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BVAN,
But just let rhS *tfty tintil morning,
ma am. «It is colli, dreary and darfc
the ro.nl,f»«i # 4iidced, I've no
l>/ncc to go hut Widow Yarrows, and
thill's miles it vay,"
r ~ So spoke a r w,»s
>na:i, standing on the threshold of a
wclUto-do farmer's h«u*«, ju»j .is thn
last r;i \ sut light were .adiug iroih the
evening sky.
'J he nerson slio-ppoko to, a large
woman with d.bijJhtjfUwsrtxl dross
and white apron—the mistress of the'
house—Mimed away pet'ishly.
"You came at n>glit, Maggie, -it
seems to me, aud you can go at night,
tfoii't suit. I ncveV saw such
si lift less ways in my life. And Jane
fynith is bore, and I've omy one bed
tor tlto servant ami I can't expect a
tidy £irl like Jane to sleep with
well,-with strangers. I've paid you
for your three days, the goodness
knows, yo've worried me on; ot' my
sensed since you'tfd'been hero, suirT J
can't keep you another night ; and
|e .HQ
art there, wherever it is."
-£«lflßfX9lf
you are mistress in your OWH> house;
hut God knows it's not a dog I'd $c
r■ i tat night.'' The*she tied her
little pittance in thccorntfr or a poek
i?t-handkprchief and walked awav out
*ud up the road, not 4ooki ng back
mice. lier heart was heavy hs
.ml she HU,
had bceu a very-hanhonc l fo her. , T - V
"Three years since Pat wont away,"
she said to„ herself, "and never a
word from hin>. He's-Ueadynodunbf;
and' it's the hist kind word Tvc
heard. I wasn't shiftless pud good
for not.Miig to him. 'Maggie.' he'd
often say, '.l'd change you for nubodys
\Vife.' ©eh, he was the man; tti'cf as'
sfbod to, me wheuT was failed and
worn wit with the hard Imn' and
rarin' and losin' the childet, as he was
when J was a with' *choek«
like roses, iml he wasn feiy courting
m Och, Pat, why did you go* at
all? Y'iu died in a fliteli like a dog,
maybe; tor all these hardshearted
gentle-folk care, we all might.''
She turned ai)il shook her fist ba«k
at the houss she fcad Just Ictt f ot.|-?a
bit ot the root visible over the rising
ground m *
"My lnyirf was ailing lor (tie child
dor and fbf Pat,"' rfhe .taid ■; "bWyoif
could have no patinceifa ,>ertatie was
WiAit, or a towel not that smooth.
You sent me out witlKlh«THght fall
i..g. Bad hick je and your
woman she had left was lie t as bul
as she had fancied her. In h*r thrift
and tidiness slie could not understand
this untidy ca(Ee|ess.beinf,Shlinc Jj
uotiiing of the itfimr a SThrr
that the sorrow WW* her forget tl*
pots and pail*. Iphie was actuall#
half afraid of |fer jpifcan
her out of her house. She had felt it
a great mistake to hire a tramp from
the road, as i: were, and she had paid
her and was conscious of no crnel
tv.
The daylight fled apace the raocn,
risen long ago, became visable—a
taint streak of new moon that set in a
Jilile while—only the Ihe stars were
left—and' Maggie, wardering ou Ihe
road with her bundle under her ami
—a bundle of rags and odds and ends
ttinibled together in an old Annuel
petticoat—began to lose her keowK
edge of it. Ilere au.l there she s*w
lights in a window, but they were no
promise of hospitality to her. If she
could get to the Widow Yarrow*®,
that personage, who,took the labor
ers to board, would let hor lodge
while she could pay; but where was
the widow's cottage—to the right or
to the left? She could not tell in the
darkness whether she had taken the
proper torning. Hard by was a
rushing sound, as of water. Danger
there, perhaps. The railroad was
somewhere at hand, and thongh Mag
gie felt that the world was * poor
place, she did not feel ready to. meet
death yet.
"I'll just drop down in the grass
somewhere," said the poor woman.
"Afad God between me and harm. It
I could find a bit ot bay now, 'twoold
be eomfoit." .a g%
She
through the darkness, and her foot
at rack, some loose branches that
lay upon the ground, with a cracking
sound.
"What's that?" said a voice very
near her in a sharp whisper.
