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°Ma Ac=r begin
'BR =h.
' PICTURE GLA,.
.113023Tgnhlicy of Freacb 1e1C277/?
by ,
Julif *6. 3860.
VOL. 17.-1 .
u• • , wuiux it nor-
A few Tears ago, in 'Winter, James Stoim
burn, a rich and miserly' lawyer, livia in
the upper part of the -city of New York,
rang the bell in his ,private sittinguroont,
and summoned his step-daughter, Ellen
GraYham, to his presence. • -
Ellen, a fair and lovely girl of . eighteen
years, soon appeared before her step-fath
er, With more of dread thaw affection in
her Mannei.
" Your Oiler° red, bliss," said Stone
burn in' a sharp voice. " You remind me
°flay late Wife, your mother ; she did
nothing but whine andweepantilshe died.
Sit down." , ,
"She had cause enough to weep," said
Ellen, with
,much spirit, and indignant
that her mother'should be alluded to so
scornfully. ".She never made het one mis
take in her. life, and that was - when she
Married you, James Stoneham. So great
a mistake that for ten years she grieved
ovei it and th'en died." • -
"Enough!
-,I have sent, foi. you to
"knote whether you will marry Simon Cline
or not ? 1 ,
"My answer shall be given to Simon
Cline, and'not to you, sir, " replied Ellen.
-"Your dignity demands that, I sup
pose," said Steneburn, with a sneer, `3lr.
Cline!"
'As he spoke, a large curtain, hiding an
alcove window, was moved aside, and a
talk elderly man, with dark and a sinister
face placed himself before Ellen Grak
hem. •
"Simon. 'Cline awaits his doom," said
this man lxpiring and grimacing.
Ellen started-at his unexpected pres
ence, , but recovering her natural - firmness
Very soon said to him—
"l inform air.-Cling that I - can never
be leis wife. Mr. Cline is old enough to
be my father."
"The greater your chance of becoming
s rich young widely, my dear," said Simon
Cline
hive given my final decision," said
Ellen haughtily. ".1 will now retire, ho
ping never to be again insulted by either
of you."
".Stay," said Stonebnm, "I will tell
you the consequences of your refusal, that
having heard them, - you may be inclined
to reconsider you decision, and change
it.", •
"Nothing can force inc to (lenge ; so'
let me retire," said Ellen.
"You must listen," said St4bnehnrn.—
" Your refusal will make your accepted
10 - ver, Iry - ;oung clerk; Henry . Tyler, a con
vict." - •
"A convict ! Henry Tyler a convict!"
exclaimed Ellen, growing pale.
' Ha! That touched a tender spot,"
sneered Stoneburn. "Yon thought I had
not, discovered my clerk's presumption,
and your folly: You and Henry Tyler
have secretly plighted vows. I intend to
make you,, break theni."
" Miss Grayham thinks Tam too old,"
said Simon - Cline, 4 but I have been -a
handsomer man than ever Henry Tyler
was. 'Here. is my miniature—taken• when
I was of his age=twenty-five; and 7 think
I'am as presentable now as then."
Simon Cline,. vain and villainous, thrust
a golden-framed_ miniature into Ellen's
hand'as he spoke. ,
She did not. glance at it, but involunta
rily her trembling fingers close d upon it,
and she felt asif about to faint with ter- ,
ler as gazed upon the time and sin.'
hardened faces of the unprincipled men
before her.
"Before you retire," sai d - Stoneham),
producing a letter, " read this you may
sce I am net jesting."
Ellen opened the letter, scarcely, know
ing what she did, and read as follows;
"New York, Dec42o, 18.1—,
•Deks ELLEN ;—I am innocent; - yet lam
in the Tombs on charges of forgery and
roberv. Your step-father is my
. accuser
and holds ttrong propfs.against me, yet I
swear lam innocent. Be true to me, and
never doubt; Your affectionate lover. -
HENRY TYLER." s
PoOr Ellen sank into a chair, and cover
ed her face with her hands. "
-4 Oh, this is terrible !" said• she. But
he is innocent—l know he is innocent,
Poor Henry !"
4 A jury shall convict 'him with my evi
dence and Mr.. Cline's," said Stoneburn.
"I 'intercepted that note ouits way to you.
Corne, come and no more tears. I've been .
drowned wittitears these ten-years. - Go
to Your room, and think of all I have said."•
Ellen arose and left: the room, feeling ,
that she Would swoon if she remained lon
ger to be tortured more.
When she had gone, SimotiXlite rub
bed his • hands gleefully, and said :
"It will do—it will do iShe will vet
.hi7(llr DR3UL
yield." -
"She Shall," said Stoneburn, sharply.
