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§o(t e y.
" My Daughter Jeannette-
You are my *arling little daughter,
And the angel of my home—
V(Jeanaette, «top playing with the water,
And at once put down that comb.)
Your hair is dark and curly,
Your eyes are large and Mae—
(Now just get cross and early,
And I'll attend to you 1)
Your teeth aie white, yoHr lips are red,
Your form like that of fairy,
(Your howling just split" my poor head,
Go play in the froilt area 1)
Your face so sweet—your smile »o glad—
So dear tl.ou art to me—
(Jeannette • If yon will make me mad
You'll suffer—wait and see I)
Onr love cemented to 'yond the tomb,
Thou charming little fay—
(Now, Gretchen, take her to her room,
Site's punished for the day 1)
A DESPERATE HOVE.
Slowly the sun Bank behind the dark
grim old moautaln that Btood out so
hoary and sullen, like a frowning giant
that had keen placed on a never ceasing
guard over the aandy valley lying so
quietly at its feet; and yet a little cabin
nestled as cosily to ils scarred breast as a
tiny nest to tbo rough bark ot' a mighty
tree.
A strange, rough place tor a girlish
presence, this dark little cabin perched
among the clouds like au eagle's aerie;
yet from the little, 'rough door lightly
steps a girl, fair and sweet as a rosebud
halt-uncerled, with the dew clinging to
ils pink aud while bosom.
A Utile maiden, with lissome, swaying
form, aud wares of yellow hair rippling
back from a face as fair and white as the
petals of a lily, with great purplish eyes,
with a golden light in them as of the auu
shining through a dusky heart's ease—
this is Poarl Wilder.
A winsome smile dimpled arouud her
lips as she rati lightly down the ragged
tloie from the cabin to the "lawu of
rock"—the level top of a little mountain
spur that jutted out into the valley aa
though to lave its base in the foaming,
rock Iretted Waters ot the Ilumboldt
river, that was barely the width of a
narrow trail.
The sun was slowly dying in the west
that was flushing with opal tints, while
the sky seemed like a great golden
palaco, with tho dash of wild birds'
wings against the windows.
Pearl adjusted a that she had
brought With her dml gazed long and
earnestly toward the east. At last a
shade of disappointment and something
akin to auxiety clouded her face.
'Why does he not come?' she asked
herself, thoughtfully. 'He promised to
be hi sight at sunset and he never broke
hi« word to me yet. Gcd grant that
nothiug of ill has overtaken him.'
Agaiu she bent her staring gaze to*
ward the east. One thought alone ruled
mind and heart, yet nothing within
reach escaped her seuaeß. She beard the
dash of water; she saw the shadows
sweep up the slopes, and tar overhead
she walobed the circling eagles.
'Ahshl'
It was a long drawn breath of agoniz
ed surprise, for, far away on the yellow
sauds of the valley she could now see a
horseman urging bis ateed to the utmost,
and close—oh, so close—behind thunder*
ed a horde of Indian riders.
The glass dropped from Pearl's nerve
less hands. There was no use forlt now
—it seemed BB if that fixed gaze might
have pierced the very clouds of heaven,
and laid tho agouy of her soul at His
feet.
'That bidious chief who baa sworn
tlia*. he will tie Hugh to thutorture-stake
with bis own bauds, in pursuit I' gasped
Pear), and a wild cry burst from her
white lips. 'Ob, Father in beayen, save
him?'
Nearer and nearer they draw. On
and on tore the strong young horse; but
though it seemed an if be might have left
the night*birds behind in their flight, be
could not shake oft the pursuers, follow
ing like hounds on a scent.
'Gaining, gaining I Is there nothing
that can be done to Bave him or must be
perish before my eyes?* gasped the
maiden in her last extremity of human
fear.
A black mist swam before her eyea,
and everything whirled about ber; her
limbs became powerless and she sank
upon ber knees, with clasped hands
stretched toward the east, whose soft
tints served to bring out ia bold relief
the dark human and animal figures that
were drawing nearer every instant.
But out of her exoeeding weakness a
sudden strength was born—a strength
that raised her from the rock, and bore
ber, as with a winged creature'a speed,
ap the rocky slope to the cabin.
' How .or whence she was to obtain
GRAHAM, N. C., MONDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1881.
help, she did not ask herself; and il she
had she would havo received no answer.
Far away on the mountain side, her
father was t'.etvlng tor glittering, shining
ore but there was not a moment to waste
in an attempt to roach and inform iiim
of her lover's peril. Help must come
through her frail hands, if il came at all.
