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DANBURY, N. C„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1883.
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THE ItRIIIAL iill'lS
To the stately village bridal,
With its feasting, riaiicfe and mirth,
There came a gray-haloed singer—
One of the poor of earth.
Silver and gold and jewels,
The rich guests brought along;
The bmrd had to otter
sjtfnt Juit one little song.
I I>&4 tire tlie hrido and bridegroom,
The proud guests lowly lie;
The costly gins have crumbled—
The song can never die. '
THY I.OYt:
It brightens all the cruel gloom
That eloses round me like a tomb,
And fills my heart with summer bloom.
It makes me quite forget the pain
That grief has wrought within iny brain,
Aud brings a lla»h of joy again.
It makes tbe darkest night to mo
More clear thau ever day cau be,
For in my dreams I am with thee.
The Stolen Note.
Except ilmt be indulged too freely in
the use of the intoxicating cup, John |
Wallace was au honest, higli-niiniled
anil extraordinary man. 11 is one great
fault hung like a dark shadow oyer his
many virtues. lie meant well, and
when he was sober did well.
He was a hatter by trade, and by in- j
duatry and thrift he had secured money I
enough to buy the liouso in which lie .
lived. lie had purchased it several j
years before for three thousand dollars, !
paying one thousand down and securing
the balance by mortgage to tho seller, j
Tho mortgage was almost due at the
time circumstances made me acquainted
with tbe affairs of tbe family. But
Wallace was ready for the day ; ha had
saved up the money ; there seemed no
possibility of an accident. I was well
acquainted with Wallace having done a
little collecting and had drawn tip legal
documents for him. One day his daugh
ter Annie came to my office in groat
distress declaring that her father was
ruined, and that they should be turned
out of the house in which they lived.
"Peihaps not, Miss Wallace' said I '
trying to console her, and give the afTair
whatever it was, a bright aspect.
"What has happened V
"My father," she replied, "had the
money to pay the mortgage on the house
in which we live, but it is all goue now.'
"lias he lost it ?'
"I don't know. I suppose so. Last
week he drew two thousand from the
bank and lent it to Mr. Brice for ten
days.'
"Who is Mr. Brice !'
lie ia a broker. My father got ac
quainted with hiin through Ucorgo J
Chandler, who boards with us, and who
is Mr. lirice's clerk.'
"Docs Mr. Brice refuse to pay V
"He says he has paid it.'
"Well, what is the trouble, then V
"Father says ho has not paid it.'
"Indeed ! But the note will prove
that ho has not paid it. Of course,
you have tbe noto 1'
"No. Mr. Brice has it. Father is j
positive he never recoivcd the money.
The mortgage he says must be paid to- !
morrow.'
"Very singular ! Was your father " j
I hesitated to use tho unpleasant word
which must have grated harshly on the
ear of tbe devoted girl.
"Mr. Brice says father was not quite
right wben ho paid him, but not very
bad.'
"I will see your father.'
"He is coming up here in a few mo
ments, 1 thought I would sec you first
and tell you the facto before he came.'
"I do not see how Brica could have j
obtained tbo noto unless he paid the !
money. Where did your father keep
it!'
"Ho gavo it to me, aud I put it in |
the secretary."
"Who was in the room when you put
in the secretary ?'
"Mr. Briee, George Chandler, my
father and myself.'
Tho conversation was here interrupt
ed by ti» entranco of Wallaco. He
looked pale and haggard, as muob from
tlie effects of auxiety as from the de
bauch from which he wag recovering.
"She has told you about it, I sup
pose ?" said ho in a very low tone.
"She has.'
1 pitied him, poor fallow, for two
thousand dollars was a large sum for
him to accumulate in bia little business.
The loss of it would make the future
look like a desert to him. It would be
a misfortune whioh one must undergo to
apprceiate.
■'What passed between you on that
day V
"Well, I merely stepped into his of
fice—it was only the day before yester
day—to tell hiin not to forget to hove
the money ready for mo by to-morrow.
