The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, May 11, 1881, Image 1
VOL. XL LEXINGTON, SOUTH CAHOLINA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1881. NO. 28.
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Minnie's Triumph.
?i- :-+r> ?
l:Y BAY 1>ARI.IXOTON\
IJeallv, Minnie, I do wish yon'd try
to be a little nunc sociable; you are
so quiet tbat every oue remarks upon
it. People will soon really believe
tbat you are unhappy?that I illtreat
yon, perhaps.
And George Marshall frowned as
he spoke these words to his young
wife.
What nonsense, George, I was
always quiet.
I am sure you are always lively
and full of fun when we spend a quiet
evening at your mothers, or when we
remain at home; that is to say, if we
tir? viuit<?r>5
Because I am happy t Len. Ami
she laid her head upon his shoulder.
You know that I never did care to go
out. I never enjoy all these halls
ami parties.
Don't, Minnie; it is undignified.
Aud he pushed her away. I should
like to know what you do enjoy.?
You must not allow these morbid aud
gloomy feeliugs to #imv upon you.
It will sour and embitter our lives.
I do not think it just to call me
morbid or gloomy, or any one who
oati take such real comfort, such perfect
happiness in her home, in the
?.. ,^r i,?.v !imkI?-iti ?. I have
c~< mi j*uij jt w# _
always heard it was the sign of u
healthy mind.
Well. I repent, when I take yon
out, I should like to see you try to
make yourself agreeable, and not go
oft' in a corner. Look at Mrs. Winsome!
Why can't you Le a little
more like her? She always looks
bright ami happy. In fact, she is
the life of the company.
I wilt L eg to remiud you, replied
Minnie, tha* it is well known that
^ Mrs. Winsome keeps her smiles, and
all that gayety which charms you so,
x for the world. At home she "is Lil
* tempered. But r suppose you would
appreciate a wife like that.
There is moderation in everything.
I certainly do not appreciate one who
acts as though she had not two ideas
in her head. With all Mis. Winsome's
faults, her husband lias no
reason to lie ashamed of her.
Am I to understand from that, you
are ashamed of me ??and Minnie's
/ace flushed crimson.
Well, 1 must confess, it is not very
*Ti?tifvinr? to know thut my friends
f> "O
think I have iunrrie<l little better than
no idiot; ami what makes me more
angry i? the knowledge that you are
in every way superior to her, if you
would only try to make yourself
more agreeable. Another thing is
rather annoying?to see Mis. Win
.some always dressed so handsomely,
always in the latest style, while you
have worn that one dress at least half
n dozen times; and yet I know her
husband does not make as much
money us I do. The fact is, she is a
good manager.
If I am so stupid, it is a pity yon
married me. I wish I was home with
mamma.
And Minnie could restrain herself
no longer. She covered her face with
her hands and cried as though her
heart was broken.
George felt as tb ugh he bad been
unkind, and putting his arm around
her, he tried to soothe her; but his
tvords hud made too deep an impression
upon Minnie's sensitive nature
to he soon forgotten. She did not
tell him, as many would, to go away;
lmt she did not return his fond caresses.
The truth was, although George
Marshall loved his wife fondly, he
' -was too gay and thoughtless to fully
appreciate her virtues. He, like many
others, labored under the delusion
that we were placed in this world for
the express purpose of enjoying ourselves,
and believed in doing so to
?1io fullest, evlent. while lie was still
young. Being u great favorite, there
was rarely an evening hut what he
lmd an invitation for himself and wife
to either a ball, party or some amusement.
This hind of life he enjoyed.
He thought one'juiel evening a week,
at hi'iiife, was enough.
Minnie loc k a very Jilicunt view
! "
| of things. She thought pleasure it
moderation was decidedly good; bnl
i her idea was one evouing a week foi
j excitement, and the others spent
quietly at home. She thought it wa:
; really wicked, at least for persons it
1 their circumstances, to carry it to i
I greater excess, not ouly a waste o
! time, but an utter disregard of health
1 Besides, she felt they could not aftbrc
it; and she had made up her mind, i
i possible, to awaken her husband tc
i the fact ere it was too late, for slu
saw the love of excitement was grow
i a
\ ing upon him.
The next morning she was col?'
j and indifferent; although sho saw Lt
I was rather irritable, she took uo notice
of it. When lie arose from the
table to go. she took up the papei
and began to read.
In a moment he returned with hb
hat and overcoat on, ready to start.
He was annoyed at her strange conduct.
