VOL. 44.
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HUNTINGDON, PA,, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1880.
Eke VMS' *tutr.
Josephine's Farewell to Napoleon.
Farewell! the silver cord is loosed,
That bound thy heart to mine;
Ambition's cold and chilling hand
Hath led thee to its shrine.
I love thee yet, though thou hest spurned
Devotion to thee given;
Thy name shall tremble on my lips,
Whene'er I look to Heaven.
But mark my words! behold thy fame,
An Occidental Star!
Arid she who loves thee all too well,
Will weep thee when afar.
Thy destiny is linked to mine,
And, ah ! it may not be,
That happiness and glory's wreath
Are yet in store for thee.
0, no ! the laurel never more
Shall t,ine amid thy hair,
But thou, in loneliness and grief,
Shalt yield to wild despair ;
While I, with depth of woman's love,
Will cling to thee the more,
When all thy greatness and thy fame—
Thy glory—all are o'er.
Farewell ! Remember, Josephine
Will yet deplore thy fate,
When thou, in bitterness of grief,
t-hall mourn her loss too late !
Farewell! My warm and molting heart
Thy coldness has forgiven,
And Josephine will pray for thee,
Whene'er she looks to Heaven.
Scandal.
A woman to the holy father went,
Confession of sin was her intent;
And so her misdemeanors, great and small,
She faithfully rehearsed them all ;
And, ohiefest in her catalogue of sin,
She owned that she a tale-bearer had been,
And borne a bit of scandal up and down
To all the long-tongued gossips in the town.
The holy father for her other sin
Granted the absolution asked of him;
But while for all the rest he pardon gave,
He told her this offense was very grave,
And that to do fit penance she must go
Out by the way-side where the thistles grow,
And gathering the largest, ripest one,
Scatter its seeds, and that when this was don.,
She must come back again another day
To tell him his commands she did obey.
The woman, thinking this a penance light,
Hastened to do his wil that very night,
Feeling right glad she had escaped so well.
Next day but one she went the priest to tell;
The priest sat still and heard her story through,
Then said, "There's something still for you to do;
Those little thistle seeds which you have sown,
I bid you go re-gather, every one."
The woman said, "But, Father, 'twould be vain
To try to gather up those seeds again ;
The winds have scattered them both far and wide
Over the meadowed vale and mountain side."
The father answered, "Now I hope that from this
The lesson I have taught you will not miss:
You cannot gather back the scattered seeds,
Which Jar and wide will grow to noxious weeds,
Nor can the mischief once by scandal sown
By any penance be again undone."
—M•sry E. C. Johnson in Montreal Witness.
cstorg-Etiler.
LOVE AND WAR.
In the suburbs of a Southern city stood
a handsome dwelling, built in the quaint,
rambling style of the palmy days before
the surrender."
It was deeply shaded by the glossy leaved
evergreen of that climate, and, at the time
of our story, was buried in April blossoms.
As the short, Southern twilight deep
ened into odorous night, a young couple
might have been seen seated upon the broad
gallery which ran across the front of the
house Almost hidden by the luxuriant
sprays of the yellow jessamine, that golden
crowned queen of the Southern forests
which covered the gallery, sat a tall, dark
eyed girl, the daughter of the wealthy
Creole family who had owned the mansion
for many years. Young, handsome, gifted,
she was the acknowledged belie of the lead
ing, circles in the old town, and represented
all the ideal characteristics of a true
Southerner. The young man who sat near
her was as distinctly of a different type.
His fair skin and deep blue eyes indicated
his Northern blood.
Their conversation had been flippant,
but a grave undercurrent of thought ran
in the mind of each.
For it was a troubled time, strange ru
mors were afloat, deep threats had bees
uttered, mysterious preparations were an
der way, the rumbling of cannon wheels
could almost be heard. The chivalric fire
of the old eity needed but a breath to fan
it into flames that would leap to the tower
ing clouds. And in the veins of this beau
tifule Creole girl flowed the hot Southern
blood Loyally she laved the dreamy
luxurious South, and she scorned the horny
handed, practical Northern foe. Yet not
withstanding her lifelong prejudice, the
young man at her side, who had been her
constant attendant during the winter, was
of the most rigid puritanic type, just the
son of whose high principles and pure life
a New England mother would be proud.
