HOW SHE GOT HER FURS.
MR. EDGE was lato nt breakfast;.
That was not nn nmtsunl occurrence
and he was disposed to be" cross ; which has
likewise nothing new. Bo ho retired be
hind tho newspaper, and devoured his eggs
mid toasts without vouchsafing any reply
lu the remarks or the fresh looking little
lady opposite, to wit : Mrs. Edge. Hut sho
was gathoring together her forces for the
llnal onslaught, and when :nt length Mr.
Edgo had got down to the laRt paragraph,
it came.
"Dear, didn't you say you were going to
havV a hundred dollars for my new furs,
to-day ?"
"What furs?" (rather shortly was this
, spoken.) "Oh, pshaw 1 What is tho use of
being so extravagant? I havo no money to
lay out in useless follies. Tho old ones are
good enough for any scnsiblo woman to
wear."
Mrs. Edge, good, meek little soul that
sho was, relapsed into obedient silenced
She only sighed a soft inward sigh, and
' presently begun a new attack.
" Henry, will you go with mo to aunt's,
to-nfght?" , .
" Can't you go alone?"
"Alone, how would it look 1" Mrs. E's
temper for she had one, though it did not
often, parado itself was aroused. "You
are so neglectful of those littlo attentions
you used to pay mo once ; you never walk
with mo, nor pick up my handkerchief, nor
notice my dress as you onco did." ,
" Well, a fellow can't bo forever waiting
on women, can he ?" growled Mr. Edge.
"You could be polite enough to Mrs.
Waters, last night, when you never thought
to ask whether I wanted anything, though
you know perfectly well that I had a head
ache I don't believe you care as much for
me as you used to." And Mrs. Edge look
ed extremely pretty with the tears in her
blue eyes and a quiver on the round, rosy
lips.
"Pshaw," said tho husband peevishly.
" Now don't bo silly, Maria."
" And in the stago yesterday you never
asked me if I was warm enough, or put my
shawl around me whilo Mr. Brown was so
afTectionate to his wife. It was mortifying
enough, Henry j indeed it was."
" I didn't know women were such fools,"
said Mr. Edge, as he drew on his overcoat,
to escape tho tempest which was fast ap
proaching. " Am I tho sort of man to
make a ninny of myself doing tho polito to
any sort of a fumalo creature? Did you
ever know me to bo conscious whether a
woman had on a shawl or a swallow-tailed
coat?"
Maria eclipsed the blue eyes behind a
littlo pocket handkerchief, and Uonry, tho
savage, banged tho door loud enough to
give Betty in tho kitchen a start. .
"Raining again ! I do believe wo are
going to have a second edition of a delugo,"
said Mr. Edge to himself, tint evening, as
he ensconced six feet of iniquity into tho
southwest corner of tho car at city hall.
" Go ahead, conductor, cau't you see wo
are full, and it is dark already ?"
"In one minute, sir," said tho conduc
tor, as he helped a little woman, with a
basket, on board. "Now sir, move, up a
little, if you please."
Mr. Edge was exceedingly comfortablo
and did uot want to move, but the light of
a lamp falling on the pearly forehead and
shining golden hair of the cemor, he altered
his mind and moved r.p.
" What lovely eyes," quoth he, mentally
as he . bestowed a singio acknowledging
smile. - " Real violet, the very color I must
admire I Bless me ! , what business have
old men to be thiuking about eyes. There,
she has drawn a confounded veil over her
faoo, and the light is as dim as a tallow dip ;
but those were pretty eyes !" ,
Tho fair possessor of those blue eyes shiv
ered slightly and drew her mantilla close
around her shoulders.
"Are you cool, Miss 1 Pray honor me by
wearing my shawl, I do not need it my
self.". She did not refuse she murmured some
faint apology for troubling h lm, but it was
not a refusal,' ,,;
"?0 trouble not a bit," said ho, with
alacrity, arranging it on hertaporing shoul
ders, and thon as the young lady handed
her fare to tho conductor, he said to him
self, "what a slender littlo hand 1 if there
is anything I admire in a woman it is a
pretty hand. Wonder what kind of a
mouth she has got ! it must be a delightful
ono if it corresponds with tho hair and eyes.
plague tako tho veil."
But plague' whoever tLut mystical pow
er may be, did not take the possession of
that veil, to Mr. E's curiosity about the
blue-eyed damsel remained unsatisfied.
"Have you room enough Miss? I fear
you are crowded. Pray sit a littlo closer
tome."
"Thank you, sir,", was the soft reply
coming from behind the veil, as Mr. - Edge
rollccted like an angel from a dark cloud.
