The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1877-12-25 00:00:00

Distri ct Nebz.

CHRISTMAS.

Real Christmas weather, everybody cheerfully
admits thst which ushered in the we to be, and all
,he more eujoysble it was for being a trifle warmet
ban the conventional temperature. the drapers,
4rocers, confectioners, toysellers, stationers, and last.
at far from least, the poulterens are alive wit.
.ustomers, and well they deserve it by their euergettt
frramptinents and tasteful displays.
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Mr. Wheeler, of St. Mary-street, claimed the fir,'
notice ; but two or three efforts to visit his well-
,rranged etablishment were defeat.' by the ertrWri-
-0: la it, ant gentlemen who were either pressing to
.1.0 doors or already at the conifers. Ills winow,
owe a choice awl tasteful display, and when at last w.
nanaged to get hudie, it wan surprising what wealt,
nay be invested in the boo:. taney, and stationer)
are Of phi. "graphic albums there were hundred,
vricing case, awl blotting bolts, in choice leather,.
. urkey and Russia t.o..l.lting severely for pre-mufti
..te in lending. the lamas it ft spawn boxes, desk-
nit workboxes, glove and handkerchiet sets, are of at
rice' • lovely jewel cases tempi, the la-lie', WII.I•
,foksli:les, tea catattlet, and letter weigher,
II afford curious specimens of art, but for speciali
•as mablo articles of vertu, csoanuelid us to tin

forquay terracotta, with the daiutied. and 111104
ike little oirds enamelled thereon, jenny wrens, bine-
...Wel, Christmas robins, and what not else. rt.,-
l'onivay terracotta to our taste is worth more than .
°wilful of antique clay work, for beauty • •If form
...lour are added to a ground work of tine material tha
ears the most delicate manipulation. Au for the en.'
s patients of beautiful 4 bri.tout clods, and 'all.
ifiery, perfome illuminated annuals, albums,
thoc Venal waste. time would fail us to write.
For the emporium of toys, both for chit 'ren a.
how of larger growth, we *hail not fail to
either part of St. Mar)'sootreet, where Ali-is
...I established business is toe goal tor those wi,
. . .

..4ins an mullets Vary 1 cimice.' ii,eh
pearl and i4ory, are here in profitsi,ti'am.l
• ou•truUl aiaws, aul Fatdier lICAre
tug in g4..44ortie(s-lit the ~liape of a Uhri-in,
re. with g.e jets mu-in.:tug how too a. the a.
I.rietinas mark arm 411..t01a).1 lit laultii..ria ,
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Cana al day.
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. ill luae.,.treet, shun I oe.
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Nlary-.trret, we have not yet left the taa •
,•uesa liekhol, tor or ;rpm I, Mr. Creed, a
.sitial itra,7er, ha, sograt.sea the gay and f••-u
-as... by a display of goods tutu-mid, but very Kett)
citbaL
s,u sso doe* Mr. Dennis, he manages to wake a re-
,arkable iihow y with .Irapery goom,.purchmeahle
.yrich and poor. Licit and dainty alike, contsa t
vith fleecy is.:aibst the nor! h ulna, and •
mrstatitial loaukets not riga f•r isighi, moi st.
...ad a d other cloth. tor the day, puggest comfort- •
ibis protection againet Cur tickle diuuste. In -4.
..4 n',.-stp-et, go to his °tit r ao-p, ao‘i th.•r•
,c.t to aah W h.. your is o ter !' Slue y the
• orthy I>.llll.3lltif 1111.4 i.e.l thou_itt c •vertim U.
111, ofhail the people in Mo in ut 1. and lie'
eady to make them pre:lca:the, eve.. 11:0:
Inner, wi h tie, eroil es ant cutls,. nty, even
.f•beet outfit may he "maned tor the tridivilta 41 who
tog• to a Christmas piety at • abort ii .te.
Air. Fiwell, contectisa-r, wit, provide the Minx-
lies, Christina, cake. (owe of them pAr
.4bt and digestilsle, aueorsling to Jones's p teed),
ue bundle, of cracker's, ii.o.sh ,us of all other ...nal,
out µLowy it all Var.fiernie kilo! , ere he e large)
•ampled. Leen if imit year's un-eit e should have
ecide,l some happy pair to emer into all lALIAIIItr
pore h.q than that of toe three Einp -rota. M.
14we11 wi.l provide mintal specimens of that
•,larming work ot art fur the bride to cut on the hapcy
Warning.. . . . .

at. Alban's-street, gent:e reader, is the way to the I
New Givalens ; but another reason for you lingering
nere you'll find at Air. Humphreys, where a noble
-hop front adorns the street, and is the scene of the
•lis,lay of sonie of the most charming nature pictures
you have so-n. I'les-se examine those photographs of
natural flowers in natural odours, go into the room
hehind the shop to do so at your leisure, and many
wore curious and beautil al thin:, you'll see.
By this time the purchaser of presents will hare had
enough of wandering, ana will be thinking of turkey
or gooise.
Turn back into St. Mary-street, my friend, and.
-as-tag Messrs. Pidgeon aud Son's tilw display ot
;roorry, you'll see no end of turkeys, do k-, geese, and
towis. at Me... Mills and Soo -, ,u that oiliest house
in Weymouth. w here use trip!e sit.. .ge carvings :,prear
under the holt II sir windows. GAM! and }.oultrYi
hesiles fish. are here in profusion ; turn in and see.
Islit Attie nigh: w ben three quarts ra of other shops were
closed, as we were lasaiii4 l,y Mr. Green's chats I.V.
we set eyes on what s‘ ruled to be the grandest display
.een in eyinouth fr a I.•Dg time. Fleet geese.
.I,glish fed, the hest t• he •,a in itarset, wild fowl,
~.ine, capitally arrangea7,i,vrled the trout of the
bourn.
sca I we stat to examine Mr. Hunt's, Mr. Wright's,
and Messrs. Taylor's grocery showii? So that would
vent,
us too i.bg, and we pass round the coroner to
welcome a tradesman in another line, that of picture
frawes and cabinet work.
Mr. Sparrow has not been here so long as some
others ; but his shop is worth seeing. Your house may
be here adorued from tor to bottom with framed
pictures, and your Christmas volumes he well stowed
on han some book cases trout this establishment. Mr.
Sparrow is courteous and energetic and apt to provide
exactly what you want.
Passing back through the long row of butchers'
shops, with a glance of recognition at oar purveyors
of news, Hall and Son, we caul go over the Bridge
without observing Mr. W. It. P. Jeffery's well-tilled
glass, china, and Christmaa toy shop.
The promenade will be incomplet a without a visit
to Augusta-place. where Mr. Cooke has a really
beautiful display of Christmas prettinesses and sweet-
noises. 'rwelfth cakes, brilliant bonbons, and cosaques,
with great rariety of seasonable adornments, see used
to make up a very pretty show, quite unique an the

oat."

