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s : s. . - . i 1 A 7 ' I V c3 . 1 a 1 Family rlrrn, " DZTOTZD TO rci:: coMicr.ci'j';', AND :criLA:rcoTJ3 'khadin t :?STAT1SVILLE, VOL. XXIII. - ... S ! ( ' ... s?sd3 u fisld axs "vtccd. . 6&rtS awakes as from a dreamless sleep. - And softly puta her daintiest garments on, - - . BUd bind around ber. gracefully, a sona -. - OX Under green, with blue embroidered deep, . . - .. Over that buadins sun-tipped bedjrerow pee Such-vivid emeralds as ne'tr gianoed- In ! stone, - Or in the crowns of mighty Cnsirs no tie; ; And violets stir in yonder wayside heap- . , -rl '.. - ' , " - I .V One firstling beauty of the wood is full " j ' Of Colors, vatied softly in their hues - " The rabbits fmk.'and birds begin to sing. Ji'A ffhe air Is pore most sweetly clear and cool,' , t- jiAnd leaven seemed opened9 throt0b the distant blue; - Thestarling screams, and doves are light wuig.' -. - 7. v 'gee, through yon field the plowman .drives hisshare; . ..'.:, .- '-... - And the pert crow olose follows at Lis heel; And o'er the furrow, slowly winding, steal &- Thin waves of mist that waver into air. -s. .-r ....... r .,.,.. ; - The tjpland lea U dotted here and there u ,. , V ' ' veal , , ; . ' ' "A clisteninz whiteness; and the cattle kneel " tinfoil contentment with the Spring's freeh . fare.- - . : , - . 1 The created wren is b'nsy in the bede; V . . gJCUebtaekbird runs, then, resting, whistles clear,, , .. JT ...w, , : , H AA-id the sweet, lark toes JcatolUngf np: the . , . - - i f 'I -, t -ri ! t,.iT( (.-: . . . i ' A bluiAh tinge is on the fir-wood's edge, ; . , " That pleases, yet a litUe tries the eye; ; . v , The squirrel,, new,- waked, jeep ouW ;n- '- V'"-V"movei4byear.ri-xr,r v' V 15-:W i.-'.';-';Vi.l-:;-.!--'' The oluldreir Iroin.e neighboring Tillage " v - "schqok.tjjskii1- r. t'u ti : i';-. . 1 Cott&fbrlhtto? fclay'iwith 'many. merry And. shorBn' ihns''lionr mid-day An4 anser slowly to maternal role. - ' Ttiey dance, and group themselves in circle. ii " Then join their handai and loose, and sui'i en wheel, "' ,' .cv- xnetr jnovaencs se .vaoonsoioas vraev : ic.fe's sevtaf r . y. S, Secalling daUtty Wattean, fresh and cooL' - "-Tiia babe "laid down upon the grass, rdws r-rifcfW r-5,'Ji; ;0-rf: : " r-j toneffiz&n li pup. tbelr j The meadow rings an$$nq, yonBg. . voices J ' -sing, - - ....V. . r ; ; How clear the notes, ! they c ho lack aain ir.?.Of Innocenes and f"7 ric 'rue report ; t ' These voices arst-OoV- " fbsx Spring; I r.Jji.Cii waariiing- slowly along Tal'-cj, "Jv.ien' tie : siow-ilering i cr L.''-t eser:ei su'lsdy to deepen. -i e.tara tesida 'fc' -t .orse tad L ' mr.'y walked for : the . - iia ta uSf "Kitty; and we're ; 1.. tLia confounded ret of ayalley,' - Eld Lord Redmond. ' "I tave been tryipg to get out of it for two hours,"h8 muttered " dismounting, and leading his horse. - ; ! -The beautiful mare e led . seemed to Bhare in'his- anxiety; following .obediently nd; with '-ia occasional gLiace around.. Suddenly; she gave a shrill whinny; , and the je ,-moment, f Redmond thought he heard a distant cry. ; He looked up eagerly, scanung the hills and finally saw , a boy Standing on a point of one of thebluff a, and - gesticulating wildly. ; As he pressed on, he could hear the lad's cries. -"" ; : yX .-' "JIaste, tlien, taste the storm is com . I- 0 1 Haster it will soon be bri yon 1 Fol low the. path -it will lead you up herel I .tensor you'll be drowned like a rat in L.s hole." . ' -'"' Yl Before Redmond reached the boy, he was wpicious 'that he was half -idiotic; and when he gained the, rock upon which he stood, he saw the lad was, indeed, a poor half -craved fellow, "with staring eyes and . furious gestures;' yet not without mercy for those less helpless than himself, for he car ried a wearied lamb, which he had probably been out in search of, while the dam ran by - bis aide. Vu- . '. . . . Come comjs out of the storm 1" he '.cried pressing on. '; :. , :' ' .-. ; ' And Lord Redmond followed, "still Jead uJiig,his horse ,. ' ' "f; Hitty saw shelter .firsts V and whinnied tin at the scent of barley, which she per ceived as they turned a sharp angle, and faced an old stone'strueture without bulli. It z more dark and gloomy in. ita appear aace tliaa the surrounding scene. . , l ' ' "Go in to the fre I" cried the boy, point ing to ih door, -and grasping Kitty's bri- " ' ' . V'-" - '-''' V"' -: - . . v,o; T will t-e terput cp first,'' answer el L' 1 Raond, leading tlie horse arouaJ to tie stable. .U - -:". "- Tt.3 a:.'d was too valuable a one to fce kn to c Lance cire. Re was rorprlsed f t tie f", Ilaess with wlich the half-sere! i bey t-ted down her glossy 'Casks, 'and 'cover ed 'ter with an old blanket, siowir j a ' v f 1 -tlraction ia her beauty as La t.