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Terms, 2 per jear in adrance
OLIBIE 4.
gjb. WINTER. 1870. j
I .in, H 'w prepare! 10 a:er
EKIOR INDUCEMENTS
T.. CASK Per.CIIASKRS or
SIT
IWi m KITH EK AT
WHOLESALE OR RETAIL,
Ivjicvk c.nists i" Part of every variety of
Tin, Mieei-lroti,
C0PFER AND BRASS WARES,
BSMKLI.E1 AMI I'l.AIN
MffCE-PAPJS. BOILERS Etc..
" . .niiVriS MI VI.' T A !VS1 fiTT
Vi'S HOI'SKFURNISIIING HAItD
WAKE OF EVERY KIND.
Sptni'a AnliOmt
-f VHN and COOKING STOVES,
'fJCELSlOU C0OK1SG STOVES.
,,'lE.THIUMIMI and parlor cook
ing STOVES.
. i f Jin.r SifuVrf 1J.irij.l T will rrat
en uiiered t mamuactmer a "rices.
-,.ve I'latfs ai:d Grates. &c , for re
.. (m liainl for '.lie Stoves I sell ; others
...j be ur Jei e.l when wantwd. Particular
nttcntion civen Ut
t:-Jn2i Valleys and Conductors,
- i T : .. : 1 1 l . ' I - ..... . . 1 .
;M. :i i": mine i'iii tii ursv maii.'-
, au.l i'Ut uj liy ccriijiettfiit workmen.
rp Earners, Wick and Chimneys
WlHiI.KSAt-E OK It KT A I L.
hi ,: rai i I'Hrucu'-.ir at;eriti..!i co llie UlCUI
Huriicr. with Glass G'ne, for eiv'np
.:e i ..it iiian a;iv Miiier in use. Aiso.tue
Paragon Burner, fr Ciudo Oil.
teR KETTLES AND CAULDRONS
pf ail '.zta Ctiitaiitly on liand.
Sjir-cil attei.tion given to
Virgin Tin, Copper and Sheet-Iron.
at lowe.i ji.i.-hibie ratra.
Wnoi.tALE Mk.kcu AXTi Lists
ready, and be st'ijt 'ti apy icati'-i.
ty nuiil or in i.tisju.
rjop'a; to co all my oM enstomnrs an
my iicw nc-a this Spiing, I return mj
st sincere thanks for the very liheral jia
uage I have already received. r.d will
!t-ror to )!eas?ad who may caII, n iietli-
'J.tV hllV tiT Hot
Fli.ANCI.S V. HAY.
trch 7
ir. -r 1 1 . -F-
I "... tnn F ir . .
MSHtRXISIilA'C STORE.
uudersiiLed ret.j.ecifully itilornis the
'.Jiuuf C.:eiisl.ur Hud the j.ul.lic gftier
'i.i'.t i f i,n- n: i :e a reat reduction iu
CA!1 IiUYK!iS. My su.rk will
"t. .n j.Art .f Curkiny. Parlor and lleat
1 &'c". ' I the nitt ti.i.u'ar kin-M ? Tin
J tv. ry dt-s r.Mtii.ii. ol in v own man-
.u.r; larjirarf nt ail kind, Mich a.
cK.bii-.ev.8) U-jtt Ilingfa, Tahle Hinees.
H.iiti .i. h, n aiid Nails. Win-
w c.'..;3.. i'avy, ''al,!e Kuivt-H and frVrks
-t! : Kv.vts a..,d l-.ik. Meat Cutter.
Ir I ..K-r, Uti pju r.tket Knives ir.
f-v. valiy. Si,, r. Shears, llazors and
, ? i"'-hHs. Ilanin.cn.. Ii..rit.
ASrS. S.lll.r.' P ' - I, . . ...
r ', -i uas)t., anvils. iM-a
!.,..l a!,d CWMJut S.iws
; f ji!! kin.!.. Sb.v,!,. Spades. Scvthe,
J -at!.. li kes. F..,ks. Migh Ilells.
t LMn lvBS Wax Iiri.st!ta. Ch-thes
.''"'"r-s. Untid Ht..n..K l..f... T..i........
1. "".viie. i .urn I r Mifkn, Ilorwr
ll-r-e Si,.m. C;l, steel. Itirlef. Shot
" ... v!vIN. n,t, .I. CanridL'.'s. P..w
t'. ij,,. i i . ... - .
'.' V ,
' ,vc " Move I'latrs.
a!" "ricks. WVII an.! Cistern
vf;!:; ' u,i' : titrne. a;d SatlVery
'"k,n,l; Ulo lenand Il'Vcr Ware
j -atva-utyarbuhOi! m n, LHn. 8,
, RJ! : hard Oil, l.iM.cd ()d, L.d.ricp.ui.g
. "r, "'".-'r.niassware. Paicts, Vanish
A:c.l,..l. &-c.
