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. WHOLE NUMBER 14.08.
JESSIE.
Jessie is both young and fair,
Dewy eyes and sunny hair’;
Sunny hair and dewy eyes
Are not where her beauty lies.
J cssic is both fond and true,
Heart of gold and will of yew:
Will of yew and heart of gold—
Stitl her charms are scarcely told.
If she yet remain unsung, " '
Pretty, constant, docile, young,
What remains not here compiled t
Jessie is a little child I
Bret Harte in St. Nicholas for January.
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A Bacnnmtnvs SURPRISE.
A chill December evening, with the rain
and snow forming a disagreeable sort ,gf
conglomol'ation on the‘sidewalks, the g s
lamps at the earners flickering sullenly
through the mist, and the wind taking one
viciously :is one came around the corner.—
Not a nleasant evening to assume posses-
sion of a new home. lint necessity knows
no law, and Mr. Barkdaic put up his night
key into the red brick house in the middle
of the block sincerely hoping that his new
landlady would have the common sense to
light a fire in the grate. ' 5
“Is_ it you sir i" quotli Mrs. Hinman.
beamingly. “There’s a good fire, and it’s
all right.”
. “All right, eh i" said the bachelor, feel-
ingthc blue tip of his frosted nose, to see
whether it had escaped being frozen off on-
tirely. :
“Well, I ain glad to hear that.
trunks;come .9”
“Oh, yes, sir—and the other things.” '
“What other things?” demanded Mr.
Barkdale.‘ '
But Mrs. Hinman parsed her lips up. “I
wasn‘t to tell, sir, please."
“Rather an eccentric old lady,” thought
Mr. Barkdalc, pushing past her to the third
story front room, which he-had solemnly
engaged the day before. ‘ -
It had been a dark and dingy little den
by the light of the moon; but now softened
by the coral shine ofa well filled grate, ~it
wore quite another and brighter aspect. '
“Velvet paper on the walls, gilt paneling,
red carpet, and a Sleepy Hollow chair.
thought Mr. Barkdale, glancing around. ‘4
“Not so uncomfortable, after all. When
I get my things unpacked, it will seem
quite homelike.” ' ‘ 4
. He sat down his valise in the corner, de-
liberately opened it, took out a pair of slip-
ers, and invested his tired feet therein.
ext he laid ofi‘ his overcoat.
“Now for a cigar," thought he.
'But the brown layered weed was yet in
his hand, when there was a hustle, and a
flutter, and a whisper, and a merry noise on
the landing outside, and the door flew open
as if by magic to admit half a dozen bloom-
ing, laughing girls. ‘
Mr. Barkdale droppe
treated a step or two.
"Dpiftbe alarmed," said the tallest and
prettiest of the bevy; ‘It’s onlya surprise;’
“A very agreeable one, I'm sure," said
our friend, recovering in some degree his
presence of mind. . '
“There’s no mistake, I hope,” said a yel-
low dressed blonds. Your name is not
Gifcnfield i”;
o mista e at all, I assure ou " said
Mrfihrkdale. “Of course it is n’dt Green-
. field. ,Sit down ladies.”
Have the
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d’his cigar and re- i
i
t
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low chair, a camp stool and two rheumatic
receptlon ‘chairs, which were all the accom-
modations presented by this apartment.—
But, instead of accepting this courtesy, the
‘4 girls all fluttered out again iv lin audio 9
a second, before he codifiBI'eall‘ke this p
strange condition of affairs, they were hack 1
again with boquets,apyramid ofmacaroons,
piled up plates of sandwiches, of frosted l
cake, and a mysterious something like unto
an ice cream freezer. ' :
The golden tressed girl clapped her
hands. -
“You needn’t think we are doing all this
for you. sir,” she said.
“Obi” said Mr. Barkdale, bashful!
I—hadn’t any such impression." y »
“It’s alla snr rise designed for Kate‘s n
p ° seau without which Katie‘s long-deferred
marriage must still be a deed for future con-
ideration. ‘
cousin." ‘_
“Is it? said Mr. Barkdale, more in the
dark than ever.
“And how do you suppose we found it
Ill out i" demanded the tall girl with the.
black eyes and scarlet feather in her hat
”i haven't the least idea."
“We found your letter to Kate, and we
girls read it, and we resolved to take you
and her both by surprise. Barbary—that
is Barbary Morris, in the blue merino dress
with a turn of her long lashes toward the l
olden haired girl, “pretends she has moved t
ore, and Kate is to- come and spend the a
terpane,
instrument which was to bring her fresh pa-
pils, and do justice to her really excellent
evening with Barbary. Won't it be a joke i"
_ “Stupendous i" said our hero. gradually
beginning to comprehend the fact: that he
was mistaken for someone else.
“What will Kate say when she sees you
here ll" ejaculated another maid, merrily.
-“Ahl.what, indeed i” said Mr. Barkdale,
wondering in what words he could best ex-
plain matters.
“Of course we shall all i k th t b
00 e 0 her gratefully received, so joyfully gloated over,
what was to be done with it while they re-
mained in town i The widowed aunt had
i
the post office, for she had no faith in it
way while you are kissing and hugging her,
said Miss Barbara,” demui'cly.
“Veryioonsiderate of you,I am sure,” ob-
served r. Barkdale. . ,
”She's the sweetest girl in New York,”
exclaimed the tall damsel enthusiastically.
“I am one of her dearest fiiénds,
our sewing machine side by side at Madame l
Grillard’s. Hasn’t she ever written to you l
about Alice Moore ll”
“i-I don’t just this mment recall th
she has.” '
“Oh, well, it doesn’t matter," said Alice
“Just you sit down, and be a good boy,
while we fix the tables. Aren’t those roses
beautiful? My goodness gracious, bow as- S
tonished Kate will be i”
“She oan'tbe more thanI am," said Mr. 3
Barkdale, sinking into the Sleepy Hollow
chair, and passing his handkerchief vigor,
. onsly across his forehead. “Well it is a
mere matter of fate ; I can’t see how I am to
explain myself; and yet, perhaps, I had
Ought to explain. Ladies—" .
“Hashosh-sh-sh," cried the six pretty .
girls, ‘all in a hissing chorus: “Kate is
coming;Bessie has brought her. Hush-sh
Don’t say a word, Mr. Greenfiel ." The
golden haired girl’s hand was clasped over
his mouth. Alice Moore grasped his arm
spasmodically, and the other four danced a
sort of bewitchiag little feminine war dance
“about him. while a seventh girl entered—a
pretty, Madonna faced creature like a dove.
“Come and kiss him, Kate," cried all the
others. “Now don'tbe ridiculous, for we
shan't take any notice. Here he is.” -
“Kiss who i .’ cried Kate, stading still and
storing all around her. “Girls, what 'on
earth do you mean t" .
