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4ertera it Local 3itiormation
17. s. ClOw.uitisTricENT.
President—Pitannun•Pninet.
Vico President—Lease 1). 11! minx , .
BocrOtary of ntate—Wn. '
Socretary of luterlor—ltormar L 1 ICt:LELI.A:rIS.
Bocretary of TrollBUri—J.lllEB OUTIIOIE. •
•Soerotary of War—Jarreitson ILtolo.
Secretary of Wavy-1,18. C. DOllliNt.
Post Master Genorol--JAVLS CAMITSII.:
Attorney llonoral—CALlal CUtillINO.
phiof Justice of United States—lt. B. Texer.
IiTATEI GOVERNMENT•
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GovernOr—JAMES POW,OK.
Soerntary of State—Asonsw G. CURTIN.. . ~
Survoyor General—J. P. lIRAWLICT. • . •
Auditor (loners' —P. . Osaka. '
Trousurer--lIENIIi S. 31k.URAW. .
Judges of Um Snpreule Court—E. Low's, .1. S. BLACK,
W. B. LOWRIE, G. W. WOODWARD, J. C Kflox - -
COtraTV OF£XO.E2tS.
' President Judge—lion. JAME 43 11. GIVAIIAM: •
Associate Judges--Uon. John Rupp, Samuel Wood
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District Attorney—Wm. J. Shearer. , , '
Prothonotary—Daulel K. Nocil.
Recorder, Ac....10hn AL Driksg. , ..
Ite,tister—William 1.;y1.16. - '
Iligu .Sheriff—JaCoh Lowman:' Deputy, J. lieu,
winger.
County Treasurer—Adam :townsman.
Coroner—Mitchell Al 'Clellun. . .
County Cominishlouurs.—Jourste • M. i.traham, Wil
liam M. liendersen, Andrew Kerr. Clerk to Commis.
liitillerfl. Allehnel Wise.
9S ' Direoters or the Poor—tieoro Britt Ile,_
John G.-
'Drown, Samuel Tritt. Superintendent s' four. House '
._ losoph poletch.
11011.0iTGEL orr.xclins. 1
Chief Iturgoss.—Col. Aulaspanof Nome.
Assistant iliirgoss—Sanniel lioulU, ' •
Town Council-11. C. Woodward, (Presidont) Thos.
M. Biddle John Titolninki, Ikboo sheater,Jleury
Ulna, Lsrid 61pe; !lobed' lrt in, A. A. Line; blicluipl
Holcomb.
Constables,-John Spahr, - High Constable; , Robert
McCartney, Ward Constable. • . "
GELI7.ROIIES,,
Ylrst Prosbyterlau ahurcn, northwest angle of centre
9:ittaio. • Rev. I...A.MwAr P. Wi l'ustor.--StrVitos olory -
Suttday trownlni. at 11 o'clock, -A. 31., and 7 o'clock,
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Second Presbyterian Church, corner of South Hanover
and Pocubet stmts. Rev. Mr. &sus, Pastor. Services
COMulOileo at, 11 o'ctock, A. Sr., and 7
St. Johns Church, (Prot. Episcopal) not tboast totals
.Coutru Square. Roy. Jacoo U. Mouss,•ltoctor. Services
'at 11 o'clock, A.M., and 3 o'clock', P. M. • ' •
' English Lutheran Church, Redford botwoon Main and
Louttior stmt.,/ Itovl JA4VI3 ritY, eaStbr; :wares
'at. 11 o'clock, •A". 31., and 7, o'clock, P. M. . -
____leruktnitefurtuutLeltUrch,„Louttacrthatweiltnorox.
and Pitt strcotS. Roy. A. 11. KitEMElt, Pastor; •Eurvices•
at 10% o'clock, A. SI., an&t4fi P. 31.
31ethudIst E.Church, (first Coarse) corner of Main:ma
~trooth Eihr7.lthis 31. § - rISJ, ra.41,3 - r. lix.rCicus at
11 o'clock, A. 31., hod (I o'clock, P. 31.
31gthoMst li. Church, Charga) Roy. TIVIMAIif
lituoticurv; piistte - Sorvlcas - tit 11 .
o'clock A. M., and 3 o'clock; P. 31.
• Itotnan Catholic Church, Owl - Foto - it:air East strtit.d.—
Mos,. JAM4i.nOItOETT, pastor. Surtices ou the 2hd'hun
day, of each moth. „
lierUlllkl Lutheinn Church, corner of Pomfret and
Ilihltbrd streuts. Rev. I. P. Naschald, llitstor. Service at
Ats - ,- When ellnkos In the abovo arc necessary the pip
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DIaSINSONOOLI:EGE•
_Rey. Charles eoliths, Presideut and l'rofessor of Moral
_ R uv ,- it u nnaa. M. Johnson Professor of. Philosophy '
and finglish Literature.- r
J:iwes 11.'31arstaall, Professor of Anciont Languages.
- 11ov. Otis 11. Tilfauyi.Professor of Mathematics.
William C. Wilson, Professor . of Natural aelenco and
Curator of the Mammal: ,
Alosaudor Prililhssor"orllalbrow 'n 'd Modern
Languages: 4
Samna' D. Millman, Principal of the Orarnanar School
James P. Marshall, Assistant in thdUraumar School.
GO APORATIONS.
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• Cinsisii'Disoni atink.—Prosidont, IlichardParkor;
Woi. Done* Dlerke, J. P. Hassler,
SI ussolnten. • filrectors,.-Itichard Parker ' :John. Zug,.
Hugh ptuart, Thomas Paxton; • It. o.'ll'oolward, Robert
noon). John Deutlorson; Henry Ingis,fiainuol Wherry.
euxBETILLIDNALLMY It U. ROAD . COMPANY.—Prestdout,
; Frederick Watts; ',Secretary and :Treasurer, .P.dward.M.
PIddlo; Superintondant,"A. P. Smith.' Passenger trains
.Iwlco day: .P.astorard, ceasing-Carlisle atlo.2.s6'clock,
A. M. and 3.56 o'clock, P Two trains every day West
ward, asselng Carlislontl9,43o'clock,nalLand
geltLlBl.loAßpiD WATI COMPANY. ~.Proshient.-Prod,
crick Watts; Socridaii; - Ml Linked Todd; Treasurer, Wei.