He took mo iuto bis back office, and as
I sat there he said ho would get tbe
money ready next day. Ho then left
mo au 1 went into the fronts office, where
1 heard him tend George out to tlie bank
to draw a cheek for two thousand dol
lars, so I supposed ho was going to pay
me then."
"What docs tho clert s.iyShout it?"
"He says that Mr, Urico remarked
when lie sent him, that ho was going to
pay me the money.'
"Just so.'
"And when George came in ho went
into the front oflico again and took the
money. Then he came to me again and
did not offer to pay me the money.'
"Had you tho note with you 1 "
"No; now 1 remember he said he
supposed I had not tlie noto with mo or
he would pay it. I told him to come in
the next day and I would havo it
ready—that was yesterday. When I
camo to look for the noto it could not
be found. Atiiiie and 1 have hunted
tho house all over.'
"You told Brice so ?'
"1 did. He laughed and showed me
his note, with his signature crossed over
with ink and a hole punched through
it.'
"It is plain, Mr. Wallace, that he
paid you the money, as alleged, or has
obtained fraudulent possession of tlie
note, and intends to cheat you out of
the amount.'
"lie has never paid mc," he replied
firmly.
"Then lie ha* fraudulently obtained
possession of the note. What sort of
person is that Chandler who boards with
you.'
"A fine young man. Hlcss you, ho
would not do anything of that kind.'
"I am sure he would not," repeated
Annie, earnestly.
"Ilow clso could he obtain the note
but through him ' What time docs he
come homo at night V
"Always at tea time. He never goes
out in the evening.'
"But, father, ho did not como home
till ten o'elock the night boGoro you went
to Bricc's. He had to stay in the office
to post books or something of the kind-'
"How did he get in ?'
"Ho has a night key.'
"I must see Chandler," said I.
"No harm in seeing him,'' Baid Mr.
Wallace. "I will go for him.'
In a few moments he r«turncd with
the young man, Chandler, who, in the
conversation 1 had with bin, manifested
a liycly interest in the solttion of the
mystery, and professed himself to bo
ready to do any tiling to forward my
views.
"When did you return to the houso
on Thursday night!'
"A bout twelve.'
"Twelve," said Annie. "It was not
more than ten wben 1 heard you."
"Tho clock struck twelve as I turned
the corner of the street," replied Chand
ler positively.
"I certainly heard somo one in tho
front room at ten," said Annie, looking
with astonishment at those around her.
"We aro getting at something uoy,"
said I.
"How did you get in ?'
The young man smiled, as lie glanced
at Annie and said :
"On arriving at tho door, I found
that I had lost my night-key. At that
moment a watchman bappenod along
and I told him my situation. He knew
me, and taking a ladder from an unfin
ished house opposite plaeod it against
one of tbe second story windows, and I
entered in tbat way.'
"Good. Now, who was it that was
heard in tbo parlor unless it was Brice
or one of hi* accomplices ? He must
have taken tho key from yonr pocket,
Chandler, and stolen the note from the
seorctaiy. At any rate I will charge
hiui with the enmo, let what may hap
pen. Perhaps he will confess wben
hard pushed.'
Acting upon this thought I wrote a
lawyers letter—"demand against you,"
etc.—which was immediately Bent to
Mr. Bnco. Cautioning the partiea not
to speak of the affair, 1 dismissed thom.
Briee camo.
"Well, *ir, what havo you te say
againat me V' he asked stiffly.
"A claim on the part of John Wal
laco for $"2,00!)," I replied, poking over
my paper* and appearing perfectly in
different.
"Paid it," he said, *hort as pio crust.
"Have you'" said I, looking him
sharply in tlie «yo.
The rascal quailed. I saw that be
was a villain.
"Neverthclets, if within an hour you
do not pay mc (2,000 and SIOO for tbe
ttoublo and anxiety you have oaused
my client, at the end of the noxt you
will bo lodged in jail to answer a crimi
nal oliarge.'
"What do you meat, sir v
"I mean what I say. Pay or take
tbe consequences."