“You provoking thing!" exclaimed Bar-
bara; stamping her little foot. “Do you
suppose we are all fools? Why, of course,
we know all about him. It's Mr. Green.
field-your cousin, Kate—the young M. D."
Kate looked around in bewilderment.
- “ Where i"
“Why, here."
. “Not ing of the sort !" said Miss Kate,
demurely.
Our hero stood up, feeling himself grow-
ing uncomfortably warm and red.
“Ladies," he said, “there's some mistake
here. Isaid at the outset that my name
Was not Greenfield.”
“There l” cried the girls at ones.
"There l" echoed Kate, defiantly,
“Didn’t we tell you i" cried the girls.
“Didn’t I tell you ?" retorted Kate-
“Be kind enough to let us know what
our name is, sir l”
“Cephas Barkdale," said the wretched
victim of a misunderstanding.
“But,” said Miss Moore, “
Not. Greenfield. ,
“Of course I did l” said the puzzled bach-
elor. t-‘Itjsn’t Greenfield, and it never will:
be unless #- havc it changed by not of legis:
lature."
“Oh-h-h t” exclaimed the girls. "Dear,
dear. to be sure! And we thought you were
Kate’s lover—and his name is N o-double-
t—Nott Greenfield.” ' "
“Do hold your tongue‘s, you ridiculous
things i" said Kate, half-vexed, half lang-
ing. .
“What must Mr. Barkdale think of Its
_ ' “I think you are very nice," said Mr-
Barkdale gallantly, '
- Miss Barbara in the mean time had taken
a slip of paper out of her pocket. She at.-
tered a hysterical shriek.
“It’s my fault !” she exclaimed “It was
No. 39 instead of No. {iii—and the tail of
the horrid flgure’s turned the wrong end up
that’sall. And the cake and the flowers,
and everything." ' -
“Stop, ladies, if you please," said Mr.
Barkdale, courteously. “Because the sur-
prise has come to the wrong place is no
reason why the right person should not- en-
joy it. Allow me to give up this room to
your use this evening. I will just step
acress the street and send Mr. Nott Green-
field ovei'. '
.F‘B’ut you must return with him,” said the
gir s.
- ' And Mr. Barkdalc was not allowed to de-
you said it was
maidens it had the air of having been for-
gotten at those seasons when good house- ,
have secured a cheap lodging in a respecta-
ble house, for it was their first visit to Lon-
don, and they had resolved to bo economi-
cal, even in their pleasures.
her, with the door carefully locked, their
hats and mantles thrown hastily aside, and
sisters were eagerly gazing on the first riches
they had ever possessed-a legacy left them
to town to receive.
the trust; they had received from him the
little packet c'ontaining not only their own
money, but a sum of equal value which they
were empowered to receive for a widowed
aunt; and now Katie sat on the edge of the
bed, withMiriam kneeling at her feet, smil-
i
lied, and the fresh, crisp‘bank notes unfolded
and examined with unflagging interest.
tared, they had endured for some yearsas
direiul a struggle with poverty as ever fell
to the share of two friendless orphans; yet
they had come through the trial bravely,
for—oh, secret of so much true heroism l—
very modest establishment for young ladies
. the face of difficulties and discouragement
And he pushed forward the Sleepy Hol- that would have crushed less hopeful spirits
‘ ~content to deny themselves every gratlfi- .
cation that was beyond their small means. ~.
gled with their. thankfulness, as they count-
days, when they were set free from their du-
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the deep cool shadows of its ancient trees,
and. there dream and plan aerial castles
which, though destined to never be built of
more lasting materials, were very pleasant
to dwell upon for the little time they lasted.
“I Butthey had grown very practical of late,
'nover aspiring to greater possessions than it.
than realized! The check that had grown
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not only purchase the bridal finery in which
leave a nest-egg to la
hose great thin
o achieve; and
'd
.—
zon. They had determined to indulge them-
selves with a little sight-seeing before they
returned home, for it was not only
trip to London, but in all probability would
We work 3
n
at had been letter-carrier at— for twenty
years, still she would not like to put tempt-
ation in his wa
hundred poun s, that was to apprentice her
eldest boy, pay the school fees of the next,
and means of providing for the safety of the
valuable packet, it was resolved that one or
the other of the sisters should carry it_ in her
bosom during the day, while at night it
might safely repose at the bottom of the lite
fie trunk that stood on a chair at their bed-
side; aud this arrangement being decided
on, they prepared to enjoy London as only
intelligent strangers can.
.by any peculiarity of dress or man“ and
too humble to divine how often their frpsh
sweet faces draw upon them an admiring
glance, they “ did", the'principal sights With
that hearty appreciation .of them felt only
one in a lifetime. But pleasure, when it
takes the form of cunning“ oasis neck to ad-
mire pictures, or traversing the galleries of
Crystal Palace, soon grows fatiguing; and
after spending their last evening breathless
and wrapt auditors at a good entertainment,
had come to an end, An early train on the
morrow -was to s eed them back to —.=-—,
- s Involhatarily she closed her Dyes. She
medical student, who had the “sky pailor"
directly opposite—came promptly on men-
tioa of the name of Kate Kellford. and did
the polite thing in introducing Mr. Bark-
dale; and Barkdale_ate of sandwiches, and
enjoyed the cake and cream, and-coaxed
Miss Barbara to pin a pink rose bad in the
button hole of his coat, and enjoyedhimself
prodigiously. '
“I‘d like to be surprised‘likc this every
night in the year," said he.
“Oh, you greedy creature l” said Miss
Barbara. -
. “But there was one time I seriously med-
itated throwmg myself out of the window,”
said he,“when you told me I was to kiss
Kate.” , = ’
_ “Dear. dear i" said Barbara, ironically;
“ttih’at would have been dreadful, wouldn’t
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“But the awkwardness of the thing."
_"I dare say you never kissed a pretty
girl," pouted the blonde.
. “I never did.” said the bachelor, grow
lug bold ; “but I will now, if you say 90.";
“But I don’t say so,” said Barbara, col-
oring and laughing. "Behave yourself sir."
Mia-Barkdale went home Will] the fair
Barbara and they grew to be very greiit
friends,and—what‘s the use of trying lo
conceal how it ended ll They were married
at the yfiirs end, with all the six surprisers
for bridesmaids, Kate Kellford includedé—
Mr. Nott Greenfield proposes to follow the
example as soon as begets his diploma.
From Cassell‘s ilIagazinc,
A Pi: ECIOUS TRUST.