And now are we satisfied that if the reader has
accompanied us, he or she has seen a good deal more
than we have hinted at, and no end of attractive shops
DAMAGR THROUGH LOSING A TRAIN. besides we have named. Returning to Bond-street,
On Saturday Mt, before Kr. T. H. P. Lefroy, Mdse, the we go through St. Thomas-street first, and here the
ewe Mr. Thomas. Hanky against Mr. Edwin Dena ems •
waNirng7Anillss.l.7wigdh.it nom'iTcdisear' "s—hop front, suggest the
cmgailLimnsthYtbea 'Liu:reel otef ikitb7LVicteriewho thlrolletetfwfoP‘Trl
expenses through pioneer s losing • train, as alleged, ng Christmas dessert, whilst various other good things
the fault of defendant's servant. tempt the provident housekeeper. There is no
Mr. BUMs appeared for plaintiff, and Mr. Howard for occasion to catalogue them, for a short peep through
the defendant, the well-lighted window will reveal what you want,
The Judge reminded Mr. Howard that it had been riled and tempt you, perhaps, to more. In this street, also,
afresh eery recently that an employee was liable for the
.4. ~ his .......c ..a hi. Honour .......1 to ~.i .4. ! the, reonabas for all the ills that flesh is heir to, may he
oano at Mr. Targett's to the extreme south. Mr. E.
that it ". doubtful whetter the wee could be defended. '
Mr. Howard, however. Wig's' be had a &triers spas V. William's, well placed about the middle, or Mr.
tbe facts , Gregory's, jest as we turn again into 13ondetrest.
Mr. Hanna, baring opened the few, Wind • Here we Have the reader; but if he wishes to make
Hr. Herding, who add that le February, he • journey forum abroad, and see the wonders of the
wk. at WelVii aad sliaavil at the Thiene. HoteL On Weymouth aide, MOTO of the Esplanade, or the Park.
lad tlseis
....inemeW be elep. - beedineeal= dams%
a.,
ma., en mese dfatriet, let him look up either Mr. Licks in St.
. Timkr wma Ida wan be itety steetuttNewton, Ili St. Thomas-street, or
li
dk.i.di t, ay mai sad adhaaa bi., be bibs his Nam aehow bootmaker, for firm and water tight
now la. Then he witated the pielowei, and dad.— solo helm awiliawhig hie walk, tad than he may be

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At the Leicester Poliescourt, William White was
charged under the following carcuinstanoe• Be went
home drunk, quarrelled with his wsfe, and with • lamp
which gnu, burning ea the table set her clothes on fire.
Iverything she was wearing at the time wee completely
beret sad the prinemer ma &no efiort to help her. Re
was reminds& The worm is proiresing f MAMMY

