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Boineuuses—pot ot:th—erbeo the ;lays ere loot'
I Ault pollee Ile the elioniiiis Odds of pato,
•Llte Oedema of woe hait4omottes emg,
rThere weeps • memory anon my Wale
I hear the lanaran hr roomy the gram;
re draws., warmer In the wetted limes ;
Iytareh the radiant bettifilles that pate,
Anal am sad and alchit heart menettmea—
Sometimes, when royal Winter boldskts sway,
When every rived to swept trout mows Skies.
And bosun pool and lighted hearth: re gay
With toughing lips and yet more lingtdog ves,
'tram tai•oir days an echo wanders try.
That makes a discord In the Olirlstinas
A moment In the dines or talk I Sigh,
And seem bait lonely In the crowd sometlines—
Sometimes.
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Not Von, nor for long. o Mend. my friend ••
We were net Mat oer lice "thatwe might Iraqi;
The Sower:crowned .day *tsar* balbrioon an endr
Should Guitar Spring a loner impairs keep?
Comes all Winston the dine of fading leaves.
Come on the cold short days. *e mad "rise .
And go our way, and garner home our shepies•
Though some far taint regret maiskinfkiireyes
Soinettases. . ' •'•
Somethasol me a light almost divine 4
In meettuteyes of two that sow are one.
Impatient of the team That rise to mine. .
I 1 tura awayto seek!some , worh widow.
Them dawns a look upon Some stranger face ;
I think, " I like, and yet bow far leis fair S"
•nd toot►. and look again, and seek no trace
A moment morn your fancied likeness there.-
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o sad, sweet thoughts ! 0 foolish. vats' 'egrets t
As wile It were, what time June roses blow,
To weep because the first blue violet , t •
, We found infipring has faded long ago.;
0. love, my love, if yet by mpg of bird,
By flower scent, by aunts 'Tad poet's rtiymes,
'My heart, that fain would be at peace. is stirred;
Am Ito blame that still I sigh sometimes!, •
• Sometimes? ,
And sometimes I know a parig of leaking pain,
Thai, while I *Falk all lonely,:otber eyes
May haply smile to yours that aline again,
Beneath the sun and stars of Southern sklea.
The past is past :but Is It sun, if yet •
P who in calm content would seek to dweU
Who will not grieve, yet cannot quite forget,
-Still send a thought to you, and wish-you well
Sometimes f Lotilas 7, Swink
ON THE CLIFF,
An Adventute - at Barrnoutb.
Fifteen years agOiarmouth was a
quiet little village. The whistle of
the iron horse was;not to -be' heard
within many miles; and the passage
of- the coach .between Dolgelly anti
Caniarvoe *as `the sole event of the
day. There was one hotel and some
half-dozen shops and other houses
where lodgings where to be obtained;
but slight as was the accommodation,
it fully equaled the demand. -
"Just the place for a fellow AO be
able to sketch without people - coming
to, look over his shoulder, was the
comment of Hugh Carson, a young
artist, as he took his first stroll upon
the Sands.
. A tall, welt-built youig fellow,
with legs rather long for his body,
and a 'face rather .heavy in repose,
but -bright and winning When he
smiled; The tide was out, a few fish
ermen were mending their nets and
tarring their boats, and a lady and
child were down upon the rocks near
the edge of the sea.
" - A bright bit of , eolor on those
dark rocks,"' be said,. " with the
island on the left and the sea beyend,
and that abrupt headland coming in
-just the thing b Agin with." .
He bad his sketching-book under
his• arm and his color-box` in., his
pocket, and, - sitting down on the
sand-hills, he set • rapidly to work.
For an hour and a hair he:worked
steadily, and then the bright bit of
color and the child moved off toward
the shore. Still he worked on at his
sketch, and was almost startled when
a shadow passed across. his paper.
He glanced up, and saw a girl of
some twenty years old,/with a youbg
er one of .seven or eight. The child
dropped the hand she was holding,
and came fearlessly up.
" Please may I look at , your pic
ture ?"
He nodded silently, and went on
with his painting. "
" 0 cousin Amy, such -a pretty
picture! and there are you and me
on the rocks. Do look
The girl glanced at the artist, but
neither by look nor motion did she ',
second the child's request ; , and with
a little shrug of her shoulder she
turned away, and walked On slowly
until overtaken by her cousin.
" What a bear I am!" the young . I
man said to himself. " I ought to
have got up and grinned and taken
off my hat, I suppose, and asked her
to look at it; but it's no use, I can't
get on with women. I never car.
think .what to say to them. I have
no doubt she thought me a perfect
bear. And so I am. ' But I suppose
it's my nature." And be went on
with his painting. " One o'clock ;
it's time to go in to dinner. The:tide
is coming ,up and covering the rocks;
I will finish , it to-morrow morning."
The next day' he worked until din
ner, and was greatly contented with,
the result. •
" It will make a capital thing," he
said.' "1 have been very lucky with
the lights .
