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PARKER & CO.,
Nos. 90 4 100 SUMNER STREET. Boston.

rsn yEAF %s kbe and srSs ,gS,
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MONDAY, OCT s,h.i..s
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ter goods Uf the same character.
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CHAPTER III.

DIR. Philipson's opinion was. the same
as that of DR.. Nash. Lettie was not so
doWn.stricken as 1 had dreaded she
would be, and she babe goodbye to
Harry Crofts almost cheeIfully when
he went up to town.
"There, Jane, now hope he'll forget
me" she said TO me; 81 don't like to
see him SO dull"
That day Mrs. Davis sent her ticket
for a concert at the Blind Institution,
and she went. When she came home
10 tea she told me that the girls and
boys who sang looked quite happy and
contenIed. and why should not be
so, too9 What u number OF beautiful
sights 1 can remember which some of
them never sawi" she added with n
sigh.
After this, imperceptibly, her sight
went, until noticed that, even In Cross
ing the floor, she felt her way before
her, with her hands out. DIR. Nash
again offered to use bis influence to get
her admitted into the Institution, but
she always pleaded, ''Let me stay with
you, JRneyl" and 1 bad not the heart to
refuse, though she would have more
advantages there than could afford
her.
Not far from us there. lived an old
German clock.maker, who was besides
musical, and acted as organise at the
Roman Catholic chapel in the town.
We had known him all our lives. Let
tie often carried him posey from our
garden, and his grandchildren came TO
me for patches to dress their dolls, He
was a grim, misunderstanding figure,
but he had heart of pure gold. He
was benevolent, simply, kindly. II
was his talk that Ieconciled Lettie,
more than anything else, to her condi-
ton. He was SO poor, yet SO satisfied ;
so afflicted, yet unrepining.
II will fnaRH thnn ~ he
said to my sister. So, sometimes in our
little parlor, and sometimes in his, he
gave her lessons in fine sacred pieces
from Handel and Haydn, and taught
her to sing as they sing in churches
which was grander than our simple
Methodist hymns 1t was great de-
! light to listen to her. 1t seemed as ii
she felt everything deeper in her heart,
and expressed 1t better than before; and
it was all her consolation to draw the
sweet sounds up out OF that we'll offeel-
ing which love had sounded. know
that toTemember how Harry loved her
gave tenderness and patience which
il would else have lacked. She, who
used to be SO very quick with hel
tongue, neYerEgaye anybody a SHARP
word now.
lido not say much about our being
poor though, of course, that could moi
but be; still we had friends who were
| kluu 10 U.S. even mrs. OANLs 5OAgouSG
and mentioned to me, under seal Of con-
hdence, that IL / could not quite make
up the rent, she would not press me
but fortunately had not to claim hel
forbearance, or else 1 do fear she could
not have borne to lose sixpence; and
when it had come to the point We should
have had TO go like the others; she was
SO very fond of money, poor womani
Lettie used to go-to the Institution
sometimes, where she learned to knit
and net, and weave basket work. Oul
rector, "a better man never lived, or :
kinder to the poor had her to net Gov.
himself and his boys, SO that altogeth-
er she contrived TO make what almost
kept her. Now. that the calamity had
really come, IL was not half 80 dreadful
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HAIR DRESSING,
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
For al the purposes of a laxative

Perhaps no one medi-
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SS Pun. The obvious res-
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and all know that what 1t docs once II does always
that it never fails through any fault or negeetof
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following complaints, but such cures are known III
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no harm can arise from their use In any quantity.
They operate by their powerful influence on the
internal visceTa to purify the blood and stimulate
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Minute directions are given IN the wrapper on
the box for the following complaints, which these
For ISyEpeTSisa or IndEscstIOn, LIstIe.s-
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toms, bilious IHeaiIaehe, Sick Headache,
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An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
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and invigorates the system Hence il is often All
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One who feels tOlerably well, Omen finds that dose
OF these PHES makes him feel decidedly better, from
their cleansing and renOvating ehect on the dIges
tive apparatus.
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ST. Louis and Iron Mountain

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with the prospect OF controlling All the
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Sunday found me still undecided, but
that was our holiday, and meant to see
DIR, Nash myself, while Lettie was gone
to chapel. She made herself very nice,
for she had modest pride in her looks
which becomes girl. i thought her
very pretty myself, and SO did the
neighbors, she had clear, small features,
and a pale color in her cheeks SOFT
brown hair and hazel eyes. II was not
easy to see that anything allied them,
unless you looked into them very
closely, and then there was q dimness
to be seen about them which might De
disease. She had put of thinking about
herself and was as merry as cricket
when che went down the lane In her
white bonnet and clean muslin gown.
She nodded to me q was watching her
from the doorway y, and smiled quite
happily. was as proud OF Lstue rs
ever my mother had been. She was
always such q clever, Warm-nearteo
little thing; for all her high temper:
When she was fairly gone, and the
church bells ceased, j dressed myself
in haste and set offinto the town TO see
DIR. Nash. he was at nome ana ms
man showed me into the surgery where
i hRo TO wait maybe an hour. When
the doctor came In he asked sharply
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0Ire Intel 1liig(egtttleo.
From lIe American.
HAVE TOU HEARD THE Nrws
FROM IAIRE7