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sees that good oat-deer essrelas, while the weather is ;ALL Ilyarts Rr,graum.l . wise I fetched the Lancet of tools left by the work- PICKINGS FROM TITE COMIC ALMANACS.
telerable, will much madam to his haying what we in as cheerful a voice as / Wed sesame, I began
to read. - man, removed the oilcloth from the trap door, tin-
e•lninc.mies." rite this, peculiar odour ming warts • ,
now e Preca's " ALMANACS.
heartily with him-A mitnaY CHRIS'I'MA.S. L OST LENOR E. tshiateen screwed and relent it. I was at once aware of s '
" to • me• all the damp PROVERBS FOR THE TIMID HUNTSMAN.
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' ho'n re ahandve a lbeee•lfnetehthnet
tinzehtereber
pe W Demme.
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TOWN COUNCIL 70 Br PETILIN BROWNE, It happenen at Jour o'clock in
It watch that. As I jumped in the rate scampered atria . There% nn too without a corn
THURSDAY : Present -the Mayor (Mr. Lundie), Alder.now it is halt-pai t five. In two hours ny
the afteremon, and in all the cellars in Euro would not produce 1
;
and I wan left to do me 'e `' e"ovie. Lenore b : If the bout pineTes -lies r :t.
Author of " Hetet.' Desires," "Basil's Tempts.
men Melledge, Thomas, Howard. Eliot, arid Robertson ;
The first thing ion lost ten days, .. . .. .
•it dead six of I BILE/Ail lth 1.
Councillors Devenish, Robena Aylesbury, Groves, NO ngle, bons," " Tl: ea-' nt . roach to Thum," do. warming the time.
Snook, Leaning, Lovell, Welsfera, Seaman, and Wallis; Making the hole, through which Iht es those days; the history of the other four I had I A snack in time, saves nine.
the le comes
Till LANDING STAGE AND JIIRSEY PASSAU/is. 1 cot' :-• ` , ••••• • .-- .- the hence; it -waste° . - and write these words, just read to Babette. I Faint hunger never completed tenell beef etesk.
Mr. Wiroble, secretary to leniency Steamers Cornpane, re . • ~.
.., ~ , . • ..,.. to let me read the time a
will run down, and I shall have no moans of
been b
nov wife liked it. •moi•ene.
wrote, acknowledging the resolution of the Council Lett i - - " ' ' -.. • . was to put my lips' to it.
faint and stilted; mid in giving his mi„ .
' I eice Ile bed toted the bells i 'You can't make a hunter oqt of a hired 'thee.
reference te the propene,' heeling stage. As to the mere- V, --. er .at 7 • L • 101:1. ,0 , .116, eeur of the ma ing water; I have become so
It is better than dr.uk- At the impend the bellhaneer was mach affected,
don that the pasasges should he during daylight, Mr. , owe purer anbetter , The nearer the ground tle. safer the beat.
Wituble did not Mender that, to slier the protein hour of 1 •, - se - Then we began to find out perhaps the air here will bec -
nn. tit, ma o . s.. ft.l on tloe afternoon in question. stet found them in ;
IN THE Fiero.
mile Until now Lhavo been I
sailing to six o'clock in the morning would en:piece to its faults, at Least. I did; for Lenore turned each to br • I
ni total dark. order, and then seeing it was past the time for 1
the interests of the town, or the comfort of those persons ; t •h • • s 0 IT i for being Bathe
who reside near the quay. He contieued-" As you erene,s. I supposekept awake half way through the him to leave work, he had r. turned quickly to . Take care of the hounds, hut the fence may take
I nd down and trying to do the hall, slammed to the trait-door, screwed it ' earn of iteelf.
...ewers lioe all .. al I 1011 a retort
doom night, creeping up a
left nit. down, and replaced the oilcloth, whistling na 110 . Too many brooks spoil the sport.
aware, some two or three hours previous to the nine of 1, .1 with our bergain.
sailing, it is necessary to commence getting up steam. etc., 1,1,4 low. from sheer exhaustion. ' As soon worked. Anil then, as quickly an pendia°, he had . Ono pair of spurs may bring a home to the water,
which causes, to • certain extent, some r .iiimotion. awl. remise.% are lam. enough for even Mg. eln and the "ea t alell'. 1-11 k again, I set hurried away. Neither thee nor since hail it but twenty will not make him jump.
however, till that may be, I think it would to for more , " Never mind." cellars were
wtheerakitcheti
se I awoke, and got o .n my noes
preferable this !timid continence at niue o'eloek in thek ce,lars will keep thehouse
.. 'tl dn. " They certainly
to work with the piece of s ee .
„..„many
rthi,ngs,
,after the first terror
t I, and when I had dawned upon his mind that any one was in the It is the bowl that shows the funk.
eveniag, then at teree o'clock in the morning Reverting peanieed to do that, being vaulted d extending '
and
been about an hour at it the w Id 1 '
wood ye e: in one cellar at the time he closed the door. But Lenore Fools break rails for wise men to go over.
to the question oh the "interests of the town," will vou the whole way under the buildinq. Another
place,and there was a little creek of light like
a was there,whether ' 1 1 the lost brooch or Snobs aud their mistake are soon parted.
i in seare 1 o.
permit rue to remind you the arrangement at the forfeit- greet defect was the entire abSetice of bells,
thread. The slit now mans wide end as . long out of mere curiosity, is a question that will re- i AT Lrentrolt.
thin of the nenpany was for the boats to arrive, so al to eon I blamed white , down no More IMaill unanswered. 1 A flask in the baud is worth • cask in the vault,
enable the passengers to go forward the mane evening; except one that rang from the lialad s I can make it. The steel brings
according to the present time of arrival. about eight p.m., liscovering this beforehand, 5 .
per Lenore for not r . . fbut slips off them, and the
e chips from the sides,• I Cat your sandwiehes sccording to your stomach.
passengers are compelled to remain in the town until the Int she turned it off by saying that it was im 1
rafters come every six inches, so that my or l} hope COMING Howe,
following morning; this I conceive cannot he considered all very old houses, and that this fault, if it .
in this hole six inches long and less than a , . I The nearer the home, the harder the seat.
as detrimental to the interne, of the inhabitante, and if, mom:tool to one, was a Sort of patent of nobility it • .. _. lies ulnae .
co the cell, I BereTtere
therefore, they have suffered any less by the passeumera
• e e of we shonlel be proud. "Bells, however, I°ll, _ ,
quarter of au inch wide. It THE DRINK DEMON. I
hand ' working at it. have 1 It's heavy sleep that has no turning.
leaving at night, going te the 111 olds, tbey have game ey - which ~ . .....
those arriving, beset. being laved the auuoyance attend- there inust be, a Sant "Very well,"she re- . .
tried in the same place between each , ni
rafter, i t (Prom " Hush-a-bye-Baby," the Ow et In el I -
me a meeting gathee." plied, "if you will have them. it is no more ex- ovine F un
not to waste my Cbrietnee Annual, by George Mai • .) .
I FEMALE CLUBS T. MITRIMoNT.-Mire Firebrace:
without result except here; so,
Mr. anderreen Tiromas said that was the answer ori • to put down electric than ordinary ones,
pensive here I have " Send your horse home, ant stop mid dine here
strength. I keep by the ono spot w There was a sad, pinched look in her in-, tin with rue, Julia! I've asked They Rattle-ash and
behalf of the directors. Ile still cousidered it highly
aid I know you have a weakness for electrio
Before this I had felt the join. .
detrimentd to the inter,ts of the town Met the pas ,ages - been successful.
thing I diden one i . with a nervous, hurried look. she kept glandes! et Emily Sheppard."-Mrs. Bolingbroke Tompkius,
should be tomie a' the sitrue time he St presenL " And that silenced me One
0„, „f bells. • . . f ings of the boards all over. pre e
the most respeetalee tradesmen of the teem tend the not quarrel with, tied that was the the:Knees o
I was able to pings the thin end of my the window, listening intently. as a nano p _ _ f .
ilea su,- sic Julia Wildrake (with • silo of regret for the
present arrangement had diverted a laree portion ot the the walls. Three feet of solid stone masonry in freedom o Spineterhood awl the <harms of Club
steel u between them for a distance that was heard fur below in tiro street. till it softly ,
Imm''• the u'd to send "Wly list chi" P'""'"'" 'l'" all the mein walls. toed the party-walls almost as 5 P
1 e er, Life). "Cant iny den ,
r girl! tly saiete.l Ott
there were daylight ososages ; but now they are segme I measured and tone to 1 be about two inches, so •
Shed away, and, with a moan, t ic yam, In . et
class paa,eugers, who Au straight to the been, and they thick. e
Thor was something etoggestive of warmth daylight, but it father-in-law's just gone back to Yorkshire, and
