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lio county.
job FKiisrxiisra-.
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complcto, and our J b I'rlntlng will comparo tavora
y with that of tho largo cities. All work donoon
mnnd, noatly and at moderato prices.
Wy li I 1 III IP I 1
0. a7' EdllorsandFroprUtor..
BLOOMSBTJRG, PA., FRIDA17, JULY 20. 1877.
THK COLUMBIAN, VOL. XI, NO. 28
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Columbia County Official Directory.
nusiNEfes cards.
President Judge William Klwcll.
Assoclato Judges I. K Krlckbaum, F. 1 Hhuman.
rrolhonotarv, Kc n. Frank Zarr.
Court stenographer s. N. Walker,
ttegistcrfi Uecorder Williamson II. Jacoby.
District Attorney John M. Clark,
sheriff John V. Ilofrman.
Surveyor Isaac Dewlit.
Trnmnrpr nr. II. W. McftevnoldS.
(mmlssloncrs-Jolin Herncr,.s. V. Mcllenry,
Joseph Hands.
Commissioners' Clerk William Krlckbaum.
Auditors M. V. 11. Kline, J. H. Casey, K. I). Drown.
Coroner Charles a. Jlurpliv.
Jury commissioners-Jacob It. rrltz, William It.
im..
county Superintendent William II. Snyder,
llloom Poor District Directors O. I". Knt, Scott,
Win. Kramer, Dloomsburg and Thomas Iteece,
ticou, u. i . J'.ui, in-ureiury.
jyi. J. C. RUTTEU,
A'lllHlLlAi CBUUUbUn,
Iar.J7,'I4-
Offlce, North Market street,
Dloomsburg, Pa.
Poetical.
e:
k. oevis,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Omen Room No. 1, "Columbian" Dutldlng.
Sept. 18,1670.
C AMUKL KNOIUl,
R.1
Bloomsburg Official Directory.
Dloomsburg Banking Company John A. Funston,
Pci.lrtnn,. II. II. Ilr-m. CnshlPr.
Ftrs' Na lonal liank-charlcs It. I'axton, President
J. I Tusiin, casnier. . . . .
rninmiiin nmtntv Mutual Satin? Fund and Loan
A8soclailon-H. 11. Utile, President, C. W. .Miller,
m?omsiurg nulldlng and Saving Fund Association
wm. reocock, president, J. u. uooison, r-ccrciury.
Dloomsburg Mutual Having Fund Assoclailon-J.
J. Drower, President, C. 11. Darkloy, Secretary.
CIIUllCII DIRECTORY.
BATTIST CUCHCll.
Iter. J. r. Tustln, (Supply.)
Sunday Services 1(1)$ a. in. ana C)4 p. m.
Hitmlnv Hi-lmnl 0 n. m.
Prayer Mcctlng-Kvery Wednesday evening at Cf
CIOCK.
Boats free. Tho public aro lnMled to attend.
BT. MATTHKW'S LCTUBtUN CUCnCD.
Minister Dev. J. McCron.
Sunday Services lox a. m. and cjtfp. m.
.nml.v Mf-mul On in.
l'raver Jtceilng-Evcry Wednesday evening at CJtf
ClOCK,
seats free. No pows rented. All aro welcome.
rRESBTTKRIAN CltCRCn.
Mlnls'er-Rev. Stuart Ml'-ihell.
Sunday Services lotf a. in. and otf p. m.
Uitni-nv Hi-linnl O n. in.
I'raver Jleetlng Kvery Wednesday evening at Gtf
o ciueA.
Heals free. No pows rented. Strangers welcome.
METnODlST KriscorAi.ciiciicii.
Presiding Dldcr-liev. N. S. llucklngham.
Minister Hev. J. s. Mc.Murray.
Sunday senlces-lu and oitf p. m.
Jnni,n U.hnnl ') ,t in
lillitn iMnctt V.rnri Mnnrtiv PVenlntT at CI O'ClOClC.
Voting .Men's l'raer McP'lng fivcy Tuesday
evening at o o'clock.
(leneral Prayer Jleetlng-Uvcry Tliursday evening
7 O CIUCK,
KKFOBMED CIltTUCU.
Corner of Third and Iron streets.
I'astor Dev. O. D. (lurloy,
ncildenec central Hotel.
Sunday services 10x a. in. and 7 p. m.
Sunday school t) a. in.
Prayer Meeting Saturday, 7 p. m.
All are Invited There Is always room.
ST. rAUL'SClIUBCH.
Hector I!ev L. Zahner.
Sunday Scrvlres-lutf a. m., "X p. m.
Sunday school 0 a. in.
wnnrt it- In thn Tnnntti. llnlv Cnmmunlon.
services preparatory to Communion on Friday
evening ociuru uiu hi nunuaj m ua..i inwnui.
I'ews rented ; but every body welcome.
F.VANdKMCAL CMUBClt.
Presiding Klder-ltov. A. L. Hcescr.
vi.i.in, li.u .1 A lrvlnn.
Sunday Service 3 p. m In tho Iron Street Church.
l'rav er Meeting Kvery s.iuu.uti at t p. in.
All are Invited. All aro welcome.
Tilt. l.llUl,ll initio.. - - -
thn little Ilrlck Church on tho hill,"
ATTORN E Y-A T-L A W,
DLOOMSlltinO, PA.
omee. Ilartmau's Mock, corner Main nnd Market
Streets . Oct. 9, '75
. MILLER,
ATTOUNKV-AT-LAW
Ofllco In Drowcr's building, Bccond floor, room No.
1. Dloomsburg, Pa. Julyl,73
', FENK. U E WAUEK.
PUNK & WALLER,
Attornoys-ntLiiw,
DLOO.MSHUr.U, PA.
Office In Columbian DnmiNO. Jan. 19, '77-ly
Q It. A V. J. UUCKALEW,
A I llHUUil i"Ai-lll ,
Dloomsburg, I'a.
orace on Main Street, nrst door below Coui tllouse
juar.o,'7i
.t J. JL CLARK,
ATTOHNnYS-AT-LAW,
Dloomsburg, I'a.
omco In Ent'a Dutldlng.
April 10,'74
1IILLSIEYER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Adjoining C. It. & W. J. Duckalew.
Dloomsburg, Pa.
Apr. 14,'7l.
E.1
OS TUP. BEACH.
llT DORA DARM00RE.
