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PROFESSIONAL CARDS
LAURIE J- BLAKELY
1 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
1 AT LAW.
1 Hidgwny, or Bcnzmgcr 1 O. Elk Co
T. T. A 15 R A M S
ATTORNEY AT LAW
LOCK II A VEX. PA.
SOUTHER & WILLIS.
Attorney's at Law. Ridgway Klk cou
ty Pa., will attend tq nil profession
business promptly.
' ciiTpiNr& vilbur7
Attorneys and Cnunielersat Law. OAic
in Chaii'ii'n Block, Ridgway Elk Co. F
nitfiition L-ivtn to collection9
and all monies promptly remitted. Will
also bvnetice in adjoining counties.
.10 II X G H A LL
ATTORNEY AT LAW-
Kklgway J'lk County Penna
DR. W. JAMES BLAKELY
t. Mary's Klk County Pa.
DRrwrwrsnA w
Practice i Medicines & Surgery
Ccntrevillc Klk Co. Pa.
DR. J. S BORDW ELL
E c i. e c t ic Physician,
'lattlv of Barren i-ounty Pa.)
Will ri,mptly uiwer -ll j-wfewioual
calls by niirlit or .lay. Uesideiiec one,
door Ka-t of the hue residence oi Hon.
J. L. Gillis.
E.;ii.ey, Kersey .bik
Will attend to all call
.iily 21, 1S61.
sight or lay.
HOTEL CARDS.
UNTAIN HOUSE,
J011. O. l'OliTI.KFIELD, Proprietor.
Ridgwjy, Klk County Pcnn'a.
" lnElKKOllB'S,
Eagle Hotel
I.ulher'burg, Clearfield Couuty Pa.
JefFrciliiek Korb Proprietor, hav.
Ing built a large and commodious house,
is now prepared to cater U the wauts of
the traveling public.
Luther-burg, July 10th 1SG4. 1y.
LCTIIEKSBL'RO HOTEL,
Lulhersburg Clearfield County Pcnna.
WILLIAM fCHWEM. Proprietor.
Luthersburg. July 27th 1SCL tf.
" NATIONAL- HOT eIlT
Corner of Peach Street and
the Buffalo Eoad,
E R I E F A .
ENOS E. HOYT, Proprietor
This House is new and fitted up
bith e nocial care fur the convemecen
nd comfort of guests, at moderate rasct
".iOoU STABLISli TT.VfKCU-UW
EXCHANGE HOTEL,
Ridiwai, Elk county
DAVID THAYER. Prop'r
BguTliis luase U plcdsaiitly situsncd on
tli bank of ilic Clnritu, intlio lower cnJ
of t he town, is well provided w'nU liouno-
room una st.-ibliug, una llie prcvneior
pave no p.niis to rpiiucr me siay
quests pleasant ami agreeable.
Rid.jiciy July 2, 1800.
of his
II Y O K
Mrs E 0.
II O US E
Clements,
Prouiietre ss
liiilgway Klk County Penna.
CLEARFIELD HOUSE,
Corn i r ok Market and Water Sx't
Clearfield Pa
GEO. N COLRCRN, PnorR,iETQR
" ST MARYS HOTEL
St. Makv's Ei.k Tolnty 1'knka,
M. WELLENDORF, Prop'r.
I.Ot li I11VEIV, i'il.
E. W. BIG ON Y, Poprletor.
Ouiuibus running to and from the Depot
free of .charge.
, 'Mb!
rOOIIIIEAD HOUSE, Main St
?rookville Pa., C. N. Kretz. Prop'r
-Tliiu l.n'i.. li.tt: 1-tnnn fpfirtni) Alul flirniMl.
.d iii a neat style, and is every way
tulaptel to the wants of the public.
BUSINESS CARDS
jLocu Haven, Clinton County Pa.
'lAEALMESiu Flour, Grain and
' ) Feed near the Passenger Depot
Kklgway
Markets.