Dreamily Frank Howard had walked and
driven and danced with this girl, with
scarcely a thought of the future until this
troubled April night, when he suddenly
realivd how deeply and intensely he had
learned to love her; that the farewell he
had come to utter could not be spoken un
less at her command. Unlike any woman
he had ever met before, with a full, rich
nature, brilliant, impulsive, she had bound
him with links that he could not sever
Something of this was passing through his
mind during a long pause in their conver
sation, which he finally broke by calling
her name for the first time in a tone which
made her start and turn her face away.
"Eugenie, I came to night to say good
bye, but—"
She rose quickly and turned her face to•
ward him, bright with meaning in the
light of the risen moon ; he rose and went
nearer.
"But you must know that I cannot leave
you ; that I love you as I never dreamed
I could love any living woman ; you can
not know the pain it gives me."
"Why must it give you pain ?" she
asked, letting him take both her hands.
"Because it means a great sacrifice for
one of us. These are threatening days—a
call for soldiers has gone through the
North, through my country. It is a call
that separates even husband and wife—one
that no strong man can refuse for his own
selfish love, and I must go "
"But you are not in the north, you are
with us—of us—stay. This talk will soon
blow over," said Eugenie; and then, twin
ing her arm about his shoulders, she
pressed her face against his, whispering.
"For my sake, stay."
For an instant the young man gathered
her in his arms, feeling that the temptation
was stronger than he could resist, as for
the first time her soft cheek touched his,
her magnetic hands lay upon his neck.—
But it was only a moment, and then he
said with white lips and a husky voice :
"My darling, my heart's treasure, you
must not tempt me so. I cannot be a
traitor to my country, even for the love of
a peerless woman. Will you let me take
you to the peace and security of the north."
"Never," she answered, drawing away
from him with flashing eyes. "Never, 1
will not be a traitor to my country either."
"Then we must part."
"Very well, I am glad to be saved from
such a lover, a calculating Yankee who
would sell the very mother that bore him.
I cannot return such love," and she turned
scornfully away in wounded pride and love.
"But stay one moment, Miss De Losse,
will you not give me a good-bye ?" asked
the young man, with a perfectly pallid
face.
"0, yes, and wish you God speed in
your merciful errand of butchering those
who have wasted their hospitality on you
—good-bye," and she bent in a low bow
over the hand she held out to him.
Long files of dusty men, with haggard,
sun burnt faces, and their feet sore from
marching over the yellow roads, heard the
welcome command to halt, and paused
upon the top of a slight eminence over
looking a southern city, who-e broad streets
lay like a map before them, the white
houses gleaming from the dark green of
the magnolias.
ilia the town a deep silence prevailed, and
only now and then a pitting figure passing
from place to place could be seen, and the
one sentence, whispered with white lips,
was, "The Yankees have come."
Busy preparation filled the camp, but,
one young officer stood idly at the door of
the General's tent, siting for the little
crowd of various petitioners to disperse.
When all had gone, he stepped in with a
salute and said, "General "
"Col. Howard," was the response.
"I have a strange request to make, and
I hope you will grant it."
"Proceed."
"If it is in any way possible, I should
like to get a furlough, or be ordered away
to some other post."
"It is impossible, Col 'Toward."
"So I must keep my command in the
siege ?"
"Certainly," replied the General, and
then dropped his military air to go on to
say : "Why, Frank, what in the world do
you mean ? You Dever tried that dodge
before."
"And never shall again," was the reply
Something in the young man's face made
the commander look up with a peculiar
smile
"What is the reason, Frank ?"
"I would rather not give it
_ _
"You have friends in town ?"
"Yes."
"I see. lam sorry but it can't be
helped. Do your duty.
"Very well, Genera], good night."
Long days of siege followed. The boys
in blue lay behind their breastworks and
poured volleys of lead into the doomed
town, while the boys in gray returned the
fire from their fortifications.
The city was filled with suffering, de
struction and death; the night clouds re
fleeted the lurid light of burning houses,
and the daylight revealed their sc•,ttered
ashes and the tottering ruins that were
made by Federal shells.
