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From Bherlog's 3trsita to the and of Cape Horn,
Who have dinned potatoes or planted tom,
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[!store • famine are,
There never osmosis that / star alum,
Who ataa* agora tneasi, and kept it too,
- .0 ar people called ttlam as rleb as* Joy,
Tbao Oaniel Dtsailk, Itagalett.
Hr ins& all Dls JP2O/41 , IC gney stocks,
Ind kept It sale anitpowder proof leeks,
Alba he never wand e slung, the doeks,
Taring the Unseen of the now:
He rod* tip town In the WsU rtenot
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Twita rornishad on the Partaian plan,
A 1' ter ►bide for a god than ■ raaa.
So adorned with atttnios and rum.
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It aopsaved -rt I n "43 prnpe , places
! wee a terrible's/tack t t '•upper ar,.st
Who* Daniel fatted to coin down wall th• uni
s•ot t ttlelmbe. 'cane. g nltt.t.
It really shocked their .anity,
And when Dan Dimin (oho knew to ► A A
When b• should fail an-I when he •bonld not,
At Jnet tb• tight tune, eat put the rtgttt spit,
Sencutted, and Nivel, and tits Oen: or • what
dret.tre ',ors a Masao he had jot,
And they styled It 111o¢ k Lllavi Tr
tud now, Diaw who is g•tirillif tusaus,,
.r o•rtatsi ressous *atici•utly
:a *ciao , thictiL to sr.L vrit.i • hate ;ask- p lass
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Hta groat MAUI*, whoa kiti'd rotten 4 pas,
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A WOMAN OF NERVE
HOW SHE GOT OUT OF A ScRAPE
A tall, slender figure, with brown hair falliug
over the shoulders, and a pale, resolute face,
clad in a long, flowing, dressing vvvn, and hold
log a light high above its hen i t and lonltlng
steadity down at me, as I aseen , to I the stair.—
this w s what I saw as I went up •..my rim In
the Spread Eagle Inn, Grtoechurch •t ..t in th
night of the I.:Sth of September, 184*, a. t atn a
Christian!
I stopped short and looked at the tigur, , it
was looking at me I had pot been drinktug, I
was not walking in my , leep, and, more than
ill, I knew the flee and form—but what, in
name of common sense, was a young lady d ping
in the passage of an old inn at that hour, 00•1'
ULd is !`ual r dre.,s' She blushed sead 4cl I
drew near, and wrapped her dressing gown more
closely around her; but the next moment ebr
ws 0144;it" taf,to a _ j .. .L_ eagerly
tinft berrnedly, tit in a very low voice
-Sir, are you the landlord of this Inn?"
am not, madam "
"Do you know where by I.'"
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I. th. matter? Are you ill' Auythiug
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830 stampe , l her foot slightly with Imp ttt
and „Joked rue full in the ta, Fin- eve.
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dcd, l,autug u‘,..r !he Lauai-tt•r-. it,
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I was uw•ay oliti I kiii:or
titlh¢ l ll4l.l :n thrni ion
lilt I should like to see the wau who wJuld fit
tia%e d, la the ~,we Apart from the fret tha'
sh.: was claiming my aid and protection, there
wa. something in the ring of the voice, I 'w as
it ear. and the flash of the eye, that warned me
she was not to be trifled with. She would have
made a good general, bad she been a man, and.
I wager my head, not a soldier wuutdhave dared
,o retreat, had she spoken a,; -he did to me that
night But before I finish my story, I must tie
gin it lam but a blundering fellow. My wife
always says, it a mistake can be made, I am sure
to make it; and I believe I was going to tell you
about the landlord's corning, before I said what
he had come for Now, then, I will commence
the thing rightly
The Spread Eagle Inn, which is still standing;
and may be seen any day, by the curious
ler is a elms!, ill-lighted house, situated io the
heart of the city, yet keeping all its oddities,
which were just in the fashion some two or three
hundred years ago It is built around a court
yard, abut in by gates, across which alleries
are thrown, from one door to the other, ub the
paved yard below It has balustrades a d stair
eases containing suf f icient oak to buil half
modern house with; and deep windows ats add
big, queer shaped, gloomy rooms, and o
closets, and landing places and passages, carpet
chairs, and pictures that Mrs. Nosh might have
kept house with in the ark, to say nothiUg of the
curious old china on the sideboards, .and the
wine glasses and decanters to match To an
Englishman, it offers the snuggest of homes, and
the roast beef - and mutton there are unereep,
tionable; while the waiter is as civil and as
steady as if he bad been breathing the stings ,
phere of the old place for years. It makes one
feel "respectable," merely t i live there for a
time' ' and I, who had been a wild enough col
lege lad, found myself sobering' down day by
day, as I pored over my manuscripts, or dined
quietly, by myself, under the eye of Charles, the
waiter, off my slice of mutton and baked pow
toes, my pint of porter, and my apple or damson
