ATA
VOL. XXIII.
LOUISBURG, K G, FRIDAY, OCTOBER G, 1803.
M MB KR ;n
TO PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS
The Superintendent of Public
Schools of Franklin county will be
in Loitislm.g on the second Thurs
d iy of February, April, July, Sep
tember, October and December, and
remain for three days, if necessary,
lor the purpose of examining' appli
c 1 1 1 1 - to t i h iu the Public Schools
this county- will also be in
THE SCARLET LEiTEil
i.i the
Mistress
b'
. o
i'li
imrg on Saturday of each
i!! public days, to attend
b'.isHies connected with my
J. X. Harms, Supt.
i'ivx'i'ssioiiii!
M. COOKE & SOX,
AT roRNBYS-A.T-LA.'W,
L IVIS3 "R9, x. C.
Will ttcn ! the courts of Nash, Franklin,
(ir.tiivill -, Warren -m l a x; counties,
'.so! he
rcu.t tn i District Jom t3.
s J. K. iULONE.
1 J
two .lours rio.low Thomas & Aycoclte'3
or . :i'tjoiutng Dr. O. L. K'.lis.
I)'
v. ii. nicholson,
practicing: physician,
LOUIS3USO, :-. c.
eiprd for the (oca .
prison door, and Loro isw
Prynne herself."
The door of tho j.-.il being P.nng wide
open from within, there appeared, iu th,
lirst place, like a b! vel: shadow eTnergi::;r
into sunshine, the grim ami grizzly -Terence
of Uie tow braille, with a sword
by his side an.l his stall of ofiioe ia hb
Hand. Thia personam prefigured rani
represented in his aspect the whole dis
mal severity of th-3 Puritanic cole of
law, which it was his busiue:-.:i.tr admin
istor iu its final and idoser.t application
to the offender. tStrotehing forth the
cilicial stair in his loft hand, lie laid his
right upon the shoulder of a j-oung
woman, whom ho thus drew forward
until, cn tho threshold of the prion
door, she repelled him by an action
marked with natural dignity and force
of character and r.te:
into
air, its if by her own free will. She Lore
in her arms a child, a babv of aom?
1
V. TIM3E11L.A.KS,
ATTORNEY-AT-LA.W,
LOUISB'JRG, N. C
Odn-e on Nash street.
S. SPRUILL,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
L0UISBUR3, S. a
Will attend the courts of Franklin, Vane,
GritivUls, Warren ant Wak co'inties. also
the Supreme Court of Morth Carolina. Prompt
&!t-nti n given to collections,
N
Y. QULLEY.
ATTORNEY- AT-LAW,
PBAXKLISrON, O.
All legal business promrtly attended to.
mHOS. B. WILDKR,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
LOUISBL'RG, C.
Oflre on Main street, one door be'ow Eagle
Hot :1.
By NATGAHIEL IIAVTZOSITII
CHAPTER 1.
THE MARKET PIAC?!.
The grass plot bofore the jail,
In Prison lane, on a certain summer
morning not less than two ceahtries ago,
was occupied by a pretty targe number
of the inhabitants of Boston, all with
their e3'cs intently fastened on the iron
damped oaken door. Among any other
population, or at a later period iu the
history of Now England, the grim rigid
ity that petrified the bearded physiogno
mies of these good people would have
augured soin awful business in hand
it could have betokened nothing sort
of tho anticipated execution of some
noted culmit. whom tbe-rutnp9 of
a legal tribunal had but confirmed the thrcofinnthn old. who winked an d rnmed
aside its little face from the too vivi.l light
of day, because ita existence heretofore
had brought it acquainted only with the
gray twilight of a dungeon or other
darksome apartment of the prhoa.
When the young woman the mother
of this chill stood fully revealed before
the crowd, it seemed to be her first im
pulse to clasp the infant closely to her
bosom; u-t so much Ly an impv.be of
motherly affection, a:? that she might
thereby conceal a certain token which
was wrought or fastened into ber dress
In a moment, however, wisely judging
that one token of her sbamu would bat
poorly serve to hide another, she took
the baby on tor arm, and with u ba;a
ing blush and yet a luir.ghty s'mi'v. a;: 1
a glance that would not be abashed,
looked around at her townspeople and
neighbors. On tho breast of her gown,
in fine red cloth, surrounded with an
elaborate embroidery ami fantastic flour
ishes of gold thread, appeared the h-tter
her heart had been i...'.; j tc ctrtct
for them p.U to-pm-n cud tram; le r.yua.
