. v"
INDEPENDENT" Live ana Let Live."
1.00 a Year if Paid in Advance.
BE: V. 'Mqetiiimer,-, Proprietor.
Single Copibs, 3 cts.
LEHIGHTON, CARBON COUNTY, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1878.
VOL. VI., No. 13.
Railroad Guide.
N
ORTIl PISNN A. RAILROAD .
r ht'ndeltihla will leave Lehigh.
ton as follows i ......
3: 17s. m., Via. L. V. arrive at Phlla. ntCzlS a. m.
JiMB.in.vUUV. ' 'i'lSj'S"
11:07p.m. ylnL. V. ' ' TjitVS'
1:20 p.w. Vliu V , " . " 11:50 p.m.
Returning, leaw.dopot at .BerJca and Ameri.
iUU At 10iJ. umu . - -
plIItA. & HEADING RAlbKOAD.
Arrangement of PasseDger Trains.
NOVUJtnun. Stii. h?7.
Tralnsleave ALLBNTOWN as follows!
(VIA l'HIlKIOMEX BRANCH.)
For Philadelphia, at 0.5J. li.oj. a.m..3.15 anil
,"P-n,f SUNDAYS.
For Philadelphia at 3.21 D. m.
IVIAKASf rXSA.BRAKCn.)
or Re id'.uit. t 2.3J. S-OD. U U5 a m 12.U. S-10. 4.30
and 'i 0-r. p.m. . ,, .
lr lI-trrlsDiirg. 1.3) 5 50, 1.05 a.m., 12.15, 4.30
For Lancaster and Colunttna, 5 to, 8.'03 4.ni. and
. 4 30p m.
tDoes uot ran on Monday.:
l MJNDAVS.,,
For Riallni. 2 3D a.m. and 0 05 p ra.
1'or 31 irrijhnrg, 2.3 rt. m. nn.l 05 o. ro. .
Trains FOR ALLE ,TQWN leave as fouowsi
(via rcRKiosmx branch.)
Leave Philadelphia, 7.31 a. nr., 1.01), 1.30 and 8.U
p 1U.
SUNDAYS.
Lo.tvo Philadelphia, e.oiu. m.
(VIA UAST PIViStA. nilASCH.)
Leave Reaiiiug, 7.41. 7,45. 10.33 a m., 4.00,0.10 and
LcaXoHarilsburp;, 5.00,7.3) a. m.,and 1.40, 3.30
P. ra.
i.o.ive Lancaiter, 7.30 a. m., and 3.25 p. m.
Leave Columbia, 1.20 a. m . and 3.15 p. m.
SUNDAYS.
( eave Reading. 7.20 n.m.
Leave Ilarrllinrt, 6.2 a.m.
Trains maike.l thus C) run to and trom depot
Vth and Orceu street., Philadelphia, other
trains to nid Irom Broad street dopot.
Tno (U0 u. m and 5.55 p. m. tiolus from Allen
ioi(, and tho7.33 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. trainj
Trom RMlndriphta, have through cars to and
truiu Phllidelphla,
J. K. WpOTrKN. .
General Stanastf.
C, a HANCOCK, Oen'l rtcH'tt Aacnt.
P
EXNSTLVAN1A RAILROAD.
'GREAT TRUNK LINE
AND
United States Mail Route.
The attention of the traveling public lures
Itctluilv invited to some of tno merits oi this
Snub highway. In the confident nascrtton and
?llef thit uo other line can offer equal induce
incnti as a route, ol through travel. Ia
Construction & Equipment
the
Pennsylvania Railroad
stand t conto-isodly at the head ot American rail
ways The tract doulilo the en tiro engfh of
tho lne. oihtoel rail laid ou hoavy oak tics,
which an embedded In a foundation ot roctcbil
.last eighteen h.cbca In depth. All bridges aie
at iron ot stone, aud bull tipoi the ruottau
ptoveil plans. Its pns-ieugcr iara, while emin
ently sulo nnd Kiibstanfal, arc at the aauio tiuio
mode h ot cenjf m t und elcganca.
TJio Safety Appliauccs
in tise on this lino well Illustrate the far-seeing
nnd libcrnl policy ol its management, in itccoid
mice with which tint i-tllttv only otan lpiptov
liiiiut nnJ not it- enst has bucu th iuesilpu of
cuiiijidciaUon. Among many may ho noticed the
lilock System of Safety Signals,
vJiuiuey Coupler, Buffer & Platform,
Tllli W'HA RTON" P TENT SWITCH,
AMiTIIC
WcstiugUouso Air-Brake,
fotmlnR In conjanctlon with a perfect donblo
tracic i odd bod a combination of eafeguarddu.
