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.Thor Ala la the darilliWot stoop seem sod
aeaiiq
a Gimlet of atom hills;nksMit oa •tree,
otchoifotorioololoo sweeter, tomes dearer;
ollo?Irtia mot ihowlio•ootog, aid what (loot thou
our
rahuoteri gro4r, • .
wed velars
a area qtalekly to Oa ?
«Tut gait tootithli v ot boost when hooey bogs
o • wow : - -
Nom ryeetoore blossom, or vim j,
IrAo slow-worms skip' ost„.•a4 the pathway
litoilloot Oink dortliorsloot
."1 714774 ii ltor, males baste,
• orloetielo run", to woo*
Audio, low,/ no% deep—
asap for tittft leering; and m; cm•
• torm, •
rvaHoasami ills an Balmer, it waihrthmi to.
might.
Dy the avaamqre pau.i ita....•! 1 , 4 gime' # l l l
whit* olotitr,
Tliaa - VI ilia avitaar *pea& I i 4 lialtloned
/AA !Deo;
Dot rillorar him Sat*, more
'thus o"rvitoioved blears, •
Di Aid &es dint or bright .r
THE, HAUNTED HOUSE
119rii,aliar the °lota of a antic, day in
Inns' shot I draw sip my tired hone befbrer
lae door of ifid "Mack Best," wliats satori,
sanitised was to be obi-tined for 'man ind
10014 t, thslabirtoosiy oreiyesii sign via :,
st , ;iiirlijitt"ormid .
Hying sees Plitt* well eared. for and Is s
elites stall; I esuntsro I into _ kbe barttiom,
sesd baris4 odthiag batter to do, sat doles to
tietenfo the etivere•tton of the half doses
tee b4uks ola the table, but. they were all
4, 1 , 11 41 41 t syriltultat*,a*¢ : aookerf; s*d
I let the 4 pe.l4. I was jouoi thee just
Til!44 *WV th• tint. of In, sivnizar Tao/atom
(I Irsa than • oa aziptr of tit* .1-- law
retool) .n.l from Om toss of adrentnrs.
A* yet, botsetor, very little la ibe way' of
*isomers had befallen me. bite ked gone
rather Monotonously ; and I hid strayed
away Into the backwoods if Mains in. the
•ala halts that d .might dal sodrething
strikingly out of t4e usual way.
gridently, allt.0•0100 hal interrupted
the eonrsrsatiolO fir the gentleman, for there
eollowski giants; 10r;:dt7.33 et last by a ts 4.
etilllYrl so•kilig ttaan le rough tom and top
4a*. • douslter, wasn'a (bulb
landlord," he sakwl.
. "Tee," replied that individual, so shortly
that I earittlaized bird tisure °loyal, than I
Sad Übe before. The emostiny threw Hyde
1:111 os ,his character. Hi! illiyaielptnyc
firm perianth unreadable. Ha _inlbt or
Oi l . Stirtm4 be • bed min. lle wee short,
IVA sat, w;th a ref fele, btlehf vefituir,
VIII 'rid h•glltiering - stue she.
"Will, It Vat • etArtilii.; affair . for We
eiiii.hore• plies." e manual lie of the tpp
taints,, etre 'ring hie oigm.. "It he iipeted
fear pint sigh you say, and the daughter
has sot-b3en heard Of sinoel Strange!". ~.
' "Tee, it will be four, years oome next
4 1kilidilth:: itiid. .1% white-haired tild Man
Wh.) lad sot spoken before. "A terrible
04 5 i. wit", Igising mold, "and the snow
Witc'S so 0 4 1 C that It Koala have blinded
yew. ANS diet fight old Rigor Hampton
thil/ sUb were ruurpsrei ; and from that
day to Ai/AO tauten eye, so far a. we know,
bee-ever looked on Mars knit Hampton."
"Whet da you think banana. of Ler,
•rebgor 7" 'eked mud of the (ilea, addrivesing
the old !nen.
' "11l Think 1 I know not whet to think.
It wea.narrently rep rted that she dealt the
Allah viohnde, and then fled to sere herself
filq — ggApiplon; hot I believe nothing of
the kind. I remember her as a lovely and
tiractionate girl . , Sind of that murder she ie
tee „Fur's, the angels In heaven."
..Of whet were you spaakiog,i gentlemen,
If I may Inquire?" I asked, drawing up to
Os table here they were cluing. T
4tirels boo cutely widened to ad • e ;
people slav e a like to tell wba ey know,
if properly r quested o to so.
' "yrs. wa r talking Over a tragedy that
etteusirelnear hero some four years ago, I'd
•• Old mansion known as 'Hampton'.
Peetti,' " replied he of the top boots. Mr.
Hampton ..a hitiwife were murdered, sod
?lair only daughter' Margaret? la girl of
eighteen or thereabouts, has never been
seen eines."
.."
