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VOL. 5 NO. 12.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER m; 1877.
AYHOLIS NO. 217.
EJorth Carolina Gazette.
J. H. & G. O. MYROVER,
3PvxlclJ.J3lao2r.
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foil '.-r n.vrr-tisriiii-ntii -hiiviMl in proportion tothe
iviii'n. .";i'tv iKiui.vu w per vviik. uuir-; mail
...iilitr .nlvi-i lit".'iiula.
Homo" -Circle.:
H ime i the sacred" refugtf of our life.
' , Dryden.
But lying in the grass, tlie sharp strokes
ot steel on- steel emote on her cur; she could
not lorget them. And suddenly it came on
her that it was neither more, nor less than
murder that she was waiting to- see -that
lying' quiet while it' was befrf tfona'4shek
helped to do it. '--.-
"God forgive mc!" said por Maggie:
"but what canOol"ITovv will T stop them?
Tt'u mir ,L, Til i : : ii -L : !,:. -
else." - -- r- ,
THE IIOBBERS RIDE.
A WOUAX'S TERRIBLE AGO.XY.
Paying $6i)Tfer a rid-? How two Robbers Foiled Fearful Scene at the Tcatliljctl of a llydropliolia
".- '.,h thdp Ptirsuprs.' ! 1 ktiui.
"Hut I'ist let me stay until moruinsr
in i'aiii. It is c-3il, .Irt.-.ii v ami d'srk along
t'i ruail, ati-i imli-isl I've i:o place to go
I ut Willow 'Yarrow's, and that's long milts
1' " "'..I-
avsar.
r;'. snke a sad, worn-looking-woman,
Vtai. litiiT on flu' threshohl of a wt-ll-to-ilo
fanner' hoiiM-,. just as the last rays ' of
fiiiU!i" lroni the red evening
lai
sky.
''!'!. iwiviim Ut whom she -tipoke
wo'.iuui in a htiid, Tii vvt-V. I dress ami an-
,,, tin iiiistrtt-si of ihe house turned a-
wiiv M-uhly.
. " ,'"'Vo r.mie at nighty Maggie, and it
m.iis to 'Hit' toti tan go at night.' You den t
s,iit. r'ueverxaw suc'i shiltless ways in
i, iv li'i. A n.l .lane Smith is here, and I've
oiily one hed for the. servant, and 1 can't
t Si-tt a tidy i,"irl like dane t sli't-p -.with
"well., with strangers. I've taid you for
voiir ti;n-t diiyn, and, goodness knows,
vo i've norrivid me out of my se;ises since
Vou've hi'on In-re, and I can't keep yo-.i
another night; the earlier you go the soon
t v you'll gi-i there, wherever it is.".
WiVll, ihatfii true, any wav, tau'am," re-j.!h-d
the woiiiuu, ",.-.n 1 you are mistress, i:i
voiir'owu house; liiit,'Gol knows, it's not
'a do-, I'd. he diiviu'Uiut in the night."
Then she tied J her little pi ft
rui iier of a pocket hatidkciclii
uttanee in the
i -. i- . i . i'
pocket tia:m.cieiia'i, huu -waiw-
ed awav out of the gate and tip. the road,
not look iug hack o:ice. Her heart 'was heavy
a i had, and she was angry with a worfd
that had heen very hard to her. i
''I'iiree years since I'at went away," she
wii t.i h-.i-sidf: "never a word from him.
He's !. ad, no doubt, and it's the lest kind
Uiirl I've he:ird. I wasn't shi filers and
l for-uothing t.) him.S '.Maggie,7 he i
And just then the sound of EtcaTi
whistle caught her ear. The tram was
coming.. -,. : -"3
"Ready for thew !". said LtliorvaicaL she
had heard before. " "Come lulo the " Lus-u-"
cs." .. ; ' - '
She hcar them ,Xrainp avvayandllrosg
iiiid iotiked about erli.ee' VPas tto jilhb
in sight, and no help-near. Suddenly a
thought struck her; she had matches in her
pocket, and her dress was a thin calico
it w ould burn like tinder. In a moment she
had torn it oil and had the matches , in her
hand. As she struck a" light she heard a
pi.-'.ol click.
I.hey see me, she said, and held the
match against the old calico, and as it ig
nited she nourished it over her head. She
felt a bullet w hiz by her and another struck
her, but now the glare' was l.riirht and the
train w as close at hand she rushed toward
it, waving her burning dress. Thank -God!
they 'saw her. The train slackened its
pace and stopped. "Men with lanterns in
their hands sprang from- It and .hurried to
wards her. 'And the old dress, burnt to
turner, dropped to the ground, ami she sank
heside it, the blood flaw ing from a wounded
arm.
"They've 'killed me, I belave," she said
hoiitlv, as a man bent over her. "I can't
the rails they've ripped them up, the
lllains! 7 'I hen-she fainted. '
llt 1 .a .
lien she came to herseii sue was bv
the roadside, and lights liashed over her
md the heard vieoidetalkiug of the hair-
ireadth escape the v had had and of her
bravery.
"Yim risked death to save ns," said one
oman: "voti shall dto-ewarded My little
children were with tne."
"And I am gfoing to meet my wife," said
gentleman; "she will not let uie forget
yon even if I had. so ungrateful a heart.
You shall be w ell eared for now , and w hen
vou are well arain voti shall never know
want.
1 hutiiMifisi-cot irt ft uc UKnmvn pntir.or-
salrG!t at noon eating a delicious salad and
sweltering over a cup of hot tea, when the
proprietor 8tepped-p.- ' ".
