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Published by J. H. & G. G. Myrover Corner Anderson and Old Streets; FayettevilteN; C.
THUflSD AY, FEBRUARY 3, 1876.,
VOL. 3--fN(j), 25.
WHOLE NO. 128.
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il iU nnHAlino 'RoToftn tangled in a stump of an old tree which
NOrtn UanMina j UALVllV. projccted above the surfacoof the snow. A
went -tearing off at a funons speed, ana
poor Sholto was left at the mercy of the
wolves! ' .. ' . ..
"In an instant one of them was upon him.
116 felt, a heavy claw tearing the front of
his sheepskin coat; he felt the Wood, slow
ly oozing djown.fiom a iresh wound, lten-
dercd desperate bat not in despair, he
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75 oo I (.ricounter his weapon was jerked from him,
9oeo rand lie liad now only a pair ot strong ana
sturdy arms' as a means for Lis defense.
Whilst wrestling with tlie wolf, his eye wan-
ucreu on into me uisiance. auu in me
thick eninsr shades of night he descried the
light of a candle which shone through his
cottage, window. He imagined, also, that
buy the other vase. "Ah sir' said he, .vyoa
come too late; I regret to say that I Bold
it' to a dealer yestel-day.,,' .(.T" man rom
whom he had just bonght it!) . :
A CURIOUS ROMAN CH.
Norfolk Street, Strand, saysthe lon
don Co trt Journal, has a curious com
tnemorative monument. An observrant
spectator will notice that the first floor
windows of i, large house at the corner of
Howard street present a peculiar appear
a nee,
coverec
ihe chi
thick, w
r. r ailvi-rtiftrmi-iitM -li;ii t'tl ill irlrtiui o the
k i-iattiH. Sp)-t:ial notice sj '".
I:ir uiIviTtim-mi'iiw. f t .;.
swdve " i5oo hesaw his wife peeling out at him, and heard
her calling in a sad voice, "Sholto, where
arc votil''
Home (Circle.
llo-.nc is the SaertMl
Kefuge of Our LifekJ
f Dnjde'n.
"As to himself, it was a sorrowful' mo
ment. ..Uis strong hands pla-ed their part
well, and as soon as he had wrestled with
aind strangled one assailant he, was forced
to face another in a similar manner.. -lie
did not know how manv wolves there were,
andjjn truth, he had not the time to count
them. Only, whilst defending himself a
gainst Ins Iocs, lie thought ot his poor
horsei and wondered - whether it hadreacli
,.1:. nn hand wherewith to-busy, our ed home safely, or wns now lying a victim
'"' . . . .....,.li:.wj nl.nf rn nf I in tho lirmirrv ilcmmia TIia cimiv liil'vlpr
l,rtiivilli r towns of (ienndnv, in quest of his feet was red with blood, and the shift-
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niunxeiiient'or adventire, we tiui not care mg scene in me paio moumigui wa&u-m
tht
CHASED BY- WOLVES
'u-.m late in the afternoon. Having no-
h'-.'h.
i)ur
uidc, or rathen
(l.-riiiiins sav, was the Keeie
fell the pUmb trntliJ
1 .i-.rcr than liiuiscll'-Afgoonat tired,
5 ,1 ,,1.1 man: and virv f W ndating sto-
"i .. . '. . - h': i....s.Li..v. .1.....,'
res lie had aireaiy, aiiniig ui i ..,.;0
hand V-fellow,' as tho
oi the. inn
was not-rrmcii
told
w,- lllS
i.t a' v ifi the idaee
' htJivios: and
iivc.1 at the eonclusioi
t-h:iitstcd Ins stock in
l.iiiiuii. however, we w
, ....
. bhall see.
We had come to th
JnitcM-iiT'' to iret.:i diiili
11 err f label, suddenly
s.iiil;
M), v'ou see. that man walking ahmg the
'street, yonder
a nvwUher ot these
teiicrs.l had about ar-
thatlhe had wholly
trade. 1 this o-
ere iuistaken, as you
towii hall, ami were
k of water, . when
nudinug mv: elbow,
lie V a lJusi
ble. In a luckless moment Shollo Was o
verpowered, and fell to the ground. "What
would he not srive to have his hatchet in
hand?
"The warm breath of his horrible assail
ants almost burned his face. Now he felt
one of them tearing at his throat; a mo
ment more, and the irame would be done!
lint no! God helps thodo who help them
selves, and it matters little what (he na
is. Suddenly bholto
heard a deep bark another and a new
,1.1., -,..! I'OlfK
.Vlllll;! , .lit.. I114V,V.VI1V14 ,l IbU lUV,
rushed in upou the scene, and savagely
fixed his sharp -white teeth into the n-eck
of the wolf which, had just overpowered
Sholto.
