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WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 16, 1867.
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Marie, the Beggar Girl.
.Dring the "Reign of Tenror"
, there were many deeds
darng performed, even by wo
M i D and many noble- exanip}ee- of
jdetob .exhibited.
-"The very streets_ of Paris were
elaged with human blood, but
- er the guillotine it ran in gush
ark morning an unusual
ber. of the aristocraey had
been marched forth, and countless
84ad rolled frei the bloek.
4 A 'ing multitude stood by,
j,:oiit srent h.o air .
mere thu btchesed.
.~. A eOigte assembled multiftde
that dreary Worbig,.were tWd fe
One of 'them Was plainly
4wbile at. eloak was t#rawn
aroild her, with which she kept
rfetni-es nearly coneclied.
.eose observ tiol would
the fot tt- the woman
swe t inamed and ed,
-d - eagerly pon'the
_t rra, 1 shaddet 1uassed
the9 body of 'se one
who had been .n*fotunae en ,gh
tWfa1 uder the ban of" tielaZL
' faOef the Womai as very
beaatifued she was young-cer
tais ZoS msre than sixteen or
W,WSe+ years of age.
.:,TheOther5imalo-was qute'Hd
n _in chir eter.
fiee. a fairbut tpewas
a bype s on about it, -She
Mimi:cad in rags and as eaoh balad.
*ea ehe wrould dance, and in vari
,M*#ays express her delight, sand
th en . iceh Hi:. -
g%iifll a .another aridato
wbo refused me eharity when I
: thby aed-tohim!" -
expresionf -o the' -liad
evtiete i laugh from t0os
- her, sBut-any tho9gljt
,pen mst; wonder how ese
could have becoie so
d Afre4 fepnale watched this
tbe fc' a Thbw metnite,'nd
the'nese hww,ay to -her side,
4k .ai her hand upon the shoul
de re I would." spird:
"Fold me njou to'll eYe
at onL?"4 on.
h$at heu feags- tnedt
"O e o thewould."
they dlid so at length, and theu.
the ii-st female asked of the other
a~v la~p bhe geggar
~siii.but vha&'s your naUC,
ddahat do-youwart ?"
"My uamue ia Marie, the same~ as
yrOWn."
4dAre fou an aristocrat ?"
1t does not matter. If you
kaiw where you can find a room,
lead me toit, and you shall-have
'Te pauper- -ed' the way in a
.,9Wad filthy street, and then
dwu into a cellar, and into a dark
and iflthy room. The other fe
male could not but feel a- sicken
ing eeation creep over her, -but
she recovered herself. After con
gemplating, for a time, the apart
ment and what it contained, she
.wked :
* ."Are you well known in Paris?"
eges, ]Svery body knows Marie,
the eggar-Girl."
e4i you known to Robespierre?
If s, [want to make a bargain
with you." ,
"I am. What do you wish ?"
"You see my clothing is better
thie your own, andI wish io ex
change W'ith you. I want you to
* pensent to remamn here, and not
to show yourself at all for a short
.timie or until I come to you aggmn.
A's a regempense fbr aiding me I
will give you a thousand frapcs,
and when I come back I will give
you a thonasand more. As secu
rlt''feiiny return, take this ring."
-the lady drew a diamond ring
froin her finger, and gave it to the
beggar girl. Then she handed
hier a prng con tammig gold.
The girl appeared a little puz
S'Wll,l;at: are yoa- going to'
do with my dress ?"
' want to put it on and go
whore I first met yo."
"Oh!.I understand now. You
want to see the chopping go on,
and you are afraid you will . be
taken for an aristocrat if you wear 1
that dress. You 'want to repre. 1
sent me V"
jYes.rwant to .look as near
tVre-you as possible."
"Weli. that won't be very die
cult. Your hair and eyes, and
even y.otrrouth, is like mine.
Your face is too white, though.
But -we can alter that with. a little
They exebanged dresses, and
soon the young, rich and noble
ri e Nutes was olad-in the
'igho"ari, the - eggav-Girl of
Paris.
Th ho story:of Marie de Nantes
was a sad one. Her father and
two brothers had fallen victims
to the remorseless fieuds of the
evo tion, and a third and lapt
thr.ha4been seized. But of
isate she was ignorant, although
she expected it Woultf be sithilar
Ib4t of her other reiatives le
had been torn from he side but a
tew hours befbre.
eg.tje exebange had been.
made the pauper looked on tke
lire feef dnk1es of-thc. ady;
an4c$id;
'1 t :il -never do. Your feet.
