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WATCH! r,I0TKI!.
-r! wat.-li t!;e little feet
(.'ihl 'i g i.'ir t lie- pi '!! wall,
I". . i:: :i.rc'i;h the busy street,
li?nu:r c liar, shtd and hall,
vi ; it ir..t :!(: the ii.oments h-it,
'ev r v.:.: t! e tiir.'- it est ;
i- f-rt i .7 l'-i ar-!r::V.
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t
'i i-.ivpy.j' yoit e!.:ld ;
it-!s wor i whMo yet i;Tij..hi-ti ;
N""!- '. e v w while- ytt ui.l r -k u ;
'ii.'.- ti-ngur n ay yet pr--claim
I' .i-i: 4. .:. SiVicr'a D;::.e.
2-1 : er ' -.vat-.-h th.tt litt'e heart.
5 - :i ;'.::'! v. ;t' :ii for y. sj ;
V.; !i 'e-o-.is !i w impart ;
Kee-, . ';. ! V:- ; ihrit youi:g hait tine;
Lx'.r ' t .: g ! Vf : v. t il
K-wii.T ; . ,1 ;V: i- j lecioj'.s sed ;
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1 f:L rt1CC:.U 1 Mil I i
dr, THBIZ TI2IS III CAUT Hill A
-MA V W. JANVHIX.
!: ! am. si-ai h f,
a -Vi u v.ouhi h
rtnr.e. n
ie hear!
!::.-!:.. ': v.c s:(Jke. i vess-ls at sea, , .i,
f ..c .-.u:i-t opportunity afttr Ian- s5x ,.n m,.,.ths, weary wtvks of which the v.s
We cn.'eiel III harl-T r j .j whieh bore him lay ..fi'the dreary Cape Il jrn,
1 r;' ' h'. 'l rem: in here I , , , . . :.. r i tu
i. ! i mpieto .-t:j-p!ji, and lake in
j iev j. tn.d tia- II-tsi, which 1
; n.ve a .c-ag n -. eve:, if v. e or.
i.t aw
-. f r t: e C!.a:Ijt:e i- he.ivi'y ludeutd and a
r.
'; '...;:; ;e! with S. i:th America. Every
r :.rty g -s ....t , x;.lorir:g expe litions
"- S,1!'C Uf"; t;'c Wl,y We I
--.t..--t range groves, Yankee sch.ol-b.-y
J!' "'.!':r.S'' ,n,':c" SV!a-' 'ly -VuUr lt-a? i
v,-,..,' u. -e? t...,.:! richn '
f --:v-,' I, e t
j.-, b-icn channf.n'i of o.g.ins ami
'-..f (.,., . ... . : . " t.
: -"i cli.s r a. i,-m lais.-, i.i the old cath-
e-"n-.:is ,.f m s. j i y !d fel-
" 'l-ui, I'll wanant, such we'd
'o ' tr..'.'.e, s oncer, tli.it a'! I have
.kcpn.ycv.s wideonen tbht" ami j to
'-- a;. I trj .y! Wish I had vou aul Char
i-t n i a! w-
ikh.'t we 'walk
:,c lii,,, fi,r 1:e wLHe? rii ba wc.i!y broken; tl.r..gi w..e.1 .orc. or tiding
' out we La I a time of it on shipboard, S over arid waste un lor a fervid sun; frd-
I cped l,a-,ickn,ss altoge ther, but j J'i JVn C"H, fr,,m,tI,C
: "t!,-,r ttials worse than that. The i Sierra Nevda's snowy summits, or perhaps drag
-'eisamis-rahleo'd hulk ,n,l t to ! K'S f ,r d:lJs without Jin ling the tiniest
' c -nil. m:d Jong ago as m t sea worthy
t :re.- haaoreil suls of us were in mortal
iur.e oi l Xeptune got on a 'high,'
"! all go to the bottom together; and
'p. t::e w!,..p. t;l0 Captain lay half the
Ji.-i.i, t.ea-idrni.k on his wine; and if
for the C.-st mate, Mr. Uiee, a
OW .Ii 1 i ...t . . ...1- !,
r;- i.i-in,' r. i ut-' on '
1
L-' V'J r,I money was all :
"iJ1!3 o,, t ., ... ,n.i :
" '":. a rounii sum, o.--?te
pretty respecbible furs on shipl
' -".'lay after day, our salt junk b
shinboard-
Wcame
tnr-i!.-,!' j i . i r.,..f ...
-'j.e, aim we .ijo.. v..- j
himself in bis own cabin en!
;:" s E.e-ats laid in for his own especial
- sq-nointed a Committee to enquire .
