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dence. Emma was agisted from the
carriage ; and then her husband, without
heeding her questioning look., led her up
the marble steps, :nd throwing oiien the
break you promise or forget all about it."
A loud laugh expressed tlicir acqui
escence in the justice of the claim, and
the jvoor fool, ttoltiis ro'i ., was cumH Ilcd
to lav dwn the cash. No one supiHised
door, gently pushed her from him into the i he would coincagair, but he still hoped
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those luxuries to which you have been Soon after the carriage drew up before an ! arid have no memory : so yon will either
accustomed, and endure the privations in- i
cident to Western hie ? If you asked to
be released from your engagement, I can
not b'.ame 3'ou ! But believe mo, deaiest,
it will be the saddest word I have ever
been called to hear ; and I
" There, that will do, my child ! Spare
your blushes and my ears, And you will
give him up.
Mother "
It was a simple word of two syllables,
but it told the parent more than hours of
gumcut could have done. Still the
mother seemed unwilling to give it un
w a
without an effort.
" Consider well what you are doing,
Emma," she said. " You, who have
been reared so tenderly. Hardly a wish
Mary's Hcanty
BI GEO.
MORRIS.
ft-tre can it be, dear mother.
That M.iry'si beauty lies?
H:,re silken aie my tresses.
And brighter are my eyes.
let children throng around her,
Atvl htrangf rs praie her grace :
There's not a creature in the village,
Dut loves Lcr bonny face.
I know when day is breaking
SLewel-s tie forest stream,
Aii ever on returning
Mre beautiful doth seem.
Pfrcbance its shaded waters
SouiS ancient charm retain,
XudlVi who bathe at sunrise
Its 'uW2i can obtain.
I'il liie me there to morrow.
To try the waters too,
Aiu! ait u lift I hhe Cometh,
Ad1 see what she will do.
Ijung Ktla reached the forest
While yet the stars were bright ;
B .t scarcely hail she hidden,
W'htu Mary came in sight.
Sla lightly crossed the sti camlet,
Atd paused upon the spot
Mere rocks and twiuiug branches
Hd formed a quiet grot ;
luconscious of observers.
She knelt in meekness there,
Aad looking up to heaven.
Breathed forth a fervent prayer.
Th-n rising up in gladness.
She warbled forth a hymn.
Aa.l homeward Dent her foostops
While ytt the light was dim.
Forth came the softened Ella,
Xor tried the streamlet' art :
She thought not of her features.
But of her erring heart.
they are Anaks. each stan hug a good
eight feet alww tin- level of the tl.mr,
without counting to :i s'ijht wrinkle in the
ungrafified.
44 Do not, I beg mother, ask me to
perjure myself! I promised to be Charles
Ley ton's wife. If he has been unfortu
nate there is more need than ever that I
should keep troth with him. No. 1 will
not add a woman's desertion to his other
misfortunes."
" Well, my darling, neither I nor your
father will seek to coerce you in this mat
ter. I have done my duty in advising
you. Charles Ley ton is worthy of your
love, whatever tricks fortune may play
him."
The father paid but little to deter her.
But often she would detect an eager, anx
ious Uxk from out his deep, thoughtful
eyes, when he supposed himself unob
served. The wedding-day was fixed by letter,
as Charles could not conveniently return
until just before marriage.
One morning, as the father was leaving,
he turned to Emma, and, placing a roll
of bills in her hand, said :
There is something for your wedding
outfit my child."
Emma tttok the bundle, and, looking in
the dear, kind face wistl'ullv, as she was
wont to d w h.Mi asking a favor, began to
speak, and then hesitated.
'What is it, pet? Are 30U afraid
there is not enough ? If not sufficient
ask for more."
"Oh! it is not that. I was thinli
ing "
thinking
vestibule, and in an in.-tant she was
clasped in her mothers arms, while her
dear kind lather stood by and coughed,
and wiped his eyes, as if she had brought
a cloud of dust that was tilling his throat
and blinding him. The mother look no
pains to conceal her emotion, but mur
inered soft loving words, as only a mother
coiId over a returned daughter.
