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BY MARY E. LAMBERT.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
AT LAW,
Durham. N. C.
imMiiAii 1pao laid, in vour-brain,
i j 5 iiright hopes mny soon ttwaVe.jt
! ! You oea the goal, but re'er 4 path,
!; Then find a way, or mike it. j
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To get the eoioanut's rich meat, s
The ekU is hard you break it; .
The fragrant leaf its odor holds
Until you bruise or shake it.
true
of prying gentleness towai da him,i;itiatJ Wfi were both wca'thy.al npi. aeverand I learned to love her with
seemea a wondertul comtort. Frotn 1 lut my hand to wo,rK, --so d m suaaea gi-terlv love
treating me with .the stitjlj coutttsj Le me I was dearer to. htm, je1pted;as.,:, -They were kind in this, that when they
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- ATTOltN'KY
- . S ' . a5' ' S'r Untrodden is the path you choose
Will practice in tue oup:iu wu.. . y()U may be W18e t0 taice ir;
" Alamance, Oranga, and Person. 5 But look ahead all danger see,
All bubinesu pomptly attended to. 11-X-in, AqJ tljenjy0U may escupe it.
TOlXKX W AT S0X, - I AmouDtain, far too steep to climb!
fj A T'l O R H E - A i " V I ' WeU, then, don't fry ana no , ,
Will attend Durham every Wednesday and j- Qr patientiy dlg tiirough it.
enn be seen at nis , omce in. ipe
every other day. j ,
A . (J It A II A Mi
. ITTOKXir AT LAW I
, llilldbpro, JJ. C.
Will 'ha at lhirham every Wednesday
h ran he seen at his office over
Htvron store. Ofljce also in JliUpboro
Claims collected in all vartt of th fcUta
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Ami Ileal E-sMe Ayerd, Durhajiu, N. C.
Special utteulion given to tha ollection
of claims. , (' ,
Off ice under PUiders Warehouse.- 9-tf.
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Practice limited to eye, ear and threat.
O Vice -over l'escud, . Lie & Cy's Drug
More. : : .. --
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" blJHOlOAL AM MECHANICAL
11 wark warranted to git ' satiqfciction,
Office rer kwleHk VuttsMore.
M ISC ELL A NEOfSy
A fend, you say, hut ne'er a gate ? ; i
What can you do ? you wonder.. : t
Just scale tha WiU; mount, if v ou can,
Aud if you can't, crawl under 1.
Your way is mnddy ? Wait a while,
. Lt wind, and Kunshice drjrit ; : .
Still," wait not for another nun, ' ; ,
To see some comrade try it.
driver deep, you cannot swim j
No keamer there, you know it?
.Well, it' there id no other way,
Build vour.own bo.tt, and row it,
Nay, lad, wo know the way is hard
Down hill, aud up steep mountain ;
And oft you'll drink from nindly stream,
: For wat of teome cl;ar fouata'ia.
Go down, and you'll have many a kick,
Go rp, and some will push you.
But wia your way, and praise will fime
From those who tried to crush you.
False praise is but a phosphorus gleam.
: For fiiue v e oft mistake it ;
Still, for a 'while it light 'cur way, .
Until we overtake it.
Dou't hide your talent tiirough a fer,'
But bravely 'g and stane it.
Wear out, don't rust to reueh your goal,
Lad, find a way, or make it.
One InT'service.
ANNA SHIELDS.
BALTILIOKS,
Uccommodutes three Imn-
TERMS, $V&4.nOler Say.
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A. W. Orihar , U Hamilton.
ii;s'j:ia:t()K agsnts
"lhcy nlso-eerve vrlto ouly stand and wait.''
"I have said it over and ovr again,
taking into my heart, bo long tortured,
so loug peaceful, all the cimfort the
words contain. HaTO I also servrd, m
f wnt v veara of wa.itiiiE'. at Erst Do pest-
less arid important, and afterwards so full .! not koww. bcr
of a hope not boru of thii trorl , that I
could bear my. cross patiently.
Twenty, jear! They have been kind
to ma to-day, and told me frankly that
I shall soon Lave the e'.crnal rest tliat
bseryed to all ladiea, he glided eisfly
and gradually iatb . frieadsLip, "and had
pet name for me. all more, or Iess'da
scribing cotufart. . .
