ccrfcd Joefr,n
sew ii.tris r.tsTi:v.
(In lirr chuin ( C life U vrsl,
Oh licv r irit's wing isdn1-'!
"di e lini li U I 1 1; o Fpi'ilerin -'
Plio balh Miled with her sin
Slic Irnt'i ( pmo'l v. idc llir door ;
Crime hn passed the threshold e'er,
lYIirvci'i'Vf ha hI.c gone rtr.iy ?
Fiend T cn;jt:,( ion in her way 1
iih its eyes Hoedittct'iug bright.
C'.i't'it'd in angle rubes of light.
Oil ! hor story soon is told,
Oncp aland" within the fM.
Pir.m.Tor v ie:? lured her lliencc,
Inli or trusting innocenre.
M'ec ! fIic has ii'il strength to keep
With IhisSl.cpiietdof'thc sheep ;
Tor the fleece so spoilrss white
Then become tlic hup of uight,
And she rtotd, in her despair,
Wealing for the Shepherd's enre.
Woe ' that none night load her back
From the bloodhound on her track,
Hunger prowled nbout her path
With a wild hyena wrath,
f-eora came lenpingfrom its lair
Willi detiont growl nnd str.ro ;
And sh? grappled, all in vain,
With I lie fang-; of want nnd paid,
Hope nnd mercy shut the gate
On this heart so desolate.
.She luriifd again to Bin
What had sho to loose or win ?
Resting en her life a plain
Pcciicr than tho brand of Cain,
Heard she not a pitying tone,
W coping in her shame alone ?
Was there not a human heart
In her anguish bore a part ?
'ionc to hold a beacon light
Vp before her darken'd sight.
Vo : the altar was not there,
For a canting priesthood's prayer :
" She ha'li fallen ? Let her die "
Said the l.evitn par-ing by ;
So she lurned again to sin,
What had she to loose or win ?
Pister.: ! there is work to do
Field (jf labor here foryo.l.
V.! who p.r.tr the wine and oil,
I'p, and rest not from your toil.
Tiilihc bruised and wounded heart,
Aching from the Tempter's dart,
R.ueand weary with its pain,
Shall be bound and honied again
Till, no more defile ! by sin,
Like the pardoned Magdalen,
Kneeling in repentance sweet,
She may wash the Sivior's feet
With her tears that while thoy roll,
iilul I lie sin slain from her soul
o ye a-k fur your reward ?
' Tiicvare liliisl win servo tho Lord."
elected Stliscclhnn.
Ttl.!Cl"S SKCO.VSf WIFE.
by nni.ES foiikst graves.
' What makes you so late to uight,
Tracy ? '
Frank Tracy lauchod ami reddened a
little as his room mate. Howard Leigh,
carclossdy put tl: question.
' flushing, ch '! ' pursued the latter
with a spice of mischievous malacein his
voice, 1 then of course I am to conclude
that yon have beer, in tho charming so
ciety of some young lady.'
' Your line; is in partly light,' said
Tracy, lightly, ' hut the lady is a very
little lady. To tell you the truth, 1
have been f-penclin the evening tit Mrs.
Walton's and playing with that charm
ing baby of hers. I never saw such a
little Ilehe in my life. Why. I could
have sat f .r hours with that baby on my
knee '. '
' Then 1 am to conclude that she
neither chewed your cravat ends nor
jerked at your watch chain, to say noth
ing of trying ! '
X'd a bit of it. She's the most per
fect little jiitee of flesh and Llood I ever
saw in my life ; if 1 thought she would
grow tip hall as pretty as sho is now,
upon my life I'd wait for her ! '
' And what would Leoooro Warron
say '( '
Ah, what indeed 1 I'm glad you've
recalled me to loy-ility, though certainly
Lconorc can't very well Ic jealous of my
tiny flirtations with J' is. Walton's pret
ty baby, .llcigho, I sometimes think
I've made a mi-take in origagiug myself
to Pconorc Warren. She isas heautitul
as an angle, end yet somehow wo doa't
eeun to I o congenial.'
