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VOL. VIII.
What it Mean.
Arrayed in snnw-w j i e panli and vrat
And dlhnr la'menl fair lo vinw,
I stood l eloie my sweitlioart Hue
Tho olianning oroaturo I lovo host.
''Toll mi", ami dona my coHtuma Miitt"
1 akc.) that apple of Nv ova,
And tlion tho cliarmor iimdo roply
"Oh, yos, you do look awlul outol"
Altlioutih I frequently hid hoard
My K'.vooll.e.u l vent hor pli-.iult 40,
I in 01 in IVvsm I itiil not know
Thu luci'iiiii ol Ihul ravorltn werJ,
lint pii'Ki nily at wlndnw aido
Wo stood niitl watched tho pasaing
liming,
And Bonn ,1 doukoy pae.) aloni;
Willi oars I.Ke snils enleieilni; wulu.
An, I a'niu' nl thn iloli'lill lirulit
"I y n im'lim i l Knvo it iiii'i 1 v Ul V
I (iiolo her hni','ii:i!:o with a sih
I'll I'll..!!.. ..i,.'l I... ....).. I ....,..'!"
THE BEST MONTH'S WORK
'What a delicious tiny ! I can't be
lieve wo are rcully in tho midst of win
ler. It is like May weather ; in Hie sun
one gets almost too warm. I have 11
strong impulse to go berrying or wild
fl iwer hunting, to keep up the dclight
lul del tiion that winter is over, but un
I'nrtiinitely I should loo s ion discover
that it is a delusion. Liurii, do put
down that stupid sewing and let's g) out
in l he huh.'
'Hut you just said the sun was too
turn.'
'Well, let's gu out in the shade,
then.'
"Isn't it jnst as pleasant to be in thru
s;iaoe apart iron me sentiment, 01 inn
thing?' retorts Laura, tho practical. 'I
realty can't take thn time to be senti
mental. This set of aprons must be fl i
ished.' 'You are provokingly altered by mar
rying, L'tura, and I'm tired of seeing
you with your eterunl sewing. Well
I'm not married, so there's 110 reason in
my despising and eschewing all pleasant
things. I know what I'll do. I have a
bright thought.'
And Mis 1'jI'im May (her friends
called her Bonny) hurriedly left the
room in which Mrs. Eliott persistently
sat at the machine toiling over her
aprons. Miss May was paying a vhit
to her old schoolmate the first since
the udvcut of the rosy-checked little boy
who was sue1) an absorbent of time and
apron3 Miss May was charmingly
pretty, and received nn added pictures
qiioness from her present surroundings.
The house, which Mr. Elliott had inher
ited from his forefathers, was a q taint
and old fashioned one, with great por
ches on all sidus mid a grove of splend
id trees growing around it, Thes-,
however, were Lure and tmnou now Hive
and except a little clump of evergreens
at the back of tho house, which looked
to-day refreshingly green in the wuim
sunshine. It was no wonder that when
Miss May emerged from tho house she
turned in this direction, ihe hud as
stilted a long, deep suti-hoiiiict of piuk
Calico, probably not so cuuch to protect
her complcxi-in as lo carry out the idea
of its being May -time. Sim is carrying
a shapeless ! u wlie of cord in her arms
with two iron rings attached, whieh she
presently suspended between nvo trees,
when it was shown lo be a very roo.ny
and coiif.irtable hammock. With ques
tionable gracefulness for even b.umy
May could not get into a hammock
gracefully she rolled heis-li' in and
when the diapeiies of her skirt had
been made to conceal the neat little
boots and a portion of gray stockings
which had appeared for a moment, she
produced a book with a suspitincs hi. d
ing of blue and gold, and tega 1 to read
I!ut this putiuit seemed not interest her,
for in a few inoaicnts the book had
been tucked awuy ut her side, nnd the
pretty blue eyes down in t!ie fleep bon
net disappeared under thi ir silk fringi ti
lids. .Miss U.itiny was indulging her
self in mure delusions, a id probably
imagini f thtit the divant so-ind ol
Lantu's machine was tin, hum of sum
mer Lees, l'erbaps she admitted that
the author of the muse was, in one
set.se, a bee, and sho heist I the idlest
of di ones, but if she dill, it did not
woiry her i 1 the least shu was fiiid'mg
it very pleasant In be a drone.
