Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, January 31, 1874, Page 11

A \ . b THE CHICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1574--SUPPLEMENT, _——m METROPOLITAN MODES. Rovival of Calico Partics---A Unique Assembly of the Kind, Extraordinary Ingenuity in Costuming-- Some of the Most Strik- ing Robes. Cameos Restored o Anclent Favors--Tho Prevailing Passlon for tlie Bizarre. From Our Own Correapondent, New Yonu, Jon, 29, 1874, The social ball ia as activoly rolling ns usual, and morry maids and men aro tripping out their scharily with untiring zeal, “Where i8 no euch stimutant to plonsurons tho bollof thab you nro holping your follow-boings by binving a gaod timo yourself. The sclf-ronunciation of the Clristinn martyrs was a8 nothing compared with tho eacrifice of dovotod matrons of to-day, who givo five dollars for a tiokot to o chnrity-ball wherant to oxhibit a toilot costing a thousand. Howaover, lot us not earp at tho smallness of thelr giving, lest thoy fail to give atall. Thoir modest (?) genorosity carries on a good work, that might languish but for it. The Calico ball usod to ba ono of tho chiof foatures of tha eonson; of lnte it bas dropped into disestosa. Tor tho amuscmont of tho thing, thongh, GALICO PANTIES bavo recoutly been rovived in privato circles, and havo given muol pleasure and a chanco for ingonuity in costuming. Ouo of thom way strik- ingly uniquo. Tho favitations (limited) woro done In fanciful lettoring, in sopia, on dolicato birch-batk cards, (The workwas thutof tho daugh- tors of the lLouse.) Tho ornamentalion of the reception-rooms was entirely of bright leaves, forns, waving grassos, ote, Nob o flower way vieible, but the apariments wero faintly por- fumed in some mysterious way. Tho light way entiroly from wax-candlos (the light of which is tho most becoming in the world), some of them bohind rose-colored porcelain shades, that throw palo, warm glow ovor everything. Tho broad, low grates hind andirons, and blazing wood-fires for tho evening; whilo grent clumps of glossy- Yoaved, scarlot-borried bolly mounted gunrd on eithor sido. ‘Tho suppor consisted of digestion- destroying minco pies, * with choeso and coffco, hickory-nuts, apples, and cider,—not more tu- wholesome {hnn the rogulntion refreshments, sud quite as euticing. Astothe GOSTUNMES, no Academy reception ever displayed moro ~varied or more \Mmumh\%; designs, A mnjority of tho drosses woro cut to cloar the ground and exhibit to advantage the protty kid shoes of all polors, which, by unanimous consent, were ao- copted us the propor pedal covoring. Of courso, under the nawme of calico was intradnced all worta of coiton fsbrics; organdies and other musling being alono taboood. ~ One dress bad o otticont of cambrie, with slteruate inch-and-o- Baifwido stripos ” of purplo and white, Tlis wes gored slightly, and baro of trimming, while the polonaiss above s of botisto, whito ground with slnded gl vinos wisding ovor it, It wus opon i rout, over & squsrc-tocked vent of plain purpla #awn; and, undor tho deeply-sealloped edge, a pur- lo lawn, finger-wide cufila was act. ‘The garmont s loopod quito high on tho sides and far back, entiraly oxpasing tha long, squaro taba of tho xrest. ‘Lo slooves wora coat ta (ho olbow, and finjshed with two flouncos, ono of the figured @nd tha other of the pluin purple lawn, A neck- dnce and bracelets of pansios painted on wood Swins-work), wero, tho oraments. Black kid Notwport tied wore warn witl this dross, A BTRIKING BUIT, Anothor suit was ot common whita ehirting #nd bluo Chombory. Tho body of the costumo was_whito, tho decoration blde, ‘I'ho skirt— “=WXkiug jeugti—bad o wids wreath of flowets af ‘application, of the blue, bordoring it about tho bottom, and running up on eithor ‘side, half-way to the waist, The edga of the u):}vkcatlun wis finishod by whito star braid. Tho lghort, proltily-droped ovor-skit had o Lrond band of blio, on whioh was o wreath of white application. The wais was sn ‘old-faghioued fau-waist, with & wroath in blue following the buttons, and round the necl, a)‘n’flnding bohind in the shape of a doop colldr. T'horo was in the neck, also, a narrow, rolling collnr of blue, with o delicato tracery in whitc Draid. The cont-sleeves bad a Llu ruflle set in 2ho back soum, and following tho hand, headed by o uarrow wroath of the bluo application. A PRETTY OUTFIT, . Onoof tho prattiest of the costumes was mado ‘with s quilted petticont of fino white English silosia. ‘Tho quilting, dono with pink throad, in tho stylo of oui granumotlers’ potticoats, wna romarkobly protty. The polonaiso was of ' Wat~ ‘tcau sliapa, and formod from a Cretonuo chintz, ink ground with gray-shaded figures, such as ‘;irdu und buttorilies, Cupids and buds, The ppolouaiso was cut with a squaro neck and doop pointed vest, and fastoued with doli- cato smoked ' penrl buttons. Tho polonaise wax simply hemmed, and drawn hifih and far back on tho hips. A necklace .and Lracolots of duiuty sco-shells fitted tho costumo, ns_woll a8 did the littlo high-hoeled shoes of pink kid, A CHARMING NOBE. The rarest effcot was, qerhupu, produced by & robo of fino uublonched ~cotton shirtiug, Tho tint is woft. like tho pulost of ea-roses, ond wonderfully suited to @ bright Drunette. The goods bang in naniuuelfi soft heavy folds, and, if wo could only think so, are pretty enough for outside wotring, Tho tall figuroof tho lady who be- cawe this gown was well adapted to carrying an Elizabethun court-train, and it was cut, thorefore, in that stylo; the long train fall- ing from the shoulders, instcad of from tho waist. Tho contrasting color aud fabrio was what ol housokeopers know: a8 Turkey-rod, As you know, Turkey-red is a xich deep sbado, and the matorial pliablo enough 40 do ouythlng With; 8o that it wasoasy to in- troduce it succossfully. Tho pelticont was_cov- ered with ruches (nlwost meoting) of the white stull, raveled doop on botls cdges, plaited vory Hull, and lmd in tho middle of widor onos, mado of the red, pinked, Mhe train was cut in sballow seallops, bound with the rod, and Ao cornars turnod back, on rovers; showing o dining of the rod. 'Tho waist was cut with the proper, loug point in front, and buttoned with carlot coral buttons, which tho woarer vonturod to introduce, though rather agninst tho spirit of the party, 'The neck was, of courso equare ncross the shoulders as well as in front, and had a gonuine Elizubothan rufl of net laco wrought with gold thread, aud stiffoned to an almont impossible dogree. The sleeves woro tight attho wrist, with ruflles falling bacl, of gold- wrought net. An claborato necklace was con- trived out of many rows of holly-borricastrung on sowing-silk, and looped in many rows shout the throat, 1ligh-heolod searlet Kid shoos, and un- bleached senzlot olooked Loso, belongad to the toilatto. A DRER4 BKILLFULLY CONTRIVED, Thoro was ono_other dross o skillfully con- trived o8 to morit a short desoription, = The skirt wos of bright-blue lawn; Lwo thicknessos being used to caueo density of color. From conrsp whito lining-muslin were cut several flouncos, gradunted from 10 (o b inohey in width, The flounces woro thon most ingoniously pinked out fu imitution of laco; the illusion boing well- nigh porfect. ‘The flouncos wore put on with spacos botween, and were headed by doubled viiches of bluo und whito, A sash of tho mus- Bin-imitation was tied prottily ou the loft side, and the Laby-waist of Lluc nearly coverad by a bortha of tho peondo-lace. WAHIED INGERUITY, Thero was great clovorness of dovieo, not less Ehan ingenuity of execution, in theso culico cos- tumes; but it is o very open question if it wore worth whito putting 80 much timo and troublo, end even oxpouse, in gowns that would gorvo only for & siugle . ovening, It s bad euough to give weoks of