It was a bold tfharge, and if ho bad
looked like an honest uuui 1 should not
have dared to make it.
«1 have paid the money, I tell you,"
said he, '1 have the note in my |>o*ses
sion."
"Whore did you get it ?"
"1 got it when I paid tlie—"
"When you feloniously entered the
honse of John Wallace OB Thursday
night at 10 o'clock and took the said note
from the secretary."
"Yon have no proof," ho said grasping
a chair for support
"That is niy lookout. I have no time
to waste. Will you pay or go to jail!"
He saw that the evidence I had was
too strong for denial, and he drew his
check on the spot for twenty-one hun
dred dollars, and after begging me not
to mention the affair, he sneaked off.
I cashed tbe check and hastened to
Wallace's house. The reader may judge
with what satisfaction he roceived it and
how rejoiced was Annie and her lover.
Wallaco insisted that I should take the
SIOO for my trouble; but I was mag
nanimous enough to keep only S2O.
Wallace signed tbe pledge, and was ev
er after a tempcrato man. Ho died a
few years ago, leaving a handsome pro
perty to Chandler and his wife, the mar
riago between him and Annie having
takan place nhortly after tbe abovo nar
rated circumstances occurred'
[Written for the Reporter am! Post.]
A KIAPPV HOME.
"Kartb's nearest spot to Heaven is a
happy home, where kind words and
pleasant tones are forever heard." I
know not tbe author of this language,
but go to the ancient or tho modern
bard—search the writings of- the sago
or sophist, if you will, and find a more
beautiful, a truer thought or expression.
It is, indeed, among the brightest gems
of thought. I sui sometime* led to
think that happy homos are few and far
between. How many suoh homes, dear
reader, could you find in your own town
or county 1 Certain it is, that they are
not as numerous as tbey should be.
A happy home 1 Notwithstanding it
is a sweet, and perhaps a sacred spot,
wo suffer ourselves to be torn away by
the god of Discontent from its endear
ing scenes and cheerful sunlight. We
are sent adrift upon a wreck strewn sea,
only to yearn and weop, at last, liko the
traveler at the source of the Nile !
One whose age is now throe score and
tea has amassed wealth and acquired
learning, but he is not happy. Though
his life has been spent in tbe pursuit of
happitiesß, he has not found it. He has
lived m "cold, care-fretted, heartless
man," forgetful of tho truth so beauti
fully expressed in the lines :
"New aould we call all Euroi* our*,
With India and Peru :
The mind would feel an aehlng void,
And Htlll want Mim-thinK new,"
and forgetting also, that one can livo
nearest to heavon in an humble and hap
py home.
Affluence is not required to make a
happy home. It is not poverty, but en
vy, jealousy, pride, hatred—these mar
and destroy the happiness of home.
Inmates of a happy home ! Thoy
may possess but little rnoro of this
world's goods than did Scotia'* honored
bard. The bleak winds of winter may
howl about their humble hut—what
matters it! If tbe heart blooms, if
love and peace are there, it is enough!
Let every one maka haste to possess
himself of a happy home—a home
where love and peace abound. It is
earth's warmest and brigheut spot.
"With hi. lee *D4 now and rime
Let bleak Winter Mernljr oome;
There U not a aonntor clime
Thaa the love-lit winter hoae."
R. E. POUTER.
Keidsville, N. C., NOT. 17, 1883.
There was an awful state of affairs in
a little town where a typo-setter substi
tuted the word "widow*" for "window*."
The editor wrote : "The windows of the
church'nced washing badly. Tbey are
a disgrace to the Tillage."
No liberal man would impute a charge
of unsteadiness to another for having
changed hi* opinion.
THE BAD DOT AT A SOCIA
BLE.
Hla Mm Appointed . ('.mulllM to Uet
ii |* m Urab.bsc.
