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AFmily Companion, Devoted to Literature a_wsAgriculture Markets, &c
Vol. XTI. WEDNESDAY MONNING, JULY 19, 1876. No. 29.
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,'y,.kww tbot I am coMiP9
th Nja set my spirit free.
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T .gR.s;wsde
On
in rugs an warm furs, is Lota
d'4yille, ia right,eyed, rosy lip
,ped, laughing Canadian, as lovely
a girl-womaa of seventeen as
;glance of man ever rested com
placently upon. The Oanadian
mother and the French father
were epressed in her naime. Her
playfullamIent eyes had exercised
their sorcery upon. me ere this,
and the modulations of a voice un
equaed for its low, soft sweetness,
comapleted the young siren's tri
umph. This, by the way, for we
had exchanged no o;.~fidences as
yet on.a subject very near to mpy
heart.
We were bound to a--merry
sleighing party at Wiidy Gap
farm-ostensibly to a hunt upon .a
vpst scale, which accounts for my
two rifes and ammunitiop lying in
the sleigh, and fbr the noble deer
hound, our third companion, who
had curled up his great body at
our feet, and aided to keep them
warm. I had known Lota's bro
ther-a young officer irftlie Cana
dian rifles-had killed "bar" at
the "salt-licks" with him, had niet
the. whole family on .oad a
St. Lawrence steamer, and was
now a. guest at their house enjoy
ing their frank and bounteous
hospitality.
"Hurrah !" Through the keen
sonorous air sleigh and horses
bonded;along! OCling.clarrg!" go
the chiming bells. "Oick crack!"
goes the long-thonged whip,. wibh
a sharp, cheery significerce.- My
"Madawaska Cariole,, a sleigh
which is the perfection of locomo
ion, is not Uss perfAibii- than
the fiery steeds. with. theirsiniws
of elastic steel, which I drive.
Driving the sleigh-tan'em is the.
asiest thing in the world; when
you are used to it. I was a member
)fthe "Tandem dlab," and consider
d rather a crack hand.. I exalted
in my skill now, as I bre my-osy
ompanion flying through the air,
and the whip went9Aerick-crack!"
ike a double-larrel going5off, and
he sweet bells sung -anii- himed.
Oh ! sweet echoes of far' distany
wedding bells," I thought, and
the crisp snow was split' and abat
tered into diamond dust. under.
the grinding of the hoofs and the
attrition of the "rmnnes," and with'
on exhilaration I could not repress,
[gave a vigorous "Hurrah!" which
sonveyed itself to Lota, wrapped
p in moose and bear skins and
warm as a toast. A sweet, girlish
laugh echoed my exulting shout;
"You appear to enjoy this, Mr.
[jonsdale," she said.
"If I don't"- "crack-crack!" fill
ed up the kiatus. What a -pair of
beauties. Phobus Apollo never
drove the like down the steps of
heaven! The wily 1thacan never
"raised" such cattle when he clear
ed the -stables of 'Rhesus .of his
horses. "Crick-crack !" and the
horses neigh and toss their arching
necks, and the bells are chiming
and tinkling, and th-e iad,exnlting
rush uplifts.one like wine.
I remark to myself that the
sky has deepened into an intense,
still, darkening bide-darkening
with a strange, unearthly, tene
brious inkiness, betokening, a com-.
ing snow storm. No matter'
"Windy Gap" is right ahead, and
the welcome lights will.blaze out of
th casements soon, for the after
neon is wearing.- -
On we go, but I do not see them
yet; and yet-but no-its all
right! -
"Are you warm-quite snug,
dear Lo-ta !" said I, half turning
to look at the rosy face peeping
forth with so much furtive coquet
ry from its encadrement of white
cosy furs.
"Oh! so comfortable," she .an
swered, .with a nestling movement,
and a smile which made my heart
leap joyously upward.
But my attention- was called
away to the creeping crerpnscu
lar inkiness of the sky. It was
light, yet not daylight, but blue
light-to coin a word ; tha.t
wintery hue of livid darkening
steel, always the precursor to
a fierce change in the weather.
