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When thlstlc-blows do lightly float About tlio pasture-height, An 1 shrills t lio hawk a parting note, And creeps the froHt at night, Then billy ho ! though Hinging no, And whistle as I may, There oomoH n;in the old heart pain Through all the livelong day. In high win 1 croaks tho leadens tree And nod tho fading fern ; 'Ihu knolls mo dim an snow-clouds Lu, And cold tho sun does burn. Thou ho, hollo ! though calling no, I cannot keep it down ; And toars ariso unto my eyed, And thoughts are ohill and brown. Far in tho cedars' dusky stolen, Where the sore ground-vine woaveH, Tin! partridgo drums fuiur.d rolls Abovo the fallen leaves. And hip, hip, ho ! though cheering no, It xlillH no whit tho pain ; For drip, drip, drip, from bare branch-tip, I bear the year's last rain. So drivj tho cold cowa from the bill, , And oall tho wet sheop in; And let thoir (damping olatter fill Tl e barn with warming diu. And ho, folk, bo ! though it is t-o 'J bat wo no more may roam, We still will find a cheerful mind Around tho lire at home 1 Mlattiic Monthly, i Diamond. Cut Diamond. A UAMFATHER 8 HTORY. About sixty years ago I won in Paris for the first timo in my life. Bonaparte still lingered nt St. Helena ; and tho ad venturers, good, bad and indifferent in character, who had aerved in his armies, hud i ot yet lost all hope of the return of their idol, a ml consequently had not yet thought it worth while to settle down into thorouah peace and quietness. Young Paul Ferrnnd, whom I fre quently met nt tho cafe, and who had served ns a eaplaiu at Waterloo, was sure that the Little Corporal would come back ag-iiu soon. "You have not yet beaten him," he would tell me laughing. "You Bont him to Elba, but he returned; you have sent him to St. Helena, and he will return again. Wo shall see." Ferrnnd was nu exceedingly nice fel low ; and although ho professed to cher ish nu unquenchable hatred for England and everything English, he had, by some means or other, become attached to Alice Hue, a young English lady of my ac quaintance, and who had been living with her mother since the conclusion of peace at I'aris, not far from the abede of the ex-captain. And he was always very friendly with me too. Ho would, it is true, abuse my countrymen most unmer cifully ; butjie was always particularly good-natured, and whenever he found himself saying a little too much he would arrett himself and apologize so . heartily that I never could be angry with him. I was alone in the French capital, and had few friends there except Mrs. Hue, her daughter Alice, and Paul ; and so it happened that I parsed a good deal of my timo in the society of the three. The Another, a woman still in the prime of life, and the widow of a king's mes senger, was a connection of mine by marriage, and that fact gave me a good exouso for offering my services as escort whenever she aud her pretty daughter thought fit to go to the theatre or the opera. At sucii times rauxaiways nau a seat in the stalls ; and between the acts he would come up to my box, to the 1 delight of Alice, who was in love with him, and to the no small satisfaction of Mrs. Rae, who. herself liad quite a ma ternal affection for the young French man, and did not in tho least discourage his attentions to her daughter. If there were no formal engagement between the two, it was nt least perfectly undeitood by all parties that as soon as Paul should tret an appointment, for which at the I time he wus a candidate, he was to marry Alice ; and I, though only a few years her senior, was to give her away. One night the opera house was crowd ed more than usual. A great singer was to appear, and a new work by a re nowned composer was to be performed. But Paul Ferrand, sitting in tho stalls, scorned scarcely to listen to the masio or to notice tho acting ; and much more often were his eyes turned in tho direc tion of my box than in that of the. stage. Alica and her mother were with me, and ns the curtain fell at the conclusion of the first act Paul canio up to us. He was in high spirits, for he had heard that the miuister had decided to give him the coveted post, aud he expected to hear iu a few days that his appointment lull been signed by tho king. We oon grutuhited him, and as he left us to return to his sent I whispered to him : " You'll be a happy man in a month or two now, Paul." He smiled and shut the door. We watched him as he threaded his way to his place. It was in the centre of the second row from the orchestra, mid ho had left his opera-glasses on the .iu buie to uiettfvl hi vittht ti it ; but