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Feb 27, '741
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• [April 12. 16.)
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Towatida, Pa., May 2. 1878.
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Oblhe ei)L!fs Away singing.
Singing over the sea!
Oh, he comes spill; bringing ,*
Joy and himself to me!
Down through the rosemary hollow ,
And up the wet beach I ran,
My heart In a gutter to follow
The flight of sailor-man.
Fle on iihuslutnd sitting .
Still in the tiouse at home I
Give: we a mariner, flitting
And dashing over the foam !
Give me a vOICe resounding
. The songs clf the breezy main
Give mets free heart bounding
Evermore hither again.
May 1, 79.
Coming is better. an going;
But never was queen so Grand
As I, while I watch him blowing
- • Away from the Lary land.
I have wedded an ocean rover,
And - with him I man the sea;
Yet over the waves come over, •
And - anchor, my lad, by me.
Hark to his hillowT laughter.
Blithe on the homeward tide !
Hark to It. heart! up'and after;
Off to the harbor-Me; '
Down through the rosemary hollow
:And over the m4.1'11114 fight' .
Andswlll as a sea-bird,
ltnd ho! fora Ball fa
—ll , arper4 dfageistne for September
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HOLLOW-TREE GAP.
Many years ago I resided in the
town 01 F—, Tennessee, seventeen
miles frond the v
City of a
charming country town, but which
proved to be a place of too limited
business to afford me employment.
I had committed the great folly of
leafing befote looking, and .had im
patiently and recklessly left a place
of fornier residence in the northwest,
where I had friends, reputation and
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influence, because the tide of my af
fairs had flowed and ebbed, per - force
of capriciousiircumstances that did
not suit an ar ent and sahguine tem
perament like mine, not yet cooled
(lawn by a maturcr experience. and
had sought, with delusive hope,. a
- happier fortune under the mere con
genial sky of my native south. I
discovered, too late. that the _tide
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still flowed and ebbed, inexorably,
and that in the exchange I had lost
old-time friends, whom then, for' the
first time, I felt and knew how to
value, and that my dreary lot was
that of "a stranger in a strange land."
The necessities of my family com
pelled me to diligence in the pursuit
after business. It was evident that
I was a supernumerary in and
I was driven to seek occupation in '
N—. After repeated efforts I could
only obtain writing in a clerk's office
at a miserable stipend. Here I la
bored with great, assiduity, leaving
my family in F— for economy and
visiting them on Saturday evenings,
as opportunity offered. 'Op one oc
,casion, after a hard week's toil, I sat
in the office, with thoughts sadly on
the dear ones at home, who would be
expecting me.and keenly participate
in my disappoldtmbnt in not obtain
ing means of bonveyance, when a
pleasant acquaintance most unex
pectedly drove up to the office door
and tendered me a seat with him to
F—. Joyously I arceptPd his kind
offer, sprang tato the buggy, and
away we dashed behind a splendid
trotter. I alMost counted the steps
that carried inenearer and nearer to
the home of my heart. It was a.
bracing December afternoon, and my'
spirit, freed froai toil, fairly bounded
with the exhiliration of the ride. We
trotted on " righE merrilee " until it
grew dusky, and we were about six
wiles from town, when we arrived at
a deep excavatinn, cut through a hill
in grading thil road. Here, as ice
glided betwben the high-sloping
banks on either side, my companion
drew his cloak close about him, and
with a shudder remarked
" This is tie 'Hollow-Tree gap.'
I never pass through here without a
feeling of superstitious dread from
the associations of the place. It is
strange how - the spectres of crime
continue to haunt the spot of its per
petration, , and how it seems ever
afterward to be cursed with the cry
ing blood of the 'murdered."
"What !" said I, " was there ever
a murder committed here ?"
Efeb.l' 7 / 1 .
TOWANDA, PA.
TOWKNDA, PA
" Yes" he replied, " and, if you
would like it, I will- beguile our re
maining hour's ride' by relating a
strange story connected with it."
" Indeed," I said, "I would be ex
ceedingly glad to hear it. An cleft
ing narrative will cause me to forget
the cold."
"Msny years ago," he commenced,
"when N— was a small place, and
could bOast of but few of . the con
venient appurtenances Of a city, the
town authorities fitted up a quaint
old building in the suburbs for a
lying-in hospital, where - indigent
mothers might receive all due atten
tion in their patriotic endeavors to
populate the town and to give citi
zens to the State. .
,On one occasion
it so happen,ed that two young wo
men were admitted to the benevolent
offices, of this institution: One of
these, Jessie Bloom, was an- interest-
ing young female, with a sweet; pen
sive face and a finely-developed head " .
that indicated a high moral character.
She bad been the wife of a young
carpenter, who, a few months before,
had lost hia. life in a fall from a house.
7hey had just commenced life to
(realer, and as they were to each
other pretty much all they possessed
of eyalue, he hadlett. her at his unfor
tunate death, naught Tut
and
name
and memory of his love and virtues,
which she cherished very dearly- in
bee gentle heart. The other inmate,
Sarah Preston, was 'a young woman
of a different and rougher mold of
character. She possessed few of the
lovable attributes of her sea, and in
her coarse, animal features could be
easily diacerned the lineaments of • a
turbulent, nature and traces of early
bitsband had been
a `man of similar inclinations and
habits with berself,and their"married
life, consequently, had been stormy
'and embittered by the maddening
!halice of intemporance l • Finding
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BY HENItY FAUNTLEROY.
. could ; not enjoy an equal
privilege with his wife, to drink his
cup In peace, in a fit of rage he aban
. eneVhis home, and , left on' some
river Craft to return no more. And
now, as these two young woinen
strangers to each other, brought to
gether by the same wants of approach
ing maternity, lay in that little hos
pitable . room,—the one lace sweet'
with the placidity of the skies, and
the other face repulsive with the im
press of vicious passions, -they might
easily be taken for meat repreeenta
tires on earth Of the spirits of good
and evil.
