| THE CHIMNEY CUPROARD, Girls never do anything in stories, said Margaret Barber, impatiently throwing down her magazine; it's miways (he buys who do vhings. Iw sure ssid her grandmother, that iv the story you have been read. ing, Lucy washed the dishes, swept the kitchen floor, and took care of the baby while, her mother was away. But Horace killed the bear! inter. raped the youug girl, still so impa. tiently, that her grandfather laid down his newspaper took off his steel bowed glasses, and looking across the room at a sili pretty, plump old lady, who was slowly rocking and swiftly kuitting, he said, Wasiie | the dishes, sweep the floor, and took the buby, did she? That is just what your Aunt Hanna was left to do the day she was ten years old, wren Ler fathor and mother went to Harvord, and hunchback Pingree came along. If that story could be pruted there would be a girl in it that did something, for 1 was the Baby, and did nothing but scream. Teil us about it Hanna. Ob yes Aunt Hanpa, cried Margsr- et, do tell us! And although the old lady shook her head st her brother, to begin with, she relented, and said : Do you see that cupboard there by the fireplace? To be sure, said Margaret's mother, who with her daughter, was making her first visit to the quaint old cot- tage. It quite distressed me, it looks so old fashioned with its two doors, I should have taken it out if the house was mine. No doubt, said Aunt Hanna ; but that has been a serviceable part of the house in its day. It was framed in and finished up when the chimoey was built, with little secret drawers that pull out from between the stones of the great chimney. My father was quite a business man for those times; he was town clerk and treas. urer for years, and settled all the es- tates of all the people who died, far sod near, so there were always pack" ages of paper aod rolls of money be longing to great many different indi. viduals, io that little caopboard. When Captain Pingree died [ re- member well that father was very much opposed to having anything to do with settling the estate. They bad an ill-tempered family'l heard bim say to mother, and that bunchback is like an evil spirit to deal with. his father has advanced him a great deal of money and holds his notes for the same, yet now be in- tends to share like the other heirs, Taey will not submit to such injos tice, and consequently there will be trouble, that sowe one else must set tle besides me. I have nothing to do with it. My father was honest in that decis- ion, yet that very night papers came to him from the Judge of Probate authorizing him to act as administra. tor, and before bed time one or the Piogree brothers came in secretly by the back way fetching a little tin trunk full of father’s papers. I was in the trundle bed, and supposed to be asleep, but [ beard him say as father locked the trank into the cupboard ; The notes my father held against my brother are in there, and he is so determined 10 get hold of them that we dare not keep them in the house night. He is like a baby, Sir, his mind being as dwarfed as his body ; bat because be is a man in yeas he insists that he is #0 in intellect, snd re’ sents any interference by a legally ap- pointed guardisn. Since mother died be bas never been under the least re straint. He has had his own will and bis own way in everything, and that | makes it haider 10 deni with him, He recognizes vo Jaw of obedience or submission, as bis will was never broken or even subdued, Ik koow it, replied my father. Some aoe is 0 have a trial with him, The next morving be repeated these words to my mother, and added ¢ sad ask E«quire Elsworth what his opinion is in regari to the course that ought to be pursued with the poor fellow. I guess you had better go with me. You nod Hauoah will be wanting something new. cE ur Bat Hannah will have tostay alone tion. Af the dawn of bope in my | ble harm can come to her, and she can care for baby as well as his mother herself, pleasantly said my father. I have often staid alone a part of aday. I said. A whole day is a little longer, but I shall not mind. 1 shall be busy washing 4the dishes, sweeping the floor and rocking . the cradle, That settled it, and they soon drove away, leaving me alone with my lit- tle charge. About the middle of the forenoon, as I was kneeling by the cradle, feeding the baby with bread and milk, there was a rattle at the, outer door, snd immediately that hunchback, Pingree, came walking in. Oh, how frightened I was ! It makes my flesh creep now even to think of it. He was an ugly, misshapen creature, with a repulsive leer on his face, in- stead of the sweet patient expression that draws ones heart out to mostsuch unfortunates, Where are your folk’s he asked, in a sharp cracked voice that startled me so that I spilled the milk and choked the baby. Don’t lie to me, now, for I know where they are as well as you do. To Hartford, I managed to articu. late, at the same time pushing a low chair toward the poor creature, think- ing to appease his evident ill humor by politeness. To my horror he passed by the chair, and seated himself in the foot of the cradle. The baby was terrifiedg now, and giving up from coughing, began to scream at the top of his powers. I bent over to take him in upon the shelf than I slammed the door together and turned the button, then catching the brass key from mother’s thread basket, I put iv in the lock and turned it upon him, As the strong bolt slipped into its place, I ran back and dropped into the cradle with