"But Sinion Cline, you are getting the
beit of this bargain. '
How so ? 'How so ?" cried Mr. Cline
quickly. i". We. are to share her mother's .
gstate, half and half. Oh, you need not
scowl at me, James Stoneburn. You are
very etuining,•and can deceive most men,
but' not me. Ellen Gmyliain's mother's
whole estate now - belongs to Ellen- Gray
ban', thorighyou have made the world be
lieve thatyouliecame owner: of it when .
yon married mother. -But you are
not.-.-oh no! and ',am the only .one that
Celt Torave. it. 'Do you not wish was
deid r ;
I say you claim to Much,". said Stone;
burn. " You have the proofs in your pos
session, :and have used them ever since
my wife 'died, two years ago, to fill your
purse by playing on my fears. And.
lk
now
not content with living at your ease ' yo
elaim one half of the estate, and the hand
of Ellen . Grayliamr - • •
‘! No less ie hundred thousand doll
ars end the lovely Alen,"_ said Sittion
T..
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C odded firmly as be spoke, and
' .neburn.wishing Simon Cline
rth, and hoping . that
his neck in the
t.. eofmor
that
left Tames `a.,
was-under :the .
worthy lama might
slippery street ti that nighb.„
"If I dared, I would kill
ant," saidStorteburn - to his pillo
night, and I* fell asleep, wishing he w.
more vie:lied than he was.- • .
Poor Ellen had retird to her room. and
there a wooned-as -she . entered.-
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VANITY'S REWARD.
MONT'ROSE, TrpiRSDAY, DECEMBER 6,1860.
When, she recovered - her senses she
foimd herself lying on her bed, And the
housekeeper,Mrs. Stevens, bathing her
temples with cologne.
" Ah ! I am so miserable," sighed: Ellen
as she' caught the benevolent glance of the
houSekeeper. •
" Will you tell me what is the matter
my per child ?? asked Mrs. Stevens, as
Ellen rose 'and - Sat up. . -
"Yon were.always my poor mother's
Mend," replied Ellen," and I will tell you
all, bat I fear you cannot aid me."
She then related ,all that had passed,
and Mrs. Stevens listened with eager at
tention.
• " Henryl !Tyler is innocent," said Alm.
Stevens, as Ellen concluded. " I know
the young Man Well, and know his mother
—kind-hearted Widow as she is. What a
blow it will be to her to hear of his' dis
grace! YOu could — not have given your
love to a more worthy young man, my
dear child, and be sure that God will not
suffer him to become the victim- of those
wretches. James Stoneburn I believe
to be a villain ; . 'tbe manner in which he
treated yotir mother is Iroof enough—
But you said Sithon Cline.had given you
his likenes's—
"11is likeness when he Was a young man
said Ellen, andlte.r,e it is in my hand all
the time, as if it ' as worth,—that.i"
She tossed it from her in disgust. -
Mrs. Steenspicked the minutttm up,
saying '
"I would like to see it, foi • though I
have seldom seen Mr. Simon Clineovh'en
I did, he always reminded me of some
body I knew in Alabama nearly thirty
years ago. - 11layI look at. it ?"
" Oh, yes! and then fling it out of the
door,", cried Ellen.-
"Ah I" screamed Mrs. Stevens, as she
opened the golden case and •glanced at
the picture.
"Wh at is the matter?" cried Ellen,
starting, up in great alarm:,
But Mrs. Stevens had fainted, and lay
back in her arm-chair pale and senseless.
Ellett knew that the miniature had
something to do with the fainting, and
"secured it before she rang for assistance.
• When Mrs Stevens was restored to con
sciousness, Ellen dismissed the servants,
and begged her to tell why she had
sirooned. • '
But Mrs.. Stevens was for a long time
silent, yet when she did tell, it made Ellen
feel *mud) lighter of heart than .she had
been for many weeks.
"Simon Cline is to receive your an
swer again to-morrow 'night," said Mrs.
SteVero, 'alter telling Ellen quite a long
story, "and -yOu niiw well prepared to
answer, him. Still I'm - mit - be present." .
"You 'must conceal yourself in Mr.
SteiMburn's sitting room 'before they, go
there to-morrow night," said. Ellen.
• I will do so, and hope for the best,"
said Mni. Stevens, as sheleft . Ellen much
relieved in mind its regarded Simon
but still alarmed Or her lover.
At eight o'clock . on the following night
Ellen received another summons to the
presenee of her amiable step-father, and
when she entered the sitting room she
foundStoneburn and Simon Cline drinking.
wine quite cosily together.
"Well, Miss Ellen," said Stoneburn,
flashing hiseyes at her as she appeared,
"I hope you have reversed your, decision.
I see you have not been 'crying to-day."
"Let .Mrs Simon-Cline ask for himself;
said Ellen.
