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Busitteso Mirectoip.
Stirveyor,. Diafteinan 'Convoyatper,Und Roal Skate
Agent. Smethport, 51. , Henn county, Pa. , ' •
B F. WRIGHT,
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• l i9Bolesalii and.Ratail.Deidor in Family Grocerita, Park,
• Flour, -Salt, Feed, Boots and ShOes, &c. , Store
.In-.the Astor Hauge Block, Smothnort pa.-
fvol - Drq
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Wholesale and Retail Dealer .io Proilsions and Family
• Groceries
,'Flonr,ldeal, Feed, Pork, Salt, Fioli, Are.
Stare at intents old stand..- Terms,. Cash: ~ .Snietlt
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A. N. TAYLOR,
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Dem'aria Dry Gooda;•Gracerieuf, Pork,..7lbur., Salt., Fish
Ready-Made •Cilothing, , Donts and Shona. Sinethpbrt,
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• • •'• WILLIAM WILKIN, , *.
Priwilent &e,,
Port Alteghouy t . '
4. L. BROWN,
SURVEYOR, .Drt SP TSAI :1* CONVEYANCER and Reel
'Estate Agent; Offlee,.Williamsville, Elk Co., Tenn's.
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Chapin ok i3oylo, Esq's„
llow..Thonui Struthers,
W. 8.. Brownell, Esq.,
llon.'A.
Smethoort, Pn
Itueni: Vista. • Pa
- • CARVER HOUSE': •: •
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Joror 11.-Hum. Proprietor, corner of WateC and Hickory
FRl:eats, Warren Pa: (lamina BtagaOffico: .
J..C. BACKUS . 4% co
'General .Dealers. in Dry; Goode,' Or oceriee, Crockery
l.eaar-Made Clothing, Boots and Sheen,. Hats and Co:ip
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&a., nrposqe the, Court Houde,,Smetliport
FOIIES HaIISE,
Fronting, the .Public square, • Olean; N. - Y. Jsalcs..M.
MILLER. frofirietor. • The'fobes House is entirely new
and built of brick, rind le furnished in modern style.
The proprietor IlatteCs himself that his accomtimila
. not.sdrpassed by any hotel in Western Naw
York. Carriages, run to and from the New York and
Erie 444 Road . • •
BYBOT D. HAMtIN,
Arronsur AT LAw;;Smettiport, itt'Ketin' County. Pa.,
Agent fOr Metiern..Kesting & Co's Lands Attends
espeelallkjto the Collection of. Claitnei . 'Exemintition of
Lend Payiseut of Taxes; and linsinese
Unit to Heil Estuto. .omen „ • .
GREEN'S HOTEL
D A. WitiouT, Propric.to . r,Lat ,gitizua, :Warren county
Pa. Ilia Table will, be attpjilied with :tie best the
.--country he spar,: no pains in accomodati g
E• BOUGHTON , ELDRD.,.
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At'orney findOnitain•lior at I.iiv. tinnithimri, miKe,'n
Cnipay, •Pa, ' , i 1.14 nii•A en rn itv I 'll , hi, care.l:or the
•C0U11 , i.. 4 Of ,\I!It,-41,,) , .. ,, r n'inl , 'lt tri il.ho 1,4,m, is
'-' attenkted in Milne. in tit.- un, ; 11,,n,;•, -ei tvl' nog, .
L. it.::\V FNE,Ri
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Plipticiatt :Litt -3ttrott,n," i•tmetliprt, 'at
' all prof,o•tiott.l.l di. tyltlt protit'ptitt,•,:.• ()filet-Jr% . art:
IMO; , crnmt lloor •: - • , " • •
S. DIWER &
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•Wlinlccrile :mil Rohl • Dealers, in staple rind Fancy Dry
Goods, Carpetinz..Reciiy Nitide 0 fothizia. and , General
F . ur.riiu , ipg Goods. [tonic ,•11.1Sliniisi Wall and Windnic
~ rfiper,•l.noking Obtsmts.&e. ,At (letl: N, Y. ', ~ '
BEICNETT HOUSE,
nethporf,M.7.Kean:Co!, Pn.
.D. lhose . TT,,Proorie
tor—opposite .the ('oust noose's: A cit4,'
.modioun :.nd Ivan furnished house , •
IpHR BACICIIS;.
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Attorney anal Conuanlior at taw. Sinetliport. 1 31 , 1(enn Co
- Pa. Will iittlindlet 01l Inpiineas in Ilk prof.!ation in the'
• eannties of M'Rejin; Potter ainitlit: Ofliee aver
*Saytwell Sc Store:. • ' • • • •.
HACKNEY HOUSE,
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Corner of Second and I:l,lirty gtreetk, 3Varie, • Pa.
