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VOLUME XLI.
Oh, sweet are the scents and sot.gs of spring,
And brace are the rummer dowers;
And chill are the autumn winds that bring
The winter'S lingering hours.
And the world goes round and round,
, And thebUtl fluke into the Aell
And wtethe t rZou or under the ground,
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: I . The work
?),
The City6c s4nrer the Sunny hill; •
„The - brook; trolls on in the shade;
1 it the trietids I have lost lie cold and still
cWhere thelr;iiirleken farms were laid. •
And the worldgoes!round and round,
And the sun z slldfs Into the sea; •
And whether ,
rtn,on or under tile ground;
1 world cares little int ow.
TOW.ANDA, PA
0 life, why art thourm bright and Loon
0 Wicath, 'why art thou on sweet
0 Mends, how can vrilorget so noon '
, The loved ones wlm Ile at your feet t --
But the World goes murl:antl.round,
And lltu sun drops into this
And Whether I'm on or Muter the ground,
The World cares little for me,.
The ways of Melt are busy and bright
Tlto eye of woman kind :
It is sweet for Ow eyes to behold the light,
Mu the dying and dead are Mod. -
.t nd the world goes round a n d round.
- And the sun fairs Into the sea,
A od--ce het her yto on or under the ground.
The w•urld eaves little for toe.
)larch 1,1;4.1
But Ville :make. and a i i never cease
tni the rnture's tlh.tast shore.
!PI the ro,e.or love and the lily of pellet : -,
ticall bloem there forevermore.
let the world go round and round.
And the son sink Into the sea
Fur whether 'Um on or under the ground,
Ili, what will It matter to me
—4'. C. Holland!, in .1;.4(1,a(7. jar May.
A. Night With the Nihiliits.
I=
Robinson, Mr. Dickson *ants
you ?'
"clic dickens he doe's !' tho:ngbt I;
for 'Mr. Dickson, .odgsa• ;gent of
Bailey & Co., corn•tnerehanfs, was a
la-of Tartar, - a4 I had learned to my
t-ost7 What's the row now ?' I de
rnauded of my fellow clerk has he
got scent of our:Nicol:110T escapede,
or what is it ?' • - •
No idea,'-said,Gregory.; the old
boy seems in a good enoughhumor;
some .business ` matter, ' probably.
But, don't keep ldni waiting.' So,
summoning up-an air! of injured in
noci•nce,. to be ready for all contin
gencies, :J. marched ;.I,into., .the.kion't;
den:
nep
Mr.,Diekson , was standing before
the tire in a Briton's time-honored_
attitude, and 'motioned me into
(glair. in front him. ' M r.. Robi
son.' he said, I have great cOnii,
dence in your discretion and count - ion
sense. The • follies of youth will
break Out, but I think that you lace
a 'doling, foundation to your charge;
ter underlaying any superficial
levity.' d f
I bow d. •
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I believe,' ire continued, that you
•speak Russian pretty fluently.*
Cawed again.
' I haN'e. he proceeded, ' a
mission which I wish you to under
take, and on the •success of which
your; promotion may depend. I
would not trust it to a subordinate;
were( it not that ditty ties me to-thy
-post st y present.' • •
Yon may depend tipon my doing
my best, sir,' I replied..
Right; sir, quite right!: NV hat I
wish, you to do is briefly this : Thej i
line of railway has just been opened.
CO Solidi', some hundred miles np
,the Ountry. Now I wish to get the
-start of the other Odessa - firms in
s t ewing the, produce of that district,
which I have reason to believe . may
:be had at very low priees. You will
proceed by rail to Sokol. and inter
•Vlew a Mr. Ditnitloff, who is the
largest landed proprietor in :the
town. \l ake as favorable terms as
you can with him. Both Mr. Dimi
-dotf and I wish the whole thing to be ;
done ay. quietly and secretly as pos
sible, in fact that nothing should be.;
known about the matter until the'
grain appears in Ness4 iI desire it
for 'he interests Of the firm, and Mr..
Dhnidotf on aeOtint of the prOjudice'
his peasantry eniertain against ex
p ntatiiin. Yoii s will • that yOurself
expected at the end of your,jOurney,
and will start to-night. Money 'shall'
be ready for your .expenses:. 'Good
' morning, Mr. Robinson'; hope you ,won't fai to reidize the good opinion
I have - of - you4fabilities:'
'Oregory' I said, as strutted in
tothe office, • I'm going on .a mission.
a sCeret.tnission, my boy, an atlair of
thousands i - Jf pounds: Lend me your
little portnianteau, mine's too impcis- •
ing . , and tell Ivan topitek it. A Ikus- I
sian• • expects- me .at the
end of my-journey. Don't' breathe t
word of it to any of Simpking peo
ple, or the whole:-gable will beup.
Keep it dark !'•
I waS so charmed at being, as it
Fr'. 2", '"'"?
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were, I;ehind the-scenes, that I -crept
about tlie:ofilee all day inn - sort of
clOak-and.bloody-dagger style, with
resp)nsibilit,^- and brooding . care
marked upon% every . feature,c and
when at night I stepped out and stole
down to the station, the . tinprej udieed
observer. 'would :certainly hhve
.from - my general behavior,•l
that I had emptied the contents.' of
the strong-box, before Starting, into
that little valise of Gregory's. It
was imprudent of him,' by the way,
- to leave :English labels pasted all
over it. However, I could only hive
that the '.l.,ondons 'i and Birming,
hams ' would attract pci attention, or,
at least, that no rival' corn-inercharit
Might deduce from them who I was
and what my errand might be:
Having paid the necessary roubles
and got my ticket;l esconeed, myself
in the corner of a swig Russian ear,
and pondering over my good fortune.
Dickson was growing old now, and if
I could make itfy mark in t,his mat;
ter it might be a great thing for me.
• Dreams arose of 'a partnership in the
firm. The noisy wheels . seem to
clank out, Bailey,' Robinson & Co.,'
' Bailey, Robinson • & CO.,' in a mo
motonous - refrain,: which gradually
sank into a burn, and finally ceased
as I droppeclinto a deep sleep. - Had.
I known • the experience which
awaited me at - the-end of my jourhty
it would hardly have, been so pedee"-
able. • •
To WANDA:PA.
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THRENODY.
