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Mw9M. m I'w v KHRi
'Oh, I loved in my youth • l»ly fair,'
For tier mure eyes ami her golden hair.
High uii.l clear the sweet tenor voice
rang out through th« bracing, frosty air.
It was an October morning; tho woods
were glorious in crimson and gold, the
field* were white with Irost. and the
wind, cool and delicious, blew gontly
froin tho west, carrying health and
strength to frames drbilitated by sum
mer's su'try heat.
'Who is that singing?' called Ida Mil
lei, tro hi (ho a chestnut freo.
tw her cousin L»u, seated underneath,
gathering up the bright nuts as they
fell.
'I don't knqrfr; it's some person overln
the next Hold. lie's a good singer; hope
lift won't come along this wajf. Give tliut
bough auotiier shake. Ida,' exclaimed
"Lou.
Ida did so, and the nuts came down iu
a iWronu Deeply absorb ed ingalhcriirg
litem into her basket. Lou Miller did not
look up until her cousin called out again,
iu a half frightened voice, *|>>u, as sure
as ybu lire, that peraon is coming direct*
ly toward us; lie sees the branches shak
ing, I suppose, and wants some chest*
nuts. He's a young man fit a brown
suit, with n gu ion bis shoulder, mid obt
s> good looking]'
'llush! he'll hear vou,' said Lou.
'Come down, quick, before be get*
here.' ;
l Nof' I,' replied Ida. 'I can't get down,
without clittibiugall the way back along
this slender branch. I'm going to bide
in the leaves until ho passes on.'
«t>h, 1 Ja. comedown: ha'il see you,l
auihow. and a pretty figure you'll cut,
perched up there liko a squirrel. Come
down, quick.' coaxed Lon.
■I won't, I felt yen; I've got a secure
rest lug place, aud I'm going to remain
here.'
Meanwhile the stranger approached
and saluted Lou Miller \iith a "graceful
bow aiid a pleasant 'Good morning,'
which the lady returned as gracefully.
lie was wonderfully good locking, at.
least, so thought Ida Miller, surveying
him from her airy eminence. A tall,
erect form; brown hair, glossy and curl*
ing; frank, laughing blue eyes, and hand
some Hps, adorned t>/ a dropping light
brew n mustacho. Surveying the branches
overhead his ayes caught tho little figure
of Ida hid ant ing the leaves. Raiting
his rifle to hi* shoulder, he said, laughing,
'ls that lawful game, or do our laws for*
bid tlie shooting of such rare and beauti
ful birdsl' *
Lou laughed.
'Our laws lorbid it, certainly,' she re
plied.
Poor Ida was covered with contaslon
when she found herself discovered, and,
in eudeavoriiig to change her position,
her feet slipped from the main bough,
itiid she saved herself from falling by
grasping a slender branch with both
hands. This bent with her weight, and
tlie found herself swaying 'between
heaven and earth ' but fortunately only a
few leet from earth. The young man
caught her in hisarms, and"deposited her
safely on solid ground. Between
fright and shaine tho poor girl was speech
less; she couldonly glance shyly at tho
stranger, while hot blushes dyed her face
and neck. * •
The young man regarded Ida's rosy
face with undisguised admiration. Nev
er, ho thought, had he scon any one half
svlovcly. Her short, culling hair, black
as jet, hung iu picturesque confusion ov
er tieck and forehead; her checks were
red as Jane roses, \\ bile tho great brown
oyes above tlieui were lialf filled with
fears, and the scarlet lips bcueath parted
in a bewitching smile. Iler small, but
round and graceful figure was clad ill a
coquettish walkiug dressy-revealing jeet
and ankles of exquisite mold and fairy s
like proportions. Lou broke the embars
rassing silence by bursting into a ringing
laugh, iu which the others joined heart*
Hy.
■You must not uudertako climbing
again, my girl, or you will be certain to
break your ueck,' said Lou.
'But the chestnuts —I'd only got oue
branch shaken,' replied Ida, ruefully.
'Well, we must let the squirrels have
them, I suppose.
'By no incans, ladies.' said tlie .stran
ger; 'I ain a good climber, and wi>l
gladly shake the tree for you if you wish
if.' .
•We (Itould be obliged to you,
but the trouble would be toogrea*.'
'No trouble at all, I assure you.' be
said, taking ofl his coat; and in a mo
ment htf was gliding up the free with tbe
ease and agility ot a squirrel.
