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AUNT TABITHA.
ICh.et.•yrr I do WI whatever I say,
Allot Tabitha tette mo that Ipn't the war
lion else WAS H girl (forty emromers ago)
Arnt they did u't do so.
Uror coot! 1(1' only would talcs, her advice'.
Rut I like toy own way and Ilnd It so nice:
•nd Weill. I forget bulfthe [binge I am told; ---
lint they all will coma I ock to int —WilOll I ncn Old
If nyuuth pamsco by, It !bay happon, no doubt,
Iln may Omar., to look 'thou) I rhatmo to look out
1,011,111 d never endute an Itnuertinant uturn,
It to horrid, oho Bay., and I uousn't. nit
A walk In the moonlight has pleasures,
-Hui It Isn't quite safe to to walking aloft
So I take it lad's arm—just for safety, you_linow—
but Knot lubltho tells rue they didn't do 'No.
lina al,ked we ore, and how good tiny were then
They l,ovt at Amon, length those detainable men ;
1Y hru 1113 nta virtu•
the men nil .rh:rogun. , to Aunt TetbitheCa.
thy? •
Tf the ?wen were no wi.kod, ark tuy popo
/low be ;int olf to prep.° to my ilorllng
Was be Ilk. the re t of them? Goodness• Who
known?
AAA r ant eltp:l I eay If n wretrY should prepexu
I ran Inslnking if Annt knew n• Milo of
LP kfti n wundor Aunt Tabliha'a aunt must burs bun.
And kw - grand aunt—lt MCdr6o tne—hon,huaki•gly
nad.
Ile/ we girls of le clay ere au frigtithdly bed
A mutyr will /MVO us , and nbtlil•g the Ca.;
Let nto ip/erish—to rescue seine wrelihed young
mad'
l'lmagla whim hi lb. altar .iclhm I Fu,
Almil'Ablthok tell me ram never did Su!
[The interesting romance
appeared in the-Temple, a Masonic Mag
azine, some years since, and we publish..
it at the request of an-old-reader, of Tee
II MUM). —En.]
A ON AT THE RENDEZ YO US.
EMI=
Evei:y reader of. American history, is
aware that unrelenting and bitter feel
-lugs of hostility animated the minds of
the -partizans during the memorable
period of 1770; and little" were the rude
inhabitants of the interior of the country
inclined to soften this spirit in favor of
the captive, British or American. It is
true the harsh and often brutal conduct
of the tories, who spared neither sex nor
age, was ill calculated to induce the,
- k:utigh atd harassed back-woodsmen. to
listen to the still small voice vrbich .
pleads in every human bosom for mercy
to the fallen foe. Teo many bad their
memories bnrthenedand hearts, lacer
ated with - the recollection •f Lenses
burned, parents or children, brothers or
. sisters, murdered or ruthlessly torn front
the family hearth ; and hence the voices
of the few. gentle and relined settlers,
pleading that merciful treatment be
given to the prisoners was often drowned
in the storm of excited passio,ps and
the wail of the lately bereaved.
It wail during this dark and gloomy
period that the town of Carlisle, in
Cumberland county, one of the oldest
settlements in the State of Pennsylvania,
was selected as the place to which Major
Andre and Lieut. Despard, were sent
fur - kenotmeonfinement, by Montgomery,
-who' had taken them pris'uners near.
hake Champlain.
/The prisoners were lodged 'in the
house of a fanuly on the corner of South
Hanover street and Locust alley, and
were. on a parole 'of honor, which
per
initted them to extend their 'excursions
for six: miles around the town, but only
in military dress When beyond the lines
of the borough. .
. Major Andre,' who was still_ a very
young man, just entered upon a career
of militti'ry, 'glory, seeing himself thus
suddenly checked in his onward course.
-to military renown, that 'object So deai•
• to every. soldier's heart, secluded himself .
it first to brOod over his misfortune.
• Bailie. companion in captivity a than of
Mete Volatile - temperament, made the
best of his pOsition, and amused himself
' by shooting through the country. 'One
day after ho had stumbled upon the cave
which opeins its ;mysterious _month at
about a mile from Carlisle, he -returned
and. by hiS description, aroused 'Andre's°.
' curiosity Sulliciently to make. him Ihrgot
his captiiity for a while,. and' determine
him to accompany his friend. The two
then visited the cave and .were amply
repaid for the labor of exploring by the
` curiosities of' nature which they found
there stored away in its glooMy recestes.
- That visit Seemed moreover to act like
' a charm upon the poor prisoner's mind,.
for after it he ioetned restless when any
, thing'proVented hire* even for half a day
from rambling through .the woods and
that surrounded the town.
At early.. morn he would start feint
with hislightigunin his hand, his game
bag containing a frugal repast,
_slung
.
ac lops hipshouldo by p pspt and a
0 1 '47 volume of `any work he eould pink
up c o beguile his - sylvan Solitude..
Gradually-lteMiOndedids wanes even to
• the very limits . asditual to hiM, and
thus made himself familiar with. all the
beautiful. spots in the, whole .extent of
his range.' 0 . 60 of these became at last
his favorite resort. •
Shout
borough, ,inn uorth-westerly .direction,
the Conodoguinet makes aliend between
the hills' and eons 'to seek" , a Aiding
" i.pleen'frdiii, the neighboring. rocks that
look down upon it, .as if over; watchful
'of this their Only 'offspring - and favorite
playful phildrand the lithe riynlet looks
Bore r! s R4PPAPtitIg'4P MOO fi'am flip
orpryaMen_of itslall guardians, and in
this attempt half enpireles'aspet lit for.
Wry rorola. ' . .Tt was here the youthful
• pri§otier joyed to it
,and read, or think,
Without. the slightest desire to molest
the sqUirtUla over his bead, or oven- the
deer .that. Would now and
. then, disturb
than solithdo; or "von the:tinny' trihe that
inhabited fit that time. the wat , roof,illo.
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days left without companion in his
musings.
- - Ono morning after Uo had just arranged
his couch and was about to: recline with
his volume in his hand to read—or,tbinlc
of merry England, he heard a, crash as
if it wore in mid-air, and exclamation of
distress,,and had hardly time to spring
to his feet, before he discovered the
cause of the noise. .