Many days elapsed ere the spirit
of the pool, suffering Jessie seemed
again to settle in its earthly home
and she awoke to the instincts of the
mother, while Sarah almost at once
rose with hardy, disdain of her slight
ordeal, and took up her little burden
and walked.
To make my story short I must
skip over along space of time, pass:
ing at once to more importnnt inci
dents, and leaving the imagination
to till the void with such a train_ of
events as may be inferred from sub
sequent revelations.
Some twenty years after the hos
pital scene I have briefly described,
there stood a small log hut about a
mile from where we now are, over to
the right, on the. plantation of a Mr.
S—. In . this hut dwelt a poor
widow, the same Jessie Bloom whom
I have already introduced td , you,
whose, occupation Was making cloth
ing for the hands upoh the place. By
this means she maintained herself
and her wayward boy, whom she had
brought to the country away from
t i e alluring 'vices of the city. He
haiterinced a precocious aptitude in
all the ways of sin !Ind licentiousness.
Vainly had she combated his wicked
propensities with all the force,of re
ligious admonition. Vainly had she
appealed in behalf of the memory of
her deeply-loved husband. Vainly
had she sought to bind his reckless
spirit with the sweet chains of home,
where assiduous care was given to
his every comfort, and vainly had she
`endeavored to inspire' pity for her
own lonely and unprotected condi
tion. was in vain. He broke
over all the bounds of duty and obli-
gation, and plunged into the wildest
excesses.
Well, as I before said, Jessie Bloom
fled from the citywith this incorrigi
ble young man, with the last remain
ing hope, that alone with shim in the
quiet solitude of the country, and the
evil spell once broken , she might be
able to snatch the ."..1;t and frdm the
burning."
One afternoon she sat at her lonely
toil, revolving in her mind thoughts
of ber-defeated hopes, 'and of the in
evitable ruin of him to whom she *as
devoting all the energies of her life.
Ever and swill her deep sorrow would
well up. to her eyes, and overflow in
glistening tears, that tricklecl. , down
her pale cheeks. There was the old
grace in her beautiful+ head, as it
bowed over her work, and there was
much lingering beauty in the brow
and cheek, though years of anguish
had left indelible traces upon both.
As thiii she sat, there was a tap at
the door. She rose ,and
. opened . it,
and there stood her patron, Mr.
S—. They exchanged respectful
greetings, when Mr. S— said :
" My business with you this lifter
noon, Mrs. Bloom, is of a painful
character." .` '
"What !"I ahe exclaimed, "has any
thing befallen my .unhappy boy ?"
"Nci," he answered,- " nothing nn
usual ; but it.is of him I would speak
His'eonduct has become really intol
erable to the neighborhood ;- so much
so that my friends all around me in
sist:, foe the peace and quiet of our
community-, that I shall no longer
shelter him on my place. I am great
ly embarrassed what to do. I. feel
_respect and sympathy for you, and
you are welcome to remain here as
loig as you please, but, unless there
bei an immediate alteration in the
course of Your eon, my duty will
compel me to refuse - to harbor longer
a great annoyance to intneighbors.
I think from the hardihood already
evinced by him you can hardly hope
for any improvement, and you • but
make a sacrifice of yourself - to link
your lot with his. Let him go, and
you take care of yourself."
" No ; oh,. no, she responded ;
"I cannot do that. I can never
abandon my only son to self-destruc
tion. - While there is 'life there is
hope. I shall cling to him, whatso
ever betide him, and, though all the
world desert him, he shall find a
friend in his mother."
" That is noble devotion," spoke
Mr. 8--; " but it is a great pity
that. it should be so misplaced. --If
something cannot be done , to check
pin. son's Mad career, you will have
to follow him to the gallows or the
penitentiary." t - _ _
"'Oh, sir," said she, in great dis
tress, "judge bim not so harshly.
With Gud's help, let me yet hope to
effect a change. Give.me a few days
more to make another trial, and
should I fail, I promise not to impose
longer on your = generosity, but to
quit the neighborhciod."
" Heaven help you," he said, as be
mountedliti horse: "I would if I
could. Take the time that you re
quire, and . I wish again to "say that.,
should you be disappointed' in your
efforts and conclude to separate from
him,ihere is your home. Good after
noon."
" Good afternoon, sir," she replied.
"I 'am grateful to you, but I can
never comply 'with your condition."
She ;closed "the little cabin door,
and was again alone with the spectre
of her sores disgrace and infamy.
Alone with the most harrowing
thought of the long-dreaded dis
honor to the cherished memory of
her husband. I She stood in the cen
tre of the room, with her bead bent
and her face buried- In het hands,
while her forni writhed in the inten
sity, of her anguish. Presently her
bosom heaved with convulsive sobs,
.and she bun3t forth in a paroxysm of
despair. Anon, sbe paced rapidly
"up and down the Boor, giving vent to
her emotions in the incoherence of
mingling prayer, apostrophe and so
liloquy.
" 0 God," she exclaimed, "It not
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this ,burden. too .great for- Th seer
'
ant? Is it too much to ask for death"
for us both rather thap livei of ig
nominy, and Shame ? In mercy, yet
save this wretched, boy trqm the taint
of mime, and 'let me not know the
degradation of being the mother of a
child who could bring reproach on
the name of my beloved husband.
