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Mtehnol East, Clerk to Commissioners, James A r... •trong. Directors the Poor—Win. (.1 recey, John Miller, Win. Corn limn. Superintendent, of Poor Ile nly_auY AO r.. , BOROUO.: OFFICERS Ohi.of riurgese—. l nhit A.6s . iitta littr,;ons—Adnin See.. "men. (.1.)11 e.•ll—john 0111..1 , 311, Wm. NS, Dale, J. 11. Irvine. E.1.4:1.t1 03,10 y, .111111 t, J. 13. Parker, Fred erick 14110:1,, Eno:111,1,-er, (.. slrat,lol.-3:ls. Nlasonheimer. 111 2:11 eta lutes—ii cc, lieu tly, ilost•pn i 4 tuart. Weld Coe qtablee—.litenb - Bretz., Andre. Niel Lie. the Pc 1.. S t eiuster, David Smut', ,11i.11..tel liolcoinb, Alan. Dehutr. C II U LC tigs Fi rot Presbyterian Chundl, North next angle of ex, tce v. k;onway P. Wiug every' uulap :d.orulng at II fit:lock, A. `•l., and 7 o'clocic Settot.. t Presbyteri,to Ch 'ls, corner of South Hanover :1 s.e. ..• 111 i Pon' ' .;t -I.'etts. Itc v. Mr P.,stor, S w ervieon ..ota. at. II ,',lock, A. 'I.. sod 7 P. M. S t t :buret, ~Prot. Epis..otetti northeast angle • Squ.tr.t. Rev. Frattei, Rector. at ,1 o' A. M.. and ,C.lt•.k. I'. 11. s• • EPI 1.1it,1101,11 Ct1111,•tl. dford between maul '• .. u. her -tree t.,. Iter..lattth Fry. Pastor. Servit'es at It t.'et..,•l , A. M., and I'. 11. tt..r.n.te Ref.:mod Cottrell. Louth,. betweenllen-1 iteV. S:11111.1,'I Pastor. ••••.: at I I ....•11.1t A. i`,l, and t. 1.; P. M Min" Ito list t:lt Inch, eltarge;ettruer of gain and. Iter. Jottl.ll A. host:, Pastor. Sorriresat 11 • o'eltwis A. M. n.4...1 o'tdook P. M R...ltst E. Churrh Sl,,,,lldebllTTr.)liev•lierman M. Jolt ,s.t., Partin. S,,•rvittes In Emory M. E. Church at 11 n'.•.•,.2k A. M. and I' M. t. r'At.llolllt Church, Pont trot near East it. Ito,Jahtes l'estor. Survices every other Sal. , ,at Li at LU o'c;ork. VesperS at J. tistruttn Lutheran Church cornor of Pomfret anat d Itodf.trd streets. RON'. G. A. I.ltrUntz l'astor. Services 'll 0'e10rk,..4.. M., and 0 , 4 o'clock, Ps M. t,..iit,l 4 ,'Lten. changes in the above are necessary the riper purttons are requested tc notify us. DICKINSON COLLEGE Rev. IT. M. Johnson, D. D., President,and Professor of !Moral Seleuee. .lasnos V :llarshall, A. M. - William U. Wilson, A. M., Professor of Natural Science and Curator of the Museum. Ilea'. %Vas. 1.. Itisswell,A. M., Prefosor , of lire& lto• gua,4e and Literature. Satnoel D. (Tillman, A. Mt, Prnresnr of Mothemstios. Jam K• -Stomun, A. M., Professor of Latin Lan guages and Literature. A. F. MulLin, A.,,M., Principal of the Grammar School. BOARD OF SC ilOOl , DIRECTORS. r,sidout, 11. Sustou, I'. Quigley, I: Cornntan, U. P. II untericlml. Hamilton, iSecrelary W. Eby, Tron.urer, John. Sphar, Me,enger. tho let Monday of each Month at 8 o'clock A. M. at Ed ucation Mall. CORPORATIONS °Ovine GIIMAIT INE..—Progitiolt 31. Henderso, Cahliler, W. NI. Becton ; Asst. C.lshier, .1. I'. hasle t; Teller .las. Honey,; Clerk, C. B Pdahler; Messtmger, John 'Underwood ; Directors, It. Henderson, Juldi Zug, Samuel Wherry, .1. D. Gorges, dkilos Woodbure, 8.. G. Woalward. Col. llonry Lermu, thigh 'Stuart, and James Autiorsen. ou3lll3llthm , D V Ar.1.5.t Rut Rom:, Coneri'v.—Prettlent Frederick Watts: Secretary And Treasurer, Edwlird M. Biddle; Superintendent, 0. N. Lull. Passenger Wallis twire a day. Eastward leaving Carlisle at 10.10 o'clock A. NI. and 2..41 u'efork P. 14. Two tra i ns - ;evry day Westward, leaving Carlisle at 0.27 o'cleelt A, M., and 3.30 P. 11. 411LIELE GAS AND WATEECOMPAN 4.—PECSI(I6II lann• eel Todd ;_ Treasurer, A— Is. Spin - inter ;.Supertuteudnet, George Wfae; Directors, F. Watts, Win. M. Beetem. E. Al, Biddle, 'leery Saxton, R. C. Woodward, John 11. Bratton, F. Gardenr, and Jahn Campbell. Cenueatalit , V ALLEY liA3a.—President, John S. Ster rett; Cashier, 11. A. Sturgeon; Teller, Ota, C. Geffer.— DireelorS, Jelin S. Sterrett, Wm. tier, Ilolobolr Green man, itieliard AVoods..lohn 0. Dunlap. Reht. C. Sterrntt, IL A, Sturgeon, and Captain John Dunlap. SOCI:I3TqS CumberlsPl. Star Lodge N0..19'7, A. Y. M. meets at Marion' Ilan ou the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of orery Month. • Bt. Jc;has leuLto No 200 A. Y. M. Meets 3d Thurs day of sash af.onth, at Marlon Mall. , Carlisle Lodge No 91 - 1. 0. of 0. F. Meets Monday oveulng, at Trouts buildlng. FIRE COMPANIES TSe 'Vire Company was organized, In 1;80._ rostooat, Cornman \leo President.' zn•*„., -, .l 'P :Wetzel . ; Secretary, 3. 11.11ampton; Treasurer,.P:llmi • yor. Company ,nut s the first Saturday In Mareh,-June, • Septonther, and Penember. • Tho Cumberland ‘Piro Company Misiniditutod Febru ary ti, 1801. .Pmsident, Thos. Yhotn.•Fon ; Secretary Philin • Qui.rhy; Trrosurer, 11.13. The retopsny meets Ott thafthird • Saturday. of•Junuary, April, July, • and Oct4er; ' • The Good Will [rose Company arailinatii.lited In March, I.Bos.President, 11. A. Sturgeon: Vice President, C. P. O ura iiihTSecretary; 11 , 111lard — Ir.'11elberty Treaslirer7l insepli \V. 0,411 1 3 y - 'The company-- meets-41m- secoMl-1 tharaday',Of January, April, July, and Octohor. 