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wf -.-,rth nothiii' to other folks,
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-'k i,,4-"ar w.'.ild Htfirve tiian gire
hiii a dn;:i( r. , ;
is j i imr-, be is,
f i7--i I h -sr.! lata Bivii' it nM and Jeff,;
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, ' - Vr" -jn:in't be no mistake
V, Ir n I. s uikfel of l.g-wiue-e yravln'
'r V
.- v.'oid lit v:aH hay in'.
Mid tV :uin5wtc-r h: vent i to afv,
Tin- c'h xtri'-m kir.di of cLeailQ ,
"In r-lisn'8 an ,'CmI f. .r every clay,
An it is to i rai to rneetiii , - .
t ,wt ihiiiL loudi of tho man tuafeivca
'in iitatin; f.nd ovpi.-eaejiis-. ' -
T r,n. thlt do.iO VV
3.
nr
Vr.-r n T -.r. '! llirf: JcnC A t.
i-'.r allow;
)u 1 noticed he didn t open ins montli
Not oncf, eiVr that, tu Loiier;
Ilmrali, 8&j J. 5"-r tne nuiii-i- r -
Of coursa I said rt quiet
Give lie -.oia more of t!::.--. ' n ta:iv,
It's very refie?:liL:i' diet,
Tli- rakister hit ' ni every tin;c,
And v.ijt n he Bj;!-.e of fii.dii :i,
Atd riggin's out m L-owb nud thiurH,
Ak wvir.an'H ruliii' jiaKsio::,
A lid e-.ridiif' toclnueh to nc t'ns styles,
ddii't heT a-wiukii;'
:;i;diii' my wife, u::d h?.vh I
I ;-i!t it not It; r ihi.'d.i.-.'.
'that's von,"
- I to irp If, Uiut :i-;r.iin's pat, '
t :.; i. q'lfcfr t.r. itioii,
i :u i:)'.ich afraid that ra ot of tlij fi'lks
t t':.L' ill'.- ai;r.irati
v i.ud said a -.void r.lj'.u:
o:i:tl iiiOU-3 ;t HiUtiHi ,
i iif t wo". K to
li-it .set til'-; e a-;;r.
the mild tcr Fa;.
! v I U.'.vi.- com--!u-l
ti.i- tih:j-.Vi.r h'
ol '. of ; i. . ,il mtd
s:'.ya he, "'and .
.'.1 of limitia' yoar
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. j' : i-1 :i: J:.
;;lit lnVH-.-i',
:U'.i .
j, nay in,-
0 ih i'-lh-i-.i
l.dn' th- ir iV:--ilirt.
id y.iii!' f.t'.lu.;,
1 ..t'.i r ,
-,. -ar tie- co--t
1!
iiu1r,d, :,d ;
;:rf iot.- of tl. i
tokiii " at ii,- i
t.
lc
1:. c j' in v i !'-oil a-hili:
8ay I li) :.i;. eh', our uiiiii.i'.-r
la ?;itt:n' u little hittsr,
I'il cli him, when l ho hn-( tin'rt out, that I
.iit.'t at id! tiit
i : a entt.r.
A"i ' - .'(.' .'t'fin'e;
At jLn.'-.t.
! I .(. 11
o ; ay
d tiiol.u iii tlie
Novc:!ih:r ai
:i iii-,; s:sov-
1 ,
U'.l
1:1
LVVlil'
j i 1- out n;:i;!l
(hi'.vii i;i.s!(.'i
toiicii:'.!,-," t-vt"
Vtilii.,1 wit '.I
nil y-i
t:i
i
iii';; I'Jil'ili
I .'
d l-.-ai.tv,
m id" s; aiid.
ii r-iik tones
A ;;;::i' iiiin:r IMvIim
i.i lis'fi' e'tul ni li re.-! 1
r ,1:.,,,,
vpO
t Ki -:iie '.villi the doiv tnat old
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1 , . ll'.
Ullii-
.tars love to reuieeia- mat. alone
1,
iiad b.-i u en ou.di to have heautui-'d
any woman, l t Marion Thornton's
hair was hat one el' the many gifts
yith which Nature ha-1 bieu so prodi
gal iii Lit r regard.. The, eyes were
large and deep, and of that pecini ir
prunzbrown so often re. id or, yet sj
Seldom seen. Just now tlu-y we:e
full o! wuarv longing which tol i cf
t
if.-, kent oack by strong will
it
So lost was she in th mglit
iplit't fe-Olfall never loused i:u
that a
, and
sheastai tecl, tt.rinn;.
w i n i o w
when adclrdasevl."