"Miss E.llenGrayham," said Cline, _ris
ing and smiling so as to reveal a InagnifiL
cent set of false teeth, "my wooing must
-appear to you in a most disadvantageous
light—but circumstances, you know—ah
—may I hope to call Miss Ellen Grayham
My wife r •
"There is an insurmountable irripedi 7
ment, Mr. Cline," said Ellen.
"Warne it—name it! I will crush it!
:What is it?" demanded Cline.
'"Ve do not live in Turkey, nor among
the MormOns," said Ellen, "and Mr. Cline
has a living wife' now
" WhAt ! I! Nev-!"C cried Cline.
The same curtain- that had hidden him
the night before now . was displaced, and
Mis. Stevens, appeared, saying—
"l an; that wife, George Grew!"
Mr. Cline started as if shot, and stared
at Mrs. Stevens in wild dismay.
"Fort call, yourself Simon Cline," said
She, shaking hdr finger at bimond backing
him to the wall, " but you • are my hus
band, George Grew, of Mobile, Alabama.
Thirty years ago you robbed and deserted
me your wife-4-robbed many others, and
fled, leaving the to bear your infamy; I
left Mobile and L;lianged, my name, that
ilisgrace might not: cling to me, George
Grew!"
In dismay the detected rascal glanced
towards James Stoneburn.'
Thiit gentleman seemed in estacies.
"Ha!" cried Cline l in high wrath, "1
must run again, it seems; but you—need
not think to escape, James Stoneburn. I
flo—l am this woman's husband—but
when 'shall hhve reached security,-1. will
forward the proofs of your villany to the
proper qUarters. Good night, all! Miss
Grayham, yout. lover is in n oeen remble,
James'Stonebtirn ! Yon had best release
Henry Tyler ; before .your forgeries are
discovered."
With these Words he hurried away.
"Leave niel" .cried Stoneburn, when.
Cline had departed; and when aloe be
continued—" That rascal will betray me!
lam ruined!. ; Shaine, disgrace infaitiy."
Simon Cling, kept his parting - promise;
and when on 'the following day, James
StOneburn heard that the estate was secur
ed to Ellen beyond. dispute, and that
Henry Tiler had been. liberated on bail,
and when he knew that his false charges.
would • .be: exPosedi . he fled to his sitting.
room and shut himself' up.
'When the 'oflicers• of the law sought
him.theYfound his ug,ly. corpse swinging
by a bell c.tirdfi•on:i the ceiling.
Mr. Simon Cline finally died in Sing Sing,
but. we never heard Mrs. Ellen Tyler say
that Mrs.' Stevens' she'd a tear 'at his_fate.
.;.---"The Philadelphia Inquirer Republi6n,
says that it is estimated that there are'
about ten thousand applieinte for office in
'hat city„ under the new. Administration.
•
umber is about one-fourth of the
br Lincoln in Philadelphia.
cote efi
A HUNT ON THE HIGHWAY.
• WERE was-a shreivd rubber somewhere.
The farm-houses were robbed; shops were
robbed ; the tills at the bars of the Way
. side inns were robbed; and people had
their pockets picked., - All-this happened
in the region of .country between Sidney
and Lewstone--not 'afield ofvast extent—
and yet the robber Or robbers could not be
found. Officers had searched in everYtli
. -fiction - find several suspicious -lookin g . to
' dividul had beeti apprehended; but the
real culprit. remained at large.. One day
thej mail . was robbed , end on the_ifeit a
man had, his pockets nicked of five huh
dred pounds, •while riding in the stage
• I
coach—for my narrative dates back to the
oldicoaching days. ; The money had been
carried in Ins breast pecket,•and ho knew
that it was stolen from-him while he was
enlovi ang hit of a doze on the road. '
-. .1i 'had been confined to my hoase-by:ti
severe cold - for several-days; and was not
fit to go out now t but as this.matter was
becoming so serious, I felt it my duty to
be On the move,
and accordingly I fortified . '
my; throat and breast with warm flannel,
and set forth, I had no settled.plan in my
mind, for I had not been on'the road, an&
was not " posted up." A ride* five miles
brought me to Sidney, and thence I meant
to ',take the coach •to T. oxstone, where
'Stile Stickney, one of the shrewdest of men,
lived. • Stickney had already been on the
search.; and' I . wished to consult him be
fore making any decided movement. I
reached Sidney at half past five o'clock in
the morning; and 'the coach left It six.
LoWstinie was sixtynalles distant, so I had
a good ride before me. During the early
part of the day I rode upon the box with
the driver; and froin him I gained consid-
- erableinformation respecting the various
- robberies that had been committed. He
was. forced to admit that several people
.had been robbed in his stage,. thiugh he
declared that he couldn't see. into it, for
bellied' not the most remote idea even;of
who .the robber could be.
