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WHAT WE ALL THINK.
That age was older once than now,
In spite of locks untimely shed,
Or silvered on the youthful brow ;
That Lab. mule Mve end children wed.
That sonshine had n heavily glow,
Whieh lnded with thom "good oil days,"
When winters carne with deeper sum,
And autumns with a softer haze.
That—mother, sister, wife, or child--• -
The "beet of W. 11011" each hal known.
Were eehoulboyA ever half so wild
How young the grandpapaa have grown I
That but for ill , : our souls were free,
And but for that our lives were blest;
That in souse season tet to be
Our cares will leave us time to rest,
Whene'er we croan with ache or pain,
Some common 91.ment or the rare,—
Though doctors think the matter plain,—
Though ours is peculiar case.'
That. when like babes with fingers burned
Wo count one bitter maxim more,
Our lesson nll the world has learned,
And men are riser than before. •
That when we sob o'er fancied woes,
The angels hovering overhead
Count every pitying drop that flows
And 10. 03 for the tears we shed.
That when we stand will' tenriess eye
And turn the beggar from oar door,
They still approve its when we sigh,
"Ah, had I but one thousand Mut, !"
That weakness smoothed the path of sin,
In half the slips our youth has knJWII
And whatsue'er its blame has been,
That Mercy flowers on Milts outgrown.
Though temples crowd the crumbled brink
O'erbunging truth'a eternal fl ,w,
Their tablets bold with what we think,
Their echoes dumb to what we know;
That one unquestioned text we read,
AU doubt boyond, Other above,
Nor crnchliu.; pile nor crualtinc creed
Can loan or bit Gun in Love!
Nistorical *ltttcl2.
THE CATACOMBS OF ROME.
( Continued
•
On other graves beside those of the mar.
tyre there are often found some little signs
by which they could be easily recognized
by the friends who might wish to visit
them again. Sometimes there is the int
pressicn of a seal upon the mortar; some
times a ring or coin is left fastened into it;
often a terra-ton° lamp is set in the cemen t
at the Lead of the grave. Touching, tee.
!der memorials of luve and piety I Few
are left now in the open , d catacombs, but
here and there one may be seen in its orig.
nal place, the visible signs of sorrow and
the faith of those Olt 'seventeen or eigh•
teen cen:uries ago rested norm that sup•
port on which we rest to day, and found it,
in hardest trial, unfailing .
But the galleries of the catacombs are
not wholly occupied with graves. New
and then they open on either side into
chambers (cubicula) of small dimension
and of various form, scooped out of the
rock, and furnished with graves around
their sides, the burial-piece arranged be
forehand for some large family, or for cer
tain persons buried with special honor.
Other openings in the rock are designed
for chapels, in a hich the burial and other
services of the Church were performed.—
These, too, are of various sizes and forms;
the largest of them would hold but n small
number of persons; (they were generally
about 10 feet square. Some are larger,
and a few smaller than this) but not unfre
quently wo stand opposite each other on
the passage-way, as if one were for the
men and the other for the women who
would be present at the services. Enter
ing the chapel through a narrow door
while threshold is on it level with the path
we see at the opposite side a recess sunk
in the rock, often semi circular, like the
lips's of a church, and in this recess an
at coxolium, which served at the same tine
as the grave of s martyr and as the altar
of the little chapel. It seems, indeed, as
it in ninny ca-es the chapel had beets for
med nut so much for the general impose
of holding religious service within the c.i
wombs, its for that cf celebrating wor
ship over the remains of the martyr whose
hot), had been transferred (ruin ii original
grave to this new tomb. It was thus that
the custom, still prevalent in the Romani
Church of requiring that some relics shall
beet ntained within altar before it is held
to be consecrated, robably began. Per
haps it was with seine reference to that
, portion of the Apocalypse in which St.
