TERMS .0P MOariCrATION.
• :,
Val: IZF.rowrPpt is pplaP4edevMThzup.,
r..ing, by E. 0. GoitOmon, at $2 per
~,iribi. in :11 viince...
..,,
I A - tI)EICI.'I,SELIIINT,S, expeedirig fiftser
1i .! is aro inierted at rim moirs per line fc i.
5.-3 t insertion, am:ll , l+z c - firs' per line for
übsequent insertions/ • Bp4dial notices in
erted before ilarring,ea 4cl, Deaths, will
li
charged rr iTzdi • ortrrs per line for bac .
itertion. All resolutions a Assoilationi ;
,:tanunications of limitedl or individ! • ,
• blterestand notices of Marriages or bee .•
e -.22, - ;ding five lines, are' pliarg,ed TIN '. :.-: '.
, -.•li ne..
1 Year. i 6 mo. :. 3 m..
ti-as.Oolunin, . $75, $40. . , . '.)
ft Ilf " . - 40 25 5
• ),, FA tinn , ' 10 _ • 76 : 5
i:.,tray,Caution, Lost and Found, tindoth , r
.: IN ertisements, 'not exceeding 10,1ine:,
throe weeks, or less, $1 i i
4,lniinistrator's Jißloti. ecutor's Noticeti: .2 I I
Auditor's Notices -2 , . I
Business Cards, five lines, (Per yoar)..s 'i
Merchants and others, adiertising their
bus'iness, will be charged $2O. They will
be entitled to 1 column, contmed exClusive
ly to their business, witliprivilege of change.
T.'-Advertising in all cases exclusiVe of
subscription to the perm 0" :- •
rOlt. PRINTING•of eVery kind, in • Plain
, and Fancy colors, done with neatnets and
dispatch. Liandbills, Blanks, Cards, Pam
phlets, &c., of every variety and style,pria
' ted at the shortest notice. The itzeowran
01 , FICIE has just been re-fitted with Power
Presses, and every thing in the Printing
.11,10 can be executed in the most artistic
nianner and at flit lowest rates. TERMS
INVARIABLY ‘CASII. • • , --
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Cita , • ..
e .
iIEORGE D.: IttiNTANYE, AT
.k..A' TORNRI' ,IT I • TV Oncecorner of
.
};sinand.Piue streets, 0 4 . osite Porttr's Drug
Store. ,
10::"I'OR EDWARD S. PERKINS,
Oilers his professional services to the citi
zen,: of Frenchtovrh and vicinity. Calls prompt
ly- attended to. . .
\kr T. DAVIES, Attorney at Law,
I • Tow and.i;Pa. Office with Wm. Nat-
Lies, Esq. Particular attentiompaid to Or.
Court business and settlement of dece
dents estates.
tt ER:CUR & MORROW, Attorneys
111 at Lazo, Towanda, Penn'a,
the undersigned having associated Ml6:as p ires
in the practice of Law, offer their pro
services to the Wilk.
LTLYSSE4 I43 MERCUR, P. 1). MORROW.
March 9,65..'.6
J,JA'I7E.IOK AL PECK, ,ArroßNzYs ic
Law. Offices t—i-In Patton Block,Towanda,
1:: l'ainek's block, Athens, Pa. They may be
u , ultell at either place.
, .
U. W. PATRICE., apll3 4 ' W. A. PECI.
F B. McXEAN, ATTORNEY &
ii. COUNSELLOR AT - LA W, Towan
u::. Particular attention paid to business
ia Ili, Orphans' Court. July 20. 1866.
I ENRY PEET, Attopwy at Law,
Ton•an ia, Pa. jtn47, 66.
H. WESTON, : DE/YMT.-
tillke in Patton's Block, over Gore's Drug
A CuUnical I.jiut66
? : 11)WARD OVERTON Jr., Attor
tify at Lute, Towanda, Pa. Office in the
ac - House
R. DA:VIE'S, LE.I6.Y9VILLE, Pe.
Itai permanently located: at the office
i,ruTrly occupied by Dr. B. DeWitt, for the
pra•twe.nf nss proteas'on. ' May 9,1867.
OLIN N. CAITIFF,
fIAT L A 1: 7 ,,44and5, Pa. 'Also, Govern.
1 , Ageut for the collection of reunions, Back
and Bounty. ,
e - No eharge , inlesa successful. Office over
Post 011ie° and News Room. Dec.l, 1864.
fIUCTOR B. DiWITT, PHYSIOUN
iND z•lusoEux.—May be found daring the
day--uuless,otuerwise engaged—on Hain- st. , a
few doors Codding Rest
ihnct corner of William and Division-sta., late
!3 ~c upied tty E. A. Parsons. ".
April 2',, 1867. lys
TONES Si, DEMOREST, Coopers,
e.)
lowiuia, Pa. All kinds of Cooper Work
ou nand and made to order. Particular atten-
Con given to rep3iring. Work can be obtained
at the ,hop is the Keystone Brewery,, or at the
of NV, A. Rockwell. Cash, or work,ipaid
; , •r May 9, .1897...,
D. STILES, M. D., Phy;sicitin and
5,,,- g ton, would announce to the people of
!. , rough and vicinity, that he hail pperma
ne:iiiv locate - 3
at the place formerly occupied by
W. titone, for the practice of his pi area
,iun. Particular attention given to the treat--
we/It of women and children, aaalsi to theprae
itke oi operative and minor surgery. Oct. 4'66.
1)R. PRATT has removed, to State
ill street, (11rst. above . E. B. Russell It Co7e
Rvik). Persois from a distance destrotispl oun
ing him, will be most likely to find hint an
3l each week. Especial attention will
ci yen to burgicak cases, and the extraction of
, ;.ti Mier administered iheitdesired.
July Ift, 1'4;6. D. S. PRATT, M. D.
DOCTOR CHAS. F. 'PAINK-Of
lice in Gona'W , Drug Store, Towanda, Pa.
Cdlis promptly attended to at all hours.
To•.vanda, November 28, 1866.
4 1 1) tVI) WEEKS-AUCTIONEER.
••1
All letters addressed to I}iro at Sugar Ran;
B rallohl Co. Pa., ecill receive prompt attention.
- 1 4 , RAN CIS E.SPOST, Painter, Tot.
crla, Pa, witlitlo years experience, is con
fit. be can give the best satisfaction in Paint
_ ; ;raining, Staining, Glazing, Papering; &c.
cry Part icular attention paid to Jobbing in the
April 9;:1866;
_
K: VAt Gil - lAN—Architect and
tr e Bui/der.:111 1 , kinds of Architectural de
ics furnl,hed. '-ornamental work in Stone,
hon arid Wood. Ottiee on Main street, over
Co.*) Bafak, Attention giver to Ra
A rchitecture;•Epich as laying out of grounds,
\ April 1, 1861'.-Iy..
NEWELL,
f
da .
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
otw , .fl, Bradford OQ. Pa„ will promptly attend
t t,o,ine-q in Ma line. P.T.rttenlar attention
Pen to running and establishing old orsdispn
t ,1 lines. Also to surveying of all unpattented
lands as soon Its warrants are obtilned. mylt.
