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AN EJECTMENT CASE
I=l
A LAWIu. 9t In III! only chair,
54arr.111,114 hi; 1, , ,0kA of law,
Preparing Ilic cage with earliest care,
That none could land a flaw.
Thl,mrt-honse boll, with ita solemn cheer,
Rang through thu henry air;
And sulLers opproshe , l by hope and fear,
Went seeking justice there•
Thn ellonts looked at their lawyer, than,
SnAnnial; his " !trier" and brow;
While ho who argue; for Othdr . !non,
W‘s trointaling for thorn now.
The clients, trr., were all trembling horn,
In elrrt but keel, susperkao:
For although the tall., war, just, and cleat,
'Deo law was cold of
It rninghol In with Its statutes long,
Advor , o divisions t,o;
And thus while tho OTHER sins was strong,
Tills oSE was only true
But the lawyer starts with hurried pace,
ilk grope hag by bin tilde,
Tt. the rourt-room, whore hie periled case,
Staudt; ready to be tried.
The ja , ltre4 look'a with All earnest care,
Down the list or eaSO.l:
Whilo all the jnrora ettervling thorn,
Longtheued out their tares
" lIALL and WARN'" Aro the parties ready in
"The trial mry proceed,"
Said plaintiff 's lawyer, very steady,
And thee beau° to road.
The clerk aro 4 e nod he call'd_alOnd.,
jnnr7; nenr and tar,
they, all emerging from the - 0 , ) , 1,1 ;
'Cook seats within the liar.
Now, this jury had boon drawn and Aworn
A month or 50 before,
And all had viewed, one beautiful morn,
The ground which caused the war.
This hal tle.field, the Locus IN QUO,
A sorry strip, Indeed,
Is a tangled ho Igo, where bushes grow,
And lizzat do only loud.
The line fence peeped out hero and anon,
The land was two feel wide;
But critics say it was only one,
And ten feet long beside.
Two dollars some say, and others ton,
Tho land was worth to man ;
And yet the suit was between these mon,
About this precious spant
But suitors roused to a tilt,t ' or hate,
Sutter no dotiestmorit;
And these It was, both early and late,
In this vile Fijectusuut.
The Plaintiff Htia„ with an honest pride ;
Oeni{dared himself right;
While Defendent Wenn, in tAuth, relied
Upon the law and relight.
So that both wore right and both were wrong,
Oao In fact, ono in law;
And each considering himself strong,
Of course no danger saw.
Two lawyers there were on oither lido ;
Four learned and able won;
And forty witnesses testified,
About this worthless fon.
sour days and nights the trial progressed;
The juryman wore tried;
The attendsnte, too, became depressed,
And then the case aspired.
The jury Caine In with ready haste,
Their verdict to declare;
The Court with refined and chastened taste
Polled every juror there.
Each answered to his respective name,
As quietly lie eat,
Tho vi.rdict sealed; and eaoh suitor's claim
Depending now on that.
The foreman rose In hie solemn way,
landing his attendant
MIO paper, which roads,-the Judgegay,
" Verdict for Defendrint:
• fillont prune and the clerk proclaims
:rho verdict from the stand, •'
And ending thus, all the misty claims,
Of PlalutiCaolhegnad.
Five hurnVed dollars wero all thiaosts,
Tho Parties had to pay ;
But attorneys, too, are worsolhan frosts,
Whon snouts lose the day. _.
Ypt to these who win, 'tie pleasure still,
Their agents' fees to swell;
And lawyers who lose against their will,
Deserve their pay as well.
Tho money, , tla saki, flowed freely out,
Each party paying up, ,
And now .each will sup the same about,
Brom •disappoluttuont's cup .
The lawyers look to the Supreme Court—
The te the thmee; ,
The former Is Ike the last resort— • •
-
The latter like the Times? .
The parties wenthome eeKitate;
Both cursed the foggy fen;
And profited by their bitter fate; .
They both aro bettor men.
. . .
or' The Court Nouse now Iriits marble pride;
No longernharnis thaw there;
-- And tioth-hav2 agroOd -to layinsido
Thor contoitidid be -mono. ---
A banker was . made the repoSitory, lately,
of $l,OOO, to 'await the issue
_. of a
.$6OO bet
that-the secession - flag 'Weida wave'. triumph;
antly over . St.-Lei:Lis' hy the 31st of October.
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Tim reward of a thing well done is to, have
If you do goody forget It; if evil ; remember
orti,repeUt of it.
VAYLE VENTNOR, PRIVATE.
The music wandered off from Flowtow
to nearer home, playing the " Star-Span
gled Banner" in bold breezy bursts. The
large, long hall was filled with the sweet
sharp shooks of the cymbals, the bright
blowing of the bugles, and the great drum
beats rolling through.
People left their thoughts flow forth to
meet the music, as suited them best, out
upon the piazzas, in the parlors, or in the
large, long ball.
Walking up and down the latter, a girl
voice went singing the first line,
'•Oh say ran yolasoo by the down's oarly light 1"
then ceasing, beating her palms together
in time with the striking cymbals, she
says,
Oh, isn't it lovely?" lingering in a
pretty drawl upon the "lovely."