• We reached Bonniville St noon, where ,
we stopped to dine, and when we left this .
place I
.. .Was th e only passenger. ,At the
d i stance of twelve miles, at a little village
called Cawthern, we stopped to change I
horses, and here 'anOther passefey,er get,
up;.: I had been . occupying the 'toward
seat, as that happened to be wider than
the others, and gave me a better opportu
nity for lying down; and when the new
coiner entered he took the back seat. He -
was a young map, I judged, and not very
tall in statue, but .so completely bundled
up, was 'he in shaWls anttrauffiers, that his
size of frame was not . so easily determin
ed: He was very pale, and coughetnad
ly; and I at once made up my mind that
• he!. was for less fit to travel than I.was.
1 After we had got fairly on our way, I re
' marked to bim that I had been su ff ering
frOin a severe cold, and that this was the
fir_St time I had ventured out for quite a
number of days. Ile looked at me out of
a pair of dark; bright oyes; and 'When he
i seemed to have determined what manner
of man I was, he said:
- " I have something Worse than a cold,
sir." Ile broke into a fit of coughing
I which lasted a minute or so, and then ad=
I ded : "It won't be a great while -before I
! shall take my last ride." _ •
Again ( he was *seized with a spasm of
coughing , and when he had 'recovered
from it, he contained: . .
"The disease is eating me up and slink
.-hi!me. to pieces at the same time."
• He further informed me that lie had
started on a tour for his beaky, but that
he had given it up, and was now on' his
way home, which place•he was an xiouslo,
reach as soon as possible. 'Another par
oXism seized him at this point, and be in
timated that he Was , unable to converse,
as the effort tronght on. this cough. I
had noticed' this, and made 'up my mind
to tr ouble him -no more, '
even before he '
had given la this hint. . 1
'After this he drew his outer shairl ,
mOre closely about his neck and face; he
closed his eyes, and I was not long in fol.
I toeing his example. Toward thimiddlo
of the - afternoon the coach stopped at 'a
small village, where we changed horses
again, and where passengers got up. Thi
broke up -the arrangement of my frien
and self-for rest, as he had to take one o
the strangers', on j his: scat, while; I took
another upon • mine, the other two occur
pying the middle seat. ;The new comers
soon broached the subject, of the rob
beries which had beeti committed in that
region, and I listened to:gain information,
if possible, but they knew no more than ,
any one else knew They had heard all
about it and were inflated with wonder.
One—an old farmer—asked me it' I
knew anyting of the robber." I toldibim I
knew but little of the affair any way, hav
ing been sick, and unable to be among
folks. . Then • lie asked my consumptive
friend if he knew anything- about it.- The
latter raised his head from
,its re
dining
position ' and' was. on the point
of answering, when we heard -our driver,
in:quick - abrupt topes, ordering some one 1
to get out, of. the' road., I instantly put
ms head out. of the window to see what I
the trouble -was, 'and my
load
was just 1
quick enough to detect a load of faggots I
in time to dodge back and escape them.
The road was quite narrow at this point,
and as the faggots were loaded very wide
ly; it was impossible for the• driver to
•y wholl avoid the ri i;and the' side of the
I c oach - was swept by them quite smartly.
I escaped without'being' touchetl, but-not,
so with my fri6,nd..theard an exclamation
--4 thought rather a- profane one—from•
his lips, and on foOking toward him I saw
one of the faggots had struck him over
the left eye, making qaite a . mark upon
the pale skin. This accident' turned the
conversation fromithe, subject of the rob
beries; and it was not again alluded to
daring the day. j, • . .
We reached Lnwstdne shortly after
dark, and rwent 'at once to the residence
jof Mr: Stickney, 'll2Olll •I found at home.
Ile bad • been 'oat tall day, and had made
fall sorts of efforts` to obtain some pine to
the perpetrate,* of the robberies that were I ,
I being committed, but without effect. ...,.. -
t He said he -cetild learn .nothing on
'which to hang . suspicion. Tie shops had
been robbed in this town , but he could
gain no 'due to j the perpetrators : , We
. -
consulted tog -i---
ether, - and fit
. to, go in theimorning to - see
•tective officer niunedGambilt,
atiout.twelvOniles distant,
Orton. • • ,
r
, This
met he Nievris of my host, and so
-we-left the Tatter for the evening. On the
following ra ruing - we .were' up early; and
aa.the coa c h would take us pectly to Gini. 7
bilt's house,' we chose that ?node of.con
veyance, and _repaired at reasonable
hour' to the tavern for c
hat - purpose.