FILY GROCERIES,
. .lea, t;.iy,,t, Sliiar!,t M,,uwt.8t yyr.
,-M 'Vs. I ),;,., iv-iichcs. Dried Apples.
''''"'"J. Craektm. Ri,e m-tl 1'earl
,jl,,':H"s. -a;,d!cs; '10UACCO and
- ' - 1 .Hit. Whitewash. Smib. Horse,
j Varnisn. Stove. Cl.dhes nnd
kd3 and hh-h Hud
y,'' -':1,il!a U..pcs, and many other
, o f'st ra,e!' f,,r RASH.
,. st'd.n:j mside, paintcil anrl pin
,,e ' 'ates f,,r czA. A liberal disc.nnl
: , ' c..ut:trv dii'.'rs l.uviiij Tinware
,-"rK. Feb. C8. 187.-tf.
JKOUGK wT yE A (JeIT,
' nn,i n,,,,i Dealer In
iATINS AND COOK TOVES
Cf EVERY DESCRIPTION.
mm
' "IS 0 VN MANUFACTURE,
dGE'ERAL JOBBER in SPOUTING
ill o:,er woik in his line.
TCr
in,a Street, near Caroline Street.
ALTOOXA, FA,
'Vtnl" ln 'he cUv ,,ar5"? the riffht
ror TV.r" J A RLE V Ml EAF"
to
v V :,1C m,,l r'f!'ect
'"'te :.liil i l tir-l' fl r T
Ve 4-vpr ir..luced
Ul U-.c ; iibiie,
IMMLSSE. - PRICES LOW.
8ATISFACTI0N GUARANTFrn
M ?TT.R; BEST The bt
OHl'HANS' COURT SALE!
Py virtue of an order of tl,e Oiphnns
Court ol CnD.biia county, to me l'ire;ied, 1
will expose to Public Sale, at tbe iitue and
place tuieinnft'T (itHted. the following Real
Estate, of which Dr. D. T. Storm, late of
Wiikhinton township, died seized, to wit :
No. 1. Iii-in ; a HOUSE nd LOT piruate in
the West Waid of Kbent-biirp liwrough.
botmdec' on the norlb by Limner Mreet.
ou the east by an alley, en the sowh
by Crawford street, and on the west by
a lot owned in S'-p-uate parts by Tho.
Ro-iger and aiIktp s:iid Lot being
known on plan ot Haid Iioroi:gh an Lot
No. 10.
To be Fold at the Court IToiife ir. Ehenshurp,
on Satckdat, ti;E 5rU cat ot FtBRLART,
le7u, at 2 o'clock, r. m.
No. 2. Petnp the undivided hall of a TRACT
OF WOODLAND sit.iatein Richland
tovwirliip. in s.i'nl county, adjoining
lands of Elias Ream, Daniel Murphy,
Martin Custer, and oilier, c.xitaining
84 ACRES and 57 PERCHES, more
or less, and being part ol a 8urey in
the name of Tiiomiis Smith.
No. 3. J5einr the undivided half of a TRACT
OK WOODLAND Mtnite iu Riclthn!
township, in said county adjoining
lands ol Jaimb KeiLart. Win .1 en
nitifrs. and oiln-rs, coutii inivg t'4 Acri s
hi;d 1 1!) Pebchf.s, inure or less, and be
ing pirt ol die survey iu the name of
Thomas Smith.
T-ot Nos 2 and 3 will be sold at the Fos'er
House, in John-town, on SaTCBday. thk 1-ih
dt of FtBuuAUT, at '2 o'clock, r m.
TERilS: Ore tbinl of tl-e purch-ie money
to be paid on the confirmation of the su'e or
s iles, Miid the residue iu two equal i!nu:il pay
ments, with interest, to be teetired by the jadg
uieiit bondd and niorlgasres of the purchasers.
FRANCIS I. S I CRM,
Adin'r of D. T. Storm, dte'd.
AT t lie same lime and place, will be
offered at Public Sule. the other one un
divided halt o the properties desi i ibed above
as Lots is os 2 :iud 3. so that purch.'isera can
obtain the entire titles to tho lands fvd.
'I ermj sunie a the Alii:in:sirator'a sale.
For further i.ifoi malum c ill upon or a.ldrrss
WM.ll SECULER, Atiornev at law. Eb
en-bur", P
f Jan G, 1S:'. 5t.
7 ALU ABLE LAND AT I'lilVATE
o t L i.A T? ,f I
M. Liavt. E-q , late of Loietto Itor ti-h . de
ceased, oiler ul private Pale, on fair lerms, a
Tract of Land in Allegheny Township,
Cambria county, lo. ated one rr.iie fiom l.orcl
to. on the ro .d !e:.dinc t' St. Autr' siine. and
c.r.ti.inii.g EVEN TV ONE ACRES. Forty
Acris ol whirli are cleared, well lenced well
m atied. and iu-u excellent state of cnltiva
lion having a goo.l L'-o Bans Babs thereon
t reciO'l. 'J'he balance of the land is. covered
with chestnut, onk, su.ir nad tuber valuable
linibtr. For terms ami oilier information ap
ply to either ol the nndcrsitrr cd
MARG HET LEAVY, Loretto,
AUG. WALTERS. Cairolltown.
