I)C imc0f Nnu Blaomftclir, JJcu
How the Will was Found.
riVIE scenes which I nm about to do
J scribo occurred about the" year 1800, to
a respectnblo family by tho name of Culver-,
ton, in Orango county, New York. ,'
Tho Culvcrtons had lived In the family
niniiHion and enjoyed tho revenues of tho
family estate for many years without tho
((lightest doubt that they had n right to it,
when -suddenly there started up, from
goodness knows where, an individual who
laid claim on tho property, and seemed
likely to prove his claim to nil but tho Cul
vertons themselves.
It was cortain that Jabez Hardy was tho
nearest relative, and certain that Mr. Ctil
vorton was only grand-niece of Hiram
Hardy, deceased; but tho Culvortons had
lived with tho old man for years, and he
had promised time and again, to leave
them everything. He had even declared
that his will was made in their favor; and
that such a documcntwas actually in ex
istence, Mr. Culverton could not doubt;
but diligent search had been mado in vain,
and Jabez Hardy, whom the old man had
never seen, was to take the place of people
he loved so fondly and who had been his
comfort in his last hours.
" It was a shame 1" said everyone
"A cruel wicked thing 1" sobbed Mrs.
Culverton.
And Mr. Culverton, who had never ex
pected a reverse, was quite crushed as tho
pending law-suit progressed.
A thousand times a day he said:
" How providential it would be if Uncle
Hiram's will would only turn up at this
moment."
"I wonder how ho rests, poor man with
such injustice going on."
But no matter what they said, or how
they managed, no will was found and Ja
bez Hardy rubbed his hands in triumph.
It was strango that while things wero in
this condition, one bo deeply interested
as Mrs. Culverton,could dream of anything
else, but dream sho did, night after night,
of an entirely different subject.
Inevitably, for a week at least, she had
no sooner closed her eyes than sho found
herself in an intelligence oflice full of em
ployees of all ages and nations, and face
to face with a girl of small stature, with
white Scotch features, and singular blue
eyes wide apart and staring, who desired
the situation of a cook. . '
At first she did not like tho girl, but in
every dream her aversion seemed to vanish.
After a few minutes' conversation, tho
girl looked up at her and said:
" I'd like to hire with you, ma'am."
It was always tho same office always
tho same words uttered until Mrs. Culver
ton began to think thero must bo some
thing in the dream.
, " Though it can't come true," sho said,
" for while Johanna remains here I shall
never hire another cook."
And just as she said ; this thero was a
scream in the kitchen, and the little errand
girl ran in frightened out of her senses, to
tell how Johanna, lifting the wash .boiler,
had fallen with it and scalded herself. ,
Mrs. Culverton followed tho little girl to
the kitchen,, and found Johanna in a
wretched condition; the doctor being sent
. for she was put into bed and declared , use
less for her domestio capacity for at least a
month to coma. A temporary substitute
must be had, and Mrs. Culverton, that very
afternoon went to New York to find ouo at
the intelligence oflice. .. i ,
Strange to say that in the bustle she had
quite forgotten her dream, until sho sud
denly stood face to face with t the girl sho
had seen in It a small young woman with
cry singular blue eyes, in a whito faco,
and whose features betrayed Scottish origin.
She had risen, this girl from a seat in tho
office, and stood before her twisting , her
apron strings and courtesying. , , (,
" I would like to hirq with you ina'ani,"
sho said. , . , ' . .,
The very words of her , dream, , Mrs.
Culverton started, and in her connfuslon
could ouly say; ( ,
"Why?" " ...
. The girl blushed. . ,
" I don't know," she said, " ouly it seems
to me I'd like to live with you.'' . ,
. It seemed a fatal thing to Mrs. Culverton,
but she put the usual questions and receiv
ed tho most satisfactory answers except as
to references.
, " But I can't employ you without refer
ences," said Mrs. C. knowing that fato had
decreed that this girl should tako a place in
' her kitchen. .
"If you can't I must out with it," said
the girl. " Thore is my lady's namo,
ma'am. She will tell you I am honest and
capable; but sho turned me off for frighten
ing the family.", ',, ,
"How?" asked Mrs. Culverton.
" Seeing ghosts 1" replied the girl. ,
"Every day I saw a little child iu white
playing about the house, and all said there
was no such a child there, though there
had been once, but he was dead. Mispress
said I pretended to see it for the pake of
"impertinence, and sho discharged mo, but
1 knew by her trembling that she had
thought I had seen a ghost. I went to a
doctor and he called it optical delusion, and
it would pass away; and sure enough, I
have not seen it since I left the house." '
It was a queer story, but Mrs. Culvorto
believed it, and before she left the office
had hired Jessie to fill Johanna's place for
tho space of one month from that day.