Her husband anil his two friends had
followed her, and, as she looked first at
one, amd then at the other, she was per
fectly bewildered. But her mother, with-
ttiat he might turn the tables, and pre
sented 'himself at the appointed hour.
The d..ctor nceived him vbh great gravi
ty, and, addressing the audience, said
" Gentlemen may think it a joke, but
I assure them on the honor of a gentle
man, that it is a very serious affair ; and
1 hereby engage t; return the money, if
the bystanders do not acknowledge the
cure, and that I am fairly entitled to the
reward."
.The man sat down was furnished with
a "lass of water the doctor produced a
out giving her any time for questions, led j box of flattened black pills ; ami to show
The Illinois Stock Owner.
B T MRS. r .
M
AMES.
Is a luxurious furnished apartment
UuaUrd in one of our Eastern cities, a
Outlier and daughter were seated. 'I he
Bother was a fine looking woman of forty ;
the daujrbter. a dazzlins beautiful cirl of
!ghteen. The latter was intently peru
sing a letter.
Suddenly she looked up.
4 eJL mv t VKt t 1" Raid
r mother.
" Edward hnq nip with rwrs " was
renlv ut.n ...:n : i.:.n ...
l 'J I WUI TO ill IVILC tltlU '.V 1.
BP residence here, after our oiar-
ee ; and my Lome with him will be in
44 In Illinois ! Is he coins to turn far-
to recover h? lrK I"
"Hardly thar T think. Ilia knowl-
would be as limited as mine in that
toeation, I am sure, No, it ia stock-rusin'
"A.k.-raising i Aim is iitue uetier
I think."
" ell, I hardly know what he means.
dl read you what he writes about it,"
" the treasured epistle was again drawn
its delicate enclosure.
change in my fortune," the letter
" will make it necessary for me to
the offer of partnership in tho firm
Tour city, to which I before referred.
Aaa as I expect to deal in stock it will
oest for my business if I reside in llli
somewhere iii Cook countv, I think.
now, Emma, darling ! lare 1 ask
J0! still to eharo my changed fortune ? I
not ai it as a right, but only by my
P ,uv for you. Can you forego all
"Well, of what were you
You think of too much lately.'
Would you be displeased if I should
get a plain muslin for my wedding dress ?
It would cost me much less, and would
m far more suitable to my altered circum
stances."
' Yes I should be very much displeased.
You are mv daughter yet, and shall be
married as such. And then, if you must
go and live in a cabin on the prairie, with
a cattle driver. I shall feel that I have
done my duty as a father to you
This was mote than the por cirl ex
pected, and the tears came litie summer
rain.
t tut 1 Wti' cilN- r-.t shf ?a!'
A l., .... a - ' - - - - - -
And the father's hand was laid gently
on her head, and lingered long -and loving
ly among the twining curls. "Charles
will le wealthy yet. Men often acquire
large fortunes in lhe kind of business he
purposes to adopt. lScsides, fcmmn, 1
have other daughters that will be wanting
wedding dresses, pcrhap., some day ; and
my first born must not go to her bridal in
shabby attire. Trust all to your mother,
my child, and le my own light-hearted
Emma again, or I shall be sorry that I
ever promised you to a poor man."
The wdddi lg day came i i d e scr.a n.
Emma had objected to the bridal tour.
But her father and lover, after teasing her
somewhat about her miscrl' attributes,
overslAii?hcd her obieclions. and three
weeks at Saratoga, a trip to the sea side,
and a steamboat excursion around the
lake to Chicago was at last decided upon.
Charles Leyton waj proud and well
might he be of the treasure he had won,
and took no pains to conceal it from her
in all those pleasant days. ' She had sac
rificed so much for him ! he said con
stantly. The excursion on the lakes was delight
ful. The picture like islansd, umbrageous
in their summer splendor the glimpses
of varied scenery along lhe shore and
the delicious like breeze all combined
to make this part of their journey seem a
flight through fairy-land.
