THE DANBURY REPORTER, VOLUME 11. THE REPORTER. ">•> POW.ISHBD WEEKLYBY 0,1: PEPPER & SONS, -ftt PROI'IIIKTOnfI. HATES OF SOnsfcRIPTIOV. *©tte Year, payable in advance, - $J 0 BiJllUpntUs, - - - 100 BATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square (ten lines or less) 1 time, $1 00 ' For each additional Insertion, - 50 Contracts for longer.time,or more space can be,nuide 'ir proportion to the above rates. p Truilflll advertiser* will he expected to ..wmit according to these rates at the time they ,Mod their fnyora. Local Hottws will be charged 50 per cent. 'lir»perannurti. ' , Bam'L Wnrra, , Joh» A. Jaiibos, G *. flctinrfMU*.' ' * ,v*' WHITE & BUSf/UMAN, , . ,Iwholesale dealers iu HATS, CAPS, FURS, STRAW GOODS AND A DIBS' iIATS. •s|fo. 918 W. Baltimore «treet, Baitinoote, M l E. M. WILSON, or N. C., WITH R. W. POWERS & €O., , WHOLES* LB DRUGGISTS, and dealers in Paints, Oils, Dyes, Varnishes, French Window Ac., Wo. 1805 Main St., Richmond, Va. Proprietors Aromatic Pcrtivian Bitters if" Com pound Syrup Talu and Wild Cherry. J. W. RANDOLPH & ENGLISH, BOOKSELLERS, STATIONERS, AND BLANK-BOOK MANUFACTURERS. 1318 Mainrtrect, Ricbinoijd. A Large Stock of IA W HOOKS always on nol-Om A L ELLEIT, A. JUDSON WATKTMB, CLAY DRFWRY, STEPHEN B. HUtlHieS A. L. ELLETT Si CO., importers and jobbers of DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS. Nos. 10, 12 and 14 Twelfth street (between Main and Oarv) ®l-ly RICHMOND, VA. F. J)AY, ALBERT JUNES DAY & JONES, Manufacturers ot SADDLERY, HARNESS, COLLARS, TRUNKS, J-e.' No. 336 W. Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. nol-ly W. A. TUCKKII, 'I- C. SMITH s. B. Sl'ltAdlNS. TUCKER, SMITH & CO., ManufactbrerSHiid Wholesale Dealer* ic BOOTS; SHOES; HATS AND CAPS. 250 Baltimore street, Baltimore, Md. J NO. W. HOLLAND with T. A. DRVAN ti CO., Mao ufacturers ol FRENCH and AMERICAN CANDIES, in every variety, and wholesale dealers in FRUITS. NUTS, CANNED GOODS, CI GARS, £c. aee and 341 Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. , Orders from Merchants solicited. a, W. THQJUI, i E KTCBIBON. C. W, THORN L CO., wholesale dealers in ■ ATS, CBfN. NTRAW GOODS, AND LADIES' TRIMMED HATS. 1300 Main Btreet, Richmond, Va. D. 11. BTSVBNBON, MORT W. ROGERS, L SLINOLUI'K STEVENSON, ROGERS & CO., wholesale : BOOTS AND SIIOEB, *24 W. Baltimore Street, (near Howard,) r, Baltimore, Sid. «, arts i Tr B. F. KING la-l'u .Aiu; . u JOHNSOS. SUTTON k G9„ i DRY GOODS. "Nos. 3lS an 3 328 Baltimore street; N. B. cor ti net Howard, BALTIMORE ill). T. W JOHNSON, R. M. SUTTON, ■ a CItAHUE, a. J. JOHNSON. , »ei-iy. • Vi B®IWAMIN KUSSBIJL, 3 Manufacturer and Wholesale Dealer in '"Hoot w and Nhoew, • d ll Kos 18 $ IP South Howard street, . (flew Building,) BALTIMORE, MD. «'il M; A. Wilaiajwob or N. 0. novlu-ljin uJ; * ' B. J. A- R. * BEST, HENR¥ SONNEBORN & CO., WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS. S6 Hanover Street, (between German and • i lx»mbhrd Streets,) BALTIMORE, Mi). uE ■ONNBBOttN, B BLIMLINE. »yw»_ : 41 - H H MARTINDALR, ui.. ' s. with WU. J. C. DULANY & CO. Stationers' and Booksellers' Ware '"f"'' house. atftOOL BOOKS A SPECIALTY. fttationery of Till kinds. Wrapping Paper, Twines, Bonnet Boards, Paper Blinds JBAW. BALTIMORE ST., BALTIMORE, MD. WULIAM DKVRIKg, WILLIAU R. DRVRIU, buairm* ncvain, of*., solomoi kimusll 'WILLIAM DKVRIKS & CO., "*■' '■■■' Importers and Jobbers of and Doaestie Dry Goods and L ' Notions, SI 2 West Baltimore Street, (between Howard and Liberty,) BACTIHOKE. M mm h Mjiis, of va. uvi h. shall, of w. va. HAINES & SMALL, , 0 8 J S.,Howard Street, Baltimore, Md. *, Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in W«od and Willow Ware, CVBDAGE, BRUSHES, BROOMS, DEMI JOIfNS, PAPER, SIEVES, TWINES, Ktc. DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, NGVEMBfiR 19r1577. MAUDE'S MISTAKE. "Marry Justin John ? No 1" ; 'But why 'no' so emphatically, Maude ? I know you love him." The pinlc on Maude's facd glowed to a guilty orimson, as gentle Lucy Mordaunt looked up, a quiet, searching inquiry in her oalui, truthful eyes. "You are accustomed to drawing very unwarranted conclusions, my dear Lney, perhaps this is one of them." Miss Campbell's voice bad a hard, metallic ring in its clear tones as she thus lightly answered, anl she laughed loudly, but it was a constrained merri ment. "Look at me, Maude, doer.'