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Show MM HI Ii LIVlNlTlN PAPER HAGS. BKr i tt 1 1 , Ve; 19 it rorhf'rlnsttnrrrrVanvTatn. H Rl III 111 fci'ir'!';tomrrrYamoitt,liu-Yow, HBllE' IU ill HrtfolnloBr' YuinVWm. B $. (h II This List not Utlra led out n ft ml BBH Ol ill rnbl fttttmpk at A profound Uiw by HllH H'J In tbo freslirst, swrtwt, cleint roicfl in -H'fJ-B ifl I 111 Ibo world, ant) f foIlom-J lr ft rtlrrr JVaP5 In IIJ! pen. of laughter so like k b.rV joyous KSfv; II I ill trill that for moment I m Incline! to --L-l' '' t H III think It Is only a continuation of the Bbfltl) I ill ibornsof th littln Kinicsttri that Into HHh rj tnn ilnglns oat-Ms my window nil --B-H-P IT ill' tnornttis. Hot n momtnt's n lire t Ion Hvi id I fl xjUYlncciineothcrwlM,nDillrlMlow- HQHR? JSj liN ly frctn my dtslc, -vrlu.ro I liaro bren LHl IM 3 5S ttn.jrgl.Djc nil looming with a perplex- UHf-fX fl 1 1ll liU acrouiit book, nnd glanco ont of my B K ' Ih 4 ill window lu tlio direction uhenco tbo sw v fl 4 n sound proc.... -----El & Ml Hi u u 0M ut the l0"--et- nimWt May -----V& ' J f Jf dars. TIiesV1 cloudless bltw. Tho PaB 5 J.'i I fl! ore liar J li powder! with snowy applo IB i! ni blowwins, which lat bight's ruin hit LnH irS rill wmhwl from tho tm, nnd iUudlnff an- l-d-H--' lUi'SI ilcrtlum, ritlinj tlirm of their remain ----Bf ffll f Hi ingplorlm, nro mynUtM" Qrneieoand ----H ' Si! I ill 'lfr (1TotcJ lonr' -atT Homer. Tlilt ra 3r iS A ill yo'inK man han twit, t Do tho lionno- -.-.Hi v - Si i III luAtd'i expreUonf "hanalns aroan 1" --! itt fwltll VIm for inioy mnntlui, auJ whltohais -.-Hi') ,t Wl i III nut lartlcularly brilliant nor jiartlcnlir- -----I--I V M 1 H! !? vi lie 1,KOwl "1 kind, ""'1 whatit ---l!ll M j more At lraat toiiilaonr fin&ncliU cm fffl 1 Iff birruaunent rich. ------K ' KjI J Of Yfo ha many lulmlren, for ho WMMm 9w HSi lovely and win me, but willfoliuthe H4aSt ixtreme. Jt present her choice rcciiu --H MflJlli tawawr between thU yontf man and a---l nnilit nnothir a l'rvfewor Moore, tti our col ---n wi lit lvRO-hii h collrKO U th prido and do- ---H? ry ill 'i(llt tf 0Qr Tllll,R' T1"' ,attcr rntt B? U l 101 (ieneTlere 1 vt aeaaon at n famotM wntor- ---H-t lilul lu2 place, wtiltheRhliad been taken by ----B 1 1 1 'J 8 " ' our 'rl,n'18' A fy worl JIT vromaa ----B ! 5lfil who (Might to act an chaperon to lovely H ' j fl i Hi yuuiig Klrl'i nn excuM for mlnRling Hi J la the eayetlrt of inch place hcrwlf, K5 J 'l and then when the Mason 1 over allow HK i n tnem to ,lrirt ,0 tlieIr ialpt lln11 K i 9 ill cumitry home and narrow, sordid live., B t 9 J Whether thl 1 n wUo or useful exicrl- Hj j I HI encfl for yoani pirU I very much donbt, HH n 1 HI but at any rate It ha not spoiled Ueut H C J I In title. Sho coin) lack to u fresh and B ti j j Kaj and smiling ni overt take up the old H If! bnnlen with only an ucciwioniU out- Hf 1 n Lnnkwhen Nome preuln eccnomy 1 H i J 1 Mdi-d.orsoracthinif whichshoconsMrrs B J fl tipedally mtauha to bo done bccaiino WM I Jill! tlicreUnomomywlthwhlchtodobetter. -.