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C I) c (tanner. A Democratic Newspaper. I'uMislieJ every Friday in Louisburg KATES OF SUBSCRIPTION, Copy 1 year ...... .2.00 6 Months ....l 00 " 3 Months '. 75 (Lljc Courier . , i r . RATES OF ADVERTISING" (10 uses on LEPsexsnrcTE a. sqiKK One fo,mre one Insertion. ...... ....... .11 Hf Otm -Cm Cne Each mb-eqiifnt Insertion.. W- On mouth , ..,,. Two month l&Z Three month ........C. &Ji DEVOTED TO POLITICS, LITERATURE, SCIENCE AND ART. One " Fix month; Jl Ore 44 Twelvemonth 151 Contract fnt tarter f pace tuauc!n UWra term W TERMS CASH IN aDVANCE VOL.' 2.- LOTJISBtJRG, N. C, OCTOBER, 4, 1873. NO. 49. C I; ORIGINAL STORY. xr VK1TTEN FOR THE COURIER. flaw &v &in.muli BY VIVIAN. CHAPTER V! It 13 four years since Gerard Alw'in left, the home of his birth for one among strangers. We find him now a man of twenty-eight years. His person is strikingly elegant and his manners pleasant, there is always a brilliancy and a sparkle of intelligence, in his dark eyes. ' lie has just appeared a star of the first magnitude in the literary zenith. To-night he has been invited to address the public. As he stands before them in Ul his manliness there is not one by whoa he is equaled, Tha eloquence of his lan guage, and the harmony of his voice iinfSfejrtcd a charm that never failed of being felt. His houI was naturally the seat of every irtuo, his heart was alive to every noble propensity of his nature, ana to night the wonderful electric flash of his eye as it swept round the audience, awoko in every mind a feel ing of confidence in his power to sway, lie announced his subject, and without note, or manuscript commenced in a "w flexible, and flowing style ; soft at first, then enlarging in its wonderful IreaJth and compass as he went on, irjtil it resembled the great swell of tlic mighty deep. The audience for getful of cvery'hing, save the glorious triumph of the speaker had some of (Item risen, .and bent slightly forward, their eyes fixed on the' magnetic glory ofh is with a fascination they could not resist, and as he niakes his closing re- - I 1 . 1 .... marKs, uio wnotc audience rose with one impulse and pressed forward to wards the speaker whose words and manner had so enchained ' thcni. Gerard received the introductions and adulations with a grape and ease that inspired greater admiration. That night he made friends that were for a lifetime. In the social circle he be came a great wonder- his appearance had produced such an effect upon- the ladies as to reduce them to a state of almost frenzy. The cligibles, neglect ed before, were now snubbed in a man ncr perfectly inhuman,' but Gerard always passed as a happy man among ! them, going from group to group of elegant fair faced girls who greeted him cordially as a friend or a desirable acquaintance, the match making mamas looked upon hira with an agreeable and friendly air. But he was always tho same genial fellow never showing a prcferance for one of tho brighteyed daughters. But in Gerard Al win's own room all was forgotten.the eminence he had . attained, the homage he received, all faded into iusignificanoe, before the thoughtsjof the past,1" thoughts of his . guardian angel Floria Rivers. Where can she be ? Four years with all its cares and changes have passed. since tho night that I bid adieu to my home. She i perhaps now the wifaof another, but I love her still, love her not with the boyish fancy, that was mine when I left her.but with a more re- fined, purifying love.'andmy hoartwill 1 1 il i. .it r ucr vurougn au ages, i can never change, she vowed eternal fidelity, but sho has perhaps been forced into an unloving marriage. To night after the brightness and glamour of the scene through which I have passed. I feel as I did in those days, when in her pres ence I was a happy man it is like the old soft quiet of those days, the long summer days: never too long, when the rosea bloomed and shook thei r fragrance on the languid air, and the long slow sunsets waned into purple twilights, and we listened to the far off song of the nightingale; days when I read to ncr unaer the slow waving of the trees y .i uic lawn , i lying on the cool grass, ie sitting m a rustic garden ohair, with some fancy work, making a sweet picture when I looked up. And now a great sea lies between us. " These thoughts are sweet, and thoughts