‘ATHERS9' WATK.INS, Notary
T • Public - 1s prepared to , take Depoii.
6 0 ,, Acknowledge the Execution of Deeds,
9 .-rtglige, Power- -.of -\ ttorney, and all other.
A.ffidaviLi and other pipers 'nay;
1,, sw „. - o to Wore me.
orr., ~:, t rosite the Banking House of 8.13. ,
c„ ., jt tow doors - mirth of the Ward
-Hr,csv. Towanda, Pa., Jan, 14, 1867.
"
D. -K. .•A . . 1) P..
•
Watch Maker and Dealer in-Gents and Ladles,
n'a'mes Chains and Finger Rings,Clooks, Jew-.
,C.rv, Gold Pens, Spectacles; Silver ware, Plat ,
61 . ware, Hollow ware, Thimbles, Sewing Na
chines, and other goods ,belenging to a Jewel
ry Store. .
Perticular - attention paid to Re 'airing, at
hi, old place near the Post Office, Waverly, N.
Y. Dee ;3;1366.-4-tt. ,
i . OLIN MORAY, . .
....• • • , , ,
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
promptly attend' toil] bigiiiitialt tie [lna.
attention given to Landscape and Btere
ozcopiC Photography. Views of Family Beal ,
,deaces, Stores, Public Buildings, Animals, Idaj
hint , s, etc., taken in the best manner: ' •
articular attention given to the , novel and,
4,,auti,ul sure-copie representation of objects.
iiiders received at Wood Harding's Ph oto-
Nrspitie Art Gallery, Towanda.
Towanda; A pril 23.1867.-31.
II UL UE UNDERSIGNED..,. HAVE
i '
i _
o ,ened a Bunking House lit Tiiiiinds, nr/4
..
1 /ler the name .c. G. F. elkilON4 CO. , :,._,
They are prepared to draw Bi ll s of Ex.;
change, and make collections in lijat Mork
.\T:htladelphia, and all portions of the United
t-e-v.teg , ES also England. Germany, and France.
.1 l Lean money, receive atpostt 4. , and to do a
I general Banking buainees. • - •' : ' •, •
.. G. F. Llama was one of the late firm of
Leporte, Mason .Co..f Towanda, Pe. and
his knowledge of the isisineas men of Br adford
' and adjoining; c_ounties,atul hiving NORM the
balding buaniesa for: about: IllennFlLM. tellt
hone e
this hoe .P . desirable one; th rough irbfcifle
•
Fn eke co llectlens.; -- , ' , , ,--, ::,-- ' , .1! --f !
' ;--. = ' :• 1 11L11::=It
Towanda, Oct. r,ii€66; r . :•-• AL
A LAR( E4gBORTMENT' $
cal and iri3trus6dal)3uWaLoasiiiatlti 0$
.1 !laud at the SEWS SPOII.
•‘. 1+ •
(3. - .:GIiCIC) • itlClEfic Publisher.
• •
VOLM
lirAlit* 'SOS;
On Main Str eet,
Oft. 8,1866. O. T.
AMERIPA.N HOTEL,
TOWANBA, PA., ' I
• . I
Having purchased w Imown Hotel Oil
Bridge Ilitzetet, have; ed and refitted
it "witirlevery codifettidace for the tioeommodi-
Lion of all who may Datm e t n ifie. No pains will
be spared to make : altp t sad agreeable. I
May 3 '66.—tf. I J. B. PATTERSON , Pry!).
L'RIE RAI WADY. On and after Monday April 29th, 1887,
Trains will em Wayerl: ; rt.abont the folio*
lug houri, viz ; ! • .
Qotx•
4pltici Na..__
6:12 a. m. Night Epresi, Mondays excel
ted. R ochester , for Ilia*, Salamanca ani
Dunkirk,
makio.: direct codnectiona with iraini
of the Atlantic aril Great'Western Lake Short
and Grand Trunk RailwAys,lfor all Points Welt
also.ai_Xlmira' for -Canandaigua., - - i
9 5:42 a. in., Night Daily, V)
Rochester Batralci,lSalalim ;Dunkirk and - th
West, connecting as above.
8:27 a. in., Mail Train, El days excepted, fo
Buffalo and Dunkirk, conti Mug at Elmira fo
Canandaigna.
West? l
2:5 p.,m., Einigrant , Daily, for thif
.
348 p. m,: - ,Elmira A ton, Sunday
excepted.
5:46 p. m., - Day •
_ExPresi - Sandal's excepted i
for Rochester ,BuMilo. Sal' ca, Dunkirk an
the West, Connecta at E ira for Canandaigu
at Salamanca with .the tlantio and Great
Western Railway, and at "Shirai° with the Lake
Shore and Grand Trunk Raliwsys, for all point
i
West and•Sotitb. . - .
. 10:32 p. m., Express . ail, Sundays
Sundays exi
cepted, for Buffalo; Seidman and Dunkirk, conj
netting with trains for thelfiest.
8 00a m. Way Freight. S ndays excepted. 1
*StJps at Waverly on Mosidays only. 1
Goma user.
Night' Exiireag ''"
May 28, 1867.—1 y"
1:38 a. m., fight _tiiresS, Daily, conJ,
nectimi at Orsqcoart for l Warwick; and at
New York with afternoon trains and steamer]
for Boston and New England cities. '
5:15 a. m., 'Cincinnati - Express, Mondays ex",
espied, connecting at Owego torinthsca ; at
Binghamton" for'Syracese ; fat 'l3rtat 'Bend for,
Scranton and Philadelphia :tat Lackawaxea for
H and at 'Graycour for NewbUrg andi
Warwick.. ,‘•
8:53 a. m., Binghamton Accomnsodation, Sun
days excepted. ' • I
12:05 p. m., Day Expreas, Sundays excepted,
connecting at Binghamton or !Unsure; at Gt 4
Bend for Scrinton at/Lackeiwaxen for Hawley;!
and at Jersey City wi;hl midnight express;
train of New Jersey Railroad for Phikulelphia„;
Baltimore and Waishington .1
1:27 p. m., AccommodatiOn train,
.6:2B'p. m.,-New, York and. Baltimore Mail,
Sundays excepted.
8:25 p ra: Lightning. Express. Saadays exj
cepted, connectingat Jersey City with morning '
express train of New Jersey Railroad for Balta..;
more atti Washington, and nt New York with
corning express trains for Boston'and diet
4 25Sundays excepted. I
July 13, 1865
_
WM. ayl.
R. BA RR, R. - RIDDI:E.
' Gen'l PiES Agl, New-York. Geol. Sup't.
PILADELPHIAAND Elti
RAIL ROAD.—This great line traversett
the Northern an NOrthwest counties of PennsyVi '
vania to the city of Erie, ott Lake Eriey
It has been leased •by the Ifennsykania Rail
Rod* Company, And is operated by them. I . . I
- Time of Passenger trains at Williamsport :
LEAVE EASVEAED s
Erie Mail Train I. - 10.10 P.'ll
Erie Express Train
Elmira Mall Train,
Lock Haien Aceominodation
saVD WEBTIAS.D. •
Erie Mail Train J ..4130, A.M.