And his heart gave a largo thump as tho
jirotty shoulder touched his own shaggy
overcoat in o hesitating sort of a way. ,
" Decidedly, this is getting quite roman.
tie," thought he, and then, with an audiblo
whisper, " what would Maria ssyf" '
The rest of that long, dreary ride was
delicious with tho shoulder against his own.
How gallantly he jumped up to pull tho
strap for her by some streak it ,, happened
to be at tho very streot Where he Intended
to stop. And under tho circumstances we
hardly blame her when tho cars stopped
so suddenly that she caught at his ; arm for
tho squeeze he gave tho plump, rosy hand
any man of senso would havo done the
same it was such an Inviting littlo lily.
" Allow me to cany your basket, Miss as
our path lies in the samo direction," said
Mr. E. courteously, Relieving herf of hor
burden as bo spoke ; "and nnd-may bo
you'd find less difficulty if you tako my
orm."
Well, wasn't it, .delightful ? Mr. Edge
forgot tho wet streets and pitchy darkness
ho thonght ho was walking on roses.
Only as be approached his door he began to
feel a littlo nervous, and wished tho little
incognito would . not hold on so tight.
Suppose Maria should be at the window on
the lookout as she often was, how would
sho interpret matters ? Ho couldn't mako
her l)clicve that ho only wanted to bo po
lito to the fair traveller. Besides, his sweep
ing declarations in tho morning sho would
be sure to recall them. As ho stopped at
tho right number, and bado her adieu ho
was astonished to see her likewiso runup
iho steps to enter. Gracious Appolo I he
burst into a cold perspiration at tho idea of
a young lady's error.
"I think yon must have made a mistake,
Miss," ho stammered ; "this can't bo your
house"
But it was too late she was already in
tho brilliantly lighted hall, and turning
around throw off hor dripping habiliments,
nnd made a low curtesy.
" Why it's my wife 1" gasped Mr. Edge.
" And happy to see that you ain't for
gotten us ladies," pursued tho merciless
littlo puss, her blue eyes (they were pretty)
all in dance with suppressed roguery.
Edgo looked from ceiling to floor in vain
search of a loop-holo to retreat, but tho
search was unavailing.
" Well," ho said in tho most sheepish of
tones, "it's tho first time I was ever polito
to a lady in tho c.irj, and hang mo if it
shan't bo tho last."
"You, see, my dear," said the ecstatic
little lady, " 1 didn't expect to be delayed
so long, nnd had not any idea I should
meet with such attention in the cars, and
that from my husband, too ! Goodness gra
cious, how Aunt Priscilla will enjoy the
joke."
" If you tell that old harpy I w ill never
hear tho last of it," said Edgo in despera
tion. "Very probable," was tho provoking re
ply of his wife.
"Now look hero darling," said Mr. Edgo
coaxingly, "you won't say anything, will
you ? A fellow don't want to bo laughed
at by all tho world. I say, Maria, yon
shall have tho prettiest furs in New York
if you will only keep quiet you shall, upon
my honor."
The terms were satisfactory, and Maria.
capitulated, who wouldn't? And that is tho
way sho got thoso furs that filled tho
hearts of all her female friends with envy.
And perhaps it was what mado him such
a courteous husband ever siuco.
; A Funny Mistake.
IT developed upon a certain reporter,
of a country paper, to write for tho
samo edition, an account of the presenta
tion of a gold headed cane ' to Rev. Dr.
Jones, the clergyman of the place, and a
description of a patent hog-killing and
sausage making-machine, which had just
gone into operation. When tho' foreman
of the composing room received the two
locals, ho cut them into sniull pieces, as
usual, for distribution among tho typo
setters. A mistake must have been made
In numbering tho "copy," for when the
paper wont to press, the two report wcro
mixed in such a frightful manner, that tho
fallowing, or something like it, was the re
sult: "Several of Rev. Dr. Jones's fi leads
culled upon him yesterday, and after a
brief conversation tho uususpiuioiis hog
was seized by the hind legs and slid along
a beam until ho reached tho hot water
tank. His friend explained tho object of
their visit and presented him with a very
handsome gold headed butcher who grab
bed him by tho tail, swung him around,
slit bis throat from ear to ear, in less than
a minuto the carcase was in the water.
Thereupon ho camo forward and said that
there woro times when tlio feeling over
powered one, and for that reason ho would
not attempt to do more than thank tlioso
around him for the manner in which a lingo
animal was cut into fragments was simply
astonishing.' The doctor concluded his re
marks, when tho machine seized him mid
in less timo than it takes to write it, (lie
hog was eut into pieces and worked up into
delicious sausage. The occasion will long
bo remembered by the doctor's friends as
one of the most delightful of their lives.
The best pieces can lie procured at fifteen
rents a pound, and wo nro sure that tlioso
who have sat so long under his ministry
will rcjolro that ho has been treated so
hadttoinoly." . ' ,
IV When a man's business is vapidly
lunning down, it is time fur him to think
of winding it up. "
IIOMANCK IN REAL LIFE.
