THE TIMES, NEW llLOOMFIELl), PA.. OtfrOBMt 5, 1880.
gresied. All hope was given up, aud
fiho felt conscious that Iter end was
approaching. One day the eent fur me
to visit her. As I entered she dismissed
(he nurse who attended her, And motion
'd me to a seat beside her bed. Her
voice Wa falut and broken, and I saw
t glance that the end was not far off.
" Maggie, my child," she said to me
with tears in her eyes, " this is the last
time we shall ever be alone together. I
have wanted to speflk with you for some
;tlme, but I dreaded the ordeal, and,
.Maggie, you have avoided it."
8he looked at me keenly, and my eyes
Tell before her dying glance. I felt she
suspected me.
" Maggie, you have the shadow of a
great sin resting on your soul. It is
watting your life away. Tell me all
about it. Is It Is it murder V"
"Aunt!" I exclaimed, starting to my
feet, "do you believe me bo base V No,
4iy the God who Judges us all, I swear
to you that Minnie Lee is safe and well.
I am guilty, dear aunt," I added more
softly, moved by the kindness aud con
sideration she showed me, "guilty of a
mean uud treacherous scheme, but
thank God, the crime of murder does
not burdeu my soul. 1 bribed the gyp
flies to take her out of my sight, out of
IIerlert sight, for I could not bear the
misery of seeing the affection he once
felt for me lavished upon her. O aunt,
iplty me, for I am very wretohed. What
was her insipid love to mlue? 1 would
have laid dowu my life for him, and he
threw away my devotion and took her
to his heart. You must know, dear
aunt, she could not love him as I did."
My auut did not answer. She cover
ed her face with her wasted hands, and
obbed with a violence that made me
j'fear for her weak condition.
"Oh, hush, dear aunt, calm yourself,"
(I cried, throwing my arms about her
neck. " Pray calm yourself and tell
.me that you forgive me aud think I had
asoimt' excuse for my crime."
" My child, I pity and forgive you
froiu the bottom of my heart. Your
love for Herbert was passionate and
overflowing. But, Maggie, would it
not have been a proof of greater love if
wu had sacrificed your feelings for the
sake of the love you bore him V You
ajr he loved Minnie, that he gave her
Xha love he once bestowed on you. How
could you then wound him so deeply as
to take from him what be valued most
in the world ? It waB jealousy, Maggie,
woman's besetting sin, that prompted
your action ; but it is not too late to
make au atonement. Promise me, It id
the iaet request I shall make to you,
itromlse me that you will not rest until
.you have restored Minnie to her mother
and to Herbert."
" O aunt, I cannot!" I cried passion
ately. " Never, never can I see her
Herberts wife!"
My auut raised herself In bed, her
dilated eyes evincing the excitement
that had taken possession of her.
" Promise," she cried in a loud, strong
voice, "or my spirit will not rest quietly
in the other world. Promise what I
demand, or it will be with you day and
iglit, giving you no rest, sleeping or
waking, until the atonement is made."
Her voice failed her, and in an Instant
her white dress was stained with a
bright crimson stream that flowed from
her lips. I quickly summoned the nurse.
My aunt could no longer speak, but all
the lime her dying eyes were fixed on
miue wiii a wild and beseeching look,
as if extortiug the promise I had refused
to give. , . , ,
I knelt down by her bedside, and
whispered iu her tar, " Dear aunt, your
spirit shall have rest, for I will do
what you n qui re, and may God give me
f.retiu;ih to subdue the bad passions that
I cannot yet conquer." : '
A look of serenity came over her face
as I ipoke these words, and she feebly
pressed the hand I held. In a few
moments she was dead.
As soon as the funeral was over I set
About fulfilling my promise. Taking
only a change of garments, and what
little money I had on hand, I set out on
aiy expedition. ' ,
" To the north," the gypsy woman
had said, and I started in that direction.
After wandering about for several weeks,
traveling most of the way by railroad
and stages, but going many a weary
mile on foot, I a'. 1 m found a clue to my
uarch. A party or gypsies, answering
to the description I furnished, were
encamped on a deserted estate about
fifteen miles distant. ' Noting down
carefully the direction given me, I set
out on my expedition that must be made
on foot through lonely and uneven
roads, surrounded on both sides by dense
forests. ',
Omteioiiully a small farm-house was
patbed, but 1 seldom look, advantage of
tlie ret it might have afforded me. My
wind could not red until my conscience
had jelleved Itself of the burdeu that !
had rested on Inlay and night since the
interview with the old gypsy.
