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From Smith's Dollar Magazine.
A Quarrel, ' f
My "wife and I- once quarreled,
And what was it-all about ? j
Nothing, only I was billions, - ;
And she was tired out
My dinner, somehow, didn't suit me,
And I know that I lookedTery glum,
My wife 'was disappointed, ! - '
And wished that she was home.
I said something not very loving ; '
And she, something just as bad ;
And then, for about two minutes,
An ugly time we had. ' j;
That was the reason we quarreled;
' " And a fooHsh one," you say,
Very true ; but then that same thing
Is happening every day. L
I went out to the wood-pile, . i
And pulled off my coat and vest,1 i
And chopped away at some fyickoryr
Till the sun was in the west.
.v v j ' ,. . ":- ' I'
My wife washed up the dishes,
And putting. on a nice clean gown
Went home to visit her mother, -y-'
At the other end of the town.
f ,-:, K'-:; .
When I had finished my chopping
I went to tHe house for tea, y
And found it shut up and empty
.And nobody waiting for me.
In a moment my conscience smote
f :j( me, -'
And my heart came up in my throat,
r or on the table before me
I noticed, a little note.
I thought she had left me" forever,
j; Oh, why did I treat her so J" f
Said I, as I picked up the letter,1
"My , temper has made her go.'
" Dear John," read I,
"don tbefrigh-
- Because you don't find me,- '
I am going oyer to mother aj
And you must come to tear .
At once I started off for mother's,
Dressed up in my Sunday best ;
My wife in the door-way met me,
And yon. 'can. imagine the rest
THE MIDNIGHT PERIL ;
' : OR, j . . ,
Saved by a Pliautoni.
The nightjdf thel7!tb October
-sliall; I ever forget its pitchy
darkness, the roar of the autum
nal wind through the forest, and
the incessant downpour of ; nun ?
"This comes of short cuts, - I.
Til n ttercd petulantly to myself, as
ilodded aloiiir, keeping close to
the trunks of the trees to avoid
the deep ravine through which I
could hear the roar of a turbulent
stream forty or fifty feet below.
My r blood ran cold as I thought
of the, possible consequeuoes of a
miestep orwrong'direction. Why
had I not been contented to keep
in the right road? . . : " y
Hold on K Was that, a light,
or are my eyes playing me false ?
'. -1 stopped, . lioldiup; on to the
low. resinous boughs of a hemlock
that grew on the edgev of the
bank ; for it actually seemed as if
the wind would seize rne bodily
and hurl me down the precipitous
descent. ' ,y ; . .". : ; .
It was a lights-thank Provi
dence - it was a light, arid no
ignus fatuus to lure me on to des
truction and death.
. " Halloo-o-o !" '
My -voice rang' through the
woods'like a clarion. I plunged
ouwarg inrougn tangiea vines,
dense. briei8 and rocky banks
u n til grad ual ly hearing, ! I could
perceive a figure wrapped y in au
oilcloth cape, or cloak : carrying
a lantern. As the dim light tell
upon his fkce l ahnost f recoiled.
Woiil hot solitude in the woods
be preferable to the companion
6hip of -the withered,, wrinkled
old msn ? But it was too late to
recede now. '. . ' ". ' ;
44 What's wanting,"'he snarjed
forth, with a peculiar motion of
the lips that seemed to leave his
yellow teeth 11 bare. "
"1 am lost in the wooas ; can
yon direct me to R station ?"
m: i es ; it station is twelve
miles from here." 1
"Twelve miles !"
.1 stood aghast.
"Can non tell mc of any shelter
I oul(l obtain ion, the night-
X
"saaaaaiBaaiaaaaaaBaBaaaa
"No." . ' ; v y:i;-' :
" Where are yon going ?"
"To Drew's, down here by the
maple swamp." :
"Is it a tavern ?" -"NO."
' . ' ; .;,
'-Would the3 take me for a
night? . I could pay them well."
His. eyes vjgl earned ; the. yellow
stumps stood revealed otice more.
" J guess so ; folks do. stop
there sometimes." J
"Is it far from here?"
"Not very ; about half a mile."
"Then let us make haste and
reach it. I am drenched to the
skin."' -; - f;!
We plodded on, my companion
more than keeping pace With me.
Presently we left the edge of the
ravine, entered what seemed like
trackless woods, and keeping
straight on until lights gleamed
fitfully through the wet foliage.
