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BaAes -
Our Little People.
A dreary place would be this earth
Were there no little people in it;
The song of life would lose its rnirThT"
Were there no children to begin it.
No little forms like buds to grow,
And make the admiring heart surrender ;
No littlo handa on breast and brow
To keep tho thrilling lovo-churds tender.
The sterner soul would grow more stern, '
Unfeeling nature more inhuman, r^j
And man to stoic coldness turn,
And woman would bo lesa llian woman.
Life's song, indeod, would lore its charln.
Were them uo babies to begin it;
A doleful place this world would be.
Were there no little people in it.
JOHN Q. WIlITTir.lt.
A Night in a Dispensary.
The snow lay thickly over the grouhd
and upon tho house-tops?tooutd be a
v? rv me ? way to commence 1113' t hnst
mas story. But as fiction must have a
coloring of truth, it would be absurd ol
me to utter so false a statement as the
above?at least as far us oar town is
concerned. We have seen very little uf
the article for some time past, and then
only in diluted form, which would not
be pleasant to introduce into a story, jit
wool '. seem as if old King Christinas
bad . nl a large quuulily to theater
m. lingers, und bad but a small pile lett.
which he must use economically How
ever," this subject of the s.iow is open to
discussion Meanwhile, I shall ^o on
to state that on las- Christmas jhiy it
fell to my lot to be on d.-tyVt the North
east Dispensary, in tho jyood did town of
L-. 1 was then horgeop to that
institution, having two tnoscXagreeable
gentlemen as my colleagues^! Christmas
morning! The &ky was b|ue, the sun was
bright, air was keen, the gound was
hard?in fact, the "weather was beauti
ful for the time of year.
'Just the morning,' cried Dobbs, 'for
a' nice long walk, which will brace us
up, and give us sn appetite for the goose
on Jack Dooso's table I' %*
'Yes,' said Burjhari, throwing him
self into a military attitude, lo which be
was .partial, and putting"up his rimless
eyeglass to look at me ; and 1 hope Alf
Adams won't have loo much work while
we are away.' '3 ft $
A If Adams, the reader's humble ser
vant, smiled a smile seldom to be observ
ed. Silently be watched his compan
ions muiHe themselves in overcoats of |
alarming dimensions, and being ready,
disappear for tho remainder of the day
and evcuing. I stood at the window,
watching the stream of human beings
gaily trooping along. The bells of tho
various churches pealed forth: but their
merry music, iustead-of making my he rt
full of joy, only drove mo half wild to
think I was fastened up in that gloomy
placo, while my own family were living
aujl making merry not quite half a mile
from me, aud I dare not go to sue them
No surgeon could bo got for love or mon
ey to take my place for half i>n hdur.
One thing might have enlivened the
hours: I hud a present of a turkey, sent
me from the Green Isle, which, with
small plum pudding, was to be my dinner.
So I had invited Jack Byrdeo 16v nelp
me to eat it. But. alas! in) bosom friend
and school-fellow could not muster cour
age to enter my den on such a day. So
I sat down to my solitary meal, railing
at the whole world, aud particularly at
that smart young man, Jack Baydeo, I
believe I was very ill-tempered over tny
dinner. The turkey was pretty good,
but the servant had u look on bur tace
1 f pity for me and satisfaction for her
self as to the good things in the kitohen.
I there! ore eon eluded .die had been
drinking.
The pudding was brought in. but
what was my horror to find it smelt of
brandy ! Fully half a glass of brandy
nad been put upon it ! Now, 1 usk any
one, had that girl any right to act thus
to me, when she knew very wcll'thut 1
wus a perfect teetotaller't iler reason
was found out ulterwards?1 blamed the
poor girl for half a glass?when in
three da;.s a bill lor si glasses was1 pre
sented from 11 neighboring.public bouse!
