S. W. ALVORD, Publisher.
VOLUBLE XXXIX.
l_az.itess Cards.
W. RYAN, .
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- CO UNTY SUP S I R INTENDENT
.oaleo day last Saturday or each mouth, oVer Turner
Sr. Uordon's Drug store, TOwaru a, Pa.
Towanda, Jame :-.1);:ig78
ELSBREE4. SON,.
ATTORYg TS-AT-LAW;
TOWANDA, PA
F. C. F.t.SuitEic
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pAIN TINGS.
POETRATTS AND LANDSCAPES •
Painted to Order at any•prire front (1.3 to 000.
Oil raintinga Ite-Painted, Re:Touched, or changes
made as dr . ...fret).
All 'work done to the highe.t style of the Art.
• IOItA 4 K -BENDER..
Towanda; ra.. April Is, )578.
T ROGA LSKI,
Employed with M. Mehdelman for the past four
years, Legs leave to announce to his friends and
the ptipllc generally that he-has rumored to the
Boston 91-Ceilt Store, one door with of the First
National Batik, and opened a shop for the repair
of Watches. Clocks. Jewelry. dm. All work war
ranted to give entlre satisfaction. (Apr4lS,
AvJ.. YOUNG, _
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ATTORNEY-AT LAW,
TOW DA, rw
Ddlce—iCecond door south of the First Natlona
Bank Main St., in, stairs.
Ull D. KINNEY,
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.4 TTOR2VRT-AT-L.4 fl
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Office—noon:l tortnerly occupied by Y.M. C. A
Reading nootis. [J3143118.
WILWAMS &ANGLT,',
k 4 2' TOR NE Y S-A
' OFF I C E;:—Formy rly occupied by Wm.:Watkins,
Esq. 'mod
.11. N. WILLIAMS. ( . rie(.l7, '77) E.. 1. A NC).E
ATTORNEY AND ecION,SELLOIL.AT-LAW,
31cPlIER SON;,
ToWANDA,
Aft'y Erwl. Cu.
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MASON HEAD,
T 7'() RXE 1 - . 5% A T-1. .11r
Towanda, Pa, Ornce over Bartlett & Tracy, Main-at
MEM
R. F.MAso
L. HILLIS., .
A . J. ATToRNEY-AT-LAW,
rowANI,A, PA. j
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IClfnce with . Smith 31 , ,3tanye. • owvll-75
E. F. GOFF,
ATTORYEY-AT-LAW.
Hire Street (4 doors north of Ward noose). To.
l'a. ;April IS7T. •
I. Tuomrsos, ATTORNEY
-VI eAT LAW, \I P.l. Will attend
yell Itesit.,s eli,trated care la I:tadtora,
l^:~ivnn and WY"ntl"i; Co""ti". 0111" tv tll r''4‘.
fcrict. tgt.v
L. LAMB,
•ATToILN EY-A T-T. AIN
it. ti ts-lt
•C.ollectlium promptly atlle toted to.
• July 27,1 G,
\V. MIX,
ATTONSI::Y A T LAW,
- AN
11. c4OIMISIONEIt,
Oalco—Norin Side Pill.fic Square
DAViES & CARNOCIIAN,
ATrwtccxs AY L AW,
801,7Til SIPS OF WAlrll TIOITSF.
M.C2L-"S
R.
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(lan and Surgeoh. OfZiee over 0. A. Black's
rnt:kery s: ore.
.Tuvraliaa, flay r, 157?.1y•..
14-.A.1)1 L L ,C CA LI FP,
AT LAM.
%, PA. '
DMCV Di lyrklut's at:, 4.,,or , mit:i of ty First
NAthoin.ll,lt,k,
rl.tio-731 y 1 .1. N. CAIAFF.
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Bolan N.lde Mounr 1111,/.7.: t occuplt.4l
e by i fai 11..5 4', C ano Thatt),
TOWAN DA. I'A
((.1 , 77) S.ll, I'ATNE
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JAM ES 'WO D,
ATTOI: N ET-AT 4. W.
mello-7e WANDA. r.
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CHAS. M. HALL, - ;
Attornoy-at-taw and Rotary,
%Vid give e:.ref•:: aiiehtiol: to ally t . ll;aftes,:eri Iraq
Cl to him. Wile, l'atriek .Sr. Foyle, (ovei
Journ , a ()Mee), 1'o,v3:e1:1, [jun.-7'77.
JOHN F. SSNDERSpN,
_ ATTonNEY-AT4,AW,
OFF IC M c —Wails jiulfilri,ir(ocor s'Store),
web 9:..76
li EORGI D. STROUI),
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rractlt., in stipr,•ftoi• Olaf; -.
'of l'enioylvanla 3111 r r;litod TPWANDA, PA
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FT. STREETER.
LAW OFFICE,
MWASPA, rA
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OVERTON lERCITR
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
TOWANPI PA.
' olll ' c ' e orer Montanyes Store. • • ttw01;7.5
Irtt. OKEUTON. ROONEY A. ,tERCUR
VM, MAXWELL,
TTuRNEY-AT-L.4 14'
OFF (CV. OvKli DAYTON'S t`'TOIDt.,.'rk 3 WA.NDA, PA
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A 1 4 7 , 41 SE IS-AT-LA W
()tare, ItT Slerctir's
.INDIZEW WILt,
.t TTIil:NEr,t r9l7:vsELL(frn-A A IV,
• 'Witt... ••str Crott , ' Ittiott tw" doors
f•ti6", 't • •4 SlAy 111.) on:hutted
titl:ur • it 1.2.
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GESI;ZIAL
NSURA NCE.AGENCY
T'*.kNDA, PA.
31:ty297nt
INSITRANCk AGENCY.
f.;!i , l()wlng
RELIABLE AN p 'FIRE\TRIED
AiNCSII I iir..plutNix,ltinti:.3tralcilA NTSI
34-arc!t O. U. 13 AOC
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T oWAN DA . In:AM:INCE Ad ENct
Jtain Str eet 1 1 ,11( ;lite the - Gout /102111*
W. S. VINCENT,
NT . :OsTAGEI:
DR. B. JWINSON,
NITS/4. 7 / 4 3',42VD SURGEOY
OlDre over Dr. Porter Sr Son , sDragStorn, Towanda.