0 Edward; my husband, how eau. I
longer shield thy_memory from dis
honor ? How could it be? How
was it possible that we gave life to
such an ingrate, to such a wretch t
Never did I feel a mother's yearning
tenderness for this boy. In mr first
consciousness, after 'his birth, when
I looked, expecting to behold my
husband's image in the' child, I re
coiled with loathing from his hideous
features,
and my breast almost re
fused -
to give him nourishment. Was
this my crime ? Was it for this that
lam so cursed : and degraded ? Oh,
have I not fulfilled every duty to him
Has not love for my
- husband supplied
as strong a motive as love for the
child ? And when have I ever failed
in care and provision forhim ? What
mother ever did more or sacrificed
more lot. her offspring ? Father in
heaven, whatever my sin was, pardon
Thy wretched servant, and help me
from the burden of my crushing woe."
The evening was far advanced as
thus she paced in heedless tramp and
poured forth her sorrow. That sup
plication so full of despair of earth
and trus ti in heaven, ascended like
incense before the omnipotent' throne,
most grateful to th 0., ,, divine sense.
We shall see how subiequent events
were molded in the moat unexpected
manner to answer the accepted peti
tion.
As I said, it was a lite hour of the
night when her quiek ear caught the
sound of approaching footsteps. Well
she knew whose they were. t With a
fierce imprecation, as he stumbled up
the - step, the obje ct of her wretched
solicitude' burst open the door and
reeled into the room. Without other
greeting, he rudely demanded food.
" Your supper has been waiting for
you a long time by the fire. Here it
is," she said, and lifted up the simple
but abundant repast and set it before
him. He devoured it voraciously,
like s hungry beast.
With a firmness and decision that
she had never employed toward hini
before she now addressed him:
" William, Mr. S.— was here this
afternoon i bringing me still worse re
ports of your disgraceful conduct.
He 'says you have become the scourge
of the neighborhood, and that be is
greatly complained of for harboring
you on his place. Listen to me. I
have been a true and faithful mother
to you. I have never reproached you
for the sorrow that you have brought
upon me ; but now it is my duty to
say that if there yet lingers one gen
erous feeling in your heart to rise up
in acknowledgment of a parent's au
thority,—if every sense.of accounta
bility to high 'heaven has not , been
smothered in your bosom,—l Com
mand you' to stop in yoUr 'reckless
course, that must lead to pur being
driven forth upon the•world, house
less outcasts; I command you, on
peril of your soul, to bringlnci further
disgrace upon the name 'you bear;
and, if there is any source of terror
to your mind, I command you to
stop ere you bring down upon yodr
head the curse of God and your
• mother's hate."
"Ha 1 say yon .so ?" he replied.
"Now listen to me. Neither you nor
Mr.' need trouble yourselves
about me. I am tired of petticoat
control, and I mean to be off. In
two days. I shalt; leave this neighbor
hood. You can Ulm care of yourself.
And I tell you, when I go, I shall do
so full handed. Do you understand ?
I guess yoii will hardly beteay me?"
Yes, she understood , him. His
meaning was, but too truly the rea
lization of an abiorbiog apprObension
of her how. She cowed 'before the
terrible thought Of crime. Long and
bravely did that true heart wrestle
with the fate of that erring boy. At
length he , unclasped her ATM and
sa=d :
"Let me go; must be off to bed.
What is the use.of our living togeth
er any longer? You will -be better
off without me. I am buts drawback
to you.=l am tired of,' this place. My
mind is made np, and leave this
place I. will, before two days,"
With this he ascended to the loft,
and threw himself, upon his. couch;
while the despairing mother lay up
on the floor, - sleepless in her dread
apprehension.
We will now visit a small dwelling
In the outskirts of the city of N—,
where Sarah Preston lived---the same
person I presented to- you at the
opening of my story as one of the
inmates of the little hospital. About
this dwelling there was an air of neg-
lect and destitution that would , im
press the beholder with wonder that
humanity could at all accept such
terms of existence. The potent caqse
of, all this -_ostensible abjectness is
manifest, if we take a peep - inside the
front apartment,where Sarah Preston
held her solitary orgies. There she
sat in an old arm -chair, in a dirty
gown, with disheveled .hair, and her
head resting cin her bosom,;losA in
the Soporitici*Os of her faivrite
beverage. On a siekety table beside
hei . stood the devil's own symbolized
presence, 'a bottle, from which she
had evidently been thinking in the
spell that numbs the high faculties of
the mind, and binds the divine soul
in imbecility and brutality._ She sat
there, a model picture of the •selfish
votary, forgetful alike of . God, the
world, and her own degradation,
while the aspect around her of aban
don' and squalidity filled up the pic
ture of the attendant circumsUinceS,
of vile indulgence in strong drink.
She was 'roused from her stupefac
tion by some one raising the latch,
and a young man entered the4qclin
and stood before her._ As your eye
turned away from the sight of that
woman's bloated and repulsive fea
tures, and rested on the face 'of that
young man, it seemed almost radiant
with mor al light, and one could ex
per„!ence a resistless emotion of reas
surance and hope.- Lofty character
and noble,purpose were written upon
his manly, brow, while the steady
gaze of the eye and the firm set of
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the month betobened the indomitable
°lir& Of Ida mind. Yet nothing 'was
Imre beautiful in that hot than tire
shade of pensive thought and repress
ed sorrow ,that seen in the coun
tenances._ of brave_ men who, have
tassed through some. welst trial., A
feW MOOmuta before'that young man's
facermight , hirre been' seen to betray
gle deep sensibility of his nature.
He luul called at the office of em
ployer,, who, was a. carpenter . and a
man much esteemed.. to straw the lit
tle remainder of his last week's 'Wag
es, when the good man. struck with
his manly-face and deportment t , said
to him: • _ " . _
" 0 eorgeyreston, yon have worked
very hard since you came to me, - and
you are a faithfuliindintiions fellow.
You deserve well; take my word for
it, you will do well in the world."
"I am much obliged to lon, sir,"
said George', as he turned quickly
away to hide the tears that had start.
ed at this gniteful praise. -It was the
first that he bad ever received in his
life. He felt rewarded for much of
his suffering, and, is lie sped home.
ward, took new courage to endure on
totbe end. When he arrived at home
and entered, as I have before men
tioned, though the sight that met his
eye las the old familiar one, yet now
a desperate spirit burned within him.
