Jupiter Lights

een two week

ed hither and thither-up the river, out to sea, and north and south along the sounds, paying visits at the various islands when Cicely desired them. Every one was delighted with him, from Miss Sabrina down to the smallest darky; the captains of the Inland Route steamers grew accustomed to seeing him on the dock at Jupiter Light; th

y remembered her existence. Miss Sabrina was not quite so forgetful, but she too was absorbed; Eve sometimes sat all the evening without speaking; fortunately she could make her stay short, under the pretext of not disturbing Jack by coming in late. She was not a timid woman, not a woman easily disheartened; each long, solitary day (for sh

ays, as he approached, Eve would make some excuse, and send the child farther away; this action on her part was involuntary. One morning she had gone t

iscovered faults in his face; the features were in danger of becoming too sharp; a little more, and the cheeks would be thin. The mouth had a flattening at the corners, a partly unconscious, partly voluntary action of the muscles, like that which accompanies a "dare" (so Eve described it to herself) on the part of a boy who has come off conqueror in one fight, but who is expecting anoth

d beside her, she determ

ious to have J

e possession," answered Ferdie, laughing; "I've scar

, as though he were my own child; I wou

marry?" Ferdie demanded, looking at

ve him to me?" Eve continued, a slight haughtin

hought. She looked at him, with parted lips, in suspense.) "But I can't im

ch as she

to urge her to g

Eve a

t him? For your

ed a moment

e can?" asked Ferdie, relapsing into his laugh, and sending another pebble skimm

," Eve thought; "whatever his fau

rrible to her-a man who could chan

she said; "do it for my sake. I am lonely, I shall gr

her, leaning on his elbow. "Come, let me advise you; don't be a for

re to be happy?" ask

hey are.-The

Even when married to

As for the madmen, they are locked

at I shall say next-if I s

rgue with you, I can't put you down" (his smile as he said "put you down" was wonderfully sweet).

in Canada, I believe

a mine on Lake Superior. He has always worked tremendously hard, poo

he name of

he natives Potterpins. Are

herself; what did she care for Port aux Pins and his b

with Jack. "I beg you to urge Cicely to let me have him,"

give up her child to you entirely; but he might live with you for part of the year, as you desire it so much. My intention is to go back to Valparaiso; I like the life there, and I shall make it my home; there are excellent

not look humble as she spoke them; Ferdie with his favors

g must happen!" But the Arcadian hours continued, and two more weeks passed sl

d Miss Sabrina one day. "Perhaps this

and starting and thinking one hears something?" "You are right; it is not," she

hen we want yo

ie here," Eve resp

in surprise; for the laugh

nied by the hardest conditions, would have been easier to her ardent unconquered will. She occupied herself with Jack; she said