayed too long. I must
go now. Is there any conveyance here?"
"But, Maddy," Guy rejolued "you can
not go to-night. Tbe roads between here
and llonedale are one unbroken snow
bank. It would take hours to break
through; besides, you ara too tired. Y'ou
need rest, and must come with me to Aik
enside, where you are expected, for when
I found bow late the train would be, I
sent back word to have your room and
parlors warmed, and a nice hW aupprr
to be ready fur ua. You'll surely go
with me, if I think beat."
Guy'e manner waa more like a lover
than a friend, but Maddy wa. iu no atate
to remark it. She only felt an intense
desir to go bom, and turning a deaf
ear to all b could urge, replied ;
"You don't know bow dear grandma
ia to me, or you would not ask me to atay.
She's all the mother I ever knew, and I
must go. Would you stay if the on you
loved beat waa dying?"
Hut the one I love best ia not dying,
ao I can reason clearly, Maddy,"
Here Uuy checked himself, and liatened
while Maddy asked again if there waa no
conveyance there aa usual.
None but mine, said Uuy, whil Mad
dy continued faintly:
And you are afraid it will kill your
horea'f"
"No, it would only fatigu them great
ly ; It'a for you I fear. You've borne
enough to-day."
then, -ir. uemington, on, pieaae send
me. 1 snail di at Aikenside. John will
drive me, I know. II used to like m.
I'll ask bim," and Maddy waa going in
quest of the Aikenaide coachman, when
Uuy held her back, and aaid :
John will go If I bid him. Itut you.
Maddy, If I thought It waa safe."
'It la. Oh, let me go," and Maddy
grasped both hia hands beseechingly.
If tber waa a man who could resist
the eloquent appeal of Maddy'a eyes at
that moment, tbe man waa not Uuy Item
lugton, aud leaving ber alone, he sought
out John, asking if it would be possible
to get through to llonedale that night.'
John ahook hi. head decidedly, but
when Uuy explained Maddy'a distress and
anxiety, the negro began to relent, par
ticularly aa he saw his youug master, too,
was interested.
It'll kill them horses," he aaid. "but
mabby tbat'a no; bin' to please the girl."
"If we only had runners now, inatead
of wheels, John," (iuy said, after a mo
ment's reflection. "Prive back to Aiken
.ide aa fast aa possible, aud change the
carriage for a covered elelgh. Ieave th
gray, at borne and drive a pair of farm
horse.. Tbey can eudur more. Tell
Klora to .end my traveling abawl. Miss
'lyde may need it, aud an extra buffalo.
and my buckskin gloves, and tak Tom
on with you, and a anow shovel; we may
have to dig."
Ye, yes, I know," and tying bis muf
fler about his thront, John started off
through the storm, his mind a con'used
medley of ideas, th main point of which
were, anow shovels, and tbe fact that bis
master was either crasy or in love.
Meanwhile, with tbe pnapert of going
borne, Maddy bad grown quiet, and did
not refuse the temporary supper of but
tered toast, muffins, steak, and hot coffee,
which (iuy ordered from the small hotel
Just in the rear of tb depot. It waa
after nine ere John appeer-d, hi crisp
wool powdered with snow which cluug
to his outer garmeuts, and literally cov
ered his cap.
'1 was mighty deep," he said, bowing
lo Maddy. "and the wiud was gettiug
colder. 'Twas a hard time Mias Clyde
would bare, and bada't she better wait?"
No, Maddy could not wait, and stand
ing up she suffered Uuy to wrap her
rloak about her, and fasten more secure-
th Icog, warm scarf abe wore around
her Beck.
"Drive close to the platform," he aaid
lo John, and the covered aleigh waa soon
brought te th pemt designated. "Now,
then, Maddy, I won't let you run tbe
risk of corcrli g your feet with anew. I
shall carry you myaelf," Uuy aaid, and
ere Maddy wa. fully awar ef bia inten
tion, he wa bearing ber to th aleigh.
Very carefully he drew tb aoft, warm
rob about ber. abielding her a. well a.
b could from th ceid ; then pulling hi
wa fur collar about hia ear, b sprang
in beaid her. and, closing tb door be-
ind him. bade John driv on.
