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psld within thraa months,, sftor which Throe
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rigidly adhered to In every instance, No snb
sorlptlod'dlsoontlnsed nnlll all arrearages are
paid, unless at theoption of theEdlton^^^
iamesawnaicrarDS
J.fl, GiLAHAK. I J. ft’Guahak, Jr.
J. S. GJtAHAM & SON,
Attorneys fy Counsellors at law ,
No. 14 iSonth Hanover St.,
CAUIiI3LKs PA.
wnw J H. Graham, late president Judge of
h Tmlielal District,'boa resumed the
fha law 'and associated with h!m
T H GKAHAM. Jr: Will practice in the
Courts of Cmnberland, Por*r ap^ J 0 u 7 ul ,^ t L f f ua '
ties, , . ,■. . • 1 ■*' *
■pi, E. BEI.TZHOOV'KK, .
‘jHORNET-AT-ZATV
. , , , , FA.
on soath Hanover opposite
Bonta's dry goods store.
Duo, 1.1885.. :
TOS. RITNER,
Attorncy-at-Zmo,
NO. 8 south Hanover Street, Carlisle, Pa.
«3-AU bnslneos promptly attended to.
leollons a specialty. • •
1700t72Jy ■ ■ .. .
JAMES M. WEAKLEY,
ATTORNEY-A r-liAW • •
Offioe-No. 22 South Hanoyor St., Carlisle, Pa,
April 25,1872— ly, _
JOSEPH G. VALE,
ATI'«H>KY-AT-I.VW,
Practices In Dauphin and Cumberland counties.
Oince lu , Court-house Avenue, No.B K»«>
Building, in the rent of the Jewelry esw
mout, Carlisle, Po,
April 25. 1872-ly. •
TYpqa MARY, L. HALLi Hotncßopa •
T) thlo 'Physician and 5 \ ca Jf" l ll ®J, CCt AU
Omco South Hanover street, Carlisle. Alt re
male dlsoosos slcillfnly treated. Patients at a
distance can consult by mall. <
June 6,1872— ly. , •
below
Carlisle. Fenna.
Deo. 1 1865. ' ; 'j'
ER, J.,8. BENDER,.M. D., ,
rootly on°po»lS tSo 2ud Presbyterian Church.
Carlisle April 18—'7a—tf. ,
Keggl Notices.
SEGTBTER’B' NOTICE.- Notice, la
hereby given to all persons interested, that
following accounts have, heon-filed In this
ohice by thcrejnnarned.torjjx
amlnaUon and confirmation, and will bo pX<£
sealed to**the Orphans- Court of Cumberland
county on Monday, December loth, IS7J.
1. The account of Sam’l Plank,Esq., Executor
of Anthonj Baird,late.,of
deceased, . ' .-■■ • '-i • "’*•
2 The first and .final account of. BenJ. Belts-
Administrator of Elizabeth Seitz, late of W?sfc
township, deceased. , . i »
8. The Administration account of the Execu
tors of Hon. John Stuart, late of, South Middle
lop township, deceased.
4 Amount of D. 8. Ker. Guardian of Jennie A.
Woods, minor daughler:of N.J*,R. de
ceased! ,
6. Account ol D.P.Trltl, Administrator of Miss’,
Margaret Harper, late of tlio borougb of Ne
ville, deceased,
0. Estate of Jos. J.Brabin, deceased. Account
ol John Jacobs, Executor of said deceased. |,,
7 First and Anal account of Ellas B. Eyster,
Guardian ol Mary Seavera. j I
8 First and Anal account of David 8. Burk
holder, Administrator of Wm. Holler, late of
Hopewell township, deceased.
9 The account of Jas. D. Bellland Wm. Sense
man. Administrators of J; W. Cornman. deo’d.,
S “ottied. by Wm. Sonseman, surviving Ad
mlnlstrator,
10 Thomas Wharton, deo’d., account of Jacob
Emlnge™ Administrator of estate of Thomas
Wharton, deceased.
11. The account of Jno. Waggoner, Guardian of
Jennie B. Klluk, a minor child of Rev. C. M.
Kllnlc, late of the State of Ohio, deceased., <
12 The account of James M’Candllsh, Esq., Ad
ministrator of the estate of Jacob Swoyor, late
of the borough of Newvllle. deceased.
12. First and final account'of Samuel Shally,
Administrator of Jesse V; Shally, dec d.
14. The first and final account of Jno;C. Elliott,
Executor of the lastwlllandtestaraentof Nancy
C • Wengert, late of tho borough of Newburg,
Cumberland county, deceased.
15. The account.of David of.
of the lost will and testament of William M. MN
Cune, late of the borough ot Newburg, Cumber
land county, deceased. , .
1G First and partial account of Isaac Wise and
Sarah Hartman, Executors of the -last wlUaud
testament of Jacob Hartman,late of. Middlesex
township, deceased. * • 1
17.' The first and final account of Abraham Hos
tetler, . Administrator of Conrad lostnaught,
deceased*'. ‘ „ •
18 The first and final account of Henry K.
Peifor William Q. Pefler and Adam h. Pefier,
Administrators of Adam Pefler, lateof Dickin
son township. Cumberland county, deceased.
Jtcgisler.
10 November 1573—3 U
IN the Court of Common Pleas of Cum
berland County.
nSfgISS Henry SfX'r ? No. 53 Au g .T„ m 2
Charlca'Booth. ) ■Bu? S D®TO?°e! na
November 13th. 1872. Proof haying been made
that Charles Bootn could not be found, noUoets
hereby given to the said r Charles Booth to.ap
pear on tho 18th day of January, A. D. 1873. to
answer the complaint ■of ■ tho said .Elizabeth
Boom, by her nM friend Henry Walken
Sheriff's Office, 1 , JAS. K. rOBEJIAN.