Down through tho park wo rodo at even,
Tho white sands shono with a wondrous
gleam ;
Tho blue of tho sea and tho bluo of heaven
Wero mixed with tho gold of tho sun's last
beam.
Tho tide was out and tho Band hills dreary,
Stretching away by tho waveklssed shore,
Sat like wanderers wan and weary,
Soothed to rest by the ocean's roar.
Out where the misty horizon's curtain
Dipped Its edge In the purple sea.
Sailed with a motion slow, uncertain,
A whltc-vi lnged bark like a sea-bird free j
Far In tho west a snowy cloud-bank,
Fretted wlih gold and crimson bars,
Itcared Its castled turrets proudly
Upward toward tho evening stars.
On tho sands whero tho great white surges
Dashed their foaming heads In glee,
or mournfully chanted dreary dirges,
A youthful pair rodo merrily.
She, with her hair like a golden glory,
And blushing cheek like n ripened peach,
Listened nllh smiles to tho old, old story,
Her lover whispered that night on the beach.
What cared they tor tho radiant splendor
Ot tinted clouds, or ot sunset skies 1
The sea's soft music was not so tender
As his voice or the light or her sparkling eyes.
What to them w as Iho bright commotion.
Ot emerald wares on a rocky shore t
Dearer by far was tho thought of life's ocean
Which they'd sail together forecrmorc.
"I do not know," was tho reply, with n
suggestion of tenrs In the voice, nt which
overy heart in tho crowd by tho door was
touched and unhappy.
Punks nudged Scotty with his elbow.
"What's that fellow's nnme that was part
ner with Circus Jack In tho Uanderita?" ho
whispered.
Scotty rapped his forehead with his homy
hand, and ran his fingers into his bushy,
tow colored hair, with a clutch of despera
tion, "Punks," lie whispered "I allers counted
you a fool, but yon ain't, you aro a shlniu'
light. His uatno wai Jim Wilmer."
Then, coloring up to tho roots of his hair,
ho advanced and said,
"If you please, ma'am."
Tho woman turned at this, meeting a
wholo battery of eyes without any scorning
consciousness of it.
"There was a feller named Jim Wilmer
here was partner in the Uanderita, with a
feller named Circ leastways, I don't know
his name, but wo called htm Circus Jack,
ma'am."
The woman's face her beautiful face
turned as whito as the collar at his throat ;
sho leaned against the bar and tried to speak
but tho words died on her lips.
Finally, with an cllbrt, sho half whisper
ed:
E. n. LITTLE. . ROB T. 11. LITTLE.
H. & R. R. LITTLE,
ATTOItNEYS-AT-LAW,
Dloomsburg, I'a.
t r-mistness before the V. S. Patent onice attended
to. Office In the Columbian nulldlug. 39
I I10CKWAY & ELWELL,
A 1 IU It i lj I O-A 1-Jj i V,
Coicmbian Pcn.niMi, Dloomsburg, Ta.
CMembers of the United Stales Law Association.
oiiections mane in any part 01 America or i.m uk.-.
yyiLLIAM 11HYS0N,
ATTORNEY -AT-LAW,
Ccntralia, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
known as the Welsh Daptlst Church-on nock street
Cogulaniectlng for worship, every Lord's day af
ternoon at 3K o'clock,
seats free ; and tho public aro cordially Invited to
attend,
HOW E L L,
BLOOMSISURO DIRECTORY.
SCHOOL ORDERS', blank, Jifst printed and
neatly bound In small books, on hand and
. i -i Vl. nn. n.ni .u lIMKn 1..h 1(1. 1R7fUlf
llimdiD fib HID UUI.UOOI." utlivv. fc --I
DENTIST.
Ofllco In Ilartmnn'n Dlock, second floor, corner
Main and Market Streets,
BLOOMSBUltG, PA.
May eo-1y.
ROWN'S HOTEL, Illoomsburp, Pa., I!.
Stohner, Proprietor, jvecornmoaauons nrsi
clitss. tl.wtofl.Goperuay. itesiaurani uuacucu.
October s, 'io-u
SUMMER TIME.
BT MARV BAKU,
1 sing tho sweet, warm summer Time.
Tho long, green miles of swaying grass, the stray
ing klncof summer Time.
The scented, sunny Summer Time.
Tho singing birds, tho butterflies, tho honey bees of
Summer Time.
Iho royal rose-crowned summer Time.
Tho reonlcs nnd marigolds and popples drunk with
Summer Time.
Tho thick, cool woods ot Summer Time.
Tho blow lng rushes, Illy pools, nnd woodland hymns
of summer Time.
The fen ent, eager Summer Time.
The strong, deep scents of blenching crass, tho
growing corn ot Summer Time.
Tho dewy dawns of Summer Time.
The piping birds In leafy nests that gleet tho day
In Summer Time.
The languid noons ot Summer Time.
Tho sleepy peace, tho spicy smells, crushed flowers
and irults ot summer Time.
The quiet nights of Summer Time.
Tho crimson bills, the purplo dawns, tho few largo
stars of Summer Time.
Tho fruitful mother, Summer Time,
That travels with tho trees and grains and tills with
:w Ine tho glowing cup
That shall be drunk In Autumn Time.
LANK DEEDS, on l'archnunt and Linen p M. DRINKER, GUN and LOCKSMITH,
sewl
rtnor prnmnnn and ror Aaminisi rauirs. ivsvcu..
tors and trustees, for sale cheap at tho Columbian
umce.
- r Altll.1 A n V. fiKltTIHuATLS imt printed
1VJL and for sale nt tho Columbian onice. Minis
ters of tho llospeianudUHUceMsnmuu uuyyij mtu.-
selves with theso necessary articles.
TUSTICESand Constables' Pee-llills for Bale
t f nune Columbian uiuuu. iiicj v""1"1" ;.u",v"'
rected fees as established by tho last Act ot tho Leg-
. . ....i..,., iv.fii .Tii.I Inn nnH f?nn.
SLUUrUUDUIl tUO BUUJUI.L. miij u "
etntilo should nave one.
;NDUE NOTES just printed and for sale
cheap at tno Columbian uun-u.
MOOTS AND SI10BS.
sewing Machines and Machinery of all kinds re
paired. Opera House Dulldlng, Dloomsburg, Pa.