'Marion, my time of proba'imi i
;wi -ml 1 ventuied to cuin tu v
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: at
tewing Ku-:e mat you voui
l Xpv'i t
mi', even thongu y.ur u ait n.is n 4
'earne-l to echo the love that lilis my
uWl! "
lie wa- not a h.indsume man, 1 et
no o:;.' woiitH- Have questioned thtH
i'aet of his being the product of gen-;
er.uions-of affluence and culture: then
thne s as n lok of power about him dering from uuc sunny land t anoth
ti.at peo;de never ignore.d. It told I er, and then thev turned their faces
you that what dohn 'I horndy ke wdh'd
o do he did, p u haps not honorably,
but nevei-iheless, sorely.
He was di'citledly f homme de s
: extravagant and morbidly fas
;i i'ous in'ta to, and wi'hal delightful
-:. w. men, beeansi' thev svese e m-
1 tie
i t
o Wi ll; h'-rd to obtain
1-
dH
lie
-qpuvU! aopr ival. Witii m-n
h if . wed tlie r-eripturnf iajnaction,
l ec-.niing a'.! thing.-, io tliem, that he
i flight gain them al1
l";tii tix uionth :-ovi )iis iie ha-'
never yielded to 'he '.entle inthieiiee
i f any woman. Tif i.ai served to
ammse "and while aw
noui s.
"T -1!
llavm-r ''-'iifi, tg
, Ui. uass lv.e
,-p;i.soi..U. so bar os lie
ItapJ it had been
!' F;.o. that Ids
d in order th it
sure.
Thofuttm at the
fi iead,. and tYo;a-.i-l
b-'en seal -d.
to e til, having
:ing hvj school-
di'C.iv d io tii;
anna
i inii;ht prove more
lb
fad met Alis.s
!. ::is' of a mutual
that ! -o:ir his dunm i
S.a i r.d invited him
Known h s sister d.
'.a)5, and fet isng . m it of interest m
him throegh ti. 1-ond t f assoeraliou.
lie lead "availed hinsNflf ..f ,vr com tt.
ais invitation in less than a W4-Vk:
after that lie sought h r 'constantly.
There Was a 1 W ;md wonderful
.-ali-faction in being in h- r prt sm.ee,
m listei.il g to lar flight ehe- rin
words, in n u'eaiitg her 1 very rtve
meiit. ll- had all the world from
u'kkhto ehoiM, t ut this c.ihr, stdf-
oss. .v?'d
i C iu: I. ni
woman rented
.'dm, and she alo: e.
When the Sun.m: r came 1
d l ev to Newport, -and one
t , ,
follow-
cienmg
v i ' u ne (.nanct'.u lo cme
ipou her
u. ex eeti-.Jiv, a.jrhorvat in the deep
' ml i ;:su r 'i n v.i'adow'at tlie Ocean
lumsr, in- told lu-r that old, yet ever
i: w f to';, f.i d then awaited i.er ans
w r.
In tiu:ii he n vei onestioned
wi a
that answa r would be there was n
douJbt irtfiis Kiind . Was he no.t John
Thorftdyko, the man who iKtd leen
attetcd and schemed for, 4nd with
out whom society was dtfaolate.
Miss Thornton listened to his avow
al vry quitftly, so qVtly. indeed,
that it bodod no gool jb him; she
may !i:.ve become a ATttkrtxnt-t.'t
aha never had much coMr 'So
'no wi
can ri;iy that there was eveW? 3 shad,,,,.
ovv
f.i change;
At last si
spoke, regretfiiVh-,
most solemuly.
!
' Mr. Tiiorndyke you have pail tmc
the liiphest ' compliment a man can
offer a-woman. Believe me that 1 am
mt unmindful of it, nor f.)rgtful of
3
passed together.
I cannot make
Still I know that
you happy, nnd
therefoi-e must not become your wifi.
bhe rose to go, but he detained her
with:
I wiU wait I have been too ab
rupt, (iive me six months in which
to hope, then, I will accept your final
decision; meanwhile grart me the
benefit of I he doubt.-'
Out of pity against her belter
judgment, slie had consented to iijs
proji j.siti- ;i
llow 1.; .:. yviKuon have done the
s irn , ir;vrsiin r1 in a treasury of
S'd'i'n'.v v i i an ever increasing
;tal.
1 f T 1 rm
Tho .:
ind
t
V.eCKS ' J .101111 i!H)!'ll-
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Kt:
me
i' waiting had wtiUen
i. and he had come, as
ii tlie word which was
y :-.!i ind'.s duhle lie,
it:ir iiwM forever.
; !ked iiiik'Ii with her
!ia 1 vi wed the matter
p s:!ii! s tand-pouii .
i'im; she eared i"r, and
( tl d a string, laeiest
em. At livi -aitd twenty
til-.
.1,
e
! ii.td f: rd
t M i i 1 1 'I
11
or sepai'ao
Alarioa li;
own lie rt ; .
from every
'inhere was 1:
she k It 1 1 i -:
luve lo res'
life does i.oi
oeiti tlie same a.s at six
teen. So she had decided to giV(; her
self to this man's faith, and to meet
his wants wiMi truth and consistency
moresiiee u!d not promisu.
