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IIISTOKV. <■-. t roulmii—Hi* Excursimis to Aujfti wiek. l*nHi Valley u:i<i the Ohio river: Hl* Irallie with ,iml j-ifts to the Indian*': AointuHinls u !n;>aiiv <f l'ri<-ndl> In dians at liradiloek'h deleat: Settle-, at VBghwtrk: Captain .lark, -rise Wild Hunter of the Juniata:" His wife unit children murdered by the Indian*: He ItrramcN a leerer tit the aavagea. < hie of the most prominent actors, on the part of the whites, in the Indian wars of the period of which we have just written, Was one George (Toghan, a native of Ireland, who came to the colony of Pennsylvania in 1742. He tirst located at a place on the Susque hanna river, known as Harris' Trading House, but soon removed into Cumbe rland county, making many excursions to Path Valley and Aughwick, and fi nally, hv way of "the old Bedford trail," extending his travels as far westward as the Ohio river. He was an "Indian tra der," that is, he bartered such goods as were desired by the Indians, for any ar ticle of theirs useful in civilized life.— His long residence among the savages enahledhim to learn their language and gain considerable influence over them. At one time he was suspected by some of the provincial authorities, of being a spy in the service of the French, but there seems to have been no ground for this suspicion, except that Croghan was an Irishman, and that he might share the sympathy of many of his countrymen in wishing success to France. <)n the contrary his conduct furnished hundreds of instances, in which he served the English ino.it faith fully, even at his own expense, making presents to the Indians, in the name of the Province, in oriler to retain their friendship for the colonists. When Braddock marched against Fort l)u --quesne, he raised a company of thirty Indians and joined that unfortunate commander. What part lie took in the memorable conflict which resulted so disastrously to Braddock, neither histo ry nor tradition informs us; but Gov. Hamilton writes that he "never heard any objections to his conduct in that ca pacity" (that of captain of a company of Indians in Braddock's army). Dur ing his traffic with the Indians on the Ohio river, the French frequently seiz ed"Tthd confiscated his goods, and by these ad verse chances and his munificent gifts to the savages, he was finally re duced to bankruptcy. Compelled bv his straitened circumstances to abandon his trader's life, he settled at Aughwick, in 17-11, where he built a stockade known in Indian annals as "Croghan's Fort." lie was afterwards appointed a disbursing agent for the provincial government, to distribute presents a mong the Indians. In 1750, he was made deputy agent of Indian affairs, by Sir William Johnston. After the evacuation of Fort Buquesne by the French in 17AS, he resided in Fort Pitt, and whilst on an excursion down the Ohio, he was captured by the French and taken to Detroit. After his release he went to New York, where he died. Croghan does not seem to have been much of a warrior, but excelled rather in the arts of diplomacy. Could the rocks 011 the banks of the J uniata speak, how many tales of the craft of this dauntless adventurer would not bo told, and what pictures of the unsophistica ted nature of the Indian, tickled with a ring of brass and gratified to ecstasy with the most valueless trinket, would not !>e presented. But a sterner na ture than that of wily George Crogh an, gave character to the scenes en acted during the period of which we are sja-aking. Captain Jack, the "Wild Hunter of the Juniata," resided in the neighborhood of Aughwick, from 1750 to 17>), but subsequently, in company with several congenial spirits, built a cabin near a beautiful spring on the banks of the Juniata, whither he mov ed Jus family, employing his time in fishing and hunting. He was a huge, athletic man, of dark complexion, with an eye like that of the eagle. It is re lated, that he would frequently visit the banks of the ltaystown branch, whilst 011 his fishing excursions, and it was on his return from one of these, that he found his wife and children murdered and his cabin laid in ruins, by the Indians. Thissudden and dread ful loss almost crazed him, and he im mediately disappeared no traces of his whereabouts being discovered for 12 months thereafter. But one night an Irishman named Moore, residing in Aughwick, was startled from his slum bers by the crack of a rifle. It was at the hour of midnight and the Irishman, wondering what a rifle-shot meant so late at night, got out of bed and went to the door, where, to his amazement, an Indian lay weltering in his gore, on the very threshold. A voice in the distance BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 8. 