M etogrwhite and delicate. Let
me erra ge- matters." .
I a.few moments Marie was
p and, in the filth and rage,.
s.e'ergdito the street.
Y-ae now took her eourse back
tgj4daf ' lotine,. and at
leis't sch+'d'the. sq1are b_eare
the wlood was still going on..
G I '.-~e she forced her way.
through .aa e.rowd, and ne4rer
and neare,sh-eame to the sea#i1d.
She even forced a lagh atrever
al remarks she heard argwnd her,
bn these langiB w'vded ry
strangely. -
3he ti, stood within a few-feet
" eIatform and swept it..with
her eyes, but her hrother-was' not
there.
T1e cry was now raised : -
Her heart fluttered violently,
and she felt a.faintness come over
-her as .he:heard the tramp of the
doomed men approaching.
Her brother walked proudly.and
fwIsy forwird, and ascended
e very steps which led to the
Up to.tis moment the strength
of po Mrie.hattfailed her, and.
she -ws unable to' put her -resolve.
in) 'exeention.
But now a sister's love awelled
u ior.h4r breast, an41 she recover
She .; es, forward, bursting.
throgr-the line of gunards, and
wrnirgthe steps.
-*iasping her brother by, the
-hand she cried:
- 'What does this mean ? It is
any the aristocrats that ar-. to
"Away, womap," exelsiwied ne
of the execution.ers.
"No; Iwil noswauntir you
tell me lhy my We -i :here
anpeuSr bownd."
"!outr brother ?" was the echo.
-Te, this~is my brother."
"WeIJ, who are you ?"
I am Marie ; don't you know
me ?"
"The beggar girl ?"
"But this is not your brother?"
"It is. Ask him-ask him."
Young Antonio de Nantes had
turned a scornful gaze upon the
maiden, but a light passed across
his face, and he murmured :
"Oh, my sister!"
"Is this you brother ?" asked
Robespierre of the suppossed l'eg
gar adivancing near her.
"It is."
"But his name is down different.
"Then you are mistaken. He is
my brother. Ask him."
"Does Marie speak the truth ?"
asked Robespierre.
"She does," was the brother's
reply.
"And you are not De Nan tes ?"
"I toll you I am her brother."
"Why did you not tell us this
before ?"
"Iattempted to speak but was
silenced."
"But you might have declared
yourself"
"You would not have believed
"But your dress?"
I"It belonged to an aristocrat.
Perhaps to lhim for whom I was
Robespierre advanced close to
young N.gntes, and gazed earnest
int i ace. Then he ap
proached Marie, and looked steadi
ly in her eyes for a short time.
It was a moment of trial to the
poor girl. She trembled in spite
of all her efforts to be calm. She
almost felt that she was lost, when
the human fiend, whose word was
law, turned and said :
_Release the man."
The chains were instantly re
moved and Antonio do Nantes!
walked down from the scaffold,
followed by his sister, while the
shouts of those around rent the
air, for they supposed that it was I
a commoner who had been saved.
The young man worked his way 1
through the crowd as rapidly as
possible, leading Marie.
They had scarcely escaped it be
fore the poor girl fainted from the
intensity of her feelings..
The= brother scarcely knew what
to:do, but a hand was laid upon
his arm, and a voice said:
"Bring her to my room again.
.She will be safe there."
The brother conveyed her to
the, apartment of the pauper, and
asked of her:
"Hae ayoa ,een the female be
fore ?"
"Yes I know all. about it," re
trned the panper. -She borrow
ed4'y clothes to save- her lover.
She has done it and .I am glad."
Before'the.noble sister returned
to consciousness the brother had
learfed all.
When she did so they both
sought seeirc quarters, after re
wardirg the beggar-girl' as had
beep promised.
"Do you think Robespierre was
realit deeived?" asked Marie de
Narftes.
"I think not,". returned the
brother.
"Then why did he order your
re'ease.?"
"He saw your plan. He'admired
your courage. Could a fiend have
done less-?"
"Perhaps this was the case. But
iftso, it was a deed of mercy and
and the only one that man ever
did."
"You are right."
Antonio de Nantes was not again
arrested, and lived happily with.
.that sistei- who h4d so nobly, peril
ed her own life to save him by
representing the "IBeggar-Girl of
Paris."