John says, '4 saw wider the altar the souls
of them them that were slain fur the word
of Gud. and for it.--
held. And they cried .out with a loud
voter, saying, How long, 0 Lord, holy and
true, dust thou not judge and avenge our
blood I And white robes were given un.
to every one of theta and it was said unto
to then, that they should rest yet for a lit.
little season, until their fellow servants al
so and their brethren that should be killed
as they were should be fulfilled.' At ittly
ruie, these words must have dwelt in the
memories of the Christians who came to
worship Gud to the presence of the dead
by whom they were surrounded in the cat.
ncombs. But they knelt before the altar
tomb., not os before altars consecrated with
relics of auinia, but us before altars dedica
ted to God and connected with the 'nettle•
ry of their oun honored and beloved dead,
whom he had Milled from theta into his ho
ly presence.
It is impossible to ascertain the date at
which these chapels were first made; pro
bably some time about the middle of the
seemd century they became cuintnon. In
minty of the catacombs they are very nu
merous, and it is in them that the chief or
'temente and decorations, and the ;Tim
ings which give to the catacombs an espe
cial value and importance iu the history of
Art, and which are among the most inter
esting illusirations of the state of religious
leeiing and belief in the early centuries,
use tumid. Some of thu chapels are
known to be of comparatively lute date, of
the fourth mid perhaps of the fifth century
lit several even of rather censtruetion is
found, in uddit•cm to the altar, a niche cut
out in the rock, or a ledge projecting from
it. which seems to have been intended to
serve the place of a credence table. for
holding tile armies used in the aervi e of
the altar and at a later period for receiving
the elemoits below they were handed to
the priest for consecration. The earliest
services in the catacombs were untioubta.
bly those connected with the continuo ion
51 Ow Lord's Supper. The mystery of
' the mass and the puzzles of the tiansub
stantiation had not yet been introduced
among the • believers i but all who hod re
ceived baptism as followers of Christ, all
save those who had fallen away into open
and manifest sin, were admitted to partake
of the Lord's Supper. Possibly upon
some occasions these chapels may have
been filled with the sounds of exhortation
and lamentation. In the legends of the
I Roman Church we rend of large numbers
lot Christians being buried alive, in time of
persecution, in these underground chum
bers, where they had assembled for win.
ship and for council. But le are net a.
ware of the truth of these stories having
been discovered in recent times. This,
a LIBLItTY AND UNION. NOW AND FOREVER, ONE AND INDNDADADLI. "
an many other questionable points ut th ,
history Ind in the uses of the catacombs,
may be solved by the investigations which
are now proceeding ; and it is fortunate
for the interests. not only of truth, but of
religion. that so leaaned and so honest•min
ded a man as the Cavalier de Rossi should
have the direction of mese exidorda
Few of the chapels are now to be seen
in the catacombs are in their original con.
difion. As tone went on, and Christiani
ty became corrupt and imperial religion,
the simple truths which had sufficed tor
the first Christians were succeeded by doc•
trims less plain, but more adapted to touch
cold and materialized imaginations, and to
inflame dull hearts. The worship of saints
began, and was promoted by the heads of
the Church. who soon saw how it might be
diverted to the purposes of personal and
ecclesiastical aggrandizement. Conse
quently the martyrs were made into a hie.
raichy of saintly protectors of the strayed
flock of Christ, and round their graves in
the catacombs, aprang up a harvest of
tales, of visions, of miracles, and of super
stitions. As the Church stink lower and
lower, as the need of a heavenly ad vocate
with God was more and more impressed
upon the minds of the Chzistians of those
days. the idea seems to have arisen that
neighborhood of burial to the burial to the
grave of same martyr might be an effectu•
al way , o secure the felicity of the soul.—
Coosegnently we find in these chapels that
the latier Christians, those perhaps of the
fifth arid sixth centuries, disregarding the
original arrangements, and having lost all
respect for the Art, and all reverence for
the memorial pictures which made the
walls precious, were often accustomed to
cut out graves in the walls above and a
round the marts is tomb, and as near as
possible to it The instances are ouster
ous in which pictures or the hiallest inter
est hove been thus ruthlessly defaced. No
sacredness of subject could resist the torte
of the superstition ; and we remember one
instance which, in a picture of which the
part that remains h of peculiar interest;
the body of the Good Shepherd has been
cut through for the grave of a child, so
the figure remain.
