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TIONESTA, PA.,
LAXTIlVS DOCTOR.
I wru thoroughly enjoying myself
on olio of ni tore's beat early summer
mornings; the trees were ju&t in their
early green, the meadows were yellow
with buttercups, the ditches hidden by
the moisture-loving wild flowers.
An old friend bad told me of this
place, with its pretty village, its rustic
rectory, and glorious trout stream;
saying.too, how the gentle.kind old rec
tor would, it asked, give me leave to
make casts from his meadows across
to thehigh bank under which tho tat,
speckled trout lay.
Continuing along the loot-path, to
where I had been told it turned into
the copse, on possing through which I
should find myself opposite the recto
ry garden. I stopped short, for I had
suddeDlv come in view of a stile, by
which stood a sweet-lookiug English
maiden, simply dressed iu holland-col-
ored grass-cloth, with a plain straw
hat covering the dark hair gathered
in a cluster behind, bhe was very
pale a pallor increased by the black
velvet tie fastened beneath the little
plain collar round her neck, and as
tirst saw her she stood with the fingers
of her right hand lightly resting on
the stile, while her left was held up ns
if to command sileuce.
It was evident that she had heard
my approaching footsteps, for sudden
ly her face became animated, she
clasped her hands together, a joyous
smile overspread her face, and she
bounded towards me. s
'At last 1 at last I' she cried wildly;
and then, when within a few yards of
me, she stopped surdeuly, the bright
look of animation faded away, as if
the sunshine had passed from her
yoiiDg life, and crossing her hands
wearily upon her breast, she stood for
a few moments gazing at me, as I iu
voluntarily raised my soft tweed hat.
'No, no, no !' she said slowly, with a
sigh ;and looking at me again wistful
ly, he turned away, through an open
ing beside the atile, aud was gone.
'Poor girl I' I said ; 'there's a sad
story attached to her, I am sure.'
I walked on to the stile, crossed the
weod, leaped another stile; and stood
in a pretty lane, close to a charmingly
kept garden, running down to the road
from a beautiful, rustic-looking house;
not many yards from me a gray-headed
old gentleman in black, with a vel
vet cap on his head, was. busy, trowel
in hand, planting scarlet geraniums in
otic in of the beds that dotted the vel
vet IftWD.
Ho looked up and started slightly
as he taw me, then, bowing, he came
down to the rough trellis fuce that
divided the garden frorj the lane.
'A nice morning,' ho said, pleasant
ly, as 1 raised my hat. 'Fishing, I
presume?'
'Yes,' I said, I was going to try.'
'And you were going to ask my
leave,' he said, smiling.
'I inteuded to call after I had been
into-the village,' I said, taken a good
deal aback.
'Did you leaye town this moruing?'
asked the old gentleman.
'Yes,' I replied, 'by the first train,
and walked across from Hauntly.'
'Then you must be quite ready for
breakfast,' he said, referring to his
watch ; 'it will be ready now.'
'Oh, thank you. no,' I stammered,
for this offer of hospitality to a perfect
stranger was staggering. 'I am going
down to the inn, aud then, if you w'll
kindly permit me to whip the stream,
I shall be very glad.'
'Oh, certaiuly, certainly,' he said ; I
am an old nsherman myself, aud 1 be
licve we of the craft are somewhat
Free Masons in our way. The May
fly a'e well on, and you will have good
sport towards evening not before.'
lie moved toward the rustic gate as
he spoke, aud held it open.
'Hut really I stammered.
'My dear sir,' said the old gentle-
man, '1 lead such a quiet lite here
that a visitor from the great city is
most welcome. You will be favoring
me by comiug in and partaking of my
humble fare, and besides, you will get
scarcely aorlhini: at the public house
below.'
This seemed to me quite idyllic, but
I felt bound to refuse, till a glance at
my host decided me, and almost before
I had recovered from my astonishment
I was in a cozy little room, looking
out upon a rustic verandah, clusteded
with roses iust budding, aud being in
tioduced to 'my wife,' a pleasant,
comely old lady, with hair like luster
ed silver.
The break fast-table was spread;
the snowy clotli. and the glistening
cofTee-pot ; at tho other eud a bright
cover that I was sure would reveal
ham and eggs ; there was the golden
butter, the delieious-look'mg crusty
loaf, and a neat-handed maid, with
out any fuss, placed an extra plate and
chair for me.
