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ABBEVffiLE PI^ESS AND BA^IVEI^i^
v * BY AY. A. LJjg^D HUGH WILSON. ^ jpf-. ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1875. .... VOLUME XXIII---FO
CONGAffH
111 WORKS I
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Oolixmloia, S. O^-.'
H Mi
Proprietor. K
Mnnnfnfitnrer of Steam Ell
gines and Boilers.
Iron and Brass Castings of all
Descriptions made to Order. ?
was awarded tho first premium!
J[ on castings at the State A^ricul-j
tural and Mechanical Society Fairs, j
held in Columbia, November, 1ST 1. j
'72 '73.
MANUFACTURE
Cricular Saw Mills of all sizes. ;Ii
x c< r\
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Took the First Premium at State
Fairs held November, 1ST 1, 72,73;Manufacturer
of
Grist Mills Irons of all sizes.
For Sale. 1
& ^
Gin Gearing of the following sizes.
9 feet wheel and pinion $:to 001 A
10 * o- ou.
" " " .To 00
12 " " " " 4o 00 ;f|
.v 14 " " " " 00 001S
"With Bolts $6.50 Extra for each set.
Anti-friction plates and Balls for Cot- ?
ton Press $10.00 anil $12.00 per set. &
D. B. SMITH, Agent,
(Abbeville S. C.
" Dec. 10, 1873, 35-tf 1
New Store!
mpiw s t ^
. JIEW trUUiJS!!;
7W1HE undersigned have just opne<f
an entire new stock of
[ GROCERIES,
Provision and Liquors, ['
? As well as Oilier Goods in b
their Line. si
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| At the 01(1 stand of A. M. IIILL. re- |.
.nnntltr 'I'ROW Hi; I 1)(J I- & CO.. whew ?
we "will be pleased to serve the public i
| CITE A P FOTi awn.
. ' A. M. HILL, i:
Jau. 29, 1873, 42-ti ill
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I C.WEST & SONS, ?
! ALADDINs oilty J;
THE BEST OIL IX USE. jt]
"WARRANTED 150 I>EGRl-:iCS FIRE TEST, j b
Water white in color. Fully deodorized. 0
And it will not explode.
It burns in all Coal Oil and Kerosene J
i, Lamps. TKY IT. Ask for "Aladdin T
Security," and take no other. jJJ
C. WEST & SONS.
; 113 and 115 W. Lombard St., Bait. M<1. j
I Nov. 7, 1K74 gO-Gm {^
i ST& N0RRELL>
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Harness and Saddle Maker,
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A T his Old Stand over Parker & Per- si
I /% rin's Drug Store, has a supply of b
Northern HARNESS LEATHER, joi
[ and other material for Making'and Re- c<
" pairing Saddles and Harness. i a
f(\ Dec. 2, 1874, 34, tf j
FRESH GOONRY MEAL,"
*), v, . I M
At $1.40 per bushel, received every!
week, by j
Cunningham & Templeton. (
t Nov. 11 31-tf i.
ESTATE OF |e
- TAR C. -RAY. iWrl. IV
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p A LL persons indebted lo James C. m
f\ Ray at the time of his death
4tro requested to make payment to us, ju
and those having demands against U
him to render them in properly veri- ]
? l?ed to us.
WILLIAM ANDERSON,
ANDREW ANDERSON,
Executors.
j| Abbeville, March 13, 1S75, 49-Cm
" C.E. BRUCE," !J
Boot and Shoe 3SakerJ?
1 Over Parker & Perrinjs Store. ! .Abbeville^
S. C. j*'
DESIRES to nay that he is fully pre-:
puled to meet all demands the*
public may make in his line, lie keeps, l
constantly on hand a large lot of the
best material andeinploysonly the finest
*y workmen. He keeps a full stork of 4
custom-made "Boots and Shoes, anfl "
guarantees the mpst entire satisfaction si
in every instance.
Sept. 1, 1874, ^1-tf
Mark the Spot of Your Pe- ^
ceased Friends.
Marble "Works
A FULL line of stock on hand audi
/m all work sold ut the lowest price, I
^iid work done in the best workman-like 1!
manner. Several hundred new and:*
handsome designs on hand to make!
selections from. We will duplicate city
price in all monumental works L>y which
you can save freight.
v Y cry rcspcctful Iy?
. D. CHALMERgj
" . sast-'iv.u.. ..? ,
STEAM
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'U.-, /U v ' v," ->W--'
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Columbia, S. C.
p w; wing,!
IVoprietor.
MANUFACTUllKIt OF | B
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lash, Blinds, Doors,! t
WINDOW !
AXI) DOOlt FRAMES, !
unite Pivot Bliiids aiii Slitters <
COLUMNS, !
7 ii
Pilasters, ;;
MANTEL PIECES, | i
fiouldings, Brackets,' j
Ilaiul-Rails, f.
t
JEWELS, BALUSTRES,!
* 1?
I 0
croll Wcrl of all fecri]itioii.j
ill Work Guaranteed A No. 1.; t
May L'8, 1S74? 7-ly. i lj
7D7CHALMERS & CO. j ^
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DEALERS IX i a.
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lairs, Parlor Suits, OWer Suits,! i
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Falnut & Mahogany Bareaus,; *
fashstaiuls, Tables, Ijodstcads,:
Window Shades, &c. Looking j
(.ihi.s.scs, Oil Olirumog, Ac.
Abbeville, S. C. I
I
Also agents for the sale of the rol- j ?
bratcd Philadelphia Improved JJus-j
ie Window .Shade, which for drra-j (!
ilil)', cheapness, convenience and! j,
eauty, cannot lie surpassed. .Each c
liade is furnished with all the fixt-| 1
res coinph-te, and only requires two J
ith nails or small screws 10 fasten it; t
p with. Should they become soiled j
y flies, they can he spread on a tabic,' 1ashed
and made as bright as new,' ^
nd will last for years. This style of' ^
hade is much superior to cloth'
hades. Jn warm weather, "when the] *
'indow is raised, ihe shade admitsI j
he air but prevents (lies and mosqui-j
3cs entering the room. TWe simplie- ,
y of their fixtures is mnch in their j h
ivor, as they require no rollers, each ; 1
IimIo being complete, and an}" oncj
an drive two nails by which t.o hang '
liein. They arc low in price, dura-j 1
le, convoniciit. and never get out of
rder. Call at store and see samples.