The steep hill-side against which lie
was „reclining was covered with trees
and underbrush to the, very top, and
through this thick growth dashed a horse
on its downward course, as if Maddened
by some irresistible force. Its rider, a
country girl, sat pitle,-but evidently fear
loss and erect in the saddle and endeav
ored to check:the steed by soothing
words and a skillful management of her
rein ; but the animal seemed to he un
der the influence of terror or pain, and.
rushing - blindly down by its own im
petus would have been precipitated over
the steep bank of the rivulet, if Andre
who had watched its course for a second
or two, had not at the risk of his life
runhed forward and seized the bridle,
and while-he with a , sudden jerk turned
the animal's head to the right, his strOlig
arm checked it so abruptly thht it was
forced upon its haunches, which enabled
the fair equestrian to-- spring lightly out
of the saddle. They then discovered
what caused the poor animal to act so
frantically; aMnster of boon had settled
upon his- left haundh, inflicting their
vengeful stings for, having been dis
turbed by the careless switching of its
EMI
I own
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After the animal had been relieved
from its tormentors, and soothed by
cool applications isms the hreoh, Andre
had Moe to turn to the young girl he
had saved from a violent death. She
stood still by his side, pale but not
trembling, and milieu sire saw him some
what more At liberty .to attend to her,
she expressed her thanks to him in such
dignified and refined language, that the
young officer, who }part until then met
only with the 'uneducated hardy daugh
ters of the settlers along the creek;was
surprised and .began to examine her
more closely ; and few girls would stand
the test of a close examination better
than she.
Kato Cleveland was the' daughter of
Oliver Cleveland, an Englishman, who
having fallen in love with a young lady
for above him in rank, and seeing his
love reciprocated, found that only - by an
elopemeni.ite could seethe the prize he
was anxious to mecum.. The lady con
sented to his proposal, and the two tied
and embarked as emigrants to the now
country. Love enabled them to cope
courageously 'with all the trials and
- olistaates which they had to encounter
in the now country, before Mr. Cleveland
had secured for himself the independence
I of a substantinl farmer, and the posses
sion of a tine traot of land in Cumberland
Valley.
And when lifter they had been mari led
for several years, a. daughter came to
enliven Choir household Fine]to draw _the
bonds of love closer, they resolved to
bestow all their upon their child,
and to give it the 'educatien which their
own training in England enabled *them
to impart.
Kate became, thereTo4:' the wonder
of the cimntry, for she was not only
skillful in the ordinary branches of edu
cation, but could also draw and paint
the beauties of nature; tell the names of
the stars in the blue ether, and play the,
guitar, which she accoinpanied with her
beautiful voice. But not only her men
tal but also her physical education, her
patents took care to attend to; and
Kate became ,an expert equestrian,
learnt to follow the hounds in full halloo
niter the prowling fox, And could, if
necessary, tire it gull with., ; is precision
by no means cointudo among the elegem.
prate descendants of the hardy'piiincerS
Accustomed to canter over the country
without an escort, she'll:lß that morning
mounted a rather unbroken colt, which
she intended-to train toy her service ; and
had proceeded safely, until at the brow
of the hill which overhangs +he brook,
her horse had given offenselo, 'a small
swarm of bees by switching its tail ever
them, and hence the accident.
Nate: explained thrkwause of her min
hap„in a few words to the young soldier,
and then mounting again her now sub
, clued-colt she suffered KIM to escort her
on foot; toward her -home. But when
had reached the limits of .the space
to which his, wanderinil were confined,
he stopped and With a 'somewhat con
fused air; said : Miss - Cleveland, your
conversation and-languagehavo vividly
called Birth the recollections df my .dis
taut home and brought.before my-mind
thci image of a beloved sister now titink
ing of her absent hrother; and soothing
the fears of an anxious mother. I much
wish that I could actionipany you a little
farther and listen td yOur voice, but the .
chains of captive ard around one, and
prevent mo from' going any further."
fin then turnedhis.head away, and after
a 'few. se • cMids; during :which - he 'had
evidently 'Ought • to overcome his 'feel
ingr, he continued, "Farewell, may it
not be forever." _ Kate,'Wini was a true
woman in all her. feelings, had become
• intotesW in the fate of the young sol
dier, and pitied his condition ; She felt
as if it .ware her , duty ,to do Some
thing to soften his lot, 'and therefore
replied : "Nay, grieve not. Major,' you
know' the Gate' of 'war,, of n;bich ynn,
soldiers sneak las 'much, may 'woe ehite*e
.7 0 4 positioil, 'and r hone by the Uccle we
meet again you will greet Me With, bat
ter news.: So goad-'hyo . for Vito . piesent;
and as I'Often' ridn'illang this road; you
inay Soon 'comet) brin'enio better
• Andra' returned thae:day in. a sadder
mood to his qutartars: but no' :one; disj
turbectlim_with questions.
. 'Many a'timo after that did. ho moot.
Kate Clovelaini either by the broOlcor in
the woods. oxi tho'hill, Until so great an
intimacy. -had sprung up betwoOn'them,
that neither hesitated to'avow that love;
not accident, brdught them; 1 !:kgetlloy ,
llaltpy clays OP,AO 'Or tlloiyilunq
IBYPrax !vofl tho'hile frovotlor honts.that,
he wan . the • hatldix fir! his
onetoies; Nrhge the other novoi'thbli,4ht
af' the Blot that she was' pledging her'
faith, to ono swarn• to' fight • agninSt hdr
friends and countrymen.' "., 4
livery "afternoon,' about four o'clock,
'would Hate - dad nn oxinwO3 to meruit'hoy
horse, and accompanied by a iitlf) largo
dogs,che waS Agri to talc° tho road to
what its
. 110w.* I{/20 1 Wit as " Wagodor's
road,'! and it :she was thefirst at the
rendezvous, she' was mire to chide heir
khight as soon as be came' in sight} for
his want'of gallantrrin letting her Wait
for him. • ,
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' CLIAPTBR • '
In the:MO=6mo when the tories of
the, neighboring county, fOund that the
two gallant British soldiers, wore left to
traverse the country without a guard,
they determined not only to effect their
escape, but oven to concert for a rising,
and then to disarm -all the rebeis,-and
take posse'ssion of the town, and the
neighboring property; in the name of
King George. Letters were sent to
them by a simple lidy, whom, they rightly
judged nobody would suspect, for poor
Knolly Pete, was• by the whole neigh--
borhoed considered a natural : but they
took also the precaution to request the
Majorjo burn the letters as soon-as ho
had relict - then - 1. Their plans were well
laid, and might have led to a great deal
of mischief, had it not been for a happy
accident, which proved however, dis
astrous tope heroine of our tale.
One day whoa Pete had been sent to
the Major, with some letters written in
,French, communicating the final arrange
ments Made by the tory partisans, poor
Pete had lingered -so long about the
creek, where he was accustomed to look
for Andre, that he became hungry,
having had nothing to oat since early
morpog. 'Thinking that he ought to
take care of himself in order to be able
to cars for his employers' interest, he
wenti-i) the house of a Mr. Brown, who
had a, farm in the neighborhood and
:IA:NI for some bread and milk. Mrs.
lb-own gave him boat. In the mean
time while he was still eating, Mr.
Brown, a stiinch rebel, entered the
house, and stOrtingly inquired of Pete,
if the Engligh had already succeeder: in
making him promise to enlist as a
drummer. Poor- Pete thought, that he
was suspected, and havipg a wholesome
dread of the summary proceedings so
often sonde 'use of by both parties,
hastily replied, "I, ain't doin 170Illi
with the English, I only conics to talk
with the captain."