"Tes, it was Arno, Sholto's faithful dog,
which, noticing the return of .the horse
without his master, .and as if scenting the,
imminent dancer,
ion of rescue. Sholto, thus assisted, -rose
noon his feet, while the wolf and the brave
dog were contending furiously for the mas
terv,
"Next Sholto saw something which lav
T Ki'lie man's uaiuo is Sholto, and 1 11 re- glittering in the snow; he hurried, towards
t,t the uvv. iii I've heard' him tell, it tif-l itrTecoremHhe weapou which had been
I times. . " ! V i wrestctl irom una, ana again turew lmu
Mv friend shook the ashtis from his long 1 self into the contest. Although his - clo
. . . " . i . I ; .1 v. ...Mil 1 11!.
loiOelain pipe, Plaee.l it away-in ins cap- iniug wasouKeu vuiitiuuo, aim ins jtuwers
lu niN lKieket. and le'an very neariv as were utteriv exuausicti,, lie iaueu not m
fillnws:
One eyeninir Sholto was-returning from
: market, whither he went over a distance of
twelve m'h'sjwice a week' with his horse
and sledge. Tlie road which led to his
house was a long," .winding one, and on either-side
the sn nv lay fiesh and deep. The
road itself was, of eoinse, snow-covered, but
the wind
Vsarried niitcl
time no human foot, it is believcdjj has en
tered that room.- And-the reason is this:
Fifty years ago a certain nobleman' was.
id to be married, the da v was fixed,
the wedding morning arrived, and break-
ast was laid out in that spacious and
audsome room; the bridegroom was ready
to proceed to the church, when it was dis
covereil that the bride was missing; a'note
in her Ihandwriting was found addressed
to the bridegroom, briefly informing him
that she had eloped that morning with his-
5lest man, a gay and gallant captain ot
OS. . 1 he jilted bridegroom (did not
I 1 . 1 A jl
sav mnth, uut tie went aione to tue room
u which the wedding breakfast was laid
out, with, his own hands pnt tip the shnti
ters and drew the Winds, locked the door
and took the kev. He gave orders that
the doof should be nailed up and barred
with' padlocked bars, and that no one
should enter the room ajrairi. When the
house was let it was stipulated that the
room in question should remain untouch
ed,, and the snhiiof 200 per annum was
to the tenant to compensate him Tor
the deprivation of the use of the room.
The ndblemau has been dead some years,
but it is believed the room has never been
entered since hoi closed it, and there are
lived m i.ivouia, a- province
lieloii-'cil to. r.daud.-1 You'll
for mitnV years
.1 t
W IllCIt
1
ssiun, aim
once
ind it laid
An ;i leeeiiL'inan of the province, of
Kiira." . -! .V1
if'Never mind tell the story."-
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sweeping down tne vanev uao
awav, so that it, had the
channeled through a
f it
II oi
if a path
ajipearanre t
dnlt. ; i
i "Night wa. coming on,' and Sholto full
velj knew that Ids homewavd joumey was
not entirely a safe one. j Although he wns
iinieh- fatigue'd, he did' not allow himself
to sleep, but kept a close watch all the
time oh every side. .IMs sole weapon of
defense in'" ease 'of 'danger, was a hatchet,
which he always carried whithersoever he
went. . .-' j ' ; " ;.' '" '.
"The horse was making good speed,
atiil the sledge was t'4st leaving distance
' behind it, w iietr Sholto. looking l,ack, sa'w
two dark, hideous anfinalsewiftlyjmr'sn-r
iug him. -."And soon one of theni '-almost
-.touched' the sledge, and its. hot, steaming
'; breath rose up into Sholto'S face. Though
tin ell'ort to slay - the
i'leeii snc(;essfuf, ho c
lie-knew that it was t
:.vanted, ami tliat every
lie hitter's courage ai
eoiihV only keep the 1
iinl prevent hiin from
the snow-drift, ho was
ward' oil' all danger;
inmiai might have
iose not to attempt it
ie horse which w as
thing" depended oil
1 swiftness. If he
orsbi in the track,
bounding off into
i . . . . . .
sure! tnat ho could
So, to iiieservo the
courage ot his good" steed, Sholto leaned
over,
hair.1.
mid caressed hit
"It was a terrible
kept .his hand on the
the ferocious volyes
lus flight. The uuniil
and one . of them v
lnng(-rdimbed than tl
courage.
"With a sturdy
blow he dispatched one
wolf, whereupon its companion, inaiiglet
and bleeding, slowl v crawled
largest and strongest was ...still
The shutters are up, and they are
thickly with dust, while
bks can ; be seen the blinds, also
ith dust and moldenng awav with
Those shutters "and blinds have
.... ... i r
been in exactly tup same position, unionou-
fid. for about fiftv vears. Dunnff that
j
Two hours to wait at a junction on a mid
summer day ! That irrepressible boy came
around. This time he had tempting fruity
and I begged him to find my husband. A
lolir f mxr ci1a GQld I
"Excuse me; but do you
when yon travel!" .
"Never, when with mv husband.,,
"Let me tell yon a story."
"Thanks."
And this is what she told me, and I do
not doubt its truth: T ..; . !
"My husband was thirty-five, and I a
country ffirl of seventeen when we were
married. Our bridal tour was to end on
"Christmas, at his father's house in Boston.
We took boat from .New lork. The steam
er was elegant, and, having shown me my
stateroom, he stepped -out. I went, back to
the 'cabin:, read a little, watched my travel
ing companions a great deal, wondered
what friend he had found on the. boat, un
til supper-time came, and he did not
- l "l - a r
cabin maul as sea me it 1 was
STORI OP THE WAR.
