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LINCOLNTON, N. C, FRIDAY, APR. 8, 1892.
NO. 49
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iug country.
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Jan. 9, 1891.
ly.
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The Bnby.
The little tottering baby feet,
With faltering steps and slow,
With pattering echoes soft and sweet,
Into mv heart they go .
They also go in grimy plays,
In muddy pools and dusts ways,
Then through the house in trackful maze
They wander to and fro.
lDe baby hand3 that ?,asP my neck
With touches dear to me
Are the same hands that smash and wreck
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They rend the manuscript in twain,
Widespread destruction they ordain
In wasteful jubilee,
Th a dreamy, murm'ring baby voice
That coos its little tune,
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Like birds in leafy June,
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And all the air with howling fill
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New York Ledger.
A MODERN EVANGE
LINE. BY GEOEGE FREDERIC PARSONS.
iTflEN crcam8lanee8 seemed
fiXlt comPe tne separation of
WS John Llrtck anil his young
fj wife Mollie, neither of them
believed that the parting would be
for a long time. John had found
what looked like a good opening in
Nevada, and as he had apparently
exhausted his luck at the East, his
wife did not oppose his determina
tion to follow the advice of Horace
Greeley. Mollie waa to go to her
parents, who had a livelihood on a
somewhat stony Connecticut farm,
and both fully expeeted that in a
year at most Jack would be in a po-,
sitiou to send tor her and they
would be able to make a home on
tbePacific slope, They parted in
1855, and the war had brokou out,
been fought to the bitter end, and
concluded, before they met again.
Theie was nothing much out of
the common in this experience. Tbe
case of John Black is a thoroughly
typical one. He was what is called
a good fellow which geuerally
means a self-indulgent fellow. He
was excellent "company," sociable
gay, bright and attractive. Iu a
mining towp sach a man naturally
and almost inevitably gravitates to
the saloon. It is tbe only stage
upon which he can exhibit himself.
Thnre all his entertainiug qualities
shine brightest. There he finds con
genial souls. There, too, heacquiies
h?bits which are fatal to success in
life.
John Black was full of good reso
lutions, and he loved bis pretty Mol
lie perhaps as well as such a man
can love anything besides the grati
acation of his appetites. No one
would have said that he was vicious
or without principle. He was not a
:iard drinker. He did not care much
or cards. He bad not tbe gambler's
emperament; only the foundation
of his character was selfishness,and
ibis defect was in itself sufficient to
determine his destiny. Present en
joyment always outweighed future
iDenefits of every kind with him, and
the consequence was that he lived
lor the hour and from hand to
mouth. At fit st be devoted himself
to business. He was employed in a
general store and there was plentv
of work. Presently, an opportunity
offered to secure an interest' in the
store, and as he had saved a little
money he was able to take ad van t
aj-e of it. Then the speculating
mania began to spread, and the
whole coast was flooded with the
stock of problematical mining prop,
erties, of which nineteenths had uot
been opened. John Black did uot
go deeply into such investmentp,but
just enough to absoib his legitimate
earnings and so keep him from ad
vancing. In fact, he never did get
any farther. At the end of the fit
5 ear he was barely holding his own,
and conld send his wifeuothing but
hopes and imaginings At the end
ot the second year his moderate in
vestments had forced him to part
with his interest in the store and to
go clerking again. At the end ot
the third year he had turned his
back oh trade aud was embarked in
the precarious occapation of pros
pecting. Then he wrote that Ne
vada was 4kpeteriug ouf,,? and he
thought of goiug to California.
There was plenty gold yet in the
high Sierra, he said, and a man
might light upon a bonanza if he
kept his eves open and understood
the lay of ti e country.
Soon after the War "began ; ami
from that time John Black ceased
to writ?, while Mollie had enough to
thiuk of in other direction. In
quick succession, her parents died.