KAlnwt accidents which havo rendered them
practically it possible.
Piillnian Palace Cars
Aro run on all Expros Trains
TROII NEW YORK, PIIIKADA.. BALTI.
MOHUaml WAUUINOrpN.
TO CHICAGO, CINCINNATI. LOUISVILLE
IrfDrANAl'OLIS und bT. LOUIS,
WITHOUT CHANGE,
nnd to fill principal points in the. far West scd
Month With Datoneciantroof cars. Connections,
aro Diadn in Union Depots, and aro assured to
ll important points.
THE SCENERY
Of tho Pennsylvania Routo
is Bdmtlted to be untmrpiiwd in the.'wcrld lor
rjnoeur, benuly and variety, (superior Ko
Tresliuteat fnclllnes aro prolded. Employees
ur-coui uoub and attentlvo, audit is an inevlt.
eulo result that a trip by tho l'eunsylvama
nnuruaii must loriu u
licaslnp and Mcmor&Mo Exjierlencc.
Tickets for talent the lowest rates at the
Ticket OMcej ot tho Couipuuy lu all Important
cities and towns.
l'BAMC TflOMPSON, V. P. EARMRlt,
lieu. Manager, Geo. Pass. AReuL
3. K. 31IOU.MAKK11. Pa.s.Aent Middle Slst.
12 Vorta Third St., Ilarrlscurc, Pa.
prlme Home Made Brtad !
WHY UO UUNQUYI When Vou can liny 6H
pounds ot tint CI J us Bread
FOUK LOAVES FOR 25 CENTS I
J W. O'NHAL, the popular Bread and Cake
l'aker, of Leniahtoti. in order (o meet the wauta
ottho times lias Bed mod tie Pries of hlscels
brcted Homo Mwlo BUUAD to
Four Loaves for Twenty-five CU. Cash.
Buftar, Italsln. Cocoauut Scotch, Drop, cream
ami Uucr C A ICES, only
Ten Cents per Dozen.
Look Out for tho Wagon!
At II Alien CHUNK, on Tuesday, Thursday
aod Saturday Aloiuings.
L15H1U H TON and wi.iboPURT, every After
noon except tTlday.
TERMS STRICTLY CASH 1
I'atronaae.ollclted. J, w, O'NEAL,
sroicu. Opposuo First National Banic,
afrtlbyl Bant htreet, Lehlfchlou.Pa.
M.Sal
t chance to make mon
f rou can't cet srolil vou
.get greenbacks. We
1 u. nerson Inevprv town
to tukenunitriTitinnss'riip thA
lareeat. cheapest and len Iliustiated family
lmhlicatieu lit tho word, Aur ono can become
a successful njjat. The niott eleaint works nt
art cirea free to aubscrtoent. The price Is ao
low that almost cwrrDoJr eulscrlbe. Ono
airect ronort muklnit over lis i in m vrfntr a
lody steut rei'orta takins ovor400 subscribers
in mi uayB. All who t-ngatre make money fast.
Vpu can devote all rour urae tothe buinesa.r
oqly voar spare time. You nee J not be away
from horn ft over night. You can do It as well as
others. Pull parucuhrs, directions and terms
frei Elegant, anil esnAiiRivA Ontflt frAA. if
you want urofltabie wore send us vour address
at odcj, It cost nomine to try the business.
2f oae wiin enjivei fall to make great par.
dar4 "The iNwplv's Journal." Portland,
CARDS.
M...HII...B W.ralinnin.
Y.Schwirtl.llsnk streel.cfeateriit all tindl of
FarnUurt, CoUintmadtlo order.
Hoot anil Shoe Makeri.
CIlatonBretney, in Leran't building. llsnk street
AllordtripromfilnftUed work warrantta.
Attorneys.
P 1'. tuXGSTREET,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next dooi tcthe "Carton nouse.'
BANK5STREET, LEllIOIITON. PA.
December to-Om.
w,
M. UAPSIIlfiK,
ATTORNEY AND C0U.NSELI.0Il AT LAW,
. F5Vi?"t.",.,ii nor.nd
Sell lUsl K.tato. Conveysnclng neatly done Col.
l.etlons promptly made. Settling bstat. i of p..
eedsuts a jjedalty. Msy b. consulted In Knllsh
DO ucruinu.
J AS. It. STUUTIIEUS,
ATTORN SY AT LAW, ,
S3- Office : 11 floor of Rhoad's llsll,
Maucli Chunk, Fa.
