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3TAL CARES
LAURIE J. ELAXr.LY
kVT'j(r.M:' ANi.t corNMiLf.or;
AT 7, ay;.
way, or V.tint'rr P. P. Elk C,
j . j . a i; i. a . i r ,
1 A T T r is v it v A '.' L A w
t .or; .i ivav. vm.
IER & WILLIS.
Attorney 'a at Law, Ridgwny I'll; con
y Pa., will attend t3 all profession
business preoptic.
" i T'lTV i i "v w 1 1. ii i ' : : .
MU t ..,,, -c (oinselorq ;it Paw. Ptlic
ll- J ' - ' i
inChnpin's Block, Bidewry Elk Co. la
Particular atto ntici given to collections
and ali mon;e. jiroinjitly remitted. Will
also practice in adjoining counties.
!"J O II N G LL
; ATTORNEY AT LA'V-
l?idgvty, P.Ik County lYnnn
DR. V. JAMES BLAKELY
Sft M-ut'j KM: County 'a.
tr BR- W. TV. 8XJAY7
fyacticcs Medicines it Surgory
Ccntrcvillo I.lk Co. Pa.
rar j. s- do xi w e l l
Eclectic Physician,
(Lately of llarron cranfy Pa )
Will rroinptly answer I'voi.sloiinl
tlla by nijrht or tl;y. Uesiilonne one,
I door East of tbe late vo.-iJcucc of Hon.
J. L. CJillis.
tt. 0. 11. Katu.i.y. Ka-.-.-v K)k
Pa. Will after, 1 to u", c;.!!
eight or d:iy. t.ily L'l , 1 'S I .
IIOTT.L C'A7V
TTf ,
r
Rid
riJ pupd. i:o:;i-s,
t LutierKbu-g, C: :".r.'l-J 1
in;
i a.
8Frcdrie' Korii Pri
ml bvih a lar je and eo:nn;
lor bav.
i::; hf.-U-.'r.
in toit prepared to cater to too waul
th o trnvclinT public
Lntheribiirtr, J ulv 2(,ith V-Z't. 1
I
V tju:r .y ; ; 11 o n:i. ,
JiUthersburg C'lcarlield County JVnna, f
WILLIAM SC1IWEM. Proprietor
Luthersbar.'. July Tth 18-' 1. t!'.
;
RATIONAL HOTEL !
CoTiver of Feac'i Ktrc-ct anJ
1 -w the Buffalo Koad,
V' J'J It J K 1J A .
30S B. IIOYT, Prprictcr
r 1 . u
CT'This House a new and (. tod i;
wan e-pccial eare lor the coi,-, a naveii i
JArKorrscio
"j t .
f aod comfort of :ur. -,;.-, at mo l... ... ki;l!.
I f-B"0001) 8TADLINH t, ! L-P:.
EXCIIANGH TlOTML.'
IHJrlCd',', J.''.- rr,ir;i'y
X)AVID THAYER, Pioir.'
PjjThia houpo ii -m-.unity t;i i 1 on
I ha bank of thp f,'Iai-': n, inihc i :: -!
of the town, fs well f.roviuk.l wi.li li,m.
room and staljlinp, and ilio j.ry).riiuii' will
cpare no pains to render ilie i;tny ef los
ao8ta pleasnnt nnj apieealile.
Ridjicny Jit'y 2S, lstiO.
,HYiK JiouTTE
Mrs. E- 0- Clements,
t Proprietress
Kldgway Klk County t'onna.
CLEARFIELD KOUSEj
Corner of Market and Water Sr't,
J Clmuhl.! Ji
GEO. N COLBURN, Pik. ;-ui ;:;v ,:i
8t. Mary's Klk t'.iu.vi j.'i;s.vA,
M. WELLENPORF, Prop'r.
r1 . t . if W.TJ . n ry.
E. Y;. Pi'lONV, P.oprie'.or.
, Omnibus running t,j and !rum the Pep .!
'reo of charge.
