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WHOLE NUMBER 1303.
‘N'ORWALK,’ CONNECTICUT, ,TUEsDAYjEOEMBER 24.,
1872.4
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' NORWALK, CONN.
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Orders loft with Sherman Stevens, at the Guerra
Omar, or by mail, romotly attended to. Also,
Agent or Jas. LE FEL’S DOUBLE TURBINE
W ATE WHEEL, the best in use. Power pledged
equal to anyover-shot. ‘ . 36
ALEX. S. GIBSON,
Organist of the First Congregational Church,
"IBM THE cm or IEWJORK.
Teacher of the
Pliill ll-ffllll'i,hila.'il s. HUSIGM. GSHPDSIIIUI.
Box 379 P. 0. Norivalk, Conn.
In New York, care of William A. Pond a; Co.,'896
Broadway. _
C. A. MILLBA'NII,
Graduateofthe
Penn. College of Dental Surgery,
At the allies of the old Fairiieid ConntyBank
Building, Wall Street. ' 25
W. H. SWORDS,
. ORNRR WASHINGTON AND MAIN STS.,
SOUTH NORW'ALK, CONN.,
Scotch Ghevbits, Meltons, Grape and
English Coatings,
MADE UP IN STYLE, AND AT LOWEST PRICES
A good fit warrant-ed and made as the customs i" may
Event it. Cutting done for others to make ashereto
ore. . .
A LARGE ASSORTM ENT OF
Gcilt's’ Furnishing Goods.
Also :1 LARGE ASSORTMENT 0i HATSandCAPS
REAL ESTATE.
FOR SALE.
HE Subscriber, being about to leave town, offers
for sale, at a very low price, his place, pleasantly
locutedon Fair street, in the Borough of Norwalk’.
The house is new, containing eight rooms, with
cellar, attic, pantries, the. There is also a conven-
ient burn on the premises. Will also sell part of
his furuilure,comprlslng parlor and chamber set.
and Cottage Organ, together with one Horse. one
Cow, Hires wagons. &C. FREDERICK BEERS.
8m 9
HOUSE TO RENT.
WILL be rented to a respectable family, a neatly
built cottage, with all modern conveniences,
and a low price. Enquire at the
39lf GAZETTE OFFICE.
BR SALE IH To.|,ET.—House on Butlerstreet. Pos-
session immediately. Enquire of
. BURR SMITH.
EMETEHY [III "III SALE—A Doublelot.82x16
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c adjoming the one Of Lcurand Lockwood. Eu
units of G. 1). JENNINGS, or R. L. ELLS.‘Com.
a SPLENDID FARM containing S‘eventy Acres.
with good buildings, fruit and water, situated
three miles north of Stamford, on the main road to
Long Ridge. Will be sold cheap, or exchanged for
good propertv. For full particulars enquire 01
any
JAMES MITCHELL, Real Estate Agent and Anc-
tionccr, Norwalk, Conn. 24tf
FUR SAlE UR T0 REHT
AT WESTPOBT STATION.
GOOD CONVENIENT HOUSE, with Garden,
Barn, and other Outhouses attached, and a well
of never-failing water, an abundance of good fruit,
.kc. Also, can be had with the same,.it‘ desired,
from one to eivht acres of land. Is within three
minutes walk OI the Railroad Depot, and situated
directly upon Westport harbor. Only a small per.-
tlou of the purchase money required down; the rest
can‘remain on bond or mortgage. For further par-
ticulars enquire of MARTIN GRACE.
Norwalk, April 29th, 1872. 18”
For Sale or Exchange.
For Sale Cheap or to Rent.
Merchant Tailor
A FIRST-CLASS .
Home Security.
The Union; & Norwalk ll. ll. 00.,
SEER forsale, at par and interest, their? per
cent. Coupon Bonds, in sums of Five Hundred
and One Thousand Dollars each, free from State,
County, Town, City, Borough, and School Taxes, in-
cercst payable on the first days of January and July
in 98.01 year. The Bonds are first mortgage on the
Branch Road new building from Bethe] to Hawley.
ville, and a subsequent mortgage on the entire road,
branches, docks. equipments, and real estatebclong-
ing to this Company, and are offered to the public as
ll. safe and reliable investment. Bonds may be ro-
,cured of EDWIN LOCKWOOD. President, IL-
LIAM C. STREET. and GEORGE E. MILLER, at
the Savings Bunk, in Norwalk. or the subscriber in
‘Danbnry. II. WILLIAMS, Treasurer of the
D. .k N. R. R. .
Danbury, Dec. 26th, 1871. 52.
WANTED.
st shares of the CupitalStoch of the Fair-
field County National Bank and ol-fl‘hc Nation-
al Bank of Norwalk.
- , GEO. E. MILLER,
mm at the Norwalk Savings Society
l MISSES BROOK WAY’S
SELECT SCHOOL
FOR YOUNG lAUIES A” MISSES.
Regular English Course, four years. Thorough in-
structiouin ' _
Musm, Languages, Drawing,
and Pamtln a".
A limited number of pupils received into the family.
FALL TERM COMMENCES MONDAY. SEPT.”
For circulars, address MISSES DROCKWAY,
. ' Box 443, Norwaik, Conn.
~DARIEN
srumim Hill YOUNG nulls.
THISIustitutionls pleasantly situated on Semi-
‘ nary Hill, about one mile from Daricn Depot.
horbeauty of location and scenery, and healthful-
uess of climate, no more desirable place can be
found. The building is new and built with direct
reference to the convenience and comfort of pupils.
The rooms arelurge with high ccilings,wcllveuti-
latcd, and newly furnished throuvhout: The school
year begins the fourth Wednesday in Se tember,
and.closes.thc third Tuesday in June. There will
be but one vacation ofabout aweek during the win-
terholidays.
For terms, etc., address
EMILY A. RICE,Pl'inclpul,
13 -Darien Deoot.Conn.
Boots and Shoes.
E, the undersigned, having formed a co-part-
‘ nership and purchased the Boots and Shoe .
Store of G. O. Keeler, would most rospcctfuilyinvite
his old customers, also, our old friends and patrons
and the publiclu general, to give usa call and we
wrilconvince them that by
e
,onnrs'rmss.
BY BOSE TERRY.
Here comes old Father Christmas,
With sound of fife and drums;
With mistletoe about his brows,
So merrily he comes!
His arms are full of all good cheer,
His face with laughter glows;
He shines like any household fire
Amid the cruel snows.
He is the old folks‘Chrislmas;
He warms their hearts like wine,
Ile thaws their winter into spring,
And makes their faces shine.
Hurrah tor Father Christmas l
Ring all the merry bells!
And bring the grandsfles all around
Tohear the tale he tells. '
i“
Here comes the Christian angel,
So gentle and so calm,
As softly as the falling flakes
He comes with flute and psalm.
All in a cloud of glory, .
As once upon the plain
To shepherd boys in J ewry, '
He brings good news again,
He is the young folks’ Christmas:
He makes their eyes grow bright
With words of hope and tender thought,
And visions of delight,
Hall to the Christmas angel ! .,
All peace on earth he brings; '
He gathers all the youths and maids
Beneath his shining wit gs.
Here comes the lltllo Christ-child,
All innocence and joy,
Andbearlug gifts in either hand
For every girl and boy.
He tells the tender story
' About the Holy Maid,
And Jesus in the manger
Before the oxen laid.
