al ALL'S WELL. The day is ended. Ero I sink to sleep * My weary spirit seeks repo!tr(illitie4 , - "k A Father, forgive my tresPasses. f 2l 4f - ; This little life of mine. With loving kindness curtain fr '4./Mtlimi bed, And cool in rest my feet; , Thy pardon be the pillow for ni,rhead- . ;- So shall my sleep be swelst ----. = -/ At peace with all the - world;dear Lord, and Thee, No anitittverink,faith skake; ; All's well-wllicinztvoi side the grave for me '' - -Tfie - fr(eirnieig liglit may lireak.l - pyIVIENTUBIF,S OF , A BASHFUL 24 . LAN. ; Harry Gordon Singleton made his debut into -.the world ov e r Frlday. We ,:de,emed.this fact worth chronicling, since it was an event of some, '''initiO ih rtabee to rhero, and 'because 'we hope to allow anbeliffe'rs that the old'say abont the 'r unluckiness-of Friday iS correct. Froin 'his ,/pry bittlii.Harry- was stigmatized. He was an e,xceeangly -pretty babe, leis compleZion, blue 'eyed, brown haired, Plump and' rosy; but ' be Wait end6Wed with a heritage far worse than a,hutrip back, a club foot, or a squint eye—he ~was bashful! When the ladies came to look •-at. him in his cradle,, and, to call him "little ',beauty—the express image of his pa," the little "sweet" would invariably put, his fist into his mouth and hide his interesting face in his pillow. Atm. Singleton—a- fair, faced, handsome wo- man—regretted very greatly this unfortunate trait in the temperament of her beloved first borne, and used- every endeavOr to break him ofit but without success, and Harry grew up to • youth the most bashful and retiring of human . beings. He was also, singularly-unlucky. No child ever received.so many thumps and bumps sincethe fall of Adain ; his forehead was a pop .. Wens arelimpelago of blue, yellow and black bruises; in various stage's:of coloring. When there was company , at the house, Hay . ry generally retired, to an nnoccupied room in , ; ,the,attie, where having ensconced himself in „the,bed which Stood. there, .be passed the day 4esuling some old novel or book of historyrpick ; ad out of the great chest in, the garret used for . the repository of rubbish; by way of variation, sinnetimes took refuge in the barn, and snug ly bidden on the hay mow, spent she time in •, silent meditation on- his unfortunate destiny. ,He would walk a mile around through the fields to avoid meeting a, young lady; and 'when in. the-street if be ; heard the sound of wheels, 11 - e ,--would leap over the wall or fence and lie prone , on the ground until the vehicle had passed by. • As he grew older, he lost none of his peculi arities, and before he was sixteen years of age, • : his-mother's chief difficulty was the fear that he „would live an old bachelor Hundreds of silver ~.dolltirs could not have induced him to speak to a girl of his age, and his father was obliged to forego his purpose of sending him to the White ,stone, Academy, and have him educated at the :-,boy's school. But notwithstanding Harry's excessive bash fulness, he grew.up to - be, a fine fellow, brave, „ generous and handsome, had , there was not a Fri in town but wOold have feltherself honored his presence:, Hurry, hoWrever, stood aloof ::from all the female sex, and as a natural eon :sequence, he was the subject of numberless practical jokes and. the hapless occasion of cod . ti'nutil giggling among the gay girls, at the sing - .mg school. • When Harry was nineteen, Rosalie Waters ‘. ; came to Wbitestown to pass sometime with her ; 7 . Aunt, 'Mrs. Judge Flauders.. Rosalie was a pretty, bright eyed, mischiev'ous fairy of seven , : teen, and if the truth must be confessed, she r . took quite a liking to• Harry Singleton ; but of ' , course she was too much of a coquette to allow parry to guess it. He, on Lis, part, thought . ;.hiinself dead, in love, though he dared not raise 'his eyes:to thekeriess fl ee of his guiding star. . For whole days he' racked.- his brain, planning r law he should address her, but without decid ing upon anything - definite. One night, at a sing ing school a bold idea, .flashed across his brain; its very boldness Made it seem practicable. He would offer to sort Rosalie home! It was an audacious act, and Harry trembled • every limb at the thought of it; a cold pers piration-started out of every pore: his hair _ nearly stood erect, and his face flushed hot as the bosom of Vesuvius., He-attempted to sing. but his fine tenor voice broke down; he cough hemreed, flourished his' handkerchief, and was at last obliged to sit down in despair. „ no exercises of the evening closed. Harry eeized • his hat and rushed•to the entry,where he 'took his station in full view of the door through .