Ho had been accustomed t?.
| have her stand by his side every
! morning, and kiss* him half a dozen
: times before lie went. This new freak
; was anything but pleasant, aud lie
'could not understand it. So he said,
iu rather a sharp tone: Well, how
j much louger am I to be kept waiting
this morning?
Why, I am not detaining you,
! George!
i Don't you intend kissing me good|
bye, then ?
I have no objection; but I really
do not think Mrs. Winsome wastes
I
j kisses on her husband.
He felt the rebuke, aud did not answer;
t>ut, stooping, kissed her. She
; returned it, though not iu her usual
affectionate way. This was not lost
! upon her husband; but lie thought it
j best to take no notice, hoping the
; cloud would pass away before dinnertime.
When he was gone the affectionate
j little wife arose, and, clasping her
1 hands tightly together, exclaimed,
' Oh, dear, it was hard to let him go
with that one cold kiss; hut still he
| did deserve it. I must teach him a
j lesson, and one he shall never forget,
! for oar fntnre happiness is at stake.
Minnie then went- upstairs and look
the baby from the unrso-maid; it wus
as much as she could do to keep
from having a good lit of cryiug; but
j she made up her mind to be brave;
so she pressed her little darling to
j her heart, and tried to forget, by r;ttj
tling all sorts of pretty baby-talk, as
! all fond mothers do.
She dressed the baby, then herself;
and leaving word with the servants
to have dinner at the usual hour, and
! to tell Mr. Marshall she would not be
I home until tea-time, she went out.
It is hardly necessary to say that
Mr. Marshall was uslouished when
tbe message was delivered, and
: scarcely worth saying that be was dejcidedly
angry; slill, he was deterj
mined she should not know it. Ilt;
would appear to take it as a matter
! of course.
So, when she came in, he tried to
act us usual, hut it was not. so easy
i as lie supposed, and Minnie, who nnI
derstood human nature well, and
could read her husband like a book,
| saw plainly that lie was anything but
; pleased.
As for Minnie, she was too busy to
greet him with her usual kiss; and
when he sat down and rested his
; head upon his hands, instead of go|
iug and putting her arms arotiud his
i nec-k, ami, with loving words, frighten
[ the ugly blues away, she merely said,
! Come, George; tea is ready, and we
; must make haste, fori promised Mrs.
Winsome we would go to the theatre
tonight.
Minnie could scarcely help laughingiit
the look of astonishment her
husbuud gave her. Then he said,
Indeed, you seem to be improving.
I am. I have been taking a fewlessons
from your charming Mrs.
; Winsome. I diued with her. She is
a delightful companion. I knew you
would be pleased to go with her this
] evening.
Well, to tell the truth, I feel rather
tired to-night; but as yen promised I
will go.
Oh, no! don't go on my account.
If you feel tired, you bad better re
main home. Mrs. Winsome said if
i! you did not care of going I conlil go
t i with Lor.
r You might have knocked ljiiu over
t with a feather at Unit speech from the
j lips of his loving Minnie. It is needi
less to say he went. She dressed
i herself with the greatest care, and
f looked as pretty ns a picture.
Just as they were ready, Mr. and
1 Mrs. Winsome came; anil before he
f knew what lie was about, be found
>1 Mrs. Wiusoino waiting for him to
.1 .? ? i i.:.. hi:....:.. nr..
: Ulltl Ut;: am aim. iinucic nuu mi.
Winsome bad gone oft' together.
, At one lime he would Infve been
I pleased, but now be was actually an*
? noyed; and before he arrived at the
theatre he was disgusted at Mrs.
' Winsome's frixolous tone of conversa
tion.
? * * * *
It was a diftier.lt part for our ten,
der-hearted little heroine; nevertheless
she played it well. She was uot
i very strong, and, therefore, it was no
I wonder she fell very tired after spendiingthe
two last evenings out. At
one time she would have got up to
j see her dear George oft"; uo matter
how tired she was; but now, as she
| was taking the character of a Mrs.
. Winsome, she thought sue would play
it thoroughly; so she told her husband
she felt tired, and, therefore,
' j would not get up yet. Then she
added:?You know that Mrs. Win:
somo never gets up until about teu.
Klin IliiftUv: if. is nonsense to see her
j husband <>IV; she says they do not appreciate
if, and 1 think sho is right.
I So saying. Minnio turned over, us
though to take another nap.