Like any little winter bird
He sings the sweetest song,
Till all the cherubs in the sky
To hear his carol throng.
He is the children’s Christmas;
They come without a call
To gather round the gracious child,
Who bringeth joy to all.
But who shall bring their Christmas,
Who wrestle still with life 'I
Not grandsires, yoqths, our little folks
But they who wage the strife;
The fathers and the mothers
Who fight for bread and homes,
And watch and ward the living,
And bury all the dead.
Ah! by their side at Christmas-tide
proprietorship by no means unwelcome.
The coming woman must put an end to all
this. Until now he has “fed 0 the _roscs,
and laid in the lilies” ot tutors He is
going to be taught his place. “Or, rather, I
am going to learn it witlput the, leaching,”
he suddenly mutiers, whilcllc rises frorll'the
rock. , ' - ‘
After that, he goes homcil It is about six
o’clock as he enters the hobse. Folke has
said that they are cOming in the half-past
six train. He supposes oueLO'ught to' dress.
He may be sent for after the servants I‘ve
paid their respects (thinkng this sthoughl
wilh a little satiric smile edging his lips).
He dresses. The operatign is rather in.-
borious, for the reason that llehlls made no ‘
elaborate toilet since he ‘33an toLongshore,
contenliug himself with loosely-comfortable
summer clothes, not to specify irresponsible
neck-lies. A short, curly, ébestnut heard,
the growth of the past two monthsfis made
to suffer rigid inspection. "He concludes
that it is mature enough not ‘to exterminate
with n razor—and rather becoming, he also
cannot help but iu‘clude. ' ” - ' -
Going down stairs he meets Folke in the
hull. 'Sisler Grisell has comé, he is _ infom-
cd. ' Sister Grisell is dressed for dinner.
Folke firrther volunteers: Mr. Gorme
walks libraryward, gets a book from one of
and altogether behaving with a‘sort of wild
to satisfy you.”
her. It dimly flashes through her mind
that nothing, in her appearance impresses
him; that there is some far away sweetheart
perhaps, who forms his ideal "of feminine
loveliness, and is hcr'deud oppOsile. She
hhrdiy knowa what she thinks this thought;
and yet his coolly courteous treatment
gives birth to it. In the mhtlc‘r of not show-
ing marked admirhtion from the first mo-
ment his eyes rest upon her, he is a man of
men. If he had deluged her with every-
thing saccharine in the way of civililies, she
would have'thought nothing strange of it.
All men more or less knee] to her. She has
grown to mark such genufieclions only by
missing them. 'She misses them in Mr.
Gorme, and almost for the first-time in her
life discovers that she has vanity.
“There will be no change in your dinner
arrangements unless you desire them,” she
tells him rather simply.
He does not. reply and a coming frown
seems‘ to cast a shadow on her smooth, cleur'
forehead. as he catches a glimpse of her face
just before she turns toward the dining:
room. ,
Afler dinner he makes it a point of being
the many book-cases, undllries therein. to
absorb himself. Presently-beathrows the
book aside, arises and reenters the hall,
waiting to find Folke and ask him how it- is
to be about dinner. Folke must know, and
know as well, a little while beforehand-
That something is his own game, from lips
feminine.
Gorme—ob, yes; I remember you wrote
me when he came.” "
Lips masculine take up the dialogue. »
“A quite nice sort of persons. Not over
twenty-three, I should suppose, and good
looking. He’d only been out of Harvard a
few weeks when -I took him. I really. think
Folke improves rapidly under his icharge."
moderately talkative. Mr. Fortescue occu-
sionally'stops him in the midstofa sentence,
apd addresses some remarks to his. daugh-
ter, for whom were 'she to speak while the
president of the United States was speaking,
aurelyuit were far better if hehimsclfshould he would perhaps make prompt and “pen- . 'mflly
. -. nous efforts to silence that personage. _
He had almost “333th the library thresh- With these trifling impertiueuces excepted, me, and
old when something makes: him pause. Mr. Gfirme has little. to complain 'of. He whether itbe Greek, °r Latin, or,llebrcw,"- rhyme.”
directs his conversation wholly to' Mr.
ludy he is' quite uncommunieative.
The evening is very hot and very stupid
to Mr. Gorme. One-cannot well enjOy read-
ing when the‘wiud has died down and the
thermometer sprung up into neatly tropical
weather; and~ Mr. Gorme finds himself
alone, and quiet without occupation, except
that which his own thoughts bestow, as he
anulysis,”, be gently responds; and then
adds, wilh'a quiet smile; “doubtless there is
no reason for my‘ suspicion hulf good enough
His quielude of manner somehow irritates
detain her brother’s tutor. 'He isperpetually
slipping away from her at the vsguest ex-
cuse for such evanisbment. , -
One afternoon she discovers that herds
sealed in a corner of the portico, reading;
Scattered round him are'; several chairs.
‘ Miss Fortescue hugs a novel under one arm,
andrambles carelessly out upon the poriico,
looking inwnward-all the lime,‘ and sealing,
herselfas thbugli 'lier thoughts'wore miles
distant trom'the chair she takEs.
I When - once "well, sealed,- she glances
ly she becomes more that she has a neigh-
bor. It is really very well done. . _
“Gracious, Mr."G'orm'e’, the idea of my not
seeing yohi" ’ Then she looks d0wn at her
novel and begins turning its pages lingering-
ly. “I'am so glad you were sitting.”
“May I inquire why 2"
me without being brazenly rude.” Her face
is very serio _until' the last wo'rd 'of this
sentence. T on it fairly blosoms with a
rich, brilliant smile. .
“Shall I be rude if I go?” he asks, lifting
his brows. “Thanks for. telling .me. And
if I continue reading, Miss Fortescue ‘2” 1 ,
He has brought her to be prepared for
shafts like these, and she chooses a new line
301‘ tactics to day in meeting them. There is
no biting of lips,-no angry surprise. Her
charming smile only wanes 0 little, and her
turquoise-colored eyes take rather tender
gleams. . . . -
“We won’t discuss the Question of wheth-
cr you would bérudein reading or: no,”_she
tells him. “I'smpureyoujdon’t mean
to read. I am shore you mean] to talk with
forget all about your stupid book,
(“Good .Heavens ?” shoots through her
ble l”) ,
For not a muscle of his face has changed
with the change in her own voice ; no lchst
sign has shown itself that she has warmed
within him even one faint spark of interest.
“I am very little of a talker,” he responds,
fingering the pages of his book as though he
wanted to get bacfio it.
absenlly here, there,.everywhere. Suddcn- .
“Because now you can't get away loom .
Imers, surprisedjy, _rememberillg the name
hisrecogniliou of these reading arrange-
‘menlgas a. kind of adjacent duty'lo his in-
tOrship of Folke. Yet Grisell persists in
holding them. “I will not be defeated,"
5sh'e men’tully decides. “He has shown me
once that he is flesh and bone. I mean to
cure, if I can his silly wish to imitate an
icicle.” _‘
So she excuses her persistence. At the
some time telling herself that Mr. Gorme is
amusing sort of contpan‘y, in spite of all his
odd airs and graces. ' -‘
One afternOOnsbe hands him a book
which her father has bought. “I made papa
get me this," she tells him, “because every
paper that I have seen for the past two
months has said somelhing about it. As we
have finished; ‘Men and Women,’ suppose
we take up, "Allan Errol.’ “It isn’t a novel,
though the name. sounds so."
