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The Heart's eharity
BY 22, ‘ 114. COOS.
A rich man walked abroad one day,
And a poor man walked the selkune.way t
When a pale and starving face came ty •
With a paha tip and a hopeless eye,
And that starving face presumed to stknd,. •
And ask for bread :roan therrichgnitres hand ;
Net the rich man sullenly looked askance,
With a gathering frown and a doubtful glance—
" I have nothing," said he.- to give to you,
Nor any such rogue of a canting crew :
Get work, get work I I know full well
The whining lies that beggars can tell."
And he fastened his pocket and on be went,
With his soul untouched and his conscience content.
Now this great owner of golden store
liad built a church not long before,
As noble a fiune as man could raise,
And the world had given him thanks and praise;
And all who beheld it lavished fame
On his Christian gift and godly name,
The poor man paced, and the white lips dazed
To ask of him if_ a mite could be spared ;
The poor mau gazed on the beggar's cheek, •
And saw what the white lips could nut speak..
He stood for a moment, but nut to pause
On the truth of the tale, or the parish laws.
He was seekil..to giVe—though it was bit
For a penny, a siiigle penny was all:,
PA - he gave it with a kindly word,
While the watesi•puise in..his breast was stirred;
'Tivas a tiny s d his Charity shed, . t
But the white lips got a taste of bread,
And the beggar's blessing hallowed the crust
That came hke a spring in the desert dust.
The rich man and the poor man died,
ks all of us must, and they were tried
At the sacred Judgment seat above,
For their thoughts of evil and deeds of, lo I
The balance of Justice there was true
And fairly bestowed what fairly w, . . o e,
And the two fresh comers-thron : Heave's gate
Stood there to leant - their et , tai fate:
The recording angels to t of things
Thattitted thew bo kindred wings ;
But as they st the crystal light.
The plumes the ril.h man grew lessbdght.
The an , knew.by that shadowy sign,
T'ksKthe poor man's work had been most divine;
- And they brought the unerring ,gales to Fee
What the rich man's failing off could be. .
rnt many aeeds did the angels weigh,
But the balance kept an even sway ;
And at last'the church endoWinent laid
With its timunands promi,cd ard. thousands paid,
Wall the:thank, of prelates by its side,
In the stately ward,isit fitnn* pride.
Awl it Weighed so much that the angels stood
To see how the poor man could balauce such good.
A cherub tame and took his place
Ey the empty scale, with radi,utt grace,
Anil he dropped the penny that had fed
White starving lips with a crust of bread.
The church endowment went, up with the beam,
And the whisper of the Great Supreme,
As be beckoned the pour matfto his throne,
Was beard in this immortal tone—
Blessed are they who from great gain
Give thousands with a reasonine , brain
But hotter still shall be his pan
Who g 1 es une coin with a pitying heart."
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Dr. Trinter i 6 not the first graduate of Harvard
agiege that him beau executed. It, is ',mid that
the R.ev. George Burrows, who suffered death &I
raq (he Salem witchcraft debt...ion, was a gradu
ate of the class of 1670.
He was-hung in Salem on the 19th of. Angu.st, ;
(old style) 1692. By adding 11 days in niccorclL
slice with new style, the date is August 30th, 16-
92, precisely 158 years to a day previous ' tti the 1
execution of Professor Webster. 1
The indictment against him is given ip the sec ,
end volume of Hutchinson. He watraza?nined on .
May Bth, 1772, and committed to prison to -Boston
until - his trial, which took place in August follow
ing. He was condemned on testimony which no
thing but the most highly wrought infatuation could
have fur a moment endured. His great strength
and activity for which be had been remarkable,
from his youth, were enlisted -against him, as hav
ing been derived from the prince of Evil 4 It was
in evidence that he lifted a barrel of molawnps by
putting his finger in the bunghole, and bad carried
a -around him; that be held *pm More than sev
en feet long at arm's length with one band, and
performed other surprising testi above the power
of humanity.
pea
Be was executed on Gallows Bill, in Sale At
his execution he made .- a most solemn rent
payer, which drew the remark from Cotto n
Us
er, who wait present, "that no man could {have
made such a prayer unless the devil helped him."
Tue mum of this vile delusion concluded his dy- ..
mg petition with the LOM's FraTer,iminil"lil.°l
"mace some of the spectators that be was IMO. ,
test; for it was the received opinion that a true i
"Itch or vireatd could not say the Lord's pr!iyei
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without blundering . Four otheir persons con
on the same Charge. were assented with him. 1
talef, in his ... More wonders Of the InAlibl '
World," gives the following amnia of his execu
tion
toe . Mr. Burrows was earned in thee:flirt-with the '
others, through the streets of Salem to the place'',
of execution. When He was upon the Weer. bel
made a speech for the clearing of his innocouce,,
with such solemn and serious expressions ..as won
the admiratiam of all present. '
The accusers said the Black Man stood and dic
tated to him. As soon as he turned off, Mr. Cotton
rather being vomited . upon a horse, addressed
himself to the people pvtli to declare that he
IV no Ordained thinker. and Pod,' to roma the
people of his guilt, saying that tbe devil had often
been ton : w on:n o i n t o An Angel of Light, and this ,
did somewhat appease theoxoe. anct-the execti-
ton went on. When bi was - cut - down, he . was
drawl by the halter toahole fr:gnivei between
the rock, about two feet dent hitewhirt mid. breech
" being pulled off, and all ofd pair .a - troi. .iser.44 .
me executed pat on his knierldirta; bez- iniir*
r in. together with Willard and - Mayes' ; awi l Or
°a hands and his chin, mid a coat' of pie - - of tbaaf
Itemg succoured.