tart'. quite like a family man I felt, st times—
though toy wife and children were with my Abip,
th a t w as to wine home some day, and bring me
an immense fortune. T did nut know how long
the voyage might take, not knowing even from
what port the vessel was to start; and so 1-lived
under the wings of the Spread Eagle, and worked
at my manuscript and waited
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It was not, by any means, the only dweller in
the eyrie. People were coming and going all
the time, but I scarcely ever saw them, or heard
their name, The sitting room next mine, on
the second floor, would he tenanted one month,
by a couple with an indefinite number of c hit
dren; and the next, it may be by an old gentle
man, who made no noise, and rarely spoke, except
to tell his servant to bring more wine; then would
come a travelling artist, with his sketch books
and his great Newfoundland dog, sod they would
play at rough and-tumble together, after he had
dune work, till the house shook, and the nervous
lady above nearly went into fits., and he would
be auoceede.d by a musician, who would play all
clay and a part of the night, till the same lady
declared she should be ready for Bedlam; but
she never was ready,,,Aki Mr never went—st
to my knowledge. my part, I was always
satisfied. Wheu the children were there, and
playing so noisily that I could not think, I used
to 111 on ay pa 1M wade 'bat disk mass
GIZZ=3
MORAL INSANITY
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were, as t how th•-) Waked, and if they were
playing the same camas I played in my boyhood
(soejnauy years au!) with my brothers and my
cousins The great dog used often td meet me
in the pa-sag•• and give U3L.' a friendly wag of the
tatl, if f patted his head, and after that his bark
was tnit.ie in my ••ars; for I defy any one, who
has a heart, to make the acquaintance of a dog
—a N..arfoundland especially—and not love him
Ned th c Imposer, who played all day the sweet
creations of his soul—God knows what loiing
tender fancies eatne to me now and then, as the
melody wove itself in with what I was wetting,
, almost tyerqire I knew it lam a nappy fellow,
nsturall}, and di-posed to make the best of
everything; but settiug this entirely aside, I am
810, I we• a t”:“er and kinder man for the neigh_
Mrs I had
)oth. lay the room was taken, after it hadbeen
s4tuding empty for a week, and heard the
tc , s of an .itd man, hIS wife, and the fresh clear
t• s y Jung gal. I often judge people by
dicta tor , : I free them, and I pictured the
tsdy t., quite correctly. There was a
riug 1.1 her word}, a lieseyant, lark-like tone,
that 0., to th•id'a of a happy spirit and per
f e et boot, ti tw aul then the voice deepened
an! s 'ft •u ‘l, so l deepened, and I knew that
tier faoe had last its smile, and that she was
looking grave —p!rhaps sad So I knew that she
ha I suffer 40.1 as, day after day went on, and
tae v lee gr_ w tatialliar, I judged that she had
stiff •red d pti There we , something behind
that ku only to herself and
G .1, it ina:, bo, au I V.lt it threw a gloom over
her wh ,te i re, andfw always d) so. And f
thought I shou'd to see her, and judge if
my localises were Correct
L u-kel tho l.udlord abJut th , party lie
tokrrt sr the b Jok, ao,l read the names, "Rev
E WilLiacus anti lady Mrs Arnold, New
' York oity
They are Auerieaus, tiwa?" I exclaimed
, They cline here three weeks
aga, by the p.tegt, acid are gJiug to Paris next
itweati Fury niee people thvy nelXl, but they
have qutsLr way 4. Al! Arrierio3u ,, , have, I 119
"flea tub'
V:is---they seem odd to us no bulat," I said,
musingly- 1 . -scarcely knowing what I had answer.
t.. 1 An I ;hen I went up witty r ioui, and woad
ereti if Mn, Mu')la was a widuvt, or if leer bud'
Love l l was still living If so, I felt strongly in
e.to • I to straug.e. or shut him, without any de.
..1) It la te•ry ridiculous—yet also, quite sin
' P•.te---; tie fel ling Dean man has Ltwards another
wh at he thiukin has robbed him ef something
which mi4ht Lave gratifidi hts own life 1 Ati/
9Ute meaty a tnatto-d woman w )ull laugh heat ,
tily if she but In w the fancies that p through
t:.O brain, .11V if her b 'eh •lor friend, who 44
r, as ti' s is L.l with a child in her
nr lisr sdket fate looking over her has'
Lind . shnuider tstupid mats!) ns he pores over
14”:9 , Ter, quite um:ohs:etc.:lt. of her
Wii,!/• I ..at ;tin. nt Mr Arnold, Mrs
Arti lie hest ro ,, in, began to sang There
g 1 pose.. to No 42, and I had often
lip. sir i r Having Let' ail") • vtn.t,,, , , she
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54111, , ,, )Yl3 I lei:- sure she W 1,9 ,!one ller t mob
tr, iteva ....es soil dreamy; s imetithes
w{'',vuone LAW!, and then would
00'11 A • n ' ill. 'ugh I had n,l beard her
:cue, lit - r •• - at itive gicon w wids to
. -11 • LI?, •Lst 1.• ur ,f twilight
fel• I. a, I •!, • e I w f lily room was
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h ti ja•- , It' 114 gas, and drawn th. curtain-.
