.. 4w-_~_r._\ , / ,Will furnish Plans, Specifications, .Detail ’Drawings, and superintend the erection of T PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY MORNING BY . BYING'I‘ON s. 00., A.l AT TWO DOLLARS PER ANNUM, IN ADVA? mm: g gaming atomizer, gainful to flood guns and gamma, cm on! goddamn, globulin. goblin, gatimltm, fictions, «ta-«Catalihalna in non. NUMBER 736--NEW SERIES. ..NORWALK, CONN, TUESDAY, FEBR UARY l], [862. ZR..— . A -1.....n___.__._._ VOLUME XLV—-NUMBER 6. NORWALK GAZETTE. OFFICE IN GAZETTE BUILDING. a}. BYINGron & co.. A. H. BYINGTON, J. B. ELLs, Subscription Rates. All Subscribers by ‘Carrier, Mail, Post Riders and Wagcuors, per year ‘ 00 Those living out of any Carrier’s District, if paid one year in advance, . 'L‘labs cf six or more sent to one address, to be paid in advance, 1 50 Single copies '4 cents. Advertising Rates. One Square, one insertion, $1 00 “ two insertions, 1 25 “ three insertions, 1 50 “ one month, 1 '75 “ two months, 3 00 “ three months, 4 00 “ six months, 7 00 “. one year—with paper 15 00 Two usres, one year—with paper, % 00 Rocha ditional Square, per year, 8 00 One half column, one year, 40 00 One Column, one year, 75 00 Fifteei lines, or 100 Wordsnnakea square. Fraction- al irts of a square churned for as a whole. ‘ Year 1 advertisers have the privilege of changing I their advertisements once per month. Advertise~ aieiits changed oitcner charged as transient. Yearly advertisements payable 1st of January &. July. Yearly advertisers restricted to the business contour plated at the time of contract. Cards, Resolutions, Funeral and all other Special No- tices, 25 per cent. additional on the above. W” These terms will be infiexibly adhered toga BUSINESS -DIREQTDR‘T- . ‘ womb. futon..." ‘ ‘ NAILS CLOSE West 7.30 A. M.———2.30 P. M. East 8.30 A. M.—-5.00 P. M. Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.50 A. M Weston, Bedding and Bedding Ridge, 1 nos- days, Thursdays and Saturdays, at 12 M. , MAILS DUE. West 9.10 A. M.—-6.00 P. M. East 8.20 A. M.——3.30 P. M. ~ Danbury & Norwalk Railroad 8.00 A. M. POST OFFICE HOURS. From 7.00 A. M. to 8.00 RM. CHARLES OLMSTEAD, P. M. srnrunmxmom, collector. Office at the Store of S. & L. Curtis, Norwalk, Conn. ROOFING SLATE, ' From Vermont, VERY CHEAP, At South Norwalk by H. E. WING. THE-ALLIS HOUSE, (formerly Union House,) Opposite N. Y. 65 N. H. Depot, in Union-st, New Haven, Conn. L. P. ALLIS, Pnornm'ron. it. A. mosauuv, no. 1)., Homeopathic Physician 61. Surgeon. Office over 0. T. Cornwall’s Store, first buil- 7 ding east of Norwalk Hotel, NORWALK, CONN. References : Prof. J. Beaklcy, Dean of the Faculty, Prof. S. R. Kirby, Homcepatliic Medical Col- lege, New York city, or G. W. Swazey. M. D., Springfield, Mass. 21 JAMES G. HARBOUR, SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL D E N '1' I S '.l'.', Office at Residence, East Avenue, Norwalk, ‘ Connecticut. Architecture. SIDNEY M.,S'.I'ON:B, ARCHITECT, public and private buildings. Office in Mar- ble Block, Chapel-st, New Haven, Ct. tf52 E0. F. BELDEN, Norwalk, Conn.,Man- ui‘acturer of Tin, Copper, and Sheet iron Ware; and dealer in Stoves, Ranges, Furnaces, Cutlery, Brittannia, Wooden and Willow Ware, Crockery; and a full assort- ment of House Keeping articles generally. ‘ E. BISSELL, Auctioneer, will give 0 particular attention to sales by Auc- tion, of Real Estate, Personal Property and Household Furniture : terms 10w. WM. 0. STREET & 00., Importers; wholesale and retail dealers in an nwann, 1301s, Steel utlcry, Guns,’Agricultiira1 Imple- ments, Oils, Paints, 'Window Glass, «be. a. s. nocnwoon, Fashionable Draper it Tailor, and GENTLEMEN’S FURNISHING EMPOBIUM 1 N O. 3 Skiddy’s Block, Main-st, Norwalk, Gt. 3. B. OLMSTEA‘D “00., Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Groceries. Flour, Feed, .&o., 14' and 16 Main-st, Norwalk, Conn. ETNA (NSURANGE COMPANY, 1 Of Hartfiird. Incorporated in 1819, Charter Perpetual. Cash Capital $1,000,000 insure itgilllinl) loss and damage by Fire, on 'l‘erms adapted to the lnizard,and consistent with the laws of compensation. GEORGE R COWLES, Sole Agent ly3 For Norwalk and vicinity. A FINE variety of Meerschauma Lava and China, Pipes and Cigar Tubes may he found at the Corner Store. New Meat Market. V HE Subscriber would respectfully inform .F the public that he has ‘ REMOVED HIS STANQ to Curtis’ Building, Main Street, and tends keeping constantly on hand the choi- cest of Beef, Pork, Mutton, Poultry, &c., &c. Having had long experience in the business \ (S' confident of his ability to please. A ~eof the public patrona e is respectfully to . . JAIVFES BYXBEE. walk, Nov 5th, 1801. tf5 _ " Sperm Oil. SPERM OIL for machinery—the article manufactured, direct from ‘iird. for sale by W. (i. STREET & co. one need to delay“ ... lllbse of a parlor or sitting room iswve will convince those that h a call, that We are selling at ‘f the usual rates, and if that is b will try to sell still less. G. N. ELLs. patronage- = prevented from further corrosion and leaking 'to their stock of goods. ' Watches, which is lar er than ever before.— . We have a fine lot of ' adies’ Swiss Watches, . in gold cases, at prices varying from_ $20 to ' $75, which we can recommend as bein r cor- .New York, vent, and comprises all of the latest styles that E. corn-ram: a. sons, I I AVE now on hand the largest and best DRESS MAKING. HE subscriber would inform her friends and the Ladies of Norwalk generally that she has again commenced the Dress Making Business, and would solicit their She cuts by measure, and will either take work home, or go out by the day. tf23 CHARLOTTE DENTON. INSURANCE. THE subtcriber having taken the agency of the New England Fireomzd Mari/w In- surance Co. of Hartford, is prepared to insure all kinds of property against loss or damage by fire, on as accommodating terms as any other C inpaiiy. , The ew England Fire and Marine Insu- rance Company has been recently established with a paid in capital of $200,000 and has a surplus of $6,295.00. , JOSEPH W. HUBBELL, Agent for Norwalk and vicinity N orwalk, Feb. ist, 1801: Gutta Forcha & India Rubber CEMENT ROOFING. r \HIS article has been thoroughly tested by ' builders, Architects, and others, and the experience ot‘years has proved it to be the cheapest and most durable roofing in use. We call attention to the following facts : 1'st—.,It is fire and water proof. 