D. pootuunDiroctors,Y. Watts; Richard Parker;Lentuel.
c o dd, 31..Decten, Dr. iV. IV,4MIp, Pratilin Card.
sor; iletiry..l3diss'isedit.M.;lllddlo.:.;; f•
CUMMILAND Yciani DeXiii-4President, ; J e lin R.
rots;Oisi dor, S , 0001 Tel*, 'Jos. 0;
-)lroctors,,Jolan S. btorrett,Nm, urminso:
nan, - Itichard Woods, John C. Dunlap, Itobt,O. Starrett,
5. A. Sturgeon, 414 Captain
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-..'. tie:raw :oi'' POSTAGE.
Postage on' all letters of ono-half 'ounce welgbt or.
..nder,3 cents pre paid, (eiropt to Callforp la and Or...gOni
fhteti Ls 10 coats pro pald3 .. . : .. . • ..* . , .
:- Postaseon.'"Pat lialtage-.111141:fdle P.PORtYs.O 33,
0 tbln ilie'dtate; 13 cents Per year. , To any part 0(1.116
1 Ina Statial;26conts, , Postago,on alllianslent papors;
~,‘ or Wow:lees , In welgit,3.nent ':prolpaldi of Scents,
~ ~) d- , AdVertlaedletteta to lx. &afoat AlM:tine cost
1 1.1
r a verthlply
• 1 ;1611.-:18Alikl.-41-Af.13Alt(1-11N.—`-..qhit
elx4ndethir aild-Eliks pa Q7 , olo'"Blret - :PrrVt.iniroi
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1` , 1•1t.,17:i 10111AD:'001LDY, •
Jan.lsq, • •
'A HUNDRED YEARS mom NOW
Whaio, where will ha the bide that aing,
. hu mired ican! from now I' ,
'The Ilnweis that now In heauty spring;
A huililred
_yearn from now
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Thollearethat.beatti
so gony.o m ., • .
0, whore.trill bo L'oro's bonelug eye; • ,
Joy's pleasant smiles. and .Porrow's sigh;
A hundred yearn (runs now t• • • „
Who'll press for.gold this crowded streot,
A - hundred - years friitl now 1
- tread your ell meta With willing feet,
A hnnpre . l years from TION - V
Palo tremhllng s nee, -
And fiery youth,
..• .. And childhood whir
Its brow of truth—
The
rleh,.the poor; on land and sea;
-Wlioro-will-tholunny-ndllions
'A hundred years from now
10.00
30.00
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We all within our graves shall sleep,
A hundred yeam from now ?
No listing soul for no will Weep, .
A hundred years from now ?
11111 other men
others thou •
Our streets soil? fill ;
While other birds will sing as gay,-
As !eight Om guml i ke as te.clny, :
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In the, coltag'e to the left bond of the forge
at Herman there lived; nbind .fiVe and-twenty
years ego, a man of Ilwonnte of Ohristoplipr—
Or, as the couutry•folke abbreviated it, yes
ter—Patemen lfe had formerly held the,
post of-villnge_bleckemith riud farrier, but had
long since retired - frnta - the exercise of his
craft!.. Ile vies said to have the gift - of' the,
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evil --eye ; pot that be.was a malicious man
but that involuntarily his look blighted What;
vo ever it kited upon :
.‘ Friends or - enetny; lie
' own - children or aliens, it was
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ter's eie settled on . them, and • they withered
thing - yroepercd with hiin.
The crown on Ida littio hunt Were iirways
either filmed, blighted, or mitterably . thiri; • er i .
if they were good; and abundant, rain came
after th.o corn was cut, and it lay out until it
sprouted and vatted away; once begot it all
smoked, and the stack-took fire; another time,
the grain was threshed out and stored up In
anvety,'but the rats' detoured a dfiltifilirit:
Iris cattle were the leauei3t in the aoulutry
his shtep.died of disease; his children pe
rished one by one . as they grew up to man
hood and womanhood ; every harm lie shod
fell lame before it had gone a Kester
was a miserable man; all the country avoided
him ne if he had got the plague,
Keeler had 0110 child left; a daughter, born
long after the rest, she being the offepring -of
a young Irish girl whom he bad chosen to
marry in his old age. The Irish. girl rail
away soon after the child's birth, on The plea
orfiaving a husband in her own couniry whom
alio liked better.
, -
){ester made no' attempt to bring z ber hack,
but contented himself with spoiling Katie .
[ratio wan not a bit like whet :his other chil
dren had been; ilhe wneVlier- :nattier- over
again. - Two widelipettedrk blur eyes, n
white skin considerably freckled, block el
locke, plways tangle, a wide red mouth.
and little teeth like petirlii; a figure sntirt and
Ifthsonie,,ofnd a step. that lilted along . ns if it
kept dine to nu inward tunei made of Rate u
village beauty and a coquette.
The strangest thing ~ f all was . (so the:peo
ple tffought arleast) that Rester's evil ryo had
no effect on Kate.. Mir grew no strOrigly and
bloomed ns'lttirdilY its 1 hrwild brier in the
Itedge: s =rew. Everybody remembered the..fivo .
children were born to 'him lby his first
wife ;• how they pined froni their crndle. They
I hail 'a 'algal) , hectic itt their faces like their
mother; whileas
checks were red a
&unlink d
ruse; . they..crept • about hotnit reary .
and kith's nlwnys, while Katie 'vine•awni in
i llie woods, nutiffig.tin - traid like a boy,
Koster could deny her nothing, and she grew
up; to the wutuler of tire 911Inge - , — henithier
more wilful; and bonnier then tiny' girl in the'
di.itrict.
• CHAPTER if;
The blaoksinith who-succeeded Koster Pa
teman at thh village forgo was a young man
'of herculean strength, and a wi,d - chieracter
lie was more than suspected of h tenderness
for the Squire's pheartuits, butte game
keeper itad - nut yet"l. - eeiii found, bold enditgiitct
igive 'him a night encounter in the woods; his
name tvas Rob McLean, he had bcen-wtoldier,
au& gelid iniliduct Pei;
Niue, after ten yeuie service and two wounds.