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4 4, r -K 11 14: 1. -1*I lt j e l a4 1 1. F. P N I T T 1 . 8 ,17 - .Zuda. ° P i a lieC
Terth heerted tut Gold. Rubber. and Al.
02 mniurra lase. Tpetb extracted without pain.
( ) el. ti 4-72.
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PEL : iICIAN AND SDRaRom,
(1111c.e7Ner .11ontany,,' Lours fmn 10
1.011.; c. m„,...vel !milt 2 t,l I, P.M. Special ankle:lon
gi , en to Jiff ,143,ti id UM Eye mud Eatei/c1.19,111:1.f.
SUMMER
GOODS !
L. ELSlVitirat
CASH PRICES !
I HAVE NOW ON HANDY A
FULL LINE OF
Figured Lawns,
Figuned Lawns,
White Goods, = _
lrhite Goods,
rtl).l - 715
A RTItUlt IT EAD
Buntings, SYe.
Fans and Parasols
IN Cry RE A T ItIE TY AT
R e P„)LT D 1)111(thS.
Jan. I, 1575
TOW A N PA
Towatola, Va., .intin 11, 1878
FAM E.—ln everycommi nity there
nnr so me, men .110 I . :1111011S in home
particular branch id trade. The history of
TILE Lt ADECO AND POPULAR
~LOTH~~R !
ffas coronet! his Hama on tlie roll of successful
ENTE SING 3MERCIEANTS.
Willi WA fi nal exrell,ht taste and Judgment - Mi.
Itozenfleld has ju.,t.openvd an Immense stock of
.S'PRING AND SUMMER GOODS.
TOWA til>.t;
Selected With the grenter.t can% and every article
guaranteed
at prices placing them In the each of all
Pont buy anything , In the clothing lino: unpLyoo
have examined
18111, 1873
JACOB'S
T,olv an .la, Pa.
ly 17-73
ASPrilly S,nni►ter
CLOTH ING !
BEEN EQUALLED BEFORE IN
Quality or Lou' _Prices;
PLEASE CALL A; ',EXAMINE
-_ . _OEFORE .111ItCHASING.
Patton's Block,\Main-St: •
Towanda, Pa.,Mardi
BIM
fi J. L. Etat.
gs, &c.
J. L. "K-i.'7.NT.
Clothing
M. E. ROSEN FItLD.
Ile Is selling elegant
SPRING OVERCOATS
1147SENFIEL DS 6TOCE.
Zr you du you WM reg?
EMI
Is 110 W recelilng Ids
STOCK OF
WHICH HAS NEVER
THIS MARKET,
Eltbcr for
Article Fir-at-Class.
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UNDERGIOUND.
• Mnjestle dreams of heavenly calms,
Bright vision's of nu:fading
'Wherewith the brows of saints are crowned.
awhile my soot resigns them all, L :
Content to rest death's dreamless thrall,
Sate underground.
Rest, rest, oblivious rest I Crave,
rhough harrowed to a pine-chull grave,
With.sylvan shadows shituntering found.
race of heaven, it mire and deep, -
Scarce oos me like earth's aeon steep, •
Far underground.
IMil
.111 Infinite wearin.ss possessed,
Of sent and senses, blood and breast s
Where can such (Blond balm be found
As that which brentioe from out the sod
'Baptized by rain and dews of God,
Deep undergiouud
A century's space I yearn to be-
Untroubled, slumbering tranquilly.
There by the haunted woodlands bonnd.
What suns sh■ll set, what planets rise
O'er pulseless brain and cuitalued eyes,
!Calm underground)
A century's sleep might bring redress
To these (lull wounds of weariness,
Till the soothed spirit, halo and sound,
Grew conscious of the sacred trust
That holds Immortal bloom In dust,
Low underground.
Yea! conscious grew of rustling wings,
And keen, mysterious (khlsportngs,
11le WTI, home-like, teer tho burial motnd;
My soul would greet thy Orient kiss .
Angel of
Thrilled underground 3
TRIED GOLD.
Mil
Get the spindle. and distaff ready, '
God will send the flax;
So makes the bee, from Surrimer Bolen,
Honeycomb and wax.
Work the six days, pray all seien, .
Trust' the rat to the grace of Heaven.
Cast thy bread Upon the.waters,
Ask hut gain or praise, •
Lou shalt eat It fresh and sweet,
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A r days.
Work II as,.pray all se7n, -
rust It the grace of Ileaven.
Winds inay blow;ludtho tree God planteth
Taketh deepcC,root ; •
Winds that shake It Caltuot break It,
It shall hear good
Work the El% days, praylail seven, .
Leave the rest to the gracetif Beaten.
Never wish fot the tarnished wager,
Fraud and lying pay
Coto every cell tto,r
Comes the evil day.
lit - oik the six days, pray all seven, N
Trust the rest to the grace of Heaven. \
lieilotzth-well who doethhis best,
Ile (Meth well - who strives;
Nublest efforts May sometimes fall—
Never Mohler lives.
Week the six days, pray all seven,) . .
Trte , t. ;he rest to the grace of IleaVert.
—Lillie . R. Barr.
I
In a‘,Storm.
The rain was drizzling out of :a
(lamp heaven as if a cloud were driv
ing toward us.and breaking over us;
the wind, which had risen at daylight;
was swelling With every:suceceding
blast; and the river was rolling in
white caps. .Still,there was no ques
tion of laying the boat by when our
party front the hills came down•and
went aboard with much ado and mer-
Ty-mai:mg. • i •
The Huntress was.a river craft that
nerde.conneetion at De4bars, the
tie port .on the bay at the river's
mouth, with the sea boat that would
take ,tis by a farther Nloyage to our
journey'S end.• Indeed, 'the llunfress
was not much of an affair anyway,
and the 'accommodations were such
that we all preferred to remain above,
even in the rain, being well protected
in gossamer rubber, high boots, and •
all the modern improvements. • We
were a, gay party, whO bad been
amusing ourselves,. as traveling com
panions do, with reading' and fancy
work, flirtation and scandal. Among
others we numbered Mrs. Ilowison,
the doyenne of the party, who gave
it eminent respectability, kept every
body up in his pedigree, and did the
diamonds, as Belle Evans said ; Belle
herself; who did the t'eauty ; Mrs.
Cameron, her chaperon, and the
mother of Lucia and John ; Miss
Marvin, an heiress struggling with
idiocy, whose money was possibly
the loadstone of one or two youths
who hung upon our verge, as Belle
said, not of us, yet hot against us.