Ol COuISO the servant declared aho bad
put all the brandy on the pudding,
which was about the size Of my two
fists; and I assure you, i.idtes. tin y are
but small. After m^ lonely o.nner I
drew the larj e arm chair to the tire,
which 1 stirred into a blaue, and light
ing my pipe (for I smoke, if I don't
drink) I began gazing abstractedly at
the -picture of the grandfather of a late
surgeon to the institution, which had
not been removed from over ther chim
ney-hoard. But the grim old patriarch
seemed to {ffoEfffn^flTscomfort so much
that I starten! up Tu aisgnat, sad once
more sought the window. Here they go,
the merry crowd, laughing and chatter
ing, although every nose was in danger
of frostbito.
Four wedding coacb.es dached past,
lest they be late for the church, but I
also saw ono which went slowly along,
and it recalled the li?ea of a very aeuti
mental friend, who once wrote au *'Ode
to Christmas:" ?
, s "The wedding coach was busy,
And tho hearse was busy, tuo."
I was about to moralize on this point,
v. h^n ..the porter, dressed in-his Sunday
suit, knocked, to say there v??s a case in
the| surgery. I Wont, down to Jinda
nic^^o?ngNnan fn Tmlnriimi treajcns,'
who renueated * dra?gat, end g'.?.d L
was to get him out, lest he might do me
an injury ; lor persona in his state have
a peculiar way of polishing ouc off if j
the chance prcsouts itself
There is never more drunkenness in
L-than on Christmas day; not only
because it is a day of rejoicing, but
because so many take pledges uot to
drink from a given time 'till Christmas
day.' So I expected to have plenty of ]
c:ihcs about twelve o'clock that night,
when friendship would have had time
to merge iuto^ hostility, with broken
heads t<s the rc/ult;
During the afternoon I had cases
dropping in of various sorts. But I
wiih culled out to visit oue person,
whose state was most pitiable. A female
lying on un old. dirty sack, weak and
ill ; twi children playing about the floor
of the stjualid room. Where was your
'merry Christmas' for that poor mother?
Her husband dead; sho too ill to work ;
phthisis hurrying her away ere the yoarj
went out. Two .shillings a week, for-]
booth, from the parish, and thU & 'merry I
CtwasBUts V so iB&beeiy the^rhildrbd^
will bfMRf t* Vflf MHtrial schools',''
aud th^fr )motion *j die try reposing in
*?? wiM'.bavo >u happy
lever jfc?jl'sorrow more.
Once more in my sitting-room. The 1
?lindes of eveuing have deepened; the
w'ad begins to sigh round the house,
down the chimney, and through the
Keyholes; so I have the gas lit, the fire
stirred np aguin, and order tea.
Just as I was beginning my evening
meal the door opened softly, then there
was a pause, as if some one wan examin
ing me through the space formed by the
hinges.
'Come in!' I cried.
A fare .appeared at the door, aud the
eyes having examined the room general
ly, and me particularly, the remainder
of the body followed, and then 1 saw
the form of a mau I hud twice met bo
fore.
Staring at me in a wild manner he said,
'How do? Hon'tyou know mo? Hon't
you remember me telling you that f
should come to tea some evening? your
man dowu stairs wasn't going to let me
in; but I gave him a farthing rolled up
in paper, and said I was a most particu
lar friend of yours. Ho will think I
gave him a sovoreigu.'
At this the being uttered a series of
horrid chuckles, aod rolled Iiis eyes
about, iti a ihost nfar.nih" m:inni?r
The first time I met this person was
at au hotel, where he was capering about,
singing aud reciting, and then going
round the room with his hat fur coppers.
I was told by a gentleman that he was ?
harmless lunatic.
The second time I met him 1 was hur
rying along ou business. With the most
unfortunate want of forethought I uod
ed to him and passed on. lu u second
ho was by my side ,and, tapping me
smartly with his forefinger, cried :
. 'jp^ Jou;"'know me, fit
'Yes,' I answered, smiling, and at
tempting to walk away : but preventing
me, he raid :
'What's my name ?'
