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B. F. SCHWEIER,
TEE G0I8TTTTJTI0I THE UHOI AID THE HTOEOEKEBT OF THE LAWS.
Editor and Proprietor.
VOL. XXXIX.
MIFFLINTOWN, JUNIATA COUNTY. PENNA.. WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 28, 1SS5.
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:-ii:ioiiriilcenee, tin.l confirmation,
-Ot Gl a leuflerleH ivn'ral ntmrtsftl
i nen'ral coutroL,
But of iln- truth, or divine reveUiion
liar a Creaior embraces tue whole.'
A IIUOKFX UONU.
The evenlag light was pray and sub
dued in the library of AVolstenbolme.
Tbe lamps were uct lighted, and tbe tire
was only smouldering in the midst of a
pile of light gray ashes, giving forth an
occasional Hash which could not dissipate
the daikiuss of part of the spacious
room ; bat the cray wintry twilight had
not cuine to a close yet, and the t wo fig
ures standing before a deep old-fa&b-ioncd
window conld see everything
wound literal.
Outside the snow lay thick upon the
gToui.d, nud a Urea northern blast went
wailing and soughing between the lare
pole of th 3 larches and firs on either
side of the winding carriage-drive,
while tbe shadows from the marsh-lands
to the east grew deeper and deeper still
It was not u pleasant prospect to look
upon. iiitd with a sigh of weariness Cap
tain Richsxd Lucas turned from it to
tbe idrl at his side, taking in vrith a
quick glance the wondrous beauty of
stately head and braided hair, and the
look of lalf-borrowful meditation iu
the iu.;trous eyes.
As lovely as a passion-flower was the
Lady Isabel Dtcre, '"the daughter of a
huiidn A eails," but surely "one to be
desired," with that sweet faint carmine
m her face and the clustering hair
of go'den brown over her brow. Her
close-Siting but sweeping dark dress
showed the symmetry of her lissom fig
are to perfection, and costly diamonds
Bparkled from the delicate old lace at
throat and wrist ; and yet over all lay
a shadow, undefined, close-clinging.
Captain Lucas too seemed ill at ease,
and, though they had been standing in
the same petition for many minutes, he
did not care to break the silence that
prevailed. There was a restlessness
alwtit Ins siun straight form, a nervous
twltchin of the white hand and gnaw
ing of tJie huavy moustache which told
ol theconilict going on in his mind,
even ir the smouldering fire of his blue
eyes had been no index to it.
He was hardly taller than the Earl's
daugh'er, a'nd, if one could have seen
him well in the gray light, there would
Lavn been noticed tell-tale lines and
wrinkles iu the handsome haughty face,
speaking plainly of pa-ston and pleasure
and pain which had surged round uim
with stronger currents than the gener
ality of men are called to face.
"And I shall see you and speak to
you never again. Lady Isabel ?"
It was his voice that broke the still
ness of the loom and fed in deep sad
cadence uoon his companion's ear.
"See me and speak to me you most
likelv will. Captain Lucas, but Bay
what you have said and be what you
have been never again."
"Aud, when I am thus cast out from
hor ana love, what fate do you think
will 1 mine. Isabel
There was almost a wail in the sound
of his impl uina voice, and for a mo
ment the hot tide would mount unhid
den to Lady Isabel's lovely brow; dui
in an limaiit it was followed by a con
traction of i de brow and a firmer set
ting of the finely-chiseled lips the Da
rtres were not wool to cuanire i eir
minds when once they spoke their wilL
" Vou did not say such words as those.
niv love, in the old days when I wooed
vou under the chestnuts of that small
Norwegian town and it is only two
vears since. Isabel."
If some of h3 comrades could have
seen C tptain Lucas then, they would
hardly have believed that it was he. lie
did not bear t he reautation ol a laaies
man in the c Dicers' mess of the crack
Cavairv roeiment to which he belonged.
Cainaiii Riciiard Lucas, slim, erect.
handsome, with but one blemish, a long
scar curving from his right ear down
his cht-ek and across his throat, riding
his irrav hrse Woden like a centaur.
and looking at everything with a lazy
half-mor.kin!? dance from under the
dark lashes of his steadfast eyes, was a
man to lie feared and courted because
of the keen weapon of sarcasm he pos
sessed than laughed at as a love-sick
man. Captain Lucas "bound by the
fetters of a silken tress 1" Why. every
officer in the regiment would have
laughed the idea to scorn! He was
their "Admirable Crichton," their
faultless one, who had never been
known to lift eyes of love to a lady in
his life. In anv other line they ac
knowledged that he did excel. There
were woi.derful tales told of his powers
at the billiard-table, for Instance, of the
clear coo! head aud steady hand that
never failed hiv. The youngster who
joined his regiment looked upon him
with awe as the man wi o had played
for tremendous stakes with Flashaway,
the pro tiwional, who had ruined scores
of men at the board of green cloth,and
cleaned him out of every penny he poa-se.-sed.
And most likely thac same
younaster. having lost half his year s
incom to the irresistible Captain Lucas,
would receive his money back with a
kindlv but emphatic word of advice to
talk 1SH and woik more and eschew
biandy and billiards. The scar on his
cheek hi had received in a fierce fray
with a hilt-tribe in Ii-dia ten years be
fore, when he was a stripling of twenty
two. His men called him "D ck the
Uevil" iu those days and wbeu he led
the way set their teeth aud gripped
their lanws lightly, for they knew that
he would fiht to the death, though
Woden 6tood knee-deep in blood. Out
of many a hot fiht he bad ridden scath
less with a triumphant umile on the
proud face with its almost womanly
beautv, and with bis long nword red
with blood, till he got that slash from
the crooked blade of a road Mahometan
chief, who fell tha moment after3
In the middle of bis shout "Allan Ak
bah I" cut through brow and brain tjy
Serjeant Tomkins' stalwart arm. ie
wore a little bronze cross on bis breast,
pa field Uys lor ttmt lV work. aa
rKa1
lhirty-two vrj n ,. . -
to a coSmjSS? J-a
'hAoifk. r - u ueiore,
t,,rtltbyads roi:Ra"-t "ch, with al
WrH !Jledge tL:U hoolnastcn and
learned dons could instil ino me thirty-two
years old, and this little cross of
bronz, is all that 1 can show M the re
ult of mj life's work ! O temmra, O
Mores!" And theu the half-ldughii,"
'sieh BaVe plaC 10 au "PP"!