"'With what captain .."' inquired Mr.
Brown.
" With him what sits here by the
creek with his gal," replied poiir Pete,
More and more frightened on seeing Mr.
Brown's stern countenance over
shittloi-vmd by an angry frown.
"And what does the captain• tell
you?" continued his questioner;
" NOthin at-all, he axes only about the
folks."
Mr. Brown now suspected tbat the
Major had some sinister inotivo - fn
Watching the boy, and determined to
watch thorn both. lie theroforo, said
nothing.„ but deteimined to watch the
boy's course.
When Pete had satisfied the cravings
of his appetite.•Le left and turned to his
post near the bridge. He had not been
many minutes on his seat beneath the
big elm tree, before Major Andre
arrived, and seeing the boy, inquired
if he had any inesoinge for birth. Pete,
who still recollected Brown's threaten
ing face, replied with some hesitation :
"Nothin pertieler, only the folke likes
to seu you."
"And_ have they give❑ yuti no 111C8-
na ge for me?"
"No, Captain, they didn't tell nie
•illyt hing "
'Andre, who became rather impatient
at the more than usual stupidity of the
boy', told suspecting something wrong
inquired more sternly "And have you
no paper for me, nothing to give me ?"
/ The boy then began to look cautiously
around Min, and perceiving no one near,
'drew front the lining of his torn cap, a
couple of letters and gave them to Andre.
The latter then hastily opened kbetn,
and his face brightened as he read the
contents. lie gave the boy half a crown,
and told hint to go back and tell the
people that all would be, right. When
the boy had left hint, 'he again drew
forth the friendly epistles, and after hay
ing re-perused them, he murmured, otto
day more and I shall lie flee, and again
on my onward court.* to 'glory; and
Kate she will be Chit companion of my
;life, Oh, 9)4 to-morrow were, only
passed over !"
~But there was an eye upon him, which
had Watched with no friendly interest,
ail the- gleamtt of joy that had so slut
deidy inun.inated countenance, and
the oWner of 'that eye, Brown, - aatietled.
that something wrong was going on, has
tened together his friends together, , to
consult with them, as the best way; to
disdover, prevent, and punish the treach
ery,',,hichlio suspected.
Not . long aftit'r.. Poto had , left, - Kato
caws dashing ` dean the hill on her white
palfrey, and Seeing bar, /over already at
the trysting-plaee, sprang lightly out of
the saddle, and in a inoneent was at "his
side. ,
- Andre could not long conceal from hoc
his hopes and anticipatiens, lie told he,
that that very evening !lie intended to
take back his parole, and then make his
escape during the night by the aid of
his friends, and then concluded : ,I`o_
morrovv, dear Kate, at sunrise, we'll
meet at: the great oak, where, the creek
makes a bend, to bid a, final farewell to
these lovely haunts, and thou and I be
'free and united forever. Does thy heart
not boat more wildly, dear Kato; et, the
thought of: vieiting ', old lilnglatid, the
home of thy fathers, at being blessed by,
my fond mother for having made her
ohild so happy r! - •, , ,- , \ :
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But the maiden -replied : "I too have
a mother and a dear,fatluir whoin't must
leave bellind,'!. and then- , she contimied, ,
in a still sadder tene',P. , besided : Witt,- n;
'feeling which }cannot describe, ;forbids
my sharing 'your' unalloyed pleasure.
'Aro you sure of ' your friends? May
there not ho some treachery to he limited ?
'Aro your arrangements made 'so :that
'your de- not: , jnopardize jour life in' the
entorPrise, dear Andre:" ' -.,. ~_ , ,
' ' "Nay," replied l;er let*, '., teati inu6ll
- ing Kato; uhly'fail nue I:meat : the-hi - kir of
r tnin rise. 40 to 'Make assurantiedonbly
slitt, I will now 'return at au'OatiAnur
tulull,J.Juip . i4ona. '136 rainive;ll ' till' tal
'III iirrin6A....Ktid itnpriuting , lo the Ilk
tiinO ' a kiss upon 'libt 'rosy 'l4is,'liit' als..
!dated lien . to 'moiint.;her 'palfiiii,. and
whets nhO'was ipaitoiznit off' Sight' he tviJ
tairiald to his quarters In rilApii*eietrildt.
lii•own had in the ' niountiznitr eollWcted
together , almost all :the 'members or the
coinpany'Ot which'he wag' thecalitain,.
and having ltdd , l:l6f4o'tlibintlingtoundW_
of liis Suspiciona','lt Wlull - tletetniiiied Id
28,:,1872.
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Beiiie the Major, make hiru...giye up Alm
44ers which I'Mo had hrought him, and!
then Make. him cons whp Jvcre,his„
tort friends.
• But when, they arrived At the • elm
trees, - .they found• the place vaeantilmt
discovered by tho'trail that a third per—
son had been with MLitt:dor,. and that
person a woman. This only increased•
their suspicions and, they immediately . '
hastened to Carlisle. When they reached
the borough,, the captain ordered his
company tosurround the house, and thaw
told the excited, crowd. that had ,gath
ered around, what ho had soon by
,the
bridge, and his suspicions that the tories
wore in correspondence with Major
drc. The 3fajir tress now brought forth,
but refused to acknowledge as true the_
allegations made against him. They
.then searched 'his clothes and found the,
letters delivered by Pete. Brown hastily
tore them open; Mit could not read, a
word of the conients,„ The letters were
written in French, and there was no one,
ip the boroUgh that could interpret them.
When Brown saw himself thus foiled, in
discovering the plot, he' became so en:
raged that lie determined to execute
lynch law upon the British officer, and
commanding his •met to make every
thing ready, ho bad already laid hands
upon the prisoner, when his proceedings
were stopped by a new comer. Mrs.
Ramsey, the hostess of the two officers,
now came out of the house, and with- a
strong arm made hergelf a passage to
the spot where Brown and Andre stood,
the one, the personation of animal
excitement, the other, a picture of
cool determinatipy and passive despair.
When Brown saw Mrs. Ramsey, lie
became at once Inure calm, and a dash
of timidity seetma to mingle with his
au tl toil tat ire. voi;e. Mrs. RaMsey was,
it is trite, at all tirues a 55001511 whose
path it was not safe to cross, when sho
was determined upon anything, and she
eames..evidently with no intent to aid
Brown in his violent acts, moreover
Brown had been an apprentice to her
husband, and had eiporieneed during
his apprenticeship, many a time, that
Dame Hanisey's hand was rather a
heavy one, when descending in anger,
and as it is haul to divost ourselves
wholly of early impressions, he felt
always an undefinable awe in the pres
ence of his old master's - wife. When
.the old lady reached the parties and had
learned what had taken place, and
Brown's present jntencion, she sit oak
him by. the arm, and exclaimed, Let
,g 6 that man, you good for nothing
scamp ! If he is a Britisher, he is in my
house,,, and I, think Jane Ramsey can
keep a dozoi such chaps safe, until the
people that have it right to judge, come
and take him. Let go, I say ; who
made you a judge, I'd like to know?
