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dream .at sea.
The wealthy meroanfil* house of Carpier"1
& Co., bad given the charge of jbe good
ship Albatross to Capt. John, Manvers, a
perfect sailor, and a master ?whose many
successful voyages had given Mm a reputation
significant of good luck to all ventores
under his control.
The wife of Capfc. Manvers, though an
aooomplisbed lady, and a woman of wound
common sense in other mattery, was a firm
believer in dreams, not altogether without
reason, abe having experienced the falfilmenfc
of many a dream, remarkable in Itself,
and more remarkable in its having been the
prophecy, of truth. 'M**?
<WeIit wife,' said Captain ManversAt
parting, /will my voyage be a prosperous
one f Ipwt have-you drtfcmed abcmt it V
ll know you smile incredulously John,'
the said, (whenever. 1 apeak et my dreamscoming
to pass, and so often,. I will not/relate
them to yon, singular as my experience
has been. At this time, for a wonder, T
have no dream to speak of; bat let me caation
you?and I hope you . will not think
the warning a visionary one?against too
much confidence in some of tbosa foreignere
whom you have enlisted in ytnr orew.
I have seen diem, as yon know, os board,
and if theft is a man among them all whom
yon should fear, - it is yoor first mate^that
dark-browed, mischievous looking Lnigi,
the Portuguese. He looks like a pirate,
and I believe that'if he ever has a chance,
he will be one.'
?B?t the others ?'
'Half a dozen of those swarthy country
men of his, to me appeared like heartless
and fierce-minded creatures, the very^aight
of whom made by blood curdle/
'Pooh ! pooh !' exolaimed Gapt. Man vers,
'you must not judge hard working men by
their exterior. Some of the'best and bravest
seamen I ever commanded have been
ill-looking fellows?at least not calculated
to please a lady's eye. xney are ail ngnt
enough, never fear. And don't let superstition
make you so nervously suspioious.'
*1 rely so much upon my superstition, as
you call it/ replied the wife, gravely, 'that
I wish I had dreamed about your voyage;
"but let me propose this to you. For enrioaity's
sakfe, suppose that on the fourteenth
day out, we reeall this moment, and you
give heed to the dream which you chance
to have that night. And whatever it" may |
be, receivevit as an iodez'of what is to follow,
and be goverbed accordingly.'
'Be it so/ replied Captain Manvers. <1
shall not he forgetful y but I promise you 1
sleep very soundly on the water, and it is as
likely as not that I shall not dream at all..'
The ship Albatross set' sail, and was soon
filling ber white wings over the blue waters,
bound to a tropical port.
The ship's crew numbered twenty, all
f told, and of these but seven were Americans,
about as many, including Lnigi, were
Spanish or Portuguese, and the remainder
English aud Irish. Tho Spanish and Por-i
tuguese had shipped ostensibly for the punpose
of a conveyance to the first port at
. which they were to touch, where they were
to rc-ship for home, if chance should offer,
as was expected.
A, few days after they had sailed, it was
discovered that much of the stock of provisions
was iu such bad oonditiou, that it
. was found necessary to put all ou short allowance,
and this caused no^little discontent
among a portion of the crew, making
them verv bellicose, particularly the Span
iarda and Portuguese, to whom, the captain
exp ;oted that Luigi bad made false representations
about the matter, as be gathered
from their broken accents that they afcfcribdted
the bad provision to meanness and design
on the part of Captain Man vers. This
dissatisfaction was shared by others of the
crew, though not to so great an extent; yet
there was.snch dissatisfaction evinced at
mess, and when the men were aboot their
work) that the captain's uneasiness daily j
.grew greater. All he could do was to protest
that be was innocent of any each intention,
and to extort them to be couteot
with the jnisfortune.
Bat numbers' of the orew shook their
heads inoredalouoly, and when they bad an
opportunity, conversed sulkily together in
knots, or went about their work tardily and
with ill-nature, often requiring orders to be
several times repeated, before they would
perform them.
Luigi, the ' captain remarked) seemed
daily to be gaining groand in the favor of
the men, most of them treating him with
more respeot~th?B they did" the captain ;
and Luigi himself took frequent occasion
AThihit tn bis snnerior officer siens of
dislike, and disrespect for his authority;
all of which, under the circumstances, the
latter felt himself obliged to put up with,
anxiously yearning for arrival at the port
where be could get rid of bo troublesome a
set.
Before he waeteU days out, Captain Manvers
came to the conclusion that Luigi was
the real master of the Albatross, and overruatohed
hiin in the good will of the crew ;
and this ho attributed chiefly to the ill look
about the provisions; though the more familiarized
be became with the first mate,
sthe more be suspected- that he was incess
antly intriguing with the men, and the
more ho loathed the snake-like expression
of his small, dark, snakes, glittering eye.
'My wife was right,' thought he; 'and
never have I had such a vile set of feliows
lb\4eal with. Bat I will be wary with
them^kfcd strengthen myself as well as I
can.' ?
The fourteenth^vCame* an(1 Captain
Man vers remembered the^Iv!?P^sa^ ^is
wife.
