TERMS OF PUBLICATION.
Tar llalDrdnD liciwarsa is pnbushed every
• Tburedv lioruley by et W. ALvoup at TWO Dollar,
yea. snow+. do advance.
a,lvurnei u 4 in all cases eicltturre of anbeerip
ti :peA ut ' u n tb A PlCer goTibir.B inverted at rarrw cturril P er
line tar and rtva carpi per line for
mbsequegit Itiairlinius. •
LtaiaL'rntrierlit. dame style- ea reading matter,
rwSicTl CIEPTA
&DVERT.IdEIIENTB will Inserted accord rag to
the following table of rate*: -
uw Ito Stu Gal lln
1 inch $1,60 I SAOI 15.40 $.OO I 10.06 I 16
3 I 'aches ' j 1.001 ti.n 4.1111 Vl.lllO I I &On 20.00
4. (ache" I 8.00 I 8.601 1 woo ULU 46.001 86.00
colnmn • I .15.na I 12-90 I MOO I '22.00 I ED.OO I ifLOI
`; enlnnin . I inAri . l In_no 1 nn.nn 1-tit.nn 1 na.nn 1 Tr,sn,
column I in.on I iso.on A *man I im.fen $lllO I SAW
Admintattstors and tnixintor's Notices, $9; Midi
; or's 'Settees, 12 30 ; Swiftness Cards, Ace lines,Sper,
7 earl $3. additional lines av
Yearly aivertmers ereentttledto quarterly changes.
Tracatentadvertt%amants must be pia for its advance.
Re4ol ennui, of a•soistions ; Oommenteetton•
a t limited or mrticlidnai .nterest. and notices of Mar
rri; toe and Denthealiceeding destines, ara charged
nas .0r...-re Owe 'Mai;
Jag Patti fiNif; of Peery kind, in Plain and Fancy
Wore. done With ossiturots end dispatch_ flandlulls.
Si mks. (lards, painphieta Rillheads, Statements. ke.
of every satiety and '4tyle, printed at the shortest
notice. the RYZPOILTEK (Niter Ii well supplied with
'Power Preens. • amid _assortment of new typo, mod
everything in the P.tnting line can be executed to
t le most 4rttsite Manner and it the lowest rates.
7Pfixtft . T4 , • 11111 TIM "OM,
' CARDS.
TOHI DUNFEE; BLArmsitrilw,
el STONROETON. PA.. pays partlentafattrntion.to
robing ittindsa. Wagons. 91eIA11e, kn. The set and
repairing Ilene on short . notice. Work and charges
guaranteed outtiatact.r , y. . 12.15.69.
AI.IIOS PENNYPACKER, HAS
is tij t i established himself In the I'm:miffs°,
•lIS .
Shop over Rockwell's Rtore. • Work of
/eery desert ptlon dOtte. ID the latest stylee.
Towanda, Aprllll. 1R701—:-tf
( 1 S. R.IISSELL'S '
X.J.
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GENERAL
IN eu R A IV C E 1 AOIENC Y,
' may23ll) tt ' I TOWANDA, PA.
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rilrlE TINI)ERS'T(I-NF,D
'TECT %NM IttfiLDEß..oashes to Inform thr
eitizena or ranch um, that ho :Pre
•partuttliar attontinn to iraorini4 pL ini. •detOOlta and
apootiit-Anotia for all ruannor nt topPlinga. private
And ruoiic. Anp..rintetul..tioe ffireti for rea.nnaiite
cAnrpeiiotttna fPhoe it mgitiflltlee N. E. corner of
Sece.r.d aud..Elizabeth streets.
J. E. F.T.,EMMECO,
Ifni 511. Towanda. Pa.
CEO
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• v , KINGSBRY, : °,
•
11E41. ES ' TATE, LIFE, VIDE.. S ACCIDENT
INSURtNCE !AGENCY.
o:t..,c,ezzner a Main and State Streets,
March 13 197,2. • _ TOWANDA. P.
ASH --
, DOORS, AND BLINDS. •
hon.rrezurNi to furnish Eilo-dried Doors, Fasts
Ind Eirnde ofariy style, site, or thickness. on short
'notice. - Claud in ynirr orders' ten days before yon
n-sot nee the articles, mid be sore that •y'on s: ill
A7f.t ke..r•••ifist,will not shrink or swell. Terms cash
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Toßtod• 1i 19. 1q I.' • Gr . ). P ASH.
lA S` . k7 TON ,t;B-ROTHER,
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. DEaiera in .
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HrDEFi, ,PELTS, CALF
- • SIIES.A. y11E.53; &C., •
F' r -whirl: th , z,h!zheit.lash price is paid at all thteg.
0 ":;ce in M. E. R0 , f,:a9,31.1's State; Main-at.,
Q. A. DArios, l ' "
a. ;a. turroN. l ritlc.l4.'7o TOWANDA . PA:
ICT E F R 311
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,VETV GOODS, LOW : PRICES!
• •
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- AT 110NP.01."TON, PA.
TRACT & HOLLCIN,
Retail Dollars in Groceries and Provisicrns.l_ , •' , 44
and Medicines, Kerossne Oil, Lampe, Cliimi
shades, Dye Striffs, Paints, Oils. Varnish, Yankee cs•
Tobacco, Cigars and Hnuff. Pnre Wines
Liquors, of 'the boat quality, for medicinal purr ,
only. All GAFaaa aald at the 3•ery lowest. prices. Pre,-
acriptidna carefully Compond,led at all hours of the
-lay and night. Give us a call.
' TRACY & HOLLOW.
' Ifeuroeton.Ta.,'Jnne 24,1136:4-Iy.
BA.KERY ! CQNI.CTIONERY !
-. 1 7 11 - 0:C E.. it IE 5 !
The und.rslgned begs leaves to return thanks to
the people of Towanda an , l vicinity 'for tho very
g.tierrms patrouig- eat'oniled to him- timing the
pact easnn,.atid of the 8311.1(1 time to give notiep that
h. be added to hies bir,ineto ti stock of
BEST FS:N.IIIJY - - GROCERIES
' Whirh he iii prepared to. offer AT THE LOWEST
PRICE:. , . •
• lie will - still cuntinia the Baking, bimidess In all
't.. , hrlii•ui:.s ..m.l ..:an furnish 1•11 , • - tli!ng in.thls line
.in , thu short , , , st. n• lice and •
GUARANTEE SATISFACTION
If . nay a,
ttecil
DINING ROOM, -
••
Whore h^ will at all Clap.' he ready to (nrniFhsleals
of l'Auchr;ng at much lowar than 11 , 1141. .
3 - 11 ,I'3ri t• cn are invited to
c3'l.
gir Parties supplied with Ire c''.-un,Cakes, Fruit,'
ud C. out,,tionery at stf4,rt
itt•nneumlier the place, nearly oppoeit the Means
ffougo.
, S , lpt 11.12.
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TO 0 - CR PATRONS.
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GEO. H. 'WOOD - C. 0.,
-Ff()T 0 G APITETZ:§,
To ANDA, PA
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. fir tt.ful for ta; , . cen.rnua patronage.: of the
‘r,4:11,1 inform all wantin4 Patturee
. t4at wn are s:allla4.ling to our establiabmeut
NEW AND IMPROVED INSTP t UILENTS,
f Auti adopARLI tried 'mni'approcit modes of
priuttuai autl 4 retviling in order to secure '!
FINER P S T11. 0 .N EIERETOF pr:E'
oatklda of the calm and that, we n?Akt.
• sip-cialty.to eill,,rge all kinde of:Picturt.-
..ny cure de,dred, and finlAh in Water Colo. •,
India Ink, or iu Oil. in the', •
BESt STYLES AND VE - RY LOW PRICES.
•
We al•o endearnr to take all the time poael
ble in inatimu,tubirens pleturea, so as to se
cure th.. ocst re.nita.
We aro constaLtly adding to our *lock of
FRAM S' •
All , new patterns and 14, - tehal slyles..and fur
nish them At a Stasi' adtance fromcost prices.
