VOLUME 3.
FTRIGINNT IVTVY.
' For the Citizen.
SH3ULD THE (JIGGER VOTE?
OY L. W.
Sli raw III# »igi{'> »-•«-•• »h, w«n.
•l.« iive ti at for other tongues to toll;
I* will n<>t * iy for merc,v « sake,
Lest I tihonld make a aw! mi 'take ;
T.ut t>» me it matters not a groat,
If pet.|t!c let niggers vote.
Must the niggers vutf? well, now,
i>.i not ask int' when or how ;
i\ >•■"> that I intensity,
>\ ..illy throwing wortlrf away,
li .»*•»?•» .I*. «l .*rt.ail
Then talk about the Digger** rule
Jlow can the ni;w»rii v .te :• yon .- *y
-I'erhaiH >juu tl tell othiri .U>,
\V cn ■hey 112. '-in • tt| aucti 11 • lo' ks..
'lurch up lowa.it the hall l
> n'i .Ir-.p in ticket* »taui(»c:l ur «r -u%
'i'iiit ii rtiC w»v the nigo' r \ -U.
And will l»«e niggers v t.-? »h, there,
Your asking question* light r - air,
. K 'if yoiK hurued imn t utate,
•Ami tliuy wilitutl y ni sure • fJte,
' hat n » one Vuta -Uy h ».
SVulihl rave nbout the nlggets voto.
ilnaM Urn nlEKov r..tu: well <!'««,
YoiiV n i- a sitirle . u •,
1 only think it in wurtl while,
To an-w.-t it in \ a ikee stylo,
f-|i..iiM thev pay tax,« r bumi ■ r notfc?
If ho—Hi. n niggt'fi ought to Veto.
When will the nigger* vote ? you n»k, ,
Tu answer, that : h an easy tank;
\\ hi-ff all the pie think it time
•j\, do an a t ion .so miblitne.
A* "rant them suffrage—then vou mote.
T'.en.no: till Hhmi, will nig ersv »te.
£AI,IN , Octolur 8,18 M.
DETECT #;0U!.
TJia Gold Watch.
uy t. s. aiutiuk.
'•Thiil's a darliug lather!" f.-iiil Iloso <
IVivival, drawing an arm about her
lather's neck, .arid kiss.ng him. "Youi
arc I lie host uiun living. 1 ki civ you J
-Of c miss y>a •ill, y»i h'w 1 ).-J.i*il>ic|
young rogue! fl' Yun were bold enough |
t > as'; my head for a loot hall, you d feel
c>ii(i !c it of getting it," Mr.
l'erciv. I, wi'h a ".rave smile.
"It must be «ii elegant cnc,yru knv.v.
Uhe •-•so tit in diamonds and nibiei "
Ami it-rt-c 1 .ugl.e •' merrily.
npVf"i...ht Bus, K • bad I.••. no
Iha iv.' .r led *it a* hi..- li^'M
\\ lii . io yun myitis to \ ■ ■ i . ;jj
mt. ? : I. . M I'oitival. !,.• lei • ugh .
112 1-1 cilne up Il 111 ill" hall «dn IV ' r t.,'
inters i« wwo !n\ mo i•» . i •• : . ' •>• j
'.'Uh, ih it's our i iet ' i' vver I
oil. anyly. I'alh and 1 . . .'i 10.l you
V..U »Jl
Mrs. I en ual
"\\ hy•, uiolher !' i srla i. • H ,-e the !
lijthl in,- out ol lii r eouul- ;ia;.ie. "wbat '
in kiyi.u siiy lliat .
"If Via answer, n.y <jae9lioii. ,t may ,
,hid;i uio to « .•.;■ i tin
ilkiiis. Then !•« up. be;.h:~j
ei.oil color, Said
■I ticked lii:;i to buy in a iv.ueh."
"And be promised to do it ? '
•"Vis;
' I heard s moilr.ug about d. .R.i n ..- i
cud rubies."
that wasiueridy in j- :
Airs. I'crcivul tithed. \ trouideo
look, tui-h as l!i se had often seen there, j
fciopt into her laee.
