The Newberry herald. (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, January 07, 1874, Image 1

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18 PUI,1tEDII EVEtY WEDNESDAY MOltNING, At Newberry V. 1.,, BY THOS. P.- GRENEIKER, BY EdItor and l'roprietor. ' "' " ' HO . F' O NE I 1, Tep'nix, $2.50 per' .11-nitumh A Family Companion, Devoted to Literatture, Miscellany, News, Agriculture, Mrkets, &c. luvariably In Advance. 4 ~ I~ , vTJ ittr wdtItIe~TT~'r UP- '1ThdM taut k denotes exiIration of sub- Vo4 .. W E DNESDAY M bolumi a r e t p r n 1\T~ Noiesof meti ~nsbtes and nti Tni E NI (*11T "AFEt A COMP.ANION Pok.1 TO "T511 NIGT IE FORSE CIIIISTMAS." 'Twas the u1lit after Christmasa, when all through thehouse Every zoul was a-bed atl its still as a mouse; The stockings (so litely St. Nicholas' c.are), Were emptied of sill ltt was eatable ihre. The darlings hail duly been lucked in their bied's, With very full stoimacls aud pains fin their hieads. I was ldozing away in my new cotton cap, And Nancy wats ritler fair gone In a nap, When out In the iuricy Ieic arose such a elatter, I sprang fron my sleep, crying "What Is the anatterl" I flew to each bedside, still half in) at doze, Tore open fle eurialn andl threw off the clotheas, While the light of at eanlle berved cluatly to show The piteous plight of the objects below tor what to the fti-her's fond eye should ap pear, lut the little pale fae of each sick little dear, For easels pt that hasld erantluimed itsL'-1 ai full as a tick, I knew ina moment now felt like Old Nick. Their pulses were rapi-I, their breatlings tle W hat their stomamhs rijeeted I'll mention by Now Torkey, now Sitiing, Plumb Piddiig o f Coutrse, And Cu,tardsJ, and Crullers, and Craiberry Satuce. lefore ow:raged Naturo all went to the wahl Yes Lollypops, FlalMoodle, dinner and sill. Like pelles wh1:ch urehlis from poIps-gains let fly, Went ilg., nuts and raslns,Jams, Jelly and file, Till cach error of diet was brought to my view, To the shaim of inamma and Sanita Cliaus too, I turned fromt the sight, to my bed-room stepped back, And brought out a vi.t marked Ptre Ilp ecle;'" Whe mis tty NANCY ex.latlied, for th cir suffer Ings shocked her, "Don't you thin'k you had better, love, run for the doctor?" I ran and was scarcely under ay roof, Whou I leard the shayp chatter of old ''Ja lsap'a" hoof; I might say thtt I hardly lad turned myself round, When the doctor camtle Into the rotain Witla a bound. lie was covered with mud froma his leud to Is foot, And the suit he had oan was his very best suIt; lie hardly had thie to1 put thiat ol Isi< back, Anl ho looked-like d Fatlstalf lilf fuddled with stack. Ills eyes, how they twinkled! flad the doe. toa got merry? ills checks looked like Port and his breatk smelt like Sherry; ne hadii't been shaved for a fortnight or so, And his beard nor his skin wasn't as "whi.e ass the snow;" Butt Inspecting thselr tongnes ins spite of their Anld drawlig Isis wastchs froam huis wasis coast beneathI, lHe felt each pulse, sayling, "ECach lIttle bel ly Mutst get ridl"-ere lae hinged-"'of the rest of that jelly." I gsszed on (elh, eIl,ubby, plumip, s.ick little elf, And groansed, whsen lae saiud so, In spite of myselIf; But a wink of his eye, whens lhe physleked astr Fred, Boou gauve nme to kniow I hasd anotlhng to dresad. HIe didn't prescribe, bu1t lae wsent satraig hst to hsis wvoik, A i,d dosecd all the rest, gatve Ihis tron<eias a jerk, And lading(directEins whsile bloawinga Isis nose, lie buttoned Isis coat, from Isis chialr lie asroase. Then JumpnIed in Isis gig, gaive old "J,atlap'" a " htle, And "'Jalap" datsed elf as thiough prickeli by a thistle; lBut thae doctor exclaIimed as lae drove oust of sight, "They'll be all well 'to-morrowv-Good nilght, Jonesi Good night I" OTHE MUSIC GZIL OFTHE RUIE -E LA JIARPE. -0 One winter night, three -fitontds sat before the firo in a snugly fur nished apar'tmon)t. Theyt had beetn friends in their boyhood, when health and contentment werei imn. pata;-they woero friotnds stilI, when disonso had nsow destroyed theirco mntoffeh s,nd to variouse incentives of man hoodi had diversified their coutrisen. In d%ewting them, Ishall tuse only the namoaAk w~hich, in their intImacy, they itddrosson og ot1e Horman, 1Aho bot 'Nas pilloweCd I4 sklarp oay wi. He was very pale. In the now ditm light of the exhausted firo, Wt i- ie u ance appearod almost cune Tb.s~,~6eI' hI) fdreoea o #)~ibt'~f gi stoisng t d e ouedn ,, ble cos fromth wg hIouI on.d' * hog a'ufn of - nor dihiCOt outgh Weg his b~klO oak otbo Slance a.' sha edeoi odup head. IIis wholo figurto do. (lred I lie repose, Chrstian Tsignlation had 8 1 -all was resi, except, tilh watchful, (lashl.,g eyes, th:a reserVed and lighted up. iprtais, through wihel t towas t mttako its exit;- ehin dleath was to shut ther ; hiisell, and reigni-alonie. itist'.11and ing this genoral or, ther W01r1 momen101t4, w rman131 Was arued by' Rtranl Vittmnits. Ile cravod sublject which t.o oxerciso at 43ymPANwhlioeb, illn his days of lealtO ,ctivity, had bool all aii en eit0rsit y. Fro his i r rece I ved m1a'ty little n1at1ra11 to which ho listened with Wtess ; and, it the SoULudo of amber, his iminilationl fill-1 himl with 1ses o1' distreOss( which would Vwp like a" . Alid thelI, whl thi(,eo p:114s calmed dowi, hie would;5( <ilws givc titteralce so r-lo k, whicb af Vected his hi ari astoIneiah Ol hiis- left Sat,lPmnl' man,11 whoml) thirty yoat4 I met, ald passed with fri-edd1MI i'e tin g. - ThVy called hilnq' Ivric. 