Oct 1,'75
E.J
Durtf a:
y,
J. THORNTON
. would nnnounco to tho citizens of Mooms-
jurir and vicinity that bo has lust received a full and
compieto assortment ox
WALL PAPER, WINDOW SHADES,
riXTCRES, COKOS, TASSELS,
and all other goods In his lino or business, All tho
newest and most approved patterns of the day aro
always to be found In his establishment. Main street,
below Market. oct. 8.13
E
il. latest and best slyles.corncrMalnandMarket
streets, In tho old post office.
CLOCKS, WATCHES, SC.
Uulei.
Dealer in Clocks, Watches
nnd Jowelry, Main St., Just below t ho Central
n "RSAVAUi;
PllOFESSIONAL CA11DS.
Q
O. 1SARKLEY
In Drower's building,
ict, 15, tr.
Attomey-nt-Law. Oflice
g, 2nd Btory, Dooms 4 & 0.
J clan,
streets.
It. WUr. II. REBER. Surgeon and I'hysi
:o s. x:. corner kuck uuu.uui&t:b
T 1 l.r AVQ f T Cuiruin .ml lllVi
I . clan, (onice and itesfdenco on Third street.
corner jenerson.
T 11. McKELVY. M. D.. Surceon and Phy-
J . slclan, north side Main street, below Market.
-yyiLLIAM Y. K ESTER,
iMJtdlttJllAJN'J.' X'AJ.I.01i.
Corner ot Main and West Hreets, three doora below
j. k, tier's store, uioomsuuig, i'a.
All orders nromutly attended to and satisfaction
guaranieeu.
April a(, ri(-tr
IREAS BROWN'S INSURANCE A GEN
; CV, Exchange notel, Dloomsburg, Pa.
CaDltal.
. 6,600,000
. fo.nco.ooo
, 13 600, (Mil
10,000,' (10
. 3,100,0110
51 0,000
. 1,000,000
75.00(1
s.soo.nno
Itna, Ins Co., of nartford, Connecticut.
Liverpool. London and CUobo
ltoyalof Liverpool
Lancanshlre
Flro Association. Philadelphia
Atlas of Hartford
Farmers Mutual or nanvuie
Danville Mutual
Home, New York...
Commercial Union 17,000,000
March !6,'77-y
1179,958,000
T 11
J . in
, ROBISON, Atlorney-nt-Law.
Hartman's bulldlng.Maln street.
!:.T J, H. MAIZE'S
H
ROSENSTOOK, Photographer,
, Clark ft Wolf's Store, Main street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
D
iVVID LOWENBERG, Merchant Tailor
Main St., abovo central I
lotel.
S. KUHN. dealer in Meat, Tallow, etc,
. Centra street, between Second and 1 bird.
gu IU
.TASIES
HEN YOU WANT A FIRST-CLASS
SHAVE or anything In tho TONbOWAL LINK
MAMMOTH
GROCERY
contains the largest stock ot
TEAS, GEOCEEIES
BEILIY'S BABBEB SHOP,
THE BEST IN TOWN,
Under Exchange notel, Dloomsburg, To.
Oct. 13, "75
OATAWISSA.
M. H. ABBOTT. Attoraey-at-Law, Main
M. L. EYERLY,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Catawlssa, Pa.
Canned Fruits, Dried Fruits.
CONFECTIONERIES, Ac.
to be found In Columbia county.
A Complete Assortment
always on band. Call and examine.
Jan 1, 1677.
Collections promptly made and remitted. Office
oonoalte catawlssa Deposit sank. cm-3
To Hi Worklnr t in... We are now nrenared to
furnish all classes with constant employment at
borne, the whele of tho lime, or for their spore mo
menta. Duslnesa new, light and profitable. lvrson9
ot either sex easUy earn from 50 cents to $5 per
evening, and a proportional sum by devoting their
whole time to tho business. Doyu and girls earn
nearly as much as men. That all who bco this notice
may send their address, and lest tbe business we
make this unparalled offer: To Buch as am sot well
satuned we will bend one dollar to oav for the
trouble ot writing. Full particulars, samples worth
several dollars to eomroenco work on, and a copy ot
Homo and Fireside, one ot tbe largest and best
Illustrated Pnbllcatlons. all sent free bv mall. Dead
er. If you want permanent, profitable work, address
sept s, nc-iim.
Babcock & Wyeth's Ads
yyAINWRIGUT & CO.,
N, E. corner Second and Arch Strcejs,
rUILADILTUIA,
Dealers In
TEAS, STKUrfl, COFFEE, SUOAK, MOLASSES
X10X, BrlCXS, B 10AEB 60DA, 0., 0.
t vorders will reccivo prompt attention.
tf.
Is taken Internally, and Positively Cures Hhouma.
turn, (lout, euralgla and Lumbago. Ifsold by
Wholesale and Detail Drugglsu cterywhere. bend
for circular to.
lint mirv-tio-f Mi. iiT-xioif r-
UUJ II11CIIHO Q. ,11b.. , L.1. 1 ,
Druggists, Washington, 1).
uci. o, -tu,-ijr, p .
PATENTS.
F. A. Uhmann, Solicitor of Amcrlcon and Foro'gu
Patents, Woshlcgton, I). C. All business connected
with Patents, whither before tuo mntomcoor
tho courts, promptly attended to, Nochorge laado
unless a patent U secured. Send for a circular,
May,'II-tt to w
PATENTS.
FEE REDUCED ENTIRE COST $55,
Tifltpnr. nnirA fpe taA In advance, balance tt!0 within
montns alter patent, anowea. auicu uuu exuiuiua'
tlon free. Daunts sold.
J. VANCE LEWIS & CO.,
May 4, '07-Bm J w co Wasldngton, 1). C.
ALU, U XAVB. JS.0. I. FETM1XK. CI1AS. B. XUWAB1M,
WM. R. HAOENHUCH,
wmi
Hnuli, rrj nilrr b i:ilarln,
(Successors to Denedlct Dorsey Sons, m Market
street. . t
l mporiere turn aeuiei-a ui
CHINA, GLATS AND QUEENSWARE,
tH3 Market Street, PhlladelpUa.
Constantly on hand Original and Assorted Packages
Juno OT, 17-ly
BUSINESS CARDS.
V1M1TINU CAItliS,
LiflTliIIlADS,
1.1 LL HEADS,
OBTK1UJ, AO., HO.,
Neatl kuiw v.ajpiy printed t the OoLCM
BUR Office.
Miscellaneous.