=
a RSSy 9n heard the news from Maine
HAVE e yeW Ho Sa SEQ and nom Freep6rt?
ThT6nei inianaS , Vote? Ten thousand gain
AYe you seen The wild commottor
E EoLn me boundary 10 the ocean.
FROM old KatahdIn' q moUntsin
from The lake and hill and foni'tatn
EEon Umbagog to sebec,
and Kittery 70 Lubec
55I1m wherever people be.
t"A IAFooslook and the sea?
Have you seen the old flsg flying.
as nigh as through The WaI}s'
lave you seen the Maine hny,s t,,,i,,,
10 win one victory more?
1 The fisherman laid down his NET
The Moodman left his axein ser
1ne lhImer dropped his hoe and sna.la
Each artisan laiu by his tratie 80
ana IoE the veal, the coTnmon yysat
AloWed each jealousy 10 heaIf
E S, one me- bright day siilled every pride.
the battle SIDE by side.
It T S9s IA 2 g tsSna min sight to see
Anu glorious 10 hear again
me ringing songs OF yesterday;
10 10 near again the rolling drum,
Liyine tSs EI1 IA D TH veterans come,
correcting all the woe and pain
5tnLJoylng once again To be
Fart or ngloriOuN victory.
Fart OF another stirring fiRht.
II was thrilling, cheering sight.
Have you heard the news from Maine :.
from All her stoIm-bound COAST
From all her whlrllng, racing streamy9
FT ION her LonGhIhewn hosi?
the news that bids all turmoil cs5za
Inc Inc news that bids all things prepare
For great future everywhere,
An. Ana prophecies by land and sea-
The laden barn, the sail spread free.
Inc busy mart, the shop, theEtore
And Unity forevermoIe.
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RT000 MANHOOD-NorhinE so i'm
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l said not a word. The prospect seem.
ed too good, too beautiful to be true !
Just at this moment Lettie came in
through the doorway; there was bright
sunshine behind her, and she appeared
to bring IL into the parlor with her.
Are you here, Harry ?" she immedi-
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as 1t had seemed long way of. Eettie
WAS most cheerful. / never heard her
complain, but she used to say often
that there was much to be thankful for
with US. She had quiet religious
feeling, which kept her from meIan-
choly, and, although I did NOT find Il
out until afterwards a hope that per
haps her affltction might some day be
removed. Harry had put that thofieht
into her mind, and do not think thaI
am overstating the truth when saw
that his earnest manly affection for her
was the great motive to his working SO
hard at his profession, in which he has
since become deservedly successful and
famous
We had six very quiet years. 1t
seemed to me as If LaItie had always,
from the first, gone softly cropping her
chapel and back again. Harry studied
in London, then we heard of him in
Edinburg; and at last his mother said
he had gone to Paris, and she was
afraid he would settle there and marry
Papist wife. Lettie looked sorroWful
and restless for day after that, but
presently recovered her cheerfulness,
home. There was / forever at at nv
work, and Lettie at her music. She had
great deal of skill now; and many a
time have Iseen knot of people stand
ing at the corner OF our garden hedge 10
listen to her singing. Ihave heard sew
eral excellent public performers since
then; but never one who could
touch my heart and bring the
tears to my eyes as my poor
blind sister could. On SUNDAYS, at the
chapel, we could hear her voice clear
and sweet above all the rest, and
though our tunes were wild and sim
ple-sung by her, they were beautiful.
Sometimes she would go to st. Johns
church for the sake OF the organ and
the chanting, but I did not feel il right
70 changei habit is strong in slow, nm
taught people; and it did not seem as
If had kept my Sabbath unless I said
my prayers in the homely little chapel
to which our mother led us by the
hand when we were children. Iettie
loved the grand church music, ana who
could wonder at 1t, poor lassie3 Once
or twice when she begged me to gowith
her, IL had seemed TO ill my heart with
pain almost; SO how much more must
II have excited her who was all fire
and enthusiasmi She said it made her
feel happier and better, and more
thankful to God. Perhaps in losing
one sense, her enjoyment through the
others grew more intense.