It was a ruinous old place, with
the windows all 4rawn to oue side,
as if the toundation had settled,
and the pillars of a rude porch
n ear I3' rotted away. J -
A woman answered my fellow
traveller's knock. My compan
ion whispered a word or two to
her, and nh$ turned to me with
smooth, valuable words of wel
come. 1 :
She regretted the poverty' of
their accomodations; but I was
welcome to them! su ch as they
wei e. ' . , . '
"Where it Isaac ?" demanded
my guide. ;
"If e has not come in yet?
.1 sat down on a wooden bench
Uc8itle the fire, and ate a few1
riioutefuls of bread. . -
4I should like to retire as soon
as possible," said I, for my weari
ness was excessive.
"Cartainlv," the woman start
ed up with alacrity. ' :' r-'
."Where are you going" to put
him ?" asked my guide. j
"Up chamber. i
"Put him in Isaac's room." v
"tfo." ;-:-.r! . ' ' y
"It's the most comfortable."
"I tell you no." t y
But here I interrupted the
whispered colloqhy. 1
am not partreular I don t
care where you lodge me; only
make haste, pleased' -
bo I was conducted up a steep
ladder that stood in a corner of
the room, into ah apartment ceiled
with sloping beams and ventilat
ed by one small window, where a
cot" bedstead, crowded rclosely
e board partition; and
a pine taoie, with two chairs,
.'IT. . 1 ' T
iormed the sole attempts at furni
ture
The woman set the light an
oil lfamp-on the table.
nAny thing more I can get you,
vxn" said she.
"Nothing, thank-you."
"I hope you'll sleep well,
sir
When shall 1 call you?;'.
"At iour o ciock in tne morning,
" , .-Lit ..- I -r :i
11 you please. I must walk to
jR- 4-7 station j in j time for the
seven o'clock exprps." ' ' .
"I'll be sure to call you, sir." ;
She withdrew, leaving me alone
in the gloomy little apartment
I sat down and looked around me
with no verj agreeable sensations.
"I will sit down, and write to
Alice," I thought ; "that' - will
soothe my nerves jand quiet rue,
perhaps." , J
j nJ decCnded the ladder. The
r still glowed redly on the stone1
hearth ; my companion and the
woman sat beside it, . talking in a
low tone, and a third person sat
at the tabl es eati ngr a short,
stout,' villainous-lookihg man, in
a red flanneli( shirt aiiuyery mad-''
dy pantaloons. -.
1 asked for Writing materials,
aud returad to iny room to write
to my wife. 7 i yj
4iMy darling Alice."
i I paused, and laid dowu my
pen as I concluded the words,
half smiling to think what she
would 6ay, could she know of iny
strange quarters.
Not until both sheets were cov
ered did I lay aside my pen and
prepare top sulmber. As I folded
my paper, I 'happened to glanoe
towaramycouch.N
Was" it the gleam of a human
D., FEBEUARI g,
eye observing me through the
hoard partition; or was it but my
fancy ? There Was a crack there,
but only black darkness beyond ;
yet I could have swornthat some
thing had sparkled palefully at
me. . 1 . j .
; I took out my watch it was
only 1 o'clock. Tt was scarcely
worth while for me to undress
for three "hours' sleep ; I would lie
down in my clothes j. and snatch
what slumber I could. So, plac
ing my valise close to the head of
my ; bed, and barricading the
lockless doors with two chairs, I
extinguished the light land lay
down.. ; j
j At first I was very wakeful,
but gradually a soft ; drowsiness
seemed to steal over me, like a
misty mantle, until ail of a sud
den some startling electic thrill
coursed through my veins, and I
sat up, excited and trembling,
Av luminous softness seemed
to glow through the! room no
light of the moon or stars was
ever so penetratingand by the
httl e ' window I saw J Alice, my
wife dressed in floating garments
of white, with her long golden
hair knotted back by a blue rib
bon. Apparently she was beck
oning to me with outstretched
hands and eyes full of wild, Janx
ious tenderness. . ,
I sprang to my feet and rushed
toward her, but as I reached" the
window, the fair apparition seem
ed to vanish into the stormy dark
ness, and I was: left alone. In
the self same rnstahti the sharp
report of a pistol Bounded- I
could see the jagged stream of
fire- above the pillow straight
through the very spot where ten
seconds since my head had lain.
