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J.HU D. HAHMOUB. ; Ilenr A. ANTHONY
JOHN D- HAMMOND & CO.
Saddle, Harness, Trunk, and
Collar Mano factarem,
Wholesale and Retail,
861 West Baltimore Street, (Opposite the
Kutaw Mouse'',) , r , T , rAlir ,
BALTIMORE.
R. E. BEST, OF N. 0.,
with
HEN BY SONNEBORN & CO.,
Wholesale Clothiers,
W. Baltimore street, corner of
Liberty,
BALTIMORE,
FL. Sonri'FEW, • B. Blim'.ine.
Nov. L-tiin. I
J. P. Carliu, 'L. 0. Fulton
J. F. Biaderibaugh,
CARLIN. & FULTON,
IMPORTERS of
Hardware, Cutlery, Guno, &c.,
No. 20 fcsouth Howard street,
BALTIMORE.
Special attention given to orders.
> T ov. l-6IN.
WINGO ELLEIT & CRUMP.
Dealers in
Toots, Shoes, Trunks &c.,
1308 MAIN STREhI t
RICHMOND VA.
K«rtb Carolina trade a speciality
as low as any House
lorth or South. *
June 10 1870 1-y.
j. IFoiiMEaT
Whole sale,'and Retail Dealers in
General Merchandise, Dry
Good*. Motions Groceries, &c
' Boots and Shoes a speciality.
WiiiMon N ■ 0.
Juiyfttth 1875, 1-y. . }
Wilton, Jr. F. Burns, Jr. F. H. Bums
B- W. HILL,
WITH
WILGON, 4 'BURNS k CO.
.VTTkoiesale Grocers and
Commission Merchants,
80 S. Hewr.rd Street, Cor. ef Lombard,
, ' CALTIMORE. A
We keep constantly on a large and
weil*W6rted stock of GHOCEKIES, suitableijor
the Somttetti *cd Western trade. We solicit
consignments of COUIITKY PRODUCE, such as
ibtlon, Farther a, Ginseng, Beeswax, Wool,
Driad fruit, Fx.ts,Skins, dx. Our facilities
doiy* are such as to warrant
daiek dies and prompt, returns. All orders
will have OAR prompt attention.
WK. §. ROBERTSON,
/> 'o WITH ' \ V 1». {i
VATXINS & COTTRELL,
ALFR) JOBBERS OF
Cutlery, &c.
*«•ADLE&Y GOODS, Boliing Cloth
QUIA Packing and Belting,
1807 MAIN STREET,
RICHMOND. VA
Saml A. 8. Kyle, Sam'l P.
Lamer ffollydfiy, ' *H. L.'Burntl.
Wm. 8. JtAJHBEY, North Carolina.
■ \Dinsmore & Kylej
* ,i:UU WHOLES ALU f ,
Grocers and Commission
Merchants,
No 15$est Pratt Street,
BALTIMORE MB.
M*T Ist 18T6 12-xn.
Devoted to the Develojtgierit of the Social and "ittihAMdl '(if thin Section.
D ANBURY, N. C., THURSDA Y FEBRUARY 2-4, 1876.
BY THE WAY.
Amidst the freezing sleet and snow,
The timid robin comes;
In [)ity drive him not away.
But scatter out your crumbs.
And leave your door upon
For whoever comes;
The poorer thpy, more wfeloome give,
And scatter out your crumbs.
All have non n are too poor,
Wlien want with winter comes;
The lonf 'lB Tiefer all your own,
Then acaytcr out your crumbs.
Soon wintw fnlls upon your life,
The day of reckoning copes : >
I Agai nat voi>r izik .i *
* *'• AroVerwhed those senttered crumbs.
Sllarah .Anderson's
Work.
BY "FllIO?'
CHAPTER V. .
After this, the child's life grew still
more unpleasant. Franks never spoke
to her kind'y, and the hours tvere one
round of fault-finding and cursing.
At first Marah did her best to propiti
ate hiru, by the performance of every
little act of thoughtful kindness in her
power. But it did no good ; so, wea
ry of his cruelty and of being misun
derstood, she turned like a hunted
creature and became openly rebellious.