IQ it a hair of his head shall you touch !
here he has been mit alive, by those who
had a right to do, it, and hero ho stays
till they come again and Wee him
away," and then turning to the crowd,
which dLad drawn out of rQ.I ch of the
old dame's iiielyry, she cont Pitted
"-Acrd you had better go home • and tend
to your wives and young onbs,mr if ye
arc men, go and sh•lulder your guns and
fight the Britishers and tories, fair fight
instead of standin: around one man
that has no arms.'' Then laying hold of
Andre's arm, she pushed him in the
house and „closed the 'door 'after him.
Brown from habit awed by the author
itative voice of Mi•s. Ramsey. withdrew
his men to a safe distance, and than
gave vent to a shower of threats, and
sent the letters to the nearest post of the
rebel army. ,
The next morning just as the sun was
gilding the tops of the trees, Kate Cleve
land seated on her white palfrey, and
her dog Pontb cemblied by her side, was
waiting at the tryiting-place' beneath
the Old oak tree." Rut hour atter hour
passed, and poor Kate was still alone art
the render rens. Sbe did not dismonnt,
she did not aide up and &MI the road,
silo only sat in the saddle, in a sad and
expecting attitude, her whip fallen from
her hand, the i reibs were lying en the
palfrey's neck,' while lice right hand
suppmted her cheek, as if she were
sitting in an armchair, and her. eyes
were fixed upon the gorge through Which
she expected Andre: to come. At last,
after the Mtn had risen SQ high that it
stolid right over her bead, o horseman
approached through the gorge, ' but
Porto did not spring forward' to greet
and•, when he came near, she dig
(levered that it was one of her neighbors
just -returned from town. -
Farmer Gibson seeing Katn et lione and
as if waiting for some one, first. inquired
whether her father, was going to town,
'and• asked whether qho had heard the'
news that the ',British Oleos had Yee!n'
removed by orders from beadqiiarters,,
and that they had left Carlisle under 'an
escort. He then related to• her • the
cause of this removal, and all the circiuo-'
stances which( we have just, described.,
Kate tomcat deadly little when,she had,
heard and 'without a word Wilted,
Lei palfrey towards tummy When she
liad ilismountcg r ,Sho left it uncured
in the yard,and - rtrot to her'roino 40, 'V .
deprived ofreaSon. • For man:) , a year
was alio' known in that vicinity as crazed,
Kate, the Ofilper . 3 bride ; until - her
'Wearied body' found at,,last ,a 1 resting,
place' in the graveyard , near .Wort‘og
How' Spring. . Major Mhe's •:aftet
ealcer and fate is a niait•pi!or hitst,or'"y;
bot,the legend the'
names of,.hia .: mother ,•and Ilidert. he
'taiiuglecl that 'of dear Kate, when •he
`breatlMil"out Iris soul thifitay*
zeal C9r au`'ldiol king.
r •
Al PoOniteurnit' iaOntr'iatisl,* 1) 7
ducc4,a Croupy y'iiii ! igki),k. nialte'Ani,te
a hearty meal, ofJ hnokwheat, enkoi.,ond
<!lnaplo-tnigar,t , •but the lattorpievet.Ltei
pp nico Thy buy
A4t,tshicF ,
thg•Ter7 Minute hi*, father turd hint to
,oat all ho , wanted: to. . • ' "
THE falloving ,ia a ,vcrlintitii. gni!) , ,o-f_
c r
:a:letter tacantly ;reoeiveil, hp, a sok h.
inaattir in , Indiapti,T from ; a houseli der
in nis; locality i ' " Oar, ati 'you 'ord . & iliii,n ;
of ,uo' lelo,' 1, vilili: tV . ,l'OplN'fo7' Flii . E .. : , lH ' ,
your. sktill;''',,.,Tlie tilpouvity mat ncemN
in 6• offensiveness . tlisappeat• ;on , tranels4.
;Owl; • whht, n'aeltittinilegir lci , be iinlittea'
vials 7.• sf Sir, a5 . 1i4,4 1.. Q. 0 6 ,4II: s ckrirli ( n . ; 1 7: ,
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' • (let evert Aldus they need.
(Except puToy 17111_4
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nre,),,,uoing,9o .
And gerfrou (Op ciraun•ott,
And 'tribal. klnds'arahntch!
(11.1 gNingltu ennirnlent !).
''e bligest spoak to Wm." •
No Matter how thordront:- • •
A islinbby
,o‘ at Ifituthing,. ; .
If you own a printing preen,
(rolley,!)
r r • 'r
At lad ill' I . : 011 tlity,o relolll l ,o )t944.1
By pretty 'Ol.lB who know
tiny et'orythlog'
That htio4 !inv.; to show% '
(A ttlituder I)
And flies they get it 4 ' blinii.tir frbe
At overyantrtr • •:
tho towiettht hotallso they Write
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PEARLS - AND : 1344CKBEIMIE3.
"No!" said Mr:
Darling, alo~ly—
"no, I can' to believe the.'evideeee of my
own senses !" And as he -enunciated
the words triCh impressive
he looked at Daffy Clifford.
Tle might have fonnd,a worse looking
individual to dx. his regards. ppon,,than
this young M. D„ who had . Jaken his
'first lessons in bones, muscles and
'human auittoiny,with the therapeutics
beloilging thereto, in the little, office
across the hall, and wasjust preparing
to hang out a shingle of his own ; fo K
Harry Clifford was tall and ; shapely,
with red-brown hair and a huge auburn
moustache, and' merry eyes thidlaughed
like springs of water'in the sunshine.
Dr. Darling took off hiS spectacles,
folded them in their case, and without
taking his eyes from. hie neophyte.
harry Gligord.amiled ; hat lie looked a
little embarrassed, notwithstanding.
She would have you in a minute, if
you would only propose, " plir , Oled Dr,
Darling, dropping great red hot s'plashes
of sealing wax over a sheet of blotting
paper and sisinping them with a mono-
am'seal in an aitlo'ss sort ofway
" Yes, but I tell you, sir, I don't want
o propose," said Harry, staring at the
ntertwined I) s as if they worothe
moat interesting things ill„,tho world.
" Y,ou don't want a pretty girl (or a
wifo ?"
"Not that pretty girl in partiqulark
ductor.
" Nor fifty thousand dollars ?I'.. added
Clio doctor,- pronouncing the three words
iu a manlier that sounded very weighty
indeed.
"I would not object to fifty thotisaird
dollars in itself, sir ; but as a mere—t+l3,l
pendago to Miss Bradbury
"I believe the boy is crazy," ejaculated
Dr. " Well, well, the Scotch
proverb has it, win' man mann hao
his way, and I shall interfere no further.
By the way, Harry.---"
"Yes, sir.":"
" Yon are going to the city this after
noon ?"