-.Hi k Ifll W iro YrrT r00. Sly mother died --H U. Jd J? n lira Vlove Wd4 thiiHJ years old and our LL-H T I H 1 1 J . brother still a baby. To me thew chll i dren are myllfe. For thtlr doar sake 1 no sacrifice la too tcnat Oar old coun w-t k jlit try home U lately and romfutUblynucd HjP Jufl up, but when my father dl, flto )rar ---B Ik Ig H f I ajo,wefoanlonrvlrn(almotclestltut, V: t n J 5 I w'tQ on'r t,") artBt pittance fur en In- Mm' 9r ft 2 5 I come, This I am trying bravely to eko MM ltn tlilt out iiutil tur boy U old tnongh topat Mif K H3I hli shoulder to the wbecL Anything to M f ( 1 9 1 k I I1 b'- boino toethur and keep my M " f u'lj I lovely youn? sliter uuder my wlnir( H) i fl .is j rather Uian tend her cmt, In her benutt Hq. 1 Ml 14 I fnl f rvabrrss, to Ulwr for her dally brevl Lk ?i ' H iB I und grow hsrdcned in so doing. --P f 4 lit I We havu the most absnrdly ridtcnlons Ivi Blcknaum, I viichrUtrnel HUnorin H r 1 n 11 1 thedeluklohope,IiuppoM,thatIwould H , Jf 5r prow up Into a tall, statoly princou. to H t J H 1 dorrrtlit and honor to the honm. l!n H I Pi alaslllke many human hopes all vainl H I fl I Tu the whole nelhbothooti MIu P.lanor H ' 111! "Wi-st Isonlyuduiopy, itout llttlo spin- H , , fti 8tf r wItl1 '" tt ry on her nose and 1 IfPI I mi eurlMtiiiacconut book later hand. B Jll ill I UiUr In lifo Of iii'vleve dabbed iLe Ee, H , Aj if I I bewuwof my Inordinate curioaity still aB , at) ft v j later Adsm, becauM, she averted laugh- mm i B? fl ill' i " l tlA1 ,ho curlMltr u( Cno udl1 B 1 B Bill Adam combined. Fo this lattir has -! r B I 5 1 1 Ktowii to be my constant appellation. --Li 'v t Hlf t Wabaxoall sorts of imslnt names for MMM m' Ul 8 M llfr' nie lMjy TM clirltrncAl Kthilbert, -B Cu llSl 'ut a ,u' JounRtr Ar,i Acting as a -B H 9 fll mother to him, I called him "Trtuaore" W ; , ; B J fit mostly. ThU soon shortens! into -B ' " illl 'rmlge" la our fumllbr, nfftttlonato 85-J J wnyt so Tmlge he U, nnd Trudge ho 4 1 J n 111 U to the end f tho chsptt r, .v'lf I Ulanelng out of the window I sro ----i n- ma J 1 1 Viovo and Mr. Homers sauntiring slowly MMM Bh I 4 I toward the houw. 8he U trihtand -B fB I 1 J ' Kuy he, moody and desperate looking. ---H iKr !-i)l Viet e string her bruad hut carelesily MMM HE ii en her arm, an 1 1 see that the uicked B ' 13 j irl bus clp-coratcl tho poor )unng man 9I IB' ll' Uh apple blooms uuttl ho looks like n MP ! li, Terltable UotLota. lint I nlw see that BE' m 9, i t lifUuly plucking them oir,nnd ui MMm n n I 1 theyiviMhnicgh the hall the tloor U --H IV l I i trnu with tho dtlicnte. dainty things H yMr Jl'! whlth he has ttit from him. bho givu H iiB' I g f 1 znu tcked glaiice n tiny jmsa my MB Ifl-P1 I f t door, whilehebestom vpimiueuuoarte E9 'lE1 I c'1' roolTprJr wol good morning, --D ft! 4 I MiKUuort"jui.l hurriet out through BE" i W J j thenate, UenchTe riuhus iu with u mMm m 'it boUuruoii Bl ilvSiVlw "Well, Ad.whonextr fl li 'Oh, Vletc, I s.iy racfnlly, "thnt B bl f 1 Jtungmun has gone uhd dcuult agaUi, MM H LU 4 1 J n I know. MMm B i' !J( ill "ll0 lua, dear old Ad, he admits MMM B-K 3 1 1?' "nntI thlnk thl tltQu U lhe hL i H HBt LlH Mould not, Ad Utulduot bo so mean -B mwT SI ' ) 1,( IIIlli' J"ou uw.M -B nil' I bli0 tlirovv'1 hmtlf -t my fxt, hor MMm 91' fil li( heuduiou my kmg, lwr eji wandr- j 1ft I V lug out totheorchird,biret itvidently, Bl IS tt '! a try tragic suuohuULm place, bho H niB 3" T; t?xs on hurriedlvi MMM - Wm "' 1unw "'ll i( tf"ley Homers over MMWa ' ( ' ! rop"! to