'The Illoplro Rook and Mulder Company Nrenlnstilut.- ed in 1858. President,WM. Porter; Vice President, Jblin 0. Ainomv Treasurer, John (I,mplielli Secretary, Johny.Parit. `The company meets on the that Fri. day in Jamlary, April, July and OctObor. -7-itATIS-OF POStAfiE. 'Ventage on, all lettersof ono4ialronce weight or nu _ der, 3 cents Pti re Pahl - , except, to - California -- or Oregon; - which %o 10 corns, prepaid. r • • • - Postage:an the ".Herald='- , vritbin. tim.Counkr, fien. Viflthln. the ,stato 13 cents per, yger. To nny part o - f;tlati Rnlte3 Staten% e.e . nts. Ventage. on 11 ti , enalont paters: ---vnderl.enfires lersrelghtyt•eent pro-veld -or-two-cents. ' 'nllll. . Ailvprtined letters, to be ehirrged with tho coot • • . • , ,Rls.' . 'TIO()TS - A N P SFIO-!-3 uskraceived at ObiLiri..? ,Cheep Orsh EllorS; nu cutiro' now tark of I.ltthuiVAlhusre.und Children's Morocco Mats, -hoes and tint.yrw, of the beet quality and lowest prices Carlisle, Oict !Z.:WO.: ; . . .. ~ NANCY'S LOVERS. William Tansley, familiarly called Tip, having finished his afternoon's work in Judge Boston's garden, milked the cows, and given the calves and pigs their sup per—not forgetting to make sure of his own—stole out of the house with his Sunday jacket, and the secret intention of going " a sparking." Tip's manner of setting about this delicate business wad characteristic of his native Shrewdness. lie usually went well provided with gifts; and on the present occasion, before quit ting the Judge's-premises, he"drew upon" a certain barrel in the barn, which was his bank, where he had made, during the day, frequent deposits of green corn, of the diminutive species called tarket— smuggled in from the garden, and design ed for roasting and eating with the widow 13lynn's pretty daughter. Stealthily, in the dusk, stopping now and then to lis ten, Tip brought out the little milky ears from beneath the straw, crammed his pockets with them, and packed full the crown of his old straw hat; then, with the sides of his jacket distended, his trousers bulged, and a toppling weight On his head, he peeped cautiously from the door to see that the way wm clear for an csea: , e to the orchard, and thence, "cross lots," to the , widow Blynn's house Tip was creeping furtively behind a wall, stooping, with one hand steadying his hat, and the other his pockets, when a voice called his name. Tt was the voice of Cephas Boxton.— Now if there was a person in the world whom Tip feared_ and hated it was "that Cephe," and this for many reasuns, the hief of which was that the Judge's son diT, upon occasions, flirt with Miss Nancy who. :haring the popular prejudice iu t;tvor of fine clothes and riches, pre ferred, apparently, a single passing glance from tlephas to all Tip's gitts and atten tions, Tip-'dropped down behind the wall. " Tih Tansley !" again balled out the hated voice. But the proprietor of that euphonious name not choosing to answer to it, re mained quiet, one hand Mill supporting his hat, the other his pockets, while young Buxton, to whom glimpses of the 'afore said bat, appearing over the edge +of the wall,, had previously been visible, stepped quickly and noiselessly to the spot. Tip crwt,hed, with his unconscious eyes in the gra , :s ; Cephas watched hint good bu nt,_,.;(;tily, leaning over the wall. 1 It is isn't Tip, what is it?" And 1 - Cephas struck one side of the distended i jacket with his cane. An ear of corn I dropped out. He struck the othe, side, , mid ,nit dropped another ear. A e tiple ~f smart blows across the back suceet ded, I,llo‘votl by more corn, and at the ...time time Tip, getting up, and endeavoring to 1..pr. , 4 teot-I ii 6-pockets,- let-go , his hat, -which tell o!i', spilling its contents in the grass. : - i'JH you call ?'t gasped the panic i stn icktm Tip. Ti..., rivals stood with th 6 wall between them—as ludicrous a contrast, I dare as sort, 116 ever two lovers of one woman pre ;(2ll tell. Tip. ahasbed and afraid, brushed the hair out of his eyes, and made an unsuc cess•ful attempt to look the handsome and Cephas in the face. "Do you pretend you did not hear, with all these ears T' said the Judge's son. . . "I-1 was buntin' fur a shoe string," murmured Tip, casting dismayed glances along the -ground. -"I lost one hero sum errs." " Tip," said Cephas, putting his cane under Master Tansley's chin to assist him in holding up his head, "look me in the eye, and tell me—what is the difference 'mixt you and that corn ?" " I d'n' know—what!" And libera— ting his chin, Tip dropped his head again, and began. kicking in the grass in search of the imaginary shoe-string. " That is lying on the ground, and you are lying—on your feet," said Cephas. Tip replied , that he was going to the woods fur bean-poles, and that he took the corn to fced - the cattle-in the Rhack pas tur', 'cause they hooked. " I wish you were as innocent of hook iu the' cattle are!" said the incredu lous Cephas. "Go and put the saddle on Pericles." •Tip proceeded inn straight