There is Intl• reason for supposing, as
has frequently been done, ti at the cuts.
combs, even in the times of persecution,
afforded shelter to any large body of the
faithful. Single, specially obnoxious, or
timid individuals, undoubtedly, from tune
time, took refuge in them. and only have
remained within them for n cansid.rable
period Such at least is the story. which
the see to reason to question, in regard to
several of the early Popes. But n large
number of persons could have existed
within them. The closeness of the air
would very soon have rendered life insup
portable; and supposing any considerable
number had coltreted near the outlet. where
a supply of Ir sh air could have reached
them, the diffi ,ulty of obtaining food and of
concealing titer ;does of retreat would
have been in moot cases insurmountable.
The catacombs were always places for the
fe.v„ not fur the many ; for the lew who
followed a body to the grave; for the few
ho dug the narrow, dark passages in
which not ninny could work ; for the lett ,
who COMe to supply the needs of stone
hunted and hidden friend; for the few
who in better 'tines assembled to job' in the
servicri commemorating the lust supper of
the, Lord.
It is difficult, as we have said before,
to clear away the obsculing fictioni of the
Roman Church Irma the entrance of the
catacombs ;" but doing this so far as with
our present kno sledge may be done, we
hind ourselves entering upon paths that
bring us into near connection end neigh
borhood with -he fire followers of our faith
at Rome. The reality of which is given
to the lives of the Christians of the fir,t
centuries by acquaintance with the memo
rails that they have telt of themselves here,
quickens our feeling for them itto one al
most of personal synipa.hy. "Your obedi
ence is come abroad unto all men," wrote
St. Paul to the first Christians at Rome,--..
The reoord of that obedience is in the cata
combs. And in the vast labyrinth of ob.
score galleries sue beholds and enters into
the spirit of the first followers of the
Apostle to the Gentiles.
[To be Continued ]
LOVES TRIUMPH
HY PINLY JOHNSON.
CHAPTER 1.
It was a beautiful evening, and the soft
light of the declining sun, as it laid upon
the walks of a lovely garden in the oast.
shed its bright rays upon the form of a
young man, who was busy tying up to the
wall a pomegranate tree Chet had been
HUNTINGTX)N, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 31. 1858.
bent down by an over abundance of fruit altar of my heart—purified by trials, and
His garb was humble, but thereetair some- fanned by the breath of hope. Be but
thing in his majestic appearance, in the constant and true, and we shall yet ei,joy
firey glance of his Is,. p blur, end in, ev. life's brightest viainne "
ery uctiiin, that bespoke one far above his •iOod grant it tnu►awrtnnmd the girl
present occupation. I "hut good night," and, with one last fond
..Ahrn nue." and the vote, that spoke ! embrace they parted.
that word WAS so low as scarcely to break
the silence that hung lamed the scene.— CB PIER 11.
Plunged in thought. the young man tp.ard The period ut which our story commen
it not, though the music of its accents cis was one when the sounds of war were
might have moved r. stone to reply. beard throughout the east. Alexander
"Abnitions," was once more repented, the ettrent--the then master of the world
in ihe same tones of melody, with which —was driving nig . ] to the famous city of
however, was blended impatience, ns if a B.itloo, the another of Tyre, and only sec
gentle pout was on the lips of the spelt. ono t tin commercial told maritime gteat.
ker. neon. The- Sulonians had long paid trib-
The young man caught the sound, and ate to P. rAti, the railing power of Asia
turning away from the wa II stepped for but they did so reluciaoily. hoeing recite
ward and exclaimed, -Zillah ;" while the ed some very harsh treatment from the
glow of pleasure suffused his noble, though Perste. kings. Therefore, when Akan')
sunt.burnt features lily. the expression der. alter conquering the neighboring
was but women ore. and cailitig hie eye,,, provinces, approached their city, the Si
around, as if fearing the relent• of some denial's, id spite 01 their king's declare. ;
unwelcome visitor, he turned his gaze to ration in favor of the Persians sett to offer
the ground their allegiance, and to request the honor '
"Well, aleck a day !" said the same of a visit to Sidon The offer was gra.