In our nuturo. Lowevtr. tl-.cre u a pro
vision, tilj;a r.iarvilor nnd, tairufnl,
that tho KutTerer F.hould never koov the
intensity of wht he f .'.urcd by it pres
ent torture, but ebb t'.y by the purg that
rmnkles after it. "YV Hli ulmort a ccrcne
deportment, therefore. Ilecter. Iryiino
passed throng!) thia portion of her or
deal, and tame to a sort of pcuToU at
the western extremity of tho market
lico. It rtxd neary la neath tho caves
of Doton"3 earliott L-hureh tad r.ppfaitd
to be u liUtre there.
otbr. Auiu. i.i . . ...
perceiriujt thr.t i;:ii.u
tlhrbtdeformuv. f li.eCi v:
her Uu'aiil to her
1to n fono Ihut
:::: t of
and the
e prefAcd
Luutii vi It ! cenvnl-
t! e pcv.r I r !o rttercfl
the n.otfccr
Rnotbcr cry of pain. Lut
tiiJ w : tftm to l.tar it
At his urrivRl in the market plpce
nnd tome time t rft rv : l'o ii7 h;:a. the
etrangtr had lont rye cV-IIcHct
Prynno. It r-.n cjilt-!y et Ltu, tike
a man chiel.y uccns otj iii to Ict k in
ward f.v.tl to v.! i m cxt n.al uaitters are
of little value nnd inpo.t ti-.d they
Lvsr itlatii n to touu-th.us v. ;;hm l.l-
miud. tiy however. I.u lo.ik
xr m. rsasoN",
ATTORNEY- AT-I. AW,
T'rartteea in all courts. Office in the Court
Ilouse,
HAS IT
9 I vOAN !T
DONE
DO
The original and only fronuir.o Compound
Otysr.-n Troatimnt. that- of Drs. Srirky &
P:lc:i is a sci"!itiSc adinstment of the de-rnint-.
of Ovarn and Nitron mnsrnetized:
ah 1 tho co'inr.oand is so rotvVnsed and
n-v-e- portable that it is sent all over t!n
wor'-i .
It h- l.''n tn for ovr-r t-i.ty yr-nr-s:
thon.viii lr ot p:it'i'l,its u.iv. V)t-;i t:":itc !.
and nver o-1 tnonsa-.d nhys'iMHiis )ure
it H!V
ouiniendod it a v?ry sigaifi-
c.nt i.ife.
'Ponno'in 1 Oi"Kn Tts M
verdict of public sentiment. But in
that early severity of the Puritan char
acter an inference of this kind could not
so indubitably be drawn. It might be
that a sluggish bond servant, or an tin
dutiful child, wdiom his parents had
given over to the civil authority, was to
be corrected at the whipping post.
It might bo that an Antinontian, a
Quaker or other heterodox religionist
was to be scourged out of the town, or
an- idle and vagrant Indian, whom the
wbite man's fire water had made riotous
about the streets, was to be driven with
stripes into tho shadow of the forest. It
might be, too, that & witch, like old
Jdistress Hibbins. the bitter tempered
widow of the magistrate, was to die
npon the gallows. In either case, there
was very much the same solemnity cf
demeanor cn the part of tho spectators;
as befitted a people among whom religion
and law were almost identical, and in
whose character both were so thorough
ly interfused that the mildest p.ud se
verest acts of public discipline were
alike made venerable aud awful.
Meager, indeed, and cvld was the sym
pathy that a transgressor might look
for, from such bystanders, at the scaf
fold. On the other hand, a penalty,
which in cur days wonid infer a degree
of mocking infamy and ridicule, might
then be invested with almost as stern a
dignity as tho punishment of death it
self. It was a circumstance to be noted, on
the summer morning when ear :-tory be
gins its course, tnat me women, ot whom
there were several in the crowd, ap
peared to take a peculiar interest in
whatever penal infliction might be ex
pected to ensue. The -age had not so
much reiiuement that a::y sense of im
propriety restrained the wearers of pet
ticoat and farthingale from stepping
forth into the public ways and wedging
In fact this rcui7obl constituted a nor- I
i.on oi a pen; macmno. wtr.cn rovr, lor j became tct-ti und ; cr.c'.min.g A walb
two or three generations fact, h?.s been ! inj horror t w i-tcd itself i-.crora Lis f
mereby historical end traditionary ; turca, like n rnnho gbding w.ftly ovt r
among us, bet wan held in tho old lime ! tb .m pud maLhig cue littli pav.w. vith
to be as effectual an" cgeut in the pro- j all its wreathed mten-olnti..un iu opt o
motion of good dtizemddp ns rrcr wai Eight II U trU darLmed wirh tcrac
the gmJoiiuo among the ter. nU cf powerful -emotion, which ncTejtbtlecr
- fo 'rwtav!:u;'.mt-ly cx-ttrolled ly
bianco. It was, in sbo-,.tV , k' tfi n
of tho pillory, and above it nso tho
framework of that instrument i f disci
pline, eo fa. hioned as to confine the
human head in its tight grasp, nnd thus
old it cp to the public gaze. Tho very
ideal of ignominy v.v.j emtotl;ed and
made manifest in thia contrivance of
wood aiKl ;rc4i. There can be no cut- j
rage, methinka. a;;ainst o :r otnmon na
ture whatever be the deii.'ajuer.cies of
the individual r.o outrage more fla
grant than to forbid the culprit to hide
his face for shame. it w,ta the essence
of this punL hment to do.