That evening she appeared and went to
work with a will. ,
Dinner time passed pleasantly, and tea
timo eamo. Tho Culvcrtons never ate any
thing but a biscuit or cako at this meal,
and cups were handed about in tho sitting
room. Jessie came in at tho appointed
hour with her tea, served every one, and
stood smiling before Mrs. Culverton, as she
said: , J ; , ' ' , ' ; " ; .' ; ,'.
"Pleaso ma'am let mo pass you, tho old
gentleman has not yet been sorved. " Yes
sir, in a minute."
"The old gentleman?" cried Mrs. Cul
verton. " Yes, ma'am behind you in tho corner
thero, please."
"There's no gcntloman, young or old,
there," said tho lady. "I can't imagino
what you took for one."
Tho girl mado no answer, but turned
quite whito and left tho room. Mrs. Culver
ton followed.
At first she could extort no explanation,
but by-and-by tho girl declared she saw an
old gentleman sitting in an arm-chair in tho
corner, who beckoned to her, and sho fan
cied was in a hurry for his tea.
"What did he look like?" asked Mrs.
Culverton.
"Ho was thin and tall," said tho girl,
"his hair was whito and very long, and I
noticed that one of his knees looked stiff,
and he had a thick gold huaded cane besido
him."
" Vnclo Hiram !" cried Mrs. Culverton,
" upou my word you've described my great
grand-uncle, who has been dead for twenty
years.
Jessie began to cry. "I shall never
keep a place," she said, "You will turn mo
away now."
" See as many ghosts as you please,"
said Mrs. Culvorton, "as long as you don't
bring him before my eyes," and went
back to her tea without saying a word to
any one of tho family on tho subject, al
though she was extremely mystified.
Surely, if tho girl had never seen her
Undo Hiram, winch was not likely, consid
ering that he had been dead nearly her
whole life time, sho must have seen some
thing in the ghost lino;' and, if, indeed, it
were Undo Hiram's spirit, why should ho
not come and aid them in their trouble ?
Mrs. Culvorton had always had a supersti
tion hidden in her soul, and sho soon bugan
to licliuve this version of tho case.
The next morning she went into tho
kitchen, shutting the door, sho said to Jessio:
" My good girl, I do not intend to dis
miss you, so bo frank with me, I do not
believe these forms are optical illusions I
feel sure they aro actual spirits. .What do
you think." , ,
"I think as you do ma'am," said tho
girl. " Our folks have always seen ghosts,
and grandfather had the second sight for
ton years before ho died."
"If you Bhould sec the old gentleman
you told of again," said Mrs. Culverton,
"be sure and tell me; I'll keep the story
from the young folks, and Mr. Culvorton
would only laugh nt it; but you described
my dear old grand-uncle, and my belief is
you saw him."
The girl promised to mention' anything
that might happen to her mistress, and
from that day an interchange of glances
between them and a subsequent conference
in the kitchen was of frequent occurrrencc.
'The girl saw her apparition seated on
tho center table, walking In the "garden;
and so lire-liko was it that she found it im
possible to refrain from passing plates and
cups and saucers to it, to the infinite amuse
ment of the people who saw only tho empty
air in the same spot. ' ' '
By-and-by sho Invariably spoke of hor
ghost as the old gentleman; and was no
more affected by his presence than by that
of a living being. . If it was an optical il
lusion, it was the most' singular one on
record. ' , '
But all this while ghost or no ghost
tho figure never did anything to ' help the
Culvcrtons In their dilemma, and the law
suit was nearly terminated, without tho
shadow of a dotibt, in Jabez Hardy's favor,
i ' .i ,. .. . . ,i I, : .
In thruo days all would bo over; and tho
Culvcrtons, who had earned their projcrty,
if mortals ever did, by kindness and atten
tion to their agod relative whom they truly
loved . and honored would probably be
homeless.
One morning Mrs. Culverton sat over
hor breakfast after the others had loftj tho
room, thinking of this, when Jessio came
in. . . .....
"I havo something to tell you, 'ma'am,"
she said. "There's a cbango iu the old
gentleman," , .
.''What do you mean?" asked Mrs.
Culvorton,, ,.. .
" I've soon him twice at tho foot of tho
bed in the night," said tho girl, "and al
though ho always, before mo, has boon kind
and pleasant looking, now he frowns and
looks angry. , Ho beckons mo to go some
where, and I don't . dare, in tho night
time." . , , . . ,,
"Ypumust," said Mrs. Culverton, ' I
know he will come again, and I'll sit with
you all night and , go where you go., It
may be pf great use to all, Jetslo." ,
" I shan't be afraid ma'am, if 1 avo
company," said Jessie in the most matter-
of-fact manner, and then carried out the
breakfast dishes.
