, 1881-10-01

UlDoMeb In tho EWet1 IND. At Inc nNt1e guy CAL
OF larks uprising. swift she went nway,
But left bohEnd her. 0dDruus rs tho May, .
Alast1ug Pcnce, thnt Frotn her sonbr0 clothes
Fell, like star, and brought oterual tay.
LAKE FARM, Sspt. &. FANNY DntscofiL.
SELL1E's STONY.
"1s tho boun iitle New-Yorker ever tired,
or alex, or sorry? Does t,e ever stop?"
So used to ask my sister Alice day after
tlay, us VIC took orr drive to tho park, or sat
at our window In tho hutel, where. in truth.
speut tic greater part Of my time, idly
watching that busy, restless, ever.incrcnsInE,
eyor-c!,nnRlng erowsl tltat surges tl'rongll
the great city like Il Mfgllty wave. seeming to
inRulf ut,t hurry all before 1t.
"Thcy tiro ne so, these people. Where do
they c,1,le from, and wliere cnil they nll bo
going? And dnll't you suppose that, among
them nil, ttieru must bo fcw We should Ike
to knOWH"
"Very probably" replied Alicp, lnlGllng,
"but how are we to lllpress those few with
\ wishRto know uss Aru we to send Ill ntl-
vertisement 10 the daily papers stating that
1.-TWO ladies'. possessing nany agreeable qtluf-
tiles, but very faw ncluaiGtancos, wotd like
to cn1Arge their circle, und will reccivu alr
plcants {wl,o must bring ,Mdonbtca REFER
ences rs to character and nosft!on) 4t such
aud such tllne.' NJ, Nelly, that would
hardly do. How shuil W. accomplish It? l
am quite rca ly; to tell tile honest truth,
this hermit life Of ours begins tn weary lie
lust a little. hnvc yinisled 10 your wish to
be in nerfcct secIuson; but I Gun seq that
the lnsptrtttug atmosphere OF New York has
done you good, Nellie, dear, III spite Of
yourself, and now, the sooner We como out
of our shell tho better. Let lis look around
the hotel, though VIC should never have tho
courage to make any atlyaiiccs to strargers,
even II attracted BY thclr appearance; hnu,
on the wllno, think tile mntter will regll-
late ilsGlf. No hNvo boon 'nlone III n crowd
long enough, NOW, HEd want to Sue my lit
tie Nellie IN her proper sphere once more"
And thea we wandered oil Into Discus
fl0n, or rather long rambling cllat, about
The ki,u| of people WI should really like to
hive.
The daylight died awuy and we loUked out
at the beautiful city "ulllcr the gaslight,"
and specnlatcl nfresh OIL the prUbable dcsti-
nies Ut the cr.,w,l still tramping under our
windows and with the oven!ng papers a1ll
our many beloved books we ended the day.
Ours was II strange position. Wo were
lntA comparatively young. 4Allce wns now
e5, and 1 two ycurs younger. Without being.
BY Any means, reg,ltnr beauties. we were
sufficiently Eood-iookng tu l,ayo been Known
iu our native town, away down among the
hampshire Attls, MS attic protty Langdon
girls." Wo were thoroughly well educated
Had more money than we knew what to dc
with, anu were absolutely atono in the
world. Our parents md only bruther las
died sou,e years before the tlne Of which
AMI writing, and Alice was Il widow. P0Ol
child! Her story is brief and sad erougl!
Tho man she ln,ed a.H! married 1t i8, proved
III every why, unworthy, and for three nlls
i,orssif. ] md a clilsu f Of ceascluss sorrow t
poWet!ess to !!eln Or SoinIott III suen @ gr!e
r. 4sIeassd s - I fat p from ~ lis horss w.lle rldla,
almost Instant tpath of ller l,lIsbanl. :,
assocatons; ass "S Were wei W. lad MfsS bes Il apy c
drun AID sIsselato oTphans Haa wi'sss r. II, y
dnrlnE Alce ilatl tasten y. oltterne;ss WoIs
1e efGakic W., inso ns ~ WG.o sort NV g%
to f WjIsro We Wa si,oiiisi pitcii our tout. To mc
thst af fn,a I nj niaccs M NV We're aiRs to lie.
Ennv IVAN snmnthImv ~ iL,sfon and nv chic
pleasure during the nsmorabo nnIt Winter lat r..
sen1 tneE1 IT, "@n IT, .eEo'eit'o srus u as nnr mr
es,,ses eay 81 tha@ s oe nrke ay ior y troa 1
dated NY lntlinatctl friendship with I1enr
West WH Ind nat Mt several pnrtiug: enc
t,oI racneniynIl in thn other k{iMlrcd spfri,
,end 10 IL ,vni IN hnItmh III Tia hn1isn
ssH;ci, I 10 W svns yisItiuu' Il nec,lme n mntter
which hnn fsSs..k; ~ . n1I.'.Hn NY = ~ ~, =
course that !e 8llolla escolt li,o 70 le VT \!
gus PLACES 0f amusement Mhn shoW H. ~ ui
llone." !oyeti music, nat nag eif!ayea ~ 10,
duretl 80 fur out Of tho!r accustomed oEblts y
our little country town; eng tharo was vcry "
tIo native talent there. When, therefore. N
West invited tuc. soon aft"r my arrival 70 ih,.
ton, 70 attend ona nt the wednesday organ Go!
,eerts consented, little knowing what awatte
me.
When the flrat plece waa over 4 remomoer, :, !,
the toara ralnca down MY facc, but no wort
would como. Then II was knuw tu ~ !nsta,