Now that tho moment had arrived
in which she must act, the whole
.strength of Jier nature ro.se up in rc
Lellio:), yet sh : was a brave woman,
and she did md swerve from her re
solve. lie stood i c;'i'i.; her, waiting fiiis
time not s'ue but jiatient Nearer
and nearer bhe Car.io, until she felt
his
-. ea
t!i ijv.-.'.i lua- chei-k; lhei lilting
h.AJiUujiv4
to -him. r!io sai
"Mr. Thoindyke, 1 eaniiot give ail
that von have asked. I do not love
yen as 1 once una
;ined
1 must love
the man that I should marry; but it
is a pleasure for nu: t - be with you,
we have much in c-immou, and if yon
can l.-o satisf; d with Mich regard as I
give, though is not a'.i t'aat you de
hcrve, why, I ;d be your wife."
A shadow, so faint, no swift in pass
ing as to be almost imperceptible,
darkened the listei.er's fac : but he
clasped the hands clos-dy in his own,
then drew the
beautiful
head down
loulder, say-
until it rested
in :
on
.st -1 r. on,
wail ;Vi
I
.vill take
the
hand
now
the heart,
aler. they
.v mo;
weie married
very quiet. y
without display of a
Ilottrish of .ii. pets. After the cere,
motiy, a fev." -friends of the bridal pair
ueeompan!; u the" in to the steamer
.re
Marion was ciressyd and envd
over, and 11
Thev v. ci
1 v bid i.di'-n
in Europe a vt-ar. wan-
1 . ,
he.acwavci.
A year can
do
nd undo so many
tilings, can eft" -e:. such changes, that
familiar seen s become strange to us,
and old friends pass out of remem
brance. For ".hern it had done some
thing, since iho. gossips fiad forgotton
to look wise and khaketheijt(?ads
over a match which dKINint irreCwith
enerat appl'v.vl. -
On the rct&rw of the Thorndykcs,
one of the" handsomest houses on
Fifth Avenu was opened, and Mrs.
Thorndyke w as 'atdhome'' for friends
a nd tvngra t u La t ions alikc
Rumor soon .uld trane tit-r-'"
v hub ocMg uabpy, but
sue was
Bevcr icnoWn to complain-, and it was
Oertaiidy unreasonable for any woman
with auch a h mo urnf b.usband not
to gather some enjoyment out of
life.
Oi.e evet.ing, late in December, Mr.
Thorndyke entered ajid sought his
wife, with an anxious, disturbed look
n his face.
"Marion, I shall have to goto
Washington to-night,. and as it ?s es
sential ior ra: to le back hc-r- bef
re
4 ;u 1 Vf'- K,at.Kc rthitliere in timer she prayed.
vou.
Stil
It
! pleasant t) ' leave
is not t
v.,ti at ".e.
.! ......
guests wiU ml be-'tsere iid
Now. what do v. m i iv '
week,
i win remain ni re,
She had never cal'ed
his first name, or bv
appell iii .nho had
. T i
accusioaic-i to tins
ni , c i.i..
irom h:s wife, and lonkod
en noc her.ierr.uly yon look-
! il.l .
j "urace wretu that si
e won d b
to-morrnv with the children
f i ...
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.have s 'veral onrrd,.-f..00. f .
I 1 r . t
ulfii;
jsu o i win eave to - with
III 1 til
me.
- nves were j
. . -
! not spoiled, im-Av bcn T
y oCi ,hcre was
Oil
aioinied in ea,h Ud,sa
o n .ill ,i ! i trr tv j. I. . .1
-min, ,h.v i i. V m-luo " i lead cover
i i uc umei rej. i
an indefinable something wanting to
complete; a perfect harmony.
Johh.Tliorndykc had learned what
it was . to suffer daring the past year.'
lie had founl that he loved his wife
more far more than he loved him
self, and all his petty interests and
selfishness had fallen from him, leav-
"vor tte man s nooie nature JiKe uie
-'id in the rouefh. It was a dif-
111 tDC roogh. It was a dd
iwo?kfibut ho began the polish
Ming with his own hand. lie no longT
pr hnsM! nut rarripfl snrrnw
in his-heart, not on his sleeve. Men,
envied him, thinking that they would
be blessed, indeed, if they might lay
claim tcrjBUch rare household srods.
-IlegrrcoriTleiS a-htsnvffe ; Be
could not even find fault with her.
Was she not? always kind and woman
ly ? She presided at his table, receiv
ed his quests and honored him. Why
should he ask more ? Only a week
before, the fashionable world had been
startled by learning of the flight of
one of its fairest denizens with a pen
niless adventurer, lie had shuddered,
remembering that the woman profess
ed to love her husband.
To-night a matter of pressing neces
sity demanded hi3 attention in the
capitw1, and be was speeding fast away
from home on the Air Line Express.