Pale and frightened the wretched citi
zens crept about the streets, shrinking
from the enemy's balls that so often lee
sened their number, or gathered in the
et,res and houses mute with despair.—
Mothers carried their sick and starving
little ones to and fro, waiting for sonic
friendly ball to end their suffering. The
negroes deserted their homes and fled out
side the city, or clung to their masters,
dumb with terror.
But at last the famished people were
willing to surrender their city even to the
brutal mercy of the Yankees, so the mo
notonous booming of the guns ceased at
last, and the blue coats came marching
down the streets. One officer had said,
"Re•nember men, that you are men with
sisters and wives at home," and many a
brave heart bad resolved to be gentle as
well as brave.
As the moving line swept down the
street this same officer looked at a large.
white house, now half bidden by a tangled
mass of shrubbery, but it was entirely
closed, and a row of little darkies sitting
upon the banquette were the only signs of
life.
That evening Col. Howard turned his
steps toward the mansion again, hoping to
learn some tidings of the De Losse family.
Timidly be entered the gate and ap
proached the gallery, but paused upon its
steps as lie saw a tall figure sitting in the
moonlight, her head bowed upon her hands.
He waited for a moment, but, when she did
not move, be approached her and said,
"Miss De Losse."
There was no reply, so he repeated her
name after a pause. Then she slowly raised
her head, and said in the clear voice he re
membered so well :
"It is not kind, Mr. Howard, to come to
mock us in the sorrow you have brought
upon us."
''o, Miss De Losse, I have come to help
you it it is in my power. Your sorrow
has come through events which I could
not control any more than you."
'`You cannot help us," her voice was
sadder than any dirge, "the cause is lost,
we can only die in our misery. The peace
of death is welcome after the terror of this
siege."
She bad risen now and stood in the
moonlight, her beautiful, pale face up
turned to his a little, for she was very tall,
her graceful figure outlined in its black
dress, her large, lustrous eyes softened by
suffering—she seemed very different from
the spoiled beauty whom he had left there
three years before. The brave young
soldier stood like a guilty culprit, longing
to fall at her feet, and expiate his crime
—only to be near her; but she stood alone,
majestic in her woe.
"Miss De Losse, I am afraid I am ask
ing a vain questiesn. If' you will accept
all there is left of a fellow like me—you
—I will—you shall not repent it," said
the gallant officer, blundering like a school
boy.
She sank into her chair, and replied :
"I hate you! I hate your ruffian army
that has left only a burned and desolate
burial place of our beautiful South Yet
you may be my friend."
A little softening of her voice touched
him With his heart in his eyes, he
leaned forward and held out his hands,
saying, "Eugenie, my queen, my own
love ; let me protect you—let me send you
away from these horrors to my home in
in the North."
And a moment later, clasped in his arms,
the stately bliss De Losse was saying, "I
have tried to forget you and hate you all
this time, but I have only loved and bon
ored you, and I knew you would come "
A few evenings later a little group of
sad faced ladies and bronzed soldiers gath
ered in the parlors of the De Losse man
sion, and listened in reveren. silence as the
white haired rector, who ha., christened
Eugenie De Lome, repeated the solemn
marriage service which made her an ene
my's wife. And when the good old gen
eral had kissed the fair bride, he shook
the colonel's hand. saying :
"You are right, Frank. There was but
one such woman in all this rebel land."
Jcitrt
It Will Never be Played.
"By gum I"
Mr. and Mrs. Defoe at before a cheer
ful fire in their home the other evening
There had been a long period of silence,
when Mr. Defoe suddenly exclaimed as
above.
"What is it, dear ?" she responded.
"Say, we've got tired playing games,
and what do you say to private theatri
eals ?"
"How ?"
"Why, we'll get three or four of the
neighbors to join in and we'll meet at each
other's hotr , es and have regular plays "
"That will be splendid !" she gasped
"Hanged if it won't ! Wonder we never
thought of it before. Twenty dollars will
get us all the scenery we want, and each
one can furnish his own wardrobe. By
gum ! we've got the idea now !"