musical voice again, “is this all that thou ciouslv accepied, and the petition acceded
host to say to thy poor kinswomen, who to. F wring the issue, Strata, the Sidon
host stolen away for a moment to come lan king, deserted his throne, and fled to
and see thee ?" I save his life, to Tyre.
..Ah !Zillah, if such i- - deed were the I When Alexander approached the testis
case no store welcome sight than thee of Sidon the City had put on its best army
could greet me. But it is I whom ant' to receive him. Before he came in sight
the poor relative. Thou art the ossighter the walls and houses were crowded with
of the royal King of Sidon—l a for ore people, attired in their holliday garments
stranger in a berms land. I fear doer'. of "purple and fine linen." Two brothers
to these, Zi'lah, from these visits " Absteinus and Pollion, the cattle who had
"Psha! silly man, you are frightened saved our hero from his enemies, were
at shadows," said the young girl ; "thou appointed to deliver up the keys of the
knower that Sumo is too buoy with his city to Alexander The army came in
feasting to take notice of the doings of view, and no they drew up to the walls,
his child. Besides • look bete " the troops i acted, to permit their great
Ahininus raised Its eyes from the leader to pass through their lines to the
grouna. Thu Ibris which had ititrudeu city.
on his quiet hours was that of a very Having reached the city gates, the
young and lovely girl, whose eylph•like multitude rent the air with shouts. Silence
form was but half concealed by a purple however. was soon restored, when the
mantle, of n texture extremely p siii, brothers Pillion arid Absteutus stepped
when couipare..A with her notier•dress, , forward to present the keys of the city.
which it now permitted to be seen be. 'lllustrious monarch," said the eler of
Death. them, petiole ot.§id.rot..,bo.ms
gaily, us shulciogdotvn hi, glistening jet. don—its throne, and all 'ha' tt amaina,
black tresses; until they almost hid every nr , ' yours." .
. .
part of her countenance, and wrapping Alexander made a gracious reply to this
her thaw 10 at the same time around her, brief address. Holding in his hands the
she tripped backwards and forwards once keyes which had been delivered to him,
or twice twior- him,
..This is the way I walk along," said youth of manly beauty came forward, and
she as nhe stoppi d. and shot a laughing knelt befere him.
glan. e from belind the night of tres,es - Dyces," said the monarch, addressing
that surly veiled her large dark eye, him am weary of filling thrones.-
-now would you kosie me thus 1" Take thou the keys of this city. and give
'Dear Zill..h, ' answered the youth, the government to whomsoever may ap•
that would be a close disguise Indeed Pear deserving of it."
that my eye of love could not penetrate "Sire, your commands shall be obyed,"
for my heart cart tell thy presence even replied the youth, Nnough my juegetnent
without the aid of vi ion." will but ill supply the place of one that
t ell now," said the laughing girl, !lever errs."
Out MIS gallmunly spoken. It was said Alexander then turning to the two
lik, a—like a—kind kinsman —like a lee . brothers. said, With you deputies of Si.
e r--" don, will Dyces consult for the good of the
'.Yes Zillah, and a foolish one too," city; and from Alexander's friend ye shall
said he init-rrit piing her. ! why r,ceive the statue grace and justice as front
shoultt we enctatrage hopes that can never Alexander hitwelf."
realuzed 1 The totes have so °roil
it! _Juliet]
it, that our union millet be. Let us be CD A 1"l'Elt
content, beloved, and bow to their decree." The two brothers and Dyces were in
But I 11111 not content, and, what is counsel. "Noble friends," said the eni
more, Ido not intend to be content." ex- bassador of Alexander in Fell that ye have
claimed the girl, with innoc e nt simplicity said relative to this city, ye have asked
and with a slight degree of impatience at nothing for yourselves."