Tlie bright nuts came rattling down
like a shower of hail, and soon tlie ground
was almost covered. To gather tliem up
was a work of time, and lam afrajd t lie
youug uiau did but little good iu filling
GRAHAM, N. C-.
die basket. Tor he kept up finch * cutiflit- |
jtetl conversation that they gave bat 111*
tie attention to the business on Itand.
And 1 think tliut little .Ida almost lost
her fender heart as she watched his
handsome lave, and listened I*> his pleats
ant. musical voice. The baskets were
filled at last,.however, and the young l.v>
dies wore ready to go homo.
'Can yon tell mo where Dr. Miller
lives?' asked the young man throwing
his rifle on his shoulder, and taking a
good long look at pretty Ida.
* *1 ought to be a.blo to do so, as he is my
fntlier,' laughed 1 on.
'Theu yon are my cousin, Louisa,'
said the stranger, in a plenxed tone,
'My name is Louisa, but I don't think
you cau be my cousin, as luovcr saw you
before.'
'Yes, you linve, but von have Forgotten
me. 1a in Kalph Darrell—Cousin Jtafc,
whom von used to play with when you
were a very young lady 4 in short dresses.
I have been abroad tor ten rears; so. ot
course, you don't recognize mo.'
; 'But 1 riouow. Your eyes and smile
are just the same. Oh, Cousin Rite, I
am very glad to see yon, after all these
yearsand they shook bands- heartily.
'ls this your sister?' a-ked Ralph,
looking at Ida, and holding out bis
hand. • ~
'My cousin, Ida Miller, my father's
niece, »ud, therefore, uo relation to you
Mmve uo sister.'
•I hope we shall be friends, Mis* Ida, if
we |)kre not cousins/said Rate, pressing
her littlohund,aii4*«iailiiig4«»wuon her
blushing face. -m
'> l course you will go liome with us,
Hale?' askod Lo«, with cousinly famili
arity. . rn - ftffce ■
'Yes. I ran down hero from town for
• week's shooting,thi* beautiful weather,
aud i intend slaying at your bulierV, it
you*'ill tolerate me.' -
'We Shall be glad enough to have you
tliere. And we must be going, for it is
nearly dinner time, and this bracing air
gives one an appetite.'
'it does, iudeed. I, at least, feel a
strong desire to taste some ot uiy hunt's
»icellent disbes.' &
Dr. Miller and his wife were greatly
delighted to see their fovorite * but longr
absent nephew, ami gave iiiot a cordial
welcome. The doctor was a retired physi
cian, living on a flue farm not far'flroin a
large town. lie was a jovial eld man,
disposed to take lite easy. His daughter
Lnti.sa was his only child; but he lov
ed his brothers orphan, little Ida, as much
as lie did his owu child, and treato4 her
in evory respect.
The weather contiiluilig clear, cool
and delicious. Rafe Darrei enjoyed some
fine sport in wood and field; but in spite
of these attractions, he spent a large
portion of his time iu tlio houso or in
walking with the young ladios. I sus-.
pect that Ida's blown eyes i anl cheeks
influenced the handsome young man a
good deal. •
But tlio course of true love never does
run smooth; and fro long he discovered
that he had a rival in the persop of a
stalwart youtig tnrmer named John Gor*
don, who walked into the parlor one
evening dressed in his best. Ralph
Darrei saw at once bp his manner that
he was little Ida's 'beau.' The kudwN
edjtc aid not please him, and ho retired
IO his room in a fit of ttie sulks.
'What in the mischief can she see In
that booby to like ?' he said confidentially
to his pillow. 'But what difference
does it mako-to ine? Ami in love_ with
this little ccnutry maiden? Yes, I am
and would marry her to-morrow it sho
would have me. Aye, there'js the rab
—will she have mo? I believe she would
learn to lovo ne if that confounded feW
low wouM keen out ot the way. Ccri
tainly she doesu't love him, for lie's
ugly as siu. i think I had better wait
awhile and see how matters £0 on;and,
if she isn't actually engaged to that
fellow, I'll cut him out, by Jove! it 1
caii."
With, which consoling reflection he
went to sleep.
Another week passed without Ralph
Darre! having decided whether or not he
could 'cut out' the young fanner.
Sometimes he teased Ida about him; but
she speedily got into a bad humor, ami
vowed that sho cared nothing at all for
him—which Darrei, with his knowledgo
of women could not believe.