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imasr roalmatios.-- . -There is so old man tin
Pittstiurg. who
,ao flanked `to: that b t ing reducedlo pßrsril, he rushes "
Prwatebodges whisi ho'tlitakrteetign il iel
li kelY to be provided with 'spirits ftw
?Nies, and. pretend* that halms beta
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bY, the cholera;tegs for saw brands, Re bee
emro to hart hosisedia tiiillosssersixisaa
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OUTLAW OF.THE SACRAMENTO.
PaosesucFair encounter
Othrotif.ihe most rare affections.—Tempcst.
"Would that the Oalifornia character were as
lofty as the Californiaountains !fl. exclaimed I, ex
tending myself almost breathless upon the loftict
summit of the chain edges the Sacratnento
"Not isor returned inffriend quietly ;
ho too hard to climb. {
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I:isirry'Sonth was on of those men whit reveal
d oily to diem intimate 'friends a marked peculiarity ,
f character. There ate many -such; all. itideed,.l
ly hie really so, for every man convinces, those I
ho know him best thin he Vosseises a One and
uld inctividuatity; but, more than any other of my
tiiiitjtanee4nY - friend managed to niask a drew- I
. y poetical imagination and a glowing heart un-
er the appearance of a inure fashionable :Ind high- I
pirited man of the world. Ills wealth and eon- 1
ections in society of Course secured him the posi
i.iou.of .a. gentleman. Nobody suspected him of
I being a poet; yet, though he never wrote s a es, he
filwaya thought., poetry. Between the ages of fif- .
teen and twenty-three he served in the navy as
Midshipman and lieutenant, and then left the pro-
feasion to succe-od to a valuable estate, and consult
I l lis own_pleasuie by travelling as a geutfeinan at
ease. At Yerba Buena I first met him, and our
equaintanee scfpn warmed into friend-hip; s . ) that
ti e
fnre many days passed, we found ourselves fue
ling together on a half-hunting. half-expliiring ex
-edition along the beautiful valley of the Sacra
memo. Every hour revealed some new trait in
It'is Intense character. A. peculiar freshness, pot
I inexperience, but, the vivid glance that never .olds
by often looking, seemed to form his id • •o upon
every subject; and made especially d- "ghtful our
conversation upon the most deligh i of all topics,
love and woman's heart. Hi o untouched by
gentlethe passion, be had s up for him self an
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ideal model, not moulde „as he was wont to ex
claim, after any, fi. 4 of material clay, but one
which rose w Uhl •is mind in dim het lustrous
beauty. like • ~anl cent mist before the dazzling
sun. Sue. character he conceived to be Miran
da, in - • 'he Tempest," and looked upon it AVI a
loy y vision, ra;Ver to be realized. yet ever before
am with tlelicidus, tantalizing presence. Indeed,
so often did he rhapsodize upon Miranda. that be:
Fore two days had elapsed I had become heartily
1 sick of 'my friend's poetical hobby, and eought ev
ery
occasion to craw hint out on other things. In
this way we arriVed at the edge of that immense
valley, and at-vended the loftiest mountain to catch
a fair - view of the scenery around us.
..Yes," said Harry, -it would be too hard to
clizfib. 'You are ambitious and can never be sta
tietMry ; you roust either move onward or eke
keep out of sight._ If I were disposed to cnmpli.
meat, I might say, so is the sun ; but the source of
light would be degraded by compari , ors with a
t[nerely ambitious man. For my owe part, I would
imply • take the goods the gods provide: and
"lido through a happy life, in cultivating, not so
Huth my ' paternal acres,' for I confess myself ma
antler,' as my own heart . The little society I
rould,have should' be associates, not rivals or in
feriors) Bait you would struggle, and prefer rising
• ab ice the ignorant weak to being-stirra - a44 - Tiy'ilio
edicated throng. This is your country. 'f tie C a l.
itormatri are. tot indolent to strive with an energet
ic mem and will quietly allow him to ride taer
them. ptovided he is not rough shod. They have
all the pride of Spaniards, halt' the quick intellect
of Frenchmen, end more than the terrible revenge
fulness of the Italian bravo. At the same time,
the laziest Turk that breathes through life i. '„
cloud of 'smoke, would pen his eyes at these lumps'
of Califonna clay, forever asleep. Look from this
mountain top. and say, are they worthy, of their
,country l - The air, tlat, breathes deliciohs health
through others veins, enervates them. 'Uhese no
ble mountains, that we love to climb wit i soul a.. 4
well'as body. only arouses in them a lii.Sy horror
of the troublesome ascent, as they stand below,
dully gazing upward. But, by Heaven I there is
one 'below us who is not gazing upward in dull
ner.sl "That altitude is entreaty and despa.r it
rt, spraki to my feet and looked over the edge of
he mountain. Beginning at a spot where we
stood, an ikluiost perpendicular precipice seemedlo
slide dowel fall six hundred feat, and then another
peak rose aloft, leaving. between a little valley
with aboni, fifty yards of loose rocks, garlanded
isvith verduie At that moment I did not_notiee a
ll rude huntiqg lodge in the middle ; my attention
!was wholly; fastened. oit two human beings in that
1 lrernote plate. One of diem was very tall, gigan
tie even, fo a Californian. and hi* herculean limbs.
arrayed in 4he hunter's finery of his nation, bespoke
' him at once ; a dangerous neighbor • in time of feud
At his feet{ in an attitude of exquisite suffering,
kneeled a young girl, lovely even in the distance;
d so trutliful was her posture, that we almost
_ vied we ;heard a pleading voice,' broken with
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t n li t e er h o u p r tvo iter nA s ly tood on sa h t e mg ro
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bl, oiikin
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nment, an then turning ;away, he walked swiftly
n ut of the ravine.