^Whatever I dream will bode no gooir,at
least/ mused be, 'harassed as I am,
night and day by these mongrels; and mayhap,
however bad the drsam may be, tbat
it may prove tone, as she suggested; for 1
expect bat little good from this half of the
voyage, as things stand at present.' ^
As he thus reflected upon his unpleasant
position, there was a noise of a scuffle upon
deck, and he hastened thither to learn the
oaase. He there foand Laigi in a struggle
with one of the men,- an Irishman, v?ho,
though Luigi was a powerful man, was aboat
to get the advantage of him in the enoounter,
when the mate drew a dirk, which
he was about to plunge into the sailor's
side, which the captain prevented, by ruBhing
in and seizing the blade with his naked
hand, succeeding in wrenching it from ihe
bloody-minded Portuguese, and flinging
the weapon overboard; at this juncture his
presence produced a cessation of hostilities.
'HowJy mary: ijaptain manvers, ye am
that very nately, long life to yoa !' panted
the rescued seaman, as be leaned exhausted
against the bulwarks, adjusting his torn
shirt. 'May I never sup soup, but FH do
as much for you, soma'of. those days.'
'What is all this trouble about?' inquired
the captain, turning to Luigi, who was
quivering with rage, his snaky eyes glaring
like a demon's. Luigi looked with intense
hatred at the captain, and deigned no replyj
while thejSpaniards and Portuguese clamored
in their peculiar gibberish, like so
many crazy monkeys, for the refractory
i sailor to be put in irons, forthwith; one of
them officiously bringing the 'ruffles' to the
| spot. _ ~ > . '
'Avast therej John Portngee !' at this ini
Stant said an American sailor, stepping up
between him aud Captain Mauvers, 'or 111
I"shiver your top-lights jn a jiffy! O'Rafferj
ty's not to blame, your honor. The.mate
i tripped over bis foot, aud struck him for
his own awkardness, and he resented it as
it becomes a man for .to do. You wouldn't
iron him for that, oaptain, would you ?'
'No,.Peters, no, the man shall go free,'
replied the captain, looking proudly upon
the listening mate, .whose countrymen with
the majority of the men, had ranged themselves
together to watch the result. 'If he
| did wrong in assaulting his officer, the
| wrong was offset by the drawing of a knife.
; It is violation of my rules, for any one to.
; carry a weapon abont his person. Let me
see do more of this wrangling men,' ne traded,
turning to the throng gathered abont
Lnigi. jTnere has been unnecessary trouble
and dissatisfaction enough already. I
have marked it atooc ^ you, and I wish to
see no more of it. Be warned against ill
advisors, men, or that may happen which
you will bitterly repent/
He walked away, overhearing the murmurs
of that part of the crew who seemed
inclined to side with Luigi, right or wrong.
'Cospetto!',hissed Luigi to those about
him, as be ground his teeth at the doable
discomfiture, 'worse trill come of it, ere
long!' And with a significant shrug and
glance at O'Rafferty, who was dow conversing
with Peters, he held a lowtoned interview
with bis companions, of no agreeable
nature, judging from their looks and gestures.
O'Rafferty caught the eye of Luigi,
as its venomous glance 'was bent upon him
for r.n instant.
<0 yiver mind, ye mutherin blackguard.
I fear neither yer ugly toad's eye nor yer
knife,'bad luck to it, that's to the bottom
of the say, or will be soon. Au O'Rafferty
ni^er demeaned himself so far, as to take a
knife upon his enemy. By the powers, if
I had ye ashore, I'd?I'd?'
The sentence was unfinished, owiog to
the caution of Peters, who whispered to the
irate Hibernian to keep cool and be ou his
guard ; and during the rest of the day die
affair was much dwelt upon by the men,
who-from that time took sides decisively,
either for or against the eaptaiq, the majority
being with Luigi?for they had been
sounded by him often before, on a matter
; of darker import, and their piratical proclivities
were found to be ail that he oould
wish. .
The fourteenth night had come, and
Captain Manvers, as he retired to rest, knew
that his wife was thinking of her promise ;
and musing upon her whimsical ideas of
dreams, he fell asleep. He dreamed, and
his dream was of no pleasant cast. In his
sleep he saw afar off the shore to which
they were hastening, and his heart beat joyfully
as he thought how soon bis difficulties
were to cease. Suddenly the sky grew
dark and the waters answered to the angry
rambling of the clouds, A storm was upon
them ! a tropical storm, and his men were
ordered to their posts. '?hc^ refused, Luigi
demanding that first he should deliver
up the command, or perish. Altercation
onded in a quarrel. But few were faithful
to him. They resisted. A bloody struggle
ensued, himself encountering Luigi,
and the villian's knife was raised-to .pierce
his heart, just as a boat was leaving the
ship jvith O'Rafferty in it'.
With an -herculean effort he strove to
disengage himself, when?suddenly be a woke!
Through the agony of his dream
his brow was covered with perspiratioD, and
his heart beat audibly. The light burned
dimly, -but with sufficient brightness to enable
him to discover Luigi's figure stealing
r% V? rv /^AAVIVOW
bUlUUJ^U tut UUJl ITHJ . (
'Who's there?' he cried,starting up.
