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“And the count doesn’t tnind let- ciled a few words ‘ “I am waiting f0" D1" “ When i:Mr. Denha’m coming home it” I EMBAICKING. NCRWILK GAZETTE. R I ‘ FOIL SALE '- i I I ' i ‘ ; "in; l - "a
' ' EA-L ESTATE' ’ ’ Our Daisy lay down .
Strong gales keep the clouds from raining ;
Wrok iulls the sad heirt’s comp] lining;
Through the task and the toil runs the
yearning ache,
Yet Ditygrows Gulf of her own grave
sake, .
And muscles are strobger {or straining.
E.:‘ch life has some prize for gaining;
Each woe has a balm in its paiuing;
So we seek for it long in faith and prayer,
For the finger of God is everywhere,
While the days are dawning and waning.
Though the mildew its bloom is staining,
The rose has some scent remaining:
Through the d erest lionr, still trust in
the light ;
What; the hand has to do,lel it do witlt
its might—-
Strong gales keep the clouds from raining.
. —-T2'nsley‘3 lifagazine.
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From Lippz‘ncau‘s L’ugaziiie.
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eternal bill and her levers.
[Concluded from. last track]
It happened that a friend and country-
woman at our hotel was taken ill with ty-
phoid fever. and amid the anxieties of her
sick room the incipient love affair was al-
most. forgotten. I no longer spent the eve-
nings in the parlor. One day Miss St. Clair
showed me a tiny satin bag beautifully cin-
broidercd, with a soft silken chain to pass
around the neck. “What can it be for?”
sheasked- -
“Why, Helen, it is an amulet Where did
you get it ‘P”
“The count gave it to me. He had the
loveliest set ofoz-iutiue mosaics and pearls
which he wished to give me; and when I
would not accept them he seemed so liurt
thntI did not like to refuse this trifle.
What do you suppose is in it.”
“A relic of some saint, without doubt.
He thinks it will protect you from fever
perhaps.”
Like most Americans, we were desirous
ofsceing the pope, and Count Alval ob
tained for us the necessary permission. . 9
were to be received on a Saturday at
devcn. We went in the prescribed costume,
black silk, with the picturesque Roman veil
thrown over the head. From the foot of
Souls Begin (Royal Staircase) one of the
papal guard, in a motley suit which seemed
one glare of black and yellow, escorted us
to the door of a long corridor, known as
the Loggia. of Raphael, where we were re-
ceived by a higher otlicial in rich array of
cri‘isou velvet.’ About seventy persons
were seated, in rows, facing each other,
along this gallery, nearly all laden with
rosarics to be blessed by the Holy Father.
We waited till my neck ached with looking
up at the exquisite frescoes, fresh and ten-
der in coloring as if new from the hand of
the aster, when the pope appeared attend-
cd b a» cardinal on cach'hand. We tell on
our knees instantly, but not till I had seen
an old man’s face so sweet and venerable
as to make this act of etiquette a spontane-
ous homage. He passed slowly down the
line, saying a word or two to each, and ex-
tending his hand, white and soft. like a
woman’s, to he kissed.
- Pausing by the young count, who was
kneeling beside me, be said impressively,
“Courage and faith have always been attri-
butes ot the house of Alvala. Your fathers
were good children of the Church, and you,
my son, will not be wanting in any of the
qualities ofyour race.” '
When he had passed us we rose from our
knees, and I could observe him more close-
ly. He wore a close-fitting wh' cap on
his finely shaped head a long‘ robe of
while woolen cloth buttoned up in front,
with a small cape of the saute material; a .
white sash, gold-embroidered at the end; a
long gold chain around his neck, to gwhich
was attachcdn large golden cross; a seal
ring on the third finger of his right hand;
and red slippers. Soft snowy locks fell
from under the white skulivcap over a. noble
forehead, which years and trials had left
unwrinkled. Black eyebrows and the soft
hill
compromised with any man,” almost fierce-
French
"There is a. young man, the son of a neigh-
once that they are betrothed,” cried he.
make opportunities.
hoping to see you, and I have never met
you—not once.
citedly.
ting cvm-ybody know how muchlie admires
me. In fact he is prottd of it, like one of
the old knights, who used to wear their
ladies’ favors as openly and proudly as they
oorc their knightly banners.”
“This will never do, Helen. Don’t you
see that this boy is not like the gay French-
man that you danced with last winter?
Rene Vergniaud was a man of the world:
he could take care. of himself.. But this
beautiful boy, with his intensity of feeling,
his ideal passionate love—You must not
play with him,” I exclaimed vehemently.
“I am not playing with him: ] never do
anything to make him like me. He comes
and talks to me, and I just make myself as
agreeable to him as I Can, that is all.”
That is all, is it, you little mischief?
thougiit,l. As if that were not the very re-
finement of coquctryl But I pruocntly re-
frained front saying it, for a tempest of hot
_ tears began to fall, and site sobbed, ‘ Oh
Madame Fleming, I did not think 1 was
goiugto forfeifyour good opinion. What
can Ido? I can’t help his liking me. I
like him too, and that makes me feel so
badly.” ‘
“Do you like him better than Mr. Den-
ham ?”
“Better than Fred ‘3” in n toneof surprise.
“Why no, of course not; I have known
Fred always ”
“The best thing will be to tell him of Mr.
Dcuhnm.” '
“Oh no, I never can.”
“I will, then.”
“Don‘t, I beseech you. We shall go away
soon, and that will be the end of it. Prom-
ise me you will not. I would rather tell
him myself it". ever had a chance.”
Ilonked in to art? my invalid i'rieud,and
then descended to the parlor, whercI found'
the young count aim. .t alone. He looked
up eagerly as I entered: “I thought Miss
St. Clair was with you. I have been wait-
ing for her all the evening.”
"Indeed i”
“I told her at table that I wished to see
her particularly this evening.”
“Iarliaps she did not understand you.”
“ yes, she did. You wou'd not let her
come?” with a sudden lighting up of the
CXDI‘tSSlVC face.
“I did not forbid licr coming; I did not
know that you were waiting for her.”
Then with sudden boyish candor and a
happy smile on his animated countenance:
“I thought you might have observed that I
come here so often because I like to talk
with Miss St. Clair. But you never can
know how dearly l loveiger.”
“I am sorry.”
“Why ?" with a naive surprise.
“She is older than you."
“How old is she ?”
“Sine will be twenty in May.”
“And I am nineteen this very week.
What is one poor little year ?—-not a year.”
gleefully.
“But the difference in religion ?”
“An obstacle, I grant, but not an insuper-
able one. My uncle married an English
lady, a Protestant, and they have been very
happy together.”
“But I think there is another man,” I
stammct‘cd, surprised at finding my out-
posts carried so easily.
“You do not mean to
sav that. she is
l r.
“I do not know what meaning you attach
to that word,” for the count’s imperfect
was not always intelligible.
bor, who has admired her a long time.”
“Oh, he admires her?” with a curl of.
the exquisite lips, as if to say. “Who does
not i” ‘
“But I think she may like him a little.”
“Why do you torture me so? Tell me at .
pale with concentrated auger.
He thought she had trifled with him, I
knew instantly, but quietly said, “I cannot
tell you exagtly in what'relation they stand
to each other, but I think Miss St. Clair
would if she found an opportunity to speak
with yo
“You
I go everywhere,
Won’t you ask her to come
dark eyes made a pleasant contrast to the
whimcss of hair and brow,and his smile was
so sweet and winnidg that I scarcely won-
dered to see two Catholic ladies prostrate
themselves and kiss his feet and the hem of
this white garment with a. rupture of devo-
down to-pight i" coaxingly like a child.
me when I can see her.
“Not to-night; it is too late.”
“I must see Miss St. Clair to night."