the calm resignation of her lover ; "and I The elder of the brothers replied,
wonder how you can think of being con• I "We ask 'tolling, because we need nod'.
tent, if you love me as well as I believe I mg:"
you dm" "Then to you," said Dyces, "1, as the
Smiling sadly, the young man said, instrument of my master, consign the
'thou knowest, love my history. thee throne of Sidon. Fill it jowly or ‘ingly,
and those two generous brothers who as may be , t fit your purpose, and this
brought me up end concealed no from my award shall be ratified by the power of
enemies, my true descent is but known A I,•xtnider."
to King Strati, that I still lived, and that e•We cannot accept your gracious gift,
too in his own capital, 1 should at once, said Pollion," and in the relasal I know
meet the sante fate that was dealt out to my brother joins. We are but natives of
all my faintly. As a scion of the royal Sidon. and must obey its laws, one of
tinnily of Sidon. I could not come forward which was, that the throne was only to
to claim thy hand, and to do so es a corn- be fillled by persons of the blood royal.—
mon gurdner would be lolly But think We will lead you to the true and rightful
me not selfish. Were it possible to wed heir to the throne of Sidon "
thee even now, think, could-1 bring thee "Dome on, then 1 will follow ," and lea•
front a palace to nn humble cot 1" viug the apartment they went in search
..Dearest. with thee I would be happy," of Abminus.
replied the fond maiden. Abminus in the meantime was attend•
"Alas ! often think so myself, ing 'a his daily duties as gardner heedless
and hope whispers tome we may yet be of the stir caused by the arrival of Alex
happy." ander. He thought only of his trees, and
g.And I will gill hope, Abminus, for life Zillah ; weaving visions of future happi.
would be but a miserattle burden. if I ness, in which she bore a prominent part.
thought that there would be no end to our Engaged in a deep study, he saw the broth.
unhappiness." j ere enter the garden, he knew them well,
"bly own Zillah," and as he spoke, he for it was by them he had been saved from
premed her sylph like form to his brea.t the inasmcre of the royal faintly by errs
and kismd her trewbling eye lids; ..my. to. He was about to embrace thew, when
own Zillah, night cannot always last, nor- he was astonished to see them on their
ning Must dawn. And, in the meantime, j knees and cry :
the mild fires of lore nholl barn upon the. ..Life and health to Abininus, King of
ne t t
o r
the kin thin exclaimed. i•Dyces " A
Sidon !"
Lielore he could fairly recover from his
ntnazement, Pollion held forth a roynl I took wine in one of the packet
dress which he bore and said : shine that run between Mobile ar d New
I •
You must change your ninth attire for York. Sh- was commanded by a Aar?
these Finely robes. ' Assume the semi- fellow, who was interested in making the
merits of a king, but preserve the virtue trips as profitable as possible. As a gen
eral thing, a meaner table was never pro.-
which has made you worthy to be one,"
Abininus at last found voice to say, vided in a cheap boarding-house.
"why mock me in this manner V' During the passage, we were becalmed
.11Ve mock not, you are king of Si. one day on a part of the coast which was
don l'a excellent fishing ground; and the captain,
with the view of saving a dollar or twa,
1 hey then led him towards the palace in
order to present him to Akxander 13,.. ordered the men to get out their hshing
fore they reached it, the news had spread tackle and try their luck. This was done
arid hu was hailed with acclamations of and a quantity of the finny tribe were
delight. soon transferred from their aqueous abode
to the deck of the ship.