Tell Miss Lanra breakfast is ready,'
said the old rector, 'tehe is iu the gar
den.' Then turning to nie 'A won
so put you at your ease,' he said, sad
OCTOBER 3, 1877.
lj. 'My poor daughter suffers from a
terrible mental allliction. Do not
speak to her; she would not answer;
she rarely speaks to us.'
1 was quita prepared to see the lady
had encountered in the wood glide
inlo the room and take her place op
posite, and this she did without notic
ing mo ; and although I had been rav
enously hungry just before, somehow
her presence so ailcctcd me that 1
made but a poor breakfast.
As we finished the poor girl rose
and elided away acuin, shortly after
followed by her mother.
'Poor girl!' 1 said, involuntarily,
and then I started, vexed at my indis
cretion, for the rector laid his hand
upon my arm, saying softly
'Thauk you I'
lie looked at me, ns I interpretel
it, as if he would like to bo question
ed, and I ventured to say :
'Has sha been always so?'
'No, no,' said the old man, sadly;
'the flower was bright and vigorous
once, but a blight came upon it, and
since then it has faded slowly till it
droops ns you see it now. 'Thy king
dom come, Thy will bo done.'
He said these last words in nn nl
most inaudible tone, but I caught two
or three, and I was ablo mentally to
fill the rest.
'I can hardly think it was that,'
continued the old rector, 'but she has
faded away ever since this time three
years ago, when a gentleman of about
your age was down here fishing.'
The ld story,' I said, bitterly.
'No, my friend, no; he was staying
at a little farm close hv, and asked
leave to fi-sh, j'jst as you have, and I
showed him a trifle of hospitality. I
believe him to have been a gentleman
in every sense of the word, and
at times 1 think he must have made a
sttango impression on my poor child.
He was only here for three days, and
we have never seen him 6inee. Per
haps it is only fancy, and my poor
girl's ailment may proceed from other
causes. 15ut come, I will show you
the water.'
Leading the way, the old gentleman
took me across tho sloping meadows,
and left me at last by as beautiful a
trout stream as I ever saw.
'There,' said he, 'I won't stop, but
if there is no sign of a rise, come and
have a bit of lunch. We shall dine
at two, so as to leave you.freo for the
evening, when the trout are sure to
t
come oil
Before I could utter a word of pro
test he had gone , und then, with ihit
delicious trout stream beforo me, my
tackle in hand, the May-flies darting
up and down, I, an ardent fisherman,
forgot all and sat down upon a stump,
trying to bring up old memories u
half-forgotten story told me by quaint
Ralph Darlcy, my old friend and
companion, who had tol.l me to go
.and try this water; rdd Ralph, 'the
inisogj nist, the dry, grumpy old fel
low, who had told me one night, in
his chambers in the Temple., iu one of
his rare bursts of confidence, as wo
snt at the open window smoking, how
he had oucrt seen a girl whom he
could have loved with all his heart,
but poverty, diead of refusal and mor
ral cowardice had kept him back.
'I have got it !' I exclaimed, sud
denly, after sitting there for fully u
hour; and jumping up, I looked nt
my watch and the leaf of a timetable.
Yes, 1 could just do it catch the tram
up. But could I get by the rectory
uneeen 7
I tried and found another way
across to tho lane by which I came;
nd making all tin haste I could, 1
just panted up to the little station as
me up-train came in.
lwo hours later 1 was in Kalph s
t
room, where ho was poring over a ury
brief.
Hullo!' he said, looking up, 'I
thought you were off fishing.'
ies, 1 said, putting on the gross
deceiver, 'I did ruu down to the place
you told me of.'
'Indeed! he said, looking interest
ed, but sinking back, half closing his
eves, with a sad smile upon his lips,
which seemed to me to say. 'Ah ! if
that could have been !'
Yes,' I replied, 'the trout are on
worderfully, May Hies in abundance.
I hadn't the heart to fish alone, and so
I came back to fetch you without wet
ting a line. Come, let's start by the
first train in tha luornin?. You make
plenty of money now. Have a day.'
His eyes sparkled m he grasped my
hand. "
'This is kind of yon, eld fellow,' he
said. 'I fchould enjoy it above all
things, and yes, I could spare a day.
But uo no,' he .said, eadly, 'I won't
go.'
Nonsense !' I cried, 'you shall.'
'No,' he replied, "that place is asso
ciated with something very depressing
to my mind. I can't go.'
My dear Ralph,' I said, 'I have
come back on purpose to fetch you,
and go you must.'