“Impossibfe.”
“I must see Miss St. Clair.
I will go with
Find out for
noticed that he did not say.
shall become al’roicstant.”) “Don’t you
shall soon be across 1
see other ladies.”
w
latcr,‘on our return ‘from the convent of best to b0 0,. m ciri but - -
. - ' l the .
Ea" Marco, where- we had seen the cell or lmdbegn wire to disk it’I ever gaw 232113;:
bavonarola and many lovely 1““ faded ”95' beautiful couple, I should have answered no boxes for pillows. '
Valery. I shall probably stay with thy
sick friend to-diy, and Miss St. Clair will
not go out without me," and sent the line
by Vinccnzo, happy to be rid of the impor-
tunate boy for this time.
Two hours later, when the doctor had
pronounced my friend better, and I had
promised Helen a walk amidst the ruins of
the Palatine, which I (1' 0t like to leave
Route without seeing, ' 'ent down to the
roll,coffce and eggs which couslitttlc an
Italian breakfast, and there sat the count as
vigilant as a sentinel. “You will go i"
said he with a smile.
“I think we may," courtly.
‘ I shall perhaps meet you there."
When we reached the Farnese gate he
was waiting there, which made the “per-
haps” superfluous. We hada long ramble
over the lonely hill, stretching out liken.
green New England pasture, but where
from time to time we came unexpectedly
upon flights ofsteps which led to massive
substructures of stone, foundations of
ancient palaces,. and to excavated halls
paved with mosaics and lined with frescoes
more beautiful than ' those of Pompeii.
There inauy statutes, more or less mutilated,
and stately brick arches laden with a
wealth of flowering shrubs. and here and
there thickets of tall dark cypress trees,
harmonious vvith ruins. My young com-
panions were rather silent, but I fancy
their thoughts were not engrossed with old
historic lore. I made a conscientious effort
to force mine into the rats of association
which I had supposed—to be inevitable in
such a spot, at the bright sunshine, the
delicate blue ot’tlic distant Campagna, the
living gladncss of earth and air were too
strong for me, and I inwardly applauded a
lively American girl who interrupted her
(ironing guide with the incisivc“l don’t
on re a snap for Cmsai‘.” -
On reaching the gate after our three
ht-urs’ ramble I consigned Miss St. Clair to
some friends who were waiting for her, and
stepped into the count’s carriage. He
seemed to feel bound in honor not to speak
of love to Miss St. Clair since the revelation
of the Sistine Chapel,but he must have a
little solace in talking to me about it. “It
would be easy,” said be, “if she were not
fiancee, but that makes it ditIicult—very
ditlicult indeed. I am glad it» is not going
to be for three years; that is a long time, a
very long time.” Then, with a sudden
illumination of face and it. delicious in-
tonation» of the musical voice, “Perhaps
they will never marry; perhaps it- will be
another man—I." (Blessed infatuation of
youth, with its wonderful perhapses, which
never come to malurcr years 1)
“One of these years I shall hope to hear
that you are married to a beautiful lady of
your own country and your own, rcligicn.”
“You never will.”
“Oh yes, you will be astonished to find
how easy it is to forget.”
“I come of a constant race," said he
proudly. "My father lbved my mother,
and they sent him all over the world to
forget her, but he came in five years” and
married her." ’
“Even if it were otherwise posSible
(which it is not), the difference in religion 1
ought to prevent it.
How could so good a
Catholic as you distress your family by
marrying a heretic ‘2"
“Perhaps she would be a Catholic." (I
“Perhaps I
think her father would let her marry a
Catholic ?"
“N o.” I replied stoicaliy.
He was silent and dejected.
“You must- forget her,” said I kindly.
“It is, only a little while since you first saw
her:”
“A little while! It is my whole life 1”
‘Only a few weeks,” I continued. “We
lfiuccan, and you will
“There is only one Miss St. Clair.”
“I beg your pardon—there are-three of
them.” But the boy was too miserable to
notice this poor little sally.
,_..,, 31111111611322:yinlp‘miclllugypretéfm3321,33h‘gl 23a of April, being his twenty-first birth- skin They are so thick that they mustbe
*0; know 1m“. 1 have tried to “Monsignorc will aarrivc this evening. and 1: day, the mart rage of the condo de Alvala socral, and some of them areffuil of song,
must be at home to
shall be in Paris by the tniddie of May, and t
I shall see you there; farewell till then.”
receive him. But I
The next morning Miss St. Clair and 1
ere on our way to Florence. A week
'ot mm hich hi“ attendants with difii- _ , , , . . . - . . .
thlll’frescdéd him. bHe lingered IODSGSI by you,” m a white heat OfWSSlon' (ll-e had f”villa:stliifitllcxlnvi’fgllictili{xvi'xftlitifiril'ru'fig-Ali‘s)iiintli‘ffi‘,
a mu h f . .fi ”Hus old ant been alone forsomelittlc time.) ' , , - ‘ . h .
ptc y by our 01 V0 ye. , . '- temporary home on the Via Pandoifini but
there was a. pathos in thc caressing, cling-
ing touch of his hand as it rested on the
child’s head that calledgo mind an old
love-story of the handsome Count Mastai
Ferretti when he wore the uniform of an
officer of the guards, and had not yet
thought of priestly robe or papal crown. I
wonder if he remembers the fair English
girl now ?
Having completed the round, he made
abrief address, the purport of which was
that he was about to give us his blessing,
and he wished that it might be diffused to
all our families and friends, and be not for
the present moment only but extend
through our whole lives and abide with us
in the 'hour of death; “But remember,” said
he with a kind of paternal benignity, “that
the gates of paradise open rarely to any
who are without the communion of the
Holy Catholic Church. Sometimes perhaps
esoinctiuics—but with great difficulty.”
He extended his hands. We dropped on
our knees and received the blessing of this
benign old man, whom the larger part of
Christendom revere as the earthly head of
the church. ‘
As we were making our way through the
stately columns of the colionnade which
forms the approach to the Vatican I saw the
count glance at the amulet that Helen wore.
"What. is in it ‘3” I asked.
“A relic of the blessed
patron," he replied.
“It will lose'its efficacy on the neck of a
little heretic like Miss St. Clair,” said I
with a. purpose.
“It will do her no harm,” said he coldly.
MondayI was at the table d’hote the
first time for a week. I found the count
seated next to Miss St. Clair. It was very
simple, she explained to me afterward. A
lady occupied his seat one day, and he came
round to the only vacant one, which hap-
pened to be next hers. I am a very guilc-
less pcrson,butl think Vincenzo had an
it happen.
eleu was on my left hand as usual, and
the Italian marquis on my right.
”I am sorry for that boy,” said he to me:
“he is very unhappy.” ‘
“The young count? What is the mat-
ter 2’”
“Don‘t you see? Ilc is madly in love
with your bewitching little American. It
is his first. impression, and he takes it hard.
Well, he will have to learn like the rest of
11
Saint Francis, my
“I hope you are mistaken ;” and, I glanc-
ed uneasily at my young neighbors, who
were too much absorbed in their own cou-
versatiou to heed that between the marquis
and myself.
“That is impossible. He raves to me
about her. It is very pretty too—a per-
fect i:lyl,all poetry and romance—eternal,
unchangeable,'and,-all that boyish nonsense.
We older men know better. But monsig-
nore will be here soon, and he will look af-
ter him.
“Who is monsiguore ?”
“The archbishop of Toledo, his guardian.
He has been here, but some diocesan mat.
ter called him home. He will be back anon,
and then the count will dine at home. As
to that, he does now, and delicious dinners
they are, too. He only makes a. pretense
of eating here.just to have a chance to see
his little divinity."
“He was here when we came.”