All business entrusted to hltu will be promptly
attended to. ,
Msv27, ly.
p J. SI1CEII AN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Next Door to Klrst N4tVo'nl Wok ,
MAnClI CHUNK, PA.
3-Can bs ronsulted In Oermsn. TJsnO.
Justices and n&urnnce.
pp A. BBLiTZ,
JUSTICE OP TUB PEACE,
Obcrfs Bulldlnir, BANK-St., LsuionTOS.
. - -..A n ,.- hntt.
uonvoynnciuK, ,uucuuu n. i . J.
od to. Agent for tho best Fire rnd Llfo Insnr.
once CoinmnioJ 1 Bents collected at reasonable
cuarges. (uo. ....... -
rjlIIOMAS S. UECIC,
JUSTICE OP THE PEACE,
BANK Slreet, LEIllailTON, P.
Conveysncloft, Collecting snd all business con
oocled with the ofllce promptly attended to,
4sTAnetit for nntt'Ctsss Iosurance Companies,
sud itkks of all Linda tskeo on the most liberal
terms. Jan.u,iS73.
a Stomas Kcjir.ncn,
CONVEYANCER,
GENERAL iN&HRAlICE aOEliT
ifhs fjllowlns Companies aro Represented:
LIS It AN )N MUTUAL FIB 15,
IIUAI)1M MUTUAL FIBE,
WYOMING VIMS.
porTiiviLi.E Finn, .
LE II I (111 FI R E. and the TB AV
ELERs ACCIDENT INSURANCE,
Also Pennsvlvanh and Mutual Horse Thief
Detecilvo aul Iuurant.o (.'ompauv.
Marcn 23. 1373. 1 llOS, KEMERER.
Physicians and Dentists.
TTT A. DISRIIADlISn, Sl.OV,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Bpetlal attention paid to Chronic Wlericl.
onicej South East corner Iron and 2nd sts.. Lo
hlahton. l'n. April 3, 1875.
D
n. s. o. nisuisn,
PRACTICING PHYSICIAN AND SL'ROKO.V,
Offlca, Dakk Strert, next door alwve the Fostoulce,
Lehlghton, Ta. OfUce Hours rarrjYllle each day
rom 10 to 12 o'clock; remainder of day atofflreln
Lehlihton Nor-23,'72.
Tjy U. M SBIPLE,
PnYSICIAN AND 8UROE0N.
Next to E. II. Snyder's store, Baxk ST.,
LEI1IOIITON, PENN'A.
N.B. Special attention Kivento the Cnreot
Salt Itbeuiu, ic. Jan. 13-y
J.
hKSH
rilYSICIAN AND bUHOEON,
(Latt Resident rhyticUn of HarrUbutg Hospital).
Office i Next door to the Union Churcb,
WEISSPonT, PA.
V& Pncclal attention trlven to tho Dlieaaen of
Women. L'onbiilttlon iu EniclishandUermau.
Aug, is, isif-ani"
y. edwauu uuoVn,
HUaOEON DENTIST,
Of tfco Feniisylvaula Dcllbl Cull'ece. riiila'dol-
phla. has onent d an ofllce In LE1IIOHTON, on
DUO AD STUEET. tielt door to Snydera .tbtb
AU work warranted satisfactory.
LAUOIIINO a A3 Used for the patnles4 ex.
traction of Teeth Aug. It, lf?7-yl
N
ATUAN KRttJJl,
At his SALOON, next to Clans-' Tallorlna
EstubltsbuicDt, keeps the Cclebiated
Philadelphia Lager Beer
Constantly ou Tap - bo also keeps a fdll supnlv
of Puro UEBMANT WI.NE". Choice CIUARS,
Tbepationage uf the publlo is very resjioct
fully Invited.
r. Alii Art ivitui.
Don't force 1 1 he nlarn t Nel tlnnr ahova T. T.
Clause', 1IA.S K stieet, Lehlgliion. OctH
FRED. KELLEY
Announces to the peoplo ot Lehlchton and Tlcln
tty that he Is prepared to supply thrm
with every article ot
Housefiirnlglilng: Tinware,
At very lowest prices also.
Roofing and Spouting,
In all its branches, promptly attended to at
prices fully as low as tho lowest, (live me a
call.
RTOREi Opposite the Pnbllo Square. BANK
STREET LKluailTON, PA. July ai.'jr.iy
GIVEN AWAY Zl. TwEmvS
BTEEL KNOHAVINO,
entitled " The Finding of the Saviour In the Tem.
Pie," with tho WORKI.NU CHURCH. S4 pge
Religions family Newspaper.devoted to Honse.