MOOltlPK A D JI10 1 IS 11, ;.Uiu"t
Urookvillo Pa., C. N. Kretz. Pron'r
This house has hcen refitted and farniVh
ed in a neat style, nn is every way
m ndapted to tbe v.-.mts et'the public.
I . XiOCK Haven, Clinton (
nty Pa.
tin : nd
S. I aLIALKUS in Plour, Gr
Peod nar tho Pas-icngi
or JVnot
IliiLjjwuy Markets.
Corrected wceekly:
r.'" Apples, (dry) 'pi bushel - - - 6 4 O'l
' ' Buckwheat " "... 1 ,r,it
Beans, " ... A W
" Butter ". lb - - - -lo
"-Beef " " ... ?r7 !'
)"' Boardi " M. . - . L'tl K
Corn " " bushel - - - I fiO
Plour l,hb ... p do
Ilidei " jb ... (is
t-. Jiay " tea . . . .00 do
. Oau " tu. - - - 1 (Hi
Wheat " ... 2 .Ml
: 'Rj " " - - 1 Tu
-'' yhiujrloa " M. -- . 4 f,i
i: Egu ' duzoii - ;jo
Ham " fVj - - Jit
J'wik " - - J6
J-Jt u-! F-i Ui : . '
I 7. E A R R E T T Editor INDEPENDENT. TERMS 51 0 fxr Annum if raid in Advance
VOL.
1S05 18G5
I1TL.rELPITTA k I'KTK EATL
1, IIOAP. Tiii? eveat line traverses!
t lie N"i li:cni ar.u Norlhwest e'innliep of
P'.'iin.-Ylvauia V the city ;( Eric, on
l,r.:.e i-irie.
Jt Ii;'.-, leen leu-el ly the nnwlci
mi liml J!'ik! (1wpnn1j, and is opera
ed liy lh':ii .
I? onliiv leirj!:! v.':'s niieiied f r pas'
senm-r and liiht buineL?, (Molor
17t!-.. -L
TIM 13 OP PASSENGER TRAINS
AT PJ DO WAY.
here Eastward.
Tlirough Mail Train 1 53 p. m.
Accommodation n. in.
J.-':,-:. l'. stai-J.
Tiirci
e'i'.'i.:
rn'l i:
ill Train
12 CG p.r.i.
p. in
:mi50!:tt!on
: err'.: run lliron':1i
:tvve;n J'li'.aJcdi.
on
xpre: .
wci-n
V. ill
w;'i;
a:n port
i.id
l ;- veo!
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th
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C!o:!.:a ". II ?.Ic-n'i rarn'Wng Coot'.f
WATi:!; r t i:i;i-'.r,
! in: lixvi.s-, (.'mntov Co., 'a.
ADL I'll TIM.U .
f.Vsatrcvi'.lc, i'li. county Va.
eneral Maimfacturor of V'affCr.s,
i;n;.'ii s Aje.-AL'0 1'urniture, sueli as
Psitcaus, Tal.lcu, sanua Pi-dsC-nds and
Chairs. All kind of Repairin uouo at
rejsoti.ldo rates.
BOOK STORE,
ST. MARY'S, ELK COUNTY PA
In tli o room formerly occupied b-Pot-t.
Plahclv.
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
Yi'efld id Jutlije.
Hon. R, 0 White, Well.borou-'h.
Asuociutc Judys,
Hon. V. S, Prockway, Jay tp.
Hon. 1-1. (!. Sehultze, St. Mary's.
P. V. llavs Ridgway
)','iii!ienu!iirij, licj. nml lice.
Georpe E.l.
-', Ridgivay
J)i.-!i i- t AHijrnny,
L. J.
;h,k.-iy It.dway
J V 'OSh''C,
Ch'ii-'u-n L'lhr. St. Mary's
'-.-iifj Sttrrryitr,
Geor.'e W'alin.ley, St. Marys
( '.ii.-im v('ij(i)-s,
Charles.Veis, St. Mary's
Goo. Pickiuson, Ridway.
Joseph W. Taylor, Pox.
