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r ' '1 : ,t :'. BE STJRE YOTJ AEE EIGHIT ; TH.E1ST G-O AHEAD.-D. Crockett. TARBORO', N, C, FRIDAY, MAY 4, 1877. NO. 18. si 'K; ' v mmm a urn m a: m !n , . . :- ;l- iHftT- -"n-bv UTJa ), - r" 1 . - I III. .. I f T I i . ' i . - ... M3ES5SSil4RteY. 1 MEW ADVERTISEMENTS, d J J Mato Fred. Fhlllpe. . . . cob Feldenhlmer, Daftle. W.'. Hirtt, Xitx. McObe, Joaeph Cobb. 8K0K1TA.BT A Tuiiueir Robt. White bur8t. Chif o Police John W. Cotten. Asaiswk.ws . Fpt-HJ"-- T. Moot, John Madr,'Wa WWdotwand Isaac Bynnm. COUNTY. . Superior Court Clark and Prolatt Judgr B. L. SUton, Jr. f Standard Kfr-Y. 8. flick. " KAyr Poor imt W. Oor. ARRIVAL JJO) i .?.,Al irrT m x wwrw - WASHINGTON MAIL VIA GREENVILLE. FALKLAND AND SPARTA. Lt Twboro' (dmily) - - . - An? t TBrboro' (dair) M- LOD4SE8. rb Wlgttto d tli Plmce-f Heeiter Concord R.A.Cbpter No. 5, 'N. X. Law ranee, High Priest, Masonic Hall, monthly conrocntlons first Thursday In eyery month at 10 o'clock A. M. Concord Lodge No. 58, Thipmaa GaUin, faster. Masonic XlaJl.meeU first Friday nlbt at 7 o'clock P. M. and third Saturday at 10 o'clock A. M. in every raojitb. D.nitin Fniamnfent No. IS, I. O. O. IT Joel H. Brown, Chief Patriarch, Odd Fet lows' Hall, mets every first and third Thurs day of each month. Edgecombe Lod-je No. 50, I. O. O. -F., Id. Penulngton, N. G., Odd Fellows' Hall, meets every Tuesday night. Advance Lodge No. 38, I. O. G. T., meeU everv Wednesday ni,nt at there Hall. Zanoah Lodge, No. 235, I. O. B. B., meet n first and third Monday niffht of every month at Good Templars' Hall,L. Htilbron er, President. CHCKCHES. Episcopal Church Services every Sunday st 10 1-3 o'clock A. M. and 5 P. M. Dr. J. B. Cheshire, Rector. Methodist Church Services every Sunday at 10 o'clock, and at night, fiev. W.8.Roane, Pastor. Pryer Meeting on Monday even iugr. tretoyrtrum Church Services every 1st, rd and 5th 8abbaths. Rev. T. J. Allison, Pastor Weekly Prayer meeting, Thurs day night M it nonary Baptist Church Service? the 4th Sunday in every moLth, morning and might. Rev. T. R. Owen, Pastor. Primitive Baptist Church Services first Satardajaad gnnd&y of each month at 11 'clock. HOTELS, Adams' Hotel, corn r Main and Pitt Sts. 0. 7. Adams, Proprietor. Spier House, Main Street. S. E. Spier, Proprietor. EXPRESS. eootfcmgrpieMI Office, on Main Street, closes every morBtag at 9 o'clock. N. M. Lawbksck, Agent. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. pRANK POWELL, Attorney and Counselor at Law, TASBORC, y. C. ter- Coll0ctins si Specialty. -S Office next door to the Southerner office. Jnlyft lgg,C ' " tf jKOBQWARD.i Attorney and Counselor at Law. TARBORO', N. C. ty Pracice In all the Courts. Sute nd Federal. nov.6-ly. jpRIDKRICK PHILIPS, Attorn7. and Counselor at Law, TARBORO', V.- C. UT' Practices in Co-rtJf adjoining coun ties, in tb Federal and Supreme Courts. 0T.r;i?T5. ly yJLUrm. p. Williamson, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Will practice in the Courts of the 2nd Judicial DUtrit i Qollectionsjnade io any part of the ttate. r .- 4 ty Office fn Adams Hotel, corner Main and Pitt f twti. Jan. t1876. tf JACOB BATTLE, , Couniellortand Attorney, at Law, "R0CKfDtf,N.C. mV Practices in all tie State Courts. Marck JsV ltTft. ly D, D. BARNES, Surgeton Dentist, "atala Street, TARBORO, N. C. : 17 All work warranted to give entire atUrmction. feb.!8-tf. J H. & W. L. THORP, Attorney and Counselors at Law7 ROCKY MOUNT, K. C. TJRACTICKS In the counties of Edge Jpcombe, Hallfai, Nash and Wilson, and DR. J. B. GODWIN, Surgeon Dentist, Washington, N- C- March a, 18T7. K. NASH, JR., OFFICE OVER S. S. NASH & CO'S STORE, W here he can always be found when not pro fesaionally absent. Tarboro, Maich 2, 1877. T. J. REAMY, HOUSE MOVEE AND RAISER, Itocky MoTa-nt.'. O. JOBS done by the day or contract. Prompt attention to orders. March lfjr 1877. : - tf. a week Inyour town. Tefms' efpOOaud $5 outfit free Portland, Maine. II. HallettA Co., CBORSE PACE &. CO Ke. 5 . 35ffi33ia R.J EiLtKeaS r. Patent t'lruinp saw. siiitn. riet W PI 5 mzntr I WaadwarUair XaiEhlnrv. 