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Husband or Child*
No other axe resounded through the
forest with such a clear and decided ring
as that wielded by Thomas ; none other
so sure of its aim, while raised between
the sky nnd its destined rest.
His voice was the most cheerful and
his enrol the merriest that reverberated
in the beauciful woodland that extended
through the llhiuelaud to the borders
of Holland.
Wherever his hands were employed,
tho work was accomplished in half the
timo. 'Tho merry Thomas,' the 'inagui
Gcent Thomas,' the 'industrious Thomas,'
were the names given him by the people
far and wide, and when he married and
became tho father of a son he was jollier
than ever.
His wife seemed to partake of his
spirit and his boy gave promise of be
coming just such a happy snul. The
whole neighborhood were happy in the
harmonious life of this joyous trio, while
each derived a particular pleasure in
witnessing the felicity oi the other But
suddenly the lightning flash of circuin
stances pcuctrated this happy homo.
One bright morning, axe in in hand,
ho stood beside a fallen tree, whilo wife
and *snn stood near, ready to gather t'ie
fragments, and they were no mean chips
that fell beneath Thomas' strike.
High over his head the glittering
steel was raised, and, as his glance noted
the reflected ray of sunshine foilowing
it, be Shouted merrily, 'Wife, Bce'st
thou my meteor ? Hui ! is it not. verily
like the flash of one V But the shining
metal und its active meteoric light did
hot disappear within tho wood, dancing
.lightly ovct the bark, rt entered Thomas
foot arrd thcro was no time for useless
tears. The wife's grieving heart did
not vent itsiif in idle lamentations, but.
questioned, how was she to .got her bus
bait?i &t<?ue ?
The -otlKsT laborers had not arrived,
Thomas wax always the first at work, as
uow he was also the first to regain his
cheerfulness toencomr ge wife and child
in thia trial. A spring near supplied
water to wash the wound that proved to
be severe, and the manly Ant >n devestod
himself of his little shirt, to bind it Up
with.
Thia carefully done, Thomas set his
big white teeth firmly together, rose,
grasping with one hand tho shoulder of
his boy, and supported on the other side
by his wife, he ordered, 'March quick!
the house is not such a long way off,
then all will be well.'
Taking the shortest route home
obliged them to cross over a railroad
traok. Although' thii was a forbidden
road for pedestrians, they considered it
the best in tlfis emcigcnoy. But here
mitfortuue overwhelmed them in ter
riblc earnest.
At tho first step the sufferer cau*bt
his wounded foot in tho rail stumbled,
fell, throwing his little boy into the
middle of the road, breaking the little
fellow's leg.
A helpless, liring mass, they lay there,*
and before both could be rescued from
their perilous bod the steaming, roaring
monster of tho road oamc tearing down
upon them, leaving their boy a mangled ,
bleeding corpse the next instant bsforo
them.
Such was the story told by Thorna*
and bis wife to tho horrified and sym
putbizing people
But there must have been something
singular aud mysterious connected with
! this mournful event that remained un
told?a secret with their own hearts for,
spite of repeated endeavors to have the j
I story told ngain, tboy would always
answer, 'Youhave heard it once,' while
a shudder of horror followed at the
remombrancc.
I left no pnius untried to ingratiate
myself in their favor and obtain their
confidence. Not only curiosity was ex
cited, but I had a real psychological in
tcrest In tho matter, und 1 acknowledge
juBt the least suspicion of something
foul; a criminal secret, pojsibly an ac
cident, that required but little light to
lead these peoplo back to happiness.
It is not necessary to explain how I
brought it about; suffice it is to say that
one day, in presence of her husband,
Frau Thomas uuburdencd her sadly
oppressed heart to mo in this wise:
"After the birth of our child I was a
great deal happier, and loved Thomas
better than ever when he was at my
side, but I could also enjoy his absence,
and not watch window and do-?r con
stautly if he chanced lo remain away
longer than usual. I used to teas': him
frequently and say: 'Somebody is wel
come to steal you, now I've got my baby.'