E'TRaORDI-rARY Co'NFESsION OF
SPEAKER COLFAX.-It was stated
that Mr. Colfax, in arecent speech,
threatened President Johnson
with ihanging. This was .indig
nantly denied by his friends ;..but
we now find, by i fall report of
his speech, published on his' own
authority, which 'is equivalent to
a confession, that what he-did say
on this subject was quite bad,
ifnot Mose than.he was original
ly charged with. The speaker of
the- 'House of Representatives
threatening in a public speech to
"to %ang th'e Chief Magistrate of'
the United States like a common
malefactor, is one of the most dis
raeful .exhibitions of partizan
shi that ever rampant radicalism
hasyet made. It was generally
supposed that the Speaker of ~the
Houge should be a gentleman.. All
the ,traditions of Congress and the
respetability of a Constitution
which created the. office; presup
ose that' fact ; but that the
Speaker should threaten the Chief'
Magistrate with the ignominious
death of a felon, only shows to
what a terrible state of demorali
zation the leading politicians of
the Republican party have sunk.
It i-but in accordance with the
intincts of gentlemanly society,
that a man using such languagre
would at once forfeit his status
and be expelled from all associa
tion with gentlemen. We can
only say that Mr. Colfax, by his
own conf'ession, has disgraced his
character and has entitled him
self to a denial of' all the courtesies
of respectable society henceforth.
[New York Herald.
Mrs. Bowden, of Newton Coun
ty Ga. died at .10 a. in., Saturday,
August 24th. 'At 7 p.. in., her hus
band died. They were converted
on the same day, joined the church
the same day, were baptized the
same day, died the same day. and
were buyied the same day in the
same coffin, after living together
as man and wife a quarter of a
century.
The Wilmington Star mentions
the case of a gentleman living in
that vicinity who made $25,000 off
his crop of ground peas last year,
and another who will make from
13,000 to 15,000 bushels this year,
at prices varying from two to four
dollrs per bushel.
Three editors an~d one newspaper pub
lisher have been returned to the Cana
in Parliamnent.
Letter to Governor Orr.
WxrsBo, S C.. Sept. 27tb, 1867.
To His Excellency Governor James
L. Orr :
SIR: You have addressed an
official letter to Gen. Sickles in
which you thank him for his ad
ministration while ruler of .this
State. This you do on behalf of
those you "represent." My as
tonishment at your course is only
exceeded by my mortification in
finding my State so misrepresented
by you in your official capacity.
.1 would call your attention to
the following public acts of Gen.
Sickles, and ask whether you con
sider the author of them worthy'
of commendation.
Before the Act of July created
Gen Sickles military despot. of the
Carolinas, he on his own authority,
enacted,
1st. That negroes should sit on
juries.
2d. That negroes should ride in
first class cars, and steamboat state
rooms.
3d. That negroes vote -at all
etections.
4th. That negroes should be
elegible to all offices in the State,
including that which you now hold.
5th. That no elections should be
held except with his imperial. per
mission.
He also committed the following
acts :
rst. He degraded both the Uni
ted States flag and the Charleston
firemen, by. forcing the letter,
against their uniform practice be
fore the war, to display and salute
the former at a purely civic pro
cession.
2d. le refused to obey the
habeas corpus writ of the United
States Court, a process so sacred
to all Englishmen and Americans.
3d. He eaused Capt. McNulty
to be tried by a Military Commis
sion (although theIT. S. Supreme
Court had solemnly declared Mili
tary Commissions illegal in time
of peace,) and fined him heavily
for not altowing a negressto crowd
herself with the ladies on his boat.
- 4th. He tried two youths of
Columbia for assaulting two mis
hief makers from the North, by
Military Commissiori, and senten
qed them to confinement at hard
labor in a fort in another State,
where, I understand, they are now
doing police duty and cooking for
negro troops.
&-5th He removed an honest
magistrate in Columbia for. not
over-doing his duty in the above
ase; and replaced him an~d degrad
ed the office by-appointing an ig
norant ivegro.
6h. He interfered with .our
laws generally;- and concerning
ret, licences, an'd the administra
tiont of justice: thereby almoat
estroying all credit.
7th. He disfranchised n,at.urali
zed eitizens without any authority
from Acts of Congress.
.8th. He disfranchised mulitary
officers against the literal provision
of the yuly Act,as interpreted .by
itself.
9th. He slandered one of the
purest Equity Judges of the State,
nl several of our most respect
able and honorable lawyers.