Lltat is ICY pi:Oseit
"Stop at Depicrre's, will :4'u, 'and
leave Mrs. Darling's pearl brooch to bp
mended. T, ought to have done it a
week ago; but a !flan can't think of
everything."
" Certainly, doctor ;" and Harry Clif
ford deposited the pearl brooch—an old
fashioned ornament of gwiti, sot w ith
tiny seed pearls--in his waistcoat pocket.
"Bather a careless way to carry jew
elry, young man l" said Dr. Darling,
elevating his eyebrows.
"Oh, I never lose anything h" asserted
Harry in-an off-handed sort of way.
* *
" lisula
The pretty young girl iitarted, very
nearly dropping her skimmer into the
preiterving kettle.
"liwtv yeithlardetl use, Barry
Hurry advancinl into )he kitchen, with
an admiring look at, the bright little.
blush and n gnod deal of stove heat on
her cheeks.
"You are • ad ways at work, Ursula."
I have gut to work Harry, to earn
my own tiring," Ursula Perry,answered
with a slieht, uplifting or the ex tittisite
black brows ; Lact.rtitt beiresti
Miss Bradbury:"
"Confound Miss Bradbury !"
claimed 'our hero. " 1 hear nothing but
MisS Bradbury the whole' time."
" She is a very sweet young lady,
Harry." said Ursula, in -mildly reprov
ing accents. % . .
"I dare say ; tvliat,a lett of Alack.
bevies you have here:o o bp snre LTrittila?"
"Forty 'quarts," said „Urtinla,
'murely, clout Darlin..oyray . H cl op
them su muult iti'veinter." •
Harry put a honey liNteet tl*
ft , tit into itinlntatitli,,,„ • ,
'''"Blaclibetrien are a beautiful .fruit,
Jrsuln ""
Yerfr ;" hurry skiusmed
wiirnyort dpingthe m :
rather
tdrurt nt euvigiliiii(ittt..
did nest answer,
,Ilari,:yyhtllcld
atp to 'tqc. range rind took Loth !lerhnuds
rivry,.‘tioh?t,! 61.1l:11,"
Let them Writ thOu
wind, do you,Avant ?",nhe nuked,
~.jlllpotell9y fo. escape, and
laughing in sinto of the gravy look Hilo
would.fain,huyo axsumgd.
one your
She'lifted. the soft hazel orbs r to
fnce,'tlion withdrew them With'a sudden
shyness:
o' Do ,yon' know what answerr'eMl
pibso`'oyes, chifir'csa ll , , hp whispered;rittor . '„"4! mOrriOnt; o,r:two Of 'Silence, lirk
icon only iq'tfle liissiag
cheklto,ilteg,tihtOtileries. ,
Wk - i,-141,11:1t3(p so, . DOrilt
faMlly ire det,Or-
MIAMI uit shall itiarryl4so.llM(llln.n . yl",'
• - 44 4,0 1 13tti ittprpfir.. T A not., to,
ivroril 1161', •bo' ii4my
k • •
as It o , tt vote. a 1101.1g0 nudist, or ti bundle
of old olothss, I should like to know ?
"Harry they 'burning I 1 . ain !urn
can' Rill till' t Do' l t 'to - of
my, hands'!" " i ' :" '
yklariy blitteird'do'ftlk soi otl nlbig'.ilon
lipatet, titad i'al;fod
,!! 0,11'1M;i1 !, 1"
it 4 ki tha t
Toast bit'dBol6ll6l.l' tti69. spelled
•
•
crimkiug sonod of an
door heYonctsytddenlyAissolyed the .tote;
a-tete: ' Ursula , almost pusheA • Harty
Clifford bet pf.the4cheu.,,
„ . .
bo on the piazza to-night
when they linvealtgone to the concert V'
he 'perellltid in Asking. through the crank.
in the door.'.' • '
ires, Yes, anytbing—everythiirg, only
' And ilarry went beginning realize
that love=inalcing and preserving did not
"Your 'pearl brooch,, my Boar? Oh,
I renibinber. now. I gave it to narry
more' tb iM ; a meek ago to have it. mended.
I dare say it's done by this ,time !" and
tihrlieg turned oxpeetantly toward
oiii hero.
‘‘'l , l'ni,,.very sorry," began Harty;
"but brooch disappeared in tile
Most unaccountable manner, from my
poCket., I know I put it there—"
dryly interrupted the older
gentian*, "I romombor seeing you put
it tliere,, and you assured me at the
time that you never .lost anything. So
the 1)1.660_1 is'gone,vp.b."
"Yes; sir, it is-gcho; But Mrs. Berl:.
ing' may rest assured," lEtarry added,
with a giallo° toward that lady, "that
will re-plate it at the, earliest opportu
nity."
pir,,4. is of no consequence at all 1"
said Ifni. • Darling,• with a countenance
that said plainly it is - of the iery greatest
conieqnCtice,_"perhaps wo shall find it
somewhere about the houSe,"
But the days slipped by, one by one,
and the dooth of the
_pearl brooch re
mained involved in the deepest my:46u.
Harry Clifford bought another one and
presented it tosMrs. Darling, ayith a com
plimentary - speech. Mrs. Darling
latr,glied l and pinned it into the .thread
lace barb she wore at her throat.
" But it is so strange what could have
become of the other !" said Mrs. Darling.
It was in the golden mouth of Sep
tember that the old Doctor and Mrs.
Darling made up their minds to invite
Miss Bradbury to tea.
" We'll have pound cake rand pre
served blackberries," said Mrs. Darling,
who always looked at the .material side
of things.
"And if Harry don't come to terms
now, he never will," added her husband,
who didn't.
"Got out the best china and the
chased silver tea service, Ursula," said
Mrs. Darlinz.
'" And near your pink French' calie.l;
chilth;" said her uncle, with a loving
glance at the bright little brunntto„
And Ursula obeyed both their man
dates.
.. Miss Brildbury came-,a handsome,
showy young lady, .with i smooth " so
•biety" 11111111Wr that made Ursula feel
herself eery countryfied Mid common,
indeed. .
Delicious preserves, those," said`
Miss Brad bu rry.
"They are oelirsula!B making;". eald
Mrs. Darling, itnil IlalTy Clifford handed
bir platx to r a second supply,
l remember the day they were
brewed, or baked, or whatever ye t call
it," said he, with an arch Owe at
UrAula.
Suddenly Dr. Darlini; grew purple in
the face, and began to cough violently.
Every one started lep.
" lie's swallowing the spoon," cried
Miss Bradbtu•y.
"Oh, oh, he's got the apoplexy 1 ."
screamed Mrs. Darling.
" Uncle f dear uncle !" piped up poor
little Ursula, vu'vely, 'catching at a
glass of water. •
Bat Dr. Darling recovered without
any more disastrouS symptoms.