This only made the long,lovel plains
of snow gleam with a luster the
more dazzling and intense. I re
marked this, but with a momenta
ry divided and wavering sense.
T hari nevr (familiarly as we
had grown' and I was,"hones
as the skin between your' rowsi
as she .was in fact)-had ne.
er said "dear Iota" before, a<
the words -were -yet in mir4
-ears like a sweet.old. burden.
I loved her with all my heart an<
soul, but I had never told it.
yearned to tell her so now; but I
thought it scarcelyffair, not up t(
-the" mark of manhood, to tak(
what seemed an unfair advantage
of the protection I was supposed
to exiend over her. I magnani
mously resolved to wait, choking
down the words but not for long
Meantime "'eriek-crack" went
the. ong whip, and 6ti4l "cling
clang" went the -chimiag bells,
and the -horses hold on with una
bated pace and-splendidrvigor, b.t
-where;-had "WindyGap",gone
to all this time, for time was up;
and we should be there byg this
time.:
'oodness.!" Qzelaimed Lota,
all.at once, "how :strange the sky
looks! we shall have more snow
-a heavy fall, too."
"I fear so," I replied; "but,
n'importe, we'll soon be out ot It.
"We are, very long, I fancy,"
she continued; reflectively; "you
have driven there quicker than
this before. * Oh, Heaven "' she
cried. with t$sudd&nness of a rev
elation, ' 6an*e' Na lost the
track ?"
The blank question warped
with a horrible jar on my- -mdst
vivid fei-.N6W ornever was the
tinme"to bebdol.
"No,I ftink Io' replied,
with an assumed carelessness;
we shall co"e to our-andmraark
presently. "
"A clump of-ire-: -aaold mill,f'ur
her on; "yes," she added, "rI
collect. But we should- have
passed them -o'gg -re this. Ohj:I
fear we aredost!"
A. cold chill, oseized me as I tacit
ly admitted:th*t. &he was in the
right. I could not account for my
error if such was the -case.. I
looked round the horizon, but be
held no friendly.sign; it was on
ly a. circle gathering clQser .and
darker the while. Suddenly my
brave deer-hound lifted up his
head.and uttered a low growl.
The horses gave a startled swerve
just as suddenly. A strange, lugu
brious, but appalling sound came
all at once from windward,wairn
like a death cry-a prolonged, aw
ful, groaning discordance--over the
white geaming-snow; and then it
died away.
The horses halted trembTing;
onlythe shivering tinkle of the
belts broke the death silence* that
fell like an eclipse over all.
"What is that?" asked Lota,in a
shuddering whisper, as she elutch
ed my arm.
I listened. "It is the wind
sighing and dying away in the
pine forest," [ answered.
"And we do not go near the
forest," she said. "HIark! therfit
is again. Oh, -whit-what can it
be ?"
Agairn the indescribably hideous
and lugubrious sound broke forth;
clearer, nearer. It increased ; it
multiplied; the horrible crescendo
howling, shrieking and ravening
was not that of the wind this
time.
"Merciful God !" gasped .Lota;
"the wolves !"
I never understood till that mo
ment what the concentrated es
sence of literal deadly 11orror
might mean. I never experienced
the shock before or since; and
I have in my hunting excursions
faced nEy danger and played out
the game manfully. To have lost
the way was terrible enough ; but
the wolves and Lota! For an
instant I was numb and dumb.
It was true, however. The se
verity of the weather,the~migration
or scarcity of the animals on whom
these unclean creatures preyed,
had made their hunger a raging,
devouring madness. They ' were
encroaching on civilized territory,
and, losing their usual charac
teristic and craven cowardice, were
approacing the habitations of
men, haunting village and settle.
ment. Woe to those in their path!
As the infernal howl rose lingering.
y again, the horses darted away
sith a shrill neigh of fear, and I
guide d +them-hbein ninga to recovei
b myself-in an opposite directin,
while Trror, my: noble hound,
- stood up with- every fang bared
i. and eerv hair erect, waiting for
i the enemy he had already scent
- ed.