The gentleman walking beside her
looked down, smiling mischief, as he re
plied.
"Very lovely, Carlotta, sing it agrrltC
" Nonsense I dont mean my singing.
Ah, but. you know that I don't!" looking
up laughing, into his laughing face.
Ile bout lower, and inure weaningly re
turned;
"But I mean the sifiging.' I like it
Better dun the band."
" No, no, don't talk so, but listen—ab,
it is divine ! divine! better than any mu
sic in the world. [ don't wonder, listen
t.) it., that soldiers realize all the ex
citement and nut the danger when they
march to the battle-Geld to Such inspiring
strains. Raymond, how (lid you feel
when theCmen - ivere dropping round you
at Manassas ?"
" Oh, as mast men feel : after the first
shock and dread pa,,ses the nerves grew
steady.. Thus easily we get careless of
human lives."
".Ih, no, 1 don't think it is that; I
,pink the soul rises to the occasion. But
rill you go again ?"
.
" If'l can get a commission, yes; if
'ot, no
" Why will you nut go if you do not get
a commission ?"
" Well, I don't like the associations
generally as private. It's too hard work,
and if I risk my life I want to choose the
way."
" Yes, I see," she answered, absently,
as if she did not half see.
" Yen would be glad to have me go,
Carlotta? bending again, with eager in
terest She knew what ho meant, and a
little color of crimson fused into the faint
pink cheek, and she unfurled her fan
with a quick, nervous slide, us she re
plied :
" I would be glad for every man to go
that eau, specially thoz,e without, wives and
children."
" They that have - mothers; you forget
that," he said, with an irritated, jeering
sort of a lautrh.
But she was very serious, almost sol.
emu, as she returned,
" Yes, that is very true ; I didn't for
et. My brother went, you know; and
e goes again, with our mother's consent."
" I know." That was all he said, but
t was said in softer accents, under con-
viQtion
Then in a moment more he began.
" And the tic of a lover, Carlotta."—
A. little tinkling clash, and the pretty
pearl fau lay broken upon the floor, mak
ing grievous interruption. Swinging it
to and fro, it had swung far out, and fell
at a gentleman's feet who was sitting.on
one of the side couches. He brought it
to her, and received a little airy " Thank
you," and a smile of which her companiop
looked envious.
" I wonder who he ?" she exclaimed,
watching the' "gentleman," as he returned
down the hall. " I've noticed him sit
ting there all the evening•"
" Hove you ?" with satiric emphasis, to
which she paid no attention, but went on
heedlessly :
" Yes ; and did you see what an air he
has—how loftily he carries his head ?—,
Military, too, do you notice? He must
be a new arrival!'
" Very likely," was the reply, crossly
enough now, and snapping two or three
more sticks of the fan he had taken from
her. :Whereupon such a mining liule
smile went flashing whiter pearls than he
held into view, and a pair of merry brown
eyes dropped their curtains for modesty's
sake.
-; - -
The gentleman who had been the inno
cent cause of all this, from his place on
one of the side couches, observed the pan
tomine of the conversation with an odd
smile curling his heavy moustach, 'lt was
evident that he understood.
' On the nest mornin g MiSs Carlotta
Delevan—in other words, Miss Charlotte,
the sweet Spanish rendering, being• the
work of her Cuban ntirse,—might have
been seen, somewhere after breakfast,
when the halls aro mostly vacant, running
her little finger down the list of arrivals,
as she leaned over the office-desk:
_
There were Smiths, and Sinythes, and
aristocratic Howards, and _Vans, and. the
Parisian Do', but only ono 'military Cap
tain Jones; and following this; making it
more noticeable from the sharp contrast,
of euphony, was one.nameithe last, Yayle
Yentnor.
"lrayle - Ventnor• She ran it over in
her mind. The• oddest name in the
world. But she had foiind . what •she
sought : her military - hero of the lofty car
riage {Vas Captain Jones. ' So, satisfied,
she went sauntering out upon the piazza
and Met the military hero,/Captain Jones,
Eaunforing too ..- She dropped - -pretty
liead in pretty remembrance, and received,
a Most graceful reverence' in return ;-
tlien - witlfgentletnanly
off from bts_walk leaving her alone,_
• I So: She, " saiinlered
"There's something' -fine' abOut that man:
-not so hanamme though as,„,•Baytuond,.
liorrid..name.too,'' Jones I
I' yawning, Lima' the,• morn-
Oomes Bayinohd;
iti,„m's paper., Ah I. there,
.ask him."
.:.:Bayinend, ; nodding:. and
. . .
smiling at, her greetang,,..'is that the piper;
you - have? Yes?'' Thank you:
1" nodding,
again drepping l into:it,chair Weld.
atid 1,661 c it - over, 'talking meanwhile l'to.
Imema Hges• slam wasae GEMSFA.
Raymond, who seated himself near.