••It's an imp of a squirrel," «aid
another voice. "Go on with jtour
N- C., TUESD AY, MAJsCH 20 1877
work Jim. The train will bo here
in filtceii minuted "tVwith thai Vail.
I If! We II have them thh» timo.'*
4 !Ho!d your to o|,v sai«l the
j first voice. "\o,n're half dguujj. 1
i tell you I thought it was a step/'
And now who had sunk
flat upon the ground,"knew ail. TliVikc
I who whispered near her were' train
wreckers.
'"111 make no noise,'' said she.
"It's none ol my lmsmess."
Iftit hing in the grass, the*bhnrp
strokes of Steele on-siecle Vuiote«her
&>r; she ejuld not lor get thein. And
suddenly it came upon her that it was
neither more nor loss, than murder
that she,was waitiug there to £cc—
that in lying quiet while it has done
fbc helped to do it. *
'/' God fbrgivo me!" said pepr
Maggie. "I'll not do it; but what am
Ito do? II JW will I stop" them? It'S
ray own death; f'll bring about
nothing elsti"-—£-** v 1 *' ■ ' ' c•'
And just then the sound of a steam
whistle far away caught the ei.r.
The train was coming^
"Heady for them," said the voice
prtßiad heard before. ' Co.nc ' into
V>W>ußl>es.'' , » i
She heard them tramp away, and
arose to her ieet and lpokecj about
flftV. * There yyas house in sight
uii(l no help near. Suddenly a thought
struck her. She had matches in her
pocket, and her dress was a thin
calicp—it would burn tiudctv
J)|a moment more she had torn it
off and had the matches in Jier hand.
strut k aiightjhe heard a pistil
clicks
"They see me," she said, and held
the match against the old calico, and
as it caught She flourished it over
her head. She felt a Bullet whiz by
licr shoulder, another .-trutlf her' hud
glare was bright, and the
train was close at hand—.die rushed
totfiy-ds it, waving her burning dtc-ss,
Thank God! they saw ,h»r. The
train slackened its pace—it stopped.,
M£fj;.with lanterns in their hands
sprang from it and hurried to her.
And the old dress, burnt to tinder,
dropped to the giHuind, and she sank
beside it, the blood' flowing lrorn u'
wound in her arm.
"They've killed ine, I belave,"
she said faintlv, as'.a man beut jOver
Nr." 1 can't show yon tlie place
4iu£ it's—beyant there—the rails—
urn:™ ripped them up, the vilUans!"
Then she*fainted'.
When she came to herself she was
by the roadnide. and lights full -oVer
her, uud >die heard puople talking of
tke ligirbredih ewape they had and of
fcrfw-avery.. ,
I "Ywu risked death to save us,",
paid one wMnan. "You shall bo
rewarded My little children were
[with ine."
s "And lam gofog to meetmy WltV'
laid a gentleman. "She wit! not -16:
ine forget you if I have so ungrateftil
# heart. You shall be cared for uow,
you' are well you shall'
nover know want."
then," said anoifcer voice
—one that sounded familiar (o he'-
rt fisoeed, I ain not rich. Ilut IJd have
beciflu&the to be killed to»uight.
I'm just on the road to what I've been
seeking two year.*. I found oijt
yesterday where my missus is, and
I,m goiu' to her—she breakin' her
hear'for me. 1 iiavcn't much;' but
there's a couple o' pounds if you'll
take 'em, good woman, an J God's
blessin,' tod for the sake of Maggie
Uyan and you'v« saved from being a
widbw."
"And a strong hand folded over
her Weak one, and would have left
money in it out she caught it tight.
"Its l*at Ryan!*' she cried; "cdme
back at last. Don't yon know
Maggie, Pat?"
And two great arms (bided her
close; and the poor soul who had
tramped the road desolate and tor*
saken, an hour before, was a 8 happy
as angels are in heaven.
It might not be "great good lack"
to be a flagman's wife, and
live in a little cottage on the road side
but, Maggie thinks it so.
"And oh, Pat!" sho often says,
"bow little din I. think when Satan
was i»,y heart, and I was willing to
Hfe MM and let happen n hat might to
the heartless gentlefolk, what I was
doing to ipyselt and to yon; and after
all, it's kind hearts they had, and
gave yon the illigaot place, and me tte
shanty, and cow, and all. Good
nek to them."