): I I'LL . ptaq '41 . -ned 5u deep
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t, ~:. haul Tuahli heaven.
tie tr •1 ~4. 1 tti tag+, , sul 15 'u the
a.• Lit It' I 1.41,;LL , 1 .if wy ti:,surkilty She
t.. • e,..eitt.t uitper tv h hies, yet though
to•r• to ad w.t. WO, 1 caulti see her face quite
writ In who, Inc thong was she different from
r .uuterpart in my brain —she was nut beau
ttful. as I had lanoted she must b She was tall
and -•rataiti, 44,1 elegaut to f .rtn, and hor face
i- u, .1 wh,eb change und vary with
eaery shsle tveitug; but only redeemed from
pietuut by a pate ,f leep set and beautiful
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hov...slur, I found, when she
and,., %vas that dark lovely blue,
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throw pap
e t sct-s, ex..ept to the sky of a
Just Ow eyes I had dreamed of
otAe f.ttliNel) e
summer tight
4 Jut, there ¶j unt the slightest
woull esk.r in 4 at me, as they
tny lii. —a
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y . k.:d at Mr. .roulti, dec4ased,
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there was roruithing to h-tr manner which be.
trayed the itia , ried woman—an ease and uplamh,
which rarely o never shows itself in a young
girl, especiall • if she has been reared carefully
by a tuutho's and.
I inightl ha - stood in the passage all night,
criticisidg her bad she not entered it herself,
raid uly (for her movements were all as quick
as dashes ul light) and taking me so by surprise,
that I am sure she would have seen me staring
in at her,lbal she not luckily for me, caught her
foot in the mat as she crossed the threshold.—
Stic stun bled, aril would have fallen, but I
sprang toi her assistance and caught her, and felt.
her h-artibasting quickly against my a rm, She
panted with the sudden start it had given her,
but ist.).4 up in a second, and just glancing at
m • as I at t td best L' her in the dark passage, said
qliietty, -Thank yon, Charles. I might have
hurt in y,elf v •ry much, if you had not saved me
And by tue way, I wish you would have that
alupid thing taken away. My uncle frill over it
limit night, Mil I L supp Pat , it will be my aunt's
tktrn next.''
She ran lightly up the stairs to her sleeping.
room, laughing to heriMlf as she went, She had
tuietalgien ru • fir the waiter! But I did not Dare
(thou4h I fancied there was some difference in
on:r Welt and atr) since IL had given me the
}Mamie of hearing, my own name, and spoken by
her lips. I declare solemnly, to this day, that
islrs Cathcart (my wife) calls me Charles,
su.-oilifueiing comes over me, and I see the hall
A theiSpread Eagle, and Jim Arnold running
up 01 stair., white I Stand in a state of maudlin
a imotton below So much for the power of *al
sociat ton
I went t ) the Opera that evening. usually
spent my evenings there, ur at the theatre, be•
cause I had no acquaintances to the city, sod it
was dull sitting iu nay room alone. They played
the "13,hemian Girl," I remember, and the
tenor sung Mrs. Arnold's long, "Then you'll re.
member m " And the lights, and the music,
and the crowd s,4sined to pass away, and, leave
me li'teniug to her again, teaching the piano
softly, and half singing, half humming the words,
as if she trusted herself to utter them aloud, they
trout& surely bring tears with them. I thought
of her ootistantly till the opera was over, and the
hou'e empty; I thought of her over my hot sup
per at !Very's; ani I thought of her as I went
pump along the deserted streets. 1 looked up
at her'erindow to see the light there, as it entet
ed emir( yaid. It was burning brightly ens
ough,*nd I entered the house, and sat down in
the ogee room a tew momenta with the landlord,
who i4as a great friend of mine, in his way. I
did Doi talk to him, aor to sie—we von
ERIE, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2611859.
She. was A girlish widow—yet
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neither of us talking men, and seldom had many
words together. But be peered over the morn.
log paper steadily, intent upon political news;
and I held mine upside down before me, and
felt with a thrill of bashful satisfaction, that I
was no longer indifferent to the advice of Mr.
Weller, senior—"Samivel! Saulivell beware of
the vidders!" No; a widow had changed me in
the twinkling of an eye, and I was in love, as
hopelessly, as unreasonably, and as foolishly as
any sober man of thirty could well be!
I must now proceed to state that Mrs. Arnold's
room was on the second floor, just above No. 40,
and looking out upon Grace church street itself.
To it she went quietly on that eventful evening,
at the hour of ten, just at the time when I was
sitting in my box at the Opera thinking of her.
Something made her wakeful. She sat down at
her toilet table and talked awhile to the house.
keeper, who had come up with elein pillow oases,
and asked many questions about the house and
the family. How they broached the topic, Ido
not know—but after a time, they began to think,
and to speak about that strange phenomenon,
called 'spiritual rappings-' The Cook Lane
ghost was brought upon the carpet, and various
other stories told, till Mrs. Arnold grew nervous,
" e nd laughingly declared she would hear no more.
Then the housekeeper bade her good night, sod
she locked her door, and began to prepare for
bed.
The room was large, rather dark, and full of
corners and reeesaes. The light of the two wax
candles on the toi!et t.iV,' ohiy served to make
these corners visible in their shadowy gloom.—
i The bed was high, and hung about with dark
crimson curtains; the furniture of the room was
I dark, too; and the cushions of the chairs and
1 the covers of the tables re o It is a color
which needs much light to se off to advantage;
it looked dismal enough to her just then. At
one end of the room a door led into a kind of
large closet, which wasr-utafartgahed, and looked
out into the court yard", - --but this door opened out
into Mrs. Arnold's room, and locked on that side
Sometimes linen was kept (here; and the house
keeper had evidently been there th it evening,
for the key was in the lock, and the dour a little
ajar. Mrs. Arnold would have preferred it, but
she was too timid to cross her room just then.
