BY'r.'HAV/LEY - '.'.&':•.t . RE . R.
AN AUTUMN 'IDYL
As through the forest, disarrayed
By Nov enitter, late I strayed, •
'A leneli minstrel' of the wnutf, -
Was :lining , to the - solltu de ;'
I love thy music, .thttsl said, :--
When o'er thy perch the leaves were spreadi :
Sweet was thy song, lint sweeter novi.
Thy carol. on , the leafless bough:
Sing, little bird ! thy hote shall cheer
The indnetis Oftihd dying'year''
f r 'G
When violet Pratilted die' turf with tail&
And =Jilting filled theft ,
Thy slender voice with rippling trill
The budding. April bowers would fill,
Nor,passed its joyous tones away
When April rounded into May: •
Sing, little bird ! the spring is gone.
But n the summer's chant is done • 1
And mute the choral antiphon ;
The birds havOeft the shivering pines
To flit among the trellised vines,
0i fan the air with 'scented plumes,
,ApAifd the lovesick prange
'And bere
Sing, little bird-I:thereat have flown.
The snow has capped yon distant - -
At morn the running brook was still,
From driven herds the clouds that rise,
Are like the smoke et - sacrifice, .
,Erelong the frozen sod shall mock •
The:plowshare: ehangfid to stubborn rock,
The brawling streams shall soon be dnntb-=.-
- ,fikng, little bird ! the frosts have come.'
dt
Fast, fast the lengthening `shadows creep,
The "Bootlegs fowls are halt asleep,
The air grows chill; the setting sun
May leave thee ere thy song , is done,
.
The pulse - that' warms thy' breast groWs
cold,
The secret/die with thee, untold ;
The lingering sunset
Sing, little bird ! 'twill soon' be night.
STRANGELY BETROTHED.
"(10ING OUT, Ellen, are you-?" said
U my father, as he. tightened the Teign
of his sturdy hill-pony. "Well, well, my
dear, I have to face' the heat, too, and
shall envy you the shade of your favorite
trees, be de the big tank. That Mala
'bar headman I sp4e of, who has just
brought over a gang of fresh coolies
from the mainland, has promised
_to meet
me in front of thet joss -house-in the Nal
Tan tee village, to see if we can come to
terms. I shall be back before tiffin time I
hope."
.
And with a kindly nod and smile, he
rode °flat a brisk trot ; his house-keeper
a bare.:footed Cingalese lad,: easily keep
ing pace with the pony, at d - running
swift and silent, like _a. ,brown brown shadovi,
beside his 'Master's stirrup. Times had
changed,.au-I for the worse, since Mr.
Traters 'bad been reckoned among the
most, thriving coffee rplantera in Ceylon.
Our once famous plantation, called Trav
ers after tue family that had possessed it
two generations, was not now. the source
of profitthatiti7my grauf,ifattie:4..time,
it bad tie4ilf-'oiic rich boil,' WOratOt by
over!cc4iiiiing - aid :neglect, 'e
vigil edj 4 ti -heavy ' harvest :o.f.'retl-larown
beriies i'fwiiile,*reclEiirn fresh ;and from
the fUngle was; both toilsome 'atild, ; costly.
The'estate gave us the means of..mt.in
tenance, and little more.
I walrfati only - child, and my lather was
a widoi - er,',ii6that our octriatnecessities,
in shat cheap arid frugal - , country, were
easily provided for ; nor should . Iyhave
had alcei4i4 iti - the world, save for the:old,
said story of , love, the course .ot which
hard circumstances would not, sutrtfr to
nearest.neighbor-7,and
Christ lan neigtibo t re, with - white faCeS and
Er, lists-s were - searee
in northern °pylon—y(ls - ro t ifer, a
piat/ter:.by than,':We'vere.
No'.:Osw,ifid:and. 1 were - plighted
but.: 6m:Yery-idea -of an engitigement be
tweerrhisi.'ouly son and the Of
hiEr.'oiifhiAtiiiiied, neighbor. gli . 4 and
wofinWt'i l &La' oiniald'a father, - a pioad,
str6r.g- willed man; who, managed'-
thriving., property, so as to , extract from
every heegati - or arable land its .: utmost
yield in::Si ' - '-‘
tO:faie l e froin Oiwaild's mind
the,40,4 , 0t marrying ; poor. little.• Ellen
Travers,,,Mt: Forster, with .his wife's con
cnrrence, pmposed to 'send 'his -Soil to.