of the time when our lives had almost blend ed into one but now my life is cold, dark and dreary but I must be brave but what have, I to cheer me on? I have attained not only fame, but wealth is mine. Could I but return now and lay them all at her fce To the world I appear gay, I hide from them the sorrow that is eating my life away. I must see my home again,," yes. mine,the mother that- loved me so'fondly. She has heard of my success, she begs me to come home must I go'? Yes, the answer swells up from the innermost recesses of my heart goj In a few months my affairs here will be settled, and again I will set foot on the vessel that will bear me over the bosom of the dark waters to my distant home, with" a happ y but fearing heart; After these thought of the past, and plans for the future, Gerard found rest and quiet in sleep. He had writ ten to. and received letters -from his ... , -' T - . mother frequently since his departure, but not one word had she ever said of Floria. Was it that she .feared 'the effect that the news might have "upon him was it that she dreaded tu say that she was now wearing her life away in some family nursery," as governess for a set of wild, unfeeling children ? Though he had been petted by .society, though he received the admiring looks and complimentary speeches of every one, and though he had seen women in every respejet as handsome and mag nificient as Floria, he would regard them at first with a look of admiration! and would turn aside . as a shadow of pain would throw itself across his brow, he would think of Floria, and where was she? CHAPTER VI. ;j The rain i r poured pitilessly. Not not with pleasant murmurous sounds, witli showery coquetry, leading one on through the day with a hope that each fall of silvery drops would prove the last, and finally give way to a light in tho west and a gorgeous sunset. It was a hopelass drizzle, drenching the sad den lawn, dripping with dull monotony upon the porch. How dull the morn ing seemed. Was it dull to Floria Rivers? Two years ago she had taken up her bode in the handsome residence of a widowed lady to take charge of the two little orphaned grand children of this lady. Three years ago, they had been left to her kind and protecting care during the time she had procur ed governesses, some were too young, Bomo4were of that strict, unkind nature which proved thein unfit to take charge of the little girls intrusted to their care. .Mrs. Grey had given up in des pair, but one day after advertising she f-aid for the last time, it was answered by a queenly looking girl, who, though at first the old lady had disapproved, on account of the proud, haughty man ner which she possessed, at last conclu ded that a trial might prove her all that she wished. - After vain attempts to draw from tho young girl something of her former life, for this subject she always avoided, and when questioned regarding it. she would turn aside with tears in her eyes ; this would silence the old lady and she was soon : placed in the charge of the children who grew to love uer daily, with a love more fer vent than was even given to the aged PTand mother. Thia rirl wan Floria mvers. 1 She liked the life she was leading, for she had SQ on uon the hearta of Mrs Grey and the children that in a 8horttime she was at home, and occu pying a room in this grand house that was even handsomer than her own room in tho home she had left, and in the family circle unlessher presence was there to make bright the objects around, Mrs. Grey was restless, and the chiU dron were subdued into r.n almost sad ness. But generally the evenings were spent by Floria in amusing the chil dren bvsome childish BDorts : and when they retired and their laughterlaid glee nQ more waa heard ghe Bpent the re mMeT 0f the evening in reading to Mrs. Grey from some of her favorite writors, for she read in that soft fasci nating tone which charmed her hear er. -; While in this family she had moved in the elite of the city, She had al ways been with Mrs, Grey as a daugh ter and as Buch she received the admi ration that her beauty, grace and many accomplishments won for her. She was n ever regarded f in the light ; of a dependent, when she "would appear in some drawing room regally trail, ing her dress of white silk with costly lace over-dress . adorned with sprays of starry jasmine, ; while on .her throat