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V :. - -. A: : y THE FLC. S3'CCLLECTI 4- 1 CARTHAGINIAN. TlBUHllEI) KVEKT TtiUKKKAY Tit ; ; STREET BUEWER. Office, East Bide of 3IcEcynold0' street: Carthage, N. C). Rates of Subscription : Sinnlo p.nnv. one vear. '. w " six nioutliH, ...... . ' thrwe montlm, i .,.",-; 11 liorriiren In finv ncrson au r&ira cujj t. ... t - .. A Beiiiling a clob oi ten. ' V, kAll frabscriptions to be paid inadynnce. 1 50 .Til Volume 1: M . ; ' liiiiiis .CAB W NORTH CAEDLT WDAY, IIAY 30,' 187S -' - A -, Tie last Link Is Broken. B? MBs! atoll K. STEVENS.'' .'itaVph r Iightonpwith Annie Morton leaning upon his arm, was walking aloog the beach. The stream stretched WUTrora fte white sand-bars like a iiicet of molten silver, as the summer's lIJUUUllUli .DilliU"''' r irond ftxpause of water. The suft sev breozo gently swajed ' the feathery foli Bbof tlti"' accent klirulber, whoee rajpC then!glqaeen. ; j Jr . ,- s yoV'trnrt mcT Annie1? asked Italph Leigh ton, in a low, mellow tone, lending his trend till his drooping mous- Hfinlin iorAftf Vpr plipfllr i irilst VOUr JiaP- jincsa ,ia, my keeping?' he added, '.I ilfW' lrue to the trust, 1 solemnly Vow.' - '. "be yjupg girl, witli her fair, fresh 1 face tufued'towarf "tho sea hesitated a inoineht ilicn lifted her eyes to his,' witbr so much earcestu essoin" their depths. 1 'Do not press nre fur an aWwer now,' lie said ; 'let ns talk of sometlmg else,' 'Why put. me off. that way?' returned, lie, io a voice so full of pleading, full of chiding. ''Annio' my darling, you must know -1 Jove j ou love you more than wy life. ' Nor Can I be-happy till you say you -will be mine. ,,lJe my wife, nnio uuriing, wou i your ' 'If Lknew wo would always be happy togolhcf,. Ralphhappy as we now are I would promise to be your wife ; but i v 'Cut itbaly darling ?. asked he, as she hes'ateJ, pressing hi lij s to hers. i uave. a vgue presentiment that sometime in tto fatdre;sometUing might come bettrecn us, and cause us to be unliappy ; and theD it would; be belter !md wo never met.' IVNonesenge: darling. I never thought 0u one to indulge ia jsuch chimerical . fancian. NotUicg aa com e. , between us nothing shall come between hs. Tell me, Bweet one, thjitvyou will be my wife. t ' AH was quiet, save the sea lapping the shore, and the occasional peals of livery laughter from oiLer strollers on . the beitch. Kulph Leighton pre-sed the little hand that lay upon hi-, arm in his own, and g:ized down with an intense look into her face, as he lrttened and Waited for her answer. ) ' Ann; kl..l. 1 .1 it.- 1 -1 ... hian beside ber; loved w ith the one and first pure love cf her lif.', though she had known him tut one hort week. Yet, as this new life, so' filled with love, was . to entirely strange to her, she feared to feive herself up to the swtet halluci nation. 'Ralph, let us return'to the house. t dare not speak any more upon that HC;irttrt!g him closely,, she silently re'" fleeted: "fe seenisappy ; bis handsome face has no marks of sorrow ; there is no tarn t about bVin. Yet wiA all this, what a blight marked path he leaves be hind him.' . With a sigh, heavy and deep, tie slight form, with clinging drapery about her, stepped off the piazta, aid disap peared among .the shrubbery, 7 ' Miming brdke the .gloom of uight exclaimed the man, pale with te-or, as he liseffea shiveijiog, trembling. 'Can you need fjity from me' an out cast from all love, from all that gives life, light and wann,t&. I cannot be lieve that.' : ' ' ' j 'You are as cruel as death, and as cold as an Iceberg! Inez, remember the man you once loved' that you once called husband ; will not that remem brance soften your heart toward me? 1 A eold, 8cqrfuj smile curled the Hps, turned to go, 'will ya' cot allow me to touch your hand 5? f lo mine. agI did in the days oC e.Iocz, let me take you in myrms, and kiss you good-bye ; please, tuy darling, my peer; less .love, ' . . 'That voice which, bad," with its rich me-ody-,cwon so many lieartSL was now full of pathetic pleading; z.. 