1)C 3Hmc0, Ncu) Bloomftclir, Pa.
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Miss Maylord's Elopement.
' ' TIM, you may tnko her Into the house
t) tonight."
The "lior" referred to was tho Ariel, ono
of the Btttunchest and fastest passenger en
gines that cvor jorked ' n train, and Jim
was my "stoker."
"All right, Jack," ho answered, as I
stepped down from tho cab and started to
ward tlio town.
It was just dark, of a cold, stormy No
vember day, and if over there was a happy
man it was myself, Jack Everett, seated
ton minutes later, in tho warm dining-room
with plenty of time, and a steaming supper
at my disposal.
But this happiness was too great to bo
lasting. I was but half through my on
slaught on my host's r.ni nine, when my sto
ker, tho best fellow in the world, only a
littlo wild at times, came rushing into tho
room.
" I'll bo Mowed if I hain't half a mind
to let you finish the job," said be. I'd
givo half a dollar if I could cat like that."
And he stepped back and gazed with ad
miration at my display of talent for eat
ing when hungry.
"Come, what's np?" I asked, holding
up the half of a bisiuit, and preparing to
follow up tho success with tho other half.
" Good heavens, Jack ! how ofton do you
eat?" ho asked ; but without giving me
time to reply, he added, " But I've got to
stop you now, for old Maylord is down to
the station swearing like a marine, because
you got the start of him, and got away be
fore he saw you."
Maylord was tho Superintendent, and I
knew something, was wrong somewhere.
I replied :
"Toll him I will be down after supper."
"That won't do, Jack. You'vo got to
catch tho express, and site's been gone
twenty minutes now. We've got tho en
gine out of the house, and all fired up.
She'll be blowing by tjio timo we get
back."
I will not say that I uttered any very an
gry words, but something stuck very hard
in my throat half a biscuit, I supjioso. I
seized a pio from tho tablo and tossed it to
Jim, who I knew had not been to supper,
and then I went for my hat and started. ,
I found Maylord pacing to and fro in the
storm of snow and sleet, and growling like
a hungry dog.
" Can you catch tho express before sho
reaches town ?" he asked, hurriedly.
" 1 oan try. But why not telegraph ?" I
asked. ,
" That's tho mischief of it," ho snarled.
" The wires are down."
Well, speak lively, for thcro is no timo
to fool away," said I, not remarkably good
humored at tho prospect. Moroovor, I
had no very particular liking for John
Maylord, Esq. -
Ho whipped a letter from his pocket and
gave it to mo.
" Catch tho train, Jack, and gi vo tho let
ter to conductor Adams. Whatever ho
gives you bring back to mo without delay."
Now thore was something quite mysteri
ous about this, but so far, I had no right to
question, so I turned to Jim and asked if
bo had taken water.
"Nary a drop, Jack."
"Nevermind the water," cried Maylord.
" You have onough to run down.
" Mr.' Maylord, I am running this on
gine," I replied, "and can't run it without
water. If you can, just tako my place."
He turned away with something vory
much like an oath, and I backed up to tho
tank house.
Just as I stopped, a veiled lady sprang
op lightly into tho cab.
'" You must let me go with you," she
whispered, and then stepped further back
into the shadow, so that my fireman might
not see her.
I was amazed at her sudden appearance
and strange request ; but before I could re
ply, she threw aside her veil, revealing tho
beautiful face of Nellie Maylord.
"Why, Miss Mayloid; you cannot nieau
it 1" I exclaimed yet, at tho same timo re
ally hoping she did, for, totell the truth,
Jack Everett was in love with1 her. Of
course nobody knew it but myself, and I
bad hitherto been content with a smile or a
word, and which she often gave me not
withstanding her father's frowns.' To have
her so near mo, and talking with mo, soon
lifted me up to tho top shelf of hopeless
bliss. ,
" I must go, Mr. Everett," she said. "I
know it may, seem strange to you, but
when one is iu danger, one must do strange
things to escape." .
"Iu danger?" , .
Yes, and I rely on you to save me."
As she said this, she lifted her lustrous
eyes to mine, and gave me look that sur
prised me out of my usual prudcuce. I
replied: , t 4 ; . . i ,
, " I will protect you with my life if it need
be, for I love you better than my own."
I could not fee her faco then, for the had
tuined away, and frightened at what I had
done, I hastened to ak her forgiveness.
"Tut, tut; 1!' said she, placing bur band
over my mouth. "If that is true you sure
ly will let me go with u, for a fato far
wurse than death awaits mo bore. Bay,
ye." . ; .; ' i
And v. hat t he could I my ? . . , t.
All this took place while Jim was at the
back end of tho tender taking in water,
and when he came forward to the oab Nol
lio was demurely perched upon my seat. I
gave him tho hint to keep mum, and
pulling open tho throttlo away wo started
on our wild night's rido.