Franks wondered at her power of en
durance and her strength of will to
de/y him so persistently ; yet it made
him but the more determined fo either
conquer or crush her into subj ugatiotf.
All his cruelty had not the power to
intimidate her; the dark eyes always
met his fearlessly, and her words, so
bitter for a child, stung him sharply,
as callous as' he had become." Nhe
seemed to Jiave complete control over
herself, for in his fiercest wrath she
was cooj. and self-possopsed and b.v
that very means exasperated him al
most to madness.
But the steadfast rock yields at last
to the coustant drip, and the young
girl became less able each day to meet
the heavy drainage made upon her
patience. Saddest of all, sho waa fast
growing hardened under excess of
trouble. Hope promised no bright
ness ; dferk clouds had swept away all
the golden splendor that oace followed
in her train, and despair had twined
its sable curtains around hor until,
sick at heart, she was ready to hide
from all human eyes, and die!
When you remember the child's ex
treme refinement, her bright imeliect
and sensitiveness, her fastidious taste
cultivated to the highest degree, you
can, in a measure, realize what her
lile must now bo, spent with one BO
coarse, low, rude and uneducated, us
Franks! i
When sho -first oame to live with
him she noticed that as night drew on
he went frequently to a small corner
shelf, and lifting from it a black bot
tle, drank ireely of its contents. Now,
for the last month, the visits had been
oftener than ever, and by tea o'clock
ho could never staud steady or articu
late plainly ; and to-night, as she lftft
hitn and closed the door of hei 1 small,
rudely furnished bed-room, she was
conscious of a strong desire that it
might be closed upon her forever—
that the • might find her free
from the'' intolerable burden of life>
and of her father's hateful presence-
She heard him in his drunken mutter
ings for a long time alter she left him,
then all grew quiet and still, as he had
evidently fallen asleep. But, try as
she would, she couid not woo slumber
to hetjkweary »eyelids.fc She igrew sick
thinking ; her very brains
ajched, so she arose and walked once
or twice restlessly" across her room.
The very air seemed to oppress -and
stifle her. She pushed open the nar
, row shutter of her window and gazed
out. Only one or two stars shown in
the welkin above. Suddenly, as her
eyes became accustomed to the dark
ness, the outlines of a human Jigure
arose before her. ■
She rubbed her eyes, al # though
she was a brave child with fearless
spirit, a feeliug of supersffjioua awe
stole over ber ; for the form vvnb Rob
ert Anderson's very own ! appa.
rition, if apparition it was, spw»pnearpd
around the corner, and was She
waited breathlessly a low, moment*,
but it did not appear u. in # She
reached *ut her hand to cl> fr the .win
dow, when a ray of flfbht djinot
from the old library in ,|ml
"she looked up quickly; WrYaina
were drawn back, ana she fcould see
the interior of t'ue room. Ou a small
table before her adopted father's desk
rested a brilliant lamp, which lit up
the apartment perfectly. As Mai ah
stood rooted to the spot, gazing in
I amazement at the strauge scene before
her, some one advauced to the middle
of the room and th»m crossed
over to the window, evidently with the
intention of loweriug the curtaius.
With dilated eyes Marah gave one
searching look at the face oa which
the light shown clearly—then, with a
cry of horror, sank faintiug on the
tloor!
When she became conscious again
it was moruing, and she was retting
as usual upon her own bed. The events
of the past night flashed xippu her,
and she thought them some distorted
mental vision. Surely they opuld uot
have really trun*p.rcd, lor she had Jolt
the window unfastened aud her-eli
stretched upon the floor beside it; now
she w as upon her bed aud the window
shutter druwn in and fastened witu its
hook, as usual. She pushed it open
aud looked at the window opposite.
The curtains were both and she
kriewTfhat at sunset the evenuTJ"* be
fore one of them was up! She had
noticed it, and it had put her to won
dering where its owner now roamed,
aud how long it would r> main unoc
cupied.
