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An Oft Told Tale.
.1
By annie b tyxan.'
"Now Charity," n id 'widow Gray.
Unto her daughter fair, . ,
"Haste thee, aud don thy cap and
gown,
And smooth thy tangled hair;
For, aa Aunt Prudence and myself
Must HUy at home tonight,
Thou'dat holier start to meeting now
While yet the road is light.
And, as when thou art coming home
, Twill dark and lonely be,
Join neighbor Brownley and hia wile
They'll beat Ihee company,"
8oon, Charity walked down the lane
With air demure and prim,
U-i kwu wa made of ober gray
Mt-r rtp was neat and trim ; '
She paused beside the meadow gate
To view the huiiNft seeiM'
Then turned and hastened down the
road
And crossed the villiHge green ;
Sh htopped a moment ou the tepj),
Beliie the hous ot prayer,
Aud guve a gracious bow and smile
To those who liugered there,
Then tflidwii down the narrow aitjl,
W ith pretty girlish grace,
And 111 ner mothers high-backed
pw
Took her accustomed place.
She turned the page of her book,
Witn peuttive little smile,
Quite conscious that some fine dark
een
Were watchmg her the while;
For Isaac fiodgers loved this maid,
So dainty and ko trim.
And she thoughno one knew ol it,
'& very fond of hiuj.
Obedient to htr mothei's wish,
When Nerviees were through,
She sought benide the vestry door;
Old Suuire Brownley. pew ;
And when she found to her dismay,
The b'quire was not, there,
Sue looked the cougfegatiou o'er,
To find the worthy pair.
Then, Isaac horned to her side
Aud said, with inward glee.
4The Squire isn't here tonight,
Let me go homo with thee."
She smiled and said 'twas very fur.
But if he wished, he might ;
Aud so they crossed the villiage
green,
Beneath the stars soft light,
And turned adown the winding lane
By which thellowers grew.
And breathed the fragrance of the
fields
Made sweeter by the dew.
They heard the (rogs io distant
hw amps
Ciotik dismally and long,
And far away among the trees,
Tim whip-poor wiIim sad song.
"k'w !lte a p!o-Nant," night said he
Not knowing what to say.
'.'-Yes, quite pleataut night,'' said
sin1,
'It's ben 1 pleasant day''
'I'm vi-r warm this alteiuoon,''
With earnestness, he said.
"Yes, ery." answered Charity,
Aud tossed her pretty head,
For she couldn't keep from thinking
As they walked along together,
That he might have talked of some
thing e'a
Beside the pleasant weather.
But this you may have noticed
It's a mo-t peculiar way
That people alwas say the least,
When they're the most to say ;
So, though the stars shone sottlv
down,
And though they were alone,
There was no trace of tenderness
lu Isaac Itoger's tone ;
And though all nature seemed to
try
To help him with his wooing,
He let his opportunity
Slip by, without pursuing. .
'Twas thu they reached the gardeu
gate,
The long walk being done,
Aud fouud themselves, just where
they were,
Before tbey had begun.
"Good night," she said, with pleas
ant smile,
But strangely troubled mind,
"See, they have left the oandte lit,
The light shines through the
blind;'
She paused "X thank thee, Isaac.
For coming noma witn m?,
L1NC0LNT0N. N. C, FRIDAY, JAN. 12, 1894.
T waik's a lone and lonely one,
When I've no company.'
The dilatory Isaac, now.
Resolved, they shouldn't part
Till he had told her ot his love
. . That filled his loya heart.
But ere his resolution
Could be put into effect,
Ad interruption happened,
Which' his fond hopes quickly
checked.
From a broad vine-clad caaemut.
That o'er looked 1 he garden ga'e,
Uer moiherV quiet, gentle voice
. Called, "Charity, 'tis late ;
The new merino thou hast ou
Thou know'sl is very thin,
So, thou had.it better jid thy friend
Good-night, and hasten in."
The parted in the moonlighr.
With sadly troubled hearts;
Aud down the long and silent lane
The vanquished lover starts ;
While, as the maiden turned away,
"lie loves me not," sighed she,
'.'Or he'd have toid rre ol his love,
While corning home with me."