. I do think it will be the,
beat thing I have done." "
His. pleasure was a little marred
by the fact that .the, two girls .had
been out on the rocks, and had .on
their return passed close by him; but
this time the child bad kept close
. to
her cousin. -
" Offended, evidently," was his
muttered comment, "and no wonder.
I wish I was not such a bear."
The following morning he was late
in starting for a stroll , across the
sands.' The tide had already turned,
and there are few places on the'coast
where it comes in more rapidly than
on the Barmouth sands. fora lOng
time its approach is so gradual that
it can hardly be noticed;.but when
it reaches a certain 'point it conies in ,
with startling speed.
"'There are those girls on the rocks
again," he said, and he shaped his
course so as to tarry him to the right
of - them. He had not gone . fifty
yards along the edge of the sand
when he heerd a loud cry behind
him. He - looked round; and saw that
the elder girl, who was reading, had
risen from a t tampotool on which she
was sitting,end that the child was
on the rocka; already cut off by a
rapidly inereasing stream of water.
The cry of the child on discovering
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her situation was echoed' byber com
panion, who was about to rush- into
the water' when Hugh ran . up.
" All right, little oiler he shouted
cheerily. "I'll fetch you out."
So saying, h e r waded into the lin
ter; which wall'already nearly up to
his wain!, reached the little, girl, took
he r in his arms, and carried her to
the shore.
There you are t right as possible,"
he said, 'as be put her down; " but
yoa must Wad, missy, for the tides
are very rapid here."
"Thai* you so very much, Sir,"
the elder girl said.; "it is most kind
of you."
. The artist looked into the , flushed
face of the girl, and the ey.2i in which
the tears were standing, and his, ha
bitual shyness fell upon him. Mat
tering somethirig about ita being no
odds at all, he raised hie hat and,
turning upon his heel, spin pursaed
his walk. - ...
"-He really las bear," Amy.. Her
bert said; is she hurried off with the
child toward the sand- ills, pursued.
by the fast-rising tide; "and yet, by
his voice; I am sure he could be very
nice if he liked." -
Amy Herbert had no experience
whatever of shy men. She was the
only daughter of a very wealthy
Manchester cotton spinner, and Man
chester does not class shy young men
among its prodections. She was
accustomed to admiratioe, for she
was pretty and ap heire4, and in
both capacities made much of; bat,
though a little wayward and willfUl,
from always-having her own way, she
was really_ unspoiled, and was. as
bright and lovable a girl as was 'to be
found in the metropolis of cotton.
' For the next few days Hugh Car
mm 'Biased the young lady and child
from the shore, but several times saw
the flutter of a light-colored dress
high up on the hills behind, Barmoutb.
" That rising tide bas given her a
fright," he said to himself, "and
they've taken tothe hills. Rather ' a
nuisance, because I have done with
these „fiats, and shall be doing the
hills myself. However, they are ex
tensive enough without our running
against each other; as -we always
seem to be doing here."
In fact ; as Hugh and his acquain
tances took their meals at atout the
same hour, and both came in at the
very last moment before them, it is
not singular that each day they had,
either morning, afternoon or evening,
met at eest once in the quiet little
street;' and each timeillugh raised
his hat, Miss Herbert bowed frigidly,
and her little cousinnodded brightly.
Once when he pasied the door of
their lodging, just akthey'were going
in, the child ran across the road as
her cousin entered, and put'ber hand
into his, and talked to dim for two
qr three minutes, (nd conveyed to
him the thanks ber mamma,' who
Was not strong, and did not go , out
much, for having carried her semi
the tide. -For the: next three days
Hugh Carson was engaged iid paint
ing a picturesqtm old farm-house
lying farmi. the hill. The subject
was a good' ie l and he setto to pro
duce a finished picture on , the spot,
and worked 'at it from early morning'
as long as the light lasted, making
his breakfast and lunch off' milk and
'timid and cheese obtained at the,
farmhouse. Upon the - third evening
he was returning from his work, walk
ing along the edge of the hill, looking
down upon the sea, , when he came
upon the- little girl lying on. the
,ground, Crying bitterly. ,
Why, little one; what is the mat
ter?" -
The child, who had not beard him '
approaching, leaped to her feet, and ,
upon seeing who it was, a look of
pleasure flashed across her,. tear- I
stained .face.
"0, please, Sir, do help me 1 Cowl
sin Amy has tumbled down the
," Good gracious; child, where has
she fallen?" Hugh said in horror ;
for the spot where they stood- was
above one of the steepest slopes be
tween Barmonth and Barked).
" Down there, Sir; she ias picking
a flower when she. slipped,; and I
can't get at her, but I can see her."
And the child led the young artist
to a point, further on, where the pla
-testi projected, and, the face of . the
hill where Amy had allen was visible.
The slope where she had slipped
was very steep, but became - even
steeper lower down.. Then a rocky
ledge' projected ' and below it an ab
rtipt precipice some fifty feet high.