A. BARlicill,.Proprieto ' r.' Travelers 0111. lied good ac
' iommodations'and.reilsonablit chafgefi, •,
E. 8. MASON,
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Dealer in Stovea, Tin 'Waire, Japplened Waro. &c.; west
• aide or the Squdro, Satethport;" Pa. Clestnin
work done to order on the Shortest notiqe, 'and in the
suhstantial, wanner.. • ' • .
W. B. 'BROWNELL,'
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Dealer'in Dry, Goodi, Groceries Crockery, Garilware
Boots', Shoes, Hats, Caps, Glass, Nails. Oils, N c., .ce
Nast side of the Public Square, Smut,liiiort, Pa. ,
A. J. OTTO,
Dealer in Provisions anil Pantity Oratories generelly, nt
•Parmeri Valley; PlPKesn On., Pa; Grain ' ...l.unther.
Shingles, he , taken in exchange for Dodds.. Patent
Medicines for •• • • • * •• •
LARMHKE'S HOTEL,
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B. LATI.ADRE. Psnpriotnr,—Allegheny IlridgG, lirKsan
rCo', Pa. • This house is situated about nine miles from
Stnetbinirt 'on the, road •to Moan, and:will' be found
ooniesnientstopliing.placo•
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EMPORIUM ROUSE,
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Shlppen,• lirKean Co., P.. LEGRANI) Coon, Pr,Mrie or ,
A cOmioodious and. woll-farnimlied hooso. 'Striuigers
' and tam , :re will (Ind good accommodations.
FARMERS' VALLEY • HOTEL,
Fiy . T. 0060wiri. Thie houeitie el tooted abont fire Tene t '
from Stnethpert on' tb . e tend to•Olenn. Pleasure north?
' and otbe can be accommodated on the shoitestuotiee.
• .• ELDRED. HALF-WAY HOUSE,
IFAxnalf Dorms, proprietor Thla house ix alttanted hal
•way betw,een Smothport and Mean. ,If you Want a good
dinner this is the place to atd , P•
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OHORDIS CORWIN,
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Proprietor of . the @lst Idlll, at Idechanlccburg; Me , '
' . Kean County Pa. F.louri Meal, and Feed, crinstantly
„ ofi hand and ter sale, in large and small 4danti t jag , ' -..
: -RAILROAD ROUSE,
0. OIMANDEII, PrOprittor,
.Norwich, lltlKoan
• .Pa. Good acoolum9datioua.oan be had 'there at all
PORT' ALLEGARS'' ROUSE,
ENOCII 13.'pot.t.Er, Proprietor, - at POrl Allegany,. Me-
Kean County 'Pa: 'This Hotel iaeituatol.at the June:
tion ot: the . Smethport' and Nlo g iny ; River pipe
• miles east of Bmethport. • • . . •
AS .
...TOR . HOUSE, .
. . ' s yirruponT, m;ii.EAN Co.;'. Pa.
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WM , HAS ELL • :. : .:',: Prop rietor:
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' The - Proprietor laving recently purchased and tlior.
oughly refitted the Astor House, flatters idiaelf that he
Can furnish as. good aceenuuodations as any hotel In West
atil Pennsylvania... , .
•• LAURA:
TLS following sinlple and touehing will not hdl t
reach the healts df, some Who may Orono •
• Yen—lt is a nimble story,=l !. • 1 • •
'Simple:but 'flO Sadly true I';
...'The Of 'one whose JOy
.124:mirror, •••
.• • ' Sloop bellhath 'the churchyard ,
is wella.grl'ef so mighty • •
• Ne?er 'could he forgot tn•life;.' •
And she was not lit to strtiggle—• :
. - Liaci not courage (Or the strife. •
'.Shall I tell.it? It will waken ' , •.' '
Alueli of, lithium in my heart, .
A ntl.thc thought that-often Aleala thefo—.
•'' • would-be pleaaant to thipart
' Froth a World so full of trial,
• .And no vory • ‘. •
When ahallcoase iheyreary conflict
• • • :And eternal joy begin?: ' .
Far'away . frotnall. the Winton
: Of a noisy eltyre;
Lay altdet
• Sheltered irdnillte noiserintetrife,
'BY a. glorloua old.forrest, : •
Whome protecting branches waved.
O'er.the hunitile happy boasetiolda',
AridLtad'etortna of ate/3 britied,
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'Do 'you 863. tlia t' little cottage • ' :
.• Gentling 'mid the dark green trade, : '
With wild roses nt the window,
Lifted up by, every breeze?
Alt !. the gentle hand that traindd them
helpless lies beneath the nee '
And Gni gentle lleart, that, hived them
has gone up to live with God. .