Carlisle, Nov. 10,’72. f , Burns,
. llnovll
Administrator's notice. j
-ttfto 1b hereby given that letters of Admin
istration on tho estate of Geo. W. Given, late' of,
tiirt otoifl of Indiana, deceased, have been giant* i
the und° rained, residing in
township. Cumberland county. Pa. All peraons
Indebted to tho said estate are requested to,
make payment immediately, and those having
claims against tho estate will
«t“ Adm’Mi^mvWectd
4 DMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
mklco laihemby glven thatletmraof ndmlu-
Istratlon on the estate of George, W. S. woiwcn,
late of North Middleton townsldp. deo'd., hove
been granted to the undersigned,resldmgimtar
lisle. B AU persona knowing .themßeLveailndebl
ml thereto nro reaneated to make payment im»
mediately Vnd those having
them for settlement, CHAB. WEXRICiI,-
.Hnovflt*; ’ Aamr r
by A, a ““. r y JS°“
Nntice is hereby given to all pertoni.lmmbtfew
to said nartv to settle the same - With tbe BUb-
and R”*
will hlso present the same wlthonl delay, te ..
Monroe township,! OHKISTIAN Uumw,
N0v.14, 1872-SU J , , \
ASSIGNEE'S NOTICE. - Whereas
John 87 Ricker* of
Cumberland county ,by a vo l n n WW 7 d 2 0
Blcnraent. bearing date October W2y wnvey
ecf lo .lbe underalgned all bU r ®‘v»
poraonal-ond mixed, forth© beaentofhtßcred
itor?. Notice is hereby.given to aU Pf™° n h 8 !?~
debted to sold Pfcrty to Bettle tho samq With, tpe
lriuneulatoly. and those 'having
Malms will alpo present ’
Middlesex township, ,1
November 7,1872-36 J • ■ '
TP XEOUTOR'B- NOTlCE.—Notice l»
Fj hereby clvonthat letters testamentary on
fuewlll of fire Mary UoodUoart. late of Woaf
PennsborougU township, Cumberland county.
have this day been issued to the undersigned
Executor, residing in. said township* All per*
sons hnpfolhg themselves indebted are reaaeat.
od to make payment without delay; andlhoao
Having claims will P r %^^ l^i° D r l f E AßT,
Ex'r, of Mary Goodheart, deo’d
sMocrra^t*
4 J)MINISTRA,TOiVB NOTICE I M
ollco Is'hereby given that letters of.admlnlst
tratlon on tho estate of John Wert, late of
Elddleton township, deceased, have been grant*
od to the undersigned, residing in the same twp,
All persons knowing themselves Indebted
thereto, are requested to make payment imme
diately and those having claims will present
them for settlement. ABRAHAM WENT. ■
Oet'BllB72*Ot Adtn’r.
A DMimSTBATOU’H NOTICJH. —,
Notice la lierobj given that letters of Ad
ministration on the estate of Mrs. Eliza Oi .Leh
man, late of South Middleton township, dec'll.,
have been granted to Jacob C. Lehman, of said
township, Persons Indebted to the said Elisa O.
Lehman'will malto immediate payment and
those having claims ,
Administrator*
Bsoctflt
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' ’ THE BOYS. '
There come the boys I Oh dear, the noise,
The whble hbdso feels the rabkbti
Behold the knee of Harry’s pants.
And woip o’er Bertie's Jacket 1
But never mjnd, if eyes keep bright, .
And limbs grow straight and limber;
We'd rather lose tho tree’s whole bark 1 , > 1
Thau find unsound the timber I . .
Now bear the tbps and marbles roll I' ;
The floors—oh wo betide them I ,
And I must watch the banisters,
For tknow boys who ride them!
Look well as you descend the stairs,
I often llhd them haunted , 1
By ghostly toys that make no poise ,t
Jnst when their noise Is wanted.
The very .chairs are tied in pairs, . i; 1
And made to prance and caper; ' ' ,
What swords are whittled oat of sticks j
What bravo hats made of paper I
Tho dinner bell peals loud and well,
To toll the milkman’s coming
And then the.rash of “ steam-oar trains”
Sots all our ears a humming.
How oft I say, " What shall I do
To keep those children quiet?”
If I could find a good reoipc,
I certainly should tiy It.
But what to do with those wild boys,
. And all IholrjUn and clatter,
Is really qultp a grave affair—
No laughing, trilling matter. '
Boys will bo boyff-btit not for long;
~,. iAh could wobear about us
This thought—how very soon oar boys
Will learn to do without, us!
How soon,but tall and deep-voiced men
Will gravely .call us mother;
- Or wo be stretching empty hands
. ‘ From thls world to the. other. -
More gontly wo should chide tho nolso; i ...
, And'VYhennight quolis thekaoketi
- Stitch in bnt lovlng thoughts, and prayers
: While and jacket.,,i
Piscdlaimnis.
Mis. . RANDOLPH'S : SEOBET.
A.TBUE STORY.
BT HAITI a KYI.K. .
‘Mother, yonneverloved me os moth
era loye thslr daughters. 1
The. wordi, werespokea bliteWy. It
wee sail to see tbe beautiful young crea
ture eo moved by pkSstouate wrath, sad ,
to ape the daft bright faqe, vf|th itaaweet.
playful expression j changed .for one a de
tnoh mlghthave worn,. ;
They ..were .a...Btrangß-oontraat.- this
mother and daughter—the woman feo-.
hie, delicate pbd palcp ihe girl, scarcely
more than a Child in years; .hot looking'
much older tbau sho really was—with
dark, flashing, eyes, rich, crimson lips,
and a skin tinged with the grape blootnj’s
purple’grdyj'.'
‘Please do' hot' speak eo, Marguerite,"
said Mrs. Randolph, raising her languid
head, from. the. pillow' of the lounge on
which she was reclining, and glancing
timidly toward the half opandoor thro’
which the sound of a man’s tread, though
deadened by soft carpets, could still be
falntly heard." • 1
■lt’s the bitter truth, and I’ve known,
it from my, childhood,’ .cried the girl lm- :
petuoualy. : ,
‘Marguerite, iny love; dp be sensible,—
I only wish to see you married soon, for
your own sake,. A hundred things may
happen to Interrupt a long engagVlfcnt.'
■ ‘feuoh as what V’ asked MarguerUc.
