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A POEM OF HAKD TIMES
Failed! Jim Miserfon failed! You don't
mean to ay so?
Had it from Smith, at. tliel.ank? Well:
a niAii that, nhoitlil ktiow.
Forty-two ent on the dollar? I cannot
lielteve my own ears.
There's no toieh thing as judging a man by
the way lie appears.
Yen, the titneH are hard so Miserton's gone
with the rent.
Though he wasdown A 1 in the lying Mer
cantile Tent.
He whom every one thonght the soundest
and strongest, of all,
Floating on worthless paper the whole of the
summer and fall.
les, you may well say "failed!" there's
more than the term implies,
heu all theie is of a man iti hoiielees ruin
lies.
To come alter twenty years of a stubborn
uphill strife.
It isn't a titisiness smash so much as a failure
hi life.
Gold was always his God he'd nothing else
in his soul ;
Money, for money's sake, was ever his ulti
mate goal.
A "self-mad.? man" they styled bim, for low
ami poor he began ;
Rut now Ins money is vanished, and what is
left of the man '.
When he was only a youth lie was saving,
and scheming, and smart ;
Had every one vf oh! Hen. Franklin's max-
ims by heart ;
Round to rise in the world, and With mer-
th tut princes to rank ;
Every cent lie eon id t.crape he would salt
right down in the bank.
"What, on earth is the use,", Mm often tome
n ull tl M t-
Of tooling on concerts ami sleigh-rides your
hard earned money away?
Where's the profit of pleasure and vain ex
tensive delights ?
Retter work extra time and quit running
&rotiud at nights."
So he would save and stint just to add to
Ins hoarded pelt';
Hard he was upon others, but just as hard
on himself;
Never would ask nor give, and n eitherjwould
Imrrow nor lend ;
Never went nut of Ins way to do a good turn
for a friend.
He had no eye for beauty, for literature no
taste ;
Ruylng pictures or books he counted a
tdiameful waste.
Nothing he cared for art or the poet's elabo
rate rhymes ,
His soul was only attuned to the musical
jingle of dimes.
S 'fish, exacting, and stern, a hand he
would treat like a slave ;
Long were his hours of toil, and scauty the
pay that he gave ;
Made of cast iron himself, his r.eal in the
struggle for gold
Left him no pity io spare for those of a dif
ferent mould.
Never acent for the poor, for the naked
never a slitch ;
""f wan Ail their fault, he would say, they
shou:d save like him and grow rich.
Now and then to a church he'd forward a
lileral amount,
Duly set down in his books to the advertis
ing account.
So he succeeded, of course, and piled his
collet s w il Ii wealth.
Missing pleasure and culture, losing vigor
and health.
Now he'sdown at the bottom, exactly where
he began ;
Even his gold h-ts vanished, and what is left
of the man ?
A self-made man, indeed ! then we owe no
honor to such ;
The genuine self-made man you cannot hon
or l jo much.
Rut be sure what yon make is a man with
a heart, and a soul, ai.d a mind.
Not merely a pile of dollars, that goes,
leaving nothing liehind.
" JV'tUipn Thomtsnn.
HA Til Ell Gil OS TL. Y,
FROM AN OLD MAGAZINE.
We were four travellers of different na
tions, silting around a Ii replace on a stormy
February evening in dear, beautiful, old
Iosou. The party consisted of six, but
two of its membeis had gone to a soiree at
the English Ambassador's; the others,
quite wearied with sight seeing and deter
red by the storm, remained at the inn to
repose for tho lahois of the next day. We
were two Ameiicaus, one Enlishm au and
one Kussiau. .
The Might fatigue, the monotonous drip
ping of the tain on the st.me tenace just
outside of our w indows and the moaning of
the wind disposed us to rather melancholy
topics. We talked of !io:ne and the deep
Ionizing for beloved absent faces, of great
trials, of dangers by sea and land ; but
when we lieaitt the watch dogs begin their
nightly bowlings the conversation naturally
fell upon gli: i.
"When I was travelling in England last
summer," said the Russian gentleman. 'I
fell in with a very amiable looking old lady
snoit, stout, good-tempered and comfort
able. It was in my power to render her
some little attention, and on putting- she
old me her name. She was no ol hoi than
Mi a. Clone, the authoress of the 'Niitlit
Side of Nature.' I Rave licr some ghost
lories which I know to be true, and which
you will ptobably see in ibe next editiouof
her book."
"Hut why should we wait for lierbonlc ?
exclaimed one of the American ladies.
