Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1872, Page 2

. ene eens EEO OUR CHRISTMAS TURKEY. ‘He wheedled the servant-giris with his bright Tom his eyes, and felt awe-strack It was a silly speech, that she would not | Optimistic Faith. tast of all, @emall tin-pailful of hot coffee, the | One Price Only! eyes and coaxing to: ; and, —— ther | before all splendor; but the captain beck- | have made, if she had not been infected by the | _——. genuine sort, such as Mise Prim seldom drank. | y [From Appleten's Journal. ceclared at first ‘couldn’t be bothere i | cned to h DD. cuptain’s nonsense. She was far trom being | I ‘s wiser being good than bad; She, meantime, sat tna sort of stupor, which | Sit down at the table, good comrade of mine; _to hunt up old pers for the likes of him. “Come up here,sir, and let me see what sort | silly or renee ny in @ more thoughtful | safer being meek than ferce; at last found expression in a fit of tears. Mand Hore is cheer, and come flasks of the vistage of it ended in their givi him armsful here and | ot abum’ ug you are!” he said, ina mi mood, she would have observed that Tom was It's Hitter being sane than mad. ard Nelue—whose eyes would get misty —did Khine; there, till before tfall he had collected a | tured voice. “I daresay you've brought me & | not the sort of child to be spoken to inthat way. © My cemhope is, a san will perce ret disturb her, but, Baving arranged the tabie, | Here ts warmth, here $ comfort, and smiles bundle quite as large as he could stagee! mor grel, like the last boy that came. He had come to c'sim a reward, and his clothes | The thickest cloud earth ever stretchad; Maud went up to her snd said, quietiy -— j that betray He carried it hom, and hid it for «_{ ve brought you a poodle, and it answers to | showed that he needed it; but his manly,| ‘That after last returus the first, “ Now, Mise Prim, 1 wasteai cross, this morn- | " Buta partof the welcome that greets youto- ® rubbish-closet under the stairs, the name of Susie, sir,” Tom answered simply, | straightforward bearing, his retined, sensitive Thongha wi e€ compass round be fe'ched, | ing, till’ 1 began to think about making your | GEORGE C. HENNING, ay, conficences to anybody concerning his nove! | unbuttoning his coat. and taking the dog out. features, and oar a expression, were cre- That what = best can’t end worst, Christmas a little brighter, and you needn't sar } Ard bere in the centre, enthroned on plate, | enterprise. In the moraing he eontrived to gst | ‘pon my word!” exclaimed the captain, | devtials that should ‘have. boos respected; and | = Nor what God blessed ouce—-prove accars'd. | @ word about it, for it has'done mem Suberb in surroundings, and royal in state, it out of the house again without being noticed, | evidently surprised. “this looks like the little | the boy knew it [Bro nge and before } CLOTHIER You behold—why, what cynic could give hima and tramped away manfully, an endless dis- | beast mow. doesn't it?” He felt himself outraged by the implication, —_—_—- -+ee- » feeling ~ sad scowl? tance, to the a place, where he ex- “Why, itis!” cried the yoane ieee, delight- | end such ——s mention of his mother was ISS PRIM’S URPRI 5. very damp about the eyes. With his cranberry courtiers, our national changed his burden for the handsome sumof | etly. “It’s Susie herself: I'd know ber any- | rotto be endured. He had borne all the pre- M § RB iS) . Miss Prim soon recovered herself, and feelin, fowl. seventy-five cents—just about half whathehad | where. Susie—here, Susie! vious chaffing patiently, but this was the straw — that her pleasure was too great to be enjoye No. 410 SEYENTE STREET YW. | expected to realize. ‘The little dog jumped and struggled to get | too much, and he turned away, sweiling with A Christmas Story for the Children. | alone, she put the coffee and potatoes down to | Folk cali him @ Turkey—thename is absurd; | “Seems tome it takes a great many papers | loose ina frenzy of recognition. Tom set her | wounded pride. | : - the fire to Keep hot, while she threw a shaw! — = - —_ ‘This fowl! is a purely American bird. | to make @ pound,’ thought, rather crest- | down. and :he scampered round the table, and | “Why don’t you take your money?” asked the | _‘‘I don’t believe there’s a person in the village | over ber bead a. FFERS AN ASSORTME His strat and his gobble, his arrogant air, fellen, as he fobbed six shillings. “Never | mad» a bound into the young lady’s arms. captain. | who basn’t ® Christmas present,” exclaimed ‘hough; there's more where they came 5 eorge, that's better luck than Tex. | “l would rather not, if yon please. I shall | little Nellie Dutton, dancing around ber own from. pe said the captain. ‘I really must con- | co home, sir,” was the answer, in atone that treasures, which were spread out on the floor, II, that depends! And nothing daunted, he tradged up-town to gratulate myself.” neither of them could mistake. And Miss | ‘unlessit’s old Miss Prim. 1 don’t believe any- chicks and his try his luck again. At heme Susie pouted when “Helen will be perfectly happy,” said the | Melafteld’s face changed with @ quick compre. | body would give her a present.” | the hours slipped by and Tom did not put in an | young lady, caressing Susie rapturousty; + hension. His plumage of bronze, speak my countryman mind, ne Bat no! he’s a coward—ah He can fight for his hen and friends. And in one thing he shows an American soul Sally was =, living tn ene roem, and | & very scant living by making shirts by | expected, the good soul was hard at work, with no prospect of dinner, anless a crus or Neilic’s sister Maud, I'm sorry to say. sat by | of bread in the cupboard was intended forthat, READ E-MWADE CLOTHING appearance. broken about you, you nanghty lit- “We bave burt his feelings!” she exclaimed, | the window, snlking. Not pecauseshe had been “Christmas bas come to my house,” said Miss You never can force him to crawl through @ “I think when it’s Saturday he might eta ! Where did yeu tind her, little | remorscfoliy. + Why, my dear child, I was only | beglected, but because she had not received the | Prim, ‘and you're to ask no questions, but come hele. home and play with me. Don’t you, mamm: in fun. You are not like those little beggars | lttie gold watch and chain that she had set her | right over and help me enjoy It.” roe There’ edge to th: kni ished But Mrs. Kent was too busy to answer the “Yes,” said the captain, sharply, wheeling | at all—is be, Aifved? Look! what nica featar heart ov. Somehow Neillie’s careless words Of the wondertul dinner, and the wonderfa! ere breeke Be Carving-knife polished child. She was Killing herself to finish a three: | rourd god inspecting Tom with bis eye-glass. | he bas, and such fine eyes. He is a gentle- Wrought tober mind as ina flash, the forlorn | warmth and good feeling it woke in their hearts, - Ts Te ¥ 7) eae bates, bh , Column story for “The Weekly Banner,” in a | “Where did you tind her, sir? Are you the | man’s son.” and lonely home of the poor little sewing wo- | Leannot half tell. GENTLEMEN, YOUTH, ANP Boys, be = * are all