She undressed slowly, singing in a low voice,
ithe song I had heard her sing that evening. As
she bent down to unlace her boot, she happened
I to east her eyes towards the closet (she bad a
vision like an eagle) and to her surprise and ter
ror, Ma - saw it move distinctly—only the lower
part of the door, for she had presence of mind
, enough not to start, and the bed ceneesded the
upper part, as she was stooping The legend of
that woman who saw the great boot of a man
under her b.d, yet had courage to stay to the
room all the evening, g iing on with her ordinary
household duties within reach of the assassin's
knife, till her husband name, and she was safe,
flashed 'across her mind, and taught her how to
act. She yawned luxuriously, interrupted her
singing one moment, and then went on with a
steady voice After she bad prepared for led,
she folded her dressing-gown around her, brush
ed her hair before the le ILNB . LP Oilat WitT.Of bib*
_....a/Ni' Ukirk4dblirr• ISM sea teen, soINF Kid
tor was ruing impatient; and once it creaked
She started, naturally, and threw her supper
agaiust the wall, as if to frighten away the mice,
and resumed her occupation. When that was
over, she went to her jewel case, which stood
upon the toilet-table, and turned its bright coat
tents nut in a heap before her. She held a "pray
d &am in.l4 against her hair. as if t, try its
eff ec t ; -he .•'viril and uuelasped is..r bracelets,
and t•iyPizi with her rings Nl..auwhile the door
i•reakftel again, and letting an uns, t diamond fall
to the around, and stooping to pick it up, she
sew with a ripid glance, that a burly, ill•looking i
min was p , i ring at her iron behind the curtains
iif the h-I He starred back, thinking himself
li..sii:ered, and in that moment of horrible
auxi,•ty --th it moment which, for aught she •
knew, might be her last—what did she to? She
could hear bit breathing distinctly, sharpened as
-.1,1 her senses were, and almost felt the cold steel i
in her heart; and so she 034t10 herself a mocking j
curtsey in the glass, and held the diamond spray ,
above her forehead.
Dutehes4- of Nemours !' she said, softly
'And wby not? I should look well with a cure
net. I wish my husband yea dead
She leaned her head upon her hand, and seem•
ed to think A subdued rumtling told her that
the robber wee retreating. The door swung solt
ly together--ebe saw in the glus—and her reso
lution was taken.
Two diamond ring% allots. diamond spray ; she
said, counting the gems aloud, as she put them
in their case 'A ruby and an amethyst brew!.
let, a ruby ring, and a garnet - But where
is the garnet necklace, by the way? low stu
pid of me to mislay it And my husband's gift,
too! 1 wonder if I have put it in my trunk?'
The trunk stood very near the door of the
closet ! She went and unlocked it, and tumbled
its contents out upon the floor, bending over it
with her light, while that man was within two
feet of her ! I wonder bow she had the nerve
to do it. Indeed, she said afterwards that she
knew he 11114 bending down too, and looking over
her shoulder at the trinkets as she turned over
with a steady hand ; and that het greatest diffa,
malty was to keep from breaking out into byster
ioal laughter, and . so betraying that she knew of
his presence.
The bracelet was not there. She plashed the
thing,* aside impatiently, shut down the trunk,
and placed the candle on the lid Then she
stood up, with her finger on her lip, and her head
bent down
Where can the neckline b:?' ,J
She turned, as if to go by the closet., towards
a cheat of drawers, that stood in the corner 'of
the room ; made one step past it ; whirled sad.
deuty ; and, pushing both bands upon the door
with all her might, locked and doable looked it
in a second. She heard a terrific oath inside as
the robber threw himself against it, too late; and,
snatching up ber candle sped out for beip. She
found me as I hare described, while I was cow
ing up the staircase, and she stood at the head
of it.
In three maments after she had spoken to me,
I cam e back with the landlord, the waiter Char.
lea, the headshostler, and 'boots " They were
all strong men; and the landlord had his pistols.
Boots, I remember, carried the poker, and I
snatched up a great carving -knife from the side.
board. What did that woman do when she saw
our
,procassion, but burst out lAnghing
You come as if you wore going to join the
army , st Flanders,' she said, after she bad re@
fated her dangerous adventure. ' I have locked
the man up safely, and you will frighten him to
death with your savage looks.'
1 colored up to the roots of my hair, and gave
ray euvinpknife to Charles, and sneaked behind
the rut. I believe, at that moment, I bated her.
It woe s great eight to see her marching be
fore tie r with her light in her hand. An English
woman would have fainted at - being seen in di,.
habille by five men; but she, with the frank,
free bravery of an American lassie, let the cis.
cambiums explain the dress, and marshalled us
quietly into the room. There was her book upon
the toilet table, and there were the jewels glit
tering in their ease —the contents of her trunk
as she had left them, on the floor, and the eloast
locked and silent.
bite pat the key is the loadlanre head.
' Help the panorama ostr she said, luny.
I ibibk Ow Ird lb. brand 'dam I bay. edit
seen, and I could riot Help looking at tier with
*imitation sod respect. She took a great shawl
from the table and wrapped it around her form,
shivering slightly, and then htood a little abide
and waited.
