Terms ol" lublication Th: Somerset H:rald . i .I.h'.icJ every W0nc jaT M jrul'ii at iil 0" 'r Rutaic, !'' lB adrauve otherwise J o j ;l tnrariaUy.l charireJ. j ,i subscriptM will be discontinued ot.ili all J ,r'-rtr.in are pai l P- Postmasters acglectlEs; 1 i., r 'tily "hen subscribers do not take out j k. i.i;ts wlli be htUlijl.lt fur the tuhorrtpUoti. : ritrs reauvlnc fM& cne PiWI.A'fto aa-) . :r sliwuld give u the Bum of the i-mcer ; t;i as the .resent otnee. AsJdrcs j Somerset Printing Company, JOHN L SOCIO Business Manager. A TTORSEYS-A T-LA W. Uy K V F.SCHELL. ATTOKNEY ATI.AW 1,1.1 iJ.unty a B . Peti'iuo Anfflit. Somerset, i . o:ffce " Aiaoiuutu Lloca. jn. U-tt. Mi U St'l'LU I. AIIOSXEYATLA, " fcoojtrset, Penna. ' H PiK-TLkTHWAlTL, ATroKNEI at Ui". Swiiwrms ia. Pn.ii..ul busl '., ,-"-'.ial solicited and punctually attend- j o I, AW N iTii:s. aiexsuaer i. wfunim uai rc n X I iu. practjv w iw rwiciici uw !!. LKNTINK HAY. ATTOUNEY AT LAW i,. i-ue.iicr in. real eaime, Somerset, Pa., mil , m u ail Iibiiikw en;.-iod Ui bn car. ink ',..:ietasx oddity. t(. li-ly. J. k 11. U HAI R, ATTORNEYS AT L A rviitursei, pa., will practice lu Soin ..i au'.ouunic counties. All bumce en- lrM-ir l u theni Kill be promptly attended I a. i..XB.t UU ATTOK.V Y ATLA W, SUM ,1 L-rci. Pa., wi.1 promptly attend to all t'U!uc .i.::.i.-ui to liiiu. Jd'Wi'jr advanced on cuUeollob ojice In Mammoth liuitdiug. w 'LLlAM 11. fclOONTZ, ATTORNEY AT Uw. bomereot Pa., will irtv prHnpt attea. t" ou.iu.-h euiruai.,1 to bjt cars lu rtel : the alj'iluuig counilc, Urt- u rru.uiig , .i;x O. K1MMKU ATIXKNEY AIU, J ,iTrrt t. 1'a., iU BUn4 to ail Itanue eo . t Licte lu feoauHMtatxl ailioiuinn i'.b,a. tel.. 1.717 ATroK.NlA AT LAW, A.u.o.rTrs. w.n. arrricu .i l i."TU. Kl TPEU ATTKNEiS AT ". i'fi. a- u aiiinOrt'4 irJU, oi'iiuaite lb .'..,:tiiivia Hiixa. I i - tit .llV UltftllltMl t4I. J UIIX II. fcCOTT, ATniRXEY AT LAW. !, r.fi r. (;;!. aj wjIM In Ber Ul-Jiit. , ..-ii.fsa culruii'l lo liu care atltmleJ to ailli j.( ,it;i)tMt ai.-i noiity. J AMES L. l'UGlI, ATTtUi-NEY AT LAW, v rat. Pa. Office, Mamm"th 1.1. k.ujt 'olr. I t,!, .Uin Crum M. t.'ii;w'!i'T.s Uile.e' t. . -un1, t:tl ev'i.ii.s.l. ami ail IkI tual , . .it. -r--; iui.itliiir.tu.;'tucs uJ b.uljiy. ..i s1 JIVEY1XG, Wiiiiag ILt.Js, &c, .-Ei- ;u:rc at Caselicirr A (Vi Store. T. F.W'ALEV I'JIYtlClAyS. ,k. .1 K. MILLER hi rrmanent:y I.ieated . lin lVrlin i t the practice ol tits pr '"iou. . t il -e ..m. wite t 'liarlut KrisMJiinr iiore. I a; r. ';u-tt. j iv;: ;j h;jt i;KI:k lenders hlnmfessl'ici r' ' 1 .'tiim u. the ci;ei. l Sumerwt and vti in . .nice in resilience, ia dour wl te har .It H.tute. 1 I . ii .. . i .... ; ,iu ..r-iiainnil Mr i- ' 9 U ft l iIIUICIL a i . .air.ry. duf at Ui pU, lew on eat j 1 tu Viid House. I Dll WESLEY CUNMNulIAM, urm'-rlv "I Lavanviile. aill oniir.ue tiie .r. ;iceilui.'..iciiie. an.1 un.ler. Ins iroleiial irr Kx l th. eltiieof rt'enire illeand sunvuad- 11:5 c"unt ry, 1-euT ',: S. GOOP, PUi'SIClAX ct- SURG EOS, SOMERSET, PA. -Orn, la Mansrao'.h Block Se4'l DR. 0. MILLER, after twelve y.'-.' a"lve praetiee hi Sharttsville. hx 1 p'ra." eitly lncat.,1 at snierwt I'-r toe orae l. - ..t ni, klD. and tender, hi, .rt.tewlmI er . f tu cluns "t Somerset and vlc-.nliy. '' In &; Kruir hure, oiaite the liaroet H ere he can be consulted at all times cr, r. '.H5Jiially enirsced. lrMi fiaiis jiroiciitly answered. deo. u. 71-iy. Dr. W. F. F UX DEN B ERG Late ISoss dent SnrKeon, Sgi Yort Eys and Ear Infirmary, Has l::a:ed tcmancrtiy in the Z..J d CUiaiSLAITS, dryland ::: tie SZCLU2:7S treatsicLt cf all Lzz cf A3 lye azi Ear, h:lui n::3 cf th3 !Tcs9 ird Threat (iflir, S: SO Kowtli otre Hreet. .1 une.'O. DENTISTS. IvK. ! ItlLLlNS. DENTIST. Nntcerw-T, 1 f Pa. In faselera Block. n;i stairs. w:.f-t lie caa at all titrt t h.aad pr. .ared tulo .!;Kin-:it.i w.a. sut'h as filting. revulalina:. ex i.v:ii.';. e. Arti;icu,l teeth .i all Itin-lH, and o! s5 iliuaterial.inierte,l. tjratlim warranted JOHN RILLS, DBHTIST. OJloe Is Uc-Hrutn kNeTs new bolldinf. .Malt! CruBi KuveL siutcemet, Pa. or 11 WM. COLLINS, DEXTIST, alive fawheer A Freasc s sto-e. tSotnerfel, P. In the last Hiieen jrtrs I hae a-reittlj re-.vrt-J the ms ot anihcial tc-th In ihiJaee, Tie c.,n"iaiit liicrm-lrir demand I orteetn ha.'in .:u..l me to so nlime u.y lariljiles that can nuke 'i s, ts u! teeth at hwer prices than you c-.ii icl inein in any oincr ficr m vj," wmi... , 1 a u. B-'W 11-l.l.M a giiod set of teeth for and if ihere tiioaid 1 an) person immiT kj iwiimuui ul vus'i.utris In thl- r the adjmca: wnntn s tuat 1 have Ui.le teeihKT that Is n' t irtvinK (tikvI set. itactt..:.. they can call i me at any time and a new st ine ol ctiarve. suarla KTIIIC AL TEETH H 5. CJ. VUTZY. D E I. TI ST LALB CITY, jomtrtet Co., ra., Annual Teeth, war anted to be of the swy beat -c.lii v. Ui". like and -livls..ra. Inserted in the tfn style. Parthnliu iHt.il.tp.H to the pres errathm of tlie naioral teth. Tn'M wlstainar to - .t. 11 1 1 me by letter, cat do so by enciuains: stamp Address as above. teltt-TK HOTELS. JJILL HOUSE. PA., JOHN HILL, raopaitTt.a. TV' ,r.!vtor is prepared to aemmmo-late ruests la tli. n, . cnjl.al'le and satialaeiory manner. 1 ht trxvelinir muMk aixl f.-cmiaiwnt buarders tur r;iieiwiih tt.e st oi hotel ac,mmodail is. W IHtlHtf Will P..ttiM ,. s-- sjriBAER'S BLOCK A CALL. JJIAMOXD HOTEU KTOYSIOUX 1A. SAM I l I. CI S'' Eli, I roprie-tor. s lerse " I tie VOL. XXVI. XO. 20. BANKS, ETC. Cambria Co, Bank. M. W. KEIM & Co. So. 20(1 Maiu St., Johttttiwn. A General Banking Business transacted. Interest Paid at 6 per cent, on Time Deposits. Loans Negotiated. Crafts Bought and Sold. jar.jr. . J. O.KDDIEL&S0XS, Surrewnr to Schell & Kimmel, SOMERSET, PA. Accounts of Merchants and oth er Business People Solicited. Draft negotiable in all parts of the Coun try for sale. Money 'oaned and Collections made. :o:- (a room ftrmrlioccpi(4lbii M. A. Sanoer - (V Soaersst Craaty Bank CHARUS J. HARRISON, i'ttshier iuid Mnntigrr. Wi;it.n f-.r Lu.