2_d——From its great elasticity it is not inju- riously affected by extremes of heat and cold. -3d—It is adapted to all kinds of Roofs, whether steep or flat, and is not in want of constant repairs, as is the case with metal and other roofs. 4th—Tlio cost is only about One-Half that of Tin, and it is twice as durable. It is readily applied to Old Shingle Roofs, without removing the shingles, which is a great desideratum to parties who do not wish to risk having their ceilings and furniture ru- ined, while repairs are being made. Leaky Tin and Metal Roofs are readily re- paired with Gutta Pcrcha Cement, and tlo thereby insuring a perfectly water-tight roof for many years. Specimens of the Roofing can be seen by calling on the subscriber, at South Norwalk. All orders b letter will receive prompt at- tention. . F, HUNT, South Norwalk. A. JACKSON 6!. 380. No. l Gazette Building. ‘V OULD respectfully announce to the public and their old customers, that they have recently made cxtenswe additions We are now prepar- ed to offer an assortment not to be surpassed in Fairfield County, in quality or price. We would call particular attention to our stock of r‘ect time keepers. Also, Gentlemen’s ateli- es, in silver and gold cases, at any price. from $5 to $100. We buy of the best importers in . and altogether for cash, so that our facilities for selling cheap could not be reater. Our stock of Jewelry, Silver and later Wares was never better than at pres- are manufactured. A. JACKSON & BRO. Cabinet Makers ; At their Old Established Ware Rooms, East Side the Bridge, OPPOSITE PHCE'MX BLOCK. . assortment of Cabinet Furniture,Chairs, ZLooking Glasses, Mattresses, etc., ever offered for sale in this place, which we have just pur- chased for cash, at extremely low prices, and .intend to sell accordingly. . We also keep constantly on hand, Ready Blade Cofins of all sizes and descriptions, from the most costly Rosewood to the plainest ever used. From our long experience in the Underta- king Business, we are confident we can give perfect satisfaction to all who may need oin' services. 37 Groceries Cheaper than ever F O R O A S I! ! HE subscriber would inform the public generally, that he still continues to sell :the best of Groceries, Provisions, etc., at his old stand, No. 4 Skiddy’s Block, as cheap as the cheapest. He offers great inducements to cash buyers, as he has as largean assort- ment Of groceries of the best qualities as can be found at any store in the country. He would invite the special attention of all to his stock of COFFEES, TEAS AND SUGARS, which are of the very best quality, and will be sold cheap. The public are invited to call and examine and judge for themselves. A. MOREHOUSE. SOUTH NORWALK ladies and Gents’ Boot (*3 Shoe Store. ' ‘HE subscriber, having taken the business .I. and stand of Stevens & Tristram, is pre- pared to supply every article to be found in a first class Boot and Shoe Establishment, for la- dies, gentlemen, or children’s wear. Our goods are manufactured expressly for our own sales, and warrant all work sold by .us. Always on hand, or made to order at short notice, Gents’ Patent Leather Boots, Shoes, rte. ,- Ladios’ Gaiters, (0-0., (to. ; Children’s . Collars, and Shoes, «to, «to, (to. Rubber goods ; a large stock kept Constantly~ 0n hand. Mpaz‘rz‘ng done neatly and expedi- ently. HARVEY STEVENS. South Norwalk (No. 3, Ely’s Block), April 7 , 1860. FURNITURE! HE subscriber is now prepared to offer to the public, at his old stand, as good an assortment of cabinet Furniture as can be found in Fairfield County, and at qualit of goods can be obtained at any other Estab isluuent. _ . The stock capsule in part of Marble Top, Extension, Dining, Cord, .and Quartette Tables; Bookcases, Bursa , Sofas, Tetc-a-tetc Lounges ; Mahog- any and Cane seat Chairs; Gilt and Mahogany Frame Look- ing Glasses, &c., Ste. COFFIN WARE’ROOMS ,- where may be found a full assortment of Cof- fins, which will finished in the best possible manner, and at short notice. 11%“ A hearse will to furnished when de- sired. A. RENOUD. Westport, May 'ist, 1858. Hardware and Cutlery. ch ic’s To ls, Fail ing Utprislls, Gaps Ma r istolsJ‘i'oii and as. Window ’ Glass, Paints an Oils. M. C. STREET& 00. have in store and are constantly receiving direct from the manufacturers, a large supply of Foreign and Domestic Goods, under the above denominations,which makes their assortment of articles suited to this market, equal to any in the State, and which will be sold either wholesale or retail on as favorable terms as can be purchased in New York. WILLIAM C. STREET, A- H- WILCQXSQN- ‘ " Fa'ii'cv Goodman "', fine assortment of Fancy Goods, Pocket Cutlery, and a new lot of Rodger’s Scis- sors, just received and warranted to be a first rate article. Clocks of all kinds. We have also the agency of Merrill’s Oriental Pomadc, something new, and needs only to be tried to «a. “r E. K. Looxwoon & Co. lower prices, FOR CASH, than the game New HARDWARE 8i. PAINT STORE, M a i n S t r e e t, Opposite I. H. Cainpell’s Confectionery, MARVIN a raowrr'r, Wholesale and retail Dealers in Hardware, Cutlery, Paints, Oils, Glass, Paper Hang- ings, Window Shades, &c. TIMBER! LUMBER! Lath,‘1.ime, Brick, cement, Paints, Oils, Glass, 