* Lucy went from her chair over to the scarlet lounge, whereon Maude, in her flouting while dress, looked like • lily among roses. She took both Miss Camp bell's bauds in her own. "Listen, my dear. Six weeks ago who was your lovor ?" A vivid glow leaped suddenly to Maude's face, and she turned away, as if aonoyed at the query. ' No, you must confess to me, Maude. Tell me who, on the last picnic at the Fine Grove, was to you 'fairest among ten thousand'—who carried you captive by bis elogunoe, his refinement, bis in telligence, his chivalry ?" "Oh, you allude, I presume, to Juslin Bt. John, but then " "Exactly; it was Jnstin St. John, the noblest fellow I ever saw True, then you hud not met Mr. Jameson." '"Lucy, you ate cross. Haven't I a perfect right to marry John Jameson if I see fit ?" "Not u,.less you love him, Maude. You know you do not eire a straw fc r him. You do not need me to tell you how truly you love Justin St. John, for your own heart whispers it. Maude, be true to your own womanhood. Give up all thought of,the old man, because bo h«B half a million, and betroth yourself to the lover who cannot offer you a for tune but bis own priceless love." Lucy's cheeks glowed as she spoke, enthusiastically and earnestly. "It's ali very well for you, Lucy Mor duunt, with a foitunc at your command, to talk about love in a cottage, and all that sort of romanoe. But I—l am poor." "And you will, then, marry a man old enough to be your grandfather bcoeuie yosi are poor ?" And Maude Campbell's eyes flashed, as she returned the quiet, impulsive an swer, "I will." * * * * * It was a splendid aparlment. The plato glass windows were shaded by orange and whit 6 curtains that lay piled in gleaming golden beauty upon the oarpet, the deep ply of which reeeived Maude Campbell's light footfall and ga*e no returning ooho With an impatient gesture she threw j herself in the embraoo of a uap*oious I arm-chair, and, her eyes lighted with anger, ber obeeks flushed, her lips dain. I lily apart, disposing the pearls within, she gated at the luxury around. Flowing laces, rustling satins, droop ing silks, clinging velvets, diamonds, Carriages, servants, plate, dinners, admi ration, envy—all these were the pictures 1 that crowd,d through Mande Campbell's restless brain as she lay, half in dreams. A sudden spasm of intense pain throb bed over ber face ; then she sprang to her feet, holding her hands tightly over hedrt. "Lucy is right. I atu bartering dll that is dear to me—all I hold all that I love—for money 1" She went to the mirror—a tall, gold framed glass, wboee apex, surrounded by a winged serpent, with eyes of satanic allurement, reached ihe ceiling; whose base rested on a marble stand, which t#o cupids held on their dimpled shoulders. A flush of pardonable pride met her gate as sbe viewed her reflection—and a glorious reflection it was "Peerless" her lovers called her, and truly it was troth. Suddenly a frown, flrst of thoughtful ness, then ot sorrow, afterward of anget, crept over her brows; and with ■ ges ture of impatienoe, she turned awty fVom her roview of herself. "I know lam beautiful. People tell me so, and I can see it myself. And of what avail is it unless I can make my fortune by it y I may be pretty, but I l am certainly poor; yes, indebted to a generous charity for the very shoes oi my feet, tho food I daily eat !" Her teeth with a very hiss, and she murmured w herself; "True, Mr. Mordaupt and little JJpy heve been