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TWILIGHT MUSIN39.
Kcrlininjr on yon Minny hill.
With llowrets 'rouml me twininff,
I've friif"' with womlor ami with awe
Ami Minlieil there great Nature's law
lis truths aii'l laws iliviuio.
I've vtiiliel there at calm of eve.
The sun yet iliinly "liiniiifr,
Ami thoairht Ikhv wotilr(.us ami how strange
The planets atl amum! liim nirtjre,
To 11s their path defining.
He sinks to rest in yonder w.ti
HiH iuh with lijrht illmniiiir.
And decks thenznrc .ky with polo
llii dazliiiit sph-ndor U unfold;
And binks his ta?k reriiiniiig'.
The evening shades steal on apace,
Tliejrenlle iiuhhi's appearing;
And through the night, with mellow light,
Kn -irch'd by a halo brighr,
Mie through the rky is steering.
Tin.' sun, tin' 111. Min, the planets all,
Are in their orbits moving;
And by a law, tixol and profound.
Are wheeli'ig their eternal round.
Their Author plainly pro ing.
Yet we may study Nature's laws,
New wonder. ever scanning;
V.'e ne'er can fathom Hi- designs.
Nor can I pen in humble lines
Tlie bi autie.-of Hi plannii g.
His plans, how beauteous and how fair,
llach part with part agreeing;
And c cry at-mi of thi-wholo
!.- under tin; supreme con' ml
Uf 1 1 1111 wiio gave it bei.ig.
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A tiikii.lin;; nakkative.
Mr-. Putter 1::J liui'lt great iirejinr.ttinns
the .-tartiiir li;ll twieo l'';i Hi.-tpncd, uik!
ii'iw the "lay J;vv ni.h i"ir a third and last
cull. The lu in z isij'.iiictions piled 11 poii Mr.
Potter V he :i id I y while she was gone,
and the uft-i'cji-'ate ' tis-c. enitiurn tl:at she
vuulhrt !; lui-r-ed, t!iat he'd he glad to
yet rid ol' her, etc., had ae mutilated to siu h
11 IVihtfuI extent m the he id of that i!eoti-d
iretitLiiian. tliat t!ierc wan little left fi r a
hliiated and reek!e-..s therm nn.iter to aeeoni
jdi!i in reeoiKilitt hi.in to Ihc change. Mr.
Potter tilidouhted'iy le!ievcs that it "is not
guild f .riuati ta le alone"- -in winter. Hut
in SaintaiT, vit!i the:norc.- at ICil in the
ii e-eeuar, when the streets lire melting down
int 1 the trutters and n t!i:tj is t.o much
Cover, it N diileient. ll -id- it was a irreat
d.nil in re healthy f ira lady nf Mrs-. Potter's
de'iente Cuti'Stir.ili iVi, sc;id a few months
wiili her fVii tids in tlie em ntry e-jx-i iaily
when a i;etiiie:iian of" Mr Potter's linirile
njijf.'ar.itire wanted to in a fishing exetir.
si"n in tlie mountains in nl i opposite diree
ti'jn. Mrs. Potter's duty to soeiety reipuireJ
it, and Mr. Potter's manly devotion to the
''l.LrV made tlie j)i--atori il path of virtue
a ni'ee.s.i:y. So tin; day ai rived for a third
attempt, and Mrs. Putter was tearful, and
Mr. 1 'utter vkis much more cheerful than
could ever lie expec ted under the circum
stances. The train was expected to leave at
y o'clock in the evening, and Mr. Potter
was to come home caily and pack thinirs in
the cool of the d iv. It was uliout three
o'clock on the hottest afternoon of this year
of our J ml one thousand ci:;ht hundred and
seventy-four, when Mr. Potter ' sauntered
slowly down Pennsylvania avenue, defend
ing him-elf from the sun with an ancient
uiiihrella, looking at fisiinur-tk!c In the
simps, and ili-kuint; w it' 1 in himself whether
trout really have -iiilcs. It was too hot to
reason ah nit anything except cremation, so
he stepped into Aman's for a cohhler and
to ejet the very latest ahiut Toifi Collins.
