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In 1833, when President, Pierce, notni,.
fluted James Buchanan as minister to
England, the Senate was 011 time point of
adjourping without confirming the Penn-
Sylvania statestrlan, and he positively re
n fused to acc;pl, unle.is ho was confirmed.
lion. Richard B rod head, a Senator' in
Congress from Pennsylvania, since de-
ce:yed, was an opponent of I v
and it wm; aillicult to sccure 111
the new minister; hot Mi Mayey, See
retary of State, and the 'Pre:Mica, finally
sueouLded -in conciliating him, and J. IL
wry; put through, :Yid began to prymkre
for his rust solicitude was
to secityc a compoteed secret:Li y yif lega
-1 ion, .81111 he asked rue if I hail any such
per Aim in STOW. I said I had nit;
I:uowin% Ural, Mr. Bvehanan was
not easy .to please in such matters
believing that in the choice
or his ho might to
act" for himself. Shortly after this con-
versatiom however, I visited New York,
and met a gentleman whose talents and
address seemed to tit him for the post.
This was the present Ogneral Daniel E.
Siekles,..then the prominent young - leader
of the Durnieracy of the Empire State.
Ile was.in his thirtpfourth year, in the
flush of a ftill practice at the bar, and in
the receipt of a large incoMe at the head
of the law departmrnt of the city. I
said Io him
. ono day,' '• How would you
like to be sduretary leuiftion under
Mr. I.bichanam the new minister to
London ?•' " IVlkat'S'the pay "
ty-five hundred dollars a year." "Maly,
bless you,'my dear fellow, that would
hardly pay for my_wine and cigars. - My
annual income it; fifteen times• more
than that. I emild,tiot think of such a
sacrifice." But the next day he thought
:betted: of it. A year or two at the Brit
islr Court, - with opportunities to see
Paris and the Continent, began to Üb—
attractivo to him, and he said ho
w0u1d...11/o up his splendid business for
4-t?
tho time and go. He had never soon Mr.
Buchanan, and the latter only knew hint
as a brilliant lawyer, politician, and man
of the world; who had'a host of friends
and net a few enemies, like all men of
force and originality. Lwrotiftk. Wheat
land, announcing that Mr. Sickles would
accept the post, and thitt he 'titmlcl
on him in a day -or two. The veteran,
statesman was most favorably impressed,
and }l.:impaled Sickles as his secretary
of legation. Sickle did not belong to
the MINI Wing of "tha 'party in NOw
York, and theancionh Secretary of State
'stoutly objected to his appointnientvbut
General Pierce interposed, and the nery
secretary of legation got his commission.
I was, of course, anxious to know how the
bright and daring youngStor.got on with
tho stalEoliFbacholor, and at last I hoard
from the latter somethingliko : "You?
oocrotary of legation iss-a pleasant- coni c
panion, but' h o writes a very bad hand and
sperids a groat deal of menby.l And
main: Siolcles.wrifes as. bad a hand as
'you do, but I find him a very able lawyer,.
and of groat use to moe' They got on
very well, though" . net without , some
amusing oxporiefices. One is wort_lLre
forring to, and I wish my readers could
hen': Opueral f3iciclos toll it in Ms own
ieimihible way. The American legation,
inelqing tho hidice j wore invited to
dine ° with a portion of —high renir,• nt
duchees, rceicling near li , midon, and they
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eeded in -their Oardageeto her
donee. Their coachman and other atom.
aunts,' under the dfrootiou of General
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Sickles—drove-back to the little inn hard
by, to feed their horses and take care of
themselves till the hour .for the return
of the party ; and -the young secretary told
them to have "a good time." On the
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return of the legation Mr. Buchanan or
dered the carriages to stop at the English_
that-heluny might pay the bill of mine
liost, wild soon appeared with hue " little
claim." It was a -startling array Of
charges for all sorts of delicacies, includ
ing a full English dinney, "the
m a te r la ls, "uttLamounted-to-ftie-p`ortmisT
or $25. ." Five poUnds I" exclaimed old
Buck in amazement: "I never he'attd
of such a thing in all my life." "Let
me pay the bill," said• Sickles, iu his
cool way ; " I told the belys to enjoy
themselves, and lam to blame." "No,
sir," was tho severe reply, ."I will pay
it mysell7and will keep it. as a son venit
of English extortion and of your econ
omy. Why, my dear sir, do you know 1
could ha e got just, as good a dinner for
tweuty-five coats apiece, at John Mi--
chael's sign of " The Grapes," in my old
town of Lancaster, as this man has
charged a pound a head for' No, sir ;
1 will keep this :Jill as a eilitosity of its
Idiot, an autograph worthy of historical
mention." The intiilent marked the
dill'erenee between the mcn—the open-
heart,d gonerosity of the secretary, and
the exact bm,ine,s habit,; of the minis
ter.
Some. mon crowd a year into a niorith ;
others vegetate in aimless and evenness
rout iuc. Some given life to the collec
tion of coins and insects ; othovii are
happy in the study of '$ Id pictures, or
hurry theinseli s is7; in figuring how to pay
national doll, or lose theinselycs
in vainly seekin for perpetual motion ;
and eau or the le' t. I ! - new le,ads nmst
of hi., days in eolla,t lag autographs, and
especially in tilling with the origi
nal letters ;Intl !AlotograpitS of Certain
ell,tr.teler::,
.50 il.at ho die.; he may
be ionieinbered as the owneCand com
piler Or rultinws of which there can be
eu C011i,3 u. duplicate,
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here is one still in his prime—he
Octeher--whose career has
been as diversitied and l romantic as if
lie had filled•ont, a full century of end
action. Ile was a printer before hes ,
read law ; was a member of the New
York Assn inbly whet' lie was t?.6 ;.'a State
Senator when he was ;35; then secretary
of legation at Lonthin, where he met
and mingled with the best minds ; after
,,wards two terms in Congress ; an early
volunteer against the rebellion, losing
his leg at flettysburg iu 1.H3:1; then one
of the chief agents as Military Governor
in the reconstruction of North and
South Carolina ; and now American
minister to the Spanish Court. 1. do not
refer to the saddest page of his experi
ence save td prove that ge has outlived
it, nor yet to his intermediate labors as
orator', journalist, advocate, and co )(u
-senor. lle is what one mightcdll
lawyer by intuillon ; carefuOif - lieaching
his conclusions, 6itt, quick - and. bold in
pushing them ; as a speaker,' incisive,
clear, and logical ; as, a controversion
;dist, cool and wary. llis recent endip
train against the Erie ring .would alone
make any matt famous. Few characters
in our country, or in our history, have
passed through so many ordeals. Tried
for his life, hunted by fierce and desper
ate toes, tabooed under a• relentless
though temporary ostracism, perilling
his life in battle, and saving it duly at
the cost of a fearful mutilation, he sur
vives to teach to his countrymen the'
lesson beautifully set forth in his speech,
eh the second of October, 1808, from the
portico of the Union League' of Phila.-•
delphia, and now most worthy of repro
duction :
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I see thousand.; of men, formerly Of
the Democratic party, determine not to
see the future that shall lead them to a
better course, tho Union pm ty of this
country wilt 1111.1 . 111i111:010 path that will
lead them to a better conclusion.' No
disloyal patty can ever gain control of
this country. As well miglet. George IV,
again stretch his big hid to seize the
starry eim•onet of the Colonies ; as well
might the Mohawks, the Cherokees, and
Mohicans, clahmagain thJir lost hunting
grounds or attempt to drive b;Mk civili-.
