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Oh! my, God, what a terrible dream!
What a terrible deathly dream!
So vividly clear that the frozen air
Is full of ita choking scream.
So vividly clear, that I see the glare
Of a thousand pyres,
And a thousand shrieks from the hissing flames
Of a thousand midnight fires.
I dreamed that I stood in the midst of men,
In the midst of a wondrous town,
Where Christian people, with souls to save,
Walked evermore up and down.
Walked evermore on, from womb to grave,
With open, staring eyes,
And yet they were blind to the funeral lights,
And deaf to the horrible cries.
I dreamed that there sat in the'Very heart
Of this gorgeous Christian town,
A. subtle, shadowy figure, enthroned,
To whom the crowd bowed down.
A shadowy figure subtle boned,
To whom the crowd sang hymns,
A shape with a thousand restless eyes,
And a thousand snake-like limbs.
I dreamed that this ehadowy•flgnre sat
- On heaps of whitened bones,
From whence, as sang and bent the crowd,
Came long and shivering moans.
Then one by one of the throng who bowed,
He seized with the speed of wind,
And picking the flesh in threds away,
He threw the bones behind.
And still, as I watched the shadowy form,
He muttered the same decree,
"Twenty per cont! Twenty per cent!
Twenty per cent ! for me!"
And still as I watched, there fawningly bent
A crowd of a thousand score,
Who had done the work of the shadowy form,
And were pleading with him for more.
A thousand score of the builders craft,
Mason and carpenter bold,
Architects '
laden with scholarly lore,
To work for the greed of gold.
And then as I listened above the roar,
The chink of the trowel upwent,
And every blow of the thousand score
Sang, "Twenty, Twenty per cent!"
And still as li watched and listened to all,
Up sprang to the marvellous cry,
A thousand ghostly, ghastly walls,
Towering into the sky,
And hard by the porch of these tottering hells
Stood a skeleton figure intent
On driving the crowd to the coffin-built shells,
Crying, "Twenty, Twenty per cent!"
Poverty, wretchedness, drunkenness, all,
And every shade of woe,
Poverty up towards the sky,
And drunkenness down'below.
Still with the same blank, marvellous cry
He huddled the wretches in,
Poverty, misery, want and shame,
Miserly thrift and siu.
And still as I watched the tremulous walls
There came a most terrible cry,
It was drunkenness down in the cellars below,
Sending messenger flames on high,
Great God! how greedily hot they glow,
To th'e hundreds caged within ;
How horribly clear is the dying shriek,
Over the city's din.
Mark! where that struggling, smothering girl
,Springs from the burning walls,
To die in a crushed and shapeless mass
On the pavement where she falls.
Mark! how the shrieking figures passs
Like spectres through the fire,
Whose forked tongues lick the paper floors,
Whose footsteps never tire.
Mark ! where the stricken groups have flown,
Before the hot blast of death,
Far up to the grey, unpitying sky,
They stand with abated breath..
One long, one shivering, shuddering cry,
From the crowd below is sent,
Like a ourse, with the crash of the ghostly walls,
For the shadowy Twenty per cent.
Oh ! God, but it was a fearful dream;
Yet only a dream, you see,
For every Christian knows full well,
That no such things can be.
And so I'm glad to be able to tell,
What all will understand,
That such things can never happen in truth,
Not in a Christian land.
MY GHOST:
Daisy came to us at
Christmas, and that Christmas saw the end
of our engagement. It is useless to de
tail all the pretty words and doings which
led to this rupture. My mother is dead,
(God rest her soul !). and the wrong that
she did was done for love of me. She
would have been jealous of any one whom
I loved better than herself—for _whom I
meditated leaving her; and to Daisy she
had taken a strong dislike before she even
saw her. They were the opposites of each
other, and could no more sympathize than
fire could mingle with water. My mother
was Of cold temperament, precisely bred,
looking upon surface properties as vital
matters, never suffering a wave of passion
or strong feeling to disturb the visible
level of - her nature, proud of her good
blood and of her competent wealth. Daisy
was what I have sketched her ; and, more
over, she was poor, and neither knew nor
cared about her pedigree. My mother's
orthodoxy was shocked at her rambling
speculations ; it was a sin, she thought,
for any girl to have a deep thought be
yond her catechism,. her creed, and the
established interpretation thereof. She was
shocked at her undisguised fondness_ for
me ; when Daisy on my first arrival ran
up to me and hung about my neck, my
mother blushed scarlet. I had dreaded
their coming together, and the event I soon
saw would prove worse than my forebod
ings. The first symptom of my mother's
aversion was a rigid silence about Mar
garet, when alone with me ; then came the
old hints about cunning entrapments, and,
in addition, allusions to want of modesty
and religion ; then Plainer sayings; and the
issue was hard words between mother and
son, and consequent quarrel and estrange
ment.
