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BEDFORD, PA., THURSDAY MORNING DECEMBER 23, 1869.
THE Bt'KMXO STEALER.
"You have supplanted me, and I
will have revenge, though I have to
wait ten years for it."
Such were the words and such the
threats addressed to one young man
by another, us they stood on the levee
at New Orleans.
Ignatius Polk and Jasper Harrison
had been rivals. Both in love with
FJoride Palmer, the daughter of a
wealthy planter, for two long years
they had each striven their utmost to
win the prize. Scores of lovers, or
rather attendants, had paid their de
voirs to the beautiful Floride, all with
out apparent success, and each had in
turn retired from the field, leaving at
last Ignatius and Jasper solo contest
ants.
Both were the sons of men of good
standing in the community. Jasper
was the son of a merchant of New Or
leas, and Ignatius the eldest son of a
wealthy planter of a neighboring par
ish. Both were tall, finely formed, of
good address, and well educated. It
was hard for the lady to choose. In
the morning, with Jasperfor a com
panion, while enjoying the invigora
tion of equestrian exercise, she thought
that certainly he was a man to whom
of all others she would intrust her life's
welfare. In the evening, joined by Ig
natius, who was blessed with a splen
did voice, mellow, and well according
with her full toned mezzo-soprano, she
thought that he alone possessed that
love of home and congeniality of feel
ing calculated to make a wife happy.
Thus for months the rival runners in
the course of love kept pace with each
other; and the friends of the gentlemen
begari to twit each of the contestants,
and banter him on the probable success
of his opponent.
Jasper, like most of men under the
circumstances, was somewhat irritated
by the remarks made by friends on
what h& said, was none of their busi
ness. On one occasion, while in a ho
tel playing billiards, one of his com
panions made a remark to the effect
that if he did not make a better game
in love than he did in billiards, ii
would be a losing affair with him.
The by-stantlers, all acquaintances,
laughed.
Stung by the taunt—for Jasper was
somewhat vain of hisskill in all games
—and doubly irritated by the laugh
ter-evoking allusion, the maddened
man flushed to the temples, fairly
shook with rage, and, without a mo
ment's cousidertion, struck the jester
a ainart blow on the head with the cue.
In an instaut the blow was returned;
but with the fist.
Before any one could interfere, the
opponents were rolling on the ground
in the disgraceful distortions of a rough
and-tumble. True, the billlgerants
were separated almost immediately;
but not before Jasper had.reetived sev
eral blows on the face, about the eyes,
the marks of which he was compelled
to wear for weeks.
This was not all. In the heat of his
ragej Jasper challenged his opponent.
The defiance was accepted. A duel
was fought, which luckily proved a
bloodless one. Unluckily, however,
the cause of the meeting was not kept
a secret; and before a day had passed,
the jest, the insult, the brawl, the du
el were the property of public gossip.
Just before these events occurred,
Mr. Palmer had seriously remonstrated
with his daughter respecting her con
duct toward her two lovers; and had
charged her, for their sake as well as
for the sake of her own good name, to
decide between them. He also hinted
that though either of the young men
would be acceptable a-= a son-in-law,
Jasper was the more manly, the more
earnest, and therefore, the more likely
to prove the sufficient guardian of her
welfare.
Like a dutiful daughter, Floride
weighed well her father's words. In
her mind she compared her two suit
ors. Jasper was certainly the more
manly, but Ignatius was the more lov
ing, and this nearly turned the scales in
his favor. But then she thought that
husbands ceased to be lover-, and that
even the most domestic life cannot re
main a continued courtship—that some
thing more is demanded of a husband
than affection. Then Jasper turned
the balance, for he was enterprising,
self-possessed, and bold.
Thus the contest raged in the mind
of the maiden from morning till near
evening. Bhe became weary, nervous,
distracted, ami all in vain, for she
could come to no conclusion. Her
father entered, and with a cry of joy
she rose, ready to throw herself in his
arms, and ask him to decide for her.
Her woman's nature rebel let 1 against
this, however, and she remained si
lent.