'It is not worth Ijie while.' It will profit peither of urftiy thing, ' Uat with JthJi .asperate offort of with the effu'gabt, n&tfl laMgiivbU, Um. MnbwdiCge ijttf&rZM&l'pgi i&oem' "v y' f-H55.i. 'bi fbrwardTciasDed hern tiffstronff armsvl golden EinHes, making all things glad; Wh;le Annie -sat within her ; loom watching and listening to the beauty and aBimation of the but-door world,' as it reveled in all gladaomeness of a sun bright morning in midsummer while she waited for Ireakftrst, Ralph' took a stool down on the beach. ' ; The fresh sea-breeze, balmy with the breath of a thousand -flowers, sent a new current of life tingling through his veins. Something glittered in the white sand at his feet, as it caught the morning sunlight. He started, and "turned pale, as if some one " had pointed a deadly weapon at his breast. U was a gold trinket that his child had worn around her neck, when he used to dandle her upon his knee. , ,11 e turned it over; and the re was 'Gladly' engraved on the un- d' f part His child's name his child. It was an echo from the past ; the past which he hoped he had buried --which lm had fled from. Now he trembled, and was as weak .as a child, at this one foot-print of the dead fast; and.it awoke a train of thoughts within bis mind. ' ' H ' :Howcame it here? . he said. 'What does it meau ? I wonc" er where my child is? and its mother can fe be near? 0, God 1 I hope not.' He thrtw his hands up to his face with a gesture of despair. The glad sun shine now seemed to mock his agonized miud He sped down the beach with sv, if t Etep", around the bluff; and there' where the cliff and- d'ense foliage o shrubbery shut out the world, he sat down. The sih of the sea. as it be against the rocks, seemed but. the eigh of his own bosom. He felt that some thing terrible was about to happen which he had not the bravery to meet His bent head rested upen one hand while in tbe other he clasped his child' trinket, tie heard the flutter of dre.-s n'ear Lini, and looked up. With a face pale as the dead, and a wild stare in the eyes, he started from his seat Before him stood a woman of slender form, and of dark beauty. The dark eyes were fixed . upon him ; the whole face,, looking proud, calm and defiant, and the white, slender bauds clasped tightly together. 'Inez.' said the falterincr Hds. 'how froHlrRalnh j'oi na . ' inn . t f nr. j- - "ts I j w "W . evermore dead ; you can never touch my heart again, nevejr. awake a single echo of love there. Do not start and shud-1 der so ; It can make no difference to vou.' It makes all tie difference. 0, Inez ! take me back to your heart, and to your love agaio. I now, for the first time, find I love you- love you . as I never oved woman, nor ever shall love wo man, nor ever shati love womau again. Here down on my knee;,' sinking at her feet, 'let me plead for the !ov8 that once was mine. Inez, be merciful to me to your husband.'," Alas! Ralph, you murdered your noble self iu my heart in the days agone, and the dead comes no more to life. It was a cruel blow, ibut yon did it.' A groan escape from the agonized heart and tears flowed down his cheeks. 'Cruel Inez, baye you no heart ?'' 'Yes, but you can trevcrmore stir its depth, and your tears move me not. You had no pity for the heart you had wrung the heart that tpen loved you so.' Inez our child ; will not that be a tender link to bring and bind our hearts our own little Glady where is ehe? Glady is sleeping in the cold, silent tomb. The last link is broken that could have brought our hearts together.' 'You are killing me, Inez my wife. How much I would my baby to ray cch said he, rising up, 'I found this on the beach this morning,' holdiog up his laby's trinket, 'and thought that you j and Glady 'must be somewhere about,; and with thoughts of the past coming 111 my mind, I sought this nook to be alone hoping you and I would never meet again. Alas! how little did I think that to meet you would be to awake! the love which was never yours all the mouths that we liped together ; and Wirst ef all for that love to be rrjected scornfully rejected Inez, I love vou-!