•If I were to die, It would probably be
put off atlli longer. l
•But you wont die, mother. 7
The girl's voice quivered, and she slid
down upon an ottoman close by the in
valid’s side, and looked anxiously at her
pale,, quivering eyelids.
‘Perhaps , not, dear, but I feel sure that
it la best for your welfare. Be advised
by me, even, if your father opposes It at
first. Leo Nolr la very much In earnest,
and sure you are not averse.’
At this moment a servant entered and
announced Mr'. Lee Nolr, and Margue
rite, with a bright smile and hlghtened
oo'or, spoil to meet her lover. Then tho
footsteps In the next apartment grew near
and a gentleman entered, a flhrld man
with broad ample forehead,
bUdk" curling hair and moustache, ancj
a somewhat severe expression' of counted
nance,
•Lee Nolr la In great haste to.carry >tmr
pot away,’ said this gentleman to Jllfg.i
Randolph, who had risen at his appear
ance, and seated herself id ah oAsy chair.
/ v p.ut..ypfl'*mjiat, manage^
•Helon/htid notAllbW 'her" to 'dorieenirto
'anything hastJL'The child la altogether
too young.*'
" ilrsV Randolph sighed and forced a
plaJqtjflTSmlle which.' might', have been
taken,for asgent,<but uttered not a word,
and after a few raoment’a pause, she said
In a timld tone, which was habitual to,
hcr^usband:,
‘Bertrand, can you let mo have a few
dollarstb'-day?.-' ' ~ • :
;; *A few 'dollars? To be sure. Order
what you want and eend the.bltls’to me,’
'You are very kind,’ eald she, hut T
like, to have it In cash',.ll it:ls
quite convenient—Just allttle,’ 1.,]!
.‘What ilo you want ? ! Cannot ! get It
for you ?' ittid'Mr. Randolph. Inspecting
bis pocket book. ’You ought not io go
out to-day. Yop piuet bp careful; o/,yoqrj
eelf, little wife.’
The lit(ls . wife .thus apostrophized,
flushed with pleasure, and stretched out
one of the little slender bands to him,
but either he did not see or did not heed
the action, and drew U back with «’
sigh. ■. • . , !
, 11 hjiyo not anything about me, I be
lieve. Let me spe—one, two, three, four
dollars—stop, here’s a check filled out for
twenty dollars. Will that do?'
•Yes, yes,’ said Mrs. Bandolph, and
took It with trembling fingers;
Her,husband looked down with a lit*
tie, Impatient, half-contemptuous (town,
for he was one of those strong, healthy
men, who, through their yeiyr strength
and distain moral deficiencies, have no
sympathy 'with physical weakness and
unstrung nerves, and It was only In his
wife’s brightest and most cheerful moods
that she ever received those siullea and
kind words that wore so precious in her
estimation. So he turned on his heel and
left her, and she burled her face in her
hands and sighed.
■Ob, Bertrand ! If you could only love
mo just a little,’ she moaned.
CARLISLE, PA., DECEMBER, Sy 1872.
, And ’ bolow, in, the splendid, drawing
room.JPeroey lies Nolr poured hie pas
sionate protestations Into the ear Of bis
beautltbl beloved. ' I '
The silver-tongued tlma-plooeou the
bracket sounded two clear j ringing notes.
Mrs; Randolph started to her feet. It
was strange to see the change from lan
guor tbaotlvlty. „ ■ . i.' . 1
She touched :a bell-pull, and sum
moned a servant man to her door.' I
: ' ‘Pant,’ said she, ‘you have often poeii
to the bank' for your master?’ j ; ,
‘Yes, obtain, *’said Paid.,..,,, ~, !
take thia oUook thoce for ntajand
get it,cashed. How Jong will It take
you?f c 1 -
'Two hours', ma’am.’. ...
longer/elie bald,and
,shile thie man was gone, she ' sat at the
window nnd<watted; lodging aUerbi tel;
at the broad clean'pavement and the
pretty clock on the bracket. !
The window overlooked Fifth Ave
nue, and the people in all the splendor
fashionable, attire were passing hither
anil thither, on foot and in carrlfwe.
More than one stopped at the door of her
own bouse, but Mrs. Randolph took no
more heed of them than If she had been
stone blind. . . ■ ■ ■ .
Her eyes gazed, into the crowd, until at
last thoifprm of her messenger appeared.
She gave a little frightened, start, it ho
colon flushed In her face; she took the
Jtiills from the man’s, hand, and when
ones the door was shut, cried to herhelf
softly; while both bands clutched them
close to tier heart. ", |
'Thank Heaven 1 Thank Heaven I’
, Two hours later, when the day! Was
•taming .into dusk—for It was will tor
now—she called her maid. ’ j
i ,‘Teil Marguerite to bays dinner alone,’
.she„sald.. ,'Mr.; Randolph will not {be
home, and I want nothldg'st present.—
At:ten o'clock you may' send’some tea
'adiltoiet, , ) ,vr '' r
Sbe then closed tho.door.
Along the garden patch, In the gray
gloom, stble k figure wrapped In a heaps
shawl—such a shawl as nb wealthy lady
ever buys or wears; but yet the figure
bore a remarkablaresemblanoetotho In
valid lady of the Randolph mission. Be
hlnd tbe tiU box-hedge it crept, outat
; the garden gate,' through the long alley
that' lay between the two tall rows'of
houses, Into a ,by-stteflt,,dpWn, this street
with dying, footsteps • Into another still
farther toward the East River, up a har
row lane;-' which reeked’wild, decaying
garbago. then paused, breathless, beside
an/pld'woodenpumPfit i. ■■■■?■ ' •
Out of the 'darkdoßS dame another "fig
ure— a'womah, too; bdtlt was plain that
; thls oho had no deed of conoealment.—
’Bdedante'ldrtd fronii'some shadowy re
cess with a rolling gait, a negro woman,
i with a gay, yellow turbin and a shawl
' tied under her arms, and the little tremb
ling creature In the coarse /shawl held
out toward her a small package.
•Tell him,’ said she, ‘that is the last.’