. “True, but only for a day or two while
his house was put in order. The house is
well worth seeing—one of the finest on the
Corso. It is not open to strangers, but, if
you would like to see—7” , . .
“Certainly not,” I interrupted, a little
irritably, the more so from the conscrous-
ness of having been a somewhat careless
chaperonc. I was coming sharply up to
the line 01' duty, now, at allcvcnts.
“Helen,“ said I when we rose from the
dinner-table, “do n'ot go into the. parlor
now. Come into my room a little while,
please.——-Weil, Helen,” I resumed when we
were seated by the pleasant window, “I
have seen so little of you for a week past
that you must have a great deal to tell me.”
“I do not know,” she replied. “I have
been out every day with the Claims, just
9, and I have been in
the parlor in the evenings, and sometimes I
sang, and one night there was a French
gentleman—”
“How about the young count? The
Italian says he is very much in lot7e with
you. Do you know it?” .
“He has told me so often enough, if that
is knowing it," with a quick, impatient toss
of the small, graceful head.
o
“and What did you say to him ‘1’”
“Why, what could I say in that great
parlor. with everybody looking on? 'Ijust-
hushed him up as well as I could. There
is the tall English girl and that sharp-eyed
little agitated by the excess of emotion
which thrilled and quivercd through his
youthful frame, as he hurried me up the
broad stone staircase and along the wide ,
corridors that led to our rooms.
business had I to meddle?
old fogy like me know anything of the love-
atl‘airs of this generation? The girl Would
have an
ed, b535,,
St. Claiy’s door,
Helen in her pretty white wrapper, bathed
in the moonlight, serene as a star, as ifthcrc
were no passionate young heart breaking
in waves of anguish at her feet. “Helen,
the count is in the corridor, and he will not
go till I have told him when you will see
A
standing where I left him:
at the Sistine Chapel to-morrow at two
o’clock.”
person I am to take charge of a young girl}
I wonder what Mr. St. Clair would think if
he knew I had made an appointment for his
l
“Oh, Helen l” I cried in real distress,
I took the arm whieh he held (out, not a
i
i
What
How should an
aged more wisely than‘I, I reflect-
mcans jubilant over the result.
“Wait here ;”a ‘ rwalked on to Miss
ned it, and there sat
him”
“How can I? You must think for me.”
hasty consultation. - The count was
“We shall be
He bowed and was gone.
I did not sleep well that night. A pretty
daughter to meet a young Spaniard? 0n
the way, however, I admonished Helen, as
if no misgiving of my own wisdom had ever
crossed my mind: “You must be firm with
him. Tell him so decidedly that he cannot
doubt you-really mean it.”
“Yes,” said she, “but I do dread it so.
I can't hear his thinking that 'i encouraged
him. . '
“I didn’t mean to, but I do like him ; and
I didn’t think of his taking it so to heart.
Men are so strangel You think you have a
charming friend, and then they will go on
just so, boys and all, and you have to take
them or lose them ; and you can’t take them.
It is too bad i" ‘ '
We were at the door. The keeper open-
ed it, and there stood the count waiting for
us. It. was not the first time we had been
in the Wonderful chapel. Fortunately,
there were very few persons there on this
afternoon—none that we knew. I sat down
to look at the grand frescoes; Helen and
the count walked on to the fartherest cor-
ner. I looked at the Cumin-an Sibyl, the
impersonation of age and wisdom, and
wished as I glanced at the youthful figures
talking so earnestly in the distance, but not
a manner of whose voices reached my car,
that she would impart to me her far-reach-
ing vision of futurity. Igazed on the image
of the Eternal Father sweeping in majestic
flight through the air, bearing the angels on
His floating garment as He divides the
light. from the darkness. I saw Adam glad
with new life, rising from the earth, because
the outstretched finger 0f,l.ll3 Creator gave
him a conscious strength. I looked" at
“The Last Ju‘lgmcut," grown dim with
years, till every figure started out in intensi-
ty of life, and it seemed as if the faces would
aunt me for ever. ‘
And yonder still progressed the old, ever-
uew drama of love and anguish, with its
two actors‘, who seemed scarcely to have
changed their position or taken '-their eyes
from each other. At length they walked
slowly toward me with more serenity of as-
cct that I had dared to hope. _ '
“Shall wego into :thc picture-gallery ?”
asked the count.
“I think We in iy have time to walk
through it,” I answered. ‘1It‘is now half-
past three."
“Is it possible that we have kept you
waiting so long ‘2” they asked simultane-
opsiy. , ‘
“An hour and a halfis a short time in a
place like the Sistine Chapel,” I remarked
sentcutiously.
As soon as we were alone I drew Helen
to the confessional: “Did you tell him
about Mr. Denham ?” .
“ch, everything, and he was so noble.
I am so sorry. 'l‘hc tears stood in his eyes,
audhc said, ‘I stiffer, but. I' am a man. I
can bear it.’
Then be thanked me Ion-
dealing so openly with him. He never
once hinteda reproach. And I deserved
it,” she said with unwonted humility. “I
never felt before how wicked it is to flirt
justalittic. He is not selfish, like some
people that I know ;” and my thoughts fol-
lowed hers. “I don’t know but I am a little
goose to let him go so. If he wore only
twenty-three years old and l were free—”
The next day we saw nothing of the
count, but earlyThursh'dsy morning Vin-
ccuzo knocked atfniy'd‘o’otgwi‘th a note, in
which Count Alvala informcdf‘me that he
was my sonjnnd begged earnestly to see the
Miss St. Clair once more; 'he would never
trouble me again. It was the only day -on
which we could see the Palace of the
Cassi-s, and would I be so good as to per-
Miss Donaldson. who are watching us the
wholer time. It is real mean in them,” ex-
mit him to meet us there? I hastily pen-
abic to' go to
pointed, but Monsignorc has made other
plans for me. I am to go to Vienna to visit
my aunt, whose husband is our ambassador
.—
Count Alvala? I felt annoyed, and my face
nust have revealed it, for he said deprecat-
ngly: “ You ought to be glad to seegyour
boy, Madame Fleming, for I'havcbfimfithis
oegjourncy only for a. day, expressly to see
“ That is why I am here. I shall not be
Paris. I am bitterly disap-
you ”
here. The tour to Paris is postponed till
the autumn.”
l
_Evidently monsignorc had heard of the
title beretic maiden, and he was going to
remove his ward from temptation. I was
infinitely obliged to him.
A dcsultory conversa ' followed,carried
on principally by the you ‘gpeopie, and then
the count said: “ Miss St. Clair tells me that
you have visited the Ufiizi and Pitti galler-
lCS.
morrow ?-—to La Corpse or San Miniato, for
May I not go with you somewhere to-
instance?"
“ Thank you,” I replied; “ We are so ex-
hausted with sight-seeing, Miss St. Clair
and 1, that we shall stay in all day to-mor-
row, and we shall be happy to see you once
in the afternoon or evening, as may be most
convenient for you.”
I did not like to be hard and cross to the
dear iioy whom my heart yearned over, but
I felt as much bound to “ make an effort,”
as‘if I had a verita Dombey.
The call lasted a moon and evening; it
was only the change of a particle. I could
not reproduce the innocent talk, half gay,
half end, of this long interview, but before
he went away the count drew me aside:
“Then you did? “ Witt you give this to Miss St. Clair when
I am gone ‘P”
I unfolded the package; it contained a
photograph of himself and a small painting
which he had executed of the Coliseum on
the night of the illumination. “ Yes,”
“And will you send me her photograph
from Paris? I will have it copied by the
best miniature painter in Rome, and put in
a locket set with diamonds,” said the boy
enthusiasticall . ‘
“ I cannot omise.”
