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ORIGINAL, POI2TRr.
BY OTJB DTSAKTSVtLLr COBEISPONDEXT.
Accept the shadow. Lady, of your friend,
Th(e subttince noiie would ever have,
" : ' " ' ': " Accept, .
And when above yourAlbum's leaves you bend
Jf this be with its cherished treasures kept,
Olance on it kindly ior misunderstand
Its meanirtfr if ii lean to touch your hand, " -T
unrniug tiie leaf ' ,:
1 Sjnee it would thus express,
And" here in flowers of verse, its thankfulness;
For favors jast.
( The heart within its bosom,
Its poet heart admired the brJal blossom
Spaie; summers since . : ;: ,
. .Now from its inner core, ,s
Likes the young matron mrlnitelj more. " :
The child-wife of its frit nd Jts twofold brother
In arms and c).sour3,Tikes the fond mother,
Seeming herself an elder sister vet, '
Of pretty " Laby Be lie," its darling pet, .
And siveet pra.ller it has ever nieti
It isjs well this privilege of age - ; .-
.cense, ot llie poe in IWs art "
To bit'ittlie lii.s love out on the conscious pae
"Whoever the rapt Yeclinp-may knparu
To love the lovely and to tell them so,
And t ill he tell them not to let tRein go. . ,
Flozelle or Florence, or. no matter whom,
It lit-fchly spiiik ing in life's morning bloom,
Musing o'er the memoiial picture-book,
On this poor image, lady, kindly look. '.' '
Haply years hence, when biill and dark and
'' co'd,
Its heait lies mingled with eanh's kindred
inoiiM. ,
T he heai t that sc Joved your romautic land,
A uu hymned its maidens .
' ' ' ' ' W lien tho wear hand,
That thrilled with jo in love's or friendship's
clas;, .
Or waved the weird pen in its wizard grasp,
Has lost its cuuniriii and is laid to rest;,
Cro.sstd on the quiet unresponsive breast,
Unstrung aud nerveless on the ruined shell,
Whence never more glwd melody shall swell,
And vain the hope that its 'surviving rhyme,
Sounding thro' agei o'er the t de of time,
Shall. on the rushing world's ear riii-; the name,
Victoria when that tic wer in glory's flame,
Transhiled bU-onis in tlie biigin tields ol bliss,
And eunh ictuins no tiace oi her but this.
Rut why this .fad. deep, solemn undertone
To one so young so radiant ? .
. Shall T own
The source from which it wails -the sad low
moan ? -
Is it br'-ause Tm utterly alone?
Or that the raven wing of sorrow known,
I feel its tluidpw pn mv snirit thrown ?
Or does it spring from a foreboding fancy "
That this hue we.iiher if my l;itin Yancey ?
That Inust bi I our little Town farewell
And nevtr here another summer dwell ?
But. thanks to 'OU wherever I may be
"Who made the phice a pleasant homo to me.
Your mountains, meadows, summer's sunset
All that blcoms beairtiful to mind and eye,
Rich tbrests clad in Autumn's rainbow; hue.-!,
Kve's yellow. lustre,- twilight's starry dews,
The hoiy eahivof mooitlight, bending skies,
Sojull of pitying l ve from spirit- eye.,
I sliail iemeinler all, but dear friauds most,
And I thank heaven, not tliat I have a host
But liiat I have a hostess, and regret
That I must leave them, but I'll net forget,
Nor fairy "Lit tie. Belle, my pretty pet.
Nor flowering charms, that lasei'nate? fancy,
And all that ministered to me in Yancey.
And wheu 1 catch sight of the mountains blue,
Their forms shall rise i n radiance to ruy, y iew.
Accept the semblance, Lady friend, I pray,
And think of me llie absent as the dead,
Thus think of me when I am far away, !
fcjhow Delle the shoulder where she laid her
head,
The 'arms in which she slept, the harsli'rough
That softened 'at her presence into grace,
A n,i ever, broke into a smile of love - '
For little children tresh Irom heavea -above..,,.