'BUILDERS‘ HARDWARE, &C.. &C., AT THE N ew Luna-her X’ard, NEAR THE RAIL ROAD BRIDGE, SOUTH NORWALK. Our Stock is new, bought for Cash, and will be sold low. TOLLES &. ELY. South Norwalk, Oct. 15, 1860. “'42 NORWALK ’ Steam Sawing and Plaining M I I. I. . THE subscriber has fitted up and is now prepared to execute all orders for Pla- ning; Scroll and other Sawing; manufacture of Doors, Sash, Blinds, &.c., &c., in the best and most expeditious manner, and at satis- factory prices. Orders by mail promptly‘at- tended to. 1y17 TIMOTHY B. FITC . I-Iouse a; Sign Painting, GILDING, GLAZING, at, to, SOUTH NORWALK. HE subscriber will execute all orders in Plain or Ornamental Painting in the most satisfactory manner, and at reasonable prices. Also, For Sale, his present residence (with his business if desired), comprising a house nearly new, with garden, trees, slu-ubbery, &c., ands. shop thereon. Terms easy. Ap- ply on the premises, opposite Quintard & Smith’s Carriage Factmg, to GE RGE HODGES. May 7th, 1860. g ‘ 1y19 J. N.LOCKWO0D&00, West Side of the Bridge, LYNES’ NEW BLOCK, EEP constantly on hand, a large and varied assortment of Ladies’, Gents’,and Children’s GAITERS, BOOTS, SHOES, «to, all made under our own personal supervis- ion, of the best material, and in the most workmanlike-manner. Our assortment of Ladies’ Gaiters undoubtedly comprises—both in extent and quality—a finer assortment than can be found at any similar establishment in the County. In Gent’s Boots, Gaiters, Shoes, etc, we have a larger and better assortment, we are confident, than was ever before offer- ed in Norwalk. We are prepared to manna facture, to measure any article in our lz'oze,and at the shortest notice. Misses’ and Children’s Shoes, Rubbers,etc.,1 in endless variety. A- fine article of Slippers for Gents’ wear. ' REPAIRING—in all its branches—done neatly, quickly, and cheaply. Whitney’s GALLERY, NORWALK, CONN. ‘ ATE E. B. ’I‘IIOMPSON’s. would inform the citizens of Norwalk Building, and will furnish them with Photo- graps, Ambrotypes, and all kinds of Pictures taken by the sun, from Miniatures, to life size; colored or plain; in the hi hest st he of the art' E. T. WH TNE . Tomb Stones 6L Monuments, , AT THE NORWALK'MARBLE YARD. Near the Bridge, Norwalk, 001m. ‘1 EPULCHRAL Monuments and Grave Stones of every variety of patterns, and of the most skillful workmanship. The best assortment of American and Foreign Marble, kept constantly on hand. Persons wishing to procure Monuments or any kind of Marble Works, are invited to call and give a personal inspection ofhis material and workmanship, as this will be more satis- factory than to purchase of agents without an opportunity of testing the quality of the arti- cle contracted for. ‘ W“ The Lettering and Ornamental work are executed by experienced workmen, and can warrant it to give entire satisfaction. J. M. SMITH. important to owners of Horses- wrnum 3. SWAN, Saddler a. Harness Maker, Adjoining Danbury do Norwalk R. R. Depot NORWALK, CONN, KEEPS constantly on hand and will make to order every description of Harness, Horse Furniture, 0 TM. 1' 30] lot/tin . ' 1%sz Saddler’s Hardware and Outfits.- Tru'nks, Valises, Carpet Bugs, 4'0. All in want of anything in his line,will do well to give him a call. Orders for any kind of work promptly executed. Repairing done neatly and cheaply, and at short notice. ALBERT I‘m!” MERCHANT TAILOR, ADJ OININ G Store of Knapp & Lynes, Mam-st, N orwalk, Conn. The public are respectfully invited to call and examine the large and varied assortment of READY MADE CLOTHING, French Cloths, Cassie mores and Vestings, also a general assortment of Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, consistin , in part, of Hats, 0;; , Umbrellas, Shirts, 00 . larS, Cravats, Hand erchiefs, Suspenders, &c, ClotliS. Cassuuei'cs and Vestings b the yard or pattern, and out free of charge. articular attention paid to Children‘s Garments. For Sale. A very desirable small Farm, on the turn- _ ' pike to N. 62, and about 10 minutes’ drive from the N. Y. do N. H. Depot. Said farm contains about 14 acres has all kinds of Frmtin full bearing; large Barn and Car- riage House in good repair, and a very con- venient House. Terms reasonable. Apply to T. B. Griffith, So. N orwalk. Also, a House and Lot on Flax Hill—terms reasonable. Also, House and Store in South Norwalk, The Ill!!! Islflfifl filllillils i9 We purchase and salfg oj itggil s ate, on reason- 4 ' ‘. B. GRIFFITH. able terms. ' t accrued. 'I‘HE subscriber is prepared to furnish par- . tics, building, with Warren‘s superior .FELZ AND CEMENT ROOFING. This article of Roofing is in use upon the Norwalk Lock Compan ’3 Building, and at Lounsbury, Bissell &. 00 s, whore it gives en- tire satisfaction, and is believ‘d to be the cheapest as well as the best igq- ing in 138.95.— All orders all "receive Weight mention. .’ 1‘ LOOMIS. SUPERIOR Machine for utting Hay, Straw and Stalks, for so] at the New Hardware Store of MARVIN dz PROWITT Main Street. be appreciated: , . A. JACKSON & BRO' BURNING FLUI'D the best, for sale at S. E. 0 STEADW&]CO.’S. Photographic and Fine Art" E T. Whitney . that he has established himself in the Gazette . Only a Pic turo. Only a picture—and is that i all? Only a picture upon the w. Ill: The smile so becoming, th a check so bright, The eye so dancing with ax my light, I almost fancy my baby b0 9*, But ’tis only a picture um I the wall, A silent picture—and that i is all ! Only a lock ofsilken hair Lying alone in its casket tl iere! Where is the head that in sportive glee Was wont to toss it so careless and free? The baby head that upon. my breast So loviiigi y nestled each night to rest 1 Only a lock of its silken hair Is lying alone in its casket there! Only these relics—and nothing more! Can nought to our arms the lost restore ? Must we hopeless yearn, as the years go by, For the bounding step and the beaming eye; And all that beauty and life and grace, So fondly Cherished, rotai'ii no trace Save these silent relics ? 