the screaming baby, I had been strong enough for anything but & moment before, now 1 was so week I could not stand. My little brother hushed his crying the moment my head sank in his baby lap, and put ting his tiny cold fingers on my face, laughed in merry glee The hunchback, when he found himself caught, yelled like a caged demon, but [ know that the cup- board door was of heavy plank, thag the lock and binges were strong, and I felt perfectly safe. 1 kuew too, that there was & crack uuder the door so wide that air enough would pass to keep him from suffocating. His threats were so terrible to listen to that I began to sing hymos to ‘the baby as soon as I could nod my voice, and it was not long before he was quiet, save an occasional appeal to my sympathy, telling me how uncom- fortable he found his cramped position, and begging me to let him out. I was sorry enough fos him, but my fear lest he should harm the baby, over- came my pity. Father and mother came at sunset, aod I shall never forget the look that passed between them when I toid them of my prisoner. Father unlocked the cupboard door, but the poor hunch. back bad remained so long in his cramped position that he could not my arms, but the hunchback snarled with an evil leer, i Let the young one alone unfil you | fetch me that tin trunk of papers that my brother left bere last night You saw the box, didn’t you? I nodded my head, too much fright- ened to speak, Where is it ? Quick, now ! I pointed to the cupboard, and greatly to the relief of the baby and myself, he crossed the room. Locked ! he shouted, trying the door: Open it young one ! Father has the key, I stammered. Think of some other way to open it then. How would your father open it if the key was lost !—Think quick as you can, or I will kill the baby, wring its slim, white neck as | would a chicken's then I will set the house on firc and burn up those con- founded notes, and you with them, so you won't blab. A multitude of confused thoughts rushed through my brain and upon one of them, balf « memory and half a suggestion, | seized with despera- heart, my courage retutned and going to the lower door of the cupboard, I turned the knob that held a button ou the inside, and openedit. The bot- tom of the cupboard, and the one broad shelf above it, my mother used 88 a boge work basket, and it was well filled with family sewing and mending. Clearing the shelf, and setting the little splint thread and thimble basket on a chair near at hand, I said, as steadily as I could : The upper cupboard door is always kept locked,and father carries the Key with him; but the bottom shelf of the upper cupboard is loose, sod if you crawl in upon this shelf on your hands and koees, and raise your back against the shelf above, you can misplsce it #0 that one end will conte off the slat that holds it, and all the things upon it will come rattling down. I know about it, for I did i myself once when I was ¢ little girl, sod did a great deal of mischief. Your brothers tin trunk sets upon that shelf, I know, for I saw it there when father opened the door to get his pocket book Just before he went uway. | You know how to misplace the shelf; get in snd misplace it yourself, maid the hunchback. I cannot, I replied. I used to play in there when I waa a little thing, but now the capboard will hold me no He looked me over, (I was large | for my age) saw that I spoke t truth, and proceeded to crawl upon the shelf himself, saying in a tone of authority, ; dit If any one comes to the door, don't oe b ti be wof stir. Father pulled him out, carried him in his arms and put him in bed, and mother bathed and rubbed him. | He was sick for three months, aud the whole of that time mother pursed him faithfully. That illness was a turning point in his life. He lived for several years a quiet, humble Christian life, respected and beloved. At his death he willed everything he possessed to me, in gratitude, he said, for saving him from crime by locking him in the copboard, as he was fully resolved, if he could not ob- tain the papers, to burn the dwelling He said also that his imprisonment in the cupboard broke his stubborn will, but mother’s patience and kindness in his long illness softened his hard heart.” The girl did do something in that story, said Margaret, going across the room to g've Aunt Haooah a hag sod a kiss, and then going to peep into the cupboard. Oh, Grandpa, isa't it a pity you can’t remember it? I suppose all through my childhood that I did remember it, said Grandpa, I heard it told of #0 often, but Uncle Pingree and I were great friends, and I once coaxed the fanny little man to get into the cupboard dud show me just how he lay when Hannah and I were his jailors. inna ’ ~We are now prepared to do all kinds of plain and fancy JOB PRINTING and BOOK BINDING. All work warranted, and satisfaction guaranteed, BLANK BOOKS of all descriptions made to order, and sll kinds of papers magazines and peri- odicles bound in the best style and for the least money. Call at the Cexras Democmar and see for yourself, ELLEFONTIE & BUFFALO RUN RALLROAD, <Time Table 10 take effect Monday Jany. 24, 1887, Westward A 0 Ball ofon thes. due... +ovecersrreee BIO) Hastin ¢ wvivnseinsy inn 0 Hun Bevesuss sire bonuannes isms 28 Fil [Larne Ae veeea——— | | Sellers Poivis did Livni 85 Waddlen........quniimpepssns 880 Thompsons Poiiininsinie titan .00 Rrumeine ..... wiisiinesusssesina tM S080 College... sovreron bossutrs so 1.40 Eastward, 4 BALE OATIOER. obo acnsrenss suese 00 Rromrine...... teas oivess omer Thompeons F..uucvnsesnirss on. aa E83 essze El thd Sellers Rhasnnss vesssrriviiitinenih BB Fllmorss coun on thous snnronss. B80 to Hun a PNR (AO HADI cou ues. ores sabes A MATRIMONIAL EXPERT, Average Age of the Men and Women Who Euter the Marriage State. On a street car the other day I met a man who asked me to make a gress at the average, ago of the men and women who marry in Chicago, 1 reflected for a moment upon the impatience of youth and the ardor of love, and replied; “Twenty-three for men and 20 for the women” But I was wrong, “The average,” sald the man, with that authority which comes of knowledge, “ls 28 years for men and 23 for women. How do § know? Be. cause I have figured it out from published re- ports of the marriage Hoensos ined from day to day. OF course. 