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in lif pensahle machines, from the
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Allegheny Twp., June 12, l74.-t.
A Lonely Flower.
Un tn ron scli the snow a little flower
M,tt tender v pwps forth,
Too weak it steins to face the wind
That sweeps down from the North.
It is the crocus. On its face,
Blighter than gulden sheen,
And pure as any'Iight e'er .shed,
The hweetest smile is seen.
The few leave on the hare, brown limbs
Ot trees no whisper give,
N vniccful evidence ot lite
To show that still they live.
The dull March sky is co'.d and gray.
And cold the eiirth below,
Yet warm w ith life is that flower's heart
Imprisoned iu the snow.
No look of love the crocus sees
Re-motive to his own,
And there iu coldness and ne-lect
Its life is pacl alone.
So often in this world of ours,
Auiid its sin and shame,
Where hearts are cold, and love is dead,
And queuched is honor's Ilaaic
e see a bright, sweet face, which sheda
A warm and loing liht
The ouiy star in all the .sky
Of .sorrow's cheerless ni 'lit.
TOO LATE.
"Oscar, 4o you intend to marry ilisd
Wakefield ?"
Oscar Dalton starcl blankly at the
speaker, as if he did not comprehend thia
abrupt inqujry.
"Do I iutend to marry Mks "Wiikefisld ?"
he repeated slowly, as though it was some
thinsr that bad never occurred to l.iui before.
"Ye.s; that was the question I asked,"
was the impatient rasponse. "Have you
any thoughts of marrying her?"
"I dou't know, yet, that I shall ever marry
an3" one. What makes you ask ?"'
"I should say that it is a something that
would be very naturally asked by any one
taking an interest in the welfare of the lady
in question, who is the orphan daughter of
a valued friend. You huve been paying her
marked attention for nearly two years ; she
never goes iyjt w:t, any one hat y.)a . y;a
seeiii to lay exclusive claim upon hfr time
and thoughts ; Hud yet you don"t know diat
you will ever marry her !"
"I si:a!l marry her. if I marry any on?."
"Tii.-u tisere Is no t'ntj.i'nioiii het-weea
you ?"
"Nc, sir ; I should not Coiii l.;r ii honor
able t do that, whe;i it Ls so uncertain as to
its f,::f.lhii':rit at least, as to the time. In
my pyee, an en'xajpmeiit is almost a- stcrcJ
a.s untrriae, and so many thin
nii-ht
ha;)p-n in tl;e intenal, that I ha.e
thought it prudent to make or c.act
not
any
pVd-s."
"You arc a very prudent youn man,"
was the sarctustic res;oiisc ; "tlioi.gh there is
a question in my mind as to whether you are
noting as honorable as you imagine. Did
it ever occur to you that you have been
making pledges all along, by your acts,
more solemn and binding than any your lips
could utter? I suppose you have made your
self sure of Miss Wakefield's love, so as to
be Confident that she will have you whenever
you say the word?"'
A complacent saiile played around the lips
of the other.
"It would be hardly fair to give you my
opinion nY that. The fact is, I would marry
to-in rrov if it was not so deuced expensive.
My salary is very fair, but not sufficient, yet,
to enable me to live in the style that would
be expected of me. And then, I am in no
hurry to give up my liberty. You know
the old saying :
'The happiest life a man ever led
Is always to eourtaud never to wed.' "
"lie's a contemptible puppy!" muttered
Mr. Strong, as he looked after young Dal ton's
retreating form. "Cut he shan't break
sweet Miss Helen's heart, if I cau help it!"
The next day he sought a private confer
ence with Miss Wakefield.
"My dear Miss Helen, your father was as
dear to me as any brother could be, and I
would like to le to his daughter the friend
that he was to me. I want to ask you a few
plain, honest questions, for which I beg as
plain and honest arj-wers.'
Helen Wakefield lifted her soft brown eyes
to the old man's face with a look of almost
filial confidence.