and wrists, and in the satiny folds of her dark hair, diamonds glittered like eyes of fire. The noblest and wealth iest in the land were clustering around her, but she appeared as high above them all as a queen above her sub jects. On this morning while the rain was making everything doll around, Floria Was as bright as a ray of sunshine The house of Mr?. Grey was in a state of confusion,' for that evening was expect ed, Herbert Grey, the heir f the Grey estates, j who had been spending two years io Europe. Herbert was the brother of little Lilly .and Rose, and the grand son of Mrs. Grey Floria had never seen, him, and now that he was coming home! she felt impatient to see the object of so! much love and aftectioni He was asl yet the only hero of the little aisters drearas,and the grand-mother's pararon of excellence. He came that evening, a handsome, manly, gentlemanlv fellow. He was a little languid in his grace a little haughty in his ease perhaps, and a little too studiously careless in -the arrangement ot his waving brown hair his auburn mustache and his grey travel ling suit, but on the whole his appear ance was that of the gentleman. ; It would be well to say here that Mrs. Grey's darling scheme tas to mar ry her idol to Floria Rivers, she had cherished this)plan before Jie came, and though Floria preferred that the lamily circle should not be broken that night .the fir8t of Herberts arrival, and begged Mrp. Grey to excuse her still, the old lady persisted, and as her will was al ways! law, Floria was soon introduced to Mr. Grey. She received h;m with such beauty and sweetness of-.manner, that he concluded immediately that he could fall in love, but th-.re was an in surmountable barrier. She was his sis ters governess They conversed a while together. Herbert entertaining them with his tr .vtl?, and the many things, of interest he saw the places of note that he had visited. He arose : when the evecirg began to wane and walked towards the window to look out on the night. All was dark and chilly, he stood leaning against the window. It is a prtty group" thought he that matronly looking womtn, the little jchildren, and that fresh young girl she has the appearance of being reared in a home of weath. She dresses with exquisite taste. What a fresh charm she diffuses as 6he moves about the room with noiseless grace hers is a name with which my ears jhave long been familiar, for in Lilly's and grand mother's letters, it was one continual song other praise? ."' Then the group i9 broken; Floria with the little gir!s bid good-night and are gone and Herbert and Miss Grey are alone They too soon retire to their " apartments, the house! it quiet agsln, every occupant it in peaceful slumber,fave Fbna Rivera who is' thinking of her own blighted life. (to be continued.) : r- What's in a Eis t What's in ,a kiss I Really,-when people come tore fleet upon the ra&ttei calmly, what can they see in kiss? The lips pout slightly and touch the cheek softly, and then they just part and the job it complete 1 There is a kiss in the ab stracttake it as it stands look at it philosophically; What is there in it after all I Millions upon millions of souls have been made hsppy, while millions upon millions have been plunged into m'airy and despair by this kissing; and yt, when you lock in to the character of the thing, it simply a pouting and parting of the lips. ' In every grade of society there is kissing, j Go where yon will, t what country you will, and jou are perfectly sure to find kissing. There is- however, some mysterious virtuin a kis,, and we de voutly hepe that it may never go out of fashion. Eyos.- ; What a variety of eyes there are in the world ! There are loving eyep, ad. miring eyes, lunging eyes, inquisitive eyes, jealous eyes, envious eyes, malici ous eyes, smiling eyep, tearful eyta, meddlesome eyes, penetrating eyes, and eyes that look and jet see nothing, be sides raany other kind of eyes whicht in their own peculiar way, and peering into the world's mysteries. A good way to make loving eyes is to be true, devoted and thoughtful oi home comforts; To attract admiring eyes, be cheerful, tidy and industrious To cure longing eye?, call in and give some supper to the poor, halfsstarved little creature, who is gazing at your bountifully supplied table. To satisfy inquisitive eyes, let them see the very, thing