Amy Herbert lay on the ledge. She' ]'
had rolled down on to it, and had
eiidently struck her head, for '.she'
was insensible. This ledge was some'
Mime feet wide ; and, from the posi
tion sin which the • girl lay, it was
probable that, at the first movement I,
=ideas she came- to, she would roll
over the edge..
"All right, little one; don't cry;; I
will get to cousin Amy. She has
hurt herself; but I dare say she will
be all right when I 'get to her."
Hugh spoke cheerfully, but he '
was by no means sure that - the
girl was not killed. He . looked
closely at the grassy, slope. It was
easy enough to 'slide dowe; but
once down, there was no getting up
again. , He was fully a mile and a
half from the town ;'but he dared not
run for aid, for if, the girl partially
recovered she might be dashed to
pieces before his return. It was evi
dent that he must slide doWn to her.
But the child puzzled him. He was
afraid to send her to the village by
herself, afraid to leave her alone on
the top; besides, if they were to stop
On that ledge till help came,it would
be much more pleasant with the child
there, both for Amy and himself.
"Look here,,,Pdasy,"he said, after
a minute's thought, "-will you be , a
good quiet little girl if I. take you
with me down-to COUlthi Amy II
The child nodded seriously.
"Here goes, then," he said.; "now
you bike hold of my hand very tight,
and we Arill go down as far , as we
can; then We'll lie down pa i l the grime,
you pet our arms round my neck,
and we will slide down." 1. '
So it was done, not' without dap
gettbut Hugh was strong and steady;
and lying on his face, with one :arm
round the child, ha held on to the
tufts of grass, and let himself slide
as gently as he could. Still his iMart
sio - Azoms or monmoiAnox ram £3T qmarraite
• ,
beat fast for, an Ninstant when, on,
reaching, the ;lest point of
elope, they ell dont with a rush
the'bust omen set to theledge where
Amy lay, hidf over the ;brinkof the
sheer fall below.
" gow, Pew, you sit dOwn quite
quiet vihile I see to cousigiAmy.7
Very anxiously the young artist
lifted the girl's bead from the grass.
There was a little pool, of blood be;
low it, which - had flowed from a
wound lust above the ear. He put
hie fingers to her wrist, and, after a
minute of anxious suspense, he felts
very faint flickering pulse. -
6* Thank God t," he murmured de-
voutly.
Then he took out a whiskrilaskt
and poured a few drops between the
clinched teeth. Again-and again be
did this, the child all the time sitting
perfectly quiet, and watching with
quiet frightened eyes. .Preiently the
girl sighed faintly. •
"Take hold of cousin Amy's hand,"
Hugh *aid, "and . when you eee, tier
open her eyes speak to her gently. I
Tell her to lie' - still; put your face
close to hers, act that she may see yOu
when she opens ber eyes:'
Hugh was sitting on - the ground
supportiig the girl, whose haul rest
ed on his shoulder. Presently there
was a movement' of the eyelids, and.
then slowly s and languidly the eyes
opened. ;
"Thew, cousin Amy,you are bet
ter now. Lie quite quiet You have
huh yourself, and most be very
goo d.il
The eyesespressiiil recognition and ,
a t int wonder, and then ellised
agiOn. Hugh waited 5, a little, and
then pound a few more drops of
whisky between her lips. This time
the effect was more decided. She
moved, shOok her head, and tried to
avoid the'inouth,of the flask. Then
she looked up again. ,
"What is iti" - she said faintly.
What are you doing? Wheit am
It" -
"You must uiet and good,
the child_Said itively. You
must not Wye, the gentleman says
'I his time the speech was vaguely
understood, for she looked beyond
the child's face to that' of Hugh ;
closed her eyes again, and then made
an effort to raise her' head. Then
Hugh spoke, gently but decidedly: -
"
My dear young lady, you must lie quite quiet. You have fallen
down - and hurt yourself, you are
faint and weak. You are quite safe
'where you are, but you cannot move,
for we are on the side of the hill, and
must wait till help_ comes. Your
cousin is here with you. , Kiss her,
Pussy." ' ,
• Amy-Herbert listened in a sort of
confused wonder. She did not under
stand in the. least, except, that she
. was told to be quiet hi firm authori
tative-tones, such as had not been
addressed to 'her since she was a
child. The warm kiss of her little
cousin seemed to assure her that all
was safe and right, and, with a little
sigh she closed her eyes again, and
was soon breathing quietly. , Then
the child turned tollugh: '
"'Amy's gone , to sleep. My name
isn't. Pussy, but Ida—lda : Herbert."
All right,4da. I'll call you - so in
the future. Now, Ida, 4rheti you
stand up, can you see the road down
below there ?', ,
"Just see it," the child said ; " but
it' is getting dark. When are we
going home? '
"1 am afraid we are not going
home to-night, Ida. Certainly not
unless some one comes along that
road, and there is not much chalice of
that." • _
• Y .- Where are we to sleep!" Ids ask=
ed, in surprise.