"Yon ree, ma appointed a coiauiitteo
to fix up a grab-bay," said tbe bad boy
to tho grocery man. "Me and uiy ehum
were digging bait that morning to go
fishing, when pa came out and said,' Hen
nery I don't believe anything but bard
work will reform yon. 1 wont you to
spade up tho ground under tbo ourrcnt
bushes." I asked him if he wanted a
bump-backed, disfigured bo} , made so
by hard work, l'a said ho womd risk the
bump, and told me to pitch in, and then
went down town. My chum said ho
would help me, and mc aud liiui got the
job done before two o'clock. Whcu we
had got done 1 came in and found uia
had finished the grab-bag, and had it
all loaded, with the top fastened with a
puckering string, and hung on the back
of a chair. Ma was up-stairs getting
her Sunday clothes on, to go to ilie so
ciable, so it didn't take me and my
chum long to empty the bag and got first
choice. Then 1 got our mouse trap and
took it to the barn, and caught two nice
big rats and put 'ein in a collar-box with
holes cut in it to give 'em air, and drop
ped them in tho bag. Then my chum
remembered a big snapping turtle he had
in tho swill-barrel, and uie and him got
that and wiped it as dry as we could,
and tied it all up but its head and put
that in just as the deacon's hired man
came to take the bag over to the socia
ble. Me and my chum went down to
bis house and waited till the people got
over to the sociablo and then we went
over and got up in a tree where we could
seo through an open window and hear all
that was going ou. Pa, he stood over
by the bag and shouted 'ten cents a
grab; don't let anybody bo backward in
a good cauac.' Three or four put in
their ten cent* and made a grab when
an old maid fromOshkosh, who had been
to the springs for hysterics, got in her
work on tlie oollar box. Whim she got
her cover off, one of the mice that knew
his business, jumped on her shoulder and
crawled down her uock, and tbe other
dropped on the floor and started around
to meet the other one. You'd a died to
seen her flop and scream. Tbe deacon's
folk* thought it was another attack of
besteria, and pa and the deacon got her
on the sofa and held her while they pour
ed paregoric and eayonne pepper down
her. When she got loose she screamed
all the harder. Then one of tho other wo
men saw the mouje and got up in a chair
and shook her skirt. Just then tbe bottom
of the chair broke and let her fall over
on ma and tore her bangs all down. Ma
called her a 'hateful thing' and told her
she ought to be ashamed of herself. Fi
nally tbey got things in order, but no
one wanted to tackle the bag, and as here
was whore the profits camciu, pa braced
up and said he'd like to know why ev
erybody acted so 'spicious, he'd like to
see a grab-bag that would give him the
hystenes, and said 'women are always
getting scared at nothing. He then put
down ton cents and jammed his hand way
down in the bottom of the bag, but he
didn't keep it there long. He gave a
jump and yankod his hand out, yelling
'thunder!' Then he swung it over his
head to shake it off, and brought it down
on the deacon's head, and smashed his
specs. Then he swung it over tho other
way, and struck the woman president of
tbo Bowing society in the stomach aud
knocked her down in tbe deacon's lap |
After pa had hollowed himself hoarse,
and thumped half the people in tho room,
the turtle let go, and pa said he could
lick the man that put the steel-trap in
the grab-bag. Then pa and ma got mad,
and everybody began to jaw, and tbey all
went borne. I guess pa won't have a
hump-backed boy, but I'll get even with
him, you just *ee if I don't."
And the boy went out and took a sigu,
"Warranted Fresh," from tbe fruit
atand, and hung it on a blind horse that
was hitohed to a cabbage viagon in front
of the store.
Beecher no Prophet.
Henry WaW lleeoher, in a recent
lecture in Brooklyn, said: "I told them
at the South thit Uutlcr was going to
be tbe Democratic nominee for the pres
idency and that I was going to get leave
of absence from my church and come
down and see them vote for him—see
tbein eat crows." We hardly think tbe
reverend gentleman will ever soo his
prophecy fulfilled.
TVo young mcu in Forsythe county,
Ga., took out licenses to marry the same
| girl, and she roftised them both.
NO. 24.
GKEEK MET UREEMk.
Hum a 'uuild*nre Ma* Uot Best at Kin
Own Uame.