1865. cried out, "I have saved your lives!" It was the voice of the avenger, Capt. Jack. The news soon spread through out theadjacent country, that the "Wild I Hunter of the Juniata,' as Capt. Jaek was called, had re-appeared. His name j was upon every lip, and well might it; be, for the terror which it inspired a mongthe Indians, was no inean protec tion to the settlers. His manner of' hunting and slaying the savages had more to do with the inspiration of awe in their minds, than thenumlters which he succeeded in killing. He had the ! faculty of striking when his blow was least expected by his victim; and this ' was a.secret which Indian philosophy j could not solve. So strongly did it op-1 erate upon their superstitious nature, j that they began to regard him as a su pernatural being. During his single handed warfare with the Indians, Capt. Jack slept in the woods, alike in winter j and summer; no covering above him save the bushes in the thicket, no pil low under his head hut the rock on which he chose to rest. But he was j eventually called from his solitary life, I by the tender of the command of a ' company of scouts, or rangers formed by the settlers. "This company,"*we are told, "was uniformed like Indians, with hunting-shirts, leather leggings and moccasins, and as they were not acting under sanction of government, styled themselves 'Captain Jack's Hun ters.' " The exploits of this hand in fighting Indians, however, reached the ears ol' the Provincial Governor, and j Capt. Jack was at once given a roving commission to check the incursions of the Indians on the frontier. Under this I authority he drove the savages out of Morrison's Cove and defeated them at several other places. He afterwards of- 1 fered his services and those of his "Hun-; ters" to Braddock, but, though George Croghan used every possible argument to induce the general to accept them, j they were not permitted to take part in j tlie expedition against Fort Duquesno. j Braddock, doubtless, concluded that their irregular mode of fighting, would not comport with the dignity of iiisar-; my, and rejected their services for the same reasons w inch caused him to doom , his army to destruction. The period 1 and manner of Capt. Jack's death are! both unknown. One account says he j died in 1772. The range known as Jack's j Mountain takes its name from this no ted character and stands as an eternal monument to his memory. [ TO HE CONTINUED, j THE ROYAE HUiEII. An Incident tu the Idle of Napoleon I. CHAITEH 1. "The bell for vespers has just rung, and the Empress will pass around the corridors in the course often minutes.' She will be attended by the princess j Hortenseand two ladies in waiting, but you will readily recognize her, for she is taller than the others, and will walk a little in advance." Thus spoke the tall and tierce-looking gendarme , with a good-natured look of concern upon the slight form at his side, whose youthful face gleamed out still and pale from the shadows that were thick ly gathering, and whosesing ular beauty was rendered still more conspicuous by a pair of dark, iustrous eyes, which had a sad, l>eseeehing ex pression more eloquent than words. The pale lips moved, as if to express her thanks, but they gave forth 110 aud ible sound. "Hist! she is coming!" exclaimed the guard, as his quick ear caught the sound of approaching footsteps. "Courage, vion enfant ," he added, as the young girl leaned up against the corner of the corridor, trembling in ev ery limb, "the good Empress is like a mother to her people!" As he said this, he hastily resumed his post, and when the Empress made her appearance, was pacing backwards and forwards with ids monotonous tread, a stolid look upon his counte nance, as tho' he was a mere machine, that the discipline to which he was sub jected was intended to make him. Josephine then in the zenith of her charms, wasattired in her usual elegance in a robe of black velvet, whose very folds swept tho floor; rubies gleamed up on her IMJSOIII, and the heavy braids of dusky hair, a custom which well accord ed with her rich tropical beauty, and she moved along with that graceful, undulating motion peculiar to the French creole. As she reached the spot opposite to where the girl stood, she stepped out from the shadow and sinking down upon one knee, laid her hand 011 Jose phiue's robe, as if to arrest her prog ress. Poor Marie! during her long and lonely walk she had said over again the little speech by which she had hoped to win the kind heart of the Empress to pity and aid her, but as she knelt there, every word of it vanished from her mind. But those white, quivering lips, the imploring impression in those lifted eyes spoke volumes, as Josephine look ed down upon them, she understood all she would say. Signing the other ladies to proceed, she took the roll of paper from Iter hand. But as her eyes glanced over it her countenance fell. "I feel that I can do nothing for you, my good girl," she said, turning to the suppliant-! "desertion is an offence that the Emperor never pardons." "O! say not so, royal lady!" exclaim ed the young girl imploringly. "The good Emperor's heart is ever open to you! It was to see his dying mother, and after other means had failed." Still the Empress shook her head. "It is a hard case," she -aid; "hut it will be useless for me to attempt to obtain bis pardon." As Josephine said tfiis a stifled moan escaped from the