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1. StTIRE, Editor tin! FuWihcr.
BE IS A FREEMAN TVHOM THE TRUTH MAKES FREE, AKD ALL ARE SLATES BESIDE.
Terai, $a per year In adranrc.
VOLUME G.
EBENSBTJRG, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1872.
NUMBER 5.
CeIBiI infill
"r"-ri u' ff35S"S&''
isx ilvfitiSfmrnts.
MANY GOOD BARGAINS
AT-
ER WIN'S
)M DRV GOODS BilZAR
72 and 174 Federal Street,
At IO Cruts,
All the Best Calicos.
At 12 1-i Cents,
Li';ii uui "is BlcacM Mnslin.
tr io Cents,
YV.RD VfDE SHEETING.
f 3-2 1--2 Cents,
!!D! OiiLITV G1XCH.1HS
It Cents
PEP, YELLOW & WHITE FLANNELS
At '2 tents.
Pai red Country Flannel
At "0 Cents,
ALL SILK AND WOOL PLAIDS
AVORTII 75 CENTS.
At 37 1-1 Cents
CORDED BLACK Will ALPACAS.
AVOltTII SS1.35.
At Si'Z,00,
ELACK LTOIS CEOS GUIS Sill
IVOItTtl .'1.3.5.
iiieaIS 'cira'siiits.
Re mnants of all kinds, Very Cheap.
V.KMKMDEU T11K PLACE,
A. W. EE WIN & CO.,
ITJaui 174 Federal Street,
AT.f.PriTTPKrV
history or
The Great Fires
: i hi.
r-er.i i.
Tiki Sy
Sold.
V ) ill tlii!WKTlivi:ev.r..I.(i(ion.
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o. .n:;i-.: MiN-i-c-ruvmjr. -.1 .n o nlro;.iiv
I 1 ice :..., n. -jui .-cut- made in v, d;iv.
(rn in sufferers. Al.l'.X'l S V N' 111).
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ll.S.f
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01 Kin-;p -.xd diki; toi:s.
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N. ii i-rri s'i V m. l'ATToy.
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IMS V.anloil.- Agents inal.c more mon
U 1 . ,.i vviiik f1r us Until anything else, liu-i-!
.i-'!it ami nriniiiH-i!t. I';irt icii la is lire.
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' '. Maine.
MM EATERS!
' 'I t ' ' en re. ii.:i!iiiiri
ewnrd for tiny ease of
hi 'hit our A m i.lot e
cure. No pain or inconvenience. Sent
'-'- of s:vm. s. ;. A UMSTItt NO. M. D.,
ng Institute. IJerricn Spring--. Mich.
A SI IlKn -. v..r this ,i:t
is now made' known in 11 1,,.
i-es-m:
r comiilaitit
1' 4S 1 eta
pa ires I on horeignaml -N at 1 ve 1 1 11 o.n
i tis, published bv I r. t . I'm i.t.i
! -escription was disco ered b. him i.i uch a
1 ro idontial manner that he c.iiinot l oti-i jeii
m iMiisl v r ruse t o make i t kno w n. as i t has c 11 red
r-. body who ha a used it for Fits, never having
' ' 1 in a single case. 'J he ingredients may be
' lon-d from any druggist. A copy sent fre."
' apidicants bv mail. Addi ess 1 11:. . 1'ilEl.I'S
v, - I (J rand st reet, Jersey City, N. J.
I-ZW.SEEDSAND PLANTS
Sent l.y J'lail i;xro.
OurSeed and Plant Catalogues for 72,
N umbering 175 pages, and -ontaining
TVO COLORED PLATES
I'.ieh worth twice the co-t of Catah .gui s, mail
ed to ull applicants on m-cipt of s, cents.
IT.TF.U H1:M)1.I- (i i: CO.
Seed-uien. :;." C. u t lar.i'.t Street, N. Y.
"I I IV ATE S ALE-iVe L ESTATE
- Tlieconjoint intere-;s of the undersigned
(heirs of Fetor Sc.inlan. dec'd.i in lee Farm lale
f'f said dree. lent, containing l;7 Acres, more
or I ss. situated In Cambria township, is offered
tor sale on pri va t e i ei n:s. Sui.J 1 arm is in an
c i-oenf -tate i,r cultivation, and lias thereon
"'V a ,:"'-' liriik House, good Frame Hank
) in. A..-. Also, pure water, clioiee I ruit. etc.
-' '- reasonable. Other desirab.'e in'orma
. -in be oJ.t.iined l , e;n ,osi.i-u Hoc.LE, or
.rlier of the undersigned.
jam: ch ami::,
jamfs scant. an,
. , SAItAH F.M.FN SCANLAN.
' . ' ' " Farm is not sold b fore March 15tb
i .it i r be ollered for rent for one year.
' -o n.i i wp., Feb. 10, l.S7:.-;t.
A i uiroiis NOTICE."
i i .
The urt'lers
d. having been annointed A iiditorln-
ot of oiniiion Pleas of Cambria coun
i I ort lislrdnnion of the uioi:ev in the
! t lie Sheriff arising from t he sa l'; of t ho
ii. ts' real estate, hi the case of F. M.
in vs. Christ. Noel and Sarah Noel, No.
t. Hiber Term. 171. E. viri Foci, notice
y given to all parties interested that I
'end to the duties of said appoin'rucnt,
"ilieij ,f Oat man A; Itke, in Kbensburg,
ft! ni. the nf March (0.nt o' lo-k,
"lien and where they must present their
or be tli barred f roin coming in upon said
;.' . TP. (M TMA A', A i(di(r.
islnirg. Feb. 7, Is72.-3t.