warm, and the napkins all wild bo wie = Lear and so having | small sinner that enticed her out of the carriage “My mother isalady,” said Tom, proully. man. She — pondivag & i pted pene of | af dot the Semet warmth of heart, and the r . th a trifle for the Christmas stockings. Susie had | la-t Saturday?” “We didn’t want when my father two rooms, i rt sad-eyed tenant heavenly will to all the world, that made . “ — Before is the celery gleams through its vase, | to content herself with her own company, but | «No, het never saw her in any carrisge,” itenough now to stand | ting by her low window, sewing. N: | meade Cbriet the most delightful she had UNEACELLED IN EXTENT, VARIETY, And the cranberry-jelly is set in its place. | she found the morning duil, and, when Tom | Tom seturned holding hiner an ep werg utraignt. da beggsr—and to have | ‘ree, even no Christmas dinner, she feared. for | ever known, I can tell still less -Ulws Thor, AND DESIRaniLITY. ‘Thrust the sharp fork astraddis our beanty’s came home at noon, she received him with dig- | «She was runa-ng roend the corner in Olsen she knew Miss Prim had to sew early and late | in earth and Home - i ge Saag nitied displeasure. Place when I picked her up. And carried her From his side ent thin slices, the whitest e’er to earn her living. — krown, “I don’t see how I can help it," Maud said to seco. — “I don’t want any of your kisses, sir,” as he | home beraute I didn't know what else to do Sbtimations. pipiens ran up to her. his cheeks all aglow with the | with her.” j . o . ‘ mg the money into it. “Your | herself, for shejcouldn't avoid feeling that some- | For the indies, God bless them! but my ruder frosty air, and his eyes sparkling. “J think it’s | “Humph!” said the old gentleman with the dy; a sore, aad 1 like you for , body ought to dosomething. “I've spent every | If thou hast felt the throb and thrill Ts bp imip" . = awful mean, I do, for you tostay out so long. | spectacles. ‘Likely story.” taking her part 60 manfully. You aréa rery | cent Ibad. - Of early days and happy birds, ! GEORGE C. HENNING, akes the thigh, and the last part that gets o'er Mamma writes all the time. and I'm jast as} The captain smiled sweetly. «It is under- | nice little boy, and I would like to go aud see | For a while she sat —s silently. Then, | While peace, that drowned thy chosen words the tence. lonesome! But = = care.” ‘ stood in such cases that there are Be questions your mother some Oe May 1?" | ——- her ow ome sl wo cxmaimed | Has tiowed from thee In giad good-w i Wiliea anand ar hee iit ene “Now, don'tscold,” said fom. ‘Istayed out | asked,” he observed, benignly. ‘There was |” ‘Come, now!” cried the captain, making a |“ Nell, euppose we give her something ? | Bo 410 SEVENTH STREET NR, Ab! white meat or brown meat, it matters not | ge d reason, and when you see what I've | something in the advertisement about «reward, “If you don't goon your knees tor | _‘ Who?” satd Nell | Then hast thon Grunk the benwouly 41 ly. Ob! Miss’ Prim ? 2 She wouldn't car ae tp brought you — ” Wasn't there?” fe we must please, not Our szeing, nor i all you a nice | my things, and you can’t give away prese “Tdon't believe you've brought anything,” |" «Ye: disdainfalty. . What bave you | What can we give her ‘Then have thy feet in rapture trol at she ehould The pathway of fou Jacky, itt wonder, ¢ sir," said Tom, feeling rather hot and insulted at the implied doubt of his integrity. @ thought of G Makes you know.” | And death can show thee nothing u jarments to onter for Gentlemen in the mas nner we're not at @ loss, She doesn’t cal! me one.’ : i Superior Manger aud with dispach dic . se “Don’t you? Well, shut your month andopen | «But I don’t want anybody to think I stole that Because you are such a goose,” Miss Dela- “No. I don’t mean that; let's make her " and. | sheer ee slang. YOUT eves, and look here !* at I never stole anything in my life. field retorted: but she smiled ath something—not to wear, or to eat, but to onjoy. = pee = | ee, . oe deshoime: Tom unbuttoned his jacket cautiously, and od boy,” returned the captain, blandly. | in; Tom's vexation melted in the sun- | Let me see—" Keeping Apples and Pears { Weean manage, I fancy, in comfort to dine Susie gave a scream of delight, for a littleshag- | «Always remember that it is a sin to steal a pin hine of her loveliness. He tried to make a littie “Oh! you make her a fernery The keeping of apples through the winter, a tarkey like this at com- &Y White head, with satiny-pink ears and t much more to crib a bigger thing. Now, as to | speech of thanks, but he broke down “1 can’t do that on such short no bat [ | though better anderstood than termerly, is mi GEORGE C. HENNING — ¥ = bing black eyes popped up over his coliar. that reward—what’s your recollection of the fig- | laugh and acry.’ And thea the yo: | know what [can make, and I believe I'll do it | as perfect or systematic as it ought to be. After J Who'd not Se a patrist, proud of his land! “‘Tt'sa little dog! it's @ little teenty whitelive | ures, my son? It strikes me that I told the ad- | a pretty thin, + now.” . | ail, this is our great fruit, aud no want of | , : eg he screamed in An ecstacy. Oh, Tom, | yertising fellow I'd stand fitty.”” | She patted smooth, rosy cheeks with her Among the rubbish in the woodshed, she had | knowledge should be left undeveloped as to the DRAPER. They bad figs in Judea. and fatlings so fine, | where did you get it? d yon bring it for me, “It strikes me,” interposed the old gentleman | two little bands, and tase’ his white forehead; | Doticed an old dripping-pan. Now she went and | best method of prolonging it in a state mane iy Young kids dressed with olives, and what they | Tom? 1 wanta littic dog, worst of anything in | in spectacles, “that you offered a very large re- and the tain pretended to go into a fit of got it, asked her mother if she could have it— | ness and soundness to as late a period as it» telling her somethiag of her plan—and at ouce | susceptible of. A large proportion of apples is called wine; this world !”" ward, absurdly large. Jealous rage that was tunnier than anything. ‘They had palm-trees and date-trees, and odors “Oh, you do? And you wouldn't kiss me just “LT quite agree with you,” rejoined the zie He stalked up and down the room, and quoted | proceeded to work. lost by imperfect storing. We know many of as rare | nowzn cried Tom, teatingly. the cap. “Why couldn't you have been satisti- | poetry, and scowled at Tom, until Miss Dolaticid | _ ‘* What can you dowith that old black thing?” | the best farmers pick, basrel and send te marker As the sweetest Of roses could fling on the air. | _ “Whatis all this?” asked Mrs. Kent, coming | ed, Alfred, with something moderate?” inirly screamed with laughter; and Susie barks | #sked Nell, im disgust im sure Miss Prim | ss soon as possible, and this is doubtless judi-| oftere the Renee eam What their froits and their flowers to th in from the little kitchen with @ dish of baked | «My dearest mother, what inducement contd | cd and scampered and made frantic leaps at | Won't thank you for that. x