'Tmmll Rncnr Wfcwls stud firiiMfera. lieee. MIBSoppUes,?., . SESTD FOB IK GA1A (AJAHiVC & PRICES. a Week to Agents. $10 OtifitlFree. P. O. Vick- ery, AogusUv, Maine. ini day at home. Agents' wanted, free. ' TRUE & 1 Outfit and term CO-, Augusta, Maine. Extra Fine Mixed . Cards',, with BAme, The Maryland Ex& Ear In- i 'rmO atltiftc: k No. 66 NortU Clisvrlee St, Baltimore. . - Incorporated -AprU.I1, lbfl. Presldent,Hon. J. W. Dubbin, Judge Supe rioi Court. ' The above Institution offers all the com forts of a home to patients safforing with eye or ear diseases. Skilful eerses are in atten dance, Jind i the sureeon iu charpc resides in the houee with the family," patients are seen by him several times durlcf the day. For further information, apply tn the enrfreon in charge. Or. GEORGE REULIXG. 1 : . : feX 4 dOA per day at home. Sarti pies worth W free. STINSON & CO., Port land Maine. i . UQTJXlft PRICE, TWENTY-FIVE CENTS. NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING OSE HUNDRED & NpTH EDITION, Containing a complete list of all the towus in the United States, the Territories, aud ihe Dominion of Canada, having a population greater than 5,000, according', to the last cen sus, together with the names of the newspa per? having the largest local circulation in each of the places named, Also, & catalogue of newspapers which are recommended to advertisers as giving greatest value in pro portion to prices charged. Also, all newspa pers in the United States end Canada print ing over 5,000 copfes each issue. Also, all the Religious, Agricultnial, Scientific and Mchanical, Medical, Masonic, Juvenile, Edu cational, Commercial, Insurance, Real Estate, Law, Sporting, Musical, fashion,; and other special class journals ; very complete lists Together wiih a complete list of over 300 German papers printed in- the United States. Also, an essay upon advertising ; many tables of rates, showing the cost ot advertising in varions newspapers, and everything which a be. u..er in advertising Would like to know. Address GEO. P. KO WELL & CO., 41 Park Row, New York. WILMINGTON ADVERTISEMENTS- , WILMINGTON::. M&RDLE WORKS, MARBL ANff StATE MANTELS; Tombe, Grave Stones and Monuments of every character and design. JAMES WALKER, Proprietor, Office on Front Street, between ; Princess and Chestnut Streets, Wilmington, N. C-Apr.20-77. I . ly. H. BRUNHILD & BR0., Rectifiers and Whojesale Dealers in RYE WHISKIES, IMPORTED LIQUORS AND CI&ARS, . No. 3 Granite Row S. Front St, WILMINGTON, tST. C. Apr.20-77. ly. HTOP AT THE MANNING ! HOUSE, COB MARKET AND SECOND STS., WILMINGTON, N. C. . EDi WILSON MANNrKd,1 Apr20.'7-ly. I Proprietor. P. HEINSBEEGEE, BOOKSELLER AM) TATIOXEIl And dealer la Pianos, Organs,' Sheet Music, Chromos, ;&c 3l and 41 MARKET ST., WILMINGTON, TV. C. " All orders promptly attended to. Apr.20-77. I ly. A. Adr:an. ADRIAN & H. Volh!j.9. VOLLERS, Wholc&ale Dealers in GROCERIES AIVD LIQUORS, Importers of ; German and Havanna Cigars,. Commission I Merchants, 8. E. Cor. Dock and Front Streets, . WILMINGTON, N. C , Having the largest and' best assorted stock of Groceries and Liquors in the City, Dealers will find it to their interest to give us a call befc re buying elsewheye. Apr20.77-ly J. H. MALLARD. II. X. BOWDBH MALLARD & CO., Successors to Carpenter & Jlallard and J. S. Topham & Co., Manufacturers and Dealers in Harness, Saddles, Trunks, TRAVELING BAGS, LEATHER, U. Full Assortment Fery Low Price. G're ns a call before buying elsewhere, at No. 8 South Front Street, WILMINGTON, N. C. April 27, 1877. ( ly. W. T. TAYLOR, Manufacturer of window frames; doors, Plain Panels of ciery style DOOR FRAMES, W7NB0W8, SASHES, &LINDS, MANTLES, MOULDINGS, BRACKETS, SCROLL WORK A5D Tobacco Box Patterns, Whitaker's, N. O. Also, contracts to put up : buildings , fnrn- ishine all material, cemplete lorn-key Jobs, or otnerwise, Hfuun mjr f kiln-dried lomber. - 1 1 ,i 1 - March 24, 1878. ! , , S j lj wn -Mi !x HORFOLK BUSINESS CARDS. 4V. . TATL08. J. D. WATTERS Taylor, Elliott & Watters, Importers and Wholesale dealers in GUNS. &c. Corner of Main Street and Market Square, NOKrOLK, WA. Feb. 9, 1877. Sm . OAMBDROKS. H. HAMBDHOKB Hamburger Bros., MANUFACTURERS OF Cs i e ORY, OFEICE A WAREHOUSE, jnd Street.. . 93 & 95 Water Street. iPetersbnrg, Va. NORFOLK, VA. LOUIS HILL I AX t, Crreenville, N. C. XAJtCKUCa XOOaX, Formerly of N. C. H1LI1ABD il'OORE COTTON FACTORS HD Commission Merchants, i ePhsaPa Wharf, y ; r ' H ; lorfoll VJrjnia. Keep constantly on bend, a large and vai led stock of Bagging and Ties. General dealers in Standard Fertilizers. Liberal cash advances made on consign ments, leb. 9.