Ofthe girls, Miss Evans was. *per
haps, the most beantiful, yet_ Miss
Murray, with her clear,. dark, color
less face, and the great gray eyes,
faultless features, and dark hair, and
with her manner of proud reserve,
stimulated curiosity and interest con
siderably more. Tall, and perhaps
too stately, with her silence and her
haughty ways, she impressed you as
one with a history; yet., one 'day
when I •hadbe - en with her more than.
usual, Howison begged to as
sure me that people often lost caste
by associating with the Atom-limn
place, and that Miss Murray was
only Mrs Cameron's companion, en
gaged to relieve
and
from the trou
ble"
of reading and playing to her.
mother.
Yet Belle Evans was, also not with
out interest to the impartial view,
the more as she. carried on a love at':
-fai rand i a flirtation at the same time,
her engagement with, John Cameron
having lately been broken, and belt,
heart with it, it was understood,
whiCh fragmentary condition of her
system she was supposed to be con
cealing by. the -disguise Of pleasure
in-Col. Bates' society, Ca Bates be
ing the - next friend of John Cameron
himself. 'As for Lucia, Miss Marvin .
and the rest, doubtless some portion
Of the world would .have missed them
had they suddenly dropped out of it.
Such as we were, we had paSsed
some pleasant days, together, fOr even
although Belle, every day more dis
tracting, drove Cameron to the be
ginning of despair by her behavior
with . Cot Bates—who was blindly
convinced thatle only did his friend .
good service in keeping her from
worse miSchief—and -Cameron
re
duced Belle to the - same pass by the
exasperating indifference. with which
he viewed her conduct, yet such
sweet sorrow seemed better to them
apliarently than any common experi
ence-of joy, and they did their best
to prolong and accentuate it..." It is
better than a hovel ;. it' is as good as
a play," said I once to Miss Murray,
for, : in spite of Dame Ilowison, we
I Nur somehow . ". taken to each other,
fur here are the actors- living. and
,
ME
ENE
TOWANDA, -BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 18 78.
real before you," and I. remember
catching her eye again when she
smiled despite herself at these, side
scenes, although somewhat too indig
nant concerning the shrubs and blos
soms with which yoUng Black was
loading her just then to smile at all.
"You'look like Birnam Wood;"
Belle had cried.
"And feel as if Dunsinane were at
the ends of the earth," she bad. an
swered.
And Sally Marvin, then looking
Miss Murray over from head to foot,
talked afterward to - Lucia, as she al
ways did on .such opportunity, with
an odd sort t. insolent laughter be- .
tweet', the syllables.' The color came
to Miss Murray's face-; but she never
noticed
.anything of ;the kind, not
even thanking Belle. by a glance
.when the latter resented her a ffronts.
.
It was, not: frequently, indeed, that
she waitively affr onted ; but com
monly that she was; completely ig
nored. It, seemed' to Make' small odds
to her. Nokso Belle. Pleasure and
she were not separable 'terms. The
little creature was ! like some
sporting in the sun — . but let the beam
fade, and, she woul d'{ fall. The- dis
tinction between the girls could
hardly have been . pointed betterthan
it was by an adventure that befell
them, when they were found, in one
of our mountain rambles, in nnswer
to Belle's agonized and repeated
shrieks, elinging together on a scrap
of ledge at the; foot of,a slippery
steep, and holding to life by a branch
that alone= sated them from falling
the dreadful depth of the chasm be
low, while from a cranny of the ledge
a: snake lifted its head, looking them
full in the face; Trenabling . and cry.
ing and all unstrung, Belle was help
ed out or danger. in the midst of her
ahrieks; lmit Margaret lingered,: as
Col. Bates and young Black grasped
her wrist from above, to have one
look dOwn the dark abyss. And al
though Belle was treated as, a com
pound of heroine iind•martyr, crying
and shivering and laUghing by turns,
as she was the rest of the 'day, and
declaring that she thought that. the
face.of that - stuifie.waa the face of the
Great Enemy, himself, yet the other
went about 'her duties quietly and
unnoticed as before, it- being some
how recognized by tacit consent that,
no matter how the affair bad ended,
it' would have _made sinall difference
to Miss _Murray: . •
Col. Bates now 'folded her wrap
More closely abotit Belle under the
awning Of the little steamer's deck,
and\sat beside het, while Cameron
stalked up and. doWn,
; with his hat
slouched round his ears, rind his
cigar snioke surrounding him in a
`Cloud, ancliss Murray leaned over
the stern, safe and dry in her water-.
proof garinentS,' moodily , watching:
the water, or the steep shores that
foul weather made only frowning
and foibidding: \
We- had expected q'reach Desbars
by noon, but, owing to the increas
ing storm, it was long \ past noon
when, the way widening into the bay,
the town appeaied, a darker spot on
the dark horizOn; which it. wha judg
ed unsafe for the little steamerto ap
proach, and the ; Huntress: came to
anebor out in the bay, silk in bYa
world of mist and rain, pitching tp \
and down, with her liehd to the gale,
there to remain till the tide turned.
—Patti ilayait
Of course it was Illot, long before
the distress of the . party, between
hunger - and sea-sickness and horror
of the night- in that little cabin;
caused other plans.to be considered ;-
and presently it was announced that
those who would were to:be taken
ashore in boats, Where a dwelling
cduld receive them tilt - conveyances
i
to town were fon d. 7o be sure.
neither Miss Marvi i nor - Lucia could
think of such a thi g as being slung
over the rail into tl c boats that came
sliding down the ide of a billow,
and they screatne I and they shut
their eyes, and wer slung over ; as
for Bole, she Was ö seasick she did
not care what be ame of her, and
never knew •cvlietl er Col. Bates or
John Cameroti.hel e her ; two of the
dowagers Made th plunge with the
,egtiipoise due th it 'weight. Miss
'Altirray and I Slid to our seats helped
Only by an old sal or; the , rest re
mained on board; and presently the
Hun li T ss was Only a blot in the mist,
and a' dark line was taking - Shape
and •risingbefore yt., while "the 'rain
was slapping rouni us in wet sheets.
As the boat's Were beached, we saw
long, fields Of \ br wn • slippery sea
weed, through whi hWe were to wade
to the • old Sea \„, ouse—a rstrange
mansion built of t e broken stone of
the beach, lookin ' half a prison and
half a - mad - hoes .. falling to decay,
as well as it d. lbe
co g sseen through
the,Storm.. ,' .
