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!-;. 'A''<? JK IH fill ?// ?
?h'fl; knelt, by tho crimson nltur, nnd
the light Fronj the paintftl window, fell
like n glory radiantly upon her form ;
she knelt and prayed in the suu-lifc .'andei
like sonic sweet saint ofjsVpry. There
in the.grand Cathedral, in the midst of
the city'a war, while tlto**world vrua rush
ing on with its dizzy hum, Lucille Avc
oel h id stepped in from the/street and
She felt so pud and despairing that
?morning-. She hud just been disap
pointed in getting an expected situation.
Yes, a dozen times, had she read, the
short, cold noto from her relative, to
whom slnrhud applied as the last?la^t
resort. The stcry she Tind written had
been refused by the publisher of the
Magazine, the day previous. What was
loft, now, tf.he done ?
Nothing. Nothing but to return to
the haggard looking old homestead, and
suffer, and bear, nnd benr her fath
er's?poor old wan-*?fruitless and sad re
piuings.
These were her thoughts, ns she was
returning to her uncle's residence iu tho
city, front the post office, where she hud
just received that disheartening letter
TIiub, sho was thinking, bitterly, us she
passed the Cathedral, and bearing the or
ganist practising, and seeing tho door
open, and persons goiug iu to repeat
their prayers, an impulse of religion?of
superstition; perhaps, tinned her steps
into the church, und sho prayed. 'Twas
a scone of expressive significance, yes,
an historical emblem.
She, the daughter of a haughty house,
the descendant of knightly men, and of
noble women, after suffering tho keen
huuiiljntiops of poverty?aye, of hunger
und colli, "i'd seeing her aged father
mi Oer and hearing him laincut ;.'ain
tlvelv his hitter, cruel fortune?after en
during this for a weary year, had resolved
to come to ihe eity, and try? try some
thing f?r herseil and fur hiui.
Alter it \> iek of trying and failure,
this was the sad, despairing end.
Here she knelt in the Cuthedrul, ainT*
the light played upon her in its beauty,
ahd the surging* pi' the grand organ vi
hraicd ihr? ugli the Bolpu.u stillness, aeon
fivblin si sweetli on tho ear. and then
pr dbti idi) ionium through t e building,
with /t> deep -ralid h.?a.
Met-jiiuks, iho organist, was another
Tom Pinch, und the sorrows, and meek
noises i t his < wn life would ? express
themselves in his melody, while a note
of human sympathy, Irom a warm heart,
would repeal itacll unbidden, .is the hur-I
dt-u of the music, It must have been
so; for Lucille Avcnel rose from her
Iciiees Und lelt happier.
How expressive the whole scene !
How typical of the Southern laud !
Brave hearts are resting 'heath her turf,
manly arms are prostrate, pale women
kneel and weep Gravesure her sjirines j
her temples ruins, while a knelling re
frain sec ms to pour is pecan music from
its forests and its streams Niobc !
Lucille Avcnel returned to her sad
I duiicd hoiucuud brought little comfort to
her father.
"l'apa." said Lucille, after telling of
her disappointments', "uncle and every
body says, that things, will soon be bet
ter. The States will soon be reconstruc
ted and restored to their prosperity."
"Ah, daughter," said the old gentle
man, sadly, ,llhi..k of our losses, our
ruins. 1 have been rich, and thought to
sec you happy. Will these things be re
stored '{ Will thoy reconstruct my for
tune, my spirit, my hopes? No, Lu
cille," ami the old man looked so sad,
and his voice quivered as be added
"they can never reconstruct me."
Lucille came and laid her beautiful
head upon the old man's breast, and tried
to cheer him, but ho would repeat, and
retired to his rest that night, repeating,
"thoy will never reconstruct me."
Lucille resinned her pinched and hard
life, sewing fur her support, and suffered
und bore up like it heroine. At length
a bettor iJuy did dawn for her Slid her
luther. llcr uncle wrote that sho could
gel employment to write in tho govern
ment offices in the city. So she und her
father moved dpWi.i, und obtained rooms,
and Lucille went every day und wroto in
I il o g vernmcut office At first, it was
, 13 strange, and the polite young officer
I had to show her a great deal how to copy
and fill up blauks. But after a while
fcftfc* learned tin; routine of her business
perfectly.. She obtained a very good
Bamr^forHrer ?evVic'es. and she and-her
father wore quite comfortable.