during his absence a tall, military looking man had appropriated it, and had coolly put the glasses on one side. Faul npproached the stranger with the utmost politeness, and, I snpr for naturally I could not hear, a-bied him to move. The interloper did not deign to answer, but sneeringly looked up at Ferrand, as though to ask him what he meant by his intrusion, fan I pointed to the opera-glasses, but the stranger neither replied nor movedr but continued to appear as though lie did not hear. I saw that matters were as-1 Burning a dangerous complexion, for in the new-comer I recognized Victor Loroqniere, nu ex-Bouapartist officer like Paul, a notorious bully, and one of the most celebrated duellists in France. But what could I do ? I could only sit still, much against my will, and witness the inevitable consequences. I thought Alice would faint when Liroquiero iu the calmest way rose before the crowded assemblage and struck Paul in the face with his glove ; but she recovered her self, and like a statue watched her lover pick up his opera-glasses, bow to his in suiter, and, without a word, leave the building. There were same exclama tions from tho audience ; but the duel list again rose, and with a theatrical air gazed round, moekiugly imitating Paul's parting bow, and resumed his seat. This was too much for poor Alice. She could not remain any longer : she must go home ; and so, with some difficulty, I got tier ana her mother in my earring'1, told the coachman to drive them home, and myself walked quickly to Paul's odgiugs. He had arrived before me, and was al ready writing when I entered his room. " Of course," he suid, as he saw me, and came towards me with both hands out stretched, "you, my dear friend, will assist mo. It is impossible to do any thing but light. Even Alice could not make mo alter my couv'ction upou lhat point, the insult was so public." "S ippose yon leave the country," I suggested. " Then I should have to givo up the appointment, and Alice, too. No, my dear fellow, I am a Frenchman, and I must light. If he shoots me, it cannot be helped; if I shoot him, I shall have shot the greatest scoundrel in Paris. I beg you to call upon Laroquiere to night. I have already discovered his aJ dress. Here it is." ." But must yon really right ? It is suicide to fight with a professional duel ist." "Ah," he said, shaking his head, " I am. afraid it is suicide; but I must fight! so please don't try and persuade me that I need not. Aud I will fight, too, as soon as possible. You can arrange everything for to-morrow morning. I must have the matter over. In a day or two I might be a coward." By his looks ho implored mo to go to Laroquiere, and, constituted as French society was at that time, I had no other course open to me, than to do as ho wished. "If Monsieur comes from M. Paul Ferrand," said a man-servant when I inquired whether I could seo his master, 7M. Laroquiere has sent to say that he has not yet left the opera. He hap, how ever, sent this penciled note, which I am to give to the gentleman who comes from M. Ferrand." I tore open the missive. It contained two cards, one bearing the name of the duelist, aud the second that of M. Fer naud Delaraie, Rue Vivienue 18. Cer tainly it was an off-hnnd way ofae quaiuting me with the name and where abouts of Laroquiere's second, but as 1 wished to pick no quarrel, I walked on to the Rue Vivienne, aud in a few min utes was ushered into the presence of M. Delaraie himself. This worthy was a young man, aged about three-aud-twenty, and dressed in tue very extreme of fashion, nis ruffles were immacu late, and most symmetrically arranged ; his face handkerchief . was steeped iu essences; his gloves, which lay on the table for he bad only just returned, at Laroquiere's request, from the opera were small and delicate; his fingers were covered with valuable rings, and the bunch of gold seals depending from his fob was unusually heavy and brilliant. He did not strike me as appearing par ticularly warlike; but, nevertheless, after formally saluting me, he at once touched upon the object of my visit, and before I had been ten minutes in his company had arranged to meet Ferrand and my self at a certain spot, dear to duelists of the time, and to bring Laroquiere with him. " I don't think we shall need a sur geon, " he said to me quite affably at parting ; "but if you please you can bring one. In his last affair my princi pal shot his man through the temples, and he died immediately. I sincerely hope, Monsieur, that your friend is as clever." ' Confouud the fellow," I said to my kU m I ltii thti.Loiue a&l .fe&u&Li