• " And so it is," said the, \ Captain,
who had gone ashore with\us,- and
supported me. "The master of the
house is 2t - stt'ange creature, speaking
to few but hiS servants—mad,maybe,-
or has been mad. Ile married \a
girl, they say, who had another lover,:
but whose mother compelled her, un
der bad threats: . She never Saw him
till he - came ';with the parson. She
escaped from the_ house that night
and drowned, herself, they. think.
rn
And the at u
- Cme doWn here. bought
this place, and perishes with remorse,
they say.. But - his house is always
open on the_side of the sea " said the
Captain. jerking out the sentences of
his deep bass with the
.rain in his
teeth. "-He and the men tend, out on
all the wrecks, and. there's many of
them on this ugly bin-of--water. He
thinks death by drowning is pretty
bad, I guess. There be comes, now."
The rain was driving like fine nee
dles,:in our faces, and the-wind• was
all We could; make way against. The
-Captain had Mrs. Howison on one-
sido,,,and fuel on the other ; Miss Mur
ray- was close behind, and the strug
gling groups followed with shrieks
and laughs that the wind blew down
their throati. .Belle every now and
again sitting down on the wet sea
weed, telling everybody to go on and
let her die there, btit presently made
up her mind to face tne storm : again;
and we liad i r another long field of the'
ankle-deep Sea-weed to cross. /
-" Yes, there he comes," cried/the
Captain. ", How are yoe; Mr./Bie
sett ? . Any Shelter for .these wave
worn mariners nt
. 82a •Honse We
are not wrecked, but gone before, you
see.",
And to
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REGARDLESS OP DENUNCIATION-PROM ANY QUARTER.
ake matters worse, at the
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moment,. as if nature at last !gave
way, Miss Murray fell over and faint
ed. Mr. Bitsse A tt, however, had caught
her, the o th ers too tired -*Om their
tussle with the Storm to be of ser
vice: but be lifted her and, carried
her across, his shoulder as though
she. had ben a . child, turning' and
leading the way up to his gates. He
was 'a powerful fellow in every inch
of his - stature—a dark, ungainly,.
.black-bearded Boanerges. I thought,
in, the. glance .I had before the com
pelling tempest bowed my by head
again, and felt in the deep-rolling
tones with which he ordered his men
to march before and break the force
lef the gale from those directly be
bind them. But he • bowed his head
ito no blast, and seemed a tower of
:strength before us there.' Nor ; did he
:look over his shoulder when, just at
the gate; Mrs. Cameron's cry. rang
'out as she slipped- and fell, and
obliged her son to emulate Mr. Bas
sett's example. But in the shadow of
the :Porch' Mr. Bassett turned, the
rairvdrops sparkling on his, beard and
on his thick, black eye-lashes, lifting
his tot from the low brow, white, I
saw, under the .ebon masses of hair,
certainly his whole strange face
strangely tiansfignred." Welcome
to Sea House all.]" he said, and pass
ed on, winding his : way through dark
passages, where we lost sight of him
as' we followed the ringing sound-of
:his steps. lie paused in a little cab
inet and htid his burden on a sofa
there, first removing her wet wraps,
and then disappearing to return with
bandages and lotions for: Mrs. Cain-.
eron's ankle.' When he had made
her comfortable on her improvised
bed, in which task I assisted, he went
over to Miss Murray, who still lay on
the Sofa,' silent and deathly white.
But at the movement she opened her
gray eyes, dark from the rings of
shadow now surrounding them, slip
ped . her feet to the floor, faltered a
second, and then hastened to Mrs.
Carneron'sxide, falling on her knees
and her, and breaking into
hysterie sobs.
"Why," • Miss Murray, Margaret,
my poor child, it's nothing but a
sprain]" cried. Mrs. Cameron. «My
dear, I never knew you cared for me
soh,
I-don't!" she exclaimed, ris
ing impetuously. "I—"
But Mr. Bassett was before her.
"-I must forhid any exeitementrhe
said, in those deep tones.. " I will
send a servant to attend to the pa
tient. Pray, consider yourself, mad
am, my Welcome guest - till your lure
is complete. This, young lady's room
adjoins" your own, across the pass
" I shall stay with my mistress,"
'said Miss Murray, suddenly, 'and
without looking up. •
He stopped , . and. surveyed her,
whether amazed, I wonderd, that this
haughty and ungracious young wo
man acknowledged.herself a servant,
orithat she - -did it so proudly. But
after the glance he.only bovied. Nev
ertheless, the room' is At her dispo
sal," he said, opening the door which
led to it, and -presently leaving us
together. •
I went into the room,of cofirse,and
looked about me, for my cloak bad
not been thoroughly protecting } and
\ the big fire blazing on the hearth
there attracted me. The-rest of • the
party were drying themselves other
where. • Mrs. Cameron fell into 'a
dose, \and then Miss -Murray came
and stiiod on the hearth beside me.
It was a large room which evidently
had • been \made more comfortable
than the rest, of the house !or Mr.
.Bassett himself. - A dark rug nearly
covered it, thiselc curtain inclosed
- the windols, seine old prints and
portraits, probahlY\bought With the
house, hung upon the s wall - ; there was
a huge jar of - ilowerk!, 'there mitre
books and papers, and general para
phernalia. "Its his own T4wid: look;'
aid I. -
Oh, how shall deka you
-=--
see". began Miss' Murry but
just then Belle broke into the room,
silencing herself at our hushing \ _
"flow is, she ?" shehalf whispered.
"In pain? Poor Mrs. Cameron! Asleep?'
How nice ! Lucia takes it easily,
doesn't she ? 0 Miss Trombly 1 0
Miss Murray!! This is just the queer
est place, delightfulest• old _place—
fullbf romance. •If only - we could
stay here till 'Mrs. Cameron- were
quite well again! Just a little sprain..
Why couldn't she----" But Belle in
terrupted _ herself just there.. "He
says ve must," she went ou. "But
Alien y,ou know of course you know we
couliNt. It's a real adventure; and
oh !.isn't it delicious? At any rate
we can!t, go while the storm. lasts.
Get down, on your knees, Miss Mtn:
ray, and pray that it shall last a week:
Well, then, come and, look - at the oth
er rooms—sliding panels, false doors,
•
everything."