"What sort ola play could we play ?"
she asked, as she marched up and down
with tragic step
_ _ _
"I have it-aha !" he exclaimed as he
stopped short. "Don't you remember I
started•to write a play about five years
ago? I'll finish it and we'll bring it out!
Now let's see how the characters run.—
There is the Count Dumdoff, who is in love
with Geraldine the Fair. I'll be the
Count, of course, as he is the hero. He
kills four men, rescues Geraldine frodi
several dangers, and there is a good deal
of kissing and love-making and a happy
marriage !"
"And I'll be Geraldine."
"You! Oh, you couldn't play that parr.
She must be young and vivacious. Let's
see? I think I'll cast you for Hannah.
who keeps a bakery near a park in Paris."
"I'd like to see myself playing Hannah
in a bakery, I would !" she defiantly an
swered "If you can play Duwdoff I know
I can play Geraldine."
"Oh, no, you can't my love. You are a
little stiff in the knees, and how you'd look
throwing yourself into my arms as the
villians pursue. I shall cast that little
Widow D. for Geraldine."
"Then there'll be two Gera!dines of us
If you can play Dumdoff with your lame
back and catarrh I know I can play Ger
aldine with this little lameness in my left
knee."
.'Now you listen to reason, Mrs Defoe.
You aren't built for a Geraldine; you are
too fat; your feet are too large; you
haven't got the voice for it."
"And you'd make a pretty Count Dum
doff, you would !" she fired back. "You
want to get the crook out of your back,
that bald head shingled over, your mouth
repaired and your eyes touched up with a
paint brush! I think I see you killing
four villains—ha ! ha! ha !"
"Woman ! do not anger me 1" be said
in a deep toned voice, as he rose up.
"And don't you anger your Geraldine,
either !"
"Geraldine! Why, you don't know a
sky-border from a flat !"
"Dumdoff ! And you don't know a Skye.
terrier from the big fiddle in the ()relies
tra !"
'Tis well: We'll have no playing
here !''
"Then you needn't When I play Han
nah in a bakery to let you hug and kiss
the Widow 1). or any other woman all
over the stage you'll be three or four Count
I.)unidoffs !"
"I'll burn the play, jealous woman !"
If you don't I will, vain man !"
Then the sat down and resumed their
former occupation of looking into the fire,
and the disturbed cat went back to her rug
and her dreams.
Do Cats Suck Human Breath ?
A correspondent of the New York Tri
tune stoutly combats the old time notion
of the cat's propensity to suck the human
breath. "How does she suck the breath ?"
he asks. "What does she do with it and
what is her object ?" He thus explains
the probable origin of the superstition
"The cat is generally an affectionate crea
ture which loves human society. More
still, even, it loves warmth and comfort.
It finds the warmest corner by the fire, the
softest pillow of the be'i, the easiest seat
of cushioned chairs. With these instincts
it would be possible for the cat to find its
way to the cradle, and curl itself to sleep
with the baby, very likely as head near
the baby's face. If a heavy cat, in set
tling itself for comfort, should seiect a po
sition on the child's chest, its weight might
suppress the child's breath; then the cry
would arise, 'The cat has sucked the child's
breath' Reference is made to a recently
reported case of a young lady who woke in
a 'strangling condition' and just 'sufficient
consciousness to throw from her breast a
cat whose mouth was thrust far into hers,'
who has since been very sick with ulcerated
sore throat, and with other ills, all of which
she accounts for on the theory that 'it was
the cat.' " The Tribune's correspondent
says that the young lady's sensations were
merely the preliminary symptoms of a bad
cold coming on, with the addition that a
cat straying into the room had made its
bed upon her chest. He further insists
that a cat will not put its bead into a small
opening where its whiskers touch, as into
the human mouth, and would not cause
ulceration if it had. The cat is a useful
animal, but it has so many undeniable sins
to answer for that we are glad to acquit it
of "breath sucking"
A Tomb in a Tree.