• I awoke with an uneasy •feeling
that some one was watehing tee
e'osely, nor was I mistaken. tall
dart: manliad taken up hi 3 position
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me and beyond, as if he wished to
read my very soul. Then I saw him
glance down at my little trunk.
Good 'leavens!' thought L'hert's
Simpkins' agent, I suppose. It was
careless of Gregory to leave those
labels oh the valise.'
I closed my eyes for , a time, but,
on reopening them I again caught
the stranger's gaze.
From England, I, see,' be said in
Russian, showing a row of white
teeth in what was . m9ant to be an
admirable smile.
' Yea,' I Teplied, - trying to look
Unconcerned, but p iinfully aware of
my failure. -. .
. .
Travelling for pleasure, perbaps ?'
said be.
Yes '.I answered eagerly.
tainly, fOr pleasure ; nothing else.'
• ' . of course not,' said he with a
shade of irony in his. voiee. - ? Eng
lishmen always - travel for pleasure,
&On% they'? U no, nothing else.'
'llls conduct was mysterious, to
say the least of it. It was only
plainable upon, two hypotheSes—he
was either a madman, or he was an
agent of some -firm bound *upon the
smile errand as myself, and deter-
mined to show the that he guessed
my little game. They ,were about
-equally. unpleasant, • and, the
yrhole '
I was relieved whew the train
pulled up 'in the tumble-clown shed
- which dries duty for a station in the
rising town ofSolteff—SoltetT, whose
iesoutees I was about to open out,
whose commerce- I was to
MU
direct into the great, world channels.
I almost-expected tO see a , triumphal.
arch as I. stepped Out to . the plat
form
1 was : to be expected at the'end of
my.jouirney, so Mr. Dickson bad
formed one. I looked about the mot
ley crowd,, i btit saw no Mr. Dimidott
Suddenly a slovenly unskaven man
passed me raPiitly, and glanced first .
at me and then at' mY trunk—that
wretched trunk,' i the cause of all.my
woes. He disappeared in the crowd;-
but in a little while came strolling
past me again, and ' contrived to
whisper as he did follow me,
but at some distance; immediately
setting DIT out of the stalion and
down the street at. a .rapid -pace.
Here was mystery- witha vengeance
I trotted 'along' in 'the real• with my
Valise. and Jon turning' the corner
found ti_rougy.flroseliky waiting for
me. My unshaven friend opened the
'door, and I stepped .in.
Mr. Dim—ll was beginning.
' Hush -P he cried. - No names, no
games ; the very wallsi have ears.
.
I - On - will hear all to-night;' and with
that assurance he closed .the door,
and,seizing. the rains, we drove MT at
a rapid_pace; - so rapid, that 1 saw my
block-eyed acquaintance of the rail
way carriage gazing after -us in stir
prise until w were out of sight . .
1 thought over the whole matter
as we jogged along in that abornin
able springless cOnveyance. •
'"l'hey say the nobles-aNtyrants
in Itiw,s!a,' 1 mused ;, but it, seems to
me to be the other. way allout, for
here's this poor Mr. birnic!off, who -
evidently thinks his e--serfs will rise
and murder him if he raises the price'
,of grain in the_ district, by exporting
some out' of it. being obliged
:to have recourse - to all this mystery
and deception•iir order to sell one's
own property I' it's worse than
au-Irish landlord. -It, is monstrous !
Well, he doesn't seen to live in a
very
.aristocratic quarter either; I
soliloquized as I pied otit at tke ,,
narrow crooked-streets, and the un
kempt dirty -Muscovites whom we.
passed: '1 wish Gregory or some
one was with. me, for it's a - cut
! throat - looking shop. By Jove, he's
pulling up; we must be there!'
We were there; to all appearanceS;
for the droschky
_stopped, and my
driver's- 'shaggy head appeared 1
through the aperture.i
'll, is here most hdrioied Master,"
he - said,' as he.helped inc to alight.
Is Mr. bimi—'• I 4.owmcneed ; but
he interrupted me again: '
Anything
,but, names,' he whis
pered anything but that. You arc
too used to a land that Is free. Cau
tion,. 0 sacred one!' andlle ushered
me doWn a stone-flagged passage,
and up a stair at the bird of it. Sit
down a few minutes iii- this room,'
he' said, opening. a door, and a re
past will be 'served for you ;' and
with that he left me to my own re
flections.
' Well.' thought, ' whatever Mr.
- Dimidors house - may be like,/ his
servants are undoubtedly twell
trained. ". 0 sacred one !" and ".r6-
vered Master!" I wonder what he'd'
call old . Dickson him Self, if, he's.sto
polite to the clerk ! I suppoie it
wouldn't be the thing to smoke in
this little crib; but I could de a pipe
nicely. By the way, how confound.
edly lik6a cell it, looks!'
It certainly did look like a cell.
The door was• an iron 'one,% and
enormously strdng, while. the single t
•windoir was closely barred. The
floor Oas of wood, and sounded hol
low and insecure as .1 4rode across
it. Both floor and walls were thickly
splashed with coffee. or some other
dark liquid. . On the whole it Ras far
frOm` being a place where one would
he likely to become unreasonably
festive. I had hardly'concluded my
survey. when I heard steps approach
ing down the corridor, and the door
was opened by 'my old friend of the
droschliy., Ile- announced'. that ply
dinner.. - was. readyj'and,` With many
•bows and apologies fin leaving me in
what, he called the 'dismal room,' he
led me down the passage, and into a,
large arid beautifully furnished apart
"ment. A table, was spread for two
in the'‘centre of it, and by • the fire
was standing a man very little older
than myself. Ileturned as I came
in,-and stepped forward to meeteMe
with every symptom of profound re ! .
spect., .
So young S and - yet •so honored !'
he exclaimed,; and then, seeming to
recollect himself, he cohtinued:
'Pray sit at the head of the table.
You mi be - fatigued by your. long
end ar itious journey. We dine
tete-a-tete; but the others assemble
afterward:' •
'Mr, Dimidotf, I presume?' said I.
sir,' acid ho, turning his keen
t'7l l ';Ofirli t l p#1141:4
tit
for one of the.othem .. But. now, not
a word Jo f business until the council
meets. Try our chef's soup; you
will find it excellent, I think.'
Who Mr. Pet i rokine or the others
might' be I could not conceive.