The praise of his employer, bad kin
dled the latent spark of ambition and
inspired him with a new.boni ion&
dence.' His 'energy bad heretofore
been displayed in laboring under'ev
, erg discouragement and faithfaßy
performing every duty, notwithstand
nig the wages of his toil were spent
in purchasing the degradation of, hip
home. But now the indignation that
bad lain dormant for , years in hip .
breast could no longer be repressed.
He strode to the table, seized the
hateful bottle by the neck, and dashed
it and its vile contents into the street.
"_Mother," be exclaimed, " , 1 can
endure this no longer. You are wel
come to all my wages, to make our
home decent and comfortable, but no
longer will I suffer myself to be used
as the miserable instrument of _your
debasement and my own shame."
" You wretch!" she burst forth in
fury; -"do you think yourself large
enough to brave 'me now ? I will
teach you better;" and she would
have inflicted upon: him one of those
cruel beatings that had been the ter
ror of his boyhood, but be restrained
her uplifted arm, pushed hei back
into her seat, and convinced her that
the whilom submissive boy had now
become the resolute man.
"Mother," he said, "be quiet and
hear me.. I will dd all for you that
my conscience tells me is right. I
will labor for you to the ut most of
my. power;
but I am determined to
break any bottle that is brought into
this house. If I cannot prevent your
drinking any other way, I shall not
give my earnings to you, but make
all of our purchases myself.
"then I have no more business
here:' she respOnded. "Do yeu
think Twill stay here to be brow.
beaten and dictated to by a boy like
you? I can live without your help.
I know bow to get a home, drink_as
much as I. want, and have my ° own
way, too. I' have told you how be
fore, when you attempted to crow':
me. You understand my meaning,
boy, so I am off, and you can be was
ter of your own house."
As she would have passed oat,
George intercepted her, and threw
himself against the door, as he cried:
- ".Mother, mother, you cannot se
riously mean to do such. wickedness.
Slay me if you will, but do. not give
yourself to shame and pollution.
stay, mother, stay."
Overcome with the horrible
thought, ke fell at her feet, saying,
" Forgive me, I meant only for the
best. Here are my wages ; I will
work for you, die for yob, will never
cross you again, if you will only stay
here as you are." •
" Well, boy," she said, having car
ried her point, "don't expect to rule
me, that's all. Take up your supper
there, eat it, and get off to bed."
"I want nothing to eat." George
answered, and immediately withdrew
to the back room, where his couch
was, that be might be alone.
Alonal with what! Ah ! with a
memory ,that knew no sunny hours
of childhood—alone with thoughts
that - rolled back over the dreary
waste of his existence, undecked
with a single Bower, and dotted with
not one green spot, where his sorrow
ing spirit could go back• and rest in
the • joys of the past.-4lone with
thoughts that turned to. the future
to survey but a continuous waste,
with not even a shadowy rock where
to rest his weary head.
George fell on his knees' by the
side of his douch, and pressed: his
burning head deep into the pillow.
He poured out his sorrows to Him
who alone - could mitigate his grief.
Long he wrestled with God,' into the
late' watches of the night, and it was
not until admonished by the growing
dawn that he threw 'himself on the
couch for a few hours' sleep, to pre
pare him for the labors of the day.
We will see how that long and
earnest player was wonderfully an
swered by Hith, who knows bow to
"give good things to them that ask
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,- In , the dark of the next eveningd
after 'the dark that poor Jessie Bloom'
sent up her wail of woe, and the
same night that George Preston
cried to heaven in the agony of his
soul, a figure might have •been- seen
skulking near the Hollow-Tree gap.
It was , evident that be, bad some Ws- -
chievons purpose, and was . lying in
wait for a particular person, from his
dodging about to avoid the eye of
the occasional , passer-by. As the
:shadea of heaven deepened, and oh.
jecia close by became . obscure, he
stepped into the road and cautiously
entered_ the. gap.," About midway,
where the high banks . intensified the
gloom into darkness, be took his po
sition, a little up one , of the Odes,
end crouched- to the ground. — Not
very long after a small vehicle was
beard slowly, ascending the hill, go
ii3g.in the direction of N This
I was , the object of the crouching fig
ure's expectation, for be now looked
keenly up and down - -the rcxud to lee
that all was clear. It was a little
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peddlar-wagon, by an, old
man, welt known through all this
glop, Where he had peddled 'litany
years. ,Be had been in the, neigh
borbook all Alay collecting wax,
feathers. , etc.„ . . for bartering .in the
city, and expected` to' reach N—
that night: - His nioirenier:ta had been
closely watched dating' the 'day,
that figure lying in wait .for him, a n d d
it was known that he usually carried
a ceneiderable sum of money. to - the
city for dePasit; and Air, the purchase
suPplies. The old man droie on
slowly, never dreaming of danger,
his mind probablyticeppled in the cal
culatioro of hia.trade. Re and his
little 'wagon - were ' now no almost t lost in
the mid-darknesi of - the 'gait. - when i
the hiding fprm, with the bound of a
panther ' sprang.upon'the old man,
seized him by the throat, and before
.he could make a cry help beried
a slung-Shot deep into hisaged,tead.
Then, seizing the reins,' he drove
through • the gap, when, turning off
the wad to the right, he continued
ori some distance into the wood, until
he came to a large holloir tree. Here
he stopped, lifted thehody from the
wagon, rifltd it of all the money and
other valuables found upon it, and
stuffed it down into the hollow of the
tree. This done, he got into the wagon
and drove back to the• road, which
he kept for' perhaps a mile, when,
again turning off, he proceeded to a
sequestered spot, where he_ unhitch
ed the horse, slipped off the harness,
mounted him and rode off across the!