It isn't the spoon, null I don't come
of amapoplectij family," said he. "But
upon my word this is the biggest black
berry I ever came seriously nettrswal
lowing !" and pc , held out his wife's
pearl brooch boiled the blaehhe•-
there was a momentary silence around
the table, and then it tvas broken by
Mrs. Darling—one of those blessed old
ladies, who never see an inch beyond
their own spectacled noses.
"My good nesq gracionS I" said Mrs.
Darling ; " how could it ever have Moms
into the preserved blackberries?
don't me,--"
' f lint I do l" said Dr., Darling, pro
volcingl,y knowing. •'Yea, I see a good
many things new I didn't see before."
"And Barry, tilaneing aerosirtlio
table. at Ursula,' was somewhat consoled
to perceive thattler cheeks were a shade
more scarlet, it that were possible,. than
his °Wm
Tire - followed the old doctor into hie of
fice after the evening meal was con 7
°Weed—Until:4, did iroll know how she
ever would have lived through it, were
it fib; Tor , ,,l46;llarling'm obtuseness ; and
. 80phy surface charm of oun
ner—and pinviged'holdly into the enattoe:
!.Doctor---" he 'bothan Valiently, ; but
tYto old goitiqpianbuteeruptetbhini.•
"Thereni.tio need of any,oxplanstion,
"I know y?u
want to marry IViiss Bradbury. .I don't,
say that Iblame you much I only I,camo
very near choking todeath with Ursula's
blackberry jam."
,And Dr. Darling laughed again Until,'
had his Nieuwe, licodirresent;•sho would
surely,hayo'thOugkt' a sCbond:nttacli or
npopl9cy , .
Ursula I" he • added. "Who'would
'have thotglit of it? Well you shall ilfifo
my .hlesslng.: i . • ,
The liearls were all diseeloro, and the
gold , ' of the • old-fitildonett • bOoeli tar
nished With the aleheinY 94poplting ; but
Urania hoops the old onintnent yet, more ,
tenderly.treasured thoultll the modern
•kolok-kogeke Whisdl 119'
'Ana °Yell •
year,: when ',she ',reserves, blackberries,
Dr) 'Darling: tonics to'toe and malco4pon= ,
de'rons wittiehnnii; iina - p'rOtotias to,searah
lo'-th&oristal preserve diSh fOr n '!Boiled
,n .1 •
' But, tt,i6u, , .jully' ,, gent,lisiiien har3
their .„„
' Aj.7 , TriT :•4*-1",-;
116 a or niali ; ROW' rei6fintly
asked , to ohitiicieliPir fcir
tlio church.: '!‘kovr,' 4 said 119 ' , " what's
tho use oI a plinryialßey? , '71,93n , yi7u gat,
t ytiit . ca4',t,go.i o any,glaq tq play cu it.'!
A ' CIERIIIWAN oxitrciiiiied to it hid/ ]t'ie'
tOinfilitl'Oh tot g4o, eytt Atte:
. I)gen. beireseed :by hie
ettelv,,es; I. Ho answeredmkth offu.
No ilttt 141. likes
4ORTUNATE BLUNDER.
" Wliktlqbat you say, Hayden? The
Bolton Bank broke? It can't be possi
ble I".
And VrederiCk yVelle,'who bad boon
reclining 'in/ ono chair, with his feet
resting on the - hack of another, the pic
ture of indolent enjoyment, sprang to
his feet, firming, over his chair, and
sending the cigar ho was smoking to
the further end of the room.
, "Yes it is ; It is here in the paper, as
you can see for yourself. But what is
it to you? Did you have anything in
vested there?"
EMI
"No;' but Mee Neal hact—whiob
amounts to about the same thing.l
i ss
An air of intense (la rin overspread'
his handsome, though r Cher effeminate
featfireS as , ho road th paragraph to
which his companion poinfed,---
" Confound it," ho muttered, %‘:it's
always my luck to have my disli tip ed
just when it's full I Though I Molt
say, it it's got to come, that I'm glad it
happened the month before our marri
age.".
Charles Hayden, a)oung man whose
features, though less regularly formed,
wore expressive of tar more manliness
and goodness of heart, gazed at the
speaker with an • air of undisguised as
tonishment.
" Why so, Wells? yOu surely did not
seek the hand of Miss Neal simply for
her money?"
" Well, no ; I can't•saithat. She is
most lovely and charming woman; and
it really cuts me to the heart to givo'her
up. But thou lam too poor to afford
such a luxury. And bliss Neal can no
more afford to 'marry a poor man than I
a poor girl. So we're about even."
And have you not thought of the
pain that your desertion will infliot upou
the heart you have won," said Hayden
in a tone of suppressed indignation. •
" Softly, my dear fellow," said Wells,
who had resumed his former comfortable
position, and was solacing himself with a
fresh cigar. -" I hardly think that it will
be any sueli a desperate 'affair to Miss
Neal, as you suppose. indeed, I've
thought several times of late, that had
it not been for her foolishly high idea of
the binding nature of such a promise,
she would have broken the engagement
herself."
" And lcuowlng thin -you would have
held her to its fulElllment.'
"Not - being sufficiently disinterested
to refuse the gat of fifty thousand dol
lars, I rather think I should."
" You are not worthy of a true hearted
woman like Ellen Neal !" was the indig
nant response.
"Then so much .the better for her,
that I should leave her to be appropri
ated by some One that is—you, for in
stance. It strikes me that you used to
be somewhat interested in that quarter ;
now is the time, old fellow, for you to go
in and win:"
Charles Hayden Scarcely felt or heard
the covert sneer in these words, so much
was lie engrossed with the now-born
'Lupo thut_ had sprung up in his hsint,
and which made its pulses beat so
quickly and strongly.
"So you 313 to be married next mouth
my dear ?" said Mr. Thorely to his
ward, Ellen Neal.
"Yes, 4 belitive no," was the rather
indifferent reply.
Mr, Thornry studied his ward's face
for a moment with his keen eyes.
"I don't believe you care two straws
for Frederick Wells."
"Oh ! not so bad as that,. guardie,"
said Ellen with a faint smile'; "though
I have sometimes feared that I don't.
give him tho affection ho deserves. Ire
seems to •be very strongly attached to
Elli
"Hump! my opinion of Frederick
Wells is, Unit he is too much in lore with
his own handsome-face to bo very much
attached to any woman."
"Yon aro too severe. Any way, I
have proTised, and cannot break my
Word."
"Oh, no, certainly not; far bettor
break your heart."
" I don't belloie gOt any," was
the kindling rejoinder. "If Lhavo
never beun.eble to discover it. Never
fear for toe, guanilie ;• I dare say I shall
be as happy with Fruderlck as with any
dne."
' Yet in spite of these lightly spoken
Words, there rose'uP before hec mental
vision ono with whom she know she
couldgbefar happier. But even if she
had been free to- choose, how did she
know that he would choose her? Truo,
she had sometimes . fancied—but what
right had she to indulge in guchfaucies ?