There was no answer, but the door was
slammed violently to. He sprang towards
it and looked out, but nobody was to be
seen-.
'To thieve or murder, doubtless, he muttered,
and trimming the lamp, he examined
the pistols under his pillow. They were in
order, and he determined, till ho should
reach the port, to keep them bo, and carry
them about him at all hours.
'She told me to be governed by the dream,
whatever it raight.be, and I should be a fool
to do otherwise, as I am situated. Hut I
mast do more. I must sound my men; and
I th;o%: alrea4y I know, whom I can trust
?pity they should be so few I'
In pursuance of this resolution, that day
^be discovered, through the representations
O'KaS^ity and Peters, who had not been
unmindful of the rations of the others, that
there .were but eight in all/ on whom he
could rely. .
' He mentioned his dream, enjoining secrecy
; and as if the vision had been a revelation
from Heaven, preparations tyere
made for the worst*; fir^t against" surprise,
and then for escape, should the faithfal few
be defeated. They were armed privately,
and such weapons as' they could not" use
were concealed in the bold "of the ship.?
Things looked so menacingly that the captain
decided for once in his life, to follow
the counsel of a mere dream?but a'^ream
enforced in impressiveness by dreary realities.
Lashings were secretly prepared, and
a boat so arranged, that, should a struggle
come, and discomfiture await them, even in
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a 8corta, escape uiigui* uui> ue wuu?ijr uupless.
These affairs concerted, they awaited
the surmised event, of which none had any
positive intimation.
For several days nothing ttnnsual occurred
on board the Albatross, and save the
aooostomcd grumbling, dark looks, and relnctant
labors of the Lnigi party, no sign of
mutiny was apparent on board. One
day, the breezy freshening into a
gale, Luigi was speaking to the man at thfr
wheel, in the.heariif? of the captain, in a
boastful mood, how he had managed the
tiller in a Mediterranean tempest, with no
dRl from a wheel or ? rope,Tsteadying the
swerving helm simply by his hand.
'Santa Maria !' said the helmsman, 'not
easy,Senor Luigi.\
'Easy !' answered Lnigi, scowling and
looking darkly at the captain, <1 oonld do
it as easy?as I can fliDg Manvers into the
sea!'
'Hist!''whispered the helmsman,.in a Berions
tone.
The words were not lost upon the captain,
wha resolved, whatever might be his fate,
not to allow himself to be a proof of Luigi's
strength in saoh a feat.
Towards noon the gale increased, and the
heavens became rapidly overcast, while the
hot breath of an approaching storm inade
foamy and billowy the soared waters.
'Fulfilment!' reflected the captain, as he
paced the deck, pale and agUate.d,'while
the mate was giving ordere. 'I now believe
that dream. Thanks (0' its warning, if it
prove the mean? of saving life, though jnine
be forfeited.'The
tempest increased. Cautioning-his
chosen men to be on the alert, the captain
gave certain orders about the feeling of the
sails, when suddenly the suspected men
mustered together and Luigi stepped for-ward:
'Wby do you not do as I ordered ?' demanded
tho captain, expecting an outbreak
his men prudently disposed hear'by.
'Because we demand'that you surrender
tho ship to us, unconditionally,' exclaimed
the majtc, 'or?' and ho drew a pistol?'you
see life or ladd no more !,_I
f \ r* " T
'That for your demand, -mutineer!'
shouted the captain, instantly presenting a
pistol, already cocked, which he had held
behind him, and he fired. Bat the eye of
Luigi was. quick enough to forewarn him.
He sprang aside and the ball entered the
brain of one of his comrades, who leu aeaa
upon the deck.
'Revenge! Blond for blood'!' was the
piratical cry of the fallen man's oompanions
and they sprang forward, half-astounded at
this sudden anticipation of their project..
The precautions of the captain's party
having left them unarmed, save with here
and there a dirk, they had thought to have
overborne all resistance by mere maiu force
and to have cast all opponents into the sea.
As they leaped forward Jo their fiendish
task Luigi fired at the captain, but only just
as the latter closed with him, so that the
aim was unsteady, and the bullet flew harmless
through the crest of a wave.
'Boat! Rescue !' exclaimed the captain,
as he grappled Luigi's throat, with the
grasp of desperate indignation.
Half a dozen bullets responded to the
ory of the captain, and sent three or four of
Luigi's party, dead.or disabled to the deck,
so enhancing the surprise and dismay of the
other mutineers, that they held aloof for a
'- trlilln t!in ofrnrrrrln I
J icyv LUUUJCUtOj "UUV WW* ? ww... ?
the captain and mate was going on.
Nor Ulid the treacherous crew observe tjll
foci late, the activity of the.supple O'Rafferty,
who, with Peters, had quietly and
quickly lowered the boat which had been
fortunately prepared for this dream-foreboded
exigency; and which, though it
seemed scarce able to live in the heavy sea
wbioh threatened to engulf it, had been
laid-alongside before tho manoeuvre was understood
by them. .'
