A. J. GERRIT§ON, PUBLISHER.
GROVER &- ex's
CEI.ETI RA T
FAMILY - SEWING 31AMINES.
Arew . Styies-Pricesirosil $3O to-$135.
EXTRA CHARGE OF $5 TOR ETXRIED.X.
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495 Droaditvay Neat York.
la, Et. C DIJER,A GENT, MONTROSE?
These machines sew from two spools, as pto
chased from the'store, riquiring no rewinding of
thrimii they Licm, Fefl,AGatlit.r; -end: stitch in
a' iiipi:rior style, finishing each seam by t heir own
operation, without recourse to the handneedlc, as
is required by other machines. They -w if: do bet.
ter and cheaper seiving than a seinsiress can,
even if the works for one cen an hour. and are.
unques - tionably, the Les! ilachines..in Oh. market
for I.i:oily sewing, on at-co/int of their silo pi icoy, l
dursoilify, ease ntam-g.'soma, and ad Ttation
to nil vari,lics ~f.
eittier heavy or tine .WIH h with Nti4i fill:1111y, and i
. •
Ivilhota .i)t•ci:ti ..ii.:rm.t.nt. i
Als ifridetiee of ihe ti•:(ineltio•teti warurinritv
..,,r their l!tte!•ilo.. t. v Gi:..rLr: S: ItAVE:: SEW.
I'SG :ill.:lliNE CuXr.fST li,g luay,tu :e•peclrul :
rercr Cu tlie,To ~,,,';':'?",.;
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WEST1310:11.1 LS:
.• liming : llA one or Gr4.ver iB B.ki•r% 114.
chines iii„nly 4iinilt - I;.it: nearly a rear and a nait.•
take pimanre in ti+ininentrinir It ..very..,, as
tel , abic f"r the purp.,::.• i;.r %filch it ih ;4-
-Familylrs.J,.-bait%tin
'6l They. Dr. I.mtvia. of Y
lad, peu
deot. •
confe,..s mys-,4f ith osir St-wing .
31,Thinr, which hi. ivrri in my I.anity manj,
•nonths. It h ready for du t.
roquiring no miln,tutent, rud ea'sity nd:pted
evtry vvrirt , •f br
changing the 1 , 1)0,d5, of thread I.:`.izahett,
:Stria hind. wit:. of Wry. I)r.-Strickland, Editr,r
of N.Y.' Chriatian Adrocz.te.
" -41 fter trt log tov
erat , prefer
'n';irs, .
nee'ouni of tts..implieity. and the per
'feel m,,t• with wnielt-it is imin..o,d, as v 4 dl
illy strength and durability seam. After
r4triz - e2perierset:: (feel competent to spenk in
this manner. mbi Ia contiiiqntly reeernnien.l it for
evcsy t'nriety of family
Simonet., wife of the Editor of Brooltit n Star. •
arx.,szt ITC It Pr 1. o.lt;tV r. 17, Stn
chine for two years, and have found .it a pted
.oll.kitis ot I.tuilvs se win 2 .„ from r.atobrie to
Droacieloth. Garments have been worn out u iih
out the giving mac of a stilt h 'I be Mavbine
easily•kept in order. and eaAily uel-d„ - -Mr... A.
11. VVll:ipp!e; Gio. Whipple, New
•
Y o .r.sr beer fin uxe in toy
•- . 1 :unify the pasiltwo..y,ars, and the ladies recitiest
awe to gvre yon their testimonials to its
adaptedness. as well as labor savinz finalities in
.the .performaitro ”t" famiry and household, iew.
ing.', 7 ,Robert .13utirman. New York.
. "-For several months •we barn rsed'arover
Baker's =whine, ni . .3 hay . e'r..-:`n . Vß 1.11' , .)
c oneluxion that ,very I.sdr who drsires her sew
ing Itmutifnlly and tivicAty done: would rn gat
farzunat e in posse3,m?une relintleAri
indefatigable • iron needle-women; whose corn
-6.100 qualities of beauty. strength and simplici.
13', are invaltatte."—J. W. 31 Nils, dau;hier -of
Gen. Geo. I'. 3turriZ , , Editor ;.A . the Home Jour.
[Extri-t ,•of a letter from Thor. R. Leavitt,
EA., an American oentleutari, now resideLt iu
ydn,iy; New Sol4ll%Vaies, dated January 12th,
I hid a tent- tnadein.lltlhourn, in 1853, in
which there Were 041 three thihoiand Vardi of
ewing done with one of Grofer & Baker's Ma
chines, and a sirwte scam of that has outstood
all the double t:ehins sewed ley slake!. With a
needle and twine." •
"if firimc;trould be milled dp from his murky
•hades, he would i;ihg Iliu.Advent of Grocer .dr..
Baker as $ More .benignant . miracle of art Than
was ern!. Vulcan's etilithy. He would denounce
midiaight - skirt making as the dirnrui spring of
woes unnumbered.'"—Prof. North:.
"I take pleneure in saying, that tne Grover &
Btker Sewing :11achine3 haie more than Polti
taine4 my expectation. After trying and return
ing others, I have three of theca in.operation in.
my different plaeee, ane, after four years' trial,
have no fault to find.".—.l. 11. Ilammund, Senator
.of South Carolina.
"MYsirife hay find one of Grover & Baker's Fain
ilyticsvirra :Machines ror sotne time,anct I am satis
fied it is one of the best labor•.aving machines
thad has ;been invented. I thku much pliasure
in. reccitnnien4ingft tu the public."—J.. G. liar.
vitt, Governor of Tennessti.
t=li is a begutifui thing, and puts everybedy
into an • excitement of good humor. Were I a
Catholic, i should insi st upon Saint% Grover and
Biker haring, an eterral holiday in sommeniora ,
lion of tbeir g?oci debritur_himiaility.,-Leassius
IL Clay. •
"I think it by far the built patent in use. Thin
"'decline can be adapted crOtu 03e finest cambric
to the hrdiiest cas...imere. It sewn stronger.
faster. nad l more tit u!ly than any one caur
imagine. If mine could not be ruptured, money
cculd not bAy 1t."—.14r5..J. H. Bioud, Nasfivifie.
