Rates ol Advertising. I be lk Cobpiy ftdboctft. I 16CAL AND GENIAL Nil W BP APEX .t iKbfiltet JL'rrry Thursday UY JOnN F. MOORJi. Ttr Toar in advanoe....' $1 60 Adm'rs and Exeeto-'s Notices, each 6 times , ft t Auditor's Notices, each .,.. lie Transient advertising, per square of IU lines or lass, 3 limes or lest.,..,, 2 00 For each subsequent insertion.. 60 Professional cards, 1 year .,,. I (K) Special notices, per line , , 14 JJAU'suboriptions to be paid In ad vanoe. Orders for Job Work respectfully salioited. JQOfflce on Main Street, in the eecoad bitii; of Houk & Gillis Store. Address JOHN 0. HALL, EDITOR & rROriUETOR. Obituary and MaiHage Notices, each 1 0(1 1 early Advertising, one square , 10 00 Yearly Advertising, two squares 16 00 Yeai'y Adver'ing three squares 20 60 l early Aaverlising, column 26 00 Yearly Advertising, X column 15 0 Yearly Advertising, 1 column 70 00- Advertisements displayed more thaa JOHN O. HALL, Editor. J.rF. MO ORE, Publisher. TEIUtIS1 50 l'cr War in advance. 811 Mi If SI i H ordinarily will be charged fw at the rate (per column1, of r 00 " Ned has stolen her to friirhicn me.'' BUSINESS CARDS. JOHN O. HALL, Attorney at law. Ridg way, Elk county Pa. mar-WCD ly. JOB WORK of all kinds and dcs. criptious done at this office. T7"EUSF,Y HOTEL. Ccntreville, Elk coun ty, Pa., C. II. Hyatt, Pr. aug'J'fio c ARVER HOUSE. Warren. Pa.. Hull & Hall, Proprietor aog'J'CO-ly A LriXE HOUSE, St. Mary's ra., Her man Kretz, Proprietor. sug'J bo mHE art of J 10 DANCING end P.AN0J I t i-ivn i. t... n w mimw 1 liA I tauKUk uj i. j.-.' " .-. lUdgway, Pa. seplltf TJXECUTIONS. SUMMONS. SCBPCE. f2j ntts Warrants, &c, on hand and for sale at tins ouice. TVR.W. JAMES P.LAKELY Thysician land Surgeon, St. Mary's, Elk county l'tt. mar-. oo ly. DR. W. W. SHAW Practices Medicine and Surgery, Centrevillc, Elk county iU. A. S. HILL Kersey. Elk county Fa. FWill promptly answer allprofessional calls by nighl or day. mar-l'a oo-iy "TA R. EDEN J. RCSS. Pliysician and Sur- J geon. St. Mary a Llk county ra. Juue-21'6f.-ly. R Pfined Oil, Good Quality, by the i barrel, at W cents per gat ion. ny oct 11 -if J.POWELL Tf wn-nt a load of Salt. Flour, 1 of Feed, you can save money bvhuying of oct. 11 tf. J. run i.Lii It. AURIE J. P.LAKELY, Attorney and 'Counsellor at law. and U. 8. Commis iosnr. Kidgway 1'. U. fclH county, ra. niar-22'ooly. SOUTHER AND WILLIS Attorneys at Law, Uidgway, Elk county Pa., wilt ntlenuioail proiess'.onai nusiness prompt. ij. mar-. oo-iv TR. W. B. HARTMAN. St. Mary's. Elk I county. Pa. Late of the Army of tl Potomac. Particular attention given to all cases of surgical nature. uiar-22 hO-ly. T I' w-Mrir Dr- Jano'e or Dr 1 Aver s c2.-braie4 Medicines, pure, call iipon i lie only authorised agent in Hidg- vav. oct. ll-u j. 1'unr.L.L.. vrifprins of nil 1 iritis T cheapur tiiau can be bouglit at Erie, t wholesale or retail. lv oct. 11 -tf. J. POWKLf, H YDE HOUSE. Hidewa v, Tenna. Mrs E. 0. Cllmrnth, Proprietress. Nor 1,8i TOR PRINTING. such as Cards, Posters I Hand Bills. Dill Heads Sc., done at the ADVOCATE OFFICE nnd at reasonable price. on short notice II. VOLK. Manufacturer and Deale V7. in Lnptr Beer, opposite the Railroad Depot, St. Marys, hlk county la. Mar-2J't')()-ly. EORDWELL AND MESSENGER Drug cists. Dealers in Druesand Chemicals Paints. Oils and Varnish. Perfumery Toil, et articles and Stationary, Rulgway, Elk county Pa. mar-22'OC-ly. HENRY II. THOMAS, Dealer in all kinds of Furniture, Spring Beds and Mattresses, Picture primes and Collins, Bidgway Pa. Wave Booms on the corner of Main and Depot St's. may-17'6G-ly. HO. McCONNELL, House, Sign and . Ornamental Painter. All orders promptly attended to with neatness aud despatch. Inquire at this office,' or of the subscriber at Kane Station. augOOOly. JW. BAILEY, Surgeon Dentist, Saint . Mary's, Elk county, Pennsylvania, of. iershis professional services to the citizens of Elk county Office opposite Coyne k Mc Vean'sStore: (July 2t,'00-l y DR. J. P. I10RDWELL Electio Physi cian. Late of Warren county Pa., will promptly answer .all professional calls by