cation to the sea, as that old slave
nasty ever again attempt •to resume
sway in this land of justice and loyalty.
" HONEST BEN WADE."
Tltl CHAIt.IO;II9USTICS OP THE EX-SPIN,Ton rnoOl otho—lllS BLUNT COURAOI
AND RUGGED lIE DEALT
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CAMP STAMBAUGH, wy. T. April 8, 1872.
I have read with a•great deal of plea
sure your!` AneedbteS of Public Men,"
published in the Press and Ohronicle,
and I hope you will print them in a col
lected form, for I think they would make
Mltifirablp book. Such matter .tg
they contain gives us more insight lut ,
the character, habits,: and oven ability
of the men of whom they treat than can
be gathered from all their pilblic
ings and speeehes.
. There is one public man of whom you
have written very little, but of whom
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there are very many anccdot s well worth
relating. ,This man was r roars our
mutual foetid, and, as y um knw.v, 'My
pcirsonat relations with him qualify nie
to speak authoritatively of his public and
private life—both of which were blame
less. It is needless to say I refer to the
great Ohio ponator, Hon. Benjamin' F.
Wade. Will YOU
. permit nte, then, my
ffriand, to add a little something to your
" anecdotes" about our old friend . Wade,
of whom ‘ some very good timings may be
said, and whose puhlic life extended over
such along term. of nar,' tsl j);
the most exciting events of our national,
history :
• Ben Iffailo is air older man than 'nest-
People suppose, be having been boin at
Feeding Hills, parish of Wdst 'Spring-•
,'lllassachusetts,, OcCober 27, "1800.
In. 1818, when 18 years of age, ho
chopped cord Wood at Ashtabula,
foi•'Rl'ty cents per cord. Ballad walked
on foot from New York to this place,
'and Was •on his way to Detroit and
Chicago, wherO he proposed to Ottlo:
'Winter overtook him at Ashtabula, and
to tarn his board ho. built'A cabin; and,
1!:§ before stated, chopped - wood. It was
his intention' to cross the lake by boat
early in the spring to, Detroit, and.thba
finish tho journey to' Chicago On :foot.
His biOthor, who,. lived nt Ashtabula,
persuaded Wade to give up goihg further
West, and in 1921-22 he taught school
_in winter, and grubbed-during the sum
mer months. Being now-1u his twenty
third year, ho longed torevisit his hoMe,
and hired himself to a drover, whomhe
assisted in taking a herd of cattle to
New York. Wade conducted tho lead
ox, and _his earthly property was con
tained in a small carliet sack tied behind
the ox's horns. In 1825 he worked as a
day laborer on the Erie canal, where
Idr. Seward saw hiriMiising
ow and shovel. .'ll.lr. Sewakl
wards, in referring to this groat work,
Said in one of his speeches deliveed on
the. floor of the Sonatd ; "I knowone
American who labored on that great
improvement, and he sits to-day among
us one of the most talented add able
members of this body ;, [pointing to Mr.
Wade.) Wade Vas twenty-six years of
ago when lie read law, and was net ad
mitted to practice until he Was nearly
twenty-eight. In 18:31, after seven
years' practice, he was elected prosecut
ing attorney for the county of Ashtabula,
•}ml two years late'r was nominated for
the State Senate. Ile was, therefore,
thirty-seven years of age when he began
his political
On account of his manly oPposition to
"the KentUcky Slave Commission bill, ho
fell into disgrace with his party, and
was not re-nominated fo'r'a second term,
but in 1841 the people of Ohio having
advaaced in their political ideas regard
ing slavery, lie was triumphantly re
elected to his scat in the Senate. In
1842 Wade declined a re-nomination,
and returned to the practice of law. He
had been married previously to Miss
Caroline Roseneranze, a most estimable
young lady, and lie desired to lead a
quiet lire.
In 1847, however, the penile called
him from his retirement to act as.judge
of the Third judicial district of Ohio.
Ile was still filling this office in 1851
when the Legislature of Ohio elected
him United Slates Senator. It has'been
necessary to introduce this much of
Wade's biography io order to fully eN.-
plain whit follows.
Wade was in his fifty-second year
when he first took his seat as Senator
from Ohio. lie had supported General
Harrison per the Presidency in 1840 ;
been a bitter and consistent opponent
of sla . very ; spoke and voted for general
Taylor in 1848, advocated the electip,
of Genethi Scott, and DOW found himself
an earnest Whig in 1854.
On taking his seat, Mr. -Wade found
himself surrounded by . two despicable
classes of men, then very properly char
acterized by the newspapers as Southern
fire-caters and Northern dough-faces.
lie hail not been long in his seat until ho
witnessed'one of the scenes so common
in the Senate in thoSe4lays. A South
ern
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fire-eater made an attack on a North- -1
ern Senator, and Wade was amazed and
disgusted at the cringing, and cowardly
way in which the Northern, man bore
the taunts and, insUlts of the hot-headed
Southern.- As no allusion was made to
himself or State, Mr. Wade sat 'Still; but
when the Senate adjourned he said Open
ly that if ever a Southerner. Senator
made such all attack on him or his State,
while he sat on titra, floor, he would
brand him as a liar. This coming to the
ears of the Southern mon, a Senator
took early occasion to pointedly speak of
Ohio aneher people as negro thieves.
Instantly Mr. Wade sprang to his feet
and called the Senator a liar The
Southern members were thunderstruck
and gathered' around their champion,
hjle, the Northern men grouped about
Mr.' Wade. A feeler was put out front
the Southern side looking, to attraction,
but Mr. Wade savagely. demanded an
apology for the insidt offered himself
and his State. The matter closed, and
a duel seemed certain. The next day a
Southern gentleman called on the Sena
trir and asked him if he acknowledged
the code. - -
"I am," replied Wade,: "in Wash
ington in a double capacity ; I represent
the Stitte`of Ohio, and I represent Ben
Wade. As a Senator I ain .qpposed to
duelling.; 'as Ben Wade I reNguze the
code."
