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MAXWELLS GOOD FAIUY.
It would have been difficult to im
agine a greater contrast than was
presented by two women who were
conversing together in a small cot
tage house at Pendletou, one summer
day. One was pale ati.i sickly look*
iug, with a woe-begone face, wearing
close mourning, and speaking with a
lugubrious whine.
TlMfeher and much the younger,a
sir I of(Ttfiilccn,was a brilliant blonde,
neatly and becomingly dressed in a
chintz suit of blue and white, with a
ooquettwh chip hat with blue flow
ers. Her lips and cheeks bloomed
with health, and her eyes were radi
ant with youth's happiness. Yet, as
her companion spake,a shadow came
over the love y fiic!,taint,but clouding
the radiance there.
"I am sure I oui never be thankful
enough to dear Maxwell," the older
lady was eayinff, "but it breaks mv
heart to think how I've ruined his
I- respects."
"Ruined his prospects?"
'•Yes. I will tell you about it. You
know he h?«8 been with Drewitt &Co.
for tcu years, and they have agreed
to take hiin into partnership, but
they require a thousand dollars from
him. Young New bold is very anxs
ious to buy a partnership, but they
gavo the picference to Maxwell. But
oh my dear, when he had (he thouss
and dollars saved, and would have
been in the iirrn next week, only next
week, my trouble came. Ju3t as soon
as he got the telegram that my poor
husoand was dead, he came toOiraha
at once, and my dear, I had not one
dollar to pr.t upon another, and he
paid f )t everything, and brought me
here with all three children, and j
never knew until to day that he had
taken BO 'much of his savings that ho
must give up the partnership and go
on working as book-keeper."
"And yoji?"
"I do not mean to be a burden 011
him. I have secured a situation at
the seminary to teach (jfermau and
music, and the children will be edu
cated, in part payment. 1 can easily
mect ray expenses in the luture. But
Maxwell ha - furnished this house for
me, and paid a mouth's rent. There
never was such a brother, never, and
to think 1 have taken all that money,
lie never told me, bnt Mr. Drewitt
told me about the partnership, and
when I congratulated Maxwell the
truth had to come out."
"But it is only a delay," said the
pretty blonde, Ida ilunt, ' lie will
soon save again."
"Not for this Old Mr. Drewitt
retires next week, and if Maxwell is
not prepared to go in, Frank New*
bold will take the place, Oh, if only
some good tairy would drop a thous
and dollars in Muxwe.l's hands."
"Good fairies are out of date,,' said
Ida, softly, with a little quiver in her
voice. "But 1 must go. I will come
in again very soon."
She t wanted to be alone.. She wanted
to think over the story Maxwell
Burt's sister had told her, the story
that drew her heart closer than evei
to hitn, and yet which set him so
much further away from her.
She knew that lie loved her. He
ha J wooed her frankly, in straightfor
ward manly earnestness, and she
knew too, that be had wailed to sc»
cure this partnership before speaking
the words she scarcely needed to hear
to read his heart. And she had given
him love for love, without unmaid
enly boldness, but sweet!" SBd. ihy ly
from the wouiauly teuderuess of her
nature.
"And now, now," she thought,hnr
rving along the village streets, "ht
will never ask me. Ho is right. ]
cannot love hini less for being sc
good to poor Laara, hot oh, Max**
well! Mnxwell!"
She was at borne nearly an hoar
when her ancle and guardian came
In. Ho found Ida at her sewing in
the silting room, but after »l»e bad
brought bis slippers and dressing
gown, she sat close beside him. lay
ing her cheek carelessly upon his
arm. *
"Uncle John," she said coaxingly,
"bow much money have I got of my
verv own/"
"About fire thousand dollars, if it
was all ga he red in.
"Could I get a thousand of it?"
',A thousand dollars. Bless my
heart, what do you want of • thous
and dollars?"
"Please don't ask me. I'll tell >ou
some day. Can I have it?"
"Certainly you can, but really,lda,
it is all securely invested; and it is
GRAHAM, N- C., TUESDAY, MAY 15 1877
not a large suin, my dear, altogether.
To take out one filth tor some piece
of extravagance "
•'But I want it so much, so very
much. Please, Uncle John, and J
want it in monev"
"Very well. It is your own to
keep or waste. When do you want
it?"
"To-inorrow."
"I'll give you a check then, and we
will sett le the matter after I sell some
ot yoni securities."
"Thank you! Some day I will tell
yon about it."
"ll'm 1 Very well."
Bui, while Ida fully intended to
make a free confession, Mr. Hunt
more than suspected the destination
of tho inoney, and in his heart, ap>
proved of it.
