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VOLUME~XI.
A I,.ilJy. en pi to his !zithers knee.
A IA %VAS iirtiAl up mut lulletno rest,
Till the blue eyes closed. !,o lived was
And Ms little head fell peacefully
At eat,e am the rt a ly i.h(ell!er .
NV tille the 1.a1 , y lewd; so suit aed.tati,-
Lay like a shield aaa his fathers breast
n 1 -7 '73
Of old 'l.v.:l;;:a!ilrbat when ?yen dreir near
To liar,: temptation ur leattly
Aod lost their wav in a maze of fear,
Ur perllvl their soul&for wor:dly gear,
illy a nay unknown an angel hand
Would lead them rut o! a - dangerous land
Intii the light of a noble life.
The story klitte fur the werbi ;
We see Lb ultiteuoln it angels mild
Itta-tatt of t!e• stark and pia toes way
Where Mit nod wemnen forget to pray.
lied the peace and purer land
They are led hy a geathr, shiuhllng hand—
The II:m.1 1 4f a little,
s:e%re:ay Na:ia. • •
It was not long ago that, being. in
the City of Mexico, I•made an Oppor
Utility of visiting the magnificent ca
thedral there, which, it is well known,:
is superior in size. costliness-and ar
chitectural - splendor to any other re
ligious edifice upon the Western
I lemisphe rc:
After having spent several hours
in wandering about the interior, un
der the guidance Of .a ogre-footed
friar,.who was privileged as one of
the exhibitors of the place, and whom
I had propitiated at the outset by a
{imicent of four reals (instead - of twin
his usual perquisite),
.1, was passing
out into the piazza—still 'under his
guidance, for I wished to ask him
some more questions concerning the
numerous statues ranged about the
esplanade—when my attention Was
attracted by a large, flat flagging
stone, seamed across by a zigzag
fraeture, with a rude inscription un
derneath the widest crack—" El liedo
ilrl Ilretru," •
That was the purport of the in
scription that I read in the stone,
bending clown to do so—for it was
nearly effaced by the -action of the
weather, and 14:Eh:vs the friction of
thousands of feet that had passed and
repassed over it since it was 'rudely
chiseled there-Land I then turned :in
inquiring glance upon my guide.
I " nark, ddl Bravo," l ' 'tepeat&l.
"That means in English, `•The Doom
or the Bravo.' And pray, good padre,
what may thr. rc fer to •
" h,senc ' s 7d he, smiling, `the
ominous stoi !ring is - so much
worn now 4 0;.:?' " risilors . find'ocea
sion *to ask its meaning; but there is
lEREE=
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TOW kiNf).k.
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an old muleteer, accustomed to loiter
hereabouts on the plaza at, abOut this
time of day, Whom perhaps it would
be well for you to meet.- ITe not,
only inscribed the stoneflius as you
see it, many, many years -af , o, but
•ould be more than willing, for a
.eal or two. to rise you its history,
• in
which is.a terrible one its way.
There he is now," he added, indicat
ing an old, decrepit, and miserably
ragged man, who was lounging, with
SEEM
an austere but purposeless air, at the
shady; side of a public fountain not
far'awa3, in. company with n large
grotip or muleteers, water-carriers,
fruit-veinlers, and others, apparently
as lazy and contented as himself.
"Shall I call him hither, senor?
;Oh." he added, again smiting, as he
'noticed my hesitation, " I w.ll only
leave von with old Oasco half. an
hour, mid then return to finish the
task for which the senor has -already
paid me so liberallj - ."
I -then signified my assent, and the '
padre straightway Summoned the old
:Mexican, who came with a good deal
of alacrity, when he had been given
to understand that it would be worth
his while.
Si, senor; it was my own hand
that cut those words in the stone
there," said be, when we were left
alone. "-But the. stm fairly . blisters
here; pray. come into the shadow -of
those aloes yonder, whence we - can•
see the front of the cathedral just as -.
well, and tell you the story.
Cara alba ! but it burns even here,''
he added, ;when I had Ifollowed him
to the shelter indicated; " Ah, if I
only had the whetewithal for some
cigarettes, hOw it would refresh my
memory now But-we muleteers are .
so poor:"
I hastened to supply him with to
bacco and paper .for smoking, and
then tendered him with a real, to`
gether with the intimation that he
should have another if be gave me
his story in detail; and without etk
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.3.Cothing else was needed to set hip
going with the regularity of music:-
box, and, between the twistinF , and
lighting of his everlasting cigarettes.
there was scarcely an interruptior
to' the old fellow's narrative, whit{
was as follows:
My name is Rafael Casco, senor
You'd hardly suspect it to look 1.1„
ire now, in my rags and tatters, an ,
with this sk'n ref mine,. Which
.mor,
resenibles smoked parchment than
real human skin; but it is ucvertit:-
less -true, that on the 12th of April,
just forty4lx 'p . ars ago; • 1 was
Imarty-and devil-may-care
a young. ealiallero as one would he
likely to ineet in a {lay's ride. P;it-
Diga was all that ; and in' white
11011 W.
1 SIMMER .104 D WINTER.
Iti the inelkaor t h of JIITICt
\V 411 the tais:ny Ihru,heS2,lllg,
tho yenouncowsltri spring
vroin the nee:Wows by the brimio,,
\T hen In dusky fursst unokg,
livatsultin tvitul the hotii,
And the elt.vec-scented merit
I:tinlir Into the elhnillions
Then I love Wile alone -
In the grass.en souie-rpol tan,
the.tnestlow:arks all shrill
"Life Is inuslc,' , Care and pain
Fare hut 111 In ...ainnier's
When the-hilla are wral ped lu bheett;,
When the snow whirls on the lea , ,
Anil the try-fingered tree'
tipar&le ht the mou n es cold tight,
\Viten the - clouds In the long night. •,
Weave a pall for the dead yrar,
14,11111 the,laten nlnl heats Its pear
Right at every one it meet's,
Tlwn my heart Is never sad,.
For I thlt ft'o
b—ezy Spring .
And the jeys that It will brier„—
Of the robins on the lawns
Piping in the den r y day ti , ‘.
—Sera no' for Jun
t
THE SAFEGUAItb
eletted Fah%
'The Bravo's Doom.
of having passed Om: of the best
years of my life in the convict silver,
mines of Chiindium.