. Ono morning, being in a pirticularly
down-beartod mood, he took his rifle,
and started tot the jyoeds to rouew his
acquaintance will) tho pheasants, lie
had not gouo far ere ho heard voices,
which he recognized as belonging to Id a
aud her lover.
'Ail's fairiu love and war,' he said to
himself: and approaching as near as lie :
, dared, lie crouched behii>d a bush, and
, peered through the foliage at the lovers j
f —if such they be. They were scaled ou a (
TUESDAY MAY 28 1878
I fallen tree-truuk; Ida'a face was averted
bm Uonton'B wore „*« oyprostrton of
mingled auger and sorrow.
'You liked mo well enough.' he said,
iu a reproachful voice, 'until flint fellow
from Loudon eaitiß dawn h W). I snpp l e
you flunk you'll got him now, and mav>
lie vou can but its my opinion you'll got
no prize, anyhow,'
•You are no gentleiran,' retorfed Idn,
angrily,'to slander an absent person.
I never ex|iect to get Mr. Darrel; but
that is no resoii Why 1 should marry
you.'
•I did'n mean to sav anything .against
him; I don't know anything aboul linn;
but oh, Ida, he doLsn't love you as I dot
Only think how wo played together as
children aud how I have loved you ever
since, caring nothing for anyone ol»e!'
•I am sorry for you John if you love
me aa you say,' replied lua, gently.
'But I can never care for you only as a
friend, and it would bo wrong to uiarry
vou.'
•You never ean love nte as, I lore
you!* ' V
'I nevet can, John.'
'Tlion good by,' said the honest fellow
rising to his feet and holding Ida's hand*
iu Ills, wltilo his mourntuL&M'e*, filled
With tears, met hers. 'lraLall never
troublo yoiiuiiV more. 1 mrrouglt and
ilgly, 1 know but 1 laved you truly.
Will you let me kis* you once lor the
first time and lite Inst?*
'Asa trie fid, you may, John,' said
Ida, pitying his sorrowful faco.
fhd only woman I shall ever
lore!' iitf stkid passionately, catching liur
to his breast for a tnomeut; then he re
leased her, awl disappeared without
another word.
Darrel pitied the poor youth sincerely;
but at the same time his lieart boat high
with the joy or renewed hot>e; and ap
proaching the place where Ida was still
seated he sat dotsn by beir side. Ilia,
beautiful girl set riot aud
would have Hed, but lie detained her by
clasping Iter ban da in his own,
'1 met your friend, Mr. Gordon s
moment ago,' said Ralph, mischievously
•and he seemed to be terribly doTfirtwit
about something. What is the matter
with biiu!*
'Howshould I know?* replied Ida
tryiug, to withdraw her hands.
•But bd was talking with you; I heard
your voices Ho looked Just as I fancy
a man would who has proposed to the
woman he loves, and has been rejected.
Did you refuse him?'
•Wby do yott askV
■Because I think yoo treated hiin bally,
little girl. He if a good fellow, aud
lovs you dovotodly. If you knew how
yon hurt his feelings, you would hot
treat hiin so.'
'it seems to me you concern yourself
a good deal about that person's affairs,'
said Ida, growing indiiruant aud almost
ready to cry. -What diflereuco does it
make to yon?*
•Well, my dsr/ing, I love you so my*
self that I can feel for others who love
you. as I fear I do, hopelessly. Dear
little Ida 1 can you evor care for me at
all, or must 1, liko poor Gordon, kiss
you aud depart forever?*
Ida gazed earnestly upon hiin tor a
moment; then, sobbing with joy she
threw her arms around bio neck, and
laid her blushing, happy face on his
shoulder.
•That's right, little girl,' said Bate.
•Do yon know, when I held you in inv
arms under the chestnut tree I vowed
that should bo your resting-placo through
life?'
•Aud I loyed you at fiist sight, too.'
confessed Ida, shyly.
•Even so, darling. If wo do not lore
at first eight we never will love at all,'
said Rafe kis-ing her hps.
With wbfch little bit of donbtful phil
osophy we will leave them.
A PKNITKNTSABV BO.HANCB, —f
A Cnricu Tsnw Oat «• Si s W*as«n
la flalii AUire lr*ackiUhtW—A Slraafc
Career.
[Prom the Buffalo Express.]