','llow inuoli do you think y our lather
will have to pay fer a watch?." she m
<1 lored.
"lie will get me a 'handsome one, if be»
jets any. Alice lljod s c ist a hundred
and fittv dollars."
"Vnur father will do a very wrong
thing if ho waste even City dollars so : .
usebs-ly."
,'"A watch is not a useless tbiu_," re
plied llise. "I shall have to have one,
you know, sometime or other. And it
will last a lifetime. Anyhoif, father has
.promised, and youinow he always kee;.s
his promises." And she looked with
arch triumph at her mother. But, the
face of her mother did not break into
the suiile she hoped to see there.
"Why do you louk so sober about it,
iiiother dear asked llose. nil the lijjht
goini; out of her faeo. "Have 1 done
anything wrong ?"
"Wrong will come of it.l fear.'' Thee
was no eht'.i're iu the serious aspect of
Mrs. Pcrcivnl.
"Mother! Yon frighten n.c. llow
can wrong come of it ?"
jdrs. Perrival sat ui debate with lur
elf for souse time. At length she said •
'lt is bop', uiv child, that 1 turn ior
yu a page that I have not wished - u
i" see I need uot to.l you thar your
.father has the kindest of hearts—that be
is one ot the most unselfish of men. lie
would give bis life for those he loves—
nay is actually giving it. Ilis rorg kind
nets of heart makes him ofteu weak and
yielding, where he should stand gi'rn and
resistant. When,just now, you asked
liim for a wateli. lie should have said—
'lf I were able to spare the money, my
daughter, you should have it ; but I aui
not.' But, here too weak, iu his love,
AMERICAN CITIZEN
to lay upon you the very disappointment
that, in all probability, you needed and
so promised what it was wrong for him
to do."
"But, dear mother ! is father not able
to give tne a watch surprise and pain
mingled iu the young uirl's voice.
lie i- not able, my child. If he
buys y u this wateh. it will be at_j»eost
j 1 trcuible to .think of." '
•Mother!' And llose clasped her
j hands and 1 oked frghteued
"iiUht summer, y. ur father did not
| Icajre the c.ty. though he needed change
u i mountain a:r. Von I'anicutbei how
! we.ik lie was, and how wo all urged bun
I tngii away for a short time .' but could
ji i iiL'istta'le hi into t;ike iiiy recreation,
! i tliough iu the early sprinsr. as we be
gan to look forward to the warm weather,
lit hud been settled that he must goto the
! country."
"Oil, yes. I remember v«ry well,and
how disappointed 1 was that he did no
come up to Cresson, where Helen and 1
Vjcre having such a delightful time."
"Did you never guess the reason of
this seli'lonia!—fatal -e'.f loßul, it was on
my l!ps to say 112 '
"11 • could not leave his business, 1 im
agined no ether reason." said I'oso.
■ The reason lay deeper than that my
j child, lie could not afford to take us all
| away tfrom the city, and so denied hiu>
] sell that you atjd Helen might not be
J d .-appointed. '
I "Hear, good, father !" exclaimed Host,
t a •:; gushing from her eyes. "Oh! I"
lin . r dreiiiii i of thin. Why did you
| no" t dl«us, mother ? It was so wrong
for you to let u- go away and spend the
mo ey tshtiild have t ken lather to
( jthc ipounla'u."'
"W-,it v. as wrong, my child. But
your f.;t! i coti! 1 not i ear to havo you
di<a; pcinlod. and would not let mo even
;1 • tit I -the trn • rca. on why he remained
a.ain:
v,
j h s la > leijues;. spend in the pu.
, . l.n eof a wcteh, the \ .'i'y UJouey that
j .v.-u d have taken li in lor a few v.
ji o the ci.un.iy. I kno» h - l.ifoit of
! mind, 'if' ughtfully liberal i day, .aid
| I . ei)l.»i'.|U« nee unwisely careful t' tne:
| an- ! ' .a.- :t. V.-u will get. the watch.
1;.•>•; on that."
