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Show I had to accept this as final, .nd was content to do so, as Aunt Eliza Y, iTRIBUTIOiN NAME. A !r? A top nslf; ...BY,, fcth KNEW, even as a child, that Aunt Eliza was different from the rest of us. I felt that there was some mystery connected with her. and, moved by childcuriosity7. I determined to unravel rs Wsttf5 I Dllltt butiot jLJI to ft !" but all to no pt .nd uncles Then I tried the neighbors. would gladly have answered my known anything to .,tlon, bad they The family had moved there was a bride, and n Annt Eliza 4 t snlti to elders-grandmo- ther, .uMtioned my befit b been the same. but I never lost passed, he years tune interest in Aunt Eliza, und as I her. She v older I began to study been, . a beautiful woman, but there was fthing strange in her expression. was happy, in a way, but never In dlvldt. jfested interest or enthusiasm wot (thing. We were a high tempered ed k but she never showed any Uy k Ti don. Her voice was the sweetest ireever heard, and her tones were dally tender when she spoke her am. ..hands name, Geoffrey, and ocea-all- y she would use bis full name, bad always Hev , 'anltji t It L ode Geoffrey seemed jcious of his name, and peculiarly especially n she lingered over it, as she loved !o. At times there was a light In stern eyes that seemed to suggest ation, at other times remorse, but to his never gave utterance rtuti i at i COB ker. Craydon. ffrey ights. 'or a long ' time I envied her this demeanor, and wondered If d Mould ever become quiet and like her, but at lust this dead n began to worry me. and I deter-ethat if site had auy feeling I nU. assive self-esse- wen 7 d ' aping her. pin the garret there were some tranks and boxes that the family brought from their old Virginia eld rouse igne che t they still owned, but never been permitted to which we had ,if, appn :altbj oh t many days before I had a the attic. I had gone the day, and the rest the family were at a picnic. I ni It convenient to return on an r.y train, and then had several hours waited 1 to explore town to spend nee flee pti e wor at -- Cl.a myso't guilty feeling ns I ascended s'airs to the attic, and a 1 :!e between conscience and curios-began- . had a creaky The latter won. and I was before the trunk that I Aunt Eliza's, had taken u bunch of keys from dioothor's cabinet and I tried one r toother, until the lock finally 'ifd. 1 hnd to siitte many pangs of Hi'nce as I took out the dainty '5, slippers and elegant bridal seat that had lain here uiidis-lW- I for twenty years. Nothing remained but a large paste-r- d box in the bottom. My search J rewarded. It was tilled with let-- ' I took them out one by one. nt scores of ndmirers she must r had; Aunt Eliza Imd certainly 'a popular. There seemed to be hing from fnele (ieoffrey. I towed letters here nml there, look-fobis peculiar cramped hand-ing- , but In vain. I picked tip the t Package. were in n bold, They 1111110 hand. I glanced at tin of tin first in dismay. There, Ann, even strokes -- Hindi a contrast hi.r nudes labored efforts was the ran, (ieoffrey Craydon. I hurriedly 1 through. All Imre the same o ) the we hifrllng sore was r slg-inr- e - 'nature. began to read them. They were might passioned love letters that " wnn tin. h,.n,.( a uv "M It lie H The: be ever lmd tin heart ami warmed every page of these 11:1,1 I11, Kliich 'Tlf '"the last nl. H.reo 1 In tvritti plontliMl, evon .r tn discourage the nt- - iimnndcii. vic'T n .f i 'P llce "'niilhleil ,0 PO, na me mentioned by I would question sitting nlonc on the porch She nuswetv wav. I . n' ' "lls "tfrmn l.,.r el.alr Sin ma-gie- in,y try in cau-- 'Mi. family rushed out. They Usi,.,,,mj. (j ,)((l Mhj j)Hf oiiili'i'ing whnt oxpiunntlon to zs ttrnndfiiiil,r ""h lieu, room. WnndM,,. ers Wns said; "M,,ry. ba my resolution soon knew the whole jnllK, fl,l.0 yon have ciirl)v " pi ace Pie "","m f si,.. , "ter J: nth is ,, At Is, wrnn. r 'Itr Aunt mind. It may even her death.- - " "t tills ''our Aunt PIMM I'.ilznV "oid) thing thnt will break Sdi'iK.,, Th Rhodes scholarships at Oxford are worth $1500 a year, hut owing to the conditions of residence they are not popular among American boya. TELEGRAPH zero-grap- as It is called for the sake ot brevity, has been invented by au Eng- The superiority of the American mechanic has been attributed to the stimulus of the climate, but Herr Muller, who was sent to the United States by a German society to investigate our mechanical methods, attributes It to better wages, the lesser use of alcoholic stimulants, and the fact that his social posit lou depends entirely upon himself. Miiw e 3-- 00 e o e e r X' ''I' ''' lishman. The aerograph in appearance resembles an ordinary typewriter, but it is of simpler construction, with a keyboard figured with the signs of the letters and numerals, which