I bis is just the evening for a glnst story;
a;id since you know them "to be ti ue, we
piomise io believe them implicitly."
After a little persuasion the Russian be
gan his true ghost story :
"You have heard of Count Fahien, of
comse ; and when I say that Ibis story was
related by bim to me you will understand
how I know it to be true, though U did not
happen to myself, lie was not an imagi
native man, not of a speculative turn, and
had little patience with I lie superstitious
and over-credulous. He ridiculed the idea
of ghosts, and often wished one of those
i tmuible gentry might come wi bin bis
"Well, be bad been bunting inJTransyl
vania ; in the ardor of the chase night
came on, and be discovered that lie bad
lost bin way. After Rome wandering be
came upon a ruinous chateau, where he
kimcked till an old peasant made bis ap
,eai Alice. The Count explained bis state
and asked for a night's bhelicr. -
The castle is scarcely habitable, re
plied the old matt ; 'the owners never livo
bere now ; my wife and I are h f l in charge,
but the raiud have destroyed all the rnoma
EBENSBURG, PA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1877,
excepting one, and that one would scarcely
Suit Your Excellency.'
"'Why not?'
" 'It is to large and chilly.
" MB there a fire-place in it ?'
Oti; yes, it is in the picture gallery
but Tovlr Excellency would do much bet
ter to proceed half a league further, where
"'l am exhausted,1 interrupted the
Count, piqued by the old man's evident re
luctance, 'and ItiCist Up'.iJI having a fire
built in the picture-gallery; aud sleeping
there to night,'
' 'I pray Your Excellency not to insist,
because , because , in sho.t, the
galleiy is haunted I'
" 'Is that all, my good old Triend t laiieli
ed the Count ; I have often desired to meet
a ghost, and consider myself qui e in luckj
so let your wife cook me a comfortable
supper, and do you build me a roaring
fire.'
"The old man was forced to obey, though
sorely against his will, and be did so mut
tering, with fears aud regrets. In a short
lime he was ready. The gallery bad been
originally a very handsome apartment, but
the pictures bad all been removed, and the
discolored, denuded walls, with here and
there a tarnished frame, node it dreary
en.itigb. A large, old-fashioned Indiii
screen, relic of former magnificence, was
drawn around the fire ; ami there, within a
chai nied circle of light, anil warmth, was
placed the Count's bed ami table with his
supper. I have forgotten to say that lie
was not entirely alone, being accompanied
by a lat guand ferocious English bull-tcn ier
named H-ib, whom heconsidered more than
a match for any German ghost, nd on
whom, to tell the tiuth, he rather relied for
discovering what he believed wvuld prove
an imposition,
"The supper was god and the cheerful
warmth tif the fire, together with the fa
tiguesor thvday disosed him to fall asleep
at the table. He was fast becoming un.
conscious when the growling of his dog
suddenly roused him. He started from his
chair and looked round ; nothing was to
be seen, but the Hre had sunk to embers
and the room was rapidly becoming cold.
Ue raked the coals together, put ui aonve
more logs and settled himwelf to another
easy doze. Again the dog gave token of
uneasiness; again he rallied his senses and
peered into the long, gloomy room. This
time he saw something. At the very end
of the gillery he perceived a whitish mist,
or cloud without shape ; he watched it,
and after a few moments saw that, this
gauzy mist seemed slowly advancing up the'
room. He caKed out. 'Who is there?'
No answer was returned, while the mist
slowly, steadily advanced, and a sensaiion
of intense cold, like a shar wind, appeared
to precede the piogiess of the cloud. You
do not answer,' he said ; 'then I will set
my dog on you. -At him, Rob !" Hob
rushed at the cloud, but had no sooner
reached it than lie suddenly returned to his
master, his tail between his legs, and Mim
ing with fear.
"The Count thought this curious, but
was lint alarmed. The cloud advanced, the
cold increased, and a second time he made
the dog dash at the unknown adversary,
though with manifest reluctance on the
part of the animal to leave bis master's
side. Again Bob ran whining back, his
hair standing erect with fear aud bis tail
between bis legs.
"And still the white cloud glided Inward
him, and the sensation of cold became in
tense. The dog would not stir, so the
Count took him by the neck and threw him
at. the appearance. The thud time he
rushed back, shaking with ibe vehemence
of his terror, and crouched under the
fart best side of the bed. The Count was
now fairly fiightened, so he jumped into
bed all dressed and pulled the covers over
his head, while the last thing he saw whs
this cloud close upon him and he was con
scions of s. deadly cold that chilled him to
the bone.' "
"Well," said the American ladv," "is
thxt all ? What else did he do?"