Mold, the buudav echooi, Musio and veneral
ennrch Work, On 3 months, tnsl for U cents.
Agents Wauled. Address, J. It. BRKWKB.
IKPSIC-Iai ISIWuiMHH.y.
.JSSIGNEE'S SALE OF .
Valuable1 Real Estate !
, The undersigned, asslenco of Joseph B. Sel
del, will sell nt publlo sale, at tho Franklin
Hotel, in Franklin Township, Carbon County,
Pa., on
Wednesday, March 13. 78,
at 2 o'clock p. m tho followlnar properly, to
wlti Peven town or bulldlnir lots, annate in
Franklin Township nforosald, oach having a
front of 50 feet and a depth ol 16) feet, and
numbered rcspccllVrlv Nos. 22, 13, 24, 31,3.1,13
and 53, Al.o,one out lot containing about M of ou
acre, being the propertr of Joseph II. tieldel,
and to bo sold for tho benefit of creditors.
Teims and conditions will bo made known ot
tho time and place of sale by
HEN R Y BOYEB, Assignee.
f cb 14, 1873.
JSSIGNEE'S SALE OF
VALUABLE
Real Estate WJ.B.Seidel
There will be sold at public snlc, ou treprc;
raises m TowameuHinn; Township, Carbon Co.,
Pa , on
Monday, March 11, 1878,
nt 1 o'clock p. m., the fol'owlnir real estate, sit
note in lowamtnsiDg Township, to wit: All
that ccttflln tract or piece of land bounded
und deen oed as follows: Deolnninir at n chest,
nut cnrDer, thente by land or Joseph Koch and
Joslah linrpel north 4 hi degrees, west 2241$
perches to u stone: thetico down in thePoco
Poco. it Biff Crpek. I7i perches to a utono cor
tier, thence south 2 degrees, west so perches, to
a b ton ef tlieaco south 434 doprees, west 42
peichi's, ton ttoJO, tticnco bv land of William
wchairor south )!4 degrees, ean 17 perchea, to n
stone; thence bvland now or latu of Danlt
btemler, south 72 decree1!, wear CO perches to a
stono and stake i thence bv the Bimo Bouth 60
dfcrces. west 83 perches to a post i thence bv
land of Jacob Smith south IQU dcgreeB, east 60
pciches to a etono: thence by thosame nonb bJ
degrees, cast 1 18 perch? s to a stone i thence by
the same sooth 18 decrees. eat &i perches to n
pofttt tnence by land of John II, Weiss north
73H degretM, east C9 pTch-s to a Blono j thenco
by land of William Bcimfffr north 9 drgrees.
wot 2 perches to a stone i thence bv the same
north 72 degrcei. ea-t 47 24t pcrchoi to the
piacoot beginning, containing
224 ACRES AND 49 PERCHES,
strict measure, upon which Is eroctcd
A TWO.STORY FRAME DWELLING,
24 by 20 feot,wlth a kitchen 19 bv 22 feet attached
a Swiss baiu30 by COfeet, and other outbuild
ings. About 100 acres of the land aro undor a
good stato of cultivation.
Terms and conditions will bemado known at
the time and placo of salo by
HENRY' BOYEB.
Feb 14, 1878. Aselgneo ot Joseph B Seidel.
A1
Of Valuable Real Estate.
By virtaeot an Order issued cut ol tlie Court '
of Common Pleas of Carbon Copnty, the under.
algneJ will sell at Publlo Sale, on
Thursday, March lith, 1878,
at TWO o'clock P. M upon tho premises In
EAST WEISSPORT, Franklin township Car.
bon county, Peuna., tho following Real Estate,
to wit i
No. 1. AU that certain Messuage, Lot or
P ECE OF LAND,
situate In East Wolsspoit. FraukUn tont!blp,
nnd county uforosala. bounded and descriped as
follows, to witt Beginning at a post, titcoce
along a puhllu road leading from Kreflgovillo to
Welssport, south fortv-one and ouo-quurler de
green, west nmety-nine feet to a voi thenco
by land proposed for an atioy, Routh lortv-tniee
degioea, cost ono hundred and thlrfcv-one feet
to u post : thenco by and along sa.d alloy, north
forty-one and aquatter itegreo-, cant riueiy.
ntuefeottoapo.Hi theure oy Inni of. tVirth
toi ty three decrees, west one hundred and illJr
ty.oDefeet to the place ol beginning, containing
12,900 Sqliare Feet,
and embraces Three LotB, viz : Nos. 7, 8 nnd 9.