On the 23rd of Octobtr, 1877, Wil
liam Freeman waa sentenced to the Erie
county penitentiary for one year and six
months, the prisoner having pleaded
guilty to a charge of burglary and lar*
eeny, Freeu.ian.wim,duly received in
the penitentiary, waa put to-work in the
shop at polishing buckles, and con tin
ned quietly and with uniform good be
havior to purine the dreary routine of
prieon life until s surprising disoovery
was niade. It became known to the
priaon authorities, and, later, to the Jk>.
■lice officials and a few others, that the
J supposed William Freeman a wo-
luun. |
As soon as the startling discoveey of
her sex wiw made, Mwry Atm Bchafer,
ai -she aonfanod-hey true name to be,
was removed to another and secluded
l«rt of the prison, aud provided with the
costume prescribed for feihaln State
prisoner*. The wonuin had utterly bro
ken down from Iter usual firm bearing.
S'ms begged the Superintendent to keep
her tlnre for life rather than allow Iter
secret and her name to be published.
This, however, Could hardly be prevented,
aB several perilous necessarily became
[WMwesAed of the knowledge of tho facta,
aud the news, onco out, naturally
spread. *«
Her story, told with un abundance of
tenrs and with much apparent feeling,
was to this effect: She waa born iu
New York city, or on shipboard. Her
early home was in Alleghany eounty,
with her mother and s stop-tather, whom
she left when she waa 111 years of age.
To make a living was at l*'t * hard task
for one of her age, and, believing that as
a boy she do beat and earn most,
Ahe dressed herself in bsy'a clothes and
hired out to do farm work. Tliia she
has doue all her life since—plowiug,
chopping wood, taking care of horses,
and all the rough work ot a farm—and,
although tdl.tbe time in the vioiuity of
Iter home, shearers that not a soul ex
cept her mother, until yesterday, knew
iter or kit«w the secret so carefully pre
served. She has a brother and s suiter,
15 and 17 years of age, who probably to
dp not know that they have
S aiiier. Sha worked for various farm
ers in Altegfcany eounty, at Kile's Hill,
Knights Creek, and other towns. For a
farmer named Pendleton die worked
seven yearr. Through all the long years
of her disguise she protests that rhe has
preserved s character of strict honor
and houesty, which will bo attested by
tboea by whom she has been employed.
I Hie crime for which she was sentenced
she declares she did not commit. She
had rented* farm about five miler from
Iter family's home, which is at Wells*
ville, and hired a womsn to set m house
keeper. Hits woman's nephew commit
ted a burglary by whieh he secured a
quantity of dry goods, whifh he conceal*
cd in her barn. The property was found,
and she was one of the number arrested.
Being committed to jail, she was em*
ployed by tbe Sheriff to tske care of Iris
horses, and, taking advantage of the
opportunity for liberty which this service
offered, she escaped and fled to Canada.
In souto tuanncfr she wits induced to
r'turn. The man who ommitted the
crime threatened her life if she bjtrkyed
his guilt and, she says, under intimida*
tion she made the plea of guilty.
During the time of her imprisonment,
Mary says, she was in constant terror of
a discovery ol her sex, and, indeed, it
is remarkable that she succeeded so long
in following prison rules and habits
without detection. Several times she
has been on the (>oint of confessing that
she was not what her clothing indicated,
but shame, she says, kept her mouth
closed. She had fully determined that,
once out of the prison, she would wear
male attire no longer.
So li/ng has this young woman follow
ed the ways of a man that to see her in
feminine raiment would be amusing if
the spectacle did not excite pity. Tlie
simplest bit of woman's work fche does
with a!l the awkwardness a rough man
would show. She has, in fact, tx come
native to the pantaloons, and skirts are
garments which will require considerable
time for her to become accustomed to.
What action will now be taken in regard
to ber pardon it is impossible to foretell.
She haa certainly been a brave woman
while not representing a woman, a haid
worker, and tlie feeling toward her
should be that of charity. We trust her
story of innocence ot the crime for which
she was sentenced as a State prisoner to
the penitentiary may piore true.
Mark Twain told,a.tM!Wßpaper leportor
that he was sroing abroad in order to find
a quiet place to write, wbcfp ho would
not be cPalurbed onco a day. it is sin
gular that it never occured to him Jto re>
main at homo and securo a desk iu a store
(list don't advertise.—Norristown Her
ald.