Corrected wceekly:
Apple:, (dry) ' bushel , - - 8 4 00
Buckwheat " " - 1 50
Beans. " " 4 00
Butter " lb - 45
Beef " ' f12
.nrd4 " M. - 0 00
A!oin " limhel - 1 50
Flour bbl. - - - i2 00
Hide U ' 08
Hav "too - 50 00
Oat'j b. 1 00
Wheat " 2 50
Kt " m 1 75
,Shin?la " M. 4 50
Egs doiieu 20
Hams "' rb 25
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P. W. BARRETT Editor
VOL.
13G5
18Gj
nillLADELPIIIA & ERTE 11 AU"
J ti n Thin trrcat line traverses
iiv.'... c .
he Xnrthern aud Northwest couuties ot ,
Pennsylvania to the city ot lric, on
Lake Erie.
It has been leased by the Fennsyha.
tn'a Rod Road Company, and is opera,
ed by them.
it entire long, n was opeuuu .u. ,
senirer nnd freight business,
I ltitlinr
17th. 1804. t
TIME OF PASSENGER. TRAINS
AT 1UDGWAY.
Leave Lasticard.
Through Mail Train 1
53
p. in.
a. in.
Accommodation
Lcarc eslicard.
Tlirmi.'li Mail Train 1-
33
p. in.
Accouimodatiou
Pnioanrfor PIITS run tlirOUsll
p. lu
without
change both ways between Philadulphia
and Erie.
Ki.KiiF.NT Sleeving Cars on express
Trains both ways botweeu Williamsport
and JJaitnnore, anu iiuuauf.
Philadelphia. t
l'or inlovuiation respeeuug i asciiKu.
business apply at the S. E. corner dUtii
and Market Sts.
And for Freight business oi tue com
pany's Acents:
1 J ',. 1-1 IQlU .wl
S. li. IVingewu, o r. vyor. i.w
Market SU. Philadelphia.
J. SV. Rcyuolds Eric.
W. Brown, Agent N. C. R. R. lal-
timore.
II. II. IIOVSTOS,
Gen'l. Freight Aft. Plufa.
II. W. G WINNER,
Gm'l. Ticket Agt. Vhd a.
Jos. D. Potts, t
General Manager, Wmsp t.
Dealer i n
OlolUini. Uat. & Men's Furnishing Goods
WATER STREET,
Lock Kavuw, Clistos Co., "a.
A D O L P H TIMM.
Cemcville, Ellt county l"a.
ttS-Gcneral Manufacturer ot agous,
Uuggics &C.-ALSO Furniture, sueli as
Kurnaus. Tables. Stanas Bedsteads aud
PKoira 411 kind of Rcpairiu done at
reasonuble rates.
BOOK store;
T. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY FA
la the room formerly occupied by
Doct. Blakely.
COUNTY D.:UECTOUY
Vresident Judge.
Hon. R. GWhiU, Wellsborough.
Associate Judge,
Hon. V. S, Brockway, Jaytp.
Hou. E. C. RcbulUe, St. Mary'b-
W. Hays, Ridgway
Prothenolnry, Reg. and lx.ee.
Geor2 Ed. Weis, Uiagway
District Attorney,
L. J. Blakely Ridgwuy
Treasurer,
Charles Luhr. St. Mary's
County Surveyor,
George Walmsley, St. Mry
Commiisioner,
CharlesWcis, St. Mary's
Geo. Dickinson, Ridgway.
Joseph V. Taylor, Fox.
Auditors,
R. T. Kyler, Fox
Jacob McCauley. For.
II. D. Derr, Ecaoictf
Coal Lands Tor Sale'
utv u,.Kapri offors for fide the
Coal privilego
with the richt of
m n nn.nrf flT I1(T UllllCtaiS uui
aeres of land situated in Fox tp.
lear
field county Pennsylvania,
within 2
milna the. UidffWaV & haWIUUt R.R.,
x.xi.h PnnnprAx with the Phila. & Eic
R. R.. at Ridjjway, with a six loot vein
(A Bituminous Coal upon it, wuuiti is
now commanding such enormous prices,
lor iu2rujf:.itni'in! nurnoses. For sale
r r r , .
cheap, terms cash, a good title given.