line to the stable, his pociate dropping corn by the way, while Cephas, laughing quietly, walked Op and down under the trees. ready," muttered Tip, from the barn•door. - _ Instead of leading Pericles out, he left him in the-stall, and climbed up into the hay-loft to hide, and brood over his mis fortune until his rival was gone. It was not alone the affhir of the stolen corn that troubled Tip ; but from the' fact that Pe ricles was I ordered,. he suspected that Cc phas-likewise purposed paying a visit to Nancy Illynn. Resolved to watch and wait his departure, he lay under the dusty roof, Miewing the bitter cud -of envy; and now and then a stew of new-mown Time thy, till Cophas entered the stalls beneath, and said, stinP in'his. clear, ,Tcso- Anint tones, to - Pericles. . 1 — Pericles uttered a quick, low wifitthey Tof recognition, and ceased pawing the • "Are- you there, Cephas!"'presently Said "',(Other Voice, " itlmas that - 0. - the Judge,-who• had •follo Wod•liiison-into--the-barn. Tip lay With his elbows on the .hay, and listened, ".(going to. ride, are you? Who...sad dled this -horse ?" • .rePlied - Cepluts. '" l7e didn't half curry him. Wait a minute.' .. m :ashamed to let a orpe_ gq, out lookinesu.', l _.::.And.the-Judae begati to .polish off Pe=, macs-with .wisps of straw: Darned refl. - eare - 1" -, muttered' Tip, " Ceribus," ,said- the' ... iffiritTtb, say you ride - the liandeemept colt ty. • proud, of. --Perieleel ~Does-,hfs. .shoe, pin ch hitn.lately f" •„. - 4 , Not since 'tertia'set. He looks well enouglx - father.. Sour eyes -are better. , . . NgO, 1.411 A lf" 1"101 HLT a MGM . than mine? said Cephas, "if you can "see' any dust ,on - bisbont.' "I luf to rub a colt. It does 'ens so much good," rejoined the Judge, " Ce phas, if you're going by Squire Stedman's, I'd like to have you call and get that mortgage " " I don't think I shall ride: that way, father. I'll go for it in the morning, however." " Never mind, unless you happon_that way. JUstlitind me a wisp of that straw, Cephas." „ Cephas handed his father the straw.— The Judge rubbed away some seconds longer, then said carelessly: 6 " If you are going' up the mountains, I' wish you would stop and tell Colby I'll take those lambs, and scud for 'em next week." " fin not sure that I §hall go as far as Colby's," replied Cephas. " - People say"—the Judge's voice chan ged slightly—"you don't often get further than the widow Blynn's when you travel that road. How.is it ?" " Ask the widow," said Cephas. " Ask her daughter, more like," re- ' joined the Judge. "Cephas, I've hind o' felt as though I ought to have a little talk with you about that matter. I hope you ain't fooling the girl, Cephas." And she Judge, having 'broached the subject to which all his rubbing had been introductory, and his re narks a prologue, waited anxiously for his son's reply. Cephas assured him that he could nev er be guilty 'of fooling any girl—much less one so worthy as Miss Nancy Biynn. " I'm glad to hear it !" exclaimed the Judge. "Of course I never believed you could do such a thing. But we should be careful of appearances, Cephas. Just another little handful of .straw i that will do ) People have already get up_ the_ab, surd story that you are going •to marry .Nancy." Tip's ears tingled. There was a brief silence, broken only by the rustling of the straw. Then Cephas said : " Why ab,urd, father?'. " Absurd—because-----why, of course, it isn't true, is it ?" "I must confess, father," replied cc phas, -" the idea has occurred to tne that Nancy—Lwould ,mulce me—a good wife..P It is impossible to say which was most astonished by this candid avowal, the Judge.or Master William Tansley. The latter had never once imagined that Ce ; phas's intentions respecting Nancy were so serious; atictvw the inevitable _con viction forced upcni him, that, if his rich rival really wished to marry her, there' was no possible chance left for him, smote his heart with qualms of despair. • " Oephas, you stagger mei! said the fudze i i_ "A pung.man of,.qour educa tion and prospects"--;•- " Nancy is EloOsitliout some education, father r 'Linterrupted-Cephasi as-the Judge. hesitated. " Better than that, she has heart and soul. She is worthy to be any man's wife :" Although Tip entertained precisely the same opinions, he was greatly dismayed to bear them expressed so generously by Cepbas. The Judge rubbed away again at Pe ricles' flanks and shoulders with wisps of straw. "No doubt, Cephas, you think so— and sartin I haven't anything agin' Nan• ey—she's a good girl enough, fur's I knew. But just reflect on't—you're of age, and in one sense you can do as you please, but you ain't too old to hear to reason. You know you might many 'most any girl you choose." "So I thought, and I choose Nancy," Inswered Cephas, preparing to lead out Puleles. "I wish the hoss'd fling him, and break his neck l" whispered the devil in rip's heart. " Don't be hasty; wait a minute, Ce plias," said the Judge. "You knoW what I mean—you could marry rich rake