Tenn.. .
`lt. is speedy, very,nent, and durable in it.
work . ; - iseasily understood "and 1;4 pt in rep - air.
I earneatif recounnend -this Machine to all my
actd."iiianCes and otherg."-31rd.. I. A. Forrest,
11,•tnpiiiri, Tenn. -,
"We End this Machine to work to our satis
faction, and with pliiasure recommend it to the
publi:, an we believe the Gruver & Baker to be
the best:Sewing Machine in uie."—Dcary Broth
/
ets, Allister:4 'repo. , •
"If used eirlu.irr.ly for family purposes. with
ordinary tat, I will verger trey will last one
•three score years and ten; and, never get but
bf 55." , -;-John Erskine, Nashville. Tenn. .•
"1 have had your Maehinelo r several. weeks.
st 4 am perfectly satisfied that the work it does
best and
. mo-t beautiful that -ever was
Made."—Maggie Tenn.
" fuse mp )laoiine upim emits. dresmaking,
and tine ilnen:stitehing, nod the work is adnif.
fable—tar better thin the hist hand:sewing, or
any ;ther.machine ever sesa."--tucy B.
Thompson, Naeb -
god the work' the istropi4At and most Watt.
(11b11 bare ever seen. made either by hand or
machine s . and regard the Grerer & Baker'Ma ,
chine as one of-tlie trestest tklesaingitio Opt
e--C=—lldra."-Tayloi-,Mushville, Teen. -
PegENDIPOR A 47IRCULAIL,Ael
NOW-SHE GOT OUT OF THE SCRAPE.
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- 1A Jail, slender figure, with hr wn .hair fel-
Over the shoulders, and a Tie, resolute
• face, clad in a long, flowing dre•sing gown,
1 and holding a light high above ios Lead, and
looklng steadily down at line all I mended
.1
,
-r th e stairs —; his was wind saw A s lan scent up
to my room in the Spread Eail l e Inn, Grace=
church ' , tree% on the night of the lBth of i
September, as I ant a Chr:Stian !
I stopped sheet and infled at the figure, as
-it was looking at me. I had nol been drink
int, i was not walking in my sleep, and,
more than ail, Y knew the face and form
but what, in the-name of common-seuse, WAS
It young lad doing in the passte of an old
inn nrthat hour, Krone,
_and in shell a dress?
She blushed scarlet as i d're,4 near, and
wrapped lier dtesidng•gown • more elosAy
a
round her but the tiet tnonten:t she was as
.pale as before, and s?..)ke to me eagerly and
in h very low voice.
are yOU the land'ord of this inn I'
'I nntdstn! •
q.).li . iou know where !leis?'
'Down in the 'Coffee
13 Aal hnt the twitter t Are yint 11l I fins
ant
tl.!trig gone wrong 1' !
to:roped her root idigliq im
ux
'noted .one toil in the (see.
Ffte, ere- :•fie end softliti gener,d—
ihey were
•I).ytt't ..41..p to elk qtregtiors, Lir? Bring
liiiu here nt once; end come hird:k will, him
'youissdr. Itiing pis of if woe i F•avc. them ;
.1. vim reisr ? And .nn f.r cola life —lot
vr.,er lifer rue tele.ed, leaning, 04er the ban
:Tedo fl rtt t.i.e.rd:nie icily, berried
lore.
: •
I mina away' in an .instan , , th-rgh T knew
no 4n, thi' el And 111 the Man in the
0.11. ifut I should Ike t t see the man who
kle t a il 11,11 hale done the nione. lApi i rt for
t that she wag !mr ail and
i,, ton., Clere UPI aome , bingj in the rinz
of the voitte, !Ow pa it s% A.., and the dR-h of
the • hi k e in-nrneil me :he WKA not to 'he
tAtij wi - tll- She would have made a good
,;•neral. had at e item a Min, and; I wager
me head, not a aohlier' would have dared to
tet,eat, nhe %Hien Re :he &ell to we that
ight. Bat bed. r. I finial, me stlwr, R ttinto
begot it. lam but a blundering fellow. My
;4lwmrs eei be made, I
niti suie to make it : and 11 '13 n'As
going to "ell ton ab. ut tI, landlord's
It g, - before I sa•d abut be had come for
Now, Cwt.'," I - will commence the aid;
. .
The Spsend El . ::le Tnn,which wtand-
i n ir,y he seen any day, by The curb
A:l,lPs.iikfiril`rreari - trrrnu ey, 'yet leepi ng
is oddi irs, which' were just in the fashion
rome two or three hundred years ago. It is
built around a court-yard, shut in by gate.,
arro:ii a Lich galleries are thicar, from one
dour to ilou tither, with the paved yard below. t
It lies balustrades and stAreases'eolita'n'ng
sufficient 'oak built half a modern. house
with ; and deep window . seats and l 4 queer
shaped, g'oomyroorns, and odd little closets,
and landing places and pass-it:es.carpets,l
chairs, and ictures that North might •
hare kept house with in the,aih-.1.• say noth-
ing of the cti:ious old airmen theS:deboards,
and the w'ne glasi , es and decanter s to match. I
To en Englishman, it offe•s anugge-t of
homes; and the toast beef and mimeo there
are unexceptionable; Wirile the waiter is as '
civil 'and .as steady as if he had been breitib•
ing the atmolphere of the okl - place for years.
It mak e s one feel. ••tespectable,"; merely to
lire there fora time; and I, who had been a
wild enough college hid, found myself sober
ing down day by day * , as I pined over my
manumripte; or dined ,quietly, GY Myself,
under tire eye of Charles, the wa f ter, off my
slices of mutton and baked potati;ies, may pint
of pointer, and My apple or damson tart.
