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One id ue shoe Untied, and cne Underneath the table; Chairs gone mad and blocks aud toys, Well as they ate able; Hahy ill a high chair, too, Yellirg tor his dinner. Spoon in mouth I think don't yon Hahy "is a sinneil" Xicht! Chairs are all set hack again, HUicks and spools in order; One blue shoe beneath a mat Tells of a marauder; Apron folded on a chair, l'laid dress torn and wrinkled. Two pink feet kicked raiher bare, Utile fat knees crinkled; In his crib, and conquered, too, I!y sleep, la st evangel; Now, I surely think don't you? H-iby "is an angel!" Utrtha Sidney Scranton. Till: Til A Vl'Kll'S STOllY. One dark stormy night late in the autumn of '57, two men belonging to a jiaily of adventurers were sloa ly wending their way through, a dense forest in the valley of the Yellow Stone river. A light snow, the first that. had fallen that season, sheet ing the ground, these men bad staited out in pursuit of deer. Iieing un successful, yet anxious to secure one at least of the boimdiTi herd before returning they spent nearly the whole day in the chase, and wandered a long distance from the camp of their friends. All their efforts proving fruitless, they at length lesolvcd lo return to tlis camp ; but night soon set in, and with the gatheiing daikness arose a violent snow slotm, such as is seldom wit uessed except in the Far West, and they were soon forced to admit, the terrible truth that they were lost in that immense wilder ness. Still they pressed forward amid the stoiro and gloom till near m'ui.iiglu, entire y ignorant of their course, and half mad dened by the horror of their situation. Their progress was impedtl by the rapidly ileejieuing snow, and their bodies were chilled by the piercing wind which seemed to cut like steel, yet lo halt was certain death, ami they must struggle onwa.-d. Despair was swiftly crushing out the last ray of hope, when lo ! a light is seen faint ly in the distance. Knowing not whether its gladsome rays enlivened friend or ftie, the tit til inii hastened forward, choosing rather to tiust themselves iu the hands of an enemy than perish in the wilderness, a prey for wild beasts. Following the dirt c tion of the light they were soon led to the cabin of a fi icndly hui. ter. Givinga light rap upon the door of the hut, it was quickly opened, ami fiom the b'inding storm they were admitted to the rude though comfort able home of the feailess trapper, Jack Granger. Granger was a powerfully built man, a ti ifie over six feet in height, and his mo tions weic as Agile as those of a panther. His weather bronzed features were frank and manly, though somew hat disfigured by a heavy scar upon the left cheek. The strangers seated themselves by the blazing fire and their stoiy was soon tol.l. The trapper, ever ready to welcoma the Ktianger to his humble abode, bade them l as comfortable as might be, while his wife, an Indian woin-iii of rare personal beauty, set about preparing them some food. After partaking of a hearty meal of venison, they gathered onco more around the glowing fire, and entered fieely into conversation with the hunter. The con versation naturally turned upon f;ats of adventure, and being anxious to learn something of the histoiy of him who gave them shelter from the storm, well knowing that the life of the trapper and hunter in those wild regions could not he devoid of thrilling interest, they tageily requested him to relate some- of his adventures, to which he readily assented. "If you please," said he, "I willgiveyou a brief outline of my history, together w ith the circumstances by which I gained this woman hae, whom, although the daughter of a savage, 1 am pioud to call wife; also the circumstances hy which I received this ugly scar which you have, doubtless, al ready observed upon my faco." Then, refilling his capacious pipe, he commensed the narrative which I will now endeavor lo give in his own words : I was boiu in the eastern pait of Ohio. My father was by profession a farmer, but being an ardent lover of hunting and wild life he removed, with his wife, into the northern part of the state of Wisconsin, and built a comfortable log cabin on the shore of a