.country. Coming to a_ stable in his
flight. he dismounted, went in and
brought a saddle, which throwing_
upon the back of the . animal, he ,
again mounted, and William Bloom, I
agreeably to his word, left the neigh
borhood, and left, too, fall-handed.
Two or three days after this 'mur
der was committed the peddler wa
gon was discovered by a -couple of
woodmen and suspicion immediate
ly arouse d that foul work had been
done. The keen scent that men pos
sess. in the pursuit after crime . ena
bled these men easily to 'trace up the
order'of events on that bloody night.'
The body was found in the hollow
tree, and the neighbors assembled
around to hold inquest and to coun
sel together for the detection of the '
.criminal.. It is wonderful. how the
ingenuity of man will ferret out the
motive, and unerringly, follow
through all the strategy of crime, so
that he is almost invariably able , to
;calk right up to the perpetrator and
say," Thou art the man." Doubtless,
the bend of God is in if. It is He
who points the way and directs the
thought, for the most subtle cunning
is converted into bungling betrayal,
and the mold, ingenious devices lead
but to' exposure of what they were
designed to conceal, until-'it has be
come a faithful aphorism that "Min.-
der wilt out." In the. present case it
inimediiitely occurred to the crowd
that William Bloom was• missing.
about the time the murder must hive
been committed. Then the stolen
saddle afforded the direction of the
the flight, and four or five' resolute
fellows, promptly volunteering, dash
ed off in pursuit. ' They followed' the
flying wretch in all his devious wan
derings with the _intuitive scent, of
the hound on -a fresh trait, and
ere a fornight passed returned
to the county seat with Wil
liam Bloom in their custody. The
evidence of his guilt was overwhelm
ing and he was committed to, jail to
await his trial at the circuit court.
On, the day of the next session,l
very soon afterward, a large con
course of people was attracted to the
county seat by the enormity of the
()dense to be adjudged and by the in-
terest usually felt in the trials of life
and death. The 'general character of
the prisoner in the county was so in
famous, the nature of the proof
against him so demonstrative, and
public prejudice against him so high
that it was apprehended by, the court
that an impartial jury could not be,
empaneled, and there being some
fear of a tumult and an attempt to
lynch the accused, it was deemed adt•
visable to grant a change of venue to
the county seat of the adjoining
county of D—.
Now, indeed, was that miserable
being-deserted by all of his fellow'.
men. Not one remained to be called
Mend. And rightly so. His hands
were imbrued in a brother's bleed,
and thus bad he constituted his fel
low-men instruments of justice
against.himself, to carry out the di
vine injunction that "-Whosoever
sheddeth man's blood by , man _shall
his blood be shed." But there was
one who joined not the throng of his
persecutors, but ministered unto him
with continuing devotion—one who
followed him round, faithful as his
shadow, and braved the crowd's
scorn for being a murderer's mother,
pressing courageously on to the ful
fillment of her duty unto the bitter
end. Jessie,. Bloom had said ? '
"Al
though all the world desert him, yet
shall he find a friend in his , mother."
And now, when the escort moved off,
with the prisoner, she, too, -started
an foot to make e journey .ot sev
enteen miles -to the other county
seat. When they bad gone a , couple
of miles on their way -looking back '
they saw. the,poor :mother still
lowing. One of the men, struck with
.pity and admiration tor he , devotion,.
called a halt until she mune up and
kindly gave' befit seat behind him.
I hive neither time'nor inclination
to describes court seerie -to you. - In
deed, all the paraphernalia of meek
justice, nowadays is - sickening tome.
Of the institutions to meet , the wants
of what we complacently 'term a re
-lined age, the modern 'mut-house is
the great monumental lie; to delude
those who 'credulously read their'.
scription,, "Justice." There is the
grave of many a reputation, sold for
thirty pieces of silver" by 'the
gamesters of the law, who played -for
the stake and shuffled ,human pas
likll3 us they would a pack of cards.
There, buried the hopes of many an
honest man, 'vino went squarely up
with his case and lost, while - the
knave trotted to subsidizing wit
nesses, 'judges , and. lawyers,. and
won.
I am glad ,(said , my companion)
that you have abandoned the pro
fessiorkor, I fear, I might Offend you.
But to:, my story.
Wrll, there sat William Bloom,
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life, and there 'by, his side' sat. his
- only 'eart.bly friend, with 'e'en:iris.
veil over her face, endeavoring to
impart by her presence soma courage
to, her boy in his fearful ordeal.
Even . that "
watch, ,with the evidence
against him as clear as the meridian
sun, might have escaped• thu penalty
of his crime' if he bad had the money
to pay for- the:• legal trick ; but hav
ing no money, wel' might be trem
ble, for be was certain: to get justice.
Therowas nomoney to jingle in the
lawyers' ears, to quicken their Inge
unity ; therefore, the trial proceeded
in • a very natural . -way. The wit
nesses gave in their .evidence in , a
straightforward way, 'Without inter
ruption,`and the truth came out, be- .
cause there was no money to make
any, one interested to suppress it.
The evidence brought to a close, the
consul on both &ides Made very iiret
ty speeches, admonishing the jury to
do their duty, and the jury, being ad
monished of their duty by both law
yers„did it, and iendered a verdict
of guilty without leaving , -the box.
"Take the prisoner to jail,' Mr.
Sheriff," said the judge.
There was 'a stir among the niem
hers of the bar, and pleasantly they
smiled, as. they turned down the
counters and prepared for another
game. Again they stuffed the - pack,
and all that some other - luckless
weight was worth, was on the stake
ere the prisoner reached the door.