Nevertheless his comrade looked at
him with envious eyes. He would have
given hu ears almost for that little crow
with iu simple words r0r Valor." All
t:iat ho could show for his life's work
was an injured constitution and a pile
of bills. 1
. .Captain Lucas's Colonel was proud of
nis subordinate ollicer had set him
often, in days gone bv, in the post of
danger and honor, aud now, in tho pip
ing times cf peace, did his best to pro
cure for him his well-merited promo
tion ; but still tbe kindly old man
looked at his favtrite sometimes with
anxious eyed.
"What maiw Lucr-s laugh so in that
hard bitter way?" he would muse
sometimes over the waluuts and he
wine. "What made him tight in that
mad way too, w!ien we had the trouble
with the hill-men in India ? And there's
a recklesneas in those blue eye3 of hi
sometimes that 1 dout like at all. I
wish the man would marry and settle
down. "
There was pretty much the same feel
ing about Lucas among all his brother
orticers and friend; and he hnnseif ac
knowledged m his own mind that there
was something wrong in his life. veu
wht-n the mirth and gaity were at their
highest, whea his pulse beat ft n re
sponse to the music and the motion of
som) delightful dance, or when the sonz
was loudest and the cliampagne ran like
water, a sense of something lacking
would creep into hi3 unwilling mind.
Ay, and when the autumn sun was
bright, aud the autumn winds were
keen aud invigorating, when the hounds
made deep music in the uplands, and
o len bore him with tireless stride
ver the dewy fields, even then black
Care sat grimly behind the horseman.
Two years before he had met Lord
Dacre, Earl of Wolstenholme, and bis
family in Xorway, whither he himself
had gone for the fishing. The Earl's
family was one well worth knowinar.
Lidy Dacre. for all the pride which had
come down to her undiminished from
a long line of noble ancestors, was a
sensible lovable woman who brought up
her family in a wise affectionate way
which left nothing to be desired. Her
four tall daughters were renowned for
their beauty and sense far and wide,
and her only son. young Talbot Dicre.
a Jarg6-imbed yellow-haired youngster
at Oxford, had not done badly. The
two eldest girls, Ldy Mary and La ly
(irace, were engaged ; the third was
Lady Isabel, whose sweet grave face,
with Its wild-rose flush, violet eyes, and
hair of sunny brown, had brought Cap
tain L'icas to her feet almost ilhout a
struggle.
He was thirty then. Lady Isabel oue-and-twenty
; and, though they never
entered into any binding engagement,
it was understood by their respective
families that the "young folk" were
well content with each other, and would
bring matters to a more definite condi
tion when they pleased.
Captain Lucas never cared then what
his future fate might be ; he was quite
content to live in the golden present
and let all other thouzhts go unheeded
to the winds. W hat was all the rvst of
the world to him, with its cares and
troubles, as he wandered towards the
hills which lay around the little Norwe
gian village? His arm was round his
lov and her sweet voice was in his ear.
the grass was green and soft beneath
their feet, the chestnuts were bursting
into fragrant bloom on every side, and
the springtide breezes were abroad.
He had not seen her for more than
two years ; aud now, in the bitter win
try weather, when he came down to
Wolstenholme for a day or two, she had
reminded him of his old vows to obey
her slightest wish, and called upon him
to prove h.s truti by giving up all
thoughts of wedding her. give back the
few short letters he had received from
her aud forget all the fond words that
she' bad spok-n under the chetnut
trees. Two years before he would not have
stood thus, awkward and angry, with
two or three feet of sptce between him
and Isabel ; his arm would have been
round her waist and her small sunny
head upon his shoulder. But now times
were changed ; and he thought sadly of
the shadow that would come over his
life now that the greatest brightness it
contained was to be taken away. It
was onlv in Lady Isabel's presence that
he felt quite at rest ; it was on y the
thought of her matchless face with its
sttadiast fearlessness of expression that
restrained him sometimes from drink
ing deeply or sinning iu some grosser
W1t was the thought of thU that
weighed most heavily upon him just
now ; wlthoutthistieto hold him back,
there was no knowing to what end he
might come, and he turned to the girl
who held m fate in her hands for one
U"Yougive me no reason, Isabel for
the word that sends me away a blighted
"Tres'have weight enough for
me Captain Lucas, though you will
6', not eiving them. I have
Sondes this step for a long .time now.
and am sure tnai . ' ,,
I am not worm uuunus " - ,
LTd l with a momentary return to the old
fondness ol manner.
were Tever really engaged; and you
widUn forget all about me, won't you.
Dlut there was a look upon Captain
Lucas's face which she bad never seeu
Sreoefore. Hewec
raSortaiTtoWthigh
Wafby-gTue Spring re as biak as
Lhrht no I his dark straight brows were
nlt.nJA; 7T was deathly pale, ex-
c?l t where thelulwar wound showed
cent wne " hands were
3 pierced the flesn,
d lS5l That she said he answered not
a worn. . . . Tvcfr
"I have one w u? - --. - -
before we pan, " ' rf, T3 Z
ssssrsj nrjsss g. to1
wmm oi uiui , between us
rTrf mn aoart lika strangers
Wto tow I know that some
w. ,T -Tn . th fault is yours, some
that It mmepernaps that U the rea
STthe paper near me,
hardly know myself; but, at
1 J ,uu Wl" uut muu signing it,
I W!il J ? 20 one will ever see it but
ourselves. See I have drawn it up al
reKdy. and It wants only your signa-
ure. -
hue took a little pefuraei sheet of
note-paper from the table as she spake,
and held it up before him. He took it
aud read it through without a word
mere was not much to read
"We, Captain Richard Lucas, - th
Liucers, and Ladv Isabel Daore of
Wolstenholme. hereby uledss ourselves
to ignore and foritet all that took Dlac
, between us at Xordenfjord in the spring
ot lJi . not, if we can help it. to cross
acn otuer's path, not to mention each
otnei 's name.
