THE OLD MILL, Here from the brow of the hill I look Through a lattice of boughs and leaves On the old gray mill, with its gambrel roof, And the moss on its rotting eaves. I hear the clatter that jars its walls, And the rushing water's sound, And I see the black floats rise and fall As the wheel goes slowly round. I rode there often when I was young, With my grist on the horse before, And talked with Nelly, the millers girl, As I waited my turn at the door. And while she tossed her ringlets brown, And flirted and chatted so free, The wheel might stop or the wheel might go, I*. was all the same to me, "Tis twenty years since last I stood On the spot where 1 stand to-day, And Nelly is wed and the miller is dead, And the mill and I are gray. But both, till we fall into ruin and wreck, To our fortune of toil are bound, And the man goes and the stream flows, And the wheel moves slowly round. A ——————— A TALE OF THE RED PIKE, *“I thought I should find you with the girls, Mr. Godwin. You should have been with us. We've had such a scramble over Honister Crag, and brought back no end of flowers for Gertrude. But one thing I must say— that fellow Losford is a jolly muff, though he doesn't look it. Just a funk, girls, and nothing else, Will you give | me some tea, Mrs. Godwin?” “What nonsense you talk, Bob!” cried his sister, conscious by some fem- inine instinct that her friend’s face was hotter than a moment before: *You are a perfect mawvais enfant bursting In like that. I wish Mr. Losford would teach you manners.” “I'd hike to see him trv. It would take a pluckier man than he is. Why he wouldn’t come within vards of the edge, Mrs. Godwin!" “He showed his usual good Master Robert,”” was that lady's tart | reply. She had her reasons for looking | favorably upon Walter Losford, of Los | ford Court, Monmouthshire, by no means the least honored guest at Mr, | Godwin’s lake villa. And they were | a very cheery and plesant party, the pleasantest set, Gertrude thought, that | her mother had ever got together, and | Gertrude was a young lady of decided | tastes and somewhat difficult to please, | Even Bob Marston, when he was not | saying malapropos things and appearing | where he was not wanted at inoppor- tune moments, was as amusing as any | other Eaton boy. Nevertheless, at this moment two people at least were ar- | 1 sense, | dently longing to make his ears tingle. | **And what is the programme for to- morrow Mr. Godwin?” resumed the | young gentleman, not a whit daunted | by the unfavorable reception of his last | remark. *“‘Can’t we picnic on the Red Pike? It would be jolly fun.” The host hummed and hawed; he | rather preferred an open-air entertain- ment at a place accessible in an open | carriage. But if you have a house among the mountains, up them you must go. The climbing disease is in- fectious, znd there is no evading it un- | til by a permanent residence you be- come proof against its attacks. Mr. Godwin would have to succumb sooner | or later, “Yes, Bob,” said Gertrude, suddenly laying down the fan with which she was | playing, ‘“‘we will go to the Red Pike to-morrow. ”’ And Bob, who thought that, in his own language, he had rather “put his foot in it,” was comforted, and knew that to the Red Pike he would go. Gertrude’s face as she went to dress for dinner was thoughtful, **He showed his usual good sense,” Mrs. Godwin had | said, and the words kept ringing in her daughter's ears until her lips be. gan to curl with scorn. If there was | one thing which Gertrude admired it | Was courage; was she beginning, almost more than beginning, to like a man who could be called a coward even bya boy? It made her cheeks tingle with shame and anger. Proud and high-spirited herself, good sense of the kind Mrs. Godwin meant was not in high esteem with her. And, alas, the insinuation chimed in with other things, Walter Losford was hardly one to please a romantic girl at first sight. Cold, sen- sible and wanting mn enthusiasm even in his ambition, trying nearly every thing by the arguments of reason with impartial severity, he would have made a just and sot to merciful judge. Liv- ing by rule of thumb, no wonder that he looked older than his thirty years, or that he repelled chance acquaintances who called bim a prig. Generally reti- cent, he would sometimes tell the truth with rude abrupthess. Altogether, his friends said, a little wanting in charity; too practical, too matter-of-fact, And yet, poor Gertrude! when she met