Hut, Mr. Remington," Maddy exclaim-
tj la much turprUe, "sure! you art not
go I ng too? Y'ou muat not. It I aslln,'
... It im uiuri than 1 expected
.. . . ' .
4 itsiar una . ' - ,
"Would you rather I abould not thai , ,.. Us), lm llllwols.
la, asde from any Inconvenience it maj -Abraham I-Inevln was the best man
b to me would )ou rather go alone 'f , vxt.f ,1W.. iaj Wichita' oldest nuo
Uuy asked, aud Maddy replied: Uuueer the other day. J. A. Deliuer l
"lib, no. I wa dreading tb lot-- rida uJ (rolibiy tuf old-
but did not dream of your going. Yol : ' ,ULluueer lu tb 8tatJ
will shorten it so inuoh.
Then l .hall be paid for going." W.o K.lUiA
(jut's resiMtiiM. -as
be drew .till nio
cbwdy around her the fancy DuBaio ruow
The roads, though badly drifted m semi
placea, were not aa bad aa (iuy had fear
ed. aud the atroug horse kept ateadilj
on; while Maddy. growing nior auduior
fatlirued. at last fell away to sleep, aud
cased to answer Uuy. Kor a lime he
watched her drooping head, and (hen care
fully drawing it to him, made It rest upon
his ahouider. while he wound bi arm
arouud her .light figure, and ao support
ed her.
Occasionally ther fltied acrosa Uuy I
mind a vague, uiiea eousoioiisue that
though the act waa, uuder the circutn
suu.-es, well enoo;h, the feelings which
prompted It were not such ss either lh
doctor or Lucy would approve. Hut thej
were far away; they would never know
unless b told them, as he probably
should, of this ride on that wintry night;
this ride, which seemed to him o hort
tlist he acareelv believed hi senses when,
without once having been overturned ot
culled upon to use tbe shovels so thought
fully provided, the carriage suddenly came
to a halt, and he kuew by the uun iigui
ahining through1 the low window that lh
red cottage waa reached.
Uraudma Mark bam was dying, but ah-
knew Maddy, and the palsied lips worke
painfully aa they attempted to utter th
loved name ; w bile ber wasted face light
d up with eager joy aa Maddy'a armi
were twined about her neck, and auc
felt Maddy'a klssce on her cheek and
brow. Could ahe not speak? Would
she never apeak again? Maddy asked de
apalringly, and her grandfather replied :
"Never, most likely. The only thing
she's aaid since the shock wa. to call
your name. She'a missed you despatly
this winter back, more than ever before
I think. So have we all, but we would
not send for you Mr. Uuy .aid you was
learning so fast."
"Ob, grandpa, why didn't you? I would
have come so willingly, and for an in
stant Maddy'a eyes Hashed reproachfully
upon the recreant (iuy, standing aloof
from the little group gathered about tbe
bed, hla arms folded together, and a
moody look npon hla face.
II was thinking of what had not yet
entered Maddy' mind, thinking of the
future Maddy'a future, when the aed
form upon tbe bed should be gone, and
the two comparatively helpless men be
left alone.
"Hut it ahall not be. The sacrifice I.
far too great. I can prevent it, and I
will," he muttered to himself, aa be turn
ed to watch the gray dawn breaking in
tbe east.
(To b continued.)
THE REAL WASHINGTON.
( karit of "Til lloilavlnif" WllfsVNol
Dim Ills (iltkrluaa Heeoral.
Homebody into whose bands a eoip
of the records of Fairfax County, Vir
ginia, has fallen bas mude (he inter
esting Mlscovery that (ieorge Washing
ton, In company with fifteen other tax
pnyers, was "presented" by the grand
Jury In 1 T'K for not making a return
.f "wheel oaiTlngcs" for the purpose
of taxation, says the Histton Trim
srlpt. The other Interesting fact,
what became of the presentment. Is
missing, and we do not know whether
George Washington, Ixird Fairfax and
George Mason paid fines or won a test
case, or whether the "presentment'
was prosecuted to judgment. The as
siN'lutlon of so many men of eminence
in one Indictment, for substantially
presentment of the grand Jury differed
In no essential from the modern Indict
nient, suggests that they had mude up
their minds to test the constitutional
Ity of the statute under which their
wheel carriages were taxed. Their de-
reuse Is missing ami. ttiereiore, we
cannot know' their motives or whether
they neglected or refused to make the
returns required by law.