me itgain I would uccvpt I MMM mil 1 i i now I mVX l vns tin"1 ,jt u,t1 1'itichlni B tS m '' ij lire-for" timidly, "you know it In pluch- B S' B' '! '''ij lug. Adlnar I fcuow I wdd I lmd btard MMM m X J -a oI thrta; JncunWiaviico of living in MMU ft B' VI llH trunks-1 trlid that lat scosonln tho MMm 4 Bu4 1 t'ti mouutalui, emtlioUncrinounverieuco MMM tdimkl7-t: cf living iubumuu drawers. I know 1 MMMM If lEB 'IS ' H l&l1 Ult wk wl" n CAm" 0IUU fruU B' V IB 11 MrQnihHm's,ulthhtfrcligiuit,artIttla B PL Jim it 'i ('t Loura &m1 Intrles sto.k(.d-litralIy fl iiB Mm :1 4 i otcrtloulug vith tho good tilings of life mMMW I I R)tt 1 i hI " IcouMiiottudurellvluglriptiiPer -B li B'l I u', utiy 1onBr-I know I did but, Ad, -B E 3 If M I ' ,bt,n t-1;arl( today cferol my Ids lumi -B P l! r'ilK I -full, y.M. tull, Ad, of eery comfort -B F iJ!tti 1 1osury-eoiochow,H she say B, In si -B l T M 1, tlQKly, "I ctmid nou I dou't know -R' tt HpJTihil -iv.butlcoulu- Hi1- jb a "Wl), d. ar 1 nply si .wl, "if yoj dcn'tloehira"-- "That's It, Adam,shefT . positively "I don't and cau't'So, dr dd Ad,lt lapcr I a little longer "All right lar,H 1 ony mceklyf "if you feci that way, tmtlf r ueonM, yon know of course, only if you could, how nice it would beH "Yes," sho says, Iiuglilnj intrrily, "vcrynlr, but I am afraid I oflYndrd him this lime beyond rd" inptton. 1 aiii afraid. Ad, d"ar," slowly, ! Uhaved very bully, for do )ou know thiro nuhedorermy mind the plcturo of me 'todlling nway on my wedding day with the lord high cxecQlIonsr,' and I behaved yw, very badly, Adsin. I don't want Charley, Ad. 1 want nobody but you " "All right" I say, traiinely, "but ttk care you never want any iftwro, "Adamr sho says, iternly shaking her finger at me a she rite, with tho filnt t Uush upon her fsce, "if you are rrer gnllty ugaln of such an execrable pun I shall bring Charley right In and mike you many him ffhaud, to savo onr family fam-ily honor, nnd, better, our crudltl' The next evening, a) It 1 growing dunk, I am sitting on tho front plrz.i amid cluttering fnes, whom fragrant blofimsnro Iwuding them down, waiting for Viove to coma homo from dreM parade on College IllU. The moon Is slowly rhrin, aud I know bo hi won dered Into a walk with tome una of her fervent devotees, nnd will likely coin home with another victim dangling at her heels. I havo scarcely thoocht this until I see her approochliig with two victIm--Mr. 8omersnndOeofTry Moore. How she ha inveigled Charley into her toil again, after ycatcrdty exploit, I cannot lmnglfi'-but there ho Is, and to him sho I chatting gayly, glibly, nlmmt Ignoring the stately prou-nsor w ho ualks gravely brsido them. I cannot ihut my eyr to the dltTerenm between theso men, though one Is rkh, the other poor. Alas I thit I have grown so mercenary and little eren over tho question of my da i ling's henrtl The one gay, debonair, bat shallow. The other noble, manly, such a snrv, safe protector and guide for toy way vtard Genevieve but then, those little, cramping ills of poertyl The night Is so lovely that they sit down bf-idu mo on tho plana, and now sore that she hw snan-d her bird rsMy again sho turns the battery of her Irresistible Irre-sistible forces upon the prufetmr, and U i roroklng, bewitching, exaijicrating, all In cmo breath. In some way the con versa ver-sa t ion turns upon rank and wealth and their advanUgt. "I shill never marry except for love, of course,' ihe says; "hut then 1 neer conld lore any one but a man who can give mo all tbo luxury of wraith." The fint sentence evidently to anub poor Charley, The bit t to frown down any presumptuous advance on tho part of tho professor. 