-how much vou can not tell now. Lejt us be happy togeth er forget the past.' 'The past is dead, net forgotten. Your ove comes too late, it can never awake the corpsi) which lies buried in my Poor little Glady give to clasp thee,; ing heart. Inez,' ?jubject . to-night, To-mcrrow evepjng, came you heie? speak and tell me.' at this hour, I will give you niy'answer here at ibis place.' 'Why not now, 'Anni. . It is so Ion to wait. Suspense is tcirible. Come, do nctbe so c-uel.' , 'It is best best for the happiness cf both; that you will see.' But could Ralph have seen within that breast, he would have known that the throbbing heart,' the melting love, would have belied those cool, calm words that fell from the rosy lips ; he would have een she longed to tell him she would be bis forever his. Yet with this longing at heart, some inner power held her lack, and made her speak the words Bhe had spoken. I ' Silently tbJey retraced their steps to : the house both seemed to be thinking " On Jho brod piazza of the hotel, in the Bhade of the draping vines, they kissed ach other good-night. Annie did not go in the parlor, where merry voices, and music floated out through the open windows to her; she felt she had rather be alone. Rut Ralph went in. He mingled among the merry people, chatted lively, with a free and easy air ; as if no inner thoughts, no in ner things, troubled him. He stood by r ; the piano, turning music for a bright eyed girl, with the full blaze of the "chandelier falli&g in splendor over his handsome person, his, clear-cut features l appearing to fall advantage. r-' But thus occupied Ralph was all un conscious of the slight form that passed alrtng the pizza, stopping before the , window, in the shade of the vines, fixra ier dark eyes intently upon him. With the long, iutctrSc look she gave Ralph, 'How? I came just as any one else would come to the sea-ihore. But you have no right to question me about my coming and going. It seems that my presenca awakes fears within you. It is well it may.' 'For God's sake, Inez, go away and leave mo alone. I hoped wo might never have met again. Why did you cross my path? 'I looked upon you last night, as you stood in the full light, seemingly so gay and happy. ; I wondered if you had for gotten all,.,And I resolved that you should look upon a scene which! J feel as well as see. The scene is within my heart. Now look ! as I tear aide the pall. One year ago, I buried you here, froni sight of all the world, ' deep down iu my heart ; and there you will lie for ever entombed. You came with a false, treacherous tongue!; with a handsome, smiling face, and won me, heart and soul. God forgive me for loving you so I made an idol of you ; though I knew well enough it was an idol of clay that some day it would shatte into atoms, l believed you were al that was true and good aud against my father's will, I married you j for which I was disinherited, aa outcast from the home of my youth. For a while you made me happy, very happy ; but soon y out false heart proved traitor, and in your treachery you deserted me and your child. You coolly told me to go back to the home, and to the father 1 ha4 deserted, that you had wearied of me, that you had no love for me. ' hat I have suffered since then you will never know.' '0, Iuezf have you ro pity for heart 'Can this be the once loving and" ten so cruel now? Take me to our baby's grave, and over that little mound let jus resolvo to be to each other what its parents should be.' 