When We r4ached the inn , • e found, the
old farmer whoi had been- one .of my .fel
lew-passengers .on! the night( before, . step
ping about the door in a high state of ex
citement. Irde had been. robbed of three
hundred poinids; and lie Wall, sure it must
have been done in the stage, for he had
slept with his pocket beak under his pil
low... Ile had - not thought to look. into it
when be retired, but be had found it
empty thatorning when lie got up. .lie
.w
said the . let had been- Luken from his
packet. and ut back again+he Imew it.
it
As soon as he saw me- les - was . anxious I
shouldhe.searebed. Of course I allowed
the, operation td be perforMed, willingl y .
After the excitement was allayed, I asked
where •theliale young man was who Came
in the coach,.and was told. hy the landlord
thathe . went away soon after the coita l '
• I,
arrived, I - •
My first ai m .
was to -puller Myself that
the - old man hadbeen'robbea in the stage
coach, and 0 'this he-succeeded in, con
vincing me?. After this - air suspicions
rested upon! the coniumptivie - man, and L ;
believed if I could find hint!' should find 1
the rogue: I So I bade the!landlord keep
a sharp • lookout; and - else' spoke to the
driver who had brought me from Sidney,
and who was now on the pint of return
ing, requesting, him, if he saw any of
. the - pale n ab, to see that he! Was arrested:
the suspicions individual - had remained_ at.!
the inn- a (few minutes on the previous!
ieveniug, and then • gone, kiway in a gig,
which hailkome for had; but -no one
could tell What'direetion he had taken.
The coact for Orton soon came *to the.'
docii, and Stickney and myself . took ' otir
seats inside, the fanner having determin
ed te- rem* where he was !anti' he heard Something abeut the money, There Were
two other if assengers iuside, and two' or 1
three Ontsie, but they were strangers to
me. W. had gone two or three miles, '
'when the driver pulled up before a small
feral house, , , where a woman and a trunk
were Waiting - by the garden gate:: -The
lady was Ji4nded into the peach, and took
a seat faci fig nie, and ,as; she turned to
give the Omer sonie direetions concern- .
ing the: ba4gage, she \ threW her veil over
her bonnet She was p s retty—very pretty
—with ro ),.. cheeks- and sparkling eyes.
Her hairl i tug glossy brown ringlets
over her it ek and shoulders, and was a
type of b quay in - itself.' \,I look' at the
rosy check again 'and i n to 'het dark lus
trous eyes.. My gaze was liked on this
latter point, when she caught niy :dance,
:and quieklkairopped ber-veiL; At s first I
felt a little athamed . at having been caught 1
staring at her so
.boldly ;_ but as - the' thee
was hidden.,from sight, and I had oppor
tunity for i t.eflection - it struck me that 'I
had seen t at face before. 1 . • "
Here 'wh& a study for toe, , and I was
buried id 1 at-once. Wherebad I seen
- that thee? I 'whispered to §tickney, and
asked hini if he had ever seen her before.
He said tie had not, and joked me, for be
ingfi so curi us about a pretty, ace. ,
We stop )eil at a place called "Turner's.
Mills," in le edge of Orten, - to exchange
mails, and ?sere I jumped; out to see-the
postmasters, who -wasauold friml„ of mine,
and asl wks returning to 'the coach the,
thought struck me .to loOk at the trunk'
-whieb. hal been put on il and see if any
name was on it. It was marked with the
sitnpleinitials, "A. M." ." ~So that was all
that I gaindd from that - ,Souice. Ai3 I came
to .the coach door, I approached from be
hind, and hs I cast my - eyes upJ found
that'the bOauty had her yail raised and
was .ilookint,- in at . „ the post Office as though
anxious .fo - tho'mail to !come ; that we
might be lcf. • 'The expresSion of anxiety
detracted some sat fromher beauty, and
tas I looked upola "tier- now, Seeing her face
iin'a different li i
t, I was struck with a
sort of snake-liko,„ cast which was percepti
ble in the INffiole diameter other features. I
was on thelpointif withdrawing my gaze,
lest she sh:oulir 'Oita me c. a. Second time,
1 when a slight ntOtion of her head' rolled
I her curls olier-herempleodd I saw a faint
I line, somethinglit S e a Vein over her left j
I eye. It 'Was a ark—a livid scratch— 1
whore something Rad struck her., It might
have been. the strokwof a'Whip. But no;
- quickly Lidided bind the
and., there I I reflected:' Binh, a mark as
I that ought! have been made! by afaggot.