WLereuion our e mmittee re- ;
' l- tLr most honest captain had put up
'.!. 1 '
for Li passenger's consumption i .
hich proeeduro not happening to !
' c- ht verv savory, and fully account- j
unple;iS"iut -nsatiuns of t!.ee who !
"""a ta.teof. it was unanim .usly votcl
ev"y nicely packed l and overboard,
.
'U
niriw accanjplishcd by the passcn-:
' V' now in the port of eld j Jarir camp upon the banks of the blue
this u-.s not aIL For one, I'd as lief i "'"-3 Vf' T '
v..ip.aia snuiiM lay in Lis t.runKen - . . , ,
iiT.. i . 3 . mvs: l-tftel the trhttenns elust from the
when it becamo known bow " " i t i
-,--f..n v. , - : 1 .,Pfh md slow lv. but sure!y. tnrne.1 thc
"""J e Lad :ip.so.I upoa the p.ts.scngers, ' '
THE BLESSIXGS OF GOYERXJI
the yard urns, there were but few frown-s and no
remonstrances from the efiicers. On arriving at
Eio, we at oiicc entered a complaint to the Amer
icau Consul, who summoned dpt. S. bef. re him,
and administered a rebuke which he will be
likely to rttncniitr for a .ie!l or more, I retkon.
'Hut enotmh of cim plaints; wc liave weather-
trouble and despite oile.1 beef and
blscu:t 1 h:.ive paired ten pounds by the
i t ratiMti. so you perceive I have not suffered
veiy extej.fi vely; and at prevent, just within
ara,'s rtat'1 ts !l 1 il-v';' Leaped with oranges.
w'Jlclj' tf'l Cliarlcy, are as V ir as his bead,
"more or U-.-s." and which I v.jh could be ttle-
rupl.ed 1. me Kt hi.- eq ecial bent fit.
'.v i1., o. ,i. ...,:t ....... i .1 .... j
- , . , , .,
rt """' wetks 1 ha?c leather the
" r,;- v e wv.cn at , aSparatso, Jrom w l.jch
I city I wi:I write a.ca"n; r.;.d then nrnthwaid. we.-t I
j ward, l.o f. r CV.'.itoriii.i! As soon as we reach
i Sai, Francs.-.!-;. I v'.U t.cs;.ateh letters; yu will
j hear fi in n e t fff n. so d-.n't worry about n.e,
but tal;e care of y i:rse!f, my dear Mary. 1U
j meiiibe-r this, f.r y-i mu.-t know how anxitus I
' am alx'iit you; yoi;r.ie constantly- in my thoughts
land were it not fr my bright anticipations I
j should blame myself f. r leaving you. lie sure
and write me by every steamer, or get some of
( the f. t. wiiti-. 'i'i.e steamers are quite remi
! 1 ,r T .i ... ... o.M.,!n.( i 1 1 ,
r.e by that way insicid of a six mouth's pas-
sage i i. I'd the- Horn: but never mind, i4 is bo
j 'ato in v. i.-h now, n: I don't despair of winning
my pile in quick tiinc after reaching California,
if life and health sire spared. Hut my sheet is
fu!:. Kiss Charley fr papa: I smd yo-' a kiss
osi pajer my love to all the folks and now
I g. h.ii bye, - n.y ilt ar Mary. And Gl bless you,
s.-.ys, Yt ur afft-etioiiate hiisbai:d.
I llAKHY I.r.-T.E."
And tl i letter warmed Mary Eustace's
hear'; w-.rmi d it and filled it with love, and
peace and
Jb.v.- i-.ke Lt r Hairy was it! full of his gttiial
.o n! I.i:xn.-r, ai'd ho?.est, manly straight forward
isess jn.-t as he would Lave spoken could Le
b':v; coine bak and told her ail ab-jut it. It
went lin-ct to the-1 ne!y wife's heart, and brought
her censi lati. ii. Anl be waa well, and she
coi.Id write- t't him ai;d hear from him o.'ten. It
did not seen. such, a wery way to that distant
hind, and tl ifc yrars was net such a long, long
time after a!!!
S thought sv.ect Mary Eustace as she fob led
the letter, which she re-read dr.ily. and lay it
next I.i r heart, and n-ck.-d her infant's cr.i ;!e
h;::i:n.ing a lo v oft lull thy t'i.i whi'e,
nv. HTira iv.
Two vears writ l v, and how fared t'..C v.an-
n.rj j-j.e VaT.dert-r, who, after a pas.agp tf
l '".I.t .I!. ly s.orin.- .u .a ;-iu, ii"..i I"''-'-
ern -ear storm-t--te 1 f--r long, long nights, and
brief, diukened, scarce M;u-Iit day; and dining
all that 1. v perilous j-mrney and the time which
had elapsed since he set foot on the golden strand
ha-1 cn-t;:ntly turned in pj irit to "the worl 1 t-f
1 ve at h me."
