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CHAPTER V.
THE EDUCATION OF A HEART,

Miss Louise Sheffield, the niece and
housekeeper of Col. McArdle, was in
deed a very handsome woman. And,
more than that, every one knew and eel
ebrated her GRACEFUL, gentle and refined
manners, her GOODNESS and her kindness
of heart. "Whst a pretty woman, and
how amiable; what taste, what tact!
exclaimed her acquaintances- And some
would add: "And how strange that II
woman who has been belle for ten
years, the center of fashion, the pet Of
society, the toast of all the male and the
envy of all the female firts, should be 50
unspoiled, SO unsullied, so true and good
and lovely" Strange indeed it was, but
not inexplicabSe, as will appear If we
follow for ten wears the adventures OF
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CHAPTER ".
A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.


Windward Bassett, ESQ.,, attorney at
law, was supposed to be found during
the year following his graduation from
the law school in a small, dark back Of
fee up two flights of stairs in Nassau
street, New York. Tho room might,
however, have served rs a trysting place
for secret lovers, or a pirates lair, or u
nuns chamber, so removed was it from
interruption from a busy world. But
Windward made duty Of going there
nearly every day, and now and then a
friend, if nos client, would drop in.
he read law, too, when he felt ambitious.
so that tho time was not wholly wasted.
Still it would hGve been hard to find
better illustration of the gentleman OF
leisure, for tho young lawyer in his first
year of independent practice in New
York city who is not absolutely forced
to work for his meals has probably more
leisure between them than any of his
contemporaries.
Windward lived at this time on East
Tenth street, in little Yale colony Of
crude surgeons, theoretical lawyers and
newspaper writers, all "hard up" and
merry bachelors together. The very little
their hands found to do they did with Their
might, and when their alleged business
was over for the day they had their boy.
ish relish yet for ball game, q salt wa
ter picnic. cheap seat at the theater
and a frugal German night Of beer and
dominoes. That they had no money fol-
clubs, suppers and fashionable society
was their salvation.
Life was thus clipping smoothly away
when, one morning in the fall of 1879.
Windward WAS startled by the strange
face of q client The man was evidently
from the country, and his earnest man
ner showed that he came on business.
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pretty woman
Louise Sheffield "came OUT at 10, and
took rank at once, by right of nature, rs
leader in society. Any woman can DO
pretty, but beauty Is the gift of God.
and this she had in lavish measure. Her
mind was fit tenant for her body, quick,
kind and good. She was fairly well ed
ucated, and had native instinct for So
ciety that was more servicelble than any
stores of learning. She was we'll and en-
joyed life. Her heart was fresh and the
world new. Finally the family were in
comfortable circumstances. without be-
ing wealthy, so that within moderation
she could dress and occupy herself as be-
came a lady. Such, briefly, was Miss
Sheffield when she formally entered
Washington society at 49,
On that evening three young gentle
men fell in love with her, and one at
least in earnest. And from that night
on she heard ceaseless jargon of pro-
testations. petitions, vows and desperate
threats. Her beauty, grace, wit, kind
ness and taste were the theme wherever
she went She was a goddess, and in
cense and sacrifice were ever before her.
It was delicious. Her soft and innocent
heart. overlooked with girlish delight,
and, like Miranda, she exclaimed, "Ohi
brave new world that has such people
in It'll"
And suddenly in the midst Of this
sweet tumult she found her young heart
raonopd;n1 Skr,nra1x- IN Dna foyorad uror-
shipper. Every one was kind and good,
and yet there was one-well, perhapsi
"Pshaw"' cried her bosom friend, and
pshawl is an argument, though it is not
mentioned in works on logic.
"What follyI" said Mrs. Sheffield. at
will be time for that five years hence.
Don't take the first man that comes
along, child. Enjoy your youth-it win
be short; keep free, be happy, and of all
things don't believe what the men say.
In year or two you will have some ex-
perience, and can tell what kind Of
husband you want"
And the child, taking counsel of age
and friendship, waited one year, two
years, three, four, five-always belle.
very popular, universally admired, much
sought, the cause of many signs, listening
to pleas, but deaf to every lover. And
this, by perseverance Louise Sheffield at
"a had succeeded in living down her
heart. Love had become sport. She
now knew every step and phase, could
tell new lover at sight, and anticipate
every move he would make in the gans
till the checkmate. She had heard the
changes rung on her hair, her eyes, her
smile, her poetic grace, her charm Of
presence, her sweetness of manners and
disposition, her goodness of heart, until
these rhapsodies, though ever sweet and
more and more necessary to her, were
familiar and monotonous. She had come
to know men, not in their vicious and
wicked relations, of course, but in their
social habits and character, and they had
long ceased to be objects of mystery and
reverence.
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And yet this knowledge, though IN
one sense thorough, was one sided and
unfair. Herself the center Of planet
airy system, she saw only the bright sido
of her satellites, as they turned toward
her. The s1erner virtues, the side men
seldom show to reigning bellies, she could
not seq in the very nature of things, and
hence she misjrdged men, not in spite
of, bat on account of, her knowledge of
them.
But above all she vulgarized the sensi-
ment of love. She could rot help doing
SO; it was part Of her education as q lady
of fashion and society. Size learned that
men did not mean what they said; that
few or none di"I of love: that REJECTED
suitors soon married other women and
settled down very comfortably and nap
PLY as commonplace husbands. Then
her female friends marie d and toll her
stories of their new life which took away
its glow of romance.
Moreover, in her works of benevolence
and charity SHE was often broas..t IN
contact with hi.rd facts in social lie,
high and low, which robbDd it OF beauty.
Men she had trusted tur Ied out BADLY;
she heard Disappointing news of this one,
disgraceful gossip about that. aien sank
while her standard rose. And 80 she re-
maineI single; more beat tiful yeally, in
as great request as ever, happy. cor
dial winsoma woman, only mot III the
marrying sort" AS loye.y as overland
vet a trained eye could vaguely Gee o
change, difference. In a word Yves she
not becoming shopworn: Had not five
wears of balls, teas, drives, picnics, calls,
Irritation and miscellaneous wear and
tear brushed the velvet from the but
terfy's wing2 Was her soul rs chasts,
her eyes as pure, her speech as frank.
s-aiAt2 And Wan hAe really
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His Curiosity Was Too Strong.