Auditors,
R. T. Kvler, Pos
.Jacob MeCaulev
l-'ox.
11. P. Perr,
Penezett
C:al Land3 For Sab-
r.AIfl. snbseriijcr cliers for sale t!ie
Co d privilege, with tho right of
mining an i oilier minerals under 4!.
li'os ol laud situated in J'ox tp., I icar
lleld ei.itiity I'ennsylvania, within 2
miles of the i:idg'.V!iy'& SbawmutP..B ,
I,-,.!.
fi-i w ith tho Phila. ii Erie
P.. it , at Kidgway, with a six foot vein
id Bi'iuulmiiH Coal upou it, which is
now c..i.ii!:nudiii.o' su"h enormous prices,
lor nianuia 'tuiing purposes. J-or sa.o
cheap, terms cis.ii, a good title given.
Por fui thcr part'.culais, a ldie.-si
C. L. PA 11 HI ITT,
Cieaif.eld P. O.,
CleurlieldCo., l'a
NOTICE. The ItooWs ami juvenilis of
Jnc.'j J. Sterer k U, nml Clou W-i 11.
ei'.mr.i vo.. 01 ri .-.iitrj, , .one i.n H
pUifO'l in lac luiu.m 1 1 nic uu ur o(rni,i ijr
Kh'Miieil.
1 ill lies 111'1,-uirn ,if u.i:n-r ui
t!.
ihf Rtinve firms, m e nntilit'il tint ilu ir nc
couui iiiu.-t ho Bi'iitetl by inyuicnt to the
un,ici-tng'i"i, wiiinii .in unys.
i. it n i f. .i nr. kpi.y. Ait-.-
. ; . " .:
Mar. F,br,,y, 'jll-f.' t
r A
n
7.1 b
Kipgyvay Klk County 1'knna.
GOD ELES3 TUP PLOW.
Who are tlic truly prraf ?
Minions of pomp and state,
Who the knee how?
Give ud hard lianJ.j and free,
Culuirers of fiel 1 and (ree ;
Pest friend- of lihevly
'God save the p'.ov? !
Then to the fe'.ds ye hravc !
Yours he the world to rave
Prom cur lifo's foo ;
Want with it.- ru'hV.-s train,
Plies from the cultured plain ;
Toil, ye, wiili might and main
God LIoss the plow !
Now lay the furro.v deep,
On valo and hill-sado s'oep
In hope ye fow,
Tr'J5titrr that mother earth
Give to the r:cl birl'i,
' Sin yo iu i-fntiis of ju'.i tU
Uol l'.o tho p'.o'.v !
i
j uen v, .: ;n
th.o
li.'-.rv;-'.t ct'invf,
our lav-'d 1 ku.
re.'.pcr train,
-;:: .,
roldeii rra!ti
Ph n!y thi-.ii.:-'
.7,.y s' ell b
,.;Ut th
i
:i,
0 cr t:
Gt
:i the
Yr.-ea'I'.ci f. r o
(.1 recti as tho v
tor s be
Tail CloWil-i the".
Thili-i is the nobh
.row,
-t deed
j ho-.:- is li-.e
While thevt
bl lii ! t ni"ed,
e'.r eallin..' hecd-
G,,d bli -fs the ;o jw 1
A Nov Poet Laurc.ito-
Thackeray's Mn.; i c, in 'London,
paid Tein.vson, the Poet P-ma-ato of
Eugluii 1, sixteen hundred doliajs for a
poem, and 1 1 1 0 l-,vo foliov.'in'r st,u:7.a are
jast tiiedriif of it, cr ehrht hundred
dollars' woi t h :
What does little birdie fay,
Pi her nest at poop of day ?
Pet n. e liy, says little birdc
Mother, let mo fly away.
Birdie, rest a little longer.
Till thy tiny w'uilis are .-trouper;
So f he rests a little lunger,
Theu tdio flies away.
What does little baby ?ay,
1 n her bed at peep of day ?
Baby (-ays, like liitlo birdie,
Let mo rise and hasto away.