precious considoration to garments that can bo worn avor and over again in difTerent forms; but it 4 worso than & waste to givo such wooks to what bocomos usoless after throo or four hours, Homoe of the devotees to oalico wore wise onongh to havo drossos mnde that will bo porfectly suitablo to ordinury use when summnmer comes agalu; ond thus, whilo thoy wacrificed somothing of the plquancy of the moro peculine toilettos, thoy will guin moro than they bavo lost, 0DDA AND ENDE, Cameos are bolug quletly restorsd to thefr an- clont fuvor, ‘Lo nrt of outting thom Las im- proved materially within tho lasb quarter of a sontury § and the! varlety of stones used 1y awmeh groster thau formerly, Bot in knifo-blade bands of gold, or with tiamond ov pearl-tipped elayws, 'tnoy B0 ROMO J satisfnotory to tho art-lover than any mero jowoel onn be, T'ho passion for poouliar chitia and othor tablo- ln\rn]nmn,;u grows apnco, Borvicos are mnow oluborataly {rrogular. Cupa differ from ench othor in size, slinpo, and color ; plates protend to 1o noaror relation than ocoud-coualnship ; and tea and coffoo poty are more likoely to bo orphana than othiorwiso, o dainty engraved Fronoh aand DBohomian crystal, that has boon go %runt oan orpamont to woll-nrraugod tablos, {8 holng displacod by hoavy Tnglish glasswaro, half an inch thiok in it thinnest part, ‘The chnngu is thought to have boen inditeod by tho fragility of tho cryatal ; but it is doubtful if tho inoronsod woight will not bo moro lkolv to beget nacidents in caroloss hands, he varloty {u table-fittings is only trilling unmlmml with tho varioty %n furnlture. No nowly-decoratod drawing-room hag two articloa of the unma utylo, hwo, or poriod. When tasto- fully combined, tho effcot is charming; and, when thrown togethor,as thoy somotimos ap- ponr to have been, withont thought or sight, the modley is simply dotostablo, TunBELOW. —_— “MILES O'REILLY” ON PAREPA-ROSA. To the Editor of The Chicago Tribune ! Bin: In a volumo of “DMiles O'Roilly's™ pooms I find the inclosed on Paropa-Rosn. Now that both the sweet poot and tho great singor have gone $ ‘To that high Olympug whero All tho proud immortals Tutomusla flow, i I thought many of yourreaders would bo intor- ostod fu this liitlo poem, it you choose to print it. Undernoath the humor thero lingors & voin of pathos which well oxpresses tho fecling of tho public toward hor who was not only o grost singor, but a frue woman, Very truly, Ouicaao, Jan, 20, 1874, H oUW PAREPA-TIOSA. AS BUNG BY JOIIN 0, DRADY WITH IMMENSE EFFECT. Air—* Ths Groves of Blarney.” Qch | of song a fountuin, Aw’ of churma & mountain, There's no prima-donna Gun wid hor compare ; For #ho 18 tho sweclost, Au' (ke most complatest, Trom lier golden girdie ‘0 hier nut-brown hair, 8lis’s tho gorgeous spows Of Siguor Rosa, An’ sho doca Outvaltie him By o hundred ponuds, Sure, ber smilo §s gracious, A’ licr buat is spacious, Like o milk-white resorvolr (Au’ troth | that's what it s, tho darlint; ’an ma; God bless hier an' 1t for the same ! Au' may be loo down upon licr, an’ bo gourl to lier 1) Of all sfivery sounds, Ttesr hor volco s minuto ! 3 Like a lark or linnet, T{ow tho warblo biihbles up From hor purty throat | ‘A now bear it fullin', ko an ochio callin’, Flickerin® gontly downward From somo bills remote, Tion again it rises, An' wid joy murprises, Tor her lova an' rptnre Find in song rellef ; An' it now sinks fowly '+ Tato prayor most holy, Or now swolls in rondeanx ‘hough T don’t mosclf rightly know, upon me con- aclence, whot sort of o thing s ** roudeau * is whin it's at hote) Of metodious gricf. Wien I think o*dyin', AN mo apirit fiylu® To that high Olympus Whero g00d SOSSOONS 10, Whro thelr arps a-lioldin’, Au’ wiil eymbnls alden, ‘A the proud Imniortils Into muslo tlow,— Och | the futuro taskiu’, 1} thion 'm neki, “Shall we hoar Puropa In that ahinin' throng? Forif Lior awet slngin’ “Thirough al eavew ot singla’ Earth can whip tho Nino Muea (Ay, falx s ou n dazen or two of tliem littlg cherub- £y nd serspliitas who ' contfnnally do ery,” 18 poor Father Mulcaby—Gud rest him !—tould 10 long g0 at Sunday-achool.) Tn tho line o'song. HUMOR. A singular instanco of skepticiem is recorded in tho cuso of o wan who said the Biblo was “too good to be truo.” —Tha Morristoyn (Tenn.) Herald gives this defnition of ** Christmas greeun:” * Editors who ive o five-dollar puff for u doliar-aud-a-half tur- oy —An unmarried man died recently near Dos- ton, aged 80 yoars, a_graduste of Harvard, with tho' dozrao of * A, B." Ilo wns a bacholor by diploma,.n baokelor by celibacy, and Bachelor by nome, Grim Doath at one foll Bwoop swept off tho whole batch. —Talking about upsotting sleighs, Wicks ro- marked ton young Indy ho was taking ous to drivo, ** I always pick out thoe softest pince I ean when'T upsot my sleigh.” She roplicd, ** Why, I should think it wonld grow monotonous, always falling on your head.” —A parenstic gontleman was Mr. Van Dyke, of Now Ilampshire, who, leaving 140,000 to hia heirs, hoped none of thom “would suuflio and shed crocodilo tonrs ut his funeral.” * Cover me up,” aid the dying legator, sud thon hurry lome to fight ovor my monoy." ~—Within the Inst three months tho President hos appointod thirty Postmistrasscs. The con- sequences might havo beow anticipated, Pwenty- soven of thom have already notifled their hus- Dands that their sorvices are no longer requirod. —DBrookiyn Argus. —We aro willing to bolieve thit a Oalifornin mnor fond of whisky took a drink by mistake of q|ulcknll\‘ur, but we aro not willing to_hollove in tho aceompanying statement, tuat ** Tho miner has 1 1 kept busy ever minco breathing on panes v: lass to convert them into mirvors,” —Tho San Francisco News Leller has sottlod it that Isnink was an Irishman, Ita reasoning is as follows : *Wo think thore is intornal ovi- denco enough to domoustrate to the satisfaction of auy candid render that Iuniah was an Irish- mau, Tako singlo examplo (Isniah xxxvil, 36), *And whon thoy aroso early in the morning thoy woro all dead corpses.’ " —A. sermonizor with a high forohend made theso remarks upon the soul-kaving quostion: 4Ny brethron, o man cannot afford to losa his soul. Ho's got but one, and he can’t got an- other, If nman loses Lis horse,'ho can got an- othor; if a mau loses his wifo, ho can gob another ; if ho losce his child, ho can got on- othor ; but if ho loses his soul—good-byo Jahn.” ome useful Iesson or exawple may be found in the most simple occurrences, At the Terra 1lnuto depot, recently, an old Indy at temptod to pot off whilo tho cars were in mo- tion. A gontleman standing at the door pro- venfed lier. “Let hor go," oxclaimed a kind- hoarted passonger, ‘“if sho fiuLu kitled it will be & warniug to gomobady eleo. —A waiter in o £t. Louls restaurant was asked for & toothpick by ono of tho patrons—ba had Just finished © bowl of oystor soup, * What do you want with a toothpiek 2" 1uorled the waiter, who had cultivatod considerable familisrity with all the oustomeors. ““I want to pick an oyster from my teeth.” O, no, you don't! Thord was only ono oystor in that goup, and I ate thaton my way from the kitchon " ‘—The Inte Dr. Macadam used to toll of atipsy Scotchman makiug his way homo on a bright Bunday morning, whon the good folk were woud- ing thoir way to the kirk. = A littlo dog pulled the_ribbon from the hand of o lady who was leading it, and @ it ran away from hor she ap- ealed to tho firat passor by, asking him to whis- fio for hier poodlo. * Woman," lio retortod with that solomnity of viengo which only a drunken Scotchman cau assume, ** Woman, thiy is not o day for whistlin',” —A cross-oyed man cast a gloom over a De- troit car by asking one of the soven men, and surangors, on the opposite soat, “If ho had any chowing-tobucco handy." Tirst, tho seven strangors looked at ench other. 