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ILewistown Post Office.
Mails arrive and close at the Lewistown P.
0. as follows.
ARRIVE.
Eastern through, 5 20 a. m.
" through and way 4 01 p in.
Western " " *' 10 53 a. in.
Beilefonre " " " 2 30p m.
Northumberland, Tuesdays, Thursdays and
Saturdays, 6 00 p. ni.
CLOSE.
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Bellefunte 8 00 "
Northumberland (Sundays, Wednesdays
and Fridays) 8 00 p m.
Office upeti from 700 a. m. to Bp. m Ou
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Lewistown Station.
Trains leave Lewistown Station as f Mows:
Westward. Eastward
Through Express, - 12 19 a. m.
Baltimore Express, 4 24 a. m.
Philadelphia " 5 20 " a. m
Fast Line, 551 p. rn. 349 "
Fast Mail 401 " 10 53 "
Through Accommodation. '2 35 p. m.
Emigrant, 9 07 a m.
Through Freight, 10 15 p. m. 120 a m
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Stuck Express, 440p m, 820 "
Coal Train. 12 45 p. m. 11 25 a m.
Union Line, 7 15 "
Local Freight, 700a. m. 045 p. m.
<M"(albraith's Omnibuses convey passengers to
and from all the trains, taking up or setting them
lown at all points within the borough limits.
SEC. W. ELDER,
Attorney at Law,
office Market Square, Lewistown, will at
tend to business in Mltfliti, Centre and Hunting- ,
don counties my 26
DR. J. I. MAP-XS ;
OFFERS his Professional services to the j
citizens of Lewistown and the surround- ,
irig country. Office in the Public Square op |
posite the Lewistown Hotel. janl3—6m*
Large Stock of Furniture on
Hand.
A FELIX is still manufacturing all kinds '
Tjl• of Furniture. Young married persons
and others that wish to purchase Furniture
will find a good assortment on hand, which
will I sold cheap for cash, or country pro
duce kcn in exchange for same. Give me
a call alley street, near Black Bear Ho
tel. leb 21
Jacob C. Blymyer & Co.,
Produce and Commission Mer
chants,
LEWISTOWN, PA.
£** Flour and Grain of all kinds pur
chased at market rates, or received on storage i
and shipped at usual freight rates, having j
Storehouses and boats of their own. with care, i
ful captains and hands. Plaster, Fish, and j
Salt always on hand. eep2 i
AMBROTYPES
AND
1 ii'jf I £ 7
The Gems of the Season.
r |MIIS is no humbug, hut a practical truth
1 The pictures taken by .Mr. Burkholdcr
ar unsurpassed for BOLDNESS TRUTH i
FULNESS. BEAUTY OF FINISH, and j
DURABILITY. Prices varying according'
to size and quality of frames and Cases
Room over the Express Office.
Lewistown, August 23, 1860.
T0 B A C CO! :
Genuine Oriental Turkish, fm.
Turkish, Kose, Favorite, In- j
ion, Kiss-me-quick, Seafar
laiti, &c.
I
No. 1, :> and 3 CUT 4 DRY, very low.
ALSO,
HPES, TOBACCO-BOXES,
CIGARS,
and in fact everything that belongs to his
line of business, at very low figures.
Call and examine for yourselves, and save
m nev by buying at the Cigar and Tobacco ]
S.ure of
E. FRYSIXGER,
DOV H Lewistown, Pa.
Cedar and Willow Ware.
npUBS. Chums. Buckets. Butter B .wis 1
Clothes, Baskets. Market B tskots <fe,- i
or sale by J. B. SELHEIMER. <
iai ranMT
Til li SELFISH MIVS PRAYER IN
WAR iIM IIS
Again the clouds of battle lower
With terror and dismay;
Protect me, All-Disposing power,
In this disastrous day!
As in the camp the soldiers learn
To riot, curse and swear,
'Twould give my pious soul eoncern
To have my boys go there!
Then while my neighbors and their sons
Are called to war and arms.
Grant that my boys, secure from guns,
May cultivate my farms !
And while with taxes and expense
My kindred are distressed.
O grant that ail my hard-earned pence
May slumber in the chest!
And should the rebels gain the day,
And all their foes condemn;
Then 1 may wash my hands and say
I ne'er opposed them.
