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"How's your fstherr came the whupar.
Bashful Ned the sikiaca breaking;
"Ob, he'» nicely," Angle murmured,
ttmiliugl}- the qoeMiaa taking.
Conversation flagged a moment;
Hopeless. Ned essayed another;
' Annie, I— l —"then s roughing.
And the questlun, "Mow's your rnoih
erf"
"XotHei I Oh, fcke't doing finely t"
Fleeting last was ail forbearance.
When,in low, despairing accents,
t'aoie the climax, "How's your pa
lents?"'
A'tw York flan.
I ; -
fBIDU AND ITS FAI.L.
' It's n fine prospect in in life for
Mary Morenu," said Potty Dexter
with a sigh.
"Oh I I dare sav," said Mrs. Pen
dasset, bruskcly. "But I've no pa
tience with a girl who allows liersslf
to be so foolishly elated by a mere
piece of good lock."
Mrs. Peudas-et was n white locked
old lady, with black eyebrow?, a sus
picion of a beard and a deep bass
vo'ce, and when Bhe said anything, it
sounded very much in earnest in
deed.
"I think Mary is a littlejcoiicclted,"
said Patty.
'•Think I" echoed Mrs. Pendasset.
•'There's no sort of doubt about it.
A good deal conceited, von bad bets
ter say. Never mind, Patty, she's
engaged to a fine gentleman, with
whi.e hands and broadcloth clothes,
and your young man works iu a car
penter's shop*' (ftoty winced a litilo
at this, for she was in the habit of call
ing Mark Robinson, her uftianccd lov
er, Ma builder"); "but I'd give a deal
mere for vanr chance ot happiness in
married life than for Mary Morcau's.
And to think how recklessly she
flung •Tames Bennett over for tl is fine
new lover ol hers. Well," with a
long breath, nnd a slight elevation of
the llomau nose, "she'll live to be
sorry for it yet, or I'm no prophet."
Patty Dexter went on with her
sewing in silence.
Sim was making up a pretty dovo
colored cashmere dress to be married
in, for Patty was not one of the gild
ed daughters of luxury who can af
ford a diflercnt toilet for every occas
sion.
In her case the bridal drees would
have to officiate as a travelling drees
al-o and best dress for a year afters
wards.
There was only a black silk and a
blue alpaca besides, in her simple
trrusseau, and she i;ould not help re
membering, with a transitory pang of
envy, the exquisite white silk, thick
»nd soft as a magnolia leaf, which
Mary Moreau hud shown her, as 4bc
dress she was to be married iu.
Mark Robinson was very nice ;unti'
within a month Patty had imagined
him perfection. But why could'nt
Mark have been a gentleman, like
Mary's lover?
Mrs. Moreau kept boarders, and
Mary earned her own living in Mme.
Poillou's inillnery.
At least she had done so until her
bin? eyes and dimples attracted the
attention ot Mr Guy St. Clair, who
had temporarily engaged her moth
er's beet rooms—and now the pretty
milliner's girl was lifted out of her
sphere at ouce.
."Mary, yon'tf never give nje up?'
said poor James Beune/t. who was
unable to believe his own ears when
ho heard of Mary's engagement.
"Don't be silly, Mr. Bennett," said
Mary, with dignity.
"But you promised me, Mary. And
you've been wearing my ring for a
year," pleaded tho young man.
"Oh, that was all nonsense," said
Mary, tossing her pretty little head.
"There's your trumiery ring back
again If vou grant it I And of course
no one attaelies any importance to a
bojvandsgirl flirtation."
"I meant It, Muryl"
"The mere fool you I" retorted sans
cy Mary.
And that was ail the consolation
James Beunett could obiaij from his
fickle lady-love.
Mrs. Moreau was hardly less des
lighted than her daughter with this
unexpected dawn of good luck.
She was a silly, soft hearted ma*
Iron, who bad read agood many nov
els and acquired, iu spite of her fifty
years of poverty aud struggling pri*
vatiou, very little actual knowledge
of the world that was around her. |
GRAHAM, N- C., TUESDAY, MAY 29 1877
"I always knew that you was undo
for a lady, Mary,"* said Mrs. Morcjtu.