“Areally long poem—quite a respectable
bookful,” he makes comment, turning its
pages slowly. They are in their usual
places on the portico “Shall I begin now?”
he asks. "It is easy reading—not at all in
Browning’s style. We Shall: not be long‘in
getting through with it"
“Have you read it then '2”
He laughs a lillle lau'gh. “You will‘be-
lieve so when I'tell you my best friend
wrote it. The author was my classmate at
college.”- -
“You mean Arthur James ?” she mur-
o‘n; thebook’stitle-pnge. “Pray tell me a
little aboutllim before we begin." » ‘
"In what way 1’”
Desk of sllubbery; seems to his ears, after he
has gained that rapid view of her Iovlincss,
iterating again and again the melodious
question,“ Is she not beautiful?” . '
He does notpause for a very long time,
bulipl'csently goes i611,” While‘flngering the
leaves of “ Allan Erroll,” Where it lies on
his knee: ‘ E
“ My friend naturally found much leisure
for the reacting and the closethonght which
he desired. Nearly 'two months passed in
the beautiful country-scat where he was
now living. Up to the end of that time
the family with whom he dwelthzld consist-
ed of only two persons, a father and son.
Suddenly. a young lady arrived, a sister of
the pupil, who had been spending her time
among friends since early May. Her com-
ing brought with it no lillle discomfort to
her brother’s tutor. He felt that much of
his precious freedom almost to wander
where and to do what he might please
would now sufi‘cr serious drawback. The
young lady’s father presented him to her
with a great deal of ill-munnc (l majesly.
The young lady herselfnppeared ' I‘SI to re- ‘, ‘
gard him with a sort of indolent unconcern,
and afterward wilh rude curiosity. I should
here mention what ought to have been
mentioned some time before: The name of
Arthur James was onewhicll my friend had
assumed, though only for lilcrary purposes—
a nom de plume.” -
;“ On the evening of the young lady’s ar-
rival, while he was taking a solitary walk
among some huge evergreens rather near
' the house, he became aware that, in a par-
t‘Well firstly, is he’nice looking? Has he
conventional hair and uneccentric collars i”
“As though he had never written .a
"I am so glad. I shall enjoy the poem
Fortescue and Folke ; towards the young mind as she finishes,"‘is this man ice or mar- more. Then—he‘s a gentleman,you know ‘2”
“A gentleman ?”
“Yes. You may look at me in lhat calm
dumb style as much as you please, but Iain
sure that you perfectly understand what I
mean.” . '
“1 do not understand."
“Oh, pshuw l” (with it deeply-irritated
shoulder-shrug.) “Is be good style ‘2 Is he
allcl path which the thick trees made quite
invisible, two other people were also walk-
ing. One was his employer’s daughter. and
one—”
“ Stop, Mr. Gorme, please.” Griss'ei has
risen, and her voice rings trenchant inter-
ruption, while a vivid spot of color flames
on either check. “ I don’t cure to hear any
more of your friend’s history‘. I begin to
think I have heard it before—the last part,
at least. Anyhow, I know what happench
He heard his pupil’s sister say something
thutwus sadly silly, and, because she had
the bad taste to say it, he at once drew the
conclusion that she was an insufferable. hol-
f‘Twcnty three,” is the reply.
low-minded coquctte, wilhout'a grain of the
CH AS. W. MANY,
.seems horrible young for a tutor."
But she is irrepressible this morning. —is he—at all like yourself, in outside man-
Thc Lord of Christmas stands; .
Her chair is not very far off from his, and here for example I‘m
‘8
“That threads the many winding paths cflhe great
He smooths the furrows from their brows ‘
lawn at Longshore. .
DWELLING HOUSE, only two years old,on
the Ely Neck road, South Norwalk, for sole
Honorabie‘Dealing (in Small Profits
DENTIST cheap, or to rent. which makes quick sales, that We are bound to give . » , .
’ E K LOCKWOOD satisfaction and defy compotltlo 0 tt ' With strong and tender hands' 5'] M G 'l 1"“ 11.1 l (l h .t.0n ,,
‘ . . . ~ 0. ur mo 0 is , - _ . . . . . _ .. _ .
NORWALK. Is , “Tun NIMBLE SIXPENCE IS BETTER THAN “1 take my 011mm“ gift,"he mu]. i once I orme war an I e w 1.9., Some nelghbors have driven over 1‘0 see toward him now she seems to lean all the , “.011? manners are similar.” wrirluan y 3010 in or composl l
e rises a 50.
Olso on Main Street, fiposite Connecticut Hotel.
Tooth filled and extracted. 30
lll‘lflllAi. TEETH IISERIID AI [OW HATES.
WI LLIAM MITC‘ HELL
At the ever popular
UNI 0N” MARKET,
has always the best of
EBEEP, VEAL, MUTTON, (it PORK,
at fair living prices.
Union (formerly Model) Mar-
hot, on the Bridge. . . 18
l‘airfield County
.1 . FIRE '
insurrruuourirr,
South Norwalk, Conn.
Cash Capital, - _
isseis,llu.10,1072, $205,000
l . ,, . _
W. S. HANFOBD, Presldenc,
- II. B. TURNER, Secretary. 4
O
J OHN ROBERTS,
Dealer in
of the subscriber,
He has taken a desk at J. B.
Office, Room No. 4,
can hereafter be found, or orders can be left. '
give prompt attention to the buying andsellingol
Real Estate, renting of places, Auctioneenng of real
and personal property, the collection of debts, &c.,
For Snl'e or to'cht.
HE Plucclately owned and occupied by.the late
John D. Lounsbury, in Winnipauk. The place
consists of a large Dwelling House, with modern
improvements,aud Five Acres ofgood Land. Pleas-
antly located on the main street, near Depot, Post
Ofilcc and stores. Possession given immediately.
Inquire of MORGAN ’1‘. SMITH. or GEORGE E
RANDLE, uearthe premises. 1.
“BUILDING LOTS.”
TB undersigned after for Sale some of the mosl
desirable building sites in the village, iyin’pnlong
the slope northwest of Union Park, convenientto the
village and easy of access, having an extensive view
of the village and harbor, prices low and terms easy.
Apply to A'. ll. BYINGTON,
S. E. OLMS’I‘EAD,
E. K. LOCKWOOD.
Norwalk Sept. 21, 1868.
M111 Property
. ' FOR SALE. '
T H E subscriber ofi‘ers for sale his tail . Property sit‘
dated in West Norwaik, about two miles from
Darleu Depot, three miles from South N orwnlk, and
two miles from New Canaan, consisting of a manu-
factory, two stories high, 86x18 feet, with about 12
feet head audfall of water, with three acres of land,-
uow used usa Saw Mill but. suitable for a manufacto-
ry of any kind. Terms easy and price low. Enquire
of JAMES FIN NEY, Real Estate Agent, Norwalk,or
CHAUNCEY STREET.“
39
West Norwalk, Sept. 25, 1869.
' Real Estate for Sale.
[IE land belonging to the estate of George W‘
Raymond,comprising some of the most desira-
$200, "00 hie propertyin South Norwalk, isnow offered forsaie
at
LEWIS F. BEERS, Trustee, GEORGE W. RAY-
M
C
a bargain by the trustee of that estate. Apply to
0
ND and CHESTER F.TOLLES, South Nprwalk,
onn. . tf26
JAMES FINNE Y,
[Real Estate Agent, Licensed Anc tlon
eer, Constable, Collector, Arc.