' ;IIe ha3 bev'h "oaf guost for six weeks
when he asked -me ti be his wife and
tiien I knew I laved him. Ah! howl
loved him ! Even now, ; looking back
over the long years that have pissed,
my heart gives a qukk trembling mem
ory to that love gf mv girihood. "eZ'JL4
Father was delighted. His own
wealth wia too great fr ; Rundall's for
tune to be of much moment to hitnf b'it
the soa of lii.s old friead was a most
wekome suitur to his daughter.
Weddin' preparations went forward
without nuch attention f-rom" Kandall or
myself. We prefer red to sit upon the
wi le poach and weave roniant'c vibions
of future happHie s. lie told m much
of his travels in Europe, where he spend
three . years after. ' his father died, and
often the gloom would deepen on his
face ad he spoke, uctil -I r estled my
hand in his, ajid lie would stir: to smile
and say :
We will revisit all the old spots,
Helena, my littleomfoiter !"
One day I ventured to aik what was
the past sorrow I comforied, hut he only
sa d, very gently:
"As it is pas', let it die !"
And'aftcr that I asked do more.
Oar wedding day was set for Novem
ber, and we were expecting Aunt Julia
home for the ceremony. She .was my
mother's sister, aid had goio to Italy
for pulmonary, trouble. There she had
niarried'a wealthy jNew l'ork meiohant,
a widower' with, one daughter, but I Lad
never seen this new coueiu, and Aunt
Julia beiug a bad. correspondent I did
Gist nauie. her s'iconJ
be'ug Smith.
was, than anjutber 'ever c6id be. rv! were married, I? whole year later, they
It was a misty future, b,ut'-a' euiFrt- -went away and traveled many 'months,
to
cjmieg no more
; it' ' f ! J
ing present. Every day. rwasj p irtly often writing,- fcut
dressed, lilted to an easy-chair, a biiu : Locust Grove till my wee namesake,
iwl as thrown. over my ay, and their eldest born, was nearly a year
ing white wraprert about me 0uT V .. : '
liant bha
beomrnin
Lhad my hair twisted into, eur, and j I have i)orie dowir hi the misery of
Randa l would kiss my disfigured r fi.ee-"tlia.riosp' past tirS iate gathered
and tell tn the beauty it held "fsr lira ; abou. tfcV-o-ISs, litveeS;erj left fcr
itcmldnev.r lo.-e. r i jlwtjyjiSrne- fnjiffi&y yh
MVard46tieT& belfljiTSaif It may 00fto me'for advice, and more materi-
have been, but, ch ! how tender he was.
Every day he sent me fljwers, hooks
raro fruits, pretty -tokens of watchful
Iot.
Our wedding having been so terribly
interrupted, Aunt Julia Smith had cot
appeared at Locust Grove, though we
knew she Was in New York. Rut in
February she wrote, off:iing us aj visit,
al aid many who come j only to rest a
little from the heat and toil of the dty,
in my quiet abode. ;
My deir mother, who is now white"
haired and wrinkled, had been my con
stant companion is all the years I have
been a prisoner here, and my godchild,
Helena, little iEllie, has been the very
and mother gladly welcomed her. She. ;
J . . . . i . link thoro i nn art1iltf love that IS
came into my room, followed by a bean- f . '
tiful girl, olsr than myself. Kaadall j 6 ,6, . , . w
,fe ' , , ,. i ., prospect of the coming separation v m-
was beside me, and looking frjin the , r r .1Q.,
- , , I , : dall and Lcnore have been to eee nie, to
face ot Lenore Smitti to tae racejoi my
bid me farewell.
EUie will stay here till the last .part;
ing from each comes to release me. , M:
thsr, my faithful nurse, cetec leaves
me.
An l so, ail sorrows conquered," all
earthly .ties gently loosened, all suffering
trnna T pan f ilmlv f-APCk lllft aDTrOAChof
presently at my first suspicion. There , to my heart the pVecious
was ansoiuu-.y. uu.u og u - W(,r(j3 &f colnfo;t
build my theory, and yet eouid nots
shake it cfF. It was a week later
betrothed, I knew they. held a past to-,
gether in painful memory kuaw it ! j
They were quie ly courteous, acknowl
edging a past acquaintance, of which
Aunt Julia evidently knew nothing, but
they spoke l;ut 1 ttlelo each other.