At:minus was now seated on a throne,
but where was Zillah to share it? All The captain enlarged upon the delicacy
the iiiquirbm made him could not discover of 'be fish, and dosing by asking, "wtat
this. The departure of Strato had driven sac you to a fish dinner to day, ladies and
her from gentlemen ?" Every body said, By all the palace, and no one had seen , ~,,, !”
her since. The anxiety of Abinitius was Attached to the ship was a negro cook
most keen and painful on this subject .— ' called Centaur.
his attenion, however, was somewhat di• "Centaur ?" cried the captain.
verted from his private greifs, by his be-
a m e ss
ing called upon to assist in the siege of l : `'Cook " Ay aye,
a s a s r
of fist) fr theitsse h
to ,
passengers
and d ' ye hear,
Tyre, which city, Alexander had one g oose inner;
?" p ostpone
punish for its refusal to acknowledge his
1 "All right sa !"
power. Ott the following evening after Centaur seemed troubled, and scratched
cooking
wool vigorously. "What de mean by
the f,tll of Tyre, •he walked privately
among the galleys which lined the coast. 1
b,i on do .
, fi e s i ti a I a ,
o n ' y
a p g o e s s t p r f t i n n ' 0 t de m goose e 1
One of the men who had been brought ben in big hotels an' little hotels, man an'
on board severely wounded, attracted his boy, for eber so long if no longer dan dat;
attentioin by his exclamation ; and dis is the lust time I eber heard oh
"Must a king thus ?'' postponin' a goose I Dares pick in' a
goose, an: drawo , n' a goose, an' boffin' a
"%t ho art thou, poor man, that callest goose. en bodin a goose. but poxtponan' a
thyself a kb.gs ?" said Abminus. goose I didn't befieb dat eben Mrs. Glass,
The wounded man, who as far as could de great cook dey talk 'bout Imam oh it.—
he seen by the imperfect light, was dress- It must bedun dough. Wonder if Jimmy
ed in a common way, replied in a pever• Ducks eber heard of it? lie knows ev.
ish manner. as if his long suffering had Pr 7t ir st ts " Centaur conluded, Jimmy and
made him irritable ; two others of the crew passed the gallery
"Who art thou that asketh me ?" , door, and the bewildered cook anxiously
"I am the commander of this vessel," inquired of the oracle it he knew how to
was the answer ; and will provid4 fur P c ' s `P °De a g oose ?"
"Do case s dis, ye see. Cap'n says to
thee every comfort !" i
me jis now, say he, 'cook a large mess ob
"1 have but one thing ao ask," said the ' fish for de passengers dinner to day an'
wounded man, "and if that is granted, I Pastime de goose. Now, dat is jis wet
will indeed bless thee. Save and protect , dis here digger cao't git through his wool,
my boy."
no how, what postpoitin' a goose is !"
"Oh !"said Jimmy, winking at his CORI
"W here he 1' panions, "that is easy enough. I thought
tarried on board, ....:1 - , . - -. ....:7..” , "en+ !very fool knowed that."
" ' "
•
did not deceive me, I saw hint taken on
you see." said Jiinmy looking
the galley next to this." ' serious; "it isn't n common way of cook
Ott having the boy described to him, ab. ing a goose, but yen it is served up after
minus had him sent for. Wishing at the fish, at the nobility's dinners, they post
m
sae time, to learn a king's history, with- pone
e in the it. Now,
this is the mode: Alter
bird, stuff it with a mixture
.out being known to be a king, he continu. I
of 'ard boiled eggs, chopped fine. onions,
ed to sit in the dusky light by the side of ditto ; apples ditto ; buiscuit pounded into
the wounded man's bed. But the latter' bits, end portions of a fish previously
appeared toe anxious for the coming of the browned on the fire. Then put the goose
boy, to speak then. After a short interval
oven,po t ,ti o u t i d t
b fe a rke'ailLf
fn
o n r 'our, place
e .