night or day. Residence one door east of he late residence of Hon. J. L. Gillis. Mar.2U'0ti-ly. WASHINGTON HOUSE, St. Mary's, Elk county Pa., Edward Babel Pro. prietor. This house is new and fitted up -with especial care for the convenience of guests. Good stabliug attached. Mar-2'J'001y. OLIVER & BACON, Manufacturers and Wholesale - Retail Dealers in Flour. I'Votl and Oivvin, VAy.iL MILLS, KRIE, l'A. Orders solicited and promptly filled at mar ket rates. aug Jth-fiti-ly JOHH O. HALL JAS. K. V. BALL. HALL & BRO. Attorneys - at - Law, ST. MARY'S: BENZINGER P. 0. ELK COUNTY, PA September 20, 1800. ly. CiT. MARY'S HOTEL. U. E. Wellendorf? j l'roprietor, rst. Mary i, fciK county ra. 'This house is new and fitted up with espe cial care for the convenience and comfort of guests, at moderate rates. Free Hack, to and from the Depot. Good stabling at tached. mar-22 bb-ly. "TJRACTICAL CLOCK AND WATCH I MAKER. KT. MARY'8, Elk county Pa. Edward MrBride, keeps constantly ou baud and for talc. Watches, Clocks, Silver Plated Ware and Jewelry ot all descriptions. V.Hepairing neatly executed, and done on short notice and reasonable terms' ar 28'Co Jy. NEWSHOP. TIN! TIN! I T1NH1 STOVES I STOVES 1 ! STOVES ill John Sosenlieimer & Co., WHOLESALE & RETAIL DEALERS. BT. MAuy's, TA. Keeps constantly on hand and for sale, a large and well selected stock of TIN WAKE, STOVES &c. We have everything generally kept iD a Tin Shop. Our'Stock of STOVES consists in part of ANTIDUST PARLOR & COOKING STOVES, ALSO IRON GATE & WHEAT- SIIHAF STOVES. STOVE PIPE can be had at our shop either riveted or groved. SPOUTING AND ROOFINO, done OD short notice and at reasonable rates. June 14'06-ly. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT LETTERS 0 ADMINISTRATION on the Estate of Eddy Hyatt, late of Fox township, Llk county, deceased, have been grauted to the undersigned, thcreiore all persons having claims against, or are in any way indebted to said estate arc requested to call and settle their accounts. J. N. HYATT, Adm'r. ORPHA HYATT, Ad'x. decl3 Ctpd. T"TK;E WHEREAS, MY WIFE TER- ISSA WILDFIRE has left my bed and board without just cause or provocation, all persons are hereby cautioned against, har boring or trusting her on my account as I wlil pay no debts of her contrasting. ANTHONY WILDFIRE. Dec. 13th 1800. 8t. 1 "WAVER HOUSE, RIDGWAY, PA. " DAVID THAYER, Proprietor. The undersigned having fitted up a large and commodious hotel on the southwest cornet-of Centre and Mill streets, with good and convenient stabling attached, respect fully solicits the patronage of his old friends and the pntlio generally. decl3'06 1y DAVID THAYER, l'Olt THE I10LLIDAYS. 4 M ERIC AN AND FRENCH CAN- DIES. '7e will open for the Chrihtuias Ilolliday a large and choice stock of candies, Hon Buns, Fruit, (green, dried and preserved,) jellies &c, that wc have ever exhibited to custom ers. Call and examine at the HOOK STORE iu ST. MARY'S. I710R CHRISTMAS vlND THE - NEW YE.1R. We have laid in large assortment of R. Catholic Pray er Books, (both English and German,) some of which will be found of the fin. est quality, Family Bibles, Testaments, Boots ot devotion, Rosaries of all qual. lties, Scapulars, Crucihxes both carved and cast, together with an assortment of all those articles usually found in Catbolio book store. Call and examine at the BOOK STORE, in- ST. MARY'S. Ci I flf.!5111 YEAR!, Til.flWw want Agents everywhere to sell ouriHPBOVKU $20 Sewing Machines. Three new kinds. Under and upper feed. Sent on trial. Warranted five years. Above salary or largo commissions paid. The only machines sold in the United States for less than S10, which are fully limited Ly Jfotre, II heeler ,y II thou. Urover X Jiaker, binger f( Co., and liaehemer. All other cheap ma chines are infringement! and the teller or liter are reliable to arrert, fine and impntonment. Illustrated circulurs sent free. Address, or call UDon Sliaw & Clark, at Biddcford, Maine, or Chicogo, 111. . may-17'00-ly 170IISALE!! B . ' Iwj Steam Engines b-iucli bore and 10-iaeh stroke, w;tti aain shafts and line shafts. Sic. Also, FOUR cylinder boilers thirty fee long and of sufficient power to drive th two engines. Any one desirous of purchas ing Stea-u Machinery will find it to their ad vantage to call upon the subscriber at Port laud Mills. HIRAM CARMAN, Ridgway, Pa. oct. 4th-8m. SOMETHING NEW! HOUSE, SIGN Si, ORNAMENTAL PAnfTINa. 