can be printed or telegraphed to any number of instruments. Each instrument, the inventor explains, is at once a receiver and a transmitter, enabling operalora to converse with one another ln writing, and thus obviating misunderstandings, which are apt to occur ta So far communications. telephonic messages have been sent only for a short distauce, but It Is Intended to experiment over wider spaces, and It la hoped that messages can be sent to any distance that ether wave will carry. The machine is always ready for iuimediate use, and as there la no which requires to ba mechanism wound op In order to vibtaiu synchronism, the operator has both bauds fre for manipulation. Another advantage claimed for the Invention will be of special Importance iu military affairs. Messages cannot be picked up. To quote the Inventor Iu sending a message own words; you are Mounding two etber wave which allow you a choice of fifty six signs, atul these are given direct print, either as leLeia or figures. Absolute secrecy is thus obtained. The only way to intercept messages would be to employ a similar instrument, which would have to be synchronized to the same degree as the transmitting instrument. Lastly, tlirs" machines will receive their messages (which are given nt present nt a speed of twenty-fiv- e words a minute) without anybody being present, nnd would thus be of great advantage in a signal box, as the signal nan will receive clearly printed instruction should he be absent the time the message Is sent to him. Nor will the machines work only without vvires. I gave a lecture ln Inris before the Bociety of Engineer, of which I am a member, during which I sent messi.ges to Rrussels. while telephonic communication was going on over the same wires. 1 have sent messages also between Berlin and Frankfort. The apparatus consists of a typewriter, which, by depressing a key. Each letter resends two impulses. quire only two impulses, and the different letteis are obtained by mean of the time Interval between these ImFor wireless purposes these pulses. impulses operate a switch connection with the induction coil, thus making the apatks for sending the etber coll is conTin Induction waves. nected with an aerial ns well as aa earth wire. To turn the apparatus Into a receiving instrument It is only necessary to move a switch, which ia placed beneath the typewriter. This makes nil the oanectioii to the receiving apparatus, winch consist of a coherer and a very sensitive relay. . The Inventive Age. WORDS iarSr succeeds by accident. When there is room for all a w man's love in the heart of a poodle B mail need ?e sorry he has lost It, The hungry one Is apt to think that full meal when be lie ha heaven' has only caught tho fragrance of tb kitchen. Rams Horn. Nothing I.ol, They take tremendous precautions at tho mint s that no specie shall b lost," said an EiiglMimun, With a of an article be bad been ou tlm subject. Every acrap reading of refuse is burned ln order that not of metal shall be t),n xMybtcst wasicil. The w ot king clothes of tb m "ii are biii'iied, too, wlieii they nr worn out. and tm-- even burn the carts which are mu-- in tarrying the bullion to Hie mint. Well." ".iid the American ln th guess we go one better than that la our Immortal country, We burn th refuse, und the clothes and the carts. Y'e, sir, w do all that, and, what Is more, when a man dies who lias worked there we have him cremated, Then they talked alout the weather. London Fun. .,uxU ve-tl- ge t lleggnr In Spain, There are 1 in .227 professional beggars In Spain, of whom M fM8 are ttiitrii. In some of the cities beggars are licensed t carry, ou their trade, Sking iiIiiin is recognized ns a leHie -', and municipality iiiinie gi Hi' iiniids a percentage upon the col S" ilie i tlie only city iu 1,'ciious. which forbids begging In tli" 1, iugil--i- Stt t. '' iz. e '' ou-iui- a- "; t::T I . OF WISDOM. Chnrartcr determines condition. Homo Is the linrbor of the heart Life I ever more than literature. Greatness appears in little things. Strength comes through struggle. Prejudice puts Its eyes ln Its pocket , Feeding malice is fostering murder. Men differ t ot so much In their faith i in their phrases. Sin Is no mure essential to sulvatioo Urn n disease to health. The best time to attend to your neighbors affairs is In your sleep. Wuon a man falls in love with heart'll he learns Iiqw to love this earth. A mail is not doing bis level best who is content to stay ou the sume level. A reputation for eating chicken la not the only thing essential lu a good pustor. A man wlio has only howera In the garden of his life docs not need to build a wall about it Tho man who fails while trying to do good lias more honor than he who h. !' TYPEWRITING, An Ingenious Machine Which Sends nnd Deceive MetSHges. h A wireless telegraph