They reached Chicago on a beautiful
August morning, and to the surprise of
the young wife, the first persons they met
on lhe landing.were two young men, in
timate friends of her husband, and who
had officiated as groomsmen at their wed
ding. A private carriage was in waiting, and
the fiiur were xn threading their way
through the crowded city. On, on, past
splendid hotels, almost palace-like in siz-3
and architecture. At length they reached
a street lined with beautiful ebado tree.
the way into a luxuriously furnished par
lor, and, while the gentlemen s.'atcd them
selves, and strove to appear perfectly at
ease, with her own hands began unfasten
ing the outer garments ot the tired trave-
er.
"Mother! What does this moan?
m I dreaming ? Is this your home."
No Emma it is your home, and will
be so long as you can call your husband's
louse your home."
' 1 his, then, from your kindness, my
father?"
" Xo, my dear, I am sorry to say it is
not .1 should hardly be able to purchase
1 residence like this, without selling my
own.
" Mrs. Leyton," said one of the gen
tlemen who had met them at the landing,
"it belongs to me to confess and explain
it all. About five months ago Charles
Leyton fell heir to quite a large property
in Chicago. My friend here, aml&l, were
with him when he was officially notified
of the fact. We all commented ireely 011
the freaks of fortune, and I remarked
that, had he lost a fortune instead ot
- . . . .
gaming one, some ot us might scanu a
better chance Xo win the favor ot a cer
tain beautiful girl in our city that rumor
was now giving entirely to him. J lie re
mark nettled him, and he challenged me
the trial, lielieve me, so confident was he
of your truth, that I began to waver, and
even offered to withdraw mv assertion.
But he insisted ; and your lather coming
in at the time, learning the subject of dis-
. 1 i 1.:.,
cussion, his prine was arrouseu ior in.-
child, and the whole thing was arranged
then and there. Your mother was in the
secret. We have been defeated in the
contest, and now willingly yield the palm
to woman's devotion."
" Andahat statement about being a
stock owner. Did you, Charles, did you
did you write me a a "
" Falsehood ? you would ask. No I
did not in words, at least. I wrote you
of my changed fortune, but I did not say
in what manner it was changed. I am a
stock owner, and have hundreds of cattle
that they were perfectly innocent, atierted
to swallow three or four himse.f. He
then gave one to the man, who, after
many wry faces, bit into it started up,
spitting and sputtering, and exclaimed
by, hang me, it it isn't cobbler s
wax :
" There," said the doctor, lifting up
lioth hands, " did any btnly ever witness
so sudden, so miraculous a recovery ?
lie is evidently cured of lying, for he has
told the truth instantly ; and as to memo
ry, my gojd fellow," continued he, pat
ting him on the back, " if you ever for
get this, call 011 me, and I'll return you
the money."
TIic CIilnvKe In San I'rancisco.
OUTLANDISH liELIGIOUS CEREMONIES.
is more than in
been able to as-
on my farm. I leave other business how
ever, and that is in this beautiful prosper
ous city."
" And, father, my log cabin. Where
is it r
This is it. Ami we are all your
guests for a week, if you will entertain us
so long. Your mother was suspicious of
your unfledged wings, and, enlisting your
husband in your serviee, beguiled me into
a promise to meet me in your new home."
The young wife could not forego a wo
men's right to (Mint a little at the part she
had unwittingly acted ir. the little plot ;
hut slin li:ul the oood sense that this was
not the time or place to du-it ; and with
graceful dignity, she took her place in t'ue
well ordered household. And whe n me.
pleasant week had passed, her friends left
her with the gratifying thought, that her
"lines had been cast in pleasant places."
