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TlTTOLliMt SISTERi
CMXX AND ITS PUMSHlfEHT.
COKCLCDKD.
"ltd win, I have come to bid you a fare
well?it, indeed, yeu go to-night, in thii
world we shall never meet again; neithei
hart after, if half that you believe is true
It eeta one thinking, does it not! a parting
that we feel to bo for ever, from tho*
with whom we havo been in dailv inter
I comm, even for a few abort month*!'1
"And |*r*jr, Catherine," he aaked, try inj
to talk calmly, "why should we not mee
again? Even if I were about to visit th<
antipodes I should look forward to re tun
some day; indeed it would grieve me mucl
to think that I should never enjoy agair
year company, where I have spent so ma
1 ny pleasant hours, and of which, believ<
3 me, ( shall ever cherish a grateful recol
/ lection. Be kind to poor Annie and ini
mother when I am gone, and if you think
S it not too great a task, I shall be verj
i. glad sometimes to hear the news froin you
I and sw return will write vou of my wandefines
in the Highlands.^
I "Well, good by, Edwin," she repeated
"for all yen aay, my words may yet prov<
I "But I do not go yet for some hours
mid we shall meet again below before I
Jesrvq why not defer good-by till then!*
j There was another pause before she aa
t ' ewered, with passionate energy, and grasp
I sag hia arm tightly:
_v u _ o -a e \f -
1".vnu it inia nil you have to sayl IS'ou
listen to me, Edwin: kuow that I lore you,
and judge of iU intensity by thus owning
it I am no bash lb 1 English girl, to die a
victim to ooneealraent or suspense, but
mutt and will know all at once. Now,
tell me sir, havtff misplaced ray lovel?
Tell me, I say, and quickly; for, by lh<
power* abore, you littie know how much
depend* upon your answer."
8lie felt his hand, cold and tremblings;
liis face was eren paler than her own, as,
overwhelmed With confusion, Edn in stammered
out. vN k
"itcally, Miss Arnatti?Catharine?1
eraa wet aware; at least, I aaa so taken by
?prist. Oire me time be think, fiat?
M What, then, joa hesitate," she said,
etnas ping her feet; sod then, with deeper
?U calm?ft, added, in a softer tone,
"Well, be it sc; body and soul I offer, and
yen reject the gift." A violent struggle
1 wsaraaking the young roan's breast, and,
by the workings of his eouateaenoe she
saw, and paused. Hot still he never raie^||
ed his dyes to hen, that wete so fixed on
4W him; and she continued,14 Yon ash for time
T be think, oh! heaven and hail, that I should
name to thial But take it, and think well;
it ia fber hours before you qnh this/wet; I
will be there to say adieu. O, better, per
yen will write, and give a leisure
tu>UM remit* ?f deHbermtioo*."
Sho *poki) the Imi word* with * Wu??
?o??r; yet Rlwm<li*g4u?t cJMswiggmtion,
Md replied.
"Y??, I win write, I promtM fon, with
' |f \ * 7*
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TO LITERARY,
"Hush!" interrupted Catharine; "your t
sister calls; why does she come here now! i
! You will not mention what has passed, I ;
know; remember, within a month I am to i
hear. Think of me kindly, and believe ]
that I might make you love me as I love I
you. Now, go to her, go before she finds
you here." <
Kdwin pressed her hand in parting, and i
she bent down her forehead, but the kiss i
imprinted there was c8ld and passionless. 1
lie met his sister at the door, and led her
back affectionately to the drawing-room <
she had just quitted. I
f The old gardener had deposited a port- 1
^ manteau and knapsack on tho very edge ]
of the footpath by the side of the high
s road, and had been watching for the mail,
with a great horn lantern, some half-hour I
or so before it was expected; while the J
r hourto-raaid was stationed insido the gate;
f upon the grave walk, ready to convey the 1
intelligence, as soon as the lights were vis- i
iblc coming up the hill, and the cook stood '
? at the front door, gnawing her white '
i apron. The family were assembled in <
l that YOrV 1innla*aanf alato /\f i
always tclt an agonizing and unconquer- *
able fear during a thunder-storm, roused I
' from her light slumber, lay hudled up,
and trembling, with her faco buried in the '
1 pillow. She did not hear the door open 1
or the footstep that approached so stealth- '
ily, before a hand was laid upon her '
' shoulder, and starting up she recognized 1
' her cousin. 1
"Oh, Cathariner she faltered, covering 1
her eyes, "do stay with me awhile; I am ]
so terrified?and think of Edwin, too, exposed
as be must be to it."