For fimkcf particulars, address
C. L. BARRETT,
Clearfield P. O.,
Clearfield Co., Pa
NtiTit'K. Tli lis.ik and accounts of
Jacob J. Htorer t Co., and CliurM II
Geiinu & Co.. of lit Mary'h, hue bees
placed in tus bauds oil be unUeieuned for
settlement. Parties indebted to (either of
the above firmi, are notitud fbti t heir ao
couuts must be settled by Mymeat to 'the
uudcrsiered. within 30 days.
I il'RIK. .1. I1LAKF.LY. AttV
for GERINU At CO, S BIUKEKSl CU
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tlNDEPENDENT
P.IDGYVAY JiLK CoUNTY PeNNA. SaTURDAT
A CROSS WORD.
AND
WHAT CAME OF IT.
BY EMMA UAHRISON JONES.
"Lucy, if you mean to sow this button
cn, I with you'd do it I cau't walk all
uav
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pliatic ; but I was out of temper that
morning, and my heaa achea badly
from sitting up luto the night bof'ora.
Tom had goue to supp3r--for the seoond
time since our marriage given by some
. , bflcllelor f rienJ,
and had ooinc
home the worst tor it. It had provo.
ked mo intensely. So I bad followed
him to bed in sullen silence, and awoke
none the better pleased after the sleep,
on the morning alluded to. To make
the matter worse, just as he spoke to me
about his button, the knife with which
I was outtiug bread for his lunch, slip
ped inflicting a deep gash on ray hand,
and tho baby awoke, nnd set up her
sharp cry from the cradle all iu one and
the same moment.
"You can wait as well as I did last
night, I reckon," I replied shaiply, real.
ly angry at last. "Don t hurry me 1
do all I can with one pair of hands."
lorn dropped Pis button and turpad
toward uie with a startled, "Why,
Lucy I"
"Don t Lucy me, I retorted throwing
down the bread and catching up the
baby, while the blood streamed from niy
hand over her white gown. "You
have done euough -you have broken
my heart, I wish I was back with my
father and mother.
I broke down with a burst of hystcri.
cal tears, and, seeing the blood of my
baud, Tom came over and knelt down
beside me. "Why Lucy," he said, his
voice and eyes full of tenderness,
"you've cut your hand, ll'hy didn't
you say so ' Here give me the child,
while you bind it up see how U
bleeds I"
He held out his hands for the baby,
but I snatched her away, and weut on
sobbiug.
"Don t cry, Lucy," he continued,
stroking the hair back from my forehead
"please don t, 1 know 1 ve doue wrong
dear but 1 didn t mean it. I fell in
with some of the old boys, and they
persuaded me against rrywill. But it's
the last time, Lucy tho last time."
J;y Jidu t I turn to luui, ikeo, &r,d
help and encourage him ? Because my
mean, tyrannous tempfr gottbe better of
my woman s heart.
"Oa, yes: i said, eflnngly, "it is
easy enough to make fine promises you
told uie the same thins; beiore. How
can you expect mo to trust you now V
loin was spirited and quick temper
ed great loving hearted men always
lie sprang; to his feet like a flash
and before I had time to think or speak,
had Icit the room. I tossed the child
into ber cradle, and rushed to the door
but It was too into lio w jo. i
just caught a glimpso of him turning
the corner.
I went back to the little breakfast
room; uow blank ana a rear it loos
ed, aud what a sharp, stinging thorn
there was iu the rry core of my heart !
I loved Tom. and he loved rue. We had
been married only eighteen months and
this was our first quarrel. I sat down
with the baby m my arms, heedless oi
my mormug work, and loll to thinking.
All tho old, happy days panio bazfc ; aud
the one in particular, wheu we sat in
Dumberry Wood. It was iu Autumu,
and all the world seemed in a blaze of
old, as the un slid down, and the
squirrel cuuttcd overhead, dropping a
ripe nut, now aud ttien, into my lap, as
I sat there, with the lust rose ot summer
in my hair, knitting a purse for Tom.
