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Volume LXXXVI.
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A Patient Mother.
All day with busy thought and hand,
The patient mother thought and planned;
And strove to do with needed care,
A duty here. a duty there;
Yet on her face about her work,
A covert smile would often lurk,
A mother's smile which came unbid,
At something which the children did.
She watched with pride some boyish feat.
She nlarked the girls and saw them sweet.
Silo thought the sight was passing fair
0f baby grasping at the air;
The swift retort of childish wit
She heard and keenly relished it,
And underneath the look that chid,
She smiled at what the children did.
When at the weary end of day,
The youngsters, soundly sleeping lay.
The mother, by the evening tire,
' Recalled their pranks to please their sire.
And when the fire was but a spark,
When all the quiet house was dark,
When slumber came with drooping lid,
Site dreamed of what the children did.
A Temptress.
“Allie, dear! It is impossible. See!
I would get it for you if I could, darl-
ing! Don't be unreasonable. Look
The people are albstaring at us. Come
away, Allie. Be a good child i"
"‘Iwon't go away! I don't care if
they do look atmc! Leave me alone!
I want that doll l"
And tears and stamping of small
angry feet in dilapidated shoes, and
doubled up diminutive fists repelling
the elder sister, who vainly remonstratu,
soothe, implores. Only a slim girl of
sixteen, too, this elder sister, with a
sweet, pale, careworn face, who finally
succeeds in leading the shrieking, re-
bellious child away from the brightly
lighted Fourteenth street window of
the toy store. All the way home—and
home means the top fist of a clean and
decent tenement, the small tyrant walls,
rails, showers out reckless infantile
abuse; and ultimately, having refused
to be fed or comforted, sobs herself to
sleep in a passion of stubbornliysterical
weeping. No child of opulent other- .
wise ofl'springless, parents more potted,
more cared for, more deferred to With a
passionate anxiety of devotion and
tenderness than‘this fatherless, mother-
lcs‘s' sister of a frail young girl who
from early morning to dusk wears her
life away in a great, humming. stifling
factory building, with other hundreds
like her, some pure asthis poor little
snowdrop cast away in the dingy back
alleys of the metropolis, some alas! far
different.
But what would there be to work for,
to live for, _if Allie were not there?
Eululia bends softly and pushing the
tangled golden-brown curls from the
dimplcd cheek, still flushed and moist,
kisses the child gently, with all illefl‘able
yearning of love and protection. How
hard it is to deny her anythinglwllat
Illltl the mother’s last words been?
“Eululin, watch over Allie. Ileavc her
to you." Was there no way of buying
the COVOI'IBLI toy?
Eulalia sat down wistfully, and while
her fingers busily flew with their needle
over the little wOol dress that Allie
must have for winter, her thoughts, no
less busily, were searching, combing,
devising ways and means, possible
economics in their pitiful little house-
hold. the sacrifice of a new bit of ribbon
on last Winter's hat.
And the following evening, full of joy
as a child herself to whom a new toy
has been given, she confided to the
little dressmaker, whose flat is beneath ’
their own and who keeps some sort of
vigilance over the child while her sister
' works all day at the factory, that the
toy already is potentially hers and Allie's.
The tradesman had been willing to take
a small deposit on account ; they would-
do that sometimes, and by Allie’s birth-
day she could have paid the price all in.
And the little dreasmaker, when Eul-
alia has run out again, blithe as a bird,
muttered to herself : ‘
" Yes. - And who will be grateful to
you for all the sacrifices you make ?
That child! Not she i Wait until she
has growu up. I know the style she is.
It is a little thing, this of the doll. But
it's going to be this way all your life.
All you want she will take. All you
have you will give. So it will be to the
end."
0 t 3 O ‘ .
Austin Grate, fast as locomotive
power can carry him, is steaming, whirl-
ing, rattling eastward. He has not
taken a sleeper. It seems extravagance
and self-indulgence. Now, that by six
years of labor in the far young West he
has made a little home for Eulalia and
himself, and that at length they are
going to be married, it behooves him,
as an honest, proper-minded follow, to
economize on all such personal luxuries
in order to uphold his modest roof-tree
with beseeming decency.
80 straight he sits through the long
night in his stiff-backed seat, and every
now and then he wipes the steam away
from the pane beside him and peers out
into the great, black, wintry plains over
which the long train skims like a meteor
with a fair gleaming tail. The red-hot
stove snaps and gives out a strong odor
of glowing iron; a commercial traveler,
with his knees against his nose and his
hat down‘ovcr his eyes. snares peripatot-
ioally under the influences of somnolencc
and bibulousuess combined. But Austin
is perfectly content. In two days he will
be holding Enlalia’a, hand and looking
into her soft eyes. And the dreams and
visions that fill his mind are such as
hold in themselves inherent satisfaction
enough to sweeten any surroundings.
Six years. He remembered so well
the gray foggy morning when he had
gone l'lway. Eulalia, faint and white,
though she tried to smile so bravely
that his last remembrance of her should
not bring him pain ; and little Allie
standing by, gold and disdainful, and
refusing to kiEs him for good-bye.