a practical view of the matter. Get rid of these boyish notions. Just think how it will look for a young man of your cloth—worth twenty thousand dollars any Jay a mind to give it to you—to go and marry the widow Blynn's daughter! a girl that takes in sewing ! What are ye thinking of, Cephas?" "I bear" replied Cephas, quietly, "she does her sewing well." " Well ; suppose she does ? She'd make a good enough wife for soma , such fellow as Tip, no doubt; but I thought a son of mine would ha' looked higher. Think of you and Tip after the same girl. Come, if you've any pride about you, you'll pull the saddle off the colt and stay at home." Although the Judge's speech, as we perceive, was not quite free froin provin cialisms, his arguments were none the less powerful.on that account. He said ' a good deal more in the same strainehold ing out threats of unforgivenoss and •dis- Inheritatice-mi the, one hand, and praise and 'promises on the other; Cephas stand ing With the bridle in his hand, find poor Tip'a t. anxious heart beatino - -like-a pendu lum between the hope that his rival would be convinced - and the fear that ,lfewOuld not... • "The question - jti simply this, father," said Cephas, growing impatient: "Which to choose, love or money ? Atid:l assure you much rather ,please you than dis : „.• - • prase you." • 'f,ThA's the way_ . to - talk, Cophus I-- That goiinda like!': the Judot if I choOse Cephas :bas-, timed. 'to say, "motiblt it:101111bl lough to make a good i out of' What will you•give to lualorit a t object?". ‘. (3,1 v p .yriuall' I've got, of caitrse. What's: Mine is,..rfurs7-cos will be • sonie' dap!' • - • - • • -"-SoMo ilay;hin't -the thing:: rprefei One good bird in the hand to any - 411410er of:-fine 'songsters'in s tha - bush.. five, thousand 'dollars, and its 'a bargi4•'!! riati d the - Judgo: - Very_woll; .theo - stainPriside mei and - .1 3 6iiC10 - C imo." ' Don't'hiPtioreasonablo ) Cephital Let tite:' col f, What do-you want.of five thousand-dollars?" - • • CARLISLE, ',PA., FRIDAY;, JANUARY 10, 1862. "Never mind ;- if you dbn!t; • so fit , to give ~t I'll go atftnett - Ntitiel - ri'r,T -7 : 7, - --77 , --- " No, no, you shan't! - Let go the bri dle! I'd rather give - ten thousand."; -• "Nery well; give me ten, then I" "I mean, don't go to.bemg wild. and headstrong now. , ,giVe.,you a thou sand dollars, if nothhig - else will .salisfy " you. , .• "I'll divide the. difference with-you,"" thousand, and. that, you ,must confess, -is very ,must little.." - " a bargain eiclaiMed - the Judge. And Tip was thrilled with joy. "I'm sorry I didn't ..stiek to five thou 'sand!" said Cephas. , -- "But I wish to ask, can . I, for instance, marry Melissa Moore? Next to Nan‘cy, she is the pret tiest girl in town." "But she has nii position there is the same objection to he" , . that there is to Nancy. The bargaiti.ut, you arc not to marry any poor girl; and I-mean to have it in writing. So pull:off the'saddle and come into the house." If I had been - shreWd I might just as well have got five thoUstind," said Cc phaa• Tip Tansley,-more-excited than-he -had ever been in his life, waited until the two had left the burn; then, creeping over the hay, . hitting his — head - in the dark against the low raftersOie elid down from his hiding-place, carefully descended the stairs, gathered- up what-lie-could find of the scattered ears of tacket, and set out to run through the orchard and across the fields to the widow Blynn's cottage. The evening was starry, and the - glittering edges of the few dark clouds-that lay low in the east predicted the rising- moon.— Halting only to climb fences, or to pick up how and then the corn that persisted in dropping from his or to scru tinize some object that the-thought looked " pokerish" in the dark J. prudently shun ning the dismal woods on one side, and the pasture where the hooking" cattle were on the other, Tip kept on, and ar rived, palpitating _and. 'perspiring, at the widow's house, just as the big, red moon was coming up amidst the clouds Over the hill. He had left a good deal of his con and all his courage behind him in his flight ; for Tip, uNdently as he loved the beautiful Nancy, could lay no claim to her on the poetical ! , round that " opt), the bravo deserve the fair." . . With uncertain knuckles Tip rapped on the humble door, having- first looked through the kitchen window and seen the widow sitting there, sewing V the light of a tallow candle.. 1 "Good evening, W lititii;" Said Mrs. Glynn, opening the ch % with her, skcc tacks on her torches (;. and her viork gathered up in herki '''.pnder the lf;ent figure. "Come in; ta ce a chair." ' " Guess I can't stop," replied Tip; sid -ling—into—the—room- with -his hat on.