Your mother does not like me,' said
my poor little betrothed to me continually,
and looked in my face with her solemn
eyes, and read the truth there though my
lips denied it. It was soon plain enough.
Greater familiarity emboldened my moth
er's tongue, and cruel inuendoes and re
lentless sarcasms became broader and
broader day by day. My mother is dead,
(God rest her soul !) and I will write no
more of this, for I cannot write forgiving
ly even now..
_One morning my darling
came to me, and said quietly, You shall
not marry me ;' and then she threw her
self into my arms and kissed me passion
ately, and she was gone. I stormed .and
raged in vain. That episode of my life
was over. 0 Daisy ! Daisy ! if hearts do
bleeddo •in their agony, wring forth bit=
ter tears of blood—then my heart bled
when I lost you !
Did I cry out Daisy V No, ;wife, you
have fallen asleep over your work and
dreamed it. Do not come to look over me..
You shall read the story when it is finished.
I sowed a •plentiful crop of wild oats at
Cambridge, which bore their mingled pro
duce of good and ill. When I came home
after degree, for a week, before I set off
for Italy, I was Much more . , cynical and
stoical than in the
,days of my ma triads.-
don. The old heart-wow:lda had. oiostrized,
long ago, and the heart had become more
callous in cicatrization.. It would have
Lahti much to make me fall in love now,
and if I had done so I should have stifled
the weakness before Ihad confessed it even
to myself. That past quarrel was made
up between my mother and me ; but we
generally, by mutual consent, fenced
round that ugly pit with a wall of silence.
I had lost all sight of the Mainwarings ;
I never heard their name, never suffered
myself to think about them. Only in my
dreams little Daisy would sometimes rise
up, her head drooping beneath the weight
of brown hair, and her solemn eyes fixed
always tenderly on mine. Lowther had
been my fellow-collegian ; but he, the rich
man, did not stay to take his degree as I
did, to whom the prestige of that ceremony
would be serviceable at the bar. SO 'of
Lowther I had lost sight also, for a year
or more.
On the last morning of my sojourn at
home before my departure, I sat reading
my letters at the •breakfast table—reading
aloud a scrap here and there which I
thought might interest my mother.. Sud
denly I became silent, as in a letter from
a college friend I came upon this passage.:
You remember old Lowther. Did
you ever think it possible that the stolid
Hercules would find his Omphale I Yet
none the less found she is, and Hercules
is a slave ; and only all his wealth will
ransom him. He is going to be married.
The affair is to come off immediately.--
Omphale is not precisely a queen ; in fact,
is a poor little devil of a milliner, or a
governess, or something of that sort ; her
name Main waring. People talk with hor
ror about the mesalliance. I do not see
it in that light. A man might do worse
than marry a milliner. You see I am
reading fore-ordination, and so -getting
1 turned white and gasped for breath.
The old wound burnt like fire, and throb
bed as if the eicatrice would break.
' What is the matter V said my mother
There is bad news.
All my cynicism rose to help me.
4 Not at all so,' I said. 4 You remem
ber a little person whom you never would
call Daisy Well, the said little person
is about to be married to a friend of mine.
It is a good match. The pearl is a pearl
of great price, and has sold itself for
fifteen thousand per annum.'
Shame on me for that sentence; but all
my old jealousy had sprung up within,
more acrid than it had ever been before:
And who is the purchaser ?' asked my
mother, in a low voice, but flushing to her
temples. The wall of silence was down,
and the air from the pit was unwholesome
with fire-damp. I read her face. As the
old love had awakened in my breast, so
the old fear had awakened in hers. She
guessed what my pale face meant, and I
knew the meaning of the flush on hers.—
She should not read my weakness thus.
The purchaser—happy man be his
dole,' I answered, is a Sir Hercules Low
ther. A certain person and 11 were rivals
long ago ; but what mere mortal can strive
with a Hercules, particularly when that
Hercules has a handle to his name and
fifteen thousand a year ? Really,' I said,
changing my tone, I am glad that Miss
Mainwaring is about to make so good a
match. Notwithstanding your antipathy
to her, my good mother, she was a very
good girl in her way.'
*
I went to Italy, and remained there and
about the coast of the Mediterranean for
a year. Do what 1 would, Daisy still
haunted my dreams—always the same,
sometimes even to the small ink-stained
fingers cramped with long holding of the
pen. I laughed savagely about the mar
riage. This was woman's constancy. Not
three years, and she was married, and to
Lowther too, who, from reminiscences of
old days, must constantly remind her of
me. I confessed now that I - still loved
her—confessed it as a penance to myself,
pressing it down on my sore heart like a
cauterizing iron, and writhing under the
pain of my own self-contempt. Still from
week to week I was not sure that the
marriage had taken place. I alwaya,
hoped that it was not yet consummated.
Not to-day ; let it be to-morrow. Some
six months after I had left home there
was a sentence in one of my mother's let
ters which settled the matter.