-1 y J. .Eabtham. e. T. Powxll E4STHAM, POWELL & CO., Wholesale Grocers 90 Water St. & 41 Commerce St rVoi-rolli, Va- April 6, 1877. Sm. GOODE HOUSE, COK. COMMERCE & MAIN STS., A. J. Manning, Prop'r BOARD FEB DAY, 2 00- April B, 1S77. tt M. L. T. Davis. B. D. Tnoifil M. L. T. DAVIS & CO., WHOLESALE Gr Tt O O E 3Et S1, Also, large stock of MEATS, PORK AND FLOUR, always on hand. IRON FRONT, South East Cor. Water and Commerce Sts., TNorfolkjVa. Capt. D. BELL, Salesman in the House. April 6, 1877. Sm MARROW & CO., Successors to Bdttimore, Marrow & Co. J WHOLESALE SHOE HOUSE, Nos. 120 & 122 Main St., TVorioIk, Vai April 6, 18877. 2m 1855. ESTABLISHED 1855. w. ameheoan, Manufacturer of PINE CIGARS, Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Leaf & Manufactured Tobacco- 120 CHURCH STREET, . April 6, 1877. tf. New Designs.. in PearLand Street Ornaments "COR Hats and Scarfs. Straw Normandles, JC 75 cents ; 8allor Hats, 50 cents ; Imported Zephyr and Shetland Wools, 15 cents per oz.; Germantowiir.Teent or two.otmeee for 25 cents. Dexters Kt-Itting Cotton, three balls for 25 cents. Bide-Plalting by steam machine. MRS. ANNA J.-VRLLINES, 20 Bank Street, Norfolk, Va.. Turner W. Battle, Rocky Mount, N. C. Bennett Bnnn. Joseph D. Battle JHTTLE, BUM- & CO., corroif FACTORS. -f AND . ' , Commission Merchants, TOWN POINT. (Gwathmey's Building.) P. 0. Uox 586. - f: H0SFOLE, VA Bagging and Ties furnished parties who in tend consigning their Cotton to us. Liberal cah advances made; on shipments "Aug. 11, lt;6. " ly DRUG, PAIST AKD OIL STORE. M. A. & C. A.'SANTOS, 113 Atlantic Blo;! We offer Urge stock of ' DRUGS, WINDOW-GLASS, ; rAmt?.UlTtiMAl)3tLm& c; si low prices for cash or approved credit. M. A. & C. A. SANTOS. Feb. 9, 1877, 3m. Buy YoiiJt Agricultural Shell Lime yaoM ; SUFFOLK, VA. HE gives 12 bags, 2000 lbs., guaranteed weight, to the ton, and warrants it to be the best quality, being very dry and in con dition which cannot nil to give satisfaction. Very low rates to purchases of 25 to 100 ton lots. Give him a trial. Suffolk, Va., March i 3,1677. tf. mWW BAKBRY ! THIS OLD ESTA"BLISHED BAKERY IS now ready to supply the people of Tar boro and vicinity with all kinds ot Bread, Cakes, French and Plain Candies, Nut$, Fruits, ftc, e., c., embracing e text Ihin'aanairyJ lpt la a First! Class KsuWUhment of -theHtmd. ' . ThaDkful for the liberal patronage of the past ths undersigned anks. a continuation, wit the ywsgattftJtte 3 jj, V : Private ' Faaailtes cae.alwavs ! . tsteir Cake Bake krc ait shart- , . ttKpitcs)'? fl'.i f-" Orders for Parties & Balls promptly ClJed. Can adCnitod st4c, next aoor 19 wv h NfW Hanover." I CtTTLfiKY. brrjboro' Bontktxntt. Friday, Hay 4, 1877. THE LOST P0CRET-B00R ; OR, THE FINDER'S REWARD! BY J. B. S. BBBBT. Was it all a dream t Melhought, ere this, herself would press that. -f chair, Seated before me, while her sunny hair, Her eyes, .that like stars at midnight beam,; Wdcld life-like on my radiant canvas gleam And make a, portraiture beyond compare, Ho ir could. I fail, whea Love w.oadd aid me I . ' Why should I try 1 Pencil ok chisel , when I need must err 1 I memory alone your moulds lie, And memory now is but one dream of her.' Thus man pursues his weary calling, And wrings the hard life from the sky, While h&ppiness unseen is falling Down from God's bosom silently. Schiller. 'Wake up, old fellow ! You have been napping for the past half hour. What the rtatter, ha? Ain't in love?' rapidly exclaimed and in terrogated Ned Gordon, atthesams time giving his auditor a vigorous slap ou bis back. 'Since you have, asked me that question, Ned, the thoughts that I have been entertaining for the past half hour, seem hve been stim ulated by some such subtle power as love,' laughingly replied Mal colm Crafton. 'Mai, the girl who cou'.d indue you to give her thirty minutes f your undivided thoughts, must be a very Psyche. Tell me all about it, old fellow who is she ? What's her name jocosely asked Ned, at the same time drawing a chair along side of Malcolm Crafton's, eleva ting hi feet to the rounds ofanoth chair ; turning his head and quiz ically looking into Majcolmn's face. At the eame time a f-mile played over his features, vith fitful rapidi ty, reminding one of the swiftly succeeding flashes of summer light ning, which serves to light up, with pecnliar vividness, the otherwise surrounding darkness. Ned Gordon and Malcolm Crafs ton. were seated at t&e bay-window of