0h, nevermore Will the grave to our arms the lost restore ? 0h, woe for love, when from all its store It points to these tokens, and nothing more ? When the vacant hall and the silent chair But echo the groans of it's silent despair, And from all the voices in earth and sky, Comes back no word to its living cry, Save the monrnful echo—“0h, novel-more Will the grave to thy arms the lost restore !" ' 0h, joy for love, when it yearns no more For that which the grave cannot restore! When it upward stretches its drooping wings, And in darkness and sorrow still sweetly sings, 0f the brightness and bliss of that better home Oh, joy for love, when its priceles store There safe is garnered ever more ! a.» The Game of Life. A llOMILY—BY JOHN G. BAKE. There‘s a game much in fashion—I think it’s called Euchre; j (Tho’ I never have played it for pleasure or More.) In which, when the cards are in certain conditions, The players appear to have changed their positions, And one of them cries, in a confident tone, "I think I may venture to go it alone.” While watching the game, ’tis a whim of the bard’s. A moral to draw from the skirmish of cards, And to fancy he finds in the trivial strife Some excellent hints for the battle of Life ; Where—whether the prize be a ribbon or throne— , The winner is he who can “ go it alone!” . When great Galileo proclaimed that the world In a regular orbit was ceaselessly whirled, And got—not a convert—for'all of his pains, But only derision and prison and chains, “ It moves for all that,” was his answering tone, For he knew, like the Earth, he could “ go it alone!” When Kelper. with intellect, piercing afar, Discovered the laws of each planet and star, And doctors, who .onght to have landed his name, ; Derided his learning, and blackened his fame, I “ I can wait I he replied, “ till the truth you shall own ;” ' For he felt in his heart he could “ go it alone !" Alas! for the player who idly depends, In the struggle of life, upon kindred or friends; Whatever the value of blessings like these, They can never atone for inglorious ease, Nor comfort the coward who finds with a green, That his crutches have left him to “ go it alone i" _/ There’s something, no doubt, in the hand yq may hold; Health, family, culture, wit, beauty and gold, The unfortunate owner may fairly regard As each in its way, a most excellent card; 7 Yet the game may be lost, with all those for your' own, ' Unless you’ve the courage to “ go it alone i” In battle or business, whatever the game, In law or in love it is ever the same; In the struggle for power, or the scramble for pelf, Let this be your motto—“ Rely on yourself!” For, whether the prize be a ribbon or throne, The victor is he who can “ go it alone i” 0..» [Tom the Atlantic Monthly. LOVE AND SKATES. In Two Parts. BY THE LATE MAJ. THEODORE WINTHROP. PART II. Concluded. CHAPTEL X. ' FOBEBODINGS. J UBILATION l J ubilation now, instead of Coaster-nation, in the office of Mr. Benjamin Brummage in Wall Street. President Bruminage had convoked his Directors to hear the first Semi-Annual Re- port of‘ the new superintendent and Dictator of Dunderbunk. And there they sat around the green table, no longer forlorn and dreading a failure, but all chuckling with satisfaction over their prosperity. They were a happy and hilarious family now,—so hilarious that the President was obliged to be always rapping to Order with his paper-knife. Every one of these gentlemen was proud of himself as Director of so successful a company. The Dunderbunk advertisement might now consider itself as permanent in the newspapers, and the Treasurer had very unnecessarily inserted the notice of a divi- dend, which everybody knew of already. When Mr. Cliurm was not by, they all claimed the honor of having discovered Wade. or at least to having been the first to appreciate him. They all invited him to dinner,—tlie others at their houses, Sam Gwelp at his club. They had not yet begun to wax fat and kick. They still remembered the panic of last summer. They passed a unanimous vote of the most complimentary confidence in Wade, approved of his system, forced upon him an increase of salary, and began to talk of “launching out” and doubling their capi- tal. In short, they behaved as DirectOrs do when all is serene. ‘ Charm and Wade had a hearty laugh over the absurdities of the Board and all their vague propositions. “Dunderbunk,” said Cliurm, “was a com- pany started on a sentimental basis, as many others are.” “Mr. Brummage fell in love with pig-iron?ll “Precisely. He had been adry-gobds job- ber, risen from a retailer somewhere in the country. He felt acertain lack of dignity in his work. He Wanted to deal in some- thing more masculine than lace and ribbons. He read a sentimental article on Iron in the ‘Jourual of Commerce; how‘ Iron held the world together; how it was nerve and sin- ew; how it was ductilenud malleable and other things that sounded big; how without Iron civilization would stop, and New Zea,- landersliunt rats among the ruins of Lou- der; how anybody wlio. would make two tgiis‘of iron grow Where one grew before was a benefactor to the human race greater than Alexander, CfBSRl', or Napoleon; and so on,-——you know the eloquent style. Bruin: magc’s soul was fired. He determined to be greater than the three heroes named. He was oozing with unoccupied capital. He went about among the other rich jobbers, ‘upon me for advice. 4 Dinner’s at six.” ' and took his place again. the ice gives way, the little figure sinks, ri- with the newspaper article in his hand, and fired their souls. They determined to be great Iron-Kings,—magnificent thought !