\"on earth is known to nonethe smile that is not sister to a tear.\"

elliott.

margaret and her father walked home. the night was fine, the streetsclean, and with her pretty white silk, like leezie lindsay\"s gown o\"

green satin, in the ballad, \"kilted up to her knee,\" she was off with herfather--ready to dance along with the excitement of the cool, fresh nightair.

\"i rather think thornton is not quite easy in his mind about this strike.

he seemed very anxious to-night.\"

\"i should wonder if he were not. but he spoke with his usual coolness tothe others, when they suggested different things, just before we cameaway.\"

\"so he did after dinner as well. it would take a good deal to stir himfrom his cool manner of speaking; but his face strikes me as anxious.\"

\"i should be, if i were he. he must know of the growing anger andhardly smothered hatred of his workpeople, who all look upon him aswhat the bible calls a \"hard man,\"--not so much unjust as unfeeling;clear in judgment, standing upon his \"rights\" as no human being oughtto stand, considering what we and all our petty rights are in the sight ofthe almighty. i am glad you think he looks anxious. when i remember

boucher\"s half mad words and ways, i cannot bear to think how coollymr. thornton spoke.\"

\"in the first place, i am not so convinced as you are about that manboucher\"s utter distress; for the moment, he was badly off, i don\"t doubt.

but there is always a mysterious supply of money from these unions;and, from what you said, it was evident the man was of a passionate,demonstrative nature, and gāve strong expression to all he felt.\"

\"oh, papa!\"

\"well! i only want you to do justice to mr. thornton, who is, i suspect,of an exactly opposite nature,--a man who is far too proud to show hisfeelings. just the character i should hāve thought beforehand, youwould hāve admired, margaret.\"

\"so i do,--so i should; but i don\"t feel quite so sure as you do of theexistence of those feelings. he is a man of great strength of character,-ofunusual intellect, considering the few advantages he has had.\"

\"not so few. he has led a practical life from a very early age; has beencalled upon to exercise judgment and self-control. all that developesone part of the intellect. to be sure, he needs some of the knowledge ofthe past, which gives the truest basis for conjecture as to the future; buthe knows this need,--he perceives it, and that is something. you arequite prejudiced against mr. thornton, margaret.\"

\"he is the first specimen of a manufacturer--of a person engaged in trade-that i had ever the opportunity of studying, papa. he is my first olive:

let me make a face while i swallow it. i know he is good of his kind,and by and by i shall like the kind. i rather think i am already beginningto do so. i was very much interested by what the gentlemen weretalking about, although i did not understand half of it. i was quite sorrywhen miss thornton came to take me to the other end of the room,saying she was sure i should be unfortable at being the only ladyamong so many gentlemen. i had never thought about it, i was so busylistening; and the ladies were so dull, papa--oh, so dull! yet i think itwas clever too. it reminded me of our old game of hāving each so manynouns to introduce into a sentence.\"

\"what do you mean, child?\" asked mr. hale.

\"why, they took nouns that were signs of things which gāve evidence ofwealth,--housekeepers, under-gardeners, extent of glass, valuable lace,diamonds, and all such things; and each one formed her speech so as tobring them all in, in the prettiest accidental manner possible.\"

\"you will be as proud of your one servant when you get her, if all is trueabout her that mrs. thornton says.\"