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their unlucky heads, and perhaps sweep
them from Heatherleigh like chah-
miriam is late" said Sir Rupert "Cal
the housekeeper."
Clarkson was waiting in the next room,
and at a look from the terrified James
came forward rs II by magic, hating at a
respectful distance, demure and innocent
looking enough TO win the favor Of anyone,
however austere.
IL was evident that she was in better
trim for the emergency than her fellow
servants were.
"Ask the maid II Miriam is i'll - the mas
ter commanded, rather than said Then
he relapsed into a silence TO be felt He
was thinking that perhaps the disagree
ment of the day before had unnerved the
almost heart-broken daughter. Perhaps
he had been too harsh-ahl perhaps he had
LIttle did he dream when he asked for the
maid that she had gone. Declaring that
she would not stay TO hear the anathemas
sure to fall, little Mary Ferris had left only
a few hours after her mistress went away;
and, at the time the master of Heatherleigh
called for her, she was relating again the
instances in connection with the fight Of
Miriam to the dwellers of her fathers vine
covered cottage, some three miles from the
Hall
Clarkson went, without moments hesi
tation, in search of the girl, whom she
knew to be far enough away. 'Howly
mother" she murmured, as she went up
stairs, ''defind US in swate marcy! The
masther'u be for the kiIlin' av US all in less
an no tonne. Oi feel it in me bones"
Opening the door of Miriam's room she
peeped in cautiously, as if fearing that the
woeful tradition had taken form unto itself
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CHAPTER X