THE YDS EM IT K HERMIT.
Tho shadows were lying tolerably long on
the green hillsides when tho lumbering ye
ow stace. somewhat the worse for wear,
rawn by four loan, dusty horses, also some
lint the worse for wear, drew up with
grand llourish in front of tho Grand hotel
Mariposa.
It was n long, low building, with n broad
piazza in front and along ono sido ; tho fae
sde was painted a dingy yellow to match the
singe apparently, but tho rest of the edifice
had been neglected, and tho superabundant
rain and superabundant sunshine of Jinn
posa had left marks of their hundiwork on
the bare boards.
The loungers rushed out of the bar room
as soon as the wheels wero heard, and stood
grouped about the broad piaza exchanging
jokes with tho driver, who was known as
Scolty, and asking tho news from Hornitos
and other way places.
Meanwhile the "Doctor," a stout, ruddy
complexioned man, whose appearance spok
well of his profession, descended from his
scat on the box, and, opening tho stago door
with an air of pride and satisfaction, he at
isted tho ono lady passenger to alight with
a grace which would havo dono credit to
Chesterfield. Tho loungers on tho piazza
tarted and drew back. All ceased theirgibes
with Scotty, and two or three removed their
hats. Sho was not only a woman, but a very
pretty woman sho was even beautiful.
She thanked thodoctor with a pretty grace,
and turned her cleardiazel eyes upon the ad
miring group.scanniiig eadi faco eagerly and
wistfully. Tho doctor said, "Allow me,"
and was nbout to escort her into tho small
den at ono sido known as tho "ladles' par
lor," but she swept past him and walked
straight into the bar-room, tho doctor, tho
loafers and Scotty, crowding in after her
and regarding her movements with an un
disguised admlration.and as much reverential
curiosity as though she had been a visitant
from another sphere.
The proprietor of tho "Grand" was a pod
gy man, with an aggressively bald head and
ecaly eyes llko nn alligator's though for
that matter I may bo libeling tho alligator.
HU name was Sharpe, commonly corrupted
into "Cutey" by somo mysterious process.
He was pouring whisky from a bottle into
a glass preparatory to serving himself, when
tho new comer walked sho walked like an
angel straight up to him and Bald, "Is this
the landlord?"
Culey was so astonished by the apparition
that he dropped his glass ; it was in reality
a stono china cup about half an inch thick
and wasted the whisky ; it was only by the
greatest presence of mind that he succeeded
in saving tho bottle.
Ma-a-n'm V ho stammered, clutching at
his bald head to see if there was a hat
tliprfl.
Tho woman repeated her question; tue
crowd by tho doorway; headed by the doctor
strained their ears to listen ; Sho had a low
voice, tolerably sweet. Such inuslo had
never before been heard within those low
walls, perhaps. They wished she would say
more. Old "Punks" muttered that she mind
ed him of his Lyddy "jest such a voico I"
which remark brought down upon him much
contumely afterward, and a threat from the
doctor to "put daylight through him." After
a helpless look around lilm, Cutey admitted
that he was landlord, with theair of a cor
nered scoundrel confessing a crime.
"Then perhaps you can tell me what I
wish to know," said the woman, fixing her
clear, sweet eyes upon him. "I want to find
a man named Wilmer James Courtiey
Wilmer."
Cutey shook his head sorrowfully.
"Thar be so many names." said he; "skus
any man goes by his own uatre. Bo lit
livln in Mariposa, tna'amV
'Do you know where he is now?"
Then, as the men looked at each other,sho
cried in a clearer tone, "Is ho dead?"
"No, no, ma'am, He was here, 'taint a
month," said rfcotty, "I think he's ofl'htm-
tin' in the hills. I'll find Circus Jack, and
bring him up here. He'll bo likely to know;
him and Jim was real good friends."
"Thank you," said the stranger softly in a
voico which smote Scotty's heart exceeding-
The doctor meanwhile had gone for Mrs.
Sharpe, who presently entered, and invited
the stranger to "hev a little tea."
She was n amall, fair woman, with a
washed-out look, and a mouth not innocent
of dipping, but she looked and spoke kindly
and the stranger was glad enough to answer
yes," and follow her into the dining room.
Th crowd fell back as she approached but
only enough to give her room to pass. Somo
stealthily touched her dress as sho swept by
them, and when she had disappeared, and
tho door had closed, forty tongues were loos
ed at once, and a scene of excitement en
sued only equaled by the one which followed
the shooting of "the Judge" by "littlo
Jack," over n game of poker, in that very
bar-room of the Grand hotel.
'Mouglit I ax your name, ma'am?" in
quired Mrs. Sharpe.
"Marian Kingsley," was the faint reply.
"Miss or Mrs., ma'am?" pursued Mrs,
Sharpe, glancing at the shapely, white, ring
less hands.
Thestranger gave n slight Impatient twitch
"It doesn t matter, sho said. "Call me
Marian. That will do as well as any
thing."
Mrs. Sharpe was a washed out woman
Many of the natural and laudable instincts
remained, perhaps being fast colors ; but a
horror of tho class to which sho now sup
posed Marian to belong was ono which fad
ed out of her nature. She gave a slightly
supercilious look, which fell upon tho wo
man like moonlight on ice, and pursued her
inquiries.
"Came from 'Frisco ?"'
"I camo through there. I didn't seo any
thing of the place."
"Whar did you como from ?"
"l'hiladelphia." Tho tono was changed,
Sho evidently felt tho impalpable rude
ness of tho faded woman, and knew
how to resent it in the samo way. More
conversation ensued, in the course of which
Mrs. Sharpe discovered that Marian had a
littlo money enough to pay her board for a
few months and thatsho had como there to
find "James Courtney Wilmer."
Mrs. Sharpe had information to givo as
well as to take, for she knew something of
Jim.
'Wo culled him Jim," she said, a Httl
scornfully. "He didn't get no 'courtin'
from me,"
l'oor Marian gave a faint smile.
'There might bo other James Wilmers,'
sho said, "I wanted to be sure."
Mrs. Sharpe didn't think this could be
the one.
"Ho's a rough, ragged creetur," she said
and's had the suakes fur a week at utune.
Marian shrank and cowered at this, with
a pitiful look of pain on her beautiful face.
"lied money left him ?" asked Mrs,
Sharpe.
Marian nodded.