they had rather not To avoid jealous eyes, be neither dia" trustful nor do that to another which you would not have done to yow. To avoid envious eyes, be squint eyed, hump-backed, squatty, disagree able, and no sort ot rse to anybody. To keep clear of malicious eye, die at once and go to heaven. To cause smiling eye?, ppeak kindly, deal gently and be light-hearted and merry, remembering life is to erjjoy. Have tearful eyes whenever tho heart is fuil. It is a good way to work off troubles and lighten the spirit. To avoid meddlesome eyes, stay at home, lock all doors and draw the cur tain. Then if they look in through the keyhole, throve hot water on therct if you are over-sensitive ; otherwise, go ahead with your affairs in your own way and let them meddle. Penetrating eyes must lock up and try to forget all the secrets discovered of the shortcomings of other?, only re membering the beautiful thing i which the blind cannot see. For eyes that look and see nothing there is no cure, excepting an awaken ing of 6oul or intellectual energies. Will it not be heaven when all eyes Bee plearly andfrcrin kindly motives t ' ' .' Elm Orlou. A youoj lady on the third tier ot the opera proposed this riddle to a married gentlemen, while he was looking up admiringly at her from the stalls: 'Why is a hen-pecked husband like an opera hat V He said, As you- are ap- parently so much more elevated than I am, I give it up She repli. d, 'Be cause he's very big when he's oaf. but imni tliitely shuts up when begets home"' He responded by the following: Wu are told that there is nothing made in vain ;but Low about a pretty young girl? Ia'tfehe maidea vain V The lady why tapped her husband gentlyjwith a fan at a party the other night, and said, "Love it's growing late, I think we had better go borne,'' is the same one who alter getting home Bhook the rolling pin under his nose and aid, ' You infernal old scoundrel you, it you ever look at that mean, nasty, calico faced, mack el-eyed thing that you looked at tonight, I will burst your head wide open,'.' What the opposing lawyer .has said can't do no harm,' whispered a man on trial for stealing a hog, and whose case basjudt gone to the jury, 'for I sh ant be convicted-' j 'What makes you think sot' asked his own lawyer.' 'Because,' answered the thief, 'leven of them jarjmen bad a piece of that hogP An exchange quotes the rem irk of an eminent Eastern lawyer to the effect that at the age of three-score a man thould take for his three rules ot Hie, 'employment without labor, exercise without weariness, and temperance without abstinence.' Many a client has paid his attorney a thousand dol lar fee for an opinion not worth half as much as this. A barrister, to avenge himself on an opponent, wrote 'Rascal' in his hat. The owner of the hat took it np, look ed ruefully into it, and, turning to the Judge ezciaimsd : 'I claim the protect tion of the court :. tor the opposing counsel has written his name in my hat, and I have stroBg suspicion that he in tends to make off with it. Talkirg about thi jas of death, exclaimed a man who was living with his third scolding wife. I tell you they are nothiog to the jaws ot lite,' A middh-aged lady met a bridiah" locking lady in the post .office yester day, and tie following conversion followed : 'Mary, is it true that your toother is dead V asked the former. It ip said Mary. 'And were you married before she No,' said Mary, ot until threedayg after. The middle-aged woman started a1 the bride for a moment, and slowly and bewildcringly 6aid : fDo you mean to say that your poor mother died without without seeing what you were married inl' Danbury News, Tub SI3TEH. There is something lovely in the name of sister- and its ut terance rarely fils to call up the warm affectionr of the eentle heart. The thoughts that circle rjuna it are all I quiet, beautiful and pure. Passion has no place with its associations. The I hopes and fears ot love, those strong emotions, powerful enough to shatter and extinguish life itself, find no home there. The bride is tho star, the talis man ot the heart, the diamond above all price, bright and blazing in the noondiy sun : a sister, the gem ot mild, er light, calm as the mellow moon, and set in a coronet of pearls. One of the importunate juveniles who so'icit pennies was asked: "Where is your mother?" She an swered diffidently. "She