TO-MORROW.

(BY "TOPSY.")

" Town and Country- Jodrnal" Pkize i STOUT COMPKTITION".

" Be wise, today ; 'Ua madness to defer." c To-MOItROW, Jim. Wait only till to mcrrow.' ■ ■ . . : >i<r' ■ ■ .■;.;.. • ' .- ■

'To-morrow,! Theyused to tull mo in my childhood days that ' To-morrow never comes.". . ...

'What a perpetual wet blanket you arc. To-morrow is my birthday. Do you hifean to say that I shall iiot live to see it V ' .

' God. forbid,' James Howard said ; a tender'sadness creeping into his dark eyes. ' But, Elaine, I often think your ' to-morrow' will never come to me.'

Elaine Dacro looked up with a laugh ling, light in her.blue eyes. ' Let us join the others,' she said ; *' the heat is trying, not to speak of the mosquitos ; and' your lively conversa tion overpowers mo quite. Let us go.'

Nevertheless she stood there like a beautiful picture framed in dark green leaves, leaning her'bright head against a slender column,which supported the verandah. Trailing vines twine round it, and bright-hued roses flash hero and there amidst its greenness, their heavy heads drooped. ■

'Elaine, I love you. You know it

well.!

There is a tremble in the deep voice which utters the words, and (he folds of white muslin on the girl's breast flutter "as if stirred by some answering emotion. Yet, with bright, mischiev ous eyes, she looks up at him and says :

' Hush ! I am weary of that subject quite. It has beenrung changes on too many times ' a. .

' Can you not love me, dear? Ah, Elaine, tell me if it is so. Do not bid me wait until to-morrow. I shall not blame you. Tis not your fault, but my misfortune.'. Elaine's eyes'fall before the steady gaze of those dailc ones, and she whis pers softly, " To-morrow—wait till to-morrow.'

There is a minute's silence after this. Then, breaking, oil' a rose which thrusts itself through the interlacing branches, hesavs—

' Will you have this flower to-niglit for my sake, Elaine?'. , . , ,

She took it without; speaking- from his hand, and, ■moved perhaps by some swift impulse of;contrition, raised it to her lips. • :':•..

'God bless you for :thafc;actj my

darling.'

The ■words arc simple. Yet there is a tremble in his voice as ho utters them ; and it soe'ms strange to see a man so moved by,.a weak ■woman's gesture.. Ah me ■ That 'little dimpled hand held within ■ its baby clasp a flower and a strong man's destiny. It is the hour of T> o'clock tea ; and groups are scattcred.'abcmt the quaintly furnished drawing-room, and -the spacious verandah, discussing ib and its necessary conc6%Tttiut ) the latest item of news. '-.*. ■

T.o-morrow wjll be New Year's Day. ]t is also Elaine's birthday. She will be 18 years old to-morrow.' She is an only child. Her mother died when she was too young to know or mourn her loss. She is the pet and darling of bcr father's heart; and, since she left school, the mistress of his beautiful home at Dacre's Hill. The.-world, has spoiled her a little; but hidden away under the fripperies of folly and fashion bears a true woman's heart after,all.'

Dacre's Hill, -as, its name would imply; stands on rising, ground. The river takes a;:'curve just below it, and thus surrounds1 two siclbs of the house, affording on either. siclp.',a- glimpse, of river scenery .picturesquely 'beautiful. Behind it lies a vast green' distance boundedby'sombre dark hills. 'The earth's great altar stairs through which it climb's through darkness.up to God.' The house itself is" a'1, fine specimen "of colonial architecture. p ' Tile only Other thing which strikes. unpleasantly, an artist's eye .is the almost painful new ness. It!looks so spick and span, it might, like Jonah's gourd, have sprung upiii ajniglit. But this is, a blemish time will cure, and*' Nature1, in a gen erous mood, hag done her best tc hide it.