h• that it muse have got up into the
went on with her ' wean walk up reel down, II poor Belly's all alone!"
go away at once. Then the noise from the wenn of the in winter and 000liess in summer about t us
e showed signs of bending and breaking when I
company at the stage would make it out ef the questiou to that pleased me amaziugly. I took measurement. and down; for as scrim a, she teemed the Laby THOSE DREADFUL BOYS! - Aleernon: " And,
let lo tongs in that neighbourhood. of the wane wherever I could. and found that.
pushed 't further, and I dare not loan it in that
i a
Before 1 began to write, Item a " iece off grew restless. and began to fret. Dearest, if the Devotion of a Life-" At this
In was thought the Control could not take any further . .
coded than otherwise what the wa • moment hie hat is knocked ever his eves by s
action. they rather exceeded and pasted it through the hole. moving It was bittmly cold; but, the little one wet
MR. EDWIRDs'S LOAN. agent had told me. I went wenn into the • . celler my skirt,
it about as tench as n tooted with the en ,i. Then warilnly wrapped, and, lyis g ripen her lesone it comma Star-fish, or Five-flingers (*Arteries
The reel of the comeel was :Mixed to ten more and found that the roasonry there was as compact , with i considerable to n e lee.
rnbens), thrown, 11" ror a- d
I remembered the time-tive o'clock in the noon- wa; shielded from the keen, pinching agony that . .
11,,rtgdgei ,1 Lieu each en the }Labour Fend. to Me. as on the outside of the bonse-blocke of millstone ,t,
,__ b f•f WI -' CI
mien, y one o those in ern- og lam it
and knew that eobody would be about ; so I seized upon the %team weinan.
Ig
"'""8.
M.P.' who "r't th''.lY.,i'''''d (1"' t"'"'Y' 1t • Mar aim, t afi hard net the steno ' 1-- . • little brothers Tommy add
fellows her younger . .
grit se in mortar
ALUAL Cos.& h worked it away from me WI i eCI the steel till it die- The roo I I lel •f•• 1 • 1 e f tv-c
m was ft la .) i s nu ine it ( • on o .
Bertie!!';
Mr. Alderman HOWARD called attention to a claim o • • f ittelf. There was only one contingency of whic .
appearet , and
1 then I leaned against the wall to opening the one into the other; and the you og • '-
1.16 hy the town Cierk tor ,nemey c..,t,,. which Mr. I was seriously v low, and I
afraid. The house la' ' write this. The rag of mune, new lies or, the mother, believing the babe asleep, had gone oe., THE TELEPHONE.
I • ward contended ought not to tall ultmately on the eseected the cellar to be flooded in the winter.
floor above and will attract whoever passes to the the darker room--for there no on ieersble a mile Place. Bediord square; time. H a.m.-Pat. r•
..pur...ti .ii, but while. re ler recovered from the Penned. The vaulting was probably a precaution ageingt ,_,_ „
ite i wey C-oopay, whe ought under the Mends Ctn. tee .. . from this ca • gleamed. But a wail arrested her ran ifened, eel'. families (welting Up): "What. the matt, r,
A.•i. to pay that:Gets. dat ridge use; and I. wee. ceeerintued, ""'"'
blank •I the MS be i • ' d talking and crooning Jemima?" - elaterfamilias: "It's dear Cheney
There was aau e . began again on ing arms, an once more,
Mr. eligtieleLL arid he Lad paid it out u. war se ae
f Eel d ' far as possible, completely to shutoff the cellar
a fresh leaf. ' over it, she resumed her weary walk, pot a diluter party. The filingsbe I:elan:wen
enerity peiret, 7 years ago. from the house, and keep the damp from rising.•• •
" Eight o'clock. Imu frightened at niVnelf ; I "Oh, Jack!" she muttered softly, "to come to from C'elombo. are there, and Charley'. just pro-
ne Renal° did not object to the Town Clerk being I said just now that the house was cellared ,
1 thoughtswandering just now, mid write this so n. Am I? Is it true? No, no," aloe posed our beanie so eioely. Just listen to the
; .el at mini: out unnuately it ought to have been recovered The t told me so, but it was a mum- inY
throughout.i e agen"l do not dread vont, eheers!"-Paterfamiliss: "All right! Wait a
. rem the Orinpary.again to compose them. I will say now what les oried, with • piteous wail,
The Tore CLERK promiledar-
to look into the matter. mietake; the oblong entrance lobby was only p
happened front the first. After the hanks'"
first five coming. Jack; dear Jack. conic back to nio- minute, and I• 11 retina t •
TOE °CUR MLR. Nally cellared; i.e., only roughly excavated to the Place, South Kensington; time, teem ',me_
minutes I did hot call out, but crouched down comer
Thenext betimes wi. as to the question of extending the depth of three or four feet, and neither vaulted
he had shut the door and sobbed. Then I The child uttered II try, and bege.ii to fret; Matilda: "Oh, inamune, such fun! tack lies got
,ier 4Mi. more Mr. Ed ,artiS Will under the icupresemn
he Maiox .1:1 that to ...roam. talvericed would have TIOr paved. This I discovered at my second visit where .
caught at my breath and listened for footsteps, when, an her f e h b face wet with the tears that some men from the Bush to tamper, and thy
.s,n ,utionent to extend the Pier to the full length, so as underground, on prying into a square hole of corn- Jane 1. arid lies. ants
screamed aloud, and listened again. All the noise streamed down her cheeks, she kissed and fondled want him to sing 'My Pretty ~
, let ~ light at the end, end he tots renter disappeinted, ninnication that opened into this excavation half
I could make seemed scarcely to fill my small it back to restfuluese, a lark of joy gradrielly you to play the accompaniment for hint.' --Care.
iel ...mid have liked ;Let the toes hal 411111p1VIC0 11.
, way up the cellar wall. It was useless to allow . "Certainly. Inv
Mr. ELIOT objected to the pier heeler:aerial out turteer, I t describe the feeling that came corning back to her wan young co:ellen:Luce ant she fail Mamma lopenitig the piano): •, ,
neon. cannot .
the damp this chalice of penetrating into the P
ie bad strong ohjaci ionsthat I could not male
upon me when I thought cou held it near the feeble light, and :meal dotingly dear. But I woula prefer you not lietening any
iii sister
myself hearth. A sudden terror of being struck on the soft little lineameuts that smiled up in longer to the merriment gono gon in Jack'. hut!'
.3. prepared te adverse, toe adalttional money. Ile had A trapeloor in the floor of the lobby formed
with dumbness and paralysis overcame me. I reply. ' Musical Mistress of House ("on 'terminal*,
eq,ured of the Cellecter of Custom.% as to toe Herlsour another means of access to this half cellar; .
imagined myself there and then with the will, but "Aim, darling, il I had not yen I should go thoughts intent "): "Now, recollect. nehert. at a
, /ones, and nein," they ha-1 r..eived last year, 4:151./4 3s. EL, and the solitary bell-wire of which the
e last site Mon (IA .C. 1,3111 15, Mi. ;in the quarter h t time ,to speak or move. Bow long mad," she whispered. "Only a year, only a year, quarter to nine turn ma ' Voi che Salm ' fromn
1 i boast crossed it. On wit-on me ~
oung March, 1576, there wee received .e. 364 7s. eel ; the establishmentcon iI cannot I lay still under this conviction oann tell. MY and has it come to this! I won't reproach him.' Covent Garden; at ten let in the stringed quartette
eeent of w teat expected is a great dee' more next year. one of my visits to look after the workmen
own steady breathing gradually resumed the sense she went on, speaking hurriedly, as she walked from St. James's Hall; and at eleven turn the
ere May be supposed to educe £4119. The lights at the the trap in the lobby was open, and tLe °, , ...remained quiet,
but begau to up and down, stopping suddenly, for out on the last quartette from i Rigolletto • full on. lint
,Pro,tlllt 11.1011.1.11 mug 110 contamal, if ea now, at the bell-banger was below laying the wires for the tu power, a
:pease of .Eil lie By the new regulation it cannot he reason on my chances o escape. f The result was wintry night rang out the deep boom of a stritieg mind-you close ems tip before opeuing the other!'
twitted under A4O; end he should be glad it the Council new bells. I .went in after him, to satisfy
that I renewed my efforts to make myself hem a clock, and this time she counted twelve, a sob -Buttons: i• Tee, mum!**
;meted to finieli its and 'airy it out ti the end. As LJ the myself that the communication with the cellar by shouting and hammering on the boards. In escaping her lips am the last note still quivered in By the telephone sound is converted into
merest, Mr. E lwardes expected that to be paid to hi iii, hut had been properly stepped up. The lazy mason
lee time! and