`He woo Katie's- sweetheart. rat) was -very
proud to..be been walking with him in the
greenlaueott'Suaday - niglits; but 'totes more
uhild'e pi Ida than any thing elec.for, \ ,when he
..tiegan_to—talkabimit_ruarrying,--sheAsughed-I
and said nd;,slie was 'uot for him', he was too
Jasper Linfont; the miller's eldest eon, next
east hie r eyti Apex her, and foilowtd ker like
her shadow forW m o uth; but no—Katie did
not fanoy,,bitnOte , ..wes , 4 001, ,g 1 ,i t it!P?
Attl-„liettre.d halrowid ~bie .. liege . wereffiet_ll4l)_
of the
,itune Then there wee '.Peter
Askew, the fiquires•hunteinanrbut : beitae
ri4orelft AR I; Phil Cresoi,.the gardener, but'
he wee a .goose and Carte r rbut Katie 'Could
osier abide a
kerd' 'file!!ee : ,- wne isc! 7
queting perfectly
cafe end • peifeotly beei(,..'cree;:"Kestei . . tee
man bed skilled 1 6 6
. 70me:r10#
esyei,%+lebooy Mertlo.' -and .:nobody else.
:re
, „
?ooaobma
sipiplo young ineni : r4ilt;bl!ik beie a meek we'
wadi `^fiips •
;ti , lol l l 0 0 6 9 1
4°OglY4ntiu° in rateTan'elmirt'olgr,
AV , ' 3 7°1 6 4 . . 4 V 0 ' 4 'O
1 9 4 1 49 r
tvlion to hy ll mig4Ft-FY:•ti! . Poll:44:if.kt ;!'94
toseeil her head, saying, with. en 40.1
MilM
a , S , 'APA
ptetrti.
lo rosy Ilp,
, T Ito lofty- booty
cliA 7;1t11 I
ce it of superlative contrite; That JOhnhy !"
But she answered neither yea nor nay to her
-father's- words ; and the' next SiindaY 4 1th t
Johnny" came courting, with a !idle brisket of
cabbages oti his arm as. tin offering to his belle.
Katiefooked as if it'.would have done her
heart. good, to fling them one, after the other in
his fat, foolish fade, but she restraitted the, itni
turbretrid; • .
- out to , morrow Johnny."
-1- Pfiiirt them wit,b z o , ti
eat."
Pigo P " asked Netio, in innocent bewilder.
ment. •We don't keep any.' • . ,
No,' tb'ey're for you, •Ketio; tbeY're the
finest white-bonne.':
Hearts 014 -Johnny,-take-'em--nwny'ili-
!roily ; 'hearts—l . never saw a heart . before,'..
.
end, ehe peepy into tho basket with a face 'of
.
hurrified.ouriosity.. . • •
Now, 4iihnn7 had proclaimed that his nffec.
.•
tions had fallen 'on Kotio, because sits was j
, such tvClever-girt;'and ceuld -do e.vory
but, (hie-exhibition of her talents by no•menuto•
_eqiialled his former Attipressions; Ile tried
•
her again.:
'• -
'Can't you - cook,:Katio't Did you never
stuff mid roust a heart for Yourdatlier's din•
- ner ?' ,
- 'oli,l_dittiry, and you- putting up for the
echoolmneter's'place,what wicked noniense •
ynti are - talkino k ! . • sut ely; you're called at The
131 tie COw by the way f'
Johnny, 'atthisinonstrous insintinti,n;broke
out into a cold perspiration 5 ire V 668 (I.e most
abstemious of young men, - and-had a mute in
the viliaga for every, variety of excellence, end
Katie, was quite capable.of_telling-
CiollB everywhere. Ile endeavdred to t eke her - •
hand; - andln Nittits et•in,
-but Kate brought her palm against his cheek
with suck hearty-good-will-(lint Its was fain to,,
sulndile upon his chair in meek dismay. „
' If you do that tigain„Jolinny Martin, I'll
tell my father,' she cried, and, with an afro:
teflon of great anger; she bowled his cabbages
.out into the garden ; and ordered him to tintrat
after them in double quick time lie took up
his - hut and otieyed ber,scarting nit her as he ,
went out, the triont_iiitilul and expostulatory
. . ..
'Don't pion - at the . Blue:Cow, Johnny, go
straight home,' ehe ;cried, as he went out at
the:_-glite, and the defeated swain oripi away
pipilFdllieted. : '.
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'Katie returned into the lionee,'and began to
sleek her hair before the little glsiett_hy the
kitchen-fire, humming ntuno trli the lime, and.
thinking how well bile was rid of dolinny,
when.that worthy's voice sounded through tho
•
open wii dew.
- a w.iu 1 atop at tae ii/Uff Cowl • .oue
turned !manly .round with ouch a al;rewdiett
face, that Johnny added in haste, to depre
cate her wrath, 'I left my basket, Katie, let•
me get it—it's in the Corner.'
At your peril net foot over the door stone,
Johnny rJolinny'e plump countenance ihstnnt
ly disappeared. She snatched up the basket,
threw it after bitn , , and then took It hearty fit
of laughter to herself.
CLISPTER
o! harvest, on tho
'lug 01,tho Marthen inL
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ikuePicious courting visit , :Fester Patel - filar
and Katie were eitting - on the wooden 'bench
before the (lea, ehe knitting, and hebeidaan•
log, when a party of Irieli reapers, 'with their
pickles in tbeir_hando, catne up the lane --They
stopped at the gate, and one of the men abkeltl 2
irKester wanted halide for his corn
• •No,'l see nee use o' hoods,' replied the old
moo . ; ' it'll all he spoiled.' • •
It lindbeen n splendidsenson,'nnd Kostcr's
little tiehle eheyvccl ne rich nn;l ripen crop to
icy in the country; it was quite goody for cut-
tiag, enrl , tLo weathdr was soitled and furor•
able. 's •
But, father, you must have hands,' said
Katie, who had a indst irreverent disbelief• in
the evil eye ; • two reapers and a blinler, with
you' and 1110, 'will gel tirecropa in * thin week,
and I'll Overlook thain for luck.'
