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THE TIMES, NEW ULOOMFIELD, PA.f MAY 29, 1877.
. A STRANGECOURTSHIP.
SANTA CKUz7CALIFOnNIA, Is
culled tlio Long Branch of to J'a
elfle. It Is a pretty place, with the
ijualut old town of Monterey lying off
In the distance. One lovely moonlight
night a party of people sat on the veran
dah of one of the principal hotels, . ills
. cussing plans for making a pleasure trip
the next day. They had come to the
seaside In search of health, they said,
and found love as well, for every lady,
with a single exception, had a gentle
man lyher side.
The lady who sat alone was the hand
somest as well us the haughtiest of the
group, and appeared to lie vexed.
" I will not consent to It," she sold, In
an Irritated tone. " J ust because you
. know I dislike the man, you will seem
determined to force his society upon
me."
"But, Miss 'Winstanly, " said Mr.
Itadcliffe, " there Is no other gentleman
who can he your cavalier."
" I see that," she interrupted, with a
sneer, " but don't distress yourself about
me. There's no necessity for my going,
bo I shall remain at the hotel."
" No, no," arose from the lips of
eighteen people.
" We -won't go without you," said
Miss Stevens. " Do be amiable for this
once. It's our last party, and don't
break It up."
" Grandfather" Sanderson next took
the word ; he was called grandfather, be
cause, although but twenty-six years
old, a few gray hairs already appeared In
his raven locks.
" I can't see for the life of me," he
said, " why 'you bo. strongly object to
George Blake. He is frank, upright,
and open-handed."
" Also smells of the sawdust," replied
Miss Vin8tanly, with a most provoking
curl of the lips."
Exclamations of reprobation from
every one, for the gentleman under dis
cussion was a universal favorite.
" Come, now, Kate," said Emily
Lytle, " that's ungenerous. I've under
stood that he was born a In that class
of life, and of course cannot be blamed,
as he availed himself of the fl rst favora
ble1 opportunity to leave it. He merits
respect and not contempt."
There was such a murmur of appro
bation at this little speech that even the
fastidious Kate felt ashamed and hung
her head.
" The only amends you can make for
toeing bo hard on him is to consent to be
ids partner for the day."
" No, no. Apart from his former dis
graceful life, I detest the man," replied
Kate.
"Then," said Sanderson, "you must
be punished for showing such bad taste.
We'll have a show of hands. Attention,
ladies and gentleman. Ail those in fa
vor of Miss Winstanly being escorted
by Mr. Blake to-morrow, will please
raise their hands."
j " Every soul did so with the excep
v it tion of Kate herself, who rose Instantly
and hurried away, blushing with con
fusion and anger.
" bhe'B dead In love with him," lisped
little Nannie Peters.
' " And bo Is he with her, and would be
at her feet in a moment if she did not
treat him so outrageously," remarked a
young fellow who had not yet spoken.
Quoth Emily Lytle: "He's as good
as she is, every bit, if he once did turn
sorumersaults in a circus for a living.
Everybody knows that Mr. Winstanly
made his money by" A loud buzz in
terrupted her revelation.
Sanderson loquitur : " One of the first
rules of our society, Miss Lytle, is 1 no
slander allowed.' You are on the point
of breaking it.
"I'm Bureit's no slander, but the
truth," pouted Emily. "There are
plenty of girls as handsome as she is
that he might have for the asking."
Chorus of ladies : " Plenty, plenty
shoals of them."
" It was pretty Bella David's turn to
speak. " It seems to me that in a small ,
nineteenth century -sort of a way, this
is quite a Benedick and Beatrice case.
Two people affect to hate each other,
and yet are longing tosrush into each
other's arms, and here are we all,frlends
of both parties, continually plotting and
planning to throw them together. I
wouldn't be surprised any time to hear
him say, ' Against my will, I'm sent to
bid you come to 6upper.' "
" Itadcliffd rejoined : " According to
the rules which we twenty men and
women undertook to observe when we
all met here for mutual amusement, she
mustride with him to-morrow; but
now how are we to get him to believe
that she has consented willingly ?"
" That's easy enough," replied Grand
father Sanderson. " I'll hatch up some
thing for the occasion ; but don't any of
the rest of you say a word for he's so
sensitive that he half suspects why she
treats him so uppishly, and the first
word would make him fly the track."