'IMlii SUBSCRIBE R WOULD BE X spectfully inform the citiiens of Elk county that he has just started in the above business in Bidgway, and feel confi dent that he can please all who may favor him with their custom. GRAINING, PAPER HANGING!- AND CALC1M1NING DONE ON SHORT NOTICE AND IN THE most fashionable and improved manner and style. Orders left at ibis Office or at the Bunking Huuse of Souther, Willis & Souther will be promptly attended to. W. P. WILLIAMS, May-17'G0-ly. ATOTICE TO CREDIT- J UBS. The late firm of Burke & Woods ef the borough of St, Mary's, Elk county, Pa., having on the 81st day of Oc tober, A. D. 1800, made a general assign ment for the benefit of oreditors to the un dersigned, all persons indebted to said firm will please make payment, aud all having claims present them to CHARLES McVEAN, Assignee. St. Mary's, Benzinger P, 0. December 6th, 1866. Corh:sj)f'!)iW)ce of ilie fl?(wqie Letters to Evangelist. R UMBER TIlHEti. Sir : In replying to your enquiries, which have led to this correspondence, nothing was farther from my intentions and wishes than to crjgage in a polemic discussion. Besides being foreign to tny profession, I do not consider the sec. ular press as exactly the proper vehicle through which to discuss religious ques tions. Believing, however, that you rc. ally desired culightentrent on the sub ject to which you referred, I consider it to bo the duty of some one to affor.1 you a brief exposition of the proofs of the question. 1 lie lullllmcnt. ot tins duty l undertook, although fully aware that many others might uo it more ably, and more creditably to themselves nnd to the doctrines they advocated. I presumed that after having read what I wrote to you, you would endeavor to find still other sources than those to which I referred you, aad to discover, if possible, still further proofs if any existed. In this I have been mistaken. You have seen fit to deny everything I have advanced, but in your seven let ters to me you have not disproved one single argument of mine. You have dcuied them it is true, you have told me that you do not believe them, and you have given rne your interpretation of the texts of scripture which I pro duced, but iurthcr than this you have done nothing, lo the superficial unnd your letters read well, but to the think er they are painfully barren of proof. Moreover. 1 regret to say that you have seriously mistaken my meaning on scv eral important points to which 1 will refer in the course of my answer. With regard to your demand for scriptural proofs aud your indispositiou to accept any others, I would remind you that your views and mine regarding the sa cred scriptures are widely different You, I presume, regard them as aiule of faith and you are willing to accept uo testimony except that ot the bible. I, while reverencing, the sacred writ ings equally with you, by no means re gard them in the same light. I do not believe they were ever intended as a rule of faith, although the result ot revola tion. Had they been so intended, the poor christians who lived during the fif teen centuries before the discoverittsr ot the art of printing, would have been sadly deficient in religious knowledge. Had our Savior intended that His teach ings should reacii the pontile of the whole world through the writhuj of the Apostles, He, certainly, would have pro vided some method for their uuiversal dissemination. The patient, toilin monks of what many love to call the dark ages, (but which really preseuted the brightest examples of love ot rcli gion aud of learning) who preserved the bible torus and tor you, could nuv er have supplied the people with man uscript copies, while the millions, at the present time, unable to read, would live, I fancy, in the darkest of dark