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Tweite' lines solid brhvier cont 'itute one pqnnff AH kinds of .TOR WORrtVlone at tho Iv EQUIj ATOll1 ' oflW. In! tI.a Ht I,of. and on rwisonahluterfrn.. Bill for ;alvrtUins considered (hie when nrr. ETHEL'S HISTOEY. by e. r. w. . . . I , A cabinet size photfgrapti lay unon F,uc:)u,,,0uL .J., P iw 11:1m uitf pnoLosrann of.aa handsome a man as ever looked j love into a gid eyes Ri; pert Stone's I picture ; so like hi in, from the careless riirv rf flio 1i-L- It..i ST U T. 1 ' w orowfW.iavft rcyd over an(1 OVer with neer tVe proud firm hps of s-ich tende.lv ex- x-. , . rl C ii- , . Hnsjte modellii? 't hat t .m.I'q . throbbing fiercely - ' - -. - f . u inilll "was 1 she looked- f own into the utmost, sftittiinoi.t ! ,.- arid then cjasped more tightly the open iter in her 'hand, that was"written in Rupert Stone's peculiar -Unmistakable band. 1 This was what the -letter raid the firnt love-message Rupert! Stone, had ever sent, her. and that seemed inexpress ;ihly sweet4, almost iiu-rediVi)et to the girl, vli3 h;ii loved Iiiin -c?lori2, so re-! -pressjMlly; and Ethel kis.ed tl:e bold ', round chiro-tapiiy is slie 1 . . ' (ll'l- W'AII 1 I have dared kis-, the lover w ten the words : ho had wi it- "My-Ow.vDaklin'o: I fke.nd you" my "photo, as T promised you, j nd irt return :' btit your. I know.you 1 want not vonr icture elf! Etl icl, my little girl, love me. I have seen it i 1 your eyes this- many u long dav, and s you look at my picture imjicjiie, if v T ..Ull j. ,. I. .. n can, how x :u;m ; i:iKi ur in my ar you when I have learned v ims and kiss 011 have de . .... v. v w ni 1M7. X V . 1 1 IK." Ill I wl ! in lw r.n- 1.1T.J 1 ,. 1 you will ITrrve much intlueibce bromdif to bear against the verdict of vonr heart; but also rei'nemherfl love you. imd want you to come to nje. anl may Ileavtn reward me as I dekl by you!" It certainly was a letter U have made liny" girl's heart throb, and! Ethel had ' caught the picture and th letter in n jiassionate" embrace, and was caressim: them with her sweet, moist lips, just as somo hue's dress rustled oier the car pet, ami a severe, s'iocked voice pro nounced her name : J "Ethel!" She gave a little, start as- she looked ip dnto her mother's face her ladv mother, with her iron authority vailed under velvet softness her proud, aris tocratic mother, who dUULr.vl 1? 11 nnt k,.. ,11 r Li that he, being penniless, haJ dared pre sume to her daughter's handu and that, being proud, he had dat ed t tell Mrs. Stanley he did not consider his bein" only a salaried man was te smallest ohjection. Ho conld certamly make her daughter comfortable ho m'ould certainly make her happv. And 3Irs. Stanley had relented his honest offer as almost an iniiult. She had peifnipfbrily forbidden another word on the subject, rind had told Ethel that Mr. Rujtert. Stone niust hereafter be consideixvl off the roll of t)iose. made welcome tinder her roof. And here, not a fortnight later, Mrs. Stanley had come upon Ethel t passion ately kissing a letter from RuiU t Stone a photograph of Rupert Stone ! And j volumes. of exaggerated ' ad verbs 'could ! never do justice to the intonat on of that one sylable "Ethel !' she pronounc ed, or give a remotely correct idea of the manner which accompanied it The girl turned f pale ; th?n with a little defiant laugh, confronted the sit uation tmhesitatingly. " "Mama, there isn't the least use of your scolding me. You may read !Jr. Stone's letter, but I will tell von be forehand that I love him beltter thaVf all the wprld." I Her blue eyes shone like tars, and ber lovely face was white and firm. My daughter you forgejt you are ASHEBORO, --.,.MU,8 juur inotner wneo joa say re w no need for roe o scold. ,1 do not jiually manifest my dispWure in such' a manner, Show me Mr. Stone's letter, plea." Ethel hliive red a little at the icj, courteous anger visible in every well choen, carefully. modulated word from her mothers lips. Such , wrath was more hopeless to com bat then hottest anger, as Ethel had more than once found in earlier days.1 ' . .f SUM, she was almost haughty as she bowed, MthUyv and Jaid the letter un hesitatinly in her mother's hand, j watching th cold immobility of coun. tena nee that accompanied the reading. Then Mrs. Stanly deliberately tore the precious treasurer to fragments. j ;"Ethel, positively you ahall have nothing 'to do with Rupert Stone. If, j as you Kaj-, you hae imagined you were ) interested in him, your wisest course ! v" iU to