There-is quite-a gathering of guests at Caere's Hi 11 thissummerev.ening.Con-' spicuou's among them is one to whom . all, perhaps-uncousciously defer. :i He is tall and,blonde; and.handsome, with frarik grey,eyes and pleasant smile. . But everyone knows liob.ert Dun, of Dun, the richest man this side of Sydney. He it is"ivho'advances how •with the, easy assured grace which un ,' limited; criedit"at oiie!s /bankers,, rarely fails to! impart to its -possessor;, ■■■to. inj • terrupt the tete r a-tete between the two whom; ;all,, account '.as lovers.- He ' hasj been' a, f re-^ quent visitor of ialeiat.:Dacre's Hill; This, as a matter of course, has ex cited comment,I.for "what; is a country "place without: gossip, T \ But it is the ' old, 'old' story, .over,;/igaih.,., Maurice himself kue.w not what glamor made him haunt the spot') tiprse^ dogs,' any pretext, no pretext ati-all, idrew him thither day1 after' "Say.' Biifc lie has -learned"to -knCR&" ere this :"~he- knows that the sight of one slim girlish figure sets all.'his pulses'.ibo'unffing. -They ■were near neighbours, ..Dun is that white house";you A F ice'''oyer : yonder nestling! amid green ■..„ trees ; and" a lovely "place it is. It •wants' but a 'mistress tb fender it'perfect.V Ma'uricc never; dpubted,, ; that he> should win Elaine's love. The world to him had 'been' most;kind.;' l^jKs''father before him - had, made,,alt ; 'the ■ wealth which Maurice possessed. '• \ •■ •• He heard it saidtliat'Elaine, was:t6 : marry Howard—plain, homely Jim—whom everybody liked^and of •whom he would say In^self, J',he is not:.half'a;bacl;;|elip\v;^;;But he did not believe that jtjvasjTuth.■'*©idVnoj her eyes .always : ,brigl}ten,,at his apr .proach, and the lovely-;rps.e tint,deepen on her cheek? 'Hr :knw^6t/tha}

every worn£m is"Something of a coquette attheart. ' '') ']] i'VtVfi ? : I 'i

She turned .to greet, him :wilh a smile, and sautitciid on beside him, leaving her reputed lover standing there "alone. Along ;tha-flower-filled1 pathways they go, where several couples have preceded them. Already she has forgotten him, James Howard thinks, with jealous pain. Time'passes on. Still he stands there alone. The trees which surrounded the garden are darkening slowly. The shadows doepen. A bat which has been flitting in the air flaps its wings across his face. There is a murmur of subdued voices, but he has no cognisance of any but those two. His world centres in one of them.

' What arc fyou doing here, Jim, all alone ? The voice betrayed the familiarity of old acquaintanceship. 'Nothing! Ai'c you coming to help me, Mary V ■

Apparently he recognised the voice, for his eyes had not strayed from those two in tlio dim. distance. Just now Elaine is stooping her head low for her companion to wreath round it a trailing spray of starry jasmine.' Her eyes follow the direction of his; and she takes a step nearer to his side, while shesays softly : ' It will all conic right, ncycr.fpn.iy. Elaine does not love him. She is conscious even now that you are watching her. She docs it to tease yon.'

'Is th.it your holiest conviction, Mary 1 Or do you say sue!) words to comfort, mof he asked, bringing hid dark 'byes steadily to bear upon her face, .It was not what men would call 'a pretty face.' It had not tho brilliant colouring of Elaine Daere's, but it was a tender serious face, lit with two brown eyes, clear and pure as stars. And it was illuminated with an inner light which somehow made you feel nearer heaven when you looked into it.

' She loves you,' she said in her sweet low tones, while a quiver of pain flickered for an instant over her lace, 'She has loved you'all her life.'

' As she would have done a brother, had heaven given her one ; but not as she loves him,' he answered bitterly.

'Poor old Jim. Your vision is dis torted to-night. You must have on green glasses,' she said in tones of light raillery.