11is libiill was .) obIih,d hlis bu mlor so exhilir atill pit ie was acknowldodg.d let eo to be a pelrFect MAr 0 to. m-11 1101-11rma Was married, thol"ws (f Pred. Oric lighlted up loy of* his hIousehold. Who4~ o ears afS:u torwards,-comu ill I seized pl. on his wiflo, R: 131fnlew how to shiold his frio >Im Sorrow. Still again), wlol( child was neded for nll at Ithis mer*y bachelor sustaine Igrief st-rick Oned fathor. iiow, once mlore, whenCI Cons1001 %ontwa di. patcled to exentho docree, that "a family a obe entire ill heaven," his tm riltess often made tle sick ni aus in his hurry towards t iave, aid ac kniowledge, by a m, that with suelh a friend, ij midst of* death we ar1e in i -alls ! that thel' ruddY Check.a engag"ing eye-th 0lastie :tshoul but, serve to illust.at awll rule, that in Iho In idst le are it death ;-for I tLiI4erm a1 n, thy latest tears in ti >r14 were pourod out upo:!Vi grave of Fredoric. The last pCrsolilain this trio of* friends, requirds t little nlo tico. le waIs a y9 physiiani, whose Iatie was Vt. lie hlad lately returned u EurLpo .11, where lhe htad b qusceutin,g his stuidies. at thdi,ol of Medi eine, in Paris. .&tg to hear ait account of' his t's, IIerminr htad wrtitten to hii t~oon as his artrival was ascert , anid chumii. ed the privilege of g the firttt to welcome him. Hormtiiani! Th inking~ his owl trotchted ap-) pearanlIce woLd shippis long ab sent, friend, hie had used Fr ad eric to be prtesent ;>r wasl lhe a watre of thle ctruel rast lie had Chuns efeted, un enieiist, af'ter r'eceiv in g t.ho fiech asp, let [idlI he emaciated th, nd excliaini lierman is it p)os~h * * *11 * iman, wvi th htis forohl resting int the palm of his ri hand, was int dleep meditation. codor'ic was reclining w ithi hits w uponi onte chalir, wiloik hts feLo 0 e0 xtendL. ed uptont another ; 9 he seemed to he amusing htl Jrvitht thte gtotesqu ftgurtes, w hichi the smoke of Itis cigar~ cont iual 13' changing.- Eirn -as leaniig aiginst the wall- 0 had dis. coursed of his~ tra mi Jnd answer ed every question itted by a close intimacy, Or#l0i by the opp)osito tempora)0 a o I his frtiendsl. AffLc,ted I)h' silence haps1), saddenied byt retirospec. tion hto hadt~ just g1i in which there wore p)assago&gisappoinit mont, thtat could ntt counittr ba!ainced by visions 19iosp)erity dimly deofined i" tI futuro, hto had listlessly Ltro , back htis head, and, ntow and1( :) mechani cally' struck the clh . ofagi tr, wivchel was lyi "cross Itis aisumtted t,bo form n taccomn paLnimrenit, until, att tryig his voico, ho at length immecd ani anr the first str ain -hlch was 80 stirring, awlI th second so plaintive that the at lion of lis Comnpanions was inst ly attract ed. "WVhy Erntest" excIlimed Froori,--"whre you get that--js it your corn Lion ?" "Oh, tno " returned iost, "it is 0Ot mIne." "Who thten is the c )OSOr ?" M4~ Roerman. 0 it moro eiotionsi whle he comllpos(ld that I mhol>y, thu expre.4s4ionl you give S it proves thalt - you reci ved it f o oeinl dibtresq. The fir-,t 11 stIainl repr.en1ts an effort, to ar- l vo.4t attenltion. The very fi Ist s Iloto ot tie 40conld p:rt is ill p. 11 poal for help, aii tho suppa!ie. tioll is continulled, by a refrain de.t. 1 Iedngtrog several b:a-s, til til Itt the end theitonlo leaps up b 'Xpressive o thilanks. ''lhe story LOn1ct I Vedt P W ith it inuiIst he a Iit- a aneholy otne. I tell you 'red- a Orlie, it .l'Ie:t WillI relate it to is, M it will certaily provei a sad his. p tory. Yes, thoso sounds are an si uppeal, whibc is recorded in I1einv- FI ell, Int will riig it f'eatfuI evi- h( dencec Itgainlst ,nicharitableness, ie for iothiig else, because it was r< ma1.de in th h1o Ilingualge of' 1111- 1i sic-a language, Whie Ilo Ba- 11 bvI has ever shattered-wihie I has only to bo ittered by tile HLeathen to be un1derstood by the w LUristian. I Iust hela this sto-3, i Ernlest, 01' 1 cannot sleeP to l eiiest IIt aIway tle guitar Iro)it. bbim, alld drawvingo his cAir. nevar- 1i ,r to his Iricied, looked at thim T w iit I astollnishilent. I "leriaiil"--said ll., "tell mile is (I it so-is it really s o!---do you pos. c se:;s a power of* penectrationl Which oes It beloug to Imlortals ? I aItSC n be:uise I have real1, or dei aml pt)O, fl t heorized, that, in eerlailn adv:aie. v L-d Coinliti >11.s of diseasv, this mor- a tal blellds. with immort101"ality, and s tie mind, half freed fi-om Iatter, becomes imbud with divination. m you hav it , s a eveali tilines, this ti ighit givenl expressions to ideas, L whicb filled me with awe, and 1 wihat you have just said, is really 8 the colmlencemnlclt of' the Story I it would tell you ! It is to I Ilr- p m:i--do you kIIow w1hat I havei a to rIlat--do yott know aught of' the Music -Gil- of' the Rue do Ila t Ilarpe ?" -A I a ! Etrnlest !"