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.ALL IS BEAUTIFUL.
Oh. God! how beautiful is earth. '
In sunbeam or in shade;
Her forests with their waving arch;
Her flowers that gem the glade;
Her hillocks white with fleecy flocks;
Her fields with grain that glow. ‘
Her sparkling streamlets. deep and broa 6
That through the valleys flow;
Her crested waves that clasp the shore.
And lift their anthems loud:
Her mountains, with their solemn brows,
That woo the yielding cloud.
' Oh God! how, beautiful is life
That Thou dost lend us here:
So cheered with hopes that line the cloud,
And joys that gem the tear;
With cradle hymns of mothers young.
And tread of youthful feet,
That scarce in 1.111. ir elastic bound
Bow down the graSs flowers sweet.
With brightness round the pilgrlm's stair
Who at the setting sun
Beholds the golden gate thrown wide.
And all his work well done.
But if this earth, which changes mar.
This life. to de.1th that leads,
Are made so beautiful by Him,
From whom all good proceeds,
l How glorious must that region be
Where all the pure and blest,
! From every tear and sorrow free,
1 Attain untroken rest.
’ —-Mrs. L H. sigourney. in N. Y. Ledger.
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THE TWO CAPTAINS.
- ' BY TOM HALL. ?
, “To the king.”
,1' “To my king.”
.r’L The toasts, though slightly different,
were uttered simultaneously and a small
glass of rare old port was emptied in
honor of each. The scene was the
broad veranda of a South (.‘ arolina
plantation, not fifteen miles fiom the.
famous city of Chai leston; the time
was the car-1y autumn of 1781; while
the characters were a young captain of
his majesty’s artillery, a portion of
which \1 as guarding the city of Char les-
ton, and a y zfloung' 11 cman in pol haps her
twenty-second y 9111.131 famous beauty
was this Miss Phoebe. Poimlexter, and 11
most captivating picture she made. in
the eyes of the captain of artillery, as
she sat thrumming the keys of hei
harpsichord, after itaplacing the empty
wine glass on the table neai her. The
latter was a handsome young man, ap-
parently thirty years of age, with a
perfect air of good breeding and evi-
dently of some graces, for he had just
finished a solo oh the flute to the ac-
companiment of the y oung lady.
“The fact is, Miss Phoebe, I hardly
know what I should do with myself,
were it not for the possibility of riding
out here to spend an occasional after-
noon with you—or should I say, both-
in gallantry and truth, every after-
noon with you? The town is simply
too dull for a soldier, now that Lord
Cornwallis has taken the major part of
our army with him in his chase after
the rebel Greene.”
“And what do you think, captain, are ~
his chances of capturing Gen. Greene ?”
“Oh, the chances are perfect, my
dear lady. Why, the rebels vcre abso-
lutely routed, according to our dis-
patches, at the battle of Guilford Court
House, and so badly demoralized that
they ran from the field like sheep. In-
deed there was no necessity for our pur-
suit. Greene is starving up there in the
mountains of North Carolina and will
surrender at discretion in the course of
a week or two. IIis defeat and reduced
circumstances will be the excuse, but
the real reason will be British gold. You
remember, of course, our success with
their Gen. Arnold. W’ell, after a man’s
ambition has been killed, he will not
fight in any cause with neither food
nor pay. And that is the dire extrem—
ity to which Greene has been forced by
the glorious success 'of his majesty’s
arms. . My Lord Cornwallis has turned
north and in a month will have defeated
and captured that little boy of aFrench-
man, La Fayette. With their armies
of the south and of the center defeated,
he will move next spring upon the only
remaining armies of the rebels, that
under the misereant Washington. It
will be a short campaign, a battle, a
rout, a pursuit. and then peace—and
with peace will come its delightful
handmaiden love. And then —— then,
Mistress Poindexter, I shall have the
honor of claiming you for a bride, of
selling out my commission and living
the quiet life of an English country
gentleman for, I hope, the rest of my
life.”
“A charming arrangement of events
for yourself, my dear Capt. Webb! But
I must say it appears to me as though
Gen. Cornwallis’ movement into Vir-
ginia is more like a retreat than the ad-
vance of a victorious and conquering
army. And.as for Gen. Greene, they
say that he is not only harassing Gen.
Cornwallis at every step of his north—
ward movement, but has detached his
cavalry and a portion of his riflemen to
reconquer the Carolinas and Georgia."
“On what utter nonsense do these
misguided colonists feed their despair-
ing hopes!” answered the captain.
“Why, it would be no more ridiculous
for you to assure me that a detachment
of Marion’s outlaws were here, sur-
rounding this very house, and that I
was in danger of becoming a prisoner
to them, as to—‘what was that?” The
captain jumped hurriedly from his seat
and, grasping the railing of the veran-
da in front of him for support, looked
anxiously up and down the road that
ran in front of the old plantation.
“It seemed to me like the winding
of a horn,” said the lady, calmly.
“And, by my faith, I heard the gal-
loping of horses and a short command, ”
continued the captain, excitedly.
“Inside, inside, captain, as your value
your liberty,” said the lady; “I saw a
mounted man in uniform there in the
Lushes just now, and I know the uni-
:form well.”
“And the wearer?”
.- “Yes, the wearer.”
“Then it is a detachment of Marion’s
outlaws indeed. Ha! Iwill be an agree-
able prize for Capt. Pickens. An in-
teresting meeting between two rivals
,it will be, indeed! I must be saved,
Moderato.