I f 'ihe i)vs have gi nice time for their ex
kcujsion to Kingston," said he.
" l hey have, indeed. E vet. been there! "
The death of 1' s. Lizzie "Webber from
hydrophobia in tl , Boston Hospital was
attended by most 1 ,:Vible symptoms. On
the 31st day of J n!;. he was bitten through
the nail of them"u' la finger of the right
hand by Ler jpet og, a Llack-and-tan.
borne bovs in tr. :;lreet were Y.Tormn?
'Yes:- T tordc- ft-i-mmlR-nf bank robbers and teasing the th nrvtil at last the ani
dir.vu there twentvdive or thirty years nia-j goaded to an: , turned and lift six
ao. 7 Xever told voit alioat that "affair, i Persons, four ad; and two children.
tVdT Well, I will. It was, let mo see, Bvq of them prot !y had the bito cau
in! 1840 1 was workino- at the Old Eaa-le tevized- and the e ; is unknown. Sirs.
tavern; had a. count e. of .nice. harseS
for yonng- mar,W doIha'Tine b'nsi- 'afuTefaRsltlitgr'caft.; wlicn he bitlier finger
ne!ss. T In 'those davs there was neither as ftated. - Three liours after the4niction
. , . , . i I ,,P .i, . . .i. Tir,i ti.
railroads nor telegraph. J. ne stage coaca " ",tv" nvui iu inu Jiafrsacuubeiis
W is the only mode !of public travel, and it General Hospital to have the same opera
"wjis the event of the dav to see the coach- performed, but the doctors told her it
gOOl
e from the west and Xew York bustle in
to; the tavern. - 'Well, one cold "morning
in the middle of December, I was just
steDuing out from the omce to the lone:
'-- . . . . . .
wooden veranda, when 1 noticed two weil
From the Xew York Graphic - A LIGHT IS THE WISDOW.
ARflliniSIinP B VTLEY'S K0MAXPE.
Off the coast of one of tho Orkney I-
Hor He Eenoanced a Xew En-rhaJ Belle ta T.e- lands, and right opposite tho tartar, stool
!'-. come a Tricet. alonclv rock against yvldcli. in Ftormy
nihilist, the boats of returning Gshcrii.cn
i The death of the distinguished Catholic
Archbishop of Baltimore recalls to the mem
ory of some of those who remember him
in his youth tho romance of his early life.
W hen he decided to leave the Episcopal
ministry, for which he had been trained,
and study for the priesthood, bo made 'sac
rifices that few men are called upon to endure.
often struck and were lost.
Fifty years ngo there lived on this is
land a young girl iu a cottage with her
father; and lhey loved each other very
tendcrh. One stonnr night the father
was aw ay on the sea in hia liidicnnau a
boat, and though hi daughter watched for
Liiu in mocU fear and - trouble, he uiJ not
come home. Sad to tell, in tho rooming
v .r ' .. CM.
aa ioo urns ly ue pi any service. ouc
thonght no more of 'the matter, and", ex-
pneuced no ill effect, until a recent I n
day, when she had a severe headache,
and the next dav she experienced a se vere
sized traveling satchel, -hurrying toward
tlie hotel. One of them, addressing me
dressed gentlemen, each carrying a good pl extending from tho right shoulder
. - . & ' . . . a . a ,. jj it. t i ..i t. i .i . . .i .
ujwii 10 ine uauu wuicu sue luougni to
be a touch of rheumatism. On the suc
ceeding Sunday she was chilly all day.
and at night experienced a violent heart-
beating, and great difficulty in breathing
the breath coming in sh'.ut, quick- gasps.
Two prominent physicians were in atten-
oatjce. hue sue coma not taiie tneir mem-
san! :
: u i
for Xew York gone vet V
tage
" 'Yes sir.'
i" - How long?' ' '
" 'More'u two hours ago.'
During the first thirty years hwl tC yyrccketl, no more boats should
ry the law school of Litch- be K,t, on tho "Lonely iock,w if alight
isidereil the most distinguish- :n tj,0 ttjml0w wouhl'guido them safely
d "T! '.! v w ere in uc.li excited over the
news, and asked what thev.could do to get -''!- They decided the case to be a bad
tii New Yorl
didn't know.
i -m tr . . .1 .1 "t
cold. Jiiondav tne patient kept her bed
the breathing diilicultv increasing, with
great nervousness. 1 he slightest noise,
such as the closing of a door or the mov
ing of a fan, or toand of a footstep, would
cause her" to jump violently to the iKor, and
it required the united efforts of her attend
ants to ouiet her. She began to show
great aversion -to vater; but the doctor
had no' suspicion of the real nature of the
i i i -rt "t .v 1 .. r i dtairder. u-liii-h v.t d n n 1 K- rrvow worse and
and assett te 11 1 Knew oi a coupie m -- --j &--
fast horses anywhere iu the city, and if ve. one eipiessui a ura.u nu a
sneedilv. I told them I-
The boats had stopped run
ning a m-oiith! although oho of them still
ran to Kingston, the river being open taat
far- up. ' S hef was to - leave that even
fijr New York, and the stage coach -which
left-Albany a couple of hours belore-would
transfer, her passengers and mails to the
.stjeamer at' Kingston Point. Then the
-4-ntleman said thev must get that boat,
fit..,. ,..," r ..t r. fin-lnm to beat t rioas articles ot lood and drink, but when
. - . , :.. . 7 . a mQfr nf lif and thev were'offered to her shefound herself
death, thev said.'and thev would pay any utterly incjpaUe-. of eating or drinking
price. T asked what price. thev would ftnyt.ung; m fict, from Sunday uronimg
t .