I. m : Wi . r . .
•Oil, luoihcr ! ' sli sobbe.i. at lenglh,
• il Helen and 1 had only km wn jus!
how it was ! 'There is uiithiug i t which
]we Wi ;.id i. Jm.i! dcliie i i'UI.-i \es for
I I'cif, g0.1.1 father's sake. : -w ;, e and
| -o' ir he loi ks all he i.hi > Ino il
I now— uixU i.-tlod ill ow Hew blind
; I 11a ■ e been ! llowsclli>l . and cx-ict—
i 101.-. and CI Hid t > >hc l.itide,- . lid be>t of
I
.I ; i;e i ! \\ by c i-.li.'i yuu tell ui? all
a ut a? li wa so wrong in you meth
or. If you said nothiug how were we to
£ u ow ?"
"It was wiui gin me, 1 confess it again
lint your father said, '1 can't deny the
do r gills anything. Life will too sure
ly bring its di.-cipliue, its crosses, and its
priyaliens. Let their spring days be
bright and cheerful. Let them enjoy
while they can. The shadows of care
will fall upon them soon enough.'"
"Pear, good father!" murmured Rose,
large tears dropping overlicr lace.
"if Mr. I'creival fad waited for a few'
hours befur.e Jiuyiiig the wateh for llose,
icaso is en ugh would have presented
themselves tj cam? h2u:.iti>:i. Bat he
.was a man apt Xo jr.ove quickly to (he
c lusummation of a purpose, especially
if t was to give pleasure to las children
When he left home his intention was to
>io;i at a j weilei's oi. his way >ack. at
dinner time, and pet the w i'eh. lie
was too nil h like a child, however, and
c11 1 *1 not wa.t. His minn had become
full of the watch. and the pleasure he
w.i tffgive lis daughter. So h? called
nt the jeweller's on his way to business
Prudi nee made a feel do effort to hold
J him back <jijt be silenced Prudence by
■>a ~ i •> a'" r.-v; 1 have or «
iW the girl, air I c.ino >t <l!-;-.ppoiii!
1 her."
Mr. Pcreival did not intend to jay
more than a hundred dollar* for a w. 'eli
and chain. But, weak man, he could
cot resist the ten j tatieu that lay u an
elegant lady's hunting lever, valued at
otic hundred and fifty dollars,nor in that
of a new stylo chatelairle at thirty, dol
lars more. His check for one hundred
and eighty doll; rs made them his prop
erty, and he left the jeweller's—pleased
" Let us have Faith that Right makes Might; and in that Faith let us, to the end, dare to,do our as we understand it"—A. Lincoi.n
BUTLER, BUTLER COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1866.
as a child with a new toy ?—not so, but
with a duil, heavy, weight of self-condcm
nation already pressing upon his
! leelings. *
"This is all wrong," he sighed, as he
walked away, "but how could I say no ?
Dear girl How delighted she will be."
After reading his morning's letters,
which, to bis no trifling disappointment,
covered not a single remittance, Mr. I'cr
eival referred to h'.s bank-book, and de
ducted the -heck given for the watch
and chain. After this deduction the
balance,looked very small. 'Three uotes
wee to be paid ou that day. They were
not large, but their aggregate amount
exe ■_ ed the balance in bank by a sum
nearly equalling tho check just drawn. —
He knew this would be the ease when he
gave the check, but be had weakly coun
ted on a remittance. Now he must do
what was never pleasant to hia:—borrow.
"It was early in June, and the day
proved to be one of those warm, depress
ing days so trying to feeble constitutions.
Business matters did not ••■an very smooth
ly during the mauing, and Mr. I'creival
suffered much annoyance. Tlio sum of
two hundred dollars which ho had to
make up was a small matter, an 1 yet he
was more than an hour on tho street,going
from friend to friend, before he found one
who could spare that amount for a few
days. He folt weak and out of spirits,
when he started homeward at dinnertime
taking with him tho haudsomo present
for llose. He v.as iu tho parlor, alone,
waiting for him. Too restless to sit, she
w;ts standing at the window, looking out
thtongh the partly drawn curtain, when
she saw him asc-cud the stepsjwith a slow,
wary air Ilis lace was turned towards
her, and she noted, herself unseen, its
care and languor. lIo\V the pale face of
thiit ;«vi:!g father frightened upon her
as «-hc mtt iiim at the parlor door. lie
d-ew out the package :outnining the
watch, kis.-editor as he presented is, and
he! into he hcau""i face lovingly,
i.l, dear, dear father !
head upon his breast and
,tw■ or ili ee time'. Mr. l'orei
\.-■! liivw his arms arouud her and lichl
I tightly.
nr.' s:ii.i Un v. as *s!»n as she
co il 1 ersol 1 ! nig li r head, "I
want M.U to J ro niso me one thing."