" 'Twon't do him no good. Soon as he
hears of it, ho'U drink himself into snakes.
iVllers did when they struck a good lead on
the Uanderita. Circu-1 Jack ho loses all
his'n at poker ; sa thar they go."
In tho courso of an hour Circus Jack,
scrubbed and "fixed up" to a degree which
mado him almost unrecognizablo by his
comrades, appeared, escorted by Scotty, alo
prepared by a choice toilet to enter the
presence of "tho ladles."
" Scuse my not comin' aforo,"said Scotty.
I losses must be 'tended to, and them of
raino was about dead beat."
Marian smiled graciously, if absently, and
turned her clear, hazle eyes to Circus Jack,
who with many excuses, circumlocutions,
and profane epithets, most of which he apol
ogized for instantly, and some of which he
was evidently unconscious of, gave her all
the information lu his power in regard to
tho man sho had como to find.
No one in Mariposa knew him better.
As "Jim" he was almost an Integral part of
the city of "Dutterflies." Tho butterflies,
by the by, for which the town is named, are
not those which soar in the air, but "Mari
posas," fastentd by long, tough filaments to
tho ground.
Many a night had Jim Wilmer crushed
his swollen face into them,and slept a drunk
en sleep with their soft wings folded sor
rowfully above him,
There was something of a mystery hung
about lilm, which the "boys" had never
been able to fathom, Some said that he be
longed to a wealthy and aristocratic family,
and he had lets home and become a wan
derer and outcast, because BOino beautiful
woman had jilted him ; others said that ho
had a wifo and children, that he had bro
ken his wedded faith end his wife's heart at
the same time and thatagrim phantom follow
ed him wherever he went, and gavo him no
peace. Others told yet another story ; that
he had been engaged to a beautiful girl and
loved her and trusted her above all telling ;
that his wedding day wa9 near, when he
had stumbled upon some miserable secret,
which was dead nnd burled, but could not
rest in its grave; that thcro was no room!
left for doubt, which i sometimes blessed,
and ho had lied without a word ; disappear
ed, and left to her own wretched heart the
task of telling her tho reason why.
Circus Jack did not tell Marian these
stories, though he had heard them all ; In
deed, they had all been tetold nnd discussed
iu tho bar-room, not a half an hour since.
An average woman would havo repealed
them to her, and thus templed her to reveal
tho truth ; but a chivalrous heart beat un
der Jack's flannel shirt, nnd ho could no
more bear to hurt her than ho could have
crushed n littlo bird to death with his hand,
If any of tho stories wero true, and she
yet loved poor Jim, ho told her enough to
wring her heart and haunt her dreams forever.
Tiie winter that ho spent in tho hollow of
n great pine tree, on tho rim of i oscmito
Valley, was perhaps his happiest and most
peaceful. Every Yosemito tourist stops to
peep Inside this tree, and to wonder if a man
had really lived there. "It was comfortable
enough," says the hale old pioneer of tho
valley below. "Ho had plenty of room
We both slept in it ono night."
At wlcli tho tourist peeps In again, and
wonders if tho long limbed Texau was not a
bit cramped by the foot board.
When Circus Jack told Marian the story
it was fresher and less wonderful than
now.
"Was the snow very deep?" she said.
"Was there no danger of his freezing to
deith?"
"I never heard much about it, anyhow,"
said Circus Jack, '"cept thet he lived thar
alono cuttin shingles'. I 'cept the snow
was 'bout four or five feetdecp up thar whar
ho lived. Ho's a close mouthed one, I tell
yer. Never git nothin' outer him, an' when
he s drunk he don t tell nothing what-somd
ever I"
This, with a glance half pitying, half
reassuring, ns though he would promise he
that the secret, whatover it might be, was
sale.
Ono comforting doubt beat at the wom
an's heart all the while that Jack was talk-
ng. "l'erhaps this man was not the one!"
Sho mentioned this at length, and asked
Jack what his quondam "partner" was like,
He was a slight built feller, rather ligh
complected," was the reply. "An'handsome.
I called him handsome, didn't you, Scotty?
Scotty, thus appealed to, gavo a profane
a?ent. lie had scarcely moved a mucl
since ho sat down, with his eyes fixed on
Marian's fair, ever changing face. Mrs.
Shape, after a vain attempt to edgo in the
conversation, had quietly withdrawn, hav
ing no relish for being ono of a quartet where
two did all tho talking.
"Was he an educated man?" inquired
Marian hesitatingly, feeling in a vague way
that the question might offend Jack.
"Yes, he war," replied that worthy in a
contemplative tone.
"When he war drunk I hev often hearn
him talkin' a lotof stuffliko po'try. Thar's
a pile of books iu my cabin now that ho used
to read considably. I crn't mako head nor
tail of them. P'r'aps you might."
"I would like to see them," said Marian
eagerly.
Jack nodded and a pauso ensued. At
length Scotty remarked that tho "old man,"
meaning Cutey, was "reyther late in lightin'
up," at which Jack arose and bade the stran
ger "good night"
Marian put out her hand, saying, "We
will be good friends I hope."
Circus Jack took it by tho finger tips can
tiously, careful not to hurt it witli his horny
(incers.
"I'll do ary in tho world for yer, madam,"
he replied earnestly nnd ingenuously.
"There was ono thing I wish to ask," she
Raid, "though it may bo a foolish question!
Did you ever notice any rinc that he wore
or carried?"
"Thereitvua ring, but I'm beat if I kin
tell what kind. Onco when Jim was turn-
bio sick, nnd ills hand swelled up, I wanted
to file it olT, but he fought so I couldn't. He
said when ho got well that il had never been
oil', nor never shouldn't be while he had life
to fight."
"Can't you tell me what it was like ?" sho
asked.
"I ain't no hand," said Circus Jack rub
bing his head. "I'd know it ef I seed it
but "
"Was it like this?" Sho drew a dainty
purse from her pocket, nnd took from its saf
est corner a plain, flat band of gold, with a
small disk on it, shaped like the half of a
heart placed horizontally.
"I'rezactly I" exclaimed Circus Jack with
emphasis.
Sho opened her purse to put it bak, but it
fell from her hand, scattering her little
stock of money over the floor, and a moment
after, when Mrs. Sharpe came in, in response
to frantic halloes from Scottyfsho found
Marian in a dead faint upon the floor, with
Scotty and Circus Jack, with hands clapped
behind them, kneeling on either side her
llko uncouth angels, while scattered coins
and escaping masses of golden brown hai
formed a balo about her head.