Her father mistaking the cause of
her emotion, and thinking that she
had l>een made aware of Jasper's ill
fortune, commenced to apologize for
him, saying that young men will get
into these scrapes; that young blood is
hot blood ; that it was a pity that his
face was so marked that he could not
be seen in the public for a few days.
By this means, and the cross-ques
tioning which followed, Floride soon
knew all.
It was enough. Think of a lover,
one of whose most interesting posses
sions is his good looks, bruised and nat
tered like a vulgar brawler. Ugh! it
is too much tor a woman of refinement.
Floride sat long in silence, her father
watching her closely. Blie saw with
mental vision the brawl, heard her
name handled about, marked the bru
tal conduct and scarred fiiee of her sui
tor, shrunk into herself as she thought
of the gossips and their remarks con
cerning the duel.
Biting his lips with supressed emo
tion, she turned to her father and
said:
"He have known better than
to have mixed up my name with his
folly. If he had had any respect for
me—"
It was in vain that her father palliat
ed the offence. Floride averred that
si e never wished to see Jasper Harri
son again. While her father remon
stated, Ignatius Polk was announced.
To say that lie was welcomed warmly is
superfluous. Before he left Floride, he
was her accepted lover ; before he left
the mansion, he was acknowledged son
in-law elect by Mr. Palmer.
To Jasper Harrison fuming impa
tiently in his room, and doing his best
to quarrel with his sympathizing
friends, came the rumor of the engage
ment. At tirst he was incredulous,
then despairing, then comical. This
la>t mood passing away with the exit
of the last of his visitors, ho became
bitter at what he called the deceit of the
coquette, and finally purstiading him
self that he had been both jilted and
supplanted, he gave himself up to the
thoughts of revenge.
All sorts of wild schemes trooped
through his brain. Should he insult
his rival, induce a duel, and shoot
him through' the heart ? Should he
hire one of those wretch) s easily found
in the City of New Orleans, willing
for the sake of a certain sum, to play
the bravo? Should her abduct the
bride on hb wedding night? Should
he wait and then be doubly revenged
on the parents by stealing the children?
Children—his children—the thought
was madness. He rushed from the
room regardless of his appearace, to
seek the council of a friend—scarcely
that, for hitherto Jasper had never
consorted with criminals or aught that
was low- but an acquaintance who
was known to be not fastidious as to
his actions.
To this man did Jasper unbosom
himself—his chagrin, his desire for
satisfaction —not by words so much as
suggestions. The advice given was
apparently good, though Mephisto
hpels himself could have given uone
more dangerous.
"Be cautious of committing yourself.
Wait ! Bridle your tongue. Do not
threaten. Keep your purposes to your
self. If you can do this all will be
well."
Impressed with the reasonableness
of the advice, Jasper retired a changed
man. By some mysterious process he
felt that he had become one of the evil
minded—that he was no longer the
upright honorable gentleman whom
men had known as Jasper Harrison,
He wandered moodily to the levee,
and there met his rival face to face.
Ignatius was about to address him
cordially, when Jasper, forgetting all
counsel and resolution, spurned the of
fered hand*, and muttered in suppres
sed rage rather than spoke :
"You have supplanted me; and 1
will have revenge, though I have to
wait ten years."
"You will live to be sorry for your
words," commenced Ignatius, depre
catiugly. But Jasper stalked quickly
away, bearing the air of a man who
may not be reasoned with.
"lie is a little chagrined; but he will
oon get over it," thought Ignatius.
"Jasper's too good a fellow to cherish
revenge."
The wedding took place iua manner
befitting the position and prospects of
the parties concerned. Jasper was
present at theeeremouy, it was remark
ed looking far from being broken ; but
though invited, he did not participate
in the ensuing gayeties.
After the honeymoon had waned, the
young husband often met his former
rival, who exchanged civilities, but
was never cordial, excusing himself
from all invitations with thanks cold
ly but civily expressed.