iu v. and thev told
.rt- i -'i ... .1 i lii.lfil .-i:..r .-if li.r iT:.-it' "Pli -l V flffl'l-
mc .c-o'JU to oeai xoe v "
i . i i .1 i. t
i. l.'i.i.rKtn It r-. a ni-iro man oooii, bu-j aiSJ ; ami Uiau.N UOilUIIg. I
: - . ..... Iji.n.e. f I . . .c . ? . ft . it n Cl.u T.lt nililA
told them 1(1 tUKP '"rc xv.c ..i.v.uju.., ..w, n...ii,
found a friend of easy, an I the next moment the severe
i -. i i .1 : o-'-iit"i?ir l.:vrtii wnnl;! i-nnif nil. fltlil
ie liuciieu u r u;o i ?Tr- -o
IT- 1 f tl 3 1...
ana i w iiitfMi'ii,- um
t'.lem, and oli' I ran. I
- t i . t t i
mine, iiaii j..ei:-, c nnvuv.. ...
horses to a four-seated sleigh, and away w e
AtiML. i wv ii, c-iiitt tic;1' i.y i i i v v i , . TT
tl.ofc ,n,,d,..l!trn.,.l- f ...i ! U .i 1. d eeil Went, Ue ler tweiil-l, Wl c5 . . ..
,....v w....;.x. . nv., v , . I 1 .1 - .
! .Two. hours ueuraa tne stage,
..IV.... '. tti:itl''i) Vou. lor uouixiN
i('e.',(ich! he was the una:, and as goo
tn me whi n I was faded and w orn-out wi
the hard livin', and ravin' and lo:i:J the
ehilder. as he w as when I was a purt,y gir
with cheek like-roses, 'ami he was a. boy
corn-tin' me. Odd l'ar, w here did you go
at all? You died in a ititeh lute a dog, may
be; for all these gentle-folk care, .we all
. mLd.t."
.she turned, and shook her fist back at
the house she had just left, only a 'bit of
t!i'- roof visible -over the rising ground
now. .- . i . .
"My heart wa3 aching for the childor,
and for l'at,"he said ; "but you could
h ive no patience if a pertatie was burnt,
or a towel not that smooth. You sent me
out with the night falling. Uad luck to
ye and to all your life." . "
Then shn idodded on arain:' but the
wouian" she had left was not as bad as she
had fancied her. In' her thrift and tidi
ness she could not understand this, untidy,
careless being. She knew nothing of tho
misery at her heart, or the sorrow that
niade'her forget the pots and pails. She
was actually half afraid .of her and ans
ions to get her out of her house. She had
felt it a great mistake to hire a tramp from
the r.adis it were, and she had paid her
and was conscious of no cruelty.
The davlii'ht tied apace: the
HI
I ain not ridi, but I'd hav been loth to be
kitted to-night. ; I'm jn.-t uu the- road to
what I've been seeking two years;" I found
it yesterday ; where my. missus h", an I I
eakm her heart
am !oing to her sues. -b
for me. 1 haven't uinch, but there's a cou
ple of pounds-if you'll take them, good
woman, and God's blessing, too, for sake of
Maggie Eyan, that you've saved from be
ing a widow."
And a strong hand folded over her weal
one, and would have k'i't money there, ,bnt
he car.gkt :t tignt.
ii
we t.oi
go
"It's Tat Kvanl'' s!ie cried,
-come
Mac
she woul l iumtt up and down and dash
wudlv at.'out. fehe would irrasp her alien-
ihlhts bv the dress and thrust as much as
she could into her mouth, telling them at
th. sain?. tia4eriLfiv.-erer,.-that Khaordd
not bite them. She was next seized with
setere and unmistakable convulsions ac-
1 ' -tr i . r
acconnt of the horses, but one of the gen- com pawed by Irotmng at the mouth, ai or-
unfile was give:.. a iien a pan ui sunii.-
ing hct water was procured, and tho pa-
tMit's feet jdaced in it. Ono of the lady
and vet before we reached Athens we
na&ed it. Near Gatskill tbe horses gave
out completely and we had to hire a new
team. 1 didn't want to" go any further on
tlemea asked : 'What is that team - of
yours worth'!' "Three hundred dollars,' 1
Kroru ih CLu-ao I nlcr-Occart. .
WYE. M LED EH ANI) SUICIDE.
The Trajic Eul t Wima tVk Devrtel Iler
Unwind.
Pome four week ago a man riving iLo
name of Joseph V. Gla IJen arrived at
the Iloerdt Hooite, 30 and 32 North. Well
street, icpt by Mrs., Mary O'llrien. Ho
was a- fine-looking, rnuacilar IcUotr, about
49 year of age. hue Lo tra at llil
place be bad only one visitor, a woman.
She met Lim in iho hall a ay, and lie
went np stair to Lia room, here they re
mained only a fewr minute.. The ccond
visit thiA.wor.ii.ii ruaco at the Loose was
clock. . ,
Dr. Alexander McKay, occapyiog room
21, at the end of the passage, beard a
gurgling, choking sound. Ho lii-tencd a
moment, and, the noise getting plainer,
be went from bia room into the passage,
when suddenly the f-trango oman, w bo
bad been ia room 13 ith Gladden, cam
along the passage toward bim, and, laying
both bands upon Lia breast, n though to
support herself, looked iuto hi face, lis
kiw hbe was covered with blood, but coal I
uot see whence it proceeded. lie said to
her, "Why, woman, nhat' tho matter?