GRATEFULLY returns thanks for the very libel-ul
patornage heretofore extended him by a gener'
us public. and solicits a continuance of the same-
, Hurburt’s Law
Gazette Building, where be
He will
will make every reasonable exertion to pleaseall
BEEF, Mill-TON, PHHK AND HAMS’ zyhdomayfavorhimwiththcirpatronage.
RESERVES, 0A“!!! FRUITS, 0.0.,
No. 3 JAMES, BLOCK,
7 WATER STREET, NORWALK, CONN.
CHARLES P. UHLE, M. 10.,
PHYSICIAN 8!. SURGEON.
omce over Pro-.vitt’si) rug Store.
OFFICE HOURS :«lloruings, S to 10 o’clock;
'e singsl‘to 9 o'clock. 0rd: rs left nt.H. L. Uhle’s
g Store, will receive prompt attention. 11-tf
c. . . Locnwoon,
lliouahlc Draper dc Tailor
AND
antlemen’s Furnishing Emporium,
Main'Street, Not-walk, Conn.
ELBERT CURTIS,
Merchant Tailor,
Cur tis‘s‘Building, Main Street, Norwalk, Ct.
Gents’ and Youths’ Clothing cut and made to order
at short notice, of the best materials, in the latest
styles, by experienced workmen. Prices reasonable.
W. 1:. cans, M. 1).,
IYSICIAN J's SURGEJN, 0310c over Alfred
li-tapp’s store, Washington St., South Nor-walk,
Conn. fousultatiou gratis from 9 a. m. to 9 p.m. ms
Vorwalk Insurance Company.
NOBWALK, CONN.
w Capital,
.41 up Carina], $100,090
Wu. C. Srnnsr, President, Gro. R. Cowuxs, Sec’y
Essa. HILL, Treasurer.
$500,000
/
j 'J. SPENCER,
:WATCHMAKER,
UNDER NORWALK OPERA HOUSE, I
A well selected stock of
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
GOLD JEWELRY, -
arse-moms,
EYE GLASSES
ReiairiiiFhEaEEhlEiaSpecially.
Etna. Insurance Co. ‘of Hartford,
Incorporated 1819, Charter Perpetual.
Onpltnl and. Assets, $5,052,880 1!)
[cures azainst loss and damage by_Il‘ire, on terms’
adapted to the hazard, and couSistent with
the laws of compensation.
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Sole Agent for Norwalk and sicinity.
on. J. G. nsrsnosm,
D E N '1' I SEE . ,
NORWALK, CONN.
Odieelu Gazettelluilding Room No 8 o r ‘
son Brothers’store. ’ ' ' ve “Ck
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EDWARD RIVEEJ;
Druggist
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, JAMES MITCHELL,
REAL ESTATE BROKER
AND
' AUCTIONEER,
OFFICE MITCHELL’S BLOCK,
WALL STREET,
NORWALII, CONN.
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Sales of Furniture, at Owner’s
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Houses to ,Rent
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rLacns For. SALE vsnvixc IN Pnrcn,
' E from 35.000 to $50,000
Al Orders moat the UNION MARKET, Mitchell’s
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_ , JAMES MITCHELL.
SIMPIIGITV_l__ _Ecououvi
The Norwalk Eng/59w.
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Twenty per cent. added to the efieciive power of
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blliEcT Afllltll a. same: VIIIEEl STEAM PUMPS
Address NORWALK IRON WORKS,
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HARNESSES FOR SALE.
HE subscriber would respectfully inform the
public that c has now on hand a good assort-
ment of HAHN SSES, made of the very best mate-
rlals, which he will SELL AS LOW as tbcv can
possibly be furnished at any other similar estab-
lishment ill the county. Now for the orders. Let
me have them at once. WM. B. SWAN.
. Feh.1.1871. 9
unwnooms:
NEW pneumonia:
E. QUINTABB’S SONS,
AVE removed to their new room‘s'in thePost-o
. lice Building, (entrance one door west of the
oldstore) where they have avery large assortment o
Furniture of every description,
At greatly reducedprices.
UNDERTAKING,
in all its branches.
WATER I IVATER I
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CementWell Pipe,by
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anyone. WROUGBT d5 CAST IRON, TIN-LINED
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- Queen of Liverpool 62 London ,
Tan SLOW SHILLING." ,
SOLE Alli) UPPER lEA‘l'lIEil, l-‘lllllllas, 8.6.,
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tourrcriourav,
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C. H. DOUGLASS
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Fresh Confectionery
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WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Also. Ice Cream made to order at shortnotice
Partiessupplied.
C. H. DOUGLASS,
MAIN STREET, NORWALK, CONN
CARPENTER AND BUILDER.
HE subscriber wouldinformthe citizens ofNor-
walk that he is prepared to do
Building, in all of- its branches,
by contract, orby day'swork, and solicits ashore oi
patronage. rrWlittrytopleaeo. Sth-‘Ccnteravenns,
near Main street.
2 SAMUEL B. FITCH.
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House Furnishing Goods,
Also all kinds of
bléclsanics’ Tools,
AND
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of the best kind. Remember the place,
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' SOUTH NORWALK, CONN.
\‘v'. 0. QUINTARD, BORE KNAI’P.
IRON FENCING.
THE subscriber is now prepared to make and fur-
3ish several styles of
Wrought and Cast Iron Fencing,
to enclose churches, dwellings and burial plots.
. -—Also-—
Iron Gates, Door-s, Shutters and
Gratings.
Iron Stairs, and Bolts for building purposes, and
many other aritcles in theiine of
BLACKSMITH WOHK,
Shop ln'rear of Solmon’s Hut Shop, Union street,
South Nor-walk. ' 5
WM. H. DUNCAN.
For Sale at a Bargain.
NE'ao inch Tubular Boiler, one 8x10 Engine, 15
horse-power, one No. 2 Steam Pump, of Nor-
walk Iron Works manufacture, one Wat er Heater,
all in good working order, havebeen used but a short
time. For full information call on or address
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FOR SALE
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COUNTY FIRE INSUANCE 00., in lots of
. FIFTY. UHE HUHUREDJH FIVE HUNDRED SHARES.
W. S. I-Innford, qu., President will furnish in-
formation reiative to tile value of the above Stock.
4ts2 Apply to T. H. MORISON, Norwalk, Ct.
NEW GROCERY.
THE subscriber would inform the public that he
has taken a store in lsaacs’Builcling. Wall St.,
and has now on hand a full assortment of
CHfllCE FAMILY GROCERIES,’
selected with grcnlcare for this market, and which
will be sold at the lowest rates. He invites his old
friends and the public generally to, give him a call
and examine his stock, feeling fully confident, from
his long experience in the business, of his ability to
please. 16tf GOULD D.JENNINGS.
E2" Goods delivered within a reasonablcdistance
DOMESTIC. sun rAllcv BAKERY.
s . 1 . s M I T H ,
Succc5sor to S. R. Bunting do 00.,
AS taken the store at the entrance of the GA-
ZETTE BUILDING, where he will keep cou-
stantly on hands choice assortment of
PIES
, , ‘ BREAD
1
IN GREAT VARIETY,
which he willscrve fresh daily. He will also serve
his .customers from the wagon. as nsual,und will,
also, maintain his agencies at DEMMON & NEW-
COMB'S, Main Street. Norwulk, and at J. SULLI-
VAN 'S, South Norwalk.