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It is aytry modest chamber on the third
floor, or what in it less pretentious house
would have been called a garret, that Kate
Mayne and her sister Miriatn occupiedat
Mrs. Bideford’s boarding hmse,——street,
Strand: and to ,the eyes of two country
wives indulge in thorough cleanings; but
they considered themselves fortunate to
In this cham-
their bonny faces aglow williplcasurc, the
by a distant relative, which they had come
They had been together to the executor'of
ng her satisfaction, as the packet was un- '
Two hundred pounds. How small a sum
i would seem to many l How large it was
o.these young girls! Well born, well nur-
hey I)!“ never repined. First as junior
eachers in a school, then as principals of- a
a a country town, they had persevered in
Two hundred pounds! A little awe min-
d the notes to assure themselves that the
recise ‘sum that was now their very own,
ay before them. On peaceful summer Sun-
ics, they hadloved to ramble in a beautiful
ark near their home, or share with the deer
ew piano for Miriam, and the modest trous-
. . I
And now these aspirations were more
ale and thin despite her cheerful spirit,
ushed into its old bloom as Katie reminded
erselt' that her share of this legacy would
very feminine heart delights, but wOuld ‘
the foundation‘of
5 her 0 ever betrothed was
iriam’s deft fingers played
a air with brilliant variations on the coun-
as she thought of the fine-toned
ayiug. '
But now a small cloud arose on the hori-
their first
e their last. The money, however, so
iveu them sundry injunctions respecting
ers, the principal being not to entrust it to
ince she had learned from the newspapers
hat postmen were not always honest; and
bough she remorsefully added that she had
ot a word to say against the old man who
in the shape of the two
nd release her from an incubus of small
elm that bad troubled her ever since the
sden deceaso of her husband.
After much discussion of various ways
Too modest and ladylike toiattract notice
Kensington, or climbing the steps at the
t not altogether sorry
the sisters went to res 1,0 th _ t . t
r on s ay in own
that the term allotted
with its quaint igh street, ruined castle
towering above the avenue of clms leading
to its gates, and those breeges fromthe sur-
rounding bills, for which the murky atmos-
phere of the great city had been so poor an
exchange.
Was Katie dreaming of these invigorating
breezes when she suddenly awoke from her
slumbers ? A minute ago she had fancied that
she was sitting under the trees with Miriam,
talking a little sorrowfally of some past
trouble; but now the grass, the ferns. the
flickering sunbeam; that played across them
“all, ali‘were gone; only the blast of cold
air that bad chilled her into wakefulness
was still sweeping across her check.
She raised herself on her elbow, but the
night was so dark that nothing in the room
could be discerned except in the immediate
neighborhood of the window, and that—
gracious heaven b-was wide open.
Numberless tales of thefts perpetrated in
thls manner flashed into her mind as soon as
she made the discovery, and she recollected
now that it was too late how, in their wear-
iness and excitement, both she and Miriam
had been less careful in looking to the gig;
eniags than was their custom. . 1
Before she could summon courage to rise,
or decide whether to awaken her sister, or
first ascertain ii'anytbing had been abstract-
ed from the chamber,.a sound at the window
ads er gutter with increasing all! m. A
arts 8“. was there—.4 1181le In. dimly
soon in the obscurity of the'st'arlcss night—
was even then cautiously stepging through
it- Katid cowered down in t e bed afraid
to move or to cry out for help; ibr the bell
was not within reach, and a‘ desperate man,
intent upon plunder, might murder her and
her equally helpless sister if they frustrated
him. ‘
Had: any one discovered their precious
trust, and twas to rob them of it the rufilan
came? Must they lose it, and in this way it
Growing-frantic in her terror, Katie put out
her bad to grasp the trunkimwhlch it was
hidden, but shrank back as quickly, for the
figure was rapidly drawing near—nearer—
and now it was close to the bedside, and
bending ,over her as she lay.
was no‘ heroine, endowed with marvellous
0f mind, but a weak woman who
”W at the mercy of one of those
part until he had promised.
Mr. Noit Greenfield—a good looking
red.
l
i
aside
l
prehende
task she set herself could be acco
and the tears that were more di cult to
lwring from her
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pang
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But
0 Ion er
arge hot d
it her lap.
ing in it.
watery:
straig
som hon
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nee
symha
ed. Kn
ill
e
‘aracters with which the dangers
i of the metropolis abound. And
around 0
when a hand grasped the bed-clothes, as if
to drag them from her, Katie Mayne for the
first time in her life fainted quietly away.
, When her senses returned it was morning
and Miriam was leaning over her with some
alarm depicted on her face. _ '
“ Thank goodnes,s you have op
eyes at last! You looked so ghastly,
you were ill.
close in the n
The question brought back all the horri-
ble recollections of that dark hour. and With
a cry of mi
~ed out of be
unlocked; the rin
under her pillow w en she went to rest, now
lay on the floor, with sundry odds and ends
of feminine attire flung'out of the trunk;
and. as she had foreboded, the packet con-
taining not only her own and her Sister’s
share of the legacy. but the notes pertaining
to her aunt, was gone.
For some time the
silt gazinw at the trunk, too much bewilder-
ed by their loss to do anything but lament
it. Yet their grief was not wholly for them-
selves. ' They were young and strong, they
told each other.und though it cost thema
to renounce the happiness this money
was to have afi'orded them, why, _
be but as they were before. But the Widow-
ed aunt, whose worst cares were to have
been lifted from her burdened shoulders—
tbe anxious mother, whose heart had sung
with joy as she looked round at the little
ones, mid saw herself enabled to further
their _ interests—how should they tell her
that the precious sum or: which she was de-
peiidiiig was lost.
he police i" exc
starting into action.
police. The gentleman of whom we re-
ceived the notes may have taken the precan-
tion of keeping the numbers.
We way to despair until we have done our
est to recover them." , ‘
Only those who have gone through a almv
ilar ordeal can realize the misery of that
morning to the sisters. They were question-
ed till they
tale of Katie‘s nocturnal adventure had to
be told over and over again.till she grew
weary of telling it.
house, aroused from her mutation on to,
hear it, was~selfishly indignant that sue an
affair should have happened in ahouse that
had always borne the highest of charac-
ters, and talked at Katie and Miriam as the
cause of it, till they began toieel guilty as
well as unhappy. The executor of the will,
when applied to for the numbers of the
notes, shrugged his shoulders, and remarked
more satirically than kindly upon the want
of caution that had been shown.
young ladies 'had not been so childishly
eager to receive the money in that form,
this could not have happened. While the
police pried about and climbed out of the
Window, and on to the roof, and came back
to ask more questions, and repeated their
gymnastic exercises ad nauuam, ands c on,
until Katie’s head ached, and Miriam’s pa-
tience was unite exhausted. ' ‘
“ It was plain as a
bery had been efi'ecte ," the inspector aver-
“ There was an empty house a few
doors ofi‘, through which the burglar or bur-
glars had obtained access to the roof. 'If
people would go to bed with large sums of
money in their possession, and their fasten:
in s not properly secured, why they must
ta e the consequences.
bel tmced, but he was doubtful—very don t-
fu .
And the sisters had to endure this, and
the visits to their room of every inquisitive
person in the house, till evening approached;
and curiosity was satiated. Then they once
more locked their door, and faint wrth fa-
tigue and sorrow, sat down to swallow the
half-cold tea and toast brought up by an
Irish servant, whose sympathy, though
cgarsely expressed, had been very accepta-
e. .