my voice failing and stopped. I Cho air. electricity, and then, by completing the circuit,
,ite regard to his itiktnieue almut thee he did net teeth lied not calculated on having his work inspected 1 he an to search for means of makitie ilie own "Twelve o'clock, Christmas Eve, and I have back into sound again. Jones conVerts ILI] the
it right to puelish them; probably moat of the gentlemen
from the inside, and instead of filling up the now g .
;anent brew what those inteutione were. escape, laying it own d - that the worst would not seen him for a week. it -h, Jack, only no year; pretty music he hears during the sessou into
Mr. Rooms pointed out that tee extension of the Pier hole to the same thickness as tloo wall in which it ! d that no one would think et looking and now! Come back, I ani hungry, weary. II electricity, bottles it, and puts it away into hintshappen, an
oat have Lamm occult!. edect on th tidal stream, and was pierced, had built up • single layer of masonry
for me here. For the finot time I felt afraid of I could only lie down meal sleep, and forget! for his winter parties.. Al) he has to do. warm
no (Minot nue kit wise Lowry it ou t ellit. more, until they on the side next to the cellar. I pushed it all
the darkness; but nothing hindered me from •• liut I won't reproach lam; he was good, and his guests arrive, is to select, uncork, and then
,fearr what effect. it would have, whether to cause the
epos''aim of a liar, or tonease a scour in ...one part .. .ere °wit in
to the cellar, and sent him to do his work • d •
groping roue a
d 11 t 11e fou
r walls on my hands and noble. and loving, and- cemplete the circuit ; and there you are!
t eould oe bite expected &Mug carried it nut eetift. again. knees, and feeling them all over. At one place . ni He is now," site cried fiercely; "who dares 1
.e should like waer ire.le that. Ins own to give °Om.. This was not the only piece of workmen's
v fingers Rank into soft mortar; it gave non a say he does not love me?' i POLICII WANTED.
.. LoIWII3L the fired result would be. lerey were eerier stupidity, and poor Lenore was as vexed at the
lock at first, but after-wards a sort of faint bone. •• I won't repro 't re . When may we eect the 1 lome Secretary who
reproach him. Oh, no, I won - •
tee', eleigatious to Mr. Edwerds; but he wielied to hew
delays as I was. On the day when we a handful f mortar front between 1 him. -kept n uttering. "He shall see will organise a body of police to bestow stir-
. hether Me eine-Me out a tie i ie, ultimately a !mien or a repeatedl scraped out ao proae a 1 shoel
eiger, white% it would be more didieult to remove then were to have entered the house it Was in utter
f the stones and passed on. A's I ill my eves how I suffer and long for him to be as
two eveillance solely upon members of the brute
ereveue contagion. We took our little Babette to see her - ereation? Such, for instance, as the following ,---
went i sounded the walls, but to no pnrposc. he used, and he must turn to me again."
the news CLERK old others stand the Council had new abode that afternoon forthefirst time, and theßrutes who shirk their work, spend in drink
je After the walls
I tried the floor overhead. To And as she walked up and down, in retrospect
iee our q ote a. la. oo Atit'Cipated lay Sir Willa vin Cabal.. very things that annoyed US delighted her.
Slin stretch myself I could just sit upright with In!.' mune before her the happy (lays of a year ago, what their wives earn for them, and dieters!:
Mr. .11.1eriman ELMT did not understand Mr. Edwards
t 11 1 into the ntern basket. got herself
nth iet 0 carpe fTI - • eftern ah •11 bright,l n •awinterd •them by knocking them down and dancing tit oa
.It any anxiety that the Pier should he Carried out anyhead between two o the rafters. ir et. r, • en, in time co . , c teen days, she
11 1. or, ten be only wistred to have the work Compete. bespattered with the whitewashens brush, and in- • • •
e very close together, and run across from eido became the young workman's elk in a pleasaut them.
ir. soot objected t., the rier hone owned OUL noy sisted upon being lifted down into the cellar under
to side; the boards they support run trete end to country village, and boon afterwards, the whim their children out into the
Brides who send th ,
wino as the IaIACS line a oUld int. rime with the beauty the lobby. The bell-hanger was still at work
oul. Boards and rafters are made of oak. 1 have taking her husband, they laul come to London. streets to hog, or steal, or starve, with no furteer
.i he Hay Inc detaehed rocks at the extremity he the How was it he had not finished? I asked. el
. oght rould he removed, while those nom to the Pier re, a 1 with tl 1 1 I enl .0 Then days of doubt and misery had. begun, with care about them.
a.ste- MC 1 One WI my nen num . non ia.
.•eht he no danger. Well. the fact was, the rats had gnawed through n the nave-
lrafters - cease, and that is at Ono trap weak tits of drinking and promisee of repentance; Brutes who scatter °me:to-peel upon ,
e ou v time ra
Mr. awns eeid there wa, no difficulty out cost, in the wires as soon as they were put np, attracted •
.loor. Hire tor the first time I exerted my but only for there to be fresh breakings-out. till ment, to the dangee f asiers.be
and 1 ninon o p . ,
-movies tos• reeks. by the gutta-percha insulator probably, and the ,
tie:fettle, keeeling on the floor with my shoulders the trusted worktnan was die:linseed from place io general.
Mr. LovELL rould not see thst the Pier woule make man produced a coil of wire cat through in several . -
ttl door; it gave not the smallest +den of after place, ever sinking deeper in the mire, till Brutes who, to save a sixpence, pat bad corks
ea mestere.: reit a lieheticial use in the eet of the tide. then? Hums' a:!•ama 1° .. .
elle more they connected the steam. the more force places.
W there t • the house
Were ere ra sin e .carefully 11 ti i' bfe little valuables had gone; to your Vood wine, whereby most ef it is spoilt
venline. I examined it with amy mars, one y one their w
6,6rahl it have in scouring the Harbour. It *mad not reds of them, thousands of them, and the only e, to maturit •
:eal came to the conclusion that the wood com- arid it had come to this-teisery--wretcheduess- ere cone e 3.
arrow the Herbourei mouth to carry out the Pier half war to protect the wires was iny casing them in iron
ein rit was of greater thickness than the rest r•f atarva.tiou-neglect :he earning a few shillings from shirts so that on
Brutes who mangle your .
n.-TB+ the Bey, and he aereed with the estollBl-411.1 flu* tidies. .' What Was a rat?" asked Babette, pet g
'lin - Pr
111"' r That it was fastened tightly down I time to time, and spending them; she keeping isoming from the wash, the fronts are found ter be
, the rough grollutl eXteoded. If that were dorm anti a
glut pot en the end, it *mild do a-. ay with the expense, t through the t door. Lenore answered, trm °° • . . . _
0. ei,,,,, _
0,
up a us le rap . ha
no doubt; for I felt the rough ends f th .hsuffering end on. hi holes, end scarce a button left on therm
line together t, her needle,
be really die net think it was Meshed as it stone trying to endow the animal with as many amiable
screws that lia.d pierced through the wood, and complaining, till mow she could work but by tits Brutes who when they pack them. fill your
Sir, mummer bet heard *dyne that the Comed characteristics IR could possibly be attributed te'• small figs with grit. en,' artfully insert sma stou ft
there might. have been more. Like everything and starts, for there was the baby.
....ibl tet tar Pier alone for the pmeent, mite they sew it. A rat was a 'large, soft. brown animal, larger She held up her thin hand at last before the among your currants.
1 e the trap door is of oak.
.et. ei in, 111163•01.1 ale li.ir. N., one ever eapeetahl ,ole 10.
.-t of the Peoland Evakwanr on therm: t. e set cii tali a mouse MIL smaller a cat, with eyes e ' -
f dI t" ate 1 light,l • 1 t mark upon the akin Brutes who put cheep rotten laces to your boot:.
•• So far I load oun everything ea an imp r . au gaze a a little
see 3101 0 11, dam as Ay an Serdlueettli settee like Babette's. and a long. thick tail, and fee
nii once again I sat down to think. It then oc- where, two days before, her weddiug ring had as you will poem
.. ltly discover wh. n ten miles free,
Mr. WitLiWoRD iindet,tood thet tile matter win to lowe !emery that it ate the bell-wiree fordinner. Babette a a shop, among the wilds
of Scielaud.
een I.,ft lib neat s one. - laughed and was lifted up into the light of day. ,(I t t use the steel out of the front of been; and atnethe memory of all that had forced
curre o Ille 0 .