":We must sleep where we are.
Cousin Amy wilt sleep here, and you
shall curl up close to me and lay
y6ur head against me on , the other
side, and I don't think you'll .be
cold." •
"But I want supper before I go to
• "Ah, you can't , have supper to
night, Ida ; but it will be great fun,
youknow, sleeping out ,here for a
bit, and I expect that presently your
mamma will send people out to look
, for you, 'and then we shall hear them
shout, and weiball shout back again;,
and then they'll come with ' some
ropes, at.d up we shall go to the top,
Now shall I tell you a story ?"
"0; yes, please," Ida said delight
.
"Will you sit quiet by me, then ?
and when you feel sleepy you' just lay.
your head down' and go off to sleep.
I will go on with my story till you're
asleep; but we must talk very low,
else we shall wake cousin Amy."
For an hour hetold stories of fair
ies and enchanters, and then the little
bead leaned gradually 4 against his
.waistcoat,and in five minutes he stop
ped in the middle of his narrative.
Then Amy Hebert spoke :
" I am, not asleep; I have been
awakwfor some time, and have been
thinking. You are the gentleinan
who rescued Ida off the rocks, are,
you not?" - -
" Yes," Hugh said. ,
" I thought so. Now, please, how
cattle you and. Ida here, And where
are we, and why don't wetgo home?"
" You rolled down a steep grassy.
slope on to a ledge. You struck
your head in falling, and were insen
sible for a . time. I came up, and
and should haie run off for assist
ance, but .I feared if you movetibe
fore I came back you would fall over
another fifty feet, so- I. took Ida and
slipped down to you." -
" Can't I move ?" the > girl asked,
presently. f 6
41 Are you uncomfortable V' -
"No she 'said shyly.
"Then you' had better lie still,"
Hugh Bald decisively. " The ledge
is very' narrow, and you are weak,
and .I dare say- giddy, for you lost a
good deil of blood. So you really.
over if , you eat up. With
my arm round yon, you are quite
safe."'
And Hugh emphisized the' fact:by
drawing her still more closely l tolim.
Her slight figure yielded to the pres
sure, and with a little movement,
which was very 'like the nestle with
which Ida had , prefaced her subsi
*deuce to sleep, May Herbet lay quiet'
3 ,
and in a Yell few minutes Hugh, was
sere, from her regular breathing , that
she too was Weep.
It Musi. be nearly ten o'clock: ,
Hugh sad to hitheaff. I should think
we ought , very soon to, get out of
this. 'old lady will be fidgety by
tudt-past seven, alarmed by half-past
eight, • and by balf-past
ought to hays all Barmont out with
torches. But women are'iso long be
fore they set about a thing in earn
est. They begin to . fidget long be
fore a man dues, but they don't set
to work to take decided steps. :Still,
searchers ought to be out by this
time. lam 'beginning to feel hor
ridly cramped.. I suppmet s some fel
lows wCuld like this sort of 'thing.
but I don't see any point in it What
ever.
In another quarter of an hour
Hugh saw several lights coming
along the road below, and could hear
faint shouts, which seemed to be
echoed by a party proceeding along
the bill. They were moving but slow
ly, for there were lights half-way,up
the face, and they were evidently
searching, very carefully. The wind
was from them. , and it was useless
for Hugh to try and return , their
shouts. - • Gradually_ they got nearer.
and he determined to make-an effort,
but to do so it was necessary to
stand up. He moved slightly, and
the elder girl moved also.
" Wake up, please," he said; "hap
is at band."
She raised herself al, once.
"I do think! have been asleep. I
feel ever much better."
" I will stand up to shout," Hugh'
said. " Will you lean back against
the hill ?, I wilt lay your cousin
down with her head in your lap. She
is as sound as a top. Now for it!"
land standing up, Hugh gave a shout
with all the power of his lungs.
. There was. a patise in the move
ment of the linterns and then a
Shout.
" Hallo•a-a 1" Hugh shouted again;
"this way 1"
Rapidly the lanterns came flitter
ing along the road till .they were
down in trout of them. -
" Here we are ! here are the
ladies !" Hugh shouted.
"Any one hurt?"
"Not much; ; , but we can't;-get
either up . or down. You must let a
rope down to us from above. Here
we are ;" and Hugh struck a match
and lighted, a large piece of. paper.
" Have tle party above got ropes ?"
There was shp_ntitig backward and
forward, but the party above had not
got ropes.
"Send` baeic for -them - .at once,"
Hugh shouted, " and . beeure and tell
the lady that no, damage is done
here,"
"Vow do you feel now ?—I was
goinglo say. cousin Amy," he laugh
ed ; but I really haven't, the pleas
ure of knowing yourname."
