The Democratic Watchman.
"THIS LIGHT OF ALL 'LIGHTS IN
THE YEAR."
Oh for one sound of your voice to-night
My darling, my darling, my Mamie, my
One smile to cheer me through this drear
night.
Oh ! darling, my angel, I long for your
•
eyes,
Shining like twin-slars, in Heaven's own
ekies.
Oh, Mamie, I'm dreary. forsaken, alone;
None left to love, and call too '•their
own,"
•
Naught but drear, droar night.
And the heart will ache, and the tears will
flow,
When I think of, and wish (or the long
And my soul feels sad and lone.
Oh! home my own, this peeving hour,
Weavo o'er me now thy magic power,
My soul to lift from thie night.
Save me, Faye me, from deep despair,
Save me,oh Mamie' and fill with prayer
This soul of inure.
In vain, I strive to hush my iON e,
It will not, will not go
From me away
And Po heavily it weigh• upon my rout,
'Twill nut be long ere the gulden howl
VI ill chattered be.
That thought through my being sends a
thr,ll,
And a wba.pered l'eas'e, to II he
posing by. a At
.—.4..111(111/1111. 0,1,14,1011 e,
MARY MOORE
A PIIRTTj 'LOVE ',TORT
All my life-long had known Mary
Moore. All uly life I had toted her
Our mother• were old playmates and
tint causing My first recollections of
a boy, in a red frock and more co
shoes,-roickrng a cradle in which reposed
sunny lim ire 1, blue eyed baby, nib quie
a year 04.. Thtt boy tens r.y
elf—
Harry Church, that blessed baby . 1 ,1% 9
Mary Moore
Later st.ll. I ace myself at the little
school hon-e, ilriterin7 my letile
to the dotr Mary might r: le licit e
'Many a heating base 1 game] 0/1 11 1.1 Ch
occatious, for other boys besides Ille
Inked her, and sto, 1 tear,' was some
thing of a ti,rt, even in her u.to,fore
flow elegantly she came tr.H.og down
the edepe'wherLl called her name: liuw
sweetly her blue eyes Inked a: toe'
llow gabytrang oat her merry ',ugh '
No One 1.11/ V.ll l I • yen brio: her
beat to to her hi.t 1 f IItw:.1
that laugh from the lays of toy ,hill
hood till I grew nit net kwat 1, blushing
youth- -I I llewrd it through the by:vet
noun if r.ai.hatl - st..l rbt it the
frosts or, -.lser:o7 toy 111 r, at: I
many cl.l!,lrt, (1111,1, pi , n Try lin,. et. 1
call ine -lather, 1 bad tbat he memo
nes r f t ,12th are yen • .1...P.11 , 1 OW.
1 - ten n er,s 1/ 1 1 1., I f the
r 1 1(1.1.• • 1 1'I A •
tV hen I YR- I, I-I great cot - •
row of Li:, earnl lip , n 11. y heart I I
wan •(11,11.1, CL/IVI ./ (01
port \kr:, %Cs were het to see]
elicit 401,r 4 t..rs
to 111%, W It 5 , , ,•• "I di 4111 R r
ry win Ito 1,, II It, 11,, itit
heart, s,ve i,.sn l t ',I r
I 5, 1 , in it , 5 1 .1. 11, I V 1;;11
of to,) t. ni it .1111, } , ar I ha I groWn •
tot' , a tai', 0,141 r .011111 r 7, with a very
vr.l op.t. 1, of rile 1f 1,0111 in e.rirtal
and pa/I:VE/14r 11 I On 11,,ry
Maul e 11 sc.is to 11.111,:,11 0 e how
1.11110 114 ! miler h.q.o I
or, 11,,n ksitlii,rl I 0.1.