In Hotter Pryur.e'f. im-tiiticc, however,
as not nnfreipiei.tiy in oth.tr cast, her
Highest of all in Leavening Power. I-.tt U. S. Gov't Report.
n o
AESSlXTfELY PyRE
3
The Same Dcnocrst as of Voro.
Talkland, N. C . , 1S0.1.
To the KUitor cf tho Sulberr.
er :
With courage ar. l civility anallN
you ran oltwi trtkerantivt-ircod lucV .
thr.t rsvp ct
a fin
cfTort f Lis wi
moment its err region might have
pasted for ca'n r r.. After a brief rpner
public that I have derlareJ my
self a Populist. It isof the stntll-
the ccmnd-i' m -r w i!m. lm rt-rptj-j est ccnejuence what ruy poiiti-
nnd : aw that i he r.j
htm. Le flow! v a:.
that she should stand a
npon the platform, but
-Keot tin-.
laud, the
ronr' mat K'it-e
t i: . i.t of the
!. of .'.'tiori
!t".-i't." i ti"1 it" of a hooK of 00
p:i.r., na'o'.is'v,' 1 i7 D-s ft irk"y 4 Palfn.
v. -!) to h!1 i'i ijirprs full hiTormttiou
a to Trxis rf!i.e'ka';t' e iT-ativo airpnt and a
g.j id r"vd if' s:ir;vriio-x etircn in a wide
rmr of chronic cnH-tji '-mar.y of th ":n nfrr
tvi't; r" m lonod to dif by othfr v!;ysi
(ra i. w;i; ii,- mails ! froe to any ji;i'rpsp
oo (toplication .
f)'to. BTAtKF.Y A PAT.EN,
ITii'l Vr.'tt Str-.-.-'t. rhi'a.-l?lphia. Pa.
1 -A: rt. -.- Strtt. S ia Francisco, Cab
Pio.jR' rn-'inioa thin pap?r.
Collins aM 01618
'- -' bav' al:lod to our already
! ':.)''.' liiio oi wood and cloth
covered CoiTtns and Caskets
A. It w:ts so artistically done, a.ud with '
so much fertility arnl gorgeous laxuri-
anceof fancy, t'.mt it h.ad all the effect i
j of a hist atid fitting decoration to the i
j np.parel which she-wore, and winch was j
I of a splendor in accordance with the :
j taste of the age, but greatly Uwor.d ;
I what was allowed hv tha sumptuary
; rcguh'ifioua uf the colony.
I The young woman was tail, with a
i figure of perfect elegance 0:1 a large
j scale. She ha I dark aim abundant ln;ir.
; so glos:-v that it threw of? tho sunshine
' with a gleam and a face which, be. ides
being beaute fid from regularity of fea
; ture and richness of completion, had
j the i:;iprefv i venose, beh-mjing to n
marked, brow and deep I hick eyes. She
was ladylike, too. after the tnenner of
; the feminioe genfibiy of too e d.:ys
b
setiteitce bore
certain lime
without under
neck and cor..
pro::cucJ to which war, the r:astd. il
ish charaeteri:-tic of this ugly engine.
Knowing wed bcr part, she ascended a
fliglit of woollen steps, .and we; thnsdi.v
1 iayt"i to the mutou:- lin;; multitu.'.e. at
about the height of a ma:ir i honhbrs
above the sir. ft. ' Tie unhappy
culprit sustained herself r.s be t a woman
might, nr. tier tho heavy v idit of a
thousand unrr!eutii:g eyes, all fnstene i
upon her. at.l cea,-. r.-.: :at d at la r
bo'-om It was idiuot t int.)leraiilo to be
borne.
Cf an iuvpvlv.vo s:nd p.;-; ion
she h.ad fortj:'.i 1 ii- rx-it' to
stie.gr. and vci.eir.i e.i ftabs of
tamely, wttal.n : i.--. 11 in e'.
of insult; but i: i:e wan a
much more rilde in the
of the pj'pe.hir lr.,a-i th ;t :
ratt.t r to eehold .di tho..e ri.
mincer, contor-.e.! v. i - h 1 1 :
m; nt and her: . if the y ,
roar of lavjht-r bur-, t fr-.-n
tude v.teli ma.n t irh ..'.;;::;:
bio and finally ev.b-Moetl pu tl:e dt nth.