4 ' t got sent up there, together with
n fellow cnoaitvediet. ancient comrade
ref mine, m
r e am ValdL;mar, for
having engaged'in a sort of: individ
ually revolutionary moveracmOvhiell
the authorities' Were stupid enough to
misconstrue inti) a highway robbery.
licit, roivinba We won't split hairs
about it - at this late day. Pedro and
I were rivals, as well as friends.
That is, we were I , otit in- love with
Carmen Corea, 5 lettutiful Mexicana,
whose father used to keep' a pretty
little posada on the Vere. Cruz road.
was the more fortunate, and Car
men and I were one day Married.
"I, was arre,..tid-so.soon , after my
marriage as at firAlo make me .sus
pect that Pedro had giVenittorma
-tion against 'nit ont of jealousy and
- pique; for he haullwen my onlycom
rade in the little revolutionary affair
that was p r o v i n' i! so troublesome.
" But when he, also, was arrested,
'and we were-both subsequently con
victed and scut to the mines - together.
I thought that Ilu wronged him in
thought, and we shook hands
.cordially over our shackles, and be-.
came chums.' :;s of old—hoping, des
pairing, groaniqg, and sulfering tc
gtither; through thick and thin, as
iniscrable convicts will. •
" It was only after we had tried to
escape together that became con
vinced of his treachery—convinced
that he' had ev , u shared my penalty
for the fiendish pleasure of seeing me
suffer at. his 'hie. •
W e h a d :wen filing at our fetters
secretly for many days, so that at
last a stitch y wrench Would break the
links, and 11:1 , 1 fixed upon the evening
of a cert:;l7; feast day, when our
guards wou'd be apt to have theit
attention liiverteil by a solemn pry
cession tln Ilas to pass near where
we were tit work, as the time when
we woulll vamowie.
Everything worked like a charm.
• tzt
The churell-kkis were /-tollne. , - the
{nest: , eliantino, and a vast
crowd attuuleil the' holy proeesSion
that was swee2ing along. the moun
tain road; r,e:.r the sluices in which
we were w , rhing the ore, when Pedro
and I si,l our irons flash,
leaped ie , ,• leig•liboring ravinc,:ind
made a ibrthe wilderness, with
out beim; ati once observed. The
alarm of eta . ir, : ight was quickly sound
ed, 4nd we bad the prison
uards an•l snldiers after us. pc
" - Car'! r: how we 'ran ! I;ut, just
as we w••,• turning •A -sharp turn in
the hollA•w. with. Pedro a little in the
advance. 'xi. suddenly came upon • a
small gut:. : liouse,• of- n hick l v e . had
been wIt”i!:,- unaware, and a trio of
sentries w-iting to receive us. 'They
were rvi!!,,, a few yards of.us ;' to re
treat ens impossible. They pres.4ent
cd their : , !ns, and called fur us to
surren•ic:•. • •
. " While 1 - was Itesitatim: what
Bourse piusue, the companion of
t.tirntal upon no like a wolf
a t hay.
'• • r,/;,, he roared,: 'stay
Whet are, and be taken ! 1 have
you?'
" _Na 1. with that, he dealt• me a
treinc,: , :iiis blow in the. face..
" DOv It I went, as if struck iby
141 g .1: Miner.. As I Ml, I saw him
soldier ,to the ground, dart
•
past iLc remaining two, heard a shot,
and all gre%% dark , „ and I knew
no :i: , 1•0 fur many hours, when
'Came to my senses in my dun
geon all, bruikal aril bloody, and
road,.d down with triple irons. .
" 1 uldn't discover from the pri
son ~ ! :;;vials whether Waldemar had
etli e;,..! his escape; or been "kiiled.
They are profoundly secret about
I:ings in the' minesl 'suppose
fur ib purpose of adding mental d is-
Lres:- suspense to the bOdily pun
ishiamt that one endures.- However,
it vvs enough for the that I had been
recavared, and Unit I should in all
prch:Mility have to serve out My ,
term—wine!' I 'dick.
!'inally, I was.discharged. 1 re
tnrit to the capital, ruined in for
tm.,• as in reputation, and only to
:.bitterer blow. l'oor Carmen,
beloved bride, had pined away of
r during my captivity, and had
dead and buried several month's'
my.release. Her faller drove
ui.:'7orri his inn,-with' curses and re
prolehe.s. whe:n I presented ' Myself
t 1 My ow-n relatives and former
fri• ads shunned me; I was a miser
al::.,-ruined man—a beggar in the
r , ets.! *
The second day following my re
ti,:a was Easter Sunday, Which was
to hr the occasion of am immense fes
tival—a holy day t and civic eelebta
tmt combine], wOlse crowning rya=
t;,ie in the eyeni.hg ,was to be the
LlMaination of tht: cathedral, which
just been completed in CAT ry
I !rt, and-was to receilie,a sort of re.
!lication.
. -
eared nothing for these things
I wandered, on the preceding Sat;
I.rdny, rugged and inmgry, through
the t zar and crowded streets.. But
(.!:ante led me here to the front of
cathedral, :when I read a placard
-.)neerning the illumination, than
.zave me new hope.
" It announced that one hundred
Torkmen were required for the light:
of the dome and (mimic), three
undred for the cornices, pillars, col-
nnades, and the like; and stated; in
-ortelusion, tlu every - rsorlrinati ern
,iloVed on the outside of the dome
nct eupalo should, on account ott the
yxtreme danger attending the em
iployment, receive in payment ai Ilear
ty dinner and the sum of twenty pesos
i—the wages of the rest bt.lng less
than one-half of that sum. -
".There were few applicants for the
dangerous posts; ddsperate work
at fair - pay was just in my line. I
went at. once to the major-domo hav
ing charg,e of the illnminatiou, was
entered upon his list-, received two
pesos as an earnest of • the contract;
and engaged to present myself punc
tually at noon of the/ following day.
That evening I supped well at a
street-stall, and bought . leave to sleep
on sonic straw in a stable, 'at the
back of the- Calle del Theatre.
"I was, at the office on time next
dsy„ . and, together with a rabble or
poor fellows, doubtless as miserable
Aral desperate as myself, was ushered
into it hall where two tables had been
laid for our accommodation. We
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TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 5, 1879.
were ushered inbyra file of sentries,
and, as. we st.lioit around the table,
t' "'Mee was read by a good old padre,
who I .had known and loved in better
days, but who had quite forgotten me.