It was all over now—the struggle. the
sorrow 6: separation; and surely a man
who has conquered ill fortune by his
own honest right hand and perseverance,
and who is about to gain, in recompense,
the hard-earned prize, may be happy
with that thrice blessed satisfaction and
security which- only come with the
sense of duty performed in alIifs plenti- .;
- tude. At peace with himself, at peace if
with life‘cud all the world, was Austin
then, when, after that long interval, he
once more set foot on New York soil.
His steps did not seem half swift
enough to carry himto Eulalia. She
was expecting him at home, waiting, as
all"? smitten the would. Up the
long, narr'bw stairs he bounded. three,
four at“ a." time. Six years of free,
’ healthful, outdoor life, had left him still
. very much the boy, half: had kept the
ruddiness of his cheek, aadlthej bright
the dull, all-pervading sallowness of the
denizens of cities. He burst into the
_ s
' ness of his fine blue eye from fading to .
bare little room, beautiful only with the -
purity of exquisite neatness, like enn-
shine. like a fresh.‘strong wind. Some
one, pale and slight, in a black dress,
was in dim relief near the window.
She uttered a low, fluttering cry as she
glided forward, and then they were fast
locked in each other's arms.
1 But Eulalia disengaged herself ins
‘ moment How handsome he looked,
how prosperous, how strong; how young!
She felt suddenly shy and strange with
- from one generation to another.
him, and pale and 'a little faded and
worn. That life of ceaseless, hand to
hand conflict with hunger ages a woman
fast. But she repelled the thought
with asudden great fear. She nestled
close to him, with her head upon his
shoulder, and in the rebound and
reaction all the long stifled feelings of a
proudly shy, passionately reticent
nature broke forth in one clinging,
tumultuous avowal.
“Oh, Austin, Austin! Is it really
you ? So long I have waited and longed
for this day! And, do you know, I felt
sometimes—don't be angry, darling!—
us though it never, never would come!
It was too good to be true. Oh, it has
been so long, Austin, so weal-y! I
wondered whether you would find some
‘one prettier and brighter than I and
forget. And often, often I have cried
myself to sleep-only softly, under the
sheets, that Allie might not hear and
know. But it is all light now, darling,
isn't it?\ I have you safely here ; and
011, Austin, Austin, I am so happy i"
‘ And he, who had never known quiet,
reserved, shy little Eulalia so strangely,
passionately moved, soothed her gently, I
half surprised, ,with a hundred endear-7
ing words. And in the midst of this
little scene Allie abruptly walked in.
Surely it was Allie, for there were the
same gold-brown curls, but disposed
upon the head now in modish style;
and there was the same mutiuous pro-_
file, the same rich-lipped, disdninl‘ul
month, only that the beauty was now
all riper. fuller, resplendent with the
bloom of a young womanhood just '
bursting into luxuriant flower.
Eulalia rose up, pale and blushing by
turns, half apologetic in attitude before
this young goddess, looking very slight
and sweet by the side of the other's
large, full development. Allie shot a
curious, haughty glance *at her sister's
lover from under ‘her hoovy white lids,
and the look disconcerted the, young
man strangelyand made him embar-
rassed‘ and. a trifle ill at case. What
was he to say to this magnificent, full-
blood’ed young creature, who seemed to
have assumed a semi-antagonistic and
aggressive department toward him. and
who answered his bantering attempt at
a. brotherly good-comradeship with
curtly repellent monosyllables? Eula-
liu, twisting her little thin fingers ner-
vously in her lap, cast imploring glances
toward that arbitrary tyrant of hers.
When, at length, Austin rose to go she
followed him into the hall.
“Don't be offended," murmured the
soft voice, and there were tears in the
uplifted gray orbs that were a little
hollow, a little tired, already. “It is
only Allie’s way. I'm afraid she's a
little bitter toward you because she
feels that you are going to step between
us and take some of my love from her.
But it will all come right, dear. Don't
think harshly of her. " .
Think harshly'of her? Austin would
be glad. to feel that his thoughts of
Eulalia's younger sister had this com-
plexion. They are very constant, but
they dwell with an exciting persistence
rather on her disdainful and luxuriant
young beauty than on the reasons for
her haughty coldness. Would she be
capable of making him swerve from his
allegiance to Eulalia, so infinitely more
noble. more unselfish, so true, so self-
sacrificing, so loving, so long and faith-
fully beloved? God forbid! says Aus-
tin's startled, but strangely moved—
strangely unquiet heart.
But it is a fealful and fateful thing,
thisi‘nameless power that some daugh-
ters of Eve hold as a dcathless heritage
Some
have called it the unnameable charm.