Late at night I came upon the gypsy
amp. In spite of my uuxiety aud dla
quiet, the piftureeqe beauty of the ecene
forced Itself upon me. The scattered
tents stood out softly against their back
ground of thick foliage, and here and
there a wagon and sleepy horse bespoke
the thrift of this gypsy tribe. A large
log lire was blar.lng in the centre of the
settlement, and about it was seated a
group of several meu and women.
As I approached, feeling somewhat
Insecure as to the prospect of a recep
tion, a dog sprang out at me, barking
wildly. In an Instant dogs of all sizes
and every description surrounded me,
and I stood still, too terrified to move.
By the assistance of curses and kicks
administered Indiscriminately , the beasts
were called off, and I was regarded curi
ously by many pairs of bright gypsy
eyes. I described my gypsy friend as
I could, and was relieved to find they
knew whom I meant.
" Oh, she means old Hal," said one of
the men. In an Instant several eager
messengers started off to acquaint " old
Sal" with her visitor's arrival. They
came back with a message from her for
me to enter her tent.
With my heart beating fast t soon
found myself standing face to face with
the old gypsy woman who had saved
me from a watery grave, aud who had
afterward tempted me to commit the sin
for which I had suffered so acutely, and
for which I was about to make atone
ment. She retained the same shrewd eyes,
the same wrinkled, shriveled skin, but
the insinuating tones, with which she
had proposed her scheme and demanded
my watch and pin, were gone, and a
hard aud bitter look of hatred, that
warned me of danger, had settled on her
face.
" What more do you want of ineV"
she asked, regarding me intently.
" I came for the iunocent girl I com
mitted to your care bo cruelly. Where
is she?"
She stepped to the further end of the
tent, aud lifted a covering, disclosing a
sleeping figure. By the bright moon
light that entered the tent I recoguized
the features of Minnie Lee. Not In the
bloom of health and girlish beauty as I
had last seen her, but wasted by suffer
ing. Overcome with remorse at the
sadness expressed by that pale face, I
threw myself on my knees by her rough
bed, and took her wasted figure in my
arms.
" Look at me, Minnie Lee. I have
come to take you home, home to Her
bert." She opened her large blue eyes, and
gazed vacautly at me, but there was no
recognition iu her look.
"Speak to me, Minnie," 1 cried,
alarmed by the vacant expression. "Do
you not know me, Herbert's cousin
Maggie V" i
" No," she said softly, and closing her
eyes wearily, " I don't remember you,
but please let me go to Bleep."
" It Is no use," said the old gypsy
with a bland grin. " You won't get any
other answer out of her. She has been
just that way ever since she found out
she could not get away from us."
" What have you done to her V" I
cried wildly. " You shall answer for
your inhuman Conduct. Help me to
dress her, for she must leave this vile
place instantly. Why do you not do as
I tell you V" I said, stamping my foot In
my despair at her delay.
"Because," she replied slowly and
vindictively, " I don't choose to allow
either you or her to leave us. You shall
answer to the 'wretch' and 'hag' that
you would have the keepers drive off",
for your insults to her. You will find
that a gypsy never forgets an Insult."
In a moment dark forms appeared, to
whom she addressed some order. Re
gardless of my struggles and entreaties,
I was hurtled off aud placed in a small
hut, the door of which was locked upon
me. . ' , ,
It was in vain to call for aid. I was
In the power of relentless enemies who
would stop at nothing, for, once in their
possession, no help from without could
reach me. I tried to think, to form
some plan of escape. To break the
walls that surrounded me was Impossi
ble, and even if I did succeed in doing
so I would be captured before I got out
side of the camp. Suddenly my eyes
fell on the two rings I wore. They
were left me by my dead mother, but
they should now save her child. A
gypsy's heart is always to be reached by
gold, and I felt a sudden seuseof security
in the thought.
The next morning a man appeared
and threw in to me some coarse kind of
bread. As he was about to close the
door I held up one of my rings. He
stared at me in astonishment.
" Do you like gold V" I asked. " You
shall have this ring, and this too," I
added, showiug him the other, " if you
will get me and the friend I come for out
of this camp."