Executors of M. Le.ivy, liee'd.
N B. All persons indebted, eiiher by note
or book account, to the estate of M.Lkatt,
dee'd. wtil save cost by making immediate
pigment to F. O'Friel. E-q,. Loretto, who is
authorized to collect and receipt Icr nil nionies
due said estate. Doc. I), IS.J. 2m.
TIM HER L NI) AND AV MILL
PROPERTY FOR SaLE That villi
Mble propertv si'iiatd near Poitige Stttir.n.
on the Pa. R. R-. in Waahii-t'tou township,
Cambria county, containing ACRE", nnd
having tl'Teon erected a SAW MILL, known
a thi It'iu ob and Rr.nlv" M ill, toucihcr with
DW ELLIN. J HOUSE -ind --TABLE ; ahout
fifteen ti ere are clears J. the balance being
eil timbered. Is one of the rno3r de irab'e
locations lor lumbering purposes in the county.
Will Ue told on lair t-Tins mid posse-i-m given
on the first day of April next For terms call
upon or address GEO. M. RE A DE.
Jan. 0, lr-7ll.-4t.
EbLsburg. Pa.
I
7" ALU ABLE TAVERN PROPER-
T TY FOR r ALE ! That inlu
nble and cim mod ioi.s Tavern Stand
-iiuate at G i Ihzin. Cani'irin county, f!
known as the M iuhae! J . Smith pr.o y
ei-tv, is o!.trel lor sale on reasonable
terms. It ia ono of the in st .lesirah'e stai.ds
in ihe county, is iu an excellent st-i'e of repair
:u.d doing a thriving li-isii e-s. l'o.-scssion wi I
be iven as soon ns the silo U eoi.sninmated.
Pi isonf, dc'rini; to purchase will ali uton or
ad.lres R. L. JOHNS'! ON.
Jan. G. 170. If.
Ebeii.b-r Pa.
REAL ESTATE AND SAW MILL
FOR SALE ! We have fsr sale a tract
of land situate in Susquehanna tow nship. Cam
bria county, containing about Thkek CBhS.
having thereon a Steam Saw Mill, a Shingle
Machine, a Black-miiti Shop, (with neccjsary
Tools,) and two Dwelling Houses.
Aun FIFTY ACRES OF GOOD OAK
TI MBER liAN D in the same town-hip. Pine
Timht-r iidjoiiiii'g can be bought at low rates.
jyTerrns moderate and Mccomm'''ating
A .iy to SIIOEMAKFR & O ATM AN.
Elnsburg, Nov 11, lSh!). if.
TjVUttI FOR SALE! Three
iles I
i
i
mi
Ji- fiom Wilmoie. on the road
leadiiii; t Minister, a FARM ok
I oil a k r..i . wii ii i j r. l. u. i vj ;-c,.-3 J
.... ..... r-. .1 mil I'f I IVfi
llnUSE and BARN : ' Ackis I
beini: c'earcd. fenced and in goo.l1--
c.iltivution ; the remainder well timbered.
The pun h. user will be given immediate posses
sion. For terms inquire of
B. McCOLGAN.
Wilmore, Jan. 2 I. ISCD. tf.
"IV'OTICE! -To tii k Ckkpitok-s ok
-A. tiik Huntixcdon, Cambria and Imuana
TuuNPiKr Cobipant. I have been au hor.zed
by ihe Court of Huntingdon countv to pay said
credirors o.vk phi ck.nt. on their claims, as ad-ju-ied
in 1H4I. Persons ha i ing reriificaies of
it i-I bteili.ess will be paid said amount on pre
sentation of pneb eerlicate
JOHN LI OY D. Sequestrator.
Ebenrburg, J an. I'O. 1870. Jt.
P AR I N E USUI. - The Lomlicr tins- j
ioss will herealterbe om.uc cd bv the
fiim of Ciinuinglixin ii S'onetxck. who iil he .
prepared at ail times to 611 orders for Poplar j
Ash, Cheiry Linn and Pine Lumber, S.iwci
and Shaved Shingles, and will purchase all i
kinds of Lumber at the nigliept market rates
for cash.
CUNNINGHAM & STONEBECK.
Ebensbucg, August 24. lcGD.
TAKE NOTICE! All persons are
hereby cautioned against trusting my son,
Alexis A. Piatt, on in v account, as I am deter
mined to pav do debts ho may contract alter
th'B date without au onJer from me. unless
compelled to do no by due eoineof bur.