At first, strong in bore r.t.d courage, the little
bnl.f seven, with whom he had made emmon
.. :ltLertd toother ti.eir ffi'eCt:.-the pro-
visions, chest of clothing and mining utensils
wliich hal ?,l5PIK':1 fr"m h'-tm" f,r m Ul"e
.arlvdavs, when men sought the g-d l region
- - ' . ,
there were fviun! there but few of the necessaries
, .., .
! and none of the luxuriisi f life, and it was a
common thing fi r bands g--ing thither to trans
I ... .i l ' ;., l.'.rn.l tiio-ic rattle
' , . -
carry their fih-cts .t, the lateri.. they left
San I jar.cisco for t!ie morng itistricts. - long
and weary way was it, along a track but recent-
. . . . a ! ' T
rill tr soring of water to slake their burning
thirst. And at night, wrapped in their blankets
thev la" down to their slu nbers upon the hard
earth, vith th. solemn stars above, and a pro
found silence, unbroken save by the cry eC some
wil.l animal around them .'.reaming all those
long, long nights of their distant hom's and the
f -1 ........I. f li..f rwl T , n m
I.OUSCiiU.U tie.isuies. .iw.- . .. v..v..v.
Ard, then, the toilsome j. urncy completed.
the sunlight which spa-kled on git'ering sand
:.t .-,2V hollows, ana inns grauuaiiy.uy tue f
sweat of their brows amassed the "pile" which
bait been to each man the lure to win mm irom
bis ('itant New Encland home.
-
Gold! gold! thou potent swayer of men's hearts
v. - ills? destinies! altar-stone to the uevotee where
the knee is Writ. shrine wheretm are laid the
: - m .1 - 1 . . i il. . c
ffiw oi youth, vigor, aau imi sunigia t n..u-
hoo.1 Mecca to tne weary pi 2rim yeuow go.o,
'.. .-.. . -.f i i.r..i .1
tainter oi ncarus, wua oaicitu j,.ea.i. r
LreatL!
Alas, thtft for thee homo ties were riven, and
I'S -S l'-1 Letween those who should
ucver have L.en parteel; ala.J for home-sickness
clung to the wanderer HKC a snaeiow, sia.hinj,
.... f.f- - l- - r. .......4
tver L-rt-.-rt nim ana tt ins nio; vr fevu.
UC.i .l !-) 4 v " j
EXT, LIKE THE DEWS OT H EATEN, SHOCLD BK
EBEOTRfl, n. IIEDXESD1Y, OCT. 30, 1861.
ever pointing horcewarl, and a voice repeating
''Home! home! why are you here? There are
vonr dearest treasures!"
Oh, if he had but obeyed the voice! but "not
I yet! not yet!" he answered, "not till my pile is
j won!"
j vju-ci eij, i iiiiii: biirciy. iue price
for which he had bartered the society of his dear
ones; s themnths shaped themselves into years;
j the summer sun r.sle hi 5i Over the S icrcmento
valley, the melting snows sent down their tribute
j of icy rushing waters fr.-m the Sierra Nevada's
l f-umciits, winter came and the rains fell, aa 1
i anon the summer heats camo round aiiu. the
Yaha's bed was turnel, and Llarry Eustace was
fast becoming a rich n.an.
j CI7AITI K V.
j Meantime Low parsed the years to Mary Eus
J tace? As the time drew near for the return of
; Lit husband, did not her eye grow brighter, her
; footfall more elastic: and lingering over his let -.
ters. did she not count the fev short months
: which n:u?t elapse ere be would be back saying,
- s:.-u" ; w xt- 1 1 1 1 r bora 7 f. f V. i -
; tf !;is absence had half wa-icl to a close.
Yes, wearily she counted the waning month;
her ey e did grow brighiei ah! tivi bright for
j health ; but her footsteps grew slower and heavi
J er, fur Mary" bad not seemed strong or will of
! late. But still hrr smile was a? sweet as of o'.d :
her voice as pleassnt, and at.nighifail slie sung
her little Harry to sleep, an 1 tol l Charley sto-
; ries of hs papa who was coming home soon from
i thai far off land i f g Id. Hut all this time her
. step dragged m- re heavily, her frimc grew more
j ff-eble, and h j.e w:is dym t ut from her heart.
; What did these char.g. s jTotend ?