Etri*,tonfident that . foriiigtitrajrel and
change of scene'' would'.
,sOon' - Obliterate
from hls - MemtirY the "image .of thi3 lone
ly tittle, - girt - beside 'the",, grat Tank of
,And 'noli word concerning
tile- tank - itself, the namP of;-which. - (fear
oons.ls to European .zeaders but a . very
inailecinate con ception' of tlie stupendous
reality ! The ',tank - Of Minary, justly
t i e d fail:lo4 the mirvels,.whicb:the ,
Islritid or Ceylon has still to show, is per
!alts 'thedargest
.of the artificial lakes planned by moral engineer.,, More' ,
tla ti, tW9. thousand _years hayo. passed
sincle,; fitlf..re. the Uhristiiin,i,'-era; 4- Bud., •
41,1e8t 1 . Mut. bildelit , 4ubjeCts-thiFto erect
ilia massive_ walls rof hewn -stone and
I, )lighchunam i that environs =that vast,
sheet Ortratef, - 'air
eurnferenet.
With the MinagyiLikei or tank,"whit
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lIMII==
and its slender tongue protruded from
lay-close to my own. home, I had been
from childhood familar, and I dearly
loved . the - mirror-like expanse of - its, clam
waters studded`with floating, islands, - of
the' criinson•=blOsioirici
,lottis' 'of India,
the red-flOwers and green'leaves of- which
covered' many thousand acres of the sur
face. Strange fish, of brilliant colors,
glided in glittering shoals through the
,deep, clear water,,,,rarely disturbed Ay
pads i lle',i' bright' birds e'verl
fi f. em'''the''schrlet'llikiiiiiiig,o to the
I,itfy 10ri010.,-)orc ) .the to weri n g adjutant,
11040 alt around grew in
der* prelusion the mighty trees and
flowering creepers of the virgin forest,*
whence Came at times the mountain cat,
the belling of the deer, the panther's
snarl,or the cra - shing:olthe, , cane_and sap
ling, as a-wild elephant forced. their-wity
through„, the ,tracklesS recesses of the
jangle:' •
` l ,l am bound to admie'that - fink; Were
'Other.tenants -of lake 'and 'forest less at
tfacti7,o than the brigh t phi maged-tsirds
and the, pretty littlelizards baking in the
pzi,thless - ol yellow sunshine. Alligators,
;werd very common, snakes plentiful, and
'the' scorpion, the d'entiPede and the tree•
leech•were often to be. met ,with in. the
more swampy arid tangled,,tracks of the
woodland., But we, who were, colonial
learn a disregard 'Of the creeping
things that surround us' which astonishes
a- new arrival = from Europe, and I had
never..in my life known what it was to ,
feel real fear of beast or reptile.
I watChed my father's retiring figure
nntil it 'disappeared amid the feathery
bamboos that -lined the path, and then;
turning.; my back - on the white house
With ,its green' verandahs, walked, on,
under .the shadow of the great forest
tree's. till I' reached thelmbankment
theXinarY Tank. Half-in-hour's Walk
ink-brought me within sight of a ruined
- sammer4iouse,- built on the edge of the
lake by some,. former. Dutch proprietor.-
and yet surmonuted by, a- large ball of
gilded
. oA,perehed on a pole. Near the
summer-house it was my custom to
mpeC.:Ciiivald.-' And it '•would ,-be but
velky seldom that we were to meet, hence
forth, sin le, pniv fellow, he' Was to sail- bY
the Lord Dalhousie, expected, at. Point'
de Gallo on the 31st of the month.