Erie Express Train ......L ..... 8:45, P.M.
Elmira Mail Train,. 6:55 P.M
Lock Haven Aceommoditlon..lo.3o A. H. - I
Passenger cars ran through without charge'
both'ways between Philadelphia and Erie.
New-York Connection.
Leave New-York at 9:00, A. ii.. arrive at Erie]
i ii
10:00, Am. Leave ew.Yorks:oo,r.m.. arrige at;
Erie_at,iit 4:108.p. . Leayel Erie at 5;00 p. m.I
arrive at New fo r -3:1;; p. l / 1 1. Leave Erie ati
10:25 a. in., arrive at-New York 10:10 a. in.
No change of Care
.betuieees Erie oriel New
York. . •
Elegant Sleeping. Cars on all Night Trains.
For informatiod 'respecting Passenger busi-
ness apply at Corher 30th and Market streets,;
Phil's.
bi
fr
And for Freight! basinessj of the Company's.
Agents : S. B. Kingston, Jr., Corner 13th and '
Market. 'streets, Philadelphia; J • W. Beira*
Erie; Wm.l3thivn,,Agent C. R. R. Baltimore.,
H. H. HOUSTON, tien'l Freight Agt.
H.. W. GWINNKR, Gaul Ticket Agt. Phil'a.
A. L. TYLER, Gen'i Manager, Erie.
RFADING FRAIL (ROAD —SUM-'
HER ARRANGEMENtT. I April 8, 1867.
GESST TWINY LitiE pao TIM NORTE AND!
NORTIME6Si for Philidel his rYork,iteadingl
Pottaiille Tamaqin, d Lebanon Allen
town, Eleiton,Vac.. - itt.
Trains have Barrisbarg f
lows: At 3.00, B.lo l ,and 9.35
9.00 p. m., connecting wi
toe Pennsylvania . Rail Ho
New-York at 5.00 and 10.10
5.20 and 1035 p. in. Sleep
nying the 3.00 a. in., and
withontlchange. ,
Leave lituTisimig for
Tamaqua, Miners*tile, .As
Allentown tiqd Philadelp
2.10 and 4.10 p. ni.Attoppi
all Way Station* , the 4.10
cicin connection tor Philad
For Pottsville, Schuylkill
via Schuylkill and Basque
Harrisburg at 3.20.1 a. in.
Retuning : Leave, New
-12 now! 5.01 and 18.00 p.
815 , a, m. and 3:30 p
Train leovas Philadelphia at
big from Readlogi at 6.30
all stations • Pottsville at
p. Ashl a nd at. 6`.oo.and 1
Tamaqua at 9.45 al m., and
Leave Pottsville 1 - 0 Harr
kill and Stisquebmins,,ltail,l
Heading accifiiinnodation
tug 1L..7,30 a. 0
,1 , ,;46turf14
•
Pottatownl TA.O364mA
Pottstown at 1.201. tn.,
adelphia at. 6,30 p.M.
Columbia Hail llhad T
7.00 a. m. and 6.161 p. in.
Lancaster, Columbia, /cc.
' On Bandays Lhatte N
Philadelphia 8.00 it, m. an
a. m.. train running only
8.00'n . ...n5. Harrisburg 9.35
at 1.20 and 7.20 a.. in.. for
a. na p , for New York, and
del,
Com itht mutation, Itilatage._
Exenralon Tialretato ge
.4=cti ec k4 ' throe
low oath Paamentrer
Genera
• :Reading Pa. Lpitll,B, 081
..4
1' _O. ~ OF 0.P.4-Bli
4Li!so; 117, 1, - (l. l at O. if:
lows Hall, every Monday e
Monday in April Wilkie first
at 71 p. in., from 1.161,0 bey
April Z 8,1887. i '
TI/PORTT" TO
Uee tend
butter, you ue asires. ‘cp
your firkins mutilated
moving the :head,] Use i
cloth over your butter. w •
and it requires no atten
tilad low nk!.
Alba.lingord =da cbuity, Ps.
for circulars, and 4tyther
its) 23. 1444 7-17
RIST
.410 tridendlOgnoin
noted near tho =loth of
atria t n r i gika tab get t ot
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of m looatln and am fn
.
well mumtbatol
. 14 "
South Towanda., April 2
w.~• F
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Court Rona.
H, Proprietor.
4a*-cla
r New-York, aa' a fol-1
;ca. land 2.10 and
similar Trans on
and arriving at
m., and 4,40 and
ng Cara aocompa.
0.00 p. m., Trains,
Pottevilla,
1. • .d, Pine Groin,
at 8.10. a. m., and
1. at Lebanon and
IP. in. Train making
pbia and Uolumbia
E. yen and Auburn,
• Rail Road,leave
ork at 5.00 a. m.,t.
; Philadelphia at
.; War Passenger
7
.30 a. m., return
' tp., stopping 45' - a.m . and 2 a 4b
.
.30 a.m.; 1.05 p. En
1.00 and 8.56. p. m.
abarg; via Schuyl
at 7.00 LI m.
n .Train, leaves
•Ing leaves Phil-
leave Reading at
for Ephrata, Mir',
York at 8.00 p. m.
3.15 p. m., the;l3,oo
PPadi . tig. Pottsville
..m. and ileadink
burg, and 11.23"
p., in., for Phils-.
on, School and
At a polatli, lit re-
80' pounds a
I A. NICOLL/3 o' .
1 1 Bapeziatendad.•
I MEI
ffijuLla
I FORD LODGE
meetn f at . Odd Fel-,
-Ring from the brat .
Monday in October
April at p. m.
COAT I S&P
DAIRYMEN
= 3 310
..e tti e finiarket your
onion of having
,d rgf; ) ;
'n the firkin Walled,
' while in the cellar:
,
do SoY
wham ..1
formation.
pityisbased
the Haliiifill,
wands Creek, and :
to p 1
up=rt,
F
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=
El
Original Nottrg.
I lookedon a 1e.141 of !lady,
• Hicihnisiiitiverdure was there ;
And sweet tloiers.profusely blossoved,
Filling with fragrance, the air.
Fruits of rare tints and iipe n ess, •
• Hung glowing from many 'a tree ;
And the golden grain seem to whisper
" 'Tis the harvest time ,that you see."
Not far from this field was another, •
But oh, hOw unlike were the two! •
In this grew rani; thorns and thistles '
.Not"a &Wei. bearianglea:vrii)l4evA
The trees which here spread their bran r chis,
Were fruitless, and leafless, and bare ,
But yet, from the seeds of the thistles,
We knew it was harvest time there! .
.r 1
I looked again =Oho &mein
Had entered within the two fields,
And busy hands were Bemiring:
What the earth in the harvest-time yields;
Then I thought how nnlike,are the products
WhiCh the gleaners in their work have
found,
Why not all gather grain, fruits and flowers
And leave ,thorns and thistles unbound?
Then a ". Still small voice " to me whispered:
The gleaners were sower in spring,
The,seede they then planted are ripened
And these are tke fruits which they bring.
71 ye sow the good seeds of true friendship,
And mercy, and kindrie.ss, and love:
Ye shall reap all these things in your earth
life,
And have sheaves to take home above..