JEROME PLATT. j
Ekwustrarg, Jan 20,180.-.
it )
EB EN S BURG, PA.,
CUT IPJ THE RAIN.-
Sprinkle ! rain! shower ! right down on
Millie Warner's tasteful Hr tie hat and
praceful shoulder?, unprotected 6ave by a
thin shawl, notwithstanding ihe heseech
in; y lance of ihe prettiest pair of hnzel
eyes that ever looked up to a cloud in that
way.
When Millie came (o a large white
farm house, site very gladly and rather
hastily for just llien there was a heavy
peal of ihunder opened the pate, and
went up t lie flower-bordered path lo the
house, and as another peal of ihunder was
heaid, acconipanieJ by a vivid flash of
lightning, Millie entered without ceremo
ny. She took in at a glance the contents
of the room, plainly but neatly furnished
The cane-sealed chairs, the pretty
chintz covered lounge, the book-case filled
with books and hheet-music ; the violin iu
its case in the corner, the vae of faded
flowers, and the ornaments on the manlel
There was no one there, but she heard
a ihildi.-h voice in Ihe next room and
again knocked. A dark eyed girl of ten
cr eleven yea' 8 opened the door.
Millie explained why she was there.
With the ease and manners of one much
older, the child bade her welcome, placed
a chair near the stove and took Millie's
chipping hat and shawl.
'I was just beginning to pet dinner:
that was the reason I didn't hear you
knock. It will be a long time before I he
shower is over, and you must stay with
us to dinner It will lie ready by the
time Inn comes; but that v i.l not be
fr an hour."
"Es, dinuie'l be weddy when lien
turns,'- lisj e 1 and laughed a little gul of
llut-u yeais
Ti e ol.ic r child, whose name was IL t
ly, resumed :
"1 can't get a very pood dinner ; I ain't
cpiitu old enough, but Hen says I do nice
ly, lie puts it on for me, and I sec to it.
Hut he docs not allow me to lake off ket
thx, for fear 1 will burn or scald myself;
but I think I am huge enough to do that.
1 like to have everything ready for him
when he comes in lircd and hungry. I
can't make hifcuit 1 vvi.-h I could, for
lien likes them ever so much ; but Mar
tha who comes in to make bread for us
says she will teach me."
'Where is your mother V asked Millie
of the little Eva, when Hetty was out of
the room.
'We has got no rnudder but Ren," the
little one lisped.
When Hetty came back, Millie said:
''Now I have got nicely warmed, and
tny dress will dry just as well at work as
sitting Mill, so I will help you get dinner.
If you like I will make some biscuit, and
we will have dinner in a short time."
Hetty was delighted I?n will be
glad. Might she cpiiclly look on and
learn how ?
Millie was young, and frank, and gay,
and she and the children soon became
very well acquainted over ihe biscuit.
She said presently, trying a potato with u
fut k :
'The potatoes are done. I will pour
the water olf so, and then put them on
again to dry. That will make them
mealy. In a levy minutes we will peel
them, ami then dinner will be ail ready
except taking it up."
The dinner seemed very meager to lit
tle Iletty, us she ran oyer 'be items in her
mind potatoes, peas, pork, biscuit, but
ter, cucumbers, milk and water. She
had wanted to make tea for her visitor,
but she declined decidedly. The poor
child said, apologetically :
"W hen father hihI mother were alive,
we used to have a good many things for
dinner, and Martha, our hited girl, used
to get them all; but when they died, and
Squire Johns naid he bought a mortgage
on our farm, and that we had cot to pay
every cent the day it was due, or lose
everything, we had to do without a good
many things, and we are very poor now,
and Hen is afraid we can't have enough
to pay it, and I hey all say we may look
for no mercy from Squire Johns, for lie is
very hard to the poor, and he has always
wanted our farm, because it joins some of
his own land where he want's to build.
I heard all about it when one of the neigh
bors was talking with our lien, though he
didn't want me to know about it."
Millie had listened to this with a curi
ous mixture of feelings, for Squire Johns
was a declared lover ot hers, and though
she had not accepted him, she had been
ploased with his attentions, ami had cer
tainly given him encouragement. More
over, he was lo receive his final answer
in three days fiom that time, anil she wa
not sine the answer reserved and laid
away for that time was "no." True,
Millie was not in love with him, hut she
had waited so long in vain for that ec
static state of bVeling ,he hud rend and
heard so much about, thought she was
no; capable of love, and tii.it to like any
one was as modi as she could expect.
Hut she certainly liked Squire Johns as
well, if not belter, th-m any one, and his
love must cerla'udy be disinterested, for
he could not know that but now Millie
slopped. Could he not ? Might he not
have found out some way? If this story
was true, would such a man be likely to
marry a poor pirl ? For Millie Warner
was really an heiress in a small way.
She was sole inheritor of a small, unin
cumbered farm, from her father, and five
thousand dollars in bank stock. Hut the
farm was two hundrod miles south ol lui
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1870.
town, where she was visiting n cousin, and
nobody knew of it ; and during her visit
she had helped her cousin in her work as
she had always helped her mother when
she was at home capable, industrious,
energetic little girl that she was.