him at dinner, the hauteur she assumed melted away and she blushed and smiled at his glance; for what is so fascinating as the homage of one who seems utterly, almost contemptuously, careless of all beside? If Walter had spoken that evening he would have assuredly gained his object, and Mrs, Godwin been made a happy woman, The Red Pike was red indeed in the evening sunlight, every chiff that but- tressed its rugged top burnished to rud- dinness, and yet the party lingered, re- luctant to abandon the view of sea and land from Forth to Winderniere that held them entranced. Tea was over and the servants bad started down- wards with the baggage, yet the party, which all day had wandered separately or in pairs at their several wills, still sat together on the top. Bob only was ou the move, skirmishing hither and thither untiringly. *1 say, Gertrude, here’s a specimen for you! Here's a blue gentian growing on this cliff, and a rare good climb it will be to it.” The party hastened to the edge of the iff; in a cranny of the rock about twelve feet down grew the flower (Ger- trude had been long seeking to obtain. A slight opening in the wall of the cliff made it just feasible, if somewhat dan- “Robert, don’t go too near!” cried Gertrude turned with her face a little flushed to Losford. *‘Can’t you get it for me, Mr. Losford?" she said gently, and with something of appeal in her voice. “Not without a rope,” he answered calmly; “we wlllutit' g one up to-mor- row." “To-morrow!” cried Gertrude, with sudden heat. “I want it now. Bob would yet it for me in a moment if I asked him, Mr, Losford.” ‘‘Bob’s head is perhaps steadier than wine,” answered the other, keeping at a safe distance from the edge, He was in no way discomposed until, as he fin- ished, his eyes met the girl’s full of contempt and anzer. Stung by the 100k he took a hasty step towards the edge of the cuff and bent down to make the attempt, For remained in that position as if entranc- ed, scranning the depth below, a sheer three hundred feet, and then a green ledge, and then, far beneath, pale-blue Crummock Water, With a quick shudder he passed his hand across his eyes and recolled, white to the lips, “I can’t get it for you,” he said SEG looked at one another in astonish. **And qute right, too, Mr. Losford: don’t try any such foblhardiness, I eried Mrs, Godwin loudly, Loud- ly, but not so that he failed to hear the one word “Coward? the tone of contempt m which it fell from her daughter's lips, as she turned away, The next he was lus old calm self again, knew that he had his dismissal, beg, instant but he As for the bit of blue gentian, Bob brought it up 1n a twinkle, and chat tered on in such a way as to earn every one’s gratitude, Yet it was a dull party that wended its way down the hill, and than one that a over the little blue flower which nestled Yet mothers are sanguine and Mis ner conspicuously fastened in the bosom If it was only an awkward hour at “Where is Robert?" she began pet- “Po you know, Violet?” Miss Marston did not. Bob was not been called from the room, entered master’s ear, ly. “My dear, this is bad news. There has been a fall at the lead works." “How unfortunate! I am thankful the men were not at work. worse, we might have been viewing them, as Robert has been plaguing us to de, and been all crushed together, like any common laborers! But where can Robert be?’ “I am afraid, ma'am,” put in the Mr. Godwin rose quick- ness, “that Master Robert-—leastwise is in there. John has gone to the vil- lage for help.” Belshazzar had appeared upon the wall, Then Gertrude glided to her friend's side and put her arm round her. The gentliemen hurried from the room. But almost as soon as they reached the scene the women appeared there also; the poor boy's sister could not be re- stramed, and Mrs, Godwin, whose wo- man’s heart was sound within her, signed to Gertrude to let her go. Any- thing was better than inaction. Mr. Godwin's wad-hole and works were hardly a mile from the house, though hidden from it by a steep shoul- der of the hill. He guessed at once that the boy, anxious to exhibit to the ladies the wonders of the wad-hole, had taken the private key, which lay upon the study mantlepiece, and had gone, it might be, to make some preparation, whereby his darling effects would be enhanced. A servant seeking him when dinner was ready discovered the aceil- dent, and, after giving the alarm in the servant’s hall, had gone on to the vil. lage. “Is there