When X returned td. riiy seat In. the
coach the pirspassenger's fail , wai down
again. ; Ccluld it bepossiblemy-suspicions
were corrtrt, and that chadee had thrown '
in my way Fi solution of the problem which
had vexedlmy deputies so inuch ?. Yes, I
was- sure-Of it.; and the more I compared,
the two fithes in-my mind themore I saw
resemblun4e. Either-the - S i p cheeks had I
I been paintdd red to-day or, they had been'
i painted White yesterday. • ;The eyes were I
I the same, be contour tho same,. and the
bron, with 'its tell tale mirk, was - not to be
mistaken. I,
i We soon stopped at the door of an. inn -
at Orton. The, driver_ announcing that
they weld' 'stop there fifteen or twenty
minutes, ti) exchange hersOs.and wait for
the mail, ard also-told the passengers that
they would find.phuity of accommodation
in the house. if they chose to go in. -
- The WV - at first did notigct out, but at
length sh 4 did se-and went Into the hotel.,
I now determined to find out who shewati:
I left my dept4y at the - dckiftif the room
she entered, having ofderid hini to rash
in, in cafe. -ho should hoai• . anything to
warrant 4: - intrusion. On going into the
aiesrtment I found,thebenuty was sitting
bY the window, gazing -odt between the,
!blinds.: • She started up as I entered and
lei her - veil fall. -,
"1 tholight this was. 4:private - tooth,
r sir," she said. ' Her yoice. j trembled, and
sounded u)anaiiiral. -- I .-- . .
"It may be," .I ,returned, "but that'
dees'. not i exclude.: thoon jivho -havebnsi-
new. I came to see. you."i „, .•! .
filiere*ae's momentary struggle, and ,
Si
t
Ibit ,
Ili - propodA
another die
who resided
the town of
Ithen she appeared as calm &a shy could be.
" What are.you?"
_. • • ,
'-- . - 7 , ="1 am an o ffi cer fro m Baw-stre4," I
• ' plied. "I
s want to . .knowwho you are."
"Stop—cue indinent," she-sal&; and as .
. o spoke she carried her band beneath
'cloak. It was quickly withdrawn; and
lii - ,2;it 'wag a pistol, but she bad grsirPed a
. potion of her dress with it, and before
Itilk_conla.stwHe, , ' it, 1 had sprung upon her
1 14We •& - her by the arm. But it was
$ a her nolingen There was more muscle
I in that tdifeit body than I had, barg . kined
for! However, , my man popped in the
moment W. -heard the souffle; and :the
beauty was . soon secured. The glossy
`brown.tresses fell off during the scuffle,
and some of the paint' was removed;from
OM - Cheeks.
-AS soon as the prisoner was secured, I
had his frank taken off and brought in
.and upon overhauling its contents 'we
,found disgidses of all sorts, and quite•a
1 sum of•money, besides-watche s and 'jew
elry of much value. -
I made him assume a proper male attire
and found not <ley that he had red paint
for the blushing beauty'of today, but he
- applied entore cadaverous 'coloring mat
ter for the consumptive looking individual
1 ofyeSierday! He was a short built youTh of
five-and-twenty, - with a cold-blooded ex
pression upon his marble face, and evil
look in his eye. _
We carried him back to Lovrstone,
where' we found the money of the old
fanner upon him, besides other money
that had been lost by different individuals.
At first he told 'strange stories pf „himself,
but finally, when he knew the worst-must'
come, confessed the whole. Ho was from
London, and. bad come into the country
on purpose to - rob. t. He had two confede
, ates with him who took him from , place.
to place. One of them had taken him
away from the inn the night before; and
the other had brought him and set him
down at the farmer's gate this morning.
We made search for these confederates,
but they bad got wind of their lorineipaPs
arrest, and were not to be found.
However, we had got the chief sinner,.
and had broken up the one. After he
had been found guilty and sentenced, he
seemed to enjoy.himself hugely in telling,
how he had deceived the good people of
our cottntiT. Now he would turn him
self again into the old woman who bad
given the drivers so much trouble about
her bandbox. Then he would be again
the meek browed minister, who had dis
tributed tracts, to the passengers;, and
picked their pockets while they read'. Then
he Would draw, hill:melt up into a ! little
hump backed old Man, who had been lifted
in and out of .the coach, and robbed his
1 helpers while-they fixed his 'crutches for
I him. It was funny—very—and .perhaps
I we might never have caught him but for
the accident- of the faggot. That wits not
so funny for hiin ; and I doubt if he found
much fun in Workim , at our hard stOne—
I hammering early and later-with an ;inex
orable master over him to spur him,up
.when he flagged. . -
• •
, A genuine Yankee cousin narrated the
following to one of us one evening last
winter. We have kept itaafely lodged
in Memory till now. After tipping his
chair and himself back against the h wall,
he commenced thus
My name is ilidgenX—Jonathan T. Hid
gens.• The stands for Turner, who was
my grandfather, and a corporal in the old
revolutionary army. So you see I belong
to the good old stock pi- the land The
free and the home of the brave. , At this
present spealdng,l. am twenty-five, and a
half years oflige, stout, tall, and as the
gals say, all killen good lookin' 1 , am al
so a musical character of the, most exerti
ciating,ly melodious description. Id fact,
the whole of out family are musical; too..