Keeler otopintd twaau a and a led, and bade
the othel o go higher np theinno
Wm. But whero'r tbe:gnint of it;•Katie
but for - ..nie. Go into thit,bein. j ituls,
get ,your supper Vie old man-tuns
very despondent, for lie luid juat loot a fine
(Mir which be thdPght to sell at it,goo'd
Katie lade him oil,eer up, and evit In doors to
tiet out the ouppee for the reapers. When it
wee reed,,y, ehr.e4etilet, them to online ; three
'es ItaggetritobinOut ever might have curved
for . ecor&rowe appenied'nt her bidding.
One of them was a Mil, young man, with a
bead well set on - tils - 81foulders, iiitiguisli eye ,. .'
and ii - very - deaided - nationiirtrinitie. liii look
ed ut Katie, and she at him, and, for the first ' ,l
linie• in her iife,• the girl's 'eyes Tell, Mid
,her: '
-calor - roscHAlliiit — e - iiiiiiiiiirelfgEtlibialted - 6313
- - - -very elighty—for, after dropping his glance --
on i)
s pinta for u second, it followed liiiifeiiii" -
eild ft° in:the -kiichen without interatilaion,
.m . flll she want out into
. tho iarden aiiiin.
Alialrootild see her throdgh the branolieit
- riiii , :iiciusie.the_windowi-atuntlingLii-ther-gat&-- - -:
'milli her fallier,,talking toltab McLean, and
lid IniMeillateiy conceived -on intense, dislike -
fur Mitt well built son of Vuicati;milat thetmar
across his ftMehend • •Alick junipethit. conolu : -
Mune very quickly; 'lie bad ,fallen in. lc;ite at
14'14 !light, and was Tatitly- to gliitrrel with :any
°49 - .P4 0 isi*,r 6 4o l ..ltlit Iliiked n 4 Itaiiti:l- '2,7.:,, ..._.-
Llarhig•inatte end of bin supper:,
,ice weUt ..
out itizothe •laue to bin - comrades; who we're .
aitting,t . nalir the hedge
,reethig.and inutichtug..
great; tutolls of bread tied ehoeae--Marshall'a
liitehen' not being hig-enough 1.6-hold them ell.
Ancik Katie-et - the . 'wile in eight, end,
,••
though sbe'eeemed never 'to look hie 'wei, 'she ,
knew - poi - fatly Welehow he w - iiiched'hert and
moved pe l lotp,'!!.!l o° , natural spirit, ocuo-,
quetry.eyeentlrotodmitti, her knitting int9,:t4t
her - bed ioetit: ',- ;
It tied a witlt?tvjticgliitietott:Arte,totte, - end Ka
tu eat near ; it wlill ' her pine eteetting t -,,
e 9 i+i oUtpomeliipee_tp; nos how Itceveuntg ,,
ybgr t 1.11 ii: 11 la ill 13 e
tiut , sveutiti t'}tny tocut titeoOirt: l.
ofniered - ..cf...thy... and ahould ;its
kAisa butttiny -14/tkiBo..Aatioo9ol.r.ropc..4tte,.fi
Fee l atm e .• „ . , , . .
LT WO
CARLISLE; - PA., WEDNESDAY,' APRIL 1, 1847.
.4lielc„Rester; Eatio,,Ati4 the rest, were all
in tl.e . fisids next morning as soon as the sun
was np." The renpiiig began. Ratio Weald
b;nd for Aiiek r end, duritti the day, the - tam,
eytehiiiig-ed a good Many sharp wordt;„' Rub
McLean came to. lend - a band in the afternoon,.
pad the Men soon found each out ;' but -Rob.
ad a .decided advantage rver the other.
,
Wan thinve_e_verlueli a„7lll.l,rirdtmnn, alitat-,
tore and ergs, ever seeiCin.the. ceuntrpside
before P Whispered, Rob to Katie, elf thei sat
under a tree„ Or four o'clock eatitie , ' the 'Mir:
iranee that hail .been brifught Irina the house..,
Kotie gave Alick a l ely glance, and said ' No.'
And, a'sArolt overheard Beth' question end an-..
ewer, he iitiweid imigeance agliiiirt Reb: i 9
The night, in the, lone, there wits Jasper
.Linfoup and Phil Creesy, and Katie tollt i ed and
laughed with both of tient P rind thwn'ext do
elle rite goeripping wit,i 7 Krei:Aalc. wooer the
, 6e11.1 style,. on& in -the, eveuing r Toim zdarter_
:brought her, serne•ehre'de of scarlet cloth that
she - want i edi to Weave into nrinint, l ll.lel Katie
!Matted with him, and-the next tiny Johnny
Martin came with an offer of ennimer nipples,
which (Mick being there to see) were pern
ciously accepted. So Johnity_ortie_henrtened
into staying lialf-no - liour;i sighing and smiling
spinsmodiCally. Alick went out verywrntliful.
!So many rivals are Jim many for one man,'
thought he.,. And, all
. UM - following morning,
he took nWrziorenotice of. Katie thaii i iillie did
of Renter--I Mean, lie seemed not' to hike Lb
tioe of ho
Katie woe no crone nreticke„ and ,prOended
eho was ill, mitt must go home. Home, ao:
cortilngly, ehe went, and tangled her knitting
horribly. §llO 6 . had not been Ih - erelong when,
the gate -- Witli — n7tiiiirfn9e.,
lii band in a handkerchief all otnitia4
with Monti Up npin mg:J{4o,, t ho:color..goln
out of her him:, with fright. ' • . ;
'-Yon're burt;.:Alick, Ott, how . have you
done it! :let me eee end bihd iE up.'
''Tie lenrt bit in 'creation, Mee Katie, but
you're the beet binder in - the world. end
heal under your °yeti.' replied the wily Mick,
uncovering the injured hunt., • • . •
Katie got n sponge and water,nint bnthed
it, and her pity fled.
IA not much more Attn:!' ebratcht' Pala
. •, -
she ; "so Alia:groaned miserably:
Purely, Mies jCittle, it's the_ hard heart
yo - u've you; got for all your hoinio fnoe;' paid
&a, reproaohkly,i_ . _ •
. .