, “Do you think I could be of any use to
her father? Not to win his favor, you un-
derstand,but I should be so happy to do
anything to serve her or her friends“ Can’t
you tell me how i‘"
‘-‘ No. ”Mr. St. Clair docs nol’ need assist-
ance in any 'ay that I know.” '
In spite of the boy’s earnestness, the idea
of his offering patronage to the mature and
fndcpendent American, struck me as irresis-
tibly ludicrous.
“ But you will tell him all about me 1’”
(C 1705.”
“ I shall learn to speak English—I have be-
gun already—and in a year I shall be in
America. Will you write your addrcss'for
me on this crud ?" : a
I did so.
ain, remember
“If you ever come to .
at is in it are
that my house and all
yours."
“ I shall never go to Spain.” -
“ Perhaps'you will one day to see Miss St.
Clair,” looking up in my face with a. bright
smile of inextinguisbable hope. “ Good-bye
for a year.” .
A few more days in Florence, a week in
Venice, a day or two in Milan, and we bade
adieu to Italy. Land of Beauty and mys-
tery! when I recall thy many forms of love-
lincss, the glorious shapes of gods and he-
roes, serene and passionless in their white
majesty of'marblc, the blessed sweetness of
saints and Madonnss shining down into my
soul, 1 seem to have been once in heaven
and afterwards shut out.
We were once more at home. Almost the
first news that came to us from abroad was
the terrible war between France and Ger-
many. Duriug the protracted siege of Paris
we were full ofauxieties, but at its close we
received long letters from Madame Le Fort,
giving many details of the sufferings and
pri rations of the siege, sorrowful enough
for the most part,l-iut enlivened here and
there by touches Of the guy French humor
that nothing can subdue. There was a live-
ly sketch ol'a Christmas dinner ingeniously
got up of several courses of donkey meat.
At New Year’s, the choicest gift that a gen-
tleman could make a lady. was a piece of
Wheaten bread. Afterward there was noth-
ing in the house but rice and chocolate
bonbons,which they chewed sparingly a lit-
tle at a time. But they kept up their cour-
age—they were even gay. Hardships were
nothing, but that Paris should be surrender-
ed‘atlast—tbat was it humiliation which
nothing could. compensate. Many of the.
gay dancers we had known had fallen in
battle, among them, Rene Vcrgniaud. He
was shot through the heart in an engages
PaIris. , - '
spent my ncx summer vacation with
Miss St. Clair in Detroit.
asked one evening when we were alone tc-
gether.
“ I don’t know : he does not speak of con:-
‘ing home. I am :1 little puzzled about Fred.
He has wri it me a great deal lately about
a certain
one of his professors, who takes such excel-
lent carc of her younger brothers and sis-
ters, andwho is such a wonderfully econom-
icaldiousewifely little body—just a new edi-
tion of Werther’sCharlo‘tte. I do not think
that he really likes her,” she continued after
musing a little: “ He just holds'her up as a
model tor me to copy. I shouldn’t Wonder
if she was only imaginary, to make me feel
how far I come short of his ideal. Fred
says that he warships the very ground I
tread on—slightly hyperbolical and very
original, you perceive,” with a satirical
curve of her pretty lips—“but it ever
seems h‘alt‘ satisfied with me. He 0 git to
know by this time that I must be just my
own little self, and not a second-hand imita-
tatiou of somebody else.”
The next day came a. letter with a Ger-
man postmark, which was so eloquent on
the subject of Fraulein Teresa, that it clic-
ited the billowing reply :
“DETROIT, August 5, 1871.
" DEAR FRED: I despair of emulating
Fraulein Teresa‘s many excellencies. You
know what a useless little thing I am. Hap-
pily, it is not to late to make another choice.
Thinking it may.picase you, I hereby release
you from all your promises to me. We may
nev'er be anything more to each other pcr-
ltaps,but I hope that we shall always be
dear friends. I shall never forget that we
grew up together, and I wish you all possi-
ble happiness. ‘
Your little friend, . HELEN.
In'duc time this answer ca :
HEIDELEEEG, August 27, 1871.
Miss ST. CLAIR; Your somewhat singular
letter of August 5th was duly received. If
I believed that you had written it, or ever
could or would do anything, with proper de-
liberation, I should accept your decision at
once; But as I have gpod reason to know
your habit of acting from sudden impulses
which you afterward regret, I give you three
months to reconsider this hasty step.
I have the honor'to be your obedient star--
want, F. A. DENHAM.
Helen held out to me the open sheet. with
kindling eves and glowing cheeks: “ Three
months i don’t need three minutes; I
wouldn't change’iu three centuries. I am
so glad to be free 1" she cried, sobbing. and
laughing a a same moment. “ He has
worried me , a poor little thing like me i”
The next morning I started on my return
to Boston _
Early in October a servant handed me a
card bearing the name of Francisco Alvala.
I had ceased to think of the boy, not having
heard a word from him; but here be was,
looking very manly, browned with sun and
sea, and beautiful as Endymion when Diana
stooped to kiss him, and all the green leaves
in the white moonshine werc- tremulous
with sympathy.
After the first greeting he asked, “ How is
MissWSt. Clair? and when did you see her
ast.
I told him of my recent visit.
“ She is not married then f” .
“On the contrary, she is free. The en-
gagement with Mr. Dcnham has been
broken.” '
“ What did I tell you? Did I not say it
would be I?” in a burst oftrinmph.
As a good Boston woman I am chagrined
to record that Bunker Hill and all the local
lions, which I was at some pains to impress
on his memory. did not prove so attractive
as the earliest Western train. ‘
Why make a long story of what every
one foresees? In the course of the autumn
and winter the count made a flying visit to
Witchingtou, Philadelphia, New Orleans,
and even San Francisco, but it was noticea-
ble that the way to all these places lay
through Detroit. He spoke English mar-
velously well , now, and so won upon the,
hearts of Mr. and Mrs. St. Clair-that on the
and Helen St. Clair was duly celebrated. I
could not leave my school to be present at
he wedding, but the young couple came to
Boston to take leave of me before sailing
for Europe. They were radiant with hap-
piness, and 1 could hardly tell which I loved
with great emphasis.
I will copy Helen’s first letter in order to
prove that a chateau en Espagne is not al-
was a castlcin the air: -
ALVALA, near Toledo, June 20, 1872.
“ DEAR MADAME ‘FLmee: You have
heard from mother, of our voyage and safe
arrival. We are now at home, Francisco
and I, if 1 can ever learn to feel at home in
such a grand place, where I can hardly find
my way round. It is like one of the old
palaces at Rome, the Borghese or Colonna,
that we used to admire so much, with vast
halls opening into one another, hangings of
tapestry and Cordovian leather, marble
statues and old paintings—family portraits
by Titian and Velasquez, one or two of Mur-
illos, and—but I cannot write a catalogue.
You must come and see us and the pictures.
I am not sure which you will like the best.
Francisco is very good to me and so are all
his friends. His sister and her husband
were here to welcome us.
“ One of the first things we did was to h'o
down to the rose-tree walk, along the ban 5
of the Tagus, tbr more than a mile—white
and. delicate Pink and deep-red roses blos-
soming above our heads and dropping their
said he would make my life like that wal
among the roses, all sweetness and beauty,
but that he cannot tell.
“ There is
lein Teresa, the daughter of
petals at our feet all the way. Francisca
DEAR GAZETTE :— "‘ ' .
Th‘e’morning of th
of December. 1874, waschilly, and the sky
by with the feelings of these who had just
,bid “adieu” to friends. and were on the
threshold of a long journey.