All day they never spoke on the subject,
but on retiring to bed, Jessie found hor
mistress In her bed-room wrapped in a
shawl. t
" I'm ready you see," she said, and Jessie
merely loosened some buttons and hooks,
and lay down dressed.
Ten o'clock passed eleven twelve.
Mrs. Culverton began to doubt, when sud
denly she saw Jessie's eyes dilate in a
strango manner, and in an. instant more,
tho girl said:
" Why, hero ho is, ma'am 1"
" There's no one horo," said Mrs. Cul
verton.
"Oh, yes, ma'am, I see him," said the
girl.' "He's in great excitement, ma'am,
ho's taking out his watch to look at, and
the chain is mado of such bright, yellow
hair, I thought it was gold."
, "His wife's hair," said Mrs. Culverton.
"It was buried with him. You see old
Uncle Hiram. Does he look at me?"
"Yes, ma'ain," said Jessie.
" Undo said Mrs. C, " do you know mo
after so many years.
"Ho nods," said tho girl.
'Have you cdtno to help us, dear uncle?"
said tho lady.
Undo Hiram was described as nodding
very kindly and beckoning. .
" Ho wants us to follow him," said tho
lady, and took up tho light. Tho moment
she opened tho door, Jessie saw the figure
pass through it. Mrs. Culverton still could
sco nothing.
Obedient to tho girl's movements, Mrs.
Culverton descended tho stairs and entered
tho library.
Tho ghost paused before a book-case.
" Ho wants mo to open it," said Jessie.
" Do so," said tho lady.
" Ho signs to takedown tho books," said
the girl.
And Mrs. Ctilverton's own hands went
to work. Book after book was taken down
novels and romances, poems and plays.
A pile of volumes lay upon tho library
cai-pet and still tho ghost pointed to the
rest till they wero all down.
"Ho looks troubled ma'ain. Ho seems
trying to think," said tho girl.
"Oh, ma'am, ho's to tho other case !"
And so, to cut a long story short, the
four great book-cases were emptied without
apparent result. '
Suddenly Jessio screamed: '
" Ho's in the air. Ho has risen, ma'am,
to the top of tho book-case. Ho wants to
climb up."
' " Get the steps, Jessie," said her mistress,
and Josssio obeyed.
On the top of ono of these cases, and
covered with cobwobs, she found an old
German book, and brought it down.
"This was there," sho said. Mrs. Cul
verton took it in her hand and from be
tween the leaves dropped a foldod paper,
fastened with red tape and sealed.
Tho lady picked it up and read on tho
outside those words:
. " The last trill and testament of Hiram
Hardy:' , ,
. . For a little whilo she could only weep and
tremble; soon she found words. ,
"Dear Uncle," she said, "in the name
of my husband and my dear children, I
thank you from my soul." ,
, " Do you think ho hoars me, Jessio ?"
"Yes, ma'am, ho nods and smiles,"
said the girl. , . , ,
"Ho has gono," said tho girl. "Ho
waved his hand and has gone."
And so be had gono for good, for from
that moment ho was never seou again by
inortal eyes.
.. Anecdote of Judge Keys. , , , ,
Kllas Keys, in his oldago, was a Judge
of Windsor county, , Vermont. , lie was a
strange composition of folly and good sense
of natural shrewdness and want , of cul
tivation but honest and humane to the core.
A poor ragged fellow, was once brought
before him and clearly convicted of having
stolen a pair of boots from General Curtis,
a wealthy man of tho town of Windsor, on
which occasion old Keys pronounced sen
tence as follows : "Well you area tine
follow to bo arraigned boforo a court for
stealing. They say you aro poor. , Nq ouo
doubts it who looks at you.. And how
dare yoa, being poor, have, tho impudence
to steal a pair of boots? Nobody but rich
men havo a right to things for which . they
do not pay. Ana tliey say you aro worth
less. That is evident from the fact that
nobody has asked justice to be dono you,
all, by unanimous consent, pronounced you
guilty beforo you wero tried. . Now you
being worthiest, w erca fool to steal, because
you might havo known you would be con
demned. And you must know that it was
a great aggravation to your offence that
you stolo thorn in the largo town of Wind
sor 1 And not only go into that largo and
important town to commit such a horrible
net but you must steal from that grea,t man
General Curtis ! This caps the climax of
jour iniquity. B;we wrotch ! why did you
not go and steal the only yuir of , boots
which some poor man had, . 'or could get ?
You might then havo been let alone. Tho
great town woidd not have been convulsed.
For your Iniquity in stealing in the groat
town of Windsor, and from the great
General Curtis, the court sontencoa you
to throe month's imprisonment In the
county jail. And ' may God take care of
you beyond that I"
SUNDAY HEADING.