"I know that you were papa's best and
dearest friend, and I will answer any ques
tions you may ask me as I would answer
Liux."
"Thank you, my dear child ; I don't think
you will ever regret the confidence you place
In nie. Oscar Dalton has been paying you
particular attention for some time ; 1 as he
ever said that he loved you?"
The color came and went in the sweet
young face ; it was evidently a hard confes
sion to make, but she was too frank and
truthful for evasion or deceit.
"No, sir ; not in words, though he asked
me if I loved hiru."
"Did he ever ask y u t marry him?"
"No, tir ; but I am sure that he means
it I am sure that he loves me !"
Mr. Strong gazed compassionately on the
agitated face of the speaker.
"I think lie dues, ns well as he is capable
of loving; but Oscar Dalton is incapable of
true, unselfish affection for any one, as his
conduct proTes."
Here Mr. Stronsr proceeded to relate the
substance of the conversation he had had
with young Dalton the day before, conclud
ing with these words :
"Now, my dear child, you must see how
unworthy this man is of a true woman's
heart. Supposing he marries you , as he may
condescend to do, after waiting till it suits
his convenience, what guarantee Jjave you
for happiness iu suen a nature its mis? You
now have an opportunity of settling yourself
well and happily in life, which, perhaps
may never occur again. Mr Irving is a man
of whose love any woman may be proud,
lie has avowed his love openly and honorably,
and offered you his hand in marriage. It
remains to be seen whether you will wreck
your whole life for the sake of a man who
has shown so conclusively bow liirht't
- o
he holds your peace and happiness."
A few evenings after, Mr. Dalton ctJled
u pon nTss"WakFfield
lie was T?o frequent a visitor that he walk
ed into the parlor unaunouncej, as was his
usual habit, counting confidently on the
welcome that had hitherto always greeted
him.
To his surprise, he found that Helen was
not alone ; a fine-nppeuring, pleasant-looking
gentleman was there, with whom she
seemed to be on the b?st of terms. With
this surprise was mingled a feeling of anger
at this unlooked-for intrusion on his lon
established rights.
U.it Helen did not seem to think that he
had any right to be displeased, or, indeed,
to take any cognizance of the fact. Her
manner, though pleasant and courteous, was
perfectly cool and unembarrassed.
Several times did Dalton try to engage
her in exclusive conversation, or to assume
something of the old freedom that custom
had mads him consider as a right; he was
quietly met and baffl,! at every point.
There was an invisible Iwrrier between them
against which he inwardly chufed, but could
not pass.
In spite of all his eff.rts, he began to con
sider himself as the intruder, finding his
position to be so awkward as to be forced to
forego the resolution he had formed to out
stay his rival, ns lie hr.n to fear this man
to be.
He felt, however, with as thoroughly an
uncomfortable, a feeling at his heart as he
ever experienced iu hi life.
Helen's conduct puzzled him. Did she
intend to throw him o cr' ard ? or was she
trying to arouse his jealousy so as to bring
him lo the point?
The vanity which was a strong element in
his character made him incline to the latter
supposition.
The next evening he called airnin.
"-jis.- Helen i- not at home to any one
this evening, " said the servant who answered
Lis ring.
"Liut, Susan, you know she is always at
home to me," said Dalton, with his must
pei uashe tone and .-juiie.
"o I thought, sir," re-ponded Susan,
rather dubiously, not a iiale puzzled at the
strange turn all". its were taking; "but the
orders is not to admit nobody."
As Dalton passed the parlor windows,
which were lighted, lie saw the shadow of a
man on the curtains. Near it was that of
the woman who he now knew was dearer to
him than all the world lieside.
"It's the same fellow that was here the
oilier evening confound him!" he muttered.
He determined to have an explanation w ith
Helen to make a frank avowal of his love
ami intentions.