- which Rosalie would emerge. Her crimson hood appeared in the doorway, and his teeth chattered in his head, but his resolution was un "Shaken. He made a sortie in her direction, *necking over little James Brown, the barber, and fearfully mutilating the new calash of Miss : : * .WiDurtheinilliner, in the act; hut these were minor affairs, and not worthy of his notice. -He touched the shoulder of Rosalie.,, " May I- 7 -may—go home with you to-night— . this evening?" stammered he. She put her little handwithin his arm and they Went out together into the' starlight. Harry ' seemed to tread on air. This world was this world no longer, but the Charmed paradise of ,hapossibility, and he dared not speak lest he - should break the spell. 'The little lady too was strangely silent and the entire distance to the house of Judge Flan ders was passed without a word. - At the door Harry wouldhave bidden his com panion good night, but she retained his hand and drew him into the parlor; and there the light t of the chandelier fell full on the face of the laughing tWoman, and with dread dismay Harry saw that not Rosalie, but Mrs. Judge Flanders herself stoodbefore him. He had waited on the ,'.aunt and not the niece. Uttering an exclama tion' he was about to retire, but Mrs. Flanders ,goOd immoredly detained him. - " 0, don't go," she said kindly, "you really did bravely. lam proud of you ; I knew from . the first - that you had made a mistake, but was fearful you would never try again if I denied you came; Rosalie will be-in soon; wait for her." " Indeed, ma'am—l—should be happy to— not to—in fact ma'am, I believe I am wanted to home." • Starting for the door backwards, instead of choosing that by which he had entered, lie bolt ed out into the dark kitchen and seized the han dle of the first door that offered. Mrs: Flanders was following Close, but before she could utter IL single word his "good night" was succeeded immediately by a series of thumps and rumblings in the direction of the cellar. The truth burst upon her at once, that he had taken the cellar door and fallen down stairs! She seized a light 'and flew down the steps. There he lay with his head in a trough of ashes and his feet unromantically elevated over, the shelf of a neighborinOupboard. He was con siderably bruised and stunned but not othethise injured. Mrs. Flanders w,ould have raised him tip but he anticipated her, and without stopping to shake himself; bounded up stairs and made a dive for the outer door, the ashes streaming out behind him like a cloud of gray smoke. The door was opened from without, and Ro- A• salie herself appeared. At sight of the hatless, - smoking Harry, she uttered a loud shriek and fell fainting to the floor, while our hero dashed . over het prostrate form and took the track for home at a speed unequalled in the, annals of foot races. Breathless and used up generally, the young man reached home, crawled in at a back window-and retired to his bed, which he kept for three days afterwards, /In spite of apologies and flattering courte sies from Mrs. Flanders—in spite of gentle, af fectionate advances from RoSalie herself, Harry Singleton could never be tempted to step inside the mansion of the Judge ; and Rosalie, after waiting two years for Ham to make himself agreeable to her, gave up the vain hope and be- r.an - .e the wife of a substantial widower with four children, which quitet a good beginning. .....Harry,wrOtt on way -alone, as mother and the - :'cxomind:i' . Y' - . li' . tths" - womailset gibut learning him to, repair fitodltings and re - Anne - buttons' with counnend tibial:align-061 he had'stadied for, the law, had lioarrtvio,yeats admitted to - thebar, - and was a talented and rising young man. Being also wealthy and handsome, half the ladiei in the village- were in love with him, but he gave them a wide berth and passed them by. . Mr. Singleton dabbled somewhat in politics, .and at the. early'. age of , thirty, howas_electek member of Congress. In celebration of this event a grand supper , in his honor was given at the Whitestown . Hotel. Of course; 'the suc cessful candidate must be presented. and eti , quette demanded that he should bring a' lady with him. 