'Thon the soven Lnnds went pockotward ; and, obsorving this motion, ench of tho seven ullplmund hilu noigh- bor tho ono spoken to, and the goven hands returned ompty. The oross-eyed man cast & ricochot glance of judignation along the line, and, with the remark, ** A swoot-scontod lok of gancrous roosters,” taok ® chow of Lis own tobugca. —At a school oxamination an oloquont elorgy- mnn made o briof addross to the pupils of tho necosslty of obeying thelr tenohors and growing up loyal aud useful citizons, "o omphasizo his romarks, ho poiniod toa large national fla bpmul on one side.of tho room, and inquired, " Boys, what is that flag for " A littlo urehin, who undarstood tho condition of the house bot- tor thau the aponker, promptiy answored, *To hide tho dirt, sir.” 5 ~—Qraco Groenwaod, in » lato lottor, deoribos & typical “poor-white” family of Missour], care- loss, ehiftioss, and Intolerably lazy, tho duugh- ters of which were aceustomoed to go barefoot till tho soles of their foot bocamo hird as iron, and then tells this slory: **Ouo of theso young ladies, ou comiug homo ono day from o long tramp in the rain aftor tho cows, was slanding on the hoarth _dr{lng lier clothoy, whon hor old mothor drawled out, * Sal, thur's—a—livo~—coal— nudor—yor-~foot,' "Tha girl slightly turnod her houd, and drawled baok: * Which~foot, wawm- my? : THE LAST JEST OF EOLF. From Tinsleys Magazine, {In thin_somowhint remuclalilo ory Roveral fncon. niatencles will presout themsalyes to tho eritieal reader, for which wo hold oursclves in nowlse responsible, At the samo thino the trauslator begs us to shift tho o from hiw slionldors o thoso of ono moro eapablo and deserving of bearing #—to ono Poter of Gluston- ‘bury (a reverend gontlonan, who has heon dead some fonr or five centuries), whose huciferont Latin he hag translated lterally in so-s0 English,~En,) Laugh, hinds, laugh! Your tord has wodded tho sweotost maidon uvior hoavon ¢ thero s wine onough to swim in withal, and your now mis- tross hos brought to you mo, Bolf—tho fool Tolf, who knows not what hoavinoss of hoart monns, who nover folt a Rorrow, or yenrned liopelessly for anything. Bo moerry and glad, for you aro’ to morve tha ewootest, goutlost, IJundost, fawwost Indy that aver breathed. Mind It 18 I toll you this ; I, who have KNOWN MER ALL MY LIFE, Ay, that's right, laugh, It's my humor to look 60. I warraut you naver eaw aunother young stripling of 18 with a comionl old face like mine. Yot I toll you 'tis true, that I have kuown the Lady Edith smeo I was o child no higher than this broken knes of mine. And she lingset mo chair besido hor at the wodding-fonst, and bid- don mo take off my matloy dress and be a fool no moro. No, no; you shall langh ai hor fool boforo ho lnys neide his bolls and his bauble, Thore's music in the bladdor. IHark how tho poas rattlo, liko tooth in an ompty skull. Thoro's nothing but joy in this houee. Hs, ha, bal Laugh, you dull gaping joltorhends ! Thoro is no care in this world to-day. Fetch me a horse- collar, and I will show you facos in it that whon yon seo your sidos sball sche with Inughtor. Boe hero: would you think a man with a withered log could pitch n summorsnult liko that? Took! I can hold strawa in tho furrows of my cheoks ©o, and waik on my hands thus! Laugh, laugh! Why do you stare at mo o8 though I wore n ghost ? an;: ylou never soen o morry fool befora? In, ha, bn LAUGH A8 1 DO} 800 how tho tears run down my cheoks with golety ; hear how mirth chokes my voico. For tho loye of fun tell mo if "theso wrinklos about my mouth don’t betray my merrimont? Bring mo a horn of wine, aud a good stout rush 1o lean npon, for I die with laughter. Now will Itell you tho morriest jest you over hoard. Onco upon a timo, o lord and a Iady lived in & Drave caatlo ona hill. But tho oastle was ompty, for tho noblo pair had never a ehild, and thoy needed but fow sorvants to ministor to their fow wants, They loved each other woll. Both Lolt tho want of clifldren, but most the lady se- grotiod this childlosaness; for tho lord had his horaos and his falcons for pots, and in hunting and hawling with noighboring lords ho passed Lis doya pleasantly; but whon her lord was ab- sont tho Iady found nothing that slie could love, and wandered through the empty rooms of the castlo, thinking how sweet it would bo to BEE YOUNG FAOES AND GHILDREN'S Tovs in thom, and to hear merry Inuglter and plens- ant voleos instoad of tho cchio of her own footfull. Sho wns lappy when hor huebaud roturned, sud nover told himof Lor yearning; but o, bocauso bo loved ber, enw thint sho pined, aud know_full woll tho causo, Ono night ho drew hor on Lis knce, aud eaid : * Wifo mine, to-morrow is thy birthday; what shall I give theo ns o token of love " And tho lndy kissed hum and eaid : “Ineed no token, dear loye, whilst thou art withmo. T want notling that thou canst give.” * But thou needst atoken when I am away; and, indeou, I fear that hound and bawk take mo too much from thee. I will bring thoe to- MOFToW A FAIR OUILD, ond thou shalt roar lli]‘ ns though it were thine own, It w be a comfort to theo, and to mo foo whon I grow too old to and bo lmyt_l.lin;(v but o stay-at-home, Tell mo which it shall bo—a little maid or o littlo man ? For I can make choice of eitber, and both are equally fair." Tather toplease hor husbaud then herself— for she had littlo faith in a strangoe child tilling tho placo in Lor hoart thnt was vacant for ona {hat should be truly hor own—she accepted the proposad gift, and said sho would havo tho child a littlo maid. 8o tho very next morning the Earl Percy rodo away to foich hia wife ner bh'thdui' gift. Now I shall make you laugh. A league from tho castlo wore two huts in a wood. In ouelived Gib, who kopt the lord’s horses, aud in tho other Dalder, who managed tho hawks. Now the rea- son they LIVED 50 FAR FROM THE CARTLE waa this: Baldet's wile gavo birth to a daughter overy winter, and @ib's wifo gave birth to & son ovory summor. Bach child wes gilted with hoaliby lungs, aud was six months boforo it tired of oxercismg thom; #0 that o contmunl wailing and gusshing of gums arose from the ono or the other of the fruitful servants’ homes. 1t was plonsing to the Lord whon bo first mar~ ried; for ho snid to himeolf, “Ah, presontly thero shall bo such a_yelling in my nursory ns sholl outsbriok all this;” but when u year passed and no whimper was lieard in tho “castle, tho sound became hatoful to him, and he bade Bal- dor and Gib build thomuelves dwellings whore their progonics' shrichs might be unbeard of rmm. 1o advised thom to go iuto tho wood bocauso of the wolves; * for thoro,” he a0ig, “*if tho childien dow't frighten the wolves awny—au I suspect, thoy will—tiie wolves will oat thom ; 8o nuy wny this romoval to tho woods will benefit mankiud," 3 The lord's anticlpations wore corroct; tho wolves disappeared from the woods. The ohil- dron of those two henchmeu, as soon as thoyworo of anagotodo anything boyond frighte ouing wolves, ABSOCIATED TOGETHER. Balder's daughtors played the whiolo dny long with Gib's sonu, Thoe two youngest, tied to ono post, sucked ono crust. and dovoloped thair strongth in scatholoss combats, whilst the two oldest wandored through woods and ovor honths hunting for birds’ nests, and berries, and flowers, Tho girl was now 8 yoarsold; her namo was Zdith, and hor compauion’s namo wag Eolf—rh, that olf was not ugly and broken as Iam, but u biight, stipiog-linirod youufslur, with 8 skin of milk and teoth of ponrl, T'hose two childron woro all in all to each other, and wore nover sop- arate. 'They wore soldom at home. 