'ltichey,' I said, with a half frown ;
but his autit-s made me smile, for he
kept skipping about from ono ?ide ol me
to the other.
'You're a mcdicul man, I think,' thou
od UpOII
giving him u look which conveyed my
doubt, he qnickly added. 'That in, I
?in n chemist; lam at present in the
literary line, and I nssuro I am heartily
sick of it.' These last words givcu with
an empiinsis. Now. t k??,w his
literary line was. If ubout the
hotcla with. six old?very "old?Brad
nhaw's Railway Guides, [and' offering
them for aale, as belonging to " tho pre-,
sent month,'isyanything '.a the 'literary,
line,' then ho was in that ^tisrhess.
?I must go now,' said .^'loeling^ that
the eyes of tho passers-by were oin me ;
I 'l have a most importunate to attend.'
'Very well,' he answer**/* *Tben tak
ing off his hat, and holing it toward
me, said, 'Will you ' toss ro,' to soo if I
shall give you a ponny, of you givo me
one, for I want a glass of-4r-?'
'Oh. bore's a penny for you!' I oriod;
'good-bye., mmm b>hy
'Will you take mo homo to tea with
you ?' ho porVtsted. i .
'No,' I cried. 'Perhaps ?11 see you
to-morrow.' For I wiaheljo leave him,
t as quite a crowd of giggjfig, persons hud
collected. J
?Nn^ bn rnnrmured. in a tno.hnmhnly
manner, as if ho had b$?p deceived in*
that way before; 'no, qot^Jjp-morrow; do
not say 'to-morrow,' but XahaU, couie to
tea some evening?to tea tome evening.'
Aud now. this Christmas evening, he
came to fulfill his promise, which had
never bepu exacted from lim by me. b
'Richey'?for this wa? the name he
went by?was below the middle hcight,
but evidently very strotj and active ;
iudeed, it struck nie the. I should not
like to have a tussle with iiu. He h;'d
the most extraordinary taent for imita
tion; indeed he appeared'!)'be constant
ly iinitatiug somebody^'His general
! accent was that of a 'heavy bwoII' to be
seen on a concert-room stage. But it
' would change, as thajlidcaa passed
through his mind, torjjJJ?R^ 0VToolc,
Buckstouc, and local ivjBhfc* ? As he
spoke ho threw himself{J^L-^jSt strange
1 aud ludicrous attitudea!;Jgffi
As he Btood boforo1^^.spaced n
parcel under his 1 a^ttWH I 'cou^d' 3ot
understands*^
takih'g^t trim under uis1*Ym :??d putting
^mS&to'mffan lutfflg i^fAm tb?t
and returning it to its original position/
After capering about the room* look
iug at the pictures, he suddenly stopped
short to ask me in a whisper, with mock
alarm, if 'the gentlemen over the chim
ney-board was my father.'
Then taking ofThis kat, in an assumed
attitude of humility, bq held out his
cluspod hauls, muttering his awe and
respect for 'such a noble person?such a
forehead?mouth?nose?such eyes, iVo.'
?Well,' thought I, 'this fellow begins
to amuse me;'? felt nthor glad he
came.
So I pulled the bell ro)e for another
cup, and when it camo I asked him,
rather pleasantly, to draw ever his chair.
I may here remark thit while the
servant was in the room he sat down
very quietly, his ? large, istaring eyes
ti.ved on her face with a look of intense
admiration for her beauty,always keep- '
ing the mysterious package, however,
vacillating between his arupit and hat.
As soon as she left the room, he began
imitating the 'Artful Dodger,' when ho
gives his dislocating Uvis-, of the bead,
and glanced at the door.
'!>o you know, I like girls. No matter
what their station be. 1 fell in love
with a nice young lady onto. \Yc met,
4twas in a bar; but tho manager's eye
was upon me. lie discovered that 1
wt*H trying to 'to?* her' f*,r n Jtlass n^*lo
I so?he ! he ! kicked me out! lie did !'