My Lady-friend, perhaps "akin to me, "
A cousin' in S -me sixty-touith degree,-Star-b'osfiorn
iu the overtopping tree,
Where bloamjaud faddAlie .Jo. SaitU ftiaiily,'
A. cousin tlieu hf bltiixi or courtesy,
My- couiu, s' t:ce I've pra ved the yeiigrw, ' !
'Bi glit eyed and lightly stepping lik a deer,
Ana lAtg thus may you glance and glitter here,
But.canjt you &oft u moment, Ais not iau.eh
Nor'hlirink from the dark woman-hater's touch
If in your h art yc-ucan beiieVe him such,
Nor know the charge is fa be, ;
All Ladies must,
Instinctively. Uiey feel it is unjust, : , ' ) -: i
Light is the '.sun's li!e, aud Uie poet's, love, f
A nd 'woman tU.i:r to him all fclse above,"" '
Ilea vetiV masterpiece; aud lovesh 11 ever lurk,
WhVre' b'Uoiiiti His last and loveliest iuadi-
.;.iv.irk.vj ;ur;'-v r . ''-;.';i.
Could I have oved Tier n.erely, worshiped less,
I nii.hiiiavV Won mau'.s couauiou hyi-ouie.ss,
Could I have lecognied s sioply rm, : p
Not suolicuated her to-the Ideal ,;"
But t ijpisu usU in, w here.aiigels fear to tread,'
Ai.'d'ps taKe hold, where poeta halt iu dread,
Adoring eauiy too diviiiei tor tfceua,'1 . i.1 1 "
Kiuehng in dw?t to. leech her garuieiitflieca,
llctice some, sny srnriia oi ceie;suai ujouju,
Aie n ckoned woinanhaters sierii aud cold,5
Yhile keeuly seilsitiv e losi i Lovv'h eiceas,
Aud dying he a kiss, clasp or eatress;; ' ;
'lili'iluy cou)d tiutsh to bieodiny: the roselips
Snatch haiidUiil : blood spurt iroui the linger-
Crush' the ''ribs in. aud worse than 'Taciu
' ? tigiu - - - ' " ' '" ' 1
Squec the breath out, thus killing (whom ?)
.; J-'-butright,"'i'- ' ' '
I staile but sinile like cue when teardcops dim
' his sight.
fTleinorli aul .all thai in iUi?, dear friend,
And ihis wild. outburst lop, must have au eud,
i liut kvep the hkeneis, u,auhood"s irou heart,
Is molten here, ad When we dwell apart,'
Gazed on, P'r.tjlihg it will return the. gaze,
A-lf it can t o, recalling .happy days.) f yf ,
W lialever lai.e its' prototype -atlsad,
Believe hins; lJady, vhat lie jsj ! u-:-v'-
.til yd ir ,.i r Youb Fjtni3Dr
tic that giveth bey oud his powTr
er hj ; a irodigil ; he, ; that - gi vetli
in "a measure is liberal ; , he; that
givetu "nothing is a niggard.
Earning a Fee.
A DEACON S PLOT; - v
A reason ablv firooa man ' was
Deacbrr Pils6yj as times went, tut
11 ncnaa a weaKness, it was lor
making a tilings jj in general ! go
about as he wanted, them to go,
Not an oyerbeiuing naan by .; any
means,, arid certainly not a violent
one, '-but with " wonderful!' 1 cute
and quite subtle ways of his own,'
by.: which lie" . brought matters
about withoutJetting other-folks
know how .the ttiing ; was done.
When a man is accustomed to
have his own way he makes up
his mind pretty .easily ; f buk there
was one point -O-alj others upon
which Deacon I'ilsey had been
set and fixed for years, andthe
care ot which lay heavy on his
mind, for the time , had came
when,, iii his judgment, some
thing deep required to be plann
ed all his skill exercised in carry
mg'it out. To a mind like 'his
that had taken a perfect; measure
of every other in the village,. and
tor miles around it, ! there could
be little difficulty in selecting his
topis and assistants, and he had
no, need : of counsellors. That
w;as how he came to bq talking so
confidentially jwifii Joe Gaines,, as
the two stood ibyjthe yard ..gate.,".