writer, or Kln.t of Rrclproclly. corresWASHINGTON pondent of one of the great dailies, feeling all run down" as a result of vain attempts to manufacture news about Professor There is no more etilelent promoter of buzzard," recently conclud Laugley'ft virtue than hard times, declares the ed to go Into the rural districts of Philadelphia Record. AVith a scnrclty Maryland to recuperate. After a few of bread and meat, and of opportunity days of rest, his Journalistic Instinct for setting work to do, comes a livelier reasserted itself, and he derided It would ho an amusing experience to appreciation of the philosophy emhod- out and Interview some of the go led In the golden rule. The pinch of a farmers. Fecuring a pad. he started narrowing prosperity draws uien to-- 1 up the road sharpening his pencil and latest getlicr. Tills is illustrated In the grout-- 1 whistling one of Sousa's er readiness of employers and employes marches. Before long he saw a farmer corn In a field alongside the to reach wage agreements at this time. cutting road. Climbing the rail fence, lie balled the funner pleasantly, and after R seems queer to the New York a few remarks about Hie weather and Times that the Japanese version of the tile crops, explained ills errand Want to interview me, eh? anid the sinking of the Klnsliiu Maru is on the whole rather favorable to the Rus- farmer, I never had any experience Interviews, but if jour heart Is sians than was that giveu by the Rus- givin' set on It. go ahead. Wbat do you want sians. The latter, apparently, find it me to talk about?" dilllcult to foresee the verdict of the Well, said tbc reporter, scratching world on passing events iu which they his nose reflectively, suppose you give me your views on reciprocity, take part, and their own Judgments Couldn't have suited me better for are peculiar. They preferred, while a subject. Mister. The fact Is, Eve there was doubt about what sank the been thlnkiu' a good deni about reel 1 I believe in It. Petropavlovsk, to say tliut their own proelty, lately. Cuba or mean with dont reciprocity mines sunk her, forgetting that thus Canada, although that may all he very they couvictcd themselves of gross well In Its place. What I want to see carelessness, and while they were Ig- Is reciprocity right here in the United like norant of the number of fatalities on States. I think reciprocity, but unsatisfactory correspondence be want I home. at should begin the Kinslitu Muru, they exaggerated charity, hurried home. the fellows who have been enjoying A long Interview followed. What the loss of life instead of minimizing the Messing. for a good many jear passed we never knew except that It, and expected thus to win admirato reciprocate a little with the farm your Aunt Eliza lost complete control tion! The Russians do seem to be dif- era. of herself and bade him leave her What do you propose?" asked the ferent from other white men. and never come back; and be replied wielder of the pencil, who began to see that he would go, but would return exTwo of the three scout ships author- that he was getting more thnn be whenever she sent for him. pected. ized by Congress at the session just The next we heard was that Lewis said the farmer, I want Well. had enlisted In the Civil War, which closed are to be equipped with turbine some plan adopted h.v which a part of had just broken out. George Reynolds engines of different makes, while the the revenue collected will get hack now became the accepted suitor of understand driving power of the third Is to be of to the rural districts. I your aunt Six months went by and $700,000. in Condown a there fellow theres The same experience holds true of the familiar type now in general nse. the wedding day was set. Eliza behilt a that Introduced who has gress came pale and thin. It was whispered other railroads. At ten water stations To become worthy of their name the wMtl do the business. 1 mean that bill that she was slowly dying of a broken along the Union I'aeiflc 2780 pounda scout ships must posses both great I providin' for the Government to aid I heart. Members of the family ap- of solids are removed from the water ln Improvin the roads In the rural e static ns along the San speed aud great endurance; they must pealed to Reynolds to give her up, but of twenty-nindistricts. That would be a groat bless he refused. Then we begged her to ta Fe system, although at the ten be able to keep the sen for long peri- ing. not only to the farmers, but to cancel the engagement, pointing out Union Pacific stations they use about ods and under full steam without re- everybody. Talk about developing rethe folly and wickedness of marrying fifty per cent, more water than at the plenishing their bunkers. The trial sources! I'd like to know what would Snnta Fe stations. a man she did not love. do more to develop