When 'W Thernly reached his office
he found Frederick Wells waiting to see
hint; .who Said with an air of constraint,
not to say embarrassment, not at all re
markable,
.when we consider the awk
ward errand on which he cams.
"I heard of Miss Neal's misfortune
last evening, sir, and I assure you with
deep l'OgrOr
"Miss Neal's misfortune? What the
deuce d'yo mean?" said the old- getqle
matkgruffly, with whom the young Man
was by no means a favorite. •
' "Wily, the failure,of Bolton Bank, to
be' sure," Mr. Wells rospended quickly,
thevisPicion entering his mind that the
shrewd old lawyer was trying to dodge
the viestien..
;" Oh, ah; ,r3e, I think I do understand
you.- ,Well, What of it?"
• 4f Only this, sir, that deeply us I.re
gret the 'necessity, the high regard I
cherish' for your ward, and the knowl
edge that Z shall
,be iambic ak,least for
some years, ta;offar 'her suoh .a home as
'oho 'is accustomed to and merits,- de
:Mand time sundering of our otigagoment,"
" That's to Say, in plain English; my
ward,,liaving lost her fortune; Mr,, Wolin
no longer desires to marry her,"
In spite Of 'nll his efforts; Mr. Wells
felt ilis!elieeks tingle benentkApAniot.
scorn: tlint Tested upon Lis
Obtmteuance.. '
"you' l luit it rather harshly," be said,
it
forcing smile ; "but we wont cimirrol
. about tonna." '
"Very 'good. All lave to say is,
ilMt What yi'M are 'pleased to term Niao
mistokrip 9 , promises to be the
boot thiag,tlwit eduld, happen bor.. Good
morniag." „
,
Wban Thornly saw his ward
,again, ovening, his. countenance
eurli3us,exkiresslon.
1.,1114Yei important news for you. Ellett
,
ono; pertioe it, rether 'Wft , bet. the
die* ori gp6d,ite to more,, than make up
ME
for it. Indeed, as I told a certain young rotten eggs, and that's 'cm and no mis
man this morning, I consider it the hest take. Lot's go tothe hotel, RuSh, for I
thing that could possibly happen to you. begin to feel simeamish in Shy inwards."
First, for the bad ; the bank, in which Bo saying, Emilie and Rusha walked
your money was invested, has gone um off, while the large number of visitors
and won't probably pay two cents on a who witnessed the scone, were making,
dollar. Glow for the good ;in conso- the building shake and bursting their
enence of this; Mr. Frederick Wells sides with laughter over their ludicrous
called to express his regrets, that, ho blunder,
must relinguiSh the honor and happi
ness of making you his wife."
"Is it possible ?" exclaithed Ellen.
" - How I have been deceived in him. , I
thought`he loved me for myself , alone.
0, Mr. Thornly, how thankful ought
to be that I have discovered how false
his heart is, before it was too late:.'4
" Mr. Hayden is M the parlor and
wants to see Miss Ellen," said a servant
opening the door.
Ellen entered the' parlor in a rather
perturbed state of mind ; much as she
rejoiced at her escape, she could not but,
feel deeply grieved at this discovery of
the unvvorthliness of him, whom she had
hitherto-esteemed so highly as to often
reproach herself that she could not love
him as ho deserved
?Iv. Hayden's mind was, also, much
disturbedHiough from a very different.
cause.
It was in vain that the young gentle
man tried to re-call the neat little speech,
that ho had conned over ou his way to
the house ; as is usual in such cases, it
completely vanished• from his mind as
soon as he found hiMself in the presence
of the lady, for whose benefit it was in-'
tended.
At last, making desperate effort be
broke the rather embarrassing silence by
Raying :
"My dear Miss Neal I have' heard of
your loss - of fortune, and cannot expiuss
what a great burthett it lifted from tny:
heart. I was so 'truly rejoiied, as to
quite forget,—"
Here startled by the indignant astonish
ment depicted upon Ellen's countenance,
the poor fellow stammered, and then
stopped.
"Sir—Mr. Hayden,'' Atitored Wien,
deeply wounded at lang,uftere so different,
from what she had mitigated, " T ant
at a loss to understand w i liy you should
rejoice over my misforyine."'
" Dear one, I lcnoW ct is very sei!isli in
me, and yet I was notier half so happy in
my life as when I learned that I might,
without being accused of — wnwerthy
motiNes, tell you that a privilege I
should deem it to cherish . aud care for
you, as mad eherisheii and mares for the
clearest object of his love."
Tho sudden resolution of feeling,
caused by these words, sent warm,
happy tears to Ellen's eyes.
"I thank heaven Cur the reverse, of
fortune that has given me the rich
treasure of your love," she murmured,
as she laid her hand softly in his.
Half an hour later, the loVers were re
ceiving the congratulations, and the
warm approval of Ellen's guardian.
The old gentleman listened silently,
and with evident enjoyment, to the plans
they laid for the future.
"I am sorry tct spoil your pretty ro
mance of 'Love in a Cottage,' and'all
that sort of thing," he said at last, " but
the fact is, .Ellen—though, as I told yon,
your fortune 'was invested in the Bolton
bank—l happened •to withdraw the
money the week before it failed. But
don't be down-hearted about it, — my
.young friends, you'll find plenty of peo
ple who will 'gladly relieve you of its
burthen. If you can't dispose of it it;
any other way, you might donate it to
found,a ' mission school' for the Foegee
Mermaids,' or some other .equally as
practicable missionary enterprise."
We can't say as to'whother our young \
couple followed this suggestion, bat this
we know, that tiftoughout. her long and
happy. married life, Ellen often had or-_
casion to bless the fortunate blunder.
L(T J ytu. A D!tIN N. —The ('iucinunti
Times tells a story of a green con plc from
Ripley county, Ohio, who were " doing"
the exposition.
At last the "gal," whose name ap
peared to be Jerushe, intimttcd to Robe
that. eke was !Tering for a drink of
water, and ho; not caring a " Continen
tal darn" fur expenses, started in search
of souse place where water could bo
found. Observing one of Babcock 's fire
extinguishers—of which there were
. a
goodly number in the building charged
ready in ease of tire-L'he broke for it, uu=
der the impression that it was a hydrant.
" here, Rusha," said be, "is one of
them timid new flang,lcd city notions,
where wo dan get a drink:"
" Why, Rube, what is that ?"
"That? Why, that's a hydrant, of
course. You eau% fool me on any of
your patent notions. I'm posted.; I've
beendo town afore, I have !?" .
whoseeonlidonce in ber,follah'
elicited our unequalled admiration, WA
all he said as being gospel, but seemingly
puzzled nevertheless,.
' "Why, Reuben," says she, "Irow' do
you drink out 'of this jimeranic tonsarm"
" Just taktold of that brasseonsarn,"
(hidicating the nozzle,) "and put it in
your mouth, and I'll show you a sight
by ginger." • ,
Rusha did as directeq.. Applying the
nozzle to the capacious orifice in her
frontispiece, she awaited events ; nor did
}Mc wait long, for Roube, turning on the
nook, Melia uttered a scream; and what
with spitting and sputtering, and , mak
ing wry faces, liouben saw Moro sight
than ho had over dreanied on • • •
At length Mahn got hor mouth
eloarod.