'Glady's grave lis far from here, and wereou to see that little mound, would not remorse tell you that want and neg lect laid her there, while you reveled in luxury, with imiles of beauty and happiness around jyou? Be pitiful, Q, Inez I You torture me with a cruel taunt. The heart that Ls bleeding you stab afresh with a keen pointed dagger, and cau smile as you see the cold, glittering steel cutting among the chords.' He choked dewn the sols as he added': 'This little trin ket I will keep as a souvenir of my baby, of the past, of what we once were to each other husband and wife. : 'Rather a souvenir of murder You murdered yourself in my . heart, you an untimely grave all joy and haziness e.' me. sent your child to and you murdered and hope of my lij 'You can speak thus to me, and yet. if you will only allow me to, I WDuld clasp you to my heart as the one dar ling of all my life,' and give you such love as woman never yet knew. Proud and cold as an icicle She stood there, looking on the man before her, her slight figure erect and hands clasp ed together, her wrap and dress flutter ing with the breeze Rapb,', spoke shs, after an interval of silence, good-bye. We may never meet again. I hope not not that I much I care ; I can look upon you and not be moved, just as I Would look upon any other worteless man.' 'Wait one moment,' asked he, as she pressed her to his agonized heart, and showered burning kisses on the mouth and cheeks, They were the first love kisses he had evif given bis wife ; and she received them as "coldly as if she had been a marble statue. The love that lay within her heart cimld nreterfflore be warmed to life ; the glowing warmth brought to bear against it now, had come too late. r , With, bis heart beating against her own, his warm breath on her. cheeks, his eyes looking into hers, Inez calmly loosed his arms from around her, and stepped backward. 'Farewell ! Ralph," she said, as she wared her hand to him; a cold smile playing about the pretty, fine mouth, looking like the rays of a: winter's suu falling aslant on an iceberg, glittering and eold. ' . A moment more and sle was gone ; and with her all hopes,; all" light, of Ralph - Leighlou's life went. What was thers for him to I live, for now ? With a strong, swift touch something had unlocked the fountain of love in his breast ; and he loved his wife with that deep, heart-felt love which brings agony to man when the object thr t makes it is denied him. The world, and all. its pleasures was nothing to him now. Long' and wistfully did Annie Mor ton look, for her lover thatNdgy ; but he came not. - W hen 'the boalrVt. appoint ment on the beaeu came, she stole down there, thinking perhaps Ralph had avoided seeing her till the hour he was to hear her answer. She thought she must have made him suffer more than she had suspected, by .net promis ing the evening before to be his wife Her heart wes growing tender towards him now. She reached tho trysting snot: no lover was there. Her grief, 1 UUU ICniO glUW lUiv diiu oibiiuhiq j and after waitins an hour she returned to the house. She went up to her room and locked herself in. She did not kcow what to think of her truant lover she,wandered if anything had happened to him. . Tears came to her relief, she indulged in a hearty cry, next day An nie overheard a conversation between some of the boarder. One said that Ralnh Leiehton had not been seen I o - since he left the. hotel the morning be fore ; when another . said he was seen ate in the morning away down pn the beach talking with a woman, and that both had disappeared. This intelli gence wounded Annie to the quick. He had not cared for her at all, or he could not have gone' off with another, she thought. loea Leighton went on her way, liv ing a hopeless, aimless, desolate life, drifting adown the tide of time as a dead helpless leaf upon a stream with no object in view. All the sunshine had been taken but of her life : and her once tender and loving heart had been rendered cold and embittered by cruel coldness and harsh treatment from the Ones who should bate loved and pro tected her from the cold winds of the world. Husband and father both had thrust her from horiie and love; out up on tho cold main, to drift whithersoever she could. The helm of her' bark had been, placed in the band of one who KsJ' deserted it ; and now alone, she had to 4 straggle with the waves and rapids across the stormy sea- Yet the