-lnoM cn Monday October 1C ('..lli c'J. ut made in all pnrta vftlieTntteJ Mate t'l.arirc moderate. liuttcr anu other check col lected and calied. Eastern and Western exchange always nn hand. Krmittucccg m4'l cith -rB)jt m-si. -:v tints solicited. RcfeT I.; yeHii.t(n to 1 11. c W. H. Ko-mta. Atty at Low. Hon. w. J. Hncr. AU"y at Liw t'.d. E.I. S.-u!l. Cot. V. S. K-vi-puf. A. J. V intjm Ait y at Law. u. ;- A. H. Vf .Me reliant- (n.t h. Att'y tl Law. M m. ii. "pta.ji' Totacco ai3 Clears, (1 VHUUiSALI AXDUTTAIL, II. Zimmerman, HiiaCrcaSt, Nm?net, Pfnna. Tli le of eliram of dllterent hrarnl", mannfae- t ture.l I.t lilmretl. of Use chi-tcenl ot tolamtf. Ttiese riirai j rannot beexlled l, any in the mar keu Ote ul the let bi. ka of cheaina- tohaeoo ever brcujil.1 to Nimeraet. Prices to pr'.t the times. jan S R PILE iSuectssi.r tuC. B. f' .IK.rn & Co ) HEAI.MC IX FLOUR AND FEED GROCERIES. CONFECTIONS. QUEENSWARE, SALT, xISH, TOBACCO AND CIGAES, jSTewStock. OXEPKIli's. All Gosds Positively Sold at BOTTOM PRICES. FAIR AND SQUARE is Oil It MOTTO. Do Not Fail To Give No. When doinsr your tVittier 17 MISCELLANEOUS, uuri M. BILKS AegiIs for Fireii ffitaaiice, JOHN HICKS&SON, SOMERSET. I'A.. i And Real Estate Brokers. ESTABLISHED 1850. Persons who desire to sell. bay or exchange prop erty, or h rent will end H to their adaMae to reirister th desert plh thereof, as woehanrels aiaoe .me, sola or rentea. Keal eut4 Msineri SeoeraUy wiillproenpUy aUeadl Ub auals. URLIN6. FQLLANSBEE & CO, Merchant Tailors, And MuivflMCvrera fkl Gent's, Youth's and Boys, MmM Mil aai SO. 4i FIFTH ATEM'E. PITTSBURGH. CLATE ROOFS. Those who are bow building houses should know that is it cfceaer in the fcaiu ran u imt 00 tlat Roots than tin or shlixles. Slate will last forever. and no repairs are required. Slate Kiees tbe pnr est water hoisterns. Slata la nre proof. Every Hood house sh4ild have a Slate roof. The under signed is looated in Cumberland, where h. baa a goud ss.ly ol Peachbottom & Buckingham lor enoninir the very beet article. He will under take to put S1.1. K..!s on Hoaaas. pwblie and fri vaie, splrea. Ave., either in town or country at the lownat prices, and to warrant tbcau Call and see niw or squires mm at nis limce, ino. 110 Maltimore Street, Cumoertao.1, Sid. Orders may be left with O A H CASEBEEI, Agent, Somerset, Pa. Wsl. H. Snirtxv. Aprl , b. 187. E. II. WITU ::rodse,hemfstone&co, 2S.j Bait. St., Baltimore, M. D., Would resiwetfully ask the merchants of Sosaer- set county, to send bim their order for NOTIONS, FURNISHING UNO FANCY GOODS. arurlntr them satWactlnu both as reran price and oualuy of K'-'- Th merehaota vljillng iMitimore are uryeatiy requested to call and sea me before making purchaaea. HIGHEST AW ABBS! Ss J. REYNOLD S & SON, NORTH WEST CORN ER THIRTEENTH AND FILBERT STS. PHILADELPHIA, MANCFACTVRES OF PATENTED Wrought-Iron Air-Tight Healers WITU SHAKIXO AND CLIN KER-O KIND I NO ORATES FOR BURN1NO ANTHRA CITE OR BITUMINOUS COAL. CESTEXSIAL WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, FOR BITirMINOUS COAU KEisrosn WROUGHT-IRON HEATERS, Cooking Ranges, Low-Down Crates, Etc. Descriptlr Circulars sent free to any address. EXAMINE BEFORE SELECTINO. April ii. Cook & Beerits' FA1VDLLT GROCERY Flour and Feed We would most respectfully announce to our friend and the puhlte generally. In the Urwa aod vicinity of Somerset, that w have opened our Newstor on MAIN CROSS STREE1 And u addltioa to e full lln of tb beat C'anfectionerieN, Xetlons, Tobar?o, Clear. Ac, W will endeavor, at all times, to supply our cus tomers with the BEST QUA LiTY OF FAMILY FLOUR, CORN-MEAL, OATS, SHELLED CORN, OA TS 6 CORN CHOP, BRAN, MIDDLINGS perUlalnsj to the Feed Uepart And evi erythlns; tUe mental LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES. FOR CASH ONLY. Also, a well selected stork of Obueware; Stoneware, Woodenware, Brush s I i kinds, aad STTIOiSrER W bleb wa will sell as cheap as th cheapest. Plaaa call, euuuBtn oar goods ef all bads. al beaatialMrnBTomrowajmdaMmt, . , lk't Jorirat where we uy MAIN CHOWS atrwet, Sussereet, P- WARDWELL E S SOMERSET, PA., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1S7S. TBC KCBOOlcBOT'-l 14MEST. Teach, teach , teach, ' - - On every day of tho wock, And thresh, thresh, thresh, From your head down to your feet. Beading and spelling and writing. Grammar And gec-ographr. Till a poor boy'a brain Are full of pains, " ' ' And he's tired as tired caa be. .... Write, write, write, r ' 1 The moment you're out of ITnev And write, write, write. Until It is kail-past nine ; . Sratch aod scribble and scrawl, And blot and blur and smear, ' Till the teacher comes And warms you thumb. And makes you feel ever se queer. Work, work, work. Your 'xamplos until elevtn, . And work, work, work, '.. Your xmaplcs at home till seven Pouudj and ounce and tana Iranu and ounces aud pounds Till you get so mad Y'ou are always glad " When th bell for recess sounds. It Is, oh! lor a beautilul place. Where Bever a school bouse is. And it Is, oh ! for a happy land Where never a teacher lives ; Where tops, marbles and kite grow will, Amis fellow can holler or shout. Ami there's never a book. But a cosy nook, Fr t fish and swim about. And It's oh ; for the hator lime When I get to be a man. And I can whistle and jump, Aud boat an old tin-pan ; When I can put crooked pins Down 3a the next boy's seat, And I can