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DANBURY, N. C., THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 188 G.
lIOVI' MICH.
Here's a piece of advice I'll give to you, ye
bub,
o|d man, olil woman or chiek,
No matter what comes lio matter what
goes.
Don't permit yourself ever to kick.
If tho world, as It graveiy noes joking
alnug,
Throws the thorns In yotir path, tost and
thick,
DoJse all that you can, and step on the
rest,
Uut cf all things, I play you, don't kic':.
If you throw yourself ir.tn political strife,
And get hit with a polities! brick,
You will show your good sense by holding
your jaw,
Am! nover oucc making a kick.
If you play for a winning aud draw oil. a
blank,
And some otlier chap makes the thing
stick,
Just swallow the dose like a good little
man,
And, for heaven's sake, don't make a kick
Take things as they come, they'll he right
in the end,
It you're hungry, rich, lieggar, or sick.
You'll only be wasiiii}; your valuable time,
If yoil use it In making a kick.
Two Lovers.
'Of course 1 know it is a great piece
of folly in oie.' 'Then why do it V
The other young man laughed with a
certain bitterness. Lie was standing in I
front of a large oak tree which was half |
cut through; ho was leaning on bis axe, j
and looking at tho man near him, who
was seated ou a fallen trunk and stuok- j
ing a cigar.
About this person was the uuiuistaka
ble air of wealth and success, lie was,
nevertheless, gazing at his companion
with the ax with an expression of ad
miration.
■f
'Why do it V repeated Ilolt j and he
lifted hia weapon and swung it furiously
against the oak. 'I do it just for the
same reason that that tree is bound to
fall, because it can't help it.'
•Pshaw!'
Mr. Bairon, though ho uttcrd this ex
clamation as if in remonstrance, oould
not help a look as of rcliof coming to
Ids face. He felt that his countenance
expressed too rnuoh, and he stooped
down and picked up a twig from tho
ground, breaking it in his tihgers, and
not raising his eyes.
'You sec, I have grown up near her
sinoo alio was a child,' went on ilolt,
'and 1 don't think she wot-ld ever think
of me, save as a kind of brother, I'm
not going to give hor tho troub.'o of
saying' No' to mo. Girls dou't care
for people they liuvo seen all their
lives.'
'How do you know so much about
giil.s?' rising fuddenly to his feet, and
flinging away his cigar,
•Who is it who knows so much about
girls!' asked a voice hehiud them among
the troes, and a gtil stepped out into the
opening and looked from one to the
othet, not a smi'e stirring her dsrk and
vivid fueo. Hut there was a flash of fun
in tho eyes which was not allowed to
overrun.
Naomi Hurto must have known very
wi'll what was tho effect of that crim
son, fluffy thing which was twisted over
her hlack hair; and was she unconscious
nons could wear tho drapery of a
•hswl with more grace than alio could
bring to bear upon that apparently pas
sive act! l'hero were littlo red mittens
on ner hands, and one of those hands
held a three pint tin pail.
1 suppose you think it % manly thing.
Ralph Holt,' she said, turning to that
person, whose fuce, despite bcrsolf,
wis glowing with pleasure at sight of
her, to leave your poor old mother to
suffer from fears that you will starve to
death. You forgot your dinner again
to-day.
Barron had quickly removed his bat
as ho had bowed profoundly to Miss
Barto, and now he stood looking at her
with that undisguised but perfectly re
spectful admiration, which is so great a
compliment to woman.
Did ibe see that admiration ! Holt,
at least, saw it, and it was like a sudden
aud terrible revelation to him.
Of course, Barron was attracted to
ber; of couise that attraction must be
mutual; for Holt was not «o perversely
blind but he could see that this stran
ger, rioh, handsome, of good address,
j aud, he added to himself, 'a good fel-
' low, too,' was ono to ousnarc i woman's
j fancy.
Ho had just announced to Barion
| that he had made up his nnud to try
| hie fortune in tho Far West. He was
I going to Colorado. He-could not help
1 going, he had asserted, for it he icinain
icd at home lie should so mo time be
obliged to see Naomi Baito suiilc with
love at sumo ono else.
li' fore Holt could spailC Barron said,
gayly :
'Yon put a premium en furgetfulness,
Miss Barto. You'll ni-,;i him leave his
dinner pail -very day ooir.e and
briog it to biiu.' '• t
Holt said nothing. Tub girl won
dered why his faco was hlack as be
i advanced and took tU-j pail fioiu her
' hand.
Everything was now -%» de plain to
j him. He kuew why had contin
ued otayiug in the country wlieu one
would think ho would pr«fer his usual
haunts.
'Well, Barron bad to love
her. What oould be said against it'
Holt saw Naomi turn with a brilliant
smile toward Barron, and iu a silent
fury bo took up his ux and began plying
it wuh vigor, finding a loit of savage
relief as the Hade cut off huge chips
from tho tree.