poor girl's lips, the convulsive grasp upon her robe relaxed, and she lay still and pale at her feet. Alarmed, the Empress beckoned the gendarme to approach. "She has fainted," he said, as he bent over her. "And no woncr; she has walked from the village of L , full eight leagues, since break of day." "Do vou know her?" "Yes, Madame, she is Marie Duval, the betrothed of Henri Laferve, who is to be shot to-morrow morning for de sertion." "Poor child!" said the Empress, com passionately. "Take her away, good Jenna," she added, as the girl began to show signs of consciousness, "and see that she has rest and refreshment, and if-he be sufficiently recovered bring her an hour hence, to my private apart ment." The Empress passed along, hut the kind-hearted soldier noticed, with a feeling of satisfaction, that she held the little roll of paper, while her counte nance had a thoughtful aspect. Napoleon was seated alone at the ta ble covered with papers and maps. A courier had just left him, who was evi dently the bearer of go al news, for his countenance had a pleased, almost ex ultant look. The door opened, and Josephine en tered. She paused anionieirt uponthethresh old, giving his countenance a furtive look, whose ever varying mood she had learned to read. ''Welcome, my g>od Josephine," said the Emperor holding out his hand to her. Josephine saw that ihiswas a propi tious moment, and piiyfully sinking down on one knee, she kissed his hand and presented himthe*oll of papershe had received from the rirl. "If it was for any ether offence, it should be granted; but as it is, it is im possible." "But there are extenuating circum stances in this case,"pleaded Josephine; "the poor fellow had just received news that his mother was it the point of death." "That was no excuse. The soldier has no mother save France; he owes first duty to her!" "Ah, if you could only see his be trothed wife, sire, I knov your heart would relent. —She traveled on foot from the village of L—-, since day break, to plead for her lover's life. Poor girl! I fear that she will not sur vive it!" The Emperor shruggeditisshoulders. "We must try to console her," he said, dryly, "seeing we cannot grant her another husband." "She would never accept one!" said Josephine, with indignant emphasis. "She would sooner die with her lover." Napoleon again shrug-ged his shoul ders and took a pinch of snuff. "My dear friend, such things may be found in romance, but not in real life. I'll wager most anything you like, she would much prefer living with some young, good-looking man, and which I should find little difficulty in persua ding her to do." Josephine whispered a few words in her royal husband's ear. "Letit be so," hesaid smiling. "And now suffer your young protege to be summoned, and I will soon put the truth of my assertion to the proof." The Emperor listened attentively to the touching plea, broken by tears and sobs, that Marie poured out at his feet. Then bidding her rise, he said gravely, but kindly, for he was touched by the artless beauty of the suppliant, 110 less than by her unfeigned sorrow. "1 am sorry, my daughter, that I can not grant your petition. But I will pro vide you with another love, and bestow upon you a bridal dowry besides; which will do just as well, if not better." "Surely you jest, sire," said theyoung girl, casting upon him a glance of sor rowful surprise. "No one can take Henri's place in mg heart. For the love of mercy, spare his life!" "He has committed an unpardonable offence," was the stern reply, "the pen alty of which is death. He must die! unless, indeed," he added, in a lower tone, "some substitute he found to suf fer in his stead." Marie caught eagerly at the hope con veyed by these words. Again she threw herself upon her knees, bathing the Emperor's hand with her tears. "Would your majesty indeed accept a substitute?" she exclaimed. "Let me take his place, then, and suffer for him!" "What! would you take his place to morrow, and be shot in his stead?" in quired Napoleon, looking steadily into her face. "If there is no other way to save his life, willingly, gladly, sire !" was the fervent response. The Emperor's stern, impassable face gave no token of the feelings that filled his heart, as he looked upon the coun tenance of the speaker, every feature of which was distinct with the fervor of her heroic soul. "If you desire it, certainly," he said, after a moment's pause. "But remem ber that I am not trifling with you! One of you must die! You will have ample time between now and thedawn to decide which it shall be." CHAPTER 11. The next morning rose clear and cloudless. At the first streaks of dawn, the large square in front of the palace was alive with soldiers, while outside of the paling, and in every available place, were crowds of spectators, eager to view what is so dear toevery French man's heart, the pomp and circumstan ce of a military execution ; and in this I instance, rumors that had reached the people, that it was not the real offen der that was to be executed, but his af fianced wife, who, by her own free choice