I If my good horses bad gone on
[ so admirably at first, they sped
off now like ariows from the bow,
> for the madness *of fear added
wings to their speed, as that of
hunger did to the panting pursu
ers. I was growing . cool. ILta
was pale and calm. I felt proud
of her, though it was certai4n if
we -escaped not speedily the brutes
would run us down; and then hor
ror of horrors, what a fate for
her!
I had two rifles, a revolver, am
munition, a spear, and a wood
:hatehet in the sleigh. -- I convey
ed ay intention to Lota.
"Can you load these weapons
- with those cartridges?" I asked..
"Yes," was-the answer; and she
loaded a "Fuller" and a "Manton"
with true hnter's skill. I took
one rifle, looked back, the pack
was increasing. I fired and
Lota loaded; and one after ano
ther'feil, to be devoured by their
ravenous comrales; and s iil the
horses sped on.
The accursed things were, for
all this gaining ground. IYoubts,
fears, hopes, trembling, were at
my heart as I turned to the sweet
girl whose life or death were all to
me, and said:
"Lota, if we die together, zemem
ber that I loved you-none but
yo t Tel1t to you now, if I may,
never again."
"KRll me first," she Whispered;
"I hear your words-I cho
them. You have my heart, Rich
ard"l
Oh, Lota bet beloved, hat
a momef to.pofess-! and I k
not if I feel pain or gladness
most."
"There are no secrets between
us," said Lota, smiling. "Take
this rifle ; give. me-the pistol ;
one kiss-so!I they come. Save
mue from them at any cost."
.f thoug'ht my ears would have
split at their dreadful yells, for
they were .nop pon. us, .opear
irig out ,to surround ag; and
though the horses held brave
ly on, I dreaded every instant;
that sheer terror would paralyze
them.r It is scarcely possible . to
conceive the unutterable horror
that was circling us both ; young
lovers with beating hearts forev
er from that hour interchanged
with each other.
With lolling tongues, eyes of
flame, hoarse, deep growls, they
had ceased to bay and howl; they
were closing,. in upon us. I re
marked one huge monster in ad
vance of the rest; his object -evi
dently being t1o leapiuto the sleigh
from behind. I fired-and miss
ed him!I The next moment his
huge bulk came scrambling over
the.back ; his paws were on me;
his fiery breath on my cheek ; and~
I expected, as I murmured a short
prayer, to feel the fangs of the
jdbhorrent .brute in my flesh.~ A.
ilash ?-a crash I-a gush of..blood
-and the creature tumbled back
ward, shot through the throat to:
the spine by my brave Lota!. Then.
I plied hatchet, and split skull
after skull, while the sleigh tore
on; but I was giving up all - hope
and turning round-oh, Heaven !
to spare my darling a more hideous
fate-when shots and shouts rang
around, and troops of dogs and
hunters came swiftly to our aid
-and we were saved ! Providence
had directed the sleigh to "Windy
Gap ;" our firing reached the ears
of our friends, and brought them:
out in hot haste to aid us. We
were saved!I And as 1 bore her
fainting form into the .hospital
hall, and clasped her tenderly to
my breast, you may guess how
sincere was the 'gratitude I
breathed in silence to Heaven.
It was the prelude to a wedding,
which occurred soon afterward;
and you may be sure I never for
got my fight with the wolves,
how plackily my noble Lota back
ed me, or the somewbat original
but apropos mode in which I told
my love.
Humility is the solid foundation
ofall1 the vitues
SCUDDERIS DOG CASE.
I A I QUESTION .SETTLED.
A man came into the office of
Judge X., the well-known Phila
161phis-Ivvfl te 6RVW ;.4y,
and when the Judge had time to
Jisten to hiin he said:
"Judge, my, name is Scudder.