'I do not bollevo that, Mlw (1ine-Tieie,M (1ine-Tieie,M ho says gravely. "Vou bello yunrself, What good to a true woman's hcitrt ore nit the comforts aud dainty things that wealth can purchano If thrre be nu lore? What gond the honor and rank of a thousand drad ancestors If tho I resent man bo wanting In nobleness?' "A great deal," sho sa) s decidedly. "I shoul 1 want to know that hi family hid len great and wealthy, for age and gee with old family portrait handul down for generation- coat of arms and all that sort of thing. Why, even a to onrshnstn sho add with a carioui twin kle in her eyos, "Ad, what 1 our family i aign ta our old heraldic coat of arm?" Thl vtlth a Kf-clons, fpiestlonlng glance at mc, when sho knows wo havo always been nobodies. "What did you say, Adam, denrr" "Oh, Vlevel" I stammer In rejdy, "why will you try to turn ovt rythlnft into ridicule? ridi-cule? You know I cannot "Ad," sho says, "ou are too modest. You underrate your own descriptive abilities. Weill I can't describe, but 1 cm draw, Mr, Moore, will jou kindly lend mo a curd and a pent 1 1?" And that gentleman producing these articles, that tudacioui girl draws n very credit able grow r'i jtaper bag and gr oly hand It to him. lie cbcv at it In u mjitiflnl manner. "To inako It more pfrfoct,' sho say recklosaly, "you might Inflate It a little a wry little, wee bit, for there U yexj llttlo In It, Ad, dear. Im't then?" Thn day Uter, Yluve and tho pro-frfciorhave pro-frfciorhave gone out riding. She wns very dainty looking and guy wheu they Kt ont, but to me hi f aco had an unfamiliar un-familiar look, m though he had xuadoup hi mind to rhk all and try hi fate. My heart I stirred to 11 depths, for there Id no light, sUUlow love to mi easily set tttldo. This man will nover forget, and et VIevo will nover ed jwrorty. Hho cannot love the rich man, so will havo none of htm; sho does not love ah, is that true? I nui afraid sho love tho poor man bat at all event sho wilt not marry htm. to there ii nothing left, as wo chlldreu used to say wheu we counted tlw buttons on our dreess, but "Uggar mail" and "thief." God forbid I They tamo In -mite late. She hi n flutdi upon her smooth, round check, but n trouhlud look In her ej es. 1 lo U try grave and quiet as K Uugtra on thl phizu a tow Jbiimtc. Wlien he hit gonokhncumc in cry quietly. When 1 (UMclst her to remove her riding drti thosa)t "Ad, dear, this ride hn given mo such n ft ni fnl hoaUcho that 1 cannot see any of thoso Lliutterlug boys tonight. Unttr-tain Unttr-tain them lot ia lloiue. won't you, that's udearl" lhlsUallshoan) to in, although I lnow tbtro Is something wroug, unj L.to that night, w lieu the "bo) s" are all gone, 1 find her with her f dr li'.ad lying la tlio moiuillght In tho window. "Don't light tho lamp yit,'ho"iy, as 1 come In, "I waut to toll )ou. Ad, tUar. Tills hitn't been quite like tho rust," ery