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 askuig -ll quesliori of to think 67 It," and lire-great"
\ maanJrnS -r'r thought were too ,
 always san
 you
 vo- she turned on Glencore indig-
 the young gL sparkled guine," said Adda, ready to vent her displeasure Our Next FeatureWILL
 "Oh,no; it isn't that, only I'm fraf' d"- nantly.loved "Why, do you think unless I on everybody. "I don't believe Story

 Peggy stopped and blushed fug somebody dearly, Fd marry him to he ever wanted to marry me, only
s ad here please
 h Glencore did grandmamma Never! She knows would have it he did."
, For a wonder note that as well as I do. She ill you BE A SERIES OF SIX
 treat
 may Lady Jane went to London, was absenta
 Quitepersuasively
 tbe.complaint. me, but she can't
 tcb make me do what Iwon't
 week and then returned sadder but
 a
1t said: "But do let me: it's what I ; I'd die rather. Shall I tell
 ha you not a wiser woman. Not a trace could
 "
 should BO enjoy. what I mean to do-sho has speaking she find of Glencore not a word had she
 There was an instant's pause,and then very fast and excitedly-"I mean to run heard of him.

1t all began laughing; and good feljoJrehip away. You'll promise not to tell anyone, "And Peggy?"said Adda; "wliat about
I they being thus established, some won?you? I mean to go very B0on now her?" .L71VeIettesT I II
 -if I before
 can, they come home. Other
, minutes later the three, LordGlcnCOI' girls their "Not a syllable. She had been gone a 
 twenty behind, Freddy driving and earn own livings, so why week and more before Harris wrote to
 shouldn't I? Tm not stupid, and I'm
 his side vero on tho road to me. It seems, however,a planned thing I
 Peggy by awfulllstrong. She had had it in her mind at least a
 "
1 ffochmond. i you go? i"V ,
 ill ,I "Oh, I know, but that I don't mean to year."I wonder," said Adda, "will ho ever I .'j':m1. f.

 It might bo tedious to retail all tho tell. Perhaps I oughtn't to have said a turn up again?" Her thoughts! had re ). BY POPULAR AUTHORS
 that fell from tho lips of tho trio as word about it to you, but it slipped out, verted to Lord Glencore."Of I I ,
 folly and you won't betray me,will ? Most "
 Freddy's guidance they pursued you course he will, said Lady Jane ,
r coder of auvdont breathe a word to Adda she
 ; I "and must
 decidedly we the
 Their united did not ; profit bv .
 years hates --
 their way. me, and-well, there's dis-
 no use lesson have learned from him. Now
 the sober ago of CO, and they guising it-I hate her. When we r41'l C Illustrated Miranda.
 Bake up you'remarried my, dear, go off and tell Stevens to cometo t ;; Finely by
 of out for
 had the spirits schoolboys a to her"- me. I have a trying; ordeal before mo
 Lord Glencore had never felt "Which I never shall be rr \
 holiday. I Interrupted to answer all the questions that the people
il so much at his case before; none of those I Lord Glencoro decidedly. Peggy faced here will put. I heard them in fits of We have the American
 just arranged through
 round and looked her ,
 who in society knew him would have surprise at him. laughter over their afternoon tea. I

. recognized him as the same shy individual "Don't look like that at me"," ho said begged Lady Somerton to excuse me un- Press Association, for the early appearance in this
, The hours flew like minutes. It hastily; "I mean what I say. til inner. -I really didn't feel as if I
 "You do? Oh, I am aw unv60rry." of the short stories
 o'clock when they thought it 8 could face them then. Ah, Adda andLady paper following :
 vas 5 ; "For-her or for xneT Jane her"head
 : nodded mournfully,
 asd then to have looked at the time "I don't think I was thinking of eitherof
 I "perhaps some day, when have
3.i would not have occurred to anybody, you. It was for myself-there's so daughters of own, you know. I
 your you may
3.I only that Peggy, heaving a tremendous few ever care to be kind to me." Talk of martyrs! You have only to lookat r\1i1s\ Smith of Lon filains. THE HERALD OF FATK

 sigh had supposed it would soon be time And you think I should ber mothers." L _

 to think of returning home. Peggy didn't trust herself to speak, That evening, when Lady Jane joinedthe
 but her head nodded assent.* BY RHODA BROUGHTON. BY CHARL33 DWIGHT WH.LARD.
 guests assembled in the
 The horse that was so good at going, drawing
) hare omitted to state, had, at a certain "Let me tell a secret to you, Peggy"ho room, she noticed that every one looked;;
t we quite unconsciously called her byname at her with an air of inquiry. It had

 small hostelry, "Gcc and Compass" "Do" you know that I mean to run been agreed,at the request of the hostess, V.. Mistress Dorothy's Ghost.