Your friend, Sir Hercules,' she wrote,
was married last week. I have seen the
announcement in this morning's news
paper.' Certainty is better than uncer
tainty ; the fall of Damocles' sword is
more bearable than its suspension. I
need not narrate here how by degrees I
regained peace of mind—a peace of mind
truer and healthier than had been my
former cynicism. I learned to look on
Daisy's marriage in its true light. What
right had I (dog in the manger that 1 was)
to dream of monopolizing her who could
not marry me--whom my kin had injured
beyond redemption I Without marriage
a woman's life is incomplete in this world.
Lowther would make her a good husband
—better than I should. Lowther had
never been nearly so wild as I had—had
never so hardened and bebased his better
nature. I forgave Daisy—forgave !
Could she have forgiven me?
My mother died before I reached Eng
land again. Never more could that sad
quarrel be renewed. Now I felt how that
great wrong she did me she had done
solely through love. My soul hungered
after love, and turned and gnawed itself
in its desperate craving. I can under
stand how friendless people in their loneli
ness gather animals about them.
I settled down to my profession and
worked hard. My miseries passed away,
and the acuteness of my feelings, became
numbed under the influence of close study.
Ambition awoke within me. The more I
succeeded the more I wished to succeed :
the further I advanced on the road the
longer grew the road before me. Aided
by favorable cifoumstances, my progress
was faster than usual at the bar. At the
age of -thirty-five my practice was large.
If ever I looked back to the -love dream
of my romantic boyhood, it was as upon
some childish toy. I smiled as I recol
lected the, old passion, the soreness of
heart, the bitterness of spirit, the weari
ness of life. I scarcely believed it could
all have been true; I wondered at my
former self—half regretted that I was so
utterly changed. I was not sure that I
had a heart 'how. If that mysterious
organ still existed within me, it slept
quietly enough. To have awakened it for
a moment ; to have felt the wild tumultu
ous
,struggle of-' which I bad a vagae
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twinge of the sharp pairi, this would have
been a luxury to me now. My pulse was
steady and regular : the blood-mechanism
beat strongly and calmly in my left side;
my head was cool and clear. I had over
lived the age for that- heart-fever. We
come through those diseases as children
through their childish complaints, and our
moral constitutions were the healthier
that we had passed through them and
were rid of them.
About this time I determined to marry.
I was rich; I had many friends, but I had
no home ; I felt the lack of those domestic
comforts and that social position whieh
only marriage can give. This was a very
different feeling to that loneliness which
had weighed me down after my mother's
death. It was partly in the form of a
duty that I entertainclithis idea of mar
riage, partly in the form of a sober selfish
advantage. It was desirable to change
my bachelor-life,, which was becoming
somewhat wearisome. A mansion in the
more civilized quarter of the town would
be an improvement on my dusty chambers
within Temple Bar. I felt that it was
incumbent on me to take my stand in that
station of life in which I had been called,
to do as other men did, to exercise the
duties of hospitality, to
..sultivate the
household amenities, to obey the laws of
nature and society ; and, if it might be so,
to rear children around me, who should
succeed to my name and fortune and, fill
my place after I was gone. So I began
to look round for a wife. My frieads soon
learned that I was a marrying-man, and
recommendations came to my ears of So
and-so's sister, and Such-an-one's daugh
ter. Mammas smiled on, me with increased
favor, and incited their lovely offspring to
display for me their virtues and accom
plishments. Many a faultless filly, from
model training stables, was put through
her paces for my behoof. Having decided
on the expediency of marrying, I had
decided too on the necessary qualifications
for my wife. Soberly and quietly, as
beseemed a sensible man, I had reasoned
out the whole matter. Moderate beauty,
a moderate fortune, the conventional ac
complishments, a good temper, a good
manner, and perfect good breeding.--
Surely a hundred such girls come from
their nurseries into the marriage market
every year.
Very opposite was this marriage project
to the foolish engagement of fifteen years
ago. Then an insane fancy for a child
like myself had nearly hurried myself
into the matrimonial condition, for which
both of us were yet unripe. We were
unfitted for each other. It would have
been a sacrifice on both sides. How
unsatisfactorily would Daisy have filled
the office which I now looked for in my
wife! The woman of my choice was the
very antipodes to her. I was wiser since
that time, and now judged of the holy
institution of marriage by the light of
that reason God had given me. I saw the
wisdom and the expediency of the con
dition, and sought to adopt that condition
to my own particular requirements.
Then an impulsive passion for an indi
vidual had impelled me towards marriage ;
now, having syllogistically proved the
desirableness of marriage, I made deliber
ate search for the individual who should
be the fit means to the accomplishment of
that end. It is by the heart only that
man is misled ; let him use his reason and
he is safe.