." As he began :to read, a magnetic
thrill shot through me. It inipelrati
me to look across, to the oppoSite ta
ble, and there , --yes, by all the Saints!
-there 1. 8:4 Pedro Valdemai7, •
,".lle was looking full at' me, 'ba
ld's eyes dropped" on meeting mine;
and I saw him turn perfectlylivid
(iaramba ! what a sea of -revengeful
recollections surged upon me. Oh,
that I might live to meet him yet,
under the free sky-, where no priest
was praying and no guards were by
" The dinner lasted long, and when
no one seemed able to eat more the
tables were cleared. Most of theinen
threw - themselves upon the floor and
benches, and 'went to sleep in prva
ration of the hazardous night-work
that was before uS-L-Pedf o among the
number. I could not refrain from
going, over 'and spurning him with
my` foot.
‘"Pedro, you know 'me?! I hissed.
"‘ Diablo ! he growled, looking,
sullenly up ; t thought-you Awe in
the mines.' .
"' is not your. fault that .1 am
not tqre still,' I muttered. ' But
harken)! If- you no survive this
'night, 'yon shall answer for your
treachery.'
" Ile only glared at . mefrom under.
his bushy eyebvows, and without re
plying turned over„ort his side again;
as if to steep.
" tic had evidently gained little by
his . villainy, for he was dirty, ragged,
and apparently as - friendless as I.
"The guards aroused us at seven
in the evening. We wi,tre then march
ed in doubre file aroMid by the back
'of the cathedral,. find-conducted by
inclined plane to th.'roof below the
dome. Fran this point, a long series'
of * staircases, and:Winding passages.
carried us, up between the double
walls of the dome; *and at different
stages in the aseentaa, certain number
of.us were detached': nd posted ready
for work. 1 was detaehed about half :
way up, and I saw Pedro going high-
er still.
" - When we were all. posted, the su
perintendents came around and in=
strileted us. At a given signal, every
man was to pass through the loop
hole, or window, before which he was
stationed, and seat himself astride
upon a narrow Shell of wood hanging
to a strong rope just below. •'this
rope came through the window, was
'wound around a roller, and seenred
fom within. '
:::At the next signal,l a., lighted.
torch would be put into his right
hand, and he was to grasp the rope
firmly-. with his left. At the third sig
nal, • the rope was to be unwound
from within- by an assistant, placed
there for the purpose ; he vas to be
allowed to slide rapidly down over,
the bulge of the dome, and while thus
sliding was to apply his torch to eve
ry lamp he passed in his downward
progress.
remixed these instrue=
tions, We waited, each man at his
window, until the signal should be
given.
l'or diox l bzit it was desperate
work. run your eye up . over
the cathedral dome yonder, senor.
and you will understand the method
of- the thing better than I con tell it.
Those window's circling it midway
np look like pigeon-holes from where
we stand, but, heaven preserve you,!
they would look • like church-doors
were you sitting just outside of them,
as I was sitting on that terrible night.
"My window must have been that
one directly over the_ centre of the
facade yonder. At any rate, a heavy
body - dropped .from it would have
struck plumb in the middle of that
Bravo Stone there, and given it the
zigzag fracture which you see upon it.
That I am perfectlYt.tertain of this,
you will presently,be_aware. -
" Well, there wel.Were all stationed,
and it was fast growing dark All , the
great ribs of the dome, as far as I
could see. and all the cornices, friezes,
columns and parapets surrounding
the 'plaza, three hundred feet below,
were traced out in lines of paper lan
terns, which .gleamed with a silvery
lire tlat had a most faivy-like and
marvelous effect..
" Scattered between and 4mong
these paper lanterns, at differ, nt in
tervals all over . the roof and dome
facing the plaza, were iron cups,filied
withrtallow and turpentine. To light
these with our torches was the .peri
lons task of the gall . * to %chichi be
longed, :id then_ the illumination
would bc complete. .
" A moment of intense suspense
elapsed. The darker the evening
grew the brighter the little lanterns
shone, while the surging hum of the
thotiatuls • in the plaza and streets
below rose louder and louder to our
" I felt the .quickCmling breath 4)f
the assistant at my shoulder—l could
hear the beating of my own heart;
Suddenly-, the first sianal flew froni
lip to lip. , I got .out instantly and
straddled the bwird ; there came tht
second. signal, and I seized the torch;
with the third, I felt myself launched,
malt ligliting,every cup as I glided
pack saw All the enormous • dome
'above and below' me spring into lines.
of . gor g eous, dazzling flame. The
bells began to 01, and a great, ocean
like roar 'arose from :the multitude
below, seemint to shake the very
Thor against. which I was clinging;
and feeling Ipie the tiniest atom in
the immensity of my danger:
" But, having-dropped safely to the
full length of the rope, and lighted
awl allotted share of iron cups, I was
-really 'at that moment sitting in_ se.
cure enjoyment of the stupendous
scene. • •
"All ati once, I felt the rope.vi
;butte /. I looked up-4 saw a man
clinging with one hand to an iron
rod, and With the other—saints - of
heaven I what did I see ?. It was my
fellow-convia, Pedro Valdemar,
fir
ing the rope above me with his torch!
" I acted upon instinct—l had no
time for thought. Everything was
done.in onel fearful moment. 1 clam
bered up like a eat—l .dashed my
torch full iii his felon-face; and then
clutched the rope an inch or two
'shove the spot where it was Miming.
" Utterly- blinded and , baited, he
uttered an awful cry, and dropped
ME
Mil
MEM
REGARDLESS Or DENUITOLATION FROM. ANY QUAXTER.
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like a stone: .Then be hOundedi .
an India-rubbi ball,,doWn the round= ,
ed roof, and 'over into the !Mullions
abyas.. -
•
Well, that is 'abont the whole q'to
rysenor. When Pedro was picked
.up froni;,the stone - flagging of the
plaza, there wasn't a whole bone in
his body, and his own mother would
not have recognized, him. • -
” Yonder broken stone marks the
place where lie alighted, and one of
the holy fathers afterward gave me
permission to scratch uponit the . iw
seription which it has - borne ever
since--'The Booin of the Bravo,' as
ityoull read in English."