Li.ly Isabel's signature was there al-
realy, running iu bold careless charac
ters across thecoroneted paper. Captain
j.nc?s, stooping, added his, and without
a word tnrr.ed to the window again.
Iibel taking the paper in her hand
paused to look at mm for a roomeut
wiirre he stood with bowed head now,
gazing out into the darknes3. as if un
decidetl whether to turn back and speak
to him or no ; theu. with head erect and
musing lace, grasping the little paper
n ner nana, sue passed quietly from
the room, ana so faded away poor Cap
tain nicLiurd Lucas s dreams of happi
ness.
lie did not appear at dinner that
evening, and it was not till some hours
afterwards, when the moon had risen
anu uie aaiKuesi or the library was
changed to the silvery glamor the
"White Lady" bring, that young Lord
Talbot found him there, still standing
with boned head and death-pale face
Der re the window.
lie was not well, he said ; his old
wound troubled him sometimes in cold
weather ; and the next day he rejoined
lus regiment, though a week of his fur
lough was still unexpired.
"Who's that, Tom the man who
looks like a soldier there, on the gray
norse?"
That? Why, that is Captain Lucas
Sir Richard, as he is now, since the
old man died I lie left tbe army
mouth ago, and looks as if idleness
would kill him, if it were not for the
evil spirit in him that keeps him alive."
"That Lucas 1 Why, I saw him at
Fairlegh's last summer, looking as
healthy and strong as need be, and now
I would not give two months' purchase
tor his life, lie's as thin as a lath and
as white as chalk, and, if ever a fierce
biack fiend looked out of a man's eyes.
he is the man. What's wrong with
hirn ?"
"How should I know, boy ? In debt,
or iu love, or something ; you'll know a
deal more about such things when you
come out into the world."
"Djn't be so cocky, Tom; you're only
t weuty yourself, an J can't make enough
money to keep a fellow in cigars ! Come
o!t your stilts and tell me what's the
matter with Lucas."
It was a warm bright day in the
height of the London season ; well
dressed and well-mounted men and
women, and carriages speaking silently
of wealth and position, thronged the
Row.
"Tom" was a Government clerk with
extiavagant habits and a small income,
but great expectations. He was lean
ing now in all the glory of perfectly-
httiu; gloves and faultless bat over the
iron rail, watching tbe passers-by and
endeavoring to satisfy in his own con
descending way ttie curiosity of his
younjr brother, au overgrown Eton
boy, who. by some peculiar tactics
which he employed with great success.
al K'avs managed to be at home for the
best part of the season.
As they spoke, Captain Richard Lu
cas was riding by, holding Woden in
with a stead v hand, though the splendid
animal's strong gray limbs quivered
with excitement, and he was evidently
longing to break away from the noise
and hurrying life on every side of him.
There was indeed a great change in
the Captain since he put his name to
Lvly Isabel's bond in the library of
Wolstenholme. His face was white
and thin not with tbe thinness which
would come from the bard tithting and
scanty fKi of a campaign, but with a
wan drawn look, seamed with deep
lines, as it the fiery soul within were
trying to burst the bonds which held it
down to earth.
Captain Lucas knew both the lads
leaning over the rail; but he did not
speak f :ther of them, though he had
turned Woden in their direction for that
express purpose. Just as he was about
to rein up, tne Ladies Dacre of Wol
steuholme rode by, attended by their
brother an quite a bevy of male
friend3 ; be caught just a glimpse or
L-ly Isabel's haudsome chestnut, of
the braided hair and the sweet proud
fac, Hushed and animated now, for
Major Fitch of the Royal Irish was
telliug her one of his astounding anec
dotes of personal adventure.
Ue turned his wan face to get a last
glimpse of the dark riding-habit soon
lost among the proud riders of the Bow,
and Tom noticed with surprise that,
though his brow was dark, his mouth
twitched, and he shifted uneasily in his
saddle, as with sudden pain.
After this there were strange tales
told about Captain Richard Lucas. In
the Brownlow steeple-chase he had rid
den in a mad reckless way which brought
bck to tbe minds of his men tbe bad
fifhtiug days In India. He had lamed
VY o ieu and killel another uorse uy nis
foolhardy riding ; with a broken billiard
cue he had thrashed Flashaway within
an Inch or his life, and he drank deeply
at club and hotel every night now.
Lady Isabsl had never awakened
thoroughly yet from the rosu tinted
dreams that schoolgirls dream; her
brain teemed with poets' idle fancies of
blameless knights and kings In shining
armor who knew no guile ; and, while i
she mused over -Tne Princess" in her j
odorous rose-gardens, she never guessed
how Captain UiCiard Lucas was pacing
hi little barrack sitting-room with
damp white brow and wild scared eyes,
claspiug aud unclasping a pistol In his
nerveless hand, seeking to take his own
life, but always held back by something
within him which raised a warning
voice and called him "Suicide."
' A Aiot in the dark, the shouts of
angry men out ia the thick wood just
a little way from the great doors, and
t'wn the alarm-bell ot Wolstenholme
rang out upon tbe night-air, seeming to
cast the tidings from Its clanging iron
throat of Are and maddened rage and
sudden death.
O'.d Thompson, the porter, awoke In
the hall, terrided and confused, and
stood ia senile impotence, shaking bis
hands and erylng, "Alack, aUckl"
while the white-haired Earl earn out
with hasty strides from tha library, ask-
ing in stern tones what tbe midnight
uproar might mean,
Lady Dacre, with her three daughters
and a score of gueits, came out pale
and frightened from a drawing-room
near at nand, all asking at once of mas.
ter, servants, and one another why the
bell rang out sj loudly.