I had professional business in the north
of England, and I arranged to stay for a
night on my way, at'the seat of a friend
in one of the midland counties. Of course
this friend had a daughter. I went to
view this daughter as I should haVe gone
to look at the points of a horse which I
thought might suit me, if I had wanted a
horse. I had seen Miss Dalton in Lon
don, during the last season. She-had all
the requisite advantages which I have
mentioned above, and to this favored
person I, the Grand Seignor, felt inclined
at length to throw the handkerchief. I
would see her at home, and then make up
my mind in the affirmative or negative.
On the railway platform I met an old
friend, no other than Lowther. He was
in deep mourning, and his black dress,
together with the change which time had
worked on him made me at first uncertain
of his indentity. ' However, we soon
recognized each other, shook hands, and
took our seats in the same carriage. My
heart gave one throb and slept again. I
had not seen Lowther since his marriage.
He had broadened into a portly country
gentleman, and his stolid countenance had
gained a gravity which looked not unlike
wisdom. His deep voice had a majestic
roll in it, and his low speech a deliberation
suggestive of well weighed words. I was
amused at the form into which his juvenile
stolidity had ripened. I learned from his
conversation that his wife was not long
dead. Again the throb at my heart had
a long quivering tremor, it subsided to
rest.
Poor Daisy,! Her girlish figure rose
before me vividly for a moment, and then
gradually faded. I noticed on Lowther's
finger a memorial ring of brown hair, and
imprinted c‘ Margaret." Lowther was
bound for an estate of his in the north,
not far from my ultimate destination. He
made me promise to come to him for a day
before I returned to London. A meeting
with an old fellow collegian is always
pleasant, this sociality of early days retains
its hold upon us through life. Lowther
and I, for this and for other causes, were
glad to see each other, and shook hands
heartily and warmly when we separated.
My reception by the Daltons was kindly,
and had that domestic charm about it
which
. is wondrously agreeable to the
bachelor. It is something to be received
en famine when one has not a home of
one's own. I liked Amy Dalton better
in the old-fashioned country-house than in
the London ball-rooms. I liked her kind
ness to the children when they came down
after dinner. Children cannot be bribed
or scolded into acting love where. they do
not feel lobe. I liked the. hints which I
heard of her household handiness, and of
homely duties diligently performed by her.
I liked her stories about the village folks,
showing, not in the way of exhibition, how
she visited' their cottages and read to them.
Above liked her beoause she did not
try to captivate me, did not parade her
accomplishment and her virttickbefore me.
I had seen too much of. that lately. All
therie little favorable traits were so much
thrown in ever and above the essentials in
the batgain which I meditated.
At night I. retired to the library. I had
writing to do which must he done for ; to-
Pc4"Ca WXote
_my letters,--and
) ,
then'threw myself into an easy chair by
the dying fire. Instead'of Amy, thoughts
of Daisy rose within me—thoughts long
stifled and dead. Those summer days
came back—the wanderings in Landslip,
the sketches, her childish petulance, her
wild spirits, her fits of melancholy, her
foolish dreams and speculations. I remem
bered how she used to disappear in the
hazel thickets ; how her little head had
lain upon my knees ; how, at that last
parting, she laid herself into my arms and
passionately kissed me. Now that she was
dead"it seemed as if her marriage with
Lowther was wiped away. She was mine
once more. The old feelings rushed back
in a torrent. I tried to stem them, bat
in vain. My heart awoke from its sleep;
and proclaimed its omnipotence ; and my
frigid reason - shrunk away before its fiery
sceptre.
There was a sound. The handle of the
door turned, and the door creaked and
opened. Good God ! was I mad ?
There, in the doorway, stood Daisy—a
little figure dressed in black, the same
thin face, the same heavy hair. The same
treble voice uttered my name. A moment
and she was gone. I rushed forward, and
there was nothing.
A lamentable weakness this..- My head
was affected. My will came into action,
and beat down the strugglings of the
heart, and strung my nerves with its iron
fingers, and -brought my wild thoughts
under control. This, I pressed on mind,
has been a phantom of my imagination. I
am tired and feverish after my journey,
and I have suffered old thoughts to get
the better of me. I will never let such
absurdities conquer myreason again. I
have been a fool.
I lighted my candle and went to bed.
Notwithstanding will and reason, there
was a ceaseless whisper within, saying,
'lt was no triok of imagination. Yon
have seen little Daisy to-night, as undeni
ably as you ever saw her in old days. Do
you not remember the promise' that who
ever died first should come to the other
*
Broad sunlight mostly dispels the
imaginative lunacies of overnight. I had
feverish dreams, in which Daisy and Amy
played fantastic parts, interchanging their
indentity—Amy dead, Daisy alive again—
becoming inextricably confused in each
other, until they united and mingled into
one phantom, which I pursued vainly—a
shadowy something, after which I yearned
with a passion unquenchable and hopeless,
with a mental determination unconquerable
as it was fruitless, Bat all these clouds
of darkness melted away at once before
the cold light of the morning sun. When
I descended to breakfast I was the same
calm, reasonable person I had been the
.day before. The vision of the previous
night had been a dream, like the dreams
which succeeded it ; that was certain. I
banished the trivial incident from my mind
resolutely. Amy's cheerful, fresh, quiet
face, as she presided at the early breakfast,
had a soothing influence over me, which I
accepted as yet another advantage in the
meditated bargain. When we were mar
ried the constant presence of that quiet
face would affect beneficially my daily life
—make my head clear, keep my nerves
cool.