The San Francisco Bulletin, of Septem
ber lGthj gives the following account of a
visit to a Chinese temple in that city :
The Chinese are having a great time in
their Teu.ph, on Sacramento street just
now. Evidently the festival is of a re
ligious character, though whether the pro
ceeds are to be devoted to canceling a
mortgage on their church or to sending out
pagan missionaries to win over Christian
believers to Buddhism,
cniisitiveness itself has
certain. I he dignitaries of their Iemple
are not at all reticent, but display a
charming readiness to indulge in a con
versation with vi.-itors to which the only
drawback is that neither understands the
the other's language. However, they
themselves know wiiat the celebration
means and is intended for, and they being
the principal parties concerned, no others
have a rigid to complain.
The riit thing which strikes the visitor
on entering the vestibule of their sanctuary
is a most ancient and fish-like smell, and
if he approaches the altar he will diseovtr
that the breath of the gods smells strange
ly of stale salmon. Evidently their drink
is not nectar, neither is it ossiMe that
their victual is ambrosia. 1 he Inst ob
ject pf Chinese adoration that meets the
eye is a high and hilarious god, standing
some seven or eight feet in his stockings,
and flouri.-hing a cigar in his left hand,
like a Montgomery street swell. The at
titude of this idol is not very graceful,
while his leirs widely spread apart, and
back which won! I give them a i'ev inches
more were it i roue I out. Each has one
foot perched on a snpjoitious rock, while
the other rests on a payer tiger they
seem to have been bucking against the
tiger all the night through. One holds a
gold, n apple in his hand, plucked from
no one knows what Hesjr. rides ; the
other grasps a golden wreath. Thiy are
ttpnngled like harlequin, and bearded and
umstached like bigus barons. A chronic
lassimd.; rests on their features probably
occasioned by having licen up all night.
Before them is spread eilher a late break
fast or an early 1 neb, but they seem in
no hurry to attack it. Undoubtedly they
feel safe in the assurance that no one else
will eat it.
Hanged aroun 1 the wall, in convenient
little sentry boxes, stand fudgy little gods, j
with splay feet. These le the common
"Josses" of the concern. Oac of them
is habited like a Christian martyr, and
has the dolorous look of one condemned
to lie burned. The apprehension seems
not entirely groundless, as a number of
torches are lighted close to his feet.
Should thej' burn on, the spectacle would
be furnished of a baked tomato.
The vvorshipjxjrs in the purlieus of the
temple are not very devout. They loaf
around an 1 take all sorts ot liberties with
their gods, even to the occasion x smooch
ing of ;i tomcod front their breakfast ta
ble. There are dowagers with head dres
ses which to.ver up in crinigerous Babels,
an 1 damsels with cy s more clamshell
than a'.inond-shell shaped. Tht-re are
male Chinamen hating the look of Chim
panzees, and others dan li lied enough in
'tipjtearance to stand as lay figures in bar
ber's windows. Altogether, the picture
is a motley one, and well worth seeing,
but curious vi.-itors should be vaccinated
before entering the synagogue and carry
smelling salts with them.
Were there time in this connection to
indulge in speculation and reflection con
cerning this curious eop'.e who have mo
ved their temples and jds in our mid-t
and sat down among us, but of whom
we really know so little, they were ample
fin wl for it. I low long will they main
tain their id ilarrous wor.-hip in the fu 1
med over all the world, and its liberty
woven lines streaming and floating " o'er
the home of th-j brave" through sunshine
and storm, shot and shell, the ensign of
all America, tha pride of the world for-
ovt:r !
Geographical Punning.
The Bracers should to Mall-a-go ;
The Fools to rocks of Scilhj;
The (Juaiers to the Friendly isles;
The Furriers, all o Chilly.
The little squalling, bawling babes,
That nightly break our rest.
Should be packed off to Babylon,
To Zap-land or to Crest.
Cooks from Spread ehould gD to Cutset;
And while the Miser waits
llis passage to the Guinea roast.
Spendthrifts are in the Slraita.
Sjinslers should to the Xcedles go;
Ulnebibbers to Burgundy ;
Gourmands may lunch at iScuidtcich idea;
Ways poke their fun at m-dy.