Land stewards of Dimidoirs, per.
haps; though the name lid not seem
familiar to my companion, How•
ever, as he appeared to cation any
business questions nt
,present; gave
in to his humor; and *e conversed on
social life in England—a subject in
which he displayed considerable
knoiviedge and acuteness. His re
marks, too, on -Malthus and the laws
of liopulation,were wonderfully good,
tht ugh savoring somewhat of Radi•
calisu).
'Ey the waY,' he. • remarked, as we
smOked/a cigar rover our wine, we
shOuld - nem have known you but,'
for; the English labels on your lug- 1
gage; it was the luAiest thing,
the world that Alexander notieed
them. - had no personal deserip.!
Lion of you r ; -indeed, we were pre.;
parel - to expect a soinewhat older
You are young indeed, sir, to
EMI
be intrusted with such a mission.'
• , my employer trusts ;lie,' I re
plied ; and
. we have-learned •in our
trade that youth and shrewdness are
not incompatible." i: •
' Your remark is true, sir.' return ed
my newly made friend ; 4 but I a'll3
surprised to hear , you call our glOr•
ions association a trade ! Such
term is gros indeed to apply to a
body of men banded together,,to sup
ply. the world With that which it is
yearning for; but which, ,without our
exertfori. F .it 01111 never hope to attain.
A spiritual brotherhood wo uld be a
more fitting term.'
'By JOve!' 'thought I, 'hOw-;olcased
the bos would be to bear him ! lic
must halve been in - the business -him
self, whoever be is.'
Now, sir) said- Mr. Petrokine,
'the clock points to 8, and the coun
cil must .be alrdady sitting. Let us
go up together, and I will introduce
you. I need hardly say, that the
greatest secrecy is observed, and that
your ...'appearance is anxiously
awaited.'
.1 turned over in my mind as 'I fol-.
lowed him how Frnight -- heil fulfil my
mission and secure the most advan•
tageous terms. ,They seemed as
anxions - aS I was in-the matter,. and
there appeared to be - lin opposition,
so perhaps the best thing would be
to wait and. see what they )would
propose.
had hardly eoinq - to this
conclu
sion when my ,guide sorting open a
large door at the end of a passage,
and I found myself in a rooni larger
and even ;more gorgeously fitted up
than the - one in which I hadi dined
A long tAle,_ covered green
baize' find strewn with papers,' ran
down the middle, and around it were
fourteen . or fifteen men conversing
earnestly: The whole scene re
minded me forcibly :of . a gambling
hell I h d visited some time before.'
`Upon our entrance the company
-arose and bowed. I could not, but
remark that my companion attracted .
no attention , . while -every eye' was.
turned upon me with a - strange mix-,
ture Of surprise and almost servile
respect: A than at .the head, of the
table,: who was remarkable for the
extreme pallor ( of his 'face as con•
trasted with his blue black hair and
'mustacbC, waved his hand to a seat
beside him, and I sat down.
I - need hardly say,' said Mr .'
, Pet=
rokine, 'that GlOstave Berger', Ow
English agent, ist 'honoring us' with
his presence. Ile is young indeed,.
AiexiS,' he continued' to' myi pale
faced neighbor, and yet he' is .of
European reputation.' j •
'f'ome dm.* it mild thought 1,
adding aloud : 'lf you, refer to me,
sir, though . I am indeed acting . as
English agent, my. name is not. Berg
er, but Bobingon—Mr. 'tom Robin
:on. at your service.'
A laugh ran round the table.:
belt, so be it,'
,said the man
they - called .commend
your discretion, most. honored sir:
One cannot he too careful. Preserve
your English ~ • obriquet by all means. I
1 I regret that any painful duty should
be perfOrmed upon
_this auspicious •
evening`; but the rules of our assn- I
dation must be preserved at any cost
to our feelings,
.and - a. dismissal 'is
inevitable to-night,'
What the deuce is the fellow.
driving at?' theught,l. ' What is_ it'
tome if he does give his. servant the
Sack.? This Pimidoff,. wherever -he
is, seems to. keep a' private lunatic
? asylum.' _ I
1.
'Take out the 'gag!' The words
fairly shot through meiand I started
in thy . chair. It was Petrokine who
Spoke. ' For the \ first time I 'noticed
that' a burly, stout man, - sitting at
the other end of the.
,table, had his
arms tied behind his 'chair and a
handkerchief:round his mouth... A
horrible - suspicion began to creep
into my heart._ Where was I ? - Was
I in. Dimidoirs ?. Who were
these men with their•strange words ?
• Take'out - the gag!' repeated Pet
rokine; and the handkerchief was
removed.
'Now, Paul . IvanoVitch,' said be,
what have you to say before you go?'
Not a dismissal, sirs,' he pleaded,
'not a dismissal anything but that !
I will go into
.some distant land, and
my mouth shall be closed forever. I
will do anything that the society
asks • but pray pray do not dismiss
.
me.' •
''You know our laws, and you
know your crime,' said, Alexis, in a
cold .harsh voice. Who drove us
from Odessa by his false tongue and
his double face? Who wrote. the
anonymous letter to the Governor
Who cut the wire that would have
destroyed the arch-tyrant? You did,
rani Ivanovitch ; and you must die.'
I lettned back in my chair and fair
ly gasped.
Remove him !' said Petrokine ;
and the man of the, droschky with
two others forced him out.
1. heard the footsteps pass down
the-pissage, and then a door open
and shut. Then, came a sound as of
a struggle, ended by a heavy crunch
ing blow and a dull thud.
SO perish: all who are false to
their oath,' isid Alexia aolernaly ,
atoarwilimen' .went up from
Eita ooticouttilit
RESARDLINS OP DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER.
TY, 'PA., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 5, 1881. -
t Death plon6 can diamiss us' from
our order,' said another man further
down ; ' but Mr. Berg—Mr. Robinson
is pale., The scene has been too much
t,r bin after his long journey from
England 4
0 Tomk.Zoni,' thought I, if ever
you get out of this serape you'll turn
over a new leaf. You're not fit to
,die, and that's a fact.' It was only
.too evident to me now that by some
;strange misconception I 'bad got in
among a gang of cold-blooded . Nihi
lists, who mistook me for one of their
order. I felt, after what. I had wit
nessed, ,that my only chancof life
was to try to. play the• role thus forted
upon me until an opportunity-I'or es
cape should present itself; so . I tried
bard to •regain; my air of self-posses
sion,
wilich had been so rudely shaken.