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"There is something here, for us to do," said
Harry, lii-mly.and rapidly, his words roused me
from 4 gaze of wonder atthat singular pantomime.
and hastily exchanging gliinees, we seized ou -
flee, 4d descended the mountain in silence.
Sonie hours passed before we could force]
'way through the thick underwood down the go
ski:Lt Side or skirt along its base. Even
thereleas great difficulty in searching for the
'row Ono. At last, however, we found ours(
near the cabin of the hunter, , but our steps Were
delayed - a tiMmint by a huge , dog, the Cerberes of
iheale regions, which rushed upon us with a &owl
tkiit sountie}:l as if the triple-headed monster of old
had opened with every throarat once:- Our I,,usi
nese did not allow Of such obstacles; and a 'Shot
, frQm one of our revolvers aeon stretched him ct up
im the grass.- We entered the lodge. In oneicor
'tier sat the fair suppliant we- had seen before!, hi
ding her in bef, hands, and moaning to berzelf
',that Most niournful! of all Spanish exclamations,
'''4l.4y,,ne mil ay de isty r She had evidently mis
taken' our shot for the return of the California hunt-
Berry spoke a:few words of encouragement s
but at the first sienna of a strange voice she start.
by with an instinctive scream, and then, to our
• tiler amazement, cliisped each Of us in her arms
with a ehower of; tears; and a broken cry of half
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tw drew back at this str*sigerieeption, but at
the next instant would have -suirendered-a'year of
oaf lives to be in that delicious embrace again.-
134Jenge -that w,e - did not feel it at the, time, but
`when the first astonishment wore off, There - linger.
•ed:lthe idea of a sensation that we Might hive Mt
SU* rremeMbered' to the day of our death. ' But
'evidently did not intend to repeat the -sal
t:tattoo.:,,
_She stood' wondering at her impulse as
# . fdid afterwards: hut with better reason. was
kotniiion - 4nd iimotetit token`of friendship aiming
iiii't:inum;fiiierfr•bearifid 'ler of -! her country, and
44;lipor t*c; saw - friend in - eviry-Stninger. at
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"THE ,WILL OF THE jPEOPLE IS THE LEGITIMATE SOURCE, AND TILE ' ::*Pii.DTESS OF THE PEOPLE THE I'EUE END OF (COVE; 111
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that farms is magnificent contrast to the sylphide
airiness' of some other climes. Here, however, the
two were so connected that it seseried hard to. know
to which class of beauty she belonged. . At thist'
time, indeed, no critical thought entered mx
law before me only the Californian glancing her
dark eyes on us in fearful hope, and wondered that
I bad ever thought the phrase "billowy bossed'" an
extravagant expression.. She came forwardagain,
and taking a hand-of each , pressed them between
her own, saying inquiringly, and with inexpressi
ble softnesa'of Vine: "Amigos?" Then, without
waiting for ad answer. she hurried on. Her father.
she said, wee a wealthy :planter near the Sacra- I
mento ricer, herself his only child. A young man,
the cote anion of her youth; had been conrie:ted ot
a capital crime and sentenced to death; . but a few 4
days before the execution he had escaped, and was
supposed to be lurking- near the mnitittaina. He),
had once been an inisucce--sful suitor for her ley,es I
and his flight relieved her' from the load of fr-lihe
had always felt' of his character and deigns But, '
two days since, she extended her event walk too
far, and suddenly the outlaw stood aer pathl—
Ile stopped for no vain entreatie that would be
useless—abet placed her behin rim on a swift mus
tang, and fled for his hom ti the mountains. No
pause or rest was allow ein one day they cross
eil the valley. and st pod at last before his cabin.
Here he lifted r'eu the horse, faint with ter
ror, fatigue, ! tunger, and leaving a savage hound
as her kee. ,r, he had just started forth with his ri- !
fle in s • .ch of game. She told this brief story
aim _ and arthassly, as if conscious that words
• re - not wanted to calor the deed ; and then drop
ping our hands, stood before us, still in her beauty
and distress.
Excited as I mvaelrwis, I involuntarily started
at the first word of marry &dab. His usually
calm exterior changed into an expression of tern
ble meaning, and even then I saws that something
more than esimpasaion and anger agitated my
friend. What he said was broken, and evidently
came struggling up from his heart' lie prorniseil
her protectian and safe return. find without wast
ing words., urged an imTnialiate departure. We
turned to go, and our eyes fell upon the gigantic
form ot the lam. Cr. teirilily lacerated, and dripping
blood, as he hauled against the doorway for sup
port. He appeared hardly able to load! ; but the
dulls:glassy look ef faintness in his eye seemed La
surround a fierce gleam of_foiled malice. A fear
ful mote-t wa- goiag on between his wounded bar
•dy and the unciniquered will of his soul. The lat 4
ter prevailed for a moment, as, with an actuallai,
blitzing eye, he rushed toward ua, raising aloft his
clubbed rifle. The blow was easily warded off,
and the exhausted desperado fell.