beautiful lake, at the head of a small tributary of the Mississippi. I, being then a lad of 10 years, was left in charge of an uncle, that I might be sent to school. I remained at school till I was 14 ; but in heriting all my father's love of wild life, I piefet red the forest to the school-room, and my i ifie to my book. Therefore 1 wrote my father, strongly urging him to take nie to his western home. The place to which my parents had moved, though one of the most beautiful and romantic by nature, was a perfect wil- EBEXSBURG, Ullll",i iiiuiy-nve nines from the nearest white settlement, and their only neighbois a family of intimate friends, who had moved thither with them and built a hut a short distance from theirs. My mother was a woman of slender con stitution, aud, I being her only child, she was often very lonely when Jier husband was away on his hunting expeditions, and being in constant fear of the wild beasts and savages that inhabited that region, she earnestly besought my father to take me home, which he consented to do. Thus I commenced a life which has ever been fraught with romance and adventuie. Six years passed which afforded me the highest enjiyment. I paddled my canoe upon the lake, and set my traps for the cunning beaver. I fished for trout and salmon in the neigh boring streams, nnd fchot the squirrel and pigeon with my bow and arrows. I watched by the river for the wild duck and goose, and climbed the wildest cliffs for the young of the eagle. I oTten went with my falher to hunt the deer and bear, and many a sleek cub I lamed for a playmate. Tha family that moved thither with my patents remained about five years, then re turned to Ohio. We were then left alone, rarely seeing any white persons save an occasional visitor at our wild retreat, or now and then a straggling hunter, li.iilhe Indian. at that time were vciy numerous, and called at our cabin almost daily some times a solitary wanderer, sometimes two or three, and my father being a veiy gen erous, open hearted man, we were frequent ly visited l;y large roving bands from the Chippewa, Winnebago, Menomonee tribes, who occupied ueaily the whole country north of the Fox aud Wisconsin liveis. Yet during all these years we had so man aged as never to receive any trouble from them. At the end of ten years, however, I being then about C years of age, a circum stance occurred which let! to the more thtilling part of my narrative. I usnaily devoted a portion of each day to study ; and for this purpose, as was my delight iu pleasant weather, I took my book me day, and sauntering out to my canoe, stepped in and pushed from the shore to ponder my lesson while floating upon the urn -it Med sui face of the lake. My father, as usual, was away in pursuit of pi nie, consequently niy mother was alone. 1 had been out neatly a couple of hours, when I was suddenly startled by a piercing shriek, coming, apparently, from the direct ton of our hut. Fearing only for the safety of my mother, I dropped my book, aud, seiz ing the oars, pulled for the shore with ail my stiength. Without stopping for my book, or to fasten my canoe, I leaped to the shore and ran with all possible speed to our dwelling. The sun was just sinking behind the western tree tops, and my mother, expect ing mo soon to return, was in the act of preparing our evening meal, when she heard the soft tread of moccasined feet ap proaching, and looked up, expecting to see mc tnter, when her eye fell on the fmm of a tall, stalwa.it, and hideously-painted sav age. B-ig ahvaly intoxicated, he called in broken English for "firewater," which, he said, was always kept in the wigwam of the pale face. My mother replied that we usually kept it, but were entirely destitute of the article at that time. Whereupon ha declaicd she was deceiving him, and savagely threatened her if she did not at ooce produce it. I'eiceiving that he was maddened with liquor, she shrank into a coiner of the apartment and uttered tli.it fearful scream which first aroused me from my study. On entering the room I found him brand ishing over her his glittering tomahawk, while she, kneeling befoie him w ith clasped hands, was earnestly pleading for mercy. Thinking only of