The homeward journe , to which a few
hours earlier they had loo ed forward with
such pleasu
till they _
their aunt. The little gills for friends and '
relatives, that it had been a labor of love to
select, were put aside with many sigh; and
Miriam, after doing her best to wear a‘ cheer-
ful face, and coax her sister to eat, suddenly
succumbed to her passionate regrets, and
llirowing herself on.the bed, wept herself to
s eep.
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Katie could not follow her example.
She tenderly drew the clothes over the
sleeper, and kissed her fiushed cheek, and
hen wrapping herself in a shawl, sat down
a take a srioas view of their position.
It was a bitter ’disappointment to be
obliged to ostpone her marriage, and she
felt that in usiice to her betrothed she must
at anend #) the engagement; for she must
ork for herself—no longer set
or her own uses eve»
shilling thatcould be spared, rom the daily
needs. The widow and the fatherless had
suffered by her want of caution, and for
hem she must toil unccasingly until the
debt was paid:-
Then poor Katie began to calculate how
much she might save in the course of the
year by dint of denying herself, and striv-
ing to procure some employment for her
evenings: but her heart sank as she com
d that years must elapse before the
r08s .
"r
happy—so hope a
pleasure of her betrothed at
the oy that mould light up the sunken eyes
of t e widow when the precious trust was
renddered up, andter neices rewarded With
a long kiss.
Only last it
slid off the chair on to her knees. and rad-
uaily found comfort. The neighboring
sounds midnight, and then the smal
but still she knelt there, unconscious of the
lapse of time, , _
ed, and then sat up in the bed. staring about
her, with a curiously vacant look in her
blue orbs. ‘ ' ‘ '
Was she going to
of this addition to .
reviving spirits sank again,
and approached her sister,t
Miriam, who had also risen. brushed as;
her without appearing to hear the affect on-
’ ate inquiry, and stooping over the trunk
that had contained the notes,
She tossed the contents over and
over, muttering to herself the
she found a small packet, not unlike the lost
one in size and shape, and wrapping he!
roof t
t up, to
en.
pKatie’s heart almost ceased to beat,t‘or
she saw that the young girl was in a state of
somnambulism, and a dim conception of
what might have occurred on the prevrous or”
night began to steal in her mind. Uncon-
scious of her terrified
skirts, Miriam dim
and, still followed b
her‘way along the p
stood a flower-pot
shrub and a few ban. _
this she stooped, taking out the plant, to
which the dry earth firmly
carefully depositing the
This done, the somnambu .
room in the same way that she quitted it,
crept into bed again, and‘slept soundly for
e rs. . ~ -
was not. till the da had dawned that
Katie could nerve herse f to repeat
loit- an, t on it was 0
the s e
and seizing the ower-pot,brought it back.
with her. on, .ecstacyi the myste
solved—there had been no robbery. .
herself had. been the dark figure at the win-
dow—it was she who, her dreams perturbed
b some dread of losing the money, had
risen from her bed and hid it in this strange
and unsus acted hlqiu
It way! have been
believe that she had _
proofs that her. re oiomg sister put before
;-‘but she coal
. time or other sh .
”concealing some documents in this
manner, and 1
ing moments.
acted upon by
visions of the night.
The also?!“
busy 0.09.13», .
had to be slgnifled to'the
many were eager
state at Miriam as
adventure, that the work of packing yvent
on amongst many interruptions. But if the
early train was lost, there was a later one;
and when the congratulations had been civ-
illy acknowledged of those who had stood
aloof l the our
t y of rish
tie and Miriam bid adieu to London.
There was much to ask and to tell when
ey reached home; but it was not until the
precious trust had been given up to its own-‘
r, and Katie sat with her hand firmly
ed in those of her betrothed, that s
the taleof the lost money, and how unex-
pectedly it had been recovered,
Shrew comes soon enough without (1e:
spondency.
I
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re mus
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V'N'OBW‘ALK, CONNECTICUT. TUESDAY JANUARY .5, 18'75.
ened your
I thought-
Did you find the room t_oo
ight, that you opened the Win-
ngled grief and rage Katie leap-
d and seized the trunk. It was
of keys {that had been
' half-stupefied sisters
they wuuld
laiined Kittie, suddenly
“ We must go to the
We will not
rew hoarse with replying. The
The landlad of the a
If the
ikestafi' how the rob-
W
t
The notes ml ht i
s-o
e
di
11
t now. be postponed
summon fortitude to meet
Id
is
hard-earned
i
t
hi
t
uglished; .
eyes than Miriam’s, fell-in
on the clasped hands lying
last night she had been so
i; picturin to herself the
er return, and
l
' ' . cl
ight so happy, and now—Katie
is
w
c ocks
hours;
till Miriam tossed and moan-
be illi , At the prospect
their anxieties, Katie’s
and she arose
0 question her.
began search-
while, until
' i mmu her walked
ll? 1y’vlo‘dov‘h'y‘v’liich 'shs fiung
' ter’s grasp on her
be “t of the window,
- atie, fearlessly made
arapet to where there
, obtaining a withered
8.0110f mould. Over
adhered, and
acket beneath it.
ill returned to her
It t is exa
_ 9r an an *
illong llie gutter,
rawled
was
' lam
glosses
.ifiicult to make her
done this, but for the
remember now, that at
e had read of a pris-
hc incident forgotten in wak-
must have been recalled and
the teeming» brain. during the
rain in ¥ondon was a
o've y o- the money
clips; and so
to congratu ate Katie, and
the heroine of a strange
l?
5i.“
so
ill
the truer
st 46
E“ R so y reward-
glorah gral:fllil‘l
clasp-
e told
m
It does no man good to carry
ghtniag rod to attract trouble, .
Witness for the above cut of the stolen Ross
boy. It Was obtained by that paper from
the father of the child, and is pronounced
the time of his abduction. The tragic
deaths of his abductors at Bay Ridge, give
traordinary case. As thcgbductors, Mosbcr'
and Douglass were‘kn0wn to have visited
the waters of~our harbo', as. well as our
Connecticut shores generally, and the boat
in which they sailed to the scene of their
last burglary, is supposed to have been sto
ion from Bridgeport, there has been a sus-
picion that the youth may have been secret-
ed somewhere in this vicinity. These cir-
cumstances lend a special local interest to
the terrible case; and have induced us to
lendwhat aid we may towards his possible
identification.
was thus briefly recapitulated by the mm
the day after Mosher’s confession and. death:
suburb of Philadelphia. The persons met
here two boys Walter and Charles Ross,
of the age of t. and four years respect-
vely, whose pa ents reside in the neighbor-
hood. -They professed to be friendly to
boys, and gave them toys and candies.