Never - did I folly appreciate the womanly love•
liners of Clara ; holding the head of dying Marmion
to her breast, until I -saw the_young California gall
strive to raise her enemy and staunch- his wounds;
We soon found that lie was not dead ; and haying;
carefully depoatcd him upon a rude ceuch, the peol
plexing question arose, a What is to be done r -
s ides deserved nothing, at our hands bat death, yet
common humanity , forbade us to leave him in that 1
cl anaansu s condition. We therefore remained there
'full f air days, while he was balancing between life
and death. - The cause of his wounds we could reit ,
V--easinfrarte thaegir they' Were evidently received
in close fi!ht wish some wild beast. During ties
time I acted as hunter and purveyor of food; the
Californian. of comic, was the nurse . ; and Harry,
equally of course, elected himself surgeon.
From what the hunter afterwards said. it appear- -
ed that lie had wandered some distance up the
mountain in search of wild sheep, or broadhorna”
and andilehly found himself 'in close vicinity to a
grizzly bear; almost the only oi r ainial which the
, .ld western hunter fears to meet: It is nearly
mpossible for one to kilt if; nfle-balls bury them
elves' in its body, and seemed but to Increase its
ferocity. Knowing that the eye was the only part
open to mortal wound, he calmly waited until the
fierce nainster was just about to rush upon
and then tired with (deliberate aim. Vain hope 1—
The bear movee a little at that instant, and receiv
ed the bullet iu its thick - skull. It was Ista 4 asgered
at first, but instantly recovering itself, it seized the
1.0 :_er in a terrible embrace. Nothing but his
ctlemess of nerve saved him then. - Torn and
breathless as he was, while the monster's hot breath
was
yet upon him, and the foam ground from those
frightful jaws flew into bis face. he drew the long
slender dagger worn by the Californians for whunt
knire. an I applying it with a steady grasp to
the eye, drove it suddenly up to the haft. Both
fell together, but that deadly thrust-had saved
bias The animal's struggles were short, and the
hunter arose, fearfully mangled, but still alive. He
tottered back as well MS he could, and strived only
to find new enemies in his own hole.
At the end of Tow &aye the question, " What
shall wee do l'' was as perplexing as over. The
hunter. was fast recovering; too fast, indeed, for
onr oven wishes, for we ciould not expect hire trim
guilty to relinquish his isrize ; and it was accord
ingly deferruitual by...the 'council of peace to leave
, him secretly. after, placing within his reach provi.
skim: enough to last him several days. The next
I morning saw us five leagues distant-
" it would
During the journey I had few opportunities of
;earning the character of our fair -companion: She
was mounted on the same mustang which had car
ried her before, and harry walking by her side,
kept up incessantly a low-toned conversation, so
that I took the hint and led the - way. At the close
of the fir-t &Ay we bivouacked in true hunting
style, and making up a hasty-couch for the Califor
nia girl, laid ourselves upon the soft moss in si
lence. I was just falling . into a gentle doze when
i E i r al e word from my 'friend awoke me.
"Strange I"
"That you have found your tongue at lastf—
Whaf. else I"
`our
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hen
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" Why, I never thought to ask her name."
" Perhaps h can inform you." ' '
"You! How did you learn it? What is HI"
exclaimed he; eagerly ring.
~ W hat cankit be; but-Miranda?" said . I tads
chievouslv.
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No more of thit. 1111 !" he iriptied with many
a .blush. " But yet," added he,' more earne.itly,
" she is Itiranda in truth. kilt few words t‘he
un
veils her whole soul. So innocent, so child-like,
.and yet - so womanly. I could t4aii , to her with Fer
din:end :
Full many lady ;
I have syed with best rard; and many a tkne
The'h:u mony of the tet* es hatii into bondage
Brought my too diligent ear; for several virtues
have I liked seceral.woinen ; never - any
With so full a'sout,hat-inne (lefts:tin her ;
Did'quariel with the noblest grace she'ciwned
And .put-it to the foil; bet you, 0 you,' -
So perfect and so peerleasowe created
rOf every creature's beat: '
Her bemity ;and 'dietresa - more:than. intereeled
me at first, and since, then—why should I not con
fess it t—our conversation his showed ute a fresh,
noble-soot, uld hes' actually;-not as .I Wan ehonti to
'sayonade a fool of sae;&Ali Wile 6114 happier
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Inter oinvetulate you, diets. But
bent old lover, he-will'of CieliTite mover; acid-be Ws
"Celiforniiin. Ther.ikabin the dark;"
- '- - ` , "•-Truei but a Oalikenhin preetiveignitita•
INA Awe** - - rherdly" know which be - bile
avvrard'ut. - • ;`lre -probably eured=hhn koni - ` 11e
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gering death, but at the same time robbed him of
something' more than life. Let us mention him no
more., He is a dark shadow, in my path, but thank'
keeVetil baindme. I fear im not. Stran
I never thought to ask her name!" ' , •
• WO this eolilogity he turned over d went to
sleePl: , •
The sidond day gave me no opportainity
than . the first for examining ore minutely into
ibechitraeter of our liar ft.' a Harry was still
~. s .
