My Friend. | ‘He fs my friend,” 1 said ; ‘Be patient I” Overhead The shies were drear snd dim, And, lo! fmiled on my heart, and then, The sun shone out again ! the thought of him The words Brought Bummer and the birds, And all my Winter Ume “He fs my friend I Thawed into running rhyme Aud rippled Into rong, | Warm, tender, brave and strong. And so it sings to-day ; Bo may it sing alway ; Though waving grasses grow | Between, and lilies blow Their trilla o Let ench mute measure end With * Still, he is thy triend 1" f perfume, clear — WA ——— - | Diamonds in the Gutter. | \ little girl sat on a doorste Ps tos the rain-drops as they spl the puddles, stopping to count then in her misery, do, to hope for, watch lashed in 1 | for she had nothing to | nothing to think of, and nothing | Her clothes were shabby, her arms | were scarcely more than skin snd bone and her large wistful eyes seemed big) enough to swallow up the rest of ber | face. Poverty was stamped on childis been driven away by that “Ve ry vd fiend, | h feature, and their beauty h harsh starvation, The door behind her man with a red beard come out, | opened, and a nearly and gave her acurse then he pavement stumbled over her, apolo wn instead of an gy ; went watery puddle h in to his way de the stepping ACTOSS, 43 into every if he were to see them, Lottie Smit! to hersell Presently a window behir d AN star on t 1 sometning f o the fallen In an inst It was a diamond ring. She had never seen | she thougl 1 ewel fl i shed radiantly was a star fallen fron 'she “Poor’ ickle * said, with the corner of take ‘ou with me.’ Holding it ti ght her little | , she dragged her tired feet down dirty was her shaw! in my ingers one street aft there a small hope had risen up in the er another; 2» new light in her eyes dark- ness because of the star in her hand, Another gentleman came to the door sitting, and being admitted a'ter a resounding knock, made the drawing-room. “Sir Felix has bee step on which she had been his way unannounced to , Mar Don,t deny it no here ay ion,” he said angrily for he told me so himself.” “I sha'n't deny it, wnd Maric the at home’ to every mn Dea rose slowly raley Not yourself, | can't do it." ing ent, sofa. “If you wish me to say man but must tell vou that | “wh Do you ever do anytl to me itte “Yes, but 1 now that [I know int "rT sha'n't for the ‘You know what ! surprise, “That the 28 ed “Whoever told you that ! dsehood Lie fire “He is Mr. flowers I give you on to someone else, tells a great and his dark eyes truthfal, I Harold Battiscombe,” “Where's his falling on her left hand. juite as fancy, my riog?"’ eyes suddenly flush given ‘Ah, where 77" her cheeks ing. “] suppose the next will be Laura Dickson ?" [Time to talk about the next I've out about the first,” his brows drawing together] Marion, tell me the | truth. Have you, or bave you not, giv en the ring to Whittaker ?” “I am not in the habit of making presents to gentlemen, *‘No evasion, if you please. You had | the ring on your finger when Sir Felix was here 7" “Certainly, and he had the good taste to say I liked you the best because you could give me such jolly diamonds.’ “And you can encourage such a snob as that!" “I don’t encourage him," her long neck. “Then where is the ring 1” She laughed uneasily and looked to- ward the window, “I was desperate angry, because | had just heard of the roses.” “There was nothing to hear,” he in terrupted hastily. “But I'd tell you all about it, only it would not interest you now." “Why not now 1" in vague alarm, “Because if you give away my ring it is a sign that you want to get rid of drawing up | them {of the | | man { engaged to act {at the ! saw by the | she (remble li | home as 11 ils because it is true,’ | fr nl flashed | | at the to | when | * his face set the stern, “Good | the giver; | I'll never bother vou aga'n | bye Murion ; taking up his hat, “Wait a moment, I—1 threw it out of the A moustache, “A bkely story: generally thrown in a gutter!” me, go’ window," contemptuous smile curled his diamonds are not | ‘If you won't believe and | intonl Harold, | self down on the sofa, and burst | passion of tears, “Oh, Harold, come back. but the days passed on and Harold never came back, and the pride which | arated each from the other, seemed | sable as she sey barrier between bad some servants to to raise an impa Ag 800N grown a lit | tle calmer, she sent out look for the ring, but not a trace ol il was to be seen, although in consequen the polic " badness of the weather, averred that no one bad passed by | for the last half hour, Not long Mists Do some tableau Mrs. Mac) Battis of Ares after this, arsley was | vivanis | | in of a house inzie, Harold kneel at her feet ns | her left hand pre sed t In | had to | vith one scene Mo Le she turned away in apparent agitation, The agitation was not feighed, for when | she felt her hand once more in his, and expression of his face that be had neither forgiven nor rgotten, .