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HOTEL.

"BOA VISTA '

(HOTEL-SANITARIUM OF SOUTH

CHINA) MACAO

TAS been re-opened, under European Hungeront sad most strict supervision as to food, cleanliness, and bygions of the place.

All comforts of a home.

A most pleasant retreat for those desirous of a few days rost and quiet,

Comfortable accommodation for travellers paying a visit to the historical and picturesque colony of Mucus.

Macno is 40 miles south-west of Hongkong. One steamer (sa. Joungkan), daily to and from Hongkong, and two steamers to and from Canton, give easy communication with both these centres.

Cable Address" BOAVISTA." For Terms, apply to

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THE MANAGER.

Extracts from "BOA VISTA" Visitors' Book:

Everything most comfortablo.

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A MARRYING,

JULIA M CROTTIE.

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,

I'll promise you this. I won't let Lar drink Any more I'll break him off of it-for your sake! and he was out of sight before she soak thank him.

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After that, instead of going into Innisdoyle, Lar spent his evenings with the other acustry (Author of Neighbours." The Lost Land," &o.) Inds and his friend from the town, who came

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much upset," but they had little time to com- mint on this, for his reverence was already on the altar to which everybody hastily followed the wedding party.

The latter were on their knees for the priest using, when a sound between a scream and a croak, a kind of gasping expression of intoler- "out regularly after-work hours, in gaines of hur-able agitation, broke from the bridegroot. ley and other harmless rastic diversions. To say that Norry was grateful to the friend who was at such pains to save the precious soul and body committed to her care, is to speak bat faintly of the feeling that filled her warm hoart. She could willingly go to the stake for Lar's

friend.

IV.

Like magic a change was wrought in the Dorney household. Before daylight on the morning after her arrival, Norry had ablich out on the hedge, and that same night the children, refreshed by well-made drinks and the faithfal adrainistration of the doctor's medicine,

The children were the first to porcoive & slept restinlly in the fresh, sun and air-dried sheets. The old nunt, although she was loud in change in Norry. She had been a marvellously. her conder nation of the foolishness" of om vivid and faithful narrator of the performances ploying a thrilling slip of a colleen," was yet of joyants" and fairies in the ould ancient made more comfortable than she eror remember times," but now somehow she began to lose har ed to have been in her life. She submitted us grip of these interesting and merry poopla; the willinglys the children to the active hand stories would be interrupted by long panses of maiden a remedial moast cas, and was eren fain to abstraction, and sometimes she would forget admit that there was no further occasion for the beginning and sometimes the end of them.

She used to be seized with strange its of baigundy pitch plastars for the beast-bone Every wearable article in the place is washed, passionato affection for the children, and once all the corners which the old woman's dim eyes or twice Katia, the oldest, felt her face wet had been weable to explors were cleared of their after Norry had been arranging her pillow for gatherings, dust and cobwebs were stapt down, the night. They did not like Tom Hayne, the town lad, who came so often, meeting Norry. whitewash lavishly applied, floors sentred,

white curtains hang and

Ouve, the clean and walking with, her in the dusk. over

when she was out with him later than uşăal, The most attractive spot and very best hotel windows where Narty's own geraniums-

her only lvage from the wreck of the and Katie uml her father were sitting on I have seen in China.

good times of the Kerry cow and other stock the bench in front of the house, the little girl bloomed. She was even something of a dress. was unusually silent. The April air bad in it baker toe, end in the evenings when the pigs the breath of primroses and laurel blossoms, the pota were boiled, and the calf feading and milk fall of the gien water sounded musically soft in We have spent the happiest hours of earing and all the numberless day's duties were the distance, laserhead the exquisite blue over, she employed herself making warm winter with its million stars was "throbbing like Erin Hives at the "Bon Vista" Hotel.

clothes for the children. Comfort, cleanliriss, with sorrow and love." The night rooted to order, and the content and health that accom have laid its touch of tender, inexplicable pain

on Maurice too. pany them took thy plus of the general wret- chodness which Norry had found there. In herself the girl was the very personification of cheerialness. No anionat of work-and of that she had plenty-nor of weariful grambling from the of wh, he thou:ht that use given to door crabbin aulwindow clessing, and too much blaiching" was ad injustico to the cattle and pigs, had power to dini heyanny truper The ohildren, bright and rosy from her care and my companionship, loved her deary, and to the old men and Mantic lu was as a right hand,

Delighted with our visit. Too charming

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Delighted with Letul and Macar. An ideal plan for a quiet holiday.