Something lay,on the ground beside them, dimly red in the dusky light. She stooped to pick it up. ~ ' My rose ! My flower !' he said pas sionately, taking it from, her hand, all drooped and faded, and giving out a crushed perfume. ' Mary, I gave her this flower not an hour age, and asked her to wear it to night for my sake, Yon see its fa to 1' ' Tis but her heodlossness. Do not be hard on hoi1 for such a trifle. She is a very child,'

■'■' Child !' he said, echoing her words. She wears his flowers.- See.'

. And, truly, Elaine was there, close beside them, with jasmine in her bright hair, and a spray of the same fastened at her throat. She was radiantly beautiful, and keenly conscious of it.

; ' Elaine, you will give me the first dance to-iiiglit V James Howard said, a few minutes later as she flitted by him.

'I cannot,'she said, .'with a merry laugh ; 'it is already promised.' •

Mary Trevor was an orphan niece of Mr Diicrc. She was two years older than Elaine. »She liiid enjoyed the same educational advantages as her cousin ; and now she superintended the domestic arrangements at Dacre's Hill. It washer homo. James Howard was an orphan likewise. Mr Dacrc was his guardian. They had known him all their life, and to'know him was to honour him, if nothing move.

'There's a.now loot ou the floor, my friends; a new face at the door.' New Year's Day daw,ned fair and: bright. Blessings, kind wishes, costly presents, arc showered on Elaine this New Year's Day. ' Is it an augury of good ?

The baby year has grown a little older. The sultry la'ngo.ur of, the noon tide heat is over.all. , The lady guests are closeted in their rooms; their oven ing toilet is a mighty1 consideration. There is to be a fancy ball at night. The gentlemen are scattered as inclina tions prompt. They are supposed to be above such petty considerations as

dress,

: The reel sun is setting "bohind the mountain tops. Ovei'head the branch ing trees make arches like cathedral aisles,; and in tl,ie 'dim religious light' there arc t gathered a small group of men and dogs;; ••:'■ !- ■• The dogs lay panting on the ground, heedless of the awe-stricken faces bending 'over™the prostrate figure of a man? t> r'vrf/i r/ ■ r-\ ft 7.. i

There had -been a false/ step, a gun accidentally dischargpd, and James Howard would not rise, from that bed of soft grass and mosses any more—he would never marry Elaine Dacro now, never.:-And these men,his friendSjCrowd rotind him, horrified, ,awe-stricken; with pitiful looks regarding hisichangocl face,, with that awful shadow creeping over it. , They coiild'hear his sobbing breath; They knew that lie,;wasdying; but they were, powerless to help. 'Is she coming ? Oh, my God, let me but'live till then.' '"'■ ' ' .;:

' They kre but whispered, words, 'yet so distinctly, heard..; ~,. ] :,,.;,.!. ' " None answered him; and tho: fed sun threw his slanting beams athwart the'dying' face, played oil .the. a'ings of dark hair that lay upon., his pallid browjnlaking more awful the cold grey shadow resting there. Along the forest pathway a, girl :came with flying :feet., The t leaves ,rustled,',the dead sticks crackled beneath her tread ; and the group • fell back from the dying mtm,, and left them there alone, together for the last time, under the stillness of that summer sky.- ■ y <

[; ' Jim ! Jim I What is it, dear ?' she askecl, ,with, white,■trembling, lips, as she bent over him.'and clasped his life lees; hand1 in- hers. ': • Jirri;! JimM I

'Was it only fancy, or did there for one instant come back a longing look' into the dying eyes %

'Jim ! Jim !; Will you not speak to me one little word V , , ..

But already the cold grey shadow had deepeued on his face. The time for words was past. Truly the to morrow he had longed for had never come to him, ,she thought, with an agony of unavailing regret. Never had she known how much she loved him till she sat, and looked into his dead face, and knew that never more would she hear his earnest, manly voice, or feel the pressure of his hand again. What bitterness and infinite desolation to known that words and deeds of hers had clouded that dead face with sor row often, and that now repentance was vain, atonement impossible.