The negro woman displayed her white
tooth In a broad.grin, thrust the package
into her bosom and turned away. Then
the other went back the way she had
come into a by-street back Into the nar
row lane, back into the garden gate be
hind th£ high box-hedgs, up.itho side 1
atairoase, Into Mrs, Randolph’s 1 Very’
room. ' .
The servant man, Paul, spying the
fleeting figure, watched . It. narrowly,
caught a glimpse of the tiny toot, the
slpnder hand clutching the thick shawl,,
looked and nodded and formed bis own •
conclusion. Ho was a wise fellow in his
way, and be kept this little Item of secret
knowledge to himself. It might be use
ful at some future time. At present his
place was a good one, and. he meant to
keep It.
When the maid brought the tea and
toast to Mrs. Randolph’s room she found
her mistress suffering with nervous
headache, white as snow and almost as
cold. She would have summoned the
doctor, but that lady forbade. However,
the need of medical aid became Impera
tive in the morning, and as days and
weeks went by, Mrs. Randolph lay in a
half helpless state, only rousing herself
at times for a short .excursion through
the house, 1 , ■' ' ' .. i
Meanwhile', Perry Loe Nolr’a suit had
prospered. Margqqrltp had yielded to
his pleadings - and already, wlih\ the
signs of the invalid's recovery, prepara
tions for the wedding were In progress. ;
It. was* very’late one evening-,' her lover
had just'fakeqbls departure, and Mar-t
guerlte Randolph' had summoned her
■fathertbsee the grand.costume,.the airy,
-sheemyj gossamer fabrics,,,this 'exqulslioi
,lapp, the orange blossoms, the lucent
pearls,' and'they became her beauty well.
• ‘My little Southern daughter I’ her
‘i'father said. wlth pride and pleasure In
his,looks and voice,. ,i-:, . - -
‘lamnots Sputhernglri, papa,’ sbie
cried. 1 ‘I was born in New York.’ i
■Yes, darling, but you caught the'
.iheautS.i Bomehow. 1 I- never
could understand it/ for ' you were I n the I
Bouth but twh yeafs of your babyhood’, i
'But, papa, your own eyes and hair'are
dork sho , , (l j ,
» ‘Dark! Yes, but none of my family
overlooked like you, Marguerite. Your
father is proud of -ypur beauty.’
And he kissed "’lier fondly, tenderly.
How his poor little wife would ,hayo ire-
> whiic hisnips
were still pressed to her forehead, a cry
broke the silence of the house.
■Mamma! mamma I’ cried Marguerite,
breaking (rpm herfather's''embrace/ and
rushing Into the outer ball. There was
a great, well etalr case, and up this aha
sped, for theory had come from above,— \
There were doors opened In the ball be
low, where the servants’ rooms were sit
uated, but Marguerite peached her moth
-1 first. Poor Mrs. Randolph I She lay on
|the landing of. the staircase, moaning
and writhing and pointing beyond—
above. ..,,
; 'God help me! What shall I do?’sbe
cried. i. a,- ■
, And Marguerite, raised her, tenderly,
|wbile Jlr. Handplpb who, had reached
the spot, bent down ■ wlth a grave, con
cerned couutennnoe and took her into
bis arms. He laid her In bis own room,
and eat down beside her. Then both
urged to tell.ber what had ailed her,
‘Oh, Bertrand 1’ she said, ‘I saw—X
thought I saw—l, am ill, Help 4 save
me!*
- And sbe sank back In a dead, white
faint.
For weeks she lay and moaned and
wandered la delirium, crying that she
Had seed" him, crying thdt Marguerite
toust be married, crying Botrand to lova
her If only a little, And then when, one
bright Spring morning, she was allowed
to rise onoe more, her reason all restored,
a blow fell npon the household, an Irre
trievable, fatal blow. ; '
Mr. Bandolph sipping his coffee and
perusing his morning paper alternately,.
rose< with a ’ fearful ory, a 1 cry such as
some wild beast rhlghtutter, grew black
In the face, gasped and ,gurgled, throw
his hands, aloft and sank back into bis
chair and pointing with trembling fidget
to the sheet before him', seemed to ask
with his wi|d e^es,'for. b.ljj topgue could
not frame the sounds, the meaning of the
words.before him.
, Marguerite, looked up in alarm.
i f Holen,i- Mr. Bandolph said, after an
other effort; 1 tel! me What this' means;
what theidpmands for money which yon
never, used, wliat the escapade at night
of which I learned too late, what terrible
apparition in this bouse.
The miserable wife looked him in the
face, her great blue eyes widening with
terror.
‘lt baa come at last, 1 shs oried.
■ Where are my letters ?’
They lay beside her plate, as was the
custom at the Bandolph mansion. She
turned them over, one, two, three, In the
same ignorant, scrawling .hand, those
letters which she bad not read because
of her sickness. Bho shivered as she
touched them, then rose erect, and looked
upon her lord and master with a ,new
born courage—the courage of a banted
creature at bay. . o "
‘ I have deceived you bitterly,’ she'
said, and I know that you can iaever
forgive me ; but I will tell you all. Lls«
ten, husband ; listed, Marguerite. Four
teen years ago, when I was Initbe South
for our ailing infant's sake, Bertrand,
pgr daugher, died/ ..'j:- '
Her husband Clenched his hahhp, firm
ly and Margubrlte , gazed in.
wild alarm. . It was plain .she. only
doubted her mother's Sanity. '
‘ Bertrand,’ the wretohed wlfe went
on, ‘our daughter hied by my own care
less act. I dared not tell you- I have
always feared yon until now, Bertrand,
and I could not bear that you should
suffer as, 1 did, and I have suffered all
the tortures of remorse, and the pain of
having deceived you for all these miser
able years,' alone—alone. X nought a
child to adopt—one as nearly like my :
lost habe as It was poaslble to find—and
Marguerite Is that child.. i ...
Here'the woman’s breath failed,her!
but, after a moment’s pause, she went
resolutely on.