He changed his subject so quickly,
I that I soon was obliged to become dumb,
with the exception of a monosyllable
now and then.
Thus some hours passed merrily. \.t
length be jumped up uud skipped round
the room. Suddenly stopping at the
sideboard, ho Opened it quickly to see if
I anything was inside. Immediately lio
dived his baud in und skipped round
the root i with a bottlo of IKbba' whisky
in his hand. This bad been a Christ
mas present to Dobbt. What would
Dobbs say '( Oi course be would say
that I had broken the pledge with it!
Oh, it must be rescued ! Hut. no. 1
could uot persuade my tulati.c visitor to
put it down?force would be dangerous
So 1 leaned back helplessly in the chair.
'Now, sir,' cried horkiiookiig ofl the
bead of the bottlo, :ud pouring out a
quantity into a tutublor taking from the
sideboard, 'l shall drink your health!
A toast to my most noble friends, which
are yourtolf aud our uoble guudfather
over the chimney-board! llore's to him,
as the old year goiug out; and here's to
you, the New Year coming in.' Hero
he rambled off into a lot of nonsense.
The whisky soon began to fire bis bruin.
L Just then the portor called me dowu to
a case. To him T montionod that I had
n qubor fellow1 up stairs, and that if I
pullod the hell rope he was to come up
.at once?! not thai; I feared danger, but
thero was no knowing what might hap
pen. 1 came up tho stairs to my room
with a full determination to get rid of
my strnngo friend as quickly and quietly
as possible. When 1 entered I found
him dressed with the tablo-oloth round
? his shoulders, hangiog liko a toga. His
eyes were like blazing coals as he stole
LtjYv.nd the door, turned the key, nnd
removed it from tho lock. 'Now,' cried
he, 'I shall toil you who I TCally am. t
am the Evil Spirit of Chrismas; Long
have L roamed the earth, nud until now
1 have not had one victim. Tho time
has at leugth arrivod. This shall indeed
ho a 'merry Christmas' to me.'
T laughed, and said, 'Tory well acted,
indeed.'
'Aetnd ? T nrn in enrnnat I'
Here he producod, to my alarm, a
long dissectiog-knife, which,ho had tak
en from a caso (for we kept those in
struments up stairs.) I saw that the
drink had carried away what little sense
tho wretched man over had, but 1
thought a bold front would quiet him.
So I laughed, and said, 'Now, my dear
sir, do sit down, aud-'
'Never ! BJood I must have !'
'The ben, I thought, and Lnrning
quickly. Good 'heavens !?thchrfl-ropt
urnt cvl high, vp i I fett faint; but with
mi effort 1 rallied; nnd Snatching up
the poker, I cried, 'Look here ! if you
don't stop this nonsense instantly I bhall
Sinno'.: jwU with this!'
The maniac roared with fiendish
laughter as he cried, 'lam a spirit!
your weapon will go through me as
through air!'
There he stood, glaring pn:me, a re
morseless maniac
Oh ! how T prayed thnt Uhe'door bell
might ring- it?<T that: the porfer 'might
IJe^fte^stffii^^
loart!'. Bui; ?b' cases were but few at
I ^sent. Oh, that I had told John to
follow after me !
'Prepare! Thy doom is come !' cried
the madman, ar> be drew toward nie. I
stood behind a elmir, with the poker
firmly clutched in my left hand.
Suddenly he rgshed at me, catching
inj blow upon his arm, and seiz
ing me by the throat. Fortunate
ly I oaught the- wrist of the arm
that held the knife?that long, sharp
iustrument glittering in .the gaslight. I
raised my voice, and cried, 'Help!
Help !' But the wind, which had now
riseu to a storm, drowned my voice;
besides, in that long, rambling house I
could ouly be heard outside the door.