--ilterr-upted K Prederie 31s he tossed ) up tle Riuilp of his Igi- r, adi((keId it, while descending, with his foot V there i 1 girl in the ca.se Is there-f Voll rascal, ouit with the facts,--I . Mli :ill attention." t Bit the youn11g physician he04ed him not. Ile C011ined his igaze, a uid tirged his inquiry upon Hter. it m11an1, with a suiperstitious intlt Iless, [hat called 1orth tile deriSi ) A, Fredoric. I "1 (d not know how to aswer t_ your questio .lOl est''--saiid lier-. ' mian'- "Iannot. saly wheother theore s: .i reallyV a1 seplarationi of myi) mlind h romi my13 body1 ; or whelither it is b) Itnly) goadedl to an1 eff'or a' t sepra slii8 [ do know-I am1 conisc-ious (of a at mental31 etcevationl, whicho I did not 31 p~osess ini my3 day3s ofhei alth. T1'hiis e thas enabil me (anid, no. (loub t, it fi is a1 gift fr-om a merciful Creator g to all in my extremo1i situt1Lion, '1 for this very'3 lIlt-pose) to soeuroi - t hat resiinati on, whiebc- is buit a 11 compiaict of amIfityi btween'OI the. ill- 0 valid andi dea:1th.i A en111tim submis- d siti to theo ineivitable, is a1 surO ini. A d ic-ation14) o i th caango wvhie c-h Oul, wi ini youlr theory3, COi(onie an.1 at- hi tainmenott of divinationi ; whlile te w desperaI'~t in, to which remIIorSe bi (:lilngs, is thle mar11k of ita11 menta de- at baIsement, t1Ihait does not ceven cx. b oito p)ity'. A h getlemllon, whenlOt I ii contr1 ast my13 sit.iatioin wiith your1s, h i anid think hiowu many, whol are0 h niowu tadiat, in heazlth, wvill be in y thieir grat 8, w'hile Iiiiam yet hoiLtr- h about minetl, it is this samo11 initel- p Iloctual) C exaltautioni, resl t inig, you-I w may13 say3, fromi prtotlnged bod ity si suffrting, tthat otnables the con- si sumptIiJi vo to ac0knowledge thu prlo- r' prIiety' of tie pr'ayor, whieb begs u for- h Sprervtiont f' i 0 Ii i uddenl p Theii solemnitly wit, Lwhi ichi these iw h:ast words were- )ponounced04., im-' a posed.1 a sitec upC I oni thie fr'ionds. ai IIuerm-an, alt lenigth, repeaOlted his g requeoSt for a history' of the melo1. Li idy that in trested himi so mlluch, 8 "lMy'story is 1a shiort and1( simple)1 F 01n0. You remomber01, 1 told y'ou t| to-night tht while- residinig ill 1 Par-is, I lodged iln the Rue (I Ia liiirre Yes--Ruet de-la1 1I~ irpo, w~ No 10)1, iiu a strip ol rooms)1 thait trll uip to six stois, anid bor-e th tic, name11 of t,ho .lotel do Pr'ovonce. C. It was a dismal abodo in a dis ma11 streeot. Aftor enterintg by3 11 an arched door1, 1 had to pass ti along a dairk, dankc tunnel to reoac-h the placo, wi ho r' 0 the si staiirs commoncitied, and)( ran up by ,n twelve z.igzAags to the top). Trhe t light enmeO down this staIir-way), o not it) r'ays, bt it settled heav-ity like a vapor, reveailed a glistening it little strecam of' f'ilthatL i'esemlbled si a bruised snaike, as5 it 'dragged 118 slowv length along' the slippery" gutter, loading out to the street. n MyV rooafn was in t.ho fith satry I b ily iillory, was the siil, she ,po esto ved upoln ill who look 110- lIn Co of herI. It was a smii tL at -d Ilise<l one to lot)( m ifidenll .y ill, 'mll tihe lips to tihe eyes FIr :Is- w1 t'ance of Sileri:v. NoI,eIi mll es, wi blen she pressed her Check dowln an poll (th.) violill, to Icevp it firml, hlo hile hier left hand glided (IIIoughl vi, I0 positions oil ti ho lier-board, ed 10r0 was n arehlness given to di ,c expression, thIat was positive p0. - e antiling. l14 it wvas a silirv aft rool il lip IlyN. I hadIl heen watchiig the It ill go dow) over tile luxembr Illg ign u-doln, atild wished as he approahI. vaI I the western horisioll, that I Se< >ild make him i Imesselger to tI, y fiiends at home. Suddeily I wi tard pelorined, in a masterly upti aner-, the air I have just repeat. . I to you. I Stepped to the in. wi. )W, nIlld Saw this girl oil the op. sml )Site side of the stiect. Thero ev( as with her an obl wolliall, t ' if' ag, whose bilsinless it was to ed, Irn1 the handI(le of' onlo of Ihoso arntable. orgaits, So common111011 ill ie., ely h-g eily. vItThe girl plaved alt pil her violin tho Same110 Piec(eS I in, 10 Ol wvoinan turn-led oil, 1roml bat 'Vr (Wr:lln, and must have spent for Iars of' ighitly practite, bvflore ed ,e Itlt-ed themil. The old wvo- Is anl1 sebdoll looked u1p1 ; but. tile ilm irI's restless eyes w ee busy for n -thing alolng the differilnt sto. lo. es, f,r Someic friendly face. Sever tinies she fixed thfemt upon mle It, Seeling thilt I occupied the tit Ath wildow from th1e grounid, she,1 to > doubt, concluded there was 0- it ling to be obtained from mle. CII hey played throlgh their pro. be ranluln1e,an1d wero llovilg oil, when 011 drew f'rom11 my pocket all tile cop- by mr coitiS I had, alid, wrapping mll lell) i piece of paper, throw Sp< lom) illto the 8treet. I recollect of ell there wel( six Souls-o10re. bul L) doubt, than she had i-ecelved wl ol) a dozen streets pIt together. ba saw hur u ap tle old woman up- for