How tho old Ariel flow over tho iron par
allels I Accustomed an I was to tho noblo
engine, I somotimcs quaked with sudden
terror, and shut off tho steam. I was tlion
thinking of, Nellio, and life never seemed
so sweet before. ' Then as tho speed Black
ened I would givo my noblo steed the rein
again, and true to tho touch, sho would
leap ahead again like a thing of life pnst
houses, villages and towns, seen ahead for
a second, and then far behind us. All tho
while I stood by Nellio, with ono hand up
on tlio throttle, and tho other upon the
reversing lover, peering ahead on the track
illuminated by Ariel's head-light.
I dared not look nt Nellie, for our lives
depended upon my vigilance. I know not
what moment I might overtako tho train;
so I stood with her so near mo yet so far
from mo. Sometimes I spoke to her, and
she would put her lips to my ear to reply.
Again her little hand would clasp my arm
as I sped over somo rough piece of road
that threatened to shako the iron mon
ster to pieces, but a word would reas
sure hor.
At length in turning a curve, 1 saw the
red light on the roar of tho express so sud
denly that had I not been on my guard
there would havo been ono less passongor
coach on the road ; ami who can tell whore
Jack Everett would have been ? But I was
prepared ond thcro was no danger.
My whistlo was recognized, for thcro was
not another ono liko it on tho road ;
nnd no doubt wondering what had sent the
Ariel after them, they stopped for mo.
" Well, I'm beat," exclaimed Charley
Adams, tho conductor. " What's in tho
wind now, Jack?"
For reply I gavo him the letter.
" W-h-e-w ! Here, Jack, see what
mako of it."
I held the missive up to tho light
you
aud
read :
"OoNnncTon Adams My daughter, Nel
1 iu Maylord, is running away from her
home. I havo reason to believe sho is on
your train. Send her back to mo ou tho
Ariel, in charge of Everett. Uso forco if
necessary. 1 "
John Maylohd." .
I think I gave a longer aud inure em
phatio whistle than Charley.
"There's somo mischief at the bottom of
this said I.
. " Exactly, Jack; aud if sho were ou my
train, I would not use force to scud her
back to the old hunks nary a bit. I would
take her the other way and keep mum."
" Then Charley, 1 will put her aboard
your train and send her along. Sho is iu
my cab now."
Charley then wrote ou tho back of John
Maylord's letter ;
" Midway between C ond A )
Nov. 12, 11:U0 p. m. , , ,
John Mavloiid, Esq.Tho Ariel has
overtaken me, and I have your communica
tion. Miss Nellio Maylord is not ou my
train, nor has sho been on it this trip.
CrjAS. Aim MS.
"Thcro, Jack, that does not tell him
that she will not be on. Now let us hustle
or I shall not mako timo."
The transfer was quickly made, but not
without somo regret on my part, and I
started back.
John Maylord was waiting for mo.
" Where is she?" he asked jumping In
to tho cab.'
I feigned ignorance and passed him tho
letter. ' ' ' '
Somo prodigious oaths escaped from his
lips, but as they were not directed to mo I
had nothing to say. Then ho hurriodly
left mo. ' . . ,
This was not the hist of it, however. I
was put through a course of questioning
the next day that would have done credit
to a criminal lawyer, and if I do not mis
take, John Maylord went homo none the
wiser. '
I met Charley Adams, too.
" Jack," said he, " you have won her
everlasting gratitude, not to uso a stronger
term. It was too hard to rub, though.
Old Maylord he's only her uncle after all
was determined to marry her to old Sil
ver, and as she had not lived quite long
onough to bo hor own mistress she was
one day short she couldn't do better thnu
to run away. The danger is all over now,
and she can choose for herself. Better go
up as Boon as you can. Hero is hor ad
dress. And Jack, my boy, there are two
tldngi that you mustn't forget that she has
got a cool hundred thousand, and your
humble servant' when the' wedding comes
Off."
It is needless to say that I went up even
at the risk of losing Ariel, and I had good
success up there. Wltilo John Maylord
was turning the adjacent country upside
down in search of Nellie,' I very quietly
married her.
Perhaps John Maylord was mad whon
he heard of it, but he passed over ' Nel
lie's property without a murmur. But I
didn't run the Ariel any more, nod Nellie
now has the love I once felt for that noble
engine, and that other love besides. It is
not more tbau she deserves. '
t3f What invitation would be dangerous
and disloyal to a soldier? One asking hint
to dinner aud dessert. ' ' -
SUNDAY BEADING.