••W hat is il my pet ?"
"That you will not say one word about
il. to mother, or Helen, or anvbody'
(1-0 '
.Vr I'creival might well Le surprised.
•:Y' ij're a strange girl," he said, look
ing puzzled.
"A:i I j--u are a +;ood, obedient father,
a. . - ju-t what I say," answered
i ill mat ieti, as she kissed him.—
•V w, veuieiii er, not a word. No one
i kit w anything about ti.js until 1
And she dropped the unopened pack
agi- iiitu her pouket.
"4"d you are really in earnest,-llose?"
" n downright earno>t. Now, you
promise !"
"Oh, o 112 course. I will he as silent ni
the grave uutil you say speak."
•■'lhat'ua darling father." And llosa
d ew her arm through his, and they went
up stairs together. Mr. I'creival kept
his word, and said noth'ng about the
watch. Wilia and daughters noted with
let-lings of anxiety the expression of
m ie than usual concern in his face, the
air of physicai and mental depression,
and hi eh of appetite for food. To tlici:
many questions and remarks, he tried to
atiiwer cheerfully; 1 ut they were not de
ceived. Jt '.vas the first warm summer
day, and already he was breaking djwn.
'•You must get away to the country as
soon as possible," said Rose.
Mr. l'ercivul looked at her tenderly,
jet with an expression of pain about the
mouth.
' I shall hare to talk with business
about that," he answered, evasively, and
with a f::iut smile.
Tlnse "lanced towards her mother, but
dl«l not meet her eyis A thought of
llie gold watch in her pocket chicked
words tl.at were risintr to ler lips.—
A* soon as they all left the dinner table,
she went to her room, and after locking
the d ior, so tlsrt no one might conic iu
upon her suddenly, opened the package
which her father had siren her. He
side- the elegant watch and chain, it con
taiiic.' h< receipted bill, which the jew*
el ei h:,d placed therein.
• A hundred and eighty dollars!" ex
claimed the girl, in tearful surprise. "Oh
my do:ir good, weak, and too indulgent
father '. hy did \ou dotbis '! It was
so wrong—so very wrong."
She did not lo.ok at the wateh with ad
miring eyes; nor app -ar to take any in
terest in it; but speedily returned it to
the morocco care, and to the paper ip
which it had been tied up. The bill she
kept open in her band, and was most in
tent on tj;ift. An earnest debate was go
ing on in her mind. Something she med
ita'ed doing"; and it was plain from her
manner, that she meanp to take counsel
with no thoughts but her own.
"I had hoped," she said, speaking with
herself, "that be would not go there to
buy the watch. But, it may bo best af
ter all, 1 know Mr. Everhart, and be,
lam sure, will do what I wish. That
is the chief thing new, and must be gaiu
ed at auy sacrifice. If Ileory—" Her
voice faltered, and there was a choking
sensation in her throat. But, she soon
reeoverod herself, and finished the sen
tence, heightened color, and a flash in
her beautiful eyes—"thinks le.-s of me
because my father cannot afford his
daughter a gold watch, he is unworthy ol
me !'"
It required the spur of this thought to
make action prompt, llose began imme
diate preparation l'pr going out. In half
an hour she eame down, unobserved.and
left the house. A hurried walk of lifte u
","ht her the store which
her father visited iu the morning. As
she entered, with eyes unusually bright,
and her face glowiug with tho heart*.'
warm coloring, a young man stepped for
ward, something more than a pleased
smile of recognition on hi. countenance,
llose struggled with rising embarrass
ment, and asked, with forced calmness, i)
Mr. Evcihart were i ; ). The young man
glanced down the store, and llose, follow
ing his eyes, saw the person she desired
to speak with.