He would laugh at me then, saying :
'?yVtll, if you have no further use for mo,
all right,' nu# j lay fully leave the room
as if in dreadful anger, and bang the
door. But I knew he was only in fun,
aiyl laughed as if I did not care. Never
thclcBS, my heart grew sad and was dis
tut bed until his face again appeared at
the door, and ho would laugh at nie with
those groat white teeth aud say : 'Ifus
band or child, which?' Thon I quickly
replied: 'Husband, oh ! the husband !'
'But it was so queor, for just us soon
as he was with me again, uiv spirit for
teasing returned and I would say :
'1 think it is a child, after all.'
?Then he would take tho boy from
my breast aud dance him joyfully up
and down, und say, 'You are right !'
'Then he would give me n good kiss,
and thus our little innocent 'jars' were
never quarrels, and ended in perfect
contentment."
She gazed for a moment silently be
fore her, while Thomas sat nodding his
head silently.
'You sec,' she continued, 'it is neces
sary to tell you all this. I fit. does seem
foreign to the real subject, it belongs to
it; for it became u matter of most heart
rending thoughts to us afterward. This
question asked iu juke became a fright
ful fact."
The woman was so overcome she
could scarcely continue, aud her eyes
turned a mute appeal for help toward
her husband, but he only shook his head
mournfully, making a motion with his
hand as if to bid her speak on, looking
into her cy08 lovingly, as if to cheer
her.
'Well, the story wc told at the time
of the accident was true in every par
ticular, up to our arrival at the railroad
track There it was a litllc diffcrunt,
and we hesitated in giving the exact
manner of the horrid oceurence. Wc
have never fully understood ourselves
why It. w mid have been bett;r; I
think, if wc had not. made a secret of it,
much of this weary shadow that has
clouded our lives would have worn away
had wc talked it over with another per
son. This is why wc give you our con
fidence now, hoping au intelligent. I
right mindid man like yourself will ad
vise aud judge if I have erred,
'It happened thus; As my Anton
and I led lather toward the track I im
agined I heard the locomotive,* but 1
could see nothing as a heavy fog lay on
ground, und I supposed that the uion
stcr was far away fraui us, and the mo
ntvots were precious. My poor Thomas
was suffering terribiy. saying his foot
was burning like caustic, and it was on
ly a step and we would over, and had
Tomas not had (he misfortune to stum
blc, we would have crossed safely.
'They both lay in the middle of the
road, Anton to the right of me aud
Thomas to the left; and in that instant
their startled cry aud the shrieking roar
i of the iron monster fell on my car, and
through the dense fng I saw his burn
ing, greedy eye fastened oh niy dear
ones, while the fiery sparks were thick
ly scattered about , as if hell itself hud
been opened to devour them.
'Oh ! if I liven thousand yca*"S, the
horror of that moment will remain, as I
realized I could save one of them, on ly,
one !
'Ah ! sir ! human nature may be sub
jeet to a million different distressing
heartaches and mental struggles, but
heap them all into a lifetime, it is as
nothing compared to what 1 endured iu
a few seconds.
'I have often wondered since how it
was possible tho mind could compre
hend so much while subject to such in
tolerable suffering and fright, as now,
i bought after thought flashed through
my brain in so short a titu;.
'My mother heart ycarucd for my
child, and I seemecLto grasp it, while
tho hand of Hod Himself seemed to
hold nie toward Thomas. I thought,
was he not thine before the child ? Did
yon not swear at the altar never to for
sake him i It seemed, then, as I loved
him best; he was more useful on earth.
Then I thought, oh ! horrible raven
mother! to desert your child ! But
the thing was upqp us. I heard men's
voices warning through tho mist. It
was ns ii* they tried to stop it, but failed.
It cut the darknoss and .lushed toword
us; with one bound I turnod from ray
child, grasped for my husband, and,
with tbe Ftrenghtb of a giantees, raised
him off the track, turned, but thu awful
monster had passed, leaving mo tho
crushed remains of my child.'
