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BEN EATH THE SOD.
I saw the mortal laid beneath the sod,
With carven cross above her breast, _
I knew the immortal spirit was with God,
A bright, pure soul had gained eternal rest
First of a band of friends to pass away,
Her busy, useful life on earth is done;
Ended forever is her toilsome day,
For her the promised rest is now begun.
I stood and heard the solemn accents fall,
“I am the resurrection and the life.”
God, whose great mercy watches over all,
Had ta’en my friend from out our earthly
strife.
We left her lying in her peaceful bed,
Until the dawning of that last great day,
Trusting in One who long ago hath said
That He will wipe all bitter tears away.
—Academy.
_ LOVE AND DEBT.
Mr. Rhodes was the High Sherifi of
———- County, Massachusetts; and his
good name, inherited from the father
and cherished by the son, made him not
only popular as an officer, but rather
wealthy as a man. Why Mr. Rhodes
had never got married, the ladies could
not ascertain, though they talked the
matter over very often, but almost all
said there must have been some cause
in his youth.
“8an disappointment," said Miss
Anna, a young lady who thought it
‘ wrong that gentlemen should be disap-
pointed; “some fatal disappointment.”
“Not at all,” said her maiden aunt,
”not at all; nobody ever thought that
Mr. Rhodes had courage enough to of-
fer himself to a lady. He is so modest
that I should like to see him make a
proposal.”
“No doubt of it, aunt, no doubt of it;
and to hear him, too,” said Anna.
“Your father and I,” said Anna’s
mother, “once thought Mr. Rhodes
would certainly marry Miss Susan Mor-
gan, who then lived in the neighbor—
hood.”
“Was he accepted by Miss Morgan?"
asked Anna. '
“I don’t believe she ever had an of-
fer,” said Aunt Arabella.
“Perhaps not,” said Mrs. Wilton;
“but she certainly deserved one from
Mr. Rhodes; and I have frequently
thought that, during the services in
church, he was about to make propo-
sal before the congregation, as he bent
his eyes continually on her’” .
“I should think.” said Anna, partly
aside, "that a man like Mr. Rhodes
would not lack confidence to address a
lady, especially if she was conscious of
her own feelings, and of his infirmity.”
Mrs. W. smiled, and Aunt Arabella
was about to say that no lady should
ever evince her feelings under such cir-
cumstances, when Mrs. Wilton re-
marked that once, when she had joked
Miss Morgan upon her conquest, she
rather pettishly replied “that she may
have subdued him, but he had never ac-
knowledged her p0 wer.”
“Conquest and possession did not go
together, then.” said Anna.
“Well. is this attachment the cause
of Mr. Rhodes’ single condition? Was
there no one else at Whom he could look
in church, who wou.d be likely to 100k
' at him also?” said Anna, nodding at her
aunt.
One morning Mr. Rhodes was sitting
in his office, when one of the deputies
read off a. list of executions and attach-
ments, which he had in hand to serve,
and among them was one against a lady
at a short distance. The amount was
not great, but enough to bring distress
upon a family.
“Let me take that,” said the sheriff,
with some feeling; "it is out of your
walk, and I will drive to the residence
of the person tomorrow morning."
The modest vehicle of the officer
stopped at the door of a neat dwelling
house in a retired, delightful situation,
where all things told of taste and econ-
omy. The sheriff opened the gate, as-
cended the steps of the house, and
asked if Miss Morgan was at home. ’
The servant-answered in the affirma-
tive.
As Mr. Rhodes passed along the hall,
he thought of the part he had to per-
form—how he should introduce the sub-
ject—how, if the debt should prove to
be onerous, he would contrive to light-
en the burden by his own abilities; and
when he reached the door, he had
conned his salutation to the lady, and
his opening speech on the subject of his
oflicial call.
The servant opened the door—Mr.
Rhodes entered with a how. He
blushed, hesitated, and at length took a
seat, to which Miss Morgan directed
him by a graceful turn of the hand.
After {a few moments hesitanCy, Mr.
Rhodes felt that it was his business to
open a conversation that would explain
the subject of his visit; so he offered,
by way of preface, a few remarks upon
the coldness of the spring.
“Yes,” said Miss Morgan; “but yet,
cold as the weather has been, and even
notwithstanding a few frosts, you see
the trees have their richest foliage, and
the flowers are luxuriant.”
“True," said Mr. Rhodes; “it seems
that though there may be a great deal
of coldness, that Nature will have her
own way, and, in time. assert her pre-
rogative, late, perhaps, but still the
same.”
Mr. Rhodes felt rather startled at his
own speech, and looking up, was in-
finitely astonished to see that Miss Mor-
gan was blushing like one of the roses
that were hanging against the window.