"My friend feels aggrieved," said the
gentleman, "at whht you, sai,d in the
'Senate yesterday, and would las3c au
apology or.satisfaetion.".
" I was somewhat eirt i liarrassed," con
tinned Senattir Wade, '" by my position
yestorday s yi Dave sumo respect for
the Chamber, but now I am free to
syeitk My niind, and I take this oppor
tunity to say to you what I then
thought, and you will •please repeat it
to your friend, that he is a foul-mouthed
old blackguard."
" Surely, Mr. Wade," said the aston
ishesi,dmian, "you do not wish mo to
conAy such a messago-as that." '
"Most undoubtedly I ,do,'' replied
Wade, "and I tell you further for your
own benefit : tlj,is friend of yours will
never notidelt4: \ I will not be asked by
him for either retrhction, explanation,'
or a light. ,
The gentleman immediately rose, too'
its hat, and left the remit,
Next morning Mr. Wade came into
the Senate, and proceeding to his seat
deliberately drew froth. under his coat
two largo navy pistols, and unlocking
the liil of hie desk laid them inside. The
Southern men looked on in silence, whilo
the Northern menthol's onjOyeil to the
fullest. extent the fire-eater's' surprise at
the warlike proceedings of the plucky .
Ohio Senator: - As Wade had predicted,
no notice was takenof thomffair of tho
day Were ; ho Wits not challenged or
asked to retract, but over afterwards
treated `ivith,thn utmost politeness and
consideratiOn by the very Senator who
had so insultingly attacked him.
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There was at thin time in the Senate
a man named Charles O. At i hertom.,froin
New Hampshire, whcAigmo generally
known the , country as " gag Ather
ton,', from his introduction of a reeolu
tion to lay all anti-slaveiy petitions. on
the table. 1 - .4) was emphatiCally a,
Northern man With Southern principles,.
and Wade &Spina him accordingly.
One day Wade, who had become person
ally very ;popular . with the .„Southern'
Men, was. converiiing With ex-Cidvernor
Mnorehead, orlientuel;y, who was then
on a visit to Washington, when Ather
ton ame up and at mad began an r attablt
on 1 ado in regard to the fugitivoslavo.
taw.' • " Why,'lli . ;' Wado,'7 said Ather
ton,44,lif a , nigger had run away from a;
goof pastor in Kentucky and came tOi
Milli
CARLISLE, PENN'A., THURSDAY MORNING, MAY 2, 1872'.
your house in OhM, would'nt you arrest
him and solidliim4,l3aelc to his 'mastar'?"
"Ne,.. indeed,, .I ,WOuldn't," replied
Wade '" wouldrYourlttivertW "per:
tainry I Would," said the doughface,
endeavoring, to carry favor with the
Southern. Governor ; "I should deem
it my duty to enforce that as much as
any Other law." Mr. Wade turned to
Moorehead and enquired : " Welb:Clov
ernor, what -do you say? Would you
Arrest a poor negro and send him back
under„ such circumstances ?" " No,"
gruffly replied the Governor ; " I'd see
slavery, the fugitive slave law, and tire
nigger, 'all three damned first." "Well,"
said Old Ben, after a moment's pause, -
" I don't know as 1 can blame you, see
ing you have got a thing - like that (point
ing to Atherton) to do such Wily work
for yon." After this Atherton was cal
led "Dirty Work" Atherton, a name
which hturbeen kept up tt, this day, and
applied to various men in public life.
When Mr. Wade was delivering his
famous speech on the Kansas, Nebraska
bill, his colleague, Mr. Pugh, a man of
respectable - ability, but a great Demo
crat, and no match for Mr. Wade, rose
in his place and put to I lie I.adical Sena
tor a taunting question relative to his
belief in the coil nion beofherhood• of
mtuik i nd,, , ," I have,'' sai 4:14 'Wad e, " al
ways belieVed heretofore in the doctrines
of the Declaration of Independence,
that all men are born free and equal, but
of late it appears that sonic men are
born slaves, and 1 regret, they are not
black, so all the world might know
them." As he said this he pointed to
Pugh, and stood ]nuking; at, him fur
several moments with a scowl ,and ex
pression of countenance that was per
fectly,ferecious, while it conveyed the
utmost eentempt for Ids dough faced col
league.
In the same sple 9 gli Mr. Brown, of
Mississippi, interrupted him just as
Wade said : " I know very well, sir,
with what :i yell of triumph the passage
of this bill will be hailed Loth in the
South and in.pandemonium,•'
Brown. "Do you know \nat is going
on there?" (Laughter.]
Mr. Wade. " I do not -pretend to
know precisely what is on foot there,
but I think it is pretty evident that .
there is a very free communication/bet
tweenthat country and this body, 1. . nd,
unless lam greatly mistaken, Ise the.
dwarfish medium by which that ,
com
munication is kept up." [Great
laughter, and a voice on the Southern
side, " I guess he's got you, Brown."]
Later in.the debate Mr. Badger, then
a Senator from North Carolina, drew a
glowing picture of slavery. lie had, he
said, been nursed by a black woman, and
had grown from childhood to manhood
under her care. No loved his old black
mammy ; and now, if ho was going to
Kansas or Nebraska, and the opponents
of Abe bill succeeded in prohibiting
slavery there, he could not take his old
mammy with him. ' Turning to Mr.
Wade, he said : " Surely you will nut
-prevent me from taking my old mammy
- with me?" " Certainly not," replied
Wade, with a ludicrous tone of voice,
"brit that is not Ofe 'difficulty in the
mind of the Senator. It is because if
we make the Territories free lie cannot
sell his old.inammy when he has got her
there'?"
Mr. Wade was arguing to sluTtv that
slaves wortriibt property . in the constitu
tional cleaning of the term, lie said :
"If a man "carries his liorso out of a
slave Ski:twilit() a free ono he does not
lose his pr'eliertx interest in him, lint if
he -carries his slave into a free State the
law makes him free,"
111 r. Cutler, interrupting him, said.