"And you shall havo that hundred
pounds Uncle .Tohu ktt us, for your
I intended it to refurnish the
houae, but it ailit likely I shall go on
having boarder* after you'ie married
to a rich gentleman like Mr. St. Clair.
Aud Mary, unconsciously selfish in
her great happiness, took tin family
fortune without once thinking of the
the three youngergirls who were bad
ly off for shoes, and wore decided!)
shabby shawls to aud from school.
"O!" course, when lam rich, j can
giv«» them plenty of things," said
Mary to herself. "And mamma shal'
come and lire with me, and the girls
shall go "to a regular boarding
school .J,'
And Mr, St. Clair was certainly, as
Mrs. More* ll delighlightedly declared,
•'a real gentleman, as thought nothing
ol a fresh pair of kid gloves every
week, and used Cologne water!"
He talked vaguely about taking
Mary ou the Continent for the win
ter, and alluded to his villa at Bright
on and the house he meant to buy iu
Belgravia, asked Mary whether she
would preter a basket-phaeton, with
cream-colored ponies, or a landau,
and expressed his opinion that no la
dy should ever be without two India
shawls at the very least.
And, to cap the climax, he came
home one day with a velvet case in
his hand aud tossed it, debonnairly,
into his,/Zancte'j lap. *
'•For you, Mary," said he.
She opened it with varying color
and lips all wreathed with smiles.
"Oh, Guy!" cried she. "Dia
monds I"
'I hope you'll like them,' said he
carelessly. 'They suit my taste.' ,
'I will wear them to be married in,'
raid Mary, radiantly. Oh, Guy I how
can I ever thank you einugh?"
And she remembered poor James
Bennett's inexpensive little garnet
1 ring with a thrill of indescribable
1 contempt.
1 Yet how beaut iful she had thought
it at the time.
• Thep were sitting together iu the
back parlor the next day, when a
boy brought a note for Mr. St. Clair.
"How provoking!-' exclaimed the
' bridegroom-elect, knitting his brows.
1 " What is it Gnv?" said Mary.
"The bill tor those diamonds. I
' told the blockheads not to send it
• until iny remittance, came from
London, but they -'must have niis-
I understood.
1 "They'll wait wont tlicy?" said in
nocent Mary.
"Oh yes, tho>**ll wait lie said, but I
■ should like to send the money at once.
One doesn't want to be under ob*
ligation to that sort of people. Put It
r don't signify. I'll jus t step iu and
L brrrow of a fellow at Hie bank.
1 Anybody will let me have a tbous«
1 and.
He took up his hat.
1 Mary, who had glanced at the open
1 bill, put her hand ou his arm to detain
' him.
1 "Wait. Gov," said she; '1 can
lend you the money. Maftnma's law
yer paid In Uncle Johns bequest this
' morning—don't vou remember? You
wore in the dining room when the
check came.
1 "All right," said Mr, 8t Clair
' carelssly, to the lad; "go back to
Dudleys and.tell 'em I'll call and
settle iu a half an hour.
"A hundred pounds is nothing to
( you Guy," said Mary admiringly.
"Not sujb a great deal," said Mr;
' St. Clair, shrugging his sholders.
1 ''Well, I mrv as well go and settle
I the bill. I shall never buy anything
) there again, if they're in such a) 2011*.
founded hnrry for their moue>.
' You'll bo ready for the opera when I
1 coine back, will yon, Mary.
"Shall you be long?"
' "Oh, not more than an honr,"
Mary was all ready at the hours end
: in a little lace hat she had tacked toge
-9 ther herself with clus er of crushed
1 roses and a fall of Spanish blon le.
while on her shoulders she wore a
white shawl she had borrowed from
' Mrs. Pepperldll, the parlor board*
der.
1 But Mr. Bt. Clair did not oome.
1 In truth and iu fact ha never came
at all.
And at the end of a week Mary
Moreau came to the conclusion that
the bad beeft tljf victim of a deliberate
•clime of treacherv, and that Mr.