Tho Object. '
What is the object of Bunday-school
teaching? It is to bring tho souls of the
children to Jesus. Nothing less, Nothing
more. Tliero can bo nothing moro in all
tho taliors of timo than that to bring lost
and fallen children to' know, discern, ac
cept, and feed upon a Saviour's love. Do
you understand? Can yod go, nnd from tho
experience of your own heart, in tho fulness
of di vino forgiveness, sit down besido a
company of littlo oues and roll them with
out pretense, profession, guile, or of tho full
ness of the glory of n divine Saviour I This
is tho object ; and the minister of Jesus lias
no other. Tlio power of tho ministry does
not depend upon its oflicc, or upon tho in.
telleet of tlio men that fill it, but entirely
on tho simplicity of the truth with which
tho teacher speaks ; and it can be demon
strated in tlio experience of tho wholo
Christian church that tho most useful men
aro not, after all, tho men that riso and
shino in tho sight of men, but tboso who,
with loving hearts and praying spirits and
watchful souls, and with a deep an! true
enjoyment of tho divine favor, go forth to
speak tho most simply and unceasingly of
a Savior's love. There is no appointed
minister of tho Gospel that can occupy a
higher oflico than tho Sunday-school teach
er occupies. As a teacher, you havo put
iuto your hands at tho very time when most
of all you desire to have them, souls that
aro to livo forever, may livo with Christ
forever. ,
Down the Hill.
Tho evening of every man's life is com
ing on apace. Tho day of life will soon lie
spent. Tho sun, though it may bo up in
tho mid heaven, will pass swiftly down tho
western sky and disappear. What shall
light up man's path when tho sun of life
has gone down ? He must travel on to tho
next world; but what shall illume his foot
stops after tho nightfall of death, nmid tho
darkness of liis journey ? What question
moro important, moro practical, moro' sol
emn for each reader of our journal to ask
himself? That is a long journey to travel
without a friend. Yet every man must
perform it. Tho time is not far distant
whon nil men will begin tho journey
Thoro is an evening star in tho 'natural
world. Its radiance is bright ' and beauti
ful, and cheering to the benightod travel
er. But life's star is in a good hopo of
heaven. Its beauty and brilliancy aro re
flected from tho Sun of Righteousness,
whose bright rays light up tho evening of
life, and throw their radiance quite across
the darkness of the grave into Ininianmil's
landi It lias illuminated tho footsteps of
many a traveler into eternity.' It is of price
less value. A thousand worlds cannot pur
chase it ; yet iti s 'offered without money
and without price to. him who will peni
tently and thankfully receivo it. Reader,
will you tako it? ' '
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True Peace of Mind.
True poaco of mind does not depend, as
some seom to suppose, on tho external inci
dents of riches nnd povorty, of health and
sickness, of friendship' and enmities. It has
no necessary dejiondenco upon society or
seclusion upon dwelling in cities or In tho
desert upon tho possessions of temporal
power, or a condition of, temporal insig
niflcanco and weakness. Let the heart bo
right let it bo fully united with the will
of God, nnd we shall bo entirely contented
with those circumstances in which Provi
dence has seen fit to place us, howoveT un
propilious they may bo in a worldly point
of view. Ho who gains tho victory over
himself, gains tho victory ovor all his eno
mies. Upham. ' 1
What Kind of Remembrance 1
Sitting, my friend, by tho evening fireside,
sitting in your easy chair, at rest, nnd look
ing at tho warm light on the rosy faco of
your little boy or girl sitting on the rug
before you, do you ever wonder what kind
of remcniberauce those littlo ones will havo
of you if God spares them to grow old?
Look into the years to coiuo ; think of that
smooth faco lined and roughened, that curly
hair gray, ttiat expression, now so bright
and happy, grown careworn and sad, mid
you long in your grave. Of courso your
son will not havo quite forgotten you ; ho
will sometimes think and speak of his father
who is gone. ' What kind of roniemberanco
will bo havo for you ?
How to be Beautiful.'
Curls and cosmetics aro all In requisition
to eiictiance the beauty of " tho human face
divine ;" but what is the result ? , , Youth's
roses only ' llee the faster old ' age will
creep on apace; rougo cannot hide its wrink
les, nor can it make any faco beautiful.