9ri my'way I 'paused now and then,
familar as was the prospect, to gaze-up
on the wide, expanse of the-lake, the
very waters which rolled away so'gradual
ly that it was hard to concieve that What
seemed, almost entitled- to take rank as
an inland sea could, be actually the' work
of human _hands,. Flocks of wiltlfowl;
with white wings and shrill scream, hov
ered above the:swarms' of georgeously
tinted fish that swarm around the huge
weed-biishd,s, while here and there among
the red lotus- blossoms appeared what
might hay . been easily tniataken fora
floating butwhich knew. to be au
ttill Bator, drOwSily basking in...the glad
sunshine.. • • ,
- tne heavy beat Seethed to render exer
tion, even for the natives, difficult, for I
sal ffsher. 813 !mud!, padding his light
canoe or preparing- his- tough nets of
cocoanut. fibre ; and -the very Clingalesi
woodcutters' had . desetted their work;
"leaving behind theth a great heap of hewn
tiniber, iti - front' of 'which, imbedded in
the spongy, wood .of, A pypress - tree, four
or five short bh - ght : axes remained stic% l
ing. Some few paces from hisheap wad
the ruin summer-house;'aii4 fieyonii
thirettoiteml 'aloft the eititg_talipot treei:
with its.yast serr4,t94: le,ilyes i , that serve
the, Ciogalese' , ,for and:- thatch and
screem bengat4
_which Oswald and 1. , wore
accustomed' to meet.
.
- .TO mysurprige, and
. .perliaps chagrin,
I d:i d nut iini F'qt foe)iiin - for 'Whonirl iociii..
ed, aild began in`fear that be hadlorgot
tett to keep his - .wonted tryst ;_ but on
drawing.nearer. I.beheld a eights that for
the momeat -froze my.`viry 'veins with
horfor,vittd , Caused , the cry of 'anguish
that ross, to. ' ml; ; :liiibs. to dig_ 4,way. . i OB-
ward, lyi n g on the ' turf among the roOt . §
of , the glgautiC:' palms tide,We niect46 be'
asleep s . oyereorne,l. probably : . by ..he tiiinS
lit-Wheat; Witire:arentid
..11141".;Was "loosly
coiled:soinething that resembled a stout
rope, curiously streaked with black; and
orange, and white—lonnthiug that caus
ed the withered leaves atql crisped grais
to rustle as it stirred, writhing.
I had never seen a living.
,tic . palunge,
bntl kneti,a9 flie' first"- glance .that the
snake before my eye 3 was no other than
a ..: large -- spee,ie a that.:dreadiid - , :top tilo,
w!iich in Cllon takes the position that
in Continental India belongs to the tobra
for the bite of which there is no known
remedy.s Twice within - the -- slast three
years, laborers on my father's plantation
had .oeen , brought in' dying, from . the
venom N.the 'tic :paltinga, but in.each.
instance the :skill =of• the , native •snake:-'
Charmers had led" to the capture of the
reptile, end it was , notheliefid -that'any
i)f* this species,, rare ,a s .welkkg. dangerous,
been left alitge in ou rinitneitiate neighbor
hood. This, , however',- was' unquestion 7
abl)a ticlikflunga, many feet;lbng, an d it; bad wrapped lts' coils 'is - Waugh
i
a p
hideous ort, around, Oswald'4,4lll4frak
bellyt ere unconscious. ,
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The. r e` kW' 'et thi len &mous
MONTR,QS - F,,,::: - PAi .. - . NQY:. - .i.:•:OW, 1876.
snake rested,on tlit , ground, among .-the:
flowers arid ferns. I pub! see its eyes,
bilglit as jewels, filed upon me. It sbow
ed for the tribMent, hoWever, no partieu
lar sign of anger or ordistrust,blitieon 7
tented itself with' quietly ;contemplating=
the intruder-upon its liaiintse As :1-stotur'
gazing on, my
,sleeping ', 1 , 0 Ye,1,', 4 1 14,.. the
indnstrous,6reature' pat 'lay, Wakeful .bnt
qnies'nerif,' - go'neai'to'hini; Ail 06,0,61 1 1'68
orisitaVes'tliat thad e#e'r heiliid Or read .
came crowding: in .upon:.my quickened
ruentory... I knew,. that,: c the, ficpalutiga, ,
in commoo,,with the; mostr:of the yenom,
bus 'yarefieti of 'its r.iae,..406,92 - employed',
it'3 tioiSoiAlings . ii`iileis''Orlien - tittacked' Or'
annoYed.- ' bigl also kriewithidthe hard
iest .e le pllan t- bun ter of the . forest; would
sooner, pooh:oat ; the ~ciarge,of 4 !teal:did .