INTERESTING and important litigation
is about to be oommenced in ' Ulster
county, which may result in hundreds of
thousands of dollars' worth of property
changing hands. It has grown out of the
complicated condition of the affa'uu of the
lato Major George F. Von Beck, " who died
last spring, leaving nn immense estate,
which was in dispute between tho children
ofadeadwifo and a living wifo and hor
children. The circumstance leading to tho
affairs of the family or those two families,
rather are as follows : Gooigo Fredrick
Von Beck came to this country from Ger
many in 1830. Ho was a graduate of one
of tho Gorman universities, and a descend
ant of that nobility. Ho was a civil en
gineer, and previous to his leavisg his na
tive 001111117 was a porson of great distinct
ion. Ho, in company with three others, was
appointed to survey tho boundary line be
tween France and Gorinany,and at the com
pletion of the task was the recipient of many
favors at the hand of the King of Bavaria.
Ho afterward fought in the Spanish army,
on tho staff of tho commanding officer, in
tho war between that country and France.
Being wounded in an engagement, he re
turned to Germany, where ho was married
to Mario Ami do Ruytor, daughter of the
wealthy burgher. Ho was shortly after
ward mado mayor of Salzburg, holding the
position some years. Id ono of the German
revolutionary wars ho took an active part
on the losing side, and was compelled to
fly tho country. Ho went to London, Eng
land, and soon thereafter' embarked for
America, landing in New York with very
littlo money. His wife nnd children ho left
in Germany, and his property there was
confiscated. It is said that he t lamped the
streets of New York for six months, with
a hand organ and monkey, subsisting on
tho pittance thus obtained. About this
timo tho Hudson canal company had .been
completed, ind Von Beck thiuking that
his knowledge of engineering might somo
day be of use to him on that work, hired
out as a canal hand. For two or three years
ho followed this life, occupying his spare
timo in adding to his other accomplish
ments tho knowledge of tho English lan
guage. Whcu onco this was acquired, he
began to look out for a chance for ndv.mco
nicul, and one day his scientific, attain
ments laid a foundation for a promising
future. This was about tho year 183U.
Russell F. Lord, then tho head and front
of tho Delaware and Hudson Canal com
pany, but who died a few years since over
burdened with domestic unhappiiiess, was
inspecting a largo break in tho canal, and
preparing to slowly measure its dimensions,
iu oider to have it repaired. Von Beck's
boat chanced to bo lying near, and tho am
bitious boatman stepped up to the break,
and making a calculation on sciotitiflo
principles, informed Mr. Lord its extent iu
a few seconds. Tho superintendent at once
made up his mind that this was too valu
able, an aid to have running on a boat, and
gave him a position very much advanc
ed. Von Beck's services soon made him
paymaster of the company a position then
of great importance.
In all these years Von Beck had kopt his
old-country marriago a secret, and soon
after his promotion to the position o'f pay
master, he was married to Miss Jano Dem
ing, of Eddyville, daughter of a leading
citizon. After he hud been several years in
the company's employ, certain suspicious
inaccuracies were discovered in his ac
counts, and he was compelled to resign,
which lie did with a large fortune. After
leaving the Company, Von Bock engaged
iu various speculations, all of which added
to his wealth and influence so much so,
that in 18-14 ho Induced tho Legislature of
this ; Stato to pass an act legalizing his
second marriago and making his children
by it legitimate. This he considered neces
sary, as having heard that his first wife
was dead, ho had tho children by her sent
to this country; but, still keeping his first
marriage a secret, introduced them into his
second family as servants, and they finally
marrying nnd becoming estranged ' from
their father, revealed tho fact of his first
marriage, and that their mother was still
living. Tho latter fact was demonstrated
in tho spring of 1H0!) by the arrival of tho
first Mrs. Von Beck at Rondnut, where,
the Major (having been appointed 11 Major
of militia a few years ago) had taken his
abode. Tho strangest part of this "strange,
eventful history" is that whcu his fust
wifo appeared upon the scene, Von Beck
immediately took up his abode with her.
and transferred his affections to her chil
dren. This action on his part was the sig
nal for tho commencement of legal proceed
ings, and, upon petitionof tho children of
the second wife, a commission was ap
pointed to inquire into the alleged lunacy
of Von Beck. Tho second wifo died in less
than n month from tho arrival of the first
wife, 11 ml did not soo tho partial triumph
iu her cause, notwithstanding the fact that
the law legalizing her marriage was declar
ed unconstitutional, Tho Major died in an
apoploctio fit last Spring.
