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The hour of death may be:
Thebes beyond done now.
Wrapped in e mace of bliss,
Andgently hid inlovllzxns. ,
To "continual—from this:
Sear-u: knowing if we wake or sleep:
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Into our thoughts, into our prnyent,
With gentle helping: glide.
Let death between: be as naught—-
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» ‘1 our joy be the mlity,
our more the dream.
—-Eurriet Bite-luv my a.
SIAREYISG .1 COUNTRY GIRL.
5’ I remember a story that Judge Balcom
ltold a few years ago on the afternoon of
Thanksgiving Day. I do not feel sure that
it will interest everybody as it did me. In
deed. I am afraid it will not, and yet I end
not help thinking that it is just the sort of
u trifle that will g1 well with turkey, celery
and mince pic.
I It was in the Judge‘s own mansion on
Thirty-fourth street that I heard it. It does
cause to be one of the family party. Since
I could not enjoy the society of my own
family, it was on not of Christian charity
that permitted me to share the joy of others-
We had eaten dinner and had adjourned to
{be bright, warm parlor, I have noticed on
such. occasions that ormversation is apt to
flag after dinner. Whether it is that diges-
tion absorbs all of 0118’s vitaligypr for some
other reason. at least'so it generally» falls out
that people may talk over so brilliantly at
the table, but they will hardly keep it up
for the first half hour afterward. And so it.
happened that some of the party fell to
looking at the books and some to turning
the leaves of the photograph album, while
others were’nsing the stereoscope For my
own part, I was staring at. an engraving in :1
dark corner of the parlor, where I could not
have madeout much of its purpose if I had
’ desired—but inreality I was thinking of the
joyous company of my own him and kin,
hundreds of miles away, and regretting that
I could not be with them.
What are you think ing about, papa?’
1 asked Irene, the Judges second (laugh
ter.
She was a. rather baugl it)" looking girl of
lsixteen, but, as I had noticed, very much
devoted to her parents. At this moment
she wasruuning her hand through her fa-
ther’s hair,rwbile he was rousing himself
from his reverie to answer her question.
“Thinking of the old Thanksgivings,
which wereso different from anything we
have here. They were the genuine things;
these are only counterfeits."
“ Come, toll motion! fiem please." This
time it was Annie Balcom, the older girl,
lathe spoke. And we rll gathered around
the Judge. For I notice that when conver-
sation does revive, after that period of
Iilenae that follows dinner, it is very at-
tractive to the whole company, and in what-
hoover place it breaks out, there is soon a
knot of interesting listeners.
“ I don‘ t ”just now: think of any particu
that, would interest you, “ said the Judge.
A. “ Tell them about Huldab’s mince pie,”
acid Mrs. Balcomvas she looked up from a
my of Whittier she had been reading.
I cannot proceed to give the story which
gfollowsinthe Judges words, for it is three
3ance1heud it,hutasnearlyaslcan
it was as follows:
:1
1, firm was a young lawyer by the name of
John Barlowpraetlcing law here in New
York, twenty add your: ago. file father
livednot very far from myfuthcr. John
Ind W with home. rad studied
”.mwfiegood fortuaetoeaterlnto
Ecaynrtnmzship with his law preceptor, ,ex
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don’t marryyou‘lldryupuld turnm patch
meat. I’m going to bring home with me the
smartest girl [knew-flit, reeds Carlyle,
and quotes Guatheumd understands emac-
son. Of course, she don’t. know what I am
up to, but you .must prepare to capitulate.”
John did not like Amanda’s assuming to
pick a wife for him, but he did like the
prospect of meeting-I. smart girl, and he
Opened the letter gain to make sure that be
had not misunderstood. He read again,
“ understood: Emerson.” John was plowed.