' lia'hcr late to thin!: of that, I .should
imagine, wlicn the w.ddiog day isfix-t-d,
flr.d a.-.-a;je taken in tho Kuropoan
t teauter i'jr the weclding tour. 5y tho
way, l-'rank, how lung shall yen remain
in Ivuope '( '
' I can't say, some years 1 1,( lieve. Lo.
(ilioie thinks a ie:i lenee in l'aris will be
delightful. I don't agree with her, but
liride3,you know, are privileged to have
their own way. I'll tell you v. hat, How.
i.rd, the prettiest pink coral can liud
in Naples shall bo sent to hang around
the ivory neck of Mrs. Walton's baby."
' I rank, Imw Ion I you are ol ctul
dien ! '
' Vrn'i e wri ng there, my boy I am
not f md of children, generally speaking,
but I don't know who could help loving
that little brown eyed kcrapli.'
Frank took up tho i.ew.-.ppprr as he
spoke, and the entivers ition gradually
merged into the all cr.tranciag hulijoet of
politic."!, f'uif i;;!! and domestic.
Twenty years have elbed and flowed
in the broad channel of time, and Mr.
and Mrs. Traey liad jvut taken pcsseaiou
of their ologaut homo after a long resi
dence idv.iad. It wits evoi.iog. The
gilded dork on tho mai.tlo pointed to
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Cl'RIIS W. BARRETT, Publisher.
the hour of seven, tho Cro burned clear
ly in tho ornamented grate, and tho
flowers in the seveial vases on cither
side of the chimney-piece were scarcely
briehtcr iu their hues than the pictured
blossoms ou tho superb velvet carpet.
rrauk lracy who had changed from a
handsoncc vouth into a tall, stately man
of about forty, stood thoughtfully be
fore the nie, while his languid, faded
looking wife, reclined on a satin sofa in
the lustrous shine of tho clowing chan
deliers. There was only one guest
present to break ths monotony of tho
conjugal tetc a-tctn, and he was our old
acquaintance, Howard Leigh.
' I do wish, Frank, you wouldn't keep
drumming with your Sogers on that man
tle, it makes me so nervous, but of
eourso you do not care for that,' exclaim,
cd Mrs. Tracy, petulantly.
' I beg your pardoD, tr.y love ; I was
not aware that I was anuoying you.'
' Why don't the servant bring up tho
chocolate ? ' pursued Mrs. Tracy, eleva
ting her eyebrows.
' Shall I ring and inquire ? '
' No, it isn't worth while. If we had
only remained in la belle Park, whero
the servants understand their business.'
' Then you preferred Paris as a resi
dence,' said Leigh.
' O, by all means, but Frank never
co'd bo contented there. It is (he mo3t
absurd whim ofhis. returning to Ameri
ca ! '
' You forget, Leonore,' said Frank
somewhat gravely, 1 that America is
home,! '
Mrs. Tracy tossed her head and'took
refuge in a bottle of smelling salts. ITer
husband turned earlessly to Leigh and
resumed the conversation that her petu
lance had disturbed.
' I haven't asked whether my old
acquaintances, tho Walton's, arc living
or dead. You have not forgotten my
penchant for the beautiful baby.'
Oh, tho Walton's disappeared long
ago from tho current of Now York life.
He failed or something blew his brains
out I believe. She died of a broken
heart. La Bella was sent, I understood,
to an orphan asylum, whero sho has
already sprouted up into a gawky, red
haired woman.'
Tracy was silent a moment, comment
ing upon the sad facility with which poo
pie slip from the cares and memoriod of
their friends in tho whirl of largo cities.
All at once the door was thrown open,
and two or threo rosy little children
bounded into the room, with long, shin
ing curls hanging on their white shoul
der.?, and eyes all in a sparkle with in
fantino merriment.
' Don't come near mc, you noisy little
monsters ! ' lisped Lconorc, waiving
them away with her snowy, jeweled
hand ; ! you'll crush my silks and laces
ruinously ! '
No word of reprofe, however, fell from
Frank Tracy's lips, asthe little ones
climcd on his knee and hung around
his neck. Those children were the sun
shine of his life ; ho endured his wife
but he idolized his children.