Have you bcruonhage of tLe lnngr Sbo
never f )oke a word, but, a the !egan to
totter, be laid her down gently. She nev-
f-r moved aain. Dr. MeKav wan Mill
ded to those natural gifts, she possessed tV tjlC can,He aJl n-gkt and trimmed it, handing over the dead womin'tvben Porno
also a hue voice of remarkable power and - g.)Un. j.ut wjK.u (i.c ,av dawned feho one cimo noiselessly behind bim, and seit
compass, which t!.o constantly improved v;cnt to bed and slept. ;" ing bim bv the ana drew Lira from tho
by training, whilo her hue natural pow- nnnv hanks us t!ic had Fpun before Uon.se. It was Gladden, who. with a ro-
for her daily bread she ppun still, and one ry razor clasped io hi right band and a
over, to boy her nightly candle; and from fcaiful gash in Id throat, bad come oat of
that time to this, for fifty years, through rtom IU. He fell upon the dead body of
youth, maturity and old age, she has turn- the woman, clasped it round, laid the gash
ed night int.T day, and in th-! sn.-w storms irrhis own throat actually upon that in
of wiutcr, through driving tuiids, deceptive hers, and there died. Ha fierce was that
moonlight and solemn darkness, that grip 0f death that jt took tho united c ff.-rl
northern harbor has never once been with- J Df two men lo unclasp the woman from
out the liht cf her c.indle. the grasp of the murderer-suicide!
How many lives she saved by this can- j Tuia happened at abont 1 o'clock. Half
die, and how many meals idic won by it I an hunt later, th coroner and police bav-
for the starving families of the hoattucu, tt j "lug taken the aLair in Land, tie bodies
is impossible to sat", How many dark j were ordered to be removed to the Morgue.
nights the iLjhcruien, tu pending on u, A the remains 01 the woman were Umg
have irone. forth, cannot be told. There '.laced in the wagon, the covering of bcr
it stood, regular as a light-house, steady f;.cC was removed, and a man landing by
aa constant care could make it. Always exclaimed : "My GJ! 1 Lai Ler
brighter when daylight waned, the fMier- that's ti:v wife!'' His name i llobert S.
man Isad nuiv to Keep ii cousiamiy m i iu-ii, ana hi parent unru in ,ew iois.
view, and v. erc uf.'; Uterc was but one J He had livttl some time in the Western
thing to intercept it, and that was the j country, nnd, smoe thrco year ago, mar
rock. However far thrv mi-'lit have srone I tied the dtct-n.ed woman. Maud Hell, from
his tranfereticc to 11 gen-town, Md., out to Rea tii.v i,aa ou to bear down for her homo in New .Sharon, Iowa. Sho lad
were sure 1 deserted bim for Gladden, whom sue pas-
die gave op at once not only hia social j, tkaij hoilv, wa, founil wasl,rtl Dn0n tho
position, but the great fortune which hi ifCncu. Hii'boat, a be sought too harbor,
uncle, Mr. James Ivoosevett, after whom I rmJ; jaWiJiAiiciV ILitVniid.
was hameapntended 15 bequeath l;inr, T Covn.
and, worst of all to some hearts, bore- ln.ut.r ,leen sorrow, thia fisherman'
uouuecu ine woman wuom ne -oven. daughter did not think of hcrsclt alone.
i One of the most famous belles that r.cw ci .va3 6Carc,Jv more than a child, burn
England ever ; produced was Miss Julia ,Kor and weak; bat ho said in her
lJecrs, a daughter of Judge Ik-era of Litch- hlt..,rt tHat bile she lived no more boat
held, Uonn
of this century
held was con
ed institution of the kind l:i tho country. j1)to tbe bailor. And so, after watching
It drew to this bleak New Kngland vil- ... ,i: iv t)r Lt.r fatht.r. accordln-r to
lage the young men of tho best families t!" CIiStora" 0f Ler people, until it was
tmongiiout tne country, ami one oi us imrjC( kU2 iav j0vv:i and tlcpt through
most honored icacm rs was o uuge jeers. ,jlC ,jav. Lut wUcn nUt fell, she arose, and
-I His daughter was a beautiful blonde of i- t .: ran,l't. placed it in tho window
: l r . I . I .
the rarest type; with waving hair of pale 0f iier cottage, so that it mil.t be seen by
gold, large blue eves, and a tigure renmrk- fiuorman coming in from sea, ami
able for its tall and blender-grace. Ad- ,n(G i,i,n Pafclv into the harbor. She sat
0 those natural gilts, sho possessed l)V tllC can,ne all night a
1 fine voice of remarkable power and j g.)Un. ,ut n ivu t.c ,
ass, which tho constantly improved v;crt to .j aIi ejt..,t. ;
ers of mind were cultivated by every ad-
vanta're of education, so that at twenty
i
s:;e
and
remaikablc
ner pleasure i
was a woman oi rare
fascination.
I At this time, during a sum!
trip, she met the young Episcopal clergy-
i.iau. and the two became cuiMirca. i ne
lie v. Jdr. Bay ley was, at this period, a
strikingly handsome man, possessing qual
ities of heart and mind sure ti eud.-ar him
to those with wuom . he was broagat in
contact. Thex were, indeed, a remaika-
blu man and yvoman who metu that long
past summer, aid she, "Alio had been in
diiTerent to a -hundred adorers, listened
with pleasure t. tho addressed .f a man
who felt that until now he had never met
a fitting mate.