No one seemed able to give an expla
uation, though. All that Thomson
could say was that he was dozing in his
snug old-fashioned porter s chur before
tor tire when he Tieard shns bred in
rapid succession outside, followed by
the shouts of men, as if in mortal Jtrife.
and at the same moment the alarm-bell
rang out loud euough to wake the dead
Where is Lord Talbrt ?" said the
old Earl, btamping with impatient
anger, and looking in vain upon the
women crowd ng round for protection,
"Where is' Lord TalbH ? Wtiere are
all the gentlemen who came to-day 'i
Go bring some of the men-servants,
boy P he said ti Henry, the page, who
was endeavoring to escape observation
by keeping behind some of the guests.
"Am 1 the only nun in the bouse wheu
men are most needed
He motioned the lad away with an
impatient wave of the hand ; but, pale
aud scared Henry stood oetore him
"If you please, my lord," h9 said.
know what It is. O.ikes, the keeper,
told Lord Talbot this morning that he
expected trouble to-night with Sith
Henderson an! his poachers. Keeper
had heard say as how the poachers were
coming in strong force to-night, and
Lord Talbot and Captain Lucas and
some more of the gentlemen said as
how they'd see the fun and help to make
the men prisoners. I'm afeard, my
lord, to tell you. Half an hour ago
thev went out with guns and sticks
Oakes came for them and there'll be
harm done, there will, for Seth Hender
son wouldu't stick at murder ; and they
do say that Captain Lucas is like a very
demon when he fights-
That is enough, boy. Tell the men
to come with lanterns, and we will go
and see what it means."
Tho old Earl's fa;e, though stern and
proud, was very white. Ue loved his
only soi with no common loe, and, in
the long moments Uat passed before
the men came, he suffered agonies, pic
turing to hims'lf his yellow-haired lad.
the pride of his lire, the heir of Wol
stenholme, lying out on the snowy
grass, dead, with the injonlight falling
upon bis bonnp face.
Iu reality but very few moments had
passed between tbe first clang cf the
bell a id the time when tbe four men
passed dowu the broad stone stepson to
the lawn, the ladies following them at
little distance, to see it anything
strange presented itself.
1 never Knew Captain Lucas was
here ; did you, Isabel ?" sa'd Lady
Grace to her sister, who, a thin shawl
of white lace gathered over her liead,
was stepping quickly after her father.
"No." answered Isabel, with a slight
shudder ; and Lady Grace wondered at
the whiteness of her beautiful face and
the terror which shone out from her
soft violet eyes.
Talbot must have asked him at the
last minute without telling us" the
elder sister went on musingly, gather
ing at the same time tbe train of her
satin robe from contact with the wet
bushes they passed ; but Isabel never
heard her.
The little group only a few paces in
front had turned a corner now, and
were hurrying down a narrow path over
shadowed by tall Scotch firs, a ragged
undergrowth of brambles stretching
out long arms to catch their feet.
As Isabel turned the corner and laid
a light baud upon her father's shoulder.
two more shots were heard, following
each other with hardly a second ba-
tween, a wild oath or two in the rough
voices of the poachers, aud then a ring
ing cheer, iu which she could easily dis
tinguish young Talbot's powerful voice.
The men broke into a run then, even
the old Earl forgetting his dignity for
a ruonunt; and in a small circular open
ing where a moss-grown sundial stood.
and round which great firs towered ma
jestically, showing black in the moou-
hght, they found the explanation or the
disturbance.
One man came through the misty
light to meet them Oakes, the head-
keeper, binding his left hand in a big
red handkerchief, and removing hisc-tp
when he found there were ladies pres
ent
'it's all over, my lord," he said, can
in hand, and speaking in a half-depre
cating manner, noticing the angry light
in his mas er's eyes; "we ve beat them
hollow. Jakes and Tom, two under
keepers, have got Seth Henderson safe.
and are taking him to Iock him up in
the tool-house. There's been a many
shots tired, but, as far as 1 can tee
there hasn't been much time to notice
though I am the ouly man hurt. Lord
Talbot is saie and sound ; he went with
tbe other gentlemen to try to catch the
rest of the poachers. There I hear
his voice now ; they are coming back."
It was as he said. They heard the
footsieus of the victorious party return
ing towards tn? little glade, un I young
Talbot's voice in jovial triumph con
gratulating his companions on the fun
they had had.
The whole party from the house went
down the narrow path to meet them
all but La ly Isabel. She was standing
erect in an attitude of keen attention
iu the midst of the trampled snow, lis
tening for surely she heard some
sound other than the wail of the cold
wind moving the bare pine-branches !
Hark 1 Tuere it was ag in I
"Isabel I" a groan as of a dying
man. and then the sweet name came
again "Isabel 1"
Ah, Lady Isabel did not think to
meet him thus her first love, whom
ie had sent away for an idle whim one
ear before I
Lying upDn the withered, bracken and
tbe blood-stained snow, his sad face
gray with the ashen hue of coming
death and the hot blood welling from
his side, was Captain Richard Lucas ;
and, with one great tearless sob. the
E ul's daughter crouche I in the snow
and took his head upon her knee.
Foor Dick was dying hard to all ap
pearance, drawing his breath In great
gasps, and trying to stanch the horrid
Uow with both hands, gazing up into
her face with sad adoring eyes, and try
ing with his poor dumb lips to frame
her name.
Poor Dick I The darkness fell from
Isabel's eyes at last. What were pll
her impossible dreams to her if Dick
should die ? And at ths thought she
called him by his name in soothing
tones, chafed his numbed hand in hers,
and rained down passionate kisses upon
his Ice-cold brow. She never heard her
father and all his party return, aha
never heard them debating as to witat
ot it was that had laid Luoas low-
only tie E art's whispered wor.is s ruck
a sort of dumb terror through her
"Lay him on the shutter ; then cover
him with your coaM, la Is, and carry
bim in. His mo' her will never greet
Captain Richard Lucas any more."
So sadly and silently they bore him
through the beautiful grounds of Wol
stenholme, an 1 laid him in the library
where he had stood and talked with
Isabel a year before.
