, 1876-12-23
THEY COME NOT SINGLE SPIES.

Tbe uortraft of youpc Girl, eo1den.ha!rcd.
b1uc-cyed, exceedingly beautiful, l turn from
the picture on the woll to the face reflected u
the glass before me, The wrinkled face Of an
old ,5otuap. whose golden hairs hare changed
to gray, and whose eyes hare been limmcd BIZ
time md mspv tears,
Can those two faces be the sane1 All, res!
II Is only the difference between 10 and 10.
Some one has said that the romance Of life is
mostly lived out before NC rrach middle age !;
and. beyond TINT time, the tale crows mouot-
ouous either in fts grief or IT, rladness. Tru,v
~ s - ~ ~ w.. -. ,,s.., w.. ..ta
thc romance o. my '''o was hFed Out oc!osc
reached that point; and since then the tale has
grown monotonous III It's grief.
AsI look back over the eorroyful vearn to ,he
time w,,cn ras chf1ii scem to s.e ,h. naes a
.'.'e ,,, W.. ~ e"a ess1 W ses 'ue p4ase
thcn caiea nome a large, handsome. stone
nausion, with N o"taConal tower, from the
upper windows Of which one could catch a
gi,'n n nan ~ n. sea at ,hs r,rht ~ ~. hnn.e
~ t'pss W 1~,.. ~ 49, S.,. ...s,s.' 49,
Inc ca1'agc-ar'Ve' u tue !eit, tho greenhouse; !;
and in front, smooth green lawn, s'oplnE
down to tbs road. ..
Tie liLrary was nv fuvorlte room. md hour
altee honr uteo 70 el1 snete feauine' ~'to IN.
tense interest, DOORS 10 when other cAlldrcn OF
my age would not have given u second glance.
No one tntcricrcd With ME, or seemed to euro
whnrn voR. nn6 {rHrni fTera xne m oro n
~. ...>..'s. 80, s,.a s.,su' W. "- ~
.Mc. ~ eAotns' ~" ".u WHY = "~ ~
baby; and my tather,-who dislfkcd GIRLS
beyond supplying the housekecper with money
for mr. clothing, took no notice Of nv existence,
a. w., ..r.s.. -aa,,ast ~. s,,.s.1,sas'
a. ".s .Ansss ~, s.,t1'. , sao aousshespee ea
tallEht Hie 10 lcad, ouL Fcachcd the age OF L.
without receiving an hours instruction Ia my
thing else, Then my father seemed 10 wakc-,1n
~ IL. f,,t thot + o,,v,,t IN H.. odp.n,.1 IT, d.
sf.saa T.. .,a',,., s, H. s.., ss,.,. .'.'. s ~
elafca nc "ou1o not oe annoFca With govern
csss 50 VAS sent to poardlnE.school.
NY teachers sald t!at made rapid progress,
md at 13 pronounced nv education complete.
accordingly Lett school; but. as did not agEcc
with thenl In regard to my. cducatinn, still
clmng to the conlpAnlonsh!p OF my books
soon saw that my father was lar from hcing
pcaseu nt hnyang nc at hulne again; nna when,
lew months after my return, my Aunt Annc,
HIS only sister, offered to take ra With her tn
EUROPE, lio accepted hcr o!icr with evident
eiEns OF relief was sorry, that my presence
was 80 dlsagrccablc +, hin, but could nut help
rcloicinE Rt tho rare treat III store fur me.
Ny father was noted for his lberalfty, and
had never bccna denied ANYTHING lltat money
could buy. oH this oiyas1on was well sup
piled with funlls, mud told to draw up0n him
whenever ncct!ed l'iurr. would have given
muuy OF my golden dn1iars to have seen su.llc
sign Of csnotsun on Its part When the ttuc
t;llnu to say .E0od.br: hut bts eyes wcte per-
fectly dry when he badc US bon voyage,-in.
decd, pleased smile huyercd about his lips.
aud l!e turned away WIN the air of one who hal
r!u lIttntr!1. for tHie at least Of dlsa.reea-
| bic incuMtrancc,
Ne went to EuyOpe; iYe visited London, Ed