dress, and I moven. about again, trying the and driven her to part with that to find food for
Mr. Aideriteer 110 WARD endereel tee rematka of Mr.THINGS WHICIT EVERT MAN CAN DO:
I have now come to the day when Lenore left "I'
o..••.leary and Mn. Welsourd: Mr. El wee], tor.. preparrd nines of the beanie. Before I had been long at the little one, she could bear no more; but, with
(or thinkx he can, at any rate).
l' I h 1 • 11. P. - be MO Tbe house after many delays. was almost
0.. _ollli 3. .11•_•• .to esteht t -• ter next spriii.4 • • • (huts m limb'. failed me, and I sank down and her sleeping baby on her breast, sank deem upon -
y
• ~,ei h., h 6 pt to ad.. Wien the tummy. ready for us: the carpets were down in the rooms,
slept. What followed on awakening I have her knees, and burst into a passion of weeping. ' Write a novel, a love-letter, or a leading amide
Me e 111/MAS 0..1 stated ten the near:nue 611714611•111111ng the oilcloth, in the hall; most of the furniture waspheasant, Illal ere,.
Drive a tramcar, shoot a .
I erlv written. "Oh, God h, God, bnng him back to rite,"
, ie.. erat.-rial,. and would not tenter for tee proPoodl in : and Lenore went togive her final instrutions to a re.
.who good dinner.
" I find I have tinted I this letter ' 8 o'clock;' it she moaned-" bring him back to inch You,
,i, . reepteit deeie...l to les' - tee nietter till relit tlet woman in charge to ereparc for our coming.
tnay be much later ; the hands of my watch have are so good aud great, speak to him-to his heart. Poke the fire on sound scieetifie prim, plea
'me sist ".'i 'sit Mr. blear et tor ;re keel e.eeeetea From that time 'she disappeared; she neither re- ,
t• neat at five minutes to the hour. Several doors that must still beat for me; teach him somehow . • •
Make a cigarette as well as a machnia.
li .0 ave.. aimed to me nor remained at the house: an lin- ,1' • e .bI •
Pick the winner y the pre impart, emit.
i bunt o one has walked over leY that I-that we-shall time if it is to be ever thus;.
, 1.0..i.,e.,,5, isegov ENE% r tie Ma MIME. era Vanity that was worse than certainty overhung esti,.
nate wince. ;u
e They are looking for me everywhere but and let not the lesson come too late." •Ride ahi ,cle without six mouthe pr,
' ' " 1.-.- Pee What bad become of her? Four hours ''' Peck his own portmanteau far b. te
- ..i ez WO. toe to t .... a-. -I teem. ore it . It, . t • lafraid m • piece of muslin may have As the prayer, tom from her in the agony of her
_ lucre. am y
i • i re . a•.' esed after she was last seen before I raised the
been blown away from the hole. so I tear off heart, burst from hoer white and trembling lips, nan-servant.
-• ....et s. ,ie iii. . .; ii . s I the footway Lee ana en; there was no telling what she might Make an after-dinner speech worth leie
anether and plush it up. In my eagerness I nearly she bowed down there, stricken and broken.
o . .. . .. a •,,i n .t.j .....m. to hot t' done in that interval. The woman at the
1 ' •stick there, and the steel bent before I hearted.
ea. a it ere,
In eise saw her late in the afternoon: Lenore had 1
.• ,nt ee: i•• r•tsr eld work it through. I must be more careful Site suddenly threw up her head.
....... : : i.i• ...-seri. oaly .d e -
.•,e,,, thmiigh every room hunting for a brooch she e° .. . „
Iteother time. Yes, yes; this time there was no deception-
-. hong ..., t.- town- Ahha uo the .. Ater. line 1-R.l nrenped-so she told the woman when last
The writing broke off again. Poor little Babette, jt was his step. ' Cook a chop, carve a goose, or co* 'met a hit
es e ..• in. route is •.. r, ..o.irraning to horses there. After looking about for half-an-hour, the te champagne cup.
In ieg rem. t . es, peesmaarel a t to side sobbed out, with
who 11/ crept lip my , She shuddered as she rose to her feet, for the .
woinan helping ber. Lenore had dismissed the Know where to buy the best of shooting-bon,.
.t •i. too di Miasma. -am no nu e mild affect the Inc full f tears. "Dear mamma." The step told too plainly what her heart had feared.
eyeso
' . - . woman and continued the search alone. Were .a id breechloaders.
„.sIo .: o .....• . •.I toae water- Wore than toil, little innocent thought that because it was
There was a noise of stumbling, the handrail
... en...Leen is. p 1.., _ t ... It. ...noualmoul, fee any workmen in the house at the time? Yes,
i airman story she must have written it about Judge a horse a lass of wine or a water colour
creaked, and low. muttered curses were heard, as • g ,
" s -'l'a 01. neee leaeY wageees. one or two, the bellhaneer among them. Ho had
Ilan-Ant. It was the first time the child had cried Berme one, heavily booted, stumbled up, rolled drawing.
e. e est . e 1.67.,:er all kisa o. ut tore oilcloth up in the ball, which they bad nailed , '. 'And, finally-Make his wife believe the r.• •
..."
°- " ' .'”°.°. I. t'... hell"' lie d. -n tcontrary to his orders. Re finished 'or her mother, and I had not the heart to stop heavily against the door, and sent it flying open,
- Ire'. Oil si ao oat dur of the. ml on 4 ''' - too awn• knee, d h was corn. ' ed it hed dd d and staring he alleges for his absence on the Berle I-.
. leer. I took her on my ee, an 8 0 • as he stagger -as , w -eye ,
:eiel i, it. to en eire tie +teed... ig ~,,,,, In s job and left work at the usual hour. The lady
forted. -into the room. for taking suddenly a short Paris trip Nil:,
. Id- peoposed a r....tun. 16 3101.11 1111i111:41A, had not teemed whilst he was in the hall; though,
;till wearily turning over the leaves of the MS., The wife stood before him, trembling, shudder- bet.
Thai toe.- - i oI- iii t........ a ords:-" xi. t lic ridge is not to be sure, he had not been there constantly, bat SOCIAL MAXIMs.
~. .1" 111.• 1,1-1 ream it• 4111 the pre.ent time, and most Ic.me to the next entry. It began in a startling mug; and fighting hard to keep back the leathiug
wards to where the bells hung. n . .
1....1. • I d for
..otiv.aiient dui tieco.,..ry to he altered. ' That the "'' • 'war' nan teen and made Babette cr j afresh, that came upon her, while the sight of her misery (By a Social Man.)
,• r tern- auLaztorital lay tour 5101311,0/. in accoidance with It is useless to relate the means I used to find ~. '.,1
' I wanted to write the word before,
II tiger . wan and the wretched home seem to add fuel to the Society is composed of two classes of aspiram,
rhs pia.. Moo., 1, .3.e seprease stiteeet to any future her. I was out after ono clue or another all day but dived not-dared not think of my weak, suffer- drink-begotten madness that wadi upon the man. -the people who aspire to give dinners, and t.•
'''''' 'i" ",',....,?t"„ omit„ i ,thou,,' ~,n I.- '''f " ' 'sw,lld "POI '',""lice to. leeg, to no purpose. The house faced a thorough-
am body. It has come upon me now, a pain such as "What!" lie roared with an oath, "waiting up? people who aspire to eat them. My first max et,
' ..----' ••••••••,-."-.1""."1- -'
'in ia,l":a I' 'n'il h& la ie more or lese frequented in the afternoon by ' • • . •
to he ei1...1 , tot . awl ov meet 011•66 Le 6201111111tt•e• .6, . I lever magma en ore. I 1 f When I had been here Crying-crying • '
you! always-always is, To take care of Number One: and so I ereire
amen-cane
loiter the ways and means for ram ill.; the game w"r"'"'" returning home. I went among these;
had •of them seen her. The next day a few hours I felt hungry, and when I awoke out cryiug, and looking at mo like that. Get out!" myself in Number Two. Another of my ma, in -
I lee
of my first sleep I felt hungry, but nothing like She load come appealing to him, fighting back is, Never he in baste to accept an invitation t: • .
,e. .Veierinan rdieeteres weed the itopetines of duly Babette an•l I moved into the new house. Babette,
eee, res 116 e • Ay- and allealaa 1111 S. There will be an end soon. God take 1115 the feelings that made her revolt and dread him there is no hope that a better may terno ,
whom I told that her mamma would come back
Mr. A% L.D.ltcas e..i.i.l.etarl it cull he inoppwtune to' 1 • 1 let e bear it well." no his blind rage he struck at Delays may be dangerous (as with rich and .rs •
gnat t . anm , . iu his fury, when, i , • 1. 1- l ' ~„ I . ... ~.., ~., . The tormeke Trust fen. in mitt I• perfectly happy
in a day or two, an, who was pc Hitherto the writing had been legible and co- her fiercely. relatives), but they more equen y •ro, • i
: ....tee .rei in i• anel te a •,-- r ...e. e ..e.l eet the in the assurance, named all day long up and ,
I treat. From this point it became confused, the There was a dull thud, a wild shriek, aud the real turtle in lieu of mock'. A thir•l nee ei. .