Some a mysterious, all-compelling ma,-
netism. Indwelling in Cleopatra, it
conquers over fame, the' thirst for war-
like triumphs, the strong spirit of
ambition. In Helen of Troy it fevers
the veins of men till ten years of strife
and bloodshed cannot wholly quench
the fire. Surviving to the very verge
of old age in Ninon do l’Enclos, it causes
her own son, unknowing his own iden-
tity and hers, infatuated, to declare his
love, and the hideous discovery being
made, to take his own life. From
empresses on the throne and kings'
favorites it descends to women unknown
to fame, who, with a power none the
less tragic that it makes no stir that the
world sees. wreck the peace of families,
separate the husband from the wife,
the father from the son, the brother
from the brother. And thus it may
take up its abode in the dangerously
fair frame ofa little factory girl and,
looking out of her magnetic eyes, lure a
good, though weak fellow, slowly,
stealthily from his word, his faith, his
honor, strive be honestly against the
infatuation as he may.
For Austin did strive, did struggle.
It was comparatively easy at first, be-
cause he had no suspicion that his love
was returned. But there came a, day
when, with a chaotic mingling of her-
ror, pain and involuntary, overmastering
joy, that veil was torn away from before
him. '
They were standing alone at dusk in '
the clear little bare room. Eulalia was
not yet home from her work. She had
not wanted to leave the factoryuntil
the very day before their marriage, and
that was now fixed for the morrow.
Allie, haughty, cold, .repellant, stood
’by the window with a contemptuous
culvezuponher‘crimsou mouth. Austin,
not far from her, possessed with an un- '
coutrolablo nervousness, feeling the
silence and her presence rise to his
brain like the fumes of alcohol, fearful
of speaking lost his voice should betray
him.
" So," she said abruptly, with a harsh
laugh, “to-morrow you and Eulalia
will be on your way West and I shall be
sitting here alone and forsaken. It’s a
cheerful proapect." _ '
"Don't say that, " came Austin's
answer tremulously. \ "You know that
you are only staying here because you
have refused to listen to all our en-
treaties. - It would be the happiest
moment of Eulaiia’s life if you would
dreide to go with us. You would be
Welcome to everything we had."
Fierccly she turned upon him with
,fiashing eyes. ‘
“Live with you day by day and see
. you always together, a witness to your
”love making. Never !"
‘:Alilc!" - .
They stood trembling opposite one
another; in the lightning-like dressing '
of their burning gaze-fun and mutual
confession. The girl made the first
step forward. Hers was the nature of
the bird of prey, in which lies half the
fatal sorcery of such women as she.
“Do you love me P" came in a soft
wispcr from, her lips. Just now it was
this man who had roused her passionate
instincts of possession. At another
time, pol-chance, it would be some other.
What was Austin to'do, weak ashe
was. so near to the magnetism of her
eyes, the breath of her lips? What
have thousands of other men done in
similar other cases? Forget honor,
self-respect, promises, fidelity, all
things, in a tumult of soul and senses,
as one drunk with wine, and take, un-
. thinking, unheeding, recklessly, borne
away by passion as by areslstless tor-
rent, some fatal leap which shall change
the color of all their lives and turn their
after-moments of reflection into strange.
I
meals at the dread tribunal of an out-
raged, never-sleeping conscience.
That same night Austin was journey-
ing West again. But by his side, the
,woman who, on the morrow, was to be
his wife, not Eulalia with her pale
sensitive face, whereon care and sufi'er-
iug had left pathetic lines, but the
luxuriant, ’bold, assumed, pink and
white flesh-beauty of the younger sister
of whom the little dressmaker, years
before had said:
“What will you get in return for all
your sacrifices ? What you want, she
will take from you. So it will be to the
end." '
Think you that Eulalia died? Day
after day the work at the factory'went
on, and outwardly there was no change.
.The few who knew her wondered idly
from time to time that her hair should
be growing so gray, that she should
look already quite so old. "Well,”
some will say, "hers is no new story. ’-
A man preferring a bright, beautiful
young thing to a pathetic little middle-
aged woman, that has been seen before
now. Eulalia was only one of many.”
Alas, for the broken hearts of those
who are only. “one of many !"
STRANGE FUNERAL mums.
When a Burmese priest of any note
dies, he is embalmed and kept. for a
year, and then burnt with much rejoic-
ing and festivity. All the inhabitants
of the neighboring villages, and even 'of
those for distant, turn out. Many
dummy coffins are made, besides the
one containg the defunct. The pro-
cession starts from the place where the
body has been lying in state toward the
place of cremation, which is always at a
place some distance off, accompanied by
a vast concourse of men, women and
children, all dressed in their Sunday
best, preceded by a noisy band of wind
. instruments. . On approaching the funer-
al pyre, which has already been pre-
pared, the crowd forms into two parties,
, ropes are attached to the bier—s ‘wheeled
vehicle containing the coflin—rfront and
rear, and a struggle takes place, which
much resembles the game known as
French and English. .