Two yeau- had passed. Ignatius had
become a father; Jasper a wealthy mer
chant, hI.- father's successor. If ever
anyone had heard him express words
betokening the pas-don that raged in
his breast, they weft 1 long forgotten.—
But serious, engrossed business man as
Jasper had become, he had not forgot
ten Floride Palmer. One day he saw
her seated in her carriage, his rival's
child, with its nurse beside her. His
brow lowered instantly, and a set, ma
licious scowl darkened bis face. Ho
gnashed his teeth, and .seeme l as if a
bout to spring into the carriage to com
mit some deed of evil. With a power
ful effort he tore himself away from
the spot, muttering:
"My time will surely come But it
is hard to wait."
Not long have invOkers of evil to
wait, however, for the demon opportu
nity.
Ere a month had passed. Jasper Har
rison and Ignatius Polk weie floating
on the bosom of the treacherous Missis
sippi in the same vessel.
Ignatius went up to his forme
friend who had not observed him, and
in his most winning manner, said:
"By what good luck have we met!
Now I -hall have pleasant company."
Jasper started at the well known
tones, aud when he tu.ned, round to
face Ignatius, his face was Jpale and
eyes flashed hate. Muttering some
thing that Ignatius mistook for words
of greeting, the latter said:
"Friend Jasper, you really look sick."
"And you," responded Jasper, recov
ering himself, "look as fresh and buoy
ant as ever. It is evident that care
rests lightly on your brow."
"As it does my dear boy ; so it docs.
I have a loving w, i* cherub jude
.-criliable, friend, fortune,
health—what mores can the gods be
stow. The only slfado.v in tny life is
the possibility of parting with them."
"Ah! you have-;thought of that.
But why? There Is no reason ?" in
quired Jasper.
"No, but for tin-last month, my
wife—all women, you know, are more
or less superstitious—has been pestered
with thoughts of coming calamity and
bad dreams about me. But it is folly
to discuss the matter. Yet she dread
ed my leaving her for the few days I
shall now be absent on business."
The conversation digressed toother ;
subjects. But all the time he was i
speaking or listening, Jasper thought
of the forebodings of evil that had
haunted Floride. Was this a sugges-;
tion prompted by the powers of evil, !
that now the long-looked-for hour of
revenge was drawing nigh? How
would thechance present itself? Would |
he have to wait till no one was near,
and push his hated foe overboard into
the Mississippi ? The boat was crowd- j
■ed. Little chance for that. Could he
wile the man who was odious to him
into a state room, and there assasinate
him? Too much risk of discovery.—
Jasper was not yet prepared to give
life for life.
The day passed lingeringly. Night
gloomed heavily, dark and cold. Loug
expectation had rendered Jasper excit
able, almost to madness. Ilis hated foe
had gone to his state room. Should he
follow, and, with a blow from the but
ctid of his revolver, put an end to sus
pense? Ugh! any common, vulger
murderer could do that. Something
unique, something terrible, something
mysterious should mark his revenge.
He strode, unnoticing aught around
him, to the forward part of the boat.
He leaned agaiust a bundle of hay,
part of the cargo. The memory of his
past life surged over his brain ; he
thought of his childhood, of his school
and college days. Then he saw him
self introduced to Floride Palmer; he
remembered bow agitated she seemed,
and how nervous he was. As he
thought of the happy days cf court
ship, the grim man smiled, he remem
bered each pleasant phrased nothing
and each kind look by which he judged
that she loved him. He remembered
his avowal of love, and her answer,
not decided, but still eneourageing.
Then with torture he recollected his
suspicious of his rival, with harrowing
torture he reproduced every doubtful
scene- till at last, like a trodden snake,
he writhed as he thought of the brawl
and its consequences,
fer this forever!" he muttered in ago
ny. "Revenge—l must have revenge
"Good God or good devil, must I suf
fer all I have suffered !"
A pause ensued—a space of time in
which he even ceased to think. His
brain seemed (leadened to external
thought, but not to external impres
sion.
He heard the uncouth jokes of the
happy deck-passengers, the snatches of
song, and the melange of story and
witticism. Far away he hoard the
sprightliness of the conversations of the
lady passengers, and the shrill voices
of children. While the steady beat,
slide and puff of the engine seemed to
mark the rythm of the heterogeneous
floating world of which he formed a
unit.