A delightful story of the exhibition in
an 6-year-old boy of weak human nature
that fails sometimes to be equal to the
strain put upon it comes from Brook
lyn. This small boy has not the virtue
of humility very prominently developed.
Indeed, he is what is known among chill
dren of his own age as proud" and
won't to remind such of his playmates as
are less fortunate than he in worldly
station of his advantages. Now his
mother, who has a class in Sunday
school, to which her little son also be-
longs, had given his outgrown overcoat
to another boy in the class.
And then, knowing the failing of her
offspring, before setting out she told him
he must not tell the new owner that the
coat had ever belonged to him. And the
boy promised. But it was terribly hard
work, especially as he sat next the object
of his self restraint during the entire
exercises. But he didn't say any
thing, and the mothers heart was
easier. At last, however, just before
school was over, his state of grace de-
parted from him. Leaning over the
other boy, with cautiously extended
fingers, he said, 81 just want to see if
that hole Is in that pocket yet. New
York Evening Sun.
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Pretty Bir Eels.

On Dutch Neck is Gross pond-said to
be bottomless, but at the deepest place
1t is only fifty-six feet deep.
At its outlet one fine morning Chris
topher Waltzgrover discovered an enor-
nous eel. He at first thought it near
relation of some of the snakes he often
found in his boots. The creature was
nearly out of water in shallow spot.
He attacked it with club and the
monster showed fight. After tussle the
eel was slain. It was At feet long and
dressed 81 pounds. Mr.. Waltzgrover had
eel steaks for a long time. The skin
hangs today in the office of A. R. Reed,
the prominent ship builder. It has
shrunk much, but is now eight inches
wide. The head is more than half a
foot long, and the eyeholes are an inch
long.
The largest eel outside of that giant
with which have had a personal ac-
quaintance was one taken from Adams
pond at Boothbay harbor weighing four
and one-half pounds When that pond
was drained in order to fit it for reser-
voir the bottom was alive with eels, and
two enterprising young men skinned a
barrel full and shipped them to Boston.
They usually net from eight to ten cents
o pound.-G. w. Singer in Lewiston
Journal.
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RUSSELL AGREES TO BE HONEST.