and rterer ..11^ .la frit. trio I
1110 I I `l.sl n C4III,11.1), I 1.11.•?: .
but as iIJ and g , o 1 10.,1,0 I a
I trust 'hot I may hr hvleced when I
say that =Leif root It the al.o
An advnt, , ,w,,114 wen ill.le
we at 'hit ;.c.e..pi.ng 1.. I VIII',
up Mt, lea or it f 1,14,6,, n , Ind prepared
to go t.. India In IlLy b tuned visa
home of twt .11y.. I , 1w mithing of
Mary M' ore ILe had gone to a board I
tog telt. at %I;Iile and Wise
(spewed the f ALIA' ing Mny
totered , out a ,gb Iu th.. rrem,ry
my hill,. Moe eyed and , 1.•,
‘ : a d i n ) •e/r it 11:ari
In rt s-ir, I I h011gli•, 119
whirler aw,s front on, doer, to a p.sr
r three eat , at tI,‘AL ter} no •st, I w i ll
return, and if Mary :0 1 , 4 ,'ly u. ithe
used to he, why, tl•en r •rhap., I may
marry her
And thus 1 .ruled the future of a
young lady v.hotn I 116,1 not seen
four year, I never thought ..f the
pos9ibtlify of her refusing tor%-never
'dreamed that obe would not cowl-m.Oll
to accept my offer.
But now I know that, had Mary" met
me then, she would have ile , pised tie
Perhaps in the scented vtill,ot she
might have found plenty of .1,01 t du:
as for loving should perhaps have
found myself mistaken India was toy
salvation, not merely because of my
141.10CC88, but toe/Woe my I,llml-ton+ in
dustry haul adonteraoted the evil ill Illy
nature, and bas in tde mo in lAtter man
When at the end of three years I pre
pared le return, I said nothing of
reformation of myself which I knew tad
taken place. ,
They loved me as wits, I murmured
to myself, nod they will find out for them
selves whether I ant better worth loving
than formerly
I packed, up many a token from that
land of.romance and gold, for the friends
I had 'hoptd to meet ; the gift for Id.r
Moore, I selected with a beating heart,
it was a ring of virgiu gold, with my
nettle end Mer's engraved inside—that
was all, and yet the sight of the little
toy strangely thrilled as I balanced it
upon the tip of my finger.
, T 6 Ike eyes of others it was but a
email, plain circlet suggesting nettle
thoughts, perhaps by its,olegance, of
the beautiful white hand that was to
wear it. But not to see—how much was
Vohodled there,--all.lhese delights were
hidd'en within that little ring of gold.
Tall, bearded and sun.bronsed, I
knocked at the door of my father's
house The lights in the parlor win
w, and the hum of conversation and
iiseerful laughter showed me that coin.
pang was assembled there. I hared
sister Lir:1.4..1,00d conic to the duce,
and ['might greet my family when no
strange eye way looking carele.sli be. •
But no—n servant ithewerod my
mons. They were too merry in the pr
ior to.Jaced ,the long absent one %Ito
asked for tuttnittance. A bitter thought I
like this ran through my miftd 119
heard the sound from Ihe parlor auk
sew the half suppressed smile on the
servant's Noe.
I hesitated a moment before making
myself known or asking for any of the
family. And while I stood 'ilent
strange apparition grew up before me ;
from behind the eervant peered out a
small golden head, a tiny delicate form
followed and a sweet childiskt face, With
blue eyes, was lifted to mine—so like
those of one who ha i brightened my
boyhood, that) , I started with a sudden
feeling of pain
“What is your name, my pretty `" I
asked, while the wondering servant held
the door
"Mary Moore."
"And what else?" I asked quickly
She lifted her hands to glade her
eyes. I had seen that very attitude in
another, in my boyhood, many and many
ft time—and she answered in n Sweet,
birdlike voice:
• "Mary Moore Cheater," (lisped the
child.
Nfy hearl Runk down like lead. here
gas an 'end to all the bright hopes of
my youth and manhood Frank Chester.