A startling surprise, after the fashion of
the story of Ginevra, was experienced not
long ago by a party of Styrian wood-cutters
in the forest of Drommling.. They began
to fell a venerable oak, which till) , soon
discovered to be quite hollow. Being half
decayed it speedily came to the ground
with a crash, disclosing a skeleton in ex
cellent preservation. Even the boots,
which came above the knee, were almost
perfect. By its side was a powder horn,
a porcelain pipe bowl, and a silver watch
on which was engraved the name "11. '
Von Krackowitz, 1812." The teeth were
perfect. • It would seem to be the skeleton
of a man between thirty and forty yews
of age It is conjectured that, while en
gaged is hunting, he climbed the tree for
some purpose, and slipped incautiously in
to the hollow trunk, from which there was
no release, and he probably died of starva
tion.
"SHALL I hereafter darn your stock
ings ?" is said to be the fashionable lan
guage for a young lady to use when ma
king a leap year proposal.
AN editor may not be religious, but he
generally has an umbrella which keeps lent.
SUBWRIBE for ttie JOURNAL.
"Dot Funny Leetle Baby."
Droo as I live, most every day,
I laugh me vild to see de vey
Dot shrnall young baby dry to blay—
Dot funny leetle baby.
Yen I look of dem leetle toes,
lJnd see not funny leetle nose,
find hear de vay dot rooster crows,
I shuaile like I vas crazy.
Und yen I bear de real nice vay
Dem vomeps to my rife dey say—
" More like bis fader every day,"
I was so broud like blazes.
Somedimes dere comes a leetle Fqu ill.
Dot's Yen de windy vi , d will crawl,
Right in his le.•tie stomach shmall;
Now, dot's doo bad for baby.
Pot =lies him sing at night so sPhrfeet,
Und gorrie-Larrih he must eat,
Und I must seump shpry on my feet
To help dot 'cede bady.
He pulls my nose, and kicks my hair,
Und crawls me over everyvhere,
Und slobbers me; bur vat I care?
bot vas my shmall young baby
Around my neck dot Icetic arm
Vas squeezing me so nice and \Tann :
Mine Mott, may never corns some harm
To dot shwall 'cede baby !
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Our Mothers.
Know you what especafly impels we to
industry ? My Mother. I shall endeavor
to sweeten a part of her life, that other.
wise has been so unfortunate, and lesson
by my help and sympathy the great sor
rows she has suffered. To her alone I owe
the fbundation of my mind and heart.—
Jean Paul Richter.
George Herbert, sail : One good mother
is worth a hundred schoolmasters. In the
house she is loadstoue to all hearts, and
loadstar to all eyes.
De Maistre, in his writings, speaks of
his mother with immense love and rever
ence. He described her as his "sublime
mother," "an angel, to whom God had
lent a body for a brief season " To her he
attributed the bent of his character, and
her precepts were the ruling influence of
his life
One charming feature in the character
of Samuel Johnson (notwithstanding his
rough exterior) was the tenderness with
which he invariably spoke of his mother,
who implanted in his mind the first im
pressions of religion. In the time of his
greatest difficulties be contributed out of
his slender means to her support.
Cromwell's mother was a woman of
spirit and energy, equal to her mildness
and patience; whose pride was honesty,
and whose passion was love ; and whose
only care, amidst all her splendor, was for
the safety of her son in his dangerous em
inence.
Curran speaks with great affection of
his mother, to whose counsel, piety and
ambition he attributed his success in life
He used to say, "If I possess anything
more valuable than face, or person, or
wealth, it is that a dear parent gave her
child a portion from the treasure of her
mind."
It was Ary Sheffer's mother whose beau
tiful features the painter so loved to re
produce in his pictures, that by great self
denial provided him with the means of
pursuing his study of art.
Michelet writes : "I lest my mother
thirty years ago; nevertheless, she follows
me from age to age. She suffered with
me in my poverty, and was not allowed to
share my better fortune."
Napoleon Bonaparte was accustomed to
say that "the future good or bad cinduct
of a child depended entirely on the moth
er." Nobody had any command over him
except his mother, who found means, by
a mixture of tenderness, severity and jus
tice, to make him love, respect and obey
her.
Geethe owed the bias of his mind and
character to his mother, who possessed in
a high degree the art of stimulating young
and active minds. "She was worthy of
life 1" once said Goethe, and when he visi
ted Frankfort he sought out every individal
who had been kind to her, and thanked
them all.