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CHICAGO Lossbs.
cowans a MERRILL,
Agentsat Norwulk, Conn., issue Policies for the
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Hartford, “ 1,537,51900
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Pcop]e’s,0l’ Middletown,Ct., 248,374 as
Home, of New York, 2,723,200 52
Phoenix, Brooklyn, N. Y. 1,545,55710
Continental of New York, 1,427,49621
International “ 829,476 00
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Springfield,of Springfield, Muss, 570,78000
People’s, Worcester, Muss, 600,000 00
Franklin, Phila., Pa.. 3,268,918 39
Commerce, Albany, N. Y. 264.424 00
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Home, of Columbus, 0., 433,447 34
Alemania, Cleveland. 0., 205,00000'
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North iirt , 310 (I10 1135;15:038
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Apnd other Compan’lcs, Stock and Mntualfirl Con-
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cliches, meownns. , nouns lanolin.
“From thee, tired soul, and thee:
Who giveth to mylittle ones,
Gives also unto me!"
Our Young Folks/or January
HER BROTHER’S TUTOR.
I sha’nt have any Penopbon ready for to
morrow,.states Mr. ‘Folke Fortescue, with
fifteen-year old majesty, :“and for a very
' good reason ."
It is Folke’s study-hour, and Folke has no
business to talk. Mr. Gorme, his tutor,
_seated at an opposite end of the room, ud-
heres answcrlessly to his newspaper. He
has persuaded himself that total disregard
is the only way of doing the slimmest
damage to his pupils immense loquacily.
“Sister Grisell is coming home this even-
ing,” pursues Folke, narrowly observant Of
his tutor, to detect the vaguest sign of curi-
osity in like matter of hearing more.- “I
didn’t know anything about it till this morn-
ing. Wasn’t it mean of father not to tell
me! He didn’t want my mind taken off my
studies. Sweet excuse l” ‘
Silence on the part of Mr. Gorme, while
Folke relapses into the classic pages for
which he has a pronounced loathing, with
a certain conviction in his mind that Mr.
Gorme cannot be curious about anything.
Meanwhile, Mr; Gorme is very curious
indeed, wilhout showing it. He has been
with the Forlcscuee. folkerand’ son, during'
heard many fond allusions to the absent
daughter of the house. Now she is having
a superb time with the somebodys at such-
and—such nplace;agaiu her quarters have
changed, andshehas gone among fresh
friends and entertaiuel's'ncw. Magisterial
Mr. Fortescue always gets down from his
pedestal, and pulls in his august horns, and
turns a shade more human generally, when
he mentions “my daughter Grisell.” '
Besides all this. Mr. Gorme has seen a
portrait of the young lady that hangs in her
father’s study here at ' Longshbre. Her
father has told him it is absurdly like. He
believes that the woman with lily-white
skins, great, full throats, small heads, whose
profuse auburn hair waves fcrisply, and
iimpid eyes the color of turquoise, do not,
as a rule, exist outside of artists’ dreams and
poets fine frenzies. .
While he sits there in the school room,
seeming to the mind of poor Folke so com-
plete a jelly fish of indifference, he cannot
help wishing that Mr. Fortescue had spoken
a few words that morning relative to his
daughter’s expected return. Hitherto Folke
and himself had breakfasted and dined with
the master of the house; but doubtless, that
arrangement will be unpleasant to its young
mistress, who will probably entertain many
friends atL ngshore during the remainder
of the summer; Mr. Gorme has heard Folke
say that she is a great favorite with lots of
people. .
“You may come and take a walk with me
if you like,” he tells Folke, when study
hours are over. “I’m going down to the
marble-rock.”
“And I am going to drive the ponies
down to the slation for father and Grisell,”
announces Folke. “They are coming in the
half-past six.
Mr. Gorme speaks with a kindof unwill-
ing firmness. ' “The ponies are not very
safe Folke. *I can’t let you drive them _un-
less your fnther gave you permission.
“Which he did do, if you please,” cries
Folke, wilh the air of one who produces ‘a
trump-card to his opponent’s huge discom-
fiture. . _
Mr. Gorme is only to glad,-as he tells
himSelf, while starting on his way, that'the
lrump-card, has .been played. He dislikes
every thing which flavors in the least of,
peda oguisll opposition to Folke's wishes;
disli res even the privileges of possible con-
trol; dislikes all that relates to his tutorship,
except the Latin and Greek which he is
paid for driving into that handsome blonde
head so bitterly against its owner’s will,
And even the Latin and Greek have meagre
charm for him, since he is death tired ofVir-
gil, fine as he thinks it; and the recurrent
intelligence how many studio per day
marched the army of King Cyrus, fails
keenly to interest his scholarlytaste.
Mr. Gordie leaves behind him the great
gray—stone house, and passes downward
through ils wooded, trim-awarded grounds,
to the sea. The marbic-rock glimmers
whitcly from~mulliludes 01 others that, in
noblest turmoil of picthresqucness, edge
this beautiful, heavy foliagcd shore. He
perches himself upon the marble-rock, pro-
duces a vast mccrschnum, and, while amok-4
ing it, lets himself passionately enjoy the
murmur, the color, the brilliance of this ex-
quisite utlernoon beside lhe sea.
But the pnjoymeut does not last long; for
a certain nameless discontent draws him
away from his happy lotus-feast, and makes
ils luscious vivauds unpalatable. Name-
less he might deceive himself by calling it,
but really not nameless at all—really, an
angry regret that Miss Grisell Fortescue is
coming to Longsllorc. Unlil now, he has
almost fell, at times, as though this delight-
ful pleasure-land were his own. When
freed from his duties with Folke, he could
wander where be listed, smoking in the
summer house, writing in the library from
the great bronze family inkstand itself,
scattering his books about the sitting-roan
half May and all J one, and in that time has '
1'
then he appears in the hall. ,Mr. Fortescue
and his daughter are both standingin the
door-way looking out upon the _ lawn, now.
Mr. Forlescue‘ hears ‘Mr. Gorme’s slep on
the resonant hall filings. He nods. with
great cordiality—the sqrt of cordiality that
has wrong an inward groan from his son’s
t'ulor many times before now; a language
it evident how civil he really has been to
immediately away and goeson talking with
his daughter. .
Mr.~Gorme however, persists in coming
shoulder shouldhe so desire.
“Has it been warm'in the city to-day, sir?!
he wants to know, a little awkwardly.
this. Yes he sees now that the portrait
was right. She has the same pure colored,
amber-haired beauty the painter gave her.
supremely precious in his purentinl eyes
that for Mr. Gorme thus boldly to approach
her without a shade of dncourugement,
seems a kind of mild sacrilege. '
auction even as long as that geufiman has
ahead. done. '
But he is angrier slill when he finds him-
self presented in the followmg manner.-
whom Iwas telling you. ‘ Folke’s tutor you,
know.” '
with'cd‘nsiderable courtesy, however. As
physical power to acknowledge it.
some,” the young lady remarks, looking
lawnwa:rd, as though she did hot care about
an anew er. .
“Heiszvery troublesome at times,” slates
Mr. Get me. . ’ '
Both fulher and Tdallghler looked around
with astonished faces. Mr. Gorme goes on,
inscmtlably. E
“I raircly have known a boy who was
not.” ' .