will play some other chump and get his
money back. It's all in the game"
''But I'm only an adventurer, any
way. have no solid hopes; and my
character is becoming as unsettled as
my circumstances. / am flush to-day
and broke tomorrow; honest in the
morning and scamp before night.
When think of Miss Ray"
eyes, when you think Of her" said
that young lady's sire, with good
humored srAile-''when you think of
her your sins look big and black. I'm
glad of it; could ask no better guaran-
tee that you really love her"
Russell started up in astonishment,
but before he could utter word Ray
continued:
''I've been waiting for you to speak
to me like this. More than once have
thought you were going to begin. When
you showed hesitancy about coming up
to the villa I knew why. You said:
She's rich mans daughter and have
only my Wits"
''But, my dear SIR" Russell broke in,
"11 have never ventured to remotely con-
slider the possibility"
''Of course you haven't, but you may
begin now. Don't speak to her yet; she
is only little girl you know. OF course
you haven't so much as limited any
thing OF the sort to her, and wouldn't
for year; let us say for year. dare
say you wouldn't have thought of doing
so. What you wanted to say to me, and
what saw that you wanted to say-for
fathers eye can not be deceived-was
that you felt it more honorable to tell
me straight out that you were in love
with my daughter and then ask the
right to let every thing go on as before.
It's only few months that we've known
you, and that made it harder. I pitied
you, and says l to myself: I'll help him
out And because 1 think so we'll d
you, young man, and trust you so fully,
and hate to see you down-nearted, I'll
give you word of encouragement: ]
believe the little girl likes you pretty
we'll already"
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moved, after the unfortunate has died
in convulsions. Russell thought of all
this, and it seemed to him probable that
Ray had not received any verbal intima-
tion from his daughter, but had de-
pended wholly upon glance of his in
fallible eye.
'sIf that is the case" said Russell to
himself, "she does not love me'-and
his exultation was Immediately changed
to gloom. But his reflections had con-
vinced him that he loved her, long be-
fore the two men reached the yacht,
and he had resolved to tell Ray the
truth about his supposed offer, and to pre-
pare some way of backing out of the
whole ENHANCEMENT.
Yes, he resolved to do all this, but he
did not do any part of it.
He changed his mind when the time
for disclosure came; resolved to keep
his secret safe; to pursue a strictly
guarded course with Alice which should
show her what hero he was. OF course
she couldn't help noticing that he loved
her. She would see that he avoided
food, and grew thin till his eyes took on
hollow look and his coats began to flap
around his whitening form. He would
lock his love up in the dungeon of his
soul and have fun with the misery of it.
Then when Brown came back, full of
misgivings no doubt, he would take the
wanderer by the hand, and say, with a
hollow cough: II have been faithful to
you, old man, but am martyr to my
love-"
81 say, young fellow" cried Ray, in
terrupting Russell's meditations at this
point, ''if you stare at me any longer in
that soulless fashion, without saying
any thing or listening to what Pm talk
ing about, shall think you've gone
crazy"
They had been sitting on the deok of
the yacht, face to face, and Ray had
been talking in lively and as he sup
posed entertaining fashion, for about half
an hour, when it had suddenly dawned
upon him that Russell's face had taken
on an expression of deep misery wholly
uncalled for by any thing that had been
said His question brought Russell back
to rational frame of mind, and he was
able to conduct himself at the villa as if
nothing unusual had happened
1t was his last visit there during the
season. The Rays came back to their
town house in the following week Rus
sell called within few days after their
return, and his welcome was the same
as ever. There had been no change in
the household But not many days
after that he fancied that he noticed
difference, There was an indeinabl
something in the bearing of Mrs. Ray
and Alice which puzzled him at first,
but which he soon explained in man
ner fitting closely to the observed facts
1t seemed evident that the secret of his
ak with Gilbert Ray had leaked out
that it had at last become the genera
property of the family. He could no
believe that Ray had told Alice; she
must have overheard something which
betrayed the truth. At any rate Rus
sell was quite certain that she knew
how matters stood, but that was as far
as his perception could get in her direc-.
ton. Mrs. Ray, he felt sure, approved
With all possible respect to her, said he
in his heart, she doesn't know any bet
ter. and couldn't be expected to, by any
body acquainted with her plastic mind.
Her husbands approval was quite
enough.
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1NTERRupTEp afRpIrArIoN.