The story agreed with things that she
had heard hinted at, but only hinted at,
and even they the next morning were j
smoothed over, for SqVire Johns was a '
rich and influential man, and people could
not afford, without some reason, to lose
his favor. Could he in reality be such a
scoundrel ?
She could judge belter about the truth
of the story when she had seen Hen.
Who was Hen ? Two of three inquiries
had amounted to nothing. The children
spoke just as if everybody must know who
Hen was. Was he an uncle, cousin, hired
man, or what ? Evidently somebody
very old, by the way Iletty spoke of him.
Hut she shrugged her shoulders as she
looked out at the still pouting rain.
Young Hen Hazel, out in the field,
pitched up the last hay on tbe load, leaned
his pitchfork against a tree, and took off
his straw hat to cool his moist forehead.
His enze followed the hay cart, went over
the broad lands and returned
"The hay is all gone in," he said, with
a long breath of relief. I could not afford
to lose one load now ; 1 don't know that
I can do if, but if I can sell part of the
land I may. It will be a hard pull,
though."
The young man followed the cart into
the barn. The storm was at its height
when he went towards the house from the
back way. He stopped in surpiise as he
saw through the window some one was
standing at the table wi'h arms bare to
the elbow, mixing flour. It must be
Martha.
No ; those fair, white arms arc not
Maltha's, neither hers the slender, grace
ful figure. As he camo nearer, he could
distinguish the sparkling, piquant face.
S! p was laughing and talking with II. tty;
and evidently giving her directions for
what she was making. Hetty wa -gazing
upon her. eager and ahsoibed. Little
Eva Wiis silling at ihe table in her high
chair, working at a pie.-e of dough.
Hy and by there was a splattering of
water heard in the next room by Hetty.
"Hen has come," running hastily and
opening the door.
"Hen has turn !" echoed the little one,
clapping her hands and lisping as he came
in, bi'ght and smiling, what she had in
store for him. "1 is made a (ate for oo.
I is "
He caught hor up in his arms and gave
her a kiss, while she laughed and shouted,
but his eyes were seeking the stranger.
Hetty said, prettily: "My brother
Hen." Then to him ; "This lady got
caught in the shower, Hen, and is stay
ins till it idears up. '"he hs been so
kiod as to help .me pet dinner and has
made some splendid biscuit."
They both stood mute a minute, she
with surprise at the real Hen, young,
handsome and well-bredj he with admira
tion, and a strange new feeling he could
not define. He had hardly made her
welcome, with a return of his self pos
session, when i here was a loud rap at the
street door. Iletty went to Ihe door,
came back pale, and whispered to Hiin
"Squire Johns."
Millie drew quickly back from the half
open door. Hen wet:l in lo his visitor,
closing the door after him. Kut every word
was disiincily heard by Millie, for Squire
Johns did not speak iu the suave tone lie
was accustomed to hear him, but loud and
peremptorily.
'I am in haste, young man; I just
slopped to say that the time for the. pay
ment fcf the money due me being day
after to-morrow, if it is not ready I shall
be obliged to resort to severe measures."
"Impossible 1" exclaimed the young
man in a surprised and exciied totle ;
"you are very much mistaken. It is not
due till the 28ih ; it is now but the 18ih.
At that time I shall sell ihe piece of land
I partly expect lo do, and I hope with
some other money coming in, to be able
to pay it."
"Yuu are laboring under a singular
mistake, young man. Here is your mort
gage, vou can see for yourself that il is
the 18th."
"Let me see it "
The figures danccl upon the page. He
pressed his hands over his eyes and calm
ed himself with great effort. He grew
ashy pale its he read.
"It reads so, certainty, but I can't un
deisland it."
He went to the desk.
"Here's a memorandum rfiy father
made of the circumstances, and it is the
23ih, and he was a very sure methodical
man aiid would not be likely to make a
mistake that might be fraiigh: with every
important and evil cons, qoences to him.
I believe" a sodden suspicion coming
into his mind, as he detected a lurking
liioinph in f quire Johns eye, "I believe
there is some villainy about this matter,
and that )ou are at ihe bottom of it." he
exclaimed excitedly, fixing his eye firmly
upon the lawyer, who changed color in
spile of hmisetf.
"He carefol what you say, young man,
as you might get yourself into trouble,"
he said, angrily.
'Ye.-, sir, 1 believe that you ae a base
villain! I remember that ou me ihe
lawyer who made out ihe mortgage at the
lime, and I know lhat for year you have
beeu aching to gel bold of this property.
if there is any justice in law, you shall
be exposed I
"In the meantime 3-011 had better have
the money ready," coolly and insultingly
replied Mr. Johns.
"That is impossible, yon know. You
knew very well lhat I could not raise so
much money in two days when you laid
your diabolical plans."