Yet, if by Thy disposing will
My country gains the cause,
0 may 1 rind a shelter still
In iier indulgent laws!
And should she disbelieve my word,
May I upou Thee eail,
To witness I ne'er diew my sword,
Or fired a gun at all.
Fur since from frailty and mistake,
No carnal mind is free,
1 wish no active pari to take,
But leave the whole to Thee!
Though impious pirates in the seas
Our merchants' ships desp.ul;
Yet shall my spirit rest m ease,
'Till foes invade the soil.
Then let the friends of battle rave,
My peaceful vales shall sing:
And oxen, corn, and all I have.
Full thrice their value bring.
O may my lands yield twenty-fold,
The army to supply;
Mav fat contractors, fraught with gold,
My copious harvests buy !
May continental rags no more
Usurp the place of corn;
But crown my basket and my store
With blessings from the mine.
—-V. I*. Eccning Post.
Teachers' Salaries
The repeated and heavy calls of the
/government for men to till its armies
has left many schools devoid or expe
rienced and skillful teachers. This is
a misfortune necessarily arising out of
the unhappy state of our national af
fairs, and cannot be avoided. There
fore, it becomes the duly of every one
desirous ol promoting the interests of
education, to make amends for this
loss in every way possible.
One way in # which this can he done
is by offering liberal salaries so as to
induce the right kind of young men
and women to engage in the profession, i
as well as to secure the services of
those teachers of experience and
ability who yet remain. It is presum
ing too much upon human nature to
expect a man to teach for §25 when
labor of every other kind commands a
much higher price. This action, then,
raising the salaries, is indispensable if
we wish to retain the labors of all our
teachers.
But. suppose there are some depen
dent on teaching for a livelihood, and
who cannot well engage in anything
else, is it right, is it manly, to take ad
vantage of their circumstances and
amipel them to teach for half the sala
ry they taught a year or two ago ?:
Need i explain this? Everybody
knows that 825, not even upon a spe- j
cie basis, hut upon the actual cost of
living and of clothing as a basis, is not
equivalent to more than 812 previous
to the war. If those whose duty it is
to fix salaries will consider this well,
they will not, perhaps, think as some !
seem to do. the heavy tax imposed bj* j
the war, in the way of raising houn- j
ties, or otherwise, a sufficient, reason I
for withholding from teachers what is
properly their own.
We should be careful, lest, while our
schools are suffering from sources over
which we ha\e no control, we our
selves voluntarily inflict additional in
jury upon them by refusing to supply
in sufficient quantities that material
without which, the whole machinery
lucks in healthful, vigorous and efli
cient action. M.
Wm. B. Hoffman
\\ r OULD respectfully inform the public
T f that he has now on hand a very large
stock of Lumber, embracing :
Boards, Plank, Scantling, Shingles, Shing
ling Lath, Plastering Lath, Garden
Pale. Fence Hails. Sash of
all sizes, Doors. Blinds
and Shutters and ready worked Flooring.
Mr. IL, t)eing a practical carpenter, and
having selected his stock personally with
great care, Farmers, Builders, and others,
needing anything in his line, are assured that
they wih find it to their advantage to give
him a call
N B. Mr. 11. is still agent for the sale of
the celebrated wooden water pipe manufac
tured by the Willjamsport Company. Or
ders for any size will be promptly attended
to.
Lewistowo, June 11, 18C2.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1864.
mil & SKETCHES
A HOUSEKEEPER WANTED.
TV* ANTED —A Housekeeper. No one but an elder
* ly person, competent, and of the highest respect
ability. need apply. Call between the hours of 3 aud
4, Thursday, April 6, at No. Michigan avenue.
Kate Franklin read this iri the paper
which lay on the counter in the little gro
cery, while waiting to have an ounce or
two of tea done up and a roll of baker's
bread.
She repeated the number of the house
over to herself, as she received the change
from the grocer.
She prepared the tea after she returned
to the little hare attic, and ale her scanty
meal mechanically. She forgot how un
satisfied her appetite still was, iu her busy
thought.
Yes, she must descend to menial service.
Why not this? It would be better than
a lower grade. Yet her soul and pride
shrank from it.
A stranger in a strange piace, successive
ly she bad tried to find a situation as teach
er, copyist, in a store, sowing. She had
failed ill the first three, and was starving
on the last.