Baby, sleep a little lunger,
Until her little leys grow stronger;
And after waiting; like the birdie,
Baby, too, nball ily away,
Isn't that grand? Isn't it tho quin
tessence of poetry? Here's sixteen lines
cf our own, says an exchange same
style, samo measuro, and embodying
about as much sentiment, for which wo
willingly take a quarter:
What docs little frogiie say,
In his pond at pecpofday?
Let mo swim, says little frogio
Bullfrog, let me swim away.
Proggio, wait a llttld longer,
Till your little legs are stronger ;
So he mounts upon a ctump,
And theu iuto the pond kerc-h.u-n-k.
What does little pigg'e say,
In his sty at break of day ?
Biggie says, like littlo froggie,
Let me go and root to.day.
Piggie, wait a little longer,
Till your f-nout L'rows hard and stronger;
If you suck a little longer,
Piggie then may root away.
CLARA WILLIS :
And the Diamond Ring.
It was the nl?ht before Clirit-ma--.
Mr. Aboayno did
of observe, tho little
hluenosed boy crouching by the brilliant-
ly illuminated plate glass window as he
sprang out of his cairl i '0 and went into
the thron.'ed fh"n. Ho-.v should he ?
Butlilt'e Ben Morrow's rye.., eager with
the nitkly night of txtrtn.o joverty.
toot in every detail ir toe rieli mans
cija:
i:i''o, an
dl
us pui-joe
fillt
-rs claspo
,d!
' one ar.othei tighter us he looked.
how tiiee it must
v-
be to be rieh to" have cushioned car- j cfToit will be made to recover s i valu i
riages, and bi-.r red fires, and mince jiies j b'o a jewel. To-morrow morning jou
every ilay 1 Ob 1 I wish I were rieh 1" j ""J; t borrow a newspaper, an 1 we will
And Pen shrank closer into bis eor. 'ook at the advertis um uts."
ner :is tho wind fluttered his thin, woni
clothing, and li:"t e I the curls with, beez.
in-' touch from b'.s forehead.
j Xor did M r Abnavue oL-ervc
,:,
,. , . , ,
earriiie, lirawin
, . . , 1 i
hi r. - i .-".-0
, anions the velvet cushions wit li a sm li
scarcely k-tid earnest than little Pen's had
been.
i i no eiut i s iaea oi a
The child's idea of a "big red fire" ,
'm!d have been quite realiz-d ifbe hal
r:.L hi
A ! A4
hi hi fa? Y
Tiicusday June Is; 1 S C 5
fi ( ir (lie rcavlet t-liiiia that illuminated
! Mi-. Altnayiio's Insurious drowin-r rooms
that lii-'lit, jjlowinpr f-'dily (in pi Idol ta.
ld ''. iili.ha;rr v::- s, find vrul!.o!'rcn and
pr:!d ; vhil:-, j'T-t I f-f.-r" tho i-rnial flalii",
the pah- wii'i v.-ei-r-at, thon-ilitfully waleli.
in;; the t.i'-hi: riiipr spire nf preen
.Mi.elh;..-:t Ii:-!:1. and very l-;nely in his
t-ph-ndid filit-'d-,.
j "I wou-.K-r what made mo thin!; of
home ju' t then," he niuimurcd, idly
tapi'ton hl f '"t upon the velvet ru.-;.
! "I wrnder (That u'.j'vniy cuiijurtd i:p
the did home uir.lt r the, walnut tree,
; and the old hri-ipe, where the willow
jLraiicliCj; swept the water tho hridpc
wlitro litih: Cl.ua W ill a ued io sit and
Flndy her lesson?, while I anir'ed vainlv
1-jr tlie Csh that never wou'd bite. JJovv
lovely sl-.e. was, that fro! lenhaired f;irl,
with her blue-veined forehead, and darlr,
down east eyes I I was vt ry much in
love with Clara Willis in th-.--, hov.and
i d i
1 s
th--
!,,,: 1
waves
k" a :
.7 o a
eat
h
om e
rive
a! :i
V.l'l
hoi l aroue.