ill.. residence of my own medical man. "I am afraid poor Ferrand is not such a consummate murderer ns Laroquiere.'' After seeing tho surgeon, to whom I briefly explained matters, I called upon Mrs. Rae. She was doing 4her best to comfort her daughter, who was in the greatest possible distress. "Are they going to fight ?" she asked me. "My dear Alice," I said, " they are. I have done my best to dissuade Paul, but he says, and I am obliged to agree, that he must fight. Let us hope for the best. He has a sure eye and a steady hand, and he has right on his side. The other man is a rcoundrel. And you must remember that poor Paul is not an Englishman. If I were he, I would not fight; but as it is, the matter cannot be overlooked, and indeed everything is ar ranged." " You are to be with him ?" said Mrs. Rae, looking as white as a sheet. "Yes ; they are to meet to-morrow morning, and by breakfast time Alice's suspense will bo over. She must bear up." " You must prevent the duel," sobbed the half heart-brokeu girl. " Cannot Tanl let the insult pass ? But no, it was so public." "You cau only hope," I said. "I will seo you in the morning; but now I must go back to him and see that he gets some sleep, " Tell him," cried Alice, " that if he is killed I shall die. Come here directly it is over. Come even if he falls; yon must tell me about it. I must hear everything." Sho buried her f ice in her hands ; and I, escaping from the nu happy girl, hurried to Paul. He was still writing, aud his hair was in disorder, aud his face' pale when he turned towards me. " I am no coward," he said, "but I am saying jrood-bye to her, for I shall die to-niorrov . t' r 1 It -V -a - iiy near lenow, x exclaimed, u will shoot Laroquiere, and be married next month. Yon must finish your writ ing at once and go to bed. I will sleep here to-night, for I must see that yon turn out in time to-morrow morning ; so be as quick as possible, lie wrote for another half hour, ad dressed tho document to Alice Rae, placed a lock of his hair within it, and after scaling it up gave it to me, " Give that to her," he said, " if La roquiere kills me outright and I know he will. If it were not for Alice I de clare that I should be quite glad to meet him. Now for bed." He undressed, whilst I lay down on the sofa in the next room aud lit a cigar, for I could not afford to sleep myself. Soon all was quiet, aud I stole in to see j.-aui, lying as quiet as a ciniu, witii a smile on his face. Probably, nay, as suredly, I passed a more uncomfortable night than he did. Only with the great est possible difficulty could I keep awake, and the hours seemed to linger for ever. At last, however, daylight dawned, aud I called Fearand, who awoke refreshed and in comparatively good spirits. After a hurried breakfast we muffled ourselves up, and sallied forth in the cold n.oining air. Scarcely any one was abroad, except a few tleepy watchmen, who seemed to make very shrewed guesses at the object of our ex pedition ; and through the silent Btreets we went for a mile or so, until we reached the meeting-place, Laroquiere aud Delarie were there be fore us, and my friend, the surgeon, ar rived immediately afterwards in his car riage, which waited near at hand. Tho pistols were produced and loaded. La roquiere chose one, and I gave tho other to Paul ; and then tho two men took up positions nt a distance of twenty paces from each other, and waited for Delaraie to give the signal to fire, " Stay !" cried the bully, as his second stepped back ; " let the young hound listen to this. I am not trifling with him ; I shall shoot him only where ho wishes, for I am generous, parbleu !" "If I do not kill you," said Paul quietly, "I prefer to die." "Then 1 shoot him through the heart," coolly observed Laroquiere, " Ifc wiU teftch others not to challenge me. There was somethiug to me uuspeaka bly horrible iu the way in which these last words were pronounced. I shud dered, and looked at Paul. Ho smiled at me, and at the same instant Delarie gave the signal. There was bnt one report for Fer rend's pistol flashed in the pan. The poop fellow turned round towards me witli fixed eye and pale face, and with the name of Alice on his lips fell dead Laroquiere turned on his heel and do- parted quickly, in company with De laraie, while I aided the surgeon iu his brief examination of Paul's body. Sure ly enough, the bullet had passed through his heart. He must have died instantaneously for he did not move alter he fcli. and the last smile which he had looked at me was still upon his face. It ms melancholy buisLufc&a in tyti j re spect. I had to break