ages were the bible the only rule ot faith We differ also upon another point. You believe in the na;lit of private interpre tation of the scriptures. Catholics do not. We consider tlio sacred writings far too sublime to be readily couipre bended by minds to whom ao ordinary political article is often a mystery, much more so a treatise on philosophy or mu tual science, and shall we presume that the Wold of (jod is more easily under stood than the perishable works of man We consider it to be far too holy to b. twisted and turned aud made to suit ev ery whim wlrch the huniau mind may conceive. Ilish or low, learned or un lettered, the Catholic aecepts the inte pretation which the church puts upon the bible. Therefore, it was not m private opinion that I gave you when interpreted the scripture I quoted but the opiniou of the church of which I am a member. Those interpretations I believe to bo true; if you do not, it were useless for me to advance more which would only meet the same fate The proofs in my second letter you pass over with what seems very much like sneer on " the writings of the fathers aud the tombstones of martyrs," but re member that although a witty remark may provoke the mirth of the silly it does tiot overturn arguments and proofs, In my first letter 1 gave you the doc triue of the church in regard to the po sition held by the Blessed Virgin Mary, I said that Mary was peculiarly the Queen of Mercy and that to her does not belong the attribute of justice. Jlmigbty God, being omnipoteD omniscient and omnipresent, possesses all the attributes ot goodness, knowledg and nower. Amonjr these are the at tributes of Justice and of Mercy. H can either satisfy justice by condemning the sinner to everlasting torments or li can exercise his attribute ot Mercy pardoniug hiu: and admitting him iuto the company ot the blessed. Mary being a creature, has no pardoning pow er. neither has she the power to cou demn, therefore, having no right to cx rciso justice, it is not an attribute of ers, but belongs solely to Alnuahty God. This must be plain to the dullest comprehension. But Mary has the rigot, not to be merer til to the sinner, but to ask Almighty God to be merciful to him. And here I must charge you ith either misunderstanding my lan guage or with misrepresenting it. In your seventh letter we read : ' You say to her does not belong the attribute ot justice and so the sinner ' laden with crimcs-and transgressions will stand a belter chance of obtaining forgiveness." Now. my dear Sir, I said no such thing, nd any child who read my letters with ordinary care will tell you so. You have interpolated, into my language, words of vour own which irive it an en- irely different meaning. You have quoted two disconnected pnrts of sen tences instead ot the whole. Krom your rendering it would be inferred that I wished to elevate Mary to an equality with Almighty bod ; that J. accorded to II im the attribute ol justice and to her that of mercy, so that if the sinner feared to trust himself into the hands ot God, he could appeal to Mary, and that he, entirely independent ot Almighty Godf would be merciful to him. Can anything bo more preposterous than this attempt to ascribe such a meaning to my words, when I nave you so explicitly the position of Mary as held by the Church : IV hat I did say when speak inpr of the sinner was this : " Casting himself at the feet of Mary and Lrnginq h'v to intercede for him, bcirging her, pure and iinuehled, to ask her son to suspend this justice and allow her to exercise her attribute of mercy," that is that Mary would beg Almighty God to suspend his justice for a time aud allow her to exercise her privilege of interces. siod in octiait oi tne sinner, io show further that, in your quotation, you did not pie.seut my meaning, I will cite from my first letter : "But the church does not consider Mary the equal of .41 mighty God ; she does not believe, uor does she teach, that she has the power ot forgiving sins aud she would severely rebuke any of her children who would pray in that manner to