" Why, Deacon," caid Joe, " I
always thought you liked Bob
i Iu niph rey. He'e ati p-top fel low
and a good match for any girl I
know of." ';..
' So he is, so he is," said the
deacon. " Can't say a word agin
him. Knew him lrom a boy.
Can't forbid him the house or any
of that sort of nonsense; but then
he can't have Irene Wver."
u I don't see how vou'll helrit.
dian, and she's about of age." .
" Not for a year y et, that's how
the will reads and site's in 'my
house, 3'ou know. 1 guess I: can
fix some thingsy'speeialry if you'll
turn iu aud help me. You're a
lawyer, Joe Gaines, biit you're a
young one yet, "and I'll give . you
the fattest fee you ever dreamed
of, if you'll only hitch teams with
me and see that xob Humphrey
don't ge,t the upper hand."
i " Well, if, that's what you're af
ter, so it's, all right and square,
I'd ae lief earn a fee one way as
another. What's your program
mer' - ' - :
4 Well, you know, there's nigh
unto thirty thousand dollars com
ing to .Irene Yvyer,- in her own
right, and I've took the beet kind
of keer of it. It s bin a mighty
slight of trouble, and all alou I've
thought of my son Scott." . .,
" Scott Pijsey V' , iuterrupted
.joe. u Why he's - in California'
He Woii't long.. He's com-
ng honie . inside, ot . sirnonth, 1
antl'I a'lit' foeep Ire he safe for J
hi m . T h ey used' to 1 15b ?bnder-
fui thick, and he writ to herj-egu-
liir' ever so long - aner ne went
awayj and she to him.
'! Do .they correspond now ?"
'asked; Joe,-f uAi . '. 'h-
. " No. not now. There's, the-
rub. ' That's bye reason I'm look
ing so ' sh a rp after Bob. ' "Now I
want you'to just take hold arid
try; and: keep Bob off -tilt Scott
gets bak.j .Won't -be i long and
Irene a'tn't such bad company. iKb
LOW. 7 - , . !-, . f.,,.,,;,
' 44 1 ' don't ' khow," savd Joe.'
i 1 There's Maggie a'tid hfer mpiti
en : I couldn't be partictt larh: at
teutive.r to Irene. i. without1 their
knowing it. r And j Bol?; Jl.umr
phrey'will be round ;Jmost ojt the:
tinie, and 'it wouJt be long before
i . . . i
I have ihe whole village talking
th eurri atteVuj. : J : - l . " ' ' '' ; ' " ' J i '
JNever.mind that; Joe, never
mindxthat. t It'll . - ba -11 .rigllt
illiii-J1 ' ? . -. . Till
Avhen bcott gets Jiome. yn giye
yotr the' biggest kind of a 'tee.'.
. Well; deacon;" :cooly 1 renlled
the young lawyer, t4 it's a 'pretty
tough :cas0," but I'll I take: it; .oil
one couuuion.; -rulvh.i .iH
j " Whatts that ?"r j. :t .
I Why; w long ak'itaoTy furiT
and 11 that PH go -aheHdbut; If
it seems l as' it J. waa 'tloinSr'anV'
Jhaxm, anything real bad, you
i . .... - "
knbwf;I'mi to be? at diberty - to
backoiut."' iav; ; , t i,
? a:Welli 1 1 don't 'in i nd,; so long
as .yon let me know in time."
And so the deacon and the law
yer, discussedTtheir plot to their
satisfaction,; and - when all - Was
settled,- the latter tookhisway
down .the broad and grass-grown
street of the villaoe. (
i " The old i shark !" he mu ttered
as? he strolled leisurely along.'
What on earth pat it" into5 his
plotting old head to pitch on me
for; his tool ?" Ee never was
more'n half decent to me before.
I reckon I'll earn my fee; bat I'll
be fair and square with Bob Hum
ph reyl- What would Irene say if
she; kn e w w ha t was up ? Wo u 1 d n t'
tjiose black eves 'of -s hers- strike
fire?" ' ;-..(v - .