cious; but there are many others whose oro , Ts cranberries red, —— rotatoes in her hand. “Where have you been | ‘be too great to offer for the rongvery of @ thing | everybody, itke 8 poodle gono crazy. > en Won't thie, Miss Nell! You come up into | re not iarge enough to perees this plans, Thay | Cannan, DOnsE And their palm and th tre all the morning, Tom, what in the world so dear to my adorable Helen?” fom was dismissed after a while, but not | the attic me and see he won't.” desire to preserve them tor the home-market or ; made elsew bere. ele ir date-trees this celery | sil th leo grumbled the | until he had been asked a great many questions | Now, Maud was very fond of the woods, and i co | , 410 SEVENTH STLEST BN. Ww, mant of fine CLOTHS, S aod VENTINGS, ai ag to have th ir garment instead’? a little white ° - “Your adorable fiddlestick: y their own consumption, and for this purpose While as for their kids and their lambs and their | isn’t she cunning?” said Tom, setting the | old gentleman. ‘I see my adorable doliars get- | #nd had grown very confidential. He told Miss | every few days through the long summer and | either bury them in the earth or store them quails, | ogon her legs. “She isn’t mach bigger than | ting spent confoundedty fast, sir, and I only | !elafield bis mother was an authoress, and | {all she had made excursions into them, return- | aki | bulk on shelves or bins in the cellar or attic. In “at One turkey—let’s eat, for comparison fails. akitten—see. And look how she caddies upto | nope your adorable Helen will hold the purse- that she wrote books and stories; and how adiy | ing loaded down with treasures she coulda't | burying they both rapidly decay and lose their . Themas Dunn English. me! mariage when she comes into possession of her she felt when that MS. was rejected; and how | bear to leave—beautifal mosses and lichens, | flavor; in Theivi thes in cellars in large GEORGE C. HENNIN( ——$+-66-< { Is @ lady's lapdog,” said Mrs. Kent, strok- | cwo-legged puppy. 1 wish her joy of both her | much he had wished to earn some money to | lovely stones, and thousands of things you fl keep scarcely beyond the ee vs ei z Sa | ing the little creature's silky curls. <‘Itis used | propertice, sir.” help her; and how, when he found Susie, and | woods-lovers know. and in putting them in the THE TWO SUSIES, (0) ing petted, [dare say. Where did you get | _ «Thanks,” returned the captain, negligently, «aw thut advertisement, he was #0 delighted ts | Now Birs. Dutton neat housekeeper,and | attic they freeze, however much the: | DEALER IN FURNISHING GOODs, Tom? “*I will take pleasure in acquainting her with | think that be could bring her the money. He | sbborred a “litter. she forbade Maud's | covered. eve Ducting (From Appleton’s Journal.) ‘“Peund it,” said Tom, exw! gly. 11 was | your good wishes, my dear sir. Meanwhile, as told her about his little sister, tou, and how they | filling her pretty room with these things, bat | “Phe best way we know of isto have ehelves | No. 410 SEVENTH STEEET N. W., “Mamma,” said little Susie Kent, turning | just crossing the street, over in Clinton Place, | to this boy—” bad found out the poodie’s name through call. | gave her free access to the attic. Sundry tranks | erected in the cellar expressly for fruit—pears | tapl round from the window of a sky-parlor in | &nd the little thing came trotting round the | «As to this boy, Alfred,” interrupted the lady | ing Susie; and how he meant to bay her “such @ | and shelves, therefore, held all these beauties, | ard apples. Let chem be about two feet w. Has tho Largest Assortment of Staple Gools at Bieecker street, just out of the Bowery, “I see corner, andranagainst my legs. I saw she was | with the cap, “it is really too absurd topatsuch doll” for a Christmas gift and to them Maud and Nellie went. and one foot apart, and ax many and as long as the Closest Prices the postman coming here. Shall I go down for | lost by the way she looked, and so I picked her | an amount of money in his hands. What can No, sou shatl not,” Miss Delafield saia. | ‘ First,” said Maud, your lette up. And then a rowdy fellow tried to snitch | «uch a boy know of the proper use of money? “You must take all Mrs. Kent looked np from her writing-desk, | her: ~ ‘What you doing with my dorg’" ne | fle will waste it foolishly; perhaps get himself | I must cover the bot- may be desired, commencing six to twelve es tro nf and her thin cheeks flushed with a sudden flat. says, and doubles yo fists at me. And I says, | intotrouble. I shoul.l not thinking of trusting our money home to your | tom of the pan, so it won't soil Miss Prim’s neat | ine! m the bottom. The shelves should be ud let me bring the doll to Susie. [| house.” formed of slats two finches wide and one inch much more about ba | | ng dolls than | | After some hunting, she found anold moth- | apart,and the fruit laid in single layers. The | tering color. e ‘It’snone of your dog,’ and doubles op mine: | him with titty dolla | nd to-morrow is Ghristmas day. You | eaten cloth cloak, which she said was just the | tier should have a closed board bottom, which READY-MADE CLOTHING. “Yes, Susie; run down quickly. Iamex- and then he jumps at me, and tries to snatch “What would you have?” asked the captain, watch at the window about three o'clock to- | thing. Cutting a piece a few inches larger than | should be covered with an inch of fresh lime. to | peeting a very important letier.”” her, and what do you think I did slevating bia eyebrows. «Shall I repudiate my | morrow, and see what you will see.” the pan, she covered the bottom of thet much- | he renewed (wo or three times during the win- | reck Dress *uite of approved — = roe Tate fights of oe aang down one, two, | “What” cried Susie, breathlessly. “Tell | printed pledges? Shall I beguile a poor little | So Tom went home, and felt like a boy that | used article, broaght itup on the sida, and | tere Tie etne see ee nes daring the day | _Rusinees Oneclisere Setse, ali’ weel, tens Bit co three long flights of stairs, Twhile her mother sat me quick, Tom.” devil with deiusive hopes, aud send hit off with | had been to fairy-land. Whata history ne had | tastened it securely to the wire around the edge, | for an hour daily, (as every cellar ought to be - a nips with her eyes fixed upon the door, her fingers _ ‘Well, the loafer, you know, he pnta his head | a flea in his ear” to tell his mother! and how breathlessly Sasis by means of holes which she puuched with a 2. ? i ander like circumstances,) unless the weather | — Union Cassimere Su: rustling pervously among the sheetsof manu- down, so, you see, to give me a puneb; andthen “Bosh !” retorted his father. “Don’t he any from $12 to $15 stened to everything—and how arp nail and a hammer. 