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OLUME 8.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 20, 1867.
KITTELL, Attorney at
Law, Ebensburg, Pa.
JyFKNLON, Attorney at Law,
I Ebenaburg, Pa.
Var- Office opposite the Bank. jan24
SoftGB M. READE, Attorney at
n Law. Ebensburs. Pa.
tgjp Office in Colonnade Bow. jan24
s
HOE STORE! SHOE STORE!!
h p. TIERNEY, Attorney at Law,
, Ebensburg, Cambria county," Fa.
Ujj-Office in Colonnade Row. jan24
OflXSTON & SCAN LAN, Attorneys
at Law. Ebensburtr. Pa.
W Office opposite the Court House.
1 mnssTON. fian24l j. z. BCASLAN.
... i.-
V)iES C EASLY, Attorney at Law,
("nrrolltown, Cambria county, Pa.
iiitpctural Drawinca and Soecifi-
:iT rtlv ...
SHOEMAKER, Attorney at
Law. Ebenshurf . Pa.
0 r - o
Office one door east ot Jjioyd & co.'s
king House. janJ4
UMUEL SINGLETON, Attorney at
Law, .tbensourg, ra. umce on nigu
t, west of Foster's Hotel.
,11 practice in the Courts of Cambria and
''mt rniintipH.
y Attends also to the collection of claims
Jdiers against tne uovernmem. Ljans
kOKGE W. OATMAN, Attorney at
J Law and Claim Agent, Ebensburg,
kbria county, Pa.
Pensions, Back Pay and Bounty, and
Military Claims collected. Real Estate
and sold, and payment of Taxes at
el to. Book Accounts, Notes, Due Bills,
Vments, kc, collected. Deeds, Mortga
fAgreemeuts, Letters of Attorney, Bonds,
,loeaty written, and all legal business
fully attended to.. Pensions increased,
i T'li inlized Bountv collected. Iian24
1 J u.
!
J. WATERS, Justice of the Peace
and Scrivener.
ff Office adjoining dwelling, on High St.,
t.burg, Pa. Lfeb7-6m
KINKEAD, Justice of the Peace
t and Claim Agent.
Office removed to the office formerly
r 1-1 TT t - a
i ca oy ii. iiasson, r.sq., on xiign sireei,
l .urg, Fa. jan31-nm
DEVERKAUX, M. D., Physician
and Surgeon, Summit, Ta.
- Office east of Mansion House, on Rail
street. Night calls promptly attended
his office. may23
pmstRY.
Dr. D. W. Zeiqlxr, having opened an
n the rooms over H. H. l nomas store,
7 bis professional services to the citizens
ensburg and vicinity. apl8-4m
V
XTISTRY.
The undersigned, Graduate of the Bal-
e Lollece of JJental cjurs-erv. resnectiuiiy
his professional services to the citizens
ensburg. He has spared no means to
sgbly acquaint himself with every im
seat in lm art. To many years of per
experience, he has sought to add the
-.ed experience of the highest authorities
:atal JScieoce. lie simply asks that an
unity mar be given for his work to
ita own praise.
SAMUEL BELFORD, D. D. S.
rmcts: Prof. C. A. Harris ; T. E. 3ond,
V 1 j , - .
f me iia,Umore College.
r Will be at Ebensburg on the fourth
ij of each month, to ftaj- one wjek.
I'wr 24, 1867.
(OYD & CO., J3an7cer
i.TBT.KS'BTrRO, FA.
"Gold, Silver, Governjaent Loans and
Securities bought and cold. Interest
1 on Time Deposits- Collections made
accessible points in the United States,
General Uanking liusinesa transactea.
iiry 24, 18C7.
M. LLOYD & -Co., Bankers
Altoona, Pa.
3 on the principal cities, and Silver
Id for sale. 'Cofiections made. Mon-
-ired on deposit, payable on demand,
-interest, ec upon time, with interest
ms. Man24
'"Loto.iFrest. i. t. caldwell, CiaA'r.
SITUATIONAL BANK
OF ALTOONA.
GOVERNMENT A GENCV,
AND
SATED DEPOSITORY OF THE UNI
TED STATES.
