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MILIJIEIM, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19. 1885.
BARBARA.
"N<>w you must do some credit to
my nursing, and get strong and well u
gain."
As Fannie Pleasnntou spoke, he put
bestde the bed over which she was
leaning, a great bunch of fragrant vio
lats,moist and beautiful, breathing their
sweet stories of shady nooks in deep
woods.
A little, pale face, that had been ly
ing listlessly on the pillow, was l'fted
eagerly.
"Oh, how good you are ! Oh, Ihey
are like home, my own dear home !"
Great tears rolled down the pale
face.
"Tell me about your home. llow
came you to leave it for this city V"
said Fannie.
"My father died, and the farm was
sold to pay a mortgage. I had a little
money,and I thought I could And work
in the city Besides "
But heie Barbara Golding stopped,
and a faint, crimson blush rose upon
her pale cheeks.
"Il'm I" thought Fannie, wise in
twenty-two years of city life and edu
cation ; "a love story.'*
She asked no qucstious, but pretty
soon Barbara said :
"You have been so kind, I will tell
you. Perhaps you can tell me what to
do."
"I will help you in any way that I
can."
"Two years ago, the summer that I
was seventeen, father took a boarder.
He was a lawyer, and his health had
failed from studying too hard. I think
he was about twenty-six or twenty
eight, not handsome, but so gentle and
good that we all liked him from the
first. And he would cotne into the
garden with me, and help me with veg
etables and fruit, because fathei left
that to me ; and would carry the milk
up to the diiiry-room for me, and talk
about books and the city, and—oh, Miss
Pleasonton, don't you know V"
"He made love to you ?"
"Yes," in a faint whisper.
"And you loved hina ?"
"Y'es," again ; not help it?
When he went away, he promisid to
come the next summer, and he told me
when he made his fortune, he would
come to ask me to share it."
"Did he come ?"
"Father died the next spring, and I
came here. I thought I should find
him, but I did not see him for a long
time, and when I did I had become so
poor, so yery poor, I would not force
myself upon him. I worked as well as
I could,but this summer I became sick,
and but for you I should have starv
ed."
"Do you ihnik your lover is still true
to you V"
"I caunot tell I I would not trouble
him. Sometimes,-after I found out
where his office was, 1 would pass by
after d irk and peep in. It was beauti
fully furnished; so I hope he is making
his fortune ; but I only whispered :
'God bless him,' and o -wne home."
"Will you tell me his name V"
"Lennox—Cyrus B. Lennox 1"
Fannie Pleasanton turned her face
abruptly from the little seamstress,who
had been the object of her charity for
the last six weeks, and walked to the
window. Lifting the soft, white cur
tains she had placed there, she looked
into the street,while ringing in her ears
was the name BarbaraGolding had just
spoken.
"Cyi us J3. Lennox 1"
She was very pale when she came a
gain to the bedside, but her voice was
steady and sweet as ever as she said :
"I must leave you now, Barbara, but
I will come in again this afternoon. If
you want anythiag, Mrs. Harper will
answer the bell."
"Yes, she is very kind. But—you
will come again ?"
"This afternoon ! Try to eat a fsw
of the strawberries I have brought
you !"^
She went away then, stopping as us
ual to tell the janitress of the poor ten
ement-house to care for the sick girl
until her return.
But instead of driving to the stores
where she had intended to make linal
purchases for a nearly completed wed
ding outfit, she told the coachman to
drive home. Once there, unheeding
the atixious inquiries of her aunt, as
tonished at her early return and pale
face, she went to her own room, bolt
ing the door, before she sank down in
a chair, wearitd with the effort to
maintain her composure.
Cyrus B. Lennox, the girl saiJ.
Fannie Pleasanton, looking around her
luxurious room, saw a pleasant confu
sion of dress, new garments loading ta
bles and wardrobe, drawers overflow
ing with dainty finery, open trunks
waiting to be packed. And the prepar
tions were all for a weddiug in one
short week, and the bridegroom elect
was Cyrus B. Lennox.
A I'APKR FOR THE HOME CIRCLE.