Nov. IS, 1874 32-tf
IENTISTRY! DENTISTRY!! !
Dr. H. D. WILSON '
rWFFERS lus professional services to |
Lf the people of Abbeville County j
nd of upper .South Carolina. Having
1st finished a course of study in the *
ennsylvania College of Dental Surer
\\ he feels fully competent to attend j
> all cases requiring the exe.cise oj
iilled Dental Surgery that may be
rought to him. He asks the patronage j
f the Dcorde. and iruarantees full and
jmplete satisfaction. He has procured t
full set of first-class Dental Instru- t
lents, and is prepared to do first-class {
ork at most reasonable rates. I
BZtjr OFFICE jnst over Post Office. 1
. GOLDSMITH. 1'. KIND. |
Ooldsmitli "Kind,
OUNDERS & MACHINISTS, |
(IMKKXIX IKON WOUKS, i
COLUMBIA, S. C. .
ft MANUFACTURERS of Steam En
* JL gines of all sizes ; Horse powers,
ircular and Mulcy Saw Mills, Grist j
id Sugar Cane Mills, Flour Mills, Ornmental,
Hou. e and Store Fronts, Iron
ailings, Agricultural InipUnu-nts, etc.
i-a.-s and Iron Castings of all kinds
utile to order on short notice, and on! >
ic most reasonable terms. Also, man- i
facturers of Cotton Presses.
Mav -s. 1st:'., 7-liim [ t
"MAS' SAW Mil'
is
Closed for Repairs.
PARTIES who have contracted ?
for U'M I>EH will call on AL-t
iEN McCANTY nt Mr. Edwards, j 1
I have sonic I limber on hand which; j
ill be disposed of for the cash.
f. W, THOMAS.! !
.March 124, ISTo, 50-tf
)R. JOHN S. THOMPSON,
DENTIST, ! !
^kFFFRS Ins professional services to! *
J" the citizens of Abbeville, and the! t
irrounding country. j r
Office over Citizens' Savings j'
lank, Abbeville, S. C. j )
Oct. li, ISTo.J.sif I
Thresher and Fan, j t
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ALSO. U
lailway Horse Power, r
For sale by t
Barnwell & Co. j?
April 19,1875,6-tf 1 11
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IIY
ALFRED 13. TOZER,
.trnoi: (ir i;<.iso 11 \ n i ? ani> FooT/tj
" IVltO WAS TO BUJIli," ETC. ^
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niAi'Tim r. m
th:: dead hand.
An cTJ man, white haired but hale njrid
Iroiig of frame still, lay dying injj&fpacious
hal! of his own i*esidenceJijBfe?
deasaut New England factory townJ*
Ten minutes lx-fore, ho had loft liis room
o pay his daily visit to the office in the
;n at mills below, and now he lay, prone
k ith a fatal strolnjfof paralysis, on the oakn
floor of hia' owu house, with no one to
ce him die, or to learn hia lust wishes.
Tli'.-early October sunlight shone through
he narrow, stained panes of the front enrnnee
and rested upon the old man's face,
tow disfigured with such anguish as only
hose in * no very jaws of death can know.
Vhen that torrilde numbness first came
;><>u him, and lie had fallen at the foot of
lie br'?nd stairway, lie had tried to make
ie servants i'i the rear portion of the
muse hear him and understand his terrible
cod of !.<_ :[i. Hut all were too far away
ml too busy v. it It their dut ies, to hear the
v moans and et ies which alone escaped
w ln??_
r?
And so lie lay dying alone, with the
cmuds of the (own and the morning work
11 the house growing fainter and fainter
a 11is cars.
His right side was completely paralyzed
i*oin tli" moment of his fall, and while
iiat awful nerve stillness, wlu.-h means
iMth, was creeping swiftly towards bis
vart, lie scrawled a few wolds- 011 a scrap
f paper whit:h lie was carrying in his hand
t tit? time of his fail, *.:i-1 fell back innsj.Je,
with (be writing held fast in his
lcjiclied iibt.
When the housekeeper passed through
lie hit.1.! <>n her way upstairs, she foiUid him
i,-i>:tr tiiere, dead.
111 a few moments the honso wis filled
i" h curious villagers. There were not a
,?w re.ii iitourner.'i 111 the throng which, a
.'W lioiirs later, filed past the still figure
L-'m .ui tin; lied in tV? darkened parlor
f.om, I r V. niSiiiyft'i'il had been
kind iiia.-ler, mida liberaI, yenerous neighor.
' Tlie on"r!i(ivop will 110 vcv have as kind
n i was! the iiiiiv.-rsal relink,
:.? l sisiiiy a r>.n;li man with tlie
i -t of !;i<- in.!'.- iit-on him. wiped hiseycs
?-j ii'll -ir, an lie aloud .11 lilt.' piVSt'TU'C of
ii.- 1.
\Y< rl: t the fuetwy was at once,
lid. fortho tirst. time in yen is. the horns
t.>>i*i still on a \v><;k-'l;iv. lis nerves ami
iiit. wpi.f iivu unci steel had worn out tliu.su
nerves an I sin . v.-.- which were not of
i'tiil ;?lld SlCel. t il.lt. illl'i glided thelU S<> loi)**,
ii(l ill o-.'.'inod resting f"r afresh start in a
"'iir iit'i:. with H>e-I.-ad man's successor,
in' blael; crape which Muttered i'roin the
'..is. even seemed t<> daunt icliance at tho
:cw owner, whoever ho ini^iit l.>e, unci del.iiv
ti>:ii. no quarter woiil 1 lie given until
i e very en !.
rvi.-asi .v Ui! operatives gathered in
iitle i;i*- uj... a'-ont tho ii'vn and tlie mills,
i> (lise'iss t!:c startling event of the day.
' \Vh<> will he master now ?" was tlie
ading <ptery. Those wito did not ask the
m.vtion < }) . nly, looked it, as they gazed
mo each I't iiers' faces. It was an inquiry
!-at liti oii'j essayed to answer.
If lie had only married and given us a
on ill..- himself," was-a wish on many a
ip and io many a heart, throughout the
"It is tnio, t>en, that ^Ir. Wallingford
or married." said a young man, who
1.1 i l-a'u employed at tlio mills but a short
;im?r.