There he met a ft i -nd who was to lie one of
the fL-hin exeui-ioni-ts, and the conversa
tion taking the direction of trout and claret
punch. Potter incidentally mentioned that hi.?
wife was to leave that evening. Mr. Potter
was ipiite cool and agrceahle now.
"Ii.it there i no train at that hour," says
the friend, on heaii.ii; the time mentioned.
"UVef:" replied Potter, ineredtiloti-ly.
Then his friend drew forth a paper and
pointing to the tiiue-taMe, said "o:2i, my
li ar sir,'" as coolly as if it had heen Potter's
treat and the words, "Thank you I don't
care if I do." If Mr. Potter left so hastily
n.st.1 furir.'t to pay his bill we are morally
certain a jury wo.ild acquit him on the
ground uf emotional insanity. In his flight
he saw there was time yet. At the Sixth
street office the ticket agent eorrubcratcd hisi
friend's now-paper.
II. purchased his ticket and asked fur a
Pullman section.
"Have nothing hut a single tipper lierth,"
said the agent, looking out of the window
languidly.
"The dueo!" piously ejaculated Potter
who-c wife couldn't climb a tree.
"You miht get one at the other office,"
remarked the man, yawning.
The "other ofliec" was a mile away to
wards ti e Treasury. Hut Potter was hot
now and he rushed into the street and hailed
a passing car so fiercely ami went uWrd so
defiantly that the conductor was afraid to
collect his fare. Hiving got his section
and imbibed the information that the lag
gnge w u Id he called for in half an hour he
steamed for home. When he entered he
frightened Mrs. Potter into a comfortable fit
byl.is appearance and frightened her out
again immediately by stumbling through
convenient piles of spring clothing in the
middle uf ttie floor.
"That train leaves at 5:20," he burst
forth, "and the man will be here in ten
minutes for the baggage."
"Well, then, I just can't go, that's all,"
said Mrs. Putter, sitting down to cry.
"Why nut?" asked Potter, "what have
you to do?"
"A million things," smartly replied Mrs.
Potter. She always puts her figures high.
"1 c.uldu't et rtaJy to go iu Hat time if I
was to be hanged" as if to be hanged
would lie an additional inducement "and I
won't go at all if I can't this time that's
flat!" It was flat indeed, thought Potter,
and he coaxed.
"But, my dear-, don't you feel I've bought
the tickets and secured your berth and tele
graphed your friends to meet you . 1 11 pack
in five minutes and while you put on your
traveling buit;" Then he tore away his
wilted collar and seized the nearest article
and chucked it iu the yawning Saratoga.
"Oh, dear!" exclaims Mrs. Potter ex
citedly, diving for it ; "what a fool you are ;
I want to wear that !"
Then Potter went for a whole bundle at a
clip.
"(Jood gracious! James," cries Mrs. Tot
ter, dropping the soap in the ice-water, and
again flying to the rescue, "you'll ruin my
bonnets just look there !"
"Now, Mary, look here," says Potter,
drawing himself up threateningly, "I know
how to pack a trunk and I'm going to pack
this. You put your clothes on."
And Potter can pack a trunk ; he can.
He plunged at the articles, and folded and
rolled and twisted everything into the small
est possible eompa-ss and tucked them away
in corners and most unlikely places, separat
ing what should lc preserved in pairs and
pairing others in the most unconventional
and a-tonisliing mariner, and now and tiien,
when Mrs. Potter's back was turned, he'd
jump in and tread 'cm down. The prime
object, hp said, was to ire t everything you
Could in the bottom. He pretended not to
notice Mrs. Potter, but he could distinctly
hear her breathe when she noticed him.
Slippers, t..wc!-, and striped hose and night
wrappers and dresses and skirts and hand
kerchiefs and curse ts and thingumyjigs wore
alike "things" to him. I '..liter rested on
the consciousness that he wouldn't lie there
when they were taken out. At tlie end of a
surprisingly, few minutes Mr. Putter let
down the lid,sat on it, and suid
"There!"