"I hare been thinking of him, Annie." ,
"But you are frightened, also, a little, ,
, are you not?with all your courage, or ,
I what made you shake so then!" said the j
, poor girl, trying to draw her oousin nearer ,
( as flash after flash glared before her eye- t
i lids, and louder daps of thunder followed f
, each other at shorter intervals. ,
"I frightened?" replied the dauntless t
woman. "I frightened; and what at?? |
Not at the thunder, surely; and as for
: lightning, it H strikes, they say, it brings
a sudden and painless death, leaving but *
eddew even a mark upon the oorpee.? ?
Who would not prefer this to lingering oo
a bed of sickness."
"Do not any so, Catharine, pray do not;
only thinking if?5 Ond, have mercy on
us. Waa not that swfMf uP;
"Was it not grand? Magnificent:--aw- *
fml if you will. Think effes wmuwl *
revefing unoeutrolled,
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that generally precedes the departure of a '
friend or relative; Edwin, walking about <
1 the room, wrapped up for travelling, impa- '
- ticnt and anxious to bo off. At last, the I
r g-rkner halloed out lustily; Betty ran to- i
I ward the house, as if pursued by a wild t
Wast, and screaming, 4,It's a coming*," and '
t-nok, who had been standing still all the '
timo, rushed in, quite out of breath beg- <
ging Mr. Edwin to mako haste, for the <
. coach never waited a minute for nobody; '
. so he embraced his mother and sister, am) '
. then, taking Catharine's hand, raised it I
hastily, but respectfully to his lips. Miss
. Kecd watched the moveincut, and saw
r how he avoided the piercing gate her coui
sin fixed upon hiin, not so intently though,
but that she noted the faint gleam of sat.
itfaction that passed over Annie's pale
i face; and cursed her for it Strange, that
s the idea of any other rival had never
i haunted her.
Hiood-by, once more,** said Edwin. "I
. may return Wore you expect me; God
1 bless you all!"
f And, in another five minutes, he was
f seated by the side of the frosty old gentleman
who drove the mail, potHng away
vigorously at his meerschaum.
The ladies passed a dismal evening;
more so, indeed, than the circumstances
* would seem to warrant. Annie commenced
a large piece of cmbroiderv; that,judg1
ing from its size and the slow progress
made, seemed likely to afford her occupa
tion and amusement until she became an
old woman; while Mrs. Rood called to
tuind all the burglaries and murders thet
had beeu committed in the neighborhood
during the last twenty years; deploring
their station, discussing the propriety of
iiiiTin^an alarm 1*11 hung between two j 1
of tlie chimneypot*, and making arrangement*
for the gardener to sleep on the premises
for the future. Miss Arnatti never i
raised her eyes from the book orer which 1
* the bent. Supper, generally their moat
1 cheerful tneal, remained untouched, and, 1
r earlier than utual, the}* retired to their re- <
* spective chambers. I
? For tcrcral hours. Catharine tat at her I
1 open window, looking out into the close, <
* hazy night. The sod wind, that had ev- !
cry now and then rustled through the '
\ trees, or shaken dewdrops from the thick I
1 iry clustered beneath the oyer-hanging 1
5 eaves, had died away. Aa the mist set- '
1 tied down, and a few stars peoped out just I
1 orerhea*!, a black curtain of clouds teem- s
1 ed to rite up from tlio horizon, hiding tho j
* nearest objecta in impenetrable darkness. >
- The only sonnda now heard were those I
' that told of man's vicinity, and his rest- '
r Icssnesa; the occasional rumble of a distant *
: vehicle; the chime of bells; sometime* tho <
' echo of a human voice, in the direction of '
* the town; the ticking of a watch, or tho I
hard breathing of those that slept; and <
these fell on the ear with strange distinct- I
i ness, amid the awful stillness of nature.? <
Presently the clouds that hung over a val- I
ley far awav, opened horizontally for an J
i instant, while a faint flash of lightning i
' flickered l>ehiad, showing their cumbrous I
outline. In a few moments a brighter <
' flash in another quarter was followed by
- the low roll of distant thunder, and so the <
storm worried round, nearer and nearer, )
' until it burst in all its fury over tho hill on 1
i which the cottage stood. I
' Misi Heed, who from her childhood h*<l '
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ind what it will, without a bound or limt
to its fun*. And fancy ouch a storm
::nt up in the narrow compass of a hunan
breast, and yet not bursting its frail
orison. What can the torments that thoy
;ell us of, hereafter, be to this!"