this country than of tho vessels when trips completed The chemical survey of natural wa At Inst she heeded, broke the enbuilding good roads. If this plan was in there of the the will, opinion lore, a few millions of the taxes gagement, and wrote a long letter to ters which Is being made by the by of the geological I'hilndeiphia Record, afford a basis of adopted, the farmers pay would come back to Lewis, apologizing for ail that she had droeconomic experts the comparison between the efficacy of done, and telling him if he still cured survey is directed in part toward them, and there couldnt be no charge which waters may available of location for her to return. steam amt Unit ol rcciprucal-iu- g of special privilege, either, for the Now came the hardest time of our be used for boiler purposes without would be spent for public Imengines of the standard pattern. money lO' nml would benefit all seclives. I do not like to think of her suf- treatment. If discovered nml their provement, will lie equal in caof a 8ince the ves.-cl- s tions and all classes. Now I want to fering as weeks ami months passed cation made known the saving he pacity ami horse power, and will be see tlte city people who have been without any reply from Lewis. She tremendous amount of money will the railroads case of the In buili on identical lines, the lest will protected so long turn in and help the lmd drooped until we despaired of her effected. as above -t farmers get that law' passed. That's be absolutely fair. life, but pride came to the rescue nml eo- of such great lossig lack of In to due is largely the kind of reciprocity I believe in. she brightened up, going into .society mentioned of How much more the fanner might more than ever. No party or bail formation concerning the sources Nine States now require factory op will for boilers ,n' they suitable curwater have said the reporter will never know, was complete without her. It was of orators to report accidents suffered by for the Interview was Just then Inter rent gossip that if she bad ever cared become the greatest beneficiaries emGuv the work of their employe. Au incomplete record rupled by a blast from the dinner horn, of the It. this phase for Lewis, she had outlived made by the New York Bureau of Your unde renewed his attentions, inent. t'lmnlmna For (looit IIom.Is. was accepted, and the wedding shortly Labor in lSbti, covering about one half I miner ltallaay Tim. Mr. Elms. F. Baylor, special agent of i followed. The following day we lmd a Railway ties have Item made from of the factory workers In tho Mate (.v,.riun(,lt for tht, v.,ifrtio big reception for them. The whole Steel, iron, glass, stone, and of grass for three mouths, showed 1822 a eel-- 1 midst dip the In sugar industry, who tins traveled was present. countryside cmuiHiaiUon." nay a the ami sawdust n comment iu New the in. writer dents, walked through nearly all the Northern and of the festivities Lewis American Inventor. "The newest In York World. Iu a recent Western States In the (..nseeiition of 112,-42of Without a word of greeting he went jeur, volition for that purpose Is a cross-tiIds work, recently expressed the restraight to her and said: from employes in tjie. anthracite mines sults of hi observations ns follows: leather The scrap tlicr. lea of I have come in answer to your shoe simps Is taken into a disintc iu reiinsylvania, 411 were killed. Of 'TTobably no other subject of Inletter. I have come to claim you. to a fine, very subjected In bituminous ground the to tho rural population is terest prater, 87,Srj employes With one agonizing glance she process and molded. The ten mines 19S were killed. During the more attention throughout the refining feet. his at lifeless dropped seemingly molding machine can be the of sion Nation than that of road improvement. It was weeks before she regained so year ended June 30, I'.MCl, there were that tie hard eimug means of o- of the fundamental regulated One forever reason with consciousness, but j to take a spike or ties through which h.M killed and Cl.tid'J injured ou the eiety Is a ready means of communion-Hon- . dethroned. a spike cannot lie driven can he turned railway of the United States. The Tho experiment station of the T.y this time Lewis whs dead and The three great essentials in n cross are now engaged In experi- tlm for was twenty-twcountry average year buried, having been killed at the Rattle work and actual denmnstra mental ti,. are apparently found in this leather killiHt and 177 Injured every day. In of Hull Run. for it is guaranteed to hold a to stimulating the a view with tlon sleeper for out blotted 18'.H) American railways killed one perAH the past wn tin fish plate will not splinter mind and promoting the best public spike, remembrance a your Aunt Eliza except in it and it will not rot. It is expected