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It was known that the next day,
at 11 o'clock, sentence of death would
be pronounced on the convicted man,
and a large number of people assem
bled to witness the solemn scene and
to hear the - impressive eloquence of
the judge. In the crowd might have
been seen George Preston who hap
pened to be passing on business, was
curious to look in fora m oment.
Pressing through the throng , his eye
fell upon that delicate, veiled figure
seated beside the culprit. His sight
was fixed instantly—he gazed long
and earnestly. The judge proceeded,
with his admonitory charge, but
George heeded not what he said.
What was the strange spell that
bound his sense ? What was the
secret of that tender sympathy that
thrilled his heart? 'Was it because,
when he saw her form writhe in her
agony, he thought how that agony
was, like his own, inflicted by the
misconduct of another? Was it be-
cause he though that - bosom, having_
with silent woe, might, like his, be
full of noble emotions and capabili,
ties, though she was, like him, an
object of scorn' because of another'
shame ? He pressed nearer and nearer'
to her. What an irresistible tender
ness he felt for her, and how much
he wished to; help her. Just then,
the judge pronounced those fearful
words of doom, " When you shall be
hanged by the neck until you are
dead, and God Almighty have mercy
on your soul." The frail figure
shudderect—there was a - suppressed
cry, and George saw the object of
his sympathy' fall neon the floor.
He forgot all but the ,wish to help
her. He sprang into the hos, lifted
the lifeless form in his arms, and
bore her through the crowd to the
open air. He tote away the veil,
that water might be sprinkled on
her temples, and for the .4rst time
-beheld her sweet face. yt was al
most a mirror of his own. Kneeling
over her, he gazed upon those fea
tures in bewilderment and wonder.
A voice behind him said: "Some
One 'call a physician. That spasm
lasts too long. Young . man, I will
assist you, and let ns carry her into
that office,. Where I see a touch."
George obeyed with alacrity, and
she was accordingly borne into a
side office and gently laid upon the
couch. • A middle-aged physician al
most instantly stepped in from the
street - and closed the - door, to keep
out the few who manifested any care
or curiosity Be approached the
couch and applied some restoptive,
saying as he did so :
" Why, this is Jessie Bloom ! Well
I remember that. sweet face. , She
was among my first "patiepts, and I
distinctly recollect the.strUnge scene
at the lying-in hospital, years ago,
when she beeaufe a mothe'r. '
The sufferer' heaved a deep sigh
and opened her eyes. They fell upon
the -eager face'', of
.61eorge Preston{
Her thoughtii were yet beWilderedi
and she at first believed she had
awakened beyond the shores of mor
tality.and beheld her husband's face,
as in youth and beauty, welcoming,
her.
"Edward, Edward," she said, " is
it you?"
Then, returning fully to conscious ,
ness, and understanding the reality
of a ll around her, she started up, and
catching hold of George, cried out:
" Who are you? In Sod's name
tell me who you are."
"I am George Preston," he an.
swered.
"George Preston I" she exclaimed
with incensing excitement, " are you
the son of -a woman named Sarah
Preston
"I am," he responded.
" Were you born at the lying-in
hospital?' . she continued.
"I was," he answered, wondering
surd astonished. • .., , • •
"My God!" said she wildly, "the
thought that has risen vaguely upon
my imagination assumes 'certainty.
Oh, would I could st.iijjtrown:"
"I happen to be: here," spoke the
attending physician. -
"Dr. Brown," she said, " you at
tended me in the , hospital, :when I
'was confined ?"
•• "Yes, ". assented the - doctor, "and
'assiste at the birth of as handsome
a boy as my eyes ever beheld:l'.
"Great heaven," cried Jessie Bloom,
"the child they brought me was
hideous. It was he who was just
no* sentenced to death."
1 4 The face-of your,child," rejoined
the doctor, "could never have grown
into such a likeness of villany asthe
criminal's at the bar. I heard . the
conversation just noir between you
and that young man e who says his
name is' George Preston. I 'can see
in:, him much of the matured Image
as I remember it of your child, and
could almost be sworn,from the lik&
ness to you and the coineidence of
his birth; hat he - is your true son
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and Mit mistake was made: 'Wait a
moment; I saw Dr. Hall enter the
court•bouse Immo up; I will :6'511
him in." -
He left the room for: a moment
and returned accompanied by- Dr.
Hall, whom be' thus addressed:
"Dr., Hall,. you remember f tlie
events of the little hospital, th4we
have so often since spoken abeiut.'
You attended Sarah Preston. ';Do
you believe that to be her son, stand
ing there'?" pointing to George.
""No," answered Dr. Hall, "I should
think it hardly pcissible. Her child
was so repulsive to me that I never
took the second look, and such fea
tures could never have developed into
the beauty of that face," referring to
George.
• "Whit do yon thinlinf the face of
the prisoner in the box V.' asked Dr.
Brown., - •
"Well," -Dr Hall replied, "since
you have suggested the connection,
that is much the same- face, and it
just strikes me how strong the-.re
semblancc is to Sarah Preston."
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"Come with Me,.all of yon," said
Jessie, Bloom, pearly, frantic with
emotions. "Take meat °nee to Sarah
Preston."
"I will take you to - her house,"
said George.
I must leave you to imagine the
feelings of ttle two chief actors in
these exciting scenes, as they sped
swiftly away under the impulse of
the' wildest heroes.' They were at
tractedlo each•other by a mysterious
affinity of their souls, yet dared not
give way to the full force of certain
ty.
'Arriving at the dwelling designated
by George, Jessie Bloom burst . fran
tically into the'room, crying out :
• "Sarah Preston, in the name, of
God, and your hoped for mercy, tell
me,' is this my son?"