I, watching them keenly, laughed
j it mother had a letter describing
her its very beautiful, tal'j Juno like, and
dark, j ' i ', i, a -ii-u.
''You'must at leaU select your wed
i
(.tffcr their amices to the eitiienejof Orange
nnd adjoining counties; j, i
bey represent ten first-clafls f ire lnsu
has long been my only hope. El ie ain5 ;are. 8,10 l0ime- "Awaaa
, i -e - . is coin' to New Yo:k on Vednesd y,
rtb over nin if snra 3 L'rcat eirrow 1 . -
uvw - .
had come, iustead of the jo it seems t
j and will' l ot rc'ui n till the weddirrg day.
raneo
faction
inc.-'" Rut while I soltly whipr words
of comfort to be", I know she will sro:ii
become recouci'ed to her 'not f jr
getting h'er-old frieiid and g idmoth i-,
Ccmpauiea, aud guarantee mtire wti. put thinking of hrr only as a memory.
X'or rjuie is uul eiguit3ii, iiuu inci c io u,
Call on us and we willigiv you
the worth of your money; ? .; - '
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S. H. WEBB Co.,
IS SELLING'ODT
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NOW IS THE TIME TO jET:
BAHRAIN'S
love in her young heart tz strongest
and truest that comes ti .a woman' p
life. : .' . " : ; !'
T was eighteen when I, too, loved,
and was we'l beloved. My suitor was a
gentleman of whom my father onU-
knew that lie wai the son of an oD
friend, who, years before, ha-l gone to
South'America, and a ,iassed a fortunts
in the sugar aud coff- e trace;
U heu the son, Eandalj Wi lard, canw
to New Y'ork,' orphaned and wealthy, he
nrought a letter to my father, an 1 papa
invited him ato.ice to maSe us a visit
-at our home on' the Hudson Locust
Grove.
Youpg
tis ho was then probably
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ELSEWHERE 1
BOFT f OS&ET THE PLACE-
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twanty-'our or five Kandall Wiliard
had the re-dless, unsatisfied expvession
of one who has borne sorrow, .and borne
it impatiently, resentfully. lie was sub
ject to fits of ubstract cn, to sudden
siariK, to random answeis uyide to tti-
fiiuij questions.
"1 1 at ease," mamma called him, "and
Vet he was uevtr awkward, Diver want
ing in the gtnt'o couitesieg of true re
finement."
To nic, just from boarding-school,
with my head full of lron and. Shelly
he was a rentable hero. I was more ot
a etji.d tlian even my cigntecn years
warranted, having been in very delicate
health always, aiid consequently greatly
petted. My education had b;o:i con
ducted at home with m sters, under my
dear mother' iOwn uidar.ca, exeer t;ng'
one year' at a, jfinihhiDg sctieol in New
Y
orit.
From there
R. BROUGHT ON
03ilIClC LAYER
, AND ' '
1 !''; ;'FLASTSHM'
and all kind of ' . ' ,
I jtMstKM r: n on a
V done ou short notice and upon the most rea-
wnabhj terms.! 1 rUl coi tract for fork and
furnish material wh desired. ?
Jxing experience under the ni! skills!
workman warrants me in gnaraute'eing sut
irtfnetion. I refer to thote lcr whom I hare
I l ad just returned in
June fcr the Summer vacation, when my
father invited Kandall Wiliard ta be our
gmst. . . ' '. ,
; Now, I was ntt a wonderful person iu
afiy way; I was pretty, blonde, petite'
aud had the ediic .tian of a geutiewor
man, 0 I sang a little, pla-ed passably,
spoke very imperfect German and
French, and was & fair specimen of
American girlhood,
j But I had a; tetder, sensitive l eait,
and I opened if- for the imaginary woe9
'"I will ask hi;n to be our cscott.and papa i
will bring us home at dinner tiu.e."
I' cop's. L ted,, and early Yednes lay
moruing w e slarted for the city. Oh;
thit day 1 That last,! last day girl
hood, of l)sppincss, of life ! Every in
cident stands out ip: my ! memory with
he clearness '.-of a . painting. I forgot
nothing.