" It' you have over heard any rumors regarding
-sir- Wallingford'n early life," said
in dI.I weaver, " 1 would advise you not to
ju j.l;o:i them to-day."
"There a: i. or wore, rumors, then?"
" Yes," s.iid the old man, gravely. "I
bought you knew or 1 would not have
polien as I ditl. It seems that a strange
roman came here years ago and elaiiuod to
>e his wife. The marriage, she said, took
>l.toe in England. She was in great trouble,
>ut only one woman who directed her to
he house and saw her condition, heard her
tory. It was as wild a night as ever blew,
aid the poor thing had scarcely clothing
nongh to cover her person, to say noIilrs^
about keeping her warm. After
caving Dame Cameron's house that night,
she was never seen in the village again, but
ve all knew?for D une Cameron was the
greatest gossip in tiie place?that she lay
tear death's door there for weeks, and that
l child was born to her.
" 1 was a voung man, then?it must have
ecu, I'.'i me see, iweiuy-iour years ago ioe
filling winter?and full of fun. Many a
hue 1 hung about the house and around
he garden wall, on one errand or another,
o try and got a gliiupse of the woman, but
never did. I am ashamed enough of it
low, but boys will be boys. The quarrel
lie two had when they parted, seemed to
i.ive been made up, and we all expected
lrit the old house would have a mistress,
?ut one night she went away and the mater
ended there, so far as our knowledge of
t was concerned."
" Did she take the child with her?" asked
ho young man, now thoroughly interested
n the subject.
" We have always supposed that she did.
t ha-; never been 30en here."
" Von are eerl.da that it lived?"
" V. s,"
"Then there whs an heir?"
There is only her word for that. Mr.
iValiingioid never acknowledged either
I ;r or 1 iie child."
' \\\i? .Mr. Wallingford away at the time
he woiuun claimed the marriage occurred
?"
Y. ;-\ and that is the strangest part of it
II. Everything she said about him talli l
with what we knew."
*' lint ai'uut the property. Had Mr.
iV;iIIafford 110 relatives whatever?"
"He had a brother, but ho died young
;ii.l isntsrirried. Wiiy do you ask so many
-lis
' I think the story of the strange woman
niti her child must have greatly exeitcd my
, '.i: ioo:ty,'1 replied the young man, " and of
Muvse, wo ure all interested in learning
in t.i whose hands the mills will fall." With
II i, h<* sauntered away from the spot, and
!::e ?iid weaver joiued a group of opera*
liv< s near by.
' Wi- will soon know about the disposilioji
of the propei ty," one of the group
as Ldviiur. as the weaver stepped up. " for
I '<vy? r (Jn\ ison Is is way to the house,and
!.e iii.iy t.>!l us something ahout the will.".
Although tho word:* were .spoken loud
i'ur iheattciuoy'3 ear as he reached
'ip giviitp, he passe<l on without turning
i.3 he.id or noticing tho remark in any
v.iy. Keeping straight on up the street,
unting aside now and then wnere the narov?
walk was Mocked l?y such gatherings
s he had just left, he hastened up the
>ro<id avenue leading from tho street to
V lilingford I louse, as it was called I >y the
iiiagerrf. and entered with the air of one
win was perfectly at home there.
ISv this time the crowd had thinned; so
hat when the attorney entered the room
i InMV'1 lie dif.'ul mnii I.lv. hn found himself
lone. lie at once suumioiiud the house*
'The coroner has done liin duty, I snp>osc?"
lie said, with an eyo to the legal
ea tares of the case.
The poor woman Raid, between her so)>3,
h >t he had.
it, is necessary ihit T, ns his attorney,
honld talce charge of the papers fonnd oa
is person and tiie fcey3 to his secretary,"
ii-1 the attorney, and then added, " I
v V ''
simpljT'do'tifiis m the alisemeof any relatives.
"
The woman hand-id him a bunch of keys
and, a-package of papora, letters, etc.',
.. which had been taken from her muster's
pockets.
The attorney at onco began a hasty ex''
amination of the papers. A Jook c?f per,
plexity came upon his face as he did so.
;;? The paper he sought seemed to he minting.
\> *> ' " Surely, madaine, those aro not all," he
' _Baid, turning to the housekeeper, after
"booking through tho entire lot. iuul exuinin*'
'r iuf*' each paper < losely.
? " ' The woman assured him that every paper
* had been saved and placed in the package.
5 fv Just tlien, the atl arnev's eye caught the
g gsflutter of a small Scrap of paper, which,
L - jwattea by a light breeze irom uie ujieu
!? ^window, fluttered from the side of tho
$ ^ttorpso and landed almost at his feet. Ho
V -'-^caught it up, glanced at it hastily and
fik thrust it into his poeket.
^ In that one quick look h(. saw but a
*r single word, but it was tho one he hud
looked for in vain among the other papers,
and the one he wanted to find.
" If Mr. WaJlingford ever i/iade a will,"
he said, addressing the old lady, " it was
not drawn up in this village, lie always
told me that directions reg irding it would
be found on his person after his death.
Now, I want you to go over every one of
these papers with me to certify that there
is nothing of the kind here." m
She did as requested, but met with no
better success than the attorney.
" You are certain that yoa have not
overlooked a single paper, Mrs. Ames,"
vsaid the attorney, addressing her by name.
" Fes, certain."
"Then wo will go; only don't forgot
that you examined t he papers, and that the
existence of a will wjis not mentioned."
And the two left the room, the attorney
returning to the street and going in the
direction of iiis office.
Arriving there, ho drew tho slip of piper
from his pocket arid examined it closely.
It was the same the dead hand had hold so
firmly, and the characters v.-ere almost
illegibly written, or scrawled, rather; for
the mill-owner had struggled even against
death to write them, and the pencil had
dropped from his hand while the last word
was still incomplete. .
Notwithstanding" the labor necessary to
rightly understand the scrawl,ho.revcr, the
attorney seemed highly pleased with his
investigations. He worked over the paper
for an hour or more, copied the words into
a cypher known only to himself, and then,
putting the original into the grato, watched
the lines slowly dar'. en with ilio h*iat, lade
away and turn to ashes.
" Not a s >ul knew of the existence oi
that paper,'' ho muttered, "and 110 one
suspects the secret it contained. I have a
fortune within mygrasp at last!" he added,
exultantly, and sat down to mature his
plans.