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All Is it ilen't and deeerted=
; ',Atid the dark bOhghs eob and sigh,:
'As thS breez6ordying summer, Mournful:ly comps , IvaEiug
Once that hoalo'liss'full of gladhose
Fall of love glee-
And the.heartthit leads the sunshine,
Waif the heart e (-Laura Lee.
'• You would hear her in the inorting,
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Liken bird Upon the wing: •
Rose she with the lark, es blithesome }
.'• - And es street a song to Bing:
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• And that gentle.voice kept sourrdirg
In such words of love.and cheeri--;
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Like it sweetly,murin!rliig river .
Fell its midi' on the ear :•• '
RidtzynY . n. Pn
15'3 r refl. Pi'
It is hulled; alas!—and quiet, "''
'ls the heart that b eat:with lore::
vr Wa:n4fot made * for sin and sorrow;
But that better !anti, atfoie:
A - Trialta.twuj.wiDENT.,--onerieautiftil sum_ .
iner:afternoon,l, in company with my.wifi and
child a little'prattling felloW of ..six `summers
Latarted"Mit for' a walk. A little' dog that
was muchattached•to:the child persisted
(is... Twice had I driven hiin back, the'
last..time I , thought 'effectually. The. afteraoon
. was fine, and followed the, gerpent-like
windings.of the railroad, our conversation very
'naturally: turned to the accnes,• and:little inci
dents of our walk ; the' gay -plumed: songsters,
the'chattering aritfirrel, and the humining,-bees,
nil conspii'ed to take our ',attention.
• Becining Wearied, at 'length, we.. sat :mit.-
soli , es" on a grasy . .knoo),Y_ the siele•Of 'a rail,
about two huolred ya'rdi 'below ivher:e. a
.harp anelpoc*cur's; hiding, it from view. : Onr..
Ii tlr,Gny was ahank,'busily; engaged
pl . nekin2 !h. ! n . r. 1,415.: and' .dandeiions that
rp:rdusion around, arid 'we 'soon lost
sight of " • • •• •
My •wife u,as ftr, , z:?ged inperning a . , copy 'of
"13;1x tßr' , Sants' Rest,'' r had cast' my,
self .on Ale grass beside her; enwtapt in the
.trauty',3f the lant'ls.rape spread to view:. There
a, field . of tasseling corn gent If and
fro.,.while here. a .field of,' sweet , sctrted clover.
Shed its grateful fragrance on the. nir.!Tas
like some enehantr. I .bower=the silence. broken'
only by, the tinkling sheep or the toiving
ol 'clue 'a's they peacefully grazedtrin'the.distant,
I was thiliking on the infinite wiatioin
of•the'reator, in thus making earth so b'eauti,
fnl for . .poor. siriful man, and how . 'thousands are
avrept await : tom' itscharars, and forever for
gotten, when was aroused from my reverie
.hY the shrill whistle ',cif the approaching train:
Ins . tinctively 1 turned to look for little Harry',..
when , a quiyk exclalnation from my wife:eaused
.
me to,turn,
She was as pale .as ..death. : •e! look
at our child,?'p4e;faintly whispered did . so,.
and - tny God! who. can tell the rigon'Y that';
wrung'. nny
. .heart at that. instant !' The lihle
recreant had windered'up the track unheeded,
and set himself down on one Oftheoakenslee . p:.
ere to .cUll.his Ilciwers,just belavv.the cprve,:un
coitsciouS of the death filet' hovered hear him. I
started up the track towards him,..beekoning
him to come tome as I advanced. Instead' of,
doing: so, he apprehended some playful sport;
and•commenced running dire'etly up the track,
and laughing as he went. The smoke from . the
advancing engine was at this instant distinctly,
visible'; Was - not- Possible . that I could .OVer
take him in time to salve him from that cruel
death:. .As it was, I.was'bnt hurrying him :on
to his doom.. No, it: was • evident that my
ef
forts could beot no avail., Tbreathed a'prayet,
to Ijim oit high, and staggered ,b'ack.
.• .1?,.t this moment the sharp bark a doe
broke upciar.tny . ear. With one. gleaftil bound
out boy cleared the
,track, and" grasped the
woOlrintruder
-The-train rushed 'around
,the .eurye with n
whizzing sound. The. ircitt.nionster was cheaG
ed out,of his prey. lam an 'old . rnan; 'but ,
ndst confoss.that as I. once rocreheld our little
truant in my,arms, Safe, the tear of
,'gratitude
started in my eye. ...The little dog had perse
veringly followed the child unseen, to 'be the
Means of saving his 'indeed,
ie he,who.couhl not:.see the finger of .God in
this.—Antericon Prethierirot. •
Our 'powers. owe'mqeh of Iheirenergy to our
hopes.—Johnren. ' ' .