•Do they miss you at home?' be aske l
as fihe folded and put away a letter she
, lutd just reciived f' oni lier mother. 'Nev
er,* she aubwered, 'thev call IUC »is.'
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How to get atony in tltc world— Walk.
Tlin early angler catches Hie worm and
a cold.
Wigs, in the language of flowers, aro
lie-locks. ♦
A 'certainty in religion' —The contri*
bntion box.
A little boy's first |»air of trousers al
ways tit if the pockets are d«ep enough.
The consumption of |>enniU m this
country is at the rate of about 290,000 a *
day.
. ,r • '• • / •
Thu monkeys are not so ignorant, after
ail;- - They were alt educated in the high
branches. . *
When does a farmer a«t with great
rudeness toward his corn? NVhtn be pulls
.its ears,
Mrs. Jane Higgin% of Wielbyville,
lnd., has attained fame by cowhiding
her fathei>>iiihl«w.
' What is wisdom ?' asked a teacher ot
a cla*s of small girls. A brightMiycd lit-
He creattn-e arose and answered, 'lnfor
mation of t Jiobritin.'
A Mississippi jud B e was jast saying
that no one but a coward would «*arrv a
pistol,, when his owu fell from his pocket
and wus discliuigod, and the bullet hi: a
lawyer iu the leg.
J- H*illy, a lawyer of St, Louis
is oil trial on a charge ot embezzling
s3o*ooo, the fortune ot Mrs. Bridget ivo
ry, a widow, totally ignorant of business,
who had inirusted her air to Iteilly's
keeping. * . n \ .
She asked the clerk If he was positive,
—thoroughly convinced the. egg* wero
freslfc 'Oh yes,' said the young phUoso-
L'lier. 'I know they are; why, the farmer
said none of his hens were more than ' a
year old.' She bought a basketful ou
the spot.— Sj/racuse Timet.
'Papa,' asked a little & year old daugh
ter of an up-town.physician, 'wasn't Job
a doctor?, 'I never hettrn that ho was.
Why P 'Because mamma said. tho other
. Jay, that she didn't think that you had
any of the patients of Job.'
i A STUONQ STOMACH, —There died at
I Prestwich Asylum, the other day, a lu
! uatic in whose stomach 1,841 indigestible
substances were fonnd—namely, twenty
buckles, fourteen bits of glass, ten peb
bles, three pieces of string, one piece ot
copper, a fl*h hook, a pin, nine bran but
tons and 1,78-2 tacks and nails.
An editor apologised to hb readers af
ter tlii'* fashion: 'We expected to have a
death and marringe to publish this -woek
but a violent storin prevented the wed
ding, and the doctor being sick himself,
the patient recovered, and we are accord
ingly cheated out of both.'
' What is the animal grain crop of Ken
tucky?' asked a foreign tourist of a Ken
tuckian. 1 can't exactly say,' was tho
ready repl# 'but it's enough to make all
the whiskey wo want, besides what is
wasted tor bread/
The most agreeable of all companions
Is a simple, trank man. without any high
pretensions to an oppressive greatness;
one who loves life, and understands tho
use of it; obliging a like at all hours,
above all, of a golden temper, and steads
last as an anchor. For such a one w#
gladly exchange the greatest genius, the
most bril;i4ut wit, tho profbuudesj think
er.
P. T. Barnnm says* I tell you as a
showman, yon can't mako animals drink
whiskey. They know better.* Thesbow
inau is mistaken. We onee heard a wo*
man call ont of a second story window to
an object that for uoarly an hour had beet
trying in vaiu to unlock the froi)t door:
'Drunk again, you old hog, are yon?
And it a hog isn't an animal, what is it?
—Jforrittown Herald.
The gentleman who attracte 1 attention
in church last week by crying opt, 'Holy
Moses,'had no iiiten tiou of disturbing
the congregation, lie had been tacking
down carticts the day before, and Just a
he sat down iu lite pew lie suddenly ro».
inembcred that ho bad halt a paper of
tacksin bis coat skirt pocket. We make
this explanation iu Justice to his family
who are highly lespectable.
An engineer on the railroad on Stfnday
sawa.large assemblage of well dressed
people on the banker the river and blew
Ids whistle, rang bell, and saluted
them generally. After passing the spo
the flromau said to him: 'What is the
matter with yon? That was ratlier too
solemn a scene to blow the whistle for,
it was a baptism.* 'Oh, dunder,' said
flie engiueer,'! dongbt it was d ofcker
nick.'