Though some fears mingled with his hopes
the latter preponderated. He recalled the
confession of her love for him, into which
he had entrapped her. True, he had taken
this assurance, giving her only husks in re
turn, but it l ad been precious to him, never
theless, and was now doubly so like every
other blessing, the possibility of its loss en
hancing its value.
As he thought of all Helen's womanly
gifts and graces, a feeling almost akin to
horror came over him at the idea of losing
her forever.
Dalton lost no time in putting his resolu
tion into practice.
Not the faintest tinge of color broke into
Helen's cheeks as she listened, nor did her
eyes waver as they met those that were fixed
so earnestly upon her.
"Your avowal has come too late, Mr. Dal
ton. I have pledged my heart and hand to
Johu Irving."
"Oh, say not so, Helen ! You surely must
have known that I loved you that it has
long been the first and dearest w ish of my
heart to make you my wife ?"
"How should I know that? You never
told me so."
"Not with my lips, perhaps ; but I have
told my love, and all that it sought, in looks
and ways far more expressive than the most
eloquent words."
"1 had no right to take any such declara
tion, and you no right to expect it of me."
"But, Helen, you once said that you loved
me.
For the first time the face flushed, even to
the temples.
"I did to mjT shame I confess it, being
warranted by no such assurance from you.
But that is something that is past. To the
man whose love has been so openly and
freely proffered I bnve given in return
my whole heart. I repeat it yoar avowal
has come too late !"
And often, during all the lonely, loveless
years that followed did Oscar Daltoa hear
these words echoing through the desolate
chambers of his heart "It is too late!"'
The former Chief of Police of Terre
Haute, Ind.,wa8 recently married under
unusual circumstances. His little sou, tired
of living w ithout a mother, uggetcd to
bis father the lady whom he would accept
as a stepmother. The lady was sought,
and listened to the singular proposition.
She awakened her little daughter and laid
the subject before her. The child consent
ed to her mother' marriage, and it tools
placv the very next day.
ENOCH A.11DEX IX UTAH.
BY THE 'FAT CONTKIUUTOtt."
Tennyson has much to answer for in
writing "Enoch Arden." Sinco that poem
was published Enoch Aniens havo been
turning up all over the country. Men
seem to many wives and then embark on
distant voyages, just to sec if they won't
give them up for dead and marry again,
w.v,. u,rj generally ao ; ana no sooner
are they comfortably settled in their new
home than that good-for-nothing Enoch
comes sneaking back to claim his wife and
make trouble iu the family.
They have had an Enoch Arden affair in
nearly every State in the Union, according
to the newspapers, but I recently got hold
of a case that eclipses anything iu that line
ever heard of. It is the most complicated
and aggravating case of Enoch Arden that
has happened yet.
It occurred in Utah, and the parties lived
nt Q'.li- T ulra ";,. T... z. , ..--,!...
,WJ. lt su OIie BOU
tary Annie Lee that Enoch married, as you
may suspect, for he not only married An-
a.cc, ouu iuaiy anil A.ee ana ivatnanne
Jane Lee, and Sallie Lee in short, he
married all the girls old Lee had, some
thing like a dozen. My informant, avener
able Mormon, who was well acquainted
with the circumstances, gave me a touch
ing account of the affair. The real names
of the parties I have forgotten, but that
don't signify. Those Tennyson employed
will do as well as any in telling the story.
"Know 'em all," said the old Mormon
"Ene Arden, Phil. Ray and the Lee girls.
Seen 'em playin' together by the Lake
many a time when they were children."
Who, with any animation at all, can fail
to picture them as they played keeping
house, in the "narrow cave run in beneath
the cliff" that Tennyson spoke of. '-Enoch
host one day, Philip the next," while An
nie and her little sister were little wives to
both alternately. Then the anger and
grief of Philip w hen Enoch, stronger made,
would hold possession for a week. The
old man told me in his simple way how,. as
they grew up, both came to love those Lee
girls, but they favored Enoch that is to
say, the majoiity of them and I could
imagiue the scene "on the golden autumn
eventide," as tho young folks were out
gathering beech nuts, when Philip Kay.