Why? I think I can divine. John was void
of his. own abilities, and he wanted a wo-
~ men that could appreciate him. He would
have told you that he wanted congenial so-
ciety. Eutcongeniol female society! to an
8mm mambo“ bout to yet untouched
is onlzgsooietyfihct, in some sense; under-
stand: his own greatness and admire: his
wisdom. ,
In the old home they were looking for the
son. The fsurlly proper consisted of the
futher, good Deacon Harlow. John's two
'. ten and twelve years old, and Hul-
brother}
dab, the “help." This last. was the daugh-
‘ tor of a neighboring farmer, who was poor
and hopelessly rheumatic, and most'of the
daughter's hard earnings went to eke out.
the scanty mbsistcnco at home. Aunt Ju-
dith, the sister of John's mother, “looked
after" the household affairs of her brother-
in-law,by comm over once a week and
helping Holdall dam and mend and bake,
and by giving Iluldah such advice as her
experience was supposed to require. ,But
Deacon Harlow's daughter had left. her hus-
band to cut his turkey alone in Boston, and
. had brought her two children home to re-
iceive the parental blessing.
Not that Mrs.
Amanda Holmes had tho_parental biasing
chilfiy in view of ‘ her trip. She had
brought with her a very dear friend, Him
Janet Duutou, the accomplished teacher in
the Mt. Pamnsus Female Seminary. Why
Miss Janet Danton came to the country
with her friend, she could hardly have told.
Not :1. word had Mrs Holmes spoken to her
on the subject of the matrimonial scheme.
She would have resented any allusion to
such :1 project. She would have repelled
any insinuation that 3116 had ever dreamed
that'mfirriagc was desirable under any con—
ceivable circumstances. It is a way we have
ofteuaching girls to lie.
But, before I digressed into that line of
remark, I was saying that Miss Janet. Dun-
1011 Would have resented the most remote
suggestion of marriage. She often declared.
scntlmentully, that she was wedded to her
books, and loved her leisure. and was deter-
mined to be an old maid. And all the time
this sincere Christian girl was dying to con-
fer herself upon some worthy men of con-
geniul tastes; which meant, in her case.
just what it did in John IIsrlow’s—some
one who could admire her attainments.
But, sensitive as she was to any imputation
of a desire to marry, she and Mrs. Holmes
understood one another distinctly. There is :1
freenmsoury of women, and these. two had
made signs. They had talked about it in
this wise :—
Mrs. llulmm—My dear Janet, you‘ll find
:1 bear in manners,1 fear. l
I hope you won‘t
you wouldn't
my lirntlu-r
wish he would marry.
break his heart. for I know
have him.
)IlSn l)uutn11-—You
that subject, my dear.
shall murrv nobody. Besides, your broth-
er‘s great. legal and literary attainments
would frighten such a poor little mouse as I
know my Views on
I love hooks, and
am.
And in saying these words they had mnu~
aged to say that John Harlow was an un-
sophisticated student, and that: they'would
run him down between them.
Mrs. Holmes and her friend had arrived
twenty-four hours ahead of John, and the
daughter of the house had already installed
herself as temporary mistress by thought-
lessly upsetting, reversing and turning i11~
side out all the good IIuldali's most cherish-
ed arrangements. All the plans for the un-
nuul festival that wise and practical Huldah
had entertained were vetoed, without a
thought fiat this young girl had transfer a
year and a half in actual authority in the
hduse, and might. have some feeling of
wrong- in having a guest of a week overturn
. her plans for. the next month. But Mrs.
Holmes was not one of the kind to think of
that. Huldah was hired and paid, and she
never dreamed that hired people could have
any interestin their work for their home
other than their home and their food But
Huldah was patient, though she confessed
that she had a feeling that she had been
rudely " tra’nple’d id! oyér.“ I suspect she
had a good cry at the end of the first day
Icunnot affirm it, except from a general
knowledge of women.
When John drove up in that buggy that
theboys had taken to the deprit for him,
his first care was to shake hands with the
deacon who was glad to see him, but could
not ferbear expressing a hope that he Would
“shave 11m mar 08' his ' upper lip." ‘-'r11enf
John greeted his sister cord'nlly,snd was
presenteutomssnaamn. Instead ofsittiug
down, hepusbed rlght‘ou into the kitchen,
often watched moving. about Mthat can;
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pump; was depressed. H; m4 ml at
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eat is farm-life, though name evidently
felt . unconqnerablo hostility to what he
called“ that mbbnh‘ 21m moi-upper 159,".