What was Litis story the little seams
tress she found starving in the attic
had told her ? The janitress of the ten
ement-house had been a servant in the
Pleusanton family,and c.ime to Fannie,
who was rich and generous, whenever
any distress came to her notice. And
Fannie had gone at her last call,to dud
Barbara GolJing tossing in delirious
fever, evidently overworked,poorly fed,
and sitting in the little attic chamber.
She had paid for a better room on a
lower Iloor, had sent a doctor, had sup
plied medicines, food and care, had vis
ited her often, till the doctor pronoun
ced her on the road to recovery.
And in return she had heard that
Cyrus, her own betrothed husband,was
the lover of Barbara Golding. "Does
he love her yet ?" the girl thought,
pushing back the hair from her pale
face, and looking in the mirror. "I
am far handsomer. She is pretty only,
sweet and fair. I am handsome and
accomplished. She is a pauper, I am
wealthy I Cyrus is not poor now,si nee
his aunt died ; but he will rise to em
inence with my wealth to aid him,
while she will be but a burden upon
him. Only a week. Long before Bar
bara can even sit up,we shall be on our
way to Europe, and he will soon for
get her. Why did he seek me if he
loved her ? It was only a request of
his aunt's, not a command, that he
should marry me if I consented. But
he came to me, and I love him—l loye
him ! Can Barbara Riye him better
love than mine ? I can give her mon
ey to return to her old home, if she
wishes I But if ho loyes- her 1 Oh,
Cyrua, do you love her and not me ? I
cannot doubt ! I must know I"
As if in answer to the thought,a ser
vant rapped at the door, and, opening
it, Fannie was handed Cyrus Lennox's
card.
4, 1 will come down at once," she
said, taking of! her hat and smoothing
her disordered hair. She was not sor*
ry that he had called while the first ex
citement of her discovery nerved her
with a fictitious strength to endure anv
word she might speak. She came to
him quietly, dignified as ever, but very
pale, so pale, he asked anxiously if she
was well.
"Well,but tired," she answered. "I
have been out this morning."
They talked of indifferent matters
for a short time ; then Fannie said,ear
neatly :
"Cyrus, I have a craving desire to
ask you one true woman's question.
Will you promise me a sincere ans
wer ?"
lie hesitated a moment, then said :
"I will answer truthfully whatever
you ask."
"Did you ever love any other womau
before yon knew me ?"
"Do you not think it enough to know
I love you now ?" he said.
"You promised me a sincere answer,
and you give me an evasion," she said,
reproachfully.
"Because you asked me to tear open
an old wound your love is healing."
"Yet, even if it pains both you and
me, I beg you tell me of your first
love."
Fannie's lips were parched aud stiff,
but she spoke calmly.
"Since you insist," Cyrus said grave
ly, "I will tell you. Two years ago,in
a farm house where I was boarding 1
met a woman, or rather a girl, a sweet,
fair maiden, whom I loved. I was a
poor man, then, Fannie, aud she had
a happy, pleasant home. So I bade
her farewell, hoping to return the next
year and biing her homo to the city.
When I did return the farm was sold,
and Barbara had gone away. None of
the neighbors could tell me anything
of her."
"It was your place to seek her I"
" I did, faithfully. But I could find
no trace of her whereabouts. In the
autumn my aunt died. She had loved
you for years,and her last wish was the
hope that you would one day be my
wife. It was a sweet solace to mejevsn
in my sorrow for her loss, and pain at
Barbara's disappearance, to have your
sympathy, and I soon found there was
yet room in my heart for a true, tender
love. You cannot believe I would have
asked you to be my wife had I not lov
ed you ?"
. "But if, even now, you found Bar
bara ?"
"1 have long ago ceased to seek
her 1"
"Yet, If she came to you ?"
"Y"ou are my betrothed wife V"
i
"Yet if Barbara came to you, poor,
friendless and sick ; if she told you she
had come to the city seeking work,
hoping to find you, and had sunk under
her burden of loneliness and toil ; if
she told you, that ragged, footsore and
weary, she had looked iu at you in
your cosy office, and turned away un
willing to throw the burden of her
poverty upon you j if she had strug
gled till she had fainted and fell sick,
and was gaining health slowly, hope
lessly, with no future before her but a
future of povei toil; if Barbara
came so to you, Cyrus, what would you
say ?"