was to take his place, made the crowd unusually large. Circumstances indicated that it was to IK- the scene of more than usual dis play. The Emperor himself was pres-' eat, attended by his start'. His tried i and faithful body-guard were drawn up 1 in long array, together with the whole j regiment to which the culprit belonged. j At the appointed hour, Marie made her appearance, attended by a priest, 1 and escorted by a guard of six soldiers. A murmur of mingled pity and admi ration ran through the crowd, as they noted her extreme youth and beauty. Every eye expressed sympathy, except ing, indeed, the platoon of soldiers de- I tailed to tire the fatal volley; they alone j regarded the scene with an air of in- j difference. Marie's beautiful countenance was j pale but composed, and she walked to the fatal spot with a light, firm step, j Yet, as her eye fell upon the coffin, that j was arranged'so that it would receive her body as it fell, a visible shudder j convulsed her frame. But it quickly passed away, and her countenance re gained its former expression of holy ; serenity. Closing her eyes, her lips moved a j moment in voiceless prayer; then she J signified that she was ready. Just then one of the Emperor's aids j rode up, and beckoning to the priest, said a few words to him. Father Godfrey immediately return- j edtohispatient. "Daughter," hesaid,' "our good Emperor sends thee word ; that if thy courage fail thee, there is, even now, time to retract." "Tell the Emperor 1 thank him, fa ther," returned Marie, calmly ; "but■ j that it is easier for me to die for my be trothed tluin to live without him. "But bethink tliee, daufht<>r," jj<t- j sisted the good priest, "this is a terrible | fate. Life is sweet, especially to the j young. The Emperor empowers me to | offer to thy acceptance another lover, j equal in every respect, to the one thou i wilt lose, and a bridal dowry. Rush j not from so fair a prospect to so cruel a death." "Urge me no more, holy father," was the firm reply,; "my resolution is im-1 movable.—Neither distract with vain j and worldly thoughts the soul, that is j fixed steadfastly upon that country it is j so soon to enter. The priest drew back, and one of the i soldiers approached to bandage her j eyes. At first Marie demurred, but on i>eing j told that it was indispensable, quietly 1 submitted. During these proceedings a profound J silence reigned throughout that dense ! crowd of people, and when the signal to fire was given, every heart stood still; i even the rough, stern soldiers, aeeus- j turned to view death in its most cruel j forms, involuntarily turned their eyes I away from the pitiful sight. There was a sharp report of musket-' ry, and when the smoke cleared away, j it was discovered that Marie had fallen forward upon her face. The Emperor, who had been a pass- ( ive but attentive spectator of all this, instantly spurred bis horse to the spot, where she lay. "J lon J)i<it!" he exclaimed as he threw himself hurriedly from the sad dle, "can it be that those stupid fellows have blundered?" "She has only fainted, sire," said Father Godfrey, bending over her, and laying his hand upon her wrist as he spoke. Yet, though the muskets were loaded with blank cartridges, so that not a hairof her head was injured. Forsonie minutes Marie lay as still and deathly as though life had indeed departed. When she unclosed Iter eyes, she look ed up bewildered into the face that she had never thought to see again in life. "Marie, my sweet angel! my sa vior !" exclaimed Henri; look up, our sufferings are over! The Emperor was but testing your love. He has pardon ed me, and Father Godfrey is even now waiting to make us one." And before Marie could hardly real ize this happy change in her prospects, she was a wife. As soon as thepriest had pronounced the benediction, the Emperor approach ed them. Overcome with gratitudeand joy, they would have knelt at his feet, but he prevented them. "No thanks are due to me," he said, addressing Henri. "You owe your life neither to your own desserts, nor," he added, hiscyes resting kindly on Marie's happy face, "to my clemency, but to that heroic courage and devotion of her you have just called wife. Endeavor, in all your future conduct, to prove VOL. 61.—WHOLE No. 5,326. worthy of her! 1 give you a month's furlough in which to enjoy your honey moon; to which the Empress adds five thousan# 4 friUics as a dowry to..your bride. At the expiration of that time, return to the service of your country; and rememlw, hereafter, that the brave soldier never leave* hifc post of duty." The meaning of this scene was not long in passing from lip to lip through the excited throng of people; and as Napoleon ceased -peaking, the air rung with shouts of " Vive P Empereur But Napoleon quickly withdrew to the little alcove, where,secure fromob servation, Josephine had witnessed the triumph of her protege. "You have won," he said smiling. "But how is it," he added, "that you read the heart of this simple maiden so much better than IV" "I judge her by my own heart, sire. This lovely pleasant