Suit have now boon commenced by
Mary Ann Von Beck against all parties
who purchased real estate of her hushnml
during his life, and against tho ehildron of
Von Beck by hor, and by his second wife,
to recover her dower, us It was decided that
the property should lie equally divided
among the children. Tho cases will be
watched with great interest, as they put
entirely a new phase upon tho litigation of
of tho estate. JV. Y. Timet. . v
SUNDAY HEADING.
The Lest Found.
i There was 01100 a boy in Liverpool, who
went into the wator to bathe, and ho was
carried out by the tido. Though he strug
gled long and hard, ho was notable to swim
against the ebbing tide, and ho was taken
far out to sea. He was picked up by a
boat belonging to a vessel bound for Dublin.
Tho poor littlo boy was almost lost. Tho
sailors wcro all very kind to him when ho
wan taken into tho vessel. One gave him a
cap, another a jacket, another a pair of
shoes, nnd so on.
But that evening a gentleman who was
walking near tho place where the littlo boy
had gono into the water, found his clothes
lying on the shore. lie searched and mado
inquiries ; but no tidings woro to bo heard
of the poor littlo boy. He found a piece of
paper in the pocket of the boy's coat, by
which lie discovered who it was to whom
the clothes belonged. The kind man went
with a sad nnd heavy heart to break the
news to tho parents. Ho said to tho father,
" I am very sorry to tell you that I fonnd
these clothes on the shore ; and could not
find tho lad to whom they belonged ; I al
most fear he has been drowned." The
father could hardly speak for grief; tho
mother was wild with sorrow. They caus
ed every inquiry to bo made, but no no
count was to lie had of their dear boy.
The. house was sad ; the littlo children
missed their playfellow ; mourning was or
dered, ; tho mother spent her timo crying ;
and the father's heart was heavy. Ho said
littlo but felt much.
The lad was taken back iu a vessel bound
for Liverpool, and arrived on the day the
mourning was to bo brought homo. As
soon as he reached Liverpool, ho set off
toward his father's house. He did not like
to bo seen in the strange cap and jacket and
shoes whie.li ho had on ; so ho went by the
lanes, whero he would not meet tlioso who
know him. At last he came to the hall-door.
Ho knocked. When tho servant opened it,
and knew who it was sho screamed with
joy, and said, "Here is Master Tom !" His
father rushed out, and bursting into tears,
embraced him. His mother fainted ; "there
was 110 more spirit in her." What a hap
py evening they all, parents and children,
spent ! They did not want tho mourning.
The father could say with Jacob, " It is
enough ; my son is yet alive."
But what do you think will bo the re
joicing in Heaven, when tlioso who wero in
danger of being lost forover arrive safely
on that happy shore? How will tho angels
rejoice and the family of Heaven bo glad !
Perhaps when some of you will hereafter
go to Heaven, your fathers and mothers,
or brothers and sisters, will welcome you,
and say, " I am delighted to seo you safo,
" AVclcomo ! Welcome." You will not go
there like tho boy with a cap and clothes
of which ho was ashamed, but in garments
of salvation, white as snow with crowns of
glory that fade not away. And what must
you do to be ready to entor Heaven when
you die ? Think what it is, and then do it
But remember tho great multitude of
heathen children, who have never heard a
word aliout Heaven, and who do not know
that thoro is any Saviour for lost men.
Suppose that you had seen that Liverpool
boy carried out to sea by tho tido. How
would you havo pitiod him ! Then suppose
you bad seen the water full of boys, all
drifting out beyond the reach of human
help. How would your spirit havo died
within 1 When you would have turned
away and gono home, how sad you would
feel I No " pleasunt bread" could you have
eaten that night. But all the children in
heathen binds are drifting hopelessly onward-
-can you tell whither? Loting
Word:
Suo Slrlfo Up Here.
It is related that an old Scotch elder bad
once a serious dispute with his minister at
elders' meeting. He said some things that
nearly broko Hie minister's heart. After
ward ho went home and tho minister went
home, too. Tho next morning the elder
came down, and his wife said to him :
" Yo look sad, John ; what is the matter
with yo ?"
" Ah," he replied, 'You would look sad,
too, if you had such a dream as I had. I
dreamed that I hud liecn nt tho elders,
meeting, and hud said somo hard things,
nnd grieved tho minister ; and when he
went homo I thought ho died and wont to
Heaven ; and I thought afterward that I
died, too, and went to Heaven ; and when
I got to the gate of Heaven, out camo the
minister, and put out his hand to take me,
saying, 'Como along John; there's nao
strife up here I am happy to see yo."
The elder went to his minister directly,
to beg his pardon, and found ho was dead.
Tho elder was so stricken with the blow
that two weeks after he also departed.
' And I should not wonder,' said he who
related the incident, 'if ho met the minister
at heaven's gate, and heard him say,
'Come along, John ; there's uau strife up
here." TlrilM Workmen.
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