The dead hand had dune its woik but
clumsily, and a bariier of a wince and cunnin<r
was hiiildij'i" fast. lii-tuci'll the freat
niilis standing so gloomily silent on the
river brink below, and thy man whom the
former owner had bequeathed them to,
when their gains or ioasea were nothing to
him.
CITAFTER IT.
A MTRTERJOUS VISITOR?TAK r NO NOTES.
The attorney p.issed a restless night.
After trying for an I.our lo sleep, he arose,
drew on a dressing gown, and went t?> work
at Instable, giving his attention strictly to
those papers marked " Wallingford."
The mill-oTrner had been one of his Tv.-st
clients. Having a gr.-it dis'ike for details,
and trusting implicitly in Gray, he 'had
shifted a large portion of his business from
his own shoul lers t > those of the attorney.
The result was, that Gray was thoro.tghly
posted in every t ranch of his allairs. He
could have fold at any time, to a p mnd,
how much cotton the mills h id ground up
during the preceding twelve nio aths, and
how much cloth had been shipped away,
Mr. Wallingford had als?> dedl largely in
stocks, and the record of his losses and
gains was aleo safely housed in his attorney's
memory.
" An immense fort 11 10 a wait a some man
lierc," he muttered as lie examined tho
papers before liim. " It must he more than
a million, und th.it is worth fighting for, so
I must be very careful in my work."
And his fell to plotting again, with his
head resting upon his han<l. In this position
he fell into a doze, in which tho
papers before him Seemed to rise and shape
themselves into fantastic forms. First
they resembled the walls of the mills;
then, the exterior of a prison; and finally,
everything seemed to drift away, further
and further, until lie could ;io longer discern
them. He arose to his feet with a
start. A gust of cool out-door air had cer.
tainly fallen upon him, a:id for tt second he
shivered in his light at cire.
He glanced at tlr; wir.dows, an<l seeing
that all were fe-aiv]y fastened, he concluded
that he had be :n mistaken. Then
his eyes fell upon ti e table, and he saw
that tiie papers he had .issorted and pi iced
there had actually boon swept to tlio lloor
and lay there in a confused heap.
For a moment ho stood perfectly still in
the middle of the room, with an undeliuahlo
terror creeping over him. What
Could it mean ? Outside, the fall wind w.is
howling dolefully down the street, hut it
did not seem possible tlakt- a crevice largo
cuough to admit such a gust existed about
any of lite windows or doors.
" I either brushed those papers away in
my dream," he thought, "or that dour was
opened while I slept." J t was with a good
deal of terror that he admitted, even to
himself, that this last cau~e might explain
the strange affair. Many men are physical
cowards who are bravo uiomlly, and Gray
was one of these. The thought that some
one might have been even for amoun nt in
his room at that timet** tin*night, with evil
intent, completely unnerved him for a
time.
Finally, he tnrnedhis 1 mi:? up to its fullcstglare,and
niad?:a cuvfui?summation of
t!ie room and the doora luaiiii^- into it.
There were two of these, <no i p.-ii.ng from
liif h'nsin.ess ofliiv i ; front u'v I yiiy initi the
main hallway of the building, The latter
was securely locked, jn.-:t as In* h i ! left it,
and tho former was a.? was hi* custom
to leave it. lie sl?v>d fur a moment in the
doonvayhotwuon the two rooms, with the
lamp in his hand, and looked around the
outer office.
Nothing unusml was in Pvrht, nnd he
turned hack to his chair, As he did so, he
saw thai lie had notice ted to holt the
hall door, and did so at once.
" I am getting nervous." he muttered, as
he reseated himself. He worked away
unt il nearly morning, awl Mien <!">/.? I again,
this time ton heavily to hear lightfuotsteps
creeping about. his room, or see deft
fingers stirring the papers on his table.
The intruder was dressed in the gavb of
an ordinary working-mun, and was closely
masked. Ilia object did not seem to he
j plunder, for the attorney's well-filled w.al;
let, protruding froiu the pocket of a coat
lying on a chair, remained untouched.
But he examined closely every paper in
sight, and even looked for more among the
pages of books of reference lying on the
table.
The attorney stirred slightly in his sleep,
and the searcher hastily crept into the
main offie". where he p.msi-d and listened intently.
Oray wasf>on sound asleepagain,
and he returned again to his task, but
seemed to meet with no better success than
before. Just as the light of morning began
to creep into the rooms, he returned to
the outer office, carefully unlocked the
door with a skeleton key, unbolted it, and
passed into the hall beyond.
Again, a trust, of wind touched the sleep
I Tig man ts Iiiuc, JUI mo Uiiiu^uu ?aa suuiis;in
the ball, ami again he sprang to his
foot, to find his papers littering the
jarpi't.
" What can it mean ?" he asked himself,
)ver and over again. At length, ho saw
that the door was unbolted. He started
back in terror,
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" It conld only have been done from the
inside," he said, "and someone has been
hiding here."
He examined his wnllet, and found that
It had not been tampered witlu Then he
ran hastily over the papers and saw that
none were missing.
'"What could he have wanted ?" TFt
puzzled over the question without fai ling
an answer.
" I will take good care that I shall be
molested no more." lie thought, resolving
to have a double loci: put on the door thai
<?ery day.
As the daylight now filled the room, he
put out his lamp, dressed himself with unusual
care, and after locking up the papors.
took his cane, and sallied forth for a waiK.
People in factory towns. an; nsuallj
early risers, and the attorney found the
street by no means deserted -whi n he
stepped out of his hallway. As he walked
s.long, he could not help observing thai
already he was the central object of interest
in the place.
" They want to know who to cringe and
fcow to next, I suppose," he grumbled, of
he strode along, " and think I might tell
them if I would. I wonder what thin* wil]
say when I tell them there is no will ?" lit
added, chuckling softly to himself. " And
I wonder what thoy will say when, aftci
all, a will is found ?"
After an hour's stroll. Gray entered a
restaurant and ordered breakfast. The
dining-room was on the first floor awl
separated from a bar-room only by a t'lin
board partition which did not reach the
ceiling. The table at- which Gray ?;i>
seated, stood close to this wall, audhe could
therefore hear distinctly, what was- going
on arouna tue oar.