I called to see you about a dog case
tought maybe you,might throw
some igt on him-might just
give~ine the. law points .ss I'd
khow wlither i was wrdtlwhile
-Bing or not. You see me and a t
a named Potts went into part
,pihip oii a dog.- We bought
kim. He was a sette, and me
and Potts went shares on him, so's
to sake him out a hunting. It
iss uiever definitely settled which
hir-of him Fowned and which
half belonged to Potts, but somes
how I kinder formed- at idea in
rmy. own mind that the hind end
was Scudder's, and the front end
?tts'. ConsequenceWAthat when
the- dog barked I always said,
"lierte goes Potts' half exeicising
itselft' and when the, dogs tail
4ageA, I always considered that
1nf end was being agitated. And,
of rearse, wheh 'ne of my hind
egisfraehed obe -of Potts' ears
or'bhoulders, I was p6rfedly eat
IsUd; first, -because-- that sort of
ftiiVats good for the whole dog;
.,%-"Ritond, because the -thing
14ol eu wheb Potts heaA
,Odild reach arotnd anW! bite a
ea @niy lind lags oi-snap at a
ygi IWef, things ge ent along
srnbdh i4aiagh for -wile, until
one day that;-dog began to get
tLd&-he. hbit-eAranning around a
aftwind@if.h Hewar herfool.
ish&est othiat I-ever Seed. Usedt
to oWs his tail-round dutil he'd
geti ge giAdy he-eouldn't? bark. .
Andybu know. I wa skeered-lest'
it might hurt the dog's health, and
as Potts didn't seeni 'to- be: will- .
ing -to keep his end from' eirculIa- e
ting in pursuit of my end, I made t
~up-iy arind to chop the dog's tail
off, so's to make him reform and -
behave. So last Saturday I caused a
clhe. dog to back up agin a log, and
thien 1i suddenly dropped the axe E
on his -tail, pretty close up, and a
the- next minute he- wsas booming a
around that yard, howling like a
boatdload of wild cats. Just then t
Potts came p, and he let on to
be ' mad because IPd cut off that a
taiL. One word- brought on ano-a
ther, and piretty soon Potts sicked
that dog on me-my own half, 1
-to,; mind you-and' that - dog t
bit me in the leg, *bit a- piece 1
out. See shat; look at that leg. ,
About half a pound gone ; eat
up by that dog. Now what I
want to see you about, Judge, a
is this: Can't I recover damages
forassault and battery-from Potts?
What I chopped off belonged to e
ine, I owned an undivided half of
~that setter pup, from the tip of
his tail clear up to his third rib, e
and I had a right to cut away as
much of it as I'd a 'mind to ; while t
Potts, -being sole owner of the i
dog's head, is responsible when -he i
bites any body." .
"I don't know,"'replied the Judge, a
musingly. "There haven't been r
any decisions on cases exactly like a
this. But what does Mr. Potts t
say upon the subject ?"
"Why, Potts' view is that I -,
divided the dog the wrong way. E
When he wants to map out his
half, he draws a line irom the
middle of his nose, right along the t
spine, and clear to the end of the
tail. That gives me one hind leg
and one fore leg, and makes him ,
joint proprietor in the tail. And ,
he says that if I wanted to cut off e
my half of the tail I might have a
done it, and he wouldn't have t
cared; but what made him mad j
was that I wasted his property I,
without consulting him. But that a
theory seems to me a little strained, j
and if it's legal why P'm going to
close out my half of that dog at a
sacrifice, sooner than hold any i:
interest in him on those prin- i
ciples. Now what do you think e
of it ?"
"Well," said the Judge, "I can
hardly decide 80 important a ques- t
+in off-hand; buht at the first z
glance my opinion is that you own
the whole dog, and that Potts
owns the whole dog. So when he
bites you a suit won't lie against
Potts, and the only thing you can
Jo to obtain-justice is to make the
log bite Potts also. As for the
ail, when it'i separated from the
log it is no longer the dog's tail,
ind it is not iorth fighting
ibout."
"Can't sue Potts, you say ?"