" as he climbed the hill,
Just where the prene edge of the wood
began
To leather toward the hollo v ,"
saw Euoch down on his knee.i before An
nie and her eleven sisters who leaven'd
the lump as you might say holding their
soft hands in his beseeching them to mar
ry him. And when with their twenty-four
cheeks suff used in blushes, tbey consent
ed, and Enoch rising to his feet clasped
them all to his bosom in one wild, passion
ate embrace, Philip 'crept down into the
hollows of the woods," beat all hollow.
He could hear Enoch waking the echoes
of the woods with his triumphant hosan
ua ! and then he knew whose Annie she
was, not to mention the rest of the girls.
"So these were wed, and merrily rang
the bells," and Enoch was iu the posses
sion of twelve lovely and affectionate wives.
For a time all things seemed to conspire
together to make him happy. His mothei-in-law
for he had several came to live
with him and made home a little paradise,
as is their wont. His wives' brothers vis
ited him for weeks at a time, smoked his
cigars, drank his cider and borrow ed money
of him. But uninterrupted bliss is not for
mortals here below. Reverses came, some
times two at a birth. He saw his family
increasing and his income diminishing,
lie was not a sea-faring man, as Tennyson's
Enoch was, but the next thing to it he
drove stage. But the Pacific railroad was
completed one day ; the stages were haul
ed off, and Enoch was left without em
ployment. . It is unnecessary lo make too long a story
of this, Enoch, unable to support his nu
merous increasing family determined to
seek his fortune in a distant land, although
there was plenty of land near home that
he might have worked with profit.
After setting Lie wives up in a news
stand, be left for the diamond fields of
South Africa. Why a man who hardly
knew bow a diamond feels in America
should want to try those fields in South
Africa, is more than I can tell, but that
was his business. His ambition was to
make money and give his children a better
bringing up than his had been, or their
mothers'. He wanted them to know more
than to marry a whole family as ho Lad
done.
Months, years fled, and not a word from
Enoch. The periodical busiuess proved a
failure, and the Arden family were plung
ed into poverty. The distressed wives
were urged to consult a medium and ascer
tain the whereabouts of Enoch, but, hav
ing joined the temperance crusade, they
were opposed to calling up Arden' spirits.
In the meantime Philip Kay got iuto the
habit of dropping in to spend an evening
with his former sweethearts. He offered
to educate tho children, which he did at
a free school hard by. And he kept them
supplied with Hour from Lis mill bee anno
the Jlour of the family, as it were. As
time passed and Enoch came not, neitbor
"nlaved in" anv of hi diamonds his
j i
wives gradually came to the conclusion j
that be was dead. Then Philip urged them j
to marry bim. They lefused W oiae timo, '
but at length cue vi vLctu dimml ihe saw
Enoch "under tho pulm," and construing
this to mean that if lie wami'i dead ho was
palming himself oft on the simple maidens
of .South Africa f.r a single man, which
j W!lH infinitely worm, they married Philip
ollt of spite. The oldest, boy. John Philip,
j (heing of a convivial turn), the boy?, called
i him ".Johnny Philip the bowl," ho kicked
against it a little s;:id (bo didn't like tho
1y family very much but was brought
over, and finally allowed, iu the chiasm la i-
guage of the West, that he would "Stand
the Kays."
"So these were wed, and merrily rat g the
bells,
Merrily rang the bells, and they were wed."
But the hearts of those twelve doubly
married wives didn't beat merrily any
more. Suppose Enoch should pop in some
day holding a flush of diamonds, how could
they ever forgive themselves for throw in "
him off? This was the fchatlow always lin
gering at the door.