She took the lighted candle,
She climed the uarrowed stair,
She kneeled beside the window,
, And quaffed the eveuing air,
She looked upon the starry hky,
She watched the rising moon,
And breathed the dewy fragrance
That fills a night in June.
And though the scene was grandly
calm
That stre'ehed out everywhere ;
Tboogh bright the moon that night
iu June,
And calmly clear its light .
Naught hut the shadows ot the scene
Were borne upou her sight.
Next evening when the summer son
Had sunk behind llie hill ;
When the noises of the daytime
Had ceased, aud all was still,
Young Isaac diove his father's
ehane
Up to the widow's door,
Aud Charity felt, happiness
Within her heart once more.
iVW, though his opportunities
Weie very poor, and few,
He made the most ot all of them.
As every ou suould do ;
Aud wheu he drove the old brown I
mare
Adown the silent lane,
A feeling of Intense delight
Filled both his heart and braiu.
Then Chaiity her candle took,
She climbed the narrow stair,
She kueeb-d beside the window,
And quaffed the evening air.
She looked upon the Ntarry sky,
She watched th rising moon,
Aud breathed the dewy fragrance
That fills a nighf in June.
"He loves me," then she murmured,
Ue loves me much," said she,
"Aud wishes 1110 to marry him
How happy we shall be !'
New York Ledger.
THE MISTAKE OF CAP
TAIN BARTON-
BY RTJFUS HALE.
Captain William Barton, of the
ship Kingfisher, had but one great
fault violent temper.
His young wise Mabel, who had
accompanied him for a voyage to
Java, often begged him to control
himself, declaring that such a tern
per would yet lead him to the per
petration of some deed he would
bitterly repent of.
Not that he was ever otherwise
than kind and gentle to her. It
was against his men that he some
times became enraged. They all
liked him, notwithstanding ; for ex4
cept when they made some blunder,
he treated them like brothers. They
also liked and respected his good
wife a beautiful brunette wife of
twenty. The health of this young
woman was perfectly, and she was
as strong and active as a deer
Having be 11 brought up near the
water, she could handle au oar with
surprising skill, and her husband
bad been heard to hay that the was
an expert swimmer. He was a
stordy, broad-shouldered fellow,
with au arm like a black-smith's, a
ruddy cheek and a clear eye. His
wife loved him deeply, aid when
ever she saw him angry with Lis
men, she would hover about him
endeavoring to sooth him.
Uer own brother, Jack Wdtoa,
youth ef Mventeen, wna cabin. boy.
His relation to Bfabel, koweter,
did not. prevent hia eomti2aa b
lug the; object of the etptalu'e
wrAth. . .
One evening, on an eecaaioa when
Jaok was slightly UI, be stumbled
against a bucket fnll of tar, spilling
the latter all over the deck.
'Confound you, youngster P roar
ed the. kippT. I'll make you
stand the lookout tour , hours to
night for your awdwardneis.''
Mrs. Bartou pleaded with him.
She had sat up moat all of he pre
vious night nursing her brother,
and she was sore be had not alent
ten minutes during that time. It
would, therefore, lie cruel to make
the poor boy, who was not yet
quite well, remain awake so long.
Bat, although susceptible to his
wifeV. influence, there were times
when she could not move him. He
now resisted all her appeals, and at
dark nude little Jack get iato the
long.boat aud there seat himself,
to keep a lookout
"And mind that you keep a good
one !" said he. ''Don't let me eateh
you dozing 1''
"Uave you put Jack on the look
out ? inquired his wife, when be
joined her iu the cabin.
"Yes.''
"Cinell' she cried, pouting, the
teats shining in her eyes.
"What I You are not angry with
me t" be said.
He put bis ajm around her lithe
waist, drew her to him and kissed
her.
"Bluebeard I" said she. "I ought
to pull your hair 1"
She nestled in his arms, coaxed
him aud pleaded with him about
Jack, but in vain.
Tbeu she became very still and
thoughtful. All at once a singular
expression flashed in her dark eyee.
She half started, rolled aronnd in
bis arms like a ball, but said not a
word.
A few minutes later, the captain
tetired te his apartment adjojamg
that of his wife. He soon fell as
leep, but awoke three hours later,
aud went on deck.