Much eulogy has been lavished
by you on Gen. Siekles for Order
No. 10. Whatever may have been
the temporary relief afforded,to
debtors by this extraordinary order,
all lovers of constitutional liberty
have it forced upon their reflec
tion, that laws similar have uni
formily been pronounced by the
Supreme Court of the United States
to be uncon.stitutional; and that a
law passed by our Legislature,
which by no means interfered with
the obligations of contracts to the
extent of order No. 10, was de
clred by the highest Court in the
State, by ten judges against one,
to -'iolative of~ the Constitution
of e United States. Also, that
the Attorney-General of the United
States in an argament that has
not been, and%annot be, answered,
has declared the issuing of this
order to be a despotic stretch of
unauthorized po wer. Finally while
temporary relief has been afforded
to debtors, we have the fact forced
upon us, that a large class ofecredi
tors, among whom are numbered
many now destitute widows and
orphans, haye been great sufferers
thereby.
In this connection, I would ask
if you do not know that the appli
cation of Order No. 10, to the
Federal Courts was an afterthought
on the pars of Gen. Sickles; and
that he did allay the process of
t~is Court to be freely executed
in this State, until it occurred to
him that this Court nggt on
proper case made, declare the July
Act unconstitutional and thus .de
toy Jhu per Cv7ric power ?
ze your letter as your second bid
'or Radical favor. Your speech
n Charleston, when you ungrate
ully aspersed the Democratic
)arty which gave you prominence,
was your first bid. Your letter
ias furnished the Radical party
vith a pretext for the prosecution
)f its nefarious designs for the op
)ression of the South, that has
yeen-seized upon with avidity by
ts partizan journals. While thus
pening the way for your admis
;ion into the folds of the Black Re
)ublican party, you might at least
ave spared us the unwarranted
lumny of stating that but for
he "wisdom, moderation, and for
)earance" of Gen. Sickles "a con
;iderable nu-mber of troops would
ave been necessary to preserve
)ublic records, and ensure~the safe
y ofsheriffs, &c." You w.el[ know
ow law abiding are the citizens
)f the State thus maligned hy.you,
nd that the only riotous demon
trations made since the wair have
)een by negroes at places where
United States'troops were in force.
In -conclusion I must say that
reur letter represents the senti
Teuts of only a small class of debt
>rs who- prefer their individual
iell-being to the preservation of
:he li>erty of their country ; and
bat all true South Carolinians
eel that Gen. Sickles while with
1s,. whatever may have been .his
personal relations to you, not only
rushed out the substance of liber
ty but likewise destroyed its forms.
Yours respectfully,
T. W. WOODWARD.
Sleeping Equality.
The enterprise (Miss.,)Star tells
the following good story of a mm
ster well known among the Meth
dists on Pearl River, but who has
moved to Alabama :
"A friend has jnst stepped in
who gives us the following as a
practical test of the sincerity of
the newly converted Radicals. We
ecommend its general adoption
by those of our colored people
whose votes and 'influence the
Radicals are endeavoring to ob
tain by a regular system of equal
ity hood-winking:
Rev. Mr. Talley, of the Mont
fomery Conference of the Metho
iist Episcopal Church South, who
is a -'weak vessel," has been
bought up by the emmissaries of
the Northern Methodist Church.
In ignorant zeal of a new convert,
who of ,course wished to render
.ome service for his money, he
went into the $ummerfield Dis
trict, over which Dr. A. H. Mitch:
l presides, and began the propa
ation of the perfect equality doc
trine among the colored people.
This egniality he carried Beyond,
and as tha~ -legitimate result was
lionized by the negroes.
An old gentleman of the white
persuasion, residing in the nieigh
borhood where -this missionary of
equality was. laboring, saw proper
t doubt Mr. Talley's smecerity,
and told a favorite boy-an old
time house and body. servant, who
had imbibed great confidence in
Mr. Talley as a sincere equality
man-that he had as well keep
his mon-ey, if he intended to give
Mr.. Talley any, until he could
test his sincerity. A new idea
struck Jack. Mr. Talley was to
stay all night at Jack's master's.
When he retired to bed Jack ac
compained the reverend turn-coat
to his room and held him in long
conversation on the equality doc
trine, until Mr. Talley was fully
committed to it, and thoroughly
sleepy, he took off his coat ready
for bed ; so did Jack. Boots came
next ; so did Jack's. Tally's pants
off ; Jack's ditto. -'Look here
Jack, what are you up to ?" quoth
Mr. Talley.
"Nuffin 'tall sir. Des -going to
be 'down to' somefin, replied Jack.
"What's that you are going to
be 'down to,' " said his reverence.