Looking down a list of soldiers. what
should she come upon but those two eaves
again. First, among the officers, "
Je-
Jones, Captain ;" then, lower down;
" Vayle Vent nor, Private." This Captain
Jones, how 116 haunted her. Jeremiah
.Jones, think of that 1 She thought, and
laughed outright, a little tinkle of merri
ment.
". What is it so fiffiny, Carlotta? I
couldn't find anything funny there. You
get all the sunshine of life. What is it?"
bending over,
But Carlotta choose not to tell; so she
put a little slim hand bfftween his eyes
and the paper, saying, with merry malice,
" Curious ?"
" No; only interested in what interests
you. I. want to catch your sunny way.
Can't you teach me how ?"
" Fcs, deinurly; " I'll teach you to catch
it," rolling the. paper into a hall, and toss
ing it lightly to hip.
lie caw . rht the paper and the fun too,
tossing it hack again softly, And to and
fro they kept it going a moment, until, in
a backward bend of her hekd, all laughing
and flushed and hreezn cuffled as the head
was, she received a glatice of admiration
from a bearded face looking down from an
upper whitlow upon.their laughing
It was sheer admiration, nothing less, for
the girl herself in her bright momentary
tbandon. As she met it her color rose
naturally ; she dropped her eyes to raise
them again furtively, but the gazer had
vithdra wn. .
Captain Jones again. It was very fun
ny
And then there rushed over her mind—
Oyf a in. jerentialt fines !" and another
little peal of laughter tinkled forth.
What does possess you, la Carlotta,
this morning?" young Mays questioned
She drew a long face and answered.
" Captain Jeremiah Jones possesses me,
Raymond !" And flinging down-the pa
per, she ran away, tinkling' forth her
laugh again to her hearer's utter mystifi
cation.
She ran up the stairs, along the halls
and passit: ,, es, laughing still fur the'very
drollery of the whole thing—laughing,
and saying over gleefully, '• Captain Jere
miah Jones," when Captain Jeremiah
Jones, in a sudden turn around a corner,
nearly ran her down. Off came' the
plumed hat, and pardon was asked very
humbly, with " I hope I havn't hurt you;
it was very awkward of me, but your step
Was so light, and mine so heavy " She
leaned against the wall, not hurt, but so
startled that she couldn't speak for a mo
ment.
She was hurt, then, he thought, and
wery•grilvely and. respectfully•he apo'oach
ed to offer some assistance, when she re
gained herself, and, explaining, sped away.
Bursting into her room, the persistent od
dity of the affair overcame her again, and.
she flung herself in another peal of laugh
ter upon the bed, Her mother looked up
in amaze, asking Raymond's question :
" What does igissess you, Carlotta'?" With
a little silver shout she answered, Cap
tain Jeremiah Jones possesses me, mam-
I ma ;" and as soon as she was able to speak
further she gave " mmima" a history of
her adventures with the above gentleman.
"Mamma" took the sunshine of life like
her daughter,; so titers were a pair of
laughters when she had ended.
1 he unconscious cause of all this, stand
ing at the office lighting a cigar, heard
the merritutut, and, recognizing one voice,
wondered what it was about.
After dinner a servant handed her a,
I card ; "Ward Wyman." She ran down
I gleefully, for Ward Wyman was an old
friend, and there she found him in close
1 conversation with Capt. Jeremiah Jones,
Iwho was for turning away as the la,y ap•
proachcd, but staid at the peremptory com
p mand of Mr. Wyman-, and the words, " I
want you two to know each other. Car
lotta, this is my friend Ventnor—Vayle
VenCi•ior—Vayle Vcntnor, Miss Charlotte
Delevan." The gentleman bowed lowly,
" was very happy, etc. ;" but Carlotta was
too amazed to say a word, and all the
while trying in vain to control the merri
ment that dimpled round hdr mouth.—
Through her mind went running, "Cap
tain Jeremiah Jones "
That night when Mays, Raymond Mays,
came up to their hotel she had to tell him
the whole story: it was too funny to keep.
How he laughed! "Why. you goose,
can't you tell an officer's dress from a: pri
vate's ?"
".No, indeed, how should 1.7"" sho an-
veered..
Wentnorl Ventnor?' ho repeated. 'War!-
-to Wyman, who was just passing—
" who is this fellow?"
"What fellow?"
......
"This Ventnor?"
Ward Wyman twinkldd with suppressed
amusement.
" This fellow; Mays, is the son Of Rich
mond V wither, whose honk you visited
with me, in Paris, five years ago:"
" The - dickens it is ! What in the•
World is Iris son serving inefely as a pii4
vate for?"
" You Must ask him." • -
" Why his income Mist be a small for
tune, and . his .associations" and family ad
vantages AsUch . that he might -have almost;
any post. :What does he mean ?"