girl ha-done noth ing that 1 would not gladly do for thee 1" "My good Josephine! said the Em peror, pressing affectionately her hand in his, 1 believe it!" A few years hence, when upon a lone- j ly island, forsaken by all his summer I friends, she, whom lie had rejected from his heart and throne, wrote to him for permission to share his exile, did Na poleon receive another proof of that self sacrifice which is seldom found j save in tiie heart of a woman. KTA-Vrovs TOOLS. Since the days of Fouche no country hxis been cursed with such a multitude of spies and informers as the border portion of the United States has been from the commencement of the war al most, if not quite, up to the present time. They constituted a small army of them selves, and as it was morally impossible that any person of honorable instincts should undertake an office so thorough ly degrading, all the departments of this odious service were filled by men who were either without principle or wereof the most disreputablecharacter. it was 111 vain that its chiefs were dig nified with the titles of provost mar shals and deputy provost marshals, and that their men were styled Government detectives; the popular instinct soon penetrated the thin disguise and saw the mom-hard underneath. We do not say that detectives so-called may not be necessary to a Government during a pe riod of civil war, or that they may not he made useful, when they are kept within the sphere of their legitimate functions. But, on frequent occasions here in Maryland they rendered them selves infamous by first instigating the crime and then arresting the offender; and seizing for confiscation the proper ty in his charge. The well known case that was tried before the late Chief Jus tice Taney, in the Circuit Court of the United States in this city, is an instance in point, and the scathing rebuke ad ministered on that occasion by the ven erable Uhief Justice to provost marshal McPhail and his supurserviceable aids, will be felt by them—if they are capa ble of feeling anything—as long as they cumber the ground. The sanguinary and brutal assault which was also made by the same par tics upon that upright Judge and hon orable gentleman, Judge Carmichael, dragging him from the bench in open court, and beating him about the head with their pistols until his person was covered with blood, was as dastardly as it was unprovoked, and caused a shud der of abhorrence even among those who applauded the system that gave employment to these men, and by a paradox that would be unaccountable in other times, heartily supported these ruffians in their wrong doings. But the evil went deeper than this. Stimulated by partisan malignity, a system of es pionage was organized which was felt in every household. Witnesses were suborned, servants tampered with, the most innocent acts or expressions were perverted into something that was as sumed to be either disloyal or treason able, and were made the pretexts for arrests and imprisonment for months without even the name of the secret ac cuser being made known to the victim, or the nature of the charge upon which he was held. That these things should have been permitted so long, and that journals under the convenient pretext of devotion to the Union should have recorded, with complacency, day after day, the most flagrant violations of the rights of citizens, are facts not more re markable than was the personal vindic tiveness by which such proceedings were characterized, and in which they but too frequently found their true ori gin. Happily, nearly the whole herd of J spies and informers have been got rid i of recently, but, unhappily, they have ' not yet received their just deserts. We learn now, also, that the man Baker, the Uhief Detective of the War Depart ment at Washington, and who, for his notable exploits, in various ways, was rewarded not long since with a gener al's commission, lias fallen into such disrepute that President Johnson has not only ordered away all detectives employed at the White House, but "has also indulged in very severe strictures upon Baker himself, and to his face." ! But what do strictures amount to if they are not followed up by arrest and punishment? This General Baker has been bluntly characterized by one of the New York papers as "a bold, bad man," and, we are told, that "the fixed im pression with regard to him is that he first created and organized himself most of the crimes he discovered, and that ; he has misused the powers entrusted to him, aiid the protection afforded by Mr. Stanton's favor with a recklessness that only his long and desperate training as an adventurer in California could have rendered possible to any man's nature. A congressional committee toward the close of last session discovered that he had lieen sending many persona to the (>ld ('apitol prison simply by his own mandate, and that they bad been kept in confinement there upon the most frivolous charges, or ujion no charges at all. And now we learn that Secretary Stanton has directed the release of other prisoners from the Old Capitol who