,jou o::e lir.s 1
:-..a:!-, 'y ai
z.m. 1'oor (
r iii'i iM we b
e i : i ' 1 ' we r''
Ai.d V:-:.,' I
( o v, ho e :.-.!
th-s I ;.':
It i? noi , o"
"..'W.i in l o'.j
1 utterly Ir.
a' j 1 w'hat
il", in the fa
'. O.-d IJIT el
per.
no"
'i Ir
fob I
an-:' !
T
n
o M-
i. -
d
iive-.'e.-.
:ry was a gonf!
but .-be was u.jt
wife V
a tr
'. ! art WillV''
As I'ic thro
brain, ho in ii
the ll'.iL-et u:io
thrio'.-h
iced doiv.,
lively ;
M hie!) ;
: ' 1
ri -..thal'i-io,; o! hi.,
v;: - --"lie.
'!,.,;! it 0:lll't
to hini-oif, trvin-'
'j'be rim'
.e lo. '," he murmured
t i think when and
Lib-erv.'d if. t'an ir
-.I..,- he I, ,1 i-:-t t
have i!r'on" d from
my lieT v.-itiiout
mv
nvttieaj"? : 1 most no'ity the me
iiee ft ore-1, and have it advertised.
Poor Mary's ring ! 1 would no,!, s.- it
for l its value, an 1 that would be no
ineati mho
It wa-a narriw an J murky littlo street,
wlfli here and there a dim lamp flaring
feebly through the white obscurity ol
tho driving snow; !uit little Ben M jrrow
knew every one ofits covered 11 ig .-tones
bv heart, and ran whistling down the
a lie
im-
.w.-iv of a t
ill, wea
ther stained build.
u'.idauntcl by wind or teintxst.
"See, si.s, what a jolly glove I've
found I" he ejaculated, driving sud lenly
into a narrow doorway, and coming upon
a small room only hall lighted by a kero
sene lamp, beside which sat. a young wo
man, busily at. woik. "Hallo! is the
fire out ?"
"Wrap this old shawl around yon.
Ben," said the woman, looking up with
a smile that pt.rtook inure o! tears than
mirth "and you won't mind the cold so
much. All the coal is gone, and I can't
buy any more until I am paid for the
caps. J lid you sell any more inatohes?"
"Only two boxes," sighed the boy
"I was so cold, Clara, that I couldn't go
round to the houson."
"Well, never mind, Ben," i-ho said,
cheerfully. "Sit eloso to mo, dear
we'll keep each other warm. Oh! Pen,
I should like to have given you a nice
whole coat for Christina.?."
f'Don't cry sis," said tho boy, leaning
his head against her kneo. "Pi in't you
give me your shawl for a comforter, only
1 lost it that windy day? You're just
as good and sweet as you can be, Clara,
and I love you just as well as if you
were my w hole sister instead - of only
half a one,"
Siie smiled through her tears,
'What was it abo.rt a glove, Ben?"
He sprang sudienly ns if remember,
ing.
"A gentleman dropped it in the street,
I ran after the carriage, but it went to
fast tor me to eateh up. Isn't it nice,
sis?"
'Very nice, Ben." .
Sho drew the fur glove abstractedly
on her hand, and looked at the rich, dark
fur.
"Why, B-?u, what's this?"
Her finger had come in ev'i'aet with
something in tbellt'.le linger ol thegl..v",
ami she drew it out. Even by tho dim
bght of tho lamp she k.w she myriad
sj arkling laseets of a diamond ring.
1 lie gentleman must hav
e draw n it
.off with Ids glove," she ;aid. while little
Pen stood by, Hi surprise and i.eligh'.
"Pen, this is veiy valuable. We
ou::ht to return it to the to.uier at once.
'1 low can we if wo don't know who
ho i!" said Pen.
"It will bo advertise
i:ear : every
''Si-ter.
" ii ... l.:., l .i.
n.n.t ij.li, ui;, eU.UU
ahiable? Js it worth a bun
'-s u vcr.v valuable
I iod dollars.'"