— They wanted to read in the newspapers, ‘If all the iron rails made in the Dunderbunk Works in the last six months were put to- gether in a straight line, they would reach twice round our terraqueous globe, and sev- enty-three miles, two rails over.’ So on that poetic foundation they started the concern.” Wado laughed. “Butliow did you happen to be 'with them ?” “Oli l my friend Damer sold them the land for the shop and took stock in payment. I came into the Board as his executor. Did 1 never tell you so before 1?” “No.” “Well then, be informed that it was in Miss Damer’s behalf that you knocked down Friend Tarbox, and so got your skates for 'saving her property. It’s quite a romance already, Richard, my boy! and I suppose you feel immensely bored that you had to come down and meet us old chaps, instead of tumbling at her feet on the ice again to-day.” “A tumble in this wet day would be acold bath to romance.” The Gulf Stream had sent up a warm spoil- sport rain that morning. It did not stop but poured furiously the whole day. From Coboes to” S’lyten Duyvil, on sides of the river, all the skaters swore t the weather, asprofaiie persons no doubt did when the windows of heaven were open- ed in Noah’s time. The skateresses did not swear, but savagely said, “It is too bad,”— and so it was. Wade, loaded with the blessings of his Di- rectors, took the train next morning for Dun- derbunk. The weather was still mild and drizzly, but promised to clear. As the train rattled along by the river, Wade could see that the thin ice was breaking up everywhere. In mid-stream a procession of blocks was stead- ily drifting along._ Unless Zero came sli‘ ding down again from Boreal regions, the| sheets that filled the coves and clung to the shores would also sail away southward, and the whble Hudson be left clear as in mid- summer. At Yonkers a down train ranged by the side of Wade’s train, and, looking out, he saw Mr. and Mrs. Skerrett alighting. He jumped down, rather surprised, to’ speak to them. ' “We have just been telegraphed here,” said Peter, gravely. The son of a widow, a friend of ours, was drowned this morning in the soil: ice of the river. He was a pet of mine, poor fellow! and the mother depends" We have come down to say a kind word. Why won’t you report us to the ladies at my house, and say we shall not be home till the evening train ?— They do not know the cause of our journey, except that it is a sad case.” ' “Perhaps Mr. Wade will carve their tur- key for them at dinner, Peter,” Fanny sug- ' gested. “Do, Wade! and keep their spirits up.— Here the engine wliistled. Wade prom- ised to “shine substitute” at his friend’s board The train galloped away. Peter and his wife exchanged a bright look over‘ the fortunate incident of this meeting, and went on their kind way to car- ry sympathy and such consolation as might be to the-widow. The train galloped northward. Until now the beat of the wheels, like the click of an enormous metronome, had kept time to ju- bilant measures singing in Wade‘s brain.— He‘ was hurrying back, exhilarated with suc- cess, to the presence of a woman whose smile was finer exhilaration than any num- ber of votes of confidence, passed unani- mously by any number of conclaves of Did rectors, and signed by Brummage after Brummage, with the signature of a capital- ist in a flurry of delight at a ten per cent. dividend. But into this joyful mood of Wade’s the thought of death suddenly intruded. He could not keep a picture of death and draw a- ing out of his mind. As the train spring along and opened gloomy breadth after breadth of the leaden river, clogged with slow-drifting files of ice-blocks, he found himself staring across the dreary waste and forever fancying some one sinking there, helpless and alone. He seemed ,to see a brave, bright-dyed, ruddy boy, venturing carelessly out along the edge of the weakened ice. Suddenly ses, clutches desperately at a fragment,strug- gles a moment, is born along in the relent- less flow of the chilly water, stares in vain slioreward, and sinks again with a look of agony, and is gone. But whenever this inevitable picture grew before Wade’s eyes, as the drowning figure of his fancy vanished, it suddenly changed features, and presented the face of Mary Da- mer, porisbing beyond succor. Of course he know that this was but a morbid vision. Yet that it came at all, and that it so agonized him, proved the force of his new feeling. He had not analyzed it before. This thought of death became its touchstone. Men like Wade, strong, healthy, earnest concentiated, straightforward, isolated, judge men and women as friends or foes at once and once for all. He had recognized in Mary Damer from the first at heart as fine, whole, noble and healthy as his own. A fine instinct had told him that she was waiting for her hero, as he was for his heroine, So he suddenly loved her, And yet not suddenly; for all his life, and all his lesser firingotteii or discarded passions, had been training him for this master one. He suddenly and strongly lbved her; and yet it had only been a beautiful bewilder- ment of uncomprehended delight, until this haunting vision of her fair face sinking amid the hungry ice beset him Thefi be per. ceived what would he 10“ to him. if She were lost, The thought of Math placed itself between him and Love. If the love had been merely a pretty remembrance of a charming wo- man, he might have dismissed his fancied drowning scene with a little emotion of re- gret. Now the fancy was an agony. He had too much power over himself to entertain it long. But the grisly thought came uninvited, returned undesired, and no resolute Avaunt, even backed by that magic : wand, a cigar, availed to banish it wholly. The sky cleared cold at eleven