"I will not lie to you. - He is your
son. But-I did not make the ex
change; The 'nurses made the mis
take. When you fainted,. Dr. Brown
'called Dr. Hall, to help him. The
babies were hastily put in a blanket
on the, Sable. The nurses picked
them up, without knowing which was
which, carelessly thinking: the baby
next me was my:child, and took them
into the next room to wash and dress
them. You were most dying, and
did not see your baby, but I saw
mine. When I asked for my-child
one of the silly nurses brought me
yours. I did not want 'any baby,
but I preferred yours to mine. I
took +yours, as if it was mine, and
kept itgliid until the next afternoon,
when I got up and went away, leav
ing you dyin, as I supposed. , That's
the trtith."
"And, oh! my son," cried -Jessie
Bloom, as she threw herself into the
outstretched arms of her' noble boy,
"what an .ocean of sorrow we have
crossed to meet each other."
' "And what a sky full of joy we
have been cheated -out of, my pOor,
poor mother!" responded - George, as
he wept aloud. "I will not curse
you," he continued, turningto Sarah
Preston, "for your ,own wicked heait
is curse enough; but I must never
see you again. Come, mother, come."
That same day Jessie Bloom had
her eon christened ' Edward Bloom,.
the name •of her husband. They
were very'soon in a neat little home
of their own, furnished and presented
to them by Drs. Brown and Hall.
Edward's employer, not, to -be out,-
done in generosity, gave his faithful
apprentice a, fall partnership in his
profitable business.
And-in that happy home they de
voted a week to a relation of their
past trying histories, to s communion
of joy too sacred for tongued to tell,
and to a new consecration of them
selves to the service of; a merciful
God, who 'had so signally answered
their prayers; • which, unknown to
each other, had, - nt ithe same moment,
mingled in sweet music . to the divine
ear. ' •
Two weeks elapsed f and a heartless
and insensible crowd gathered around
a gallows, a mile from the city to
in
dulge a perverted appetite, in wit
nessing the infliction of the -awful
penalty of death upon a fellow-being. -
The doomed wretch stood upon the
fatal traps It was William Preston—
] o longer Bloom. That name . was
tot-his to stain with ignominy. He
had been made , acquainted with his
-true parentage, and :Jessie - Bloom
had' isited' him, and given him her
forgiveness for all the sorrow he had
occasioned her; but little did he heed
it all. It did not change his lot, and
what did hi care?
Relentlessly the hand of fate ap
proaChed the hour when that immo •
tal soul, burdened_ with its. sin, as
to be launched into eternity.; T ere
was a stir in the outer crow nd a
woman *th blood-shot eyed and
bloated face, where reveled all the
fires of sensuality, pressed through
the throng, crying to the crowd to
give way. It was Sarah Preston ° , at
tracted to the-awful-scene by some
strange spell of fatality.
"Let me'-see his face," she cried,
forcing her.way to the front. Roping
something from the disturbance the
criminal cast his eyes-in that direc
tion: and caught sight of her brand
ishing arms. Mother and son stood
face to face.
"Yes," she screamed, that is he.
"William Preston, I ani your mother."-
The wretch -looked with a stupid
stare; the hangman paused - a mo
ment—the hatid passed the hour
point—the axe fell upon 'the cord
that held <the drop and the suspended
body writhed in ,the agonies of death. i
The mother uttered a wild yell and
fell to the earth.. , When she -was
picked up she too was dead. Mania
a petit had cat the cord of ,her miser
able life. ; 1
Where did `, those two wretched
beings, hold their reunion of dark
despair? "! -
"But here we 'are- at your door,"
said my Companion, "go. in and kiss
-your wife and little -ones. and, think
of Edward Bloom, who,- too: has a
sweet wife and three lovely children.
tiood'night." -
Tsrausii-alxrut paying the -interest on
the public debt, why shouldn't the goi
eniment tax walking-matches at so much
is lap? If the scorers were , compelled to
cancel a two-cent stamp at the end 'of ev
ery *miter-mire, we .could call in the
four percents. before - halt the fools io the
country qratlt Francisco
Post.
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raw, nor AND FAIMIE. -
WOMAN'S sphere—That she -will :'never
liturrir per cent. of the pulp of an or
ange is water. • Tbis explains why , step.
ping on the skin brings to mind a dab— .
Detroit Free Press.
las' lapsus lingum—Embarrassed
young gentleman (to wife of Cabinet-Min
ister): "I—l—l think yon' ea had the.
pleasure of meeting me,before." "_
THE worst feature of this lapse into
wintry weather ist that the resuscitation
of the seacune will give.occasion fort= es. •
tra edition of spring poetry.—Puck. •
ONE good turn deserves .I.nother. Wag
ner twelve piers ago eloped with Yon-Bu
low's wife. Vou Bulciw recently played
for the benefit of a Beyienth fund for
propagating the music - of ;Wagner. .
Bunrrioni Old Gent (in a- dictatorial
tone): "Ah ! conductor, - what 'are we—
ah !—waiting for?" Conductor - (iak un
connern)—• Waiting fOr the -train to go
on, sir." Old gent retires.--Punch.
A CHOICE of Evils—Mamma—"Now,
Artbut, be a good boy and take your
medicine, or:mamma will be very angry."
Angry (after mature dliberation)— 'I
would rather.mother was very angry."—
Puileh. .
1118 LILT.
" A handful of brief. gusty wind .
Can, unateh away their breath ;
Stator 4061011 with cruel isitfbelded.
And they de crushed to death ;-
Or It the worm about the root
Be hungry tat his PF 4 I. -
The teonitaWof the Mildly fruit -
Dp:ipe Man the ;dem sway.. •
';soieban thno alai drop, O. matt t 4.
Be-think thee, !what art thou
Naught, though th; littbe mortal span
Be clad in purPle ego.