Two men, evidently mill hands, wort
drinking together and talking of the al
absorbing topic of the time?the dual!) ol
Mr. Wiillingfordand the disposition of his
property, particularly the nulls.
' You have been here a longtime, if 1
am rightly informed he lieavd one of t!u
men Hay to his companion.
"Yes, nigh onto thirty years," was tin.
reply.
"You remember the string* woman wlu
came hero ono night, twenty-lour years age
then ?"
"I remember the occurrence ri^ht wolf
for it created quite a sensation here, although
we were all careful not to let Mr
Wallingford hear that we knew anything
of his secret."
"And he died, thinking tliat no one
knew, except the housekeeper aud him
self ?"
" I suppose so."
" Did you see the woman P"
" No one in the vUlage,save Mr. Walling
ford, the housekeeper, and the widow
Cameron, saw her."
* Not the serVants in the home ?"
? No."
" Nor the village physician f"
" "When the woman gave birth to ht>i
child, a strange doctor cared for her. Hi
was -with her night and day for a fort
night."
" Was it a boy ?"
"We always thought so, but I har-llj
know why." .
" Where is Widow Cameron now ?"
"Dead, thest twenty years."
" What do they call tho woman at th<
honse?"
" The housekeeper ?''
"Yes."
' Mrs. Ames."
"Then she is married ?"
'{Yes, but her husband was wild lite
and went away, after a terrible quarrel
about fifteen years ago."
" l>idhe live at the house e"
" Y-ia, lie was mau-of-all-work about tin
place."
" lie was there when this woman came ?'
"Yes."
"Have another glass of beer, and tel
me what sort of a man he was. How die
he look*
* The beer was drawn,' and the listening
attorney heard the two men drawing chairs
up to it table.
" I don't remember much about him,'
said the old man, after seating himself
'' except that he was us ill-looking a chaj
as ever went unhung. It was a villigt
woiulor when Sarah ijlecker married him
when she might have chosen almost anj
voting man in the place, and he turned oui
no better than we predicted."
"Hid he blue eyes and light hair ?"
"No. I think his eyes and hair weri
very black. His eyebrows were heavy anc
black, and seemed as though they wen
trying to hide his eyes, and he had a 3ca:
across his nose which didn't increase hii
beauty.'
" Was he tall or short ?*'
" 1 hardly remember, I think about a.1
tall as 1 am."
" Do you know where he went ?''
*' I heard a year '.i?C that he was in Bos
ton.'
" The s.uno man as when lie left here,!
suppose?"
" A great. <1 -al worse."
"Ia Hon'itii a ye ir ago," muttered th<
attorney, jotting the m-moramla down ij
his note biok. " B::tek hair and eyes
overhanging eyebrow.-,, and a scar on hi:
nose ; we will make a note of that, too.
may want to find that twin if his wife i
obstinate."
' Of course ho has never been back
here't"
" We have never seen him, but it is said
that ho has bcien on these streets and
through the Wallingford House, on many
o, dark night and forced his wife to give
him money."
" In the habit of frightening the old
lady into giving him money. 1'robablv
very dissipated," wrote the attorney in his
note hook.
" In the house!" exclaimed the other, in
surprise. " Why do they admit hiiv ?hen
he comes on such disagreeable errands ?"
"That is str.inge, but it is said that he
g.'t? in."
" Have another glass of beer. You must
' ?A -1 *>-v*r etiiociflrwnsr
nrv iuia?ui ui^; iui \ji ?**j .
I>ut you see, there is nothing better to
talk about, and then I feel interested.
Now. tell me how he gets in."
" I don't know."
' The old lady?his wife I mean?opens
the door, or perhaps, a window for him, I
[ plVSIilll'J."
"Well, I don't presume anything of the
kind. J wouldn't like to have you tell that I
said so, chum, but l here bo houses that folks
who know how, can go in any time they
like, and folks who don't know can't keep
them out."
" You ilon't think?"
" T didn't s ty what 1 thought, because I
don't want to think anything about it."
.4 house with secret passages," muttcred
the attorney, taking out his book
once more. " Keep on my old friend on the
other side, and I will have a romance written
directly."
' It may seem foolish," went on the
rnmv/ linn. tint f wmil.l like vouroninion
0!i thi-? inntlor. T><? yon think the strange
I A'oncm was really Mr. Wallinyford's wile ?"
i "Yes."
" A ud the child ?"
" la heir to the mills," interrupted the
old man,
" Why -lid he send the mother and child
away so .suddenly then ?"
" That's what, puzzles mo."
" The woman i?'<jht have boon only?"
" I can't think that, if I know what you
mean."
" T thought an; but I can't believe that."
The attorney's meal w:is finished, and. he
had he.ir.l enough.
He arose and stood for a moment behind
the curtained doorway, looking into the
bar-room. The men he had heard talking
were Btill seated at their beer and did not
pee him. As the young man slightly turned
his face to one side, he saw that it was the
same that he had noticed talking with tho
old weaver the day before. He had overheard
a few words of their conversation at
that tiqie also.
" Why does that man take such an interest
in that woman ?" he muttered, as he
left the restaurant by a rear door, and
turned toward hia oflico. A cloud of
.
! mysteries seems to have uropped down on
' thin place. I can't sleep in my own room,
but 3>>111 tr one walks through a locked and
- bolted ill Kir, ami I can't eat, but I must
' hoar i story rtf strange women and secret
- piis.H?jri k. S.'cret passages in New England
!" and Gray laughed, or chuckled,
rather, sui'tly to himself.
"I must find out who that man is," he
thought us ho eu terod his office. " I don't
! want him meddling in this matter. Heirs
; come f:wt enough without being hunted and
; trumped up by idle village talk. I must
take care uf him."
>
chapter nr.
TIIE TWO LKTTECS.
' .
Half way across the village green, on
! his way from the post office, Eageno W^il"
' In''ford saw his sister Bertha, yta#?ag to
lee tjw ktterff 4kfccarri^(i.itt &tS.liati(3. It
* , was t{*c'forenoon lif the second day after
fche mill-owner'sdeath.
Eugene hod two-letters, held closely to
getheri -when he flr*t saw his -sister standJ
ing by the gate, but when he stood by her
' eide, among tho neat rows of flower beds
! which lined the walk, and held his hand
out to her, it contained only one. Handing
' her this, he stopped only long enough to
bcc thatshe had not noticed the deception,
- and went up *tnirs to his own. room.