any hope?” said Gerirude, in a low voice, with Violet Marston's band tight clasped in hers, *‘Are they digging?” The flaring light of a pine-knot fire, just kindled in the little Inclosure at the mouth of the hole, fell upon a score or two of strange-looking figures, chiefly women, Some were moving to and fro before the blaze, but most of them stood still and impassive. The shining clothes they brushed, all distinctions forgotten, against the gay dresses of the house- party. **No,” replied her father, with a groan. ‘‘T'be props at this end are gone, and the men say the whole hill is coming down. We must wait for help from Keswick,” Gertrude was turning to the group indignantly, but one was before her, “Now, men, I can handle a pick though I am a Londoner. Ten pounds to every man who joins me! Don’t let them say that the Cumberland men left their master’s guest to perish because they were cowards,” with energy and excitement. Was it Gertrude’s fancy, or was it that that word in his voice really struck her like a whip? **The hill is on the move, master, and he be dead too,’ said the foremost man, but shawefacedly, woman softly, There was an instant’s hesitation after a glance at their faces: “We're with you, master!” cried he, seizing the tool at his feet like a giant aroused, Losferd soon had to check them, and | assist the foreman to compel them to underpin, and take other proper pre- cautions as they worked. In time, more men flocked from neighboring pita to the spot, and the task was carried on by gangs, Notwithstanding Mr. and Mrs. Godwin’s entreaties, the poor not leave; and girl " most concerned would hour after hour, while seemingly count 1 of carried from ess loads earth were wheeled or the deepening entrance, she walked to and fro, or lay with Ger- trude’s band in laid How atl as he Fers on the wraps in a corner formed by two walls, each shining worker was gazed came from the darkness into the blaze of the fire and deposited his load! Who- ever worked by spells, the figure Ger- trude knew best did not appear. But when the faint lingering hope wasd away, one of the other men staving the house come quickly up to Violet, “Miss Marston, do guine. There is hope i The fall is only partial. and he may Ix of the heard him in the main workings, Some that they have gz." Violet made n« bing on Gertrude’s shoulder. “Is any one | asked eagerly. “Noone at men fancy knockin She was 801 » reply. wrt? the latte: all. stones.” Another hour past, while the or thickened and listened all breathlessly to the dull, mufflea sound of the tools and the creaking of the barrows. A fresh gang was at work, and they came out more quickly. The sky was grow- ing gray, and the men's faces looked so, too, as the fire bumed with a paler light and the hilltops came out majesty. Suddenly the tools ceased; a ts way out wil in cold barrow the The crowd outside drew close on stopped inside en- trance. and breathed more quickly, and women hid their faces as the sound of voices low murmuring came from the passage, Then a little crowd of men pressed out, and in their midst Walter Losford, | stained and ragged, with the boy's form in his arms. He laid him quickly i on the wraps by the women. The blood own forehead, and his face, where ii was not lead-grimed, was palled with | fatigue, doctor bent over the boy, “Just sol” said the latter cheerily. | “He only wants a glass of sherry,” { his bearer, her eyes dim with happiness, | But he had turned away. “The worst time was just before they broke in, Gerty. | prevent them reaching me,” confided | Bob to ber when she visited him the next aay in lus room. The whole mat- | ter was to Master Bob one for pure con- { gratuiation, and he spent his time in venture for the benefit of his dame's house, end of a trump, He's been up to say good-bye, and I told him what an ass I’d made of myself about him. That's a comfort, 1 heard his voice first of all, do you know, and Mrs, Godwin says they wouldn’t have got me our but for him,” The likelihood of this alternative ap- peared to give him unmixed satisfac- tion, “I don’t think they would,” mur. mured Gerirude, eagerly presenting him with a large bunch of grapes from a side table, I'll get you some mors, Bob.” “You bet your boots they wouldn't, It’s a pity he can’t climb. Fancy a fellow like that with what the doctor calle ‘constitutional vertigo’! I can’t make it out.” And Bob fell into a brown study, which passed into a deze; and thus re. freshed he was