Mr. Marshall did not like Tin's in!
difference at all; hut, as he had often
said ho wished she was a little more
| like the charming Mis. Winsome,
j what could he say ? He was obliged
j to swallow the mortification and his
! breakfast in silence.
No sooner hud he gone, than Minjnie
jumped up and hurried, so as to
i make up for lost tiine. All the morning
she was busy as a little bee; but
{as the time drew near for her husi
band to come home, sho took up a
j novel, and began to read. This was
another surprise for our friend Geo.
[Marshall; hut he was still silent.
Just as lie was going out again to
; his club after dinner, Minnie called
hiiu back.
George, I want to tell you about
something very important.
His heart was up in his throat. He
: honed she wmiled a srood-bve kiss.
i " 1 "" 0 "
ami, perhaps, to lay her head upon
his breast, and ask liirn to call her
1 his loving little wife again.
Well ? said hi', in a faltering voice.
I '.vanted to remind you to be home
; early to-night; for I have made up
1 my mind to go to that party at Lady
1 Brook's.
But, my dear, it is fancy dress.
I am well aware of that, and, what
lis more, well prepared; for I went
j with Mrs. Winsome yesterday, and
I selected my dress.
Minnie did look lovely as the pret|
ty flower girl; and when she came
{into the room where her husband
. was waiting, and looked up saucilv
! into his face, and said, Buy some
flowers, sir? lie could not help <?ivm<*
I her :t kiss.
But slill he wished she whs his afi
j feetionnte little wife ngaiu; and he
'was ju^tr^going to tell her so, when
she very coldly ^rtiil: Be careful!
; There, that will do! yon will disarj
range mv hair.
. * >
It was evident there were many
jolliers who admired her that eveuing,
j hv the undivided attention she rejceived;
iu fact, she was so continu
ally surrounded, that at last Mr.
Marshall was obliged to acknowledge
to himself that lie felt actually ieal
* Ions;
and the best part of (lie joke
was, tbat Minnie, though apparently
almost unconscious of her husbaud's
I presence, was nevertheless watching
liim narrowly. Therefore, the fact
*
was not lost upon her.
! It would be impossible to tell many
jothur things Minnie did, and the
i many surprises our friend Marshall
| Lai.
Oue evening, when he returned
I home, he found her lying upon the
! sofa, and natuially asked what was
: the matter.
I Ob, I urn half dead, I am so tired !
I Mrs. Winsome und I have been out
shopping nil clay; and, oh, George, I
| have bought th? most lorelv new silk
?
! dress, hut, and cloak, and ribbons,
and luces!
I But, my dear, whero did yon get
the money from ?
Why, I told them to send the bill
; in to you?that is tbe way Mrs. Win-!
j some does. They are all in the latest1
style, too?so superwDash
that woman! thought Mr.;
Murshall; and turned upon his heel, j
not in the best temper possible.
Minnie did uot look as neat and I
; tidy as she used toj^do; but1,, after
\ diuuer, she went up to dress, uud |
I when he asked her wjiy she dressed |
then, she said: As \v? are not going!
j out this evening I thought I would '
;
' get Mr. and Mrs#.. ^Hjisonse to come, j
! it is so dull and stupid uloue; any-'
thing to kill time, you know.
This was too much?thev had uot
j spent a quiet evening together for so
; long, that he would have given the i
j world for a few%f those hours when j
she sat upon her little stool at his
j feet, and laid her head upon his knee.
; Alas! could this be his Minnie? So(
! changed?he sighed at the thought.
The next morning he put on a
j cleau shirt, and fotwd there was no
: button on the neck; he took auother, i
1 and there was one oft* the wrist.
! _ i
Why, my dear, bow is tLis ? Tbffl*
j are no buttons ou my shirts; it is the ;
I first time sucb a thing bus happened
i since our marriage.
There, now, George, do not be un-;
i reasonable; I can't^dp everything; Ij
j have no time to see to your shirts. 1j
| shall be obliged to have a seamstress j
j to help me
When our hero went to the drawer!
| for u pair of socks he fouud about'
; half a dozen pairs with large holes in j
1 them. Almost exasperated, he ex-;
! claimed, Really, Minnie, this is going !
' a little toQ far "^rar ft time!
I when yon were not above inouding j
! ray clothes; then you thought it a '<
j pleasure.
Yes, that was when 'I was foolish. I
I
Mrs. Winsome never meuds her bus- j
I band's clothes; she says it is'not ni
i wife's ill ace.
I wish you would never mention .
i that woman's name in my presence.!
! I hate and despise her? And George
| Marshall ground his teeth in rage.