"Then you knew the consequences."
"And what is to feecorae ol my young
sister ?"
"I neither know nor care. That is
your lookout."
Tbe young man strove to repress his
passion, "Squire Johns, by the 28lh I J in the famous Hospice that stands almost
can pay this debt, I expect." j on lhe boundary line between JSwitzeiland
"lhat will do you no good. It must nd Italy. Hy seven o'clock in the even
be ready by day after to-morrow, or I j ing they reached a liitle inn on the way
take possession. I might have shown you j to the monastery ; they had still to jour
mercy but for your insinuations. Now, ney for seven toilsome miles before reaeh
none' ing the monkish lace t f web oe ; and,
"That is false ! liar ! villain ! and yod ! since the night was dark nnd stormy, the
know it. You never showed mercy in j inn keeper besought them to wait until
your life. You have won your ill gotten the morning. Heing poor they refused,
wealth by robbing the widow ac.d the j They bt longed to that class of poverty
fatherless. If you take this properly, stricken pilgrims who are con-taut !y pass
may it biing you a curse with if, now and big between Switzerland nnd Italv. and
evermore ! Hut while it is in my hands
I'll kick you frcm it, you dastardly scoun
drel !"
The Squire was a small man as well as
a coward, ami while he was being igno-
f minously ejected from the house by the
ar.gry an I excited young man, Hetty was
crouched down clos to Millie, pale and
frightpned. Eva was sobbing in her lap,
and Millie it was difficult to describe
her feelings.
Ht. did hot come into the room for
Some lime afterwards. When he did he
looked I rt.'gard and aged, and was pass
ing through hastily as i( to t Scape notice,
when Mdlie, business like and straight
f fwatd little gill that she was, began :
"Mr. Hazel, I want to talk with you a
few minutes. There would be no use in
pretending lhat J haven't heard what you
nal Squire Johns have been saying, for I
have heard every word. I think I know
of gome one who can help you ; but fir.-t
may I ask a few questions?"
Hen at first looked displeased and haugh
ty ; but her kind straightforward manner
disarmed him. lie bowed assent.
"What is the amount of this mort
gage ?'
"Two thousand dollars and inlerrst,"
was the brief reply.
"What is the total value of the farm?"
"Mv father valued it at ten thousand
dollars'."
"Are l here other mortgages?"
'None.
'Very well ; I am quite positive I know
some one who can loan you the money
I am Miiiie Warner. Call on me to
morrow at my cousin's, Mr. Sanford's"
Hen's dreams were mixed up that
night with morgages and hazel eyes. The
next day was a long time ol suspense and
anxiety, and early in lhe evening found
him nt Sanford's where he was received
by Millie hciseif
I lie next morning, accompanied by a
neighbor, he called on Sij lire Johns
"He is at bieakf.tst," the servant said.
An angry light shone in Squire Johns'
cold gray eye when he heard who was
Ins visitor.
"How dare he come? I warrant,
though, the chap isn'l quite so high and
mighty as h was Ihe last time I sav him.
Humble enough this morning. I will hold
out hopes of mercy until he grovels and
begs my pardon grovels low as he laid
me, and I hen I'll be revenged. To mor
row this splendid farm, added to rny other
property and the possession of Mollie
Warner's hand and fortune, will make me
a rich man happy man, indoed I will
tantalize him to his heart's content."
"You are early this morning, Veuing
man. I conclude you have come to pay
the money," he said ironically.
"Thai's mv errand," said I5cn coolly.
Squire Johns started back aghast and
thunderstruck.
'Do you mean to say that jou have
raised the money ?"
"I do. and have brought Mr. Foster to
prove that it is all right. There is two
thousand dollars. We have each counted
it. There Is the Interest. Now I will
take up the mnrtgagei Squire Johns "
Livid and trembling with passion,
Squire Johns was compelled to yield the
mortgage, and execute the usual release.
Th'M'C was no trace of the violent pas
sion to which the Sqoire gave free license.
when, the next evening he drove op to
San fords. He looked happy and smiling,
There was a queer little smile oh Millie
Warner's face as she saw him through the
closed blinds. It was a little ominous that
he was compelled to wait in the pat lor
five, ten, fifteen minutes. Ntill moreotri-
inous lhat she came in at last, distant and
unsmiling. Still he could hardly belie'.e
lit lieani arigni, wnen lo lus suit s!ic gave
a prompt, uncompromising; "no!" He
urged ; s!ie. was firm. He threatened ; she
flashed out, brave and indignant, some
thing of what she knew and felt, nnd
spurned his suit with scorn and loathing.
"Such a great threat is worthy of vou !
of a piece with your conduct with the Ha
2els !" she ended.
"To ihe IL.z-ls! What da you know
about them ? Perhap? ymi iim tins one
who loaned the money to thum ?"
"Yes it was I I Went in there for
shelter from the storm I heard it !!
every woiil."