The farm was motgaged, and she
could uot manage it herself, so i-be
let it go, and looked about for some
way of earning her living. She had
a cousin in one of the departments
at Washington, and he invited her
to pay him a visit. While at the
capital, sho was thrown among peo
pie connected with the government
and the, army, and beiu smart and
intelligent, she pushed her way un
til she interested influential persons
and in the end obtained employ
ment in the secret service. What
her duties were at this time it wouM
not bo easy to say, but, probably,
she did a little scouting, a little spy
ing, and so foith. She never ob
taiued any prominence or notoriety,
and was never taken prisoner, or,so
far as is known,even suspected. She
had a very pleasant, frank address,
and her comely face prepossessed
the Confederates and helped her
greatly. During thi period, Mol'ie
naturally toughened a good deal,
She learned to take care of herself
for one thing. She learned not to
be afraid of violence, wound!, or
even death. She could ride or drive
between the lines without fearing
the lawless guerrillas who infested
such neutral ground. It was au ex
citing and fascinating lifr, and she
followed it with some enthusiasm,
taking pride in her craft and cool
ness. Through all, however, Mollie
Black, who loved her husband, and
who had far more chaiacter than
he, looked forward to reunion with
him, and to that end economized in
every possible way. Women do this
much oftener than men. They are
more unselfish and more self-sacri
ficing. They are not prone to self
indulgence, and not seldom ihey are
very persevering and patient,
Mollie worked and paved steadily
until the end of the War, when she
found herself in possession of a sum
of money small in itself, but large
enough, she thought, to tak9 her to
the Pacific coosr, find her Jack, and
secure for both of them a new be
ginning at something. She had
iieard nothing from her husband for
tour years cow, and could not be
cure that his silence was not that of
death. But she never admitted to
herself that this could be possible;
lor did she not love him, and had
f,he not been waiting all these years
lor him, and was it not logically
necessary that she should find him
and that they should resume their
old broken life ? So Mollie made
tier preparations, gathered what in
formation she could, and set out for
California by the Isthmus route.
Meanwhile, John Black had been
oiog steadily downward. He was
not one of those colossal aggrega
tions of egoism that achieve tbe
most impressive material successes. ,
The true moneymaker, though oft
en selfish to the core, has the sagac
ity to perceive that hiseuds can on
ly be gained by resolute self repress
sion and sacrifice in the early stag
es of his career. He works Inces
santly, denies himself, refuses all
indulgence, bends all his energies to
tbe furtherance of his main purpose.
Men like Johu Black, on the other
hand, are too weak to put thera
selves uuder auy such discipline.
They,, like savages, are uninfluenced
by the possibilities of the future.
The present alone iuterests and
moves them. So Johu Black grew
feebler and less stable every month,
aud though feverishly eager for fors
tune, could not endure any steady
toil or submit to any monotonous
duty. Little by little the veneer of
civilization was wearing off him,
and the in&tiucts and tendencies ot
savagery were asserting themselves.
Already he had tir. d ot the life of a
prospecter. Already he had habit
uated himself to leafing about the
bar-rooms and to playing cards in
working hours, without shame.
Sometimes, too, hedranK more than
j was good for himself,and he no Ion-
ger felt degraded in bis own eyes
when he came out of a debauch. He
bad fallen far and was near the oot
torn:
Mollie Black, arrived at San Fran
sisc, was not long in realiz'ng that
it would bi quite useicas for her to
stay in the big city Her husband
might be there, but even if so, s ie
could never hope to find him in that
crowd. However, she had one of
those inexplicable impressions which
come to women alone, and this im
pression told her that Jack was in
the interior in the nountains some
where. Before yeilding altogether
to this inner voico, however, she
spent some time iu making itiqui
ries,and by judiciously following his
tracts up to the point at which he
had la.st bfeii heard from, she saiuK
ed information which at least seeiu
ed to make it certain that he had
gone to California hi 1SGI. It
seemed probable that he had atayed
for a time in the high Sier ra. He
might even have taken up a elawn
rn that region ; though, if be had
done that, and had made a bare
living, there was no reason whj' he
should have stopped writing to her.
It may be thought strauge that
Mcllie did not suspect Jack of in lis
delity to her, but somehow such a
suspicion did not enter her bead.
Perhaps her knowledge of his char
acter assured her on that point. Per
haps the depth aud strength of her
affection cast out fe;r. However it
was, jealousy never apiuoaehed her
and iu all the imaginings with
which she sought to explain her I
husband's silence, some misfortune
occurred to him, and preventing
him from writing, was invariably
the loyal conclusion reached. As
the term of his silence lengthened,
moreover, her faith did not decline.
Only she said to her own heart how
great the misfortune must have been
which sealed his lips so long.
But a time came when Mollie
Black felt that she must no longer
delay the opening of her quest. Iu
truth she bad shrunk from it a lit
tle, not having, after all, full and
perfect faith in her own intentions.