The Improvements thereon consist of
i"K o I-rame DWELLING UOUtfF, i.by
25 feet. Two htones Ilich. With Two
Poi cues attached and other Outbuilding''. A
Well of goAd Water, nnd u Iotro aud eooti Yard
planted with Fruit Tinea.
No. 2. All that certain
Lot or Piece of Grouiid,
situate In East Welssport. iu theTownshlo and
('oiiutv n foresaid, bounded and described na fol
lows, to witi llHirimilng.nl; a pubho road leading
iront Welfcsoort to Htrodil3burg, thence by lnd
ot Lewis Uom north live degrees, east ten
pe i ches to an alley ahnig tho graveyard i thence
along said alley, sonth eiglity-Mjveu degree,
cast four perches to a stouet theuce by land
late of C. v. Klolc, sonth nve deare.es, west ten
perches lo said publtti rondt thencd along tho
Mime, uorth eitihtv-oven decrees, wet four
perches to the p ace of oeglnnlug. containing
40 Perches; Strict Measure.
The Improvements thereon consist of a
BLACKS M ITIT A MllOP, ''0 by 21 feet. Two
(Stone ltigh. with Wigo;i Shop overhead.
lielogthe Heat Estate of UENlt 1? BHU
LIN and WIPE, ot said Fianklin Township,
Caroon county; ana to bo sold by the Assignee
lor tho Benefit of Creditors.
1 he terms and conditions will be made known
on tho day ot sate, and due attendance tflven by
UENJAMIN llEllLIN, Assigueo.
PETER j; MBEUAN, Attorney
February 9, 1878.
"lssoititloii of Copartnership.
"Vntlce ijlieroby gltto, that the Pattnei-shlp
lately subelstlna bittecn CIIAB It. WEIbS
und P. A,, ANDREWS, of packertoo. PrbUa..
under the Arm of WI5IBS & ANDUEWS. wo.
m.Bolved ou.the Uth day of January, 1878, by
ruutuat consout. All debts owinfi to the .Aid
partnerahlp aro to be recoived by Uie said P. A.
Audrow.,and all demands on the said partner
ship are to be presented tu him for paymi nt.
CHAS. II. EIS,
I'. A. ANDREWS.
Packcrton, January 23, lMd.
Having purchased the interest of C. II, Weiss
In the lale llim of Weiss & Andrews, the uniier
signed will coutlnue In the DrvGooas.aiocerr.
Boot and bhoe, &e. business at the old stand at
Packet ion, wheio he will be pleased to see all
his friends and customeis, and by prompt at
tcnlion to business will try to renuer saticfac
Hon to all who may favor himwllaa call
Thankful for paslfavois. I .olictt a continuance
of the patronage given the old firm.
P. A. ANDREWS.
Feb. 2. 1S-S-W1
T
o Whom It May Concern.
All persons aro hereby forbid meddling with
one fctorrel Horse, one Ilntcher Wagon, one bef
Harness and oti Hansago Cutter, loaned bv the
underslgi.ed to CHAS. w. LAURY. of Lehigh
ton. Pa., the same being my jronert y.
lb HORN,
Franklin twp., Feb. t, 1S78wj-
L0YEKSI
book op KNnwi-
KDUK, or Secrets ot
Love, Conruulp & Mar
nage Hhowlng how to
get married. live happlly-obUIn healib, wealih
and distinction, and appear to advantage in so
ciety 2uo psges-300.0 0 sold. Mailed lor III cts,
in postage .ttropsor rnrrency. AdareM,Thf.
Vina ruMubmgOo., Nswirt M.J. dels-ml
THE FLOODED GULCH.
A Romance of the Gold Diggino3.
I wam't never meant for no sailor, I
warn't, but I camo of a great nation, nnd
when n chap out of our way says ho'll du a
thing lie does it. I said I'd go to sen, and
I went nnd thar you arc. I said I'd drop
hunting and tako to mining, and thar I
was; and that's how it como about.
You see, wo was rather rough out our way,
S-licro Hcz Lano nnd mo went with our bit
of tent and pickers, shooting-irons and sech
like, meaning to make a pilo of gold. Wo
went to Washoe, nnd didn't get on; and
then wo went to Fort Laramie, and didn't
get on there. Last, wo went right up into
tho mountains, picking our way amongst tho
stones, for Ilez ses, "Look hcroold hoss, let's
get wliar no one's afore. If we getwhar the
boys aro at work already, tho've tobk tho
cream, and wo gets tho skim milk. Let's
you and me gel the cream, and let some o'
the others take tho skim milk,"
"Good for you," I saysj nnd wo tramped
on day after day, till we got right up In. the
heart o' tho mountains where no ono hadn't
been afore, and it was still and quiet, as it
made you quite deaf.