Sometimes the coffin is upset, and its
ghastly burden thrown out, but gener-
ally tho struggle isa mere sham. the
party behind give way, and the bier is
run in amid deafening yells. The coflin
is placed over the pyre. which is a mass
of dry faggots, in'the‘oentre of which is
concealed some gunpowder; to this
numerous ropes are attached and
stretchedto a spot beyond the rough
palings which surround the place bf
cremation; to these ropes again are
attached rockets, which are lighted and
propelled toward the pyre, and he or
she, who first succeed in setting it
alight, is looked upon as one destined
to a happy life. These funeral pyres
are very tastefully built and erected;
they consist of inflammable materials,
but are as gorgeous as tinsel and bright
colors can make them. They are very
prettily grouped, and often cost many
thousands of rupees. The hubbub and
noise are deafening, and the dust fear-
ful. Stalls are erected, and a brisk
trade carried on. Everybody is happy
and merry, and deoked'out with all the
ornaments they possess, and in their
finest apparel. After some hours' jolli-
fication, in which women and children
freely mix and join, the whole of the
structures so carefully and tastefully
erected are torn down, and the crowd
goesrits way rejoicin . The follow
“phbongies " of tho do unct collect the
ashes of their dead brother, and de-
posit them in' an urn, which again, if
the deceased has been a high priest, is
enclosed either in apagoda or in the
bosom of one of the immense images of
Guadamn which surround most sacred
shrines.
W
THE GETTYSBURG MEMORIALS.
The Gettysburg battle-field is unique
among such fields, for nowhere else has
there been any such attempt to memor-
ialize the incidents and the actors in a
great conflict upon the theatre of its
occurrence. The great barrow that
covers the dead of Thermopylss became
in memorial, and single monuments have
commemorated notable victories on their
fields, but here each of the many regi-
ments of the Union army raise their
tributary monument where they did
their part to repel the invasion of rebel-
lion. Two years ago there were but a
few of these memorials in place, now
there are over 70, and 11 States-New
Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Is-
land, Connecticut, New York, New,
Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Ohio,
Indiana and Minnesota—share in the
honoring of the soldier. Massachusetts
leads them all in the number and value
and artistic merit of the monuments, a
dozen of which are now in position.
Not all the monuments are equally
happy in design, but there has been a
great deal of originality and variety.
displayed. The field of “Gettysburg is
perhaps the most striking of all the
memorial places of the” civil war, and
fltly, as there the ebb of "rebellion began
in the victory of the Union forces, driv-
ing it back to its native bounds, and
assuring its fate, and there Abraham
Lincoln uttered his immortal speech of
consecration. .
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A SACRED BIRD CHORUS. '
__.._
I am, told that one of the prettiest of
these Chinese festivals occurs in the
middle of April, in honor‘ of the very
beneficcnt and popular god, Pack-tel,
who has at various times been incarnate
upon the earth, for the good of mankind.
One of these incarnations occurred after
the deluge which destroyed the whole
world in the reign of the Chinese
Emperor Yaou, B. C. 2357 (a date which
closely corresponds with, that of the
Universal Deluge recorded in the
Hebrew scriptures, and noted in our
chronology as B. C. 2349). After this
terrible flood all knowledge of agricul-
ture, arh'and science was lost, so Pack-
tai came back to earth to instruct the
survivors. The really pretty and unique
. features of his festival is that on three
successive evenings all his worshippers
bring their pet singing-birds—generally
lurks, which they habitually carry about
with them infll‘eir pretty cages, justice '
Englishmen go out accompanied by their
dogs. I am not sure, however, that a
Briton would appreciate the trouble of
always carrying his pet, as these celes- .,
tials do ! Thus a crowd of several
hundred lurks are assembled, and all
are brought into the brilliantly illumi-
nated‘temple. Tito cages, which are
, covered for the ocd‘sion, aresuspended
from horizontal bamboos, so that pre-
sently the whole temple is full of them.
On a given signal, all the coverings are
- removed and the astonished lurks, sup-
posing that they have overslept them-
selves, and allowed the sun to rise
without their morning hymn, make up
for lost tune by bursting forth into a
most amazing chorus. of song, which
they keep up for about two hours,
equally to the delight of the human
crowd, rich and poor, and of the benefi-
cent deity who is thus honored. So
these people, who enlist the breezes
and the streams to sound the bells
which chime the praises of Buddha,
teachthe birds alsoto do their partin
the general thanksgiving.
' ‘Jack.
L A Ray 0L Sunlight.
“Quiet," Bess! steady fan!” Jack
Trevor gathered the reins more tightly
in his grasp, and touched the horse with
the long, circling lash of his whip.
“Five minutes more will accomplish
the distance if we can maintain this
present rate of speed," he remarked to
his companion, who had taken out his
watch and was anxiously consulting its
crystal face.
“And will the place afford shelter for
all our party ?"
“Shelter!" Jack gave a low whistle.
“ Why, you could quarter an army in
the old barracks and have room to
spare." ' K
“Five minutes seem but a short
periOc ," said Laura Decker, glancing
ruefuily at her crisp muslin gown with
its dainty garnishiug of creamy lace and
blue ribbons, but the floods will be upon
- us in earnest long before the expiration
of that time. " ,
“Farewell, my love," murmured her
cousin Bettie, pathetically, furling her
sunshade, under whose rim of soft pink
silk her bright brown eyes were wont to
peer out beseechingly. “You cost me
a fine sum at Schafi'er's, but the ele-
ments will have no mercy upon you, my
salty." .
stately Miss Johnson, surveying the
said miraculously fashioned garment
with actual tears, that .she did not dare
let fall on her. delicately tinted checks,
for a cogent reason that she fondly
imagined was known only to herself.