IXejazkt's PETTicoAT.-Wrriting from 1 dence of Baren?er. Tm
Paris, Edward King tells the following! the way, and our arrival we found an
anecdote: Once, before voo-or I were born. I immense crowd, and ' it IK Aft i m nneo! Kl A
Mile., VirginieDejazet was playing in to get anywhere near the house. The mil
some obscure province, when a well' which itary were m full force, tho-gtris d'arntes
a peasant was at work in caved in such a were numerons, and the police was qrtad-'
A 1 1.1 1 ! . 1 1 . 1 . 1 T 1 T1 1 . . .
taken Prisoner in th Optthnr r,rht ?a m.f u,,cl "s. xvyv u,,u ,,ur,eu' anu yet mpieii. jvery xvea ivepnuncan and.Uom-
j:!.. .1.. ;. . x. i , . alive. All k ranee was at once interested Imunist was making the. most oflomar
i.w inn winrpr tvirn inonni or 11 nui. 1.. .. ... 1 . a :
A Djinir Soldiers Message Delivered Twelve
Years.after He Fell at Gettysburg.
Capt.4"W.' C' Harris," who served in the
Confederate army in the war, and who was
taken prisoner in the; Gettysburg fight, u
spending the winter with friends at Wood
carry a purse W in !Lete t unfortunate, workman, They pretended that there wonld be acotV
1 ! the family were at snDner. someone han- n mm extraordinary, ellorts were a etat, but .Napoleon anticipated them." It
E7r JIT : " ade to'save him. At last it waBannoan. was the largest turnoott a funeral I have
capTak sorted ti.torTha?.- CC1 88 p06U5vC tbat be WOuW 1,6 1Uted ever en in any country, Barenger was
tt"!';"0!1-'-.,: 'It! from this horrible confinement on a cer- a gre!?t favorite with the Empressrlhe paid
it m WeXalenn WCrion tain d V- Len he was drawn out of the him much attention, and visited him dnriBg
L3Ti,:-"S! S:SSei ,C3f ' vvell, covered with bruises, there wa a the time of his illness.1 All classes ao?
see him. 1 Tho mired Ins productions. . There are two
ana ue told them that while the Gettys- i j v1 , . ' ,
i L u , .. - . . J great crowd assembled to see him. The
"us Js"- "as waging in its greatest lurv i.:: t..- i...t a , .t.:, i. v:...i. , ,
he passed near a Union lieutenant whowas XJXh 1 1 ""
. . I v nnu tuo Daiiu , auu cHllll I ""u iuou imug ciBtr; luio is luetr mil-
wounded and dying and who beckoned to had j hi
iuau auu iiieu to caicn uis uymg woras.
lie i coula sav very.; -little.
r
say very.; little, and that in a
whisper; but he begged of the Confederate
officer that he . would communicate to his
friends in Oswego that he" died bravely,
and in the hope of repentance. ' IDs name.
The he sa'd was Thorpe. The Confederate
goino- to &iTu u,,u "ranuy-iroini-iua nasK,aua saw
When mv husband comes for me.' u,m dle- 1 h& kindly' office was the wok
She went to the office. Inquiry was made; of mo,nf n . only, and the captain again
there was no such man on the boat. Then Ponged, into the . battle. In a few mo
came the captain's request that I would raeots ho himself was wounded and taken
'show my ticket.' I had none ! . 'Would Prifoner- One of his legs ' was torn off by
I please pay my fare TM had not one cent ! tL? fragment of a shell, and in the weeks
Farther inquirv : there was no such man on OI BQttng and imprisonment that followed
the boat. Ijbegan to crv. . ! he thought nothing of the incident with the
supper.
im,bandag- itary, and the other is their literati: Tho ,
flannels gave mass of the people, just at that time, looked
oat, and the doctor called for more. None upon Barenger as second only to Vol
were to be had, and the doctor was in des- taire. Barenger's death had the effect of
pair, when Dejazet came forward, . made a reviving the affection -that was dwelling,
"modest courtesy, explained that she was within them. If you passed an apple- '
anxious of doing somegood, loosed a string stand on the street you wpuld hear tlie no- '
dropped her petticoat at the doctor's feet, man hnmlaing to herself one of his songs,
and said: "Tear that np and use it!'' and the same could be said of tho man
The fine ladies present were much annpy-i keeping the book stand near by; the cooks,
ed that an actress should have dared to do and domestic in the courts of the rcstau-
snch a thing in their presence, but there rants were chanting his Jays. .As much as
is no doubt that she did exactly the right six months after his death I was invited to
thing.. It made her famous. ' " - a dinner party, where,after dinner, which
was served at seven - o'clock. th most nf
Mn. ,TlLTOx's CHBlSTMAS.-Corre8- the company, as well as the irentleriian of
pondenco Chicago Tribune: Mrs. Tilton I the house, (who was a superb vocalist).
ar.on f a c a il Vow Von. . i tin l(not.nJ 'wa I ennw nAA..nntAJl I. - . 11. -
7 Q - 1 j ii' 1 t . .1 " -" mil uuouauu ie- oaut;, atvuiupauieu ly U PlaUU ami QUteS.
H 'That won't do, my little girl.' (She pS soldier boy. It was some years be- turned a few days before from his success- productions Sfarenger untH eleven o'l
was very small.) 'We have seen too much
of that, i Pay vouf fare, onl'll put you off.'