"I think not."
"Can't get damages for the meat
hat's been bit.eut of me ?"
"I hardly think you can."
"Well, well, and yet they talk
bout American civilization, and
emples of justice, and such
hings ! All. right. .1t it go. I
in stand it; :but didn't anybody
ver undertake tdt6ll'YIne that the
aw protects human beings'in their
ights. Good morning, Judge."
"Wait a moment, Mr. Scadder,"
aid the Judge; "you've forgotten
ny fee."
"F-f fee ! Why you don't charge
x'fthing when I don't Sue, do
ron ?"
"-Certainly; for my advice..y
'edis $10."
"Ten dollars ! Ten dollars! Why,
Fudge,. that's just what I p*d for
ny half -of that dog. I haven't
ot fifty cents*to my name- But
11 tell you what I'll do. I'll
nake over all my rights in t.at
etter pup to you, and you kin go
ound and fight it out with Potts,
s sure as Imy name's Scuddeir."
Potts owns the whole -4og n, D
nd Seudder guns without one.
ANr ~TA6DINARIT F EAT.
[esterday morning, about nine -
>'clock, as the bat OGood Tei- 1
>lar was passing under the Ferry
treet bri4g, that spans the, Erie
aia, in lbaay, .New.York, a1
utr ightt of t ck'ptin of i
he boat, (Johnson) about.eleven i
rears old, took it into her-head to i
wing from one of the iron rods i
if the bridge, -and before she i
~ould release herself, the boat
>ased on, and lefther.suspendedi
ver the water. Her cries attracted
he attentiot of the wrkmen en-1
aged on General Rath bone's new1
oundry, but her position was 1
ch that it seemed, almost im
>ossible to render her any as
istance, she being about midway]
Lnder the bridge; and the only
.lternative left2 her, apparently,
ras to' drop into the canal; and
ak the chances of being rescued
'y some of the [spectators. This
he would not do, yet it was but
,question of time before -she
rould be compelled to relinquishe
ter hold and drop exhausted into
he canal. At this juncture re-]
ief' came to the little sufferer. A '.
aan namied Michael Casey, re
iding on Ferry street, seeing the.
rowd, had come to learn the <
ase of the excitement. A glanee
as sufficient. With a coolness
rorthy of record, he divested him- I
elf of coat, hat and boots, and
~etting down the side of the i
iridge, took a flying leap and 4
aught the iron rod on which thei
ittle girl was suspended. He <
hen walked hand over hand, un
il he reached her, and having goti
s arm around her waist, lowered
uer down until she rested her1
,rfns on his feet. In this way he
eturned to the tow path by the
ide of the canal, and deposited
is charge in 1safety-on the bank. <
t was a herculean task, and one
rhich would reflect credit upon I
,professional gymnast, not to 1
peak of the coolness and bravery
isplayed by Mr. Casey at the
me.
A perfect contempt of thei
orld, a fervent desire to go for
yard in virtue, the love of die
ipline, the painfulness of repent
nce, the readiness of obedience,
he denying of ourselves, and the
earing of any affliction for the
ove of Christ patiently, will give J
is great confidence ; we shall die t
Lappy.
A bachelor made a will, leav- t
ng his property to the girls who 1
iad refused him: "For to them I
4we all my earthly happiness."
Young man, your bride must i
>e won before marriage, but you
annt both be one afterwards.
THE LADIES' DARLING.
A writer says of "ladies' dar
lings:" The creature is delighted
if he can persuade himself that he
has reason to think that a score
or so of girls are over heat and
ears in love with him, and there
is ground for believing that he
would become exhilarated to the
last degree if he were informed
that some foolish -damsel had
pined away and died of a broken
heart on his account. The fact
that so long as his vanity is min
isterd -to be is indifferent as to
what unhapyines devolves upon
Dthers affords-' ift altogether
agreeable. but.thoroughly reliable
index to his character..,f he had
%ny conscience deserving of men
ion, he would not systematically
make love-directly or indiiietly
-with: whom he is thrown in con.
bact, but being, as he is,.utterly
mckless of the feelings of his
aeighbors! he does his best to en
flave the fancy of nine-tenths
>f the attractive ones whom het
eets under circumstances 4yaOra_.
le to 11irtation.