We heard the man breathing heavily", as the
key turned in the look, and the moment the door
was open, he made a savage rush out, knocking
the landlord and Charles down, as if they had
been two bOys But 'boots' and I caught him;
and the hostler snatched a leather .'rap from
Mrs. Arnold's trunk, and we bad him bound in
a moment She sat in her easy chair, looking
on quietly, as if she had been at a play, and
when his eyes met hers, she smiled.
Yon see I was too much for you," she said
quietly.
Re growled out, 'You are a clever woman, by
jingo? I did not think there was a woman as
could bring Bill Nevins to this.'
Thank you, my friend ; I never had a great
er compliment paid me.'
We led him from the room, and the landlord
turned to her and said:
" Of course you will wish to go to Mrs. Wit
Ham's room, or I can give you one near the house
keeper's?'
' No ; I think I'll stay here,' she said, in - her
short, quiet, decided way. „.
suppose you have not left any of your
friends behind you, my man ?' she added, turn.
ing to the prisoner.
The fellow grinned and pulled at his forelne,k;
saying: "No, my lady; I was alone '
' That will do then. Good night, gentlemen
Aocept my th.inis now, and I will offer them mote
suitably when I am not suite so sleepy.'
She bowed us out of the room, and locked the
door behind us. Every one was loud in her
praise, but me; sad as for the prisoner, he swore
with a more emphatic oath than I should like to
record, that six months or a year was nothing
after that ; and that if he thought all American
women were like her, he would cross the ocean
to find one in his own Malian, the moment be
was set free. Bat I was silent. And when the
housebreaker had been oonsigued to the tender
mercies of the polio., and the hotel was silent,
I *Gamely knew what to - think. Such courage
almost frightened me; and yet I remembered
how pale she looked, and that she limped against
the mantelpiece at first, as if to support herself;
so I forgave her bravery, and thought only of the
beauty of her eyes and the sweetness of her
voice, and sank sway to sleep at last, with the
firm resolution that another day should dot pass
over my head before I had told her how I had'
learned to love her.
But the next day brought its own events, and
what was worse, its own personages, with it. A
carriage stopped helots the dour as I encored
from my morning walk ; a tall, bearded man,
with an honest, handsome face, darted into the
house and up the stairs, three at a time There
was a cry of surprise on , the second landing--a
murmur, and a sudden mingling of value, that
roused my curiosity to the higbeat pitch. Iran
up to my own room, and passing the half open
door of No. 42, there was my divinity in the
%awe el the stranger (confound him!) calling
him George, and kisaing him in a way that made
me long to poison him. Down stairs I went,
three at a time, and collared the lanilord iu the
4 Who is that man?'
Just come? In 42?' he gsrped , half chokes
and quite !surprised. 'Yes!'
Captain Arnold—Mrs. Arnoldle husband.—
Just came from a voyage to India.
n won , initiolght adventure, ne , w, I rupr.nt?
You never will bare the obanee to play the part
of 11guardian angel 'again—eh, air?—think
air?'
My hand dropped from his and con•
signing bun and Captain Arnold to perdition. I
walked out to the rooms of a friend, and de
liberately got drunk More than that, I man•
aged to keep drunk for nearly a week; and when
I came I. my sober 13 e se:4 once more, .\lrs Arnold
and her party bad gone. I bear she is in Arneri
ea now, in New York. And I have no doubt
she will read this story, and laugh till kilt- lovely
blue eyes fill with tears, over my folly, over my
folly. She will show it to her husband, too,
and Le will laugh. Giver mintl! I must take
care that Nlrs Cathcart shall nevor see it ; she
at least must never know what a tremendous
falsehood I told when I swore, on my bonded
knees that I had never loved any woman before
(she wouldn't marry me on any other conditions)
—and thereby alone can my piece of mind be
ensured.
A ?duitnea. REVEALED BY A Lux:lsl.—A
miraculous discovery ut a humble teurder is
related by v. Belgian jourmil ot a recut date,
of which we mak% a summary: Two brothers,
Jews, set out from Gyek with a view of placing
their two daughters at a boarding school in the
town of Grosswardein. During the night of
their absence, the youngest daughter, aged ten,
who was left at home, woke up her mother sod
denly during the night, awl eryiug bitterly, dec
lared that she saw her father and uncle, and all
being murdered. The mother, for some time.,
took no notioe of the child's declaration, but, as
she persisted, and would nut be pactEwd, buy be
gala to be alarmed herself, and the next morning
took the child -before the mayor of the town, to
whom she declared her dream, stating at the
same time that the murderers were two men itv•
'tug in the neighborhood, whom she deltheratei)
pointed out., cud further added that Om murder
was committed at the entrance of the forest,
the road to Grosswardein.
The Mayor, after receiving this revelation,
thought it prudent to make inquiry after the
wo neighbors indicated by the child, when
singular enough, they were diseevered to be ab
'.sent from home. This suspicions circumstance
induced the Mayor to dispatch :some officers to
the forest alladed to by the child, who discover
ea the horrible spectacle of fivebodies extended
on the ground, which were those of the two
brothers, the two daughters, aad the driver of
the vehicle in which they all took their depArl
tare. The corpses appeared to have all been -t
on fire, to all to destroy their identity, 'hod the
vehicle Was nowhere discovered. This horrible
tragedy led the officers to examine the whole
neighborhood, when they fortunately pounced
upon the two neighbors at a fair not far distant,
as they were in the very set of changing, some
notes on which some spots of blood were visible.