Gny St.Clair was a villain.
"Bnt at all erents, we've got tbe
diamond V' tittd Mrs. Moreau,
I triumphantly.
| And she carried them to the
Jeweler's.
The jeweller put on his spectacles,
peered at the gltiteriug atones aud
shcok his bead.
"Paste," was all lie said.
"Not real! Surely you do not mean
that ihev arc not real!," gasped poor
Mr?. Moreau.
"Not worth a shillings," said the
jeweller, turning to attend toauotlnr
customer.
\f• • • •
''Well^ 4 said Mrs. Pendasatt, *»nd
so the Moreau* have fboud their level
again have they? But it was a pretty
costly experiment for 'em, poor
things! Only think Mary's £IOO and
all that bill be owed to Mrs. Moreau :
for three months board.
And Nelly Bennett tells me Mary Is
to marry James, after all," said Patty
Dexter. *'lf 1 were James, I would
uot put up with any other man
second-lund sweetheart"
"Nonsense Patty, i!onsoi.se!" said
Mrs. Pendasset. "Never hit. a foe
that is down. James Bemiet has >
sufficient common sense to see that |
Mai v Moreau will make all the better
wite for this little bit of experience
that has seasoned Jier lite."
And perhaps old Mrs. Pendasaet's
phillosttpliy was correcK
AN U.VXA.IIKID SOl DISK'S GRAVE.
—l'eroonv traveling along the Holle
niau roai a short distance from the
southeastern boundary liue of tbe
city, can nee the opening of an old
well, a few feet from the road aide,
at- present ten or twelve feet defep.
This well is tue grave ot a gallant
Confederate cavalry soldier. The
circumstances of the case are thesc :
On the night of the 12th of April,
18C5, Wheeler's cavu'.ry command en
cuiuped around Raleigh—one regi
ment in the field where this well is
situated. On the morning of the 13th,
the troops st.uck their tents and left
bright and early. But the spirit of
this on?, sad to relate, had gone to
its loug rest during the night, un
known to his companions. After the
troops had left noine person seaching
through the camp discovered that
something had lallen into the well.
Upon close examination it was found
that« man and horse lay dead at the
bottom. Strang rumors went tbe
rounds as to how they came there.
It is generally, supposed that the
rider intended to hitch horse to
ihe fence; then only about five feet
from the well, and, not knowing it
was there, rode Into it. Be that as it
may, the soldier went in first tftld the
'borse fell on him, so mangling hiui
that it was found impossible to iden
tify him.
The Federal army arriving on the
same morning encamped in the field.
An officer learning of tbo sad affair
had tbe carcase of the animal removed
and, for want of time ahd conveni
ences, had the well partly filled with
earth, thus making a grave. There,
to-day, repose the remains of a brave
Confederate who fought through the
whole war, doomed to die by accident
as the star of the Confederacy was (
setting. His name will uevor be
known until thst Great Day when
the earth shall give np its dead.
We do not know that this bss
ever been published, but some of our
citizens who have forgotten will
probably remember t,te circumstance.
At that time all wa« excitement and
tbe matter was soon forgotten.
There were more Democrats elected j
to Congress thau has been thought.
Mr. Randal haiT over a hundred
pledged to him; Mr. Cox has ninety
or a hundred; Mr. Morrison has
about the same number: Mr. Sayler
has eigtv-five that he' knows of;
Mr. Blackburn baa all the Btuthw«at
supporting him, while the remaiuder
are scattered. This is doing pretty
well all around— Philadelphia
Timet.
I mean to keep on in this good
work lor twenty or thirty years, until
I am eighty or ninety, if the Lord
don't interfere. Yon can't bust me.
in live I work; if I don't live I go
to heaven, aud you can't stop it, it's
God's will.— Bicker. No gloomy
caverns about that.
iMctnrss Hsr«a (
[From the Cindansti Commercial. May I.}
The reporter asked Mr. Beacher
whst be thought of President Hayes'
Southern Pulley, j -f
Mr. Bccfcber—l think the Prestdeul
bss bit upon the wiso course. I have
confidence that bis great common
sense will be mot by corresponding
common sense du tbe part of both the
North and tbe South. Of course 110
lobulation, no political sction is go
. iMg to take the place of that slow rot
vupcralion wbkh tbe change in the
industrial institutions and the cus~
toms and social relations of these fif
teen Stales produced. Tbe war ov
ert brew slavery aud ciovated the
African to the digniry of citizenship.