Once there, he dropped his careless man'
ncr and paced up aud down excitedly.
1 Had that letter been the only jnail that
morning, instead of walking tlie floor with
? that troubled face, ho would have been
^ reading it aloud down stairs with his sister
' reading too, over his shoulder, and both
making dozens of plans for the future
which it opened to thein
[ Perhaps he thought of this, for he took
the second letter from his pocket, read it
' carefully for the third time, and then
destroyed it.
"The girl shall not know until it is set:
tied," lie thought, "I did wrong in giving
Bertlia that letter. She will wonder if I don't
! accept the offer at once, and will worry
over the matter, while my tongue is tied.
* I can't deceive her, and so I can say
* nothing at all."
" When he went down stairs, it was to
' find Bertha glowing over the letter he had
given her, and reading it aloud to a young
lady who seemed equally well pleased
' with its contents.
After a few words of greeting to the
* young girl, whom he addressed as Fanny,
Eugene purposely sought his sister's side,
resolved to face the matter at once.
" I'm so glad, Eugene," Borlhn said, as
she finished reading the missive. "It
couldn't have happened better. Just think,
r Fanny, of our Eugene, being Superintendent
of the Blakeslee Mills, and having the
superintendent's house to live in and ever
so many people under him. We shan't
know him in about two weeks, he will put
r on so many airs! Please Mr. Superin
teiklent," she added,bowing low with much
humility, "won't you give a poor girl
n joi.?"
Seeing that neither Eugene nor Fanny
r had falluu into her merry mood, Bertha
became grave again.
" Ain't yoti glad, En gone," uhe said irapatieiitiy."
"id you, Fanny, why don't you
3 say something 1J? Of course you will go,
Eugene ?'*
" I can't ray."
Two pnir of bright eyes looked at the
the young man in astonishment when he
said that? the dark eyes of his sister, and
> the blue onus uf the girl who was to be hia
? wife
" While they both waited for some explanation,
Eugene walked up and down the
} little sitting-room and tried to make a very
ordinary matter out of his indecision by his
manner.
" What do you mean, Eugene?"
1 It w;is Bertha who askod the question,
I ljut it would have been hard to have told
which of the two girls awaited his answer
< the moat anxiously,
3 " I will tell you presently?perhaps tof
night," he said, moodily, never stopping' in
his restless nacina: of the room,
? "What makes you act so, Eugene?"
} Bertha asked. "I heard you walking just
2 in that way over our heads a minute ago,
and now you are at it again. I never saw
' you do that before. Si), down here, like a
gotxl brother, and Ull Funny and I why
5 vo:i arc n '!o: b' .i1iO.it accepting this . fTor.
j ' i really can't do that, girls," said Eu(
gene. "I have l>e<?n true to yon, haven't
r I, Bertha, ever since our parents died and
3 left us working in fie mill hero together ?
I never liave deceived you?neither you
nor Fanny?and I don't want to begin now.
3 I want you to tru-it me just this once,"
and he went out ot' the house with some
garden tools under his arm, and making a
g"eat show of having business there.
" it seems so strange," s.iid Bertha,after
? he had gone. " He didn't want to settle
here and marry on the pay he was getting,
and now, when the mills have shut down
3 for no one knows how long, ho wants time
' to think about accepting a place where he
can be his own master, and get three thoujj
sand dollars a year. I can't bear to see
j him act so, when the offer lies there, in
l black and wliito. One would think that
because the name is the same, this brother
of mine expects to got a shareof Mr. Wallingiord's
money."
" It is strange about the name," said
Fanny Clayson, seeing an opportunity to
attract Bertha's attention, and thus save
her lover from a hasty criticism. " Are
you certain that the- families are in no way
connected?"
"They might have been a long time
ngo," replied Bertha," but the relationship
is very distant now, if any exists at all."
" Didn't your father come here with Mr.
Robert, Wallingford
" No; he came two years later, i tninn
he limited the matter up one winter, but I
guess it came to nothing, although he
would never have claimed kinship with his
employer, even if he had discovered some;
thing important. He was a very proud
man, you remember."
"1 don't recollect much about him. I
was quite small when he died?fourteen, I
think."
" And I was fifteen and Eugene twenty.
I wonder what makes Eugene act so," she
added, stepping to the window overlooking
the garden. " He took out the garden
tools as though his life depended on cutting
weeds, and there they are, lying on
one of my flower beds, and he is going up
and down the walk, jnat as lie went, in here
just now. i never saw him act so before."
" Never mind Eug<ne, now,"said Fanny,
bent on attracting Bertha's attention from
her brother. " He will do well enough.
Toll 111 e about your father. Didn't lie get
along pretty smoothly with Mr. liobert
Wallingford?in the mills I mean ?'*
" lie was a man who would go on anywhere,"
said Bertha, proudly. " Ho would
I have been superintended! instead o! asistI
ant, if he had lived another, year. Shan't
I go and call Eugene iu ? Ho will niako
himself sick out there."
"Don't, Berthaj ho wants to be alone,
lie will tell you to-night."
" Why couldn't he have told use before
he went oul ? It will I o an a ,'(: until night
time, and he only said perhap-: ho would
tell us then."
"Woman's curiosity !"siid Fanny, with
a. bright little laugh. It was evident,
however, that Kit'.1, too. was pained by the
seeming want of trust exhibited by her
lover.
'If I come over to-night, do you think
you will know?" Fanny asked, as she
made ready to depart, a few minutes later.
" Ilnf nliviun rlon'f. hum' hiin. Hortlia.
I know as well as you, that a great ileal
depends on the answer to that letter, but
it id best to give him time."
"What do yoa think it will be, Fanny,
' Yes' or ' No.' "
" I can't even guess. T5nt I am going to
try and think, that he will put away any
scheme ho may l>e thinking of?for I know
there is something?and say ' Yes.' "
"Can't you imagine what that something
is, Fanny
"Howcould I ?"
True,. Cojdo to-nijrht, then, and I will
tell you what ho says.?r
The two girls, Bertha and Fanny, were
almost inseparable companions. They had j
been friends since childhood,- but since
Fanny's engagement to Eugene, they had q
been together more than ever.