1 . !
' VI.
I.;
iY,:i)I 'Oiv S NOTICE. Tho under,
c , -V" t""'i A t"r' appointed by the Orphans'
i ,'.'r ,' ! n.l ria eountv to r-port distribu
, ; ' 1 " I -1 r i i - i ,(.,. hands ,,f Ceo. M. Jieade,
' '' I
"" ' I r
i'-: '-.
II ;
I. I st : .i t or ill' I I.i. r.-l .i ., I ,,!.,. . f I I.i
'M bv i.otiliesall interested that he
' duties ol .-.iid appoitinent, at
in i..ei,-i,iiiki on TfeH'iat. Fi:!,tvaiu
- "'lio k, p. m., li. n'ai:d where
d. or be debarred from coming
' , T. II . DICK, Auditor.
-M eb. F;;.-;;t.
1.
s
J . ..' WLerpa.o mr mm Sitnv
' A I ' I t,
I ' '-v
' 4 ' ". 1(1 .
of , .
''I fe-
',', '. :,'7r'1 1-1 Jfat"3. and daughter
; -i , .,, , past . na ye .el t home wi I !i-
r-o:,s ', l'f'Voeation. this is to notify
" !M!n ,,, , . ' "" ""ruigor triistingeither
1 i; .ii .'o' ' ''''""nt, es I tun d terunned to
t'";"l" 1- me to'V.. L''"y unless the law
OIIEIUEFS SALES V,y virtue of
sundry writs of Vrml. Erfnti. tsucd nut of
the Court of Common l'lcnsof Catntn-iii j"oiiTifv-
mid to me dirt-eleil, there will li. exposed to
' l'uhlic Sale. t th Vninn Hull. Jttft list turn, fin
Jlamlnj . 2ll !:- of" lobriiarv, ins(.4 at
o-clck!l. M.. the following Koal Kshitf. to wit :
Aixthe rl'lit. title nnii interest of Cntlifirino
.ilcKenna and Daniel McKenna, of, in and to till
that certain, lot or pioee of ground situate in
Johnstoicn, in t lie county of Cambria 11 "l State
of Pennsylvania, bounded and doi rided as fol
lows, to wit : Fronting twent.v-ft' c (.?.") feet on
the south side cd" Market etret t and ruiininK'
back southeasterly fiftv-Kvp and orif.'-tialt' (".VV)
feet ton lot now of lr.' liendinr. lieinp lots late
the property of James 1 owmv. sr.. dre'd, nd
lot now or late tlic property of John C'oad and
f. O'Connell m the east, liein. the ?ame lot of
triouud which by sundry mesne conveyances
and nHowances inlaw became vested iri John
M. rower and Jacob teilly, who bv deed dated
the i'tli day of April, If.V.t. conveyed the same to
David D. Jones, who bv his d;M il conveyed the
same, dated May 10. 1:4, to James Ilerrinjrron,
nnl the said Jas. 1 lerrin-rton, by bis deed dated
J une l:, lsi;4. convej-ed t hr same to Ceo. 1 1 user,
jr., who by his deed dated Nov. :i. lSCI. conveyed
tliesameto John Krauss. who by his deerl dated
Nov. 5, 1(;, conveyed tne sarin' to Catherine
Melvenna. party hereto.with the hereditaments
and allowani-es. Taken in execution ar.d to be
sold at thesuitof Robert ilrt'uitiKoii ami Samuel
H. Jtobinsoiu tradinir as Kobifison V "o., and S.
U. lloliinson. Administrator of S. U. Houinson,
dee"d. and Hill Ibirjroon, Admlnistrntor c. t. a.
of It. kohinson, lec'd.
Ai.so.all tliorljjht, title andiintrrest of Josepli
Tteitmier; of, in and to ascertain lot fif irvoun l
situate in Cambria boron u Ii; Cambria en., f rent
ing 1 fi-'t on Jlroad street and extending back
lo'i feet to an alley, adjoining lot f John Me
Closkey on the east and Isndore Itifile on the
wcsVhavitifr thereon erec-ted a two story plank
house atid a ono story kitchen attached now
in the occupancy of l'rank Oelder. Taken in
execution and to tie sold at the suit or The St.
Joseph's Society.
Also, all t lie risht, t it le and interest of MicVl
T'. Kelly, of, in and to a certain lot of pround
situate in Cambria borough, Cambria count v.
fronting on ltroad street oil the south, bit of
Thomas Keelan on the east, and an alley on the
north, and Third street on tho sout li. having
thereon erected a two story plank house, not
now occupied. Taken in execution and to bo
sold at the suit of N. F. Carroll, lor use of Put
rick Shunahau.
tr. J. TlOX.i CKET?, Slut ijr.
Sheriffs Office, Ebensbury:, Feb. 0, lST'.
ADHJXISTRATOUS S .1112
OF
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE.