her, and thus insult Almighty God who alone has the powei ot forgiveness." Your dialogue, though exhibiting tiaccs of very Cue dramatic talent docs not contain any arguments on the subject, and, there fore, cau bo passed over. ith regard to satislyiog the justice ol God, I very much feat that if mercy lent not her aid, not one of us would be saved. With regard to why I believe in the invoca tion of saints, whether because I believe it to be beautiful or whether because 1 believe it to be true is not, my dear sir, for you to decide. I must say, however, that I am very much led to doubt iour sincerity in regard to your inquiries. when x compare these passages from your letter to the editor : " lam willing to learn from anyone, and wish to be corrected of any errors in regard to so important a matter as prayer. If there is any mode of communicating with the faithful ot past ages, I would not be averse to asking prayers of that valiant soldier of the cross, who did not use to fight like a man beating the air," and " l do not deny that there may bo evi. uence ot tins, out i nave never seen any, nnd ask for information." with the following, from your last letter to me : The idea that God who so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten son, that whosoever believeth iu Him shall not perish, that Christ who loved the world and gave Himself for it should need the intercession of Mary to make them will'ng to forgive a repenting sinner, is so preposterous that it should come only from those who ate ' enemies ot the cross of Ijhnst. " Comparisons, it is said, " are odious," but I think this one peculiarly so. Ilow does it come that vou find doctrine " so preposterous " which only a tew weeks ago you were willing to be lieve might be teue, and about which you b"gged for information ? There i a sad uiscrepancy here, and 1 very much .car it was the desire ot whettin your pokunc weapons, the cacoethe ucribentii, or perhaps the desire to ap pear iu print, and not an earnest loogin for truth, " as the heart pants afte fountains ot water, that led you to nuke your inquiries. In reply to you belief that you are justified in withhold ing your assent from a doctrine which you deem so " shadowy," I can only say hat you have applied lor information you have received it and have seen fit to dissent from it, it remains now fur oth ers to decide as to whether you are jus tified iu denying it, or I in believing it, This letter then closes our oorrcspon deuce. That it hay fallen upon barren soil in your case I regret; perhaps some tew seeds nave fallen upon good ground -mi .. u j, . ... . wiiicu win spring up anu "yieiu iruu hundred fold." Medicus. No taxation without representation says the Tribune, ' is a battle cry that cannot be permanently resisted.' It is exactly for this reason that all good men await the downfall of the Kadical lie publicau party. Select SfOl'l. I was bitterly discontented that morn- ing, and there was no denying it discon tented with my home, my husband, even with my babe. I remember the ninrniniv wntl if ttaa rvvnv nrtrl a niiHff iritl, . In- Jro; k.t i,:iuj ne to the bone, and hung the trees with rce-king moisture The black mud aoour. mo uoor, ot our western home. , . , i i was thick and deep ; nnd the bnre floor of one room was badly stained and sml d by the careless feet of th3 rough shod workingmcn. 1 had been clean- pg up all the morning, but the more I cleaned the worse maters seemed to grow ; snap and sand only served to ren er the black toot-marks more visible : and when a suddeu puff of wind whirl- a tne smoKe nnu ashes down the pipo of my cooking.stove,' covering the books and tables I had just taken so much pains in dusting off, threw myself in the rocking-chair, and burst into a pas sion tf despairing tears. V c brought the rocking-chair with us, Ned and I, when we left our cottage on the outskirts ot the city, and journey' cd westward. It Was a pretty cottage my eyes fill with tears even now at die thought of it, with its low, breezy win- aows, inroiigii wnicii tne oaor ct roses floated the