A!;, Mary Eu-tace knew what others d". 1 n-1
t know; th.it which would have struck terror into
j
j the In arts of her friends Vhat would have
; brought the husband of her youth, home right
j speedily ; for 'ow but surely was she living,
j The presentiment which had come to her heart
I when Harry left her was not false ; too true al.is!
; was the warning voice which then whispered in
! her ear "We shall never meet again!'
Consumption fasteiied its icy grap upon her.
Day by day she felt the destroyer winding its
chill iingc-rs upon h's heart, plucking thence ev
ery joy", withering every b!o-som ; dny by day
she paw how it painted still brighter the hectic
; on i;cr clic k, and a ided new brilliancy to her
' eye, and while others were deceived, and said,
j 'Why how well you arc looking, Mary,' she on
i ly shook her head and sadly smiled, for she knew
j she was surely walking a path they could not
' tread with her.
i
j Hut looking upon her two darlings, upon the
1 old brave Charley, a manly fellow of six, who
i still clung to the memory of the pony, and wWi
' ed his papa would make hast and come borne
from Cilif rney ; and upon the little toddling
! llarry, a delicate, golden haired child, the boy
j of her love ;! iking r pon them she strove to
i cru.-h uwn her fe.irs and bear up a little loiigcr
; t r tneir sakes.
i "Oh if Harry were only here' she sai l one
! evening s.s she went to her rixun more than usu-
ally wearied and exhausted, feeling ill, both mea
! tally and physically. " liuthow can I write him
I the truth how can I tell him all ? O'a, if he
I he would but come before it is tc-o lo.'e. .
i At last the eye of affection could not fail to
! perceive the change. II -r mother's heart grew
! anxious; relatives and friends all come with ex
j pressions of sympathy and kindness ; medical aid
; was solicited, and Mary was pror.oudccd au inva
j lid, Anel the patient si.tT--rcr saw that it was
: useless to Strive against the increasing debility.
j
A letter was despatched to Harrv.
j ' Do not alirm him needlessly, but tell him
j he had better be thinking of coming home very
; soon," said good old Dr. Grant. I do not ex
; actly understand Mary's case. Her symptoms
! are not wholly unfavorable, ard I do not de
j pair of bringing her up aain but we cannot
: tell, It is best that Harry s.nould be here, but
sav it without alarming Lim."
And so a letter was despatched, telling Lim
.nd so a letter was eicvpatcueo, teuing i..m
: Mary was not as well or as strong as for-
ly, though Dr. Grant apprehended no imm.-
that
merly
r.ent danger, but be should come home as soon
as be could arrange his business to leave. But
he must not be alarmed ; summer was approach
ing and the warm airs might revive Mary. She
had not been out much of late, had n6t taken
not taken much exercise, and her illness might
be in a measure owing to that. At present noth
ing serious was apprehended.
So Harry's sister wrote, and indue time the
I trt tor readied him : but that letter aroused tne
I wanderer. The spell was bioken ;a voice secni
! ed to say, 'return, and quickly, V.hy have you
lingered here while your 'loved one is sufl'-ring ?
What if she should die, and you net there?
Oh, hasten!"
And the first homeward bound steamer bore
I hire from the harl-or of San I Yam-isco-
Aud all this time the hand cf affection was
striving to stay the hand of the destroyer; all
the while thc delicate, timid, and gentle Mary
was getting weaker ami weaker. Day b7 e'-iy
! she slowly sank, until the dear ones -clustering J
j around her couch could no longer be deceived :
i until old Dr. Grant shook his grey head, and
' murmured, 'poor thing, poor thing!'
Suddenly there appeared a now phase in her
ieasj. The brain grew weary, and wandered
! estrsy, wild, strange fancies crowded her mind,
j memory was a waif, unknown and unrecognized,
i Reason had failed.
Tne letters from Harry did not arouse her from
i i.t ci.l tnt.- siro sometimes in fitful intervals.
1 "" ' , .
Sometimes laying wan and weak upon her pillow
' -she would fold and refold the closely written
j theet, of hia last written letter which raid 'I an:
DISTSIBCTE3
ALICE CP03 TUB HIGH A XI) THE
coming home,' finger the bright golden eagles
fresh coined from the mint, which had been sent
home to her. with a vacant smile as an infant
would play with some toy, and aron, at j-ome
moment when flashes of intelligence would break
on the darkened brain, she would whisper, 'he
i:i coming, he is coming.'
It was sad, pitiful, this disease which haded
the skiil of the gnotl old dect T which day by
day l.sl the wife and mother nearer the gates of
the Promised Land.