Dad and marm used to be „death ion all.
kindi of harmony. 'They've got; 'to be
'kind of old now, thongh, and ther ;Voices
have got kinder cracked: -But their mu
sical mantle has descended upon their two
children with ape,rfect vengence:
When I say two children, I mean my
sister Sal-add me. Sal's about the great
est sopranno on record.. She's splendid
good too, on the alto. On the regular=
right-up•and-down hallelujah *musie she
can't be beat. As to me, Igo the Whole
figure on pure tenor. I've got the darnd
est curiciniest voice 'too, you ever heard
tell on. 4t just as smooth as glass,! some
jolly chaps down in our town say, - broken
glass; but, that's all owing to envy. Now
till I have : to ao is to set it in the key of C,
and it goes aisoaringnpward and onward
like a tarnation crow . from the . top, of . a
pitch pine tree. Of course voices and tal
lents like mine and. Sart! coiSdn't
,get
through this vale of tears without 'being
particularly appreciated. At.least; they
haven't: Sal rin to be head gal singer in
our choir down in .Spotsdown 'when she
was only sixteen year old. • - 1 4- ye led the
choir since I Was - twenty-two' and if I
haven't had. .a time on it since-, I 1 began,
judge ye.'
Spotsdown, you know, is a maanfactn.
ring village in the State of Vermont. It
hasn't got but just one meeting-h ani
that air's a genuine one. That is to' say,
it was built by about everybodv.arid ain't
owned by nobody. We' havealtsorts of
preaching in it too. \ About' all the' seats
you ever heard tell on have had their turn
at it, It, is now occupied by the Halle.
lewyerites. They believe
.in the Teord's
counning this year, sure, " about tbe first
day of fall precisely.
Afore they had the itieeUng-house; how:
ever, it was occupied by tbe Yewniterians,
and it was daring their Confounded reign
that the
: muss took. place in our,. choir,
which knocked all the musical talent in
Spotsdown Into 3 knooked-up hat. Now
you just exorcise some patience and more
charity and En tell yon all about it:.
Yon see, then, or will, when I slimy it
to you, thO'whin the , Yewnitariatts first
put a preacher into our pulpit, lied the
singing. - Sal did the prime
. soprano, apd
everything connected - with our choir was
going on jest about inkstand. Well, the
minister I speak off had beet settled about
ti
&month, when down conies a filler to
our place from Boston, the . grand. Nair
England.Emperium." Bat the tared exit.
NO. 49.
MUSS IN OUR CHOW. 1
JOB • r :it: 03
Don thrrin `Onicie:or nut
21:14.TLY AND,ROMPTI I Y,
AND kr- "LIM ANDzarr LlP* * PZWEI
Tue-otflee of. the Montrose Democrat
hai l recontbebsso seppllot with's new sanl t‘olosswim/ /
of etc., mot we ore now provost to pompklste
str.., Me., to etwa pest style, cm notSes.
. Handbill", Pa an
tent, Prognamme", d
Ober Mods Of work la tbis Uwe, dose manilas Id order .
Baldness, Wedding, 1411 COLLO,
Tkkete, etc., prioßed with oarsa sod despatch.
indicts' and Consisiges' Blanks, "odes,
Deeds, sod an odor Blante, on bead, or genteel to order. ,
JO-itark. mad iihmks, to be raid for 44, ddlierY
ter wasn't added with coning•himself,
so he brought a whole swop of fint-rates
ages
along with him; and4ave , a scientific
sacred concert in our meeting-house:
Of Course everybody Was there who could
get there, besides one or two who
couldn't.
Aa far as muiric. was cansarned, that air
ciinsart killed me jest abont dead. The
very next day afterwards, the Proprietors
called rt . meeting- and voted to have the -
seientiflo music& introduced into the Spots
down choir forthwith. The day alter that,
Squire Dawkins the clerk of the parish, _
called on me w hlst I was Out.digging ta•
tnrs; and said ' -
.
"Mr. Ilidgina t I heieby - notify yoti that
it has been voted to have scientific tausick
from Boston introdnted into.choir, fora,-
. •
"What in thunder do you mean by
that air," says I. Consider that our
musick is • rather in that line - riow, I do,
really." ' - ' .
."Se far as the generwine is coissarned,"
said the ',Squire, "So do
.L , It's the in
stumemal part of the bizzinessAhat I am
talking about; you know we ain't got any
of that kink to speak on now, *A
gins."
"Nor don't want any, as I know on,"
says " •
"The . proprietors think differnt," said
the wire, and say they must and will
have •
"Then let 'em gik it, and be darned,"
says I. -
"Then. you'ie no objection," says he.