' Poor Tracy, it's plain tosco that ho
is not happy,' said Leigh, that even ing,
as ho was taking his caso within his
cozy home circle. That wife of his is
enough to drivo a man distracted. I
wonder ho don't commit suicide ! '
And so some days afterwards, when
the sudden death of Mrs. Tracy was
announced in tho newspapers ailment,
disease of tho heatt his first thought
was
' What a lucky thing for Frank.'
It was scarcely a year after Mrs. Tra
cy's decease, and tho widower was sit.
ting alone in his study, when Howard
Leigh was announced.
' Well my dear friend ! ' was his
smilling salutation, ' what news do you
bring mo '!'
' Capital news ! ' said Leigh. Do you
know, l'vo just engaged a spjendid gov
erness for your children ! '
I am heartily glad ol it ; tho little reb
els are getting quite bcyoud my manage
ment. They need some gentle, afl'eo
tionato fcmtilu infl'icnco.'
' And they will have it. This is ono
of the finest girls l'vo Eeen for a long
time ; she has been teaching in an
academy, butthiuks sho would prefer a
tituutiou iu soino privato family. She
is all grace and gentle dignity a jewel
of a governess ! '
' 1 am delighted at your success.
When will sho como to tako charge of
my children ' '
'This evening. Hut I haven t toiu
you the strangest coincideuc3 ot all!
Who do you suppose she is t '
' I'm sure I cannot imagine.'
' Her name is Agness Walton, she is
the same whom you took such a fancy to
in the days of her babyhood. I can tell
you she don't know you were an old
beau of hers, else sho would shrink from
assumiug'this responsible situation in
your family ;
' Nonsense,' said Tracy, half laughiug,
half embarrassed. ' liutl utu sorry shu
is reduced to the wretched Hie of a
goveruew.'
Noth'og more was Mid on iho sub
ject, and bovoral times that nftenoon it
RID 0 WAV, PEXXA.,
recurred to Frank Tracy's mind. He
wishsd ho could seo her.
The gas had boon lighted however,
and tho little girls were safely tucked
up iu bed, r.fter having said their pray
ers on ' papa's ' knees, before the new
governess was announced.
Miss Walton, pray bo seated.'
He saw at tho first glanoa that the
pretty baby had grown into an exquisite,
ly lovely girl of twenty-two, with soft
tender eye3 like a Madonua, and sad
quivoriog lips. Poor Agnos sho had
been so much accustomed to robuffs and
cold neglect at tho hands of tho world,
that Mr. Tracy's cbivaliio politcnes3
affected her nearly to tears. IIo notic
ed it, ho observed the timid glances
from beneath her lashes. Frank Tra:y
was a great physiognomist, and drew
his own inferences fro.n thoso things.
After a few gentle questions ho asked :
' But Miss Walton, why did you
leave tho Academy ? '
The principal was harsh and uckind
to nie, nnd the place vis noisy. 0, sir
if you knew how I havo hungered and
thirsted for a quiet homo 1 '
1 My dear Miss Walton,' ho said smil
ing' 1 commissioned my friend Leigh to
find a governess for mo, but I am much
more in need of a wife. I think you
would suit nie in that capacity. Will
you accept of the homo ns a permanent
engagement, and meos the encumbrance
thereof ? '
Agnes looked a moment into his kind
eyes, and placed her littlo hand confid
ingly in his hand, and said ' I will.'
Aud thus concluded their extremely
brief courtship Yet when Frauk told
her how many years ho had secretly
worshipped at, the shrine ol ' Mrs Wal
ton's pretty baby,' she didn't think it so
very strange after all.
Thus it was that Frank Tracy mar.
ried his beautiful second wife, and the
litt'c ones, instead of a governess got a
mama, whom little Minnie confidently
informed her sister,' tdio liked a great
deal better than tho old mama who was
always afraid of having her hair or col
lor disarranged. While new mama
liked to have her daughter hug aud
kiss her.'
Ami Howard Leigh wai satisfied that
his friend had married tbo light poreon
at last.
MunruiES vs St. Cr.Aias. A cer
tain gentleman of tho Milesian persua
sion, who has achieved some little news
paper notoriety in this country, ntid the
initials of whose hist name, if put to
gother, would spell Murphy, for some
reason or other, aud nrich to the dis
gust of his brother Irishmen, changed
his time. honored patronymic to the
more hi alutin cognomen of St. Clair
Every one knows how it hurts ail Irish,
man's feelings to see a brother Irishman
go back ou the ould sod, aud you may
be sure be got many a sharp rap over
tho knuckles, a3 tha saying is, for the
change of name. Sotuejtiuio during the
war, our hero was stopping at tho M.