She would apply for that plice, but she
would need references. Only one person
she knew, in the whole great city, of suf
ficient influence—Mrs. Davenport, the
rich, haughty step sister, who had illtreat
ed her gentle mother while she h..d lived,
and had hated Kate herself with double
hatred since the first and only one she had
ever loved had turned from her brilliant
beauty to offer heart and hand to the young
and disliked step sister, only to be rejected
in his turn. Ihe beautiful, imperious
beauty had soon alter married an old
man tor his wealth, but she bad not for
gotten her hatred for Kate, ar d disowned
all connection with the now orphan and
penniless girl. Perhaps though, Kate
thought, she would permit her to refer to
her because glad to have her descend to
menial employment.
Kate felt competent for the situation,
tor during her mother's long illness, and
her lather's abs-ence, she had entire charge
of their large family and splendid hi use.
But 'an elderly woman.' Now Kite
was not an elderiy woman, being only
twenty; but she remembered, with a sort
ot pleasure, that in private theatricals, in
happier days, she Had imitated the voice
and assumed the character ot au olii wo
man with great success. She knew how
to stain the skin to give it an old wrinkled
appearance, and she had, in the bottom of
a box, some false gray hair and a muslin
cap, worn on one of ttiese occasions She
did not need t.o look so very old—only to
present a mature and matronly appearance.
Mr Edward Dayton waited at home
after his dinner to see the respondents to
his advertisement. He was a handsome
man, not yet thirty, with a gay, frank,
good natured countenance.
'Now for a dozen or two of good old
dames, all competent all respectable, and
each confident she woild give satisfaction.'
He iiglited a cigar
'I shall shock the dear old souls, but I
shall take the liberty to smoke in my own
house, in the parlor or anywhere I please;
they may as well know what to expect.'
He leaned back in a nonchalant way,
wit h his feet on an uther chair.
•Tuore ought to be, [ suppose, a Mrs.
Day ton to manage these housekeeper mat
ters. Well, there's time enough.'
Two applicants were seen, and dismissed
in Mr. Dayton's gentlemanly way.
'Would let them know it he decided to
engage them.'
A third was ushered in. Mr. Dayton
instinctively laid aside hiscigar ; and placed
a chair for his visitor.
The lady likeness and propriety of her
manner pleased him at once. 'Fallen for
tunes,' he commented to himself.
She answered his question readily, but
in few words.
•A silent woman—a good thing,' was
his inward remark
'1 think you will suit me, Mrs.
what did L understand your name V
'Franklin '
'.Mrs Franklin, you will be required to
go out of town, about seven miles, to my
country house—Oak Grove —in the town
ot Embury, on the great Central Railroad.
Ihe salary I propose to pay is six hundred
dollars per annum Do my terms suit?'
k^uit. >ix hundred to the half-starving
peison betore him seemed India's wealth.
She answered quietly that they suited.
'lhen it is all settled By ihe way, I
suppose you have references, though all
that is a 'mere matter of form.' "
ihe name ol Davenport was given.
'Davenport! Robert Davenport! I
know them. All right, then. If conven
ient, you will please go to-morrow, Mrs.
Franklin, or the next day. I shall not
come down till tl e middle of next week,
and shall probably bring a friend or two
with me. Have the chamber in the cen
tre and wings prepared, if you please.
The housekeeper there now will not leave
until Saturday. She,will show you round.'
'ls Mrs. Is your wile there, or to go
soon V
He laughed.
'Mrs. Edward Diyton ? No, she is not
there, and 1 do uot know of her going at
present.'- Adding more seriously, 'I have
not the pleasure, .Mrs Franklin, of haviug
a wife, with a slight stress on 'pleasure.'
A vivid color came into thebrown cheek
! th® housekeeper, and her manner show
ed evident embarrassment.
'I thought—l believe—l cannot—'And
I stopped.
He did not notice it. His mind had al
ready turned to other things.
He rose
'lt is all settled, I believe. By the way,'
his eye falling on the rusty black d ress,
; 'you may like an advance, as an evidence
of the bargain. It is quite customary I
believe to do so.'
Much Edwin Dayton knew about the
custom of such things, but it was like his
kindness and delicacy fo sav so.
lbe housekeeper's hand closed on the
fifty dollars he gave her; nod the words
. she would have said were left unuttered.
: She moved to the door. He opeued it
; for her courteously.