It was a dark night, and the wind
was blowing almost a gale. The
captain looked leeward.but through
the gloom he could see nothing of
au island the ship had been ap
proaching when be went below. On
making Inquiries of the officer of
the deck, however, he learned that
the island oue of the Feejee group
bore about a mile off the lee quar
ter.
He now walked toward the long
boat, in which be had stationed
Jack Wilton to keep a lookout.
"If I find him vigilant and wake
ful, I will let him have his watch
below I" he muttered, gently, the
dark pleading eyes of bis wife
haunting his mind "Hal
loa 1 He is asleep 1" added the snip
per, as he approached the form
seated in the boat.
In fact, the head ol the "lookout
was bowed, aud the deep breathing
that saluted the captain was indi
cative of profound slumber.
Barton's quick temper was at
once aroused. He sprang toward
the dimly' revealed form in the boat,
climbed into the vessel, and rushed
at the sleeper, intending to seize
him by the shoulder, and give him
a merciless shaking. But at that
moment the ship p aoged - heavily
aud, in his haste, the captain caught
his toot against the boaUmast, rol
ling it half oat of the craft, and fal
ling almost' prostrate in the boat.
As he fell, bis outstretched hand
struck violently against the back of
the slumberer who, thus pushed ov
er the gunwale, struck against the
mast, which at once dropped into
the sea. The yooug lookout went
with ir, pitching, head-'t re-mo t
into the dark waters.
"Man overboard P shrieked the
captain, in dismay, as he staggered
to bis feet. ''Lively there, back the
main-yard and dowu with the boail 1
be added, leaping to the deck.
Bat, j oat then, a load, buzzing
noise was heard, Struck by a sods
den, terrific gale, the ship went over
en her beam-ends and tore through
the waters, with the spray sweeping
ber lore and alt. An atteoipi was
made to lower the bai, bat it was
dashed to fragments against the
ships side.
The wind .blew great gaea. It
ahrieked like a hyena ir tha quiver,
fog hhromla, and (he roaring aea be.
eame while with foam and upray.
' No boat eoald be lowered uow.
"L"et ! The boy is lost groan
ed l ke cap' am. Wbet will the ay,
wheu she hears of it that I pushed
her brother overboard f
flu had not the courage to tell
her. Hours passed, and he walked
the deck like a madman. By this
time the storm had abated. For a
few minutes the nioou nhone; then
It was hidden by clouds, and dark
ness again fell-
"I eaunot tell Mabl I cannot
wik her v I ! She will lenrts ihe
dicdlul truth soon enough !" tnut
teied the wietohe.d utau.
Not loag after, the dim light ot
coming dawn struggled through the
gloom. A eolemu took rested oc
the laces of the sellers. Every ey e
was turned toward the miserable
captain.
All at once, from the steerage,
emerged a slender youth
The captain stared, aghast.
Then be started baek witn a ter
rible cry. It was Jack Wilton he saw
the cabin boy whom he thought
he had pushed overboard ou the
previous night
We rushed up to the boy and
canght biin by the arm, while the
astouished seamen all oame throng
ing aft.
"What does this mean ? Speak I
Speak I" he gasped. "I pushed y ou
out of the long-boat into the ea
and here '
'What! Oh, Mr. Bartou 1
What!" Interrupted the youth,
turning as pale as death, You
don't mean '
"Speak out I Speak out I Speak
out, I tell you ! roared the skipper,
trembling in every limb. "I say I
thought I pushed you overboard.
You were asleep, as I thought, there
on the lookout, and "
"I I " stammered the youth.
"No, it was not I. My sister came
and said she would take my place
She insisted, and putting ou my bat
aud cloak, so that no persou might
guess it was ehe, she sat dowu in
the boat and sent me below to sleep
Yon said you pushed her into the
sea, but, of course you are jesting
You do not mean it."
''What have I donef': screamed
the miserable wan, almost frantic
l see, now ! It was my own wife I
poshed overboard I '
lie leaned against the rail for
support He wrung his hands and
tore his hair.
"But she is uot lost 1 No, no !"
be shrieked, almost beside himself.
'Mabel, Mabel, como back to me I"
be added, iu dspairiug voice,
stretching out bis hands over the
wild waters.