They to)d me she was', utterly abaU
doned phut two years ago—l ask no pity,',
Bertrand; lam ready to die—two years
ago. Marguerite’s father came to .me and'
claimed her. Bte had proefe undeniable
that she was his child; that being left by,
hla wife, who afterwards died, her child
wbb la ft to the oaraof some poor people,
who carried, her to the city authorities. —
(Don’t Marguerite. Bertrand, just one
moment.) The man-wanted money. He
haunted me,. He set his new wife—a ne
gro woman, like hie first—to follow ids
about. I could uot'tsll you.
Ue, It was for this I wanted you lo mar
ry soon, and now 1 have been 111, and;
the letters hgve been nnanawered. and
all Is lost; they only want money, Ber-
traud.' ■ i
Then the woman sank trembling,
cowering, utterly broken down/ and
Marguerite fled, shrieking, from the
room.* 1 • 1
• Too late to save her from disgrace,
muttered the stricken man—' too late to
save her happiness. Her lover Is a
South erner, and to him the tinge of
dark blood would seem a deadly taint. —
Woman ! I curse you—curse you for
your cowardice and your deception 1’
A few hours later, the woman whohad
suffered such lingering agony, au oh al
ter punishment, lay dying. '
The trial that was to restore Marguer
ite to a loathsome, .degraded home, never
took place, for the man who Claimed her
would have yielded to anything for gold,
and Mr. Randolph, in : the first hour af
ter hli wife’s revelat|9,n ilqund meane to
silence his demands forever; but Mar;
guerlte paosd-the floor‘bsslde'the death
bed, all the bright health 'and' beauty
gone fhbtai her face,, hep.w.ild;,ays?-,glar-
iug, shredding paper after paper Into
fragments, Rill her path-was strewn with
them is'with Winter snbw ; and beside
the strloken wlfo’s ,couch. the, husband
sst In gloomy silence. *
Upon this. .desolate scene Percy Loo
Nolr. arr|ved r . He, too, had rea( l the
fatal paragraph. Ho glanced a* moment
at the frantic girl. ’ '
- ‘Marguerite,’hsorled/' come back 1
It Is’nothing to me; utterly nqtijlug ;
so you will let me taka -you to my
heart.’ -■ - ■*■' l ll n :
She heeded .him no uiore than If he
had been a stone. He pleaded and wept!
In vain. '
- ‘ Bheis mad,' he cried. • MyMargd-l
erlte will never know me again.
Ho snatched a plstbl from his breast. 1
She flow to hlm juSt os the fatal Weaptmi
Was aimed, feii-fainting on his bpsonq,
and the two lay dead in, each others'
arms. • .- -• ■* *'• :
Then the wretched-woman orlid alolid
most piteously. '- ,
Bertrand ! let me die in your arms.
She is happier than I. Sbe died In bis
and I have loved you better than my
JiV' ■,., .•. i
' But the man only .turned, his, head
aside, aud with,a,fluttering ■ sigh, the
weak, mistaken woman passed away, a
victim of her own weaknosa and error.
An Old Story, but Good.
. If any one believes that alt the stories'
.of the glorious old'times of Jackson and
'day campaigns have .been,used up, .he
will And how easy It Is to be mistaken.
Witness the'following which 1 cornea td
us from old,Kentucky, h^'the w®y, pf
Louisiana. Our entertaining.,friend iben
gins: - ... ' . ■■■ ■ ' '
■You must' know’ (but wef did not
know) ‘that around aud about the beau
tiful city of Lexington, .In tho State of.
Kentucky, for a distance of twelveor fif
teen milerf,' there Uvea; dr did live, '2O
years ago, a great nunibor of small far
mers, who find in that city a ready mar
ket for the surplus product of the farms,
and there they carry It to sell, and buy
finery and nlck-nacks for their fanjlllea.
One of these farmers, a poor but Indus
trious and fearless man, had a porker, a
few bushels of meal, potatoes, beaus, .
wbich be wished 'to dispose of; and,
borrowing a hone and wagon' be picked
up his things, and, just at dark, set off
for town. Arriving at one or two o'clock
in the morning, he entered the market
house, and selecting a stall, he spilt the
dressed pig Into halves, and hung them
bn the stout books, and with a bag bf
meal;for a pillow, lay down to sleep till
morning. He siept soundly and late,
ahd when he awPkb tho market people
Were crowding In ; and lo l oae-half of
his pig bad been unhooked, and booked.
It wW i gone I Ho made known
his iosa, and raving and swearing, hie
drswi the whole crowd aboutblm. Ashe
grew warm with bis wrtltH'hb said: j ‘
“■>! kaow the sort bf man that stole that
pbrkT dbl’ , i.’,.
‘ '•Weft why -.not let It out, If you know,
■ and iwo will help And hlmfor yon,’ they
cried out in reply, "»
, ‘Yes, I know what ,son .of a man ha
was; ho was a Clay man.' ' ' - '
‘As old Harry' Olay lived within 1 a
mile of the market; and every man here
was ready to go to the dean for him, this
was a bold speech, to accuse a Clay man
.of stealing a pig in Lexington, and they
closed on' him to give hied' a sound
thrashing, when one demanded of him
what ndsde him think so.- .
‘ ‘Why, nobody, but A Cjay man. Would
have done it; if he had'boenja Jaokaon
jman, be would , baya gone the whole
hog 1’ ’ . ii'.i . , . „i: . . ,
■ ‘ This turned .the tables. The 1 humor
of the robbed farmer was Ireslstable.—
The Lexlngtonlans carried him off to a'
Coffee house to la' 'hot breakfast and a
morning spree; altep, the'
health of Henry. CJay,,they'made up the
loss, and sent falmihome'i'ejclalng.’ ' .
TOHDJft A IOVEE.
i j I .T -fij -.Tr ; uUI ’ r
BT ,j
; "PJyo dollars I dhpßrldget, I. wish F
knew of any way by which!/ conld cojh
five dollars.’’ ‘"
/. Our scone’ was no Bilk-lined bondlor,'
no plctnresqe wooded ravine fringed
with ferns and musical With, the' ripple
of mbsa-brown waters, but only an un
derground city kitchen, with-a gloomy
range of washtubs bn'one side, and a'
scantl|y|liirh(Bbbil,dtes?er on the other.