Of an evening they would grir'oundHo
uncle- Ralph Sinclair's and talk over
thC8e?o*ew ?bjes and phases iutheir his
tory. . ?
Clara Sinclair, Lucille cousin, was
highly delighted nud ainus-d at. the'
"events of tho day." as she called thoui,
und declared that she would like nothing
better than to write in tho Yankee's
offices. It was ineffably amusing to hear
her und her uncle Peyton' Avcuel, Lu
cille* 8 father, discussing tho ''issues of j
the past," and "the livfiig present."
"Uncle Peyton, you will be obliged to
'accept tho Bituntinn' and admit these
things to be facts."
"Ah! iuy dear^cirl, I huto that ex
pression, 'accept the situation,' nnd some
things uro facts which are not truths, a
combination of accidental circumstances
may produce very anomalous results.
These results may seem to crush the
truth to (he earth, but believe me, its
mighty principle will rise and be vindi
cated.
"Oh ! my dour sir. please spare tue
your metaphysics, these things may be
untruths but they are certainly facts.
If I asked you whether you bcliaccd
in negro suffrage n8 a principle, you
would tell me, no, but. my dear .un
cle, you must believe iu it us a fact.
And what, sir, is to change the fact!
Nothing iu the world but your metaphy
sics, and your hopes for some miraculous
intervention, such as we Southerners
lookoil tor during the war."
"My girl, the negro is a doomed aui
mal. and destined soon to leave only fos
sil relics of his race, if he insists upon
his right to vole in this country."
?" "My Lord, uncle, any one is doomed
that attempts to argue with y-iu upon
this question. ..-Your ideas and yourself]
are fossil relics of tho past."
any more of an evening when I come
here, for you are getting to be a complete
Radical."
"Oh, that reminds me, Lucille, do you
know that everybody says that Percy
Waring, your old s>veethcurt, is a genu
ine Radical. What do you think ol
that ?"
"l have heard, ('Iura, that Percy War
ing differed in his political views from
most oi hi- tfi nod his ;e>s ?? i.uei?. bot I
d<> not tii ..!. so harsh . term us
'Hadieill can in: npplii d him."
?*Oh. my, theta we ha v. it again
There is no us< to plu\ up wi ids and
hautor names. You know Lucille, that
any hi dy in tin- South in w. who differs
with tho seocbMiui party is called .1 Undi*
cd I uteuti my hod\ wh ? is willing i<<
abide by reconstruction, and who thinks
that it wili be permanent. In other
words anybody who is reconstructed."
And so they would chat ; Clara Sin
clair iu her rattling style, arguing with
her uncle Peyton, and criticising the po
litical situation; uncle Peyton, protest
ing against the ' f -te that had so vastly
changed his circumstances, ami those of|
his country. He would ignore the pre
sent unnatural state of things, as he. culled
tlit-111, and adhering to the past, believed
implicitly anil with unswerving faith,
that it would be vindicated ami restored
in the future.
"The glory of the South has depart
ed," he would say, "but the evolution of]
issues, and the settling of the political
and social cquilibruui upon its level,
would restore it."
One more scene, and all our characters
will have been presented.
In the huge city, at his desk, in his
law office, sat Percy Waring writing.
He was a man of about twenty seven,
id' medium height, and slight figure, with
nil intellectual head, and line distin
guished features.
He had beet) practising law, little ever
one year, ai d his business was slowly in
creasing, lie had served with gallantry
in the Confederate army, and surrendered
the sword of Captain, when Lee's skele
ton army, by capitulation, grouped itselt
in the last historic tableau, ere the black
curtain icll upon the dreadful drama.
Ruined 111 Ibrtuuo, Percy Waring, forced
to the necessity ol seeking a livelihood,
had put sued tlm study of the law, amid
disheartening difficulties, and was just
beginning to realize the success 01 his
efforts.