'The hut conteined fow eharms for thom, and their moth- ors had sufiiciont cluldron to love, and chorish, and thrash without them, aud indeed wero wel contont to glve vhem thoir share of food and lob then tako it to eat whore thoy liked, Bottor {hon the raugors THEY RNEW THE WOODS and what thoy coutained. Thoy made the ac- quaintance of o fleld-mouse, and oultivated a riendship with the interosting family contained in her nest; and Bdith took upon lerself the dutios of matornity to snme nr{almu magpies whoso mothor Bolf had incontinently slain, Thoy had.a castlo in the reomy branches of troo thnt was ensy of sscent to Lidith—n snnctu- ary whithor they could fly whou anything like the liowl of & wolf foll upon their oam. They had a bower whera they spont hours whon the sun wos hifih and hot, ond & palace undor o rock whoro they could laugh ot rain, and sheltor themsolves from wind, ‘I'hoso possossions woro oxtoneively ornmmontod with tho oggs nud foathers of birds, fir cocoons, und {lowers, The opps and feathors Rolf proewred, whilst Bdith colieoted tho flowers; and when e hnd arranged thom, ' they would both sit and adinire tho offect. iwo childrou that the Burl choico. Oue morning early, as tho childron were sloep- ing side by side In Baldor's g, the Eurl rodo up to tho door, and Balder, who know for what ho camo, bade Gib hold bis boy whilst ho loosened 1idith from his arims, It was dono in a moment: but Gib bind an hour's work aftor thal to hold Lolf ; for the boy, finding Ldith takon from him, and kimsolt restralned from following hor, WHITHED, AND DIT, AND STRUGGLED like a wolf's wholp. Moanwhilo Bdith was set in front of the Earl uud borne away to the castle, nover more to roturn to her playmato or the woods, Boon, goon shomust have overcome her grief in losing thom, for how muck moro hud sho goined in their placo ! Ior hoart wau too vondor and loving to rotain a singlo affectlon, shutting out all othors, Bo that 8lie have lovo, a child’s honrt doos not acho, What hiad ghio to regret? What memory of tho past could rival the Joys of her now life# Froquently tho two had hungerod ‘when food wns scarco at llome, ahd found ‘their roge sy insufllolont protection trom the north wind; now sho had the costlest garmonts, and overy dosive way gratified. Dotweon hor and the gontlo wio of Eurl Poray. grow & lov more full and tendor than that sho folt for Eolf, For, though the bo{ would have given his life to pleaso her, ho could never have gained her whole heart, Thero Is alove possossed only by u good and loving woman whose dolloato softness mspires & davation 1 ohildron wd none other cun. This it was that linked Iidith to her fostor-mother ; and but for this, hke a bud that is concesled from tho hghe, tho It wns of thono offorod his wife the moro boantifal pinss of her naluro might novor have been kuown, AND SHE WAS NAYDY § ® and (horn was indonl now Inughtor and prattlo in tho castle, But it was olhorwine with Lolf, Thoro was nona to it tho placo in his henrt Lhat Edith lind possussod. At iome he was regardod a8 o unnccossnry nulsauée and a misfortuno, Oircumatances foatered the fooling of oxcluslve nfection whish had boon growing fu his heart, and e folt lons than ever able or dosirous of age socinting with the youngerchildron, Whon Qib, in consoquoneo of ‘recotving & blinding kick m tho oyo from the struggling wrchin, pormittod Lilm to osoape, and Indeod oxpaditod’ his dopay- turo by pro'mluinn with his own fool, Eolf ran to the familiar rosorts in the wooda where Edith would bo likely to fly if she followed a courso with rofevoncoe to her captor similar to his own, o slopt 1n the wood ; and bofore tho sun he roso, and contintod his_moarch, At night ho wont home for food. Bub all the day ho wandered through brake and Drier, in vain ondoayoriug to Tosh find his Edith. Mo would olimb hills that tried the strength of mon, his littlo hoart filled with the hopo that from_tho orest e should seo somo trace of hor. Then ho would Jook around ovor tho desolnto valloys and call hor name, amd liston long for the anawor that nover came, 1lo onotrated {ha sernb of tangled forosts, and ho shillnoss which mnayhap bad nover before beon broken by & humnn voice, ho cried, ‘kpyrir, EDiTI " until his piping voico broka with tha griof of his honrt, Howould despair, and ait down in the midst of a wide ljenth orylng and_sobbing until kind of desperation possessod him, whon ho wotld jump up, and run along hopolessly, fright- ening the MmKl rabbits to their burrows with his hluhgurlngv The oxorciae proserved his health from tho effects of this wnuatural sorrow ; yob maybe his mind boeame aflected, and his love wng buk o madnoss, One day Eolf’s mothor sald to Gib, * Eolf oata ond grows, but does nothing Lut hunt and ravo aftor Baldor's child.” Gib kept awake until 3olf wandored In at night, and said to him, *"'o-mor- row, Eolf, go you to the woods, aud bring in dond boughs, and pile thom agaiust (1o hue right up to the eaves.” \Vhon Gib roturnoed from worlk tho next night and found no wood piled Lie was voxed, and flf{fl" st up yawning. Gib loved to sloop nftor his worlk, and romaining awako an- noyed him oven mora than Eolf’s disobodienco 3 #0 when tho child eame futo tho hut, Gib seize: him hi tho bair and_beat him, and told him na should fare worso if tho noxt night n stack of wood was not found, But ho never touchod his son again; for when Eolf was free o wont out of the door, und KO BOBE PASSED IN. From that time ho lived totnlly in tho woods and was n savage. o understood how to mako fire, and grew cunnivg in the trapping of bird and benst for food, Whon wintor came he made fagots, and drew them before his cavern, burying himeelf in moss aud loaves, and fur and fonthors, Ho became brown with exposure to tho weather; and his fair hair, all tangled and ragged, descended aboub his shoulders. As years passed and he grow, hia aspect becamo 8till more strango avd formidablo, so thut he was regarded with fear and dread throughout all that country. In tho most diverso places and timos he would suddenly appear aud scare trav- olora by rushing to them, staring in their faces, and a8 suddonly disappear with a wild cry of dospnir, If, soolng him at s distance, they spurred on thelr horses to avoid Lim, ho 'would pursue, and when Lo found it imponsible to overtako them ho would strotch bhis arms towards thom, crylug in_a pitoous tono of nnrp]imfinu, “Ldith, Edithl™ 1lo was never henrd to eay auy word but this, aud it was belioved IE COULD APLAK NONE OTHER, ‘When the Earl heard of thia aud found that it waa Gil's oon, lio ordored that the Jad should be cnrmmd aud trented kindly, yot with rostraint whilst bis mudnens Instod. Aiso ho tool such precaution that Edith novor hoard a word that ghould make hor remombor with sorrow the playmate of her childhood, But it was found impossible to ecatch Lolf; his cunnivg and agllity dofonted tho grontost offorts of thoso sont fo eapture him ; indeod, these cfforts woro ot very great, for the poor rascals, filled with superstitious ‘drond of tho “wild man,” wora woll contont when hio ran away from thom. His! strango appearance addod greatly to tho terror iy bhabits inspired. “With tho skina of rabbits, and squirrels, and o woll he had contrived "o covering for his body which protocted him offoctualty from the rain and frost, bul gave him o torrible likences to the bonst and flond he was by most supposed to be. And, bub that bo worsfiipod a being of infnito graco and swectness, instend of a thing of evil, HE WAS A FIEND. Thero was no love or feeling in him but for one. Tho changing seasous, the flowors, tho starry honvens, tho mong of birds, nevor slirred o fibre of his heart. What wero tho golden val- loys, what the purple hiil and the silver rivulots, to him? In the valleys he found not Edith, from the hills ho could but sco the dosolnto empty world, in the wator lie eaw but tha ro- {lection of his own ead, weird faco. All, all was barron, cold, dend lifelossness to him, And now