the danger w hich menaced her, without a word I sprang to her side, and, quick as thought, dealt him a terrible blow with my fist sent him reeling to the floor; and, seizing his fallen hatchet, was about to cleave his skull, when my mother caught my arm and begged me not to take his life. I followed up my advantage, however, by giving him a sound thiashing, and kicking him outof the door. I ordered him, as he valued his life, never to appear again in that vicinity; but, like ail his race, he never forgot punishment, and rendered furious at being overcome by an unaimed youth, he determined to have re venge. Twice I was fired upon by an un seen foe, but luckily, without injury. My father, while returning from a long day's hunt, was waylaid by a party of sav ages, who sprang upon him in the ciaik ncss, aud he only escaped by leaping down a precipitous bluff into the river, swimming across, and hiding himself in ti e hollow trunk of a fallen tree. Twice our cabin was set on fiie, but we chanced each time to discover and extinguish the flames be foie serious d image was done. Not long after these events, I made a visit to the settlement to purchase some household articles, and returned only to rind my parents gone, and our cabin a heap of t-mokinc ashes. Fearing Ust there might be some of the savages yet linking in the vicinity, I immediately set out again for the settlement to obtain help to rescue my father aud mother, if, though 1 hardly dared hope as much, they might be yet alive. On arriving at the settlement I found l'A., FRIDAY, JANUARY 2fi. 1S77. them already there. They had managed to save themselves by flight, and by a long circuitous route through swamp and brush wood, across plains aud over steep aud lugged declivities, at last reached the set tlement. Cut the long journey, together with the aflright, sadly impaired the al ready feeble health of my mother, and my parents soon returned to their former home in Ohio. Unwilling to relinquish the life to which I bad been so loug inured, I went to St. Louis and joined a paity of trappers who weie there to dispose of their furs and were about to start again for the Rocky mountains. With this party I roamed over the great territories, capturing the wild horse aud buffalo on the plains and hunting the giizzVy bear on the mountains. Three jears had passed thus, when one fine afternoon I left the party encamped at the foot of the Itocky mountains, and set out alone to hunt a species of deer which abound in that section in great numbers. 1 had been out but an hour or so when I descried a small herd quietly grazing on a distant elevation. I immediately set off in that direction, but the distance proved much greater than I expected, and the af ternoon wa well nigh spent when I reached them. As I neared the herd I crawled cautiously along until I got within easy range, then singling mt aline buck, I took deliberate aim anil find ; but no sooner had I done so than the cliffs revei berated with the unearthly yells of a hundred red skins, who, concealed beneath a mass of rock, had been a long time watching me and, the moment I discharged my liile, rushed down upon me like so many fiends, ami surrounded me in a moment. To attempt flight was useless ; to resist, madness. There was no alternative bt surrender. The chief, a gigantic savage, whose plume of eagles' feathers danced high above that of his tallest brave, strode forward and gave me one seaichiug glance w ith his eagle eye. I instant ly recognized him as the wretch I once punished for abusing my mother, lie also rcoftiized me at the same moment, and with a yell of triumph he assisted to bind me upon one of their horses, and I he party then imme diately set out for their village, taking me with Ihem. The slightest hope that my life would be spaied w as instant ly dispelled by the assurance that I was recognized by ihc chief, fot 1 knew too well that I would icceive no mercy from him, and I also knew that being friiily in his power I need expect nothing les than death by the most feai fu 1 torture. On arriving at the Indian village I was taken off the horse, bound hand and foot, and thiusfc into an unused wigwam, find two of the savages were placed over