Quite like a family man . I felt,''at times—
tholigh my w:fe and children vik4 e With My
that was to
. come home sorae day, and
bring me an immense fortune. 1 did not
know how long the voyage might ( take, not
knowing even fret!' what portthe vessel, was
Ito start; and-So I lived under the wings of
the Spread Enigte and worked ors; my Mail
script arid-waited.
Isvas not, by any dieans, the only dweller
itr .ire People were corning and going
all the time, but I scareirry ever', saw them,
*or heard their names. The silting rosin was
next thine, ou the second floor, wriuld be
teitai:Xed one. month, by a,cott:ple with an
indefinite number of children ; and the next
it may be, liy,an old - geutieuiatii who made
nu nttise, and rarely spoke, except to tell his
servant to tiring tbore .tyrne; tht.n ;would come
a travelllng artist, with his sketch hook, and
his grrgq. Ne%four.diand clog,.mult they would
play at tough-and tumble together, after lie •
had done 'work, till the how.' shook, and
rite nervotis lady abotie pearly went into fi-e;
and he wohhl be succeeded bya Musician,who
{'would play all day and a- pat Of thh night,
till thesamelad,ydeclared she ahohld be ready
Bedlam; Wit site never was ready, and never
went—at least, to my knowledge:,-For my
part; I, was.always satisfied. ; hen the
chiblren. were time, and -
. playing so .noirilv
that I could tu ! t.tbink, I need 10 lay. down
my:pen mini wonder what !bur names were,
f,andhow t6l- looked, and if the . were play
.
ingrthe same g4tneoi t played in r ny boy hood
(so many yeaksago I) with my iv -others mid
my cousins. The great often to
ineet nre,in' the passage and give,rne a friend:
ly wag of the tail if I 'sued his , head, and
4fintthat his bark was music to My ears ; for
I de fy any one, who has a Ireart;to make tire
seynaintrinee of a dog--‘a N'ersfoundlartd
espviiallyz—and not lcive him. And the com=l
poser, Who played all dry the sw•ret creations
of his soul—cod knriWs what loving tender
fancie4 came to me-. now and . then, as the
oreWy-.wove itself in with 144 wits writ
ing, almost tijure I knew it... • „I; amrs
naturally', and disp osed to make tire
best of everything but setting this entirely
aside, I am sure I was n better rind a kinder .
man for the neighbuir I had. , .
One day the goons was taken, after. it had
been standing empty for a week; and-I heard
.the-voices bran admen, his wife; -and, the
freak clear, • toners of a :yciung girl. I often
judge people by their voice before lace ttfinii;
and I pictured the lady to myself,lnita cor-_
rectly., There was a ring in - her
.words; a
ben - rant; lea-hike tone, - thsit - gave me thi;
idea' hapkipirit perfect health: I
Now and then the gorse 43401 Ni, 044~
febl7 s?7°tOe.l3
ZOFN 0
Rilommt . of
MIME
ELVES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CABBY TEM FLAG AND BEEP STEP TO - THE . DiliSit/ OF THE InVION."
ed, and deepened, as !knew her face bad lust
its Emile, and that she .was looking grieve—
perhaps sad'. So 1 knew that sher had suffer
ed,.and as day aftvr day went on, and the
yoke grew familiar, 1 judged that she bad
suffered deeply.
There was something behind that natural
gltietc, known only to herself rind God,it miry
be, and yet it threw a gloom-over her whole
life and would always do so. And lthought
I should like to see her, and judge if my sur
mises were oorrei:t.
lioled the landlord about the party. le
hooked st.tlte book arta 'react the ronnes,'lter.
Edward Williams and lady. Mrs. Arnold,
New York citY.
They are Americans, then,' 1- ea
eltdined.
`So it seems. They came here titters weeks
ago, by • the packet, abd ate going to Path
next month. Very nice people -they seem;
but they have queer ways. . All Americans
hiive, 'ram often told.'
•YeA—tl k ey seem odd to us, no doubt," I
sabloati9ingly—scarcely kuowing what I bad
answered.
%went up to' my rooru, and wondered it
Mrs. Arnold was x...widow, orif her husband
;was gull lisiag. If so r l felt stran't;ly inclined
to strangle sr %hoot him, without any• delay
ir is very ridiUulons—it Arser,' , luire sincere--;
the feeltog one man•bas towards another who
'(,ts he think,) has robbed him .of something
winch might have beautified his ownlif43.
am sure mail a married 'woman wensl:l laugh
heartily if she but knew the fancies that pass
through the brains of one of her bachelor
fit en ds,, who admires her, as he saes her with
a child in her arttP, or her sweet face looking
or e , Ler hu.laind.aNituuld, e r (stupid man 9 as
he 'Ares over a dry flrwapaper, quite uocou
of her pre-eth?.?..
While I sat thinking thus of Mr. Arnold,
Mrs. Arnold, in the Orat room, began to sing.
1 There was a good piano in N 0.42, and I had
often, 'heard her plx3itz before. But this
evening i,
--el m only seemed
t ecalitig snatches
"gte'l. sa.i°"g4;ltßilrel!suresie7lun Ller to u ch upon ' the keys wts 3
and dreamy ; sometimes she ;vas. playing
with one hand, and then would come to a
Log 1,30-c, though I heard her. lease her seat:
I would have given vroth's to he tea:defier,
in that hour of twilight. But it faded, and
!he cold wall of my room WAI gill between
u-. •I beard . ber singing 'Then you'll re
inember roe,' very softly, and then the music
ceet,e.l. It I had sat by miseif any more I •
ion i•uro I should hate been mad enough lo
go in 'o the next rton,; so,takirg up my bet
and -tzloses,l went out for a walk. The door
of No. 42 stood half-way open, and from my
end of the passage I could see into the room
plainly, for the boy had .rust lit the'gas and
drawn the - rt.e'riwt.e. _ ,-.. ..N. ,
s.
in .deep mourning. "thr.ug h a wedding•tirg
and its heavy guard shone on her left hand.