Ten minutes alter 1! 11 ny hud left the
room, Mis E limi heard a step iutohs
the hail, another tn onei.t slid !.ud Ml
tered a iill'o cry of SU' prise and given
an enthusiastic welcome to a very go n!
1 ttik.li) cr vouni! man. whom she called
Max, and whom we present to you,
more foimallv, as Mnwell Warner,'
Kq , by j rofession a j iin.alist, and a
Lrol'ier to Mrs. Elliot, lie had c mie
unexpectedly Iroiu his distant homo in
tho ciiy, and waiki-g the hill-mile
which sepataled h r h mio from the
town, had cuuie epni Mrs Elliot s i
suddenly that it took Imr ssveral min
utes to reulite his identity. Presently
she said, easily :
It's too rice, you coming just now
Lave heretol'ote been 1'uisttaied i.i my
ii tenlion u-d desir id' tii igiug you
and lSotiny May together, but I meant
lo write to ynu nl once and be you t.-
make an effort 10 come 01 now, though
1 hardly dared hope JuU would have
time.'
It is difficult to say what the cxpres
sion wus that passe 1 over Mr. Warner's
face while his sister was speaking, but it
certainly was not delight. In a moment
he asked, anxiously :
When dors your friend arrive?'
Whv, she is here. Sue came n week
ago. Isn't t too lucky. 0, Max, she
is such a d itling.'
Ooo might liavo ftin.ied that the
young man's face fell as he answered :
off. look hero, Iniuia. You were
I quite fight id S")posil)g I woulJ bo
WELDON, N.
pressed for time about now, and I would
I avo come but for tho fact that I Lave
not been very well, and I knew tbat
chance was what I needed. But I can't
afford to be idle. I have some impor
tant writing to dn, and you must not be
disappointed if I stick to it pretty closely.
I c 1 n't cuter into any planB of yours for
falling in love with your friend, which
would be charming, of course, but it is a
recrei ion I haven't lime (or ; and, with
out considering tho young lady, if she is
as fascinating ns you have represented
or. I might get hurt,
'lint, Max,' his sister answered, w'uh
regretful disappointment, 'ill it was just
what 1 wnuled. I hoped ynu would
both get hurt, as you call it, and ret
cured by maliioiuiiy.'
'W ell, don't hope it nny more. Mis.
Eiura, if you please. I haven't the
faintest notion of marrying lor several
years to emtio. I urn not rich
enough '
'Hut H.inny has something, nnd '
'J!.il, my dear, I haven't the inclina
tion. I don't want to many now. I'm
too busy. So ilcnsu don't liiink of it
again.'
It was a distippoi: tmetit, but Mrs.
Eliot dropped tho subject, saying as she
rose :
1 must go up an 1 have baby brought
down, and tell Bonny to order some
thing you like for dinner. lid you see
Will?'
'Yes; I stopped at Lis I'flicp. - Never
mind about dinner don't bother ubout
me, at all. I'll go out and take a look
around the old place, while baby's
toilet is niakiii".'
WhII, I'll come and find von pres
ently,' Mrs. Eliut said as bho left the
room. .
Mr. -Warner accordingly put on Lis
hut and suited forth, and naturally
enough, thu shade of the evergreens at
tracted him, and so he bent his steps ns
straight in Bunny's direction as if he had
been gi ing to find her, n design ol
which be was altogether innocent.
I'lii-iij was a thick tiiotu hedgo which
completely hid her from view until he
had comti up to and was looking over it,
when, with diicoucei ted suddenness, he
found himsell standing not ten feet from
the now still and motionless liatvmoLk,
and gazing down the deep pink boutiet
into the prettiest face ho had ever
seeu.
Tho tiny baro Lands were prettily
folded over the closed honk, little gold
en rings of soft blonde hair were lying
close around the pmu white brow nnd
temples, and the deep-fringed lids had
drooped upon tho sweet blue eyes for
B tuny was fast asleep.
At first Mr. Warner had been ser
iously disconcerted, nnd Lad hastily
stepped back, but his eyes refused to
withdraw themselves ro.n this enpiis'te
picture, and so he stood perfectly s!il!
and spell-b-itind. I'icsunlljr, however,
ho cnnin to his senses.