'The committee of arrangements waited upon him to inform him of the fact, and it- may, be well believed' the communication 'filled him with horror.' He begged of the get tlemen to' provide him a partner if be must have one stipulating only that the lady should not be a young lady. In due course of time he was informed that he was to attend Mrs. Grub bins, the wealthiest .as well 'as the tallest and fatest woman in the whole county. The eventful evening arrived. Mr. Singleton took Mrs. Grubbing *to the hotel in a chaise. The lady was magnificently attired in a double skirted tarleton, with ribbons, feathers and fearfully extended crinoline. , Poor fellow! The thought of escorting 'that giantess into a room_ filled with' people made him sweat like one Under the intiuenee of a powerful dose of ipecachuana. But hp was, in for it and must get out the best way be could. Mr. Grubbing ' proud•and triumphant, preceded him, breaking the passage, and compelling lesser people to yield the ground, Just as she ar rived on the threshold of the banqueting hall, she dropped. her fan; and just at that moment the audience perceiving him in the back ground, propose " three 'cheers for Hoe. Mr. Singleton." Stopping to reclaim the fan, when the enthu siastic multitude looked for their champion he was nowhere visible. Cries ran round the room loud and vehement: "Mr. Singleton! Mr. Singleton! where is Mr. Singleton?" and directly Mr. Singleton looking very hot and very much confused; ap peared from 'under the upper skirt of Mrs. Grubbins' dress—that lady having completely submerged the honorable gentlemen in the folds of her drapery. Gentlemen smiled in their sleeves, and. ladies , giggled 'behind their hen& kerchiefs. Mrs. GrAbins looked more regal than ever, and Mr. "Singleton leaned against a pillar for support. The announcement of dinner was a great re lief. , Judge. Flanders presided ; Mrs. Grubbins Occupied the seat at Singleton's, right; Miss Flambeaux sat at his left, and Lucy,Deane, the village belle was his vis-a-vis. Our hero's position was exceedingly embar rassing to one of his peculiar temperament, daring not to refuse anything that was offertd him, leSt some one should look at him, and the consequence was his - plate literally groaned beneath its weight of edibles. Tomato sauce— his especial horror, passed around; a preserve plateful was alloted to him; from which he at tempted to swallow, but - it only stuck fast in his throat; it . el/milted-. and sickened him, and set him coughing violently. , "You have taken a severe cold I presume," remarked Miss Flambeaux: "Yes madam, thank you, I have," returned Singleton, trembling on the verge of another sneeze. A L "Why Oft you Cat your tomatoes?" quer ried Mrs. Gtubbins. "My- poor dead and gone Daniel used to say there was nothing in the" whole vegetable empire equal to tomatoes." "No doubt madam,' they are very_ fine;" and Singleton essayed a second spoonful: The sec ond dose had welfiligh been too mach for him; and with desperate resolve he watcheduntil the whole company were engaged inAlrinking a toast, when he tilted the preserve dish and let its contents run into the napkin, which recept acle he whiffed into his pocket without delay, and immediately felt easier. • A moment after Jude Flanders proposed a sentiment; " May he always retain the title of ' honor able,' but maybe soon resign his seat to be called single. It is tint good for man to be alone." 'The sentiment was' drank with applause, Singleton; - blushing red at the insinuation con veyed by the words of. Judge, thrtist his hand in his pocket for his handkerchief; when instead out came napkin, tomato and all. Mopping his forehead vigorously with it; and the luscious vegetable formed an unctuous poultice thereon —completely transfiguring - his countenance. Blinded with the juice, and halfdead with mor tification, he thrust the napkin back into his pocket and secured the handkerchief, while the astonished company-beheld him in silent amaze "Dods your nose bleed, sir?" inquired Mrs. Grubbins, quite audibly. " What-the goodness in the matter ?" scream ed Judge Flanderi:-- Ahem ! only a slight cold, thank you Sir, stammereceMr..Singleton. " A cold is it -1 Faith now, an' yen honor's nose must be after turning itself in out thin ! " exclaimed Mr. O'Toole, the Irish orator. . Lucy Dean was laughing; Flambeaux was horrified ; Mrs. Grubbins looked' shocked ; our friend Singleton was nearly suffocating with shame. Leaning back in his chair to recover his breath, and air Soon as he could speak beg ged to be excused , a moment as he did not feel quite Well. And forthwith he arose and made for the door ; but—horror of horrors !