o‘clock. A As the train rattled round the curve below the tunnel tlir'ough Skerretf’s Point, Wade could see his skating course of Christmas- Day with the ladies. Firm ice glazed smooth by the sudden chill after the rain, filled the Cove and stretclietueyond the Point into the river. It was treacherous stuff, beautiful to the eyes of a skater, but sure to be weak, and, likely to break up any moment and join the deliberate, headlong drift of the masses in mid-current. ' Wade almost dreaded lest his vision should suddenly realize itself, and he should see his enthusiastic companion of the other day sailing gracefully along to certain death. Nothing living, however, was in sight, ex- Icept here and there a crow, skipping about in the floating ice. The lover was greatly relieved. He could now forewarn the lady against the peril he had imagined. The train in a moment dropped him at Dunderbunk. He hurried to the Foundry and wrote a note to Mrs. Damer. “Mr. Wade presents his compliments to Mrs. Damer, and has the honor to inform her that Mr. Skerrett has nominated him carver to the ladies today in their host’s place. “Mr. Wade hopes that Miss Damer will excuse him from his engagement to skate with her this afternoon. The ice is danger- ous, and Miss Damer should on no account venture upon it." ' Perry Purtett was the bearer of this billet. He swaggered into Peter Skerrett’s hall, and dreadfully alarmed the fresh-imported Eug- li'shman who answered the hell, by ordering him in a severe tone,— “ Hurry up now, White Cravat, with that answer! I’m wanted down to the Works. Steam don’t bile when I’m off; and the fly- wheel will never buzz another turn, unless I’m there to motionit to move on.” Mrs. Damer’s gracious reply informed Wade “that she should be charmed to see him at dinner, etc, and would not fail to transmit his kind warning to Miss Damer, when she returned from her drive to make calls.” . But when Miss Damer returned in the afternoon, her mother was taking a gentle nap over the violet, indigo, blue, green, yel- low, orange, red stripes. of a gorgeous Af- ghan she was knitting. The daughter heard nothing of the billet. The house was lonely without Fanny Skerrett. Mr. Wade. did not come at the appointed hour. Mary was not willing to say .to herself how much she regretted his absence. Had be forgotten the appointment ? No,—tliat was a thought not to be tolera- fed. 9 “ A gentleman does not forget,” she thought. And she had a thorough confi- dence, besides, that this gentleman was very willing to remember. She read a little, fitfully, sang fitfully, moved about the house uneasily; and at last, when it grew late, and she was bored and Wade did not arrive, she pronounced to herself that he had been detained in town. This point settled, she took her skates, put on her pretty Amazonian hat with its alert feather, and went down to waste her beauty and grace on the ice, unattended and alone. CHAPTER XI. CAP’N AMBUSTER’S SKIFF. It was a busy afternoon at the Dunder- bunk Foundry. The Superintendent had come back with his pocket full of orders. Everybody, from the Czar of Russia to the President of the Guano Republic, was in the market foi ma- chinery. Crisis gone by. Prosperity was come. The world was all ready to move, and only waited for a fresh supply of wheels cranks, side-levers, walking-beams, and other such muscular creatures of iron, to push and tag and swing and revolve and set Progress a-going. ~ Dnnderbunk was to have its full share in supplying the demand. It was well under- stood by this time that the iron Wade made was as stanch as the man who made it. Dun~ dcrbunk, therefore, Head and Hands, must despatch. So it was a busy afternoon at the indus- trious Foundry. The men bestirred, them- selves. The furnaces rumblcd. The engine thumped. The drums in the finishing-shop bummed merrily tlieir.lively song of labor. The four trip-hammers—two bull-headed, two calf-hedded—champed, like carnivorous maws, upon red bars of iron, and over their banquet they roared the big-toned music of the trip-hammer chorus,— “Now, then! hit hard! Strike while Iron ’9 hot. Life ‘s short Art ’s long." By this massive refrain, riging in at inter- vals abovethe ceaseless buzz, murmur, and clung throughout the buildings, every man’s work was mightily nerved and inspired.— Everybody liked to hear the sturdy song of these grim vocalists; and whenever they struck in, each solo or duo or quatuor of men playing Anvil Chorus, quickened time, all the action and rumor of the busy opera went on more cheerily and lustily. So work kept astir like play. . An hour before sunset, Bill Tarbox stepped into Wade’s office. Even oily and begimed Bill could be recognized as a favored lover. He looked more man than ever before. “I forgot to mention,” says the foreman, “that Cap’ii Ambuster was in, this morning, to see you. He says, that, if the river ’3 clear enough for him to get away from our dock, he ’1! go down to the City to-morrow, and offers to take freight cheap. We might put that new” walking-beam, we ’ve just rough finished for the ‘Union,’ aboard of him.” “Yes,—if he is sure to go to marrow. It will not do to delay. The owners complain- ed to me yesterday that the ‘Union,’ was in a bad way for want of itgfiw machinery.— Tcll your brothel-i me here, Bill.” Tarbox looked ‘ . " pleased, and summoned Perry Pu . . “Rim down, Perry,’ ~ i do, “to the ‘Anibuster,’ and ask Capfiiig tie to step up here a moment. Tell him I hii’v‘e some freight to send by him." ‘ , Perry moved through the Foundry with his usual jaunty step, then left his dignity at the door, and ran off to the dock. , The weather had grown fitf‘ul. Heavy clouds whirled over, trailing snow-hurries.