ine as guai d. My limbs were bound so tightly that they stnin became very painful, there fore sleep was out of the question, and I passed the longest night of my life, con stantly haunted with thoughts of the ter rible fate a hi t:h aw aited me. About an hour before dajbieak the guard, sceinc that I made no attempt to escape, cart ful ly examined my bonds, then stretching themselves befoie the door of the wigwam, so that no one could pass in or out without awakening 'hem, they soon fell asleep. My limbs were now cnusidctably swollen and benumbed, rendering them L'ss pain ful, and a kind of drowsiness whs grathiily stealing over me, when I was suddenly aroused by heating my name softly whis pered close to roy car through a small cievice in the w igwam. Iu the same breai-h the voice admonished me to keep peifeclly calm lest I awaken the guard. I inqnind who addressed me, and was asked if I did not remember the little Indian giilwhom I once rescued from drowning in Wiscousiu. I answered in the ffiiiinnlive, and the reply was : "It is she who now speaks to you. Two years ago a laige. part of our ttihe left Wisconsin, and caine farthei west, where game is nioie abundant, and this powerful Indian, your bitterest foe, was soon after appointed chief. A coun cil has been held, and yon are doomed to die by the hand of the chief ere the sctti.ig of another sun. The chief, enraged at be ing once beaten by you, has determined to engage you again, and for this purpose when the sun is high will furnish you wild knife and hatchet, and alone will once more measure strength wilh you; and so sure is he of victory that he will cross the stream with you w here no one may assist him ; for he thinks so brave a deed w ill give him a great name among his people. "But you, too, are a sr ng man, and remember your life depends upon his de feat ; for I will be near with the fleetest horse of the tribe) and if you conquer the chief, you may easily escape. It will soon be light and I must, not be seen here. Be hopeful and brave. The gratitude of ihe Ind ia n girl is as st rong as the ha I red of the chittf, and she will befriend the white man to-day though it be at the peril of her lile." She was gone, and I was again left to my reflect ions. But, oh, how changed were these reflections! How I exulted at the prospect of escape ! Had I been in good condition I should Lave felt much more confident ; but I knew that my limbs would be terribly cramped and stiffened after being so long bound. Still there was wouderous joy in the thought of being able to make a manly f trnggle for life and liberty. j Soon after dajbieak some food was ! biought me. At about 10 o'clock 1 was taken to the river and placed in a canoe, ! at the faither end of which sat the sullen chief. We crossed the stream without ut tering a word. On reaching the opposite shore the savage raised me iu his arms as though I were a mere child, and stepping lightly from the cantie, bore me a few steps from the margin of the river and placed me upon the ground. With two quick strokes of his knife he severed my bonds, and motioned me to rise. As I did so, he handed me a knife and hatchet, brought for the put pose, and and simply said : "Here is a chance for i life. Itnpiove it." Then, fixing his flash ing eyes upon me, he moved backward about three paces aud, with a fiendish yell, sprung upon me with uplifted hatchet. But I was on the alert, and, darting quick ly aside, he missed his maik and came near plunging headlong to the ground. At the same time I dealt him a feai fid blow upon the shoulder; but my hatchet struck partially flatwise so that it cut but little. He instantly i ighted himself, and stung to madness by the blow, caught my weapon with both his hands as it was de scending the second time, and furiously stiove to wrench it from me. In the strug gle we both let go the haichtt and giap pled with each other. I soon found him much more than a match for mc iu strength, but I was the more agile. Iu the contest we both came to the ground. By this tune the strife, had be come terrible, each fighting for life, with all the fuiyof desperation. As we lay struggling upon the ground, each stiiving frantically to become uj.pei