The tq-iire uttered curses low an 1 deep,
but Millie did uot bluy to bear them.
She only saw him ride away, with that
same queer little smile en her face.
Squiie Johns rode a long distance out
of his Way, six month after, to avoid a !
wedding parly just returning from church
Hob Hazel and Millie, his wife which
he came very neir blundering upon.
Perils of the Great St, Bernard.
Three travelers, it is stated, have just
lost their lives on the Great St Hernard
mountain. They had been traveling from
Martingy towards the Italian frontier,
with the intention of rrstinnr f,,r fbi nw.bt
! who carry all their wo'ldiv good in a
J
knapsack of untanned deer's hide. A
f-vv minuUs will snfjtce to take such trav
e!ers from any part of the great Canton
Valias to Aosta.
Tiiey shun inns with horror, as places
of unsciupi lnis ex'ortion ; and their aim
is to break the journey nt ti e Hospice,
where they get food and lodging for the
night free of charge, and iu the morning
are provided with the necess ities of travel
on the same benevolent terms. Hence,
although lite night was pitchy dark, and
the wind was coining dojvn with hurricane-like
gusts, from the great mountains
that shut in th; valley, the three tiavelor
resolved that they would push on to the
Hospice. Soon after leaving the Cantn
they began lo ascend a winding, rocky
and steep path, vvhu h overhangs a lumi
, ing tornnt and leads to the Monastery
Ihe road i? perhaps one of the roughest
in Europe. So many rocks jut out, so
sharp are the turns round the course of
the brook, and so steep are some of the
ascents, that even a mule might be par
doned for sh pping. When the night is
dark and the mits come down, the path
could scarcely be kept, even by a man
who had daily traversed it for years; and
the only safeguard would be the roaiing
of the torrent. Tha ascent is so steep
that, after a couple of boni s climbing,
ihe Irareler finds himself seven thousand
feet above the level of the sea ; and at
that elevation, even afirr Ihe hottest days
of August, the cold is at nightfall often
intense. On the night of the fatal acci
dent all lhee peiiis were combined. So
black was the sky that lhe wayfarers had
slowly to group along by means of the
precipice which hems in the side of lhe
path farthest from the torrent. Had the
moon been up, they might have been guid
j cd by lhe poles which the monks have
J planted in a direct line from the Hospice
j to the vallev. to indicate the direction
when the path is covered with snow, and
Jhe torrent i fmzVn Hut in the pitchy
; J, r';mj', the friendly beacons were ob
scured. Hence the travelers seem to have
again and again been brought to a start I
Slill, before reaching lhat ford of the brook
at which lhe road dips, and ihcn goes up
with one swift spring to the spot where
the great barrack like llusph'e guides and
cheers the benighted traveler by its beacon
light The poor pilgrims were so near to
the blaze, that, had they been ab'e t'J
exert themselves for a few minutes longer,
I hey would have been safe. Hut the
toil and the cold had so paralyzed their
faculties that they could not proceed one
step further ; they were oveteome by that
craving for sleep, for rest, which is the
effect of intense cold; and within siuht
of the friendly gleam, that beckoned lo
them overhead, all three travelers laid
down and died.
On lhe Great Ht. Hernard the vvin!er
season begins soon and ends late. Al
ready it is winter beside the mountain
dwelling ; and during the loi'g months
when the snow covers the ground, or the
cold make traveling perilous, it M lhe
daily custom of the good monks to jour
ney as far as the bottom of the pass in
order lhat Ihsy may lend assistance to
any traveler who may have dropped by
lhe way. Clad in their long black serge
gowns and broad brimmed hats, aceom
panic.! by attendants who carry wine and
i provisions for Ihe restoration of the wear
j jed or faint travelers, and guided by the
famous St. Hernard dogs, which do the
vv. rk of pointers, two or three monks
! daily made the seven mihs j urney to the
! valley below. Until the occumnco of
j the late accident, they had not for some
j years found any traveler dad, or beyond
j the aid of restoratives Gradually, in-
deed, lhe penis of the terrible path have
become so fully appreciated that even the
poorest traveler shrinks from attempting
the ascent to tho monastery af:or night
fall, if lhe ground is Covered with snow,
or if the great storm gusts blow down
from the hills. The three who ho last
fallen victim, however was less discreet ;
and next morning when the se irehing
paity of the monks had proceeded lo a
sboit distance from the Hospice, i liiy
found the bodies stiff and cv 11 T o'v
were taken to Ihe bt'r "ni -t.u-" vhi.-t
ii i-ti it.-d 1 s'u--t d.xt.i'ij-e- fo'-i !:?
i.MOi i.' .l b til ii f lu- 111 10 ijs't-ry ; cu i
in that n-ike.l m tosolctn the remain will
abida wiili tAber relic of mortality, u-
NUMBER 2
1 -ss claimed by the kinsfolk of tl?e lost.
