Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1874, Page 3

fter her fruitless ten, trying, at had both insisted that Audvey | my horse put his foot in abole just as I speared | footing je was going to india again. If this morrow, and they would be sit. Mrs. Hantley he turned and charged home with a wil!, to bring things back to their old cied bow ft wou! all happen. He wonlt gote- was thatthe olf man losenet his hold or whe- | , cnited and mar- ther she jot her balance, no one knew how | RAILROADS. : (Latter s long resistance she at last | him, and came dowa with me; and the firet | bright Audrey loved him, why not take her Tied; and the would ack her father when he ee= bappere theshock | §RALTIMOBE AND OFj0 RalLwoaD. een fello yleided to their persa.sion. bing I saw onsitting up was the savages red | with him? When man has lived out the ro- her adroat, wher enough go tel on which a train au ge—sne | eT sball not beat all lonely, dear, think of the | eyes and the tuouth coveted with blood-streaked | mance of bis life he can have no second. but he | Claude Wrigt the stood . swung round, and thea fel: | WINTER CULSL0La—Sovenncn 13, 1876, r. and | years I bave been covtent to be alune. Som? | tam within a yard of me. Fortunately for ms | thought he conld be quietty ¢ the would marry, perl with w cra the sone fioot, and she—God | Sas was yoanZ, but | peopie like solitude, dear, and 1am one of | abrotheroficer came up avd rolled him over d not noticed Edwar: ever guess that Auctre beip ber! i with her white forehes. FROM WASHANGTY. CITY p t word ia co wa thence." { ore he could do much damage, orf sho’ ntto Miss Ashton. Po: given ber heart awsy on the polished eione, and lary silent; and the 4 . —— Teend Way Station 5 of the singular besaty of br Yet there had been a time when Helen A | not be here to tell you of as game a death as 1 | be might have mace ap his mt heod. Yes, that wn: tale Went on that she there and then ¢ 4 2, Baltimore, Aruapoils, end Way Sea face and ex She wae | ever saw. . for he vid make up his ming ¢ dsy; and she made up ber mind Gld wan hobbled off at once for hel 7 aerel of her a the fellowship and p | How strange it seemeii to Audrey, tha ching? | when he Nad once done so, he was nut slow to there, the teats fi Of the story tellers gemsed that as she Isy there | 7 Boiay One . alter | a any one. The wo ih berrelt - foliow it up by action. So now be fee! happy in th Jone a tall man had entered the charch ant | ©. jew York, Philesetphia, Boston, Bal- looked Le then, and she bad found one who was dearer tu Here she was wal beside a man who ap- | bis opportunity of a-king Ler; ani Andrey litt found ber. bad k raised her slight @care |. Vee Btn! die ~<! Bis thoayht= | her than ali the rest of the woi Yet ia those | peared neither to give ber any admiration, nor | guecsed what treasure was awarting b gt ip his arms; hy pretty head upon bis 10 8 m., Chlo-go. Bi. Lote, Loutertiie, Cinera- pression bis fac day- rhe had been vatu and foolish; she too hac | to seek her society; who seemed whi'e he tatked | ence. She was then sitting at her aunt's tet in tanch the bloot tha he sodushy, Pruaborg le we t used her beauty a8 asnare; but she bad forgot to her to have forgotten her very presence, Yew, | the big brigut drawing-room. ed Fregerica Sins>t mn Valiey a4 ecar ba | ten the second article in the flirt’screed, and, | this wasthe best part of the girl's day—the | Miss Asbton a little sadder than when she | RS. Perm ture. Boe ee tache while winning a it heart, had lost her own. | time she waiked beside him in the bare wintry- | avd Audrey had stolon in and passed hi p < noe a face g } Sul she went on flirting, until the man whose | garden. The bright clear air had deepened tie | lovingly round the still precty igure ory now, man w nimated ber fo B., Potut of Bock and Way Geations, Wearing «= mene iove she bad won had left gheras | rich bleemen her cheek, and the excitement | the woman loved, Audrey told bersetf. her in a'f who bat her eyes. # t wee se a sion © t 5 i 0 heartless a* she bad tried to mal and epthuriasm with which her companion haa | had been Lie tm the time long gone by. Could - tim ‘ stat » we 0. me. re hed ekey e € tot eyes. Then she awoke to the conscio told her of his adventure with the boar hadcal- | Audrey be mean enough to be jealous ol fuat | never cnce come No t ly Kaew that be Low completely and ab ¥ led forth a corresponiting animation and fire into | which bai ex gotten—fore beta t 2 4 that h bim; and it was for bis jen | ber eves; yet an old friend would bave tancied | No, no, net & ks Wo: nat > his slouider as he kue Arhton still. During the long yeara that ho | that there wss something softer and more wit Own grea’ rey had been away no word from bim had ey ning in Audrey's manuerthan thera asnaliy | aunt's love tor Wright 2 ts de — reacbed her, though she had oceasionally heard | was. It was strance that any man coald w her aunt ta whea her youth was w ¥ thankful Uatshe bad be from the newspapers aud from the Huntieys | bresite ber and noteve low singularly beaut 2 come & what hie life was. and fascinating sie loxed. Vet her compan t at oh b. yes, much be An tre When the time came for Audroy to goto Lor- | neverseemed even to notice it—never even selagain. Strang 2 timer Hall, she went, prom!sing to come often | really locked at her. She eat biding her eves fre sa at thew stlew er 1 « . ite and see her aunt, and tell her what they were “18 India sneha very dreadtal country, Col. , and at ivur rt ‘ sora tious 1aging | ali doing at 2 wae really sorry to | Wrighton?” she asked. ~e aw reel * ‘ ng birds hav ‘Pthink I prefer Intia to Engtand, aad ‘ and w ut Helen w. bave met many people who will tave to 6 5 mined to = r brawl nef at and Misy Ashto: T part oi their