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"''-A Fireside- Picture.
Fanny's silting' in th'e corner '
Making. pictures on the slate;
Tom is playing ' Jdhny Horner,3
'!rVnd "'bow peep,J to baby Kate;
Lucy's knitting father's mitten;
Sar'atf's trimming mother's cap; " .
Benny and his spotted kitten ,
Both are perched on grandpa's lap.
Mother quietly is sewing
By, the little round top . stand,
.While her heart is. heavenward "oinjr
filiearing up her household baud, i
Faihcr sitting close by mother,
w Reads his book and her meek eve,
m J .
JReada and .feels there is no other
Yjoman could her place supply.
Tith: a -sort of .dreamy pleasure .
j Grandpa gazes on the scene,
AVhilc his. heart beats silent measure.;
?T6lsome olden tunc, I ween. '
Now his silver locks are straying
Over Benny's golden hair,
jBut his heart has, gone a "Maying,",
O'er to grandma's vacant chair.
Sit we by the hearth-light holy,
'And -our hearts are all a-low,
For beneath our roof-tree lowly
,. .Peace and love in uuion flow.
01 those fireside scenes so pleasant,
.j.Iiow they thrill :the heart that roam,
vWliile thefPast glides o'er the Present,
Whispering of 'Home sweet home.'
, Cato's Extra Prayer.
.A: pious old negro, saying grace at the
stable,, not only ued to ask a blessiug u
- ponbis board, but he would also petition
to have some deficient dish supplied.
One day it was known that Cato was out
,of potatoes; aud suspecting that he would
pray lor some ac aiuucr, a wag provided
;Limself with a small' measure of the veg
etables and stole under the window which
.fctopd near the table of our colored Chris
tian. Soon Cato drewup a chair and
commenced
, ' "Oh, Massa Lord, will dow in dy prov
, dent kiudness condescend to bress cbry-
tiling Vi r fr t tic
and be pleased to bestow
?upon us a lew taters
Here tho potatoes were dashed upou
1etbre table, breaking .plates and upsettiug
the mustard pot.
"Deiu's urn, Lord," said Caty, lookiug
tritb surprise, "only jes leff um 'dow'n a
little carier nest time."
0 ZQr There is a man in Cincinnati who
:Tias "four short fingers on each hand,
r reaching about to the first joint of a fin
"ger of uual length; and this physical de
formity of 'the hand cau be traced back
'through various members of the family for
a'period of 180 years.
The other' .day. a jew was quizzing
all Irishman, aud kept at him until he
tras somewhat aggravated, when, on turn-
ing rouud, lie tartly remarked:. 4Yes,
.doin ycr Fowl, if it hadn't J)eon for the
. likes of yecs, the Savior would, a bin a-
.. live, now, and doin' well. '
Sublime Description of.anHsca'pcfrom
a? Marly Jul . Ihe bull roared like roll-j
i 'lrirr "iTiiiTiHnr nu'd T ' r.i'ft Virt tlio nitnhlo
-lightning; and springing over the fcucc 1
"b ' 1 - - -
wilb the swift nes.'' of a star falling from
rthe firmament, I tore my trousers asun-
der with a crash as loud as if the globe
had been shivered bv a comet. !
A n 1.,. Im ! die hrnnd brimmnd
--- ''"""'' t
hat blown off bv the wind, and he chased
u fnr . Inn. Mmn with fruitless and verv
ut-..t i 4 .. . rnimiia.
. i . . i -
i-h-lookin- boy laughing at his disaster,
- JR.:"!!! him- -Art thou a pro xzuc an: ,
JliV liulo in . , un "Thcr'' s.id myself mixed in this tangle of destiny.-' cyclopedia is a reminiscence of the first
t ,L ngV a loU -from t oLe is trouble-there ,J peril-thefe is j Temperance Society in America. It was
tbee ay da." vouder fleeing tile fifty cvil enacei and,-yet, stranger, organized in March 1808, by forty-threo
rtli ? -1 e it writ here, ay, as plain as the stars substantial farmers of Saratoga County,
cms worm. do jn thc . tbat tbc lloJand Dr. B. J. Clark, under the title of
-many girl will meet tne uusnee again,
ir-l pu will have to boar the respon- and Lim iu the moment when life
fVibility," aid a motherno bright jed and falJ.and aU Mi futurQi pre quiyer
JJOMS daughter of our acquaiutancc, who . n balance.. .
tkougbt of marrymg witbaut the mater- fa . Judltu I -murmured; ''so be
Dal approbation. i expect c , e ;uv-
oral, ma, uaiu rsuuy. with thee again!"