'ltasca," I said, "but that is very sin
sular. Who resides •t llatni.ton's Death
soil"
"Mess you; young Dian," cried the land
lord, "Jo* couldn't litre anybody to • enter
ribs doop on A sunshiny day ; and as for
kising Lfiete—why the place is haunted, and
one foolhardy young man who Went there to
roe the night en a wager , lost his reason
Wore mopping, Ho:s been wandering ever
Mese, bat no one knows what be saw there."
~ "fitttopi And so the place is a ruin ?" „
" Yon clan just see it
Trots tbe window Mere," He polaind out,
NW, at the distance - or half a mile,
imbibes, the' Olituney of a large house
deafly defined against the red sunset sky. =
Ur,. limptin Wises/ any property("
asked, •
' "It was genefally supposed that he bad I
lone situ at geld about • hit," said the
Madlorti; what stoking was proved atter the
aturdsr., There' werit -some thousands of
doibms Wortlt 'et "real Meats," „
•" 1 9Uni whams* titaireir of that ?"
air." WO.° 1 1 4 1 .Pr/' " 84°
was the nest Ida *item Mergaret-mthe Meet
if litr. , Hamptom dutAbw-;old , benea-MUI
likk l l4o4. X*l°4 04440 0 istittCP..
.ocurdtends; we could nett glee Mem awnz."
made, s few more inquiries,•stid tittir.the
so"'naTs. bit other toges ,144'
soap 41041,M161, mapper was ennonnink
attile:WOAr:tiidde-t mom the landlidtre•
titletil74l4l:l" the Ptillte4 life„
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tatilagiesolirergijitSirolto7 mf iohm 'lg;
11114 nebloper—an airy aptliktmeite dime!?
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over , barroom.. •culdositY, wM
aroused; !Tie story I had laird %bone
Ifinttiton i s 'bath Wai•toniarttlo Sante& to
eyrie tie intemt of almost any young
mate:Oftlttinrond twerrty, and perhaps , ' bad
a full:444re 'trit Yomatice Itr ;by, aotapooltlon.
I threw up tins fdest windowroad looked out.
The 'sresnlng Was .besntlftil. Thera 'was a
411 1 8 1 :JEtubti- . 4 16 - 11 4hiltintd ' Abit _PAICAPP O 9 ,
had just Been. The gray old front brilantp
taAtilifilk: riethle, looming
MOSS Pgin.cigrtans.
a stn else feature In that backwoods land
scaPe, intit.ttii,.4 old though not elegant
style ofkagehitactitre. I , felt to speculating
about, it. The pan who had planned Lb*
building was tOperloi
bed both taste and lore of the beautiful.'.
Thtre was sa• pleltsing httAlhol Iphtwon 'de
stone gables of tlitt house aud,the darlt pion
forest stretohing away ter wiles behind it.
Fut tdthi'dlstant Vie* did not lettlefY tno.
wanted to ninths inside, ttoint ito 1 04
closed chambers, and stand perhaps in the
Tory spoj where on that boisterous p4rlat
mat night two souls had boon so sitddenly
hunched into eternity.
Slut 1 did not care to let those below know
of my foolhardiness, as the landlord would
Protably term 'it. 1 *Mild wall till they
wore itl in bed. 1 sat thors listenli. to the
melancholy 'aide of the widp-poer-will;
sway off In the oepse-weod, the stillness
growlerr - srwund-emr;- - -siM-etar-the-night
b (Mi. • sin In 'to - ilie".
inehe leaves. All wall gniet--thilmnse was
*repped in slumber.' Ines -mined my pletoll,
put on fresh caps, and then staliy let myiself
down tot ground by means of the strong
tendrilif . ef . a grape vine that ha tt
d otiMted
up to my window. It was only si little walk
to the eld rdlnz-not mote thangsalt a mile
soros, tie. • holds to the dilaprdated itine
faun* that separtted the. grotindi'frons the
ailapiittf lots. I stirang Oyer into lbe lose
some ga rden ir'tl Owe
soma ow e •d t an,
tali, and 1111.11.31 in the shittlow of the pile
of rul •
' Very mouh.ive and gleamy-lt-looktad,-wdatt
its weatlier•itained *all. otid high',, Illtrrtv!
wirutowongleanatug in ,the.•oolid moonlightt
'Me quaint gab4cie and. atrved' dormer win
dows shed a black sh'ittle oar
,the finnt;
the path to the hall door was obstruoted
ld vines ►ud IWwmbleo, and's. thorn
Duet. 144 grown up upon the very, thresh
bold. .•
Ev ? i7tialit: about the place was dead and
silent docile torah. No wonder people said
it was haunted, with th►t.dd tale of crime
andifskathltanging around It.
I trio , ' the door, but it was fest. 80-were
the windows. I wont around to the hack
part:but it was closely scoured. I pried
off a cornice with my knife, after some.
difficulty, and by that means removed
a Window sash; leaving the aperture free.