.S - 3,1 ETITP,O,R,T,: .111',K E4N-,'CO (J NTY;..p4 - ii.,..r . f . H 0,1151M . Y.;,., NOV FaMl)!'!l . R- . ...10, ..,14.9
She was not the daughter: Of the.celebrated
Doctor;. although she 'Vraik•an enchanting little
'witch that she might have coine cif neeromat
ic.family. 'indeed : she may have•had ancestors
Connected with' the black art, and 'been descen
ded from•a i 'whole line of sorcerers for aught that
t kne , C ; for her 'family historY, from a very
early perioil Of her;existence, was Wrarit.in . the
profOundesr mystery. Dora was found'in.an
ash, barrel; an appropriate p l ace 'e n oug h far
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such an off:Spring,' ashes signifying, according to
Mr.: Mitchell.
: The. ash': barrel se
lected.for the repose of Dora„ . stood exact
front of the resideneuof Mr. PIOT, • sexton Of
the • well known •'.and-Tishionable.Episcapat
Church of the.Holy,Symphony:. Mr..Plufrwas
Justly:proud ofthe reputation of. his chnrch
He could.give Sou,airi the .very best music. in
the City. None.of your heavy old sacred music.
whiCh iryir•ria'Positivly. Sinful to play,. seeing
that it . was carciposed • for RoMish 's e rvices , , .but
all Op newest and pleasant estroustc't hateould
be had for money Why sir, at the Chureh. of
the FrUly . Simpho'ny• they...actually.nlayeil. th e .
best tndrceratiz from
.the., Trovatore befOre it
had ever been produced at the AcittlemY of
Then 'Huff wits also proud of his Cler
gyman,. Show him in the • city such a.derair•
man'as his was — what donations' he received !
wbat:fashionable
.aintienees he had i ;All the
Upper teti, sir, 'Crowded into t.te Church' of the
Holy Symphony,' to. the sweet loSewater .
sermons' of the Revel:al - I'd . Arthur Alanthus;
sermon!, so soft and. velvety, that . they
'not Have distur b ed the . moralrePose:of a Syb
arite
Mr, Plbrwan at first rather Disturbed that'
'any low Person shOuld haim been' misguided
'enough.to drepa riamele.4s child..into . his ash
barrel, and' wort hy Mrs Pluff • fore a -moment;
had her ,Rut they were a. good=
natured pair, and after a midnight 'consultation,.
while the tineirp'ente'd. gift was"illimbering in
an. impromptu cradle, they decide& that, since
Providence . had.ienC.thia.rnortal . wait to their
doei . Ohey would not reject it ;.'and accordingly
the little creaturg wad hthiptedr by. the' sexton,
and look tbe house h old of the, off,
sprilig'Avhich Heaven, had' d9lied him:in the
legitimhte manner. . . •
As Dora.. Dee grew
,up,,shemore• than repaid
the care of the old sexton and 'his w,ife.....She
had the swee test soprano voice, and more than
one young ladywho, had - bee,n taught all :the
~e xtra's' s,t Madeline' "Cancan2s--.;faShitinahle ,
academy., envied the. possession of that pure
liquid organ, whose notes. floated: - through the
nave of the Church of .the ktoly SirnafrOny.47.:
Although'Dora Dee-Lahe had, been,christened
after a tieceasett:aptl -beloVhd •sister:of Mrs.
Pinfl—did Hot:en-to Madam's Cancan's, she • yet . .
.rakeived.avary '-excellent.edepation.f.She
derstood:musictolertihly- well.; .painted a:little
in, wafer colors and..poit:essetl'a.
quick, iritelli
;tent style of converSation: In time the sex-.
tan's adopted daughter 'a ttracted atterition'froin
his'fa'Aionable congiekatianS, and on Sundays,
I grieve to sty, young :men:. Would'gather on
the pora.h.of the Chura of. the Holy Symphony
to catch . a:gliMpie at the.pretty brawn haired
Dern; as, she passed••out. not .sulpriie
iti t :PltOrone bit, when, Mra.Trapeie, of Fifth
Avenue, carne to 'him one day,, and• prOpose.i
that Dora shbuld *go 'and' at• her. - Iteuse as
companion, totter daughter,llliss iAureliaTra
fieie. He was accustomed-to loo k
Iffmri'every
thing connected .with the Church of I. the:Holy
Symphony as solar above the common run that
he .was' prepared for' what other', men might
have looked upon as an uncommon occurrence.:
Much as it grieved the Vrorthy sexton, and his
wife to part'. even 'partially with' their-little
Still the * advantages to 'derived
by O residence with .Mr's. -Trapeze vrereloo
obvious to he.reasonably•deelined.: . The use of
Miss Aurelia's masterti;'• good ,society; or at
.leastivehat passed : tor such;
. and' after all the
seporatiOn was, only for a. time, and, Dora was
to spend every 'Sunday with hey . ailcmted, pa
.