What if she were uuable to find
Jack? What if, notwithstanding
all interior reassurrnces, news of his
death should encounter her f She
did not often jield to such dark
thoughts, but when they came they
stimulated, while making her trem
ble, and as she was a woman of
action, she resolved to put away all
hesitation. She did not attempt to
deceive bergelt as to the difficutlies
o;: the quest. She even foresaw the
possibility that Jack might have
changed his name. She knew that
this was frequently done on the
Pacific coast, particularly when
a en had got nto trouble of one
k nd .or another, and if he had re
sorted to such a disguise, it would
b i doubly hard to trace him. Then,
again, she could not conceal form
herself that, in going about asking
for and describing him, she migh5
be doing him an ill tarn ; for though
she would not allow even to herself
the possibility that be might have
fallen under the ban of the law, it
was entirely snpposable that he
might have got into some mining
difficulties which would require
concealment for a time. All these
considerations necesitated the great
est tact and cantiou in the prosecc
t on of her search.
Nevertheless, she waa not dismay
ed or discouraged. With maps of
the region before her, she planned
a series of tours through the mining
counties ; aud being careful to dress
in the most unpretentious and re
tiring way she set oui, sometime-
riding in the local stages, sometimes
hiring a buggy, putting up at
wretched mountaiu tavern1!, endur
ing all manner of discomforts and
piivatious, scorched by the eun and
half-smothered by the red dust;
exposed sometimes to the insults of
drunken men, still oftener embar
rassed by the effusive and houest
hospitality of miners who looked
upon the fairfaced traveller with a
sort of rough, chivalrous rapture.
For weeks and months the quest
weut on, and all this time nothing
was learned. The descriptions of
Jack seemed to be the description
of so many other people. Dozens
; of fa's elewa were put in her hands,
: -nd when she had followed them up
J and discovered th. ir illusiveness,
she would feel desperately tired.
Yet sho did uot give way ; did not
complain much even when alone;
was buoyed up with the hope and
expectation of years bygone; and
pressed forward upon the weary
j fearch with a courage and persis
tence uot always paralleled among
meu. It was a tiying and a pro
tracted ordeal. Even the purely
physical features of the situation
wore full of anoyance a d vexation.
Want of sleep, want of fit food, want
of comfortable conveyances, espec
ially want of woman's companion
ship, exposure to all kinds ot weath
er, everything seemed combined to
render her undertaking as hard as
possible.
Three months had passed since
sh began to explore the mountain
counties, and she had come upon
no definite track. The keen air ol
autumn had succeeded the summer
boat, but no ram had yet fallen,
wheu one day Alollie took her place
as an inside passenger ou the htage
which ran through Gold Hill ami
stopped at a number of suialhr
mining campM or villages. The road
was rough and hilly, the scenery
scarred ami rendered unsightly l.
the ravages of hydraulic' mining,
which had cut down the red blutl's,
torn away the surface soil and left
huge gaps and .depressions all ars
ounii. The road wound among
gorges and. over hills, up which tho
passnngers toiled on foot, while the
cteakiug stage dragged after the
panting horses, its leathern cut
tings flapping as it rolled 1'iom side
J to side. The one woman p.isseucrer.
Mollie herself, was privileged to re
main on board ; and as she was fat
igued from her incessant journeying,
she was glad to beep her seat. The
stage, after slowly surmounting a
steep hill, slid with lurches down
into a narrow valley, down the mid
dle of which a small stream ran,
crossed by a wooden bridge. A lew
Irtcs made a shade at the entrance
to the bridge, and in the declining
day somewhat darkened tbelittl
valley. As the driver, walking his horsts,
er tered the shadow of the trees, a
hoarte voice was heard shouting:
"Halt ! Throw up your hands 1" and
tbe horses were instantly brought
to a standsti 1. Peering anxiously
ir m the windows, the passengers
saw a figure so disguised with gun
u.y sacks as to be unrecognizable,
hclding a double-barrel shot-gun
upon the driver. The experieuce
was not untamilear to most of the
passengers, and it had become a
part of the unwrhten code in these
re?ious to offer uo resistance to
"road-ageots." In tbe first place
th-3 robbers always had ":he drop"
on the driver and pas.vengers. In
the second place, it was understood
that the robbers "meant business,''
and would "shoot to kill'' with un
fa ling promptitude i; their orders
w ;re not instantly obeyed. So when
there was no special express mes
senger with the stage, the command,
"Throw down that box ! ' referring
to Wells, Fargo & Co.'s express box
was responded to as a matter of
course; ami wheu the passengers
were ordered to step oat and stand
in a line witn their hands up, no
one thought of remonstrating, as a
rule.