Katie blushed.: Nobody else'it compliments
had eyer . h4.thatpleasing : ef f ect before; and
Alick suddenly' took beak of grdoe, find rigid
one two Moire pretty-things that dad not
seem 'to vex Noti4eryloagb. ••,The dressing
or -the wounu get duone;--Anciy—
to go beak to the Mild; cairAng 'lowettoe
was an. eueueo for leant+ fd return too: as
leaving her - ball to Limo mercy of the- cat on
the door, she got the ‘basket and 4tene bottle
of beer ready, and followed Alick. The reap
ers said 'lowauoe was ear,lY:, that. day,. null her
(other found fault about it.
Alick's-rellectious wore of•a more cheerful
turn, now". 'Too many rivals nuiy be ns good
as none,' ho thought. Indeed, he had found
out—who knows by What.t . reentasonry Y—that
Katie liked nobody So well ne him, and be
turned his discovery to good account. Did
ehe l epcourago Rob, or Jasper, or Peter,' or
Jointny, or tiny one of her twiny admirers; 14
word or smile, be. devoted himself to Jennie,
the pretty Irish girtwho was binding at Mar
sliall's form', and Itnviela,pillowcoidd have tes
tified that Ito had ample revenge.
Thus they went OU till the Mat shook FRI in
the steck, and the Irish reapers began to tra•
Tel north in, search of frenla:puntures. All
went but Alick, and Ite„frunt bin quick wit
n d ehnrp tile, had won furor with. the Squire' s
ead keeper, who retained hint an one of hie
watchers. " .
- Although ho had arrived at Harwood a scare
°Tow; of rage, who so prim and spruce noW
Alick Y Katie lied n secret pi ido iu 'hie np
Jeartince. us, eith his gun on his arm and
.goitne•htig 'slung over his shoulder, Le followed
he Squire in the woo , lslooking, us she
thotight, fur the . finer nail handsomer gentle-
Milt. That face had now become
`perfectly riekenini to liar, and none the 'less
to becoruse Kenter would talk of their marritle
:or been °bonen rihinge
•choolninster, with a .aalaryTir. thirty-pounds.
cottage ' ,- and - turclOn - rout - .freO, ooala
'Whim : so that 'ha had a taftas tO'lake tier to.,
good .cry_Oae-afternoon,-
the house by herself ; over the thoughts of
.1011n:ny, when there rime' n knock to
the got up mid opened it, expectiog to see a
.rightMr come in for- a gossip, bdt, instead,
hero Mood Alick
Directly lee slew what'ebe had been about he
'vied, • Who leas been vexink • thee, Katie?
inly Cell nie—tell
:And iiferailed hroke through hit' tears asahe
ph, that +infinity,' and they
oUkedif eactiiitli r'i faces and
• What Abek said . nrie ibis tr • ajitioe betray,
tb not,' but - whatever it . wae, Johnny's pres•
eats of a wits were -not • ineieneed thereby,
nd when Allah'Went iivin„e'llerne :to tie
, .
ate; i t t the; park glit , e; r!_ei
Ketie..einrd•no inure ever Ili. -.knitting that
Village gossip aeonproolidnied the - fact
,of
Alleiee'v , leita , to; 4eater .... RMetoan'a. cottage,'
ni
and aong,t,heAritio,heitit them : was John'.
py. Ile went and retnnostrateTvlth
and threaieried 'father.
tdood'vras ' o 4o ' dared to !
,tell. ; at
nrioe. So.,lehnupdidtell, , -...andi Heater ‘ , kade
Aliok keep away . .'''.lCitie'efur itolrhitt heg.
gar. hut,lor
RUPuklmy , Pl,oce
no; more, dir Gamckeeper— Wye hear,!!„ , - •
fe!golid 'cqiedieli f otA 4 bur he;
fgura the r pititurfi - wh'ete.-!1.510
ter'n-cowe qiif oftmni:
itt might
lenuilig.qver
t , 44 ; but An Ake
4* .
, i 0 waigiPlifj
nuepkotod;l'7
CHAPTER: iv
° CHAPTER V
The neighbors noticed , that: Katie, became
graver onepaier:,. end 'shook their Leads por
tentously—lf She's fading like the rest of„Oem. ,
they said:: She'll not see the Spring, Iles.
ter"s emitlen her, poor man' And by and,b3
Kester sate the change himself...
,When he did
see ft, his heart stopped heating.•
• •
Ka tie iny,bafrn,' cried hq, imitftlll3; awnkeh
1-losur—Qfear, Katie, -my bialli7il3.:Tin'kr .
Morgeing elf in a waide,•like thy . 13 . ithers and
sisters ?'
glide yrati knifting . by the firelight, and, ne
her needles went the tears fell. 'I don't.
know, Puffier,: but the neighbor's say
dike it. I'm sick and her tears
flowiid faster. ••• • •
_Koster kissed-her and-rent out - in -it••=blaiik
,
monk. • .
Oh, what'll I do ?A What'll - Edo for thee',
Katie,"my bairn "I' said he, nload.. t I'm'fit to
tear my tyro out o" my head) {that havo
done, that all goes ill with 'me ?'
It ira - Pipened; that Mick Sias 1 - oitering 'about
in the hope of a eli - enee word with Katie, and
ho overheard Kester's lamentation
‘Vhat's the mutter,' Plaster' Pateman ?
Katie's riot ill, is elle ventured to ask
Glad to unfold his colliery to anybody, Kee
ter told:Alickothis daughter'e changed-looks
arid what everybody attriblited them to.. •
'Go to the wino man, 'Breen Itex,, at Swiii
ford, to morrow; lie'agot a oliarin-.ageu he
Evil Eye,' suggeeted:Aliok in baste.
tell you what to do, you may trust him.'
Sumewhnt comforted, Rester ro olltered the
hotrea.. Aliokrwent' of to Swinford to prepare
the sage.for his visitor: tie next day. '
CHAPTIIIR VI.
the following morning, as her father.eame to
breakfast dreseeilas if for.oliuroli or market.
going to 'Brem Rex, Keefe,'heir
what ho says about something. Ile's a trop-_
derful wise man.'
ie it about the•ancks, father Y.. I'd feer
none; all'a right so far! . Them Irish roppere
brougheyou luck, rm.thinking.'_ .