enabled to chatter with- out ceasing all dinper time, Gertrude stole out of the room, and, running down stairs, found him in the hall. He had mislaid a favorite stick “Mr, Losford,” she began hurriedly, standing before him in she knew not what attitude of pretty humility, “I I cannot forgive myself ; but will you say you do? Bob has made Let me do so, What a foolish gir] sa'd cannot have hurt you?’ she pleaded, as he made no answer “Rather. should not have hurt me,” he replied gravely; “yet it did cruelly, Miss Godwin. But for the chance oc- curence of last night you would be thinking so still. It was ungenerous as well as thoughtless,» Gertrude winced under each almost She had not bar- Too much hurt for tears, she murmured as she turned “I am sorry.” **A moment, please! From any other I have scolded you that you might know what it me the right to do it. Gertrude, will And Gertrude sald ‘Yes? this point, she asked. **And you have quite forgiven me, *‘I shall have when you have done the penance I order. There was a twinkle of fun in his eyes a stranger could harbor “It is that you wear the bit of 1 irhi sight The sight of which harmless specl- men caused Bob to blush the only blush he was guilty of in his school days Premature Bluariais., “The world would be horrified.” said Hiam 8, McCarthy, an east-side un- New York, *“if it knew Gertager, r of lire is extinct. Once in a while one of o are taken to prevent there recurrence, that happened about twelve years ago has worried ever since, "Something to me take charge of the body of a man wh $ fleshy man, about 40 vears of age. The body weighed about 250 pounds, was warm and the hmbs were limp, | did not belleye the man was dead, and His friends told me that a phy- ¥ had ! pronounced him dead. ordered to put the body but I delayed this operation, on » pretext for nearly t During this time the body layon i little shop. Finally longer. The limbs were » a8 when I frst examined prepared next day it that man was on fos a nha Or anolaer, hr we the hody for was buried. believe shoveled in when the earth was coffin. If the same thing were to hap. * n Oi EE the burying. an died very suddenly. A physician was called in. He said she was dead. An woman who was present thought otherwise and insisted upon it that she was in a trance, The body was buried, A few weeks later the old woman de- termined to satisfy herself about it, and bribed the grave-diggers to disinter the coffiin. Thelid was removed and a hor. rible sight was seen. The young wom. an had come to life and had made a ter- rible struggle for liberty. Her hair was torn out, and her face was fright. fully scratched. She had turned over on her face, A person is generally believed to be dead if there Is no action of the heart or pulse, But if a person is in a trance ald If blood flows the person is not dead. This op- eration would take about thirty seconds, Suppose the person Is suffering only from a tem- an undertaker comes and he is put in an ice box, where whatever life there may The Board of Health should take hold of this matter and devise some means of ascertaining beyond all doubt that life 1 have thought of a good many different means, A receiving vault could be built in every cemelry where bodies could be placed until decomposition had begun, when they could be buried.” Candy. The adulteration of candy, says one of the largest manufacturers, isnot only considerable, but the adulterant mainly used is most deleterious, A manufac. turer told me the other day,” he said, “that 20 per cent, of the confectionery made by him was terra alba, costing a cent and a ball a pound. In compati- son with such adulteration the use of poisonous mineral colors is really insig. nificant. Terra alba is a clay, resem. bling meerschaum in color, and is used instead of so much sugar, It comes from Staten Island and other parts of the country. The saving effected by its use is enormous, and renders honest competion an impossibility in certain channels,” NEWS OF THE WEEK ~One vote for U. 8B, Benator was cast in joint convention of the Illinois Legislature on the 17th. It was given by Mur. Streeter for A. E. Stevenson, and after it had been anpounced the convention adjourned. ~In regard to General Grant's con- dition, his physician said on the 17th: ““The General had a sleepless night, but he made it up to-day. He slept much in the afternoon and was much refresh - ed by it. He was, at 11.30 to-night, a sound slumber, His temperature normal