4 | erry and ex- is intensely cold, and tne temperature should of Slack end Blue Bea fast colors script before her, and that fluttering color com- I went for him, right over his back. It was a | more of a fool, Alfred, than the Lord made you. | cited they all were! “For Mrs. t hadnews | ‘The next thing tsto cover the sides of the | course not be allowed to fall. beiow the trees D gw. Ing and going inher cheeks. They were pretty regular Spanish tly."”” Find out where this boy comes trom, and, if he | for Tom, too—excellent news. pan, so it will be ornamental.” | 22g point, which can be doue by closing the | Youths: Blue and 0 ack Dress Suits cheeks only too thin, and the color evidently | “0, Tom!” Mrs. Kent exclaimed, half langh- | ha got any decent relations, ten pay the mo- | “That manuscript was not Tejected, after | _ ‘* The sides are covered,” said Nell, who was | * not at home there. A pretty mouth, with acer- ing, half horriti lows awd doors carefully. I “The idea of your wrest. | 1 y to them for his benetit. rom the fact That’s the sensible | al F t ; i Black Dress suite ’ she said, with her pretty face all impatient to sce by what necromancy Maud | that the temperature shoud be raised above itty Genth wi Biae Fro ©. tain pathetic quiver about the lips, and large, ling in the street with loafers! thing to do, if there’s anything sensible in all | of pride.nd pleasure. "It Ehado: could turn an old dripping-pan into a work of HT henter, It must be comtoractod ne, | feeeeptemen Bleck and Biae Frocks, good soft eyes, with the same si them, “7 didn’t wrestle, not a bit,” said Tom. bis stuff end nonsense.”” at first, I would have saved all the hie we be maade up a fice too ma 1S to G0 art. ion of oniside air. The fruit should | deanen's Blue and Diack Worsted Co I know they are—with old clot! don't think that’s very pretty, do eweet for th ed, sensitive and’ coolly. “I only astonished hima little; and 1 | ‘So. saying, the old gentleman pushed his | felt. For it was only sent back to be mate a this Bleecker-st. didn't stop to pick him up any, you 5 k, and marched out of the room with | little shorter and changed a little; and, whe et. TE wasn’t ng-honse. One could see bya glance at going tolet a ellow Itke that get hold of this aot miata artee Lemon's Cashmere and Cloth Vests of supe- r. To 3 jesome as ° 3 & § s 2 a = 3 H appear ‘“ a air. felt relieved when he had | that is done, the @ditorsays—in such a pleasant, | “Well, no—not very; but it's as pretty as the | to be when once am opted, and that the fact that Soa a ee pen eats the desk in her lap, and the closely-written —not if | knew it.” ‘ disappeared. His heart was in his mouth with | polite note; Tom—that it will be a cuarming | iste.” it will preserve winter spples and peare until ‘aud blues, frau S18 te 6 sheets on the table beside her, that her writing ‘Good for you!” cried Susie, warmly, But | wdreatlial fear that bis golden dream might | story! And he would like another, toes thing | ‘Ob! you wait till I get at the inside, March end April, will 1 be Grau! a8 work, and not pastime; ons could guess , Mrs. Kent looked grave. vanish likewise; bnt a peculiar sidelong glance | Neil,” said Maud, now in high epirics, 's better news than mine,” | 1 must make some glue.” he saine, though, you're not | From shelf she {00K an old tin cup and ristmas oa know," h - | pieces of glue and went down to tae k z wi" he add- | ove to melt it. Mra. Datton was busy h Lridget to cook the big Christmas din der the labor ove of ntlemen's File Granite Overcuats, vai pleasure as well as of prot. Anotber mode, practised by our best frait- raisers, where considerable served, is, after picking them, one } that the “Iuppertant lett expected anewer to so any things depe No letters, mama d Susie, cheerfu trom the captain inspired a fortorn hope. That ir’ was the eagoriy- “*I don’t see that Yee bave any bett. rary venture upon it than he,” she sali yonng gentleman turned to his lady-mother 1. found it first,” said Tom. with a suave look. ; : this little parcel,” “But someborly lost It. “My tather’s sugges y banding her mothera very minute may be fret enggestions always are to slight my n is excellent, as his | ext, fealousy. he observed. | =+Will | mother gave him a squeeze. Motton Overcoats f Light weight Ove e- blues and mixtures, g over the iz iy lemon 's Chine biltat vere n-payered roll, the first glance at _ ‘‘How can I help that?” asked Tom. rather | vow be so good as tosy to him, my dear motuer, | could, my precious boy! And as 1 whieh & house fullof iriends were expected, but They should stand under » dry ntjenen's Laasbskin Overconte which sent the glow quite out of poor Mra. fretfully. “I don’t know where to lind the own- | that I will be guided by tt?” : sew something else you bad been doing, too? | the told Maud she would take me to pack a until freezing weather renders evtlemen's Heavy Beaver Ov Kent's cheeks. “And here is Tom, mamma! er, mamma. “Certainly, my son,” was the gracions re. | Ah, Tom, that is the Way you keep secreiatrom | feW ‘goodies” for Mies Prim's ta move them to scool cellar. In k. for & Only think, he ts head of the merit-roll this “Of course, you don’t how could you spone. nd Lhave much satiafa: your mother! With the pot of hot glue Maud ot keeping apples month, and bas got a half-holiday. Isn't that echoed Surie, sympathetically. It did not fact th he t yon yield #0 reaitily to the Ww: attic, aud s00n had the sides of the pan coy- And then it appeared that Tom's o! hice ; wn Telegray cur tober as at all desiratds that the owner | experience of your parevits. Ibis very gratity. betrayed him. His mother had taken | 3 of delicate bark aud twigs, Sennen “Yes, dear. very nies, indeed.” Mrs. Kent should be found. . ing to your father and myeelf.”” nd in his absencs found the newspaper | there an_acorn,or smuil co. “The Seven Whistiers ‘$0 forces herself to smile, and looked pleased, Le cpoig ged semi some milk into a sancer, The ‘yonng lady, who was potting Susie all | money im his pockel, and a copy of the hier. | {Om anevergreen tree. When One evening a few years ago, when crossing | Buys’ and Kouisa' Overcoais and Wing Oosts. though her beart wax like lead. “We snail and et it before the poodle, who lapped it up | this while, gave Lom a laughing glance asshe | giyphic advertisement, with 4 "8 memora: rustic and pretty. Maad was sa! | Ove ot our Lancashire moors in company with have to be proud of Tommy, Susie. I am very | in @ famished and yet dainty manuer, as if she | handed the poodle back to him. um of saleson the margin. She bad put two | Wasin ecstacies, aS j a" intelligent oid man, we were suddenly | _ S#” Particular attention is directed to my aseort. gied.” | Were accustemed to cream for her daily food, by. you dear little pet; you are going | two together, and made a tty clear | _ ‘Now tor the insive, said Maud; ‘and drst | startled by the whistiing overhead of a copy of | ment ot lack and Faucy Cassimerc Parts. aad asi “And I'm very sorry,” said Tom, looking | and only accep‘ed milk asa matter of necessi- | home to your mistress,” she sai Susie, wit! guess at the truth d, though sue gave him | | Must get some good soil. | plovers. My companion remarked that when a | Wthe avery large portion of them myself, © mm down ruetully at the brown-papered roll. Ha | ty. Having satisfied her hunger, she cur! # final caress; and to Tom, in @ whisper: “Don't | a scolding for doing such a thing, Iam sure she | _ Another journey was made, to the cellar this | bey the old’ peeple considered sach « circum: pe aay 3 —_ aid fit is manifest over (hose asually was cider than Susie, and he knew what it | herself up on the chintz-covered sofa-pillow, | be afraid; you'll get your money.” | de not love him any the less, time, where @ box-fall of earth was kept by the | stance a bad omen, * as the person who heard | ““=ttd for sale, meant. “I think it is tco mean, mamma, fur and went to sleep, Susie watching her “cua- “I suppose you are going to see Helon, rt the wandering Jew,” ashe cailed the plovers, | you to be disappointed so. They've rejected | ning ways” in a rapture of admiration. lis mother as she left the room. “Don’t be late ¥, and put the seventy-five cents in it asa | Diiedthe pan, forming the soft earth into hills | ‘was sure to be overtaken with some iil luck.” i your story !'