"It's not about the corti, Katie—but thee.
i-matnet loose thee, my bairn. .A.lpck says
'Brain hair a charm and yin going to get it for
thee....tdon'tlike thy white looks and thj
...
ory ing.-
Katie dropped her
_spoon, and stalled to
herself asidie - stooped to pick it. up again;
with a face like a rose, which she was faiii to
hide bilooking away through the window fOr
ever so long.' • -
After breakfast, Rester mounted 'his old
grey mare, and went , slowly to Swinfsord, very
mournful and much troubledt , .The
village of Swlnfurd v r .9l._ 7. tn-pver c seven
lea nom' mt - rwcod;iind the high road ran
altMg the bank with a'steep fall to the water,
which was covered witb hazel and low shrubs.
9 . l'herefore shouldn't 1 fling myself in there,
and save the poor bairn?' he mild to himself,
as he saw the river alipling,Alanolng through
the bushes. ..But ['flee - VH: 1 1 he added, 'lt
will be as well to see old 'Bram Rex first ztnd
hear what he's got to say to, her. My poor
bairn! Pour Katie I-•
So he wont forward to a moll elated cot
togs dt the entrance of the Arilloge, and knock
ed at the door. • •
' Come in,' sail rough %oleo. -geeiter fee.
ened hie loiiile:tolhe paling of the gardelf,-
IF and entered. 0 ,,,,, ', • v - 1
I, The wise uinn was sitting in a large chair
I by the tiresido,_ stirring a -composition itr..-a
pun which Led far more the perfume of a
poached Dare than hell-broth, which the goa
-1 sips said lie was in the habit of making.—
'Bram was nn old man with a long beard;-and
the subtlest and..nioat wily of smiles. lle
looked ti 4 at. his s visitor from under his brows
cunningly end shrewdly, then motioned him
to be sunts:d by a wave of hie hand. Kester
was not here for the first time; many a half
crown bad lie paid 'Bram for 'prognostics
touching the weather, information about lost
articles, and cliarnis for his cattle against die.
ease, and his cruise ti - g,ainat blight; but he:
had never before felt such a perfect subtitle
.,
Ilion to the awful sage in the chair covered
with cats' akin's. , ' -
• I know your errand, Keater Pittematt,'.
sold 'KrumSoleinuly. • ' , have been working
out t I o huroui . gpe iffitight. • It is a case of
difficulty.' . '' .7' .'• . .
— Ksetermis — ptrofcTundly impressed by this
presobtaise; and his poor old; hands shook ai
.lie,dreti:out Ids leathern posit, auttekid.r-----
.'BFam,ys not money miks; oorya .this time,
it'e my bairri Katie.' • • •
The sage nodded and echoed .
'Katie ! I jimmy it.'
What must I give you? This?' • ,
And Kesler drew out a gold piece and laid
it on the neemingly unconciono palm Of 'Bram,
• Enough, Kamer Placentia,' replied he,
enough: _ Tell me what you want--your
daughter ie
!.Yes qtrain but there woe one Mid me you
!Ind . & ehi rm agniyst the EvilEye.' Would' it
aItVC her?' Will you sell it '3' • asked. keeter,
trembling all over with anxiety, and -stretell :
ing . out, his feeble — hinds- -iilthittie' parse 'to,
Jliram-took'igi:pnrsitbnt-sai.dreevoreirl—
'1 do not Bell, Realer Patemau—talk,not of
selling._ Describe, to me yens- childe
.symp
toms and be at peace.'
The wise man had n voice of Stich rotes.
natural denthetliat it 'reallYkesuied' as if "his
'lords were, Otto of eoperior, sagacity., ,--ICeeter
iistentad , tollm - witl.l:4he—profoundest- faith,-
anitthen gave a deeoription of Katie's etate— ,
her Pale cheeks, keKetillneite, and her,Orying . :
'Warn shookhia.head, ,
•I don't any she'll' die, and 1' Can't
Say:shell live bdt that:it's' if you
tl • I°' • .•, r •
q:11 do anything,, , Brain , ;—why die for
baien, You:dotes know hove' Ilove'ta3.-,,llatle
e 6,The forp,will. opt, be , hurried. Keeter Palo
meat .they.beve not, spoken, yet. Oottio ae•
~ t 1 4 :5.1- g f '? ' l °4: h 44 1(1006 d ,
w4e
14iliiti!K.1 of p4lior
Vii
lieio,''noti . .!Bkit lie4;',4'!;. into
41 1 4"9, 1 !itti$OP ' fgrfiP t tg9 r e -.
Kosior Patethao.' .tf
•
.
Krater, dizzy . with anxiety;
fixed hie eyes
on it intently. • -
. ' Here is a man Or battles ; it passes him.
This part shows them that seek her in matrih,
many ;
_them that she must not mariyk, Keefer
—you mhrk me'l"' . . . .
Kester nodded his' head.
She mina not marry any of tlieee
. with the
.'oes agen em, '"ot this with ihe — spado,
nor the figure with the enok, nor him with the
tailor's goose, nor yet this:man lending of a
horee,.nor yet ihn't one with the peaoked .onp ,
and forrule-tlitiStars have spoken mop 'ern
all.'
-Keete:r:wiped his foreh'ind,.and said.he:enr4
the". deafly enough. • •
"'Mark me ageit, Rester,' pursued the 'tiage;
sinking his voice until it sounded atfif it came
up out of the toes of his bouts; 'mark, well,
for I oan't show you the second time. This
is' the sign of a powerful man who has come
over the seahe's got -a sickle and a gun..