The remainder of tlje captahi'q party,
huddled at that point, were stoutly battling
with their assailants, when a mighty sea fell
like an avalanche upon tho ship, with snch
almost annihilating force, that the mutineers
wero obliged to desist, to save themselves
from being washed overboard. .This timely
wave, too, saved the captain's life.;, for
blinding the gaze and making uncertain the
foot of Luigi, whose dagger, even as the
dream, had foretold, wa? uplifted for the life
of his adversary, it completely foiled his
purpose, and he fell with an oath to the
deck, the captain tumbling, drenched to the
skin, upon him.
As soon as the vessel righted, Captain
Manvers himself righted, and mdbaged to
plant a stunning blow under the ear of bis
not quite so active mate, from whom, by
this expprtness, he was releasedK/-inf
I !' nrvw nripd nnfc O'Tt.if. I
ferty; 'what's the good of a boat, ye spa!peens,
if yea don't get into it ?' And indeed
there was little prospect that the boat
would be good at all,'for anybody, for it was
half full of water and in such a sea.
But no time was to be lost. The mutineers
were on tho point of a rally and a
rush, but ere they had resolved upoa it,
their intendod victims were beyond their
reach, aud pushing off, were soon tossing in
their wooden shell, upoa the uncertain
ocean.
There was no attempt to guide or row
her. Their reliance -was only in the lashings
which each had oarried about his person,
and with which tboy now fastened
i hemaelves to their frail bark; and upon
V
the fact that they had eoverted it into a 1,
sort of life boat, some daysTwforej-by means \
of tarred canvass, secured air-tight, beneath 1
her seats; Thug) and with silent prayers
Uy God, they trusted tbe heaving bosom of 3
the deep. ... (
As occasionally th<jy disappeared in the i
trough of the sea, their late oo'mpanions
marked and mooked at them,-thinking with ?
the rise of every wave, ta see them no more; t
but now the latter found wort enough for
themselves to do, for the dying and the {
dead were among them, they were short- 1
handed, and the tempest grewi fiercer and 1
fiercer, and their terror-stricken hearts, made
fantilaii Kir rtrtnoninna cmilL rnidn fViom
l< j wmdvivwm ?--y-u ? mwu? ?y?'
pair of the help of Heaven..
And God helped them not. The frail .
boat of tho faithful rode out the storm, and
was bonm to the, coast in dffety; and the t
strand, though foreign, was friendly, and <
they reached their hornedblfce moire; buf t
for them, the mutineers, no such happy end
was destined j their manageress, unmanftge- t
able ship?the ship they so coveted the 1
control of, and for which they had been willing
to pawn their souls?tossed on and on {
each moment yielding to the avenging thun- j
der strokes of the old Oceaxv till Jffhen at
last they were hurled among giant frag- y
mentsto the shore, they fell there mangled,
but'to die. j
Their bones have long bleached'upon the
floor of that watery realm, over which they ]
thought to have sailed, through many a j
btoody triumph, and to guilty pleasures and
fortunes, their joy the terror of their help- j
less kind. But the snrvivon, whose fideli- t
ty reoeived its reward, by the interposition j
of the all-potent arm of Heaven,, still live
to tell the story 'of'thatvoyage, and teach <
their offspring to believe in dreams.
PABSta SCREin EXPERIMENT. .
.The small parish at Fallowdale bad been B
for some time without a pastor. The mem- c
bers were nearly all farmers, and they hyd B
not maoh money to" bestow apon the sap- s
port of a olergytnan; jet thej were willing i
to pay for anything. that-coold- promise c
them aoj duo return of good. In coarse
of time, it happened that the Rev.'Abra-- f
ham Sorely visited Fallowdale, and as a 8
Sabbath passed his sojourn, he held a meet- t
ing in the small church.' The people were
pleased with his preaching, and some of p
them proposed inviting him to remain a
with them, and takd charge of their spirit- n
ual "welfare. " ' . . l
Upon the merits of this proposition, r
there was a long discussion. Parson Sorely a
had signified bis willingness to take a per-'
manent residence at Fallowdale, but-the c
members of the. parish could not so readily ii
agree^ofihehlm. ' c; * ' v
"I don't see the use of hiring a parson,"
said Mr. Sharp, an old farmer of the place- 0
"He can do us no good. ,If we've got any a
money- to spare, we'd better lay it up for j|
something else. A parson can't'learn me f,
anything."
To this it was answered, that stated reli- ti
pious meetings wonld be of. prtat benefit to T\
0 ? C o the
yonng people, and also a sonroe of real e
social good to all. ' g
?I don't know 'bout that/' said Sharp, n
after hq had heard the. arguments against h
him. Sharp was one of the wealthiest men
in the parish, add consequently one of the e
most influential. "I've beam telj,^' he con- b
tinned,. "of a parson that could pray for ?
rain, and havo it come at any time. Now t<
if wo could hit upon snch a parson as that, w
1 would go in for hiring him." ? B<
This opeped-a pew idea to the unsophis- 0I
ticated*minds of F&llowdale. The farmers S
often suffered from long droughts, and
after arguing a while longer they agreed'to ^
hire Parson Sorely apon the condition that ^
he ajionld give them rain whenever they ^
wished for it, and, on the other hand, that w
he wonld also give them fair weather whon tj
required. Deacons Smith and Townsend
were deputised to make this arrangement y
known to the parson, and the people remained
in the church while their messen- aj
gers w^ut upou their errand. . r.