"But how were you 'saved - your
self r' I exclaimed, niwost horror-,
stsicken with his story.! . , •
" Cori/alba I never - exactly knew
myself," said- the muleteer, drawing
a long breath, us-he rolled And light
ed-his last cigarette. " - Scarcely had
the 1 ravo's deuthArick ceased-ring
ing in my ears than I found "myself
being hauled up. The assistance
eaule . not a moment too soon, for I
vvas
sick and giddy with horror, and
swooned dead away as soon as 1 was
safe inside the window. - - •
The next day I w aited on the
gcneral Superintentlent;and told him
how it all had happened. The vacant
rope by which Pedni descended, and
the burnt fragment--by Which I bail
bten
,draWn up, sufficiently corrobo
rated,' my statement; which was after
ward repeated to the archbishop and
others high' in authority.
"I not only received much sympa
thy, Mit some pecuniary assistance.;
and for a long time they gave inclu
endive menial employment about the
cathedral here, which was finally lost
.to 'me, hoWever, through my own roi
ly,'and—must I say it?--my love of
•aguardienle, as well. But somehow
was never the same man after that
"ohor of the dome.
" What l• these four reals for my
simple story? But you Amerir•onos
are always genetons. 3lillcs vra c io s - ,
senor! , Seel here comes the padre
totake charge of you again, and I
have pnly bored you for half an hour.
dig., senor!".
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WANTED MORE. OINTMENT,'
'A Washington correspondent. tells
this anecdote : not , many years :'go
an official from the regions of l'ugcst
sound came to the capital to transact
some important busi»ess with one
of the Executive Departments. It
Was his lirSt visit to the seat of Gov
ernment.of his conntry, and it was
evident, from his dress and manner,
tba' he was infinitely more at home
on the frontier. attired in buckskin,
and sleeping with the blue canopy of
Heaven for a covering, - and living, on
his round of official duty, on the pro
ducts of his rifle. The amenities and
comforts of eivilizationriiterc niiw to
him ; but, with genuine A mericau
self-assertion, he purchased an i ; ;' - ont.-
fit" of broadelothoniiinlY a" swallow
tail," on•the " slope;" . and traveled in
Pullman pars over the mountains' and
across the.plains .and prairies to the
capital. Arriving here, he sought
but the best hotel, anti put up there.
At dinner that day,- :tact astounding
the waders by his exratordinary gas
tronomic capacity—having tasted of
every dish on the nwn a—the Puget
Sounder touched bottom on the des
sert: Among - other things there were
apple dumplings, with a sauce of
sugar and butter and a strong in
fusion of cognac-.-a combination of
ineTedients'imt objectionable to the
frontier, ,ollicial. The steward, in dol
ing out his , deunplings, assigned to
each a becoming ration of sauce. The
Puget Sounder, by a partiality for
sauce, caused it to fail in its distri-*
tuition to dumpling, ro that the sup--
ply of the former was prematurely
exhausted; leaving but ' •Itathery
mass of bare dumpling: The fron
tier official, in his time, had swal-,
lowed worse things than Washing
ton-hotel dumplings ; ibut after nib
blip... around the doughy mass and
selecting from beneath the covering
all the apple lie could serape out, the
waitei, noticing the Situation, step . -
ped up and inquired.: "Governor!
will you have some more dumpling?"
The official, first looked at theAvait
er to see if he was in earnest, and
then at his plateful of excavated
dumplings, replied : i'"No, thank ye;
but, if it's all the. same to you,
take a leetle more of that i-iidenicial"
A ORILD'S HEART.
Detroit Free ntess.
The other day a curious old woman,
having a bundle in her hand,. and
walking with painful eiTurt, sat down
on a curb step, up Wood Ward avenue
to rest. She was curious - because a
smile crossed her. wrinkled. face as
children pa3Sed her It might have
been this smte that attracted a group
of little ones, the oldest about nine.
They stood in a row in. front or the
old woman, saying never a word,, but
watching her face. The smilebright
ened, lingered and then suddenly
_faded away ; and the corner of her
old calico apron wept up to wipe
away a tear. Then the oldest child
stepped forward and asked :
" 4re you sorry because you haven't
got any children ?"
"I—l had children once, but they
are all (I—;dead," whispered the
woman; a sob in her throat.
"I'm awful sorry;", said the little
girl as her owp elfin quivered. "I'd
give you one
.of my, little brothers
here, but. you see 1 haven't got but
two, and I don't believe I would like
to-spare-one."!
" tlod :Weis you, child.; bless you
forever,"
sobbed the &d women, and
fora. full minute her face was buried
in 1 Tier apron.
r Ilut'l'll 'tell you what I'll do,"
seriously continued the child. " You
may. kiss us all once,. and' if little
Ben -isn't afraid -you may kiss him
Tour times; for he's just as sweet as
candy 1" . .
• I ; edestrians' who 'saw thfie well
dreised children put their arms
around the strange old woman's neck
and kiss her were in - tatty 'puzzled.
They didn't know the hearts of chil
dren, and they didn't hear the old
woman's words as she rose tO'go:
"Oh! el,il.iren, I'm only pony
old woman, believing , I'd nothing to
live for, but yon've given me:a-light
er heart than l'ed had for ten long
years." - . .
VIOTOBIA•
TOLTRINO . INCIDENT. OF lIER EARLY
ulsTony, -
The Queen was - not twenty years
Of age when-she ascended the throne
Coming into -' possession, of power
with a heart fresh,' tender and pure,
and with all her histinets inclined to
mercy, .we may be sure that she found
.Many things that tried her strength
of resolution to the• utmost.. On a.
bright, beautiful morning, the young
Queen was waited upon at her.
ace, at Mindeor, by the Duke of
Wellington. Ire had brought -from
London various papers requiring her
signature -to make them operative..
One of them was a sentence of court
martial pronounced against asoldier
of the line, that sentence that:he be
shot dead. The. Queen looked upon
the paper,land then looked upon the
Wondrous beauties that nature .'had
spread to her view. "What has this
man done ?" she
.asked. The duke
looked at,the paper, and replied :.
"Ali! my royal,:inistress,• that man,
I - fear, is incorrigible. He has de
serted three times." "And can .you
not say auvthing in his behalf, my
lord ?" Wellington shook his - head.