my boyish rival, who often tried in vain
to estirp my place beside the girl, had
succeeded at last, and had won her away
fro+ me This was the child—hia child
And Mawr,' -
I wink. body and soul, beneath this
blow, and hiding my face in my hands,
leaned spinet the door, while my heart
wept tears of blood The little one
gazed at me, grieved and amazed, and
put up her pretty lips as if about to hy,
while the perplexed servant stepped to
the parlor door, and called my putter
out to see who it was that conducted
himself 80 strangely. I heard a slight
step and it pleasant voice saying—
" Did you wish In ace my father, sir' '
I looked np There Stoo , l n pretty
sweet•laeed maiden of twenty, not much
changed from the Jenr •i• , er I had
loved no well. I looked at her for'
moment, nod then sqllttre — the ff iffp,f
of my heart, by a mighty (qrort, I npett
ed my arms and Pfild •
don't you know n.e . '
•Ilarr,, ob, my brother Harry ' she
(.6,1. and threw herself upon my h;e•rst
w.pt a+ if her heart nN nil I break
I c , ,uld not weep,. I drew her gently
into the lighted parlor, 101 , 1 stood alit,
her before them all
There Wan a ru,h and ft cry of
and then my father and my mother
-prang toward rue. and Weler , llls I Me
haw. with treat-He-4 1.4 e 1,),h, halt
.WeCt each n greeting to Ihr wiy w am
trav,ler Ind ne I held my , fl.ar o' I
nt,ther In my heart and grtlieil lily
11011 a • tnd 1101111 . lAZZIP r•,wF t. it
I !et! that Pell vem ,, no t y,
another La.( grout' I Itte, e
rilmeevo I , lesslng many st I V 1,111411 I .
, lee In 1110 er ennciu.ry of i,,,tne
there nere four other tnt.oeter of it r
r -up, it hurl rioen nmy
nee Itne wn. , lue vve. , l chill
em I I. ~1 , thr . l , ly
Ch••••trr
h ,1.1 \to re
tt I v
!ary iv., r. /In 1 , n Fli•I•10
c.ll r which qhe k0..1 .01'y r'
ire ..t,•,1 s ig ri 11.7 rikrrie mr,
~ .1 w ui .1111 nlondry
1•r, Iy t!, heavy V4 . ind'a rtlrt tor.. 011'
R;1 t tipor
It Len fr•t t
°Ver. I trir i”tl fern 1 , 1 nu i .1 It':
graer, an I Frank C. , :01 c i.,,,1•10,1 m y.
hand
• WriCroll:•• 11.411 e. y I. ,v e
with the 1,1,1 ei.nr•rfu: Inf.—, I r, z.,•llo , Prf'd
en well • 101 l haNz . M' k /Ott I
wolvi4 have never 11 nown you, 11.11
Iwo!' r It . .111111.0 it, 111 1.1 ly io ti.
1,181 • 1
••11,,w Call 3 u env he 1. rhaniVl
toy rh ., ,ther. erntly. "14, he
I. (Alf oiler 1111d1 graNer 1111 111. e 11
'Lan thati wbun h. were hi.
tin lei 101 I e) tkr, ti,, r,1t,11 us user
It 1 4 a 110 e.., hvart which eh,uger torn
Ilc 18 my boy null "
ffesTen he!p me' Al th%t moment I
fel , Ilkr ft 1,. y, au , l II woir r have been
bleeped relief to hire WPp' on her be,MO,ll,
ay I had done rn 111filliCy Itut I keqr
l/Wll the betting of my 1, , nr1 111.11
lrenlor slut tint•ri. red , v,telly
an I luo L, ,1 !ttli unn 1114 11!11,1• ,, 1111 . fan.
• hive changed, 10... Fl mt.., 'u'
think for the better "
ye, - 1110.flk I.)u 1.. r conq
moth!, he answered w i th 1 \ 11 4 .1"' 00.1 g
.• fly wife Jell'. 1110 I grow hvrylvoirter
every day "
Ili+ watt Could I hear that name
and keep ellenee
"An •I hove you Heel) my little girl"
he nil Ird, lilting the iiiNtat to 111 ,
Nod kintuntg her crunPon cheek. • I tell
you, Harry, there an nut elicit ittuoher ut
the wrotl , l Don't you (hulk mhe leolta
very much like her tnothe- tia,ol to'"
"Very touch "' I (altered
'•1Ialto' cried Frank, with a sudden
ne.ia which made roe Mart violently. '•I
have forgotten to Introduce yon to toy
wife, I believe ells and you used to he
playmates in your younger days—yes,
Barry '" and be clapped me on the
back, • for the sake of old times and be
cause you were not at tie wedding, I
will give you leave to kiss her once
but mind old fellow you are not to re
peat the ceremony. Conic—hero she
1,, end I for once, want to see how you
wtH manwhe the operation "
Ile pushed Lizzie, langhtug andblush
ing towards me A gleam of light, and
hope, almost too dazzling to bear, dame
over me, and I cried out before [ thought,
.-Not Mary."
mutt, have betrayed Joy secret to
. iu the - room.- -But--tiothing
was said, even Frank, in general so ob
tuse, was this time Silent. I kissed
the fair cheek of the young wife, and
hurried to the silent figure looking out
of the window.
glary—Miry Moore," I said in a low,
eager tope, •have you no welcome to
giro the wanderer
Bhe turned and laid her hand in mine,
and said hurriedly—
am glad to see you here, Harry."