-- , " How's all the folks? Nancy to hum ?" "Nancy's up stairs; I'll speak to her. Nancy," called the widow at the chamber door, " Tip is here ! I.3etter take a chair while yoil stop," she added, smiling upon the visitor, who always on arriving "guessed he couldn't stop," and usually ended by remaining until be was sent away. " Wal, may as well; jest as cheap §ittin' as standin'," said Tip, depositing the bur den of his personality—weight 1 tO Ibs— upon one, of the creaky, splint-bottomed chairs. " Pooty warm night, kind o'," raising his arm to wipe his face with his sleeve, upon which an car of that discontented I tacket took occasion to tumble upon the floor. " Hello ! what's that? By gra cious if 'tain't green corn I Got any fire ? Guess we'll have a roast." And Tip, taking off his hat, began to • empty his stuffed pockets into it. " Law me !" said the widow, squinting over her work, " I thought your pockets stuck out aniazin'l I ha'n't had the first taste of green corn this year. It's real kind o' thoughtful in you, Tip; but the tire's all out, and we can't think of roast. in' on't to-night, as I see." " Mebby Nancy chuckled qT-ip, "Ain't she comic' down ? Any time to night, Nancy," cried Tip, raising his voice, to be heard by his beloved in her retreat. " You do'no what I bro't yo!" Now, sad as the truth may sound to-the reader sympathizing with IN. Nancy cared little what he had brought, and ex perienced no very ardent desire to come .down and meet him. She eat at her win dow, looking at the stars ' and thinking of somebody whom she bnclhoped would vis it her that night; but, that somebody was not Tip; and although the first sound of his footsteps had set her heart' fiutterinc , with expectation,_ his near approach ' , breathin g fast and loud, had given her a chill of disappointinent,-almest of dis gust; and she now much preferred her . own thoughts, and the, moonrise through the trees in the direction of Judge 'Box ton's house; to all the green corn, and all the groan, lovers, in New England. Her ' mother;howeier.. who conimisserated Tip, and bolieveCas: much - in,- being civil to neighboo as she did in keeping the Sob- _bath,etilled.again,_and.,gave.-her no peace.' until she left the window; tho moonrise, - and her romantic - dreams - , and descended into the prosaic atmosphere of the kitobL en, and 'of Tip and his corn. Tip's mouth,- which had been watering in antiejp4n of the soisted turket; tend more than ever at sight- of Nancy's exquisife eye , 711er neat 'calien.gown, enfolding.a_wonderful little rounded - , embodiment Of grace andrlieanfy, seemed to him an attire fit for any queen .or fairy that. eyer'lived.:' But it was the seine tritgio story . Over; again -al though Tip .10ved - .Nancy, Nanny,lmied mocTip... Well for ;Wm had mouth. , watered •mightilittairjiiiiself; hay regard for him was on the acinrsisle , of 1310,0kyr-simply --the•taleintien -ota - --kindlY7)toartfor:.:one_ was, natio' blainf, for being less bright than : otheiroplw'' ~' • Sho\ - tocik her,sewingi'and :Sat .. * "the hie Qh,,sO-_ beautiful! Tip thought; and enveloped in & aimed. atanospliefo which seemed to touch and 'transfigiire ev ery old - ezt exo - Orliiiii - SCIU — Vb - Fhfff -- obler apartment; the splint-bottomed chairs, the stockings drying on the 'pole, even the widow's cap and gown, and the old black snuffers on the-table—all save pour hiue ly Tip, stole a. ray. - cf_grace froin - the halo of her loveliness. -, - Nancy discouraged All , proposition :of ; roasting corny and otherwise deeply' griev ed her visitor ~by - intently: working and '' thinking, instead of taking part in the conversation.- At length a bright idea occurred - to him. ._ - - - "Got a slate andpenell ?" The widow furnished the requjred .ar ticles. 'He then found.a" book, which happened to be a Testament, and using the cover as a rule, marked oat the plan of a game. "FOX - and geese, NaneY; ye play ?" And having picked off a sufficient number of kernels from one of the ears of corn, and placed them upon the slate for geese, he selcted the largest he could find for a fbx, stuck it upon a pin, and proceeded to roast it in the candle. " Which'll ye have, Nancy ?"—pushing the slate toward her; "take your choice, and give me the geese; then beat_ine if you can ? Come, won't you play ?" " Oh dear, Tip, what a tease you are!" said Nancy. "1. don't want to•play. I must work. Get mother to play with you, Tip." " She don't wanter 1" exclaimed Tip. " Come, Nancy; then .I'll tell ye suthie I heard jist 'fore I come away—suthin' 'bout you!" And Tip, assuming a careless air, pro ceeded to pile up the ears of corn, log house fashion, upon the table, while Nan cy was finishing, her seam: << About me'!" she echoed. " You'd ha' thought so !" said Tip, sly ly glancing over the corn as he spoke to watch the effect on Nancy. " Cephe and the old man had the all-firedest tow—tell yov."' Lie hitched round in 'his chair, and rest his elbows on his knees, looked up, shrewd and grinning, into er face. "W illiamTansley, what do you mean ?" " As if you couldn't guess . C was comic' to see you to-night—but I guess hi! ° won't," chuckled Tip. " Say I ye ready for fox and geese ?" <I How do ou know that ?" demanded Na. 74. "'Cause I heard ! The old man stop ped him, and Cephe was pin' to