She was ashamed of and provoked at her
weakness afterward ; said Bhe was fatigued
with her long and wearisomo ride, and that
she never fainted before ; but if she had been
an accomplished diplomatist she could have
planned nothing better for her popularity.
As for the faded-out woman, her opinion
which had been tottering under a severo re
proof from Cutey, now underwent a com
pleto revolution,
"Them kind never faints I" sho said to
herself dogmatically, as she had assisted
Marian to her room and begged her to "take
things easy like." Sho patiently answered
one hundred and seven inquiries that eve
nlng, varying from "How's the sick lady ?'
to "Jim Wllmer's gal perking up a littlo ar-
ter her faint? and for the rest of Marian
stay in Mariposa sho proved that kindliness
of heart had been one of the "fast colors."
It was but natural that Cutey should feel
a friendly interest, sincehodealt out at least
two hundred extra drinks at highly remuner
ative prices on her account that evening
and mureover the doctor "tipped" him hand
homely for extra care and attention. In
week after her arrival, Marian had learned
all that anybody in Mariposa knew regard
ing "Jim." Sho wore that curious ring upon
her finger now. There wero letters upon
tho disk, but no ouo ever had the hardlnesa
to ask what they wero,
l'unks, whose eyes were keen, aud whose
curiosity was keeuer, declared thatthey were
"i J, with a "little qulrl llko" between.
Funks also knew a fact which did credit
to his powers aud habits of conversation
that on the disk of the ring which Jim wore
on his little finger were the JetUra "J-'a,"
Funks desired to know what "Fall" spell
ed but "fall'" He further inquired "what
tlioy wanted to hev sech a doggoned mli'a-
ble word ns that on n ring for?"
"T'orterbe 'lovo' or 'sunthln'," ho added
critically.
It was only after much questioning in di
vers places, and the exercise of n deal of pa
tience and somo finesso that Marian learned
the present whereabouts of tho half crazed
hermit "all unblessed." When last seen
something less than a week beforo her arri
val, ho had been wandering through the
neighboring mountains, half clothed in
wretched rags, living on berries and roots,
alternately muttering and shrieking tho va
garies of his unhinged mlnu.
They wero loth to tell her, even those who
knew it. Their rudo externals seemed to
havo made their hearts softer. It hurt them
to seo the pink color fado from her cheeks,
and the shadow of sharp pain creep over her
beautiful face ; so that she had to learn the
lesson of smiling when her heart ached
worst. The two Mexicans, cattle herders.
who had seen him, wero eagerly questioned ;
but they could tell nothing that Bhe did not
know, save that they were quite sure that it
was Jim, and not somo fother unfortunate,
whom they had seen.
They gavo a stupid assent when asked by
Marian to secure him and bring him into
town next time that they saw him; and a
Si, Senor, considerably less stupid in n
subsequent private interview with Jack, who
promised them "heap money" for their
labor.
Marian had the books which Jim had left
in the cabin; coramonplaco Greek and I.at-
jn books, which might have belonged to any
body, savo that on ono .fly leaf was writ
ten in a scrawling hand, "J, C. Wilmer,"
and this yellow page, nnd this faded ink, sho
covered with her kisses and baptized with
her tears. And another weary week crept by.
Tne doctor noticed with disapprobation
strongly expressed how palo and worn look
ing the pretty woman grew. Not profes
sionally ; indeed, his title was merely hono
rary, bestowed in recognition of his services
in prescribing the "Golden Anti-Hilious
Fills," for I!ob Jinks, which, or nature in
spite of them had effected a cure, and restor
ed to bereft Mariposa society an efficient and
vaiuablo member.
Tho Doctor's interest afforded considerable
amusement to tho habitues of the grand bar
room, and they fairly roared with sympathy
when lie prolanely expressed his sorrow to
see her wasting her beauty in tears over
another feller."
Ono Saturday night, two weeks and a day
since Marian s arrival, tho whole population
of the town were at the Grand cither drink
ing, gambling, or purchasing provisions of
Cutey s deputy, who presided over the tin
can department with activity and grace;
and all, whatever their occupation, were
swearing vigorously and unceasingly.
Marian sat up stairs in her tiny room burn
ing with feverish anxiety. Her long years
of homo waiting, tho comfortless journey,
even the first week of uncertainty, had been
easier to bear than this anxious waiting. Tho
Mexicans had not hesitated to say that he
must be dead by this time ; but that she did
not believe; he'might he starving, crazed,
nearly dead, but surely she might seo him
onco moro aud hear him say that ho forgave
her ; perhaps even nurse him back to rea
son and health and hope again.
The brawling and laughter down btairs
mado her shudder. "If I was only a man I"
ho whispered fiercely clenching her little
hands. "Can I do nothing but sit here and
wait I Oh, God, be merciful I" she cried.
Then suddenly a thought flashed into her
mind. She did not stop to think of it; she
actd mum it.
The Doctor's partner 'profoundly study-
ng his cards, was somewhat discoucerned to
seo the table kicked over, and the Doctor's
hand" on the floor. Without a question, he
put his hand back for his pistol, when the
sudden stillness in the room caught his at
tention and all that followed caused lilm to
forget tbe affront.
In tho centre of the room, her disordered
hair flying about her face, her clear eyes
Hashing with excitement, her cheeks flaming
with color, moro beautiful than they had
ever seen her look before, Marian stood
waiting forj silence. Men crowded up to
tho doorways and filled the windows, certain
from the sudden quiet, that "something was
up."
"Won't you help me?" she cried out.
What am I to do to find him? He may be
starving! You" she gasped and drew her
breatli hard "you whom ho was good to
you remember a hundred things, but you
forgot him I aud let him rave his life away
and starve to death alone." Sho choked.
sho could not speak another word I but she
stood with her lips parted, her eyes flashing,
fooking eagerly, almost angrily from one
face to another.
Circus Jack bounded on to a table; it was
rickety and reeled with Its weight; but
Punks and Hob Jinks steadied it, they wero
friends of Jack s besides, they had just won
from him nt poker, and felt very friendly
Pellers!" said Jack, "to-morrow's Sunday
I'm going ter hunt fer poor Jim, and ain't
comin' back till I find him. Them as wants
ter 'comp'uy me kin call at ray cabin to
night."
"I will go with you," said the doctor im
pressively.