Some one led her from the spot. She never knew till long afterward that it was Maurico Dun.

When another day dawned Elaine lay raving in the the.delirium of brain fever. In tliet silent room below lay the body 'of the dead man struck down in his strong vigorous 'mauhood; yet, with the light of an ineffable peace on his still face. There is one lonely watchsr in the darkened chamber, into which the sunnnor wind wafts the pcr of a thousand (lowers, lie is dressed already for the grave. She grudges each minute as it Hits by. She knows that it hastens the time when they will take him from her sight for ever. It is Mary Trevor. This night has aged her years. Great shadows lie under tho brown eyes, and tho face, so white before, is almost transparent in its purity.

'My beloved ! My own ! In death I may'tell ■you so,' she murmurs softly, laying her lips unshrinkingly on that cold, cold brow. 'Others may forget you, but I, never. No other lips will press on mine the kiss of love. 1 lovod you all along. I may love your memory always now.'

New Year's Day lias come round again. It is Elaine's birthday. No guests arc gathered at Pacre's Hill to help them to the festive season. It is just such a lovely summer's even ing, ns it was twelve months ago. Elaine stands there in that very spot where we saw her first, leaning her bright head against a column of the verandah. The green trailing vines twine round it in prodigal profusion; and great clusters of dewy hearted roses flash hero and there. She herself has blossomed into* ripe beauty. There is a shadow on her brightness as of a chastening sorrow, but grief does nob kill. Someone stands beside her now,"just as James Howard did twelve months ago, looking with eyes of plead ing love into her beautiful face. It is Maurice Lun.

' Elaine, do you mean to go mourn ing all your days for this dead love V ' Yes, I think so.'

'Is it because you deem it a duty you owe to the dead, or is it because you feel that you can never love another f

'Both,' she answers, looking out at the'^Mimhcring river.

' Then I haveonly to say ' good bye.' ' I came hore to-night resolved to ask you this question once again' You have answered me. A party of my friends will sail for England next week. I will join them. Good-bye, Elaine. Tis folly to prolong a pain. But she had buried her face in her haads—she is weeping. V '.'.',

' Good-bye,' he said again. 'Maurice, you must not go,' she whispered softly.

' Why 1' ' Because I want you to stay.'

'My darling, then you do care for me after all V he said, folding her close to, his ■licart.

In a corner of the village cemetery, where the morning snnbeams love to linger, there is a-grave surmounted by a marble cross, on wliicli are inscribed the words—

Sacred to the memory of James Howard, &c.

The turf grows over it soft and green, and bright hucd flowers steal out amid the waving grasses life a flush of sunrise. ;

But the sun is setting; Cool green shadows rest upon the grave. In a vine which trains itself about the un vcinod marble of the cross; a little bird has built her nest. Tho rays of the sotting sun gleam on the white cross, and' linger like a benedicton on the sweet pure face of the lonely woman who has just. piaced a thick wreath of white flowers on the green mound.- She stands there with loosely clasped hands looking down upon it; it is the shrino'of her earthly love. Great tears well into her brown eyes' and course unheeded down her palo cheeks. Most girls of her age' have dreams of a possiblo future which makes tho very incompleteness of life sweet,.because of ,what is waiting for them—somdwhere. ,But her heart is empty of such dreams as a rifled grave. Calmly fronting, her lonely future here on this anniversary of James Howard's death, she* dedicates liel self1 anew to ' tlie;: hallowed ' work ; of' living to promote the happiness of others, It' is Mary Trpvor. iSuch love but once in%lifVtimd. v feome; call hor ' old maih,'. but even they admit that the world would be'better if \ve had liiore" of such women,- to tend to the sick, to comfort -the -sorrowful, to teach little children the way to Heaven.