Anti Minnie Akerly, a beautiful young,
girl of seventeen, sat 1 perched 1 on the.
aforesaid tubs,'swinging her’ pretty lit
tle feet Ib.and fro, while, a stout Irish;
woman, with -a basket on her arm,
stood opposite." ■ - 1 ' ’ , ,11
' ‘You; Miss,; dqar,!’ l , ; Bohoed BrHget
Maloney. '‘But sure that’s a different
thing altogether.’ -
■We need moneyso badly,’ said Min
rile, soberly, ‘And now that papa is
ill, pnd has lost bis office, we have so.,
little. Mamma mended point lace for
Madame Cherl’e last week, and got a
little. And Sarah advertised for a place
as it nursery governess, but no one an
swered the I could
teach, I think; but everyplace is filled,
and Mp. Bussell says there, are ten ap
plicants at least to every vacancy.’ ;
‘Tlie pity of It!,’ sighed,sympathizing
Bridget,‘‘When tbe Ukes, of me gets
.more wotji than she can-do*. For there
Isa jlntloman sent a dozen shirts last
night to be done up, and It’s inesllf will
have to send,,’eia hapk-’. ;
, ‘How much do you have apiece?'
Minnie eagerly asked.
‘A. shilling, Miss,’ - - " ;
‘That would be twelve s hillings—a
dollar and a half,’ said Minnie medita
tively, ‘Bridget, would yon let me do
them
‘You, Miss Mlunlo?’
‘Do,’ coaxed the girl, *1 know I_
could. I. did papa’s last week, and he
nCvCr knew they were not ironed by a
regular laundress. I should so like to
earn a little money all of my own. I
could buy mamma, some wine, and
Sara a new winter dress,: and—Oh,’
liylth a long aigh, ’I could do so-many
nice-things, if only I had a little
mondyj.’
‘ Well, I declare,’ said honest Bridget,
-robbing: her,.nosei- ‘And you Jhdge'
akerly’s daughter I’’ 11 '
‘ Won't, yqu let me Bridget ?’
Minnie hadjumped off the waih-tubs
and come--close l to the good hhtured
Irishwoman/ "with Sparkling eyes, and
.With the earnestness
hr her plcading, ‘Please, I could come
to your house .thief afternoon, and papa
weald think I was walking In 'the
'■ .■
■ l iSure you’d be kindly welcome, Miss,’
acceded Bridget; 1 ' 'Ohly—’; ' '
, Away, ran Minnie, In great glee, to
make aU necesaary preparations for the
'afternoon’s work.; ' ’ -W
, ,‘Z- won’t tell Sara,’ she thought,. ■ -'nor
mamma, because they’d be sure to cry
and make, a fuss over it- I’ll just steal
iquletly away* after I-have made the
omel ette for papa’s lunch; prily,' If Mr.
Bussell should call—’ and,' the,.lovely
face fell for a* second—‘but perhaps he
won’t. Any way, this Is 'one of the op
portunities to help myself - that I have
sighed for , pq!,l6nki qnd.lt wl|l bhly be
throwing luck away to neglect It.’
. And iso Minnie Akerly stole away at
two o’clockI,' 1 ,' much to the displeasure of
her elder sister Sara.
•I think she might have stayed to
read to . pap a,’ sald"she, ‘lnstead of leav
ing it always to me.’
‘My dear,' said conciliatory Mrs. Ak
ptly, ■ ‘you must remember that sho Is
very young, and needs more relaxation
than,wo do.’. , , i, ,
‘Relaxation 1’ If they could only have
seen 'Minnie' at that moment, with,
flushed cheeks and sleeves rolled up to
the Hair round shoulders, working as if
her life depended on It, they might
have tttkhn'adlffefeiit view'd mailers,
land things in general.
I And tho next day she went again, to
.Iron thq shirts she bad washed so daint
ily. ' •’■•■■
'Bure, Miss, you're making them look
like white satin,’ cried ithe'admiring'
Bridget. ‘And It’s yourself would make
a dacept,llvip’ entirely, as a laundress,
po you would I Only it makes my heart
ache to see the little white hands of
yours all blistered and burned with the
Irons, and parboiled with soapsuds.’
‘My hands 1’ said Minnie, contepmpt
uously, ‘A little glycerine and a week,
VOL 59-HO.' 26.
of kid gloving, and they’ll be all right
again.’ 1 '
‘Married!’ said Engene Russel, medi
tatively. ’And why shouldn’t I get
married, Helena ? Is not a man all the
happier for uniting hla fortunp with
some truly congenial soul ?’
‘Young ladles riow-a-dayB ate all so
trashy and trivial,’ said Mr. Bfassel’s'
mature, strong-minded slater, '.sewing
diligently nWay on red flannel shirts for
■ thopoori--'■>■•••• i • ••; "■
■ '‘Most young ladle?, 1 X gralit-'yoti,’ Obi
served Eugene. ‘Butnot all.jSplena.t
‘And you are the very one to be. Im
posed upon arid blinded,’ said Miss He
lena Russel, who had pever.yet left off
regarding her yori’ng bi'otherjfta a very
small boy, who requited , admonishing
and looking niter In every respect.
■ ‘Now yon are judging unfairly, Hele
na. You never have seen Minnie Ak
etiy.’ . i-' ,1
. ‘l’ve heard of her though, ’ said He
lena Russel, dryly. ‘She waltzes, and
sings, and plays croquet.’
‘ls any of the three a capital crime,
Helena?’ laughingly demanded Eugene,
: : ‘Nonsense—you know that isn’t what
I mean. But It wbultl be a great deal
' mbre to the point If she could sew on
buttonaand iron shirts,’
‘ Perhaps she can;’ ’Suggested Mr. Baa.
set.
t- dls it likely ?’ contemptnonaly retort
ed Miss Helena, •' 1 11
‘Suppose we declare a truce upon the
subject,’ l said her brother. ‘lt’s quite
■plain that we never shall agree on it j
and In the meantime, what do you say
tc| going around with ihe' tO see Mrs.
Maloney?*' . 1 '
‘Mrs, Maloney I Oh, the laundress.
