Year: 1879


caresses and delicate attentions; how lone.
some it was to sit there night after night
gazing at the back Of his newspaper, or at
the top Of his sleek brown head as II peeped
above the top Of the paper She would tell
him Of Rays visit, and about the hidden
flowers, and with this resolve in her heart,
she opened the door Of the sitting-room.


"Charley, dear she would not give her
self moment, for fear her courage might
fail" Charley, dear, will you put your
paper aside for moment ] want TO tell
you something"


"Now, Lou, don't bother me never was
more interested in my life. BY lingo this
fellow writes well. Where's Leila or Bijou
What is the use Of having pets II you never
notice them. Now, sit down, that's good
girl, and dress Leila up in pink ribbons or
something. You ought to be fond Of that
confounded cat; it cost enough"


How quickly the moisture leaves the blue
eyes What a sudden, firm tightening there
is Of the pretty red lips, and what hard,
cold heart this Of hers has suddenly become
And the tempter whispers in her heart
"Not so would Ray Remington have looked
or spoken And, remembering the tender
voice and the love in Rays eyes, she feels a
tenderness springing up in her heart for the
owner of the bold, black eyes, and glad
though guilty pleasure in the thoughts of
the hidden violets.


And Charles Thornton, ESQ.,, returns to
his paper with a most self-satisfed air.
which, by the way, is the expression gene
rally to be found on the masculine counte-
nance when the owner thereof has been
making most egregious ass of himself


An hour later he throws down the lSpotter
and asks what it is she has to say to him.


al really have forgotten. 1t was Of no
consequence"


Take care, Charles Thornton Your wife's
first falsehood. Who is to blame for it ?
aud to what will it lead





Three months later. Raw Remington and
Mrs Thornton have met many times aimee
that sad dav on which he sent her the violets.
They have lnuched together. rode together.
and attended the matinees together, and to-
night IL is all arranged that She will leave
her husbands protection for that of Raw.


Is she bappv at the Thought of leaving her
husbands home Happy ? mol wretcbedly
unhappy. But that which seemed only
SLIGHT grievance at first has become now An
unbappiness too great to be borne.


OF course she confided her sorrows to Raw.
and his indignation was intense.


"That any one could SO neglect her She
whom he would have cherished so tenderly,"
and 80 forth. in the usual strain.


OF course, all this only made her lot seem
the harder. And now she is going to escape
from it ALL But the treacherous little heart
in her bosom. that she had thought 80 cold
and dead to Charley. now begins to plead
for him.


How he haunted the corridor outside her
bedroom door that time when she was 40 i'll.





at last she was well enough to see him how
shocked she was at the alteration in the dear
face. Why it was worn as thin and white
as her own; and when she first saw her own
face in the glass, the great hollows in the
pale cheeks he used to praise for their
plumpness and bloom, and saw in place of
the luxuriant brown tresses he was so proud
of the boy's shock of curly brown hair. and
threw herself weeping on her pillow. sobbing.
how could he. could he love her now? How
tenderly he took her in his arms. laid her
head on his breast and kissed the shorn locks
and snnken cheeks. And though she lived
10 be old and gray could she ever forget
his words


"My dear one. nv wife, am so thankful
that hold YOU here ON this heart. where at
one time feared you never would rest again.
| love you. nv darling. for yourself. YOUR
warm heart, YOUR pure SOUL not for the
bloom that can fade or the bonny brown
tre,ses that are gone"


An with a sudden sbarp catching of the
breath. Could auy other man ever be the
same to her as Charley? OF she must not
think of this.


What is this A bracelet he gave her
ON the first anniversary of their marriage.
No. sbe cannot take that. And her wed ling
rinpl Yes. that must be left with the rest
O she had not dreamed it would be so hard
to part with her old Iove-tokens. Even the
despised Leila is caught up and kissed and
cried over And-what was she about to
do !? Yes. she was actually going to kiss
the little white tidy on the back of the
sleepy.hollow where Charley's head rested
every night while he read the .Spouter.


When Charley returns to his deserted
home (he left for Washington that morninp)
what will he saw? Will he care very much?