"I wish to see him for[a moment," she
said, not able to suppress a tremor in her
voice, and gliding past the young man,
went to Mr. Everhart.
"Oh, good afternoon, Miss Perc'val,"
he said, pleasantly, on recognising llose
"Can I speak with you a moment?"
she asked, her yoicc, in spite of all the
Could do. very tremulous. The beautiful
rose tints were fading from her cheeks.
"Oh, yes," answered Mr. Everhart,
kindly. He raw that she was agitated.
Stepping' from behind tiie counter, he
offered her a chair, which was placed
quite out of the lino of observation by
any in the store, and near n desk, at
which he seated himself.
llose mastered her feeling quickly.—
' I have eoi.ie to ask of you a vciy great
favor, Mr. Everhart." die said.
"If il is anything light and reasona
ble, Miss I'creival, 1 will surely meet
your wishes," the jeweler answered,with
out hesitation.
"1 shall ask nothing wrong. As to
the reasonableness of my request, you
will have to be tho judge. It has cost
me :i painfuLstruggle to come bete, and
eren if J get what I ask I shall still feel
hurt and humbled."
'Speak freely, Miss I'creival-—don't
hesitate," Mr. Everhart said, with kind
encouragement.
"1 have the best and in -t indulgent
of fathers," she began. "He will deny
his children nothing in his power to give
the in—not even his own life, which, alas!
he has bceu giving in times past too liee
ly, though incur ignorance and selli-h
--ness we knew it not. Suddenly my pyes
have been opened, and I am iu distress
and fear. This morning I asked him foi
a watch, and urged my request so warm
ly, that he could not fiud it in his too
yielding heart to deny mo. We «cro
both wrong; but 1 did rjot know how
wrong I was, until my mother lifted the
scales from my eyes. My father is a just
man, and w ill not indulge even bis chil
dren at any one's exneuse but.Lis own
The teal cost of this watch"—and she
took the package containing it from her
pocket—"will be my father's incarcera
tion in the city all suujmer—my dear,
good father, who looked sopalo and weak
when he cauie home to-day aud handed
tne the watch, that it gave me the heart
ache—aud the pain goes deeper all the
while."
"My dear Miss I'crcival!" here inter
rupted the jeweller, as he tcok the pack
age from her fcand, "say nut a word more
I understand it all. You wish me to
take hack the watch and return the mou
ey. I trfcull esteem it n privilege to do
so, not only because it is right, hut be
cause it will lift, a weight from your
y.jUttg Japirt tliut shou'.d not iio there.—
Money-profit is not always the best pro
fit men get iu trade."
Mr. Everhart opened the desk where
he was sitting,and from a well-filled potk•
tt book counted out one hundred and
eighty u liars, which he handed to R i e.
•May God bless you. us I am sure he
will!" said the deeply moved girl, sjs she
arose, drew down her veil, and hurried
from the store, sot eveu pausing to speak
to the young man she hid recognize J on
entering, although he leaabd over the
counter, in expectation, passed.
•'Henry 1" Mr. Everhart called, a few
minutes afterwards. The young man
went back to where he remained seated
at his desk.
"You know ihe young lady who was
here just now?"
"Yes,air. Miss llo;e Percival."
"What are her father's circumstances?'
"lie's very well off', I thiuk."
"Not very well off', I tear," said Mr.
Kverhatt, shaking his head gravely.
"Why do you say so?" asked the young
man.
"I nless the possession ol a daughter
like lluse may be regarded as having a
priceless treasure," remarked the jewel
ler, without replying to his clerk's anx
ious question. Then he related what had
just taken place, closely observing the
young man as he gave the narrative, aud
pleased to see the glov/ cf admiration in
his fjeq.
"You like this girl ?" said Mr. Evcr
hart.
"1 have always liked her."
•' You love her ?•'
"i will not deny it.'
' Have you offered yourself ':"
"Do it, then, at once. If 1 had a son
of your age, 1 would consider myself a
lucl.y man if he brought me such a
daughter-in-law."