The next day was a dull one, and
Maxwell Burt, coming into the little
cottage homo ho bad fitted up tor his
widowed sister, had a weary, desi
pondeut a>r, that went tq her heart.
was a cheery, light hearted young
follow, aid seldom depressed, but
within twonty four hours, he knew
there must be a downfall of the hopes
he had cherished for three years, the
hope of gaining a partnership in the
firm of Dj'ewitt & Co.. and the hope
of w inning Ida Hunt to share his life
and prospeiity.
'•Are you sick, Max?" Laura asked
after a tyng, dreary silence, "you
have scarcely spoken since you came
in."
He roused himself then, with a feel
ing of selt reproach for bringing his
troubles to add to his sister's bur
dens."
"I am only tired," he said. "There
were but few customers to-day, and
wo have been very busy winding up
the business tor old Mr. Drewitt to
retire."
♦•Do—do you stay there?"
"Oh, yes!" and Max battled with a
lump iu his throat, to speak cheerful
ly. "I sKall keep IUJ old place.No.''
he added, taking Laura's face between
his hands, to kiss her lips, "you aro
not to cry! I won't have it!"
"But if it had not, been for me,"
Laura faltered.
"It is best as it is. I love you,
dear, fur, far bettsr than my business
prosjmct'?."
But down in his heart, a sharp pang
reminded him of one he loved better
than either business or sister.
"It breaks iny heart.*' said Lanra:
"oh if these were only fairy taJe
times."
And as she spoke there was a rap
ui on the door. A ragged urchin stood
there with a letter.
"Is Mr. Burt here! They said
to his boarding house he tvas over
here."
"Come iu! I'm here I" ciied Max
well.
"I was to put this in your hand
sir, and to say your good fairy sent
it."
'•Who gave it to you?"
"I don't know sir. It were an old
woman 1 never seed before, all mul
fled up in a waterproof with a cali
ber iiood ou au' green glasses, and
spoke "hick like and sez she, you give
this heie to Mr. Maxwelll Burt, and
say good fairy sent it."
"It's all right then. Here is a quar
ter lor you."
"That's two: She fcave me one."
He ihufflled off then with the step
peculiar to boys who wear cast off
b:>ou too large for thein, and Laura
closed the door after,lilui.
"Why don't ywu open it, Max?"
she Mked, seeing the envelope the
boy had given him still unsealed in
his band. Why it was not direct
ed."
It was Indeed a blank envelope, and
as Maxwell slowly broke the neal,
.wo bank notes fluttered out, for Ave
linndr jd dollars each.
"Oil, Max."
And then Laura did cry happy
tears and Max, patting his arm
around her did not try to check the
outburst of grateful affection.
"Soma rich mail who know* bow
good yju have been to me has taken
this way to give yon the partnership,"
she said. ''Perhaps old Mr. Drewitt
"Perhaps," said Maxwell. "Uod
bless my good Wry.*'
Tbe partnership was sn established
tact, and the new firm well luaugura
ted when Maxwell Burt, seeking Ida
in her owu borne, pressed bis snit
and won a promise from her to bo his
wife. Ue told her very frankly of
tbe wouderons windfall that had so
brightened his business prospects and
bis sisters belief that old Mr. Prew-
itt had sent the mysterious letter and
Ida gently said:
4, 1t would show he appreciatedynir
long service in his store, wouldn't
it?"
"Yes," was tho dry reply, "and
be about the first recognition he ever
made of it."
Mr. Hunt gave a gracious consent
to the wedding, and Laura was in a
state of great delight- Bui it was not
until the young people returned from
their wedding tour, and werescMletl
in their own home, that Uncle John
came ovu'iuo morning to talk busi
ness.
"1 have a small sum of money iu
trust for my niece," he said very
gravely, ''and it is time I gave an ac
count of it" "
Then he explained all his invest
ments of Ida's fortune, adding: "
"That accounts for four thousand
dollars. The remaining thousand
Ida drew out about Ihroo months
ago.
A littlu soft hand tel! over his lips
but Max lifted it awav.
"My guess was right, then," lie
said, kissing the trembling prisoner
in his clasp. "I always suspected
that hooded female was not so old as
hor " essenger supposed. But, Ida.
had I not I'oped to repay you athous*
and told, I never should have accept
ed your gill."
"Nor shou'd I have sent it," was
the flunk blushing "had I not
hoped -tor my part, to bo for life most
Jrulv your 'good fairy.' "
A SOU I. THAT BIUMC WOUf.D
NOT CHAim.
[from the Detroit Free Press.Q
A hand morgan .man waß making his
way up Adams avenue yesterday,
when a boy met him and asked:—
"How many tunes do yoa play?"