"I
here.3
had a bright thought. My trunk is
iore uevrecaueu. tue circumstance, and fi .WMto' nr.r
i. j:j - .i , ' , I" .....
iiru imj uiu me name oi - ine piace irom I danwhteif
w
the
away,
dris't in
hhli tig meats", mouldering
ind the i ornaments
funereal ghxnn.
crumbling
silently
to
off. Tho
.frrfinrYlinir
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with. Arno It was no easy task to ru
the noble dog of his antagonist' To be
sure, Sholto continued to deal heaw blow
over the wolfs back and legs, and so man
aged to disable it by degrees. But the po
sition oi the dog which1 lay directly un
del" the wolfpre veil ted Sholto from ta
king the'sure aim that he would have li
ked. . At length Arno-was put to terribl
agony, ami, stretcuing out ins legs anu
loosing his hold,, he let his head fall back
ward. s ": ' f :
"The moment was ripe." The hatchet
was.Yaised, and was buried with all possi
ble force deep in the-wolfs skull. AVithout
a groan the expiring animal rolled over in
the ensanguined snow. This was the last
of the -con tost. The thought that he was
saved fairly "overcame Sholto, and he was
on the point of lying down to rest -when
the fate of Ids poor dog flashed upon his
mind. . ' ,"' ,.- '.., ' '
''The inoon had gone behind a cloud,
and darkness enshrouded the scene; Shol-r)
to groped about, .and found Arno panting
A Woxpekful Clock. One of the
most peculiar pieces of mechanism, iu Bos
ton, if :iot in New England, is. an ? eight
day clock now in the jossession of Dr.. A.
P. Pieiice, 41 East JNewton street. It was
manufactured bv A. J. Tau Bergli, of
llotterdam, about a hundred years ago,
and has upon its; face some eighteen dif
ferent ilnovements, all governed, by the
ordinary clock machinery. The month is
represented by aiipropriatc devices: Jan-
u'ary, tor instance, by a man skating; May
by a cljjwn, whoj can change . as 'often as
the welther; the! autumnal monjhs by pic
torial reference to tlue crops, etc. The
days of the week are shown by dial-plates
bearing the time! honored legends of the
planets . A man fishes in a pool at the
bottom of the dial, bringing up a fish every
minutt or two; two old-fashioned wind
mills -work bv the striking arrangemepts,
while a clock iua miniature church tower
keeps-jtime corresponding to that manifes
ted b1 the large klial itself. To crown all.
" fShow it to me, if vou please. . And ho
went with me to the. uaggage..: I pointed
it out to him tnumphautly.
vou please.' .
" 'My husband locked , it, and has the
kev !-!-but vou mav break the lock.'
u Xhe owner of the trunk may object.'
u 'It is mine!1 : v -:.'
" 'Look here, little girl; you are not
married. I shall put you ashore; at the
first landing. 0o home, and behave your
self inl future.' .- '-'.. ',' .. '-;
"Every drop of blood in my veins' boil
ed, and yet I must bear it, because I had
not al five-dollar bill byt ine ! I never
before; dreamed of the degradation of pov
erty, lie turned awav, and 1 sat down on
whiclijhe dead man hailed was gone from called tiion their
the captain, and he was unable afterwards elder now a di
jriiat evening Captain Harris addressed
and found that his
1 lorence aud Alice, bad not When we had seen the great nrocesKion
mother. Florence, the that accompanied the remains of Barpno-nr
gnified and self-reliant to Pere la Chaise, where all that was mor-
young woman, was quite disinclined to do tal must part, we concluded to look after
'Your key, if a letter to the mayor of the city of Oswe- hiei mother would miss the calls and at- Florence, Italy, so long ago. We went
: . gov relating the facts, and asking whether hentions she had been acenstomed to re- in and out. no and down first af
such a soldier bad gone from those parts, ceive, and the daughters at last started off and then another, and at last we entered a
Every one m Oswego knew brave Walter in a carnage, with two bouquets for their court and then a large room. Looking
lhorpe He had enlisted in the regular mother. Arrived at the door, they sent through the iron bare at an official, I act
arniy when only fifteen years old, and was up their.names, bouquets, aWl an affection- costed him thus: "Good morning, Sir," to
under Gen. Iwigg in Texas., Gen.lwigg ate note, with the salutations of the new which .. he . replied', "Your . servant,. Sir."
went over to the Confederates, and Walter vear and asked to be admitted. Tiro Such a salutation from an official was so
was sent Is orth when Iwigg's men were 'a(,TO1,nt. . nnirlcl hrnnr1,t i.ft-v nn1i1rMn.l,n I iww j
" i . -
sent back
1 TT : ? . t I
uu imiunj. ;aic; Berveu in iue oueta and lh not mmrwu,!- with th
i,-: -V i a i v . i i i 1 f ...... ' i
. s- y au euosequenuy renusiea message that Mrs. Tilton -did not-wish to the a
in ine une nunarea ana U orty-seventh 8ed them or receive anything at their gage,
regiment, wiiu wmcn comraami tie marched liondat Tt cma nlmct ;,,V.ri;Kl v
I - - .."V.D IUVIV.UII.IU kUM at VU
to the field of Gettysburg as a lieutenaiit
None of his friends saw him after the bat-
mv trunk. It was my own. It would tell t? bad begun, and nobody knew whether tlon
sane mother could repulse her children
,. i . .'. i
uncier sncu circumstances, and the noes-
' ... A
ua was Kiuea or languished in a bonthern Mrs. Tilton to produce such a result? r
oo, too, would all the presents-we i,,,DV" ICk'c, -wm?n ivteive veare
of niyiinnocence and truth, if he would but
let it. So. too. would all tho nrpsfints. u-
had sd carcfullv seleetnd for the dpar nnps afterward by .the Confederate officer whs
at hoijie. I could, have put my arms a- ,mnisteredto him tn his last moments, took one day to Michael leneberg, the godly
round fit and kissed it, I only asked to be
allowed to sit upon it all night. Wouldn't
he 'just let me do thqt f
'i'ltlwas the worst Question I could have
asked. I presume vou would like to be
Go straight to the ladies' cab
ins message and saw him die
information that
and aged motuer
they loved so well. AV Y Sunt
left here!