I folloiCed her out. _&s I turned
to close the door I saw Miss Murray.
throwing up her arms with a desper
ate gesture, and when I came back
she stood leaning on the mantel, her
head bowed, her fallen hair hanging
over her clasped arms, the picture of
dejection.. 'What in the world did it
mean ? Since it was not concern for
Mrs. Cameron,- was it dementia ?
.Had the storm and the exposure giv
en her a fit of melancholy? Now I
bethought me, had there not always
been something of insanity in the
way iii whiCh she carried her eyes,
looking diiivn?,
Meanwhile the house iiearly justi
fied 13elle. It bad originally been a.
Government hoURe, afterward,becom
log a tavern, and then,, ts a haunt of.
smugglers, • it, had been 'altered to
their purposes; in the next \ genera
tion it had been' refitted 'With some
sumptnosness as a, family mansion.
Although threadbare now; the :car
pets had then • been rich _and thiel;
and mantels and wainscots ;had been,
ninutely carved and overlaid with
a gilding partially destroyed. •
"Well "sighed Lucia, " we must
make the Most of this storm.'
. 1 sup.
pose mall have some of her absurd
scruples about Stiying even over
,to.
night, and she's bound to go tomor
row if she has to be carried. I know
her. If only, the other had tome too
and we had our trunks, just think of
the theatricals we could • get up!
What a house for a runaway match
"-'the Black Prince of the Forest,
watching his chance, step in behind
Theodeltada. from . a 'Withdrawing
WM
panel," cried Bell, "and, clapping his
shapely hand across tier lovely lips,
bears oir—"and there I left them to
their nonsense."
•. I. began, speaking of these capabil
ities 'of the house to Miss Murray
when I rejoined her.." And it doesn't
affect the romance for them at all,"
I said, "that-all these passages were
only for-the handy hiding of smug
gled brandy - kegs. and bales of silk."
- To my consternation she looked up
with a smothered cry- - of horror. I
felt in the 'midst °fan unknown trag
ey. "And. that was true then ?"
she exclaimed.'- "Concealed docirs,
dark galleries=---at no mement safe ?
Oh, they were-tightening before-L-the
toils. But now ! but now 1" and she
paced the floor liked a caged animal.
Certainly this is. a mad-woman,
and this is a mad-house,. I was say
ing to myself; but I learned what
her self-control --was - when,• at. Mrs.
Cameron's awakening moan. in the
opposite room, she sprano , to her Side.
quiet as a nun; and learned, too,
what Miss Murray's possibilities of
beauty were, with that dark hair,
usually bound so • severely away,
dropping now in rolling tresses about
the cheeks whereon a crimson stain
Seemed crushed. An hour afterward
during which we both composed our
toilet, a servant announced dinner;
saying she was to stay with -Mrs.
Cameron in our absence, "I can't
go. Indeed, indeed, 1 oan't," whis
pered Miss. Murray. "It—it would
Her works were cut short. by
Mr. Bassett himself, who, trapping
on the door; entered ; took Miss Mur
ray's hand and. placed it on his arm
and she went along as if to avoid a
scene. It was perhaps, to everybody's
amazement that she led • her to the
table, ancrsat her in the place oppos-
ite his own. But. it really made no
dffferetice where anybody sat, except
for the right and left of the host, as
'there was no carving to be done, and
the servants handed everything. Mr.
Bassett had, I thought, sent into
Desbaras, storm or 'no, storm, and en=
larged his household according to his
needs: Certainly a 'ut,:re princely
dinner than that is seldom served,
although with our wet weather gear
we were-a motley crew.
Misanthrope was .our host-? He
knew • how - to assume other role:;
with a few light sentenceshe had set
us all at our ease at once, anti he
sparkled with , jest and brilliant
speech, drawing also from - ea-eh Some
fit return, till we forgot the raging
tempest without and . that, we, were
strangers within.. Nor was he, as he
sat at the table after all the exertions
of the day, almost every Mon - tent of
the latter part of which had been
spent in making arrangements for
our comfort, the shaggy and unkempt
fellow who came out to give us shel
ter. Dark and black-14owed still he
was, but a gentleman—a gentleman
with perhaps just a dash of the gypsy.
As for Miss Murray, her color coin•
ing and ctOiag cruelly, she lived
through the clinner,playing with fork
and spoon, but not tasting a morsel.
As we rose iLformally form the table
and were passing out, he came to her
side. "11)4re something to say to
you," said he. But she turned and
caught my hand.
" No, no, you can have nothing to
say to mc," • she gasped;_ and drew
me swiftly away from her.
John bameron followed us, finding
his mother rested and refreshed anti
beginning to fidget, and as Lucia
came lilting in Belle directly added
herself to the party.
" Did you ever know anything so .
queer,?' cried Lucia, " as his putting
Miss Murray at the head of the table ?
And lie treated her as if she were
really—really--- Oh, beg pardon,
Miss Murray; I didn't see you." .
But Miss Murray did not vouch
safe- her W glance, moving into the
other room, still holding my hand,
elosina the door and bolting it. And
confess I trembled.
"I must tell you," she said. "You
are kind. You can help me. must
get away from here now—from these
people. ~.I. must go where I cannot
be traced. 'But have no friends—
no. Money ; and now he has found
ie, he will be always finding me.
Wait !" she said, holding her throat
as if the words choaked her. "You.
donianow, yon could never dreani,
.but—initl must tell you. Yes, Six
years ago I was married. Ali! don't
look so! We were in trouble=—there
had been defalcation. To bide it,
my mother's Wan was to marry me to
the person whim my stepfather had
defrauded. Ile\
s was a person . from
'the South-sea Islands.' Think of
Just think of such a man—to.
sell' me! Oh, I rbbelW, you may 'be
sure; I cried,'"l impiered. :Every
'day it was held up bcf.. , io s me that J
would be the cause - of . my mother's
disgrace, of the disgrace of\h , er
dren, of her husband's - thrt . ..atened
suicide, of their ruin and beggary
and' broken hearts. They • did \not.
hear me.' The carried on. the allair
.by letters. They would not let me \
see him, lest he should learn niy
willingness. • I had reason to be un
willing. Oh, ,what is the use ?" she
cried, starting up and going 'to the
,window. " What is the user Yet—if
my heart would not beat so! Miss,
Twombly, bad a lover. I will,
not say much, about him. I can't,"
she said, coining back to the fireside.