So Dora went:to live with. Mrs: Trapeze
~ Dora pee !. Porn pee! 'you are bright
enough to ke a sunbeam; why will you be.
nothing. but a Will-o'-the=wip 7" • •,
I ain.sure I am not leading youastray Mr.
Halbert Kimball:'.', . '
“Yes, but you. are, though. It's not your
fault e '.Heaveri knOWs, for :you avoid me, on
every occasion ;but you are like the bird with
talisman in'the Eastern tale, and I, -like the
Prince, cannot help,follov.ing you.” •
"First you call me a Will-o'the-wisp, then a
bird; have You any more complinnentarY sitni
lea for me Mr. Kimball'?" • :
«'A thousand, if you will only let 'me • tell .
hem to you. •You are like rose,'-just)about
cc 'filet's been doria.??
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"'You arebeautiful 'as the morn. 7
cc Herrick said' that of a*.young lady yearei
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• 44 "have no objections . to his havin t h en fi rst
of it;:. it answers my purpose' just as; well." .
“13ut not mine; Mr; Kimball.. I do not want
old 'compliments
; , and to biy frank with you, I
dcin't want compliments at ail;". • .' • ' '
R.A. DEE.
MESEXI
OffiZlE
Why •not?"' asked Mr. Kimball mourn
fully.
'"You kni4 is well ai I do;, 'lint as. it may
impress the reasons more powerfully 'on you, I
will racapituitite
. them.." , •
gc Now .tor a 'lecture," murmured Kimball,
4alf reproachfully, and - :sinking• back. into his
easy ' . . • ••
First, you "were brpught- here by .certain
high"and mighty,powerS, in order that you
minht.'.fluirry . Miss • Adielia . .Trapesa,'
atniable'cousin.!' .• • '•
I den't Like red :hair," exelaimOd Kimball
- 8130U111 hdvet o put an extin
guisher onher head every. night.".. •
•“.Mr. Kimball, I 'aril ashamed of you'. M_ is 9
Trapeze deserves : : to
,be spoken of..rnore r.e
speetfuljy."..- ••• ••
Kimball groaned. • ...• ,
.coutiriued Dora
.doematically,
, bit would be.a match :I'm'. you; you .are
not.very have a; Hundred
ihOugand •'
•i‘l have enaugh for.my wanta.":
.“ So every man 'thinks. But if yOu were
Married, You would be perfectly miserable ii
You could net keep your Carriage and go to the
opera • Don't,',say'no for I won't believe.yoii.' ,
• g! Have yoti - .
N0...-Tam• goineto . he' selfish. You know
rny history, that I am , a:foundling; : that I Nll9 .
adOted . l4 a pOor sexton and his' wife,. who
died last yearohortly after I eii,ina hare, :and
Whosedeith left tun WithiUtt . .a friend in thr
world.", • .„ - • -.•
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ll.cin't Weep borei..don't weep - Toe have ;
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a irrend cine...vho'w ill die for you:" .
't Well," 'continued Dora;' suilpresring,
sobs, - “you , know upon, what footing
,here. • It is:. mY•.enly home.. ,Tour attentions
to me have .tilreedy-drawn on •trie•the,
'ejons, and:Hear the dislike: of Airs. Trap . eze
and her daughter., Heaven oplY : knoWsthe
lii
dle persecutions l•have to sutler 1, and I tea*
do nakkhoW wiiat moment shall'betp•
'quit the house. Now for my sake, if not your
own, c.sase' this purSuit of ,an object that is not
worthy of • yOu: ' The Trapeze's'. are • worldly
'people. • They loni:for the. family .connections
which a marriage, with you will : give Aurelia ;
for, of course, the'y knoW that: Mrs: Trapeze's
marriage with Kr.'Trapezer, wits P. plisiallifznie.
D9 . gi , ie up these romantic aotiona 'of yours;
settle doivn into, a respectable memberot;soci-.
ety, and let . •the poor ladies'.eoinPitaion,shift
HeVer by Heaven!" . cried..Kimhall..burst
ing suddenly into a ,passion,• all the , more vio
lent for the effort he'had been making to'sup
press it. «- 'Dora, here in ihe face or Heaven,
I ask you to become my wife.; will , never
wed Abrelia Trapeze :be! hui. a husband
.if she chooses withher - htndredthousanil: dol
lars.l Halbert,' Kimball is not for sale; -.But
you dear girl, sweet orphan, my' heart yearns
for'you.• am not poor r' . believe,.me. ,I em
not pOor,.,and %yid, anih an incentive as you by
rriy, side; I. would
. conquer every difficulty -. 1
Dora7Dora 7 l love you. Give:me year heart
~l:implore' it l". • . . .