BV virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court
of Cambria county, to me directed. 1 will
expose to sale by public vendue or outcry, at
ttie "Summit Mansion House,'" in the l.oioneti
f;f Summit ville. in said county, on Nat iir.ln.v.
the 2! !n.r of MwrclJ nexlC at o'clock I'.M.,
the following Keal K-'fafe of which jAwts M.
Uiukl lately died sci.cd, to wit :
'. I. All Ifiat rertiiln mr-stiricr, lieinjf flie
Hotel Stand and Lot of ! round numbered on
fh iront ral filan f)f the llorougn of Summitrille
as Ijot No. 1, bounded and d?criiied as follows:
lli'rinnin at a post eori'cr near the sijrn-post ;
thence running north W degrees, east LtKi feet,
to a corner of Spruce alley and Turnpikestreet;
thence along said alley, north T)v degrees, east
"(K)preies. to a post corner; thence along said
alley, north 5." degree!, cast '.) feet, to a post ;
thence ulong Lot No. 40. south 4" decrees, 'ast
ZHt feet, to a corner of Peter Dougfierty's lot;
theneo along said lot, south 45 degrees, west 4
feet, to a post corner; thence south 45 degrees,
east :() feet, to a post corner on Kailroad front;
thence along said ltailroa.1 f rot. south 4." deg.,
west f5s f-et, to the place of beginntnjr having
thtreon erected n Hotel. Store House. Dwelling
House, a large I tarn, and other Outbuildings;
this property being known as the Summit Man
sion House Hotel property, --ifso,
I.ol fil ing the undivided half of a
piece or parcel of Improved Land situate in
Washington township, in the county aforesaid,
adjoining liorough of Summitville, described
as follows: peginliiug at the township road;
thence south wi degrees, east 45 perches, to a
post; f hence north 4i degrees, east 41 perches,
to a post ; t hence north si degrees, west XO per
ches, to the said township road; theiK-e by sai.l
road, south :i degrees, cast "s parches, to a post;
thence by the miiic, sooth I.'-' degrees. wet 10
perches, to the place of beginning containing
13 Ac roi.
Tkisms of Sat.e One-third of the purchase
money to be iaid 'ii contii mation of the sale
or sales, and the residue in two eijunl annual
payments, with interest, to tie secured by the
judgment b'iid and mortgage of t he purchaser.
tt'M. if. Sf-J HhtAl,
Feb. 7, l.sTl. Ailm'r of James M. llijel, dee d.
r AM I JIM A COUNTY, SS. :
The I'nmtifnirralth of J'etnmilrnniet :
( j To D. V. Lewis. Hiehard C. Luwis. II. I.
-. - Lewis, tleorge 11. Lewis, Kdw. Uoberts.
tluardian of Kdvvin porter. a minorchild
of Sarah F. Porter, formerly Sarah K. Lewis,
deceased. ::n 1 Fdvvard P. Lowis, heirs and re
presentatives ,f Piebard Lewis, deceased, and
nil ot hers concerned in the premises (ire'.'iiiu :
We command you and lii njly enjoin you, that
laying aside all business whatever, you bound
appear before the Judges of the Court of Com
mon Pleas of said county, to be held at Fbens
burg, tlf r-rf Jiiiiii.'n.in) Mun li ni-.i t,; to show
eaus, if any you have, why the witnesses on
a,-ainst''vo',',M.,..N,sl,,N '"'": his complaint
rediiccd to writing ami lile.l'of reeom ,,'1l1"in. !.
said court, in order to perpetuate the same, '
agieoi.bly to the constitution d' our govern- !
uient and the Act of Assembly in such case I
madn and provided. And hereof fail not at '
your peril. ;
Witness the HononililcJnnN Dfan. President '
fif ours-u'd Court, at Kbensburg. t he lltli day of ;
December, i n t he year of our Lord one t holt's- j
and, eight hundred and seven fY-one.
J. K. HfTF. Prothonotarv.
Attest W. U. Uo.vAi Ki-.R, Shoriir. L-lO.-ot
"VTOTICE IN PAKTITI0N. To Mi-
e-h'iel Albert McDermit, son of full ncof
Henry McDermit, deceased one of tho heirs
a ml lega I representatives of M ichael McDe-rmit,
dee'd : '1 ako not ice that an inijuest will be held
ut the late dwelling house of Michael McDer
mit. late of ClenrScld township. Cf mbria conn
iv. Pennsylvania, dee'd, on I lu rs.ln.v. I It e
'491 li d;iy ot I cliruiiry next, at one o'clock
! in the at.ernoon. ior mo purpose oi malting
j partition of the real estate of said deceased to
! and among his children and lejral representa
tives, if the same cau".be done without pre.iu
(if.e to or spoiling the whole: otherwise to value
and appraise the same at which t ime and place
von are rciucsted to attend, if voti think proper-
W. I!. IJ NAJK FU. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Ofriee, Kbensburg, Jan. '-'t, Is7-'.
TN THE ORPHANS' COUIiT OF
J- CAM1JUIA f'OCNTW Tn the matter of the
account of A. It. Longanecker, fJuardian of
Marv Catharine Uodkey, minor child of James
Kodkcy, dee'd, anil of the first account of A. It.
Longanecker. Ouardiati of Annetta Hod key,
minor child of Jamcv Itodkcy, dee'd, and of 1 he
tirst Bccoimt of A.R. Ionganccker, Cunrdian
of F.leanor A. Podkey, uunor child of Jauics
Itodkcy. deceased. I
And now, Feb. . 172, T. AV. Dick appointed
Auditor to hear and decide on exceptions.