The local article of confidence man is
qoito meritorious in its way, but hardly
yet able to compete with the scientific
members of the fraternity now rapidly
arriving from Xew York and Chicago to
gather in the oountry visitor crop.
Last Wednesday, as the overland train
was disgorging it# passengers in the
Oakland depot, a plausible looking young
man walked up to a grayheaded granger
who KM staring open-uioutlieH around
t|im, and clasped him fervently by the
band.
"Why, how do yon do, Mr. Guffy?'
"11-how did you know my uame was
Guffy!" asked the delegate from tho
foothills, much astonished and apparent
ly oblivious that "James Guffy, T 7 kiiih,"
was painted in big letters on the valiso
he carried in his hunci.
"Why, Jim, old man, you can't 4iavo
forgotteu me—Torn Saunders, your old
friend. Ilow are all the boys in Ukiail'
"C ■ lad to sec yer, glad to iwe yer. I've
got a powerful bail inttroory, but it seems
to me 1 do remember your face, some
how," said, the granger.
"Of course you do. Coming down
for a little look around, eh? All right
—where do you put up? I'll meet you
after dinner, and wo'll take in the town
together. Here's my -address."
"God bless yon, my boy," said the
hayseed party, much affected. "Them's
the fust kind words I've hearn sinee 1 5
left home," and, with the honest impulse
of his simple nature, the farmer took tfce
young man in his arms and hugged him.
Then arranging where to meet later, he
shuffled along.
That afternoon the plausible young
man was down at headquarters complain
ing that he had been robbed of bis watch
and pocketbook by a "bloodier,' got up
as an old granger.
"There wasu't' nothin' particular in
the pocketbook," he indignantly ex
claimed, "and the watch was oroide, but
I'm blessed if I want to be beat at my
own game."
Tbc Uultur Period.
There is a time in the life of every
boy when he is taken with a fever to
learn to play a guitar. The fever comes
on about the time he falls in love, and
that is at the age of twelve, but that is
only a symptom. At fourteen he is in
love to suoh au extent that it actually
makes him tired to carry it aronnd. He
has been reading novels in whieh there
is always a Spaniard or au Italian lover
who takes a guitar and goes to serenade
the girl in the novel, and she conies to
the window and throws a kiss at the
lover, and then comes down herself, and
they lallygag- on the grass and talk for
eign love and catch cold, and' the boy
thinks that is about the finest soheme
he ever read of, and so he deoides to
obtain a guitar. It is some days be
fore ho dares to speak to his fa
ther about it. His mother has noticed
that ho has not seemed welt lately, and
as she watched Him moping and sighing
around, sho has felt he is having hia
young lifo sapped away by study, or
that worms are feeding on his damask
stomach. The old man, who has been
there himself, knows that the kid is in
love, and his recipe would bo weeding
onions or carrying in coal; but the
good mother's tender heart is touched,
and she consents to the guitar scheme,
and shortly afterward there is a weird
ghostly souud coming from the attio
that is a cross between tho ivolian mu'io
sigbiug through a window screen, and a
couple of cats tuning up for a goose
berry-bush symphony in E-flat with
boot-jack bouquets. ®
Tho guitar period is one of the most
critical periods in tho life of a boy. If
be succeeds in learning to play a tune,
aud his voice becomes trained to sueh
an extend that he can sing without being
lrightoned at the noise, then h« is gone.
From that out he becomes a dude, whose
sole ambition >« to bo oallod upon to
sing, and he will try to look sweet, and
he will sing love songs at private parties,
witli his hand in bis bosom, and think
the ladies yearn for, him, when they feel
as if they would like to take him acro«a
their knees and caress him with a press
board. However, a boy wants to be at
tended to at the guitar peiiod, and shown
the folly of it, or he will hate himself
forever after. When parents And it
coming on they should consult eaoti oth
er and take prompt actioo, or the boy
that is their pride will go through life
singing through his nose, "Odly a, Pad
ry Blossom," or "Oh. oh, Cub with Be,
the Bood is Beebing.''