It was never known who rang the
alarm-beil on that winter-night. Some
frightened servant, who perhaps had
heard a previous shot, was supposed to
have done it; but no one confessed
and over the whole house biooded un
broken quiet for Captain Lucas lay
between life and death, and. when de
lirium came on him for a while, he ter
r.fied every one with his shouts aud
cres.
It was not till the hedges were turn
ing green and the lilacs blooming purple
all over the land that the doctors gave
heir opinion that be would recover.
He lay upon a couch in the library one
balmy evening in tha latter end of M ly.
propped up with pillows and covered
with warm rugs ; tbe tall French win
dows were open, tnd through them
came the sunshine and the warm breath
of spring playing about his thin pale
face.
The very ghost of his former self he
seemed; but yet a smile played aoout
bis mouth, for Lady Isabel bent over
him or moved noiselessly about the
room, talking to him and getting him
whatever he might need not tbe Lady
Isabel who bad cast him off because ho
did not come up to her impossible ideal,
but a gentler, sweeter girl, whose voice
was like low music, and the touch of
whose hand had a lingering fondness of
its own.
Ue was following her about now with
wistful eyes wherever she went ; and
presently he asked the question she
was bending over him almost before be
had said the first word
"What has become of tbe bond,
Isabel the bond that I have dreamed
about so often lately V"
"1 tore the horrid thing up long ago!"
answered Isabel, putting ner arms
round his neck and smiling through
her tears. "I will never trouble you like
that again, Dick, and we will live for
one another now ; won't we, dear V"
Abuut India.
A traveler in India says the account
made by the oldest and best informed
of my native acquaintance (and I am
n t talking here of Bengal demagogues.
but of men holding it may be or who
have held high olli ;e under Government
and deservedly trusted by it) of the
gradual estrangement which has come
about within their recollection between
themselves and the English in In'iia, is
most instructive. In the days, they
say, of their youth, 3d and 40 years ago,
though there were always among the
company's otlicers men who from their
abuse of power weredislike 1 and just
ly feared, the general fealing of the na
tives toward the English civilian was
one of respect aud even of affection.
The Indi.m character is affectionate.
is enthusiastic, and inclined to hero
worship; and the English in early days,
from their superior knowledge mil
strength of character, exercised no
little lascination on the native mini.
Nearly all of the older men talk with
reverence and esteem of certain teach
ers who instructed them iu youth, and
of certain eirly patrons to whom they
owed their success in after lift) aud
thev willingly acknowledge the inilu-
ence exercised over themselves and
their generation by such individual ex
ample. The English otlicial of that
day, they affirm, had more .power than
now, but he exercised it with a greater
responsibility, and so of honor m its
discharge, lie took pains to know the
people, and, in fact, he knew them well.
Except in the very highest ranks ot thu
service he was readily accessible. He
lived to a great extent among the peo
pie and according to the customs of
the people. He did not disdaiu to make
friends with those of the better class.
and occasionally he raanied amoug
them, or at least contracted semi-ma trl-
momal relations with the women of tho
land. This may have had its ill c.inst-
quences iu otner ways, but it broke
down the hedge of caste prejudice
between East and West, and gave the
otlicial a personal interest in the people,
which no mere sense of duty, however
elevated, could supply. The Englsh-
man of that day looked upon India not
unirequently as his second home. ar:d
taking the evil with the good, treated It
as such. England could only be reach
ed by the (Jape .route. Traveling was
tedious and expensive, the malls few
and far between, and many a retired
otbeer had at the end of his service be
come so weddtd to the land of hisadop-
tion that he ended his cUys in it in pref
erence to a new expatriation. It is
easy to understand from thts that the
Anglo-Indian official of the company's
days loved mom in a way that no
Queen's officid dreams of d ting now,
Also that, loving it, he served it better
than now, and was better loved in re
turn.
FainUj Lots.
If there is anything which make life
worth the living it is to be one of an
affectionate family. Strange to say.
however, most people could really
count up the really nice families they
know the family, that is, in which
there is not only a tender care for each
other, but an unselfish deportment 4ud
kindly interest always manifested by
every member of the home circle tow
ard every other fellow member. The
daughters will always fetch their
mothers anything she may want, and
brush their brothers top coats and hats
for them ere the male members of the
bouse start off for their work in the
morning. The lads, too. will of, en
take their sisters for a walk, or pay
them little attentions which cost
nothing and mean a great deal. This
is tbe household into which a young
man who wants a good wife will do
well and wisely to marry. There m sy
not te much show aout tbe girls, but
he will find they are affectionate, and
their dispositions stand the test ot wear.
It Is easy enough to fall in iove with a
girl when she is arrayed for a party, she
feels the flush aud pleasure of the fun.
H ' en life deepens and darkens, how
ever, and little family worries come in.
man wants something more than a
pretty drawing-room ornament for a
wife; he needs a real, goo l-he&rted.
honest womanly soul and helpmate.
Ob3kev a young father trying to
appease a bawling baby, and you'll wit
ness enough ingenuity in ten minutec
to make yon think that man ought to
bo an WYeaUeT.
A Starr of luitian CaptlTiry.
Geu. liviss, who rescued Cynthia Ann
Parker lroui the Coiuauclte Indians,
says that an oil painting of the famout
worn in wilt be exhibited at tbe New
Orleans exposition. Cynthia was cap
tured when about 10 years old, and,
when takeu from the Indians and
placed iu the household of her uncle,
Col Parker, near Weather-ford, she was
the squaw of the Cnief. Gen. Ross
writes: "In the campaign against the
Couiaucnes, as I could take but 40 of
ui men ftom my post. I requested
i'atil. X (v Ktriiiia io ponnnMml or tlu
i United Slates troops at Ca.up Cooper,
to send rue a detacliment ot Jd cavaii v.
He promptly sent me a sergeant aul 20
well-mounted men. Mv force was still
augmented by some 70 volunteer citi
zens, under command of the biave o' i
frontiersman, Captain Jack Cureron,
of liosque county.