~‘,. -4;4 It ~ . ie.. (N % no.) T.'', I ore lie should imam. down the echoing passages. A carpenter was still
l'i nes '-cooked, and the sentences incomplete. It wornau staggered back and fell, uttering, in a tone mine is, When you lend Mumbrella, be sure .
. Imp. . nedit li•IFI, carried •.ie.
, at work in one of the rooms. I muld not endure
th IllotiENs or dea-,1 1... ... : ir•elinent tent they fiat•ClilCd as if my peen wife had realised so vividly of agony that spoke volumes, one word- • bad one: otherwise you tempt the borroner ei
4h r ....- the noise he made even for the short time I r0......i...,
......i..., .1... ..... . tile A 'le ..•,....ase. he propmem the narrative she was patting on paper that her "Jack" forget to send it back. It is a Hiatt/it of 1. id :
.oside...,,,st ~ tse Bp.'s, Cat •.i.l, part of e .e,ente. mined indoors, and dismissed him. He threw
nen, ar. liner I eel, en, ...meet a new road to bus basket of tools into a corner and went. The own hand had failed her. Over the page the For it was the first blow. There had been ill- that a man should always carry a cigancase in
i
narrative became still more realistic, and for fear usage, too, sore, before; but this was the first his pocket, in order sometiines to embrace tile
14.1 -"I., awl lie nellete I it loadal Us to an expense- of women servants complained that they were afraid
of friebtening Babette Ino longer read it aloud, blow, and it had not fallen upon her, even though opportunity of filling it when calling on a frien.l.
xisouo, li it w. .re only a queseon of £2111.00, it would ,-,f 1,,d,e, in the house in the day time with no
spite.:
~, ,„eeeel nut Ina. a-.. only .6311erai1.6 thus the larger.l t I fascinated b
In of well a range Y in her weakness, e staggered back, an y - )she
you chance o
-cOeti..., -01.1 it was ....ces-ary Met slimed understand Worktnell about, and that at night it was still
the story. so lifelike and earnest in its diction, heavily, with her head upon the fender, to raise benevolence, bear in mind my maxim. When you
vfeeege the tun Is ,re to e. 0..... I. t • nen ie turni-he.l with worse. The house was haunted, they said; there
e uml almost fancied it the veritable MS. of some it bleeding as she struggled to her feet. go to hear a charity sermon, put a »haling .0 your
1.- eusas .4 t rim whole •••11.11e, and thee know alters the was a noise of ROUle one singing at night,
i;
.ayis to cern .retu. bl•wretchhad died a lingering death "Kate!" .
..,era 0 whogasped tl gasp le Mall. pocket, and leave your purse at home. When an
anti a knocking on the walls in the daytime. I'
Ur. Allen ins THOWAI ...1,1 there ie no reaeen for eon. n. from starvation.
~ . And the drunken flush faded from his face, old friend asks for a small stim, just "to go on
- mile r iw•ati-i oh I t
eeerine te dA . .1.. i a ina ets a epena ed upon the Ilabettes head was not troubled with this no
"Starved to death, it went on, and repeated Ile was sobered by the knowledge that flashed to with," depend on it he wants it to go off with.
horid,e, tea watch is net neces.ery to carry out in souse. She made fresh discoveries and invented the words in the next line, "starved to death, his fevered brain, telling him that which a century
••••ne.equence .1 the bridge. Mr. 1.11•1311a8 continued that, fresh forms of amusement on the broad staircase INFORMATION WANTED ST THE STATISTICAL
a order to »en, hers., tire Igo st • .
. . , ple h laird the bride* ;idol in the large, old rooms every day. If only I have been at the wall where the mortar is soft, of repentance could not efface; and catching at
SOCIETT.
e ill oe very oet t-. tax tie meet, 1 • eed it oat all I can; the stones will not Ihe stood shivering in the presence of his •
1 """h"""D''' li° 1 id have seen her, as sho came a"' "win-- caked t'e wall,
4-1 ,ul.l like to knew wheeler they mull not re-eo'c'. the 'come COU Te move. While I Was at work some one w wile he had so wronged. The number of persons sent to Coventry hiring
11l house, and re-impolite tie Uhl-, for In shoUld adajt,t to relining to meet me whenever I cane in!
:done over my head; I beat with my fists, and She had prayed for a lesson to him, and it had the past year, and the average period of their
tax the town for ill, inummensenL The question of the One day Babette brought me a rag of muslin,
thestopped: I tried to call out, but my mouth come;
y for as she struggled to her knees, clasping wisidence there.
roadway had noi bearing on the geese-in. which she told me was part of mamma's frock. •
.d to New'
Mr. NeseLe ',aid the Council are hound in duty to 11childnright, and I took the fragment in "•'' so ,Iry -
I could only whisper. My steel is her child to her bosom, her head swam with the The number of tons of coal carried
madder the question. It ought to IW referred to come . l'' was
mate*. New, it to-se only their duty to consider toe ir'Y hand. It was not only a piece of Lenore's
dizzy to grope for it. When I am hungry 1
- down-reckless of her wound-upon the little
aitoirabili, et Impronsa.: the Bodge. lenge hint of the very dress she wore on that fate.
co t the bole for a mouthful of fresh air. The tearing eves that but an hour before had smiled
Mr. WEISFORD did net like palming abstractresolutioaa ful afternoon. I sent for the detective and laid en °
••ir here stifles me but the pain is gone. I keep in hero
There are perli4i, twenty ether objects desirahle to carry this fresh item of evidence before him. From ' ' n: beawake d. lite .
ma, but rI e prels•• thine is to sit down in.l count the I.ollt, . 1 • • falling asleep when I ought to an ~ Kate!" gasped her husband again, se, in a
and not pie, resoktietre en things which are rielf.evideet. Babette's description of the place where she found .
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Tbe :da.110•1010.1 it-" I• the bridge ti be peel for hy the it, we concluded that it had been torn off by snail ~
_ e - • -,' 'n- , ' e!-, ee rigid, stony way, she rose, staggered towards him,
-" n'''' • i • -•`' ‘'- " In ; L'''' ''''''''''' "a" sed laid the infant in his arms • while when she
ten et Gore, or by the persona who nee itr We are or splinter before Lenore left the house. Still 1
.... mete !elle ti WOrh•• ; 42.2 i, ev-orit look. .L bee the
deeply in debt, earl there re the dark thunder cloud hang- the search went on high and low, still without yr -' f sounded ' ' spoke, her voice so ,
ed strange and harsh even
me over na eh eh he h peel would pa.. over ; but tuna _eel'. .eurt 0 a eeparato et es .ff rt I began to bt• strangely to her own ears, as she said, almost in a whisper-
ions he del me think it wise to pan onolutien, which, if ”--- he teed by it; there WKS sotnethine in it I did not "Take it, Jack, the child is dead! Oh, God
they havens Janette; effect, 1:061110 to nothiug, but if they On the evening of the second day! was slid- 171,11.0•141111 d. I tried to put Babette to the ground, have did! f this!"
mercy,pray or
haven Media.: effect, he did not 'Milk it right to nem &illy called to the kitchen. The housemaid who !, .t, elle clung round tiny neck end would not be
Mr. Alderman Kum recapitulated the areterients; fetched me trembled with fright; the not of the
aloha,: B. et t•e trade or the town is so hampered by this di toeb.,l. I thonobt there Was an cud of the
It o idge that be 1117361 dopo-ed to think they ought to con- ' •
servant% had locked themselves into the pantry, writhi hint ' • t the hatsheet 1 found
g,ou tuning, o es
eider the ranter et once. A. to the del t, that was to e]il "nl'lo'll7, (Teak to me through the door. The ..emiler en,. y se... ee , acres, it.
see,. extent a Oen of health to he in debt, an i this was vr eat hall-doorbell had Yang violently, so violently "I stoeforel beetense I remembered something.
no' see ..i.nous amount mentioned this morning that no one dared answer it, and before they had
Mn. llai.Mt AO VerY WWII IWer,,a,ed as to the ditheal- 7;.e tells! I felt for Or in. and found an iron
tee •.o the Bodge. It had now cone- tu this-" Is it really time to tell me it rang again and fell to the • Ithe fscullOh i ipe a. elm op o the wa a one end. .
.........,.....y. or not oi io.pr. ve the ari.t.., r so nems.nry ground. There lay the hell in proof of this state- t eel! that I ehoula have forgotteu so long, and
is it tha• it i. vem dith..olr with tee preeent traffic to keep meet. I went to the front door myself; there that it revue to nothing! I pulled with my feet
to,- ere.-nt le din iti lepdr. was no one at it. A heartless joke, I thought. to
M- wise as 'CI the Town Clerk whether Hes r.:4lin :t. the wall. It broke, and the wires with it.
•- - rata' play at such a time. Soon afterwards I had occa- I 1 I fell,