fafh-' er and sister lo mo, yet I aui a depend dent; they are simply almoners of their own bounty. I must be riub ; I sboull die were I deprived of the luxuries, th» elegances that have surrounded me sine* 1 was a tiny little girl." She arose, aud from % little invalid drawer drew forth a miniature portrait, aud, her eyes full of eager, passionaie light, pressed it to ber lips "Justin, my darling, this is my lest caress; it is my farewell I Ob, you never will know how my heart aeßts with love for you; how I long to have you fold me to your heart and (ell me how you love me ! But, Justin, I can not marry you You are poor and lam poor; and—and Mr. Jameson is worth half a million 1" With a trembling, icy hand, Maude closed the drawer ; sbe paced tbe floor a second, clutching her owu hands in ag ony of thut unnatural sacrifice. Her heart made many a superhuman strug gle ag linst the bond of slavery she un relenting cast about it; and the etno -1 tiopless, bewildoringly fair and heartless ( Maude Campbell went forth to fight ber wny from love and content, to riches aad ambition **' * * * Above them the clear, blue sky, around them the leafless chestnuts, their brown urtns all aglow with tbe glt>ry of the setting autumn day ; beneath tbem the leaf strewn forest path, where, in a perfect blaze of war-nth and beauty, lay piles of orange, russet, crimson, and dull green f >liage. There tho too stood alone with Nature, in Nature's vast aisled temple. "Maude," and Justin St John's voice came in a tenderly-lo°ing manner, while his arm stole around her tapering waist, "Maude, my darling, the time haa-oome when T can no hnger refrain Tfl?vc, you ; I love you, Maude !" lie bowed to kiss her, his whole face lighted by hope and joy. She wheeled aside, then looked up at him, her wondrous eyes filled with amaze ment. "Why, Mr. St.John!" That was allshe said, but the flush on ber cheek deepened, and the fire iu her eye brightened. "I may repeat it, then ? Come to me, Maude, and Idt me hear you tell me that I am as dear to you as are to me. Come, Maude." She gently shook ber bead. "Mr. St Jobn, you must not allow yourself to be mistaken. Forget what has passed, and let us finish our walk as we commenced k—good friends, and nothing more." Sbe extended ber band, and Justin St. Jobn grasped it with a might that brought a cry of pain to ber lipa. "Maude Campball, you dare to Mt aside my offer* of love 1 You who have t%ught me tbe sweet lesson —yen, By teacher ? Maude, what does it mean V' His voice was full of quivering knguiah. Then, by a mighty effort, Maude si lenced tbe loyal ory in ber heart, and looked coldly up at him. "It means this—simply this. We never, as long as yon sun shines, can4m more lo eaoh other than we are to-day— nor even as much, if you annoy me fur ther." Her voiee wts cold and calculating, for she was thinking of John Jameson and his half million ; so that she did not see the oontraoted look of supreme pain tbat oame over St. Jnha's hand some faoe, sad the white, haunting quiv er of his muetacbed lip, as, for an in stant, ha bent beneath the sudden ferae of the unexpected blow. f'Tben, Miss Campbell, wa will return as we came. But may God keep me in able hour, when the woman I love teHs me that I annoy ber by offering her as honest, as true a love as man ever pos sessed " Homeward they went, while tbe sun sank lower and lower. A damp chill succeeded tbe genial' warmth ot tbe air, and, as they silently, gravely bowed adieu at the house door, a sudden gust of wind, fresh from the dim forest aisles, oame shrieking upon them like a wail of despair to both their bleeding hearts, a • • • • The glory of the autumn htd given way to tbe frost king; and from the win do* of Lady 'M rdnunt'S palatial home , chrerifystreamed Broud bunnenof ruddy light over tbe tnotr, while within all was gaiety and reVMry. Maude CampbeH was there, queen of grace and beauty, as