" This'll do, Dab," says Ilez, as we put up
our bit of n tent on a pleasant green shelf in
tho steep valley place. "This'll do, Dab;
thar's yaller gold spangling them sands.and
running in veins throUgn them rocks, aud
yaller gold in the pockets of tho rock.
"Then let's call it Yaller Gulch," I says.
" Done, old hoss !" says Ilez ; and "Yaller
Gulch it is,"
Wo set to work next day washing in the
bit of a stream and shook hands on our good
luck.
"This'll do," says Hcz, "We shall make 'a
pile here. Ko ono will dream of hunting
this out,"
"bay, Btranger I" said a voice that made
us both jump. "Do it wash well ?"
And if there warn't a, long.WAn, ugly yal-lar-looking
chap looking down nt us, as he
stood holding a mule by the bridle.
Why aforo a week was over, so far from us
keeping it snug, I reckon there was fifty
peoplo in Yallar Gulch, washing away, and
making their piles. Afore another week was
over soma ono had set up a store, and next
day there was a gambling saloon. Keep it
to ourselves 1 Why, stranger, I reckon if there
was ono speck of gold anywhere within 500
miles our chara'd sniff It out like, vultures,
and be down upon'.
It warn't no uso to grumble, and we kept
what we thohghtto ourselves, working away
and making our ounces the best we could.
One day I projioscd wo should go up higher
in the mountains; but Ilez said he'd be darn
ed if he'd movci and next day if he'd want
ed me to go, I should have told him I'd be
darned if I'd move) and all at once, from
being red-hot chums, as would done any
thing for one another, Hcz and mo got to bo
mortal enemies.
Now, look here, stranger. Did you ever
keep chickens? I'Vopsnot; but if you ever
do, just you notice this. You've got, say, a
dozen young cocks pecking about, and as
happy as can be smart and lively, an' in
ncrccnt as chickens should be. Now, just
you go drop a pretty young pullet In among
cm, and see if there won't be a row. Why,
afore night there'll be combs bleeding, eyes
knocked out, feathers torn and ragged a
reg'lar jieppcr-box and bowio set-to, and
'ocause of that little smooth, brown pullet,
that looks on so quiet and gentle, as if won
dering who made the row. Now, that's
what was tho matter with us; for who
should come into the Gulch one day but an
old store-keeper sort of a fellow, with as
pretty a daughter as ever stepped, and from
that moment it was all over between Hez
and me.
He'd got a way with him, you ee, as I
hadn't, and they always made welkim at
that thar store, when it was only "How do
you dd?" and "Good morning," td me. I
don't know what love is, stranger; but if
Jael Burn had told me to go and cut one of
my hands off to please her, I'd ha' done it.
I'd lla gone through fire and water for her,
God bless berl and if she'd tied one of her
long yallar hairs round my neck, she might
have led me about like a bear, rough as I am.
Hut it wdlildn't do. I soon see which way
the wind blew. Sho was the only woman
in camp, nfad could have the pick! &nd she
picked Hcz;
I was 'bout startln' mad first tirHe I met
them two together she a hang'ng on his
arm, and looking up in his face, worship
ping him a great, big, strong he; and as
they war got by I swore a big oath as Ilez
should never have her, and I plugged my
six-shooter, gave my bowie a whetting, and
lay in wait for him coming back,
"Now, Hez," I say, "how about your dar
ling now? You'll cut in afore a better man
agin, will ycrt"
" Yes, if I live!" he says, stout-like, so as
I couldn't help liking the grit he showed,
"That's right," ho says; "pitch mo over,
and then go and tell little Jael what you've
done. She'll be fine and proud of yer then,
Abinadab Scales I'
He said that as I'd got him hanging over
the rocks, and he looked me full in the face(
full of grit, though be was helpless as a
baby; but I didn't scs hit lice then, for
what I saw was the face of Jael, wild and
passionate like, asking me what I'd done
with her lover, nnd my heart swelled so that
I gave a sob like a woman, as I Bwung Hcz
round into 'safety, and taking his place like,
"Shove mo over," I says, "and put me out
of niy misery."
Then ho held out his fist but I couldn't
take it, but turning off, I ran hard down
among tho rocks till I dropped, bruised and
bleeding, and didn't go bock to my tent that
night.
I got a bit wilder artcr that, Hcz and
Jael wcro spliced up, and I alius kept away!
When I wanted an ounce or two of gold I
worked, and when I'd got it I used to drink
drink, because I wanted to drown all ro
collections of tho past.