"JJut what has happened, Mr. Evcr
liart? \Wly was llose here just now?"
inquired thj youug man, evincing much
concern.
"She wanted me to take back the
watch and chain Iter father bcught this
morning."
' f'Wby p
"Hecause, the did not thiuk he could
afl'ord to make her so costly a prescut. '
"Ceitaiuly. It was a hard trial for her,
poor girl! and she lelt it deeply. liut I
' uii.de it as easy for her as possible."
"It was very kind in you, Mr. liver- 1
bait," ..-aid the vour.g uian',' with consid
erable lecliug. "1 know Mr. Percival
to be very iurulgent to his children, but
1 did not know that in his wish to grati
fy them lie ever went beyond his abil .
it v."
"It set ins that be has doi.e so in this
ease; or at least his daughter thinks 80.
l'roni something dropped by Miss l'erci
val, 1 presume the mother has given her
a word of warning. She spoke of lieu
father's lailing health, and of this watch
bciug the price of his incarceration in
city all summer."
"What a trial for i.er it must have
been!" 'lhe young man spoke as if t >
hiu-c'.f.
"Say, ruthcr, is hat a triumph," an
swered Mr. Everhari, with admiration'
in his voice. "It was one of tl)ose'beau
tiful acts that ennoble: humanity, lie: -
ry. bl.e is a treasure worth having. Gain
this treasure if you can."
In the mean sime, Hose was hurrying
homo in a state of much excitement.—
Pleasure struggled with pain, gladr.ess
with humiliation. What would her fa
ther ray when the told lifm of this that
she bad done ? Hew would the act cf
feet her lover ? yiie could not thrust
aside these questions nor answer them.—
They troubled her deeply
The afternoon's business experience of
Mr. Percival was quite as depressing to
his spirits as the morning's had bcenjthe
more so on account of physical languor.
This extreme bodily weakness, manifest
ing itself so early in tne season —ou the
very threshold of summar—warned him
of what lie had fearpd, an unusual ex
haustion of his ue.-vious system conse
quent on a \cry close confinement to bu
siness during the winter and spring.
"If 1 do not get into t!ie country,and
that right early. 1 shall bleak down; and
then—" lie clicked the sentence which
was forming <>:: his tongue, and tried to
turn his thoughts from the unpleasaut
theme; but he could not. There was on
ly cue impediment to his going away for
a few wools—the expense. His family
would have togo, of euuisc. They al
ways went to the sea shore or the moun
taias, but ha would have to stay at home
as he had often ilone in previons sum
mers, under the prcteuded plea of busi
ness. The money paid that morning for
a watch— a thing to little needed—
caused him to feel poorer by hundreis of
dollars.
l it was fooiish iu me," he said. 'JJut
1 never c.iu deny llose anything. Dear
girl! How it would distress her it she
kuew the truth. ]jut she shall not if I
can help it. Ah me! That little word
'No'—how hard Tt is for my lips to give
it utterance."
iiu sightd heu\ih,and, as he oiu so,
looked up iufo the face of a iaii who
came iu at the moment.
•'What is it?" said Mr. Perciyul, as lie
-took a uo!o from a boy's band.
'•Oh. yes very well. I'll ottec.l to
it." The lad retired, and Mr. I'crcivuJ
m
drew another and a deeper sigh, for Tie
held in his hand the bill of a ladies'
shoemaker for over seventy dollar^.
'•No country for me. That is settled "
lie said it in a dispirited way.
"Father!" It was the half hushed
voice of Rose as he came in with a lan
guid air tjiat evening, calling to him
from the parlor. She put her arms about
his neck and kissed him, sayipg, "You
are the best aud dearest of fathers!—
Come 1 want to talk with you." And
she drew him to a sofa and sat down be
side him. "Yes," she added, 'the best
and the dearest: Hut, sometimes, not as
wise as you are good."
"ludeed, my pretty pet! llow long
is it since j'oy made that discovery ?"
Aud Mi, Percival patted her cheek
fondly.