"They knew 'nothing of it, at home,
for we met accidentally in a wood,
and love seemed like a spark struck
by mere contact, for I loved him
from that moment. I loved him !"
she cried again, as she saw my amaz
ed look. at thiS breaking •down of all
her -barriers. "Yes, yes ; I need not
be ashaMed of it. I loved him."
She waited, looking into
.. the blaze.
" All at once they precipitated the
matter," she said hurriedly. "My
step-father (he had always been kind
to me ; I had known .no other) stood.
\ before me, the; • color of death ;
My mother hung on my neck, sobbing
berrsoul 011N:the:little_ children bud ' :
tiled , together in terror at unknown.
trouble. And .I—oh fool !—I grew
colder and colder, like a corpse. It
seemed 'to me that neither . did I
breathe n6! \ my heart beat. What
would my happiness be when 'knight
by their misery ? I Cried out to bring
him quickly before I. repented,. I
never loOked up \ when, a halt' hour
afterward he ctlme\in. I never spoke
during the' swift, Marriage, nor did he
tor: - there -fore no , words to Trivia;
REM
,
we. only bowed our heads in reply to
the - minister's questions and to I_l}
ceivo his blessing. Blessing! Bless.
ing! I could not see, not even the
glitter of the ring; the lights were
swimming before me in a stupor;
all I could think of . was that I could
not breathe, eitGcr. Befbre the last
Word was well uttered I felt insensi
We. Oh,.if • I
_had never waked I".
" When I Came to myself," she went
on, after a moment, "the room was
but dimly lighted ; a physieian at
the door was: saying something about
caugektion of the trrain. My mother
followed- him out. It rushed over me
all that I had done, the bondage of
my life, the desloation of my lover—
t As my mother closed
the door behind her I sprang from_
the lounge andcaught up such of my ;
clothes as had been removed, and.in
a fever strength dashed out of the.
window, I made for the river; but
when I saw its dark torrent I grew
full of anger toward those who had
driven me there. I seemed to . hate.
them too much to drown myself.• But
.1 dropped my shall there, to hurt, to
mislead them all. 0 - well well,. no
matter about the rest.• I found work.
at last;. found this place afterward
with Mrs. Cameron; except for seas
ons of suturing, have been, in the
main at peace.. And now—now----do
you understand.? 1 am-the wife of a
man whom I have never seen; but
this than—this other—.he will never
let me go again.- He--," •
- "Miss Murray I Do you mean—"
" Oh, I mean that Mr. Bassett was
.my lover!" - •
Just then at the door on the other
side or the room came the imperative
tap that J already recognised. I
sprang to answer it ; but as I opened
the door, meaning to make excuse,
and sa refuse entrance it was , gent
ly pushed out of my grasp, and' Mr.
Bassett came in. Ile walked 'direct
ly to Margaret-, but _she rolled the
chair between them, and stood
leaning on its top, her head_ thrown
back, her color high, the picture of
cantiful defiance. His own face was
radiant. "" You are making a last
stand," he said, holding out his arms.
- Her eyes fell ; she became pallid
and tremulous ;- her voice shook. "I
am here," she murmured, " because .1
cannot help it."
"Ana you think I will take no ad-
Vantage of it?" he cried. " Mar
g.iret ! whenl saw you in the storm,
:aril-a thunder-bolt seemed to' have
fallen at my feet, and the .graveto
have given up a ghost, and my heart
stood stillwhen I saw you fall out
- there on the sea-weed, and snatched
Sou in. my firths, and had you held
againit my breast, do you suppose
there was no wild plunging and rock
ing -of that waking rietta, no hot
surging of my blood, after all, those
years'of terror and tortue, when you
came like the resurrection of the
dead? •Do you suppose I 'would fore
go the fierce joy - of those Moments,
as I walked up to,this fiate, for all of
heaven ? Do you suppose I will ever
let you,go again ?"
But as she raised ber eyes, full of
sinfering, and her trembling lips
grew dky and white, he made haste
to step toward her, and taking her'
hand to draw her round in ,spite of
herself, and seat her in the chair.
"My poor he said, "I will
not try y0u,.1 Will not trouble you
LL ten, Margaret dear, while I tell
you the trial in my own way. It is
not had." 4e, stood leaning one arm
on the shelf, and 'leoking down on
her, the smile, and the radiance still
malting his face splendid. _" We all
have grandfathers," , he said, in a
moment or - two. "Mine was a sailor
wrecked. in the Pacific seas. He
married a chief's daughter, a straight
-haired, straight-featured, dark-faced
,princess, beautiful as all her Oriental
race.. He acquired ascendency over
the simple islanders; they endowed
him with Vast fields and forests.
When commerce found the . island
out, selling his ramie fiber and, the
- dried meat,of his cocoanuts to the
French and German houses, who ex
tract from it a precious - oil, he accu
mulated immense wealth. His son
married thejdaughter of a sea captain
from
. this region, ,and accumulated
further wealth. I was their child
and heir, and my wealth is still roll-
ing up. I was educated in Europe,
but these islands Were my home. • I
returned there, and I was proud of
them, of my noble and innocent is
landers, and of my dark strain of
chieftains blood—the ' blood •of
Asiatic princess. It is but a strain;
my brow is white -as yours: Well, to
hasten. Among my business corres
pondents was one who-visited the
.is
lands,lalked to . . me incidentally of
his family, and afterward, on his re
turn, sent inc a photograph of his
I owe it to a vein of sen
timent, perhaps, that I . fell blindly
in love with that picture. I wrote to
the father for his dawrliter's hand,
and offered him settlements that
were - riches to himself as well as to
her. Ile bade me come on. I did so , ,
my heart bounding with, hope. But
%viten arrived I found by. the dallying
that there:was trouble. I penetrated
to t'he cane. 1 felt then that proba
bly the girl would marry me, l.mt.
would he ever luv me ? 1 deter
mined t(Ansure that !lust,. L put my
self in hei \ way unknOwp—are you
listening; Margaret? It ended' as I
wished. I Li•ib.eve She did love inc..
I shall see. But then, in . some insan
ity, I feared, if ahe . found m e out,
she - might have a riTtlsion ; perhapS
wanted to hear hei\gladmry of sur
prise when she learned that the hp
band she dreaded . was the man she
loved.. "pushed. the freak one step
too far. 0 Maigaret, Margaret, - my
.darling t"- he cried, with trembling
.Words; " do'iyou know--2-do 3-on not
iinow now: that I am your husbsnd ?"