Msy - 14. is 73,
•
'Fti - E CITIZENS OF PENIN-
T i° Bylxo7lo4—Your atteutOn is specially
tu
rited to the fa:t that the National Banks are now
prepared to ra.zaive Pubaniipttona - to the Capital
Stock the, centennial Board of Finance. The
inuite realized from th saconrce are to be employed
in the erection in the buildings tor the International
Eiznanitua, -,nct_ the ezPenaea connected with the
;anal tto confidently b.,1 . eyed that the Reyato.e
i will be revre...nted by the name of every cal- .
":.eu alive trpttriiitio comma I.oratios of the tint
undrcdth birth-day of the tiatiiin. The 11414V11 or
stock are offered ter $ 0 each; and Olub.crtbers will
a-handsomely «Wel engraved C.rtificate of.
suitatne for framing and preservation as a
national metu.rial,
interest at the rate of Mz per cent per annum fill
be paid on all payment" of deutennial Stock from
date of payment to January I. 187 d.
Sahacrilers who are not near a National Bank
clir , init a check or. poet - office order to the tinder.
,
signed.
FREDR. FH.kLEY, Tretimrer.
914 walnut St.. Phil's.
Sept 4. '73
ToWANDA NURSERY.
The enderel.zned haring' iferehased the
NETASESION TOWANDA: FLATS,
Iqs attention to his :argo stock of
FRUIT AND ORNAiENTAL. TREES
4;,
Wird' ha now Prrparod to
DZLIVEit ON xto.3r REASONABE TERMS.
e!iiers is parson cir tig null promptly - attended to
I , &saris; Cyril IC:l.j
Da Physici4n
told Sturgeon, once over Wickham & Black's
emriomy atom -
Tn.rosnel% May 1i1111T2.-11Y•
Plir B. MoKEAN, ATTOR
1 4-
• OM COVERTLLOS AT TAM, Towanda, P. •
tieniar attention paid to business in the Orpba.
-Conrt, P ll 7 20. 'OO
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HW. PATRICK, Arronrrr
• LAW. (Vim Mercor'e Block, melt door
the Eipre.e 4 131ce,"Tow.nla, Pa. • •
Jo y 171973.
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WH. CARNOCHiN, ATT43.
• WET AT Lan (District: Attmmay for
ford flonnty). Troy. Pa. Collections made and prom
v •nrnttted. fob 15. la—tf.
B:..KELLY. DEsTurr.—Offi
7a', ncliri Wickhßin k Black's. 'Tniirandli.-P
Teeth' ineertrA !tip cirild. Rilcer. Rnbher. and Aln
nirm brow Tfnlh extracted aritbovit pain : 0r21.:
trgL OALEFF, ArroasEr
AT,T.Aw. Towanda:, Pa.:
H. J. IirLDTLI.,
Offtre In Wood's Block. lirit door south of Pill
Notomil Bank. np Phira 11
Jan .7n-ly
nvERToN k.F,LSBREE. ATT'o
nvien AT LAW. Towanda Pa., hminir
i n ~. np4rttiprabtp. offer their pmfeßalonal "aryl( .
to the. pnhlte- RpPetal dtrntinn elven to hnatne
in the nrpban'a and Reointer'm Courts. apl 14.7
e. ovvierriti. nt. ti. C. MOIR .
TOFIX:W.-MTX,
Roor.oll Aftortion girPn Prrainst %An l
sure Corrp.inles, Office. of T'nb
Slnam:
ATP.' WqON.
AN , p NTVCIT•NICAt. DES'TirT. North STaine44
optrlgien ebtirch4Vitanda. Pa. All di..
tal 8 rpeclB;lty, Jan 14. I
BECK a, STRFEIiER:
' °Moe on 'Stain Street formerly occnpted by P
Ladd. Residence, corner Pint and Second streets
Towanda, dna,. 22."1871.
E. ,GREDLEY,
•
TIOCTOR 0. LEWIS, A GRAD
ato of the Collefze Phystelana 'and Rtirgeons.
Now York city. Claes 1 gp-4. gives exclnaive attentin
to the practice of his proresalon. Office and rf. -
on the eastern Elope of Orwell Hill. adjoining Hen
Ft me WS. `...) • . jan 14.'C9. I
TIM D. •D. SMITH, • Donitzst, :
purchased Wood's property; be • • •
‘terenes Block and, the Elwell Efortpe, where.he b
lociated his often. Teeth extracted without pain $ 1
use of Oaa. ' Towind .„ Oct. 20. 1870.—yr.
NOTARY PUBLIC!
.
Offize—lTAtWElT., TOWANDA PA., with 'Noble k Vi
cent. ineuriineq Agenf E.
Acirtocrled:Mients taken; • Oaths adrolnlaterel
Thy Rlll)Periber itta a commi.t.foner in tat Ihg 410
ositions of witneLies. General dotira of the o 1
promptly a , troned to. Wu 9 VINCE , T;
Nor. 12'73. , Notary Public.
Hotel _-
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.s. . , .
DINING - R 0,401.1 S
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° IN CONNECTION. WITH THE BASIETLT,
Neal ) Hie Court HOLM& , '
We are prepared to feed the hungry,at all timer
the day ' ATI evening. Oysters and Ice Crean!
their.Kessohs.
. March 3( MO/ D. W. SCOTT it CO..
vrAvELL HOUSE, TOWAND •
Ete. 4 .
Having leased this Rouse. is now ready to sccomm il l.
date the tTavelling public.. No pains norexpense •
be epsred:to give satisfaction to those who may gi
him a call:.
AR' ,Notih aide_ef the public eqiiarr,,eagt of 31.1
neg ❑ec+ blnrk. '
p U3I3IE,RFTET D CREEK H
ltiTrt.. • •
' PtTER LANTIMSSSEIt.
Hawing purchased and thoroughly- refitted this
and .cell-known stand. formerly kept by Sheriff grit;
fig. at the month of liummerlield Creek. is ready ;to
kcxid aciximmcsiations skid satisfactory treatment
.to all who may farm him with a call. tl
23 gaa—tf. -
ATEANS HOUSE, iTOWANDA.;
PA., ,
COIL ILIES l.q.D BRIDGE STREETS.
The fiedaes, Harness. kc. of all guest' of thie
bonne, iusured against loaiby !ire, without any es.
tra cbarge, -
• A superior quality of Old Euglish Rasa Ale,
received. - , T. It...JORDAN.
Rwanda. Jan. 24.11. - Proprie
HORACE A. COWLES
VARD 110,1:1S.E,
T9WA.NpA,.
BRADFORD CO UITI„ PEWN'A.
- . •
This popular house. recently Island by Mesi
Rprie k Thula% and baring helm completely .rOtt-Zd.
fflllllo4iflPii, and rsdorniallad. afford', to the , crnhlq•
all the elnotorta and rocalern wmaroulencos of a arm-
Hutal. 4itnate optrafte• th• Park on Main
Str,N.t. It Is eminentlyr.onvaldprd . for perilous visit
ing Towanda, elther torploastirwor business , .
appall - EOON'it UgANS, Proprietors.
Air 4NSION HOUSE, -_ • I
W. W. EiR0WN.13243.. lliorn • 1 1
Tills House is cmaneted in strictly Tempe
Principles. Every effort arill be made to m i
am,sts comfortable. Gored rooms And the table
+essays be supplied with tho best the market!
fonts. . N0v.1.18
11011
B ETHLEHEM, PA. .
...
" OLD *MORAVIAN SIIN IN
•
R•dt in hiatorical Interest; it in the only bnildinat
thh coontry ex pt Independence 11.11, hono , eo
this sojonrn within its wails of Waidliontot, La Fs
ette. bee. Oates and other patriots of the resell
Lion. This poprear hotel hai recently chang.
hands, ..been improved. entirely refurnished. a.
the p - oprietor cordially inviirs his friend* and Ira
Wing public to give.him ca 114420 WWI wil
.sparecl to render their stay nomfortat•le. •• • p
en mate for Philsdelphis.will dnd it convent.. t
spent the night bore. , ensobrait the city about .lg
3n the or , rulug. A maniple room on Ant f• • . r
accommodation ofeomutercial agents
Keeps on hand a tall assortment of D 91713 aq
siNfiLE HARNESS, and all other goods In With .