"Zixteen sliur.es—nice, sweet
shunes," replied the roan.
"My father is fond of music, but
he is a little deaf," continued the
boy.
"Oh, dat make no difference—l
make a him hear."
Tho bey led the way up the street
to where u plaster bust of Sir Isaac
Newton had been arranged in a bay
window to look like a living man, and
the Italian spit on his hund and be
gan on the crauk. He ground out all
the tunes in rotation, and then begun
at the bottom and ground back up
tho scale tdl he got all the tunes in
the garret of the box again. Tbe man
in tho bay window didu't move a
hair, and the Italian drew a long
breath and sighed
"Play moar muzeek—n.ake a him
hear soon."
He ran out eight times and then
threw some gravel at the window.
Hie bust didn't even wo»k its ears,
and the Italian leaned the organ on
the fen„e and loudly sung:
"Oh! who shall dinks ot me some
moar, when I am far a-w-a-y?"
The seven other tunes were rattled
off at a lively pace, while the
coughed, whistled, kicked on the fence
and encouraged a dog-fight, in ordtr
to attract the deaf man's atien.
tion.
"Sing louder—play harder!" called
Ihe boy from the next street corn*
er.
rite grindc secured a brace for bis
feet, unbuttoned hia vert, and the
way he roared brought out the citi
zens by the score. He kept his eyes
open on the bust and gave no heed to
the crowd, and the organ box waa
smoking hot when he let up on the
grind. Resting the music on the
ground, he leaped over the fence
and got a square look at hia victim.
grin faded into a look of
woe and misery and murder, and
getting his eye* on the boy with the
red necktie, he ran him four blocks
and under a caqienter shop before a
still, small voice whispered, that he
had better hold on.
The commentary of a severe friend
is better than the embellishment of a
sweet-lip|ied flatterer.
Two things a man should never be
.angry at what he can and what he
cannot help.
Many a man has .uined his eye
sight by sitting in a bar-room looking
tor work.
"•W Tight Thejr Wear Them.
The extremities to which fashion
has advanced in Loudon in female at®
lire are really deplorable. A lady on
whoso tnithfullnrss I can de|iend,c. ii
lidea to me the pAvticular*f
She wa« asked tho oilier day to in
spect the wedding trousseau of a
young lady of high rank. Tle dress
es were very numerous and beautiful
and every accessory of uliire was
in tho he : glit of fashion, if not of got id
taste. ♦•But where," inquired my
friud, "is the uiidor-clnthititf ?** v
"Oh," sidd the milliner, with a
smile of pitv, "ladies wear none now
a-davs. They wear thesi instead."
And she pointed to three complete
suits, not ot armor, but ol chamois
leather.
it is only over chamois leather that
th 2 skirls from Worihcan be strained
tight enot gi. At Bristol, tlin other
day, the Mayor gave an,entertainment
to the Lord Mayor of London, and
the occasion socmod so important that
ono lady guest sent to Paris for her
dinner dress. It was so tight wlion
it oauio ill it she had to take off gais
irient alter garment before she could
gel into it«> all. And then she had
to sit down at the table. I am told
that her sufferings were considerable
during the repast; but Iter worst mis
ery wat the reflection, "How shall I
*«t up again?" Eventually she did
get up. thanks to the geullomoii on
e icli side of her, who pulled down the
relrac'ojy garment by main force.
At the very last drawing room in
Buckingham Palaco a similar cat»?«
troplie took piaco. A lady made her
bow to the Queen a I ttlo too low for
her "kicking strap,' (as a man would
call it, >'U' I date nav Mr. Worth ha*
some prettier name.) and it slipped
down so far that she could not get up
again. The Lord High Chamberlain
himself had to come forward and set
her straight.— English Gossip in
Harper's Bazar.
Against Worm mad la-
The insect question ia a very im
portant one; tliey destroy us if we
don't destroy them. The following
modes I use as occassion demands
itnd never fail:
Melon and cucumber bugs like
radish leaves better than any other
kind. I sow a few rudish seeds in
each hill and never looae a plant.
Earth worms,cut-worms, white-grubs,
and, in fact, all worms*
arc eatily driven out by salt sown
broadcast. You can do no harm with
ten bushels to the acre, but a half
bushel is ample. Dry slacked lime
is also effectual. Potato-bugs find
their "anti" in Paris green—one
tablespoonful, flour ten sjioonfuls;
water, one bucket; 'mix and keep
mixed, as the Paris green settles, ap
ply with a watering-pot.
For cabbage-worms apply dry salt
if the plants are wet, or strong b.iue
if they are dry.
Turnip flies are destroyed liv
fine slacked lime, dusted over the
field.