theAnstop, ancl to camal promenader of Charles street, would be thought to be there for the two fold purpose of seeing and being seen by the beauty and fashion usu ally thronging this fashionable promenade. Of all the members of this fash ionable Club, Malcolm Crafton at least, was the ono about whom such a remark could not be truthfully made, for he rarely visited the Club daring the hours that fashion had fixed for the fair ' ones to take their daly ex cerises, his business claiming his constant thought, and td it he gave the closest attention. He had made the maintaining of the firm-name, as established by his father, his greatest ambition ; and even during his younger days he evinced a talent and an application for the business, which were re markable. The 'Germans,' '.Ket tle? Drams,' parties and other fash ionable amusements knew him not. He refused all the polite invitations that for a time had been sent him, until at length he was considered a woman-hater, "and treated accord ingly by the gentle sex. The girls knew that their smiles would be wasted on Malcolm Craf ton, and took little trouble to dia semble whenever they passed him on the street, but displayed their 4who-cares-foryou' looks to the ful lest degree permissible. Malcolm Crafton rarely: ever loafed at the Club daring the ! lay, usually going there after, business hoars to read the papers, discuss the news of the day, or take a so cial hand at whist or chess, it was very nnusHal for him to be there at theTiouT Ned Gordon found him in pensive abstractedness, and it was more unusual to find him so immer sed in thought, for Malcolm usually left business at his counting-room never thinking of the day's affair after, he had departed from his store. It was so unusual a sight, that Ned Gordon was somewhat surprised, and kuowing Malcolm very inti mately, could not imagine anything more likely to make him wear such a Serious expression, than imagin ing himself in love. When Malcolm 'stated that the thoughts he was entertaining at the time of his interruption, caust have been promted by some such subtle power as love, Ned became mere desirous of possessing tho fullest particulars about anything so new and unexpected, and was a little im patient that Malcolm did not at once confide in him. f'Well, old fellow, tell me all I About it sub rasa, l don t mean ff. C J - ' i. l4 ior you iu uuuuue auy bciuci uui it must be an awkward position for vonfo find yourself in. J won't tell the boys, you know. The might : laugh, and , You don t like to' be lauehod at, do you ? fNed Qorden knew all the fair ones of the beau moride, and he thought he must know Malcolm's inamorata. Oh, dog it, tell fellow, won't you? Tori sit there like a sphinx, whilst I am aflame wiih a desire to know something I of this strange oceur renc saidJNed Crordon, endeavor ing to iraDart a serious expression to his curiosity. 'Well, Ned, I was just thinking of the strange feelings which were thrusting ! themselves over me in 8pite of myself ; trying to annalize the cause of their springing into existence-and holding possession of my mind, when I know so little of the object opon which these thoughts wero dwelliugV replied Malcolm. Malcolmr vonr meditation has 3ptt ioo ijprofonnd for me fcheId, Cah,t forfeefmo coapne a little and be less pedantic? Ned interrupted. You asked me whether I was in love, do doubt thinking this a1 fool ish question, : and I should have thought so too, if I had not been trying to account for the reason of my thoughts turning to ope object constantly, like the needle of the compass love being the powerful magnet in my case.' 'How so, Mai?' seriously enquir ed Ned. 'Well, it's a story that will re quire some time to relate, but as you srem S3 much interreatei, I will tell you,' answered Malcolm. 'Go on ; if it takes all night, 1 will listen.' 'Some six weeks since I found a pocket-book, containing a small sum oTcione, a gold pencil, and a check drawn by a gentleman named Randolph, on a .bank in Richmond, Va., to the order of a Miss Addie Randolph. I waited several days, expecting it to be advertised, but finding that it was not, wrote to the ('rawer of the check. After some two weeks the letter was re returned to me endorsed, 'Not call ed for.' 1 then addressed a tetter to the bank, requesting the Cash ier to .notify Mr. Randolph1 of the fact I have related to you, and aK so to place himself in communication with. pie. In a day or so' I received a let ter from the gentleman, who lives in the suburbs of Richmond, tc the effect that the pocket-book was lost by his daughter, who was then on a visit to a friend in Baltimore coun ty, and that he would request her to write to me, giving a full descrip tion of the contents.' 