1 : .4-. n- 1 1 r , ..
01 i;i initi.ru. 1; i f : r.; .1.0 i.
of Iletter Prvnr.e fa. '.. u d e,:) b;;i ,
'i '.in cot;;.'. -1
.n ' :..v ei hi t.n
ger. made a gesture v. nth it in the lar
and h.id it rn hi. I.p--..
Then, tem hing the d.t.r.l li r f n
townsman who t e-d i i i.i l.ini, t.f
addnsord him ina fortrul r.i:d court too
tn tinner.
"1 pray you. po-l fir." s:.:d he. "vd t
is thia woman ;.i:d v.-hf refi-re is ih"
here Fet up P ; r.M: i-!ian;..'"'
"You must :.( i.e .
region, fraud," ;:r. v. ;
man. lookntg curit ;.:
and bis Fav.-.gi? o i; ; r.i.:
would fcoelv i.uvo bo:
'rrvi or -irc, 2t r- Pi
J ."itim.i 'i I C, li'' J
I 8 you bare Informed the 1 f t.. u r:cir i--v u i .
' .'.t) tr . JtJ i
ti tn.
. . ! :.. a 1 1 r-i
y. ! p..
' v , - ' - U t'j
- - ' "i cm
cal or party aSiliations nay b.
n &i I ant only a private citif.cn ami
yat I diblik-i t j be ruisreprfcnt
e l. How, or w!;n, or where,
you p t your informat inr , I can
net imagine. With tn finla
exception of Horace Gt?i-y, I
have vot'i ptoadily the l)?mo-
P V
an i.
t-- . -
. ' J4 a
i i s. r .
- r.n r'Vt f . .
i- i' f
F-r i. '
Y Y V A
Hester Pryaao a;
hath ran-eil a e:
gly
... i ,
cj,ir
cit, rather ttiau by
n o:
their not utsnbstantird perso::s, if oc- ;
casion were, into the throng nearest to i
the scaffold of an execution. Moraby ;
as well as materially, there was a ccarse.r
fiber in tho:e wives ami maidens of old
English tdrth ami breeding than in their
rair oesctnttan.s, separi-ueo t;om lacm
by a series of sis or seven generations;
for throughout that chain of auce:ry
every successive mother has transmitted
to her child a fainter bloom, a more del
icate and briefer beauty and a slighter
physical frame, if not a character of less
force ami solidity than her oven.
The women who are now standing
about the prison, door stood within ies
than half a century cf the period, when
the manlike Elizabeth had been the not
altogether unsuitable representative of
the sex. They were her countrywomen:
and the beef and alecf their native land,
with a moral diet not a whit more re
fined, entered largely into their compo
sition. The bright morning sun there-
escout and uide.s.
now recogmr.ed ;
never h
htdylil.e. in the am
cf the term. Hum .is
urison. Tho-e trim
st. a;
del;,
irr.ic
ul
n-
ri.: v
ida-.l
.-it
I f:
I'-.'-- II"
;r.d ii
lie.l 1 I
us indication. A:.-d
.'uue appeared more
el ,te i ; terpretatcn
he i .-, : ".! frori the
had before known
1 emHded to I: he' d tc r
and ob. -.eared I v a dieted rot: ;
cloud, were HSoi:ist;ed 1 evc.i start !c-l
to perceive how her ;.e. in! y shone cut
and m tde a h.alo d' t he misfortune and
ignommy in which she was enveloped.
It may l true that, to u sen ilive ol
server. J hero to romet king e.to nis.ely
; 1
I !t at i.
her.
dim me.
i:
paint i.i m it.
deed, she had w
in prison and h;
her own fancy,
attitude of her s
les.-ne.---i of her
Iter attire. au-.i,, m-rrttg-ht
f..r the occasion,
: modeled much r.Jtcr
seemed to eatueesthe
a: it. the desperate reck-ru-ol,
by i.s wild and
ptctn rescue
which drew
u!
nt
point
fore shone on broad ehouk
ml well
SOUS WA'JTJT G0FF13S AMD GASKET
Also a line of
METALICS
as nice and fine goods as is car
rieel in any of our cities. Our
stock is complete in every line.
Respectfully,
R. R. Harris & Co.
Louisburg, N. C.
Bank oi Lonurg
Does a General Banking Business.
.Collections made and returned promptly
Northern Exchange bought and sold.
COUNTY ORDERS CASHED
Interest paid on deposits after three
months.
W. P. WEBB, President.
NOTICE.
In Superior Court.
Order of Publication
North Carolina,
FrnnkUu county,
Cim Cannady
vs.