But only a pallid face, with great
beads of perspiration upon the broad
brow, was lifted in speechless agony to
meet her eyes. Only large brown eyes,
wistful and suffering, appealed to her
womanly heart.
Fannie understood that look on his
face disclosed her discovery in Barbar
a's sickroom, and watching him with a
penetrating look, said :
"Tell me—will you marry her ?"
"I am free to say that I will do any
thing you desire under the circumstan
ces," answered Cyrus.
Then Fanny, loyal and noble girl as
she was, without regard to her owo
bleeding heart, gave him his full free
dom.
Cyrus, being a man of honor, would
never have anuulled his obligation to
Fannie. But now he fairly worshipped
her for her great and unßelGsh act.
lie thanked Fannie with tears in his
eyes and hastened to Barbara's sickbed,
having obtained the address from Fau
nie.
When entering, the wan face of Bar
bara was turned to the door, and a
yearning look was in her eyes, indicat
ing that she had heard the familiar foot
steps.
Now the room held those two youug
creatures only, whose precious love
had been like a religion in their liyes,
unspoken and too sacred for speech.
"Barbara !"
The girl raised herself on her pillow
and rested on tb e bosom of the one she
had adored through all her afflictions.
"Barbara will you kiss me ?"
The girl kissed him, and a smile,holy
and sweet came to that pale face and
she knew that all was well.
Fannie several years afterward was
made the happy wife of a prominent
physicians.
Thej Had Better Stay Away.
'I like to know about some office un
der Cleveland ?' he said as he beckoned
a lawyer across the street from the door
of his saluon.
4 Well, what is it ?'
'I like to know if 1 vhas to haf some
office. My place vhas headquarters last
fall for some Gleveland glubs, und all
der boys tell me I vhas sure of some
thing fat.'
'Then you are looking for some
thing ?'
'Vhell, I dunno. Vhen Gleveland
vhas elected der pays began to drop in
here. One of 'em he says: 4 Vhat a
boastmaster you will make for Detroit?
By George ! I ylrish I vhas you." Vhell,
dot tickles me, you know, und I treat
der crowd to peer. Pooty soon anoder
crowd comes in, und one of der poys
calls oud ;
4 'Let dis convention come to some
order. We vhas now in der presence of
der next boss of der Gusdom House. I
calls for three cheers for Carl Dunder !'
'Vhen he says dot I fells good all oaf
er, und it seems right to set oop der
peer.'
'I see.'
'Vhell, almost eafery night a gang
comes around to my place to shake me
py der hand, und somebody says ;
' 'Hip ! hip ! hurrah 1 Carl Dunder
vhas solid mit der coming administra
tion ! He picks oudt der fattest office
for himself, und he reraempers his
friends mit der lean ones I'
'Vhen somepod) talks like dot I feels
shmiley und soft, und I tap a new keg
of lager. Now, I like to ask you if I
vhas right. My poy Shake says I don't
get so much as a shmell of office, und
my oldt woman says der poys make a
fool of me.'
•I guess they are right.'
'Don't you belief I vha& der Gustooi
House ?'
'No, sir.'
'Noi aer Bost-oftice ?'
'No, air.'
'Don't I haf some place at $2,000 a
year ?'
'I doubt it.'
'Wasn't I even inyited down to Wash
ington to see Gleveland go mit der
White Ilouse ?'
'Not unless you invited yourself.'
•Vhell I vhell ! So Shake und der old
womans vhas right, und der poys vhas
putting some soft soap on me ! Say !'
'Yes !'
•Dot yhas all right, but I like to say
something, und doan' you forget him I
To-night dot same crowd comes around
here, uiul somepody vhill begin to hur
rah for der next bost-master. You
ought to be here 1 Der dog vhil be
loose,and I shall have two glubs handy,
and you will see fifteen men in sooeh a
hurry to get oudt doors dot you pelief
some earthquakes vhas shaking oop De
troit 1 Shust come aroundt und see
)iow a disappointed office-seeker vhil
handle two glubs und a pull-dog !'—
Detroit Free Press.