11)1 the Court. From the liecord.
Notice is hereby given that I will attend to
the duties of my appointment, at my ollice in
Kbenhnrg. on 'Ihtuxttii, the'Jth hi)l"f h'elitll
arn, is;:.', at 2 o'clock, p. m. T If. HICK',
Kbensburg, Feb. lo, ls",'.-3t. A uilitor.
A UDITOIi'S NO TICE. TI.e nnder-
signed, appointed by the Court of Com
mon Pleas of Cumbria: county an Auditor to
distribute the money in the handsof theSheritr
arising from the sale of the personal property
of Henry Foster, on l'i. I n-, No. 1, March Term,
ls7:. will attend to the duties of his appoint
ment at his ollice in Kbensburg, en Mmlttu,'tith
trbrtmrii. inst.. at 2 o'clock P. f.
josfpii Mcdonald, a minor.-
F.bensburg, Feb. 9, la7-.-ot.
I ETTE I : S OF ADM INI ST R AT 10 N
J on c,e eafpte of Pun. tp Hackh, lute of
Jackson ti)n.s:i). dee'd, having been granted
to tho JMler-T rued, all persons indebted tosaid
estate vi: piraso mai;e p.iymrnt, and those
having claims against the estate will present
the-in propei lv ant h'-nticated for settlement.
JOHN A. UACEIi, Adm'r.
Or Ids Counsel. shoi:MAK.El & ltKimr.
Etiensburg, Jan. ;io, isTS.-Ct.
13
HICK FOli SALF. Goo-! V.ncU c:xn
be mirchased at reasonable rates f rnm th.'
undersigned. JOHN McM ULPIN.
U-3.-Gt.J Near CatUolio Churoh.Ebensburs.
written for Tnt freemAn.
SATIRD1T SilUIIT THOUGHTS.
FROM TtlE GERMAN'.
The day f rest that happy day!
How sweet to have it near!
The week's hard labor now is done,
The time for rest is now begrun
The hour of rest is here.
The toilful week is o'er; now may
The weary laborer rest ;
No more let cares of earth employ
Let thoughts of Leaven euch eoul employer
heaven, our home so blest.
With trustful hearts let's look aloft ;
From heaven let's gather strength ;
F.arth. cruel master, grinds us down,
AVell need we hope our woes to drown
An3 cheer our hearts at length.
Fre long the day we've sighed for oft
Will rest unbroken give;
Then sorrow, care, and pain shall cease,
We'll find, at length, unbroken pe-uce
An endless Sabbath live.
PERSEVERANCE MATILDA.
A I.cap Tear I.ove Tale.
EY TAL'L PARAI.LEIc
CIIAPTKIi I.
"Is Joi n Smith within?"
"Vis, that he is.'- Mother Goofs.
It was midnight. Llarkr.ess reigned
undisputed master of the earth, and Cim
merian 1o tn was the order of tho evtu-itij-
The btipy, bustling, boisteroui and
gcneraHjr bad citjr of 1' was over
spread with a shadow from Tartarus.
In a word, it was dark ! aa dark as, in
t lie largunep of ornbody, ''the shades
of midnight cst on tho pafe3 of liell."
In fact, it was midnight that dreadful,
dismal time when gutters jawn nrtd po
licernen f!eep. IJut it rra r.ot total dark
ficss although it came wifldn one of it
for in all the wide expanse there was
but ope light tuible, ?a the owls and bats
told me, for it wng not apparent to htiiif.n
eyes. That solitary light came from a
non explosive coal t il lamp, whicn lamp
Mood on a table, which table stood up
right in the sixth Mory of (not (ho house
that ,I;ick built, but) the palatial lestdence
of Cieotlrey Curren:ia, on the southwest
corner of liroad and FroTit streets, sur
rounded by an iron fence and beautifully
ennam'ntcd with a ground rent and a
mortgage. The compliments of the au
thor of this highly thrilling (!) tiling are
presented to the reader with the rt quest
that he will accompany to the locali
ty whence precreds this light, vfhich, like
the cj-ea of I'olyphemu?, glares at us
fiercer and fiercer as we approach.
We crawl down the chimney like fairy
sweep?, and transformed into flies, stand
unsteii in the room of Wilhclm Cutrentia,
the only son of Geoffrey Currenfia, his
father and parental parent. Wilhelm
Ftaitdn before us, and wc will take a look
at him He is a young man who has
evidently passed through the frcsts of
forty summers, more or less, and possess
ed in detail of the followr.-ig appurtenan
ces : Hair as black as all out-doors at that
then present time; eyes d-tlo; coats, pants,
vests, boots, id'm ; face as white as snow
before it has reached the dirty ground.
Ilia nose was a cross between Ihe Greetan
and the Human cast, and was a model of
nasal beauty, not in the least impaired by
the roseate hue on the end of it. His
mouth ! oh such a mouth. Hogefs
Thesaurus and Crabbe's Synonymous? com
bined would be insiiflicierit to produce the
necessary eulogistic words required to
propei ly describe it. And so wc will
pass it, and while wc are on the pass,
pass to the next chapter, which ia
ClIAITKII ir.
"Then flislied the livid lightning from her
eves.'" Pert.