She stopped short, as if suddenly fr-?
zcu in body and soul. Her husband
trembled in every limb, clutching ut
his beard as it it could steady him. 1
sat a speechless witness of this fearful
grief My sympathy had no words; my
eyes must havo told them ho.v deeply
I cutcred with them into this touching
history.
Thomas rccovcrej himself first.
Going to his wife ho toudcrly placed his
ilruj around her. She started with the
magnetic touch, looked up at him, and
then at mo, as if waiting for mo to pass
judgement.
1 could only take her hand between
my own and say:
! Poor, poor mother! Noble woman !
Righteous wife!'
At this, her eyes beamed as il sudden
ly relieved of a dark vail; a flush of gen
uine happiness covered her face, tho
whole countenance of the woman chang
cd from a sluggish horror to an incoin
parable relief.
Thomas strotched his hand taward
me; his eyes flashing with joy. his head
erected with manly prido, and for the
first time in years his bread shining teet h
appeared through a smile once more;
'God reward your kind heart ..'id
good words, sir,' she cried. 'It seems
since hearing you as if Wi d rrod be
happy again !'
Sho embraced her husb'nd, looked
lovingly up to him, and softly asked :
'Do you think so, Thomas ?'
'Just so, just so, wife.' llo could
scarcely crtioulato the words for the
emotion that conquered him now. Iiot
tears foil on his wile's hands and lace;
she, too, sobbed and wept with him.
They were the first teats. None were
shed during that horrible time.
'You sec what it was f!:.tt changed me
60, all these years, sir. 1 he question
constantly appeared bolero mo: llavo
you not committed an uupurdouablc sin
against your own flesh and blood ? 1
could find no rest. My peace was gone
forever, and I told Thomas never
ugain would I dare became a moth
er-'
A deep blush mantled her face and
she paused. 1 thought here was the
time to advise and restore harmony to
the distressed family. 1 said reproach
fully to her: 'You appear only to thtjk
ol your.-elf, Frau Thomas. Do }-ou not
suppose your husband has also suffered
all thoso years the same as yourself?'
She looked at mo astonished, and rathvr
abashed, replied :
'Of course he was miserable to sec me
so, but, as he could not help me, he let
me alone.'
'Now, Frau Thomas, wc have the
secret, and that is where you have been
unjust, and wronged your husband. You
daily exhibited regret that his life had
been saved at so gioat a .sacrifice to
yourself. It left him in more uncertain
ty regarding your love lor him, and eau
you blame him if he did not think his
life too dearly bought? It was noble
in him nut to reproach you lor saving
his life at the cost of the one dearer to
you. Is it not so. Thomas?'
'Truly, you have read my feelings
better than I could have explained them .
Frequently my heart seemed to break
when I realized what you have said, but
I could not blame her, wheu she hud
done so much for me.'
The woman's face was a study. Em
barrassment, regret, perplexity?nil ap
pea red, until for very shame she east
herself upon her husband's breast, beg
ging hip pardon.
It was his turn to be ombarrasse 1 now ,
and it was really touching to seo the
man act ns- if he had done something
very foolish.
J left them confident in their future
happiness, and so it pro"ed. In time
another child came to bless the sorely
tried mother's heart, but never again
the question, 'Husband or child ?'
My First Loaf of Bread.
Farly in the spring of 'til. I was en
gaged in mining in Kl Dorado county,
California, near a little town called Vol
canovillo, situated on tho Middle Kork
of tho American river. My partner in
tho claim was an old man from Massa
chusetts, named Robert West on, famili
arly called by everybody "TJnole Bob"
?a forty-niner, and a very good kiud
of a man, but whose weakness it was to
have an inordinato love of"eeven-up
for the drinks,"' to which he yielded
whenever he hud accumulated n little
dust. "We cabined together in a log
cabin adjacent to our claim. Uncle
Bob was a good man to cabin with?
always agreeable and pleasant, and will
ing to do his share of the chores incident
10 keeping house. He would sweep nut,
get in tho firewood, and fry meat, but
would never attempt to bak" bread?the
latter feat transcending the range of his
culinary accomplishments. As for my
self, I knew nothing whatever of'.he
science of cookery, but, unlike Uncle
Hob, I was not afraid to "try it a lick,
hit or miss." Tho first week we cabined
together we used crackers, from old
Sax's store in Volejinoville ; but, on
Saturday morning, yielding to Uncle
Hob's persuasions, I dctcru. iued to try
to make some bread.