Now it happened, that of late,
unknown perhaps, to the deacon,
there had been growing up more
than a little closeness of intimacy
between ... Joe Gaines - and Bob
Humphrey, and that: it was
treachery to his friends aswell as
unfairness to the pretty heiress,-'
to wiiich the lawyer had 'allowed
himself to be bribed by the dea
con's promised fee. .
A deep fellow was Joe Gaines,
and a marvellous manipulator of
soci a 1 afiai rs. Agai n an & agai n ,
as days and weeks went by," did
Deacon Pilsey congratulate him-i
self, on. his admirable selection, 1
and chuckle in his - inmost' -being'-i
as he witnessed the well-contrived
success of, Joe's manoeuvres.
There' were , pic nics and drives
and parties and entertainments of
various kinds, but in vain did
Bob Humphrey invite or propose ;
the young lawyer wras sure to be
beforehand with him, and it al
most seemed as if sweet,: unas-
con s uaugnter, iiau jomea xne
secret league against her friend
Irene, so often was the :same ex
cuse devised by which she was
made to appear in the Matter's
stead. - . r
Then, too, were the home even
ings at deacon's nouse, when the
subtle-minded plotter could! have
hugged himself with satisfaction
as he sat by and witnessed' with
his own eyes the admirable.man
ncr in which Joe Gaines worked
for hie fee. r
" It takes a lawyer, after t all, :'
said he to iiimself. ;"f I donft care
much what he charges. I only
hope he'll keep it up that way, till
Scott gits home again. And
then ; to see Bob ' Humphrey!
-Why the fellow's got -the perse
verance of the saints, but he ain't
nowhere with Joe Gaines '1 "
As for Irene -'Wyer' lierself, her
red lins -laughed and pouted: and
her : bright blaclc eyea sparklecW
and deepened, and herdife .seer
ed'fiowiug onward very pleaoCiit-
4y, as ii no ueep iaiu piui aim
i r'tt a l- i J L' I :i... :;T
scliemings naa any-power ovr
her or her happiness.' Moreover;
through it all, Joe Gaines seemed
to maintain the most complete ex
ternal semblance of trank-hearted
fri'eiidshib with Bob HtimphVey.
Old as it mav- seeni; the i Voung
lawyer 'also found tliat his -Trac-;
tice Had undergone, a verv sen-
si ble, increase caused, main ly Kh s
the warm,
though
covert fen
co hi i uriis , whi ch' th e go dd. deaco n '
heart1 compelled hlrrr to'Urter here
and tuere,4nilis 'keen apprecia
tion onus yoangrfnendp s tacttud
management. n :!; !!
Time will fly,nhowever, tarid
the mails brought 'at1 last id the
PJsnr hnmptpa the welcome
,.Ptv thnfatK absent hone'andiieir
,..,1.1 ielrfltr: fnfnrni' -.J 'hrirn
- r -
"were letters frpm Scott Pilsey to
his mother, and? his sister; J!Oaggie,
. . i .nr l
aud to each, doubtlesl some' mat'
pose1
age; hut,at last, ori a morning
.when all thin.weinia.tept
al most painYul expectancy pf t his
arrival; hot the ordiiiary "stage
coach , but a private hi red carriage,
and to Irene " Wyer, aud even ,to
iiis old icrorrtes-aiid - fcliocmates
Job Gaines5 arid Bob1 HumphrevV
4-nr. .f . ., I infapnDtfA,r.niiimni mfillt i OH' TUU- UOUOU
me-ite '-.-., u t h will be ail I can d to meet it, ,
??lo'rno Skv;,
railway trains as iet vexed thVW LthPpe LwUl sector t the tai
heavy with trunks and packages,
brought cott Pllsey to his fa
thers home. ;
; Iri an instant thejlittle verandah
was'full of those who awaited
him, but when .'th e deacan's tall,
sun-burned; and r bushyrheaded
son sprang out upon the grass,
he turned his back' to the veran
dah for a moment while he aid
ed the movements of a graceful 1,
-w ell-favored.; darkjjfeatured young
lady, who followed him, and
whom, even in the first marmth
of his u welcome home" he intro
duced as rriv wire, m vx Lucia."