'ThVrilxi asyI received a note, the chirography of which, as well as the composition, plainiy told that it had been writen by a lady of culture. 'There was something about the letter the few simple words being so placed as to expres3 the refine ment and culture of the writer that I instantly conceived a desire to know the author, imagining her to be young, pretty, sensible and aristocratic. '7 sent the pockt-book, and to-day received the acknowledgement of its receipt, which has made the impres sion created by her first letter mere indellible. I have been thinking cf her all day ; picturing her in my mind : conceiving her to my beau ideal of a lovely woman, and per suading myself that the hand of destiny is gradually drawing us to one another. 1 feel an insatiable desire to become acquainted with her, but no" plan that X can conceive of will bring about the desired re sult, except to write to her, reques ting the pleasure of calling upon her, for the purpose of forming an acquaintance, which 1 know is per fectly foolish. Don't you think so, Ned : enquired Malcolm. Yes, replied JNed, 'especially if she would refuse. But if destiny is shaping this matter, why don't you wait i ns enquirea. 1 win mate a virtue ot necessity and wait on destiny, Ned,' replied Malcolm, 'but mind no joking with me about this. I told you in conn fidence, because it was a strange fantasy, and unusual for me to think of such things, besides there was nothing else to talk about, and I gave you the benefit of the latest newsv Fo? many days afterwards Mal colm continued to think of the lady who had addressed him the letters endowing her with all the virtues and attributes of an ideal charac ter, the mental infatuation so per vading him, as to render his heart susceptible if the lady, upon a personal acquaintance, should real ize pis expectation, lie had almost been tempted to write to her, in troducing himself, and requesting the privilege of corresponding with her, but being an entire stranger, prudence suggested that this would not be altogether proper. Ha had with some effort succeed ed in diverting his thoughts into another channel, considering it per fectly useless to entertain any hope of ever meeting her, until one day, whilst at the Mt. Y ernon, he espied her name, as also that of Mr. Ran dobh. on the register. He at once determined to send his card to Mr. and Miss Randolph, so calling waiter, he bade him present his compliments and to say that he awaited them in the parlor. He occupied the interval in endeavor - ing to shake off the nervous anxiety he found himself in, but before his usual calmness tras restored, lie heard the rustling of silk, a soft football upon the carpet, sw the door open, and Miss Randolph stood before him. Malcolm's eyes surveyed her at a glance, nothing the contour of her face, the graceful outlines of her form, the tout ensemble of her ap pearance, and confessed to himself that in eyery detail his precon ceived notions had been correet. Her - carriage had that nameless grace which is not unfrequently positive evidence of the beauty of the face : her mien was , of that marked distinction .which sumach toiDleases tho - fastidiomoesa of the hair was of d flaxen golden texturt. and color, and worn' in the preraik ing mode, which perhaps was not the least attraction, for it corress ponded wiih his ideal, and made her look more harmonious, more youthful and more virginal in ex pression. As Malcolm arose and introduced himself his eyes flashed upon her beauty, his eager gaze caused the blushes to suffuse neck, cheek and brow, which added trsnscendant loveliness to a faultless complexion. -Z7er voice, as she replied to his few words of greeting, caused his heart to palpitate with a nervous pleasure which nebrly brought him to her feet. 