most, he man aged to draw his knife, and gave me a hoi i id gash across the cheek, the sear of which 1 shall cany to my giave. At this moment my eye fell ou one of the fallen tomahawks lying within reach, and clutch ing his wrist with one baud, by a violent effort I prevented a second stroke of the knife, while with the other I grasped the hatchet, and smarting with the wound which for tho moment faiily frenzied me, w ith a cry of mingled rage aud triumph I drove it through his brain, killing him in stantly. Springing to my feet, I beheld, compliant with her promise, the Indian maiden sitting upon her horse just within the edge of the forest, but a few rods distant. I was quickly at her side. Leaping to the ground, she motioned me to mount the horse, which I did, telling her at the same time that as the preserver of my life, I should refuse to go without her. Tho In dians, who had been watching the contest from the opposite bank, were now yelling like ii. .ul, and 'hastily prepaiing to cioss the stieain. Know ing that her life would be in danger with the tribe, the Indian girl consented to go with me, and together we reached Fort Lararmie, fifty miles dis tant, a little afier sunset. Six weeks from lhat time we were married, which I have never yet had reason to regret. I need only add that the strangers found their way back in safety to the camp of their friends, truly grateful for the kind ness and hospitality of Jack Granger. Ci.eak the Track. The recent -heavy fall of snow iu this legion, which has made the roads in some parts of the county al most impassible, brings to mind an inci dent that oeeuued in ihe Court of this dis trict dining the admir.is.ti at ion of Judge Burnside. Otis winter the fall of snow was ve:y heavy and the travel ou many of il-e township roads was entirely obstiucicd by lcason of the drifting of. the 'beautiful snow." Some of the citizens of one of our n-river townships cousideied it to be the duty of Supervisors to clear the roads and put them in ord.jr for teams and pedes trians. But as this was not done, suit was brought, against the Supci visors Tor neglect of duty, and at the. .January term of Corn t they were ushered into the presence of His Honor, the Judge. A numl.erof witnesses were called on both sides of the case, and, after the finrtl siimininy tip by the attor neys. Judge Burnside addressed the Super visees in the following language : 'Gentlemen : I: is your duty, under the law, to clear roads in your township of all impediments and obstructions and keep them in good order for the accommodation of teams and jn-desti ians, thatthe business of the neighboi hood may not be imule to suffer from jour neglect. Persons who seek office and bind themselves to do cer tain things are liable for any damage that maybe occasioned by their neglect ; and when such jiersons are brought before Court, and the chat ie of w iltul neglect is sustained, they must be "punished accoid ingly. I, therefore, warn you, geniletnen, that if these snow drifis are not removed before the Miy term of Court, I wi-1 send every mother's son of you to the peniten tiary." During the delivery of the first part of the Judge's speech the countenances of tho Snpervisots w ere wofully elongated ; but a sudden liiiht broke over them as the Judge concluded, nnd they went home, resolved to have the snow all cleared away before the timo indicated 'by the Judge. It is needless to add that it was done ; but whether by the labors of the township ofiicers or the rays of the sun, we did not learn. Nevertheless, the snow drifts dis appeared. Clca rfcld Ilcp 'Mica . At a station on the New Haven road the other day a man and won. an came into the car. Every sMt had one or t wo occupants. He put her into one seat which was in part occupied, and he took another iust opposite. The party whom he sat with onerea to sit drew here so that he ana Ins lady might have their seat together. "Oh, it does not matter," he replied, "we are married." This explanation was consid ered satisfactory. Danbury Xeic. a no i t tiii: max Tin: ci:os:-. AX IXCIDENT OK Till". l'KF.NCI! RKVOLl'l ION. The teirihle wars of La Vendee, which were carried tu with sr. much peitinacity by the inhabitants