" Amy Herbert." ,
" How do you feel now, Miss Her
bert?",
"1 feel weak, and rather headachy,"
she.said ; "but there is nothing really
the matter with me. iWYhat an escape
I have hadi"
4. - Yes, you had,a narrow squealiof
it," Hugh said frankly ; just anoth
er pound or two of impetus and you
would have gine over the ledge.' •
She 1111Wailent and he went on:
" Do you object to smoke ? Becadse
it you. don't • I should really like to
ight
I .•Nbt at all,' Amy said. -
" There's something comfortable
about a pipe," Hugh said, when it
was fairly alight; "somehow one
can talk when one gets a pipe alight."
" I think men can talk at all times,"
Amy said, with a flash of her usual
spirits. _
"Same men win - ;" Hugh said. ""I
can talk with men • but, do you know,
somehow I can't with women. I
can talk with you now because I
don't see you, and becausb 'll am
smoking ;_ but I should.feej horribly
uncomfortable if I met yoii4gi the
morning:" ' 5 4
" I did not know any men were
shy with women, nowadays," Amy
said.
" Shy ?" Hugh repeated . 4 "'W ,
yes; I'suppose it is a sort of shyness
with me. I never had any sisters,
and so, you see, I never got in the
way of talking to girls. Itht very
annoying sometimes, and makes pea
' pie think me - a bear. .1 suppose you
thought so. You must have - done
"'Yes," Amy said. "I did think
you rather a bear. I am not accus.
towed to shy young men, and simply
fancied you did not want to epee* to
strangers. And now, please tell me ex
actly how it happened, because f,kkall
have to tell aunt. and I have
confused idea of what , has taken
place."
Again Hugh told her the
Then_ I owe my life to you," the
girl said, when he bad finished.
"I really don't think yeti do,"
Hugh said, in a matter-of fact way.
" I question very much if you would '
nothave conk!, round out of your faint
before I could have brought help from
Baimouth. However, cl f co,arse ' I
acted for the best, and, it avoided all
risk. There ivas no - danger in get-i
ting down to you ; the little one and'
I slipped down as easily as possible.
If I thought you were going to tell
me to-morrow that you were ve
grateful, or anything of that sortl
give you my honor 'I should go right
away by the coach to Carnavon." I
- The girl felt by the tone of Hugh's
voice, that there was no affection
about him, that be really meant what
he said. ` •
- "triply just say thankyou,' now ?"
she asked quietly. -
"Yes, just 'thank you," be said
lightly. .• •
' "If I were a man you would shake
bands over it ?" the girl asked.
" Yes," Hugh said. . .
" Please give me Your hand.".
He stooped down, an she put her
hand into his. ,
"Thank yon," in 'a deep. quit,
earnest voice. ,
Then as-he rose again, she went on,,
in a changed voice: • •
"Now mind, it is a bargain. ' We:
have shaken hands on It 4 am not to
be grateful, and you not to be afraid
- Ot me, but are just to be as natural
with.me as with Ida." i
"That is a . bargain," ,Hugh said,
with a laugh. "1 don't'• think -I
sbell feel shy with you in the future.
I never talked so much with 'a woman
in my. life. -1 suppose it's because I
can't see your face." _
" I don't know whether to take that
for a' compliment or the reverse,"
Amy laughed.
"The-reverie, of course," Hugh
said; laughing,,too; "compliments '
are not in my line.; Ah,, here they
'are with the rt pe. They have' been
preciouS'quick about it." And Amy
Herbert felt there was a real compli
ment in the tones in which he spoke.
"Now you must wake Ida. How
soundly she sleeps ! Now letine help
, .
you on to your feet. .. .
Even with the aid 'of the rope it
was a work of considerable difficulty
to jget Amy Herbert:up_to the top of
the slope; for she was weak ind shaken,
and unable to di) much to help her
self. • At last it was managed ; and
then she was he ped down a steep
t.!path close by 1 the road below,
where a carriage rom- the hotel was
waiting for them. ‘ -
" Will you come up and see my
aunt?" Amy asked, as they stopped
at-the door.
i "Not to-night, thank you. I with
come in the morning to see. how you
are alter' thi shake'; . and, please, he
said, "tell yonr aunt of our bargain.'
It would be artful to come up to be=
thanked. . • '-
‘ 4 Good-night," the girl said. "1
wont „forget. Come early. Now, Ida,
come along; you 'will soon be bed."
Two months later Mr. Herbert was
walking up and down his breakfast
room in a towering passion., Amy..
was sitting in a great armchair.
" It is monstrous, it is incredible,"
Mr. Herbert exclaimed. " Here you
'for whom I have looked for a capital
match, who refused three-of the very
best men in the district last year, are
away fol. two months and a half at
this beggarly - Welsh village, and you
Come bask and . deliberately tell me
that you . have engaged yourself to
an artist, a fellow I nevet heard of."
" Dear old daddy," Amy said
quietly, " don't get angry about it.
Come and sit down and talk it over
reasonably, as you alwayi do things
with me.'