,1 think if John had known how strofig his
futhefs feelings were agfiust this much
cherished product, he would have m'owed
the crop and gazed the field closely until
he got. back to the city, ‘
John was not insensibleto Janet Duntoa‘ s
charms. She could talk fluently about all
the authors most in vogue, rind 17beofi‘ect of
her fluency was really dealing to a man
not yet cultivated enough‘himself to‘see
how superficial her culture manner; all
her learning floated on top. Globe 11: .jt
ma influenced hcr own mm She was
brimming full of that which slid bodac-
qutred,b1it it. had not been iéuir’porated
me her own nature. John did not see this,
and he was infatuated with tllo idea of
marrying a wife with such attainments.
How she would dazzle his friends! How
the Governor would shine in his parlors!
How she would delight people as she gave
them tea and talked at the same time. John
was in love with her as he would have been
in love with a new tea-urn or a rare book.
She was a nice thing to show. Other peo-
ple than John have married on the strength
of such-:1 feeling, nnd culled it love. And
during that week he talked and ‘wnlked and
rode in the sleigh with Miss Damon, and
had made up his mind that he would carry
this brilliant prize to New York. But, with
luwycnllke caution be thought he would
put off the committal as long as possible.
If his heart had been in his attentions the
caution would not have been worth much.
Caution is a good brenli‘wnter against vsu.
it'y; but it isn‘t worth much against the
spring-tide of love. us John Harlow soon
found.
For l'm‘flnl the end of the Week he bog-an
to feel 11 wnrmer feeling for Miss Janet, It
was not in the nature of things that John
should walk and talk with a pleasant girl a
week, and not feel something more than his
first interested desire to ninrry :1 showy
wife. His heart begun to be touched, and
be resolved to bring things to n crisis as
soon as possible. He therefore sought an
opportunity to propose. But it was hard
to find. For though Mrs. Holmes was tol-
orubly ingeniou’s, she could not get the boys
or the dcncrm to pay any regard to her hints.
Boys are totally deprived on such questions,
anyhow, and always manage to stumble in
where any privacy is sought. And as for
the deacon, it really seemed as though he
had some design in intruding at the milled
moment.
I do not think that John was seriously in
love with Miss l)1mton. If he had been, he
would have found some means of communi-
cating with her. A thousand epics with
sleepless eyes all around their heads can not
keep a man from telling his love somehow,
if he really have u love to tell. 2
There is another fact which convinces me
(but John Harlow was not yet very deeply
in love with .‘lrmet. lie was fond of talk
ing with IlL'l' of Ber and Milton, of Lord
Bacon and Emerson—i. c., as! have already
said he was fond of putting his own knowl~
edge on dress parndeln the presence of one
who could appreciate the display. But
whenever any little thing released him for
the time from conversation in the sitting
room, he wits given to slipping out into the
old kitchen. where, sitting on :: chair that}
that had no buck, and leaning. against the
chimney side, be delighted to talk to H111-
dah. She couldn’t talk much of books, but
she could tall: most churnfingly of every-
thing that. related to country lifc,rmd she
could ask John many questions about the
great city. In fact, John found that Hul—
dah had Come into possession of only such
facts and truths us could be reached in her
narrow life, but that she had assimilated
thcm,11nd thought about them, and thd‘t’ I
was more rcfreshlnu to hear her origin
and piqunnt remarks, about the topics‘she
was acquainted witu, than ' to listen to the
tireltns stream of Janet Dnaton's ostentap
lions erudition. Ancl'he found more delight
in telling the earnest and hungly minfled
country girl about the great \\ orld of men
and the great world of books, than in talk?
ing to Janet, who “as, in the. walleye}
knowledgcvnldittle W,;if,,}w,inay l)
Iowcd’theexgufession, .Andfihen 39.3 .