Boa Vista" by a long way the best Hotel in the East. We cannot strongly enough

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Food and at endrace excellent, bed-room comfortable, scrupulons cleanliness throughout, For one desirous of a few days rest and quiet to recuperate, u bena ideal establishment.

Most pleasant retreat for one either in god

or bad health.

Revissant Hotel.

A charming place.

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The best Hotel I have found in the Orient.

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--Father," said Katie. do you know what they were saying at school today? That Norry sud Tom Hayne would be married us soon as over Shrove bagan, and that they'd go away with Lar to Ameries. Won't that he frightful entirely to leave us an' put all that wildmaess of water between us?"

She did not per, in the dark, how her father started at her words and changed colour.

Who told you so. Katie ?" he asked. Oh, they were all saying it. "Tis true, father. Everyone knows it, an isn't it ter-

Whisht. Katie, she'd never do this.“

"Oh. hut sha will, because ho saved Lar from the drink.. Dat if you'd ask her, father, not to be getting,, married, or going away: I don't think she'd refuse you. Won't you ask her, father, oh, won't you?"

"I believe, sir-I believe, your reverenca he at length managed to say, and he struggled to his feat. "I believe I won't marry this girl' at all!"

The horrified people gazed at him and each other with incredulous eyes. Then the women bagan shrill utpostulations and some of the non advanced threateningly towards him, but Maurice Dorney, with a wave of his hand, bade them have peaoo. He came up and stood in Hayne's place.

I'll marry her, your reverance," he said, if she'll have me. Will you take me, Norry, for botter or worke

The priest interpreted the eloquent confusion of blushes and silence and happy tears correolly. "Let me ask the questions, and do the marry.

ing, Maurice," he said, genially, proceeding with

the service.

The children could hardly contain themselves until the ceremony was concluded.

"Now, you ain't leave us, little second mother," they cried, hugging her to them as if they never meant to let her go again.

The old grandfather held her hand in his own kind, tremulous one.

Tis this little haud, an' no other will close any eyes at last, an I'm contint," he said.

The mint was not so onthusiastic, for she had her own ideas about the fortune timt Maurice's wife ought to bring, but then she remembere that Maurice wasn't a msu for fortunes at all, some way, and that girls with money were mighty opt to take a high hund with the oki people. Nor would be always good to than there was nothing but kinduces in the girl. Sho brought the best of good luck with bar the i day she came in to them, &c.

Tom Hayne met them in the porch, as they went out, and he wrung the hands of bride and bridegroom.

"Twas Lur opened my eyes to a part of the trath this morninu, no said. "Thank God it

wasn't too late. Tia a bitter blow to me, but I'm leaving for America, and I can forgat there, maybe. Good luck to ye; at any male. better luck than mine!"

THE END.

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And yet she had lur secret ausisties. Larrible? Thonude a thousands of miles of Next Week - THE SPELL OF THE YARROW," Mounted as CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR CARD with CHINESE GREETINGS Quel charmoat petit endroit ce sera pour le though outwardly steady enough, began, when water between us and Notry," and she began

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few miles away. This involves sucking off after supper, and spouding his time and well earned money among a crew from whom he learnt nothing good. When Norry discovered thle, which she did early, for her watch over the boy was krea and arzious, she pleaded with him. Woll, anybe, I'll bare a little talk with to give it up, and remember their mother, and her," he was beginning, when Norry herself, this he promised with answering tears to do.