"Goodness 1 what on earth do yoneall
that stuff? . Why, its bitterer than gall!"
" Oh,. pshaw 1 your 'green, 'l2usha.
Why, that's Ohio river water. It's not
near as good as the water in your dad's
moll—not by a long chalk. BLit it's-tho
only kind city folks has. Let um show
you how to drink it."
So saying, lietilm opened what naturo
had Intended • for a .mouth, but what
would answer for a model for a traveling
cellar• door, and putting the nozrol there,
kive the cook a turn, and took .a . swal
low, when he t too, cavorted, and tore
around as though a hornet had mistaken
his Month for its nest.
"Well, gal, imis , I.bo oiomilly flab
bergasted and oat to bits, if that ain't
the rottenest, tarnalist, onraoist, Mink
lag water I over •did taste 1 - Toll you
what it is, Puha, that's some of that
mew kind of water city folks liiil;dot to
drinking% i3nlphur water. they call, it.
nlyiays. !wirdtoll that it . tasted `'like
NUMBER 13.
CONCERNING A DICTIONARY.—This
sketch of ,Mark Twain's is not now, but
we present it as a piece of Consolation to
any of our readers who may happen to
be without " Webster." It'is from the
mouth of one Cdon, "a nit:6, baldheaded
man, at 'the hotel in Angel's ramp," in
the Big 'free region of Calaveras county,
California., It was to a request for the
loan of a book to enliven a rainy day,
that Coon replied :
" Well, I've got a mighty responsible
old Webster's Unabridged, what there
is of it,, but they started her sloshing
around before I got a chance to read
myself ; and she went to Murphy's and
from there she went to Jackson's Gulch,
and now she's .gone to San Audres, and
I don't expect I'll over see that book
again. But what makes me s ped, is
that for all they're so bandy about keep
ing it sashaying around from shanty to
.shanty, and from camp to camp; none
of 'em got a good word for her. ^ Now,
Coddingt - on had her a week, and she
was too many for' him ! he Couldn't
spell the words.; ho tackled Om, regu
lar busters, toward the middle, yen
know, and they throwed him. Ndxt,
Dyer, ho tried he• a time, but' pro
nOunced 'em all kind o' ways. Dye can
hunt quail and pray seven-up as well as
any man, understand, but he can't pro-
Mince worth a cent ; he used to worry
along well enough through; till he'd flash
one of them rattlers with a, clatter of
syllables as long as a string of sluice
boxes', and then he'd lose Iris grilvand
threw up his hand. And so:, finally,
Dick Stocker, he harnessed her up there.
at his cabin, and sweat over her, and
wrestled with her for as much as three
weeks,night,and day, till he got as far
as It, and then pasKed her over to Lige
Pickerel, and said she was thenllfiredest
driest i'eadiug that over he struck,"
ToMMI" DOD's Stung.—ln crossing
the plains in 1532, Tommy• Dod was
gobbled up by the Goshoot Indians, and
sonic months remained a captive among
them. lle says among other plunder
obtained by the Indians when they took
his train, was a hand organ which an
advontizPllls Italian was bringing ont to
California. They piled bacon around
the old Italian and tired him in it, but
his organ they i carried away with them,
as the sounds it gava-ent when the crank
was turned delightec`, their murdering
hearts. For it is true, as Congrevo says
indhe opening lines of his tragedy of
the " Morning Brick," that
MUS:e liatl, hartui ,0111
=II
The 01g,an was a big thing among the
Indians after they reached their village.
TIM chief 'mid a man to sit in front of
his hut and grind it every night. It
was set to play "Yankee Doodle," asid
" Yankee Doodle" it played every night,
week in and, week out, without ' vari
ation ' One night ill fooling with the
'" machine" the Indian grinder shifted
the stop and when he resumed the , crauk
out came " Pop Goes the Weasel."
The old.ehief listened a moment, and
supposing the Machine was 'spoiled,
seized his tomahawk, leaped from the
door of his but, and with a fierce yell,
brained the discoverer,of the nosy tune
upon the spot.
I?t:i,crii, Wis., is so liealtli.r tltat it
gut It cemetery."
RANK is to 7:.lorit what tiret.s k to a
pretty woman
A woNIAN's lot is wade for her by 'the
I;l3:Nt , he accepts.
ANA ass may Dray ;;;uod whi Ire fore
Ire. shahs tho stars down.'
Is the vain laughter of folly, iviiAloin
leans bra its appl;ittse. '
To manage men,. one ought to have a
sharp mind in a velvet sheath,. •
iN DI ANA Sheri Q's play seven-up with
their pthioners.
" Wonxiso for dear life." Making
Clothes fur a new baby.. •
Clin:Ano has twt•o female hi:h way rob
hers aged 18 and 29.
THE intellect is perfected, nut by
ynuwlodge, but brictivity. —Aristotle.
lIEN is a woman like a spnfrow ?
When she's ilt oaruest Diu her nest.)
A DILTROIT thilleeli4tiar-old boy owns
and " runs" a liquor saloon,
Tun wit or melt woinen rather
strengthens their folly than their reason.
Nus in the inside of everything
nuin
tclligiUle? Because we
. uan't; make it
"On, that my father was Seined with a
Remith3nt, lever," sighed a young-rpehd
thrift, at college,
A Cox.Niturievr man nanied a prize
rooster Robinson, beacon Robinson,
Crusou
Li FE is a contradiction:' We send to
our butcher for a sweet-bread ; and . if
we want a sweet-meat, we send to our
baker.—Fu
A'WOMIIMAN at the Conn.,
powdci factory, • indulged in the , risky
operation of smoking while sitting on
'Lilo edge of, an open keg of powder.
A COUNTRY editor thinks that Riche
lieu, who dedured that "ttio pen is
mightier than the sword," oughtto baye.
spoken a good word for the - scissors. ,
_TEMPERANCE aial labor are the two
best physicians of a man ; labor sharp- -
ens 'tho appetite, and temperance pre
vents him from inaulghig too freely.—
Roman.
C ll.
.i .,,.
'Mits. PARTINUTON has lat • beoU
studying Latin witli success. But; is a
gold olnir(o:\vonmu, she eat of hold ..
with the rule "Fostina lento." ~§ e dis
approves or foasting in Lent:
A-Youwo man, having a late' • ' 0; (.
disunct• in mind, has broken his engage
nkent with a •young lady, because sh .
is negligent about, her train, and, does
.net mind her switch. . , .
Ai ofildic,,ai a field day, happened to
he thrown front his hOrso, Mal as he lay
sprawling on the ground, said to a friend
(who ran to his assistance,) "I thought
-Thad improved in.iny riding; Inci Lfina
nava falicia qp ° , ,