3 good many marry much younger than this, but just think how the average Is brought up when some Jovesick youth of 70 or 80 jeads to the altar a Dlushing damsel only on few years his junior, Beveral such cae have oo. curred in Chicago of late, and 1 came across one match in which the grovin was 70 and the bride 80, This was several years ago, though there have since been several cases pearly as bad, I saw ous leenso, too, in which the groom's age was given at 21 and the bride's at 00, This was an extreme case, of course, but the number of cases in which the grooms are younger than the brides is re. | In 92 marriages out of 1,000 | than the | markably large in Chicago the men are youuger womens, and in 506 out of 1,000 brid: a nro of the same nye ul groom The average marriage age for males in Chicago is about the same as | Groceries, MEAT MARKY BUwasr Granulated Sugar 8c a pound i ador All o lowest priows, . L) [MU ABY. ~Finest New Orleans ug 800 por gallon, | OFFER Wine assortment of Coffees, both green ann ponated, Our rossted Coffees are always fresh, | TOBACOOS, ~All the new and desirable brands, Good bargains in al) grades, | CIGARS. — Special attention given to our cigar trade We try to sell the best 2 for bo and bo cigars in ewan, TEAR —~Young Hyson 600, 0c, §1 per pound, Imper- ial, 80c, B0c, 81 per pound, Gunpowder, G0e, ¥0c, §1 per pound. Oolong, Se, Bic, §1 per pound, Mixed | green and bisck, 6c, ¥oc, $1 per pound A very fine anoolored Jupsn tea. Also, a good bergainin ¥ Gung Hyson at 40¢ per pound in England and Bootland, but the average | age of the women over there Is neariy three years older, “Romin in the place where they do marry young, Over thers more than one-third of the men and more than one half of the women ! marry before they are 20. Ia there as nnch marrying in Chicago as in Europe in propor ton to population? Here are the figures: In Chicago during 1856 the marriages averaged 15 per 1,000 inhabitants: in England the rate i 17 per 1.000; in France, 16; in Germany, 15, and in Sweden, only 13, vlage rate is fo Dreland. 1 am satisfied that there are very few consanguineous marriages in Chicago, which i= a healthy sign, In France 1 per cent. of the marriages are consan- guineons; in England, 2 per cent, and among the nobility, 5 per cent. Threequarters of ull consanguineous mauriages are between cousins, There is a greater number of con. sanguineous marriages in the south than in | Chicago.” “Have the matrimonial adventurers in Chigr.go any favorite days for taking out licenwesT” 1 asked, perceiving that the man | was a fpecialist on the marriage question “Yes be repliod, “Monday is the big day for marriage The averages H0 other day in the Most of the courting Among certain classes of indend, HOGtmes, number taken out on that day 0 per cent. higher than any wewk Explain this! Easily is done on Bandays people raarviages very quickly follow engage ments, and ax Monday is the day after San day you can see the oatwe of the Monday rush. Another explanation is that Monday i= a general pay day, and on the day after a | gol many candidates for matrimony haven't | money enough to take oul a loense with Chicago Herald The President's Conchman. I noticed « funny incident on Pennsylvania avenue the other day. Albert Hawkine, the presidenc’s coaches, is a large, fine looking | negro, as black a piece of polished an thracite coal, and in private life is a rollicking, Jolly, good fellow, full of stories and wit, and bo keepm thestables in a roar, so that itis | sak the horses laugh sometitne. But when The lowest mar. | | CHEBSE.—Finost full cream choose at 16 per pound. { i VINEGAR. «Pure old cider vinegar made from whole cider, One gallos of this goods is worth more than two gallons of common vinegar, B.XB. a ._—. 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He used to be atiite fond ant, apd Nellie Arthur bs HS YOUILE saay ur and Albert off duty ex stands Fog Whenever she smiles at him, ax sho always | does when be takes her from or leaves Ler at the White House, his own face spreads all over his coat collar and stays that way for some time, When Mee Cleveland rides out Albert is always a little spruoer than wussal, bis spinal column is a little more erect and bis face a little more serious with responsi bility. Washington Letter Gormandizing of Haman Hoge, Have you ever seni men on a steamboat, where the table was spread, stand around the door ready to make a plunge and a rash for the table the moment an opportunity was given! Have yousen bow men at parties take pains to get the most favorable situations at the tablet Have you seen boty men stretel and lean over in order that they muy fare the best! 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