Hez used to como to me, but I warned him
'off. Last time he come across me, and tried
to make friends, "Hcz," I says, "keep away,
I'm despnt like, arid I won't say I shan't
plug yer 1"
Then Jael came, and sho began to talk to
me about forgiving him J but it only made
me more mad nor ever) and so I went and
pitched at tho lower end of the Gulch, and
they lived ft t'other.
Times and times I've felt as If I'd go nnd
plug Hcz on tho quiet, but I never did,
though I got to hate him more and more.
and never half so much as I did two years
arter, when I came upon him ono day sud
den, with his wife Jael, looking pootier than
ever, With a little white-haired Bqucaler on
her arm. An' it riled me abovo a bit to see
him so smiling and happy, and me turned
into a blood-shot, drinking, raving savage,
that half tho Gulch was feared on, and t'other
half daren't face.
I had been drinking hard fiery Bour
bon, you bet 1 for about a week, when early
one morning, as I lay in my ragged bit of a
tent, I woke up sudden like, to a roaring
noise like thunder; then there came a whirl
and a, rush, and J was swimming for life,
half choked with tho water that had carried
me off. Now it was hitting my head, play
ful like, agen the hardest corners of the rock
it could find in the Gulch ; then it was hit
ting mo in the back, or funding me in the
front, with trunks of trees swept down from
tho mountains, for something bad burst a
lake or something high up and in about a
wink tho hull settlement in 1 altar Gulch
was swept away.
"Wall," I says, ecttine hold of a branch
and drawing myS'elf out, "somo ou 'em
wanted a good wash, and this'll give it 'em;
for you seo water had been skeereo lately,
and what thero was had all been used for
cleaning the gold.
I sot on a bit o' rock, wringing that water
out of my hair leastwise, no; it was some
oneclse like who sot there, chaps I knowed.
you see; and there was the water rushing
down thirty or forty feet deep, with every
thing swept before it mules, and tents, and
shanties, and ttores, aud dead bodies by the
dozen.
"Unlucky for them,"I says; and just then
I hear a wild sorter shriek, and looking
down, I see a chap half-swimming, half
swept along by the torrent, trying hard to
get at a tree that stood t'other side.
"Why, it's you, is it, Hcz?" I says to my
self, as I looked at his wild eyes and stain
ed f.u-e, on which the sun shono full.
"You're a gone coon, Hez, lad ; so yod may
as well fold your arms, say amen, and go
down like a man. How I could pot you
now, if I'd got a shooting-iron ; put you out
o' yer misery like. You'll drown, lad."
Ho made a dash, and tried for a branch
hanging down, but missed it and got swept
against tho rocks, when he shoved his arm
between two big bits ; but tho water gavo
him a wrench, tho bono went crack, and as
I sat still there I saw him swept down lower
and lower till he clutched a bush with Uis
left hand, aud hung on like grim death to
a dead nigger.
"Sarve you right" I sayj coolly. "Why
shouldn't you die like the rest? If I'd had
any go in me I should have plugged yer
long ago."
"Halloa! I cried then, giving a start.
"It hln't tis tarnation! it can't be I
put it was.
There, on t'other side, fifty yards lower
ddlvn,on a bit of a shelf of earth that kept
crumbling away as the water washed it,
was Jael, kneeling down witH her young
'urij ami, as I looked, something seemed to
give my, heart a jigg, just as if somecoon
had pulled a string.
"Well, he's 'bout gone," I says;"and they
can't hold 'bout three minutes; then they'll
all drown together, and she can take old
H'ez his lastbabby to 'rlUU; 'em! I'm safe
enough. What it got to do with me? I
shan't move."
I took out my wet cake of 'bacon, and
whittled off a bit, shoved it in my check,
shut my knifo with a click, and sot thar
watchin' of 'cm father, and mother, nnd
bairn.
"You've been happy, you have," I says
out loud ; not as they could hear it, for the
noiso of tho waters. "Now you'll bo sorry
for other people. Drown, darn yer! stock,
and lock, and barrel ; I'm safe."
"Say, Db," I -says to myself, "don't you
be a fool. You hate that lot like pisom
you do. Don't you go and drown yourself.
I was 'bout mad, you know, and couldn't
jo as I liked, for, if I didn't bein to rip eff
my things, wet and hanging to me. Cuss
mo how they did stick ! but I cleared half
on 'cm ofT, and, then, liko a mad fool, I
made a run and a jump, and was fighting
hard with tho water to get across to Hcz's
wife and child.