And then when the eyo of affection saw that
she could not lo' -T.r. be spared to them, there
was but one bur J -C'vttLc?r prayers
-Oh, if y.eiu- ii v'o fcr;i is too late !"
CHATTER vr.
AVeahy, worn and footsore, a traveller wrar-
pel himself -n the foils of his thick California
blanket, and lay down at night to slumber.
Ilis garments were coarse and travel stained;
an old Snanish sombrero covered h;. l,u,l
beneath ..Lose drooping brim hung masses of
thick black Lair, a profuse growth of which a!
mot coriceaied liis well formed month and throat;
his complexion was da: k and sunburnt; a Span
is dirk and patent revol-er hung from his belt;
and a'togr-ther he looked the very personification
of a Californian who had passed six" summers
of bar I toil in the mine?.
A pas.-er by might have thought him poor and
incn Ues, tmi m the lK.lt which girt bis waist, j
t!:at rough, travel Maiued man carried bis trras-
nre-the precious ounce for hieh he had toiled
tnree weary years, and at home in Nw Ih-ghir.d
mxious hearts ere wearily awaiting his re
turn. One other treasure that weary mau bore Fecre- j
r..,i ;., 1.:. i.it :..i. i i ..i j.,.,j.. v
,.,t- ,i it i . t i -r i ,
pr r. h:?i in:ir! t.M flio Ictfr.r T.. .t-.f. 1 t.
- - ....... . .... , . 1 .J '..Ik. . . 1 . V . I
written him. and era belay down to ,e.t. Le
drew it lorth and read its ue.icately written pa-
i , , . . . , ,
f-s iirif.v n hf li.-i.l il.mo lvoiv r-irrl.t- cpi.-.. 1
started iii his home bound way. And then re
fading the letter, Harry Eustace lay ekwn to
rest.
lie was on the Isthmus. Tropica, richness was
aln.ve and around him : deer. 1.1 . skies. Ktar.
spangle.1, l-nt over bin, and the luxriance of ;
lossy gieei.ery was about Lim. A-l thiy long
he had journeved along the narrow beaten mule
., ,., , A, , , f ,
path which wound through tanglel thickets b r-
tiered cv a dense channarel or hed'e of thick m.-
. . - r -
dergrowth, and grand old trees with glossy dark i
green foliage and. trailing banners tf old grey j
mijsses : .ill ihiv Ion" li:t.l h liri.sw.t r-.n 1 1 i 1 -
, iv t .1 r -1 r t '
ry way. hcf.sjin - r.rt th fervid rays of a July ,
.... ,1 1 . . 1 - 1 1 . 1 .1 1 :
sun. or tiift thin ners wfit.-h r.i-t r-.ntli u ,ir 1
often S"m lone traveller like himself was sprung
by deSpcradits lurking in the way side thickets,
jdniie-red of tlu-ir golden ounces, anil left to die
by the ass.asiu's knife, far from" home or friends
-oi mew danger.-, the traveller took no heed,
r 1 .... 1
for he was ncaring his home.
With cverv suceeexling step be became more
impatient. While he lived on the land cf gold
he had been content, thinking only of bis return '
a.s something in the future. His love had not
, . .,,,1,1 t -, .1. o . v.,, . j
izrowa ciil.J. i ut ne liai sant t il "et a little more
ere I go back,' but now, every
,rT s(f th't nelt 1 i
T'Sep
.atiencewuh it. It :
his home, broiigh fiesb impatience
sme.1 as if be could not bide by the time that ,
should bring him home, as n he could scarce
e i . r i . i '
siiare time f.r uecv.iul sleep or refreshments ; and
when hehy d.wa to rest, uitl, his hand clasped
over his precious btter. bis thoughts turned to
bis suffering wile.
And ia the stillness of the night there came to
him a dream, and in that dreani a wariiing.
An old withered woman, bent and Laggard,
with tvs that seemed to read mysteries, came
before him, and with upraised shrivelled finger
an 1 stern voice said :
Shall I open t you the book of fate?"
Trembling wit4! strange fears he whispered,
" Tell me not of mysa'f, but of those I love of
the distant ones. How is it with them V
And the lnysiic Sy bil replied :
" Haste thec. oh, haste thee, they are waiting.
.. my Lef st.rnos4 V;Mnsiae,i as she
p u T,jev wn, fliee
thc o , AmViiM patbw-av
tl y feet tread the oh: lamniar p
all but one. and she the blessed beloved. Thou ',
wilt not find her il is too laic!" and then, with
out further word or gesture the wild weird visi-
tor vanishe.1.