Julia Cannady
The above defendant will take notice that
a summons has been issued against her in
the above cause returnable to the October
term of the Superior, Court of Franklin
ounty, 189'J. whfch has been returned en
dorsed by the Sheriff "not to be found itrmy
eounty." That said defendant will appear
at said term to answer or demur to the com
plaint which will be filed against her or the
relief domapded will be granted.
B. B, Mabsenbubo, C.S. C
Se.pt. 13, 189-X
developed busts and on round and ruddy
cheeks that had ripened in the far oil
island, and had hardly yet grown paler
or thinner in the atmosphere of New
England. There was moreover a bold
ness and rotundity of speech among
these matrons, as most of them seemed
to be, that would startle ns at the pres
ent day. whether in respect to its pur
port or its volume of tone.
"tiood wives," said a hard featured
dame of fifty, "Til tell ye a piece of my
mind. It would be greatly for the pub
lic behoof, if we women, being of mature
age nnd church members in good repute,
should have the handling of such male-
factresses as this Hester Frynuo. What
think ye,. gossips': If the hussy stood up
for judgment before us five that are now
here in a knot together, would she come
of? with such a sentence as the worship
ful magistrates have awarded? Marry,
1 trow nctJ"
"People sa3" said another, "that the
Reverend Mr. Dimmesdale, her godly
pastor, takes it very grievously to heart
that snch a scandal should have come
upon his congregation.'
The magistrates are Godfearing gen
tlemen, but merciful overmuch that is
a truth," added a third autumnal ma
tron. "At- the very least, they should
have put the brand of a hot iron on
Elester Pryune's forehead. Madam Hes
ter would have winced at that, war
rant me. But she the naughty bag
gage littla will she care what they put
npon the bodice of her gownl Why,
look yon, she may cover it with a brooch
or such like heathenish adornment and
so walk the streets as brave as ever I"
"Ah, but," interposed more Boftly a
young wife, holding a child by J:he hand,
"let ber co-zer the mark s she will, the
pang of it will be always in her heart."
"What do W9 talk of marks and
brands, whether on the bodice of her
gown or th9 flesh of her forehead'"
cried another femal9, the ugbest as well
as the inont pitiless of these self consti
tuted judges. "This Woman has brought
Bhame upon ris all and ought to die. 13
there not law for it? Truly, there is,
both in the Scripture and the statute
book. Then let the magistrates, who
have made it of no effect, thank them
selves if their own wives and daughters
go astray I"
"Mercy on ns, good wife," exclaimed
a man in the crowd, "i3 there no virtue
in woman save what springs from a
wholesome fear of the gallows? That is
the hardest, word yet! Hnsh, now, gos-
Cv.t
all eves, and, as it were,
transfigured too wearer so th .-it both
men and women who had ben famil
iarly aciptaiute 1 with Hester Pryuno
were now impressed as if they beheld
her for the first time was that scarlet
letter, so fantastically embroidered and
illuminated upon her ba.-tom. . It had iha
effect of a spell, taking Iter out of the
ordinary relations with humanity a
inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
"She hail good skill at her needle,
that's certain." remarked one of her
female e-ectators: "but did ever a wom
an, before tins brazen huzzy, contrive
such a way of showing it? Why. gos
sips, what is it but to laugh in the faces
tie
huh
have repaid 1
d:.Mlaiul el
iidiietioa w:
endure, rlie
Ul'.M ue; dr- H: :-!
I owt r of 1 "T lei
from the r c.-.tTi dd 'I
or er?e go mad at
Yt t tie re we::'
whole set tie. m v. he h -conspienoe.s
oby-v i, s
from her eyes or. at 1
indistinctly before t1-- u
imperfectly rdmped and
Her mind, and c.-jt i..:
was pretcru.ituraii;.' ;
bringing up other :
roughly hewn street id
the edge of the we.
other facts than wer- 1
from beneath the brin
crowned hats, lit;: :.!
trifling and imma'.t rr.
fancy and rch ol
:h a
tte n.v.rt,
...'..er the
ml -lie con
i y variety
e'Vliity e
i-IMI II, cod
hug..!
. 1 c. m.o-fv-l
m-ir:-t.
I.'r.d n
ihe i-oilli
i. e. e. I t
it-.-.- h :r
: .e m; ;! t
r and
I
Ile.t. uiuler the lead.cn
n- (bK-::i
omcal
t Witii
o.d i a
upon li.
,i
to
a, if s:;e
the full
1 hyrsv'J
. ground.
erv;:N when the
- '.! v.-.'- t lie most
t,:e-l to vanish
h-a-t. glmrmcrol
n lihe a ii-.a.-c. of
1 - pee' ml i.i'i'.e;r r.
i:er I. a ne rv.