"Howly motherl an we'll put it OF till
the crack o. doom II we can" Peggy ejacu-
lated later, when Sir Rupert had re-
tired, and the servants had all huddled
around her in the west wing TO hear the de-
tails Of Miriam's departure. Nothing suited
her better than to entertain them in her
graphic way and impassioned manner with
weird and strange recitals OF fortunes pos
sible and impossible, and often she had held
them spell bound until the great clock Of
the central hall warned them Of midnight.
"But ye all know full well, - she reflected,
that the masther trilE be knowin' Nv IL ter
morrer by some names, an mark We" NOV
ing her right index slowly around the circle
ike the finger Of destiny, mark We, there's
not mothers son of We knows a single
wurrud OF the runnIn' away Whin the
masthur's wrath runs hOigh." And al
promised with one accord TO faithfully
keep their knowledge a secret for the
''Swate childer's sake" Peggy Sald, while
her auditors knew full well that IL was for
her own sake as much, and more, than for
Miriam's that they were enioined TO such
secrecy.
s'An' we must kape the ssycret for the
loife Nv u.s." supplemented the hOusekeep-
er once more, as they were about 10 sep
arate for the night; Eye know II ye don't
well be whOOped out o. the Hall quickern'
a wink; ouy way, maybe We'll be kilt roight
on the spot, an which is wurrust Nv the
two o. IN not TO say.n
At breakfast the next morning Sir
Rupert settled himself in his accustomed
seat and looked about him he would wait
for Miriam, something he scarcely remem-
bered OF having 10 do, she being an habit
ual early riser.
The butler stood respectfully near, quak-
ing in every limb, in dire anticipation Of
the impending storm about 10 burst over
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therel Do you know Of the whereabouts Of
Arthur Fairfax at presentf'
The laborer dOffed his cap and answered,
respectfully:
Truly, can not tell you, sir, yet I
heard that he was married last evening At
All Saints"
With a muttered imprecation he sped on,
and soon thepretty little chapel of Fairhght
was passed Earle Fairfax, whose hand
some villa smiled down on the faIr, quiet
churchyard Of All Saints, would know, per-
haps, all about the disgraceful affair
To that residence he must be driven, and
subsequently the Heatherleigh trap dashed
CD the drive of the Fairfax home The
horse was covered with foam ana dust and,
on the wnOIv, E..lrIe sIrIaE thought he had
never seen quite such n pitiable sight A
jaded horse, choking with dust, the hveried
cOachman white and trembling with excite
ment and the master of Heatherleigh IN
such an excited passion of rage and pique
tnz1J ne scarcely managed 10 be understood
''They, Miriam and Arthur, were married
in the chapel last evening; yes And by
this time are pretty well on their way 10
Bradford, should Judge"
After Earle Fairfax had impaired this bit
of news laconically, Sir Rupert cursed
his luck and turned his horses head home
ward.
s.You knew nothing OF thisl'' he ques-
toned, glaring at his coachman, while
they were returning slow-paced and weary,
seeming TO forget that individual was In
Guided IN the mornings condemnation
ssNo. master; pom honor" answered
meek-eyed John, turning faint with fear
lest his master should order him down and
or and go on without him But Sir Ru-
pert said nothing more and was silent all
the rest of the way back TO Heatherlelgh-
Sir Rupert alighted at the inner gate
shutting of the long avenue OF elns, ana
rushed in alone over the tagged pavement
across the terrace and into the hall, more
ike a lunauc than the feeble old man that
he was John drove OF toward the sta
bles glad TO his hearts center OF the oppor-
tunIty of putting space between the irate
master and himself once more
They are gone; M -ried and goneP' Sir
Rupert shouted IN desperation, banging the
massive doors after him as he entered
"Henceforth she is no daughter Of mine ~
Poor frightened Clarkson was the only one
present, and, courteseying meekly, she an
swered: ''Yes, masthur." Then under her
breath she could not help murmuring:
'Oi'me so sorryl Poor childer"
The father heard and partly understood
the sympathetic words in reference TO his
daughter, and, in his present state OF ex-
citement and anger, he could lily brook q
word 10 the contrary. Turning wrath
fully upon the sympathetic Hibernian he
shouted: II will not have a word of your
pulling sympathy, Clarkson. Miriam is
poor enough now, God knows (! without max
ing mention Of it,
Peggy covered under the frown OF the
eagle eye bent on her offending head, and
the master OF Heatherleigh strode on by
her, and went upstairs to his apartments.
'Send James to me Immediately" he called
in authoritative tones from the first land
ing,where he sat down for a moments rest.
The housekeeper went in search of the
butler with fastening step "Shure an the
masthur's mad as an owl; II bates the very
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to her breaking heart and pressed passion
ate kisses on the cold lips.
look Of unutterable Joy overspread the
features Of Arthur Fairfax, and he said
half audibly: Goodbye, Miriam, dearest;
watch over our boy, and-meet me-'
''Yes, darling, with Gods help moaned
Miriam; and she held in her arms, not her
devoted husband, but clay-cold, inani-
mate clayl
They led her away also, then, away from
her beloved dead She sat down beside the
sleeping, fatherless child, and throwing one
arm over the unconscious boy moaned away
the night IN vigil of grief
''Why was tbisl, she asked of the mid
night silence. why should he be taken
from her when they were so prosperous
and happy, when every thing that heart
could desire for comfort and domestic bhss
was theirs"
Little Arthur threw up his baby hands
and murmured Papa" and fretted in his
slumber.
With mothers touch and caress Miriam
soothed him TO untroubled repose again. He
was all she had now, and her hot hands
wandered over his silken curls stravinl,
about on the pillow.
An the next day she sat by her beloved
dead, stunned with the awful sense of her
bereavement. The servants went softly
about the house with sorrowful faces, and
the attendants came in and went out of the
room and she scarcely knewit. Twice they
brought little Arthur in the silent, darhened
room 20 see his papa, but the sight of the
two together she could not bear, so when
the baby teased ''to see what made papa
sleep so cold,' they took him of in the gar
oen ana talked away ms curiosity Concern
ing the dead.
The last sad rites had been performed; /;
the solemn looking hearse, draped IN black
Grape looped with silver stars, had gone,
Arthur's friends had gone home, all but
Patty, the youngest sister, and Miriam sat
in her beautiful home a widow.
Patty would stay with her all the coming
! dreary winter-she had promised as much,
and by the springtime she should know,
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MIRIAM.
The Romance Of HGdthGTlGigh Hall.
By MANDA L. CROKER.
CoPxRIGHT. 1889.