-JI her. Ce left Tier finally, and ttrr :I twari It'waa a' good -'stone Lo.r; i"..:t1:: naiks cf decsy where? :r c: j couli touch it. ITwlther facer-r frel'".i r. :j to te s::a iX tl.3 windows, iLo::"i tla v, '. I v 3 " il-'-i-jeaJ t:9 r'a f-.ll' 'z y; t cl.j'Lj tie boy's " direction z, Il. lzol i -.1L: -f ii a Lr .tac!lw; a 1;t r iav, ' 1 T" f rl.- f -I ' i V". 3 tl J . 1; j a c: fia tie, fcld dreary house, looting la ill-con-- ce'd discontent from the fire to' the Btarv icg woman, ead from the dogs to" the pas sive and rescued face of Ms BHeiit host.: , " TVLcthwoman'came and wheeled too oil t:'ia'a cLair to the board, he' perceived. t1. ct "ha waa ' also crippled. "The crone t"r"'d to tiiiil 1( ) , "Will ye ait by, sir.?." ehe asked. , - Ailie'rose the door opened, and he stood arrte: in j&e movement. " A lady entered so fair, so pure, so cold, that she might hve been made of snow. She had a loose blk mantle about her, which she threw off showing aregal. , form, - habited La a rich black stu2-;4he brocade of . a former generation,- She paused, her still face lighting with a look -of surprise as she observed, the stranger. Pedmpnd stepped forward, with the. grace of courts revealed la the uacon scIot. 3 act' - ' .,.-- - ;."Inope I am not intruding lady? I have been overtaken by the . storm among these mountains. . . , .,. . , iS"hat is your name f" ha asked look ing hl-i la tie iJx, not glvfcg oticr sla cf Untere&t in his handsome presence. -.. . I am the Lord of Redmond," he an swered." "I 'will trouble you no longer than I can avoid, he added, a little haughtDy. ' -'" ' v ' , - . ' ' 'Lord Redmond, said the lady, yoa are welcome you are very welcome, Lord Redmond." ' ' She poke with energy without warmth; but,' Redmond, confused by the strange ness of his position, observed only that her manner" was a peculiar, "'one; and though wishing hunself Fell out of the place, took his'seat attiie table, as she desired. '; ' ' V The meal was good, and she served Idm bountifully; while, the old man, - for, the first time breaking silence, began telling in! a ramblm& Incoherent, yet not . iininterest ing way", the story of some farqous storms among thosa hills; ,- t- -. . . : . '; ': It'waa five years aga.1 ' Barbara; f yoa were a alip'of a girlj and Bess Jiad to ibe carried in my arms. Do you miad her hair curling over my arm in Jhe wet t-f-and how she cried for fear, she was too i heavy , for me t" 1 '- V - -' He : nanoRd.' and ' r: looked 'across the board at the young lady a troubled, ful looViri hia face. Bhowinz" soma "half - remembered pain In hia" broken mladw1-' Where is:.Befl8f Barbara!", he asked, suddenly- ', -' 1 " ' ' . ; .. i , "She is dead,' answered his daughter with a strange smiled '' '. ... . ' - j ; ' 1 ("Bead !" repeated the old man dknkmg from' jus pewter cup like a satisfied -chUd In spite of a long fast, Redmond could not eat; : ; These 'straBga people had risen among hia rogr briioora. v:3ic-:.3 ,L'-e ghosts at a f:- t. ; . - I am-very" "red toot!r;2 . c " !.e 0 . eirlyLk.ji -.-' i tHithy wilt slow you a roc - her roan He sliall sleep there once, his lust Bleep !' she munnure 2, turning away, i'; ' 'j "She is crazy, loot" thought Redmond, leaviDg the room. - " '-'.' ' ' " j , The chamber into which the old woman ushered him was large, irregular,, full fof nooks and shelves, on which were .piled articles of female appareL . V'-riW-: 1 j -." 'Has Miss Barbara given me her own bedroom, I wonder he asked, looking about him, as soon as he was left alone, j : '. Atth'e head of the bed hung a- family portrait a hale man and three children a boy and two girls. - In the dark, . bright beauty of one he failed to recognize the childhood of the pale, cold woman he had just left, but the infantile beauty , of the youngest gill had in it something familiar. . "A pretty child; the eyes whose do they remind me of !",ae mused, .. . l His eye wandered, and fell upon -a scar let cloak flung over a chair, and then to a pair of dainty shoes hanging from a peg. There was a knot of pink ribbon beneath the little round mirror, of burnished steel, and a Leghorn hat hung out from an over crowded chest; ; A ?"-Lyy ' "A last year's birds nest,4 said Redmond,, giving a tapestried chair a little shake, ' ito clear it bt dust, before he threw his' cloak on' it; "and I am tired enough to sleep any where.: I wdndef what my little bride will Ciiik,"' was Lis -last thought, as he com posed himself to s!oepv ' ' . ; -,, Ea awoke with tie !dawn,; and' sprang up. Early as it was, breakfast was await irg tla and his horse was saddled at. tae :::r. ;;' '.' :- yy: " ' ? '"- '-'' ' ' 1 ta afraid tlatyou have been put; to trouble on my account,' te sJ. J, as Ear- I. .ra appeared, afad tooli her place at tla t-'.le. "I rner.-t to tave' :t:ln rry leave .