It was day light ! Ju?t after a;.,n.r, anJ
everybody was engaged in that post-prandial
occupation of teethpicking. Did I
say every body ? Well, I erred but re
member, dear reader, that 'to err is hu
man, and to forgive,' etc. Everybody,
then, was engaged in dental excavations
save one another exception to the gener
al appearance of things, as you notice.
That one was Miss I'crse.veranco Matilda
Joahns, the only daughter and heiress of
non-existing parents, for they were dead,
and she was sweet seventeen at th time
to which this history refer?, residing in
the domicil of her respected, but etern old
uncle, Christopher Knuckles.
She satin the kitchen, excoriating po
tatoes She was n fair creature, with
golferino hair, eyea "deeply, darkly, beau
tifully blue,' robust form, and had a bom
bazine dress around her body, and a cold
in her head. Suddenly she rolled her
eyea frantically towards the rafters,
dropped a semi peeled potato opon tho
floor, clenched the knife with both hands,
and hissed through her teeth, (which were
false) :
"I bill, opon my ggul, I bill !"
And then the fell to peeling her potato.
CHAPTER III.
"Gone, but not forgotten." Anonymous.
I'erseverance Matilda was desperately
in love with Wilhelm Currentia, and vie
versa. Eat the old folks, as milit be ex
pected, were down on it. Wilhelm was
confined to his room, and deprived of the
common necessaiies of life, and not al
lowed to receive company. In vain- Ma
tilda called to see him, the servants had
positive orders to dinj admittance to her
or ftny other marrying youn woman who
mij;ht solicit admission. One day Wil
helm made u tope out of his bed-clothea
after the most approved fashion, and in
the "holy hour of midnight," let hhnsclf
down to terra jirma. For an hour and a
half, the rash youth stood gazing at the
roof which had fchnltered him, and under
whoso fchingles Lo Lad Buttered such great
privation. lie stood lika one lost in
meditation, and much resembled the well
known picture of Napoleon at St. Helena.
He rehearsed, in an undertone,Goldsmith'8
"Deserted Village," and all the songs
Containing that heart-rending word, "fare
well," that he could remember. He pro
pared to leave this dreadful inquisition
where hi9 young affections had been so
cruelly put to rack.- Only one regret
arose in his tender bosom, and he burst
into tears. He had forgotten hia meer
schaum ! To go back was impossible,
bo he philosophically took a mouthful of
cardamon Beeds and left the premises.
CIIAPTKII IV".
'And if there be a human tear
From passion's dross refined and clear,
A tear so limpid and so meek.
It would not stain an angel's cheek,
'Tis that which pious fathers shed,
TJ-on a duteous daugh'er's head '"
Ladt of tuk Lake.
Christopher Knuckles sat in his shop
adjoining his residence on Two Hundred
and Tenth Street, city proper. A casual
observer might have noticed that this
biquedal Biuin was unusually cross on
this occasion. Such an observation would
have been correct. The fact was that
his corna troubled him, and besides that
ho had just swallowed a half tufnbler of
inferior kerosene in mistake fur brandy,
lie htimmeted loud'y against the wall
with an empty bottle, and clamorously
called for l'eisevercnce Mafild.t.
She came, she saw, and the went
after the ensuing dialogue :
"Sit down, you I'ersy !'
She sat down.
"And so ye're sparking that young
Currentia, are ye ?"
"I havo that pleasure,"' boldly respond
ed l'ei severance Matilda. A dose of
vinegar and onions cured her col l, and
her language was now fl jent and natural.
'Well, you must stop it," said the
stern old uncle.
"I fail to discern if," sententiously re
joined the loveress.
Heslapped her in the faceand continued;
"iSee yere. I forbid the banns. An
irreconcilliable feud exists between the
houses rf Knuckles and Currefttia, dating
back lo tiiat lime whereof the memory of
man runneth not to the contrary as tin
liars say. It originated, I blieve, in a
dispute about a game of poker. Centu
ries roll on, but only deepen and widen
the breach. I want no grandchildren
with the cheating blood of tire Carren
lias flowing in their veins."
"Gammon," said 1'. Matilda, "I love
sind my love is reciprocated, and it shall
be consummated. I am the envy of all
the other girls in town, and the beau i leal
of all the young men. Lots of m ttch
niaking papas and mamas have been try
ing to get me to propose to their sns, but
no no my angelic Wilhelm is the sole
proprietor of my heart's undivided affec
tions ; and moreover, I have a lien or.
him on account of disbursements, pres
ents, and so forth. I will now marry
and settle down. I have broken enough
hearts ; I have sown my untamed grain.
Oh "
"That'll do, you minx," interrupted old
Christopher. "You're a rebel. Avaunt
and quit my sight. ''
And she did so.
CIIAPTKU V.
''OU 1 my lonely, lone'v, lonely pillow !
Where is my lover, where is my lover V
We will now introduce the reader to
the villain of the piece. Her name is
(3arlina Von Digiezout, and she has no
-front teeth. Iter forte is rivalry, and ilie
present business she has on hand is to
"cut out" Perseverance Matilda and to
secure for herself the precious heart,
which is the object of the latter lady's
yearnings. To this patriotic work she
has devoted all her sleepless nights, en
couraged alike by the impulses of her own
bosom and the secret service fund provided
by Christopher Knuckles.