"My dear young lady," said the Russian,
"that is all, and, in the Count's place, you
would probably have considered it amply
sufficient to give what you Americans call
a realising sense of a ghost. He lay still
till toe morning, aud Confessed to me that
he never be: fore or since bad passed so un
comfortable a night. The terror came
upon him suddenly and was overpowering;
his imputation for bravery was well enough
established to allow him frankly to confess
that he had been horribly frightened.
"I don't attempt to account for any I h ing
in the story, but simply relate it as my
friend told it to me. If you feel so dis
posed I will give 3'ou another, which a
friend assured me was a personal experience,
of bis own.'
We were unanimous in requesting anoth
er dose of horrors, as we weie beginning to
feel the orthodox shivering that makes a
ghost story so effective and half induces
one to believe that a phantom is standing
by one's side invisible.
"This story is not very terrible," he said,
"lui is curious as Wing a sort of warning.'
"Captain R -If was a gay Russian
officer, who had no particular religion, but
went to the Oreek Church, because in St,
Petersburg cer ain observances ar expect
ed of the army. He was intimate with
Captain K , who. though by no means
a religions man, was moie sfrict. and occa
sionally endeavored m persuade Captain
R off to pay more attention to the rules
of the Church. Some quarrel in a cafe nver
a game of cards with an Austrian officer
led to a duel on K 's part and U off
was one of bis seconds. K - fell, mor
tally wounded, and expired on the field,
As he was dying he gave his watch to his
fiiend, saying, This is my last gilt to yon,
Hear R "off. and I beg you to keep it
with extreme c:ire, not tinly for my sake,
but for your own. Let nothing persuade
yon either Io sell or give it away, and if
you should be so unfortunate as to lose it
you must watch your actions with fearand
trembling for the twenty four hours imme
diately following the discovery of the loss.
Let no tempta ion. induce you to coir mi t
ihe slightest sin d oritur that time, and be
careful nt to run into any danger because
Here the blood bubbled up into
ior K 's mouth, and in a few moments
all was over.
'R. -off took the watch, and for the
sake of bis friend kept it w ith much care,
though be did not attach Rny importance to
the talismanic character given it in his dy
ing injunctions. It was a gxd timepiece,
handsomely set with jewels, but there was
nothing iu its appearance to remind him of
the solemn warning attached to its posses
sion, or, I should more properly say, its
losa : mid n in ;ini jlip'fi' wa iu- '. i-
cdmstanse bad nearly faded from his memory-
"Years passed oil, either in the high
frivolities of a St. Petersburg winter or the
sterner realitiesof a campaign in Circassia;
but no incident of interest brought serious
thought to his mind. After some time of
active service he obtained a permission to
tfarel, which carried him after some wan
derings, to Milan, where he stayed ar a
friend's chateau near the City. One morn
ing he started as usual to ride into town,
intending to pass the day there, dine, ami
attend iu the evening a Jewish wedding to
which he had been invited.
"The sound of a horse's hoofs close to
his side made him turn his head to see who
was the rider but he found himself en
tirely alone ill he centre of a broad road,
with nobody within sight. He went on,
bitt Mill the tramp continued, and in some
mysferioU3 way Ills mind was imptessed
with the conviction that this invisible com
pan ion was his friei.d K who rode by
Ids side, but always opposite to that on
which be turned.
"This persuasion, by a very natural suc
cession of ideas, induced him to feel for his
watch. To his dismay, it was pone I He
instantly rode back to the chateau, aud iu
stiluted a most thorough seated for it, but
it could be found nowhere. Dining the
excitement and confusion incident to the
search for the missing watch, Captain
R off was led to speak of the curious and
painful circumstances under which it came
into his possession, aud the earnest injunc
tion to abstain from sin for twenty-lour
hours af er discovering its loss. The mis
tress of the chateau, to whom he related
this strange stuy, exclaimed at this point,
'Then yo-i must not go to the Jewish wed
ding this evening I' 'Absurd !' le joined I lie
Captain ; 'I shall most assuredly go.' The
lady, however, was very earnest m plead
ing that as, accoidiug to ihe rules of ins
Church, il was not lawful for him to at
tend the religious ceremonies of any other
faith, fie was commuting a sin in going to
this wedding-that it was a slight sacnlice
to make and, pre it or small, she, as his
hostess, begged him to give up his inten
tion. Overpowered, though t-carcely con
vinced, he ceded the point aud refrained
from going. You may imagine his feelings
when lie heard the next morning that the
floor had given away (the marriage was
celebrated on the thud story of a large
house), the guests had been violently pre
cipitated one upon the oilier, aud out of 120
iieople present eighty were killed mitright,
and all :he otheis were seriously injured ;
nut a single one escaped unhurt. This is
an historical fact, aud, as such, easily veri
fied. The adventure of the watch iu con
nection with ;t wus also generally known
in Milan."