Mr. Potter sai J "yes. tlurnV too, with
infinitely more meaning. Then she hustled
him out to dosonuf-hopping, and he brought
home, among various articles embraced in
his commission, a parasol in which he had
invested a five dollar note. Mis. Potter
looked upon it with disgust. She said it
was last year' style and wasn't worth fifty
I Cents, and offered two to one that he bought
it of a woman. Potter sighed :
'Twas ever thus since childhood's hour,
W hen charming Woman he'd essay,
They'd always get him in their jiov.cr,
And go and cheat him right away.
Then he faintly sugge-ted that perhaps it
would not le disagreeable if Mrs. Putter
should go and get one herself. When she
returned the baggage had gone and it was
just twenty-five minutes to train time. She
was very sure she had left a gixd many
tilings, I, ut uiiaci'ountalily rc -fined the as
surance of Potter that he thought not
that he had thrown in everv, thing that was
loose.
Mrs. Potter wa mad, too, liocaiisc Potter
wouldn't get a carriage. It was thundering,
and she hoped it would rain pitchforks and
omnihussps. She was so unusually ohoci ful
at this Men that Potter was in some doubt
as to what use could be made of more than
one omnibus In-sides they lived within
three squares of the depot, he said, and if it
rained they could take a street-ear. II!
could tell tlie neighbors afterwards, he went
on sarcastically, that she had gone away.
Hut Mrs. Potter only soli'ied, and Potter
came down, as he always did, and assured
her that she was the dearest little wife he
ever had which was quite true and he
was sorry which left things still inure in
definite. And then it did commence to rain
for certain. O, how it came down! not
m.-rely eats and dogs, but regular mules and
army wagons. The gutters overflowed and
the streets were rivers. They had no time
to wait. Arm in arm they paddled through,
Mrs. Potter reminding Mr. Potter that she
told him so, and he might have procured a
carriage. Potter led out lively with the um
brella and said nothing, but his lips moved
eihaps in silent prayer. The Ninth
street ear carried them to the market-house
and stopped. Right ahead tlie water spurted
up from the choked sewer and formed an
impassable lake.
The driver swore. Potter, we rrrieve to
sav it. swore also. Ttut he jumped out
before the water reached them, and started
back for the avenue cars. liy running, and
dragging Mrs. Potter, and swinging a car
pet ,lsig, and yelling murder, the car was
finally overtaken. There were but two
squares to go but there were only four min
utes to go in. It was an even chance, ,'ust
as they got off the platform Potter heard
the first bell ring for starting. They fairly
ran. There was a great crowd near by, and
loud cries rent the air from sonic unusual
excitement.
"You can't go through there, sir," said a
policeman, seizing Potter's arm. There was
a perfect lake running from the avenue be
yond the depot extending over the sidewalks
to a considerable depth. It really seemed
to shut off all hope. It was the sewer.
"Ellcnthundcr!" observed Mr. Potter,
savagely.
"Hack, sir take you and lady right to
the door noothcr way, sir here, sir, jump
in make the train, sir" said a dozen
drivers in the same breath, lashing their
teams through the shallow water.
"Make that train or I'll kill you !" cried
Potter, rising to the emergency, and in
they went, were landed in the very sitting
room door, and barely reached the inside of
the Pullman palace car as it moved out of
tlie depot. , -'
Mr. Potter didn't go right home after the
hasty good-bye. lie was tx weak. He
didn't forgive Mrs. Potter for that untimely
look of triumph, when they were driven
into a carriage, for some time. And then
wouldn't if he hadn't thought of her when
she'd come to unpacking that trunk.
Potter looked badly next morning. He
said if anybody couldn't go to the country
with less fuss, the country would have to
coinc to town next time.
A NIGHT OF TERROR.