My persistence prevailed, and trem
bling for the siu cec i of uiy plan to such
$2 PER ANNUM.
an extent that I lay awake all night
lest I should miss the train, I rose and
took my bath at four; got Ralph off;
ana we ran down by the same train
that I had gone down by on tho pre
vious morning, my friend growing
more silent and depressed ns we reach
ed the station and walked toward tho
rectory.
'It 8 lust three years smco i was
down here,' he said, as we approached
tho copse. 'How swectlv tho biids
sing.'
1 manmuvercd so that lie should go
first, having for excuso the narrowness
of the path ; and as I hoped, so it fell
about, for letting him cot fw vards
in advance 1 hung back as Ralpl
turned tho corner by the stile, when
there was a wild cry, a sharp fj.icula
tion, and I saw poor Laura literally
leap to his breast and nestle there, ex
claiming, 'At lust ! at last !'
'My poor girl I' he cried, in falter
ing accents, astounded, delighted, and
ended by clasping her close to his
heart, as she joyfully exclaimed :
'It has been so long! But I knew
you would como at last!'
'Here, quick ! quick !' cried Ralph.
'Sho has tainted.'
It was quite true ; and between us
we carried the poor girl to the rectory,
whence the gardener went galloping
off on the rector's cob for tho doctor,
three miles away.
Lut Ijaura wanted no doctor ; and a
short time afterward I left her lying
on the sof'n, holding Ralph a hand
tightly in both of hers, as he knelt by
her side, telling her again and again
how he had always loved her and had
never dared to hope words that made
her eyes bnghted and her heart palpi
tate with joy.
'And this is why you duln t come
back yesterday,' said tho old gentle
man, his voice shaking, as he clung to
mv hand.
'And wc we wo kept the ducks
waiting till they were quite spoiled,'
sobbed the old lady. 'Uh dear! oh
dear! 1 don t know what i in Baying,
but God hles3 you for this! God bless
you for this!' aud she threw her arms
around my r.eck and kissed me as it 1
had been her son.
I ran away ot la?t, I felt so ready to
act like a child ; and the basket of
trout that I caucht that day was a
marvel.
It was getting dark when I strolled
hack, heavily laden, to the rectory, to
hear that the doctor
had been and
gone away again.
'Sniilinsr. sir, smiling,' said
tl
10
old
rector to me, as 1
remembered
had
thought she wanted none.
And 1 was riclit: tor .Laura I am
priviliged to call my dear old friend's
wife by her Christian name soon
grew strong and well, her mental
weakness passing away with her re
turn to bodily health. They have a
charming cottage near tho rectory,
where I stay when 1 g. down to fish
and they have a sweet little girl, who
alway3 calls mo 'uncle;' and whin
tbere is a boy. he is to bo named in
my honor.
-
"Sav. mister, said a small boy to
one of tho assistants at the public li
brary, "I can t find the books I want
to sit into thef-e here catalogues. 1
wish ver'd find 'em." 'Yhat work do
you wish to draw ?" paternally inquir
ed the oflicial. "Well, have yer got
'Mulligan the Masher, or Gory Galoot
of the Galtees ?' " -The mau shook his
head. "Well, I'd like 'Red-headed
Ralph, the Ranger of the Roaring Ri-
alto.' " "We don't keep any of that
sort of Hash, my boy." "Wot sort of
a libery is this, any way?" retorted
tho gamiu : "why, its just like every
thing else in this country run fur the
rich, an' tho poor workingmcti git o
show at all. hoston Traveler.
"Far Le it from us to doubt the
word of a brother editor," says tho La
Crosse Sua. "We believe thera all to
be truthful men ; but when the Dur-
and Times says the water is bo low ot
the mouth of the Chippewa river that
catfish have to employ mud-turtles to
tow them over the bar. we feel as
though tho editor must be away aud
eotne local minister filling his place.
A convention of thirty Greenback
ers assembled in Buffalo yesterday and
nominated Gciieial 1 . L. bpinner lor
Secretary of State. His name (written
in an appropriate corner; has probably
influenced nioro votes than tha name
of any other man in tho State. Utica
Oourver.
Vheuever you see an officious youth
mak'niir as much noiso in a crowd of
men us a spring chicken that has just
discovered he is a rooster, you can
make tip your mind somebody bus
to d bun be ought to study law.
lirookville Jejfernoaian
A good little boy who was kicked
by a mule did not say naughty words
or go homo crying to his mother. Ho
just tied the inulo within live feet of a
bto hive, backed him round to it aud
let him kick.