. “ Are you afraid, Miss Beckwith it"
Lawyer Hunter leaned over and was
what a strong one it was, with its decid-
ed mouth and darkly-fringed, gray eyes.
' “ Afraid? No. Why should I be?"
She spoke a little impatiently, and let
her gaze wonder back to the great
masses of black clouds that lay piled
above the horizon like ebon mountains,
the lurid lightning flashing fitfully
above their ragged peaks.
Asudden pool of thunder startled the
a hysterical scream to the lips of Miss
Johnson.
“Oh!" cried little Bettie Trevor, un-
der her breath, her face growing very
still and white, and her sunshade slipped
unhceded to the yellow straw that had
carpeted the bottom of the roomy. old
vehicle.
" Don't shiver so, child."
It was Margaret Beckwith who spoke,
and as ehefliiurned‘ to the. little limp
- figure, ,shé. quickly divested herself= of
~ her longmrsp, and hid‘crisp muslin,
daintyfiribbonsand all, in its 'volumin- .
ouch? folds. , . .
"¥Ri.,.y°P~ will take cold yourself,"
remonfitrated Lawyer Hunter.
{Iain not a tendebplant," she re-
sp'onded’lau'ghingly, touching with one
slim hand the dark blue oflher cloth-
dress. “I do not attpnd picnics clad in
gossamer attire when-”
“Eureka! at last.”
It was Jack Trevor's big, hearty voice
that rang out, and a moment after he
drew up the foaming horses with a
triumphant flourish of whip and reins.
“ Now ladies !"
Ned Johnson seized Bettie Trevor in
his arms and sprang up the crumbled
steps of the porch. ‘ His stately sister as-
cended with more haste than grace, and
just as Lawyer Hunter ‘haudcd Miss
Beckwith up and followed himself,
laden with books and shawls, the patter
of great drops sounded on the roof, and
ins moment the outside world wcsa
mist of driving rain and rushing wind.
before which the great trees bent like
saplings, and the flowers laid their
broken heads on the drenched earth,
and looked up with pitiful, tear-wet
faces to the angry sky that an hour be-
forehad been blue and smiling scan
infant's eye. - ,
“Open, thou inhospitable doors,"
shouted the irrepressible Jack, striking
the panels with such force that the-
crazy hatch gave way and the entire
party surged into the wide, musty hall,
from which opened a large, dark parlor,
sparsely furnished with dingy curtains
and a few moth-eaten couches and
chairs.
“Ugh! it’s damp and musty," cried
little Bettie Trevor, ti til '
dainty noseindisgust. p‘ hm he'
4 "And haunted," concluded her
eyes. - .
“Haunted !" Bettie would have
screamed, but her particular cavalier
was examining the dismal prospect
from one of the many diamond-planed
windows, and she‘ wisely concluded
that it would be a waste of breath.
“Tell us the story, Jac "
A dozen voices chimed in the request,
and nothing 10th, Jack seated himself
onthe edge on; faded chintz sofa, and
began, in a deep sepulchural tone, that
accorded well with the shadows and
general mustiness of the place :—
“You may not credit the facts, my
friends, but considerably less than half
a century ago these rooms new so silent
and deserted, were filled with manya
'gay company, and jest and dance made
the hours fly merrily enough. The
owner of the old mansion. had brought
to itsroof a bride, a bony young
thing,‘~.\praing to local tradition, and.
ayear after, an heir appeared to com-
plete their felicity. All went merry gas
a marriage-bell, till the poor young
mother discovered that her liege lord
was given over to an insatiable love for
strong stimulants. Unfortunately, the
’shock broke her heart, and one fine day
she died."
' “And what became of the others i”
:dorived piece-meal from the aged father
”of our landlord, extends,” concluded
.“I only know that the father
lflnished his days in disgrace. and died
:alone and solitary in this old house,
,which is haunted, the superstitious
meighbors aver, by his restless ghost"
‘ Ned Johnson had managed to entice
that overldoked the tangled, neglected
garden. The others were conversing in
fpairs, and Mark Hunter stood alone and
beheaded in a doorway, a heavy shadow
lfrom the book whose contents she-was
barelessly scanning. saw the shadow,
'and a sudden look of pitiful intelligence
crossed her own. —. .
“ Mr. . Hunter—Mark, " she whispered,
.crossing the room unnoticed, and lay-
ing one hand on his arm, “I see ital!
now. Oh, why did you come here i"
f “How could I foresee this visit t" he
responded, his low tones penetrating no
farther than her attentive ear. “Re-
member that when we left out pretty
picnic-ground in Herman’s Glade, we
expected to return immediately to the
hotel, and notto this abode of dismal
memories, whither the storm has driven
us.” .
“Ladies, " said Mark suddenly in his
usual everyday voice, "there must be
‘some quaint‘ old chambers above, to
”which you long, dusky staircase leads.
Who feels in a mood for exploration?”