By and by there cometh a harvest,
God's angels the reapers will be,
And all the works of thy , life time,
Will be judged when He - culleth for thee.
Dear Friends, in our twofold mission,
Of sowing and reaping on earth,
kfuy our thoughts, and motives, and actions,
Be blessed with a heairenty Meth.
Omaha, Neb., June 4 1867.
" ' #iltrtti Vait.
Beaufort House was full. My aunt
Lady Stanhope, thought that mid
summer was even more the time for
festivity and enjoyment than Christ
mas. ' - She used .to say that all na
ture was bliihe and gay at that time
and that everything w amoret'enjoy
able whenthright sunshine danced on'
green trees, sweet flowers, and rip
pling witteKthan when leaden clouds
hung over Ice-bound lakes and snow
clad earth and I agree with her.—
And so it was that hot and eventful
July foundme, Fred Mervyn, among
a dozen other visitors at eaufort
House. My aunt was a widow 54
many years Standing ; and her two
daughters, Helen and •Edith; bright,
pretty girls of twenty and twenty
two, were the object of her fondest,
almost idolizing love.
"It followed
naturally then, that wen they said
that the c'euntry was dull,' after Lon
don gaiety, that '.they obtained easy
permission to ask" as many of their
young • friends and companions as
they chose to their " stately home."
Of course I was one of the faVored
number. I had played with lhetn-as
children, ." fagged' for them when I
gal() schoolboy days, and spent my
holidays there ; and now, though a
Guardsman and a man of" the world,
I was looked upon as e sort of useful
animal, who was, always to be ready
to dance with them if an unpleasant
candidate for a valse• appeared, to
ride in the park when they wished,
or take which side of the game at
crequet best suited their plans. And
..4:25, A. hi
-8:35, A. M
.:3:2O'P. hIE
I was an obedient servant. -
When a man reaches six-and-twen
ty, and mixes daily with the cold,
selfish world, it is pleasant to,feel as '
though-yon were the proerty of two
:dear, warm-hearted gi rls, .who can
call you " Fred,"'and tell you frank
1y their feelings and ideas, without
any.noniiense. I will. not pretend to
say' that was the only reason that in
cluded me to renounce the trip to
Switzerland with others Of my regi
ment, or leave any parents and sis
ters to mourn over the absence of
their only son and. brother daring
their month by the , sea. Man is a
selfish creature when the blind little
god has touched his tender heart with
one of his - t k harp arrows ;. and when
I beard that Maud Vernon was going
to Beaufort House, Switzerland and
Bournethouth appeared " flat, stale
and unprofitable " t 4 my prejudiced
views.
in I Leaves Read
from . PhilOClPtdit
Maud Vernon was beautiful, love
able, and an heiress, and consequent.
ly well attended with admirers Wher
ever-she. went ; but to my vain eyes,
her smile seemed to, brighten when:
she spoke to me, and her color to
deepen whep I addressed. her: And
yet I wps no slaVo, ever attendant on
her will, 49 lug were. I was too
lazy or too proud to. rush forward
whenever, she, dropped her handker.
chief, or to ttineovbrtke piana while
she sung, for the:A:hands — of turning'
her page over in the wrong fllace and
looking foolish. Atut...pt—Mand was
kind. -She chose tne in the cotillion,
or at croquet ; slit ware my flowers
whenl :took the trouble :to sea
the! vend I felt lhat the awn shone
brighter and 'the world looked differ
mitio me when those- cleat gray eyes
met mine:and that gentle voice sound
ed in• my - ears. And so, stood,
ly pang _ nay Cigar under %the
shadirlimea,watehing be; ant ig
nrecut its white= dress, so , tastefully
trimmed with Mick,- ai she moved;
among the ..ii4;:pps„, and. wondering
Why the mauve feithei in her hat
warrip)ir look like gold h
ifiiiiittoebine„wheu 1114-np , t9l
toe euelaimieg, "Now,-:Fred, come,
NthiAjeolor, wilt you have.?- Black is
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A, BRADFORD'. Cfgttftt:T,44::4-Vii,,,,25,180.i.-]-::';',:::i
eetwinnim wny with that c,o
g~ited. Lord Western, ,who was bop
ng for a spiig of jessamine she
held in her hand. There"was some
thing in, the , man's air -pf sasy,self
confidence that
,reised • my ire, and I
felt that Maud ought tb " snub " such
a fellow as that •, so • • flingi4g down
the , malletthat-Edith had pet in'my
ban'', I tweed on my heel' and en
sconced, myself in a garden chair
some distance from the players, but
still is view :of them. Peelin: 'et
cessively aulky,,and muish a- if
I hated Lard -Westein and Maud a
so, I put my elbowson my Icueea
puffed away savagely, whew' heard
my name called in a,clear voice, that
made my blood tingle. .
. "Captain Mervyn , we are • waitmg
fer you," said. Maud, slowly advanc
ing,to where I sat.
' I am not going to play, Miss Ver.
von," %Vas my surly reply, without .
raising my head.
" Oh, but we want_ you," she . said
gently. " Mr. Gray is on the other
aide, and you are the only one who
can play as well as he does. Please
come. I do not want to l be beaten."
I wonder where mylll-teniper went
It fled like smoke at those pleading
words, and saying With much warmth
and one look straight into her eyes,
" - Of course Lwill," I rose from my
seat, picked up my mallet, and joined
the - game. •
I shall never forget the game we
played that lovely morning at Beau
fort Heine. It , was a' long game, for
we were four on each' side, and equal
ly matched,; but, not long enough-for
me. liplaYed my very best, and the
deep calculation and cautious-strokes
were well rewarded by the clapping
of theie dear little hands and the 'ex
clamation of delight as, I struck the
enemy's ball or passed through my
'own hot - rp. How natural - and -unaf
fected she was, unspoilt by the adu
lation of the world or the caresses of
friends and relations. How could
repress the 10°6 of love as she 'rais
ed her bright eyes in such eager ap
peal for direction ? and 'how my
heart beat with delight as I saw, the
half smile of happiness that played
round her mouth as the lashes fell on
her crimsoned _cheek. We stood
aplrt by her ball, which j had been
banished by M. Hill, who seemed to
feel an especial pleasure -to-day in.
spiting the girl that he loved, when
I heard Lord Western remark to Vid
count Castleton, a brother officer of
mine, " Mervyn is making, way in
the graces of the fair heiress,. I fan
cy." The other laughed earcasticil
ly. ,
" Trust hiin for looking .tcp 'theinain
chance;" was tie' replyi He was
devoted to the poor little Miss Percy
till our friend of the parse impeared,
and then - he broke the poor girl's
heart by throwing her over?
" He's one . of those lucky fellows
born without heart," sitid lord Wes
tern ; but he knows how to win oth
ers, lucky for him."
My cheek, burned, and I felt in
clined to turn and give them both the
lie ; but a feeling of shaine at hav
ing overheard what was n t intend
ed for my ear, restrained m . I had
deliberately listened, and,'received
the listener'p punishment. I turned
and looked at Maud. Her face , was
very pale,, and a l cold, determined
look in her eye shOwed that she had
heard what had been said ; , and it
made my heart nink.