-! " t cl".'rLirj cry c:.3 ii tl 2 to.' " 'i'Tcu could not Lave cLB.e tl;. ";, " tie in xi. 1,1jC lrf ftl! ii Vlitl jr. ::.er::--.3 slle he tal r 1 1 1: ?. . Itwas ac:!!, i ::c:l a crj:l lock, he tlot'lt, as te t" rti'y s:-el tla r. ".k, and tasted tla wheatca' tread, still ;trlth ,ilj.la f-"Ctlt2. . -'. . i -...'.' ' .' '. As ta rc:-3 froia tie board,; lis hoct:-;s T03 f:0. ' , , "Ti 3 etorra ia ovcr tut tie rdn trs tiiJj t::-9 cf tla tarns fcpssrilla,?-, li sill .':: Lorc3 i;:-'r3i; I will rilawill yea c 1 1 -t you oa a i-lz road out cf tl j 1:it:1i ta protc:l:i ' Cle r-ctritl a II. -1 Lor: 3, lzI rola tt tl j tlla awa tla fill. E1.8 vers 11-cl"'-, Lt r:.l3, cl' ".1 f:o v-z1:t ita t::l. Roller i Ix" 1 tt l.'T c:t.;1!j, wc-:-..l.lr j I - r tl.3 coi 1 1 ? ot:-'ll!J Eily.t or'-:li73 to 1' i. ' :'. ' ty T.y cl c:aT:::..ll:o. . - -"1'x J2 til c"; 7, vr.'li ily Irc'l'r'g t J I t". i I j'a i' " ; :' i t . Twins' hearts grow -together, you k-iw. She could die and Nugest -'lives'- "Els strength followed her weakiiwi' are left . to poverty, desolation. ,8"-i jdeoy Where are you going, Lordredinc j u -' . t Ua was iconvinced that aie X-s j- irUy. crazed,' and told ,thei.truth.thirikin.it a more pacific theme for her gloomy mindi - -"I am goltg home to be marriei"1 ' j . . ' "Where f' - .-V t'fc" '-' ; "At Redmond Castle."- ' - ' "Is your bride young?" - : f ' ."Young and- lovely;' ley; cousin the Lady Ann Delancy,'' ' .' -i 1 'She loves you 1" ' ."- . '.'Yes. ee this little mare" ride I bought it for her to ride over the bil,!s with, when the spring comes.",-; f . .''Do you know where you stand?" tie cried. ''"You stand before try e! 'Vs 2vs my sl3ter whom you murdered,'- three years ago, by false vows, as surely as the knife murders? You know who Iam now -lean see it in your face 1 You fcemember L. i J UcCreal You uu i. ICv e : came home to die.: It ii you who have ruined us. ' Do you think I shall let you go to happiness? Never I There is her gravel You shall go over it to your death J" 4 ...... s ' The mound was on thevery edge of a cliff. He held his horse desperately, but she urged hers forward & step, passing him, to the very brink) - so that his horse's fore feet touched the grave. ' He turned upon her with an oath. : . ' .' '. 1 : ; ' You shall never go back If she cried, with a mocking laugh at the horror ih the blanched face. . ;. '.'''s r'-Vfl' ' '.. I ' She had a thong in her hand, which she had never used, upon1 her own horse. 'He was terrified by its position, u n , f s ; a . : "I can jump' across the ravine ."hei claimed; - . ' ' j ;'" j ) . . z j'-. H3o then!? aheisaid. : : ; - 'i ! . He gathered the -little filly instantiy fearful that his iormentdr would stnke the foaming,' excited creature-and spurred ier tolhe leap. The "cfotanM 'wM Kitty itruck Jthe Opposite ledge "wth; her fore feet,1 slipped, and horse and,idetwenf spinning into' the gulf below. ",.'."'.' ''. r Three days later, his friends found Jam there, bruised out of all recognition, except ing by his garments, and. the body of the dead horse. It waa . never . known how he camcito' his'deatfcu . . ''"L 1 ; : "-Ci jonatnaa Jfll'es aii& hit. fife. - ' . . . . "lies was, 'a inu :,ry Arr?y.' .Ia' : '-'t ..3 . ea- In his youthjlJonatl; Bician of tie T.; 1 1773, while f 3 camped rt Tt Irfytt3 i .. r t i-.-t::i t : jr-front; f ' ' ...3 V.. V. ; .J t . -' C r Jc :' : n3'.1':-iMi...:uBj fillw. j v."3 a t i cf -C. E.cli;ei'.f.r I-d cuhning'.rt:' ' quaint tl! , 1 which vJona.iiaa : , .a .: - io t;; , a o, aaorj otler ti. fie upon It w . 3 to con n to shrill and 1-oEg- with-the I i Ted. structed tliat it cc 11 ts t' ear-piercing-notes list t drum, or it ce !1 te sof y tad sweetly breathed upon as to give foilli notes , like the gentle dulcimer. ; ,'";' - 1 : One evening - Jonathan wandered, down to the water's edge, and seated upon a rock gazed oft npon. the darkly, flowing, star gemmed flood. : ;His thoughts were-of Ihis home and of the loved ones, and anon came memories of the old songs that had . been wont to gladden the fireside. . 'Unconsciously, he drew his flute from, his bosom and placed it to his lips. " In bia mind, at the moment, was a sweet song, adapted from Mozart, which had been his mother's favorite. ! He knew not what he did. To him all things Of the present were shut out, and he was again at home, sitting at his mother's f eet and the chasm was not broken until a rough blow upon the back recalled him to his senses.. -. : " f f -"Man! what are you doing? The gen eral may be awake. - If he should hear you -r-eU": v . , .. ,- , - It was a'sentinel; and even this guardian of the night afterward . confessed that he had listened, entranced, to the ravishing music for a long' time-before he had thought of hia duty to stop it - : ', Oa the following morning an orderly came to the spot where Jonathan had been eating his breakfast, and informed him that the Generals wanted to see him at head quarters. r ' -. : .. - -. -. ' Poor Jonathan turned pale and trembled. He knew that LaFayette was very i ' Act, and that ia those perilous times even t. It lcfractions- of military orders were punLh edseveie'y. Ashe rose to his feet the - '-l cf the previous evenir ra-c? 1 '. i-to his ean . . : -, . II it tlould fce about tie' r-" '3, ..Jo?:" tlao, c' a't you te alarniei. Lot a e J s:.ve yea end r--3 kuo 3 ir-'.'