'thank heaven I the fellow is dean !" I i
thought, and the nest moment I laughed at ,
my absurdity. She had the evening paper '
ill her 'hand, yet though her Wad was bent,
I coulesee her face quite well. In only one
tiling was she - dd.:rent from. my con ntetp irt
in my bram--.she was Dot beautiful. a, I had
fancied she must be. She was tall and
straight, and elegant in form ; and her face
was one of tfir.e4 which change nod vary with
eveiy shade of feeling; but -only redeemed
froth plainness by a pair of deer set and beau
11fully shaped eyes, whose color, I fraud.
*ben she drew the paper a•ide,was'that dark
lovely blue, one scarcely ever see% except in
the. sky of a summer night.
Juat the eyed had dreamed of all my life
---rind . yet, there was not the slightest chance
that they-would ever look at`tne, as they bad
deolsatlenss
times.d loked s
et
i M e r. wa A s r:mi g l i d r . ,i, d ti eceased z a
tb
widow—
yet there was something iii her manner which
betrayed the married woman—an ease and
aplomb, which rarely - or never shows itself in'
it young girl, especially if she has been-reared
carefully by a mother's hand s .
I I might have stood in the passage all
_night, criticising her, had she not entered it
herself ; suddenly, (for her movements were all
as - quick as flashes of light) and taking me so
by surprise, that I em sure she would have
seen me staring in at her, bad she not, luckily
1 for 'me, caught her foot in the mat as she'
crossed the threshold. She stumbled, and
would have fallen, but I sprang to her as ,
sistancis and caught her, and felt her heart
beating quickly against my arm. She mut
ed with a sudden.start it had given her, but
stood up in a second, and just glancing at
me as I stood beside her in the dark passage ;
said quietly i - _
-„,
'Thank' you; Charley. I might have butt
myself very mach, if you bad not saved me.
And by the way,l wish you would have that"
i s:apid thing taken away. My unclefellover
lit last eight, and I suppose it will be my
aurit's - turn next. S .
She ran lightly up the stairs to her sleep
ing -room, laughing to herself as she went.
She had mistaken me for the waiter 1 But I
did not care (fhougt I fancied there was
some difference in our height and air) since
it had given me the pleasure pf bearing my
own - name, and spoken by her lips. I declare
solemly. to this day,the ‘ t when Mrs. Catlibtrt,
(my wife.) Tall!: me Char les, an odd feeling
comesover mem(' I see the hall of thr Spread
Eagle, aad Mrs. Arnold running up the stairs,
while I stand in a stateof trutedlin admiration
below. SO much for the power of atiochi:
ritm. .
, rivent to the Opera that evening: I use
elle spend my evenliign there,or at thetheatre,
briimuse I tad no acqtfaintance in the city,
and it was dull sitting in my room alone.
They played the - Bohemian Girl," I•remem •
her. and the tenor sang Mrs. Arnold's song,,
"Thsen you'll tenter:ller tri,C . ." And the lishta,
and the iniNe, and the crowd ieenied to pass
away, and leave me 'listening to her again,
touching the‘piailio rattly, and half singing,
half humming the words, as if,liad she trust
ed herself to utter them aloud... they would
surely hung testi with item: I thought of
her constantly till the- opera wilt overrand
the-houbeeinptv ; I thimght of her over my
het supper,-at•Very's ; and I tbonght of-her
as I weat home - along , the, deserted streets.
I looked up at . her window to. seethe light
there, as I entered the court yard. It was
burning, brightly " enough, and I entered the
house, mild sat down in the uotteeernom-ie few
inomenis with the lOdlord, 'who was a great
friend of Mine, in his: wily. _ •
I did not. tilk_ to hid, he to , me--we
were neitbeE of Ili - talking men; apd seldom
had diger !Janis ingetber. I.Bsat: be peered
over the Itiltjti&t, paper ateiidily, intent urii*
MONTROSE, f A.. APRIL 14, J 8.59.
political news ,• and I held mine upside down
before me, and felt with a thrill of bashful
satidaction, that 1 was no longer indifferent
to the advice of Mr. Weller, senior- Seiniv
el! Samisel! beware of the ridden!' No; a
widow had changed me in lthe twinkling of
an eye, and I was in- love, as hopelessly, as
unreasonably, and as foolishly as aoy sober
man of thirty would be I
must now proceed to state thatigra.
Arnold's room was on the second door, jtfst
above No. 40, and looking out upon Grace
church street itr-ulf. To it she went quietly
on that eventful evening, .rs't the both- if 'ten,
just at the rimy when I was. titling in my
box at the Opera thinking of her.; Some
thing made her wakeful. She sat ,down at
her toilet-table and . talked awhile to the
house-keeper w j bo had come up with clesu
pillowcases, and askedmany questions about
the.house and the family. How they broach
ed this topic, I do not know=but after a
titue,they began to think, and to speak about
that eirange phe'nontenoti, called- 'spiritual
I•4ol . nr.."che Cook Lane was brought up
on the carpet, and various other vlories told,
till M. Arnold grew nervous, and laughing
ly declared she could hear no more. Then
the hou l ekeeper bade her-good night, and the
locked the dour, and began to prepare fur
bed.