"Well, I'se goin to bed with
you, dat's all dere is about it. I
is jes as good as you is, accordmi
to the Lord's gosDel by you, and
I am tired of sleeping wid myself
in de shuck pen. So I is going to
sleep wid yon in master's bed,"
said Jack.
Mr. Talley took a deliberate, in
dignant survey of Jack from head
to foot, slowly put on his clothes,
went to tho stable, bridled and
saddled his horse, and left that
hill a sadder and a wiser man."
The Aiken (S. C.) Press has been
suspended for want of patronage.
The proprietor did not require
payment in advance to which fact
he attribug~s the cause of suspen
There is a pious lady in Conncticut,
who, when she is unabl'g to attetid
.rc, snds her card.
Case.
James B. Hoyt, of Troy, N. Y.,
. young man of respectable stand
ng, was indicted for the seduction
)f a Miss Law under promise of
rnarriage, and having refused the
>nly atonement-marriage-for the
injury he had done her, has been
>n trial since Monday upon the
:riminal charge. One of the
points relied upon by the prisoner
to secure an acquittal, was a belief
in his ability to prove the previous
unchaste character of the girl.
For this purpose he introdnced a
witness named Alfred . Haight.
who testified to criminal acts, but
when, however, he came to be sub
jected to cross-examination, he so
:ontradicted himself as to. satisfy
%ll present that he was telling a
wicked and deliberate filsebood.
He left the witness stand. and
proceeded to the vestibule of .the
Court House, where he i_ard ex
pressions of belief on all sides that
e had.perjured hinself, and oth
sr remarks not very -compli.men
Lary to Id - cliaracter._ Soon af
terward he expressed a desire 'o
make a,fuil and free retraction of
all he had said in regard to the
young lady upon the witness
stand. Tle news of Haight's con
fession was received with perfect
stonishment by the. coulc of
Hoyt, who at ouce determined to
i'ithdraw from the case and leave
the prisoner to his fate.
They visited in jail and in
formed him of the sudden turn af
fairs had taken, and of their ina
bility to do anything more in his
case. The young man was some
what dumbfounded at first, but
soon regained sufficient composure
to propose an offer of marriage.
The counsel encouraged the sug
gestion as the only means of es
cape left to him from the State
prison, and when the Court reas
sembled in the afternoon-after
Haight had publicly withdrawn
his evidence-made the offer to
the District Attorney and Mr.
Beach. 'They were not entirely
pleased with the proposition, but
submitted it to the young lady.
She consulted with her -friends
they opposed the marriage ; two
sisters very estimable and worthy
ladies, who had nobly stood by
the unfortunate girl through all
the solemn hours of'the trial, be
seeched her wiih tears not to
marry the prisoner under circum
stances such as had been devel
oped on the trial, but the poor,
wronged, and injured girl-with a
mother's tender love for her mise
-y and a heart not yet dead to the
unworthy cause of all her misery
-ave sudh reasons for. the step)
that silenced counsel, friends, re
latives, and all in therr opposition
to the union, atnd consented to
the marrlage.
Meanwhile, while these whis
perings and negotiations, condue
ted with sobs and tears, were go
ing on, the vast audience in the
court room remained silent and
interested spectators of the-seene,
Scarcely a person in the assem
bly at first approved the union;
but when it was at last known
that the young girl had consented
to rescue the obj'ect of h}er heart's
youthful affections from a prisdn,
all suddenly reversed their judg
mnt-love won the victory over
reason-and hearty applause
greeted the appearance of Rev.
Dr. Baldwin, who had been sent
to perform the ceremony. The
young man, a prisoner but a mo
ment before, walked over to his
bride, and a few words passed be
tween them ; the Reverend Doc
tor took his position on the right
of Judge Robertson, and the young
couple presented thcmselves at
the altar. The Judge was the
firs to break the stillness of
the solemn scene. HIe remarked
that the conclusion of the trial
could not but be regarded as for
tunate for all parties concerned.
It would seem from the evidence
in the case, that the defendant
had been misled by the falisehood
of certain p)arties, and had mis
trusted the integrity andl fidelity
of the young lady. A witness hadl
been produced here tending-t
confirm such an imnpresslon, but
he has come into court andl made
a full and free retraction of his
evidence in regard to the virtue
and character of the comiplainant;
and the dcfendant has become sat
isfied that he has been misled, and
desires to make all the rep)aration
in his power by a public perform
ance of the ceremony of marriag~e.