Tho Boy John.
' 8. C Kendall says some very true' and
suggestive things about "The Boy John,"
in tho April number of flcribner'i. Wo
quote as follows :
John is young. His tastes are unformed.
His feelings aro very far from being re
fined. In fact ho is a littlo gross in his
sympathies. Ho wants amusement. Every
bone in his body aches for recreation, for
play, fun, laughter. Ho docs not care
lie lias never been taught to care what tho
fun is, if only it will givo relief to tho fidget
that Mings him. Not at all refined, ho will
go for what ho wants whero others go.
And going where others go, ho finds tho
hunger of his nature coarsely met just as
tho tainted meat will fill the hunger of a
starving man In tho low revelry, vilo
storios, unclean mirth of drinking collars
and Baloons. The boy does not discrimin
ate very closely, and to the longing of his
crude appetite, the cntcrtainient of thoso
places is infinitely bettor than any he over
could find in that place ho lias been taught
to speak of as home. For eating and sleep
ing and getting his clothes mended, ho feels
that no place can bo like a Christian home,
but for a good timo, 'for passing a dull
evening hour, for learning something new,
for words of cheer, for professions of sym
pathy, for thoso genial ways which any boy
but a Uriah Hecp must love, John will tell
even a minister to his faco that homo is
nothing to a street or corner, or a billiard
room with the attachment of a beer shop.
Well, by and by, just beforo tho clock
strikes ten, tho father wakos from his doze,
the spccatcles falling and tho paper sliding
upon tho fioor, and looking around with a
bewildered gaze, asks, "Whero is John?"
Where is lie ? Why, for want of bettor
instruction, ho is out practicing our
modern plan of training himself up in tho
way ho likes to go, having no thought 'that
when ho is old he will care to depart from
it. But tho father who has inquired for
his hoy rubs his eyes looks out into tho
darkness and listens ; but ho hears him not.
Ho wishes that his boy would not go out
so much at nights ; but then ho does go
out. Ho wonders that John cannot sit down
at home like other boys. What other
boys? Aud then, with a very . feeling re
mark that, " If John does not do better
and become steady, ho will make a miser
able shirk of himself," tho fathor goes to
bed. Tho mother waits till her boy comes.
By and by ho docs came iu, his restless
ness blown off, tho uneasy fidget of tho early
eveniog spent in the idaxations which,
of some kind, a boy must have, and thon
at last the house is quiet. Sleep and rest
prepare tho household for another' day and
evening like this.
And when an other ovoning comes, out
goes tho boy again ; and tho father again
wonders, and wishes that John would be
steady and stay at home, and very feelingly
predicts that, "If lie does not change his
course; he will very likely come to a mis
erable end."
But, good fathor, why should your boy
spend his evenings nt homo ? What is
thero nt home for him ? What pleasant
recreation, what happy plan for whiling
away the hour, does ho find inviting him
there, or that would invito any boy there?
What have you done to make homo attract
ive and winsome to him as John's home ?
Ho would like amusements suited to his
young, restless, . brimming nature ; how
much real thought aud care did you ever
give in schemes, dovicos, plans, efforts,
with a view of meeting this passionate
yearning of his mind ? How mueli do you
play with him, talk with him of what you
have dono and seen, of what your fathor
did and saw ? What games, what Bpoi ts,
what efforts at skill with slate and pencil,
withj knife, Baw and gimlet, have you do
vised for him, whilo your look aud actiou
were saying, "My boy, I want you to love
your homo mora than any spot on earth ?"
Punishment of Envy.
An eastern potter, it is said, became en
vious of the property of a washerman, and
to ruin him, induced the king to order him
to wash ono of his black elephants whito,
that ho might bo "lord of the white ele
phant," which iu the Easj, is quite a dis
tinction. Tho washerman replied that, by
tho rule of his art, ' ho must have a vessel
large enough to wash him iu. The king
ordered tho potter to make him such a
vessel. When made it was crushed by the
fiist stt'p'of the elephant in it. Many times
was this repeated ; and tho potter was
ruined by thu very scheme ho had intended
should crush his enemy.
UTTho words which Walter Scott put
into the mouth of Jennie Donas, in her
memorable address to thu Queen,, aio as
true as they aro beautiful : " Whon tho
hour of trouble comes aud Boldom may it
visit your ladyship and when tho hour of
death comes to, high and low lang and
Iato may it bo yours, 0 my Uddy 1 it is na
what we have done for others, that wo
think on most ploasantly."
tW It we stop the flrtt lie, we stop all
the rest. If we are not disobodlent the
fint time, we shall never be disobedient.
It is doing the first sin that does all tho
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