But the whole tribe of depredators
are wonderfully kept uown by mak
ing frien Is with the bird?. They are
the natural enemies of all insects,
worms, grubs, Ac.
In fighting v»rmin,we mast not try
to oppose nature; l/ut to rather fol
low her plan\ and assist her if ahe
fails.
A UDYOVTRDB LOTS.
As a young man was looking over
a barrel of eggs received at A grocery
on Newark avenue, Jersey City,
about a month ago, he found tbe
following inscription upon one of tbe
eggs:
* If this you see, young man.
Write just aa toon an yoo can.
And letme hear from roy favorite egg;
This great booa I humbly beg.
JULIA BRIF.BBON.
W cat field, Ohio."
The youth immediately wrote to
1 the address, inclosing hi photograph,
and received a reply and picture from
the writer af tbe linen. The oorre
spondence was coutinued to tbe
satisfaction of both person*, woo are
to be married next month. It is
said the young lady is a daughter of
a wealthy farmer, and wrot*' the lines
in jest, never ex[«cting to hear from
them.
W" - l :
_ NO, 11
1 maiMMi •! riantti
Always cultivate an acqaain'inee
with your horse, nii'l be on friendly
terms ivith him. Never swear at or
acolii him, nor allow otiiera to do ao,
for he is a scnsative animal. and lias
the spirit of re-eutmmit as we!l aa
man, and there is nr> necessity for
shouting or veiling at him. The foot „
is, if more kind and gentle treatment
were givi-n to these noble animals, we
should fin I their docility greatly in
creased. Just imagine a gee or haw
given in so loud a tone as to be heard
half a mile oil, when * the auimal ia
'tvs than five leet train you. Where
is the necessity for it? Why not speak
't > him in more gentle and pleasing
terms? Rather ta'k to him in a kindly
t >llO ot voice, pat him on his neck,
ail.l even sing or whistle to Mm, for
ho is tond of music, and those little
! Attentions are sagaciously appreciated
|by him. He is an intelligent animal,
! and will obey a command it given
!in a gentle lone, quite as readily as if
given- i « tonns ot thunder. The
very best managed teams in the connv
try are those whose drivers rarely
speak above th' ir ordinary tone of
voice, and horses always lay to their
work with a great deal more appars
>ut willingness than when driven to
it by tearful shoutings and blowa.
Nono of ihe bruto creation more read
ily appreciates kind words or treat
ment than (he horse, and that fact
should ever be borne in mind by thoso
under whose care these noble animals
are placed.
THE OBATH BSD OB 6«V.IBILO
I was at the bedside, and witnessed
the last of earth with the late GOT.
Thomas Bragg, aud holding hia hand
with that feeling of affection and
gra:itude, known only to me, I saw
(he Ust evidences of Ufa*slowly pass
[ away. Never shall I forget the calm
ness and composure with wliioh, hat
a few moments before he died, be nt* *
tered these words: "I have no .
doubt that I have sins and trans
gi-eisionn to account tor. All men '
must so account. I have endeavored
to lead an exemplary life. I have
never seen the time that I felt I could
be induced, through fear, favor,
affection, reward or the hope of res
ward, to do otherwise thau my con
science would dictate to me as right
and proper. The future has been
«nd i>(unw to me a deep, dark mys
tery." But Gov. Bragg needs no
eulogy from me. The people of
North Carolina hold his memory in
respectful reverence.— TKA.VELl.Kß.
Several of our orchundists are set**
ting out. tomato plants under tbeir
fine, Mmaller fruit trees, as scientific
growers say that tlie insect —the cur
at lio-t hat stings the tender, young
fruit just as it is forming, causing it
to fall off, is driven off from the
tree by the strong [and to
them noxious] odor of the tomato
vines. They say they will drive the
insects on* of the orchard if enough
are planted. Planting these aiaag
with tobacco is noticed also.— TPin
»ton Sentinel.
One of the severest penalties to
which criminals in Holland were in
• icient times condemned, was to be
deprived of the use of salt.
Many person* compinin thai ibey
cannot find wont* for tlieir thought*,
when the real trouble it that they
cannot find thought* tor thetr
word*.
A sore sign of a wasteful wife ia her
lighting the candle by sticking It into
the fire, instead of using a match or
a little paper.
Four things are required in a wife
—rii too in Iter heart, modesty in her
face, gentleness on her lipt and indus- T
try iu her hand*.
Tho worst edncation which teaches
self denial is better than the best
which tuusbe* every tiling else, and
not that.
Industry ia the gift of louguea, and
make* a man understood and valued
in ail countries and by all nations.
Law ia like a sieve; you may see
through it,but you must be considera
bly reduced before you get through it.
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