John Randolph said : "I should have
been an atheist if it had not been for one
recollection, and that was the memory of
the time when my mother used to take my
little hand in hers, and cause me on my
knees to say, "Our Father who art in
Heaven."
Remarkable Shooting
Another extraordinary marksman, who
is said to excel Dr Carver, is Dr. John
Ruth, of California, an account of whose
exploits is thus given in a recent issue of
a San Francisco paper : "Dr Ruth then
proceeded to give an exhibition of fancy
shooting at a glass ball held in the hand
of his attendant, he taking aim through
his legs, with his back to the object. He
also held the rifle with the butt resting
upon the top of his head, the hammer
pointing downward. He also shot with his
back reclining upon a table. In all these
experiments he was successful on the first
attempt. Turning his back to the atten
dant, he sighted the rifle by the aid of a
small hand mirror, and broke the ball at
the first trial. Perhaps the most wonder
ful feat that he accomplished, and one re
quiring considerable nerve on the part of
both himself and attendant, was shooting
a cigar out of the mouth of the latter.
Another interesting experiment was shoot
in; without a sight, that essential adjunct
being covered by a piece of card board
placed around the barrel at its extremity.
The absence of the sight apparently made
no difference, as the destruction of the
vitreous spheres continued unabated. The
following experiments were also success
fully accomplished ; shooting a ball from
the head of an attendant, the latter being
blindfolded ; the same feat with the ban
dages removed from the attendant's eyes
and the latter looking into the muzzle of
the rifle; one hand shooting with a small
rifle, manipulated in a variety of difficult
ways, holding the rifle with the bands
placed back of the neck Io none of these
shots did the doctor fail to shatter the
balls from the hand of the attendant. One
of the most marvelous feats performed was
the following: Placing a glass ball upon
the ground, the doctor shot in front of it,
and plowing under it, sent it flying several
feet in the air by the force of the (mens
sion, and before it reached the ground
shivering it with a second bullet. Dr.
Ruth's wife is nearly as expert as himself
in the use of the rifle."
SOME day in the distant future the little
nigger in the barber shop who silently
holds out his hand for a ten cents for
striking a man's nose with his brush
broom will be laid away to rest and catnip
planted to hide the spot.
WHEN a Calif Troia woman defeated a
lion in a hand-to-hand combat the neigh.
bors were greatly astonished, but her hus
band quietly remarked, "Oh, that's nth
ing. That svotnau could lick the devil."
Was it Nightmare ?
A young English lady, who is said to
Tylasess remarkable intelligence and here
ditary acumen, relates in Notes and Queries
the following strange personal experience
in a Yorkshire mansion :
"What I am going to relate," she says,
"happened to myself while staying with
some North country cousins, last July, at
their home in Yorkshire. I had spent a
few days there in the summer of the pre•
vions year, but without then hearing or
seeing anything out of the common. On
my second visit, arriving early in the af
ternoon, I went out boating with some of
the family, spent a very jolly evening, and
finally went to bed a little tired with the
day's work, but not the least nervous I
slept soundly until between three and four,
just when the day was beginning to break.
I had been awake for a short time, when
suddenly the door of my bedroom opened
and shut again rather quickly. I fancied
it might be one of the servants, and called
out, 'come in." After a abort time the
door opened again, but no one came in—at
least, no one that I could see. Almost at
the same time that the door opened for the
second time, I was a little startled by the
rustling of some curtains belonging to a
hanging wardrobe, which stood by the side
of the bed ; the rustling continued. and I
was seized with a most uncomfortable feel
ing, not exactly of fright, but a strange,
unearthly sensation that I was not alone.
I had that feeling for some minutes, when
I saw at the foot of the bed a child, about
seven or nine years old. The child seem•
ed as if it were on the bed, and came glid
ing toward me as I lay. It was the figure
of a little girl in her night dress—a little
girl with dark hair and a very white face.
I tried to speak to her, but could not. She
came slowly on up to the top of the bed,
and I then saw her face clearly. She seem
ed in great trouble; her hands were clasp
ed, and her eyes were turned up with a
look of entreaty—an almost agonized look.