usual, surrounded by her admirers at a sovereign by ber confers. Lucy Mordaunt, gentle and lovely, had her time employed as liosteM, while Maude entertained a large portion trf the guests. "Lucy," and Maude's voice eatoe fa a confidential whinper to Miss Mordaunt, "let's run to the library to rest B moment.] or so ; that last dance has fatigued me wonderfully." ' Arm in arm th« ladiss passed Into tbe library. With a weary sigh, Maude threw her self into an arm chair. . "Oh, Lucy, I am so tired—not of our party, but the people—almost of life 1" Her face was grieved and bitter in iu cipressiou. "What! not the envied Miss Camp bell talking in that strain, so melancho lio arid forlorn ?" and Luoy leaned her gun-brighk bead against Maude's shoul der. "What nonsense! And yet, Lucy, dear, when I see you, so luH of hope, and jny, and animation, I think to my self, she has all the things to live for— I none." Bhe spoke vety bitterly. "You none, beautiful Maude?" "Yes, I have cast away all that I ever did, ever will, oare for. • Lucy, you little think that I rejected Justin St. John last October ?'** "No, Maude!" "I did. I repeat it. I loved htm ! Oh, Father in heaven, how I loved I im 1 But, Lucy, I must marry a rich man—l must barter all I hold dear for the love of ease that governs me with a power that I cannot withstand I Lucy. I hate bim ! I loathe him ! I despise him, but lam going to accept Jobn Jameson when he proffers me his hand, and all because tbat hand offers mo a fortune He will die ! he must die! and then who knows what his rich, young and haod somo widow can do ?" There was a fearful tensioti in bier Voice—a bright glitter In her eyes, that frightened timid Lucy. "Maude, you must not. Yo« aro wicked to talk so. If yon have spurned Mr. St. John, it WBB your own fault. If you marry Mr Jameson, yon must learn to respect —to loye him !" "Never i tbe childish dotard! I, Mande Campbell, to fall id love with Jobn Jameson !- It is his fortune, Luoy !" With the same steely ring in her voice, she returned to tbe saloon. Half an hour later Mr. Jameson, with all the gallantry of a youth of twenty, begged her to grant bim an interview the next morning. She allowed it, and the pleasure seek ers retired to their homes. • * * *' 1 * * ■ Arrayed in her tasty morning robe, Maude prooeeded to the parlor to greet her lov*r. "It ha* come," she thought, as de scending the stairs sbe caught a glimpse of hit bowed form, aB he chatted with Luoy Mordauat, who Bat sketching by the window. At Miude entered tb« door, Lucy gracefully exoused herself, and went into the inner parlov. "Miss Campbell—Miss Mande, if I may presume to aay it," and Mr. Jame son made bie most delightful "I need hardly mention theobjtotof My call thin morning.' My Intention was to offer yon n>y heart, my hand, my name and my fortune.**" He paused, an 4, if Maude noticed the dubiousness of hU words, the only bewed respectfully. "But, Miss Maude, so old a dotard as I, whom you loathe, bate, and despise, wotild be very presumptuous to do h. Therefore, Miss Maude, I announce the object of my oall lo be an errand of thanks—sincere, grateful thanks to you tbat, when yon discussed this aubjßet BO freely to Miss Mordannt last evening in the library, you spoke sufficiently loud for me, in the text room, to g«4 the ben efit of it. I rejoice, though tny dream is over"—here his voioe trembled, in spite of himself—"l awoke before it wat too luU:." Ha burned adieu, and was gone ere Maude in ber speeabloen surprise and mortification, was aware of his departure. A-ery oft pain and rage, she ran to Abe window to sea litw 4«*»ling the •Up». "My dreaas, too, is over. , Fate aeeins determined to deny me wealth, so I'll make the bunt of it. I can obtain love, though " And her love came quicker as she tbopght of Justin St. Jobn. "He ]o*ea ,w still, I kn*w he does, Justin, darling, you shall be mine yet 1" tier faoe beaming