We had an old cook stove and a tin
reflector in our cabin, but neither of
these suited exactly. T wanted to bake
enough bread in one batch to last us a
weck, so I selected and cleaned out an
old Dutch oven of about one bushel
capacity in which to try my experiment.
1 mixed enough dough to fill the oveji
level full ; putting into the mass a little
of everything 1 had ever heard of being
put into bread?a little saleratus, a
little cream of tartar, salt, hop juice,
hall a dozen boiled potatoes, and pro
bably some other ingredients which 1 do
not exactly remember now. Filling the
oven with the dough, I put the lid on
and sot it away to rise, and we went qjit
to work on the claim, to clean" up the
past week's run. When we came in at
noon, on lifting tho lid of the oveu T
perceived that tho dough, instead of
rising as I had expected it to, had suuk
about two inches. No' wishing it to
sink an}' lower, I raised n fire and fix^d
it at that point. When tho loaf was
cooked enough I turned it out, and a
fiae lookiug lot of bread it was.
Leaving tho loaf lying on the table,
which stood against the window, and
through which the sun shone all day
long, we shut up the cabin and went
over to Georgetown to dispose of some
dust nnd get a square meal or two at a
hotel. We did not return to our cabin
till past noon on Monday, aud we were
pretty well tired out and hungry when
we got there, the truthfulness of which
can be attested by any ono who has ever
walked the trail from Georgetown to
Volenti vi lie. As >re neared the house.
Uncle Dob remarked that "Thank for
tttno we had oceans of good bread."
Uucle Dob's frying pan soon commenced
popping and snapping pretty lively, aud
I laid the table, and taking a common
table knife, I essayed to cut otF some
slices of bread ; but imagine my surprise
when on drawing the knife across the
loaf 1 perceived that it did not even
make a mark on its crust, whilst the
edge of the knife was curled over horn
hilt to point. Throwing tho "cheap
John" knife contemptuously aside, L
drew from it* scabbard a very fine Howie
knife, blade of Damascus steel, with
solid silver handle, much valued as a
gift fron? au absent friend, and 1 went
for that lonl of bread. The encounter
was short, sharp, and decisive?the
Damascus blade snapping off close to the
handle, and the loaf nf bread falling on
the floor, badly mashing my toes. Eu
raged bcyong endurance, 1 seized a good
Collins axe which lay in a corner of the
cabin, and dealt the loaf a tremendous
blow. The axo partly glanced on the
loaf, breaking out the steel slick and
sm oth, and tho loaf rebounding with
terrific viuleuec against the low cl ip
bonrd roof, knocked a hole through it,
and rolled down the hill iuto the thicket
ol scrubby mauzauita bushes which
lined the sides of the rapine. Wc did
not to recover that loaf, but I next tried
my bund on ' slapjacks," which wo could
cut, and did eat.
Dut the strangest part of the history
of that loaf ol bread is yet to be told.
In the winter of '61), just about eight
years after the loaf of bread disappeared
iu the manzanita bushes, two men,
named Fred Haws aud Jim McCusiek,
(the latter at preseu?. State Senator from
El Dorado couuty) being rather short
of spondulicks, were informed by an old
resident ofthat part of the county, that
the ravine of which 1 havo spoken had
paid ten dollars per day per hand lor
gulchiIig up to a certaiu place a little
below the old cabin which Undo Bob
and myself had occupied iu days gono by,
but had paid uothiug above that point.
His inference was that the ravin* out a
lead running at right angles with it,
and that a prospect cut in its endo at
that point would develop more pay.