Not Airing and minnisettuing dons to order. -
- reWllll,, MUM. , 9 2 - 1,41 - •
STEAM SAW MILL,
SHINGLE MILL, 1
' AND CIDER MILL,
•
I 1
tij liflll Is now in good order. sud - I an Yrepan4
to do all kinds of wore In my hue on shorktvAloo. .-
LtIALBER. SHINGLES tod LATH, slwsjs on 4
hand. 1
I Ono off , r :or sale a IS Hcrse-Power Engine and
noi.larr ""V• 1
o. v. • ,
ion.i.gorwiloofurorti ~ .
Milrft PIM
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f 4. W. AL.VORD, 611siker.
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VOLUME XXXIV.
JAMES WOOD, Ar,roaszT
~1 1 0T r ithazion LT LAW. Towanda. Ps.
Q.:MTH & MdN,TANYE, A
L tem2. LA2r. 443f110p--42:ftar Nan
Pim.. Remit: oppostip Plebtes.Droa store.
D tt T. B. JOHNSON, PIMIUTRAPI
kvanitine. Olttee over Dr. U. 0. Porter
k 00..111 Drag Store.
MORROW, PaysiciAN
L • Firranzos. offers his protessim2al eery!
the citizens of Warren and vicinity. Beside. •
first house north of J. F. Cooper's Store. W
("entre. Ps. 1
M. STANLEY, DErrurr,
meow? to Dr. Weston. Ofilati In Pattoto
Block.: up smarm. Main Rtrort, Tosanda. Pa.
kind...OW*o. ',ark a spwrialtv. . /an liytt
roYLE & 4ttiiP'FrERSON. Arm! a~i*.at - Lay.
Towanda. Pa. Wlll Oro
etteetipn to *ll matter* Potrnetea to their cb
°rebate' Court business a specialty.
- W. POT T.T.. rrnayl"l3l 2.irrinisso
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A 7:TOREr--AT—LA W. TOWANDA. PA
LA Jr OFFICE, TOWANDA. PA,
W. A. PECT:
[lnn 1514] IH. SST:STrete.
i )1.1. J. I,rNtvq,
• __:.PaYSICIAN A i SuFasox.
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
April 1. 1k73
JOHN C. WIISON.
I Lr.RAISVILLE. PA
13 . tILT 1758.
Sept 4. 1R73
CHAY,LES F. DAYTON,
Successor to Itatopitrey Bros..
HA-RNESS MAKE
Over Mood?. Store,
n EIHESIIEQ
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pular , tuft.
• • BATECOVE/GE TO SAT NOI
[You're et'iirting to-day on life's journey,
Alone ou the highway of life;
You'll meet With a thousand temptations,
Each city With-evil is rife. •
This world is. a stage of excitement;
There's danger wherever you go; -
But if you are temrediff weakness. t
Have courage, my boy, to say—No
The Siren's sweet song May,alliire you;
Beware of her ennning-and art.
Whenever Sou Ito her approaching,
Be guarded, Mid baste to depart. '
The billiard Saloons are inviting.••• " (
Decked out la their tinsel and show;
You maybe invited to enter; . • I
Have cottra,e, my boy, to say—No l
I
The bright ruby wine may be offered— •
No matter how tempting it be,
From poison that stings like an adder,
My boy have the courage to see.
Tne gyubling belle are before you,
Their ligl-4, how they glance to and fro;
If you ibotildibe tempted to enter i
Think twice even thrice, ere you go I
In coltrage!Ciao lies your manly,
1711 - en'you the long journey begin,
And trust in a HeaVenly Father
Wilt keep yin Unspotted from sin.
Temptations krill go on increasing,
As streams rorn,a, riv'ulek flow,
But it yon arc true to your manhood,
Halve the equrage, my boy, to say—No !
(For TUI4 Reportituj
A OALIFOANIA INOIDEN P.
13:3=1
It was in f,be afternoon of an An
-
tonal day in 186 7 -,.that I (au Eng
lishman and to stranger) ebtered a
&inking saloon in San Francisco,
called Missoula . lager, lit wy pipe,
and sat dawn in an easy chair Mr a
quiet smoke.
It ii as a famous place for a nnoke,
a place fit for any one to sit down in,
and have a 'yarn with his friend,=—
comfortablY; not at all like al ng
lish bar,—Where he is usually glad
to leave when he has finished his
liquor, but with cushioned chairs and
lunges, and comfortable surround
ings, so that you might sit and smoke
as enjoyably—as you.' would in your
own house.
Theta was a queer looking' man
bitting near !me, who raised his eyes
from theptiper he was reading and
seemed to rtgard me with some curi
osity. had a frank, honest ex
pression of Countenance, and seemed
well disposed towards me, for all
that he was ratLer moody and
end' looked as though he
had seen 'a great deal of trouble.
=l5lOl
,At last, drawing his chair - a little
nearer and putting_his 'brown hands
on his knee', he said :
" Not been here long, ay,?"
" No," said I, "only a few days."
" he said, meditatively, "I
thought 'Frisco is a queer kind
of a °place- Or"a young hand; noiv I've
took whit Of a Lucy to you, mud' as
you ain't much up to things, I de'say
you wimid n't cut up rough, at suthite
useful in the way of advice."
• I was rather astonished at this,
but was quite pleased to make an.ac
quaintance with him, although he
was rathet rough looking, so I an
swered tha v i I should be glad of any
advice which might prove ueeful, as
I was strange to the country.
"Wal!" said he, "in the first place,
if`You don't want to get mauled, the
best thing You can do is to keep that
thar derringer party close, seein' as
this is rayther a rough place, an'
some might take 'fence at it."
rfollqwed the direction of his eye,
and saw that my revolver—which•l
always carried—was in bight, stick
ing out of My belt.
"If you 'carry one o' them things,
it's all'usliest to keep.it dark; don't
let no one know of it—till it's Want
ed. Another thing I might tell.you,
that is, dal to show all the dimes you
carry, when you're paying for a
nor; thar's I a lot of people rouad—
that likes dimeti fast rate—and ain't
got uorie--Latid dou't B a slant
when they see it. Thar was a young
ster like you might be, rotted 'Frisco
once—with his pouch full of dollars,
I . and . a dertinger—which he did n't
know hcwa.o handle no more nor a
possum. Well! he , was laid for by
two "plant' smart, decent looking
fellers, and took into a gamble shop,
whar they let him win for a bit,—
primed him with whisky till he didn't
know is right bower from an ace, and
enchred hiin out of his dimes bit by
bit till lie was nearly cleaned, when
he saw one of thee yar coons grin,
and say sothin'- laughin' like to his
pal. Then he see'd what was up,
and that they'd gone throngli him
proper, so he up and called them a
darned lotlof swindlers, and said he'd
have his money back. One of them
pouched the dimes from the table,
whi e t'other 'put a shoulder on him'
and said.:
" Guess you're green; don't know
the ropes,
,Ijohnny, so 'I won't take
no 'count of your talk—cause you are
riled nat'relly at losing yor dollars,
but jest yen dry up, and don't say
no more or that's no knowin'. what'll
happen !"I
"Now the young 'an bein' wild,
and kinder didn't care much what
was on the cards—long as he got his
dimes—said, By thunder! if you
don't give! back that money, Ill—
"He never finished it, for, he'd
been feelin' for his shooter, but' he
wasn't sharp enough, for one of the
chaps outlderringer, and 'put a pea'
in him —sb he didn't talk no more."
"Dead !" Wal, no, he were n't
that, `but he were that nein. it, that
he never '"petted he'd, be tellin' the
yarn to you. Yes, his name was Dick
Selby, and that's me. Now he said
"I don't halt from 'Frisco—l b'long
further north, and if ) . ou• like my
company, I'll just, show you a thing
or two, and if yon don't,—you've
only got to say so, and I won't both
er you. The fact is, I had a son
once,":---bere his voice dropped,, and
ti'dark-shadow seemed to cross his
face. "Yes," he said, abstractedly,
and seething to talk more. to himself
than. me,—"Poor Ben I—just ' such
another. I had a son once, 'and he
war like you—very like," he said,
rousing himself, • and I fancy it's
made me sorter take to you; now you
must think a darned open._ soh
of s and, agyhow donl ion r
iiiiEE!