Looking in, I saw.• large apartment, ev
idently the kitchen. , Everything had been
left just where it was before the curse had
fallen; the tin pans still gleamed on the
dresser, and the kettle still sat on the
deserted..hearth.
I sprang in and passed into the interior of
the building by a dark corridor to wliat must
have been a parlor. Part of the furniture
still remained ; the green carpet was
gray with duet, and
. the chairs and so
fas LA put on the sackcloth of at lt ,„
and moth.
4 bat flapped against the
_window as I en
tered, escaping through a broken pane ;
and somewhere sr dietetic I Ifeard the
shrill sore of the night-hawk. , A distant
dosr.elanuned to in the draught of air I had
samitted, all striking with startling distinct.
nees on the dead air of that unhappy place.
But I was not4lllghteped ; it wan all very
novel and delightful to me. If I could only
see the ghost, I thought, I should have
something to tell my grandchildren.
•From thence I passed through two smaller
rooms to a large hall in the middle of which
rose a brotid Staircase. This I ascended,.
tiff long - unused stairs tweaking weirdly be
neath my tread, as if esstanished at their
burddn. tC dolr at the head of the landing
stood Blighty ajar. r-pushed it open and
entered a lons narrow chamber, dimly lit up
by the mooplight struggling through the
dusky gloms. - One glance showed me that
“Abis was the ghostly chamber7N There
were dark stains on the counterpane of the
bed, and near the centre of the floor the del
ieste carpet was discolored with what had
once been a pool of blood. •
Here then, the deed well committed'.
If these silent walls eould.apesit, wilatA tare
of vlolenols they might. reveal! While I
inied there, thinking how-oinse the 44.-
44444 s of that old man mid his wife had re
'wounded through the room, wondering
where, the guilty murderer was hiding— `
wondering what tragia iate bad overtaken
the fair 'Margaret, I beard the flint mina
of a-humaq htotatop. Convinced that I With
nor mistalen, I listened intently. It was
;pelted. No, there was /ij) mistake.
I looked st my -pistols onoe more, to mike
glare that trielight. If I were in' meet
gosh and blood, those trusty weapons might
peon!) my beet friend: It only ghosts, I
might save myself lliktrouble - Of truating, to
gunpowder. '
There mos a ddor Ant opposliehlde 'of
theeektid;er leading through stryersi rooms
to a seemed hall, smaller thn.tbe Aro, mid
inset thin hall another flight tat riot
64 4314„,fiat11bg probablbto the tint.
V. 413 1 4 11 ,
steam I could bear arm Step dietinelly
'Nth it Inlatintid'ilmdst 'over my het —loft;
IllablOOlitorwl44.l ol /A ll ll ir.14 10411 t ;
Tevin toofild
veliq
low moan et oto to Try 0%
.iIgLLEFONT,E, PA,, FRIDAY, J : Ry 13, ..186bt
=am
thrillingly tow that I Mt the rosy blood
• around heart shrink and grow .00ld. •
"Clinton tally! are you a conitdl" I
said to myself, and the bare insinuation was
,enough ti send me forward. I went up
the stairs,lwo st a bound, but wu stopped
by a pttong oaken deer. I tried tobrevik it
.down, but It resisted ell my efforts. , • I.nerit
to one of the,chambere belew and *ruched'
•off the great poet of ii — niallogeny.;beasteidi
and returning, used this as a port °thane
ing ram. No mere wooden door eoukl'iong
, withstand such an attack se I made on that
one, and ere tong Ifiad the satisfaction of
seeing it fail inwards. I leaped over this,
ruins into the apartment thus opened before
me, but it was bare and unfurnished. Not a
thing animate or inanimate, to disturb the
ghostly devastation.
I glanoed quickly over the veils in search
of some secret passage ; and in the further
corner I perceived a slide, fastened - with
massive bolto on the outside. I drew book
the tars, and paused for a moment before I'
sought to penetrate the 'mysteries that door
coneealed.'• My heart beat so loud. that I
could hear it, but paid my basal thereon
'and found it beat calm 'and strong:
A vague, nanoless something inflated
through my soul asl stood there: It seemed
to new
me as if I were Mont to enter on e
Wire — WO - aire — iiii — nenoe. The Fend of
mug itself was upon me
4. opened .the door:slow-4 and stood On the
threshold. What did L sits? . •
;. 7 3 ,- into 'this
Aguilar, Itigding every remote corner with
its silvery brillieooe. I could distinguish;
everything' with the grestut - minitenessr
In the centre of the room stood a eiight
speottal form In its slenderness, with s'face
white its Marble, muses of black hair flow
ing' down over-her 'shit, gerinente. The
shadowy hands were -leaked together ; the
great„ mild, dark eyes were hxed upon my
&toe with an expression of terror and won,
der.