"And what reason can you have, dear
rousion, for talking thus. Kneel down by
me, for once, and pray; for surely, at such ?
? time as this, if at no other, you must <
feel there is a God."
"No; you pray, Annie Rood, if it will 1
somfort you; pray for us both. There, (
iow, lie down again, and hide your face. '
I will stand by your side and listou to '
foil." 1
Sho drew the slender figure gently back. '
Then, with a sudden movement, seir.ing a
targe pillow, dashed it over Annie's face,
grossing thereon with all her strength.?
Tho long, half smothered, piteous cry that
followed, was almost unheard in tho roaring
of tho storm that now was at its
height. By the vivid light that every initant
played around, sho saw the violent
jfforLs of her victim, whose limbs were
moving up and down, convulsively, under
?.u:?. u.j j-.i - '?'i?
mv> niiiio uvu i;iuuiv?> i iicn, iiirowing
the whole weight of her body across the
t>od, she clutched and strained upon tho
frame, to press more heavily. Suddenly
all movement censed, and the murderess
felt a short and thrilling shudder underneath
her. Still, her hold never relaxed;
untouched by pity or remorse exulting in
the thought that the cruel deed was nearly
lone, so easily, and under circumstances
where no suspicion of the truth was likely
to arise, dreading to look upon the dead
girl's face too soon, lest the mild eyes
diould still l>e ojien, and beaming on her
with reproach and horror. But what was 1
it she felt tlicn, so warm anil sticky, trick- '
ling down her arm? She knew it to be
tdood, even before the next flash showed
the crimson stain, spreading slowly over 1
the pillow. Again tho electric flud darted
lrom the clouds, but this time charged '
with its special mission from on high. The
murderess was struck! and springing up,
die feli hack with one shrill, wild, piercing
direik that reached tho ears of tuoso below,
before it was drowned in the din of <
falling masonry, and the tremendous crash i
that shook the house to its foundation, I
until tho walls quivered, like the limbers I
>f a ship beating on a rocky shore. <
Day was just breaking; a cold gray light i
dowly gaining strength over the yellow
nf ?iim? l.n.nulT^I ..1.M- .1- - I
3 ?. t.uouuuvu vnaiuiv^, V? fii?w- Ul?J
jccasional boom of distant thunder told i
that the storm was not yet exhausted.'? 1
Kitended on a low couch,, and hold by
the terrified servant*, was the wreck of
die one* beautiful Catharine Arnatti; at i
diort interval* her features U-came horriMy
distorted by an epileptic spasm, that
seized one side of her body, while the other
halt appeared to be completely paralyzed;
and the unmeaning glare of the eye,
when the lid was raised, told that the organ
of vision wan seriously injured, if not
entirely destroyed. Close by, the mother
bent soblnng over the helpless form of her
own child, blanched and inanimate, with
s streak of blood just oozing from her
pallid lips. Miss Heed, in her fearful struggle,
had ruptured a blood vessel, and, faint
ing from the loss of blood, had lain for
tome tiine to all appearance dead. Shortly,
however, a slight fluttering over the re- j
gion of the heart, and u quiver of the I
lostril, told that the principle of life still i
lingered in the shattered tenement. With i
ihe aid of gentle stimulentqshe recovered <
luflicicntly to recognize her mother; but '
is her gaze wandered vacantly around,
t fell on tho wretched and blasted crea- I
ure, from whose grasp she had been so '
wonderfully rescued. As if some magncic
power was in that glance, Catherine
oee up suddenly, despair and horror in
ho glassy stare sho fixed on tho corpseike
form before her, as, with another yell,
iuch as burst forth when first struck by
he hand of Ood, she relapsed into one ,
A the most dreadful and violent proxysms
[ have ever witnessed. Annie clung !
iglitJy to hor mother, crying, in n faint, j .
mploring voice, "Oh, save me?savo me
roin her!" eiv, with h lioavy sigh, she
>nec more sank into insensibility.
For a long time Annie lay in the shadow
>f death. She lived, however, many
years, a patient and buffering invalid.?
Edwin married his betrothed and brought
tor home; to a homo, darkened, indeed,
>y crime, but gradually brightening unler
the genial influences of domestic hap>incM.