Possessed of a rare and commanding
! ebullience, und distinguished taleut, the
I eyes of tho politiciuus wcro turned to
him. In several of his forensic ud
dresses, an expression of conservatism of
political opinion, which suggested a com
promise by which.the gontleinen of the
South could bow with dignity and grace
to the stroke that, had impoverished
them, nnd changed the entire fabric ol
their politics, and iho condition of their
laborers, nod yet itttintuiu the unsullied
purity of theirtpAl economy, and even
sec a hope for^hV1 restoration*;.!' their
ruined wealth^-u^. expression of such
eonsovvativo and striking sentiments, had
rather expo^c^higjflo the censure of his
associates, wjme^tjtho same time it hnd
brought bim.l*fr_ the notice of the.more
liberal*<)I^bqPjBp>^f^j'' that ruled the
Southeri3^^nn*y.^ |
t At tho^rr^^^'^if his introduction to
you. reader, he iaJtWriting a reply to a
coiniuutiic.ition, hcfhnd just received
from u pMitienl organization, whose per
fect* 'discipline ^jnH|#tidroit manipulation
ol' the colored p.:ome by their secret so
cieties, and sensation suggestions and
promises, placed if* their hands the su
preme govcrnmch&iDf the .State.
Percy Waring Was ambitious, lie bad
long differed withstand objected to the
supine policy of'inactivity, that bad
characterized the Southern people since
the shock of their "fbdent, mi l the stii-s?;
lying effect of thcijfriinlooked for change
Ho had often thought, and had even
grown warm in conversation with friends,
saying that he longed for an opportunity
to utter bis sentiiifctits to his country
men.
Suffice it to say,.he accepted the invi
tation to address the political meeting to
bo called b}- and under the auspices of
the hated party that rule I the country.
The time was appointed, and its an
nouncement made to the public.
Poroy Waring's friends generally cut
his acquaintance, some without further
formality, others aftet hearing from his
own lips, I \"is really his intent im
to didder the address.
All of his iriipiJrt did this cxcepA
-U 4\ W&i?lf*le;e+~4* ..-....,.,,? 1 o i : ? ?
friend from childhood, llalph Kutlcdgd
culled at his office the morning after the
announcement sipoe ired iu :">ut. lie
found Percy Wtiring sitting at his desk.
"lidod niorntOg, I '.re.," he saluted
him as of yore, and the t o&s of trank
and unaltered friendship, istdirislmd, and
to say the truth, almost iilimanncd I'ercy
Waring, tu the fever of his ambition,
and i.lto ehthuMt.s .1 his supposed sonso
oi dut_ h b.i boon [iicpaivd for the
coolness ol ois friends .. .1 had c\< 11 .111
t eip tto.d 1 hem m* h ir "cuts
lint recovering himself lie rose an 1
lit t d his friend warmly.
"Take a it, Ralph "
"Yes, 1 wanted to sue you a moment,
Percy, al> ui tins [nib ie.il harangue you
are deliver to-morrow night to the Radi
cal party."
"Not to the Radical party, Kalph, but
to any of my fellow-citizens who will
hear me."
??.My dear fellow, are you demented?
Is it a practical joke ' !??> y?>u suppose
that any of your bomt Jitlc fellow-citizens
will come to hear you under such au
spices. Look here. INrey, 1 have come
to put a .-top to this thing. Kcmember,
I'ercy. your lather sleeps in a soldier's
grave, which he gained lighting lor prin
ciples, ugainst which you are about to
raise your Voice, and which you are
about to recant. Kcnn-mbcr. sir, you
are a gentleman ! llomeiubcr Lucille
Avcnel ! You know you lose caste by
this madness. Uo member your profes
sion, which is surely nnd stundily in
creasing your honors ami rewards! Do
you expect to practice law for tho ne
groes and to settle their estates V
? lleally. Italph, you arc oloqooiit?"
'?] am in earnest I'ercy. For *???<!
sake, toll nie. what kind of speech do
you intend to innko."
"I intend to express tllOSQ sentiments
which you have heard me utter so fre
quently in conversation."
"Look here, I'ercy Waring, 1 have
done my duty. I cannot divine your
motive nor your object in this madness.