“We are always pleased,” said Miss
Morgan, “to see what we admire break~
ing through the chilling influences by
which they have been restrained, and
satisfying our hopes of their ultimate
disclosure.” ' ’
Mr. Rhodes put his hand into his
pocketmnd felt Of the oflicial papers, to
gather a little courage frqm their con-
tact.
“I have,” he sgid, “an attachment.”
Miss Morgan this time lent blushes to
the rose. ‘ ’ 2,
“The attachment is of a distant date.
and Ifelt that too much time already
elapsed; that, indeed, instead of en-
.‘é.g~,t_'1'usting_it, asl might have done, to
"'ano\'cher;'slj. thought that in a matter of
so :mucfiidelicacy it would be proper for
", me togpomedn person.”
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“For me? The attachment for me
you say?” . -
“As I was saying, the attachment]
have, and I thought it a matter of deli
cacy to come in person, thinking thaw
my own means might be considered. ii
there was any deficiency in the value 01
this property.” '
“You seem to be rather enigmati
cal.”
“I, nevertheless,” he said, “mean to
speak very plainly when I say that with
reference to this attachment, should you
honor me so far as to accept my pro-
fession, my pecuniary means Would be
devoted to the—to the attachment.”
"1 was wholly unprepared for this,”
she answered.
“I was afraid that was the case,”‘srid
Mr. Rhodes, “and therefore I thought
it more delicate to make the offer in
person.” .‘-
"You are very considerate.”
“Am I then to understand that my
proposition is agreeable to you? In
other words, that it is accepted?”
“I must claim a little more time to
think of it,” said the lady with much
hesitation.
"I will call, then, on my return from
the village beyond.” ,
“Let me ask a little more time,” said
she; "say next week.” _
“The matter requires immediate an-
swer; the attachment is of old date,
and time now is everything; my feel-
ings are deeply interested, and may I
not hope that while you are using so
short a time to consider a subject which
you are pleased to view as of such
great delicacy with regard to yourself,
you will allow my feelings to weigh
with you in deciding in favor of my
proposition, which I assure you is made
after due deliberation upon my ability
to perform my part of the contract.”
Mr. Rhodes then took his leave, as-
tonished at his own volubility, which,
indeed, nothing could have induced but
his desire to relieve one so much es-
teemed from present embarrassment.
Miss Morgan felt a renewal of all
those feelings which had rather been
dormant than quenched in her bosom,
and desired the advice of her married
sister, who was unfortunately absent.
That Mr. Rhodes had once.felt an at-
tachment for her she could not doubt.
In less than two hours Mr. Rhodes
drove up to the door again, fastened
his horse, and was readmitted to the lit-_
tle back parlor, which he had occupied
in an earlier part of the day.
“Before receiving your answer,” said
he, “which I trust you are prepared to
give in favor of accepting my proposals,
I wish to state to you that I have con-
sidered all the circumstances of my sit-
uation and yours, and find myself better
able, from some previously unconsid-'
ered matters, to keep my part of the en-
gagement than I thought myself, when
I ventured to make the offer; so that
the kindness, if you will have that
word used in this matter, is all on your
part.”
"Under present circumstances—I
mean those of our long acquaintance
and our family intercourse, though of
late rather interrupted,” she said, “and
my right, by years (she added, casting
a glance at a looking glass that showed
only matured womanhood), to speak for
myself, I have concluded to consider
your proposal favorably.”
"‘Considerl Consider favorably! may
I not hope you mean that you will ac-
cept it I”
She gave no answer.
“Nay, then, it is accepted,” said he,
with a vivacity that she thought would
have brought him to her lips—her hand
at least.
“How happy you have made me,”
said Mr. Rhodes; "having now dis-
posed of this matter, there are ten days
allowed.”
“That’s very short,” said Miss Mor-
gan; “only ten days; you seem to be in
a haste unusual to you at least.”
“It is the attachment, and not I, that
is imperative.”
“You speak rather abstractedly, Mr.
Rhodes.”
“But truly, very truly.”
“But why limit us to ten days?”
“The attachment requires it.”
“I thought,” said she, smiling, “the
attachment would be for life.”
He looked exceedingly confused. At
length he started suddenly toward the
lady.
“Dear, is it possible that for once in
my life'I have blundered on the right
path? Can I have been so fortunately
misconceived?” .
“If there is any mistake,” she said,
“I hope it will be cleared up immedi-
ately. I can scarcely think that Mr.
Rhodes would intentionally offend an
unprotected orphan, the daughter of his
former friends.”
He hastily pulled from his pocket his
writ of attachment, and showed it to
her. . .
“This is certainly your name, and this
property—”
“Is the disputed possession,” said she,
“of my sisterrin-law of the same name,‘
Mrs. Susan Morgan.”
Mr. Rhodes stood confounded. He
was afraid of the course which the mat-
ter was likely to take.
"So, Mr. Rhodes, you see the attach-
ment was for this property. Now, as it
is not mine, and as, indeed, I have little
of my own, you, of course, have no
claim upon my person.”