Thus, in surprise, Raymond Mayeran
on, unconsciouslhat .he was. adding still
More interest to, the quondam Captain in .
the mind of Carlotta. ' • -
• lie saw his mistalie'.by-and' by, when
the band - struck uri="-Die-Sehonhrunneru
and passing .by, Vayle Yentuor, encour
aged by. the cordial smile .thaegreeted him
- from la — Carlotte, approached - and - asked
her; " Would she honor - Win with two•or
three iurns4. l !_ - _adding,,_apelegetically,_
"that'he was 'scarcely a fit cavalier for a
lady in his, rough' soldier's costairne:"—
But Carlotta, thought differently, and said
something very pretty-and patriotic to
him as she accepted the invitation. The
fact was, Carlotta, was wild with curiosity
to know how such a Fortune favorite came
to be in his position, as " Vayle Ventoor,
Private and so she determined to
up the acquaintance till 4itie hoff,.satr.
CARLISLE, PA., FRIDAY,, NOVEMBER, 22, 1861
isfied her Eve-like propensity. It wasn't
a pleasant waltz to one person there.—
Raymond Mays stood chewing the cod of
bitter reflection. Poor Mays ! ho thought
he waS,.dying for Carlotta,Delevan; and
perhaPi he 'Wag, b'tt it would be an easy
death—because Mays never took-any thing
hardly, not even the small-pox, - which
once visited him, leaving one white mark
on the side of his handsUme nose.
It wasn't pleasant to ;see Yentnor's
splendid sliding ease of step as ho whirl
ed past with Carlotta. If.ilte had made a
bungle of it he could have'forgiven him,
but that perfect movement defied criticism.
After the : waltz the two-arnlind out upon
the piazza, and here suddenly, the gentle
man reeled, and would have fallen, had it
not been for the slight little arm that was
linked within his. He eat. down, and
presently explained.
"I have been ill, Misr Delevan, and
the Change of air after the exercise made
my head
" Oh, you are off on furlough, getting
well ?" she asked with some satisfaction.
" Exactly," he replied, not a little
amused at her direct simplicity. "Off on
furlough, getting well-04 is just it,
Miss Delevan."
She colored a little—had she been too
curious ? But his manner.wasyery frank
and kind, so her mind eased itself, and
the talked flowed so readily that she found
it was eleven o'clock before she know it.
Rising to go in, she said to him :
" Come to our private parlor, Mr. Vent
nor, and let me present you to my moth
er: she will be glad to - make you com—
fortable if you arc an invalid, and to ask
you about - the army for out Will's sake."
He thanked her brightly.- Be liked
the cordial freedom of her invitation, and
told her how glad he would be to conic.
So it came to pass that morning after
imirning,"VayleVentnor, Private," might
be seen half-sitting, .half reclining, upon
Mrs. l)elevan's own particular lounge in
her own particular private parlor. On
one of these mornings Carlotta was en
lightened.
It began in this way : She had picked
up an old paper, and her eye fell upon the
two names again in the roll.eall--" Vayle
Veit tnor, Private," and " Jeremiah Jones,
Captain "
She laughed out with the gleeful mem
ory—then told him the whole story ; hut
the telling is too naive to lose.
To his question, " What is it so funny,
Miss Delevan ?" she replied,
" Why, you must know that when you
first arrived, the day after you picked up
my fan, you remember,- I -thought you
were Captain Jeremiah Jetic, • "
You though — how ylm think
`.l
you:sok, .whau Tout:zestorca
_my
fan that night reMarked to Raymond
Mays, as you went back to your seat, that
you were military. The next morning,
as I was looking over the list of arrivals,
I came upon the two names—'Captain
Jones and Vayle Ventnor ; and I supposed
of course, that you were the officer, as I
had no knowledge of military prefix, and
I remembered your costume as belonging
to some regiment. Do you see ?".
" Yes, I see," he answered, trying not
to smile at her straight simplicity
" li>it Who in the world is 'Captain
Jones—Captain Jeremiah Jones?'" she
suddenly asked. ?‘'l haven't thought of
the real Captain actually since I discov
ered my mistake—how funny l"
" lie returned the next day after his
arrival—you probably didn't see him.—
Ile is the Captain of my company—a good
fellow, and an excellent officer. But let
me ask another "question: low did you
know his name to be Jeremiah ?"
" Why, I saw, It.„ in a paper—like this,"
and she handed the one she held to him—
then followed other little reminiscences
—the meeting on the stairs, etc,, 'till at
last Carlotta ked a plump question, col
oring pretily all the time.
" I want to know how you came to Le
serving as Private'—will you tell me ?"
" Why me so especially ?"
" Because Ward says you aro rich and
aristocratic. Riahmond Vontnor's son "
He laughed
" Yes, it is very true. lam rich and
aristocratic, as the saying goes, and Rich
mond Ventnor's son; - but what has that
to do with it?" ho ~concluded, determin
ing to draw her out. She madp her eyes
very round , at this; and the&lrepeated
the usual objections—the usual reasons
why rich and influential men shouldn't
serve as " privates" —Raymond Mays's
objections and. reason. •
He heard her through, then his whole
face changed, as ho turnedit toward her,
.and his light laughing words of a moment
since changed to perfect seriousness as he
,answered:
.......