Ah me ! Such stories as these lie thick as dust in the highways and by ways' of life ;' and' God's eye. alone takes note of them,

; Poverty, ANb Suh;'Erux<S. — " I Hvab dragg-d aowh'Svltli debt,' poveMy; and Suffer ni(j for years, caused by a sick family ailrl l&rfto bilis for uoctcrinur, whitb.did them no'good. I was emnplptely dlacourased, until one year ngo by the udvico of niy pusfoi^I1 procured' Hop Bittei-a and coinnieucetl their-use, and in dno month wo were al\ wolli and aoho o£ us have seen a sick day siricfei arid I want to sar. to all poor men; you cEth keep J»oUil raialllee well a year with ArrieHcan Oo.'s Hop Bitters /or lobo lian,cr.e doctor.'s Wait will coat, I know JI,"»A

THE AUCKLAND ;, EVENING, STAR, EftIDAV- APRIL' 29,,l 8g!l

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S. &C. onoouragcd \, v ti, *'■■■ ■'■ cess thathaei attended llfbi, t/i^W ' in the past, have made bu h tl'"H 0)0 approaching Autumn°a»K-, enable ihom to oiler torcfl/k. .1 %■£s' of Silks, General Drapery andn^fto? 0 nssortmont winch for wtenT^ CJ DP4> uud cheapness, will Burpas a \ii? eWSS«| —: : —___^'('"'"t^ Lyo.iß Silks and Satint^or^T^ ' purposes, in black and plah broches and strives anil n £ <nmS> mont of Plu 3 hes7mdX%< a- . much in demand. Prevail??,, ? lvetiwW% Grey, Huby, Garnet, ss;s "W^1 N.8.-Our Black Silks are',, « " guaranteed makes. Ou^x^y1 As usual very speclaUttmuuTT^.' to this department, *R&V ' with not only the Latest'&) Dress*, but an immense oSS^ useful fabrics, suitable forff^ttV "/ Meriuoa.. Cashmorcs, French 'jCi^ > fe in heavy wlntot " Black and Coloured "I'rcndPv"'1-'"' Cashmeres, all pure wool, 45 li,~v JlCr<i 2 8 lid, 2a lid, & 3d. 33 ()«» ■ ■ from an eminent French inauuS ' French Ponies, all wool,reliableirta^tl- ■ and colours (ail shades) Is uW i Wool Jersey CL.th. wihtet'vvciiSr^iSH • tunio Cloth, 7J.1 to.ls IJd wSi»%H- Check Dross C.oths, in handsonLiff^H ' to 4f) Inches wide, BWto S "m\ S',"S perial Navy Series, all wool is 2 il- Is6id, lsOd, Is lid. and233d. ' Anticipating a larsc dcmiind'ior ilMi we have now in stotk, and to arhra*f«Hi Boric, and Arawa, an adequate3Uhnl?lMi ranging from lsCJil to is lid. Rcsid'ttvßll Rival " ond several other good ilmko, the celebi ated Louis," whichwo'tw/JSHi from tho-world-renowned ruak(jr.''^ai ; These departments will bo*Mm«iii stocked with fiovdtics and standatiU v I < own impo.-tiriir. A splendid asoortaiSlr! Ulstei'sand winter Wraps in fdni^taaHE' curl cloths (the new-shapesi, at iicli4^m' from 15a Cd to 3«Ja Cd. Those,' withSfflP lote, have been secired at death' '■«? by our buyers .it tho end of the LonC i mm Special value in Short Jersey a"d ry;1' m Jackets, in black imd colom's, from lj!»^8?Jq (M. Ilandaomo l^lmans, Sling SleovaffiSp^ Vlsites, and Fur-lined Cupea in RreitiSSfes Infants' Cloaks. Polishes, etc., ijiiliflw and Underclothing, in the heat mftkw^ml I the "Hibornia Sterling Look 3tltch"tiif< olotliing, pure long-cloth, perfect sUhS superior finish. . •_*:■ — >^» N.B—We hold the largest stock b) i^H Corsets and Underclothing in Auckbuj?