Mr. Fortescue coughs his masterial best,
and walks towards the dining-room. The
beautih 1i Grisell lingers. She is staring at
Mr. Go rmc, and Mr. Gorme pretends that he
doesnt )t observe the impertinence, becauSe
of som e difficulty with a seal-ring on one of
his fin; 1;ers. . . ‘
But Grisell means no importinence. She
has be en pelted and spoiled all her life by
her fallher, by her mother, who died seven
years ago, and by scores of fashionable rela-
tions. She has never really been taught
mania ars. Nobody in the circle where her
childir sh benuly charmed, and where her
.woma nly beauty has dazzled, ever has
seeme d to requiremore of her than that she
shall be graceful, amiable, beautiful. Her
word has been law, and her social away a
kind of absolute monarchy tempered with
fascir lotion. Among her wershipporsshe is
such: mung. With one whom, as in the case
of M1 Gorme, she vaguelytakes itfor grant-
ed it lat he is a. sort of inferior—with a per-
son ‘ whom she has never seen or heard of
mm "c as being socially “anybody,” and
who: 11 her friends do' not know or care to
knov ve-the huge fault iu‘Miss Fortescue’s
brcel ling becomes keenly apparent. She is
ing 11 his Mr. Gorme that she believed herself
at al [his better; but it never occurs to her
“till he has a claim upon her pretended in-
tern st, even if she cannot possibly give him
mow e; and that because he has suddenly
sun n-ised her out of her indifference by on
time xpected sentence or two, the very barrier
bet" ween their positions here in her father’s
hon se makesapronounced rudenesso what
tow. ard one of her own friends, 'might'easily
be p ardoncd._ .
Hi 3 [butler meets Mr. Fortescue at the
dinil lg-room threshold, announcing din-
ner ‘ ‘Grisell," calls her father, rather grand-
ly, dinner is served, my dear ;” and himself
ente rs the dining-room. Mr. Gorme" looks
the picture of tranquility, but feels like any-
thi} lg else. Justus the beautiful Grisell is‘
[110‘ ving away, he concludes to take the bull
by the horns. ‘ ' _
5" Pray excuse me, Miss Fortescue,” he
more, “but have you heard whelhcr I
to occupy the family table in the
ire ? I have received no instructions on
point.”
8 he looks astonished again, and a trifle
con fhscd. “You have always done so until
to-c‘ iuy have yOu not? she queslions.
of Yes.”
I p go her straight-auburn eyebrows. ,
. And may I inquire of you why my own
‘ arri ival should alter such an arrangement ?”
mu;
am
fall
this
"I
i f' ,I did not make the matter one of close
a...
In vain.
“I think we nearly always have a breeze little,
here at Longsbore," comments Miss Fortes- ““939-
cue,.addressing her father. She. has just pause:
been staring at Mr. Gorme with immense ‘1
boldness during the past three or four sec- '1’
onds; and he is devoured wilh silent rage V
that Mr. Fortescue should delay ,the intro- :1
‘ Mr. Gorme”
Miss Fortescue looks perfectly interested following day, that M11 Gorme meets Miss
behind just the ghost of a smile. She bows Fortescue.
not 1‘ a snob. She would shrink from _show- '
the just returned Miss Fortescue, and, 'while
he wanders between the hugh bosks of ever-
green about the lawn, ripples of laughter
float to him from the distant portico. Pres-
ently he goes down to the shore, and stands
for a while in the starlight watching the
vague, low-tide beach, with its kelp-grown
bowlders and its ragged crngs. After a
in which Mr. Fortescue endeavors l0 make little space he returns towards the house.
While walking between two solemnly-
Tom l0 DiCk 01‘ to Harry, notwithstanding dark rows of evergreens he is a little startled
“711916 gulfs 0" WOTdIY and 399““ difi'erence. by hearing voices behind these dense masses
But Mr. Fortescue attempts nothing more of foliage. _ Miss Fortescue and a friend are
than this beeming nod; he turns 11“ head evidently enjoying a slroll iogethér. For
the second time that day Mr. Gorme hears
his own name on Grisell’s lips.
His name is Gorme;'aud such a queer
forward. Since the introduction must take piece of impertumbilityl He behaves as
place. it has been be gotten over as 69011 as if a'bomb-shell at his elbow wouldn’t do
possible. He draws nearer, nearer, anti fin.- mOI'e than just faintly incommode him.
ally is near enough to touch Mr. Fortescue’s Sort of nice, though, somehow.”
Another voice :—
“Are you going to level your broadsidcs
upon him, Grisell dear? I suppose it will
Father and daughter both face him, ‘at be a case ofLady Clara Vere dc Vere very
soon. I shall be imploring you to.
. ‘Prsy Heaven for a human heart,
And let the foolish tutor go.’
'llExceedingly warm,” Mr. Fortescue re- Do you really mean that he will be' respect-
sponds, a trifle slifily.‘ Grisell is a thing so able pastime during August?”
“I- mean that Gertrude, that -I shall be res-
peclable pastime for him before the end of
bat period, or else. thatl shall have tried
Grisell's' voice was roughed a
and each word wears a certain firm
She goes on rapidly, after a brief
“I think your professional co-
uettes, Gertie dear, are usually. very silly
coplc, whose successes . are confined to
cry silly people also. I have no stupid
im of this sort. _I merely desire to show
“That you can break his heart, if you
choose, and prove to him how human he is."
A burst 0‘ laughter from how girls. judge. When everything is darkness, you
“Grisell, this is the Mr. Gorme about Their path Windl away just here, ceasing
any longer to be parallel with his.
It is not until after school-hours, on the
They meet then,in the library. He has
for MrgGorme, concealed fury at this mode gone in for “Pooh and-she happens ‘0 enter
of introduction nearly takes from him the at the same time by a 5‘39”!“ (10°?-
“Heavens, how you startled me !” she
“I sup pose you find Folke very trouble? screams, With immense wildness.
“I am very sorry.”.
He has gotten his book; he is leaving the
room. ‘
She calls to him, softly:
Mr. Gorme.”
“Well, Miss?”-
“For Heaven’s sake don’t ‘miss’ me," she
reprimands, gathering her brows a trifle and
yet smiling. “It is so like the butler. You
want to be different from the butler, don‘t
you ll"
"Some people do not see very much differ-
ence bettvccn the positions of butler and tu-
tor,” he answers, traquilly.
“Ignorant people do not, nor vulgar peo-
ple. Do you mean to say that you suspect-
ed me of such opinions 1’"
Mr. Gorme’s hand goes mustachewnrd ; he
has it very small mustache, which he s~-
limes strokes.
“I had known you for so short a time,
Miss Fortescue ; and there is no accounting
for tastes.” '
“I understand.” She tries not to bite her
lip; failsfiand bites. “If I tell you that I am
neither ignorant nor vulgar, you are willing
to believe me, perhaps ‘9"
“Should I not be disobliging ifI refused?"
“I called you backu—she changes the
subject—“to find out what book you had
taken. Is it a novel l”
“N o. I do not think you would be any
wiser if I should tell you its title than you
were before hearing it."
Miss Fortescue feels in. feline- desire to
I'iicrutch the gentleman with whom she is
speaking. As it is, she grows scarlet, and
curls her lip. ,
“Hindostsnee I suppose ?"
“Oh, no, Greek!"
“i thought school hours were up. Or are
you leaning the lesson you have set poor
Folke for tomorrow, so that you may fright-
en him with. your erudition ?”
. She rather flatters herself that he has
thought of quite an original rudeness. ‘
“Not precisely that, he answers, prompt-
ly. “Miss Fortescue forgets that her father
pays me for knowing Greek already, not
for learning it at Loagshore.”