Two days of hard brain-work fol
lowed on his arrival the review of
aii important lawsuit then pending
a glance in the House and Senate
Chamber, and he wai 0:1 the home
ward journey.
So many thing;-, passed through his
mind during the next few hours 1 His
eai ly'life, that had been ruled only by
his own will and arrant selfishness, his
atiibhi in and determination to win
everything he undertook. Then came
the remembrance of the meeting with
Marion Thorn tun, his cuoi assurance
and subsequent disappointment, the
final success which had beeome, worse
than failure, and, last of all, the home
without love. Theso'-memories map
ped themselves out so distinctly be
fore his mental vision, that the tilings
of yesterday became realities in the
new light of to day.
Out of his musings he was suddenly
aroused iy a crash, followed by a
confused noise of shrieks and cries;
then silence settled over him, and he
remembered nothiio- more.
alone
Mrs.
Thtmdyke sat alone at her
V'mntu
fin had"
rarl arrived, ahd sue' felt a'
lonnri n 11
lor lier iiusband that was al
v o o
together new to her. this was the
first separation since their marriage,
and in looking over the year they had
passed together, she found that she
bad not done all within her power to
make thou home a happy one.
"When he returned, things should be
different;'' it must not be said of her
that she had been found wanting.
A servant entered, bringing the
morning mail: she toidc it from the
salver and listlessly ran over the
letters addre sed to her;, then, taking
up the morning Herald she glanced
at tlie headings.
What w as it that e; " -. . tho fair
fac.- to giovv pa'lid in the morning
sun-light? What teriible calamity
had swept the peaceful look from the
eyes ? Only this, found in the col
urns of that pitiless newspaper:
"Awful disaster on the Philadel
phia, Washington and Baltimore
Railroad. Cars thrown from the
track. Fifteen-killed; many mortally
wounded." '
Then followed a list of names,
prominent among which was that of
'lion. John Thorndyke.
She was young, and her burden
was very heavy, because hc believed
site must bear it without",, luope of
atonement.
For one moment ifonly did Marion
Tholrndyke remain where her grief
had met her, butla'that moment she
held every nerve m her body under
a control that must last until the end.
f Ringing a bell, she .ordered her car
riage, gave a few hurtled directions to
her .servants, then hastened to her
drroom. Ten minutes later she re
tmueu, carrying a small TfSveHifjg-
bain her hand, .and got into her car
riage, Ufrecting the coachman to drive
to the Philadelphia depot.
I "Drive rapidly she said. I must
Catch the 10 :30 train.'' ,
I Just as she stepped on bJarflthe
train, a telegram was hamledv her.
She opened it in the same mechanical
manner in which she had djLe every
thing since t he news of her trouble
had come, and read! "John is alive.
1 i.emct o our nonse. w
C."
"Oh. trod, be mercuui.
. . la
Let mo tret
o -
As the train moved out of he depot,
she heard persons epeaki-g 0f the ac-
cident. She even hearCi her husband's
! nam . but she only drew her veil clo-
; r.j,aon:dyke.'';ser over her fac aild looked out of
tier husband bv 1 the window
any endeanng j -My dar Marion, there is xet
almost beeome I limr. ( m i-m :j
. -
"!"- iiirs. i .nnri.iiiii k:iiii. as cue
carriage.
'How
I.'T, 1 ...
"AC 1UU IU U1LU. XI Ll IJC, i" '
mo io una.
; inomayko interrupted. "It is my
, i l'l-ee io De wun mm now.
, I . . mm
Was this John Thmr.dvke. IvinffOa
white atwl still, the tore
j r j o
cd with bandages, and the
tirplv o-i ens side of the
' i. . ' mr darling!" She sobbed,
'kneeling icsidehim, "you mutt not
"Ob, mY darling!" she sobbed.
die. I cannot lire without $-0 !"
For one roorrrcnt the eyes opened,
and a glad light came intj tbem, bat
no word was spoken; and 'the doctor
coming-in, told Mrs. Thorndyke that
excitement migh produce a
fatal r-espU. i
Through three leng weeks Marion
noised her husband. She yrould have
no one else near, aDd the kindiearted
physician did not forbid lt beliveing
that' otherwise he would have two
patients instead of one; Shehad be
come almost hopeless in tl long, sad
watching, but she grew st&ngin love
and patience, and asked tjf God taot
to leas hgr desolate T . J:
- 'One , everiirigfTls 'SnciTat" Reside
him, knowing that life-and death were
struggling together, she"sawa change
come over the wan face. Going
nearer, she said, softly :
"John, my husband, what can I do
for you?"
"Mine at last!" he said. ".It was
worth while to be under the jaws of
death to find my Marion."
"Hush! you must not talk, dear;"
and she stopped his words with kis
ses. 1
Slowly but surely John Thorndyke
crept back to life not the old life, but
anew and better one, in which existed
a perfect love that was never to know
change or decay.
So they came into joy unutterable
with the story ended and the story
just begun.