I sdvsncetl- to the side of ,bb iftrantbni
fortp,
.irkpiher trivas wo
ayu► L kilsw sot. bill t was resolre_c.o tske
oa etep'Gaakwa►de. .
The•sweetott, saddest voice l'ever beard,
addreelied me.
"Who aro you 1 Why ere you liere !" •
"Why I eon here depends upon oireum
stsnoes."
I pansef, for I wai unceriiin whether I
was speaking tothe!lash.or Oa. egiyis, 1 .0 !"
she cried, springing towards Ina and taking
my hand in both df herw so soft and warm,
'only say that you:lure come to take me
away from hero. Only rapine Mp and I will
be yetir slave forever! The suspicion that
had all ofong boon formlng Heal' In my
mind, broke out In the abrupt queetion:
'Are youMargeret Hampton ?
"Vears ago I was called so."
"Good God ri.a where have you been
since that Christmas atilt ?" "Here al
ways—Oh, sir, If you knew the half that I
have suffered, you would take,me ashy."
I replied by lifting her in my a•• and
boeripg her down over the stairs' to life and
freedom once more. It}wits the happiest
momants of my ex' es when I stood with
her on the g sward in front of Hemp
totes Death, with the silver rain of the oh
at °Led moonlight falling over ue. She
altiverhd at the touch of elle night air. How
very long it had been since she had felt the
free, ftesh air. I took Minty coat and'but,
toned it around her, placing her' ip the
shadow of a tall fir tree, that ehe might have
the support of its trunk. ..yet will not be
afrpid to stay here while I get my horse ?"
I asked.
"Where !a it?" •
"At Carl Jansen's hotel."
I though eheahudtlered st the name—my
suspicions wero fast taking a tangible form.
"Yes, I will try—but, oh ! you ;trill not
desert uie !"
"Desert you! May-God smite me dead
If I think of it," I exclaimed, and flew over
the hotstery. I was young and enthusias
tic then. My plan was all farmed. Pluto
was strong and willing, he could carry us
both easily, and I got on his back, feeling
tor the .noble fellow an affection as strong as
that of a man for his brother. Ile needed
no urging, be seemed wild.to get away from
the vibinlty of the Black Boar; and it waa
hardly fire minutes Wore I had Margaret
Hampton up before mo. With - one band I
guided ray horse, and the other arm held
the slight form to my side—t was afraid I
would loossolier it I .did net•hold fast;
Half an hour's brisk gallop brought ,as to
the little village of Lowridge,and Book atter I
had the landlord of the Globe House ont of
bed and very much at my service. •
I took Margaret info'the Parlor, and made
beitell her dory in'as few words as possi
ble. lbe landlord was a magistrate,• and
took down her Statement. Two hours aftsr-
Warts Y was on my way to the Blank Dear.
with four,appstablea and a warrant. for the
arrest of Carl Jensen on the charge awar
der. ,• ;
We entered tba tavern without earerteny,
and took,the suittylarretole in bed, by tbie
elde of ite egdalli pally pile.
Ile was bid/god iwthe oouuty Jail, and the
next afternoon &Judicial oxamlnation, took
plans. Margaret ' s ttistlinUny , was &midi
sullieleat to convict him, ant he was Calton
to tilt Tams of his oontinemealo &Malt his
trial, at a higher sosui. •
Three dayiVailnrwardil lia*,ll4&bind dsid
in• kis osl/, Ua hsd died trugx the ellisula at
polsowbrought him by Mt vital Via
°N I AY he OS was asist4. l 44 A.*, Or
.wilnidbiliasfrui hours *misting& /M. a J •
ties waktiplkabyied of its duel.'
oonfenion in full.
Tie entared•upfa ail i IMMO lilt Wiwi< •
"SMAiiM la*Aogl)'ris
ladieh minitemiss ; sad lons and elo
quakily en Ike' skill with which he.svoldsd
deteotlii. - . ,
It was as I had expected. 'Mc,. /silken
being the next heir after Margaret to The
Hampton wealth the wretched had
formed the plan Of murdering the whole
family, in odor to secure the property. A
night ,when all the nie o wnre away at a
Chrietais feedlot' wait fielectedi s and the
deed was done; ouTy Janeen could not find
it in his heart to sacrifice Margaret. There
was a tender spot ip the villain's heart after
alt' Leas Igo, in his early manhood, he
had'hived &woman of whose face Margaret's
was the counterpart. This woman bad died
inter-larioeence, in her lever's. arms, and
for the sake of that tender memory, thegirl,
Who resembled her war opera But she
was kept s'elbse prisoner, every pee believ
ed her dead, and so she was,' to all intents
and purposes. Juneeit had oarried hei food
at stated intervals, and encouraged the pre- .
veiling belief that che old hOuee was haunted,
to the best ofliislbility. The other young
man who bad gone-there- to poi the night
had been frightenedby atone diabolical eon-,
trivance of Jansen's: I only emaPol a
tar fate by keeping my intentrolis - cif going
there a seeret. - I took Margaret at once to
ether in Bostpo and lima, ae the saga
oistions of her early home were so palatal
to her e I sold out the property and placed.
the proceeds to her credit. When I Alined
the certificate of stook in her handii, I ward.