nI tile Slioulder witi the bow of cid or Violin, and point to the win- I ph Jw, whero I was yet standing, 11e I) another 11oelint, tlley wero n1o I111ried fro m0 y vicw by the 11a 'o wdi. The nt.xt evenillg, they m11110 1agill. Whenl I imlade my (a, ppearaico ait thle willdow, thle I-is i- greeted mic with it smile, pr< hich remained tipon her features rot 1roughouL her performaiio, anIld o,1 31 eyes oro rivooted. upon Inc. abI Ilover saw her aftorwards, thatt Wil to did not intently regard me, tio ithi that same1 smilo0 playing lhe .10ut lierI lps.VI Whe she) Iom01)- RtrI 0Ince'd my1 f avorite air. I mado(1 1 la n0wn myII) sat isfact ion, by nod- of miig mIy hea'ld. It 1mad(1 no0 changlo be. her p->Sture). There0 was the tIII 30m0 fixed look-th 1 ame perma-101)1 El .'nt smile ; but she shlowed that m Io unlderstood my)~ pre'fernl1ce, oIl f playiig the0 air1 twice as Ilng mclI 511she played the others, and1( re- III intinIg it before she left. in .Every afternloon, t hey ma1:de up leir a(ppeoaranlc, antd I elt a li. po in terest in t hem1). 1 had boon ill be ie habit) ord(Iisbu rdenIIing myself of of 1e so1us,neenm1u)l1a( ed in my) restau11- wVi mt trlanacitions), by tossiing them d w P tIhe firsI beggar ' 0000ncountered, I i itout r 1egar1d to merit1, 01' im . Sh ~ tion. Hit 1ow 1 would hoard zlo lulm like a1 mliser, anid pI e1e them fro i the coner of myi wintdow, gri 'adyIfor the pretty- muisic gil. hu: Jlm)time)s I wolId remain) ill 11y3 Thl 13a1ir,111 ind reuseo C)show my 3P,W of' IItil she had( near1ly3 fin ished pIly~ . LI 'g. I couIld perceiro her1 Iaxiety, tII y' thle lenigt h of' time shie devoted m)3 my favori to piece, and1 the per0- LII< iverance w)0 it hi w hiebshe r-epeated dei .1'hon, I wVoulld step) slow-ly fori- ch13 ardI3( Ian e iscieously peep1 over Pa 1o bar's of' the gralting , but I re0- Va) nit me1 no0w of such1 pilayfulnIess, thli beln I recol leet theO mlanclllihy )at d1imme11d her1 cImile, as8 if she e d OilId have '0said1, "be) it so, if it ne, ease you1, bu11t it is 01rnl."' 0er "Ah,i Ernest ," oxcimed lier1 10- be, anI, "you) did not1 act well. You c01 louIld hlave souIght t.his pioor gil, All IId relieved her11." cal1 "'11 o w !"' answered E r' no a t, wi Was lnot the litLtlo I (lid for- her1, ha1 justico to thIouIsanads of others' co1 an1 pr1esume)1 to have his elect, ny p)on1 whom to eerise mercy ? 3eo lIt listen): Wite came' )1)1 ; Snow lha hlitenedu thle pavemenIt of' the Ruo ) lta l-arp, antd mnufiled the treagd mc thO mu)IltitudoJ. It was1 the sea- tir m, when 11)0 blessings of' weal*th, ti d. the0 miser'ies of' povrc1ty, ar-c I a orcased; wIhon caso ur-ges I t ir-th to banter' the howling of' my 10 stormIf, and1 wanit thinks start-a- bas onl anld freez'ing arc too sliow, for ont on seek death in the waters of of' 30 Seino0. St ill my music gir-h th<( 1fmo with her steadtastl8 gaze and Gi, nile. One day. the old womtan 8it as absent. Thore Oame a man exi ich the girl1 to tiurn th,o handle of wo losorgan., I saw, at ounce, what in~ as-the matter., and took from me,~ iJu 'h0 winows were g1l:aded by i1 rntt bars, to pr-eeit, perions b runliln.Ilere wmlhd I oftellt it, :1111hevild over to contemilplateve hie Nile deV la 11.1rpe. TheI t itIl f 1 OUSCS, grii with age, at 08o s taco le:uintg over from Cither id, until high tll, tihey tilitost 1 ack, presenteil ill perMpect I ve tie ti p)e:1a ance of a e:trggy oel tI 1r4,11-gh i ralnw of graite, left II At Iliglit I Somkletime.is looke(d long this ebiasml, alld fixed my . ttenitionl up1)n tie ltilps. Tloy lit -er! Old-fiashioled oil lamps, SS Oided over tho Imiddlo of' the e< reet, by ropes pissing across c OM 0110 lous-e to another. They il >oked like lige vetlolnomus spid. hi as tiey shone red(I Itrolglih the >gy dark ness, aTording just ,Oht enouigh For thie avssassin, to (1< 1ake eially sure of his blow, and I isretreat. Al,he Ntuede lallarpe w as terriblo by night !---There w ats no siellce--lo repose. 'Thu'lms- t nds mingled themselves Wilh the y ,-etr moving host, act in) obedelee c, >the ml to r ed prevept, 1rork i hile it i< yet dark ! -for)I the lay- I Iit comthll uI-hen yv Cannot w . h here was Ito .ile ill IUe de lia y, ai1- itd of, ot-1r, save SI le periodical tramp of tle Mlnti. im pal GUard. ,,i Suletimlies I looked down, andl l Alsed u1pont the itttianl tide, that ri )Wed along" this rugr!d stret. al lat a1 busy 4ecete, when viewed bi iotoWd-Whatsolitue, wheln I fil lected ai)ty olle individaitil, and Il, tclhed his movemients! There ti 'S11 no i lypatlhy, thatt amiog T io drops (f' water constitLing a >rre1t. OncO I noticed ati ob- I ruxltion, fitr dowi towardi the p cino. It was occasioned by tihe ti lability of, two ta-go wa-gonls to t ass each other. Then I Wats W mlzed to see how this ttushmt1t1g It tu1ltitude dammed u) agaittst, fr iese wagons, like a s L V o a m I gainst a raft. And when tite ob. u Lale glive V1' Wha1t, a'st !" It ''Come, Frtst," said Frederic, ( this Will dh0 very Well inl LanIlk I Clrse, but lever M in1p0rs." C "Well, welV, co tiltoed ,rtle..I )mewhat, embarasised by the i- c )lrruliptiull, "I was going to-" "Tell youriStory inlyourloWn Wa.1* g9 td pmy no attentiot to Fredolic's w stsibility," exclaimC( 1leiMat. -L "I was going to say," resumlled l rilest, "tlat, alion'g the variouts I )unds - wh'ch leaced me fromn -i te street, somte weore pienlsitng.