incensedtuckers thati„factk the_Unce 7 like
dart 'Etna 'rancorous bite' of this dread
denzizen - of the jungle. -: '''- ' - ' •• -'' -'
Thentic , ,Palunga, 'IOW t6c;boa and ,
the python, rarely,i- if eves,: . preys - upon ;
the auitnals„:such as cielt or oattle,oo:ll7'
CiiiinLitiliet,.for. the most partto birds, :
frogs 'anti liz,Ardz: Some' caprice, - most
likely, Mid* riansed it 'to' 'twine a part of
tts supple-i3onitilsi_ms amiiiid 'Oswald as -
he lay,, and,.sp, tong as heiremamed asleep
and, motionfesstlt.rewas little, p_robabil 7 ,
if y that the serpeni. .
would hifarm ,lkiin,
mtgroi'f:ear 'was lest he - should awake,
and itraivaking, by B , itne ' hastYi move,
meta: arouse ,the.ire of the resistleßs foe.'
Oswald was brave and - trcog, but it was
mockery'to speak of Str ugith or.cottrage
when :so terrible an antagonist was in
qUestion. '--- - -
. . . -
Suddenly, as . if it` had bi!en . a whisper
from Heaven, there .danie 'into my mind
a thought,,that promised' how!, even in
that dire ey..tremity of need. . I haa awn .
seen harmlfss :snakes kept tame in,.c010..
vial honsehblds, and was aware or their
habits, and of 'their love for ceitain kinds`
of . food, and , above all for,milk. . couta I
but ; bring,to, that spot a supply) of: milk,
and,place. it, before Oswald should awake
temptingly dear to the tic valunka, all
might yet 'be well. And yet to desert
him—pifintfellow—in such terrible cod".
pany, seemed cruel ; yet , it was for his
sake, and I felt , that I
_must go, Very
slowly, Abet!,
~lest my , - footsteps _should
distUrb the sleeper or irritate the huge
reptile that. "kept watch beside him, I
stole away, Enid when at a'safe
_distance,
flew „rather. than ran,` .along the: forest
path. , ~',:-...,,--': _ ; s
The nearest European dwelling .*as
Oswald'sown linme. There were;Ching-,
alese huts nearer no dqubc,where dwelt
some of Mr. Forster's - hired men, buti
should not - he able to -procure' what I
sought save from the planter's hono. at
another time I should, not have.willinaly
trespassed on, the
_domains :of Oswald's
father ; but • this was - no occasion., for
scruple or ''punctilio. Life
. and death, as
"knew depended one my speed.
,There,,at length, • rose up before: me,'
the milk-thorn-hedge,, the, impenetrable,
thorns of which. are useful in. keeping
out teiliard and jackel; which surrounded
the plaint-ilia hoMestead - , and - passing
through an open gate, I entered the com
pound. The first servant that I. met;
. and who tiftedhis hand-to hissnow-white
turban with a polite "Salaam," and a
smilei that show( d the white teeth between
his bearded - 'l , ps,. was , man whom I
knew, a Marhatta groom .who had furinei
, he,!nin fily father's sflrvice ; and whose
child I had ntirvd thrinigh rn attlickfOr
Cevifm fev - c.r.
i•Lall Singh-!" Li.gasPed, ottt,- panting
for breath .."do me, 41 kindness for the
sake of . 614 bread and salt.. Get _me
some 'fresh quickly, for , the love of
God, but, ask no queetfolis-4hal 1".
Something . in my 4 lOne"tiniiiiiised - the
Mahratta, for without a word' he hurried
off, an 4 eooa returned, • , bearing..a jarof
milk.and :drinking vessel,. ,cr,Jota,, which.
would COntliin something, than a
pint, add ' - whibli` at 'a - sign''.froin the, he
filled-with This verylliet;"slight
asit may.seetn;. wa4 np small Compliment
for it was. doubtless, his .own, drinking,
that: ; ing , giving ,me, and
n slionld at y, n - helong:,to one of pare
Hitida;decelit'louoh 'burnished
it ivouldhereafter be: unfitfertise.'
ever, I EC4rcely waited itie utter :a !word of
thanks,, but.. snatched, up OP , braes, lota
aritidarted Out: -
: - may be thought :that' litid"not'
given: the alarm to' the household at Mr.