" Yes, but_ they won't stay with you;
they love nr,s6 well they wil run ~fl' aml
somedlaar f4 in spite of year boasted free
dom ""
Mr. Wade, smilingly, "Oh yes,
Senator, I know they love you so well
you have te ; inialce a fugitive slave law
to catch them." [Rearm of laughter.] •
ro . r i fi
t tose who heard Mr. Wade's speech
evasion 'when Preston Ilroolis
attacked Charles Sumner will nut likely
over forget the brave words of the great
Ohioan. Nut a fire-cater on that floor
but believed he uttered the soloin de
terminatigit of his , heart when he car
neatly closect'with the worlds: " the ,
hour has arrived in the historysit‘' this He
public when its :Senators are to be sacri
ficed and pay tho forfeit of their lives for
opinion's salp, I .Ituoiv of no litter place
to die than in this Chamber, witii our
Senate robes around us, and hero, if
necessary, I shall die at lily post for the
liberty of dobatna firiiooo,-ditlenO]orl."
'rho Southern men having tried in vain
to head off Mr. Wade, am:Mated to tkmir
Northern allies to help them. chid "clity
Mr. Douglas rose in his scat and inter
rupted Mr. Wade, whO was speaking.
Instantly the Chamber:became silo 4 as
death and all oyes wort, turned in the di
rection of the two __standing Scuatrirs.
Every ono expected to see Wado demob..
mbed in a moment by the great• Illinois
Senator. •
"You, sir," said..Douglas-Immnias
wed tones, "contiuditily compliment
Southern i4on who support this,. bill
[Nebraska], but bitterly donounco
Northern men who support it. Why is
this You say it is a moral, Nvroi4;
you say it is a crime. ' It' that 1.3 sp, -
it not as much a er'imo for a Southern
man to support it as it is for a Northern
man to do so?"
Mr. }Vatic. " No, si);. I•. say not 1"
Mr: Douglas. " Tho Senator says
not. Then he entertains a different code
of morals from myself, and—L--7
Mr. Wade (interrupting Douglas, and
Pointing at him with, scorn marked,
on every lineament of Lis face). our
code of morals I My God . riMpe so,
- P
The giant waslid in the forehead, Mid
after standing fora moment with hir
face rod as scarlet, dropped silently into
his gent, whilo Mr. Wade proceeded
with his speech as quiotly• as though
nothing had occurred.
Mr. Douglas was angry, however,
Mid closely Wiitehed Wade for a Ounce
to poUnce upon and scalp him. It Soon
occurred, and in 'this way : Mr. Wade
had • said , something complimentary
-about Colonel LanO,, of Kansas, when
MK. Douglas vosn and., Said . , •
"COlonol. Lam cliutiot bo "bOoved,
Ho has boon guilty of perjkirand' forg
cry."
Wado. ":And what proof; 'oh.,
you of those uilogationg? Your
tiuthlppoFted word is nOt'odlciont.l,
Mr: Douglas. "I havo tho affidavit of
ColOrml Lane, in which,' some tirno since,
ho swore to ono thing, and now states
another.", '. • ,
Mr: Wade..., "And you, sir, a laWyor,
presume to cluFgd this, Tan with . being
guilty of flrgery and pnrjuyy,_aUd then
offet him as a witness to prove your own
word."
Douglas saw in a moment ho Was
hopelessly caught and attempted to re
treat, but Wade pounced upon hini ; and
gave him a withering rebuke, while.the
Chamber shook with 3:64,01 of laughter.
Such seenes have to bb witnessed to be
fully understood, and there is as much in
the exhibition as in the words. .
Douglas continued to badger Wade,
sometimes getting thobettei; of him, but
often 'getting troughly findle"d f : until
Wade, worn out with defending himself,
resolved to become the attacking party.
Soon afterwards the " Little Giant"
was bewailing the fate of the nation and
picturing the condition we Would be in
if the Free-Soclers succeeded. Having
winked himself up into a passion, when
he . was At the highest pitch Mr.• Wade
rose in his seat and. said; with indescrib
able coolness : " Well, - . what are you
going to do nbonit it?'; Douglas, for a
Mpmetit, was surprised and atinb
foundeil, min then attempted to proceed,
but the 'idth 'Was ,Imoaked out Of his
argum49, slid Senators mil smiled at,
his eat estuess. Douglas sat lloWn, in
disgust.
Mr. Douglas afterwards said : "That
interrogatory of Wade's was the'most ef
fective stmech I ever heaigin the Senate.
Confound the man I it is riOiculotis, and
lint so Comically 1 knew not what an
swer to make him, and because ridicu
lous myself in nut being able to toll him
what T, was going to do about IL'?
While the Lecompton bill was under
discussion Mr. Toombs, of Georgia, re
ferring to the minority, of which Mr.
Wade was one, said : "The majority
-have rights mid duties, and I trust there
is fidelity enough to themselves and their
principles and the. Country in the ma
jority to stand together at all hazards,
awl crush the factious minority."
Instantly 11Er.• Wade sPrang to his feet
apd shaking his fist at Toombs, roared
ont, " Have a care, sir ; have a care ;
you can't crush me nor my people. You
can never compter n7i . ; we will die first.
I may fall here iMthe Senate chamber,
but I w ill never make any compromise
with any such men. You May briug
majority and out vote nie, but so help
me, God, I will neither compromise nor
be crushed. That's what I have to say
to your throat."
A. Southern Senator ono day said
roughly to Wade, "If you don't stop
your abolition doctrines we will break
up the Union ; wo will secede, sir."
Wade held out his hand and said comi
cally : " Good-bye, Senator, if you are
going 113 W j I pray you don't delay a
moment, on my account."
Senator Evans, of South Carolina, a
very grave and good old man, ono day
was exhibiting in the Sonate,cht rper
acid speaking of a copy of nes
Liberator, with k its iterriblo of
slavery. Turning. to Mr. Wade, ivho
sat near Mtn, be said : "IS it net%
bad that such a paper should be allowed
to exist? Why will not the authorities
of the United States suppress -such . a
slanderous sheet Can it be possible
that any patriotic citizen of the North
will tolerate such an abomination?"
Senator Wade put on his Spectacles, and
looking at the till° of the paper, ex
claimed In surprise: " Why, Senator
Evans, in Ohio we emmider this ono of
our best family papers !" The Senators
ristml, but. hir : Evans, who had great
i.e.:aid for Mr. 1V ap, turned sadly
;IN\ ay, s iyiog : "1 atn sorry to hear yuu
say so t Mr. %1 ode ; it shows whither we
are drifting."
Notwithstanding Mr. Wade's bitter
opposition to the slave power, the South
ern men always yespeeted and liked him.
iljr. Toombs, the Goo rein fire , •eater, said
of him in the Senate: " My friend from
Ohio puts the clatter squarely. lie is
always honest, outspoken,. and straight
ffirwardl and I wish t i c Clod .the rest of
you wore like him. Ho speaks out like
a man. ' lie says what is the difference,
sod it is. 110 means whatito says—you
don't always. He and I can agree about
everything o.it earth, except our sable
population."