" MisS Delevan, when the news reach,
ed me of my country's peril I was in
Paris at my father's house, A.steamer
sailed,on the next day for" America. .1
made my preparations and sailed in it.—
My life had beenastudent'slife . i Llriicw
nothing whatever of military drill; but
I was rible'and strong, from being - a good
gymnast—so I set myself to - learn my,
neiv trade by- enlisting• as a private at
once." • •
"But you have been serving three
months—surely you have some experience
now ?" she interposed.
, "It hasn't made a good soldier, of me
yet, at all events. I have much to learn
before I. shall think myselfi.fitted bydorn.
- nand in- any degree; -In -the. mearitiine,
the country, calls fora larger 'army, and
because - I'lmi Unfitted - folaii officer, shell
14 - ait at such a time for, a, commission ?"
" But_you. would no_t have towalt, with
your — connections in - the,milittiry and - po=
world," she said; not half Seeing
_yet—:hie=maillinesti..------- , , , --
'No, ,I would-not haVe. , to wait, it is
Very true," he exeleimed with soute . ser-
C1131:11. Miss.Delevan," sitting Upright
now,. and lighting with scorn, " I am sick
add ashamed of the -shallow - advantages
of position---of the miserable presuming
expectations that grow out Of it., 14t is
continually, putting
,men in the' wrong
place, and building. up gigantic - errors—.
such, ; criers' as we are to-day stiiiing to
amend. It humiliates me to think that
to my position in the world do I owe per
haps any advancement, instead of to my
own strength and powers as a matr. I
long sometimes to throw off these 'cir
cumstances,' and for a time to meet the
world face to face, and on its own terms.
But pardon-me for boring you with my
theories;" and ho sank back upon the
lounge again in silence.
So Carlotta was enlightened. "
As she sat there in the silence she pon- .
dered what she had hoard. This did not
sound like Raymond Mays; yet Raymond
Mays was a brave fellow, and a manly
one. She had never heard any ohe talk
like this before; but it struck an answer
ing 'chord in her own nature. -Of course
she liked him better for it. He thought
she didn't understand—that he bored her
with his earnestness on what he supposed
would be a vague theory to her: for he
looked upon hyr as only a sweater speci
men of the young lady genus, that bloom
ed in fashionable society.
By-and-by Elbe said, in a dreamy, absent
manner, ;riii„she sat, with her cheek lean
ing in bertand; "I wish you would talk
in this way to Raymond Mays."
" Why to Raymond Mays?" ho ques
tioned, in surprise.
" Oh," still dreamily thoughtfully, " he
is waiting for a commission. He says he
don'tlike the associationS of a private's
life—that it is too hard labor and too ge
neralizing;that if he is going to risk his
lif6, he means to do it in a manner that
is must agreeable to him," etc.
" Personal ambition ! that is it; it
stands in the way of the whole thing.--
Every man for himself, instead of a grand
unit in thousands of men: But you are
anxious for Mr. Mays to go ?" and he
here looked at her rather curiously.
" I am anxious for all men to go who
can,'' as I told him.
"As you told him ? But pardon me."
"I have nothing to pardon in that.—
But why Jo you ask it ?"
" 1 was surprised.''
" Surprised ? Now lam curious. What
is there surprising in that ?"
"Miss Delevan, I wish you would let
me ask you a plump questiou."
"I will."
" Are you not engaged to Mr. Mays ?"
" Engaged to Raymond Mays? No.
What put such a thought in your mind?"
"I can hardly tell but I somehow re
ceived the impression."
"And that is why you were surprised
that I told hint I was anxious foro,ll men
to go! Mr. Ventnor, I have never talk
ed _ very earnestly upon any earnesit topic
with you, not because I have doubted
your earnestness, but LecauseS have met
so fdtf-o - toit who feel just as I do upon
Nany-thipv that am slay of sppking.
But after your avowal a moment since, I
know•you will understand me when I•tßay
that were I engaged to Mr. Mays, I could
nut wish him to stay behind at this issue;
oven awaiting a commission," she conclu
ded, smiling. He looked at her with a
new expression. This was fine and he
told her so.
"I don't know," she went on, thought
fully. " Sometitnes I think perhaps it is
because I have not been tried in that pe
culiar manner. 'Women whose husbands
and lovers have gone, and to whoni I have
expressed this, say I am unwomanly, or
that it is because I have never loved."
" It is because you are unselfish !" ho
exclaimed, With energy. "That is the
mistake half the women make. They
rarely discern between selfishness and un
selfishness, where the heart is concerned.
And you Dlis Delevan, are the first wo
man I ever met who could."
The honest admiration with which ho
regarded her at this point was unmistaka
ble. It pleased her, of course, and she
expressed it by saying, simply, lam so
glad you think so."
He gave a quick look into her face:—
Such a inixture , of frankness and reserve;
he could not make her out. Musing, he
presently said,
" Carlotta!" Then, recollecting, " Par
don me ; Miss Delevan—"
She waved her hand at 'him deprecat
ingly, and interrupted with, "No, no;
call me Carlotta. I like people—l—to
call me Carlotta."
What was she about to say ? I like
people—l—like to call me Carlotta ? He
wished he knew.
" But say on," she resumed, " what
you were going to say to Carlotta."