he could talk of his mother whom he
kitchen. When belied spoken to J tap
drenssociotioas pi the old place an )hi
mothcr’s countenance“ she had .answer__;
with a quotatipufrom scinlgmoeg given in. ii
tone of empty sentimentality. He instincta‘
lvely shrank from mentioning the 3111,3321;th
ness. . Holdall urns not: unlike her 'in. these
respects, and then she .gave him, fiesgrt oil 2.
sympathy that finds its utterancoip 3 tends
silence—160 much more tendon. than
speech can be. ' 2
He observed often during, the week thnt:
deb, afmnatv the m anionic
bapnsfinifiefiom’”? ’4 r2
.:r‘thwlpflmb-1M£ndl“ for .80
lights! to see dials men-noisné‘r:
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nameless. man‘s} dofilndhet as;
wasp}. that finale mdtfingroom: waithzg
for Willem-.mllom out lumbereshe was
.8116 Willie cumin 11 aew‘words would.
erosional; and 1: mum be willed
before a; sister came down stairs; T3};
#5.}:th bi9,.however; foumt as
was about to. men hiulhonahkheheard
Am£168 Holmesbflundeut W weep-
ing dowufiestslrwuy. He could not. help
11985503: the conversation. the: unwed
2,- “ You se‘e,Jmht,- -I got bpfiis trlp=to~night
to keep John from spending (liberating in
the kitchens:- mo basaltic sax-111 dignitygand
wouldfopend omega-lag: roulpllig with the
childrendnd Wt)? 3111M, E410 took
it into his hea.
“ Well, ” said Janet, ‘“ one can overloqk
everything: inn man of your brother‘s cul- '
tux-e. But what I «queer way your country
servants have of pushing themselvm.—
Would‘nt I makethom know their places 3”
And all this was said with the kitchen
door open, and with the intention of wound-
ing Holdall.
John's castles tumbled. The erudite wife
flongside the silverfiia-uru' faded out of
sight rapidly. ILkno'wledgo could not give
a touch of humanoitegnrdl‘for the footings
of a poor girl toiling dutflnlly and self- do
nyingly to support liar family, of what ac-
count. was it? '23 1 ’
Two minutes befordbb was about‘to give
his fife to Janet mhtoo.’ flow there was a
gulf with! than m'mollldimn them.
sidedooe axiom £1 through the kitchen.
The neighbor’s sleigh that you to can for
them was already at the door, and J olm beg-
ged them to crcuse Min. He had ‘sct: his
heart on helping Holdall mare mince pies,
as be used to help his mother when aboy”;
His sister was in despair, but she did notsay
mudi. She told John that it was time he
was getting overbis queer frocks. And the
sleigh drove ofif ’ ‘
For an hour afterward John mmped with
his sister's children and told stories ‘to the
boys. and talked to his mum. When a man
has barely escaped going over 1 precipicehe
does not like to think too much about it.
John did not.
At lastibe little children went to bed. :The
old gentleman grew sleepy. and retired. The
boys went into the sitting-loom and went to
sleep one on the lounge and one on the fibor.
Huldah \\ us just r1 nrly to begin her pics. She
was deeply hurt, but John succeededin mak-
ing bu- more cheerful. lie rolled up his
sleeves and went to rolling out'tbe pastry.
He thought be had never seen :1 sweeter pic-
ture than the young“ girl in clean dress and
apron, with her sleeves rolled above her cl-
bows There was a statuesque perfection in
her well-rounded arms. The heat «11 the fire
had flushed her face a little and she was
laughing merrily at John’s awkward blun-
ders in pie makindr. John was delighted. be
hardly know why. 111 fixing a pie crust his
fingers touched hers int! 11% started as if he
had touched a ’galvttlrlc him. He looked
at Huldah and saw a hillf pitlu'ful expression
on her flushed Face. "'
For the first time it mtnrred'to him that
lluldah Manners lmrl excited in him a feel.
in: :1 thousand times deeper than anything
he had felt toward Janet, who seemed to be
in another world. For the first time he re-
alized that he had been more in love with
Holdall than with Janet all the'titne. Why:
not marry her? And theng he remembered
what the governor had said about marrying
a woman‘s heart and not her head.