Such was the opirtioq the •*e-eaters
entertained of Mr, Wade. • '
Senator Iverson, of Georgia;S who
p'rided him - self on Wag able to give an
swore in &bat() on which no ono could
catch him, was one day making a speech,.
when ho stated that'l° was exceedingly
.hol.D . Governor Calhoun had wrqten his
lottor giving the result of the election in
Kansas "on the advice of Southern
members of Congress," what' Mr. AVado
rose and inquired, "Sir, I would like to
know if yoti moan to say that Mr. Cal
houn ..proposed to give his entitle ate of
election ou the advico of cortaiu South
ern members' hero, or according" to the
truth of tho vote l his conscience, and his
oath. Your statement `strikes me as
very extraordinary, and I wish to JOICINV
if I correctly understand you." •
Mr. 'Wade, Oh l well, I won't press
the inquiry, as we - all know 'who gave
such advice"as you, stated. I was
to ask you that question. Don't com
promise yourself on my account."
Iverson explained, amid roars of laugh
ter, how it was.' •
° hissed to be en Memory for slaves in
Washington to beg.moneY from North
ern - CongresstiOn to. buy their freedom.
A pobr but smart looking - colored boy
accosted Mr ho was in con
versation with a promiscUous company
of Northerffaed Southern Senators, and
began to bog fgr money to .buy his_ free
- dons, "I noverl,givo , money to buy
slaves;" said bar.:' Wade. When,, seeing
the pleasant looks of the 61M:thorn' mon,
he turned to die boy and asked, "-Why
the dovil don't you run
,away Tho
F3outheruers stared at oath othor, and'
'thO daritey started off with n, now idea
in his head, when Mr. Wade called bins
back and handing hiiss a ton-dollar bill,
said : lluro , is ten dollars to pay your
expenses inow, run away out of slaverkt
my IniSri the first chance 'you get.
Wade, on, -ono, occaidon, replied to
Toombsook Goergia, and, to all appear
onces', used lang,uage wilioll4ol.lld, 00111
pcl 'Toombs to - challengo 'him. Several
friends wont to Wade and.beggod him
•:tis .desist, but the old' ,fellow beeatne
:Moro and 'mere Violent, until TOorubs
indicated his intention of calling, him
out, when Wade 'quietly sat down, seem
ingly having accomplished what:• ho
sought. The Southern mon looked at
eaph,other in a'stonishmen't, and it was
manifest to ill ; Wade had deliberately
provoked a quarrel with Toombs.
That night a friend of the Southern
Senator called on Mr. Wade to know if
ho woull retract the offensive words ho
had used. "No, I won't take back : a
d—d word,"• was Wade's emphatic re
ply. "Thou," said the friend of Mr.
Toombs, " it will be necessary-for Sena
tor Toombs, to challenge you to mortal
combat." "That is just what I want,
and we might have_ got
...to the point
without all this palaver," said Wade.
"You surely can't be in earnest; biz..
Wade," said the Southerner.
" Why, of course I am, man. You
sec, sir, we Northern men don't fight
oftem'mr like to light. Now, I am op
posed to the code, and so aro spy constit
uents, but you follows hento broken
Sunnier's head, and — we must spunk up
a little or you will break all our . - heads.
The shortest way tocial the matter is to
kill off a few of you, and I have picked
on old Toombs as my ama. 110 will
have to challenge ; then, of course, I
have the choice of weapons, and I'll take
my old ride, and d—n me if I don't
bring him down at the first crack
When Tooutbs , Board of what tirade
said, he was mightily disturbed, and re
plied : " Well, I suppose I will haie to
let it all go—l can't challenge 11 , 1m1. if I.
do, the old rascal will kill tile, Oulu
enough." It appears Waddand Toombs
had been out together shooting with a
rifle several times, and while Toombs
could shoot very well with a pistol, he
was a poor rifle shot: On the other
hand, Wade was an old hunter and an'
adept with the rifle. In those days lie
could hit a dollar at a hundred. yards
three out of fivc shots, and old Toombs
Ilad keen him do it. The Georgia fire
eater had no idea of becoming the target
of such a man. Long after the affair
was over, I said ono day to Mr. Wade,
"If Toombs had actually challenged
you, would you really have accepted and
gone out to fight?"
Mr. Wade replied solemnly ; " If old
Toombs had challenged `ins that time,
as I expected he would, I would have ac
cepted and fought him. I had it all ar
ranged in my own mind ; I Would have
put a patch on my coat over my heart
of the size of n dollar and made Toombs
do the same. 1 was used .to that kind
of shooting, and if the old follow had
stood still, (17--n me if I wouldn't have
cut his patch flr4it, fire. I was not much
aflVid of getting hurt ; for old Toombs
knew me at a good rifle shot, while.
knew. him as a very bad ono, and I fe
quite sure that patch business would
demoralize him."
Not : only did Mr. Toombs refuse to
challenge Mr. Wade, but no Southern
member could be induced to send. him
a challenge, no matter what he might
say.
Mr. ,Fitch told mo that during the tine
the trouble was pending with Senator
Toomhs, Mr. Wade went every evening,
in a buggy to Bladensburg to practice
with his rifle ; so there could, be no.
doubt of the Ohioan's intention,-to fight
should the fire-eaters give him a chance.
As late as 1808 I bunted squirrels with
14 Wade at Jefietson, Ohlo, and ho
was still aqomarkably good shot.
As is well known, Mr. Wade: sirvod
Ohio eighteen years in the United States
Senate, and was Vice Pi'esident of the
United States from March, 1867, to
March, IND, when Mr. Colfax succeeded
him. He was seventy years of age, lack-,
ing a few mouths, when he retired ',froth
office, and glad to escape the cares of ,
public life. personal friends were
deeply disalipointed when failed ,at
Chiaagu, in 1888, to receive the ruina
tion for Vice President on the ticket
with General Grant, - and it was also a
source of deep mortification to them
that the President, after his election, did .
not Mi s er Mr. 'Wade a scat in his Cabinet.
Mr. Grant, hoivever, appointed him one
of the'Uovernmentlirectors of. the Union
Pacificßailroad, a position which I am
informed is worth $5,000 per year, and
afterwards sent him out on a delicate
and important mission to San Dwiiingo.
During his long ,public career, Mir. Wade
lived.very economically, every year sav
ing a' part of his salary, which ho in••
vested so advantageously that when he
came to private life he had an yinnual
come from private sourcos of some seven
thousand 'lye hundred dollars.