put Jnlon his fare, With never a fear to be beat ; Jump and whistle and prance. Anil holler and yell and shout, And never a one To FpoO the fun, Nor keep m from going-out. Richmnd Dlfpcftli. IXIBA- II AZ.AB m . Tbe bop tbai evening was to be quite tbe event of tbe sv&son at tbe House, one of the most tash- ionable Etinicuer resorts among tbe bills of New England. Most of the youn" ladicr" were getting up tbeir complexions in tbeir rooms, aod Miss Antoinette Livingston wa starting forth to refresh hers where she bad originally obtained it oat in tbe sun and breeze?; not tbat its delicate tiut looked in particular need uf refresh ment, as she stood on the piazza ar rayed in & blue-eloth walkine-suit tbat Gtted well to tbe full jet pliant lines of ber ratber tall ugure. A lit tle white plume was stuck in the jaunty blue bat, the shining yellow bair, tbe envy of tbe other girls, fell in a looee knot down her shoulder-, and ber dark blue eyes witb wbicb she scanned the surrounding peaks of tbe lordly mountains, were as wide-opened, clear, and confident, as a child s a child a who has nerer been frightened. And who indeed, "Could tbey. cot, seeing tbat no child was ever more sedulously pro tected from all tbat coo Id shock, pain. or grieve, in tbe barsb realities uf the world. Tbe pet ot tbe family that bad been wealthy ' for generations, tbe flattered queen of tbe circle ber beauty bat drawn around ber, tbe walls and angles of life were indeed all upholstered for her, and tbe Prov idence sbe said Her prayers to wan a very polite and gentlemanly deity Miss Livingston finally Gnished ber inspection of tbe mountains and started off briskly for ber walk, drawing after ber to tbe next turn of tbe road a skein of admiring glances Ironi tbe groups of ladies and gentle men on the piazza, as one pulls out a ball of molasses-candy. An hour's walk, seasoned witb botanizing, was ber usual afternooa recreation, and sbe bad not intended tbat tbe pro gramme to-day should differ from the customary one. But, yielding to tbe seductions of an old wood-road, half orergrowu with bushes and young trees, sbe was beguiled on from one fork and torn to another, until she fi nally found herself fairly in the woods, tbe road having passed by insensible gradations into tbe forest. At first sbe was not much disturbed, having no doubt tbat sbe could re gain tbe road and go out as she came in. But, alter walking vigor ously for bait an boor without com ing to anything, a lump began to come op in ber throat, and sbe was forced to admit tbat sbe was lost. bbe bad now come to an open, rocky place, where tbe trees bad grown infrequent and stunted, and the sua fell hotly on slabs of granite scattered around and interspersed witb tindery mosses and whori'.ebcr-ry-bushes. Witb tbe feeling that she was lost, tbe strength suddenly left ber limbs, and she sat down en tbe shady side of a mass of rock, feeling very much like cry iug, aud with con siderable ado to keep that lump in ber throat from growing unmanage able. Although the lovely color bad somewhat left ber face, I know v. ell tbe old rock bad never borne a pret tier flower on its ragged bosom. It would not do to give way to her Mul ing?, however; she must keep ber wits about ber, and so sbe bit ber lips to prevent them trembling, and sought, by an effort of tbe will, to still the beating of ber bea-t. But these praiseworthy efforts at self-control were suddenly nullified by a sight tbat for a moment stopped her heart entirely.- A big rough looking man was walking witb a swinging gait across one end of the opening. The slouched hat, the coatless flannel shirt, tbe bronzed face and unkemp beard, tbe bundle on a stick across bis sbouldors, left no sort of doubt in ber mind tbat be was a genuine, unadulterated, and unusually formid able example of tbe species tramp that variety of wild beasts tbat has succeeded tbe bears acd wolves in the undisturbed possession of Ameri can fields aod forests. A uuoureG i tales of tbe violent and bloody do iogs wbicb bave made tbe tramp the terror of women and children tbe country through, with tbe sense cf ber utterly t el plena position, flashed j touch would be so like a kiss. There through Miss Liviug-too's mind. t was somethintr at once laughable and Apparently, be bad not yet seen her.i pathe'ic in the attitude ot tbe straoge Scarcely daring to breathe, sbe rose I ly-assortcd couple during the next to a crouching posture, and, without few moments. Miss Livingston taking ber eyes from tbe tramp, si- kept her face resolutely averted, and lently stepped backward around tbe locked intently at a distant mountain rock, in whose shadow sbe bad been top, bu - her eyes w ere really in her sitting, an1, to ber intense relief, . arm Her occasional furtive glances found herself at length withdrawn at the face so closely pressed to it from bis possible view. j wera a study in their mixture or re- How loud tbe crickets sang ! There pngnance, even to loathing, with in- ta WM Bgauu, in spue oi ner preocco- pauon, sbe could not help noticing J T A U IJ L. XI ED, 183 that it did not sound exactly like a cricket, either. It was more like tho rattlo of dried peas in a pod. , She glanced 'down to the spot from whence it proceeded. Her eyes freze with horror. A second more and a huge rattlesnake sprang like lightning upon1 ' her. Instinctively throwing out her arms to defend her self, ebe shrieked at tbe top of ber voice. In stepping around the rock, without looking where she was go ing, eh had probably brushed across tbe reptile as it Jay. basking in the sun, and thus enraged it. in a mo ment tbe tramp, tbe idea of whose existence bad been shocked ont of her mind, came