: -nrrrr-- v.- r-- , . . see trouble, and reverses, and , sor-
4" If joji' Vish to increase tho M2e and row, like to heart-break; J .see clouds
fc1pronfincncb of your eyes, just keep-ac- and (darkness, billows and itropio sto.rms
cotat of the money you spend foolishly, and a .far land; I see ai ney hpn?e,, the
l:and' add it up'af the end of'the year. dawn of another day; and,, yet, oh! mas--ifii
v - j , f . I ter of the eeal and reader.of the. dark. se-
rm, -t, rp,-onanV ParkGr said'in a
Theodore Parker said". in
,.VAnt.KC'rmon tliafc vbu couldt transport
' ZlZSy or a barrel from ewvyo'rk- to
Boston without springing a hoop.
i , FfM JcihdTcTsd'Jijsccdni.,
HOW I HAD HY FORTUNE 4oLD '
Lbad bocnrauiblinfr..ona .lonolv mom-
ni in ,1A Mnnrlt nf M
" o - -j, .u.UUuR-
crecn lanef? of Surrer. with t.ipir.
dells, their odorous he.dgcs all alive with
fenowv hinvt linrn-hnrls nnmlnnr ovnr ami
anon, into little villages, and then passin
I.T.
turOU2U CODSC flUU WOOUland. WUen. e-
. - . , r ' . '..
iuuruius- qui or a jeaiv conpice, ine
cM.rwl c n i i... ..
ruuilUD IJUU V UVIi, UUU IUB 1UU" Liter
ot a number
of young pleasant boys and
s met my ears; and. present-
liftlo tin?, In a
!l-,c "iJIUCna
Iv I was on the skirt of ,1 rtleasant villniro
green, . with us "pouud," and "stocks,"
" . r--, o
with its "pouud,"
swinging before an oId-fashipncdr ramb
ling old. tavern some hundred yards a-
cross, the pond, all alive with ducks and
gabbling geese; and the soeno was as per-
j feet a. pastoral as lovely, and .as thor-
j oughly English as anything I ever came
. by chance across in tho course of my life. .
All at once, as I was leaninii on my
stout, stick, and glancing at my dusty
. . . . . - t
suoes, and tlien across the green "all.pied
with daisies," to the merry throng at the
mav-noln. and Hstonnd to tha lanalitnr nf
i the young oues, aud the shrill but rejoic-
. .. , .. - e -1
i ins
'tiiorris" of 'the flute, a voice by my1
jside startled me with its deep, rich, con- "J and uad been transported for sheep
! tralto tones, saying, "Gross but the gip-; stealing. He became my slave, :ny faith
Isy's hand with a piece of silver, my pretty ful right hand -true as steel to me. I
gentleman, and have your fortune told?" ,-savea, protected, mm. ;iie would never
I turned, and looked upon a faoe Whose leave, me more. "Judith will cornel" he
fascination took awav mv breath. I have'88", siguificantly.
(ever been sensible to facial beauty, and
jhad seen many a pretty face in my rani-
ibles, both British" aud i'foreiv;n,,-hdnic- ;
' : . - .
growth aud colonial but not so attrac-
tive, so btartliug as this.
The hue was of a dusk v olive, in which
the rich blood mantled as in rapid pulses.
The eyes were large and lambent; deep i
3 3 1 3 n - t ? . IM 'II e t'r l . !
. - ,
anu uarK, ana uasmng iikc wens 01 iiut
out of brown, fathomless depths. The
lips were full, rudy, and of a moist, ver
meil hue, which is not to be discovered in
painting, unless Morland may have hit
their warmth of tone.
The hair was black and glossy, steal
ing in long sinuous curls beneath a
white coil, covered by a broad-leafed
"buckle" hat, aud, with the red cloak and
the russet boddice, there stood before me
the loveliest ideal of a gipsy of eighteen
the eye of reality ever rested upon.