Catharine Anatti was fearfully punishh1
for her great crime. Tho light of ronton
never fully rctunie<I to her mind; the
ineainents of lier countenanco were awully.
changed; the sight of one eye was
otally destroyed, and her wholo nppearrnce
was frightful in the extreme. She
vas placed in a lunatic asylum, and alvays
spoken of aa the "Blind Sister."?
iometiraes a gleam of reason would dart
kcroea her intellect, hor wild screams of
>itter anguish would be heard riuging
hrough the dreary chambers, and then
ho would relapse into a sad reverie. It
vas indeed a sight to rend the sternest
leart. How full of proof that Crime is
dwavs followed by Punishment and biter
Remorse. On ner destfi-lmA. *) < ?
ally in the poaseaeion of her right mind, J
ind her Iwt moment* were agonised by (
he horrible and distinct remembrance of .
ter awful tin. J
It ie aald that the Hon. Joeiah Quince, j
ten., has cleared $60,000 by the aale of 19,.
00 feet of the Beaten city Wharf property, <
rhieh he purchased at auction a few weeks i
inee. I
We understand that pardon has been re, t
aired from Gov. Raid, of WWW, Boyd, from
he jremainder of the term of"Ihaprlrtonnient f
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CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY
Irtirlrs.
Privileges of Odd-Fellows,
Lkt no'one unite with the Order mew
ly to learn its secrets, wear its regalia
decorations, or insure himself provision ii
case of sickness and distress. These ar
privileges, it is true, to those who hav
other and Holder objects in view; but the
cost more of labor, and time, and inone;
thnn they nro worth to the merely curiou;
vain, or selfish man. Such will find it ;
burden to preform an equal share of ou
duties and labor, and lie may possibly b
insured against sickness as certainly aiv
more cheaply, in a mere insurance ossoci
ation.
But to one whoso generous lieart d<
lights in well doing, and admires our prir
ciples, and desires to find means for in
creasing his usefulness to sufficing mar
our Order presents the stronj^cstVinduet
ments. Wo oj>en for him a held oeVon
the limits of his party or his church, a
well as within it, needing his labor an
offering joyous recompense to his toils.
No church in its present state is exten
sive enoinrb in it? ?** ? ???..
o ? " ...
many good men who need the tninistra
lion of kindred spirits ?or far-reach in;
enough to reach even its own mcmbut
when distant from it, and needing aid am
protection. But if an Odd-Fellow, fa
away from kindred and home, falis dowi
by tlio way-sido, penniless and faint, h
lias but to inform' the nearest Lodge, am
hands are readied out. to provide, am
watchers are at his side to uphold hi
drooping frame. Or, if he falls under th
cold suspicions of an unfrendly world, am
is cast unmcritcdly into a felon's col
brothers arc active around him with coun
sel, and lnl>or to remove tho dark web c
circumstances that becloud his fnme or en
dainger his life, to secure him a fair trial
and, if just, a proper requital and a saf
return to society and friends.
In doing this, and other deeds of lik<
kindness, we interfer with no indiridua
duty; call for no neglect of proper interest;
supercede no social, ecclesiastical, or pel
iticial action. \Yc leave every mcnibe
free as before in bis obligation, duties an<
opinions, llut'we/mlarjje his aeqvvaintanc
around liiin, and associate him in labo
with thousands with whom ho has neve
before acted. Wo oj>en all around bin
a field for good, in which his feet had nev
or trod, nor his mind and hands laborec
We increase his means and measures fo
blessing others, and thus happifying him
self, bylplacing the resources of our Ordc
at his disposal. We extend indefinite!
his operations, so that the suffering an
needy, at the extremities of our vast brthci
hood, may feel the succor and share th
bounty he aids in directing. And, by tli
most beautiful lessons, Vo instruct bin
in those great principles which will n<
only inform his own mind and rendc
more susceptible to goodness his ow
heart, but will enable him, if he so wills
to l>ocome an apt teacher and ready c>
ample to others, in all those virtues thn
adorn and bless humanity.
To all, then, who are willing to lear
and to do good, we give the invitation t
join our ranks. And to remove air
lingering scruple of the conscientious, w
iny, should Odd-Fellowship tender yoi
any obligation, or require of you anydutj
soiiflicting with the duties you owe to
to humanity, to your country, your famih
or your friends, we enjoin you to leave i
forever, as hollow in its pretension am
unworthy the favor of the community.?
fellow's Manual.