.'.j j f " :v.t it. lira ' rto tl .!. 3, c . - : a j i i 7 it ff' l'tj-: ; tJ i:, t... u.U. -.3 OUttUr .It." ' llx' -lrt tl 3 1 :.: a j ' ' ' -. ri,l ! r-rl-r's scat :11a 113 1 j. It v .-id ta t: st -...vkitloadlever c : :1 1 tcivier tl-a I ever siea 'to .cai'ry, u I tave roy esaGc;,!" '' ' u' - '. ' ",'- ; ; - Ha Ilea Wert to the Ce-cral's ' qzzzt -3 a t;rt jlclel ia a con-niaaJllr ';lt, oveilxlbg the whole line te tad to r' ' ri. LaPireiia was pacing to and,, fro, end t era til r;ioo;ly, as -'though. Lis - thoughts "Coizrale, who are you? si r. . s clowa tla 1 3 river a -r . ;-3.yca "It wss I, C :-c: J, but I kslw net w! Icli. Ir - tr.:t toe ,ltcf t:'-:. ::i ft ; .vi ' "7 your c: Ir tfltl 3 i : 3 fit 3 :. r...-.::3. The other d y t . ere v alley, Detroit, I farmers re"irl. ' , teen unranr.cd . . prepared to- '.:"' .'v 1 were his,. and ( - a L. 1 ' his tc:lniA"y. , 3 r tryirj tla L -'3 s tala time, and l. 3 ; ling .them' as- tl: wagon. Tie CJ.zl chased them' at a c a ' time, and his wlfa .3 c stand to tell wts.t tie lz r , was a large, ;::hy woe ' r 1 bewildered- . "Land save me ! but I v, . : r a crowd tefcre, and If If 1', 1 f-int I" she --;xd C3 1 , t;:l : ? stand. - . . . . . . ' ' - ,"ever n - 2 f-lntir : ' 3. II,' lawyer. - "Tell tie j- r v" t - ii about r- 1 ,"'-. ' "C 1 j. . 1 1 1 1 ' - '1 ' " We bou-t 't-i ut j 1 ... "How are you sure i: v ; ' ii. 'Sakes alive! but I L. j v boxed Melisa's ears that rao. :: a rwi ii tM '-' . r married on the 15.a. "Who asked for the!" 3 t "Ohl stars-.and gart-.j! I ; remember it as plain as dy.. - 'What did the clerk .iy ?" ' Ohl stars! he eiid, t..::' '' ' -went and got 'em.'! . "What else do you reir.er .ler ? -"Oh. lands ! butl wsr.t eiaci l:o c" . " ''And you didn't get it ?" J "Bless granny ! I di-a't, and vra all the way home." ., -s4And now -why areyou pell. 3 these are the bags ? " .' ; ' " 4Oh ! dear, ohl but wtila fa v ing I threw 'em out Into the r: 1 one lend me a fan, for I'm c-r1 r' 11' -"Nevermind being tae t c What else about the tt 3.JI 7 "My husband boxed tey t 3 f Jr 1 big 'em out. .1 Ohl stars I ,I1 It : tell thatP i. ' : : . ? '.: - , "He did. fth ? WelL wV ,rt .' 3 ?" Ohl dear! butwhen I got ho: I' the hired man ?" : "Kicked the hired man, eh ? 1 can you- be positive tl.t't j bags?" " . " : t"Great snakes! aren'tyca Yes, I am positive." , ' r l "How can you be ?" . . .' 1"I don't want to telL" vf ?-."But you must." -. " "'"Well, if I must I me I f sure -I shall faint -away. Ii. . boiedMelisa again," v , ii"Yes.";; 1.,: 1' f 'And husband bosc-1 ma." '-"Yes."' ... -. "And we both boxed tl e ! 1 we were allso mad vast; our cheers; and- have 1 :.i r 1' catarrhlever siccl Day: ; . tave ma-3 foc'j cf ce.. ' . . c r-ia-t'i9 -, to a 1 -3 0- ' -1 ; ter to .vc , . ' - to te a 1 1 r : :; ; yet, iat a- m.., - 4- -a ter3 13 a y ej-'Lr j to skirts cf r ivez-tzro to close to t 3 e " 3 cf f which af. 1 wco'.i ta cel. All men will tale cLacces, will risk everything whea ...3 1 upon them. . ;. "So you want old Jack to repeated the warden, as a lock ment crossed his face." . - "Yes." ; .;1,7 "Don't you know that ta derer?" . ' -', . ' . "Yes." "And in for life?" :: V 1 "Yes." 7-1 7:1V Och I fd sooner have a r over my face than Lis black : cat the throat of his wif a t It ekef: 3 c: What is to prevent Lixa f. 1 L jugular vein?'' -"2Jotthigi" "Yet you will take the rl 1 . "I will. ' I want to te t' .. derer ; 1 want the senr tl , 1 c pass a keen razor slow'7 ov : around my throat, and c 1 stand in ihe door cf cl : ,'.h ! " "Old Jack has beea r , ; late.'" ' ' . - . " ; "I don't care." 1 There Isn't a coir,: :t ta t doesn't fear Lis rcsor.". "So much the teller; I chances.' . . - .7 "You may try it," c:.l 1 V a lor 'silence; ' Iut notlir-r.! 1.3: cf the chair'?' -..--' . . "Yes." . "That's all I want. barber, shop aloua &z 1 rangementi..-' Tilt's :' Ion T don't fc", " Old Jack v c l'"r. 1 11 3 -1 - I :. t - 1 r 0 c 3 3 r t ; r : 1 " IT" " l cl 3, t. 7 c. tlo-'-aii LIj 1 ila - ; : r ,b. Yet I would ajravate - 1 -a. 1 ' ' - : - 3 a horrible deed of yours,". I .-a r-yse.i in tm csa.r. t s 3 Lis face, and he made no 3 raz-r. touched my face, and I 3 . ri tremDied. i - .- 7 e "to burn you at the stake 1" 1 ti i i iLzot fade the first cut. .1 row e .a tli f 1 oe in' the glasa, and " lly tlizoi. Il3clencheUhi8hand it to Eike, tut let it fall again : cr.'fve seconds and went on 1 T'e. 1. Els hand slook.he breathed 1 l-:;, ?. 