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- difficult to—day,” she replied.
madam, or your own loyalty will be put
in question.”
“And, pray, what can "‘I'do?”’asked
the girl drawing'herself up to her full.
height and looking at the English offi-
cer with scornful and indignant eyes.
“You can tell them that there is no
one concealed in your house. He will
never dare to doubt your word.” 1
“You would have me tell a lie to save
you-——'me, the woman you pretended to
love and wish to make your wife?” -
“It is a case of necessity—quick, they
are approaching on both sides. They
have been informed. It is a trick!”
“Where will you‘hide?” asked the
girl, with an insulting emphasis on the
word “hide. ”
“You will 101111112111 that no one is
concealed in the limise ‘1’”
“I shall tell them nothing but the ab-
solute truth—be quick.”
“Then there is out one place where
I will be safe,” answ 1.] ed the captain,
“and there only if he be a gentleman.”
Saying which, the captain darted up
the stairs and entered Miss Poindex-
ter’s own chamber.
He had no more than closed the door
when a lithe, athletic young officer in
the partisan cavalry leaped over the
railing of the vcram.a and stood, em-
barrassed and hat in hand, bowing be—
fore the young mistress of the man-
sion.
“Phoebe!” exclaimed the young sol-
dier.
“‘Would it not be better to address
me as your prisoner?” answered Miss
Poindc:—.ts;~r. “If I am notmistaken, you
have surrounded my home with armed
soldiers and have-come yourself on no
gentle errand.”
‘ “Prisoner Phoebe ?” answered the pa-
riot captain. “I would never wish to
hold you prisoner, save in the bonds of _.
love. My presence here needs an ex-
planation .and I will make it. I have re-
ceived information that an English ofii-
ccr is visiting you this afternoon. It
is a matter of duty. I have been 01-
dcred far in advau --ce of the returning
troops of Mai ion and " water for the ex-
press purpose of catc.1in' some of the
officczs at the ganison at Charleston
oil? their guard; and I expect to appear
at the very gates of that city before I
am done and let them know that, far
from being defeated, as they suppose,
Gen. Greene’s army has driven their red
coats from the Carolinas and is chasing
Cornwallis himself to the sea.’
“What a romance!” laughed the
young lady.
“I wish I had time for romance,” said 1
the officer; “more could be no more dc-
lin‘htful opportunity. Only when this
wards over will I be able to ask you to
reward a love that has been faithful
to you (Yer since we were children.
.But to 1. 1 v. Are you harboring an
English officer here?”
“Why, of course I am,” she answered,
laughingly.
“This is no time for joking,” said
the captain. “If he is not here, he can-
not. have been gone a very long time;
and if you delay me he may yet get
within the gates of Charleston.”
“It seems to me that you are a trifle
“Do you
not believe me?”
“Of course,”-he said, biting his lips
nervously. ._“I shall have to search the
house,” he continued.
.“0, we are quite used to it,” she an-
swered.
"He ordered up his men and began a
systematic search of the mansion and
surrounding buildings. He himself,
however, stood immovably in front of
the door that he knew opened into her
private apartments, and permitted no
; one to enter. The search was therefore
useless.
“Well,” said she, teasingly, “why do
you not enter my own room ?”
“If he is an officer he shouldbe agen-
tleman, and could not be there,” an,-
swered the captain. “You have been
fooling me, Phoebe,-in order to give him
a start. I do not blame you. He was
a. guest, and you have but observed the
laws of hospitality, even though he is
an enemy to our country. Farewell—
remember always I shall come to you
when this war is finished.” “
“Why not come before—tonight?
You will not wish to camp nearer
Charleston than this, I am sure. Grand-
mother, who is in town to-day, shop-
ping, will be back by tea time, and you
can tell us all the news.”
; “And may I tell you something else ?”
‘- “Yes—without even waiting for the
war to end. And I will tell you some- ‘
thing, too.” The young patriot turned
about for a moment—and for a kiss.
Then springing into the saddle he shout-
ed’ thecommand: “To horse, the road
to Charleston—gallop!” and was off.
As soon as he and his men were well
out of sight, the English artillery cap-
tain made his appearance. “I suppose,
he said, “that I am under obligations to
you—and yet I thought your t1 11.1:-
fulne'ss would have been the ruination
of me.”
“And could you have? .dmii ed or love I
-a woman who had deliberately Led?”
“Well, that is rather an odd question.
If you had told an untruth it would
have been in a noble cause. Allis fair
in love and war, you know.”
“Even hiding in a woman’s apart-
ment.”
“Oh, yes—when necessity compels it. ”
“Well, Capt. Webb,” said Miss Poin-
dexter, slowly, “will you in your turn
do me a. favor?”
“With the greatest pleasure, I am .
sure,” ansv'vered the gallant captain.‘
“Will- you please mount your horse
and get safely back into your own
lines,” said Miss Poindexter, “and stay
there.” '
“By Jove,” said the captain to himself,
as he turned away with flushed cheeks,
“I never intended to marry her, but
I’m blest if I don’t believe she’d make a
wife that any man could be proud of."
-N. Y. Truth. ‘ v
—Weary Watkinsé-J‘The doctors say
we ought to eat ' more cereal food.”
Hungry Higgins—“They is too much of
the serial business about our style of
eatin’ already’ -—Indianapolis Journal. ,
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