Yea,"! suppose we ought ! to see her
about the summer’s washing. But Is it
necessary for pie tb go myself V ‘ |
•It'Would bh better, I suppose. ’ ~ |
'And rather grudgingly, Miss Bussel
Went to put on ber walklnghabUl
mcnts. '
‘A sad, disagreeable port of the city.
to come to,’ , she said, elevating at the
same time' her skirts and patrician
nose, as they .Wended their .way to the
region of tenement houses, groceries,
and small thread and needle stores that
.stretched, westward, not far from the
palatial mansions of Fifth Avenue it
self. .
. 'Yet people 1 live here, Helena.,’
‘Yes; and I suppose they like' ito
Why. don*t they go West? I’d send
i,there, if I was government, whether,
they, would or not,’
‘Then ’tis fortunate that you are hot
government,’ dryly observed Mr Bus
sel. ‘This is the number, I believe,
Halloo I my little man’—to a dirty
faced urchin, paddling in the gutter—
‘does Mrs. Bridget Maloney live here?’
Master Maloney pricked up his ears.
‘lt’s my mother,’ hesald ; ‘an’ It's in
the basement you’ll find her.’
And with a twist of hisibriatly head
in the direction indicated, ho’dived
Once more into the'gutter.
■ Mr. Bussel, with Miss Helena aus
terely by, tapped once at the door;
twice, three times, before Mrs. Molo
ney’s fine contralto,voice shouted out:
• ‘Come in, whoever you be, an’ don’t
stand there knockin’, the door down/
Och, an’ I beg your pardon. I didn’t
know that It was the quality.’
But Eugene Bussel- stood still in the
dporvyay, his eyes glued to the scone
that met their gaze—Minnie Akerly, In
a buff calico dress land white apron,
ironing diligently away, with a pile of
snowy shirts on her' left hand, and a
basket of sprinkled linen on her right.
And, Minnie herself colored like ‘red
rose’ for a minute.
‘Why am X ashamed ?’ she resolutely
asked herself. ‘Am I doing sonlethlng
wrong ? I won't b* such a fool I’
" And with this doughty resolution Iri
her mind, she glanced.calmly,,up, the
pink shadows still . glowing on her
cheek.., . ■'
, .‘Good afternoon, -Mr. Bussel,’i she
’said, calmly.
,< And- Eugene stammeringly intro-,
duced her to his sister,-who had stood
judicially eyeing the whole scene. j ■
!■ .’lt’s the gentleman a wantin’of-his
shirts, an’ sure they’re not done yet,’
cried bjundering Bridget.
• |But they will be soon,’ said Minnie
—am ourthe last' one. now—if ■
"Bnssel will sit down and wait a few
minutes;’ 1 . , ■
‘You, Miss Akerly, ; ironing my
shirts ?’
,‘Evea so,’ Minnie answered. tThe,
.troth Is, Mr. Russel, we are poor; nod
although ironing shirts Is not so genteel
an occupation ns giving music lessors
or making wax-flowers, I am glad to,
earn: a little money In any way. I be-,
lleye those shirts will give satlsfnctlob,’
Cud she smilingly glanced on the com
pleted .pile.
Miss Helena came forward with her
gray ! ey’es fairly luminous with, satis
faction. , *, ■ •
, ‘My dear,’ said she, ‘I couldn’t have
done them better myself, and that’s
saying a good deal,’
And she nodded, In an approving
Way, at her brother.
Minnie Akerly went home with tbe
dollar and a half in her pocket, the
moat triumphant little capitalist you
over beheld. 1
' ‘I don’t think Mr. Bussel waa nary
much shocked,’ sho aald to herself; ‘for
hesald he would keep my secret ft-ota
papa, andproralsedtocall this eyhtili )g.’
And, three, months afterward, wl ten
Eugene Russol was married to Min nie
he,Wore ope of the very shi rta
that had been washed and Ironed by
the bride’s folr hands. '
‘lchuld not be half so proud of il,”lhe
sold,‘if It were fashioned out of cloilh
bf gold.’ • ’
Jake Johnson's Mule, '
Jake Johnson had a mule, There
was nothing remarkable In the, mere
fact of his being the possessor of such
an animal, but there was something
peculiar about the mule. He, iho anlr
mal. could kick higher, hit ha rder, on
the slightest prov ocatlon, and ai :t uglier,
than any mule on record. One morn*
Ing, riding on hia property to ,moikot»
Bates of
84.00
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676
8 60
9 60
60
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2 *• 160 800
3 •* 2 00 4 00
4 •• 2 50 *76
6 •• 800,6 60
fl ‘ 360'0 60
2 months 4 00 7.60
8 . ,6 00 860
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1 year. 10 00 16 00
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Jake mot Jim Boggs, against whom he
had an old but'concealed grudge. Ho
know Boggs’* weakness’My In bragging
and* betting; therefore he saluted him
accordingly: , ,
“ How are you, Jim ? Fine morn
ing,” “ Hearty squire,” replied. Jim.
‘‘Fine weather. Nice mule thqt you
have.. Will he do to bet on?”.‘‘But
on ? Guess he will that'l tell you, Jim
Boggs, he is the beet" mule In this
country., I paid flv,e hundred'dollars
for hl(di,’’ V Great smach i;is that «»?•'
ejaculated"'jimi. ‘‘.Solid truth, "every
word of', it. 1 Tell you.’dorifldefatlally,
Jim, I’m taklng hlm .down fo.r beitliig
purposes. ril'.be'thU’cqri 'kick a, fly off
from any mariV Without hrirtjnS; Ijl'ii."
VNow, look'herei squire, : "'said.Jim,
“ I amhot a betting character, but I’ll
bet you on that myself,” “ Jim, there
Is no use, do not bet; Ido npt want to
win your money.” “Do not beajann
ed, squire; I will take such bets as
them every,tlme.” '“ Well; if J'tju are
determined to bet, 1 will risk a small
stake—say flye dollars.”