disenchant yourself 'or chooKe 1 r. 11 1 1 n , ' . !f,na,,r autl rreyocablyi between h,m and your mother." Ethel's lips had trembled and her ryes moistened when her mother so cruelly destroyed the letter she would i" '.,t" ii" j 'mrw. "w at F.ouna 01 .. . l.ft . ,. ..1 , i A . j. m .imi!, ur-n iir-;isam. uons, vei mer ciless as' fate, her heart sank in wretch ed distress. "Marr.a yon seem to forget yon once were a ffirl and had a lover. Mamma, don't be so cruel don't make mediso V-y you for indeed it must be as Ru pert as Mr. Stone wishes." Mis. Stanley smoothed out the thick ruffles of silk Oh her over-dress with "omilace7it mdiiFerence as he rose. 1 1 on are nerfeotlr comnetcnt to fnake your own decision, and equally . . . 1 ; r 1 .. . 1... i n in-: it m?otf vonr ciMiice. ut remern - 5er this you cannot be my child and Rupert's wife." -And the result of undue tin pa rental coldness of rarely unmotherly conduct, was that three months from then saw Ethel Stanley the bride of Rupert Stone, and the deadly enemy of her mother, forbidden the house forlndden to write, and cursed with an awful curse. It was dreadful to the girl, and months went by in which she pined for the mother's voice vainly. ' But with Rupert at her side, brave, loving, indulgent, Ethel conld not be ut terly miserable ; I nor did she ever re alize what actual anguish was until one fateful day sickness came to him her beautiful darling and laid him on his hack for weeks and weeks, draining them of their frugal earnings, robbing him slowly, surely of his life ; and at the last taking him from her clinging arms, and leaving her all alone to face the world and her coming trial. Then, when the baby came, poor, or phaned nursling- a fair, lovely little gir1,r!th Rujiert'a eyes and the Stan ley features then poor little Ethel i.knew what it ineant to drink the cup of sorrow to the very dregs. Tlien, when the pitiful struggle for daily bread be gan, with Rujiert's eyes looking at her in labv's face, she yearned for home and mother as never, before. She dated not go to her mother. In all those long mouths she had never seen her but once, and then Mrs. Stan- , - . ...i ..ucuiu. over her head as the btanley carnage rolled by the pavement where Mrs. Stone, in plain womanly attire,was walk ing with ye,s full of misery and face full of pain, as -Mrs. Stanley so cooly gave her the cut direct. fche. did not dare t lay her fatherless babe on her mother breast, but she did dar to give it her mother's name, Eleauor Stanl-y Stono and then, for Eleanor's sake, Ue delicate young wid owetl wife commenced her hand-to-mouth wrestle for bread. It was a wearisome task, and more th an once little Eleanor's mother went hungry to bed -more than once parted with her dearest treasures to keep the cold from baby's dainty tieh, the while Mrs. Stanley, not a mile awy, bad all the luxuries that wealth could command or taste d ietat Then em j .loy men t precanouR at best, failed utterlv, and Etliel knew it was to be death or d-. pefate resolve with her and Rupert's child ; of the two she chose what she dreaded mostthe resolve to go to her naughty mother for baby's sweet help less fnk". NORTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, ; NOVEMBER' 15, It came to her almost like an ini- rationhow Ube : should go to her mother's house, whose doqrs were now closed gainst her ; and wrapping the violent eyed baby in a shawl, and tying a thick: Teil over her own dark hair, she started, fourth just as the dusk was falling one cold night in the midwinter. The lights were burning dimly in the elegant mansion. She went down the area steps as a thieT would have stollen down them then as the one daughter, of the house should have done. bbe rapped timidly, her heart for the flrst time in thrce vears in her throat, to be answered in asec- hearrl ,,er mother s voice. ond by the well known face and form, 1 ..sit down lJOOf1 om Emma sa yS and voice of Emma Roop. the upper , von have a won,ierful clairvoyant now housemaid, next in authority to Mrs. !cr. Conld von' M1 m1 ofme one iiamerton, tne housekeeper. "Is will you I don't you want your fortune told." ' She suddenly gathered her courage 0v.i, MCi,eruLciy ougntaown the pain of old memories that swayed over her at sight of the woman, who frowned, then ( laughed, then opened her honest, stupid eyes in astonish. ment as Ethel went on hurriedly- -I can tell good luck, and your vnnsnan name, and now old 3-011 are, and all a!out your lover that's a sol dier. And " Emma's countenance n.iled. SIia i little knew it was Miss Ethel who knew her Me as well a, sl,e knew it harca f TI Itill 1 .