Simple words, and yet how blessed
they made me. I would not have yield
ed her up that moment for an emperor's
crown. For there was the happy hothe
grpup and the dear Ere-eido with sweet
Mary Moore. The eyes Thad .dreamed
of by day and night, were 'falling b
tir , llll the ardent gate of mine, and I
sweet face I hat eo long prayed to e
was there beside pie., never knew the
°
meaning of happiness m5;l
meut.
Many years have passed since that
happy bight. and the hair that was dark
and glossy then, islfast. Wiling gray. f
I am now grown to bd an old man, and
ens look back to a happy, and I hope
well-spent life. And yet. sweet, an it
has been, I would not recall a single
day, for the love that made my manhood
so bright, shines also upon my - while
hairs
An old main; ran this be so! At
heart I nut as 72ung as ever And
Mary, with her bright hair 'parted
smoothly from a brow that has n slight
furrow upon it, is still the Mary of
other days,. To me she can never grow
old or change. The heart dint held
her infancy, and sheltered her in the
flush and beauty of womanhood, can
never Nast her out until life shall cease
to warns it. Not even then, for love
81 ill lives above.
A GHOST OR NO GHOST
I=
We were seated round our pleasant
fireside one night last winter, talking of
the heavy falls of snow, and specula-
ting on a sleigh ride the following day
until the eyes of my young brother• and
sisters gleamed with anticipated de
light
()or uncle Otis Peel/pled, /19 11911111, his
big arm chair, gazing through his large
speetivolea upon lb.- pleaaant. fanal.l,y
group that surrounded him with that he
nignant sir which old bachelors assume
when, having no family of their own,
they adept those of others .
.•I'nele Otis," cried Fred, "you have
traveled ever so much Won't you (ell
us a nice ghost story' Ito uncle . "
lud the young scamp laid his curly,
fourteen-year old head on the old m.„ii . e
,houlder
tfy uncle frowned n Mile and looked
ftrniend, an much as t 4 Huy, • Who has
been rutting drupe ',less win the
cliildleC. !wain"' I endeavored to
Link ri4 II I wit, nol ,I(silry, tint I fear
L Ilia: 1 ht.! I r answer for
*MS Of were 1014.151.14.10%12.fhi11g, utl
I (ill II
I 11,••• rt r , ry lore
cvwftedi that he
here in ghSto, ' (tnle in n He
vete
We ti. - 1 dept stlencx, hat alter a mo
ment'A reflection he eeente I Hi forget hid
anger, and Raul softly,
'•1. a wu•en far IL ghnel story' Well
you , 4,111 leave one It happene,l
) Ott saq not &mita 1114 t ruth
g's.therea r• n a Imo— l ' resl 4 els
sor Minn any
• thso rtire443lls , I..,vtimn. forty yrors
whc:. I wa-s haraly twenty, I was
If 04 :111,„! In thosss
s s Is•s. 11c IniVeird pn , t
i% 6 —, 0.11.3 t, whets t'assang chic 10 tt
• so ilti:unto sahel ' o s I ill ink •"st
called A funnn, slot ra overtook its,
a' i 1.r.•1 ' o hot - I,w Itt 'struck Isy
"1;1 Inlty 411 I•l , intly kilted
' II, re. Yr 1 , 1 no 1,0.4,1010 y 4 las cepa
its - a slosor thlosity 104'1111'4 nljc , ,ur
'el) 11 , es wwith t'irga s z,e, I , ionetat
v alto .