'I am jndeed fatigued,' I xeplied,
but 'I feel stronger now. Excuse
my momentary weakness.' -4.
It, was but natural,' said'• a man
with a thick beard at my right band.
And now," : most honored sir, bow
goes the cause in England ?' '
• Remarkably welt,' I answered.
Ilas the great commissioner eon:
descended to. send a missite to the
Solteff branch ?' asked Petrokine
' writing,' I. replied..
4 .13ut he has spoken of P. . • .
6 Yes ; he said be had watched it
w:th feelings of the liveliest satisfac
tion,' I returned.. ••• • . •
'Tis well! 'tie well !' ran round
-L
the table.,
I felt.giddy.and sick . from the crit
ical nature . of
. my position.. Any
moment a question might. be asked
which - would 'show me in my true
color's. I rose and helped myself to
a decanter of brandy which stood on
a side table. The • poteneliquer fie*.
.to my excited brain, and •as I sat
dowa., I felt reckless enough to be
half, amused at my position, and in
clined to play with my tormenlo , s.
I still,.hOwever, had alt my wits about
me. •
• 'You have been to. Biiminkham?'
asked the man with, the heard.'
'"Many times,' said I.
' Then you have of course seen the
priate workshop, and arsenal ?'".
W'' I bac been over' them botli 'more
,than once.' . .
. .
' It is- still, I Suppose, entirely Un
suspected by thet police?' continued
my interrogator. .
. ,
Entirelf,' I replied. •
Can ',you tell ug how l it, is that so
large a concern kept so dOlnpietely
secret ?,
here was a poser, but my native
impudence and the brandy seemed to
come to*rny aid.-.
'This is • inform4ioni' I reifiied,
' which 1 do, not feel justified in di
vidging.TeVen t here. in
.withholding
it T'am;aeting under the direction of
the chid commissioner.'
':You are right-Lperfe - ctly
said my original friend Petrokinc.
Yon Will no doubt make yoifr report
'to. the central Oleo at Moscow . s be4.
foie entering into such details,'
Exactly so,' I replied, only. too
happy to -get • a lift out or , my
. . .
"We have heard,' .said Alexis,
'that you were• Befit to inspect the
Livadia: Can `•ou give us any par-
ticulars about it ?? -
' Anything you ask I will endeavor!
o answer,' I 'replied in desperation.
Have any orders been made in-
Birmingham concerning it?'' -
.'None when I left England::'
'Well, well, there's plenty of time
yet,' saki, the man with the ;peard—
' many months. Will the bottotn bQ
of wood or iron ?" .
Of wood,' I answered . .st 'random.
"Tia !' said another :voice.
" And what is the breadth of the
Clyde beloafilreetiock ?'
it varies much,' I replied 'on an
average-ab Out eighty yards.'
'how many men does she carry ?'
asked _ an amemic-looking youth at
the foot of the , table. who se.enied
more fit for a public school than this
den Of murder. • 1.
' About three hundred,' said L
A floating coffin said the yOung
Nihilist-in a sepulchral voice. - 1
' Are the storerooms on a level
with or Underneath the state cabins?'
asked Petrokine. .
Underneath,' said I . decisively,
though I need hardly say I had not
the smallest conception.
'And now, most hcinored.sir,'.saill
Alexis, 'tell us what was the reply.
of Bauer the German / Socialist to
Ravinsky'sliroclamation.'
Here was a deadlock.with a venge-1
ance. Whether my sunning would
have extricated me_ froth it or not
was never decided, for Providence,
1 ) hurried me from one dilemma into
another and a worse one.
A door slammed downstairs; and
rapid footsteps were beard approach- .
ing. Then came' a loud tap outside,
followed by two smaller ones. 1
The :sign of the society V said.
Petrokine ; .‘ and yet we are alliN'es
ent ;. who tan it be - ;
The doOr was thrown open, and a
man entered, dusty and travel•stained,
but with an air of authority and
power Stamped 'on eery feature of
his harsh but expressive face.. He
glanced round' the table. scanning.
each countenance carefully: There
was: a start of . surprise in the room:
He was evidently
.a stranger to them
all.
" What means this intrusion, sir ?'.
said my friend with the beard.
Intrusion Said the stranger. I
was - given to understand that I was
expected, and had looked forward to.
a warmer welcome . from my fellow
associates. I am personally unknown
to you, gentlemen', but I.sm proud
to think that my name-should- com
mend some -respect among you.: I
am 'Gustave Bergeri4heir Agent froin
Englatid, bearing - letters- from the
,chief commissioner to his Well.be,loved
bkothers of Solteff.'
One of their bombs could hardly .
hay created greater surprise -had it
been fired in the 'midst. of 4hem.
Every eye' was fixed_ alternately on
me and upon the newly arrived agent.
If you.are indeed Gustave Berger,'
said. Petrokine, 'who is this ?'
That I am austave.Berger these
credfintials will show,' said - the
stranger, as he threw a 'packet .upon
tha table, 4 Who that man may ha
ittiOlV.hOt i hut IP lartided
opt 06 WO .11hiliorthige
r
pretences, it is clear that he must
nevercarry out of the roOin what he
has learned. Speak, sir,' he added,
addressing me; ' who,and what are
you ?)
I felt that my time had corner My
revolver was in my . hip-pocket; but
what was that against so many des
perate men ? I - grasped the butt of
it, however, as a dr9wning man clings
to . straw, and I tried to, preserve
my coolness as. I glanced round at
the cold ; vindictive faces turned to
ward me.
Gentlemen,'_ f - said, ' the, role I
have played , to-night has been a pure
ly involuntary one on . part. I°
am no 'police spy,- as yo - a seem to
suspect, nor, oir the other Valid; have
I the.honor to be a mernber.of your
association.. -I am en, inoffensive
corn-dealer, who, by an, extraordinary
mistake, has been fotced into this
.unpleasant and awkward position.'
I paused for a moMent. Was it - my
faney.that there was a:peculiar noise
in the street.---a noise asOf many feet
treading softly? NO, had died
away ; it was but the throbbing of
my own heart. " ,• • •
I need. _hardly - say,'' I 'continued,
.'that anything I may have beard to
night will be safe in mk, keeping. I
pledge lity solemn honor as a gentle
man, that not oke word 'of it shall
transpire through me.' /
The Senses. Of men in great physi
cal danger become strangely acute.