-.o.. . iruieu wiui curiosity and something of fear. . , , .vuu at me missus u S if she knowed I took a common uipsy woman into the house she j liuu, aim wiiu a iueuiai reservauon to keep an eye on her, sie bade her come in. and Ethei went tiemblinj; into the kitclien where hundretls of times Em- ! ina had given her bread and butter and sugar in response to childish teas ing. She sat down in the shadow of a cor- jlner, nestling her baby close to her breast, and wondering whether she would succeed above as well as lelow. Emma sat full in the glare of gas, her countenance as eloquent with su perstitous satisfaction as such a mass of cood natured stolidity could be. "If you really do know about past things", and absent people, and lucky marriages, and lost things and all, why let's have some of them. I'll give you half a crown to tell me about " Ethel finished the sentence quickly. "About the tall young man not exactly young, but not old with black hair and a mole on his neck, who writes once in a while to vou, and al ways signs his letter "yours to com mand." lles a soldier, and he's true to hi. "dear Emma" this many a year." The girl's eyes were like saucers. : "Heavens and earth! I declare if I oin't half scared of von! If vou would only tell me what his name is now, I declare if I wouldn't take vou up to see the missus her as worries continual about her daughter what married below her station. I wonder if you could tell her anything like that clairvoyant woman she went to a-pur-pose to see if she knew anything of Miss Ethel ? There, mind not to speak the name." - Ethel sat trembling like an nspen ; j ner i)rcath threatened almost to sutfo cate her; and little Elenor Stanlv nes- tied warmlv at her breast-dhe grand-: re 011 ner ai1. 'er shawl, and her daughter of the limit v mistress of thc j bahy's shawI an'1 sPranS 10 ,,er moth house, tlieheiresq of the enfn;iQtntier'9 feet tf ars streaming down her of Stanlev ! "I can see stransre thm-s sometimes I l can hear stran2e thinir. too. Just nnw therp imnn'.W now there is a man's oice whUncrinf in mv ear-a voice that lisps a little ia-ain' an'1 take UV l-little Elea and it says. "Tell Emma Roop that i nor StanIe and mc Tom Flovd will he home before long." I She never nm l sentence, for Emma spran- to ber feet. I her raoUier kIes 'choked the words. uGood Heavens! it's Tom's lip and all! Come on up stairs missus 11 on he glad to listen to yon. Come j Ethers limbs were Iremblincr so she conld barely stand, but she managed to get alonir up the well 'known stairs through the elegant hall, past thc door of her own room oh ! such surging ag onies of memory were thrilling through nerV and Emma showcl her into the very room where she had sat that day when Rupert Stone's letter had come to her, when ber mot Iter bail bade her make the choice which bad been so fearfullr abided bv. , Inere, in a darkened room, where the only relief from total darkness was the faint rays intheopen prat there, in Ethel's own" "accustomed chair, by the fire, sat Mrs Stanlev. her silken skirts shiverins as she slowly rocked, and her diamond earrings glenraing like stars. f ' -w Emma crossed the floor, leaving Ethel, almost dying with intense re pressed excitement, standing by the door, and ' whispered several eairfr words in Xfr-;!' RnI,PT, a Tlion who is absent ?7 The proud voice trembled ever 'o faintly, but it summoned all Ethel's courage. 1 ..T think so madBmt if you sit a moment and let me take vonr j hand to estal)lish a circuit, please.? j nd wit! one hnnd on her law8 : silken ho and thc othcr - Cr j mother,g m H with heait j throbbing and brain whirling. Ethel began : I see a young girl, short, slender, fair, with dark blue pvs nnd morn- t 1. 1 ' 1 ; t . . . j Ktu'411, umi Mie naa a lover, tan anl j dark. and there seem rn he n,nnt,; , tlle wav. u look, d!lrk , around them-verv dark and threat- eniner She paused, her agitation almost getting the better of her. irs Stanley whispered, almost ;. hoarsely "Go on yes I" "I see the young girl again older and sadder, and more womanly and she seems to be comparatively happy; but there is an awful cloud hurrying on to her-dark, oh. dark as mid night ! It is the shadow of death, niadam !" Mrs. Stanley screamed, piteously Oh, no, no it is not death ! Look again ! Do not teil me my child is dead ! Ethel clung to the nestling baby under her shawl, that lay so sweetly sleeping on her breast. "I fit is death, it is death. I see a corpse ; it is a tall, dark man ; anil the girl iL weeping over it, ami I hear her call 'mother mother!' ami I see her on her knees, begging Heaven to take her, or else give her back to her dear mother asain." Mrs. Stanley was trembling violent ly. 