time had come when both, father and hus band, needed her love, craved it ; but they could nevermore thaw the ice which bad gathered around her heart ; and in coldness she turned proudly haughtily away from each; She could not forget tmredressei wrongs, which were burnea into ner memory in in delible characters ; and rather than ac cept love that bad once ' been denied ber, she would go on hef lone way, an outcast from warmth and love forever in whose breast love Lad ' for tfehirBi time come "iiV all its strength an power, be never again could be Lap py in Ijh reckless, old way; and with a great paid rankling in Ms heart, be fled from his th of tareleas gayety,' to d:ift hither and thither, with' no juore rest than "the Wandering Jewt' lie knew there' was but one person he could ever be happp with now ; and that per son was Inez his wife. . But, ? between them was a barrier-j-a yawnfig - chasm, wkicU grew "wider with each. aucc ditg year ; and he was utterly powerless lo budge it j v' , Ralph set out to search ofor bis wife. After weary seaiclres he at last found her "; but he fa ber only twice. Once he saw her standing in the do rway of a time-stained hovel, wbore all around lbokeu bare and drear and cold ; with her thin white hands clasped tightly to gether, and her pale, proud face turned toward the windy sky ; her large, sta,r ry black eyes all lustrious as il she saw something in the far-lying arches of th blue-heavens to, thrill her soul. Iu spite of shaabby apparel, and apparent sadness, she looked beautiful still. 'Idez, Inez!' exclaimed Ralph, as he bourided toward her.' 'Hear me, Inez,' said he, sinking on his knees before her, if ting up hisiiands imploringly, 'listen to ine, I pray.' With one swift glance slle scanned the crouching figure, and without one word, glided in and shut the door, All that night the wretched husband haunted that place, walking to and fro nderneath the leafiess branches, all un mindful of the cold and a sweeping blast, like some uneasy spirit from an other world. When the sun ' shone on the cold world again ; Ralph saw the door wa,' ajar, and entered. But the room was empty no Inez was there. He looked around at the rude surroundings, and saw what the room contained afforded but little-comfort. lie reached ibout and around, the place for Inez, but could fiud her nowhere. He saw a wel worn path leading through clustering CtHftrtfiu rTHE .fcARTHAGlMAN ; ; v Zlntt' of Advertising : i Square. -1 iiirUoo,,.'i v. .'-'. 9 3 woatha.. t.-:.. -f :.' -.v I , j-earV.. i..V.:w 1 column 1 esoatk'.'.i .i:;;..'.. v. -. v X year - ym i ; ; '.:.,.. ! ' 5 monthi..;ri,. 'f-r 6. f0 4.V;.A..Ur.W r - 1 ... -j luuyi ii .vti f t jeeial 'ttontraots ma be made at T Tub Under U8itiei ' They .were courting under dilH culties. ' It was va arwsi through which the" members v( the Tarti'ly were continually (lusfsing ftT and fro.- ; . . , "Deuf Abets" he said "J cannot longer iabor tiiideV this sus " C (Tire -old man -appears.) "penskin of banks' is due! .to the unwise policy ' - :, - ' (OM gent passes on.) " "I was going to Siry-iny -dear drU that I.lioc you vU promise fo.be mfdvi &ud uanie an ea'rljilay tor the bonds Q , .v , . . (Old woman happens in. ' should never b paid in gold alone'' iv ' ; ; (Exit old girl.) ! ! "Name the happy day when I may call you my own, for I can not believe that you will think, if pre" (Old man slides in again.) "sumption cannot be so soon accomplished."', (1 he Intruder retires) "I say I can't believe that you are entirely indifferent to me, bat will soon grant me the privilege of calling you wi - (Old lady on deck ) " ife given the financial dues tion much study." (Old lady slides off.) "If you love me just nod your head. You and, Oh, one sweet kiss to seal it one sweet oh hell ! (Prospective father-in-law.) "according to eminent divies, is a myth; a superstition." 1 (They were again left alone.) The old folks conclude that Alice is safe enough in the compa ny of a young man who can' talk nothing but finance and theology; and so relax their vigilance. Carthaoixian office. " - G-EMS. '' Li . . 