The.tears were shaking before my
gaze like an old fool's, and I could
oily see •him bending tover her un
resisting fi;rm, only' see the
bursting froni tier eyes, and her arms
suddenly lifted toward when
ran out of the room.. •
Whitt a world it was that we look,
ed out on next morning I.—sunshine
vivid as the storm had been violent,
azure heavens bending to azure seas
that rolled in nighty yeasty billows
clothed with ritinhoWs, great 'eliN
framing the pieture ;with their dark
red shadows round .ivhiek the birds
were whirling. MrS.. Cameron was
better, and.coaches_ were at the doors
~j ter. y + ~~~ , { r.
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to take .us into Desbars, where our
steamer lay at the wharf with the
rest of the party.
—" Where is your young woman,
Mrs. Cameron ?" asked Dame Irowi
son.-aa i jr. Dassett brought out his
p - atient and wrapped the robes about
her.
"1 beg your pardon ; ' , said Mrs.
Cameron, then. My- 7 .-•"
"why, Miss—Miss. What's-her
name, your companion?"
• "She. has -become my companion,
madam " said - Mr. Bassett,. with a
bow, shutting the coach door. "Bon'
voyage." The whips ciacked, the
horses plungea'and Were oft As we
looked back .and saw the husband
and wife standing side by_side in the
sunshine, those . not : in the secret
were speechleSs with ,amazement at
the revelation that began - to`
r break
upon them; • '
"Doi understand you that those
two people--" began Col. Bates. .
"Ate married!". • cried Belle.
" Didn't I you that this house is
as full of. romantic surprises as the
Castle in the-=Pyrenees ? Married.!
and lie has "ettled- on her 10,000
cocoanut trees." •
" Coccia-auf-trees I" cried Miss
Marvin, with her nose in the air:
" Cocoa-nut,tfees. That is 100,600
areat silver dollars a year—almost
equal to your income, dear: I always
knew she was a princess in diSguise.;
And I ituf to . go down and visit them
and marry a: South Sea Island Prince
myself, if—it - L..no obstacie—" •
But liY.the 'Fay . that John Camer
on imprizoneil the little land -I ha
ag,ined that he had improved hiS op
portunity to . make that very 'lf an
obstacle.---tHeirper's.. Magazine- ' for
Jung.
CANNSTATT AND ITS VOLKFEBt
(CONTINUED.)
(From the Christian I:utentgencer-)
Few people in Geripany are guilty
of the extravagance of occupying an'
entire house. Such a hoSpitable pro
vision as n: spare room" is almost
unknown.- King Karl, (the present
King of Whrtemberg), in his palace.,
of 37i5 rooms, may possibly be able.
,to reserve an apartment -or •two for
some titted-Iguest. But this might
be called the exception to' prove.the
rule. • Every available inch of space
is utilized, and that with a total dis
regard of the principles of Msthetics.
Of all the fine arts the most useful is
doubtless the art culinary. All of us,
particularly mankind, are dependent
übon it for happiness and consola
tion.
• Yet,•even,We, material,.unartistic,
lin-Ruskin-like Americans,have never
thought it necessary to bring the
emeine and, its appurtenances promi-
nently forward. Our habit has-been
to place all the "offensive.and defend
sive " apparatus of the huose machir
erylniodestly in the . rear. But the.
distinguishing feature of Teuton ar
chiteettire is, to - marshal . - everything
of the kind religiously to the front
;hi alto-relievo. .
The German kitchen meets the eye,
not only. at the entrance to every
horse,' but to every story. 'Each
house has truly its separate story, its
separate history, its separate family.
On the first floor, perhaps, lives a
impectinious count.. (Parterre rooms:
are usually - damp and .undesirable;
but rent for less); on
. the second, a
decayed . baroness; 'on the third,- a
widow- or spinster, - of low degree,
who; after reserving a little-sleeping
nook, rents the rest of her_ suite of
rooms to students; on 'the - fourth,
some. half-paid author, and so on ad
inflnittun..
,• , ~.
This mixing Nil of rank and posi
tion under the . same roof, struck us
at_ first as .strangely. incongruous,
more.bebeliting a republican 'than a
monarChcial government. But . this
proxiMity:of residence implies by
no means the least social approxima
.tion; 'A 'title-less individual gains
as little inthis'way as he would " to
lie 'doWn. with emperors. and kings"
under a common. sod. He may be
quite as -sure of " smiling recogni
tion in - the one .ease as in theother.
Our-first setting up,. however, in
CattistattV was undisturbed by es
pecial proximity- of ittly kind, owing
to the lateness of The season: - if
perfect Weather could atone . for the
forlorness of our apartments we had
that to Comfort- us. They were des
titute of carpets, - of everything, in
fact, wilich.we had hitherto deemed .
essential - to our happiness:- The most
unbearable- le:Ain't , : connected with
the absence Of the rormer . was the
noise. - "Blessed are the - 'deaf,' for
:they•liear not!" was our frequent .
ejaculation. The three dear boys be
came suddenly multiplied by three
1 times three: . Their Merry jests and
gamj,plS - on free , American soil,,or
wit-fttn the precincts of a play-room
a story . . or two_•removed:..from oui
own, had been a very joy and delight .
to us: --- Now their playful exhibitions
resolved--themselves into, an nninter
rupte& series of . tin - nplugs and
scufilings
. upon the echoing floors,
which drove us nearly.. to -the verge
* . of distraction. Rift the Volksfest
was7nigh at hand, and, after that;
school. And so with this • evil; as,
with-m:01y others in life, an opening
oat of it ea - me—with time.. - ,
We Must- now crave pardon, for
making the Cannstatt 'Fest the basis
of another letter—a Volkfeat resem
bling, Svc fear, a sea-voyage, in that
a ' too. • frequent reference - thereto
might •be " more honored in i the
breach than ill the observance." ]But
our apology must be
.the weather.