"Let me tell your fortune, my pretty
geutleman?"
But now came a procession of at least
a score of. gipsies male and female, old,
young, sturdy manhood, rich, mature ma-
tronhood. infancv.in its doniev nanniers.
land olJ e jQ jts ht caran on, as
j j gueSsed, to a neighboring fair and their
lips were tu!l ot furtive mirth,- as the gip
sy baited, and held me still by the witch
ery of her glorious eye.
On they passed along the winding road
and we were still together. For a time I,
gazed dreamily after them and then full
on her. The eyes had ceased to be bold
they drooped before mine.
"Your fortune, my pretty gentleman?"
still echoed in my ears. "
I was a handfome a fellow enough so
my sister said. I was a strapping youth
five feet ten in my sfockings could
pull, and fence, and wrestle, and had car
ried a "double-first" so she might not
have been mistaken in her pretty "gen
tleman," after all.
One man a strong-built carl, a six
footer, at least, having in his arms a
splendid game-cock, going to malic' a main
I doubted not tdrncd upon me with
jsomethiug evil in his glance, in which
I
read a passion that, in the unknown na
ture of the gipsy, I had neverrdreamed of
before. He. spoke to her. in a voice half
of command, half of cutreaty.
'Prance it, Judith, after the Boms and
Juwas," he said, in Romany dialect. 1
"The Busnee blood is cold, , and his cly
smaller than his band and less to hold."
I did uot understand his jargon, save
that it was bomething deprecatory, ine
gipsy moved uot; her smile, her exquisite
izM was yet bent full upon me. Jealous!
lous!
jealous of mel 1 don't know to this!
Imnr trlmt. ktirmd nv hlnnd. Lilt I never'
j 1
felt such a thrill of exultation as I felt atj
that moment.
I took out a piece of silver, and, giving
it to her held out my hand,
"Sneak it. Judith." I aaid. Read me
. t . ,
my future, for it is very dark to me, and
I would know it." ' !
oi ti j.i ! ri'f. 1 .1. ii 1
Slm inlliu-orl Hm linna nf 1 1 f r nni1 drnih '
aom aDti late- ur l00li Srew 8ra70.
and
auu sue iiiicercu ovci uui men- wnu
-i.- 1: i l- i - .a. t.
certain troubled aspect which interested
, raurmurcd; "for I see
manv L'irl will meet the Busnee again,
and help him iu the moment when life
..t! wbat ujayr ,Qlily.H uic,ueet
cfet, I'find myseii tuere-therei"
'Vhere,
Judith wb'ereT'Vil cricdiim-
patently' . ; ' (
f "Hush!" she said; "I may say no more
Thej call mc! Hope, work' and; wait!
.The years are as fully of.-pr.-otuiso.-as the
fields which Tipen tor-tho harvest, -acd v
time 13 lull Ot revclatlODB: but ;lt id ,not!,
. . .
hnRL-rJi'ie zmcari mat cau reaa m
Prarcwelj,
farewell!" And lifting my had, .as if in-
i .i t i t?-i- Jij cr
uomage. to uer nps, sue.uouuueu qufiiiiu
a doo, and leftjme amazed, troub.led, en
raptured. Did I reed bcr half-hidden
roliAn fr'nltr? W lm11 sa
,
A woek nffiT. T wna in n. frnllsint vgssgI..
crossing the wide,' wide -seas,, seeking for
a home .and sources of; living-rrteex-,
' O rj-
nausiea ana nopeiess in .uwr.aiia,
Aear alter, 1 was in tne uear.t.oi iar
Australian wilds, working like a peasant,
toiling like.a slave; but my heart was light,
hope was before me success certain.
At home all had been loss, decay, ruin
-my fathor dead,, my mother and sisters
i n . . I . . ...i.i
portionless. Fate pointed out to me that (
lllcre yonder, beyond that heaving, ocean
U,J Qew world now lay:.
upon me at last;
iben reverses, illness, sickness
-. i
uext 10 neain. x was an dui r.uinuu
1 1 t . 1 1 I m. i r i
"g" uuau. una uuy u uaggaiu
bushranger came, crawling to my door,
L sheltered, fed, protocted him, and I at
last recogmzed the. gipsy whoso look once
-. -
menaced mo. He was ,of the Cooper fam-
''But Judith where was Judith!" my
yearning ncari cried,
tieuce!" I said. "We
1 111, . , ,,
ratieuco, pa
shall meet; it is
And at last we
aecreeu we snail meeti;
did meet; but how!