the sad news to Alice and her mother, and the t wo ladies were so terribly overcome that I feared the shock would have some permanent effect upon their healths For my part I was obliged to hurry to England as soon an possible ; and Laroquiere, I heard, nlso got away, and remained out of France until tho affair had blown over. I kept up a correspondence with Mrs. Rae, aud was glad after a time to hear from her that Alice, though still terribly upset, had learned to look with a certain amount of philosophy upon her misfor tune, and had to some extent recovered her usual health, if not her usual spirits. Meantime I settled down iu London, and unable to forget my Parisian habits, usually dined at one of the then much frequented taverns in Fleet street. The Cheshire Cheese, which was then in much the same Btate as it is now, was my favorite haunt ; and there as months passed by, I gradually picked up a few pleasant acquaintances, chief among whom was au extremely well-mannered young gentleman named Barton, a man of independent means, good family and first-rate education. One day after he had been dining with me the conversation turned upou Con tinental manners and particularly upon duelling. As au illustration of my ab horrence of the system I told my com panion about Paul's death, a matter iu which Barton appeared much interested. He asked me a good many questions about the parties concerned, and after expi easing a remarkably strong opinion to the effect that Laroquiere was a black guard, bid me good-night. I went home to my rooms in the Temple ; and next day, on visiting the Cheshire Cheese, found no Barton. He had left word with one of the waiters that urgent busi ness nau caued mm away, dud mat ne hoped to see mo on his return. Weeks passed, and then months, and still Barton did not come back ; aud I confess that I had begun to forget him altogether, when ono evening he dropped into din ner ns though he had not been absent for more than a day or two. "Where have yon been?" I nsked, after I had heartily shaken hands with him. " I have been to Paris," he said. " On arriving there I found out a little more than yon told me about Laroquiere, and when I had thoroughly convinced my self that he was the blackguard you painted him I nrranged for a series of lessons at a pistol gallery. Every day for a month I went and shot for an hour or two, until I was so perfect os to hit a small coin every timo nt a distance of twenty paces. After satisfying myself as to my proficiency I took a box at the opera. It may have been tho same box that yon used to have. Laroquiere was pointed out to me. . ne sat in the Btalls, and between the acts he left his seat in order to speak to a lady in another part of the house. I descended as quickly as possible and took his place. He re turned, and asked me in an overbearing tone to move. I refused. He persisted. I struck him. He sent me a challenge, and we met upon the same spot, curi ously enough, where he had killed your friend Ferrand. Before the signal was given, I said : ' M. Laroquiere, listen to me. I am not here to trifle with you; but I am as generous as you were with Paul Ferrand. I will shoot you only were you wish.' He turned deadly pale. We will see, he said, whether I shall not make you a second Ferrand !' 'Then I will shoot you,' I returned, 'as yon shot him through the heart. It will teach other bullies not to challenge me.' Whether ho wbb so upset as to be incapable of aiming or not, I canuot say; but, my dear fellow, I shot him as dead as a dog, right through the heart, aud avenged your friend, at the same time ridding Paris of its biggest villain. It was a case of diamond cut diamond." "Well done, Barton !" I exclaimed. "Wait," he said, "and let me finish the drama. We managed to keep the matter very quiet, and before leaving France I was able to call on Mrs. Rae, who is now at Boulogne, for I had a let ter of introduction to her from a Parisian acquaintance. When I saw her first she knew nothing of the affair, but at last I broke tho intelligence to her and to her daughter. I found Alice to bo a pretty girl, somewhat spoiled by her long mourning and not very much inclined to listen to mo ; but, my dear fellow, after three v jeks of hard persuasion she gave in, aud now the and her mother are coming over next week. I believe yon were to give Alice away. When sho ar rives you shall have a capital oppor tunity." "Aud," I aided, shaking iny friend's hand warmly, "I shall be delighted to do so." Iu France architects aud contractors are legally held responsible for a period of ten years idtcr the cumplctw'ii t a struct me, for total or partial h.