 nine, shown signs of rebellion. Stir away to? that not a word on the subject uppermost
 "Youl""Yes in the minds of all of them shouldbe
1 from that door he would not, and Lord
 had ; only I want somebody to run mentioned until after dinner. Poor
 to cut short the difficulty,
 Glencore. that they should leavo the away with" me. Can you guess why Lady Jane, sitting in a fool's paradise, rr f,, 1.i ,
 proposed "No.
lI actually fancied the object of her absence 
IS. brute there to get a feed while they took "Somebody I've seen today." I had lost its interest to everybody.

 a stroll In the park. "Today Alas! a mine was about to explode, and I L
3r Returning from this walk they passedthe I The eyes of each looked into the other's I Lady :Somerton: nettled at the want of

 "Star and Garter." questioningly. confidence shown, was the one to set Vie

. "I say, a dinner in there wouldn't 1* "Can't you guesa who?" I match. Advancing to the comfortable hM i 1hlf
I half bad fun," said Freddy. Lord Glencore's) voice came tremu- I armchair in which, the ladies having returned r'l

1 "Oh, I don't think so," said Glencore. lously, I to the drawing room, her burning
 "Oh,you know, he said"I see you do. guest was reclining, she said:
 "'Why, have you ever been there? "MeP spoke the word
 breathlessly. I "Of course, dear Lady Jane you have 11i
zI "Yes I dined there twice this season. "Yes, you. Yet will go, won't you? I. seen the announcement in The Times of i
zI with Lady Jane and your sister." You've no one to :are for you, and I've today?" .

 And a chill ran through the young manas no one to care f o/ me. Why shouldn'twe I "No, indeed; I waited until I got hereto

, he recalled the dreariness of those : care for each other? I'd try and mako look at the paper," and she stretched II -. 1 : 'a

 *>lemn ordeals. II you happy, and I'd certainly be good to i out her hand font languidly. Anything c sD .

 "Oh!"said Freddy,drawing in his backas you, and in time you might get to-well i of interest j.
1 if about to succumb while Peggy to like me, you know." : "To you,yes,of great interest, I should
1 "In time? Why, I like you now." I say. Listen. 'On tho 12th of September,
 burst out laughing.A "You do? Oh. Peggy at St. Simon's church, Battlesea, Peggy,
1 bright inspiration came suddenly to only child of the late Wynford Magnus,

 Olencore Esq., to Harold William, tenth earl of
 "I sayl I what's with you two? It
 up "
. "Why shouldn't we stop here now, he whose Glencore.
 was Freddy speaking'-'Freddy,
 acid, have dinner, and go home after?" existence they had forgotten, but Adda gave a bound.
... and to standstill very Peggy!P she sheked.HMotherP Oh! Under False Pretenses. .a
 Freddy Peggy came a who, in common with all sleepers,awoke f
 But Jane
 absolutely dumb with the brilliancy of ., at the very moment he was notwanted Lady interrupted her. Witha ,
 effort the modern t wf
 I supreme martyr rose
 the proposition."that's to.
tt what we'll do," continued the I "What do you think said Glencore to the occasion.: BY RETT WINWOOD.DETECTIVEDOYNEY.. ,
 enthusiastic Glencore; and he made as if I I in a whisper; had we better tell him?" :I "Be calm, dear child, she said. See .'
 to turn in at the door, but Peggy stopped I: "Yes said Peggy; "up to now my I what your coldness has driven him to. / ) Kr--
 I I However fellow
 in
) i only friend has been Freddy." poor spite of his disappointment -
 I %
 I he
 him."I determined
1 don't think wo can" as she lookedat I i So Freddy, thoroughly wide awakenow was ," it .
, Freddy significantly. I was desired to lean forward, and. seems, to marry one of tho famULongman's ,. _
3t
 "No." came the answer a trifle crest- I I between them the two conveyed what it Magazine ___ .
 BY MRS. CASHEL HOEY.
 fallen. "I expect they wouldn't stand I! was their intention to do. I
 _____
r tick in there" was added by way of ex- :. "I say, what a chouse for Addal"! 'Mrs.' Smith of Lon lllains.I

 planation. !1 roared Freddy delightedly; "but here" I I THESE STORIES ARE OF VARYING LENGTHS-NONE
. "That isn't of any consequence to i you know, you'll have to marry Peggy. '."
 you,"exclaimed Glencore. "it's as my i "Certainly: of course, that's what we I I OF THEM LONG.