When tho deacons returned, Mr. Sarely
acoompanied them. He smiled, as he en- ^
tered the church, and with a graceful bow ?j?
lie saiuiea me people mere assemoieu. .
"Well, my friends," he said, as he ascen- ^
dea the platform in front of the. desk, "I
have heard yoar rec^aest to me, and, strange' jyj
as it may appear, I have come to accept 0j
your proposal; bat I can do it only on one
condition; and that is, that yoar request
for a change of weather must be unani- j.Q
mons." 8t
This appeared very reasonable, since every
member of the parish had a deep inter
est in the farming business, and ere long it
was arranged that Mr. Sorely should become
the pastor of Ifalfowdale, and that he <()
should give the people rain whenever they
asked for-it. - . ci
When Mr. Sorely returned to his lodgings,
his wife was utterly astounded upon "
learning the nature'of the oontract her huaband
had entefed into; but the pastorooly u
smiled, and 4)ado her wait for the result, t jfi
"But you know you cannot make it rain," w
persisted Mrs. Sorely; "and you know,
too, that the fanners here ^fill be wanting j
2 ? - P. ? 1 ? J i
ram.- very onea wueu msu ?o uuuu u
them. You will be disgraced." y?
"I will learn them a lesson," quietly re- 0fc
tamed the pastor. h<
"Ay ?that you cannot be sb good as your a
word; and when you have learned it to jD
them, they will turn you off." ~ rr;
"We ehall see?' was Mr. Surety's reply, 0i
as he took up-a book and commenced read- m
ing. rvr_ u
This was a signal for'the, wife to, desist fc
from further couyaraation on the subject, q
and she at once obeyed- ' ' .. *'
Time flew on, and at length the hot days , *
of micteummer were at hand. For three ti
weeks it hadmot rained, and the young corn ic
was beginning to curl up beneath the effeots
of the, drought. In this' extremity, the vi
people bethought themselves of the- prom- di
ise of their pastor, and some of them hastened
to his dwelling.'-" * c<
"Gome," said Shaip, whose billy farm
vas suffering severely, "we want some rain. !
Ton remember your promise."
"Certiinly," returned Mr." Sorely. If
Fou will call for a meeting of the members
)f the parish, I will be with you this ovenng."
With this the applicants were perfeotly
latisfied, and forthwith thoy hastened to oall
he flook together.
"Now }fou will dee the hour of your disgrace,"
said Mrs. Surely, after the visitors
lad gone. "0,1 am very sorry you ever
indertook to deojdve them so."
"I did not deceive them."
"Yes, you surely did"."
' '"We.Jshall.see," responded the pastor.
"So lire shall see/' added the" lady. ,
The hour for'the meeting came .around, :
- - ? ki .itrL 1
tnd .f?rson aureijr met ms peopie at toe
>hnrch. They -were all there?most of them
mxioua, and the remainder curious.
"Now, my firienda," said the pastor, ari- j
ling npon the platform,-. "I have come to
lear ^onr request. What is it 7" I
"We want rain," bluntly spoke Farmer 1
Sharp; "and yon know you promised-to
;ive it to ns." \ " ? ' 1
"Ay?rain?rain," repeated half a dozen 1
roioea. ? (
"Very well. Now when will yon have '
t?" ' ' .
"This very night. Let it rain all night 4
ong," said Sharp, to which several others 1
mmediately assented. '
"No, no,' not to-night," cried l)eaoon 1
Smith. "I have six or seven tons of well 1
nade hay in the field, and I would not have 1
t wet for anything." . * (
?fSo have I hay out," "added Mr. Peck. 1
<We wont havi it rain to-night.V
"Then let it be. to-morrow."
."It will take me all day to-morrow to g6t 1
py hay in," said Smith. '
Thns the objectiom^pame np for the .two 4
ucoeeding days, and at length, by way of (
lompromise, Mr. Sharp proposed that they '
hould have rain in just fonr days. "For," 1
aid he. "bv that time, all the hay which 1
s now oat can be got in, and we need not
at any?" *
"Stop, stop," ottered M/s. Sharp, pul.
ing her worthy husband smartly by the
leeve. "That is the day we have fcet to go
o Snowhill. It .musn't rain then !"
^Tbis was law for Mr. Sharp, so he prolosed
that the rain should come in one week
nil then resumed his seat But this would
tot do. Many of the people - would not
lave it put off so long. "If we-can't have
ain before then, we had better not have it
t all," said they: .