I was at Port Philip once, seeking for
sotue laborers to hire, for my farm had
1. . 1 . I 1 T
increased, my stores multiplied, ana ire-
nnirn1 mnrn man frt ni1 mn A naD?nl
i4u"1,u w.u'u "
A vessel
had lately landed there a remnant of em
igrants who stricken down by the plague,
lay helpless on the beach, in canvas tents,
and praying for death, from the tardy
help the frightened people dared scarpely
bring them.
Tottering to meet me came a wan,
worn figure, with the rich olive of her
wasted face almost faded, but the eyes
were like glowing opals. 1 knew her at
once.
"Judithl Judith!" I cried aloud.
"It is he it is he!" she half shrieked,
and fainted in my arms.
I did not tarry long at Port Philip, but
hastened my return.
Judith, the magnificont, the. matchless,
has hern my wifej the mother of my
children a finer, nobler race, eyes nev
er looked upon. Sho has been mine
mine own my beloved rmy devoted for
years passed now; and truly did she say
our hororscopes were equal, our houses
one, our destinies intertwined.
Those so dear to me, whom I left in
old. England, have long had a homo here
with tne; and while we. have cattle on a
thousand hills, 1 am a master, a prince, a
monarch in the rich benignant wilds that
have been pastures, fields, vineyards, gar
dens all mine, and theirs to inherit af
ter me.
"That's how I had my fortune told,"
says my friend in a letter to mc ten years
ago; and this is . how I have sketched, it
for the readers of the Miscellany. t
-A Golden Prize. : .
A monster nugget of gold has been
found at Kiugowcr, 120 miles from Mcl-
j bourne, by four old California miners,
named Robert and James Ambrose and
Samuel and Charles Napier. It is two
feet four inches in length, by ten inches
in widthat its widest point, and eight in
ches thick at one end and four inches at
the other. Its weight is 140 lbs., or 1743
oz. 12 dwts., and its value is about 634,
SGO, American currency. Tho nnggct
was found in the sand thirteen feet below
the surface.
n r-.l- w -
,a p. wy (
traneous matter. The luckv owners aro f
two pairs 0f brothers; one pair being Eng-
lish and the other Boston bovs. Thev '
uave Uecn four years in the diggings, and
1....1 ..: 1 r :i.: T. -
,uuu uuuc ii uiiiii uuiuiu sit mill ir iuu last
prizc; Thev have the nugget on exhibi-1
prize.
tion, and intend to
exhibit
"to-
in London
and in tho 'States.'
n... , i V u '
V" Sbur& aud.a Print?.r bJ.c.Pation,.
uvu iu I'liiiuuuu auuiu iiuiu riuwu, ui CUu
1
(Sumption. Mr. Work served with credit
'in the Mexican war. and at one limn own.
ai, i i. i .i i n.
jcu ana edited ine Denver oiar.
Among other things in Appleton's En- j
i"lho Icmperance Society of Moreau;aud
Northumberland." it did not go to, the
length of "total abstinence.":
TT" " seemed' impossible that so small a body
William; said a carpenter tonhis ap.,d'6u,d attiiin so mUob strengtb. bat he as
prentice "Im.going away to-dayj :,and . 8urod ua. mt j10 had gained. iu all by
I want you to .grind all the.itoblaiV. . , practice. He had labored for years to
"Yes, sir. - - udevylon a , muscular .system, .in, which he1
'Ihe, carpenter came hqmct.n.ght.
mVilliam have vou ground all the. tools
skarpl ;t,
"All but the liqndsawX said Bill;. "I
,couianxgctMf.ipHUiuu,Kuup1ujui,;uAuai.
.. s -r, rrrrr..!,i n .
frx-Thfi best bite we ever bad when we
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u Mi u-.ra,..i.. i. -.1 -c TiJ, . ,7fli
rt t o, fihinr , wustt.ha: bito wa fon r tt-
,l0Dg.
THE VILLAGE BRAVO.