I left the Daltons that morning, and
proceeded on my journey. My business
in the north was accomplished ; and two
days after, I arrived at Sir Hercules
Lowther's, just in time to join him at his
solitary dinner. He was dull and silent ;
the house had a mournful, deserted aspect;
the servants moved about with mute lips
and noiseless feet. All brought Daisy to
my mind, but this time not so ranch in
connection with my own feelings as in the
character of my friend's dead wife. I
pitied him for his loss. As we sat by the
fire over our own wine, he began to talk
about his wife, speaking with a rough,
simple pathos of how good she had been,
and what a blessing to him.
Poor Daisy,' I said, using the tender
diminutive involuntarily. All you say
of her is true, I know. Yon were happy
in marrying her. It is something to have
had her to loso.'
Yes,' he answered me, meditatively.
But only those who knew her can judge
of my loss. I feel that you sympathize
with me, old friend, and thank you for it ;
but you did not know her.'
Not know her? Do you think I have
forgotten the old Isle of Wight days?
Why Lowther, I, too, once loved this little
Daisy of yours. I may say so now. You
will not be jealous of me.'
Knew my wife ! loved my wife !' he
gasped out, syllable by syllable with a slow
horror and astonishment.
Yes, you must have known it then.' I
said. I was wild when you married her.
But that is passed long ago; and remem
bering what she was, I only felt for you
the more.'
Loved my wife !' he still muttered, in
a stolid sort of wonder. Loved my wife !
Daisy ! What ! There is a mistake,' he
said, and - his face brightened slowly into
intelligence. c There is a mistake. You
surely know whom I married !'
Yes,' I cried, certainly I do. Daisy
Mainwaring.'
Never ! Yon are wrong.'
1 stared at him aghast, and pointed to
the ring which he wore. Whose hair is
that l'
My poor wife's. I married my cousin,
Margaret Lowther ; not Daisy Mainwaring,
as you call her. That was a mere boyish
fancy. I would have married her at one
time, but she would not marry me ; and
thank Heaven for it. My wife only, in
all the world, could have made me so
happy as I have been.' He sighed and
went on : How ever did you come by this
false notion W here did you hear it ?
How on earth did it enter your head
By slow degrees I recalled and ex
plained how I had heard of his marriage.
It was not easy for me, having held the
event for so long as an established fact, to
bring to any mind the precise manner in
which the news had reached me. Howev
er, I succeeded at length in recalling the
letter from my friend, and also the con
firmation of the former tidings, in my
mother's letter, received in Italy. I learned
(but not wholly then) what had been the
true state of the me. When my friend
wrote of Lowthees appioaching marriage
to Daisy, Lowther had been willing enough
to make that assertion true. It was at
that time she had refnsed to marry him ;
and consequent upon this refusal seemed to
me to have been his marriage with his
cousin so soon after. Whether in pique,
or whether is -the way of oorisiditiou, did
not.idearlyAppor but - at :aLtivents the
marriage had turned out happily. My
mother's notification to me was sub:tan
! daily true; Lowther was married at that
time.
Daisy, then, was not dead : hut the
,phantom of thatlnight—how was' w it to be
explained. I asked for news' about her,
and Lowther told me that he had lost sight
of her for some time ; that after her fath
er's death she had gone out as a gover
ness ; that he had offered help to her in
vain ; that she was too proud to accept
help from an old lover.
On my way back I called again at the
Dalton.. As I walked by the side of Amy
in the wintry garden, I asked abruptly ;
Have you a governess here ?'
cYes, she answered a little surprised.
What is her name 1'
Miss Mainwaring. Here she is coming
with the children.'
* * * *
Shall I go on any more, little wife,—
Shall I tell them how hard I found it to
win you bank to me 1 how I, the Grand
Seignior, did not. get my wife by a mere
throwing of the handkerchief, but was
obliged to go on my knees—obliged to
outrage all foregone conclusions and de
terminations about my matrimonial needs
and about the proper view and bearings of
matrimony I Shall I tell them of your
troubles in those long years of separation ;
and haw you are changed thereby, and yet
the same—graver, soberer, wiser-equable
and quiet—but Daisy still I No, do you
say, I have written enough ?. Then I will
write no .more.
THE DOCTOR'S PERIL.