t , . n r.p.t 1,1, eh
• n' n ik.Af icr hid(' The
'l. •u. t 1 - 111 t sl.th r , r i r y, , 1
wer , I soro s , H iotnisti raerehant'.lyl,lng
h) tho. , , , Vni, x 01
II W 1,4 r.(.1,1 wlit,wo• !nob+ or ticup..tihn
V 11l 1 ,,,. {sic nll crowd I
r n, 1 9 1 hnve tiro to tiny nitr•ltivor , , rind
inn ,‘ utc nficr, tipper
I else.; r %er . % t.o.gue Con
vet - bef.rre e.,11.1uc . .t1 iii 111 , 1r1
Lse gri-eral
.•r 414 Le pr0 , ..1 I hr. :gh (hie
ha I 1/Per) 1/11t11/ fro/111/18 /1 , /rle another m
/IT; in y.• 1180.1 Leen nl,Nrl Al lay! tune
flirt Vtt •I.
• 1 rm.( tr ntwool to-nigh'
I` r n rcitiskr witched' Salamth "'
Th.. ri'llll-k
I.IJI r give :,111t1 to II rrjoin
SOTC , Tv I an•l ;;Lode prefer a moon
light coat to a 24 ormy one Itke this '•
We all Ioukr••I at the sp•akcr It way
out• of •he Spanish iliercliants Him
r ca way civilly known by hi, •Irtoti ant)
trgiirt lire( cites open at the knee, g.i
ti•rA ltotol with thonput of leather, red
cloak pirttire.ipiely hanging from the
an I An air of uretul storu•ty
p,n,t , ,l Op 1•14 brown fire, rwiri,l
Lin. t ing, black, curling Lnlr NO one
inclined to c..igitradiet t hey Miser
ration made as it w LA in ft V • r iro' se•err•
vunnrtl) oung mitt who sat next
to tin• burst into a tit of langi ter, and
said
-You appear, sir, to knot the hobo~
of ghoetn. Ila•e they toll )uta that
thgy do not Lake to get We in Lhetr
f,e,"
111 , had rearcely finished , pelking,
alien Ow Spaniard emit on him a fern
ClOll4 glance, aaying,
• o wig 'Han, you uovit oot speak ru)
lightly of thingt4 you know nothing
about "
Do you mean to pretend to reraunde
me to believe in ghosts" aeiwerail the
yuung man, contemptuously. -
'l'erhape," replied thCßpitnittrd, "lf
you had the courage to make the trial "
My neighbor bounded eerily front
hie seat; but he composed !timed( in
stonily, saying calmly,
"You would have to pay dearly for
this imperLinencrif it'wertflobt that of o
fool "
"That,of a fool I" cried the Spaniard.
leaping to hie feet. "Well," he added,
bringing his fist down on the table; and
flinging thereon a large leathern puree,
"see! hero aml n five thousand francs,
16146 am is'oitent to lose, if in one
hour from this time I do not shosi l fOU
the ghost of any of your deceasedlitende
Mkt - you choose to nertoerrne - matter - how
long he may be dead: and if, after hav
ing recognized him, you have the cour
age to pefmli him tolay his lips against
yours
The Spaniard had etch a terrible air
as be said this, that vre all started. My
neighbor alone preserved his disdainful
and mocking
"You will do that, will you he an
swered.
"Yee; and I will stake these fire
ttousand fiance on the Event, if you will
wager a like sum. If I fail, I loose; if
you are vanquished I win."
The young man remained silent for a
moment, then he said gayly,
"live thousand francs, most worthy
ogicion, is more than a poor ottutent
ever rOPßOStieft. But if you will make
the bet n hundred france, I Mt your
!nun.",
Thg Mpanjard took book 1119 puree in
silence; then he said iu n contemptunue
tone.
yeu back out my little •braggy
dock'!"
"1 back out ?". cried my neighbOr
"Ah ! if I had the five thousand franca
you vouW BCC whether I would hook out
or not !"
I could nal ret , ist n fl tul,len Temptation
that seized nu,.
"Itere'e n quarter of the bet," I cried,
putting the money on the table. "I
will go:sharee with you,young non,"
I had rmarcely-done tbie, when five or
Rix personb round the tahle, attracted as
I was by the singularity Of the chal
lenge, offered to take shares; and in a
very few moments the sum required by
the Spaniard Wits made up. This last
seemed so sure of his taunt, that ho gave
the money of lbo bet to the young stpp
dent,•and began to make hie preparh
dons for the trial.