Besides, even when only one
"road-ageut" was visible, it was
impossible to tell how many more
might, be hidden in the bush with
guns leveled on the stage, and so
in the present instauce the opera
tion ot stage robbery proceeded
smootbiy. When all the male pas
sengers bad alighted, however, Mol
lie Black waited a moment, and as
the robber seemed to think he had
every bady before him, she conclud
ed to stay where she was. H r de
sire to escape plondes was naturally
great, tor she had with her tbe
larger part of her . little capital.
Now, to protect herself in her wan
derings, she had always carried a
pistol, which weapon she had learn
ed to use with sufficient dexterity
during her experience as a scout.
It now occurred to her that, her
presence being evidently unknown
to the highwayman, an opportunity
otTered to turn the tables on him.
If he was really alone and she could
bring him down, the stage would be
saved, and it did uot occur to her
that the experiment was particular
ly dangerous. The roadagent was
busily occupied iu taking up invol
untary contributions from the so
bersfaced row of disgusted passeng
ers, whea a puff of white smoke
floated from one of the stage-win
dows, an echoing crash was heard,
and the robber clapped ono hand to
his back, half turned, staggered and
fell at full length. Instantly, tho
scene changed. The motionless
line of victims broke up. The
dropped gnu of the prostrate rob
ber was seized and pointed at hia
own head, and pi epar.it ions were
being made to bind hitn and place
tiim in tbe nte for conveyance to
the- nearest jail, when the heroine
ot the adventure stepped out ot the
stage and app cached the. group
clustered around the wounded mau.
'Where did I hit him V was her
first quest ion. Then her womanly
instincts came to tho surface, and
as her eye cought the reddened
glass, she shivered, turned pale, aud
knelt, beside th conquered high
wa.Vf.inan, who lay bieathing pain a
fully. His face was still covered
wiib bis rude mask of sacking.
;,Tako ofl that thing and give him
air ! ' she cried. Strangely enough,
nobody hud thought ot this before.
They removed the mask, !isclusinjJ
it face that had been handsome, but
was now worn and distor ted by die.
sipation and pain. Mollie glanced
at it, first indifferently, then with
an air of atari led surprise and
dialing an air of horror. Ah sho
g:zed, all the color died from her
c Peeks, The man lay ineauwhiln
with closed eyes, his breath coming,
more heavily every moment. Suds
denly, a voice, so full of agony that
all who heard it shuddered, was
heard, in a strained whisper: "Joan
Black !" And the dying man opened
his eyes.
'.Mollie, is that yon V he murruui
ed, faiutly, and without showing
much surprise or emotion, for at tho
verge of the great transition one is
past all thar, and then, too, the dy
in: have vi3ious which confuse their
notions of the real aud the ideal;
At that supreme moment, it may
have seemed natural to him that
Mollie, of whom, through all his
weakness and moral decay, he had
ahrays thought lovingly, should be
at. his side. He did not know who
balshotLim. But Mollie could
not; keep the secret.
' Oh, John," she sobbed, "it was I
who did it !''
Whether John Black was capable
of grasping her meactng, it is, per-b-Jps,
impossible to say, but he nod
de l feebly, is. though he nnderstcod
all.aLu as though being shot by his
wile was jut us natural as tho rest,
and whispering: "Kiss rne, Mollie!''
he managed to raie nn arm and
drop it over her su uider. She
Btooped and kissed him. moaning
tbe while. As she drew her linger
ing lips away, that ashen pallor
known so well to all who have watch
ed by the beilsid-s of the dying
stole ever his face,and his band slid
heavily from her neck. The pas-
sengers, who stood around, deeply
moved, raised Moll.e to her feet, as
one of them drew a covering over
the white, placid face. As she look
ed np. the gathering night dropped
its dark folds over the little valley
and over his life. Her search was
at an end. She had found her hus
band. As an exchange very truly says,
a little common sense and practical
experience in business teaches a
man that it takes pork, potatoes,
or other produce, a full dollar's
worth to get a dollar, whether that
dollar be duj out of the bowls of
the earth in shape of gold, or
whether it is a representative dol
lar printed by Uncle Sam. If a man
has 1,000 bushels of No. 1 hard
wheat, be can get SCO hard dollars
for it at the present prices, without
paying any interest on the money,
but the man who don't have the
wheat or any equivalent, can't bor
row the money, no matter bow much
money per capita there may be iu
circulation; nor could be get it if
the government printed it by the
cord and loaned it at 2 per cent.
You can't get something for uoth
ing unless yoa beat your creditors. '