JUE Ui«»'BiTT|!K MDHK OF
WHltAT'lllltX
—i—U U * !' V
Wo always think of grenl meimVirt
tlie art ot perf.
give thorn rouown, orelso, instateiv
rpprse, grand, silent *ud inflje*tip.
And Ve*, tl.i* is hardly lain, because
tin: most gracious and magnificent of
human beings have (;> bother them*
selves with the little things ot life
.which engage Tim attention of us
! smallei"* jtcilptt'*.« Kff' mmV'Mbgbs '
I snarled find \\Jien jjcjiii'if 1
a severe cold in his head, and if a 11 v
hit his Irg while lie was hi the desert, i
why should we s(i}r|>>se he (iid not
jump and use violent language aiid
rub the 'sore plane. And L'euscr—
isn't it tolerably certain he to
become furious when* he W*ent lip
stairs lo get Ins slippeVf fnVfho dark
atid 'found that G'alpliurnin had
shoved them under the bed so that ho
had to sweep around tor tliein widely
with a broimi-liflhdlcf And when
Solomon cracked his crazy 'bone*. Is
it unreasonable to suppose that lie
wound the room and foil rfs if lie
wiMitetl to c.r,v. Ima ;ine George
Washington •silting on the edge of
the bed, and growling at Martha
because (he buttoiu were off; 01' St.
Augustine with an apron around his
neck having !:fc hn'r cat; or Joan of
Arc "holding Ber tronf h'afl* in her
inoiilh, as women do, while she fixed
up her baclv'hali'; Napoleon jumping
ou. of bed !n a frenzy to chase a'
ninsquitO'liroiind the robin with a
pillow; or Martin Ltitheriii a night
shirt trying to put the baby to sleep
r.t two o'clock itS the morning; or
AlexandcrJ the Great with the
Hiccoughs; or Thomas Jefferson
setting suddenly over a fence lo avoid
a dog ;or the Duke of Wellington
with the mumps; or Daniel Webster
abusing Ills Wilt because she had'nt
tucked in the cover .it the foot, of the
bed; or Benjamin Pianklin paring
his ici ns with a razor; or Jonathan
E.I winds at dinner table wanting to
sneeze just as Ire got his mouth full
of hot beef; or Noah standing at his
window throwing bricks at a -:at.
A BKAVTIFDI. IBNTimKNT.
Shortly bctore his departure for
India, the lamented ilerbcr preached
a strman' Wlii.-h contained this
beautiful sentiment: ~ •
"Life bears us 011 Hire the stream
nf a ruiglity rlv'er. Our boat glides
down tHo narro.v channel—through
the playfull murmuring of the liitte
brook, aiul tt.o winding of i's grassy
borders. Ihe trees shed their
blossoms over our voting head*, the
flowers on the biiuk seem to offer
themselves to our young hands; we
ure huppv in hope, and grasp eagerly
ut the beauties around us—but the
»tream hurries on, and still our hands
are empty. Our course fn youth and
maniluud* is along a wilder flood,
amid objects more striking uml
magnificent. We afo animated at
the in jVtng picture? o! bnjoyirfent
utid industry passing u«, we arc ex
cited at home short-lived disap
pointment. The stream bears us on,
tind our joys and griefs are alike
left behind us. We may bo t>hi|,»
wrecked, we cannot be delayed;
whether rough ot smooth, the river
hastens to its home till the roar of the
ocean is iu our ears, and the tossing
of the waves is beneath our feet, and
the land fade from oar eves, und
the floods rre lilted around us, and
we take our leave of earth and its
inhabitants, until ot {>tir further
voyage there is no witness, save the
Infinite ami.Eternal.'' i.
A FATAL HABIT.
Irresolution is 4 fatal habit; it is
not vicious i.i itself, but it leads lo
vice, creeping upon its victim with a
fatal facility, Ihe penalty of which
many a fine heart has paid at Ihe
scaffold. Thoidtar and llie spend* j
thrift, the epicurean and the drunk
ard, are among its victims. Perhaps j
in the latter its effects appear in the !
most hideous form. lie knows that j
the goblet which he is about drain is '
poison,yet he swallows it. He knows,
for the example of thousands has
painted it in glaring colors, that it
Will deaden all his faculties, take the
itreng'.h from hi* limbs and the hap*
piness from his heart, oppress him
with disease and hurry his progress
to a diihonbied grave,wet he drains
it. How beautiful,* on the contrary >
is the power ot resolution, ent.bliig
the one who 1 posseises it to pass
through petit* and dangers, trials and
tempatious. Avoid the conuauik-n
of the bad habit of irresolution.
