, 1876-01-22

winner, and conaidcr tho scero wiped out,
The wary man of tlla World declines to DO 10 In.
debted to friends generosity and thus, aftsr
prolonged AMI animated dincuss'on, tho two
stroll ont toward tho b, stiop, whore ona IL to
take tho outgoing train, mud tbs olher 70 Appcas
| az though delivered by tho incoming expzess.
% ther road winding through tho leAfy
woods, tho influence Of tho near Honasation ID.
rllnes tie friends TO mutual contldencos; and,
sitting on atilo thu clhsr rofates m inaIJppt.
now four yeara old. that proved the turning
| point in lis lilo. aud decitod irrayocably hia
downMira ~. fato ne nag heon ihrovn.so tue story
| lB. tho only chlld Of 3 country pAssn1. Tier
superb beauty revived h's pall,nE tastes. and he
determined to crown tho list Of tho ylcttrns hn
had won for lIbortinoa .prizc with hor fair
name. How ho Buccentled 10 Al1ati tell;
Tie 1i:s used 10 ts!t my wonaankIni,
Knowing 1hcy dlrleersl n,h all tho tuo.
1l.fSsgh i.f. they required ~ As, shsf eesent duo.
An just anticipated from my month:
hncc, being true, devoted, constant, ahs
| Found eenatsney, Jevo.ton truth, tis plain
Aud eaay commonplace Of chstacter.
M mot k. .hcroce Tut anemed natural
Io her who, underneath al4 face knew
WaB fairness telf, roRatGaed 4 heart Judged
Mist correspond in folly inst ~ far
l!tyond the eotnmon,-sr mind 10 match,
Nho, tlerein. proved tie fooi who iron!. sou, sir,
"Jfust mel" said: ahe trGs.ed
When Tho fact Of her prou,eltatel betrayal
| dawned upon the wom1n'a soul, abs turned ip
Huch lofty d1sdaia upo her perndlolia lover thst
his offer OF repatAtion by marriage VIVA rejected
with scorp. A aonth atsor hhe became tho w,so
q an obscure cusaso; and the false man leAen-
ad too lats thak llo hnl cheated himself of tue
ono possibility of reclaf1niuE AiB ilfe.
Tho confession OF tho younger coipcdes In
homo striking minor particulars will, t4at Of ths
eldor. lie. TOO. had madly Iovod the beautiful
daughter Of q countIy ratson, and, lust four
years gono by, had oIlesod hor his baud, aud
beon rejected becaueo her heart raa aiothor'e,
Tho wound ranked attl, though hc was trying
TO do away With tth aching by this marriags with
Ills COUSIN. 1iut, lie puts tbs question, Could
tho startling truth exist. that the woman whom
| both had loved and foRt in a,lch dlncrent aaya
was the very samo? IA tho frionds daily IN thcir
talk tho trains rush by and tlleir plan Of respect
iro arrival and departure ts upant. Therefore
tho younger passes on to "The PIaco" 10 visit
h,s coualn, arranging to rcjoin tho elder, Who
will await lis coming at tho house recently lett.
Monnwhtto, the vacant iuu-psrior Ans beon tho
rendezvous fur a SECOND na,r Of devoted cum
| panorB. But this time The friends arc Of tho
| gentler aex,-~ono being tho 18.year-old cousin
| p!ighted III marriage; and tho other. a woman
four Toare her son'oE, aud surprisingly fAtr and
! stately. The young gltl has summoned tue
elder, s.tto snperb ono" from tho stricE scrlu-
sion in which sho lives as ono buried, to ask al
vico concerning het own contemplated alliance.
In the probing conversation between the ooupte.
| q frightfnl eocrot, ooi!ed n tho breast OF the
eleY poepB ont moment, Rff!ighting the inuo.
90 n nnoet Of nnr o1oecteil ,oyer without ina.
| picivn Ut the real horror tuht oxposed its ugly
/ face for sngle awlf& instant.
Suddenly, as the lonely watcher stands At tho
"amestor cntcrs md nonffnnta tl.a vounan ts
},as NJ, crue!t7 wronrod. lila hauohty and bit-
Ter foes. tho two accept lie eneoun,er. each
hsannr an tha othor Tia wrath nnd oontemnt
thai hnss accumulated With tl,o nassina yoars.
With terrible ipdiuMation tho turad woman an-
AW pfe Tho taunts Of her bDttArcr:
r.v thr.e worJs
tn nrt tten mr. r4,cru ;oi mcrnt heart Hhond Jnrr
| Tint ,n,,,t,rn1 wru yoi, NrFt rayoalei yourseIf
| NV sl,nn,n tnnI,Ixe rro1nnted-enI fnr.hwjih
I TSn rui., Of life unrootsl thus
To surely no,fsli iJnw ahnnlil aucb trr.
iIenrrfarwsrt hit: I'm wind Of its wurst snnr.
| Fiji to ro falling decpcr. fn]Ilur down
| From, sin 70 ria, untll soma depth werc reached
l'oomtd to thU wea1e4t bs tls w!skcdest
A. ~ we.k t aila ~ M,ekea in,a ataa1 ht ,"hen'
!aat .ei,asm msae a,,, Gss -, Huse u,
nro"aa t mn WILL soai rot nnnu II ,ke Fiat
Msio me "ane,nis tg 1aaT,i.gs H-in your phrsse-
incorporate mo heuerforth, boly md sou1,
| W.th soul antl body which wars oruah!ng llst
yronght lepsoay upon ms" marry" tushes
NhF. then upSilLE urQLG. FA1bhuFAHrG IANueH.