-- w 'hiere wiere, for intstatnce, the al roet tmusiciats. Onec, ia venera.- II te sexa:gen ariantt, played1111 upo the k :Iss(On. lie displdayed no great di Citl int his peorformtane, and0 his ir irs wer*e thle simpljiest ;-ht he It Ltracted inot i'e by ihis sauvity w ntd evenness05 of temp fer. Man~iy a si >tt) wQ.8 thetowtn to him11, mierety b iir the plIeasu re of' wi tnessinhg the a: raLce .vit,h wich elt ee'ived it. p) -whto alsltshed everybody by ti to brllihanlcy of' htis executtiont up-j) it the vioiliti. lie was ntot only tI ?tformed, bitt he0 was La ri ppe. t I s Ito erlaw'Vled alontg thle gtt er?1S, r ithi htis violitn looped aroundt( his tt 1ump,3lO h iIIappearance aC Li I 0 Ii 0 ould( havei' ontlisLed chtari ty, htad si is feturet 'is bieen loss forbiddinug, Ui tId his demneanlor mtoreo tankfu ; ir It, heo reci vedl eacht donatnont r iUh La scowl, and1( overy jerk of S is elbow was (1)'xresive o petu. el .1neC antd dliscontenItt. Therie was ot et, aniother-ta girt ; andit it is of ir er I wish to speak. Shte talso h layed( upfont the vtolini, anid, if ntot t ith the skill of' thte huLneb'back, si iio gave to hter style anflexpres. it on of' linttiveneOss, tat wont the wi gard't of allIii who Iteard liert. S-hto t I os5sssed ai fi gurie, thIat tebeilled w ium 11phiatLI) aigainst the dIisgu ise tI 'tlhi pov'er'ty woultd have trown w~ round it. Heri eyes weroe black, Il ud so wats lier' hair,% wiebl, to ether' wvith heri da2rkc complfexionl, m >tld that she c'atme from the si "Pahiaw I E r n o a t,'" oeclimed0( redterie, "hter (onlgue---you mteanli tat tier' tonigto told y'ou wi'hero it to camne frotm ?" i "Com le,ii OXrn t., o( reeae lW'red. a ic', "nonte of yout' falso modesty .w onfeoss thtat-" di "llowv, Fr'itz,, am l' to gr'atif'y oj rmanith aiccurtiio descr'ip- 8t ons, if' you inLorrupt mel thus ?" al "Froderic," said Hforman, withi >mo sover'ity, "thtoro ario sogat's m po0n the mtltO-piccoo, and1( In tI tat draLwer' you will flnd ai bot tle ti I' Cetcllet shery-"' "Thank you, that witi do very Li ecli after' Ernest, htas fintishied htis ec ory. Pr'oceed." e "WVell, thent,"' continued Etrnost, w sho waLs beauttiful. But wvhat w tosi, oeited mny admiration, and ti as5 fxod te none a'il stafaty.. The girl looks up to the wildow, a where Sheo hlad sqo of'teln Seen meI . a1 She p1lavs tinI -(ugh1 hervI list of Irs, - and d wells long upon m1y Cavoritv' h tI do nt) aIppem'. I,(-(ti- la y F-- , Slit, S"hemli iver i t'I n,') ()I se Iay., -h o st ill I atn not tt bt seen, :1i4i t hey o lootk back. A wel-perhaps at 1 lloll th. rollI s I.Ny, ald vvery* N h d a I hey take their stali I alt tie sual I phll.. A st rialige face--perhaps I anl un1kilnd oneo--is Seen1 ait Lite w\ill. e ill\w. The Musiv G"irl laps her' e mo rlit.l with lte violin bow, Ind I; droopinig he hieial . muttn 1i -IIIIs 'Ihe s is gone!' Th mick.Iystey.). of' the live ' franle piece is explained. \Vv'11 mi1y sLt y has0 b0e it said one,.--it V is low become horrible. You Canl vasily stuppose that the old womlanl I so)'Il died---tio matter how. Say e she totteret like tlit b:issooni lay-t eri from the Iletit Pont into the Svi Ie. The girl was tlien left alone. Hler violinl hals procurled hrthle last llaf,in the llst. Xnay that it vali ; and she is drawl? into tile widu voirtex of dishoniori aiid Iisory, which, after' whirling its viet'ms to (lie centre of its black mi11t.lsrI'omii, dis"og-os them upon the grecat thurouglCrte-, that, leads Lt) tile hospital or the guillotine. I will slppose the poor girl has done I> er111ime ; but sikc-lieart-brolwi --l eeble--Shc (Iurnls for reclik-i, to the hospital. 81be stands at thei C ent aiIi ureaui, be'gg inig for i a ed of, admlissionl. The Socret ary's ex-t ple ri c IIt.ed eye is satisfiedi at on t glanlce;-- the h11111nility of'SiehlLess i is V1sy to distiinguisi friomli thet un1pilidence of druikeiiess--an di the card of adimissionl is riveni her. Sit Bt.gger.3 across LIe oIen space il front, of* NotIe Dlue, and is about, to enter the Hotel Dieu.i Blut, th spirit of' 11siC liolds her hack For awhile ; it voitlntary t Swells forth fiomn tle organ at the(' nlear extremiity of (lhe grand .us1eIc in the Cathedral. Sue holds hler breath, and the ftlusli uponl her (heck is deepened. Hler- eye brows, Conitr1acted into t frown : fi painl, arebl onic il more, and t Ie w -gv es her at part.ing ruturu of jO)y. lit, tite organ is silent. It is aaswered by an1iothel' at, the fritfthikr cxtremIity of thi0 Iisle, of' equal tone, Liugh mellowed into soothing soitness by the distancee. Then th1ereo is a ebatit of ctildren's voices, high upii in the (-, Cathedral. The Music (' irl regards it as a represent a tion of aniigetlie reCsponise, and1, iin co. flaritLy w'ith faith, shec signs the cros.s uIpon