"Lucy, he said, as I wove m the last
golden stitches, "you've knit my love
my very life up in that purse, leu
me now betore you hnisb U bow it is m
be ? Am I to have you aud andr
Oh '. I won't thiuk of it even. Lucy, it
would bo too dreadful !"
"No, Tow, I answered, "you are to
have the purse and the hand that knit
it too."
Poor lorn, he cried then just like a
little ,cb;d he, the bravest uisu la the
village.
"Xo fcult to find, only a leeth too
wiLd too fond of gay company : but
yaii must tame lain, L.cy, as your
mother .uj me.
That was my old lather s advice on
our wedding day. My heart smote me
dreadfully as 1 called it to mind that
morning. Had 1 done my duty r ma
I followed the example of my mother,
who never let fall an unkind word f
But Tom would be home to his din-
ner! The thought brought me to my feet.
I did up work britkly, and wet
about aook'mg iust such j diofler as
knew he liked, ita tlww vmwuiSL was
don to perfection : tbi Laby iu & dean
slip, and myselt all smiles to receive mm
when the clock struck otic. iut be
didn't eome.
" 0 9
- TERMS-$1 50 per Annum if paid in Advance
' UJ,.
August
12tU ISG5
1 put by the untnsted dinner, and pre
pared supper, and lit a blight fire in the
little parlor. He should have a pleas,
nut welcome. But he did not come.
Eight, nine, tmi o'clock nnd I put bv
the untested supper, md baby and I
went up to the nursery to watch and
wait. How the little thorn in my heart
pierced and wrankled ! Tom had bro
ken his promise, and my unkindness
was the cause ! Nothing else rang in
my ears through the long hours.
About two o clock 1 heard a noie be
low, and went, to the window. There
was a man on the porch. I could iust see I
him in the dim li-ilil.
"Tom, is that you ?" I asked softly,
putting out my head.
"Yes ; open the door, Lucy ; quick,
The police are after me."
My heart sunk. The police after
him f What should he have done 1 I
ran down swiftly and uulocked the door.
But as I did so, two ineu wearing official
badges stepped up on the porch, and onp
of them laid his hand on Tom's ehoub
der, nnd said, "I arrest you sir,"
"For what I cried,
"For :nurder !"
The floor seemed slidiug from beneath
my feet, but I caught at the door to
steady myself, and looked at Tom. At
t..at instant, the olhcial uncovered his
lantern, and oh, my God ! there was
blood upon my husband's bauds.
All the rest is a blank. hen I
came to life again, 1 was in bed in my
own room, and kind compassionate faces
were around uie. I asked for lam. He
was in prison awaiting his trial. There
had been a quarrel at the tayern, whith
er my cruel words had driven Tom ; and
had struck his antagonist. I lie tnau
was not dead tho' they thought he was
at first but he was badly hurt about the
head. But it he recovered; well it
would not go so hard with Tom.
I arose and went to the prison : but
thev would not admit mo. No one was
to see my husband until alter the trial.
Another da? crept by; a night; and
then a morning came, I went down to
the door, and opened it, with that vague
feebnz of expectation which always ao
companies severe affliction, and looked
out, the sun was rising ; God's gun
rising grandly and brightly over the
black stone jail. The frost hung thick
and sparkling over everything even on
the scrap ot folded paper that lay at my
feet. Itoopcd and picked it up idly,
as wo catch at a straw or twig sometimes,
without any piotive or pojrer cf f'wIiUwb.
The suoersuripticu caught rnv eve ; it
was my own name, and my busbaud's
haod-writ:B2 I tare it open aad
read :
"Dear Lucy I havo broken out of
jail, aud am going well, no matter
where. I didn't strike Hastings with an
iutcntion to kill him. I wasiutoxijated,
and it was moro bis fault than mine ; j
but ho may die, and then ; at any rate,
it is better lor you, Lucy, tor me to go,
I never was worthy of your love. Now,
you can go back to your father, and for.
set me, and be happy. You will find
the bonds lor what money 1 have in
bauk, in the desk ; it is enough to make
you and the child comfortable 1 For.
give and fsrget nie, Lucy. God bless
you you and the baby ! Tom."