,On one of the Pdase River saad
hi Is I found four fresh pony tracks,
and being satisfied hat Indian videttes
had just gone I galloped forward about
a mile to a higher point, and riding to
the lop, to my inexpressible surmise
found myself within 200 yards of a
Comauclie vi'lage, located on a small
stream winding around the lase of the
hill. It was a most happy cuuumst auce
that a piercing north wind was blow
ing, bearing with it clouds of saud,
and my piesence was unobserved and
the surprise complete. Uy signalling
my men as J stood concealed, they
reached me without being discovered
by the Indians, who weie busy packing
up preparatory to a move. By this
lime IIm Indians mounted and moved
off north across tbe level plain. My
command, with the detachment of (he
2nd cavalry, had outmarched and be
come separated trom tne citiz-n com
mand which left me but 6o men. In
making disposition for attacK the ser
geant anl n is men were sent at a
gallop, behind a chain of saud hills, to
coin i kiss them iu and cut off their re
treat, while with 40 men I charged
them. The attack was so suddeu that
r. considerable number were killed be
fore they could prepare for defence.
They lied precipitately right Into the
presence of the sergeant aud his men.
Here they met with a warm reception,
and finding themselves completely en
compassed every oue fled his owu way,
and was hotly pursued aud hard pressed.
"The chief ot the party, a noted war
rior ot great repute, with a young girl
about 13 years of age, mounted on his
hnise bemud him and Cynthia Ann
Parker, with a girl child about two
years of age in her arms and mounted
on a fleet pony, flud together, while
Lieutenant Tom Keliiher and 1 pur
sued them. Alter running aoout a
mile Keliiher ran up by the side of
Cynthia s horse and 1 was in the act of
shooting, when she held up her child
ttnd stopped. I kept on after the chief,
and abou; half a miie further, when in
about 20 yardsof him, I fired my pistol,
striking the girl (whom 1 supposed to
be a man, as .-he rode like one, and only
her head was visible above the buffalo
robe with which she was wrapped) near
the heart, killing her instantly, and the
same ball would have killed both but
for the shield of the chiet, which hung
down, covering his back. When the
girl fell from the horse she pulled him
oil also, but he caught on his feet, and
before steadying himself, ray horse,
running at lull spetd, was very nearly
on top of him, when ho was struct
with an arrow, which caused htm to
fall to pitching or bucking, and it was
with great dilliculty that I kept my
saddle, aud in the mean time narrowly
escaied several arrows coining in quick
successiou from thechief's bow. Ueiug
at such disadvantage, he would have
killed me in a few minutes but for a
random shot frorj mv pistol (while I
was clinging with my left hand to the
pommel of uy saddle) which broke his
right arm at the elbow, completely
dis ibling h!m. My horse then became
quiet and 1 shot the chief twice through
the body, whereupon he deliberately
walked to a saiall tree, the only one in
silit, and. leaning against it, began to
sing a wild, weird song.
Ktding back to the squaw as soon as
I looked on her face 1 said: "Why,
Tom, this is a white woman; Indians
do not have blue eyes.' She said two
of her boys W2re with her when the
fight had began and she was distres-e I
by the fear that they had been killed. It
so happened, however, that both es
caed. and one of them. Quana, is now
a chief. The otherdied some years ago
on the plains. 1 then asked her to give
me the history of her life with the In
dians and the circumstances attending
her capture by them, which she promptly
did in a very sensible manner, and as
the facts detailed corresponded with the
m:issacre at Parker's tort, 1 was im
pressed with the belief that she was
Cynthia Add Tarker. Subsequent
events proved the truth of my supposi
tion. MFricilla'' tauarf.
I want to tell my friends about my
canary-bird, for we think him very in-teri-sting.
He was given to me over
a y :ar ago, aud is now two years old.
1 gave hhu the name of B jou, which is
the French name for jewel or anything
lu the form of a glittering trifling ob
ject. The name exactly suits him, for
he is one of the most playful, showy
little birds I ever saw.
It seems as though he understands
eve y word I say to him, and he is at
home when perched uion my head or
hand. Nearly every day he leaves his
ca;e and flies around the room until
tired. The smartest thing he does, and
the only trick we ever taught him. is
ringing a little bell when he wants to
eat." Perhaps some ot you may wish
to try this with your birds, so I will
tell you how to accomplish it I took
the smallest bell I could find and fast
ened it to th? top of the cage, on the
plan oradoor:b3ll that is on a spring.
We took broom-wire for the spring,
theu attached a string that was long
enough to hang down in the cage aud
just within reach of the bird, Ue will
play with anything, so In a short time
he took hold of thnt stnng. Assoonas
he gave a little jerk the bell rang. Then
I gave him a piece of bread. After a
few days be found he would get some
thing when he pulled that string. Then
1 kept the string out of tbe ca je and
wou d put it down where he could
reach it, only when I would feed him.
Now be will ring the bell as soon as I
offer him anything, and seems to know
what the bell is for. Had no idea he
would learn in so short a time, but he
is very tame and that made it easier.
Can't some one te'.l me wnat new trick
1 can teach my bird ? I think he would
learn a great deal if we only had the
time and patience to teach him.
Tes berries have each their season ol
fruitage, save one. Thou hast all sea
sons lor Uune own, O, bri-oery.
Fl:nns fur ,Uti1m- irt lcu Tur.