Not a bit," says I, feeling all the time_
as if I was knocked higher than a lite. ,
"Wall, we've been talking with Dodge
about it," says the; Squire, "and he's
agreed - to get a German chap to play the
violin, and an Italian to play the big fiddle,
and some kind of a gal critter with an oat
htndish name, "to take the place of your
sister Sal."
• "Accommodatin' -that chaiDetlge 'is,"
says I. - -
"I wonder that he didn't want to get a
chap in niy place, too."
" \Vali, he did," answered the Squire;
"but the proprietors, seem& that.you didn't
charge much for your services, and knew
all.thePeaa and Quuet of the Choir,thoufht -
they'd keeP you, provided you'd stay.'
"And 'I shall do that air Barth]," says I.
"And rin tarnal glad to hear you say
so," said the Squire. "Of course , you'll
give out the tunes, and take the lead, and
all that sort of thing, just the same As
you ever did."
"You'd better belieVe I won't do -noth
ing else,'‘.safs I; and then the Squir.f left.
the tater field.
• Wall, the next Saturday afternoon, up
came the new mnsicianers• from Boston,
music and all. I stood at the tavern.denr
and :nor'. 'ern light off _the stage coach.
They were all pretty g ood chap'
but their faces, andthein was
. awful,
tell yon.! They had as much hair onAnt
'eau a'inest, as there was on tile back side
of their !beads. When I saw that 'ere, -- r
trned to Zeke Jones,.who was standin' by,
and says I-- . •
"Zeke, -"what in .thunder do- you _call
that air which them foreign chaps has got
on their upper rips
• ".3lustachers," says Zeke. . •
•Ar they?"- says " they to me
like a sort of patent smelters. What's that
they got Buick there 'just under-their un
der lip!" •
." impeerail," saysiZeke;
".Shaw, you don't, say. so. And that
ere stuff gro win'. out under their chins,
like - a bunch of young snake root , --what's
that?" . • .-
"A goat-tee," says Zeke.
"And that sounds a darned sight more
nateral," says I, " than both Cotter two
put together." . • '
Just. about this time&vire Dawkins
cum along, and as Om foreign chat* with
their instumerits were, ststidin"
.the
tavern -door, he takes me •by the arm,
walks me up to the German, with a fiddle
in hiihand and says:
"This, Mr. Ilidgins, is our violinist,
Mr. Sleidmer." • • •
"Tie hey.?—well, how do you do, air.
Sledgehammer?" says holdin' out my
hand for. hid: to shake.. Wall, be shook
it a spell; and then grinned like' a barn
cat, and said: • - • : •
"Me very well, well, me no speak very
keg() Ingleae. Me. play the mewae Cdr
the ~r and Cathedral." . --- •
What in thunder, Squin t ," says 1,
"does he_mein by that ere?"
"That what?" says the Squire. 4C:
'Why, Cathedral, as he calls -
"That's meeting h says.the Nun . ' e.
!tlt is,' hey—well it soum3a aboit as
much. like it as pork does like Itiebbard
antnezzar.".
":That t'other 'gentleman, " says the
- Squire; "is our big fiddlist, r..Vinnero,
from Italy." •
.".Ab, Xi% Vinagar," say's- I,' "how-do
yon do? How's your marm?":
"Me Italliano—no ,comprehends—no
speaks de Inglese." . • .
"Shaw-w, yon
. don't, bey? Well, no •
body rotiud.this wuy supposed you did.
Now, Squire," says I, "where's the gen,
nine elephant,---thedal critter I Mean,.
that's goin' to-ta ke
"She's got a touch of the biotin glee-
ters," says the Squire,. "and can't come '
till next Sabbath day." i• . . • .
"Brown skeoters,"- says
.I, "-what in
Jehu's that?" ;. • r •
4 u lt's "a tremendous awful disorder in
the throat that affects great singers and
ministers very o ft en,' said the Squire.:
"It can't be curred in this country, so'the
Ministers say. And that's the reason their
congregations—that is, them that: can at ,
ford iv—sends them to Europe'" .
".ob, I understand, Squire, sayal, " all
abotir -it - But: does this outlandish gal
singer have her bee all kivered ,n . p with
stealers and snake-root.—giAt-tees I mean,
and such stuff?"
"No," says the Squire, aI expect not."
"I've hearfttell afore now,""said Zeke!
Jones, . "t i kiat all great singer cidtirate
them - things betanse they kelp the vibra.
don of the voice."
, • i iltawthey," says I, "well that't about
tbettiviossest Wrinlde I ev l er heard• tell on.
*too as I find out it's a fact, though, ru
• and tell lidOth ,oavt v anft the way we'll
di go iefespetetwanititadier