! i-'i't
e. :k -. than this
a 1tl-j town e:i
i rn wibh-rness;
..: hog up n her
i t t hose steeple
c -uce.! tl:e mo.,t
. lavage i of in-
yon, in
churctu'
' i on r.-.v tr
am a str;.:.r:
sorely aga-.u
grievotta u
have Va en i
heathen f i ! h to
now l ioe,;!-,: in::
redeem, oiit of
pIea."-'0 o'.'., t h, lei
ter Ihynueh :..
of tLn-i v.- v.....'..
t-rougitt her t yi
Tiulv. fn
gladden v .::r 1
and r:-j;.n: rn m 'h
townsmrm .. !'.
in a hind . c- re
and i uni. lo '. iii
people, ns
1 .ud.. Ye
know, wa
man,
Ion;'
, le r i .
. I lent,
d a-ter
' rev! ie-
Granger in tm.v
d ihe !,,.lc- '
; be out '. z
1 :. ' e! j. 'o.l
d r M'-tre
d .h.u::;,. :i'.e
hd. I pr..:a1--D.iin:;'.-!
'J.r'j
rand have hi
t m V V".;l. 1
th.e
: a a
uer.
p, I y
lucid
i ihe
ten
u-r by the.
::. cat'. ,
"I
er i
ve uie". wi.h .
t bit: I. r: '
' i.'oeii ; the
d. and ..:u
lie. inn to to
i;v Wdl it
) ti '.1 m i.f Hi a
r nave rich' 1 v
cratir ticket for forty to year.
and I am to-day the atro old
I-etvocrat, witbont atsy ariable
or .shadow of tnrr.'.n, standing-
with Loth feet on the ("hira
Lo j la'. form, as i .1.1 ir. th la-'
cum j-ain s b i ! t fbiT pin-; f. r
t'.e veiaiol. If that pln'.fortu di-i
nit teacli ftcrt and unl.n;ite;
coinapo of ! .b i:-'. and i r
a im.-t.ey metal, and a further
xtetuioti of the cntr-i.rir, I did
net kte-w Low to ffi'l it.
In a 1 v ot.1 i t: g a r ?::; f th-
10 per c.M.t t'tx, it !ii
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so'-.n go. 1 liito p oe. I.e - c in;:-!- -J
to er.JT. oviind i r: in 1.:m 1 t with i:
of the M-acb t.i. To thn pt.rp,-
l:-3 se-r.t bis vote l..,:c Icn. i. iu. ;n;:.ir
bimcelf to I.-.U af i r u.e i.e.-.rv ;,f
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r b. U
lec.lV
i bl.
. to
M oi'ts, chilb.sh
quarrels sum, the little domestic trc.is
of her maiden years came swarming
back upon her, in'. i mingled with recol
lections cf v. iattevtr v
of O!
ir godly, magistrates. aniJ make a
pride out of what they, worthy gentle
inen, meant for a punishment?"
"It were well," muttered the most
iron visaged of the old dames, "if we
stripped - Madam Hester's rich gown off
her daj$ shoulders; and as for the red
letter, which she hath stitched so curi
ously, 1'il bestow a rag of mine own
rheumatic flannel to make a fitter one!"
"Oh, peace, neighbors, peace!" whis
pered their youngest companion; "do not
let ber hear yon! Not a stitch in that
embroidered letter, but she has felt it in
her heart"
The grim beadle now made a gesture
with his stall.
"Alafce way. good people, make way,
in the king's name!" cried ho. "Open a
passage, and, 1 promise ye, h lie. tress
Prynne shall be set where man. woman
and child may have a fair sight of her
brave apparel, fr'om this time till an hour
past meridian. A bleating on the right
eous colony of the Masaachusetts, where
iniquity is dragged out into the sun
shine! Come along Madam Hester, and
show your scarlet - letter in the market
pi ace I"
A lane was forthwith opened through
the crowd of spectators. lreceded by
the beadle and attended by an irregular
procession of Eteru browed men and un
kindly visaged women. Hester Prynne
subsequent lite; one
vivid as another, as if
;ud I importance or nli
biy it was r.n insfinc
spirit to relic re it: elf
of these phautusmnm
cruel weight and 1
Lastly, iu lien of there
came bai k the rude mar!
Puritan settlement, v. iih
people resembled and
stern regards at Herder ,
herself who stood on th.
he,
in scarlet, ta
as gravest in ber
et-.-.re recirely as
.li wo:e ef similar
be a j ley. Posi
tive device cf her
hy the exhibition
r.c form-., from t ho
inco of the ree.ht v.
pillory, an infant on
letter A, in scarlet,
hifting rcrr.es,
( t place of .the
all the towmv
leviling their
'r vtme -e, at
'fvafTold'of the
arm and the
it ...--.ticiiil v cm-
1 thread.
her
broidered v. it k
bosom.