The room was large, rather dark, 'and full
of corners and recesses. The light of the
two wax candles-on the toilet-tabl e only serv
ed to make these coil:leis visible in their
shadowy gloom. The tied was high, and
buOg about with dark crimson curtains; the
furniture of tho room was dark, too • a tethe
cusi.ions of the , chair aud the covers of ;the
bibles red also: It is a color whiat needs
much light to 'set it off to advantage ; it
looked di,mal enough to her just then. At
one and of the.toom a doer led into rr kind ..f
large closer, which was unfurnished, aud
locked out into the court-yard; hul th's rims
opened out intriNfis. Arnold's toom,aod lock
ed on that aide, Sometimes hen was kept
there ; and the housekeeper had evideatly
been there thateveuing, fdr the key rwari in
the lock, and the Our a little. ajar. Mrs,
Arnold wad have preferred. it locked,,
but she was too timid to cross the room just
then.
',She undreseed s!owly, singing in a low
voted the song I had heard' her slog that
evening. 'As al. - e bent down to unlace her
boot, she - happened to. cast her eyes towards
the closet (she had a vision like 'an eagle)
nd to her esrptise and terror, she saw it
move distineMy—only the lower part •of the
door, for sheJtad pretence of mind enough
nut to stsrt,itnd the led concealed the upper
part, as she was stooping. The legend of
that WOlll4ll who saw the great bout of a
wan under her bed, yet had courage to stay
,of the • ereaink going on with
and she was safe, dashed norosr - Eer
and taught ber bow to act. She }'awned
luxuriously, , interrupted her singing one
moment, and, then went on ni h a steady
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voice.
Ater - she had prepared fur .bed, she folded
her dressing gown around her, and brushed.
her hair before the glass. In that mirror
she could scethe door move now and then,
as if her sisitor was getting impatient; and,
once it creaked. Share/tried, naturally, and
threw her slipper against the, wall, as if to
frighten away the mice, and resUmed her
occupation. When that was over she went
to her jewel-case, which stood upon the toi
let-table, and turned its bright contents out
in a heap before her. She held a spray of
diamonds against her hair, a's if to try i's
effect; she clasped and enclasped her brace
lets, and toyed with her rings. 'Meanwhile
the door creaked again, and letting an unset
diamond fall to the ground, and Stooping to
pi c k it up; she saw ith a rapid glance that
a burly, ill-looking than wad peering at her
from behind the curtains of the bed. lle
started back, thinking himself discoverer,' ;
and in that Moment of horrible - ansiefr:.--
that' moment which, for aught she knew,
might be her last—.what did she do I
could hear his breathing distinctly,sharpened
as all her senses were, and almost felt the cold
steel in her heart ; and so she made herseif a
mocking curtest!t/ in the glass, and held the
diamond spray abote her forehead.'
`llutuhesssof Nemours sWe said in a soft
tone. %And why not I I should look well
with a coronet. I wish my. husband was
dead l'
She leaned tier heed upon her hand, and
seemed to think. A, subdued rustling told
her that the robber was retreating. The
door swung softly together—she_ saw all
this in the glass—and her resolution was
taken-.
'Trrtf dlariiond rings and a diamond spray,'
she avid, vaunting the gems aloud, as the put
them back in their call. 'A ruby and an
smethyst braigtlalt; a ruby ring, and e garnet
But where is the Bernet necklace, , by
the way Bow stupid of me to mislay it I
And my husband's gift, too 1 wonder if 1
hitt put it in my trunk.'
The trunk stood very neer the dnor of the
'closet ! •
She went and unlocked it, and tumbled
its contents o4t upon the tam, bending over
it with her . Rita, while, that man wile within
two feet of bar ! I wonder hew she laid the
nerve to do it: Indeed; she raid afterwards
that she knew he was bending down too, and
looking over her shoulder at the trinkets as
-she turned them over with a , steady' hand ;
and,thiit her greatest diLlichlty. wan to keep,
froni breaking out into a hysterical bikighter,
sod so betraying that she knew of his
presence.
The- bracelet was not there. She pushed
the things aide impatiently,
.shut down. the
trunk, and placed the candle on the lid. Then
she ntood - up, with her floger-im her lip; and
her head bent down.
'Where*Can thO necklace be r, -..,
'She turned, as if to go by the eloiet to
wards a chat ofdratversohat stood in the
eoiner of .the room -- ; made, one step peat it;
whirled soddenly ; and, prating botli.hinde
upon the door with iftfier maikht, locked and
doeble:lOcked it in it second.
She heard a terrific oath inside as the rob,
ber.threw himself against the • door but -it
was too late - ; and, !witching
~np her candle,
sped out for help:
S r he found me.lts 1, blvii 3eicribed; White;
losv . eimainiup . thestaircase, arid she 'load .
-at theherid of it. .
in three enemata, attar „elle bad spoken to
cam* back with the, ,landlOrd, the
waiter Charles, the head-liostler. and "boots."
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were all 464,4 Men ;.and the landlord
bed his pistols. Roots, I remember,. carried 1
the poker, and I, snatched up a great carv
ing knife from the .541 i-board. What did
that woman (.115,1.1en she saw our procession;
but brirstont laughing.
'You come rit , if you were going to join the
arms , at Flanders,' she said. after she l
had re-
htaa ,dangerous adventure. `I hare
10t..4:ed the man up safely in the- closet, and
you will frighten him to death with your"
savage looks?'
I colored up to the roots of my hair, and
gave my carving knife to Charles,and sneak
ed behind the rest. believe, at thatmomeot
I hated her.
It was a great sight to see her marching
before nit with her light in -her hand. An
English woman would have fainted At being
seen in dishabille by five men ; but she, with
the flank, free brafery of an American lassie,
let the eirennistances explain the dres., and
marshalled us . quietly into the roam. .
There was her book upon the toilet-table,
and there were the jewels glitteringin their
e.a.e—the contents of the trunk as she had
I ft them, on the floor, and the closet locked
and silent. •
She put the key in the landlord's hand.
'Help the gentleman out she said;
lazily.
I think she was the bravest women I have
over seen, sod I could notlrelp looking .at
her with adtniration and respect. She took
a great shawl from s chair and wrapped it
around her- form, shivering slightly, end then
s t oo d a little aside and-waited.