The maniac at length ?,nt u firm hold of
my throat; hut just before he did so 1
gave one loud, piercing shriok of 'Mur
der !' Then my eyes see med''forced out
of my head; my brain was on fire ; the
membranes of my ears suemed bursting;
and?I remembered uo moro !
* * * * * *
When I tevived I found my sell in
bed, with lluryhan ;.ud Hobhs standing
by me.
'All right, old hoy!' cried Hobbs;
'you arc hotter now.'
At first I thought I had been dream
ing ; but as the remo nbrance came back
in all its hoi rors. I shudderiii'ly nskrd I
?How did T escape V
?Hobbs and I came home earlier than
usual,' Bury ban replied. 'Whon we
came in the porter told us you had a
queer follow with you, and mentioned
what you had said to him. We hurried
up stairs, tried the door, but found it
fastened. We then heard your cry of
'murder!' So, without moro ado, we |
burst open the door-?and, by Jove ! we I
were only just in time, as the madmtto
was turning you round to drive tho knife
into your heart ! However, ho Ls safe
enough now. By this time ho is lym
in the padded chamber or the vurk
hotiso."
1 pressed both their hands, and the
tears siloutly lolled dowu my oheeks. !
Since then L have boon very select in !
my oompawy ; and whouovur 1 see a man
of eccentric oharaoter 1 leel a cold shud
der creeping through my anatomy as I
romembcr tho horrors of that *Christ
niaa in a Hispousary.'?Or. Sjtiucut tri
fjOiulon Society.
A tourist, who did the Colorado
mounlaius last fall, says ho got as ruveu
ous us a raven amoug tho raviucs, and
sat dowu in oue of tho gorgeous gori^os
aud gorged himself.
Editorial Amenities,
la individul life, it Is patent to
ordiaary observation, that. 4 bellicose
disposition is usually the accompaniment
of a raw and untrained youth. A boy,
with' largo ? muscular ?dovolopniettt and
small brain, cannot help being a bully
unless restrained by education. He will
he tyrannical to his inferiors, insolent to
his superiors, and hin chief delight will
consist in Btundiug at comers, hurliug
offensive epithets at his fellows, and, if
they retort, punishing them with his
fists for their temerity.
In journalism wo think we discern
traces of tho eamc universal law- Edu
cation, with all its: chastening and re
fining tendencies, often fails to repress
natural ferocity. A tyro, when ho as
cends the editorial tripod, feels an
irresistible itchiug and inclination to
"pitch into somebody," especially into
his rival contemporary. "When we find
that ono newspaper writer has published
his neighbor as a "sneak," a "skunk,"
a "toad," a "pot-bellied bloat," we know
that journal is yet in its adolescent
period. Wo know that writer, though
he may thrust with a rusty bodkin, can
not wield a flashing Bcimctar of Hamas I
cu3 steel. Wo know the society that
applauds such utterances is raw and
primitive. We Smell the prairie flowers,
or rather we sec prisrnatically, a phantas
magoria of miasmatic swamps,; slimy'
alligators, and coatlcss men Bitting on
barrels Id corder groceries shaking with
the chills.
Hut notwithstanding the difficulties
incident to the pursuit, men must not
turn bees, and wound themselves or
their fellows with their stings. Solomon
says in Bubslanco that he who over
comelh his own spirit is greater than a
conqueror of walled cities. Moreover,
editors who value' reputation shbuld
remember that often a single utterance .
reveals a man's antecedents and gives [
?u. ~?.f 1.;.. ^a-.^i;^,. ?A*a'**eta}*nl
organization! Dr. Holmes contends thai
even sualt innocent expressions as
Sriaic." "rust- rate/' B_"8HPArio^i?09 c
of goods," a "gout in a flowered ve3t,"
are final. They blast the llneago of bin^ ,
or her who nttels them, for generations,
up and down. 'Editors should never
forgot they are the oracles of tho people,
und it will never do to let the people see
that their Delphic Apollo is made of
common clay.