"No; no, Amy. I know what
your reasonable talking means.
am not to be coaxed lor wheedled or
made a fool of. Ws all very well
when you want a pairof new ponies
or anything of that kind you have
set your mind on, but there is a limit
to, eVerything."
" Well t but we. must talk the ques
tion over t daddy." 1
"Not at all, not at all; no talk is
necessary. You tell me you want to
marry this fortune-bunting artist. I
say at once I won't hear of it; that
its out. of thequestion ; that I will
not hear a single word about such a
ridiculous affair."
" Now,'why should you call - him a
fortune-banter ?" Amy
, said, seizing
atonce the weak point. "He bas.no
idea that there is any fortune in the
case. He saw me staying in poky
lodgings at Bsrmoutb, and, beyond,
the;fact that I live at Manchester, he
kinpws nothing. Be tells me that he
v
ims enough for us to live on quietly,
in aldition to: hiss profession.. , So,
You see, he can't be: called a fortune
hunter." •
• ; "Well, well, it maker{ no matter. .
•The thing , is monstrous c and I will
pot hear of it." ' .
'" Well, daddy, I will dojust as you
Tie, and I won't say more about
,now; but, of course, to-morrow I
must talk about it, because it itkout
of . the question that' I , should break'
,my word which .I bare giVen, and'
Should make him unhappy; and be
awfully unhappy myself. So I Shall
have to talk about him, and you will
have to listen" , =the father had,Sat
down now—" because) though, its 'tny
papa.. you have a perfect right to say,
will not Onsent to your marrying
this man,' 'still, yon know, I must
talk about: a thing that is making me
very unhappy. And it will be so
1-much better and nicer, daddy," And
she went over to him now and / lot
herself dCwn on his knee, with her
arm around his neck, " if you give in
at once. Because, you know, you
can't keep in a naughty temper with
me long ; and besides,-you: would be
very unhappy if I was unhappy.; and
at last, you know - very well, you wilt
have to give up being cruel and cross,
and will tell. me to be happy my own
way." -
Amy," her , father said, trying to I
look'very stern, "I have spoiled you.
I have allowed , you to tyrannize over
me."
. "No, daddy, I can't allow that=
certilinl..). not tyrannize: I have led
you for your own good, and you have
been as happy as the day is long-7
" -And now,"' be continued, ignor
ing the protest, "I am to reap the
reward of my folly. That you should
have married a man pf high rank I
expected; had you married a first
rate man of business T should have
been contented. But an artist!"
",Well, daddy, we won't* talk any
more about it. to day. Nowi'll just
smooth those naughty cross wrinkles,
and I'll kiss you on each cheek and
the middle of your nose. Therei t now
it looks like itself. There I ten o'aock
striking, and you not off! Mind, I
shall expect you up to luneheon."
So Mr.. Herbert went off , shaking
his head, and although still deter
mined, yet, at heart; very doubtful
'as to his po wer
. of resistence. Amy
went to her /special sanctum, , and
wrote her first letter to Hugh. The
following sentences show that she
had no doubt on the subject:
" Daddy does not take kindly to
the notimas yet. He doesn't know
you, you See, • and it has of course
come upon him alittle suddenly ; but
he is the very best and kindest of all
the daddies in the world, and to a
very few days he will see it in quite
the right light. It is of no use your
writing or coming to me here till he
Is quite reasonable • but I expect by,
this day "'reek to ave everything ar
ranged. I will let you know what
train to come by, and will meet you
at the station."
It is to - be presumed that Amy
'41.00 nor Annum in Athrance.
tboroPghly undetstood her &t heft;
but at any rate, it was exactly that
diiy week at Haigh Carson, havN
obeyed instractions, and
,got out a'
the station directed, five miles from
Manchester l 'wXs a little suprised and
much disappointed at not seeing her
upon the platform
" Your luggag e,Silt Are you
the gentleman fo r a iwthorns?
Very well,' Sir, I wilh, send up the
portmanteau : Miss Herhert is 'in
the pony-carriage." \ .
"Bless me, Amy,". Hugh\said, of
ter the first greeting, as, they \ drove
off, "you used to talk 'abont\your
pony-trap, but this turnout is pretty
enough 'to attract attention in the
park, Amy," andl be looked at her.
with a puzzled glance,"you're; not a
swell, are you I—beuge that icr,itld
be dreadful." '
Well, Hugh, if being a swell
means having lots of money, I sup.
pose I am one, for daddy has lots
upon lots. He's got cotton-mills, -
you know.' But there's nothing
dreadful in that."
"You ought to have told me, Amy,"
Hugh, said a little gravely.
" Pas si bete," the girl said. "In
the first place, it was nice to know
'that you fell in love with me without
knowing whether I bad a halfpenny;
in the second place, you very likely
would have 'run away if you bad'
thought l Wag rich ; and totell you the
truth,:Mailer Hugb, I had no idea
of letting - Iron run away. There.
Hugh, there's the. house; isn't it
pretty ?"
" It's almost a palace," Hugh said
in distr.ay.