is dead." "Have you no father?" "yes sir; but he is sick.,' "What ails him?" contin ued the question. "He has got a sore finger, sir." "Then why don't he cut it off?" "Please, sir," responded the litt'e maid, "he hain't feot any money to buy a knife." Adversity exasperat-s fools, djects cowards, diaws out six faculties of the wise, puts thajnodest to the necessity of tiyig their skill, awes the opulent and makes theMle industrious. Much may be said in favor of adversity, but the Worst of it is that It has no friends. Tha 'heart' is the best card in the chance game of matrimony some times overcome by diamonds and knaves, of ten won by tricks, and oc casionally treated in a shuffling man ner, and then cut altogether. n Indian woman, whose suit for divorce had lingered along until she was completely out of patience, burst into her luwyer'a office, last wbek, her lace radiant with joy, and exclaimed, 'Squire, the old man's dead 1' The following to&t was pronounced at a fiie-aien'a dinner, and Tas received With great appluse': The Ladies their tyes kindle the only flame against which there is no insurance.1 A Pennsylvania preacher,while hold ing service recently, gve thanks for tke prosperous condition of their crops, ex cepting. Oh Lord, the corn which is backward, and the oatr, which are mighty thin in spots.' A merchant who has a class in a Sun day school, asked, 'What it solitude V and was vi ibly disturbed wieo a miserable boy answered : 'The store that don't advertise. The meanest man in the world livtt in Chicago. Ha stole his wife's front teeth, and then got a divorce on account of her 'physical deteets.' A sliarp young woman saya there is nothing more touching than to ee a poor but vi tuous young man fctrug g ing with a Weak moustache. A new leaf in tfie family history Jack Now I'll be papa going to fix the furnace.' Jfallie 'Oh, yes, and 111 be the new nurse, and you must kiss me behind the cellar door.' Why is a pretty j?iri like a locomo tive engine t Because ahe sends off the sparks, trani porta the males, has a train fallowing her, and pisses over tne plain. The most bashful girl we ever beatd of was the young lady who blushed when she was asked if she had not been courting sleep. A cabinet-maker explained that hs had to ask a high price for codas be cause they never came back for repairs. Good intentions will not justify evil actions. A O een Biy merchant put cnt a a;gn of ice water tree.' Annther put out a sign of free lemonade, and a third of fered every customer ten cents in money. A fourth man who couldn't think ot anything better got up a dog figh and it drew all the crowd. Louisville youug ladies say to a beau wLo does nt promptly offer Lis arm. 4Tip us your flipper, old fcl, acd dou't stand there grinning liko a baked skunk.' A hen-pecked husband thinks that while to be hornet-ttung is bad, wo man's tongue is worse. No matter bow amiable a lady may be, fashion now demands that she si all appear ruffled in public. Plka-stjbe, like quicksilver, is bright and phy. If we strive to grasp it, it still eludes us, and still glitters. Success In life la very apt : to make persons forget the time when they were not much. Mrs. Scidkins gays her husband is a three-handed man right had, lefthtnd and a little be hiudband. Experience is one of the oldest and surest teachers, but Its prices are ruin ously high sometime. The light of a cheerful lice d Iffus ei itself, and communicates . the happy spirit that inspires It. Innumerab'e are the distresses others which we know not of of Treattvcry body well bu. not too often. A man is valued as he makes him' self valuable. Friendship once injured is lost for ever. Do nothing you would wish to con ceal. i ADVER1 ISEMEXTS. H. S. Furman & Co. DRUGGISTS & APOTHECARIES Franklinton, N. C. Keeps constantly on hand a good as sertment ot DRUGS, MEDICINES, PAINTS, OLS, DYE STUFFS, The attention of Physicians is called to our assortment of Klixirs and Fluid Extracts. ' Orders solicited and promptly filled, on the belt possible terms. FRESCRirnOKS CABKTUIXV C0MPJV5DKD Lamp goods, Paint Brushes, Sponger, BECKwrrny ANTI-DYSPEPTIC PILLS. These Pills have been most success fully employed in almost every variety of Functional Disorder of the Btomach, bower, Livra and SrLXtv, such as : Heartburn, Acid Eructations. 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