son for every 300 employes, while the and cheapest system. of good rond of names, and the strange part of it to stand service for thirty-fivyears toads of Germany kUfisl one for every building with local mnteriui. State Leg was she thought your Elide Reynolds tics put down twenty-eigh- t and those of Austria Hungary Matures are enacting tetter laws, and Sample was an old friend of hers. Geoffrey months ago in the 'V"1 Springfield 750, one for every Rh;7, The same In some eases the pr ndple of Hate Craydon. of the Rost on nml Albany only The Federal aid has been adopted. yard freight the delusion, Ill order to keep up not show the least wear year American roads injured one for Government has established an Office do Rond which was a happy one for her. and Roadinast.-Sullivan, of the lioston every thirty-threemployes, Ccrinun of l'uldic Road Inquiries in the De which the family physician said was and Albany, says the spike hold u road one tor Literature IGtt aud Austrian pnrtmcnt of Agriculture. every a of necessary t prevent her becoming him been prepared and distributed for well as when first driven, instead one 292. for every broke up hopeless tun nine, the family the education of the people on this subworking loose, as In Hie wooden tic." severed obi ties ami assoeiations. and There is no need for that unhappy ject, I'iimv'i I ms, me, went to Illinois, your unele reluctantly There Is nothing that will work so in flOO dc man who is condemned o lead a bach of tin man that rest lut. to life a w name Ida ith A cat changing for good roml as necessity, effectually .io ,."ni.. in be counted a member she believed bun to be. Happily dor existence Iii New York to put up the mother of Invention. When a fno mistake. National " died without disemerii'g hrr "society L was at the Royal meet witii all the discomfort tliut assail tory is established farmers ut once dis annual Lift bunt Institution' She is to bo buried by the ad' cover the necessity of good roads. iu him oilier of the tills parts ri country, air old Ioo Hie olie i' day that we heard of ar A lad nounees the I'ittsburg Dispatch. For Agitation begins, public meetings bn mnl'kaliie leline personage. and eviry public highway lint flic lrttfrv' I ln.iu ml. held, til to estate a consideration an nugcl of neiitiie-- s as scon a 1,0 ro' left 1n I's'dilc of her conics tin object of solicitous uttell did tmt Lewis of a youthful instil hi cm oil the and housewifery skill will visit his tlon. It I fonnd that the farmer ret was Hu sum i ininn ic.t on at least four lior" if lie I to lie .lid. It was chimed, though the lie 'applied to Hie maintenance of Hi lonely apartments at stated times, quire the best rcMiits in the ocnnipl.fcii not proved, that Reynd'h bribed mend ins torn dot ties, (I. mi ids socks, t: t111' h, l"1' .iniinal aiul II'" piyueml of Hu pelM'i ot I'me nud expense. Neighbor ilig postmaster to destroy t sew on Ins buttons anti generally roa- talk over road b r l'" loft in charge. I p improvement amt the It instead, and nt Iasi .luien ut and health cxecll-to do UDJ neared to eny die ids estate from the barbarity Into idea become Infection. A public morse, sent it when too late caretaker changed spirits but Hie which it might oi her wise fall. Hie meeting is called, public road ar 11 roddei'iee. ami the cat did not seem e-to 'i!e next day. a I " ciiHM'd, ami na organization is eflectod I She Ulllld- ' may be prevailed tton also to straight. af ' ,lkO ,1,0 new which goes to work for the improveI glanced grave. Elizas but was reomensl eii his tie, send his shoes to the shoe ment of tli" roads. awav several and headstone about orlg 7 name. doctor, dust his hooks and til ing order offering rewards. At Reports from all sections indicate prised to seo the vnnNlieu H tin Hjr mp two ih question of road improvement of his Hint of chaos lieu. npi out If, however, Lewis Craydon." The authorities, pre M Consin from 'the Is one of tin most popular subjects of umu of a In he he he I looked nt Ern ie Geoffrey. will, pretvusions ,hf llve thoughts. discussion in farmers' meeting of nil timing sin la I' Raw don. Interpreting my on receipt addition to the pcrlpetetlc housewife, institution, the to capital kinds, nml State and National aid are formal engagement to provide for recelvo a weekly coll from a valet. This being generally endorstsT. Tim farm-er- a KS of r-'r.ron are beginning to see that they the rat should she ever reappear.