— Rarely the sun found a cleft iiLtlie black can- opy to shoot a ray through and remind the world that he was still in his place and ready to shine when he was‘waiited. Master Perry had a furious to go before he sharp wind drew through the Highlands.— ’fointly,—- kept unfrozen by the warm influences of the Foundry. He ran through a little dell hedg- ed on each side by dull green cedars. It was severely cold now, and our young friend con- descended to prance and jump over the ice- skimmed puddles to keep his blood in nio- fion. ' The little rusty, pudgy steamboat lay at the down-stream side of the Foundry wharf.— Her name was so long and her paddle-box so short, that the painter, beginning with ambitious large letters, had been compelled to abbreviate the last syllable. Her title read thus :— . I. AMBUSTer. Certainly a formidable inscription for a steamboat! . When she hove in sight, Perry halted, re- sumed his stately demeanor, and embarked as if he were a Doge entering a Bucentaur to wed a Sea. _ There was nobody on deck to witness the arrival and salute the magnified Perry looked in at the Cap’n’s office. He beheld a three-legged stool, a hacked desk, an inky steel-pen, an inkless inkstand; but no Cap’n Ambuster. Perry inspected the Cap’n’s state room.— There was a cracked looking-glass, into which he looked; a hair-brush suspended by the glass, which he used; a pair of ; blan- kets in a berth, which he had be present use for; and a smell of musty boots, which no- body with a nose could help smelling, Still no Captain Ambuster, nor any of his crew. Search in the unsavory kitchen revealed no cook, coiled up in a corner, suffering nightmares for the last greasy dinner he had brewed in his frying-pan. There were no deck hands bundled into their bunks. Perry rapped. on the chain-box and inquired if anybody was within, and nobody answering he had to ventiiloquize a negative. The engine-room, too, was vacant, and quite as unsavory as the other pens on board. Perry patronized the engine by a pull or two at the valves, and continued his tour of iii- spection. The Ambuster’s skiff, lying on her forward deck, seemed to entertain him vastly. “Jolly l” says Perry. And so it was a jolly boat in the literal,not the the technical sense. “The three wise men ,of Gotham went to sea in a bowl; and here ’5 the identical craft," says Perry. He gave the chubby little machine a push with his foot. It rolled and wallowed about grotesquely. When it was still again,itlook- ed so comic, lying contentedly on its fat side like a pudgy baby, that Perry had a roar of laughter, which, like other laughter to one’s self, did not sound very merry, particularly as the north-wind was howling ominously, and the broken ice on its downward way was whispering and talking on in a most mysterious and inarticulate manner. “Those sheets of ice would crunch up this skiff, as pigs do a pumkin,” thinks Perry. And with this thought in his head he look- ed out on the river, and fancied the foolish little vessel cast loose and buffetiog liolpless- about in the ice. He had been so busy until now, in prying about the steamboat and making up his mind that Captain and men had all gone off for a comfortable supper on shore, that his eyes had not wandered toward the stream. Now his glance began to follow the course -of the ice current. He wondered where all this supply of cakes came from, and how many them would escape the stems of fer- ry-boats below and get safe to sea. ' All at once, as he looked lazily along the lazy files of ice,his eyes caught ablack object water opposite Skerrett’s Point, a mile dis- taut. Perry‘s heart stopped beating. He uttered a little gasping cry. He sprang ashore, not at all like a Doge quitting a Bucentaur, He torc back to the Foundry, dashing through the puddles, and, never stopping to pick up his cap, burst in upon Wade and Bill Tarbox in the office. The boy was splashed from head to foot with red mud. His light hair, blown wildly about, made his ashy face seem paler. He stood panting. His dumb terror brought back to Wade’s mind all the bad omens of the morning. “Speak!” said he, seizing Perry fiercely by the shoulder. . The uproar of the Works seemed to hush for an instant, while the lad stammered “There ’s somebody carried off in the ice by Skerrett’s Point. It looks like a woman. And there ’5 nobody to help.” CHAPTER XII. IN THE ICE.‘ “Help! help!” shouted the four trip-ham- mers, bursting in likea magnified echo of the boy’s last word. “Help! help i” 'all the humming wheels and drums repeated more plaintively. Wade made for the river. This was the moment all his manhood had been training and saving for. For this he had kept sound and brave from his youth up. As he ran, he felt that the only chance of instant help was in that queer little bowl- sliaped skiff of the “Ambuster.” He had never been conscious that he had observed it; but the image had lain latent in his mind, hiding its time. It might be ten, twenty precious ‘pioinents before another boat could be found. This one was on the spot to do is duty at once. “Somebody carried OHS—perhaps a wo- man," Wade thought. “Not—No, she would not neglect; my warning! Whoever it is, we must save her from this dreadful death l” . He sprang on board the little steamboat.