"Mrs. Discomb," said I, one evening, to a
middle-aged lady with whom I was spend
ing an hour in pleasant conversation, "you
appear to have met with many adventures in
your younger days. You relate a story so
i well, that I never tire of listening to you ;
j so, if there has leen any thrilling episode
in your life that I have not as yet heard, I
! should be pha-cd to have you narrate it.
and I ctin assure y ou that I shall be a, most
attentive listener."
"I am afraid you're a great flatterer. Mr.
! WiHiam.-in," she replied. "However,"
she added, " 1 will comply w ith your request,
for a startling event recurs to my mind at
this moment.
"Twenty years ago my husband was a
dealer in jewelry, and also in most articles
of great value, lie traveled almost inces
santly, and stopped but a short time in each
city or town. 1 cuuld not hear to be parted
from him for months at a time, so I always
accompanied him in his wanderings, and
endured many hardships and dangers for
the sake of always being with him. There
were nut many railroads in those Jays ; they
were 'like angeU' visits low and far be
tween.' "Late in tlie S lmnier of l's.'JS, we were in
New Orleans ; he had finished his business
there, and wn ready to leave. On making
inquiries he found that there would be no
vessel fur Savannah, our next stopping place,
till the end of the foil wing month, so he
decided to take the overland route.
"Well, wc got as faras Opelaka, Georgia,
without meeting with any very serious
annoyance or danger. Opelaka, at that
peii.Kl, was little more than a village, in
habited by half-breed Indians, miserable,
treacherous rascals, and a few whites, whose
general clmraeter was equally as kid. Every
two weeks a stag left Opelaka for bi!Iin,
the terminus of the railroad from Savannah
We got there in time for the stage, but,
through the stupid obstinacy ofmy husband
we were left behind in timt miserable place
He had throe trunks filled with valuable
goods, and the stage driver want-d ten dol
lars more than my husband had ever paid
anybody else that is, for an equal distance
forearrying them to Griflin.
" 'George, give him what he asks,' I said,
'rather than stay in this wretched village for
weeks. If we remain here, we'd lie murder
ed and rubbed by thuse villainous-looking
Indians.'
" 'Annie,' he replied. ' I won't pay such
exorbitant charges to that scoundrel ; no, not
if we have to stop in this place for a month
by refusing to do so.'
"Well, m I sail rjofore, the stage left
without us, for the driver refused to take the
trunks for le-s than he demanded.
"There was a. squalid-looking hotel
tavern, rather in the village, kept by a
dirty", rtifli inly-ajijiearing half-breed, which
my hu-band and I entered on the departure
of the stage.
"'Can we get a team to take our trunks
and ourselves to Griihn ?' asked my husband,
of the host.
" 'The roads are in very bad condition,
and you couldn't get more than five lnilo
from here this afternoon, and you'd have to
-top at a house where a man was murdered
last week for two dollars. 1 ou'd better .-top
here to-niglit. I'll make you as comfortable
as I can.' he replied.
"'Well, then, 1 ir.i's we'll stay here
till to-morrow morning,' observed my hus
band. "The host went to prepare a room for
us, and as he left the apartment a white man
stepped up to my husband and said :
"'Mi- ter. you'd better not stay in this she
bang to-night, for you'll surely get murder
ed if yo'.i do. There were five men killed
and robbed in this ranch within tlie last two
months. I'm a teamster, and I'll take yoa 1
to Griffin if you want me to.'
" 'A pleasant prospect, indeed,' said
George. 'If we stay here we're likely to
have our throats cut, so he tells us ; and, if
we go on this afternoon and stop at tlie old
tavern over night, mine host says that the
same delightful i'.ite will await us there,
lictwern two eils choose the least; but,
eon foil n' I the hrle affair! I don't know
which is the loAht. My friend,' he added,
turning to the teamster, 'I reckon we'll re
main here to-night. B ready to start early
to-morrow morning at daylight.'
" 'If you and your wife isn't as dead as a
door nail, you mean to say, mister,' said the
teamster, with a grin, a. he walked away.