bar eoustent caval ier, I sometimes fancied that
.his treatnient in e uding me might be aptly
termed by:S.:m.Bam svorct But situatedas he was,
it was it"Tictinttarhonor to give him exclusive pos
se; sioti of hef t company, espeeially.= we expected
soon -to•*'"aelv her home. Still. as I occasionally
111 , 01xtick. and marked her free,,artlesi bearing;
iti):ard tlie musical murmur of her laugh, I could'
.arillv.help envying Harry and hi plate by her
side. " Towards
,the close of the alernonn we left
the valley and = first . ti ll bey
tended the iali
When the surntnit wits gained. a faint outcry of joy
frotu oar companion, as she pointed towards a large
hacienda, about 'half a wile distant, showed - that
she recognized her home. We stopped, and were
almost instantly. seen' by a straggling slave, wh •
ran to the hacienda, and m a few moments a gray.
headedold man spurred towards us at full speed,
with a crowd of servants following him.
" My father r
"You hive another friend to welcome." said a
deep voice at our side, and the tall form of the out
law steppas3 from behind n rock. " I have waited
fer you) here," he continued : with singular calmness.
"Your companiOns I might bate waylaid and shot
down hellare this, but they once spared and even
saved niy' life, when I expected death from them.
I cannot, recOv'er you without injury to thei;n, and
now, at ibis our last Meeting, I come with 'one re
galest. 'By the memory of our childish' dayti, by
the depth of my love for you, grant it! • I,et me
see voultlone for the last timefereverl"
• I 'hesitated i but— . •
" It Tailuet be, Herman " murmured faintly by
the girl,' aid "It must not 'be," more authoritively
from Berry Scuth, decided the matter. '
"Then what I have to say I will say 'before wit
nesses."' , .
He paused , and his fingers worked convulsively,
upon the barrel of the rifle bn which he sots:lean
ing. 1 -
" Why , have I left my retreat and followed you
thus, while' fever rain in my veins, and any wounds
opened at every step I Need I tell you I 'Tfts the
same cause• that curbed my proud nature in boyish
'days; th 6 Maine that-drove me forth, the same that
gamed ieu but to lose all. Need 1 tell you now I
You shrink, and well you may. Forgive me ; the
days of violence havepassed, and you will seek
pence fro another . I must not live to see this!
I have tome now to bid you farewell, and -to ter
minate thh existence which torments me. -Fare
well ! Fciimmend you to the Holy Virgin."
-He held -his open hand towards her for a mo
tnent, then' suddenly raised his rifle and fired! I
caught her in my arms, dead!
A maddened sea earn actually convulsed my
friend. Hp instantly tecovered himself, and with
frightfill Slowness presented' his rifle and delibe
rito4 c-sv.exed the outlaw's
-heart.
'' fire I" cried" he, basing his broad breast; "you
saved .me from self-murder, Which would be hate
ful to God i and in her sight!"
" No," rlied Harry, lowering his weapon,
"thou
Satan of alien angels, I will taut murder you--
Wounded hough you are , you shall have ars equal
chance
chance for ifs, but we cannot both live. - Imagine
the ground to lie duly measured," he added, with
a mocking, ba=tty smile. • ,
He ttxik i' pair of pistols from his belt, and han,d
ed me one. 1 1 received it mechanically, and gave
it to the C: Von-Ilan. They stood opposite each
other. ICo hied, and at the last word there was
a single explltision,
The outfit-kr' held his pistol in the same position
as before. He tottered, and pressing-one hand up
on his.l - xtorn, 'staggered to the body of his victim.
"Let me-Ole here- i -bjt her Rider' he cried as he
fell. Then looking up to Harry with:a horrible
smile, ' It was a poor shot ; I thought you were - a
better shot?' 'He raised the pistol to his head and
pulled the trigger."
Though plant have passed. I never can ' forget'
that scene; the body of that lovely being., stretch
edio beside he gigantic outlaw lover; my 'noble
friend gazing n them with life-long agony .in his
look, and in t 13 distance a gray-haired . father hast
ening to his c ildl e . • . -
~A Yankee trade.
" x kalkilate I could'nt drive a trade with von to
day I" said a tree specimen of a Yankee pedlar, as
be stood at the door of a merchant of St. Louis.
"I calCulatiyou calculate about right, for you
cannot," was ie sneering reply.
" Wal, gu is you need'nt get huffy about it.—
Now, here's . ajdozen jenuihe razor strops, '.worth
two dollars and a half, you may have 'em for two
dollars."
" I tell you ! : don't wan't any of your trash, so
you had bett.r be going."
" Wel now Hectare . 1 I'll bet you five dollars
if you make .•e an offer for them ere strops, we'll
have a trade yet.
"Done," r; plied the merchant, placing the mo
ney in the • • tds of a by-stander.
The )cankdeposited the like inm—when the
merchant 'offe, ed him a picaynue for the strops.
"They're ur'n," said the Yankee, as he quiet
ly fothed-the stskes. ," But," he added with great
apparent hart ty," I calculus a jokes a joke. and
if you don't , ant these strops 11l trade back,
The mercluintls countenance brightened.
" You are not So bad a chap, after all ; here are
your strops-4 • me the money. -. A
" There it " • 'd the Yankee, as he received
the strops, ati . passed over the picayune.. l a
trade's a tmd -4 d now jou're wide awake in
aimest, I guem,' he neT.t time you 4rade with that
ere pie, you'll. 4a, i little better than to buy its*.
strops." ' 0 . -
Away walk i ;the pedlar with his wager, 'amid
t
i .
the thouts o 1 t fl liugh i fi g crow d.