On being seised they immediately confessed their
mime, and on the child's dreatn being revealed
to them, acknowledged the fingbr of Providence
displayed in their capture. This tiroaderfel dream
on the part of the child, and its falfillment, ex
cited an immense sensation in the neighborhood.
se,„ The Warren, Ohio, C7iroosick, notices a
funny ease. A youthful pair--John and Soup
—were determined to get married. Parente re
fused °Gamut. The family record in the Bible
said Sum wan nut eighteen. Susan told John
that the Bible wan not true, she was eighteen.—
John believed Susan, and swore before the Pro
bate Court that Susan wan eighteen. The father
of Susan had John arrested for perjury. Trial
was bid. Patter sad mother testified that Susan
was not eighteen, and the mother said ebe was
there when Susan wan born, and she knew all
about it. It looked equally for John. Peniren ,
tiary yawned for the *tun. Susan stepped up
end testified that she told John she wee eighteen.
Court discharged John and Susan jumped up
aid Ma Won tale
0 Tar t The Printer's ekristnias. ‘
" Is the editor within !"
" Your servant, sir."
" A package. Charged, thirty-eight cents."
Happened to have just that meant. Paid
expressman, and then with a nervous hand, pro
ceded to examine the mysterious bor. The
cover is removed, when our eyes are gladdened
with the sight of a hoe, fat turkey. The nett
thing brought to light was a bottle of ohampaigne;
and the next and last, a huge deratijohnouarked
" 0 Tar " What in the world is 0 Tar? It
must mean Old Tar; but what in the world in'
duced any one to send us either old or New Tar;
We havn't got any wagon, and as for getting np
a bonfire for the benefit of the Republicans, we
are not in the humor. We have it. We will
sell it to the livery man. Osilloi on him and he
said he did not use tar, but grease on his wagons
Brought it back to the office, in not very goof
humor, still wondering why it was sent to us
Resiiived finally to draw the cork. Did so It
wasn't tar. Smelt of it Knew by the smell it
wasn't tar Tasted of it, and became fully wit
fie.Al that it wasn't tar. Tasted again, and thee
drew up a resolution declaring, in the most em'
phatio terms, that it wasn't tat. Tasted again,
and then catered the resolution among the re
gular proceedings, to make it sure itat it wasn't
tar Tasted spin, and felt very happy. Test'
ed again, and soon became. very rich and resole
ed to give our cottage to a poor widow and put ,
chase the elegant mansion over the way—to
donate our, offiee to Jabe and buy out the New
Frrk Leeiyer. Gave the "devil" a $2O gold
piece for Christmas, and promised him a round
hundred for New Years. Bought a_ss,ooo pair
of usgs and a sleigh cushioned with scarlet vel.
vet, and- d e csrat-d with gold sod pearls Order
ed fr)m the south, a darkey driver and pastas°,
whose la. a ah toe Ilk's a glees bottle under a
irect sun rty Went over to the - " Union" and
told Fred to sell I every poor amity in town a
barrel of Jul , -in Mills Sour, and nameless other
articles ren ler them comfortable. Bought all
the w, of in market and ordered it sent immediate
ly to the atorttsaol pier families. Gave each of
Lot clergy tu--11 in town a thousand dollars—adopt
ed fourteen orphan girls, sod fifteen orphan boys
—run tirouud ael paid all debts (what printer
on earth ever iiiine that')—kissed (before we
thought) a pretty girl wee salted to wish us a
merry Christmas (rowtebody looked unpleasant
when this happened)—settled the matter by
ordering a thousand 'dollar shawl, sad • set of
furs costing au equal amount—put 'an our slip
pers (imagining that we heard misled did hear
f , r somebody elms near being kicked out
bcl Alasl we had only been -drinkingl—
Sandy Hal Herald
A New Rees or litrstAN Berstoe.—Some
I time since a paragraph appeared ifs New South
Wales jr,urnal relative to the discovery, in the
far ulterior, of $ new race of bLeoke, "who had
no hair on the tap of their heeds, in the plane
' where the wool aught to grow." The account
this mlst extraordinary discovery, says the
Bombs Telegraph, has been corroborated by an
I
eye witness, a Mr. Thomson, who has arrived
from where there oboriginals ruralise. They are,
&up he, of a copper color, and are tall and witiletie,
1111101 superior in every respeet to their dark
skinned brethren The women are also said to
have mare claims to beauty. They, however,
I are also dcfroient of what is generally ackuowl
f edged to tki the "glory of women." Mr. Thom—
,)u, it appear! was at camp on the Upper Bilden
ne with others, on ground hitherto lautroddeo by
it white min, when he was surprised by • visit
fr )tri theme bald pated ooppor colored beings.—
They appeared to have friendly intentions, and
uo•laing was noticed in their conduct of an
aggressive nature, a conversation of nods and
signs ensued. After a while, a sovereign was
%e,t t ) them, when one of them, picking up a
stone. pointed with his> finger to tie far west,
I and intimated that stones of a similar desexiption
to the sovereign were to be picked up on the
ground iu masses as large as the stone he held.
'l'hc plse- was understood to be some hundred
miles further in the interior, but they signified
their intention of bringing some stones at their
next visit. Mr. Thomson intends to return
again t Lbw Balonne, and to await their arrival.