“I beg your pardon,‘ my dear Miss,
Morgan, I beg your pardon. You have
not the prOperty, indeed, for me to at-
tach, but be pleased to read lower down
on the 'writl you will see—look at it if
you please—‘for want thereof, take the
body.’ ” , ~ .
“But the promise was extorted under
a misapprehension, so that I am re-
leased.”
“Not at all; you arel’required only to
fulfill the promise just as you intended
when you made it. And as to the at-
tachment for-the widow and her prop-
erty, I’ll serve that by deputy.” .
In ten days the clergyman, and not
the magistrate, was called in, and the
whole arrangement, was happily termi-
vnatedn—C. D. in New York'News.
CATIONS, BUT THESE ARE TRUE.
His Glasses of Gems and Bare Art Treas-
ures are Mingled with “Articles de
Paris,” and Cheap Chromos. Events
Connected with His European Visit.
There is no end to the stories about
the lateShah.’ '
—true stories and stories good enough
to be true. The proportion of onekind
to the other is about one in one hun-
dred. It is not easy to get at the truth
about the reports with regard to the
wealth of the Shah. It is well known
that the late monarch considerably in-
creased the royal possessions during his
reign. Everybody has read about his
treasure house, with, its quarts of dis.
monds, peeks cf pearls, and bushels of
less'precious- jewels, but it is necessary
to discount these yarns very materially.
It is true that his treasures in jewelry
and precious stones are of almost in-
credible value, but much of the contents
of his carefully guarded treasure room
is mere trash. There are diamonds,
rubies and pearls of wonderful splendor,
and they are kept loose in glass tum-
blers andadecanters, so placed by direc-
tion of their late owner in order that he
might see at a glance if their quantity
had appreciably diminished. .
Perhaps the most tempting sight in
the whole room is a large aquarium
glass case filled with nothing but care-
fully sorted pearls of the finest Oriental
mass of riches is a heap of tawdry “ar-
ticles de Paris,” hardly good enough for
a charity bazaar. Some beautiful
enamelled paintings on gold have be-
tween them a lot of cheap German
chrome lithographs. Prof. Vambery
of Budapest, who has examined all the
Shah’s treasures, estimated their total
value at $20,000,000.
Most of the London and Paris stories
about the Shah are told in connection
with his past visits to those capitals.
Below I give a small collection of what
I believe deserve to rank as true stories
about his dusky Majesty. '
On the Shah’s last visit to England,
Lord Salisbury gave a garden party in
his honor at Hatfield. The entertain-
ment of the guests included an exhi-
bition of marksman=hip by a man who
shot corks off a lady's head. The Shah,
seeing it was so easy, apparently, asked
if he might try. He took a. repeating
rifle in his hand, and swung it around
carelessly in the direction of Lord Salis-
bury and some of the guests, very much
to their consternation. The lady per-
former was impolite enough to refuse
to allow him to shoot at anything on her
head. “Very well,” remarked his Ma-
jesty, and turning. to the Prime Minis—
ter he invited him to take the lady’s
place. Lord Salisbury’s declination was
end the Shah was disarmed.
The late monarch possessed a certain
frankness of expression which was
those about him. An extremely clever
English woman, who is not beautiful of
feature, was among those presented to
him at a London reception. The Shah
favored her with a prolonged stare and
then exclaimed, “What does her hus-
band keep her for?"
He was taken to several English fac-
tories. At once. large number of females
were employed. In honor of the occa-
sion, they were clad in spotlessly clean
cotton gowns, with red shawls folded
picturesquely over their heads. The
Shah was immensely interested—not in
the manufacturing, but in the young
women. He looked from one comely
face to another, and finally turned sud-
denly to the proprietor, exclaiming:
“Oh, you sly Englishman, that is
your private quarter, and a very good
one, too.”
It was impossible to convince him
that "the establishment was not the
owner’s private harem.
A Touching Incident.
Probably the most touching incident
at the sumptuous coronation of the
Czar was the spectacle of his mother,
the Dowager Empress, weeping and
seated on a throne chair beside him.
She was doubtless recalling her own
coronation and the death of her imper-
ial husband.
An Able Name for a Society.
A society has been formed in Texas
under the striking name of "‘The Else-
mosynary Pro Bono Publico Society of
Terrell for the Elevation of the Colored
Youth of the State of Texas.”—San An-
tonio Daily Express. _
‘HIGH ART POSTERS.
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Great heavens,
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TOLD OF THE SHALL.
STORIES 0F HIM ARE'MAINLY FABRl-V
They are of two kinds
lustre. By the side of Lth’lsstupendous .
kind and polite,.but very firm. In the . "
sometimes peculiarly embarrassing to ,.
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Old Rounder (at the Poster Shdw)—-~'
—New York Herald. . 3‘
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