Wednesday, July 1,between 4 and 5 o’clock,
be men in question drove up .in a buggy,
nd meeting
The eonfiding children did so, and after rid-
‘v‘ig
al
rs. - He complied, but as soon as be had en-
tered the store the buggy drove off rapidly
wrth Charley Ross, who was seen no more.
pbia firm, returned at 9, and was greatly
song t the aid of the police, who also
sought for several da 9 to find the missing
chil . Finding his e orts fruitless, Mr. Ross
adv rtised as follows;
son returnin to No. 5, North Sixth street, A
Saran. Box,
flaxen hair, hazel eyes, a clear light. skin,
ad round face; dressed in a brown linen
a
hat and laced shoes.
from Germantown on Wednesday afternoon
‘ This advertisement brought no response
until Tuesday, July 6,, when the personal
column of the Philadelphia Ledger contain-
ed the following:
anonymous letter through the post-ofifce,
l)n whtich it was stated that Charley would
a re
the chi] was in good hands; thatit ha's cost
he parties a great deal of money to get
urning him for less than $20,000.“ “ We
m
The following poem was contributed to
the School Paper of the South Norwalk
30“ now engaged m brain wdrk, or m en" Union School, and read at the late examina-
deavoring to obtain it, would retire from
he business—for want of capital. There
are vsrlious pep k 1!
turew owou ma e exce ent clerks or In afmck n ' v ' '
salesmen of, any wares but their own; icelytrimed mm abeautifu!
numerous briefiess attorneys who would And
succeed admirably as lawyers’ managing
paper people who would be more useful in
the lower walks of agriculture—for there
edit a newsfi
consider w
training, aptitude, and ability. A whole
army of scribblers and gabblers might be
gathered to reinforce the useful trades, if
they could be broa lit to recdgnine the im-
pertinence of their ntclleetual efi’orts. For
many of them to persist in “brain work” is
an affront to common sense, and the popu-
lar favor which some of them secure is a
dark and discouraging mystery. But prob-
ably more of them are imposing on them-
selves thsn are attempting to deceive others.
The fiddles of a number of our fellow-
couatry-men are tuned entirely too high.
person swallows a poison requires some
presence of mind. Instead of getting exci-
ted, first send ibr a doctor, Now run to the
kgtchen, get a half a glass of water in any-
t in
an instant, catch a firm hold of the patient’s
nose, the mouth will fiy.open, then down
his throat with the mixture, and in a second
or two up will come the poison. This will
answer in allarger number of cases than any
other. Make the patient swallow the white
of an egg, followed by a cup of strong coffee,
as antidotes to any poison remaining in the
stomach, because these nullify a larger num-
ber of
ticlc.
from Berlin, is that of early parties, We
read that the cards for .one of the most
issued, with “ From four to eleven p. in.,”
engraved in one corner.
s stem the blinds are closed and the gas
1 ghted at four o’clock in the afternoon; the
dancing begins by five or six and the ball is
over by eleven. Still another foreign cus-
tom imported into New York, which ‘3 said
to have been started by the Prince of
is for go
on fnl dress occasions.
from a missionary of the American Sunday
School Union in Western Texas: '
gentlbman from Missouri urged the benefits
resulting to Society at large from Sunday
Schools, promising them schools that would
devotes honest man and women; When a
long, look man, whose greasy buckskin suit
and moccasined feet told of the frontier,
presented himself, followed by half a dozen
children.
Sunday Schools make people honest?”
dozen or twenty of them, and good pastnr.
a
and tie right onto some of them; for there’s
nothing so much needed as honesty in West-
orn~ Texas.”
pates, one-half the people are “ on Shooting
terms,” and no other; and it is only Sunday
Schools and other Christian a
can better this condition,
.7 cnannmr nossl '
We are indebted to theNew York Daily
n exceedingly correct likeness of him at
new and intense intercstto this most ex-
The storpof his abduction
Toward.thc end of June lasttwo men
ere lurking about Germantown‘, a quiet
02
the boys asked them to ride.
some distance one of the men asked
ter to get out and buy some fire-crack-
Mr. Ross,'who was member of a Philadel-
stressed at not finding his. son at home.
e arched everywher ‘or him, and than
$300 Buwa‘nn WILL BE PAID TO THE Pan‘-
years old; having long, early,
it, with short skirt, broad brimmed straw
The child, was lost
t inst, between 4_and 5 o’clock.
Ross—Wu BE Basin; ro Nnoo'iiraris.
On the same day Mr. Ilgss received an
ed for $20,000. It also said that
m, and, that they could not think of re-
l'he Brain Fraud s..
It would be well if a large number of per.
1!
who are trying to ice.
erks or court reporters; countless news-
absolutely no limit to the number of those
ho think themselves fully ua‘lifled to
aper,wit_hoii’t once pausing to
other they ave the requisite
" t . 1
Anon-r Panama—How to not when; a
that is handy,—put into it a teaspoonful
t and as much ground mustard, stir it
poisons than any other accessible or:
The latest New York fashions, imported
swell" of the season have been recently
According to this
ales,
ntlemen to appear without gloves
m , -
Harper's Drawer, for January, has this
At a recent Sunday School pic-nic here, a
“ Look here, stranger! Did you say that
“ I did.”
“ We! then, if you’ll tell me whar 01an a
ge,if I don‘t come on and bring my cattle
Between cattle-dealing and political dis-
gcncies that
.
Joseph Lounsbury, of New Canaan, who
has lately died, had been a great sufferer
from asthma, and u’year- ago had a hole cut
in his throat and a tube inserted, through
which he breathed until week before last.
father answered this
lows in The Ledger .' ‘
his ability.”
.—
ing the succcedin
quently searched 1
been made throughout
several false reports.
little boy:
band.
light or w’i
o
straw hat.
lion ;~—.
over her face,
a friend,‘
spend.
fun
lady had on,
fine.
the main,
If her dress is but
plain.
cenfined in t 0 county
court.
prisoners.
ing through a hcav
from a window
the ground.
Among
was the a
mg nominated
Rogers on the ndep
merits of laudanum.
bly rotted before the
been plugging politics
[of his life.
\..
know,” the letter said, “ you are not wor
much money, but we are aware that you
have rich friends of whom you cah‘borrow.
If you love money better than your child,
the blood be on your own. head."., The
cruel demand as fol-
“Ross will come to terms to the
Another anonymous letter was min 1
received by Mr. Ross, stating thatPthe 335'.
who held the child would not part wi
him for a smaller sum than the one air
named, “Anyattem t," they wrote, “to
ascertain the child’s; iding place 'will re-
sult in his entire annihilation.” The dis-
tressed father had not the ransom demand-
ed, but was-willing to: make any sacrifice
to regain his lost child. He an
the same paper as follows: ,
. “Ross is willing. Have not”
domg my_best to raise’it."