House, as was also a dashing young
Irish officer of our army. They chan
ced to bo vis n vis at table, and Major
J., who always goes in fora joko, whe'hr
at his own expense or some one, else's,
thought the opportunity Kas too good to
be lost, so ho fciugs out to tho waiter,
Patrick.'
Pat came to him.
' IJring mo a St. Clair,' said tbo Maj.
iu his matter-of-fact way.
' A whieh, sir T' said Pat.
'A St. Clair, I said. Doa't you un
derstand the American dulcet '( '
Pat, sorely bothered, scratched Lis
head and replied
'Sure, Ameriky is a quaro couuthry,
and I uovtr heard such a thiug axed for
before, sur, at all.'
Well, Patrick,' quoth our joker,
with tho air of ono about to impart uso.
ful knowledgo, ' it's a potatoo I waut ;
we used to jail them Murphies at hoie,
but I believe tho polito namo for thc:n
in this country is St. Clait.'
Tho Major hit hard that time, at least,
for the owner of tho ' polito ' namo left
tho table, amid tho unre&traiuablo roars
of the company, who enderstood nnd
fully appreciated the joko, aud I believe
that was hid last appearauco ou that
stage.
John Newton onco fcaid ; 'Tho nit
of spreading rumors may bo computed
to tho art ol pin making. There is us.
ually some truth, which I call a wire ;
as thin passes from band to hand, ono
gives it a polish, another a point, others
mako and put on the head, uud at la.it
tho pin U completed.'
John G. Saxo says that it is a com
mon notion in Uoston that, if a person
u born ia that city, it is unnecessary
tor that favored mortal to bo " bom
again."
Why is oak tho worst wood of
which to iiiuke a wooden leg : iseeause
it products a 0'iin.
Homer, Illinois, beiug tiouUcd by
rats, proposes to d:votc a day to their
ewrlastinsr destruction.
Snow has already fallen, iu Western
New York.
OCTOBER 3, 1SG7.
Oriijunl Poetry.
The Fulling of the Leaves.
nv m. e. iiAnnv,
Tho Autum winds are sweeping
Adown the midland vale,
V'hilo Toreaiis reaping
The products of the gsle :
And e'er the giVinfields flushing
With rich and golden sheave?,
"The whirling Wast is brushing
The soro and ycl'ow leave?.
Sad thoughts fill up the mensuro
Of our cnrthlytsigh3 and tears,
Whila wo look beyond life'a treasure
To a homo devoid of fears j
For tho breath of Full dispelling
All tho charms that Nature weaves,
In varied tones is knelling,
At the fuliir.g of tha leaves.
Whilst Xaturo seems to languish
At the closing of the year,
And speaks iu words 'of anguiuh,
liy hor vesture bronzed and sere,
She silently is pleading
To thoso beneath the rod,
And silent, too, is lending
Their trembling steps to God.
'Tis meet to head ths warning
TiiatiFall hrings in her train,
And wait the runlight dawning
On cur AToariod hearts again,
When the soul to blips arpiring,
For more lasting glory grieves,
And new honors seein desiring,
Line the falling of the leaves.
SOVTII nOfTOS, MASS.
The. IVomcn all Slight.
The Nashville Union and Dispatch
relate? the following incident, which
demonstrates that Southern women are
not only all right but ready to work:
" An incident oecured recently at the
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs,
that illustrates the independent spirit ot
the Southern women. The bead stow,
ard belonging to the immense establish,
ment dressed himself from top to too,
and presented himself in the ball room
t j da.irr. ttri tVin mimrrmiq pticsti? there
assembled. Tho proprietor immediate
ly ordered him out, and demanded what
such conduct, meant. Tho nectro re
plied it meant equality, and if he was not
received iota tho ball room, ho and
every other servant in tho establishment
would leavo. Tho lady visitors heard
tha circumstance?, called on -he pro
prictor and told him to dismiss every
servant in tho bouse promptly and they
would Hctve in their places unt l ho
procured others. Ho did so and the
ladies from every part of the South so.
journed at this justly popular watering
place, went into the kitchen, chambers,
laundry, dmntnor-room, etc., nnd fnled
with perfect satisfaction every position
until the proprietor went to Charlo'tes
villo and procured other servants."