In short, the meeting resulted in just no
onclusion at all, for the good people found
t utterly impossible' to agree upon a time
rheD it should-rain. ' ^ '
"Until you can make up your minds upu
this point," eaid the pastor, as he was
bout leaving the church, "we must all trust
11 the|Lord." And after this the people 8
ollowed him from the place. y
Both Deacon Smith and Mr. Peck got 0
heir bay Safely id, bat on tne very aay tnat t
Jr. Sharp and his wife were to haye start- 0
d for Snowhill, it began to rain in right p
ood earnest. Sharp lost bis visit, bat he 0
let the disappointment with good grace, for t
is crops smiled at the rain.- g
Ere another month had tolled, by, anotb- jj
r meeting was oailed for a petition for rain ^
pt this time the result was the same as be?.
ire. Many of the people had their mack *'
i dig, and rain would prevent thein. Some ,j
anted the rain immediately?some in one, }
ime in two, and some in three days, while r
^hers wanted it pat off longer. So Mr. ^
afely had not occasion yet to call for rain, jj
One year rplled by, and up to tb^t time \
10 people of Fallowdale had never onoe a
een able to agree opon the exaot kind of n
eather they would have," and thV result 1
as, that they began to open their eyes to a
le fact that this world would bo a strange b
lace, if its inhabitants could govern it.?
rhile they bad been longing for a power
ley did not possess, they had not seen its
isurdity, but now that they had, in good "
ith, tried to apply that power, under tho ai
elicf that it was theirs, they saw clearly ol
tat they were.getting beyond their sphere, fc
hey saw that Nature's laws were safer in b!
te bauds of Nature's Qod than -in the '
iuus ui uabuib o uuituicu.
On the last Sabbath ip the first year of tl
[r. Surely's settlement at Fallowdale, ho ai
Fored to take up his couuectioQ with the **
irisb; but the people wonld not listen to a]
The; had become attached to him and
i thp meetings, and the; wished him to a|
ay. . - - . P
'"'But I can no longer rest under our for- 21
er contract with regard to the weather," hi
id the pastor. m
"Jjfor 4q wa wish ;ou to," returned Sharp. J(
Only preach to ns-and. teaoh us and . our
lildren how to live^. and help us to be so- D
aland happy." \? ." $J
"And," added the pastor, while a tear of 8'
:id6 stood in his eye, as ho looked for an ai
Btant into the fa?e of his now happy wife, ,0T
All things above our proper sphere we will m
ave with God, for "He doeth all things hi
Mr, t 1
r.-r_ in
i?" A friend of ours was visiting at the h(
Vf hitp Jlills" ip the "Granite State," last pt
jor, and qpe day, when passing a house, th
j . i.'iivl .L'tj ii. J :a i . >1.
tservea a limo ouuu at tDtuuuc wuunu t iu
i considered a dangerous playtbiog, viz: bi
chisel; and thinking it kindness, accord- pa
gly stepped in to inform the -parent.? y<
Madam," said he,}'are yoa aWare your yc
lild has got the chisel ?" "Why, the w
ercy on me !" exclaimed the mother.? ki
W"ell, I knew something was the matter, ~gc
>rthe child has been ailing a long time."
or friend left instanter;. J
Legal Question -rThe following per- yc
ncnt question was addressed to a lawyer st
i ? -neighboring village : 'i
Gir distance lends enchantment to the bi
lew, and the view refuses to return it, can m
istance obtain any legal redress ?" in
The lawyer Tefnses to answer until he re- re
lives a retainer. " a
Cubious Dying Scenes.?According to
Fielding, Jonathan Wild pioked the pocket i
of the ordinary while be was exhorting him 1
in the cart, and went oat of the world with 1
the parson's cork-screw and thumb bottle in 1
his hand. Tetronins, who was master of i
the ceremonies and inventor of pleasures at 1
the court of Nero, when he saw that'ele- c
gant indulgence was giving place to coarse i
debauchery, perceived at onoe that his term
of favor had arrived, and it was time to 2
die. He resolved, therefore,, to anticipate 1
the tyrant, and disrobe death of his para- i
phernalia of terror. Accordingly, he en- t
tared a warm bath, and opened his Veins, \
composed verses, jested with his familiar t
associates, and died off by insdtisible de- 1
grees. . Demooritus, the laughing philoso- i
pher, disliking the inconveniences and inBrmitiea
of a protracted old age, made up I
bis miod to die on a certain day ; but to 1
? ' "L - * v t_a_ Vv. a .
oblige MB sister, ne ppstponea nis aepariure
antil the feasts of Ceres were over.? j
He sapported nature ou a pot of honey to <
the appointed hour, 'and then expired by (
irrangement. Jerome Carden, a celebrated i
Italian physician, starved himself gradually I
ind calculated with such mathematical 1
nicety,-as tp hit the-very day and hour fore
tol'd._ When Rabelais was dying, the ear- ,
iinal sent a page to inquire how he was.?
Rabelais joked with the envoy until he I
Found his strength declining, and his last- <
moments approach. *He then said : "Tell 1
his eminence the state in which yoii left i
me. I am going to inquire into a greht 1
possibility. He is in.a snug nest; let him 1
Jtay there as long as he o*n. Draw the 1
juriain ; thefaroe is over.".' When the fa-. <
moos Count dd (mmmoofr was reported to <
oe in extremity, the King" Lonis XIV, be- i
ing told of his total want of 'religious feel- ?
ing, which shooked him not a little, sent t
;he Marquis de Dangeaq to beg of him, for ^
;he credit of the court, to die like, -a good t
jhristian. He was scarcely abl.e to speak 1
out tuhiing round to bis countess, who had I
ilways been remarkable for her piety, he ?
laid, with a smile : -'Countess, take, care, ?