■>•'"'' province). - ■ ■. ■ ■■ V:'iH'/"j]BS-* All bought before the advance-it^Sffll v/ 001. Our reputation for good Vaiue'Cflgll ket3. Flahnels, Calicoes, Sheetin^iialMl Of Mancliester Goods we arc dctctninffi sustain by uiarklng these goods attlflaH^ remurerative (.roflt. We recelyj; tiifflß direct from the best sources JBMJHi Colonial), and have manufaetoid ibjb^B^ order several c-xcellont makes wiiiiltt^B;i own name and brand, and wilLbo'fWJHH ordinary value. Our special valiiemlKHH 9 x 4 size. Us lid ; 10 x i, 15s Udj.ll'jpSlK' pair. Cheaper quality and stwitti'lffiK suitable for hotels And boarding homes,^^ 4 stock. New Zealand Blankets fromiiSffi..-:; 505.; Now Zealand Flannels at IsSilsaSffla Is lOd, 25.; Imitation Wclah'FlabndftKP lUjd, etc.; full yard wide, Is. ... ..;.,,'? "^p Grey Calicoes at 2Jd, ; 3d, 3Jd, iliiMK 5Jd Grey Calico is full yard widivijtfflK special value. White Caliepes-M.'t^JH makes, including the celebrated DiccifaH direct from the makers, and otheriftKsi makes direct from the mills in'Mjj4^Ks each piece bcariug our own nanieMMHl Washed Twill Sheetings, cxcoptioß^^^^a from Bjd up; Finlay'a Sheetings in all tap,' at. lowest prices.. Flax SMrtinpi^'tJH makes and {,'ood patterns, pt'32a,fld,vfi(ljfflßs Jean Shirting-, extra strontr, G3d, TJd'femfe Wincey Shining at 73d, OJd. lOjd,mj&flftj Crimean Shirting, best makes, at.)o|3^H| Ex Doric, and to arrive, Irish LmeivCajSH Ilandkorchief 3, Linen' Aprbri&^BOuSKl^K Table Damnsks. Cloths, and Napkins,Hi™| Diapers, Gents' Shirts, Collars, MdCiißß' These goods, having- been pci-soiißlliiaHfc and Dought for prompt cash from BeHaHjK facturcrd, will be "*o\a, as hcreloforeiitii9H cases lesa than wholesale prices. I Our stock of Men's, Tenths', kha'lififi«j ing is perhaps the largest to be SfflVagM retail establishment in N>\v! ZcsfitMjjK would direct special attention to O^pHl of Colonial Goods from the leadinsXeiifiHßj mills. Also, that we are the Sftl^lpfK! Auckland for the celebrated '-! IM IfeflK Goelouc Clothing, manufactured'it;Tq|BP and highly recommended because ofa\liH and wearing qualities. , p^g



Note.—Our reputation for giving GOOD VALUI3 being sufficiently estiMi=l'e'l vfcriyK add tlmf wo are resolved to maintain this by strictly adhering to the principles upoiirafK have conducted our businusa in the past, t.r., giving it our personal attention, tfibrinS Cheap and Selling Ohieap for CASH ONLY. ||| . : . IMPORTERS, telephone ya. 830. ,;. ' ,_.;.....' .;: .. .."''[' '•■ .2so, QXjeex sTiiteET.'^gp I '..:..•,,■'..■ > I." I'".-'. I."'-.-' ■ / -.•■■ • .. ...■•■.-. .•■•-.;', i •«?$. :■■■'■ ■■ ■■ ■■■! : ■• ■ • . ' . .; ' ''.. ; •>;',■■ s-1 ■ ' ' V*C WINTER;GOODS- NOW SHOWING. M v i -■-■-■-- •■■■■ ■ i in, t ■ ■ || . || . m^^-^^gS WE ARE THE CHEAPEST 1 •'■KABAKGAHAPE ROAD> I CORNER OF EAST-ST. -^^1 .■■■'.■' ' ■'.■':■■■ - ■ ' - . HEB