'Good morning, mad"na.'
'Good morning !' she replied.
'I cannot starve. I must go. I can
keep up my disguise,' she murmured.
Mr. Daytou, accompanied by a friend,
arrived at his country house (he middle of
the ensuing week. Everything within
and about the house was in perfect order.
It the new housekeeper had made a few
mistakes at first, they were soon rectified.
Every room that she had touched showed
a magical change.
Her predecessor had been one of the
kind who believed in the sunlight never
entering a room for fear of fading carpets
and curtains; whose watchword was'order,'
and therefore, (he furniture was set primly
against the wall, as if fixtures, and their
position had not been altered for years;
and who moreover conscientously believed
cut flowers in a room unhealthy.
The new housekeeper's belief differed in
these respects. The cheery sunlight, was
allowed to enter when and wbeic it would;
flowers were on the tables and mantle pieces;
the furniture was disarranged with careless
grace; ornements were taken from drawers
and closets where they had been carefully
packed away, and spoke for themselves on
etegres, marble shelves and mantle pieces.
Mr. Dayton felt the change without
knowing the reason of it. lie looked
around him with a satisfied air.
'This a grand, cheery old place, after all !
Do ymi know, Lyon, I have always shun
tied it as the gl .umi \ r of ail gloomy place
-1 haven't stayed here a fortnight ail put to
gefher, for the last five years It must be
your presence, old fellow, that has bright
ened it up so, or the gloom was all in my
imagination.'
'Not altogether; for I remember it just
as you do. You forget I have run down
here with you once or twice a day. Didn't
you tell me you bad a good housekeeper?
Perhaps the change may be owing to her
—some women have a singular knack at
such things.'
'Very likely you are right. I remember
now, tha* notwithstanding all I could say,
Mrs Stone would exclude the sun; and the
furniture is certainly arranged different
iroui what it was. A marked improve
ment—which I hope will extend to, and
beyond the dinner table.'
It was not possible to find fault with the
variety and quality of the food placed be
fore them, nor the niauner ot its being
served; and the table appointments were
perfect; arid Dayton congratulated him self
upon having secured such a jewel of a
housekeeper.
The two friends passed their time in
reading, driving, fishing, and occasional
visits to the city; tie housekeeper hers in
earning to the extent of her power, by at
tention to their bodily wants, the six hun
dred she teceived. . She had an easy mast
er. Mr. Dayton was never fault finding,
always pleasant and courteous.
He remained after his friend departed.
Usually, if he did uot go iuio town, he
spent his mornings between the library
and garden; the after noons in driving
himself; sometimes in taking the young
ladies of a neighboring family, Lilly and
Maud Grandison, to a drive. They were
the only family with whom he visited fa
miliarly. Through the servants, the uew
housekeeper beard rumors of an attach
ment between the eldest daughter, Lilly,
a fair and amiable giri, and Mr. Dayton,
The weeks passed, and a holiday came.
Mr. Dayton had gone to town the day pre
vious. to remain the rest of the week.—
The housekeeper had given permission to
the servants to go also. She felt it a wel
come reliel to have the house and the day
to herself She locked the door carefully
after the last servant. She would make
the uiost of the day. She would have no
dinner—only a lunch. She had almost
forgotten her real character in that in
which she had assumed; but to-day she
could be herself without fear of intrusion or
discovery.
She laid aside her cap and grey tresses,
washed the stain from her skin, arranged
her luxuriant hair in hecoming curls, and
donned a pretty fresh muslin, which fitted
well the slight graceful figure. This done,
she entered the parlor and stood before the
mirror, as attractive a figure as one would
often see
'Truly, I had forgotten my own looks !
I am Ivite Frankiiu, aiter all!' she iau c h
ed.
JLiswaOTCDwss'a ssniFiF&nsy ©flwranFak spismso
Removed from the long restraint, her
spirits rebounded. She felt gay, light
hearted, and like committing any foolish
ness.
'Miss Franklin,' she said, in mincing,
affected tones of an exquisite, 'it would be
irrepressible pleasure to hear the music of
that long silent voice.'
'lt would be a great pity to deprive you
of it then,' she answered, in her natural
voice, 'and myself, also,' she added; and
going to the piano, she opened it and play
ed a few pieces with exquisite taste and
skill, and then she sung song after sotlg,
in a sweet, clear, cultivated voice. She
chose at first brilliant and triumphant, then
the sad and plaintive succeeded. There
were tears in her eyes when she rose.—
But to-day moods were capricious.