livelong summer ; and its clean, well ordered rooms, adorned with all those charming, useless little toys, that go so lar toward making a home better than any other. We were very nappy, iea ana i ; as cozy and com fortable as two rohius in the heart of a summer apple-tree. Ned was a clerk, but with a good salary, and some little additions flowing in now and then from other resources. And when our baby came, " Little Pearl," as we called her, our happiness wus complete. Jut after a while this new rapture began to cool, and as Little Pearl's blue eyes deepened, Ned, began to cast about him in a sage and fatherly maouer. " n c must do the best we can lot Little Pearl's sake, Bell." mat was tne opening remark a ens. closure of the plans followed. He had caught the western lever. " ' Westward the star of empire makes its way Ned quoted, with telling emphasis, ad ing, " we must follow," Bell, and build up a name and a home ior " Little Pearl V I assented, as I always did to Ned's plan's though, in my secret soul, I felt that the movement was a bad one. We sold our pretty cottage aud furniture at considerable sacrifice ; Ned left his clcrkshin : and the Nove.uber nfter Lit tie Pearl's birth found us in our western home. Ned had ur!ed ma to hrincr nut our servauts; but, in a fit cf high-strung heroism. I determined to be maid of-all. work myself. Ned would have to sac. rince his case aud comfort I would not . ..... - . Le behind inn. It was comnarative'v light in the beginning, when only Ned and myselt were to provide lor ; but at- ter a while the hired men came ; and baby required more attention rvery day. n,t It .. ine lull rains set iu, converting the snonsv soil iuto black, adhering mud. 1 worked late and early, but found it ... . J l . . - c-- . . . n ----- impossible to take care of my babe, nnd ana Keen our ruue nome in anvtnint? ike order. I bore up as long as I oouli ; butat last mv strength uttorlv failed. and, sitting down in the rocking-chair, I sobbod lika u sillv child. I thought of my old home, with its pretty well, ordered apartments; of the hours of nleasaut leisure and social eniovment t ," mil..!, T hnim liann a ,,,c n rv nA . .nl then, with a fiesh gush of tears, I looked ge'ber with the arduous duties, made out at the low. trailiuor mist, and around biul an old man before his time : tha the small, untidy room in which I was imprisonea. It was wrong in Ned to bring me to such a place, and aginst my will, too, I thought bitterly, At that moment I heard the voice of the sick hired man calling for water, and, catching up the pitcher, I brushed away the tears,; aud ran up to the rude loit wnero ue lay. as x icacr.ea tne bed, I saw by the sun it waa almost uoon, aud dinner was to cook for Ned and the hired men. Giving the invalid his water, I paused n moment to mix a draught of medicine, my thoughts full of the smoking stove, and distasteful du- ties that awaited me below ; and just then, shrill and clear, came Little Pearl's cry. I threw down the dose I was mix. ing, exclaiming almost angrily. "It is no use, 1 can t get along, no mt.tter how hard I strive. What shall I do now ? Oh, dear ! I do wish J had no baby ! My finger tips thrilled with terror the instant the unwomanly wish had passed my lips ; and, clearing the steps at two or three bounds, I rushed to the corner where the. crib stood, eager to clasp her to my bosom, and pour out my remorse in tears and kisses. 1 soatohed aside the curtain. The crib waa there, so was the snowy pillow bearing the aamp impress oi ner head ; but Jiittle Pearl was gone. For a moment I stood dumb aud almost senseless, then a awift ijuuifm lauua iu niv tsiici. I cried and, lushing out, I searched everywhere to find him ; but in vain. The mist was thickening into: rain. I knew well enough that he was too careful of her to expose in sucb a man ner; yetl'olung to the bcli'-ftiiat ho had stolen her as I clung to uiv life. There were fresb footprints iu the black . u " . . luo .u"ur 'eaulDE toward the wood lot, where Ned and the men were at work. I followed them, uiv head uncovered, unmindful of tb. chill wind and driving rain plui;-;i -:,nkla deep into the yielding soil at .f ; v step. About halt way 1 seen sonietliin-f ii, the path before me. It was a littl- ' , hnsun stocking! My heart leaped lor jry. Ned had stolen her, and she had kicked it from her foot on the ay ; it wan cruel in him to frighten me so. I won. deredi hehad heard that silly wish of mine i Halt a mile from the houre I met him and the men coming home to dir.tier. He started forward the moment, he caught sight of me- " Oh, Beli ! whafa the mati.