Disturbances caused by wall paper
poisoning take the form of bilious fev
er, hay fever, or in the most seveie
types of neryous prostration.
Terms, SI.OO per Year, in Advance.
Grappling a Grizzly.
Desperate of Five Men
with a Bear.
One|Man Holds Brliin by tho Tail
while His Companions Shoot.
A recent number of the Denver(Col.)
Neica says : Sheriff Joe Smith, of
Conejos county, claims to be one of the
greatest hunters in the country, and to
sustain this tells a remarkable story of
the killing of a grizzly bear on Prospect
Peak, in Conejos county, one day last
week, assisted by Gerard Austin, coun
ty treasurer of Conejjs county, Dr.
Limburg, Billy Seed, of Hinkle A Co.,
and C. Lee, Cliama, formerly a sheriff
of one of the ciunties of California.
"We were out hunting deer," said
Joe, "and had camped the night before
in a valley by the side of a stream. Up
on turning out in the morning we dis
covered that there had been a light fall
of snow during the night, and also that
there were a large number of bear
tracks around the camp. Packing up
our duds we started to follow the
tracks which led directly up the moun
tain on the regular trail which wound
around it clear to the summit and then
oyer the range. When we had gone
some miles and had reached a point a
bout half way up, the tracks suddenly
diverged into some aspen timber. Fol
lowing for a short distance with some
difficulty, we came to a place that was
very much broken, huge bowlders mak
furtber progress almost impossible.
While deliberating what to do we sud
denly heard the grunt of a bear evi
dently near by. With rifles in hand,
we looked around cautiously,and discov
ered an opening between two of the
largest rocks and marks showing the
presence of bruin. He was in a sort of
opeuing or short cave, formed by the
rocks but bow to get at him was the
question. No one cared to follow him,
as we were sure he was a pretty tough
customer to deal with, being evidently
quite large and full grown,judging from
the tracks. At length an idea struck
me, and, telling the other boys to stay
in front, I went cautiously around to
the back of the rocks and there saw a
small opening through which the tail of
the bear protruded. As I am pretty
musulai and have a good grip 1 dropped
my rifle and grasped the bear's tail
with both hands, [at the same time
shouting with all my might to the boys
on the other side to go in and shoot
him. Talk about pulling. That pulled
wot S3 than ten mules, and I thought
several times my arms would leave
their sockets, but I braced myself with
my feet against the rocks and held on,
the bear making a fearful noise all the
time. Suddenly I heard several shots
and the strain on my arms lessened,and
I knew he was a goner. Going around
to the front I found the boys had gone
in, and joined tbein. The bear was
rolling in death agonies, snapping at
and trying to get near us. Finally we
closed on him, when with a last effort
he rose suddenly and clasped Austin in
a terrible hug, bruising and [scratching
him awfully. At this moment Lee
plunged bis huge knife into his heart,
and he fell dead. They all awarded the
credit of the final shot, however, to
Billy Seed. The bear,which was a full
grown grizzly, and must have weighed
over five hundred pounds, we dragged
outside with some difficulty and skin
neu, it being impossible to take the car
cass the long distance to town. The
skin is at the Hotel Brunswick, and
you can judge whether'he was not a
tough customer to hold."
All of the "party were considerably
scratched and bruised, and showed
signs of the severe struggle they had
undergone.
A London paper says that a dramatic
critic should have no friends connected
with the drama, liye like a hermit, and
pay for his stalls.
Upou good authority it is stated that
children who are very successful upon
the stage rarely become good actors or
actresses as they grow up.
No Milk There.
A correspondent of the t. Paul 'Pio
neer Press' relates that a farmer enter
ed a store in a Dakota town the other
day to settle for a load of wheat and
made a number of purchases, among
which were several pounds of very ordi
nary butter and three or four dozen
packed eggs. The writer inquired if
this sort of thing was a common prac
tice of the farmers in the yicinity.