It would be injudicious to deny
hat he achieves success. It would
be unwise to declare that he does
2ot obtain many triumphs;. for
iome girls- are so silly and have
mch 'n'sceptible hearts that thef
wouldl become fascinated wiih a
op stick provided that it was
skillfully set up and dressed in
Aiale habiliments, and caHed a
an, and others, who are a triGd
isei" than to be guilty 6f such
itupi4ity are still foolish .enough
o believe. nine-tenthsKof 'what
very shallow pateddood1telAs
hem.
But though 'this is so, hre is
-ase to hope that the career pf,
1heivoad-bo.ladies' darling is not
6%f' utdhterdpted ineced&and
hat he is not the object of so
nuch admiration as he generally
magines. Occasionally he receives
L prompt and deided-check from
adies wbo haive' no wish to be
nade fools of, or to suffer in repu
~ation, however slightly, in order
hat he may be glorified-; while
o0t a .fei females play~ up to him
yefore his face and pour un
neasured contempt upon him be
iind, his- back. Ror is it sur
yrising that they should do uio,
or he gives them every reason to
hink that he is a shallow and
~gosistical fool. His~ conversation
~onsists of ,a series of dreary in
anities, ridiculous compliments,
which are as~insincere as they are
n badataste, and melanchUry jokes
which consist for the most part
>f ill natured speeches at the ex
>else of sdme unfortunate victim
>r other.
He seldom assumes that his lady
riends have brains enough to un
lerstand anything exept the
nost superficial matters, aidd.when
le does venture to touch on the
ast new book, new play, new par
son or new sensation, he merely re
>eats the cant jargon which is
mrrent in the set in which he
noves, and which frequently con
iemns what is good and praises
what is bad. Beside his manner
s affected, he wears on his face
a continual grin, and he is dressed
ip in such a fashion and has such
a slinking way about him that he
appears altogether as' much unlike
i genuine man as he couild well
lo. For the rest, he lowers the
noral tone of those with whom
ie associates, and scoffs at every
hing in which people of correct
eeling take an interest.
Those old soakers never lack
or argument. Latelygne replied1
o a temperance lecturer by the
ollo wing: "If water rots the
oles of your boots, what effect
nust it have on the-coat of your
tomach ?"
The way they weigh hogs in 1
ansas is as follows : They first
ie the hog to one~ end of a rail,
alance the rail on a fence with
ocks tied to the other end, and
hen guess how much the rooks
reigh.
Truth is too simple for us ;we
o not like.those who unmask our
lusions.
Grumble kills goodne'ss.
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THE FARMIERIS HOME.
Webster, defines honme as,' -1
dwellng place,' bat it amfts' of
a broader. meaning.. p.Wre a,
brilliant and elegant ho'mes. Some
V~e wise, thrifty and. carefal, n&
others are warm and geni&4-. by..;-,
whose glowing heirths,- an- n
at any time, mayI find'enough'-And'
to spare. There are bright homes
and,, -gloomy homesi, jk-ar
hotmes -that bhwry-4a6&- baKU1
through years of intessant- I*boi,
until one and another of -the in
mates fall like the falling leaFes,
and, thbe. home turn c us.
We do not say_t~hst the, dairvman'
home's compares. with tbM ios
View. .Science hVs, done- raui&it
reoethe drudeya*orhns
introduin.ease -and com r~d
An idealihome inust, Rka~t hau..
P, &~ernment, but lov4'maWk be
the -dictator. "All the md&bdM
Should unite to make h6m& b jy
we shofild 'have lig'tI_(_~~
-heaven's own pure,7m CIL
light. it mautekse -n9tjitk
Lo~6e in blueL ?!.Z LAL
tn ~t.. for von know. ~