Let us hurry to the denouement. Enoch
riicl come; as tho reader mijfht kmnv. IIe I
; didn't bring any diamonds, or much else j
for he pawned them, together with hi' i
watch, to pay his fare Lome. He w
as a
broken man dead broke ! Ah, Low vividly
the picture rises in one's mind of Enoch's
return how he learned the story of Philin
Kay's marriage with the numerous Mrs.
Aidens, and how one night he stole up to
the Louse and looked in upon tLeir happi
ness through thewindow. If Tennyson's
Enoch was overwhelmed with grief and
despair when contemplating oue wife mar
ried to his rival, what must have been the
feelings of this poor Mor in on in beholding
a dozen similarly cticumstanced.
There they were, every wife he ever had
one making tea for Philip, another pre
paring his toast, another airing his dressing-gown,
while all were vieing w ith each
other in doing some kindly office for their
lord and master. He recognized among
the children soine of his own with whom
he was best acquainted before he left, but
the younger ones all bore an unmistakable
likeness to Philip, who satin Enoch's own
easy chair and in Enoch's own slippers be
fore the fire, leading his evening paper.
What did this poor broken-hem ted wan
deierdo? Did he su-al back to his lodg
ings, repressing the agony of his heart,
"beating it in upon bis weary brain, as
bough 'twere the burden of a song," not
t ell 'en-, revt i to let "cm know ? Didbe
cuange his name and do chores around the
tavern for his board until he died, blessing
his wives, Philip and tho whole lot with
his last breath ?
Not much he didn't. He wasn't that
sort of an Enoch. He just gave a whoop
and jumped in among them like a Rocky
Mountain wild cat.
"You Phil Kay, you git 1"
Before lie knew what he was about,
Enoch had him by his collar and the slack
of bis pants, w hich was all the "slack" he
would take of Philip anyhow, and slung
him into the street. Then followed Philip's
boots, duster, hair-dye, meerschaum pipe,
"bitters, ir.ght-sbut, gum-shoes, and
other articles that came readily to hand.
"You now, Susan Maria, Mary Jane,
Sal, and the rest of you, dance around and
git me some supper. Thought I was deadf
did ye ? I'll show you who runs this rauche.
The old man's back ag'in I"
He made it lively for several days "set
tin" things to rights," as ho called it.
Philip disappeared and hasn't been seen
since. It is supposed that he has gone to
the diamond fields to see how it is himself.
Harmony has been restored in that Ar
den family, notwithstanding the mixed re
semblance among the children on their
father's side. But Tennyson couldn't have
constructed his poem on the Salt Lake
model.
A Betting 2Iour:icr.
A lake steamer was King repaired and
repainted near one of the wharves of a
western city. A single nairow plank served
for communication with the shore. A large
quantity of white lead was provided for the
painters, and one night, before going ashore,
two of them, whom we shull call Smith and
Jones, thought they would appropriate some
of it to their own use. So they tied a strong
tw-ine around their overalls at the ankle, and
filled in the spacu between their trowsci-s
and overalls with forty pounds, more or loss,
of white lead. Going ashore in the desk
of the evening, and walking clumsily iu
consequence of the unusual heavy loading,
Jones stumbled overboard into the lake.
Of course he sank " like a iniil-tone. The
alarm was given, and iiainediutely there
were bouts got out, and cveiy preparation
made for the rescue. Meantime, Smith
stood on shore, loudly fx-wailin'r.
"Oil, dear, dear! Jones is drowned!
Ills poor wife ati-1 live little ones what will
become of them? And Joiien dead! O.i,
dear, clear!"
"What are you blah rin- ahou!?" ..i ! u
bystduder. "Don't you ih-y . eitin.
ready to haul him ot? lli'a got t ris.
I three inac-s, you know.
"H'h w hat'x that vu Mty?" said Smith.
"1 tell you Jones aiu't diowm-d II '.?
rescued, lie's got to Come up three times."