There was only a year's difference in
their ages, but their dispositions were ex- a
actly opposite. While black-eyed, rosycheeked
Bertha was spirited to an almost
unfortunate degree, and impatient of restraint,
blue-eyed Fanny?who bofe the ?
reputation of being the handsomest gfrl in
the village?was quietr retiring and un- <
assuming. She was rather slender in figure,
and there was a grace in her every move- j
ment which never failed to attract. Her
complexion was of the purest white, and
her features, without being rigidly regular, rr
^ more than-.; t
in hcrcheekB.and the long,
"Sf'. ftmoo xr&iltiA wAnr^pfilllv^ I
deep blue eyes, were adde<J charms vM&': r
bad no small share in majring Her fhe belle
of the thriving New England ^pwn .whore
she had always lived. ' , i<
It was natural that both girls- should j
feel a deep interest in anything Eugene engaged
in. If he should accept the offer ^
now under consideration, it meant & speedy marriage,
and a life of quiet comfort was
as certain as anything can be in this-world t
of clianges. If he declined, who could tell
what might come between them? Who
could say how he might be situated a
single month from that very morning ?' * u
Bertha was busy with thoughts like
these when Eugene came in from the garden,
and threw himself at full length on
the &ofa, in the room where she was sitting.
" Bertha," he asked, after a few minutes'
thought, " What did you ever hear mother
say about my name ?" *
Bertha looked up, surprised at the g
strange question, but made no reply, t
" About my first name, I mean."
" What a boy," said Bertha, with a 11
smile. " Don't you know your own *
iiuiutj i r
".Roland Eugene Wallingford, of course." ^
" Well, what more is there to knew
about it?" E
"They never called mo RolaniI,did they; c
why did they give me a name they dia- c
hked and would not use ?" t
"I am sure I don't know."
"Was I named after any one ?" 8
" After some one father mot before he e
came here, I believe/' I
"Confound this notion of making a c
child a walking, talking token of their
parent's affection, for some one else. They
will be inscribing the virtues of the de- 1
ceased on the children's backs next." n
Bertha looked shocked, yet amused at n
her brother's quaint idea, but said nothing.
a
"Hid father nny second name? They g
might have given me that, you know." s
"Ho had none."
" Nor mother?"
"No name but Margaret." L
"Are you certain ?*'
"What makes you ask such strange 8
questions, Eugene"? I don't understand
von to-dav."
y ' */ ^
" I have a curiosity to know. Tou said, r
just now, that I was n?uued after some one e
father met before coming to this placed Do 8
you know who that miic was?"
"I do not.'' *
A long silence followed. Hertha worlred t'
industriourly at the hem of a handkerchief, jnnd
Eugyno lay with his eyes fixed on the
ceiling of the room.
" Eugenel"
It was Bertha who broke the Bilence. I
Her brother was TTusy with his own v
thoughts and did not answer. The girl
walked over to him and put her hand on 0
his shoulder as he lay, stili looking 3traight I
up. il
" E-igene, I have answered your ques- u
tions ; will you answer one of mine ?"
" If I can, yes."
" What aro you going to say when you c
answer th:it letter ?" b
" I don't know yot, I am going out tonight-.
and when I come in, you shall know
everything about it that I know." k
" You have something else in your mind, o:
and you won't tell me what it is. Has any- ,
thing happenedla anything dreadful ,
going to happen ? Tou look a year older
than you did when you went out to cue
post ollico. Did you show me all the mail xi
you got ?" g
" There, sister mine," sai-l Eugene, uiafe- a
ii:g a miserable attempt at being gay, "I
agreed to answer you one question, and you C:
have asked me half a dozem'*;?.} .^r (:jl
*' But I am in earnest ailtl I -want 8;
answer me." .
" Well, if yon will know, I diiln't show
you all. I kept one back and destroyed it., o:
Don't ask me what it contained, for I won't k
tell you until to-night." ^
He lay there a few minutes longer,
never seeing the tours that were gathering
in his sister's eyes, and then went out t<
in the direction of the business portion of ft
the town. s)
Aud while Bertha sobbed and puzzled
o.er tho unanswered letter, and the letter r<
she had not seen, Eugene pondered over It
the pile oi crumpled augments lying m i
his room, and imagined that the success or w
failure of his life depended upon the truth
or falsity of the message the legal-looking 11
sheet had contained. h<
Although it was scarcely noon when Eu- ii
gi'iie left the house. Fanuy went over at p
dusk aud found that ho had not yet re- .
turned. Both girls were too anxious over 11
his unwonted absence and his actions of n
the forenoon to talk much, and so they sat u
in silence by the window facing the street,
until tin.' c'oi'lt struck ton, and still the *,
bright moonlight showed no signs of his ^
coming. e:
to BE CONTINUED,
running" for office. k
I never run for office but once. At the k
earnest solicitations of some of my friends, ai
in an unguarded moment I allowed myself
to be announced as candidate for the , c<
office of |Justice of the Peace. Previous to : fc,
this fool movo I had been considered a de- c;
cent kind of a mr. i, but the nest day when ' a;
j the Bugle came out it was filled with ac- i jr
i counts of my previous history that would j b
' have curdled the blood of. a Digger Indian, j tl
: A susceptible public was gravely informed! qj
j that I was not fit for the office, that I was
I almost a fool, besides I had come West
I
; under very suspicious circumstances. I!
had starved my deaf old grandmother to'
' death and then sold the remains to a soap- 80
i factoy. I had stolen a hand organ from a
poor blind cripple and run away with the a'
proceeds. I had sold my grandfather's:
coffin for fourteen dollars, and buried the w
' old gent in a boot box. In utter despair1 sr
I I rushed around to headquarters, withdrew ai
| my name and swore a solemn swear that
1 I would never indulge in politics again. ! ls
' And I never will.?John Quill. J ?!
HE WOULD THY IT. I CC
' I
An old gent living in the country called i .
' at the office of the gas company in Chicago I 111
the other day, having a two quart pail in j .
| his hand and asked:
"Is this where they sell gaa ?"
"Yea, sir, wo can furnish you with gas,1' ] ,
j replied the clerk.
"Well," said the old man as he pulled thoj
| cover oil his pail, "I'vo heerd a good deal J _
| about gas, and my' wife's hcerd a goouI
; deal about gas, and I'll take two quarts'
I along and try it. How much is it aj
| qnart?" | ??