'Mrs. Franklin, who is playing on the
piano?' she asked, in an excellent imita
tion of Mr. Dayton's voice.
'lt is only I, sir, dusting the keys.—
They need dusting so ofteu,' she replied,
in Mrs. lAratiklin's mature toues; and she
dusted them vigorously with her pocket
handkerchief.
'Ah me !' she said. Now, what other
foolish thing shall I do to prove myself
that 1 am cot an elderly housekeeper, but
3 young girl who, by virtue of her age,
should be gay, by right ot birth, wealthy
—and ot consideration visited and visiting,
as .Mr. Dayton's lady-lore visits and is vis
ited. He is noble, and good, and haud
soiue,' she said with a sigh. 'She will be
happy. How gracefully she danced here,
at the party, the other evening, when the
old hous?kecper was permitted to look on.
She looks good and amiable, too. Mr Day
ton danced with her three times. I wond
er if I have forgotten how to dance !' and
humming an air, she floated gracefully
about the room. •
She stopped breathless, her cheeks hril
liant from the excercise, her splendid hair
disarranged.
'I believe I feel like stiff oIG Mrs. Frank
lin, with whom dancing doesn't agree.'
'One more song by that heavenly voice,
Miss Franklin, and I shall go away dream
ing I have heard the angels sing,' in the
ludicrously affected voice she had before
imitated.
'Ah !' she laughed, yet half sadly, 'the
compliments poor old housekeeper Frank
lin receives 1 hope won't spoil her, and
turn her silly old head.'
She sat . own again at the piano, and
sang 'Home, Sweet Home;' then played
one ot Beethoven's grandest, most solemn
pieces.
She rose; closed the piano.
'The carnival is ended, Kate Franklin
disappears from ihe scene, and Madame
Franklin enters.'
Neither Mr. Dayton nor the servants
would have suspected from the placid,
dignified deportment of the housekeeper
wheu they returned at evening, of what
strange freaks she had been guilty.
The housekeeper, as usual, when Mr.
Dayton was alone, sat at the table. It had
commenced to rain violently, and the
weather had grown suddenly cold.
Mr. Dayton, as he had done occasionally,
invited her to the library, where was a
cherful fire in the grate. lie read the let
ters and papers which he had brought with
him frcm town, while she knitted.
An hour or more passed in silence; in
deed, the housekeeper seldom spoke, ex
cept when asked a question. At length
Mr. Day tor. looked up at her, aud said,
abruptly:
'\~ours must be a lonely life, Madam.
If it is not a painful subject, may I ask
how long since you lost your husband?'
Two hands suspended their employment,
two eyes looked up at him with an alarmed
expression. In his serious, sympathetic
countenance, there was nothing to frighten
or embarrass, but the red grew deeper in
the brown cheek.
'lt is a painful subject,' she said, at last,
falteriugly. 'lf you will please excuse
me.'
'Pray pardon me, Madam. It was farth
est from my wish or thought to give you
pain,' he returned, with grave courtesy.
His manner after this was even kinder than
before. It became his custom to invite her
to sit with him every evening.
She commenced to decline; but as he
invariably insisted upon a reason, it was
not always easy to find one. If she gave
household cares, he called one of the ser
vants to attend to it. Once, she frankly
told him it was not agreeable, but she
never did'it a second time; for, fo. a week,
be bad wrapped himself in impenetrable
reserve, looking cold and gloomy, never
speaking, except from necessary civility.
At last, the poor housekeeper could
bear it no longer. After tea, without an
invitation, which had not been extended
since that night, she took her knitting, and
went into the parlor. The first approach
to a smile she had seen on his face for ma
ny days brightened it then, but he did not
say a great deal.
After this, it became the regular cus
tom. There could be no danger to him
in the gray hair, the seemingly aged face
and figure before him; but was there none
to her, evening after evening, sitting op
posite the manly, handsome fellow, know
ing his goodness and large heartedness,
listening to his intelligent and polished
conversation?
New Series—Vol, XVIII. No. 45.
One morning he was speaking of the
great loss to children, in being deprived of
their parents.