Cricket.
BY CLARENCE GChlOX.
"Cricket? "Who is he, and what
do you mean ?"
"Who is Cricket? lie was the
sweetest fellow who ever breathed,
and if you will take the g.-.me from
that bag by you, and hand me the
bag to sit on, I'll tell you what I
mean."
I did as requested, and when Strong
had a dry seat, he picked up a with
ered oak leaf and, pressing it out on
a knee with his bands, continued:
"You have heard of France's ovsr
land trip to San Francisco in '49,
one of the cruellest frauds, and Park
hurst France, the most unmitigated
scoundrel of the California times.
You remember heHbt.-iU the men
agerie and circti'N?5Tis f Dan
take gold
r 1
at auout. one tiundred d?ilaisles than
the trip around the Horaor by the
Isthmus, could be made for. His
hundreds ol deluded adventurers got
nearly across Texas when Major
Brooks, of San Antonio, on whom
France had forged a government re
quisition for $30,000 worth of arms,
ammunition and rations, stopped his
game with a company, of dragoons,
and the poor victims of 0b!.; France
lost every thing, and scattered about
to find their wavs home or to' Calilor
nia as best they might. That is one
of the very mildest events in France's
romantic and bringandly career, the
full story of which I may tell you
some other time. However, Cricket
and T were among France's' followers
in that little jaunt He was in
charge of the wagons, and I comman
ded three thousand heads -of horses
that France bought around Indianola
and Lavacca, before beginning the
overland journey. We hadtbeen ship
ped from New York to Matagorda
Bay. Cricket and I were ranked as
captains. Little we knew 'then the
villain we were serving.'I rjiet Cricket
for the first lime on board' ffee brig.
What was his real namst Do yon
know I can't call it no 'Cricket'
ho ever was to us. -He got that name
mighty soon on shipboardjfor" he was
the chirpiest, cheerfullest.TiEavest fel
low I ever served with' Stranire
1 a -a .X.a ? "V. '
though that I can't remgajbfer the
right name of a man I livid so close
ly with and loved so welV ? No mat
ter. Cricket was older than I iv
or seven years. He was agentlema- x
a college man and had stud;.ed
for the ministry. I fohttknfa . wuat
was taking him to Califoftila: I kIiew
that bis sweetheart had. ; drc( three
weeks before we started, knd u v
wa3 to have married her tb i .
onr brig sailed. All that!'. '
artcrwaru ? was .athex under
beignt, but nattily btu t, and as fresh
looking as igot ,lcjfn a a braye
heart c-uP. make a man. He had
bcairtif,.', teethf a clear roi)Ust com
P'ej'.on; rich blue eyes; a straight
.'ose, witii delicately cut nostrils, that
: r j t-
expressed emotions as jjickly as
most persons mouths; cctlv Hcht
urowu uair, wuisxers aui ifldusfache.
In our company he looked like a grain
of oats in a handful of gravel, for
though we numbered few farmer
lads and mechanics, yet tite most of
us were pretty hard char. ers. He
was dressed as roughly as became
most of us, but there wat:a clean,
clear, bright style about tcket that
was refreshing. His vc ice was ripe
and heart- had a ring to jt full of
cteer, and he was ultciv sivging or
hnmming. He would Jrelt at anv
work, and had an off-hacjl xrav of
uciricnumg a uungry or a tired or an
angry leuow. But te sn isbine of
ncKet was the way with phich he
d swrm, accsaent, fatigue, : danger.
and assaults or mishaps off fey kiud.
i?orgetlm of self, resolute. .r.d the
darker the time the brighter 1 (is words
i T f
r -tmzL t -
and actions. Before we reacnd
Matagorda Bay, erCTy man -on -board
of that dirty, leaky, crowded' paridi?
inoniarh of a brig, felt an affecb'rij
confidential and even respectful; ftf
Cricket. The first event that rrjYed
him to us was this: One man 6f uthrJ
French patty was an old 'Italian; 9.
Jew, who had been a mtonj-!enderl.Kl
New York, and Was oblhred to'lat-e
because of some swindling opera ricfd
in aidirfg thieves- to .dispose of their
booty lie, was a man of abut sixty
five: a hairy, hawk-nosed reprobate,
with a stoop in his shoulders,' 4to? -a
way of traveling about as if he $it
eiiieiling fxx eoaieihijig. r He .fflffi
opiSfii eater, and came on boara' ii
one of his fits dull, dragging, and
seemingly unconscious cf where he
was going the glitter of California
gold a light, I suppose, among the
shades of his brain, a lamp tor the
opium phantoms to dance about.
For two days and two nights he lay
dreaming on the deck, close uncr
the forecastle bulwarks, curled up
like a cold spaniel, and his head on a
worn black bag The captain kicked
him, the sailors made him a target for
tobacco quids, and the waves thai
that some-times dashed over the bows
parted their streams on tiie old man
before running from the scuppers;
but Cricket, when lie discovered him,
set a kind of guard to keep his bead
upon the black bag and cover him
from the weather. When the men
planned harm to the old Jew, he
would playfully defend him.