'The twilight deepened suddenly in the bay
window in which Pore and were'
ting. Both looked uP.startled, and beheld - Mrs.
Trapeze in black velvet, : corning behind them
like a• hundred and, twenty gun' frigate with
every cannon shotted. ' - •
• ‘.‘ Get up; Mr. Kimball," she' said in tone
of suppressed •rage`to Halbert, who in his earn
estness had knelt.• 1 , 1 do not permit 'my .
drawing-room to be converted -into a theatre ;
for domestic. melo-draina; though. it must . be
cenfessed. that
.this little adventuress here is
a' consummate actress." • • ••'. • -
ftMadam,"begaaNrii,'her face palfng with
atligdation at this
44Miss', Dee',' I ;do not intend to have any
words with:you. You.have:botraied 'thy. emi
nence ; ' you' haye abused 'my liounly..' You
shall leave my bnuse,.4 his' instant.":
As 'you please, Madam," said Dora,
proudly; but with a bursting•heart.
Good God Mrs. Trapeze, not to•night,"
cried Kinnhall,'in a tone of consternation; d4She .
is not to blame :you .must let: me explain. 7—
There are, five feet of-snow on' the ground."
~
44 This moment," repeated' .Mrs.. Trapeze,
coldly, .44-my, house, affords bo shelter for fe:
males who'ain and call it inislortune,"
Kimball was for a' moMOnt 'atunned by .tbi's
brutal spei.ch, but Only for a moment. .
c' Then I leave it too Madain " he cried:
, cleave' it forever. 'for your , insinnation's .
with regard to this young theytaie
and uti wort hy . Of vett: n 'sett) .rnea n as, yours.
Beware Madam e , h(i.w you insult a lady' whom
intend to make• my. wife." :•
No one' sa (he white', figurollitting : ftom
the.room. r : No . : One:beard the. agonizing sobs
ihkburst on.the sthreshhold Of :the draWini
room.. No one heard the,hait door.eloie softly,
or snw the deli Cate, feet sinking into' the.- Cold*
“Ilopne will prevent 'you( departure, Mr:
Halberi Ki mball; but .one thing I must' beg of
you to•remember, tbet when yon grow tired of
that girt, tttere.ie no
. admission tor yen_ ever
again."
Come'Doia I" cfied Hilbert, not caring to
trust himself to a reply . ; ("Como with me. No
fatherever . wataed over you 'more sacredly
than will until you give me..the holiest of
titles, that of husband.
He tuniedto..where she , had been standing,
but: there was an empty . space. He ran: into
the hall, opened the h44;iy - Oaken 'dorir and
peered Einiininly.ouiin the:icy .night: , There .
were small feet prints•in the white • onnti: - that
covered the.atoop.';Without another 'ward .he
seized his hat anti rushed into the street like "a
madman.. ' . • . •
CHAPTER; 111
. .
,:Olt . how cold it '
wee that -night. The snow
had frozedon the-top with a treacherous. crust
'that.broke iteyery step, and let 'the foot sink .
* into a stratum of damp 'clinging ;flakes. A bit
ter wind swept through
_the streets •until .the
wooden blinds - of the hotises. seemed to shiver
in the blast.. Theie was a moon,but so, ob
• . • ••
score With dull stormy elands' that she only
shnne.aa it. Were,. by winks hioking. out; seem
ingly.now and then upon the,worid; when 'find
ing everything ao . eheerlese, she wrapsd.hetieif
•up'instantlY again' in her flee'cy vapor. - ':The
:pelicemed were all under covet in secret plecei
and nothing stirred in' the white, smeltiticholly
stieets.*—Tha.,very gas-lamps, '
.Seeinedto 'feel
•the tiroWeiness..conserinont . .on extreme epic,'"
lind.kokpq their frost dimmed panas es ,
it ther s could hardly. keep -their-eyes open: It
was a . night of bitter cold. • .
And yet something living ,WILS at ill Yineving
. ,
th . e city. PoWn along - WaShington 'Place
Somethingdragged feebly , along, bdt . what it.
was one could scarcely determine in 'the dim
light. ''.Now it c'rotich.ed;as . sa, more :than
diearially hitfer blast swept down the khOtly.
sidewalk;: now *clung feebly to the iailings .
and dragged itself along and!. again „.it ,would.'
stop. fearfully,. • arid listen, like some , Stnimcil
hunted to death, listening for the sounds. of
• -
pursuit.. . • . •
At last it croSsed:Washington Park; aid of
tera.painful:and laborious struggle, 'entered
Fiftb.Avenue, and Ahern . , where there is a lane
rin o 4 . , ; ilh.litablea., It sank aminia'ntly exhaust.,
ed ; sank in'a dark corner, huddled arid sepia
less where even, the moon could not "see it,--
Ten thousand' flakes of•pitilesSinow came'down
'iron the wind, and es each • drift flew .hy
filing a frozen alms to the dork , niass that' lay
huddled in the lane. • *.s.