'By , love?' hi! said, in 11 tone of sup
pressed enthusiasm, 'she is sweet. I
don't wonder nt Laura. How I wish
she'd open Ip r eves. N , I don't; I
wish she'd keep them shut forever. She
Couldn't look this lovely again. An nngel
iua pike -bonnet j nymph in a Lani
m ck.'
And n great many morn preposterous
similes occurred lo JJr, Warner, whih
I am too discreet to mention. There is
no telling how long he might have stood
there, Lead he in t been roused by the
sound of Lis sis'.ci's voice calling him
With a guilty start ha remembered him
self, and turning, walked rapidly off.
lie cicne up with his sister just ns she
was t'jrni.'g the corner of tho house
with the ba'jy in her arms. After he
hud uduiircd and approved of his young
nephew, to the ed.li.:atinn nod satisfac
tion 0!' the 111:1 tuna, tho filler s-iid :
1 cn.'t find I5.-r.iiv anywhere; she is
not iii her room, und I Lava culled hi d
looked for her in vain I 'suppose she
has gone to tvalk, and will be back by
dinner. S.) you mean to begin your
writing nt once? I hoped you would
fall into some plans of tt.nusi.Mpen'. for
B i.my I but I Lad mndo in cast) you
cmiie; but now you v.i'l do writing till
tiio lime, and "
(.), you inu-li.'t Lake niff so literally,"
the young man ati;vcre: ; "I can wriie
as much as is necesscry, and still find
lime for your plans, perhaps. I'm
all aid I've appeared c' n 'ii.li and un
I'r.itiotis, but I didn't mean it. I am
always ready, of course, tn give you
anv assistance I cau in euterl. lining your
R",sl" . ....
(Join! Mrs. l.nirn was undoubtedly
astounded at this change, of tactics, but
she was di.creel enough lo hold her
peace nod conceal the astonishment she
lelt.
In a slio it lime Mr. Eliut ai lived, and
carried Lis brother -in-latf off to bis
library, where ihey rem lined until j ist
before dinner, when the latter excused
himself and went lo his mom for a
short while, and presently descended
looking so well dressed and handsome,
alter the adjustment he hud made in
his toilet, that Mrs. Eliot as she pre
sented him to B.mny Celt a conscious
pvido in each. Max could hardly help
smiling 11.1 Lo met the demuro and dis
tant gnZtf of those beautiful bluo eyes
an I responded t her few formal wordF.
She was carefully dressod for dinner,
and she had n very dignified little
manner and look which Max could not
liulp coinpaiing will) the expression and
air of the little creature in lliu poke
bonnet. But b'io bad so much buoyant
yuuug life in her that she could not
retain her distant manner vsry long,
especially as ho was so kiud and
fricudiy, aad by the time they bad
0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1870.
joined the laughing at Laura about
baby's snub nos?, and teasing her about
being so very married and settled, and
they bud a stroll at twilight and a dunce
in tho drawing-room afterwards, they
had begun to feel liko old fricuds.
And so the day9 flew by, and their
acquaiulnnce progressed in inverse ratio
to Mux's manuscripts. Laura found it
quite unnecessary to warn her brother
against overworking himself, or to in
veigle him into the walks and rides and
drives si e had arranged for Bouny's
bnuclit. Indeed, he had not been in
the house ten days before she accused
him of having grown lu.y nnd idle, and
began to ii ipiiro as to the state of tho
important writing of which ho bad
spoken.
"He doesn't fulfill my idea of nn
author nt nil," Bonny stid. "Every
timo ho begins to write, if I happen to
bo near, I lake a (ice,) at tho manu
script, and instead of its Leiug com
prised of thousands of sheets, in which
lie bits lull-bin icd, it is nothing but one
or two little scratched and scored pages
that look very much like poetry though
he is not that kind of an author, is be,
Lmra?".
To Ler snrpriso Bonny thought she
saw him actually blushing as Lo hastily
replied :
"I don't writo pootry that I am aware
of."
"Why, of coursey ou'd bo aware of it
if you did," said Bonny, laughing, "un
less ynu resemble the man who, when
he had the meaning of poetry und prose
explained to him, wfts astonished to dis
cover that he bad becu talking prose all
his life."