The.noble beast that forms the subject
of my story has been a bay of the richest
and most glossy color, with a lone spot of
white hair on his forehead. His tail had
been allowed to flow, uncurtailed by the
mutilating knife, naturally and gracefully
as those of the wild mustang of the
prairie. The ample chest, small ankle,
and proud neck, and the wide apart promi
nent eyes and open nostrils, denoted
gentle blood; but at the time I saw him,
old age had whitened his beautiful bay
coat, long turfs of hair were growing be
hind each foot, his eyes were rheumy, and
the few long teeth he possessed were loose.
I had noticed the care and attention
bestowed on him by every inmate of the
family. Not a day passed
_that his neck
and face were not caressed by soft femi
nine hands ; and if I had been surprised
at that, how much more so was I, when
Mrs. Morrison, who, like myself was stay
ing there through the summer, would
frequently throw her arms around his
neck, and while his soft nose rested
against her shoulder, would call him pet
names, and not unfreqnently her beautiful
eyes would fill with tears while thus em
ployed. Don John' received all these
caresses as if he had been accustomed to
them, frequently following one or the other
of the inmates like a huge house dog. My
curiosity at length became so great that I
resolved to become acquainted with the
reason why he was honored with the
respect and attachment of the household.
Not many days elapsed before I became
aecquainted with the reasons, and I assure
you, gentle reader, I consider them suffi
cient to excuse any amount of affection
which it might please the superior brute
to bestow upon his fellow, the dumb one.
He had belonged to Dr. Mosely, of
Whitesborough, for man years a practising
physician of that place, and Don John'
had carried his master to and from many
a bed of death, and, God help him, fire
had flown from his hoofs as many times as
his short fleet steps had dashed across the
Mohawk on the old bridge, not heeding
the new-born infant's wail that greeted
his ear in his quiet corner, awaiting his
master's pleasure—not that it was the
wail for the advent of a human soul,
doomed to suffer its number of years, then
die ! If his master bad acquired fame—
as all knew he did-4 Don John' has also
his laurels to be'proucl of.
' The Doctor had been called to Utica on
business connected with his profession,
and had been absent three days. Daring
his absence, one of those drenching, warm,
breaking up rains had set in. Mountains
of ice were rushing down the Mohawk,
sweeping everything before them, over
flowing the banks, carrying away bridges,
dwellings, and alarming many of the in
habitants, as well it might, for one must
see a freshet there to understand its terri
ble import. One must hear the crash and
roar, behold the mad waters rushing head
long and wild, the floating wrecks of
dwellings, sometimes freighted with human
life.
The night was inky black, and Don
John' picked out the way faithfully and
steadily, never stumbling, but, with the
bridle hanging slack across his neck, and
his nose close to the earth, his master had
little fear of the consequences. They
were approaching Oriskany, where a
bridge spanned the Mohawk, and Don
John' whinnied piteously once or twice,
till a sharp word from his master warned
him not to show the white feather. On
the other side he could just distinguish
through the darkness moving and glim
mering lights, and once he fancied he
heard a shout; but he little heeded aught,
save getting housed as soon as possible,
and sleeping off the fatigues of his journey.
Now, Don, step sure ; old Oriskany
bridge, to my own and your knowledge,
has lost many a plank,' said the Doctor,
patting his beast's neck, and pushing the
wet, tangled front look from his eyes.
They were now, ascending the little emi
nence leading to the entrance, when the
horse stopped. Go on, sir,' said the
Doctor, you are nearly home now.' Still
no attempt at going on, and beneath them
the angry waters roared and bellowed, like
maddened devils baulked of their prey.—
, Do you hear me, sir 'I" with a smart buffet
on the neck, and a gathering up of the
loosened bridle into a firm and determined
hand, and the animal started—slowly,
steadily, surely—though the broad back
shivered from time to time, and the gait
was so measured and methodical, that at
any other time he would have observed it.
As it was, he only let him have , his own
way, for he had a kindly heart, and he had
labored, and was sadly in want of food and
shelter.
Towards the end of the bridge the steps
became slower, and once he stumbled in
the hind foot. A quick grasp at the bri
dle, and a cheery Easy, John—easy,
sir !' and again the cautious hoof resounded
on the hard wood. They were . aoross, and
the.animal neighed, and tossed his dripping
mane till the Doctor. stook in`the saddle.
;Pup, more mile : tago, 'poor fellow; but
first I and you want s some . , ..re
meats.' Bounding up to the" tavern doer,
where a genial light was shining':-from the
windows, he called loudly for the landlord.
A dozen or more of the inmates came rush
ing to the door with lanterns, whieh they
held aloft, and a Good Lord, Doctor,
where did you come from I' broke forth
from their lips simultaneously.
Come from I Why, from the Mohawk
—what is the matter Has the freshet
carried away your senses I Here, boy,' as
dismounting he threw the reins to a gap
ing fellow,'give John something nice, and
dry him of. Keep him well wrapped up
while he eats—and, landlord, I Want a
tumbler of red-hot Jamaica, quick !'