Nearly 'every 'country village as its
hrn.v.n V Wo fli nnf. mnnh'" A n Asnsin ''.
nor "A man who murders for hire", as
" " " " 4
Worcoa explains the word; but' we mean
. ..-.-..
the one.raau before whom all others must
give wajr the man who 'can-"whip any
u .1,. it... ,ii . a. i
hnrlv In t hir 'ikxv'ii-t.ho imt'n f. Viinr n nTm ol
wbothinks his position enviable, and who
is envie'd bv men with little 'bodies' and
iit'tle trains. '
l; 'Our village hadits bravo, at all events;
and a perfect typdof his'cla-.S h6 was', too.
His'name was 'Jonathan Burke, though I
never' heard. Him called Jonathan, but
once, and that was before a justicd's court, meddling with otic who was so" strong and
Jack Burke was his name "the. world o- ' gigantic; and. withal; o reckless and mer
vcr.l' as he often said. ' !IIe was a bir osa in his wrath. Wc saw the. thin lips
Durjy feuow. sjx feet and' two inches tall;
wjta broad, massive shoulders; great long
rms. and a head like a small pumpkin.,
it was Gawmng jj8 facei wag characteristic. A low, re
i cedint? forehead: small nurr rinse: thick.
n m r n i i
heavy lips; and a broad, deep chin.- HU
- " '
CjCg were 0f a ,gUt gra verging
upon
which
WW W ' w l
a cat-like green, while his hair,
was coarse and crisp, was 01 a burnt, sun
dried color; neither red nor flaxen, nor ,
yet of a dark hue. The only feature in
the whole man which fended to detract
from his hftrmiWn nmnnrnnrrinn nf hi,
breast. To one ekilled in anatomy, or ! on Mar? a?d she had 60 often pcrempto- f "WilUyou leave the ground at once !""
physiology, it would have been at once j ri,y refu'sed Lrm- He bad professed to demanded the doctor. . f.
apparent that he had but little of what is Hke her, and had made his boast that.be ( "Yes."
generally denominated "bottom," and oli,ti bave her yet, and; if "David Sin- j "And will yo promise never to annoy
that a long continued physical effort would ! Sleton dsxred t0 Put bia -arm iu the wa? , Mar L,gstOQ aga '
have reduced his wind to a weak point. . he'd drop him 1" . . ! "s" ! '
Jack Burke was born and reared in our I , 0n. the present occasion Jack was not I "Ihen go " -village,
and ever since he had beun to I long ,D scekmg Mary s side. David was j Like a whipped aur, as he was, the.fel
go to school ho had been the terror of all i nerv0U:1 and uncasy- He was a light low left the ground, and when he , was
unlucky wights who chanced to cross hie lsmaU framed youth, and looked with gone the young doctor had not oven a.
path. Hebeat his companions without ! dread uPon the SiaPt wbo susbt t0 aQ- scratch, cried out in a rinning,- happy
mercy, and took delight in beim- feared. , Dy both hlm aud hU fair companion. tone
As he grew older, be became more inso- Mary askcd ?urke to S awaJ5 and as "Come, boys and girls, now to sport.
lent aud over-bearing, and at the time sbo spoke she turned shuddering from .I'll go and wash my hands and then join
we write he was disliked by all the decent nin) you''
peoplo of the place. Ilis voice was loud "I shan t go away," tho .hurley brute ( Ere long the cloud was gone, and" the
and coarse, and it broke in upon all cir- I returned- H lon.'t like it, you may day ended amid cheers and smiles, and
cles which might be gathered near him. j lumP it!" .. .. haPPJ S0DSS- E"7 body might have-
And then his bravo did not nossess I , "Come, Mary !" said young Singleton, been jealous had everybody wanted; to,
that spirit of generosity usually betrayed
by those who happen to be giants in size
and strength. He was, on the contrary,
low and mean, taking delight in tormen
ting the weak, and even laving out his
full strength unon those not half his size.