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Gctling a Drink in Maine.
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known in Maine. Though familiar
with this State for year?, and, of
course, with the various trial of li
cense and prohibitory laws within it.s
border?, I have never seen in it a great
er consumption of intoxicating drinks
than now.
Arriving here a few davR nyo, I p.t
once visited my old friend B. in his of
fice. There were several persons pres
ent, and the first cordial greetings
were hardly over when B. wrote a few
words on a slip of paper, and handed
it to me with an air of mystery. I
took it and read. "Would you like to
have a glass of lager ? I hud bpguiK
to answer, "A ell, I don t ca ,
when n gesture warned mc to be si
lent, and I wrote on the slip "yes."
He then invited me. info a back room
to Fee his new desk. Once there, ho
said : "I don't want thec fellows to
know," nnd led the way down a flight
of stairs into t he cellar, wlwre, at Iho
further eud, we found a case of bot
tled lager.
I roni 13. I afterwards obtained tho
following facts : Although the law in
regard to the sale of intoxictting li-'
quors is not openly defied," save in a
low isolated cases, the evasions are so
mnuy and ingenious that a great deal
of liquor is actually sold within tho
State. One of the most famous of these
evasions is the "egg dodge." This con
sists in makinz two email aperaturos
in the shell, blowing the contents from
t and filling the empty case with prima
old whisky. The holes tire neatly seal-.
ed with white paper, and these ccs
sell readily at $1.50 per dozen.
Another plan, successfully practic
ed for several months until it was fin
ally discovered by the sharp-nosed de
tectives, was the "faucet dodge." An
innocent looking cider or vinegar bar
rel is fjrnishcd with what appears to
be an ordinary wooden faucet, from
which, when turned in ouo direction,
there flows cider or vinegar ; but if it
is turned the other way, there gushes
forth a stream of foaming brown ale.
One ingenious invader improved upon
this method by connacting a barrel tr
ale, pieced in another mom, with his
)0go .vater pipes, and serving his
customers, according to their appear
ance, will) "Frank Jonc3" ale or-
Ada m's.
A saloon in tho lower part of the
town balded the officers lor a long
time. They were certain that liquor
was sold there, hut could discover
nofffing more criminating about tho
premises than empty cisks aud bot
tles. At last one of them cast n sus
picious eye on the high shelf, upon
which lay, flat on their sides, u quan
tity of corkless and, apparently, emp
flasks. Mounting to this he discover
ed that each flask contained brandy
or whisky in such quantity that it fail
ed to run out from the unco iked neck.
Bottles of "patent ginger beer," of;
which two contaMcd alcohol equal to
a bottlo of whisky, had a ready salo
'or months.
In Portland there are a vast num
ber of small clubs, of from a dozen to
twenty members each, formed for tho --
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express purpose ot drinking, i'acii
member pays a small weekly lee, and
receives a certain number of tickets.
A room is hired, near tho express of
fice if possible, a:;d liquor, 'generally
beer, is sent there m bulk from 1 orts
mouth or Boston. Each of the tickets
held by members is good for one drink,
but none of tho liquor is sold.
Iheexpres3 compinios aro doing an
immense bueir.f'ss in tho Itansporta-'
lion of packages of liquor between
Portland nnd Boston. The Portland
agent ot the Lastern Lx press Com
pany told me that they received on an,
average a car load of liquor per day
from Boston. It is dangerous, Jiowev-"
er, for them to deliver packages C. O.
D., as Judge Clillord decides that an
express agent 'bus becomes an agent
of iho dealers, nnd that liquor thus do- "
livered is told within the State.
So stringent i- the law that apolhe-
canes are no lorger allowed to sell al
cohol for medicinal purposes, even
when it is ordered by u physician.
This haj so hcriously inconvenienced
them that, every druggist and apothe
cary iu Maiuo has bound himself to
support only such candidates for the
State Legislature as shall favor t ho
passage of a bill, to he presented tlii-i
coming winter, removing this restric
tion. This bill, if passed, will allow
them to dispense any mcdicino men
tioned in tho United States pharma-c-opiuin.
It passed one branch of tins
Legislature last winter, und was in a
fair wuy to pass the o:h(r, wbeu some
piuhibftieni.-t earned it to be amended
wi'.h t!ij words, "I'xt-e-pt such as shall
contain alcohol."
The bill ot faro at hotelsjjand v
taurantw', iustead of the usual wine
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