Or their imagination Hint's them curi
ous tricks. My back.was toward the
door as, I sat,but I could have sworn
that I Beard heavy breathing behind
it. Was it the three-minions whom
.1 had seen before-in the performance
of their hateful functions; and who,
like vultures, ad - sniffed another
victim-? • . • -
I looked. round the tab!c: Still'the
same cruel faces.- „Not one
glane of sympathy. ‘I cocked my
i
revolter in my pocket. • '
There was a painful silence, which
was broken by the harsh,. grating
voice_of Petrokinc.
"Promises'. are easily made and
easily. broken,' he said. ' There "is
but one_way of .securing eternal si
lence. It is ourilives or pint's. _Let
the highest among us speak.'
You are right; sir,' said the Eng
lish agent ; there is but one course
open. He must be dismissed.'
I knew what that. meant •in their
confounded jargon, and sprang to my
EMS
By Heaven,'` I shbuted, putting
my back. agaitist the door,. 'you
s!itu f t: - butcher a free - Englishman
fi,SUe.4) i , The first among you
.who stirs, drops.' -
A man sprang at me.. I caw along
the sights of my Derringer the gleam
of a knife and the demoniacal face of
:Gustave Beraer.: Then I pulled the
,s• .
trlgger,und with his hoarse scream .
sounding in my. ears, I was 6 felled to .
the ground - 10.. a crashinglow froiit
behind. Half dreonscious and press.
edAown some hra , vy weight,
n
hehrd - theoise of, shouts and blows
iibOve me,• and then I fainted away.
When I came to myself I wa;4 lying
among the .delpris of, the door; which
had:been - beiitert in on thelop of me.
Opposite were dozen., of the men
who hail latelK Sat in judgment upon
me, tied two amt . two, and guarded
by' a score of Russian soldiers. 'Be
side me was the corpse of the ill fated
English agent, the whole face blown
I in by , •the force of the explosion.
I Alexisand Petrokine were both lying
lon the floor like, myselr, • bleeding
profusely.
Well, young fellow, , you'velitil a
narrow escape,' Said a hearty voice
iu my,ear.
I loOkedi up and recognized my.
black-eyed acquaintance of the - rail
, way carriage. •
Stand up,' be continued; you're,
only a bit stpahed no bones brcileen:
It's no wondef I mistook :s,lottfor the
Nihilist agent, when the Very lodge
itself was taken r in. Well, you're the
only .stranger who. ever eamelout of
this den alive. Come doWitt stairs
with me.
.1 know who-you are, and
what you afe After now ; • I'll take
you to Mr. Dimidotf. Nay, don't go
in there,' he cried, as I walked toivard
the door of the cell into which Iliad
.been Originally ushered. Keep but
of Jhat ; you've seen evil sights
enough - Tor one day.. Come down,
and haves glais of liquor.' •
He explained as 'we walked back
to the hotel that the:priliec of &duff.
of Which he was the Chief; had had
- warning 'and been •on the :lookout
during some time for' this Nihilistic
emissary.. My arrival - in so unfre
quented a place, coupled with my air:
of 'secrecy and the English labels op.
that confounded portmanteau of tire ;
gory's, had completed the business'
I: have little more•to tell. My So
cialistic acquaintances were all either
transported to Sibe'ria Or executed.
MY \ tnissioti was performed to . .The
satisfaction of my employers. My
conduct \ during the 'whole . husiness
has .won rue promotion, and my pros
pects .for life have been improved
! since that horrible night the reniein
branee of ilich makes'lne-shiv
er.—Londoln Society. '
i
you have wtarts on your hand, rub
each of them with a bullet, and load a'
:guri with the bullets. Then 4atch..until
a:vagrant Cow tries to open the front gate
Of your-yard with her limns. Aim care
fully at the cow's bead, anal. tire. :If all
the bullets. go into her . head,-it may not
cure the warts, but it will be an almighty
good thing for the neighbrirbood.-Stitt-
LashAerzaa • .
A imm. haired young lady of Wheeling
went away from home some time ago on
vlsit to a friend. She was a finicky.
sort of a girl and was very proper indeed.
At dinner an the day of her arrival_ she
ate,:vely little. " Why, Jane," :said her
friend,' "you don't eat" . anything.
Take something else..*; please do !"
" 011, no," ilia simpered, "thank
you ;"S :never eat big messes away from
home." • There was a silence during the
relit of the meat —Steubenville herald..
Tivo urchins, dirty and -ragged; .were
lying In wait for alms. A welt-to-do look.;
ing gentleman passing at the moment was,
accosted by one of them. ",ylease, Mis
r,
mar, gimnie a penny to buy some bread,"
implored the gamin. "Get our, you
little .rascal, don't bother me," was
the'reply. Thereupon, the_ disco - milt:red
nrchinlureed to his companion and ob
served,"2" Billy, he must be a millionaire:"
--Brooklyn Eagle.
fkmEtine says.a lawyer's wife should
be named Rue, We.diftbr, It Shatild be
lip, mitt Otto HO it) bt! ii g-00. lies It
Tet i ,
H. v\r•_
tv.to
I
THE ZISTER MONTHS.
When Aprfl steps aside for May,
Like dlarnoun all the ralnktrepa glisten ;
Prsh •iolets oieti everyday '
To mule new bit each hour we listen.
Thfichihhtin with the strew:kali' tang,' •
When April stops at last her weeping ;
Mid every happy growing thing
Laughs like a babe Jost roused,trom sleeping
Yet April waters; year by year;
Ppr laggard Stay her thirsty flbwers
And May, In gold of sunbeams' clear,
• Pays April for her silvery blowers.
All flowers of spring are not 31a,f's otrt:
, The crocus can not often kiss tier; ,
The'snont-drop, ere the cc.tnet, has ton ;
. ' The earliest I . lokls often mhos her.
;.•
lica7doesMay cialm,the whale of spring 5 • -
She leaves to April Mira -sows tender :
That Clbsell to the warm %Ili! cling,
Or swing from tree•boughs,jlgh a;,(1 slender
And May -flowers bioJa beftre May mines I.
To cheer, it little, April's wiriest, ;
The peach-bud glows, the wild bee
And wind•novrers wave In graceful gladness.