her thrLi iobbinZg bJosom, and en ter's the hospiilat. fTe nurises galthterI albout h ier, iremlit) hiei rags, anJ putt oin the habili mnents of' the paztienit. She is plIaced in lier bcd, and1t the curti'ainis arie closed. Tearsli' of gr:itiude for s5 uli unexpected kiindness streamui oveir tier cheeks, anid she is grailutally) lulled itnllto a feverishi sleep) by tho busy but softly f'all. lag steps of t he sisters o1 ebai,y ty Thle phsiciiani imakes his roujind. IHis qiuestiouis are few-thle case is too pil in-and1( she is label led TIy. Ltails ? I t imight 1 havel' beeni Six dlays, otr six weeks ; heir constitut. Lion miight, have been too mutcht lie, (chose to mai:ke an1 herioie expe P i'iment. )eliiumii Comes on--thie patienut ltelitcos at innagi nariy o b. t jeets. Ini hier phriiensy, she sees lhe Iheo of1 one perhanps whio shioul d have been r'epentLinugly nearli, aind ian expre'ssiont of f'eroei- I ty Ooersprealds heri featuries. A sisteir of ebaity3 appr)tonlebes, anld holds a cupj of w ine to heri Ilips. Tlhe smiili comles [back oneCC mioret., and11 the lok of' gratLit udo. I t is tlhe last Limei. )Ciat ih)presses withI his signet, anid the smilo is peti lied ini to I he hiditeous Saridon ic grn, and11 the gazeo-ohi tt.,a me, .Jl.or muan; if y'ou can i, whIialt is it that the dealed gaz~e itt?"' "You woiuld kt now'' - repl id IIlerman11 mu isingly--"'you wou,ld kniow w'hat the udead gaz~o at.? I will tell y'ou, thloughi you may13 not, believ'e mue. I knowv that whiat -~ I iam going to dlisclose to you is true ;--andit I kniow it thirough thait ~ samein in totlectual r'efhtieen I, w hie d ias alr ieady excited your a':stonishi. J menit. Liistent. Thler'e is a fetL nt yet por'ceiv'ed, but whicha wilt,l some1 day, givo .riise to sttranugo image, defclined upon the reCtinia of' the dylng, remains impressed there for some time after death. Not only objects in natur'e, but, (te cations of dreams and phren-a sies are left upjonl thia memibrano. I do not n!ludo to the possibility f detecting numbers ;---for' the oi Pact I have just mentioned wil- oi io doubt,--be applied to this pur'- ot )08so;-butt my mInd Is Impressed eu with the belief that the gaEo of' '9 he dead can ren'a1 to 1ts s0pino so. Ir ~rote of the futdra World. Q4pnQ se dyiig nn--Just buforo relason Itd vonlsCiouisneess part compally -C:nnliot a dying mn:11, at the IrA<i.prd< le 3r<d 1w>re!." receive i. his watel-ing Fiield ani impres It Crom the I"distant k idenn" of nie 1.114(me/ess Acre Jori rer more ?" r caimot (th least olfort of' the Illigi 1111 ion leave roeolded tie 1onosyllable 'yes,' or 'llo,' in an wer to some well-tiitd m11oliil. m1s ques't ion ? Be it 4) or not im:ke t his prophecy - .ln an Illhllsiast will linlger. lonig ill "Stacy, over. ., view of fleaven oling firom anl inlfallt's eye ; or tatt bar k -alimiled-a. the terri ,itIg slvetaalo of ilelI, still blaz. g upon the rtinla of th un ightetols dead. You would know lat it is the dead gaze upoll ? Ihave a"snwt-ekd you. lit rn st yolu have yet something moro 0 tell." The yolng p6ysician, after a ause, di.ini wli1hi lie regartled le vthivyant it astoilishlle ,I roCIIeeded With his nration. "Y ll It illst know thlit tlihese ho-s 6(als are inlstitltims 1 'ol' tho liv ig. Thoy do ,l,t btuy the dead. %Oti(e is there'oe LivC1 that the Celpuant of No. 80 is dad, id er body is at I lie disposal of ler riends. But she has no fricilds. 'lhe hospital garimnilt is stripped rom lier, iuid, :shhotiless, she is laced in a Covekred e(.art. Tbc Iri ver rat ls alling t he streets. l enteis ia ou yard ill Front, o he School of Modicillo, i4 the Itusie G,il is I':0..1d 1u- by the atir, and tlt'lel headh>1mlg uponl Ithe loor of the dikssctiig 1ooml. A h1 entlemeI, t(le sO1es ill a renhII issec iII g roomi ! w here I sI studoti1I earllches ill death for the exphlait ionl of life. Ikes lie becomlile tlln celing, as, day after. dIy, he lookF ponl that acetInnIatiig bevil1 hut horrible Tower of IBable, Omposed of the rl'Lgm1Onts of h1.1 nall bodies of all laiguage. and i1a ions ?" "'Stop! 1 v I es x C,----xehnimod I'rederie, ri t haut is too r-evoltiu.g o nIore of that I bog of yo." "-I have but a low moru wordi o say,' Contiued l iElest. "Sci, mco is inlsatiilto. 'Th1er. is yel miother. vart and driver." "F.or whallt?" "Tu carry.3 oil this heap.' "W hero--to tho ceilmotery ?' "N oI." "In l1eavenl's na ne,- w hore ,hbell T1 'T1o M'oniti fucon,. Thler'e to4 be niingled wvit tl ho ('Icrcsses of ior'ses, for t.h i m:nn lfetuire of thle nuriiate of ammlIIonia."' "What!" ri ed 1Freeri e, re apjs 11 i levi ty, "'S:hal nmoniae! to shaminie, l'rnlest, to dlegelierate, fter aill, into such a concelusion,' "'Nay,' said 11 (erma, "'let moi ouin11 you of then contatry'). 