M 1
Now yowean begin the nine," She did not
reply, but sot there in the mellow sunshine,
her benut lint. feet troubled, and_ „Iter eye,
quit dawn.
.41ren.are an heiress. Miss Hsmptoa ;.you
will go into society and be s grifia belle."
she said softly ; "I do not winb to
• belle, Canto."
"What would you be, if you could, Mar
garet ?" •
She' lifted her Sweet face to mine. I
caught. birtii Aix breast., and held her Fla.
oned
.•Wouhliou.be myArife Margaret ?" And
stirimaireied, ..Yes." 4lr
So she was L-go she is now, and has bean
these many happy. years; God 'bless her 1
And everyday my heart intuit of eloquent
gratitude to an inscrutable Providence. for
'lending me, is a fit of roniautie curiosityrto
spend a night at"llaulpton Death."
WHO MURDERED DOWNIE?
Adont the end orthe eighteenth oentury,
whenever any etudent'of the htarisohal 1
College. Aberdeen, incurred the di4leasur ,
or 69 bumbler °Dimas, be was assails. ith
the' miesti rot —"Who niu rdered • ow nie r
Reply and rejoinder genera •rought on a
collision. between "to • . and gown;" al
though the you • ; entlemen were accused
of what w , : chronologically impossible.
Peop ave a right to ho angry at being
. grnalizedsis murderers When their accu
sers hare probability on.their side ; but the
"taking off" of Downie occurred when the
gownemen, so mtllgnod„were in swaddling
clothes,
But there was a time when to be branded,
as an imomplice In the slaughter of Richard,
Downie made the blond run to the cheek of
many a youth, and sent him home to his
books thoroughly subdued. Downie was
sacriaterjanltor at :War!Bohai College. Ono
of his * duties consisted in securing the gate
by a eertaiu hour ; - prevlo.. unthieltall the
students had to assemble in the common
hall, where a Latin prayer was delivered by
the principal. ' Whether in discharging Ibis
function Downie was more rigid than hi
predecessor in office, ler whether he became
stricter in the performaude of it at, one time
than another cannot be ascertained, but
there can lie no doubt that he closed the
gate with austere punctuality, and that those
who were not,* the common hall within a
minute of the prescribed time were abut out,
and were after*srds reprimanded and fined
by the principal and irofessord. The stu
dents became irritated at this strictness, and
took eassiumutty means or annoying the
sacrist; he, In= his turn, a 'plied the screw
at other points of academia routine, and
at fierce war soon began to raga between the
collegians and the humble functionary.
Downie took care that in all his proceedings
he kept within the strict letter of the laW ;
but hie opponents were not so careful, and
the diioisions of)the rulers were uniformly
against them and 16 favor of Downie. • Re
primands and tines having failed in prtideo
lug due subordination, rustication, euspcm
aion, and even the extreme sentence of, ax
ptenion bad to be put in force ; and l the
end }iv and order prevailed. But a swat
and deadly grudge continued to hie enter
tained against Richard Downie. Varions
sa.heMeca revenge wore thought. pt
Downie Was 113 commen with telebere sad I
taught enjoying the leisure eche short New
Years' vacation—the pleasure being -rie
dodbt greatly enhanced by 'the annoyance
to which be had been sehleoted: daring the:
resent biekerings.—when, 'as he Was One
math% withhie fantill loath , PfliPla
Wilidettee it the gain, .a unsalttgo - infortnedi
hini that a gentleman as a neighboring hotel
wished to speak with hunt. Downie obeyed
the stuattiOns, and. was usbrati frOlo ope
recut luta« an** 401, ifalithtf, ioP*44
hiovself in - a hue 'room, hung-vire4rintrb,'
and lighted with ar Bolltirry tended., r
writing for 801 . 131 1 1 Mb 1. 11. 04 I
4 tlirrool*"
4 114 figures diersetigjo land,
reigkbieek merits on their hoernAnesented
thonee4yen• ;they erenged thdl4l:teri ih
the tbio of
. 8 cohrt,
ifti l ySi l 4 l 444 tif. l 4 l sac
4 *lii 4 E be Poi co.hintrinia eft •• a t
. B%.rodge - toot kW 'wit roe t* bent+,
,cirri id pbblin
jtal. was eppitneled
and apeittatora .rood
Stet set down the whole ' ..
the proceedings - mere i.and
pore' !kohl, gravity thst 1A Olio • in.
he Matra to believe hi the putrid, sit
of the awful tribtund, The :dirk* Vela
indictment ;hare:* him 'with oripaplulig
egoinot.the ilbartierof •the ;ark=
mimeo were otaralued fit. - tbatribrnr: the
public proscautar addraMod tbri t and ,
the judge summed up. • - •
.oneautor apie below; a
aturwllueasee
"id. Downie at
is • joke, but
ith snob:
hued('
“Gondems/4”. 11 9 44. 04, 4 4. 4 ' 4
been corniest/ fur enough ; 4 le , 48 ne, iste;
and my wite i sud tamdly want, aett l ngsf4*
ituo. about me. ,If f hoes been too strict
with you in time pa.J I am parry for It, and
I assure you that I wUI take,roore care,
•
'future,".