“Not I, answered Bettie, happyin
the company of ,her cavalier. .
thinking of dust, spiders, and her
mauve sateen, all in one,
“And my mauve sateen," walled,
looking into the girl’s :face, thinking
horses into a mad gallop, and brought.
brother J ack, looking at her with solemn _
"That fans for as my information, ‘
Efickle Bettie to a seat in the window .
‘on his face. MegBeckwith, looking up .
“Nor I," repeated Miss Johnson, I
.Tlle others were engrossed in Jack
T-m'or's nonsense, and Meg gathering
her blue skirts closely about her, swept
them a half-mocking, halLdisdainful
courtesy from the doorway.
“1am going to lay the ghost," she
announced. auda moment after stood
breathlessoa the broad landing above,
lit‘i' arms closely clasped around Mark's
a»: she looked beyond half afirighted at
the gloom and dreary silence of the
place. _
Hastening her footstepsa little, he,
led her into a large, low-coiled room,
barely furnished, like the parlor below,
and opening a heavy wooden shutter let9
ill the dull gray of the afternooa's
warning light. Meg’s face was in
shadow, but the few rays that struggled
through the dusty panes fell full upon
his countenance, and a faint flush colored
her checks as she noted the eager ex-
pression that rested on it.
Without speaking, he drew a letter
from/ his packet, and held it toward
her. She glancedat the address, ejacu-'
lating the one word, “Philip," and
without opening it, put the missivo
a‘side with a firm hand.
“Nay," he said, and his strong lips
quivered,,_un'der its covering of black
hair. “ Now that you know all, be merci-
ful. Here in this house, which his father
darkened with the dreary shadow of
sin, and under which shadow he passed
a portion of‘his miserable childhood,
let me plead for him. Was it so much
his fault that he gave way to the nicer
able vice inherited from his wretched
parents ? Remember, he had no mother
to guard his young footsteps and
turn him from sin. Once he shocked
~your pure womanhood, but God knows
he repented the-deed in sackcloth, and
safer as liesfin the strength of weak
man he has striven to overcome his dc-
praved habit. He is a changed lad.
Your influence, he avers, could wean
him still farther from destruction, and
—you love each other."
It was well that he did not see the
blaze of indignation in Meg’s eyes, or
he would never have finished his vehe-
ment speech. ~
“ Mal-k Hunter, " she answered, calmly
and coldly, for she ,would have died
sooner than betray the tremor that
shook her fracas, "you cannot deceive
me. Have I not seen-do I not know
how you stood by your cousin. day
after day, warning, advising, counsel-
ing, never impatient, never weary, till
you won him back to virtue? He does .
not live in his own strength, he exists
in yours. As far as the world goes, you,
have achieved a noble action. If you
lid it for my sake—I cannot thank you.’_’
Mark drew his hands across his brow.
“Your words sound strangely." he
said, with sweaty pathos in his voice.
“I did not expect thanks, but "—with a
second quiver of the mustached lip, but
manlike he strove most desperately to
hide—‘ ' but—” _
At the sight all the passion in Meg's
strong nature was. roused. ' _
“Because a woman was kind to a
weak lad. whose unstable nature
appealed so irresistibly to her stronger
one, was it necessary that the purest
emotions of her hemt must go out to
.him also? Why should he have all-
wealth, position, friends, and—mercy it” ‘
. Mark's rugged features grew suddenly
stern. ‘ _
”Stop!" he commanded.‘ r"! Tell me
one thing. Do you love Philip ?"
Meg gave a little gasp at the abrupt-
ness of the question ; then her lips took
on the old decided curve.
“I could love no one who proved
himself less than a man," she responded,
and there was. honesty, at least, in her
voice. .
“Margaret ”a-Mark Hunter leaned
forward in the gray light withahalf-
awed look on his face—"my childhood
was a hard, unIOvely one, for I was not
born to wealth, as was my cousin Philip.
I have educated myself by my own
efforts, and have won a position in the
world; but tho-battle I waged has left
many a scar on heart and brain.
Answer me one question honestly, even
if the answer add to the burden my life
has already sustained. Could you—
would you——" '
Shy Mark. he was stammering and
stuttering liken guilty schoolboy; but
Meg, with a smile that sparkled in the
very depths of her eyes, put her slim
hand in his, and repeated, simply—-
“ I both could and would."
A sudden ray of sunlight shone out
over the drenched earth, and in it tries
dripping boughs and rain-laden grasses
were sparkling diamond-like in its glori-
ous radiance. '
“Mr. Hlmter! Meg!" .
It was Bettie'who called from the
regions below, and the truants came
down the dusky old staircase much.
more slowly than they had ascended.
A second ray from the tiny window
above fell athwart them like a blessed
omen of approaching weal.
”Poor.Philipl"' Mark said, strug-
gling between a sense of his own happi-
ness and compassion for his cousin's
disappointment.
“But not poor Mark," echoed Meg,
softly, thinking how noble his plain face
locked in the golden glow. ’
“Where have you two been ?"
questioned curious Jack, as he stood at
the horses’ heads, while the party surged
out to take their places with laugh and
jest. “.What have you two been doing
,up-stairs all this time ?"‘
"We have laid the ghost," answered
Mark, gravely-“the ghost of doubt
and misunderstanding that has met its
shadow over so many lives. I pray
Heaven it may never walk again i"
“Eh!" said uucomprehending Jack,
wondering at the strangeness of the
Reply.