«d 80 violently that she near ly spoiled her part. if the ring ed that 1 ils place e ba r had only been in ere my ring al she look 1X r head sadly, and he When led by Sir Fe Wi iter passed into summer, Marion inmates had got the pla H rol Battiscombe avoided gue. Tired of favorite 'g er was Mar her thoughts t ced time art ley turned : 1} . wus things, never there, und being ex first gan to think of thos ingly unhappy herself for the n he e li fe beg who [Jost illasion, thine ard happiness to that constant needlework, | every description found their way the sick child. | brought a bles | | ed health revived under | she pointed to the door, but directly it | Mose hi i sy threw her: | | bad closed hehind him, she threw he | cheeks, but Marion grew whiter { but how would he ever find it out that | I wished I had some | where they came from, for , | bunch | wasn't that nice ¢ | had told her about ti had flung and still | meet to balls, when her | i edly, "and the dark eyes glisten~ the CATO NOW, ing through their tears tears of a Day after day Marion brought sun miseruble home. Mrs, Smith was supplied with of to had and dainties | The | sing with it, and neglect falling star tender Cibo, to Lottie's | the Softly tinted roses came back us summer advanced . It was against her pride to write to Harold Battiscombe, | and tell;him that the ring was found | un ws she did a Di Mi 1 | said | the Lau keon came to call, and Dattiscombe wa one of 1 had ever see “Now did last with some fellows sl n. what he winter. | met him lovely roses in his hand, and without think | saw how | ing, like them to wear | that night, as I was in slight mourning 1essed said he that I n my dear, Bi uld not wear a color. | he ~-not and ¢ ge wuld n the should h pile give 11 AWAY we taken ther it lovely Now linne | received a from Covent Garden, f him #7’ ‘Very ing that her heart would break, nice, murmured Marion was on account of the story Si 108¢ TOSEs tha her it the window opera Was Dearly ove ortunity w AZAain Suddenly she began to unbu ng glove, and she felt that eyes were immediately | “Why are y ixed upon her taking off your glove? | asked Mrs, Aare ust going.” I know, “] know said Marian hur as she tugged away at a refra i 4 had never known what happiness was, | tory thumb. June, when with One lovely Park was crowded fashionable throngs, and flo in balcony re ware striving to ll Marion De of a A squal with their fragrance, arsley knocked at the d looking house no street, and little gi ) ng there 1 and very iil. “Walk in, ing woman with tire mum’ said a haggard look d ey es r past everything but gr and that she do “she's get t aning | coughing pretty { all the day." fou Mar nding over a miserable pallet -bed minutes later, w on which a shrunken d feeding OTANI gf id's the thir ils of The chi 16 pretty face 80 pale and sad during last nthe, and whispered b ‘“‘Me goin’ to take’ ittle “What does she say 7" I the oarsely tar with wking round mother, her heart!” her eve her in’, and she's glad to gO; Pleas wiping with the corner of \pron d got suramat under her pillow which always says she must take with her, penny thing I fancy she's a and she's she have Show it she must got from one of the children, | to the lady, dear.” Lottie put her hand under the sack of straw which did duty fora pillow and brought forth her treasure with | glistening eyes, “My ring!” exclaimed Marion, drop- ing the spoon in her agitation, “Your ring, ma'am? My goodness Lottie, think of you stealing the lady's ring I" “She did not steal it, she found it in the road,” said Marion kindly as she saw large tears rolling one aflér the other down the wasted cheeks. “My ickle tar!" with a pisintive moan “She thought it was one of the stars, and she was going to take it back.” “Oh Lottie dear the stars never come down to us; we may go to them, but they will never come to us said Marion sadly. ‘This is nothing but a bit of gold and a jewel, nothing to do with heaven. I dropped it out of the win- dow one day, and | wanted so much to got it back, Will you let me have it, | will send you something so nice in. stead.” “Yes; me thought it was a 'tar--no He | | carriage.” and | the misty air | her neck, and let misserable rl, | from him. H and | nigh | Ms | old | “Come along or we shall lose the Marion rose, fastening her cloak round the glove fall ws if by | mee ident, Harold stooped to pick it up, bed out her left hand to take it led from nd to her agitated face, siretc is eves trave the radiant diame “May | come to-morrow ? he whisper e hi quickly followed her friends, whilst She gay m a nod and a smile, and came after her and put her in the car feeling as if he were in a . . ' * * riage, | Bn ng a lo it led eyes al it why did you ever look wn with pu her blush ing face lecau elix told me that you had g nl eing Dick idea of | ain Laura ven my roses to Laura false! Bi poor pl You were jealous of | wf ite of his ugly red beard “But | thought you liked him.’ ‘And | thon ight vou liked her.” ( Bat you didn't 7" “It was it the f y lous of f N r Fel But you didn’t 7’ she echoed with a later h arm {around her waist and their lips met. | Lottie Smith has by | time that falling stars don't come to the earth: but all the pleasure of her life she dates from the day when a dia. mond flashed in the gutter. And a moment in was learned this i —— — A Story of the War. THE GALLANT YOUNG SOLDIER OF CORRS GEORGIA LEGION, “Well, Ill tell you a romantic fact which verifies the old saying that truth is stranger than fiction,” remarked a late private of Hampton's cavalry to a Herald reporter yesterday morning, as they glided along over the Belt Line railway. “IL is a reminiscence of the Iate unpleasantness in which there is a true heroine in flesh, “Gen. Sherman, having successfully accomplished his march to the rea, was preparing to co operate with Gen, Grant in Virginia, by marching through the Carolinas, devastating their resources and by methods unauthorized by usages of civilized warfare attempting to break the spirit of those proud old common wealths, At this juncture Hampton and Batler, two of Carolina's most ohiv: alrous sons, were sent from Virginia to oppose the conquering General whose | : army was sweeping over the Palmetto brigades of dashing | €d the chivalrous ilampton from Vir | ments, the famous old Cobb Legion of | parture | one to its gallant number in the person | throughout the commund ns { of his battle some | | pivgn | he | his companion | ' 8 a Lon had counts { the fine neat mixtures | checks of ! hos | button and she | sb Aes | coat is preferred, | a doubles he | i \ ors dream, | English State like a besom of destruction, Two cavalrymen follow ginia to Columbin; one of those regi- Georgia, received on the eve of its de. from Virginia the addition of of nu handsome young recruit known Charlie *y h and endured the fatig scarred companios little Charlie 168} participated in the engigements, rutler ed the privations of the Carolina cam with a heroism equal to that of a | veteran, “In company with a boon com | ed panion parti in the ; dlant chinrge upon K Ipatrick's camp, releasi imprisoned comrades snd carrying ofl large number of the enemy, the b at Cheraw, Owensboro and Bentonvil and in turn on picket gil kept wi Soon alte slept, i icket duly de toonville came Charles’ last p federate cavalryman The tail ght FOIA tl Charlie soon Charlie was seen weeping over Of Is companion, who | for his had beer manly feature yielded Lis life a sacrifice ‘a at \ o tink ad uly ay picket 1 . on » Hiusil ious, — a — Men's Clothing r mer vest ym one piece of goeds, and inde Eoglish cloth, or the rough suitings, Scotch, Cheviots and nespuns. For fine mixed clot} English itlons, or m Bi coat 1s Lhe cut-away four t aereiy 10 but ross the chest; the vest is ¢ very trou Te Al taste this season i in business suits Cheviots and homespun cloths a sack and this may be either breasted close fitting pea ja« ket | or a singlo-breasted close fitting sack stylish sack suits are made of all-wool cloth in with s rough checks of and blue f bl are made ww silk the edges, RTAY tints Ru wigh iz ¢ ie or blac) ou | bed otehgeloth witl acket that | braid on ackets to wear m vl ¢ lar ar without single-breasted with a velvet 1d velvet edges like binding ing cal b outton cut [Dressy morn ng sails for Da lunches, ete, have a four away coat made of either black or blue | | nglish cloth in fine diagonals, or in the | newer corkscrew twilled patterns. The the same cut as high as the coat, that of the scarf is The trousers have narrow stripes of some odd shade of brown or olive, or even of dark | vost of cloth is 0 scarcely any seen, red threads on black or brown, Day dress suits for making visits chureh, day weddings afternoon receptions, and for for grooms, ushers, and guests, have the Prince Albert frock. coat and vest made of black or blue diagonel or corkscrew cloth. This coat is of the length worn last year, and shorter than those previously worn ; it shows only a trifle of the scarf when buttoned, and is finished with silk fac jpg and braid. The trousers are light, or else of dark gray or brown like those described above. A change from this adopted by dressy men for afternoon wear is a frock suit with the three pieces made of gray or brown diagonel cloth of the finest quality, finished with ailk facing and stitched edges. Evening dress suits, not to be worn in the daylight, but suitable for dinner partion, the opera, and all full dress evening entertainments, are not chang ed in shape. The black swallow-taij dress-cont and low-cut vest are of west. of-England broadcloth, and the trousers are of black doeskin, The coat may have silk facings with corded edges, or plain facings with stitched edges. Some dress suits are being made of fine ribbed | pared to do ALL | Grave Guards, Iron Settees, for | and corkscrew Eoglish cloths, but the best dressed men prefer broadcloth and doeskin.— Harper's Bazaar. HAVING OPENED A | | NEW COACH REPAIR SHOP, | NEW GOODS, ON LOGAN STREET, We would respectfully invite the | .) : : ‘ | public to give us a call when in want | Modest as a ludy, yet bold as the boldest K 3 of any work in our line, We are pre- kinds of | TRIMMING REPAIRING REMODELING, 180 make a specialty of "UPHOLSTERING IN LIM BRANCHES work will recieve Jur TERMS teed. 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