"You believe it, then?' said the Ameri
can lady who had spoken befo;e.
"I cei tainly cannot disbelieve it," replied
the Russian. "The stoty was told me by
Captain R " off himselt, who was eul irely
persuaded of its tiuth, aud who was great
ly changed alter his remarkable preserva
tion, for it is natural to conclude that, had
be been present at the wedding, he would
at least have been seiiously injuiedxif Le
bad not been killea outright."
"If you care io hear another story of
ghosts," said the English lady, "I will tell
you something that really took place in my
husband's family, and was related lo me by
my mother-in-law. herself t lie heroine of
the tale. As it occuned in America, it
may be ratber interesting i juu."
Like Oliver Twist, we w e anxious for
more, ami the lady was begged to make no
delay iu giving us her stoi, which was as
follows :
"My husband's father was a Rritsh of
ficer and look part, against America iu your
war of independence. When the English
Aimy evacuated Near Yoik he was among
the officers withdrawn. Dining his stay iu
New York, however, he had fallen in love
with a pretty American girl, married bel
aud had two children. Family cnco.ni
stances, not bearing on this story, made
him leave her behind while he returned
alone to England, keeping his marriage a
stciel liom his relations, Klnwouid have
bitteily opposed such a connection, lie
was of a strict Catholic family, ami while
the children were still very young, almost
babies, he wrote her a command that she
was to take them to Montreal, where the
boy was to be placed with s;tme priests and
the girl in the L'isuline. Convent, where the
Lady Superior who was his relation, would
train her according Iter father's belief.
This whs very haid far Ihe forsaken l'ro
tes. am wife ; but in those days husbands
held to the strict letter of the law, which
enabled them to Claim obedience as their
due, aud she did not dare to withhold com
pliance. And if there were moral impedi
ments to her journey, the physical ones
were just as great. There were no rail
ways then, and even very few beaten roads
through ihe State of New York. Passen
gers who went from New York to Mo:itieal
could not st ait at their own pleasure, but
weie forced to wait till a certain number
should be made up, when they hired a
conveyance and engaged an Indian to guide
them through the great forests that lay be
tween them and their destination. Iu this
way my mother-in-law started. A very
severe winter had set in, and after some
days' travel a blinding suow-stoi m came
on, so that, after a few hours, the Indian
was forced to confess that be could no
longer distinguish the track or the marks
ou the trees, and they must wait 0U the
morning to coulinue their route. The
thought of passing the night exposed ty
this wild storm in a strange place was nat
urally, terrible io this young ino'her, who
feared that her little children might perish
with cold. Ait r son e a. o nl g uncertain
ty the hearts of the travellers were rejoiced
by hearing the bark of a dog ; t.liey eagerly
bent their eieps toward the sound and
found themselves at a comfortable farm
house belonging to substantial farmers, who
readily acceded to their request for food
and shelter. The farmer's wife was much
taken with the clnldreu and their sweet
young mother, to whom she s id S 'We do
not keep an inn ; but we often aie called
upon to accommodate stray travellers iu
this way, so I have always some plain
empty rooms to give; but yon shall not
fare like the res l, I will put you iu a large
spare chamber that w keep for our own
relations when they visit us.'
' 4 'The loom was, indeed, as comfortable
as possible, and justified ihe housewife's
praises. She put her children to bed, and,
wcaiyand thankful, lay down herself for
f hft reose she so much needed. Her bed
was a large four-poster, with white dimity
curtains, iunning with brass rings ou an
iron rd. Here she lav qnipiiv for a little
v-!:i!'., v. ! -ii :h mviiki oi tit- r.eitai:! t--ii ;-
ping on the rod made her open her yes.
At ths f-ot of the bed, between the half
opened curtain, strmd an old man in a
long, white flannel gown, with gray hair
fit teaming over his shoulders. He immedi
alely spoke to her, saying that if she would
obey his directions she woild be rich and
independent for life. On the left hand of
the fire place, in the second row of stones,
she would find one that had the crtrtier
broken off. This she must taise, and keep
what she found beneath. Here he ceased,
and passed out of sight, closing the cur
tains. She was half dead with fright, and
shut her eyes in dread to see bim again.