Doctor,' said the group, haVe you
crossed the Mohawk to-night, and if so,
how ?'
Why, on the bridge ; are yon all
drunk !' said the exasperated physician.
Doctor,' said the old gray-headed
landlord, that bridge went douin the
Mohawk this afternoon. Come with me
and I will show yon. If you crossed, God
only. knows how you did it.'
A shiver went to the Doctor's heart, and,
lantern in hand, he followed the footsteps
to the swollen and turbid river. Whore
was the bridge ? •
Good Heavens !' said the horror-struck
Doctor, where is my gratitude I My noble
beast came over here this night, banked by
me on a solitary, string-piece, and I, with
this right hand, gave him a blow when he
faltered!' And the Doctor sank upon his
knees in the soft, wet snow, and wept like
a child. The man moved from his presence
respectfully, and left him to himself:
When, after some little time, he made
his appearance, his eyes were greeted by
the sight of his horse, surrounded by the
entire household—each contributing to
render him some assistance. A quart of
warm ale was given him by one,
another
rubbed his breast and neck with spirits—
a third dried his glossy hide with a warm
flannel, and others patted his neck or
otherwise caressed him. The morning
revealed to the Doctor the dreadful danger
he had escaped.
Don John' never did do a day's
work after that. Sometimes his master
rode him forth on a pleasure tour, or drove
him before a light vehicle a few miles,
but his professional labors were over.—
Nothing could exceed the care and atten
tion that were given him ever afterward.
Thus they lived many years, the Doc
tor and his horse growing old together.—
' Don John' survived his master some
years, and when the good man's will was
opened, there was found a clause appended
which related to Don John,' to this
effect : That he should be given to his
youngest daughter, Mrs. Morrison, while
she lived, to be cared for as he always had
been ; that he should, at his death, be
buried in his own lot, with something of
the respect accorded to human remains.—
His wishes were religiously respected, and
two years after I learned that Don John'
was dead, and his body now rests in the
corner of the old Mosely burying-ground
at Whiteboro'.
CARDS.
TIREDERICH S. PYFER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE-No. 11 NORTH Corr STREET, (WEST SIDE,) LAN
CASTER, Pa. apr 20 tf 14
Tipo E 111 0V A L.-.VITILLIAIII S. AMWEG,
Attorney at Law, has removed his office from his
former place into South Duke street, nearly opposite the
Trinity Lutheran Church. apr 8 tf 12
HALL FOREMAN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OFFICE WITH T. E. FRANKLIN, ESQ., No. 26 EAST KING ST.,
LANCASTER, PA.
nov 16 1y44
NV T. 11.1c.PIIAIL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
mar 311 y 3, 4 1 No. 11 N. DUKE ST., LS.NCESTEB., Yd.
WAS lIINGTON W. HOPKINS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office with N. Lightner ct. J. K. Alexander, Esqs., Duke
St., nearly opposite Court House. [feb 7 6m* 4
ALDIIS J. NEFF, Attorney at !Law.--
Office with B. A. Shaffer, Esq., south-west corner of
Centre Square, 'Ammeter. may 15,'65 ly 17
ED WARD EUGOVERN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
No. 3 South Queen street, in Reed, McGrann, Kelly ft
Co.'s Banking Building, Lancaster, Pa.
apr 6 tf 12
DR. JOHN &'CALLA , DEN TIST .--Otlice
No. 4 East King street. Residence Walnut street,
second door West of Duke, Lancaster, Pa. [apr 18 till
WILBERFORCE NEVIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office with Wm. B. Fordney, Esq., south-east corner of
Centre Square, Lancaster, Pa. [oct 25 ly* 41
SAMUEL H. REYNOLDS, Attorney at
Law. Office, No. 14 North Duke street, opposite the
Court House. may 5 tf 16
ABRADI SHANK,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
OFFICE WITH D. G. EBEELEICAN, ESQ., No. 36 NORTE Dusx ST.,
LANCASTER, PA.
mar 22 ly* 10
NRWTON LIGHTNER, ATTORNEY
AT LAW, has his Office in North Duke street, nearly
opposite the Court House.
Lancaster, apr 1 tf 11
JESSE LANDIS, Attorney at Law.--01"-
0 flea one door east of Lecbler's Hotel, East King street,
Lancaster, Pa. - .
psy. All kinds of Scrivening—such as writing Wills,
Deeds, Mortgages, Accounts, AA, will be"attended to with
correctness and despatch. may 15. '65 tc-17
REI I I9VAL.--WILLIAN B. FORDNEY,
Attorney at Law, has removed hls office from North
Queen street to the building in the south-east corner of
Centre Square, formerly known as Hubley's Hotel.
Lancaster, april 10
- nmatovAL.--DR. J. T. BAKER, HOB.—
CEPATHIC PHYSICIAN, has removed his office to
No. 69 East Sing street, next door above King's Grocery.