>r Dangeau will filch from you the credit I
>f my conversion. - - 1
'' ?? > ?=? j
"All Alone, Darling.'??So- said an c
igonized mother to her infant, that lay on ?
ler lap dying. Sadly and tenderly she c
;azed oQ its pale face. 0; how thin and v
>ale disease bad made it ! And when the
ittle wasted hands would be feebly reaohed
owards her, and the sharp pain would dis- c
ort'the lovely features, and the dear eyes t
vould look up to her so imploringly, the a
nother's heart bled as none but a mother's 0
iah.-. It.was not only the dying agonies of c
ier child that she dreaded; after a few more 0
lours of suffering, a few more struggles for
ireath, a few more looks of love and pain, e
ts eyes would see her no-mure. It would t
)asa away from her sight. The timid babe t
nust go from all that it kuew, all that it 8
lad?een, into a world where all would be b
trangers. h
"All alone, darling; yon must go all \
done." That was the bitter thought to y
hat tender mother. But that waslhe voice n
f nature. Soon fhith whispered, "He wh'o tl
irepared . your heart. to welcome the little n
ne so loving wheh it came a stranger iiito ti
his world, oanqot he endow some fair and e
;entlo spirit with love and skill to meet (he 1
ittle stranger as it enters that world, to em- 8i
race it tenderly, and gently introduce it to 8i
he happy scenes of its new existence ? h
"Your Saviour is there; he who said,
Buffej little'qhildreu to come unto me.'-rfou
have trusted his grace for vour child's si
ademption, can you not trust your child in b
is care ? 'He shall gather the larpbs with u
is arms, and carry them in his bosom.'? o
roar little one will be safe ia that bosom, ri
nd 'quiet from ffear of evil j' more safe, si
lore quiet, more happy than.in yodr own."
i'aith allayed the anxiety, and soothed the J
nguish of nature. The weeping mother
elieved and waa oomforted. . n,
' American Messenger. h
A
Explicit Directions.?Every traveller a
i "country places" must have been often di
mused at the blundering circumlocution, (?
f which the following is & good sample, di
>r which we do not know who is responai- w
le: . A
"Can yon tell me the road to Jonesville?" di
"Oh yes, sir; you keep right on until d<
le road forks, and there you take the left, yc
id after going up a steep sand hill, abont
tree miles long, tho road will there fork
gain; y?u take the right, and continue on
til you come to an old " riokety bridge, ec
id you must bo very particular in crossing H
, for the planks may give way and you io th
3 feet water. About a mile from the old mi
ridge you take the left, and after going two ra;
ilea over the rockiest road you ever saw in to
inr life, you will come to amrthor fork,
ten take the right; a man by the name of
iverfives in the fork, and yoa must be bii
urded as yon pass his house, for ho ijeeps 0n
x of the tiggest sort of dogs, and it is not
1 uncommon thing for them to jerk a man th
it of hia buggy; aad by hard fighting, you ru
ay get by safcbr 'Aiwut a milo and a th
ilf from Diver's hO&se you will pass Jtat- gh
esbake Point, and there again you will be th
;okv if you pass the point without your 6p
jrso being bitten. About a mile after you
isa the point, you will come to a long bog,
lat's a place in the road for one milej where I
e mud will roach up to the-hubs of your an
iggy wheels. After yon get through there, if
i8$ through a gate on your right hand, as ire
>u go np the hill; in aboat a half a mile
>u will find yourself in an old piney field; afi
hen you get tbferaj heat about the best you
row bow, for I pledge you hay word stran- Bi
!r; you are lost." '
- foi
A Yorkshire schoolmaster, who was
10'of the 'Squeers1-stamp,-taking down a r0i
rnng 'wictim' to his 'Dotbeboys Hall,'' m!
oppfld for refreshment , at a village inn.?
loil me an "egg;* said he, 'and give the ^vi
ota tp the boy/ 'Bat there * no nourish- ..
ent in the water an'egg has been boil?d
/ said tbh publican. 'Very well, then/
plied the liberal pedagogue; 'boil the half hii
doren, for I'm confoundedly4iangry/ . up
TH1 SEVENTH XKIAL. XQBre Dtta ui'
rays been a mystic reputation for the num)er
seven, and although the number of beieven
in sach things may ^e less in $0**
atter days than foonerly, yet thgy w31 all
lotioe that the French attack on the Mahkf*
loff was only sneeessfal on the seventh, aslanlt.
The amiable Peliasier moat believe
n number seven, for bis first start in life
vas when he was thrown,*by request, into
in Arab fort, from which the French troops
md been six times repulsed. Ip the Oknea
he probably remembered this; and
he story of Brace,' who, when a prisoner^
ratched a spider building bis webj-sfc
imts the spider attempted. to fasten hpe of
ii? supporting cables?sixtimcs the spider
ailed, bat the seventh was- successful. ,
rhe Scottish king took heart of grime frett
he perseverance Of the Insect. He had
been six times defeated, bat the seventh
was the* battle of B^nnockburn, quite as - ?
important as.the (lay of Mklakhoff. These
coincidences an interesting, and convey a
good lesson. There are Malakboflii i? dvery
nan's path, and if be will but persevere
ill the seventh time, be will be sore to'
lave them at last. Persevere to the end 1
?London Morning Herald.'