-sa 'ca hio.ued I'jr defective plans cr woik. A MIDXIUHT ML'HDEK. An Old Couple Nhot limit In Their llumblr Hume Nnrrow Kxcnpe of a. I.lllle ilrl. From the Cincinnati Euquirer.J A recent letter from Circleville, Ohio, tells the following terrible story : One of the most brutal and pitiless murders ever perpetrated in this vicinity was committed near the county line of Pickaway and Ross counties, between Circleville and Chillicothe, about mid night. The victims were au aged couple, named Edward and Ann McVey. The object of the murder was money, and the amount procured was $2. The couple were aged respectively seveuty-eight and seventy-two years. For some years they have had charge of the toll-gate on the old'Columbus, Cir cleville and Chillicothe pike, about twelve miles below this place. They had saved some money, and it was known iu the neighborhood that the old man, who was afraid to trust the banks, had his small earnings hidden about the house. He had for a long time had a present ment that he would be murdered for his money. Recently he called in Jack Br gg's, a rich farmer on tife Pickaway plains, and told him that something might happen along the road, and he would show him where he kept his money, 6o that if ho were killed he would know where to look for it. There was living with tho aged couple a grand child named Alice Dean, nge I fourteen years. The place where the tragedy oc curred is an humble house, with bnrely rooms enough to answer the needs of the little family, The south end of the house wns used as a kitchen, and the middle was divided int two bed rooms, the old folks sleeping in the front room aud the girl iu tho back room. A door opened from the kitchen into the old folks' bed chamber on one side and an other into the grocery on the other side. The nearest house, occupied by a man named Cryder, was a quarter of a mile away. The story of the murder, as gleaned from the young girl who escaped, aud from the surrounding circumstances, is as follows : Two :ncn forced au entrance to the house through tho kitchen win dow. They passed through the bed chamber of the old folks into the grocery without disturbing the slumbers of the J occupants. Here they lighted a caudle on the counter, and began a search for money. While tuns engaged, tno oui man was aroused and went to the grocery, room to see what was the matter. Ashe passed through the door he was met by one of the robbdrs and shot through the heart, ne fell dead, with his feet toward the outside door and his head by the stove. The shot awoko the wife, who did not comprehend the situation, but, half asleep and bewildered, she left her bed and followed her husband to the grocery and to death. As sho passed through the door the murderer coolly put his pistol to her head aud fired. He aimed too low, however. The ball entered the face near the right cheek bone, passed through And came out on the left side under the temple. The shot was not fatal, and the girl heard her grandmoth er cry : " Save me, for (Jod's sake 1 Save me !" Tho venerable victim was seized by the ruffians and forced into a chair near the stove. Placing the pistol about the right breast the fatal shot wus fired, the ball passing through a vital part and Bileuce ensued. The fiends then deliberately continued their search for money. The poor girl, awakened ami alarmed by the shots aud screams, jumped up and crawled under the bed. Ia a mo ment after her . concealment sho saw a tall mau, wearing a long coat and blue jeans paTitaloons, enter the room with a candle and begin a search for money. He opened and ransacked the bureau drawers, and, failing to find what he Bought, he pulled the bed-clothes from the bed, set fire to the bed, piled the clothes against tho door, set them on fire, and left tJpnom, closing the door behind him. Ihis juncture the girl left her place oit-oncealineut, and, es caping from hor chamber, lied ou the wings of fear to Cryder's house and told her Btory. There were six men nt Cryder's honse who immediately hastened to the scene of the murder. On the way one of them fired a shot-gun, and this alarined the villains, who hurried to the woods. The door w as on fire and the bed was nearly burned. Among the bedclothes was found a watch and a pcx-ketbook contain iug $38.00, which escaped the notice of the thieves. Tho alarm was given throughout the neighborhood, and men started iu pursuit iu every diroctiou. About daylight this morning two men were seen passing ilowu tue road toward Kingston. They were overtaken by a Mursuim? party from the scwiie ef the" murder, arrested