A Self-respecting Girl

He had inado bis deelaratiou of love, nnd lt had becu heard with a loweringof the fair hoad ; wilh a blusli ou the soft check. But he could not help saying something to fill iu, while ho waitad fbr liur uuswer. " When I say I have nover loved till now," he said, " it is uot an empty word. ftly lip havo never touched the lips of auy vvoiiian - cxcopt ray mother's; my hand has never pressed a woi.tan's hand; 1 do not danco, and my arm - " A look of strango wondermeut carne over tho boautiful face, and the deep oyes grew largo as shc listened. ' ís this true, Georgel" she asked, with hushed breath. "ítis," he aaswered; " it is litcrally true." The look of wonderment merged hito a glance of icy sternness as she rose to her íull height and confronted him. "Thou, for heaven's sakc, George," she said, " go somowhere and practice till you eet a record."-