running op. Sbe was too macb ojder tbe horror of tbe snake to tbiok of him, except as a bumau helper. Sbe pointed to tbe creature which was coiling itself in readiness for another stroke if neces sary; and the tramp, seizing a frag meut of rock, hurled it with such force and precision that tbe reptile was stretched crushed and writhing. Then be turned nd started at her witb an expression indicating bis pro found astonishment at happening on a fasbionably-tireaged young lady in such a locality. ;' . "Are you better ?" be finally asked- i; I don't know," sbe said. In ber excitement she bad not been conscious of a sting, but now, as sbe directed her mind to tbe ques tion, sbe felt an odd sensation near the elbow of bef right arm. There was also a wet tpat cn the sleeve. It fitted tight to her arm, and would uot come up. jThe tramp opened bis pocket-knifo-.and gave it to ber, saying peremptorily: "Hip it up !" Sbe hesitated, and then, apparent ly recognizing that it was no time for prudery, began to cut and baggie at tbe sleeve, making sucb poor work tbat be was evidently on tbe point of taking tbe knife out cf ber band and doing it for tier, but refrained. As she raised ' tbe severed sleeve above tbe round, white flesh, sbe turned aside a little so tbat he could not see. There, on tbe outside of the arm, just above the elbow, were two red punctures in tbe llesb, from wbicb a few drops of blood bad ex uded. "Lev's see," said tbe tramp, and she showed bim. Sbe wasn't think iug of the proprieties any more. "Ah ! that's bad," said be, shaking Lis bead aod looking concerned. "It's fatal, isn't it ?" sbe asked, i faintly. ' He t'id not reply in words, but his countenance indicated tbat be bad nothing to say to ibe contrarj. Sbe sat down on a rock, for her limbs trembled under ber. Sbe was very pale and ber face was set in ' riid lines. 1 ' '!' "Wo must try and get you home at once," said tbe tramp, who was ntauding before her looking down on ber compassio lately from his six feet ukude,J.."Wtjeredo yoo live I" "I'm staving at tbe House in- but I came out to walk, and i"st my way, ana 1 re no idea which wy is home," she replied pit eously. "Tbat's unlucky," said be, "for I'm a a tramp from tbe North, and I don't know tbe country. I expect ed to pull up at the hotel by night, bat 1 don't know just where it lies." "But wbat can I do f I can't die here all alone !" sbe cried, hysterical ly, a conviction of tbe unmitigated cruelty of ber fate beginning to over come the incredulity with which Na ture interposes to prevent tbe first shock of a horrible reality from crushing the mind. To ber, even ber, Antoinette Liv iogston, tbe belle cf ber avenue at home, and tbe pelted queen cf a cir cle of wealth and culture, it was ap parently appointed to die of a snake's bite, iu a desert place, witb a tramp to close ber eyes. A wave of self pity overwhelmed ber; ber eyes flood ed with tears, and sbe began to sob. And tben, growing calmer, sbe found herself wondering when tbey would miss ber at tbe hotel, and begin to send out searching parties, and bow long it would be before tbey would find ber, and whether sbe would be very much disfigured! Sbe bad read sucb horrible stories about tbe effects of rattlesnake-bites! How would ber father feel when he arrived at tho hotel from tbe city in tbe morn ing and found her missing ? Or, per haps she would have been brought home by them. Wbat a commotion it would make among tbe guests at tbe hotel, and bow pretty Belle Sta cy would lonk in tears sbe always did. Mr. Hey wood would undoubt edly admire ber, and it would lead to something. Tbe tramp was speak ing; sbe had nearly forgotten bim. "Sucking tbe poison out of the wound sometimes cures persons. We can at least try tbat" She-caught at tbe suggestion with an eagerness almost convulsive, and raised ber arm to ber mouth. But, because tbe wound was on the out side of it, sbe could not, try as sbe might, quite touch it witb btr lips. "You bad better let me doit," She looked at bim in involuntary amazement at tbe unparalleled au dacity pt tbe suggestion. "It's no time to be notional. It's life or death !" said the tramp, ratber impatiently. The logic of the situation was in deed inexorable; sbe extended ber arm. He knelt before her and took tbe snowy treasure in bis big, rougb, brown fingers. Tbe slender, blue- veined wriBt be held as tenderly as if it baa been an egg-shell. 1 he dim pled elbow rested in tbe palm of the otber band. Miss Livingston, de- spite ber temned preoccupation, could not help starting as be put bis moutb to tbe flesh. She bad not thought tbat the lips of so rougb a I man could be so soft, or tbat tbeir tense anxiety to nave Dim go on And yet if sbe had been in a mood 7. trt t.t-A a fnanosnmnttA inr,ntnr f fc U ....... w U L V 4 U - U W. T V 1 her tramp's ennearance. sbe must! have admitted tbat. although rather formidably big and brawny, be would not bave been at all a bad-looking fellow if be were once well shaved and bad better clothes. He had been kneeling before heron both knees, but now changed his posture to one knee, and almost inaantly thereafter sprang to his feet, crying with an ex citement tbat showed bow strong bad been bis repressed feeling: "Thank God! I've got something tbat will save you. What a fool I was not to think" of it before !" and bo pulled a flask out cf bis pocket, and shook it exultantly in her face. His heel, as be changed bis pos'.are, bad touched the flask and reminded bim ef its existence. Miss Livingston looked at bim apprehensively. What was he going to do to her? He speedily made it clear. "That's full of whiskey, a good pint. Whiskey is tbe only sure care r - - for rattlesnake