If the is true, the age of wonders truly has
not cetowd
A CITA RITABLE GA MC BRAG.—The Cia
ciatiati C'vmntercia/ relates the fullJwiag plea
sant Clirpitruas incident :
A poor tv , ,man, seemingly a worthy object of
charily, apptiel to a party of gentlemen on
Third trect, a+ they came out, of a drinking
saloon, fur aid tor her pick and starving fatuity,
and iffering to introdutx: all them into her poverty
strlekeu home if they would accompany her.—
Ey• lug. her for an instant, one of them, whoa !
Fr shah gob, turned to his companions and
said, vvtai to .r• etophatsti than grace—
Sbe is poor, boy., and I pity her two dollars
and 4 hdr —drawiag oat a gold piece of that
dcennimation, and presenting it "Fl..)w much
d. , y.. 0 pit) Dick?"
•• t•ee your 82,50, and go halt a doCar be
ter,'lquoth Pick
gays Jim, "I'll see your three
JAI:3r.. arid two id , llars better "
" My call;" rejoined Bob, 'show your hand,'
at 6. 1 / 2 sato, time planking down two dollars and
a b a it more otnake good the bluff.
Th vor uqukatt, overwhelmed with gratitude,
tearful) endeavor , d to express her thauke; but
th , , rio, evid.wiy not aeon...untied to fel:We tears,
beat a Lowy retreat.
Ca.•tRED BY AN INDIAN.—A man who has
tie~•u chastd by an Indian, makes the following
rawer 1•4-fact observation:—"Mach bait been
said by poets and romantic young ladies about
the picturesque aspect and the noble form of an
uutamodl warrior of the prairie, and far be it
from we to gainsay them. Au Indian is a noble
spectacle—in a picture, or at a safe distance; but
when this 'noble spectacle' is moving his meow
sins in your direction, *ad you have to do some
tall walking in order to keep the capillary sato
stacioe on the summit of your cranium, all his
'nobility' vanishes, sod you see him only a paint
ed, greasy miscreant, who will, if you give him
a chance, lift your bait with the same Christian
spirit, composed and most serene, with which e
w.liald ask another 'spectacle' for a little more
that 'baked dog.' I used to think like the poets;
now the sight of an Indian gives me a cramp in
the stomach,"
sigi, Mimi Canada Pettis and Norman Barber,
were at a donation party in Brandon, N. Y., and
" for the fun of the thing," went though the
ceremony of lasing married. Mr. Wm. Spieer
°Sainted. As Mr. Spicer bad no especial Somme
to pronounce the decree of man and wife, it was
supposed that the ceremony would not hold ; but
the Courts of that State decided otherwise, and
the parties are about to avail" discussible. of an
application to the Legielatere fora theme.
Nor A rub younetnan bas threatened to ap
ply the Maio, liquor law to Ms sweet-heart—
she intoxicates bim so.
lir "What's the use," uked sa idle fellow,
cit' a man's working himself to death to get a
living?"
go. "You seem to wslk more argot thso wool,
toy friocl." "Yea, I boo boos stroightoood by
TERMS: $1 50 IN ADVANCE.
EYES TO THE PEOPLE
By C. V. STVART.
Not to be bi...et 'rata, eriecrtor streottla,
to .teal to imoni tee Kletve
Or ram to *nevem C. tantt at 141101,
Pre , hthh , the Iroe4 MeV , . the bravo
to haft the pact.? to 1w.14. We oKora,
Lod riffle above Ile p.te oz. l , * 2 ;‘ l v.
Of those to •eedttt sod Wit. Into,
Li the crowo'd mune of ~ o r tee:
What an tits ►word's that prop ► king •,
Tine heanarts to nia army's can—
To strength of untl, that dares In oprtog
And shoe the ninasrch to th • mao
Elztp and the asighttect man a( Rum,
4trovig r th• hoods of calms they bidP,
Sport as dm, mai with foriolds eb.l6rtru.
Thal are Me Jess - es Upon tb. dd.
ip diso of oW oopolatoss Lilly lie.
The Loot of silence sod flocs!,
%% Ale nos trot wor:4-4•Ort beototti
And itiroOot Rolf opott to dsy
11114 tot as auto onols baud.. titre tutted
rbikeers toed to tbe soollii• toil,
Whoop foot tbr !watt depth., Itsr. ebottreit
Who*t brow it u At. •r , wn'A witb toil
THE HIDDEN HAND.
BY VNt‘t k
, XT , , tit
r ,CO:iI'ES I"1
==IKEISE
[Lave you g through ? Alked tut• man at
the (Lot, rapping ituvoaeot.)
No, ni,' said sA thrtott.d..
' He resumed his tramping up atiii down, and
I went bark to my patient. Sbe beckon/id ma
to come close, and.whiape.red—
' Save my child j the tiVieg' owl I me a n bid e
her oh, hide her from him When he demands
the babe, give him the poor little dcud one—ho
cannot hart chit And he will no, kn ow th ere
was another Ohl bid: awl Aare lay timid.'
Muter, t was ni.,l to qaAer &Nig", but lice
ins a little the titteer ,, 4t Bat if I wag to eon.
anal that scood child in order to gave it, it was
neettuary to a top it+ m,tz:b e for it was Kooning
like a wild cat Si I took a vial of paragon°
from my pocket and gee it a drop, and it went
off to ale ep like an angel I wrapped it up
warm and lay it aluo , with my shawl and bonnet,
in a dark corner. j ' ait then the man rapped
again
'Come ia, master,' said I
'No, bring me the babe,' he said.