" II sh 1" said every one. In the ad
joining parlor Kate struck the first cord
of a popular song, and as her rich voice
rolled out on the balmy air, the ex-ath
lete strolled up to the merry party on
the plueza, and like them, listened spell
bound to the tones he loved so well.
The song ceased, and after a mo
ment's pause she began aduet,expecting
no doubt, that Sam Williams, who usu
ally sung with her, would take it up
Outside. Instead of which he nudged
Blake, who immediately as if irresisti
bly, began in n round, rich voice, the
like of which the disdainful maid had
never heard before, but supposed It was
Sanderson or one of the rest. How ex
quisitely their voices blended ; only hers
was untrained, while his had all the cul
ture of an opera singer. Indeed, many
of his hearers wondered if he had been
n professional singer as well as athlete,
and thought what a loss to the public
was such a voice.
Every one enjoyed the singing, and
was especially amused at the thought
thatKato was unconsciously pouring
out her whole heart in united melody
with the man she professed to despise.
Did she? Of all that group of young
men, California's finest, freshest sons,
George Blake was beyond cavil the
Adonis. Although in reality thirty
years of nge, his exceedingly fair com
plexion and light brown hair made him
look years younger. There was not a
line on the broad, white forehead, nor a
crow-foot around the limpid violet eyes.
" Where did such a low fellow get such
heavenly eyes V" Kate asked herself the
next morning, as she drew on her riding
gloves.
He was over six feet tall, and might
have been just a trifle heavy for the
ring, but for everything else his propor
tions were splendid. All that the proud
beauty and belle, Miss Winstanly, urged
against him was true, except that he
was "low." Nature made him a gen
tleman, though of low birth and iron
fortune. Ten years prior to the opening
of this story Blake had come to Califor
nia with a circus troupe ; he was Signor
Francesco Sellterino, the " strong man"
of the cotnpany. He vaulted with the
rest, but his specialty was firing a can
non on his breast, lifting a dozen men
at once, and other immense weights.
He was of an old circus family, and
never thought to leave the " profession,"
but having some money when he reach
ed the Pacific slope, he was seized with
the mania for dabbling in stocks, and to
his joy and surprise, -by one of those
sudden rises In stocks, possible only to
California, .he made almost a fortune
without as much trouble as turning a
handspring would have given him.
This lucky stroke determined him to
retire from the sawdust, and he de
veloped a business talent, which, in a
few years, made him a prominent and
influential man in Frisco, while his
character as a man, and his exceedingly
polished manners, won him the respect
of everybody except the wayward beauty
on whom he had set his heart. It re
mained for her to drag upand taunt him
with the old trade, never alluded to by
anybody now, except as a bit of personal
history, and never to his discredit.
When, the morning after the conver
sation on the balcony, the party of
twenty assembled, sunrise was tinging
the red woods and the wild flowers.
They were soon in the saddle. As
Kate glanced disdainfully at her com
panion, her heart fairly ached as she
thought he was too handsome for a
man, and if he hud been anything but a
low clicus creature, even a respectable
hod carriei but she would die before
she would marry such a fellow.
And he thought, she looks more like a
Bodiless than a mere woman. I would
lay my body down under her foot, and
let her crush my life out, if she would
but smile on me.
She had on previous occasions snub
bed him so terribly, that they rode a
long time in silence before ho ventured
to begin a conversation with her; but
when they reached the crest of the hills
overlooking Santa Cruz, and he glanced
across the bay, and saw the fleecy, sea-
tinted clouds covering overthe Monterey
range, an exclamation of delight escaped
him, and he said, with enthusiasm :
" Look, look, Miss Winstanly 1 is not
that a picture painted by God's own
handV"
" Oh, yes," she replied, in an un
gracious and comtemptuou8 tone; " but
I never gush, it is not 1 good form.' '
The insolence of the spoiled beauty
stung him to the very heart's core, and
the pangs of despised love and Buddcn
anger caused him to forget himself, and
he retorted with restrained passion :
" Miss Winstanly, be pleased to re
nierrbcr that if I have by my presence
again placed It In your power to insult
me, it was at your request."
They had trotted along until they
reached the beautiful stream in otlittr
countries it would be called a river
which begins at the Big Trees and flows
down to the canyon to the sea. The
precipice was sheer and steep.
" Insult you ! how, sir V how can I in
tult you V" Inquired the provoking girl,
her anger rising at the sight of his.