Mu.-ici.1t1s hasten to the Sound,
All mendicants t" Borne;
An 1 let the race of Hypocrites
At Caiit-uu find their home,
L .vers should fly to Cape Good -ye;
To n(rme Caj'C Horn is pain ;
Dl.t. rs should go to O O ., (Ohio.)
Our sailors to thc-JJam.
13 d 1 Bachelors to the United Stales,
Maids to the Me of Man,
The G anient rs should to Botany g .
And Shoeblacks to Japan.
The Qncrrchome in ire-Ian i
Will find their proper level ;
The Briider, whm he sets these lines.
May iot of to the " Deed."
bhiz! of th - liht which a Chrisiian com
munity sheds ? Or is it unfair to call
thm ido'atvrs when thes intagrs which
they make unto themselves are not mad
"in th? shape of aivthin z i-i the h -avcos
:iut, n th" ea"th lnm a'h, or th waters
mi l r the earth !" Will even an Ion.o-
o.i.l et'i.l tl.iJi flitters
1 . I 1
ctast com1? a:oig r.n 1
deities fh i ig hi .lu r titan miv kite .' 10
these Tho.-s final 1 be broVsi wit 1 their
own harnm rs t Or will this jH' -ple yi
cl'tinting bat barons hymns thimt'jli I hi''
noses and beating tom-toms to the honor
of their toin-cods and tom-gods to the
end of another century
THE AMERICAN FLAG.
Most W-autiful
tlw air with which he bract s back auaiust 1 proudest glorv-
The following beautiful apostrophe to
the flag of our country, we find it in one
of our exchanges. We do not know who
he author.
emblem of the world's
A in. rican freedom '
- A typograjd.i:?l exprsi.-n.
HEAL INDIAN-NCITY.
A Spaniard having stolen a horse from
an Indian, the latter convicted him of the
oiK-nce by a very ingenious plan. He
complained to a judge, who had the
Spaniard, with the horse, brought before
him. The prisoner swore that the horse
lielouged to him, and that he had always
had it. so that t lie judge did not find him-
sen in a hsiiiou to convict. lie was
even about to return the horse to him,
when lhe Indian said
"If ) on will allow me, I will prove
that the animal belongs to me." Imme
diately lie pulled oil" his cloak, and cover
ing the horse's head, asked the Spaniard
of which eye it w as blind ? The robber
was much embarrassed at the question,
but, never; hel.'sr, rot to delay the court,
he replied at hazzard that it was the right
eye. The Indian 'uncovering the head,
exclaimed
"The horse is not blind eilher of tb
right eye or the left."
The judge immediately decided that tho
animal was his.
! is
THE QUIZZEH QUIZZED.
On a recent occasion of a medical pro
fessor delivering practical lectures to the
public, a gaw ky lumbering clodhoppper
thought he had devised a mtnle of turning
the laugh against, the doctor. lie
mounted the stage, and on being ques
tioncd as to bis disorder, said very
grave! v
" Why, I'm a liar.".
Sal disorder, sir, but perfectly cura-
the wall suggests that he is under th? in
fluence of the rosy. Altogether, he ha a
convivial look about him, highly cheerful
to behold, and the effect is heightened by
horns, with serrated edges, which sprout
gaily from behind his ears. I lis belly is
modelled like a bass drum, but so nicely
adjusted a not to seriously interfere wi:h
the even tenor of his whole contour. "
Passing on and ascending a narrow and
fishy stair-case, we fin I a balcony, gay
with flags and lanterns and illuminated
with scrolls written in sinuous characters,
probably pregnant with the wisdom of the
immortal Kung-tu-tre, whom the Latins
name Confucious. We may very well
conclude that the b.nks which lie open
but shut so far as our understanding is
concerned liefore us, arc the Solid tJe
clarito and the Concordiac Formula of
their peculiar church. IL'rc the sound of
music is loud reckless disciples crash
ing anvil choruses upon immense gongs,
while milder-mannered musicians kept up
a rattling accompaniment on kettevdrums,
v.i.- c.wt ttin doctor.