Haws and McCusick accordingly turned
on a good sluice head of water, and went
to work, and soon camo across what they
supposed to be a largG and very heavy
washed gravelstone?a certain indication
of rich pay in those mines. Laying the
stone aside for futuro inspection, Haws
and McCusick went to work with re
nowed hope, and did ?ud a very snug
! sum of gold?more than sufficient to
pay water, and grub bills, and wages.
But tho lead soon gave out, aud thoy
had leisure to inspect the belongings of
their defunct claim. Tho peculiar shape
of that particular gravelstonc attracted
their attention. It was muoh heavier
than auy substance which either of them
hud ever handled before, and they were
amazed to find their mos t pertinacious
attempts to pick it resulted only in ruin
to the pick?one of Sullivan's host make,
genuine cast, steel, and exquisitely
tempered. They had found d wonderful
curiosity. Henry Slingerland steeped
it in forty-rod whisky, aud as his whisky
was known to contain a very large per
ccntage of aquafortis, he was very much
surprised to lake tho stono out just as
he put it in, except, perhaps, a trifle
cleaner, and he offered its lucky possess
ors fifty dollars for it, which offer they
indignantly refused Killpatrick, who
kept tho opposition store in Yolcanovillc
(a town not big enough to decently sup
port one store), aud who was engaged in
a little game of "freeze out," with
Slingerland, became alarmed les\Slingcr
laud should obtain the stone for on
attraction for his store, and thareby
turn-the scale ol trade again-t him, and
he bid seventy five dollars for the.
wonder. Rejecting these offers to pur
chase, Haws aud McGltsick carried the
stone, over to Georgetown C-i^an assay ^r,
who tried on it all the acids kuCwn in
tho laboratory of the chemist; noue OT
which, however, gave satisfactory results,
and he was unable to classify it either
as metal or metalloid, and gave as his
.opinion that the substance was an turolite
which had fallen in some antediluvian
age. and had got mixed up with the
glacial detritus, from which it was ex
tracted by Haws and McCusick.
As might naturally be expected, the
fame of this wonderful stone iu t'mo
reached San Francisco, and alter being
exhibited a while in a glass case in Sam
Addon's drug store, in Georgetown, it
was finally gobblod up, and is now on
exhibition in Woodward's Gardens, San
Francisco, labe'ed with the history of
its discovery, aud a wise disquisitiou on
its undoubted meteoric origin by the
celebrated Professor Clarence King.
Spiralualism ami Faro
Some years ago, Mr. McGratli got
quite intere-ted in spirtualisn. There
wasn't much racing going on, he could
give tho subject his undivided attention;
He invited.a friend to go with him and
see Foster, or somo othar circulating
"icdium, and my friend went. But he
told me that it surprised him very muoh
to see Mr. McGrath slip a 'full deck of
cards in his pocket before starting. It
scarcely seemed possible that 31 r. Mc
.-iruth iutendeed to prepose a gamo of
spiritual seven up, or to attempt to bo it
somo unhappy ghost out of every rap he"
had at draw pokor, which is supposed to
be an emphatically bluo grass game.
Well, away they sailod, and found Fos
ter i?. I found him out once, im .nodi
ately alter finding him in. Fos
tor gave him his usual cirous, and Mr.
M?drathsot it through in solemn awe
and silonoc. Sometime* a shade of im
patience was visible but bis face looked
radiant at the conelusion. "Mr. Fos
ter," he said, as he laid tho usual honor
arium down on the table, "this is won
derful and you deal a square game, you
do, 1 do believe. But thero's ono thing
more I want you to try and if you do it
aud I don't give you just tho best farm
in Kentucky, my name ain't Prico Mo
Orath," and down went his hands into
his coat pocket, aud out ho dashed tho
pack of cards. "There," giving them a
scientific blue grass shuffle, and slapping
them on the table, backs up. "You just
tell me what's the first eard is without
urning it over." and his breath came
slowly iu expectation, Price McGrath's
did. Foster couldn't, and MrMoUrath
turned sadly away, leaving the cards bo
hind him to his bitter disappointment.
"II Foster could just a told me what
that card was," he said to my f'ri?nd,
as they slowly walkud up Broadway.