Corner Vireinia and Annie fits.. North
Altoona, Pa.
w 150,000 00
business pertaining to Banking done on
tie terms.
nal Revenue Stamps of all denomina-
wajs on nana.
urchasers of Stamns. nercentno... In
. will be allowed, as follows : $50 to
- per cent. ; S ! 00 to $200, 3 per cent.
upwaras, 4 per cent. Man2
3 J. LLOYD,
Succettor of if. S. i?unn,
Dealer in
KCGS AND MEDICINES, PAINTS,
AND DYE.Rtttwtts TPRwrrri?
1 AN H Pi VP V AnTinr to tttti
S AND BRANDIES FOR MEDI
jo RPOSES, PATENT MEDICINES, Ac.
1 jr. .
j-'P, and Note Papers,
renciis, Superior Ink,
Ana otner articles kept
by Drucrcrists eenerallr.
P' prttcriptiont carefully compounded.
iu .oireei, opposite tne JUoun
Ebensburg, Pa. rjan24
The subscriber begs leave to inform the
people of Ebensburg that he has just received
from the East and has now opened out, at
his store-room, the - -
. LARGEST and BEST ASSORTMENT
OF WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S
BOOTS and SHOES OF ALL KINDS!
ever brought to town. The stock was made
expressly to order by the
BEST SHOE MANUFACTORY IN PHIL A.,
the subscriber having gone to the trouble
anil expense of visiting that city especially
to order it. The work is warranted not to
rip if it rips, it will be
REPAIRED FREE OF. CHARGE I ;
A visit to his establishment will satisfy any
one that he can not only sell a better arti
cle than all competitors, but that he can
also sell
CHEAPER THAN THE CHEAPEST !
He also continues to manufacture Boots
and Shoes to order, on short notice and in
the most workmanlike Btyle.
A VERY SUPERIOR LOT of REAL
FRENCH CALF SKINS ON HAND!
XJSy Stand one door east of Crawford's
Hotel, High street, and immediately oppo
site V. S. Barker's store.
feb21 JOHN D. THOMAS.
SADDLERY AND HARNESS !
The undersigned keeps constantly on
hand and is still manufacturing all articles
in his line, such as
SADDLES,
FINE SINGLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS,
DRAFT HARNESS,
BLIND BRIDLES, RIDING BRIDLES,
CHECK LINES,
HALTERS, WHIPS, BRICHBANDS, &c, &c.
All which he will dispose of at low prices
for cash.
His work is all warranted, and being expe
rienced in the business, he uses only the best
of leather. Thankful far past favors, . he
hopes by attention to business to merit a
continuance of the patronage heretofore so
liberally extended to him. jan24
Shop above the store of E. Hughes & Co.
Persons wishing good and substantial Harness
can be accommodated. HUGH A. M'COY.
"7"ALUARLE REAL ESTATE FOR
SALE!
The subscriber offers at private sale the
Farm on which he now resides, situate in
Cambria Township, Cambria county, con
taining about 50 acres, nearly 11 ot which
are cleared, and having thereon erected a
Two-sfory Frame Dwelling House, a new
Frame Barn, and all the necessary Outbuild
ings. There is a good Orchard on the Farm,
and an excellent AVell of Water at the kitch
en door. Only five minutes' walk from the
Railroad Depot. Terms moderate, and title
indisputable. Apply to the undersigned on
the premises, or address
SAMUEL TIBBOTT, .
apll-3m Ebensburg, Pa.
OMAN'S WORK IN THE CIVIL
WAR. A work of real value, absorb
ing interest and universal popularity. The
press and literary people everywhere commend
and endorse it. It records the consecrated
work of woman in organized and united effort,
and the names of nearly COO of our country'3.
noblest women, with what they did for hu
manity and for the nation in its darkest hours.
Beautiful steel portraits of a number of these
ladies adorn the work, and it is acknowledged
to be one of the finest works ever published.
Clergymen, Teachers, Experienced Agents,
and Ladies will find it to their advantage to
canvass for this work. Address ZEIGLER,
M'CURDY & CO., 501 Chestnut St., Philadel
delphia, Pa. je!3-3m
LIME! LIME! LIME !
Farmer t, look to your Interests I
The subscriber is now prepared to furnish
any quantity of good fresh
LIME ASHES!