in, and don't you leave it until I. put you
off the bout.' j , .
"I rose proudly and walked to the cab
in without a glance at himj , I wonld not
cry until I could ,gct to mv stateroom.
Johx Randolph and tiie Abbe
The HeraWs recent "statement that-the
better class of Englishmen like Virginia
remiuds the Cincinnati Times of a stoiy.
j It says : When that distinguished French
Abbe (can't for the life of usrecall his
But when I came to the. door it flu shod un. name) was making ns a visit in the earlv ack. lhe same day a messenger brought
' iint-n n-,n o,.t.m r T l i I ii.i vs ot fiiir nfiTinnai iniinn' no iinnonoii a kuui. n mtu uuuiiiei.
i(v otitic Lnjiri . uitu tit i ' - ' , , -
it was some time before I recovered from
grpeable shock. Wc found our bag
ged everything with the polite
ch official, and then went in search of
Hotel Bade-Bade, on the Boulevard ' des
Italiens. Here we saw our friend, but con-'
now arises, what influences ; surround eluded to stop at Hotel des Italiens. as we
expected some acquaintances there in a few
A poor man with an empty purse came and Myomwd there until our acquaint-
ances atrived, when we began- to look for
ere suited at tho house of
horhaine, . Rue des Bernardins.
SA ti tlltf imidt Vntm llomo on1
but as he besought hiin so earnestly for nAar tV nn ti1A 0- ;a auntA Ln
the sake of Jesus, in the name of Jesus he jflr(1in8 dca Plantes. a nlc in whirr. T
gave it. ' Immediately afterwards he found alinost nved: and close bv as-ain was the
himself in great outward need, and, seeing dtv wine ceUar - one of tl)e -onder8of En-
: . j . j r . . t
, was lue uret I ui ocrtr, iJavuria, ami iMgget.i lor .Anms ,lnnA n-
a lauuiui wne, a cuua, lurce crowns, iuai ue mignt nnisn nisjonr- I Madame T
had received froni him ney. jit was all the monev 1 eneberg had, m,; u tAm
no way of relief, he prayed, saying: Ird, rope but an account of which I will give
luv iu. uu uuu uium, uut ci hereafter. Those who are as well acquaint
retnrned them, and thou knowest how I ed witll paris j am will know tbat tho
neeci mem. ix)ni, l pray thee give them t a.. i?..o, it : u
. 0 mf
on me,
With
word . and
moment, as Sholto
orsej and his eve on
lat were .menacing
er had increased,
onnger, larger and
v others managed
to kei-p pace with the sledge. Sholto rai
sed his hatchet 'to striae, but the wolf, e
vading tho blow, turned aide, maiittaiued
iIr footing, and ran alongside the. horse
i ne latter, espying ins iiiool-thirsty pur
suer, groaned m despair; and, as if impel
led by terror, gave a lean forward and
shot past the 'panting wolf, which by de
grees fell hack to tho sledge. Sholto rai
sed his hatchet again, bnt the animal dodg
ed, stumbled, and was lelt some, yards le
hind.. ; '.! . .'--,
.r .. j 1 M .il j. i
"".ieanwnuo ine outer woives were giv
ing hot chase. Sholto realized for the first
time the dreadful peril to which ho was ex
jioscd, and prewired to defend himself in a
death struggle, if need be, He began to
think of home and thehlcar -oung wife a-
waiting his return, A thousand. thoughts
erept S uto his mind, and poured over brain
. , with the scort liiug heat of lava. Ho could
not say die! He could not surrender with-
" out contest his hopes, his" life, his all
rvmiethlig cheered him onL and bade.hifti
s'e tioni. j
"While thus meditating, au 'unbooked
w horse, frightened by the sharp claws
one of the Wolves, dashed forward in
and gasping for breath. Perhaps he had
received u'mortal wound but no! it w as
impossible, for a dog so true and noble
must not die. He bent over him and rais
ed his head he was still caressing him ten-
lerlv, when a softhand was laid on his shoul-
ler, and a sweet, familiar voice sounded in
us ear. .