'And now I see a hairy atinj girl, with eyes like heaven, so clear. A child! a widow ! Oil. heaven, what have I been doino V Mrs. Stanley sprang to her feet in a pPasm of fce?u regret and anguish, and Passed to and fro. in sharp agitation. j murmuring the pitiful cry : ! A child ! a widow ?' Ethel sat silently, her whole life seeming concentrated in the moment about to dawn. 'Shall I go on T 'Yes yes! ' Tell me she is alive where I can go to her, on my knees, and take her baby to my heart. Go on." It was impossible to carry the trag idar scene further. With a cry Ethel 1 . V I. 1 a I cheeks, her face white as emotion ! VI ... ; ! t'nu,, raaKe lu I Mol,jer-mother, did you not know rae? Mother, can you ever love me j ami the baoy s lovely eyes opened and smiled on them likc a blesin'. A CAPITAL MAXIM. Lady Mary Wort ley Montague re lates the following story : One day. as an ancient king of Tartary was riding with his ofllcers of State, they met a dervise crying aloud. To him that will give me a hundred dinars, (small pieces of money,) I will give a piece of good advice.' The kingi at traded by this strange declaration, stopped, ind J said to the dervise, tThst tdw i tbi that voti offer for 1876. a nunarea dinars - -bire,' replied "low, a ouau 11: iuu2b luanKiui to tell you as soon as you onler Ihe money to be paid me.' The king ex. peeling to hear something extraordi nary, ordered the dinars to le given to the dervise at once : on receiving which, he said, ' Sire, my advice! is. Begin nothing without considering what the end may be." ! "The officers of. State, smiling j at what they thought ridicul6us advice, looked at the WnwKoxa they, kx pected would be so enraged at this insult as to onler the dervise to he severely punished. The king, seeing ollect now, the greatest I mean aci -their amusement and surprise, said, i cording to the Christian stamUrrW-. " I sec nothing-to laugh at in the ad. jhave alwavr begun bv doing the near, vice of this dervise ; but; on the con- est dutv, however Vmall ; and here trary. I am persuaded that if it were John took up' the axe. and begansto more frequently practiced, men would split the kindling-wood escape many calamities. Tndeed.so Will jumped otrthe saw-horse and convinced am I of the wisdom of this began to pick up the sticks without a: maxim, that I shall have it engraved j word, but though he said nothing ho on my plate and written on the walls .thought the more. . - of my palace, so that it ma3' le ever lefore me." The king, haying thanki ed the dervise, proceeded towards his palace : and on hM arrival he onleml the chief Ley to see t hat the maxim cu.mau uii ms piaie anci on uic ( wans 01 ins pciacc. . "Some tilne after this occurrence, one of the nobles of the court, a proud ambitious man, resolved to destroy thc king and place himself on the throne. In order to accomplish his bad purpose, he secured; the confi- dence of one of the king's surgeons,,! to whom he gave a poisoned lancet, 11 .ion win uiejiu me King with this lancet, I will give you ten thousand pieces of gold, and wherjl ascend the throne you shalVbe rlv vizier." This base surgeon, dazzled by such brilliant prospects, wickedly assented to the proposal. 1 "An opKrtunity of effecting hi eil design soon occurred-the king sent for this man to bleed him. He put the ! poisoned lance into a side pocket, and hastened into the king's presence. The arm was tied, and the fatal lancet was about to be plunged into the vein, when suddently the surgeon's eve rend the in jwui at me uuiiom oi ine uasm, "lie- pin uothuig without considering what the end may be." Ho immediately paused, as he thought within himseif, "it l bleed the king .with Una lancet he will die, and I hhall be seized and be put to a cruel death. Then of what use will all the gold in the world be to me ?" Then, returning the lancet to his pocket, he drew forth another. The king, observing this and ierceivingt!isit he was much embarrassed, afcked why he changed his lancet so suddenly. He stated that the point was broken; but the king, doubting his statment, com manded him to show it. This so ari tated.him, that the king felt assured all was not right. He said, "There is treachery in this! Tell me instantly what it means, or your head shall be severed from your body !" The surge- on, trembling with fear, promised relate all to the king, if he would only pardon his guilt. The king consented, and the suigeou. related the whole tukt- ter, acknowledging thaf had it not ben for the words in the basin, he should have used the fatal lancet. j ' "The king summoned his court and ordered the traitor tn ) jWMit.l ! Thru...rni,g.ohU0f5cer,of.Sute,'i,e! A " Cnart of FrocU 1 M. "Vm, now eo Out tho l.i!of IT"" M ttrtaUO' th. J i ..i.;-k i-..