T 0 .120.611! newer thegaideeer'salth— -
Short beauty shalt thou have;
Thy golden glory vanlsheth,
When thou:art In the grave:"
--Front the Danish of - Ambrosias dish
TUE Sweetsler the Morning—She (sem !
tiinental): "Oh, I call this quite 'too ex
quisitely lovely ! So delightful to see the
little early birds.! They seem so happy I"
He (Hard-up): "Yes, with their bills all
over dew, 'too :"--Punch's Almanac. •
• AN Arkansas woman; named toeder,
has brought an actiom against' her faith- ,
less lover for breach of promiise. Para
graphers will not lose Alm opportunity to
suggest. that she has converted. herself
into a breach-Loeder.—Chicogo Tribune.
the middle of fly time, when , both
bands Were engaged, we have
t ometimes•
thought, AS a persistent fly playfully
fondled our nose, that it was a great mis
take when our primeval ancestor discard
ed his caudal appeudage./3"oston Trans
cript. • • ;
"I BEFPOSE the bells are sounding an
alarm 6f tire," sneeringly said a man as,
the church bells were calling the worship- •
pers one Sunday morning; to which a'
clergyman who was l using replied :
"Yes, my friend ; but the fire' is not in
this woHd."
THE comedy of " Our Boys" has been
played 1,350 times consecutively at a Lon
don theatre, and will soon be followed by
"Oar Girls.'.' is different in this coun
try. • Here our girls are followed by our
boys. But perhaps it is leap year in Eng
land. • •
SELF-possessed trainp4" Will any gen
tleman—" = Brown .(to intending alms-
giver)—PDOn't you give him. anything— •
he's been here. before to-day." S. P,4
(loftily)—" Will you .haVe the kindness
not to meddle with my business affairs?" •
—Puck. - ,
311srLscEn Charity—On coming oat of ~ _
church, General Sir Talbot de:, la - (Poer
Sangra zal is sa.struck with the beauty of
the afternoon that he forgets to put on
his bat, and Lady Jones ,(who is rather j
rtear.sighted) drops a penny into it •
London Punch. - ;
THEY were walking home from ,a re- ,
hitarsal. Said - he : " Loiest thou 'me ?"
Said she : "Thou knowest• I love thee !"
Then they measured noses, while • the •
trees sighed,- the lake murmured upon the
pebbled beach, and the - mood shone in
soft splendor.— Vidette. •
BOAT-race morning - . (Little Funks un
derstood that the boatman 'ad saved a
nice little boat for 'im.` an' the lady).
Boatman.: "What—ain't safe? Why,
lor' bless yet.. it yet. only sets perfectly
still and bails 'er out every two minutes,
she'll go along.boOtifur.":—Jud r y. •
SMITH, who had always been a "tough • .
one," has just died. The physician is .
met coming from the house by. Brown,
who asks : "Doctor, how is Smith? Is •
lde out of danger?" Physician—No ;
is dead, poor fellow, but he is far from
being out of danger, I fear."—Boston
Traretler.
AN elderly g e n tleman et seen kissing a -
lady in aWest-side neighborhood, caused
the tongue of scandal to move xecently, -
says the Norwich Buitetin,. - but when they .'
learned that sho'was his wife, they ap
plied to the man in admiration to learn
how be had kept the practice up for twen- •
ty years. • _
AN Easter that doesn't produce seven 4
hundred puns of the " eggs-traordinary "
atid "eggs.aggerated " kind may be set •
dawn' asp failure. There should be a law_
imposing solitary imprisonment for life on
the tiaragrafthist who employs this sort
•of pun when speaking-of eggs.—Norris-
town lireratd. -
Chief of Police in St. Petersburg -
has resigned, but the Czar won't accept
his resignation, and the , poor man 'expects
to be shot in his tracks every moment.
Better be a humble policeman locusting ,
an inoffensive citizen in New-York than
the chief of the " force " in St. Peters
burg.—Detroit Free Press.
Scax - c . : The outside of an omnibus..
Party (who doesn't know much about
'oases) And 'what do you call the horse
on the right-hand side, driver? He looks
a good sort." (Driver—"Oh, that's the
off un." Party—" Is it, indeed? Dear
me l Lost both his parents, _I s'pose ?"
[But what on earth were they all laugh
ing at?] r
SOME people declare that they have a
good time when they, sin. If you watch
carefully, however, you will find that the
sin and the good time are like the compo
nent parts of a .scidlitz powder when tak
en separately. They look perfectly harm
less unit they are swallowed; but then
there is difficulty. •
E. C. STEDMAN slngs,l in Scribner,
"Why should I fear- ,s. sip the sweets of
each red lip?" 'Wlfy ? Because, Mr.
Stedman, you have tr co nviction that the
gloomy-looking old gentleman -in 'the :
back-ground; with blood in his eye and a
cane like the angel of death in bis , band,
will make a poultice of you, if you do any
such' sampling while he is in reach.— ' . _ l ,
Hawkeye. - . . •
WATERING. IN A DRY Tutz.--Iri
the summer iliyughts which now and
then occur it is common to: see per
sons everywhere at work watering
the garden to keep things alive till
the regulir rains .come. IL is, how
ever,.the experience of all; that the'.
more the-garden is watered the More
it wants, and; thus on the whole it
does little good. Yet water can be
so given as to be free from this . 0-
jection. It is the hardening of the
surface which causes the evil, and a
har, compact surface always dries
out' faster than a loose one.. The
proper way is to take the earth away
-for a few inches around the plant to.
I be watered, so as, to make a sort of
I basin, and into this pour the water,
letting it gradually soak away. After
it - has all disappeared and the stir :
lace. gets a little: dry, . then draw the
earth, back again which has.ken mis
placed, to makethe baiin. - This will
make a loose surface_ over the water
ed pSrt, which will preserve it from
drying one rapidly. -Tomatoes, egg
plants, Cabbages and other thing! of
this character, watered in this way
will need no renewal or water for
several weeks Itis a slow Way of
gettingsnch work done, but it is the
only way of doing it.