Edith was grown tail and womanly, and her heart was old enough to chooso out of mdwbule world one being for its devotion. SIE LOVED BROWN HAROLD. But doep, aud fond, and puro as was her love, it was not exclusive ; she wus nol mad. Every ihing of boauty appenled to her gontlor naturo. Evory phmso of 1ifo excited her symputhy, ‘Iho Tove for hor fostor-mother, whose gontlouess and swect simplicity she shared, wns not dimin- ished becauso sho loved Brown Ifurold mora. Many s wonor had sbo; for tho fano of hor Leanuty and amiability aprond all over tho lund. Evon. tho King's_son sought Lor hand, but sho {;nvn it to Brown Harold, tho poorest of all her ovars, aud #o made bim tho richoat. Neither the Earl nor is lady wna quite ploased with her oleation 5 thoy would: have had her marry o Princo ; but, whon thoy found how truly tise two loved’ oach othor, thoy rofrained from sayiug or doing auyihing which might cloud Edith's bappincss, aud with a womowhat rucful joy the noblo fostor- paronts betrothed them'and boheld thoir glad- ness. 1 toll you what, my foilow-fools, we have ren- son to be thankful our senses aro no botter than thoy arc. It would have banished tho smilo from poor Edith's cheok, as sho listened to hor Tovor singing beneath hor window, to havo seon afur off A MAD BAVAGE standing up to bis knos in tho wot, forns upon the waste, looking round about in the moonlight to seo if sho wera thoro, and to have heard tho poor wretch orying from his lonoly, miserablo hoart, * Edith, Edith Ouo night whon Bolf orawled from his burrow ho smelt smolie, and beheld s tongue of fleme fliokoring i tho distance. Ilo~ wallad to- wardy it; it incrcnsed, and tho smoke grow lurid. Mo passed tho conflnos of a prk, sad prosontly found before him & binz- ng ~castlo, Tho castle was ancieny, and unlike tho castles we build now. 1t had no baylo aud no outer work, save the fosso and Darbacan. At caolr corner stood u tower five storles high, nnd ench waa clothed in groen vy, ‘I'no fosse, fllled by n natural spring, was broad and doop ; yot of what avail was the wator that flowed around the blazing pilo? Except one of tho four towers tho WUOLE DUILDING WAS IN FLAMES, A group of doeply-ongrossed lvuopln #tood be- foro Bolf. _They were not looking ot the caatlo, Ii:ul.l at the Burl, who was knoeling over a oharred ody. 1t ia hia wifo,” snid one. I}(;;tll“"" roplied anothor; *“it is tho Lndy Bdith." . O Tdith 1" shoutod Eolf, buréting through the orowd. **No, no," cricd Brown Iarold, who, too, was Dboside the body; “iv Is notshe, Ldith i still i the castlo!” and ho wprang o his feol, and, rushing to the barbacan, would have plunged futd tho fire, but that hands restrained him, At that inafant a pieroing shriok iswucd from tho uppermost casement in tho tower which yot re- mained untouchad by the five, whilst for tha timo n tiguro was soon standing there, Thon it dissppoared, and aftor the seream with which the orowd beneath lind achoed that from above, anly tho ronriug of flnmos, the erackling of tim- bars, and tho hiss of embers falling in tho moat were fieard, The voico was &till. Drobably sho—oither the wifa or ohild of the Earl— WAS BUFFOOATED UY THE HMOKE now Insuing froely from tho casomont. All wore silout In presonc of the Lragedy teking placo within 300 foot of thom, but which they woro powerloss to provout, Tho fosso was twenty yards broad and the lowost aperture i the towor thirty foot ubove the wator's edgo, Tho means of acoess by tho drawbridge amnd throngh the hall was llufiranflcnblu; a furnuce forty yards through must bo penotrated to reach it. "For uow tho fire wan eating into the lower ohawmbor of the tower, and through the arrow- slits the smolo spurted out. Presontly anothor rouding soroam from the tower was henrd, nud :hu flguro was soen standmng on the cronelated op, Jl‘huu answered Jolf ¢ R e o plunged into the mont, and lke a cat ho soelad the face of the tower, olingiug by toe, and ingor, und tooth to the ivy, DBut the ivy tad little hold upon the centre of the wall aud broke benoath Lim, frail as o was ; ho conttived to got bis fingers in an arrow-shit, and, hanging thero, cast hin eyos to tho right and left for somo botfor wupyiort than tho fragilo lvy, Tho #smoko issuing R‘um tho nrrow-slit to which ho liold would render climbing above it abortive ; ond the oponing through which he was to onfor wan f“ twonty foot highor. 1lo agnin granped the ivy, and workad obliqnoly upwards until by this monus he ronchod a but- trows Lhat ran up against the_cornor of ‘tho odi- fico, lero the irrogularitios of the surface woro rontor, and not mfiy alfordod the ivy a firmer old, but preventad somo kind of scaling assibt- ance, Liolf rapidly asconded sud passod ihe lovol of tho casement; thon he quitted tho but- tross, and quickly jerked himsolf towards tho centro, As tho Ivy” broke he doconded, but ov- ory frosh hold brought-him uonvor to the con- tro, and ab length ho throw himsolf in the aper- turoof the thick wall, Through this the smoke thint poured wan no longoer hlacik, but TEDAND SCORCHING, The moans of communication belweon the chambors was by hatchos in_the floors and Iad- dors botwoon. Whon Eolf had entorer the chame bor he couid oo the clunksin the floor by thefiro benoath, and through the oponing from the lowor chambor o flnme was shooling upwards to the ono abovo and licking tho laddor, Through that flamo and up tho crackling Inddor be muat go. Closing lits oyos ngainst Lhie stinging smoko, rushod forward, 1lis fook siruck somothing and he stumbled snd fell upon tho vory odge nl! the hateh. It was the door of tho batoh against which ho stumbled, aud the door closing with 1ii8 fall shut down tho flamo, Ho sprang up the laddor and fond bis way from chambor (o cham- ber instinotively, until presoutly Lio behald the glowing sky throngl the last romnining oponii fuova fim "And fhon Lio atood upon tho leadod roof. COWERING IN A CORNER, appallod and stupefiod by tho fato which seemed inovitable, was I3ditu—Edith, no longor a child, ot suil Lidith, Mo know it was sho. Ind Lo Dbeen Dblind ho should have kuown that, Ay, though a swallow bo foraakon and loft to wither in solitude, it will find its way to tho South, and think you it knows not when it has roachod the goal? Altored!’ Iow can the thing wo worship altor beyond our knowl- edgo? Yo who find fom' God In the ouk, know yo Him not in the lightning that etrilios it to the earth? What lnd this Eolf pictured his Edith but a boing of infiuito graca and beauty? and thero in the coruer lay that baing of infinito eaco and boauty. 1o thraw himsolf beside lher and buried his face in hor bosom, murmuring bor name again and again.' Until ghe hoard his voica and folt his hond upon Lior broast, Bdith know not that Liolp was at hand, At onco it aroused hor from hor dull apathy ; but to what knowledge 7 Did she rocognizo Tolf? Did eho kuow who had braved fire and doath for hor ? A cry of joy camo from lior lips, and sho threw hor arma about the {mhting boy's neck, aud for one inslant m his ifo Eoll folt rapture. But hearken, yo who lovo a good jolte and can Inugh at tho agony of fools, hearkon to this ex- collont quip: 8s Lior head droppod fainting upon the madman's neck she said, 3 IATOLD—MY MAROLD I" Tolf was dull at reading riddles thon, His dull wit was not eapable of finding the point of this excollent joke for a while; aund as ho held his boloved iu his arms & vaguo wonder filled his mind, that ko should bo called Harold who be- lioved bis namo to be Eolf. But tho recollection of bim they Lind cnllod Harold, who had attompt- od to rugh into the burning ball,oxme upon him, and with it a dim percoption of tho fact which iu ol his thoughts of her had novor entered his imagination, Cnunot you imagine what o com- ical frenzy fillod tho ‘wrotch's heart aa he snid to himself, ** She knows mo not, sho loves mo not | Anothior i tolior what slio s to me, and I—I alone am forgotton™? o roso to his fect aud took her up in bis arms, and, with a sirongth wo young oues know not, e leapt on tho para- pet of the tower, and hold her Lofore him 1n tho full light of tho firc below. Ile looked nt this cronture for whom overy netion of bLis body, ov- ery thought of his mind, bad_boon%pont. ' Sho }\'inu sill’ Bdith, so fair, so beautiful, yot not his— HIS EDITH_NO MORE. What symbol was thoro for him in the pale_cold shadow of death that invested tho worshiped boing in his arms ? 