, "Whqse was it?" Ah, Sholto could not
mistake the voice of his young wife so ea
silv, for she it was who had braved : the
terrors of the night in search of him. - You
know the rest: the-candle guided them
imeward;' and there in that lowly cot
tage Sholto thanked God - for his' escape,
and for having given him a wife so brave
J m - 11 i.ir
ana so loving ana a uog so nouie ana so
tme." .. . ,"- - . .- I
"A pretty good story. Hcrr Gabel: only
a little romantic.'' , : ; ,
"Ah, sir, if yon do not believe it go ano!
ask Shqlto. Even the dog Arno. which
you just saw lagging lehind his maslerjs
heels, will wag his tail in a rare fashion 1
questioned aiMjnt the anair. -The event
took place five vears since. After a while
Sholto wearied of living in a country ex
posed to 60 Imahy dangers, and movei3
himself and faintly down here. "We think.
though, he will return to Livonia some day.
for he doesn't quite fancy our ways of liv
ing'
A French connoisseur, lately entered a
1 ans "curiosity shop, and saw a , beauti
ful Dresden vase. ) Asking the price, he
was told 10:, "and," said the dealer, f'if
I liad the pair thev would le worth c20Q."
Mr. A. ottered him dE20, aud went severa
successive days to renew the proposal, but
in vain. One day a man cama to Jlr. A
apartment to show him some oid chiua, and
induced him to visit his shop, wpere. to his
delight, be saw a vase exactly similar to
the coveted Dresden: eagerlv securing it
SUlh a maillieritlint thn 1...!.... .. I f l,n mclin.l ff tn thniirut Annlor tn
... 7 Dlt,y UtCU.UfV vllT I UV UVV t,V VWV (tiki v
our and half-hour. The clock also i
tho quarters with a distinctive
The clock was imported 1 by
Doll & Richards, and set up bv
everv I
strikes
knell.
Messrs
Mr. George H. Elson, of Beacon street
A residence of Corbeill, in France,
named It ' ' , presented himself the other
av at the house of M. Barthe, in Auteuil,
who had formerly been a furniture dealer,
and asked him if he remembered having
at an auction sale iu 1S67 a desk
of whiph 11 gave a particular descrip
tion, adding that if the desk still remain
ed in M. : Barthe's possession he should
ike toj buy it at any cost, as it once be-
ouged to his lather, jft. liarthe answer
ed that he still had the desk
ment, cned out:
dares to ask nothing of thee, for
way thou makest one feel greatly
ed '
spot mv own. no. hairs-ace no fripnd. no ti be dining with some Washington celeb-
there ik a wonderful musical chime of sil- ciiaracter even the black cabin maid was oi oni uoun ivunaoipa, oi itoan-
ver bells, which can be set in operation At whispering abooT me no husband : oKe was one, and tho place ot whose resi
.,m..;Ln ,,in' nnP nnn nr vi. wlieiewashe? "Whore cmdd ho bof Tfn dence-was not - known ta the foreigner.
nu v u uib iu li i u v nil v uuu m cia X- ichui. 1 . - i . !... I r 1 r it
u ...iivaj.. ...i-i 1 must, h.ivfl fn Iah .nVprhAnrl ! r irr Th Oucstiou was put to the Abbe : , from a rich man for the
. ii . i 1 c . i v sshoitld rpo him niroin I And T GlmnM K "And how were vou pleased with tho the child-like old man
iMves iiiuuiv wurimijf in uio siiiKiujr. ui . " i -j . ... r ---- -
put oft in the night, in a strange place, Hontlil - t ,
without a cent of money to buy a iodrino- "Exceedingly; bnt I confess ti having
or even a sheet of paper and a three'oent Vcen a lisnppohited-r-I had heard So
stamp! And Christmas morning, when all much in the Virginia gentlemen." '
would be looking for the happy bridal par- "Perhaps you were unfortunate in your
ty, where icoald we be? Where teas M wrele" broke in Randolph, with a sneer.
I grew frantic. I believe, now, I was n 'fYpo did . not come to Roanoke, for in
tho vrge of icsauity. I remember feeling stance." , - . , .
sure ho had fallen overboard and vas i "True," said the Abbe, covering his e
drowned, and that, if left son a wharf, I ident ant.oyanco at the rnde tone with his
would go and spend Christmas with him. usual calm smile. "True; the next time I
I -often shudder, even now, when I think visit Virgiuia I shall certainly go to Roan
what I might have been driven to. j I on- oke." " '
ly kn6w the dark fright and horror of that i"Gentlemen, answered. Randolph, em
hour, i , ' 1 phasizing the word, "do not come to Roan-
"One of those little ones, 'whose angels oko without they are invited.
do always behold the : face of the l ather. U was a cruel
m l .' u .. m
twi. i t'lRhinnnniA arrepr.-" nor il tt t tAChinnaMIn
his assistant,' I Wrt nf tho fitv. thnnarli wo n-oro with a ua.
handed over to Feneberg savmg:J'Here, ry agreeable and genteel family. Tho
father, is what you expended." Thelet- reason why we chose this location was to
ter contained two hundred thalers, (about ,,-: ! prl,,?nn mnnli noflftil.lo in
S160) wMch the poor travelerhad begged order that we m!gllt javc the alvantageof
poor vicar; ana associating with the Frcnfch. and thus ac-
nan, in joyful amaze- qnire tue French langnagj? as it is spoken
au, urui jiu, uc ,n par,&. - iiei,ieg,in
reidiny in Rome tmrtn
Straight- nf 1nria nnn's limn l a inmnlitplir t1,rnn-n n.