of the west of Fiance Sgainst the NatioiiaH'onvenlioii which b..d beheaded Iouis XVI. and abolished ll.u Catholic reliu ion. gave occasion infrequent acts of ciut l'y. but were ofren tuaihid by many acts of heroic virtue. Amongst these last we may place the following ! Pierre Bigoin, a farmer of the village ..f Si. ltemy, in the department of Maine-et-Loiie, w hich was in revolt against the Con vention, had till ce sons. Tun of t hese were killed i:i the lanks of the royalist army, aud at the beginning of the year 1 70 1 the youngest only surviving. He was about fif teen yeaiSoid. and on him his father bad concentrated all his affection. He baidSy suffered him out of his sight. If the child remained long absent, the poor father be came uneasy, and went out in seaich of him, and when he had found he brought him back to the house, half reproaching and half entreating him; thicateuiog, w bile he embiaced him, that he would never sillier him to leave the house again. Benjamin, though tall enough for his age, and having the appearance of robust dealt Ii. was, in reality, but a delicate lad. He had never entirely recovered from a fever which he had had some years before. On this account his father took especial care of him ; fie forbade him any fatiguing em ployments, ami the only duty wild which he was chaiged was to lead the thicks inio the fiohi, and lo take care of their. One day, when he was carelessly leaning against a willow tree, pnisuins his jaaceful occupation, he saw a ltepublican soldier, with his knapsack in hij aims, who was hastening almig the public road to deliver a dispatch by older of the chiefs. Tht? right of a "blue," r.n object of alarm in the provinces, caused no feeling ofteai iu young Benjamin ; on the en itiary, with childlike pi. 13 fulness he pointed the great staff which lie used in dossing dilches, ami passing through hedges, in the direct ion of 1 he s. 1 dier, as if it bad bt en a musket. '1 he sol dier who was looking cautiously about him, seeing the lad, ami believing his life to be in danger, presented his pice-, ami pulled the trigger; the fire flashed, there was a loud cry. and Benjamin, struck in the chest, fell bleeding to the ground. At the noise of the lepoit and the cty "f the lad, some laborers, at wink in a neigh boring field, lan at full speed lo the spot ; the- seized the soldier, took from him his arms, and after pinioning him. took him to St. Ih-my, where, for wai t of a piisoi, he was confined i i a cellar from winch it was impossible to escape, ami which, for still greater precaution, was carefully guai did without. We cannot attempt to describe the fe.tr ful surprise and sorrow of Pierre Bioiu when the body of his last sen was biought to )im on a Inter. At fust he could not believe his misfru tune. So good ami gent h? a creature vowed, too ! fr om his very li 1 1 It to the Blessed Virgin ! who could have had the cruelly to take his li!e ? But w hen he saw that horrible wound, extending from front to back, he broke into sobs and heai t-rendei ii:g cries mixed sometinns with imprecations against the ciuel and cowardly murderer of an inoffensive chi'd. The soldier appeared before the council of the parish on the following day. This was the only civil and ciimmal anlhoiiiy wrhich exisletl in a village which recognized neither the government of the Convention, its laws nor i:s magitratt-s, aud where the royal power lnd no representa tives, tupstioned about the muidei of Ibis young shepherd, he frankly ow tied dimself guilty, and said, i'l his justification, that, traveling alone, through an insurgent coun try, where he was exposed to dancer on eveiy side, and seeing a m.tii leaning against a lice with something pointed to wards him which he had not time to dis cover was not a musket, the ins! iuc; of sijif preservation made him sei-e his gun and anticipate the intention of the pcisou he believed was about to take his life. He add ed that uuforluu-ttelj he had been tot. suc ressfi.l. ami was full of bitter regret, but that he had only intended to pieveut a danger which anyone else in his plce would have believed to be a real one. This mode of defence, the 1 1 iih of which was coi 1 finned by several witnesses, 