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He went outdoors and sarettes, one after the other Dances and interh of that, for one while!" So hehow Julia had told hiht," he said now, as he bitterly lighted his fifth at the spark of the fourth;--"I hope I will!"

"Lot o' difference it'd hth of a series that ar And, leaning back against the trunk of one of the big old walnut trees in the yard, he gazed toward the house, where the opennearest hiht and crowded aquariuht re that his mother had frequently shown him evidences of affection

Yes, his mother would care, and his father and sisters would be upset, but Julia--when the friends of the family were asked to walk by for a last look, would she be one? What optimism remained to him presented a sketch of Julia, in black, borne froirl friends who tried in vain to hush her; but he was unable to give this reat reality Much more probably, ord came to her that he had sara Falls with her bald old husband--and she would only laugh and pause to toss a faded rose out of the , and then go right on dancing But perhaps, so of life with such a man---"You--!"

Noble jumped Frorievous howl, distressful to the spinal marrow, a sound of animal pain It was repeated even more passionately, and another voice was also heard, one both hoarsely bass and falsetto in the articulation of a single syllable "Ouch!" There were sounds of violent scuffing, and the bass-falsetto voice cried: "What's that you stuckher back by her feet!"

These alarms came from the almost impenetrable shadows of the small orchard beside the house; and from the same quarter was heard the repeated contact of a heavy body, seeh over this there rose a shrieking: "Help! Help! Oh, hay-yulp!" This voice was girlish "Hay-yulp!"