Reference--Professor W. A. Gardner, Philadelphia.
Calls from the conntry will be promptly attended to.
apr 6 tf 12
TAMES BLACK, Attorney at Law...of—
t) sce in East King street, two doors out of Lechler's
Hotel, Lancaster, Pa.
44- All business connected with his profession, and
all kinds of writing, such as preparing Deeds, Mortgages,
Wills, Stating Accounts, de., promptly attended to.
m 15. tf-17
TioBJBOVAL.—. , H. B. SWARR, Attorney
at Law, has removed his office to No. 13 North Duke
Street, nearly opposite his former Ideation, and a few doors
north of the Court House. apr 5 3m 12
JOHN P. SHIN TON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Has removed his office to his reddence, N 0.249 South eth
Street, above Spruce.
Refers by permission to Hon. IL G. I.ona,
"A. L. Hums
simaz Ban:vosr,
nov 24 15.44 " THADDII7II &MUM
JAMES H. BARNES,
FANCY AND WINDSOR CHAIR BAKER,
No. 6934 East King street, Lancaster,
Takes' pleasure in inviting the public to call at hls Wane,
rooms, and examine his BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
CHAIRS OF VARIOUS PATTERNS.
Ire_ ORDERS received apd promptly attended to at the
shortest notice. None but the best workmenare employed
in this establishment, consequently Chairs purchased at
this house are fully equal to any article sold In the Eastern
Cities. Call and examine for you.reelyee. [aug 18.1 y 81
DRUG AND CHEMICAL STORE.
The subscriber having removed his store to the new
building nearly opposite his oldistand, and directly opposie
the Cross Keys Hotel, bas now on hand a well selected
stock of articles belonging to the Drug buitnees, consisting
in part of Oils, Acids, Spices, & Seeds, Alcohol, Powdered
Articles, Sarsaparillas, &c., - .to:, to which 'the 'attention of
country merchants, physicians and consumers in .
ge
is invited. THOMAS &LW&
feb B tf 4 West King Street, Lan.
CIAUXIS I- C ASDS t I CARDS
PRINTER'S SHEEpeetT AND OUT CARDS,
Best and in the Marke
CARDS FOR MOUNTING PHOTOGRAPH t.
PIOITHM,
Of 13111131011. QUALM' AND "AT LOA' 11111314
Blue and White and fine - White lizete-Boards, Straw
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Remedies. Martarnstantly onhands large Stook
Ina Fmnch TruiseVabm a comptetesursortment of the; beet
American including the eelebrate& Whites Patent ;lever - ; :-
Trani, believed by best.autherithe to be •lOPotior to.
any yet invented. Itnglish and American Sapped.. And
Belts, Shoulder Breseeedhorpeneory -Bendages, ikde - Infect.
leg SPiegee,adePted te both Begee,htilellt..Pertebbi
French - Peccaries, 'Urinal Bag . Is, Jo. . .
Orders and letters of enquiry, will meet prompt 7atten l -•
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TANC ASTER ' COUNTY ELXCEIENGIEV.
_La • AND DEPOSIT MICR .
Corner of East King and Duke Wads, • •
BET. TEE COURT HOUSE AND SPREOHKET HOTEL,
• Lancaster City. . • •
TONE K. REED A CO. pay Interest on deposits the
tp lowing rates: . lb
654 per cent. for one year and longer. , , . .
6 do. o 30 days " do.
slar•Also, buy and sell Real - Estate ilia - Staab; on OF?
mission, negotiate loarop,:collect
.11Wrhe undersignedWe individually liable to thee: dent
of their estates, for all the deposits and other obligations of.
John K:.Reed 4 Co. •
JOHN K. REED, AMOS S. HENDERSON,
DAVID SHULTZ, ISAAC E ROISTER,
dec 25 tt 49
DIIILDING SL ATE...The' •Isiabiecerittcwx
,Dll has Just received a large lot of PEL&OH BOTTOM and
YORK COUNTY BIIIIDING .ELATE, which be wiR pat
on by the square or sell by the ton, on the moat reasonable
terms. He has , also constantly on hand an extra l t
Peach Bottontirinilding Elate, intended foralatb=l
of shingles. Please call and examine my PEACH
SLATE, which are the best in the market,nnd. cannot be
had at any other yard, as I have made arrangenients with
R. F. Jones for the Lancaster Market.
GEORGE D. SPREMMR;
North Queen Et., Lancaster, Penna. •
.11Gr- The above slate can also be had at F. B. METER
Lumber Yard, Columbia. •
This is to certify that we do not seil oar
best quality.Peaoh Bottoin Guaged Slate to any other per
son in Lancaster city than the above named.
IL F. JONES,
Manufacturers of Peach Bottom Booftmg Slate.
oct 6 tf 88
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