and pulse about the same, talked and acted brighter to-night in several days,” Hi than ~{zeneral Black, the new Comunis. sioner of Pensions, assumed charge of his office on the 17th, ~— in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, on the 17th, the Democrats elected their candidate for Mayor by 136 majority. This is the first Democratic there since 1877. ~ There were two St, Patrick’ parades in New York on the 17th. of the processions included 48 branches of the Ancient Order of Hibernians, and a number of religious societies. The other embraced 49 branches of the Ancient Order of Hibernians from New York City, 35 from Kings county and several from Queens and Richmond , besides civic societies, Day Ccoutitia President Cleveland's Lt state re- ceplion was given, on the to the Diplomatic Corps, the Jndiciary, the army and navy, and the Senate and the House of Representatives, “It was one of the most brilhant affairs of the kind that has been White House,» ~The Board of Health.of New City, on the 17th, directed that a } to house Inspection be made 1 the probable advent ili Vi % SUnmer. fir 17 81 th iy held in the cholera Lh Sellwood’s block at shy | Michigan, was burned on the 17th. ontained the City Council rooms, id Fellows’ 1 Masonic Ha ang ral stores, $60,000, MATE Tag 2 years oid, fo Cumgardner, a deput; dead from an amin un Morehead, Kentue i8 said ~sle wart | sheriff, was he sided in their recen DIOL Tie " 1 % *u county tf $y i First . {eral: Martin V. i Michigan, Lommissi | Milton J. Durham, of | Comptaoller of the | H. Hill, Jr., U. 8. {erm Georgia; David i 5. Attorney for Rhode Island; | Garrard, Carson Citv.and J of the Mint at Cas Ti Treasu ¥5 Attorne a Superintende; 1 Senate | the 18th conlirmex 8. Miller to be | nal Revenue | removed, Dr. Frapcis Wharton, Phiiadel- hia, has been appointed Examiner of iaitns in the State Department, Lo suc. | ceed Henry O'Connor, —'The Legislature of Delaware, § | Joint convention, on the 18th, formally | declared the election of George Gray for United States Senator succeed Bayard. 4 Of i | ¢* in to ~{ne hundred and eighty-eight mem bers of the Illinois Legislature wer present in joint convention on the 18th, but only one vole was cast, Streeter gi ing a ballot for J. 8S, Black. A despatch from Springfield says a rumor is current in legislative circles that Haines will vole with the Republicans for adjourn- l leave the appoint- and a Senator with the Governor. o yy é 4 fa DENS sine dar, ment of ~The Legislature of Arkansas is as yet unable to elect a United States Sen- ator. The second and last joint baliot on the 18th resulted as follows: Berry, 37: Dunn, 35; Newton, 16: Fishback, 2; Horner, 3; House, 4; Crittenden, 2; scaltering, 10. ~One ballot for U. 8, Senator was taken on the 16th in joint convention of the Illinois Legislature. Mr. Morri- son got 41 yotes, ~{(zeneral Grant’s physician reported on the 18th, as fellows: “General Grant retired at 10.30 last night and slept continuously four hours, fre then arose, gargled his throat, returned to bis bed and slept an hour, after which his rest was fitful until be arose at 10 A M. He had slept about eight hours, He is bright this evening; his voice strong. he took plenty of food; his pulse is normal; he suffers little, if any, pain, Dr. Shrady met me to-day at the house. There has been no increase of the throat difficulty in the last three days. It seems to have been arrested ~Since the election of Ex-Governor Stanford, of California, to the U. 8. Senate, various newspapers have pub- lished reports “that the health of the Senator is failing’ **that his mind has been affected by the loss of his son,” and that ‘‘recently he has become a convert to Spiritaualism, ~Miss Ada Beard was shot and dangerously wounded by Miss Fannie Benders, in Louisville, on the 17th, Jealousy was the cause, both of them being courted by the same young man, ~The New Jersey Board of educa- cation met on the 18th, in Trenton. Edwin O Chapman, of New Jersey was chosen State Yareriendam w sug. ceed Apgar. xr. C one the Democratic members of the present Assembly, ~It is said that great damage has been done by the overflow resulting from the ice at Waverly, Mis- souri, and several lives have beeh lost. ~A joint convention of the Illinois Legislature was held on the 19th, as usual, but no vote was cast for U, 8, Senator - : ! ~"Two joint ballots for United States Senator were taken on the 19th, in the Arkansas Legislature. The