The.ie are unembellished facts.
An Unlucky " Sentiment." For
csamplo, ' Honest men and bonie las
sies ! " is a toast which one would think
could never brmtr ogenso with it ; but
while the rule holds tho exception pre
sents itselfr- A young minister in Scot
land was about to prer.ch a probationary
ccrnion in a church for the ministry of
which ho was a candidate JJuing a
stranger, he was housed and entertained
by a parishoner, who invited many of
bis fellows to sup with the candidate on
ho Saturday night. Tho elders had
quietly saturated themselves with toddy
and smoke, when tho uulucky probu.
tiouer, in his innocence, proboscd before
they parted, " Honest men aud bonio
lussics ! ' Tho uncovightcousi looked
through tho smoko and over their glas"
ses with orthodox horror, and tho most
solemn tippler present aroso and said
that no minister would havo their sym
pathy who could not stick quietly to his
liquor, but whose thoughts were run
u;ng on the lasies so near tho Sabbath !
Tho company assented, aud the candi
date had to forego tho houorho coveted.
V'liUiliill JUagtiziiw.
A soldier of tho West duriug the
war being off duty, was engaged by a
landlord to dig a patch of potatoes on
condition that bo should be furnished
v'th a bot'.lo cf whiskey to begin with.
Tho landlord accordingly took him to
tho field, showed him the patch, nnd left
him a full bottle of bis favorite bever
ac;o. About an hour afterward tho
landlord went to sco how tho sou of
Mars progressed ia bis business of farm
ing. He found him holding to an old
stump, unable to stand without iJ, bis
bottlo lying empty at Ins feet, nnd no
potatoes dug. lleing quite exasperated
the landlord exclaimed : ' Haloo, you
scoundrel t Is this tho way you dipj my
potatoes for mc ? ' ' Ha ! ' savs the sol
dier, hipping bis tongue, Maggcriug half
sonny, so'iiotiug and hieoupiug, ' if you
want your potatoes dor, fetch em on
for I'll bo hunted if Fin to ruu round
tho lot ufter 'em.'
ill
VOLUME SEVEX-XUMBEU 30.
TERMS 150 PER A XX CM.
f Iromlsitigr .Missouri Jut'di
He.
They havo soaie promising children
around Ironton. Net long since a big
hoy appeared in school ono morning
when the following occurred between
him and the teacher :
Can you read ' '
' Dou't know ? ' was the reply.
' Can't you spell easy words 'I '
'Don't know"
' Do you know the alphabet? '
Yes '
' Try this word.'
' II o r s t.'
' What docs that spell 1 '
' Don't know.'
' What do you rido on at home ? '
Mules
Try (Ma word.'
'Bread.'
' What does (bat spell ? '
' Don't knon-.'
' What do you ca. at home 1 '
' Acorns.'
' Try this short word.'
' D o d.'
' What does that spoil ? '
' Don't keow.'
' What do you sleep on at night.
' Sheepskins.'
' Trp another.'
rp another.'
lass.'
1 What doe-i that spell ? '
' Don't knoT.'
' What do you put in the windows nt
home.
' Paps old hat.'
' Try again.'
' W a t e r.'
' What does that spell ? '
' Don't know.'
' What do you drink.'
WhMcy.'
' You can tako your seat nnd study
your lesson.'
' Mister, I rekon you couldn't give a
fellor a chew terbackcr could yer ? '
' Tako your seat.'
1 Now look hero, you nceJu't put on
any style; your an abolishonist, and I
ain't goiu' to this school any more.
Mam told mo if you sassed mc to como
Home, and I'm goin.'
Tho youthful Missr r'ias then there
finished his education, aud he lias not
boon to school sinco.
-Tha llev. Mr.
-had traveled
far to preach to a congregation at .