Through the nabiu and out into tbe
litlle workshop, whereiu was collected
a strange mixture of odds and ends, the
distracted maiden flew. A loaded lifle
stood in one corner ot Ihe room, and as
Pearl put out her hand to seize it, along,
ved ray ot dying sunset glinted through
a large cievice In the wall of the work*
shop aud sliikiug the surface of a little
object far above harm's way on a rudely
fashioned litlle sheif, glanced aud flick
ered inerrllv.
It caught Penrl's eye, and an inspira
tion ifeized her with all! he quickness of
thought. Taking the little object care
fully from the shelf, and carrying it as
tenderly as u mother might bear ber
sleeping babe, Poarl turned anil fled
from the cabiu workshop; whispering to
herself:
'lt is a desperate move. It may sa e
him, and it may not—But, at least, ho
shall not sutler the horror of the torture
stake.'
Down on (he sandy plain, Hugh Os
good rode as for his life. He knew that
tbo Indians were gaining npon him, and
also that it was impossible to reach the
little "lawn of rock'' by means ot the
narrow trail that led up the mountain
sidfe', for Ihe Indians would be thore al
most as soon as himself, and the attempt
would not Bave him and only be the
means ot barm to Peart,- his beautiful
oue. .
'She is watching kneeling on the cliff!'
he said, huskily. 'Oh, if she would only
go back to the cabin, she might be sale,
for these scalp hunters would never see
that little home, Bo like in color to the
mountain side. Ah, she is gone—gone
now. Good-bye, my darling—forever
and aye!'
And he encouraged his brave horse in
the hopeless flight, with a voice in which
was a passing tremor, as he saw the slen
der robed figure, ou the mountain
side disappear.
If the borae had understood the ur
gent necessity there waa lor doing his
best, he could not have responded more
.gallantly, and for some minutes be was
clearly leaving his pursuers behind.
One mile more ot that flying gait would
have exhausted all his powers, aud Hugh
Osgood knew it.
Gradually the breath of the splendid
creature became more rapid and labored,
and Hugh could feol that bis mighty
leaps bad lost their electricity, and were
being made with increasing effort, while
the muscles in the animal'B quivering
limbs stood out like whipcords.
With a long, tireless gallop the pur
suers came on and were rapidly recover
ing Ihe grouud as was evident to
Hugh, ' for the yells became each
moment more distiuct while his horse
every instant grew weaker and weak*
er. .. v. .3 .
Bat every thought of bia own danger
was swept from his mind as be saw
Pearl ruah from out of the cabin door
and run dowu the elope to the table
rock.
•Pearl, my life, God help you!' groau-
Oigood in dispair, as be watched her.
Nearer and nearer tbe edge of tbe
bluff, ber golden hair floating behind
ber like ahadowy winga. her eyes burn
ing with a desperate glow—and then she
paused a moment in so startling a pose
that she might have been a flying nympb
suddenly trausfixed by a sight or sound
unknown to others, or a cloud maiden
hesitating in an earthward flight.
Osgood was near tbe cliff now, and ha
could see Pearl very plaiuly. She he Id
her hauds out, olasping in them a small
object whose nature he could not deter*
mine.
And now be heard ber dear voice,
like a faint echo from tbe Cave of
Winds:
'Faster! faster!'
An idea fastened itself npon him as he
heard those words and uoticed how care
fully Pear held tbe little burden in ber
bands.
" He struck his horse violently with
the spun and the poor creature, rally
ing all his energies, plonged forward.
Up tbe base ot tbe cliff he etaggered and
a little beyond, and then—stopped ehivs
ered and fell.
At tbe same instant tbe clatter of the
pursuers' boots Indicated that they were
jnst enteilng the rocky trail that lay be
tween the Humboldt River and tbe ba?e
of the cliff on whoee summit stood
Pearl.
Tbe knowledge ot what was to come
caused Hugh Osgood to crouch close to
bia dead bone, with a noiso In his ears
like tbe rushing of a wliirwind, aud eve
nerve strong like those ot one who is
expecting tho fell destroyer.
And then—a craah as though tbe rock
ribbed mountain, towering above him,
had been riven from ita base and had
fallen on his prostrate form, burying
him in the ruins.
• • • • » *
'Great Scott!' exclaimed a sturdy man
of thirtyMiiiie or thereabouts, clad in a
red shirt, a belt and a pair of high boots
that nearly concealed bis buokskiu pants.