Nothing more was said on the subject
that night, but Bonny observed aller
ward that whenever sho found Mr.
Warner at work ho would bo sure to
have plenty of Iooro manuscript scat
tered around, utitnistukably prose com
positions; but she once, or twice saw
him furtively hiding Irom view s une
suspicions paper n poem or sketch, for
he was n fine nrtis', but sho wus quite
sure the pret.o compositions were fur
exhibition merely.
"l ou are writing a poem or a collec
tion of poems, I 11 111 sine of it, nod
you don't nn ft us to know it tc til
you come nut in your bluo and gold
dress."
Bui Mix would always deny and pro
test, so that sho Lad to give up her
cff'rts to detect him.
B mny's homo was so far away, and
her visits to her friend necessarily so
rare, that she was now como for a long
visit; but, Mr. Warner was understood
merely to have run down fir a sh irt
stay. However, tho days and weeks
Hi) by, and ho was still Lis sister's
gue't. She certainly n:ado every elfoit
1 1 mak'j him welcome, and it was patent
to eve y c;e bow delighted she wai at his
prolonged May. and at the probable
caii'e of i'.. But at length he got such
urgent letters recalling him, and hn h.iS
put i ff his important business nlfaiis s 1
long, that l.e reully saw tho unpleasant
necessity of inking Lis departure stai i.i
him in the face so persistently tliut Ue
fixed it j .1st four days from the timo of
his nnimuncomctit of this decision.
Ot courso regrets were expressed
and iiivitalioi s otlered on iho part ul
Mr- nnd Mrs. Eliot, but neither felt any
Confidence iu urging a continuation of a
visit which had already been bo gene -as
to timo. Well, lie could be happy
for those fetir days, Lo thought, und
happy he was, and somebody else ap
peared to be so Lnppy also, thut it
was 110 wonder if Max was obliged to
see it.
But ut length the night before his tie
partme came, and he and Bonny bad
been for a walk in tho biac'cig February
air, which had now Lccomo cold 11 mi
wintry ; and as they were strolling
slowly hoxcnnrd, Mi.x was buying Low
he loved the country and country life
(1 bran new predilection, by-thc-uay !)
' Then I wonder you Lave tho heart
to tear youi.self usv.iy." said Bjutiy.
"I haven't," snd Max.
"lliveu'l whati'1
' ilsven'i the limit for that, or for
anything else. The face is, I bavo no
hour: at all. I have lost it. '
1 !e was yielding to a sudden tei.ij 'a
tion that assailed L'.m lo lelt her Lis
secri, but a startled look from her
wondering and innocent eyes tluckod
him. und he paused and recovered Liui-
"I lost it before ynu saw me, Miss
Bonn)" tlio cheeks flashed, eyes drop
ped ami tears swam but pride camo to
Ler rescue, and sho answered some
trival tiling, lie continued, 'T have the
picture of th gii I who hr.s niy heart.
Would you like to see it?"
"Yes, thank you," sho answered
promptly.
They had reached the portico. He
stepped into his room and brought out
his portfolio, and opening it held it
towards Homy, and there lay the living
breathing image of herself asleep in thu
hummock, Sho glanced fust, timidly,
then in astonishment, and stammered :
"How could you?"
"llo,v could I do what? Kill in love
with a g'ul asleep? If the girl loves me,
sho will close her eyes nnd let me see
once tnuro how she looks asleep."
S!ie accepted the challenge, and ho
ttok Lis first kiss from her blushing
chrck. Just then his sister was beard
approaching saying :
"Uh, Max, we cannot let you gn go
soon. You said you had a month's
work, nnd you huve done nothing yet."
"My denr Laura," he aid, "I Lave
done the best month's work of Biy life.
I Lave I'ouud you a sutler."
Mrs. loiol took it in at once, and
pressod Bonny to her bosom. This was
Ler second kiss that day, but how muny
more she got in years to come we shall
not toll. Perhaps tho reader may
imagine
EmalitMom -
The legitimate interpretation of (his
word is a desire for superiority attended
with an effort to obtain it by all praise
worthy means, nnd without any wish to
repress, or oppose others.
There is a nice lino of distinction be
tween emulation and nmbilio i. When
tho latter is directed toward tho attain
ment of excellence then it may become
a synonym of the former But in its
true sense ambition is nn innrdion'e de
sire of power or eminence most often ac
companied with illegal means to obtain
the object.