And when this was ACCOMPLISHED he
would leave the mining districts and retire
TO comfort and happiness in some beautiful
home near the sea, as his uncle had done
Then Miriam should be happy in her elegant
home, and newell, he would be the proud
est, hapPiest husband in England.
Together the happy couple planned the
future, as they occupied the pleasant, quiet
compartment carrying z them 70 Bradford
THAT seems a kolnde Of happy omen.
though mused Peggy, watching the sun
shine checker the dancing shadows at her
feet "koinde o. happy, but me heart Is
broken for a that" and she wrapped her
withered hands in her linen apron and
crept along stealthily toward the Hall
But the swate misthress Is boun' 10
have love and guide thratement where
she's goin', an that's more than she would
WIN from the masther, the darIint.n
Through the clustering oaks she passed
in fear Of beng seen Dy Sir Rupert, not
withstandlng he was pretty sure 10 stay in
his own apartments the remainder Of the
day An conscience makes towards ay
the whole av US" she muttered. slipping
through the shruboery like some guilty
thing bound for a friendly covert
Poor old Peggyl She had parted with
all that was left her 70 love Of the proud
family which had known her as house
keeper for years.
The bonnie brown hair that Ancil had
praised so much had grown white in the
service OF the great Hall
She dragged herself into the servants
quarters, where old AEcu was waiting
her return in great trePidation, and sas
down. moaning and rocking herself to and
fro in the extravagant manner OF her
countrywomen, expressing her inconsolable
grief Ancu said nothing, but his beard
ed lip quivered as he slipped his ale. and
his little blue eyes filed with tears as he
looked at his wife
Sir Rupert, feeling weary and somewhat
indisposed, had his dinner served in his
own apartments, ana never did James
serve at a quieter hour.
Sir Rupert said but a word or two, and
those were low monosyllables; the sery-
ants, knowing OF Miriam's fight, went
steathily about their several duties, as il
they feared the very walls would cry out
and impIicate them.
James came and went like thief fearing
detection, and whenever his master looked
his way he grew pale with fear; but as Sir
Rupert asked no questions he was glad
that the revelation had not been his to
make, and that the austere father re-
mained in ignorance as yet of his daugh-
ter's flight and subsequent marriage.
"Oh the disclosure" muttered he, as he
came down stairs with the trencher, and he
shivered in anticipation of the morrow.
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ITO Be CgltinueG.l
TOO MUCH MARRYING.
Unsuitable Marriages the Most Prolih
s.nIr-..l Or -rrL.rIllll.

Unsuitable Marriages the Most Prolific
Source or Trouble
The truth is-and It Is the truth that
many are beginning 70 realize, nor Will
It be coniured away until all right
minded men and women give 1t some
serious thOught-there is too much
marrying and giving in marriage
in the world. BY far the great
er number Of young girls OF the
present day are raised with the sole
ambition Of making a good match"
as if the quintessence OF happiness in
life was to be found in matrimony.
The author is not an "old maid" to
use the current expression, and she has
no intentions of boasting when she says
she might try her own experience in
married life did she wish to do SO, but
she can assure her readers that no
feeling OF sour grapes influenced
her opinion that moro unhappincss
results from unsuitable marriages than
from any other evil in existence; that
men and women marrying from the
wrong motives invariably bring afflic-
tion upon themselves and their chill
dren, and that therefore the Hymencal
flame should not be lighted except un-
der circumstances of peculiar promise.
Men and women should both remain
unmarried until they have reached an
age when intelligence and common
sense prevail over impulse; but even
then let them look carefully into their
own reasons for taking 50 important
a step. Let them lay their day dreams
aside and f.fca "A cold and convanfior NAL
reality, and thus, with heart pre-
pared for the bitter or the sweet, with
a mind resolved to make many sacri-
fees and "A temper inclined only TO look
on the brighter side of life, they may
prove TO be the exceptional couple,
and, like the b'issful lovers in our
CID fairy tolcs. '1ive long aud happily
for1,t.. - Eupiga Stewart
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FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH.
Afecting Story OF "a little Newsboy VIII,
Lost Ten Dollars.

Affecting Story OF "A Little Newsboy Who
Lost Ten Dollars.
A business man Of Detroit, whose Of
fee is on Woodward avenue, relates this
singular experience in the Free Press;
I wanted ten-dollar bill changed,
and as / was alone | stepped to the door
and called little newsboy whom l had
frequently employed TO run on errands,
and told him TO carry it to the nearest
store and get it changed. / then went
inside and waited. My partner came in
and ridiculed me for what had done.
lyon Will never SEQ the boy or the
change again. he said
Il must say his prophecy looked pos
sible when as hours went by the boy did
not return; still ] trusted him. I could
easier believe that he had been run over
or made away with than that he had
stolen the money.
Il did not change my mind when q
week had passed. did not know where
he lived or who his associates were, and
no newsboy seemed TO he missing. The
second week was nearly gone when a
woman came into my office one day
She was crying.
:" Are you Mr.. -?' she asked.
50 4 am, madam. What can l do for
you2'
Then she told me that her little boy
was dying; that he had been i'll nearly
two weeks, and kept constantly calling
my name. l went with her and found
my missing newsboy. As soon as he
saw me he began TO rave.
- 4 lost it! 7 lost iur was the burden
Of his cry, but / alone knew what he re-
ferIed to. He had lost tho ten-dollar
note, and it had preyed on his mind,
causing brain fever. He died in my
arms, unconscious that / had trusted
him from the very first, and that
would have done any thing u save his
life. i have not n doubt that he either
lost it or had il snatched from him, and
his sensitive nature kept HIM from tell
ing the truth, and he gave his life up in
the struggle"
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CHAPTER XI.