wearily and sadly, "for Illku him tery much, but oh, Ad, wo lmvo leen toor so long, I could nut wrouu you nil so much by not doing better fcr )nu than thK liut ho I true, Ad, so wo Mou't hiuh uir it, jou know." l!r tac9 U turued away fr.'ii me u moiheul. "Will, it 1 setthxl now, so t;o to bed, deur. I will com j d rv ily. YIe." lbKim iwiuluimUly, "if you ciro for t hN man don't rvck bUow ti llfri aud hU" "Uuih, Adr sho int rrupt. "It 1 all over. I guvs I'll luo tu take Chorh y yet." A week later YIoto nnl Inroltithii parlor nadhitf fthui Pruft n-nr Mro comtalu, ury pal , Imt nsolu'o, to Niy goolby. IIo 1 guln fiuj,hiMj, ni ho found he could givo up his pre na vosltiou for ix butter, "aud," ho udd4 Lit- ttiir, th.j plavo hi become un ml ir able to me. I glance at Y) re. Htte H deadly pain, and the nirlet ruHOA t her fair thrunb are trembling IU boa but n moiiv ut in which lo My gooilby, so I rxU-n I inr band, fftlingTeryrefretfnl that we must low this noble, true friend. Why will Ihcy all fall la lore with Vleve? "All- laanarV ho says, his voleo rllghtly tninl'llng, "I uli.U nam forget your great kin Into to me. May Uod lleAN you for Itt I shall probably net er see you ngatn" IIo pauses my haul trembles nnd I turn away. "Vleve," ho says, hurriedly, "goolby." "Uoodby," sho say, her fac vory ale. "I am sorry I know yon can never cam for me again Iknowyounevrwlir "Vleve," he Interrnpti gnvely, "I shill alwnys love you m I do now, but" "I know," sho replies pettishly. MYo arodisapitotnted vithme. You thought I wa Utter, nobler, truer," 1 am provoked w ith her. Womanlike, she In trying to make him still think well of her, even u hen sho has bid J en him leave hrr. "Ilinh, VIere,"hoMy. "Qoodby. It Js nU'orcr now," Ho let htrhinl fall aud turn nway to leavo the room, "Adamr sao cries passionately, "don't let him got" I do not move. If anything Is to be donr, she must do IU "Geoffreyr sho say softly, crimsoning crimson-ing nt her own audacity, He pnu- Ir resolutely. "Geoffrey," still mora softly and going nearer to him. "It 1 not nil titer, I do care for ) ou. Htayl More yon very dearly and I nm willing to be your wife an you nsked iup." Ho turns nnd tak hrr In his arm. I am softly crying to myself by thl time, for sho 1 noble and trno after nil. "I do I )ve you," sho ay, bravely, but her faco I half hidden. "I don't mind iwmty with you." Thl with an In drrcrlb&Uc --i-rr !, v.hSrh takes awny the Inst remnant of doubt the ) oung man has left, 'i'lvm sho look up at him with eye fnll of liughter and says, "I justlovo tollvo in luptrlugsP At that 1 leave In dlignat. Two months afterward theyaro married. mar-ried. Lltit his llttlo secret I out. HeU wealthy far wealthier than Mr. Homers, and had only used this rnso to seo if Vieve wait rue enough to lovo him for hlmvlf. When tho wedding cards came out everybody wa n llttlo mystlfi!, for, while very olaboratn and coolly, the outside corer boro a qnaintdeslgu, much rfsembllng tho ordinary paper Iwg ned by tradMmen generally, lmt llng 1'ro-ftor 1'ro-ftor Miwre'e they were pronouncvl '(julte unique so nrtlitlc, you know," Unt where did they ever get thd Idea? Vlovocait down her eyes aery de mnrtly and says: "I can't lmazlne, Ad, can your Betty M. Thorns Iu rittibnrg llutktln. |