Then, slowly uneraaping her hands, she
touched me on the shoulder. The hand
felt icy cold, and while I strove to speak
she was e' e.one. I felt more frightened after
the child gone than before, and began
to be very anxious for the time when the
servant would make her appearance.
hether I slept again or not I hardly
know. But by the time the servant did
come, I had almost persuaded myself that
the whole affair was nothing but a very
vivid nightmare. However, when I came
down to breakfast, there were many re
marks made about my not looking well; it
was observed that I was pale. In answer
I told my cousins that I had a most vivid
nightmare, and I remarked, if I was a be
liever in ghosts, I should imagine I had
seen one. Nothing more was said at the
time upon this subject, except that my
host, who was a doctor, observed that I
had better not sleep in the room again, at
any rate not alone.
.
"So the following night one of my cous
ins slept in the same room with me. Neith
er of us saw or heard anything out of the
way during that night or the early morn
ing. That being the case, I persuaded
myself that what I had seen had been only
imagination, and, much against everybody's
expressed wish, I insisted the next night
on sleeping in the room again, and alone.
Accordingly, having retired again to the
same room, I was kneeling down at the
bedside to say my prayers, when exactly
the same dread as before came over me.
The curtains of the wardrobe swayed about,
and I had the same sensation as previously
that I was not alone. I felt too frighten
ed to stir, when, luckily for me, one of
my cousins came in for something which
she had left. On looking at me she ex
claimed : 'Have you seen anything ?" I
said 'No,'•but told her bow I felt; and
without much persuasion being necessary,
I left the room with her, and never re
turned to it. When my host learned what
had happened (as she did immediately)
she told me that I must not sleep in that
room again, as the nightmare had made
wade such an impression on me I should
imagine, she said, all sorts of things, and
make myself quite ill. I went to another
room and during the rest of my visit—a
week—l was not, troubled by any reap
pearance of the little girl
"On leaving, my cousin, the oldest
daughter of the doctor, went on a visit
with me to the house of an uncle of mine
in the same county. We staid there for
about a fortnight, and during that time
the -little girl' was aluded to only as my
'nightmare.'
"In this I afterward found there was a
little reticence, for, just before leaving my
uncle's, my cousin said to me : must
tell you something I have been longing to
tell you ever since I left home. But my
father desired me. not to tell you, as, not
being very strong, you might be too
frightened. Your nightmare was not night•
mare at all, but the apparition of a little
girl' She then went on to tell me that
this 'little girl' bad been seen three times
before, by three different members of the
family, but as this was some nine or ten
years since, they had almost ceased to think
anything about it until I related my ex
periences of the - morning afier the first
night of my second visit.
-My cousin further went on to tell me
that her younger sister whilst in bed had
one morning, about daybreak, to her great
surprise, seen a little girl with dark hair,
standing with her back to her, looking out
of the window. She took this figure for
her little sister and spoke to it. The. child
not replying or moving from her position,
she called out to it, 'lts's no use standing
like that, know you ; you can't play
tricks with me.' On looking around, how
ever, she saw her tittle sister, the one she
thought she was addressing, and who was
sleeping with her, had not moved from the
bed. Almost at the same time the child
passed from the window into the room of
her (my cousin's) sister A--, and the
latter, as she afterward declared, distinctly
saw the figure of a child with dark hair
standing by the side of a table in her
room. She spoke to it, and it instantly dis
appeared. The 'little girl' was subsequent
ly again seen, for the last time before I
saw it, by my cousin's father, Dr. H—.
It was in the early daylight of a summer's
morning, and he was going up stairs to his
room, having just returned from a prufes
sional visit. On this occasion he saw the
same child (he noticed its dark hair) run
ning up the stairs immediately before him,
until it reached his room and entered it.
When he got into the room it was gone.
"Thus the apparation had been seen
three times by the family, and once by me.
I am the only one, however, that has seen
its face. It also never been seen twice in
the same room by any one else."
THE "leap year necktie" for gentlemen
is out. We have not seen it, but suspect
it is a your lady's sleeve, with an arm to it,
and goes all the way around the neck. Every
enterprising youn, man should have one.
NO. 21.