\Vu beard the MRO breathMg heavily,_ as
the key turned in the look, and: the moment
the door wars open, he made a savage rush
out,ktionking the landlord and Charlesdown,
as if they bad been two boys. But "boots"
and I caught him.; and the hostler snatched
a leather strap from Nita. Ainbld's trunk, and
we had him boundsin a moment.
She Fn t in her easy elixir, looking on
quietly, as if she had been at play, and when
his eyes met helm, she erniNil.
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'You too I was too much for you,' she said,
quietly.
He growled out :
, .
- .Yee are a clever woman,
.Iy,, jingo. I
didn't think there wss n woman as could
bring Bill Nefiet to this.'
'TLanl• you, my friend ; I never bad a
greater compliMent paid me.'
We led him from the room, and the. land:.
IJrd turned to her and Raid :
'Of course you will Wi4l to so to Mre.Wil
liem's room; or leau gi%e•you oue ricer the
"No ; 1 think 111E:sty hem; she said, lh her
short, decided way.
suppoee you have not left any of your
friends behintl . you,thy than's!' she asked,yrn
ing Co the pti,oner.
"r 4a ) - - ---I C
'That w;11 do, then. Good night, gentle=
men ! Accept my thanks now, and . I will
offersthem more suitably when 1 - am not so
eeepy*
She bowed ua ontc:f Con ri-am; and locked
the door behind us. •
tvery one was loud in her praise, but me ;
and es for the priioner, he swore with a more
emphattc oath than I should like to record,
that six months or a year was nothing after
that ; and if he thought all ktnerican Women
were like her. he would- cross the ocean to
find one in his own station, the moment he
Alas Gee
put f was silent. And when the house
breaker • has been consigned to the tender
mercies of the police, and the hotel was
tut, and t alone in
. my rdortf, I scarcely knew
what to think. Such courage almost fright
ened mal and yet I remembered hOW pale
the rooked, and aye leaned" against the 11 7. 4 ra
lel piece at first, is if to support herself ;so..
I forg;it her brai•ery, and thought only of the
beauty of her eyes and the :ftweetneez of her
voice, mid i sank away to sleep at last, with
the firm resolution that another day should
not Pails over my head before I had told her
how I had learned to love her. •
But the - neft day brought its own events,
and what was worse, its own personakesiwith
.
A carnage stoppet! ,before the door as
entered from any, morning walk; a tall, beard :
ed than, with an honest, handsomet.fade4 dart
ed into the !louse, and up the stairs, thfee at
a time. -There Sths a cry of Surprise on the
second landing—a murmur, and a Bidden
mingling of voices, that roused my curiceity
to ijie highest pitch. .
I lan up to my room,and passing the half
open door 'of•No. 42, there as my divinity
in the arms of a itranger; (confound him !)
calling him George, and kiksing - himin a way
that made me long to poison him. Down
stairs I went, three at a time, .and collared
the landlord in the hall.
'Who is that min I'
"Just come I he gasped; half choked and
quite surprised. -
'Y es.' .
'Capiain Arnold-3in. Arnold's husband.
Just eclair! &Om a; voyagli to Italia. I • say,
sir, no more midnight adventures , now. I
suppose I You never will- bare the chance
to play the part of a guardian edgel again—
eh, an I—thiok so, sir I' -
My ,hand dripped from his. collar, and'
consignicig him nod Captain Arnold to per
dition, I walked out to t h e rooms oh El Redd,'
.and deliberweiy got drunk! More than
that, I managed to keep drunk for nearly a
week after that; and whim I came to my amber
senses once more, Mrs. Arnold and her party
had gone. I hear she is iirlAmeri'da now; 'in
New York,
-I bare do doelit she will read this story,
and laugh till her lovely blue eyes fill with, ,
tears, over my folly.. She will show it to her
huiband, ido, and .he Will laugh. :Never
mind I , I must fake care that Mfrs. Crith
eaft shill hat see it; she at least, Must- never
know what a tremendous fahlehorid I told
when I swore, on my betided fineris,that 1 bad
Inever loved any woman before , [she wouldn't
marry me on any other conditionaj—cud
therebialone may niy peace of nand' be
ensured. ' .
-liar It b; said seine babies ere sti lima.
tbey on creep iato . iort measures. Put the
way some adului Can walk iota a' tumbler
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is astonishing. ,
,
' Jr."' - tbem' old"fellow alive now? - said
sir orishin.to: bit weber. What Ohl persons
do you meat.' my-Aisafr !-Whyi
Luke, and Deatorouomy, slid thorn!.
Greeny on a Wedding Tour.
MIIII
TIM' VISIT rAIiZEItaIIGRO - , VA
The train at.. Grafter, due at 11:40 a. in.
under the management of that gentlemanly,
amiable, popu lar,and efficienteonductor,Capt.
Scott, a few days since stopped at ciuti of the
way stations, to take on a couple newly mar-,
Both pere young and both were ver
dant; Laving been raised on 'tin? wilds of
Nesters Virginia, neither of them had ever-1
been fifty miles away from home. They had I
heard ' of railways, - ropomotives, steamboats
and hotels, but
.had, never experienced the
comforts of soy . of the afOreineationed
tutions . . Jeems and Liza Lad determined on ' '
this, the most important event in their lives,
to via the city arid See the. world, particu
larly that part of it know a. as s Pirkeribtieg.
No wonder that they were t mated and de
lighted when the locomotive, steaming and.
snorting, with the. train of beautiful crimson
cars following it came in sight. -
'These your trunks 4'' laid the baggage
master.
' I sorter. ealltilate them's 'em,' •aid
Jeems.
The trunks (a spotted Lair trunk and a
very old fralittined Valise) were soon in the
baggage car, folloWed by Liie and Jeems.