'But powerful as lovo might be iu an or
ganisation like, his, tueUionestv of
Hows conviction was sti:l dearer, to the
heart of the young clergyman; and after
said.
tnem.
i ve on,
Once
he answered, ..-I'll pay
ve tipped, over, and half
11 " a
an liotir Was sp
gc-ttii
atdas't!-' Don't you knaw Maggie, Patl
,1 4
noil tlii l.Mril itll '.Vl-tm 1
rms fohted" Irer . elot-e;
sad tramped- the
road, desolate and forsaken an hoar before,
was now as happy as the . angels are in
heaven. '
It might not be '"great good luck"; to
j'ou to be a flagman's wife, .'and- live a
cottage by the roadside, but Maggie thinks
it so. - - .; -. J' -t i-----.-!- .-- - -
mv
where Ue mi't. Uo jtreeent Oardir-.al Me- lifted w'indovrr and they wc
Closkey, Ilayley res.dved to become a a p.-.'fc entrance to the harlor.
Catholic priest. ; This decision was a death -llt wat ,i() lfi i,oatm!i"a wive
blow to Miss l?ecrs. Sho herself, pt-rsnad
often
savs,
III v
""And oh, Pat!7' she
little did I think, when Satan was in
heart, and I was willing to lie still and let
happen what might to t ho hear' lec-s gentle-"
folk, what I was doing to niyseif and von;
and, after- all, it's kind hearts they had, to
give you the illigant place and me the
chanty, and cow, and ail. Good lack to
them!"- ' ' :
ut ia
Then we went it. again, ami at nalt
past four we drove up to Kingston Point,
were the t teatu r lay, all leaded, but
waiting for the Albany mail.
The two gentlemen went on board and
niied for Cautain Dean. He came aft.
T'lev told him what they had told .Lewis
anil "me coming down; how they, had resi
iA in Canada, but were the sons of an
E'rigHsh" nobleman, who had recently die-1,
leaving' a valuable estate. Their presence
wab needed 'immediately, in London if they
would save the estate from a designing
relative. The packet sailed from Xew
York 'for Liverpool on the first tide the
nf-ft. tnoruinu".
tbikv d.-t vs for the next shin,' affll so-lose
moon, ns-
. - ii r : . i.
long ago, became visioie a jaiui sueah..
new moon that set in a little, while
the stars were left and idaggic.
waiideiin"" on the road with heribundie
under her arm- a bundle of rags aiinl od !i
and ends tumbled together in an old flan
nel pettieoat-bogau to lote , her-, kr.ow-le-l
'e of it. Here and there she saw lights
iu a window, but.thwy. were(o promise of.
hospitality to her. - II she could get to the
widow Yarrow's, that peivonage who too!
the laborers to board would let her lodge
while she could pay; but where wad the
widow's cottage to the right or to the
left? She could not tell in tho darkness
whether she had taken the proper turning.
11 n.l bv w as a rushing sound, as of water.
Daii'MT there, perhaps. Tho railroad
u. is somewhere at ham!, and though Mag
! ie IV It that the world was a poor place,
fhe did not feel ready to meet death jut
vet. t . si
"I'll j'lst divpdowii iu the grass some
u ! i ' w ii.l t hii Door lone w oman, 'aird
God be between me and harm. If 1 couii
find a bit of hav now .'twould be a corn-
fort."
She stretched forward, peering throng
the dark iitsu,' and her loot struck a loose
branch that lay ou the ground with a crack
ling sound.
"What's that?"-'said a voice very, near
her. in a sham whisper. . 5
"It's an imp of a squirrel," said another
voice: "iro on with the work, Jim; me
train will be along in fifteen minutes. Ll
with that rail. Hi! We'll have 'em .this
time." -
-'Hold your tongue, fool,,? said the firs
voice; "you're halt druuk. I tell vou it was
a step." ' ' ,
And now Maggie, who had sunk flat on
the ground, knew all. Those who wins
pered near, her were train-wreckers!
"I'll make no noise," thought she, "it
none' of my business." ; , .
A Qcaist Lecesd of TirK Raixbow.'.
The' Lithuanians' (a people of Russia)
have a t'lnaiut legend .-respecting the rait:-
bow. When their chief god praiiu'nuas
w as looking' out of the V!nuow; and beheld
the earth fail' of wars and vviekednei.-s,- he.
desratebed two giantss named Wanda and
cjas (i ater and Winu), to the "smiui
world, w ho destroyed eveiyihing for twen
ty days and twenty nighte. Vv hue engag
ed in" eating heavenly huts, Pjamzimas
2azed ou the scene of desolation below,
and Le threw down a nut-shell, which fell
u the summit of the highest mountain, on
which a few men ami women ami soma an-
mnst jret it or wait
their fortune. They oliered -the captain
62000 if ho would leavo theji and there
anill make certain of catching the ship.
f 'Vt'or.ld like to make that S2,000, gen
tleinen,' -said Captain Dean, 'but my or
deiis are net to leave "unfil I get the Alba
ny i mail, and I cannot accept.'