It is a giim resting place. In that small
hut perched among the wintry mountains
dwt II the skeleton of lhe men and women
ai d children, who in Ihe course of many
generations, have perished in tho fatal
pass. So intense is the cold, lhat the un
embalmed bodies resist for long years the
hand of decay. UncofiVned, and dressed
in the clothe which rhey wore when found
dead upon ihe snow, ihey stand perehed
against the wall, as white tho Tisitor looks
through the iron grating of their tomb,
they peer grimly fourth, as if soliciting
recognition and an undesecrated place of
rest. An old man leaned ngairrst the
wi.ll, hi head baie, his staff in his hand,
and his attitude stiffened fen ever by death
that smote him years ago. A woman
clutches in her arm the bebe that perished
with her in the suoiv. From tbe other grim
figures the clothes havn rotted away by
fragments, leaving bleached protruding
bones. The flj.,r of the dungeon-like tomb
is strewn with ihe memo ials of the dead;
and going from lhe blazing fire of the mon
astery to the "morgue," the traveler can
pass in a single instant from the hum cf
mirthful conversation, or the joyous sound
of music, to what might seem a place of
.ue living cirnd. fcurope contains no
more weird or gloomy night than that prison-house
of cVbed skeleton, perched in
the Alpine wilderness, as seen through
the misty and wintry glovm.
CaRFLESSXKSS Some e;ir acr. lUr.
w
as a fine collection of P.-rvmton
lies in New York city, collected by Dr.
Abbot during l is long sejourn in that won
derful land. Tl e c were many blocks of
curiously-sculptured srone, which were of
great interest lo scholars and antiquaries.
'Ihe most beautiful of these represented
tbe return of one of the Phar.dis in tri
umph from a distant war, datin" back
nearly two thousand years befoto Christ.
1 1 was obtained at great expense and box
ed with Ihe greatest care. It had survi
ved Ihe attacks of time for ihiee thousand
years, h.,d borne its transportation across
the great waters in safely, but a careless
carman dumped it on the Hroadway pave
ment and shiver d it to fragments. Such
is the result of carelessness. All the for
mer care of the owner was of no avail,
that one moment's careless act ruined it
all.
So, too, is our lives ; n Jinle careless
ness often mars what we can never repair.
A little thoughtless exposure of the health
may lay lhe foundation of life long disease
and wietchedncss, or end our life prema
turely. It was a litlte ihing for a man fo jump
on the train the other day when it was in
motion, but ,i5 next Conciousness was of
sitting beside lhe track with both legs cot
off above the knee. He had just time lo
summon a lawyer and male his wi:?, and
then ho stood face Hi face with death. It
does not pay, b ,;s, to Ire in such hate to
jump off ihe ferry-boat liefore it touches
the landing, or tod.day going on board the
cars until Ihsy ar in motion.
Avoid litth? carelee deeds and words as
you would a poisonous serpent. Golden
Hours.
Wasn't I'usmixo Him Some time
ago, on a Sabbath, we wended our way
to one of the churches, and, instead of a
sermon heard an address upon some mis
sionary or other benevolent obj'cl. The
address concluded, two brethrsn were
sent around to Collect contributions. Far-
sor. L was otic of the basket benr-
crs, taking the side upon which we eat.
Immediately in cur front and i;pn ih
next seat, negligently reclined fiiend Hill
A-1- a gentleman of infinite humor and
full of dry jokes. Parson L extend
ed the basket, and Hill shook his head.
"Cume, William, give us somethinr,"
said lhe parson.
Cah't do it," said Kill.
"Why not? Is nut tho cause a good
one ?"
"Yes. Hut I am not able to Mve anr
thing." 0 3
"Fooh! pooh! I know better; you
must give a better reason than lhat."
"Well, I owe too much money. I
must be just before I am generous you
kuow."
"Hut, William, you owe G.xl a larger
debt than you do any one else."
"That is so, parson ; but then he ain't
pushing tne like the balance of my credit
or Till parson face got into rather a cu
rious Condition as he passed on.
ExPKiJiiiExr with ScrxFLowsna.
good story is told of an am Hour agricul
fuiisf, living not a thousand miles from
Herkshire county, Massachusetts, who was
advised by one of his neighbors to plant
sunflowers with his beau, in order to ob
viate the task of poh ing. He followed the
advice. In due coirse of lime beans and
sunflowers came up and waxed strong,
lhe beans coiled around the sunflower
stalk beautifully ; and he congratulated
himself on the fact that he had an effect
j ual method of raising beans without being
I driven to the disagreeable necessity of to
l ling b- an poles from the forest. Rot, alas
j for ht msn expectations, ld be.-mo were
' raised out of tin' "ii!. ? :in:! v,J', 1,y :ft
' J ! 1 of lii'VV , S O' h'jit
v -if 4
t'ee i'. y nur.j .vi i;
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j a 'strong proof of ihe blasted iiiteiiiiieca uf
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