lives there, and You here: there's no use saying any semberet s» s % nore » od ovet herown sad $ greates: | it, Ltolt Mr Huntley t ag’st SartinsDurg aod ntemted wit dear, if y *omL always comys ienee, and ther Gy spox: hen 1 | ond F tol it, there is oastile Past Rupr e Edward Clayto’ aud when at Jast Audre ve, me f Lennreee COLT toate . Miss Ashton, tlt clasped ber aunt im ber arms and Durst inty Balemore and 23.8, @. Mm 2.38, ears | : | standing, re 4 wished Ea wish I were not going,” she said: “f wonta | hud pare at steppe 7.8604 7.39 8m | andit was ward Clayto an coming t3 ather stay here su re wb " be- | Were 8-408 in 6.1 11.40 pcs ymtopping as i meet her wiih that g’ g face of i ave had so t | ¢ Pan ort | tol have been searching tor youn thet fit, Tthink Iam growing o wa al eer ayn camperee Mee at -B-40 9.m., stoxping as during | ot surpr 8 room and library, and allover th with a poor little attempt at a . enctba oT BUY willbe = duct Mevi, Meiay r | time in her ly | drerming of looking for you here on a day lik “My darting, your lite’s joutney 1s only just ave the w oll | from Mm | _ He bowed, and she fancied from b . this, Iwonder Wrigtiton a begun, while [am far on 1 t Was ington from 6h wharf every | the Dalttnes Lhave no idea. Ihave noyer been inthis | that be woul have lett her then and there, it he almost see it free Andrey dear, that you mi: | kek 2 ‘ ¥ aod BATURDAY 1 de wet apres a ee € ne t,shout- | could have done so without apperring rude. his hands and turoing to w in it than He'has been pleas | ST) va not fer me t) forgive, Cla * for Law spar anaeen te hey 5 FY r +} | “i chink we travelled tegetne: 8," he said, ‘ousin had been doing. The girl hia her face fur a moment, whiiea | “Yes, 1 ts, my darling, tts for v« fay potut in the city | h it might have been ten prs Audrey stamped with impationce. “Vou | storm of tears shook her. | Helen tried to calm | y Helen, why did you never « re j *. last week. Istheother geutieman who | gentlemen treat us ali as if we wer: her with gentle words and kisses, anil when she | liter? U wrote it in all trot, un E,0) | ying here tov?” glass,” she said. “I hate the house had partial! afwccended Audrey went away: | wi teil sou back very Laily the __ G80. 8. KOONTZ. t a } the garden is twice aa nice.” ut before she had driven far down the avenue | alway done Washinaon | “Mrs. Huntley never told me,” Audrey said; “Then let usstay im it. Don’t hurry away. | ehe stopped the ponies, got out, and went bac | ore pee attiwoss & puromas 51 “aa ‘but perhaps you never mentioned oar having | Miss Ashton. 111 am driving you tn, pray lot | to ber aunt. | i ae Alter November 2 a follows: travelied m the same train? me go rather than do so. [thonght vo “Aunt Helen. Teame back to say goud by WM. 5. SYLES. Agent TRAINS LBAVS ic S ARKIVE AE “tam afraid I must plead guilty to that | be cold oat tere. I aim sorry Ispoke.”” again, and God bless you for all your goon JEW EXPRESS LINE VIA ANAL. AL TIMOKK. WASHINGTON, omission,”’ he answered. She was strangely at- ‘ou need net be serry; bat I can’t bear p tome,and make you happier tha au hav Ths miscacriag " N = Sarena " &. &..uorthern ¢x- 6138. jew York Bx- tracted by him, though he looked grave and | pleto fancy thatI oan never go out of been. I thought fd like tu say it ain,” she worked so tnuch misery LPHIA. ALEXANDRIA, Va., ¥ 48H. dailyex Monde id enough to be her father al room, as I were only it to be put i said, k her, and running back to the loved exch other very truiy, uuu soa ISGTON AND GEURGETUWS ©. Accommoda t yet Audrey wished he would show a greater i ’ phton. qigery, it seemed at first, misery wats pare SANLING Ua ¥e + Bunter Ashiou.” “A ferestin her; as for his admiration that she ‘Sore things are so precious that we cannot Miss Ashton stood by the window and watched | tivn; but Helen Knew that God's wars are wi Pier 3, North Whacces, Philedetpnis, . are as they drov felt, would come in time as a matter of course. | take too much care of them,” he said, warm! the pretty bright-clad figure as tt passed by, | thanours, aud she alway= believe! iat th ‘gs DAY sud BATURDAY, er been in part of the | +f don’t care for compliments,” Auirey sail; | then she covered her face with her hanls,ex- | years had worked out theirowa good pary ivoet, thane "ehe asked, saving whatever | “Iam tired of them, That’s another m claiming, “0, Audrey, my darling!” and Uurst | How much be had to tell of those yeu during | s i came upperm todetain him, for | yougentlemen make, thinking it necessa into tears. which they had never met or be ah be had made another movement as tuough he | give ua ladies no more intel’ectual food to live | | Noene wou!d have cried over Audrey Ashton | and how proud she { | stone Ly are y | Would fain have left the room. “Lorrimer Park | Upon than empty compliments. i they could have seen her few evenings attor | no new teelng, for L hes ig considered a very fine old place. “Lean't say anything to please you to-day, | at the Hail. Gay and beautiful she looked, | whenever the pa! apie iia ee ld think #0. Why Addre “Yes I have been here betore, but so long | Mise Ashton. I had better go. with a rich color on her young fa It seem &ny ot his d of tame. iat someting to -P CLYDE & CO.P pita, daily ex. Ganday ly hast avi go that Ibave almost forgotten the country Voor fellow! Lis heart had been taken com- | toher that Col. Wrighton had tried more whan | teil, too, of his mor Halls F. A. BRED. Aiea 70 "p.m 2 Ciactnnati and most probably have quite died out of the | pletely captive by the London belle, who Idare- | once to join her, but each time Audrey foun | of her dear Audrey, and bere te aad acon v= | WAEDO a PRABC gag hat : ity, trom memories of those whom I once knew,” he a fay would never have given him & thought in | some excuse to’ get away; then Mr. Ulaytoa | sion to make abuut Audrey and lis toolisiia.s- | Boston” 2 Sik SANT wer, Batslihors and the wet. 4 ded, with what struck ber assomething hal(sad | the midetof her gayer life. Yet hers was not | Came, and che was glad of bis society to help | take. shen en seerered Se Eve Bares. & Pecitc Bx-|" ‘gxprem, aniiye bere j and halt sneering in his tone. &n ungenerous nature, and she felt a touch of | her to pass the time, which seemed intermina- | ‘Favey my thinking thata bright creature | tef D model Gy genes a fat one heart Perhaps you have been abr . pity for his evident chagrin. She held out her | ble that evening. Her manner to Mr. Clayton | such as she is could have been dying oF love for ni ‘oore tr be essiiy turacd and | “Yes, in India for many years. hand to bim, aud he grasped and held it in hia, | was changed; ehe put aside every endeavor to | me, Helen. I never felt so small iy iit . ty broken,” the otuer repi r | “In India? We had a great friend there.” | She was the lovicet and best thing the werli | charm, which was bat natural to her, aut | snd yet I had some grand idea of sacriticuag | Audrey anid, “at least papa had, his name was | held for him now—the first woman who bal | talked to him ina qniet, earnest way. that urclees life to her. Ob, you sheuid have = = cae Clayton said. 1@ | Claude Wrighton, I thiux. Perhaps y ever touched his boyish heart—and he, stanommg | felt was different from what she hai been the scorn in ber eyrs as she stood there, kuowing | owny piste ~ GAReTING Bore) 9 | him?” with his honest handsome face agiow with p'ea- | customed to usejwith him He though! her bi ali the time that [dit not love ker, aad tha: ‘AMEBICAN FLAG. He snuled, “Oh, yes, I know Lim rather inti- | sere at the poor little epath of warmth in th» | and sweeter in this mood; but, poor boy, believe! sbe loved me.” Mailing every THUSSDAY from Phiistetphia for | 3. leaving ‘Washington at 4:33 8. m. and mately.” girl's manner, did not look unworthy of cyea | heart had become her property long azo! len did not seem to think it would bays ov “ from Aetphia fos 5:00pm. connect at Udeutos with tralas for An- hb, do tell me about him!’ Audrey said,in | her love. At last, sitting by her side for along time, he | been anything very wouderiul ir Audrey ha QUERSSTOWN acd LIVEBPOOL, a arriving et Washington ot 9:00 6. m=. | ber jmpuisive way. “He has not written to | “Idares*y I am ill-tempered,” ehe said. (1 | was called away to sing—an accomplishment in | loved Lim but she hoped very rely that | CABIN, INTERMSUIATR and STEERAGB | ong 9:15 p. w.,counect at Bowie with tralus from papa for a long time, and lately we have only | think papa as spolied me. You have bens) | Which he excelled—and Andrey got upand want | she had not done so. Any lingering mosgiring | OMMODATIONS UNSURPASSED. Pope's Creek ti uch younger than bir heard of his doings from the papers. He is £0 | kind to me all this time, looking after m: { | into the conservatory, which adjoined the draw- | sbe might bave had on this score was coaplet Bat 1 . . 2 Passeuger Inaving thetr orcers et ton Mi rey! distinguished and so brave, and papa says—" trying to make the time pass pleasantly for me. | ing-room. Here che stood, listiessly looking at | dispelled by Audrey's letter of hearty joy. ates as tow ag by another rat-class Line, orthwest corneriof 18th. street and Beans abroa n r . “Stop,” he said suddenly, putting up his | iknow] am very ungrateful. I think Ili go | the pink-and-white heaths, that were almost the ratulations when she beard the news PATEE WRIGHT & BONS, Generel Agents, agg don’t deserve such warm praise, Miss k to Aunt Helen.” only towers in bloom then. She had stood thus Papa has written tos iscoming now Pulladetp: sid ll they reached | “Oh, don’t do that,” he said quickly; “don’t | @ few moments when a voice sounded close to | she wrote, “and ashe is nut very Ww FRANK W. 8A) You don't mean to say that you are | leave n=, Miss Ashton; the place would be unen her, a voice that made her heart beatin wild | Wiebes to spend bis Coririmas at A surly 1428 Pons aves * returned from a | our Col. Wrighton’’ she asked, the look of in- | durable confusion. . fo have told Mra. Hantley tha’ z iioa = ‘rancisod, aud ell tweive years’ tout of ia, where! terest in her face yrewing very deep, and msk- She smiled at kis earnest manner. She well ‘Miss Ashton, you seem to avoid meto-night | gocd-byeto her ou Curstinas mm fF ROM PHILADELPHIA ww horse one South. Sap bad won himself a name, @ Vic | ing her look more animated and beautiful. ‘1 | knew that when the time should come for her | [have tried once or twice to speak to you, bat | don'texpect me earher, aunt Neliy, tor we wre Rig ee prized more, fan the Col. Wrighton pspsoncs knew 20 | to leave Lorrimer Hali she would utter @ pain | without euccesa.” engaged to gu somewhere or other on erery day Sh on dN 17 quite as keen a3 anything he would teel, though | | Ble had moved a little further away, and her | till then, and I know you will never be louely GEEaT 1875 ve eve I am,” sail be, scarce abletore- | not uke. She had come out of her gay | hand had relentlessly broken off @ pale-pink | again, eo I don’t mind leaving you. Oh, t dos. | 2X AND PROVIDENCE 1874 eennsyvivasta govTel 875 | strain a laugh at her eag and careless life into contact with his—acou- | waxen blossom, When she turned to kim her | hope and trust you will be happy; [think to | des Tron Kiuey” asd ably By - 70, 2HE, | “Oh, bow giad paps will be to see you again! | tact that, ecarcely felt by ber, was one t» leave | face was calm, but ler lip had a slight tremble | one will be so glad ws L ehall bolt yua are. Ar. a8 ir | SQETEWEST, sotTH, | And Aunt Helen—did you ever know her, C its life-long