"(Jot to come lip three limes! ' repeated
Smith, pulling out his nioi.ey, uj.d . i.nn.--iiig
his whirling tone to- oi-e oi' pvltc.l
interot. " Bet Sou tho -Uui; l v Joa't
Collie up oi:ce ! "
A DnTifUT fctono-cutter koep ready
made grave .'on,.s, iimciibtu. ouii'.h.
.lied yeii,
A iir tf it -r. Aniens Hoya,
The A.t Inn! in , 'I em . ' Hoi aid, in much
distil-;: of l::li d. li.r.s p: eseni s t he siUrv
tion f -iced upon an impoitHut chtsu ofth.it
community : The tr.mutger of th llrr
i.'.d oHlee, w ho f.ii!i behind the tramp-il
coiinler si .idles t he in. . ( f t he Herald s
cu.Nto:i:eis, lots been ;v.u uu-d for son s
days j :;s! at ti'inii.st.th.iMe xig!S of dmii;-.
proviil of either hi c u,-e or the couik f
tho fcic.vl pa;-vif w hoso li.i.mees ho manage.-..
,i-m? s!,-.--,!, hot-headed young Arab
li a e 1 1
tCil llt' i
Us iele.i I !.!!' bn- l Cssot lit 10 HI A
aM.l f j i-eiiii:.'' way that, lo Lin
c.ilai t- e, f i' i'h-i
They Used t i
fice in a j.ilv. I
. tl ,t s;; :n.
Mi.e buiMiiiji into thr of
tiiiiti M iiiuni way, their
faces In igbt is ii li I iu
and Ir.eir eves ki
liesh a if oi dawn.
l -ii in the mniiii:g't
ti:ii; .lunii their nhiu-
tu&t Mash, i.u.l 1 -,
piaste: s with some. t.uc'u c
as :
"Skin tr.e out twenty 'f
Leeili.l rcmaik
y.iur best, old
man
Or some such aHVct ionatP in
"How does the old thing v,
JUi
ry a :
to-day,
OOSS
Or a tender piece of ad ire 111. o :
"Colonel, it "hi be good for ycr to ri,ik
them locals slap in a i.ttio laoie o' the red
hot." For the past week though it's all changed.
Iu a stafi iv and suiieti ay li.iy march,
up to the counter. illi the air oi" ragg 1
Princes they si. ip the money down, ami,
with condcsc-ciisicu Learning from evry
feature :
"Gimme ten !"
On Sunday the storm burst.
In the calm and huh .f the Sabbath,
morning two intrepid little rascals a coui-mttt-eo
from a back alley commune walk
ed up to the counter :
"Mr. Smith, you've got to quit selling
pajfrs to niggers 1"
The declaration of war was made a:i
ultimatum promptly spit out.
"IJuit selling papo-i s to regroes I W'iv?"
"Hell we've all ftttlid t! at we woi 'una
with niggers. The Constitution don't s It
to niggers, and their boysl.mgh at us w hen
we have to holier the Herald "lm-gside
o" black fellers. Them niggers don't kno r
nothut' 'bout t be business. Men kin cheas
'em and scare "em out, and git their pa
pers for iiothiu' almost. You never see a
nigger boy hardly ever that kin tell wheth
er he's made anything or not when he"
sold out. A In e ; of it.en won't buy from
ns : they w.-.ii i-.r nigger b s 'cause they
know they km cheat them om ar d gi": tho
news" for n-th uig" . We won't run wit i
'em. You most quit selliii' t-o "em."
"But will it be right to refuse the litth
darkeys a chance t make theii living ?"
saiil the nieli iw -hearted manager.
"Oh. yes sir ! You kce they run the)
t.vrvt-.'.AiiB. T Wey Ioa a vU-. j. .1 and hey
won't let white boys in. You never see it
w hite fellow pushing a sti eet-c.ti t, 'c.tilsrt
the niggeis won't let "em. One or tw
white ones has t l it ti ii, and they drive V;n
out. They bieak his c i. I, and catch hiru
.'', and whip him, til! he has to quit.