When he was informed that gas was ai
* * ro
vapor, and the method of burning it was! 1
explained, he sighed and said:
"Hannah will be awfully disappointed."
utv.'"
Five O'clock in the Morning.
? .
t is all very well, for the poets to tell,"
By way of their song adorning,
if milkmaids who rouse, to manipu- ,
late cowST - - ' '. JrS
At five o'clock in the morning. * ^
Lnd of moony young-mowers, wivabun-*
die outdoors? ^
And charms of their 8traw"beds scorn- ^
iefore break of dfly, to make'love and ^
fet. five in tlip morn inc. <r^ <
t may not Jtaw^Qn^for tjie man in tile " ''
'b kneel in the wet grass aild
Avhatif lie poped down on anattftf?
W h^wcould lie see what ya^.qi^^rfais
At five o'cleck iu the morning^
t is all very well, sucli stories tcyie^V ^ *
But if I *.vere a maid, all forlorn-Tngj*^ ;
jid a lover should dropf in the clover^
At fire^o^clock in the morning-; -J&ijjf*.
f I liked him, you see, I'd say, 4Tle<K^^i%^8
call atthree ;M
If not, I'd turn on him with sqfiBir-'
ingDoa't
come here, you'Flat, with contm?* ?
drums like that,
At five o'clock iu the morning J*'
: . _
frcfu* rrvirrpc ?r x ivrriAff ,2^
A very smart German philologist, named ' *'
Jachrcaier, Has invented a universal faxr
uage. We have not mastered all its in- ,
ricacies jet, but the theory start* with; th* ' /*,
lea that man needs only four thousand -j
rords to express all hia ideas. Bight here
re agree with the author. There are pleay
of situations in life where one or two r^
;ood solid words are about enough, and we . ' ^
an scarcely surmise auy combination of *
ircumstances which would require nacre : ^ * ".J rj
hanfour thousand. That number would V
atisfv even an insurance asrent or a light
ting rod man. It might be a little short "
or the mother-in-law -when aha start? *
>ut to give the brute who married her
laughter her opinion touching his coming
tome at two o'clock in the morning; but a
aother-in-law has very few rights that any
aan is bound to respect. It is certain that
German philologist would not halt in his c,
reat taak on her account. We not
ure, but Dr. Baclunaier may have a mothr-in-la,w,
and if he has ho will agree, with
is. "r"
Starting from the basis of the four thouand
words, Dr. Bachmaier states that each *
f the words will have a number which wilcpresent
it in all the languages. As an
xample?if the number 100 stands oppol
ite the word fire in the English column, it
rill also be found against the word feu in
he Trench, and feuer in the German* and
bus throughout the whole list of language*
ised.
In the application of this method, an
Englishman, writing to a French friend
rith the dictionary in hand, will first seek
ut the word he desires to express in
'rench; but, In place of writing the word _ '
tself, will write the numeral that is the
niversal representative; and, reversing
his method, tho French'recipient of the
ommunicrtion will replace the numerals
y the words of his own language.
It is very easy to see how charming all.
his is going to be. Under the operation
f the present beastly system of languages*
|fellow has to learn a tongue throughout
efore he can talk rto the natives. Audit - ' .
>metimes happens that after he has spent . ' V lonths
aod months on hia . Ollendorf, and
oes to Paris, the very first man he aska
bout the gold pen of tho schoolmaster
alls him an idiot. That isn't the answer
i Ollendatf.' It is, ,;;No,'bti^|pbave the , .
ilk gown of tho gr?mdmothers But as
>ng aa the whole world does not revolve
n the Ollendorf principle, it is cheering to
now that German philologists are turning ' '
heir attention to schemes which will sur- .
lount the difficulties now existing. Herojforo
it has been very embarrassing to
ill in love with a Frenoh girl who hadn't
;udied Ollendorf. Bat now ii is'all seme.
You have simply to clasp her hand, '
>ok toward heaven and say 98,16, 23/7,
1, and she will reply, 5, 72, 8, 15, 29.
'hen you are not well up in the Bachmierin
system you will have to talk with the
ooks in your hands. This will make the
iterview longer and consequently more
leasant. If you say three 2, 22, 78, meanlg
"I lovo you," it will take her a few molents
to pick it all out of the French colmn,
and then you can embrace her or get
our hat, just accordingly as she replies.
Iverything is placid. There is no undue
scitement, and even if her father came
own with thunder in his eye, it would take
irn so long to find out the numbers standig
for the expression of his intention to
ick you, that you could bo half a mile
round the corner before he wag ready.
We prcdict fox the system a great ?uc>ss.
It will bring ull mankind into a close
ond of brotherhood, and advance the
luse of civilization. We will be once j
jain a simple people, each with his book
i his hand, going about babbling in num?
ers. Neither C'hcctaw nor Chinese shall
u*ow us, and our polyglottis will wag
lemly to the nvrsdie of the numerals.
LAUGlUNfi CHILDREN.
Give us the b<>y or girl who smiles aa
ion as the first rays of the morning sun
li^nce in through the window, gay, happy "
id kind. Such a boy will be fit to "wake
j" into a man?at l-ast when contrasted
itli a sullen, morose, crabbed fellow, who
trips :inu siuuia * auuj vui, v*
i-l grunts like an untamed hyena from
lo moment ho opens his angry eyes till he
confronted by his breakfast. Snch a
rl, other tilings being favorable, Trill
iod material to aid in gladdening some
>lu for table home, or to refine. civilize. mo
and humanize a rude brother, makg
him gentle, affectionate and lovable.
It is a feast to even look at such a joyspiriug
girl, and see the smiles flowing,
to speak, from the parted lips, displaying
set of clean, well-brushed teeth, looking '
most the peysonilication of beauty and
JUUUVaO; tlUlfc iW <%0 WIO
rds?the wide-awoke kird3?that comenced
their morning concert iopg before
o lazy iuvs dreamed that the sun WJlfl ap- ? r
oaching, andmhout to pour a whole flood
light and warmth upon tho earth.
Such a girl i? like a gentle shower to the
.veiling (.firtli, bestowing kind words#
eet eiuils3, aud fu-ta of mercy to all
omul her?the joy and light of the hQflSC*
m.
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