'At that instant Mand's turn came,
and without a word, she struck her
ball and walked away, leaving me ini
don t whether to follow or not,
wheer to speak or not. I looked
at ii,li
and again. Her turn was over,
and she stooll grave and thoughtful;
watchSt . the next play. Then she
walke i , the other side of the ground
find seated herself on the grass.
Determined to try. and set matters
right, I went towards her Ibut I did
not quite know how to'set aboUt it.
There was sufficient -Coloring of truth
to prevent mYgiting the whole story
the lie, and yet it was.false. Heav
en knows I loved , Maud Vernon for
herself, her sweet, winning Ways,
and lovely face, and should have ' lov
edler had she been penniless!. but
in the latter case I could nolhave
married her. .My father allowed me
enough to live in the Guards es be
came the I son~ of a baronet, !but I
knew full, well that at his death, the
estate would lbe so crippled .by my
Mother's jointure and my' four sis
ter's fortunes, that I could not afford
to marry a penniless girl, and live As
the Mervyn had always livq,To
a girl like Mand, who knew how
many sought her for her fortune
alone, this would "seam aelful and'
mercenary, and *et - it was not, tho'
a romantic girl might think se. As
to Miss Percy,
..that was partially
true. She was a great friend Of my
sister's and had stayed atonr house
again and again, and I had paid her
the little attention that a than of the
world feels bound to pay bis father's
guest, and pays more readily when
she is lis pretty as Emily Percy ;. lint 1
I-had done more , and since I had dis
covered her attachment to me,' had .
carefully avoided her. s -
_ _Thus again I wait unable to Utter :
iyihni3Lwtuit -yet was utterly untrue
and as I - crossed the lawn I felt 'cm
decided how to - act,- or what ;to say.
ItCwas 'soon deCided fin , me: 1 . 1 As .I
threw 'myself on the groMid-Aiy..hai
side, Maud said, with a cold, haugh.
ty seine, perfectly t
w to her. ' • b'
"It is just your rn toiplay, ,Cap
tain Meryyn. i Pray t;lo no t :lose your
time with me.? -
— T hPre WWII quiet emphasis on her
last words litlahstung me to the
quick, and springing to my, feet,l
walked awaylwithout al wozd. r
Determined not to' hit Used see
how deeply pained I was, I I .conquer
ed myself, and bandied, joken' , with
My cousins, chatted with the otherfk
played ley very best, stiil eyes vote
vastly snit eivilky, to ord -Western
f orhfi rcous i n . .1 Jr, 1 , -.;,... .
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, How different wee the eud - of the
game from the beginning I • I thus ned Maud. , and never looked*ber,
allowing her to play ber lowa game.
without= vouchsafing single hint;
and she seemed- equally inuckum -to.
show me how totally indifferent 1
alas to her. . Nevertheless, I feel ,
convinced she was as glad as I was
When we finished the game and won,
and were both free to go oar own
-The luncheon-bell had rung, isid.
the ladies and , most of. the I ge1416-
men had cone in ; but I.- felt inclined
to eat whiles she sat facieg me, and
tea:mined to get away Ms soma! I
illd . leave the
_howl, and. be off,
a ad or .anywhere. , 'sauntered
do the garden, and stead by the
lake, flinging pebbles into its atill
%trate -sad , watching the widening
circles till they had died awaP.rr.
'Present a light hand was laid.on
UV lump ud Edith% bright face look
-led iip into ine. i -
" Why, red," she exelahned gaily
", are you moralizing on the rapidity
with which happiness like those cir
cles; fades sway 1' What silo you,
e.ousin, mine ? Yqu have been.quarr
telling with Maud; about Einily Per
cyl..l.o ,w for 'he has
..been asking :
me all about her, and when Iluid
made her jealous as ever t could, 'She
set to flirting with Lord Western,
and you have come to this solitary
place, hating all woman-kind, and
particularly Maud Vernon, and feel
ing verymkch in want of your lunch.
Now, come in; and have .some, or I
will speak to mamma, and she shall
remonstrate with Maud, and assure
her, that you ' never loved but her.'"
" By Jove, if you do," I exclaimed,
" I'll sell out and go to Australia, or
Marry Emily Percy to show she is
wrong.
"Whichever you like," replied the
laughing girl ; " but ycu had better
come and finish 'the pigeon-pie. first.
Maud is not in the room."
You are I-began, but not
quite knowing What to cal her, - and ,
feeling as if there were some girls
in the world worth loving, I kissed
her little hand and walked back to
the house With her. But life had as
,sumed ti different aspect tome, and
feeling anxious to be out of the house
I finished the pie as directed, .aid
went lona to the stables to order a
horse. '
- .44 Will yottry the new horse, Mas
ter Fred I" asked the old gtodm,
touching his cap. " She be a 'rare
atid,so 'mistake ; but if
.'anyone
can ride her you can, sir."
" I'll ride her," I replied quickly;
whatever she is, and not , di4race
your teaching, Jepkins, I hope. It's
twenty years since you first took me
in hand, and I ought to kubw how to
sit most animals by now. , Bring her
out."
Jenkins - grinned approval and dis
appeared into the stable, while I sat,
down on the 'mounting-stone, wond
ering how Maud would feel if I were
brought back a corpse.
My gloomy
‘ meditations were cut
short by the appearance of Belle, the
horse mentioned, and I I ' saw at once
that'Jenkins was right when he said
she was ' i are 'un' Black as jet
and beautifnliy lormed, she was fit
for an empress but the quivering
noatril, the eye turned back reveal=
ing the white, and the quick short
step of the dainty feet, showed a
temper that rendered her unfit for
any lady to mount: My heart bound
ed as I saw her; and springing up, I
exclaimed joyfully : " All right,
Jenkins, that is the animal for me !"
- My quick motion startled tier, and
she stood straight on end,pawing the .
air \ with her fore feet for - some sec
onds k but I was soon in my seat and
grasping her closely with my knees.
"Here, Jenkins ; I've no -whip.—
Fetch me one," I said impatiently, as
she danced and rose under me.
"I dareu't Magee Fred, " replied
the old man, . "It's all your life's
worth to show her one eVen,let akine
touching her. She won't want no
whip I'll warrant."
"Well 7 , said I, "open the gain,
then," and I was off, cavorting . and
dancing .dowri the road like a mad
thing,feeling buoyant and proudwith
that beautiful animal under' me.
What a ride it waa I—auw tearing
along like the wind, f or she_ was
swiftness itself ; now rearing on end
at a passing child ; • now resolutely
refusing to pass even a wheelbarrow.
Bat I conquered her in all, and
biought her home at. dinner time,
panting and !mating, but more' tray
table,,though evidently. unwdaried."
"Let me hate.' her again, to-mor
row," I said, as I - resigned her to, the
admiring Jenkins • "I'll take some. of
the temper out of her before I go."
, was late for dinner, but that mat-
Itered little at Beaufort. House. There
was no crusty old pater-familias to
growl at my seat being empty till.
the, soup .waa removed; and my say
ing that I had :been ruling the new
horsasoon ste.e.o nate(' for it.