After the sermon, ho waited very pa
tiently, expecting some of tho br; them
to invite him to dinner. In this be was
disappointed. One after another depar
ted until the house was almost as empty
as tho minister's stomach. Summoning
resolution, however he walked up to an
elderly looting gentleman and said :
' Will yo-i go homo to diuuer with me
to day brother? '
' Wiiero do you live ? '
' About twenty miles from here, sir.'
' No,' said tho mau coloiiu, but
you must go with mo.'
' Thank yon I will cheerfully.'
After that time the minister was no
more troubled about his dinner.
A TI5LELY JOKE.
A candidate for office, canvassing
his district for voters, came upon a Mr.
White, who had a vote to east. M r.
iYhito was milking when Mr. office
seeker found him.
1 Shall I hold her ? ' asked he, seeing
the animal was uneasy. The old man
consented ; tho ofSao seeker took tho
cow by tho horns and tho man proceed
ed with his milking.
' Havo yon had Dashell around here,
lately ? ' asked '.he candiuato prcseutly,
referring to his rival.
' Oh, yes,' said tho old man, 'bo's
behind tho barn holding tho calf ! '
Tho nest ti.no that cow was seen it
was rather uneasy.
An Irishman, speaking ot tho ex.
cellenco of a telescope, says :
' lo you see that small speck on yon
hill ? That is my pig, though it is very
hard to sec him ; but uow when I look
at him with my glass, it brings him ho
near to mo that I can almost hear him
grunt.'
' Sarah,' said a young man the
other day, ' Why don't you wear ear
rings '! '
' Uccauso I Havn't had my cars pierc
ed.' ' I will boro thoni for you.'
Thank you, you have done that
cnou'U.'
TlIE soldiers and negroes engaged
prominently in the lato riot it t Augusta,
Georgia, Havo been arrested. Tho iol
diers will bo tr;ed by court-martial and
the darkies by tha civil court! Had tho
latter beou white, a militaiy commission
constituted to convict, would have been
their portion.
Why is a woman mending her
stockings deformed ? IJecauso Her
bauds are whero her feet be'.on;;.
Why will tho monsters of the deep
bo better pustc-d than the cablo operas
tots ? Peeaure they nose tho uewj be
i'o:o it roaches t-ilLcr side.
Jim M'oiramUftc Tor.i n,eg.
Here is one of Mark 'J'wionV, 0nd
stories. He knows how to Jiv.ketlio
render laugh, and if dlc fUowill , C,PS
not proyoko n smile, it is l)Cca,,,e
is no ninth in mankind durin.r the ,r
wont) r r.
I knew by the sympathetic -' tin
on his h, Id header, knew bv tlVo
thouxlitful look upon bis face- l' knew
by the cmotion',1 (!!, pnn (I ., .
noso (hatfcimon irliceler's mciivy was
busy with the olden ti,110. Aud ,o T
prepared to leave, because all ti-.v- wero
symptoms on a reminiscence j that
he was gemg to be delivered ot thrr
ot his tiresome personal cxr.( i ;er "e
but I was too slow ; he got the r.i 0f
mc. As nearly as e.in recoil -.-t, the
infliction was couched in tho Mlo-vum-language
: n
' Wo were all boys, then, and didn't
care for nothing, and didn't l,- no
troubles, and didn't worry about ti..;!iim'
only how to shirk school and keep vtp u
rcvivin' state of excitement all th - '::nc.
This yar Jim Wolf I was t.ilkii - :d,ouf,
was a prentice and lie tvas, .,d tho
most forgivin' and unselfish I cut jv
well, there couldn't hz a more bollier
than he was, take him how you vouhl ;
and sorry enough I was when I scui him
last time.
Mo and Henry was always p. f.-rintr
bira and plartcring hon.biils on Lis haek
nnd putting bumble. bees in his bi d. and
so on, and eomotimo we would cr.,wd in
bod, mid so on, end sometimes would
crowd in and bunh with him, norwi:h
st?ndingl:i3 growling, and then wvl let
on and get mad and iuht ncrost hi;n, sn
as to keep him stirred up liko. lie was,
Jong, lank and bashful, and he was fit.
teen nnd sixteen and tolerably lazy and
worthies. J
So, that night, you know, that my
sister Mary gave the candy. pnlliu', they
started us on to bed early, i-oas the com
pany would have fuil swing, and v.c rung
in ou Jim to have smno fun.