His elevation to that rank created
many political aud social complioa
■ions, and it was uot possible that a
settlement .of our difficulties should
couie without a great deal of disturb
ance and a. good deal of time. I
think the South, comprehensively,has
| behaved wonderfully welK 1 cauuot
I conceive of a more total overthrow, a
more complete revolutiou than she
lias suffered from prosperity to ad.
versity, from riches to poverty, from
proud domination to abject control.
She ex]>erienced disappointment in
every respect—commercial, social and
political—and yet after the war she
submitted to bor fate- aud began to
build up again. I think that iu after
times, while many individual things
will be blamed, tho men who Judge
calmly and dispassionately of events
will admit that there is 11 r sneh in
stance of a proud people's suomission
to fate iu the history of the world. I
think the good senso that Has shone
out in spite ot all that has occasioned
violeuce and misdemeanors will cons
tinue, and thst tbo South is destined
to enjoy in the near fftture a prosper
ity she does uot di earn of, nor men
for her. I liJcc the whole manner iu
which President Hayek goes to work.
It is reallv bringing good sound busi
ness habits lo tbo conduct of govern
ment affairs, wi.hout rhetoric, witht
out any of those guises or auy of that
craftiness which are supposed to be
necessary in political management.
, It is plain, straightforward, careful
conduct, tho very genius of good
sense.
Tbe repjrler asked Mr. Beeohur it
be thought the colored pe -ple of the
South would in any ..'.annor suffer in
ooiiseqnoiice of the Icni.Mit poller of
the President toward the Southern
States.
MrPßcecher—l he colored people
will snflor.soine, and when we fiud
children being born into the world
without pain then we may look to see
a hitherto oppressed race rise up into
civi Izatiou without suffering. The'
price ol all advance ia labor throe. It
is the condition ot all elevstion. 1
think the Southern people are, on the
whole, taking P through a period of
twenty-five ye irs, with all the limi
tationsoftbeir mUdeeds, better adopt
ed to take care Af the colored people
ol the South than Ihe North, and lets
thousand times better adapted to do
it than the federal government. An
armed force iu the Sitath i« like a sur
geon's knife in a man's bo ly. It may
be necessary to put it in for a short
time, but to hold it there is to tor
ineut the inan and make health im»
possible.
That stupid ia hion among ladies
of wearing high heelei shoes causes
almost as many incident* as crinoline.
Lately, in London, a lady of - rank,
after giving a grand dinner a day or
two before her daughter's weddi g
• that was to be, accompanied tlm
young lady to her room. After re
| maining there some time sho left to go
to her own apartment, bv a rather
steep priratestaircase, and her heel
catching iu tlie sfair she was precipi
tated to the f >ot, bruke her arm, ahd
sustained so severe a conctmiou of
the brain ttiat the intended marriage
1 was indefinitely postponed.
The shops iu St. Petersburg have
projecting sign-boards, on which are
represented tue principal articles sold.
This is a proof of the general igno
rance, for if the massca could read,
such notices wonld not be i.eowsary.
1 The same bustom waa practiced pi
1 other European countries iu former
, timet for the same reason.
Three ladies were put up at a raffle
l in Kansas City,but when their photo
graphs were exhibited it put a atop
*0 the ssle of tickets.
TMK DOO KIIOW.
The dog show which open*} M
Oiluore'i Gtrdcu, New York, en
Tuesday last, ia au interesting affaii.
A laige number of high-bred cenlu*
peta are exhibited, and a number have
been imported from abroad for exhk
bitiou. Five in a* lifts are valued at
$6,000, They Ate magnificent auk
malt, fawtiscclored, black muscled,
and average in weigtit 130 pounda.