poison. All you ve got to do is to dribk this till yon are intoxicated, and then you re cared." ' sbe tiad been througn some very novel experiences tbat afternoon, and done things which sbe would never have thought it possible she should be brought to do; but this was rath er too much. If sbe bad beard this browny vagabond aright, be coolly proposed that sbe should drink he relf into a state of insensibility, alone with bim in this remote spot. He poured some liquor into tbe tin cup which be took from tbe bottom of tbe flask, and extended it to her. She shook her bead, and merely said: "Thank you, I won't try it." Wbat was tbe use of arguing a question of propriety with a tramp ? "I see you're afraid of me," be said; "I can't wonder at tbat, but it is a case of necessity. If you don't driok, you are dead in an hour! There's at least a bare chance that I am an honorable fellow, but there's no chance at all if you don't take tbe whiskey. This is the time cf year wbeo tbe poison is strongest, and tbat was a big fellow. Your arm is swelling already." "But won't ibis tbat you've been doing draw out tbe poison ':" 'There's not much cbance, because you see the bite is in among tbe veins, and tbe poison got at once into tbe blood 1 only did it becanso it was better than doing nothing." She looked at tbe cap wbicb be beld towsrd her as if almost decided to take it, and tben turned away again aud stood a long time. What thoughts were in ber mind only wo man can guess. - It is not for me to describe ibem. Finally sbe turned slowly around once more and looked fixedly into bis face, as if studying it fr ber life as indeed she was. Tbe dark-blue eyes rested on tbe brown ones of tbe man with a gaze in which inquiry, entreaty, fear, doubt, and piteous appeal, were most sffectiogly mingled. "I assure you tbat too will be safe. I am a' gentleman I 'am indeed, "aT- though i'm not dressed like one.' He spoke witb an air cf sincerity. Still these were but words, and ber eyes still questioned his, though as if hopeless of obtainiog tbe assurance they sought. "I am so sorry for you,vbe said at last, and as he spake bis eyes suffus ed with moisture. " Give me the cup I will drink it now!" she exclaimed. However it might be with ber own sex, sbe felt tbat she might trust the wet eyes cf a man. He explained to her how to take as much as possible at one gulp cud swallow it without breathing, so as to avoid tbe smart of tbe raw liquor. Still sbe strangled and spluttered so that half tbe first draught was wasted, and ber eyes were filled with.water. After tbat be gave ber smaller drinks and sbe got on better. "Don't you begin to feel it?" he ask ed, after sbe Lad in this way taken nearly half a pin'. "Not at all," sbe replied, beginning to tbink tbat, after all, it was not going to be such a dreadful thing. "That shows that the strength of the poison it bas to counteract," he said. "Why, you talk like an educated man!" she exclaimed, impulsively. "Why shouldn't I?" he replied, in surprise, and then added as if to him self, with an amused tmile, "Ob, yes, I forgot it's tbe clothes." Sbe failed to see what the joke was. Beyond this there was no conver sation between tbeto. She simply drank, and gasped, and wiped her moutb and tearful eyes with an em broidered handkerchief, of wbich tbe effective part was a centre half an iocb square, tbe rest being lace border, while ber odd Ganymede was kept busy replenishing the cap as fast as she finisbed it. At intervals of a few minutes sbe took two more drinks. Sbe would still bave said tbat sbe felt no effects from tbe Tquor, but sbe was conscious of taking a more gen erally sanguine view of tbe situation than a tew minutes before. Her painful fears and apprehensions bad disappeared. There was evidently nothing so formidable about tramps, if tbey were properly managed. Her liniiduy about tbis one bad wholly gone, and sbe felt quite inclined to patronize bim. It struck ber tbat it would be a shrewd idea to clinch tbe fellow's fidelity witb pecuniary mo tives; so sbe said with a fine air of condescension: "I want yen .o understand tbat I am very much obliged to you for your assistance, and intend to reward you handsomely if you continue to bebave well, as I have no doubt you will do. I bave nothing with me to give yon bat my watch, wbich is not worth much; but on returning to the hotel I will see that you bave a hun dred dollars in greenbacks." Tbe effect of tbis very neat little speech was, however, ratber disap pointing. Tbe tramp at first locked astonished, and tben tbe perception of something extremely funny appeared to break on him. He grinned from ear to ear, and his eyes twinkled as he replied: "You are certainly very kind, young lady; but 1 tbink you put your valuation loo low. I am too much of a judge of such articles, but I should say you would be very cheap, at a tDousam dollars, even in these hard times. Couldn't you put it fieralc Kltrhite ISV t VTA hnnr1rd OT three U . u , . " hundred dollars? That would still I be cheao: and maybe von would , . - - thrnw in tho U7AFlh Was he chuckling over her ap proachiog state of helplessness ? She turned pale, and ber eyes, a mo ment before so confident, were un steady witb fear. W bat had be said ? Had be in sulted ber? Had he threatened? Sbe could not exactly remember his words; there was beginning to be sucb a confused feeling in her bead. In some way she thought he meant barm. . A sodden recollection Has bed heroes ber mind. A gentleman bad once given ber in joke a little pearl bandied, gold mounted pistol, and her mother bad insisted on ber car rying it when she went walking in the country. It was always in tbe pocket of ber