By the car-load of 300 bushels, at the follow
ing prices :
XgJ 5 cents per bushel, or $15.00 per car,"a
LOADED AT TnE BANK.
Also, Building Lime in any quantity at
reasonable rates.
All orders will be promptly attended to.
Address WM. H. CANAN,
apll-3m3 El Dorado, Blair county, Pa.
N
EW CHEAP CASH STORE ! !
The subscriber would inform the citizens
of Ebensburg and vicinity that he keeps con
stantly on hand everything in the
GROCERY AND CONFECTIONERY
line, such as Flour, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, all
kinds of Crackers, Cheese, Smoking and
Chewing Tobacco, Cigars, &c.
CANNED PEACHES AND TOMATOES!
Also, Buckskin and Woolen Gloves, Wool
en Socks, Neck ties, &c, all of which will be
sold as cheap if not cheaper than elsewhere.
A full assortment of Candies !
J6 Ice Cream every evening.
jan24 R. R. THOMAS.
COAL! COAL! COAL !
The subscriber is now carrying on the
Colliery of Wm. Tiley, Sr., at Lily Station,
on the Pennsylvania Railroad, Cambria coun
ty, and will be glad to fill all orders, to any
amount, of citizens of Ebensburg and vicin
ity. Satisfaction as to quality of Coal guar
antied in all cases. WM. TILEY, Jr.
nemlock P. O., Jan. 24, 1867.
f BARRETTS DYSERT, House,
l -Stan j r ., 1 . '
and Paper Hanging.
uone on short notice, and satis-kSa.nld-
Shop in basement of
BRICKS! BRICKS! BRICKS !
The JOHNSTOWN MANUFACTURING
CO. have constantly on hand and for sale at
very low prices, a superior article of
COMMON and PRESSED BRICK!
Special rates of freight to all points
on the Penna. Railroad. Address
O. N. RAMSEY, Supt.,
MayO-Cm. Johnstown, Pa.
K. CURTAIN FIXTURE.
Has no superior in the world ! Is
pronounced faultless by all who have seen it
It is predicted it will supersede all other
Curtain Fixtures now in use.- -
For sale by G. HUNTLEY,
mar2l Ebensburg, Pa.
Tlie Loft SXr3pex-.
"I thought that fairies were obsolete
and Cinderella nowhere," I exclaimed,
one morning, drawing out from under the
Botaof my sitting-room a small slipper for
a left foot ; "but if ever there was a lady,
be she a Cinderella or Susannah, who had
a smaller foot than this would fit, I would
like to see her, that's all." .
I eat down again to my coffee and ham,
and " wondered how it ever could happen
that Mrs. Pcttle, my worthy and obsequi
ous landlady, should have allowed the
slipper to have been overlooked in the
thorough "cleaning" she had assured me
always took place between the exit and
entree of her different seta of lodgers, yet
here it was. The shining of the soft,
bronze-colored leather had attracted my
eye a9 the sun lit up the abyss beneath
the sofa, and now what must I do with it?
Perhaps, after all, it was Mrs. Pottle's
own ; but I laughed at the idea of her
elephantine foot finding entrance there ;
perhaps it belonged to a child or a grand
child, but that was not a probable inter
pretation of the mystery. It could surely
not be kept under the sofa for ornament,
and yet how should such a thing as one
slipper not be missed, if the owner pos
sessed two feet.
However, the littTo innocent-looking
slipper, fit to case a very fairy's foot, lay
there and destroyed my peace of mind as
I looked at it. My readers may laugh at
me as they choose, but I will frankly con
fess that whilst some men fall in love with
a bunch ot curls, a pair of eyes, a smile, a
hand, a voice, I was, before breakfast, half
over head and ears in love with a slipper.
It was folly, nonsense," of course ; but so
it was. Philosophers would say it was
the form my imagination conjured up as
the real owner of the slipper, but I don't
care to be so particular. I believe I fell
in love with the little slipper itself." : Such
a pretty little thing it looked and felt as
I turned it over in my hand, with its
silken sandals and rosette of blue, and its
neat lining of white silk ; a dainty little
article, indeed,- perfumed with a soft,
sweet color of roses, that all its long iso
lation from its mistress had not wholly
destroyed. ' . ,
I heard Mrs. Pottle ascending the
stairs with my letters, and hastily put the
slipper in my coat-pocket. I had deter
mined that I would be guilty of theft, if
theft it was, sooner than part with, my
new pleasure. The landlady entered,
with "Letters, sir, if you please !"