Several‘other letters were received dur-
_ g _ week, defying the po-
lice to discover 1 9 child, and declaring
that-it “ would be, put away” if the terms
named were not accepted. Meantime the
public excitement was very great, the 'po- -
lice were stirred into activity; and thinly-
or of lf‘lniadclphia offered a reward of W,-
000, givmg, at the same time, the circa -
stances under which Charley Ross had-d5:
appeared. The Phila e! his police subse-
city Without finding and claw to the fate of
the missing boy. Stimulated by the reward, .
as well as by humans. motives, efforts have
. . fly country to find
some tidings of the boy, but nothing has
been accomplished except the circulation of
' nnsonmrton on m mnucrons.
The proclamation in which Mayor Stok-
ley of Philadelphia ofi'ertd a reward of
$20,000 for .the arrest and conviction of the
abductors oi Charley Ross, is the following
description of the men who carried ofi‘ the
The child was decoyed by two men in o.
a falling-top, yacht-bodied baggie, paintéd
dark all over, and lined with dark material,
drawn by a dark buy or brown horse,- about
15% hands.high,driven,it is believed, with-
out a check rein, by two men,who, as near-
ly as citn be ascertained, answered to the
followmg description, viz: - No.- One was
of a brown or sandy color, and brown hair.
He wore a ring on the little finger of right
. No. Two was amen of Uteet 80r
10 inches about-90 or 80 years of age, of
th a tendency to sandy complex-
ion,.sandy mustache and a red nose and
haVin the appearance of a. drinkiu man.-
One 0 the men wore a broad-brlmm
hat, looking as if it had been-worn a sea-
son or two and much sunburned. The
other were a high-crowned dark colored
One wore a linen duster and
the other algray alpapla duster. Out; of the
men were ,arge eye-g asses or es of a
dark color, probably as a disguigggg
Intern! .
ace,
her hair nicely drest hanging down
Thus decked “Harriet" went to the house of
With a large little party, the evening to
Ahl how they will be delighted, I guess,
And stare with surprise at m
Thu: said the vain girl, and
eat ,
Impatient, the happy young party to meet:
But, alas! they were all too intent on their
To observe the gay clothes this fine young
And thus all her trouble uito lost its design,
They saw she was proud,
"I‘wals 613mm, though only in simple white
0 a
Nor trimmings, nor lace, not jewels she had,
Whose cheerful good nature delighted them
more
Than all the fine garments that Home: wore.
, 110nm. s
’Tisbetter to have a sweet smile on our face, a
Than wear a rich frock,with an elegant lace, Popular mam“! 0' "I. d"-
For the good natured girl is loved best in
decent,'though ever so
Tom Ballard, once a skill? engraver in
ford, but for several years one of the
dangerous counterfeitcrs ever known
in the coantr , was can ht not ion ago and
jail in Au urn, N
Y., to await action 0 the United'Ststes
While there he professed to be able
to so instruct the government ofilclsls con-
earning the manufacture of United States
notes. that counterfeiting would become im-
possible. He was a notorious
and the authorities congrats stcd them-
selves on his capture. Last Saturday oven-
iug he escaped from the jail with four other
The escape was made by drill-
.cciliug of brick and
stone work and be ng through two thick
floors, by which they gained access to the
garrct of the jai and lowered themselves
ith the aid of a rope con-
structed from sheets and bedquiltl. The
bad to make a descent of forty feet to role
the humors of a recent election
ct that in Ward Two a husband
and his wife were the ‘opposlu candidates
for the school committee,
by the “ citizens.” and Mrs.
cndent tickets
wife proved a strongor ' candidate than the
husband, and received twice as man votes,
or thereahouts. We have not hear of any
domestic quarrel arising from this political
rivalry, and we trust there will be none,
but the experiment seems to be needlessly
linzardous.—- Womatcrflpy. '
”I”
A distracted father offers a reward for a
patent that will makea baby consume its
own cry. Get a nurse who understands the
It may be true, as an lip-country editor
says, that whisky is an aid to brain work;
but if his editorials are samples of u
try whisky, it is of mighty poor qua ity.
Alexander II. Stevens says that when he
miss a boy he visited a melon patch and
“plugged“ the most promising melons, in-
tending to confiscate them when ri s; but
he found that the plugged melons ovaria-
i’
,; ' pcr'line.
g‘
in
extent Of.
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Booms Nos. s and 0; Secly's Hall, Main Street .
dissolved by
Child will con
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Broadway.
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42¢!
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size of lot 260x
rate House containing 11 rooms, good Barn, and
other out-buildings, excellent well and cistern near
the door; good Fruit and good Garden, being one-
furtherparticulars app! to AMES MITC
Real Estate Broker,
REYNOLDS, Danbury, Ct.
REAL ESTATE,
TO LET.
TI!
furnished if desired.
T0 BENT. .
Tull? lower part of the house fronting on Union
L. ELLS.
Ely-A suit of rooms‘over my store. Posses-
on immediately. 45 CEO. 1". BELDEN.
T'li
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TWO large rooms to lot over J. M. Potter’s
Music Score WallStreet o ositcl’ t0 .
Enquire at this Office. ' pp 0’ ”32f,
ARN TO RENT.—A new Barn with good Sta-
bliug for. several horses, near the bridge. Price
88 per month. Enquire at this Office. ‘ '
[on sans: or: axon; E.
11E BEAUTIFUL RESIDENCE kn as the
Earle Place, or. We Avenue.
Also, placcon Van Zan Avenue; large lot with
ham and fruit trees, suitable for two families.
Two Building Lots on Spring Hill; two Building
Lots on St. John Farm ; one Building Lot adjoining-
residonce of Frank B. Smith.
One Lot on Van Zandt Avenue; several Lots at
Sgepardvillc. All the above property sold on easy
rins.
Also one Work Horse and Pcddling Wagon for
butcher’s use. For full particulaés OPIIII: to
PullColumn onetime - - - - - - - - 90.00 ‘ -
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All eo‘ilnmllunlcgizns lpse'rte‘dtgs rgotgtlgg 2:35;, FOR SALE CHEAP.
designs to pro 0 cpr va e n crel I. p GOOD FARM of about as acres of 1h! h
' - and ”59°" full column. A“ “”3““ cuts "Id do A. land, situated two miles north of New Canaaxn.
, - .vlcesll norcont.oxtrn. Apply to
‘ 6min A. B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge -
FOR SALE OR TO BENT.
HE place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
f
Lyon. » Said place is a very desirable ropcrty;
situated in the Boron h of N orwalk, on t 8 corner
Successor to L0“ Warner. , of: Knight Street and orth Avenue, is within five
minutes’ walk of theHorse Railway, and Danbury
Otncc corner of Main and Wall Streets. c Norwslk Depot Also we game dis.
tance Rom the several churches and schools. The
neighborth is all that could he desired. The
HouSe is in good repair, the rooms largo, commo-
dions and pleasant. 0n the premiseb is a well of
' excellent Water, also a fine garden and plenty of
shade and fruit trees., Possession won the first of
A til i
L on,
I desired. Pct terms enqu re of JAMES S.
on the premises, or of EDGAR LYON.