I fancied Mattel :looked up auzionw
Ity as rikyaunt remarked in a hortifled,
tope. "My dear Fred—that wicked
creatUre I -What a providence she
did not kill you I Only fancy her hav
ing been got for dear .Edith 1" , •
"Oh ,I'll break her in," I said
'pg. "Edith shall ride her when I
go. I'm going Out on her again to-'
thiorrow."
' "Are you," exclaimed Edith,hastily.
"Oh, I must go with you. 1 I have•
heenklonging to see'how shexcies. ll-
• "Splendidly," T.teplied. "But you
Shall see for youreelf. We'll have a
good gallop to morrow." - - . .
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"May I not come also ?? asked ift.,
itirs,y, - *Atli a , quick 104' at-If•dittr ;
that heightened her color ; and be.
fore I ociuld speakhalf the part' , had ;
irninged to coms,wit,h us on the mor-,
toi l ,
I was annoyed at this,,eeling little'
inclined to do the eiiil tcilill'these ;-
but I could not, unsociable, i and i
ilioughifelt grstvordeßbia Mtn howl
MN
i`t: 1`~~.:n
HENS
ME
13elki *eta & b,ehtive sitith*oli
be theldnii tongue' ittd letimatters
take theirveatuse., . I did - not. kw*
rho ITlAll:txerkiegleo..Pee,-.444 !Pam
Ounce I therntgre lOked round the
table tattle ant feisty Unit morning
at lireakfait ,tO were equip.:
- tied for ride. Yes; lined wort
bectight; dark ;habit, which
,aliowedi t gff hey slight; round4figttre
and fay skinAn perfection; Whilst her
'soft golden : him Via wound' toint at
the back iof ,- her- heed. in a - wheel of
glossy :plaits; A slight odor tinged
her eheelrots her : eye; met, mine, and•
she sai4: q tlickly to Lord Western : _
"Yon see I have lOpt my primate,
though I I'll°6l mulch' rather have
stayed - at-home.' In iny' °pinion, it is
.too tot for riding."
t.atelittle breakfast that morn,
but sat playing with my knife,MoWy,
and - abitracted. Thad a strange Pre
nentithent over 'me ' that 'something
terrible, was going: to - happen ; and.
though I was not frightened !. I left
unable to rouse myself from the gloom
that oppressed me. • 4
"Why,-Fred, how graves you' are l"
exclaimed . Helen, as we-Stood in'the
hall, waitifig . fa,* horses to come
round ; "you sureli,are not nervous.
I never,knew you. afraid, of anything
in my life, ' • L -
tiNo, Helen," I replied, •gutetly,.4l
- not afraid. "care too. little for
life, but I, feel convinced that some
thing terrible , is going to happen."
"Oh; pray do no go, then I" She ex
claimed. "Please, Fred, give up rid
ing that awful horse., Oh, there she
is ; how horrible I" and she hid her
eyes as Belle came ronnd,led by Jen
kins, and rearing straight up every
other step she took. f
Ilatighed as I caught sight of 'thp
I excited, animal, and with all the man
aroused in me, I sprang, doWn the
steps; just conscious of Maud's pale,
cold face it my, aide.
"You'll please be very''careful,"
said the old Man,' pleadingly "she
ain't fit to ride to-day. All those
around her: excites her terribly, and
yestern's gallop only pate her sperrit
up." • ,
•• "NeVer mind, Jenkips," I said, ta
king the reins 'from hiti brown and
shriveled hand ; "I'll master her, or
die for it," and I started slightly
ahead' of-the rest.,
Belle was certainly - ;„exeited hex
whole framuquivered, -and she snor
ted and retired the whole way down
the avenue.
"Pied, pray , be careful 1" implored
Edith, her merry face clouded — and
anxious. "Belle 'is not broken in,
-and •Pm sure she'll do you some mis
chief."
1 fa
;II 1 i•: • • •
'OO ver 4 -4141P / Illina, M AbALIVIInee•
bi
Edith was riding by my side,watch
ing every motion of the fiery steed,
for once unconscious of how anxious
ly Mr Gray was striving to reach her
slide ; but I felt. inclined to keep her
tp,myself, so I answered gaily, "Nev
er fear, Edith ; I can manage her.—
tF
us canter on A . lead,pf the rest
id work off her exciteVnt."
r On we went gaily ;,, aid in the -so
i
cety of my merry little r cousin al
most forgot. Mind and my presenti
ment of coming,evil. We kept ahead
for a long time '; and then Edith, re
rnegapering Mr. Gray, declared) that
it as rude,and we slacked in a cool,
shady lane, though Belle still refused
to walk, capering and dancing. like a
mad thing. The rest soon overtook
us, and we mingled for thetrst ,time.
Certainly it was no doings_ of mine
that' placed the at Mand's "Ode, for I
l didnotevert know where she was till
Irimmd her .there. .
."Well, Captain Mervyn," shusaid,
in a satirical manner, "not thrown
yet, iiespite off' your presentiment I"
"'lf that is what you 'came to' see,
Miss Ternon,"l saidquickly, "I trust
yon may be disappointed:"
She did not reply, but in spite of
my answer, 'remained at my side,and
Ij fancied her face wore an expresition
of sadness. Had she,too, a presenti-
Ment of whatiwas coming.? .
"We'must cross the line here,"said
Edith: "I, hope there are no trains
e„
due." •
"Oli; never fear 1" exelaimed Mr.
Gray, 'opening thegate. "It's ' all
'clear. Come quickly."
•We passed throg gh—Maid and I
last,
and'still side by, side. As we
crossed, her horie stumbled she
pulled him' uri sharply, and-her whip
struck Belle smartly in the face. She
rose straight up in the air, wheeled
'half loriod, and with one wild bound
tore away straight down the lane,
the •bit 'betireen her teeth,'" and"per
fectly Nip:on& all control of mine. • I
heard 'a 'cry of" terror from Maud, but
felt none myself,; for, all: was plain ,
nailing, and - ,a good gallop would
quiet herdeVin. Suddenly a fearful'
thought dashed into my mind. Sup.
pose a train-werei coming:l At the
tame instant I heard far behind the
whistle' of one •approaching... We
iterelin the left hand line, and it was
behind ns. _
Never, shall I forget the cold *rill.
of, horror ,that ran over me as rreal-,
ized my position. I tried in vaip, by
'jerks and steady pulling, to turn the
mad animal to the right or lett, but
it was -beyond - my power. I kcould
not throw myself off, the . speed, was
so jfeaitul ; and , if I did, I shOuld
preibably be killed by the fall, or' run
over by the Coming train. -
In the few' seconds that,:these
thoughts occupied the fearful, sound
bthind had come nearer and plainer;
I could hear the snorting of the en
end, and the Mad bounds 'of the
horse Seemed' slow es- I t remembered
the 'fearful speed at which Death
wes running Abehina me; i I dared
-notiookrottnd ;.it was close now—l
conid feel the rumble in my • agony '
of fear,and-closing eyes,l breath
ed a libaigr. prayer :to Heaven; :and
gam inyvelf it -tearful shock; a
blow, tWroar 4414• train--.stud
-knew normbre:' 7 ,
•', , Whenlirewvered•in,y ceases I was
theillhiN% bbtweisvAlia
metalt; around me lay-the shattered
MEI
, .
malaise of the beantifid animal I had,
So !MeV bestrode, and Yaur
non,'pale and weeping,, an ger
me, wringing her hands a .1 sobbing
wildly, "Me la .dead, - and 1 killed
him. -Ohl what shall I de, wliir
abet! I do ?"