:• Loh Fall an effort was made to . run
him Mr, Governor of Ohio, but ho poei
vely declined, saying ho was done with
business and politics forover: . Since
then; I am informed, ho has accepted
the attornoyship of the Northern Pacific
Railroad, at a salary of $15;000 per year,
'se, taking together his private Income,
his directorship of the Unlmi Paciflo
road, and his attorneyship of thelforth , ',
orn Pacific, ho receives something moro
than General Grant, and it cannot bo
said he is in any imminetip dikugor of
coming to want.; - •
Bravo old Ban Wade I Well, indeed,
~dOes'lne deserve the -aped thirigs of this
:world; and long may he liv• to enjoy
them. We who kiltav him best know
how to appreciate Win, and wo never,
found him terrible or disagre'eable
conWybon in his official robes, and then
only? the enemy. Gentle and kind.in
pr to life, a fasftOond, an indulgent
father, and an 'affectionate husband, no
pleasanter picture for the American
people to look upon could be presented
than that, of holiest old
,Ben Wad° at
'home.
I might toll You many more anecdotes
of the . groat Ohio SOnator, but my letter
is already too long. Soma of those I
?have rotated are new, others were printed
so long ago ,they havo boon - forgotten,
and all, I believe, aro worth reading. If
they aro of any service to `you use thorn
in any way you wish. Porhapa ■omo'
day I may agaiii recur to this subject and
toll you aneodotos of other public men I
have met. - • . . •
Yours, truly, '
Inaums S. Banning.
YOUNG ladles had batter bo fast asleep
than fast avalco. . -.. • .
IT is said that you can do up yoUr
hair sweetly with' heney.comb. • 1.
A DOCTOR calls 1i doff Cinchona, on
4ccountoof the bitterness of its bark.
Do not stop to tell stories 'in business;
hours.
, -.3IY r bsi.IILING'.B SHOES. .
Pod bless the littlo foot that can maw go astray,
Poi tho little shooe are empty, in my closet laid
. away.
I sometime take ono in m}thand, forgetting till I
• 600
It le a Ilttlo,balf-worn shoo, and much too small for
mo ;
And all at onto I fool alone° of bitter loss and pain,
And ahapo as when, tAyears ago, It cut my heart
la,twaln,
Oh 1 Ilttlo fast, that weary not, I wait for them no
mom •
For I om drifting on tho tido, and they bovo rouctlod
the short);
And ivhllo the blinding tear drops wet them" Halo
shoes so old,
I try to' think my darling's foot are treading streets
of gold;
And then I lily thorn down again, bat always turn
and say,
God bless the little foot that now so surely can not
stray.
And Tidal° I tltne am otondmi, almost Feta'. to
PO*
Tho little tbrrry beside mo, hist aw It used to,ho ;
The little thee ii ilttad, with Ito soft and tender
ayes=
Ab, mu I I might Intvo known Una, look woo Lm n
for PMadise.
I reach my arms out fondly, but they clasp the
empty air,
For thorb is nothing of my, darling but tho glions ho
mod to wear.
O 1 I tho bitternol of partlng, cannot ho tiono•away
Until I moot my (toiling whOrd hie Glut can never
stray; '
When I no more am 11riflod 21pm:rifle . smiting tido,
Bat with him safely landed upon the river side.
Do patient, heart I while waiting to Imo tie; ohiniog
For tliti littlo foot in tho shining street 000 neVor go
astray.
OUR NEW YORK LETTER
11=1
THE BEGGARS AND VIEIR FRIENDS-A
LUCKY CARPET VAGUER--TILE PLUCK
THAT WIN -CURIOUSTERMINATION
OF A BREACH OF PROMISE CASE, &IC
NEW Youic, April 27, 1872
Whether men and woman become
hardened by familiarity with scenes of
misfortune, or heartless by .attraction
with the world, is an unsolved problem ;
'but ono may every day, see in New York
such nihiliitions of utter soullessness
and selfishness as make him almost lose
faith in the human nature. Only yes
terday I was crossing to Brooklyn in a
ferry-boat. A man entered the
his face scarred all over with the marks
of seine terrible calamity, and nothing
remaining of his oyes save two white
balls from which ,sight had departed for
ever. Ho was gray-haired withal, and
feebly leaned on the arm of his old wife,
as he tottered along asking for a dole of
mercy at the- hands of the crowd. A
little boy, too, dirty and ragged, clung
to the mother's dress, and the trio moved
sadly together, a picture of want in its
most terrible guise. "A peitny, please
qir, for papa--ho's blind"—said the
ildish voice. "Get out joti pest"—
exclaimed the person appealed to—" you
beggars ought to be in the workhouse."
He was a man whom I judged from his
ago and dress to be a millionaire and an
influential member of some fashionable
church. The face of the mother flushed,
and she hit her lips to keep back the
tears. As he turned away however, a
poor sewing womad dropped into the
outstretched haud some of herown bard
earned wages, and it was pleasant to
hear the grateful " God bless you for
your kindness -to the old blind man,"
that came from the 'heart of the help
less creature. They passed on, and I
watched with some curiosity, their pro
gross. In a crowd of two hundred peo
ple, perhaps a dozen responded to the
mute appeal—not more, and singularly
enough nearly every giyor of charity on
that occasion was a ivorking man or
wo.nan.
The incident carries its own lesson,
'and to my own mind at least, ilitilitrated
what may be observed in every largo
'community, to wit, that the charity of
the poorer classes, and their sympathy
for each other, outweighs alt the boasted
Christianity of the millions who wear
their religion as an outside label, and
when polished up for Sunday use, expect
it will prove a free ticket into the dress
circle of Paradise.
One .however finds unfortunates in
New York at every turn=crippled men,
old women, little children, all begging
for bread: ° At night they pack the SlT
tion and lodging-houses like sardines—
in layers, and by day they ply Choir voca
tion. Cod help them, for whose there is
One impostor there aro a dozen who de
serve real -charity, and rarely "get.
Recently 1 found a waif asleep after
midnight on the curb stone around the
monument of Washington in Union
Square. It was bitter cold, and I work
the little fellow up. "Why don't you
go Immo?" "Hain% . got none sir."
" Where's your father and mother?"
" liain't got none noithor,sir." " Why'
, don't you go to the Station House, then ?"
•" What's the use of a cove like me gob'
to the puller, office when I can sleep in
a doorway." That conundrum - being
too much for mime, I started the little
"coed" to a neighboring shelter and,
loft him.
" Some mon aro born to good luck,
and .others have it thrust -upon them."