VHlirit-4natAiiio(icvuo--'xi7all2ia'r-
tion of my danger I swung my
self over the edge of the -window,
jumped some eight 01 ten feet
into tangled bushes below, and
as I crouched there recovering
my breath, I heard the tramp of
footsteps into my room.
"Is he dead ?" cried a voice up
the ladder the smooth, deceitful
voice of the woman.
"Of course he is,
growled a
voice back, ; "that charge would
have; killed ten men. -.A light
there quick, and' tell Tom to . be
ready." , ,
Axcold, agonized shudder ran
through. me. What den of mid
night murderers had I fallen into ?
And how ..fearfully narrow had
been my escape J
.'.I. i : . " i
With the speed that
only mor-
tal terror and deadly peril can
give, Irushed through thevoods,
now illuminated. by a faint glim
mer of starlight I know not
what impulse guided my footseps
I shall never know how many
times I crossed njy own track,, or
how clokeT stood to the brink of
the deadly ravine, but a merciful
Providence encompassed me with
a guiding and protecting care, for
when the morning dawned, with
faint ; red bars : of orient light
against the eastern skyj Iwas close
to the high, road, some seven
miles from R -. !. ., i
Once at the town, I told my
story to the police, and a detach
ment was sent with, me to, the
spot "? ' I ''..
After much searching and many
false alarms,, we, succeeded in
fiiiidmg the ruinous old house ;
but it was empty, our birds had
flown ; nor did I recover my valise
and chain, which latter 1 had left
under my pillow. 1
"It's Drew's gang' said the
leader of the police; "and they've
troubled us these two years. I
don't think, though; that they'll
come back here at present"
Nor did they. "
t. xut. me strangest, paiu. ui iu
I story is to come yet Some three
wTeekssubequently I received a
letter froniVmy siser who. was
with Alice iu her English home
a letter whose intelligence filled
hie with surprise. s ,
I must tellyou something very
strange,? wrote my sister, "that
happened to us oh the night ot
the 17th of. October. Alice had
J not been well for somo time ; in
J fact eheyhad been cpnfimcd to her
bed nearly a week, and I was sit
ting' beside her reading. It was
late ; the ' clock had just struck
one, when all of a sudden she
seemed to faint away, grdwing
white and "rigid las a corps. I
hastened to call assistance, but all
our efforet seemed vain to restore
her to life or animation. I w i
just about to send tor the doctor
when her senses "returned as sud
denly as they had left her, and
she sat up in bed, pushing back
her hair and looking wildly around
her. i
"Alice !" I exclaimed, "how;
you terrified us til. Are you ill ?"
"Not ill." she answered, "but
I feel so strange. Gracie, I have
been with my husband I" J
j All our reasoning failed to con
vince jher of the impossibility of
her assertions. She persists to
this moment that she saw you
and was with you on the 17th of
October, or rather on the morn
ing of the 18th where and how
she cannot telUf-but. we think
it must have been some dream.
Shejs better now, and I wish you
could see how fast she is improv
ing. , ' ' -
This is my plain, . unvarnished
tale. 1 I do not pretend to explain
or account for. its mysteries. I
simply relate facts Let psychol
ogists unravel the labrinthical
skein. I am not superstitions,
neither do I believe in ghosts,
wraiths or apparitions ; but this
thing I do kuow that although j
my wife was in England, in body
on the morning of October 18, her
8piriti 8u rely stood before me in
New York at the moment of
the deadly peril that menaced
me. It may be that to the suhtile
instinct aud strength yof a wife's
liutj lyvc, aii iniiiga are possiuie,
but Alice surely saved my life.
f
Brave Boy.
A few years ago a lad, who was
left without father and mother,
went to New York alone and
friendless, to get a situation in a
store as errand boy, until he could
command a higher position'; but
this boy had been in bad company,
and got in the habit of calling for
bitters ' and ciieapcigars. V y
! On looking over the paper h
noticed that a merchant in Pearl
street wanted a lad of his age, and
he called there and made his bus
ness knovviii -I
Walk in my ofllce, my lad,'
said the merchant, 4 I'll attend to
you soon.'
When he had waited upon his
customer, he took a seat near the
lad, and espied a cigar in his hat.