NE3
0 iscellgneosis:
lIAZAIID I<TAIIKEY,
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I 1
.1
• "1, an a sonyjif you have lost your
son,'l said L "and as tci your showing
me ream] I shall be glad of your
amtriany," "H'm, yea,l I have lost
my son, poor Ben! poor Ben 1" he
said ; then suddenly clenching his
sineWy hands,j his face grew dark
with 1 paasion, j and he said in a
strange; wild sort of voice. " He was
murdered! Ond have pity on the
man !when I all across him 1" I
stared aghast at him, his features as.
mimed such a ideadly look; but it
was onlyi ft:a al moment, his wrath
settled down, ;and he said : "Yes,
young m, I tell yer 'twas hard on
me; hut spoon / you won't esre to
if
hear l'bo t me ` and my troubles?"
I said I should; isten with the great
est intereet. l ' -
"Wal, then I'l he said, " I haven't
alwaysl been down here. I need to
l,
•.t
ive
_m Buffalo, but times were. n't
good; so .T put !for 'Big Pine,' *ay
up country here, where there was
good finds being made—with my wife
and Son. When . we got- diet far, we
had int3t Tough to keep us • goin' till
I got la bi of a shanty pat together,
and started mylWork.
"I did a pile of diggin' fore I found
anytliing,Jur things was n't so pow
erful :good as 'd heard, and men
was gettin' grumpy, and fightin' all
round theeamti. And Ben, he work-
edged;' h e worked inch for inch
with pie, !Tut we did n't strike mall :
in', tWarn t noi good, tore were on
lucky', we noilld;n't make enough to
keep us from starein' sca'cely, fur a
lung pelt; an ij I was beginnin' to
feel k oder, done up. Bat one day,
Ben he come. up to me, with a white
face, end a s ivi-ran' like l he'd got the,
ague;ilie dragged me inside the shan
ty, add thli b gin cryin'c and laugh.
in and caakiriti round like mad.
" Epithet ! 1" he said, "I could n't
yell out an' tell; you 'cause of - them
others, butte / tie had afind!" and be
put his hand lel hie pocket and pull
ed oat a nugget:
"Hely goud T lifoses 1 there was a
nugget enough to turn a man's
bead look s h it after lain' starved
for months; 1,, ,
I .' WhStidid you find it, Ben?" said .
I. 1 1,.
"In the fast 'elaim, dad," he said,
"and here's plenty_ more there too,
I bleeve."
"That at' was a luck of a find—
just` iit time, for we were wantin' it
badly!; and that wernt all: we found
more every day, and we were puttin'
by in heaps, and soon after took it
np town and changed it for dollars. •
s•e worked !it quiet, did n't say a
wordl
to tiootie' and we had already
made. consider, ble, fib at lost it got
windithat pick!' Selby had .struek a
vein,
land eyeryoue went roarin' marl
envy, andiwe bad- to take spelt,
and spell, 'night and; - day, with a .
shootier in leech- haudi--that is, Ber
and the—td keep 'em off.
"Cal, this' cou'd n't last, I could
see that, arid We agreed for me to go
up-t Own, and ; get some fresh bands.
"There was one' man I told Ben to /
spot :i his mime was ItcLaskie; he'd
been everything in this world but a
gentleman, and was the desperatest
charac-ter II ever struck. 'lle was
bardinp; and Ilguessed be would n't
Mickel, nothint. ' and he hadp't been
1
at whrk for days 'since we'd struck
the Metal, andjhe'd been seen haug
in' retied talkie to some the wustmen
in the hell eanip time and agin, and
I was well nigh scared to leave. Ben
and 6y wife alene,Thause of hint.
".,:iny how tyey laughed it off and
pers i aded mi l t;!! one night I agreed'
to ga next Moridn' up to 'Frisco.
"Somehow, I' did n't feel right in '
my ihind,, and turned in awful rest
liss,jwith'rey derringer and bowie oa
aA& topside the bed. I could n't
sleeil, not 1.1 I felt kinder queer.; a
feelih as thaugh . suthin s was goin' to
hapiien. I d dirt knoW-what.
sr After being in bed some time, I
was just fag in'; into a bit' of a snooze,
when I weal wake by a- shot, and a
sell i I jaMpid out like a flash,—
althnugh,there was sathite cold like
at My heart, and I took my shooter
and straek..for the door. I. nearly
run agitinst.Ben, who was staggerin'
in. ,I felt, queer b —seein' Ben look so
Whit:a aud_wealt like : 'Ben,' said I,
'boyf, yon ain't truck ?'
"INot.mucli, lather,' he said, and
touched - htsj, shoulder; then pointed
to t adoPr.l
" laced; onteide;—there Was the
moon a shinin t with her green light,
on-the trees; . — e on the ground,—on—
something that made me rise my der
ringer I Three men were striking
for (be hotise, and before I could
draw, bead-:a'bullet struck the door,
-close to my head. I let drive all lily
six shots at ; tne men, and 'got inside
the douse, and I just gut charged
when whack !; comes a lump of pine
against the door, caving it in, and
three or font' men, with 'ldeLaakie in
front, came i_tr. ' -
"tfired ray' shooter again! Ben
fired ' his. We heard a couple of
yellh, and,the room was fall of smoke.
I wits looking . for a man to empty
,my Shooter into, and I beard a shot!
Gcs:l God 1j my poor wife! ---lconld
hear her shriek. I fired again as.the
smoke cleared, and saw my man fall.
11 , tie next EWA ate some one laid for
me jwith the nett of a derringer, and
I went doWM When I came to, I
began to lea around. There lay
myl wife our the bed—dead 1 And
Bea—be waslyingin a corner of the
room—whits,and gift: Sutbin seem
ed to 'go' inside my foreuead. and I
fellldown again. -
" didn't remember anything after
thel fur a lonk spell; and when I did
coins ronod, I warnt in my shanty,
—rd been,took up' town, abd *lsid
up with a brain fever.
It was hard on me, when I came
to, and remembered all , about it. I
feltj bad: 'TWere like this,—l'd ray
ther been finished at once, and made
one job of itl—lwould been better.
It were not likely I. should be any
aoc9nnt when them two %ere gone;
they might jest have put a 'pea' in
me Ise well, l'twould have • made it
eerier more complete, yon' know." ' )
")Bat that's neither here nor
there," he I 'Yetiumed; "bleeve I prom
ised to.show you road a bit. Wel, /
ittatl toiler, me,' And I'll show you a
i
gamble.ehop."
11 1 43 walked ont of the saloon, and
traversed two ! or three streets, and
1 at lot mune to a rather ont-of•tbe
weatipl ; sadiwsw ray -csuudizakny open-
lek T
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA.. MARCH 19. 1874.
ing the.door of a house, ltd the way
ju.
I must have Aesitated,—for the
place was rather dark. and mysteri
ma looking, as he said, •
"You've got no cane() to be scared
while I'm along,— though temp
twouldn't be , well for you to come here
by yourself. . " 1
"Oh, no 1" said I. "I am not afraid.
only the place was rather dark, and
"Oh, it'B all right," here he in
terrupted, "you jest keep along after
me."
' i followed him through a dark
passage,, and coming to a door, which
he opened—we walked into a large
room. It was a pretty weli-apPrAnt
ed plam, with cushioned fignitrtre—
crimson curtains- r -large miriors, etc.
and tables cogered with green cloth,
at intervals all over the room : at
which were seated men with anxious
.countenances, playing euchre, btnff
inonte, and other American games—
with little heapS of gold, silver, and
greenbacks beside them. They were
evidently much interested in their
games, for none of them looked up,
iw-we en u red, and walked to the
other end of the room. •
"By thunder!" said my strange
gnide, in an undertone; "we shall see
a row before long. .111 be &rued if
We shan't. Just spot them two fel
ldra sittin down over there.—Yes!
that dark-faced chap, and that man
playing euchre with hiT: yes!, the
one what looks like a resurrectioniz
ed spirit; d'you see how the dark fel
low scowls at his man, and how hap
py Caber one looks? Wal, he s been
winnio; you bet ! and that other one
don't like it. Ye us, yoli can b'heve
there'll be 'a bit of a row out of that
lot." .