'That iioiie sounds as if there was some
thing ter pay. I guers, Bon Wilder,
you'd better hurry up aud find out what
it means.'
He did hurry up, for instead of follow
ing the trail, he slid down the smooth
surface of the rook, up which neither
mau nor beast could have clambered to
a point on the mountain side from which
be could see his home,
'lt's right there,' he said cheerily—
'right where I left It; aud—Heaveusl
What's this?'
Hit quick eye had caught sight ot a
little white mass, lyiug on the level anr*
face ot tho clifl; aud that sight, togeth
er with the explosion he had heard,
caused Ben Wilder's mind to leap in
stantly at a horrifying conclusion.
How he ever reaohed tbe oliff he nev
er could tell- it seemed aa though only
a bird or a mountain sheep could have
passed oyer that course; aud yet he ac
complished it with a speed (hat was
marvelous, and in au instant lie was
holding bis uucouscious child In his
arms.
At tbe agonized cry there was a slight
sign of returning consciousness, and soon
Pearl opened her eyes and stared vacant
ly up into ber father's face.
•Pearl, don't you kndw me?' said her
father, gently smoothing the hair away
from ber brow.
Tbe wild and distant look became
softened aud subdued, and Pearl answer*
ed:
'Why, yes, father dear. Bat what
has happened? Ob, father I'
The last words were uttered in a
shriek. Memory bad returned and brought
with it an agony almost too great to be
endured. Pearl threw up ber hands.
'Father, father I' she breathed In a
hoarse unnatural whisper, if you lovo
your poor obild go to the foot ot the
oliff and see—and see if you can find
Hugh I'
•But Pearl—'
•Dou't wait for words, father, but ge
--go now!' exclaimed Pearl, frantically,
and pushing him with her frail hands
away from her, while ter lace became as
pale as death and her lips of a cold,
purplish hue.
Deeply pnzzled, Wilder left hisdaugh*
ter aud descended the trail. Wheu he
reaohed the base of the cliff he gave a
low whistle, expressive of the greatest
surprise.
Well, well, well! If this dou't beat all 1
Great Scott I It looks like a sassage ma
chine had busted, and no mistake.'
Here a figure painfully crawling to*
ward him drew his attention away from
the soene of devastation.
•Hugh Osgood,' exclaimed Wilder, in
greater astonishment than ever, 'What
ia tbe matter, man, and what has hap
pened?'
'Help me op tbe oliff, captaiu, and
then I will tell yoal' said Osgood, in
broken, disjointed tones.
Wilier half led, half carried tbe oth
er up the trail, and at the lop they were
met by Pearl with outafretcbed bauds.
•Oh, Hugh! Thank God.'
Aud the iutense strain on her nerves
gave way aud she burst into a flood of
tears.
tiomebow, Wilder got the excited lovs
ors Into the cabin, and when calmness
waa restored drew from them the story
ot Pearl's desperate move in tbe game
whose stake waa Hugh Osgood's life.
•Ob, father'twas such a little thiug!'
shuddered Poarl—'only a little cau of
nitro-glycßrine, but ita use baa imprint*
ed the stain ot blood on my handa ! and
a look of horror came into ber eyea.
Jtooaense, child I' exclaimed her lath
er energetically. 'An Injun's soul aiu't
worth aa much aa a midget's eye>-bal),
Ton bave done a noble act in helping ns
pioneers get rid of such blamed rascals,
Isn't It so Osgood?'
And Hagb's answer broognt a happy
look back Into the fair aweet face.
•Yon don't know how it pains me to
punish you/aaid tbe teacher. 'I guess
there's tbe most pain at tbe eud of tbe
suck,' replied tbe boy, feelingly, "T any
rate, I'd be willing to swap.'
When a eat givea an entertainment
from tbe top of a wall, It l*n't tbe oat
we object to. It's the wanl.
Tbe coal dealer takes pleasure In mak
ing things hot ior his friends.
A Weak Heart "Never Vlns Nod
lng. M J
'Herman, do yoo still go around mit
Rachel (jolinksy ?* said llofleiislein. j
'Yes, sir,' replied (Ue clerk, '1 dakcs
her out sometimes ven 1 dou't got uodiug
to do.
'Veil, you mast keep 011 (fitting her '
ood, because she vas velty, you know, .
und you don't find detn often dese days, ]
Yen I vas making lore tnit my rife, (
Leah HeMeuheimer, 1 had a great deal
of drouble, but I never veakens. Old
man Moses lleideiilieimor's blace was in
de gouuiry about VOII mile Irom Vicks*
burg, uiiil I used to go dere t) see Leah.