, .But: even afier he and Meg were
happy man and wife, Mark never
_ explained how his life, hitherto so dark,
had at last been illuminated by a ray of
sunlight. ' ,
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Under these droumstances opiumpro-
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of the legs. In women, camphor gavc‘
,rise to religims ecstasy and in men
convulsions. ‘ may drugs were em-
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efl'eets, though they were all contained
in phials or wrapped in paper.
out! WAY to an usuustvn.
Traveler towaitoh" Isthis my room?"
"Yes, Shh."
“There are two beds init. Idon't
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“Denex‘ lab, sail."
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Wagonsmustbe‘sold.
Nanchang, -
O. E. WILSON,
General Insurance l Real Estate Agent
Money to Loan.
.Itoom No. 3 Gazette Building, Norwaik, Conn.
AETNA INSURANCE 00., of HARTFORD.
incorporated 1812. Charter Perpetual.
CAPITAL Isa assess, $8,002,272.04.
Insures against loss and damage b Fire, on
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Sole Agents for Norwsik and vicinity.
THE
Norwalk Fire Insurance Co.
Iiss now completed its '
18th SUOOESSI'UL BUSINES YEAR
And has not outstanding a dollar of unpaid losses
or chums for losses. No sound company insures
01' can.
Gso. R. Gowns Secretary.
A CARD.
Having purchased the
I“ U RN ITURE , BUSIN E88,
Remntiy carried on by Wmurs Irocxwoon at
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I am prepared to meet the wants of all prospective
par-chm of furniture, both STAPLE AND
. ORNAMENT“, ,1 have on hand a large
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FLORIST lNllRSERllllN,
UNION AVENUE,
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‘ .- com.
DealerinIn Green House and Hot. House and
Bedding and Vegetable Plants, Fruit and Omnien
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on hand and all sorts of designsin Flowers arranged
to order. an
Grading and Its-filling Cemetery Plots
promptly attended to.
W. H. M E EK ER.
54 Main Street,
SOUTH NORWALK. CONN, '
Practical Plumber,
Steam and Gas Fitters, Dealers in- Plumbers’ and
Steam Fitters’ Supplies, and Gas Fixtures.
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Three Rooms suitable for a small family on Main
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. B. mu, Furniture Dealer
For late.
A Small House with about one acre of ground at
,Broad River. Opposite xrs. James Panton’s.
Apply to J. B. Em, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Cottage
With plot of ground at thnipaulr, ForSale Cheap.
Enquire of J. B. Ems, Furniture Dealer.
A Small Farm
For Sale Cheap. The old Benjamin Bishop Home-
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consisttnfi of Plow, Meadow, Pasture and Wood
Land, wi be sold as a whole, or in parcels to suit
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Appiy to I. B. El Ls. Furniture Dealer.
Building Lots .
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Rocco and Lot opposite residence of Charles E.
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Apply to ‘ J. B. Ems, Furniture Dealer.
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The Homestead of the Subscriber, No. 8 Camp
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opposite Horse iitqiilwliy~ Depot,
Parlor Suits,
BUFFALO LOUNGES.
Rl'l'l'lll all REED ROCKERS,
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Walnut Chairs & Rockers.
Upholstered Easy Chairs
Chamber SUits,
CYLINDER ROLL TOP DESKS, LA-
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FOLDING BED,
Wire Beds and Cots. -
Hair, Comm, Wool, Rattan and Excelsior
Mattresses, Pillows, Bolsters, &c.
- Hu’sks, large or small quantity
Live Geese Feathers.
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where I will tee a regular line of Will Sponges
Chamois, lsnkets, Ro Feedgt’tgs,
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Building Lots
Fora. "SALE
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GEN. w. E. NOBLE,
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J. G. Gregory 8t 00.,
Desire to state that in addition to a full line of
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orders for
Silk, Cotton or Linen
ELASTIC HOSE
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They have in stock Electric Batteries, which
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. TO-FARMEHS.
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List ! to the months rsdesm'd onesars ‘ ,,
How the deep outliers through heavcuvia rta :
Up from the heart of the multitude springing
Patient endurance shall have its rewanf." _ '
Cometh the valley of humiliation, - '
cones. affliction and deep tribulation, . .
Cometh bereavement and bitter temptation:
"Thusitiswrttton,"snd"thuss'siththcm‘ _
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Under the billows the Jamison shining:
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Ever the darkness precedeth the dawn.
Strength to the oak tree the dark tempest bring-
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Under the hammer the deep anvtlriageth:
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Unto the manner the promiss‘is given;
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Paradise rise'th just over thc i'iv'er.
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Patient endurance shall have its reward.
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The tears of His saints are c holyiibattcu,
Door to the heart of a pltyiag Lord
m—
UNEABTHING OLD muslin
, Two 'or three- yearsngb some peasant
- diggingnear the banks of thc'DauubcL
on the Hungarian side, opposite to Del-
grade, turned up a most beautiful and
finely-preserved iron helmet, which it
will interest arehcsologists to learn. is
neithsrmorcor less than a chafd'aum
of antique Greek work, of probably
three or four centuries before Christ.