'"Ever since your kind heart led you
to buy that elcjjant watch aud chain for
your foolish daughter. If you had been
as wise as you are good, ydu |)ay6 said
'No, I can't afford it uiy child '
"And broken your little heart, which
would have been a oriiel thiqg."
"IF your daughter Rose has so poor a
llHil! t-CT.i -iliac i ill plies, iVliy tiig- •kooilßf~H
is broken the better," answered the girl,
in a tone that caused her father to look
at her half surprised, and half admir
ingly. "And now, d,;ar father T 1 want
to have an understanding with you."
"An understanding ! Dear me ! What
uext ? I'm all atteution."
"You arc to treat we heicafter as a
reasonable youpg woman, aud not as a
weak, exacting, foolish girl."
li llave 1 ever so treated you, Itoso V'
"Yes —this uioruiug, when I asked for
a watch."
Mr. I'erciva! did not really know what
answer to make, for, in truth, big daugh
ter had stated the case exactly as it was.
"Aud now, father," said liose," it is
conceded that you did wrong when you
paid a hundred and eighty dollars for
ihat watch and chain."
"11 it pleases you, I make 'he conces
sion. Wh t then T"
!'Oue wrong deed is very apt to pro
duce another," returned Itau. 1 I don't
know but that I have been doing 'wrong
also. If so, fault; for my act
followed yours as a consequence. Now
1 generously forgive you, even before
you sue for forgiveness. Next, I crave
your pal don if I have inuoeeutly done
what youi judgment cannot approve.—
Kiss me il I a::i forgiven."
Aird Iter fatter kissed her.
Then she drew forth a roll of money
and put it in her father's hind.
"Just one liuuared and eighty dol
lars," said the fond girl, as she clasped
oue arm about his neck. "Mr. Everhari
has the watch again, and you have your
money; but this is the condition—you
arc togo into the country and Btay all
summer."
Hero iiose broke down, and sobbed "cr
a goi d while, with her head on her fa
ther' breast; and the surprised father
mingled his tears with hern, and mur
mured in her ears the sweet words—
',My p'ccioiis daughter!" ' Mr. l'erci
vul Jul not trust himself to say any more
nor lo ask for explanations. A great
weight that had borne him down nearly
all day was suddenly removed : light
came in and swept away the haunting
shadows which l;aii curtained the cham
bers of his soul. He wondered at the
change in hrs feelings; andjwondered the
more that so small a thing, apparently,
had lifted him into a happier region.—
Hut it was uo small thing, this change
and new adjustment of r. lations between
father and daughter Hitherto, he had
been ihe sustaining branch, and she the
cliUL'ing the branch had been
■grcwing weaker and the vine heavier
every day. All at once he perceived that
the vine had taken hold of another stay,
and not only lightened itfi weigh On
him. but ofiercd suppoit in the days of
declining strength. He perceived,rath
er tjian thought this, and it wag the per
ception that n.adg so great a change in
his state of mind.
•■.Mr. Armor wants to see JVliss Rose,"
said a servant. It was after tea.- A
deeper color came into the muidcu's face
as bhe answered—
"Tell hiui tint 1 will bg down in a
moment."
Mr. and Mis. I'crcival locked at each
other, and then at their daughter. They
saw that slio was agitated, and under
stood' the cause. Henry Armor had been
a frequent visitor of late.
It wssanjhour before llosc- rejoined
iho faniih Her father hoked up, with
ill 111n-st d cuticciii, as she entered the
room; but ttie beautiful light In her coun
tenance iold him wore than rsrords could
utter.
Two weeks later, and Mr. was
in tfiu luouiitains, drinking in ' health ot
lud_, anu uiimi. In the later autum,
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when he gave away, in mairiage, his
daughter Ro3e to llenry Armor, he
ed as if ho fiadta|ten a new lease of lift
—ten years younger, sonio tif 'his friends
said. ' »• • ••
Of the bridal prc»enU, one touched
the heart of Rose!, and sent baok upon
it a flooij of old emotions, once very pain
ful, but now so mingled with sweeter
lbeliugs as t'O give thrills of pleasure.—
It was a fjold watch and chain from Mr!