Times have changed. Yooy<vore i
j once one of the loudest iuJtferprniee.
j Fur heaven's sake difut remind me j
| of the time when I wp? a fool.
Ami don't you remember when you ;
wished I was likelier ? I think I've j
been a very spt scholar, George? J
don't you ? '
A little too apt to please me.
And with something like an oath ;
George Marshall left the room. Miu*
' nie buried her head under the bedclothes
to keep from laughiug.
Marshall did not feel very happy i
all that day; he could not help think- I
ing of the great change in his wife, j
and he felt he had himself to thank
for it. When she had beeu as good j
and affectionate as it was possible to !
j be, he had not appreciated her?in j
j fuct, had only found fault. Now he j
woulil huve given the world for some j
of those loving kisses and fond en-1
resses which at one time she lavished j
upon him; now she never condo-!
! sceuded to give him one.
He returned in the evening weary i
and low-spirited. He longed for her
! sympathy, for a quiet evening with j
: her; and he made up his mind he j
: would remain at home and enjoy one,
for the lirst time since that fatal qnar-!
| rel; but, alas! the lirst words that]
: greeted his ears were: Oh, George,
wtiiill 11fit. Iia nl.li.rwl to inruii' limn*.
; "v ?' ? o 1" i
this evening, after all; for I Lave
bought two tickets to a concert.
Poor fellow! he was so dissipated
he could not answer.
You do not seem over-pleased.
No, I do not care about going out
this evening. I do not feel well ]
enough. j i
That is provoking; but I suppose ji
you will go to bed early, aud I can i i
go with Mr. and Mrs. Winsome. I ]
would not have you go out ou uiy ac- 1
count.
Marshall did not say anything, for i1
he hoped Minnie would change her j
' uiiud. But he was mislukeu, for af-';
; ter tea sbe went up to dress, and
when they called for her sho merely
came in and told bitu that sbe was
sorry be could not go, and started
off in tbo best of spirits.
Then it was that George Marshall
felt the treasure he bad lost; how
weary, how lonely, bow miserable be
was! He could have cried, as be
thought how bo bad taught her to
love pleasure and frivolity; and now-- :
ob, what would bo not give to have
his quiet little Minnie back ! He was
depressed in spirits, so sick at heart,
tlmt he hint his head upon his nanus,
ami sobbed alond:
Ob, Minnie, Minnie, forgive melove
uie, once more!
A gentle hand smoothed his hair
back, and a fond kiss was pressed up- ,
ou his brow. He raised his head
and there stood Minnie, with the old, ,
loviug smile upon her face.
Minnie, my own darling, do yon
still love cue? and he clasped her in (
his arms.
<
But she drew back, and in a cold .
tone, that chilled him, said, Stop, ,
stop; this is going a little too far?it t
is uudiguified! Mrs. Winsome would j
not allow it. j
For heaven's sake, Miuuie, trille
with iue no longer, unless you wish j
t&break my heart! Oh, darling, if f
vmi knew how-I have suffered, you j
would forgive me?yon would feel
that you had had your revenge.?,
Can't you forget and forgive, darling, j
ami be once inore the loving little | j
wife you were ? 1 j
Aud he looked up so imploringly \
at her, that Miunie's heart oonld!
withstand it no longer, and she threw
herself in her husband's arms.
t
Oh, George, do yon really love; j
your silly little Minnie best V
Yon were not silly, darling. I was l.
the foolish one, not to appreciate ^
your virtues. I was blind, but I am .
wiser now, and love yon (en thousand j
times more. Only say that yon for- j r
give me, Minnie!
I forgive von with all my heart, ;
? ' j c
dearest. But tell me where are you r
J r
the happiest?at a ball, a party, the j
theatre, or operu ?
Ah, Minnie, I have found the truth
of what you have so ofte.n-snrtfl?reft'i ,
happiness is onl^ foHtfTfut home.
Then yon will not be angry if I do!,
say I do npt-enjoy parties, and want,
to stay at home with you?will you, j
George ? ,
J 1
Angry, darling? >*o; you have i (
taught me a lesson I shall never for-!'
gel! Be once more m v loving wife, ,
O v ? ; 2i
und I shall never want to leave our L
0 . >
home. * i i
Ami you will promise never to ask j
me to take lesson* under Mrs. Win- j
some again? And Minnie looked up ^
with a mischievous smile. J j
Oh, Minnie, if yon knew how I de- i
spised that woman, and how I bate (
myself for ever insulting mv dear,1,
good little vvi'e, by asking her to he
likelier! How could I ever he such
u blind foul? Am! George drew her
closer to him." j.