Harry aw.-ke with a stait It was deep mid
night. Thousands of stars were twinkling like
brilliants iu the far off tropic skies ; they had
never s'-cmed so distant, stars or skies, and then;
the broad leaved palmettos stirred with a Hist
ling whisperinp sound iu the soft still wind a
wind which seemed to him but a continuous
gigli, even a moan ; and cloie by the green bank
u Vi.r had made bis t::,low. a tinv rill ol wa-
ter drippel down over the 1- ng sword grass and
gbttered in the starlight like falling tears.
With a deep groan Hurry burial his face In
bis blanket.
" Oh , Gel ! if this should be so ;" he murmur
eel. If I should go home and not find Mary!
If for this," and he smote his hand fierce and
hard upon the belt which encanscd the gold
a..w .... i - I
dust, " if for this I have lost her!" and ad
through that l ng ami terrible night, he was kee
ping a vigil with memory and regret.
I or he knew that it was no dream which had
idly tLtted across bis brain in his slumbcr . uo
trick of dainty 'Kobia Goodfollow who weaves
quaint fancies into thc web and woof of slep,
and whispers strange imaginations into the drea
mer's ear ; it was uo dream, but a 'warning.
CHAPTER VII,
I
A stage coach rolled up the long dusty street
and stepped at the gate beneath thf rimr. There
LOW, THE RICH ASH THE POOS.
was a s-tir and 1 ust'.e tf foot steps upon the grav
elled walk, the driver to.-k down two or three
trunks in the entry, threw a Urge California
blanket on the pile t f luggage, and then turned
mounted Lis box and Trove away.
A sunburnt, fr in lo 'king man dressed in
a suit of black, wkb a Panama hat. band-jd. with
a broad black ribbon drawn over his eyes, stood
in the low roofed catry with his hand on the
latch of the door leading into the old fashioned
parlor,
His fingers trembled as he essayed to lift the
latch, his whole frame trembled, could Le open
J the door, and not find her?
II? knew E.U. In the railway car which brought
him from the city, be met an old fnead. " This -
had not g one to him and said in so many words,
your wife is deal!' but he had wruag Lis Land,
and whisi-ed. 'poor fellow! Eustace may GoJ
help you." Ami then told the" whole sf-ry.
It was cno igh, II irry knew that Lis Mary
was gr.e. lie might go back to the old Lome-
t?Cai' blit Ve Ct'ul 1 not f':i1 Ur VTe
inight
f .ii.i- ii ii ..r i . :
I Iik.:v for the l:g:.t of her young sweet face, but it .
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should not ll.umne the darkness thev bad bid
! . - ;
it under the grave sod ; he might pour out his J
! golden dust, but not at her feet 'the marbls j
btone gleame-l there : he might kneel and sob ;
j and pray but she could neither see nor hear him I
hist l i t Mary.
He had not wept, but a dull, aching pain was
J at his heart ; r.nd j erhaps rcople thought be
slept, as he sank down into the corner of lb
! - -
! o! lhe D'1 wa-v far' )v Lls Lat puded
..uau.o ..oer..ii.-ii.ii siuiii loe-u.
f.r he was a man, and he must not weep before
i men ; b it. st.m li:;g there in the entry of the low
! ro -f.-d homestead, ho v.'is
as wea.c as a :ih:c
j child, his knees finote against cich other and he
''"
' leaned heavilv aga:nst the partition wall for sup
. o l 1
- to
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. .iiiir !!.;! .ol i.ci.i'4 Lj-t- ;i s '. iro;u ii.v i.' .
'
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y 1 'f" u"
...ei:iy, and
i back kite hen where slie was at her
i tasks; but on entering the parlor su
, hearing t..e i.a-. i tremo.mg upon tne utci., sup
11 i:lIJe mrr' len 01:1 lw
" - "c uwl uu
tt.HMl face to face with her son.
Mule she stool f t a m -i er.t. gazing upon the '
M c-rl . ,1....,., l...r.- 1 ... 1
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; be stajcrered t-r.r.ii i:euviiv into htr arms, she
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tea:s:
"Oh, Harry, Harry, Harry!"
Ah hour later, when calmness bad come, and
with the lii.ne groun all around nira. Uarry Eus-
. , , ,
tace found strength to li-trn to the si 1 st ry.
J
Y.'ith Chatley. now grown to lc a stout, brave
boy, at his side ; and the little golden-hairo.l II ir-
rv, wlio-e s..ft blue eves were so like his Marv's.
on Li knee the bo'v wh- m he had never seen,
... 1 -j.. 1 .., . t.t.. 1 :.. r..i r...
,,,.,, ,,i A e were scared v featel wlisa the cuilien
at;. woiK.ered wlio the rreut strange man could j , , . , ,
- . 'seemed to think somo atttotion dee them.