He has the placid manner of_one who
ventures upon correcting some misappre-
hension and yet she sees the strongrebuke
underneath this mode of utterance, like the
play of muscular linlbs underneath some
clinging garment. Bowing suavely but
ever so little, he passes out of the room.
At dinner, that evening, they meet again,
and do not exchange a word with ouch
other. But, after dinner, she chances upon
him, as it appears, while he is passing
through the lower ball. She makes him
talk to her for a little while; there is noth-
ing belligerent between them this time, and
he leaves her presently, wilh nothing
brusquc about his departure. And yet he
leaves her with an impression of having
gotten away as so'on as possible.
During .lhc next week there are several
more meetings of this sort; some long, some
brief. Oh no occasion docs Grisell find her-
iselfsbie to do more than just temporarily
rich-moulded languor of her faultless figure,
both shoulders drooped forward in a be-
wilching curve, and the little cleft, peach-
like chin thrust out from her lovely, side-
long face. .
“Then you shall read to me," she sweetly
commands. “I likdicing read to. - If your
book is either English pr French, I shau’t
send you into the house to get another one.”
consents. He appears to be simply stating
a fact, with nothing moody about his man-
ner, and on the other hand, nothing amia-
bic. . .
She jumps up from her chair, seizes it, and
brings it very appreciably nearer to his.
“Then you mean to read 1’” seating her-
self ngain, and again leaning toward him,
now so near that he feels her breath delica-
tely break against his face. “How charm-
ing! Let me see what you have there ;" and
she reaches out a hand, from whose perfect
wrist and arm the light, summer muslin
falls backward almost to her dimpled elbow.
'Hc lets her take the book, a little uncon-
cerned sort of smile just edging his lips.
“Ah l poetry i” she cries out in a pleased
way. “Are you fondof poelry? I worship
it. Let me see whose these poems are. Oh,
RobertBrpwning's. He’s the man who is
so hard to understand, isn’t he i”
“Some people find him so.”
She bases her elbow-en herlapavery sud“
denly indeed, rests her check against her
hand, and stares at him wilh an exquisite,
childlike wonderment, wholly lacking afi‘ec-
tation. ’ ' .
“Don’t you find him so ? Not ever .9
“,Now and then his thought ifs. little hard
to follow. But he rewards the labor you ex
pend upon him in mapy instances.”
She hands him back the book, settling her-
self into demurest primness.
“You shall read him to me, and I sbai
shall say, ‘Let there be light.’ "
He takes the book and Opens it.
“I hope there will be," he comments un-
impassionabiy.
“You musn’t jfi‘dge my intellect by Folke’s
—poor, dear bby 1 Does it follow, because
he is a simplelon, that I am a simpletoness?
Have you forgollonhow Charlemagne wa
thefntller of King Pepin l” -
“History hopes so,” he answers, beginning
to read, He has read a line when she stops
him. .
“It sounds sort thickory-nullish already.
However, that wasn’t why I stopped you. I
want to know the name of the poem you’re
honoring me with?”
“Any Wife to any Husband is its title.
May I begin again now l" -
“Yes.” -
He commences. He has read about seven
stanzas when he hears her sigh a. mammolh
sigh. And therewith he pauses again.
“It has been opaque for quite a little
while, with flashes of Comprehension. How
tormenting l You couldn’t give, could you,
a sort of—of— 1’.”
“Plain-prose explanation of what ' Mr.
Browning means ‘3” .
“Precisely.” She has thrust out that
round, pink chin again, and creased her
s,moolh forehead ever so faintly, and made
her eyes two wistful stars. “How quick
you are at catching meanings ! I really
think you can read me quite as well as you
read those headachy poems. But I am not
llcudachy nbit; I am very easy to under:
stand.” ‘ L.»
Every sentence seems to hang a. lantern
for her along the dark, intellectual path
through which she has tried to follow him.
He is a firm lover of Browning—one of the
few to whom this poet’s many sidedness and
complexity offer any real Charm ; one of the
few that can discern his work’s fine ming-
iing ‘of rough and delicate, of sweet and bit-
ter, of drqmnlic quartz and lyric silver. Un-
cohsciously, while speaking, his voice rises
and falls in larger waves of earneslncss; he
forgets .nearly everything but his subject,
and thathe has long been in love with. ‘ A
new fire warms his eyes, making them shine
'out right richly- beneath his high, broad forc-
head. Grisell is astonished and fascinated—
at least to all appearances. Be this as it may,
the man has given her a glimpse into his
nature, though brief enough the duration of
such scrutiny.
For this enthusiasm cools very quickly.
He ccuses speaking wilh life mostuuexpecl-
ed abruptuess, and returns to the book. “I
have been thrown offmy guard," his whole
manner seems to express, while Grisell
mutcly watches him. Into his usually pale
face an undeniable color is stealing.
‘f Shall we go on with the reading l’" he
presently wants to know. 0
“Yes of course. And you have rendered
the pocm'so clear to me now i” ,
Something in her voice makes him glance
up from his book and momentarily search
her face. It has grown grave on a sudden;
the brilliant smile is now here, but the eyes
still keep their wistfuilness. ’
During many subsequent days it so hap-
pens that they hold many more such meet-
ings together. All his old, unimpnssioncd.
unimpassiouable manner has retired to him.
Since that one betrayal of feeling and fer-
vor, he has panoplicd‘ himself in coldness
more thoroughly than ever. He contrives
to make her understand, without uttering a
. syllable that could at all clearly imply it,
“Wel‘ shan’t waste any more time with
my queslions. Suppose we begin ‘Allan
Erroll’ at once ?” ,
Grisell was wrong when she stated that
this poem of Mr. Arthur James’ was not a
novel, It is a novel, full of all the incident,
romance, and passion, that would delight
any lover of mere fiction ; but, in addition,
there is a glorious lyric melody bursting
“It is English.” He neither refuses nor blossom-wise out of a rich,nobly-rhythmic solemnily.
ground-work of blank verse, a poetic hand-
ling of situations, an intellectual fearless-
ness in general treatment, and a pronounced ~
originality of style, that explain to Grisell
the book’s recent success before Mr. Gorme
has read three pages of it.
And he reads it finely. She cannot but
mark this satisfied as she has lately becculc
regarding his excellent elocutiou. Brown- ‘
ing‘s rhymcd subtleties were not given with
deruess, musical :force. Almost she grows
convinced that the false stucco, so like mar-
ble, is falling away from Mr. Gorme again,
and that the real flesh-anrl-blood man is be-
ginning to reveal himself. She has struck a
chord beyond his I licent tranquility, now
as once before. T e first was his love for
Browning; the second is his love for his
friend Arthur James.
He reads on. The interest and power of
the poem both deepen.‘ Grisell sits spell-
bound, u. beautiful picture of lnlensgualten‘:
lion. The work and its reader have become.
one somehow. The marvelous music of the
verse appears inseparable from the voice
that utters it._ When Mr. Gorme finishes,
there 'is a dead pause of perhaps three min?
ulcs. He keeps his eyes fixed on the last
page of the book for nearly that space of
ime; then he lifts them to Grisell’s face.
The beauty of its sweet silent enthusiasm
almost makes him dizzy.
“How exquisite 1” she murmurs, very soft-
ly. “I do not wonder that he is in men’s
months. There are parts that almost seem
to me like a god’s writing.” '
Mr. Gorme dl'oops his eyes bookwnrd, not
answering.