He put on his hat and walked'out—out in-
to the 111111.11“, the drizzling rain, and the
slush of melting snow, fighting a fierce bat-
tie. .111 his pride and all his cowardly vim-
ity were on one side, All the irwmblé‘t‘or
r-tof [nature on the other. ' Kuwaked
sway into the dark wood tsunamnylng to “
Cool his brow, trying manhood (would
you believe i3?) trying to' prey} forflwfla a
great stmegls, and in a’great struggle, and
in a great struggles the soul always finds
something very like prayer in his heart. .
The. feeling of love may erm
growl: all die
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route 113111!"
I turned pale, fearing I had got into some
scrape; but I only said,“ Why. sir. 9”
“ Why?” he repeated, smiling ntmy scared
looks. “ because you’r- put up in Abel‘s
place. You feel kinder spry, I reckon l"
. I did feel “ kindq Spry," for Abel, a first-
rate band, had just been promoted, with a
handsome doom”, for gallant conduct on a
. I (was his mpanion on
at occasion; and, u the adventnreawu the
cause of my being made engine driver, I will,
with y our permission, proceed 1o relate it
without further preface.
rival in the States T ‘sfféé'tfcficil in obtaining
a. situation as fireman on one of the trunk
'After a time I became associated
with Abel Storer, who had the reputation of
a first-class engine-driver, though he was to
my taste a little too reckless; and when “ in
liquor” nothing daunted‘hirn. From Abel, I
heard many encounters he had had with
“ white Injuns, " as he denominated certain
filibustcring gentlemen who had a playful
habit of disguising themselves as native In—’
(lions, and carrying off any specie or ammu-
nition contained,,in the wagons.
indeed, I believe, they did not hesitate to
commit the most dreadful outrages under
the guise of the war, paint.
One morning, about two months after my
having becntznppoimd bfman,” we got.
orders to take strain down toLanderville.
Abel was, accordingly, in hopes of shooting
some “ Inluns,” and provided hlmelf with a
quantity of ammunition for his six-shooter.
Lucie skeptical, neglected this precaution.
We started, however, having-a‘quentity of
specie in boxesgsoene valuable stores, and a
mixed cargo ol’ “ notions" in our chuge. We
had received imbue to about a 311an
City, fora faster train with passengers; and
then (if it had noftpreviously run into us) to
assist it. up the sfeep incline at that place,
our train being subsequently helped by the
other locomdtive.
We arrived at Bunkum, riding in safely
about two o’clock, and hearing nothing of
the following train, replenished the engine,
rind then proceeded to look for some food
for’ ourselves. We pitched upon a small
“ store," where we managed to procure fried,
and some of the most fiery slufi‘, miscnlled
whiskey, that I ever tasted. Abel druik it
greedily, however, while I devoted myself to
the food We were on the eve of departure
as two rough- looking fellowusntered and de-
manded .“liquor,” “ taking stock” of us as
they swaggered about Seeing that Abelwss
becoming more intoxioltedmnd reeollecting
that the pmnger train must be due. I at-
tempted t.o_ remove him. but one of the
strangers, stepping ficrward,-requested us to
“liquor up}: beforewe alerted» Abel grunt-
eda drinkea meat, and I, not during tore-
foam down while the drink was being
prepared. 1% we; moonlit»: of the
“ neviver,"_..Abel kept wandering. aimlessly
about, swaying recklessly against the tables,
. and when theglsss was at lengfipreoente’d
for my acceptance, he torched: heavily
against ther.,,,Cruh~weat the club-2
ler uponthe floor, while amidm volley“,
curses I dragged thed‘ender from the house,
and manitgd While agree unmolmted
11c slipped-out uzxueioesrmm Ky the out- i mm “WEE
lines.
you what words 1 . .