" Yes; and, there's papa at the
door waiting to greet you:. Now,
look quite pleasant and bright, Hugh;
for, of course, I want him to like you
almost as much as I do."— Tinsley's
Magazine.
9
Isolation in Yellow Fever.
Four miles from Vicksburg, in a
southeasterly' direction is a very
spacious mansion, erected some years
ago. by Colonel . L :atham, of - Madison
county: Captaia A. Anter,of Vicks.
bug, rented that building and
grounds for a retest from yellow fey.
er. He , carried With him forty-three
white and five colored persons. lie
laid in ample stores' for a long im
prisonment. On the day he entered
the-place, like the heroic Old river
commander he was, he took supreme
comma,nd,,and laid - down and pub
lisped quarantine laws. They were
simple _and easily, understood, and;
besides, nobody doubted but they
would be executed to the letter and
on the spot, although he might hay'.
to strike where it wounded himself.
The first article of his code was
about as follows : "No human being :
shall enter these premises' until the
Board of Health in Vicksburg 'says
it. is ,safe for us 'to return home. "
The next thing was' in the same
spirit:; "Should any person violate
inch order, Betsy, a superior double
barrelled shot-gun, is fully authorir.-
ed in my hands to excate a death
Warrant on the offender."
The neighborhood was pretty
thickly settled, and Captain Antei 8
quarantine laws were very generally
underatood, and while Ir is as tender
hearted as a woman, he is as fearless
as a true,rpan, and no one questioned
the' propriety of his purpose. He
held in his hands the lives of fifty
ruts, who looked alone to him for
protection, and he resolutely stood
up to the responsibility. :
He maintained his quarantine fot
three months, and during that -time
until the place was abandoned not
one instance of yellow fever or any
sicknesi„whatever appeared within
the premises. Outside of his fence,
and all around him the yellOw fever
prevailed, and fronAhe upper window
of his abode an observer could see
the grave-diggers at work; physicians
were seen hurrying to and fro, and
the cries and lamentations of -the be
reaved ones were heard in every
direction.. -
Yet no harm disturbed,
.110 :sick
ness prostrated, a single indiiidual
over -whom Captain Anter executed
his purpose. No one suffered for the
want of anything. Vicksburg was
kept employed through it's Elowards
and others in ministering to the nec
essities of- the people outside .of the
outer enclosure, and it was a public
relief to have fifty less sick people to
nurse, and many less, in ali proba
bility, to be buried.—New-Orteans
Picayune.
Buck beer is demoraliiing in its
tendency when it moveth itself aright.
It layeth hold of the intellect and
twisteth it out of shape.
My son, •go not with them who go
to' seek buck beer, for at the last it
stingetir • like the brocaded hornet
'with the red-hot narrative, and kick
eth like - the choleric mule. -
Who bath woe ? Who bath bab
bling ? Who bath redness of eyes ?
He -that goeth to seek the schooner
of ,buck beer.
Who bath sorrow'? Who strivetb,
when the middle - watch of the night
bath come, to wind up the , clock wi' h
the fifteen puzzle'? He that kicketh
against the buck beer and getteth left.
Verily, the bucknesnot! the buck
I beer bucketh with a mighty buck, in
somuch that-the buckee riseth at the
noon hour with a head that compas
seth the town -round about, and the
swellness thereof waxeth. more an
mote, even from Dan to Beer—Sheba.
(Current joke in the Holy Land.).
. Who clainorith with a loud voice
and saith Verily, am • not I a bad
man? Who is he that walketh un
steadily, • and singeth unto himself,
";The Bright Angels - are Waiting ,tot .
Me?" •
Who wotteth not even a fractional
wot, but setteth hisihronometer with
the wooden watch of the watchmaker,
and by means of tooth brush ?
Go to. Is -it not he who bangeth
his 'intellect forninat the buck beer,
even unto the eleventh hour ?—Den7-
ver Tribune. _
ACM that lessens the enjoyments of life
increases our desire of firing. •
Isuociarryr to amuse the, hnaginatiOn
in this dream of lire i 0 *amt.
ME
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About Buck Becr.
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throllieto the iditty dela. - 1 •
.11.11 In vain the bidder shower.
Aad the oerelso fill wttb power.
)Gatborteg dal, pot load the wheat
Antb Ina 1 1 111 1 , Wad poor feet.,
- Lot It mot be so, my ; • •
Look up, as yea limo sad labor...
Not for Ono likes woes vials ; •
Motif ono has eases and trials. •
Joy sad pate are licked togortfor.
Like the fair sod cloudy weeder.
L may ',Wive, oh, lot as pray.. • . •
IWksodpollows tof today.
• —7'A. 4doomor,
Climax Lectularia3s.
AND WIT OT .A =MSS AITC-
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A widow who wait going to leave
the, city held an auction of her beim:
hold effects yesterday,and everything
went at prompt sale until little but
\the bedatead was left. Just before •
- ilds was put up some of the women
went • to - spying aro - und; and discov
ered that it was infested: by bed-bugs.