If the reader has nothing pressing on
hand to prevent, we will now go to Jer
sey, and enter the city of T , at
about sunrise Enveloped in the gar
ments of invisibility, we enter a bedroom
in the third and last story of a hotel. A
human being of the masculine gender is
just arising, like Venus out of the sea.
from a corn-shuck mattress. Lut unlike
the fairy goddess, he ia a picture of a man
who has passed an uneasy and unquiet
night. That once classic form trembles
with nervousness, like a mass of calf's
head jeliy moulded into Adam's 6hape ;
that formerly raven hair is matted, and
streaked with capilaceous silver; those
quondam beautiful eyes are now blear and
sore ; bis robe de chamber (which is the
French for night-gown) is "tattered and
torn," and his general appearance ia ,all
forlorn." An boor is spent in dressing,
unbroken by the ejaculation of a single
word from his lips, save an occasional
subdued imprecation. But he sighs awful
ly in fact, like a furnace. You say he's
been drunk. You err, and you do not ;
he is and has been drunk for a long time,
but it is with love. His emaciated form
the result of a vinegar ani slate-pencil
diet shows it. His eyes are two wit
nesses to the fact, from reading of and
weeping at the sorrows of such as he.
lie has now completed hU toilet by
turning his paper collar, which he has
worn for the last lunar rconlh, inside out
and adjusting it to his neck with a little
mucilage. Going then to a closet, he
takes a drink of water out of a black
bottle and sits down.
"Ah, me," he says and you might
have seen tears trickling down his cheeks,
if such had really been tho case, but it
was not "ab, me, what am I, and what
am I not ? Is this protracted thing to be
continued ? Who says I'm mad, at his
peril ? I'm only sick with hope deferred.
It seems like half a dozen centuries since
I saw my poor loveress,- and she doesn't
know where I am. Hero, in a foreign
land, I hoped we might be free from cross
fathers and crotchety uncles, and I could
receive company the company of she
who loves me so much. My letters must
have been headed off perhaps by some
rival who thinks to wean me from her.
Or lias she seen some fairer youth and
made an assignment of her affections?
'Twould crush my lamb like heart to
think so, for forty advantageous offers
have I received, but rejected them all, and
wait only Farsy Tilda's proposition (o
say yes O '
Wrhat further ho intended to sny was
interrupted by a rattling noise at the door,
followed by the entrance into the room of
Cailina Von Digiezotft, at whose appear
ance Wilhelm swooned, but as he had
fortunately placed the black bottle upon
the table by his side, he look a healthy
draught therefrotr ttnd shortly reived.
Carl'.na .fell on her knees before him,
clasped her hands, and prefacing her re
marks with a stai zi from Walt W hite
man, besought him to be her husband
Never was suitor moie earnest, more,
moi e
CHA1TKK VI.
"Lust scene oT all
That ends this strange, event'ul history."
William Fmiak I'kaiik
About six hours after I'erseverance
Matilda, in obedience to the peremptory
mandam is from hesn'rpiarlcrs. had
"avauntcd"' from the presence of her uncle,
a solitary female form might have been
seen meandering towards the residence of
Geoffrey Cutrftitia It was none other
than the exiled Matilda, and she was
being transported on the pinions of ania- j
tiveness to where she might serenade the j
object of her admiration. Shi carried a !
large bass violin under her left arm, while
with her right hand she used the bow of
the aforesaid instrument as a walking
Etick. In due time she arrived within
breathing distance tf the sweet atmos
phere which surrounded the sleeping ppnt t
ment of her beloved. Ah 1 little did she
know that all that remained of him in
that room was a half colored meerschaum
and a dime novel. She stationed herself
against a tree-bo, and, accompanied by
the violin, sang Cat aline" s Address to the
Roman Senate. This was followed by
selections from the opera of the Grand
Dutchman, after which she listened in si
lence for the raising of the window and tbi
ejectment therefrom of a kiss cr two done
up in a bequet. Minutes, half-hours,
hours passed, and there she stood ; I'er
severance on the curb stone waiting for
Wilhelm ! Finally, tired of the monotony
of the scene, she drew her bow across the
strings and pla3-ed that soul stirring air,
"Doodaa," varied with occasional touches
from the "Irish Washerwoman." Hardly
had the last strains ceased their vibra
tions, when up went a window but not
the window ol his room with a flam, and
the frowsy head of Currentia ptre appeared
"What in thunder do you want, you
Italian vagrant?' said he.
"Whilhelm !'' shonted she.
"Gone !" yelled he
"Where?" screamed she.
"Glimmering !" groaned ho.
"Al 1' sighed shi, and down went
I'erseverance and the window together
How long the former remained prone upon
the pavement has never been definitely
ascertained, but after bathing the ground
with a few tears of despair, she regained
herfeet and started at full speed she knew
not whither, but still clinging to the fiddle
and the bow. Away she went like a me
teor, her flowing locks, resembling a com
et's tail, streaming behind her, owing to
the loss of her back-comb. To all her
other accomplishments she had added the
very popular one of pedesti ianism, and
she was uow put'ing it into very vigorous
excreise. She had a mission to perform
the finding of the one she loved. She
would not "go back" cn her baptismal
name; she would persevere. Her shoes
were half-soled yesterday, and 6he had no
fears. On, on she went, gathering new
strength as the distance lengthened be
tween her and the scene of her grkfs
Time also went on
"And now had Pha'bu3 in tho lap
Of Thetis taken out his nap;
And, like a lobster boiled, the morn
From black to ted began to turn."