ride over him; but the old man was to much for him ; he jerked him off the boss, and' and there they had it, lickety-switch, rough-and-tumble, till Cephe give in, and told the old man rathcr'n have any words he'd promise never to come and see you agin.if he'd g(Ve h,,im three thousand dot h is ;'and the mkftuari said 'twAs a bargain! "Is that true, Tip?" cried the widow, 'dropping - her work-rand. raising.herharider:- " True as I live and breathe,' and draiv the breath oflife, and have a livin' bein'!" Tip solemnly affirmed. " Just as I always told you, Nancy !" exclaimed the widow "1 knew how it would be. I felt sartin Cephas. couldn't , be depended upon. His father never'd rear a word to it, I always said. Now don't, feel bad, Nancy; don't mind it.— It'll be all for the best, I hope. Now don't, Nancy ; don't, I beg and beseech." She saw plainly by the convulsive movement, of the girl's bosom and the quivering of her lip that passionate de monstration was threatened. The mean while Tip had advanced his chair still near er, comfort ng his neck and looking up with leering malice into her face until his nose nearly touched 'her cheek. "What do you think now of Cephe Boston ?" he, asked tauntingly ; " hey ?" • A stinging blow upon the ear rewarded his impertinence, and he recoiled with such sudden impetuosity that his chiar went over and threw him sprawling upon the floor. - " Gosh all Hemlock !" he muttered, scrambling to his feet, rubbing first his elbow, then his ear. " What's that, fur, • I'd like to know—knoeltim a feller down?" " What do I think of Cophas Boston ?" cried Nancy. I think the same I did before— why shouldn't I? Your slander is no slander. Now sit down and behave yourself, and don't put your face too near mine, if you don't want your ears boxed !" " Why, Nancy, how could you !" groan- , ed the widow. Nancy made no reply, but resumed her work very much as if nothing had:hap -petted. '- 'Hurt yon much, William ?" " Not much ; only it made my elbow ' sing like all Jerewsalem ! NeVer mind; she'll find out! Where's my hat?" " YOu ain't going, be ye ?" said Mrs.., Blynn,.With an air of solicitude. " I guess I ain't wanted, here," num- - bled Tip, pulling his litit over his ears He struck the slate, scattering the fox and 'goose, and demolished the house Of green corn. You can keep that; I &et:want it. Goodnight, Miss.' Blynn." Tip phiced peculiar emphasis upon the name, and fumbled ,a good„while with the latch; expeCting Nancy would say some thing.; but.she maintained 4 cool and dig nified silence; andas.nobody urged him to stay; ho reluctantly departed, his heart, ful].of injury; and his hopes collapsed like . his pockets , - For jiorne minutes Naney . ,Continued _to Seiv intent and fait,;.ber flushed face 'bent, over the - sotitn,,then -- !auddenly,• her", - eyes flamed, her fingers forgot their; cunning, • the noodle shot blindly-hither and thith= . et!, antithe,quiclilY4lraWn thread snapped in, twain, ." Nancy! Nancy don't I" pleaded Mrs, Blynn; " theg of ye,4towdon'tl" forth' the - ;y9Ung, girl, with sobs, . 6 3 - env .so unhappy ! What did I strike. Poor Tip for! HUdid not know any hatter. , Yam elways . doing' Something,so Wrong_! ;111e,Could nothave_ have; cOmebertilit-night--4 knowite•,WOuldr, '':Poor child I poor -child 1" said' ivrt, )31ynn.. , Why•cmildn't : YOu'llMiir , I always tad' y'ciu - ' to .be carefid and not like'C'eplittl too well. But: maybe Tip lidn't understand. Maybe Cephas will -o.omertommrrow; and then;all will bees= plained." . " Cephas is true, I, know—l know kept Nancy; "but his father*" The Morrovi came and passed, and no ephas. The next day was ,:unday, and. Nancy went to church, not -with an'undi . vided heart, but, with' human- love, and hope, and _grief; mingling_ strangely with her prayors,. ; She knew Cephas would be there, and felt that a glance of his eye would tell ! her all. But—for the first time: in inany•Months it happened—they iat in the same-house of worship, she with her mother in their huuble 'corner, he in the Judge's conspicuous pew, and no word or look passed between them., She went home, still to whit ; tortured with the wasting anguish, known only to those who love and deabt.' Day after of leaden lone liness, night after night of watching and' •Tespairi succeeded, and stilt no - Cephas, ,Tip also had discontinued his visits. Mrs. Blynn saw a slow, certain change come over child; her joyous laugh rang no more; neither were her tears often seen or her sighs heard but elm seemed .discip lining herself to bear with patienpe and , serenity the dcsolateness of her lot. • One evening it was stormy, and Nancy and her mother were together in the plain, tidy kitchen, both sewing and both si lout; gusts-of rain lashing the windows, and the eat, purring in a chair. Nancy:s heart was' more quiet than usual ; for, al beit expectation was not quite'extinet, no • visitor surely could be looked for en such a night. But is it not true that the spir it loves surprise ; and that, when least