We are decided believers' Iu "Handsome is
as handsome does." No face has true beau
ty In it that does not mirror tho deeds of a
noble soul. There Is not a thought, Word,
or deed, that does uot.leave its autugraph
written ou the humau countenance. If the
soul that looks out from the eyes be true
and pure, the face will be beautiful always,
for it bus found the true boauty of youth.
tlPDr. Johnson used to say, "He who
waits to do' grout dt at of good t once
will never do any." i - i ; i
That Rumrod. '
There is perhaps no man who has hunted
much but that has at somo timo left the
ramrod of his gun nt homo, and found it
out after getting several miles away from
homo. There is a story told of General
Kcllog of Wisconsin. There was a time
when he used a muzzle-loading gun. When
tie got tho new ono tie loaded a lot of shells,
and early one morning ho shouldered his
gun and walked up' above Onalaska. Ho
was going to mako a wholo day of it and
havo fun. He put his dog Into a field nnd
soon got a covey of chickens. Ho killed
two and marked down tho balanco of the
flock in a piece of meadow, the nicest place
in tlio world for nico shooting. Ho was ex
cited nnd perspired liko a butcher. After
picking up tho two chickens ho .felt in his
pocket for his powder-Mask, when to 1 it was
missing. His eyes stuck out so that you
could hang your hat on them, and ho be
camo moro excited, when glancing at the
gun, ho missed the ramrod. That was too
much. Ho may havo sworn, lio thought
of tho thirty chickens in tho meadow, and
decided in a moment. Hastily calling his
dog off, ho started for Onalaska, and pro
ceeded to a livery stable, his faco red with
walking nnd suppressed emotion. Ho told
the livery man if he would tako him to La
Crosse and back in an hour and a half lie
would givo him a ten dollar note. The
livery man hitched up in a moment and
then dust was soon flying on tho road to
La Crosse. On tho way the drivcrcouldn't
get half a dozen words out of Kellogg, and
made up his mind ho must havo escaped
from Bomo asylum. However, they arrived
in a littlo less than forty minutes, and stop
ped at Kellogg's house. Tho general lush
ed in leaving tlio door wide open, his hair
was filled with dust, nnd charged into tho
room where ho usually kept his shooting
tools. Tho lady of tho house was some
what alarmed at his actions, nnd with
muclt interest in his case, she said :
"Why, general, what is tlio matter?
What has happened?
"Nothing my dear," says the general
between bis clinched teeth, as ho pulled
down au old gamo bag, looking for tho lost
ramrod. "Nothing only I left tho ramrod
of my gun at homo, and thoro aro forty
acres of chickens at Oualaska waiting for
mo. Please help me Hud it." (
Tho lady began to laugh. Tlio general
looked at her in astonishment. Tho idea
that lovity should bo indulged in at such a
trying moment, was - too much for him.
Ho was about to go down in tlio cellar to
see if tho rod hadn't fallen that way, whou
the lady said : ., ...
" Why gouoraL with your new broech"
loading, one hundred and so vcnty-flve dollar
gun, you don't need a ramrod ; you loaded
the catridgos yesterday." ,
The general fainted. It just thon occur
red to him that ho had supposed all tho
time he had his old gun along. Tlio reac
tion was so great, that ho concluded not to
return to Onalaska, so ho went out, and
gavo the driver cloven dollars, the extra dol
lar if lio would never mention tho circum
stance. Those chickens may be waiting
for him in that field yet. . , ,
, A right for Liberty. ,
A prisoner in theponttentiary at BiuclisalJ
a town in the Grand Duchy of Baden, has
recently succeeded in burning down tho
greater portion of tho prison. Carl Sch wabd,
a notorious desperado, was incarcerated for
robbery with violonco. Ho wrenched off
a portion of his iron bedstead and broke
open his cell door! Shouldering the instru
ment of esuapo, he deliberately marched
through the corridors unmolested, and
made for tho jailor's room. He forced tho
door and outered. He arrayed himself in
the jailor's overcoat and hut, exchanged
his fragment of bedstead for tho oflicial's
sword. As ho was stalking through tho
building, on tils way to tho outer gate, ho
was discovered. ' An alarm was given. Ho
made for tho chapel, scaled the wall inside,
crawled through a window, aud climbed to
the roof of the building. He 'ensconced
himself behind the parapet, forced out a
number of stones, and hurled tliem down
upon his pursuers. Several shots wore
tired at him without effect. He called out
to the officials below, declaring that unless
they would give him a chance of escape, he
would fire the jail. ' On their continuing to
discharge their revolvers, ho deliberately
lighted a match, gathered together some
dry splinters of wood, and set fire to the
roof of tlio chapel. The flames spread rap
idly and the entire building was soon ablaze
The lire brigade was culled out, but before
the fire was got under, a largo tower, the
chapel and the prison otllcos fell a prey to
the Haines. Schwabe fled to an adjoining
building, and the guards for a long time
sought In vaiu - for the desperado. At
length he was discovered hidden under the
floor of a lookout at the' summit of a lofty
tower. Sword in hand, he fought like a
demon'. Riddled with shots and slashed
with sabre cuts, he still kept his. assailants
at bay. At lust they rushed upon him in a
body and pitched him from tho tower, a
height of six stories, into 'the prison yard.
Marvellous to lelute, he was not killed. 1M
fell iuto a cart-load of rubbish, but in a day
or two afterward he died of tils wounds. '
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