Maggie Pilsey hugged her and
kissed her, 1 and
so am irene
Wver, and so, in aj
moment more,
did old Mrs. Pilsey, and the Dea
con was too wise a man to seem
altogether astonished while Joe
Gaines and Bob Humphery were
fairly boisterous. In fact Scott
Pilsey's Califo'rnia' bride was so
overcome by the warmth of her
greeting that the poor thing for
got her pride, and burstinto tears.
In half a minute after that, there
wasn't ' a lady visible, and then
Bob and Joe knew enough to
leave the deacon and ins son to
themselves. The young men
walked oft arm in! arm, but they
were back again; before, the .day
was over. ' ;;-;- . '', '
-The deacon's face was a trifle
serious,' but not exactly cloudy,
and before'lorig he managed to
get Joe Gaines byhimself for a
bit of private conversation.
" And so, Joe,"
and the rest knew
saia ne, von
all about this
matter of Scott's some time asro ?
4i Well, yes ; Irene told me. in
confidence, and then, ' when they
wTrote and told, Scott how matters
were here, he wrote to congratu
late us, aiid begged us not to
. TIT
all thafT-you
know." . I '
u Ahem ! well no no 1 can't
say; perhaps not.
I can't be
mad with Scott
br she's brought
him a bir- ranclie and
J
a mine.;
but what am I to
,-
do with you
owl I like Bob
II Cim ph rev fi rst
like Bob and
rate I all ers did
now it can't be Scott, I. don't-see
as I ort to interfere. You've
arned my fee, and I'lLpay it; but
then you see, there am t no more
use." . . ' ! ,
" Oh, no, not a bit," interrupt
ed Joe. " Bob is a good fellow,
and he and Maggie are. just 'suited
Irene and I think that Maggie
couldn't have made" a better
match, and we think Scotr's done
splendidly well.4.'
: , " Irene - and you!" exciaimeu
the deacon. '
u Yes, of course. Pve ex
in-
ed to Irene that 1
tee. i I told her at
can't lose my
the beginning,
must earn it.
and; she said I
Seems to me I've,
done that,- but
PH let vou up." ' ' -
" Done itS exclaimed the dea
con,: '".Wellj yeii Joe, 'on' tlie
whole 1 should rather be mciinea
to say r rather guess I tliink you
have. - Yes4you aud Irene W
-you
Tbe'Value of a Newspaper.
' The following is the experience
nf fi mechanic concerning the
benefit ofa newspaper.:
' Ten years" ago I lived in a town
in Indiana.
On returning. hoHne
one night, -f
or I. am a carpenter
JmtraJe liaw a little girbileav.e
imy door, and;!, askeu my wue
who she- .was. I fohe , wu, -iur3.
Harris had sent, her after their
1 newspaper, .
whichi? my. wife had
borrowed. ' As we sat down to tea
i , ' t ' '
.m V WlIC SaiU lO me, U V ; i
i id wish ,;yqa would subscribe
comf brt .to me Avhen you are away
from home. .
' fl would like to do bo, -said
Ic 41 but you knowv I owe a pay-
anu low .ii
ti l subdcrioed ior ino paper -r iu
caue in, jdue tmej-.to the shop.
Vhlle resting. duo noon and look
in over it, I saw aii advertise
ment of the County Commission.
nf fhh H'iU ! lor to pay ior ivc ;w
ers to let a bridge that was: t(H be
built. I put in a bid for the, bridge
and the job was awarded to me, on
which I chared $300; which jenal
bled me to pay for my hoasie and
lot easily, and for the newspaper;
If I had not subscribed focLthe
newspaper I "should not M.ayQ
known anything aboht J the fcoii'i
tract, tmd could wot have met rrijJ
payment on my house arid lot.'