'he bur ial of' the (load r'esuts . rom1 cow~inrdice. Ini thet dre'adl 01 eathI, we haveo crteaitedl an obj ect uito as terr-iblo--the gravye. laIt 0 c'onceal the horrtor's of (decom1po itioni ? It cannot be done. wg. i*e 'IUoed wvith a f'acult.y, whieb 31rcos us to look deep-.do wo ownti-at t.he maitss, tha li .was 0nce htt ua beinog. Wh ly taot perm,n1it h e dea,lI to inlstruc t thoi li vintg? .hoy canu reveal toL us soer'ets, /biebi ent be appilieud to the reclief ' sut fierinig. Ib.hiohl thte w isdomt ad goodnei ss of God,(l (Iispjlayed by ho hand of' a dcetrtus ana tom i nad thon conttemplaI:to theo unskill d buticer of the worm't. A 1( hiich is the more beauttif'ul ill,,s. rat ion of the rtesurr'tection unItto urti fication thie corpil)lighlt whItic h iorS 0over aI graLve, or' te crys. dlino1 sutbstanico prod uced in thie llborator'ies of M~Iont Ifautcon ?"' VTor'o was aL pauso ini the COlt er'sat ion. l"redcei wasl the firt > recCommitOlico it. ".Ernoest, I Cant priop)o:s a better so for the imalgi nation thtan ler' ian has done. The chianico; arie H ly ai qulladrtillilon to one, Lihat a iven, picco of' sal aimmoiac has1 ot boen elaborated fraoma the mnus Ls of y'our M nsic irlh, wh It >t 3 doet aL hlmp and1( c'onuro tip hoer itage ?" "'I thtank y'ou, h.rieder'ie, Ifo' the 'diii, imbued w"ithi a sort of' spoir i,:lity' by (te tuearthtly notions -ic, fo' te hint. I will do it.--. he0 shall a1lpear to , and I will ok uip to ho', as8 hto onco looked p to me, and r'ojoie in thoe- pos. eSlion of a po0Wor, he it reason 01' agination, that can win for.- me 10 more smile from the Micl irl of the Rue do Ia H[atrpe1" Here iwe I,avo a good example '?'oFrenh wit: "A doctor, like ov -ybody else at this soason, wenlt it for a day's sport, and compln. I of having klled,I nothing, 'hat's the conaggqence of hav. g ntogloed youri business' oIg. 'reri s Cash. SIlititolls. A N 011ITUA YtY EDITOC. The St. Louis Reiumicani has an applicant for the positionl of obituary oditor-. iis lotter, asking forI the situation, gives a sample of his abilities. 11e says: i Ouri palrents woro wealthy but honest, a:id of' courso, we aro now poor.; but we can live on a very little, because Mary Ann and I h've ma-11 ourseolves into a grango and buy at retail at whOolea1l1 prices. M-Iaybi you have a full corpso to do yourt flunny writing ; so if' you 0ngage mo I will (10 anything in the obituarian lino. It will suit our feelings bettor. Mary Ann and [ have been in affliction lately. (Great-grandmother Peck died last wOOk, agod CXIX. Sho died onco before, when sho was 96, but just after sho was laid out, she seemed to remember somehow that she had forgotton to fCoot a stocking forl her youngol boy, who was 74 years of' ago, 0 so ho caite too agail, and as wiito WaS U0om1inlg Oil aid so imul knit ting to be dono, she (oncludt'I to keep oil flor tvoty years or so. The doctor thinks if' sio ain't distitrbed, she is gono for good this time. Me and Mary Ann set up with her to the last, and she was (heelced oil into tho full firui tion of her faculties. I couldn't, help m1or'alizing, as T sat by her bedside how leant a person canl get, Ilid yet colnsuml.9 so mich guel-sho beat, ovonrthing all hollow that I over saw. I)oor obl soul! sIhe W.as so loantt that te muts. ketocs had ceased to be a burden, they used to light on het, and hammtnor on her skull with their bills, till tho room sountded liko a telegraph oflico ; thenl they WoAld seratelt with thIeir hind logs, and sail out of' tho window worn out. She seemed to gai'n a little flesh after we camo horo f'rotm Ciicago, atid got now spirits, but somebody told her that he' naitto was accidentally left out of Ed ward'ti Directorv, and sit1 fell ofr again. Sihe hadn't walked any to spetk of* for' the last twenty-two years, and it usod to console her to think how much lio had Fiavod on shoes, Whon I look at tho old calico cushion, with its faded roses, that sihe sat Ombowered in sinc'e she wats 104, 1 heave a sigh at tbot r'ansitor'iness of all sublui tiatiant comfort. Uor' cyes got so weak t hat sheo wore seven pair's of glasses for' a spell1, butt they w~an't stogeought for her' to get the snoout of' her Sctripttt's, so we hadl a pirt of operta glassos moun1ttted so sbo coutld wear' themn on her nose. She sat upl thte hof'tst part of tho day befor'e sIhe aituitfd outt, and . told mel many tthIitngs cot)fidetntial 13y. Shto rememOtbered( dlistincetly whlen tten. Washington got thIe chock eashed that Oakes Atmes gav e Ithitm for signing th P .aciflic liaih'oadt bill, and( site wats qtuito a youn g girl w hent Cyru'ts lField andl lend rick H udson brungtt the At Ian tic calo over in thte M~ayflow or. WVha:t is hotmo withtout a gtreat-gr'atnlmother ? She is gone; 'I'WO KIND) OF WVOMEN. We onco3 knowi a muan who had mlarriedl a spoiled beauty; whoso mmitu's, exactionts atii caprices wer'e infitnito. Hoe had at least, as a r'ef'tgo to htis wearied tnerves sot- , tIed dow tt inito a habit of' uittor die. regat'd atnd neglect; Ito treated ho; wishes antd cotmpjhlints with equal inidiffer'entce, and( wVot tott with his ' e~' 1lif's as itearly ats p)ossible as if' shoe'A dlid not exist, lie silently provtded foi' her whaitt he thought ptroper'' withtout ttroubling htinsolf'to not ico ~ her request or listen to her giev-..'