Hr.t if it is all in vain, my dear sir. I
can but char the gang-Way and let )ou
go. Von know the consequences l"
"I suppose one of them will be the
K.ss of your friendship and acquain
tance"
"No, sir, I shall not cut you when we
meet, but 1 uovor expect to meet you in
socioty ! You, of course, know this."
"Those, who caring nut to uudeustand
my motives und my heart iu this matter,
uro worthless friends. 1 feel that I am
right, and 1 dread uot these silly conse
quences."
"Well,sit, I havesaid what I intended
to, you know tho rest."
' Aud I shall ?ay what 1 intend to, to
morrow uight, and ?bull bo happy to
have you hear me."
"I shall no/ be there. Good morn
ing."
And ho left the office.
Another historic, emblematic scene!
Oh ! ho-, this proud, brave, dowu-trod
den people have clung to the brightness
and glory of their past. Their glory
forever departed, and they mouru so pa
thetically at its memorial.
Scorning the fuels forced upon them,
those facts subverting their entire civili
zutiou und forming the bases upon which
a uew and entirely different one is to be
xtiperstruetcd, they cling with wild,
fond devotion to the memories of the ir
revocable past, and hope, romantically,
madly, that the future will restore them.
History but repeats itself. Its course Is
not retrogressive. Perhaps in the widen
ing circle of its cycles it may reach the
correlative and parallel point, at which
it stood before, but it widens, complicates
progresses.
Percy Waring delivered bis oration,
and he was cut.
Instinct jrith eloquence, burying the
glorious past, with stately eulogy, and
gleaning from it lessons for the future,
it pointed to that iuture, picturing the
brightness of its now" era, and pointing
out the practical duties of the different
classes at the Smith.
In his advice to the colored people,
the eloquent speaker seriously disappoint
ed those who had invited him to speuk.
He advised them to Beoro their secret or
guttizuti >tis, by which they mechanically
obeyed the will of the clique into whose
hands its springs were intrusted. 11 e
bade tllCUl think for themselves. Their
rights were guaranteed now irrevocably.
I They should now consult only the common
interest of the country?the interests of
the employer, the hind owners, as well as
of those of the laborer.
tv?r^ivtomp?r?*B* maun .?? tauutrn
to interrupt him, but he had touched the
right chord in the colored man's nature,
aud they would hear him.
'1 he effect of his address was thrilling,
iiTCsistnhle. "fwas the only ways to
reach the colored people, and they felt
the truth ol the advice.
His addre.-.- was published in all the
city newspapers, and all classes inwardly
felt that the positioD Percy Waring had
assumed promised much good to all
classes.
Still he lo>t caste. His friends cut his
acquaintance, and he was denounced,
"Radical."
"fwas an evening or two niter the
speech time Lucille Avetiel and her fath
er were lit Palph Sinclair's .-pending the
evening as usual.
Clara Sinclair was, of course, brim
lull of chat for uncle Peyton and Lu
cille.
"Well, uncle Peyton," she said, ' have
you read Mr. Percy Waring's speech to
the iindicals V
"No, my girl, I have not certainly
Mj Heavens, what can that boy mean!
His father's bones must havn stirred in
their grave. What would he say?
What would he say '("
"15?'illy. sir. you might have read his
speech. l>ut. ? Lucille, what do you
think of your beau ideal now ? Arc you
disenchanted ?"
"The views of Mr. Waring are cer
tainly very new and striking to us. I
am not enough of a politician to know
whether he is altogether right or not, but
I do sympathize with him in the ostra
cism which appears to be the cousequence
of it. 1 do think that these questions
i.light to be discussed, calmly and serious
j ly, and that one ought to have a right to
differ with the majority iu his opinion."
"Uncle Peyton, do you hear all that.
Lucille i.-, as much of a Radical as I am.
and ought to be deprived of the boon of
kissing you, as well as [. Rut 1 Heard
to-day that Percy Wariug is the Radical
candidate for Congress. That is his aim
I suppose. Suceoss shall be his crite
rion."
And so she rattled on.
Percy Waring was the candidate lor
Congress. The colored people broke
through all tho routine of their party or
ganization, and would have him to be
their candidate.