When Woolscy in the midst of his
lallcn grcutness charges Cromwell to
"I'ling avny ambition," ho saw by the
duwni 'g light ol" eternity that ho had
used a ruinuui and unholy thing ns a
stepping stone to his own aggrandize
ment, regardless of good or evil to bis
fullon-mcn, and he then ndds the deeply
portentous words, "By that siu fell ibe
angels."
Euulatioti strives not only for its own
goo.1 and preferment, bul ulso for that
of otlics. It has no petty jealosies and
selfish interests, and uses no tricks of
policy and malicious measures to pre
vent all other competitors from reach
ing their own coveted goal, JTlie
trained racer iu sweeping aroi'iDcl tho
couisc fecta but one desire-, that is to
outstrip all other contestants in the race,
But lake two fine blooded steeds, har
ness them to a vehicle and start them ou
a journey, llow nobly they work to
gether ; how beautifully Ihey co-operate ;
how the one strives to help the other, to
emulate his fellow in tho discharge of
11 is duly, nnd accomplish the work
promptly and successfully.
liiu illation litis a man out of person
al and ignoblo motives, nod lift.1 others
7i.l1 himself into tho same pure invig
orating atmosphere. It peoples earth
with beings of angelic kinship, end as
by uuibition the angels fell, no emula
tion throngs heaven's courts with cheru
bic and seiaphic hosts that make the
unceasing melodies uf the eternal city.
It in luliacy to suppose that the rich
est treasures ot earth'a pearls of price,
paradoxical as It may seem are to bo
hud "without money nnd without price."
All men even tho humblest, me.y oaiu
lute Lis competitors in winning ihot.o jew
els that gold cannot buy, and that ftje
sinrod where thieves do not break
through and slcul. Every man can be
come a blossing to himself und hlu race,
can he pure and good iu l.'u motives;
coblii, uiiKP'fish, gei eroas and honora
ble in hi-i actions, in u word can bo a
p.vr Moid the grandeur of human char
acter, that lustrous polj Btur uf mortal
asii alious.
Bat men sometimes say w have
no wealth, u. positiou ; wo eanuot hi
ll ier.ee others or benefit thetu by cur
limited, individual effirts nnd resources.
This is fallacious l-'gii.'. True, all men
cannot he I a '.ers coiapaia Uuly few
have, the g' iiois and courage to bo the
chief U a inoveiiiei.:, but cvcey subor
diuuta can follow tho '.Dfidor, can strive
to emulate Lis perseverance, his pro
gressive activity, bis hopeful spirit, and
nnblo ufpiraiious. Tho earnest, fruitful
follower of a good cause, doss as much
for tho woild, end u as w.nihy of ap
phuse, as he who leads. However great
and worthy n leader he may be he is a
pj'lsiiuit figure of "masterly inactivity"
mile s he hnr. co-operation Iron) b:s fellow-uen.
There is no instance on
record where tho great X ipoluon ever
conceded to hiuot. If or List i ito tnilitnry
genu. '3 me s icci'ss ol omi ol n:s oiiliianl
campaigns Whenever Victory perched
upiiii tlic eagle;; of France, h's thanks
were aJdretii-itl to the soldiers id the
uuipiro.
Emulation of beirg enervated by op
position, is energ r.utl, ( lilting il and
doubly inv g .rated. Indeed tho blows
that me U. uck up. u it by s.ili.s 1 jcnl ms,
u.ulicioti.i ntd ulai demuii antngonis s,
only servo lo give it more nerve uud
I r.ctul po.vcr and sacII i s watch-word
1.!' otiv.aid uni u ward to louder and
ll'lUlNphaiit !i lllg.
Thu legitimate Cmul ilion irj iocs pt
iho buicefn u! u'ii uuC Aviii y uieii, ai
the lull liuitioii ul every movvmcnt or
enterprise that is truly for the benefit
ol uidiiidita's or mankind i t largo. And
as a luut!o.iiiiiiious victor never ixults
over a fallen foe, so a man of true emu
lation Icels 11 profound syr.ipnt'iy aod
regrel ut thu defeat of his frliow nun
who was nobly ci.de co ing '0 work out
beneficial results lor himself and the
human race at the same timo.