"Come, boys, let your 'uncle' alone,
you may want to raise on a ring or a
breastpin when he wakes up."
Well, on the morning of the third
dny, v.ur brig shoving along under
fair sail and a curling sea on, the
Italian rose suddenly from his lethar
gy, and, in delirium or for suicide,
scrambled to the shrouds and pitched
overboard. Cricket saw it from
somewhere forward. There was of
course the cry of "man overboard,"
but on went the brig, the captain
looking aft at the struggling man, as
unconcerned as if only a belaying pin
was adrift.
"Captain !'' called out Cricket, run
ing aft, "put her about; it is a man
oytrboard"
''About yourself," said the brute of
'ntain.
"btop our way for ihat
-b lack
old hound? You are a
my th e time that the captain s
words ere finished, Cricket had
thrown oLvcoat and shoes, and moun
ted the tairail. He turned, with a
smile, to all hands on deck, "Men, just
see that we are picked up,, will you?"
and ofl' he leaped. And tney did see
to it, for the c.iptain knew the kind he
had to deal with. In twenty minutes,
Cricket and his nearly lifeless burden,
were picked up by a boat crew. Al
ter that Cricket nurd and befriended
the miserable old fellow, until we
were landed. The one man on that
voyage who never growled nor cursed,
who swallowed poor grab without a
snort, took cold and wet as a dnck,
and freshened the btd atmosphere of
our company with the sunshine and
pure air of his magnetic influence, was
Cricket.
The voyage w uncomfortable
enough to keep the best grumblers
busy, but the land journey that began
at Indianola, was worse.
A tyrannous bravo of a commander,
want of discipline, discords among
men and stock, bad weather and sick
ness tried even our company of hardy
adventurers; but Cricket was un
moved from his patient bright ways.
You can hardly aver-estimale the
worth of such a fellow iu hard times.
You could thaw out the hardest hu
mor in his warmth. He was a porta
ble bright fire. Finn, a miner, and a
bruiser, a case-hardened veteran, said
to Cricket , one day, as he was chir
ruping to four balky mules, and slap
prngthem kindly on the belly arid
shoulderiner the wbhels while he
laughed at their foolishness andjoKeq
them to "gee-long now": "Wall, I am
domed ef you an't the pat ien test fool
cuss that ever I see To arger and
coax with a mule. Fd jis as soon'try
to sncrar 'a thundr cloud. Give em
that 'ar black snake, and cy1l
.i"!t.irrninps won't- do 'cicttj
the pure cussedness of mules, ntf w''J
1 Uli. V4 aa---v- U .
TWnrA hii wcrds were nofie.- InC
wheelers settled vdown in iheir coTlar
with a lurch ahead, Cricket called to
the leaders: '-Now, Iu, babies, give it
to them; hurrah!" and th?y were, the
four, under way, together sweetly,
and Cricket, laughing merrily, ran
.lnnfv tn n.lt tllfm fin tfMjir nCCk8- . V
"Wall, III be slivered, cfyoa tlian t
do itf the only man I ever see as
could start a mnle without wuacK - or
. . - - " '
CiIrs. an not. onsi ins inuwi.
Cricket having got that team out oi
.
anandarv. was hurrying on to ine
rest of tbe tram, and 1 inn ana i Kepi
pace with him.9 -
' "Look 'er hert , Cricket," said old
Finn again, '"don't thing ever rile
von? Don'tiroo ever get black an
kick or smali or grump: '
"Well, now, Finn, what's 130 use if
one wants to win? One ngly mule
mav rpoil a train, and a gay leader.
with a sweet temper, will start the
heaviest load ever ba'kcd at. Wheb
it is night you ronst light a 'lamp to
sec tbe vay, mnsnt you, or you may
bedownonyourno.se? Milk is better
than pepper for an empty stomach
a ca
en a ghost, itaaa
u ...
Atri-p my jEPinig. it peipa OUiera woo
that trutn aaTDhnoammv?,r
n,fPjJs buV ifHfei tfa-yWter
fsraotk-exte dTranc axxrvAa akl'ji h 7
'!,u ' 1 a'u i-mHo-h-kM nfi iu aiaxa
A Story for YcmM&p,
mycvmpanionswMcn id gre
ehuuMeVe noW Mnint WiT?
had nef cfrl&n fte&efr !afsIsef'B
this vltligV 4 'of ' 'abotffc fouV hundred
would go Veeling home TrSwtiali6b
at the nb'riSyend of'tWtdttTo&ld
find my clear mother wat6hitM &r tie?
son listening if perchance sne cbuld
catch the soucd of his' utosfd J i Vtfp.