"" ' ... .j.j -.i. 1 ..e oi.-ni o
Well " said the man, out 1 ve a oicnueu un .1 r i..t-i;u:.T nm nun .
troin ne ups 01 ihilmh uu-a. pom
stand it ni trvtlmsly well, h twever, and
so does the temole, though a much less
worscr. nor that, I've lost my memory.
" Quite curable, also," added the doc
tor. But I must make my preparations.
Come again after dinner, and 1 will 13
ready for you: but pay down five shi
lings." The man who had intended to have his
fun gratis, resisted, but the dttctor declared
lie never let any ore down from the stage
till he had paid something.
" Besides," said the doctor, " bow can
I trust you You say you are a liar.
lrig!itest sy 11r.it i. tit a nation s la n r .
lxeli st messenger that evir spread its
graceful folds and wooed beneath its rain
bow hues, stray children Ironi the nation
of the wot 11, to the full tnj iytnent tf a
people's highest luxury, Libirtif and Iialc
jhndsitccl Heaven's own blue dyes the
groundwork of its glistening stais! l'n
rity's white alt mates .with its blushing
bars! Angel's smiles wreath its bhod
lRHight stripes! God's blessing crowns
its beauty ; the greatness of national in
dependence, and the heroic glory of a
Washington clings to its every thread.
Floating over sea or shore ; at home or
abroad, nations yield it triumphant hom
age ; its minnow streamings as they Hp
pear in heaven's pure light, bear a na
tion's pride in every fold and a country's
triumph in every star.
l'roud hearts thrill and glow and bo
soms swell, as its melting, mingling hues
roll and wave in sight. The brightest
honors of a world is in its starry firma
ment, and the noblest principle of Gov
ernment nestles in its "red, white and
blue." Truth and freedom it prou l!y
liears on its beautiful folds to all the
world ; joy and happinpss it carries from
C2 A ti-iliijiit naturalist was boring
Theodore Hook with the distinctions in
formations and habits lietwccn two ani
mals of the same (.--. Hook, who
neither knew, nor wished to know any
thing about it, exclaimed
" It flashes on me now, I see the dis
tinction : it's just the same in swine."
" In sw ine !" cried the astonished natu
ralist. ' Yes," said Hook: " You know aocae
jy. are tirutt and some ptys are lead.
I he bore gave a grunt, :uid was silent.
you
noise brought down the walls of Jerieo. ! f-hore to shore. elcomed w ith chant
In the tempi , thi gods, and worshippers j
are so numerous that one. ca'ls tlt."m no i
longer .T; hn, but Iegi n. ion stumble
over a littK god on the floor, or precipitate
your head into tlu stomach of the big
one braced against the altar. The big
and song, hailed with anthems of delight
lha proudest, noblest flag that ever, was
flung to the breeze
" Forever float that standard sheet !"
with its starry triumphs, its blending glo
ry and its nation's pride. God keeps it
" You are about to remove ar;
not
" No."
" Why, you wrote up Selling off. "
" Yes : evcrj- shopkeeper is selling off."
You say, 4 No reasonable orlt-r re
fused.' "
44 Why I should be very unreasonable
if I did refuse such an offer."
44 But vou sav, 4 Must close on Satur
day. "
44 To be sure ; you would not have ma
open on Sunday, would you V
Cy At a hotel table onedayons hoard
er remarked to his neighlor
'This must be a healthy placa for
chickens."
" Why so ?" remarked the other.
"Because I never sec any dead onea
about."
ones numbered two, and face each other there, high in the heaven's blue arc with
in a Gog and Magog etyle. Id height ita ritr-born beaotie glistening undim-1 fc!Wa
r?jr An old bachelor says that marriage
was in-tituted for no other purpose than
to prevent men from sleeping- diagonally
in bed.
C3" Ease and honor are wldota bd-
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