"I'd a just made our everlasting for
tunes. I d a taken bim - with mo, and
we'd busted every f iro bank in this coun
try. And theo I wouldn't &-mad*ta?ir
hair curl at Baleu Badeu aud i Mocaco,
I'll be Dee Deed." Mr. McGratu nL
ways says that he'll be Dee Deed when
he feels solemn and want* to rouzid a
senteuce handsomely.?-JtVcw York Trfa
bunc, ' f > -r ,
An Unwelcome Guest.
Our yoaug friend Parker wont round,
the other eveniug to visit the two Mi?t &
Smiths'. After conversing with them
uwh'ije, Miss Susan excused herself for
a while, aud went up stairs. Presently
Parker thought he heard bor coming^
aud slipped behind the door, and erjg
gested t hat tho other Mios Smith should
tell Miss Susan he had gone. But U
wasn't Susan; it was old Mr. Smith in
his slippers. As he entered he l?ok?d
arouud aud said to his daughter :
"Ah, ah ! So Parker's gone. Good
riddance. I was just comin' down td
keep my eye on him. I hope be hasn't
proposed to you. I didn't want any
such lantern-jawed, redheaded idiot
around here. Lie hasn't got the sense
of a ruta baga-turnip, or money enough,
to buy a clean shirt. He gets nous of
my (laughters. I'll shake the life out of
him if I catch him hero again, mind
inc."
Just as he concluded, Susan oame
down, aud not perceiving Parker, she
said :
"Thank goodness, he's gone. That
man is enough to provoke a saint. I
was awfully afraid ho was going to stay
and spend the evening. Mary Jane, I
hope you didn't ask him to come again?*'
Then Parker didn't know whether to
stay thero or bolt, ' while Mary Jane
looked as if she would like to drop into
the cellar. But Parker finally walked
nut, and rushed to the entry, seizedhU
hal^siiyt down the front steps, and wsst
homo im>dvftetif^
human happiness, and the uncertainty
of Smiths. He has not called since, aud
his life thus fur has been unmolested by
the head of the Smith family. - ? 1 !
To Make a ijpo? Collector
? ?
Be on time to the minute when the
debtor says: Come to morrow at nine
,11, '? ' o'.llt
o clock '
Sit on the steps aud Wait for his re
turn when he says; ?I am just going to
dinner.*
J nsist on stepping out to make ehango
when the man 'has nothing less than* a
twenty.'
Go to an 'old stager' every day for a
month with . a ohecrful countenance
'about.that little account.'
Don't mind edging into a crowd to
ask a fellow. :
Take otic dollar in part if you <r?n*t
get $10 in whole, and 'credit it' with
alacrity.
Always suggest a check when the
money is not in hand, as he can get it
'cashed' to-morrow.
Always have that account 'on top/ no
'the man can make -vcusc fo?* putting
you off. ?
Don't mind nsl^fcp .or it immediately
after 'being treated/ or pleasantly eu
tertaiued.
Never be iu a hurry; "will wait till
you get through.'
Cough or salute when the'hard ca3?'
wants to pass without seeing you.
In line?be patient as a post, choorful
as a duck, sociable as a flea, bold as a
lion, weather-proof as a rubber, cuuning
as a fox, and watchful as a sparrow
hawk.
The business of the country seems to
be recovering rapidly; stocks and other
.securities aro now rapidly approximat
ing the figures which ruled before the
panic, and money docs not comm uid
more than the average rates before Sap
tember. It is claimed, therefore, by
many that there is now abundant cur
rency for all the wants of business. It
is understood that tho committee -on
ways and mcaas have very nearly arriv
ed at the conclusion that a little more
taxation in indisponsable. But if it is
tiua'ly concluded to impose more taxes
the object will bo that it shall fall ns
lightly as possible an the people at largo.
Tho taxes ou sales; 3tock<, eto, and on
gross receipts of corporations it is
thought might be restored aud without
bearing injuriously in any way ou the
people, yet suffice'to make up t,ha, de
ficit iu tho roveuue.
When are brothers happy?, > ;^yhen.
the^mect a loan. ^ ^