This was tho end ! That was the re.
ward that my cross word bad purchased
for me : Truly, truly the wages ot ciu
is death. We shall not need ouo pang
of corporal suflciing, one spark of real
fire, to perfect our torment, if wo are
lost. Conscience is all sufficient re
morse, that worm that never dies. Is it
for me to attempt to talk about what I
suffered in the days that followed thit
morning: Words could not es press it
save to one that has passed through the
&u;e iuruace of affliction. But I (iiod,
for sorrow aud death rarely walk iu each
other's steps, and nursed my babe, and
did the work my hands had to do. I did
not go back to my lather. 1 remained
in Tom's house, and kept bis things all
about me, even his cap bunging ou tho
wall, l orget hiw ! Docs love ever
forgot ?
llitstuigs aid not die. lie recovered.
and made a public statement. He was
more in tault than lorn was. 1 Lion he
put a notice iu all the papers, telling Tom
to come back; but he did not come..
The wiuter passed away with long
Jong nights of bitter remorse, and teudcr
recollections oj the dear husband, whose
strong arms J;ad auce been my stay and
support, 'the spring caio the aura.
mer another winter. Three years went
bv crept by.
My child, lorn s little uaw, grew io
be a fairy little thing, with blue jcyes
and golden hair, and a tongue thatnever
wearied of Ite childish pratthug. All
day long she sat on the doorstep, where
the evening sunbeams slanted in lisping
to fret doll, and listening while I told
her of the father that would eouio back
Ao us one day. For surely he would
come. Surely God's mercy would
vouchsafe suflje compensative, some par-
den iors-ich repeutauve as my soul
ad
poured forth.
Tho third spring was peculiar some-
bow, the far ufl sky seemed to drop d'jwu
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$Q id.
in nearev, bluer folds j the sun wore a
softer radiance ; tho trees, the grass, the
flowers, a diviner, tenderer boautT I
rose every morning, and looked out uf
my little window at tho kindling glory
of morn, with a Jepliqg ql strange, trein.
ulous expectation. -1 siiemod to (eel the
shadow of some great event that winged
its fliaht above me the one prayer of
my soul seemed about to be answered,
One evening oh, that evening ! A
May sky, soft and blue, hung over a
zreen, ulossonilii ennn. l lie turtle
cooed in thp distant wood and the robin
twittered to her young brood amid the
milky bloom of the orchard. God's love
shone in the golden brightness of the
westward going sun. My child, little
Erne, Bat on tho doorstep talkiqg tQ her
doll, aud watchiug the birds. All nt
once, she clapped her dimpled hand and
bounded tq her feet.
"Mammy," she cnod gleefully, "pap
py coniiu-pppy comiq ; istae go meet
him '."
The words stirred my heart to its ut.
most depths, and dropping my work, I
followed her out at the door. A man
was coming up the garden path his
garments tattered his step slow and
uncertain. A beggar, no doubt! I
called to Elbe to come back, but she ran
on, heedless of my command. Tom's
little spaniel, that I had petted and taken
care of for his sake, darted from its ken.
nel with a ncculiar err. such as I never
heard from it before. What did it all
mean! My heart turoDDeu anu my
knpes tiembJpd- Ljttlp Effio ;au on,
holding QUt both dimpled hands her gol.
den curls blown all about her rosy laoe,
"How de.do, pappy! I's your little
Effio," she lisped, as she reached the
man's feet.
He stooped and raised her In bis arm?
and then hh glanee rested on me. And
such a glance sueh a face ! Pale, hag.
g&fd, worn by sorrow and suffering to a
mere shadow, loin s ghost come baofc
from the grave. Sfot that either, for my
frantio arms grasped soiae tangible
form.