'Miss Randolph,' spoke Malcolm, 'seeing your name on the register, I embraced the .opportunity of intro ducing myself. If this be a liberty that does not share approval, I beg your pardon for my intrusion. The fact is, I have been unable to prevent my mind dwelling upon the incidents of the lost pocket-book, and forming a picture of yourself ; and I must con fess that curiosity to see the real ex ponent of my ideal, was a slight in gredient in the desire to. form your acquaintance. Without egotism, Miss Randolph ; indeed with propriety, I may say, that my family occupy a leading position in society, and that I am a gentlemen. This much at least it is proper for you to know, since the acquaintance is offered by my self." 'Mr. Crafton, I am pleased to make your acquaintance, especially to thank you personally for the taouble you had in restoring- the pocket-book; not for the intrinsic value of the book, but for the gold pencil a memento of love from my mother, which ia yery, very dear to me. I have made , some enquiry regarding you, and learn that you are a gtatlemsn, whose acquaintance any lady could accept.' 'I enquired for your father, and had hoped that he would have afford ed me the pleasure of making his acquaintance,' remarked Malcolm. 'My father has some matters in the city which will require his attention during business hours. Ho will be pleased to meet you, I am sure to make your acquaintance, as well as to thank you for your kindness,' an swered Miss Randolph. 'How long will you remain in the city, Miss Randolph?' ! 'We leave to-morrow for home; that is, if my father succeeds in fin ishing the business which has caused him to stop in Baltimore on his way home.' The conversation glided pleasantly on for half an hour. Each word; look and graceful movement but ad ded to the feeling he had permitted himself to consider, until a desire seized him, that he would like to share her companionship, and min ister to her comforts and pleasures forever. 'I had hoped, Miss Randolph, to have met . your father, and to have obtained his permission to escort you to Ford's Grand Opera House to night. With your consent I will call this evening to request that you and your father accept seats in my pri vate box Miss Neilson will appear as 'Juliet Have you ever seen this actress?' enquired Malcolm. 'No, repued Miss iiandolph. 'You hare no prior engagement, I hope." None '.' the lips slightly parting to utter the monosyllable, which was embellished with a graceful move ment of the head and a glance from the brightest of eyes, which only a handsome and cultured woman knew how to give, to render the simplest and most inharmonious word seem euphonious. When Malcolm returned to tne hotel the same evening, for the pur pose of escorting Mr. and Miss Ran dolph to the Opera House, he was presented to Mr. Randolph, whom he found to be an agreeable and well in formed gentleman, of the most un exceptional and pleasinz manner. Mr. Randolph was soon joined oy Miss Randolph. 'My father has a prior engage ment. Mr. Crafton, and will be un able to avail himself of your kind offer, remarked Miss Randolph 'Yes, yon mast excuse me, Mr. Crafton. I regret that I will not have the opportunity of witnessing Miss Neilson in her celebrated im personation of 'Juliet,' as well as inspecting Ford's Grand Opera House ; but I wish to finish the bus iness which caused me to stop in Baltimore, so as to return home to morrow. I will be pleased tt t see yon at my farm, near Richmond, Ya., Mr. Crafton,4 and hope yoa will give us the opportunity ox be- comme better acquainted. , , ... ifni 1 t Y . " , - - 1 1 pleasure to, fee receiTed as a Iriend, 'Ananas i is wm give at nvca and I promise, if ever I should vis it Richmond, to call. Jf Mis Ran d6lph will permit me to eseort her, I would s be glad if yon ' give your consent for her to accompay me to the Grand Opera flense to-night.' i Malcolm . spoke hie regrets that the . father could : not accompany them, and was soon on the way to Ford's, with Miss Randolph upon hia arm. ,:- The acting the audience, the magnificent 4en pie of the Moses, and, beyond all, the new-made as quaintance, placed Miss Randolph ut jthe best of spirits. She felt for the noncer that she could wish her life wer eW thus. The stiff fois nudities of a new acquaintanceship eoaaiiy , rare place to tne - easy uifrv n osuett-.nenaaniD. or toe sen timesa -exprtssed fcy Malcolm) and at ihe same time kt rejoinders were made with such pu rity of diction and occasional flash es pf wit,1 that it was pleasure ens joyed with zest, which was a new experience io Malcolm. That night as their hands met and the parting words were about to follow, Malcolm could not resist the desire to see Miss Randolph once more: before bidding her a final adiea. It was a moment or so before he could determine wheth er t were best to ask the privilege of calling in the morning to speak the parting words, Or whether he should bid her good-night and good bye now; but, like nine-tenths of poor humanity, Malcolm yielded to his desires and asked the privilege of calling again in the morning. 