. . - - t" - "J J ........ ..
w n.v uv uaviii" iu cuiauuu luiem wuu are
V
asham-
is," hd
roving alont in order to find out. and be
a. L..l.- l 1' i:t . .1
M kRitiED Life in Persia. There arc u u."r ... l5""h r T
two kinds of married life in Persia-one wuineuuer siuny nor u.re a rmei ucpiacc
permanent, which restricts the. poor bus- I" fans we had no tronblo about pass
F i : i ports or looking xtn police stations: no ne-
uana to ionr wives oniv, ana tue oiuer r .. . , . , - . ' ,
"There it came and put her hand on mine, and asked in the same placid
said. "I do not care to know why I cried so hard ?' I told her. She his gray head, paused for a moment to give
r l :. r : u
when the conf ract is made for a stated pe- lu' "MK : "
riod, pennittiug an unlimited numUr of ets, granting ns permission tatemain in a
wives, who are generally women of an in- c,t-v a wc?fk or two.a a l,;ne an'or
ferior class, antf who acfas Berviints for newniHtanewclmrgehufigetUngmore
.i , ' t u . ... ; tax out of foreigners of a country than out
tho pennauent wives. But the children , . . t .
, t 'ft. ,1.,i i,, nn . of the natives themselves. There 4s. no
of both classes are equal in rights and eta- . . t - ,..
- ...t-il-a t.-n-- rr,n necessity in Pans for all tlus. . In -the
ght, but mGer-
obligect to carry
are mviceu , - . great mass of men iu Persia ruarrv but ooutueru unueu oiue i
thrust, but the Abbe took wife-silks and jewels areas expen- ly .med a pass only at ni
acid manner, and lifting . fc elsewhere-and such wives free mtan ,9,J
your motive, nor! do I wish t'o make a pro- said, 'He's dead, just as my mama is, and due emphasis to his words; and then re
fitVont of your wish to have the desk. If I'll tell papa.' And she went to him, and plied, looking inquiringly at the ' other
generally lead a contented and happy
life. " 4 ; -v -
1V another, you can i conm not aonDt bnt that, softened by his guests:! , . ; t v
" rP..- iMnr ln'tv- 5f I own ovfit. acivcnxv trA 'iia li!l1'a ontt nnnA- I - "Sflid T lint Afocaioiiva ' thai T won ilia.
x nu-uuuio tabvi 11.1 . . . . . - , , . . 1 1 v. 11,0 vunu u vui uitau- - -' ....v.. , .um. '. tu .
.. I . 4 ... - . H . - I . . r. r . . .- ...
appomtea in lrgiuia gentlemen I
y.otj will replace; it
lave it taken awa'
was removed to Corbeill, and a new desk
was placed in its stead. The old desk
had a' secret drawer, in which M. R
found! 10,000 francs in gold, wrapped no
n paper. In 'looking over some old letters
of liis father' a few days before. M. R-
ha4 first'learned of jthje concealment of the
gold
ing
kvliicb Ue was so
lie would help nio. Bat I eaw hiin
him sa'j-'She is crying , too hard too pub- j CntKESE Fro VERBS ABOUT WoMESV
licly;'jand I rushed into tho state-room J The proverbial philosophy - of the Chinese J
mi no or not: I must, hide the gobs I could I with .regard to women shows -that thev
not check. "u '-" ; " r J have bitter vet not overwise thoughts a-
"ihen came a thought Ojte there was, bout tho gentle ; sex. Here
Correspondence.
t - FOB the a AZKITX.
EE3I1XISCEXCES
OP EUCOPEAX TRAVEL
. , , .- - - ,-, -1
DUMBER XC1V.
are a tew il-
wife. lit don't Messrs. editors: lhe next morning
rate virtne is the alter wo uau gone an over ine cur in pur-
said : ITitv me. pit v me. dear Savior! Save. I science of man: to denounce science ia the suit of the Emperor and Empress, we had I that bit of paper ! , When you conclude to
Peculiarities of Hexry Clay. In or I perish P I said these words over and virtue of woman." .The hanoiest mother quite a laugh over our stupidity, for wo heave1 vou must name the very day .on
has sons onlv." 'ere to remain in 1'ana many years, and it I wbich your passport having tbet visa was
fortunate iu recover- even on that awful boat, who kne;w all; lustrations: "Listen to your
and I dropped on my knees, and simply believe her." 'To cultiratf
a pass day and night, and if caught with
out jt he is arrested and '.put to much in
convenience, as 1 wa m oaxony. 1 nev
er have spoken fully on the passport sys
tem, but shall take occasion to do so now.