The two men were playing with
great eagerness, and I could 'see the,
dark complexioned men—who was a
tall, brawny fellow was gel,ting
wild, for the veins of his forehead
were swollen and *hotted with sup
pressed'anger.
"Well.jiist go over to that table,"
said Selby,—" where we can take a
good look at them, and have a game
of bluff,—‘•fot we're all 'spected to
play, if we come,in here."
We crossed to the other table, and
calling for some whisky, we com
menced playing , bluff for small,
- stakes. We played for some time—
all the_ time watching the .men oppo
site us, until Seib' bad soon every
cent in my pocket, wbicb I observed,
saying I could not play any more, as
I was cleaned out; when he quietly
pushed the money across the table to
me
"I did that;' he said, "jest fur to
show you how easily you Might be
gone .through — so 's you wo rt try it
without nu yar."
I told him I was much obliged for
the lesson, and he said, " T h at and
nothin'—don't you talk 'bout that ;
I've got no end of--stamps, and don't
want anybody else's,—but louk at
that ere dui k chap!"
I looked across .the table ; the
game had finished, and the pale,
corpselike- man' was sweeping the
stakes from the table into his pock
ets. 6,
A. card dropped on the table!
Where from I did not see; the aark
man did though. He sprang at the
other's throat. "By G—!" he yelled,
"yon —, return every cent, you
sneaking thi4—or else, by
he squeezed the liyiu.per'e throat in
his sinewy fingers till he was nearly
blank in the face.
'Let—let g9l" he gasped,—" you
4631 have every cent I—loose—loose,
I'm choking 17
The other loosed, his grasp, and he
put his band in his-pocket—it seem
ed to draw out the cash. but instead
—Selby sprang up and rushed to
ward bitn,—not in time though, to
stop him drawing a revolver, and the
next instant his enemy was lying on
the ground,—a bullet in his chest.
We both tried to lay - bands ou qv;
assassin, but he slipped away like
an eel and was out through the door
like a flash I We rushed to the door,
—69 was nowhere to be seeti,-and
we returned to the room.
The wounded man was lying where
he hail fallen ;
.he had been shot
through the lungs. We quietly lift
ed him on to a lounge: a doctor was
sent fur and soon arrived, ; And said
he •• might get o'rer it, but 'twas
derned uncertain."
I felt almost sick at the sight. The
man's features wore an expression
almost demoniac; his shirt awl vest
were all dabbled with blood, and the
spot where be had been' lying was
smeared all over . with the \poor fel
low's life stream.
'WM !" said my conductor, "guess
we'll travel now; we've Feed all we
want to, and pimps more, bat I told
you I'd show yon a this g or-two."
RALPH Dana S DOOM. ,
If travelers see strange things, so
do artists, at least landscape pan:item
do, for they are travelers as well, and
in pursuit of their vocation visit so
many remote places, and come iu
contact with so many different sorts
- of people, that they ought to be good
story-tellers. - The 'rural and sea
faring population, with whom of ne
cessity they have to mingle, offer
many carious studies of charaoter ;
and the sketcher from nature, who
chances to be a writer a'so, may pick
up among themincidents and stories
by the score. I have come across
many,-but the brush his claimed so
ranch of my timecthat, ,like most of
my craft, Ihave had but little incli
na•ion to give any to the pea.
However, within the last week same
circumstances have occurred ,under
my very eyes of so tragic nature, and
associated with so %terrible a story,
that I am tempted, before I leave
the spok to utilize the long evenings
now setting in by writing down, the
Bets as they came to my 'knowledge.
I- am staying at a little public
house called the Pilot, the only hos
telry in the small village of Pitsdetin,
situated at the foot. of
,that enormous
range of chalk cliffs which its
highest point is marked on the charts
of the southeast of shingle Head.
The scant poptvation is comi oied of
a few fishermen, farm laborers, and
some lime burners—these latter be
ing the most numerous, for lime
burning is Carries} p un eitensively in
that . district, and wbere the chalk
bailing to rime-from Sather aouitiq
Ellll
=tut ANT gowns.
.
the beach-Una abound., Odd gape
and roads wind down to' them then'
the upheaved soil - and fantaatic mass--
es of hind slip, rendered more ;fan
tastic by the cuttings, excavations,
and b'astings COnstantly going on.
Little green plateaus just out here
and there half-way down mile of the
taller cliffs;' and notably theta is one
which, overhanging a kilni on one
side, and cat off on the other by a
rising precipice of chalk, is aecessilA
only by, a narrow winding path 'de
scending from thoupper heights.
This, together with the J.ange of
white el ffs, very varied in form, and
rising in some places to hurOreds of
feet ; the burning limekiln . 'with its
film of Et moke, its dark and f cavern=
one furnacaa, its adjacent Stock of
dried gore' for fuel ; the carts- and
horses--going to and fro d9wn the
ateep road to- the beach, and across
the sands to the lirile craft that has
put it on a flood tide, and is; now at
the ebb left stranded to receive her
Cargo of limestone ;.the moving fig
ures, and some boats—made up, a
bit off coast scenery which tempted.
we'to submit for a wei k or so to the
limited ace•immodation offered by
the Pilot. I bad marked dnitin the
scene during a walk, and bug deter
mined to bike up myquarters at the
riaigh inn for the purpose 9f paint
inoF' it. So six days ago I came over,
bag and baggage, from 11914iistoue,
the watering-place where I. was stay-,
big, and set-to work betimes the next
i •
‘ .
morning. ,
The autumnal weather wasbeauti
fill,
It
nd the effect just what I want
ed ; but the little craft was absent, ;
and as i-he formed a conspicuOus item
in t e picture, I grew auxiona, for tier
env 'trance es the tide come in.
When it was ut tho highest, libwev
.er, abe slowly rondded the hetidland,
and dropped anchor in irr Leith a
little .before noon. I knew' that by
the time the men had had their din
ner she mould be lying high and dry,
and taking in her cargo, in the usual
pie nresque fashion. • -
Resting fin., awhile, I strolled down
to the•beach tc get a' closer took at
her. She was rough 'and tub like—
as might be expected, remeaibering
her trade—cutter-rigged, and of froia
fifteen to twenty tons bordeu. There
Was a dick and cabin hatchway for
ward, 'au open bold, and the yellow
letters on .her. stern announced that
she was the - Betsy, of Helmstone, and
that Ralph Dayner was her 'nester.
) 2 .
The sea was calm, but ther was
. 04
enough ripple breaking on he shore
to preveut the purport of s ome very
high words isautng fro the tiny
cabin being heard. Nevertheless, I
could make out enough to Under
stand that there was a man abusing
and bullying a woman. Once there
was something very much' like a
scream, but soon all was sileet, and
presently a sailor emerged frdm the
hatchway. , Calling to a boy, appar
ently asleep in the hold, the two got
into the tittle ;boat Which. the cutter
had in tow, and pulled ashore; Then
they hauled it , upon the beach, and
I saw that the man was •a - huge,
broad shouldered, bull-necked, ill
looking fellow. , As he walked away
toward the 'kilns, exchanging a few
rough words with the• men at work
there, and disappearing up the road
leading to the village, I thoUght I
had never seen a worse speciinen of
this class.
Sitting down again in my easel I
became much absorbed, and as the
.dinner hour left the 'spot quite de
serted, I remained fur a long time
free from the interruption of. any of
those on-lookers who are. more or
less attracted by the sight of an ar
tist. 'sketching. Practice has made
me generally indifferent to these mo
lestations, and so, when after awh:le
I was conscious that some one was
standing near me, I at first paid lit
tle heed I. the fact. Lut when for a
moment.' chanced to turn my bead,
I was startled by the sullen and for
bidMg aspect of the individual'at my
elbow. He was a tall, thin e pale
faced man of about forty, with shag-.
spy ironv,rav beard and matted hair.