After some time she succeeded in persuad
ing heiself that she bad been asleep, and
this was only a dream, at which it was
very silly to be alarmed. Sd she reasoned
herself into calmness and utlbelief,aud was
just sinking quietly to sleep v. hen the noise
of the brass rings roused her to new terror.
She opened her eyes, and there was the old
man again this time with a reproachful ex
pression. He upbraided her lor not follow
ing bis directions, which be repeated with
gieat minuteness, adding that if she ne
glected them, she would repent it. all her
life. This time she could not reason her
self into composure. She shut her eyes
tightly, drew the cover over her face, and
lay there till the farmer's wife came to
rouse her for the early starting of the travel
ler?;. It was only 4 o'clock, they dressed
rapidly by a single caudle, but before she
left the room he took the light toward the
fireplace, and there, on the left side, iu the
second row, was a stone with the corner
broken olF. The Siht qui e upset hei, and
she hurried from the roorr, but said not a
word of her strange visitant to the hos ess.
"The remaiiidei of her joifrney w as pros
erous and without incident. Shfe touched
Montreal in safety, placid the childreM Un
cording to her husband's oiders, and re
turned alone to New Yoik.
"Ou her way home she stopped, accord
ing to promise, at the farm house w here
she had her strange adventure. The fai
mer's wife, delighted to see her, said she
should again have the best room. 'Not for
worlds T was the exclamation that broke
from her, and naturally provoked an ex
planation. When it was made the hostess
was quite overcome, saving niorethau once,
'Why did you not, tell us? Oli, if we had
only known 1 Rut now it is too late. Ou
being pressed for the meaning of her evi
dent distiess, she 6aid that a few nights
after the departure of my mothei-iu-law a
large number of belated travellers had
asked for shelter, which was given them.
They acre no sooner in bed than a gentle
man rode up and begged to be allowed to
i emain till the next day, when he would
pursue his journey. The uoue w-as al
ready full except what I must call the
hau iled chamber, and though this was re
served for special occasions, the hospitable
fanner delei mined to give it to him. Ac
cordingly he letired rest there, saying "ue
did no. wish to be called iu Ihe morning,
but. dcsiied to sleep oil" his weariness.
"At 4, or about daybreak, the travellers
departed, leaving the solitary hoiseman
asleep, as it was supposed. Hours passed
on, and the day was now so far advanced
that the fanner determined" lo knock at the
door. No answer was relumed. At last
they foiced the door open and found the
room empty. The bed had evidently been
slept, in ; but what excited their wonder
was that the stones of the the place bad
been removed, a great hole was visible un
der the hearth, and just in front of it stood
a huge earthen jo w ith the cover lying be
side it. It wus empty, and there was noth
ing to indicate where it bad come from or
what had been its use. The mystery of
the displaced hearth-stones was great, but
there was no one lo solve it. Ou going to
the stable his horse had disappeared, aud a
fai m-sei vant, who slept there, said the
traveller had come down about 3 o'clock,
saddled his horse iu silence, and rode rapid
ly away.
'It was now evident that this horseman
had seen the vision, and, not being over
powered by fear, had profited by the knowl
edge of so large a fortune. At any rate he
was a practical man, and thought nothing
would tie lost by looking if there tea'ly
weie money under the stones. The far
mer and hiswife were loud in their ex
pressions of distress and disappointment,
ami my mother-in-law fulfilled the old man's
prophecy by never ceasing to tegret that
her fears trad gotten ihe better of her curi
osity. Nothing further was ever heaid of
the hoiseman."
"A strange thing happened to a cousin
of my father's," said the Russian, "and
since we have entered upon family revela
tions, you shall have it, madam, as a com
panion to your story.
"This gentleman was nt an opera -b 11 in
Paris. Towards the close of the entvi'.ain
nient he went into an almost deseited sa
loon and was standing alone in the centre
of it when he felt a heavy blow o:i his
shouldY-r. Not having heard any one ap
proach, he turned suddenly, half in won
der, half in displeasure, to see if the blow
came from friend or foe. There was no
ona near ; be stood absolutely nloncj ind an
uncomfortable fteling ctept over him.
When he went home his valet asked him
how he had been butt, pointing out on his
domino the mark of a bloody band just
w here be had felt ihe mysterious blow. A
few weeks later that arm was canied away
at the shoulder in the bat le of Borodino."