Why ihe.,eity seemed alive that night.--
There was another Out, not, faint and, weak
with - trailinglimbs,but stout 'and swift, and.
hot eager hope.. Down the street`, he
came ; like ahound On.the trail,"..he . .ran along;
"it is.covering them feet." God grant that.l
may find.her soon. She has, ptuised•here.—
These small . prints . are liers,-hut this emoted
snow falls fast, and I w.lll9se her trail; fool
ish, girl— 0 Dora [Dare
..And socalling,stopPing to examine the path,
tumbling in the snow and' rialtig,but to'ruSh' on
again, went Halbert. Kimball. , Ha paused at
the junction of Fifth Avenue and Wa'shington
She passed here, he"niutteied•; “the track
is Jaint, but can cietect it-7-and-Lah . I lose it
here. 1f is :covered:. 'with snow. : • 0 Gedl
have lo?t • her—she perish—whatshall:l
do 2't
. •
He was standing Opposite the, lane where the.
dark mass lay moiienless, patchas of
freshly fallen snow mottling its outlines.. The
moon was hid, and Halbert looked savagely up;
for the thought crossed his mind in a Moment,
that bythe aid o f her light, he . !night yet ton..
tlinuchis search. I do 'believe. that at that
moment he said • in'. the ;depths of his heart,
something Pic coedingly bad abolat the moon:
"Lou,'' he Trntrmured, "'ski 'through my
fault. . She yvill''die . —die horribly. this cold
night I Mad girl that she is I'Oh't Whet 'cart . i
&.b." And, her V , • • . . • -
, . . .
'A rmian—li very— v ery • moan, in 'the
Jane.. Halbert listened, listened so 'eager, that.
he made the silence seem . painful. Again the
6
'moan came,•but fainter than at first.; 'still • it
was enough...He ran like a deer;into . thp lane
"Dora!"calling and in another morileitt he
was warming -the cold cheeks and wet 'curls of
the lost one, on his bosom:. '
How tenderly, he , lifted ;her up,. .and 'bow
proudly he walked t hrou . g,h , the snow while she
lay in his arrns,with hers clasped around his
neck rind her head wits nestled 'on "his breast'!
Anil in spite of his haste to. take her to his.oWn
v.iirrn home, how; often he stopped
. to kiss her
,
!g' Dora;': he - murmured to her; pressing her
CIOSQ. as if he feared that „she 'would again es..:
cape him; "hot.: could yOu be so Mail, so reck
less, so creol, as to rush ,: cout in *this wild
,‘ I was Mad,',' . she 'said faintly: " (Tid.you
not
,hear whit she called me? It seemed to me
as if all the'wo . rl4. had tarned againSt:Me; and
yvanted to •
!‘Bne'yot(syill not elie. rou will IhM' for
me, bura•:.will, yen not -• • , •
Her head nestled closer to,his bosom, and
she , paid. nothing; but her heart was so 'near ,
hie; in that trlqrilent, that .Ihipe'no dmillt 'it'
told hjm all he . , •
Nerd I tell bow wonderfully Hatberf iuutni
baChelor homestbat•riighfl:whit
-I;plentlid wax eendleshe pt„What a roaring fire
be made, and how fie Oroduced,his.most tempt-*
Ng 'stores in.order : to.tempt Dora s Dee to.
eat . ? How, he mail! , wonderful , cottl.e for her
in a self-an eoffee.flot; end :hen ,
when she grew .wearied .:out; he retired die'
c tee t to•n*neighborink hetel; whieh.he left at
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eix o'clock the neit ordev-,talkayet
an f inter, ie w with , 'Clergymen:: I know .I,need
'not, tlescrlbi yourkindly iMaginStedn
will. supply:ell those:,tlMtiitin*datailik.xilltCh
crowd. around,every;st4donieStic s
that whichl reletsklil
ilane
potent thats ou
`know:' Important
becaase inch events,a4 gsnarilly,imegoild to
be the end of minanti -104.! the., , keginning•N:
reality 4,and is' l'never
on the domains of the litter;,,llikeliilllll4ll.ll
the !list with a flotirish: : : r
In the morning they were merileid4
,
Navas. to
Ainur.a.—Neyer ,
honest convictions , bilarighird
no more exercise.yorir reasciii
coherent dreed . of ridicule,.than ;s3roileap snjoY
your tile if you, ate . in 'courant terror death..