The sickle moanssile shalFlieaP nbundanoe — or
corn, and live on the' fai.of the land all his
clays, and the gun is a token that he's a brave
man; ancfbis face being to Katie's line o' life
is it/sign that he.loves her, end that she has
thatightior him. Are you harkening, Kes-
Yes, 'Bram; Oh! but you are -a
knowledgeahle..mnn. These,' folio - wing- the
first marks with his fingers, are- surely Rob
APLenn anddosper Linfoot, and here's Phil
Cressy and _Poser, Asko*, - Tom :Carle!. dad-
Johnny • • -
Them's their names! None of "am Must
your Katie. marry, the stars has otherwise
bespoke for 'em; pit you vrho,this last
is, Reamer
trisk'reaper ;
him thnt'smt the'Squire'tinew.' •
Him it is, and no other • ThO.inteiiirota
tioriffiereof is just rottid 'Bram; emphatically
and,he rolled up the sheet of paper.
Koster Pateumo was greatly in awe 'Bram
but ho endeavored to protest against the con .
elusion: • -- - •
o Bram,__eauldn".L.you---bring forward an
other T Said he, benitatinkli.„ • •••
"Cau- I alter tho stars, Koster r - roplieti, the
sego in'his stOrhesttond; do not mote, or
mend, or ptnr, > only roadfor .- ths-hfind what'
is writtent:T i en must give yoor •bairn Katie
to-Aliek, or she'll die.' -
- Oh I will, Bendy I nib, 'Dram I 'in - great
basteeried poor Koster. ' Ile'S honest,lthe's
poor, 'and Katie!! not hate a penny.'. Toll mer
'Bram, will I sell my corn well this Woe
You shnill•reszuMed 'Bram ; you shall
sell it as callers do.'
Ileve lat.elitriLpFelgie Evil Eye
inquired
Yes; Kesler: but it is not to be bought
with silver' nor gold. Send me half a bushel
or your best ; nits, and you sball have it. ' Pve
parted with many, but I've only one otr band
now, andit's a good one.'
• Let rue Lure' it. 'Bram. You'll get the
. •
sits to morn.' •
,
'Bram . went to a droner in the dresser, tied;
atter rummaging for.some minutes among its
contents,. he brought a hare's foot with aatring
attached to it. -Ile amoothed it oaretully,with
bin hand, muttering a form Ol a. of words , to
himself as be did so. •
,'reu.itist put this in your-pillow, Koster,
and every mini, the 'first thitighen-yoll:got
qiin, open the window, and fix in, tunne_partiou•
lar tree or bush, and look at it while you spell
your name backward three times. You must
look L avery day, fastillg';nt, the Faille tiling, and
in time it will witheAwaiand diel—and you'll
bo cured, and in emiting,,the tree thejest
your thinge 'II be safe.' - 1
Keeter took the hare's fimiltenderly.as if it
...
had been a sacred relic, .and !put it in his bo
som.
..Thank yo u, 'Bra tio—an ttysu' re sure Turfs
'll be:wVll i&I let her wed t i:lieltl'
' Yes, [nab ! You'll find the lass' taco shin'
lug•when you get'Gomo, forfihe's feeling that
your heart's changed towird'hei
The stars have been whispering of it :to her.'
Quite obeerfully Koster trotted • the gray
nutro - home, and, ns <if immediately to prove
the !lie e words true, Katie otuno to meet him
at o the gate as rosy ea it pony. Alio*, pt that
mi nu 4, --was -oseaping-by-the-now-house-tleor
into the pastime, after tolling Katie of hie visit
to2praultra,.and_preparing_for'ite-probable
results.„
•
• ' Ch AFTERVII
. In the, center of the great meadow, directly
opposite ,ffestor Pettetuaes chamber Window,.
there - was ti fine old oak tree, quite in the'ma
; turity of Its years nud strength Under its
wide-spreading branches a hard of cattle could
shelter from the summer heat, and in its gi
ant-hole was timber enough to build- a• frigate
almost. When Koster arose the morning after
leis visit to 'Breen Rex, ho opened his window,
and his eyes fell-on this tree the . first,thingols
they had probably done for manykk year. This_
time'ke'gazed at it•fixedly, - ,bior pipe:eking to
-In:: the leaves and branohoa shrivel udder his'
gave; but he spelt hie 'name , heal:weird three
Ohms, and there were.no.vlsible effects. Ile
Went-te-market-'east-breitkinsi - and - ;74lflkis'
Atop and bought a new cow,. so implicit was
his faith in !Bran's charm; and meeting John:
ny Maitin; told him, iliefully,'that ,
' leave oil thinking of .Ratio, • fur Aelte 'was :not
:permitted al be leis.wife•..,.•;:,_;
Why not,•./tltester, erntentau P. i ffemanded
_.Johnny,-.to•wilom this .sudden„cleangorio la b
comprphensible„
.;
413eoatieevbce'u's bespOiteu Joliriny for unoth
„er,wouiale rand thine'd he contradiction 'mid
:'the mid:thief, Wok If we tried to go 'igen
vehot'ssectlained. 1 spolco-iu.'Bran , Rex..yes
ta7tiay-~ i 4 war he keirtkne..' ;
Rex, the ire abondlortuneet lier
- - exolatmed Johnny, puffing out hie fakeffeeks in
"'token of contempt for Jolll4.preteuded ((lA .- ore
Ilibt then his neighbors:, 4•lsithat /Intle'eltest
-ressone:ffesteePteteeniall' 4 .ei -
May 4 119 t, 0401 P*10,'0:110 - :inkilipti:ibat:
4.44'g,q,•R'ymind -
-- 0 -, Baett i ikiok fair keleit l 'a -I finer: - Ibl i iiiii%; - be•- -
iourte pack of lien, fee.
mlth.ypir leave Inter Pateniun, and
yask her her reesoes. 4 .l.'• • •
•.
. .
'Her reasons, Johnny, js that she can't abide
, „ •
tlioirit; a good lad,: but it goes agen .the..
grain with•har to think o' thee. 'She's a , eatc- i .'
oy:lassie, and - her. that's bespoken,yon by
stars has a reint•of money,' 1 ••
tiappy iliveallon of Kester's.iv - ns tittered
boldly, as a Consolirtion to the forsaken swain, •
and Ice-aLsucheiCcepted-it.—,Johno9-warae—
credulous as his neighbors. - -
..