Our winder looked on to the r..of of
the ell, and about ton o'clock a cuj.lo
of ole tom cats got lo rairiu' imd chargin'
around on it and carry in' ou like siif
Tht re was four inches of snow nil ho
roof, and it was frozen so that there was
a right smart cvu-t of ice on it, and the
moon was shiiiin' bright, and we could
see them cats like daylight. First thev'd
stand off and c yow-yo-.v yow, just tho
same as they were cussiu ono nn' ther,
you know, and bow up their backs and
push up their tails, nnd swell a'ound
nod spit, nod then all of a sudden the
gray cat would snatch a handful of fur
out of tbo jailer cat's ham and spin her
round like a button oa a barn-door. Hut
the jailer cat was game and he'd como
and clinteh, and they'd gougo, and bite
and how! ; and the way they'd make tho
fur fly was powerful.
We!!, Jim, he got disgusted with the
row and 'lowed he'd climb out there and
sliake'in olf'n that roof. He rcely had
no notion of Join' it. likelv, but we ever
lastin ly u.-g-ed 'jtm, ura -i,,ia WA
always bragged h"-,y lie wouldn't take a
dare, and so on, till biineby ho histed up
the winder, and lo! and behold you, ho
wont went exactly ns ho was uothiu'
on but a shirt, and it was tlmri Itnf
you ought to seen him ! You ou-ht to
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siji.ii in m ereepin over tne ice, and dig
gin' Lis (ce-uaihi nnd finder nails in lot
to keep from slippin'; and above all, you
ought to seen that shirt a flappin' in tho
wind, and them Inn'', ridieiiiniw clmnli,
ol'bis'n a glistenin' in the moonlight.
Them eoinp'ny folks was down" there
under the caves, tho whole sq-iad of 'era
unuer mai ornery sued ot old dead
Wasbin'tou Hower vinesall sottin' rmir.l
about two dozen sasrars of not candv
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which uiey nau sot out in tlio snow to
cool. And they was ta'kin' and laugh
in' lively ; but bless you, they didn't
know nothing nbout, the panorama that
was going on over their heads: Well,
Jim he Went n sneekin' in nnd n Gnnnir.
iu' up, unbeknowns to them torn cats
they were a swishin' their tails and yow
yowin, and threaiiu' to clinch, you knof,
uuu nui, pay in any auenuou no wont a
sncakin' right up to the comb of tho
roof, till ho was in a foot'n a half of'em.
and then all ot a sudden ho made a grab
for tho jailor cat ! Put, by gosh" ho
missed fire and slipt his holt, and his
heels flew tip, and ho flopped on his
back and shot offthat roof like a dart
went a smashin' and crashin' down
through them old rusty vines and landed
right iu the dead centre of tlinn comp'.
oy people-sot duwu like a yeartli-ijuaka
iu tho two dozen saxsars of red-hot can
dv. and let oira howl that
the tomb. Them pills, veil, they felt.
t fi'i T
you kuuw. i ney saw no wasn t dressed
for eoinp'ny, and so they left. All done
iu a second; it wai j ist a little war
whoop aud a whi.-h of their dresses, nnd
blame tho weueh of ;u was in sight
anywhers !
Jim was in si.;iit. Ho was covered
with the b:liu' hot molasses candy clear
down to his heels, and had more busted
sessars banigii' lo Him than if he was an
Injin princes and lie cones a praneiui
up stairs, j ti, t a wlnupin' and cus-,in',
and every jump he slid s:.;ii.j china, and
every sipiinn ho fllt hc.l ho dripped
somo candy.
And blistered ! Why, l.lc-s your soul
thnt poor creture eoul bi't reely set down
coiuloi'table f'lras mueh as four weeks.
Dead hiidies nra pr .served in whis.
key. Thus, cv. n after death somo men
get in liuuor.
Death come? to a good mio to re
Hero him ; it (-jibes to a b.i i u n to re
lieve society.
Al nil struck a littlo boy in thj
eye last week, Stninio to say, t'uo b twl
iiuiaediately cuiou out nf his mouth.
-Silkwcilns, fried i:i cantor oil, ai'3
considored a luxury iu Chiua.
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