Dressed in a besmirched and seedy
snit of black, and wearing an old
chimney-pot hat, be looked very dif
ferent from any of my usual andi
deco ; bat it was not so Mail this
which disturbed me us his. unpleas
ant stare—a stare beat upon lire, be
it remarked, and not upon ,my pict
ure: I could she out of the corner
of my eye that be was not regarding
what I was doing at. all. He bad his
back. turned too much toward the
easel for that, and each time that 1
glanced up at him and our eyes
met, t
‘ encouutered a dark sinister
scowl. I tried, however, to ignore
his presence, although I confess it
afteted me disagreeably. By degrees,
too, I had a sensation that he was
trying to get nearer to. me -Without
my knotting it, and.l became 'tire of
this at last, as 'I furtively watched
*him ket.-- - They were certainly creep
ing, as it were, toward me, and ? with
out taking a stride, he had got much
nloser to me than he was when I first
oticed him.. He was now no above
a yard from where I sat; and so I
looked up at him at last pointblank.
He winced a little under my steady
glance, and moved slowly around to
the other side. Again I tried; to go
on with my work and forget -him.
In' a more solitary place I Should,
have felt rather uneasy ; 'bay,: was I
not really feeling so now?--for here„
at this hour, with the coast 'Utterly
-deserted, I was as much alone as I
• well could be.
know
I °
I did not ce what to Make of
the fellow. Did he want to attack
and rob me? Be hardly looked like
a pickpocket ; but yet I' 'paid not
doabt, from his strange behaiior,
that by had some sinister intention.
Rescllving this much in: my mind,
and seeing that be Was again; creep-.
ing in his catlike stealthk, way' toward
me, and this time; as it seemed, try
ing to get behind. me, I aced up
suddenly, and facing- : him said, an
grit. ," What do you , mean by this
dialgiog about? If you want to see
what I am doing, look at it 'and be
off, and don't annoy me any longer."
- I had pitched my easel, in,: such-a
position as to wake it impossible for
anybody to get to my rear without
passing very close in , frono of me
first ; for I was about half way up
the cliff ro jast at one, end of its
tiiyluig 6atis t with a sbsy skits down
:i -
BENI
I
t
i•
, ,
, .
to tbe beaob on the left end, and! lon
the right a sheer wall of rising-10k
Instead of answering me, the( ,fe low ,
burst into a Slow impertinent Ittgb, i
and, slipping bstween the easel `find v
the edge of the cliff, was behind' }:De b
l in, a moment. Turning' almostil as
rapid, however, I was again facal to' ri
face with bim, and ,now there as t
barely a foot's apace between us. iHe 11
appeared scarcely prepared for t i bia li
movement, and again winced per
ceptibly under my meady gaze. His
long bony fingers;. which were Irv- ,
markably claw-like "in their action
and form, twitched' nervouslir at OR
beard, his laugh ceased, his ey es
dropped, and he shrank back as 'if
he thought J' was, going to str ke :I
8
him, much as a fierce .dog that h ' d c
met his master might have do P. c
Before I hail time to, speak he shyly al
and awk ;vanity, but , with some ilo- lil
litenesa raised his hat, saying: "I beg hi
your pardon ; I tholight I knew yin. of
I urn sorry to have- disturbed- jidtl, tt
'and I wish your good Morninkii" tl
Then, ?gain slipping' by me, be a'
walked away down the road to t,Le
beach, occasionally lookng back inn--
ttvely over his shoulder in my dirY,,tc
:ion. Ho passed , Apse to the ctlt
ter, finally disappearing round soMe
jutting rocks, With his eyes bent o
ward the ground, apparently dee; ly
absorbed, and noticing nothing
around him. • • ir
,
Eight glad was I to see his ba4,
t I had br
....,, ins ba It
.or never ,neen E o much ut
oat in my life by the impertinence of
an idler ;land the strange" condtict
and appearance of this 'man set, me
wondering who he could be., Bu
t
as the interest in my work once more
revived, he vanished for a time fr4na
my wind. Only when the short t% 1 4-
light drove me to my solitary chip
le the parlor of the little inn did I
think of him again; or make any In
quiries. I
No, the landlord didn't know note=
in' at all about such ,a customer; he
ban n't never seen his like np"that
way ; nor no more had n't the one
or two natives who were by this tithe
dropping in for their evening smoke
and glass.' I have said that the, Pili4's
accommodation is limited ; and '
fond my snug, clean little bedroo ,
na y privacy does not go. This is ; O
I, rl
hardship, however, fur I have alw.ays
been used to roughing it ; and the ire
is nothing objectionable to me in iie-
casituially . tuingling,with the homely
frequenters of a village ale-house.
Thus I smoked my pipe, and listened
to or chatted with the few custot4re
ac they came in from time to time.
Several of them had seen me at work
during the day; but of course, as , it
was while they were absent that
strange Visitor bud appeared, and pol
asy
they knew nothing of him otherwise,
1114 could give no inform:Aloe'. !
At a table in the fartherest "corner
of the roore—which was, filly s'pa
cions, considering the size of the
hotise—in company with two Work
men, from the lituekilns, sat the lilt
looking fellow whom I had seen come
ashbre from the cutter. As it Was
gettinglate, I was surprised to • ,'see
hini there, and asked of a fishertheir
dose beside me how it was this nien
bad not gone off with his craft mad
her cargo before it got dark. f
"Oh, said the man in an tinder=
tone, " be he's - a proper radical Sort
o'. chap, that R ilpih Dyirer ; th'erel
never no knowin' what he'll bei nri
to r•SouuPwlailek he 'll go bisself right
filo, and sotnewhiles he'll just leave
it to his lad and his missus, and, go
off on the drink for a week or two at
a time, and frecken that's what he's
np to now. I reeken the boy and
one o'i one, men 'd take the Betsy
round to Heltnstone to night
won't, better
than_he would - bisself; and his mis
sus on't, be none the worse for it,
neither. Proper radical he. be'ei to
her, too, sornewhileti sure 4 l "
"111-uSes her'?" I suggested.
1
"Yes, I reeken he does," wen on
the man, "and she be a poor," sad
sort o' creatur too, kiud o' craCky
they do
,say somewbiles. Harmiles4
enol you know, sir,, but a little wreak
in her bead like, and that, inaks it
all the worse for her, don't you see ?"
Of course I could see plainly
enough, and of course I, could i now
nnderstand the sounds . I bad beard
froici on board the cutter in the
nat!ruing.
Our farther talk was here inter
rupted by the sound , of wheels atop
ping at the door of the int), folloWed
by the hurried entrance •of two
strangers. One.was a strong, broad
shouldered man, in appearance lath
erlike an upper groom out of li;ery;
the other, also strong and tall, lo Iced
like a doctor. He &kid, ab,raptly,
"Do any of yon here happen to have
sin wandering about over 1 the
Owns and cliffs to=day a tall, hin t
fialefa,ced man, with a beard, dr and
in black, and wearing a high h t.? "
I instantly replied that ce tai ly I
.had seen a person answering this
ii
deseriptien, and I briefly " tol dl the
geml.-Inau under what c reunista ces.
- That's he," he repl ed, wit oat
doubt ; " now look here," he add. d,
addressing the company generally,
" he, is a madman, and this morning
he escaped from the asylum at Helm
-stone. Now I offer five pounds re
ward to any one who shall be the
means of helping us to secure ,I him.
Depend upon it t he is not far oil', "but
ai it is dark I atn afraid we may not
be able to find him till the morning.
Still, if any of you , Who know the
cenntry well will guide me and my
Mau, we will go and do what we can.
He 'll be stowing himself awayunder
setae barn or hay-rick or, down on
the shore somewhere, perhaps. Can
you let ns have a lantern or Iwo,
landlord? "
Naturally the wbolb roomful , was
astir by this time. Every one vol
neteered hat services, and a couple
of lanterns being produced, and is
Move made toward, the door, the doe
tOr paused as he reached it, and said:
"Now, weady I'must warn you of
one thing : he is very. dangerous.