She was determined to say nothing
! of it to Franks, but wisely concluded
to keep it to herself, lie was perfect
ly sober this moruing she noticed, for
he grunted out his usual "good moru
ing" when she entered his room. He
did their cooking himself, and was
now busy over their morniug meal.
She drtw out the small table and made
it ready, aud then passed into herropin
again to make her bed. Something on
the floor just beside, the bed o»ught
her eye, when she.ytoopqd picapd
it up. It was a beautiful ring, and
as she held it in he* hand it flashed in
the morning suulight- , She turned it
over and read these words carved in
t 1
side:
' "To Zoolena, from G "
She slip [Hid it iu her pocket, swept
and ducted her room, aud then went
back where liar father was lie did
not speak, aud leartug if,she did so
she would draw out a volley of oaths,
she quietly seated herself
g'.ool in the corner, and her
•face in her went to piudying
, oat the strange enigma. - Her father's
; voice roused her:
"What is the matter now, maaam
, doleful ?"
by an impulse she did not
care to resist, she drew out the ring
and held it up before him. His lace
grew livid as death, and the words were
[ jerked out:
i "Where did you get it,? Speak, for
. by heaven, I'll kjiow !" j,
"X found it," faltered Marah, "in
, my room, just now, cloae by the bed."
1 J A lock of reliet swerpt over nis face,
and, taking it from her, 1 said low, as if
to himself : i'» •
"It is the very one; strange we did
not find it." Them Marah
was hing him, ho' said in a different
tone u ■ t /1
"I was uneasy,u. for . I know'd this
ring } it belonged to some of the fam
ily, and I thought maybe you'd been
in thar," and he pointed toward the
Hall, "searching for what don't be
long to us. I have l.ever took noth
ing yet, and I don't want a brat of
mine to fiuger things what ain't her
own." ' j
The look of indignant scorn that
flash id from th« child's oves startled
him as much os her words did a mo
ment alter ; ~ , .
"You thought I would stoop to
stnal ? N>! thank God, uot even iu
lather. The ring came there by some
other agency ; by whom you yourself
best know."
She had seen him angry before, but
never like this. He soized her by the
arm and shook her until she was more
dead than alive, then, with a bittor
oath, pushed her fiercely from him.
Marah thought there was murder
in his eyes, so sho fled to her own room
and took refuge there. All day she
kept out of his way as much as possi
ble, but he was not crosser than usu
al ; indeed, MaTah thought he was
kinder after his anger m the morning
than he had been in months.
Ho did not refer to it—neither did
she ; and so the day passed and there
was sdeiice between them, unbroken
only when he gave her his orders in
regard to tho purchase of some small
articles which she had to go to the
store for. 1 '
She met Maston as she passed out
tho gate. He stopped to say "good
evening," and, noticing the paler of
her cheeks, said:
"Marah, you are not well—your
cheeks are colorless. > Why do you
keep yoursell BO closely confined ? It
"I wish it would, for I am sure it
would be better for me !" she answer
ed, bitterly. J! -r
"Como, Marah ; that is little better
than murder. Why should you wish
to die V r 7. 10*
"W'hy hhould I wish to Jive, Mas-'
ton?" ■ |- t: .a- 1
"Qh, because you &re "voung, and
life is sweet.. But{ tell mo, what is it
that troubles you. now ii IIYOU. have
hud something hard to bear, eLe I i
would not find you M> hopeless and
sad." lb mi, . n i.|
"It is nothing* only this c\l am wea
ry of my v,«ry existeuce, and hate my
father with all- u»y soul. I tell you,
Maston, hate is a feeble word—l ab
hor and loathe him !" im ), I
"Ma?ah,"this won't do !" I 'can see
how to Mm 11 *
father ; but it is a u*i»iortune, as hard
for him, periuij}3,iisvlt -ie 'lot you to
bear."
i' ' i' ' V>' '
The girl gavp a low, bitter, mocking
laugh, , which; g^afed, on the boy's
nerves, aud then said, quickly :,
"Maston, I liavo something to tell
von, hut noti now ; 1 must hurry on
r. i t ■!: .
and get pack ( ,with my tea before
night, or my lather will But 1
n.usf tell uiy lile to some one 5 or 1
.shall IOMO what few liraius I have—-
,I A T F ■. J
and rather td you than any one else.'