He reached his baud for the rings,
his eyes twinkling at the sight of such
riches.
"No," I said firmly, "when I am
safely outside the camp you shall have
them, but not till then. You must
share them with some one who can
assist you, and do It as soon as possi
ble." " It shall bo dono," he said quickly,
and shut the door on me without a word
more. All day I watched and listened
in valu for any Information that would
give me hope, but no one came near my
prison.
Night came, but still no sound that
brought me tidings of deliverance.
Worn out by watching and excitement
I fell asleep, and was wakened by a
hand placed lightly on my shoulder.
The man who had promised to assist
me to escape stood before me.
" Come," he said, in the same dogged
manner he had displayed before.
Without a word I followed him. It
was a bright night, with the sky full of
stars. Not a sound was to be heard.
My heart sank within me as we passed
the tent of "old Sal," but she did not
appear and recapture me as I fully
expected.
About the fire were seated two men,
and as I caught sight of them I suspect
ed treachery, but they did not rise or
even turn their heads as we passed.
Just outside the settlement we found a
man seated on an old horse, and iu front
of him reclined a figure that I kuew
must be Minnie Lee.
We silently began our march, and by
daylight reached the village where I had
obtained my information concerning
the gypsy camp.
I gave my rings, as I promised, to the
gypsy who had befriended me, and I
was then left alone with my charge.
The journey home was slow and
tedious. I dared travel only a few miles
each day, for Minnie's feeble health for
bade the speed that my eagerness
prompted. On the way I tried in vain
to rouse her memory of the past. Even
Herbert's name made no impresslou on
her dull brain.
At last our journey came to an end.
We reached the town that adjoined my
uncle's estate, aud I went at once to a
hotel to reflect on the next step I ought
to take. To write Herbert a letter con
fessing my crime, and the atonement I
hud made iu compliance with his dying
mother's request, and ask him to meet
us at the hotel, seemed to me the best
course to pursue.
In a few hours after my letter was
despatched to its destination, a carriage
drove rapidly up to the door, and in a
moment more I heard Herbert's step
rapidly ascending the stairs. I opened
the door before he had time to knock,
and he Blood before me, a flush of excite
ment dying his usually pale cheeks, and
restoring In a measure his former bril
liant beauty.
He hardly looked at me, but I did not
expect thanks for what I had done. If
he but forgave me for the suffering I
had caused him it was more than I
deserved. And yet I felt u twinge at
my heart as I saw his eyes fixed eagerly
on Minnie's pale face.
As he stood looking at her, unprepar
ed, in spite of my letter, for the change
that had been wrought in her, she start
ed, and a tremor took possession of her ;
she was aroused from the state of apathy
into which she had fallen.
" Minnie, my darling," he murmured,
holding out his arms to her.
With a cry of mingled pain and joy
she sprang to his side, and laid her head
on his bosom. I felt I had no right to
intrude on their joy, and I left them to
themselves.
Minnie recovered her former health,
and they were married before the year
was out.
I was ever after their truest friend.
In sickness and health I remained with
them and gave them a sister's care, and
when the gentle Minnie died she placed
her. little daughter under my care, and I
promised to be a mother to her. You,
Alice, are that daughter, and It was
your parents whom I so cruelly wrong
ed. '
It is needles to say that the lesson was
not lost on Alice. It Is also needless to
remark that a reconciliation took place,
and a happy married life was the result.
An Iowa Granger.
OLD " Father Jeffries'," as he is famil
iarly called, Is a horny-handed, hard
working Iowa farmer, and lives near
B , on the C. & N. W. Railroad.
Although shipping large quantities of
farm produce and live stock by the rail
road, be never traveled any, but trusted
the transportation of lit live stock to
ills sou. One day the old geutleman
had four car loads of hogs to ship. Af
ter driving them dowu to the i-tatlon
and loading them up he Impatiently
awaited the arrival of the stock tralu,
being very nervous and uneasy In the
interim. "Father Jeff hlsself," as he
quaintly expressed it, "h going to Chl
kawgo with them air hogs." The train
arrived and the four car loads of hogs
were coupled on. The tralu proceeded
on Its way however, and was out of
sight before the agent discovered that
Father Jeff was left behind. The old
man swore and tore, fretted and ' fumed,
but, of course got no nearer his prized
porkers. The agent suggested a remedy
namely, telegraph to headquarters, ex
plain the circumstances and await In
structlons. This Idea was eagerly seiz
ed by the now somewhat ruffled farmer,
and at once acted upon. An answer
soon came, reading thus i " Flag No, 2.