Many a ti)ne aid I wakeii;rr"niJ my
drunken smrnbers and ' heat' tnat fond
il.l - : !.r:L.kJi''l j
uioiuer Bcnaing up a petition to 'vxoq
in behalf of her iutemperaes?Json
Oh! what ft wretch I wast P khew
that I was bringiug ' dowh,:'it!r' v4fey
hairs in sbrrow tor the 4 gvave:- She
began to loo1i aged and jfcatortt-j-Mt
I kept on'iri mt sinfal aVs14 nhtil -a
circuuislauco occurred to s rec in
my downward career
I Was stdrtiog'out one rrtfnlri- -to
the grog shop, tv ben-4 1 sridd!Mly"'-re-meniUered
that Ioent oltltiv nbneV
at that pl-ictr; the 9cmr befof
reraembered also tha4wr uhja'seb
mother -put a few -petfnie fhfcr-'tiard
earningsV in a cup1 that IJda. ' I"ws
JL - , am
tempted'. T tried to resmvftfy
appetlte'waa too strong sT"Jip-ped
cautiously to the cupboard; 'ictaoved
the money from the ctrp, 'depfitritd1t
in my pocket, and was staron1 from
the bouse',' when my mother1, entered.
I did not turn my head for I feltr guil
ty guilty ofwhat I never was1 before
a thlel. My mother caUedv me;
there ' was 'something in hcr -voice
which 1 could not resist. - ',l ' 1 '
"What is it, mother ?" said I.
Ob, Willie! do stay af home1 wftli
my hand in both of hers. "Don't
drink to-night; take my advice just
once. - - ;. u
Oh! how many times since have I
wished that I had take"n her fadviee
that night Bat I consoled her 1 by
telling her that T would not stay long.
I wended my way to he' grdg- sho'p;
but tnymotheif s-words:' OhWilliel
do stay at home with; me'fonlhV'
kept ringing iia aay ! eiirs far louder
than the dtonkea baths, au o-rndd
I did hot tetay what I called atef ml
when' f reachod home the belJs in2 tbcj f
t 1 i ll.! .11; 1 F
nciguDonng city waa toning inemiai
night hour. ; - i i.; a, ,itiHwjj
Atrkiiige -feellpg 'sefzed mfi 4s'-4
approached ttiy home4 -Tfieflfghtira
placed in the window a? usutl-tbgfaM
the ahderer8 steps. I :rmtoiithe
windoaridr looked'; in. "Thert
my motlfer inf heT easchaifj1iier -ots
were closed and I thought sh& slept;
Her face was pale, bat it was alttayij
that. - T tried to Chaso mytttar
as I wont arouod to tbooiii;:atr'
hand trembled whep J laiot at. ont-tho
latch, and it'thrUled 'my' very heart
when it ardie with a sharpy J4c3fc.';l
bad never such feeling jbefca-ttw lf
entered; I beheld in my raothet'aV haaSi
the very cup 'from' which bta i'
moved the money.: , L. liidfeiiiyj'iiattl
on my mother's shoulders; &ndtpQk
to hen Shb moved itotIsKna8edd8d
er; still no i answer?' 4 1 llitcaod, but
could not hear her breathf h I jkid
ber gently i on the bed iWugbtwatcr
and bathed her? wbitanilforeitad
Reader,' imagine irhy joy. jwhew? silr;
that dear mother openf her eytt6 ;d ;
"Oh, tttbcrl'' cried I, ffurgivn. roe.
Ob, forgire your erring boy'Uf li
"J do," wM f be answer. k - -'
A heavenjy mil iit sp 4ier,4vce. ;
; "Meet me in Heaven WUliqiij d j
"By tho grace orapd,sJirilLW
And nrjr niotbet"; P
- iioaavaja sxnttjnMTsmitstxa
I - w w ,
Uniataiertl
ieag thfetieacri;
scene. JSbffitfO' itjla miwSdittfdm
that moeiitlCws&re4Gi&at
snatched as a brand from the Jmriig.
Since that time not oasiidr'op la whis
key, wine, or atrytbing ot tbeiunduSiS
passed my ) lips, and by help t,
strength giveo'm&from4albDvftJw
i n i i i j j o
The rdfofrinr?tcridtts1
xi & nmeQz.CbtfriM thfedftd'r
claiming inax v nas never ueTore ueeu
published '" -tv i d
-While Pickett's division-' was
fore ewbert-IN.'-U Qchi Picket
reccived,, fymz or ttWce,lff letter
pamqd i a package of fflouej --tJOii
UinihcSS.OOarirf rtich t.rtfTitet
stated thsiMed
rral-oSceff inthcLtbbv Prisda:!i thUt
bis'riiothct was a tormeeoxiupf
Pickett iflrliellexicaft wak
pealetdfirib; bTtbgfrielshff
f. .4..m .vana . f . .a '
,ionis xrouiT. - ane' 'appeal touccea
the generous heart or the brave sot.