—he had set on the pocket containing the napkin of to matoes and his white pantaloons were dripping red with the sanguinary vegetable! - A simultaneous shriek burst from all assem bled: " Good gracibus, Mr. Singleton is wounded ! Murder! Murder! Call a physician ! Seize the murderer! Send for Dr. Spillpowder! Quick —he'll bleed to death! tMurder ! Murder! The infuriated audience rushed hither and thither; and some one encountering John, the waiter, with a carving knife in his hand, took bim for the perpetrator of the crime and seized upon him without delay. John Struggled and swore, and laid about him with right good will, but he was 'overpowered by numbers and at last obliged to yield. There was a regular fight; and black eyes, and swelled noses, added large ly to the beauty of the scene. The ladies fled to the ante-zoom i Judge Flanders ran for a sur geon, and during the melee Singleton made his escape. No grass grew beneath his feet as he speed for home, but the night being dark, and , he being slightly flustered, he unfortunately mistook the house, and, entered, not his -own residence, but that of a correct old spinster named Mary Willis. The houses were some what similar, and Singleton, withoutpausing for a light, rushed up stairs and into his own Cham ber °she thought, where breathless and exhaust ed he flung himself upon the bed. Mary had retired same timeprevions and the sudden advent of Mr. Singleton aroused, her from a sound slumber., Springing - from the bed, regardless of the fact that herteeth were Out and,_her " natural" curls reposing in the bureau-drawer, she fled to the house of her nearest neighbors, and securing assistance re turned to meet the horrified Singleton just emerging from the door. , Poor Singleton tried to eiplain,but Miss Willis would listen to nothing; her reputation was ruined she said, and Singleton must either settle or marry her! A fifty dollar bill, was given freely; ; mending thebroken character-and learned Singleton never to go to bed in the dark. _ The affair at the Whitestown Hotel was a rather serious, one. Thee orator O'Toole had his nose broken; Dr. Spillpowder broke his horse's wind to get there: before he should bleed to.death ; Johnothe waiter, broke the heads of tie Franklin tlposttorp,ltpril 27, 1864. half a dozen gentleman who assisted in his cap ture ; and Judge-RhinOws broke all the buttons Of his waisrtbatall running after the surgeon and &Outing tuurdet. • Singleton- is lyet unmarried, as fine a fel- Jorti alfytia 'with t and if you want to see blushiAg, just Attention tomato sauce to him. , telotbiin. (iIE FR~INKLIN CLOTHING FM - E W—E S , T --8-T Y Lsß -- • LARGEST STOCK—CHEAPEST PRICES. The undersigned Can - assure' the public, and defies successful contradiction. thathis recent purchases in the,Eastern Cities -enables- him to offer one of the largest and mast attractive stock-Tof - CLOTHING, FOr the Spring and Summer Season of 1884, to he found in any similar establishment in this section. Every variety of COATS, PANTS \ AND VESTS; made in the very best styles and at the lowestprices. GENTLEMEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, such as Shirts, Drawers, Collars, Cravats, Neckties, Handkerchiefs, & c, Special attention is called to this department. CUSTOMER'S ORDERS. . I invite an examination of my stock of Fine Cloths, Kerseymeres, Vestings, cte., which I manufacture upon special orders. SPECIAL NOTICE. -I beg to say that my Goods are manufactured un der my eft supervision, and by the very best work men. Myliwescrit stock is the most extensive I have yet - had in'store,:ardi I respectfully ask my friends , and the public to give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.' 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