.This topic, whether ".in season .Or
cut of - season "—though . "lacking
fresh aess,". perhaps novelty "—ts, at
least-n safe one. _
Even that.inost original of beings,
Dean Swift, you remember, saluted
the 'bewildered countryman by( the
Abrupt query—" Pray, Sir, do you
know ..any - good weather in the
The:discomfited Wurtembergians,
then, .justly• indignant. that Ceres,
through her spiteful Machinations,
should have- "thrown cold water "
. upon their favorite Fest; resolved be
fore-its nest recurrence to 'foil - her'
designs upon the weather. They,
therefore, inv ited-Will'am of Prussia
_Arid. his body-guard to be present on
the'oCeasion. The Emperor so in
variably brings sunehine,: that fine
weather in . Germany goes by- the
nairaot '‘Kaiser Tretter.".-- - - .
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Even the astute Bismarck, of the
" Goethe. Schiller typed head," could
see no objection to so reasonable a -
regnest on. tire part of South Ger: -
many. And so the Emperor, gra. - -
clously accepted the invitation. This '
sovereign remedy against rain had
the effect of bringing thowiands to
the celebration (ourselves among the
number) who would not otherwise
have ventured 'thither.
. .
-The eventful 28th came: Murky,
shspiCious-lOoking clouds were to be
seen. But no one heeded. "Falth
triumphed over sight." : At an early - •
hour throngs of people,' armed with
but one other preventive-L.umbrellai .
—sallied hopefully forth. Denser
and denier grew the sea of heads;
denser and denser gathered the omi
nous clouds. -The bonnetless-'peas-
ant girls, in their picturesque -blue
and fed bodices—Well-to-do peasants, -
resplendent in solid silver Buttons,.,
their furrowed faces partially hidden
by broad-brimmed, Burnside shaped ..
hats—hundreds of hamlets, each
with a gay flag bearing an-appropri-.
ate motto,had already formed in
compact • masses. - Dwellers from .
over the sea, citizens of high and
low degree; 411 were at length duly
ticketed, labeled, jammed and cram- .
med into their respecti?e niches. The .
only-unoccupied spot was the loVely
covered,pavilion awaiting. its royal
occupants. The canopy_ of heaven,
with its above-mentioned • clouds,
spread itself generously Ov.er. all else.
'Suddenly the "warp and woof" of
which it was composed gave way,
and those wrathful, pent .up clouds,
like avenging deities, descended in
solid phalanx upon the defenceless -
heads below. The scene—semi-lu
dicrous, wholly exasperating—which
- followed, beggars description. Um- . '
brellas were about aa,useful as selves,
their principal function being to act
as temporary leaders for cohveying
pools of water into adjacent laps.
Meanwhile, royalty, comfortably
housed in that many-roomed palace •
at Stuttgart, was tranquilly eating•
its breakfast. An hour or two later
it formed, itself into procession so
imposing and dazzling that the sun -
. itself was forced to peep through the
now'empty clotgisand adinire.
And so.the Einparer brought Sun
shine. But who shall say that Ceres
was robbed, of her revenge, of that
kaiserlieher human. nature did not -
show itself in this instance very like
any other; draWing the sunshine, to
be sure but monopolizing the lion's-
- for its own benefit? • • •
Our most vivid pictures of Swabia
will ever be a - -sociated with the Cann
st4t Volkfest.
MAY, 1878.
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HOW AN INDIAN SAVED.HMSELF
A FLOGGING.
General :William S. Harney, of this -
city, when a young man, had the rep
utation of being tle swiftest runner
is the army, as well as the 'best-Ind
ian fighter. He'was a strict disciplin
arian, but notrone - of the "stuck tip"
so - common now-a : days. Be would
often mingle with his men, when not •
on duty, and laugh anti joke with .
theni on terms of familiarity. and
went so far at times as to compote
With them in the exacting sport of .
-feet racing. An impression prevail
ed at one time that almost any Ind- .
ire could outrun a white man ;. but
General II mtviey believed that he
could beat aky fed rascal that wore
moccasins, anct whenever lie. met a
warrior who boa's'ted of bib- Beetzwss
of foot, he took great pleasurs in giv
ing Ora a trial, and always come, out -.
ahead. • Only ,once did he fail- to
reach the winning post before his
adversitry, and that was by a " foul."
The affair ocefired at Fort Winne
bago in the winter onB3o, when foi
river was. frozen over and the weath
er was ;Very cold.- An Indian , had.
committed some breach of the rules
of the garrison, for which Harney, -
then a captain, concluded to admin
ister a flogging. He always believed.
in giving everyman a fair . chance,
white or red, and on this occasion he
conducted the Indian some distance
- up the river, 'and, giving him a huh
dred yards the.stvt told him if he -
reached a:Certain point without be
ing overtaken he would escape the
flogging. The race -was on the ice,
which' at some- places was thinner
than at others on account of the for
mation
of "air holes." Both men . .
wore moceosins, and both were strip
ped and belted for the race, Harney
.swinging a cowhide , in his hand, with
which he - Confidently expected toac-•
eelerate thelmovernents of.the Win
nebaao on overtaking him„ At the '
word . '" go." both started at full speed.
the Indian doing _his best to save his •
hide; and the white man anxious to - -
save his reputation as a runner. liar
rich gained rapidly on the warrior, ~-
and was getting ready to swing his
'rawhide, when the cunning savage -
made an oblique movement toward a _
spot where the ice-was thin. Being
of much lighter'Weight than his pur
su4, be
_passed over the' dahgerous
place in safety, but as soon as; liar- . •
.net; stepped upon the thin ice it was
shivering-like' glass and down wont',
the tall captain, sinking into the. cold
water like a sea,lion. good
swimmer, a few strokes brought -him -
to the edge of-the the thick ice, and
clambering upon - it he made his way •
to his quarters, spangled with icicles
and as mad as a bintalobult.-He:lost.
his cowhide - thel: - Water, but that •
was a small Matter,.,as the Indian_
never returiid to the fort while the
captain remained there. Captain Har
ney's foot-race afforded "oldTuriggs"
occasion for many a joke, and -it was
a lung time before he' heard the last
of it.—St. Louis Ghix-Doltocral.
p .
-GIVE US the - necessaries of life and
we want the conveniences: Give us
the conveniences and We crave - the'
. luxuries. Grant us theluxuries and
we sigh for the elegaucies. Let us
have the eregancies and ~we go
for the Cornea. Give us all together,
and we complain that we have been
cheated, both in price and quality of
the articles. .•
, You . can put itdo . i''vn as a soleran
truth that if your -religion has failed
to sweeten your temper, you have the
wrong.artiele.-.
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faithful swain weds early; a pm,
dent one, meteor.
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ANNIE H. M
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