- Kester'Petortieft'irci:
visit co 'llram Rex tlero Was a wedcllu - g - ,,at
.llnrwOod, and Each o dnnoo in Kester'ir: barn '-
as'had never been heard of in the country side: ,
before., All the defeated 'sWaine ciere'theill- ;-
Johnny Meirtin and Vora Carte Made the music - -
on two independent.toinded 'violins, and lost,
in this opportunity . of distinguishing
selves,. the sore sen sation of disappoint:mem.;
Julinny boliav,ed nobly; he presented Katie .
with half a peek of apples as a wedding pros- -
mit', and looked glorious all night.. - When. -
Katie came near hipi once ire whiepeied
--. "Katie - did you tell anybody about the Mite
cow 1' '
. , .
man, it was only my fun,' roplinl she
misolllorously ; and Jolinui . drew a long broath
of relief.:
What a. dance that-was to the tune of 'Mer
rily parfccd ille . Quaker'. Wife, and Merrily
Danced the. Quaker! ' It st;emed as if it would .' l'
never acme to.an end: Su loud and bailari. , ;
one .was the tifilcit at the supper after it, that •
nobody heard the thunder rattling overhead,' -
- or - ealVf:Wteit alreeparated and we t blimp, ..
the' lightning leaping about th e ills. Bait 7
there had been certainly a terri lo storm that ' .
night, tliough feW•people-it .liarwood -mod- -!....
loot it ; and AO !text morning; when Nester'
_..
ope n e t lider.wirfdovr,es-his , etistoprltteito-give--:-.:-
Abe charmed gaze at the oak-tree•in the matt . . ?
...
dew, behold one side woe. raft entirely of its .
..,
ticifjpittia - it'blaik soarretl .trunk fated him'
instead of yeeterdny'e majestic - growth. Kee
ter started back affrighted,. Could this be the
effect.of, his - Etill Eyelw - -.
' -, • :
If you everts:l'o Harwood; as you ride into. ~
the village, in the meadow Opposite the black-:_
smith's forge,'you 'ivjll see the blasted trunk
of the giant oak-tree; and; should curiosity'
prompt you:to. ask- how it came to be destroy 7. • '-
ed, any gossip will tell you that one 'Koster: .;•
Tetouan withered it away by the powe r o' - 2_.
the Evil Eyit—he 'havinrgazed _at it every . ,
m,orning;fasting, Torthat purpose. ' They will - -
till you, aleo, that from having been one of , '
,the meet uniticky of men, he beattme one of :
the most prosperous ztibu : itilhe diatriet, with ''''
grandchildren .and q yr 7 ditliandchildren, and : 1
flocks and horde innumerable.
. Alick and Katie still live in the farm-house •
down by the, water-paeture.whieh, the 'Squire
dint of, larking 'of it, they have mow thin* ..,
solves tO : hedirte'in--the , Evil Eye. 'Bram Re.x.'n 4
'ants live and flourish in various distrio.s, , '
though .13mm himself for come mistake re•'
specting another, person's property, was trace-. , ,
ported loVi distant colony to exercise hisfit•aft,....4
'there—with whut success, this tradition say. j
eth not;
THE BOOMERANG. —This curious weapon,
peoulier,to the Australian, has often proied
a puzzler to men oVicience. It ie 'a piece or. -
'Curved wood nearly inthe .. form of a °resent.,
fropr thirty. to forty inches -long, pointed at
both' °Ma , and- the iiarner quite shßp.
The mule .of using it is as singular as the
weapon. Ask a block to throw it so eat° let • 1
it fall at his feet, and nway'lt goes full forty
yards before him, sill:ming along the swam
at threo or four feet froth the ground,, when ,
all at once it will suddenly rise in the air forty
Or sixty feet, deioribing- a curve end finally
dropping at the feet of the thrower: During Its
course it revolves with greet rapidity on a'pivit
with a whiziing noise. It is won'dorfid-so bat , ' •
barons a people hail) invented so singulai
weeponi ,Wittob eAtiulto law-of progression
defence. It is very dangerous for a Duropeivii7:,
to try, to project it, at any object, as it may
strike himself. - Ina native's hand it is a for- ,
madaide.wcepou,etriking without the prajeo-
tor being seen, It wee .invented to strike the'
kangaroo, which is killed by it vvith certainty.
• 1,i 3.
gerl do not believe that mbn are naturally
lazy bit that litzinsiu is cliargeable_roahslyAo..„._
a false system of society which compels / theta
to whht they hare attractimi for 'doing.—
Remove all aristocracy, eieryeautlthitt . makes' , :: -. .. 1
degrading, and give Men au opportunity ,•
to t heir - true — attraction, with 'equal;
'share' irribe blessings of life, and artainly • r.
Work would become ploy,
seit-Ifyre would have the kindneis of oth:
ere, we must endure Milt. follies. Ile
cannot persuade himself to withdraw. froin ~ 7 4 '
/limy, must be content to pay a tribute :cif. bie` ,,, iirt
time to a multitude of tyrante• , • ...".•.
,There fire two-kinds of bores in' the
World, the rich stid the poor. You can get-rid
of the latter by lending him five dollars.—'—
You can free yourself of the other by attempt
ing to borrow,tiventy titir dollars from, him.
Try' it on
fpar3lanj a t rno heart that would,hrehs come " •
blick like 4 *dove to - thi ark after ite Brat
.114vasttn: kini•bean irlihtned'hay t ond
nngry hooka and menace, the' taunts, tho imvago'!' /`" .3
oluxrity. of Ato ,onforgi •.• • • •-• • ••':
. • ' .
e late 64 ,
dry„ toast WAll.givp! . . thet - nutitePwill get _
"litlttered",; " when he' reaoheti The
Prose,: the Pulpit; and Petticoats; 'the three
ruling powers of the day. The that
,spreads
knowledge, thefeetiond spreads , . motile, end; :-.lr•
he hug: ,epreyle—easside.rblyl;,
voirTheilee'nriien Maki s§
Vlpti !hel3likriff its after
,bini,""hii
his touch bole.
'tieqrokti;
afill:eturothei strong`
t q '' • "
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former out went, in , annouttning,l4lC%;,,,
nib tci a wife, ileObired'tbit'lni
fiiMocif in clover s be boo no objection .toliakoWntte ,
a lady ; in weedi... • . . • -
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