* | “Come to your dinner,” said Mrs. < ior dinner, Alfred.” i | memento of his first business transaction. And, | Abe capiain assured her of his intention to dollars, they paid all the bills, and Punctual, and,telling Tom to follow him, be | kept merry Christmas in something like tha aii valleys and uaeven shape. Then she found | On questioning my friend on the name given piece of broken looking-glass, which sie | to (he birds be said there is @ tradition that warhed clean, and carefully imbedded im the | th-y contain the souls of those Jews who “Lit was only the disappointment, I would | potatoes are getting cold.” But the c! not care,” said dirs. Kent, dropping the rol | bo heed. . into a drawer without opening it. “ButIwan | “Susie, Susic’* her mother called, in a louder ' | said | fom bought a littie savings’ bank straight- | g«*dener to start his early plants in. Maud soon i | IN THE ORDER DEPARTMENT, to invest hiraself with hat,over- dear old way. ss oie be one Papmcone yr slo, ing, — up from | assisted at the erceitixion, and in consequence the money that I was almost sure that it would tone. i gloves; and presently they were inthe | [he Bleecker-street folks were astonishod at ie glans. Xt looked like & sittte pond. | were doomed to float im the air forever. Waoen e Dring: [ want it so much, Tom, that 1'dou’ | And up sprang the little dog. to everybody's in on the way to Susie’s home and the | the parcels that came in for the Kents, but that |, “Now, Nell,” said Maud, “will yoa go down | we arrived at the foot of the moor, a conch, COED FAeen. know what I shall do without it.” | surprise, wide awake in a second,aad greatly | captai dorable Helen.” | sonishment was as nothing to the wonder | te the wood-shed snd bring me this basket full | by which I had hoped to finish my journey, its a mean shame!” cried Tom. his face | excited. She wagged her tail violently, she Out of the reach of the cap and spectacles, | When Miss Delaticid’s coach, with her saperb | Of the green mosses we had under the Qhrist- | lad already left the si ngred. “I wish—oh, I wish Lwas aman, jamped down from the sof: driver and footman, rolled up to the door, pre- | !*s tree last night? They were thrown oa. | me to traverse the rem: eri"? and scampered | the | toward Mrs. Kent, Lago By le short barks, in ptain grew confidential with ‘Ton ‘ou've got a governor, J suppose, my small M on, thereby caasing | Isto be found one of the most complete and exten- ng distance on tvot. | sive Sesortments in the cogutry »of fiw cme : sely at3 o'clock on Christmas day. Every- | Will the tree. Pick out nice pieces, aud alltue | The old- man reminded me of the omen. ‘upertor MANNET. as CUstomers may desire. “I wish my papa wasn’t dead,” cried Susie, | and running to aud fro, as search of some- t people do have in the course of | body. in all the different rooms bolow-ataie | Kinds there are, whtle 1 hunt upsome rocks fur | Atother writer, “A. 8.” in the “ Notes and German, Avsrian, Kngli band American putting up a grievous lip at the sight of Tom’s | thi = Nature,” he remarked. | Peeped out to watch the beautiful young lady | Our little mossery cians Queries,” Oct. 21, 1871, says: “‘ During a than- | fabrics are displayed in such mapner that the buyer angry. anu ber mother’s unhappy face. “There | __ ‘What is the matter with her?” said Mra. “sir?” Tom asked, not understanding. | and the elegant young gentleman as they | Lore ape to Leip, Nellie did as she was re- | Ger-torm which passed over this district (Ik. races ap how oa consistent erith Gest-clens week. wasn't never anything the ‘ter till he died. “Your paternal progenitor, you know,” said | ascended the three flights to Mrs. Kent's apart- | quested, and soon returned with a heaping | tering, in Yorkshire), om the evening of 3: ‘Tailors liberally deal with ‘ What made him do it, mamma?” ‘ace brightened with a flash of inspir- | the captain. “Father, daddy, pop, whatever | m- nts. Miss Delatiela’ velvet dress, and her | basket-full of those wonderfully beaatifal green | 6un, on whieh occasion the lightning was vs Sz" Drees Suite to order, from $50 to 935 “Oh! my darling, God took him away from Susie! here, Susie!” he ca'led, and | ic is you’re in the way Of calling him. | furs, and her plumes, and her diamond ear. | messes Which grow so luxuriautly in the woods, | vi: id, an unusaal spectacle was witnessed. B77 Basiness Suits to order, trom 0 875. us. We murt try to be patient,” said Mrs. Kent, | with a bound the poodle was in his arms, bark- “My father died two years ago, sir,” answered | drops, were matter of wonder for a month | #i which Maud and her elder brother had dag | Immense flocks of birds were flying about, | ,#/ Cassimere Pantalocns to order, from §10 to atraggling to tears | ing, and fawning, and lickiag his face all over | Tom, with @ certain dignity, not Without its | atterward; and Susie's Paris doll broke the | Oct from under the snow a few days before. atiering doleful, affrighted cries as they passed | 30 Hard. Veneto from $8to $18. “Don't feel so. in a rapture of ition. ons etiect. hearts of all the little girls in the house with | Ju the meantime Maud founds few rough | over the locality, and for hours they kept apa! §2- pt ap ety hee pe ay an 2 patient smile that made the boy’s heart burn; =“ Her name is Susic’ don’t you see” “Ob! ah! well, that makes a difference, does | envy. | stones, one with an exquisite bit of gray lichea | continual whi , like that made by seabirds. = *-I'll think of some way to manage without it, | _ And Tom and the other Susie ware both 99 | it not?” For Miss Delafield had not forgotten the doli, | gfowing on it, and another haif-covered with a | There must have been great numbers of them, Gare fay. Come and show me your medal.” | delighted with this wonderfal discovery and . s, Sir, & very great difference to us.” and Captain Meredith had bi olden green more. These she imbedded in the | as they were also observed at the same time, as “I dian’t get the medal,” said Tom. “I drew | coincidence, that dinner bacame a matter of | «Well, my governor, you sec, still lives. Not | enh CaP rought Tom sacha & 9 esa r of skates, and such a four-biaded knife soil, the mossy one ging