"Oh, Tom !" I cried, "is it you ?
Speak, speak and tell me?"
"Yes, Lucy, it's me? J cquldu't bear
it no l)ugor--l'l dying, I believe -and
I couldn't go without seeking you and
the little one again."
My arms held him fast, tattered gar.
inents nnd all ; my kisses fell on his
poor pale face like raiu. I would never
let him go again.
"Tom, Tom," I sobbed, getting dqwn
on ity knees, before him, "oh. forgive
me f orgiye mo have suffered so
' much-"
"It's me that must atk forgiveness,
Lucy," he said humbly, "not you I
was wrong "
But 1 stopped bim short.
"No. Tom, my cross word did it all,"
I said, "but for that we might have
becu happy together all these weary
years "
"Mammy, mammy," interposed Eflie,
tvristiog herself round ou hr father's
shoulder, "don't cry uo luore pappy's
come back."
Yes, thank God, be had come back
poor, and tattered, and hungry like
the Prodigal, but my Tom, my husband
nevertheless. J. would never speak
cress to bin) auy more.
It is spring lime agaiu. Tho sweet
sunlight steals iu ut my window as I
write aud I hear tho turtle cooing in
the distant wood. .My liusbaud is a
man now, staudiujz up proudly, his feet
upon tho grave of old temptations. I
know uod s mercy is equal to his jus
tice, and His love greater thau ever,
Tlie Secret Marriage-
The uight was fearful. The thun
er leaped in immoderate reverberations
from crag to cliff, and back agaiu. The
litrhtniner lighted, and the rain rained.
i he lace of nature was very yet, and
tfco wth trembled beneath the terrific
shock of the elements.
He would have been a stout-hearted
and fearless mau, who dared venture out
without an umbreiia iu the whirl aud
turmoil of that driving storm. I dare
ay he did not ao it.
And India rubber overshoes fao.
Suddenly, had it not been so dark
there might b??a fceeu seen a small and
fragile boat a shallop leaving the tu.
ipultuous lake and slowly making its
way buffetted and beaten back coutinu.
ally by the storm.
iNow aloft, now Lostia iho cngutphiu(
billow, but ever working onward towards
the furthercst shore, the shallop went,
propelled by the strong and nervous
arm cf a heroio hired man.
But ha! who js thai rIiucs m the
stern seat.
Tis he ! His cheek blauches not, d
his eye is lit with a ray oj anticipation
and debgtt e-veu in tfee iidst oi the
tempest's roar.
And it li no roar u the half 6 'cell I
tell you..
Why JooVs be 60 unmwid, to calm,
so O be joyful, almost when the storey
terrors of the deep encompass him
Ah, it is because she nestles at bis
side.
Hor rosy palm entwines his ; her luf.i
yellow, hair floats like, a golden, thujr
about kirn ; hcrgen.t,le nose. n radhint
chin are close to. his. con.ipiQioiw auauM -.
er, apdj their, hearts throb in unison, witl
the dirge c the pines on thi
shore and.. the ra'Wa Wv''3. $?S
them r
And thus they spcad- onward, ftcf.
giud.Q4by a dim aud twinUiu" wiudMt-
light afer, that makes pajp 1004.
tbro'-JgU tbe gathering, rpjsts.
It was warm ar,4 snug iu, the oak p .
cled library. The cleV- clpbjjd; lir;
shines bright upon the ppndcrqiM tqWlt
awl m,ii tjt.udjnp.u8 papery that, ej.v.pw th
toor ao,d furniture. And here nt tia,
anoient oarvei, tabfe. sits tho w?sti.
spirit of the paluoe.
Figure to yourself my djenr rcadev,
man hardly past tlu) dinner, tiijip c.l, ljfqi
yet baring on his thfiughiKj kw
those natural knobs nnd lumps whjoh f,
ly oonjp irchb, taking at)d tempostriqu
thoughts,
A man whom seeing 0110, tuigh.t 6aj
"here is something that is not as if it l. ji
not been tli,e something itw, loq. hnlY
met such a man no doubt.