Kandall kept with u?, spite of my
blushing prot'estations. aided in the se-
lectioa ot the ric:i creamy tilk I was to
weir, the flowers for my wreath, the ex
quisite lac? vei'. ' Eandall escorted us to
a re.staHrant where we h id luncheon,
and I can recall all the! pleasant chat
that filled every moment.
At the depot he left us in fatter's
care, and I felt hi.i lingering hand prr6-
sure.as he whispered:
"They ae cruel to exile me, but wheu
I' come next time thero will be' no more
parting."
Audi bolieye him, and answered,
softly : .. '-, '
"I sl.a'l bo glad, Raniall' !
We were nearly at the end of our
short journey; wheu t here wos a crabh, a
confused eouud of breaking, and. I filt
something that seemed grinding my 1
to powder. 1
For weeks T knew no moro. When
conscionsntss returned I was in my own
room, with mother watching; nie. 1
looked stupidly at her heavy blaek dress,
and tried to move.
I cannot I cannot even now write of
that wakeuing to the fact that I was
fatherless, crippled, disfigure! !
It was so bitter fo bitter ! I could
weep now for that pocr child lying there
helpless, with alt her giilhoosJ crushed
outof.berv Father was killed instmtlj ;
I was horril ly mangle 1, both legs hav
iutr to he amputated, and my face terri
bly cut and bruised, tut mothev escaped
1 il 1 - J !.... l.
uumjureu. . now sue uiuuiutu mai tus
had only two minuses before given me
her seat I could n'ever tell.
Tut into my numb despair came a j y
uuutterahlo when; Kandall knelt beide
me and b-de me 1 ve fr his sake. I
was lar too feeble !o realize the sacrifi e
the words implied, could only teel the
deep, deep delight of his presence, Lis
love. . '. . , :
As I became str mger, w'.th a hope of
one day moving about on crutches, Re
quite j
when
there came out one of the soltj sunshiny
d y that cheat us into hoping lor- an
early spring, and mother, for the first
time wheeled my ; chair out of my rcom
into a sitting-room across the haiujwhera
the sunshine lay upon the windowsl Put
ting me ch se in the deep witdow ecss,
!:e l'jughiti''!y complied with my rjsqucst
ifo. dron the heavv curtains beyond me,
and let me erjoy alone tlie sight jof the
out door world. , J
I was dreani!y. cjijiyLngt when I
heard Kandjll's voice in the- room.
"At least, you owe me nn estima
tion !" ho said.
And then the voice of Lonon Smith,
cold but gentle, answered him. i
"They also serve who only sUh and
. . ,
wait.
"Itjs useless to recall t'le past," the
6aid "M f Uhei's heart was net-upon
... . , , . i
my wedding mj cou-i i, anl tie oitiy m-t.-nded
to autieipate' a -truth whei he
tr Id you I was engaged to hi in."
'Then you i ever meant' to play me
false, to encourage my love' only to cast
it off?1'
.'Never ! In sinip'o justice to myself,
I must deny that charge. I loved rou U'
"And you come to me, fre , too late !"
Oh, the mourning agony of the strain
ed vnica ! Mv heart crew cold to I hear
. - j c
it.
"Tod late Lenore repeated ; "you
cannot add to the birden of that young,
stricken life any pain it would cos her
to know you fake, Kanda'l ; dear friend,
be true.be brave."). ' j
"D.o rot fear for tne' he said. "Even
f jr the precious treasure of your love, I
wou',d rot add one feather weight to
Helena's sorrow. She loves me. IL av.
en deal with me Tti Lam faihful to
her:' i . ' ' ' j
Then with a firm hand I parted the
curtains, and they jaw me. A deadly
paLor came upon both faces as if detcet
ed in soma guilty conspiracy; but I
I could smile !
Lenore 1" I 6ii 1, and she earn to my
side instantly. "Lsnore, I hava never
oneo intended to accept the the gacrifiee
of Randall's life. His ten!cr oare of
311 :VS S'WBY.
"We've been nrarred jufct a twelve
month, cotoo next Friday, haven't wc
Jennie?" '
"Jmt twelve months, John '."