I to?k up the dead Infant. Its iialther
ita brow and dropped tears upon its tittle wild
face; aqd I carried it to the mac oktfide.
' Is it asleep'' a 4 ke , l the
' Yes, master,' eai i I, as I put it, well wrap)
ped up, In his armiA, 'very sound asleep '
' 3v touch the better,' ~id the knave, walking
a way.
'I bolted the door and Went back to my pa
tient. With her free hand she seized mine and
pressed it ro her hps, and then held up her left
hand, pointed to the wedding ring apt' her third
finger.
Draw it off and jteep it,' she said; . ‘conet.al
the child under your nLs.vi, and take hsr with
you when yott go; save her tint your Lirtune
shall be made.' •
I declare, to4ster, I hadn't titue to tLiuk, be
fore I heard out of theca wretches rap at the
door.
, Coale: get ready t , i gn,' be said
She also beck rued me I Lotete.he4 to her.
Watt eager wiittperar au i itrap:oriog gestures elle
prayed we to t.rke her nog 4.u1 t..ru ber chtid
' But pm: as t I—.9m, i. LO attend )ou
1 do ri,,r ko ,w Litt h r
The rapping con tiuu d. eJruer
where 1 had left my th , ng-. i put Ou wy b.°
net, made a sort of sling itr,un i my neck of the
silk handkerch , r, tile large part of tt
like a hammock 111 d, the attic steeping babe
there Th,n I fo'dr , rl toy big Altarsl around my
breast and nobody waQ any the wiser Itir: rapping
was very impllien'
' I am Doming 1.
Hareem bet ' whi•p , r..l t;.,. poor l artr;.
'I wilt,' z,Ri I 1, mil ‘c , :i• i the
door There sect., I 7'utlyr *11;i tu trtth tit. h-ad
eovered wlth Vaek crap,. I treatnt of n.qbing
but black/tended tiL•tums stx. LaJEttli4 after,
ward,
Are you rea iyr ,ay
-4 Yes, your worship.' gay-
COMM 4tUilg, lb c..
And binditl k ; ano,h. r lhut:kerehi4 round
my eyes, he teed rue along,
6 fustesl my mute a carriage -t”)d De Ar th e
horse block.
Get tu,' bays uL, a )Itimg Liao pistil to my
earn by way (.1 au arguuo
I got iu 1I•, juatp.t u ti,e
seat, and we drove the stud. In au,,tli v r
directiou frow which wr t•out , ia ceurde, f t t lit re
was no carriage road th , r,.. Tut• c.rri4g.•
ed along at such s r. quite glad)
At Ise it dt4pp d ar.uu to tu.i-S
get down and op at d tue .luur
Where are you t tu..: •u). I
.
' Be quiet.' says L , •01-- —; an•l With :hat he
put the pistit to to 2, etthe.k, ordered the ti get
out, take the bandage (row uo e),,, au, walk
before btu' I did ~ •, Lied ~,or ultuly that tie
were in a part qt the (•••uocr) 'ha: I orbs tiev,i
at before We e• r • 1•1 i d.ll i I , J a•i thrhugh a
thick forest (iii the ,et• ,Idc of the road, in a
clearing, b trio4 ao old It .u., ; as tl;ui light was
burning in a I a,r a itd , w.
' Go on in t ere,' Fal , t toe IR 11 illin, plal 10 g the
pistil to the h k of my head As the doer stood
ajar I went i t to a oarrow, dark , pabttle, the
man all the wl tit tit my 6 ws. Ile tpenc.: a duct
on the left so e, and made me go low a dark
room. inst tan the unfortunate child, that had
been moving t3stlessly began to watt ! .Well it
might, poor a ar ved thing
t
, What's that?' say 4 the miscreant, wider his
breath and stioppirpg short.
'lt aint aothiue, sir,' ray; I, and 'hush , li-li'
to the baby. Bur the poor little wretch lamed
a squall.
i What re the tueaniuz of th is?' says he.—
'Where did that child come from? Why the
demon don't you :Teak " sod with that he seize.
ed me again by the scruff of the neck and shook
me.
Oh, fester, for the love of heaven don't,'
says 1, 'this only a poor, unfortunt t infant as its
parients wanted to get outen the way, and hired
me to take care on. And I have had it wrapped
up under my shawtall the time 'cept when I was
in your house, when I put it to eieep in the
corner.
Humph and you had that child concealed
wider your shawl when I first stopped you in the
woods ?'
I 4 oourse, Master,' says I.
Whose id it r
4 Master,' asp I, 'it's—it's a dead secret, 'for
I haddent another lift ready.
Li e broke out into a rude, soornful laugh,
and teemed not half to behove we had yet not
to ease about questioning we too closely. He
wade we sit down then in the dark, and went
out sad turned the key on me. I wet my liner
wish the paregoric aid put it to the hitty'a lips
to q u iet it s paha of hunger. Then I beard a
iebi e perieg in the nest focal. Now my eyesight
m
se was good, but to :oaks up for it holies,
I bad the p«.t ears that *vat was, and / don't
think anybody weld have heard that whispuing
but me. I saw a little glimmer of light through
the Wake that .hewed we wise+ t h e dime WON
NUMBER 38.
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