, 1874-03-29
4" Not at all: Oh! Juliet.

"Not at all: Oh! Juliet,
q ] STALL NEVER SEE you AdA1N ."
, my own. ' Wa y
It was vain attempting to restrain them ant
! only "hen they were spoken knew By the rust
: OF coior to her face what I had DONE
: Forgive me, do forgive mel" stammerei
sudden To lose you altoeether-1 cannot bes, 81
Mr.. Chasuble," ahe interrupted, blushine
very much, but speaking in kind, vomnplg
tone, surely you are not going to say anythins
foolish. II You are, pray stop.h
Is it foolish to love yon?" exclaimed los.
ing ny head altogether.
And then IN the same momeut it rushed oysr
me how utterly feo1sh, nay, insane-such lore
was and sat down BY the rickety little tao.e,
aud, bnryiog my face in my hands, eyoaned
| aloud at my own madness.
She came close to me, and said in her coaxing,
| pleasant voice: -
MIR. Chasuble, pray do0's. OF course for
G1ve you. Sfou did not mean ANYTHING. Yo7 aro
! to heart"
nothing could be more generous, moro kindly,
! ladyAke but would no. take the indulgence.
| Every tone Of nsr liquid voice tanned my pas
| sion; and
| puRsT OUT AGAIN.,
not looking ut her.
did 17eaa it, / do mean it. lore vou,
! fooshly if you will, buL with al mp heart- How
could yon not see it? Wig. it has been kearea
to be near you though knew could never rin
| you-a poor curate. without esen enough t. keen
himself: And you so fair, so-' c1oked. /
@ Tas fairly CRYING like baby, with nv fsce still
| hidden. II know ought no. to tell rou. I
never meant to-: It was enough to zee you NOW
| and then but If you co.
Poor fellow {" she said, as pitifn}v AZ If had
been Mrs. Balls rheumatic grandson. xnd lay
! ing her Little g@oyed handa on uy bowed head
I'm sc sorry. hoyes guessed it. indeed. Vi
course it was very foolish; and how you could
but You'll soon grE over it,
Her well-mcant consolation only stabbed ITO
more keanly. The rain fell in constant "epit.
spit" down the chimney Gu to the hot Goals j
NANCY hen sauntered into the room and CON.
meneed pecking ut my boo. heels. The vet
little pool Oh the muddy floor.
II would give my life to win you" sobbad
uut, ashamed to Lift my head; and I cannot,
ccnuot."
TO rou CAN'T"
tho said firmly. Then. after moment in which
did not speak, ;" think had be.ter 30
away
Another silence then in softer lone:
" Don't CRY. Please, please don't. I'm not
worth it bit, and 4m 30 sosryt Oh! you poor
boy! I wish Fpu wop1du't-1 xZn 30 1erY ycrT
sor1yi"
The coaxinz fingers plidee: from my head to
the hands which covered nv face I felt their
kindly clasp for a second toen light, ecctle
ANuEuf Akt tu6 UIuEu Oh q EEsSaiE3t Oh nv t016-
head, aad- she Wan gone
Before could reach the door she WAS almost
at the entrance OF the alley, nnd knew I had
lost her-lost he- foreTer.
went home that day feeling like a man
who had passed through he.ren and lost
it for ever Only the touch on my forehead re-
mEined to save me from otter misery. IT had
hal hnc grain OF common sense, might have
knoTn that it Was the seal Of my condemnation,
the snrest sign that she did not ard could not lovs
a | rr 3Ysr}a A4f Hf1k
! WAS MAD
-~-tnad as only = man who loves vain1y can be.
4 telegram vas lying on my 1odging-houso
table. I did not even notice it till evening--1
lay tho cloth she pointed it to me- and tore it
open. It was from my mother, summonlnR me
to Bibcbcster on Important business. VI course
hurried Of by the first train on the following
AZ DAY! tha snd R.o,ar on ny svnt vas informed
rural village. about thrss miles from
mother had prevailed with The patron. an Old
adnirer OF her own, to offer me tho living.
An income Of six hundred year mine ip one
day.
OF course had to stay eo.nn days In Bib
chester to settle matters. Nearly ten iudaod
hnd elapsed before returned to town to bid
adieu to Juliet. Yes, cofnc what might, had
resolved to find her, and tmploEe her to try aud
LOVE NE SUFFICIENTLY
own comfortable, ii quiet, hems amoug tho
green and sunny Kentish hop-helds: Naturally,
wi4h this rlew, aent first to Mrs. Bosely.
An you be a-goin' away TOO, sr!"
cried tho dame, wh5n ! told her the nens.
"Well, rover! Seems like as III be LETT all
alone; an mY rheumaties that bad nv logs il
swollen right rp, an' the Precipitation runs OF
me in streams. it do. Yes: sir, had to tsSs the
'eaTE, an ssuR the alr up 60; aud now Miss
Julis'a Eoue,-God blesa har,-she mont cake no
oGense."
'.Then she is goos ?" ASKED bali expecting
it, and uaksng up my mind to follow her.
Gone ! eh. yes, sir, all the way to Italy,
SIZE AND HEB nusnAs';
though wha.sumdcver thoy wants ia that Popish
place can't imagine for tho life o ne. All!
she was 3 darling, she were! Just 'ee look
it a big lumpa An there's her lel-
ter, which there's summas about you in
it for sure"
Touiy glanced at the wedge OF iced and lug
clous cake; but took the thick sheet of
creamy paper. and read it Eteadi!y through. T
wns past emotion nov.
''Dear Mrs. Bosely," It said, "thls is to bid
you good-by; for am going to marry my
cousin, Lord Danescourt. We have been en-
gagged for more tLau gear, aud now be won't
wait anT longer: but Insists On carrying me right
SWAY from London; so, ~ ho Ia far stronger
than am, I I'm forced to yield, aud shall not 500
Fou anT more. Don't forget me, and mind to
Wish me jov over the cake and wine. Also bid
Mr.. Chasube good-by for ne. I liked him very
much. Always your hearty friend,
JULIET lASDE71LLE."
That WAS ten years ago. and
AM UNMARRIED STILL
am more than ever Convinced that cellbacyls
be true and proper atata for tho clergy, and
make that condition sina II non with my Gu
ates. But keep Juliet'a psrfnmei note bid
leu away In the deck wheEe I write, and tie
ouch OF her fresh young lips has kept me- frota
II others ever since. think it was the inuo-
emily cordial, frank manner rbich led me to
ancy her. It may te she was only hearslcas
o4uette amcsing herself with n mild dirt.tion-
only know hers Was the onlv Eiri-kiss that
FER pressed my face and roue haya ever brush
d it a'Eay.-Oace Teek.
tn NV H4TiY. iaHn