11a was standing in the doorway, my
handsome you-g husband, his dinner
basket on his arm, hi? honest eyes ell
adow with; l ive an J deligh'. , ,
; "Just a twelve month', aql how I'va
got a-baby as well Ma-wi!", Oh,. Jen
nie, girlie, I'm tho Inppiest man alive
co e here and kis me bolor I go, and
tell me whit y.uv woull l'o me to gipe
you on lUC tniuvcrsaiy u uui btuii
dvty." ; .
"What's tho use, John," I said, as
I receive t the kiss; "you know you
haven't an extra shi I'm ti spire .
"to I di; but we'll p'ay ai inaki b?
jieve, asc iil Iren do. What would you
like t J have provided you eould have
it? Speak cut, "irlie 1"
I laughed and lell to thinking.
"Lei me see. There is so many
things I want John, 'tis liar i to decide;
but 1 Jhink 1M take that pattern of
brown silk that we locked aj. the other
day at WiUm's."
"AH right ; anl what for baby I'
'Oh. a christening robe, of cjurse."
iMy husband's bn.wn eye3 danced.
"Poor J nnie," he sa d, "I'm afraid
you'll noi get'em, unless we keep up
our game of maVcbelitye. By-and-by ;
take good care of Blossom," And with
a kifs of us both he was gone.
I got baby to sleep and fell to work
coining my kitchen and baking my
tar's. We couli rot afford keeping a
servant, John's wages being small and
I bad all the house work on my handi,
but 1 did not mind it at all, I.' love mj
husband, md he loved me, and a hap
pier coup'e did njt live !
In the midst of my buy work in
oomes Mia Dorc is Dent, an old friend
of my mother'.".
Au old mail, toowas Misi Do-oa-, a
gTeat scoffer at m itrttnoiy and at. man-
Miss Dorcas shook her ' ample sides
with sarcastic Uoghter. -.
4Never squandered a penny !' she re
peated", 'ani aercr stays -oat
o'nights, and goej gallivanting round
the towa with other women, and ye a
sitting ot home a dirning his stocking?
Don't tell me about'em, : Jennie th e
good husbands I know'eta. I haven't
got two eye for nothtlfg. Didn't I Bee
John only night before laat awalking,
down towny and another woman beside I ha
John V raspe'd, olinT h
you must be miataken." .
I never mistake." " Twas your
John." V
"And who was the woman?"
"Can't tell didn't see her face."
When Jchn came home to' supper I
determined to ask him ; but a feeling
of fcbame kept me sileut while we were
at the tab'e, and the minute he was
done he arose and took down his hat.
"Why, John," I asked, "are you
going out again? At.d it is raining,
too." :. , '-,
"So it is, but I must go to-night
Jennie." ' :
iWbat for, John?"
His eyes fell and he turned from me
in evlJent confusion.
Well you se, dou't ask me, Jennie,
I've promised to go. that's all; ktrt 1
shan't have to go again, maybe."
. My foolish, jealous hear f rose into my
throat, and I'stood hurt and lilent.
JohA kissed me, and kissed baby in
beivcrib. ' Then be to k off his his coat
and threw it on the chair.
"If you don't , feel too tired, little
wife, you might. Cisten in that lev9
!ining I'll wear my th;ck eoat to night."
lie wa- geo; and ; after clearing
away our smaU able, I sat down to
think, and soon noacjs myself miserable
enough. At last I, thought of . John's
coat and picked it up to 'mend it. It
was hi3 best coat, which he had only
aim fer cmimon "wear a few days be-
ffore. Ia'bruthing off IM duSt"! " hewd
rustle of paper in the breast pocket.
Is there a wife loyal enough unfeminine
enough, to rofrain from prying into the
secrets of her husband'n pockets when
she has chance?
'" I d:ew the rustling paper funh. It
was a note dainty, three cornered
affair, with a rose bul on the seal.
I Io ked at the direction, John Day
ton, my own husband's name written in
fino feminine character.
A sharp pang pierced my heart
mist dimmed mv eves, what woman
is this who dared to write to my bus
hand? I must know. I had a ri 'lit to
know, I tora open the tiny sheet
My dearest John :. Do not tail to
cone to niaht. I am alone, and 6hal
look for you ..