tation; and here he was being led
tamely to the villa again.
Somehow, he was more than usually
glad to go, although his conscience ex-
erted feeble restraining force. Why
was it? Rays favorable view of him a.
possible son-in,law meant nothing To
him. He had no shadow of an idea thai
he should ever take advantage of it.
But that ''word of encouragement, as
Ray had called it. was matter of a very
different nature. Could Ray possibly
have given such hint on any weaker
grounds than absolute certainty? Fa-
ther and daughter were on terms Of the
closest confidence. Russell had often
observed it, with feeling that the mill.
ionaire had been blessed in other good
things than dollars. Ray should know
the state of his daughters heart as soon
as she did herself, and II he said that
she thought kindly OF man it should
be infinitely encouraging.
There was only one ground for doubt,
and it lay in the old fellows firm belief
that he knew very nearly every thing
that was passing in the minds of those
about him. He was one of those men
who believe that their eyes are electric
search lights which they can turn upon
the souls of others and expose all hidden
things.
This belief in him was coupled with
a total inability to read the ordinary
external signs OF emotion. 1t always is.
These eagle-eyed fellows are the ones
who can see man poisoned with strych-
nine and swear that he looks pleasant.
and stick to it with confidence un-
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!. peering had begun 70 be sus.

terprise. Deering had begun to be sus-
picious.
81 wouldn't have this machine of
mine used to further the designs of dis
honesty, 2 said he. If there's going to
be any crooked work shall have to put
my foot on it."
Russell did his best to reassure Deer
ing. He described his own moral char
actcr in terms which made up in COM
prehensiveness what they lacked in
substantiation. Then he cautiously
disclosed the secret of Rays connection
with the enterprise, and said few
words about him which ought to have
been saved for his obituary notice. But
Deering did not seem to be impressed.
81 don't think much of those brokers, =
said he, land his connection with this
affair only makes me the more anxious.
Those fellows always want something
for nothing. They've got so used to
buying and selling pieces OF paper and
promises, and reaping wheat where they
have not sown, and floating the stock OF
railroads, which consist of half cord OF
secondhand ties and surveyors report
they're so mixed up in business of that
kind, I say, that they can't treat q
really valuable commodity with proper
respect. But if you people are going to
sell machines, and not stock, it's all
right"
Russell guaranteed this and every
thing else which he could think of tLat
seemed to require any supporting testi-
mony. He took the moral character
which he had previously constructed for
himself and built a piazza around it and
put on couple of bay windows and a
cupola. But he said that he thought ii
was too late to ask him to sign any pa
pers.
ST can't help that" said Deering.
Invention hasn't been the mother OF
necessity with me as it has with some
men. If you don't like my terms can
wait till Providence raises up somebody
else to develop my invention.
If Russell had had faith that Provi-
dence would raise up another invention
for him to develop he might have re.
sisted this demand, but as the facts
stood, 40 had no choice but to sign.
The terms of the anti-fraud condition
were put down in black and white and
witnessed.
But Russell had suspicion that when
Gilbert Ray began actively to direct af-
fairs there would be only one command.
ment, namely, the eleventh.
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CHAPTER XII.
TEMPTED.

In the first furry of surprise at Rays
acceptance of an imaginary proposal for
his daughters hand, Russell lost sight
entirely of the fact that he had made no
proposal. Tho benevolent old gentle
man terminated the interview with a
hearty handshake; and before Russell
recovered the use of his vocal organs
the two men were out upon the street
where confidential discussion was not
possible.
Whatever may have been the subject
Ray selected for his remarks on the
way to the yacht, they sell far short of
his companions attention. Russelrs
thoughts worked hurriedly upon the
problem presented by the strange re-
suit OF his7attempt to obtain an edict of
banishmentagainst himself. Thatsuch
an exile was now more than ever nee
essary was'evident enough, but it was
also clear that it must be voluntary.
He should keep out of the way of temp
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up in hurry. Then go to those fellows
and offer your stock as collateral for q
loan"
'But I don't want to lose the stock" :"
"You don't have to lose it. After
you've made the loan let the fellow hear
that I've stepped out and that the whole
thing has fallen into nothing. Let him
get it quietly, like a straight tip. Then
have friend of yours 10 round to him
per cent. on the dollar. You pay your
friend small commission and you'll be
way ahead on the transaction"
To do Russell justice he was shocked
by this proposition, and he continued to
regard it as temptation of Satan till
about the middle Of August, when he
got very hard up, and worked the
scheme on copiding nggeAtleman named
James Remington. That is TO say, he
negotiated the loan with the knowl-
edge that probably no other way out of
the difficulty would present itself ex-
cept that which Ray had suggested. Not
only was his conscience disturbed by
this affair, but he was tormented by the
fear that John Deering would hear OF
it. Deering had kept out OF sight of
Ray according to agreement, but he had
called frequently on Russell to ask how
things were getting along. The first
time, he had come with a paper for
Russell to sign,
1t was an agreement which put their
relations into the form of contract,
terminable on the violation of certain
obligations. Among them was pledge
that no stock-iobbing operations should
be carried on in connection with the en-