Could it l-o true? She clutched the
child so fiercely to bcr breast that it
sent fotth a cry: she turcod her eves
fairs. M:;rrv. t, a sir.
years er ie. th.
a dweller here
have come f t
V....-t-r Prriie.
lo .'it yon . 1 . : .
gunhm.ee"
Ah:-.
6trang- r, w u'i
a mn as t
learned i!.-.".
win), I v your
tht r of' ':, h
four moiiihs ! ' . 1 -h e:
Mistn pr: ucc
(.7 a ti'mii. fn. id
mainetli a r. id! ; a;.. 1
shall e.vpoun 1
ew ercd the o,w
ab.s. lu'.ely ref
maid.--1 rat e.H h:
ether in v..:u.
guilty i,!.e fo;::.:.- !.
rH.-cti'.cle. u:u; ;,,
ling that ldd s-e., i
"The le; - e.-d v
stranger, v h am-cei-me
hitm-ed t-i l.
. -"It li-ho..e. 1.
in life." i e.-, n
"Now, good m."
magbtraey. 1 .th::
thi:; v. email tn .
doubt 1 cs w.-'is ;
fell, and th.-.t. i
likelv. ber bu b.:
tota of the M-a. they !
' to nnt in f .ree the
m some
wr.mit-
n. no i;..i:.g
d rent 1, m.-.n
. :ni ; . ifo
ber o-. ii mi
syrd-rn. r i:
norr. i 1. 1 'e 1
al vocat
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form , w i
h ri 1 one i; n i v. r
tari IT, or - o:. e ;'
Tio'-c ar) my
in re.
I 1 . a v a t; i v n ;
toy life L.altiii.fcT
the farmer" an i !
w hen t !. :i f:. . i
th" nioney dt'V-
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properly coj
wbicii the I."
en. au, i.- a little in
v . - - . r .
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farm.
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m vs. 11. i: he" be
. 1 the t e.vu.-i
ear 'diw-..u hu
hiv.g th. v:ejve., ;ha:
iihful no 1 fa;r. ct. j
mg.'y lelr.ptisl t,, t;. r
i 1 i-i v r. J'l 1 I.e !
d mi ;. ! e et thi l.t-
;ve led inen l..'il
ixi; -niiiv c7 our
crib and bis iukeho
card ran dfv tl.eni.
of the money me.rket .b -s t
foci him ranch, for ho i.a
n
. tir
ot hf- j
iitt.e
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v v.
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b h ;.
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t r 1
iVr;l Pirr-!,
r. Li
v,
use for money,
scribers who 1.
course for year
()
a
recent
of
i r
per'Ud
v
downward at the scarlet
;r. and even
touched it with her ling', r to assure her
self tlnrt the infant and the shame were
real. Yet.! these .were ber realities
r.tl else had vanished!
CHAPTER il.
Tnr. itF.coor.iTioN.
From this iuteuro consciousness cf
being the object of nevt r? and universal
observation, tho wearer of the r.carlet
letter w;e nt length relieved by discern
ing on the outskirts of the crowd a fig
ure which irresistibly took possessdon of
her thoughts. An Indian, hi Iris native
garb, wu3 standing there; but the red
men were not so in frequent visitors of
the English rettlemcct3 that one of them
would have attracted any notice from
Hester Prynne at such a time, much less
would he Ituvecxcludcd all other objects
end id; as from her 'mind. Cy tlie In
dian's tide and evidently rnotaining a
righteous law rv-au.. t i
thereof is dc..tli. Be
mere- and. ten ".erne-. of heart tl:-y have
doonul Mi-iu-.'vs Ihyuue to r.tan 1 only a
space of tins'- b. v.rs on tho platform of
the pillory and then ami thereafter, for
the remainder ef bf r m-.tr.rul life, to
wear a mark cf shame i:xu her Iwvun."
"A wise Pc-v.tence." reuatrked the
f ib-tbi
do : id
el his views a oai :.. the rid ;:.,.
of foine of b:. brethren and
showed th.-'tn tho : t;ro:-,;-;tM.-y of
Th.e joi.ilty p ittinr; tl.o bare! in tho lmu'
t.i li t ;r groa. n.outK ami then rem 'inrii be
cause it bitcn. While eti. rs bvc
Ijoen pa:ng- tribute to tii fCim-
b'ers of ( 'h ; rai. o. ibi n i I
rnsn hna bon ctinj bri'a I at
j t i h. .t;
b V. .1
a f tt-
i it? Ilia Iv .
r c
bt
NKW p. A KB Mil
HOP
I h-. - j- U b
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: v. a i.i. i ..n-
e ! UHI7IE5ITT CP KGnTH CAECUKA
: vi y s
I Ftmnger, gravely bowing fds heath
i "Thus m5.o will be a living seian-n i
against tin until the ignon:in:orai Liter !
be engraved np-on her tombotcne. it
irks mo, nevertheless, that tho partner
I of her iniquity should not. at least, stand
on the FcatTold by her side. Hut ho will
I known ho will bo known he will
; be known!"
men'. r.v,
ed
o:i
o .v n farm.