.If you think - it right, to differfri;tn;thrOlitlis,
and to make a point of morals,'
it may . appear, do it,—not..for insoltotc4 - brit
.sririously and gratidy;'se.ita man>sioirriVbig
soul, of his' O'ivn in his bosom, and' did. not .viait
Oil it was breatheirintb Ititti.:byithe.,btenth,of,
hie fashion: •Be,tripUb44:lo'
viction,•and in the ;end_ •Yoil : 'W4l;•not° l 4 - ,, e
respected by the wprltl;;but.!ltiv,e'llie i pp ro i r o
or youi . ovr'n•COrirPteiriee, r ;
' ViTitot . Vaasa l's.ra ! - 7 0f tke y
methods of preserving fence posis: , irono,.
none i s, Perhaps more simple , and eheap,than
the one of soaking, them in, Mae a
recent meeting of the 'Farmer's' clukilri,
one .of the members : exhqii,fo a
poet soaked in a, solution--pi blue
pound o of vitro' being,useiti . to twenty•'qiiiiitarof
water The pos!'veks pine, knd -- ,vahein:ifiXikup
was as sound as 'when. Tut dMv;./a,,efia
Years 'ago. •This,polution is good for - 411.141011
of timber exposed to the Vveatherr•-spoiits,
/Mingles, 'stakes, bean-poles;
In ono of his “Preachitigs upon
.. kopular,
Proverbs," - Timothy Titeotnb lays:--otThe
truth is, that the great sisterhobd and brother.
hOod of sin.groans undeithe'uncharit'arsikaga
ments of three' Vvhci; fer2:'elrettltiatanies
interposed by other pewee. thriiitb4entra,
would ''have ' been.among •their 't .
Rather bold that, Timothy but true:
' Tics Suinows Caer•—roOlarr
wife,'sister, brother, eon,' neighboi t .ace*e
not all casting shadows '_ daily: oti:sonie :fiektia
that are pining'for the zinilight" of
In all their ' infinitely, var,led'relations,•rpen and
women, selllahly— s -from , design, , Weekniss,:or
ignOranceare casting their iitiadoWe':upon
hearts that are.,pining for sunlight.
look; a tone, ariact ; will cast,a itliiidpw, :and
sadden a spirit , ., for hour! :and Any,. Spet:k"
kindly, act 'kindly, be forgetters of sell, and
regarders of others, and yoti will:cait shadows
along the. pith of life. •The!trciet'kentlenneri . ' is
alWays ten der pi' the'feeliagpfotbail i niiiys
• watchful lest be wound unintentiotiaily-41 7
:ways thinking, when with others, .of their :.
pleasure, instead of his own; lianasto but few
shadows. Be 'gentleman', ‘, ladiesj : - "cir,';*
word, that incltides all grade, and exCOlenc,ies
—be Christians for it> is the
casts fewest shodows of elf...
What strange- creatures: girls aro. erona
of them gorid wages to work for :you, tint! , ,jett
chances to one thii oldmonnan . can appireany
one of he.. girlz;- but just :propose matrimony,
and see if they don!Vjump 'it the Chine& 'of
working, a life-time' for thqii
clothes,
Ike came home (rom'sdroliir.ai, ' much agile..
ted because be could not ,undirstand,tbeprinci- :
Mei' of Allegation, as lild' 13reeSISaf.
"Tbere dear,?' said Mrs ; 'Partington `,i~ogn't
fret about it, you. -must ,tell'ithe. ; tescher ‘that,
you ain't no altigatorkandA
9ulsh you." The rid in'as greitly,Coniforte..
„ .
The' Hon. Hotatio Seymour — fn . , his etalecrin
Minnesota,. said that in “the good old colony
days, and the earlier .dayis of , the 'rePublfici:the
New England States .dcvated• tbeinseiyee:44-
elusively to making cc.rum—pure
they took to the African , coast:llnd„ tradd i for
elaves. Hence - is supposed' to' originate'tiie
practice of 'calling those '.betiiihied...4ftlistiis
“rum customers.” . .
.. A man is most prorMily.saitlAo!baorApe.ifoe
anything" when' , he'ls
. . • .
A moral rletmtiPg 19i0 W!! )14 1tri e t!',71 '!4f°P .
gaged in a tlianuaaion
if If a husbarnl derierta , kiawifei)whick
most abitridoned; the' tiornait4"'
, - .
TheftoOton Post "eadthat the late : affair of -
'Pepo mig4 serve eaa eiteoettli . Okiti!tt
igiirhe a a 1 4 , Yndeit04'... t ° : 04°IfeAirl ' it he •
rivate affairs, of
A member 'Otto SoutkCaMitt4egorietpre,
--
•
=an old'bactielOr by . the'riatee,of,vaa
: .„ a
'was
inirodtised . :fo
Ev 4 nfi•
:•.'"
Evaoc.."' 4 , •
• itbf re;Evane
1 egthe ver lady I have been hi . ' act ok•
Tor . the
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