From the Charleston Courier.
The Moving Table.
Mkshrh. Hornets :?On a late visit t
the North, I was invited to witness thi
phenomenon. Four persons stand aroum
\ light small table, one on each side, am
place their open right baud tint, on th
table near one comer, ami their left on th
right hand of the jierson to the left, place*
near the corner. After 15 or 20 minute
the table moves in a circle, the person
running around with it, keeping the hand
in the same rclativo places. The wonde
is, what is the cause of this motion. Th
opinion of many is, that electricity is iui
parted froin the hands of the individualuid
gives this motion?altltougli, the tabl
inay be a nun-conductor according to th
knowledge wo now possess of the natur
of this tluid. I have said that I was in
ritod to w itness this wonderful phenoinc
non, but 1 did not see the table move i
* circle, except when the persons pulled i
wound with their hands. Their hand
were disposed in llio best manner to brin]
11 vol 11 thai effect- I account for ?h? l.h.i
lomcnon, in this way : the hand has
iiaposition to return to the body, as th
nuscles that extend the arm bwomo fn
iguod, which taken place in a abort tim
?there is a pulling of the corner of tho tr.
>lo then toward* the individual, as we!
is a downward pressure, and a pullinj
o wards the right, as the right hand is up
>n the table and ia on a better surface fo
pulling than that of the left, and from it
.emperatura having caused a vacuum, ala
sticks to the taUe. The right ami is more
>ver more commonly employed in pulling
ind so far as Uie will may operate in bring
ng about this phenomenon, would be tb
irst to Dull, in which case the body i
irawn back on the right and ntovod foi
sard on tbo left, and causes the left ham
o push, while the right ia pulling?witl
heee fcrm Uius applied to it, a small ligh
able mores in a circle.
To aee the principle more clearly c
brco thus applied, kt a sheet of papc
>o canght in t|io same place between th
hrnnb and hotin^rhy four individual*.
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MORNING, DECEMBER 22,1852.
bclicvo that this phenomenon, which has
coused such a great sensation at tho North,
is brought out by tlieso moans, because,
r although the experiment to move tho table
was made by those who were distinguished
for exhibiting this phenomenon, it
s did not in a single, instance move around
J when I used tho precaution to arrest the
a heavy pressure of their hands upon it, but
c it ceased to inore the instant that the presso
ing hand was detected. 1 have no doubt
y that th'A table is sometimes moved through
y mere mischief, sometimes through an un- ]
S conscious pressure of the hand of a fatigu- ,
a ed arm, and sometimes through the strong
r will of individnls inclined to tho innrvclo
lous.
d Tho power that Uto will may exert in
i- this experiment may be estimated, when
wo reflect that a button suspended at the
I- end of a thread held between tho tlmmd
i- and forefinger, will move in various direei
tions at the will of him who holds the
i, thread. I would not ask a place in your
!- paper for this, hut that I found so many
d intelligent gentlemen, clergymen, lawyers,
? doctors, and men of science, in tho most
d confident lielief that this phenomenon was
truly wonderful. This moving tabic b'i
longs to the family of "tho spiritual rap0
pings." The table was first moved from
- tho wall merely, and although it astoundg
ed thousands of tho most intelligent poo's
pie in the North, it was the grossest hutnd
bug ever practiced. I cannot conclude
r this article without stating a case, to show
n how for credulity may supply facts. While
e the individuals were engaged in tho expo1
rinicut of moving tho table around, they
d would frequently ol>servo that they heard j
s the table crack?that it would soon begin
o to move, under the belief that it was elccd
tricity that moved it, when 1 could hear
I, no sound, although 1 put my ear in a fai.
vnmKlo 1 ? -
< vi??/iv |oraiuwn lu iiunr.
>f The editor of the New-Yord Tribune
i- has written that the tabls continues to
I, move after the hands of the individuals
c are removed from it. Wo have all seen a
top movo after it leaves the hand of the
B boy that pulled the string.
J There may bo more done in the "land
? of spirits" than I saw, or was eallod to
|_ witness, that belongs to this part of Northr
ern wonders, therefore I limit what I have
J written.
0 I offer the above as an answer to the !
,r eall of the Haltimore Clipper.
f J. 1*. (>, MITTAG.
n ? From
the Southern Rights Advocate.