ex- , ' - Noted, grace arrives? This truth ap ' plies alike to the seeming trifles of- life ! and to matters of the greatest moment.; and it was made manifest to Nancy that - night; first when, amidst the sounds of - - the storm, she heard footsteps and a knock at the door, She•need not have started and changed color so tumultuously, how - ever ; fur the visitor 117,1.9 only Tip. " Good evenin'," said young Master Tansley, pulling, off his dripping hat, and - shaking it. "I'd no idee it rained so ! I was goin' by, and thought I'd stop in. Ye mad, Nancy ?" and he peered' at the young girl from beneath his wet hair with . a bashful grin. Nancy's heart was . too much softened to cherish any resentnient-and with, suffus- Cd — e - YeS she - begged Tip to forgive the blow. wall I do'ne' what I'd done to be knocked down fur," began Tip, with a • . pouting and aggrieved air ; " though I !s pose I den, tow. But I guess what I told ye turned out about so, after all; didn't it, hey ?" At Nancy's look of distress Mrs. Blynn made signs for Tip to. forbear: But he had come 'too farthrough the darkness and rain with an,m,.'citing pied of news to be thus easily silenced. , I_li.a.ul.broughLye.no , corn this time,.. 'for I didn't know as you'd roast it if I did. Say, Nancy I Cephe and the old man had it again to-day; and the Judge forked over 'three-thousand ; I seen him! Ile was only waitin, to raise it. It's real mean in Cephe, I s'pose you think—mob by but, by gracious ! three thousand dollars is a 'tarnal slue of money ?" Hugely satisfied wits r• the effect this announcernentt produced, Tip 'sptawled upon a chair and chewed a stick, like one resolved to make himself comfortable for the evening: " Saxafrax—ye want some ?" he said, breaking off with his teeth a liberal piece of the stick. "Say, Nancy !ye needn't look so mad. Cephe has sold out, I tell ye ; and when I offer ye saxafrax yo may as well take some." Not without effort Nancy held her peace ; and Tip, extending the fragment of the sassafras-root which his teeth had split off; was complacently urging her to accept it—"'Twas real good"—when the sound of hoofs was heard ; a .halt at the gate ; a horseman dismounted, leading his animal to the shed ; a voice saying, "Be still, Pericles !" and footsteps approaching the door. "Nancy ! Nancy !" articulated Mrs. Blyen, scarcely less agitated than her: daughter, "he has conic !" "It's Cephe !" whispered Tip, horsely w "If he sliould ketch me, here ! gee* I'll go I Confound that Coolie, anyhow=": Rap! rap! two light, decisive stroke. 4 of a riding-whip on the kitchen-door:, ) .Y„ ,Mrs Blynn glanced around to sipe if everything was tidy; and Tip,' dropping, his sassafras, whirled about' and wyeeled about like Jim Crow in the excite Mont of the moment. "Mother—go!" uttered Nancy,„ pale, with emotion, hurriedly pointing-0 2 the door; "I can't." Sho made her escape by, th4tairway; observing which; the bewildered . Tip, who had indulged a frantic :theiight of leaping from the window — to ..aveid,Meet. ing his dread rival, chan g ed-his mind and rusted after her. .I.lnadvise'dor,hig* , in- . tontion, .and thinking onlYilif , ' shutting herself from the sight of Cephtte; Nancy . closed the kitchen door rather severely upon Tip's fingers ;• but , fear,retidered him insensible to pairValad ho . followed her, serambling,up on 40f : the:dirk stair case just as Mrs. Blynki . adrnitte&Cephee. Nancy lid — fret; irnikeailtqy ; _perceive what had occurred; bilk propently,•aniidat 'the sound of the rain .01,the roof „end 'Of the wind about the gables, elm,liOard the unmistakable porturb4.breathing of her luckless lover. • • Whiapered..Tipi.l..'.!*.bere.: be. ye? I'vo 'most broke any -head agin this blasted beam _ NT!. deMitoded Nancy. "'Cause I didn't want : to. see Mo. Ho won't stopliiit a minute; then I'll go dpwn.. I adicl, kiye'my.hettcl._the All-firtidegt tunic Mrs. Blythe-Opened thei'dO6r to , inform Nancy. of the arrival; of •sidsiterjf . Amt;the light from: below, ...Partialty ; 'ollutubiating ~the ftigitivee',, retreat ) -showed Tip, s sitting posture on one .of the upper stairs, .diligently'rubbing'thitt tortitmof hits era . iiiimirWhich . 44 „conk!' in ColliiiiOn : with thebtaM. • ' :"Say, Nancy; don' go I' ''siiiisporod Tip.' "don't leave inn `here t,l:itilittrlr flrd de trer ann hi advance ($2 0011 not paid advanse For. the widow bad elesad_the—door,and.