No audi a lot of Ibeae animals Lu
ever beeu seen iu America. A frrefct
variety of pet doga ia shown. Oua
akye, valued #t a fabulous price, ie
placed iu a glass case. Tbe cxliiM*
tion is not gotten up by dog«fighters v
ratskillera or fanciers, and more In
tel est ia taken lu it by Fifth Avenue
than Baxter street. A person igaor
aut of dogs or their uses will interest
himself iu the dfeer-hounOs bred from
ber Jtajesty Victoria's keuuel, which
are worth S6OO each, bo with thw
high price mastiffs, one ia worth
$2,600; so tt itb Rover, the typical
Irish setter, the property of the liev..
J * humming Macdona, who fixed his
price at $50,000 in order to av« id a
pnrcjaaer, as his stock is rare. Such
a d*g as Rover haa a pedigree as loiifr
a* that ol Vere de Verv, and iu Ida
every excellence and trait of the
breed are centred. Sleaford and Sen*
sation, pointers; Pride of theßordor 4
Lou, Leicester, Plmikett, setter*,
among others, are similar ty pea, and
are equally valuable. Dogsbreeding
ia iust getting out of its intauey lu t
this ountry, and it is uot often, ex
cept in the case of imported dogs, that
mote than SI,OOO are au aids
mal for eiher aportiog or breeding
purposes; but iu Engla id a fair price
for a sporting dog is SSOO, and the
price oftens runs up to $1,200 even
foi a sporting purposes alone, as It
coats from SIOO to S3OO to ''break" a
dog to sqit a first class English aports*
man; wbilo instances are uot rare In
which aa high as $6,000 have been
paid lor a dog; and iu the case of the
greyhound Master McGrath,a >Vater.
100 enp winner, Lord Lurgau refused
$12,000 for him.
•I'Uft DELINQUENT COLSBKB
triTNKnN.
Yesterday an old negro who had
been subpoenaed in the case of Bice,
who was on trial ior murder, did not
put in au appearance at the appointed
time, and an officer was seut alter
him. In about three hours tbe old
fellow was brought into court, and
his comical appearence caused a smile
to spred over the uudi»n-:o. He was
brought up the rail and holding his
hat iu his baud, stood trembling from
head to foot.
Tbe court—Can you give any ex*
planation of your absence at this
courtroom?
Witness—'Fore God, Judge, I didn't
git no iu-pc-ra.
Tbe court—Did uot fheshcrifiserre
(lie popers?"
Witness—Well, ye see Judge,
whsnebber I'se been sn-pe-uyed dey
allers gib me a paper, Dia time de
slier iff reads de paper, but didn't * ib ,
it up. Guess I kuows de law on su*
te-nyas.
The court—The law docs not re«
quire tbe subpoena to be delivered.
Witness—'Pore de Lord, Judge, I
s'posed it did. Nebber meant no
disrespect for de court. Down ia
Louisiana do sheriff always handed
me de su-pe-nya pussoiiaHy. 'Fore
de Lord, Judge, I'm telhu' you de .
i ruff.
The court—What were you doing
all ihis time.
Witnes—Jndge, I wouldn't tell ye
a lie for twenty dollars. 1 was
playin'poker. I had four qneenswld
de ace high and sixteen dollar* in dt
pot. I was Just agoiu' to quit when
de sheriff eoine in. 'Fore de Lord,
Judge. I WAS Jos' thinkiii' about
coiuin np.
r A general laugh went up,the Judge's
face relaxed lu to a smile, and after
giving the witness a sharp reprimand
he let him off without the fine,—
> Virginia Chronicle.
' While bartenders are closing up
- :beir drinking saloons in the East,
- they are encouraging the tipplers
, tc further activity iu tbe Weat. A
. Santa Barbara, Cal.. saloon keeper
, dfiers to every one who takes a drink
r a numbered ticket Eveiy time a
driuk ia taken a new number ia givs.
4 en. At tho*nd of the mouth the num
bers are put into a lottery wheel, and
' tbe lucky number draws $25. Of
course the toper who has tbe largest
1 number of tickets is supposed to have
the beat chance for the $25.
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