All day the storm had ragged and battered
and shook the windows with angry hand
out now there had fallen a somewhat calm
er hour.
From the window of residence a beauti-
full country seat, near the shore, a pale, sad
face peered out into the sullen eventide The
house and grounds gave evidence of taste
and wealth, coupled with an inviting air Of
welcome hospitality, that seemed q very
everest at the close of such an uncharitable
day The sun now lay low on the sea- and
the breakers dashed high up against the
rocky sea-wol, falling back with thunder
Gus moan, as IL disappointed that In all
these thousands of years they had not been
able TO scale the height and break over their
irksome boundary Heavy clouds bestrewed
the horizon, and shut out the blue zenith as
with a curtain Of sorrow. Only in the west
lay long, calm rift of sunset sky, through
which shone softly the sunlight, as if
washed with tears
But the pale, sad-faced woman looking 2
from the pane saw nothing of the evenings s
promise; she only noted the darkened east
and the dim sunhght's last smile playing
htfulls on the black sea-world beneath
Tears had been exhausted and the soul
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M'STAB'S REVENGE.
HOW Discarded Lover Got Essn with
the widows Daughter.

CHAP. /.
'.Hai You refuse me, do you, Miss
Hamtagg?''
The man who asked this question
had passed the first flush OF youth.
lie was no longer, properly speaking,
young man. Yet he was well pre-
served He had not reached the age
at which it seemed expedient for him
TO part his hair just above his ear
and plaster thin layer thereof over
the top of his head. lie had thrown
aside :he walking-stick OF young man
hood, but had not assumed the cane
of middle age.
1t is well to speak of these facts,
for they are necessary to the full un-
derstanding of this painful history. %
Moreover, they cost nothing extra
81 do, Mr.. McStab," said the young
lady, coldly.
Then, listen to me, Rachel Flick
ergy HamtaggI" he hissed. Il swear
you shall bitterly repent it!''
CHAP II.
Wild whistled the bleak wind. Dis
mally moaned the huge elm tree that
rasped and scatched itself against the
cruel edges OF the shingles on the cor
nice. Shrilly shrieked the weather.
cock on the barn roof for q drop Of oil,
and grewsomely groaned AIgernon
Fitz-Thompson McStab as he stole
forth in the dead of night, made his
way cautiously by a circuitous route
TO the ancestral smoke-h house in the
back yard and went inside.
TN show herr he muttered be-
tween his teeth.
From beneath his coat he drew a
compact bundle OF letters, cut the
string that bound them together.
struck a match, made a bonfire of the
collection and watched them slowly
consume to ashes, while the crazy
building shook as if with Indignation
and the wind sighed hoarsely, like ono
in sympathy with the wretched but
wrathful man.
He was burning the letters he had
written in happier days to Rachel
Hamtagg. She had returned them to
him scornfully.
CHAP. Ill
This is so sudden" said the widow,
blushingly, ''and so unexpected. /
/ thought your visits to our house
were for the purpose of seeing my
daughter"
''She is too young" replied the
visitor. decidedly. Il told her so last
evening. We parted in a friendly
spirit, but I gave her to understand as
delicately as l could that 1 should not
call to see her any more. This is
sudden, it is true, but trust none the
less agreeable on that account May l
not venture to hope?"
why, sir, /"
''And now, my dear" he said, at
the expiration of happy half hour
as he gently lifted her head from his
shoulder, Il should like TO see your
or perhaps I ought now TO say our
daughter, to tell her of this happy
event"
Shall l call her?"
II you please. my dear"
CHAP. ".
Rachel" said AIgernon Fitz-
Thompson McStab, pleasantly, you
viii be glad to know, l dare say, that
| am to be your father. That is all
we wished to say to her, was it not,
my love? You may go, Rachel. Please
] Il
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CHAP. ".

Rachel" said Algernon Fitz-
Thompson McStab, pleasantly, you
viii be glad to know, l dare say, that
am to be your father. That is all
we wished to say to her, was it not,
my love? You may go, Rachel. Please
close the door, my child, as you go
out. Chicago Tribune
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