•
pass
flat
whi
ad
doe
rof
Anecdote 'o,f Gen Putnam.
Among the worthies who figured during th beri
of. the Atnetican reiolution,- perhaps' therd "as
none Jawseasmg more originality of charictertthan
Gen. Putnam—who was eccentric and,fearleas.—
blunt in his manr.ere— the daring soldier without
the polish of this gentleman. He might :ire;il be
called the Mirk'' of the North, tlitiugh he disliked
disguise, probably, from the fact of his lisping,Wych
`.o 7 as 'eery . upt to, overtluow any. triekery. he urght
have in view.
_ .
Attbe time a stronghold called borseneik,'lnine
miles. , above New York, was in pdese.sion ofi the
British, Putnam. with 11 few study patriots, litres
lurkiug in its vicinity bent on driving them !ram
the place. . , I.f. • -
. .
..•
Tired Of lying in arribiat becamelloPs
tient, and importuned the General with questions
as to -wlito they, were going to haste a. bout . 4itit
the foe.—One morning he made ai speech **-
Thing to the following effect. which convinced them
something was in the
"Fellers—You have been - idea too long midi so
have I. •I'm going down to. Bosh's iat Horsetkerk.
in an hour with.an etc-tears and a laid of corn S If
I come tmck 11l let you know all the parttealais ;
If I should not. let ,you
have it by thelokey
He shortly mounted Idiot-cart. dressed as 'one of
the commonest order of Yankee fanners, and *as
anon at. Buslia„taverit, which was in possession' of
the Brit hit troops. No sooner did the officers es
py him than they began to question him respeetiag
his where-abuts and finding him, as they thought,
a complete simpleton, they began to qui' hira,And
, threatened to seise his corn and foddet. "uiv
touch do you ask for your whole cunsirn f" they
inquired.
"For mercy sake. gentlemen:: replied the mtic . Its
clodhopper, with the most deplorable look
entreaty," only la me off, and you shall haie,niv
whole team and- load for put hing and 4 that wont •
do, I'll give you My Word, I'll return . 'to moriow.
and pax you u - heartily far your kintineini and con
descension,''
" Well," said the, " well take you at your word
leave the , team timi provender with Us; and !We
won't require any brut fur your appearance." k
Putnam gave up his tea..., and sauntered aleMt
for an hour or so;•gainin:z all Vie infotmet:on tbat
be whhed; he then retur?esi to his men. aad told`
them the dispositions of the foe, and hi. plan of,at-'
tack. - -
BaCqllllll, JONAItAN.
dgient cooftdenee in
I of Jonathan Truro
the American; rev-
Staie of Conneepcut.
,
t a nikktire of great
.ion: Witsiiiiiitteal
brother Jonarbitn on
that., consultatioimis
ootionand'or-inTilief
,
all'esios of dillioulty
oriog the war: .1108„
the Atiptosilioo.:"We
1," -ortootimoutkpini—d
it lair, the Anboti
„litift "sppstlgtion
as Ignite". John WV
E4glillti of, the Witold
A Jody-=",I: Ant. 1 1 0 w.
year serrauti--tosu
trir lard skid iliatter;.
The moming Genie and with it sallietiont.the*
lant band,' The Br ii,h sore handled with rongh
hands, and when they Eurivndeivd to General Put
nam the clodhopper, he sarcastically remarketl—
•• Gentleu4n, I have only kept my word: i• told
yen cwould call Am& pay you (or your , kindeeiti
and condelcenaiau." .
Adventure with a Snake. '!
As I was examining the spoor of the 'game' by
the fountain; I suildenlytletected an enormous. Old
rock snake stealing in beneath a mass of jock ;be
side me. He Wiltl truly an enormous snake;
~aird
haVing never before dealt with this( species ofipti4e,
I did not exactly know bow to set about capturing
him. Being very anxious to preserve his skin "/en :
.tireauld not wishing to have recourse to ray, rifle,
I cut .a stout and tough stick about eight feet long,
and hiving lightened myself of my shooting,. belt; I
commenced the attack. Seizing him by the tail; I
tried. to get him out of place of refuge but I hind
ed in- vain: he only'drew his large ,Ivlds firmer to
gether ; I could nut move him. At I.ngnb.l got*
rheim around one of hie folds, about the middle Of.
his body-and Illeipb.ir and I commenced, hauling
away in good earnest.
The snake finding the ground too` hot for bite,
relaxed his coils, and suddenly bringing round his
head to the front, he sprang out like an arrow, with
his immense and • hideous mouth opened tolls
gest dimes-inns ; and before I could get out of his.
way lie was clean out of his bole, and made a see-
iind spring throwing himself forward aboat eight of
ten feet, and snapping his horrid fangs Within
foot of say naked legs. sprang out of hip Way,
and gettang hold of the green how I had cdt,returer
ed to the charge. The -snake now glided along. at
the top of his speedl he knew the ground well arid
was making for a niass of broken rocks, where lie
would have been beyond my reach ; but befordhe
could pin this place of refuge, I caught ;him tad -
or three tremendmiS whacks ou the head. He, hou4
ever, held;on and gained a
_pool of muddy water,
which he was rapidly crossing when I again, befit;
bored him, and at length reduced Ids pace to,*
stand. We then hanged him by the neck to ahough
of a treei, and i t about.fifteen minutes be
,seernell
n
dead; brit he again becam e
. very troubles o me
ring the operation of ski nning, -twisting his body ire
all manner of ways. This serpent measured'four'
teen feet.—Cuittesheys hunting adeTteres its &Ad . 51
Africa.