Norwslk, March 7th, 1874. 10“
FOR SALE.
A RARE CHANCE!
A very desirable place if applied for soon ; situ-
Ehzabeth an Center Avenues;
150 feet, being about one acre. First
mllefromNorwalkBrid . Terms easyl. For
ELL,
orwalk, or NETTIE llfé
‘ Nor-wall. Conn.
ALVIN G. CHILD.
LAW OFFICES,
STA UFORD, CONN.
h ! firm of Ferris Child]; Pesscndsn was
T e ow mutulconsehulsrch13MB”: C.G.
tinnehls business at the aboveaddrcu.
A
8:42., on first floor, three rooms and two closets on
second floor; diam room wainscoted with black
walnut and cedar, ltchen wainscoted with pine;
gas pipes throughout the house; water ipcs, 30.;
situated on Fair Street, about half a m e from the
.Bridge. If not sold before April lst,it will be rented
for 8250. If sold the price will be 33min some part
of which can remain on mortga . A l to
7 Hiroshima
FOR SALE 0B To BENT.
NEW HOUSE,well finished ; 4 rooms and large
and convenient pantry and- two closets, sinks,
tax. a. mason, _
Organist of the FirstCongregatlonal Church,
'vnox I'll our or raw soak. Teacher of the
Plano-Porto, Organ and Musical
Composition.
’ nox. m P. o. xonwanx, court.
It. osxus it. n. ' -
rnxs'scuiv a: 8 non,
Olliceover Alfred Knapp'sstore. Wuhlngto Sh,
BUILDING ms for $100 E6311.
Very cheap and desirable BuildingLots
WITH" 8 IIIIIIES "All If III! "81' “III!
are now offered at the VERY Low Pincus of from
9100 TO 6400 EACH .
$25 Cash and .palanee in Monthly Payments of
1 010 if desired.
BEE 141’s IN NORWALK POST OFFICE.
' c. B. C'OOLI'DGE,
DE‘NTIST.
C...I'. Grandma Dry Goods Store.
SII'IW
nt dress};
sin
or filtle heart
at forgot she was,“
ii-bresker,
Mr. g'ers be-
The
oun-
ripened. He has
melons during most
at fair livln
ket, on the
Norwallc Fish Market.
Ofloc over Andrew Sellcck’s Bookstore.
or FILLING A SPECIALTY.“
Gas administered for_Extraeting. Office h0g3
2H3
road, near! op unite the residence of James Panton,
Esq., is o ere
rooms with cellar, the" and is altered at a low price ;.
for sale. The house contains six
large partof the purchase money can rennin on
- Successor to mortgage. Thtsls s good chance to secure a home.
. Dr. Ail! Hill, Apply at the GAZIT 1! OFFICE . . s
WALL 81'": ET. NIORWALK, M111 Property
‘ Office over Eon SALE.
HE subscriber offers for Sale his Mil! Property
0-21,}? that large alée’ Wham five feet! T situated in‘West Norwslk. about two miles
9!... .01: Blue inohss_ igh: e was only it. Tarp. n. swm, from Darien Depot,thrce miles min Sunni Nor-
305ml sitigig. His age is believed to be from D Wylk. andftwg miles "Olin ,N e'fi,c§"§."'1'scfniml'§§
.0 yam-331mg Imustacho andfhll D E N T ‘ s T ’ o amannacory swos ores g , x ec,w
- . about 12 feet head and fall of water with threescrcs
heard or WhISkerS. “the? long on the Chm. of land; now used as 8 Saw Mill blit suitable for a
annfactory of an kind. Terms easy and price low.
nqnire of JAM FINNEY, 'Real Estate Agent,
orwaik, or of the subscriber,
CBAUNCEY STREET.
WeitNorwsik, Sept. 25. 1369. C tf”
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GAGE INSLEE,
A n c n ['1‘ n c 'r,
70 BROAD war, NEW YORK.
Residence, Stamford, CL,
Special attention paid to country residences 2-11
S. O W. MITCHELL,
At the ever popular _
UNION MARKET,
has always the best of
lost, Veal. mutton, and Pork,
rises. Union (formerly Model) Mar-
Itll’idge. _ 18*
CHARLES S. LOCKWOOD,
Fashionable Draper & Tailor
' AND
GBMS’ FURNISH INC IIPOB "In,
Main Street, Nor-walk. Conn.
HE subscribcrbsvln boa ht out the old Bridge
rlsh Market, of R as Adams, intendskcsptnz
constantly on hand all kinds of
FRESH FISH, OTHERSJILAMS ,_:l:c.,‘
and alivaricties o
in thglrsosson.
I . .
f choice E A I.“
can'fll'ttoifttdn.
If Spring Chickens Dressed to order. ,
DWABD P. WEED.
n n u G a Is '1' ,
Val Strut. opposite Nam" Opera House
A large and wellseiected stock of
DRUGS AND HEDICINBS
Perfumery Patent Medicines, all kinds, Miners!
Waters. To lot and Medicated Soaps, Flavoring and .
Handkerchief Extracts. Hair Drushes, Combs,
ponges, Chamois Skins. Stationery, Cigars, the.
ad is constantly adding to his stock all the now an
t
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
TEE undersigned would r’sspctfully announce to
the citizens in t* vicinity, that at his
Drug Store, ., _.
CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND DEPOT STS.
can always be found
P U R E D R U G S ,.
CHOICE WINES and LIQUWS
FOB MEDICAL PURPOSES,
FANCY AND TOILET ARTICLES ,
PATE'N 1’ MEDICINES, do.
I"Phnietsns’Prsserlptlonscareful! componne
ed do and night. Can be found ntg ts,in som-
nnild ng,eiitrsnco on Washington St.
Iyfl S. F. PECK. South Norwslk Conn.
B. s. BIAASCER,
At his Storein MALLOBY’S BLOCKJiasconstsnt;
ly on hand a general assortment of
G- R O O E B. I E S ,
' cuooxnnx, amass,
TIN AND WOODEN WA". 110., 3T0
By devoting his constant personal attention to the
businesshe hopes to merit public patronage.
c
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Incorpbnted 1810. ChuterPerpetusl.
Caplsnl-ndA-ooto, $6,052,880.19
sure-s sinstlossand damage by Fire, outerms
adopted to he hourdmnd consistentwith the laws
qfcompcnutton. COWLBS 8 KER I .
SoloAgcntsfor Norwalk and vicinity.
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VOLUME LVIII.--llUM.BEIl_l.
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THE NEW YEAR’SfSLBIGII-BIDE.
Would you like to hear the story how we
went sleighing one night,
When the frozen earth wasfioodcd with the
moon's soft silvery light,
And the snow-king spread out his ermine
the bare brOwa earth to hide,
And icicles gleamcd like the jewels upon
the breast of a bride?