"Good heaven, George1' I cried, whea
au3 within the apartment that wc had been
co-ducted to by the host ; 'we'll lie mur
dered, and only because you acted like an
obstinate mule,' and then I burst into tears.
" -My dear,' he replied, 'be a philosopher
and make the best of cur felicitous situation.
There is one consolation that is, if our
throats are cut we shall have the blessed
privilege of dying in each other's arms.
Think of that, my dear, and be happy.'
" 'George ' I sohlied, 'how can you be so
heartless as to joke when we are in such
great danger of our lives? If you'd had any j
consideration for my com tort ami my saieiy,
you'd have given the stage driver what he
asked. 1 all toever forgive yoa for aciio
su no, nut as long as 1 live.'
" 'Wellj perhaps that won't be very long ;
bo you'd better not treasure np any harsh
feelings against me, for if you should hap
pen to die suddenly, without having pardon
ed me, your soul wouldn't ret in peace.'
"I made no reply, for I saw that he was
very anxious, and was trying to cheer me up
by making light of the situation.
"About six o'clock the host brought us
some supper, which we partook of sparingly,
for we were in no humor for eating. At
nine o'clock George ordered two milk
punches. When the host had brought
them, and deposited the tray on the table,
and left the room, my husband cautiously
tasted and swelled the contents of one of the
glasses.
"'This punch contains drugs,' he paid ;
'we havcj indeed, got into a murderer's
den.'
"The windows were both shuttcrle-.', anl
f ur room was not more than ten feet from
the ground. It was a lovely, clear, moon
light nig'it, and we could see tiinse treach
erous half-breeds standing outside, gazing
up into our apartment, and looking as if
they but waited till we were asleep, when
they would be only too ready to assist the
tavern-keeper to take our lues.
" 'It's a slight consolation to know that
you have your pi-tols with which to defend
us, if we are attacked bythu.se scoundrels,'
said I.
" 'Unluckily f r us. ns it happens, I
placed them iu my trunk yesterday by mis
take, and all the trunks are down stairs. I
should have had thein brought up here, but
I did not wish to do so. as I thought it might
cause the tavern-keeper to think that we
suspected he would rob us if he gut the
opportunity.'
" 'Good God !' I cried, then we shall have
to stai.d still, and be killed like sheep when
slaughtered by the butchers. What need
you to have cared for the mau's suspicions
as long as we had something to defend our
selves with, Oh, George ! you have acted
very rashly.'
" 'My d.-ar Annie, we've got into a scrape,
and now we must get out of it as, best wo
can. We must put our trust in luck, and
hope we shall e-cape bodily f arm.'
" 'Not in luck, George, but iu God,' I
solemnly replied.
"O.tr conversation had been carried on in
whi-pcrs, for we were afraid of being over
heard. About twelve o'clock the tavern
keeper knocked at our door and a-ked !
'Are you asleep, and is there any thing you
wish to have brought to you ?' My hus
band answered in the negative. Three hours
elapsed, when the same question was re
peated. George made no reply, but, a
slender, though heavy, log of wood in his
up-raised hands, st.xid near the door, ready
to attack the first person who entered. I
lay, trembling in an agony of fear stretched
upon the lied. The suspense was awful,
and I was almost crazed w ith terror.
'"My eyes were fastened on the dour, and
my husband, who. suitue-like, stood beside
it. The door had neither lock nor bolt, so
anylxniy could enter the room easily. Sud
denly I perceived it moe slightly, and by
degrees it opened wile enough to permit a
man to come in. To my great horror I saw,
through the aperture made by the opening
of the door, the tavern-keeper, and iu his
right hand he clutched a large lowie knife.
He thrust in his head cautiously, and as he
did so, my husband struck him a heavy blow
with liN rude weapon. The wretch, w ith
out giving vent to a cry or even a groan, fell
to the floor like a dead weight.
" 'You've killed him, George,' I cried,
though hardly above a whisper.
" 'No. he's only stunned. Just bar. 1 me
that cord lying on the table, and I'll pinion
his arms s i that he won't be able to give us
any trouble when he regains his senses.'