Forster!' - plantation I, , buel had 'resolved
that L. would n ot, , skald' do my errand
unquestioned, create._ a., tUrinoil.,.which
might tiring about the very evd against
which - I-was striving. Oswald's .inother`
arid' sisters ' , loved him; but' :their 'fierveS
were not of -the strongest; ; and lheir out.
er!es, had they heard„,the- - newe,,:woukl
have had, the effect of, 'surnurtning,a
804 4 a or servants and cbolies, te seal,
Oiwaltre-fate'bY Sending' a posse,Of fol.;
anthers tofthe'place , tvhere:-helay'at the'
81141f.PVinorey. ,
AB, it :au. minged tfeety4.ourrying, the,
precious- draught of; Milk
_with ilitlnus,
care, I litirrie4 back to th'e' , Spot where,',
a titha 'ffetelif the' ~h il i g''t.lifrptifirec d *'lay
Osivaidifet'asleero' The snake; heare'ver, -
* as t4ofigly tintlisrd,Ww fbegiastingt to stir.,
sideicttiastrml.heO,WitgfiedoftiowlyAm,
to Side among the lOW witifftweri
, •
between' 'its :griin jaiirs:Bni'll "was lu
ti nt and, as'l ponivd the mliki or. rather
a. portion of it; 4 . 11 ~ the ground, so.iliatit.a ,
long trail. should , ; lead. to the. spot , w,herp
I set doWn the brass ,drit,king-c,up,w,io,
What'. - of . abn4hts ' re.mai,Aed,T, was
cardul.to tumid.; fiy:aufzibrtip6
incensittgthiltic t•-• - .1;
• Tilq caPle, ; 1 Pilltte - or tvirct.of,
ki,ekunt i an i cy i anti thep ; _iq my; gre§tinyi ;
I' save,the,,..-eptale:
fnaking 'or`` ffi'd `Rigt
One-.lWi4atli and ., th.in °ititietherlibtlth4'
suake'S.{ body was, cm - twined,: antirl
great seFPPYti:n l V.Psh big :04 ro,vg4 Alietfoc
eit grape and , tlowerets,,!Eitoo*!ts hr i tuid
hiiid to saw Oswa'd
fritiErtieol, difd- the in snsilic tiffS'ed
fat:tiler-Aid fiirthetv, iiway;frdni the iliice~
where , ..,hc-,repospd.t I ,ifelt . the 'strength
which had hitherto supported me ,boome
„ a ,4 a
weak-ness. My n,clv,es .being-.no longer
braced by the Sense of Oiwald's mortal
peril, the te rroi And disgust
had freniC etfildhOOd' , fele6r the
attrpent l tribe oyerpowered me laud - rI
grew giddy anc.l Weak - , ,and , could sparclly,
•-- . -
What. was - 'this "before*: dint eyes,?
The well. known parch, of the
eolontst's; suipmcr-Jiouse,..,itvergrowM !by
trailing creepers and all but cbOked.bv
• ~1./ S• • • • ••••••
tall weed - e. .A.technuically I entered, and,
sinking 4' mouldering wooden
seat; - once decked •with silken ctieslitoiis
audzoltl. leaf L aradually..rekained.:the
physical ptrengtli which . ; - had,deserted
me, and with it the 04pacity for thou lit. :
-
It'is curious '4,20 crises ' Cif ;ex
treme - e*hattStion;' th'e*. benUmbed - Iniiiid
slowly resumes some , train of -a6nc 0ti1...
ed tbaught, and .thia it was. With ine
By degree's
,I remnietnertd ()lima tisdart. 7
gvr;and my own efroris.tO saye him, and;-.
What was - 'that rdstliug among:'the
stems, ariA leztves 'and - binds of thirluxtr
ious plants that festooned the' .shatieied
windows of toe suminer-house, in - all the:
rank profusion of ,thPy,trop:cal,growtb
i3cot 4 ilie rippling, undula
ting motion - with 'a huge' shake
. drags - Maisel f titre ugli the brakes and
jdngle:grasi , lAree ;-.my tears'- were but
too ;true, fqr ktiere in jhe. onen: window
space--the.brokeii trellie : wprk of, which
had been replaed by wild vines and loci
glingorchids - --: appeared, .nt , a height.of
Six or. seven feet' above trio . ! ground, the .
hideoita, -head: of. the .serpeut .that , ,had .
lately. menaced Qswald, and now confropp,
ed me.