We were such a merry party,just twonty, I
think, in all.
Tom was the first to propose it, when the
snow began to fall ;
ma _It was he that made the arrangements, and
ordered just one large sleigh,
But somebody else thought he would like
to go in another way.
Somebody else was Charlie; yes, Charlie.
You needn’t smile;
It was ever so many years ago, but it seems
. such a little while. - ‘
Churlie,'my darling husband, the noblest
and best of men—
Charlie, my love, my hero; but I had not a
thought of it then.
He came to the house in the morning, and
asked me ifI would ride
With him in the little cutter, all alone by
his side; .
Harry and Lou, be told me, intended to go
in that way,
And he thought we would like it better than
with the rest in the sleigh.
And then I couldn't help blasbin
were engaged, you know, .
And I thought it might not be proper, but I
wanted so much to go
Alone in the cutter with Charlie that I
my hand in his,
And he held it a moment so gently, then
gave it back with a kiss.
3, for they
put
And when it was time to get readys—it was
sadly, I must confess,
But I thought the evening would never
'. come, and when I went up to dress -'
I think I stood by the mirror perhaps for an
hour or more, ,
And I wondered if Charlie would
and like the dress I wore.
praise me,
heard them let him in, _ .
_ le, mufiled up
to my chin ;
I was standing upon the staircase when I
Wrapped in a warm for maul
But when he put me into the sleigh, what
he said I won’t repeat,
As he settled the robes around me and tuck-
ed them under my feet.
We nodded and smiled at 'Jack Frost, and
. laughed as the cold wind blew; ,, .
With Harry and Lou behind as, over the
snow we flow.
I thought that I should be frightened when
the horse began to run,
But I knew was safe with' Charlie, and
rathc joyed the fun.
.50 we passed the rest ._of the party, who
went in the four-horse sleigh,
And reached the place where we wanted to
‘ stop before they had come halfway;
And Harry and Charlie laughed and talked
about how the horses ran,
And soon the others came driving up, and
then the dance began.
“How 'often I nnced with Charlie f" Oh i
that I ill-never tell.
At the last we had the Virginia Reel that
. we alwa s liked so well. , ,
Of course you now how to do it—'we all
. stand up in a row, ‘
First couple down through the centre, back,
and then dos-d-dos.
l
After we finished our supper we started for
home again, i _
When somehow the horse upset the sleigh,
mid oh! I was frightened then.
Iwas all safe, but Charlie—you ought to
have seen him there,
His head’way down in a snow-drill, his
_ feet high up in the air.
He was up again in a moment, his strong
. arms righted the sleigh,
And I forgot I was frightened when he
kissed my tears away.
And oh i that merry evening was the hap-
piest in my life, _
For Charlie drew me close to his heart and
asked me to be his wife.
—Harper‘l Weekly.
A CRY FROM THE SHORE..
BY NELLY HUTCIIINSON.
Come down, ye graybeard mariners,
Unto the wasting shore l
The morning winds are up—the gods
Bid me to dream no more.
Come, tell me whither I must sail,
What peril there may be,
Before I take my life in hand
And venture out to seal
We may not tell thee where to sail,
Nor what the dangers are; . ,
Each sailor soundeth for himself, ,
Each hath-a separate star;
Each sailor soundeth for himself,
And on the awful sea
What we have learned is ourslalone,
We may not tell it thee.
Come back, 0 ghostly mariners, -
Ye who have gone before i
I dread the dark, impetuous tides;
Idread the farther shore.
Tell me the secret of the waves;
Sa whatrmy fate shall be—
Quic ! for the mighty winds_are up,
And will not wait for me. ‘
Hail and farewell, O voyager l
Thyself must read the waves! -
What we have learned ofisun and storm
Lies with us in our graves;
What we have learned of sun and storm
Is ours alone to know.
The winds are blowing out to sea,
Take up thy life and go i —Gala'zy.
Nobody requires a larger stock of Chris-
tian amiability and forbearance than the
young man who keeps matches in his room
where the other boarders can get at ’em.
Captain Frank: “A home without chil-
dren is like Heaven without angels.” This
is pretty good for an unmarried man, but
just wait until he has to get out of bed four
times a night for a month to keep the baby’s
legs covered up. ‘
Smith and Jones were at the ‘menageric,
and the conversation turned on Darwin’s
theory. “Look at the monkey," said Smith.
“Think of its being an undeveloped human!"
“Human .l” said Jones contemptuously.
“It's no morehuman than I am."
Illinois is generally adopting the custom
of refusing to license liquor dealers to sell
less than a gallon at a time; but it doesn’t
make much difference, after all, to the aver-
age Illinois barkeeper, whose customers
usually take a gallon at a sitting.
Terre Haute has a man, “ Fed-pepper
Krafts” is his name, who refuses to leave the
jail. although his term has expired. He was
probably an insurance agent at one time.
When insurance agents plant themselves
nothing but a policy will move them. .
Here is a description of a mean church,
which has a moral init ; “ Afger the old
pastor died, the deacons went about fora
two hundred and fifty dollar minister, and
you can gei’abo its much minister for that
price as you can .gct psalm tunes out of a
file." 0
The most expensively dressed maul ever
saw, writes a captain in the British navy,
was an African chief on the Gold Coast.
His wives had 'annointed him thoroughly
with palm oil,and then powdered him from
head to foot with gold dust. You ,never
saw in your life a man got up so utterly rc-
gardless of expense. .
The Maine papers tellla funny story of a
Lewiston clergyman who, while his wife
was out, heldthe- baby in his arms, and
married a couple who chanced to call. The
bridegroom who could witness such a degra-
dation of his sex; and yet go through the
nuptial ceremony withdut fiiuching, is a
hero, and worthy of abetter fate.
Helen M. Cooke, writing verses for a
New York paper, says kisses on her brow
are the richest diadem her woman’s soul
aspires to wear. All right. Br-ug on your
brow and take your madam—Detroit Tri—
bune. If she wears her hair frizzlcd on her
brow, as other women do,_won’t you get
your nose tickled, nor nothing i-
We have the danger, not to say hor'ror o
driimsdrinking, painfully illustrated in a
case which occurred in Waterbury, Tues-
day nlght week. It appears that a boy
named Irwin, about seventeen YEN!“ of age,
entered a saloon kept by a Jacob Becker
and while under the influence, of liquo’
drew a‘ revolver and shot Becker 1101“].
When a young latly__receives from her
,bcau a “lovely" bouquet of cut flowers, she
may keep it HQ) and fragrant forfrom fif-
6‘
teen days to a month, by inserting the stems
in water in which sal ammoniac. or chloride
of ammonia, has been dissolved, in the pro-
ortion of seventy-five grains to the quart.
’l‘his is what a French horticulturist says.~
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