They ire two sbiters, side by side
Sharing the changes tif the weather
Playing at 'pretty seek•arl.htle , —
So far apart, so close together :
April anti May otithint?lnent'itteet;-- ,
Rut farewell sighs their green:4;4 smother :
And breezes telt, and birds repeat,
flow Nay and April love'eac . h
F" -- !Cef'ff itirennt, in SI., Sichoirrsjeur iitr
.1 'For the itErtIIVTLII.j
True Purity.
' We hear keople ,talk so ituch of
purity; and see them practicing, that
which seems to us is iile, that we
sometimes wonder if people in gener
al. anderstand , anything about the
real meaning of the word. We - think
the
the mismalerstainimo• conies' from ~..:...., arm. .
almost •
the moSt universal habit of regard
lug the word as . something to be ap•
plied , only to. women. We often
. hear such an expressiob as this :, " If
Such' . and such thinga were .an it
•Would ruin female purity." What
an idea!
. Pemale purity indeed !_,..D0
they, then, really think there is sex
in purity? It would Seem so and
indeed if I were to ask a child to
parse this sentence; "rurity is one
of the greatest of virtues,'," I would
not be surprised if he gave the Word
" purity " the - fern' ine gender, so
strong has the imp semi become
fixed in our minds th. t the word.
shoUld be applied only 0 woman.
When Flo we hear the e -pression,.
Ile is a, pure man. 7 Yet, if it is
said of a woman, "she is no/ pure,"
we gather our robes closer around
us, and, With a shudder, :Tor .fear of
(contamination, pass her by on the
other side. Is this right ? -Is there
any justice in this? How 'keg will
we continue to delude ourseives in
this way? How long before ik.e. shall Standing to-day looking out upon
make-purity the first+ requirement of the .stretch of, railroad 'which winds.
our gentleman friends,
as we now:do from this thriving city off toward the
of Onr lady friends? Never, do you State Capital. an old gentleman near
say' Nay, but We believe, you are me said :'‘ Do you know that Simon
.wrong then. For we have' enough, Cameron built . this .railroad 'from
' faith in the Good Spirit, inherent in 1 here to Harrisburg? -; And how he
- humanity, to believe that Ti nth. wi li did have. to fight against the prejn;
eventually triumph: Arid "we hold dices of the stubboruGerman farmel•S
these truths • to he. :self-evident." 1 who lived along, the line of the-route !-
That-purity is freedom from guilt or'l I' recollect," he continued, " of my
the' defilement of sin, 'or freedom I father telling 'me years .ago of the
from- vice.. . And should be applied I public' meeting which Mr. Cameron
to neither sextexchisively, but should called at Middletown to fUrther the
be exacted and expected ' from the building of this railroad.. There was
one as Well c ' us the other. We say 'a' good crowd present and a bright
.. •
, ourit3• is freedoM from guilt or the 4mar t , i good 'talker, "who was then
[defilement of sin. - Mark the expres- , the 'Attorney-General 'of . the Statue
sion- 7 "the dead - xi - tent of sin " Not I . maile a very.spread-eagle'speech, but.
only. freedom.from sin but'also frbm I the subject was too big for him, 'it
the marks which sin always leaves.. slipped from his, grasp, and he failed
4rehind, for it is a . universal truth , I to state clearly'the real object of the
.that no one can commit a • •a ~ i n I meeting.. .. . - •
without being 'forev . defiled. We I' ' "Mr Cameron,- finding his orator
all remember the story of the boy, I lacking in the essential element of
-who fo_r every fault which he possess-1 practical statement, took. the stand
: Cl drOve a nail into a post, a nail to i himself and explained what he want
represent each fault, ' until the - .post I - ed to do.. Ii then took two days to
was nearly tilled. He then, in great Igo to ,Philatlelphia:from Harrisburg.
reinorsc and shame set *to work 'to • Mr.. Cameron- stated' that when the
overcome his faulta, and as soon as ' railroad was built you could eat
one fault was conquered he drew out' breakfast, at home :in the morning,
.a nail ; and by persevering in this Igo .to Philadelphia, spend several
way the - last nail Was removed. ilia I.hours, and take supper at home again
alas %Was! the Prints of the
. nails in the 'evening.. This statement was
stilbiri'lined. He had done nobly, 1 altogether too much for the quiet
- •I J '
had !risen above his faults, _had-con-1 farmers so long used to the stage
quered them, .but he was not. free' coach, and when' the meeting broke
from their, marks—the defilement' of,i up there 'was only one man ;in the
sin.. ,So it is those alenie'who have I whole crowd who took any stock' in
never sinned, never knowingly and) Mr. Cameron's statement. A. - short
wilfully committed wrong, whO arel time: after the meeting was over -lie
absolutely pure. -And this may be ;approached Mr. 'Cameron in the
true of some whom we, in onr.blind- 1 country hotel and said : 'Simon, you
ness have looked dow* upon:. per- 1 made that story a little too big. You
.haps•they did not. conform 'to our.! .might go down- one'day and come
preconceived ideas of right, so we i• b l ack the next, but both ways in one
not being ab'e to look down into the , 1 day is. too much for, an honest mind
heat ass ° God does, have
. condemned Ito believe. I think, myself,' the rail
them. ' Yet . is it not• true, that. we; road will be a great thing for us, but
should 'be governed by ,prinviple not so great as that.' The next 'day
'not by what others may think or say !lie smit Mr-Cameron one of his best .
of. iii?.. Right here•is where I think I cows with its calf to 'show his respeCt-I
it hinges, we have conformed so long {I for Mr. Cameron's foresight -and. to
co the customs of society that we 1 emphasize his faith in. his building
have .nearly lost. our individuality. I ,the railroad."-tanca.4er Letter to
When we wish to do a certain thing, I IhePhiladelpkia -Press.
do we ask ourselves this question :1
" Are 'we doing this prompted by-
I .•
the, Christ within ? No ! but we •
say, does society sanction) this, or'
what will society say about it for us.
I Did Jesus do this?'' Did he teach us
to conform to public opinion, No,
never at the expense of a principle.
But, you say he was crucified'; yes,
he was crucified; but was that , death
to Him or the .principles Tie Aitught ?
No! both. have lived in, the hearts of
every generation down to the pres
ent time, and must still live on, for
l is not- truth eternal ?" Our brininess
is with oursetee.•:. If we cannot re
spect ouirselc•es what difference does
it make i.rourneighbors and all.the
country round speak well of us, since
lit is our
. own opinion of Ourselves,
iwe : must. carry through eternity.