dress, although sbe did not think of it generally once a week. Sbe put ber band in ber pocket and drew it. Cockiucr it was an idea quite beyond ber, but sbe held it in front of her, aad looked steadily t the tramp, or tried to, tor some how she could not see bim quite dis tinctly. It seemed as if sbe bad to summon all her energies to articu late, and wbat sbe said sounded like this: "I wan' you t' lead me 'ome di reckly." She forgot, in tbe increasing be wilderment of ber brain, tbat be was as ignorant of the direction as her self. Sbe could not bear distinctly wbat be said in reply. Her brain ap peared to be all afloat, dragging an chor, and drifting away somewhere. Sbe now only saw bim through a mist, though sbe made the utmost ef forts to keep ber eyes fixed on bis face in spite of tbe odd manner in wbicb be seemed to be bobbing about, trying to dodge ber gaze. Had another tramp come up? There seemed to be two of them dancing around and making up taces. And the rocks and trees what were tbey all flying around for in such an ex traordinary manner? Sbe had a dim' sense of being caught and lifted and laid on Something soft, of faintly resisting and muttering, "Pleezsh let me alone, pleezsb g'way," aad tben of being overpowered by a drowsi ness tbat made tbe recumbent post ure a luxury tbat was irresistible. Perhaps it was an bour later when, waking out of a dream that she was at boarding school on one of those horrid mattresses, she - opened ber eyes and rubbed them. There was nothing but blue sky overhead. Af ter an instant or two of wonder if sbe might not bean angel waking from a cap on a cloud, sbe turned on ber el bow and saw a big, rough-looking man, who nevertheless produced a strange effect of familiarity on ber miod, ritting ten or fifteen feet away, and looking at ber witb an expres sion of amusement ajd interest. Tben sbe jumped up quickly enough, as may be inferred. "HoW do yon feel after the- whis key," be asked. "Tben it all came back to ber. "I'm all right, except a little gid dy." "It's a pitty so bard a bead should be wasted on a young lady. It wopld bare been a pearl of great price to a toper," be remarked, dry ly. "How is your arm r" "Nothing but a little itching is left," sbe said, looking at it; and then, feeling of it she added, "The swelling has pretty much gone down, too." In sleep tbe mind falls back into old ruts, and a recent experience is always fresh at waking. Sbe looked around, and saw, as if for tbe first time, tbe wild spot, the dead snake yonder, the empty flask, the bundle on which ber head bad been placed, ber bat, wbicb be most have taken off, and by bis side the pistol. Tben she turned to the man who stood there, watching her with a smile of amused sympathy. "Yon bave saved my life." She felt like making some sort of a fervent acknowledgement, perhaps of gosbicg. But the tramp gave ber no cbance, for be replied, glancing toward the pistol with a comical look of ranch terror: "And yon have spared mine." Miss Livingston followed bis glance, turned red with shame at tbe thought of the generosity with which be bad repaid ber suspicion, and, stepping to where tbe pratty trifle lay, dang it as far as sbe could. That was all tbe acknowledgment sbe made. Ibis odd tramp certainly possessed tbat most desirable knack in a gentlemen, of dispensing grace fully with the verbal tributes of those be bas benefitea "Pear me ! how late it is !" cried Miss Livingston, as tbe western tree- tops drew tbeir cool shadows over her face, and tbe sun sank out of sight. "What are wegoing to do about getting home ? My friends ill be crazy." It reemed as if ber perplexities tbat day were never going to end. "I supposed that if I did cot find tbe way borne for you, you would probably shoot me at sundown," re plied tbe tramp, witb bis quizzical ex pression, "so I stirred about while you were taking your nap, and tbink I bave the direction about right. It will be nearly an hour's walk. We will start at once if yon feel strong enough." "Yes, indeed; let us not wait a mo ment!" and gathering op ber skirts, ebe foifowed bis lead straight into tbe forest. 1 be "great companion was sinking m tbe west aad sending only occasional faint, level rays through tbe dusky woods. Sbe felt lonely and fearsome, but do more re ally scared than if she bad been with her father or brother. She needed all her breath for walking, and they did not talk, nor did he even turn to ber, save once or twice when he had to lift ber over fallen trees, which be did with tbe utmost strength and del icacy. . ; "Here's the road," be said at last, and, clambering over a none fence, tbey stcod in it at a point which Misa LiviDgston recognized. Tbey now walked along side by side. Sbe would not have liked to be alone on tbat road at that time of night, and it was with a tense of be. ing protected tbat she glaceed now 'and then at the bitr fiimr. br h aide - , foazief mail to keep pact LL O WHOLE NO. 13S2. : With tier Either he was a very re- . a . ticent or a very deterenuai person, for he did not once offer to enter in to conversation. Hia quiet, self-suf- Gciency began actually to pique ber, wbicb showed teat sne naa come to recornize him as a man and a social being. Finally she broke out: "Are yon really a tramp? I'm sure yonr'e not in the least like any I hare'ever heard of." "Certainly I am a tramp," ha re plied, gravely. "It may be a matter of opinion whether I am a gentleman or not. At least, you don't seem in clined to believe it; bat, if tramping makes a tramp I am undoubtedly a tramp." "Bat how can you make up your miad to such a life?" the cried, im pulsively, "a man of education, and, I am sure, of honorable feelings, like