Von day Vile 1 vas baying a visit to Le«
ah, her leotle brodor Levi come running
in de bouse to his fader aud aa/s. 'Pa !
de old priudle cetv has pruke de fence
all down aud vas iu de tieid mid de
corn. I dinks I will make a good ira
bression on old man Ueidenheimer, und I
says: 'Misder Ileideiibeimer, you shday
iu de bouse aud 1 vill drive de cow
avay.* Leah, she say: 'Misder Hofieu
stein, you petter bad keep avay from de
cow; she vill chose >ou all around.'
'Nevermind Miss Leah,' I says, 'I neler
get ecaicd in any ding,- uud veu I started
out to de field Mosos Hcridenheimer dells
me to bust de cow videoben mil a shdick,
und 1 says 1 vill. Lcetle Levi Held en ~
heimer oomes along mil me, uud ven I
got vere de cow vas 1 dinks oi vat a man
dells me vonce* mud dat vas to look at a
yiid beast in de eye, und irown und it
vill ruu avay. Herman, venever a man
tells you dot, you dell him be vas a liar.
I looked at de cow uud frowns, but she
dou't do uodlug. I gets a ieetle closer,
und I frown some more, and yot you
diuk? De uext minute de cow runs at
me. Sbnfet as I turns around myseli to
get ont of de way, de cow bits me mid
ber bead. My gracious, Herman, it vas
derrible, und for a vile 1 dinks dot my
head vac in New Jersey uud my legs in
de Rocky Mountains. De cow iiits me
a couple ol dimes more init her head,
und I gets up and runs dwice luster den
I cfer did, und de cow comes right afder
me. At last I gets to a bersimmon sap
ling vot vas no larger den my arm. und
I vent up de sapling. Veil, Herman, it
vas an hour before 1 got down from vere
I vas, uud Leah und all ot dem laughed
about it, but I sbust keeps ou making
love mid her uudil ve yas married.
Recgoliet, Herman, vile you vu gourt»
ing Rachel Uoliusky dou't get desgour*
aged. A veak heart netor vins nod«
ing. 4
The Hoop Shake;
C. Leventborpe, of North Carolina,
writes the New York Sun ou tbe sub-
ject of tbe hoop ar sachem snake, which
is o(tet) seeu in Virgiuia and tbe South:
The snake is ot yeuomous fame, and,
though it may be an extreme precaution,
I should not care to risk even now a
scratch from the point of tbe spur. In
tbe early summer a serpent of this
species was killed within three hundrod
yards ot my bouse. I saw this snake
when dead. It* color was dingy yellow,
marked aud blotched with black. The
brad was flat and vicious looking. There
was a remarkable muscular swell, like
that of the biceps, some inches above the
tail, and suggestive of an iutention to
give force to a blow from tbe tail, which
tapered below tliesaell, aud terminated
In a horu like that which I send. The
born was grooved in tbe same manner,
and carved similarly. This specimen
measured four feet ten inches. The
young man who killed tho snake stated
that tbe viper eoiled up at his presence,
appearing greatly irritated, holding its
tail aloft, aud agltatiug it violently. He
did not await farther hostilities, but set
tied the matter by a well directed shot
from his rifle. There are mauy stories of
trfces that have died alter having been
struck by this snake. I should net wish
to be responsible lor tbcm, for there Is
a wonderful sameuess iu one aud all.
But, beyond a doubt, the boop snake is
an ugly and wicked reptile, aud is con
sidered bere aa fatally daugerous.
Billions of Hatches.
Europe, continental and insular, con
sumes two millions of matches daily.
Assuming that each several act of igni»
lion occupies the brief period of one sec*
oud—and we have reason to believe it is
rarely performed in a shorter time—it
will be obvious to everv ready reckoner
that five hundred and fifty-five thousand
hours ot each successive day are spent by
tbe inhabitants of Europe in striking
matches. There is food for speculation
lu the fact that Europeans dispose of
nearly sixty fonr years per day in bcrap
ing tiny sticks, tipped with some in
fiamable composition. It is also interest*
ing to learn that four hundred thousand
oubic yards ot timber and four hundred
and thousand pounds weight
of phosphorus are in annual request
for tbe manufacture of ibe seven
hundred and thirty thousand millions *
ot matches used by Europe iu a year.
A Lead villa journalist baa shot so many
mau that be is now spoken oi as 'tbe to*
cal leaditor.'
Vennori Predictions!
For tli la Mouth's Weather,prepared expressly lor
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