Noon found us safelypn board the steam-
er “ Acapulco,” foot of;.Cannl summon
river. All was hustle and Confusion.,Freight
was being hurried on board at .the eleventh
hour; baggage was being weighed, checked
and shipped; the gangways and. saloons
were crowded with passengers and their
friends. At one p..11i..‘ffail ashore, that’s
going ashore," sortnded'througb'thc ship,
final greetings were exchanged, tlieliawscrs
our voyage was begun. _',W,liei1' night set in
we were leaving the be htifulbny, of New
York and facing the roughiAtlantic." .
We will now look about its and seeivbat
kind of a home we are to b“ "but " 'n
for a few Weeks, and whO‘wé are'to limi-
companya " , T' ' ' ,
Our ship is 3,000 toxis’,,buriheIu-—lnrge
can toss it about like afiockie-shell,',and
does before we leave it. T' 1
feet long, and its deck is sgb‘dd'as‘u small
Our state-room is ascio’mfdrttiblefifs wé-
some improvements if,our, cecupancy-wcre
yr, umber 125, and are. of all ages and of
every variety'of creed andI-iciia‘gscter. Some
are evidently self-worship rs,,a’nd to avoid
pollution, bid all not to. cacti the hem of
their garments. Other‘g’dfré social and fa-
miliar, so muchso that fOu, would hardly
suppose that they were ' N
one another a few hoursa O.) .-
Many nationalities are represented in jour
family afloat, and every type of religion aid
of irreligion also, we shq‘uld judge. The
clergy are in full force. We count thentup.
Eight, surely ! enough, ouegwould think, to
save us from all ordinary sea-calamities.
Yonder gray-headed man Willi" form isomo-
what bent. and who steadiephims'elf with a.-
csne,is a Presbyterianmiu' crlromPictou,
Nova Scotia, going to yisif _“s‘dn‘ in Califor-
nia. Those three men withininflé-brehsted
coats and white cliokers;garc,}lpiscopalmin;
isters. Three more who SSO§L19 have some
affinity fOr each other but Mose; garments
are not out after the same pgttern, are Con-
gregational ministers. Two, of them live
less than a hundred miles fr9m_the GAZETTE
office when at home. Thetliirglfiyilh his wife‘
and child, is on_his way tqifl‘qrgst Grove,0re-
gou, where he is expectingtépreach. That
other pale-faced youngand slendenman, with
a wife not so very slender; plunge to the
Methodist church south-41nd stO be located
at San Bernardino. We/thi‘nk‘well of him,
notwithstanding his church relationships,
and have already given him 'a call in his
new home, about as large as a bee hive-
We 1hiilk his heart is larger and better than
his parsonage. _ _ .1» ,
There are about 200 st'éeraggc passengers
crowded together in the fore part of t&
though they eat their food standing, and
from swinging tables,as sheepcatliay from a
rack; Their accommodationsa'lé scanty as
you will perceive when you go’forward and
see them lying thick on the hard deck, on
huge coils of rope with carpet bags and
These especially, will be glad when our
voyage ends.
And now to complete the list, look at
our ship’s company. The Captain, Commo-
dore Gray, four oficers,‘ thirty sailors, six
cadets, four engineers, ten firemen, two stew-
ards, 1 stewardess, three cooks, fifteen wait-
ers, one, surgeon, one purser, two ,freght
clerks, two butchers, two porters, four wa-
ter tenders,four oilers, two messmeu, one car-
pentcr,and more I think. To pay the interest
on a ship costing nearly a million, and the
wages of a hundred hands. bu iness should
be good, and there must not b much steal-
ing. -
Ourfa-re is fair except to chronic grum-
biers, and these whose home fare has been
very ordinary. We have breakfast from 8
to 10. Lunch from 12 to 1. Dinner from 4
to 6. Supper from 9 to 10. Dishes are rat-
tling all the day and half the night. It is
eat, eat, eat; and yet some can get nothing
to eat, and not. a few ctfn eat nothint'r. The
bird and fourth days out were sad days to
many of the passengers. They not only
could not eat but: could' not keep on good
e 501
had a tinge of gloominess in perfect harmo-
were cast off,.tbc screw legs}: .to turn, and»
enough to hold a good siz‘é’d term with allits
goods and chattels. ‘ It ,is'jntirliof iron, and'
should be strong and safc‘; hid yet ,a storm, ;
fibfiéfhundred . I
home-lot for promenadiug in ,fiiir weather. .
could expect, though, wej‘sl'io'uld , pray'nfor .
to extinue a year. The first (Class passcné »
lite strangersltp.’ '
Madrid.
of it ,now.
blc lovers:
wealth, but
can girl.
daughters to
a cabinet on
tent, was a.
tertuiumcnt
apiece.
about half
sion fee.
derful head of Saint Francis and a whole
forest of columns; and when you Come we pest that made our steamer at times stand
almost upright, made many quite indifi‘erent.
to all sublannry things. First, they were
afraid that they would die, and then they
were afraid that-they would not die.
this, our voyage was pleasant, even on the
unpopular Caribbean, and on Monday, the
14th of December, We reached Aspinwall
Yours,
Riverside, California, Jan. 24, 1875.
_
will bribe the sacristan not to lock you in,
as they did at St. Roch. I shall never be a
Roman Catholic, but I go to mass some-
times, and one cannot be quite a heathen
where everybody is so devout.
like most is to have a chaplain in the house,
walking about in his black petticoat, but of
course I never say a word to Francisco.
“ By and by we are going to our house in
Our house an Mad-rid! does not
that sound very strange? It 1111 seems so an-
real that 1 am afraid of waking up and find-
ing it a dream.
“ Do, dear Madame Fleming, give up
slaving in that old school and come and live at' Drury Lane in 1819 in the " Modem
with Francisco and me. He says he wishes’ Antique v a. madman named Barnett fired
you would, and it ’would make everything a pistol, from the p’“, '
seem more real if I had you here.
your dear child,
This true story suggests a little sermon in carried home.
two heads: lst. To all possible and proba-
ideal love, and his whole-souled, exclusive
devotion, that won the heart of the Anteri-
2nd. To all sensible American
parents: Do not permit your pretty young
you are willing to leave them jherc.
M our: “MANIFESTATIONS."—Tll e other do y
-in New York, a so'called professor at the
Cooper Institute gathered an audience and
promised to show them how some of the su-
pernatural tricks are performed. There was
four feet deep, and six feet wide, with folding
doors and a small window in front.
walls were hungbclls, a dilapitntcd tambou-
rine, and a fish horn.
mtttec, the doors were t, and in less than
ten seconds hands appeared at the window,
bells were rung and,
out on the stage, and then the performer ex-
plained how
sleight-of-hand was the secret of the whole.
Similar in result, although of different in-
whcre two avowed spiritualists gave an en-
Wheu the marvelous show was
present took the matter in band.
found the whole arrangement a cheat, found
the cabinet a sham made with springs and a
false end, and finally so uncovered the de-
ceit that the 'spiritual proprietor closed his
show and 'il'eturn'ed to each one the admis-
actionjust now in this direction quite gen-
eral in its nature. '
Mrs. Hooper, in a recent Paris letter to
the Philadelphia Press, gives this account
of an interesting experiment in natural his-
tory: “One otten reads in the daily news-
papers and elsewhere of the discovery of
live toads in the center of trees or inside of
apparently soli'd stone. ' A French natural-
ist, M. Margelidct, has just published the
results ‘of an experiment ,Of that nature.
0n the 1511i of. January, in the year 1870,
be caused a cavity to be hollowed in a large
stone, put. a. toad into the cavity, and then
scaled up the mouth of the cavity with im
permeable cement. The other day, on the
15th of this month, five years,,day tor day,
since he had put the poor creature into
durance vile, he broke open the cavity, at,
the old cathedral, with 3. won-
tht I dis-
terms with what they had eaten,
A tem-
After
Z.-B. B.
Love Across the Footllghls.
While Miss Frances Kelley was playing
The shot ,passed
Think within an inch or so of Miss Kelley's'bead.