1 yet he had no reply, : I 1 -ti away for a minute, I ' ' -t te a eni andworse to :do ,i E3 tl-t! INo wonder that all ' 3 pil STcll yOU.""-' ' .1-:: t"i tl 3 razor went up ia the 1 3 w:? to s . a me, ; t " f" 3 i r with Lis left t 1 a LIS iiAt. . i Ij i-la tad if I tad made a . z-l Lava cr.mi it out. ' rry- ia 1 ' I said; .and his If 1 la r sz ' Ihia work, tremb t a :i wondering to himself ' t f1 e revpr9,upon me, r a t :.w i:olt shoot into ti4 . - II knew he Lad a plan . . ..J three murders. An- 1 ) T-:- x Ljt life, and Ma sentence cofald S 1 3 f -rthened : yet he dared not Cut ' tl :.tvyith a swwp of his hand, which t , Jy 1. ' It . V hat wa3 . hia plan ? -1 ecs L:.1a shut I watched and waited. 3 look ia Ll3 eyes grew more crafty f ihe cei a fi-.Ha to his wicked face, and tried 1 '1 E3 he said: ' ; . -i : Iff '"' ' H . a' t a too hard on de ole man, sah. 3 I o i a Leap b' trouble." ' .. - j -"Yc3. . ,.' .;;-; ; f.:l: ' l;'"-;l7 "An' I iiat so bad as dey try to mate t '.," ta continued, as La wiped beard J 1 .l.r on a piece of 1 paper .on my .oulvler.''.- 7 i ' r ' 1 I cAa" la't see his face, it was abover rAe, t tie 7'ece of paper fell to the floor on y left side. He had finished shaving on 3 r: ht cheek aod would now begia on .3 leit. . What waa his plan ? It. came to 3 ia aa Instant. When he had his razor it r'ht Ll3 foot would slip on that "pice f soey psper ! i He had dropped' it there 1 purpose, and it would .not be a bad e- -'-'-i.i . -A '-fJ-r'.'' "2To, I isn't so werry bad, he said as he t Llj razor on my.Ieft cheeks 1-'. .' . ,' f . .. I could see his jaw in the glass, andj it s 1 "i-i-shut, as If he was terribly earnelst. "T.i fc'.L perhaps not.-'- :'---. !; -;J;; & ' . '-'ITo'oody knows how much trouble jze 1, r h," he sighedV as-the razor' crept :r 1 y cheek towards a jugular, vein, and 3 11 -ars'. tfhtened their grasp ,on. fhe- -1' a. He was ready I ,' ' " ! '.' kl" ,'. - '.' ' "'; '. . , i-.v'f;:-'. ; ' i .i. : 1 wui live a iu.i minute arteil a - t la t:.s leoa severed!. -Iathat time r i c 't ;a who did it. In five r 3 I'll r -t six bullets :r 5 .ook end trem 11 t1 like one i 11 r 7 , c. j I'll" I 6li, 3 I put -on . 1 tos.; cd L.Z1 a quarter. '. ;" 1 3 Lead to rive rue one "farce . .. 3 lock. The money fall to tod he kicked it asida in con- 3 dlda't even scratch your face?" ln, as I returned to him. t a scratch, and it was a close ;. x Not Blanied In Spirit. ' i l'y the most remarkable case ever t 3 country, and one that has per-' ' - 1 more attention and excited Lt than any other,. was that 'of . lock vs. Charles W.' .Greea, ' ..tt of marriapje contract '7YiTe ru that the caae has any preee 1 1- e complainant is the daughter of -lock, a Methodist preacher ' 1 at Kewaneeand formerly at , .-1 the defendant a Methodist ' "'-- 1 at Fairview, Fulton Ilaois. - The prrties were married 3 ra t " 0 and lived together,-as Iv t-ivicg one child born to . h 3 t.rne past coii.laiaant has ' i c. fandant, and recently she r f for ar.aalment cf themarriage c a t e found that she had, enter ' r c iress of her mother, and r c ' ol"e and protest -' This she ; 1 tlo witness stand,' ; testifying ' 1 r : r loved the defendant, : v:....rgly married Liau and 1 l! ways tad been repugnant L ! --rp ".rents tad all of the time 1 t tley tai p"-:l.ed , that "yL.m, and ter raother tad -li ter to th.-.t rid; that a tai teen 1..CT, f. ".. 1 f- v ..: ;u W ;ea-'.or l.'i ex .1 1.. t Jovel t tl'3 I ! 1 i .1- l-c:::t i .e -co-, gle 1 - i ' I f ' i.r u 1 . ,.l.r t x: : r t TV . Pt of the Houholdf The boy we are going to tell you about, was named Richard, and was the youngest of a good-sized family, and bo, of ; course, the government rested mainly ontus shdul dars. . -. .: -.. u- j - He really had a very hard tione or it, ,for often Lis father's young lady cousin, and his older brothers and sisters,, would hot obey promptly, and sometimes Lis father did not wheel into line as quickly as1 he should. ' . ' , j . With his mother he had no trouble at all; she always minded beautifully and, asj he said, "had more sense than all the rest.?-" : Richard was just going out cf skirt ioto pants, and was quite, handsome, but jhe dida't care for that ; he only cared to gfcv eral' There was a lit.' 3 lock of hair; that hung down on Lis fore '.'.. !, just aa you pee it in me picture 01 x 'oieon, and ts he was so dat. reined to Lave every''.! g own wsy, tl-e i'.'j. r. ; : 1 to c V 1 1.1 Lttle It..ocou. T 1 . : Once when tis father mi mother v re away for a short-time, Lis papa's cou .in tried to make him do somethirg she thought he' BhoulX - ';. ". 