I "More than that Ben. Why?"
- vju . v iuni, ue souoeu, nuiy ing lug
f -
her la
''A hundred dollais
,JU1U oe to nie . i wisu U Wasn t
wrong to keep it f
Clara did nut answer. She only
smoothed down her lit tie brothers tangled
nrv.r knew how batd it
siftriW3,(K&
few w-v.'
iV
v
y
NO
was for her to beep hack her own tear:-.
Mr. Almav!e w;.s wa'kiivjiuipatiiMit'v
up ami down
his h
.it'
r.n.' r".:t i !
rooms iu the Crista
lust days' i:eoi v.l
man J. resented him
"Well Porter?"
'There's a your:!
b ov down stairs t';i-
:-.- bngiitm -; ."d tho
en los pet liy f.,ot.
eli iu the ih oiway.
person and a lit 'To
about the advert:: o-
mcnt.
'A-k them to wall; in , Porter."
Porter glanced dabinusly althc velvet
chair.' and Wilton c irpet.
"'i hry'ro very t'aalby an 1 muddy,
sir."
"Never mind : show them in."
Potter d parted, by no means please 1,
an 1 in a minute or tw threw open tho
door an I announced.
"The young per-;n
io iut.0
boy.
"Io .--rated," said Mr. Alinayno,
c:i!trteou--!y. ' Can you give mo any in
Io:mia:io:i in regird to tho ri-ig 1 h.re
B -u Moi-row's .- i f !i r '
!rl shawl, " it'.at'.i!'-
.-." ;! yrl
eeav:-
r f..e
, 1 wi
li:eh
t lie be!,!
it a Hit!
1 the wii
o.'.t t.
be,-;.
V
rl
lire
miu 't '.;i tats ii.
I last
ll'-ll
! in a low
t n;:o
I v.e' e.
I .
-M.A.c.n ,
it, so we Li'
w:ta y. u
it at our
t) 1.10
tieet
ioI hi
and i.a
. Alir.ny
have to
:': er.o
e li
mi:-e l a
be said, ta'.l
"Will t!-b.
Clara Wii:
ii:u' ou. a
s-:l'.i;l- t,t
:is threw I
very peer
lt ;!; her veib
sir," she slid,
" Wi
' lillf twt so I
doing; f.ur e
sai.ii!. Com!
:or ui to take a reward for
o!". Thank von all the
Pen."
II r.rv V .,-.v.,.,j e'vir.'- 1 .,-:..
v Al.
.very white :.s he fa-y Ine g-ildeu hrarls
i char blue exes of bissweet first love
n alli the laded biased bonnet.
Cla-al" he exclaimed. '-Clara Wil.
I's!
is it possible that you do not know
me:
y She turned at
r.lid gazed fixedly
ils wild exclamation,
lit lii:n with d;-.;wnln;j-
reeogniCijti.
"Arc you can it bo that you arc
Henry Abnayne?' sho faltered, only
half certain of the correctness of her
conjecture.
He took her hand tenderly and rev
erently in his. If she had been a dueh.
ess the action could nut have been more
lull of courtly respect.
"Clara do not go yet," he raid, plead,
imdy. "Let l:ie un:.: v.l this strange
enigma of oar two lives I Oil 1 Clara if
this Christinas day litis, indeed, brought
me the sun -bine which never irradiated
my life, L shail bless it to my l;!'e,l shall
bless it to my dying day 1"
The low sun llamed redly in the wet
before Mr. Ahnayne's carriage tho
very one which B.-u so ignorautly a l
mired tho night before w.i tr.v.r.m im-l
to carry Clara and her brother, for the
last time to their squalid home. Por
ere tho New Year dawned above the
wintry earth, Clara was married, to tho
man who had courted Lev under hetrvecn
willows that overhung the wooden bridge,
ten years ago. It was a very rhoit tu.
gagementr and yet it wits a very Ions
one !
And littlo Ben Morrow, busking, in
the reflected sunshine of his sister's
ba ppincss. found out what it was to
bo rich.