Even those sweet; words- failed to
recall - thy scattered senses, so fear - flit
had.been the sheep_ that I had under
gone; and 1 was dimly conscious of
them, and quite ,unaware of their
meaning. Raising,niy head I gazed
vacantly round - meow& in reply t'o '
the eager expresion of delight front
all around -me,' - asked, "where am
Whafhas happened P' -
" Rather a bad, thing foryoy," re
turned, Mr. Pray, wbo knelt by me
"but .it might ' have been worse:
Your horse fell as theltalica - 'neared
her, end iluog you oier her head, and
the train ,saupshetk her, and passed
Clean by you. You've got your limbs
all right, old fellow ; about your
senses Pm not so Sure." - -
- 1 "-heard him, but I heeded not.%
My , brain was still confused,„ and,
achingin every limb; I struggled to
m a y feet, saying, " I must go belie
Where's my horse.?" I asked, pass-,
frig my hand across my 'broUr - , to die- .
pel they mist that oppressed mo.=
Lord Western pointed to the warm,
quivering lumps
,of flesh that lay
round us.
' "There She . is" . said he, "and,
,
lucky for you, she fell, or, you would
have been Much in the same , state."
I saw Maud shudder,. and _reel, but
his words failed to shock my dead-,
ened nerves ; and I only askedquiet;
ly •if somebody would lend me a
horse to get home, as I‘didnot feel
up to walking., Mr. Gray resigned
his, well, awarded by Edith's look of
approval, and slowly , .and Silently I
turned hia head to'retitrit to Berffort
House: :The . rest of the party ' as
me, • but I was scarcely
conscious of it. Once I turned to
look "for 'Maud, but she was far be
hink.with Lord Western ; r and al
mosfiiishing the / train bad been
merciftil, I rode ,tn more quickly; and
'atlengtl/Jreached my aunt's house.
Leaving the rest to answer , all the
eager questions of the terrified in
mates, I. passed through my, room.
,and threw myself, 'faint, sick, and
bruised in every limb,• on my bed.
Here my over-strained .nerves gave,
way, and for days I lay unconscious,
of `allaround me ,
raviugin all the,
;wild delirium otbritin fever, tender
ly ttursett bymy kind aunt andwarm
hearted Edward 'Gray. Every aid
.that skill and,, love seuld yield was
lent to my naturally ,strong conatitu- -
tion ; :and_ after Many, days, weak,
thin, and Pewerless to raise my own
arm, but in my , right mind, I s lay
gazing dreamily at the kind face of
my aunt, es she eat by my bedside,
watching anxiously for the gleam of
reason that was to restore her broth
er's child` to her.. But she was! not
alone. The tenderer, loving
.eyes of
my mother were; ,the first to read re
cognition in my ',eyes, and *her fer
vent " Thank Heaven" was the first
se,und that ' reached my ears after
those long days of unconsciousness,
Luckily it was-some time before I
could recall What had happened, and
even th l en the thrill of
,horror jhat
ran thrOugh 'my. -weakened frame, Its
I recalled that fearful race for life,
.1
was so v iolent as to threaten a re
turn of delirium. Bute Nature,. icon
qnered ifind wtren Augast was well
on, I, onCe more i • entered the, cool,
shady drawing-them 'to be warmly
welcomed back tohealth by my aunt
~.thi
and cousins, a d-4laud Vernon.
In spite, ;of 'eve effort, my heart
bounded and myale cheek, ecitnaop
ed as I met quiet, 'searching
gaze of those clear gray,eyes.
"You' Were not Aware I was still
here," she said,• ,smiling gently, as
she Saw fay look of. surprise ; " Lilt
I could., n o t leave until I had tnysy.lf
asked yor forgiveness fir allythe
pain and llness which my c‘relees
ness hr 'Will y=u
grant it
at ease
I Item. 41 Lord
Westerr9— _ dashed
intomind that she might be even
now his affianced/ bride. Her -color
deepenedlas she tnoticed my hesita
tion, an: she said, - earnestly, "In
deed I. am 'very, 'very sorry. Will
you forgi'ye me?" • .
"Yes, I Miss Vernon," I • replied,
dropping!my voice; "lrforgive you
freely for all - the pain you. have giv ,- •
en me ?" - -
• She - turned hastily away and left
the room- but I fancied I saw her.
eyes glisten as the did so. " She
pities the poor ' fellow whose heatt
she has won only to. break," I. mut;
mured; as ; oppressed with all the
morbid sensitiveness of bodily' weak
ness, I' lay watching the'shadows
lengthen on the.; smooth lawn,,while
Edith sat by my . ' side s stitching
away busily and - silently at her
worsted-work: "/
"Edith,"l. said; gloomily, "when I
get stronger I shall sell,out, and go
to New Zealand. I have. a great
longing for that' life, of freedom - and
loneliness. Until my father- dies, I
am not wanted in : England."
"How can lou talk such win
some, red," she, exclaimed, looking
° - 13 1). in astonishment. , " You . low
well enough that you cannot be
spared for a'mo'nth by many. What
would--;-" .l/
She Stopped abruptly, and, laugh
ifig to herAel4 resumed her work.
Presently she lOoked up. again.
"We're you very much Surprised,"
she- asked ) , "at finding that liand
Vernon was still here ?"
" Veiy-nnich,"4 replied; trying to
speak indifferently I suppose shn,
is eingaged_to tord - Western by thil
time- .
"To Lord. :"Western 1" "exclaimed
Edithy ,
eci refitstd hien the
day of pint. ac6ident„ Yon -could
not' , hav6:,thought-that; Ab, Fred,
how unshed your cheeks - are 11 1 ske
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MMI3ER 8.
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tl , Id nna,urovounLy. 1 alinit ten -
or Aunt -Ellen." '''-'--- • , '
- ",9 - lifonettnier; ' , Editb;fl 4 replied, r '
4
big , mylON an`- Ent' ethow: ~f Is ti, ~
true r, :WhY 4 : 11 4154. feN# B, ,bilur
1 t`` 4e.,t' she i•4' , - -Alit , gist .=yo
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or o f.tr, s ; l
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wns • toy `little`littleCOniiitir4` "r....iv: "I r
if,
must . sin,i g , t. carpi tour • .."'
it - , : 4.-
Mind, Fred Ciatiti iti itrjaitk•)Wil
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iihe- ac id i :--atidi 4114-pa:teed -totlF•uttAd 2
Maud slowly advanced up throtigh , f4l
the room. • . , , ,-'
.i. r , ~: - ;- 1 .---
"Whet is ,it, Vffltltin Afrirspl" ;-,
she asked quietly, ak,slie alkipf any-IAY
my sofa, "Can I give yoNany- .
thine! . ( - .."'