-r ? Is Little Pearl sick ?" One glance at his white, stai 'l. ! iice, . . . , T 1 ... . I. . . . 1 . uuuviuucu mo mat uiy nnpp u.-t ,.iu yfV, c"e out hnXTl ' lo" " h child, iNed, you know you hav. - dnu't torture me any longer." "Bell, what do you mean ? " She's goneLittle J'ti stole her Ned to frighten no ' No, on my soul, Bell '. ' "Then she's gone; God mo my wish, Oh ! my bib You led ba- Dy ! I was rushing past him. li:t h- "aught and held me fast, commi t , mo to tell him nil and. I did. .-li,i thtn;hi after words thrilled my onl w itli horror. 'TheludiansI the JtniU,'., boys!" he cried, "they passed us, y-u know ! They must have stolen her. " ("o ne !" They followed him without a word and so did I. Over the spongy prairio mud, the chill wind and driving rain beating in our faces, through dense, dripping woods, down to the shore ot the river. But we were too late. The last canoe was moored on the opposite shore. God had granted me my wish. I had no baby 2 Little Pearl could not be found, al though our efforts were ceaseless. Her crib remained in its corner, with the impress of her head on its pillow ; but the little, laughing face, that had look ed at us from the depths of the cover lids, was gone forever. I had ample time to perform all my hou'ch-iM labor then. No little ouiveriug crv v detain me wheu was busy; no cling ng hands noiuing mine, and keeping tin-m idle, My wisk was grauted me; I hud no ba- by l lue aesoiate, lncoDsolahle sorrow of tlie days tna' followed.no tooi-ua can portray ; the tender longing, i lie sharp, stinging romorse. But we lived and , 1 I 1 n i . "uracu, ior me ana labor must so on. I 00 waiter how sore and weary our hearta maJ ue- ai tne ena ot hve years, Ned 100,ea arouna mm on the ripe fruition f bis most sanguine hopes. He had I V.,ttf l.t.n .. . . I , u""v ,"u, UP "ut ooiy a nomo. cut a name, in this new country W had li . . . peasant rooms, ana luxurious furniture, J L 1 -la .... BUU olru?i BDa nowers.aod all th? attn- UU'DS l,,t"' k iu niine a naDUv Lome. All did I say 1 Not all we were child- lc3S- Little Pearl had never come bick. ""d GJ bad given us no othei chill to n" her place; but we desired nj o'.lier. our grief for her loss being de-irsr unl ored than any new lovo o'.Mluva been. Poor Ned. that silver threads were thick on his tcm- Ples ana lne lurrows on his forehead cut ; when we went back on a visit to our old homo, the friends of his youth IT. I a. i m v . um uoi recognize nun. Mis hfo had lost its impelling aim and motive. One night, in the great city, wa were retarding from the opera, when a voice startled us. " Please, sir," it said. " a penny for a loaf. It was mid winter : the MwmnhU were glazed with ice ; and the c -witless stars overhead glittered in the cold, blue sky like so many points of steel I was dreaming ot my home in th : . i '!St, i;-:urn t"i-r. w lott . . he ir and longing tor the hour of mi to como. A strange feeling .it ness bound us to the spot wh.' - - our Littlo Pearl. I could n away from it, because of a to : that she might come back, an i i not there to welcome ber. The slender, pleading voice lei';n iu upon my reverie ; and, gin , our at the carriage window I saw a.-ouii child ish figure, and a tiny band, blue aud stiff with cold. " Stop the carriage, N-d ; I shan't close my eyes to night if we pass that child." My husband sta (d p Troa his half I doze and obeyed me. " What do you wait ? " ba aiked 1 kindly bending over and taking tha i cuu'-i cuJ 13 Dll.
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