'I won't bid you good bye now,' Miss Randolph, if you will grant me permission to do so on the mor row. We seldom have the courage to face unpleasant duties, but try to temper them by procrastinating as long isM possible.' 'If it will be a pleasure for you to call, J will be very glad to see you ; especially well pleased to make even though in a feeble manner some return for the many kind nesses I have already experienced at your hands. 1 have no business matters to occupy my time, and will be pleased to share the mo-, ments, that 'will otherwise hang heavily on my hands, in conversa tion with yon. Malcolm went his way home pos sessed - of a haunting desire. 27e was Uhorougly in bve ; the tender passion: was in full possession of his thoughts, and clothed them with a glamour that concealed all her im perfections, and made prominent and pleasing all the attributes of chaiacter wnich had from the first so favorably impressed him. He became impatient for the hoar to arrive that he might see her again, feeling a decided prefer ence for her society. In the morning he endeavored to present as calm an exterior as usual, but the consuming passion bad ex erted its influence and stamped its effects upon his features, actions, and manners. The time at length arrived when he could present himself at the ho tel, and he harried on with as much anxiety depicted in his face and movements as rf the most moment tons -consequences depended upon his haste. Amused at his impetuosity, as well as convinced by this sudden departure from a well-settled habit of taking things quietly that he had diagnosed his case correctly when he confessed to his enquiring thoughts that he was in love, he vainly . endeavored to regain his composure in ' the interval between this announcement and Miss Ran dolph's appearance in the parlor.' Malcolm could not convince him self, even if others could not de tect it, for, struggle as he would, he felt an irresistible desire to tell her how . much he had learned to love her; nor was it long before he began to drift towards the . point where he would have the opportu nity of telling her his love, if he discovered that it would prove ac ceptable to her. 'Do tou know that I was con stantly thinking of you after 1 res ceived your first letter? Then it was 1 began to picture to myself the kind ot woman you were, DOtn as regards your personal appear ance and disposition,' remarked Malcolm. 'I hone you are not too much dis appointed, Mr. Crafton; but I fear that TOU unaziue us w uo iu accordance with your ideal woman, and that yon hare found me jejune in comparison laughingly remark ed Miss Randolph. 1did endow you with, the charac ter of my ideal ; in other words, I earned to hare an inspiration of what you were like, and formed my 1 ideal by that standard. Strange to uv. tou are- the : counterpart or, more properly- speaking, the origi nal of that yi&ion. I am net duap nointedi but on the oontraryUso much nleaeed. that the Ideal image has indellibly engraven itself upon my heart, audit will never be erased. Addie. I mustteU you that Iloreyoo, that I hare learned the meaning ot that word; whlett only knew a th empty eymbofof a Weakness until yon The 'beaying bceesv dowa-ast eyes and bluah-tuff used fkoe told plainly that Addie, too, was entrap ped in the meshes of lore. Maiden modesty prevented her from speaking her thoughts as freely as she desired! ? and ( the brevity of the aoqnamtanoa was an additional cause for her hea- ! itaaoy ; not but ! that she knew that ' , . in point of wealth and station Mai- J eolm Crafton would be an aeoepta- i ble suitor f or i any lady, nor that? .hi - cnaracter and disposition caused her j any doubt, for she was a shrewdy-v judge of human; character, and! be lieved Malcolm to be actuated by, the Surest principles of true affection, for ' er. She felt Sure that her heart : j never went out so entirely to the bid- j c s ding of any other man as it did to the 5iJ Seal of Malcolm, and in spite I of unexpected proposal, she believed 1 licdtly in jthe. honor of 'her new 1 Tffaloolm f waited ' for some enoonroJl sement, some word that would, tell v t 1 Jun that ha Jiad not cast- hie-iurst t love upon an i uuappreciative beinst . that the new i life that had been I awakened in j him was not to be ' I smothered by an unrequitted affeo- -i tion. j; i .