When character—not rep atation—
shall determine, when we'nllow our- 1
selves to be influenced by 04: spirit
witht i o), and'not by what-people may:
say of us; or think of 'us, then all re-i,
I'litrictions will be broken off, ' and we
I'will be left free to: evelop naturally
las the flowers do. They conform
only to - God's laws,, in nature: the
intelligent gardener _ knows he cannot'
make a lily 'of a rose, though be may
'give it ever so much culture, - that,
with all his knowledge and skill, the
plant will not conform to -him, but to
nature; each must be developed hat-'
tirall'y, and each will assist its own
'individuality. What splendid ffow
ers of humanity we will have when.
'we are released from the .hands; of.
ennforrnity which are'now aronntl us
nil butimi WO WM reproOfit the
liflttkiii thPh ; - litlli We sihsli bp 4t.
Sl.OO per Annum In Advance.
- I ' NUMBER 49
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peace,-because in harmony with our
selves and God's laws; for, " The
greatlaw binds,; it will not, be con-.
teamed of any tine ; who thwarts it
loses, and who serves it gains; the
hidden good it . pays with peace and
bliss; the hidden ill with pains; it
seeth everywhere and inarketli all ;_
do, right it recompenseth ;' do one
wrong—the equal' retribution Musi,
be made." 0` • , ‘T. S.'
Bound to Have It.
Elder Traverse was once the most
noted man in eastern New York as
camp -meeting leader. He hn a pow.'
erful voice, was a fluent speaker, and
in the prime of life could glit away
with any rnan, who ever so#ght, to
.1.
disturb his meetings.
The elder.was once holding a canal).
meeting near Yonkers, and sward
reached him that a notorious rough
known as ",Chicago Bob ". intended
to be on hand 'Sunday for a now.,'' 13e
made .no reply and Cook no- preeau
tions, and when Bob appeared on
the ground with a cigar in his mouth
and a . slun,g.shot in his ileeve the
elder didn't grow pale wortha 'cent.
Bob had
o eonie out there Willa things,
and he took a forward seat. When
the people. began singing he began
crowing, and thus created confusion.
" Robert, you had better sit dOwn,''
observed . the elder. as he catne.. for
ward.
," Chicago .Bob sits down fur no
man !" was the reply. ". •
"Sit. (10%7,, • Robert." -, ontinnedr,
the elder,- as he, put his hafid the" ;
loafer's arm.'•
," Here goes to elemi- out the:
crowd!" erowed Bob, as he peeled off
his coat: - •
Next instantoe elder hit him un
der the car, any as Ire fell ; ,over a
bench, he Was followed up aud . .hit
againnd again, and while in, a semi
unconscious state he Was-carried oil
by his friends. • ' - •
' .Next flay he was the first one tc.i
go forward for prayers. 'The eldey
put his hand' on his head and asked
"Abert, are yon 'in earnest?"
"I am." " •
'• Arc you really seek:4e after
faith ?"
" You bet I am! If faitk.helps.a
man to get Vs work - in as quick as
you did yesterday, I'm bound to hare
it if I have to sell my hat." '•. •
He .difl[o, get it very strong, but
he did no more crowing while the
meeting lasted.
I=l
Simon .Cat'nercn's Railroad
I=
" Muhl% you heard - de - news ?
Why, WI, he's done go,ne dead ! Yes,
sah-bid dead an' buried for a bull
-
a=eek. Tit's de reason he didn't,
eome aroun' ti_ny more.wid his
. apples
an' pop corn." • •
What, yoni• little Joe dead ?"
'-‘.‘ Pat's de truf, sah. Cone home
one day all stuffed up rid a cold, an
-
in
. twenty-four hours ii'6,had him .in
his' . stirouq. , It wis awful sudden,
aa' I can't realize plat he's gone.
Lae night 'we foun' ourselves waitin'
supper for hini, de middle of
de night we wake up an' find our
selves ealliu' his name. It comes
powerful hard:-on -us,-it does, an' we
can't speak of it Without our hearts
swellin' up big nuff- to bust. - Ile was
de only elite, you know, an' we bad
hailt up powerful hopes-on
"'ion was d. g ood boy."
Ileed .he net:ll)er gin
us one hour's - trouble, an' daryasn't.
a bad hair on his besti.''.
Then came a pause, and the old
man seemed nervous and uneasy. He
started to goi then hesitated, and
finally said • ;
," You don't - know •nuilin! 'bout'
I"leaben for such, do you?" •
'" No
" Well, bas you got any ideas?" .
4 Yes, a few,"
• • " You - sec, all; de wimin' bas come
- in to console my ole womaa,nie one
of !em says dat de big grown up folks
go tv - one. part. cit . Webeti, And de
01dIrtn 40 It
teiie 4 tiown mil pit Ilitio itlia
we git up dar ;. maybe we can't ebett
see him.. Dar's *hat makes his mnd
devtake on so. We's got party old
noir, ate -we'll soon get de summons
to go,.but if de hope an"speetashun
of meetin' dat, boy up in Mabel" am,
taken away from he we might as well
hang ourselves in de woodshed,"' -
"You need have no fears. . 'leav
en is not fenced off to separate the
young from- the old."
"All piled in together?"
" Yes, and plenty of reiotp for all."
"Will wC. know our Joe when - me
git up dar?" .
"Yes.'
"An' he'll know us ?"
yegy
•.
• "Dar's de way - I ltial4but de ole
woman she's ki adee.frai daf;-:ldosn'
know for suah. Say, bois
y eff. ll
"Please do de ole man a favor.
Take Your pen an' write 'down dat
FLe,.hen am not fence-I off, an' dat
we shall fin' our little Joe dna - by de
pearly gates waitin' and watchin' to
welceime as .we'march in .wid de pur
ceshun. It, will Make de ole woman .
feel
. a heap easier an' help her to b'ar
up under dis 'flition,"
The 'teertificate "'was written and
'landed to him,.and he ;carefully put
. away and said, as. he..was ready
- to
go
MO
" joe."
. .