mark on her young lover’s life and | in it that Col. Wrichton could nat see. ter the wedding { mean to take papa abroad; |g Riblen leave se follow onel Wrighton?” career. He could not bear now the thought of «Thave been talking to your cousin. Ise | am tired of Epgland, and you know I am never | nicgton, 6:38 “Yes, Phave met Miss Ashton; but that, lik being called upon to part from her, thoagi | stilisinging? What a wonderful voice hehas!”” | happy in the ewius place for long | _sptay “ Dyers | the rest of my life in England, was long a, somehow he knew, poor fellow, that he and she “Has he?” absently. Will you give mo th While Audrey waa writing this letter the tears | — ~~ eet Uh | “And you will come and see her now you hare | would never hing more to each o piece of heat he asked, ‘not because ke | etood in her eyes, but she carefully coucesied | (7 UNARD LINE. | _ THE GkaT DUUFLE TSAOK BEUTR, 2 | come buck, won't you” Andrey asked. nm | then they then were. | Wanted it or wo Ube sae becaus» | any trace of this in her tone. | = | Rn siseeut Scenery, Paisce Staic-rovm Day'and who knew her as « girl must reme Tesene hing to fay Just then. “No, aunt Helen will never guess it “ my with nonhern oneuts. ithe win Ble te net on poet iG taba care ot sue said. Why | said, folding up the note and patt o | | wer he rod miles eared t- Wostern and Oontral put her face, to my ‘mind. ts ef it in the bo- | envelope with & siow, w y hand. i * ‘MAER CONNECTION: nd soft beauty one docs nut of atnight A t heat qniek The hews of Miss Ashton’s engagement camo | throneh from WESUESOTORM to the WEST and gh she isso pate.’ thinking, that at last Esther came to ask if ‘ey gnessed why this | asa great surprice ut Lorrimer Hail to al js DORI H ut chauxe. f ver intended to go to l Wan, who had been indifferent to her till then, | Audrey; she acted her ¢ f owe | 3 Tickets le Fonte cau be Br Esther, sit by the fire and ta: ght her, and she prayed that the wo bo one guersed that the gitl’s heart was given | sormer of treet acd Pers thing.’ I want to ask yo | come to say might never be spoken; tor | to her auvt’s lover, aud litle 2 Huntley | corner of Crh str . Wrighton at papa’s J did ehe not love him with all the s:rength of her | ceme to believe that she had male a great H siuat Eat he went to India beart? Then how could sho stand by and hea likh mistake. At first Gol. W i Pecsehactt procuring tickets st these offices cam herself, and, after smoothins | him offer her a love which badal- | awkward meeting her; but gay, | secnre accomn: cant ivus be Pelece Oars for Cutongo, tilk apron, gave # little cough. | Teauy irrevocably given to another, us she knew | rscon put him at his e , Puisburg, Bafato and Kisirs, Esther?’? bi be would do if he spoke toher, Audrey Ashton, | spentso iittle of his time with thew i ©. YOUNG, Gener! Soopmene Saents and petted belle a’ 1, Mixes Andrey?” of love? | Auirey seldom met. i ad eee, Se. “How stray ab: uthim, for you must have « They stood facing each other w | She was greatly changed, though thoy did i | QLEXANDSU @& WASHINGTON Kw ponld be t I bave he t = ferert thoughia at that moment. ue | notice it; bat Audrey knew wit } | A ‘amD speak of so often, and in language so fu idon’t bke, please, dear Miss Andrey, to | soke, coming close and looking down onthe | ¢ bad eo i | ALELANDEIA & FREDERIORSSCORGERE, tien with that name praise that I verily belewe | bad boge hat gentieman.” wirl's beautiful face, that seemed to avoid tus | ing more tenderly 4 Ooxnzk oF B arp Sizrn STauErs. coupled with the dea fancy he im ng ofa demigos eyes that sought hers. She put up her hand a é « So. knowing all stead of the bumdram sort of mortal he ap if to stop him; but Wri 1 wonder that his olf fr | pears to be, with scarcely a civil word to throw yutin my humble oy purpose of his own, took mau with @ feeling in t Women uber ore ca’ | tealady! And ye oughta great deal of sorrow In you ture, but went on. had never known before: 1g OF ¢ it by the light « quiet, determined. se Audrey, and I makea point o “Tam not a man of many word gre tof something n—of help t 9 Ticks tr Pe bevitat not belie that Victoria y and his beartiess wa «i We May be distarbed at an dear the burden laid upon her young ehouider: 5 * Beturs tickets on tay. name. In th believe that it wo Come | Leame here to ask you to be my wit Yes, at this Christmas time the girl eeewe j crags at iow rates. j mhis friend were light excitement or pa 1 Surely the red blood never rushed to any fac> | lay aside whatever in ber character was ¥ Steerage tickets from Lirerpoo hept bir promis ‘Andes th, thought on, until, | Wrighton will never goto Asu nd neck as did to Audrey's thea; it seemed to | tile and wanting in thoughtlulne-s. ‘Trlal tu Siils'ot Reding atven fos Be even his wife was igne bad looked into her mind, she would have fou. é Aunt Helen?” light ap her very eyes. chastening effect upon some hearts, and she | ills of lading given for Which had been played outia the days when | that there was co great difference betwee: “Col. Wrighton, do you know what you ‘was one of thoss whom it fo tens. Audrey bar | Qeiuvertaneas ports idea! (hat her mind had formed from simi » | asking mev” itmherto be a noble womM@, but she bu: ages “pols af the Compan | bearing the tales of his powers,and that «ne | thedoor. Did you never v ‘Tobe my wife.” wanted: some great blow toderciog,hcr char | green, for steerage pansnge, a Mills bad formed now that their beru lad been a: that he and dear Miss Helen were once very “To be your wife!” Audrey repeated ina kin? | acter, and the girl's misplaced iove bad é Trinity Builitus, orto OF 1s yuarter tually brought before her. near being man and wife?” oi dream. the necessary stimuins. In the solitude of her Hoa Kee yeas vs was e¢ often