The girl remained some minui-s, but
s!ia did uot appear to notice Holt again
ui.til she went away, when she said
goodb/ to hiui with the free pleasant
ness of any acquaintance to whom his
whims wore nothing for good or ill.
Barron looked after her as if almost
decided to follow, but something held
him back. Ho sat down again and
watched the chips flying fast from the
swift gleaming ax.
suddenly he exclaimed :
'I believa you arc right. Women
don't lovo the men they've known from
childhood. If they think tlioy do, they
are mistaken.'
Ilolt stood still, breathing heavily.
He scarcely dared looked at his com
panion. There was some im
pulse .[J lli» Ih'IIIw 1 lo |.. Iri.
ax against that hanavma face. For
the momont he was afraid of himself.
He saw again, as through a course of
blood, the swoot involuntary smile
Naouii had given Barron.
He turned toward Barron, who
sprang back involuntarily a step, orying
out:
'Good heavens, Holt ! wlia'. has hap
pened to you ?'
The exclamation recalled Holt to
himself. Ho tried to lutigh. Then he
said, awkwardly:
'I am glad you agree with me about
women and their way of loving You
see I am right in decidu g not to stay
here and endure tho torture of seeing
that girl lovo some one else. Instead
of waiting until ucxt wck before I go.
1 can be ready tho day after to-mor
row.'
Ilolt was looking full it his compan"
ion's fuce as he said those words, and
he saw souiethiug there that made him
say, sharply, and yet With a kind of
guttural, sound in hia voice :
'Barron, you love hor "
Barron tamed away, but Holt saw his
face grow red and then pa o. Then ho
fronted his qucstioucr aud said, almost
in a whisper :
'lf 1 do you cannot Condor, can
you V
Holt wa» silent a lou# tiraa. So long
that Barron at last caiai toward him,
and put his hand oi his «fim, rnpcating
bis question : \ x
'You cannot wonder, c""vou ?'
Instead of replying, H.il' said :
'I was thinking of that old saying
about looking at happiness through an
other man's eyei.'
'But I am not happy jet.'
'You will be. I saw her smile at yon
to-day.'
'You must not put too much into a
woman's smilo.'
Though Barron said this, his faco
ibowed that his hope was high.
'1 shall not cut any more wood to
day,' abruptly laid Holt. 'Will you
go down the hill with ma V
He hurrie ly put on his jaokot. then
swung his ax over bis shonlder. 11a
looked and acted in haste.
'lf I see Steuben before Ooon,' he
said, as if to himself, 'I can easily ar
range to leave the day after to-morrow.
I Every hour that I st»y about here is
misery to me now.'
The two men began the descent of the
hill, aud went on half way down in
silence; tbeu ltarrou suddenly stood
still.
'Tbat was a curious souud,' be said.
Holt roused himself.
'1 heard nothing.' ho answered.
'What was it liko V
He spoke ludifferently, as if ho cared
rerjr little.
"I can scarcely toll. It might be a
cry tur help."
"Not likely,' listlessly.
'Rut if it were,' returned Barron,
still detaining his companion by a band
ou his arm—'if it were, you would wish
to heed it, would you not!'
Ilolt was plainly impatient ; but be
said, 'Of course,' aud triud to listen.
Then they both heard what might
liavo be«n :» cry, but it had sueli a
strange and suffocated sound m it that
it was impossible to tell if a human
voice had uttered it.
'You heard that 1' said Barron, who
felt irritated that thr other should feel
so little interest in this sigh of distress.
"Yes; but I don't know what to make
of it. Some dog, perhaps.'
•Whatever it is, I shall fallow it
up.'
And ha turned off to the left and be
gan pushing through tho thick growing
wood, while Ilolt kept by his ,-idc sul
lenly but persistcutly, as ono having no
interest iu tho aff ;ir ill hand.
In a momont the two had {'merged
intoaspaco where the trees had been
cut that winter. It was a romewhut
steep slope down ths hill, and here and
there were still small patches of snow
fast melting beneath this sua.
On ono of those patches of white,'
close to where a small group of walnut j
trees hud been left standing, both men
baw at tbu same instant the same ob- j
ject.
That object was a spot bright red on 1
tho snow, something resembling what
women call a cloud.'
It was like what Naomi Barto had
worn a balf-hour ago.
ilolt duthed 1 .narda step by the
side of Barron ; then, recalling the smile
he had seen giving to that man, by an
effort which tool; all his will, which was
not weak, he drew back, and followed
tho impetuous rush that Barron uiadc
down the hi(l.
'I will bo ready to help, but I will
not be first,' was what he thought.
As they came nearer they saw that a
tree souiued to have fallen, and the next
moment revealed te their eyes that &
woman was pin nod down beneath one cf
the branches.