*'l will be glad to hear and help
you ; but please don't get a» I fear yon
are fast becoming, Marah, for I, too,
have something to tell you after awhile,
when we are both older .and wiser."
Again tho girl laughed her bitter,
mocking laugh, and with a bow of
•mock gravity, left him.
Franks did not quarrel when she
went back ; and glad of a little peace,
though purchased, at the price for
which she had obtained it, she sank
her head upon the pillow and prayed
that her father learn gentje
jiuss, and that she might respect aud
love. hipi, for Maston's sake. She was
determined that to-night she would
sleep, so she closed her eyes and re
mained perfectly,quiet. , , , .
. The clock struck ten, eleven, twelve,
and still the busy lirain would not give
up its thoughts. Suddenly she heard
NUMBER 2'
a nojso in her father's room, then a
stop game softly to her door and en
tered. Instinct made her close her
eyes and remain as if locked in slum
ber. A light was held above her bed*
and she felt that some one was gazing,
intently upon her face. W? havo all
felt the magnetism there is in such a
look . The child felt it, and in spite of
her will, her large eyes slowly unclos
ed and &nzed up into those bending
' if)'oni«nt of bewildered horror,
i and then there rang out on the mid
night air a wild shriek of terror and
flight. The light was instantly ex
; tinguished and she heard the gliding
i steps leave the room. Oh ! she would
i never, never forget the beauty of that
dark face, with its look of sinister tri
umph, that seemed to gaze down and
. road her very soul!
[CONTINUED NEXT WEEK.]
Don't Oritioise-
Whatever you do, don't set up for
a critic. We don't mean a newspaper
one, but in private life, in the domes
tic circle, iu society. It will not d>
any one any good, and will do yOti
harm—if you are called disagreeable.
If you don't like any one's nose, or
object to anj one's chin, don't put
your feelings into words. If any one'd
manners don't please you, remember
your own People are not all made
to suit one taste, recollect that. Take
. things as you find them unless you
can alter them. Even a dinner, after
it is swallowed, cannot be made any
better. Continual fault-finding, con
tinual criticism of conduct of this one
and the speech of that one, the duress
of the otner, and tne opinions of an
other, will make homo the unhappiest
place under the sun.
The Last Hour.
i . J , -
1 To all things beneath the sun thera
comes a last hour. Time, like a rapid
flowing river, fast hastening towards
: eternity with a majestio flow, and will
j soon be lost in the mighty gulf, bring
ing the fast hour to all things that cute
mortal. Moments follow moments in
quick succession, day presses after
day, year treads upon year, closing
earthly existence at every breath.
Behold them, as they move along in a',
sutmt, solemn procession, witnessing
th.e last hour to our fellow beings at
every Bte P !; ■■ K Y
1 411 our joy, grief, pain, pleasure, i
| suiilos and tears will find] their last
hour- To, us who are now living it
will of , the greatest interest,; our
BOM Is will be on the verge of time,
io step on the threshold* of eter
-1 nity,, What ban be of/deeper interest
to us than the approach that mo
, meut which, jto as will be the boundary
between time, and eternity, whi«h«loses
out,existence, in (his world, and begins
ou,r eternal,, never-ending, existence in
thq, world unknown I,; But., its ap-.
proach is certain- The young, imag
me it afar off; the aged place fit still
at adietmce, but it comes t&brt&itoti I
a wares., To sinner it will-be aaT
hour of remorse audi anguish; jta th* *
Christian the mostt delightfuL l Aa tha i,
list sands of life are dropping, owbsa *
the pulsq. beats slpsri and faint,-wial*. •
' anxious friends, are shedding, teams ?ofl.
grief, be feels his eyes will nor motfai;
run down with tears; and as-taortali*!,;
ty begins to recede, strains,,,of -
charm hw ear, and he catcher the
song' and flies Away to his test— [ffltu-'
siottl .Million. •' 1
——y——«■» b >}illU *Jt' 7
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