Mauy of the abusive personalities
that disgrace American journalism
doubtless spring from a mistaken notion
as to what constitutes wit and humor.
All Americans appreciate humor, but
uufortunatoly all American writers are
not humorous. Wit is a delicate light
that plays around the moors of thought
and surprises by unexpected .lashes.
Humor is wit, with kerosene thrown up
on it to make a brighter light, that may
be seen and comprehended by common
understandings. Both contribute to
pleasure, and through mirth lighteu toil.
Humor, however, in America, is more
than an amusement, it is an effective
political agent. A late writer in the
London Spectator admits that he knows
of no more striking difference between
English and American society than tho
political power which, on our side of the
Atlantic, Humor appears to exercise over
ihn masses of the people.
1 robabiy ?io moss witty ??nsp?p*:?
editor who ever wrote in*the United
States, was George D. Prentice, of the
Louisville Journal, but while he often
worried his contemporaries, ho never,
we believe, iudulged iu vulgar abuse.
He fenced with a sharp rapier, but it
was fencing, not stabbing. Taglioui
pirb?u??iug on the stngo ia a picture of
jeauly, but an awkward lout danciug on
bis partner's corns, is quite another
thing.
Wo notice with gratification a grow- j
ing disposition among the roputablc
members of tho Atuoiican Press to
1 abandon personal vituperation, and we
trust they will not forget it during tho
fover of tho coming Presidential cam
paign. Tho editor of tho Nftcejl Time*
souio time sioou proclaimed, "It is far
more noblo and becoming to try to
build up tho interests of our new and
beautiful country, than to pick flaws
with onr contemporaries. Henco wo
bury tho hatchet, and shall engage in
no more newspapor controversies?our
sputo can be used for a netter purpose."
At tho recent Franklin statue bauquet
in Now York, one of the toasts was,
'?Tho Press?wbilo its conductors owe
to each other the courtly and charity of
trut gentlemen, they ^owd^io^llO p^lblio
tho dimuion ?f knowledge founded up
on truth. It is hot b(? iikV men
mean well, it becomes
The IVesident of the Pennsylvania* Stato
Editorial Convention congratuteWirfhis
brethren on the marked improesifle** in
their mauncra of lateiiyears,.afUJ*says:
"There is no reason why editorsebeutd
engage in personal abuse of othtiinfrnr
because thoy differ in polities.* 4,They
ought rather to cultivate the kindliest
relations with each other," T-bftaftaro
golden sentiments, worthy to be inscribed
on every publisher's standard, andjrth
"Thus drifting afar. tatb*diai vaulted cares,
Where Ufa end its ventures are laid, ^
The dreanm'S who gaze while wc battle the
waves ??
May sec us in sunshine or shade*- 7J *i
Vet true to our ?.ouv?c though our shadow
eWOW;.d?k ? ... oi yd m
We'll trim our broad sail as before, *
And stand by the rudder that* gov?rnj the
Nor ask how we look from the shorei1*1
- - . [Am. Journal & Ad. Iniex.]
Bluff Biifkius and the .A??g^s.
I It ? ~*iu c; t .'. I H7? 1 ? 'iiittdi idmi
I wn? picking my teeth-QB ihelSfcfth
) \5u?*fti 11 ? ?dfi ? i8ffP&i;5%^fi8fcog ?
: .icay- ccut, rijujic^uyar i4ff >^PrV? Jsfv*
egue, a3 is my cufjic-ui|.of:?Ajwe|irg|on.