-".
1-
sB'f fhitt Alines 'and ie
bdiitik-.iihVioxty.jrA oou.
a . Epprfoage on Tua-Tut kcj? Island
acpHdtam -of it; .
lcivwc,d by iV"? -means the' General
-
him to do" to ,TBe two soldiera then
Raised over thd bTaye old das of tho
pSfst, whfJB togetbet they tougtit on-
de tile wmo liag,'and as the cnovcr
aitioa ripened iiato friendly couli-
denfje, tho prisoner frankly told the
i..r"i.- "uia .i.: t ..... fr.
caDl if DOSsiWe. and that he intended
iislntf ome of the money he had given
himdn Ue effort. . The General cbeck
d.hioiat once by telling him that he
fiould net receive his coniidenco in
such, a matter; lhat the money was
his'own, and that he had "a Tight to
do wltrv It as 1k tileased. bnt it would
boimproper for him to become a party
tovilua .plans., Ho then left. I he
prisoner did escape. The war ended
uisastrousiy io iuo nonm, nuu uiu,
Pickeft'ststate was sold to satisfy
he niorteracro which he had executed
tot p!ay a Federal prisoner in his bandsj,
th mnni" which hai birn stolen froft'
um 13T the connivance td the eneno
Would. it hot be better for Blaine to
frtvat ujf such acts as these than to
gloat'Bd fiendishly over Anderson-
L.U li
ACnro for Snakes.
n. Several cases of snako-bite, in
which the value of Prof. Halford's
remedy, subcutaneous injection of am
monia, has been demonstrated, have,
says the Melbourne Argwt, lately oc
curred in the '-olony. At Seymour,
on tho 14th of December, a young
man, 26 years of age, Earned Dwyer,
was3 bitten between tho thumb and
first finger of the right hayd. Tito
wound was received at, 9 o'clock, and
Ro.Ueatrqeut vajs appUcd tq i until
Kand feln?ost'"T!rsea8ib:cfr -AftTniobni
was" injected into his right arm, when
ho revived at once. He sufiered a
relapse, but the ammonia vras again
successfully applied; and he ultimate
ly, recovered. At Uungaree a young
girl was bitten by a snake, and grad
ually sank into a state of stupor.
Two hours and a half after she was
bitten ammonia was injected. JJelief
was immediately obtained, and the
girl rapidly recovered A third cac
naDDefied on tho Ancheron. where a
rKttle'girT, 2 years old, daughter of a
fanner named Duka, was bitten by a
spake just above the left ancle. Symp
toms of complete coma were sitting
m. when the ammonia injection jwa.s
Wsedlth magical effect. The child
tat upright and became quite lively.
A relttDse occuriug, a second injection
was jnado with as great effect as be
fore, and tho child from that time con
i. I .'3 ... Cmn ..nt1 line mnnxitrv
VlUUfU IU IIUpiUVO U1IHI IkVV'WIJ.
'Another case is mentioned of a na
tive woman on tho Wirrega station,
South Australia, who wis bitten by u
snakfc pa bo. ankle. She became un
consciou?, and the surface of the body
was turning cold,"wfatm ammonia was
injectediTlie voroan at once revived
and recovered.
- ) ' ' ' am mm
-1 Om doe Occasion during the re vol n
tionOld Pot'! had received a lot of
swhi:ecruiU, and as he had some
fijrl-tixur to 4o before long, and want-
ed nue but willing men, he drew up
Ills Tevics In rank before him. MXow,
bOyt?," said he, "I don't want to retain-
any of you who wish to leave:
therefore if any one of you is dissat
isfied and wishes to return homo, he
may signify the same by stepping six
pace In Tront oi the line; Hat," added
the old wSrdog, "IU shoot the first
man tliatstrps out3'
VSViiSSkri reader to be
prEroic1lIiho rfrnmlicr
Wli-bookis.'ld ba; studied, a pic-
yriftung Notoply must a bad
one ob-
ItaiDcd, This, taatc supplies. It pats
h i.t. .: i. - ...
a. nisvury, i vaio ut ijvciii in a just
-point of view, and examines the execti-
- , . .
twirvuu jwuhj,, iui ceij irague
fotmwhichrhe let the panting spirit
free, a. hundred virtues nsc in shapes
rSTfyrcharity and lore, to walk
ine woriu aau uiess iu ui every
tear that sorrowing mortals shed on
such greer graves, some good is Wn,
some gentle nature comes.'
&urag, so far as tj a sfgn of
ra v, tt pecoliarl the mark of a ireo "
tloman or lady; bat it bournes volrar
if ode end j7SQnHiYff while timidity
s bo ynjgar if it be a cbaracterittie
of the rase or fiocfiess of make. A
fawn 1s not viilgar in lwfnlr timid, nor?
sV crocAdilc - "gentle'" because conra,
geotu, ?-b - ...
Men tire themselves in Dursuitof
aia m