He is going mad," said the mate.
But at length the captain be
came calmer, although his face was
as ghastly as that of the dead. He
wore ship and retraced bis course
toward the island. When within a
mile of it,lhe ordered a boat lower
ed. He bad it manned and pulled to
the beach.
A group of wild islanders stood
there.
"1 waut my wife I" cried tb.6 cap
tain. "Wife T What mean I" in
quired one of the savages, who
could speak little English. '
"She fell overboard last night, but
she was a good swimmer, aud I
think she must have reached the
beach," said the skipper, confidently-
But the native shook bis head.
''She is here 1 I am sure of it T'
insisted the captain.
"Mad t Mad I muttered the mate,
who had accompanied him.
All that day the skipper erch
about the Island for his wif. , bat
no sign ot her could be found.
The moment he reached the ship,
Barton was taken down with a rag
ing fever.
For nuny da a be lay in a d li"
nam. Wheo be recovered, be was
a mere wreck of his former sef f ; but
bis miod had recovered fron the
sh ck it bad received.
tio eouid uo talk in a rational
maener about his wife.
'Hbe is lost I Leutt Bat I stall
exn Jolo her," he said moruafaJlj
"I am aot Uag for tfeh world,"
;.. - ''
lie eooaoieaee gave tuta bo rest.
BU hand It vae' that had sent her
iu to the dark waters I Trie, It was
an accldeut ; but It was his violent
temper that had caused it. '
Iu due time the ship reaobed Java
the port of her destination.
me vessel was not long anchor
ed, when the skipper wnut telow
aud took from a pantry some prus
sic acid, with which he Intended to
put au end to his wretched life.
lie mixed the poison in a cop,
and was about raising it to his lips,
when a light beautiful form de
soeuded the corapanionstepe. He
Mimed, still holding the Cup, to be
hold it most uutxfH.cted vision.
For a moment he eUrtu wildly.aa
if looking at a ghost.'
It was his wife his own beauti
tal wife he saw before him.
A wife cry escaped him, aud the
two rushed into each otbei's arms
Then from the deck there rote s
cheer that made a veseJ shake from
keel to keelsou and seemed to split
(he veiy skies.
The crew had seen Mrs. BrUn
hen ibe came aboard I1001 a
shore-boat, and were now t-xpres-sing
the wild joy that thrilled them
all.
Explanations were soou made by
the happy wife.
The moment she struck ibe water
ou that when ehe tell over boat d.
she bad waked, aud, iustiectiveit
throwiug out ber aims, she had
clutched tho boat-mast. bich bad
fallen with her.
To this mast she clung.
er skill as a swimmer assisted
Uer iu beeping her position.
She was carried pant the isiaud
By that time the si or in bad sub
sided and the moon shone. Ahead
of ber, approaobiug, she beheld a
small echoooer. It passed so near
her iha, by shouting, she attracted
the attention ot crew. A boat was
lowered, aud she was picked op,
half senseless. As 8000 as sh
could speak she told her story
But she could not make bet
self understood by the wild
crew, who were native 01
some neighborhood island aud d d
not understand a word of English
They weie evidently traders iu co
coanut oil, and were bound to some
port not far distant. At dawu she
lot ked about her, but. owing, prob
ably, to au intervening headland,
she could uot see her bubbaod's
ship.
The schooner kept on, and, in
few days, arrived at. Reuoell's Is.
laud.
There, to Mrs. Bartou'a joy, she
found a email steamer bound fo
Java.
She took passage aboard of it,
and thus arrive I at this port forty
eight hours befor ber hucband.
A happy day for thb captain T
For Jack Wiitou, too, wbo again
aud again embraced his noble sis
ter
From that hour, Barton was nev
er known to give way to a basty
temper.
According to the latest from
Washington in reference to the in
come tax it seems that the Democrat
ic members of the committee are eo
evenly divided that the balance of
power is held by Mr. Turner, ol
Georgia. Five of the members fa
cor a tax on incomes derived from
investments, as t-uggeeted bj Secre
tary Carlisle, and five are io favor
ot an Individual iucome tti. Mr.
Turner lculiues toward the latter,
but has uot yet committed himself.