"Gentlemen of thrjery;! : said Ahejudge;
without paying the slishte4 attention, to
this appal; 'consider ypur verdict', and if
you wish to ratite-4 six",
The jury retired. During their absentia,
the moet.profound silence was observed ;
' and excepts renewing, the •solitary candle
that burned beside the judge; there was n ot
the slightest Movement. -,
The jurx Attuned a3id recortieta verdi t
. at iltyl'..___The '
large black co. and addressed the Prisoner:
Lo"Gillen! Dowule I . The *i7lobse Omani
usly foiled you _guilty of conspiring
bud tbejUsh liberty and imanneitlei Of
- . e — T l i 4 -7 -.. . --
' --- " - C 7 ' e'. tiger . Yo*
have wantonly, Rrovoied mud insulted those
inoffensive Genes for some months, and your
puuiahment will-assuredly be condign. You
must prepare for death. In fifteen min.,
utes the sentence of the court will be
carried into effect."
Thojwirre hi‘ 14106 nn them i!enrh,
A Woo:, au oxoki.t.i, 6,411 sawg,usi. 'nor •
broustit into the centre iof the room. A
figure more terribleithai&j thgt bad jet
appeared came foiward and prep.:pito
the part of doomeler. ,
• .1
11,wits now pact Midnight:there wet tku
sound' audible cave the 03111110Ull
the lodge's watch. Downie peoabit:
and more alarmed.' .of
'
for hearten sake, gentlemen'," 0 0
terrified man, "let me go home.
that you never again shall hwaritt
complaint." tI.4J
_ _ .
, "Diehard Downie,"
you are vaiely ling the fa*" hrnenta:
that &reign on earth. Toliktiot the
hands of, use who motit 1164 Stir '‘lUe.
hultiin power aan save Yew' &hernia:
utter one ory, .and youinii noised, sat
our doom completed WO. Su nun utter
another. Every one herilawant hma.eWur&
a solemn oath never tolpevelel 'We' proceed
ings of . „,this bight, they are known to none
but ourselves, and when.tite objectior which
We have moo is accomplished, wb shall 'dia•
perec unknown to agy one. Prepare than
for death ;,another nye minutes will hi al
lowed, but no more.
The unfortunate rnan in an agony of dead
ly terror, rived - and ebrieiked . for mercy, but
the avenger* paid) no heed to his oriels.—
Ili. fevered,' trombniiiiir than moved as
if in silent prayerl jer he felt that the brief .
space between hitt' &nil eternity was - bdt a .
few more s siekings of that ominous watih.. -
"Now f" - cif:J:ll=d the Judge. .•
-Tour-persons stepped forward and Adesed
Downie, on whose features -a oold clammy
sweat had burst forth. They bared his nook
and made him •kneel before the bled; -
• ' , Strike I" exclaimed the judge. • •
The °zee Vona; \ struck the won thralloor
r an medstanPle-the: oppositeride. lifted it
mental* moment entree towdl, and struck it
across the neck of the rcouinbint criminal.
A loud laugh announced that the joke hod
Ctegie to an end.
But Downie responded not to:the uproar•
ions merriment. They leughed again; but
still he Moved not ; they lifted him, and
Dpwnie was dead •
Fright had killed him es• effectally es if
the az of a real headsman , had severed his
head from his body.
u tragedy to all: The medical Mu
eats tried to open a vein, but all was over
and, the conspirators bad now to bethinL•
themselves of safety. They now in, reality
swore • an oath among themselves, and the
etfrighted young men,earrying their disguise
with them, left the body of Donnie in the
hotel. One of the number told the landlord
that theillpentertainment wu not yet 'quite
over, and that they did not wiahthetindivid
ual that was lett4n the room, to •be Mince
bed for 101nelanra. Tide' wits to give them
all a / a uto:nap theliosaapb. . .