,,e- wLo d,;n- tu s'' UM'' an1 klcJ L,m ! Mother. I want a pieoi." yelled Charley
"TVS Z tears upon bis face mean- tbe BCCOai hopeful Sod, I." eaii another,
timc'anJ lLc" ?lve L,m lrs-ht - '!l!n 16 i "And me. to," chimed in a third.
w5th- uh h,s motherless b .ys clasped in O Ibe still ; you cettainlj are not hungry
his arms, Harrv Eustace heard the wh -Id sad i yet saiu Mrs. oodj, iu a wining, coaxicx
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- p.i'ie.iL s....viei, n ii j iu in-i jiouiii
and beautv l al meekly and ur.cornplaiuingly
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three vears to g-ow rich in; three vears of'
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I,-,,r'' 1 W,'K" C"M neror ret,,ra' a"nn-
ul'"ich bri--Lt -VM Altered, md
mi- jijic ia i..:in-v. .ia.ia . 1 u wi. j t.i ins is Lut me beinaicg ottne day."
Oh, ye who hive household treasures, love : thoight, with asiih. as I lookup my work
thorn, cling to them, leave them never! Let ; asraia. The children became quiet while eat
not the love ef g-Id part yon; I tell yoa love is i 1 ng tbaj'r breud aid lu'ter, ard the baby went
better than riche?. j to slc-ep. Then Mrs Wood dre w up her Lag-
Time, the softener, has in a measure hcakd
, .v i r .i i r .
have taken the place of thc old ones for zo it
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must oe.tn.it r.jw ho-oes ever build u'Oi the
1
ashes, ef dead ones; but ah. the scar of that
weiundcan never wholly disappear: and to day,
one heart is heavier fr the sorrow it has known
an re.Uing this. .:arK ryes w::i ;;m witii
tears for thc memory of the "loved and lost "
w ho for four Ion-vears had been ouietlvsleeriin-.
1-1 . . . "
Fauny Fttn tays that it is jmt 85 sensi-
Lie a move to get nrirried without courting,
as to attempt to succeed in bu.-icess without
advcitising.
Tbe Philosopher Frtzer raj, that a
man without money is poor, tut a man with
notbiog lut money is still poorer
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T "? of."y'g lt " faLsfc .tbe I'Lrasa
is cuaugeu 10 iu is iti.gram, ana xae
charge remains qiite es strung.
The CLinesi are pj .-cr peop!o to go to
j market
; gestlcuiuu wnt;ag frgnj CantOti
! FaV
A gentleman has just lail in his winter
provisi ns a bin 1 quitter of a horse and two
barrels of Lull dogs.
"
'Ike., said a rusty old heathen of the
desk -Low do astronomers measure the tlis-
taoc to the sun!'
Why, replied the young genius th?y cul-
culate one fourth of the distance ani multi-
p!y by
ien r.
The desk worm fainted.
Let ancient or modern history be produ-
red they, will not find a more heroic display"! seivca
lhan the reply of Yankee Stonington to the j Ut Wood tow bud the fronts cut, and
British commanders. Tbe people were pil- ' slid she guessed she could cut tie backs witn
ing the balls which the enemy had wasted, S ut any pa'trtn. I. thought diSerectly. but
when tha foe applied to them: did notr.y so. Ju-t then the baby w-kcaed
We want balls. Will you sell them?' nj, yeliiog so tLat I could not bear a word
Yankee StoniDgtcn replied. bo mother waa sayiug, and I hewed a heart-
'W e want powder; seud us powJer. anl
;'il return your balls.'
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VOL. 8 X0. 47
THE MAIDENS HO LIE.
BT tlH E. L. EULWU.
A cottage in a peaceful vale ;
A jisamine round the door ;
A hill to shelter from the gale ;
A silver brook before.
Oh, sweet the jasamine's buds of snow.
In ciornirgs soft will May,
And sweet in summer's silent glow,
TLelr.vklct's iscrry play;
Cut sweeter in that lonely place.
To God it must Lave been,
T see the maiden's happy face ;
Thus blessed the hotn wiihin.
Wnhort the porch ycu heard at soon.
A voice that sing for giee ;
Or marked the white neck glancicg down.
The looi rioor? her knee.
EIHS. WCOD'3 VISIT.