, I could not read another word
bliudnesj like that of death filled my
eyes, a fain't, "'.horrible, sickness
erect over me. Misj Dorcas had told
me the truth. John was untrue to me
And I ha I loved him so !
I crushed the fatal note into my
pocket and caught my iliak 'and hat.
Come, -baby, I sobbed,' driven out o1.
my senses for a minute by my terrible
p iio, ws will g . When he co.n lie
shall find us g ine.
I gathered up the little one, and
wrapped her in a heavy shawl ; then
we left our cheerful fireside, and set
forth through the pelting rain.
"Why? what in the name of wonder
haa brought yju out to nigat?" cried
uiy father w'.im we entered the
at the bottom of the; tinted sheet caught
tay eye for thecjlrjt tinfe. I grew" liot
with shamo from head to ' fool. The
letter was my ow, written to John 'by
hny own hind in the day Of - ar court-
ship. I fell upon mother's bosom ani
burst into lears.
"Cjrr.e, Jennie, gather up the child,
and I'll go home with you," said.'tny
Jather. "Now don't yo feel 'chemp'r J
V-Idid not; I enly elt supremely
ppy. Home we trudged through tha
dark fcnd -rain. John - met 'tis &t the
ctoor." " '
with
' kind iu generil.
"So you're li.rl at it, Jean'e' she
sa'd, sittin- down and throwing back
her bonnet strings, '-a dragging yonridf
j to d ath, a id that child on your Irnd,
too? Sum a trim, h.ndsom.- lass at you
used to be. and look ta you now ! A poor.
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through my life my husband never 1" j faggled alati em ! W hit a looi you was
"You cannot throw me ofiT' tojiiarry, Jennie '..Weren't yo i, now?''
"Jlui I can aid will. Here and now, j "No, indeed, Miss Drca-i ; I'd d the
I vow as folemnly as ever devoted Irow- ' same thing over again i j-moir.
his erippled lova ha been very sweet to
me, but I did not dream I wa taking
his heart f i om one more worthy."
''Even I will not let you say fiat,"
said llandall. . ' '
"But you must," I persisted; you
will be my fiiend, my brother, I hope,
sitting room. ''And you've brought
the cuil J, too I What up ?"
I shrank dowu beside ury mother, hnd
began to sob orft my misery, my head
upon her br ast. I
"John untrue?' repeated my father.
"Is that what you're driving at? Oh,
bosh, Jenaie, you're jealous, that'n all
I don't bilteve a word of it. 'A truer,
better man than John don't brejthe."
I drew forth the crumple J note, and
ed to a patron Faint th.t I will never j "Pah ! Such simpletons as you .held it towatd hiuj;
cf our cuoit. and olaerved ever a 'sort n. .;n '.,iv .nr marriage IheL.cd to nurse me back to life again
mirryy.u Please, pie sa," I whisper-! lasses are ? Well, ycull opan your
cd to Lenore, "take h m away, and) call ! eyes to the truthaoon enough. A work
my mother!" ing your hands to the bone and spoiling
She saw that I cjull tear n r more, ! your good lo ks, as if any man that
and obeyed me. But when mother came ' ever had breathsd was worth it. : I say
I was insensible. O it of the dtep swoon ) why don't John beep you a hired 'giil
r wakened to a long, depressing iilbe, He can't afT.rd t Mi,s Dorcas . ?:
suffering intently, mentally and phys-1 "Cav't he? May be not, JUs to
ically. ButI would not ao. Rand .l.- " aquander too muoh oo IU own pleasure,
I dared not trust my own resolution doe he.'"
uinst h 3 generous pleading. Lenore ' "No, indeed," I answered ind.gnaotly,
He never s)uaniered a single penoy."
"Why here you are, Jennie," he'
cried. "You've given me aterrible
fright.. I was just shutting up to 'come
iu search of you," j"
"She's not worth the trouble, Joha,"
put in fhy father, and then he blur
ted out the whole story. '. 1
"Forgive me, John," 1 'whispered.".
lie bent down and kissed me.