As a watchword Excelsior has the
stigma of liileness upon it ; but so long
as man strives to reach after' higher
things, its sound like the blast of a
silver liumpet cannot cease to thrill Lis
heart ns ho ascends the heiglvs of mail's
nnblo aspirations. Higher, still higher;
rings like a bugle call Irom I'm myriad
tongucd voi- 's of the nge, and emula
tion stirring within thu using and ex
pandit)'' soul of man, uusers back the
err until it reverberates Irom tho riveis
to the cmld of the earth. The tbclogiau
lei Is it Hireling the inmost principal
will.in him, as ho points to a Christi
anity whose every downward tep breaks
one link 111 the golden chain that con
D 'cts man s soul to tdissful ( teinity. It
mukes thu pure 11 imo of love iu the
heart ol the humanitarian burn still
uioic brightly, till ii UasLci up ova up
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ward towards its natal home in the skies.
Higher, still higher; cries the educator
of youthful minds : higher, still higher ;
is writteu on the hypotheses of the
modern philosopher, und the true scien
tist feels its voice cheering bis labors as
be reveals natures most secret arcana.
As the years rill by the path ol
human progress beams more distinct,
more marked, and brighter Still with the
lieht of true and sublime humanity.
May wo not hogo 11)0,1 the year 187'.'
will notably illustnilo a yet punr and
broader promise for the future, and be
pregnant with doeds of love, of help to
tho worthy emulator; of sympathy,
pence, and fraternal good will. Angel
visitants, no doubt, will hover in mid air
oer tho earth, and rejo ce w tb human
ity when a new year dawi s in tho uni
veisal heart of ma 1 that shall
"Urinit iu thn truth and rlht,
lirlni: in thn common love of good."
Author, Thomas S. Powell, M. D ,
Atlanta, Oa.
'i'hc 1 11 it siy Till tins We lo.
Have you ever ri fleeted upon the rery
many iiinny tliiiiga we do, for which we
can give no pnttieuliir reamin ? How Is
it that wo do not k"c fivo cheers, four
cliccru. two cheiTH, one cheer? Why Is
it ".hat we ijivu three cheers and no more?
Who can tell J
Why is it that the mnjurity of people
use their rieht hand in pruterenco to their
lelt, 11 ml cannot help amiliug ut thosu who
use lliu Ullei?
Why is it th it a man ran not seo a
bundle rd toothpicks without helping
himself when ho does not need them at
all ?
Why is it that a small boy cannot let
the Ihiu waisled wasp fly la pence, with
out luriously goimr Iwr it with his now
straw hat ; or why is it that the urctill
i;irl always inmsts upon lucpjiiir home a
kitten that has not even learned bow to
open its eyes ?
Why is it that when i,uo asks us how
many days there arc in a certain mouth,
we always say over to ourselves ;
Thirty (lava hnn September,
April, Juiio and Novoiubor?
Why is it that wo turn to the right
iusiead of tho lelt, when tho lelt is tar
mere prelcralile, and if adopted would
sive many nn neci lent cn railroad and
highway ? TI13 drivor always nits upon
the right of Lis vehicle ; in turning to tho
right ho ii farthest nway from tho wngou
ho passes, nnd unless he in an expert, can
in t toil how close he comes to tho wheels
ol tho man who goes by hira whereas, If
he turned to tliu lull uh'.o he could look
straight down, peo to iho fiaetion ol an
inch how close ho was nppronihiuii an
nbstne'e, uud thus avoid it. Tho tnuincur
runs npon tho riglithand track, arid site
upon the righthaiid siilu of I1I3 Cab. Ti e
long, narrow locomotive, with its sand
tower, bellry uud smolte-slne!.. is in (rout
ol Inr.i, cutting nil his outloo,. and inipud- j
it!i;ii!s observation. I'.o can Tic only
his own train;, v?h:lo tha opposite trr.ck,
n:ve at a distance, is r.liuoit wholly uusoun
by In ia. (Oa some railroads the reverso is
the custom )
CuDloin, i.w'iiir; to causes wo know not
ol, h s istablisheil tliesu curious precedents,
acd from uhsorvution and education vie
uawitiiajy do thousands uf things that
arc, to uay the loa d, lunny, and that r. e
cannot possibly explain.