«Milo
you do
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on the Wings or the Wind.
you
1‘" jump but for me. I' ,
: thieves; they re almanac. my barges
I do not think I ever’felt pronder in my
life than I did. one morning when Mr. Job
P. Slogger,our locomotive" boss,” accosted
me as I’waslmdring'reedy the “Milwaukee"
to like the f‘ through" train westward:
" Well,‘George,” said be, “hard the news ?
You ain’t got to run this
Soon after my ar-
At times,
them, the iojun
lg unto-alike, m curled their engine srd
an catchy cut a! range of the pmengm'
seeing their manoeuvre, tumedoufullpren
ore, and swore he’d shoot them erehe’slept.
Now commenced the most cxtnordlnn'y
chase I ever heard of.
The mgmeinfront had a start of abdut
half a mile. lat we had ”we! power, and
understoodthe Widths machine.
Both locomotivei were well supplied with
wood and water. One of our opponents at-
tempted tolump 031888986 for a moment
slackened, but 11311133th upon own"
bleeding mass. Housman me deterred
his companions, who increased their distance
and disappeared over the brow of the hill.
We followed, going at a terrific rate, bump-
ing and oscillating to such a degree upon an
uneven track, thataI fancied we should run
off the line. We kept our course, however,
gaining slightly for a time, Abel taking every
opportunity of sending a bullet through the
weather-board of the retreating engine.
As the excitement cooled a little, I, for
the firettime, discovered that I was ” hit.”
A trickling of blood from 11 wound in my
arm, and a numb mention, were anything
but agreeable. A rough bandage stopped
the bleeding, and we were then at liberty to
observe the chase once 2more. Darkness
came on, yet there was no sign of any date—
ment of speed, nor any apparent change in
our relative positions Occasionally a defiant
whistle was borne back to us. but. still on we
swept through the night. Suddenly the red
glow upon the truck in front seemed tostop.
We neared it rapidly.
“ fiive. '" roared Abel just in time. As he
spoke, two shots came whining through the
glass in trout. and fell harmlem from the
iron plate behind us.
“ A ‘shave’ that i“ laughed my companion,
9 but I’ll be quite" As he’spoke, he got out
upon the frame, and told me to lie bodied.
“ Whatvon. earth are you about i” I asked.
His reply made me shudder.
“ I‘m going to kill them on that. engine;
good-by, friend.” ;He was gone—creeping
over the wheelcasings to the buds-beam.
Now determined to win, I employed every
means to do so. We were surely gaining.
Another log upon the already mating fur-
nace. The valves discharged a cloud of hiss-
ing steam, but on I went hurrying to de—
struction.
In a few minutes more" the engines were
almost touching; another shot, but no harm
was done. We bumped! a grinding noise
was heard, thar another bump. “ Hurrah,"
I died, or rather tried to cry, for my porch-
ed tlnoatcould scarcely utters sound, and
regardlessof risk was about to join Abel,
whenaahrill noise arose benmth us, and
the other engine shot into meduknemnheed-
With an oath I shut. off the steam (further
progressl knew. was impossible with the
heated machinery). and shouted to Abel. As
soonas I could pull up I jumped amend run
to the front. Abel had disappeared! Gre-
clous heaven, had he fallen when the engines
touched ? I began to fear the worst. and to
call wildly in the vain hope that he might
bear, but the whisper of the wind was the
only reply. It was impossible that he could
have gained the footplate of the other 1000-
motive. and escaped instant death; had he
fallen, the engine would have killed him.
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ly filled a pipe. and taking the lamp begin
to oil the cranks. Looking It my watch, I
found walled men running for m illn-
mail was not far distant, and Lender-ville
wesoulyufew 8368 all? So Imgently
ahead egalu.rand:hd-not pounded for
when a sudden “lift” of the engine nearly
threw me dawn.‘ {W and ascended.
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disfigured. The cow-catcher 11nd skuckhim,
and dragged him along An undeniable fl-
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this Abel after-all!
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turn thecorpseupon Whack. Thefeotures
were indistinguishable, but all doubt we:
speedily set at rest; for by the lantern' slight
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