"Nothing to forgive, Jennie. Thi
fact i-, I'm rather pleased to see. you
care so much about 'me.- Sorry to havo
made you Suffer, though. I wa wrong;
I cou'd liave explained before, but - you
see Jennie I wanted to surprise you. But
will have it out to-night. I've been do
ing a little extra work ; you see I wanted
the money te buy anniversary gifts, and
here they are. To-.niorrow'a he
day, but to-night will do as weU.", ,
He then p'tt in my lap the glossy
brown silk that I had coyaUd, the eni
broideed muslin for baby's robe. I
looked up with brimming eyes. (
"0,John, h4wjgood you are. But let
my bappiness'be perfect. Miss Dorcas
says she ow you walking with"
lea, she did" Je- interrupted
old Mrs Grimes. I built her green
housi ; that was extra work, Jennie,"
Father laughed and buttoned up hb
coat.- . , '
'You're a good nitured husband,
Jjhn," he said. "She deserves sound
Fcolding for being stch alittlo gjooss .
"Tint T'll net scold bar.'' said mv bus
...... , ,
baud, with hi dar baud - 03 mj ' head, .
and "I'll tiever keep another secret
from her. Between married hearts
there should nevtr be concealment."
"OsrHl-n;ght, Jennie," faid father;
"I am sorry for you. I'm Borry for
yon." ' . ' :,
1 only felt unutterably happy,
trad. nnl be Conviuced.
I take great plessure in? " announcing
to my frierfds, and the tobicco growers
of Orange, Granville, Person and other
counties thht I have connected mysel
with the Old and World Renowned
Farmers Warehouse of Durham, for
the sale of leaf tobacco, under the name
and style of Walker, Lyon cV1 Co. My
lifetime experience in the tobacco 'busi
ness prompts nie to say to tho farmers
and tbippers, that we can, and will do
is much for your interest as any Waro
house, on tbismkrket. -f t5"' ;
I ha7 large orders fronVjtW'difTerBn
Manufacturers of the lfnft4'' tatei
and yoo know, I buy more Jine leaf to
bacco than any other V-uyeron this inaf-
i-et.. I say, and with truth Should you
ntrust us with your shipment3, you cio
rely upon- obtaining the highest market
prices, quick skies and prompt return .
To the farmers, we will say and promise
them always to get the highest prices,
for their tobacc . All we ask is a trial,
and we promise to convince yon that
what we say is the truth. Hoping to
see you all soon at the Tanners Wars-
house, ; . '
lam Truly lours.
T. B. Ltok, Je.
Don't forget that the Uv4 mun, aud
auctioneer, U. A. W. mrliam, sells our
tobacco. ,
He's gone every night,"! sobbed;
"and -and I foun I that in his pocket,
Father pullet hi spectacles over Lis
nose, and opened the note. A minute,
perhaps, he peered at it curiously, and
then he exploded' with laughter.
' l "O, Jennie, what" a sell !" he cried,
yhat a precious little fool you are,
Take this note and look at it agaiD.
Did you ever see it before?" '
I took the note and looked at it won
dering wlia' h" cjuld mean. The name
CiOOI) AIVICK.
Now is the time of year for Pneump-va,
L-ang reyer.'ic' Every family should hara
; bottle brBosciiEE's Gerwan frsi:r. ' Don't
alow for one moment thai eon gh 1o take
hold of your child, your family or yourwlf.
Consumption. AntLma, Pneumonia, Croup,
Hemorrhages, and other fatal dieasea may
set in.. Although it is true G Kali ax Sracr
i.i euringthbusands. of those dre-.ded diseae
ea, yet it i much hotter to have it at hand
when three doee will eure you. One bttl
will laatjonr whole family a. winter and
keep you safe from dialer. If " jou are con
sumptive, do not reit until you have tried
thin remedy Sample Bottles 10 cents- Reg
ular size 75 cents. : Sold by your Drnggiat.
BUcknall & Son. " ' . !
Qti INO.LKS 2 SIIINGLE8 ! 1
Q ' I'ersons in want of good
ilriii nhiagleaean procare them by. apply
ing t W. iL Herudoa at the Meat jjtor.
3hese shingles are aecond to none manufae
iurea in the State, being madj oi So. 1,
hiart pine lumber. Cjo be aecn on the Cheek
lot near the Railrt ad.. i
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