Everharf, the jeweller. She could not
keep lack the' tears that dimmed hef
eyes as she looked Upon ahd feoognized
it as the very one her lather Lad bought
from him six months before.
LIGHT ON DAEKBNED PATHS
BY MEMCENT IRWIN.
"My love you aie wearied. Is it im.
peTative that letter should be written to
night ?" and Mr. Vernon playfully laid
the evening p^peron the fair blank sheet
his wife had selected before dipping her
pen in t"he Augcly inkstand.
The gentle face, wilh th« sweet earn
est look in the clear eyes, was raised for
A' uifimWtT"—- -
"I want Edward to know UiafT thinjc
he has doue right; and (he sooner the
better, poor boy ! After the first excifo
ment of edrryiu'g resolution into effect, I
am afraid there will be reaction, llis is
a determined spirit, though !"
' 'lhen Ed. has really giveu up college
and turned book keeper? I thought he
was too much of a hero for that!' l spoke
1' rauk, a bright, high-spirited boy.
"The more a hero for so doing, uiy
son!" replied Mrs. Vernon, as her pen
be-;aii rapidly tracing the elear, delicate
characters, and as later she turned the
page she continued—"A hero first in his
struggle with difficulties iu fitting himself
for the JJniversity, and now ju9t when
hope seemed fln the eve of fruitiou, uoiip
the less one in relinquishing his cherished
ambition because duty points another
way."
But Colonel Rosevelt invited JNlrs
Mayo and Cornelia to come to Kceas
boro, I thought Colonel Rosevelt livos
like a nabob, too!"
"It was that offer that made me wrong
bdward by doubting him. A home,whoso
uncongeniality a young man could hardiy
be expected to appreciate, being offered
to his mother aud sister after the sece
rnent of his father's affairs, he has from
a child becu so persistent in his aim, so
intellectually ambitious, that knowing his
mother k?ould for his sake hide so far as
possible her repugnance to giving up a
home of her own, I could not tell how it
might be with him. IJe has decided no--
bly J" and thd qlii'ck tracery began agaic
on the white page.
"You are feverish, Anna. You are
wearing yourself out with this constant
activity, carried on so quietly, to, that
none of us notice it until its cffoct* are
too palpable !" said Mr. Vernon, as later
;in the evening his wifo ; with a weary
t look, pressed her Hand to her brow as iif
| for momentary relief.
" 'Beter wear out than rust out,'
know. Whose motto is that, Mr. Vern
on ?" she asked, archly and brightly, driv
ing the weary look from her face as sho
spoke. "But, seriously, lam doing neith
er. ' I neglected my walk both yesterday
aud to-foj —that is ull. I must have my
fresh air, you k'now, qf I wilt like any
other growth that once owned open
ate!" and the bright smile came again.
"But all these 'little things' that you
do so punctually," expostulated her nua-
"like the wrili/ig pf this letter to"
night, for instance; though you had ac
knowledged you were suffering from
headache. 'J
"And because a headache had resei»4a£"
a neglected walk was that reason 'most*
learned judge,' Edward Mayo should
miss a frigjfily ray of light on his dark
ened way 1" half playfully, half earnestly.
"Hut merely a letter!" still pursued
Mr. VernoDjjyiough in a concluding
tone as the subject.
"It could hftvu beeb'writtciranotiiur tiiae
as well."
"I know ; I would not overate a trifle;
and jet, oh, Thou as," and her voice,
smooth ana sweet ps it was, let tones into
it from sdme sad, faraway country, as the
sunshine lets flicker suddenly into it thjj
shadows of summer leaves stirred by the
soft south wind. "I have.ktuxfrn ttte «.»"»<>
when a few kind words had they been
me, would have filled tlj£ lieaven
with light. The most common expreu
sions of faith and hope, trite thougt tijej
may seem to others, nreelothed with new
meaning when coming from a friend.—
There would be fewer doubts of Hoayoa,
human hearts were more faithful to their
trusts. I can never forget,' 1 she re<umaJ,
alter the little sileucts that vsarf broken
only by tt>« soil rustiing o£ Fain- s
'Weekly," "that there Uave been times
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