-Lond-" personage look after all details ef been, hitter enough.Modern Society. I lmvp R" their share of at- clothes to sends out be dress, pressed ziue. National the front Government, Mention -- la fact, petforms the function of a Bof. Tub A Driest X(t d(,mnil(, nbtn..nl recognition u4 Mw Stunune"'' lUj"ct.l tVllllani t 'reamer, of Waldnbnro, He, s also tin liu-regular vnl-tlu the way of Federal a'-- and coon, n emeu of Imix owned by hi As tnmmer'ttg has a ateel tobacco ha tils clientele nnd goes upon cratlntt In tlic improvement of tli wife, him Its by and brought for military sendee rej ri nt gramllii'licr 4:,,r a regular round at stated Intel wils. He rural highway. men Hutu 2"U ."' show,, by im t Pc-rattier pride himself upon the fact It ' The BritMi Roard of Agriculture e - stammerers many. I the ptlug that Ills work i very genteel, and Hint, tilin', , lit t there are 1.871. fft't dog- - In Tlte ..toscrv.lldU, amt one, he cover being the original i. though luu lug -- o many tuuelers, be Hie eieMiir;, oue to every acme ef the .lay It wa a .".on In uJ human beings. j,, puf really bas none. 1,1 2W year alnco. ..no iii Austria, U( pul on, over Russia. 0.1U In V''lMed hi! Com-pau- lhl nd ,,ttn!!oh" "v,'reamo ' EXPENSES. TnowomUof Dollar. Spent br On. y Sor Salt Water For Locomotive.. The wonder of mauy people is aroused upon noting the enormous receipts of railroad companies because of the comparatively small dividends the stockholders receive. The fact is that few realize the cost of maintaining those great corporations the variety of the demauds upon their resources. Figures show, says the Chicago Chronicle, that the annual expenditures of railroad companies for purposes concerning which the public takes little thought are enormous. One the items of large expense Is the softening of water used in locomotives, experience having demonstrated that It is cheaper to install water softeners than supply these locomotives with raw water. On the middle division of the Atchison. Topeka and Santa Ee Railway system the sum of $t!7,;75 is expended annually for this purpose, the softener being used at twenty-ninwater stations wdiere the water has been found unsuitable for boiler purposes. The locomotives passing these stations use, on uu average, abort UW.OOO gallons of water daily. The water from nearly all of these sources contaius constituents Hint Is, the sulphates and carbonates of lime and magnesium, are present in troublesome amounts. The inerustlng solids contained In 099,000 gallons of water used each day in the year amount to over pounds, or In the course of a year nearly u.K) tons. This amount of in crusting material deposited in the boiler would, in the first place, damage the boiler plates and cause an enormous Increase in the consumption of coal. The removal of this scale would cost probably from six to ten cents per mile of distance run. At these twenty nine water stations water softeners have been erected at great Initial expense. The mainten anee of these softeners requires the expenditure of about $17 a day for chemicals and an additional charge of about $.78 a day for services of attend ants, making a total of $75 a day, o $27,375 a year. The cost of construction of these water softeners was not made public, but if the cost of maintenance represents four per cent, on the investment, the total r mount ex pended for water softeners is nearly - 'rRe If, j in, his 111,1 RAILROADS' i Ini) MAunt " I had Ib'yimlds. hi r.lrza. found p, r to)1P 1Ilp upon regaining consciousness seemed none the worse for my unwarranted Interference. A few years later I marriM and went west. I bad been there hut a short time when I was called to Virginia by the announcement of Aunt Eliza's death. They had taken her back to her old home for burial, and I found all the family there when I arrived The house was crowded with e friends and neighbors, and I noticed that all seemed instinctively to avoid Uncle Geoffrey. That evening my mothers consin called me Into the library and closed the doors. He seemed overcome by emotion, but at last spoke. You and your sister have the reputation of being beautiful, Mary, hut neither of you can compare with your Aunt Eliza when she was young. Everyone loved her and she had but one fault, an ungovernable temper. I see you start, bpt the calm that you so much admired was purchased only at the price of her happiness and reason. She was the belle of the country, and numbered her admirers by the score, but it was plainly to be seen that only one touched her heart. This suitor, whom I will call Lewis, was everything that a girl could desire. He was young, handsome and wealthy, and they seemed an ideal couple. Roth were equally popular, and ns the wedding day approached the whole neighborhood rejoiced in their happiness. Then came trouble. Lewis was called away on business, and a new admirer, your uncle, whose real mime is George Reynolds, appeared. Although knowing your Aunt Eliza to be engaged, he pressed his suit, and she, I am sorry to say, encouraged him. She cared nothing for him, but talked and danced enough with him to stir up neighborhood gossip. Of course It reached Lewis, and after a brisk old-tim- MARION WALLACE. k 1 'V SI: j iU- - elm m, |