Absent-mindedly, he drew a match
with which to light his cigar. The
flame flickered a moment and then dis
appeared. Ilis trembling fingers had
allowed the match to fall. He turned
to leave the spot. To his surprise, he
saw, 011 looking back, that the hay was
on fire. To rush forward and extin
guish the flame was his first impluse.
As if restrained by an unseen hand, he
hesitated- then moved quickly away,
muttering.
"Perhaps—perhaps—it is an omen."
He had scarcely reached the cabin,
when the dread cry of "Fire" was
raised. "Fire! fire!" rang like the
echo qf doom from all quarters of the
doomed vessel. Soon it seemed as if
the powers of evil swarmed the steam
er. Men surged and swayed in aimless
endeavors, howled aud blasphemed in
vain importance, struggled with each
other for chances of escape that had no
existence. In their panic, all means
used toward their safety wore frustrat
ed. They fought, they cursed, they
kicked and struuk like beasts ; while,
as if to complete the horror, the mules
broke into the writhing mass, and
brute and brutish man were commin
gled in horrible warfare.
"Leap into the water with me. I
have found a life-preserver," cried Jas
per to Ignatius, a few minutes after,
when the boat was fast becoming a
burning hell of scorching flames and
seething passions,
Hand-in-hand as if they were broth
ers they leaped into the chilly current.
In a moment and they were on the
surface, floating past struggling mule
and sinking, despairing swimmer. At
last they are clear of obstructions from
drowning man and dangerous brute.
The life preserver is fastened round
Jasper's shoulders, while the hand of
Ignatius is placed trustingly on his
pretended friend's shoulder.
The shore is near. Already Igna
tius is glad iu anticipation.
"Thank God! I shall see my wife
and child again !"
"You shall never see wife or child
more, Ignatius. She, Floride, shall
make a lovely widow, and I shall mar
ry her to curse her."
In a moment the eyes of the doomed
man were opened. He saw, as if it
had been written out In full, the whole
history of hate.
'Mercy for her!' he cried, as he was
struck a stunning blow on the head by
his foe's revolver.
"At last! at last!" he cried, in tri
umph. But there followed almost
simultaneously a shriek of dispair.
The drowning man with that in
stinctive groping for life which clings
even to those longing for the dead
presence, grasped the limbs of his
murderer, and clung with the tqpanci
ty of the grip of death.
Down, down they go, the murderer
and the murdered, to the abyss of eter
nity, the manner of their de*.\th, like
that of scores of others, hidden tiil all
things shall he revealed.
THE FIRST KISS.
A. Canne thus describes his battle
and final victory, in a fair fight for a
kiss of his sweet heart:
"Ah, now, Sarah dear, give me a
kiss—jugt one—and be done with it."
"I won't! so, there now."
"Then I'll have to take it, whether j
or no."
"Take it if you daie!"
So at it we went, rough and tumble. !
An awful destruction of starch now !
commenced. The bow of my cravat
was squat up in half of no time. At
the next bout, smash went shirt-collar,
and at the same time some of her head
fastenings gave way, and down came
Bailey's hair like a flood in a mill-dam
broke loose, carrying away half a doz
en combs. One plunge of Salley's el
bow, and my blooming bosom-ruffles
wilted to a consistency and form of an
afterdinner napkin. But she had no
time to boast. Boon her neck tackling
began to shiver, parted at the throat,
and away went a string of whiteheads,
scampering and running races every
way you could think of about the floor.
She fought fair, however, I must ad
mit ; and when she could fight no long
er for the want of breath, she yielded
handsomely : her arms fell down by
her sides—those long, round, rosy arms
ner hair fell back over the chair, her
eyes were half shut, as if she were not
able to hold them open a minute long
er and there lay a little plump mouth
all in the air! My goodness! Did
you ever see a hawk pounce on a rob
in, or a bee on a clover-top? Even so
I settled ; and when she came to, and
threw up those arms, and declared she
would choke me if I ever did so again,
I just ran the risk over again, and the
more she chocked me, the more 1 liked
it. And now she puts her arms round
my neck, and puts her own lips in the
way of mine every day, and calls me
her John, and don't seem to make any
fuss about it at all.