“ All right; squire, yOur iny man.—
But who Will
There is no oneherebbtyop atfdJ, you
try it;’C " No,” Wllhaon, “ X'hnve
to bo by tbe mule’s'bagg "‘to '^ordor
him> “Oh, ya33j’’'Bald l
probably 1 ami the‘man.’’ I will
do it: but: you', are' to bet ten against
my flv«; if I
quoth thb squire',' ‘ r how here,ls aAy on
your shoulder; stand still.” Ami
jbhnsbh ndjiisted thb mule;' tyiilst,
jerve,” said .he. | The mule;raised his
heels ,'witli' sdoh" 'yeVooity and' Mice that
BOgge rose In the ; a<r like aßird, and
hilghtbd on" all'fours In a muddy, ditch
bang up agaldst a rail-fence, ttising
in B'toWeribg'ihgo’ fib 'fetiilaTibed:" Yes,
thht 1 'is smart i r l the'' darned
male cOnidn’t ’db'it. : 1fou; bad’all that
pdt Up. X Would hot be "kicked like
that again for dollaTsi'-'-Yba can
just fork over'them are AUkvs'for it,
anyhow.” “Not 1 so fnst'.dithVJervey
did Just what I bald ho' eoiild,’fh'at is,
kick a fly off'it man withfauf Hurting
him.' You see the mule Is W6t! injured
by the operation: ’Hdwhber; 'll you are
not satisfied, wb' 1 wilt'try' it’Aghln as
often as you wisfi.” , "“ , TlVtf'd'ediB 'take
you I” growled Jim,' ’• I’d ththeWhave
a barb fell onmethantrj? it-again.—
Keep the stakes but ddh’tsrty ati'j’thmg
about it;” 'Add Boggd-trudged'tin in
bitterness of Sbirl, inurmbrlngi tb him
self : “ Sold by ‘ thunder,and kicked
by a mule.” : , , .i• ;,
A Mother-in-law’s fast Hide.
Joe S. is the fortunate possessor of a
motherdn-law, and what he probably
thought more of among his horses was
one known as Quaker. 1 Now Quaker
was a, good reader, and could and
would Jerk a wagon, with two in it in
2:51 on the road, and thb harder he was
pulled in and the more he was felled at
the faster he .meant' to go.. In feet,
when a'competing horsenanged'along
side, and a strong pull Was takbn, ac
companiod with yells,'‘ho .thought he
must,do his level bEat.on.trotttag; and
you bet. he did it. , Not many years ago
when thoconnty fair was;held .where
Muster Joe then . lived, he had old
.Quaker hitched up to a 130 pounds
three-quarter seated wagon, and As he
was getting In, mother-in-law.wlshed
logo with him, . He.informed hetl that
l \e was going to the town clerk’s office
at the lower end’ of the village, (about
'a ,mile,) and if she was ina. hijrry to
rete’rn she would .have to drive' back
aion, ?, and then craniped the wagdh for
•her aimittance) and'with head droop
ing aird slouching gAU, bid Quaker
walked along, taking. the 111-aarerted
assorted 1 pair to the.town clerkls office.
Now, be it known; Joe'dearly doves
fun. and will , have It as- often asipossl
ble,' while- motberdn-law'ls.a'rlsld, old
. fashioned, akyblaoßaptlst; undhubt
edly very good toi unfortunately' pos—
gessed with :lho idem that tolaughfis to
sin.: It so happened thateveryteam at
that time waa going,to the felrgroiihds,
or else was w.tikiug; so/itiakorhad no
chancel to 1‘ tore up,’’ OatjttßV ds they
arrived at. the .office of ihe'ito'wn' clerk,
g. B aw Jack Bamei Coming.on hls way
'to the fair:i- Now; Jack’s! mare haa the
reputation of bolhg four.oe fiva'tootods
faster than , old' -Quaker/'' 'To 1 turn
Quaker- around,, jump out,:nnd-ltldvisa
mother-in-law to drive slow : going
'home; waa nui a 'minule’s Wotk j'ami
then holding up his handotoliattract
Jack’s attention he told, pirn ha .would
pay chicken fliiaca, lf . ho
would range alongside Quaker at Speed,
yell and spirit the 1 Old home Up'the
street ,to IjalriGroundaentcancaU A
nod, and,i Jook. touches -)Jhdy
with hls. Whip, sings out, .git,^-and Jays
for Qu4ker;.who, hearing, the stepper
coming, grabs-at hi8 l blt. l “ JMBtHef-ln
law takes hold-of reins !lm frOntof tho
buttons, puts feet agalost brace, iron'l n
takes her strongest pull; -streaming
whbal to atop hler‘ Vanlm Ud. Butha
didn’t atop, not much—he.dldn’tt-the
null was Just enough, to,apsady him
good: whoa, he evidently considered
to he meant for a sell for the 1 Other
horse, and squatted to do bis level beet,
and just did it. Now I. you.bet}
Barnes was actually getUng , left , be
hind, and warming up to his, work he
commenced in' right good earnest to
sing out, Hi Yatr 1 Go er long I What
areyouaboutl, Git, won’t yer?. And
they did git nice. “Both on’em.”
The people they passed, seeing .their
speed and the old'iady’s hat mk.tho
back of her neck, her shawl streamifag
out behind, and the courage with which
she hung on: to .the. lines; clapped their
hands, and encouragingly,)sung,, out.
“Good, old gal!” “Gay old hlrd 1”
“ Bully for Pitt Quaker t” And M they
passed two betels, the’feat boya oh'thu
piazzas gave them three,•cheers!with’u
vim. in fact, with sevpral, extra: tvlma.
Joe’s mother-in-law took, the first
evening train for heir 'Green Mountain
home. His parting wdrfis Were;'“ho
should not allow hot to dtlve. Quaker
again as he .had eaptioned, hm .tp,drive
stew, and she had gone and beat ope of
the fastest horses In town. ' ", "
Joe sald thb next'day; wltha quiit
twinkle of his eye, that hie wife did nht
give him a “curtain lecture” that
night, and when parties,put, up,their
little bets on it he proved by Jack
Barnes that they wept out to Pittsburg
for their chicken fixings and etceteras,
and didn’t got back until six o’clock
next morning. '
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