'I never knew a mother," he said. Sbe
died before my earliest recollection. I
believe that, man as I am, if I had a mo
ther, I should go to her with all my griefs,
as a little child would. I have sometimes
thought of asking you to act as mother
in these quiet evenings, when I have
longed to cor: fide iri some one. My moth
er would have been about your age, I
thiuk.'
Again there was a vivid color in the
brown cheek of the housekeeper, such as
is rarely seen in the aged, and it was ac
companied by a quiver of the mouth, and
a smothering noise, which ended in a
cough; hut both mouth and cheek were
quickly covered with a handkerchief, and
quite a violent fit cf coughing succeeded.
Mr Dayton, however, had not seemed
to notice, though he had given her one
curious glance, instantly withdrawn, and
he continued:
'For instance, respecting matrimony,
whose advice ot so much value as a moth
er's. Who so quick to see through char
acter, and make a wise selection? Had
you a son, who about here would you se
lect for a daughter in law, Mrs. Frank
lin?'
'I am not acquainted with any of the
young iadies, Mr. Dayton,' she answered,
faintly, after a pause, during which she
seemed to wait for an auswer.
•True, but you have seen them all, and
are I should judge a good discerner of
character, from observation. Who should
you select from those you have seen!' he
persisted.
She reddened and paled.
'I have heard the Misses Gandison
highly spoken of. Their appearance would
seem to prove the truth. I doubt not you
agree with me,' she returned quietly.
It was now his turn to color, which he
did, slightly
'I do agree with you,' he answered em
phatically.
'I t is to be, then, as I supposed,'said the
housekeeper to herself, as she went up to
her room.
It was late in September. Mr. Dayton
and the housekeeper were both in the par
lor. He had been unusually grave all day.
It seemed to the housekeeper that his
manner was changed towards her.
'I have a few questions to sk, if you
will permit me, Mrs. Franklin.'
She felt instinctively alarm at his tone.
'Certainly,' with an effort.
There was an ominous pause.
'I have been told,' he said, 'that Miss
Kate Franklin, a young girl, by disguis
ing herself, palmed herself off upon me for
several months as a Mrs. Franklin an eld
erly lady. Is there any truth in this story?'
looking searchingly at her.
She had started to her feet, then trem
blingly sank back into a chair.
'I confess I fail to see for what object.
My heart you ci uld hardly expect to gain
in that character.'
'Your heart,' she repeated scornfully.
'I had no such laudable ambition; I had
never seen nor heard of you till I saw
your advertisement Would you like to
know for what purpose I took upon me a
disguise so repugnant? You shall. To
save myself from starvation. I had eaten
but one meal a day for a week when I
applied to you, and was suffering with
hunger then. My money w*e all gone,
except a few pennies, with which to buy
a roll of bread for the next day's meal,
and I had no prospect of more, for I had
been refused further sewing. But why
should you find fault?' ber pride rising.
'What matter if I were Miss or Mrs.
Franklin, old or young, if I fulfilled the
duties I undertook? Have I not taken
good care of your house? Have I not
made you comfortable? If I have not,
deduct from this quarter's salary, which
you paid this moruing, whatever you
like.'
'[ have no fault to find, except for pla
oing yourself and me in an awkward po
sition, were this to become known.'
Waves of color mounted to the poor
housekeepers temples.
'I thought—l meant no one should
k now, least of all yon—besides I—l thought
when 1 (ngaged to come that you were
married. Oh, what shall I do?' And she
burst into a passion of tears.
Mr. Dayton's manner changed.
'Kate! Kate! I did not mean to distress
you. Nobody knows but me—Dobody
ahull know.' And he soothed her tenderly.
•Kate, look up. I love you with my whole
heart., and I want you for my little house
keeper —my wife always. Kate, what do
you say.'' taking ber in his arms, and lay
ing his cheek against hers. 'My own Kate,,
is it not?'
She murmured something between her
sobs, that she must go away that minute.
'Nonsense, darling ! Haven't you been
here for months? You are safe with me
Katie Oh, because I know who you are.
Miss Franklin, will you give me the im
expressible pleasure of hearing a song
from that long silent voice? 0, Katie,
you fairly bewitched me that day! lam
afraid you will bewitoh me always. But,
Katie, let's off" these trappings,' untying
her cap; and removing the gray hair, ana
with the action down fell the wreath of
brown tresses. [£se id page ]