Ity (he Mad Ken IVnves.
A gaiiTit joui man, with long, dark
hair and a look of yc iruing alter the
eul.nu water), was ata iding on Cone; It
land leach cn Saturday, uud by his side
was a woiu.in whom he aitdresie.il ua "'.ly
lovo." lie was vatchiut; thu while cup
fr.r from sliruv, and she eov'P.'.ed ts bo look
ini; at the bathers.
Without rttuovinrj his gnz) from the
wrin.iluJ 11ulr.ee, ol tho ilisunt water, lie
exclaimed, "Oh, the gicut (1 ay when the
bnunihau sea shall givo up lis seerets r
'Yes," tho ivouiaa said, with languid
interest. ' I wonder if that dumpy woman's
liai; is her own V
A bit k uf cxlieiuo PudiH'ss cnie over
his live, like the sludoiv of nn umbrella,
and he involuntarily drew liHck a sin-jlu
step. In ho doing he hlenped into a hoe
diifj by 11 yoldc.3 haired little (airy of lour
or livii midline!, and l.o turned a Lack
somersault.
"My love" looked at 1dm reproach
fully, and said : "Leonidua, 1 am usliuiind
ol yon."
He murmured semotlippr about the
in iichii vous buys that "put holes heliii d
people lor them to tumble over," mid tl, n
sat down in the sand to take oft bis shots
ami cniplv the ballast nut ot them, lie
h id one shoe ( II and was dusting h s
ill-tep ; just ttien the lar)'e: t Wave ol the
iitlernoon came up and obliterated all the
prints in 1 lie mind around linn but one.
Hi wile had retreated, and tho appealing
ion, unit lie. uisi at her w hile, the wave
was rcedinj; threw a ulooiu over all the
guy throng on the bevh.
"lA'ni.iilas," she said iu a voice choked
w ith cniiilion, "you had better Und a sent
on the Bunny side, of the next traiu and
kiep it."
Toward sundown tho pair were soen
trollniK ou tha tisphalt near Cable's,
The waietsun nud drytng wind had done
uuilU to repair the young man's mislor
tuue, and "my lovu'' was evidently regard
ins; h nn nioro hnpelully, for she was tel-
linjr him ihut ouo of the pony carriage
was "tlm AluU'tit s cuaeli," and the urchiu
driver was 1 om lhuinb. Uostou Herald
Au tiideixroiiiKl Nl renin.
Lst week a nuyri), while digging a well
on Air. Julia Wallers place near Albany
tla., benan suddenly ycllinu out ut the ton
o( his vaicu for the bucket to be 'at down,
winch was quiekly done, and tho darkey
was drawn up lo tho top ol tho well,
tremi)liii'4 anil panting, with eyes as white
cotton, ami ihr ks suueers. Investiga
tion revealed a swilt underirroimd stream
rushini; alone underneath the snot where
the negro had bicu digging. There was
only a ttiin crnst ol earth between Ibe
ncRio and the stream, and it suddenly
bcuan to givo way. Iho darkey could
I11 nnd hear the wster ruliiiiK below
11 i m . lie esi apod without injury, but bis
luols tuuk in luc water aui we.ii; lust.
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This
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row,
ALL KINDS Off FARMING IH-
PLKMHNT3,
STSAM ENGINES AND WTTOJf
GIV3.
Also A gout for the Clitoago Soalo OojBft
panj-'e
UKITEI) STATCS BtU8J3
SCALES.
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Uailroiid Sealn to the SMALLEST TEA
Sealo fui'iiishod at S'lrpri.sinn LOW fig.
(ire. A I'Ullorui IIAYirr STOCK 0Mle
of l'i U It TONS capacity for $60.)0 aud
1-1 UiUt.
All kiud of
IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS
Kurnlshml at HltOKT NOTICE 'anii at
1'utoiNburg or Norfolk THICKS.
I am prepar,t to do ANY KIND ef
Repair Work for
ENGINES, MILLS AND OOTTW
GINS,
I kop ocmatantlv on hand of my own
Maiiulaoturo a GOOD OETIOK
COAL AND WOOD STOVE.
Also a good assortment of HOLLOW
WARK.
LUMBER mrnif,! nl In any qnautltT '
a the LOWE IT Market Katea.
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