Quite different, but no less satisfac
tory, was the first osculatory experi
| ence of the Rev. . He had reached
the mature age of five-and-forty, with
out ever having taken part in this de
licious beverage. One of his deacons
had a very charming daughter, and
for a year or two the Rev. had
found it very pleasant to call upon her
three or four times a week. In fact,
all the "neighbors" said he was "court
ing her; and very likely he was,
though he had not the remotest sus
! picion ofit himself. One Monday eve
ning he was sitting, as usual, by her
side, when a sudden idea popped into
his bead.
"Miss," said he "I've known you a
long time, ami / never thought of such
a thing before ; hut now J would like
you to give me a kiss. Will you ?"
"Well, Mr. replied she, arch
: ing her lips in a tempting way, if you
think it would not be wrong, I have
no objections."
"Let us ask a blessing first," said the
good man, closing his eyes and fold
ing his hands,—"For what we are a
bout to receive, the Lord make us
thankful." The chaste salute was then
given, and warmly returned.
"Oh, dear, that was good !" cried the
Dominic,electrified by the new sensa
tion. "Let us have another," and
then return thanks."
ASKING DIRECTION.
'Can you direct me to the—Hotel?'
inquired a gentleman with a carpet
bag, of a burly Hibernian, standing on
the steps of the railroad station.
'Faith,' was the reply, 'it's just I
that cau do the same. You see, you jist
go up thisstrate till you come to Thady
O'Mulligan's shop. Then you—'
'But 1 don't know where Thady
O'Mulliglian' shop is,'
'Oil, faith, why didn't I think of
that ? Well then, your honor must
keep ou till you get to the apple-wom
an's stand, on the corner of the bri Jt
church it is, and kupe on the right,
and go tiil ye get to the sign of the
big watch, aud mind you dou'tfalldown
the cellar thereaway; and after that
you turn to the right or left, but by
the bones, of St. Patrick I don't really
know which-'
The traveler turned in despair to a
long, lank Jonathan, who was stand
ing whistling close by, and made the
same inquiry.
'May be your going to put up there?'
'Yes, I intend to.'
'Did you come from far off?'
'Yes, from Philadelphia; but can you
tell me where .'
'Got any more baggage?' said the
imperturable Yankee.
'No,' this is all,' said the traveler,
convinced that the only way to get
the direction was to submit.
'Couldn't say,' was the reply, in a
crusty manner. 'But I'm in a hurry.'
'Wait a minute. I reckon you're a
married man, ain't you?'
'No, I'm not, and I won't answer
any more questions till you have
answered mine.'
'Well, squire, said the Yankee, cool
ly, I'd like to, but the truth is, 1 have
never been here before myself.'
Iu less than a minute, a earpet-bag
with a man attached, was seen hurring
away from that vicinity.
A new branch of domestic enterprise
is devolped in Sharon, Vt., where one
J. 11. Marsh is raising "domesticated
minks" for fur market. He feeds
theui on bread and woodchuck meat.
Women should not read their hus
band's letters. We cite the case of
Mrs. Jane Morris, of Ohio county, Ind.
She read her husband's correspondence,
and got so jealous that she committed
morphine, and was only saved by a
pimp.
A teacher, catechising his scholars,
put the following question; "What
was made to give light to the world ?"
"Matches," cried one of the young
sters, after a short pause.
VOL. 65.—WHOLE No. 3,248.
To CUBE SMOKED BACON.— At this
seasan of the year, all our farmers ere
preparing to salt their hams and bac
on, so we prbpose to give them a re
cipe whereby salting and smoking can
be done in one simple and short pro
cess. Many of our housewives are
forced to depend upon their neighbors
or conveniences to smoke with. Those
of us who own smoke houses know
how difficult it is to smoke just right.