The discovery will probably be fol
lowed by declarations that It reveals
to us "the real Washington," coining
mainly from that class of critics who
assure us that the gold nnd Ivorv
statue by I'lildlns wa In part plated
and that the Ivory wns of Inferior qua!
Ity. That great chit meters have Infirm
It lea, that they are agroea'dy human.
I. no discovery. (IioiikIi a certain el
rueiit of "historians" n j wn r to think
sit is. If tlie "renl W.nlilpirtou"
should bo shown to have dodged his
taxes It will lie Impossible to deprive
the "renl Wnsliltiirton" of tlie glory of
carrying through the American Kevolu
tlon to Its trumpli In the field ntnl Its
consummation lu the eNtuMlHliniciit of
the Federal constitution. Washington.
It may be n-Norted. did not "value
money," ami his lii,lepptilcn,-e of finiiu.
clal considerations was not entirely
due to the circumstance that he per
sonally was the wealthiest President
the Pnlted States hits ever liml. Tin
man who would put a great etnti at
the hazard of war was not mercenary.
and his relu-tam-p to accept Huy snlnrr
for his services ns President Is well
known.
The late Gen. Hutler made an tit
tempt to demonstrate tluit George
Washington was a "salary irrnlilu-r"
and demanded ami received "back
pay," but the attempt recoiled on bl
own tiend. when It wns proved that
Washington as oommnnder-ltn hlef of
the continental army rendered nn ne
cotint at the done of the war only f,,r
his s rinal ospciiHi-s, and tli.me i-alcu
lated on a most moderate scale. H
never charged his country one k?iiiiv
for his military services, and when
during his quasi-war with France he
was apisilnted lieutenant gt-nersl he
stipulated In accepting; the appoint
ment that It should carry no pay nnt
emolument utile- ,e wns culled Info
actual service. He did lieutenant gen
eral, unpaid. Few more dlslnterafed
men than George Washington ever
lived. Ince not only did he risk hla
life, hi fortune and his sacred honor
In the cause of his country, but his
benefl.-es to his less fortunate compan
ion In rm were uncounted nnd by
him unrecorded. Washington wa
"one of Plutarch's men," luvulner-
We to the "mu.-k rake" as to Hrltlan
bayouet.
John Hull figures out that his coun
try has been su es-f,,) cj tr ,nt
of tbe baU'e Iu w hb.h It ba engaged
tnrCOLH S 03EATHTSS.
I A X .... MlltW
er
it is aiiwwn wiuu, ....
file nlil auctioneer. 1 '
F.agle, that he and Abraham IJtH"olu
were warm Mentis In the erly 30'.
When Mr. Heuner was waiting for
wile the other day lie ctuiie over and
.at on the curbing In front of the Eagle
utile nd xne of the boy got to talk
ing about Lincoln. "Ild you consider
Mr. Lincoln very rod man?" asked
a young man who had evidently read
oj tlie martyred President In hi euul
history.
The plucky old auctioneer ejued to
Is? horrified at the question. He won
dered that anybmly should ask ucb a
question. Ill chin droms'd and bo
spread out hi bands palm upw-ard llko
one In the presence of what he consid
ered iue great acrilie, and ald :
"Oh. be wa the very best man I ever
tw and lie wss as courageous as bo
,wa gisid. In Ills treatment of men bo
was a prince, aud bis every aetloa
fon-ed the s.nvlction that he thought
the man with an apron cutting; stone
or the man w ith overall carrying brick
aa giHxl aa the President of the United
States. He waa great by nature aud
the assumed greatness of small men
failed to Impress bim.
"My father used to owti a livery
barn at I'rboua, In Champaign County.
W. W. Davla wa Judge of that Judicial
district and Ieonard Swett wa 8tate'a
Attorney. lie and Judge Iavts wero
great friends of Llmsjln, and w beu Mr.
Lincoln was elected President be a
IHiluted Judge lavl a Judge of the
Supreme Court of the I'ulted State
the very first opportunity.