"Thank you," I answered, coolly, and
let her go again, though I longed tor the
history of her previous lodgers. I thought
she eyed me suspiciously, but of course I
was mistaken, and I turned and finished
my breakfast, and then. Droke open the
envelopes of my letters.
1 ring the bell. Mr3. Pottle enters. I
am sitting on the sofa, reading tho pa
pers ; but I just say carelessly :
"You have kept these lodging3 some
time, I suppose, Mrs. Pottle 1".
"Law! yes, sir," she answers, stopping
6hort in a general gathering together of
plates and dishes "nigh upon twenty
years. Though my poor Samuel being
taken off early, sir, I was obliged to begin
at forty. Now, I'm turned sixty, sir;
though some do say," said Mrs. Pottle,
with a smile, "that they can hardly think
'tis more than a few years ago I began
I'm so much the same."
"There they are risht " I said, willing
to propitiate Mrs. Pottle "you might as
well pass for fifty, and a young looking
woman at that; but, however, what sort
of people do you generally get here
young men, like I am, in merchant's offi
ces, or something of that kind ?" .
"Well, yes, sir ; first and last, I've had
some scores of clerks and junior partners,
but still 'tis always so ; but there was one
young man nearly the first one I ever
had"
I did not exactly want a twenty years'
list of lodgers, so I interrupted the worthy
soul by saying, "But who have you had
lately ? who was the last now, before I
came V ' . .
"A curious old couple, sir, as you ever
set eyes on."
"Oh I" I gasped, "I"
Mrn. Pottle . did not, I suppose, notice
my agitation, but replied :
"Yes, sir, the gentleman about seventv-
five, I should think, and the lady might
be a year or two younger not much be
tween them. But I beg your pardon
that's your 'bus, sir." And Mrs. Pottle
disappeared with the tray just as the horn
and rattling wheels were distinctly heard
nearing the terrace. I put on my hat
mechanically, and went down stairs, vexed
with the abrupt termination to her reci
tal. As I rode along, the thought struck
me that the whole affair was a trick, and
that Mrs. Pottle wanted to bind me to the
spot, or make me interested in her house,
or inveigle me on some foolish love affair.
This decided mo to not take notice of ber
attempts at conversation in . future, and
not even to permit her ta finish the story
begun in the morning. . .-;
Just then the omnibus stopped, and an
old maiden lady, whom I had: known
through her acquaintance with a respected
aunt of mine, similarly circumstanced as
to age and matrimony, entered it. I po
litely handed her to a seat, for my aunt's
sake, and commenced a conversation which
I strove to render interesting, though my
mind was very absent that day so
sent, 'in fact, that in one of the si
pauses of our discourse,
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ab-
short
I incautiouslv
drew out my pocket-handkerchief to wipe
-f 1 j: 1 . i .
my loreucau, ana wiin it norror or nor
rors !- the little bronze-colored slipper
with its blue rosette. I shook it hastily
from my lap into the straw beneath, but
the oU lady had seen it, and I. felt aghast
as'I remembered that the story of the lit
tle slipper for the left foot of my pretty
Cinderella "would probably cost me 5,000
of my discreet aunt's money. .
Should I throw myself on the old lady's
mercy at once, in the omnibus, by confes
sing the truth ? : But would she be likely
to believe me if I did ? I thought not.
I should only have falsehood added to the
blaofc list already 'prepared, I doubted not,
for presentation to my aunt. I knew the
old lady would not go so far as I would,
down town, for sh9 had told me her des
tination ; so I put my foot on one edge of
the slipper, determined to pick it up again,
in spiie of anything -and everything, at
the very first opportunity.
"I think you dropped something, sir,"
said my friend, coldly.
"Nothing of consequence, I think,
thank you," 1 replied, in confusion.
"I should rather thick it was of great
consequence," she remarked, cruelly;
"doubtless the young lady wants her slip
per matched." . : . i :
The young lady ! "What young lady ?