Pour years ago, a citizen Tf, New York
wont Sourly with nothing r 4 the world
'but a shirt and'a bOttle of whiskey. Ho
turned politician, played the carpet
bagger to'perfootion, lsooured 0 fat office,
and has made two hundred .thousand
dollars. The other day he,drova - tip the
now Boulevard near Contra' - Park, and
bought throe building, lots—price
.thir
teen thousand dollars. Betors the trans
fer deeds were exeCuted, he sold two for
twenty-ono thousand dollars, paid thew
investing in "Brie," made thirty thou
sand more.
Another young Now Yorker, a year
ago, pledged the only bond ho had in the
world as " Margin." ,mounted to
loss than fliM hundred dollars. He wont
into a stook speculation, was lucky, and
in sik months had - to his credit ninety
throe thousand dollars. His friends per
suaded him to abandon the Stroot",
add be content: Ho did so and went to
Europe, put on hie return could not re
sist the temptation to go- into what ho
thought "a sure thing." Yosterday,'l
saw hini . porambulating Wall Street,
seeditlet among the seedy, and I reckon
without, money enough in his pooket to
buy a square , meal of cold victuals.
Such•are the ups and downs Of life in
NOW York. -. „
Other mon °rote, circumstances, and
have • a•- bold; • bravo,: : grit and grip
about , them that will win success in any
station. ~ 1 havo In - My • Mind's ey - o•
young-Inan, - who tau years ago , was
poorer than` utast of us; but With a sharp.
eye to business, and a keen knoWledge
of,humrin nataite, ho devoted himself to
the ono single, and seemingly purpose
foss, idea of popularizing Bath. brick.
Ho borrowed a hundred dollars; bought
his materials, pulverized it finely, and
sent it forth to the trade in sifting ?oxen.
It was a now thought ; it "took ;" peo
ple who used it once wanted more, and
the consequence is that tire young man
aforesaid—his name is C. C.Sabiu—is
to-day the president of the Now York
Bath Brick Company, employs no less
than twenty-seven traveling agents, at
salaries ranging from Moen hundred to
four thousand dollar:3 a year. Industry
and pertinacity have been his bolo
levers, but he has used them with a will.
I have - just heard from eyokwitness
a good story connected with ontO,of the
city prisons. A lean had been;siied by
his innamerata for breach of 'promise,
and being a nun-resident and unable to
give bail, he w:is incarcerated in the
usual place. Time and again the
man offered him release on condition of
marriage, but he 'obstinately refused,
and for three years , has lived in Unreen_
viction that a prisoa cell is infinitely • au' ,
perior with-all its disadvantages to a
matrimonial " sell." AL last, however,
be 'Consented to the tying of the Gordian
knot, and the woman, all triumph, sent
for a magistrate and the twain were
-duly made ono. The necessary papers
to effect his release being signed, he
turned to the Warden and observed—
"-Now, this is all right, ain't it—no go
ing back on this thing, ell ?" "No."
replied the Warden, "you afp free to do
as you please." "Well then, dood bye.
old lady ;•yo've kept me iri 110,frn three
.years, now I'm off for and , airi4 4 :' Take
my old clothes, take my name, take any
thing but myself and-you're_ welcome:"
"But a o in't 'you going - home, ory tsar?''
asked his 'wife.
Homer Home !" exclaimed the man,
"No, J thatik you—l've had a foretaste
of purgatow already, and you can salie
the rest lof your brithstone and fireworks
for some other feller." It is said tliat
at this junction the woman went for her
husband's scalp,:but he escaped, itairfis
nosy . a respectable noon-vocative in some
remote eprm:fr of our mundane sphere.
Have you seen the last Airline. Its
grand pictures and
,general dress make
it the belle of - all the periodicals. The
publishers, James Sutton C Co., 23
Liberty street, are becoming as well
kbewn as . Bouner and Beecher,. and aro
coining money.
A WANDERER'S RETUR . R.—The Cyrr y
Blade relates that its editor met a man a
short timo since, just arrived from the
We'st, who was returning to his place of
nativity, in Venaugo county, from which
he had been absent nineteen years in
China, India, Australia and California,
most of his time, however, in India and
China. He mined for gold in Australia,
and mpt with some exciting adventures
among the Bushmen. He prospected a
few months in California, discovering a
silver lode which he sold out at an ad
vance. Ho then thought he would come
home and see if any of his friends were
alive. Ho was snow bound the Pa
cific Raliroad,and was twenty-eight days
Coming from San Francisco. When he
left home he went with a determination
to make his fortune, meaning never to ,
return until he was aide to count dollars
with the richest of his friends. We sug
gested to him that some of his friends
lived in the heart of the oil wion, And
wo knew that some of them had acquired
considerable money. He said he would
have to count with them before ho
'would lits' satisfied that he could not buy
the best of them.
Five years ago, while in Hong Kong,
China, he got nearly yearly to return, but
Bing unable to settle all his business in
time to take the steamer U., S. (rant, lie
concluded to stay .1 while longer. Ho
thinks Okra was something providential
in his detention, as the steamer was lost
and all on board were drowned. II
has changed. so much in appearance that
he thinks his friends:yill diartlly recog
nize him. He did' not Dar of the rebel
lion until no: ply two years after it broke
out. Ho wad very much surprised when
lie arrived , at Corry, for when ho left
home Corry or the railroads passing
through it bad not been thought of. He
felt some its Rip Van 11 inkle did,. and
his beard was about half a yard in length.
He ds — now 40• years of ago, hale and
hearty. . If his parents aro still living
they must have considered hint load
years hgo.. .
COUICTIIY NiWSPAPERS.—FeW people
appreciate the value of the village papers
which gather' up the news of a county
and advocate the interests of a locality.
Ahd few understand . the amount of
ability requited to edit such a papier
whore ono man Must bo editor, pub
lisher, Vinter, book-keeper, and all.
Imagine how mu i cinielligence of
the Country woul suffer by the blotting
out of the country papers:, which treat
the immediate interests of the people
and thus come into ihnnedhito contact
with their minds !
The truo. country editor understands
'that hia.pa&thrives by being intensely
local ;,.that it is not by learaed editorials
on tariff and income tax, but by articles
in favor of .the now railroad, by descrip
tions'of tho now factory, by advocady of ,
the 'he* bridge,. that ho must succeed.
People lOblc in his columns not only for
the latest general news, but for a men
tion of every interesting fact, of ov'ery
curious matter of gossip in his own
county. And thus the paper becomes
tho reflector oglilo current ()Vents and
the public sentiment of his section.