her it wasin the midst of such dangerous thoug” “Aunt fiaien!” and Audrey's yoice sounded | ‘Is it fo Tory, Strange to you? the idea, 1 own ro0m sho often knelt now and prayed sven | _ = ere, sees the beck she had been rea: as those that she was disturbed by her hostes: low and husky. mean,” he . as she prayed in church; and the early le- 7 ON, NOEFULE, NEW YOR! knee. She was dressed ina stil return. is “Ay, indeed. Ssther went on,not noticing in Yes, it is very strange,” she said. ‘Not | sons which she had learned at her mother’- Wh A8eUSTON, AAD PEOVIDENOS. oe sombre gray, suite Very full of spologies Sirs. Huntley was for | the tirclight that the girl's face was white, aui | strange in others, perisps, but very strange in | knee came back to her as if spoken yesterday ,| The fue iron steamer LADY OF THE LAKR MISCELLANEOUS. - yet the young look having been away when ler young guest had | her lips trembling; “Ay, indeed, very near, | you, Col. Wrighton. But perhaps you are not | and Audrey hailed the coming Christmas with © | asving resumed ber regul figare told you that she cou arrived—apologies which she did not cease to | when he took some fancy into bis head thai | uifterent trom other men,” she said, half won- | new and <itferent feeling in her heart from eae ee iW SPRING LE CABBIAGES. tunty. The face was a very quietoue now, | make until she had taken Audrey tothe room | Mise Helen took too much thought of the at- | dering still. that which she had usually looked forward to THuESDAY 100 of the lates" York a With the lovelie-t brown bair smoothed over he! | allotted to her. Audrey was more than usually | tentions of another gentleman who is long sinc. | _ “It youbave fancied I am in any way better | it. : ‘SOurnR ate Se white Ligh ferehead. Loving brown eyes, too, | careful in the choice of her dress that evening. | dead, and one day he rode over to the house in | than other men, you are wrong; but! do not ses ‘Miss Ashton, are you ill?” [Edward Cla ytor A ‘and M, Line for Boston auc Provi- ‘Bugcies nd Low and eee ee ee oe ae ereat foal | Apiastehe fixed upon @ soft white drapery, | a white passion, andsaw Miss Helen, aud then | thatI have committed any sin in asking you to | asked, one dayas he and she were walking back | jute; with the Old’ Dowlaton Seeamantp Come ip com Cakeinas,, Sosees Sane —— Tow, ands mouth exqjulsitely tender, that hai which became her admirably, and as her gisss | he went away, and we never saw him o1 spoae wary me, Audrey.” from decorating the little church. geay, for New York. Freight shon!4 be addressed laughed and dimpled very beautit tue | informed ber of the fact, she wondered to her- | of himany more. Mr. Muntley knewofit long | ‘Why do people marry?” she asked. “it Not i; “1 am never ill,”” Andrey said. | “Gare of Lats cf the Lake, via Norfolk.” old lost days of her girlhood. Yet Helen Ash- | self whether Col. Wrighton wonid notice her ago, but I don’t think he ever told his lady.” «For different reasons.”” “Why do you think so! I am sure 1 take B. B. FITZHUGH, Agent, sth street whart, ton had seitied herself down to be an old maid, | all. “Iam sure I pretty,” she tho ‘Here followed a pause, during which Audrey “Because they love each other in one, I be- | enough exercise. { am not often idle.” ap30 Room No. 10, Piaut Dullaittg. anc ber friends and relations, thongh many of | ‘they all tell me so, sud even Aunt Nelly agrees | never spoke, aud I-sther poked the fire. lieve,” she said, her face crimsoning once more. | «That is just it; you seem to me to be troublec therm pow the cause of this resolation. | with them; yet { don’t think Le thinks so. Why «Esther, did—did Aunt Helen pay too much Somebow, girl though she was, she was his | mentally, you are #o reatiess now.” Mv KGCHANT’? LINE OF STEAMSHIPS bad come to accept it asa fact that she would | should I care? I am sure i don't know, b: attention to the other gentleman?” Audrey master atthat moment. He was doing theonly **You mean I don’t lounge about in my usua! w. ronan NEW YORK never marry. At length she roused herself out | do; I never seemed to wish for any one’s atten- | asked at last. mean thing he had ever done in bis lite, and the | idie fashion. {am getting more sensible,” ASEINGTON of her reverie and rang the bell, which was au- | tion before. I suppose it’s just the perversity “Well, dear, she may have done, I dare s consciousness of the meanness was beginning to | said, smiling, ‘that's all.” Bereaticr the fine Stoamebips B. 0. KNIGHT ane ewered by a pleasar ddle-aged woman. | of human natare not to care for what we easily | She wae young and handsome, and women are | Cawn upon him. “Shall {see you in London next year?” be | JOHN GIBSON willunhe equine “Esther, Igee it’s beginning to snow. Have | get, and to weary ourselves attempting to touch | weak creatares when men worship the ground “Col. bry ape What could have induced | asked. ‘‘My sisters and mother will be goln,, Bo between NEW Yok. pte <i A. FISHER, FIRST CLASS BUCURBB, they sent the close carriage for Audrey'”" | the grapes which are beyond our reach. Now, | they tread on, as did that poor gentleman. 1 | youtocome to me with such a request?” she | up. I had intended going to Germany” bu: PRIA, WASHINGTOS GLB sh errect, opposion Petenr Once, at they have, my dear; she'll { daresay, that boy with the goldy-brown usir, | don’t say but that Miss Heley was thoughtless, | asked, her pretty lips half curling with scorn. | there will bea greater attraction for mo there PECHGRLOWN, ss follows:—Lears NEW ORK, SPECIALTIES OF His Bate PhO OkSs, h with Robert; trust him for look | Whostared at meso unconscionably on the train, | put it was too much to break her heart by way | He saw the expression, and felt the superiority | if] may look forward to meeting you than any- | TOE See GEORGES, FR Ladues Uresses cloaned Sithout taking then Mire Audrey. Kod ‘thinks there n | will tall in love with me straight off,and | | of punishment; and I can’t bear tosee thas mau she wae assuming, and tried to free himself. where else in the world.” 