A Chat With Comrade Joe, Al, Jos, Um ghul to maet you here, You're one of bh Sit down awhile Since we doi And wnrched to ght, In sixty-one an | sixty-two, ‘tried aud true.” lis many a yoar the army blue, for home and right, oye who with us fought ull Run! you know aught Whe are thet Thaler thatthe of 1 Or at] all's Ruf? | Of brave vil § Alb, were hut 'n Of sdciyoue nade John? the vet' ran crew xty-two, AB. Tom! Ol Tohin, our gunner brave, Who foaght with ye Was k Hd n battle In a sunny Southern lea Fone braver drew, a saber trile, va and me, fills a grave Fa sixty-one and sixty4wo, Some le in graves, in lonely dell, Awd some nubut bed intain high Where they fell mm Fome yo! Their Lo Wx posed to view Ruee sixty-one and sixty-two woh ti le bleaching run and dew, tablets call the roll knew have reached the goa From mom'ry ¢ ) comrade We'll find that momt Of yonder heavenly blue, But o'er t! They carrled It nt we “1 weir weaves the flag still waves, sxty-two, when I shall } Last tatoo, And Comrade T ar henth beat my This boon | fore lies one wi A & marched t fn =ixiy-on THE OLD MAN'S DARLING. Cray piace at my grave y wore the blue, t for home and right, and sixty-two, Mable Marsdeu’s fortune was made ugratulated herself as she hry upon the . Holbeck had His words of love still gn 810 gaze 1 Xone ring which on her finger, vibrated in her ear, but stranger tere was no dy her say, responsiye mel in : hi althoue her young h although hal promised that she would. become art, his wifa, Ste was a ¥ her tecas—poor, tious. Holbeck tlemaaly, and rich. * * * The wedding was a quiet one. St. Alban's had never seen a lovlier bride nor a happier groom; and when, after a months travel, the couple took pos. Mable | again congratulated herself on the brilliancy of her Her bright est dreams were meeting witl ment. She entered int with all the zest of her spirit, glorying in the bea session of their luxuriant home, fortune. fresh young uty that had purchased her pleasures, and nothing undone that could her lovliness, Col. Holbeck anied everywhere she wished to go. enhance accom p her | “She is too young, too unexperien- eed for me to allow her freedom,” he said caressiogly. “She will doubtless tire of this frivolity after while, and then we will settle down in that hap- py homa [ have so often pictured to myself” Bat time wore on, and not the shadow of such a weariness peared to cloud the young wife's spirits. No gayely was pr which did not tempt her participa mptation met with resistance pose d 4] and no t After three years of patient 0g the frivol she indulged sa freely became so utterly distasteful waitio ities in which that he could no long. “We to her hushand er restrain b is impalience. have been married almost Mable,” b her ims the course of interview, all that time I have been bat a at your bidding. It ten more than twice your age, but | ly three , ani | one evening an "and slave 18 am b believing esm: your husband, fon that in your love my a would find comfort and old man's darling. disarp inted 1 that yo I ralize now the which led von h, since 50 dissin What I hay h # this ~that I desire you to relis of th ™ have vanity oi me rinses ar: Har 10 say to yOu, wever, jaish which ‘oA meawre frivolities 0g ui 80 aud #0 L Su ey ara.il a terly! Mahle looked for his face, and said “Suppose | nt d ) measures A moms n those desire 0 reanunce which you seem to condemn so hearti ly? “Taen I shall i'y which, as your husband, resort to that author. 18 vested in me !” “And if I ds not choose to submit to that asthority 7" “Phat is not a question to be dis case | botween em hatically, now itharoughly aroused and irate, I am master of this house as you will find ty your cost | you have never cared for me exeep ns!" he exclaimed, diamond | placed | lips leaving even | aL- i Years That | as the representative of the wealth too plain a case to admit of argument, But there is one thing of which you | may rest assured; whilst you bear my | when you received it!” I do this continual [ am tocjold yet as a tyrant, but dissipation must cease ! to be dragged from one scene of gaye- ty to another, tied, to the wheels of your carriage; and since I cannot attend you, you must confine yourself more at home! You retire now if you please, but remem. ber that I with my wishes!” as it were, expect your compliance “Thank you for the she returned, sarcastically. privilege!” “I shall i8 definitely settled. Her eyes glowed like midnight beads of perspiration sparkled like full blaze of chandelier beneath which she “That I do not love you, Col. diamonds in the beck, you seem to be well aware, I married you because [ was dazzled by those visions of splendor which you placed before my eyes, and I for them as those deserts thirst for water idols, 1 | give them up without a struggle, y sociely was my