1- t. - Uod nevief, gives, us which Tourr c gives it to them. , -fecdnd'ai. like litre, tq-fiy well eriehds greatly on the' length Ot rene the tale it has ft 'parry. There are f.rorniscs in criptdri 6 help our Weak'pess, but ibne t6 overcome- bluVAv'.ifuUns3. " 't ' r ' aVitlsI cab.JveaVe - i w thread of it very ay,: and ever day, ahd at last we canht breaft. it: ; - A helping word to orife in trou ble is often like a switch on a rail road track But ofre inch Between a wreck and smooth, rolling pros perity. If voii would-be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as witll unbeam8 the more they are con densed the deeper they burn. evergreens which he followed. He sooti found the object of his search, lying prone on the ground. He hastened near, and theie she was in a heap, with arms thrown over a little mound- grave. Ralph bent down to raise her up ; but when he took hold of her, he drew back, ghastly pallor gathering over his face. It was a corpsi he held iu his arms. 'Inrz,' was all he could articulate ; and geutly laid the dead body dowu. He looked at the white grave-stones and saw the word 'Glady.' Grief swept over his ones callous heart iu strong, swift waves, crushing him down, down , with iron weight. In that hour of su preme agony he felt he was the mur derer of the two who slept the silent sleep, lying there before him his wife and child. Inez was laid besides Glady, to rsst till the morn when the great trumpet shall sound through all space, and call her among the myroids of pale sleeper, to appear before' the Supreme Judge of all beings. And while she rested there, Ralph walked the earth wearyworn and heaft-sore, alone, alone, alofae and through all Space of future life, not one ray fell upon him to cheer the dreary year. No livifcg hand cotild heal the bleeding heart; of set its broken chords to tune ', afid the Jar of these unstrung chords sounded 'Regret, regret, regret.' more. After meeting with his wife, Ralph A Kiss for a Blow; I strike 'oo, cried a little boy, in a sharp tone to his sister. 'I kiss 'go, said his sister, stretch ing out her arms and putting up her rosy lips in a sweet kiss. Tommy looked a look of wonder. Did his little ears hear right? They did for there was a kiss ofl Susy's lips. A smile broke over hw an gry face, like sunshine on a black cloud. "I kiss too," he therf said and the little brother and sister hffgged and kissed each other right hearti ly. A kiss for a blow is better thao tit for tat,- isn't it? Avoid the Act, Boys. Come here, boys, let me speak to you. When ore you going? hoard one- of, your campany say "(Jome, let us go flown to tHe ! pa loon and get some beer;" is i there you are going? Hold on moment; that is a bad place fo boys. I have seen a great many boys begin at the saloon or liquor 8hon, and end in stnte s prison Did you ever see the fisherrhafi cast in a net and draw in the" fish How the fish dive and flop and try to escape, but can t! Did yotl ev er see birds cought in a snare or net? If you have seen pigeons in net, you have noticed how they try but can't escape. Listen to what the Bible tells yout "As th fishes are taken in all evil net, and as the birds that are Caught iri snare, so are the sons of men snar ed in an evil time' Every liquor galodn or rum shop is a net or snare; if you are there, you are in danger of being caught. Shun it keep away. If you begin drinking beet, you will soon want still stronger drinks; and once started on this track, no one canlell where you will end. But f you never taste a drop bf intox icating liquor, we ail know where you will end you will end sober mem How easy, then, to escape becoming a drunkard, to wit. by ncter drinking a drop of intoxicat ing liquors. Avoid the ale, the beer; the la ger don't begin, and you will never get into the net or snare. Think ot five hundred thousand drunkards in America, all caught in the net. Some try 05 hard as do the poor fishes to escape but in