Ah ! if I could only find the Cinderella !
Deeply mortified, I said no more, and the
old lady soon left me. I went into the
office, carrying my handkerchief in a dif
ferent pocket, that I might not draw out
the slipper with it, and sat down to my
writing ; but my head was confused, and
that little bronze-cclored slipper danced
over the page, over every line of my
ledger, in each leaf ot the memorandum
book. "If things go on like this," I ex
claimed, mentallv, "I shall go mad about
the supper; I almost wish I had never
seen it.
Just then, one of the partners came
into the office. ."Haley," he said, "did
you pick up an account written on a slip
ot paper, or an order to be executed by
Grylls?" .
"I did, sir," I answered, "and put it in
my pocket-book, as I thought you had
most likely dropped it." . .
"Thank you, Haley. Just like you. I
admiro a young fellow that has his wits
about; him."
I put my hand in my pocket for my
pocket-book, and forgot all about the slip
per for a moment in ' my pleasure at my
employer's praise ; but the slipper had
not forgotten me. . It was in the same
pocket, with the pocket-book, and when I
drew out my hand, it followed after and
fell on the floor. My employer noticed
all, and a grave frown rested on his face.
"Take care, Halev," he said. "Don't
resent it if I give you a fatherly word of
warning. It is better that a young man
should not carry such things in his pocket
at least, should not allow other people
to see them !"
I looked up astonished. Mr. Arnold,
second partner in the firm, was fifty years
of age, and a bachelor. What did he
know about such things?
"I think I could explain to your satis
faction, sir," I said, "that this is an acci
dent, if you had time, and really involves
nothing wrong."
"I quite believe you, Haley; but every
one won't be so merciful." .
Mr. Arnold went out and closed the
door. I never thought, . never guessed
what elaborate circumstances might de
pend upon a slipper.; but when I got
home I locked it away, determined to
bring no more annoyance upon myself by
keeping it too close at hand.
I had invited one, two, or three young
men, a few days afterwards, to have a pull
on the river, and then to sup with me. .
After a pleasant hour and a half we
came back hungry and exhilerated. I
conducted my friends to my room, and,
whilst we chatted, Mrs. Pottle brought in
supper. A discussion arose about a lec
ture of Ruskin's and his opinion of a
certain picture of Turner's. "I can tell
exactly what he said," I exclaimed, pull
ing out my keys and opening my desk,
"for I copied the paragraph into a small
note-book."
I turned down the lid, and there in the
sight of my three friends was not only
the note-book, but the little slipper for
that ' unknown, unseen foot. A roar of
laughter recalled me to my senses.
"Is that a Chinese specimen, Haley?
I heard you'd bought one."
"What a slv boy you are ! Who is she,
Haley?" "
"Brown, turned out with blue. Very
tasty indeed, I should say."
"Meet me by moonlight alone."
"Who stolo the slipper ?"
Need I say more.' Mrs. Pottle, walking
about the room, heard some of these re
marks, and gave me, I thought, a look of
malicious triumph.
; "Be merciful to a fellow for once," I
said desperately, "and keep the affair
secret, till I give you leave to split."
'' "When will that be ?" inquired Harry
Dawson.1
"Give me a month, Harry."
"And you'll 1st us know in a month
how it goes on ?"
"Yes, if I know mysolf." -
''Haley hasn't cheek enough to carry
on courting," said Dawson. "He hardly
knows what's what, -or who's who, or
wben's when. I think, my boy, you'd
better come to me for a drill in the art.
I've had plenty of practice and am up to
a nice iittlo thing or two. I should advise
you to get the other foot, and have a pair
of them." 1
"You are a dreadful nuisance. Dawson,"
said Frank Jones. "Let the poor fellow
rest in peace now, and come away home ;
it is getting late."
But I had ho rest that night; for con
tinually that little 6lipper walked round
my bed, and over, my chest, and on my
forehead, and round my bed again.
Next day I thought Mrs. Pottle looked
at her Bpoons and furniture suspiciously,
and appeared ill at ease; the day after
that I found her hunting behind my sofa
when I came in to breakfast, and I ven
tured to say, 'Are you looking for any
thing, Mrs. Pottle?"