7 ' . . ' , j ' He looked at her calmly and said. "WkV. Julia, I wonder at you trying to bosa me, whe - jmfn or.'". ytMas S a-. v-k-ud"V,. i a-. aftr a sec,. ad L. It, tarhir wilh a loxik of ' deep indignf "Yea, , aui only my second coushaat that,' whicU, -.completely settled her.. - , . . - . , ,1 -. Richard t '1 a TA tla bed in Ma' r ' and mamnr 3 rcvoi, which he had sleptf ia ever since t j was a baby. As he got older he and his papa ueod to have many argu ments on the subject of ids going into the other room with t's brother to sleep. . I When le got really boots of his own,!he always set thstn 3 "st, where his' papa stum bled (Jver the oa"; aad he always bad to tie his necktie and brush 'his Lair before the mirror at the identical moment his' father. wanted to do Cit same thing. - . s bo, one mormng bis papa was unusually rebellious and obstreperous about .tbejway things wer9,vTB "ad, and on going ,c at, said r' l "Keally Richard Lee WhitUi V. n: JL don't intend to occupy the" same "f otm wita you one nigrrt longer," ana sunt tne door quite loud. Richard always hated, to hear hia father give him his full name ; ! he knew it meant trouble especially when jhe put in the middle name. He always found his father harder to manage- for some time afterward. 1 V-' ; "1 ' -. - ;' ..';"': V . He looked at himself in the glass quietly and thoughtfully, while be finished setUihz his collar,- and then turning to his mamma, whom he loved to distraction, he said : ' . ; f .,rwell ! mamma, I thins, if any body has to go in another room to sleep, papa ought to go basse.!, for once he was no relatiod to you at all, and i ve always been." " "A' EemarkabI Family. z, "isorton, markable . . . - 1 Pennsylvania,, contains a k-e-fauiily. ' In the doorway of a saialL low-rocfed - dwelling stood a tall, well-preserv : 1 woman. ' "I am looking for a woruaa r-' 'ud tw vl :orous I e.' "y-fouri years old, who has ity.f - chl l-ea and is still; in 3 r frst' " f query. 3 sai-i. :ppose y:. a eft" t ' ; t - -f r. 7 ca- 13 Co ii i 1 . i a ..1 a mile or t s t' .t f. . - U3 L actead. Tla you:..; sit '. i aui 13 erj'-el.Ja rrape cult-ore at Li-, aond.-; srt, - Lew - York. The entire twenty children are ia splendid health,- Of the four who are dead three met their, death by accident, while the fourth died of yellow fever in Memphis two years ago. "The mother' still does" all the housework, milks four cows dally and tales the produce to market. . Bhe ia the finan cier of. the family and declares that she needs, no lawyers to. keep her .affairs in order.-' Every .Sabbath finds all quiet about the farm, and every member of the circle is required to attend the quaint old Methodist church morning and evening. ' j . ' "Ia your husband living ?" was askeij .' "Noair; he died five years ago..' -j ' Who Is the man of whom it is reported that he is. 81 years old and yet -cuts two cor la of wood every day?", j "Oh,", aaid she, aa a smile lit up her face, -"that must be brother Jake. He's cut yonder chopping away for dear life.") The visitor went "out yonder," and sure enough, a tall, strongly built .man, with white locks streaming over his shoulders, was bending over a wood pile and wielding an axe in a manner betokening no lack of vigorl His four-score years have all been spent within a radius of twenty-five miles, lie had never been outside . ofl Hunterdon county. "I care nuthih' a'xmt seem'" the world, sin'-.' My own lit "Ha village here and my small gathering of true friends is all I de sire. ' I read the papers regularly, and I fad that there is a heap of bickeria' and si. ITa outside which we avoid in. our quiet home. . I remember a good ways back, and have watched many charges since I was a boy, but all my aHectiona and associations are 'round here. I do not Lava to chop wood; oh, no, sir, but I Lie the exercise, and it keeps me movin'. I've never been mari'ld, aad have laid er.'a a tolerable ne:.t f.a ia the lYeac.' towa bar.k for old ;?,". eel at wor.ls "c! 1 p -3" tie sturdy firmer clue!'.'.'.:!, t'" t c:ghty-oue yeau c. Lciry I . ! net 1 ..13 f I tl: V3. I ii. ' Of a I 1 ti 3 t To ; it. r 5 c 1 fo il 1 , Aa Ant Bear. "That animal," said Charles Rclchei la iNew York, "is tw ant bear." rri ' . ... . iae Dear rose on lis legs, snowing a won derfully elongated and narrow Lead. It is' thickly covered with long, coarse hair, which oa the tail is half-way between the fiilameats of a heavy plume and the stirks of a fan.- The tail is used by the bear with commendable ingenuity as a blanket, being for that purpose brought around a half-circle and Bpread jU3t sufficiently 'to entirely cover the boiy. Besides serving as a cover for warmth,' it hides the animaL Iluntarg, not " accustomed to the forests of Brar.', which the ant bear inhabits, step on it w i h out knowing that it is a curiosity. The color is brown- washed with gray on 'e head" and face, and intcmpersed with pure white hairs oa the henl and tinder limhs. The throat is vtry Hack, ard a Ions', tri angular I'ack ma ' ,c6.3:8 t' aniiral f -1 j i' e tlirv , r ' " -' '.i 2,..