over a bitof a lake, | we learn by the public prints, in the counties for it; but there was a lot of other fellows, and | no consequence, and baked potatoss went by | that I oliject to it, by ‘any moans. On the con. fo 'had nover fared to dream of nothing | and the other over in accrner. From the lake | 11 Northampton, Leinestor, “aed famaaice to ‘a Ned Griffin got it.” | defautt. trary, here's to ith, a8 our venerable | of a box of French bon-bons, that’ was ce | 20 another corner she made asortof winding | ‘the yo day. as'my servant’ was driving me that was “a «Well, you were heal of the merit-roll, at all | | ‘They spent the afternoon playing with the | friend Kip remark-, and long may he wave. | thing of beauty and a joy’ ae ravine, and then proceeded to cover the whoic | to a neighboring village, this phenomenon of NISHING GOODs. oan Jd that’s an honor that means 'some- poodle, who developed the greatest quantity of | Perhaps ‘tou noticed that hea litle positive | sweeties lasted! iy Jong as the | Win fresh mosses, ‘The several varieties were | the ightot birds became the Eensest of con. thin, a great comfort to me, Tom, to see Cunning and pretty tricks,convincing Mrs. Kent | jy, his manner, addicted to plain Speaking, Never was such a merry Christmas—in | PUt om according to her fancy. Little trea-like | versation, and on asking him what birds he you Setag so Goll ‘at school.” | more and more that the dog was some fine lady's | rather? I humor him in that,” said the captain, | Bicecker eet, round the corner from the | S0rts, planted here and there, looked like fairy | thought they wore, he told me they were what Finest Kid Gloves. in the latest colors. “What's themes of it?” Tom fenewered, éts- pet, le~y oy — ber idle hours. A tho gat with a Band gipeteaemee Coca piggies j Bowery, at all ioe And the best of it was, tice ~ heed — ina on = were called ‘The Seven Whistiers,’ and feat — Dogskim Gloves, choice color, for street consolatels, “when I don’t do anything to keep | Came made retty, pale im, you see, and doesn’t bu you | that it was really the beginning of bri, | of tw d 5 xquisite | whenever they were heard it was considered a ; Soa, eanenaea? 3 etch youre tot at ne | flush with @ sort of shame. was when ahs ay son. L observed that your ingenaous | for the Kent tamily Min, Betatett was’. an | red aud browa-capped sorts, she laid about to | sign of some great calamity; and that the last ‘oest Castor Gloves. for street woar ‘and go to Stewart's for a cash-boy. It’stime such Dogskia . good colors, very durable, countenance fell several degrees in the course | encrgetic young lady when once she took a | look like fallen tree trunks.’ Neat one corner | time he head them was the mght before tae 8 an acs was carning money, and 1 only wish you woud | scorn; but there was temptation in it now—sueh | of his remarks, to which, you know, as @ matter | thing in band;-and Ca in Meredith was only , ue carefully set out a very small growing fern. | great Hartley colliery explosion’ He had also | Fine Bockskte Gloves for $2. let me do something.” . | atemptation that she actually sent Tom oat | of filial duty, 1 was bound to assent. I don’t | too happy to join hands with herin any way, | | The whole thing, when done, looked like a | been told by the soldiers that if they heard one, Driving Gloves; | Driving Mre. Kent smiled tenderly, and patted his n¢xt morning, Sunday though it was, to buy @| mind telling you, as it isn’t likely to get back to | literally or metaphorically. Between them they | little piece of the genuine wild woods, redaced | them they always ex a pater | Gloves. pee : eet Tound red cheeks. “You shall earn money fur ‘“*Herald;” and, with fingers that trembled with | the gevernor, that your relations are your al | secured for Mra. Kent the literary recognition | tiny proportions. a) wena ‘* pocnee Toad on ag 5% res Beek kin from 120083. Fear nn a tthe ay onky tan ante ny Oat | TT eeeace and Pound” are advomind. | firs and not ming, and you've earned the and support that ele deserved, They Foad nor | , Put some folks inv” aaldNell, “Titgive you | taking up the newspaper of the following marn- Eived Sts Gayest “irom 3. thing that a little boy only ten years old can | things ** 5 m ‘an mt y ittle vauaista io cheue anet | some a ir en ps ris =| Ein ui sis do, ro to Zo to seboo!, and ‘improve his oppor- ‘Trath is stranger than fiction sometimes, and “Thank you, me ad books peop! ‘he autho: head pomnnnd 25. Cape \perior quality. ‘Tom, joyfully, they sent her ms and stories to cl “Oh! no,” said Maud. ‘Let it bea genaine | liery Explosion at Wigan,’ etc. This I thonght Cioth Gloves; Loag Cioth tunities. “We must be patient, dear, that is , it is true that the secret thousht she had been | - «you are welcome, my son. You shou!d have | who fetal we their grace and jaw ep oa Dit of wilderness. “She’l. like it ail the batter.” | woul confirm my ‘men's belicf in “The Seven Frees Gioves. SS ig mode Colors) Ciuth Gloves, for all. | cberisbing wes answered by thisadvertisement | those greenbacks here On the spot, by the ight found a way, without hurting her pride or deli- “Q dear!” Lcan’t bear to have it go away,’’ | Whisilers. Folk-Lore,” by Chas. Hardwick. * izand #1 A She took up her pen again, and Tom turned | —the Fog first one that met her e: of ther ctrect-lampe dimly burning. By-the- | cacy, to get her established in ae suitable | saic Nell gi nae wb nak pt B.rlin Gloves. away, silenced, ied. Susie had “‘Fift, lars will be paid for the retarn o! ° . iF" tee the 61 Cioth Gloves, not satis a . th *t burning though!” juarters than the Bleecker-street lo: . | But think how she'll enjoy it! And I can Why Jenks Never Married. zone back to her “‘baby-box,” consisting of an | poodle dog, lost from @ sarriage on Broadway, | W23¢0°°?, sr giggled ‘Tom. “it's the sun that’s | Toueand at put her in reach of social advan. makeyou another. Now, I must cover tiese | “Ithink@ woman is a tremendous being.” | English Melt Hose, from Boe Oty tome. empty soap box which Tom had paj over on the morning of the 22d. Answers to the name | shining.” tages. black handles.’ ez said Jenks. + When she’s right, she’s the Freach Half Hose, from for ber with newspaper pictures, ‘eten deep | of Susie. Inquire at 239 Madison avenue, for “All the same in the end,” retarned the ‘The dwellers on Matison square and Park “Why didn’t you put them under the cloth? ting that floats. When she’s wrong, she’s | Ateortment very la.ge—prices close, Sires sh to in the manufacture of Ttoys. Tom wasan , Capt. Meredith.” captain. “You should have them now, [say, | avenue are not always shoddy or Flora Mc.