Having arrived at a rccocnizol fi -h
ground, the boat is evsjd aud (.tea lie I
for Uio dropping of tho :ict-, which ar
pniU out sottiy htm I over baud. Uuttl
the corns auJ l,uy3 are lost to tho eye
sight, Suva wLt-.o a I'hiK'phnrio wva
ot spray pla-hus on tho sta. Agiu
fcllence ovoi tt-.-o iho rr.-w, afc.i as the
night advance-., if ti-o Btrurjg;r is uot
uierojted u tie ou; vurd a-perts of
sea and ky, he will ftwm-cdly fall
asleep, for the rocking of thu lo6t is
accompanied by u cou'mnoas paii and
tumble of water whi-Ju bus tho !leet of
a lul al'y. Be will notice, that the
akipuer noda at the helm, th.it tiie boys
ert Ktretcbed bojeata the seats, min
ing no pretense to being uakc th it
the men are m.-iKiug stmugi; n.nses with
their Loses. Meanwhile the terrinj
nro either driving fueir heads bto the
meshes by tne thousand, or the nets
are drifting ijjy like so much FC-tiiveeJ,
loilowed by I he boat. KounJ and
round about, as far as the eye can Bee.
low rr.a-tuead lights thine out; hut if
t ie night be fine there me no BOtiiids,
on'y a drifting aud Loddicg of Ijtaus,
a fleet a-leep, waiting tor the moruiiig.
Here aro other aspects, -s when a
cloud ob&cur-a the toocu, uud the stars
are extinguished, and the wiud J;ft3 tLo
sea into a while nurgo, and lying at nets
mar meau loundi rmg at theai. or there
ia a drifting of boats mto the great sca-
cuaauel, where Etoamt-rs loom ever
them, without stopping, or they sail
down oa each other, and guuwalea
cract and msls fall.
Oa an "rdiuary oecasiou noiLiog o
curs; tue morning breaks over tne
mountains in tbe east iu tiuts of deli-
cte violet shot with gold. The air aeti
chillier, and, with namb'cg trusts of it
came jtarneta Irom Ailsa Craig, and
seagulls awake with ie duwii. The
neta are abippad, and . . may be not
stogie nerring is ia the meshes, or
here and there is a flih strive d bv ac
cident into them, or tbe weight ot tiia
oatcu is o great ttiat a laborious morn
ing u spent in shaking and tumbling
mem into position, tor the hnr or
two of rapture wtiich succeeds a full
oatch, the skippar is rep-tiJ his waeks
ol Irmtless expendituro of skill and
labor. As h.s boat. Ia ten to the gnu-
waleg, skirts the sourneru uleol tue
island, bo sees bis wifo on tho pier,
and a batch of gesticulatinr; children.
They understand that tue Mow motion
of tne deep-laden boat, as of a wcuudeu
animal, means fortune. It he is ad
dressed at such a point of hi career.
he will aay, "he is not p'ond. he In
thankful.' and the w,t lia shows it is
by instantaneously emptyiiiar his boat
and returning to the snout .Nor won V
he come ashore for weeks, making
jonrneys Irom the Micceo ul ground to
the quay, if bis luck lasted.
Note Concerning Itrirlrmalds.
Instead of being no mmy graceful
ornaments at tha marrisge ceremonv,
as nowadays, the bri lemaids iu ol !ea
times bad various duties assigned to
them. - Tans one f the principle tasks
was dressing the bride oil her wedding
morning, wnen auy omission in he;
toilet was laid to their charge. At a
wedding too. wiiero it was arranged
that tbe bride should be followed by a
numerous traiu of her ldy trends, it
waa the nrst bri.lemaiu a duty to plav
the part of a drill ni stres-s, ' z ng"
tbem so that "no pair io the prooe.sion
were followed by a tal,er couple." She
as also eioect.-d to see that each
bridemaid waa not only provided with a
sprig ol rosemary, or a Boral pasy
pinued to the breistfolds of herdre-w,
but had a symbolical ch iplet iu her
band, la many pirts of G rmnv it is
till customary for the bri.iernaids to
bring the myrtle wreath, which they
have subscribed together to purchase
on the nnprial eve, to the house of tne
bride, and to remove it frota Ler Letid at
the close of the wedding day. Alter
this had been done, the bride'is bliud
lolded, and the tnvrtlo wreath beiu
put into her baud she tries to place it
on tbe head of one of her bri.leu.auis
as they dance around her; for, in ac
cordance with au old belief, whoever
she crowns is sure to be married with'n
a year from that date. As may be
imagined this cerinony 13 tne goaree of
no small ex?itemen', each bridemaid
being naturally anxio.i- to follow the
example of the bride. E fe riug once
more to tho bridal wreatu au I chapter,
it is still a current notion in many parts
of our own country that tne bn.le iu
re oving these mnst take special cute
that her bndemuids throw away every
pin. Not only is it tfll med that uns
fortane will overtake the bride who
retains even oue pin used in her mar
riage toilet, bnt woe also to the I n Ie
maids if tbey keep any cf tbem as their
prospects of aarnage will be thereby
materially lewened.
The Town IVhsra S!iy!ak nu Undncw.
Venice is the home of the Trait ian,
and also where the gondola lms its net
aud rears i a young. It is a so tt e head
quarters for th" piint known as Vene
tian red. They use it for p'inttn' the
t wn on festive oc-asions. This is the
town wheie the Meichaut of Venice
used to do business, and the home of
Shy lot k, a broker, who sheared the
Venetian lamb at the corner of the
Rtalto and the Grand Canal. lie is
now no more. I couldn't even fin 1 an
'!d neigh'ior near tbf Itialto who le
membeied Sbyloek. From wti.it I can
learn ot him, however, ( aoi led to be
lieve that lie was pretty close lu his
deals, aud liked to calco a man in ;t
tight place ana then nfake him squirm.
Shylock, during the great panic m,
Venice many years ago, it is said, had a
chattel mortgage on more lives thau
you could shake a stick at. He woul I
Io in a small amount to a merchant at
three per cent, a mouth, aud secuie it
ou a pound of the merchant's liver or
by a cut-lhroat mortgage on his re
spiratory apparatus. Tuea wheu the
paper matured lie would go up to the
aouse wuh a pair ot scales au I a pie
kuife and demand a foreciosuie.
fjerwau land.
This well-known Shakeaperean reader,
wlii e looking throngU the Polytechnio
Art Gallery, Louisville, Kr.. di-covered
a picture which, he sayn, is R mbrandt'a
"Daughter of the Innocetia," a paint
ing celebrated in history, for which
connottsnra have been searching for
years. JJ-. L!nde purchased tne pic
tare for Jlt-O from the owoer.
