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timidly, but with inexpressible sweetness

have share of the buffaloes and /
+ clambored In, without much disturbing tn
+ solemn-visaged passenger
Lucy got up small laugh
c Before they reached Linville it was six O.
r. clock and growing dark. A few snowflake
$ scarcely noticed rested upon the horse
back. FIVE minutes more, aud they hat
deposited their passenger at her destination
She flung out profusion of thanks, flavore
by tear. The reconciled started homewarde
eacha little doubtful as to the exact condition
OF the Others temper. Preliminarily they con
Vcrsed upon very remote topics-agreed tha
as LInvll'e was eight miles from Winston
they had now about eight miles to overcome
ana that as 1t was already late, it would pro
bably be later before they reached home Tn,
increasing snow furnished a new subject, anC
TINS very soon acquired Il positive interest
as 1t steadily gained strength. In a littl,
Whlle gusts OF wind came surging along,
keen and icy, and impudently whirling
the light snow into the faces oi
the homeward- bound. With any other com
panljn. NJ. Harry Iangford would hav,
sad isagroeable things Miss Brandon ac-
/ knowledged to herself that if she were now
under the guidance Of any of her professcd
devotees, there might be words as Bitter as
the wind.
When they were four miles from Winston
they came to a sudden turn in the road The
| new snow had dritted h ere, and the way was
difficult to pass. At touch Of the whip,
the horse plunged forward and-a trace
snapped
This was serious. Langlord sprang out,
and discovered that the difficulty might be
temporarily arranged by splicing. For this
he needed twine. Together they searched
the sleigh, but found no consolation there.
len cherries minutes passed. Harry tried
dozen expedientS, all unsuccessful. What
should be done? There were no houses near.
1t was becoming very dark
At last he proposed, not without hesita-
ton, to draw the seirh to the side of the
road, to wrap his fair charge in impenetrable
folds, and to start of on foot in search of
tWine.
At this point all trouble vanished in an
instant. In faint voice Miss Lucy unex-
pectedly chirped forth from her pile of buffa-
10 robes "Will this do?" and instantly
hid herself from human view
She had let fall something upon the snow
that lay ike a halt-coiled blue snake In
answer to her frightened question she was
informed that it did. Harry, laughing him
self to pieces internally, but specifically So
lemn and calm, repaired damages, resumed
his place, and drove cautiously onward
After a while he said-''Think, now, Miss
Lucy, of woman walking to Linville in
this tempest.
Lucy looked appealingly into his face, and
gave signals Of great distress.
"You are cold, he said and as she was
silent, he took 1t for granted that she was |
As they passed through the long avenue to /
Mr.. Brandon's house, an electrical expert |
ment took place, without the same explosive |
result as before
The next evening there was a sewing-circle |
in Winston. 4 sewing circle is Il popular |
needle-aud-thread Assem- blage at which han-
nels and regulations are pitilessly punctured, |
at which under garments for infants and
scandal-cloaks for adults are manufactured,
and all made TO fit. The duties of the occas-
ion having been worried through early in the
evening. the masculine element was suffered
10 mingle socially and the sport began. Mr..
Henry Langford was admitted with the rest
OF the hitherto excluded. He looked mis-
at the centre of attraction The
centre Of attraction smiled at him, and folded
its front upper teeth over its lower lip.
Did you ever notice what depth and
variety of meaning is conveyed by that very
curious contortion Of the female face 2 1t
signifies amazement, amusement, grief anger,
any thing, according to
t. e will of the exhibitor
This time it meant remonstrance and
exhortation.
\ divinity student was talking very loudly
about the Atlantic cable. and descauting upon
the ingenuity Of man.
Mr.. Langtord asserted that the ingenuity
Of man bore no comparison to the ingenuity
Of woman, and proposed to substantiate his
position by a slight narration and a simple
apparatus he had in his pocket.
From the centre of attraction there came
again high d, head register, this time
staccatissimo. Miss Brandon broke reckIessly
from her circle, spllling all sorts of work-box
treasures as she ran. Spools, needles, pins,
oodklns, scissors, books were scattered around
IN inextricable confusion.
Harry, give it to me, )" she pleaded very
5oftly-"please do, dear Harry.
The dear was of at least ten seconds
duration. Long before the prominent vowel
vas exhausted, Harry Langford was a lost
nan.
There it is, '' be said, - land what shall
have in return - (All this very softly.)
Every thing softly still, but
with a smile that was better than a dozen
)rations.)
In the course of week, the youth of {
Winston heard something that took away its
appetite. 1t considered that its confidence {
lad been abused. 1t regarded Mr.. Henry
Iangtord as an intruder who had exceeded I
he privileges extended by hospitality.
\ little while after all this, in the course I
If a retrospective conversation, Miss Brandon {
made the following mysterious remark, with
Ill the extravagant emphasis peculiar to t
young ladies
Nothing Of the sort, Harry. 1t was hor- {
IDLY old fashioned, and it was the merest l
accident in the world ~
1t seems there are ever SO many morals in
his story, Notwithstanding it is SO short,
md so true-for it is true, every word, ex-
;epting only the names Of persons and pla- |
'es. There is a moral of youthful society, a
moral of humanity, a moral oil feminine ap- i
)arel, and some more, all Of which is very
)leasant to reflect upon. since none of them
we're intended. But | shall not take the |
rouble to point them out. |
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foods the threads cross each other at right |
lngles, the long threads forming the warp,
ma lnS enOfI tuItduS Tie welt. According /
Is the fabric is of high quality, so do these {
threads intersect in regular and equable g
Iuality; but, be it as good as it may, there {
ire always some Irregularities which, though '
hey may escape the eye, become apparent
n a singular way. If good silk be wrapped {
lightly and carelessly round roller. it may e
become ''moire'' much against the inclina- !
ion of the possessor; it will have acquired t
IN irregular kind of CLOSING IN some parts 1
ather than in others, and this irregular 6
,losslng, when viewed from little distance |
PRESENTS somewhat of the appearance of moire
,r watering. If a pattern be engraved up ]
N one cylinder in relief, and a similar patt. !
IN on another cylinder, in sunken devices,
md if one of these be heated from within, /
md piece of silk or velvet be drawn be-
ween the cylinders, the silk or velvet will
.cquire an embossed pattern, because some !
,arts of the surface are more pressed and are