" By presuming to dictate to me what
' good form' Is. But for my former life
you would not dure to do it."
" Dare, Indeed !" she echoed, the red
blood dyeing her cheeks, " how dare
you Bay 1 requested your presence V"
' It was a lovers' quarrel and a hot
one. in her excitement she dragged
so at the reins that her horse reared.
Blake Instantly seized the bridle,
shouting and pulling tho beast towards
him: "Let go! let go!"
In rearing, her horse had turned so
that she did not see the danger in which
she stood. She was on the canyon's
preelpitious brink, and below ran the
river. "Let go, you," she answered,
cutting him across the hands; "how
dare you touch my lines ? You have
lured me to leave the rest of the parly
behind, in order that you might get me
alone In your power; but I am not
afraid of you ; take that I" and In her
fury she struck him again. Between
the two the restive animal was half
maddened, for Blake was dragging him
forward and Kate backward, so that he
was plunging and rearing. Blake was
white with fear. He did not heed or
Beem to feel her blows, only to see her
danger, for in spite of his herculean
strength, the horse was backing, back
ing nearer and nearer to the precipice.
Another moment and she would be
thrown over the yawning chasm. He
sprang from his horse, seized both reins
with the left hand, and with the right
tore the stirrup from the saddle.
" Impertinent clown I" she shrieked,
but he paid no heed to her screams ; her
foot free, he Instantly let go the reins,
grashed her around the waist, and with
almost superhuman strength lifted her
from the maddened beast and flung her
into the road behind. He was not one
moment too booh, for, as he did so, the
horse backed 'over the cliff and disap
peared. When the rest of the party came gal
loping up, alarmed by the screams, they
found the retired athlete in a dead faint
on the edge of the canyon, and Miss
Winstanly in a like plight lying some
distance from him, but not within sev
eral feet of the frightful precipice. The
young lady was soon restored and proved
to he unhurt ; not so Mr. Blake. The
horse had trampled on his foot and the
pain had caused him to lose conscious-
ness. Being only a few miles from
Santa Cruz aid was soon procured, and
he was carried back to the hotel a very
sick and badly bruised man.
Now the willful and high-tempered
Miss Winstanly really loved Mr. Blake,
but her pride had kept her from show
ing it or even owning it to herself.
When she realized the true cause of his
grabbing the lines had been to save her
from certain death, her heart was filled
with conflicting emotions thankful
ness for her life, gratitude to him for
preserving it, and shame and remorse at
her unwomanly insolence and rage. She
had actually beaten him as he was try
ing to drag her away from the chasm.
In her agony and penitence she opened
her heart to Emily Lytle, and confessed
that she had loved Blake all along, but
now that he had saved her life, her pas
sion overflowed all harriers, and she
wanted to tell him so. Nearly all of
the gay party left Santa Cruz a fortnight
after George's accident,but Badcliffe, his
bosom friend, remained to nurse him.
aud'Miss Lytlo stoid to keep her be
trothed company.
Blake's foot was crushed, and it would
be a long time before he could be remov
ed to San Francisco.
Kate resolved that she would not
leave until she had an opportunity of
asking George's forgiveness. At last, re
ports were brought to her that he was
Improving, was ablo to talk, and at
length to sit in uu arm-chair, but he
never alluded to the accident, nor men
tioned Miss Winstanly 's name.
Day after day she plied Emily with
questions, and a fierce despair seized
upon her when she comprehended that
she had lost him and through her own
pride. That was all swept away by her
new born love and humility. She was
so abject in her remorse and sorrow, that
to obtain a smile from the despised
"clown," as she had called him, she
would gladly turn circus rider herself.
One day she crept to his door. It was
closed against her, but she could hear
Emily's voice, and Itadcliffe's talking
with Blake. She was shut out from
Purudise, but she had deserved and must
bear it. In a fit of silent tears she sunk
down on her knees and offered up a
prayer that she might yet obtain hlsfor-
giveness ; suddenly the dooropened and
Emily came out shutting It quickly
after her when she saw the crouching
girl. "Why, what's this?" she in
quired, astonished. "What do you
mean, Kate, by crouching around on all
fours, like this i"'
" Oh, Emily," sobbed the wretched
beauty, " I'm . perfectly miserable! I
must, and will go in and see him 1 It
was all my own fault 1 Do you think
he. will ever forgive me V"
" I don't know, I'm sure," said Emi
ly, dryly ; " I wouldn't if I were in his
place, I'd be revenged; but you can go
in and see." -
Kate sprang up 'overjoyed. Emily
grasped her anil, saying: "But mind
you don't taunt him about his past any
more. He's proved himself a gentle
man, and above all remember It was
only because he was an athlete that he
was able to hold your horse until he
could wrench you from the saddle and
take you out of danger. No other than
a strong man could havo saved your
life. So go In and humble yourself to
him."