you." "I think you do our guild injus tice," he replied, with an air of mild reproach. "Surely, aa a physical ex ercise the doctors recognize nothing better than tramping. Tbat it is fa vorable to taste aod spirituality is shown oy tbe fact that bards aod apobtlea were of old famous tramps." "But, excuse me, you know you have to beg that is, yon have to ask people, you know, for food, don't you ?" said Misa Livingston. "You mean we beg our bread ?" be amended, "lea, and tbat la tbe main argument for tbe tramp a way of life. Wbat title ia so clear, so sweet, so beyond question, as tbat by free chanty : He wbo trades in bis goods or in his wits, must often feel himself a cheat, always a cheat, or cheated, and bis bread must be sour and bitter. But tbe bread tbat is given is as sweet as the unbought blessings of God. Tbe old monks were right. He must beg bis living. I am sick of heart of this lying sham of mine and tbine. J know not. no man can know for certain, ia tbe war of equities, wbat or bow much is rightly his and rightly another's. 1 leave such controversies to others. I am tired of this grab etiquette at tbe table ot life. I do not ask for a great portion, but wbat I d have I want to be able to eat with good con- siience.wuh assurance tbat it ia mine, To that end I would gladly concede tbat everything of right belongs to others, so that my claim to at least wbat tbey freely give me might be clear. Often enongb, where I get perplexed over the refinement, and hopeless obscurity of meuin and litum, I half resolve to become a tramp my self." "But I thought yoa said yon were a tramp!" said Misa Livingston, quickly. "Wby, so I am," replied he. At this moment they turned a corner of the road and the lights of the hotel gleamed right ahead. "Here I leave you," said the tramp. "Oh.no," cried Miss Liviogston.al most lsyin.; her hand on his sleeve. "Yoa most come to the hotel and take some of these tweet gifts yon talk of from me, although they will not be gifts indeed, but ratber a scimped payment for a great serv ice," and ber v oice trembled. "Exactly," he replied; "I don't want anything from you, because it would be too much like a trade, so I'll just jog a'ong a bit and beg my supper from somebody I haven't bene fitted. When people exchange gifts, yon know, they lose the flavor of both." "Do stop a minute," sbe exclaim ed, as be turned away. "My father can get yoa work, any nice sort vou would like as a clerk, or a police man, or at anything. Tbat would be so much better than tramping, in spite of all you say. Do, please, let him." "I'm too lazy to work, I fear." "But I can't bear to tbink that after all yoa have done for me, yon should be kicked and abased at back doors as tramps are." "You are very kind, young lady," replied the tramp, while his Toice trembled either with tears or some other emotion, "but yoa needn't fret. As for the abuse, that ia nothing bnt a symptom of moral dyspepsia which well-to-do people get by eating bread wbicb tbey are not sure is rightly theirs: and, as for kicks, I don't get 'em I'm too big." "Yoa must let me do something for yoa. It's mean not to," sbe cried almost angrily, her whole gen erous little soul boiling over in in dignant gratitude. "Well, if yoa pat it on that ground," said tbe tramp, turning quarely around to her, "there is one thing I would like. I'm afraid you'll tbink it too mucb, but it would be greater comfort, ana stay by me longer, than anything else I can think of." " " What is it ?" she demanded, in tone that was a promise. "It s desirableness occurred to me wben too lay asleep tbere this after coon," pursued the tramp, in bis grave way. "Will yoa let me kiss yoa V For sole reply Miss Livingston turned ber cheek. The tramp kissed it, turned, and disappeared witb swift steps in tbe darkness, and she went on to tbe hotel with her fee! iogs al! topsy-turvy. It was late that evening when she entered tbe hotel parlcrs. Had ebe followed her inclinations, she would not have gone at alL Her nerves were on edge, tnd sbe wanted to be alone. Tbe events of tbe afternoon demanded to be thought over alone and at length. That morning sbe bad counted on the hop as great event; to-night it teemed tame. Sbe knew all the gentlemen who would be there. Tbey were well enough, and no doubt she would find them quite sufficient whea in a less excit ing mood; bat to-night, somehow, as compared with the almost majestic impression of generous, strong, ua trammeled, unconventional life and character which the tramp bad left on ber mind, they teemed small, paler artificial, and characterless. Not, that the was sentimental about her deliverer. How could the be that about a man who, however noble and grand, was doubtless even now eating broken victuals at some kitch en door under tbey eye of a servant girl, or possibly . steal'ieg -into a farmer's ban 4or night's . sleep ia (be haymow ...:.". ' AhdTet.lfiif eltatifaefital. iet teeling ftmatkaNj like it, ' At first she wisli-tl bo wonM have taken money, for then ho wonM bavr laarn iiimpeu u.i ci err mi'iM ; ana then she was glail he had not, ami proud be had uot. and called herself absurd becaaae tLe hoi urged it oa him, cr thought be was the kind cf man to take. ii. 11 w strange? it wa., their walking togethVr "and faTkrn like eld acquaintances, thr and a tramp ! Sbe never in her life had been brought so near to any maa as this tramp. Tramp ! No, "this knrjtt aad gentlcmso, tl.u Natirc'3 no bleman, rather ! It will be f en that Miss Livingston's caste-distinctions had been a great deal overturned since m. ruing. How could she have let Lim iro in ibe v ay sbe did I And , . i - i . . yet wbat else could sbe have d-ji;e? At