She had crossed the Delaware by skip
ping over the floating ice, like a well
trained goat, and entered tho outskirts of
the city of T , at the tima mentioned
in the above quotation. As she came
living past a suburban hostelt ie, she caught
the eye of a vigilant policeman, who had
just taken his morning's sitters. The
"situation of affairs'" immediate! j sug
gested itself to his mental vision through
r
the spectacles of his circumspection
"Here's a thieving woman runnin away
with some un'i goods and chattels."
And he dashed after her.
To describe the chase would bo but to
repeat naval history. Tho reader is re
spectfully referred to any of the standard
novelties which treat of privateers and
pirates. Suffice it to say, their course
was flexuous and sinuous in the extreme.
Matilda was good metal ; but the police-
nan was fresh, and he gradually gained
on the fugitive dimity.
At last oh ! unerring instinct that
guides alike Ihe faithful canine and the
faithful lover! Matilda bolted into the
ladies' entrance of the hotel introduced to
the reader in tho preceding chapter. She
ascended the three flights of stairs at a
single bound, and there on the landing,
for the first time, released her hold on the
musical implements by laying them down.
At the right of the door before which she
stood, she saw a pair of shabby, but newly
blackened gaiters ; she lecognized them as
Wilheltn'n, and she kissed them. Then
she twisted up her back hair, shook out
her dress, and rushed into the room. Iut
only two or three steps at most for then
she came to the standstill, as one suddenly
stricken with potrifiaction. Was it be
cause of the sight that met her eyes s
Was it because she saw her long lost
Wilhelm there besieged by her hated
rival i Was it because of all this? No ;
it was because the policeman had caught
her by the skirta aud held her there!
Now Wilhelm rose to greet her, but tha
rp'ick Carlina was on her feet in an in
stant, and by a back-handed blow sent
him sprawling upon the floor. Advanc
ing to I'erseverance Matilda, with her
eyes shooting lightning, she was about
commencing a terrific philippic against her
when a well directed impromptu blow
from that individual sent Digiezout tum
bling back over the coal scuttle. At thei-e
belligerent indications the policeman van
ished, not neglecting, however, to take
along with him the bass viol and its bow,
as treasure trove if nothing else.
Hostilities were now betin in earnest
Tie whacks, the bangs, the rips, the
shrieks, were awful to hear; the air was
fMled with flying mts of hair and jets of
blood, and as the combat deeptr.rd it be
came bloodier and hairier. Poor Wil
helm, the innocent cauo of this dreadful
war, alternately swooned, shrieked, ci ied
and sucked the black bottle, in the farth
est corner of the rcom, and the carnage
and slaughter went on.
Victory perched on the banners of Per
severance Matilda! Her antagonist Irrr a
corpse upon the floor, and our heroine was
ttiumphant. After casting the appropri
ate look of ineffable scorn opon the bleed
ing mass at her feet, she rushed to Wil
h'.lm, and, takina hira on her lap, caressed
him fondly. An 1 there, on th field of
battle, they appointed the following Tues
day for the celebration of their nuptials
The remains of Caritnn were disposed of
by throwing them out of the window ;
they fell upon the pavement, and wete di
rectly afterwards icmovcd by the soap-fat
man.
Perseverance Matilda and husband re
mained in S'clus'cn fir some tim'-, until
the death of both the "old roosters," Cur
renti.t and Knuckles. They then returned
to P , and after raising a numerous
family, most cf whom are now shinirg
ornaments in the Hjuse of liefuge, they
cruiurafeiT to Indian. Af;er a long life
of woe and misery there, they finally and
severally settled down into that enviable
and much sought after condition of happi
ness which can only arise from the pos
session of a divorce a vinculo. And so
endcth this chronicle of their lives and
loves.
. '.
A STIIASGK S S'OiiY.
The Fort Wayne Ind J 5" a tin I tells
the following remarkable story :
Among the more prominent visitors
who are with their friends and relatives
in this city is Mr. Cecil C , of llrow-
erton, N. Y. About five years ago Mr.
C went boating on Oneida Lake with
two of his companions. They unmoored
the boat and rowed for a distance of two
miles to an island that hffed itself from
the waves. Here they sp?nt a few Lours
in collecting botanic specimens until a
black, thunder-laden cloud in the west
warned them that a violent storm was
brewing, and they speedily set out upon
their return. They had nearly reached
the mainland when their little craft was
turned keel upward by a squall, and the
party was left struggling and panting in
the water. Mr. (J saw his two com
panions swimming toward the shore and
attempted to follow them, but in vain. A
deliglpful sensation of repose took posse
sion of him. Then all was chaos f!ank!
He was resetted by his companions, and
upon Lis return to consciousness he at
tempted to open his eyes, lo move his
hand?, to speak, but found himself unable
to command a muscle.
As ho lay in litis condition, memory
pictured to him all that had transpired
up to the moment when ho became insen
sible. Then he marveled whether he wa
alive or dead. What meant this hush,
this chill, this blackness of darkness that
enveloped him ? Where was he ? What
was he ? Would he be always thus ?