She opened the door and called Bad-
clifle out. They strolled off together,
while Kate glided Into tho room and
flung herself at the feet of the athlete.
He took his revenge, for when he got
4
well lie married her.
He Didn't Want tho 'Scrlption.
He was an old man, and he had a bit
of conductor's pasteboarB stuck in his
hat. He walked Into the drug store, and
inquired :
"Have you got any good whiskey "
" Yes, sir," replied the gentlemanly
druggist.
" Gimme half a pint."
" Have you got a doctor's prescrip
tion V"
"No."
" Can't sell it then, sir. Jury in ses
sion ; must be strict."
" Where can I get a doctor 5"' t-adly
inquired the aged inebriate. '
" I'm a physician, sir," winningly re
sponded the druggist.
" Can't you give me that what you
call i' 'scrlption "
"Well, I might." And the doctor
wrote out a prescription blank, calling
for so many ounces of tpirltut fermentl.
He filled a snug little bottle with the ar
ticle, pasted a label on it, numbered it to
correspond with the paper, and pre
sented it to the venerable roysterer, re
marked in the most.buslness like way
imaginable : " A dollar and a half,
sir."
" A dollar and a half," gasped the as
tonished customer.
" Ain't that pretty high, mister V"
" It's our price a dollar for the pre
scription and fifty cents for the medi
cine." '
" Yes, well," sadly replied the wicked
old buffer, as he slowly buttoned up the
half pint in his overcoat pocket. " I
guess, boss, that I don't wan't the
'scrlption. Here's your half a dollar,"
and he stuck his tongue in one side of
his mouth, winked ironically at him of
the mortar and postal, and walked out.
How the Japanese Defy Fire.
The Japanese appear to have hit upon
the expedient of providing fire-proof
storehouses for the reception of furni
ture Bnd other valuables. As a security
against the vast conflagrations which
during the winter months are so preva
lent in Japan, the most perishable and
valuable articles are kept in fire-proof
storehouses known as " mud go-downs,
These structures are built of mud, or, to
speak more correctly, of clay. Some of
them take as many as three years in
'building. A double framework of bam
boo, or slight boarding, is run up, and
the intervening space, about eighteen
Inches or two feet wide, is filled with
mud, which is gradually packet! and al
lowed to dry by the action of the at
mosphere. At a great fire which occur
red at Toklo on the 2Cth of November,
and raged for eight hours, destroying
nearly two thousand houses and an im
mense amount of property, not one of
the " mud go-downs" and there were
several hundred of them was injured
throughout the entire area of from five
to six miles in extent laid waste by the
conflagration.
Path of Safety.
Some clear-headed fellow says that
there Is but one road to happiness and
prosperity, for either individuals or a
nation, and that is faithful persistence
is the legitimate paths of business. The
riches that come in uu hour do more
harm than good. Hence we call upon
all good people to unite in an effort to
stay the tide of wild excess. Let a man
be frowned upon in society when he is
living beyond his means. Let all noble
and true women express their disgust at
the extravagant and indecent display of
the followers of fashion. And so shall
the nation be saved from' the millstone
that has dragged other republics to de
traction ; or shall our young men find a
larger and a nobler devotion than that
of money, and modesty and dignity
shall not wholly desert American man
hood. Where's those Boots?
A well-dressed individual once walked
into a shoe store and fitted on a hand
some pair of new boots, his old ones be
ing very much dilapidated. The ens.
tomer walked to the door to nil mire the
fit in the full light, while apparently
feeling in his pocket for his money. A
stranger in parsing stumbled oguiiikt the
newly-booted man, and, drawing buck,
hit him a blow in the face and ran
away. "You villain!" shouted the
customer, starting after hU assailant.
" The rufllau I catch him ! catch him !"
cxcluimed the indignant shoemaker, fol-
lowing up his customer. The shoema
ker was fat. The customer and his as
sailant were both in good condition.
They outran the shoemaker and the'
new boots have never to this day re
turned to their original proprietor.
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