They saw the dark hair loosened and
lying on (he suow. The face was turn
od from thsui, but neither seemed to see
it to knew that it was the woman they
both loved who was in such need of
help.
Holt's eyes mechanically took m the
whole scene, aside from •-hat. helpless
figuro. lie sa« that tho tree which
had fallen had been sawed nearly
through the butt, and that it stood ready
for the first blow of wind from the right
direction.
lie know, too, or though he knew,
whose careless work it was.
Strange how many swift thoughts
raced through his mind in the brief
time while he was flying down the
hill.
Barron reached the spot au instant i
before Holt. Tho two men saw at a
glance the position of a boavy branch
across the girl's chest, and saw alio
from what place it must be moved.
But Holt had the better judgment,
and iu this teriiblo moment the cooler
eye. He frit as though every uerve I
aud muse'e were stiung to the utmost
tension.
Ills swift glanso st the suffering face
on the suow told hiui with almost uuer
rir g precision how many minutes longer
Naomi could endure the burden that
was pressing hor youug life out.
Barron leaped at once to the place,
olost to where the tree-limp joined tho
trunk. Before Holt oould cry out to
him tD wait, that they might unite theii j
efforts, lie bad seized the limb, and with j
violent and sudden strain, like the lift
ing of one miraculou ly made a giant,
ho raised tho wood that lay ovor the
woman pinued there.
His faee was purple, bis eyedalls in
jected with blood, as he did so ; but no i
one saw that effect savo the girl for
whom ho was working, and whoso face
turued toward him.
Ilolt, as soon as toon as be knew that
Barron would make his first effort with
out wain ting for aid, direotod his whole
attention to watching if the load was
lifted enough for liiiu to draw Naomi
[ from under tba tree.
His own plan, formed instantaneous
! ly, had been that tbey should both en
deavor to raise the load and push the
| log uuderneath, thus relieving tho
j weight.
THE FLOWLPS COLLECTION
To his unspeakable surprise, he saw
the thick branch rise bliglitly beneath
Barron's power. He bad not known
how thoroughly that mus
cles had been trained.
As ijuickly as light, as strongly as
love, Holt now acted.
Iu that flash of time while tho weight
was lifted he drew the girl from beneath
it.
Having done so, be fell down on his
kneei beside her, not looking now to
ward Barron, who did not conic for
ward.
Nau.ni, whoso senses had been pain
fully kept alive, bad now become uncon
soious; but, being naturally strong and
well, she revived iu a few moments, as
Holt rubbed snow upou her hands and
temples, keeping himself outwardly calm
onlv by a gr.iat effort.
When she opened her eyes and look
ed at him, though his haart thrilled be
neath that glaucc, he felt that he must
not yield to the temptaticn it brough to
him. Now he remembered Barron.
He rose quickly and glanced over the J
tree-trunk, some stifled cry escaping
him as he did so.
He saw Barron lying on his side, his '
face almost as white as the snow near it,
and a thin stream of blood slowly trick
ling from las lips.
Something resembling a smilo came
into Barron's eyes as Holt came round
and bent over him.
- 'ls she safe ?' whispered Barron.
Iloit nodded. He did not think he
eoul 1 speak. Young, unused to death
as lie was, ho knew that death was near
the man bet'oro him—so near that he
never thought of going for aid.
'They said I was fickle,' said Barron,
slowly; 'but how could I have boon
fickle to her V
He looked up wistfully at the strong,
moved lace before him.
•I suppose it is all right,' be said,
aftct a pause. Then more loudly and
strongly : 'Where did I read, tbo other
day, that it was not difficult to did'
As lie finished speaking his glance met
the eves uf Naomi, who bad risen, and
had come to Holt's sido. A gush ol
blood came faster. His eyelids tell
softly, peacefully.
The man an 1 women standing theie
remained silent and motionless for sev
eral moments.
Then Holt turned and looked at the
pallid, tear-wct lace of the girl beside
him.
lie took off his hat, as lie reverently
said :
'I do not wonder, Naomi, as I lovo
you, so you lovod him. Even I could
not help having an affection for him.'
Tho blood came painfully up over
Naomi's faco. The pulse at her throat
beat heavily.
'You mistake,' she said, in a voice
that, sad as it was, started Holt into
what seemed to hiui then to be a guilty
happiness. 'I did not love him. 1
have always lovod you.'
Holt took the little half froxen baud
quickly m his.
'lie gave his life, as I would have
given mine,' he said, as toon as he could |
speak without too muob tremor id bis
voice.
She madn a sudden movement toward
him.
'I am not ungrateful to htm,' she said,
between sebs, glancing at the man lying
there. Heaven knows that. But had
you died, I could never have been hap
py.'—Catharine Eurnshaw.