This fact was noised around until it
came to the ears of the auctionetr,
who mounted his box and said:
Words etumot - express the poig
nancy of my sorrow over the base
canard which taw - been put in circu
lation in this crowd. I have sold.
goods in 'this town for twenty-nine
long years, and this is the first in
stance in which bugs have been per
mitted to' step between me and - the
purchasing public.. Ladies and gen
tlemen; "there is - a bug in ofabout
that bedstead I want to see him. I
cannot and will not 'believe there is.
It would be a slander—a must foul
slander on the character of this wid
ow, whO is about to remove_ to the
State of Ohio."
- Being invited - to 'step down and
view the bugs for , himself; he made .
an inspection They were there.
They were galloping in` and out and
up and down, and it was no use to
dispute the fact. • - .
" Ladies and gentlemen, "- said the
auctioned as he, resume his poet,
" I found bugs. don't exactly re
member the Latin name for them,but
theyare there. And now let me talk
to you as a friend. Bed-bugs were
not made for gaudy show, nor were
they made for a life of ease. It is s .- -
law of nature that they should in
habit bedsteads. , They can no more
go out under the barn and make. a
living than a dog . can become
eagle and _float through' space. The .
aversion •among you to this insect is
founded on false principles. His bite _
scarcely irritates the sleeper, but it
cleanses and purifies the bloo:L• But
for the bed-bugs of this country we
should all. have boils and,caibtmcles.
They keefo down warts.- - They cause
moles to disappear. Give, them a
chance and they would remove corns
without pain. The great---"
a - Fifty cents!" called an old wo- •
man who remembered that:she bad a
remedy at hoine.
"Fifty cents ! I am offered fifty
-cents for_ a $lO bedstead, -and as I
was going to say, the great: Napoleon
always asked for a with bugs in
it. lam offered fifty.vents, and yet
emsar had his bugs. - I
"One dollar." • . '
6 t I am offered ope dollar, and yet
the, poets of Greece immortalized the
insects before you. „This widow tells
me Alit she has not had an ache or
a pain since the "first bug ,made his
appearance. - How many of you have _
read what Homer wrote of them ?
What-was the fountain of Mozart's
Twelfth Mass? And yet
" Two dollars."
" And yet I hear only two dollars!
Do you have headache? -Are you
afflicted with giddiness? Do you
have roaring in the ears?"
" Three dollars." •
" My friends, let' me go home attd,
get my copy of.' Paradise Lost' and
read to'you one short chapter. What
did Milton—"
" For dollars."
" Ali I begin to see thatiiit and
culture are not unknown to the audi
ence. Did Alexander the Greet have '
boils? Never; - not a one ! And why?"
'",Five dollars."
"I am bid five dollars. I -would
like to quote a verse from a well
known Latin poet, but time presses,
and this bedstead is sold for five dol
lars, cash , on the nail. I - will now
direct your cultured 'attention- to that
cook stove with a cracked oven. 7—.
Deircrit Free Press. •
A • Bar-Room Presidential Straw::
A Quincy saloon-keeper took - iiiore
than unusual interest in the last
,Presidential campaign,-and was con
tinually taking "straw votes." There
being quite a crowd in his saloon one
Saturday night, he got his blank
tickets and ballot-box and said :
" Here, now, you fellows, march up
and vote." '
The crowd came promptly up to
the bar, and one of them said: -
"How do you work-the blanked.
things ?"
"Just put down the name o' ?our
favorits on one o' them 'strips of -pa
per, and then shove ikinto the box.
After you'vw , all voted, we'll count ,
?ern, you see?"
The voting progressed briskly for
1 few moments, and then the judge of
election declared the polls closed.
Somehow the crowd failed to under
stand the saloonistil meaning, for
when the countinst - was finished the
vote stood : Whisky, 7 ; strata wide--
`key; l; whisky strait,.l; whiskey and
stiugar, 1; whisky and sirrip'ind bit
ters, 1; ginn strait, 1; beer, 9; here,
1 ; I'll take tecigar, 1 ; &met Tilton
(the -barkeeper's vote), 1.
The precinct was promptly counted
out.- - --Quini:y Modern Argo.
"You had better change' that rug,"
.said a lady to her 'servant: "Don't you
'think it corroborates better with the car.
pet in this way ?" was the relpouse. It
was the same glir who told her mistress
that a gentleman with a pradleament" in
his speech , bad called •to .see ber.—Aa
dress' Queen. •
AN old ladY went into' a book - store the
other day and asked to me $ " steropti
eon " Said she ; "I want to find
a picture of a piece of statuary that I saw
at the Centennial.. I don't remember the
name of it. but ft was two children on a
half;shell."-
Taw i tlist. follow the divine guidenee,,, —
may expect the divine Mowing.
A misp,that is cosuicious of ita integri
ty mores to say coOra - t..h00 it weans to
perform.
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