| ‘Because thoy are needed to litt it by.”” Gzpert im this business, and ‘was sosm ‘ordered | She grew so pale as she read this—for the ree | Orly for a happy thought that will give you | Flimsey. There are plenty who fare sumpta- | Maud coon found some narrow browa ribbon, over to assist her in it. But while his fingers | ward was double the wildest fancy she had en- the glory of receiving them trom the lily-white | ously every day, yet are glad to reach out | which harmonized with the sot tintsot the or 1 balt-dozen boxe , bought Sere busy with Chinese janks, and cocked hats, tertained—that Tom. who had been watching | hand of Miss Delatield herself. That will be | warm, helping Hanis to the taller below them, | mosses and bark. With this She (wound the | you, but you'll never speak of it, if I should | Sévance- and lite-boats, bis theughts were busier with her with the sympathy that was instinctive | ap honor, sir, which may make you proud to | And the captain’s “adorable,” and the captain | handles, and the whole thing was dene. tell you a little somet ? ‘Dilk Kerohiefs, fcr the pocket and neck. the bard problem so many older brains arestri- | between them, came clase to her in a sort of | your dyin ay, when the sands are told, | himeclf—to his own astonishment when he | _ “Perfect!” said everybody dowa-stairs, wheu ) me’ I ‘him. sii ‘lice = ving to soive—or now to make money. alarm. end whet a ann” when the ‘fare cold, and greenbacks passed | waked up te the fact—belong 2 this “better | Maud tookit down toexhibit, L might nore baa married fine wake paansintine tf eppro eos Susie's tongue kept up a runni -| “Mamma, ” # away.” part” of our modern society. They might not, . pretend- Bows, Sone, The, Sgueene, an ment to the srimoring. “What shea fiy-box | | ‘Look here, Tom”—and the boy’s face lash- | “ysis snickered. Aowever, have discovered the talent they pos- | _ ‘Well, it’s really Christmas morning!”” said ‘Be tie roa Fire Linen Caffs, Collars, Bosoms, Shams, &o. that is, Tom! » what a splendid tall you | “You're an awful funny gentleman, sir,” he | sessed for doing good, if it had not been for | Miss Prim to herself that moruing. as she put ‘ou don’t say so!” I exclaimed in undis- gave that rooster! I thmk you make the nicest | 85 his eyes devoured the wonderful, potential remarked, with ali sincerity. Susie, number two. Soa merry Christmas to | her little house in order, “aud I doa’t know as | uiscd astonishment, for it had never occurred Kuit and Cardigan ye compristug Boctish, — ofany boy I know.” j 2" retorted the captain. you, Susie, pampered little absurdity as you | 1 ever it one quite so lonely or so poorly as { | (0 me that such a man as Jenks coul id marry. cape Ss ioe 4 — ryt ierge “tlow many boys do you know?” asked | signi first, for he had never thought of minutes from now you | are; and may your cushions be soft, and your | shall this wonder itl can bo the ‘same girl es, 1 waited on a girl once.’ y " . om. | the of such importance that a reward akable honor of being pre- | chicken-wing tender, and your shadow never | who used to have such a happy home, andsuch «Was she beautifal’”” I inquired. m ‘al! woo! Knit Shirts and Drawers for 63. “Well, [know you, and I know thebabydown would be offered. Such & reward, too—iifty | sented toa young lady, of whom it may be said | be lens! Mary E. BraDLey. | joy over my stuffed stocking!” “Well, I should say fair to middling,” re- ‘wool Knit Shirts and Drawers. $30 $5. stairs; that’s & boy. “Aud I've seen lote of litte | dollars! It fairly took away his breath that the round world and all the sea hoids —— ‘With a sigh she pat ‘away the duster, and sat | sponded Jenks, pursing his lips as if determined ‘Shirts and Drawers, beys in park,” said Susie, triumphantly. | | ‘Do you think—is it iy that nothing halt so dear to me, who has thesame | Wiar two letters signify a written article? | down in the low rocking-chair before the fire. to render acandid ju: at. “* aur to mid- oni “They couldn't make things like you do; and | be asked, tremulously. i opinion precisely.” j S.A. (essay). What bird's name can be spsit | "J cauhardiy feel reconciled that all shoud dling, barring a few treckies. om | qegatict, Flanuel Shirts and Drawers, approved Ful teil you what, Tom, 1 mean to Keep " _ “I haven’t @ doabdt of it,” said Mrs. Kent, They were in front of an opalent-looking | with two letters? P.N. (pea-hen), What pua- | be gone—all sleeping intheir quiet graves—and “ but you didn’t leave her for the freckles” | «' 4 8 am A quality, ¢ not tear ’em ‘With a thrill of excitement ranning through her | p;own-stone editice, and the captain ran up the gent powder can be spelt with two letters? it N. | Lalene—anddvor! Alas! how poor! e went | | snk e220. my Coristmas things—no own voice, “Answers to the name of Susie, you | steps, and rang familiarly. J ‘Merino Shirts and Drawers, from 75 cents to $1 25. = Will—if they couldhave known | 88 # good girl, and I waited on her. It don’t Merine Shirts aud Drawers, half reguiar, trom t ” (cayenne). What word, signifying anythi on, atter @ pause. “How father would have | ‘No, I didn’tieave her tor thefreckles. She ae i “lise Delaiield is im the library, and Mr. | tiqen, can be spelt with tworleteers Z| feltjaud Brother 1 “and, if I take her to that place, I will get. Delatield has not come up from breakfast, sir,” seized). Why the letter D like a sailor! could have seen me asi am to-day! And | *eem possid now that I ever ra’‘aly ted on @ | $1.4 to $2. oie = itty dollars?” asked Tom, in au’ awe-siz Shia the gentlemanly ‘deems’ who admitced | Beeanse it follows the C. (sea). Whyare Band | Harry! Ah! it would have been diticrent if | git, ati did.” at Pe Oe ae ¥. » | them. a Din the alphabet like England and Freveee | Harry —" Aud why Cida't you marry het?” 1 be | ieee eet Rakes nd. Beewert: Oren 01 to eben toa pat inant Nie SUS qe te Ge Bees.” ne ee captnin. | Recnney there ts @ C (sea) between them. Way Here she sprang up. quired, warmly. a it i. eee elon 't cisturh Mr. Detattely. Owen. | isa fancied idea like the sea? Because it iga | _ ‘But I won't get sad over might-have-beons, | _ ‘At wasn’t her fault,” eaid Jenks, «She was | S144. 0. orine most extensive stocks of Under- Tom clasped her round the | Keep the corner of your eye on this little chap | notion (an ogean). $7 semetener eet Tm a lonely old-maid seam- | & good girl ee ee Peet etntne ane Cote, choked her in his exuberant | {hf gome back.” — * And resolutel: “Then why didn’t you marry her?” I in- | inches. Drawers fr: to46 3 delhi Sill make up for your stery—aud | «so you've found Susie,” Owen romarked, | A Sap Case—Mr. Kiljoye—I'm so gtad | Sei itgedy her tire seenance: aad eens | sisted, ‘Boye’ Undershiris and Drawers for 75 conse, 1 shatl help you a little, atter all.” conversationally Giothing like offering a | you've come, Dr. Bland! 