THE GARDEN IN WINTER.
A'fit time this to dress up, manure
and dig the garden, and thus lighten
aud expedite the labors of spring ; and
colloot ill hoaps all tho dry grass, weeds
and rubbish and burn them, aud there
by destroy an ariuy of hurtful insets or
their eggs, and a host of troublesome
weed at once and by the same operation.
Big, rake and dress the borders , bring
fresh gravel for the walks ; trench and
manure all vacaut ground ; cover tbo
kale, lottuoe, cabbage, onious, etc., with
leaves or coarse litter to protect them
from hard frosts and frecies ; and
other beds of perennial pluuts ; prune
tho shrubbery slightly where needing it,
and mako all as neat and trim as the
period of the year will admit.
It is a good time to procure and read
so lie of the many interesting and in
structive works on gardcuiug and orch
arding. I rejoice to know that the
of our people are improving,
and that people arc taking pride in hav
ing neat homesteads and orderly and
well keft grounds, gardens and Bur
: rounding*, hot the guf|n« of jJie beau-
I tiful live aud grow, till ivcry. rjiral
home shall burgeon with beauty, peace
i and plenty.—Ex.
NO. 30.
SMII.:. BITES.
Burke county pays 5i.>,820.91 tax
ies.
Boston anil Chicago have had great
• fires.
i
i Finely High School opens on the IStU
met.
The stock law fence in Guilford coun
ty coil
j The Presidential succession till has
passed the House.
I A malignant epidemic of diphtheria
is prevailing at llawley, Pa.
President Clevelaud contributed SIOO
I to the Grant Monument fund.
Duiing the cold snap the Savannah
j river froze over at Augusta, On.
| The business portion of the town ot
| Cuba, Missouri, was burned recently.
W W. Corcoran, the Washington
| City philanthropist, is 87 years old.
| Lemon trees ar.d young oruugo tree!
I were killed by the cold snap in Flori
da.
> Tiiere was a brilliant gathering at the
| White House in Washington on New
! Year's diy.
j Qcn Lee's two daughters have been
j presented with gold watches by the
| jewelers of Richmond.
The car record office of the Virgiaia
Mivlldurl 11. K. Ima been removed from
Alexandria, Va., to Charlotte, N. C.
A vary largo meeting was held in
Belfast, Ireland, lan. 15th, endors
ing the Quoen and renouncing home
rule.
An Irish High Sheriff has written the
London Times saying that famine threat
ens Ireland, and t rouble maybe expect-
The silver men seem to have the whip
hand iu Congress and it does not seem
that there is any danger of the discon
tinuance ol silver coiuage.
Twelve person l are rjrtid to own one
fourth of Scotland. It is worth some
thing to beau Ameriaan.
The average housewife will take more
pains to keep a sickly fifteen-oent plant
through four months of winter than sho
will to keep butter on icc in summer.
There have been enormous lossos of
cattle m Texas by reason of the cold
weather. Some parts of the great State
has alsos been swept by large prairia
fires.
Col Edmund Richardson, the largest
cotton planter in the world, died of ap
oplexy in New Orleans last week. Ha
was a N'prth Oaroliuian and was worth
between $10,000,000 aud $15,000,-
000.
Eternity is crying out to you louder
and louder ax you near its brink: Rise,
bo going ! Count your resourses; learn
what you are not fit for, and give up
wishing for it ; learn what you can do,
and do it with the energy of a man.
The physicians of Mecklenburg coun
ty have gotten up a black list of men
who persistently refuse to pay any of
them and none of the doctor* will at
tend professionally tho family of any
person on said list without the pay down.
lielief in the virtues of the rabbit
foot increases. How many people in
Raleigh carry them. How great is tho
number of believers in luck, anyway.
Over half the houses in Raleigh, both
stores and dwellings, hove horseshoes
nailed at the front doors.
| Pittsburg, Ph., Jan. IS—The boil
, era of tho tow boat Modoo exploded
about 8 o'clock this uioruing near 6ix
-1 leeuth street, at the bridge on tho Al
leghany river. The bout was complete
ly demolished. The pilot was killed
and the saptam and fireman injured.
Not a day passes over tho earth but
men and women of no note do great
deeds, speak great words and suffer no
ble sorrows. Of these obscure heroes,
philosophers and martyrs; the greater
part will never be known till that bour
when many that were great shall bo
small, and tho small great.
Vaunio is a little girl who has a big
wax doll as a oompaniou. A Tew days
; ago a uew sister came to hor house, and
I after a few day* she went oyer to a
neighbor's. "Well, Fannie," said the
I lady, "where'» your wax doll ?' "Oh,"
she answered, turning up her nose, "I
don't have nothiu' to do with wax ba
bies any mora. We've got a meat baby
1 at our bouse now, and that takes up al|
' in J time."