pict is not ht!" from him, and leay | may rest assurd ; to the he added, bat the ry always strong. (Good nig turning ing the room with the air of an em~ pre. ‘ol. Holt eck, stunned | oy nn, Durie d his f; her con - “She shall have ace in his hands. her own way!” suddenly stoically resolved married me, as she says, fi not be shal | lg my sh cheated in i y her live, and | wealth, she {the bargain. el freedom unmolested while I {my wishes shall hereafter remain uu- { told.” | sitting alone in her elegant drawing nd Mabel was Four years passed away the end of it all came, whence 8 hundred guests had just departed, when Col. Hq | tered ha and drew a chair to her triiling robes of amber satin more closely about her He n exclai med | room, stily, She gathered her side. as if fearing contamination. ment, and ul years | Mabel, that I never would again by ticed the move | apologetically, vowed ago, word or look, detract from your hap | piness. and faithfully, until now, have I kept that vow. "his, however, isa perilous moment for both of us, and must r intrusion. | account fi this have a communication to make which will startle you ; but Are y Mabel “A hoarsely. “Yes: a3 to mi cedings will For y Y ot ship wealth and position, you tsld you must hear it. ua listeniog ? I am a bankrupt ~a bankrupt bankrupt!” she exclaimed: “Are you in earnest in terrible, terrible earnest, IITOW'S Prox war sake I regret it. once. and I have never forgotten God knows I pity you! “What are to do r, try as she wo rokenly ; f | not be repressed. not kvow, “Tha hours ago, and ught of uld tell you of it with art. | am not Mabel : | he answered tid y nothii ut breaking 1d to work u et too ur h r you, will v n that ght tart } TY, wilhsis Ing Of Ve between us.” He the room. F Ars and ra mm ased speaking abruptly Mabel's but ent, softened toward him; the s rose up, and, swee her ping ves over the magniflcent said, t No, n without them! apartment bitlerly I cannot live She ascended to her chamber, where her maid was awaiting her coming. She wearily submitted herself to her skillful substitoted hands, and having a morning wrapper for the party robes, she dismissed her sleepy attendant, and sank easy-chair which stood before the fire. ohe folded her white jeweled bands in may | even myself. which purchases your pleasurce, is | I might have done! And with the abundant | means I have wasted how much good | Have I indeed | been happier than I was when I eat in pame it must remain as unsullied as | not | : | wish you to regard me as a brute, nor my little chamber, the only ornaments | I possessed was a white rose for my hair and my mother’s old fashioned | wedding ring for my fluger ?” And her came back a tenderness, a softness to the heart of Mable Holbeck which had | not visited it for years, “It is not to late to retrieve myself, | and I will,” she added, resolutely. “I cannot recall the past, but I can at least prove to my husband that I am all with mother’s pot dead to gente of honor or | shame.” | room not retire, however, until this question | Mabel descended to the breakfast different person. The ments of true womanhood had so long | elumbered in her breast that only the | rudest shock could have aroused them. stars, and upon her white forhead the | With their awakening came the con- | vietion of her unworthiness, and a de. the | stood. Hol- | Wy and to the servant who | upon who travel in sandy | Fashion and | my cpuviction | gars then | 3] be ck en- | she ex into an | : | her lap, and thought over the events | {of the past few years, “What a vain profitless life I have lived I” she murmured, regretfully. sight d coffer, | the lil before. face, termination to regain the esteem she hed oes . Holbeck was not present at the | him he said, “Excuse me your mistress, and bring me a cup of | I wish nothing else.” “I will carry it to him myself,” said Mable, when she received the message | and a few moments later she entered he you rary where was Sitti i ddd Can I not assist she ftly, as she de posite | the uni jue r basket "He had not noticed |} H and th service at his side. er pre sence glanced hastily into wildly 1, i, Aimost “My brain is in a whirl, - pointin * 10 the | g Jeaps upon hand—represent all 1 rht, ,aflter a th possessed. Mable, an rough inves beg 11 have been here all nig tigation, is that we are almost “ou must rest now, at any rate” she said, geotly; and when you have | drank your coffee, we will talk our misfortune over.” Whilst he partook cf hi she busied herself in disord the gas, ly, and thr arrauging Sha ed apariment, which still burned wing aside the he admitted the sunlight tains, room, Not until change that had taken place then in her husband's appearance. He was w and haggard, and trembled as with an ague. 3 1 wn near him, and leanin band 10 table “Yon are too easily