It is within the provinlce of the
law, to suspend( the proceedings of
the trial by marriage of the par
ties and ther are now so suspenII
led. Rev. I)r. Baldwmn then mar
ie(l thc norin~. The scene was
whole of the solemn service the
utmost quiet reigned ; all hearts
seemed deeply touched by the
spectacle, and tears coursed down
many a quivering cheelk. Then
the prison gates were opened
the parties left ths court room
arm in arm, and the marriage al
tar became again the tribunal'of
human justice.-ITr"y Times, 25th.
Shoddy on Stilts.
The New York correspondent
of the Cincinnati Commercial gives
some amusing gossip. He says;
TUE HERALDRY OFEICE.
You would hardly suppose any
would be found foolish and vain
enough to patronize such a irans,
parent sham as the .Heraldry' Of
iee:: but they do very largely,
and its proprietQrs have niad a
comfortable fortune in the past
fifteen or twenty years. That the
concern does so muec. business,
proves how idiacious all our boast?
ed Republicanismi is; that. many
of us who talk on public Qccasioes
of "our glorious Democray, hav'e
an inextinginishable; secret' fond
ness for rank and all the gewgaws
of a royal court.
MODE OF OBTAININ' ANCESTORS.
One of the irst things Mr., or
rather Mrs. Cheapside-for women,
far more than men, hanker after
pseudo aristocracy-does after-ob
taining a fortune and..a br wi
stone-front in the Avenue, is to
visit the Heraldry office to learn
who she is. Lucifer himself cdl'd
not tell even if he wouJd; but (hb
'ingenious cirlat.ans i, Broadway..
can. They receive her very gre
ly and obsequiously ; enquire '*
own and her husband's name and
that of her nearest relatives; look
through several large and antique
volumes; falk a deal of learned,
and to her incomprehensible, 1Inf,
concerning -quarterings, shi ,
escutcheons, gules, fields of azure,
lions and unicorns, rampant, con
chant and salient. They thea
say: "Ah, yes, madame, I have it
now. Your family are.of loma.
blood ; runs back to. the tenth ceR
tury. Jean Chevre.aux, knigbte4
by one of the Carlovingian kings,
was the founder of the family.
The name, running through Ea
ish.sources, became eorrupted tg
to Cheapside. I can see, nidsur,
in y~our face amd air, and move
ment, sonething of the sang azr,
which it is impossible to mistake.
Long practice has enabled, me to
detect a person of gent1e blood.the
moment my eyes fall upon him or
her I cn detect the genino
fromy the spurious at once. Hpre
is your court of arms-a bear with
a battle axe, with the motto lhieu
et moi-meme,. borne by your gallant
ancestors at Cressy and Augin
court on their victorious banners.
Call next week, and I will hand
you your ~genealogical tree, and
show you your ancestry through
eight gen'erations. It will involve
much labor;~bht it is aplea'sure to
disover th.e really noble f&nilies
i this country,"
Rs. eHEA)?SIDE AS LADY~ cUEVREld.
rocks), as she conside?s her~self,
departs in the most joyout state
of mind, and is only too happydd6
hand imrto the-office when 8hene
calls two hundred dollars, the price
of her purchased gen.tility.
The'rate for a.coat of arms-and
a lineage ranges from $50 to $250
or $300, the figures being regglatqg
by what the Heraldry people sap
p)>se the conceited simpletons will
*a. The office understands how
todeCal with its customers. When
they seem to have a moderate dle
rree of common sense, it treats
them with a little more delicacy
than it did Mr.s. Chcapside, who
wvas recognized the moment she
entered as a full-blown Shoddyite.
Mrs. Cheapside can be seen any
afternoon, when she is in town. in
the Park with the coat of arms on
the p)anels of her carriage. .H4r
tawdry house in the avenue is ml
zoned with the Chevreux escutch
eon. Her furniture has it. Her
pillow-cases have it. Her hand
kerchiefs have it. Her coachman
wears it on his h:n-b;and. Her
stupid and vulgar ciirenm hav~e it
wrote on their holiday attire.
All this; and yet Mr~s. Cheapt
side's hushand was a patent medi
cine peddler ten years ago, and
she herself is the daughter of s
toll-gate keeper at a country cross
roads in Connecticut. Helas pour
la van ile des fores !
A chap in Piqua, Ohio, was Tarried
lst week, his father giving invifation to
a large company to attend the--bridaJ
feast. TVhey hi:id a scant allowance 4
beer and cheap cake, and the old gentle
man charged his guests fifty coJ& MC
for the ''AulhDr