Strive against it to the end.
the safe side.
V »' ' "
&W Detroit Kre* fijehs. /> ~v
. When the occupant of a business
place on Michigan avenue wan vos-
' H •.-* „ Aji** J
terday asked why ho didn't hang ous
a flag iVtnTmifty W*m«iiaitonf h'*
r plied/
" iVbstdo I know about Gcoigi
f Washington?" , . ; ,„i n
-- ','JPhy, yon J hare read «i bita.
• haven't \on?"' « ' »
»"PP A> " 1 have; tut yoit don't
suppose I Swallow all I read, do
you?" " '*' * * " '•* "**'
"But everybody knows that Wash
ington \yu« a great and good man,''
protested the first. j*, , , .
"Jdon't know about that. I've
lieufiT a good deal against him since 1
came to Detroit, and I'm not going'
t 1 run t!»e risk t,l off nding some of my |
best cilfUumers by waving any flags i
around. I'm just starting in here,
and don't waut to tnaku any had
ipoves.", . j
4 "Hut, sir, bit- |
{'Please go* on," interrupted the
business man "If people hear yon
jawing around my place they'll think
I'm li politician and keep clear ofiue.
I'm neutral in lialitics and you can't
force m" into »be Washington ring—
A TURNING POINT. —-'Tlie turning
point in my life,"" said a gentleuwu,
"was when I .was a boy, not going to
a low circus. Some kind of a low
show and circus came into town and
of course all the boys "were dving to
go. My mother did not want me to
sfo. 1 miglit have stolen off. I had
money enough in my pocket, the bovs
did all tbey could to persuade me,
and more than all, people were going
in squ*ds to see it. It is so easy to
go with the mu'.titndf; it is so hard to
make a stand, break aw*y, and go thu
other way.
"That is ex.icily tf'.iilt I did. I
mastered the sitiiation. I mastered
myself and did not go.
"It was the resolution then called
out, and cnllad out for the
first. time,which has, uudor God,serv
ed me many a good tuni since, and
made me what.l am."
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■.OKDON. .
The metrojKjlis of the British Em'
pire, the largest city the world ever
saw, vovers within fifteen miles, and
radius of Charing cross, nearly 700
equate miles and numbers within
these boundries 4,000,000 oflubahiU
luts. It comprises 100,0U0 foreign
ers from every region of the glo x*. It
contains n.oro Jews than thu whole of
Palestine, more Roman Catholics
than,. Koine itself, moru Irish thun
Dublin, more Seutchifim than Edinji
burg. Ihe |K>rtot r ondon has every
day on its waters 1,000 shi|m and
9.000 sailors. Upward of 120 per
sons are added to the population dai
ly, or 40,000 yearly, a birth taking
pla-e every five minute.*, and a death
every eight minutes. On an average,
28 miles of,streets are opened and
9,000 new bouses built every year.
nifl-ronvoF jf pahoi-h fiddi.f.
A violin just bought by a Russian
for $2,000 has n curious history. It
by its maker, Saiuor, to a
certain Count, who promised in ex*
ehange to pay $250, to Surnish Stain*
er a good dinner as loug as lie Imd,
|SO the firrt of each month, a com
plete outfit once a year, two barrels
of beer, his lodgings, fire, light, and
in case that he inanried, as many hare
as he required for his table, ard two
baskets of fruit for himself and two
for his old nurse xnnually. These
conditions were fulfilled for eighteen
years, until Stainer died.
Dr. Johnaou once silenced a noto
rious female back-biter, who was con
demning Bomti of her friends for
painting their cheeks by the remark
that, "It is a far less harmful tning
for a lady to redden her own com
plexion than to blacken her neigh
bor's character.
*Th? pesiiat crop in is
800,000 bushels." This is a kind of
Munch-chawseu story.— Boston Pott.
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auction* of the Stat*. I am your* trul/
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141 Ctats Btnst, Chicago, lIL
21 Sonti Bih Ctieet, Et. Lseii. Ks,
17 ffsir Usatfoasry St., -
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NO, 3