"Me too, you bet," cried Scotty.
"Count me in," cried a bass voico from the
the window.
"Me too," wiueaked Punks. All as'll go
say 'Ay 1"
And an "Ay I" camo from those rough
voices with such a rim:lnir burst of cood
will as must have Btartled the very birds
asleep In the distant trees.
Nay I somo faint echo of it may have been
heard at tho very gates of heaven itself. The
tears rolled down Marian's cheeks. She tried
to say, "God bless you !" but the tears had
the right of way, and the words broke into
something unintelligible.
A sudden shame camo over them that they
Had not thought of this before. Memories o
homes, of mothers, of wives came knocking
at tueir Hearts, ana would not be denied
The bleeves of rough and not over smooth
shirts were drawn across eyes that hoi:
scorued tears, through sickness, discomfort
and dlsappolntneut,
Cutey came to tho rescue.
"Uentlemen! " ho said, wavlug his hand
over the bar, "help yourselves. My j'iuts
are Hill", and I can't go; but I'll ireat the
crowd. ! ree drinks, gentlemen I"
And leaviug his bar to the tender mercies
of his thirsty friends, Cutey offered his arm
tr. 1 . 1 1 . 1
ii mu, nuu nwi bou ucr wi iter own uoor
where tie took leave of htt with alow bow.
Then he went down stairs four steps at a
time, lest his choice liquors should bo nnnl
lated In his absence.
It was Monday noon when they returned.
Marian sat at the window In tho easiest chair
tho houso allordcd, sickening with fever.
She watched them coming into town with a
restless, and quite hopeless anxiety. She
watched them scattering to their cabins, nnd
saw Circus Jack coming on toward tho hotel
alone.
She buried her face in her hands. He had
said that he would never como buck until ho
found him. Had they become discouraged,
or
She could not believe that they had found
htm. Her heart seemed to cry out, "no,
no 1" Jack camo up, with Mrs. Sharp at his
heels.
"lie kecrful I" said the faded woman,
"she's mighty poorly."
Jack came in as lightly as his heavy boots
would allow.
"Tho boys said fur mo ter tell yer they wus
all dredful sorry fur yer. We burled him
jist whar we found lilm. He'd a ben dead
nigh on to a couple of weeks, I eckon.
Don't yer look so, lady. Poor Jim I he
warn t never happy, even when lie was
drunk. He's better off up thar. We flung
a few stones together to mark tho place,
and I'll guide you and Mrs. Sharpe there any
time.
Then lowering his voice to a whisper, he
added tenderly,"and I tuk the ring offen his
finger. He couldn't fight for it now ; an I
thought as mebby you'd like it."
He took it from the coruerof his handker
chief; slio held up her finger for it, and
ho slipped it on. Then he saw that the let
ters spelled "faith." "Thet Punks" he
thought to himself contemptuously.
She looked up into his face with a stony
smile no tears now.
"Thank you," she said.
Four weeks after the doctor lifted Marian
into the stnge. She was strong enough for
her journey now, she said. Two days before
she had visited the lonely cairn. It was a
tiresome horseback ride too. She seemed to
be getting well very fast. The doctor told
her so.
"People never die when they wish to," she
answered sadly.
Circus Jack 'camo to the stago door to bid
her "goodbye."
"What can I do for you to thank you?"
bhe asked earnestly.
Jack hesitated.
"Ef you wouldn't mind, ma'am," ho said,
"I d like to kiss your nnnd. I've got a
dear old mother home ef you wouldn't
mind !"
Without a blush or change of countenance
she put her arms around his neck and kissed
his lips.
"Goodbye, dear old fellow," she said..
Then Scotty cracked his whip, tbe crowd
on the piazza waved their bats even tiie
poor, chagrined doctor a subdued cheer
was given, and tho lumbering stage disap
peared in a cloud of dust, the nodding Mar-
i posas on the hillside looking curiously as it'
went by.
Clara G. Dolliver,
Horn t'edro and Victor lingo.
Tho following is a new anecdoto about
the emperor of lirnzil :
Ho recently paid n visit to Victor Hugo,
n France. After a long interview, in which
the two celebrities conversed upon divers
topics, tho emperor asked permission of the
poet to repeat his visit, requesting him to
fix a day. "I receive my friends every day,"
said Hugo, politely, "and we have dinner
at eight o'clock."
After the lapse of some days, ono evening
at about half-past !evcn o'clock ttie door
bell of the poet's house was rung, and a gen
tleman in dress coat and whito cravat pre
sented himself. "Whom shall I announce?"
said the servant. "Dom Pedro de Braganza,"
replied the visitor. As yet there was nobody
in tho parlor. Tho host was informed of the
arrival.
"I have come to dine with you," said the
emperor, in democratic stylo.
Soon the guests sat down to table. Tho
repast was charming. Dom Pedro gave
somo very curious traveling impressions.
Victor Hugo, for his part, spoke with that
simplicity so full of warmth of which those
who havo not the honor of being intimate
with him have no idea. When the emperor
took leave of his host it was rather late
the latter said to him, smiling with his fine
and arch smile: "Sire, I could not possibly
toll you how happy I am that wo have no
sovereigns like you in Europe." And why?"
said Dom Pedro. "Because," replied Vic
tor Hugo, "both myself and my friend
would be very much puzzled to find any
thing bad to say of them."
Dom Pedro burst out laughing, and took
leave, of his friend like a good-natured and
sensiblo man.
That IHg Frog.
Tun Colij Facts. A grocer doing busi
ness on Michigan Grand avenue was yester
day asked to trust a colored man one day for
a quart of strrawbernes.
"Can't do it you d never pay," he re
plied.
"I'll pay de money aforo eight o clock In
de mawning," earnestly continued the col
ored man.
"Perhaps you might, but I don't believe
It. If you have no money now how will
you have any then?"
"Don't ax me, boss 1 11 have de cash
suah. Ize just perspiring to death for de
want of strawberries."
"Does any one owe you?" asked the gro
cer.
"No, sail."
'Then how do you expect to get any
money ?"
'Oh, do pay will be all right."
'I guess not. You'll have to try some
ono ele."
"Boss, you hez pinned me right down to
cold facts," said the customer. "I wants
strawberries, an' dey hez got to come, an'
dcrefor, let me say dat I wasn't going out to
night to steal chickens an' sell 'em to get
money."
"Ah I you wasn't?"