This was enough. My 1oy,
said he, i I want a smart honest,
faithful lad but I see you smoke
cigars, and. in my experience of
many years, I have found cigar
smoking lads to be connected with
various evil habits, and i I am
not: mistaken you are not an r ex
ception. You can leave; you will
not suit me.' v
John held down his head and
left the store ; and as he walked
along the street, a stranger and
friendless, the counsel of his poor
mother came forcibly to his mind,
who, upon her death-bed called
him to her side, and placing her
enaciated hand upon . his head,
said, Johnny, my dear boy, I am
going to leave you. You well
know what disgrace and misery
your father brought upon us be
fore his death, andN I want you to
promise me before I die, that you
will never taste one. drop of. the
accursed poison that killed your
father, nor tobacco. Promise me
this and be a good boy, Johnny,
and X shall die in peace.
i The scalding tears trickled
down Johnny's cheek. He went
to his lodgings, aud throwing
himself upon his bed, gave vent
to his faehngs in sobs that were
heard all over the house.
But John had moral courage.
Hejbad energy arid determination,
and ere an hour had passed he
made up his miud never to taste
another drop of liquor or smoke
cigar. ; .' ;-; vv; ' : y
. lie went straight baok to the
merchant Said he, Sir, you
NO. S.
very properly sent me Way this
morning for habits I have been
guilty of; but, sir, I have neither;
father nor mother, and though I
haveoccasionally - done what I
ought not to do, and have not fol
lowed the advice of my iriother on
her. death-bed, yet I have now
made a solemn vow never to drink
another drop of liquor horj smoke
another cigar ; and if you, sir,
will only try me, it it ajl I sk
The merchant was struck with
the decision;
and energy of the
once emnloved him.
boyj and at
At the expiration of five years.
this lad was a partner in the busi
ness, and is now worth ten thous-
A Bill to bu Entitled An Act
lor Amnesty aud Pardon.
' WherkjCs, It js believed that &J
strict enforcement of the criminal
law in reference to many offences
committed within the limits of the
State'4ince the close of - the lato
civil war would result in greater
detriment to the State of North.
Carolina than a policy based upon
mercy and forgiveness : There
fore, .' : , . " i '
Section .1. The General Assent
bbj of North Carolina do enact, That .
no person who may have;, com
mitted any crime, against or ipMoj
lation of the laws. of. tKel3tate of
North Carolina while a member
of, or officer br pretended officer. .
of the Heroes ofAmerica, Lbyal
Union LeagueRed Strings, Con
stitutional tfnioh Guard,) White
Brotherhood j Invisible Empire,
Ku-Klux Klan, North Carolina
State Troops, North Carolina Mili
tia, Jay Hawkers, or any . other
uigauiiauoii ttjwwciauuurj ur m-
sembly, secret or otherwise, poiiti-'
cal or otherwise, by whatever
name known1 or called, in obodi-
ence to the commands, decrees or
determinations j by whatever name
called, of suchprganizatiphs, as
semblies, or in obedience to the
commands, orders or requests of
any one exercising or pretending
to exercise any authority, or pre-
tended authority, by reason ot his
connection or attachment to any
such organization association or
assembly, shall be held to answer -criminally,
for any such crime
agamst or violation of the laws of
North Carolina in fact committed
or charged to'have been commit
ted previous to, the first day of "
September, A. D., one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one,
but every such person shall ; have
full and complete amnesty and
pardon therefor. '
' Sec. 2. That no person who .
may have been a member,officer,or
pretended officer of anyone of the
organizations or assemblies refer
red to in section, one of this act'
shall be held to answer therefor,
but every such person shall have
full and complete amnesty and
pardon therefor.
Sec. 3. That no person shall be
held to answer criminally as ae
cessory either before or after the
tact tor any crime against or vio-;
lation of the laws ot this Stae for
which amnesty aud pardon are
provided in the preceding sec
tionsof this Act, but every such .
rtArami shall have lull aud com
plete amnesty and pardkrn there
for. - ; ;j
t A rPU..i 1 1 ..t fmanf j
indictments or criminal proceed
ings, of whatsoever nature or kindj
now pending tbrauy of thecrimw
against or violations of the la w
of this State for which .auiuesty
and pardon are provided iu tne
preceding sections of this Act,"
shall be forthwith dismissed, aud
rio further criminal proceeding
shall be had against such person
or any of them, for any of said
crimes against , or vioiatioiw of
the laws of this State.
Sec. 5. 1 That this Act sir. ill bo
in force from its ratification.
"Why do honest ' ducks i dip their
heads under water .1 To hquicbts
theirhttle bills.
When is nswspapsr ihi slurp'
est? When itV filod. . -"-'-f
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