'
"Yee, Maud, ev erything :f"-'Les ',.,
claimed. rapidly, n't, daring to , ~ .wait-i-'2
till my courage failed.
." Oh, • Mend,
I have 'only Just return ed , iu life., . :,
Will you make it valetas by refu , 4 ~ ,
ing to, be. mine ? Say you do ; Lot
believe those wicked tales - about nie.
I love.. you for yourself only, itud '
have never loved soy girl in my lit.:
butyou: Only tell me I,may, hope,
or you will kill me. Maud, do you„ ,
can you love me Is" - . •
-. ;
.She did notelinswer ; hot kneeling .
down by my side shelaid her clldi , . - 1
trembling little hand on my burning'~ '
fereheae, and gaied lovingly, into I
my eagereyea. I. needed no answer,
-butas II drew -her. erimsori , -face to
mine, and laid lier'head on qiy throb-
Bing heart, Iblessett the fearfcd . race ,
and terrible illness ' that had rivited
for me the affection of the girl- that LI%
loved.so deeply and devotedly:: But
though lowyears have ;483'6:away, -,
and my-hair••is gray, and.my fulse
slow, never , Can I recall without'a" '!
painful:thrill of horro , that Tearful •
sace for life. . f
FUN; FAOTB .AND FAORTLE.
' WHAT kind of a ship has two 'hates
and no capthin? A. courtship. -: . , -•-
:IT is exceedingly bad husbandry
to harrow up the feelings" ofyour wife.
.•
"Pride goeth before a fall."' It.of- •
ten goes before a waterfall
..
• . A.:Ye/mu on being naked siltathe -
should do if hewere banished to the Woods,
replied that ha thought - he should .sptitt.• --,
FEW of our ladies • have ,travelled - •
,extensively, but . nearly. all of them have '
'taken tea in China, ; - •
A GENIUS out West, who who' wythed to(
mfirk half a dozen new, shirts, marked the
first John Jones, and the rest "ditto."
A WESTERN editOr is pained to•
...
learn that "his dear,friend Brown lust', gone
to Heaven." . -
- Tan Boston A.dvertiSer thinks.that
beef hasn't been so. high as now since the
„cow jumped over the moon. , --
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WHY is fair Luna ; called the silver '
moon? Because she is constantly chang...
ing quarters. ~
ToPEis ,should lid= in mind that
-what they quaff from the goblet afteriranis
appears in-the ‘ mug." , - . . '
..,
- ' LrrrLE girls believe in a man id the
moon—big igirla believe in a man in the'
honeynioon. ,
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WE should ,like to ask titrninstra-.,
meat dealer who sayEi his ":dnims cannot,
be beat,” what they are good for?
Ax editor compliments, a brother ' '
editor thus: "I,li. Brown is a clear think.;
er, a ready and vigorous writer, and a Ant
rate fellow to boot t"' -
"" I'HAVE gone into the Silk buai-: "
ness;" said a man to his
_neighbor. "So I
supposed:as I saw you ,reeling honte last,
night."
•
A WRITER Says that he hadcomeito r
the conclusion that the terni grass Widows
arises from the fact that their htfibands are •
always roving "blades." - . ' -
A BOSTON lawyer says that'"snolb"
would apply admirably to an individual wher,-',
while he lived on a narrow alley, invariably -
spoke of it as an " avenue.",
A CLEVELAND paper says there ifs a
in
man in that neighborhood •so earr that he
sits on the doorsteps of-the church Sundays
to save the wear of his pew cushion's. .- ,
. J
- " SlunArt," -says a ustice( to 'one .
brought before him, "Yon ere an arrant
knave." Say.s the prisoner, "Just as your
worship spoke, the clock struck two." ,
Tin man in jail who lu ked-out of '
the window of his cell and ex laimed, ii‘this
ia a rate country !" is now ge rally adiait
ted to have spoken within bee - 4
A 'astern "wag rem . a s t4 "l,l.lat he
has seiXa couple of sisters' ho had to be •
told everything togetherjor ey o
much alike that they couldn't tol d ,
OLD Bachelor' Sneer, would o
know what kind of's / broom the young wiim=
an in the last s new novel used then' she '
swept back the raven ringlets from her las-
E I
sic brow. %' ' ' '
A. Quaker lady recently evl ned
to her new domestic that washing a y : name
on every Second Day: — - The girileft in high.
dudgeon. She didn't go -to, be washing
every other day. Not she. - - •
'HONOLULU dispatches anniApccd the.
death ..,f the famous Colonel tivsar Kalnak
achuhkuttkaubannapaukalabitkitm akachuk,
akaioeklackalonikapapaakeo*Continued in
our next. ' '' • •-•
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A YANKEE being asked - to dciseribe"
his wife, said: "Why, sir, she'd makca
regular fast go-ahead steamer, my -wife
would—she has Mich a wonderful talent for
blowing 'up." ' - - ',• -- _
" ALWAYS. aim - at. what becomes
yen s " Most ridiculous tuivice. Just - im
agine a man setting "sap his best coat for a
tisfet or , blazing away at, his new spring
beaver.
• . .
. THE iowne3. of apiece of land, COM:
'plaining how little it' produced, declared
"that the clover - was' so short, that the
honey bees, in order to get at the honey,
had to go down on their knees." :• '
AMONG the advertised letters - at
Fall River, is one to the "proprietor of. the
best hotel in the place." The Postmaster
is now boarding around;-one week in a_plaeo
to decide who the letter belongs to. - ,
•
AN Indian givt drunk, in Bangt,r,
kte.,,a few nightaNince, and was taken to
the watch house.• ,On being pressed to tell
wheie he got his /liuor, he said, with fin:
plumb : "Injun drink, but no squawitura,!
• '"'
AT a Selaooleiaminatloten'yout g
.tyro in declamations who had, been told by
the teacher that he - must gestnlate accord
ing - to the sense, in- commencing a pleen
with "The comet lifts - its -fiery' tag," lifted
thetail of hie.coat to& horizontal position,
causing roars of- laughter. --
Walnuts was :one day with a ,friend
when ho observed a poor dog that had been
killed lying in the gutter. Wiggin&patund '
gazed IS, the dead animal, and at last said:
" Here is another, shipwreck,"- ."Ship
wreck. where?" - .',"1 1 7,1ty here's a bark , that's
lost forevei." HiS companion growled and
passed-on
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A servan t itka countrytOWD,Whose
beauty formeiftt matter of general admira
tion and discussion, in • passingn group of
officers in the street, heard one, of them ex
claim to--his' fellow, "By .Heaven, - she's
painted!" "Yea, sir, , and by Heaven only!"
,she Very - quietly replied, turning round.—
The officer antabwledged the .force of the
rebuke and apologized.. ,- I
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.
. Mos. Paarmarox, reading -an ac
cetmeoi a railroad accident,
~was much nor
prided.tolearn _that the !engine bed been
&lien off the track by one of the bwitelies.
"She 811440 have thought," she said,
"that the , geat iron engine would mind
anch'aliftle thing ale switch." "Yes; but
yiniti mtist:rentember.. mamma," said Ike
gravely, ”thii - ixonadive has a tend9q)e-
e more
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