"No, sah, 'cause I dun pulled 'em in last
night, an' dey'll be sold to a butcher dig
evening. Dat s de cold fact, mister, an
now wrap up dem strawberries an' doan'
abuse ray confidence." Detroit Free Prtu,
It was remembered afterward that he had
a sneaking, low-down look, and the boys
were sorrow that they didn't arrest him as
the Nathan murderer. He called at the
Ninth avenue station and asked if they had
an aquarium there, and if they didn't want
hake St. Ciair frog to put in it, and ho
added,
"Gentlemen, it is a frog I caught myBelf,
and ho really ought to be on exhibition. I
never saw a frog of his size before."
"How largo is it?" inquired a sergeant,
instinctively glancing toward the top of tho
coal stove.
"Gentlemen, I bate to give you the fig
ures, becauso I'm a stranger," replied the
man.
"There's somo old whoppers up in the
lake," put in one of the relief squad, "I've
seen 'em as big .as a stove cover, and even
bigger.'
"Well, some one ought to have this frop:
who can feed him up well," said the stran
ger. "I ain t much on natural science and
I ue seen about all there is to 8eo ; but this
frog great heavens! Somo man ought to
take bim round the country.
"How did you catch him?" asked the
Captain.
"Run him down with a tug aud threw a
Iisu net over him."
"And ho's a monster, eh ?"
"A monster ! Well, I don't want to give
you dimensions. Three reporters were at
my house last nigh'
No Inhabitants of a yard seem possessed
of such a variety of expression, and so co
pious a language, as common poultry. Take
a chicken of four or five days old, and hold
it up to a window where thero are flies and
it will immediately seize its prey with little
twitterings of complacency ; but if you ten
der it a wasp or a bee, at once its note be
comes harsh, and expressive of disapproba
tion and n sense of danger. When a pullet
is ready to lay, sho intimates the event by a
joyous and easy soft note ; of all the occur
rences of their life, that of laying seems to
be the most important ; for no sooner has a
hen disburdened herself, than she rushes
forthwith a clamorous kind of joy which
the cock and the rest of his mistresses imme
diately adopt. Tho tumult is not confined
tho family concerned, but catches from yard
to yard, and spreads to every homestead
within hearing, till at last the whole village
is in an upror. As soon as a hen becomes a
mother her new relation demands a new
language. She then runs clucking and scud
ding about, and seems agitated, as if possess
ed. The father of the flock has also a con
siderable vocabulary ; if he finds food, he
calls a favorito concubine to partake ; and if
a bird of prey passes over, with a warning
voice he bids his family beware. The gal
lant chanticleer has, nt command, his amor
ous phrases, and his terms of defiance. Rut
tho souud by which ho is best known is his
crowing; by this he has been distinguished
in all ages as tho countryman's clock or
tn trttt lilu lnnivtli mr.r
all, breadth of beam, and carrying capacity lram lhe that P16'1
but I wouldn't let them in. I don't care '1,e llivislona of th night.-R'Aifrt Stl-
for the glory of the capture, but simply de-
sire me auvancement ot the general Inter- The bands in the Ville Reale of Naples
c ui tun oiaie. hnvn l,pnn .mnn,J t lo h. T?nvl
no ucaiu sailors ten oi seeing irogs up March whonnuor tl. M, Vnn ,
tuere as large as nail kegs, but I thought havo entered that public carden. The
tuey were lying, observed tho sergeant. Mayor thoucht it a uood ioke. it was humor-
isaii tegsi Why, dye suppose I come ouslv mmmo,,,...! , n,. nfflMl
around hero witii a frog which you could reached tbe court circles, and finally came
put into a nail keg ?" the Kine.g Sono time ,. whe
"I suppose he'd go into a barrel ?" trem- Victor Emanuel was reauested to recommend
uungiy remarked the sergeant. a petition to the Council of Naples, he ad
"Gentlemen, you may have sailed across dressed it : "To His Majesty the Mayor of
hake St. Clair," coldly replied the strancer. Naples.
"but it's plain to me that you never shoved
a boat through the marshes. Would I fool
away time on n frog no larger than a barrel?
Would a tugboat chase such a frog?"
"I shouldn't bo a bit surprised if this frog
was as large as a hogshead," said the Cap
tain, "I've Been 'cm up there even larger
man mat."
"A hogshead I Gentlemen. I see that vou
don't care for this frog; you are willing that
i suoum snip it away to .some other town.
Good-bye, gentlemen."
"Hold on 1" cried the Captain, holding
out his last cigar, "We bellove you, of
course. If you Bald this frog was as long an
a WBgon-box, I should believe you, for I've
seen 'em up there fully as largo as that,
Please give us the dimensions of this frog,"
the man lit his cigar, took a pill box
irom ins vest pocket, and, Bhaklng out a
frog not over three days transformed from a
pollywog, he quietly observed:
"Gentlemen, get out your tapelines.'
When they rose up be had vanished.
This is vouched for by the Boston JVaiW-
ler as being as true as moet of the late
dog stories: A mastiff in that city, un
muzzled by his master, resolved to comply
with the law on his own account. He knew
that to preserve his life he must have a muz
zle. Early one morning he stole twenty
newspapers from doorsteps, stood on a cor
ner and sold them, went with the money to
a store where muzzles wero sold, made a
clerk understand that he wanetd to buy one,
and before noon went homo muzzled accord
ing to law.
A Pennsylvania Dutchman, who married
his second wife soon after the funeral of the
first, was visited with a two hours serenade
in token of disapproval. He expostulated
pathotically, thus : "I say, poys, you ought grasp It, seized the reins and escaped to the
to pe asuameu oi yourselis to be making all nearest police station, Tbe alarm was giv
dis noise ven Uar vas a funeral here bo en, and in a short time the robber with tho
00'1, cloak vrai brought in u captive.
A young lady in St. Petersburg showed
considerable presence of mind in an adven
ture with a robber, early this spring. The
driver of the sledge, hired by her at night
fall to drive her home, drove over the ice of
tho river Neva. When they had reached an
airhole about the middle of the stream, he
demanded jf her a costly fur cloak Bho wore,
threatening in default of her compliance to
throw her headlong under the ice, Help
was out of tbe question , no one was near ;
Bhe and the robber were alone on the broad
stream. Suddenly deciding on her course,
she threw the clak on tho ice some yards
distant, aud while tho robber hastened to
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