"I o'eyed my husband's orders, and he
quickly hound the villain's arm- and feet,
so that it would !e impossible for him to
move when hc-aine to. At the fir-t sign of
consciousness that he -h iwed, George trud
ged him, and then carried him to n !a.c
closet, place I laui iu it, u?:J closed the
door.
" 'At daylight.' said George, 'the team
ster will bo here, but few people w ill be up
and about, and we shall be able to leave
quietly. If this fellow liad had any accom
plices he would have brought them with
him; he has no wife, so his people will not
miss him till long after we are gone. If
they knew how I've treated him, we'd have
the whole tribe at our heels, and they would
make short work of killing us and dividing
the spoils, I fear. Once out of this detest
able place, and we arc safe'
"Pay light at last came, though the time
seemed long before it did, and never ln-fore
or since have I hailed the first gleam of light
in the eastern horizon with greater joy.
The teamster soon made his appearance, my
husband helped him to put the trunks on
his cart, and we were quickly driving rap
idly toward Griffin, which place we reached
in two days, and without meeting with any
other adventure.
"So you see Mr. Williamson," she sail,
in conclusion, "my life thus far has num
bered at least one thrilling experience. I
can aftbrd to laugh now .at the perils and
fears of that terrible night, bat it is not
likely that 1 shall ever forget it or theui as
lung as 1 live.''
To TiCKi-K Meat in One Day. Oct a
tnb nearly t'uil of rain or river water, ami
put two pieces of thin wood across it aliout
an inch from the water and place the K-ef
thereon. Heap as much, salt as will stand
on the lwef, and let it remain twenty-four
hours. Then take the meat off and Kil its
w hen it -will le fonnd as na-lfy as if it had
been six weeks in pickle, the water having
drawn the fait completely through tin Lett.
T1IE MlSTi:ilIOVS JIAKK, I which w are instructed to identify Hoach,
- j the famous American bnnV robber, f.i
"Roll on, thou dark and deepllie ocean hose arrival we have boon watcbin. It
-roll !"' shouted a cheerful passenger, cast- ' aiso happens that your apieaiance t .vlhi s
ing patronizing plsmces at the billowy
waste on whose heaving bosom our good
ship was tossed like a plaything.
"Roll on and be hanged to it !" grumb
led I, "if only to loll inc."
It was my first acquaintance with Nep-
with his description in other respects."'
"All this is inexplicable,"' I ta.d hojH
lessly. "Except on the theory that wc have got
the light man."' the other answeied.
I was a total Strang!", without friends
nftcr wnkiug from the sleep into which I had
been cast by tlio drug with which he bad
relieved me from my sea-sickness, my
arm felt stiiT and sine for several day s.
Might not II. .lick-cm Ins the Hoacli, nod
might he not have taken advantage of my
sttiMr to place I'pon mc a mark similar to
tune, and wo didn t get along well togelh- on whom I could call for assistance. If I
er. To say the truth, I was iu no aniia- ; conj OI1v lilltl i;,.iickson ! His quh k wit
bleniood. I had disagreed with the stew- ; nn'ght aid me. A thought Hashed upon
ard about the quality of steak he had sent ,e. He bad gone ashore before me tnd
me for my breakfast, and, finally, had dis- J j i,jm jn private conference with
agreed with my breakfast itsolf and part- j a ,a whom I n.w identified as the one
ed company with it. . who ai rested me. I remember, tK, 'bat
It was while leaning over the taff-nul at '
this point, that my feelings were harrowed
by the poetical passenger's quotation. j
"Von are sea-sick," lie remavked. j
"I see I am," I answered grufV.y, intend
ing no pun, but a decided civicism on the
self-obviousness of the statement. i
Tor lhat mala- ,i.. i i
x , t -.s . iii.u 1'i'jue i iimiscii - auu ijao jji ij,:, ,.n
ily," said the stranger. landing, pointed me out to the detectives
"You're a lucky man," I grunted. 1 ns tj.e 0i,j..tt of their search, for the pur-
"I should be happy to furnish you with pOSC (.f averting attention fiom hinistii
it," he replied ; "I have an abundant buj.- ; To that conclusion my mind came by oo3
ply of it." ! of those sudden intuilious which ofttimt s
"Anything," said I "I'll take anything instantaneously produce deeper convic-
en arsenic enough to put me out ol my iu,U:! tiau tl)0 lnost ca!.t.fui p;oCess of n.i-
i soiling.