Before yon leave a country you must have
the passport visa of, that country, and. you
must have the visa from the, resident con
sul in that country to the one yon propose
to visit; then, a3 soon as you arrive in that
country, you . give np your passport, and
they give you a'bit of paper in its place,
on "which it says how long you are to re
. . .
main; ana woe ie unto you, u you iose
his day it was '.the hamr. of the ltnlito I nwr Tlo invmnp Iittlo vi-r YnA nf Uan I Afuloni,ta . 5j frn tn rnmun in 1 arv manv voars. ftnrt it I i.:l. nonArt
world of the capital, dressed in their gay- J convinced, and made her father look, and j "If one is not deaf or stupid, what a post- reasonable, to suppose that wo would j handed up, and if yon do not leave that
listen to him whenever he spdke. ;r He was my neck, and said: . iiAt " wife and-daughter-in-law, one ' has also times, which we did. " After we had eaten jg the. way one is handed from kingdom to
everybody's petll No., man" has ever had 'Here is & five-dollar bill ; papa gave sisters laud sister-in-law's, : daughters and breakfast we went out with cards of all the kingdom, r I once saw German on the
such adulation since. No maxi has ever me for yoti, because bad girls dotit pray " nieces, one ought td bo a tiger to hold out." first-class - hotels in tle city; The one Khine who had; resided eight ycarain the
got habitually such splendid and brilliant "When the steamer touched theharf, "The minds of women are of. quicksilver, which' we. concluded lolook:ftt first was United States., ."When ho got into theja-
andiences as he. Those were days of ray husband and his father rushed unon it. and their hearts of wax.'V "The most enri- Bade-Bade (pronounced " in " French Bad- terior as far as' Aix laChaoelle he . was
.grand debate, when
gamed so much
the
Triflri
press ; had
oetore oratory
not My husband had stepped , back to see a j ous woiten willingly cast down their eyes J Bad, and meaning Baden-Baden.) We had
tory friend on the wharf, and, but for their seiz- to bedooked at." "The tongues of women walked but a short distance,' after entering
had given way in iongress to the repor- ing Inm, would have tried to jump on increase! bv all- that' they take from their the Boulevard des . Capnchiens, berore 1
ters. j There were nojholes in the sky then; boards He telegraphed to his father, took feet." ?When men are together they lis- was tapped on the shoulder by an acquaint-
and you conld not prick, an orator, like a the night express, and w as there before the ten to one another, but women and girls ance and, I believe, a friend, an intelligent
bubble, with a witty sarcasm. Claynever boat arrived. ! look at one ; another."; "The 5 most timid and highly educated German Jew,' and a
disappointed he wonld not have ' dared
But he dared things that no other man
then or now would dare. At the end of a
"He had an
highl
elegant picture painted of girl has courage to talk scandal." ' ' perfect gentleman; ' He introduced ns to
the little girl," and every Christmas' we I """ ' . " " 1"'"- " - his old uncle; an officer in the Austnan
dress it wilh flowers, and call it Tnu I RTBivw Vivw-In T.?n1 I armv. of whom I bad often heard him
brilliant passage he would pause 1 delibera- Christmas Axgel." , r . braskaj resides a woman who believes that Fak wben in Hunich, Ba-aria. ; He had
telv, and walk .sn : steps across the 1 aisle to T I - - her mothW, many years dead, comes back Veenin tho city two weeks, at Hotel Bade-
KobertJ. talker's snuff box, and take a Queer Clause is a Willv Joseph and indulges in an occasional feast Th Bade. In convcrsfition he told usthatthe
iiiucu; gracviuiivi ireiweeii uis linger
thumb, return to his desk and pnt
such jinenable distinction to his
that the whole audience was ready
, 1 ttT'it. il it 11 J, -. . v-?"V- n iu, ouuuimj IUWI tUC IUIII UUU .... . " O"
into applause. With any other man this ledge that his earthly career is about clos- found that hef oldest boy was a fully de- bulletins in the French papers that he
would have been ridiculous. Clay made ing, he can recollect of no act of his; life to veloped de-raaterializino- medium. was very u bot not think to look at
ii suuiime, it was me great Ring going De atoned tor or regretted by himself and
. 1.1" jl . : l"l?. .1 ll" mi .
10 oeu in ine presence 01 uis aammng iamn
.. t .-
courtiers. 1
- - ' ; ' I.'.-. ' -:'.' . f .,',. i "':- - '
ana 1 Liipoman. a wealthv citizen inf Sntrmmah 1 - a okf - t n-pji nnmber 01 miiitarv we saw nainn
lt . with Kra., aged eighty-six years, died recently ! nie and cake in the parlor, and ftlwefina I be had been told were on their way to tho
.nostrils and left a ; will, in the fourth clause of I tha-ninin .nnt. in 'tho r,iTO;n. T.oet late residence of Barenger, who was to'be
to burst whichi he states that, with ' the full t i i I interred that forenoon at Strasbourg. Wa
the papers since our arrival in the city,
imily. The deceased probably wanted to ' Bnll Run Russel writes np the Centen- We gave up all idea of looking for a lio
nticipate Gabriel. ' " 1 nial for the London Times.' ' j tel, and went in pursuit. of the late resi-
arrestel 'on the belief that he aa a man of
the game name who had committed a crime.
They examined his features, which did not
answer their description exactly, but war
ranted his being detained a week; , So one
can see to what inconveniences a person is
subjected. ,-' - " j - '
But although this passport system Is a
source of great annoyance to visitors, there
is one, and only one, advantage in it. For
instance: if a friend wishes to see yoa ami
cannot find you, he can go to thd passport
office, and they can tell all about yen. - A cir
cumstance of this kind, happened to too
when I .was residing in Munich, t A friend
of mine, on his arrival in the pty, tried in
vain to find me, and as a last resort went tn
the passport office, whence" ho was conduct-
ed by a policeman to my board Lag-bouse,
and, as I was absent, from there tn my
place of business. " f . YOTAGEVK.
4
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