What we call a homicidal maniac
that is to say, be will try,to' murder,
try to strangle anybody be gets, hold
of who shows the 'slightest- fear of
bin. He has already killed al'man
in, his matinees; that -is why be hits
been shut up. But if you face hiw
boldly; look straight into his eyes,
and show that you are not 'afraid of
bim. you will have Ho wore 1101111 y
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at one ofthe t eepOn tiiti bills
Dt if tie. sees yo shrink , fr; hik
ro all instant, he'll . have hi , age).
in yon neckcloth' before yo kno„N
w ereyou are. a d' stied as be fie,
Ire brat; strongl a lion,_," I
need not ray what lath el 4 'lllrii
a il
n mind eV this! moment, 4 to r
h nlifid I felt fo e jthe escape ,I bad
la .
is ening faces turned 1 toward tht
do tor ' While be sii there' , as onl
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on man that gr of . the lanai(
an biggest ma lift the rOom was
the only one wh Eitioweo the slight
eet sign of co ardice.l - Tlr wa l B
via ph Dyner, th owner of t it cnt
er who; at.,the conehisien ttolf - 1.14.
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)o tor'' words, drew hall, .n . Pperj,
ei ed b y y everybody but me, ;t4 - ) th .
or er Where he had been sfttii4,
nd, with soinething that eV f 'vet
ke a 'shudder, sank Mood ly into
is chair, and took lls deep ugh
f the li„quer in fond of
.him. wa
i,,
ho lastito leave the - 4mM as the lit{
le ernrild went forth [tit? the 'fight;
LA I left biro stil I sitting the 41 ` I
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Having, by the dof a 1 nterni
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conducted the octor - 4o th qspoir
where I bad be u- \sketchin,gii and
pointed! out the waY the' tool had
taken when he le t. me, llretnr-liAd tri.
the 'itin' having no mind: to 4sSist
farther In the exc ting!search.l ThrV.l
nerladjnot mov d from his ,cPrner
,
in the parlor wh n I Peeped IN and
I went to bed fu 1 of uncorefortabbi
rtfleciions upon the escape 1 had
had from the dirt h those long4ionyj
fiugers. I Had n t somethinOrge
me to assume a angry, do aintieti
tone toward th unfortuhat 'mad
man as !promptl as I did, t 're is'
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no doubt he w uld have w I 4411
his Iniuricidal propensities up iil mei'
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Ho would have crept to, within a l '
springing distance, and I then,flike ti
wild beast, would- hare strringledl
.me, or thrown me over the cliffs! Asl
it was, ffellipg me prepared and res-I
olute,b'ti'encidenly assumed the fawn-1
ing tone and bypocritical rimier
which I have nn erstood to b 'part'
of the dunning [splayed'by hoief
aftbcted with thi direst of di ases .l
f c i l l
With no sma 1 regret I 1- rned
next morning th t the search overt'
fruitless,l and- th t the lb - matte wits.
still at large: It: ;vas very muc like
hearing L i . .hat a m ti-eating fig.., 'wittli l
prowlinh about the neighbor ood,
and I Confe'ss t having besi ated,
i
about going on itli my work. • Ye:
I could not well .ifford to loseb day,
and as 4. had shown m'self ea seer
of the situation nee, I woul re:y
On beiug able to • oso again. ',Jere
fore, keeping a harp lookout i., was!
not long ere I w• s enscoucecl'll - I:ny'
old postilion, andlfidly engross: clwitil,
my sketeh. As luck would b - ye it,t
the spot wits nunsually q . uietoi.day.
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The kiln's, thong still buruin Overt
notTheing fed; the Betsy d A not
conks mined from Ilehnston „;-and
with the exeeptien nosy -and Li"ert of
two or three natives loafing ab iit,' - oe
the watch, as they sajcl, "f..rkthat
!beer tricky chap, as .noboclyics:pt
the gentleman draftin' s l had clapped
s o
eyen,' I had the cliff and the road
all to mtself, in •t, at . the very ll ''..time'
when I I could ave cheerfullylsub
mated to a littl company.
Late in the of ernoon the Doctor
and his man, bo h looking i rvea4. and
travel-stained roes their w "tit Hof'
-rest and Yong tr mp, paid meehort
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Visit. Their scPuts, they said l ' bad
failed to! find. ajny trace of thelfligi
two. Indeed, I btlieVe • theit i ictur
Was inclined to di'mbt the sta t l psent
I had made, for he cross-exa tried
me again' and, again upon, the Whole
matter. l'An hour or more pakeed ;
the beach, so fur as the eye kionld
stretch; Was qtr 4 te deirrtecl, as ;also
were the tops of there cliffs, slun g
wliich,-from my position, I.Con q -see'
some waY. l'h sun Was dec)imitig,
the thin 'lm of blue smoke . free:a 'the
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litnekiln rose p ttily aerosst4 little
green plateau before mentioned:, and
the whole effect at this time waa one
of perfect calm and peace, bat,also
one of intense loneliness. At plast,
however, this was rudely brok4 by
the appdarat ce of Ralph Dyntf pow ing down the road. He was far from
sober, and-lurched and stagdred ie
his gait.' . He stopped noiv aud (hen.
and 'appeared to be looking vrtcintly
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about seaward for his [ vessel. I 4.s he
neared me he said. sulkily; 1 1
"D 'ye apPen't ha' seen theeriboat
Of mine?"
" Notigince yesterd7," I ilePiied,
shortly. ' -- 1
"Not since yesterday ?" Ihe 're=
ipeated
i i iot eye upon me and tthenmoodd li s., first' - turning his
1
bloods ,
toward the spot where she had[been
'lying. f` What d 'ye mean by IY*lsier
;day? What's 'i yesterday ? Twern't
yesterly I broughter - ronitdi was
it? No. conldin't ha' been, ci
" con
lit
tinned to mutter; ll s
was - bruin'.
-Where the blaies is ri e gone ? ' l ,
And then he staggered a ace-or
'two fariber down the road, s opped.
came hack, scewled at, me, mitttered
another' oath, itnd retreated 1 by the
way be,had coe. ' i
, I had reach 0131 sec
in
and bend in th road above me, When.
I stet- him sn chilly give a isticrt_
much abif he ad, seep a ghofit--and
-met off rennin' With_all• his Might:
Wondering wbat could I have I pro
docsd ranch unlookedor agility in a
man of his bult . , I beheld, al about
twenty yards f Om bits,',
.a tall, dark
figure emeiging stealthily film out
of one Of the l any•crttitingscir chalk
pits by the oad. I immidtately
recogniztd th , madman. e was
ti
witliotA his lityt and Was tato( pir.g oii
I i . ' ed
cronch'ng, as it seem .• at rst, Wl'
ag
Dyner took to; his heels, e pres
ently , et off r nnieg.after h ni, 1 1
took!
I stood up from' illy, .0 set- and
shouted I bad a whistle with me, and
blew it with allMy i 1214412 V—did
every turn I could to raise an Edam.
'Fora {moment a turn, in the ;road
hid alike pure; ed from My view, but
;.
presenltly they both stood ot: clear
agaihst. the ev ning ekY, upon the top'
of the [nearest high, chilli , The pins
at which the heavier man' moved was
extrao i dinary t fear seemed e i to; Itave .
lenthim wings' neverth esi the ,
other ‘4 , 143 steadily g Ming ; on liiin, 1
and for en. instant t' 100 ' d as tit
ti
they might pnconnt r 'at 1 the Off edge, edge, for they lwere i r 6, tinin straight!
tows it. N' .de Itrembled at tti, ei
thong![ of wh E l miEthe' ' folio*
for I could [iii gine that inl his blind!'