-:- , - Tip wasmispicimis of bugbears. Nancy , had too many tumultuens 'thoughts of her own,to give much heed to his distress; and having hastily ar ' ranged her hair and dress by the souse of toZh, she glided,.by him, bidding 'him keep quiet, and destended ,the stairs to the door, which She opened and closed again, leaving -him- to the wretched, soli- tude of the plaCe, Which appearekto him.. a-hundred-fold .more dark ,njrl dreadful than before. • Cephas in the meantime had divested - himself of his - oil-cloth capotei and entered_ . the neat little sitting-room, to .which ho was civilly shown by the widow. "Nan cy 'll be down in a niinute." And pla cing a candle upon the mantle-piece, Mrs: Wynn withdrew. session, appeared inighty„dignifiedhefore .her , lover; gati3 pasSive hand; declined with everted head, his proffered:.. kiss; and seated herself at a cool and re spectable distance. "Nancy; what is the matter ?" said ' Cephas. in.mingled amazement and alarm "You act as though - I were a pedlar, and you didn't care to trade." _ _ _ "You can trade, sir—you can make What bargain you please with others ; but —" Nancy's aching andswelling heart,: came up and choked her. "Dear Nancy ! what have I done ? What has changed you so? Have you forgotten—the last time I was here'?" ." 'Twould not be strange if I had, it was so long ago." Poor Nancy spoke cuttingly; but her sarcasm-was as a sword with two points,' -; which pierced her own heart quite as f . , t''A much as it wounded her lover's...--p;•Vr . . ), "Nancy," said Cephas, and, 1 - e took: her hand again so tenderly thaLit_____w_mi_ like putting heaven away to 'withdraw "if we love each other, let uslie true,With, each other. Can you not trust me ? Has not your heart assured you that I could never stay away from you so - without' good reasons ?" "Oh, I don't doubt but you had rea sons'!" replied Nancy, with a bursting anguish in her tones. "But such reasons?" " Sue . h, reasons ?" repeated Cephas, grieved and repelled, "Will you please inform me what you mean ? Por, - as I live, aril, ignorant !" "All, Cephas ! it is not true, then," cried Nancy, with a sudden hope, "that —your father—" "What of my father ?" "That be opposes us; that he has of feredyou money " A vivid emotion flashed across the young man's face. "How—what have youheard Nancy?" "Is't true ?" said Nancy; her rigid features, her intense 'look, her unnatural tone of voice. all betraying the painful and -dangerous- tension - of - feeling with which she awaited his reply, "tell me tell me quick !" "I would have preferred to tell, you without being questioned so sharply," replied Cephas. "But - since hearsay has got the start of me, and brought - you the • news, I can only answer—he has offered me money." "To buy you—to hire you--" "Not to marry any . , poor girl—that's the bargain, Nancy,", said Cephas, with the tenderest of "And you have accepted ?" cried Nan cy, quickly. • "1 have accepted," responded Cephas. Nancy uttered. not a word, but she sat like one frozen by despair, her eyes, full of hopeless passion, fixed intent and tear less upon herlover. "I came to tell you all this ; but I should have, tol4 you in a different way, could I have had my choice," said Cephas, with -prof - And pity and affection. "What I haveslki , p is tor lourlhatoOness as &net ' as ruy,„"Fvn.: IV father . threitened to , disinherit me if I married 7i poor atitt,';hOw could I bear the. thOught of subjecting you to such a lot ?_ He has giy,:mi,nie three thousand dollars—l only -r,cceied it to-day or I should have come Wore—for Nancy—dear Nancy 4 do Yitit v , '4(YOk so strange ! for it is for you, for you; this money—do you hear ?" Ile attempted to draw her toward him, ' [ but she sprang indignan'tlY to her, feet. "Base ! base 1" she exclairned,' , trernb- ' ling with emotion. "Cepbas,' had: you struck me dead it would have been less cruel than this, . To offer me - money!" and 'slie covered her burning face with he hands. 'Dearest, dearest Nancy !" • ephas, caught her and folded _her in his arms 7 7,, "do you not understand? It is: Your ' dowry 1 You arc no longer a pox girl. I promised net -to marry any poor girl, but I never promised not to marry you. Accept the dowr3ii - tliu Will be a ,rich girl, and—my wifo,-my wife, Nancyln : "Oh, Cephas tie it true ? . Let me look at you !" She held him firm,.and Into his face, paint°. his deep, truthful eyes:;' "It is true I Forgive me I" - What wore was said or done I am Un- able to relate; for. about- this _time there = °awe, from another part of the Wise' a dullyreverberating sound, succeeded by a rapid 'series Of concussions, as of sumo i ponderous-body descending` n-a swift and Ai:regular manner • from the- top to, the..! bottom of the stairs. It was Master„ William Taniley, who,'groping about in the dark " . with intent to find a`stori-pipo „. bole at which to listen, had lost his lati tudejand- his-balaneerand- tumbled-from,' ,- lauding tolanding,:- obedientie-- to' the 'dangerous laws of gravitation. Mrs Blynn View to open the door ;.foUnd him, belp: „ legsly kicking'on his baek, with' hisi head , in -the:rag-bag ;, ascertained , that ;hadhe met with no injuries Whioh - n - Would not heal ; patched Mtn up:tlin'oitY'' as good as neyt.;_gs.velim her syniptithi.: and lanterrito gO home - With,..and kind ly bade him•good night. ended_Tip , ..Tanslees --unfortunet&- - love 'affair ; and I aro, pleased, to that his •broken heart recOvered,frein ,- -its hurts alrinst as, : ,speedily hia': head. • A month later: the:. Village clorytnan ." • ( Chn awing' tm Tvi • • ) Mil NO 7
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