Daily Republican., 1882-02-03

drawer grew Iat Will cous-auu Ahht
Dsbby's dim eyes grew bright and hop.
full again.
And one day Mr.. Herbert Valance,
walking by with Medors May, stopped
and looked In.
"I.n't that your cousin Grace" said
be, "behind the counter"
Medora turned crimson with vexa
ton.
"My cousin Grace?" cried she.
"NO, indeed We are not-in
trade -
What possessed her to utter this
deliberate falsebOOd, MoiOra could not
af'er wards have told. Partly sting
of false shame, partly disinclination
for Mr.. Herbert Valance to know that
her relations were not, 10 use her own
expression, "ladies and gen,
MIR. Valance looked up at the sign
over the door.
1.-THE name is May" he said, indif-
ferently.
"Yes," said Medora, angry at her.
selffor blushing so deeply, "but we are
no relations"
Mr.. Valance thought over the mat
ter: afterward he had met Miss May
a. an evening party given by friend,
where pretty Grace Craxall was also
present, he had taken rather fancy
to the bright blue eyes and delicate
blonde beauty of the former. Valance
Hall on the hill just out OF the city was
solitary enough, now that his sisters
had all married and gone away, and
perhaps man might find q less attrac-
tive and graceful wife than Medora
May. But, he could not tie mistaken
no thought, in Grace CraxalPs iden-
tity
And 40 the next evening, at about
the same time, he sauntered into the
shop.
Grace was behind the daintily clean
little counter, taking some newly baked
maple caramels off the pans. She
looked up with smile.
"Good evening, Me-. Valance said
she.
("So," he thought, 81 wasn't mis-.
taken, after all. And the little blue
eyed seraph is mortal enough to tell a
lie ia spite OF her angelic appearance'D
But he looked serGnely AT Grace.
81 did not know that you were in
'ia a.n,, sa'u no. Wall p, u.r.,u r.to-
I'M. S"I ,u M, nshnr.h,s
teo. utuo'; "na n'y n "" o,,,'"rs
pup snl Ju'' q" p =, i,ol,, w.
Goho 'o' :, ~ .'o , .aI.Is ~ "'f ,maa,
no'a"s,' sn .a,,in1, ,'.,r har
sn''o q. &c.. m"M,',, m.. l,l,7 .rl nnur
and she didn't quite know how to
III al nj tain herself in independence. Aud
uhl"i e''"aoiy ny "as, w 81
"io ~. ohousn ."' "' ~ A.
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sho ""' AM sie uo'ns wy , "Y''i
Aha sue oaAea INC .'o,o "o.'', >, jiD"u
anu pies ~" o'oi alo' w. 80,
saucy t"Inso u'a" $500, no. as''' ,.,II uo,
you h"o" VI az! sun'"o -, wa ~"
please recoili'i,enu ~, !. u'nn :,
40 "e SURE 'ha'' no "u'. 81
.no same SPIN. ~, a." ''.y saa
VI 1875 cia w sou "naI w. ;,
asnalnca vi o1'ns w.. n."s ~ a.o
WI coui 10 an ,, n''' 'a'' '"'e'
Wny '.ou.u ~" Madam. ;,n
but your cousin Meuoi" -. ,,,ul
urace gave d li't.' sna"s VI h ,,e' '. n,Ia
uers. very ,iheiS, '"'" ono
uola anu uiiie' IA many 'n,s ~
MT Valahce pousht p'u"u VI Carl"
ineis ana went away ,.,
one ~ u oeau'y' no sou y" nin
sell Anu eno l" eons' w., ooy
lhto the oarsa'h' 'he VI .ho'o ltia a
aVises IL our co''m'fy' tpo'o"sh'y
"tii-oa'ahce" ei.A' -.,..,
ne must nave oee', very wen P'easen
WIN MS pufchaSe' iot 10 ca'ho asa'n :,
the next evening J,s1 ~ t'''e W va" war. N
nome Win urate 'faAai,. anu 'n'y
talkeu over Auht i'eooiau anHi,s a ;a,
cohcluue" tnat d. 'out wac ~" Juo'
then, IL "oulI Do iaVorap me opportu'
| hlty lor Iue oih Ia,y W '"y ~ hoi