"Oh, think again, I pray . you!" See
ing -that kfer Majesty was deeply
moved and ;feeling sure she. would
not have the man shOk,in any event;
he finally: eonfessed that the-man - was
brave and -gallant, and really a good
soldier. - "But," he added," think of
the influence." "-Influenee !" the
Queen cried, her eyes flashing and
her, bosom heaving with strong emo
tion. "Let it be ours to yield
lnJlu
ence.: I will try Mercy in this man's
ease, and fcharge your Grace, to let
me know the result. A good soldier,
you, said. Oh, I thank you for that.
And you may tell him • that your
good word' saved him." Then she
took the paper and . wrote, with a
firm,
bold hand, across the dark page,
the bright, saving' word—" Pardon
ed !:"flie Duke. was fond of telling
the story, and he was willing also to
confess that the giving of that. paper
to the-pardoneilsoblier gave him far
more joy than he could have experi
enced from the taking of a city.
=CC
EvEnY INCII A QV EEN.—The queen
of lta!y, writes a Roman correspond
ent, is a woman of - great spirit. She
stands by her' i ordrr 'pluckily as
did Marie Antoinette, of France,
whom she resembles' in person and
face. She has no idea of yielding; an
inch for the faintest line of an inch
in her royal pl'ercgatives. She is a
Sabaudienne as well as her husband
by blood and character, and is a tine'
representative of the: ruling idea of
Italian power which has possessed
the Savoy house ever since the elev
enth-centuq, when the son. of Iltun
bert. of the 'White Rands married
Adelaide, the heireSs of Snsa. She
is a true royal Sabaudienne also in
her virtue and honorable . character.
The royal women of her house have
been noted through, centuries and
centuries for spotless liVes. Queen
Marguerite, of Italy, is likOvise,,
woman of her day, and has all the
versatility which characterjzes, our
sex . of this generation,- and. Which
sweeps over so wide a range of 'sub
jects a n d objects that it makes an old
fashioned woman breathless. The
royal . woinan of Italy takes an inter
est. in everything, from the last.fash
ion to the last parliathentry. debate
or squabble, from Dante to the last
" Sonnet to Tier - ,Nlajesty,' from arch
'aolog to chidrons,'froM St. Angus-
Gne to the last novel. She' reads a
little of everything; laughs over
Prete 'Tarte . and Mark Twain and
discourses patly•and aptly upon so
cial science, -" Shakspeare and the
Musical Glasses,' and takes the
trouble to . eram herself for certainin
terviews with literary celebrities,
WEsTEitm Wrr.—We tion't,if know
the reason for it, but certainly' it ap
pears to be fact, that persons prize
-an -occupation in proportion to the
fancied-ease which it will admit. Of
this case is an Old women whom I met
in my travels. 3Ve had been busy
during the day running a line through
6 dense piece of woodland; The old
women gazed on us some time in
silence. We all saw. that' shc.want
ea to enter into convesation; -and
none with the exception of myself
wished to gratify her. I soon com
menced a dialc gue. on various sub--
jects and thingf.', - , and,. as a matter of
course, I put :my - "lest legs' fore
most." Struck with my language,
she exclaimed in - a tOne-quite flatter
ing to - my vanity, "La l how jarned
you are 1" -But the complitnent re
ceived a deathblow: "If 1 was as high
lamed a - scholar as you," cOntintied
she." I'd quit injineerini and go to
keepin' a little grocery !" Western
Paper.
Oxt man of strong convictions
anywhere can arouse and energize
and lead forward .a multittide. The
(*mat ivant'in the church and in the
world is men of convictions; men
who believe something; and - who, be
cause they believe, can make others .
believe. The attempt has been sue:
cessfully t rode to transfuse life from
a person'in full health and vigor to.
one of wasted , vitality, by opening
the veins of the one, that the hot
blood 'may course therefrom into the
exhausted channels of the other's
life. A man of red-hot, convictions
has blood enough for a thonSand
dead-and-alive-doubter:4. If he will
but open his veins of thought and
feeling; he can "create an epidenile .
of nobleness" in the - sphere of, his
living and doing.
. t .
TuE constant wash of the semtf life
undermines the cliffs and wastes the
coasts. Tlie tear and wear of exter 7
nsl occupation is. ever acting upon
our religious life. Travellers tell us
the constant rubbing Of the sand on
Egyptian hieroglyphs rem'uves every
trace or colors, and even elf:ices the
deep-cut characters froin baSalkrocks:
So the unceasing attrition of multi
tudinous trifles will take all . the bloom
of your religion and 'efface the name
of the king out of the tabletsdrycitir
hearts if yon,elo not eon:der:let them
by constant, earnest .effort. Our de
votion, our faith, our love is only
preserved by being - constantly. re-.
MeLaren, 1). lf.
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"The fart is, it was the Democratic party : that
tired the 11111cizi., " —Senator Beek.
"We join the Democrats of the North 1.64..au5e
we 44:111.mtheir course during the war.."—Ncuater
nat. . .
(.41, Bung.in Bo:moth:tie' Cfmgrekebaaal, Cancun.
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General Wade Hampton : • - '
We fought for the Union in the EN nth,' . •
And saved Its life at the cannon's mouth;
• With trumpet and nag, and rifle and sword, •
We met the invading Yankee horde.-
And !million of them•are camping. stilt
In low green tents on a Southern hill—
Eaton: •
raised the white llaga at home, ant drew
'A
picture of war of the ghastliest hue
To keep nor fellows front fighting you—
And I know I did discoutago a tots—
All : And so we caved the tillett !
General Ilen
0, we were the genuine Union men,
With the ripe pit and the prison pen;
We fought the. cowards of no) aceount. l •
From Thasaehusetts, Ohio, yarinuunt."
„ Our loyal Army le a d to slay
• The traitors that came-froze up that w
rendletra: : •
I always said the South was brave
And always s.ang , a swag when you gave
The eautlng, nlveling Yankt4.l knave
A battle yell and an °per. grave— .
All: And so we &wed the Union
General Butler, of South Carollna4
We snood the Unlonwe Aid, you Wt.,
• And , we made live Moue:110 . 101110ns of dcbt ;
We never slapped, go great was the gain, .