Thoro came, bv a . radish fl&ft^^he
scuded along under a* closely* ^j/jfed
bustle and tolerablv, hare J^leVr Tb?
wind was a nor'-nor'-wesfer, ana struck
her aft, making fearful ^havoc vritt?er
canvas. She wore the ,ne*^ srjle of
metal garters withVgilt^clMpjsr^T^will
take my oath, you observe, of tbf?'ohe
signaled mo with Tier eye.'-andTlore
down '^rpon her': T: had HhrowV-about
seven' words who-a* 'intorripltSftme
by yankitfg a big bboV?&'t'-nf Her llttlUe,
?r J*mewhete. * ^Here 1 is aomVthfng,'
-ho warbfcd,1 wMcH'Pd iiltf&ttJw**you.
It is called the hbtoTy'bT^trisftAitj
ta *hi> Vfyt+cM****., ty?htT Hsed.Peler
Pojtriagaixi Ifcais 41wa?^*e4^WSr4t?n
tmnarw rttgasargA p^vmVrWf**
*a masters,* ?utkr b3und< w^'icatfttin)
It ^^ie>^j^^tst worked
dollars. I will put year- asm down
and-rr>dv ^nimoui tills oo? fclol I eel
'False womaul'. I .shttatwd.vfae-ftstj1
You have docjiiv^dA peorc^j^k,Milist
ing man.^ , Youerctfa hfiOfc Agent,i-Be
ware, :woman, although . nftosrsibd, I
will defend rnyaelf to Alret^?aiU^i IU
.Then I fled.
But the creature, ypu comr^reh^nd,
v-as like the itch, or a had consc^ienco,
or a washer-wonjan's bill?Botto Tfe so
easily got rid of. She dogged mvjoot
steps like a divorce ^Jt^^^.^be
hovered over me Jike aa,ayengi,ng^ spirit.
She laid for me when t went to my
meals, interviewed me at my ?'o'ffi&e, and
bored me at every point. lAfe'seemted a
burden. ' ao<. ' ** **??<????
I disguised'myself as a hackurart, as
an organ ' grinder, as a minisCer'^^put
myself in'tho most hiimtT "ag1 positions,
you observe?but it Wash v any ttse*9 Be
sure that female wickCdnes?1 fWmf mo
out. At last I meandered dow >y tho
sud sea wftTes, and was bappy for a tjmo.
Days sped by?at fifteen or twonty dol
lars each?and I was beginning to for
get the book agent. ' ?.
One evening I wandered on the sand
ed beach in the mellow moonlight, I
suppose that is the correct Long Branch
nun:; to ?O. i. mot iC.cijf ?i?<i??IC
white tulle, or cotton sheeting, or some
thing. I took hor lor a moonbeam at
fir , you comprehend, and "my- h^eart
bounded with admiration. I flirted with
the ethereal apparition, and we sat on a
damp rook very close together. I My arm
got around her waist) ami we were bav
in-' a nico, comfortable time. .You
? .. . ? ' - .. . '4w->* *
. ... . i i . I- ,..ii.iii- >t u ?t<.i,???if
snsusiB ........ i? ? ^ T-"**rt>
'Fair stranger,' I murmured?''SJost
love thus to squat.on the primoval rook,
ind com'v""! with nature?'
Sha ania -ho diirV ' u ' 1
?Couldst thou leave tho .V.luremttts of
art, aud live aiways ujuidstithadaasvevs
and troea of the moonbeams C ? , ?e
Sho said she could.
'NVhy so silent ?' I asked, softly
pressing her hand. * Dost aught disturb
tho harmony of thy soul?^is anything
but admiration tor this soaneetpethy
heart?' . ..; .. au)Wa
Sho said thorc was.
4Hete is something,' she hrb\o out,
pull in r, nut a ton-pound volume from
somewhere, 'that I'd like to Hhauryoa.
It is called the History of Christiapity
ID the?'
1 rooognisod her. Sho* was that in
fernal book agent. With a'wiktatoick,
I tore myself away. A sud'ica horror
uverwholmcd my soul, aud an fpMfi of
disgust drowned out Joreverc ail a^wira-?
tion of female divinities, who all soemod
but demons in d^guifl?: 1 aru yot u
bachelor.