" Oh, just a fact which may sound like
mere compliment, but which I assure you
is not, that-before to-day I thought you
something sweeter than Most young,la
dies; but now you stand to me as a type
of what woman should be." •
" Oh that is a great deal to say; but I
think you mean it as you assert."
" Yes,'l mean it, Carlotta;a'nd more—
go on as you have to me; talk out such
sontitifents. Be brave and 'honest' and .
true to whatever convictions 791,..pmy.
have, however unpopular they may,boi:--,
Will you ?"
He was very earnest—not,gtill4ti'
Raymond Mays would have been44iti
hearty earnest-for-the truth's sake : ;.`_;
". I will try," she answered. Tlihriiho
thought, "He called me Carlotta , hoW
sweetly he says it I Ho is certainly very
fine; and handsomer than Raynnind Afaysl'
"Alas for Raymond or
three more. days went by,,and
.the biuid
,played, apd the carriages rolled, and ) rieo
ple took life gayly in sound of the . 'great
surging sea at this thoroughfare of fash
ion. In this One." Vallo•Ventnori Pri,
vater,"-becatucletter acquainted Withli -
Carlotta. .From the toil of that morning
they had gone on ittto the deeper waters
of-existence—had talked firter - and freer,
and thus:discsivored much more of each
In the mean time Raymond Mays,
handsome fellow l—much' handsomer ho
if known thin Vayje Ventnor—mean time
he chafed and frotted'inwardly'at, this ri
pening. acquaintance, and outwardly-con
dected himself in a most disdainful man
ner toward the former gentleman., -
'" The girl's bead is turned .with hie
'wealth and' position I" hlustera,ene.
night; to, Ward Wyman.'
"No, no, Mays, be generous ; I don't
think that of Carlotta; besides, you don't
know Ventnor—you won't know him ;
that's it. There was never a finer fellow
in the world..",' •
Maya sneered and turned sway.
It happened that very night that he
was present at a club-room, and heard a
conversation between Ventnor and ano
ther, wherein Voutnor gave his reasons
and opinions pretty much as he had done
before Carlotta Delevan.
Still Mays sneered and scoffed.
The conversation wandering off, a lieuten•
ant of the regular army suddently said,
"Here is Mays now who is waiting, , and
with better reason than most. Mays was in
the Crimea, you know."
"No I didn't know."
"Yes, he was in Europe At the time,
and joined the allied forces out of sheer
blood-thirstness, I believe. Isn'tl it so
Mays? Here, come out of your' corner, and
tell us all about it."
Mays "came out," saying there was
nothim , " to tell, modestly and a little crossly.
But Ventnor was so ,nterested, so genial
and frank, there was no resisting; so - Mays
told them "all about it" that he knew.
"Berge says you was the best drilled
soldier of all the volunteers. Mass," the Lieu
tenant went on, "that you had at or Lime
the temporary command of a company."
"Why, I should think it was easy enough
then for. you to get a commission," one said.
Mays shrugged his shoulders, rind retorted,
" Bali I I haven't influential friends in the
right department, you know."
Vayle Venter blazed forth in the same
indignation protest that he had brought
forward upon another occasion,and when he
had ended there was a determiLed IDA about
his firm•set mouth that told of a purpose
When Raymond Mays left the club room
that night it was actually with a friendly nod
to Ventnor's cordial "Good.night!"
A few days more and the furlough would
have expired. °Vayle Ventnor, Private,"
was a sound, hearty man again. There was
no excuse now for delay, though the hand
played Die Schoubrunner in such inelting,
memorizing strains, and the Star Spangled
Banner rolled through the halls.
Whistling the latter lustily to get the for
mer out of his head, he was rushing up the
stairs and round a corner—that fatal corner
—when swirl I came a silk gown and its
owner. He opened his arms-in a flash—into
them he took silk gown and all—all the pret
ty, pretty wearer.
He gathere4 her up with a little exulting
laugh, and sat her- down inside the private
parlor; but not until he had said, "Charlotta
he my Charlotta, you little darling,l" and she
had promised that she would.
"So you are enitaged, Chrlotta?" Ray
mond Mays remarked, a short time after this.
"Yes 1 am eng.ago , l, Raymond."
"Well, I give my congratulations. Char.
lotta, look hero" He handed her en open
letter. She read—an appointment to a
Captaincy in the—th Regiment,
"Oh, I am so glad for you l" She exclaimed.
"How came it?"
"It came •by Vayle eritnor, Privatif i
though he:do - 06760t Ititow ray --knowledge
his influence."
Then he told her of their conversation at
the clubroom, and howdirectly after that he
received this appointment, through Gorenor
—and C.lonel—, who were both near
relatives of Vayle Veutnor. "And now,
Carlotta; I have offered you my congratula
tions, I am going to him for the same
purpose, and to thank him. He deserves his
happiness, for he is a good fellow: but I wish
he never had Come here after all, Carlotta."
"Then you would never have got your
commission," she answered, slily.
"But," bending down," shouldn't I have
got Carlotta?"