! lain the
the boy, a slender lad of fifteen seemingly tt in the
then put it on your spit, roast it until done
was brought to the vessel, and the woos- and serve it with gravy."
ded mutt thanked heaven for his safety. Centaur listened with attention, and no
'Now I will repeat my oriel history,' ' ting upon the tablet of of his brain Jim
said the man, 'in hopes that you will pro ry i sdle t c e tions, started for the gallery
tect this boy 1 was a king—the king of Diner time arrived, and Centaur won
Sidon—nor was Strata among the least honors by the style in which he served the
powerful. But I was forced to fly to Tyre, fish. Dish after dish appeared; and when
but the inhabitants on account of tin old every one supposed the meal to be con
' chided. another dish was placed belore the
grudge against me, made me enter their
column, who upon removing the cover, to
army ne a common soldier. Shut up in hu :ndignation, discovered the goose !
' Tyre, I heard of nothing pa-sing without, !his wrath was not to be suppressed, and
and it was but on my way here, that I lust passion. he shouted—" Send that in
heard of the elevation to the throne of Si ft real nook aft."
the cabinvery n good
don• of one of our house--whese existence
huttn'eonretadtlyr, entered
ing
—happily, perhaps for him, I know not of. thing wrong, and was start) •dby the ques
[happier than mine be the reign of Abut i• tion—
rms. Poor child, art thou wounded, or "W hat do )ou mean, scoundrel, by dis
tv hat aileth thee ?' these words were ad.
obedience of orders ?"
i'lleyed orders, sa ; done jest what you
dressed to the boy, but no answer was re-
said,
turned, and Struts continued : 'would that eyed orders, you rascal ? Didn't I
my successor were here that my dying tell you to postpone the goose ?"
lips might warn him of the errors of a hick "Course you did, sa ; and I did it."
i I now deeply repent.' ‘.Did what ?" shouted the captain.
Abininus was moved. He stepped for-
"Postponed de goose, sa, cordin' to di
sections."
ward and exclaimed, *Thou host thy wish The passengers sate the joke, and burst
Strato—he is before thee,' into n laugh. The captain was somewhat
A cry of surprise burst from the lips of mollified, and requested Centaur to ex-
Stria° une the boy. and in a few moments, plainhimself. A
Milieus was astonished to findthe amts of sn." said he, "you ordered me
to conk de fish and postpone de goose.—
the boy winding around his neck, while at New. I nebber postponed in all my life,
the same time the youths face fell upon his on course didn't know nothing 'bout it;
shoulder, and sobs came so thick as to Mt. but .14.m'Y Duucks 'lighten me on de sub.
pede utterritce. The boy clung to him lick' an' I roller exactly his description.—
like u shipwrecked mariner to a rock. Un ! I had trouble enough don't want to post
der that embrace, that pressure, the heart Everybody laughed at Centaur's expla.
pone snorter no how "
of Ahniinus began to pant. He was about nation. nod even the captain
to pronounce a name, when--
"Be MI, you blockhead !" lie said, "and
W. whispered in his ear, send Jimmy Ducks here."
Thedir g aue u
kt s 'yt t set c so rios fliii ityu
a twinkling,bt othis w
new in accents of sweet and melodious music. the,L bein t i
'Abinitius,' said the voice again, linger style of cooking, we tried the goose, but
leg upon the syllables with a fond tender. , could not tell whether we were eating fish
ness, which made melody more harmoni- flesh, or howl. Jimmy MUM appeared and
Out. I was compelled to repeat the direction he
had given to the• cook, forgiveness only
'Zillah,' was the reply, 'have I found I being extended to him on dr, condition
thee, sty beloveu Zillah that he should eat the whole of the goose.
'Did I not tell thee, deoresi, that the ! The punishment was not very severe, for
darknes of night should give way to mos• in fifteen minutes nothing but a skeleton
ning's sunbeams,' and the young girl as I remained of that goose.
she spoke, pressed closer to her lover. I sstly Keyes!" was his exclamation when
`My own, my lovely Zillah, nothing he had completed the task ; "if that's a
now can part us; love has triumphed over postponed goose, I vish the cap'n ud 'ave
all.' one 'Postponed every week. The &min'
Two weeks later Queen Zillah stood by 'owitoever, might be waried' no as to be a
her husband's throne is Sidon, Irotle more palatable."
VOL. XXIII. NO. 13
Postponing a Goose.