A Wawa Kluisrarrx.—A traveller having
made an excellent supper at an Inn in North Wales,
oWerved that " nobody could have made a laitter.!!
" Stop, stop, said the landlord,,you are in Wale 4;
sit t and must bottnake persbrial comparisons; with 4
out adding the Mayiir excepted.' •
"•No," rejoins _the either, exeept neither Nip;
or Jur Alderman ; !Say al man could have Made a;.
better I=upper than I have done,' • r,
i• Will you not 'I ;id B aniface. " Thesilet Inet
tell you; you It be fin L d five shillings." -
" Fined or confined; it matters. mut; I'll- not
cept a soul of then 4 • • • • . ;•••1
The landlord made his bow end ; exit,:bnk fhe
next morning summated his guest before thi
or for the act pf petty treason, and the fine was - m
consequence exacted and paid; when the traveller,
turning round to the findkrnd in open' court,' ',thus
addressed him: • • ,
"I have travelled. through a great part of •E i ng'
land, Semland and Ireland, and except the identi
cal animal that Chews the thietle,l have never m'et
with so egregious sn.ass as you are, - landlurd ;" arid
then turning with an'itir of profound reverence .to
thcbench, be added, 414'he Mayor excepted.." .
' Clotraymo or Boott;rit. gentian:cm asHide: to the -
lady of his adbetioes;in another part of the coun
try a bible with thit-leaf turned dcvvn at-Romans,
Crisp 1. from Abe 9th to the 12th verse!*; •. ~ 1
' " 'For God is lily - wiiposs, whom 1 servo with my
spirit in. the gosperuf 06 sen,,that without ceasing..
I
1, make tne.iti.st of yeti alweys in my pravers.**." '
kong request Elf by innyt s.i ineans,now at length Ing4ht:
have l e prosperous journey by.the, will .01 . 1 Projkla:
1
come uuto you ; for 1 Ong _to tee you; *et I May.
1 impart - unto you.EoMeiiiiritimil gift to - : the - end y e:
- may be:witablished: ~ ' i f hat''ie thatt l'inWY- be'Cialit=l
lorted together with yelp. bribe witneal faith - beak
, of you 04 inc 7:- . , I, i' i ' • •.,., ',, - -,, •" -..- '1 -
~ : . .:- . L4
1 to retu rn for which le lady ."transmits :` a Dial(
to her lover vii,th the 1 th 'mica ttli -14 th . `etiiiilo';
ter of ,St. liukk marked . :"I"fray havethee me
eicustx l. .' - '-. '..- -, -:--1 , - ...,-- 1- •, - ... ~;:-,- ,:r_ -...,
. A spruce yetter,ihickwatito4 • -
.4 his seeress
tisze.
{ Witli - tbi lair sax andanametothoW &aired
that _hi might him iislkogiit*itki, ' lihOlkhoi
aimed.• - - -- --- ' ,-;,- -- ":„;,,y,-i.';',::- , ": , ?.,".,,: , :5- , _.
r WbY illellhkiik iiiii,liiiik::,,..*_77" t, Nilfeit:
such a golden apportnni,ty 1'! ' ...
.' • :,
._, 7 . ~ .t:: . ;..
.‘Becausa. eusweradihii !` idia..notgaillio 04111111 '
1 elnlid. and iiiiiablitki t dit hit !bat 1 *wood'
lisr rt. , : ' - -. ' 1 - , i` , •,,-.:-.,t t - -, --.. ;-___, ..,;,.,:.,,;,-.!
, Sviataratave; sew
. The ynwniaglirmith:Ofi
IVerikatihe foot Ot 'll - liliitt
the base of which is about , '
level of the stream-4nd rt
half a mile. Yon drown&
fist chamber, arhiefiis spacious
•talu at least Turn huddred*perse
tercet is seen in thii„-dePertiin
secondcloiniber.kithe• lift; •'
er is struck with' Its ; chew
Whew* - &w minutes keeaps
ed, he beliolds.a repack*.
sixty feet high e tWenmeirtl
fitteeawide,thasidas asiit',., , ,
• id with
tonna, whit havehiiint
quest intffiductiea rid „COM'
changed their alabaster Whires... ._ _
as Ereburr. There Are beheld the flir*- at
minus the hermit—there is **titan ,
and yonder, up thathigh,tricky -
pipes of. : an orgaii;Aers . agaiii,,_,
of a tiger, - arid opposite the, - organ;
the extreme.) is the pulpit which 1'
occupied! *en
Innumerable:l*w
petrified " straw, and indent:l - 41AI
shape of stalactites ; found hi-1
, _ •
Leasing this chat - ' • am Pug'.
ous winding, p ;over. gaping:
mini* rivulets, and th o tagh_ seven
of little interest , you r . lithikinfile
ing a tolerabli steep bill ; iii whiilf' i
' barely . sufficient. to (force; yourself
in
eetmg into a field you - nraperhil
from the month , or etitra*: - ..
