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Are you inywant Of money, LADY,, he
ventured to remark.
Ne, my dearsir, nothing ofthe Ibid
Cannot | Be of service, then. id Esome
other way than tina. which yen propose y
Indeed, sir. you cannot
Were TO comply With your request, III.
dy, might i net possibly hereafter cause tsu
some regret 4
s ltegfet nay ~, ds not mock tstI
| PafdeA ny sssMisfg fadeMess tiinlam
aiia saes more tsll ma, .lktly. hsw aIeae |
can best serve yeH
Marry me fdl
Marry ahe whom | nave only kAa8a for
a single half leRfi
Aye, marty my 7=lrust me-, am hht de-,
esiyipg yea tleFsaflet you shall knbw all
Hut, II Sou sNil llaye f4iIh in humanity !; IL
! you can syMpaihiae with. sorrow ii YOU
have any -nity leF me-natTy ina, and do IL
/ TAI oneeh
| By Heaven | will, exclaimed ILL law.
yer, almost before he Lmselfwas aware IL
/ However, he had pledged his Word+and
he determined to abideihe issue.
Are you ready, now2 quietly observed
the lady
Il
moments You know
Certainly, sir yoawill fad ii there.
ltet this suffice for the present and tie lady
politely offered 4 card upon which waslneat
" engraved the name Henrietta Howard
apd just below the address, Beacon street
Stepping into carriage summoned for
the oecasion-,-the young lawyer. acsQmpa.
MED BY tile lady, drove 10 thu Office df the
City Register.
Everything in this department being sat
| isfactorily arranged, the handsome c@uple
forthwith presented themselves before the
Mayor VIC was not long in performing the
ceremony thar should bind two willing
hearts in one, for veal or fori woe, until
death should them parts'
A few moments later, and the young
Southerper accompanied his hlusling wife
- the carriage. The steps were put up
the door closed and the haekman stood al
waiting orders
To the fremont Iouso said the bride
groom :
Excuse me Charles---why not to our own
house p
To our own house
Certainly. my4lovea
The poor lawyer looked upon the face of
His bride with wonder. He cef46inly could
See nothing amiss in these beautiful bright
eyes of hers : though to tell the truthH lie did
feel little uncomfortable, as HE yentured
TO enquire mildly,
And where IS that, Henrietta7'
why, Beacon street-to besure, Charles
Beacon street No -a'
hi The lawyers wits were. certainly ID little
wandering mo wonder. Indeed, lad
be remeh bered at that moment the address
upon tue card, it was certainlyithe last place
be should have thought Of going to especi
Ally after what had just TRANSFERRED,
He had scarcely time TO RECALL to mind
his ra shness, when the carriage stopped just
before costly and magnificent stone mansion
He glanced ut bis bride even the asi1es
IN her sweet face gave no hope. lie pould
just say,
'Sllall we alight here, Henrietta?
Certainly Charles.
The youig Southerner handed out his
wife in silence
VI A welldressed servant answered the bell
Is uncle Al home Robert 4 inquires the
lady
No, Miss henrietta, Ne IL Not, replied
the man With respectful bow
t1iyihghls hat TO the servant aud fIiow
Ing isbfide iAto the sdiHptdpdsiy fafnsh
I'd paflof the b6ef' sdutheflfef Eelt hUwfhiefe
w d less Tim ever sWhile Aeif6gulshE lehA
bf the lovely wgmAn, whe was shAte4 llpsila
him On the sofa holding his hands iaEhers,
aud glKng mp iula tss faeu==hY no means
tended leFeeall him 70 bis usual self phsses
sion
\. Come, Charles suddenly exclaimed Ills
tnew'made bride. give mo your arm, while
we take stroll around the house--or Tath-
Ter, shauldisay yoAf house
Nay, Henrietta do not tribe with me-
Indeed, ChaFlea / am not triding All
that you see y yours.
M Inc 4
n Yes, Charles, yours You have trnsted
ia me, and must tell yen all.I
The fair bride then led her astohished
husband TO seat near by. and thus dontin.
ued
Three years since, lost BY death, the
best Of fathers. My mother died some five
years before My father, for many years
engaged in the India trade, left the princi-
talportion Of 6is5Prhperty Including this
house IN which we move are To myself. his
solcIsuryiving daughter. Ny uncle, who vas
duly appointed my guardian, was entrusted
with tie care Of all until should marry
lie resides with me- Destitute of other
mears Of support. il was<quite natural. yon-
know, that be should wish ID seclnde me
from the world as much as possible OF
late he has treated me unkindly. To-day
escaped from the house unseen. The rest
you know
But Henrietta will not your uncls--'
Not word CHARLES, if 5ou please at
present
The servants we're nov summoned, and
fally informed of the facts
The domcs.ics then clieeTfully withdrew
Henrietta had always been AZ especial fa-
vorito with this portion Of the family. while
the barshbess and cruelty Of the uDflc had
been but too apparent
We need not detail the surprise sAa ~
toniAhmant and scotn Of she tteIe WHEN 81
the following day liz returned fran Biz brief
visit ID Lowell, 10 learn the change that lad
10 strangely and suddenly taken PLACID Ii lie
domestic arrangement 81 tie fhtnlly
A TRIP 10 Washington had basn deter.
mined upon by The happy couple for the
great Mstfepella Of tie uasIsd Htkles IL
that season WIS guy, NeneFess being then In
session Besides 1 visit 10 Ills Relatives In
Richmond IVES needftll 10 complete tAa hap.
\ plness oE the Young. bFIdegFooEn.
Aad thus passede elhonaymoon.
Daring tse absence 81 tho young couple
the Grabbed old uncle quietly withdrew