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.direct l ion\be was runnin l g,l he turned' 1.
nimbly and \ doitbled Lisa liken hare;
but-again feellng !aim i overtaken, , ..' '
hearing, doebti es;•the '' breath- ,
ingot Pie revile atm t 4 hi' his ear
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(for the latter, Ili chtstretelied
armoirmed about 0 litive"--him in
Pifigrip),_the terrified*jitire took •
'euddetily to the little *riding. path
that le 'from- the ripperPiight down
fo-the een platea
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u, overliahl4ig the,,
limekti . The reninentti a . 8 with
fairty "area out of hiw;l4,proably •
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hardly ;saw whither he waif goin \
or • ..
be would have reniembfirdd ,that, s
from here there Was *eseape,
striilzgle•for lifnwohld orely ensue,
1 Reaching the grass, papier made
kir the!, ledge aber theikiln, and`'
this' hilought„ himlto ' hit]. fifty' ,
yards of .where • I was Pin - ding. I 1
weld see the terror i hie white'
bloated! face nand. as hist bewildered ' ;
gaze fell upon the lyawnpag red hot "',
pit of b l urniug lime i beneath him, and 1
he knew that he was cagiel, he threw
At
up, his arms with a tie* .lan'd tarn- ,
ing round, encountered t kiie maniac ,
face to face. They closed in an in
stant; tie fatal grip wail unready op . ,
Diyners throat. I Del* every ...'
effort, be failed to Ishaltlii ;it off, or s
even toirelas it in the 144; but, his •
enorreolas strengtlei eha ea' him to • :
life his hntogniet off the' &piled as '
If
if he had been a child. 61 I
-As hd did so theyjfell, pit Daynef
downward, arid for sever4l ; momenta. '' , :
they were rolling in a 'beadle heap '
together, the thin i sineltyi form 'of
the Madman Clinging to dud entWin-• •
leg the ether's bulky frame as a sere '
pone m i ght coil round aili elephant.
I),iyner ;struggled to' his
. t i feiiiti again,
and in t!he wild whirl whiph; followed' !
I Alva , frem the deeperiing color of" '
his &eel that th ose: terrible. fingers _
must -be tightening their Sofa. I ''
It wai3 a fearful spectae)e i Hi her ! ' 1,
-led thiiiher for, a few ,tuoinetits more i
upon that narrow led:,, , e4f ' turf they 1
two belies swayed, now - going w 4 ith , 1
4 lieft'Vy ithrid against t he! wall Of Chalk •
on the one -side, and :then staggering
perilously near the, sheer d4wn. eliff , .. I _,, i
:aboire, the kiln on the lathed., 'Twice ,
42ain, they fe'l, and- twio again
papier got. to his feet. Heeens now , \,'
tearing pt the madMan'elbaerd and- •
hair, and dealing . smai
sing- blows , ,
with his huge fists at the face lof his ~
foe; lint the grip evidentl . t. 'Peter fur
.in instant lessened; lit was I steadily
doing its fatal work open; the ) 4 ictim.
All of a ' sudden; th 'biginan'a
serength seem to fail ' him ;entirely. .
`Once lire the two dropPed Ito the ,
ground, this time so Cloaul to !the edge
of tlfe plateau that lin tind,ther. in= •
itant bilfore I could Well realize the
horror ilif the event, they hail fallee,
Cocked in their deadly enibiace with i
each other, into the firy *Os of the '
.liceekiln below! . , 1 i-s • ! .
'Au in'quest ou a nte!, uniAccignizable
charredlremains of the tvilo reiseruble' ,
men leis bi ought out the, terrible,
- sequel o this tale of latutalify and . •
unable:4i. That afserrioop, While OA _
whole v i l l age was' fn' connuOtion at .., ,
the news, there arrived .wci police- .
!nen frniiil3alstone, dt..king f6r Ralph
Di% tied It appeared mat the lad I
who helped him to sail hit craft, find
ing
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bis,ltnasteridid not rer un' in time
to savelthe daylight on he'previous,
,Ivolitig, got one of the boiatnien froth '
rho bedeii. to . , aid Win 'in taking her' '.
had; tc the neighboring, port, as he
ha',l to to on many otlat r ciecasicd:s•
when, tk my I fisherman ! friend had
, .
itiv.ge 3 / l e.,l,the burly ruffii,n land taken • ->
to a drh3king bout: , Tge
_ttiiii and
the bit gok r into Heluistone (that ,
place niot beiug above au hones' sail
, fr) juqt, at nightfall; hit On, their'
way, n t hearing anying liof Mrs. V .
DaYne , they ;looked, in o the little
fore-em in, - and; 'to ' lir ldismay, ,
or woman leeding
found he poor and
almost' senseless. She . faintly told.'
them t at her hushiud; ha 4 struck
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her a t emendous blew List before he'
lt,ft hi boat on the winning; and ... -
they had hardly got hr on shore
i
when she died ;rout its ffects. ••
A dteadfol retribatio had over- -
taken' ter murderer, 'anti I had wit
nessed; it, as also had an others; ,
for beiades being -attrcted j . to, the '
cf
spot by my shouts an, whistlings,
some Of tits natives of itstlean had
cangKsight of the begjiming of that
chase for life, and 'of course had fol-
lowed it up. 'But, from a 1 strange
coinciepee, accident , oil , whatever it
inv t
'. eve been; `eel ; instrument 1
selecte(d by Fate to deaf thifl act' of '
retributive justice torhea otO to have, . •
been 4 fearfully fitting ne—the mis- ,
erableimaniac being no'ie other than '''
the lother 'of Mr& Rayner.. The
faint f madness 'Was' in .the family,
`rind o ce, long ago, it was proved - he
i5 - ad attached her husbatid, atter some
high words between dill), and nearly
strangled him. This was the• first .
sign that homicidal Mani which,
'early leading 'to one Murder, as . the ,
duct had stated, terminated in the , .
eatast ophe I beheld.--Illis account-
1
ed for Dayner's behaviour when he
fit* heerd jof. . the - Inoiltic being :at 1
large, and the'ubjecti finer Ihe dis-
played
_on seeing : him - thiddenly
ewer r e — from the clailk;po.
_His
nerve , shattered by hia disselute life,' •
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doub less, the recollection (!)f tilos° ,
terri le fleg,ers; which hdd once ,: 1
alrea y been, at his throat'i . scared ' ,
his wits utterly. andiefl to his seek- '
ing safety in flight, thd One course of , t
all o Pets the most atal fro have ---
adoptelj'in the Treierice of such a
madman. - ~ 1 i ' I - '
1 doubt if I ever! shall have tho I :,„ ,
heart to finish my' eikeph. I fear I i 1
644 ever look upon itl linesiwithout: l. 1
seeingthat awful death-struggle still '
goin on npon the Mile green pia
teen hich'is so promient a feature '. '
in tb subject. At present pad can- - 1
vase tends with its' face to Ithe wall
and verything concer'aing the tre.-
gedy being now overar d my presence
of n farther use, 1. , ttiink the wisest •
Ibieo I can do ia,,,,10 ipack jup 'and
• quit t he Pilot to•nio*ow reorning,
ende I,oring as far ais poiaible — to
forg •t my visit to Pitddean,l and all
conn•cted with it 3
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A HILIA Loom.---There is often a
;dept., of wisdom M :the Shoughtu
'and ayings of the little on, which
prat illy has failed tb fathom, and ,
Iwhic those 'Who are but lohildren
jof la ger growth " rriiOrt dp well to,
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lappl . Such ' wisdom T ate beautifully
exe fified in the ease of a little girl
who i onm rpturned 'to !her klimofrom ,
la jauht; in the woods, her face coy-'
lered with mosquito bi 3 i es. ‘glWhy did
on not drive them]n away said her
mother. " They WoUld not go," said f
the,hia " Why 'did you: not kill
theao" "It would ilot h 4 ove been
righ ," was the answer. l "But I
hay ;seen .you kill them it hotoe,"
nrg 4 the surprised riasithek. " Yes,
ma Ma," argned; thb Child txmly,
"if tkey come into any : hones and,
bite me I kill their ; but if Igo into'
i i
the wiitids, that it their house, end I
bawl no right to kill themi'' .'
"--Fs this jury co wrists ts. erect,"
amid 4 X•asour4 roAtiag dP WI Sieves
sad lispiaptor his voace4ina qIII . I S sball
trei comptolod to nmeot asp °wand 1111Amtuld
Pull Auto las iNtst thrtittliftlllll4llllll..
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