A large und respectable portion of the
white voters rallied on him, appreciating
hi- manly, iudepcudcut and promising
course, and he was elected.
The State was reconstructed, and re
presented in Congress by one of her own
citizens, "to tho manor born," aud elect
od by the consent and aid of the eolorcd
people, who thus properly appealed to
responded generously and well.
The State was reconstructed and rc
stored to Jior sons ! > .
Percy Wariug distinguished himself
in Congress by his bold and Tearless de
fence of the rights of his; State, ns re-'
constructed. All classes felt that he was
right. When he returned home, ovution
after'ovation awaited him. The colored
people invited him to address.them, and
as he told them plainly and truthfully
their rights and their duties, they gath
ered nrouud him as around one wbnm
they could trust.
Some of his friends were 'magnani
mous enough to come forward and renew
their acquaintance with him, frankly
acknowledging their error aud prejudice ;
others still kept him uudor the bau of
social ostracism.
Anipug those who still treated him
with coolness were Ralph Sinclair's fam
ily. None condemned him more vio
lently than Peyton Avcnel.
Years passed, and with their slow rev
olution, reconstruction upon a sure foun
dation, was gradually being accomplish
ed. The gentlemen of the South were
either passing away or their bit|er an-,
fagonistu to these changes was relenting.
While these changes were working
out their fulfilment, aud Percy was vin
dicating his sentiments by the criterion
of their success and extension, let us for
a Uionient look at the relations that ex
isted between him and Lucille Avcnel.
Porn of kindred ancestry, both inheri
tors of goodly patrimony, reared on
neighboring plantations in tho country,
aud meeting often in the same soc'ul cir
cles in tVo city, their intimacy had
ripened into love. , - *
Their love had been mutually confessed
in the sunny hours of childhood, hud
ripened with their years, and* been 1
eogSiizcd aud approved by their parcuts.
"tt.?V father loved tho boy as he said
like his own s: rtyred -on, who had
fallen in an early stage of the war.
??lie has lost a gallant father," he
would jay, "I a nuble boy. I will be
his father, and he shall fill the place of
my i'alleu son."
Their engagement thus hallowed by
the golden memories of youth, thus con
tinued aud sanctioned by her father's
blessing, had been interrupted in its con
summation, only by the ruins and poverty,
consequent to the war, and since by her
lather's disapproval and anger at his
political course.
Percy Waring knew Lucille Avenel.
too well, to fear that sho. would misunder
stand or mistrust hint, but he knew bar
father's allegiance to the "principles iu
abeyance," as he called those issues for
which the Sonth had so gloriously but
so vainly struggled, and he knew Lu
eille's allegiance to her father. His pre
judice or himself must pus<i away before
lie could claim his Lucille.
Years passed away, and Percy War
ing had reaped high honors and rich re
ward. His sentiments has been adopted
by a large and influential class of tho
South, aud under their influence, peace,
I in its truest sense, aud prosperity un
dreamed of at the South, were allaying
all differences, settling all conflicts of
classes, and pouring untold wealth into
ibe country.
All opposition, all prejudice to him
seemed giving away.
At this period be thought of his Lu- ;
t cille, thought of her girlish beauty and
freshness, in the budding of her charms
and the development of her disposition.
He res >lved to make an effort to win her.
He had never called at hor father's since
they had been in the city, und it had
been a long time since lie bud spcut au
evening at Ralph Linclair's.
This evening he resolved to call at the
honst; of tho latter. They hud deter
mined to relent. Ho wus invited in.
Lucille Avenel and hor father wero there.
At first the old man did not wish ta recog
nize him, but his feelings gave way when
he heard bis manly voice, and saw hi?
bold, high-toned manner and carriage.
"1 forgivo you, boy, I forgive you.
For your father's sukw aud for Lucillo's,
I forgive you. Ah, boy, you aro recon
structed I suppose. They could novor
havo reconstructed your lather, bravo
follow, and thay will never reconstruct
me. I will have to go to the grave like
him, 'unreconstructed.' "
Wo pass over tho evening's chat.