The place ohoeeu woe a (+mall, isolated
pavilion in the garden, built in such p
manner as not to admit of jugglery. We
inspected it,assured outftelves that there
RIO no egress save through a tightly•
cloned window nud a tightly-cloned door,
at which last we all remained after we
had left the your men in the pavilion
Meantime we hall placed upon the fable
all necessary writing materials, and
carried away all the lights. We were
intensely interested in the whole nffair,
and maintained a profound silence;
while.the Spaniard, who remained in our
inidst,sung or rather chanted, in a sweet
and sin voice, (lie rollnning wntd4 ; -
".The sepulchre opens wide,
Thn coffin lid fall' away.
rtehol4 by the black grave's ebb
The phantom, grim end grey !“
After ibis first couplet, -he lifted his
voice solemnly and said,
''You have asked to see your friend
Francois Viatat, who wee drowned three
yearw ago ! what do you see
'1 nee," answered the young student
from within the pavilion, ..a pale white
light that uses inside the window, hut
1. has no form, and is nothing but a
•ague stead "
We remained in a elate of stupefac
tion
•• Ire w , ll Areal,d" cried Our powerful
voice of the iipuniaril
:1111 Not n frO, nn=e•r re , l the
ii4nilent in n von,. niii
We scarcely breathed The Spaniard
wits silent for a moment then he .truck
the ground with hie 'font time t irnee
mil, sang again, hut thii how with a
deep, commanding tone
"Pliant-on ;tray in the whin =on Ir iwneil
\Van of cheek and 'lf ey
Wrap thviell in thy arund,
Awl-hither calwa at thy istitstar:a cry.-
The -,hg the •putilftrd itirne
inra, 1,1 111 d .If the 1,
an .f, wulr r, •oloe putt 111 , 41. Loietnn '.11311
.110 ore,
You Ilxvo "li..oiro I ‘o • ,1 1 ,1
rnyptertott of t;:e I 110% vvh .k you
see '''
her cllll with 10'e 1...1
Tldii stud. nt replii-1 in 010 voice of a
Mall who woichoo with
t Fotue iihy-'c d phi a .r ti
~ 1 ILI. 911 , 1 t 1 n Ole Irv;
lithe lhe nholie , r 111 , 11%111,1M 1 1 11'1rd...in
tont ham it, hood covered long'
veil ii In the 1. 1 V.llle l i
first -ow tt "
‘re yo l u ettrai.l Ow : 4 ; tuiat.l.
ineultingly
Vrowity and l,r.tvety the )min{
nu4w(re•l.
ikin t.nt nrnwi
We to tree duel k itch otter ,
Brent miz9 our ni.hmeri and R , .rtmett
Were lye oeeurne v. h :he will mot 'At,
of the : 4 iitiotarkl. who to —.•,1 Iti , t at uct
over 14,1 be.td, oust time,
name •,nllll t, utter, alter Vlllll . ll he i ietug
the hurl ter . " hi
ehrill rev, r . )erant rutce
“The Ithauit tl r 1..111p the VIJ I • !lure
Ile ,ayn he:, 'toy ti n4l A ft,
v,ll 1. , 14(1 a ft. ar
When.l Ita my vt.tl and ca,t. sty '
The Spaniar , l, 114 4, , .1) 1,4 he 1, 1 ,
fini.hell, rep. uirtl hp+ diabolical luen•
(1011,
you Hee "
•ee answered , he etwlero" Ino•
spectre wiraneing Ile I , ItA his veil -It
t 8 Francois 1 aLlst---lie approaches the
table--lie writes—it is his slgnattire "
••.Ire you earl t] , e
wito it snit 01 boat-Qv tor)
There way 11 ttimnetat - It awful ettlenct
then the young non replied in fL cultu
and (viable, tone,
—No,i an t nut utt.tol' '
Then We iq,alll/.11, If nuncked with
An epitept le fit. leaped and sh:vt red to a
sort of trenny, and Bang in a hoarse,
guttural voice, the loot Internal.stanc.t. ,
"The phantom says to the braggart boy,
I ca n es to thee from the rT/IVe yard
clasp thy neck with a ehoddering joy
My lip to thine forever I'll hold."