By this process much trouble is avoid
ed. Take a large-sized butter-firkin,
cask, or barrel, according to the quan
tity of meat you desire to smoke.—
Place it over a fire of corn-cobs with
the corn on. Meat smoked in this
way is higher flavored, the corn seem
ing to produce a better taste than cobs,
or wood, or green walnuts. Let the
tub smoke from five to six hours. To
one hundred pounds of meat, take eight
pounds of salt, two pounds of coarse
brown sugar (or three pints of molas
ses,} and two ounces of sal tj>etre. Rub
a little fine salt into the hams and
shoulders, then put the meat into
the smoked tub, cover it with
cold water, turn in the salt, sugar and
saltpetre, cover closely, and set in a
cool place where it will not freeze. If
a scum rises on the brine, turn it otf,
scald and add a little more salt. If de
sired to keep through the summer, in
the early spring smoke the tub three
hours longer, put back the meat and
turn on the brine when cold.
In a month after pickling, the hams
will be ready to use. They can be
kept in the brine all summer, and if a
ham is cut, return it to the tub for
further use.
Beef and tongues cau be kept in the
same manner; and there is no danger
from insects. In six or seven weeks
the beef is pickled and smoked enough
to dry. This is the surest and most
expeditious way of salting and smok
ing pork and beef, and if once iried
will always he adopted.— Hearth and
i Home.
WHAT HOMES CAS DO,
by jennie June.
All women are not called to indepen
supersede all others, and which
dent work. Many have duties which
they must perform, after taking upon
upon themselves the responsibility, at
whatever personal sacrifice. Under
these circumstances they may find it
difficult to be true to themselves and
to their highest ideal of an indepen
dent womanhood, but they can at least
make the effort. They can give aid
and counsel, encouragement and sym
pathy to those who are laboring for
woman; they can give their names,
presence, influence and support to any
woman's movement in which they feel
an interest.
They can assist organization, which
is the secret of strength, and without
which woman can do nothing. More
than all, they can be loyal to woman
loyal to the womanhood which has en
dured and suffered, even if embodied
in some woman who neither suffers
nor endures, if she can find any one to
do either fos her.
Let us rise at once to the height, at
least, of individual responsibility—
let us stop looking out for our neigh
bors—it will relieve us of a great load
that wehavecarried quite unwittingly.
Monthly for January.
Cotton is flowing into Charleston
quite freely. In the three months end
ing November 30, the receipts footed
up 102,759 bales, an increase of 38,000
bales over the same time last year.
Thisexhibit i 9 very encouraging in
view of the report that the Southern
planters would hold back their products
for higher prices.
A factory in Foil du Lac, Wisconsin,
is manufacturing sugar from beets at
the rate of a thousand pounds a day,
and the owners intend to plant several
thousand acres in sugar beets next
year, on their own account, which will
greatly increase their present supply.
The sugar is said to lie of excellent
quality.
Chicago is to have another tunnel,
which is to connect the northern and
southern portions of the city. It will
cost half a million of dollars and is to
be opened in July, 1871. In the tunnel
ling and divorce business Chicago
leads all her sister municipalities.
Rev. Mr. Fulton declares that he
saw the saintly Theodore Tilton, drink
ing spirits at a public bar in New York
city. Brother Beeclier should look in
to the matter. His Timothy must be
changing to wild oats.
A true test of temper in a man is to
subject him to the ordeal of taking
down and putting up an old mismatch
ed stove, with the hollow full of soot.
If he stands it without swearing—put
him down as seasoned.
A report is that Thurlow Weed in
his old age is to resume the editorship
of the Albany Evening Journal. He
can't get out of the newspaper har
ness ; at least he shows the old traces.
The highest estimate of the cotton
crop is 2,750,000 bales. The Commis
sioner of Agriculture puts the figures
at 2,700,000,"
Bath is, in porportion to the popula
tion, the richest town of Maine. The
valuation gives $3,508 to each inhabi
tant.
Harvard has now, for the first time
in several years, more undergraduates
than Yale. Yale has 513, Harvard 563.
New Orleans and Chicago papers ex
press regret at the presence of armies
of unemployed men in the streets of
those cities.
Forty babies a week is the average
offered "for adoption" by English
mothers.