 guests I invite you. Think how many mean to do." II .
 RHODA BROUGHTON. I ... .
3.i 1 Ej
 times your mother has entertained me. "Do we? said Peggy "oh my I why ,

 "Oh, I am not proud," laughed tho de- : never thought of that"IJ' i'
r lighted Freddy. "Isn't this first rate : "Didn't you?" said Freddy, assumingthe ; Do Not Fail to Read Them!
. Pe& Come cn." air of a Mentor, "but I aid though. SCENE LIT I

 But Peggy still hesitated. You must be Lady Glencore before I see tl! _
 I
J "1 don't know whether I ought the last of you" rR; WAS a bitter

 whether it's quite right with you.'? andthough "But, Freddy, think of grandmamma; January morning -
 her face was turned to both, her you would get into the most awful I a morning

,t eyes were fixed on Glencore. trouble. No, it would never do. that obviously BARGAINS I BARGAINS J 11 J
. "And I your uncle that is," exclaimed "Stuff and rubbish!P and Freddy snapped I i was not going to
t his "what, I should like to
 Freddy "and he going to bo. Shut up fingers: / mend into a tolerable -
1 do. know, can a couple of women do? Besides t i

r And, considering this speech to be Fin not going to blab on myself- I day, hut -------
 conclusive, Freddy cut short further dis- never fear. How can I help it if, while II had every intention -

. CMsioa by at onco turning into the hotel I am ruralizing with my tutor,you chooseto t t of increasing Best of Goods.
 bolt with (Ctlencorer?" into an intolerable -
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 Well, if any dinner ever was a success V. L one. The

3I that one was. What they had or how Arrived at Thorndean, happy and unsuspecting -I state of the

 the courses came not one of them knew, Lady Jane and her daughter l -t1' 1 weather was rerenough r
 wt, to quote Freddy, everything was waited for Lord Glencore in vain. Evento '' haps to
 Al. Freddy magnanimously insisted the "dear Ladv Somerton" not a line account for that

. that going homo ne would sit behind had come from h1m. As every ono said "V of my appearance .0
 c
. ando leave tho ribbons to be handled by it was so strange, so incomprehensible."You L. as to the ,
 !encore. don't think anything could have
 unfavorable
 condition -
 ,
3. The clock struck 9 before they were I happened to him, Lady Jane 1 0o
r fairly off, and then, Peggy exclaiming With a brave spirit worthy of a better ot which the chorus of comments
 Utile lateness of tho hour;lencore said: I woman Lady Jane answered that she from three overtruthful daughters could
 "But it won't matter much, will it?' did not feel anxious in the least. Lord not and lid not leave me in doubt for a o

 "No. said Peggy, a trifle bitterly. Glencore had spoken to her of havingseveral moment after my entering the breakfast

., "Hams knows I'll look after Freddy, most important things to settle, | room. =

 aid there's no one to bother about whatbecomes and naturally at times such as these- ; "Ilow wretched you look!I" said Alice,
rrI of me." Lady Jane was forced into little vagueness i; the eldest.
rri "You have neither father nor mother, of speech-a thousand things cropped ;1 .
 hive your up which one had never dreamedof !I "You are in for one of your bad colds

 Glencore put the question gently, and, before. Still her heart began to have said Ruth, the second. I.-
 not waiting for her answer, went on to I misgivings, and her courage to sink a {| "You have been writing upstairs in a
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. tell ber that he too had lost his parents little lower, when all was revived by a | room without a fire, as we forbid you to --

 *aen a child and was, liko her lonely I paragraph in one of the papers informing I' do," said Susan, the youngest and most

.t t *ith no one to care for him. I all whom it did not concern that f tyrannous. .
 "Yes," she said, "but you'ro a man I Messrs. Bullion & Gold had been In- ,! ,: Boots Shoes and Gents'Furnishing
 : I made no sort of answer to these com-
 Lord
r pith Jots of money, and I'm poor anddfPendcnt I trusted with the family jewels by
, : and then it's horrid to be a Glencore with the view of ascertaining..! pliments, but walked up to the lire, and j I

fI f- P"- Ever since I can remember Pvefcfcttd I which had best be reset to suit their future :: stood holding my hands to the blaze..