'What do you seer cried the Span
tart in a ',wee of thundor '
"Ile corn ea nearer - nearer' --he itur
aueN me lie °Rena hilt attn.—Ate em
braces me—help:--help ' help! I
any !"
••:Ire youttfratill" cried the Sponiatti
with a sort of ferociowt joy
A piercing cry, then n s tifled groan,
were the only replies to this terrible
question
"'Amiga( this young braggart," said
the Spaniard to us, in a biller voice
4'l have won the bet, but it is enough In
bava giv'en him a lessoh. Let him
keep the meney:ind tie w in the fu
lure."
Having Bahl this he walked rapidly
away We were stupefied We opened
the door and found the student in horri
ble cionvulsions. A paper signed with
the name of Fratmois Violet Thy on the
fable Thre-mornent-fhtsioung- man-!re.
covered hie senses, he demanded whore
wan the magician who had been the,
cause of such horrible profanation. Ile
wishett to kill him. lie ran to the tav
ern to seek him—he rushed like a mad
man out into the night to dissever him,
and we haw him rho more. That is my
story.
In the deed "Ilene° that prevailed—so
much were we impressed with the story
—I was the only one who hod the cour
age to Sly;
"And after all that, how is it that you
don't believe - in ghosts!"
"Because," answered my tihele,
"neither the young men nor ' the Magi
cian ever came,bsok, nor with them the
five-thousaiiti francs that voyseif and my
fellow travelers had contribute.] toward
the bet Those two reseals had robbed
us, after having played under our noses
a comedy the price of which I shall net
eonghicr too dear if it convinces you
thal t is only fools who believe in
ghosts." - „ ,
THE FLOWER GIRL
Fair lady, proud lady.
Will you buy these flowers of me
The roses are red ,an once were the cheeks
Of the wee dead babe en my knee.
Sweet the perfume of this hyacinth bloom,
lint sweeter was breath
And a tenderer }duo then thrso violets' hue
Were the 070.4 now closed In death.
•
Fair lady, proud. lady,
Do buy those flowers of sue—
If not for tpy sake, for tho sake of the baba
You may one day dance me goat' knee!
See the gold of 1114 hair, moro bright and
fair
lho marigolds dipped dew—
Through the death carved grace of the still,
white faro •
Is cold as the lily in hue.
See the pallor That tips the thin white lips,
Which once the stock-pink - tied,
And the Milo Int:nls clenched with the pain
that wrenched
The life from his henrt when ho died '
Small was the joy of my baby boy
In lhis wort 1 of sorrow, I know,
And I only erove for baby a graNc
Where the flowers be los ed may blow
Lb, lady,fuir lady,
eeoff my flower; in morn
But of me von ninet think, and your proud
heart tank,
'When )14u VKn into baby Bern'
Cool knave there blows in thornTeiiii
And the rico of your beauty will pal°
What the honey toe nips the h(mr frost awl,
And a leallier way turn the •odie '
'lower°, bright 41 iwer.i, I "ell nt all
hours -
sold them for yearo nail year'--
And now but crave a green little grave,
'Where my lonely heart at rained' tiara
Mny eharm fr iw the earth full ninny a birth
Of now er• morn fresh than the dawn,
To +how nra• the light et the eye. flint were
bright,
Aril the sulk of the spirit tkure gone
Fact and Fancy
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,p 1 s e..iiii• ...II,'" by e.Fri4tiPupti.,ii tr ho
to the dry of ht. glow h, the lo•t 'take ' tql
intr n norloo , t. x f o . , n Jrnlh
‘tolor Pauline rata,*
Ilnrriet 15'111.1. the n0t.,1
iltirint.: tin rebelltort, irre-tool latsly ut
New York for the larceny of tort, ole doh.
Inro
—Certain llorrinb rues have I . ..fiord
an ane..ciation tor the introduction of gam,
Iwo (bat tutu the 01124, and Ity pro
tection by legiiilativo enactment fornum
borxit yearn, •
Eng.liedi Court has separated ably
of 15 from his ttufr, and 'cut hum into the
country to learn a trade and grow up, be
fore be eivi be allowed to livoswith bor. Ile
bad married hie curie.