Just then a cab passed the window, and
in it was seated Ilolicksou himself.
j "Stop that man !"" I exclaimed, sUnting
up and pointing him out.
"Quick!" I cried, "f heaven's sake'."
1 linielled by niy earnestness, a conolo
I threw off my coat and tumbled into t,f policemen darted into the street. The
the berth. The benevolent gentlemen cabman stopped in answer to their hail :
went out and returned quickly with fume- ami SlOI1 U'js,,,, Was c-scoiied into tl o
thing which he put into a glass with some r,,OII1 , ,vLieh I was a prisoner. He tiuu
water and gave to me. I swallowed it ed pale at the sight of me.
without a question. The effect was al- "Strip his arm '."' I exclaimed eagerly,
most instantaneous. A gentle languor j ie jrcw 1.5. as an oflll.t.r ai.proaclii.-tl,
stole over me, then followed what a little audit vvasonly after a strugele. and by
before I should have hailed as the acme of , lnaj fou.t tli.-it he was com j- led to sub
bliss, complete unconsciousness. ! nijt toau inspection, which revealed a maik
Whether it was the effect of tbo mcdi- ' tj,e exact counterpart of that found upon
cine, or because the weather grew milder . ,yself.
much obliged to the weather if that was j IJeforo I had finished the narrative of
it 1 know not, but when I awoke, which . my acquaintance with II .lickson, and tho
was after the lapse of several hours. I ; circnmstiuct s under which it bctran. an
misery.
"Come below," said he. "Where's your
state room?" he inquired vvLeu we bad Uc-sc-uded
the stairway.
I le d the way to it.
"Now, lie dowu," said he, "and I'll fix
yor. up directly
found myself, if not recovered, at least
convalescent. Next day 1 bad gained my
legs, and found no other inconvenience.
Mr. Holicksou by which name I learn
ed to know my Uyrouic benefactor and
myself grew to be intimate li'iends. lie
was au inexhaustible talker. With men
he was an agreeable companion ; with la
dies he was captivating, cburuiiiig, fascinating.
American detective entered the office and
folly identified my late fiicnd as the criui
. inal for whom I had been so singulailv
mistaken. I may add, that wLen the
blonde wig and whiskers we. e it-moved, w ith
' which be bad di-guised himself, the like
ness between Rolicksoii and myself was
quite HKii ki d.
. I was released from cusdudy, and the
! leal Roach detained. The next sleainer
We Had an exquisite young cicaime u.. can,t.d him hack to America, to stand his
board, scarcely out of her teens, on her tl j;lj ful. numcious buigkii ies. nj lhe
way to join au elderly lady aunt, in an in- ; y)irig Y.tdy, it is to l,c b.qn-d, was cuivd
land English town, said to have testament- t,f f.,nig j love with strangers at lht
ary designs upon, which, if carried out, '
would place her in the front rank of matri-
nionial prizes. To this young lady Mr. j A Torcin.d Incipknt. We heard a
Rolicksoii paid special attention. He read, ' story told the other day that made oui ryes
talked and quoted toetrv to her, till her -moisten. Wc had determined to tell it iust
pretty little head was turned, and before f a e heard it, to our little ones.
the voyage was over, the ir engagement be
gan to be talked of on the ship.