V-i-They seemed much' disappointed, but
said 'it couldn't be expected,' and they
maide themselves agreeable to -every one
abiis.rt. Thev paid me the $G00 promised,
.-ai-a me. $200 foi-the.loet horscsaud gave
ri-vi driver and men over S1C0 eac-h. W.v
wasted until the stage came in, and the
mail and liaesengers w ere transferred, and
. L eent. the boat in a hurry: then we
rode
.tti-ndants' poured hot water upon the
head of the victim, all of w hich she bore
without flinching, in fact she declared it
mffde her feel better. At times she. would
.stamp her feet upon the floor so -rapidly
and violently as to shake the house, and
in the meantime her difficulty in breathing
increased. Another trial cf tho water
pail caused her to bound back to tho other
side of the lied, and experience a severe
convulsion. She was taken to the hospi
tal j iu a sort cf ambulance, held by fastenings-,
around her body. On tha way she
made a grow ling or harking nohe. At
thd hospital, where, about throe-quarters
of an hour after her arrival, she was lying
apparently comfortal.de, she suddenly gave
hei arms , and feet a violent twitch,, her
countenance turned Idack, and Fiie breath
ed jher last. After her death a consulta
tion was had by the physicians at the
loslpiial: the best authorities upon the
subject cf hydrcphohia. w ere looked up
ami quoted, and it was unanimously
cided by the physicians that it was "a gen-
..:..L ..... r i....i i.t,;.. "
iiiiiu tacc ui ij , viiuiii.o.fii.
. i . .
W1VC3 ILlllK
nfibirt! D. thev nav the poor woman!
ed by her love, embraced tho faith of tho -v;0. tj.cv are vtTJ. .,,,-. .t tnjnr or rich,
Church of Kome, and tor awhile took, re- llu.y u(yx be tter than that. Da thev
fuge in a convent. hhi.,k her! No. Perhaps they think that
1 his departure ot one oi so-;ie;v s orna
ments to the gloom of a cloister produced
a great sensation among the f.ishionahle
circles of that dpy, anil w hen, after a bruf
siouatclv loved.
mcdl'iar that thev look noon it a a matter
. f i - .
period, t he, under circuinstance 'i pecu- of coursc a,, l f,,i gct for the time the pi
llar romance, iled from the convent and watcher within.
returned to her Inend.--, all sorts oi specu
lations were set afloat. 1 or a few years
EEAlTIFCb I-OLESSES.
The I'tdiah ladie., says a Warsaw cor-
i...iun.Ltil -.r tl.f. lt.tet..n rjif-ui ATA
tl.n.l.-a .r tbi-irj wiiiil.l a ltiadeonato lo I ' . . T .. . ' . .
....... - .i i verv li.-itilil'il ttertint-ni n.m.1 IiOmuIiIhI
est-res their rratitudc: or ttrhap long . . , ' . : -in
C ' "
y ears Have made tho lighted casement so
Is had" gathered for refuge.
Ail got In-
the
OUlj
SO:lB
two
to the nut-shell, which floated on the waves
the now' universal flood. The god then
looked on the earth for the third time.: He
llaved the tempest, and hade-the" waters
subside, and the human beings- who had
been saved alt dispersed, "excepting a few
con pies who remained m that part, and be
came the ancestors ct the Jthuaniaus m
the following manner: As old age crept on
them, rhey somvwed greatly at their prob-
arrle extyicUoiisu.u.oraer to comfort theni;
Pramzsmate -teentHb rainbow, which told
them to leap overthe bones, of the earto.
Nine" tirrics did they perform this feat, and
thence spnuig. nine couples, iiiale and fe
male, 'from whom"" the "Lithuanians; are
desceuded. . ,
Jlow TO Deciue It. Ixiuis the Four
teenth of Fraucej playing at backgammon, !
had a doubtful thro w; a dispute arose, and
all the .courtiers .remained silent. ' The
Count de Grammbht "came in at that in
stant. "Decide the matter," said the b-ifig
to him. - - Sire," sakl the count; f your ma
jeity.'is in the w rong " '"Hdwr so!'' asked
the "king. "Can you decide w ithout know
ing the' questionf" "Yes," said the count,
"because, had the matter been doubtful,
all the gentlemen would ' have decided it
for you." - .-
Truth and confidence are better prevent
ives, of jealousy than couccalmcnt. i
; leisurely back to Albany, it being a
?..ih'r.t:rlit. Imt bidbre we trot there we met
mounted police furiously coming alter
passengers, the dead nobleman's bogus
r ' . , , i i.i.
Thev. were bank rooners, ami mose
satchels thev held contained over
200,000 iu gold and Bank of England
notes', the proceeds oi s big aionireai iou-
bery." . ......... ,".;..'...
; -I)id thev catch thei ?"
! fUatch 't-m I No.' When tha boat
etaVted that night they talked with the
Captain' and oliered him $200 if he would
pu'j them o:i' board the outward bound ship
beiu-e he landed ae she,: would be lying
in tl e channel. - Captain Dean accepted,
and ' ji'jwt- at Jdaybght the -tearoooat lay
alutigshle the veVsel," and by the time Cap
taia Dean got to pier and the passen
geijs awoke, the ship was sailing1, through
"thej harrows and' away ..to. England." . -,-pAud
were the robbers never heard of?'
-"Njyr. Wbv, they had a start of tliir
ty tiavs, and, being young men then, they
arc perhaps living, in clover iu some coun
try oa their ill-gotten w ealth. . A hey w ere
- r ' , . . i - . i .. il !.. ...1.
smart enough ia take usm uy uieu emooiu
talk and gentlemanly address.'; ,
Just then-thc salad Was finished, and so
was the story. The writer picked up his
check, and Mr. Veazie walked to another
paiit of the dining room to sec that his
waiters were paying proper attention to
othier hungry customers. - t
'Phe story has the merit of being liter
ally true. Albany Express. ,
she led a life of retirement at her home in
Litchfield, and then fell a victim to con
sumption and perhaps to a brokeii heart.