I. A SHAM DUEL.
I- IIY IKK WIGGINS.
r
y A few years ago, as 1 was travelling in
d the upper part of South Carolina, I hapr
pened to arrive, in the town of ( ?
10 just at dark, and put up at one of the Hole
lels of tho place for the night. After
11 dispatching my supper and seeing that
>t my horse was attended to, I took a seat
>r in the hall, where a number of young
n men and boys were assembled, con vers
*. ing on a subject that 1 considered very
serious. It appeared, from what I could
it gather that two persons had had a difliculty;
that one challenged the other; the
n other had accepted, and that nothing !
o short of a meeting on the "field of honor'
v would satisfy them.
e Having a curiosity to know the cause
u of so much excitement, I enquired of a
, good-natured looking gentleman, whom i
I, they called Hugh, and who appeared to |
, be the "head man," if ho could inform me
it of the particulars.
il "Wait a little while," said he, with a
- wink, "and you can see for yourself."
Everybody in G knows Hugh, lie!
is always full of fun, and ready to amuse
the way worn traveller, especially if he
"takes a liking" to him. I soon became
very familiar with him, and lie related
0 the whole circumstance tome. J[o said
that there was a fellow who lived in town, |
j by the name of Hill It , who took
j a delight in insulting everybody that
came in his way, and that he had been
at the hotel that evening and attacked
^ one of the hoarders whose name was John
II . John is a young man who loves
a joke as well as anybody, and is as good
. as the next one in playing them ofi". It
r seems that Hill proposed to fight John,
0 which he refused, knowing the disposih
lion of Hill, and that it would amount to
t nothing. Hill, not satisfied with that kind :
^ ot treatment, still insisted on a tight"?John,
c to get rid of his tormentor, proposed a
^ duel, which Hill accepted, and which was
to take place that night. He also informed j
my that ho was to act as second to Hill,
(| and that another young man, whom he
i, Pnrt wuu copautI Ia A A**? i
II *" n.UT
s learning the particular.-*, I concluded that
^ I would accompany thom to the "field of
battle," and wo the fun. I also been mo
a very familiar with John 11 , the !
0 "duellint." I asked him if ho thought
k. ho could act hia part without the joke
0 1 wing detected, lie said he thought he
. could; which ho did, an will tie Men.
II Whilo Hugh and Tort, the two seconds,
? were consulting relative to the "order of
i- the day," Bill madoliin appearance. He
r looked to bo about twenty-one years of
a age; square-built; with one eye on the
o ground and the other counting tho stars;
? coat buttoned up to the top, and his hands
i, crammed down into his pockets up to his
elbows, Ho was undoubtedly, from ape
poaranco, pno of tho "b'hoys." ;
* "Well, Bill, said Hugh, "have you got
' rverything ready?"
* Yes, I'm ready apy time/'said he.
^ ' After arrainging tho programme? the
' orowd started tdr the "field of battle."-?
The procession marched on with an air of
>f daep Solemnity, headod by tho principals
t and followed by the seconds and spcctae
tors AH womAil to ha doortlv (TVvOo.l
I ( withihc ?c?no. Tlio plncc for tho in*ct !
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r ^ 4
I- ? -'*9 tHk. ^
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ND LOCAL INT]
ing was a bridge, about a mile and a lialf
from town. When the procession had p
reached the brigo, Bill began to show m
somo signs of backing out, but Hugan g
told him thatwould never do, and that
lie must stand up and fight like man. g
"I ain't a /card to'figlit," said Biil, "but
I'm w illing to make it urtpif Jolin is." 11
'"That will never dt," saiil Hugh,
"John is not going to make it up; so you 1
may sis well agree to fight, or l?e called a
cow ard, just which you plesise." ci
'T told you at fust that 1 warn't afeard"
said Bill endeavoring to screw up his I
courage.
''I Lave you got your gun loaded, t<
Hugh!" said Port. si
"Not yet,' said Hugh, "hut will have v
in a short time." si
"Jhit two bullets in my gun, Hugh," o
said Bill. ri
"Very well, I'll fix it for you." a
The boys had now everything roadv, ?
except loading the guns, and as it did not
take long to ram down a charge of pow- fi
der, that was soon done. While Port <1
and Hugh were loading the gnus, Bill up- ?
peared to l>e engaged in prayer. Every h
now and then a deep sigh would escape s?
his lips, and the tears would steal down ?
his cheeks, but when he would hear the n
encouraging voice of Hugh, he would 1 h
! brush away the tears, and for a few min- it
ales appear reconciled; but when death, b
coffins, graves, ?te., were held up before ?
him, he would ngainc look melancholy, h
I felt a little sorry for the poor fellow a
hut I w as determined to bear w ith it and
sec the fun. The boys had now finished s<
loading, and had again made their ap- .
poaranec in the. crowd.