It's a real tame, Majcie, that I've cot
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i Mau vou vet ; uii . ou tnusi ma iuiut uuu
, ' r i , -f- j t
of for, I declare, I ve set a cay of eveij
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wee; sioco cu have ben in the ccigbbor-
hooJ ti, g!) aoJ Fas? a daj with Y0Q yoa
know my farr.il j is large, and I hive a preat
deal of sewing' tl tlo ; but rext Fridey 1 have
tlcttrmintd I will go, ai,d take my work a-
j long. c are cot Laif so sociable as peop
ouht to be ; but I aiit get as much time to
v,s,t.? 9 1 ,Iiie 10 Da.ve ana 1 ctc-rC
i .l 7 lLis,u lLe Wt Um9 J0U e"r We"-
- .0-.ss
. ! va!kev tlCwly home frouj Mrs. Wood'.
T . V:,,, Tu f-rt
, thou-ht her rather fust. Wehal not been
, 'lu tLe vii'.a-e bit a few weeks, and she had
already called on us trie-3- That morniug I
hid goua up sirett cn an erand, and it bein;
'. very warm I haJ stop? 1 at Mrs. U oo J a to
J .
l rfst a fevp ininnlc. I had not st;cil Iir tA
our hou,e, and was entirely u.conaou, that
l had received anv blight from her and her
' children not having, as yet, tpent the daj
. with us, nutil she Lai informed cf the fct
s aa4j, regrets and apologies. We were really
in troubla about the unexpected visit, not
that Mrs cod was at all ur.rkis.nt.tut tha
cunareu 1. grew as a luuuiui 01 mem.
for they were a noiiy and unruly set.
Kirly on Friday morning there came a
knock at the froat door that echoed throug b.
the wh ile hous3. Trying to feel resigned. I
opened the door, but it was with utter despair
tbat I closed the door after Mrs, Wood and
five small children. I tok them to the .sit
ting room, bat hearily wished aftrwards that
by soms means we could have stumbled into
tbj kitchen.
Well I've pet here at last." broke in
j Irs. Wood as she deliberately lail asiJe her
bonnet.
It is really to bud that I have left it
eo
' ng ; but as I told Msggia the other day, I
i have been ao very busy."
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! Ves, I ai. and I want a peiee, " replie-i
i Charley, with a defiant .tmrudent I.ck.
We'll, then. k Maggie right pretty to
get vu a piece, "said tie mother, as tha
e. , 1 - .- T , ,
r.ckcJ th,e cry iu? babv from tbe fioor. I drl
notay aevthiuff. Lut" ia vecv good humor
laiJ d.-.vn ".ny Work and went to the pantry.
. aaa Jre ,4,ri:i DT wori-
.ilat'irie, I n. to ma&c mys2.f a light
' clouk f.om the pattern of your spring cloak;
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; uont yt-u laiui it w:Ii bi pretty one? and
t. , ...., t ,v - . c u
t anu sae ga.hertd tao goous uo into folds to
! dpt -,t" lo the best advantage,
j (jj CllUre 1 thought it would make up well,
' l'ut- I Lave no pattern cf of my cloak.
Mrs Wood."
t i e.i, uf. x. ui i cut porry ior r ; urn per-
..V.-.-H .. T- 1 . J e -j. .
i taPs Jc u aStl 1 cou! 1 cat ono frotu 'to cloak
j I have heard several times how handy you
i were about cutting anytLingyoa waated to.
; and I just bre ught this goods along to day on
; purpose to eet you to help me abuut it." And
i she sui lei icsinuitiagly.
i '4I i.ever cut one without a rattcrn " I re-
, plied ; and would not like to undertake it. I
jhu'J for I uiulug, too," I added,
menUiIy. -4VVd. let me see ycur cloak!
I aD LiW 1 u 'iS 1 caii Jj il i-
j I wen: up sk aad took the cloak f rem
1 . lrllfiE wi trii f 1 i,,t(nd. d
lt to stay all
sunder Th;u Mrs. Wood wanted to know
; how this was don?, and how that was cat. and
wished sec Lai a rattern, or haJ the cloak
! cut. I was very bu-v with my work and did
not take lhe hit,t. for I did not wish ta have
j anything to do with it. Finally ,he a.-ked
me for paper and j-cissors, so that she might
j cut a pattern. Just then the four el Jest chil-
! drn, who had slipped cut some tiuic before,
Oime bouncing iu with,
"On I in -ther, we got such goo-! berries cut
in the garden ; dent yoawjnt s.me?
i cy, how uo you know that the fJks al
bw joa to t-a-.hcr thcai T1 studying her pal
ters -'Din't puil any more, dears." So
away taey ad rua, Im o man? wild horses
j d into the gardeu, I suppose to help then.
1 't sign as l saw my work box ktt down ia
j tbe floor for its amusement. 1 took occasion
j to need fo-uethiog in it, and took it from the
; biby. Ia few xsinatcs the notber ail.i
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