,, nothing else but all I owe to lovely owner. !i 1 "Do not play us the same trick that

i 1.'.. eTtT"body] as if it was my fault that I "Addal! Lady Jane signaled to her i': you did last year," said Alice setting a
 aTe anything to them. I can't help daughter to follow her, and in her own ;chair close to the fender for me, *'andfall Goods
" ha f been born. Hero I am and until I room she pointed out the notice. I ill on the eve of the bachelors' ball!" '

.). !die hero I must stay. No, dependent, "Mother Oh, I am so glad. I kept "No." added Ruth, laughing, "we boreit
" tbOU_h. I've onlv waited to be taught on thinking of those jewels. Everybody j
 I Iethlnb. in but draw the line at
tJ t ** Tve had<< to owe that much ; says the diamonds are more than lovely." :: second once timer"You a way, we Ai; COST & B ;LO-v'V. _
 'andmunm."L" I "It's more than a fortnight now, said a

,1s s<,' .Lord Glencore remained silent, and I Adela, discontentedly. would not palm ua off again
 ykfcing that probably her troubles were | Ladv Jane sighed. "There seems to upon Lady Brown, would you?" asked

I J* no interest to him Peggy changedwe be nothing else"for me than worry." Susan, coaxingly, kneeling down on the I am Selling for my Father, the Assigneeof
 the Directing his attention to I "What more? beside and to rub
 me, beginning one
 ; rug
 IndF,now silently Bleeping, she mann I "Oh, well, I didn't want to bother you, ,of my cold hands between her two warm Jacob Birnbanm, his Entire SPLENDID
1 I
 ae'e to tho lad into a more and if everything else was going right
 up I
,4J., ortnLle prop position, and assented tD: .' shouldn't let this trouble me. It s a letterI : ones. "You would not intrust your little STOCK, at the old Birnbaum stand in Titus-
 Lord Cl encore's remark that he did not had from Harris. She says that Peggy, 'ones to an old monster who eats supper

 **sa like the rest of the family.Then I if you please, has chosen to run away : until she cannot see, and then snatches ville.

- silence fell on them, and for a ; from home. Harris hopes I won't worry ,; them away just as the real fun is begin- .
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 tn2 not word was spoken. Suddenly, myself, or blame her, as the young lady : Sling."

 *$_if from out of what she was think-I has had it in her mind for some time. j jThat's "It is very odd," said 1, with a somewhat OOMIDE2: AND SEE TJS,

 .Peggy said abruptly: I gratitude you know-after all I've sarcastic "how solicitousyou
 crossness,
Ir I .Ao'' you very much in love with I: done.Tm for sure her.I"should let her be. She'llnever ;' girls always grow about my health And you shall not go off without a chancefor

 nlL"Butyou'ro to good end. that girL !IHa1"CD't 'at this time of year. I might be moribundall
" 11! I'm not In love with her ot come any
4I herr II I always said sol"I through Lent without any of you perceiving -
 goinj?to marry
:, THE BEST BARGAIN YOU EVER MADE.
 it.
I Who Bays I ant. "My dear,"said Lady Jane, "I must po .
 "may everybody; and grandmamma, I to town. I dare say Lady Somerton will !( "I think wo are very kind to you all
 I ,means you to." I IftftJ guess why, although I shall invent some I the year round," returned Sue, givingmy We mean to Sell these Goods, includinga

I ICe, and that makes you think it reason to give her. 1 fear I was indiscreet j hand, which she still chafed in her Choice'CIG-ARS

 oertalnr't I I in losing sight of this young man. own, a rather rebuking pat. "It is very Lot of and TOBACCO, in
 laughed contemptuously. "It But don't despair; nothing beyond rem-I
 carping of you to notice it if wo are a short order. #
 mako it certain with me, she ; edy. If I can only find out where he is, ----- ,

 said* 'bat men seem different; what she j j rest assured this will never happen ntimid on Page G. JOBN' c. JONES, FOR ASSIGNEE.

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