It was a bit bf a fight. Down I went and
bp I went, and tho water twisted mo like a
leaf; but I got out of the roar and thunder
on to the bit of shelf wh'kro I Joel knelt, when
if tho silly thing didn't begin to hold up to
mo her child, and her lips, poor darling,
said, dumbly) "Savo it I oh, 6ave it 1"
In tho midlt of that rush and roar, I saw
that poor galj. white, horrified, and with her
yellcr hair clinging round her, all my old
lovo for her comes babk, and I wore a big
oath I'd savo her for myself or die.
I toro her dress into ribbons) for there
warn't amomcnt to lose; and I bound that
bairn somehow to my shoulders, she watch
ing mo tho whilo; and tlicn, with my heart
beating madly, I caught her in my arms,
she clinging tightly to mo in her fear, and
I stood un. thinkini how I could get back,
an'l mado ready to leap.
Tho flood didn't wait for mo though. In
amomcnt there was a quiver of tho bank;
and it went from beneath my feet, leaving
mo wrestling with tho waters once more. I
don't know how I (lid it, only that ofter a
fight, and being half smothered, I found
myself crawling up tho sldo of tho Gulch,
ever so low down, and dragging Jael into a
safe placo witii her bairn.
Sho fell down aforo me, hugged my legs
and kissed iny feet; and then sho stared up
and down, ending by beeing just above us
old Hez, clinging thero still, with his sound
arm rammed into tho sush, and his body
swept out by tho fierce stream.
Tho next moment Bho had seized me by
the arm, and was pointing at hiiil; and sho
gavo a wild kind of a shriek'. (
"He's a gono coon, my gal," I says though
sho couldn't hear me, and I was gloating
over her beautiful white face and soft, clear
neck, as I thought that now sho was mine
all mine. I'd saved her out of tho flood, and
thero was no Hcz to stand in our way.
"Save him savo him I" she shrieked in
mycar.
What; Hcz ? Savo Hez to como between
us once more ? Save her husbatld the man
I hated and would gladly seo die 1 Oh, I
couldn't do it, and my looks showed it, she
reading mo liko n book tho while. No, ho
might drown ho was drowned must bo.
No; just then ho moved. Hut nonscnsol I
wasn't going to risk my life for his, and cut
my own throat as to tho futur.'
Shi? went down on her knec3 to me, though,
pointiilg again to where Haz still floated ;
and tho old feeling of lovb for her was
stronger on mo than ever.
"You'ronsklrlg mo to die for you; Jael I"
I shouted in her car.
"Save him savo Hez !" sho shrieked'.
"Yes, save him I" I groaned to myself;
"Bring him b.ck to tho happiness that
might bo mine. But sho loves him sho
loves hlhi; and I must,"
I gavo ono look at her as I thought my
last aud I couldn't Kelp it. If sho had
asked mo dumbly, as sho did, to do some
thing ten times us wild, I should havo done
it ; ailcl with a run I got well up above Hez
aforo I jumped in onco mere, to have tho
samo fight with tho waters, till I was swept
down to the bush whero ho was.
I got my knlfo In my sheath to cut tha
bush away aud let him free; but as I Was
swept against it tho weight tore it away,aud
Hcz and I went down together,hlm so dono
up that ha lay helpless ou the water.
Soincthingsocmcd to tell mo to finish him
off. A minute under water would havo
dono it; but Jacl's faco was beforo me, and
at last I got to tho other side, with her
climbing along besido us; aud if it hadn't
been for tha hand she stretched down to mo
I should never have crawled out with old
Hez I was that done.
As I dropped down, panting on the rock
Jael camo to my side, leaned over me and
kissed me, and turned away ; for tho next
moment she was trying hard to bring her
husband to, and I was beginning to feel onco
luoro that 1 had been a fbol,
I ain't much more to tell, only that tho
flood went down 'most at quick as It had
como up, arid Hez got all right again with
his broken arm, and did well. They want
ed muchly to be friends, but I kep' away.
I felt as if I'd been a fool to save him, mid I
was kinder shamed liko of It, so I took off to
'Frisco, where, after chdinmlng about, I
took to going to Paiiama and back, and the
sea seemed to suit me like, and there I stuck
to it.
And there I seem to stick yet.
Postage-stamps cost one cent per 100 lo
manufacture.
Kansas farmers estimato corn at fifteen
cents a bushel, which Is theaper fuel than
coal or wood.
-San Francisco is now said to liavo a
population of .130,000 including 40,000 Chi
nese. Miss Blairio is all right again, and is
at school in Augusta, Maine: She will fool
no more with firearms.
Nothing is nioro dangerous, so far at
your general health Is concerned, than to
cvenvcrk oas's tongue.