INTELLECT IN RAGS :
Or, Opulence Rebuke 1.
Two proud children were tripping
along the streets of Boston, onosunohiny
day, on their way to school, chatting as
they went, and apparently enjoying
themselves light men ily.
A late rain had given a coating of
mud to the red brick side walks, so the
children strided daiutly; tbe older one,
a slight and delicately formed girl, with
a merry uari; eye una l.t:i rich ringlets,
caru!nl:y
hfii
her s i!'t s
la
ments, mat th.-y might not b soiled I
contact with the wet earth.
And now then- in? -.u I'ir.wfl
ou.:;ii ,i
dark alley, where. t!i
sicky, titi.l j tiled into
HI
tnbeauis crew I
nne.-s, as they
to ichcd the lu.ivv and tainted ntuie--
phere; though per-chanee long times be
tween they niched into the shadows up.
cm the golden hairs of some poverty
stricken inf-iu', lor many sat. in the
doorways ol tiiat comfortless city lane.
TheLoyaud girl moved slowly on.
ward, wi'li tbeii while brews bent down
ward, aud their bright eyes te.ire'uiog
for the hidden pavc.-toues iu il uncon
scions of everything cl:e ; yet, ihe ilusli
on their suiooth mid dituulel cheeks,
and tho quick laugh nl the lidlcrom
figures tlut flitted aero.- their pathway
Ctr uiid anon, plainly lold that they
were not oblivious of the snrrouiidinjs
and re cried their haughty and aruuj.
Cialic tli-j-usitiou.
"LWt you hate such dirty places, Ju.
11a? ' taid tho boy as a few drops, not of
crystal, sluiued tin glossiness of his rich
attire ; "don't you wibh that the tchool
wit ut the othtr cni cf the hue ?"
"It's porfaetly horrible," tnttfcTct
the beautiful creature ; tliey can haviv
no sensibility of relinement ; how dirtyr
how contemptible they are well, thauk.
goudness that wo were born rich."
'Stop I Julia, hush ! yonder is some
thing to exeito our laughter, I warrant
you ha 1 ha I a boy larger than mysell,
uid ho appears to Lc picking out the
letters on that scrap ot paper hah 1"
"Stand still, Arthur, do, and let m:
hear him ; we can wait a minute. 'r
A ft w paces before them sat a boy of
some thirteen summers, hatlcss. shoeless,,
and with very scanty frock and trousers;
the I. it'er n mass of patches. His hair
t tng'ed an 1 tliiek, hung over his down'
east eyes j ;:ti 1 his hands, stained rough
v, ith labor. :. ra-pe l a little torn piece of
newspaper, which bo evidently picked'
out ol t:io nml. So absorbed was ho ir
bi-ta-!; that lie di.l not notice tho fair"
tiiil high bred young strangers who
s'ooj r -ji'irding him with thoughtless
but sub iiie '. mi'th.
ilaik I tiie boy, leaning his browp:
face on hi ' elenclu d hand , murmurs un-eou-eieu.-ly
aloud "b-i-e-n no, not
'.bat ; yes, no,'1 a deep drawn sigh,
then again "b-1 a-n" theu again a
long piu; ') dear, havo I lorgot.
It ii i I never shall be able to read like
Barney."
As the poor child exclaiming' tliuv
lifting his ees sorrowfully from the tat
tered hit ol printing:, -his gaze fell upon
the listeners, whose lieautiful lip curled
with a seo-.nful umile. A lla-h of crim
son star ed to l:i- swarthy checks, niouii-
ting to the tops ol his forehead, as ho
threw o!f the mass of tangled curls, and
I his bold bl u-k eve- foil before their fa-
m.tiar f tare,
-ilallia
' s thi the richly chid youth,
I've g,,t a brother only
vi u: at !:-one, who can read
, a,
'. ,' n
iter t!i.-:n thai. A big boy like you
jht at 1 e- i-t to know ynT letters. Why
i t v''t go to school :''
c de.'od Julia, sneftriuar.
u ".ipposj he would get into a'
I; 'oi l' 1 1 is mime ought to bo
reont
1 i. - .w '.:; o : . k.i . po-.r thing; sho
eviitiii,-, 1 v.-ii'i mock pilv, "our stable
boy ,1, .... s !,.;!,,; th , !!,., t."