Nei (tea
The republic of Nicaragua is the only
Latin American couutry that owes no
lorelgn debts, while its domestic indebt
edness can be exliuxuialied at
edness can be exliuxuialied at a mo- j owing to improved metnous 01 tenuiz
ment's notice, by the use of the surplus lajf perhaps some peculiarity of tbe seap
fiuida in Van sauooai treasury.
NEWS IN jlHTF.?.
Forty per cent, cf tbelr.nC of Indi
ana is uudn cultivation.
l'icneh evening ne3papers tra di
ted toe following morning.
They aro eating third crop apiile",
well matured in Cummiug, G.i.
A hundred Canadian facil'ies think
0 settling near East Point, G:u
T.hs maa who sowed tin? first field
of potatoes in Scotland die 1 in liVl.
Pott Huron, Mich, is not a very
iarje Jity, but its street r.m aro bested.
Abaut 13,000 letters a day now
reau the dead letter otH.-e at Washing
ton. Tho Camen.bc it cows in France
average yearly about J I SO per head in
cheese.
A disease similar to hog cholera U
attacking the turkeys hi MUlford,
t.'oun.
An Indian girl 13 years cf age is
the 'boss" brt'Hiluiaker at LewLitown.
Idaho.
Iu Great Britain It Is found that
100 uia!e dogs go m.ul as compared wivii
14 female.
Capita! punishment was abolished
iu Italy in 1&73 and murders increased
42 per cent.
Rails county, Missouri, boasts of a
thirteen months' old child with three
distinct heads.
The lirst billiard table ever set ur
in Cart r county, Missouri, was taken
'.here recently.
Sweet potatoes go begging in the
markets of Valati, FLv, tweuty-Uve
cents a bushei.
Skating rinks in Maine have proven
elephants ou the bauds of their proprie
tors this season.
Bethlehem, N. H., has only some
1300 inhabitants, but she is credited
with six post offices.
From a single grape vine in Levy
cou ity, Fla., lOCO pounds of grapes
were taken this season.
5ig. Perugini (Mr. Cha'terton) la
the lirst American stager who has mala
a suceessf ul deout iu Paris.
Au artesian well 011 a ranch near
Vaccanlla, Cal.,stuek exceileut water
at less thau 70 feet depth.
Washington Territory ha3 admit
ted a woman, Mrs. Mary S. Leonard, to
practice iu her courts.
Tower clocks, costing from 5300 to
i."JC0, are sent from this country pretty
much atl over the world.
Much progress is reported to have
been mad; in Ireland of late in the
study of the Irish language.
A vliceuiau who has served on the
New York force for 21 ye rs may then
retire ou half pay, Jtxto a year.
The preseut Atlantic cable rate Is
40 cents a wold. The rate first charged
was jloo for 20 words or less.
lu Turkey the talking of tho cen
sus is let out to the lowest bidder. A
census is about to be taken there.
The deposits in Massachusetts sav
ings banks have increased over ten m:l
I.0L1 dollars dtirlog he past year.
The Michigan State Health Board
has a library containing books and pam
1 Uleis relating to Sanitary science.
Rabbit hunters In Nevada some
times average over 10o rabbits a day,
and these sell for about $3 a dozen.
The shade trees of Savannah, which
have bet-u the pride of that city tor ma
ny years, are dying at a rapid rate.
The prisons in Austria are to be
lighted with electricity, if experiments
now in pi 01 ess turn out favorably.
The clock in Trinity Church tower
is the heaviest in America. It takes
two men over an hour to wind it up.
South Carolina, It Is stated, is the
only Slate iu the Union thai does not
make provision in its laws for divorce.
Tobacco is the best crop in North
Carolina. There are numerous instan
ces of it yielding J3J0 or i000 an acre.
An eagle that died in VIenaa uot
1 ng ago is said to have been in captivity
or a ieriod or not less than 11a years.
Lemon growing is sanguinelv ex-
lcied to become even more proti table
i h -n the production of oranges in Flor
ida. The telegraphic cable through the
great Ariburg tunnel has twelve strands
six of which the Government reserves
lor its use.
"A seventh son of a seventh son"
from Tbeb't has arrived in New York
and will embark in the fortune-telling
business.
The colored race in the United
States is estimat- d at 7,000.000 strong.
and their properly holdings exceeds
I'J0 000.000.
Frank Carpentr says the Indian
population in Hie Luttel States num
bers 2t3.000, not including 3J.000 In
dians 111 Alaska.
Valuable gifts of linen have beeu
suit for the ue of the patients In St.
George s and Westmiuster Hospitals by
command of the Q-icen.
The church of St. Etienne In Caea
Fiance, contains the giave ot William.
the Conqueror, The church was foun-
d by him and dedicated in 1077.
Tie legend of the Wandering Jew
was b-ought to Europe from the East
late in the eleventh eeutury, after tbe
first crusade under Peter the Hermit.
Rags, Congressman AViiiting. of
Massachusetts, asserts, cannot intro
duce contagion aud he challenges any
body 10 luctauce an authenticated caoe.
Each visitor to the World's Expo
ition is required to deposit a silver half
dollar in a glass box in charge of tbe
doorkeepers, no admission tickets being
sold.
The Imperial C tnal of China Is the
longest lu the world and the greatest in
point or tralhu'. its length, including
its river sections, is 2U0 miles connect
ing 41 cities.
The 1 imber business In sections of
New England has been given quite a
start by the recent snow s'orm. and
many icle workmen will thereby receive
employment
For school purposes In the Southern
States there is being spent twice as
much as there was five years ago, it is
estimated, aud four times as much as
fifteen years ago.
"Jack Pincard.a French Canadian,
while at work in the lumber woods near
Portland, Me., recently walked 23 miles
to get the nearest physician to dress bis
arm, crushed by a falling tree.
Louisiana planters claim that the
sagar cans this year contains richer
a.ce than has ever before been known.
owiug to improved methods of fertiliz-
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