I have no ghost story to tell," said the
elder American lady ; -"but a circumstance
that happened lo my mother-in law is a oiHi
hearing. Living iu Mogadoi, where her
husband was Consul-General, she was at
tacked with the African fever, and, to all
appearance, died. The Christian cemetery
is outside the waMs, and she was wrapjred
in linen, according to the custom of the
country, and carried by Arabs to thegiavc.
Arrived there, her husband, who was de
votedly attached to her, bade the bearers
set down their precious burden that be
might once more gase on those beloved
features. They obeyed liimj the wrap
pings were removed and Ihe btu'ti lifted
from her face. It was so life-like, Ihe
faint color still liugeiing in her cheeks,
that, a sudden conviction smote him and he
declared she was not dead, but should be
cariiedb.ick to Mogador. The Arabs and
Christian bystanders remonstrated and had
almost succeeded in persuading him that
bis fond fancy deluded him, when siie
opened her eyes and softly sighed. This
of course, put an end to all discussion
she was carried back to her led, where for
many weeks she seemed to hang between
life and death. On her recovery it was
found that she had no remembrance of be
ing borne to the cemetery, but ieg:.idd it
ns one of her fevei fancies.
C'l !e; X-. Li V.ev ( -f U'( ti
Ti e phv-k
r r.
diously presented to her, and it was hot
till years had passed that she knew what a
fearful fate had been averted by her hus
band's love. She bad a recollection of the
measured pace of the bearers and the play
iMg of the wind as it raised the linen cover
ings over her face, but beyond fill that was
vague and confused. She never liked to
rf fer to the subject, and I have seener
tUrn pale, when it was alluded to in her
hearing."
"The mention of gravfe-blotties" said
the Russian "reminds me of a storv de
voutedly believed In a village near Moscow.
A rich farmer took for his Second w ife a
woman who treated very badly the chil
dren of the first marriage. They were
biuisedand beaten, their clothes were in
rags and they crept at bight sUpieiicss to
bed, glai to escape from the tyranny of
the stepmother. The mother was not so
dead that her children's tears could fail to
wake her ; they wept her out of her grave
and eveiy nigh- when the stepmother had
Cone to litd the mother would rise to com
fort her liltle ones. The Russian villages
are generally cumosed of one long stieet,
with the cemetery at one end. The far
mer's house was at the opposite etui, and
every night, at the same hour, she was
seen passing in her grave-clothes. The
peasants knew when she was coming by
lie howling of their dogs, and closed their
shutters to avoid seeing the shiouded
moiheti The children had no fear of her,
and she wou'd caress them, tend them,
feed them, wash them, and care for them
as in her life. During these ghostly visits
the Stepmother Invariably remained
plohged in a heavy sleep, from which
nothing could rouse her; the husband, on
the contrary, continued awake, watching
her maternal ministering with mingled
diad at-d love. She never spoke to him,
rtnd he never could summon the necessary
'cout-age to address her, but he watched for
hel-nightly apiearauce with a feelii.g half
dread, half sa isfart ion,
"And now, ladies it is 12 o'clock, just
the proper time to see spiiits: it. is also
full time for us a!! to go to bed ; but before
we separate for the nighty by w ay of w arn
ing against too credulous fancies, 1 will
tell you the story of the "Dii Hi Ri ot hers'
as it was telated to me by a iilvtnl or the
principal actor.
"These Dutch brothers were two young
officers of a very distinguished family i:l
Fi iesland, passionately attached to each
other, handsome, accomplished, and higli
principled. They were idolized in Iheir
regiment, perhaps paricularly soon account
of almost their only fault, a ceitain rash
valor, rather different from the quiet pru
dence usually ascrilu-d to their nation.
Like my friend Count Pahlen, these young
ofhceis were exeieduiyly anxious to see n
ghost, and took a great deal of pains to
plunge into all sorts of pokey places in the
hopes of finding them tenanted by beings
Troiii the other woi Id. At last they seemed
to find the oithodox old castle with its
haunted room ; everyhody bore witness to
the horrible sights and sounds nightly to
be seen and beard thetein. and these young
gentlemen determined to pass the night
there. They provided themselves with a
good supper, a tire, lights and loaded pis
tols. The hours weie on : no ghost was
seen, no ghostly sounds were heard. The
younger brother laid his head on the table
and dehWiately resigned himself to a com-for-able
sleep. Tha elder brother, though
exceedingly weary, deteimited to remain
awake and await the issue of events. Af
ter a while a noise roused him from a re
verie into which he bad fallen. He raised
his eyes and beheld the wall opening in
front of his sea-i Through the ieni!!g
glided a tall figure in white, who signed to
Mm to follow. He rose and followed the
figure through long, damp, daik passages
till they i-eached a large, brilliantly lighted
room, where a ball was going on. Above
the strains of music aud the din of voices
pierced a strange, sharp clicking sound,
like the noise of castanets. Bewildered
anddasxled by the sudden transition from
darkness and silence to this gay festive
scene, it was some moments before be
could collect his senses ; but he a shock
ed into sobriety by peiCeivlng that these
gnyly dressed ladies and their richly uni
formed cavaliers were skeletons and the
curious sound that had impressed him so
strangely was the Slicking of their flesh
less jaws 1 The figure St his sine nidered
him to take a partner from this hideous
throng, which he refused to do. Irritated
at tins refusal, the figure laised his aim to
strike, but the officer instantly leveled at
him the pistol he had continued to grasp,
and discharged it full in his face.