4 want to consult you | she turned tostitchingon the bands of ahappier | _ “ Well, there was another fellow got to hanz- He pinched himself @ dozen times that day, | liberal rewara,sir. Though it doseem ashame | xbout my ne at maionce Saat Plone Ce sea, even | 12 incues. ttle a ‘aw two feet wi ian’t Just the thing to say to a boy like | cyan Pah qnakerhiets trom 25 cents to $1. singly 2.4 g F B i i 5 i 8 you'll see. "Pose you con't get any Christmas things? suggested Tom, speaking low. **Mother basa’t any money, you kuow, aud if 1 were soa I Wouldn't trou! = Lat has mamma to do with it | ' | ie her by talking aboutthem” | ! | | gs, (ou't you know? and Sants jown the climuey and Gtis them up. He didn’t bring us much last Onristmas, Warm Half Fore—machine knit wool wool coma. poor wi ’s apron, thou; @ didn’t get on so fast as | ing round, and—you know how euca things go. ‘Kult, merino, Shetiend, &e. Jcause our stockings were so littis, I guess. {| and trod on just the tip of Susie's tail, to make | to pay such soung rascals ivr stealing one’s pro- | Dr. Bland—“What’s the matter with her?” Cee re Getuar ‘did ones or twice fall on Iwas busy, and—didn't tend up very well, 1 | **¥ ¥nit, Wool Bhaker mean to hang up one of mamma's this time.” her squeak @ little by way of making sure that | perty; now, don’t 1t?” Mr. Kiljoye—Sach fearful depression of worl S'pore —and—sue got tired waiting fur me—or | Braces and Suspenders in Jaree assortment, for- Tom could not bring himeclt to tell her that | he wasn't dreaming. Betwoea-whiles he would | "1 never stole the dog’” eried Tom, with in- | spirits!” ‘At last 12 o'clock drew near, and sho rose to | something—and the other fellow married her, | eigu aud aumestics trom 26 cents w #20. Santa Claus was a delusion and asnare. ie | take a sly peep at the advertisement, and won- | digration, i ound ber on tue street.” Dr. Bland—“Depression of spirits! Why she’s | get her diumer. She eovered’the little round | but 1 vever blamed her. She's been sorry Be-ece What Greeley kuews about Braces. snipped the papers viciously, and wrinkled his | der if Monday morning would ever come. For “In course you did; you always do,” was the | the lite of the party!”” ele ‘with a fresh white cloth, put her littie | enough, I guess.’ forehead im ® de-perate attempt to think of | his own part, he would wot have scrupled at | sarcastic answer. Mr. Kiljoye—Ab! something by which he might create a few shil- | settling business on Sunday. Bat Mrs. Kent she always bears upin | teaket fire, t te the cupboar. Jenks gave a sighof mingled and pity, w-Sever mind iim," cried the captain, cheer: | company, poor thing! But youshouid po foal Pone ee rr geae apboard | andthe subject was ‘Mabe ten ee: pRUBEER CLOTEING-—Com. . . Wing Conte, t the dainties. 8 . bebos for Horsemen, Paute, Leseines, &c., lings, if only for the filling of Susie's stockings. | was not a heathen, of course, and be had to pos- | fully. “Owen is Lard on you because he hasa’t ther alone! WS yncameies? Well, first a stice or two of | Bonnicasile.”—Dr. Holland's new Story, in Scrib- | \ycieewie and teeelle Sesabie toxins iat weer sould | Sau Was cea ore a ace—the other | bear til teome back” Sn Molde lHle | aimee “deacons” at Gardiner, Maine, | cold So tee earn peed lactine Hite eft Barone of the Mite Shirts to en years, the Teut-mouey wo: was of a day's —the other t till I come back.” > . ts up, ani & little Jann RB < Joon be due, and there was an unpaid billet | Susierther uo cat, ‘The ‘ciguiicance of titty | “ite draptoered behind a stately arched door | "ere enjoying a nice, quiot turkey raille, the | $e ii oP ENS FE Pe te Ree: 9 conn she in roca om HS Fook He. Mt “Not very luxurious, to be sure!” ould the | .oinncr who war mate a eciehe ae SOND | TS teat, two pleat, three plest and plain Sally | ‘a tier the war, in con ‘ithe oomcnse, Ward will have, and good cnough—with the tea | to vgia: cd 0 | Oe otters and without collars, the grocery, and very little to eat in the house; | dollars had been expounded to her infant min at the end of the hali, and Tom stood his ground | Hight » in @ hay-mow, also’ that bis mothac’s purse was so nearly | and, since Christmas turkey aud mince-piesap- | defiantly, holding fast to Susie, who whined and when one more nervous that the rest slam! empty as to —- very poor prospect of any | peared to bea rin” she resigi 3! seratched to get loose, and casting black loo! : ‘bands, the restoration atthe superciiious fiunkey who had dared to that the candle ti shall dare say to-morrow L. ‘ ath, and with day, but determined to get all the fun out of her | cal! bim a ang rascal.’ Ho bad not many Enea anees bal ent | ‘nappy as I atthe squire’sto-day.” | 0 X*; fam ring. v ip ek wom 3 iY b epltene cad Sih epeies Retes fer omew that was possible on Sunday. minutes to wait, for there was a silken rustle a a cecttelinie meckoh hemnk ae But these were not destined to grace | [uch Pot doing Bree vied: anptes ‘man, you ‘open im front and to open behind. Price @2 50. Tom got himself up in his best style when the id Hutter presently at the arched door, and | pan in Mai Titusville sre D0 | ner table that day, for justat this moment came know. No! Did you not know it? Yes, she on 8 assortment of lower grade day came at last. He polished his boots to #| a Jovely apparition Hoated oat with arms ex- | !onger popular iIne.— Titusville Press. Gunsok satin ane . diiow before | got noe’ sae | @iasane, aa aetna: Sa. seectr ermahed hie Sunday jecket within an | tended. > Somanrom is full of ingenuity. ‘The other | she nurried to openit, and there stood Mand | Turce?" ‘No. She just married fim, end'thiey | ¥outhe hank Boos inch of its life, and tossed the oid one—with his “Ob! you naaghty, naughty darling!” and day a Scranton youth was observed sliding holding the ‘mossery”’ in both hands, and Nel | me board, you' . It cut mea httle to Gentl 's Bight Shirte and Hight Cape. newspaper money in its pocket—carelessly into ‘Susie with one wild bound to the | gown an alley, and enjo: himself hugely. | jie staggering under the weight ota market have the woman throw meoff, but [ looked at Scorner. Such small gains were not worth re- derable mn.” He would coax a big dog up the alley,and then, | hasket now! And, ashe marched up ti jo piace like heme, eh, Susie? wherever | when the animal , a street. Susie snugly tucked under his coat, | yo! herever »”” said hol he feitas if all the suops were al- eee oe ready seeking the custom of such a capitalist as ein here!” was ONE PRICE ONLY cutting up he would be when he waike! down again. He the library, and a “What a fonny thing that is, Tom! Let's cat foes re up his nose at the Bowery dollar. = wallet drawn outof the captain's the eye out and i, though oaly. two IN ALL ‘Tom lecked below | it had seemed to him a tem , two, three, two twenties and a ten— that the bighest cash prices would be paid for all | delights. are. Miss Delafield, will you have the inds of o1 aper—and felt bis heare thetil with He shook in his boots make DEPARTMENTS. Jen nspiration. He worked diligently for | for admission to the Madison avenue mansio: a@bitle while longer, made @ lapfall of Poe a] it should be @ mistake, afte Coll-, and, tossing them over to Susie, asked his | But it did not seem to moti/cr fot leave to goout a little while. gil right,” when he explained his errand, Certainl ‘was bis mother's abstracted an- took ‘at once into D prone - And | room, where the elegant . macif that she | sipp his coffee. had rot asked aestions. would glittering with Bave raid If she could havesees hiss at four ‘old lady with short cars: ‘and coolly begging for old news- | & cap; & pompous eld not stop to consider, and this | in oil ae only imagine. That was what 7; and, last of , for the whole afterneen, in the 4 tall young officer, mADBEI, ‘a gorgeous mustache,