- . ..... t ........ - to tla end of ti.d 1.,..' lie Li-ar is ja;,! a t. ,.ie more, than six .f -ct iu lcrj'.Ii. .The teii alone is one and one-half and the till t vo feet long. The bear has four toes on the fore-feet and five on the hinder feet. The claws oa the fore-feet are extremely long -and curved, 1 of no iin -walking. Tilfy -are' used as a means ol '-def-se agaiuot Ihe stronger animals, jj tney? are once iiu-f planted . la .the flesh of. human beings the wound is likely 'to prove fatal., The bear has found that the safest way isj to wind Us snake-like head around the body of its foe -Its hug is particularly powerful. The. bear turned its claws inward upon a thick, rough palm, and walked on the outer edge of the fore-feet ia a l&s!y, awkward manner to a boxtwo feet away.. The oily indication, of iutcliigendd it displayed vas the scraping away the straw for a bed. ' It cannot walk long: 'The bear came from rara. its ownef, air. iteicne, nas naos a. atandiug ' offer 'for. the .last tea years to all the captains sailing from - New .-York J to Brazil to' pay a good sum for. a live ant bear, andthia animal 13 -the only lire one ever brought, to the ' United, States. . Cap tain Edward secured it while it was sleep ing, which it is very capable atMr. Reiche is negotiating to sell it to the German Zoo logical Garden Company in Berlin for $2, 500. He ,'says that no, zoological garden in the world possesses a live ant bear. -' The London garden could keep one. for only a week; it died in the -garden, Mr. Reiche f eeds the bear with Extremely finely scraped beef mixed with egg and sugar. - Every schoolboy, particularly if he has lead Mayne Keid with proper diligence, remembers the picture of the ant bear sweeping up a thou sand live ants with a tongue nearly two feet long. , ,This tongue, which is covered with saliva, la a most effective ant-trap. Mr. Reiche fed the bear. At first it did not take kindly to the change of diet, and a basin of ant-eggs, soaked in lukewarm water Was b OugU.' The bear ate half of the meal by lrpping up the eggs much the Same as dogs euU .Turning to the'diah of scraped meat, it placed the tiD ot its Ion? tontrue on the plate aad returned it to its mouih without 1 partaking of the food." The bear then stood upon its feet, and leaning its head down I vertic&ly ppread its tougue over the straw' andmiJ? af "1 he' 3 'like a tin whir.!?. JhoV.l .11 Itoi 3tch :. "v. 11 6VC " cue I 'ul catui . j .. I ..J USa.i h 't 1 v hi h i : . '.. 3 I. 1 the tarlh. "i't are there not Ihousandi rwho do not understand botany t To some the btudy is too diuicult. Other3 can find no opportunities for pursuing It. ' But all would like to kilow something of the beau tiful vegetable world ; something less leas formal, less difficult than- what is usually to be found in books, and something more thaa can be learned from the mute language eloquent nevertheless La its. muteness of the plants themselves. Why is it that so few attempts are made to render popular the study of plants T Our artists on paper and canvass attempt to reproduce the gor geous coloring of nature's garments. Why can not our writers, give us word-painting in their descriptions of plants, Instead f using only the unpoetic language of science! Why can not more of the grace and beauty with -hich the Creator has endowed the natural, world bo reproduced in books f Amongst the most graceful And beautiful of the many lovely forms of vegetable life are the ferns. Of plants they are the least pro saic Representing the beauty of form as distinguished from the gorgeou3ness of col oring, they arc endowed with a tinder and romantic grace. To study them is one of the moat popular of pursuits, to cultivate them has become a popular passion. But thousands would be added to the great host of fern lovers if fern literature were not Bo dithcult to understand and so nnattractivew The tourist makes a drive Into the country lane. Charmed with the varied andgloii ous forms of fern-Ufa jrhich he meets, Le resolves to study the oLjoets which have had so pleasing a fascination for Li'n. lie obtains a fern book jfbut after reading two or three pages ho wearily throws it aoiio. Should it chanco to contain colored en gravings of Lis favorites, be my li i or for a few moments over it ; but wlieu'Le lias once scanned the artist's elf oris, he has seen all that he desires bo see. lt is the eld story. The language of k I -nee, as gone-, rally rend .red by our cienL:lc writers, is a language for the few, and science will never be popular until popularly taught. "The laoinjut T9 cf Cowt-ri Lu bceu Uu,.ht;'Ca' not aa ut 1 1 3 tj t" :cU tla l..j- Lf t... 1 1 t f.-o.