candie in hand, came from the kitchen, calling Bat there was some fatal weakness in the lad: Katie. In her pretty cotton gown, with her The charm of the bad boys" was too much for face of wild rese-bloom, the candle light bring. any resolution of his, and night after night, ing out the shimmer of her brown-gold hair, shu promies she would, he made his way to the was a picture that pleased well the eyes of father public-house, and their society. Driven desper--and daughter. Something in the questioning we by bix courses--ho had of late been hinting gaze of the former brought a momentary look that he would go sojering," and see a bit of embarrassment over the girl's face. life" she went one night to the dick-shop, and after explaining Lur's circumstances and hier own promiss in his regard to her dying mother, she was disunyl at hearing the drink woman's declaration that so long as a customer paid for his drink she would supply it to him, hud that there ured ba no more talk about it. The hand, morciless face of the wpruun, the reek of the place, and the sodden, brutal face of the people who sat there, and sang their horrible songs, and utterial their dreadfa josts, brought a blinding storm of tours to her eyes, and he was making her way through the street, and yielding to her sense of the hopelessness of destiny, for Lar's talu-and there seemed to be nothing else before him it meant life-long wisery for herself when she fell a hand Ini really on her shoulder. Throwing back her elonk she saw a strange young man, with a rather bashful but enger look on his face.

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Norry," he said quietly, "T'd like to say & few words to you after the childhre are in bed.)

When the honsa was quiet, the stole into the. kitchen. kuitting in hand. and seated herself humbly in the opposite corner of the chimney- place.

You wanted to see me, sir," she said a little tremulously.

Yes, I was going to ask you about these rumours we're hearing, Norry. Surely you wouldn't be going to take a step o' the kind with- ont telling the poor ouldgrandfather or myself?

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***I'll be Jonesowe myself," wept Norry,

Ab, you won't. You'll be going to a strange au a prosperons uation where there's nothing but hope and happiness Tis we in the old place will have fine to think of-every- thing. To the long summer days that's coming. what we do at all without our little Norry."

Noery, erging forlornly behind her apro. pictured it all with an aching heart.

"I'll stay with ye," she cried with endden de- termination.

"An' give up the boy an' the life of your choice? Ah, Norry, why should we let you do such a thing? No, acush, take the good way an prospect before you-we have no right to interfere in your lot."

In all her distress, for the tears that tho so seldom gave way to had turned to a storm of sobbing, she glanced at him and saw, as she thought, only the concern that any kind master might feel at parting with a faithful servant,

Very wel, sir, sho said, quieting by an effort the violence of her grief."As it is your wish, I'll keep my promise to Lar, Twas for his sake, and by his desire that 'T'agreed to take this step. She was going to say more, but she abcaked herself, and rising, hurried out of the

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Nothing moro was said on the matter by Maurice, notwithstanding all Katie's entreating to him to stop the marrying.", and so the wedding day came round

Norry's wan looks were at ributed by the old uunt and neighbours to her nervousness at having to appear in public in the conspicuous position of a bride, but something seemed to stike Lar that moroing,

Norry." said he, "de you know what's in my mind? Maybe you don't care for Tom Hayne at all? Maybe its on account o me entirely your're marrying him? Tell me the trath for my mother's sake."

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Look, Norry, sooner than have the weight of this on my mind, I'd face any thing I promise you here on my banded knees that I'll never talk of sojering or emigrating again if you'll give up Tom Hayne, an' live hero where I know you'd be happier than any where else in the world."

For a moment Norry's face shone with a look such as a reprieved criminst might bear, but as quickly clouded. She remembered how cally or master had discussed her leaving, how unwilling he had been to interfere" in the good prospect" before her,

Never mind, Lar, is too late, as I said, to be thinking of making changes now."

Ere ne agreed that Norry's wedding pro- cession as one of the handsomest that had been set in the parish for many a year, but all who knew bar declared that honour was no more than her due. Maurice and the grand father on horseback headed the cavalcade, then came the car containing the brids and Aont Feggy, and the oldest little girls Carts with feather beds covered with quilts of the gayest. pattern contained the rest of the children, and all the neighbouring women folks the procession winding up with a throng of mounted men and bove.

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