, ilsxi . ozonting lb* IddiY.leas. Am& Jodi'
osi inquiry was 'lndatted, , tilt no •eatiefee
-1
tory reedit 'oeuld beatsiv , 10: ~r hictra.
of podr poems exhibited ' 'adiricit :rico:
1 lettoe, 1041Glasi ar,exitirouil, Ilui.lil will be
liaison hie noddles *gen baiwn. , I
Vie Oft known that tie efiabente had hived
aparOiente In the 'lief ibr ;10 theatikel
reprefiei4 l l4 tew:eoapii beeo go
fent% them ; but beyoodf thie f nothing wee
peewit. 'No noise had bener-iheardi iod i ne
proof of pnn'der'' oduild be adfluf t ied t, Of two
bluidre4 SiOnntil *At .olhep *a Gailid
pohnoetAlmt nitiltyuer.ouipeated Atty.. Mere.
ever, the students were soatteind - weer-the
Sity, and the'-biesieliM4*- -- iiiirendAres hid
eniq k( !lair • own ; &alp 'leirrinitit4See
e' . r, and z lt'area ,se#ll4l4.toiretaiii,
thio, ittor ,tmq .4447, li4twattioda,9l.:
gra../0,47 _Ai*: . . Aft **Lads
iii, mpg . . •.. • Jo ' i'
.peetieuleits, eta eres•4 hintealLta ,Itanehe•
hodipleßille ohnoxioUtVelesi lb! kikleati
IrlOhe niurderedllownie .
•*' f
r ''r WAY:
Goss 1.100•41141411 Pr
Out Rom the go dell .
ihultarimuy Id benripilt.
t)o. Ana steed imikamalowyl
Pavia,
Over EFa
1,1640 pablaJor bse, Nita ‘• •
jo 41,4 4. "
Orer her bosom Leader(, •
Liu
*dn bei ekiM
- '
Tb 4,1404 hit, 12,10111 prr, 0,1, •
• , r
atrie ' -
.of sr hissivortii sift hoPt h oPiii
Biuttimf"" • blue of Ass
lids alma 111
IMO! 1• 1 400 I
•
clothr
-t soR beilitarml.
• h.
4.
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dive U.
ni • •••
She -
6 •it
Frani 3di mar *ago • aloft
To 6144 hortrott,witlLlto
ak the illtaiplinF • '
, -
. Gene tv steep-wl6ll **skit.
Pi•gze tht her tender 1 11 03 , . •
Bt theltifewelo kin of trot tool tiosto,
04Ad In the deep of the.eimpitere •
Like th e last-far bof
ed the *fee%
Whale blo6ba-theithlto
„Robitt—lmehed in your downy bed
Oyer - the swinttilig
De you miss her rote* fr.= your tied duet,
Whew the dew in the heart etthe wise is set,
Till he velvet lips with the essence wet,
In orient oilmen glow
, Rosebud—under your shady WA
Old from 64 sunny day—
Ds y 613 miss the Ilium of the-eyes se twijrbt;
Whose blast was Imam your timid idea/
Oier t e stany wyj
Hearts, wham the darling/. brad had. Lip,
held hy lore} shining MS
Do t ea know that the touch of her ratio hand
Dot.
Oh she wall us with tha sage{ baud,
starry Way.
THIS, THAT AND THE ()THEN.:
Boodmounsel is Above Prig*. •.
. Dees a transport Ojai. •rer pt • tiakit
at-learn? •
TLe citi_uf NOir York °Moro 14,0061) . pan,
ty to volunteeii.:___ •
Some husbands are drielgt,Sp take a * smile
at a tavern becauSe they get no smiles At
home. _
Preserving the health by 400 itrift . a
ragintetris the nyiet vilarisoine and buil,-
Iddn of .nutladtea."
The Siorenempf the Treaetai bas deal
dot( to item , tuilaither hundred millbant of
,toe ton-farl7
PPM
040 rat
A tritunliorphid, in answer to a straller
wiltriralirwilliirring how tall his trees g ew
tittpltilini nothing else to do.
• - 'Atli{ thousand dollars' worth of wipes
wesnrloditeht at Lord Lyons , sale By a so
loriN for Washington dinner parties.
isn't all that fancy painted her," bt,-
* olsimed a rejected lover, "and worse
tbonlitat, she isn't all that she paints her
self"
Non. George M. Dallas, ex-Vies Presi
dent of the United States, died suddenly it
his reddens in Philadelphia on Saturday'
Dupont's powder milli, - near WDroingtoi,
Delaware, exploded on the fifteenth at.
Ten men were killed, and several other,
- wounded. • ,
A man comes to church and Nis flit
asi4p, se though be had bcro broegbtLize
for • corpse, and the preacher bad been
preaching at hie funeral.
"You ars t nuieunoe.-111 ctriemit_you,"
said ad offended Judge tow noisy woon in
court. ..otroieve nought to commit a nnl
esnee," replied the offender.
• It said soma tabiestwe so small that
they ash creep into quart measures; but the
I way in which some ( adult/ out walk into
such measures is astonishing.
In iptilias well ordered there is always
one dlm and sweet istoper which controls
without seeming to dictate. The essence of
art due in Ate gift of conciliation.