"Well, no, sir, thank you, sir," she
said, hesitatingly ; and immediately went
down stairs for the coffee-pot.
When I: returned home in the evening,
there was a young lady in the passage
talking to Mrs. Pottle ; but 1 passed
up without a closo investigation. Just as
I turned the corner of the stair-case, I
heard these words, in a pleasant voice,
"I wish I could find it ; it is such a ridic
ulous thing to lose. I am almost sure I
must have left it in the parlor when I
brought it down to show to grandmamma,
and forgot to carry it away. 1 am sorry
to have troubled you again, Mrs. Pottle,
as it is of no very great consequence."
"Shall I ask Mr. Haley ?"
"O, no! Of course, if he had seen it
he would have given it to you. It wasn't
his." And she laughed a girlish, silvery,
merry laugh.
I softly opened my room-door aud went
in. Would she think me a thief, then ?
Who was she 'lho front-door closed
after a "Good evening, Mrs. Pottle," and
I looked out of my window, and watched
her; then taking my hat again, ran down
stairs, obeying a sudden impulse, and
followed her.
Soon she turned into a wide street, then
another, and then calling a cab, she step
ped into it: but I heard the address
No. 14 Victoria Terrace. So I called
another and followed her. On we went
till the terrace was reached, and I stepped
out, dismissed the cabman, and waited for
Cinderella to alight. A curious accident
occurred here ; the horses took fright as
the driver descended to open the door, the
poor man fell on the pavement, and the
young lady, whose foot was on the step,
ieu iuio my arms; duc couia not avoid
her receiving a bad sprain, though she
acted bravely, like a true little heroine,
and did not faint.
"You are hurt, I fear," I said, carefully
lifting her in my arms and 6lowly ascend
ing the steps. Just then the door ot
Number 14 opened ; an old lady and gen
tleman and one or two servants appeared.
The poor old gentleman began to cry.
He was evidently childish. "Look to the
poor cab-driver," I said to the servants as
I passed. "Madam, where shall I carry
the young lady ?".
"In here, sir, if you please. I am so
very much obliged to you; it would have
been the death of us both if anything over
happened to Katie."
The old lady led the way to a hand
somely furnished dining-room, and I laid
Katie on the sofa. She opened a pair of
mischievous eyes, and looked up in my face.
"I'm very much obliged to you, sir ;
I'm afraid I'm very heavy. Where is
that poor cabman ? Will you pee about
him for me ? and do not let him want for
anything."
I promised to do so, and come back at
once and report to her, and I hastened
down. The driver was lying in his own
cab, to which another horse was being
harnessed, whilst his own, rather badly
wounded, was led off to the stables as he
had requested it should be. I got in be
side the poor fellow, and accompanied
him to the hospital.
"I should like to see my wife," he said.
"Of course you would," I replied. "I
will go for her at once; where docs she
live?"
Ho gave me her address, and I set off,
feeling that I was fulfilling Cinderella's
wishes. I told my tale to the cabman's
wife, who was naturally thrown into much
distress.
"You say I can go to him at once, sir?"
"Yes, surely you can."
"And stay the night with him ?"
, "I really don't know about that ; you
must ask the matron. The young lady
wished me to say that she hopes you will
allow her to help you in every way Ehe
can." I then put a sovereign into her
hand, and left a card on which I had
scribbled "14 Victoria Terrace." She
thanked me, and so I left her.
It was getting late, but I proceeded at
once to Cinderella's abiding-place. Out
side the door I found a doctor's carriage,
and my anxiety was at once awakened.
I rang the bell, and the servant who an
swered it told me that Miss Ayrton's foot
was badly sprained, and that her papa,
Dr. Ayrton, had been sent for, and was
now with her; but she expected Miss Ka
tie would wish to see me, for she had
inquired more than once if the gentleman
had brought any news of the poor cabman
In a few minutes the girl came Dgain and
requested me to follow her to the dining
room. M is3 Ayrton ,wa9 still lyinfg where I
had left her, and tho old gentleman" an,d
lady were at her side.
"It is very kind of you, 6ir, to cora
again to-night. I hare given you a great
deal of trouble. This is my papa."
The doctor gava his hand cordially.
"I am very thankful to you, sir, for saving
my poor little girl from what I feel sure
would have happened to her but for your
presence of mind."