You Win: WON 5’0“? AS ever, All the house was in consternation. and
HELEN ALVALA."
It was not the count’s rank or
the fervor and constancy of
make a tour in Europe unless
the stage about seven feet high
On,its
' ‘was tied by a com-
tambourine flew
it was all done, and that
meeting in Boston last week,
to twenty people at a. dollar gant manner.
skeptics-
over, some of the
They
here seems to be a powerful re-
him arrested.
and taken into a mad-house.
tion he stated that“ love despised” was the
cause of his attempt, for he had frequently
addressed letters to the lady, which, coming
from a perfect stranger, she never replied
to. The poor creature died in bedlam a
few months later. Miss Kelley’s is‘ not a.
solitary instance; one mamduring fifteen
years, was always present at the perform-
ances of Miss Stevens, who subsequently
became countess of Essex.
sat in the third or fourth row of the pit,
and the instant the opera was over, quilted
the house and placed himself at the stage
door to catch a glimpse of the siren as
she passed to her carriage, but she never
addressed him by word or look. When
Miss Stevens became countess of Essex.
this man took to standing opposite her
house, had to be sent off by force, and, on
rctui'ning again and again, was at 1851 con-
vcyed to a lunatic asylum. In Dublin,Miss
Kelley was the heroine of another :1
adventure. A wealthy gentleman fel
peratcly enamored of her, and followed:her
about the Irish capital like a lap-dog. He
was very inoffensive, and the only annoy-
ance. he was guilty of was throwing b0-
qucts upon the stage in the most extrava-
Miss Kelley fainted dead away, and was
The lunatic was arrested
0n examina-
He invariably
rd
es-
Oncc, on the occasion of a
benefit, he wished to be extra. gallant, and
let out of a basket :1 dozen or so of white
doves, who flew about the house to the dis-
traction of the actress and amusementof
the audience. When Miss Kelley left Ire-
land and went ‘to LondOn, her “ lover” fol-
lowed her to Westmoreland street, and be-
haved in such an excited mannerin front
of her house that she was obliged to have
He was restored to his
friends, who promised to convey him to a
lunatic asylum.
to the magistrates, Miss Kelley alluded to
the “mad lover” who had shot at her.
“ What can 'it mean 1’” she suit , “ surely,
sir, it can’t be my beauty that drives these
gentlemen wild."
the magistrate, who looked up. smiled, and
answered, “ Madame, it’s your charms; for.
although you are so ugly, you are still~the
most lovable person I ever beheld.”
While relating this affair
The question puzzled
—-The Arcadian.
um .
A wee bit of a. girl, while at'thc breakfast
table a few mornings since, made loud and
repeated calls for buttered toast. After dis
posing of a liberal quantity of that nourish-
ing article, she was told that too much-toast
would make her sick. Looking wistfuliy at
ment with the Prussians in the environs of
the Museum of. Natural History, and found
the toad'withiu alive and well, though in- a.
torpid condition. Nor‘has it ’sin’Ce its re
lease taken any nourishment whale vet.”
the dish for a moment, she thought she saw
a way out. other difficulty and exclaimed,
“ Well, give me anuzzer piece ‘itnd send for
the doctor." ‘
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LEAD PIPES,&¢., of every size: d desert tion.
PLUMBING In all“: .flranc on.
Visiting Cards.
LL THE NEW STYLES.—nluln. rep.
l
. : pure white or fashionable tints, imported
stock.,put up In neat card boxes. can be bad at
shortnotieo. at the Guano Job Prlnllng
one. Enstu'ed 00mm
0 l
mittedto make monthly ehAnges chuck-advertises .
1 THE subfgriberot‘fers to let, ‘
Rooms Nos, .3 and 9, Seely'pu'fiauLMalh Street '
lA
ROUGE TO LET.
HOUSE situated on Lewis Street, Will bole:
_to a small family. House ‘M 14 r ,
and IS furnished with gas, .water, and. furnace.
Rent to- be taken outin board by three persons,
and dm‘erence to be paid in cash eve week.
Enquire of R. L. TILTON, 1 Main St.
T0 LET.
ALF of a house on River Street.
Possesslc'm
1:: of A ril. Rent: moderate... A l .to
JESSE SELLIITCKmt Smith 1%. IInnford’Epglain
Street, or at this omce. 2t’6
T0 RENT.
Very pleasant plaee on FairStreet, is altered
A. - to rent; from April 131:. A good chance to get
an entire house, comfortable an convenient, with
lenty of yard room for what a part of n‘honsein
ess desirable and less healthy locations would cost.
Six rooms, ood cellar and attic, closets, are. A
well of exec lent water, and Borough water in ad-
ditionit‘ dean-ed. Rent very moderate. 'Apply at
the Gunners OFFICE. , , , . .
. To BENT. -» '
URNISIIED—Posscsslon humetliate'ly. if dealt--
ed-my Homesteadbwith Hot House, Barn and
Garden, or the Homestead'bt‘ Mrs. Marin. Gruman
on Prospect Hill. part‘l Turntabedau'fl‘he' locatfob
is the best on thefioun _,for full information call on
, o; J. GBUMAN.
Militia}.
3—9:: Butler‘ Street. slant able for a.
once, from Aprillst,‘ 87 .2 ‘ .‘ . 1 ~.
Enquire of BUBR SMITH.
j-Jro Lem
Two _or Three [Issuable items.
over the Storqof C. S. LOOKWOOD, Main Street,
inns. Liz. BETTS.«
' To LET;
THE pleasantly located- nnd every waydeslrabie
residence, formerly owned 1) Mr. -B. E
Stunts. an w occupied by James ousins, is Of-
fered to 1e agile first of April next. App] to
3t“5 . G. G. BIS
O ’.
FOR RENT.
THE SMALL COTTAGE in rear of Stephen
Olmstead’s, on Union Avenue. Possession
given immediately. Apply at Gazette 001cc.
: g . *To RENT
ROM APRIL 131'. The :pp'er story of ahouse
near the brld , contai n30 rooms. Water.
and gas. For par iculars apply at this office. are
. TO LET.
THE place occupied by the subscriber, at: the
head of Main Street, is ofl'ercd to rent. partly
furnished if desired. R. 1...}: . ,
T0 'nEN'r.
THE lower part of the house fronting on Union
Park, lormcrly occupied by George Col ctr,
o
having been put in erteet order, islotl'ere
Bent. Apply at: this nice.
'I'll
TWO large rooms to let over J. M. Potter’s
Music Score, Wall Street, opposite Post 0mge.
Enquire at this 001%. - 3otf.
[EL—A suitor rooms over my store. Posses-
sion immediately. 45 GEO. F. BELDEN.
TO LET.
BARN T0 nENT.—A new Barn with good Sta-
bltng for several horses. near the bridge. Price
88 per month. Enquire at this Office. - '
NOTICE.
THE greatest bar. bin in real estate ever qn'ered
in Norwalk. he place formerly occnpl by
David Stephenson. deceasediit' bought beforctb _.
20th of the present month, price 86,100. 8116 01 lot
63 feet from: on West Avpnue, 75 feet rear, 180 fegtz
deep. House hasJB la a amt conveniently ar-.,
ranged rooms. cellar u er whole, house, cisternY
fie. 8510.; good barn, {11119}:
in cellar. Also fuma _
...°¥ rent. Infinite ot
Eb- 1. .. S. R. .ACAMP.
the. If not sold it will
3L5 ' '
' «es-*1 . . ._
For Sale-.913 to Rent. .
HE late residence; of, William Hancock, in
Winnipauk, is ofl‘cred for sale or to rent. The
house is modern built. 14 rooms, good sprmg water.
fruit, and a large garden,- barn, the. Suitable for 1
a large family. Terms reasonableh Enquire of ,
'1‘. SMITH.‘
Winnipnuk,_Feb. 3d, 1875. _
3m*6
FOR SALE.