4 and ALEXANDRIA j bead day at 1 Gentlemen's Cicines cleaned ebri 4 any lady in the world like the you: shan’t care a bit about him—that’s sure to be colng aLout with that untroubled face of bis, | | “'I have a right to choose whom | will ask to | “You will not meet me there,” Audrey ans- | “poz fuil information pape BoP A DEE Gisaee spots removed effectualiy, so thet they never “Dear child, how long it seems since we the way. and know that she sits at home and mourns tor | become my wife, Miss Ashton. But you have | wered. “I am going away with papato live | agent, business odios whart Kid Gives cleaned on short notioe, Prices mo @ ber, Est I hope they won't have sp And it wasthe way. The boy with the co!) | bim till this day, poor thing.’ not answered my «uestion—will you be my | quietly far away (rom the gayety of @ London | Georgetown, or at the office of the President, erate; pnactualit. gusranteod. id ‘eepl-ly her with ail the yayety she has been having.” | brown hair did fallin love with her. intact, k= | «Then itis for bis sake that Aunt Helen has | wife?” : life. But I wish you would not speak to me | P street bridge. - “Bless her! no fear oft It will take more | had plunged headiong never married?’ Audrey asked, looking (ar tn Iwill,” she said, ‘if you will answer one | like that, Mr. Clayton. We have been such oii ear ROMP BO than one year, Miss Helen, to spoil he when he firet met her in the trai to the grim faces made bythe coals tuat seemai | question of mine eatiefactoriiy good friends, you and 1, do let us part s9.”” “Ab re ts the carriage at last. Esther, go | She was equaily right about the other; again | tostare into her heart with their flery red What is it.” “Audrey, 1 cannot part 80. I must tell you and tell m to send up sume tea; the chili! « | ‘at was the war. She might have been a ha: eyes. “Js there any woman living you care for more | once—what I've no doubt you know quite well want somethingto warm her alter Ler cui! | dred years of age and as ugly as an E=quimat «Whose else?” Esther said. then you do tor me, Col Wrighton? already—that Ilove you. Ikuow you look upon | ———— ~~ —— , drive | for any attraction that her youth and bean Then Andrey bade her old nurse “oot He had been calm, almost cold, all the time, | me as boy, but your doing co does’ uot in any BANKERS. Then M exercised over the Colonel, or for any attention | night,” but tnstead of going to her bed, stili sa’ | but at this question—the hardest for him to | way make me love you theless. Icouldn’t help Fecelve A ) | he paid her. She smiled and talked her best, | by the fire, heaping on smail mountains of coal, | abswer—it was his turn to flush, and his bronzed | loving you, even it I tried,” he said, a tone of the ball, a she sang hor most ravishing songs, and he | yet even in the heat and blaze feeling dead aud | face grew nearly as bright as hers had done. He | hisdesjair'coming into Lis ‘voice; “ui is. as ua- | f), MCB. TIMONEY & Co., ermine on he hardly seemed to listen to her. She rode across | Cold at ber beat. stood silent, looking down, and she stooi with | tural for me to love you, Audrey, as to live. I | “oon Nauenat ary ae 509 T:h siveety Eid Gloves, Shoes, Fare, stc., Cleanee earn : the country in astyle that made Edward Ola: So the riddle was solved—he was indifferent | her hands tight twisted together, and her eyes | know I am utterly unworthy of you myself. I | prow Bight Drafts ou Bogland, Ireland, France | | tomrave a3 be kept bis big bunter close to h to her because he loved anotber, d thatother | restleesly fixed on his e. Then his answer | amin a position to marry, you know; the old anc Germauy, | “3 ide. She could Pkate to perfection, and | the pretty aunt whom Audrey herseit had al- | came, and he did not eeemro mean to Audrey | estate comes to. me. don't mean $9 say 1 | Bup aud sell Gold, Stocks sod Government Bonds. BOOKS, STATIONERY, &. ie! perhaps ber best on the ice t she did ways loved co much. He had no thought for | when he gave it. think that would make any ditference to you, | Geld avd Stock Indicators and Telegraph for use of | » , when they got back to the drawing-room. | for a man who seemed utterly indifferent to her | her blooming young face; he was thinking of a “*] have done you & wrong, Andrey Ashton, | put if I were not im such a Position I would not Gsinte made .on all pointe. febi6-ty. N w BOOKS look at you, love. and her doings. face whose early youthful bloom had passed | but not so deepa wrong asyou think. I hai | dare to ask you tobe my wife.” z :) look at me, Aunt Ni he told herself soa bundrod times aday.and | away. So that was why he never went near | hoped and believed thatthe woman I love! She anions. ETROPOLIS INGS BANA, WM. BALLANTSN® if you think me » conscious of ber beauty and its power, aud | Ashton Mills; why he was impationt to get | Many years retired | = me eluur ae Pi ares won't you speak to me?” ; M val m so often; bu ustomed a8 she was to success, she only bal! | away from Lorrimer Hal! and its vicinity: why | answer your ques! athfully, 7 “1 want you to tell me one thing,” she said. | ¢, venth Str wheter people mean what : w | if, aud thought she must conquer | he wanted to go back to India. Aadresreaw ic | she is still dear to me. Torgive me,” he paid, | pine pees ee to nea eee impression on | C@Fuer 7th Btrect aud Louisiana Avenue besehgc=- sed you—I krew I ¢ all now, &nd with it she came to know that this ing up to her and holding out his hand, “1 | your mind that