"I was considered a kid hy those nien
when I first became acquainted wltb
them. Lincoln had partner In those
counties, and when they would get
cases of liiqiortance Llnooln would
come over from Springfield to help
thism, and of course he was at I'rhana,
Muttoou and Uanville every term of
court. Father had a double-seated car
riage and a tine team nf holdall sorrel
horses. I used to take tluit rig aud
drive Judge I in vis. Mr. Lincoln and
Leonard Swett from I'rhana to Mat-
toon and liinvllle nnd go after them
when they got ready to come back.
They used to depend on the carriage
and the kid. but they called in the boy.
That was liefore they hud learned to
call young people kids.
Lincoln was a great talker and they
used to have lively times on those trips.
I have often thoug-lit that I never saw
one of the party take a driuk. Men
Inclined to drink would certainly have
had something along ou such trlpa. The
very fact that they did not have any-
think a lone; has convinced me that
tone of thein ever took a drink."
FINDS THAT TIME FLIES.
Twtslr-losi Wstekes . Takes (ran
oath Aisirlaw.
"How true It is that time die," re
narked Customs I imi ector Isnnohue aa
'ie bowed out Setior J. Nieve Cabal
lero from the custom examination
:'ooiu on the French Steamship Line
,iler the other day, aay the New York
World. Inspector ltonohue bad ex
racted twenty-four gold watcbea from
he aeuor' garments, which were of
he latest Parisian mode, striking, up
o the moment. Thou the senor wa
s-rmltted to depart, for there wa no
'iispl.lon that be tried to smuggle tha
vatches. He said he Intended to pre
out Ihem to his old time friend aud
ie can have them by paying duty ou
hem.
Senor Caballero, a wealthy South
vtnerlcan ranch owner, It I said, ar
ived on La llretagne. It pleased bim
0 wear two hats, which may lie tha
lewest thing in Paris and which I not
orlddden by the United States revenue
a wa provided there Is nothing uuder
lie hats. The senor' soft, black felt
Itted close his well sIiiish1 head and
over It M,rted a tall, iioliited Panama
straw hat with a gay rililsm on It.
The setior hsikcd as If he could buy
all the watches he wanted and not "on
:ick" either. Gracious only know
.vbat excited Special Detective Dono
ines suspicion of bim )erlinij a eg.
detrain from an agent abroad of the
1'nlted States treasury department.
"Have you anything to declare a
lutlahle?" iMmhue asked the enor.
"Nothing." Mid Caballero, emphat
ically. "Certnin of that?" Douohue persist
d. "Nothing," retorted the senor Indlg
inntly. as If the repetition of tba ques
lon was Insulting.
Then Iionnhue Invited the senor to
:he examination room. You bav seen
1 prestidigitator take rabbits fr,nn a
oonmcopln that een.,i to he empty?
lust so iKiuohue extracted wt,.i,.
from Senor Caballero's fine rauneut
Ptrucit one.- said Douohue aoon ..
ter his search began.
"Struck twelve." he remarked after
while.
He struck twenty four, which l. ,w,.
slble only uuder the new method of
reckoning time. The watches were all
very thin, of the newest pattern, worth
ilwut .! each. Then bavins- Ie.. .i....
n his hands, the senor took a cab aud
Irove away.
Tba Wronaj I wHeraL
When MeyerlsH-r die.) his son
.sisvd a funeral march wlii,.,
H-red his dead father." Full of no
;lon. the young man took It to Iloaslnl
'Hay It, maestro," be pleaded; "pjay
t. I wrote it In expr.-s.ion ,.r n,-
md mourning for n.y dea.i f.ther
.tosslnl t.x It up and place.1 u on hI"
- nno ..... piaye,! It. Tears rolled dowo.
. s cheeks, ftter sndnes, jWP,t
.1 countenamv. Vo H
oung Meyertieer. be,, V7
l;.y at tefTo,, UIK,D fll. grt ma--
repuoy UohIiiI, -I .j,, wll.
tig that jo., were dead and It w
rour father who bad m-rltt-..
er march.",.TePI)01, ,,(((t ,u
About everything ,roln
nre to quinine, claim. t h. -v.
wn renuxlj-."