"With the shock and iport he started
to his feet. The white tit'Uie. the ball
room, the fearful, ghas ly dancers, all had
vanished, and he was in the room where
he had supped, but bis brollretr lay dying
at his side, lie had shot lllm 111 his dream,
and awakened only to receive his last
breath. From that night he was an aller
ed man ; all the gsyety had gone out of
bis life, all the sunshine had f-ded fiom
his days d after a few years of unavail
ing anguish of lemorse he found himself
unable to bear the burden of his legrets,
and put an end to his life.
"And now, good night !"
pROVF.rtB? for Scnsr tuttfetts. "A wie
stm maketh a glad father, and a prompt
paying subscriber causelh an editor to
laugh.
"Folly is a joy that is destitute of wis
dom," but a delinquent subsciiber cause b
suffering iu the house of a newspaper
maker.
"All the ways of man are clear in bis
own eyes,'' except the way the delinquent
subscriber bath in not paying for his news
paper. "Retter is a Utile wi h ligbteous
ness' than a thousand stibscribeis who fail
to pay what they owe.
"A just weight and balance are the
Lord's" but that which is due upon your
newspaper belongs the publisher thereof.
"Better is the poor man that walketh in
integrity," and payeih his sidsci iption,
than the rich man who continually telleth
the "devil" to call again.
"Jndgmen s aro prepared for scorners,
strijies for the backs of fools" and ever
lasting punishment for bim who pnyeth
not for bis newspaper.
"Hoped defened makethtbe heart sirk,"
is a proverb sadly realized by Hie publisher
who sendeth out bills.
"A lighteous man hateth lTin:,,' brn'-e
an editor waxes wroth ngainst the Mthsrri
ber who proiniseth to call nod m Itle m the
morrow, yet callelh not to settle.
"It bitetb like a serpen! and stiligetb
We JO!
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Number 2s.
A. DUKL WITH PILLS.
Near Dublin lived a beautiful young
lady, i lchas stie was beautiful. Of course
she was beloved and sought by many sud
ors and among tbeni were a lawyer and a
-ioc'tor. The latter w as the favoi ite of th5
lady, and consequently thej disciple of
Demosthenes was jealous of the follower
of Esculapiuft. The former initiated ;t
quarrel with the httter, who applied an in
sulting epithet to li;l:l, thereupon the law
yer challenged ihe doctor, and he, there
fore had the choice of weapons. .Escula
pt us chose that with whir It he may have
killed many a patient, in addition to writ
ing the death warrants in Latin prescrip
tions, tiartiely, pills.
Demosthenes was iiutinant but was
answered by his Opponent that those were
his weapons with which be bad fought
even death himself, and he would fight
with no otlieis. Upon Consultation the
seconds derided that the challongid party
filuii time imtticiiiniil, bad Ihe choice of
weapons I, and a light, if it was bis selec
tion, to fight with pitebfdiks or tweuty
fonr pottndeis.
The day ai d pl.-.ee were arranged, and
the manner of the tltnl was as follows!
There rteife two pill lioxes. One white the
other black lire iu one. death in the oth
era fenlble alteii. alive. The duellists
were to be b'.ludfolded. the J ill boxes tobo
placed in a hat, well shaken b; fore taken,
as is cUslotliary with physic. The chal
lenged party to d aw fust '; he did, and the
doctor obtained the fatal til ifk box, the
optHinenl lawyer the whim. The pills Were
to te swallowed within live minutes after
the drawing; The doctor solemnly gave
directions lor the disposal of bis piojx rty
and instantly, Ujurti a signal, each sw allow
ed hl3 allotted pill. The lawyer su.od
erect aild smilling. as he saw the doctor
fall m the earth, iu lt the agonies caused
by the fatal pill. He finally ceased to
bieatbp. The lawyer, however, became
frightened at the death of his opponen'
and by such an i:nuual duel, and was ad
vised at once, nub second and surgeon, to
jouniey to Fiance to escape the penaltj of
the English law, which pievailed also iu
Ireland.