Conduotor will pass Mr. Jeffries until he
overtakes his stock." No. 2 was the
fast express, and was due at II , in
one hour ; it arrived on time 5 was flag
gedby the agent; stopped an Instant,
and the conductor seeing his passenger
standing by the train, all ready to step
ou, gave a signal and the train sped on,
leaving Father Jeff Innocently gazing at
the fast receding cloud of dust.
Then there was a scene. ' '
The agent angrily asked, " Why the
deuce didn't you get on that train ; I
flagged it for your benefit V"
" My God ! That's so. I forgot to get
aboard" replied Jeff.
The old man avoids the station now-a-days,
and the son ships all the stock.
PERSONAL PECULIARITIES.
ABOUT forty yearsago, I had a lad
In my employ who had the habit
when unexpectedly spoken to of prick
ing up his ears in so decisive a manner
as to remind one of the ears of Puss or
Tray when suddenly called. Marie
Louise, the second wife of the great Na
poleon, was in the habit of amusing the
ladles of her court at tbelr private soir
ees by turning her ears almost complete
ly round, and In a manner closing them
up. She did this by a peculiar motion
of the Jaw, and she Is said to have prided
herself on the exploit not a little.
A man I knew well wore an enor
mous shock of raven hair, and would
allow himself to be lifted by the hair
from the ground by any one strong
enough to do it, and be dragged along
the floor.
The faculty of sleeping at will was
one of the endowments of the first Na
poleon, who it is said could sleep any
length of tlme,Iong or short, and- awake
at the time, almost to a minute, lie had
resolved upon.
Among the muscular movements not
common, I have uoticed several in
stances of persons who could throw back
the four fingers of either hand until they
stood perpendicular to the back of the
hand and wrist. Other instances I have
seen, though but a few, of persons who
can project the lower point of the thumb
almost into tne hollow of the palm. In
neither of these persons is the ordiuary
use the symmetry of the hand at all
affected. Of left-handed people we have
seen many, and they abound among the
working classes ; but of the artibandist,
or both-handed, that is, of persons who
could do everything with either hand,
as well with one as the other, I have
known but one in the whole course of
my lire. This was an orphan boy, who
had no parental care but had been left
almost to himself from infancy. Quick
active, and sharp-witted, he had taught
himself many things tolerably well,
could draw fairly, could play the fiddle
and the flute, and wrote admirably and
with unrivalled rapidity with either
hand.
There are many persons who, from caus
es they can never explain, have a repug
nance, almost amounting to horror in
some cases, for certain animals. The
French General Junot, who was as cool
as a cucumber amidst a perfect storm of
bullets, and would face the cannon's
mouth unmoved, would take to his heels
at the sight of a live frog, and would
not recover his equanimity for hours.
I have known a man who would not
touch mutton, however cooked, while
he would eat heartily of any other meat.
Some there are in whom the thought of
eating hare or rabbit excites loathing;
some who would starve rather than eat
shell-fish of any klhd, and there are not
a few to whom butter and cheese are
abominations. Others are equally
prejudiced against certain vegetables,
but why or wherefor they can never
tell. :
The Larga White Horse.
Perhaps the biggest horse In the world
is the " White Horse," of Berkshire,
England. It is one hundred and seven
ty yards long to the tip of the tali. It
is a figure cut in the side of a hill. A
long way off it looks as though drawn
in chalk lines, but the outlines are real
ly deep ditches cut In the soil, and kept
clean aud free from grass by the people
who take pride in it. The ditches are
six yards wide and two feet deep. The
eye of the horse is four feet across and
and the ear Is fifteen yards long. It can
be seen for sixteen miles. Wheu the
time comes to clear out the ditches, the
people made a sort of picnic of it play
all sorts of rustic games, and have line
times. Who made the White Horse, or
what for, Is uot known. It is very old.
JT The underground chambers exist
ing in the limestone of Kentucky, it is
eald, will amount to fully One hundred
thousand miles, while the curiosities and
subjects for sclentlflo study to be found
therein are Innumerable and of great interest.
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