HOUSE AND LOT, with good fruit. thereon,
A. situated on the Main Street, in Wilton, stew
rods from Kent Station ; Will be paid at a bargain.
Apply to E. H. SMITH, Itidgefleld, Connétf
February 9th, 1875.
FOR SALE CHEAP.
A GOOD‘ FARM of about 45 acres of high land,
situated two miles north of New Canaan.
Apply to A.B. BENEDICT, Smith’s Ridge.
- FOR' SALE.
DESIRABLE FARM, containing forty acres,
situated 2}; miles north of the Wilton Rail-
roatl station. Said farm has a never failing stream
of water tuning through the same; is welt fenced
in small lots, With a. House, Barn, and outbuildings
standing thereon; has a tine Orchard in lull hear-
ing, and for grass, gram, pasture and general pro—
ductivencss is unsurpassed. For turthca particu-
lars as to rice, terms, &c., apply to _
EBEPNEZER G. BETTS, near the premises.
Wilton, Conn., December 19th, 1874. 50:1‘
FOR SALE OR. TO RENT.
! “IE place belonging to the estate of Zalmon
Lyon. Said place is a very destrable property,
situated in the Borough of N orwalk, 9n tne corner
of Knight. Street and North Avenue, 13 Within tlve
minutes’ walk of the Horse Railway, and Danbury
8'. Norwalk Railroad Depot. Also the same dis-
tance from the several churches and schools. The
neighborhood is all that; could be destred. The
House is in good repair, the rooms large, commo-
dious and pleasant. 0n the premises 16 a well 01
excellent water, also a fine garden and plenty of
shade and fruit: trees. Possession given the first ot
April if desired. For terms enquire 0t JAMES S.
LYON, on the premises, or of EDGAR LYO. .~
Norwalk, March 7th, 1874. Ion
FOR. SALE.
A RARE CHANCE:
A very desirable place if applied for soon; situ-
ated on Helen, Elizabeth and Center Avenues;
size of lot: letlo feet, being about one acre. 1' not
rate House containing 11 rooms, good'Barn, and
other out-buildings, excellent well andmstcrn near
the door; good Fruit and good Garden. being one-
hult‘ mile from Norwalk Brtd e, Terms easy. For
further particulars appl to AMLS MITCHELL,
Real Estate Broker, orwalk, or NETTI‘K.
REYNOLDS, Danbury, Ct. . 10
FOR SALE 03 T0, BENT.
NE W HOUSE,well finished; 4 rooms and large
A. and convenient pantry and two closets, sinks,
&e., on first; floor, three rooms and two closets on
seco lloor; dining room wa-inscoted with black
walfilt and cedar, kitchen wainscoted with pine;
gas p ‘pes throughout the house; watelj tpcs, 85m:
situated on Fair Street, about half}: m} e iron the
Bridge. If not sold before April lst,thill be rented
for 5:50.I If sold the price writl be 83,230; game part
of bio I can remain on mor a e. o
. W gaimspilidsLLs.
' Small Place for Sale.
BE HOUSE AND LOT situatedjust west of the
T Wide River Bridge, on tho.south side of the
rond,nearlyopposite the residence of J nines Panton,
Esq., is altered for sale. ,The house contains six
rooms with cellar, &c.,and is onered at a. low price ;
a large mute!“ the purchase many can remain on
mortgage. ’l‘hisis a good chance to secure a home.
Apply at thoGAZEl‘TEOFFICE 8
M111 Property
FOR SALE.
HE subscriber offers for Sale his Mill Property
T situated in West Norwalk. about. two miles,
from Darien Depot,threc miles from South-Nor-
walk,and two miles tron! New Canaan, consistln
of a manufactory, two stories high, 56x18 feet, wit
about. 12 feet head and fall of water, with three acres
Orland; now used as n Saw Mill but suitable for a
manitfnctory ofsny kind. Terms easyand price low.
Enquire‘ol‘JAMES FINNEY, Real Estate Agent,
Norwalk,or ofthe subscriber,
CHAUNCEY STREET.
WeitNorwalk, Sept.25. 1809. 1.st
JAMES anmELL,
REAL Eiiiii BROKER,
—' ND—
A U c T I o N E E R,
omeenxucno‘u-s Block, Wall Street,
NORW'ALK, CONN.
City Residences, Farms and
* Country Seats
Bought, Sold, Rented and Exchanged,
llealEstate,Stncks,Furniture,&c.
at public and private sale. . Auction sales of
HO mentors, FARMS,
AND PERSONAL PROPERTY.
Sales of Furniture at Dwners’
Residences.
Houses to B. 6:11;
Furnished and Unfurnished.
Placesfor sale varying in price from $5,000
to $50,000
at the Union Market, Mitchell’s
' All orders left .
will receive prompt attention.
Block, Nor-walk.
JAMES MITCHELL. ,
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A. PIECE OF LAND in the upper part. of Win-
nipauk, on the main road, consisting of an O:-
chard and lot adjoinin .formerly a rt of the Slit;-
ting Min Pro erty. T c restate of- re. Susan Glo-
ver, deceasc . . Apply to HENRY LAMB. 3m3
. FOR SALE.
' NEAT RESIDENCE on one of the best, pleas-
outset and- most accessible streets in town.
Has eight roomsiwith gas inench, and heater ca-
pable of beating the whole house. . Large barn
with stabling for several horses. Apple, Pear and
Cherry Trees, just commenein to ear fruit. Is
within five minutes’ walk of t 0 Post: omce, are.
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8600 per year. Enquire at this office.
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JEVW ELEBS
KEEPCONSTANTLY on Hakim Fu'ti
STOCK 0?
Hill? Gilli) IND SILVER WATCHES.
JEWELRY .SILVEB AIDNA‘I’ED "Ali
ofeverydescrlptlon.
liepairing,ln all its Branches
Done inthe bestmonner.
_ALSO -
Ag’ts torSmith’s American tlrgans
.To which we wouldinvltetheattentloronhc
musics: public.
0. ll. KENDALL, M. 0.. '4
D E N '1' I s '1' .
omce East Side Depot. Square. WashingtonStreet,
South Non-walk, Ct.
Dentistryln all
its brunchesper-
formed in thebest
manner.
Special atten-
tiOn given to ex-
tracting t e c t h-
m‘lhout yam by
the nsequitrous
Oxide or Laugh.
ing Gas. Having
* used the Gas for
theth nineyearswitb nnvaryingsuccess, 1 am per.
fcctlysatistied us to its safety, and know positively
that I can extract teeth without pain ortnjui-y tomy
patients. I keep good gas mustang on handgun!
use thcmost. approved apparatus in administeringit.
P.S.—Oflice not open on Monunyror Saturdays.
\
Thesabserlocrhsslocnted in the BASEMENT OF
WILSON’S .BLOCK. (opposite Gazette Building
where he Willcarry on the
Gas Fitting and Plumbing Business
in allits branches. Being a PRACTICAL WORK-
MAN, and always either personally doing or super-
lntending his_work.hcls confident. of his ability to
give satisfaction. '
By faithfnlattentlon to business, REASONABLE
CHARGES, and GO!!!) EVORK he hopes to
sharelu the public patronage. . .
BU RRIT'I'.
17tf C. \V
Two-Seated Carriage—for Sale.
SPECIALLY adapted for an aged pair. invalid,
_ or cripple. It has an extra jump sent, if rc-
quirod, set 'very low down. and in the easiest car-
nage to ride in and get in or out of, in town. Price
8150, not. half its value. Enquire nt_ GAZETTE
OFFICE ' ‘ 3m
RANGES.