and placed iu coitine nient. Examination (-ho wed that s me tramps had been camping iu tv r"i'v, The two men, when arrested, were both under the influence of liquor, and told conflicting stories. Items of Interest. Spring openings rat traps. Fall openings chestnut burrs. Some sixty Indians are still prisoners in the old fort at St. Augustine, Fla. A Chinese baby was refused as a com petitor in a San Francisco baby show. "I sny, boy, is that the fire?" asked a gentleman of a ragg&l urchin, and pointing to a dense volume of smoke that was issuing'from the windows of a warehouse. " No, sir, that is only the smoke," replied the boy. Prof. J. E. Todd has critically exam ined the " petrified man " with a stump of a tail, that is said to have been found ' in Colorado. He says that it is clumsy, hewn out of stone, and that it is prob ably not more than a few years old. A collegian interested in the subject of civil service reform suggests that all the clerks iu the department of the interior are under Schurz, and that they ought to be changed at least once in four years, iu the interest of purity in the service. According to the New York Ecpuldiv, the hard times have given rise to at least a score of restaurants in that oity in which the needy classes can obtain, foi the small sum of five cents, a meal, consistim? of bread and coffee or ten, or bread aud soup, or beef stew, etc. The wife of Ah Fat was tho belle of Chinatown in Carson, Nevada. (Juong Hing coveted her, and to get her he hired five Chinamen to make a pretense of fighting iu the street when Ah Fat was close by, and to kill him in n way that would seem merely accidental. The plan was successful, and the husband was fatally wounded by what seemed a strny bullet. Little nnecdote of Papa Wraugel, the oldest soldier in Europe: When in 1813 he had to pnt down the iugnrgonts of Berlin, they sent him word that at his first shot they would hang his wife. For an answer, he opened lire. When he had got the upper hand of the rebels, he remarked to his aid: "My wife. Do you know I am curious to see if they did hang her ? A woodpecker bored a hole. in the spire of a church in Jackson, Mississippi, last spring, and made his nest within it. In tho summer, however, a swarm of bees flew to the spire, drove out the woodpecker, and have since filled tho interior wi h honey. And now man, the sovereign despoiler, has discovered the hoard, and resolved to exhibit the spire, with its novel contents, at tho State fair. A singular rumor has gained currency in LimericR, Ireland, to the effect that tho late Viscout Fitzgibbon, a gallant cavalry officer who was supposed to have fallen in the celebrated charge of the six hundred, nt Balaklava, did not meet, that fate, but is at this moment ou his, way homo to claim his estates. It is stated that when last seen ho was lean-, ing, apparently wounded, on his horse; that he was taken prisoner by tho Rus sians, and shortly after, for some insult alleged to have been given to a Russian oftloerj was transported to Siberia, when, his term of exile having expired he is returning to Ireland. A statue of him adorns the Wellesley bridge. From a book recently published hi Berlin it appears that not longer ago' than the middle of the last century no German could leave his country without a permit. If he did his property was confiscated. A little boy, ten years old, being accused, and perhaps justly con victed, of stealing a lantern used for lighting the streets wns hanged. If a ... i 41.. person aispieaseu uie mg mu forthwith might imprison him. If a man drove a horse' too fast his sovereign beat him .vith a stick of white tnorn. Prices aud princesses were no excep tion to such treatmcut. The civil ser vice was conducted by officers who had purchased their appoiutmeuts. Lieu tenants thrashed sergeants, sergeants thrashed privates, masters thrashed ser vants. A deserter from the army had his nose and ears sliced off. 9 Blackmail Id New York. According to a correspondent, black mail is carried on iu New York to an enormous extent. There nre persons who may be said to live by it. They watch and wait till they find some one slipping, and then, like that horrible devil-fish at the Aquarium, they.pounee upon their prey, fasten their cold, pain lyziug tentacle's about it, and suck, suck, nick, while a drop of blood remuii s. Women are tho victims nearly as oltcn as men; and there are sooreH of woin ' iu New York to-day who yield to the ' inands of blackmailers uionib mouth, and eveuyear after v " live ill daily toi tuie thtoc f.f v v.- "
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