In short he was a coward as well as a
a i .
bravo. He forced himself upon all our
little gatherings, and seemed to take dc-
light in stalking about and realizing that
none of us could "put him out," He was
nnW ttror,fr.tTro nnrf htf ff.- fnr.nffi,
all useful knowledge he had ever gained
nr. sphnn . I
Among the recent accessions to the pop
ulation of our village was a young: doctor,
named William Granby. He was a
small, pale looking man, not over five
feet and ten inches in height, and quite
slim in frame; but the man who studied
him closely would bave seen that his
paleness was th long confinement of his
studies, and was more, after all,' a delioate
fairness of the skin than a want of health.
And it would'also have been seen that
his slight frame was a very muscular one,
and most admirably moulded and put to
gether. . ,
William Granby was what the girls of
our village called a handsome man, and
none of tho youth envied him the flattcr
ingLencomiums he received from tho fe
male portion of our community, for as we
became acquainted we loved him for the
manly and generous qualities we fouud
in him. Ho was a warm friend,- and a
noble opponent.
And Granby had proved himself an
excellent physician, too; and- though he
had been in our villago but a year and
a month, vot tho confidence reposed- in
his skill was far greater than had been
reposed in the ancient blistercr and phlc
1 . :... i. i .. .1 l .
One day some of us went into his stu-
ilv hfi was immarrind. hnl hmn.r onlv
i ."-;.".- ? T J
turce
vuicu auu tuiitvft ui tuuiou uuu a .uaciju
'
Jor
we
wero invited iu as we walked
down by his boarding place,- and were
pleased to accept tho invitation. Ills
'vifiidt? wne ri rm nf n n1fiio fnr rnmfnrt'
j q- - - f -)
and among the articles not absolutely nc-
O fc 'I
ccssary for the study of his profession we
detested a rifle; a set of boxing gloves ; a
i,uvJ 41 Wi uuilufi K'' )
r 'i i i
pair of foils; a pair of heavy wooden
broadswords; while upon tho floor were a
p i ,i un t ...,j4 -i
pair of dumb bells. 1 wouderod what
Hioa lnttr wnrrt lor sitr. v tint tnr llin
doctor's use, for I could do nothing with
uwwv. j
them, save to hold them in my hands, aud
swing them at an anglo of some forty-five
degrees, and I was much heavier than he
was
' I asked him what he did with them.
"Oh," he said smiling, "I exercise my
musolcs with them;" and as ho- spoke,
lie took them up and raised them atarms
length, and then hold thera thero-for somc
moments, his fine breast rounded out like
a 'llomau cuirass Then he threw them
in and out, and about, handling them as
though thev had Iceu mere toys
It
"had beenjackiiig.whbu a child,. He also
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an wl tlln .Ircnninir his imisolHS tcnll
hardenedVud developed, lie was' better
un rt unnr t.hn fntir,nn nf l,;uVrArVi;nn
wMiy buuv j,t" 7 D . .
nhln n lnnr the fatimic nf In nrnfns&ion.
which called him
which called him .from his rest often for mehts he recovered his sonses,-and leap
eeverat nights in suqessiou, ' e'fft'o wards' G fiinby again.' This tiuio tho
covftral niuhts in
We. were makino- arranrempht3 'for a
rrjirifi ninm' in nnr 'vi hVn " ' frT "i'lr s
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I " ! 1' . 'L'l ! i ; ' ' 1 ' ' I 1: ' i C fir.
6 Wm.C iS,.S v" ' .""or; cr
were making pics aud
Id CuliCS OI ull BUI If
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and shape, while wej'ouths weretpfepar-1
iiig-bwu iuies, auu'oieariujj up iuo grove,
wh'ielf was just'oUtsiclo'tlic village, on the
panic 01 tlic river.
I :!The7day at length 'came; ?and' the sun
! Smiled' from a' cloudless sky,raud..a fresh
1 :.. t ' . - i
.Woczo-pamc sweeping up tt.e.mvcr; bear
lu a gratetul coolness upon its bosom.
Wo reached flio frroiinfd Jri dnr shnsnn
, P reaCUCU
and1 only one tiTinlr'cam'e to martheniea-
sures of the occasion. Jack Burke made
his appearance upon -the ground, in a
shabby,-dirty suit, and with an .insolent
s,waggcr. A chill ran through the whole
crowd. Manv of us would crla'dlV have
oeipea put inm away, but wo shrank from
of tho doctor. quiver as he noticed the fil-
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thy fellow swaggeriug about, but he said
nothing then.