Now, our lo v s es had a tail; a!"ut it, and
is determined, as the niggers keep us eut
of thesiitvtc.il'. busioess, that "e wi.l
keep them out ot" the paper business. It
ain't no use to whip 'tin. '1 l.y don't
mind it, less you nearly hili'em ; and the i
the police will alch oii. So we tio-d l:
to come and teii Vu, you tnusn't let 'ei.i
have any papers when they call for 'cm ;
and you musii'l. We won't inn with 'em
at all."
The manager promised to take tho mat
ter ui.dei the serious coiisitbsi ution it mer
ited, and the advocates of the Arabs retir
ed. As they passed out of the door, one
of them threw in a parting shout, to wit :
"I say, so::ie o' thee nigger fellers i-
running (lie boot-black business, too.
Tl.ei e ain't a white Lev in .1. Kcii.ct.iber
that ."'
"Rsm.TIN' Koi Nii" IN A PtrOIl IATCRB.
When Washington Smith studied med
icine a great ileal of diinculty was experi
enced in procuring dead bodies for dissec
tion, and the students at the college used
to make forays ujion the e
. eries At
night lor tiie purposo ol uuiu-Uiiuii tho
supply. One day they Leaid of the inter
ment of a poison who died of a mysterious
malady, and they deteimii.ed to resuirect
tho remains. That night siiniih ami his
friends started out without a lantern, but
w ith plenty of spades ami shovels. When,
they came to the pln e and naw the white
matble tombstones, Lev climbed over thu
j fence and after a while found a spot where
I the earth was apparently fresh. Then
they begnn to dig. 1 hey dug tor two
hours, and went clown about twenty feet.
After they bad excavated a big enough,
hole to make a couple of cellars and a i die
pit, they concluded that they must havn
been at the wrong spot. They picked out
J another place where tbo ground had been
' upturned, and aPer nearly bursting a blood
vessel apiece and gettmg out a few hun
dred tons of dirt, they knocked vtf, and
as they sat down on the edge of th? h--le t'
rest, and wipe off the pe s.i'ration, : bey ex
pressed their astonishment at the rc.noity
of bodies iu that paiticular burial ground.
It was getting on tov.iwd morning then but
they determined to try once moie. du-t
as they removed thu first t-hoveful of cai I b.
Smith, who had been wandering around
the place ueanwLiU, si.thiei.Iy said, iu .w
mourn ful voice r
"Bovs, I think we Lad Lc'ici go hon..i
now.""
"Why ? What foi ?" tbey asked.
"Well, I think nn Low. we'll belter k nock
oh" now on account of v:u i -ns tJitt.y s."
"What do you mean ' What u' on , suit,
to go homo for?" asked the crowd.
"Wei!," h.i'd E-o.itli, T think it wmld
Ll judlei as f r ccie.l reasons, but da
ci pally bee.iiixe we've been i ooi n' 'jafcil
Lt-ie all night i:i a maihl :u t."
T!'?y d'd go homes Tb y b.td 'c tt i
over the wrong f i ce, the cemetvrv iK-i- ;
a few Mcpx f.tlti.e: il iWil tho load. rl -t
members ef the class whti went out sf. c
lire.iKlast to see how II. e iMii.s looked
daylight, ahi tb.it while the imimr of
marble yard did not invent any new
of swearing whe.i Iia came to t.us.nes
infused into the "Id variety a veiy iuiu
uiiJ picturesque s-jfiery.
A m as npp'.ied for a d
v -rco at I'm!-
ton. t., the othei
half Ld iserertaJ
la v t't i'Kue hi 1
r
o
o
bun, saving that
p. id u t 'morose to ;ei4v :
. .lit Slt!rf I.
ad llv wii ii A h t d
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