- ' ' 'Oh, Addie, give me your answer? ; j I know that I have been precipitate j f that I am tool much' a stranger to ex. ! pect that you ; could' know me and learn to love me in so short a time ; ; but tell me if there is any hope of my . future happiness, or whether I have spoken words which will blight the first bud qf love that has ever blos-V somed from my heart earnestly be sought Malcolm. i 1 . rj ' ' 'You have taken me by surprise; I . did ixp anticipate that any such hap piness was in store for me.' You. have taught me how to love truly , and sincerely, for my heart has been yours since first we met.' I ' The bond : thus made was sealed with a loss, and the lovers soon part ed to calm their fluttering hearts and dwell in rapture over their new-found : e . . i The affair had been kept a pro bund secret. Malcolm's friends had not the faintest idea of his attach ment. Hia correspondence with Ad- . die Randolph I and Ids visits to her home near Richmond were not known. . Some six months after the period of the opening of this story the TeliU ot Mt. Yernon place and habUues of, the Alls ton were surprised at the re ception of Cards of invitation to j the marriage ceremony of Mr. Malcolm Crafton, of Baltimore, and Miss Ad die Randolph of Hennco county, Vir ginia. The .affair was a nine days ' wonder ; the slyness, as the girls call ed it, of that woman-hater, as Mai. . colm was termed by them, was a . sur prise that piqued, them, because their penetration was at fault, and their charmshad availed them nothing. The wedding i was duly celebrated. an opportunity offered the acquain tances and friends to pay their com pliments to the bride and. groom,' cards of invitation having been sexft to Malcolm's friends, to a reception and dinner given at his residence' in honor of his I bride, after which a short tour of Europe was the pro gramme. ' ; 1 The "Lost Pocket-Book; or, The Finder's Reward," as hastily sketched here, will served as an illustration of what I have already considered an aphorism that "accidents are some times the forerunners of fortune." Brttikruman,L '"! - s - - i - . . How a Jewess Married a Cbistkn. Mr. ' H.L. Oliver, a young law yer of good standing at the Nash ville oar, and of respectable' rami ly connections, was married to Miss Hannah Well, daughter of Mr. 8., Well of ; that eity, at her j father's residence, Friday eren-, ing, by Justice Creighton. Feeling that her parents would op- Sose the match, as it is against the ! ewish creed ; to intermarry with 1 other people, she went to her fath- er, and put to him the following insurmountable interrogatories : Father, how old am I? , FatherNineteen years old, my 4 daughter. i ' i i Daughter When does a young? lady become of lawfal age ? ifather Lt the age of eighteen. Daughter Then I fam free to act for myself, ami not, father It Fathpr 2 ; see no objection to Daughter-WelL then, Mr. Oli- j ver lores me e ver so j much, and I love him j eter so much. I want you to consent to our marriage, for? if you do not I fear we will have to run a way, and Td much rather be married at home. i i 1 I The father was yery much asten- ished at her pointed inquiries, and more so when he found her betroth od to a Christian gentleman, ' but after pondering the matter a while, : gave the sensible response : "Well if yon are bound to marry, 1 would rather yon would be quietly marV ried at home." ' j : And so the young people were; married and left for Hnntsville that erening. j' : ". The London Truth has been sued for lying. i A Chicago; play wright haf pro a mellow dueed Ri Ai Lpples'- drama. - 1 ; ! Tjots, the tooUrache and tight hoots are- things which cannot b kent secreti ! . 7r -I'll i'v- : Gentlemen engaged to be mar ried are how politely termed hor bands by breret. um-- .,o.. r ill -s- i f i t -it 1 ; f - J 4 ") .
The Tarborough Southerner (Tarboro, N.C.)
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May 4, 1877, edition 1
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