- "Oh no, tt,sq,:we were both too old acquain
tauces, Raymond You'll like somebody
else much better than you ever did me'."
He stoutly denied this possibility; but all
the time he was adjusting his spelted sash
with infinite satisfaction, and Carlotta said
unto herself, "I'll risk his heart wl ale it beats
under that uniform.' '
, He held Pout his band, "Good•bye,
Carlott4l sail to night." He tried hard to
look miserable, but all in vain.
"Good byl"
Then suddently. in a quiet flash of feeling
he bent nearer. The "good by" was a kiss
She laughed.
"How dare you, Raymond?"
"For old acquaintance sake, and because
next time I see you you will be Mrs. Vayle
Ventuor— Private."
A CAMP-FIRE STORY.
Doing guard duty on one of these clear,
frosty nights, is what I call a "big thing.
Standing before a huge fire, whose glimmer.
ing rays shoot into the dense pine forest
which surrounds you, as if they, too had
partaken of the spirit of vigilance, and were
searching for some hidden foe, one's mind
naturally is affected, and every shadow and,
every tree has an association which awakens
the soldier to a full appreciation of his
sentinel duties. lint such a night as last
night— dark, dreary, wet, and disagreeable
In the extreme--has an entirely different
effect, and we clustered • around the fire,
piled high with SeceBh rails, which — at times
seemed to exert its best light and most go•
vial rays to spread humor 'and life among
those who stood smoking around it Then,
as if exasperated at the failure, it would
splutter and crack, contending furiously with
;very drop of rain. and 'hiss out a strong
reproof at the element which was making
the sentinals so uncomfortable. But the
guard must be vigilantly maintainedrthrough
Lho night, and we dare not ,sleem for you
jnnst know, Mr. Editor, that sleep courts the
Propping
eyelids as sweetly under the
Prepping rain as'it.does in his tent, if per.
chance he has a gum blanket for a bed, and
his knapsack for a '
I proposed a song, but the only music
that could bo raised, .was made by iv„ Jitt le
corporal who doled out, in a most melancholy
"Some days ntust be dark and dreary."
This seemed to be the only song - "that the
• corporal knew, and the only-one of •the'kind
which we wanted to . hear. Under these
• itispices, 1 proposed a story, and the sergeant
of thetuard; an old Mexican soldier, "up
anktold" the following story, which I quote,
as nearly as I ‘cau recollect, in,fhic• own
words: --
Seated in my tent. one evening.juit before
the bcittle - of the City of-Mexico,eaptein
came to Me with, "Corporal, il___haymbeen
. iMineAfetto send a trusty nomcommissiened
officer to the. general cannon -to-night - as - a
messenger._ _Will yomgOVX•" rreplied in
ffi captain--for - -11x8 the
affirmative, -- tbanlipg - the
confidence. „ Oar eompany was; at that time,.
...detached from its regiment, and was ,doing
. Specialdhly.itt General headquarters.
:In discharge l'of that'
,duty;_l , had . • made a'
poi n t-oCbcpgispecially. attentive; and had
thereby. gamed the qola—fideuce of our captain,
and once_ or twice was commended, -by 'old
"Files and heathers" himself.' I brushed up
my did clothes, dad brightene4 my shoes
• and brass' ) plates in the neatest :mteor'
pos'aiblethat.. evening, and pmentect.-plyeillf
{sl 50 per annum in advance
$2 001 f not paid' in advance
to Adjutant General for instructions. r
found that the council about to meet for the
consideration of General Scott's plans for
taking the city, was to he composed of all
the colonels in the division, nal that my
duty would be to go errand's and attend to„
bringing charts, paper, or whatever might bo
required.
Well, the council met, and I was at my
post. It was the• finest body of military
men I had ever seen together, and when
they assembled around that table, and the
old general stood towering high above the
rest, I could not help but admire him more
than ever. After the customary salutation
and organization, they sat down in regard
to rank, beginning with General Wool, and
succeeding each other in seats; as seniority
of rank gave them privilege. It was no time
fur delay, and the General spoke rapidly and
with earnestness,
.occasionally referring to
some one on the right or left for information
or corroboration. Thus carefully and ex
plicitly. were the movements and marches,
the sallies, and sorties, the whole plan
developed, so that all seemed to understand.
But presently a plan was discovered, sotne_
thing was wrong, and I saw by the perplexed
look of those around the table that a very
serious mistake bad been made, but from
what cause, my knowledge of military affairs
did not enable me to judge. A dispute arose
between some colonel and .the engi-neer.in
-chief, in regard to the position and strength
of :.owe battery, and the topography of the
surrounding country. The colonel said that
frequentreconnoisances of the ground, from
the fart of his tieing encamped near the
plate in question, led him, even in direct
opposition to the chart of the engineer, to
protest against, its truthfulness, and he
would urge upon the general to make him
self sure of the condition otaffairs.befcr--- ha
fully completed his plan. But this would
not do; it was necessary that very impor
, tent and vigorous movements should take
place upon that very section of the defence,
and without a correct knowledge of the
place no actiou could be carried ou with
safety or certainty. It seemed in Net, to be
a main point, at which positive success
would
,have to fall to the American forces.