1Ind ho found her but to Lnow shat ho lad moro suroly lost her? For- ever sho wan dend to him. Dead, dead ! Yot now sho lay against his breast as sbe had lain beforo; this wag happiness! Why should sbo not €0 dio, aud feol no moro tho pangs of conscious- ness! 1le looked down into tho pit of flame. o had but to iucline his body o few iuches, and who should soparato him from his boloved? No moro vain yoarning and despniriug Ionoly nn- lovedness, ~Why should ko not forget hor ong word, * Hurold,” and in tho uttor happincss of union porish ? 1In, he, hal Ho, ho, ho! This follow was born o fool, nnd oducatod himeolf iuto a madman, as I have shown, and tho result of both was 11 COULD NOT FORGET whon he wished. When ho twrned lis eyos from tho tompting fomes bolow to the face of tho girl in his arms, it scomod to him as it sho was but sleeping thore a child, aa sho had slept on that last night whon thoy had taken hor from bim ; ond upon his memory cama tho words she whispored beforo she ~closed Lor eyes: “Tolf, wilt thon moko mo o daisy-chnin to-morrow ?* and lhow, when he kad nnsworad hor ‘¢ Yes,” "she bad ldesod bim aud said it would make hor Lappy. His henrt was touched ; Lis strength failed lum ; ho tottered on the wall, And then he rogained his strongth a8 ho kissod hor for tho lnst Lime in hig lifo and said, **I will make thy chain,” A few moments in this man's lifelime com- prisod moro omotions and porils than happon to enother in sixty yoars, Five minutes had not clapuod from the timo of entering tho tower by tho ongement to tho time ho resntered it by tho upper latch, But in that five miuntos tho fire lnd been eatiug its way upwards, nd flames now eurled through the casemont by which ho had entored, and the Dbeams in the roof of that chambor wore _splitting and spluttering in the heat, Tolf had no plan of oscapo; all that entered Lis mind waa THAT HE WOULD. And to descend ag lie had nsconded was the menns ho at once cssaysd. Mis cager haste lind mndo him omit to close the succeeding trapy aftor him as he asconded, snd tho flamas Laving ovorcomo tho first, thero was no illll)udlmun& to tho smoko, which now bolehod up throngh tho lale ho must descond by. Iuto this oloud, and down the ladder into the first chnmbor, ho slid nnd serumbled, carotul only that Edith should suffer no contusion, The necessity for air forced him to the casoment. A Drisk wind awopt tho fuce of tha tower aud onnbled bim to asp o fow mouthfuls of air. Again ho rushed filln tho soko and descended. The current of smoko scorahed his faco ay ho entored thae socond apartmont, o thought of Idith, andns Lo atood at the cnsemont hio toro tho still saturated furs from his body and wrapped them sbout the girl. o liftod hor upon lis whoulder, and onco Thoro groped to the hateh aud got his foot upon the Indder, alf-way down he stopped. TIHE UEAT WAS FEARFUL. Ho opened his eyes. T'ho lower part of the Iad- dor was burniug ; jots of flamo wore flickering from the tloor, and & shaft of flamo and sparks rising through tho trap. It was impossible to descend thero, Ho hogan to roascend. Tho Indder orumblod and lipped sidoways ; atill ho oluug to it, and with tho noxt stop put 'his hand upon the odgo of tho holo nbove, Tha ladder crumblod again, and with his weight slipped co- tirely from undor bin, falling and throwing up & thousand ombers, Eolf huug for n moment by one hand—for one monmont—und then fell, Thon in some way, though how God who guided him only Lnows, bo got to tho cnsomant with Edith, thrust himeelf through, and, Lolding hor agninst his Drenst, flung bimselt back downwards into the mont, and in that position by a morey Lo foll into the wator, O TIIAT EDITI WAS SAVED, The water split open Lolf's nakod back, ns noatly asen flouher runs his whittlo down o hart's Dbacls ; that was a fine thing to bring him back to life and mako him forget his burns! Not until they draggoed lum from the water, with hor ho ulllrhuld in his arms, did consciousuoss kindly consont 1o lonve him, O you clowns! you don’t doservo a fool. You enn' approciute a funny story unless it bo sea~ sonod with five and blood. But I'llmake you lnugh for fun’s suke before T'vo done, Dring me & Liorn. Thig is what tho chatterbox told Eolf, as he Iny on his litter, and when his consclousnoss, aftor some weoks' nbeence, returned to him, ‘When tho Lady Edlth recoyered from her slocl, whioh was spoedily,—for shojwas & strong and 2 honlthy girl,—slio sniforod ono still grenter, Slio hourd that Lor gentlo foster-mother was turned and desd, © Then the Earl bode her {u’epure for n yot greater ordoal, and told hor thuy LROWN HAROLD WAS NO NONK, 2 #No, ol o, it cannot bol" uried Ldith, ¢ IIa snvod mo | Hud Le poriskied, Iwmust huve per- ivhod too.” * Hg waved thoo 2" suld the Earl, #Yeu, yed, I hald him in these urms upon the towor top and in tho mont.” ‘Ilaon the Iarl buried his faco In hia hands for somo moments in thought or griof, aud, whon he raisod it, Lo maid ¢ ¢ Tor all that, hio porlshed by the firo. The injuries ho sustainad thon have beon fatal since," Tor soma timo Ldith was inconsolablo ; but ono day tho Earl drow lLior to him and sald ; w Itoo hiave logt, Bo thou my comfurt, aud 1ot thy fathor's love in part fill tho placo of thnt which is no more." ‘Thon sho took liis hand, and, pressing it, sho Baid ¢ . W We will hath strugglo to forgot, my fathor.” The Earl came to tho bedmda of the wild man, tho madman, the bonst, and sald : 1 would repny thoo, if it is posaible, for xhnty&lmu bast douo, Tell me whal 1 can givo hoe. Eolf answercd : . “Epra.” The Enrl frowned, but tho good woman who nurgod Eolf took him asido, and whispored to him that Bolf was mad ; thon the anger vanish- od from tho Bml's brow, and compassion was thoro as ho said : *Yes, yos, my poor boy, you shrll linve Edith ; you ghall live with us in” the fine now oustle I am building, and bo over boside ker.” Folf anatched bis hand and Fruuuud it to his lips and asuk back exhausted, for ho was still wenk, But, with the prospeut of being near his boloved dith ouce more, ha ripldly recovored strength ; 8o that in fow woeke ko was suffored to walk in thosunshine alone, The Earl's considorata care hnd:provided for litm braye clothes, such as nover Leforo Lo had worn. No eingle garmont of thonged skins, but hiose, and & jerkin lkowise, As ho ntnppud into the sun in thoso fin things TITE WILDEAT DREAMS 3 filled his imagination, , Brown Harold was dend and Ldith forgetting him ; might not her old lova for the companion of hor cliildhood raturn ? In bin new clothes, nud with hia light hair kempt, might he not look, whon hoalth roturned to him, handeome oven as Brown Ifarold? Might thoy not love oach othor a8 of old, nay, wltfi 8 love grown deaper and stronger with tho yoars. that = had presed? He maw @ lcndm;il & gaily-caparisoned horse, and him o followod until horso and servant stood wupon & grassy slops boforo the houso whoreln tho Earl lived whilat his now enstlo was a-building, Eolf waited trombling 3 porhaps this was horsteod, and now he should soo hier. Inono supposition Lo was right, for prosently from tho door thore camo the Earl, all prepared for riding, and upon hiu arm clung Edith. For ono moment Eolf