A company of poor children who had
been gathered out of the alleys and ganets
Stressof weather made the voyage a cttnccity were preparing for their depart-
slow one. It was more than two weeks ' vuc to new and distant homes iu the West,
after we lost sight of the highlands of Just before the time of staitingon the cars,
Xevorsii.k bofo.iTwe l.indcd at Livei ool. ; 'f t"e l'.vs was dot iced aside from the
I had hardly set foot on shore, and had , others, and apjeared very busy w it h a cast
not had time to congratulate myself uii - "ff garment. The snpci iutendant st-p-d
the fact, when a hand was laid briskly on ! i him, and found that he was cutting
my shoulder. j a m:,U l'icco ,,ut t,f tlic linings. It proved
"Y ou must go with me," said a deter- . to be his old jacket, which having been re
mined voice in my ear. 'placed by a new one, hrd been throwu
I turned aliout quickly, and found my- ; away. There was no time to Ie lost,
self confronted by a man who might have "Come, John, come" said the snjrin
set f--r Dickens" iortrait of Im-pcctur ' tendent, "w bat are you going to do w ith
l that old piece of calico?"'
! "Please sir," said John, "I am cutting
; it to take with me. Jlv dear mother out
the linii.g iiitothis.oM jacket for me. This
was a piece ofl.t r old dress, aud it is nil
I have to reniciiiUr her by."
And as. the pmr boy thought of that
Do you intend to come dear mother's love, and of the sud death
9" 1 scene iu the old g-r;et where fcho died, he
liticket.
"The fewer words here the better," be
added, as I was about to speak. "Will
you come quickly, or shall I summon as
sistance ?"'
I demanded an explanation.
"Y'ou shall have it in due time," was
the answer. '
neaccablv or not
A short staff, surmounted by a crown, ' covert d Lis face with his hands and sob
produced by the speaker, convinced me bo bed :us if Ids heart would break. Dut the
bad authority to enforce my obedience, tnii u wasabotit Icav ing, and John thiusting
and I walked along by bis side. ! the little piece of calico into his bosom to
"Your name is Roach," said :i thin, ' len.eiiilt i bis mother by, buriied into the
sharp man into whose presence I was at car, and was s.kjii faraway from the place
leivth ushered. j where he bad seen so much sorrow. We
'-It is not," I answered. know many au eye will moisten as the st-.ry
Probably you w ill also deny having ' is told and re-told throughout the country,
three stars tattooed on the back of your j and will go to God for the fatheilcss and
left arm iust above the cioow . ue ear- moineriess in an givai ciiies ami j.iaoes.
donically added.
"I do deny it," I said. "I bear no such
mark."
"That is easily tested," was the reply.
"Turn up bis sleeve, Jarvis !"
The assistant obeyed.
"I think we have the right man," said
the latter.
"Quite sure of it," replied the sharp
man, artcr a glance at the cxjosed mem-
1 twisted my arm. so as to gain a view of
tbo part in question, and was utterly
amazed to find the mark described by the
officer.
otI never saw it before," I stammered
confusedly.
"Such statements will do you but little
good," said the officer ; "first you deny
eur name, next the existence of a mark,
which it is impossible you should have borue
upon your person without knowing it. It
so Lappeiiii that it i the very by
Little ones are your mothers still spared to
vim ? Will vou not show your love by obe-
j dience ? That liltlo boy who loved so well
! surelv obeyed. Rear this in mind, thut it
j you should one day have to look ujon tho
! face of a dead mother, no thought would
I , . . . r . 1 ... !, li.l
Le SO Ullll'l IU IVU1LUJU1.1 lU4b JVU U.YVl
given her puiu by your w ilfulness aud dis-obedence.
Plain Extlanations of Ouscvke Fro
VMitns. "The more the mcnier." Multi
tudinous assemblages are the most pinvo
cative of cachinatory hilarity, "lliitls of
a feather flock together." Habitants of
ether, similarly plumed, gregariously as
semble. "Out of the frying-pan into the
fire." Emergence from the culinary uten
sil into the devouring element. "'Tis an
ill wind that blows nolody good." The
blast of .Elus is indeed inalcvolotit that
beiiffiietu not, though homo pathically,
bouic portion of humanity.
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