"Now, Bill, which end of the bridge do
you prefer!" said l'ort.
"I ain't ready yet,''said Bill.
"What's the matter now?" said Hugh, =
almost choked with laughter.
"I'm perfect Id willing to drop it," said
! Bill, in a trembling tone.
"Oh, it will never do to drop it now, p
after wc have gone so far with it," said
Hugh, biting his lips to keep from laugh- "
ing. b
"I don't think fighting will do any r<
good," said Bill, " and I'd jist. as soon not
ngnt as to light."
"Hall Hill, you ain't getting seared; ?
arc you?" said Port, as ho handed John ^
the musket.. s<
"No, I ain't scared, hut I hain't got a s<
tiling agin John! and 1 don't see the use ^
of figktiu' without we was fightin' for
somethin'," said Hill.
"We are fighting for something," roared "
John. s<
" Now, you sec John is not going to h
make it up, don't you f" said Hugh. *
"I ain't neither, said Hill, ngain en- .
denvoring to pick up spunk. 1
While Hill was in the notion, the boys j lJ
thought it best to pla?o them at once at I t
a proper distance and have it over. They p
were soon read) for the word to be giv- j
en ; but just as the question was put?
"Are you ready f" Hill again roared out,
"Stop?wait! I ain't ready yit?give a <
fellow time!" fi
"What on earth is the matter now/" v
said Hugh ; "I thought you wore ready
long ago."
"It ain't worth while to be in sieli a
powerful hurry," said Hill. ?
"Yes, it is worth while," said Hugh; U
"we have no time to loose ; it's getting 8
late."
a
After coaxing and begging for half an ^
hour or more, tliej' got Hill once more in
the notion to fight. The seeonds again a
placed him at his stand, and called for the o
word. 1<
"Are vou ready 1" c
i>:n ? i .
i Mil iimuw no ,'iu.nvcr, inn snxni irembling
as if lie were shaken by an earthquake.
"
"Arc yon ready/" was again asked in ?
ft solemn tone. ii
Itill still said nothing, and the coninian- t
der proceeded?
"< )ne?" "
"Stop?hold on?don't shoot! 1 ain't a
ready," stammered Kill, frightened almost k
to death.
"What sort ot a way is that to do ?" de- ^
manded Hugh, in a serious tone.
"I'm gittin' siek," said Kill, taking a seat "
on the bridge. ?
"Come, come 1 don't get frightened! tl
stand up and defend your honor." ^
"I tell you, I ain't scared," said Kill ; .
"if a fellow is a little sick, you think he's
afeard !" v
It was sotno time liefore they got Kill ^
in "fighlin' humor" again ; but the l>oys S
were determined not to give it up, so they
spared no exertion in endeavoring to "brace tj
up his courage.*' In the course of a half t|
hour, Kill was again in his place and the
question ? as again put?
"Are you ready 1" tl
"Yes," drawled out Kill, in an under ^
i tone. tl
"One ! two !?"
"Wait !?don't!?.stop r roared Bill,
tt the top of Ins voice. "I want to exam- a
ino my gun before 1 shoot." c
"I caii assure you that the (run is well- k
loaded, for I loaded it myself," said Hugh p
"Maybe it?it?hain't got any prim in'," ,
stuttered Hill.
"Pshaw ?" said Hugh. *
"It's best to l?e ctrtainsaid Hill. ?
"Give the word," said Ilugh.
"One?two?th?" f<
"Hold on 1 wait a minuto !" screamed
Hill. 01
"Oo on ! go on I" said a half dozen.
"Give me a Httlr time," said Bill , "I'll I1
be ready after a while." *
While thev were all waiting for Bill, ln? '
| was begging Ilugh to permit him to secure '
| himself under the bridge ; "for" said ho, r
"I can poke my musket over the bridge b
and shoot, and he will never know but a
what I am standing on the bridge. a
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ELLIGENCE.
NUMBER 40.
Hugh, believing it to be the only chance,
ermitted hitn to get under the bridge.
"AW, I'm ready," said Kill, poking his
un over the bridge.