— She was swaying uneasily at her moorings, as the ice crowded along and hammered against her stein. Wade stared from her deck down the river, with all his life at his eyes. More than a mile away, below the hemlock crested point, was the dark object Perry had seen, still stirring along the edges of the float- ing ice. A broad avenue of leaden-green water wrinkled by the cold wind separated the field where this figure was moving from the shore. Dark object and its footing of gray ice Were drifting deliberately farther and farther away. For one instant Wade thought that the terrible dread in his heart would paralyze him. But in that one moment, while his blood stopped flowing and his nerves failed, Bill Tarbox overtook him and was there by his side. “I brought your cap," says Bill. “and our drifting on a fragment in a wide way of open ' Wade put on his cap mechanically. ' This little action calmed him. “Bill," said he, “I ’m afraid it is a woman, —a dear friend of mine,—a very dear friend." Bill, a lover, understood the tone. “We ’11 take care of her between us,” he said. ‘ The two turned at once to the little tub of a boat. Oars? Yes,—-slung under the thwarts,—a pair of short sculls, worn and split. but with work in them still. There they bung ready, —and a rusty boat-hook, besides. Find the thole pins, Bill while Icut a plug for her bottom out of this broom stick." Wade said. This was done in a moment. Bill threw in the coats. ' “Now together!” They lifted the skiff to the gangway.-— Wade jumped down on the ice and received her carefully. They ran her along, as far as they could go,and launghcd lierin the sludge. “Take the sculls, Bill. I’ll work the boat- hook in the bow.” Nothing more was said. They th nst out with their crazy little craft into the -.hick of the ice-flood. Bill, amidships, dug with his sculls in among the huddled cakes. It was clumsy pulling. Now this oar and now that would be thrown out, He could never get a. full‘stroke. - Wade in the bow could do better. He jammed the blocks aside with his boathook. He steered through the little open ways of water. Sometimes they came to a broad sheet of solid ice. Then it was “Out with her, Bill!” and they were both out and sliding their bowl so quick over, that they had not time to go through the rottcn- surface. This was drowning business; but neither could be spared to drown yet. In the leads of clear water, the oarsman got brave pulls and sent the boat on mightily. Then again in the thick porridge of brush ice they lost their headway, or were baffled and stopped among the cakes. Slow work, slow and painful; and for many minutes they seemed to gain nothing upon the steady flaw of the merciless current. A frail craft for such a voyage, this 'queer little half-pumpkin ! A frail and leaky shell. She bentandcracked from stemto stern among the nipping masses. Water oozed in through her dry seams. Any moment a. rougher touch ora sharper edge might cut her through But that was a'risk they had accepted. They did not take time to think of it, nor to listen to the crunching and cracking of the hungry ice around. They urged straight on, steadily eagerly, coolly, spending saving strengths: Not one moment to lose! The shatter- warning of what might happen to the frail support of their chase. One thrust of the eye seemed stout enough to bear a heavier weight than a woman’s. Not one moment to spare! The dark figure, now drifted far below the hemlocks of the Point, no longer stirred. It seemed to have sunk upon the ice and to be resting - there weary and helpless, on one side a wide way of lurid water,,0n one other halfa mile of,nioving desolation. Far to go, and no time to waste! “Give way, Bill ! Give way !” “Ay. ay 1” Both spoke in low tones, hardly louder than the whisper of the ice around them. By this time hundreds from the Foundry and the village were swarming upon the wharf and the steamboat. “A hundred tar-barrels would n’t git up my steam in time to do any good,” says Cap’n Ambustcr. “If them two in- my skiff don’t overhaul the man, he ’s gone.” “You be sure it ’s a man?” says Smith Wlicelwright. . “Take a squint through my glass. 1111 dreffully afeard it’s a gal; but suthin’ ’s got into my eye, so I can’t see.” Suthin’ had got into the old fcllow’s eye,— suthin’ saline and acrid,—namely, a tear. “It ’s a woman,” says \Vheelwfighu—and. sntliin’ of the same kind blinded him also. Almost sunset now. But the air was sad- denly filled with perplexing snow-dust from a heavy squall. A white curtain dropped be- tween the anxious watchers on the wharf and the boatmen. _ The same white curtain hid the dark float- ing object from its pursuers. There was nothing in sight to steer by now. Wade steered by his last glimpse —by the current,—by the rush of the roaring wind,—by instinct. How merciful that in such a moment a man is spared the agony of thought! His agony goes into action, intense as lifq It was bitterly cold. A swash of ice-water filled the bottom of the skiff. She was low; enough down without that. They could not stop to bail, and the miniature icebergs they passed began to look significantly over the gui‘i-wale. Which would come to the point of foundcring first, the boat or the little floe it aimed for? Bitterly cold! The snow hardly melted upon Tai‘box bare hands. His fingersstitfen- ed to the oars; but there was life in them still, and still he did his work, and never turned to see how the steersman was doing his. A flight of crows came sailing with the, snow-squall. They alighted all about on the, huinniocks, and curiously watched the two men battling to save life. One black impish bird, more malignant or more sympathetic than his fellows, ventured to poise on the _ skifl’s stern ! . Bill hissed off nus third passenger. The.’ crow rose on its toes, let the boat slide away from Under him, and followed creaking dis- and good wishes. The last sniibeains were now cutting in everywhere. The thick snow-flurry was like - a luminous cloud. Suddenly it drew aside. The industrious skiff had steered so well ' and made such headway, that there, a bun- dred yards awa ', safe still, not gone, thank God ! was the woman they sought. , A dusky mass flung together on a waning rood of ice,-—Wadc could see nothing mere. ‘ Weary or benunibed, or sick with pure ‘ forlormiess and despair, she had drooped‘ down and show no sign ofliie.‘ " ’ff The great wind shook the river. 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