A mechanic never loses anything
by taking a newspaper. ; n
Blount Shasta..
In the northern part of Califor
nia, unfrequented by the ubiqtlit-'
oiis tourist, and as yet scarcely!
touched by the pen ot the jycrjr
tile Bohemian, lies a region
which, in the granduerahd varie
ty of its mountain scenery, is sug
gestive of the marvelous glacial I
districts of the Alps. . Mr nnt;
B lance, the Jungfrau and the
Matterhorn were alUuncouscipus
ly suggested to me as I caught a
full view ot the rugged enoWy
peaksof Shasta, standing like . a..
sen tinel at the gate of the richf
S aCrarhento valley, differing radi- 4
cally from the Yosemite in j the1
character of its landscapes, itjhasi
everything to gain and. little?
to lose by the comparisons
Around its base, magnificently
watered and wooded, lies ' pne pf '
finest hunting aud pasture1
grounds of the Continent; wjiile '
rising up to a height of , 1444fi!t
feet is one of the most remarkable ,
regions of volcanic desolation boy
in existence. The brilliatjtv
hues of the trees near the 1 base
made a sort of wild mosaic of the '
forest before uslhe colors changl
ing successively to a somber gray
U-d nlyj? vthv-. jme, apd.a rTRfigy
at wThich it seemed to me that 1
should never grow weary of gaz'
ing. But a nudge - and a . word
from the driver assured us
that
the sreat lumbering
stage
on
which we were seated was ap- ;
proaching J' Sisson V This is a"1 j
station on the (Jalitornia ana
Oregon stage-road: 225 miles r
north of Sacramento, 75. mff P
which distance we had just staged (
from Bedding, on the California;1
and Oregon branch of the Central r j
Oac;fic Railway. It has aneleva i
tion of 3,500 feet above sea jevelj: .
and is our point of departure tor-
the mountain.; Sisson provides
horses, blankets: provisions, and
a guide-the last not thelea9t e'r !
sentiai, lor it is over eiguieu
miles to that coveted summit;lana
half of that must be traversed on
foot, along tortuous and rngge&u
paths. Many a time before Jivast.
uone ine asceui, x .niuugijw ;-tf,
Goethe's words :-uIIeight3; chirnj'
us; the steps that lead'to them -ddf5 1 j
not. , ; fi.i; it'iVin A
The.ride towards the top of tKS
mountaiixis very: beautiful iepevi j
jially in.the la evening! ofj theo
year. The- leaves of the .aspen-Vt
willow, mountain man ogv ixviuim
balni pfj,Gilead haye Jost : thcird
vivefl green,! so remarkablei'jear-.ii j
Her in.the.reuinmeriaiid-ilt-i-has:!' -been
succeeded by a rich delicate
orange, a blended green and yel it
leyVor an apple-red.:.: These h.es i
quisue: nues,,mingieurtwitw::uiHf -heatlier
.greeu i of i'.tfco pinsi tkQ
briglitgTazed of the silver iiiirs,
a k a. . ;- A X f m . 4 , .
give, anjauracnye , variety-iijv. m-.-beautif'u(
contrast of.colors'rarclf
seen'eJsewHere ; jTheaspeu-Jeavesit
especiailyi tinted with goldenjand
orange,', and sensitive! to .thT'
si ightest : breath . of ;.wind, Beem7 :
hke 'ravriads of gaudy , butterflies l
jfluUenhg in the; sunlight. tisTheT
: liniljs i of the aspen Vare Bmoothl!
ahii glistening and of :a delicate
grayist wnue, oeauuiuiiy wmtn
piementing me.. uaris, whiiuhicu.'.
bark; of the Surrounding ;tamfcrri i
ous.giantp ; one suggestingfenifi
Iniue beauty, grace and tinndity.;:
the other, masculine etrengtb,'and ;i
thc 'eettled harshness i pfr?fealprd r
which cornea of exposuro tO'wind:,
and Aveathen--Ttoma Mq&JM
A few books I well chosen are
pf more use that a great li Drary.
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