It Should p.e in K.erv lioue.
! tj.I
iv , :.
r, - r .
--3 fx '.
I T
J . P. Vi;..r.. 37 1 '' vr S
brrjr. P . k-r ;d r. -"
Pr. Kinsr'" N I''-
t
tion, c mshs ftr, 1 c
w i f e w h xr n t h r :
tmnfrsn a' tic
vy 1 , 1 f ri r.i:
tie Lowcu corrtcotis:y to trie coin- i - j hyx.c;":. bn 1
mnnicative towustv.an and. whispcriug K-d-rt b "t-r , f P
set forth toward the place appointed for I comimniuuship with bim dwd a wliitj
her puuishmeut. A crowd cf eager and
curious- schoolboys, understanding lit
tle of the matter in hand, except that it
gave them a holiday, ran before her
progress, turning their heads continually
to stare into her face and at the wink
ing baby in her arms, and at the igno
minious letter on her breast.
It was no great distance in those days
from the pribou door to the market
place. Measured, by the prisoner's ex
perience, however, it might be reckoned
a jonrney of eonie length, for, haughty
as hei demeanor was, tho perchance un
der went an iigony from every footstep
of those that thronged to c-ee her,.as ii
a few words to bt Indian attendant,
they both made their way tkromgh tb
crowd.
To C5 CO.VT.Nl F.i-
' :ir it c ir.-l
. :.-.! . i'h j r.e irn -of
' i. lir-ir-."
. h-r r. -) !.
i rt. V . m
' ' t- ;
A.J 'r
Pi:rtt5
II.". V
Pr. Kin' Nrw le .i-.err L-idtD Ltia
moro crr tl.-.n siw.hi v-r
man, chul iu a Kl range btirray of civ
ilized and savage costume.
He vai renall iu Ktatr.ro, with a far
rowed visage, which as yet could hard
ly be termed aged. There was a re
markable intelligence in hia features, aa
of a perscu v l o had ep cultivated by
mental psrt that it tor.ld not fail to
mold the pLybical to itself, and become
manifest by unmist-kable ' tokens. Al
though, by a eeemrigly carelaa ar
rangement of bia heterogeneous carb.
he ld cnHcacprcd to conceal or aba to J
tho pecnliaj-i., it, was eufdciently evi-'
dent to blester Prj-nne that one of this
maujj ehoulders rcso b-Ucr than the
1 lectric Bitter.
Thi remedy in becoming so wc-H known
and so popular as to mwl ao srcia! men
tion. All who have nsxl Klctric Bi;trs
siug the 8ami Hong of pris. A partr
medicine d-. not exi and it i p-nnran-teed
to do all that is ehvJnted. Iilc'r'.c
Bitters will cur .-fll didt-as of the lir
and kidney, will remote Pimple, boil,
salt rhora and r-ther ffttionJi caosd
by impnie bbxd. Will driue mtiaria
from the ByMem and preteat aa well as
care all malarirl fevers. For core of
headache, constipation and inHwtkn
try Fleetric Bitters Entire sat isf act ion
puarantd. or money rvfaode.1 Price
Tt0 and $1.00 rr cattle at Aye-eke &
Co Drug Store.
f"r lan trmbie N . i tu' 1. it.
Try it. l'rv- t rt. 1 r s. - L
t"'' . Preg S: rv. ,rs t.tih-ai, IA.
nud l.tsi
A Bautlfu! Stylish 5hc
for Ladies.
The bo:iy whh h we pthT oar
fielves t:vtes the sweetest.
Oh. What a Csh.
Wil r yea L.-d lb wsrn'.n. Tb
nal i-rhajxi t lb- -ir approach 4
that more trritb diAv (V.nunptits.
Ak roarrlteii if yon can afTord fcr tb
sake of itatbur 10 o-a!a to rnn the rlk
aad do nothing for it. V.V ioo frvtn
eiperine that Shiloh'a Core tll cr
jonrconah. It ner fad. Tbla t
pbtios whr more than roillloa bllb
vrrt koIJ th rt Tear. H rlirti
croup ao1 whooplne eonca at
JluUten. do not be w ithoat 4u
14
rriuiu IU ! W efcf
PRICES, 83. f 3.5Q, t3, SOJ&O.
tezltei Ski tL, ttii, ijix Kis.
roa SALTS BT
PERRY A. PATTERSON
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