-...i:.:1 muidcr titm if b. did not cca most T.l,bl: ithaaUcd L lk ply reward him for his wi&ia maxiia.T HEROISM. i Oh, dear V said Willy Grey, as he sat dowp on the saw-horse, and look- ed at the kindling-wtjod which lie ought to have been splitting up for bis mother. 1 do wish I could do some thing for the world. Some great ac tion, that every one could admire, and that would make the country and the whole world better and happier. I I wish I could be a hero, like Washing ton, or a famous missionary, like Jnli son. but I can't do anything nor be anything ,1 Why do yoa want to be a he to? asked his, cousin. John Maynanl, who, coming op Jtist then, happened to overhear his soliloquy. HU2IBER43. 4 1 . Oh !' said W illy, coloring, crenr one admires a hero, and talks about him, and praises him after, ho is dead. That's the' Idea, Is it ? aild John, ; You want to be heroic for the sake of being talked about V , ? Not only that, bat I want to do good to people,coTrrert t&ri2CJ&heir or or save a sinking" ship, or save the country, or something like that That sounds better, but believe me, TVilly, the greatest heroes have been men who hare, thought the least alout themselves, and the roost about their work. Ami so far aa I run I've wasted a lot of time In think. ing what great things I might do; if I onj Lad the chance he thought, -and , I've norWtpH th ht. t 1 , ought to do, and made a lot of trouble. for mother. I guess I'd better bWhv my heroism by fighting my own lazi ness. . -i . . Will anylx1y atopt Willy's reso lution, and carry it out In his daily life? fAtW World. - , ' MAKING ROOM. Term was over, the coach was full of young Oxonians returning to their. j 1 1 ixjuvgcs; tne morning was cold, wet and miserable, when a well, appointed "drag; drove up to the -White Horse Cellar," Piccaiilly. -Have you room for one inside ?,'-i-asked as pretty a girl as 3ou, would wish to we on a summer's day "What a tienuty !" exclaimed one. " Quite lovely V said another, .rer- feet 1" lisped a tliinl. "Qutc full.misa. inside and out replied the-ooaehman. "Surely, you caake room for one," persevered the JW. Quite inu possible, without' te young gentle' men's consent." ""Lots of room." i cneo tne insiders; we are not very large ; we can manage to take one more." "If the gentlemen consent," replied the driver, "I can have no QbA j jection.M -We agree," said the inside quartet. "Albright," responded. the coachman. The fare was paid, and the guard proceeded to open the door, and let down the steps, "NoV, Miss, if you please ; we are behind our time f'Come along, grandfather," cried the j damsel, addressing a most respectable looking, portly elderly man ; the mon. ey is paid, get in, and be sure you thank the young gentleman ;" at the same time suiting the action to the word, and, with a smile, assisting Ler respected grandfatlier into the coach. "Here's some mistake ; you'll squeeze us to death." cried the astonished par. i ty. Sorry to incommode, you,! re- plied the intrudrfY'I hope you won't object to have both widows tip,' I'm', J sadly troubled with a cough At j this moment, "All right. sit fast I" was j heard ; and the " Defiance " rattled a way, be3t pace, drowning the voices j of the astonished Oxonians. Punch. f i J?,L?01 "T " minutes aaer." -I wiOi your Msjes. ty would bang him flee minutes be frore, replied the jester, f -: , j i mm i . - t . J j A calf in Mds-aukie walIowed'fcU j hundred dollars worth of food in one meal a few dava a-o 'It wa in Hu form of. a pocket-book full of bank notes. They cot the animal open, but lie had already.digestfd two handre4 dollars. The ret was recoyenrd. He did cot sun ive tle operation.' 7 A wealthy Xew Yorker more re ! markable .for .money than education In attending a public dinner recently, beard his neighbor remark to one of the waiters, "Waiter, jou have omltt el my npkln." aad set the table In a roar bjr saying. Vaitcr, X'U take ft i "rh'e of n?.pk :w." V . r - - ,