1 11 lew the honest and simple men who had con stituted themselves judges of the murderer into the greatest perplexity. Their con science, told them they could not condemn a solitary traveler w hs believing iu g-K-d faith that he was in danger of death, hail saved his own life by sacrificing that of his intended murderer. On the other side ihe blood of ihe inoffensive and excellent young man li:d been shed, the father of the vic tim cried loudly for vengeance. And let die of them could decide to pt on mine; the nan pnil: less w!n had deprived him of his son. In their difficulty they came to a detci mut ation which shows the extreme simplicity And ignorance of those who made it. 'I hey decided lh the fate of the lmiu'i i t r should be left in the hands of Pieire Big iu. When the decision was made known f the Unhappy father he thought they were mocking him, so cxtraoidinaiy did it apt-ear; but when he had been made toeom prchend the truth, he askd for a gnu and ordered a rrav lo be ting. Then the re publican soldier hems biought before hi 'n. with bis hands tied It-hind his back, he had to vubmit ti a fresh ilitH.-rojraH-'i'i. "Unhi'p'-y man! why did you kill my son?" "1 have tol.l the council that I thought he was goinc to kill me." "But the lad had 110 arms but a rtaff." "I did not know that. At a hundred paces distant I took toe staff for a firearm." "Have you any brolhcis or siateis?" 'I am nn only son." 'Is your father still livmg?" "Yes, lut he is vet v old." Is he older than I am?" "I should judsre about the same age." "Are you his only child?" "Yes, his only child." "Ami in losing you he loses bis only earthly support?" "Entirely." At this reply Pierre Bigoin looked down dejectedly, and said in a low voice. "Alas! just like me." But all at once the remem brance of his son returned; h rais-d him self up, and, in a voice of thunder, he cried: "Assassin, prepare to die!" "When you please.' Meanwhile a crave had lvn dng near at hand; Pierre Bigoin led the prisoner to the spot, had hisn placed on the edge of tLe STOltV or Nl MIIEK 1. pit which was to be his sepulchre. :u..l t! t n charged bis gnu. which was mesc iu-.t 1 0 him, w ith pontler aud two balis. T.ic sol dier intei 1 up'cd him. "I ask a favor,"' l.e s..ij. "U l;.it is i; "ll istl-at I tnav be uiiboi!'., J, ai.u die as on Ihe batilf-ticld." '"li.lt 011 w iil escape ?"' "I will not thaw back a stci. ' I swc.r it." At a srei-.ai fi 01.1 Pi 1 1 e t i . ? h 1 .f r Ve youngS'-Mitr were unbound ; p.,. , .. , . i face, pale and calm, a-.d nnvi'i.' ' o, :i :t. "Ale jmi icady ;'' cued the ..; r. :-, raising his piece. "A moment, " said the soMicr, and I . m ule Ihe siyn of the Cross. At this acl of rclieii.n a shudder p--T ' thiouuh the old man. sued as nni.: ',..5 caused l.y a flash of 1 1 -h t n loir or .1 : 1 1. .1 peal of thunder. 'I he weapon ,,! f. . n his ha litis. "No." he said tol.iuwU, ''1 cannot . Stloj, one of fiod's cicat tins who .,t, j foti.ir-d on himself the tign i f 1.,.: Iht i, . tiou. And he discdaiged bis tiM;.m in the air. The Soldier, w ho expt eit d blsfYalc, fell as if he had been wounded, a nii.-n.!, who was present, ojeiitda vein, ai.d hy was qi.ite himself, l'ieiie eiinin a;.;.,, t' l. "Bet urn thanks to tir t, .j. -v.. Cluist,"io said, "uho tiled upon ?M-5 Cross; for it Was he who at d '....u ! T The sign yon 111 i.!c jiM now let'iiod.'d .ie tdat I am a Chiistim like jmi -seil, a:.d that 1 oi'.ohl to paitlon as He does. t i e evil spirit al 'i;e could iusj.iie ii.e f't 1 a i,:- tin-lit with the idea -f dej.iitmg ani-id mail tf I.i only son. ;ti;, it 1,.!, . i:. h irl a miserable as 1 shall liem-t t-.i t h 1 7. tiive up, if you can. your professio-i. ieloi:i t-. your falher, honor his trey bans. .;::. ie hi.s bappiiit and glory nil the i i.:.e w !. n lie shall be lal eu lio n 3-011. ' li-metn i- r another old m.tii. and sou'.eti.ius ":av fu. dim." The yt.utV soldiei depart ed the nct ;I it , and Pieire Bigoin died of glief six ni uitLs later. Tcrrij.'c linUvan Ativan ure, "You are t.b nit t. tvifiii" Professor" W.'s ascei.fi in," said a gentleman to nc, as I en'eied the enclosure dtvoud to the aeronautic display. He was au cmiie slr.tngerto nie ; hut not at Sill being snpt'isthi - i- ia in , it ,s of ciiij le'te, I did ti' t t.'ij t 1 to this b,.:-jTo mode of iiitioilucli m. and so civi.ly uti s ei eti "'Yes." But I shall go fai tlu r to st c it t !: m . ii will," continued die ccntlen-aii. ' intend to ascend with piofessor W." "Yon may go faither and fare wi rsc," said I. "Yon are pleased to lie w illy,' .ia"d l.r ; "but I intend to m.ikn sniiis t vavui-itioii of thosf up per regions for mis-. If, t:;isu r taio w he (her the siai s r lest i.t! aie on ti.