Some one has taken the trouble to 'osibu ,
slate what itcosts to support all the dogs is
the world, and has concluded that the et
.,
pense amounts to about thirty million dol
lars annually. •
A sleepy ohurehitarden. t who Itlien played
st wards, b ice tv,
'Vol* "'bulk df t1?-
rubbed his epa,
oitlittaj - desd."
A 'soldier's widow,
forfeits tit bar %molt
reemerioor; Awed It
widoW ehe: canna
sessrtUttg to the sot
188 d. •
litoversier"--Barbeir;
"After nem% redeetii
• ,by oiesiosiarTreiudi
cmiaiguelan that the
Eeddoal adzoististratii
!Union."
leery state avid
tended will virtue,
lightfid,; but when,
Ouiditee
,; "s' 41/ ; -•14 /41 9 011131
• yLo the poopeeilor.
senagli
king 4, eselwei
tweet:444 flit
for avbili,•bot bfl got
land-waif - obora
**Ca obis Witt gtr)
* idea* teird ,
4.100 s eintt-41011441*..°1
.11miehtilsw oreffla.—
miftwvit tbt
141 .1 e,
iulkd
Vidait
Scotlanil
tlitArti Tarrlv the arik*
4 aro 04 ' 11 1 110 Pelerf 4".!181-Jah1
MM=Effl=
- No. 2.
more respect than theittabirlie
It la . A OOMMOgprietine (yr Men to :s.
In &miller betuttoi to ilit iroursi 4
adding with jack koives to the litre} ~,,,,
t hokreePrlgnjAl- a llq 1 " N " 11 ?" i ,,
tho W - 44599, 91 1 ,‘ VII,NOOVAke ' ' 1 2 1 f::
. . with stamps Arilewmil . .
•*''''
Aflame talk of ladies:in alpffeateig
tholoW , Wtotte iwrodt a lady Webs '
fridwe'llW tialopokas at 14A* " v. .
Bayallaasitatiii pleeweresirb
.aof Wear Mira isodbfliiitikt , •
dielaillViiiiefttait svaik - or
nit Itgar4iIHMIINV4O4II6OO
.., '
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q utfy„..
t •
aot priie
suffer
.119041 1. 1 a gAIITIO 4.. ,el f
remkrltierysaul. , wkon wow to *Pk . r. .
to be4oliter,s;
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ME
$Ui ,plemAitiptylgh tot vuen., gin toir.a
aboukaav lietiliA, leoluemaeßt filltv wham
wilt therirefrest hal 4 fliems6.7ololok bulk "
. them it th : llllhoodisitsaidlOblisq/SW•cd--:
• vis-byGrositakeßs* goligrilleikabdit''
'Vents/W . O initatolliiallaider WA
beefoi
,' -l l itrifivii il4,
' eid it iee'ne 1 414 Ti t g •
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re. 4 awrt I&5 1 ,
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stet
plebe
ale of
&Oleg lit
paid: l'liari;i;
w ° 11 " Ii / apf •, Akt o .
than ,izi ‘ eg 4aet to
sense dOPIAO7-700;""
--91 4 24 r. C4 4 4 4 4nab 4.44 AZ
*VA WIS. if like dee Tartness
ow* irhatiti& byastusetutTei• t 4 1
with 14%4440 tbeeellits*Oet tititfret*
oelin*Ti be mmoteve: tiPteme • •
ehd 1. 4 (r P
pionosijt, 3a, tboir 1.32 1411;4 lo
)1 Am .
bronklitlijimpb o aterrk.ofin44.ll4llml
moduli', fors syelsiiot:Arommildltottnr
u ctiloctANl4494l PiK44lllp•nus.,6%
trumliqvidoopkosik beuro*-40rairinie m
or in soc i ety whore women is not ftsplollll,
*tad made thjspbriet er - omarereeemek \ .
The society of woatierilhillein Mjtmot
Min. Be litho nhittoirint
Ice,
Inii
feint
nuO
tet,
seal
-tesni
with
agai
btu
Irbi
skit
on.'
Inns
MEI
eitiOtagr;
sooltyi• thieobjeeteliWtfat:4lSenkb•
eifitivatto valdrif
otairs-to drOltsraise. , A feel - b. I 9P
times belle A-fen dreekards*e;t6e4ii*
swindlers' is a einOoltsity MIN
neessaitle stamp all as mob, IA :Shibreig
as theca are In atlrpleear; eiM4allos4i4lnda
study to putt taseassr of :MI asling.;
does not Ittosis tectiestO Airesiimeir
the bet* iirbo :szeirargi Miukivizg
rosP*o JOHAMOr •front 4o 4lo l lolllno4ll.
are 1040 •1 1 4 0 take eo h ey *NM*
sad naedit atom/mini/ Irrerratienrc 4446
thoughtoss Luau Of tisilegs to 1111411 !!I
you are tempted to . begin. 54400543001111
whiob dotraste from a`noteepoie. rdsighipe r
a tendency. no niumneoAdm i ,
from her that aft
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