George had never felt happier than j
at that moment, as he looked down (
upon that sweet face and saw those;
pretty blue eyes beaming so full of:
love.
He kept his word; from that time 1
they passed their eveniugs at home. (
How often he told Minnie lie had '
never before known what real happi- ^
uess was; and he never ceased to 1
thank her for having played her part c
so well.
* * * * * * ,
: v
Five years have passed, and it t
would he bard to find a happier fain
ily. George Marshall's chief delight t
is in the company of his dear Minuio, ^
and sporting with the three little I j
rosy-cheeked children who make up j
their family. i
Fhom thk Hc?.?There is peihaps i
no tonic offered to the people that I
possesses as much real intrinsic value c
as the Hop Bitters. Just at this sea- s
sou of the year, when the stomach i
needs an appetizer or the blood needs o
purifying, the cheapest and best rem- s
edy is Hop Bitters. An ounce of v
prevention is worth a pound of cure; 1
don't wait until you are prostrated by (
a disease that may take inotilhfi for 'J
you to recover in.?J!o-tou tiloLc. '2U v
The Star Eouto Frauds.
The exposure of the Star Route
frauds gives the public something
more profitable to discuss than the
merits and demands of Senators Mahone
and Coukliug, and will have,
besides, a decided iutluence upon the
political situation.
In 1878 the appropriation for the
Star Routes, 9,'2'2o in all, was $f>,900,1)00.
Between 1878 aud 1880 Assistant
Postmnster-CJeueral Brady, and
a number of confederates, got up petitions
to have the service on 93 of
the routes'"expedited" or made more
freijuent. In this way the cost of
these routes was raised from $7*27,-'
119 to $2,802,214, so that only $3,097,78(5
were left for the other nine thou-1
t
mind mutes. This led to a deficiency
A $2,000,000," ail appropriation for
ivhicli was worked through Congress. j
Ex-Senator Dorsey, who was the Sec-1
rotary of the Republican National j
Committee in the last campaign, was
.lecply interested in the Star Route
jusiuess. The Nation says that among j
he Star Route contractors are Dor-1
>ey's brother, his brother-in-law, j
Peck, nud his former partner, Miner, j
Dorsey himself very likely bad inter-1
;sls in other contracts, but that he !
lad nothing to complain of as re- j
*ards the contracts awarded to these
hree, the following little table shows:
Total
Number of Original increased
Contrac ts. Amount. Amount. ;
r. W. Dorsey.... 8 $14,47!? $147,273 |
I. M. Peck 8 30,3?<i 218,141 :
f. li. Miuer 8 10,371 135,058 j
Totals 21 $55,240 $501,072
So it appears as if what may be j
ailed Dorsey's "military family" pock-1
ted a cool $44."),820 between tbem. j
Dorsey and Brady make common i
tone/* iii I Itnir nu'ti nil ,1 tl.oir
eading champion is Mr. Gorbam,!
he editor of Brady's paper, the Wnslington
Ri'imUicaii, and the Bepubli:un
uomineu for Clerk of the Senate. |
The tactics of the Star Route Ring are I
o insinuate that the President had u j
; 11 i 11y knowledge of what was going j
m, and this leads the President to
ukc the election of Gorham, under;
ucli circumstances, will he a per-'
oual insult to him and a slight upon
he /tAvniuislration.
The lending Republican newspa '
jers, especially the New York Timj
ire laying the frauds bure, and-have,;
>f course, the hearty co-operation 1
he Democratic and Independent I
ucss. The New York Herald says:
"We have only oueside of this melincholy
aud depressing story, and re;erve
our criticism until we hear from
llr. Dorsey. Wo should like also to
mar from Republicans like Congress- j
nan Page, of California, aud S. B. El- j
iins, of New Mexico; as well as
tfaxey of Texas, Money of Mississippi, I
Iluckburne of Kentucky, and others i
>f the Deuiociatic side. These geu- j
lemen, one and ull, owe it to them- j
elves to make a uromut and full ex-'
daunt ion. If this Star Route busi- j
iexs is us bad as the Administration |
>elieves it to be iu removing Mr. j
3rudy?then the place for these j
lirifty Uepublican and Democratic;
itntesmen is iu some salubrious and i
veil conducted jail. There should be i
10 mincing matters iu the preseuce "
>f such a crime as appears to have;
>cen perpetrated by the Star Route j
ting. Let all censure likewise fall i
ipou the sanctimonious and hypo-1
ritieal administration of Mr. Hayes, \
vho permitted such a ring."