One of our party was a youth named
D.avid'Single.tgn; He was a qujet, good-
hearted fellow, and. beloved by all. He
bad waited on Mary Xivingston to the pic cracking like a pistol, and planted exact
nid. Mary was' a pretty, blue-eyed mai- : ly where it was aimed, in a yery shore
den of-eighfe'eft, and that, she loved Da- time. Burke was not entirely exhausted,
vid right fondly, we all knew just' as well . but his whole body, above the waist, was
as we knew,that David loved her. boaten till the flesh was black and con--
It so happened that Jack Burke had tused. He bellowed like a calf for mer
, offered, on several occasion?, to wait up-
j trembling, "let's leave him'.-" .
11 oil?"
Mary by the arm, and drawing her back,
The affrighted girl uttered a quick cry
of alarm, and Singleton started to his feet,
qering. to every point
' "ftiiseraoie Drute i ne exclaimed, "let
i. ,t til m i - 1 ;..
i be; S 1 . ' ' , , '
1 In an IDstant Burke . leaped, up, and
; swore he'd "wl.ip the youngster to within
, an 'ncb of hls I,fe !
' rn an mstaot all was alarm' and con-
fasioD; but in the'inidit of the clamor a-
"otand oacK I atand back every one
nf rnn ! line.lr 1 snw nn3 crlco tnn rnninl"'
w . j w a - v-vu, J . v w ww ...
The way was quickly cleared, and the
young doctor leaped into the open space, iron for the development of muscle was
' his' bright eye burning: keenly; his face never seen before nor since, 1 venture
. flusbod and, his slight, handsome frame boldly to assert.
( erect and stern. j..
'Fellow !" he thundered, "leave this How a Constable Collected a Tough. Debt,
place ! Take your foul presence hence A judgment was docketed the other
v;at bncek: Do you undefstand I What a day in one of our justice's courts, with
"miserable-coward to insult .a, girl Shame! which the defendant like most defendants,
Shame! But go! go!" . ' rather disagreed. Accordingly, when a
For.a few . moments Burke was com- certain efficient constable presented tho
, plctcly dumb-founded. There was some- execution and demanded the amount,
thing in the tones and bearing of the man just. 4.04, his "little fee" and all, our de
before him, and in tho strangely burning fendant waxed indignant, and vowed he'd
eye that -beamed upou him, that, awed never pay it to the day of his death,
him for tho while. But he measured ev- which determination he repeated many
, cry thing by its weight and i-ize, and the times with "strange oaths."
"courage of the' brute' boon came back to "Now Johnny," said the aly officer,
him. "IU bet you ten dollars you'll pay 'this
'Who art you ?" was'his iirst remark, X before sundown."
at the same time shaking his, bullet head
threateningly.
"I am the man who ordered you to
leave this nlace ! Your presence is vcrv
ft I
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ottensive. loa were :not :iuviteu, and u
-foubad an dccenc? 3 Would n0t bc
"Look here, my Gne dandy 1" bellowed
th'e' . JUf V? I. ouit decent ag.n.a
auu 1,1 BH,,t: U1U' ,uu. Jmu vuls
almighty quick 17 ,
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'I ImFu iv r a wx nuinf a 1 1 c tirvnn rnn iiaa.
tor's face as he replied .
i "Your very course npwshow.s that you
! arc, devoid of all decency.
A decent: man
I . na vy! hA Iattr 1 i C tOAO
"ou' uut ;,4 u,8r'"
With a fierco oath
Burke raised his
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I uu"c ii?u- uiiu uuuuu iui uiu. ii t nuui.
, t, l': .,,rnr.
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dered us back, btul we wero fearful.
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1 ' d "
sicijiu do against such a giant t
"But we were soon undeceived. Upon
Burke's first advance, Granby nimbly
slipped on one side, and with a quick mo
ti6u of his foot caught tho giant's toes,
ahdlseut .him at. full je.ngt.h-upon the
ground. Like a, mad bull Burke sprang
to his feet, and wbilethe curses shovvercd
from hi lip, ho 'started upon Granby as
though he would annihilate him at once.