ENGLAND'S I "L'TfES WAh'tlt KING.
INITi:'.) AT LAST.
in the world. They retain, in middle life,
the freshness of girl.--, and make nie think
of New England womeu (owing 1 scarcely
know to what air of enperiorily and tbe
posK'Ssion cf what divining instinct pecu
liar in a greater or less degree to all wo
mer), and thi in rpito of the fact that
New England women do lose ibeir dear
A quiet wedding occured m Middle-1 ccmplexion and ro?r checks, and ia spite
tow n, Orange County, N. 1., withiu the of the fact that the lVdish ladies bave
last few months, at which there were po withal a slightly Hibt-roian cast of coun--uer-t.
the mother of the bride In-ing tbe tenance, including noses, the most iraper-
15 y the by, apvopo.s of Albeit Edward, on',v v. ttness of the cm-lamiv beidc9 the I tineut tips of which do turn up itut a little.
did voa see tho guarded notice iu the ofliciatiug clergyman. Iu .1SG2, a voting I5ut thev arc evidently Mdf-repetiug,
aiaa.i ' .a 1 k ai a a a 1 - a a. - -
London dailies . contradicting l lie rumor o-cr.tlcman, who was J trotlied to tbe j keen creatorc, who know what ther are
that the Prince of Wales is about lo re- h;lJv. enlisted in tho Union army. Hi I about, careful to observe all the pn-prie-
il. I . a .a a I. ai.a m a.aaaai a a1
syyeclheat t made u -l:.rt to dissuade Lim, J tiei, never llirting 1:1 public if lhey Uu 10
and with a breaking heart bade biui J private, and walking the streets in a quiet.
Sri.ir. The manufacture of siU is sni
to aave boon discovered in the island o
C;4 by Pamphylia, the daughter of Plastio
Silk stockinirs were irt;oduet-d into
England in the reign of Henry VIII., but
thev were not very common. An oh
English writer tell? np, "that in the eecont
year of Q-ieea Elizabeth, her silk woman
M.rsj. Montague, presented her Majestic
for a new year's gift, a pair of black silli
knit stockings, the which, after a few days
wearing, pleased ' her highness so yvell
thai she sent for Mrs. Montague, and asked
berj where she had them, . and if sho could
help her to an more; who answering, said:
I mada them very carefully of purpose
only for your " Majestle, and seeing them
please you so well I will 'presently set
Viore in hand.' !-D so,' quoth the queen,
'fori indeed, I like silk stockings so well,
because' they are pleasant, fino and deli
cate, that henceforth I will wear, no more
cloth stockinged" And from that time
unttl her death tho qaeen never woro any
morte cloth hose, or Lose cut out ot ell
broad taiiaty. . j ". 7. ', ' :-
move from Eugl.aud for an indelinito per
iod' I veuture to sav Xbat brief denial
camx-d more paiii in English hearts than
a clear, distinct statement of the w hole
truth would have douo. It is not, it tan-
uot be, denied, that w hen the prince drove
on to Ascot race-course he was received,
contrary to custom, (which is to cheer) in
the most chilling silence. It was noticed
that the fair ladies timed a -.ray their
head-;, and made their daughtus do the
same, to avoid recognition of Jor by the
neii.t king of England. I am told by one
who knows, that although the pritice be
haved with perfect, stdf-posessiou, and
said never a word
adieu, and quietly buried herself iu her dignified manner, a If ibey wero disdaia
boijo with her widowed mother, the only fal if not unconscious t-f their charro.
livinf member of her f.uuilv besides her- They are not possessed cither cf dollish
self. Tor a time all went well, and 1 iv- fcr iua?culi:iO f-cc, as iho lnguu and
ing letters cheered the gallant soldier. American ladie often are, lhey are not
After the battle of Chaneellorsville, hi voluptuoa or black browed like their
letters suddenly ceased. Letter after letter etcr of Prance and .Spain, Imt aqneenly
was w ritten to bim nnd hi comrades, but sort r.f woman, tall and graceful, and po
all that could bo learned was ibat after sessed of a colder type of beauty than
that terrible battle he was missing. II: blooms on the Mediterranean a trp t.f
stricken sweetheart never entirely aban- teauty that makes tne think f marble
dor.cd hope, and lived on, hoping oga;i..-t statues, Damascus blade ud aarora bore
hope for List return. After many weary alis. jjy the wav, IJjvard 'Parlor aavs
in comment upon this vc:irs her patient troth has been rewarded, j bo saw more bandomo faces in one boar
extraordinary reception, ho made amends 'am S1JC now a happy bride. Some at the Warsaw races than ho aa' t!se-
for this restraint ion his return Jiome, show- tice during tho. fight he was taken prison- nheio during two year in Europe, and I
ing by word and deed that bo keenly felt eP ad Won after he was scut to a South- do uot doubt it. Moreover, I have never
tho slight that ha I been put upon him. pra pris in, where he was kept about a been in any country where the relations
'The truth with respect to tho latest year. He finally escaped and reached of the tacu and women of the npptT elaas-
Kenn.bil is. I believe, that the princo was il,n cfvib.iir.l. where be conceived tbe idea c seemed so Lih-toneil; and I am sure
suspected of having actually made an as- cf personating an English sailor, and get- J that a Stranger Chirring tho best
l"----- "-c . l l' e 1 " i ......