I cared for you, er wanted you f c 2 sPUSITS, Life and Literature in the Fatherland; by Haret. you think a hton.hecounted thehoar: | fan would be to her, all her lite, acomething | donot mean to wrong you. {bad hoped if'you | 7) propose to me?” . “A FAIR SEE SE REY OF RECITES: | The Beottian Puilowophy: by Metoan. “My ¢ gly." Mies Ashton | bo ¢ pleasant house and the | diferent and better’ than all the rest of tho married me Se oe eet ee happy. wNever.” . Norment, President; Nickstas aoker, | Patensing of the Grane: by Longteitow. big —, pre a) ee oi hom he was world. Notthat he would ever know it; she ou will forgive ? be asi ’ 10 r3 ‘Thank God,” she muttered to herself. “ng oy 8. Edwards, tecretary; J ‘The Paraciete, the Personsiity and Ministry the id going near | would rather die than thathe should; whatever | Out his hand for hers. “Listen tome. You are mistaken; you reaily | ¥'¢ his bestto avoid that | Mrs. Huntley might have fancied, she could “On one condition, Col. Wrighton; I think | are far better in every way than! am. I know | BY, Uasluer, had lost tong ag Ashton Mills, yet he Boly Gbost. it was not much Of a compu- | onel. Poor litle woman, she was greatly | yain, : ” ‘Trastees. | Bunning to Waste, the Btory of « % % beaatiful l | partof the co: y Ww @ persistency that | Ancw nothing. None ol them knew—not even | You owe me that,” Andrey said, her voice less | that, but Idon’tlove you. I was once very un-| geonel Norment. Nicholas Acker, Jat, L, Bar- | A large pumber of new Juvenile just re | made others wonder. He told himself that he he. steady now that her indignation against him | worthy,” she went on; “it give me pleasureto | pun JoeB Goldend We Clagett, H. Stras- | ceived. sy that. Batl | was still weak enough to be afraid to meet the it was ber first trial, the firet that had ever | was less. feel that I bad won a beart, though I had uo in- | burger, B. H. Warner,G. B. Tnomps)a, Jas. 8. > eas beau- | woman he had once loved so fondly, though a | touched the girl’s sunny lite; and, God help her! “And that is?” - tention of giving mine in return; but it will | Edwards. deck- im” | INSURANCE COMPANIES. | clear streteh of twelve long troubled years lay | it was not a faut one. “That you marry the woman who is still dear | never do so again. As we live we learn,” she To 9100 INVESTED IN WAui etree 5 turned i herselr | between them. . She bad almost forgotten her aunt. During | to you.” 4 said, thinking of what she hergelf was sutfering 10 Bnet eedetoforaue Nettie Smee | VIRB INSURANCE, © tea things. wae Mrs. Huntley bad invited Audrey in the foul | a whole fortnight she had never been near her “That is impossible. then—a pain that she had wantonly inflicted on of Bpeculation "see! free by HIUK LING & OV. F e to warm her cold fingers at the fire. hope that she and Col. Wrighton might fall in | once; she had left her alone in her loss and lone “Why? others more than once. m very sorry you | Bankers and Brokers, 72 Broadway,N.¥. soil-30 — r ther came in, and the girl rose t tove with each otber. She watched te success | liness. Ob, it was wory selfish; sho saw it no “She does not care for me now; she would | think of we as you do, Mr. Clayton, for we have | >= MAN AMMMICANSAVINGS BANe | alisetr Firs Invarance & Bow Tem— e, whe si + | of her plans, and soon had to confess to hereelt | that her eyes were opened. She might have | not wish it. I ssked her six years ago, And she | heen good frisnds and might have continued bee ee F streets, (@-teral Batldings Amete, 61.0858. Sarpies, ‘ot New ¥ face, | With dismay that though they bad succeeded | gone on fur years, wrapped up in herself; but | never answered my letter. | 0.7 interest polaon aapesen | te 44 niente a well enough as far as Audrey was concerned, | from this night Anever had thrown her giri- “She does care “for you, Col. Wrighton. I | «Phen you could never think of ms?” he | JoxN Brvz, Pree’t Land-1y)0. &. Paawrien, Gest ere ae. | they hed Bopelessly failed as regarded the Col- | hood aside. They had called her seliish, a fi rt, | know her better than any one else does, and | | asked. | ud unfeeling. Well, perhaps they were | kpow that love for you is bresking Aunt Helen's | No,” Audrey answered, “I don’t think 20, = troubled, for her kind heart felt that she had | right—she had ‘ried to win’ Hearts that she did | Beart.” And Audrey, with the pale sweet face | anal believe 1 never shalt marry any one. You STOVES, &c. Pp ther that was easilyseen, | been in & measure guilty of working sorrow for | not care to retain; but somehow, sincs she had | before ber mind's ¢; forgot her own sorrow are not angry with me?” holding out her baad | ——————___ 3 y Ashton wa very tar frow being p the young girl where she had only hoped to | heard her aunt had known, for the | and pleaded for her aunt. “I know that it is as Wrighton had done to her. A BOHITECTS AND BUILDEAL, TALE fect; anc ft waein sex measure true of her | bring happiness. She did not quite despair | first time, who her er had been, Audrey | for your sake alone thatshe hasremained un- | «No, no; lam not angry with you,’ jhe said in ‘The 8T. GEORGE BEATING BASGS, theden carts that sue dito eare to retain. She ) Wer her Beart, and (lat (hon all might be w light hearted creatare agate, about it, though he never mentioned your Could not care for me | fu the worid, will de the cooking of large yy Ande 7 tbat she had once or twice exerte! herself to | yet; she hoped he might discover that he had | felt that she coula never be the same careless, | married all these years. Papa told me ali! an unsteady voice, { tt have known you J 1 rat, Audrey, I shall | family end bead three or four roums above ss peverbeen warned against this great sin, “Col. Wrighton!” I am sorry to he next day, after breakfast, she asked Mrs. | name. Men have been omar ed the never love another woman;” and, somehow, ae Fcc as any ‘Latrobe. Bundrege of them have, aud in the foreign school where she had | bad seen her bero walking in the garden, and | Mantiey for the m to drive over and seo still Miss jon. You ‘bis 2 disappearing among tae sold acd given entire sat . ! FREUND + -_-Bniehed Ber education, it was an estat Lad joined himon'the very poor pretence of | Miss asbton. oe PueOe © SS | know why. You have been the cauee. You Shrapbery as ehe turned to go up tke weeps the ua Sh ae F. naemenensh aie CATERER. ticle of efthat women were given be y | having come out herself to e @ stroll befure Colonel Wrighton was standing on the door- | treated her very upgenerously once; be cast | girl believed him. 7 for the sole purpose of winning men's hearts | lunch. “Colonel Wrighton!"