The probabilities are that if the
majouty oft the committee can agree
at all mflaeuces will be brought to
bear upou them to secure a report
in ffvor of the tax on incomes de
rived from investments, especially
iu as much as they have figured up
that not more than $16,000,000 will
be necessary from this source. It is
argued that tbis would disarm much
of tbe opposition to ihe income tax
proposition among Representatives
and Seoatois from the Eastern
States who do out like the individ
ual income tax and characterize it
las class legislation. There would
NO. 88
be a Bsore eksa italatioa ia this
ES4 e4 a tax iaa tWa weald be
i tke Afcker kiaui. iisr u uaa& bat
as tir (alter efcirua Saaailer
a rab tK peppl. t& potlU&l aaaa
afAra U tit Bast are rt a avara e.
raU a U. !
To an oataidiV Ue Ooart pro-
oeedlajrs at Jacksonville iu tbe ease
or MitebeU and Cexbelt toek . like a
rat ep Job, in which tbe indictment
on which the arrests were made
ware drawn by the job, and so drawn
as to defeat tie latest ot t&a law.
The artioles ot sgrteiucui refvtrrd
to la the Hfildavit ou which the wsk
raut waa issued provide for a "scien
tific glove ooutet aith gloves al!ow
ed by law." The Lufeieuce from
this and tbe lutent is to couvey the
impreaslou that there, are glovr al
lowed b State law while it m doubt -
tal if ihe Stale of Florida has any
law preux!biift the k oi J of gloves
to be used in ibe contest ot .h:s
klad, whea it baa laws which were
passed with Ibe u Ha, Li ual the ex
preae paipose to probiUt such con
tests. As tbe oase now tud tbe
poiut to be decided under the haWas
ceryu proceeding which will next
be tested is whether uader the sta
tutes .f Florida such a content is a
tight ' There is enough iu thi e
"eertin t fie con tests'' to bring them
withiu the range of the Law in Nw
York, LooMaua, Mississippi and
other Skates, and it will be some
what remarkable if legal cunning
make a rent big wuough iu the law
of Florida to let the fighters through-
Wilmington Star.
Why should Mr. Carnegie say
that he is forced to cut WHgeu or
close bis mills because of tbe Wilson
bill, wheu be can tiauspoit steel bil
lets to Liverpool and underse f the
English macu.'acturers in their 00
markets? It la evident that wl at
the manufacturers ate trying to '
s to keep up the tariff so that tbey
eau get $23 a tun lor a product
which they oau and do sell in lb 1
English m n ket, alier paying tl.f
freight, at 117 60 a ton. Does i,.r.
this instance show, beyond all que,
lion he nece-si. for a larirF -uch
a is p op ised in the Wilson bill.
Savannah AVurs, Devi.
JltxTk Cemen to the I'enften
llary Today
Dannillk, Va., Dec. '20. J. T.
Claik who killed Itev. J. R. Motlet
in November of last ear and nan
couvloted of manslaughter iu Febi
uaiy aud sentenced to the pei.iteu
tiery tor five years, wdl be taken to
that iostituuou tomorrow. lie ap
pealed to the Supreme Courr, oad
pending a decision by that court Las
remained io jail here since his con
viction. Some weeks ago the Su
preme Court sustained the verdidt
of tbe lower court. Clark will now
euter upon his term. Six other
persons con vioied of various crimes
at the last term of tbe Hustings
Court will be taken to Richmond at
he same time.
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fJood'e Calender may be obtained
of your druggist or by sending 0
cents in stamps for one or 10 cents
for two, to C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell,
Hass.
lbai a Han EaLa la I.lle
Time. . A man who lives in the limit of
three score years end ten, if fai'ly
good health and average appetite,
will have eaten iu that time alxuL
13,000 pouffds of meat, and vegeta
bles a bo at 23,000 eggs -and 5.OU0
pounds ot fish, ebickeu aud game.
He will alao have consumed about
13,000 gall oos of varioos fluids, r
enough to make a lake covering
four blocks In extent and two feet
deep la other wordi, be will have
eaten fourteen tons of solid and
drunk 300 barrels of 1 quid refresh
ment Sf Louis Globe-Democrat.