siarnatiou with that uctress yvhoso history tu Entrlao-l on a blockade runner, of u arsaw
i-cietT
would bave to acknowledge
I gave in a former letter, and who was After much delay and tiiany disappoint- tho raot-t chivalrous devotion cm the part
d hur- I nieuts, during which hi courage almost I wf tbe men &.nd the uiot gracum yet dig-
married to a convenient cat's pa w an
rie
ever
An Ikteuestixg Race. A mail train
andja carrier pigeon recently had a'race
from Dover to London. The pigeon was
of t$e Belgian breed, and was "homed'7 to
a -house in Cannon, street. Oa tho train
leaving Dover it was thrown from a car
riage, and was observed to circle round
for a few moments, when it took its flight
in ajline between Sittingbourn8 and Maid
stone,' w hich wonld, of course, bo the
ne.-frest route to London. Although the
railway people were confident in tbe pow
ers bf their locoraotivo (tho Continental
express) the bird arrived twenty minutes
before the train, i Tho times are not given,
but the pigeon mnst have flown at the
rate of filty miles an honr.
i?d out of the way, as it was hoped, for- failed him , he succeeded. He rememliers J nified appreciation of it ou the part of
.er. The nnndess taxed Lun wit u it aud .ilii.. throu-'h the blockading squadron, l the women he had ever witnwcl. Iu
weeningly told hiu be was breaking her After that all is a blank. Ho learned af-1 acquire Dd manners an.l to see human
heart, and it wa3 tiiue they must part, u-rward that ho bad been taken ill, aud J iulercourMJ at its best, I hhould rather go
but Le coaxed, caressed and fooled Ler 1 son aflT ias-inc. Ou his arrival in Eng- J to Warsaw than t London, Wah'ngtoo,
poor loving littlo heart onco more, and, jan) be was taker, lo an insane asylum by Jor Pans.
notwithstanding thc cnger and im'.igna- ca!tain of the blockade runner, w here
tion of the prudes, she refused t I'-'avc y rciuaiiit-d until a yer ago, when he I SaVE IXU UCEATSl-SJi. Ma-lame ds
him. "And to-day she shares with ic- .A.a3 discharged cured, but pcniuu-js. lie J Maintenon, who became the wife of Louis
toria tho love add devotion of tho- great Succeeded, through fneud m tho aylnm, I XIV, l Prance, and for tho lart thirty
body of ho English peopb. Chknj) ; oUaihiag a Jt nation in a mercantile ycr of bin life cxerciscl a controlling in-
'linjcs. i ' house, w here he won the esteem oi t.ie 1 ilacoCo over bi opinions au i olcy, L1
"Oitr dau-bi never d iu.es oat of her principals to whom ho told hi story. a u arrow escape frwa premature Uarial IO
own set." said a prou-l da.no at or.o of au.-enre win cimahood. ncr pareuis rjigrattM mn,
i ait. i ii... -,. i i ,nn i i,i4 r.i.j uri-L.
.1 ni..,.(n ,,.,.,.i,la nt nn ut i J..uniuunii -
iiiui-c uuiniiswiijii) v-jh-h..."...."." r,"" "I I i . it r .1 .. .... .w'M r.itli.
tho hotels of a certain fashionable water- heart, now a lady of i-t, J"1 '
i ut it... ... ini to hi memory, i n nu ""-"J
lug piace. "is a a nine sc. oi u louai- . . - . . - ,
j. i i . . i i ...i.. I married, an.l are now in England, where
sell' somo one asseo; nun iu -mk.u i:t.iv i . - - , r
i ii i . ...i.. i. lie lirutmses to remain lor a naniotr n
eoiorea un ami ceuui ij.inu uu ic u . i
- .... ....v.- .
turned out that this exclusive person was i
t. ..' M. A...t.'. ........ . . r n .b.ilrtr in innilerii I 5
tail' t ui in y tu-.wv v. ....w. ... - - - , . ,
. : , If the internal griefs of every man could
-The origin of half the "first loves" of
young hearts is ignorance, and their death
blow experience. 1
Yv hen wo aro alone wo have our
thoughts to watch; in our families, our
temper; and in society, onr tongues.
Prance to the Isle ot Martini-pie when
she was ten year cdd. On iho voyage
she was taken ill, and the sickness ended
ia apparent death. The funeral riles
were over; the fat look taken of the body
alMiut to be dropped into the sea; a can
non was loa led to 1 fired over tbe corpse;
when the mother, oruiniri'v unloving, in-
lu. rr....l a n'ii.n mi hi forehead, bow I Uu-J on seeing Ler child once more. To
We never shed so many tears a- at the 1 .. i,, nn prr;i0 eiiw would appear her san.rise. she foand the heart kijll LeiU
ngc of hope; but when wc have lost hope Lo b' t,,e D, - cts of .,:,Tj . ing, and, iu a diUrima cf j-y, declatr-l
we look upon evrrytlnng with ury eyes, clX.I wa not deal, but would re
am! tranquility springs from incapacity, j,. . . web wliJ iTnzi oj, cover. The bciK, born of rapture, r-rovfrl
Let wickedness escape as it may at the Ucr sxm well.. a irue prophesy; and ibobttl. ghl, so
t r:t . ..f 5...;.. ,nAt. I - uuin nuu m- hui.i in ut wiiu,
oar. ik iictti lain ui nuuii j inw lit r .t . i- .
cnlf- f.,r Pi-ert- ,m tv nrrson i L i n'.vti l I le Hint M careless ot lame w nt lan.1 pr
- - - - c
lianinan.
J of iidegrity.
gulhed women iu Pienth Lislory.
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