? step as she came out, dressed in her soft furs. sway her love for a girlish Sly; you left her * * = * * * * Se, 620 TENTH STRERT, without lo-ing their own: and her one season in ‘Yes, Miss Ashton.” “You are taking advantage of a most lovely | when you should have stayed Protect ani It is past and gone now, and the old chur: | had shown her nothingto make ber Wil you tell me where you got those | day for a drive,” hesaid, bolding open thedoor | loveher. What isall your far-famed bravery?” | is growing gray inits Master’sservice. In 901 Between EB and F streets, Washington, D. 0. he beliet = false Had Audrey | wounds?” glancing atthe acar actoss his face | for ner. Andrey asked utly. Bat Colon> | minds the memory of it is waxin, se to think upou the role she was playing, | and anether on his hand. «Yes, lam goingto see Aunt Helen,” Audrey | Wrighton put his handsover face, and sh others never go up the aisle and for T 8. sabe went? quickly bave detected ‘ts antrath “1 got them in very different ways,” he sald | said, watching his dark bronzed face, and de- | paused at bis evident pain. the altar it thinking and worth\essneer, for she had fine, generoas in- | “This on my face was a sword cut at the battie tecting slight flash that came into it at the “Stop, Miss Ashton. I may havedone wrong | once, silent and cold, with a white a OS wt an open, trathful disposition. But | of Aliwal, given me by as fine a fellow as lever | mention of her auut’s pame. “She is very | as you say, but it I have, sbe has not been th | to heayen and closed eyes that had, she cid rot pause to think; she ouly waw that | saw in my life—a Sikh. Ioftensee him betore | lonely; L wish I could persuade ber to come | o: iy suflerer. I have suffered, too, keenly opened in Cbrist’s home on Hix tore, the mere heartless her conquests, the higher #1 me now.” back with me.” enovgh. If you are it, I may still make some | ‘The tale had been told so often seemed to rise inthe opinion of the worldof | How was ithe did not kill you? I thought Hetcok no notion of the remark, bat just | rey 1 Tan still o: ee tired of telling it now. How the London society; aud she left London rather re- | in sll hand-to-hand conflicts one must be killed.” | raised bis bat as ehe drove away; then tar: it been hers all along; and {shall back to her home that morning, Ee joleing im the copsc'ousnees that she hadembit- | “I killed him,” the Colonel eaid, ‘‘and many | he took his way into the gardon, and thought or | thank God withall my t if my Helen is | mised to fasten the last eae strate, tered more than one life. atime have I etted it since; butina S conversation that had taken place between | able to forgive me and take me back. You will | tar; how thatthe old sexton being weak and ‘The next day # letter 9 from Mrs. Hunt. | such as we had there was no time to life.” | bim and his hostess that morning, the pith of | shake now?” he asked, ‘and say that you Sctive, and she being young and s Re's ley, inviting Miss Ashton and her niece to go to “And men grow mad in battle, do they not’ which had been this—Audrey loved him; at | forgive me. Forget that 1 was ever dete: mined to put it up her: 08 DR Forumer Hall tor thelr Christmas. Nothing | Audrey asked, looking up at hima little awe- | least, so Mrs. Hautley said: why should he uot | enough to believe thata creature as youngund | ‘Bring thetable and chair for me; — coult indwce Miss Ashton te accept the invita | struck. try and care for her and marry ber? The child it as you could have cared for me.” better than you, Robin.” to 2b Audrey tried her most persuasive “I think many do, coming for the first time | was good and true, and he was wasting his life en Audrey! She laid her little hand in his, were and lithe and active powers, and Mrs. Huntley herself came over, | face with death. But in my opinion no good | unmarried. Then he thought of face | and turned her head away toward the white had climbed into “gud findiug Mise Asbton alone m the drawing- | soldier should ever lose his presence ef mind | that time et ha ba mipnes orasee from his me- | blossome, that were not at that momen room, had told her whoher other were, | and self-command.” mory; be sbe could never be anything | than the girl’s face. he left her, and what yuiet party they would be. “Iu- | + And theother wound, how did you get that?” | to other He had, » been ba a i ate him her heart. deed, Aunt Helen seems more determined than He smiled now. “That was quite another | ph; and ‘wronged her past time, And Andrey sat there, and thought of Helen’ ever Dot go sinc: have tried to persuade her,”’ | style of enemy,” he said; ‘a right royal wild | but ‘must have long since forgotten him; she | happiness, and felt glad that she would Audrey said when Mrs, Hantley wae driving | boar. After following Lim for about balf @ | bai peyer even answered a letter he bad writ> the means of bringing it about. ‘Then she