Calm aud steady the young doctor .stood
and as the brute, came up he adroitly
raised' his' elbow, and passed tho huge
dirty fist over his shoulder, and at thc
aame'inonieut he plntited his own fist full
upon Burke's face with a blow ihat.knoak
od hiui! coiiicletelyifrom his feet. That
blow sounded like jhe; crack.of a pistol
I'tfnd'ivas struck by a pjnH who knew how
to" throw all his powerxta.thp be4 auvan-.
u.Marr& wherever bo wished to' usQ.it.
j Jonathan Burke arose like one bewil-
Anrf, nn.l so he waf.1- But in a few mo-
dered. and so he was".
doctor performed -a -fea"t that was surpri
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sinff as u was auevuvc' Jjiv u i-uiui: ui
.tn.il ?.- .Fnrvllllinaln7!tnflinrnCl -
,, a . . , . ... . v. i
eiiiKi n i w uu uuwijr ivu.j-vi.-
springs,
he jumped up and forward, planting both1
his feet upon the giant's breast ! Burke
fctt like a log; but his breast was heavily
boned, and he was soon on his feat again.
Look je," cried Granby, sternly, you;
have seen enough of me to know that!
am not to be trifled with. Now go away,
and you shall go unharmed, save thai one
black eye. But if you trouble me aaorel
shall most assuredly hurt you. I haye
given.you warning.'
TIL lick ye afore I go; if I don't
")re will simply add that the remainder"
of the sentence was composed of fearful
oaths, and that while they were yet quiv
ering on his lips, he clenched his fiats and?
darted; for ward. , .
This time tho doctor received him in a
new fashion. He stopped every blow
which Burke madly and clumsily ainfed
at him, and began to' rattle in a shower
of knocks upon his faoe, head, breast, arms
and body, that soon completely bewilder
ed him. On they came heavier and
heavier thicker and faster each one
cy. ?
for everybody's girl flirtediand-made love
body was not jealous.
Within a week Jonathan Burke left our
village, nevertocnteritagain. Hecouldn't
stand the sneers and gibes that were cast
t .
upon him, nor could he Dear to see those
who had witnessed the summary punish-
racnt he had received. It was a glad day
for our village when he left it, and tho
doctor never Cave a more effective nor a
more valuable purge than he did when
he purged the place of that incubus.
One thin? more : Within a week cvo-
ry young man in our
village had
a pair
nf flnmh.hnllc nnn1 tnli nnntlior atrinirinrp
w w v. u. w u ui IU uU " u w U fc.&JWVUW w 1 1 .
and dinging, ringing, and flinging of cold
''Done," said Johnny in the heat of
the moment. The stake-holder was se
lected; and each man put up his money,
which, alas, no sooner reached the stake
holder's hand, than it wa3 grabbed by the
constable saying, in the words of the law,
By virtue of this execution I hereby le-
Vy," etc. Tho execution was according
UsatK.fied," but the dcfendant, judging
. iroin hl3 language, was uou
Marriages at an extremely early
agef
! are mc cum"U iu sjuuiuuy. xvu uuiuur
of the United States steamer Georgetown
. i - . : l rn
attended the marriage of two of the nit-
- i flvn? in one of the churehns. The candi
1 " . f m. I 1
; lives id lone oi ine enurencs
dates for matrimony were a little bov
and girl five years of age. The rito was
performed in a solemn manner. The na
, tives think it a disgrace not to be mar
ried at five years old. Unmarried boys
at six vcars of ago are considered oiu
bachelors.
1A very small pattern of aman
lately solicited . tho hand of a veryi fine
buxom ,girL "0, no," said the fair la
day, "I can't think of that for a moment.
The fact is, Tommy, you are a little too
big to put in a cradle, and most too small
to put in a bed."
Railroad Decision. Judge Thomp
son of tho Mariuo Court, New York, has
decided that a railroad" company is re
sponsible for the delivery of baggago en
trusted to an express agent who is uthor
fzdd by the company to enter a car to so
licit baggage from passengers.
Novel Punishment. As cntira Chi
ncs'e'regiment, for having abandoned an
uptameable fort, during the recent attaok
on Canton by the French and English
forces, has been sentenced to wear wo
men's clothes for five years.
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3jStrawJjcrries sold atNewYork-OD
Saturday, 4astf for 50 and 75 ccnta, cr
dozen. n&Ji! r ,
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