For the Demociats, iu and out of;
Congress, there is a plain, broad road :
o travel. They will, we are confi-1
lent, support the Administration in j
xposing t lie frauds and iu puabiug j
he offenders, no matter who is to be
.iii t a ml i lip Dpimu-rntic Senators
n any contest between the Star Koute
iiug and their allies ami the Admiuslrution,
will go with the President;
u whatever shape the issue is made 1
t may become their business now,
m the highest public grounds, to
lay in Washington until December,
f necessary, to prevent the election
f Gorham. They can fortify theuielves
in this positiou, aud the people
rill look on with genuine satisfaction,
teally the Star Koute business is a |:
iod-seml to the Democratic party. |
.'hey can make tight now in which they !
till Liuve the whole people with them .
j Tiy Kendall's Spavin Cnre, a sure
remedy for spavins, curbs, ringbones,
or any enlargement of the joints. See
the advertisement.
The new Czar has been formally
sentenced to death by the Nihilists
and ho keeps himself locked up and
guarded in a fortress. Between the
emperor's condition and that of his
proscribed subjects there is coming
to be a strange resemblance. It certainly
couldn't be much worse for him "
to encounter the wrath of the .aristocracjrby
initiating a liberal government
tit mi it nniv io fit 1w> lmnfu.1 titwa
a tiiticl dog l?y the secret agents of the
conspirators.
A Monument to Gen*. Gary.?The
Democracy of South Carolina should
testify their high appreciation of the
distinguished political services of
Gen. Gary by erectiug over his grave
a monument worthy of the man and
of the party he lias served so well.
Carolinians cannot forget Gary, for
his history is theirs and their heritage?uud
while loving relatives
would see that his last rest'ug place
is not unmarked, a grateful people
should claim the right and privilege
of preserving in memorial marble the
story of his gallant life.?Barn well
People.
Knew How it v. as Himsei.f.?When
Jay Gould was in Galveston and, accompanied
by a number of leading
citizens, was inspecting the cotton
exchange, a small boy was seized by
one of the Galveston gentlemen just
as the gatuiu was picking the great
railroad magnate's pocket. "What
did the little fellow do?"asked Gould.
He stole your pocket hand kerchief.
Mr. Gould, and I am going to turn
him over to a policeman." "Dou't
do that," replied Mr. Gould smiling
good-naturedly; "let him go. Wo
should not discourage young begiu
uers. I had to start out in :i modest
way myself when I went into the
railroad business," and reaching down
into his pocket Mr. Gould took up a
quarter and gave it to the boy, to encourage
him to aim higher.?GVtvxton
Xftrs.
Don't drive a spavined Horse us
long as you can get Kendall's Spavin
Cure for $1 a bottle ; As a powerful
liniment for deep sealed pains 011
both mau and beast it has no equal.
lVead advertisement.
Land and TTT777'? tSlls a ciiriou3
story of an old country vicar of the
sporting school. A marriage ceremony
had been fixed, hut it was a
find September morning, the clergyman
loved his gun, and so, forgetful
of the momentous knot ho was to he
the instrument of trying, he sauntered
forth into the stubbles of his glebe.
He had not been out long before he
got a shot, but scarcely bad he done
so when he heard the well known
voice of the parish clerk shouting
after him : "Sir, the young people
be ready and be at the church a-waitiug."
"Bless me," said the old gontlemau,
"I forgot; I'll be there in a
moment." He hastily picked up the
partidge be had shot and putting it,
in his poeket hurried to the church.
In the midst of the ceremony something
was soeu to be fluttering under
his surplice, and in a moment, to tho
astonishment of everybody, out from
its folds flew the partidge, for it had
been more stunned than killed. "Oh,
dear! there goes Ihe bird," involuntarily
exclaimed the vicar. "It's all
right, sir," replied the clerk, "she
can't get out and she's gone into tho
Squire's pew."
Woman's Wisdom.?She insists that
her family should be kept in full
health than that she should have all
the fushiouable dresses and styles of
the times. She therefore sees to it
that each member of her family is
supplied with enough Hop Hitters, at
the first appearance of any symptoms
of any ill-health, to prevent a lit of
siekuess witb its alteuduut expense,
care ami anxiety. AH wonieu should
exercise their wisdom in this way.?
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