Finally, the colonel said that there was a
young lieutenant in his regiment who had a
correct chart-of the defences, and a map of
the demesne thereto adjacent. The, engi
neer-in-chief sneetingly said, " Very well,
sir, you had better send for pour authority,
and let us see this map." The general nod
ded his approval, and the colonel gave me
the name and address of the lioutsnant. 7 --
The encampment was not very far away,
and I mounted my horse and rode off in
baste to the regimental headquarters, and
found the very roan I wad . - in search of in
the colonel's tent, with draughting paper.on
a table before him, and sketches of the city
and its surroundings scattered everywhere.
I handed him the note, which he read and
hastily tore up, askinr , me if I could wait un
til he colud borrow a'horse 7 L told him I
could, but had not long to wait for he'came
back in a few moments, and carefully wrap
ping up his surveys, he placed them in a
long tin case, and, mounting, prepared to
follow me. On the way he conversed with so
much earnestness, and in such a mild, in-_
lertsting manner; thntl felt encouraged to
talk and chat, contrary to my usual practice
when on horseback. He informed me that he
was a graduate of West Point, and that he
had there fallen so mush in love with the
of science geometry that he had made it an
almost constant study, and that now he found
it very interesting, in the interval of duty, to
make sketches and surveys of the city.
When we arrived at the general's quarters
again, the lieutenant was introduced, and, at
his colonel's request, produced his charts.
The party wore astonished at their finish and
fine execution, and when, after examination,
they were found to be perfectly correct, Gen
oral Scott came forward, and grasping the
young lieutenant by the hand, personally
complimented him ou hie skill, and thanked
him for his efficiency. The chief engineer,
some what chagrined at this display of learn
ing on the part of hie young rival, sneer
ingly said :
"General, perhaps this young man has
some plan by whioh this part of the defences
may be attacked." Upon inquiry, it was
found that he had a 'plan, which was produ
ced with some degree of reluctance and laid
before the assembly. iL was read and criti
cised, and corrected, and finally, to make a
long story short, adopted with some amend
ments by
.the council. This displeased the
engineer, who seemed to think that the lieu
tenant, though bur a very few years his jun
ior, had no right to display so much knowledge
of a science which did not bolongto his branch
of the service:
"I need not tell you," continued the corpo
ral, "that, in the taking of Mexico a few days
after, the plau offered by this lieutenant was
of signal service, and that he was breveted
soon afterwards." -
Hero the story ended, and the sergeant re
lapsed into his "pipe and silence.' We all
looked for a while into the fire, when oho of
the sentinels asked him what the name . of this
young lieutenant was. Ho slowly puffed tho
sthoke from his mouth, and answered.:
1 believe it was George —6lzonas B. M.
CLELLf4N."
And who was that engineer?"
"I believe his name 'was George, too—
GEORGE T. BEAUREOARD."
And we all smoked itud Joohed into the flee
until the - eetitinel called out—
"Grand rounds 1 Turn out the guard 1"
BARNUM'S I.AST STORY
Barnum is always ready with a good
story.—His "latest" is the following, which
is told of Ellis Howe. Jr., who has been very
active in fitting out regiments for the :war.
Mr. Howe has spent thousehda of dollars in
this way, and tatted's° great , an. hiterest in
military affairs that he has but little time to
attend to anything' else.
One dayi,n, very worthy Connecticut deacon
called upon that gentleman with a subscrip
tion list.
,He wanted Mr. Howe' td give
something towards erecting- a new &lurch,
• "A now church," replied Howe; "k
_ait
new Church.. - I don't think I call give-any
thing, because 1 am spending all my spare•
money for the war., Can think of nothing
else."
The deacon looked despot lir. Howe
seemed * firm in his determination not. to.'
givo a "red.', , At last be asked the deadorr
:whet did church..was to be called,
"The Church of gt.-.Petor,:Sir,7 ,Was the
"Ah, the. Church 'of St. Peter," replied
..11owe;kWell, as ,St. Peter was the only fttgh
ing-apostleinthe.ltt f.guessiglireve to give
him something. 'But I can't do much even
for St; Poter v asl'my-titne-and—noney must: l .
be 'Amok dovote4 to Salt Petre."
,A, Posz Qmoz RKTURN.—The
is,a verbatim .eopy, of the'certigeate attached'.
to the-return of a s-p ost Inas ter la Shawnee-
county; - Missouri. It would hardly be",proper -
to give theimme of the Ores.. This'MaY be
some disciple 'of Artery:toe waia; if so, the . *-
pupil has. beateu the. in'uster. - Artemasinight
as well shiit 'up shop:. • , •
"I hear by, eertify - thitt the; ,four„going ; 4‘,,,'i
Count° is as nil:my: i f:Cite sal - uo how to - ntOrit
it it thare is 4my- Mistake; it
,ifi , aet:Dmi,,4t(
Purpers."' • ' ' , ,
Wuy.• to Virginia sour° oome, right ?
canoe she keeps AVlteelirqg for the Union.
NO.