-l i.3 6 3 r ; .1 I . i . -t .1 1 3 1 r... i C .1 ca tine i... : v. r v . t i:,.., l.-i !. , fl L 3 ! 1 1' J i ' T ! . r 1 ,. . xT Ji It 5 , t . . The pavilion was rpfy,. fsrj two,-but a wanderer oui51.,, ,. be so placed that the trea- her. ' - V e9 , 1 to taa "C vrr 1 r if . 1' to Liir , I. a't breeze wafrJ to her V f ".'. satkm,' which she did n.,t o.,,,,. ; ciently sacred tor avoid or 0 twp sell i . - - ..,.. '""Now, "Cl oriy H's of VJ ' ;" marry a lua v, ho Lu.3u't U. in Newport ia iumracr" . .. Char)ey gl- i-uily Xoi tf.ret kr blasted piace until this st-ufx-m. Irene That is very true f t r t! son lias blown me .v...t 1 a Ul liV j ' 7W tll4 happy. Charley- A" L : at Iewp ! I ')l!-f! f J t.cihj,., 7, 1 r , r a j , -t v : a man UacTi'T t t: I portance, tie 1, cf .-co:i.L.ry. e 1 a1? v i 1 - J l.i'lcil ft) 1 ( I- 1 i 1 f i " ' Ij r I, jo.V Iitue I don't eu; ihhhi it !i ot:cir to yoa uiat wewiould ga up wi,h tha to . Charley I ytlon't know-o" t' i.et 6i.y I--.:'. .- -I.-; f d !-.;" - 1 t . ks.. :'.i . ii.-.-.f v.n - Irene-rVju - uefin't be , e'-w'r. $ ; I haven't said that; liWa't A g;e.t r. -am j for jou. . . '.1 JV;.s ,,- Charley -TJntfjpuljaye id that you've a greater regard for a house thaa . for, iae. Against a villlt Newport I've no chance. Irene. 1 cant (,1-)Wv"i rn ), f j iaw AVliy, how -i yua' e t 't r t..rry taa.oi.uicsaweih.?r ;uai.M .vne of them. You're hanger on, a sort of caan-w tuutor, among- Uuux. t l'ou'e pret- jf, &&DOW, awiuny preuy-but ther art ' scores of girls as pretty as yba. ' ' " '4 .rLrene-i-Thank. Ij Zv. .4r j ou'O-' -biter take your pick among thprn. 'Charley No ; I want you. i : ' ' , Irene Idiot thatlalaJ ;.:zi :li i Charley Precisely. , . " , , Mlrenoi-VeIL sir, I "decline1 ti 'hoaor. It's of no. Use..; Binatl t've bctu -l New. port I know Just what I .want, and I wont have anything else. Til Lve- aid d.e as I am rather. :.; t- . . .ii Charley (vindictively allying txn at the wave) WelL I've one rnortr thing to . say; I think this place- i Xi'e to ans wer for in the Way ct hWoralizatloo th.n any old Bodom aad ttomorrah tliat tha lVa ever scared, up, - Last w mier . I koew you as a girl, of sense. . This summ(T Xour-la-banda, yachts and all the rest of the show have turned your brainJ .'.'. ., In the long, sulking silence that followed, the wanderer . outside atrayJ, away, and presently ineeU Miss 'Irene ilact'ilicudJy, radian beside; young i man Ki.h a Lay- colored ..must who .ia ,,a. : dgarVwlli "Charity fooU it lip the bath road ia tha duatr- viciously " switching the wLP.cued,. burned grass by. the roUid apd tonism plating. doubtlcsn, the inward and or? ward - cUiacduooa"' of this " biarslc-4 j l.ic. It is nowj ' ' r tie r t t t :g 6 I. 1 t tl ) R J J -a .3 t I... 11 ' ' r , ( S hi I t ' c I -r 1 : to cave taken cliareo a the ho . e to t .ry out a scheme for robbing Lis patrons w !,- '. sale." Having leased a popular l..a ia a central position, Lis object was to sK-tirs as many rich boarders as pc '' 1 an I t'.'-a to ascertain by the nnwt cauliouii and spa cious methotls where they kept thoir vo.ua- bles. These points gained, the mxt step was to set fire to the. house about two o'clock a. m.,- and while the guees excited and alarmed, were leaping from (heir beds, intent On escape, to gn'bu'upthdr Jewelry and other portable property and convey it to a place of safety, whcr, later it mi;tit be prudently Bppnpriate,L , The plan of the landlord was well conceived, and would, no doubt, have been succcstf ul Lad Le Lch.-i more attentive lo details. - The fire turned so slowly aa, to give time for r-vn-f 1 of most of the trunks and vala, but .urn of these were carried oS by tha Unj: 7i die honest agnnts after they had liwn rcv'ued. Had the flames spread as raj'idly as the in cendiaries bad reason 'to anU. !, tha mortifying failure would not, jp.li.My. have taken place. The Inn-keeper rntX not be too Lu-stily pronounced a Liaiul rer. His crime waa aa experiment,M all f ioovez movements are, j nil tx) nnuh Fhoiild vr, therefore, have been cipwted of him. lis is ia Umbo cow, but if lie recover LU fro- -dora and haa an opportunity to try a, he will, undoubtedly, if pair wra cf "Lis late errors and da the thing l..vulou..!ys - ..Vl , -J:el Trove rb. Better la a little rl-hteouv--! :".zi m thousand sulrftcribcrs who cl",t ter. ' ' A w ise man tuakelb a f; prompt payirg sul -TiW can"e to laurh. ti a .r-;rv. -.- Ia ' .1 :'-" t,f 1. '. ' Folly is a Jy that U& .Itul but dei.nq lent suLsctibcri. ca in the hrw.isfl of a ncwp-.T r All lie ;) cf a i. a:, aro own ty r- ; t t o-vi s:;'. ::r -t in r- t 7 j f I ' r U f i . l 1 f 1 1 ...- 1 , ii c " 1 1 V
Statesville American and Tobacco Journal (Statesville, N.C.)
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May 15, 1880, edition 1
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