And then it flashed upon me that'the
deserted kiosk was I;:irtibably the reptile'd
actual home, and thatOta though in the
very irony of - terror; I - had -- Yentured to
intrude into , the lair‘of the terrible crea
ture, from, the sight of which had—
oneeihat o.4svala safety seemed assured
—reeled diziily had dtenleard
of the itraiige taste, which snakes,e7ince
for an abandomed :human dwelling, and
how frequentlY they haunt the, outrbuild
ings,of *Europeans . abodes and the huts
of the natives;
and yet' here had I
ly ztrayed into:the ;place Of the.
deadliest guardian , ()Utile Ceylen jun-
That thP imake was
.perturbed there
,
could be doubt. It curved its gfnee
fill-neck like that of=.-a .swan; and'hissed
slightly while - its broad jaws were partly
opened. :I fancied that . ' could ,see the
curved poison fangs,. . more, to bP dreaded
than,ever wa.4. Malay_ oreese or Mootish
dagger—While the jewel bright eyes
glisteifed - ominously. '! One wild; piercing`
shriek I could-not -repress:; _and theii the
futility of resistance ~ o r of. , flight forezd
itself upon rue, and ; stood,, motionless,
as a inaible statue of embodied'fear; gaz
ing at: the emeraldine , eYe fixed 's6 pitiless
a stare on mine. The subtle -suffobating'
odor Which large- serpents: - exhale' when:
angry, reacheknie ;. but already I gave
myself up s for lost,`, and waited: -passive
till the'tie palariga, should make his'fatal
daft:. • '
-The sibilant 'nois!ii from „ the-snake's
half leb.Ptiows had,grow.nlouder; and:the
bright balgful eyes more menacing; while
the griin - head towered . high randy„'
to — §tfik—r
`strike- - Mien,
.bright th idngh 't 'floive3ting
vines of,,•66.,;creeping: plant,, , anti_ the
snake's hidpu§ i head,anil lithe body Alis
.appeared,.ati by. magic.
,Then
,fe!low
ed the sound: off - a fierce St :, rUggle;
ed blows, trampling 'feet; and ea'applig
boughs,anti ascents of - human voices ;
and. then.,oawald . came leaping through
the iloorwabzlasped Joe his,arms, and,
ba - re ineotit'into the. broad light of day,
where 10—writhink yet=--q.ie - carcass Of
of the dead .zoiake ; : hewn through- by. the
sharp-caging axe ',which • ©s'Wiilct: still
grasped in.:, right imnd.
"Sliab4pb eAclaimed
whose swarthy face gleamedwith delighi,
as he spurned the hodrof the
ed was,” wet/'thafs'ithe'.llrst.
blow:went , home; or it would , hawk fared
bukbadly , ;the young : sahib
this accused slayer of
_men turned ,on
Wali I I'd' sooner have faced
'gar. -
vitittillindsta nin no=
slight-ilezreek', indebted for my. I safely. ,
..o,quince4h ) .141%/Allq vfg4i*A9A.:I9CAY)
- a I th e 4 t t . 4 l{ / (it v •a B itT)4g.
t o toie 'th, 'ace
4.,1 i~- 7 » rF If,-
.v.p': - . - ,.,: - .'. , .,p - 40.',,.:4.8
of 'arousing' Oswald from his slumber, •
when the'pi.ercing. shriek. which fear. had
wrung from reechoed thmugh .thQ - 1
woods•and- calling, attention- to tho im—
minepce of_ the,perll. Then Oswald had
silitChed' up One'of -Ile - keen, Shortuxes,
whiCh the: native' Wbodcutter ,
i'' 'left:*
Sticking' in a ~t ree-trait k; and whad- -- been
fortlitlate enonglk,to ,disahle thennake; at'
thet , . UFO b10 6 w.,„1.. -
MY 404 is ilftlW (OM; and ti)ay r e,pAly i
to add that "I was 'overwhishil j ea"ilth
praises and
so'Coldand ‘ltliat', oil 'the fol
io Wang day; !13ir.t.Forstert thmself rod!.
over. to my father:4 f,lionsr it ,to,.e_ptreateti l
frpny. s ..:Eyb . onl .4! 4 ,444 ; 0f,iftte,
been to accept his 'yaw ivect
friendship and to aekliii my htind'On,beit
h alf;of 1 his 'sdn. OA Wald- lost' 'Mel passage;
on; /board the.: homeward-,bound' steamers
that ,was to touch at Point de-Panel , auk
tvlter visit Europe,be took Ellen
T'racer's as his wife.