with delightful hope, Maude stepped to tbn door of the adjoining parlor. Voices arrested ber attention, and she stopped. Tbe door was ajar ; she could listen ; she eould hear ; the could lee ; she did see. "Lucy, I know it has only been a couple of months since Maude rejected my suit. But I have learned to be thankful for my escape from her merce nary hands. I have learned to forget her ; and, Luoy, my own true little girl, I have learned to Inve you as I never loved Maude Campbell. Darling, may I place this ring on your finger—may I call ynu mine—my very own, forever ?" "Y jur very own, forever, Justin St. John !" He silently placed a spotkling jewel over her plump little finger. "They are diamonds, my pet, of the purest Wdter. I am not Justin St. John, the poor man, though as a poor man I have woo my prize. I am Justin Su Jobn the millionaire, whoae money can outbuy Mr. Jameson twice over." Maude Campbell heard the words. Uer face grew deadly pale, and, with a shiver that shook her heartstrings and a sigh that almost carried away her breath, she turned silently away, a lone woman. Tbe Dark Biver. The following address of Mr. Stand fast, as he stood at tbe "river" and talked to bis companions, from whom be was about to be separated, was oalled by Rn fus Choate "the moßt mellifluous and el oquent talk that was ever put together in tbe English language. It will be found at the close of the second part of "Bun yan's Pilgrim's Progress." We give it in the quaint style of the first edition : "This river has been a terror to many, yea the thoughts of it also have frighted me. But now methinks I stand easier; my foot is fixed upon that upou whioh tbe feet of the priests that bare tbe Ark of lite Covenant stood while Israel went over this Jordan. The waters indeed are to the palate bitter, and to thestom soh cold; yet the thoughts of what I am going to, and of tbn conduct tbat Wgits me on tbe other side, doth lie as a glowing coal upon my heart. "I see myself now at the end of my journey, my toilsome days are ended, 1 am going to see that bead that was orowned with thorns, and that face that was spit upon for ma. "I have formerly lived by hearsay and Oaith, but now I go where I shall live by sight, and shall be witb Him, in whose company 1 delight myself. 'I have loved to bear my Lord spoken of, and wherever I have seen the print of his shoe in the earth, there I have coveted to set my foot to. "His name has been to me as a civet box, yea, sweeter than all perfumes.— His voice to me has been most sweet, and his countenance I have more de sired than they tbat have most desired the light of thesnn. His word did I use to gather for my food, and for anti date* against toy faintings. He hath held me, and hath kept me from mine iniquities; yea my steps hath He strengthened in His way." And Bunyan adds: "No* while be was thus in discourse, hia countenance changed, his strong man bowed wnder bim, and after be had said, 'Take me, for I am oome unto thee,' ho sensed to be seen of them. But glori ous it wna, to see how the open region was filled with horses and chariots, with trumpeters and pipers, with singers and players on stringed instruments to wel come the pilgrim* as they went up and followed one another in at tbe beautiful gale of the oily." The friendship of an artful man is mere self interest; you will got nothing, and may lose much by it. By imputing aur griefs we balve them ; by eomtminteativg our j«ya we dout>l» them. Bome t.ood, loving, self-saorificing deed will transform ihe homeliest face into beauty and sanctity NUMIiER 2a. Hemarkabie Mmpw «f ioi nidi jQjd) Some years ago a young man holding ' a subordinate position in the fiaat India Company'* service twice attempted to deprive himself of life by snapping a | loaded pistol at his beid. Each time ; the pistol missed Ore. A friend enter- I ing his roopj shortly afterward, he re quested him to fire it