I fear I made an ineoher;nft,replj.
"And now," said Miss Ayrton with
more animation, "sit down, Mr. Haley,
and tell me all about that poor cabman."
I did so, and when I had told her all)
she said :
"Poor woman ! I wish I could go audi
comfort her ; but yon will see to her fot
me from time to time, won't you, Mr.
Haley ? and come and tell me sometimes
She took her papa's purse, and haading
me a munificent sum of money, said :
"Don't let them want for anything, please'
I readily promised, aud was abTrut ta
leave, when the supper was brought itt.
Dr. Ayrton invited me to take a few mouth
fuls with him, and then he would drive
me home.
"I expect it will be out of your way,"
I said, blushing a little as I felt the secret
of my following her might now be guessed
by Miss Ayrton. "I lodge at at Bura
wood Place."
"How strange !" said the lady. "Why,
that is the very place Katie went to this
afternoon to inquire about a slipper sh
thought she had left there. We lodged!
there, sir, a little while, till we found a
house to suit us. How very strange !
And I euppose you are in our old rooms."
"I have one parlor and bedroom on tho
first floor," I said quietly, but coloring to
the very roots of my hair.
"Ah, yes; those were two of our rooms,
and we had a parlor down stairs as well.
You don't happen to have seen such a
thing as a little bronze-colored slipper, with
a blue rosette, anywhere, about the siza
for Katie?" .
"O, grandmamma ! please !" said her
grand-daughter, entreatingly ; "of course,
Mr. Haley can't have seen it. What s
funny question to ask a gentleman 1"
I looked confused, I suppose, and the
doctor noticed it
m "Come, come, Mr. Haley, there is s
story behind this; let us hear it."
I was in for it now, and protested; but
bit by bit it was drawn from me by the
amused little group around the supper
table. Miss Ayrton listened and laughed,
though her face was covered with blushes,
too; and as I told her of my aunt's
friend in tho omnibus, Dr. Ayrton shook
his sides with laughter. I thought I had
certainly made myself foolish at last.
When we withdrew, Miss Ayrton said1,
with a roguish twinkle of her eye, "You
will bring me that left slipper when1 you
come again ?"
But I made no promise, and I never
did return the slipper. I have it yet,
locked away with my treasures in a pri
vate drawer, from which Cinderella her
self could not abstract it.
The cabman is quite recovered, and is
the owner of three cabs instead of one.
My aunt's wrath never showed itself, if
the story came to her; and if $5,000
should be extracted from my legacy, it
will, 1 am confident, only be dono to con
fer it upon my son and heir, now lying
asleep in Cinderella's arms.
An Incident of tiie War. A lady
of Savannah, writing a description of the
entry of Sherman into that city, relates
the following incident :
"Tired at last of watching, we wera
seated together in our parlor bare and
rude enough after four years of destitu
tion when a loud ring at the bell startled
us once more into terror. It could be no
one but our enemy. What did he want?
Our silver, perhaps ; the little gold wo
had left to keep the wolf from the door ;
or perhaps my father ! My lips blanched
as they formed but did not dare to utter
the word. But our affright was increased
tenfold when General Sherman was an
nounced. If he had sent, we should have
feared ; but coming himself, what was the
limit to our apprehensions ! The issue
must be met, and my father rose, nobly
and firmly facing whatever was to come,
as the door opened and the enemy's great
soldier in full uniform entered. Without
pausing for ordinary formalities, he step
ped to my father, grasped and shook him
warmly by the hand, asked kindly after
his health, and said ho was delighted to
see him. Then, suddenly referring to old
memories, he 6lappcd him heartily on the
back and said, 'What can I do for you,
my old friend t it thero is anything you
want, let me know. I could have thrown
my arms around his neck, in spite of his
disregard for etiquette, and I believe that
a tear came into my eyes and rolled down
my cheeks. I know I felt too choked to
speak when my father presented mo to
him. AY uen I saw that pleasant lace, al
though I could read a fixed devotion to
duty, yet I could see in it a plain refuta
tion of all accusations of unnecessary cru
elty. From that day to this, Sherman
has had no warmer friend than I."
Obcrlin College has 775 . studenfp,
nearly half ladies.