payers ...mid h • edled oat" pay tor the itneroveluent f • . • ay whore anlistened. .ot mg. d 'n h Those
be Towe lame: N•it without an Act of Prelate .M. non TO ring the parlour bell, and no one came to electric bells I persuaded John to have! You can-
Mr. LOVELL Aho;:este I the ,e.l let on 01314, as it 6. urce answer it. On going again to the kitchen I found I m :OL ring :he by pulling thorn. I felt again almg
of means. Mn, Heward's reeolution was in Owe' and the servants huddled together over the fire. but ihe won.
titioe. Another wire, not in the taboo the hall
they had not heard the bell. I sent one of them .
Mr. DKVEltisit ir.i.l their firm would le very win 1,-or bell.. I pulled once, twice, three times; it
• ea - " i---a.ag renal to try all the bells; not one of them rang. I . •
to fug the t oil vtliaer th au 011, have tun stridge alusroVeu. f afore: - Goe now% i -.Anti no more. k 'f " Only
Mr. Alderman HOWARD re-stated that the Bridge Cali •It was useless to explain to the women that the In-low it w• re marks as if a chid had been trying
le carried out as indepeneent of the road. The road can- 1 rats load got at the wires again and gnawed to make cepital letters,
not be made without the Bnege ; lult the Bridge cannot ; them through. They chose to see in thaw re-
be made without the med. As to the coat. he I took Babette by the arm. '
the sum of nee* be so well spent, ea that the lame body
" we-I.' could eated disasters evidences that the bonen was ..13 -
abate, tell me the truth, you have been
of retepayers would have benefit therefrom. He was Eannted, and, for the future, I ordered the gall scribbling in this book." I
very pleased that Mn. Groves and Mr. Devenish. had denier to sleep 011 the premises. She Walt frightened at the tone of my voice,
spoken so unselfishly about the matter, and were redline As days passed on Babette bee
even to pay the toll rather thin not have the Bridge im- „en to distrall shipped off nay .knee and stood before me with her
'me by asking repeatedly for her mamma. The rl behind h ' proved, although he made bold to say that they therm I iovelt f the h ' d Lan h her back. .
aelves woold hsve to sty nearly ell the tell : Mr. Lovell . y o e house was wearing away, an every "No. papa; I havn't scribbled. I found it so in
rase, would rather even pay the charge upon coal than not emu I saw the child I had to put her off with a the hall."
have the Bridge. /leathered his resolution at name include i fresh answer. Poor Lenore! Howl wondered, late "Go to . r
the words-" subject to any future ainenilments,' and and early, in those days where you had gone tot you nurse a Once, • O. t B bett " She Wh yis it better to have friends than to want
also to appoint a committee on the subject, to consider &eyed line itigantly, but whilst she was on the
!low often did I send for the men engaged " hem?-Because they are so hard to find.
the question of ways and means. Sane gentlemen evenla the stairs I called her back.
were so favourable to the imprevereent that they were search to make this or that suggestion that,
prepared even to write heavy cheques to help defray the always proved fruitless! Babette who had be- "Tell me where you found that letter." Why is a lady in a cotton dress like anything
cost. She led ine to - a corner of the lobby and pointed publishedf-Because she appears in print.
fore found the fragment of her mother's dress, ~,, ~. ,„,,,„„,.,..,,,
Mr. BRAVA!, said the present Bridge might he opened -
seemed the cleverest searcher of us all. One - ''''' ''''''"--
to-day, but he was not certain it would be opened to- Why is ambition like a weather cock /-Because
"And that is where you found the piece of
1:11Orrow, morning she came bounding • •h in with some papers tuanima.4 frock?, it In a vain and glittering thing to a-spire.
The Melee thought that wies as conclusive as anything in her hand folded into the shape of a book.
which had Ives said, her baby finger was still held in the same di- Why is a good sermon like a kiss'-Because .-
'sae Because it
" A letter from mamma!" she cried, " • letter
Penally. Mr. Hoboes withdrew his amendment, on themotion. I only requires two heads and an application.
from mamma!" She was right in one respect • "Now
understanding that the whole enquiry should 1•e confined the • • .-- • run away, Babette."
to !Ite Bruise. Tne whole Council Is be the coiumittee. handwriting was Lenore e, and the foolscap In ane Why ought a greedy man to wear a plaid waist-
Renee Or THE arm- WALL rIt:AR THE OUTER PIER. was doubled into the shape in which Lenore need emu way the child walked off, and went coat?-To keep a check upon his stomach.
Me Wheatley Mmtered at £110; Mr. Whethou, £11.5 : It for memorauda or accounts,he stairs one 'step at a .
"Where did you oP t p time. I was standing
before a narrow crevice between the floor and the
Mn,
W. H. %%Minute Lifl ; Mr. John lanes., £147; Mr. rind it, Babette?" "in the hall,d , Why are indolent persons' beds too short for
Benjamin Wrieht, awl Mr. James Read, gii7 lee papa; the door
wainscot. It opened downwards through the i , them 7-Because they lie too long in them.
The lowest tender, Mr. Willemee, was accepted,wee open, and the postman must have thrown it
LAIR,AOL 1 111 without knocking. Please read it to Babette, floor and not laterally under the wainscot, and I ' _ . Why is a widower like a house in a state of
M'. John Times, £115; Moors. Martin and sone and mamma will say when she is coming home." •
the sides of it were free from dust, as they would Why is setting up a shop in a bad thoroughfare ailapidation?-13ecause he wants re-pairing.
£ll9 Its • Mr. E. B. Mate, .CgS ; Mr. G tom* kluseey. I saw at once what t Le if mice passed in and oat of it. A very little like opening an oyster?- Because although von
i was Lenore had lately i•' What snufftaker is that whose box gets fuller
Lill 6. ltd.; If. John Whetharn, £B7; Mr. John Rom, hem, • ' t nog almost unnerved me. A fly buzzed down open it. it W 011•1 --- 1110 ,
Elle If..
translating sbort German tales to read to
Babette and some of her playmates, and this was e • ' •
from the window pane settled on the edge of the Why hi a barber Ilte proper wean to set in the more 'mad he takes?-A pair of snuffers.
one of them, or perhaps a story my poor wife had ' - - •
hole, and disappeared into it Another coming @earth of Sir John Franklito-Because bets the- What is that which is often brought to table,
composed herself for the barna purpose. I had out at the same moment gave me the idea that roughly acquainted with the poll and knows the often cut, but never eaten 7-A pack of cards.
these little
seen some of the tales before, but not this one. It What favourite Scotch sport resembles the talk.
was roughly scribbled in pencil, as if written in crevice as an entrance to the cellar below. But* Which would you rather have, five sovereigns
the train, a common practice with Lenore. what did they find in the cellar? or a£s note?-The latter, because yeti double it log of Women 7-Deer stalking (dears talking).
I cannot gay that I moved with any great, Why should • perfumer be a good editor?-Be'
" Bead it. do. Dana," urged Babette. when t tipocket, dfi find • you put i to your an n ine
Merity after this. More mechanically than other- creases when you take it out. Gauge he is accustomed to make elegant extracts.

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portod.

Spot a snob without so much as speuk:i
him.

A MERRY CHRISTMAS.

(By Henry B. Leigh in the Hornet Annual.)
The words are blythe and full of cheer;
They never pall on any hearer,
But—borne along from year to year—
From year to year sound ever dearer.
And yet we know the words are vain;
We know the season must be merry,
When those long-severed meet again
Below the white and scarlet berry.
When small but mirth-compelling jokes
Are heard from every nook and corner—
When on the board plum-pudding smokes,
Attended by the pie of Horner.
When kissing shall by fatour go,
And age declare it only folly
That youth resorts to misletoe,
And lovely woman stoops to holly.

When old and young and middle-aged—
Three generations—all commingle;
The widowed, wedded, fresh engaged,
And, last and least, the many single.
.• Merry ?"—When all around is bright?
" Merry?"—Ay, marry; now or never.
The churl that cannot laugh to-night
May give the habit up for ever.
One week in all the fifty-two
Is little time to give to laughter;
Come, join the revel, eynie, do !
Although a cynic ever after.

rate

Come, choose a seasonable strain,
To fit the joy days before ns
And shout we all, with might and main—
" A Merry Christmas!" is the chorus.

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