But the greatest 'cariosity Q t.
of still another fester% unkmm.
between -I SS and '39;' whin tan
intelligent ankee.mappallereli
ing . discriv v that still anptliii IN, _
cavern existed 26 or, SO feet'heloariu,.., .;
main one. Leaving the 'second' ehlitibeiiiir :: =
is now call the.° oldeare,'"=-Yeu*lncerit'li
-of 'rocks to the distance_ at alionCjilig-teaWkir
northea di! don I from, the,maiir,stParttnaist,,api
poceed probably ten yards. 041060 - ,ii t aiwiatips. a.;
m o t wind terminates by attire hptio4iierl
ho e about four :iiiit irk , 'diiiiiitter. diatiaidi!, '
r a stou rdpe is taalettek Vasa -, scale l Vont` i!,'
ec.
set: l3 .l4n aitihrunilic?:th!;•44.4o4 l l44,ooo4o,i,
let suppotung the'..teet.!sgaiitit - theyock,"....ithat,
iiiclit, and - safely touch :the bettor % * Paserek 'aka'
. few yards further, in a Eastern' ditedievieflir '
parallel line with the.passage of.thriller*
you enter a ri3Aciuus and lofty esteem : .
and sides of which sparkle like diamondi aid' - ! , I
en with as much brilliancy as the' ataralithia ''
0
ounelit. Gothic . a rches and antiipieshiped ' 2 4
:
- 1 ..
strike the beholder with animenutist;'andll.:
dome, high as - the thekeringl i tarch can dolt its tiark:
meets, your vision. After muunininif ,tlis - thiq .. , st-_ ,
tractintis in this clunober,,yetveontinni. your y .
sl ing thei narrow passage and 'mirk tit .a :
• wherei it becems necessary to crawl.through-a kap.."
row vent into another and last, chins*: , -,"-,-', 4- 3 . •
Railing atones de*n, they rumble .!ilcpcf w irillopr'
sp9ce4f a few seconds , then: ereate- l. spliashiail
mare' if striking' water, Which. they, semajwial
doubtedly 'do, then all hecames Met; Wad_ the,
yawning a, y r before him fills the ' ''''leilli.-
*We and mimtion. . - .....-*,` -. .:'... , :L.;- -:,i
Upon a , orrner visit in a company of ~ladiss end .i
l k i
gentlethen hey discovered a petrilied:spetilaltilla
which Mae bled part lit the cereals 4itli'Sallsasp,
from the e trense end of the note tw the ihiliffikiro?
where it h beets broken .offtr- Lose , -nick
and vert,erb , all perfect—and which...m*4 bets •
weignect pr bably 30 or fiitty, perwids.„ Wa.essima
to the .concl igen that inatsy years sitc''‘initiAllse
foot of civil nation had first keen : r eel on that patiati
, the count ry, soinocamieerous animalhaddavoxit '•
the fleecy s ggler, and dragged .it :torts
the cavern te•deviir it at leisure. .
,Henew the'fisi. - I
ad specimen. We concealed 'Obi priie;:littifil ,
I.cr go After it on a future occasion,- and. . ' regret=-to : 1 ,- .
say, it has since been,.irtrried *tr. to: my.ctest Air
prise, when searched fer,, , s9„iny,-,,last 70114. ; to, Ps ,i•,'
cavern. _ . -- -, . A
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SWAIM .1 4 a) liTIN.411•7010, following mirth--
provoking Min may be an old Joe repast; bat; It
iswordi reading.
A Quaker had a piece of new gragetwhieft *at ,
very full of roots, and set his hired bum,. J0h0...t0 .
hold the plough while he drove the oxen. A'sasto '
=would catclt the nose 'of the tiloSth; - thili-Soiegh
.harldles would hit John a wallop in the'sidi;•-• ;laud'
John would commit a breach of- the tointeetikeinec
swear not at all." Bo it went cootiati-
Jerk, thump, swear, wheal back l.hisw I ferlt„pliatik
swear:.• - .: .. . = f,-,- (;%.„,-..,1'..-=..' : i . , .
-„At,lengtfi the placid spirit of friend Jedeldielltie- 1
-ante. disturbed by ee much pcottitiOiliai be atop.
pa andtOld-John lo ,take:*he goad tiiie' e Miii:the
It &
oxen; and he'd see if heitsild nOttiolor - ".:014414111. .
without swearing. John teoll the ox "and4es' •
T
edialr seised the _plonk lei.:: 62,4iassa . :fa ~
two legs in , a , bracing - ition,aid„;Johe die is -I
Shea& The .longli cangh a iiiit,'-'inWit j
'and One et t . ' handles. h - Joilediek - *Lifelt'.ll* - -, :f
6,00
chili, and he . , lammed: - - ."' --- -,' : . I, `',.__` t.' . '
" Weil,,ral I never : did the liheiii : T....„:„._ -,... - -
',-... /3o nutters _ t; t il t ,J, -Int4-reftimedAii:.tilevi:
'Ann:
lit l if tin t TOM and hed r ,poito4: thitt:l.
hielnever - see 'the like-mmie - fiftittaibix -,...; ._.--:,-'_.
t.-..._. There do ~" said he, utitlieheldit' ' 'plitierk
landsee if t • . , ean'et bet gilt idimittleillevilteesel6.
in g , Thou , t seeetlutt,4hayeneke ‘ ilit,.2;
the wend.' - ' - '
.. lin," refill.. Yohn?ithoti hilt not , :ItiOlet
-1 but thou hest' old tuft fifty Funi,": _ .;-,, , . , i,
- Jed though a minute and repliellj*c3.. yt3T,..
kik etea.
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