To count the cost, to loss and lain, ,
- Dot we cm Candy must, while In control,
Put the "rebel ^ dead co the pension -roll.
Seyinotir : •
When Chase Ids worthless greenback* &pea.
1 sthouteil i •' The utoney Is-fraudulent';
Lilts will never be worth a cent :"
• 11-ardly ever. you know, I r.:ennt_
: And so we saved the Uuten
•
General Chalmers :
WC btormed Furt Ptllow, la halt co hour •
After the idgi.iers were lo one. power ,
More than a hundred dropped and died l
They imlst..havo COI/Milted suicide,
Forlt ala't Pm North and It ain't-the West
But - the :eolith that treats the ulp,gers the best
Fenian+) Irood :
!Exactly what L have al W 33.13 tald!
slave is always . sure of a lied .
'you'll give him tlribk awl sec thal, he's foil
The tame as you veoultl
All At,l so We saved the nth)lt!
IEII=i!MMI
Tbc war is over—l.:: strife atirl hates;
Satikbary :
Thu - Nit:tun bows to the Sovereign States :
taton The Nation's rights?
Beek : • Vol have vanished
Eatt tt : Why,
•
You porthlvit, 'on all In a midget's eye
- And not make him witiL:
Bayard: • -it Is
That the Many gocs - withant pay or food.
Stephens: how different this from 'a former day
W 0,4 : When Fort 'Lafayette yawned down the bay
For the patriot Northern {rays in gray—
Voorhees : Ycs. I had a prdtty loud call that way
All We have saved the Con federate :
4 7 .37. Y. Trilionc.
• "To tell. the truth,-" said John
Trainland, -as he threw aside the eve
ning. paper and faced the little group
in the parlor, " I I ant fjtst growing out
of patience with this te4--.‘ A woman
at the bottom of it.' :It would be
strange, id this world, made up as far
as we are of-nothifig 'nit' the two sex:
es, if a woman wotild not occasionally
be found at the bottoni of anything
good..:lt is the injustice of the thing
that makes me angry. Now there are
a huadred of as poor fellows who owe
all we are, all we have, and alive can
hope to becoro in this world or . the
next, to the unselfish love of Women."
• The gentleman's face was flushed,
and he 'spoke very warmly and feel
ingly, so much so that his wife, rock
ing her baby to sleep in the further
corner of -the room, inquired:
." But why should yohcare, John?
It has always been so, and always .
will be so., We
. don't think much
'about it now, because we- have been
taught to - expect it."
" - 13ut you should Care! and you
should fight for each other More than
you.do. There is..one. chapter in my
life's history that I have always kept
locked hi my heart, but to-night I
feel as it, it were my duty to open it
for your inspection; and.l do it for
thb love'Of woman , --for the love - of.
woman who made me what I am wor
thy to be, the husband -of a good wo
man."
" Why,John !" said Mrs. rlaviland,
softly approaching-baby still held
tight to her bosom" you absolutely
frighten me.".
Let's have the .story," said the
rest of the eoup, certain that some-
thing good might be anticipated, and
John commenced, at first a • little
timid, but gaining confidence as he
proceeded:
" When_l first came to New York,
at the age
,of twelve years, to. seek
my fortune, I can call myselt a pre
cious chap without danger of being
accused of an unusual degree of selV
appreciation. I was quick to learn
everything; the bad as well as the
goeal. My employer used profane
laUguage. I picked up the oaths that
he would drop with a naturalness that
surprised even myself. The boys in•
the otlice all chewed tobacco. This
was the hardest jolt. I ever attempted,
but after
,two weekS of nausea and
indescribable wrenchings, Lennie Ea
victorious, and could get away with
as much as the best of
" True, every word of it," saki the
speaker.
" One - afternoon I- was sent with a
note from my employer to a house .in
the upper part of the city. I hadn't.
anything to read, but I had plenty of
tobacco, and with that - I proposed to
entertain myself during . the two or
three hours I must spend in the pas
sage. • For some - distance I - did not
notice who were beside me, 'bat by
aud-ty a lady said, very softly and
pleasantly, Wou!d you please, little
boy. be more careful ? 1 am going
to a *Patty this afternoon, and
should hate to have my dress spoiled.',
".1. , looked' intolier faCe. It was
the sweetest face I ever saw. Pale, ,
earnest and loving, to my boyish
heart it was the countenance of ,an
• '• NV hat. in the world did- you. say ?"
interrupted Mrs. Havilandi her bright
eyes filling with tears as she saw how
the memory of this 'beautiful - woman
affected her husband. •
"Say! There was try little I
eouhl say. 1 think all I did for some
time was to look. I managed to dis
pose of the tobacco, however, and
wiped my mouth very carefully, all
•Of which I . tek, certain she saw and
mentally conunented upon.
BOURBON BALLADS4-NO. 20.
AND 60 WE 6 VIED THE UNION
WITHIN THE FOLD.
191.00 per Annum In Advance.
Rave you a mother, little boy?'
she -next' askcid in the sal e loisr tone.
''• T"' NO, ma'am,'" I..,answered, and I
felt AV throat filling ap, and I know
I must swallow mighty fist .to
,keep
from . sobbing. '. .
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. 44 4 You'hare a father; then, I sup
pose?' she kept on. . ,
" ' N.O, ma'am; no father.' - • .
"' Brothers and Sisters?' -
" ‘ geither, ma'ron. .. '.
" 4 Then ' the 'little boy is alone-in i
the .World ?.'_ . -
. " 'All alone — . ma'am.' -
"' How 'Ong has his•mother-been
dead P- and the dear woman. loOked
away from my face, and waited till
could speak. • . •• .• ,
"' Two years,' I replied.- •
" you loved her P came nest.
.
Dearly,' was all I could say:
" She was silent for a moment, and
then she said so sweetly—WO I shall
never forget it--
•u 'And what do you
. kink your
dear mother would say , -ow do yoU
think Stu) would feel- - -to know her
bpy was . guilty of suel.i.a nasty habit
as this ?' pointing/to niy cheek, ',deli
the . tellAallc ,quid to. stand
.