~ atnces. Sickness came but the " heart of' hor hutsband was cold an4. gonte; there was no sympathy lIf' to warm hot'. Dl)atht catm; and Ito breathed frooly as a main releas od. Hie married agaitn; a wotmai wvith no beauty, but much love an goodntoss-a womn t who asked 11 tIe, blamed soldom, and then wit all thie tact and addruess whIch t.h most car'eful thtouglitfulnoss coul doevise, atnd the passive, neogligon hi ubsand becamue t lhe iatten ti vo,doev ted slave of' her will. He was ini he~ han tde as clay in the hands of' Lb pottetr the least breath or suggos tion of' critioism f'ro m her' lips, wvh citicised so lIttle and so thought. fully, weighed moreo with him thia many outspoken w'ordse So difVr ont is the same human being cordIing to the tott6h of he lu What chin' i it fr' v . shaved ?--An ioh{n~K aket a two Frane piece. Long be 'e it fell at her' feet, she perceiv. that it was a silver coin ; fort he A it It1 stp (p1 ed p1113 in g, and tehled its desvolnt. Shlo marked ele it disappeared inl tile snlow, I whenl she found it, and knew w mutch it wats, lAx threw thle lilt to her C11oin1uionl, anld stIt off :tt : rallid pace. hut sud. Ily stolTpc4, ttiried rulind, aindl, Iilg the tipls of ler fingers to I- otil. pre.st d (heml) to her , an,d waved her hlaild to me. was five <hys beibre I s:, heri it, ) am1: thlenl Ii old womanil lie ilso. Site looked f'eeble. As AS IS i Ilade ily apilwm-alce alt Swimh>lw, thle girl ('apped her. hS tle violin bow. Sle looked aid simly 13. bowiln.g her heald, tiulitd her m1oneutolmis task; ile lle aidti wateld.1) and iled ipoii mne as earnestly ats *r.'" -t *as a pit t:lnlce well be-stow. "Vemiar11ked lerman. -o youl thiniik so,' asked Er. t. 1-Was bl1ame1, oliwever, to be ached to :my one, for withhold. a similiar als f*roi Uie hu1nchvi k and tle bassoonl player ? the fiorner Sluddeily dlisappear from the Iue de I ar-pe, and aw the body, of the lItter one riing exposed in tIhle Morgue recoglition, with his whivte kcs stiffened ill ice.''" '.Most surely," aiiswered H1er I. "Mlaik my13. words. Occupa it was the first, righit granted Imanl ; anid, to secuie it to hi, vas bestowed i i the for-m of' a -se. .Ljet, no m11ani, thien strivo to ricW, ih he thereby deprive III)' ofthe riglt to "ea1rn his bread tle sweat of' his brow." Wealth st carry witLh it a heavy re >rsibility. I, is a concentration means for the dlistri bution of' .a to the 11edy; and overy mnan, o starves, as did yoiutr hut1ch .k violinist, inl his cellar, or. is ced, by h11ger, to comuit sui. e, 111o the venerable bassoon el, drowned in the Seine, ps to diminish the eye of the Aiv, throuI,)g whicl the camel 4 to pass' Well, Er.0-nest, go on.'" V'Ie first of February was tle y I had fixed uiponl to leave Pa On the aftelrnoon) of the 11day >i, tlilIking of' lie contirnplat joui'nlcy. The regret, I felt, at 1)idonring the gaietics of Paris, s lost in my romantic oxpoheta us of Germany. Sudnly, I it'd the munsic giril p1log inl thle cut. I ro0so upI withx a start; for' aid rnot, liniked lier in the chiaini rmy r'egrets -chi iefly con fiined 'or'e to the G:'ru-di of Plantsx, Gal lery' of' the Liouvrec, arid the sian F"ields. But as I stood at window, and looked downa up' hiei for' thle last time, it, was re' t han a rgt, iv as a png it I f'et: for I hadl enicou raged herci a dhepuenideuce-a rel ian ce lii me1 f'or' assistanco-whlich, -hiaps, sho thbough t woul ne hver wv ~ithrawn~ . In hier' ignIor'an co my3 intont(ion, sih r'egar ded mue Lt hier usual earntniC,ess, andto eIt, long upon myi fav'ori to amr. hithrow her' a ftive iranie plece. LI looked( at it, andio seemed puz d ; but before she~ diisappleare'd m mue f'or'ever', shie signified hier itituide, by3 fr'equently' howing head, uad kissinig lher hiand. 0 neCxt dayt) I was in .the rotondle a D)iIigenice, on my)3 way to asbour tg. F"or i mi ls, I watchied city3 of Par'is ieced inrg f'r'om view, until ai moutinii, 1iIt.ium base of which thle r'oad sud( 113 tniad, shut, out thle en titing sight--the dhomes of' the rithcon,, the Ittvalides, attnd the I do Grace, the coInuas anid mioniluents of Pe ha Chi.. 'WellI (one, K rn este I'cxclaimn Freder'ic, "tLo get id of' youtr '-oinc. y'ou deCstroy thie mnli t city' of' Paris!I Mon D)ieu! Ie jIpirre, in his bloodiest temuper, 11ld not have wished f'or more. dI so noiseless, too!--wh an 11 '-lhquiake couhlin't, have dorio it hiou t ai crashl. A hi, 'i'iest, y'ou ve brough t yourI story to a fine. ielusioun '" 'Stop I" said 1IIerman, '"hold Iing biis palo hiaind, "E'rnoext, hais riot, tiiiishetd. Go'( on. I ko w y'ou be tmore to rel'ate."' 'Yes," r'eplied Er'test. "1 have~ 'e to tell ; but the sequtel is on. 31ly inforetial. However, from pictures of' Parisiaun lifo wvhich bavo sketchoed for' you to.night, hink you will both agree, that continuation, although tnot ed upon atuttal observ'ation, is ir'ely reliable. In t.hO eveming the day of' myl dlepaturoI, tmy mughts returned to the Music -I and her mother', for I suppose hi a r'elationship muist bave stod between hera and thie old mani. I fanied they wore stand t, th1dat, ve'ry3 momernt, befbro hotino in which I had Iooded