"One?two?three !" Bang! went Bill's
un. "Oh Lord !" screamed John.
"My God ! have I killed him I" statutercd
Bill.
"Yes, you've killed him," replied
I ugh.
"Oh ! mercy 011 me ! what shall I do!"
ried Bill, almost scared into fits.
"Come, let us go up and see him," said
[ugh, "perhaps lie is only wounded."
Bill walked with a trcmlbing step up
"> where John was stretched ; but one
iglit was enough. The blood (red ink)
as streaming down his face, Ids eye*
I retched wide open, his tongue hanging
ut, his hair torn ; in fact, he was a hotible
sight. Bill gazed at him a moment
lid then uttering a shriek, fell senseless
t his side.
In a short time, Bill had recovered sufciently
to l?e taken home. Ho passed a
ir.'.i ?i-> t .
iii^iii iiic npua UUllll lltiUlll*
J his l>ed nil night. When morning came,
c started to see his friend-Iingl), to make
)inc arrangements to leave the State. He
nquired if John had been buried, and if
nyl>ody had found it out. Hugh told
iiu that no person had found it out; but
. was best for him to leave, as he would
e certain to be arrested if he did not. It
as some days before Bill discovered that
e had been "taken in," and when he was
ssured of the fact, he made himself very
\*ircc about the town, never having been
;en or hoard of since.
Iiuiiiiuj Igniting.
Just Views of Sabbath Keeping.
Hugh Miller, in his First Impressions of
England, makes the following just and
liporlant remarks on the mode of Sabath
keeping recommended by our modern
ifinery.
"Among the exciting varieties of the
enus philanthropist?benevolent men
cut on bettering the condition of the mas?s?there
is a variety who would fain
snd out our working people to the eounry
on Sabbath, to become happy and inocent
in smelling primroses, and stringdaisies
on grass stalks. An excellent
ihcmc theirs, if they "but knew it, for sinklg
a people into ignorance and brutality ;
>r filling a country with gloomy workouses,
and the workhouses with unhappy
aupcrs. 'T'is pity rather that the instiution
of the Sabbath in its economic
eatings should not be better understood
>y the unitarian. The problem which it
urnislics is not particularly difficult, if one
ould be but made to understand, as a
rst step in the process, that it is really
est i monies of our hutnble martyrs, her*
nd there corroborated by tko incidental
ridonce of writers, such as Burnet.
In these addresses from prison and'scaf?ld?the
composition of men drafted by
pposition almost at random from tko
eneral mans?we see how rigorously our
'roabyterian people had learned to think, fj
nd liow well to give their thinking i
ression. In the quietor times which foW
>w?f the Revolution, the Scottish pcasanry
existed as at once the inost provident
n<l intellectual in Europe; and a Morails
ndlnstfucted people pressed outward
pf** * *4
rortli solving. The incrc animal, that
as to pass six days of the week in hard
ibor, benefits greatly by a seventh day
f mere animal rest and enjoyment. The
cpose, aecording to its nature, proves of
ignal use to it, just because it is repose
coording to its nature. But tnan is not
mere animal; what is best for the ox
tid tbe ass, is not best for him ; and in
rder to degrade him into a poor unintel'ctual
slave, over whom tyranny in its
apriec may trample rough shod, it is but
cccssary to tic him down: animal like,
uring his six working days, to hard, cn;rossing
labor, and to convert the seventh
nt<? a day of frivolous, unthinking rclnxaion.
History speaks with much cmpliais
on the point. The old despotic Starts
were tolerablo adepts in the art of
ingcraft, and knew vtqII what they were
oing, when they backed with their an
Iiority the Book of Spotts. " The many
nthinking serf*, who early in tho reign
f Charles I., danced on Sabbaths round
lie Maypole, wore afterwards the ready
:k>1s of despotism, and fought that Engind
might be enslaved. Tho Ironsides,
rho in the cause of civil and religious
eedom, love their crown, were staunch
abbatnrians.
In no history, however, is the value of
lie Sabbath more strikingly illustrated,
ian in that of tho Scotch people, during
'ic seventeenth, and the larger portion of
lie eighteenth centuries. Religious and the
ahhatli wcro their solo instructors and
liis in times so little favorable to the cultiation
of mind, so darkened by persecution
ltd stained with blood, that, in at least the
arlier of theso centuries, wo dorwre our
nowledge of tho character and amount of
Alii or int nl 11 rroiion ntOinlt' CeAltl ilaafli