alm y Wilh emotion. “I comprehend our situation mu mors an you do, replied, Th : fully Lh g omily, “Of the b urse, rather than asks 0A Convers en Ns Years Qur mar=- I am not!” she ed, “Although | have proved recreant to the trust you ndeed exclaim earnestly. ouce reposed in me, I am worthier to. day ts be your wife than I was upon If you will only esteem me again you you shall never have cause to itl” Col, Holbeck gathered her to his heart, and pressed his lips to her fore- our bridal morning. ng once end. There wers but a few thousands left | of all the Colonel's vast estate, but | | that was enough t» enable them to live in ease anl retirement, and | “Who has been benefited by it? Not | Mable was only too pleased to show memory eles | waited | to | her | These papers nn | did, | regret | | | by her future conduct that, after all, she was not so heartless and selfish as she had pretended, or even imagined. A lucky speculation on the Stock Colonel ingisted Exchange one day made the richer than ever; but Mable on their still residing in the country, | and devoting her leisure hours vo do- the poorer To the indigent she was known as ‘The Angel of Charity,’ ing good 10 commnnity around her, de Old and her husband often and often clared she was indeed “The Man's Darling.” — A A—— THE PRETTY BABY. John ? Sce the to papa, who kisses and foudles him lovingly. “Isn't he a pretty baby, just look at him,” and mother held the tiny creature its “Yes, Kate he is a prety baby, but Tom was a pretty baby, too, you remember, “Yes Tom everybody was a pretty baby— pays 80,” and she glances across the room at a puny-faced, four year old, but Willie is not like Willie's hair is light and his looking wistfully into the baby’s face Tom. eyes,” ‘are dark,’ and so deep, that when I | lcok into them | u | they have such a far away light, I am almost afraid, we cannot.” that. em Lo see “Oh' something nonsense! don't thiok fellow. nne I wouldn't think so He'll grow up to be a jut, Kate, much about him, he's a dear, good, little fi low, but I wouldn't worship him, ' the nress he lig pressing the ligh i help i, m #, reproachfully, for eves m closer and yi arningly. A month passes away, and one d ay they stand beside asa within which the pretty baby is sleep- | Ab, the sharp, and when ing. mother’s eves friends said, has beautiful bright eyes he,” 3 1% k and knew it | the light that never was on | | saw the far away lo and or “Oh, Joh wasn't n!"shem ogned. ong lor Lhis Soe IL in his eves, papa, and there | ' is & quiver in ti had pleased G for him the be must give him up, for it | and He knows what is best for 1 | she s . I know it an are all pretty babies, but » are like the baby with far away As they ound mother one who sees them say that, gr Ww ther ar { X } ’ who went to when with Bible to look whisper pre Wy ba- @ mournit dvi She stretches her Hie 18 Ke the table on which and they say “The baby's They plac kisses it 1 came into the dim old eves, and enderly a bright and th say : “What She does she fe Ad smiles and whispers “The pretty baby. They place the wisp of hair on her { breast and fold the wrinkled hands upon it, and tenderly lay her by the wide of the pretty baby. C— —— «Bring in your binding and have it done well, Don't kill off a new indus try by sending your work elsewhere We patronize home institutions, Now you do the same and all will be happy. | scratched up, his {it two miles they | THROWING OUT HINTS, When a Gorgia father found out | that his son John was sparking a cer- tain farmers daughter fora year or | more without settling any question, he called him out behinds the stack and said to him : “John do you love Basan Tinker 7 “I guess I do, dad.” “And does she love “That's what I afraid to ask her.” “Well you'd better throw out a few hints to-night and find out, It's ro unlcss you ?” dunno, and use wearing out boot leather you are going to marry her,” That night at ten o’clook John came home a wreck. His ear face was all was bleeding his hat gone, and his back was cover- ed with mud, “John What on the matter? exclaimed the John! earth is old mao, laying down his gaper. Thier and—" }in over Lo “And “And I threw out a few hints Susan.” “ What kind “Why I tid h hints 7” 'd been four nights out er I hoofing year to set up with her while chawed gum and sung through hernose, I reckoned it owe i IV Was Lin er Lo brush her teeth all white casket | were | “what | she i | blank | was scarcely more th hight i {DO power on earth ean (ake n her ehin and tell the Id folks that from way up in the hills wn yesterday to get married om, apparently about thirty wore a clay colored suit wd carried in one hand a snake whip. The bride, who An ZU, WAS | Making ming beauty. ng of the oul peace and cken man add Squire ? 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