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43e nand ih1ial TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. TElMS OF SUJSCRIPTri( . IWi V nly Oe Year. - -- - - $1.01 i Six-lic~ tlts. -- - - .-- 2.01 * i ''~Tre Inonltlhs. - -- -- 1.01 CATES OF' ADVEtTISIN(. On arE l1:L 0o iHis.'fi-ior $1.00. 1iii -nch Hill't ll(it! inserlior OIM-. itun rieK st wlribstina of Rtespect clurguil f as n(lve-rtiatiet-'rJts. Liberal dil:cottiit mad f or cortitract ndtveYrtidIenterHts. -0 JOB VOIK. 1Bi1l lien'ds, Lett~er Hcadsx, Envelopes' loster, (arIcis, llivitti LIs, ''1tsk.sx, .-c. ineatly executed ttt this office, CILEA1 F3?Olt CASIH. IIEPHZIDAB. The Story of an Old-r'ashIonoe Lover. li iY' i. STNlNEsTEI. She was an old laid, aud her nlamo was IOphzibaib. Iopl'ibab ! The parents who call be ferocious eiolulgh to 'nfllict -such a 1a upon their ioffIpring ought to be spikCeted upon the the ragged edge of remorse, groundi to powder it. the mill of Self-.ondetllas tionj, and1(1 blown to the four winds of lheavi~ lel by an oimg WL(e( progeny. If, -in the ait0 er period of a blasts'a life. otur -Iephlzibah haed over 1ben'U the delight of any male *ceitture'i eart, there were no traes left upon her face, to record the happy effect of having heenl the oh ject of such an1 elotion. .3nt ap pearitan(cs are deceptive, you 1 knoW ; for there was a time V1 iI( U1hzi:ah's life when the lilies bowed s'veetly at her approach, and the roses hiur riedly hid their thoi ns beneath their trembling foliago, for very shamllo at having such cruel ornaments about them) inl her )rOsCene I Her sprightly step and Ilshing (yes gtavo evidnce that naiture was not liiging a luiby to the u)llSes that lgave the blush 4! o her cheek, li lent the rapture of hope to her heart ; the tc ndrils of her being were budding with vigor and beauty, warned by the glow of youth and nursed by the dow of dawn1'1ing wvomlanhlood. A marer less depth of love was in her heart,. but fate had yielded her only the stingiest half-mleasure in whi'ch to garner her abundance, so the best part of it ran to waste, and the rest -well the rest disappeared somse, how, and left is a cross old maid whioso lalle was IHephizibah, whose dimplos hadl turned to wrinkles, and whoso -"beauty spots" had become ugly warts bristling with coarse haurs. Of courso, there Was a mtanW at the bott un~ of it. IHle wasJ no~t a ba~d maniU, either, lie wats one( of t-hose philtegm1atic :2ouls1 :isho( 1)l0( along content withl I 1e te give, anid if 11nor0 fell to himt than lhe asked for, why, surely hi~e ouldn't -1hlp it. H-e was att-ractd .to the brlight Heph~izibah-b-perhuaps her namo1 had1( someithing to dlo with: it and she, poo .dear, thought lie was 1h1( pr~ince of meni. Inl her shy way shue gazed up at h'im), and( colored his dalh stoicismi with the ma1urvelouis charm of imaigination. Sihe inagiined thtatbeneathi this cahn thiero raged ai grand pass5~iondle soul-in eblainsi the chains of miniiiess and honor controlling -\vaywiardnoss. Shet had tw smiilo of en1coulrage mon01t ifor others , ho was all she wantedI, and lbe likedi her. Oh, yes, h l iked1 eher very wvel li b sought n1.otlber girls comipanyv, anud so n .couiplo of years pissedi anud pec0IJ -began t.o wonder, asK people will, why~ that' 'pir" didi not mary lut Hlephzibab wasW - so hap py. She lhved and( thrived upon Ite memifl oh one 1ttlo kiss, and the expectationl of many mtore, 50omo time. TLho little episode of that kiss ~was the only digression inl their otherwiso h5 imumo initercourso, anid it was really an acciden~t. Th~iey land b)oen to church andl wore wali ing hiomnc by the light of tho moou. hue stupid as usual, sbo wearing glory frou>his silenco, centtented tc knowv horself clinging to his arm. Arriving at her door, in; the act ot leaving her, his muatter ,of fact oyt espied thiat the0 fagtenig of Inn breaist 1)in had1( como undone. A F ho called her attention to it, the pi fell-both stoopod( to recover it, their hieads and hands . met, th1c next momJ~ent they were startled by the realization that their -lips had mott, somehow. Onoe m~omen't ho hold her hand, uayimg : eow - swoet -you ar< .1ephbzib~ab !" andi that ',was all. VThe next tiimoe ho camo she quiv 'erod . and trembled and felt .very nr'vous. 1Imortwas no. Occasion foi it. "Whuen the old 1p0opl1 began t< yawn and stretch, previous .to ted dhlng off' to 'bed, lhe took his hal anda toddled oil home, merely stop ping long enough, after they swor< goluo, to hold her hand and *say 'good night." The followiung eon mng lhe came as usual, played check era as usual, said "tgoodl night" n ustal, and1( this was repeated foi another season, until on nliglit, hie sai1: "Holhzibal>, good bye." "Why ! Are you going to lcavo town ?" "Yes. I'v iivested in som1e1 11111(1 in the territories. It is not 1)rob11 ble that I shall ever w0o0 1.1"1 Tie put oil his hut 111(1 wits ~ ot. H-lephzibab's heart; gave one awful throb, then shrivelled up with its lovely lixiry of kinlliness. And the years passel away, taking father, mother and friends, but left "'Bab, that haiteful, (ried up oli .imaid," with all her h1a1moriei cii bittered by the hmmiliating con,, sciousness that she had given t(ho full lieasuro of a woiini's love to one who had not asked for it. She was standing in the door of her cottage one evening. The lms:h of twilight softly falling upon the landscape, when sit Stiddienly found herself facing the long ago. Hephizihab." "You 1" she exclaimncd with e snap andt a gasp. "Yes, it/s me,1, Ilephzibab." "What (1o you want ?" "You, Iiephzibab. The ki-:s you once gave n111 has haiintetI mne through all these years and lingered with se like a sweet strain of nullsi). But oh ! woman, I want; another !" Involmitarily his arms wenit, out. to heri as lie spoke. And notwit,hi stanldilg her ni1e, .1[ephizlbb was only it wonwniii. Amen. They-have waternit lons alreadv in I Flor-icia, andi'it 1n>t. an linniinal thing to mee(t a boy sneaking..- along the r'(atisicle with lhis artu11s (lonlbled iac'oss hlis ston1uii:h a1s if ;L f 1l001) of envt:Llry 1-:(d clirl'g.l over it. Fnuaikl M. Johnstonet wasqit, '(t ted in the Cou it of 8essions ft)r (Chi:trleston, on Wtlnesd:iv. of I lie chrge of 11urtlrering (e org'e Shrew s hiiry in Lhlt city oil the 20t.h of Noveiuber laut. It is ruii'ored ti at tho Presiden1t; will in at few <tavs publish a pri'o'li inatioln roes''i1dinig Ihe calling of an extra session of C(ongresy's n Oet. ber. This will post pm-. e ti ,t 111 et - ing of the two houises ut il l:oir usual time. - E SAYS IT IS TIllUE. I h1 . I lt 5II its hle AtLLSALL , N ov.) , i st . DeaS I'---.\ yioiiut are an a ltl e . srn'..-- il ul'. 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