"1 must icare,you . norrj
she con
tinued, 'but here is my card, and if
you come tome most any evening I
shall be glad to see yoti, and perhaps
we can be of some service to each
other.' • •
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" She gave me her little gloved
hand, and . to my dying day I shall
never forget the sensation of that
moment.: I could not bear to part
with her; without her I felt that I.
could do nothing—with her I could_
grow to man's estate--a man in the
truest sense of the word. ProM that
moMerit tobacco never passed my
. • . -
• "As soon as ! could summon cour
age I called upon- the lady. Well do
I remember how my heart beat as . t
Waited in
,the elegant parlor for her
to cOme down and how awkward I
felt as I • followed my guide to her
'private sitting room. She -got at
every point.of .my life ; and before 1
W:de her gOod-bye it was arranged
that I should spend- two evenings of
each week at her house, and • study
on the occasions just what she
thought best.
" No lover looked forward 'to meet
ings :%vildi the mistress of his heart
anymore ardently than k l did tothese
meetings with my friend.
‘.• I grericareful of thy personal:op-.
pea rai.ee, careful of my ebnyel7a.tion,
and strove in every way to beyresthy
of the friendship. TWo years
passed in this delightful - manner--
two ycars,that made me.-
.My friend
not only attended to -my .studies,
striving also all the While to son- the
right kind of spiiitual seed, but she
procured me a business situation with
a . plytieniar friend of hers, where 1
retain to this day. Nobodybut God
knows what -I owe this woinan. -Du
ring the last three months. of those
two years I noticed that she grew
pale and th; n ; she never was betrayed
speaking of herself. Sometimes
*hen I would ask her if she felt worse
than usual, - she would.reply
Oh, no! I am only A little tired
—that is all.' .
" One evening she- kept me 1)3- her.
sofa_ ninth longer titan Ac-a§ her en--
tom, while she arraked lessons, and
laikont work enougr4 it - seemed to
me; for months.
Why so much to-night?' in
quired,conseiouthat My-heart ached,.
and vaguely suspecting . the Cause.
"' Because, dear,'-she answered,
do not want you to come for the next
week, and' 1 am anxious that you
should have sufficient work-to antici
pate;-as Well as to keep you busy- I
think I can trust - you to be a good
boy, John ?' ' •
.".1. think you can, ma'am,' I an
swered, almost sobbing. .
".• If I should see yonr inother,
dear . boy, before long, what shall 'I
say to her lbr you 'O,
`• Then I knew all, and my grief
knew no bounds. It. sno use to go
on. She died two days after; and
when I hear folkssaying, 'There's a
Woman. at the bottom of it,' I feel
telling the whole world what a
'Woman did for me."
AN ENRAGED FEMALE
.:•;as Francisco News Letter. •
" Hotfsehold Departments " ate
very good adjuncts -to a-newspaper
in•their way,when-edited bYA woman,'
but;the male journalist who dabbles
with the hearenly4nspired mysteries
of cooking runs :a frightful risk; The
editor of the 11'ee471y Pelahrm. Pea
bine started a coluMn of .that kind
recently, and a few 'dap: after Wards
.'tierce-looking female , came into the
oillee, carefully concealing some ob
ject behind herapron.
".Are you the Man that published
that new and improved way to make
currant, cake ?" • •
He said he was.
*on said to - mix. washings.:soda
with
,the flour, and stir in a little
cornmeal and a . little sweet oil .to
give it.a consistency ?"
" BO."
" And to add fifteen eggs and
Some Molasses,- and two s
.ounceof
gum arable, and put in a cool place
to-bake?" . •
" I think that was it."'
",Well, take that then !" and the
imlignant housewife floored-him with
a weapon that Alt, : like a sand club,
but which he felt in 'his heart iniist,
have been a half baked hunk of cake,
constructed on the _Pea vine pd,ttern.
MANY triS;:ipNe, • are inclined .to
think that the apostles, and those
that dompitnied with the Lord while
he was here, ought : to
: have been ex-
Optional Christians; that we :in
these dhys, have no such 'reasons for
faithand.falelity: as they had. But
'what' advantage had they that we
have not.? Simply
.this.: they saw
the. body of Christ. 'Whatever aid
to faith can come thrOugh the senses
they had a little -more fully than we
have them. But it is not '.much,
'after all, of spiritual enriching that
the senses can' give us. - Merely to
behold. the tabernacle or flesh in
Which the Sun of God abr:de would
profit:us little: While "we have the
mind of Christ" let us not go about
deploring our misfortune. in riot be
ing,able-to look - upon his- body.—
teeted. i • -
Utah Miner
Two of Our . !spOrting •fraternity*_
whom we will call Smith and JoneN' :
recently became engaged in a game
of poker with a big, raw-boned, green
looking stranger, and, as sometimes
will happen when professionaW are
playing, the .stranger found himself
looking at four queens, while Smith
had four kings and Jones calmly re••
garded four - aces—the .best hand.
The betting was. pretty. livelY,and
- ..
finally - the stranger - called for a:
" sight," as alibis Money was npiantl .
said he had four queens.
• Smith - said "No good—l've got
four kings." ' •
' "The thunder you have!" yelled
the stranger, and let fly his. right
fist; , about the size, of a peek orwal:
nuts, plump between. Smith's eyes';' , .
knocking him across Ithe room.
" What .bave you': got ?" sneered
the stranger to JoneS.
With a dance - at • that 'big fist,,-
Joicea: it,:vstened to reply. "Oh, I.
havenit got 'anything, - I was only
bluffing," and - the - stranger raked in
the "pot," and as lie lleparteiVsnut-,
'toted : ".You can't ring in any cold
decks on e!" •
NUMBER 1
JUsTICE MILLEt, of the Su.,`
preme Court,- is quoted as relating a
story told him of Daniel Webster: by:
the bite Judge Curtis.. it illustrates:
Webstei's cave-in the coristruCtion c f
his Addresses. Early in Curtis's
fessional life he had been employed
as a s juniiir counsel to Mr. Webster in "
au . important case. A consulathire
being neces::ry, Mr.-\lebSter invited -
him to call. at his olli 2c at ass early an
hour after daylight as he could find
convenient. When he arriVed he
found Mr Webster, with the papers
on the table before him,. a pen in
hand,' and . several sheets of paper
- written-over. ." I am very glad to
see you," said Mr. Webster: "I have
been taxing my brain for the last five
minutes for the- proper wordin the
sentence I am just writing, and can't
call it up. . Perhaps you can assist ,
me." After some suggestions the
proper word Was found . ,_ to gr. Web- •
ster's diliglit, and the consultation
proceeded.