'Farmers,' replied the merchant, con
temptously, 'why,we haven't got twen
ty real farmers in this county. They
are all nothing but wheat raisers and
that is a long way from being a farmer.
A large number of farmers in Dakota
who own whole quarter sections of land
seldom had a drop of milk in the house,
and the butter they eat is bought at the,
nearest store. They don't eyen keep a
cow or pig, or try to raise yegetables
enough to provide for the winter.'
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ODDS AND ENDS. *
Anna Dickens is again lecturing.
- China has taken up with postal cards.
It takes five men a year to make a lo
comotive. - - • 9
The Standard Oil [[Company employs
03,000 men.
The latest novelty is chicken hatch
ing by electricity.
The colored population of California
is estimated at 7,500.
The peppermint farmers of Pennsyl
vania are getting rich.
The American nettle can be used to
make seersucker cloth.
There are 3,580 postoffices in the
State of Pennsylvania.
Venison is now dear in Idaho, where
it sells for 2 cents a pound.
The conductors on street car* in
Mexico always carry revolvers.
Observing travelers say the Japanese
are more polite than the French.
There are at present 16 locomotive
works in the United States.
The figures grow. Washington now
expects 200,000 visitors March 4.
Mrs. William H. Vanderbilt always
dresses in black for church-going.
There is now $13,986,134 deposited in
the postoffice savings bank of Canada.
Liverpool has a largar fleet of mer
chant ships than any other port fn the
world.
The increasing number of Jewish un
dergraduates is much remarked at Ox
ford.
.Nearly all the winter resort hotels in
Florida are conducted by Northern
men.
Seventy-five newspapers have started
and died in New York city in thirty
years.
The total number of cigars produced
in the United States is 3,000,000,000 an
nually.
There are 22 retired rear-admirals
living in Washington and only 2 com
modores,
Troy ice harvesters expect to take
from the Hudson this winter about 135,-
000 tons.
The Maine rivers have frozen up in
unusually good shape, very smooth and
very clean.
Seven churches were destroyed in the
city of Antiqutra, Spain, by the recent
earthquake.
On a trip around the globe the cost
liest link is that from San Francisco to
Yokohama $250.
The Spanish treaty will be greatly
modified and chiefly in behalf ot our
tobacco interests.
Twenty years ago the Danes importr
ed nearly all their sugar. Now they
raise it trom beets.
In Ohio the standard weight of a
bushel of ear corn is 08 instead of 70
pounds as formerly.
A society for the eradication of pro
fanity is the latest moral reform move
ment in New York.
It is said that no town having a pop
ulation of 5,000 or more is now without
a roller skating rink.
It is. estimated that about fifteen
thousand persons are out of employ
ment in St. Louis alone.
About 2,000 Scotch people are mak
ing arrangements to form a colony in
Los Angeles county, Cal.
Sidney Smith on Happiness.
I have contempt for persons who de
stoy,'themselves. Live on,and look eyll
in the face ; walk up to it,and you will
find it less than you imagined, and of
ten you'jwill not find It at all, for it
will recede as you advance. When you
are in a melancholy fit, first suspect the
body, appeal to rhubarb and calomel
and send for the apothecary ; a little,
bit of gristle sticking in the wrong
place, an untimely consumption of cus
tard, excessive gooseberries, often cov
er the mind with clouds and bring on
the most distressing views of human
life. I start up at 2 o'clock iu the
morning, after my first sleep, in agony
of terror, and feel all the weight of
jife upon my soul. It is impossible
that I can bring up such a family of
children ; my sons and daughters will
be beggars ; I shall live to see those
whom I love exposed to the scorn an d
contumely of the world I So I aigued,
and lived dejected and with little hope;
but the difficulty vanished as life went
on. My daughters married well; I had
two or three appointments, and before
life was half over became a prosperous
man. And so will you. Friends start
up out of the earth ; time brings a
thousand chances in your favor. Nolh •
ing so absurd as to sit down and wring
your hands because all tbe good which
may happen to you in twenty years has
not taken place at this precise mo
-1 ment.