-.ly dining ihe day, or whciii.-i tiicus is a much a sou cure as t-ho olkcc of our "stars terrestial. Would you hl,e lo ;..-,ecnJ us ? ' "No, thank you hino'v," said I ; "I t c1liiie into the tiou Is oae might ios,- one self ihe way is likely to be ,.(.' ? lively one to h is taste ; t'he t .11 !h has Mich eh. 11 111s for me that I would nut cl.r.vge a sp.f'cful fit for cubic miles cf the blue empyrean. 1 m no poet." Vain tleclaia'ion ! TI "W littlo .. lin agiue the horiois lhat aw.ii't-tl me' How liule did I foresee t:iy dreadful fate in hanging betwteu Ihe" Ltavti.s, and the faith, a spectacle to largl.-ig mrti, g !g. linc v.omei!, and instn.-,,,;. bt-otiog b. s. We ti.Uu.l ll.e i i.cl :!!(. T!: :ewas the vast si;i.:-ii babbie, polllnc ".it i" hol low checks j-ist likcthe. Lice of a fat tlomi when laughing, ant! itsii.g anil tuggii.g away at the ropes, as if ii.. j alien; lo leave our society. "You w ill not accompany mc '.' : a'.l my friend, to whom I jepl.ed in the negative "Pci haps the gentleman wo: id a-.-it in cutting li e nj s," said the prof.w 1. " c;tH'i."y,"' said I, "with 't a-ure." "Thank ton," p.ii.l the aeronaut ; "please t:,ko your t tation." He and my fi tend entered ihe car. I giasptd one of the ropes ami awai ed the cider. Iu a moment more it came. "Cut !"' said cue voice "No, buid on," said another. I was bewildered, and tlid b !h. When theotheis cut, I tlid ti e san e, and with the direction to hold on. I giaspe.l Ihn end of the ioie still near me, tuni held on.'' Iu a moment more I wus lil;y !c.l fit n: the ground. Im-igii e my ,;, .' T' cre was I. !,Le a freshly caueht ti-b, tia. -pi. Tig ;,t ihe end of a due. with theb.tilMoii 1 e -p. even-jt.c the float. I t-iieil out to my i; io:;:i :.i .i the aei.'iiaut, lu.t in v iin. I he sjcc'.ito: ' e !ow, thinking I was some act H I ac: . ! at who was about to turn li!;y douh't s ei Siiullsaud then, aligl ling on his lect hef..i.. them, cheered bufllc ie::i K lo d. u i..y Voice. The pa it ies in tVe car cn'.d eof i.re t; r, but, by ihe hat sauiic 'Ccrsio:ia!v o c r Ihe side, I knew t ht y were bow :i.g t , ihu crowd below. Meanwhile I w as m, i like a l':..l;iluio bt low ll.t v.i. w : , ci Iv - ', :1 fmgeis to sustain the weight of ou hun dred r.i;d eighty .m Is i"m rat I i stout , and pieseive me from Vur thiidy tj.ie.ii over ibe gtound beneath r.'.d "1 .ing th I'-an earth"' v i!h my human To.u, u.v.i e. What mi age of teiioi! Iu the iiicaiil imc my fVieeis stj.lViud but I chilcht'J the loj-u W'tli the t "leigv despair. I dad long since tva-ed cabin-j 1 had exhausted in; self. Sudd -eh a cXi f-i.-pi.;.li.!i l-roke'out rjH:u i;.e; I knew my hour had come. My Ii igt is w-!;. !- ,. ping down the roj t ! Pli! tl.... t. ag.-- m'g moments! Inch b. inch I a;.) mae'tcd 1 -V doom. Find the Uti Lai d :st its h V, aud then, as felt the ci.,1 .;;, ping l,v :,.' little'tinger if (ho lieht, 1 uileied out'biicf piayera.id fell m -,- ok i i p! Being, as 1 before o'oset i d, a corpi.J. nt man, my fall dad shaken Hie win k- boose, and Ihe ulaimcd it: mates, aroused f. ,m,i sweet slumber," w r ku.cki ig violent ly at the door, which dad the licit of ie stoiii'g me to coiiseioiiMios when 1 di. Covered that niy "teriiiic balloon rstt ii" was nothing more tluu a niguimnie, s. pcrinduced I ::m l-tl to I tiieve b, 1 be fes. tivities J'isu il "oil Thanksgii rig Day, ij which I liny say I indulged sotuenim No. 1 will not le (ray my friend; but Al low me to tell ou, tint iraii, 1, that s;lt 1, a Thanksgiving dinner as tl.ty uavc is not to W sneezed at. DiF.nof hurl drink" w as the serdict of nn intelligent jury ujmr. the body of a luau killed by a falling icicle. r-
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