could not move ; the noxt horan forward and celled hor name, Ho was closo upon hor beforo sho was consclous of his preaonco, but when, turning, sha saw him sho soroamoed and clung tight to hor fostor- father, ag if for protoction. ‘Tho Earl twisted himsolf botweon them, raising his hand; but Le $iad no nead to strike, EOLT HAD RECEIVED TS DLOW. Edith foared him, and shrunk away as if ho had been a vipor. Eolf cowered on tho turf as though Lo had beon whipped into subjection likon Liound. Tho Yar! droppod his band, and, taking Eolf kindly by the shoulder, aaid : “Lhis is tho poor boy I told you about; he is porfectly harmloss and good.” Edith lookod up at him with toars of pityin hor eyos, and boldly ook Zolf's haud in hers as sho said : ** Iam wonk and casily frightonod, Thou must not startle mo agatn, I want ons to protoct me, ond give fmo courage, Thou shalt stop with wo whilst my fathor is away, and amuse mo— wilt thou 2" . & Tor nine yoars Eolf had not used his tongue but for tho uttoranco of ono word, and now he conld find no exprossion for the thoughts in his soul, The musoles of his faco moved, and tho Earl bumst into laughtor loud and long ; and, whon Tolf looked at him in astonishmant, be Isughod agsin. ** Ho hna the drolleat face I over beheld,” said the Earl. ¢ He's a born fool. This very day I will got a sot of bells for him, and ho shall be g - - MY ZANY HENCEFONTIL i olf wns stupefied and bowilderod. Ife conld undorstand nothing thent- Why did bis faco movae on with terror and another with mirth ? ‘Why waa L pitiod and compessioned liko o mig- erable dog ? It was not until ho had scen his 1nce in o brook that Le kunow how frightful he wus : with what comic lines aud dimplos those Lurning ombors and binzing boams had covered his faco. Ho was frightenod of himself, and shrunk from tlho reflection; than, as he ven- turod ogain to look, aud saw tho expression of Lis fnco, hio laughod—laughed for the frst timo —Iaughed ton times londer and longor thon the Earl.” Itell you it makes ono laugh to find for tho firet timo in your life that you ara a fool in- stead of a mau; thot God's put yon here for mon tolough at and women to pily ; to kuow that you avo fit for nothing amongst mon DUT TO WEAR DELLS. Bomothing else mado Eolf laugh before long. He found out that ho was just com- ing to Ly monses, ond that ho had beon stark-mad all is lifo, Whon ho male facea and Dbeat pooplo with his baublo, aud ehouted and laughed, folks snid : * It'a plongsnt to oo what kind trontment can do. Horo art thou, who wast as mnd a8 o dog, goiting quite sonsiblo and like other human belngs, If thou couldst only got that iden out of thy hond that thou savedst tho Lady Lidith, thou wouldst be all right 1™ Yen, indead, this Eo)f was coming to his sonses, Al day long he sang, and capored, and laughed, making tho whole houso morry with his antics, Even tho Lady Edith smiled at somo of his tricks, and this plensod tho Earl greatly, But Lo pleaged Ler in other ways, for ho would bo absent for bours, and roturn with such flowera from wood and hoatl a8 she most loved. BShe usod to any JOW CURIOUS IT WAS that he should know what tlowers she liked. Ho watchied lor faco and secmed to divine her thouglRs, and with lis ukmost tenderness re- garded them, doing nothing which might not harmonizo with them and overything that could sootho hior or give hor pleasire, Opo day she said to him ¢ lh“liuli, Lknow not how I could lLive without 20" But whon sho gave him at night her band to kiss, it was a8 tho mistress gives hor hand to a slavo, -and Le knew how wuch, how little, hor words implied. Sho, too, was delighted to think he was recovering from his maduess, and once or twico put him to trisl. 8he spoke of Brown 1arold, of Lis bravery in roscuing hor, and of his doath, and Eolf said, * Brown Harold was Dbravo,” and nover contradioted hor or tried to pub hor right, ‘WHY BROULD HE? Would angthing brausfor to lim, un ugly fool, tho love she held for oue Landsomer than hehad ovor boon ? Would she love him more bocause sho loved Havold less? Bub somotimos, when Edith ent alone, pensive and sad, when the Barl was away and she soomed dosti- tute of a loving leart, in whoso shotter sho could forget her groat dorrow, Tolf, watching hor, felt hig Loart beat high, and tho yearnin, oame upon him to snntch bor into his arms nufi to eay, * Edith, my Leart's loyo, I am tho Eolf who waa thy first love, with whom thou wandor- adst years ago, I am Eolf, who forthea loat my mapliness, and beauty, and strength, and health, and reason. Tell mo of thy troubls, and lot me comfort thoa s my heart prompts.” DBut the first movoment of hin body ect tho bolla a-tunk- ling, and he ssid to himself, “ No, I am a born fool, and must LIVE AND DIE ACCURSED.” The Enrl was selfish, as men ure, and soeing Edith on his roturn in the ovening with the cheorful smila sho assumed {0 give him ]{lenum’o, Lo was quite content, and ate, and drank, and hunted 28 of old., 1ie saw nob that 1dith's chook was pnle and thin, and knew not how for long bours she brooded over her lovo for Brown Harold. But the fool did; and fro- quontly bis faco, s ho looked at the Earl, wora a look that was not comio. One day tho fool found Edith with a curl of brown baiw in her lap and hor faco buried in hor Lauds, Eolf would have crept away unscon but for his cursed bells, Ldith raisod hor head and beck- oned to bim. Ho luelt bosid Lier, “'Phon must not tell my kind fathor that T um #0 foolish; but O, Eolf, I did love Har- old #o." As Barl Porey slopt that night there come one in the dark and % KNELT UPON JII8 TIROAT, and the point of a knifa pricked the flesh of his brenst, Hot broath wason his face, and those words wora whispored in Lis eat : “Whero s Brown Harold 2" “You are choking me."” “* Whoro ig ho 2 * “Puke that knifo from my broast.” W Whore 1s he 2" 1 cannot brontho.” Whore is ho # " * Burned,® :: \‘v'honlv. I8 ho, lar 2" “Phon'tlo thou too ! ™ Walt," " Whore Is ho 2" 4 Under the care of my brothor In Kont," “ Ruport ? Naw it thou lisst thou diost.” + Ruport.” “ Givo me thy ring. So! Now, movo but an inch, and thou diost,” I'io kneo was remavod from tho Barl's throat, and prosontly, the knife from his broast; but whon he moved tho point roturned. Bo he lay baok, and no sound told him that ne was not ‘still throatoned. Ho prayod for day- lighy, and when it cume and showed him no foo, he sprang from bis bed and wum- moned his household, XOLF WAS MIBSING, Whilst his won armel themselves at his di- roction, and ane went for horsos, lie questioned, but could loarn xmthlnq to Jrova tha his ght nttackor was Eolf, Ouly Edith had heard him, 1lo Lud whispored iuto Ler chambor, * I go to oomvlato thy daiuy-chain," Sloro she knors not. . % Where i4 wy horso P—quick |~ 4 Bire, tho stablos aro emply,” < = On the Earl's maro Xiolf aped nolscleasly ovor tho groon graes, taking no gourse save that whiclt the horao chioso, and which ssomed to tond awny trom tho starting-point, Whon the morn- ing camo ho snw a cowhord, and to him he rode up and askod in which diraction lay Kent. The hordaman looked at tho mare all apockled with flecks of fonm, and thon ab the fool in Lis mot. hyx and aglkod, *! Whom dost thou seak 2" ‘“ That matter doosn’t concern thes, Tell me tiow I may got to Kont,” Tho liordsman pattod tho mare's neck, and coming boside Eolf sald ¢ * Oh, you ean keop yoursecrot it you like, and T can kodp mine ; and 86 wo may both part.’ Tt 18 no secrot ; Ido bub ssok my brother, who is s falconer thero.” **Woll, I have no sccrob noither, for not tho way o Kont 3 but my father, who cute woodl on the nill, knows, Wa will ask him." The two ascended the slope ; Eolf not without foar that his guide was dishionest, and his com- panion with somewhint similar apprehengions ro- garding him, e kopt close to Eolf’s side, and said littlo until thoy woro within' sound of the ax, d“m at tho autskirt of the wood ; then he said : . *My father s cutting wooll for our mastor the Baron, wlio lives in the castls up thero,” Eolf pulled his horne's roin, “I pay nomail to your magter,” ho sald, and digging is Leols into the marcs's side ho jorked hor round, and in_anothier momont would hava boon half down the hill, but that the cowherd Lind elippod his kuifo undor tho saddie-girth, A momont sufiiced for the maro Lo slip the ridor from hor back, and Eoit FOUND HINSELY OX 1118 DAOX with tho hordeman upon Lim, holding him by tho throat, and shouting for belp. Whon Eolt was necurs betweon four or five Ity woodmon, iho hordsman laughod and said : ‘¢ Tho mars will gov homo &nfo; she knowe tho rond botweon this and Enrl Porey's well enough, I trow. Why, thou fool, that mare was our young mastor's, and before ho gavo it to tha Tanrl ho rodo day aftor day upon 1t to foe his lady- love, the Earl's daughter, ‘Iiou wilt bo banged for this jost, my fine follow.” Dut hanged ho was not ; for Brown Harold's kinsmen, when thoy heard all Eolf bad to tell, 4ea him, gavo him wino, covored his motloy with a chain baubork, and bis striped loga with gronvos, puy_ & maeo in hia hond for a baublo, and sct him on a brave horso, Chon Brown Ifarold's brothors arrayed thom- solyos in proof, and placing tho fool amougst them rodo into Ient; but night foll upon thom Doforo thoy had atrived at their journoy's ond ; and a8 they could find neither thoir road nor oue to guide them to it, they tethored thoir horses and mado n firo on o hill's side. Thoy sot plok- oty, aud of those EOLF WAS ONE. Ho know overy sound of the night, snd his oor aud eyo hod long sought tho dark, Ho was tho first who hoard ihe jingling of armsand caparisons far down low iu tho hollow. Bub Loforo he gave the alarm hie Lurried down tho hill until §xo found himself in the rord thoy had lost. 1iIo listonod. Tho jiogling Lecamo more distinet. Liko o hind lie ran forward along the road, and, findin; it wound upwaxds, he kopt along its course unti o bobield on ono side the glimmor of the fire. When his frionds hoard his tidings they broke greon boughs from the trocs, and gathored ‘rake, which was wet with dow, and throw thom on tho firo, . Then thoy mounted thoir Lorsos and followed Tolf, who led them into the rond; and thero thioy haltod. _ As wyob nono but Eoli could hoar a sound, and somo were inclined ta migtrust him. But ho bade them follow hiw, and post thomsolves whore thoy might LIE IN AMDUSI, - and attack with dvantago the party, if it proved to be of thoir foou. Bo thoy nscended tho bill etill farther, until thoy , come to a part whore Rolf, who ,wason {foot, bado them advance with care. Ethelbort, the brothor of Harold, said if the placs woro dan- gerous for thom thoy might make it still mora porilous for othors. ~ So hio got from his lioree, ond others with him, and they oxamined the spot corefully, Tho rond was cut in the chalk- uill; on ono sido was nothing but a few bushes botwecen it and the precipitous hill-side ; on tho other o fir-wood asconded. Then Ethelbert ordored his little troop in this wise: six stout mon Lo made’to lio down in tho forn by the roadside, and unider the firs, with thelr drawn worda boside them and thoir oross- bow bolts upon the spring. The horsos of thoso wore ticd up in tho wood. ‘I'wo skillod horso- mon Lo poated 8o that thoy might attack the I know troop in their romr, an another with himsolt stationod themselves upon tho rond nbove the footmen. . Eolf was al- lowed to TIONT A8 WE PLEASED, g0 that he oame not botween tho horssmon, Theso arrangements wore wmnde 8o woll and spoédily that tho rattlo of tho accoutromenta wore but just audiblo when Ethelbors took his position, " Thon they waited, listening to tho ape proaching party, onch man shivoring with ox- citement and Lopeful that thoso Who approach- ed woro focs, and would fight, Presontly Eolf brought wora that tho party numbored tivolvo, and shortly after an owl booted. That was the sigual that tho party bad passed tho foremost mon. The sdvancing horsemen wore laughing oud jesting, but when thoy hoard the owl they .wera silant. ‘Then from the darkness in frout spake Etholbert: *“Who are yo who travel armed by night?" 4 ho aro ye who question us 7" ¥ Buch a8 will have an answer. Bpealk]” “I am your maater if, 88 I think by Your voicg, you ara Etlolbors of Tretlon," “I am Lthelberk of Trotton, and God suall de- cidlo which of us is master if you are no better than Earl Percy of Anjou,” * ¥ am Porcy d'Anjou.” Titere was an audible murmur of sntisfaction under the firs. g Thon defend yourself, acenrsed villain."” “Truco] Weare ambushed. Civo us fair fight, or take my wager.” *“ Woare aloven to twelve ; think you I will frut the honor of Brown Harold's gaoler? In the namo of God and chivalry, AT THEM, MEX OF 2INE" Then the crossbowmen yellod and tho strings of their bows sang, and thio bolt crashed through helm and corselet, The horses durst nob move for tho drend of the hill-side aud of the clatter. ing steel boforo and bobind them, but reared and pliinged in answor to the spur ; and the horso- mon, knowing not but that the foos were smonget them, woro bowildored. The foremost sucecedod in charging forward ; but tho whirle ing bnll of Btholbort's maco struck tho hood of Earl Poroy's horeo 2ud folled him, and he who rodo boside was twrnod from his course and lonpod down the bill. And tha footmon, graap- ing their swords in both hands, clove at the horsemen ; wlulet they, not knowing friend rom foo, sbruck mndly about thom, goading their horses with their spurs and striking them with the butts of their swords; thon tho hinrassed boasts turncd this way and shat, and #prang forward like mad things, somo of thom falling on swords, and othora loaping down the docllvily, bub few pussod scatholoss from tho buttle-placo. g, b, ba} THAT'S WOKE YOU UP, s it, you blood-sud-thunder-loving soullions ? You want to know how mauy wero killed, why Earl Teroy was spared, and how thoy wrested Brown Harold from Ruport d'Anjow. Ab, woll; ask Biewald at the door thore; ho fought in the fight, and knows: but I shall toll no more~that's my humor. But Eolf took a lover to his own lovo—thera's a jost for you l— and what did he got for his paing ? Did she no- tico erooked, maimed, burned Eolf, whilst beau- tiful Brown 'Hurold beld hor {nLié arma? Did ho fool that happiness which attends all doin, of good? Why don't I laugh—ha, ha!—till ory with my Iaughter? and con any ono laugh who ien't bappy? I'm to take off my sorvant's livery,—theso merry bells and all,—and I'm to livo ‘well, and die fat, Tor I've brought your master home from captivity, and restored him fl: the lovoliest, sweotest, gontlost lady that vos, Aud now that she fs nappy, WUAT NEED HAG SHE OF A FOOL ? ‘What neod has the sweot bird that skims over the goldon cloud of the beast that crawls woarlly under ita black shadow? IHark, hark! They ara togsting tho bride, and that rippling music h{ hor lsugh, Liston, liston! 'Tho swoot bird aings, Then Eolf thraw himself upon his baublo, and tha bladder burat with a suap, Ila raised him- solf, and, with a laugh almost liko an echo of hig burst rattlo, o sald : * ‘Uhat was my heart that suahped; oud so onds this morry, mierry jest.” z‘\_n:‘l. dropping bis head upon the 'uoor, {l\as fool ied. . MISTAKEN, Yo say that Love fs strong as Doath Ye kuow not what yo speak, Bhull Love bo as tho Tesble Lreath, ‘The color ou the check 7 Strongor than Death, or Woe, or Time, 1 1o who rulus ubove ; Aud through tho storma of ages chtine 1ila own Words, ¥ dod I8 Lovo,” Death 18 the subject-#lava of Love; s.fi&'.f.{&?'&.&?;“ifi.“ pubs les Tl Boath biuwalf skalt tie, Ao ~Clara P, Guernacy i QU and New for February, s