—There is a , I , tforenim between bappi
nosy and - ho that thinks himself
the happie.t man really is u”, hut ho that
thinkolhinvelf the wisest nano, is most gen•
orally found, to he the higgont fool.
—A Western paper gars it eh the fol•
lowing obituary notiee en Tonnkagiyinir
day :—"No paper will be limited from this
office to-morrow—nor any other tiny. The
sheriff's officers were around."
littla gtrlxita Atka Van nlligator
ne✓tr Bayou Bare,Lonisans, a few days since,
and a Peek boy, wbo attempted to rescue
her, and for that, purpose pursued the mon
ster into the water,wal himself seized by an
other alligator and devotired. •
--The following was many yeare ago a,
Margate advertiseMent by an ass-lender,
whose donkey, were alternately sunpluyeti
by ladles and smugglers
, Vieses here to be let, fir all purposes right.
To bear angels by day,and spirits by night." ,
—The Mimi, failing to drive their Rust'
elan ruler.' out by military - force, are now
kindling incendiary tires to-burn them out.
They set tire to the houees of the more ob.
abalone Russians, and In this questionable
manner eb tw their hatred of Russian tyran
ny.
R;E
A Queen HYMN Boni: —A good john ,
is told of a preacher in Nebraska, wh o
had dined with,a friend just before 'af—
ternoon services. As it happened, this
friend occasionally luxuriated in a qmile
of the ardent, and sometimes carrierl
morrocco-covered flask iii biv overcoat
pocket.
By mistake, the ministert took
friendly overcoat for hie own on him dr,-
parture:antl, walking into tire pulpit
began the exercises without doffing the
garment, it being rather chilly i n a,
room.
Looking very ministerially over Mg
congregation from behind his, speett-
Mee, he began drawing front his pocket,
arbe supposed hie hymn hook, with the
introductory remark that the congrega
tion would sing from a particular. p age
which he selected beforehand.
The minister held the supposed link
up in full eight of the congregatio n ,
ettempted to open it sideways, hut Het!
no go
, The Piluation was reatized in a in 4
meat, but, alaa tng late.
Ilia reverence was dumbfounded. t h e
whole scene was made ludicrous by e
fellow in the brick part of the congrega
tion, not altogether too Father, wbe
drawled out :
"Say. Mister can we all (hie) jine in
That at' hymn ?"
NOT rue PrltqoN —l.?ilenlay even
ing, a rather seedy lonittli7 )ntjrido l l
appeared at the central
()aired if becould br, hnnored with an
interview with the . Chief of l'ortc”, and
being repltrq to in thty othrtna , tve, way
shown into the private office
'•Wirat eiti I der tor vott
tI officiaL
"Are you Ole Cho'(
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night, I aTTr , .••‘
bank with a bah in her arr., lori ag
carefully around nll 111 , whrle I ,
Ihe wax followed, and Own
at the edge, ' , tour!! and- -"
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whit,. with honer
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rlnths, Tnl,lo eover4, \Yin
rurtft,ta,
'rid( logs, and a
very largl
a 480011101 a of mph .nrtipler an ANL llAllted
by Luurelc oepere, and at riven to .nit
the times.
QU E 11.; N NV A ItE,
1 full 'n..p.ortizient, eonsisling of Tea awl
Dinner sets, Pitchers, Bowls, bides,
and a general Variety of warn that
will' bit mold by tho dozen or
piece, and as cheap as it
can be purchased
olnewbero in
this county.
- OROCEItIES, ETC ,
.S.bnahtlng of Sqvin, Coffees, teas, SPice 4 h
Syrups, bried gruiCA, Cbiete, - 14Dar ,
' Bacon, Food, oto., alwayd on hand
and for salo at a small advanco._
on Cost.
They have every thing you want, and in'
tend to do buenebe by eelting ovnrYth in g
at the lowest oath rules.
IMAM AMP PRODOOR•ARR TARN
IS-47-1y _
BAUM,
-(1-. Importer & Wholesale Dealer In
lin'ttEo, BRANDIES dr* an"
BOLIADON & RYE WHISEIIIS,
No-1224 Callowhill Street,
124. 'PILILADELP PA
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