GOOD N0 7. RANGE, 812.00
M u U ----- 14-00
Callandsccthembcforcbuyingelcewhere.
GEORGE F BELDEN.
smut PIPE! ' SEWER PIPE!
All sizes. The cheapest and best". Manufactured
and for sale by CHAS. '1‘. LEONARD & SON.
Norwolk,Jnne26. 1573. .
TOYm
—AT—4
In her little night-gown,-
And kissed me again and again,
On forehead and cheek,
0n lips that wbuld speak,
But found them‘selves'shut, to their gain.
Then, foolish, absurd.
To utter'tr word, ' l
I asked her the question—so old,
‘ That wife 'aud that. lover
_ Ask over and over,. :. -
As if they were surer when told!
.Therc, close at her side,
_ “Do you love me ?" I cried; ‘ .
She lifted her golden-crowned bead
‘ A puzzled surprise _
. Sbone in her gray eyes— ‘ '
5“ Why, that’s why I kissyo'u l" she‘sald.
‘ , _- Amie-0. Bmkctt.
I
; IF rrnon CCU-LDC]: Know.
. I'tliin'k‘i’f thonconldsi'kbow, , _" '
“ 0 soul that will compliiin,
What lies concealed below 3'
‘. . Ourburden andtour. pain:
How. j eat our anguish brings
Nearer these looked-for things
; We seek for now in vain. ' ,
Itbinklthou wouldst rejoice and not com-
pam. , " ' ' -
I think if thou eoul‘d‘stsee,‘
With thy dim mortal sight,
. .How m'eanibgs'idairk to thee ‘
Are shadows hiding light; - .
Truth’s efforts crossed andvexed,
. Life’s‘pnrp’dse all perplexed! ‘
I think that they would seem all clear and
wise and bright.
And yet thou canst not know,
And yet thou canst not'see;
Wisdom and sight are slow
In poor humanity.‘ ' .
If thou couldst trust, poor soul,
In him who rules the whole,
Thou wouldst find’peace and rest ;‘
Wisdom and right are Well, but trust is best.
‘ _ 4 j ; ' _ Adelaide Proctor.
9 m . .
Tho Win-111' lo‘what We Link. ll. '
= I’ve seen some people in this life ‘
, ‘Who always are repining‘3 -- 1 5
i Who never, neveryet'cobld‘see' ' '
j The stprm-clond’s silver lining.
. There always swimming is amiss,
, From sunrise tolits letting; , ' ‘ '
That God’sband made their map of life,
They seem the while forgetting. ‘
, And In have seen a blessed sight
To sin-beclonded vision, '
Some people who, where’er they be,
_ Make earth. seem an Elysian.
_ They always see the brightest side—
Tbe diret‘ul shadows never:— .
And keep the flower of hope in bloom
Within their heartstbrever.
The one can make the sunniest day
Seem wondrous sad and dreary ;
The other smiles the clouds away,
And makes the dark day cheery.
This life of _ ours is. after all,
About as we shall make it.
If we can banish grief and care, ‘
Let’s haste to undertake it.
Annual of Phrenalog‘y. and Phyhi'ognomy.
.MOTHEB’SIFA Y,
on within our little cottage
, .As the shadows gent] ll,
While the sunlight tou , , s softly
One sweet face upon the wall,
Do we gather close together,
And in hushed and tender tone,
Ask each othér’s full forgiveness
For the wrongtthat each had done.
Should you wonder why‘tbis custom
At the ending of the day,
Eye andvoicc would quickly answer,
“ It was" once our mother’s way i"
If Our home be bright and cheery,
If it hold a welcome true,
Opening wide its 6001‘ of greeting
To the many, not the few ;
If we shar'e our Father’- bounty
‘ . With the needy,dny by day,’ ‘ .
. ’Tis because'our hearts remembe.
This was ever mother’s way.
Sometimes when pur hands grow weary,
Or our tasks seem very long;
When our burdens look too heavy,
’And we deem the right all wrong,
LThen we gain a new, fresh courage,
As we rise to proudly say:
“ Let us do our duty bravely,
This was our dear mother’s way."
Thus we keep her memory precious,
While we never cease to pray
That, at last, when lengthening shadows,
Mark the evening of our day,
They may find us waiting calmly
To go home our mother’s wnyl
Hearth and Home.
m
ruicnnnnmv. '
BY CHARLES DICKENS.
When the lessons and tasks are all ended,
And the school for the day is dismissed, ,
And the link: ones gather around me
To bid me good-night and'be kissed;
Oh,‘tlie little white arms that encircle
My neck in a tender embrace !
Oh. the smiles that are‘ halos of Heaven,
Shedding sunshine of love on my Heart. -
And when they ate gonc,I sit dreamilfg
Of my childhood, too lovely to iastl .
0f love that my heart will remember. j
When it wakes to the pulse of the past.
Ere the world and its wickedness made me
A partner in sorrow and sin,
When the glory of God was about me,
' And the glory of gladness within. _
Oh, 13y heart grows weak as a-woman’s,
An the fountains ,of feeling will flow,
When I think of paths steep and stony,
Where the teat of the dear ones mustgo;
0f the mountains of sin hanging o’er. them,
Of the tempest of fate blowing wild; ' '
Oh, there is nothing on carthbalf so holy,
As the innocent heart of a child i
They are idols of heart and of households,
They are angels of God in disguise,
His sunlight still sleeps in their "asses,
_ His glory still gleams in their eyes, ‘
0b, these truants from home, and from
. Heaven, ‘
They have made me more manly and mild l
And I know how Jesus could liken.
The Kingdom of God to a child.
I ask no”). life for the dear ones,
All radiant as others have done,
But that life may bavejust enough shadow
To tempgr the glare of the sun. ' .
I would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my. prayer would bound back to my-
se ; .
Ah 1 a scraph might pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.
The twig is so easily bended, .
_ I have banished the rule and the rod ;
I have taught flan the goodness of knuwl- '
edge,
They have tanghtme the goodness ot‘God
My heart is a dungeon of darkness,
W bereII shut them for breaking a rule,
My frown is sufficient correction ;
My love is the law of the school.
I
I shall leave the old house in the autumn,
‘ To traverse its threshold no more;
Ah 2’ how I shall sigh for the dear ones. '
That meet in! each morn at the door!
I shall miss the “good-nights"and the kisses,
And the gush of their innocent glee,
The group on thegreen, and the flowers
That are brought every morning to me.
I shall miss them at noon und‘at eve,
’l‘heir song in the school and the street ;
I shall miss the low hum of their voices, '
And the tramp of their delicate feet.
When the lessons and tasks-are all ended;
And Death says “The school is dismissed,”
May the little ones gather around me ‘
To bid me good-night and he kissed.
Rev. E. A. Lynch, assistant priest of St.
Augustine parish, Bridgeport, has been ap-
pointed to the parish in Falls Village.
The democra 'c legislature of Arkansas
has npproprial d $50,000 for. “executive
contingencies,” and suspended the collec-
tion of the school tax because the state was
too poor. , _ .
From various portions of the state there
come reports of loud noises by the cracking
of frozen ground. In Wallingford the
the noises are. so. loud, in the night season,- :
that sleepers are awakened.
Raphael Summer; is nota cherub in his ._
manner. The Louisville Codricr-Joumal -
says he keeps a Stock of congestive chills
for everybody supposed tobe bent-nth him,
and that means everybody he‘ meets.
Mrs. Lovit of Springfield has fulf‘f‘d bét ‘
husband and three grown-up sous tottnke
- board at a neighbor's as she finds it impos-
- E. K. Lockwood’s ‘ [
sible to spare time for housework while the
~'l‘il_ton-Beecber trial is going on. She it:
slow reader and gets up atdaylight
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