'i lie hi I, at hei tone of commiseration,
:'p;.'igtj his l et, no 1 bent on th
I let!, i- and si,.;r such a glance of defi-am-?,
io iiju.ition and scorn that they
ins: mctivcly huriied ouward; though
the f;lr! turned once r.i re mockingly
aro-.Mi !, and give ntti ranee to a slight
bantering laugh.
Still th" poor -ad afoo-1 wounded to
tho heart's core still he gazed after
them, his full lip; quivering with his
mental anguish, bis blael; eye, through
the misty drops thai hung tremblingly
on his lids, flushing: fire, as though they
would seathe and blast the selfish prido
of those thoughtless children; then
turning, ho hurriod up three broken
steps into a dim entry, rlew along a dark
p.i - age nod entering a cheerless room
Ibtng himself upou the uneven floor, ami
wept burning tears of grief and
shame.
The parlors of a stately mansiou on
Beacon street Boston, were brilliantly il.
luminatcd. The owner of the princely
tenemeuts had issued cards for a fash,
ionable sortie ; the hour had arrived, tho
guests were assembling.
The rich and the great were there,
but con-pieious among; all, and convers.
tug with the ex president of tho United
States, the elder Adams, stood a noble
looking man, in the blojinand vigor of
in mho.) 1. lli.-j faco was intellectually
beautiful, and his high attitude com
manding yet extremely graceful.
"A'l tin evening," murmured a fash,
ionable vol lovely lady, to Mr. Adams,
as he turned toward her, "I have been
striving to g;1;n an introduction to M.
M 's distinguished guest. ; but ho
has boen so sur. ouu led now, however,
he s'am'ts alone. I should esteem it a
rare honor to : : eal; to him, but for n
moment.'1
"Von shall have the plcvuro," said
the ex president, smiling and turning,
he prerenred the beautiful aud fascina.
ting wile, of a miliij-.i.ii-le, to tho talen
ted stranger.
"We bavo met before, maJara," bow.
ing bw t) conceal a strange expression
that stile over bis features.
"1 have f orgotten," the lady made an
swer in her sweetest tone.
"Wel-.ave not we have met before,
just twenty years ago," he continued,
still keeping his piercing eyes on her
face ",ve met iu a little 1 one, a narrow
repubive place, where th: cries of bun.
ger resounded ollen upon tho still air,
and where rags, misery and Clth, moc
the traveller of every step."
He pa-.scd an 1 she gared more fu
r'.oii -ly up j'i him.
. "Pet'i ips you doti't rcmciubei tho
linn the phme perhaps yeu don't re-
iiiinijti icj iii i j j. -imper.' i filiiilreil
wf weahh pas-ed uhmgthc lane it may
be you have for'ot'en too poor outcast
rasp: ii gat s.i.uiee though then scarcely
e.mseit u.J with bis untutored mind.
The laugh of derision that was theu
I'l iug upon this lonely heart tor I MU,
that child roused the latent lire of am.
bltio-.i wdhin my bre-nt ;'' aud, ho con'
tinned more softly "I thank you for the
taunt and the scornful words ; they wero
cvtr my iiicen'ive in icy upward path to
honor; J hi I but to think of them, anj
my soul was nerved anew. I thank you
for them ;" and a triumphant smile illu
m.iu.tr.l hi.-; splendid countenance.
The lady, laint aud mortified, jilided
away f.,m her rtbu';cr, and in leas than
au iiour Fat huib'dcd and weeping iu ller
otvu pruua.l mansion, She had wished,
uiy coveted ju,t one Utile word f,.0ni
ii:e being who. a in her haughty child
hood she had derided aud despised for
poverty and she hud been repaid wit'i
countc-npt, though smoothly worded au I
delteat.-ly rip.es-ed by iha nc-Jcetol