More silence; which she suddenly breaks.
“What a glorious man he must be ; I
should so love to meet him! Of course he
is married.” '
H-N'o." . .
“Then some woman is yet to be made
happy. All, how he will dwarf all other
men to her! How she will learn to worship
him i I think she would be some—some—”
Her voice lessens hesitatingly ; her eyes have
a glowihg, straight-ahead look, as though a
thought of keenest interest absorbed her.
“Well ?" he asks, abruptly lifting his own
eyes, and speaking with tones that startle
her for their sharpness—so intensely differ-
ent from his usual soft speech.
“I think she should be some woman who.
like myself, has only met men with tastes
for spending money and- talents for wearing
fine clothes; who never dreamed, until she
knew him, that the world held anybody
much wiser or better than these valuable
specimens. Then the surprise would be so
born again, somehow l” _
Here Grisell stops, He is staring very
hard at her face. Something about the look
first puzzles, then irritates her. “ You don"t
believe me i” she exclaims offendedly.
He answers withmuch slowness:
“Arthur James would not. He is a deep
disbeliever in all women such as (yourself.
Women who havefiled your iifc,had your
sort of friends, been brought up amid pre-
tcnsiou, vanity, and all that.”
She flushes a little. ‘
p
in any kinds of women, to judge from his
book." '
“ He did not, when the book was writ-
ten. But somclhing has happened since-
“18H,” .
“ Ahl some chilling experience i"
“ Rather chilling.” ‘
“ Pray tell me about it.”
Mr. Gorme drops his . eyes bookWard
again. Quite a lillle time lapses before he
begins to speak. Grisell is intently watch-
ing him. - ‘
“My. friend, like myself, secured, nftc
leaving college, a position as tutor in a pri-
vate family. The success of his poem in ight
have‘filled some men with a desire to throw
themselves headlong into literature as a
means of daily bread-gelting.’ But his
whole nature turned from such a course as
this. He believed, with Matthew Arnold,
in ‘art unsevered from tranquility,’ and in
the sort of poetic labor that is ‘loo grentfor
haste, too high for rimlry.’ Accordingly,
be conquered u long desire for worldly cl:-
joymeuts, follies, and frivolities, concluded
that the city was no place for the plan if
life he had devised, and presently found
himself, through the influence of some
friends, not very hard at work, in a tulclar
sense, divesting, for a. certain young student
the fortunes of the pious Eueas from their
many grammnlic myslerics.” .
Mr. Gorme pauses and steals a fleet look
at his listener. Never was listener more at-
tentive. Both hands‘are crossed in her
lap;her exquisite head is thrown slightly
forward; a delicate wind, blowing from
blue reaches of water that are just glimpsed
between distant lrce tops, tremble the small,
warm-colored rings of hair about clear
- brow nud-vugue-veincd temples. A trush
that is warblin‘g deliciously from a near
. . . , - _ p
this same ringing abandonment, mellow ten of her old “ spoiler ,, days.
“ I should not think that lie disbelieved '
“ Yell askedfor a certain explanation. ‘I
have given it to you.”
She goes on in hot haste.
“ With all his genius, this—this friend of
yours cannot be said to read women with
anything but a feeble c 'c."
He draws a step nearer to where she is
standing. His look holds a deep, meaning
“Are you sure that he has read her
wrongly ‘9"
“ I am certain of‘it."
He smiles a gravefilow smile.
“ August is nearly over. She has kept
her word. She has-had ‘ respectable pus-
time.’ Hchas read her’, and explains to her
a
e
book that is worth hearing, worth having
xplninct .”
She losses her hcadfivilh a. most haughty
etulancc; she cannot help it; it is a result
“If your friend told me that he had not
enjoyed those readingsI simply shouldn’t
believe him."
He has drawn very near to her very sud-
dezly.
“He could not utter such a falsehood us
that. His enjoyment has been great—400
great—400 dangerously great.”
“ How ‘ dangerous?” these two words
being low and slow.
, ,Hc almost whispers his answer, having
drawn so near to her now that it seems as
though he can draw no nearer.
8 Because—my friend is hcr'brolher’s tu-
- tor.”
She laughs a full rich laugh.
“ Your friend wrote ‘ Allan Erroll’ l”
He feels his heart give quick throbs, then ;
but he only stands beside her, searching her
face with earnest eyes while he murmurs:
“ Her father is a very proud man.”
She‘lnughs again. After a pause she
says :
“ I think her father likes her stupidity
enough to try and get her the moon if 'she
really begged for it.”
He seizes one of her hands between both
of his own. She does not draw it away.
Edgar Faiccett, in. Appleton’s Journal.
Bonnie Christie. ,
Two boys were in a school room alone
together, when some fireworks, contrary to
'the master’s express prohibition, exploded.
The one boy denied it; the Other, Bonnie
Christie, would neither admit not deny it,
and was severely flogged for his obstinacy.
When the boys got alone again—-
“ Why didn’t you deny it ?” asked the-
real-delinquenl. . -
“Because there were only we two, and
one of us must then have lied,” said Bon-
tnie. ' r
“ Then why not say I did it 1’”
“Because you said you didn’t, and I
would spare the liar.”
The boy’s heart melted; Bonnie’s moral
gallantry subdued him.”
When school resumed, the young rogue
marched up to’lhe master’s desk and said,
“ Please, sir, I can’t bear to-be a liar; I let
03‘ the squibs," and burst into tears.
The mnstcr’s eyes glistened on the self-
nccuser, and the unmerited punishment he
had inflicted on his schoolmate smote his
conscience. Before the whole school, hand
in-handwilh the culprit. as if they two were
paired in the confession, the master walked
down to where young Christie sat, and said
with some emotion: “ Bonnie, Bonnie, lad,
he and I beg your pardon, we are both, to
blame!”
The school was hushed and still, as older
schools are apt to be when anything true
and noble is being done, so slill that they
might have heard Bonnie’s big~boy tear
drop proudly on his copy-book, as he sat
enjoying the moral triumph which subdued
himself as wellhs the rest; and when, for
want of something else -to say, he gently
cried, “Master forever !” The glorious
shoot of the scholars filled the old man’s
eyes with something behind his spectacles,
which made him _wipe them before he re-
sumed his chair. '
‘ ——.—
Twenty Polnu of Pletv. .
The following is a short account of our
duty to God and our neighbor. It was
written in 1557 by “a good man -”
1. To pray to God continually
2. To learn to know Him rightfully,
3. To honor God in Trinity,
The Trinity in Unity,
The Father in His majesty,
The Son in His humanity,
The Holy Ghost’s benignity,
Three persons one in Deity,
. To serve Him ulway, guilclcssly,
. To ask Him all things, needfully,
. To praise Him in all company,
. To love Him alway, heartily,
To dread Ilim alway, Chl'i'slianly,
. To ask Him mercy, penitently,
10. To trust Him alway, faithfully,
11. To obey Him ‘alway, willingly,
12. To abide Him nlwny, patiently,
13. To thank him alway, thankfully,
14. To live here aimly, Yll'illOiISl)’,
.15. To use thy neighbor honestly,
16.'To look for death slill presently.
17. To help'the poor in misery,
18. To hope for heaven’s felicity:
19. To have faith, hope. and charity.
20. To count this life but vanity,
Bopot'nta of Oflnistz'am'ty.
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