Nothing ia , ,too small to be..itemized if
only it ie of interest. A CounCo editor
advertised the other day that'be would
insert a list of the names of all time
people who had ' , ed the churches in
the county in • revival. Which
Id his business
showed that ho
ovary ovonb of
uriediation:
lle proposed to
interest occurri
Evozy
cordial support
It fit, ono of LIU
fluOlppbs.—Hour
iy should 'givb
)9ra nowsp!timr;
educhtional • hi-
' Eonductd:fi-Lips. • •
-Hoymor chanti.i.l—Dancing master's.
THEltlel3 ono thing - whfcli can always
bO found, and that's ' •
Tim 'King of 13itini has- adopted tho
civilizoil habit of , wearing shirts.
NUMBER 18.
.4 STORY FOR LITTLE FOLKS.
t hero was great excitement in Mri;
,Raymond's family when Uncle John
Waite from Paris that ho was coming
tieme for a month, and would take ono
of
_the iris back witk.higi,_to pass six
months With their Aunt Julia, and take ~
lessons in music arid French with, their
cousins. Uncle John was a partner in
a large' dry goods house, and resided in
Paris, selecting silks, velvets, and other
rich reafthials, to send across thlr. water.
The little cousins spoke French fluently,.
to the wonderment of Maude and Lizzie
Raymond, who had shed tears -innumer
able over the "horrid verlp," and other
difficulties of the language.
Mrs. Raymond was very glad of:anp
portfinity for the girls to have such an
addition to their education, for shewas
very poor, and could give them few. ad
vantages. She know the choice would •
lie between Maude , and Lizzie, as the •
three little ones were still too young to
leave home, even to visit kind'aunt
"I think John will take Maude," she
thought, " she has so much musical
talent, and is so pretty. Dear little Liz 4
zie, but'l should miss her terribly if she
left me.
Uncle John came in the summer days,
'when the children were having a xaca
tion from school, and Mrs. Raymond, ,
never very strong, was resting a little
from the task of teaching, for she earned
a supiiort as a music teacher.
• As the visitor came up , the garden
walk to the house, he heard voices in-the
parlor, and paused a moment before em.
Loring
Maud was speaking :
"You know, Lizzie, - inY music is far
iu advance of , yours, and I have im
proved very Much in my French sincei
Libel° John was hero last, so I fool quite
sure he will take. me to Paris. You
don't care much about it; do you?"
r 0 Mambo I nit care ! If you
shall not grudge it, to you, and ono of
us certainly ought to stay and help
mamma."
" Certainly, and you are worth twice
as much as lam in the houSe. I really
believe yoA like dish washing, stocking
darning, and house-cleaning."
" Somebody must do such things,"
said quiet little Lizzie. "I tovo music
too, Maudie, and I hope soon to be able
to take a few of mamma's pupils,- and
save her some of the long_cialks_inAmd7
weather."
" I hope to do something better than
drudgo as mamma does," said Maudie.
" If I get this chance (or' a Parisian
finish, I shall try to have a position in
some large seminary."
"Will you dust Uncle John's rolim now,
Maudie ? I have so much to do to-day:
It is all ready, but some dust may have
gathered since.' put it in order yester
day."
" 0 Lizzie ! you run in. r want tp
practice that laSt piece of music. One of
the passages is so difficult, and I want
to play my very best for uncle John."
" I can't stay here any longer thed I'
The next moment the piano was
opened, and Uncle John entered, to find
Maude practicing diligently. Ho was 'a
kind uncle, but a twin who talked much.
After the Welcome .was over, and his
pretty lot of presents distributed, ho
quietly studied his little nieces, showing
no partiality, but giving both a kind and
fatherly love.
Lizzie was not much with him, but
Maude was his almost constant compan-'
ion. She was a very showy and brilliant
pianist, jpd her French was very fair ; so
she play d and chattered, quite confident
that she was impressing her uncle with
her accomplishments, and would win him
to take her to Paris. Hilo asked for
zit, he was siire to hear she wait making
the bcds, , seeping rooms, cooking the
dinner, or engaged in sonic other domes
tic duty.
" I could not enjoy your visit so much,
Mrs. Raymond said to her brother, " if
Lizzie (lid not take so mach care off my
hands. I cannot afford to keep any
servant but a half-grown girl for rough
work, but Lizzie is a great help."
Let mo'seo, how old am the girls ?"
tinele Jolla inquired.
" Maude is sixteen; Lizzie fifteen.",
" Mande does not seem to assist much
in the
, pudding-inalting business."
' inake her titiZe heAliare generally,
but.she is so anxious to be With you,
that Lizzie — takes' her work too. It is
their Own arraugement.'
• Then Lizzie does no care to be with
me
'Lizzie is alwayS ready tosam•iftco her-
self for Maude or Me, dear child,' said
the, mother, !Tell. me, John,.what..you
think of cfaude's voice ?'
' She pays well, in good time, correctly
and brilliantly. She will make an ex
cellent teacher. Does Lizzie play well?
I have not hoard bor.'
She is"shy. You would nom hoar
her, if sho know you were listening.
Stay hero on the porch, and I will send
Jun to practice.'
An hour later Uncle .lohn..w.ontt,o find
his sister.
`" Why did you not tell me ?" ho said
eagerly. " Lizzie is a born musician'
Every nolo she' strikes has a soul of its
own. She made me cryj—me, old as I am.
She wants teaching, culture, and she. will
play wonderfully. Give 'her to mo for a
few years. I . will place her idour best
school with my Gracie. If she brings the
same patience to hetstudios as she shows
in her home life, she will surely excel.,
You will miss hor, but it will be for her
advantage. .Maude will be able to take
some of your pupils in the fall, and sho
could dike. a few French scholars. Lot
her help yotrat bonne. too. I have entirely
disapproved of her'selfishnoSs,in.throwing
all the domestic 'cam upon her, sister and
• bad decided to give tlio patient, self-sarr
rifloi , ng,girl it holiday, oven tbforo beard
h . er play." " •
..Sojhe choice fall upon Lizzie, greatly
to her own astonishment, 'She wont to
Paris "and remained until the war
,brought her uncle's family to 'America
again. In hor.homo to-day, 'OM is still
the dutiful, tender daughter, lightening
all hir mother's cares, and earning
handsome income as a teacher of mnsle"
and French. Mande,has:seenred a pea-
tfon ih n seminary; Inithor salary hardly
suffices' for hor own fiOry, and she is
now as over, quito wfilin4 to ihroW hor
own Nharo of final-duty upon •Lizzio. •
A &awn think—a ranstaril plastor.
Tnn bitter ond--tlio last half tuck of
•
pally cigar.
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