.
?s? 1 \ sr- -:> ? wThere
is# statement contained in a
)ook of travels?the name of whioh has
iscaped us?to the effect that divination bj
;he Bible and Jcey is still practised by
nany snperstitions persons. ' It iif done in
his way: Whep an article hts been tffeen,
a Bible is procured, and opened at fte
irst chapter of Ruth; the stock of a street
loor-key is then laid on the'eixteenth verse
>f the said chapter, 4hs handle protruding
rom the edge of the Bible, * an<Hbe" $0
lecured in this postnre by a string bounji
ightiy round the book. The jpetsoa who
vorks the charm then places his two middle
ingers under the handle of the-key jthis
ceeps the Bible suspended. He to?re.
leats in succession the names of the,parties
luspected of theft, repeating at eaeh Dame
t portion of the verse on which the keyu
rlaced, commencing* "whither tfiou goest, .
" will go," etc. WBen the namo of tbft
;uiity party is pronounced, the key toibf
iff the fingers, the Bible falls to the grpnnd, ?*
nd the gnilt of the party is determined,
lomctimes the key is laid over the fifth
ftmA nf rha. VPth nhanhfir of Prnverhfl.
mil" j. * , (
A Prophecy about Pulmlusd.?a
orrespondent sends as the following. A1-.
hough many predictions made by Nostradmas;
espeoially those concerning the deaths
if Henry VIII, and Louis XVI, haVe bean
ompletely verified, they are generally di#?
redited in onr time. : . ,/ , ^ _
This prediction ooeon in. volume second,
dition of 1609. It* is as follows W %
hat time (1861) a great qaSfrel" andoooroverey
will arise in a country .beyond the
eaa (America), and many poor deviia will
ie hung, and many poor wretches will ?bo
rilled, by a punisbmenj other than a 'cord.
Jpon my faith yon may believe me/-the
rar will not cease forfoctryeva, wt #hieh
one should be surprised" or. astonished, for
here will be no yraat of hatred mid obstinacy
in it. At the end that time, prosrate
and almost rained,-the people wiU Tembraee
each other fat great jey andkf^e:^
his prophecy, if we may judge "from the
igns of the times, -is working itself lo-a
are and complete fakement?May Gott *
asten the day.-r-Richmond,
An Inte&estincf Story.?"?bo^ mine
boh," said a worthy German faffcer to his
eir of ten years, whom he ha"3 over Shard- ,
sing profane language; "Shoo, mine shon
ome heje, and 1 will dell .yon vpnjKttle Btoiea.
"Now, mine ahon? shall it be a dntc
tory or a makes pelieVe ?"
"0, a trad story, of ooarse," answered
ohn. .?;
"Ferry veil den. Dere yaa oooe a ggot,
ice oldt sbentleman (ahoost like me), and
e bad voo dirty liddle poy "(aboost fike ycm).
.ndt tod day be beard hub seh wearing like
yooog fillian, as be vas. So be ventcto
er winkle (corner) and took onto cowhides
ihoost as I am fcoing now), and'he. took dsr
irty liddle plac~gaard py. dtf cottar (die
ay, you dee), and volloped kim shoost so !
nd deo, mine tear ebon, lie bull bis eara
a. way, and smaok hia faoe dat way, affd
dl him to go mitont hie anppef,. ehdoet?||
in Tilt do di&efening/'
. Gtrmantown Eagle, ,
. . . ..... ?^ *
Real Discontent.?The -fofipwiag anidote
is related of Robert^* Insula, or
alieland, a man of low birtb, and .one of
e bishops of Durham : Having given hie
other an establishment snitablo to his own
nk, and asking her once, when ho went
see her, how she fared, she aaawered^"
"Never worse!"
it w ho f- iwnrtklaaa fkon /maaflnnn^ tk*
1! U?W UVUU1W WAAW V ? VWW
shop j hast thou not men and. women
ough to attend^tbee ?" i> - ,
"Yea/' qupth the old womati, "and more
anenoUgh! I say to one?go, and die
as; to another?come hither, fellow! and
e varlet falls dowu on his knees ; and in
ort, all things go on so abominably smooth
at my heart is bursting for something to
ite mo and pick a quarrel with all!"
, Notes and Queries.
? ??-?1?r _i.: c i 'V
W "John, I can't endure snob rudeness
y longer; oome here, my son; w<rw see
the <rod of correction' won't drive it
>m yod." > . . . f; ?342
"I don't mind' the., licking, pa; but I'm
raid it wont do mo any good." , "We
can tell better aboutthatafterwards.
it why uo you think so, John ?" " /
"Why, doesn't the arithmetic 6ay that
rty rods make one* rood (rade) ?"
"John, you are an jinoorrigible iad. Tarn
and here; we'll see how muoh it takei tjo
ike an acre (sober)." f "0,
don't, pa; please don't. I guess it v
11 be afore long (a furlong).",
V'" *? " New Bav&i Register.
A child wanting,t^dcjwkh? A w?ife to
3 aunt, said it was "a tbing ati tail clear
i to the head.1' ' ' " "/
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