Time passed on, and he felt bis thoughts
and ideas contracting to a narrower and
narrower sphere, until nothing but the
central knowledge of existence continued
to assert itself. I'uf suddenly a crash, as
if all the TiUn thui.der pods had blown
their trumpets in unison, smote upon his
hearing a deluge of light like the concen
trated rays of a million suns burst upon
his vision, there was a severing of soul
ami sense, as he stood in spirit besi le his
violet-strewn, coffni and read the inscrip
tion :
"Cecil C . born in Baltimore Md., Jan.
29. 1H46. Died at Brtwbrook. N. Y ., June
2d, Je6li. Aged twenty years.
Through the oval glass at the Iiead of
the casket he could see his face frozen
into the white rigidity of death. Hi
friends and relatives were seated around
the room, and the pastor was preaching a
touching funeral sermon, interrupted now
and then by the sobs of the listeners.
Through the open window the glory of a
summer day was drifting in, fragrant with
the sweet breath from the clover fluid and
musical with the songs of birds. He saw
a latent beauty in everything he looked
upon, and a latent melody in every sound
he heard and he realized how crude and
imperfect are all our dreams of happiness
in the flesh, as compared with those which
the immortals know. Hut, like a flush
of lightning, there came loss of identity
again utter annihilation for an uncertain
lapse of time and when h irgain awoke
to a sense of his condition his spirit nce
more tenanted his body his coffin had
been borne to the cemetery and be heard
the sexton preparing to Ioer him to his
last resting place in the dust.
Now, for the first time, a great horror
fell upon him. He was to be entombed
alive to bo left alone with the night and
the terror and the grim company of skel
etons rooutdering around hira lie would
regain consciousness hen too late would
strike the close walls of the prison, but f
no other purpose ; call, and there would
be no answer; pray, and the very heaver.
would be pitiless ; shriek, tear his fl'h
with his fingers, curse, and, ravirg, die.
Summoning up all his will, he utilized it
in a last effort to break the spell that had
seized him, ana with success. He was
rescued from. I :s impending, doom, and
weeks of watchful nursing brought hiiu
back to the full enjoyment of his formt r
health.
SIXULTS AISOIL'T COlltTIXC.
The racy correspondent of the Commri -end
Adcattfrr, Eli Pel kins, wiites as
follows ajvropos of the gas famine in New
York : Last night I went from Pr Ewer's
with Julia. I felt great confidence in
myself. The darkness gave ma confi
dence. It alway s gives lovers confidence.
There were thirty-six dark gas burners,
and one tallow candle cne Eighth ave
nue tallow candle in her father's palatial
mansion. I took her hand, I did, and I
was about to say something cor.fidctif ial
in the feeble candle light, when we heard
J ulia's cousin Mary in the back parlor
with Charley Urown. Charley was tak
itte advantage of (he darkness ton. W
saw their shadows on tho gl.tss door. I
board hi in whisprr :
"Miry, dear, I have something confi
dential to tell you."
"What is it, Charley ?" she lisped, in
a s veet voice.
Then we saw one' arm of hi shadow
encircle her shadoV, and somebody whis
pered "I think, Mary I think that I lova
you !"'"
Then we heard a suppressed sioh.
"M iry," continued the voice, "do 0t
love me V'
"Yes, Charley, I do love you," sha
sobbed.
" H w much ? '
"Mote than words enn express."
"I ni very glad. Ma-y," continued tve
voice, "for 1 thought you were flir'.inr;." j
"Well. Charley ?"
IV.it Chat ley seldom said another won'.
Young fellows neerget farther than this
nowadays. This is as much as any rea
sonable young lady ought to expect. Now
Charley is an honorable, high school fel
low, and he has gotten just so far wiih
three hundred and erghty-six dilL-rent
round ladies on Fifth avenue. It i:
called by tho fellows the "sticking point.'
One day I said, "Charley, did you ever
get any farther than the Sticking Point?''
"lhnw, Eii, yes." he replied. "There
are two other points still. We call thtm
Ihe Awful Oath Dodge and the Poverty
Dodge. Why I've nme these dodges
over the Fifth Avenue girls more than
twenty times."
"What is the Awful Oath Dodge!"'
"The Awful Oath Dodge is where we'
get sweet on a girl, tell her that we love
her, get her to say thai she loves us, then
announce with tremendous solemnity (hht
we were compelled to fake an awful oath
at the bedside of our dying grandfather
not to marry till the age of Ihirty. Of
course the young lady can't wait so "erg
as thi. and we are out of the Fcrane "
"Well, what is the Poverty Dd'gr,
Low uo you do it?" 1 asked, sliil opeu.i g
my eyes at Charley's revelations.
"Never tell, my boy ?"
"Never !"
"Well I always tell tlse girla that I
love them."
"Yes!"
"Ask them if they love me."
"Yes ?"
"Then they say, 'jes,' "
"And you"
"And then I sigh and say: Alnsf
Garlin?, I d love you, but I love you too
much to ask you to marry me. You,
Mary, are used to a life of luxury ; I am
poor and proud. . I would not ask your
to Icate a home of comfort for a heme
such as I could cive you."
"Well, Charley, how does this gener--ally
work ?'
"Splendid, old fellow ! That's what
we Fifth Avenue fellows call the Poverty
Didge the very last j imping-off olacfy
jou know"