I'ercy Waring's high words speaking
from a "mind conscious to itaolf of
right'" Clara's chatting aud witticism.^
and Lucille Averiel'B high and holy, iap
piness. ( ? j.,tiL
Their engagement was reconst^ed
They 'are married and happy., So^4*
out stricken coubtiy.
Agricultural Items.
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Hnmmontou, N. J., seat a milling
quarts of strawberries to market tMr
season.
The best corn crop on prairie eod yet
reported is 724 bushels by weight fnw>
^oven acres.
A Pembroke, (N. H.t) farmer ho* i
pig which has gained a pound and a h:?H*
each day since he was big enough to
weigh sixty-eight pounds.
. John Johnson, the father of upland
tile draining in this country, lives to set
within the State of New York fifty tw??
factories of tile drains.
A dairyman informs the Maine Far
mcr that having tried various things fur
sore teats on cows, ho finds lard be>;,
the most healing aud softening.
The Stock Journal advises a bighor rt
for regular farm work, and one thatdoc?
uot, without great pushing, trot mo: ?
thin six miles an hour with a lig'..
buggy.
Cooked meal is nearly double the bul'c
of uncooked, yet quart for quart it goes a*
j fur. The difference is, that much of tb i
I food is undigested unless cooked
I Half a dozen eggs beat up with two
ounces ot salt, is recommended as a sum
j relief of cattle choked with a potato or
an apple, by a correspondent of the
Country Geutletnao.
Every farmer should have a compost
heap.?Collect every kind of fertilize-.
and to prevent any frcm liberating th
gasscs, keep the whole covered wUh ear U
-c_u
ur uiuv &.
The Journal of Agriculture recor
mends the application of a top dressing
of manure to meadows immediately after
haying, especially on dry patches where,.
the grass roots arc often parched, und
killed tu wet weather.
From six stations on the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad 577 eight .gall. :t
cans of milk arc sent daily to the Chicog >.
market. The largest amount sent fr i
one station is 254 cans or 3,032 galh-o
from Dundee.
The Journal of Agriculture thin1 -<
present Western prices for wool will I.m
maintained, but sees no reason for imi. -t
advauce, and doubts whether those wh'
have their last clip on hand will gain
much by keeping it over,
j Mr. A. S. Fuller offers a prizeof $10f?
to any person who will furnish him
I cheap and effectual plan of externiinatin -
j moles from his grounds. He will I .
satisfied with a trap or a poison, provided ?
the required work is done.
Mr. J. Harris thinks steam threshing |
machine* will soon take tho place of the
horse machines. This, he thinks, will
he of great advantage iu the way of allow
ing grain to be threshed as it is taken .
from the field, and the straw to be pu.
in the bnro.
Hiram Woodruff says in hia WJ;
about trotting horses, that a pull on bot!,
reins will not bring up a horse when h.i
bus broken from a trot. A firm, qui.-u.
pull should be given on one rein, letting
the other give <i iittlo, as much as y<-'<?
want the horse's head thrown oat o*'
lit-i.
A vory practical agricultural oast was
given to the examinations at the olose ??J*
the second year of the MassaehuscttH
Agricultural College by a novel opening
exercise. Fiom the Sophomore class Hi
siudonts wero sdocted by lot, and go?-.i
an exhibition of their skill in mowi..
o
with hand scythes.
Dr. McCIuro, of Philadelphia, a
Veterinary surgeon who has the care of
several hundred horses, informs tho
Practical Fanner that ho has nev .
known tho following prescription to fid I
of curing colic in horses : "Aronsat"
spirits of ammonia, half an ounce; Land
iiuiu, one and a half ounces; mu wii
ono pint of water, and administer, t(
not relieved, repeat the dose.
Dr. Randall says it is not expod^V'*
to feed valuable ewes unhullcd ooro, L.r
says it is not usually thought to yay t.,
grind oorn for store sheep. Ho als
recommends bran slops and roots to in
crease the milk of yeaning owes.
It is estimated that there are ov
12,000,000 head of cattle in Texas alom
but prior to tbo war that State onl
coutaincd 3,000,000 head The demat; t
ceased and the cattle throve dnricg tho
eon Hi et, until they have increased out *
inou8lyv