Vain. Avoid' the net, boyS; avoid the net: is the cry of atl old sentinel. Listen to the note of warning keep away from tht dram-shops. A poor drunkard tned to bor row five dollars of me a fw months 'ago. lie wandered around in dfunkencssj and no't ten daya later was fun over on a rail road i track and hilled. I knew him when a bright, promising boy. liut he went to the rum-shop. Was caught in the siinreanJ in an evil hour ruin came suddenly upon him. Keep out of that net! Ben- jamln Jotj. Redmond, the Outlajw; A gentleman who arrived here' rom South Carolina informs us that . Redmond, the outlaw who killed Marshal Duckworth In Tran sylvania codhty, N. C, and theri tiea to doutn uarouna, is maiung it lively for .the U. S. officials in that State. Recently they ascer tained that be was at the hollse of a man rjamed Carney, at a j51aco called Rocky Bottom, which is Bit- . uated in the mountain1 district; about 30 mil es due north of Pick ens Courf House: THe recohhoU tered the position, arid discovered n t : . ., i ji. . Keamonu sitting in tne.aoor wun a child In his arms. Rot willing to risk takin? the life of an irtno- . ccntj in an effort to rid sobiety bi a vvretch whose hands are crim soned with the blodd of his !ellb man, they charged lipdH hind and so arranged theif force afto'lilbclt eFeT"ayenef esc'apeEdt tSte daring outlaw' was1 ridt td be taker) in their toils--the sands Iti tHii hour-glass bf his Criminal life .had not yet rliri down: Tossirig the infant over hii heed into the trriia dle bf the floor,' he whipped bilk . his revolver and fired tipotl hl4 pursuers, seridtlsly votlr)ditlg three" bf themone in the Heddf enbther' in the left Shotlfdef; and a ttiird irt the anri. Stunned by the rapidity of his firing and the accuracy bf his aim, before the party cddld re cover frdm their surprise the hunt ed criminal had reached the dense1 underbrtish and disappeared.- Idle. 1 wiiecr. h.rrot lOtes to walk arm in arm with truth, to' make itself thought respectable. Every one u as God mate him and oftentimes a great deal wone. Don Quixote. The ruin of irfost men dates from some vacant hour. Occupa tion is the armor ol the soul. Their is a satirical poem, in which the devil is represented ds fishing for men, and fitting his baft to the taste and business of his ptey; but the idler, he said, gav him no troubleas; he bit the naked .hoek. A Bride at Fifteen. "The laftst and most comical sensation in high life has been the elopement and marriage bf Senator ... , ,,. i . , i Mitcneus tiaugnter; gusnmg yotJng lady of fifteen stJmrherS, td a clerk iri the navy derfartmeflt by the name of Handy ' Mr Handy is also A yoiing man Hf-remarRable sentiment. 1 or some time he has beeSi paying his address tb the Senator's pretty daughter, but ho thought of anything serious prob' ably entered the father's head; On Satufdny nightj howeteh tho ?oung couple having matured heir plans, quietly stolfe off and wended their way to tile residence of Rev. Father DeWolff; of St. IV ter's Catholic Church, on Capitol Hill where they- were married; add took the first train to' B iltirtibrCj where they spent the flight. This morning they returned home, and the gossips' had bf this time got hold of the little affair, and were spreading it fti all direc-' lions. . The Senator's daughter called it the house where she had been ac customed to receive the paternak greeting. She was accompanied" by lier rtew-found husband. But' the reception was not exaatlyv what the happy twain had leeked for; inStesd of clasping His-' daughter arid son-in-law to his fond embrace, the senator told the yoking bride she could th&se im mediately between a haaband'and a home. After a few moments of deliberation she expressed a pref erence for the latter.-aml the groom retired from the wene of hir late triumphs. The senator is furious about the niatfer, arid threatens vengeancc on- tKe clergyman wlio united the pair and on tho'yei man whostoiv awayj ev . . - i i1 V fe. I
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