any rate sbe was glad sbe bad given htm tbat kiss. Sbe should al ways bo glad of that, and blutbed yes.blusbed at tbe thought, and not wholly with shame, either. Wben she entered the parlors her acquaintances flocked around ber with eager inquiries as to ber adven ture, rumors ot which bad already got abroad. Bat sbe wa very short in ber replies. It wan really not worth making so much fuss about, she said. See bad been lost in tbe woods, and bad found ber way out again, and that was all. ""A buns- th rattlesnake sbe was entirely silent, having no notion of exposing her tramp to the coarse comments ot or dinary people, by which, in this case, sbe meant ber polite frteads iu gen eral. Declining to dance, sbe found a seat by a retirea window, where sbe could indulge her pensive mood with out disturbance, aud wbetice sbe ob served Belle Stacy mouopuliziug Mr. Hey wood with a complaceocy of which sbe certainly could not time been capable an eveuiug before. Au acquaintance, a Mr. Ems, came up aud aeked leave u iuuuUuca a txieud of his, a Mr. Keunard, ul Boniou, wbo had arrived tLai sight, aud wbo wanted to mako ber a quaiutaoce. "Who ia be ?" aeked Mia Living stone, wbo bid no desire to be ob liged to entertain anybody to-night. "He's a first-rate fellow," Mr. Ellis answered ber, "a lawyer in Boston., Excellent family. Something of a poet, too, I believe. 1 met him last year at Tryol. He was taking it afoot. He bas a great fancy fi r that sort of thing. 1 believe he bas been walking through tbe mountains this lime, sending bis baggage ahead." Mr. Ellis went in quest ot bis friend, and Miss Livingston sat looking out of tbe window at a bright spot in tbe distant lDUeap . made by the moonlight on the newly sbingled roof of a farmer's barn. "1 wonder if be is sleeping there to-nigbt," she was thinking, wben Mr. Ellis's voice recalled her atten tion. "Miss Livingston let me introduce you to Mr. Keunard." In eveniug-dress, bis face shaved, but as big and bronzed as ever, with ibe eame quizzical smrle in bisbrorAit eyes, her tramp stood before her '. Ike AelssMwIatsaiion of Abraham list, rvtw. The failure of Grant to take Ii.clt mond, after, bis bloody overland march and tbe great sacrifices wbicb bad been made to reach it,: waa die cooraging. ''". Tha IVoairfprtr linrno itnvtn wrrh the anxiety and labor tf recruiting, and supplying tbe army, wbicb was doing so little, in inspiring tbe conn try, disappointed in bis expectations of military success, in warding off ibe blows of radical friends, and in re conciling political differences among bis supporters, many of whom were opposing instead of strengthening acd supporting bid measures, began to feel tbat ibe Democrats would be likely to succeed in tbe political cam paign that was then progressing. Entering his office on one ot tbe&e days, wben it was evident tbat Mc Clellan was to be nominated by tbe Democrats wben reverses prevail ed, wben affairs were dark, and many friends on whom he felt tbe Government ought to be enabled to rely were desponding someot tbem, like Greeley, proposing impiacticable schemes, and not very creditable terms for peace, and otbera were complaining because a more unrelen ting course was not pursued wben tbe Democrats were assailing bim for arbritrary measures, and both Democrats and radicals were accusing bim of usurpations and holding bim, not tbe military commander, account able for our slaughtered countrymen and slow progress in si pressing tbo rebellion, be banded me a sealed en velope with a request that I would write my name across ibe back of it. One or two members of ibe Cabinet bad already done so. In banding it to me he remarked that he would not tben inform m) cf the contents of tbe paper enclosed, had no explications to make, but tbat be had a purpose, and at some future day I should be informed of it, and be present when tbe seal was broken. Some three months later, after tbe election bad terminated, all tbe Cabinet being present, be brought out tbis sealed document, wbicb he opened and read. It was as follows: Executive Mavsiox, Washington, Aug. 23, 1?C4. Tbis morning, as for soilo days past, it seems exceedingly probable tbat tbis Administration will not be reelected. Then it will be my duty to cooperate with the President elect so as to save tbe Union between tie election and tbe inauguration, as be will have secured bis election on such grounds tbat be cannot posiL'y save it afterward. A. LlN K1.N. Mr. Lincoln had. after his election in 18C0, and prcceeuing bis inagura tion in 1SC1, wben tbe great secession storm which threatened the L'nicn was impending, acd States acd cec tions were organized to resist tbe Government, received no word of en couragement, no friendly counsel, no generous support from tbe retiring administration. He felt tbat neglect of himself and tbe apparent disregard of tbe public welfare, and remember ing it, be was determined tbat Gene ral McCIcllan, who from the then in dications, would be nominated and elected, should, in that event, receive his willing assistance and tbat of tbe Administration to preserve tbe Union, thocgh chosen by men who opposed him and his efforts in tbe national cause. The Ga!anj. A little boy was asked tbe other day if be knew where tbe wicked fi nally go to. ne answered: "Tbey practice law a spell bere and then go to tbe Legislature!" It was a pain ful operation for that boy to sit down for a few days. Panctuation was first ured in liter ature ia 1520. Before that time . "Yoa'rt a sen art fellow," sneered a lawyer to a witnejat, the other day. "I'd return the compliment iI wasn't under cath," replied tbe witness. -
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