• I'll be clamed . of railroads :dot a fine thing,'
said Jeems, seating himielf on hia luggage
and carefully holding up the tails of his
tight-bodied lue, adorned with resplendent
metal button out of the dust. 'Lize, set
hare by , me.'
' Come out of Mt; said the 'baggage-man,
you are in the wrong car:
'The duce'l am I D'ye spose I .dont know
what I'm 'bout I These is my traii, and I
calkilate to stay where they ar. Keek quiet,
Lize; "they say we've got to fight our way
through the world any bow, and if that chap
With the cap on, wants anything, why I'm
his man. Don't want. auy of your foolin'
'round me
Hire the Captain interposed and explained
matters, insomuch that Jeeme consented to
leavehui eraps and follow the captain. What
was his delight when he surveyed the ning 7
itificence of the Erit class passenger car, into
which he was ushei'ad. His.iisgination had
never in its wildest tlighte, pictured earthing
itivlt so gorgeous. -He was aroused from the
contemplatftio of the spledor around him by,
the shriek of the iron• horse.
`Jeewhilikecs.' what , : in thunder's that!!
'exclaimed Jeernp. :
'That's - the horse squealing when they
punch him in. tiar ribs With 'a pitefork, to
make him go along,' said a sleepy looking
individual just behind Lim.
'Look here, stranger,' said .Teems, -' I 'low
you thittt.l am ts 'darned fool, may be I am,
but there's some things I know, and one of
egAtitts'tißigirber wan-No.lu
scream, almost equal to that of the engine,
flora Lize, and she .threw her arms around
the nec.k,of ieems.
'I knew it! I knew it!' esolairned ,the
sleepy lookiog individual; ' all` lost,
every mother's son of us. Wo can just pre
pare now to Make the acquaintance of the
gentleman - in black, who tends the big fire
down below.' .
Oh, Lord Jeetns, what will hecome of
us?- Pelt skeeiyibout Bettie' on the out
landish thing, at fu t.'
'Keep quiet, Lice! holferin won't do an 7
good now. If you know any prayer, now a
your time to ariy it for . hotr.of Uf,'
What's the matter heier said the. aston
ished aoliductor, c'oming -up , as the , train
emerged once mole into' the light.
'That's jast.what.-I'd like to know„' said
Deems, when he saw that Liza and - hmself
were still , alive.„ _
• We've just passed "ilirougli . Eaton's tun
nel,' repliedNour polite captain. • Hoia. tar
are yOu going ,
recon we'll stop at Parkersburg,
'Show your ticket if you please.', l
Certainty, Li;e, you g'ot.sorne with ißti
Let tbisTent look at 'ern.' • .
Lize drew a . piece of white paper from her
reticule, and, with a handed it to our
friend, who read i
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• The pkaletre Of.your company a •
* rrapecifully - *
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'What's.tbisf aai; be Captain.
' Why, that's one f the tickets to Our
weddin', that's what on Raked for; haint.it l'
said the somewhat surprised Jeetns.
' Whew! haw !,hap ! hew! haw r was the
discordant isonnd that arose from the Seat Of
the sleept.looking man:
- A.: bland smitrx passed - over ihe,fsce. of the
captain; si he, explained his Meaning .to ; otir
verdant friend. He had ne•iicket, hut:wilting
ly.paid 'Lis fire,and thelrain sped ontowards
its destination. '. But wonders i;.l, not cease
here`—pyeaently yixur pert.. newaboy entered
the car , and stepping up to Jima, ho asked :
Have a Sun, sir
\Val, if I have mi . vvki *tout it, the fast
one will be a son, 'attain,' Said Jeems. Liie
blushed. •
Count,yodr Chickens afore they're
hitched,' said Billy, as he hastened to the
nest car:.
In dno tittle the . trwin stohped at, the big
riepot, in the city; Itthidst itonfnaion • of
strange, noiies,, and a babel of discordant
•voice.s, our frign4a landed on tte . platforrn.
''Buss,
sab Brisk ash—free for de United
Suites 1.. said , the sable orter of our up town
house. • -
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'Lady, talte a boar; anti
' Wal, I rather ouppose abe *oat from 'soy
one 's
bat lio ti abe meL— wa r n eck ts, o a m ore l o o' m : able tolll4
that
Go to the Swau Iloa k e,,salif right erooss
de street—best bootie in de city. This way,
sah 7 any baggage! Have it sent , to your
room in a few minuses.'
In short time Seems and Isis bride found.
themielresiri one of, dime Oginifortable, rooms
mile Second floor of that , well ordered es
iablishmeut, she Swan( • nesse. The bag
gage wee loot riP with' she usual promptness,
and our:friends were soon making their toilet
for dinner. Jeer* had his ooskand bootsr4
in a jiffy, and Lize's hislr fell.graoefnify,,ores
her shobldem...
'Thies .'n disead purty. tend! 'Aid ieralti:
atOtit,tba .ball cs!i.t4.,lrcioiles,what its ifor;
.clitelling,boa of it, , i lPolii.itwofigiuP dor°
oa 54in38 ' 19 4 a r-11 t h / 1 % 4 R 1 * -1141\
have that foliar: tiiiakol?. head
VOLUME XVt , 'NUMBER 15.
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next musier , day • see bow it works, ;aid Ing
giving it s pull.
Presently the door opened,. and the *de ''
face of one of Africa's sons wee throat into thee '
room with theitiquiry Of, ' Riog, Gab! . .,
'Rink! ring what I 'you Week ape, of you :-
don't quit looking at my wife and make off
I'll wring your.head off.'
•Stop a mioit,' aid Lize.' _• What's the
name of the man ILA:keeps thiskaverril'
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• kr. Carney. mann.' A I o •
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Well, tell his lady that &le 6 n't go t
a n y extra gain' ou our acooo t,,for we're
plain people,' sitid the-amiable Lride. 'rstd
`At; they used to.six,jet smr eiehating . . to-. -
.ciety,' interrupted . Jeecos,_ l l'll 'amend that
motion by sap's' tat you-carttell 'warm give
us the beskibey've got. l'us, able to puy for
it and don't keer fur expenses.'