oat of the window, I It then went off without any diffioulty. , Satisfied thus that the w»apoo had been I duly primed and loaded, the young man ; *P r,n K "P. exclaiming :"I must be pre -1 served for something great," and I that moment gave up the idea of suicide, . lor tome time previous, had been uppermost in his thoughts. That youog i man afterward became Lord Clive. Bacon, the sculptor, when a tender ! boy of five years old, fell Into a pit of a soap-boiler, and must have perished had | not a workman, just entering the yasd, ! observed the top of his head. When Oliver Cromwell was an infant ; a monkey snatched him from his cradle, leaped with him from a garret window and ran along the leads of the house The utmost alarm was excited among the inmates, and various devices were used to rescue the child from the guard ianship of his newly-found protector.— All were unavailing] his would-be res cuers had lost oourage and were in de spair of ever seeing the baby alive again, when the monkey quietly retraced its steps and deposited its burden safety upon the bed. On a subsequent occa sion the water had well nigh quenched his insatiable ambition. He fell into a deep pond, from drowning in which a clergyman named Johnson waa the sole instrument of his rescue. Doddridge, when bom, was so weakly an infant he was believed to be dead.— A nurse standing by fancied she saw signs of vitality. Thus the feeble spark of life was saved from being extinguished, and an eniinent author preserved to the world. Many >ears hive now elapsed since thr-e subalterns might have been seen struggling in the water off St. Helena, one of tbem peculiarly helpless. He was saved to live as Arthur Welleeley, Duke of Wellington, and the famous hero of Waterloo. The life of John Newton is but the history of marvelous deliverances. As a youth, he had agreed to accompany some friends on board of a man-of-war. He arrived too late ; the boat on whioh his friends had gone was capsized and all its occupants drowned. On another oc casion, when tide surveyor io the port of Liverpool, some business had detained bitn. to the great surprise of those who were in the habit of observing his un deviating punctuality. He went out in the boat, as heretofore, to inspect a ship, which blew up before he reached her. Had be left the shore a few minutes sooner, he must have perished with the rest on board. A Bad Temper. There are few things more produotive of evil in domestic life than a thorough ly bad temper. It does not matter what form that temper may assume, whether it is of a sulky kind that maintains per fect silence for many days, or the madly passionate, which vents itself in absolute violence. 11l temper at any age is a bad thing; it never does anybody any good, and those who indulge in it feel DO bet ter for It. After the pas-ion has passed away one Bees that he has been very foolish, and knows that others see it, too. Bad temper in the aged is, perhaps, the most trying of all. It is, indeed, a pit iable sight to see the wrinkled cheek of an old person aflame with anger and paa sfon. Since anger is useless and an un speakable misery to its victims, why should it b& Indulged in at all? Fiu END*. —There are three aorU of friends; the Grit in like a torch we meet in a dark street; the seoond is like a candle iu tho laoteru that we overtake; the third is like a link that offers itself to the stumbling passenger. The met torch is the sweet-lipped friend, which lends us the flash of compliment for ft time, but quiokly leaves us to our fbraitr darkness The overtaken lantern is tha true friend, which, though it promise but a taint light, yet it goes along with na, as far as it ean, to our journey's end.— The uffurcd link is the mercenary friend, which, though it be ready enough to do us service, yet th*t service hath • ser vile relation to our bounty.

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