have been sent there by this same General Baker, and who have been imprisoned for a considerable length of time, and, as it is delicately stated, "without the charges being sustained." Hisnumer ousarrestsin New York of bounty-bro kers, and alleged bounty-jumpers, just before the close of the war, are now very generally believed to have been merely schemes for extorting black mail, and suits have since been brought, or threat ened, to force him to disgorge the large sums of money he stands accused of re ceiving on that occasion. More recently he has been indicted in Washington for having falsely arrested a Mrs. Cobb, and taken from her a sum of money, and we heartily join with the New York Citizen in the hope that all others whom he has plundered and oppressed every where will pursue him before the courts in the numerous cases in which lie has been guilty of similar practices. We trust, also, that the Bishop of the Episcopal Church, whom, but a few weeks ago, he caused tobedraggedfrom his home in North Carolina, and from a sick wife, brought on to Washington under guard, and after putting a few questions to him insolently, dismissed to find his way back to North Carolina as he could, will not find it inconsistent with the dignity of his eloth and the sacred nature of his trailing to bringsuit against this man for so gross an outrage, and that there will be found a jury hav ing the manliness to award exemplary damages. In one or two instances at the north the provost marshals have al ready been made to feel that they can not shelter themselves under the orders of their superiors for acts done in defi ance of the laws, and we shall rejoice to see the day when the civil tribunals in the border States, relieved from the pres sure of the arnxed hand, shall prove to the world that they are yet capable of redressing the wrongs that have been perpetrated hitherto with impunity by <Tovernment detectives— alias spies smd informers—of all grades, and of thus vindicating their own high functions and the sanctities of private life. — Bal timore (iazette. A\ AWH>VA Kl* .M IST AK E. A farmer who had bought a calf from a butcher, desired him to drive it to his farm and place it in his stable* which he accordingly did. Now it happened that very day that a man with a grind ing organ and dancing bear, passing by that way, began their antics fn front of the farm-house. After amusing the farmer's-tsyjaijy for some time^ the or gan-man entered the farm-house and asked the farmer if he could give him a night's lodging. The fanner replied that he could give the man lodging, but lie was at a loss where to put the bear. After musing a little, he deter mined to bring the calf insidethe house for that night, and place the bear in the stable, which he did. Now, the butch er, expecting the calf would remain in the stable all night, resolved to steal it ere morning; and the farmer and his guest were awakened in the night, by a fearful yelling from the out-building. Both got up, and, taking a lantern, entered the stable; when the farmer found, to his surprise, the butcher of whom he had bought the calf, in the grasp of the bear, which was .hugging him tremendously, for he could not bite, being muzzled. The farmer in stantly understood the state of the case, and briefly mentioned the circumstan ces to the owner of Bruin, who, to pun ish the butcher for his intended theft, called out to the bear: "Hug him, To mmy;" which the bear did in real ear nest, the butcher roaring most hideous ly the whole time. After they thought he had suffered enough, they set him free, and the butcher slunk off, glad to escape with his life; while the farmer and his guest returned to their beds. A newspaper calling itself Democrat ic is not ashamed to say that Abraham Lincoln was lfc thefather of his people." Of what people? The negroes we hope is meant; for we will not be considered as belonging to any people of which Abraham Lincoln was a father in any sense. We should be glad to let Abra ham Lincoln rest quiet inhisgrave,but as long as his friends will bring him up before us, so long we shall express our contempt and horror of everything that belonged to his life. We know of noth ing in him that a man of honor canap prove. Even hisjokes were so obscene that no gentleman could laugh at them. —Old Guard. A PROFOUND OBSERVER remarks: "I have often observed at public enter tainments that, when there is anything to l>e seen, and everybody wants par ticularly to see it, everybody immedi ately stands up and effectually prevents anybody from seeing anything." STERN ADVICE TO PARENTS.— In a recent sermon upon the training of chil dren, Henry Ward Beeeher gave the following advice to parents: "Never strike a child on the head. Providence has provided other and more appropri ate pla>s^foijpimish^^ " WiiATareyougoingtogive me for a Christmas present ?" asked a gay dam sel of her lover. "I have nothing to give but my humble self," was the reply. "The smallest favors gratefully receiv ed," was the merry response of the lady.
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