They took the advice and were off like
rckets, without even taken leave of the
fallen physician. Scarcely were they out
f sight, when, like Arla;as "P spiling
tile doctor fiom his mot I. er ear h. refreshed,
ami not injuied, announced his own safety
to his lady love, tuanied her the same day,
and lived l'ie happiest or the happy.
"How did be recover?"' Why both pil's
were mae of pure rlotir, Ihe biead of life,
aed not death. His skill, acting and im
agination fought and won his victory inat
litvotda'. He was irgatded thereafter as
the best bird thread) physician iu Dublin,
and his pntittits inntased accord inpty ;
while the lawyer ceased to have clients
flora having lost the chief tuit tf his life.
AS oi libit ttitosT sronr.
A ladv, Iu a liltle flip across the deep
sea, was Ijing across the sola iu the ladies'
saloon, w hen, lo her surpiise, a gentleman
entered the saloon, tMianuounced, and pass
ing tluoug'i o, welit out by the oiosite
door. She Was much astonished, n t euly
that any one shoihl enter the loom, but
alsoth.it he .ntiild do so wi,hout knock
ing; and, mm-eover, as she did not recog
nize the gentleman, although she had as
sciated with all Ihe passengers for many
days. She mentioned the matter to her
husband, who merc'y rcmaikcd that he
might liave been confined to his bed up to
Ibis lime, and that this was probably his
first appcaici.ee, and that lio rior.bt nt the
dinner talde t-he might satisfy her mind.
All that time the lady cai-fully sci nt iiiized
the faces of nil the assembled jk-isohs, and
was positive the one she saw was uot
amongst f hem.
She asked the captntn if be had any one
on boaid who was not tiltn at the table?
He answered her thei-e was t.ot.
She never forgot the" ciicurnsiauce
though her husband treated it as a mere
fancy, aud thought no moie of it. Some"
time aftei waid she was walking with him
in Lot don, when she Mint-U out a gentle
man iu the st i eels, and said with so,-,e agi
tation. ''There 1 there ! that is the peis- n
I saw in the packet. Pray go and s,H ak to
him. Do go and ask him if he was not
there?" "Imposible, my deal ! He would
think that I meant to insult bim."
However, his w ife's imM,i l unit",- -A npi
tatiou prevailed. Stepping up to ihe gen
tleman she bad pointed out. and apologiz
ing for the liberty he was about ., jke he
stud, "Pray, sir, may I , j Vo
in the W est India packet Aliato a"t such a
time?"
"No, air," replied the gentleman ad
dressed, ' I certainly was ma. ul n l
inquire Abo you thought I was?"'
His interrogator related the circum
stances. "Why, what day was il?" asked the
Other.
The dat bnv'r.; been told bim, be re
pberl, "Well, tir. it is a vt-y remaikable
ciicitmstance. I had a twin brother, so
like myself that we Could scaicely lie dis
tingniyhed apart. Poor fellow, it was on
thai very day that he died in Jamaica."
The most len.aikabie x.iiit hi the storr
is, its localism, so to s-ak. A man die's
in Jamaica, and is seen ou that very iay
on board a ship going from Jamaica to
England, as tr put ely dossing Horn that
country to the other.
A LITTLE Too KmiANTtc The St.
John tire has resulted in a:i incideni w hicli
is either a contempt il.b- fiand or otJe of
those events the ttutb of v.t irh is stranger
than fiction. Mrs. Mary Hale, of Ohi,
sent a package of clothing as a eontiibu
tion for the heedy in St. John, and among
the ait ides was a suit Of clothes which be
longed lo a son who ran away fiotn home
years ago. Since the packace w as sent she
has received a letter pin anting iu he from
Ibis iiuiaway. He says tha II. e Knit wan
accidentally assigned to him, and reviving
his memones of home, had led bim to
wiite. He professed penitence for his
waywaidiKss expressed a longing to beat
home once more, and heie is the disfuib
ing element which will street the ii credu.
loit ones who read the story it-quosts a
remittance of money to help him returu.
T.rTTr.iH a dry too-.-1 q.re.'i tss
Iheiewith," than a king 0f feubsci ibtis
v bo cheat the pi in er.
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