You hear old Christians say,"Well,
it's all for the best," and you may
think it is cant. There is-no cant
about it. They have learned that.all
is for the best in their life's hiStory. •
Bernard Gilpin was to be tried Sor •
his faith hi God, - and to be put to
death. He was . in the habit or say- • ,
ing, "It is all for the best, it is all
for the. best." *Starting to London
to be tried for his life and to be ex
ecuted, he broke his leg. His associ
ates said in derision, " I suppose you .
think _this - is for the best ?" "Of
eoinse," said he,- " it is for the best
my leg is broken:" So it proved.
Before he got well enough to go to .
London Queen Mary". died, and, in-. .
stead . of Lenard Gilpin going to ion,
don to be 'tried and' burned for '•
Christ's sake, he went home free. It
is always for the heat. "All
things
work 'together forg(.;otl - to those. hat
love God."—E.relynlge. - •
Joa:4 Olaso'N's fourielr-cild daughter,
at Mal:LI - AI: wr:l killed . recently t),y swal;
lowing a .10,x ot* ,
WE,TERN iu.pc...rs, as - a rule, are so un
,el:ahhs, that it is unsafe to trust thtan
6ven fur the iktrof the nriuth. .
TRUST rio, the circus athlete a , :the flow
ingly entets the arena. He is it man ri
ret - 4,lutionaiy intentions.---Mpitor,
Tiitfabsoulliug questkii—{' What will
you drink Therjucstii , n 4tr the
hat time is it - 1 . -- Iruttr:o , , 01,
.
NV r. have - not said it before, and eiomtn
stane2s ptiryt:(l Ulu' we. were rill.bt
we say It nvw : 'J' 't your ulster. —.Lex
!!1;, ,t.
- .ft:D , lrt—crave you-anything to o!nr to .
the etpt:[ bc.foro ~ e llfoicti I, fi s se d o n
you t"' • Pri,oner,—•• No .1%.1:1;.(-. I ha'
tell dollars. Ina lay lawyers tot'dr-tat'Y
A (1" N ICAchat; in the-Hartford - Jcotr ,
deseribt's a piano ;us an instrument
which tortures a gnat ha - tuber of persons
for the satisfaeti9n of pne,---Cintihiofti
En9);E:re'r. _
A,I;Cits7.I4 , .NTUM AD HOMINT.M.—YOIIOI
up the apikk , trt2t2 to Sturdy farmer under-
neatiC: •• Well, when you , was a boy,
I .idu.'t you never stint no apples'yourself
What, IleVt'r •
SCFsr.: C',.rnbridge 111711 SCh49Ol -CIaSS •
in Mythology. - Teacher-:-Who was hebe
First (iirl—Wife of lies tiles, and first
cousin of fir -Joseph Porter, K. C.
lb/77mi Grit/tsar:. -
" You. dog, what does he want here '.'•
into teed a dry-goods dealer of a eustoml
er,'whOseitig Newfoundland dog was up
settingithings generally, "-Muzzlin," was
the anWer.—New Orleans Picayune.
."Ttith you began to think,- young man,
that 3 - i - intik won't last forever:" "Permit
me to suggest,my.respeeted grandfather,
that a4e.k not m hat you might earl per-
mantnt; either."—Pitek.
A LlyTl.l•;.•girl, where . a minister- had
been invited to dinner, was privately
41 on her good behavior. Finding
a hill hi the eanversation at the table.she -
folded her hands and said, "Oh,
please pass the butter."
A NOil City fi - iy whci had ripe away frOut
hotad and at, last returned, was asked if
his father killed the fatted calf fur the
" Net nuteb,"-he replied :
didn't kill the fatted calf,' but he wanted
to slay the plodigal." •
`" WELT, BeSSIC," Said her' mother,
"have you 4eit a good girl today !"
"No,•mamma:" `• Why, Bessie, I imped
you have not been a Y liA girl '.7 ..No,
mamma," said the little r thing,-."not wed
dy bad, nor weddy good, just a etanfer.;
able little girl." "
. .
soino .Of our photographers, would
maul; copies copies of a trout for our fish
ermen to take a10n . ..r, to look at once in a
while, it would be a comfortable; and a
Christian deed. Of course, it M ould bo
difficult to get the trout, but one might
be found in some inuseunt.--41aftm nd
bra.
Tlin following answer was• recently
given to an examiner at an examination
What do you know of the partriarchal
Adam?". " Ile was the father of Lot; and
hal, two wives, rfishmala' and Vogler
Haygur ; one .became a pillar of salt. in
the daytime and the other a pillar of fire
at night,"
. .
• A little ..Terseyman, whose relig
ious education has - been neglected, was
picking flowers near a Methodist Church
on Sunday, when the congregation sud
denly struck up with a hymn which float
ed out upon thq soft spring' sunshine.
Looking up, be said. - "Papa r isn't that a
nice tune ? It is true that you ne%er miss
thelager till the keg runs dry :"'
A 1.1111. F.: fire year old child of thisty
who had just lost her father, received
ticket of reward from her teacher:A few
days ago. As soon as school was out she
marlin:no to showlthe ticket to :.:or moth
er, and When she Showed it this child said:
"..Mother, .I..have held the ticket up to
the sky all the nay home, so that my
-father might see how goodl have been."
—NO: //area Puitacfkma; .
A Nrmncir of young lad - es from a South
End Church have conducted . a sewing
school at Children's Mission, on Tremont
Street. At the close of-the season,' after
lug• their best music and 4ingin7, their
buf.t sr.ngs to then: iinOr tile!! , gave
them a generous treat of-oranges, Amte
and -candy, "and ono little pupil. with •
sparkling eyes ..and glowing checks, ex
claimed, " 0 teacher ! is heaven like this:"
- •
DIDN'T lIA.VE A P.
FUN, FACT ANDfACifLE.
.I)u`olit tbrougli the c..;.lestlal rafters catuy
A stnattertu ,, of wet,
A...A A l rtl clouds the whdlow-panes -
Of heart' n and shut'.
A littld boy looked Cu. and saki.
sober IS a deacon.
guess It'si attgel crish4lay, Ina, '
A adl all the tubs Is lealdu'r7 •
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