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propitiate; the good angels of domestic bliss, and banish forever the
demon of discord from our hearthstone!”

* = ? * + + * #
Forty-eight hours had passed— 48 short, happy hours. Night had
come again.
Rilliger was in that attic. He had sneaked into it, arid was fum­
bling around noiselessly for something. In the dark liis hand ha<i
come 111 contact with a shoe, and he grasped it. It had a foot in it.
There was a faint scream,
" Mrs, McSwat, is that you ?”
" Mr. JVTeSwat, it is.”
“ What are you doing here, m adam ?"
“ Sir, I am looking for my gum. What are yen doing here?"
" Madam, I am hunting for my pipe."

THE TELLTALE.

[Witli piping, mercy tour;* try to suggest the notes of the bobolink in passages
■where the l.vi rr.I supposed td bu spmking.]

O With radiant faces and hearts in tu;icf
NCI-C on ei golden afternoon,
Two fond lovers in dream ins- mood
■O
Threaded a rural solitude.
Wholly happy, they only knew
That the earth was bright and the sky was blue.
That light and beauty and joy and song
Charmed the way as they passe:.! along ;
The air was fragrant with woodland scents:
The squirrel frisked on the roadside fence;
And Love ring near them : “ Glee-—chce— Chink P ”
Queried the curious bobolink,
Pausing and peering with sidelong bead,
As saucily questioning all ihey said;