',Tee
,bee I Tee beNwas the only audible
reply trom the sable gent, as he hurried down
stairs. '
Dinner,came and war dispatched with a
Jeems and his bride took -a stroll
over the city, seeing the limit and other sights
ad! supper trine,which.leing over they re
tired to their rootns., The gas was lit by ilia
servat\t, wit° reaeived Siiluarter for his ser
vices. Yeetits . watt the I tin bed,- and ac
cording to rule in such cases; had to put out.
the light, whicEi be did by, a blast from Lis
lunga. •
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The noise, in the streets had died **ay, and
and quiet reigned in the Swan. , The , young
man on the watch doted in his chair. The .
clerk (rather corpulent) was about•ro - retire;,
when be thought he smelt gas. Some 'our)
came dowo otatra and said he sm elt
, gas. Much
against, bis,wiil, the clerk pro ceeded to find ,
where_ the leak was, It. seemed stronger in
the neighborhood of the toom occupied by
the bride and groom., The clerk concluded
to khOck at the door of their room.
Who there!' crime - from withit -
• Open the door, the gas is escaping,'
*Gas! what - gas !' said hems, opening the
door.• • *
Why, here in thin room: - Hoar did; , ; you
put - rout Bet 'out r •
• Pie* it out, of course.'
You played b—' Our amiable. clerk
cab Very near saying a bad fiord, but re
membering that theta was a lady is the case,
or rather in the bed; he checked his rising
temper and having lit the gas, proceeded to .
Show
_J,eems the mystery , of its. buruiag as
follows: •
'You see this little tbing.here; well when,
you want to isut it out, you give it a tura
this way, and When you want to Make it
lighter you give it a turn this way. " Serious ,
consequences might have resulted If; it _had
not been discovered. It might havewutiouated
us all. liosi be 'careful next time.
Moots obliged. But bow the 'devil: did, I
how: the, darned stuff "was 'soaping said
think it, spas yon, kase I never slept with a
*oaten afore.' .
Well, hems, I thocitt it was you that s
smelt,that way alt the time. I was jest a
wonderiu l of all men smelt that way. It
'peered stiarige, but then 1 never slept with a
man-afore or behind either, and . didn't know,
nothing about it; was the response of Gise as
she wined over fora nap. .
.The red in our clerk's face grew smilingly
redder, as it reflected the light from the horn•
hAjet, and a rougish twinkle lurked in the
corn y& ot Lii eyes; as. hs turt4ll off' the gas
and all was dark, and our friends . was left,-
alone in their glory. A sound of suppressed
niirth•was . beard inthe reading room for a
few. minutes and all was still. -
The Colciriid Seiktry-
Tbegiloiiit'ailier, in lii, lentnre on . Waiill
- repoiipo thi 6.llowing , inetnlnte,
nted to biro ari old ',Wier, who vouched.
or the truth of it :
At Cambridge, . Gen. Washington bad
beird that the colored AOldieys were net to be
trusted as sentinels. So.one 'right when the
piss word wals "Cambridge,"_he mint out
side the cainp, put on an overcoat, and LGa
approached the colored sentinel.
'"Who goes there r cried the negro send
del.
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"A Priend," replied Washidgebt. •
6 Friend, advance unarmed •aud ,give. the
countersign," said - the colored
.man. •
Witshiagton 'came up and said -"Rox
bury:" -
"No;sar r was the responsa., •
"Medfun3," said Washington.
"NO, earl" returned the notated man
again.
"Charleatowit, 4 iiiid Waishiugton.
The - colored man immediateireiclaiuted:
"I till'you, MUSS Washington, no One go
by here 'out hefty "Catltbridge."
Waibitiiton said "Cambridge," and 'went
by, and the next day the colore' gentleman
was reliered of all 'further neceissity for at
tending to=that-partiOulat branch of Military'
duty:—
Letrtn.:Wntruco.—lt is generally` sup.
po&PlAltatthe people of this country. write
more letters than those-of any other country
in the world, .but it is. not' so. The Swiss -
write twice ss many= letters as we do, the
English more than three Owes assuring as ws
do and the French end Dutch teeth* sit meny.
The mail statistics show that, in the United.
States there an average of 4 letters'sent an- •
annually by every inhabitant; iu - Great-,Britaiu
fir l4l
nearly, 15; ilk France over 4; in Hol nd,
itt; in Svritserland, 1i1i..; in. Belgium, 211; d
in Spain, gi. - i . .. ,; - - ,
Starconst.--.6lairist slander there is to fi
fer*. It stein - wi th a word, wiiii e p ,
iritlr 4 a shrug i - witillyoelc, with &Amite. It
is' the pestilence walking in fieriness, spread
big contagion far: and wide,' which _ the most
Weary traveler cannot- avoid;. it. is the heart.'
searching dagger of the dirk assassin ; it is the
pnitioned - eirow - whose i'ciinfici is incurable; it
ts the .inertel sting
~ of the deadly adder ; '
murder is its employment; innocence its
pria)i,' - and-`ruin its sport. ' Its , foundation is'
envy, jeiletisy And disappointed ambition. Its
bereldteire found id All claasei, awing all
sects, in'.rivery. vicinity. The alauderer is
vindictiVey malicious; a cowardly insin:
tutting dAm o n, wo rs e than a muiderer.
Or Persona who are 'Nap; obteetui and
ftWod-Inutored, are very wade! iik,tholverldt
they - maintain pace arid bUpeuvwc. and
spread a thankful tenitier - sAiniong' all *b&
live around tbaraf. - - -
Jear Pameplanti! hot jo7 is the heart,'