last stood Berry 4%, Dunn 55, Newton 17, Fish- buck 10, Hower and tHouse 13 several scattering. | eal miatle Lion sled) Fy dy Governor; ne a (J, (roves — The Republican of Rhode Island on the 19:h a ticket headed by George Wetmore, of Newport, for the Democratic Convention Stale nomisated a Biocum, of Prov of the ticket with 7 lence, fo Or, Amor Smith was on the 19th nom- for Mayor bw tle Republican af {ined City Convention ; 19th a train on the Pen the east end of (Gx If shortlv 4 Karly on th loaded freight cars Railroad left tunnel and starting. One other, being slowly until the mountain was reached HOKE in i f 1 an ahe fail fection the very heavy, heavy "Thu and in a few minutes after. ti section crashed int t force, demolishing 30 cars, { hand WHS £3 sarledd Be, pPrakenn J. CC. Michaels killed inst man OC, 1. Berghan and condu Hart were seriously, and engines Fox, shightly injured, Al delayed several hou satis anuy rH —The glass factory of Travers Storm. a two-story frame structure, in Wil linmsburg, New York the 10th. Loss, §75.000 were severely inj * Was Dur ii Lwo firetpen fall Wall, The village o at the junct th and Fort Worth and Denver was taken possessi tramps, who drove men and citizens from the point of pistols.” train brought rel tramps were driven 1 44% % Ww accounts they w vis f umbers that a fight cked in 0a reported Lhe HE (CAVES a 1 “Wie su woman 8 husband, wi EIGHTH CONt GX FORTY- RY EERSION SEN A TE. In the U. 8S, Alneron offs red a eso 1 chairman and members is SEALE on { i! ces as agreed upot 1 is Shy at ’ $ ana is as i adopts Berye upon il on Finance, but 3 After an exe ‘4 ' he Senate adjourned, § + geclined 0 ieciined 1 & fy y his refusal, 1iffer He 3 Lhe purpose Cockrell resolution went Wyek’s ‘Backbone Land Giant’ ution came Was much Cull resolution permission Comm Railroads to sit the recess and investigate th Inter-State Commerce. Mi objected, and the resolution went After an executive session the up and 1 gth, Mr. granting itiee on en ing t of dit 213 subjes In the U. 8, Senate the 17th the resolution offered by Mr. Blair, author- izing the Committee on Education and Labor sit during the recess, was agreed to. Mr, Cullum’s resolution fos the appointment of a select committee of five to consider and report upon in- ter-State commerce was also agreed 10. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. The Senate, in executive session confirmed Nelson H. Davis to be Inspector General, with the rank of Brigadier; Absalom Baird. Inspectos General, with the rank of Colonel: Ed wand D. Clark, of Mississippi, Assistant Secretary of the Intecior; and Sidney D. Jackson, U. 8. Marshal for Western Texas, In the U. 8, Senate, on the 18th, the injunction of secrecy was removed from the resolution introduced bv Mr. Edmunds and agreed to by tie Senate. Whereas, The Senate of the United States has learned that the government of the Republic of Guatemala has set on foot or threatens to set on foot an invasion of the territories of the Rep. b- lies of Nicaragua, Costa Rica and san Saivador, with the professed object of consolidating into one government the Republics of Central America by force of arms, and against the wishes of the several republics concerned. It was suggested that as there was nothing in particular before the Senate it ought to be able to adjourn on the 20th. The idea of early adjournment prevailed. Before deciding ir, however, "Senator Voolhirees made the statement that the President had indicated to him that be desired the Senate here next weak. or at least for the first part of the week. Business had pressed the President so closely that he was unable to prepare the list of official changes desired before the close of this wesk. He had nomi. nations to submit on which the Senate would be called to act. Senator Voor- hees thought it would be better to re- main until the President got through with them. It was so decided. This would seem to indicate thal quite number of nominations may be sxpec- ted soon. In the U. S. Senate, on the 19th, Mr, Sherman offered a resolution, which Wh Jails aver yroviding for the appounts ment of two to wait upon the President and inform him that unless he had some further communication to make, the Senate was ready to without + George Gray, Senator. elect from ware, and K. Wilson, Senator-elect from Marviand, were sworn in, and took their seals in the Senate of the United States. on # vO
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