"I'm a Missals' times obleeged, an'
s
sWellin'.. in in heatt has gone
down ober hUlf.. It wrung us pow
erful hard to see dat boy on his dyin'
Ised, but when. we was' told dat:we
shouldn't Ase able to git to him:up
Ileaben we was. clean dun fur. Day
to you,- - boss. he gwine- right Off
home an' shirk up de ole woman laid
de bleSied news." Delrat
Pres. , . . r •
Averaging Things - With the Lord.
There fs'a great truth, very clearly
and pointedly put, in the following
incident : •
A man who' prided himself an hiS
morality,, and expected to be - saved
by it, was constantly saving,- " I am
doing pretty well on. the -whale.. I
sometimes get mad and swear, but
then lam pt.rfeetly honest. 1...w0rk
On the Sabbath when I am partien.:
larly busy; . but . I give a good deal
to the poor, and I never was drunk
in my life."
This. man hired a canny Scotohman
to build a • fence aroundlds pasture
lot.. He. gave him particular direc
tions. In the , evening, when the
Scoteliman -came from his work, the
man said . :• •
"'Well, dock, is the fence built,
and is it tight and-strong?" -
" I canna say It is fa tight and
strong," Jock rerli9d. ." butit is a
good average fence, anyhow. If some
parts are a little weak; other part 4
are extra strong.. I don't know but
I left• a: little gap here and there a
yard or so wide; but.then I made up.
for it, by doubling the rails on each •
side of the gap. .I dare say the cattle
will rind it a gbod fence on the whole
and will like it, though I canna just
say that it is perfect in every part."
" What !" cried - 'the man, not see
ing the point ; do you tell me that
you built a fence around tny'lot with
weak places and gaps in it.? Why,
you. might as well have built no fence.
at all there is one Ope - ning,.or a
weak place where an opening can be
made, the_eattle will be ;sure to find
.it and will go through. Don't you
know. man, that a fence must be per-,
feet or it is worthleSs ?" ;
115 . Cti t. 4) think '1 7 ,0," replied .the,
Scotch Man; " but 1 hear you talk sd.
much about averaging matters with'
the. Lord, - it seemed to Tde we might .
try it with tile cattle:. if au average .
fence will not tio — fOr them,A am
afrai4 an dverrg - e character will riot'.
dig in L play of judgment."--N)
gPV../. •
•
Fun, Fact, and Facetim.
TrlE.reecut marriage of two gentlemen
from petroit, Michigan, at Lisbon,
.Port
ugal, withyoongladies of that city, illtjA
trates a peenli , r,ii.ness of "lnine , s. . What
nv.ro.approur'we than that MiChigamiers
should'. thus unite their fortune-a With
Pld uese rot' II e 4;ta Ada rel.
.A sTorK broker returning to his otliee
the other -day, after a. substautialltinche;
gar with his client, said, complacently, to
lii: head-elerk : " Mr. Putkin, the world
locks different to a man when he has a
bottlt: ctif
,charripagne in him." - "Yes,
sir," replied the clerk, sir. s niticantly, "and
he 400 ks different to the world."—fltt dz.
.
: ..C4 )1.711T (to prOftecutor): "n. nen...you. re.
cosznize this handkerchief ail the one
which war stolen from you ':' - ' 7 Proseeu
tor--" Yes, your Honor.' Court—" And
yet it. isn't the only'rhandkereldef. of the
sort in the worlit Se - T ; fliis one thare in
my pocket hi exactly like it." Prosecu
tor—"eery likely,. your Honor; I had
two stolen."---.Atris Fi.Orro. -
Ara tire in Pails a fireman _who was
about to P.live a chilli asked fur something
to protect his eycr. ".Who's got a pair
onpeetacles?" be cried. A gentleman
very.pulitely took from, 'his nose a, fine
pair - of Brazilian pebbles; wiped them
carefully, and handing them amiably to
the fireman, remarked, "I hardly. know
whether these are your exact number?"
MonEit.N Cookery explained.—A father
says to his son Whom he has gone to fetch
home from school : " Well, ghat did you
do Ao-day'.'" "We had .llotner explain
ed. Toll me, papa, is it true. then that
used to roast sn:ox whole?"
"C'ertainly, and they ate it, too." "Then
Why don't they serve tt - eafstep.ks like that.
now ?" ".Why eltild, our Potatoes 'are
not large eno.ugh"."—Paris Fip'iro.
A Tt>i'T.tit.F..vranr Disposition.—Pater
.
Now, my boy, IVe been making my
will, -/ atui I've lcft a4very large property
in trust for you.' I merely wish to ask
you if yon've any suggestions-to offer ?"
Soix - -" Well, I doil'E know that- I have,
sir, unless—hum ''—(ponders)—" ques'n,
is, asthings,go nowadays, wouldn't it be
better to leave the property to the other
feller and—ah—'point me the trustee?"
ELEss RAT En German phys s ician has
advocated . a new theory, and that is
that all food should be,saten Jaw, instead
of being cooked ; and he claims that if his
instructions are
are
out, -and mat
and y_"4.letables are eaten in their nattkral .
state;-there will beim more sickness, an&
thatlieople will die of old age instead of
tifseioie. The„ thing looks feasible, but
*e should like to see the' Gerinin doctor
try his own theory, for instance on bolog:
ra sausage, and have to catch his dog.—
Peek's Spin.
To say tb i at Jones' nose is - a rouser
would be stating it.miidic. It stands out
on his profile like a good deed in a naugh
ty 'is - Orld,. or a lightheuie on a beach.
And Jones is sensitive about that nose.
Seeing a strange young can gazing at
him the other day, Jones.became uneasy,
until he finally broke out with, "Wall,
what are you staring at? Do you see
anything remarkable • about me
Noe, sir," licas the rather equivocal re
lily - of the yotinK . man.. as be dodged
around the cor,ner. 7 -Bostan Tranireript.
Tut; Tribune reports that "the Yale
Freshmen are undergoing a course in
Latin conreniatioK" We are afraid that
Vale is not doing well by her boys. hlow
is Latin conversation going to fit. a man
for pulling a good oar in the racing crew ?
JournaL
Grinot.r.Atu in a sudden access of -fer
vor remarked : " How; wonderful the
ways offit.)v g
idence ! • Everything , fore
seen; eaWmttikth has its proper growth;
potatoes, nal s,fr. beam s asparagus, peas,
always soniethihg new.- When one thing
goes 'lie other comes. . As soon, 5 , 5 the
fal . .fnittklm af,%i
f op t a-i„.;.-ft - itctl Pelf
; •
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