We 'hive Writ' been happily' settled' ,ar
from - tropic jungles , 'and c ttiei dattgeroluc'
habitaats 7 —but neser,have:either hus4 f,
band or myself forgottp„those y few in!:,-
stants of biteranguish_aud, al arm beside
the Tans of Minary.—Aagosy.
All '78611,80.
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• - , • J. ;41 ~•
The tie4t ry - for an icaptiiptmin-.•
rush right, •
- :r1
'Oitility is dear to' ever yli) , and y . et
air
it' nosts• nobody Anything. " 1 4 •
Whyls a •drawn tooth 'like' thiings for
paten Because WS out 'd the heady :?
Where are happiness lind eon tentmetti
atway4,ts). be fou!id Jct. the .dietionary.
We, prey : for. meat," aa the t foxes re
niarked .wheutiley jumped into,tte
try, yard.
"One'atinnot epeak" in 4. balloon with.
ont having high• words, undiree it it , '
death to fall - VIA: •
Cologne; where the celebrated water of
this name Is made; is called the - eentiinen
tal
.;The.ovian finds thelvater instinotively;'ll
but the man is born in
element.,. •; •
$' ')
Would . , it, be fair, to , i ityle a. merchatit,a, ;
lucky dog:IVO 'half a - dozen, Wake
upon' "the' sea' ?
Yoting man your that be won
before marriage, but you
.mat both be
one afterwards. '
The affe,etton : of, parents is beat oho**. •
to their tkildrep by, teaehipg, *Aar what
is true. . .
•• t •
married,A'a :stan4 by' yptr.,youcig bride
when you 'are -- stlind her. ' ,
•
afterwards. •
New York is a reariiia She has
a 'Pauper; who Ctill solicit aline in ten) tift
ferent languages. ;
Always be aa .witty, .you Nip
your parting bow--.your last speech ,
the, one:remembered.,,
Superficial
_knowledge is - like soil upod
water—it shines deceitfully, bitt, ; is
ly skit:tinted:A
Absenceis to love' what fasting is,to
the -body ; little 'stimittates' - it, but a'
long abstinence is fatale
If you would pasi flit more than your
value, say little. It is easier to look ivise .
than to talk, wise.
The, love
..ahown I‘ , ,,berk We, are ill
mateii 118. l'ealji,E „fact.,
often tel. n ,1
"Flow sweet, but: bow 'bald . for . out eo
youfig what a ' rutnan~i& Maiden
said - beside an last:es
: ,Fear sometiMes adds wings 'te" / the heefs l
and,sometimes.onils.)4lu toithe ground
and fetters them from ,moving I
The firmest friendship, has begn , form
ed in asiron is most
,strongly united by the. Pereeat 1,41f09.
If . ,yon.Would k nown and,notlnow, ; .
vegetate - 14 ;'jf 'yOu`s'Oulci kno w';
and ibe known; live insa eitje.
a retharkable
debta that , then !expanding poWeviebniiti" .
nes to ihorease,a4 i yon,coutraot them. :
Ambition ofi,e4 puts men lo dOing:the
,nieaneqt ntrices, clinihing ispeyformefill
'in 'the 'Sadie
ft pOsitire as.creeping..
'
on ' * a
lovely 114;
Ithe'soft,' - 'svieet s olOtidfi foie" 'like' latubif'`:
through the blutv liastures- ot the •
ens. .4
'A. -Milwaukee . : girl,' in ~ o rder kesi) , ,
her lo ser up to - WO prop2iie..
iltices . biin as "my intended 41,44 baud."
„ „
A idly spenti by a fool . , maybe
picked 'by e viise* w ho knows ..
better what' to do'' , with it ; if la net
Be cotr.esfrom-women mole: than
frwp I„,mothets moSt., , orAIL
who, carry.the of . qpr spala in it hsiz:
boidOS.
' , v ..
An hour's , indastry ' wildA(); uore,ta
produce olieertutniss,: surpOss"4l:lliit ! ,• ;
mot., *, 40trievS''yilitr i
, inontiamaonl, fliX
- -
"lliatelc•:;hear people' talkibiltAlltd—
r
SoiHef IMoks7.*lttiecrOkOrtitaitl whew theor
constatile was chasing qvfogs.o . ,:
"top thief."
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