It is scarcely necessary to say that
works in iron of antiqasamk cl-
Boman originotherthsu confidcdand
scarec‘lyrcoogmzs‘ blc fragm’ catsarecf,
the utmost rarity. The specimen in
question is in a wonderfuny perfect
state: scarcely, indeed, ism so than
that of a finely patinated bronze. It‘
seemsthat-itwas foundinthc midstof
wind-blown hillocks or dunes of dry
shifting sand; hence, probably, in some
unexplained way its exceptional state of
’3
conservation. Whetherornotfiheskuii " ' i
,of the wearer was. found within it does
not appear, but the helmet is in the
shape of a complete head, the face, his ‘
and baud admirably-modelled in re-
paueasor. hammered work, finished with
the chasing or graying tools in the
most exquisite style. It represents a
young wamor' of . about twenty-five or
thirty' , with an incipient beard and
moustache-ea Pans, ' rather than cHeo-
tor or Achilles; the eyes are open for
thewearer to see through, andtheiips
are parted, leaving in like'manner an
aperture for respiration. Contrary to
the arrangement of medsaival helmet.
the upper parts or scalp, forming a
skull cap—not the mask 'or visor-is
hinged and movable. and it oval-sets the
face. , It was made!» fit rather close to
the head. probably leaving room only
for a lining or padding of some soft
substance. and it represents the natural
hair ‘of the wearer in finely dispose' 5.
crisp locks. There, howover, at tin
summit a small socket, evidently inten—
ded for a plume or some. other orna-
ment. The lower margin at the back of
thisscalpor skull cap is pierced with
small holes. where probably chain mail,
to protect the hmk of the neck, wm ori-
ginally attached There are, however,
no remains of tinged mail remaining.
The substance of the iron or steel is
comparatively light and thin, but by no
means flimsy or unsubstantiaL In this
respect and also in some others, the
helmet is not unlike certain steel J span-
ese helmets which have been brought to
England of late years. These last also
have visors in the form of human faces
or masks, but they are always of wild.
grotesque and forbidding types. The
Belgrade helmet, onthc cents-cry, em-
bodies a perfect ideal of classical Greek
beauty. .
snAvmzv m CONGO-LAND.
.—
There are rows upon rows of dark
nakedness, relieved here and there by
the white dresses of the captors. There
are lines or groups of naked forms up. __ i
right, standing or moving about list.
lessly; naked bodies are stretched under
the sheds in all positions; naked legs
innumerable are seen in the perspective
of prostrate sleepers; there are count-
less naked children, many more infants,
forms of boyhood and girlhood, and
- occasionally it drove of absolutely naked
old women bending over a basket of
fuel, or cassava tubers, or bananas, who
are driven through the moving groups
by two or three musketeers.
On paying more attention to details,
I observed that mostly all are fathered;
youths with iron rings around their
necks, through which a chain, like one
of our boat anchor chains, is rove secur-
ing the captives by twenties. The
children over ten are secured by three
copper rings, which accounts for the ap-
parent listlessness of movement Lob-
served on first comingin presence of the
curious scene. The mothers are secur-
ed by shorter chains, around whom
their respective progeny of infants are
grouped, hiding the cruel iron links
that fall in loops or festcons over their
mammas' breasts. There is not one
adult man captive among them.
Little perhaps as my face betrayed
my feelings, other pictures would crowd
upon the imagination; and after realis-
ing the extent and depth of the misery
presented to me I walked about as in a
dream, wherein I saw through the dark-
neu of the night the stealthy forms of
the murderers creeping toward the
doomed town, its inmates all asleep,
and no sounds issuing from the gloom
but the drowsy hum of chirping cicadas
or distant frogs—when suddenly flashes '
‘ the light of brendlslnng' torches. the
sleeping town is involved in flames '
while volleys of muskctry lay low the
frightened and astonished people, send-
ing many through a short minute of
agonyto that soundless sleep from which
there will be no waking.
W
TEE PRINTER AND m CAT.
A Printer, who was Awakened at Mid-
night by the voice of a Cat beneath his
Window, got out of Bed in a Terrible
Rage and began Flinging Missiles of
every Description at the Prowling
Feline.
“By What Bight do you thus Assault
ms t” demanded the Cat, as he dodged
the washbowl.
“Because your Yeowls keep me from
Sleep, base Wrotchl" was the reply.
“Then how Happens it that the other
Lodgers in the house have not'taken
your Life long Since, for your, Scores
Shake the Shingles on the Roof 2”
“As to that," said the Printer, as he
flung out the WEonbox, "I want you
to Understand that there is a great
Difl'erenco in Sounds." '
atom:
Afterthe young Lady has Banged
the Piano for two hours, ask her to
Bang the Accordeon.
Teacher—“How did you rcadthst
line, Johnny?" Johnny—"Oaxacahats
got akittena" Teacher—“No. Joli“ :,
not a kittens.” Johnny—,“Well. than. .
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