I bw Pot,
Tho fire in the, grate flicksw am
flares. A black log, burnt in twain,
falls asunder and a spire pf If.men
flame leaps up with a, fitfuj glara, By
its sudden flush &f ligM you ca.n. sea this
inar,, pain-, spirted and knobby-brofcdi
is not the man you thought he was.
You also see for the flrst time, by tljij
fire glcaiu, lhat be is a clergyman.
If e closes his ancient b.ranzed claspm
yolurue with something hotwppn, a, sruilo.
aud a sigh. 114 aajs. grimly, "it's a,
shocking oighl-i but good, for Jhu
crops !"'
A loud and hollow summons at thu
frqnt door resounds throtigho'lt the inaut
sion like the thunderous downfall of
gravel on the coffin's lid. The ruda
winds shake the window frames afresh t
and whir! keener fury around thu
WfW4;
"Perchance some poor soul lies a
dying," murmured tho good and piou
mau, "aud sends to seek the .last
offices.
at these unworthy hand.''
Ho tqucbes the hull, md a. sahlq
child of the su.qn.y land, whence thu
originals, men and brothers, wore irnpor.
ted by lots to suit purchasers, appears.
"Julius, tl)ere is, some o,r,q a, I liq
dqor."
The swarthy Ethiop disappears, but
presently returns, ushering iq tl)rta
strangefs.
Strangers to the clergyman, iudeed,
but not to you. good reader, ihey arq
the lqfiqg pair we have seen in tha .
storm-tossed shallap,, qqd, with them I
tho faithful hired man.
The holy rain surveys their ojf'ppiqs
forms with snrprjso.
"Whenoo pqme ye, friends, if frionds.
yon be V stys he ; ''and what triages yo
here this sad and joyless night, V
"We come hero to wed," roplics. tha
man with a slight but noble and well
executed gesture.
"It is an elopement," says tho clergy,
man to himself . Tl)cn. alqijd :
"Have yo well considered ttjc step you;
are about to take ?"
' That have we good sir," said both at
once.
'And ye love que another beyond al
else on earth '"
"We do."
"And ye arc prepared to sunder all
ties else to cling and cleave unto oue
another '"
"We are."
"Then I will wed you right cheer
fully. But hqld ; how old are you, fair
sir ?"
"Twenty summers have I seen. My
bride numbers throe Ipsj."
"Ah 1 ya sru minors yel."
"No sir. J. am no uiucr. J work
a saw will.
('But both are under age and the law
prevents mo joining ye against the
wkhesof your flesh and blood. Yon
must answer me some questions truly."
"We will."
Know ye any reasou why your wed.
ding should not be ?
"Xonc--"
"Know ye any one who, if they knew
of this would niako objections there
unto ?
"O yes."
Ah 1 your father, sir V
No not my father.
"Your mother it may be ?"
To she is willing."
"Probably your father, fair maiden?''
"No, we bape bis juonsont.''
Then it is yqur mother ?"
"ir" ,. ...
"Aud have you otbtr guardians ;.
.'.'tfono."
"Ibeu," says the pious man, a littlo
disturbed, "why in tho name of coiumou
senso do you say that there is one who
might forbid tho match ?"
"Oh replied bride, her checks cu.
criuisoniiig with the suffusion of native
modesty ; there is some 00c. Eli Prich.
ard, who keeps store, use to sit up wit h
me, &i te'd been awful mad if ho
knew I was going tq marry James,
here?"
This is tha end of my story, but for
the young damsel who may road this
column, I will add that they were mar
ried in less than five minutes, and their
numerous chil&cu ay about the mil
(tir'Tho following was lately sent to
Lwiu Napoleon; "IiRE4 JL lave re
ceived two wound under your dear
uncle, which have been tb,e ornament of
my life, expecially as they were mortal.
If these wounds seem to you St for a
license for a tobacco store, my hope and
my life will be satisfied. Please prepay
our answer."
St. Mary i r'ebruar.f, 20ih '66. at